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Volume 50, Number 12
Lions Seek Funds
For Boy Scouts
Thru Ticket Sale
Alfred Cites Need
of Vigilance to
Retain Law Makers
One hundred dollars is a small
price to pay for the benefit of the
Boy Scouts in Heppner for one year?
That is the belief of Heppner Lions
who at Monday's . luncheon asked
that sympathetic reception be given
the club salesmen who are immed-j
iately launching a sale of tickets,
at $1 each, for membership in the
Heppner Boy Scout club. George
Howard was named chairman of the
club solicitation committee.
B. C. Pinckney, F. F. Wehmeyer
and C. J. D. Bauman, members of
the Boy Scout executive committee,
sanctioned this course as the most
logical way of obtaining finances to
continue the troop activity. They
believed that a hundred people
could spare a dollar for the cause
without being hurt in doing so,
while attempt to raise the entire
amount in a few places would pro
bably hurt if the attempt were
successful. ,
Vigilance of all Morrow county
county citizens should be exercised
from now until the legislature
meets in 1941 to protect the county
against encroachment upon its pres
ent meager representation in that
body, asserted Frank Alfred, dis
trict attorney. He quoted a recent
press report, citing that Multnomah
county is organizing to obtain a
larger quota of representation at
Salem when the "redisricting is
. scheduled following the 1941 census.
As the total number of representa
tives and senators is fixed by law,
any increase in Multnomah's dele
gation would necessarily mean a
decrease in up-state representation.
Alfred gave as his opinion that
Morrow county, or any other coun
ty, can best be represented by a
man or woman who resides within
its confines and who is not only
familiar with its problems but with
its people as well. He said it was
his observation that the best inter
est of the people is not always in
dicated bv letters received at
Salem, for the cranks are more
prone to correspond than are the
majority. '
Alfred and C. J. D. Bauman also
brought reports of the meeting in
Portland which they attended the
Wednesday previous when Oregon's
new crime detection service was
demonstrated a ni'd explained.
Through free access to the crime
detection laboratory at the state
medical school, all state and county
law enforcement officers are now
helped in carrying on their work,
it was said.
Lt. Marius P. Hanford, com
mandant of Camp Heppner, report
ed that the local camp had recently
been replaced within the Vancouver
district with splitting up of the
Lewiston district. He said that the
new CCC camp at Monument is
progressing and is expected to be
ready for occupancy by July 1. i
School Band Picnicks
at Bingham Springs
Having completed work of the
school year with their final concert
on Wednesday evening last week,
members of the Heppner school
band with their director, Harold
Buhman, enjoyed a day's outing at
Bingham springs, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Buhman were join
ed by a number of band parents in
taking cars for transportation and a
big day of swimming and games was
enjoyed.
Tom Wells, county assessor, took
a fishing jaunt to East lake the first
of the week.
Heppner,
Willows HE Ladies
Meet at Pendleton
A large party of grangers motored
to Pendleton on May 20th where
they were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Timm who were hosts to the
Home Economics club. The men
folk and some of the ladies enjoyed
fishing at the lake, while others at
tended the business session. A pot
luck dinner was served at noon.
All reported an enjoyable time.
As the deal for grange hall sight
failed to materialize, it is again nec
essary to vote on a building place
for the new hall. A ballot will be
taken at the meeting on June 10.
All members are urged to attend
this meeting, as the wish of the
grange is to have the entire mem
bership satisfied with the location.
Remember the date and plan to be
present.
A dance will be given at the Cecil
hall on June 3. Proceeds of the
dance will be used to pay a schol
arship to some 4-H club member
who would otherwise be unable to
attend summer school at Corvallis
next week. The dance is sponsored
by the agricultural committee of
Willows grange. The committee asks
your cooperation and attendance at
the dance on Saturday night, June 3.
On June 7 the Home Economics
club will meet at the home of Mrs.
Martha Dismore below lone. Mem
bers are invited.
State grange convenes at Corval
lis beginning June 12, continuing
through Friday. Some members of
Willows grange plan to attend the
convention. The 4-H club summer
school will be in session at the
same time. What the grangers will
not think of, the clubbers probably
will. Corvallis will know someone
is in town.
BRIDAL VEIL CO.
STARTS TO WORK
Bridal Veil Lumber and Box
company this week started opera
tions on timber recently purchased
in this district. Leonard Kraft,
manager, passed through Heppner
the first of the week with a survey
ing crew who will remain for some
time platting the company holdings.
John Zornes of Niles Creek, Wash.,
started opening a road in prepara
tion for hauling out logs on contract
for the company, while Heppner
Lumber company the Wray-Smith
sawmill signed a contract for saw
ing up the logs.
Zomes, logging contractor, will
operate a crew of some 25 men and
eight trucks will be used to bring
the logs into Heppner. The road
being opened is in the Johnson
creek territory. It will come out
over Freezeout ridge and through
Lena. The daily log production is
expected to be 50,000 feet. First de
livery of logs is expected in a week
or ten days.
While the lumber to be cut at this
time will go to the box, factory at
Bridal. Veil, plans are still going for
ward for an additional box factory
at Heppner, said Logie Richardson,
local agent of the company.
Krebs, Hynd Wools
Move in Week's Sales
Krebs Bros, wool aggregating 50,
000 pounds, and 30,000 pounds of
Hynd Bros, wool moved this week
to Draper & Co., Boston, through
J. P. Clancy and Harold Cohn, his
local representative.. Krebs wool
brought 21Vi cents while that of
Hynd Bros, brought 20 cents a
pound. Both these operators have
headquarters at Cecil and the sales
are among the largest of the season.
Featuring the lamb sales was the
movement of 2200 head of yearlings
which Luke Bibby sold to T. G. Ry
an of Ogden, Utah. Shipment was
made from the local yards Monday.
N. S. Hall, former resident, was
in the city over Memorial day from
hs home at Pendleton.
Oregon, Thursday, June
Eternal Ideals
Must be Goal to
Safeguard Nation
Rev. Young Relates
Part of Individual
at Memorial Rites
Memorial day should be a time
for rededicating lives of the living
to accomplishing the ideals for
which lives of the soldier dead
were sacrificed. Quoting the immor
tal Gettysburg address of Lincoln
and the equally immortal poem,
"In Flanders Fields," Rev. R. C.
Young brought inspiration to' the
Memorial day services sponsored
by Heppner post American Legion
at the Elks hall Tuesday morning,
emphasizing the individual's part in
safeguarding the nation's future.
"General Logan's Orders" creat
ing May 30 as Memorial day, which
were issued May 5, 1868, were read
by Robert Scrivner after the service
had opened with singing "The Star
Spangled Banner." Miss Kathryn
Parker and Misses Marie and Lu
cille Barlow sang "Roses in Picar
dy," Omer McCaleb read Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address," and Betty
Marie Coxen, Dorotha Wilson, Jean
Turner and Mary Lou Ferguson
sang "God Bless America" preced
ing the address. Henry Peterson,
post commander, presided, and Mrs
J. O. Turner played piano accomp
animent to the musical numbers.
Benediction was pronounced by the
speaker.
The speaker believed the United
States to be quite safe from over
throw from without, but cited dan
gers lying within that might cause
its downfall. Disrespect for laws,
losing sight of ideals held by the
nation's founders and sacrifice of
humanity's welfare on the throne
of selfish interest, the speaker
cited as the greatest enemies that
must be faced today.
History records that the time of
downfall of all nations has come
when the apex of temporal achieve
ment seemed at hand, and that
America will remain great only
while its citizens follow eternal
ideals.
The torch thrown by those who
lie in Flanders fields represents an
eternal battle that must be waged
against greed, hatred and selfish
ness the elements of war or those
who threw the torch may not sleep.
No thought of glorifying war is
held by comrades of the service in
celebrating Memorial day, the
speaker said. War was best defined
by Sherman when he said, "War is
hell." The purpose of the cele
bration is to rekindle in the hearts
of the living the determination for
attainment of ideals which caused
such tremendous sacrifice of lives
and property in the last great war,
and thus to avert, if possible, such
another great set-back to human
progress.
Various holiday activities kept,
down attendance at the memorial
services. The day, however, saw
many former residents joining
those who remained in town to
make the annual pilgrimage to the
quiet city on the hill, where the
large floral tribute reflected the
strength of memories that tie the
present with the past
FFA Stock Leaves
for Union Show
W. S. Bennett, Smith-Hughes in
structor, accompanied a party of
Future Farmers and seven head of
calves when they left yesterday
evening for the Eastern Oregon
Livestock show being held this
week end at Union.
Boys in the party were Junior
Greeley, Douglas Drake, Dick Wil
kinson, Irvin Rauch and James
Moyer.
1, 1939
Eleven 4-H Clubbers
Leaving for Corvallis
Eleven Morrow county girls and
boys will leave for the annual 4-H
club summer school at Corvallis
Monday morning.
This is one of the outstanding 4-H
activities in Oregon and a record
attendance is expected. Last year
1710 Oregon boys and girls met on
the college campus for the two
weeks school.
The Morrow county group this
year is sponsored by various organ
izations and business firms, in addi
tion to Morrow county. The boys
and girls who will board the special
4-H club train Monday morning
and the people who provided their
scholarships are:
Dick Edmondson, Heppner, Mor
row County Wool Growers auxil
iary; Bernard Doherty, Lexington
Elks lodge of Heppner; Don Camp
bell, Lexington, Jackson Implement
company; Leland Edmondson, Hepp
ner, Lexington grange; Clayton Al
len, Boardman, Boardman grange;
Donald Peck, Lexington, Oregon
State Fair board; Guy Moore, Echo,
Oregon State Fairboard; Malcolm
O'Brien, Echo, Braden-Bell Tractor
and Implement company; Juanita
Voile, Irrigon, Heppner branch First
National Bank of Portland; Joan
Wright, Heppner, Rhea Creek
grange; Doris Wilson, Boardman,
Boardman P. T. A.; Lillie Rauch,
Echo, Safeway Stores incorporated;
Wilma Beymer, Peggy Tamblyn and
Claudine Drake of Heppner, Mabel
Rauch, Echo, Francis Skoubo of
Boardman, and June and Jean Ste
phens of Irrigon, Morrow county.
These boys and girls will be at
Corvallis for two weeks and will
be enrolled in various agricultural
and home economics classes in the
forenoons and will have the oppor
tunity of enjoying all types of or
ganized recreation and play in the
afternoon, while parties, education
al picture shows and other enter
tainment will be provided in the
evenings.
SWIM TANK BOND
VOTE SET JUNE 10 .
June 10 is the date set last night
by the council for holding the spe
cial election to decide whether $3000
of general city obligation bonds
shall be issued to complete the
swimming tank. Notice of the elec
tion, to be found in another column,
calls for opening polls from 8 a. m.
to 5 p. m. that day. All city tax
payers who have resided within the
city for six months are qualified to
vote.
Resolution calling the special el
ection was passed by the council
three weeks ago and the prelimin
ary steps were submitted to bond
attorneys in Portland for approval
before setting the date.
Work on the tank has been at a
standstill due to lack of funds, ex
cept for installation of fence, that
was necessary as a safety measure.
It was decided to give taxpayers
a chance to vote on the bonds after
a petition asking for the election
and carrying two hundred signatures
had been submitted to the council.
As adequate provision was not made
in this year's budget to complete
the work, issuing of bonds seemed
to the council to be the only re
course if the tank were to be com
pleted this year.
MISS COX GRADUATED
Miss Nancy Jane Cox was among
graduates who received diplomas at
commencement exercises at Oregon
State college, Monday. Her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cox were pre
sent for the exercises, and Miss Cox
accompanied them home Tuesday.
CATTLE SHIPPED
Chance Wilson drove 35 head of
cattle over from Monument Satur
day and they were shipped that
night from the local yards.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Fire Condition in
Forest Said Most
Hazardous in Years
Full Regular Pro
tective Crew on
Job; Officials Visit
Heppner's forest district is fac
ing one of the most dangerous fire
seasons of recent history, said F. F.
Wehmeyer, local ranger yesterday.
Lack of reserve moisture and an
early dry season have caused the
regular fire stations to be manned,
and seven small fires have already
been reported and subdued. Public
adherence to forest service fire reg
ulations should be given at all times
when the forest area is entered.
George Casky, central despatcher
is going on the job at Tupper ranger
station today, and Carl Ewing, Uma
tilla forest supervisor, is also visit
ing the district today with a party
of officials looking over the situa
tion. They are going on to Kinzua
tomorrow to arrange a cooperative
fire protective agreement with Kin
zua Pine mills. In the party were
Chas. Overbay, assistant supervisor;
Ed Peltier, new fire assistant, and
Ray Lindbergh, in charge of person
nel training for region six compris
ing Oregon and Washington.
Local district personnel includes
Kenneth Bleakman, fireman and
truck driver, and Ethel Bleakman,
telephone operator, at Tupper, and
firemen- lookouts as follows: Louis
Gilliam, Matteson; Max Buschke,
Tamarack; Bert Mason, Jr., Wheel
er; Bert Bleakman, Ditch Creek;
Chas. Wilcox, Ellis; Elmer Hinton,
Arbuckle; Stanley Collins, Ranch
eria; Prior Parrish, Snowboard, and
Marion Saling, Bull Prairie. Emer
gency men who have not yet been
called include Owen Leathers at
Red Hill, and Jim Stephens at Ant
Hill stations.
While the winter left a small sup
ply of reserve moisture, it was also
favorable to insect life, helping to
complicate the adverse season for
tree reproduction, Wehmeyer said.
Numerous flocks of western pine
beetles are noted in renewed activ
ity on timber. Drouth coupled with
beetle miners and ips are helping
retard production of timber while
adding to the fire hazard. Their ac
tivity is revealed in many dried
needles near the tops of the trees
that make good tinder for spreading
fires, he said.
RE A Allots $47,000
for Umatilla Co-Op
REA has allotted an additional
$47,000 for Umatilla Electric Co-operative
association. It is expected
the funds will build 54 miles of
line to serve 43 members in Uma
tilla county. Out of the allotment
$8,000 will be used to defray certain
expenses connected with the initial
operations of the project which
could not be covered by the con
struction loan.
Having lines in Umatilla and
Morrow counties, the project has
received previous allotments of
$129,000, $10,000, $35,000 and $37,000.
The new construction will provide
nearly 11,000 man hours of employ
ment in direct labor alone, accord
ing to an REA bulletin newly re
leased. Among local people attending a
meeting of Columbia Union, Chris
tian Endeavor, at Pendleton Friday
were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barlow,
Marie and Lucille, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Clark, Lois Jones, Margaret
Doolittle, Lawrence Lyman, Gene
Metcalf and William McCaleb.
Milton Spurlock is in the city to
day from Ukiah visiting Mrs. Spur
lock who has been at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Ada Cason for
several weeks while taking treat
ment in her prolonged illness.