OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
FUEL I C AUDI TOR IV'
Volume 56, Number 31
Guarantors Take
Over Rodeo Deficit;
Vote Another Show
Officers Retirement
Causes Two Weeks'
Delay in Election
Though the underwriting agree
ment for the 1939 Rodeo did not
fcolo" aimpr liaMo for Pnt nf r-
manent. improvements "to ffrounds.
W0 unrUrwrit .nt at Mnn-
day evening's Rodeo meeting at the
Elks club voted that guarantors
should liquidate the entire $410
deficit, which represents just about
the amount wiit into ffrounds im-
provements and barns before the
cnr of ni vpr's how.
Rnlit arnon- the S5 underwriters.
rro rot- Am of A-firi amount-
ed to $7.50. All underwriters pres-
ent immediately responded with
tW ,-wi. and rstrard notices
were mailed to the others, Tuesday.
While it hardly seems fair that one
year's show should pay for improve-
ments to serve for many years, the
underwriters at the meeting could
no other wav out. The assncia-
tion has no wav of oarrvins a lonff-
term indebtedness, it was pointed
t
rVnort of Tn I. Gilliam, secre-
tary-treasurer, showed that $364.18
in expenditures this year went into
. the new barns and corral. Bills paid
year before amounted to $96.41, mak-
ing a total of $460.59 for which guar
antors were not strictly responsible
but which were accepted as legiti
mate and necessary to future con
duct of the show.
The spirit of Monday evening's
meeting was, "Let's pay it, and start
with a clean slate next year." And
those taking the lead in the check-
writing were the president and di-
rectors whose names headed the
guarantee list and who, besides,
shouldered a heavy part of the bur-
den in putting on the show.
Fresident Henry Aiken, personal-
ly, carried the hang-over deficit
from. 1938, and it was brought out
that Lee Beckner and Frank Turner
naa ooui spent time ana money
getting in poles for the corral fence
without recompense.
The outstanding indebtedness was
shown to be a loan of $350 at the
bank, for which the president and
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BPW Sponsors Show
To Aid Milk Fund
The Business and Professional
Women's club held their second
meeting at the home of Leta Hum
phreys Monday evening. Florence
Bergstrom as International Rela
tions chairman was in charge of
the program featuring reports by
Clara Beamer, Alma Van Winkle,
Leta Humphreys and Lulu Hager
The B. P. W. club is sponsoring
a motion picture show at the Star
theater, Oct. 18, featuring one of
the outstanding movie dramas of
the current season, "On Borrowed
Time." A local talent program will
be given as a part of the evening's
entertainment, presenting skits,
musical numbers, pantomimes and
dancing.
A portion of the funds obtained
from the theater program will be
used to provide mid-morning milk
and crackers for children in the
first and second grades of the local
school.
DOCTOR GOES EAST
Dr. A. D. McMurdo left Heppner
Saturday destined for Rochester,
Minn., where he expected to take
two weeks special study at the fa
mous Mayo Brothers clinic. Mrs.
McMurdo and their niece, Marjorie
Sims, accompanied him as far as
Pendleton, visiting over the week
end at Pendleton and Milton. ,
Heppner,
Mustangs Defeat
Enterprise' 12-0
The Heppner Mustangs seemed
to have had a shot of tonic or
something as they romped to
a 12-0 victory over the Enterprise
Savages. Practically everybody was
of the opinion that the Savages
would tame the Mustangs but the
Heppner boys proved different.
The game started out with
straight football dominating the
play. Heppner made consistent
gains through the efforts of Richard
Hayes who turned in an excellent
game at fullback. Heppner scored
once in each half. Jack Merrill,
Paying right half, set the stage
for the first touchdown with a 50
vard n through teck?e- Hayes Puj
the bal1 ver from the two yard
line - , , ,
In the second half the game was
a little more wlde featured by
long Passes frm, arm of En
terprise s star halfback.
Fr Heppner's second score Hayes
threw a long pass to Doug Drake,
end - who Packed ft to he two
line wnere ne xeraiea to ierrm.
Merrill took.it across standing up,
So:ne outstanding work was done
by claude Snow at quarterback and
Gilman at left half. Hayes
made a Sain of 20 ads at, one time
by a fake Punt that left the Enter-
Prlse line completely fooled.
Starting lineup: Hayes, fullback;
Snow, quarterback; Crawford, right
half; Gilman, left half; Drake, left
end; Dick, left guard; O'Brien, right
g"ard: Osborne, center; Lindsay,
left tackle; Faye, right tackle and
vance "g"1 ena
SchOOl Districting
Talks Set for lone
Morrow county's school district
reorganization board will hold the
first of a series of community meet-
int?s for explanation of the new law.
at Ione Saturday afternoon, begin-
nmg at 2:30 o'clock.
Judee j0hnson will explain
act under which fae is
operating, and Herbert Hynd will
lead discussion of the situation jre-
vaiune in the Ione district to brine
out feasibilitv of consolidating dis-
tricts adiacent to Ione. Leonard
nelson hoard chairman, will tre-
side Attendance of everyone in
districts now schooling pupils in
Ione and in faose districts which
might conveniently transport to
tnat int is urged.
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MuStOnQS tO iMeet
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uonaon lomorrow
Heppner's Mustangs return to
their home range Friday for a foot
ball game with Condon. This marks
their first appearance on the local
field since the Fossil game a month
ago. Friday's game should reveal a
vastly improved team over the one
which was lucky to come out of the
Fossil fray with a 13-12 win.
The Condon team is reputed to
be strong this year, having beaten
both Arlington and John Day, after
dropping an early season game to
Fossil. Gate time Friday will find
the two teams evenly matched and
rarin' to go.
Nutrition Expert
In County Next Week
Miss Lucy Case, nutrition spe
cialist from Oregon State college,
will conduct a series of food de
monstration meetings in the county
next week.
Her first scheduled appearance
at Eight Mile will be at the grange
hall instead of the home of Mrs.
Carrie Becket as announced last
week, between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m
On Thursday at the same hours
she will be at the Congregational
church in Ione. Similar meetings
will be held Tuesday at Irrigon and
Friday at Boardman.
Everett Rosenbaum and Albert
Schroeder of Portland were bird
hunting guests yesterday of Logie
Richardson.
Oregon, Thursday, October
Pomona Elects
Officers at
Lexington Meet
Program Features.
Wheat Assn. Head;
PUD Law Talked
An unusually large crowd at
tended Pomona grange at Lexing
ton last Saturday, there being more
than 60 persons at the business ses
sion in the forenoon.
Officers elected for 1940-41 are:
Master, Minnie McFarland; over
seer, S. J. Devine; lecturer, Vida
Heliker; steward, E. M. Baker; as
sistant steward, Kenneth Lundell;
chaplain, Hannah Anderson; treas
urer, Anna Skoubo; secretary, Mary
Lundell; gate keeper, Ben Ander
son; Ceres, Vasti Saling; Pomona,
Pauline Hughes; Flora, Mary Lind
say; L. A. S., Dorothy Brady; mu
sician. Marjorie Baker; executive
committee, C. J. D. Bauman, A. C
Houghton, Burton Peck. t
During the lecture hour the fol
lowing program prepared by Vida
Heliker was presented: song, God
Bless America; recitation, "When
Ma Ups Her Hair," Estelle Ledbet
ter; "4-H Club Work," "Agricul
tural Community Projects," County
Agent Conrad; recitation, "Parents,"
Betty Ball; talk, R. E. A., A. C.
Houghton; vocal solo, Mrs. Bleak
ney; reading, "The Highwayman,"
Lois Hewitt; talk, "Taxes," "Neu
trality," C. J. D. Bauman; mono
logue, "The Bright Child," Betty
Lou Lindsay; talk, President Wheat
League, H. Proudfoot; closing song,
Lexington grange.
Resolutions descussed pertained
to a petition on neutrality and the
changing of Thanksgiving day, the
latter being viewed as too much of
a political nature for consideration.
A general discussion of the P. U.
D. law brought many new ideas to
light and will bring intensive study
for a later meeting.
Willows grange exemplified the
fifth degree to a class of 12.
The next Pomona meeting will
be held in Boardman with Green
field grange as host.
Vinton Howell Sans
Pants After Tussle
With Attacking Deer
Vinton Howell is wearing a new
pair of pants, given him by Sher
iff C. J. D. Bauman, while the
latter's pet buck deer has gone to
tables of the needy, all because
the pet tried to keep "Vint" from
getting into his home Monday eve
ning. Howell lives neighbor to the
sheriff. When he started through
the gate at home about 4 o'clock
Monday afternoon, he noticed and
recognized the sheriffs pet deer
a couple of feet from the gate. He
did not suspect what was going to
happen, however.
As he started past the deer,
hardly giving it second thought,
the animal rushed at him antlers
foremost. Vint grabbed the horns
to protect himself, and had a busy
time warding off the deer's fly
ing front hoofs which finally left
his pants in shreds, and some
scratches on his legs. He had to
bulldog the deer, and scramble
among the rocks with, it for an
interval, before he could get away
from it, and in the scramble also
lost some skin from his hands.
Otherwise, he emerged little the
worse for wear, just as Harry Ar
cher, Ralph Justus and Charlie
Johnson, who witnessed the fray,
were coming to the rescue.
Lest the deer's "mad" season re
suit in something even more seri
ous, Sheriff Bauman shot it Mon
day morning and turned the car
cass over to the relief agency.
12, 1939
Bird Hunters
Get Break as
New Season Set
Morow county bird hunters are
elatedly greeting what amounts to
a two-week extension of open sea
son for hunting upland birds, phea
sant, quail and partridge, as a re
sult of attorney general's ruling
that the game commission acted
outside its legal rights in opening
the season October 1.
Eleven days of hunting have al
ready been enjoyed of the first an
nounced open dates, October 1 to
15. Ruling, however, that a 1939
legislative act takes precedent over
the 1935 supplement under which
the commission acted, the attorney
general declared the legal open sea
son dates are October 15 to 31. The
commission has now so announced
the season and a brand new 15 days
of bird hunting may be enjoyed
beginning Sunday.
With the attorney general's ruling,
the taking of one female pheasant
in any seven days of the new sea
son also becomes permissable.
AAA Deadlines
Cited by Committee
Farmers of Morrow county who
are cooperating with the agricul
tural conservation program were
reminded this week of four applica
tion deadlines termed "very import
ant" by their county AAA commit
tee. The deadlines were listed as
follows:
October 30 marks the final date
for signing forms indicating wheth
er wheat growers intend to seed
within their wheat acreage allot
ment for 1940.
October 31 is the final date for
filing applications for payment un
der the 1938 farm and range con
servation programs.
December 31 is the last date for
requesting price adjustment pay
ments for complying with the 1939
wheat acreage adjustment program
March 31, 1940, will be the final
date for county offices to accept ap
plications for payment under the
1939 farm and range programs.
Mrs. Charles Klinger
Succumbs to Illness
Mrs. Charles Klinger of Lexing
ton passed away at Heppner hos
pital yesterday morning from com
plications with diabetes. Funera
services are slated to be held in
Clackamas county tomorrow. Mrs.
Klinger had been hospitalized for
two weeks. Mr. Klinger was with
her when death came. Case mortu
ary is in charge of local arrange
ments.
Mrs. Klinger was born Hilda An
galina Rees, daughter of Frank and
Mary Rees, in Clackamas county
Jan. 15, 1897, being aged 42 years.
seven months and 28 days at time
of death. With Mr. Klinger the
family home has been made on the
farm north of Lexington for many
years. She was highly respected by
all who knew her.
Elections Slated
In AAA Program
Agricultural Conservation asso
ciation elections will be held in each
of the communities of the county,
October 27, to elect the 1940 commu
nity committeemen and to elect del
egates who will represent the com
munities in the county agircultura!
conservation convention.
All cooperators will be notified by
letter as to where the election wil
be held in their community, accord
ing to word received from the loca!
AAA office.
FUNERAL AT BOARDMAN
Funeral rites are being held at
Boardman today for Joseph Sim
mons who died Tuesday at Morrow
General hospital from infirmities
of age. Mr. Simmons had been
resident of Boardman for 25 years.
Case mortuary is in charge of ar
rangements.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
iremen Urge
Hazard Check-Up,
Prevention Week
Isom Brings Mes
cage to Lions;
Federal Man Guest
Disastrous fires often may be pre
vented by precaution on the part of
property owners, and it is with this
thought that Heppner firemen are
encouraging everyone to check their
premises for hazards during Fire
Prevention week, October 1-19, said
Blaine E. Isom, Heppner volunteer
fireman, in addressing the Monday
Lions luncheon.
In checking premises, all accumu
lations of junk and debris should
be eliminated, oil and other inflam
mables should be removed from
proximity of stoves or other heating
vices, matches should be put
safely out of the reach of children,
electric wiring should be examined
for flaws, chimneys should be
checked r.nd rleanrd where excess-
accumulation of soot appears,
weeds and trash should be cleared
away from buildings. Such precau
tions on the part of all property
holders will not only save the fire
men a lot of grief, but may be the
means of preventing many costly
fires which may be induced by
cooler weather and the necessity for
keeping stoves going.
A large item all property owners
should conbider is the likelihood of
obtaining lower insurance rates thru
this widespread elimination of fire
hazards, said Isom. .
This item is being considered by
the city, too. Fifteen hundred dol
lars was included in the proposed
city budget for next year earmarked
for the purchase of a new fire truck
with pumper. Isom said this equip
ment will save its cost in lowered
insurance rates as well as give bet
ter protection to all property in the
city.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, councilman, en
larged upon Isom's remarks by com
plimenting the firemen for the fine
work they have accomplished and
the active interest they are taking in
their work. Sole compensation lies
in the $2.50 each fireman draws at
a fire where it is necessary to use
the large hose. This sum hardly com
pensates them for wear and tear on
clothing, Tibbies said. Nevertheless
the 12 active firemen hold practices
regularly and are on the job the
second an alarm is turned in.
W. S. Bennett, Smith-Hughes in
structor, told the club of the fine
showing Heppner FFA chapter made
at the Pacific International exposi
tion in Portland with judging the
end of the week. Guests for the day
included W. A. Dalzell, with depart
ment of internal revenue, and two
sons, Tom and John, all of Portland,
who were passing through town on
their way home from a successful
deer hunt in the Ukiah section. They
hunted with a party of eight, each of
whom bagged a nice buck. Mr. Dal
zell, Sr., recalled having last been
in Heppner as a representative of
Governor Pierce at the time loans
were being made to wheat farmers
following the freezeout of 1923. Hav
ing been prominently connected
with Oregon politics for many years,
he had many times crossed paths of
Heppner people. Tom Dalzell, who
was introduced by O. G. Crawford
as an old friend at Klamath Falls
where he lived before going to Port
land as an attorney, said henceforth
he would not brag on the Klamath
Falls section as Oregon's best deer
hunting grounds. The section he had
just visited undoubtedly has more
deer than any place in the world,
he said, basing his opinion on the
many deer seen during their hunt.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith and
son Jimmy spent the week end with
relatives and friends at Naches,
Wash.