OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Volume 56, Number 26
Surfacing New
Street Work May
Be Done Soon
Big Fill Near Nat
Explained; Budget
Committee Named
People have been asking, "Why
was such a fill necessary?" upon
viewing the new street work
South Main and August streets by
the city's new municipal swimming
tank.
That question was answered by
P. W. Mahoney, chairman of the
street committee, at Monday eve
rung's council meeting. The big fill
on S. Main at the point where the
Heppner hill road joins the street
was made necessary by the new
highway construction which widened
the highway to the point where
hardly room was left for a single car
to get past on the street.
The new work improves the grade
on both streets, and, if council's ac-
tion Monday evening bears fruitian,
at least strips of paving will be laid
on both streets with possibility of
surfacing to the curb beside the
swimming tank.
Council left in the hands of the
street committee the matter of con
tacting Babler Bros., sub-contractors
for paving on the Heppner hill high
way work, to ascertain cost, with
implied approval of doing the pav
ing on these streets as well as the
new upper Willow creek road outlet,
if the cost does not exceed the bud
get account balance. It was said that
Babler Bros.' equipment would ar
rive soon to start work on the high
way, affording a favorable opportu
nity to get the needed street work
done.
Joe Snyder and William Cowins
were spokesmen for a committee
asking for gravel on their street, also
contemplated by the street com
mittee as a needed piece of work, as
well as several other spots which
the last paving program did not take
care of.
Named by Mayor Bleakman as the
citizen's committee to act with the
council in drawing up next year's
budget were W. C. Cox, Chas
Vaughn, E. G. Noble, J. G. Thom
son, C. W. McNamer and M. L. Case.
The preliminary budget meeting will
be held next month.
Approximate receipts from swim
ming tank operation for the season
were reported at $800.
Swim Tests Given;
Tank Close Slated
Completion of tests at close of Red
Cross swimming classes last week
resulted in many awards of certifi
cates by Harold Buhman, instructor,
High school classes are being held
at the pool this week, and closing
for the season is expected next week
end.
During the instruction period just
closed, many learned to swim while
others improved strokes and diving
reports Buhman. Passing tests were
Beginners: Yvonne Bleakman
Bobby Kelly, Maxine Purdin, Mar
abelle Melville, Mary Lou Ferguson
Albert Schunk, Ann Lawrence, Bil
Anderson.
Intermediates: Faye Ferguson
"Peggy Tamblyn, Hugh Crawford,
Donald Bennett, Mrs. Michener, Dean
Sprinkel, Kay Ferguson, Ethyl
Hughes, Don Frederickson, Jack
Merrill, Frances Wilkinson, Wade
Bothwell, Albert Schunk, Dorotha
Wilson.
EASTERN STAR TO MEET
Ruth Chapter 32, Order of Eastern
Star, will have its first meeting of
the fall at Masonic hall tomor
row evening, announces Mrs. Faye
Ferguson, worthy matron, who asks
that all members, who possibly can,
be present.
Heppner,
Morrow Boys, Girls
Win Places at Fair
Telegraphic communication this
morning from C. D. Conrad, county
agent, announces a fine showing for
Morrow county 4-H clubbers at the
state fair.
Audrey Majeske placed first in
division one clothing, with Majo
Marquardt fifth.
Bruce Lindsay placed first in
Guernsey heifer, and first in fat
lamb classes. Bernard Doherty
placed fourth in Guernsey heifer
class.
Pat O'Brien placed first in fine
wool ewe and first in lamb ewe
classes.
Tad Miller was third in yearling
ewe, sixth in lat lamb, and ninth
in Hampshire ewe lamb classes.
Peggy Tamblyn will enter the
style revue tomorrow, and Mildred
Clary and Vern McDaniel will give
their demonstration Saturday.
Local Schools Have
127 in HS, 170 Graders
Anticipated increase of at least
five in enrollment was announced
this morning by Alden H. Blanken-
ship superintendent of local schools,
who gave figures to date at 170 in
the grades and 127 in high school
Leaves were granted several pupils
to attend the state fair, he said.
All teachers were on hand and
classes started smoothly with the
opening. Initial high school football
practice was called yesterday eve
ning with only partial squad report
ing, but indicating good prospects,
High school enrollment by classes
was treshmen ztf, sophomores 30,
juniors 32, seniors 31, post graduates
5. In the grades, first 21, second 21
third 19, fourth 27, fifth 24, sixth 1&
seventh 18, eighth 22.
North Morrow Fair
Week End Event
Worth Morrow countys annual
fair will be underway tomorrow
and Saturday at Boardman.
Prize money to $600 has been ao-
propriated by the county court to
assist in staging this high-light event
of the north county yearly calen
dar, and reports from the project
indicate much interest
Many Heppner people have sig
nified intention of making the trek
to the north, end on one of the two
days.
Exhibits of the many varied pro
ject products will be augmented by
4-H club and FFA displays. Pro
gram of games and evening dances
will afford pleasurable entertainment
for everyone.
Official Visit Made
to Local Oddfellow s
Elmer E. Pyne, grand warden of
Oddfellows for Oregon in charge of
the eastern Oregon district, was
greeted by a large turnout of local
Oddfellows last evening on his tour
of Morrow county lodges this week.
Also present at the meeting was O.
F. Steele, grand I. O. O. F. master,
from Pendleton.
Grand Warden Pyne met with lone
and Morgan lodges at lone Tuesday
night. He will be at Lexington to
night, at Hardman tomorrow night,
and will conclude his visit to the
county Saturday night at Board
man.
Mr. Pyne expected to be away
from his home at Springfield for a
month and a half on the present
tour of visitations.
FACE SCHOOL PROBLEM
Residents of the Zornes logging
community in the mountains were
faced with a problem in getting
seven children in school, reports
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, superintend
ent. The community lies outside an
organized district and no way pre
sented itself of providing school fac
ilities there. To solve the problem
the H. C. Carter family has moved
to Heppner and will take care of
the children while placing them in
the local schools.
Oregon, Thursday, Sept.
Votes Feature
Schools Opening
Fairiew Joins lone;
Good Start Made;
New Teachers Listed
Public schools of Morrow county,
including 8 one-teacher schools and
six village schools, got off to a fly
ing start Monday and Tuesday, re
ports Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county
superintendent. All had teaching
staffs filled.
Two elections on district consol
idation, Saturday, resulted in the
Fairview district joining the lone
district, while Districts No. 2 and
48 decided to remain as separate en
tities. Both elections were marked
by lack of interest, the Fairview
lone vote totalling 14, all favorable,
with 9 votes cast in lone and 5 in
Fairview. In the other election Dis
trict 2 recorded 6 votes, all against
consolidation, while District 48 re
corded 3 all in favor.
Fairview joining lone added to
make a total of three schools dis
continued this year. Hail Ridge
closed for lack of pupils, while
Rocky Bluff closed and is trans
porting pupils to lone.
New teachers in the one-teacher
schools this year are Miss Ruth R.
Johnson at Morgan, Mrs. Neil Knigh
ten at Alpine, Miss Margaret Glavey
at Liberty. Miss Glavey taught the
recently closed Burton Valley school.
Village schools outside of Hepp
ner have new teachers as follows:
Hardman, Miss Lurline Sparks, four
upper grades, and Miss Oleta Rai
mey, lower grades. Miss Raimey
taught at Morgan last year.
Lexington, in high school, Miss
Guthrie, Ivan , Amend and Gerald
Acklen.
lone, Lorna aBrhan, primary; Gil
bert Haller, high school; William
Burk, grades.
Boardman, Ray E. Lewis, upper
grades. 1
Irrigon, Miss Dorothy Coulton,
high school; Miss Eba Casteel, Miss
Mary E. Culp, grades.
Mrs. Rodgers expected reports
this week end on enrollment from
all schools.
Next meeting of the county school
district reorganization board is set
for September 9 when groundwork
will be laid for a general county
educational campaign to inform tax
payers and school patrons of the
objectives o the new district consol
idation law.
Rodeo President
Buick Guest on Trip
Henry Aiken, Heppner Rodeo
president, is enjoying a deluxe mo
tor trip to sunny southern Califor
nia's capital, Los Angeles, and re
turn.
With members of the Buick agen
cy of Pendleton, as a guest he left
Pendleton Monday noon, to be in
Los Angeles for the national Buick
convention, expecting to return the
end of the week. While in the city
he expected to visit his brother,
Jared C. Aiken, Los Angeles man
ager of a leading casualty insurance
company.
FINISH BAUMAN HOUSE
T. Babb this week gave finishing
touches to the new five-room Cape
Cottage dwelling on South Court
street that has been under construc
tion for some time for C. J. D. Bau
man. The house is modernly ap
pointed throughout, with a utility
room that is a new feature among
local homes.
TO BUILD DWELLING
Mrs. Margaret Swift will construct
a modern dwelling, 25 x 40 feet, at
the corner of Chase and August
streets, according to permit granted
at Monday evening s council meet
ing. Ground is already being broken
and materials are on the ground.
7, 1939
Crop Insurance
Impetus Signified
The 1940 crop insurance program
got under way in Morrow county
with a public meeting at the Leach
hall in Lexington on Wednesday,
August 30, conducted by Clyde L.
Kiddle, state crop insurance su
pervisor, and Earl Thompson, field
man from the state ACA office.
At the opening of the meeting E.
H. Miller, chairman of the local
committee, gave a short talk point
ing out that some 29,000 bushels in
indemnities were paid in 1939 and
that undoubtedly many more farm
ers would be interested in this year's
program. In view of the number of
applications that are being received
in the county office, it seems that
Mr. Miller was right. To date 28
applications have been received and
it is expected that the number of
farmers participating in the 1940
crop insurance program will be more
than double the number insured in
1939.
In view of the rising price of
wheat, farmers do not wish to risk
having no wheat to ' sell in 1940
when for such a small amount they
can be sure of three-fourths of an
average crop by insuring their yield
with the Federal Crop Insurance
corporation.
All of those persons who are con
sidering crop insurance but have not
yet signed an application should get
in touch with the county office or
contact their community or county
committeemen as soon as possible, as
the cash equivalent of the number
of bushels needed to pay the pre
mium is based on the price of wheat
on the day the application is re
ceived. John A. Adams Dies;
Rites Here Saturday
John A. Adams, pioneer of the
Hardman section and late of 4812 S,
K Woodstock, Portland, died at the
Portland sanatorium Tuesday fol
lowing a prolonged illness. His son,
Floyd Adams, and family were call
ed from the Hardman farm just be
fore his passing.
Funeral rites have been tentatively
announced for Saturday afternoon
from the Christian church in this
city, with concluding rites at Hard
man. Phelps Funeral home is in
charge of local arrangements.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Laura Adams, sons Belva of Walla
Walla and Floyd of Hardman, and
daughter, Etta Rau of Tacoma, Wn.
Mr. Adams was prominently iden
tified with activities in the Hard-
man community for many years,
having retired from the farm a few
years ago to reside in Portland,
though each year he has returned to
the old home farm for several
months through the busy season. He
was highly respected by all who
knew him. This paper hopes to pre
sent a more complete obituary next
week.
Rietmann Home at
lone Damaged by Fire
Fire yesterday noon seriously
damaged the residence of Omar Riet
mann and family at lone. Cause
was unknown and loss was insured.
Flames were well advanced be
fore the fire was discovered. Most
of the contents of the house were
removed. Mr. Rietmann purchased
the house from Paul G. Balsiger two
years ago.
$141,000 Grain Loans
Reported in County
To September first Morrow coun
ty farmers had 236,361 bushels of
wheat under the government wheat
loan program, amounting to $141,
098.08, according to word from the
local Agricultural Conservation as
sociation office.
FEATURE 4-H STOCK
. Central market is featuring 4-H
club lambs fed by Guy Moore and
Bruce Lindsay, from animals shown
at the recent county fair.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Farmers Should
Carry on as Before,
Asserts Wallace
AAA Organization '
Held Best Means of
Meeting Situation
"I urge our farmers not to be
swayed by developments overseas . . .
they should carry on just as before."
These are the words of Henry A.
Wallace, secretary of agriculture, in
outlining the agricultural situation
as affecting wheat and other com
modities to show that continued ad
herence to the national farm pro
gram is the sensible course, war or
no war. In a release to the press
this week, Secretary Wallace says:
"American farmers, like all our
citizens, abhor war and will pray
for a speedy peace.
"First of all, of course, the pri
mary effort of the Department of
Agriculture, together with all other
branches of the administration, will
be to keep this country out of war.
Secondary to that will be the effort
to protect American farmers and
consumers as fully as possible against
the effects of war abroad.
"War causes economic repercus
sions in all countries. It is only nat
ural, therefore, that our farmers at
this moment are considering wheth
er they should modify their produc
tion plans to meet the new situation.
"I urge American farmers to pro
ceed with their production plans as
if the outbreak in Europe had not
occurred. ...
"I would remind American farm
ers that the loans which are a part
of the Ever-Normal Granary are
available right now to prevent price
collapses. They can prevent such a
disaster to farmers as befell cotton
growers, for example, in 1914-15.
"I would remind American farm
ers of these facts: This year's wheat
carry-over is estimated at 254 million
bushels, in comparison with 115 mil
lion bushels for the five years from
1924 to 1928.
"Supplies of meat animals are ex
pected to be larger next year. In
spected slaughter of hogs in 1939
40 probably will be 7 million head
greater than during 1938-39. The
total number of cattle on January
1, 1940, is expected to be about one
million head larger than a year
earlier, although the total slaughter
for 1940 may be the same, or slight
ly smaller than for 1939. . . .
"The Ever-Normal Granary and
the stabilization of supplies of meat
and milk and eggs which it makes
possible serve also as a protection
to the consumers against exhorbi
tantly high prices.
"Today we have a Commodities
Exchange Act. In 1914 no such pow
ers were available for protecting
producers and the public from ex
cessive market fluctuations and
harmful speculation.
"Since 1933, in contrast to the
World War period, farmers in al
most every county in the United
States have organized themselves
for quick action in dealing with
problems of production, of conser
vation, of credit, and of rural wel
fare. . . .
"Not only are we organized bet
ter in the field of production; we
have also gained valuable experienoo
and improved organization in the
marketing field. The marketing pro
grams for milk, fruits and vegetables,
the purchase and distribution pro
grams, and the food stamp plan can
meet the needs ahead much better
than they were met in 1914. There
can now be better planning, more
effective farmer cooperation and
more efficient results in whatever
action has to be taken.
"These facts must convince far
mers that it will be possible to meet
all demands for farm products; that
it will be possible to avoid an over
expansion of our farm plant such as
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