Thursday, March 30, 1939
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Five
Elmer Hamrick visited at his home
here the first of the week, coming
up from The Dalles where he un
derwent treatment since January. 9
for injuries sustained when he fell
onto the high power line at lone. He
expeced to go back yesterday or to
day for further check-up. Good re
covery has been made and he ex
pected to be at his home here most
of the time for the next month.
Jim Burnside was in town Friday
from the farm near Hardman, having
a cast removed from one of the fin
gers of his hand that was badly in
jured recently when caught by sev
eral hundred pounds of water pump
and pipe as Mr. Burnside was work
ing on the pumping plant. While the
injury had given him much pain,
chances appeared good that recovery
would be quite complete.
Omer Luttrell was in the city Fri
day from the Simas farm near Kim
berley which he is now operating,
He was receiving treatment at a lo
cal doctor's office for some broken
ribs received recently when he fell
off a wagon. With Mr. Luttrell on
the Simas farm are his son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mose
Duran, formerly of Lexington.
Mrs. Mary Thomson returned
home this week after spending some
time in the San Francisco bay area,
visiting her sister, Mrs. Florinda
Beymer, and nephew, Orrin Bisbee.
While there she attended the worlds
fair. She plans to leave later for New
York to take in the worlds fair there
while visiting her stepson, Ellis
Thomson.
Chauncy Standish who left Hepp
ner four years ago to take treat
ment at the Oregon blind school at
Portland arrived in the city this
morning. He had completed work
at the school and had been located
for some time at Salem, assisting
a former mate of the school with
his trade. . -.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Belanger
came over Tuesday from their home
at Moro and expected to remain un
til tomorrow while Mr. Belanger is
doing work connected with his of
fice of research cooperative agent
with the U. S. department of agri
culture.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira F. Pease and
baby of Naches, Wash., were vis
itors in the city Friday. Mr. Pease
is a neighbor of Frank Hall, former
Heppner butcher, and reports that
another Heppnerite, E. J. Starkey,
is following his trade of electrician
at that place.
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Duncan, of Fossil were visitors in!
the city Sunday. Iremonger, former
Fossil ball player, said Fossil and
Kinzua had joined forces and start
ed practice for the coming season,
expecting to put out a top-notch
ball club.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin L. Kleinfeldt
who moved recently to Burley, Ida
ho, announce the birth of Loren Al
vin, weighing 7 pounds, at that
place on March 26. The young man
has the same birth date as his fath
er, former Christian minister here.
Norton King, who underwent an
appendectomy at Heppner hospital
recently, was sufficiently recovered
to be able to return home the end
of the week. He expected to leave
today for Corvallis to resume his
studies at Oregon State college.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Esteb of Ta
coma, Wash., were visiting relatives
and friends in Gooseberry section
the end of the week. Mr. Esteb,
former Morrow county boy, is a
member of the Washington highway
patrol.
Mr. and Mrs. Tress McClintock of
Dry Fork have announced the ar
rival of a 9-pound son, born at Con
don on March 21.
Heppner Music club will meet
next Tuesday evening, April 4, be
ginning at 8:30, at the home of Mrs.
F. W. Turner.
(TNOPSIS of Annual Statement of the
KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY of Kansas City, In the state or
Missouri, on the 81st day of December,
1938, made to the insurance commissioner
of the state of Oregon, pursuant to law:
m CAPITAL
'Kiw ?apUal..S'?C 1.000.000.00
V INCOME
Total premium income for . .
the year t 12,134,859.31
Interest, dividends and
Tear' ""l!..4116 4.346,094.74
Income from other sources ,.,...,
received during the year 1,214,225.91
Total Income $ 17,695,179.96
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid for losses, endowments,
vresi!S..Bn!..SUr.render 8.332,588.75
Dividends paid to policy-
holders during the year..
Dividends paid on capital
stock during the year
Commissions and salaries
paid during the year
Taxes, licenses and fees
paid during the year ....
. . . Af all MhAV V
AUIUUIIV U. WW... -
penditures 3,302,213.46
355,681.54
160,000.00
2,067,418.33
556,427.23
Total expenditures $ 13,774,329.31
ASSETS
(market value) $
Loans on mortgages, etc. . .
Value of bonds owned
(market or amortized) . .
Value of stocks owned
(market value)
Premium notes and policy
loans
Cash in banks and on hand
Interest and rents due and
accrued
Met uncollected and de
ferred premiums
Other assets (net)
12,985,887.83
22,507,942.16
47,498,643.68
20,528,859.01
897.529.91
1,195.123.22
2,750,355.75
2.719.00
Total admitted assets . . (108,467,060.56
LIABILITIES
Net reserves $ 99,042,056.00
Gross claims for losses un
paid 438,480.66
All other liabilities 1,965,083.35
- Total liabilities, except
capital ...
Capital paid
up $
Surplus over
all liabilities 6,021,440.55
Surplus as regards policy
holders 7,021,440.55
..$101,445,620.01
1,000,000.00
Total $108,467,060.56
BUSINESS IN OREGON FOR THE YEAR
Gross premiums . received
during the yeaf $ 154,897.88
Premiums and dividends
returned during the year 2,913.97
Losses and claims paid
during the year 25,659.50
Name of company, Kansas City Life
Insurance company.
Name of president, W. E. Bixby.
. Name of secretary, C. N. Sears.
Statutory resident attorney for service,
Charles Gramm.
Bonds in default valued at market
value. Bonds not in default valued at
amortized value.
Mr. and Mrs. Loy M. Turner ar
rived the first of the week from
their home at Long Beach, Calif., in
answer to word of the critical ill
ness of Mr. Turner's father, R. W.
Turner.
Mrs. J. F. Vaughn went to Port
land Saturday expecting to visit
friends and relatives for a Week or
so. She joined Mr. Vaughn who has
been in the city for some time.
Bill Greener, in the city Monday
from Reed's mill on upper Rock
creek, said cutting operations would
start soon on a big pile of logs con
taining a million board feet
Walter Roberts of lone was treat
ed at a local physician's office Mon
day for a sprained wrist received
while skating at the lone rink last
week end.
J. A. Troedson was a business vis
itor last Friday from the farm near
Morgan. He felt encouraged over
prospects for the new wheat crop
to date.
PHOTOGRAPHS: Commercial and
children's pictures. Rose Leibbrand,
at Humphreys Drug Company. 3-5
Get results with G. T. want ads.
pliance with the 1939 wheat allot
ments will be awarded a special
myrtle wood trophy containing a
mounted glass globe filled with Ore
gon wheat. In addition, a member
of the Agricultural Conservation
committee in the winning county,
or some farmer representative named
by it, will be given a free trip to
attend the 1939 convention of the
E. O. Wheat league next December.
The winning county in each of the
commercial wheat growing states
will be awarded a special plaque
made of Oregon juniper wood in
scribed with the county association's
record of compliance.
In offering the awards the offi
cers of the wheat league have served
notice on other states that Oregon
counties are also very much in the
running for the national trophy.
"We have served notice that some
of our counties will come through
with compliance records that will
be up in the running," said President
Proudfoot. "We believe the imme
diate wheat problem is essentially
Wheat League to
Sponsor National
Compliance Race
Wasco The Eastern Oregon
Wheal league, a consistent backer
of wheat acreage control programs,
has decided to back its belief on a
national scale by sponsoring an in
terstate contest to encourage com
pliance with the 1939 wheat acreage
allotments, announces Harry Proud'
foot, prominent farmer of this com
munity and president of the league.
Announcements- and rules of the
contest have been forwarded by the
league to more than 900 commercial
wheat producing counties in the
United States. The county which
shows nearest to 100 per cent com
The STAR REPORTER
Friday-Saturday, March 31 -April 1
FISHERMAN'S WHARF
with Bobby Breen, Leo Carrillo, Henry Armetta, Lee Patrick
Charming is the word for "Fisherman's Wharf' an idyll of the
life of the famed Fisherman's Wharf of San Francisco plus
MR. MOTO'S LAST WARNING
with Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortcz, George Sanders, Virginia Field,
John Carradine
Sixth picture of the series that has featured Peter Lorre as the
mentally resourceful and small but physically powerful Oriental
detective tense situations, and whirlwind excitement make the film
as lively as its predecessors.
Isle of Pleasure Mickey's Parrot by Disney
Sunday-Monday, April 2-3
TRADE WINDS
with Frederic March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Sothern,
Sidney Blackmer
The story is an adroitly developed account of a detective's pur
suit of a beautiful murderess in synopsis it sounds like a thing that
has been done before as worked out, it is fresh as the proverbial
daisy.
Also: Cartoon Movietone News
Spring Styles in technicolor with the world's most beautiful models
Tuesday, April 4
Shows at 7:30 and 9:15
WIFE, HUSBAND, FRIEND
with Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero,
George Barbier, J. Edward Bromberg, Eugene Pallctte, Helen Westley
Don't be afraid of the title this is breezy comedy, plus music,
that will keep you in excellent spirits from start to finish.
Wednesday-Thursday, April 5-6
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
with Don Ameche, Ritz Brothers, Binnie Barnes, Lionel Atwill, Gloria
Stuart, Pauline Moore, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine
Motion picture companies have presented Dumas' "The Three
Musketeers" several times on the screen, but never like this ... a
hilarious musical comedy version.
Comedy News of the Day
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Akcrs (Heppner) are invited to present this
coupon at the boxoffice for complimentary admissions.
To be used before April 7th.
STAR THEATER
Heppner, Oregon
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a surplus problem, and we in Ore
gon have already backed our beliefs
with positive efforts toward read
justment of production. During the
years that the AAA programs have
been in operation, Oregon has es
tablished about 100,000 acres of dry
land grasses on former wheat land."
National and state AAA officials
have agreed to cooperate with the
league in assembling compliance
records so that the winning county
in each state may be determined as
early as possible. The wheat league
has been concerned with wheat sur
pluses before the AAA was estab
lished, said Proudfoot, but it hopes
the 1939 program will induce other
sections to equal Oregon's record in
adjustment.
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