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Washington, D. C, June 1 An
undisclosed fact is that President
Roosevelt has not opposed the sug
gestion that his name be placed on
the presidential primary ballot in
Oregon. Friends of the president
are now working, without publicity,
to deliver the 10 delegates of that
state to Mr. Roosevelt or anyone he
may indicate. Back of this is a bit
of psychology. Oregon is one of the
early primary states and should he
carry the democratic primaries it
will have large advertising value.
Two other names will probably
be filed to contest with Mr. Roose
velt: Senator Burton K. Wheeler
of Montana, a long-time progress'
ive, and Senator Bennett Champ
Clark of Missouri. Buddies .of Clark
who served overseas with him are
reportedly performing missionary
work or him in both Oregon and
Washington.
James A. Farley, immensely pop
ular with organization democrats in
the " northwest (as elsewhere), will
not permit his name to be used if
he is convinced in time that Mr.
Roosevelt's hat is in the ring. To
Farley the third-term idea is dis
tasteful, but if Mr. Roosevelt wants
a third term a suspicion growing
stronger with each day Farley will
give his chief the same support he
did in 1932 and 1936, for above all
else Farley is loyal to the core.
Among the reasons why Mr.
Roosevelt is expected, to seek i
third term is the general assump
tion that much of the new deal poli
cies will be discarded if anyone
else is installed in the White House,
There is no new dealer in sight
sufficiently strong and blessed with
Roosevelt's personality who could
hold the gains made by the present
chief executive. It is argued, there
fore, that to prevent the new deal
policies from being wrecked, Mr,
Roosevelt will head the 1940 ticket
by permitting himself to be con
scripted.
Power end of Bonneville Dam is
on the verge of a thorough shake
up for Secretary of the Interior
Ickes is far from satisfied with the
way that government-owned pro
ject is being operated. The pruning
knife will be applied to the per
sonnel, Ickes being satisfied that
there are more people on the pay
roll than necessary. Too much over
head for the amount of business
too much out-go and nof enough
income because of the delay in
selling power. The secretary is now
instituting an inquiry as to "why
only 200 kw have been sold.
Although appointment of a per
manent administrator is expected
in two or three months at the lat
est, the ideal man for the position
has not been found. He must be a
man "power minded" and with
nationally known name.
Undercover agents are now work
ing in certain navy yards and mill
tary reservations to locate the
Communist missionaries who have
created a disciplinary problem in
these places. In the yards they are
also watching for evidences of sab
otage, for the navy high command
knows that several costly acci
dents" to the machinery of vessels
did not just happen. These are mat
ters told in strict confidence to
members of a congressional com
mittee but, like most confidential
testimony, leaks out. If the suspi
cions of the officers are verified
and the culprits found a sensation
al chapter "will be written.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
says that sugar beet acreage in
Oregon could be increased 14,000
acres and in Washington 10,000
acres. On the Owyhee project
Heppner
(there is a factory 'at Nyssa), the
allotment for 1939 is 16,322 acres.
The irrigable area of the project
will be 100,000 acres and with the
adjoining Vale project, brings the
total to 130,000 acres, "which could
well support two additional factor
ies with an initial development of
7,000 acres each, or 14,000 acres."
On Yakima project, there is a fac
tory at Toppenish with an allot
ment of 14,310 acres for 1939. "Suc
cess of the Yakima project," says
Wallace, "warrants further expan
sion of the area which could well
support . a second factory with an
initial allotment of 10,000 acres."
Such a close guard will be placed
around the White House when the
King and Queen visit that even the
secretaries of President Roosevelt
must display cards of identification.
This goes for the cooks. Only ones
exempt are members of the Roose
velt family . . . Survey of 2416
families who received rehabilitation
relief in Oregon increased their net
worth by the end of the crop year,
1938, an average of $508.88, com
pared with a national average of
$265 and average for all western
states of $187.07. Last year alone
their average net worth increased
$334.19 per family. Statistics for
Washington have not been released.
U. 0. Commencement
To be Held June 4
University of. Oregon, Eugene,
May 23 Seniors and graduate stu
dents of the University of Oregon,
who in record numbers will receive
degrees this year, will observe bac
calaureate and commencement ex
ercises as a "double bill" this year,
for both will be held Sunday, June
4, it was announced by Dr. James H.
Gilbert, dean of the college of so
cial sciences and chairman for the
dual event.
The baccalaureate service, for
which the university has obtained
Dr. Raymond C. Brooks, Los An
geles, noted educator and minister,
will be held Sunday morning at 11
oclock. The commencement exer
cises, at which time approximately
700 degrees will be conferred, will
be in the evening at eight oclock,
Both events will be in McArthur
court.
Taking as his topic, "The Debt We
Owe," the university's own presi
dent, Dr. Donald M. Erb, will de
liver the commencement address.
Dr. Erb, who is regarded as a fore
most economist as well as adminis
trator, is now completing his first
year as president of the institution.
All alumni events will be held on
Saturday, June 3. These will include
the annual breakfast meeting of the
state association of University of
Oregon women, the semi-annual
meeting of the alumni association at
10:30 a. m., the university luncheon
president reception at 3:30, class re
union dinners at 5:30, and the flower
and fern procession at 7:30. The an
nual Failing - Beekman oratorical
contest, for which seniors compete
for prizes of $150 and $100 will be
held on alumni day this year, Sat
urday at 8 p. m.
Classes that will hold reunions
include that of 1889, the 50 year
class; 1899 the 40 year class, and
1914, the 25 year class. Members will
meet both at luncheon and' at their
own private dinners in the evening,
"Reflect on defects, they cause
accidents," warns Earl Snell, secre
tary of state. Figures compiled by
the safety division of Mr. Snell s of
lice revealed seven deaths were
caused by traffic accidents in which
cars involved reported mechanics
defects during the first three months
of 1939. Cars should be subjected to
regular inspections because a car
With a serious mechanical defect
cannot be operated safely, Snell de
clared.
"Have you learned to walk yet?"
asks Secretary of State Earl Snell
In the year 1938, 47 per cent of pe
destrians involved in accidents were
at fault indicating that many per
sons have not yet learned to walk
in traffic with safety, the official
said. Pedestrians were urged to ob
serve all tramc rules, signs and
common sense as they start across
streets and highways or walk along
a road that is heavily traveled.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
Report on Fence
Post Treatment
Issued by OSC
Chemical salt preservatives for
fence posts are among the most prac
tical treatments found for extend
ing the life of fences, according to
a progress report on a "post farm"
maintained by the school of forestry
at Oregon State college.
The report by T. J. Starker has
just been published as No. 9 in the
bulletin series of the engineering
experiment station. It is entitled
"Preservation Treatments of Fence
Posts."
Information in the bulletin is ob
tained from a "post farm" estab
lished here in 1927 in connection
with the Peavy arboretum. On a
plot of ground uniform in character
47 series of posts were established
on which data have been kept ever
since.
Several series of untreated posts1
have been removed 100 per cent.
Cottonwood, alder, madrone, big
leaf maple and Douglas fir, untreat
ed, failed in that order. Charred
Douglas fir had an average life of
70 months, compared with 84 lor the
untreated Douglas fir, indicating the
futility of charring as a preserva
tive treatment.
None of the salt-treated posts has
failed since these were set in 1928,
and other records are available
where up to 15 years' life has been
obtained with 4-inch Douglas fir
posts so treated. The method con
sists of making a mixture of dry cor
rosive sublimate and common salt
tablespoonful of this mixture is
placed in a 3-4-inch hole bored
about 6 inches above the ground
line, slanting downward. The hole
is then closed with cork or wooden
plug.
It is essential that the post be
treated green so moisture will diS'
solve the salts and carry them thru
the fibers of the wood. This makes
possible cutting the posts along' a
fence line in many cases, thus sav'
ing transportation costs. No particu
lar skill or experience is required in
making the application.
The bulletin also describes the
open-tank process of treating posts
with oil. This is considered the most
thorough method of treatment that
is practicable on the farm.
Oregon Pioneers With
New Crime Laboratory
Oregon) State College Oregon's
new crime detection laboratory au
thorized by the recent legislature
will make this state the first in the
Union where state, county or city
peace officers may obtain scientific
aid wtihout special charges, said Dr.
Frank Menne, head of the pathology
department at the Oregon Medical
school, in an address to the faculty
Triad club here.
Dr. Menne, who has built up a
famous crime detection laboratory
as a sideline to his regular work.
will on July 1 turn over the direc
tion of the expanded facilities to Dr,
Joseph Beeman, who participated in
the program here. Scientific appar
atus which permits almost unbeliev
able identification of materials in
crime detection work was explained,
Dr. Menne believes the next major
step in coping with crime in Oregon
will be to replace the present anti
quated coroner system with a mod
ern organization headed by a state
medical examiner.
Molohan Lauds West
Wildlife Conservation
Each of the 50 grazing districts
formed under the provisions of the
Taylor Grazing act will hereafter
have a wildlife representative on
the district advisory board, in ac
cordance with a plan tried out first
in New Mexico, according to A. D,
Molohan, chief of range improve
ment in the United States depart
ment of the interior. In an address
over radio station KOAC Mr. Mol
ohan reviewed the cooperative work
in wildlife conservation being car
ried out under the Taylor act.
"Cowboys and sheep herders in
all of their cooperative arrangements
have stressed a proper balance be
tween wildlife and domestic live
stock," Molohan pointed out. "The
Oregon
fact that there is any wildlife left
in the west at all is due in a large
part to protection given by the west
ern livestock men. To them it is
not a new idea that came into be
ing with the establishment of game
ranges, grazing districts or national
forests.
"Heretofore they have been
wrongly accused of being natural
enemies of wildlife because they
needed the range for cattle and
sheep. They need it .still but they
have demonstrated through active
participation in the administration
of grazing districts that they are
willing and glad to give preference
in respect to a certan amount of
forage for the maintenance of a pro
per balance between wildlife and
domestic livestock in grazing dis
tricts.
"The aim of the division of graz
ing is a sane, practicable, yet scien
tific wildlife conservation program
on the lands placed under its super
vision," said Molohan.
Art Parker arrived in the county
Saturday after spending the winter
at Gold Hill, and spent Memorial
day at Lexington and Heppner. He
has recovered quite well from in
juries received in an automobile
accident several weeks ago.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was duly appointed by
the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow County, executor
of the Last Will and Testament of
J. H. Parker, deceased, and all per
sons having claims against the estate
of said deceased are hereby required
to present the same with proper
vouchers duly verified, to said ex
ecutor at his office in Heppner, Ore
gon, within 6 months from the date
of first publication of this notice.
Dated and first published this 11th
day of May, A. D. 1939.
W. VAWTER PARKER,
Executor of the of the Last Will
, and Testament of J. H. Par
ker, Deceased.
Professional
Directory
Heppner Blacksmith
fir Machine Shop
Expert Welding and Repairing
L. H. HARLOW, Mgr.
GLENN Y. WELLS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ATwater 4884
535 MEAD BUILDING
5th at Washington
PORTLAND, OREGON
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Norse Assistant
Office In Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County
Abstract fir Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS OP TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office In New Peters Building
F. W. Turner & Co.
FIRE, AUTO AND LIFE
INSURANCE
Old Line Companies Beal Estate
Heppner, Oregon
Jos. J. Nys
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Feters Building, Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
Laurence Case
Mortuary
"Just the serrloe wanted
when you want It most"
Thursday, June.l, 1939
J. 0. Turner
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
HEPPNER, ORE.
Dr. Raymond Rice
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office
First National Bank Building
Office Phone 523 House Phone 823
Heppner
Abstract Co.
J. LOGIE RICHARDSON, Mgr.
KATES SEASONABLE
Roberts Building Heppner, Ore.
P. W. Mahoney
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GENERAL XNS1TBA2TCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow St. Entrance
J. 0. Peterson
Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods
Watches Clocks - Diamonds
Expert Watch and Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Vawter Parker
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
First National Bank Building
Dr. Richard C. Lawrence
DENTIST
Modern equipment including X-ray
for dental diagnosis
Extraction by gas anesthetic
First National Bank Building
Phone 562 Heppner, Ore.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
Rec Phone 1182 Office Phone 492
HEPPNER, OREGON
W. M. Eubanks
Representing
KERR, GIFFORB- & CO., INC.
on Heppner Branch
V. R. Runnion
AUCTIONEER
Farm Sales and Livestock a Specialty
405 Jones Street, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 452
MAZE DATES AT MY EXPENSE
Frank C. Alfred
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Telephone 442
Rooms 8-4
First National Bank Building
HEPPNER, OREGON
Peterson fir Peterson
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
U. S. National Bank Building
PENDLETON, OREGON
Practice in State and Federal Courts
Real Estate
General Line of Insurance and
Bonds
W. M. EUBANKS
Notary Fubllo
Phone 62
lone. Ore.
FOB BEST MARKET PBICES for
your new or old wheat, see
CORNETT GREEN
for grain stored in Heppner and
Lexington.
ELMER GRIFFITH
at lone for rest of Branch
Representing Balfour, Guthrie ft Co.