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Volume 56, Number 28
First Trophies of
Hunt Arrive; Deer
Found Deserted
Outside Nimrods
Join Chase; Fire
Warning Sounded
Ray Massey was the first hunter
back in town with his deer on op
ening day of the season yesterday,
coming in at 9 in the morning. Five
other prizes of the hunt were on
display at local markets this morn
ing,, with Louise Canoy, Albany,
Mrs. Reese Burkenbine, Woodrow
Tucker and Dick Wilkinson, city,
among the baggers.
One prize with no claimer was
brought in by the state. Mrs. Ken
neth Bleakman reported that her
party found the slain animal near
Ellis guard station, and it was re
ported to officers. While viewers
have disputed legality of the ani
mal, which may have caused some
hunter to leave it, other viewers are
of the opinion that someone had
killed it without becoming aware of
the fact. It was a spiked animal with
an eye-guard at the base of one
horn.
Since Monday, parties of outside
hunters have been passing through
to the county's famed mule tail deer
hunting grounds. No definite check
has been possible, but probably 200
cars in all have so far come in from
the outside. This is a smaller num
ber than usual for the opening, but
observers believe many persons are
delaying their hunt until cooler
weather.
Local citizens' departure for the
hinterland at the opening was fea
tured by a holiday declaration of
barber shops. For several days be
fore the opening, both the city's
shops displayed signs on windows
announcing that they would be
closed Wednesday, Sept 20, and the
announcement was fulfilled. As a
result many of the masculine contin
gent in town yesterday displayed an
extra day's growth of beard.
At the clerk's office, the day pre'
ceding opening showed increased
license sales of $10 over the same
day last year, total sale for the day
this year being $287. Up to that date
license sale for the year was $267.50
ahead of the like period last year,
totaling $1696 as against $1428.$.
This year's increase was largely ac
counted for by the larger sale dur
ing the fishing season, said Clerk
Barlow. Sale of combination licenses
at this time was $445 as against $160
in same period last year.
A new plea for hunter cooperation
in preventing forest fires was re
leased by the state office, U. S. For
est service, this morning. Fire hazard
is still bad, it is pointed out. Those
building campfires except at regular
ly established forest camps are re
quired to have permits until Sep
tember 30. Smoking is also still pro
hibited in some sections of the Uma
tilla forest. Campfire permits and
details on closed smoking areas can
be obtained at regularly established
forest stations.
PREPARE BUDGET
The county non-high school dis
trict board met at the superinten
dent's office at the court house Sat
urday and prepared the new year's
budget. Allowance for transporta
tion was also agreed upon on the
same basis as last year.
MOTHER PASSES AT SALEM
Mrs. Emma Beckett, mother of
Mrs. Frank Alfred, died at her home
in Salem on Tuesday. Mr. Alfred
went to Salem to be present yester
day at funeral services, returning
home this morning.
Ed Breslin and Lee Scrivner plan
to leave in a few days for a hunt on
the Murderers creek game reserve,
seeking a nice plump doe each to
augment the family larder.
Heppner,
Thrilling Car Races
Coming Here Oct. 8
A novel sports thriller that has
caused a wave of excitement where
ever shown in eastern Oregon will
make its debut in Heppner on Sun
day, October 8. That day a Model T
derby will be staged at Rodeo field
by Heppner post 87, American Le
gion. Final plans for the derby were
held at the post meeting Monday
evening when sign-up was made
with Herb Martin, Walla Walla, pro
moter. Fiv hours of thrilling en
tertainment are slated to start with
qualifying heats at 1:30. Local cars
are urged to enter for the liberal
cash prizes to be awarded.
Joint installation of new officers
of the post and auxiliary was also
set at Monday's meeting to be held
October 2. At this time Hugh Bow
man, district commander, and Mrs.
Dave Lemons, district president, both
of Pendleton, will be here to act as
installing officers.
BPW Club Plays
At Kids' Jamboree
B. P. W. jambore at Rose Leib-
brand's studio Monday evening was
a big success. Sixteen guests and
members came in roles of "kids"
from the realms of reality, Mother
Goose and Fairyland. Wynken,
Blynken, and Nod, Simple Simon,
Sunbonnet Sue, the barber that
shaved a pig, Little Bo Peep, a gay
little maid from Yucatan, and a lit
tle girl who always wanted to be a
boy were there to play with the
others.
Children's games were in order
and the party may have been a bit
rough if skinned elbows and cracked
watch crystals are any criterion.
The kids went home refreshed and
happy after having been sevred gen
erous bowls of Rose's famous Chili
NEW OFFICIAL VISITS
George Strand, assistant supervisor
Oregon State Liquor oCntrol com
mission, with headquarters at Pen
dleton, made his first official call in
Heppner Tuesday since recently be
ing appointed to the post Mr. Strand
is widely known as veteran director
of the Round-Up Wetward Ho pa
rade, and in carrying out this fea
ture of the big Pendleton show has
made wide acquaintance throughout
Morrow county in years past. Mr.
Strand's chief is J. J. Hague, state
administrator, O. L. C. C., in Port
land.
FORMER LEX MAN PASSES
John Miller returned recently from
Hubbard where he was called by the
death of his father, E. S. Miller, for
mer resident of Lexington from 1921
to 1927 and mayor of the town in this
interval. Mr. Miller died at his home
in Hubbard at the age of 74 years.
He was a native of Ohio. Funeral
rites and interment were held at
Hubbard.
LEAVE FOR HUNT
Gene Ferguson, Dave Wilson, Lou
Bisbee, Luke Bibby and Ed Bennett
pulled out for the high mountains
the first of the week to be ready for
the opening of the deer season. This
gang has hunted together for several
years and have been especially for
tunate in bagging their quota of
game.
QUEEN AT ROUND-UP
Rodeo's Queen Cecelia (Miss Ce
celia Healy) was among those at
tending Round-Up last week end.
She accompanied Miss Margaret
aFrley, Eddie Kenny and Jack
Healy.
H. E. Leash, Leonard Kraft and
Bob Weston arrived Monday eve
ning from Bridal Veil, and Mr. Leash
remained for a deer hunt Karft and
Weston returned Tuesday to their
work with Bridal Veil Lumber and
Box company, expecting to be back
the end of the week for a hunt.
Lost, between Heppner and Rugg's,
sleeping bag wrapped in white can
vas. Finder leave at this office. Re
ward. 28
Oregon, Thursday, Sept.
Mustangs to Open
Football Season
Against Fossil
Game Here Tomor
row to Show Mettle
of Many Rookies
Opening gun of the Heppner high
school football season will sound at
3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when
Coach Bob Knox's Mustangs are giv
en their first taste of battle by the
fighting aggregation from Fossil at
Rodeo field.
The invaders, who have always
given Heppner strong competition
and who several times in past years
have entirely upset the dope with
unexpected wins, have already
shown evidence of strength. Besides
getting a jump on the Mustangs in
game seasoning in a clash at Prine
ville last Friday, they threw a scare
into the strong Crook county lads by
holding them to a 7-0 score.
While seven lettermen are on this
year's Mustang squad as a seasonad
nucleus, Coach Knox expects that
tomorrow's result will depend con
siderably upon the showing of sev
eral new boys, who, while showing
promise in practice are yet un
known quantities under the stress of
battle.
Starting line-up for the Mustangs
will be Douglas Drake at left end;
Kemp Dick, left tackle; Gordon O'
Brien, left guard; Don Evans, cen
ter; Norval Osborne, right guard;
Clifford Faye, right tackle; Art
Vance, right end; Guy Moore, right
half; Richard Hayes, fullback; Bob
Swick, quarter; Jack Merrill, right
half.
Others of the 22-member squad
are also expected to see action be
fore the game ends.
Wheat Men Favor
Normal Plantings
Flurried wheat markets due to
war conditions are not expected to
bring a general increase in winter
wheat acreage in Oregon, according
to the consensus of representative
growers who attended a state-wide
conference at Pendleton last week.
Approximately 300 farmers and
farm leaders attended the meeting,
with discussion centering on advis
ability of expanding wheat acreages
because of possible price increases
due to war conditions.
This week, Oregon wheat growers
are holding meetings on a county
basis, giving further thought to the
advisability of expansion.
Representatives of 11 principal
wheat counties reported at Pendle
ton that they expected most of their
farmers will stay by their AAA
wheat allotments in planting winter
wheat. A resurvey of the situation
in the spring may determine whether
an increase is warranted at that
time, it was said.
The general decision of Oregon
farmers is in line with the ideas ex
pressed in other western as well as
mid-western states, said N. E. Dodd
of Haines, director of the western
AAA division, who was principal
speaker, He said that wheat growers
are generally agreed that present
huge surpluses make immediate
acreage expansion risky.
START TIMBER SURVEY
Edgar Parker and Dave Judkins
were this week assigned to timber
survey in the local district in con
nection with work of effecting tim
ber exchange between the forest
service and Kinzua Pine Mills. Both
men will attend ranger school at
Wind River, Wash., for five weeks
beginning October 5.
MEMORIAL SERVICE SET
Rhea Creek granee will conduct
a memorial service in recognition of
the late John A. Adams at their hall
on Sunday, October 1, at the usual
grange hour.
21, 1939
Oct. 31 Deadline for
Sign-Up; Meets Set
Parity payments for 1940 under
the Agricultural Conservation pro
gram will be made only to those who
sign an agreement to participate in
the 1940 farm program by October
31, according to N. C. Donaldson,
state executive assistant, who was in
Heppner Wednesday for the county
wheat situation meeting.
The agreements call for the esti
mated fall and spring seedings but
are not binding. However, any far
mer wishing to participate in the
1940 program and who wishes to re
ceive his parity payment must sign
the agreement.
Every Morrow county farmer will
be given an opportunity to sign his
agreement October 2 at meetings
held for the various communities at
the following places: Alpine, at Al
pine school; Morgan, at lone; lone,
at lone; Lexington, at Lexington;
North Heppner, at Heppner; South
Heppner and Hardman, at Heppner;
Eightmile, at Gooseberry school.
School Redistricting
Board Sets lone Meet
First of a series of public infor
mation meetings on the new school
redistricting law will be held at lone
beginning at 2:30 Saturday afternoon,
October 14. This decision was reached
by a meeting of the redistricting
board at the court house Saturday
afternoon.
Details of the program were left
in the hands of Leonard Carlson
Herbert Hynd and Judge Bert John
son, members of the board from the
lone section. People of all districts
now transporting pupils to lone as
well as those from other districts
adjacent who could transport into
lone are urged to attend.
MONTANANS VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Borg of Mis
soula, Mont., visited a few hours in
Heppner Wednesday afternoon while
enroute to Portland to visit rela
tives. Mr. Borg, son of the late P. O.
Borg, pioneer jeweler of Heppner,
spent his youth here and has for
many years owned and operated a
jewelry establishment in Missoula,
Driving from Spokane to Portland
he couldn't resist turning off at Um
atilla and taking the highway to
Heppner to look up old friends, only
a few of whom he was able to find
during his short visit.
LAND DEALS RECORDED
Three transfers of Morrow county
real estate were made in transfers
recorded at the court house this
week. Willetta Vincent Crigler, Sam
Crigler and Maxine A. Vincent deed
ed to Ola Jones SWANEVi, SEy4
and Ey2SWy4, Sec. 5, Tp. 3 S., R. 29.
Victoria Grunewaldt, et vir, et als,
deeded to Kinzua Pine Mills 320
acres in Tp. 6 S., R. 25, $1000. Leila
C. McKay deeded to W. D. Birks
NN, Sec. 20, Tp. 2 N., R. 25.
FIRE CAUSES ALARM
A grass fire next to the vacant old
Reid's planing mill on Gale street
caused an alarm to be turned in
shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and quick action of the
fire department averted what might
have been a disastrous fire. The old
mill building has been under dis
cussion before the city council as
one of the worst fire menaces in
the city. 1
NEWLYWEDS RETURN
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Redding and
Mr. and Mrs. James Healy, recent
newlyweds who enioved a ioint
wedding trip by motor to the San
Francisco fair, returned home the
end of the week.
STAR TO MEET
Eastern Star will meet in regu
lar session at Masonic hall tomor
row evening, with social hour fea
turing cards and Chinese checkers,
and refreshments following, an
nounces Mrs. Faye Ferguson, wor
thy matron.
Skating at lone for short time
only.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Changed World
Wheat Situation
Told at Meeting
State AAA Officers
Give Basis for
Production Policy
In the face of a 55 per cent in
crease in world wheat production
since the beginning of the last
World War, while consumption in
the same period increased but 30
per cent to create much larger
stores at the present time, Will
Steen, state AAA administrator, left
for the large attendance of Mor
row county farmers at the court
house yesterday afternoon the con
clusion that there will not be from
the present European situation a
repetition of soaring wheat prices
such as occurred at the time of the
last war. And relating the history
of development of the present AAA
program, which he asserted has ben
efitted the market price by 58 cents
a bushel, there was left the further
conclusion that there is no necessity
for deserting the program.
No expression was asked from far
mers in attendance as to their in
tentions. But following the meeting
Mr. Steen said that at a previous
meeting in Sherman county where
hand -raising was asked, farmers in
attendance voted 100 per cent to
stay behind it. He believed a like
sentiment exists in Morrow county.
The meeting here was called at
the instance of the county agricul
tural conservation committee. E. H,
Miller, chairman, opened the meet
ing with a detailed report of actual
figures of what the program accom
plished in the county in 1938.
Steen's talk followed," and next
appeared N. C. Donaldson, state ex
ecutive assistant who gave further
detailed information of how the
world wheat production picture had
changed in the last 25 years to place
the United States in a very dissim
ilar position from that occupied at
the time of the last war.
Clifford Conrad, county agent, told
how the county had just about at
tained the goal of diverting 15 per
cent of wheat acreage to crested
wheat grass, seen as desirable in the
findings of last year's land use com
mittee and told of benefits to be re
ceived under the AAA program for
seeding crested wheat grass and also
for weed control. Payment of $3 an
acre is obtainable for the grass di
version, while $7 an acre is obtain
able for weed eradication.
Due to the large exportable sur
plus of wheat raised in the north
west, this section, without atificial
price fixing, must take the world
price for its wheat, it was emphasized
by the state visitors. In face of this
fact, the world wheat situation must
be taken into consideration by north
west producers in formulating their
production policies. Highlights of
the world situation, as prepared from
statistics of the department of agri
culture, were released at the meet
ing, as follows:
(1) World wheat supplies are the
largest on record. They are esti
mated at 5,400,000,000 bushels, as
compared with 3,700,000,000 in 1914.
This means an increase of about 55
per cent in supplies, whereas world
consumption has grown only about
30 per cent
(2) The present world acreage is
about 287 million acres, about 17
million acres more than average
(1933-1937) requirements.
(3) World carry-over of wheat on
July 1, 1940, will be an anticipated
1,400,000,000 bushels. This would be
largest on record, twice normal carry-over.
Next year's crop faces this
competition.
, (4) In 1914, Canada, Argentina,
and Australia together .produced
only 380,000,000 bushels of wheat
These countries are our chief com
petitors. This year these three coun
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