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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, June 29, 1939 Page Six LEXINGTON NEWS Lexington Boy Scouts On Camping Trip By MARGARET SCOTT Archie Nichols and Norman Nel son took a group of Boy Scouts to the mountains Sunday where they plan to spend the week near the Arbuckle ranger station. Scouts making the trip were Billie Nich ols, Albert and Clyde Edwards and Carl and Billy Marquardt. The Social Ridge community held its annual school meeting Monday, June 19, at the George Peck home. It was an all day session with a pot luck dinner at noon. Faye Ruhl was elected as clerk and Laurel Ruhl was elected to fill the position of director. Dr. G. W. Millett of Portland and Etta Millett of Monmouth spent last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Peck. Clair Daugherty and family vis ited relatives in Connell insteal of Corvallis as stated in last week's column. Mrs. George Allyn and her daugh ter from Heppner, Mrs. James Cow ins, spent Wednesday in Pendleton. Fred Fulgham was visiting here Tuesday from his home in Grand view, Wash. Archie Munkers was a business visitor in Portland last week. He was accompanied home by Mrs. Munkers, who had been visiting in Salem, and her cousin, George Crab tree. Laurel Ruhl and family spent Tuesday at the Arthur Hunt home. Mrs. Laura Scott and Mrs. Maude Pointer spent Friday at the E. J. Blake home above Heppner. John F. McMillan and family were Pendleton visitors Thursday.' Mr. and Mrs. John Sheppard and Mr. Sheppard's brother and family were guests at the home of Eber Hanks last week. Mrs. John Shep pard is a niece of Mr. Hanks. Ralph and Marcella Jackson and Louise Hunt enjoyed a fishing trip in the mountains Sunday and Mon day. Charles Shinn of Portland was a week-end guest at the home of his daughter, Ruth McMillan. Jackie Hams, also of Portland, visited with the McMillan family Monday. Bernard Olson of Arlington spent the week end in this community. A number of local people attend ed the picnic held at the Heppner CCC camp Sunday in connection with the farm tour. The next H. E. C. meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Laura Scott on Thursday afternoon, July 13. Maxine Devine of Seattle is vis iting at the home of her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Devine. Mrs. Caroline Kuns and daughter Ivah of La Grande were week-end visitors here. Pomona grange will be held at Cecil Saturday, July 1. The contest that is being conducted by the state grange starts at this meeting, so members of all the granges are urged to attend as membership counts 50 points in this contest. Mrs. William Schoonover and daughter Diana departed last week for their home in Tillamook county. They were accompanied by Mrs. Schoonover's sisters, Maxine and Zelma Way, who will visit for a while. Eldon Padberg returned Monday morning from a trip to San Fran cisco where he attended the worlds fair as a guest of the Oregonian. Jerrine Edwards has gone to the Roy Campbell ranch to work this week. Ray, Carl and Vester Shaw of Hermiston were visiting in town Saturday. Mrs. Lorraine Kramer was a guest at the home of Mrs. Vester Lane Saturday. When she returned home, she was accompanied by Mrs. Lane who will visit relatives in Connell. A skating rink has been started in the Leach hall by Mrs. Frank Munkers. The rink will be open on Saturdays and Sundays. Dan Lindsay of Alpine has as his guests his two brothers and a sister from Pittsburgh. They were all vis iting here Monday. Jesse Wright has gone to Spokane to visit relatives. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones are Arlene Lovelace of Island City and Bill Jones of Union. Mrs. Arnold Pieper and children motored to Portland this week where they met Mrs. Pieper's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Frad, and went on to the coast for a short vacation Mrs. Bowen's son Jack from The Dalles arrived here this week to visit with his mother. Bernard Olson, Grant Hender son, Joyce Biddle, Cecil and Delpha and Bill Jones enjoyed a picnic at the Ellis ranger station Sunday. The Rodeo attendant representing Lexington grange is Miss Dorothy Howell of Heppner. She and the three other attendants from the va rious granges will be guests at the St. Paul and Mollala rodeos. Farm Allotments For 1940 Wheat To Go Out Soon Wheat growers of Oregon will receive notification of allotments for 1940 within a very short time, it appeared this week with announce ment from the state AAA office at OSC that county allotments have been sent out. Farmers are under no compul is 851,458 acres, an increase of 10 per cent over 1939. This increase is being carried out in the county allotments, and will be reflected in allotments given individual farms. Farbers are under no compul sion to comply with wheat allot ments set for their farms, since the program is entirely voluntary, it is pointed out by Will Steen of Mil ton, chairman of the state agricul tural conservation committee. "The allotments represent plant ing goals," Steen explained. "We know that during recent years we have been growing more wheat than we could use. Farmers who cooperate with the AAA program and plant only the amount of their allotment help balance the nation's wheat supply with the demand. They help stabilize price of wheat, thus guaranteeing themselves bet ter income." County conservation committees are now receiving instruction from state AAA office representatves in methods to be used in apportion ing 1940 county allotments to indi vidual farms. The instruction meet ings are being held in all of the wheat-growing counties. Oregon wheat growers who par ticipated in the 1939 program have already received close to one mil lion dollars in parity payments, a summary at the state office shows. Such price adjustment payments are being made to all farmers who held their wheat acreage within their allotments. The latest summary showed $973, 276 paid on 2227 applications. It is estimated that the total of such payments this year will amount to about $1,400,000. MAY ADD LOOKOUTS Prevailing dry weather is creat ing additional worries for the for est service and it is expected that three emergency firemen-lookouts will be added to the present force. Available for the posts are Jim Stev ens at Ant Hill; Emery Coxen, Pot amus, and Owen Leathers, Red Hill. 4th 'July at LEHMAN SPRINGS FOUR DAYS July 1-2-34 DANCING Each Night 5-Piece Orchestra NRTllflL WW Washington, D. C, June 29 Kept a secret for the present is a plan to have Bonneville Dam, Grand Coulee and other government power pro jects finance themselves without ap propriations from congress. The cen tral idea is to permit the manage ment of these projects to issue bonds and put them on the market when they require funds of expansion, such as transmission lines, additional generators and the like. A start is being made in this experiment by authorizing TVA to issue bonds to pay for private utility plants and systems instead of asking for an ap propriation to absorb these compet itors. These projects, Bonneville, Grand Coulee and TVA, are supposed to be self-liquidating. In theory they are to sell enough power to reimburse the government for the outlay made and the repayment is to be made by the consumers of the power. By issuing bonds for any future capital requirements the consumers and not the general taxpayers of the United States must carry the burden, as is the case when congress makes an appropriation. Resort to bonds to further finance Bonneville is being studied because of the increasing opposition to gov ernment ownership of power by congressmen from eastern districts. While the idea has not developed sufficiently for the president to pro pose it to congress it is now in the laboratory stage and may be brought out next year. The securities would be in the nature of "revenue" bonds with the moral backing of the fed eral government. Inside story of how the house changed its position on parity pay ments in the agricultural bill and finally adopted the senate amend ment, is just a case of swapping. Defeated first, the farm lobby button-holed members from city dis tricts and offered to help increase relief funds in exchange for votes to reconsider and pass the parity item. City congressmen have no farmers among constituents, but have an army of reliefers. The trade was consummated on that basis, but the parity payments carried by an eyelash majority, ex actly five votes. Pierce, of Oregon, voted for the proposal, his col leagues, Mott and Angell, republi cans, against. The Washington dele gation split 50-50. Hill, Leavy and Smith voted for and Coffee, Magnu son and Wallgren against. Those supporting the parity item" repre sent districts with wheat growers who will be benefitted. Strangest political development of the past week is the sudden rush to be mentioned for nomination as vice-president on the democratic ticket with Franklin D. Roosevelt. Aspirants who have been thinking of the first place on the ticket are now relinquishing that thought and switching for second place. Reason: Mr. Roosevelt will either be renom inated or dictate the nominee, and if he is nominated himself the am bitious boys want to be his running mate, and if he prefers to dictate the nominee they think their chance is better if they now talk of sec ond place without incurring Mr. Roosevelt's displeasure by booming themselves in opposition to him for top place. Among the switchers: Paul Mc Nutt, tanned, white-haired high commissioner of the Philippines; Governor Stark, of Missouri, instru mental in busting the Pendergast political machine; Jim Farley, chair man of the democratic national com mittee. Mr. Roosevelt is now sup posed to have about 250 delegates, or 25 of the convention voting strength and the convention 12 months away. President Roosevelt favors the "profit motive" for the federal gov ernment, despite a small group of new dealers who do not believe in profits for industry or business, large or small. Mr. Roosevelt's plan is to lend almost four billion dollars to self-liquidating projects, to South American countries, etc. Those re ceiving loans are to repay the prin cipal and interest, and the interest on $3,840,000,000 would at the least calculation bring in $40,000,000 a year possibly twice that amount. This would be velvet to Uncle Sani. Putting the government into the money-to-lend business on such a titanic scale is being received with little enthusiasm at present. Round trip to Europe, with all ex penses paid, offered to senators and representatives of the Pacific North west, was unanimously declined. The invitation was for the first trans Atlantic flight of the Yankee Clip per. Alibi of one lawmaker: "My duty to my constituents requires my presence at my post of duty." The neutrality act promises to bring about more discussion as this ses sion of congress goes into the sum mer; the situation in the Far East has helped to bring this about. . . . Many senators voice the opinion that the best thing for us to do is to strictly mind our own business. Our interests are not being molested in any way, and by attending to our own affairs it will do more than anything else to keep us out of for eign conflicts. CAR WRECKED A broken tie rod and a tire blow out were more than Ray Coblantz could cope with Saturday evening with the result that his car upset on the highway near Cecil with ser ious results to the car. Coblantz and several companions were on their way to lone when the accident hap pened. Minor injuries were suf fered by the occupants. The car was taken to Pendleton Tuesday. Professional Directory Heppner Blacksmith & 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 Nora Assistant Office In Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Office in New Peters Building F. W. Turner & Co. FIRE, AUTO AND LIFE INSURANCE Old Line Companies Real Estate Heppner, Oregon Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon Laurence Case Mortuary "Just the service wanted when yon want It most" 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. " RATES REASONABLE Roberts Building Heppner, Ore. P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENERAL INSURANCE 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 BLDO. Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 492 HEPPNER, OREGON W. M. Eubanks Representing KERR, GIFFORD & CO., INC. on Heppner Branch V. R. Runnion AUCTIONEER Farm Bales and Livestock a Specialty 405 Jones Street, Heppner, Ore. Phone 452 MAKE DATES AT MY EXPENSE Frank C. Alfred ATTORNEY AT LAW Telephone 442 Rooms 3-4 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 Publio Phone 62 lone, Ore. FOR BEST MARKET PRICES 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 Co.