OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITORIUM
PORTLAND. OR?-.
Volume 56, Number 22
AAA Farm, Range
Programs Remain
Same Next Year
Low Wheat Price
Averted Says Steen;
Farmers Satisfied
No major changes are contem
plated for 1940 in either the AAA
farm or range programs, according
to Oregon delegates who have re
turned from national AAA planning
conferences.
Farmers of the nation are "well
satisfied with the farm program just
as it is, and don't want any major
chages next year," said Will Steen
of Milton, who recently returned
from Washington, D. C. "It looks as
though the program for 1940 will be
very little different from the one in
operation right now."
Robert Weir of Lakeview, state
committee member who recently at
tended a national range conference
at Hot Springs, South Dakota, an
nounced that ranch operators gen
erally desire no major change in
their 1940 program.
Weir said that increased emphasis
will be laid next year on deferred
grazing as a recommended range
practice, and replacing of natural
sagebrush with good range grass
also will be stressed.
Steen said that one of the changes
recommended in the farm program
for 1940 is designed to aid the small
farmer by providing for a minimum
allowance of $20 which he can earn
by performing soil conserving and
soil building practices.
The committe chairman said that
one of the outstanding benefits to
Oregon from the farm program has
been its aid in keeping wheat prices
up. Without the farm program, he
said, wheat in eastern Oregon on
July 29, for example, would have
been but 18 cents a bushel.
"The wheat price in Oregon nor
mally is based on the world mar
ket," he said. "The price in Liver
pool, England, on July 29, was 49
cents a bushel, lowest in many years.
Latest figures show that it costs
about 31 cents a bushel to ship
wheat from eastern Oregon to Liv
erpool. Deduct 31 Vz cents from 49 Vfe
cents and you have 18 cents. That's
what we'd be getting today if it
weren't for the government program.
Instead, however, our price is based
on the general loan value of 60 cents,
and in addition we get benefit pay
ments totaling 28 cents a bushel."
Steen pointed out that benefits to
farmers through increased wheat
prices have not been at the expense
of consumers, since there has been
no rise in the price of bread.
Friendly Animals
Meet Varied Fates
In Forest Visits
Dumb denizens of Morrow coun
ty forests like human compan
ionship. Two of the critters walked
into abodes of man this week.
A cute little black bear dropped
in on Homer Tucker's wood camp
to provide some juicy steaks and
a cozy rug. Homer shot it.
A meek doe met kindlier fate.
She walked into Lois Turner's
mountain cabin, got a red sign on
her side saying "Tame." Mrs. Tur
ner recognized her as one of
Clarence Bauman's two pet deer
that had just been returned to
native habitat.
IS NEW SECRETARY
Harry Robertson of La Grande
started duties the first of the month
as secretary in the office of Vawter
Parker, local manager for federal
farm loan agencies. He succeeds
Miss Rose Myers of Condon who
held the position for several months.
Miss Phyllis Jane Pollock is vis
iting in The Dalles for a few days.
Heppner,
LIST OF BACKERS
FOR RODEO GIVEN
Financial Stability ofOrganiza
tion Obtained in Work of
Committee; Directors Head List
Financial stability of the 1939 Ro
deo was assured this week with re
lease of the list of underwriters by
the committee headed by Frank Al
fred. Each of the underwriters has
pledged himself to indemnify the
show against loss up to $25 each
under an indemnification agreement
aproved by the Rodeo directors.
In releasing the signatures, the
committee announces that it was
impossible to contact everyone who
might wish to back the show, and
that anyone not contacted may have
his name added by seeing Mr.' Al
fred, George Peck, D. M. Ward or
George Howard, the members.
To show their interest in the show
the names of the directors appear at
the head of the list. The list in full
follows:
Henry C. Aiken, Lee Beckner, L.
E. Bisbee, E. R. Schaffer, H. D. Mc-
Curdy, L. L. Gilliam, Richard C.
Lawrence, all directors; Frank C.
Alfred, D. M. Ward, G. A. Howard,
George N. Peck, Charles B. Cox,
Thomas J. Wells, W. Vawter Par
ker, Mark Merrill, Dr. L. D. Tibbies,
P. W. Mahoney, C. J. D. Bauman,
Bert Johnson, Earle Bryant, B. C.
Pinckney, F. W. Turner, Earl W.
Gordon, F. B. Nickerson, Archie D,
McMurdo, W. E. Francis, H. Tam-
blyn, L. L. Matlock, O. W. Cuts
forth, R. A. Thompson, Walter W.
Luckman, Central Market, Wight
man Bros., Edward Chinn, A. E,
Burkenbine, J. A. Sharp, Heppner
Gazette Times, Star Theater, D. A.
Wilson, E. G. Noble, M. D. Clark,
Ferguson Motor Co., J. J. Nys,
Thomas C. Hagerman, E. E. Gonty,
Comett Green, C. A. Kane, H. T.
O'Donnell, Tum-A-Lum Lumber
Co., Rosewall-Gentry Motor Co.,
Hugh B. Smith.
MENDIOLA-BROWN
GO SLATED HERE
The fastest fight card ever to ap
pear in Morrow county is promised
by Vic Eads, matchmaker, and Geo.
Combs, promoter, who will present
Joe Mendiola of Manila, P. I., and
"Buzz" Brown of Salem, leading
featherweight championship con
tenders, in the main event at the
Rodeo grounds Saturday evening,
the 19th.
Powder Proctor, Portland colored
boy, and Jack Curley of Salem will
be seen in the 8-round semi-final,
while Stanley Partlow of Boardman,
several times main eventer here last
winter, will fight Danny O'Brien of
Klamath Falls in a 6-round special
event. Two 4-round preliminaries
will complete the card that will
make a big evening in conjunction
with the queen's dance and dress-up
day ushering in the Rodeo season.
The fame of Mendiola is known
to local fight fans who saw the young
Philippino outclass Pendleton's Jap
anese, Hoshino, in the Round-Up
city last Friday, said Eads. Both he
and Brown have proved their right
to contend for the coast feather
weight title and their appearance in
Heppner will cause this city to be
the focal spot of attention for fight
fans from Nome to the Panama
canal.
Proctor and Curley are fast young
boys who have many times appeared
on cards at Salem. Fighting at 147
pounds, they will give a middle
weight show of top notch caliber.
"There are no punch drunk stiffs
on this card," averred Eads. "Every
fighter on the card is a young fel
low with a good reputation. It will
be a whale of a show."
With the big Rodeo grandstand
providing 1500 seats, any one as good
as ringside, besides 300 ringsides, all
comers will be cared for. Ringside
tickets are going on sale at local
pastimes this week, Eads said.
Oregon, Thursday, August
-Acre Fire on
Five Mile Calls
Local Assistance
Forest Truck
Burns at Battle
Waged in Timber
Onslaught of the dread plague,
forest fire, arrived in the local dis
trict with a number of starts from
last Thursday's electrical storm in
the timbered region. Largest con
flagration, between 800 and 900 acres,
burned at the head of Five Mile in
the vicinity of Battle Mountain park.
It was put under control finally on
Sunday after all assistance was call
ed from Heppner.
Starting in slashings of area cut
over by Harris Box company log
gers, the Five Mile fire soon be
came a raging inferno to consume
much valuable timber before being
put under submission. Driven by a
high wind it headed toward Ukiah
near where timber was felled along
the highway to hold it. Members of
the local forest office and all avail
able CCC's Were sent from here to
assist in the battle.
Though outside the boundaries of
the district administered from Hepp
ner, part of the Heppner district
was jeopardized as a reversal in the
direction of the wind might easily
have driven the blaze this way.
The new forest fire truck brought
to this district last fall fell victim
to the conflagration, and its driver,
Charles Wilcox, and a CCC boy had
a scramble for their lives when the
truck got pinned in at the dead end
of a logging road. Wilcox and his
assitant took the. road, not knowing
it was a dead-end road, and had
started unloading supplies when the
fire was noted to be rapidly ap
proaching. They were forced to de
sert it and scramble up a 12-foot
embankment to save their lives. A
tractor in the path of the flames was
also damaged.
Another bad start on Ellis creek
was put under control by Charlie
Osmin and crew from here after it
had covered six acres. A number of
other, small starts resulted in less
damage.
FARM HOUSE BURNS
Word was received in Heppner
just before noon that the Henry
Gorger farm house was on fire. As
sistance was requested from here.
Loan Money Assured;
Mott Explains Vote
Some flurry of ' selling hit the
local wheat market last week end
as uncertainty of fate of the com
modity credit loan appropriation in
congress prevailed. With word Sat
urday that the $119,000,000 had been
reinstated and passed, smoothness
prevailed in the process of making
the federal loans on new crop wheat
that have been in large demand.
. George Peck, president Morrow
County Grain Growers, received as
surance from Representative Mott
that he would support reinstatement,
in answer to telegraphic communi
cation. Mott said he voted to re
move the appropriation originally
because he understood that com
modity credit had an unexpended
and uncommitted sum of $148,000,000
which was sufficient, in the opinion
of witnesses, to take care of loans
this year. Later showing of the
corporation, however, proved this
was not the case.
15 CARS LAMBS LEAVE
Bleat of new crop lambs became
fainter last night as 15 carloads left
the local yards for market. Produc
ers making deliveries included John
Maidment, Lee Holboke, Wright
Bros., Ray Wright, Walter Wright
Glenn Farrens, Ralph Thompson
H. A. Cohn and C. W. McNamer
were shippers.
10, 1939
NEW ALLOTMENT
SET-UP READY
Farmers Being Notified of Acre
age for '40 Crop; 15 Days Given
In Which to Make Appeals
Wheat growers of Morrow county
this week are receiving notices of
individual wheat acreage allotments
under the 1940 AAA program, ac
cording to E. H. Miller, chairman of
the Morrow County Agricultural
Conservation committee.
Announcement of the allotments,
mailed directly from the county of
fice at Heppner, marks the "official
opening" of the 1940 conservation
program in this county, he said.
Mr. Miller pointed out that farm
ers who received notification of
wheat allotments now have a 15
day period in which to make written
appeals to the county committee,
asking adjustment, if they are dis
satisfied. The appeals must state
reasons for wishing the adjustment.
Dates for the appeal in Morrow
county are from August 10 to Aug
ust 25th, 1939, inclusive.
During this same 15-day period,
farmers who grew no wheat for
harvest during 1937, 1938, or 1939,
but intend to grow some for the
harvest in 1940, may make written
application for wheat allotments. A
limited reserve from the country's
total wheat allotment has been set
aside for establishing allotments on
' new" wheat farms.
Guessers Must
Guess Again on
Ruler of Rodeo
The annual, ever-interesting dis
cussion of "Who will be queen"
remains as great a mystery as ever
although rumors are circulating
that several people accidentally
learned the name of the selected
queen but for reasons of fairness
to the Rodeo association would
not reveal the queen's identity.
Scheduled date for announce
ment of the Rodeo queen is Aug
ust 19. However, Rodeo officials
are of the opinion that arrange
ments necessary in preparing the
unrevealed queen for her reign
will arouse suspicion and that
someone will guess the queen's
pame before August 19.
Eligible candidates for queen
are Cecelia Healy, Evelyn Kirk,
Joyce Carlson, Florence Beckett,
Peggy Kilkenny, Betty Doherty,
Marjorie Parker, Bernice Martin
and Aileen Farley.
Curiosity reached a higher pitch
in the last week than ever before
when every candidate, except two,
even those who have been going
to school or have been working
outside of Heppner, were seen in
town. Each of the girls is a po
tential candidate and the appear
ance of all candidates in town
within a week threw the queen
situation into a cloud of even
greater mystery.
The fact that some of the pos
sible Rodeo rulers are working
and would be unable to serve as
queen, even though they were se
lected, holds no truth as each of
the nine girls willingly submitted
her name as a candidate for queen
on the condition she would accept
if appointed by the Rodeo asso
ciation. Miss Maxine McCurdy
In Round-Up Court
Miss Maxine McCurdy, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy
of this city, has been named an at
tendant to the queen for the coming
Pendleton Round-Up.
Miss McCurdy was queen of last
year's Rodeo. She is a student at
Pacific university, and an accom
plished rider.
She accompanied the Round-Up
queen and party of officials to the
Seattle Potlatch last week to assist
in advertising the show. Her picture
was featured on the front page of
yesterday's East Oregonian.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Rodeo Parade
Prizes Total
Horses Arrive
Brahma Steers to
Feature "Sleepy;
Dress-Up Day 19th
By PAUL McCARTY
The total, prize list for the Hepp
ner Rodeo parade on Saturday, Aug-
use 26, will reach about $500, the
largest in history, Logie Richardson,
parade chairman, said yesterday af
ter a report from prize money col
lectors Charlie Cox, Les Matlock
and Bob Thompson..
Neighboring granges and local and
outside organizations, public and pri
vate, are entering floats. Other fea
tures include an ample supply of
Indians, plus some burros. August
Rahner, Sanford canyon fowl rais
er who grows roses as a sideline,
will be in the parade as usual but
this year will startle parade spec
tators with a beautiful lady com
panion. Rahner insisted that the Ro
deo association withhold the name
of his partner.
"The response given by local bus
inessmen towards the parade prize
fund was one of the best I have
seen or heard of. The cooperative
spirit was unusually encouraging.
In fact I've never seen anything
like it," said Charlie Cox, when
questioned regarding collections.
August 19 is the date set for the
annual Dress-Up day on which all
local people don their rodeo garb of
brightly colored shirts and ties, cow
boy boots and hats and overalls. An
enforcement stunt has been devised
by Spud Furlong, Howard Bryant,
Scott McMurdo and Curt Thomson,
dress-up day committeemen, that
promises to top all other stunts of
past years. Committeemen hinted
that perhaps the penalty for failure
to wear the specified garb would
result in a fine or short term in jail.
The Kenneth Depew - Clarence
Warren herd of Brahma steers
scheduled to arrive around August
19 in preparation for one of the 1939
Heppner Rodeo head-liners, are the
first Brahmas ever programmed in
the Rodeo's history.
These Brahma steers are said to
be the meanest that cover the North
west round-up circuit and are
topped only by "Sleepy," the un
ridden Brahma bull which will alsc
show at Heppner, August 24, 25 and
26. Any cowboy who can ride Sleepy
for 10 seconds will receive $100.
The Depew-Warren bucking string
which will be featured in the Rodeo
has already arrived and included
Continued on Page Eight
Street Surfacing
Planned by City Dads
Surfacing of the new work on
the Willow creek road outlet in the
south end of town, and of the streets
adjoining the swimming pool was
discussed at Monday evening's coun
cil meeting. It is expected to have
this work done by the contractors
who will surface the Heppner hill
road for the state, some time before
the end of September.
Lengthening the west end of Bal
timore street, and assisting with a
bridge across Willow creek on Birch
street were left in the hands of
committee for investigation on pre
sentation of the matters by Mrs. A.
Q. Thomson and Russell Wright, re
spectively. 1200 PHEASANTS RELEASED
Mistake in number of pheasants
released two weeks ago was given
in last week's Gazette Times. It was
reported that 250 pheasants were
planted here. The number should
have been 1200. Six hundred were
put on Willow creek and 600 on
Rhea creek, reports Logie Richard
son, president Morrow County Hunt
ers and Anglers club.
500