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.
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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.