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Volume 56, Number 34
Five Specimens of
County's Nelson
Elk Checked Out
137 Hunters Enter
Open Area Through
Here Since Sunday
First trophy from the hunt of
Jackson Hole or Nelson elk in Mor
row county was brought down Sun
day, opening day of season, by the
gun of Ed Bennett. Bennett and
Glen Hayes, the day's hunting part
ner, had the animal, a nice big bull,
back in town that evening.
Of the 137 hunters checked into
the woods through the local station,
14 had checked back out this morn
ing with five elk. Ed Bennett's was
one. Another Bennett, Frank of
Condon, checked in the only cow
to date. F. B. Nickerson bagged a
big bull, while Russell Nichols of
Cascade Locks and Don Bailey of
The Dalles are the other fortunate
hunters so far to bring out their
kill.
.seven other slain ammals were
reported by Bill Brown of Roseburg,
local checker, to be still hanging in
the woods. Two of these were
brought down by Logie Richardson
and Loren Matteson who hunted in
company with Nichols and Jim Mer
rill of Cascade Locks in the Tup
per section. Richardson's was a big
six-pointer and Matteson s a five
pointer.
Frank Wire, supervisor state game
commission, and Charles Leach,
game commissioner, from Portland,
who were to have opened the sea
son here as guests of Richardson,
were delayed by business but their
arrival was expected this week end.
Brown, the checker, is authority
for calling the local elk species Jack
son Hole or Nelson. This variety he
says is somewhat smaller than the
Roosevelt elk which inhabits the
coast territory, and rather more
bothersome, being not so wild by
nature.
Brown checked during the deer
' season at Dayville. He reported this
the most active station serving the
antlerless deer country, with a total
of 3000 deer checked through.
Chairmen Named
In New AAA Set-Up
Friday, October 27, was election
day for Morrow county farmers par
ticipating in the 1939-1940 agricul
tural conservation program. Three
community committeemen and two
alternates were elected in each
community.
A list of communities and men
elected as chairman follows: Irrigon
C. Frederickson; Boardman, Paul
Smith; Alpine, Frank Saling; Eight
Mile, C. E. Carlson; lone, Chas. Mc-
Elligott; Lexington, L. A. Palmer
Morgan, Henry Gorger; North Hepp
ner, Jim Valentine; South Hepp
ner, F. E. Parker. These chairmen
will also act as delegates to the
county convention for the election of
county commiteemen being held the
first week in November.
'40 Crops 62 Percent
Insured at Closing
Monday, October 30th, marked
the closing date for receiving ap
plications for Federal Crop insur
ance, according to word received
from the Morrow County Agricul
tural Conservation office. A sum
mary of the applications received
shows that a total of 299 applications
have been approved covering 63,911
acres with a total insured production
of 587,582 bushels.
The number of acres insured rep
resents approximately 62 of Mor
row county's 1940 wheat acreage al
lotment.
Read G. T. Want Ads. You way
find a bargain in something needed.
Heppner,
Youth Ends Mystery
As to Whereabouts
A letter from Charles Cox, dated
Bisbee, Ariz., was received Tuesday
morning by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Cox, to relieve their anxiety
as to his whereabouts. Charles wrote
that he would be home in a week
or two.
Having been called here week end
before last by the illness of his fath
er, Charles returned to Eugene
where he was a student at U. of O.
with intention of withdrawing from
school and returning to assist in his
father's business. Without ' leaving
definite word as to his intentions, he
left Eugene last Wednesday, driv
ing the family car, and it was pre
sumed he was returning to Heppner
by way of McKenzie Pass. As sev
eral days elapsed without word from
him, his parents became alarmed and
instituted search, fearing he had met
with foul play. Story of his disap
pearance was carried in the daily
press for everal days.
Mr. Cox was able to be up town
the first of the week, being well on
the road to recovery, while Mrs. Cox
was still bedfast from an attack of
neuritis. Miss Nancy Jane Cox, their
daughter, came from Portland the
end of the week to assist at the par
ental home.
BREAKS ARM IN FALL
Loyal R. Parker sustained a frac
ture of his right arm in the wristt
when he fell from the slab wood
bunkers at Heppner Lumber com
pany yard Monday morning. He was
loading a truck at the bunkers and
missed a rung as he started down
the ladder, causing his fall. A bad
ly bruised nose was also received.
The fracture was reduced at a local
physician's office, and Mr. Parker
will be forced to carry the injured
member in a cast for some time.
Good apt.
for rent. Mrs.
A. Q.
31tf.
Thomson.
Red Cross Warns Home Is More Dangerous
Than Highway, Urges Check for Hazards
American Red Cross supplies householders and farmers with a check
list of accident hazards In fight against large annual death toll. Hazards
shown: top, left, mowers, harrows and other farm machinery, left In gear
when making repairs, may result In grave Injury to farmer. Top right:
pointed shears In the hands of children are as dangerous as matches.
Below right: most home accidents are due to falls, and scatter rugs on
polished floors should be anchored by use of non-skid lining as shown.
TJOMB mishaps
kill or Injure
11
many more persons than motor
vehicles, yet the average house
holder faces traffic with misgiving
and relaxes at home.
Each year hazards injure more
than 100,000 persons engaged in
farm work, yet the farmer fails to
take safety precautions which the
factory worker adopts as a matter
of course.
Together home and farm work ac
cidents last year killed 35,400 adults
and children and injured the stag
gering number of 4,750,000 persons.
To combat this annual accident
scourge the American Red Cross
launched a nation-wide program in
1935 to acquaint householders and
farm workers with the hazards coin
cident with their work and home
life. This year more than 1900 Red
Cross chapters are sponsoring this
task in the communities they serve.
On October 23 the anual Red
Cross campaign will begin through-
Oregon, Thursday, November 2, 1939
County Roll Call
Workers Set in
Red Cross Drive
Polish Relief Aided;
Representative
Addresses Lions
War in Europe lends additional
impetus to this year's Red Cross
roll call, said Miss Anne Carter,
field representative, in outlining
before the Monday Lions luncheon
the humanitarian service now be
ing rnedered by the world's prin
cipal refuge for the distressed. .
With belligerants pledged to re
spect the Red Cross at all times, a
committee from American Red Cross
is now administering to the needs
of Polish refugees who were forced
by war to leave homes with nothing
but their clothing. Local chapters
over the country are contributing
food and articles of clothing to meet
this need, said Miss Carter. Such
supplies are definitely earmarked,
and word has been received already
of safe arrival of first shipments.
In checking with Mrs. Clara Bea
mer, local chapter production chair
man, Miss Carter found usable sup
plies from stocks here that are be
ing sent to the Polish relief.
' Coincident with Miss Carter's visit,
Russell McNeill, county chapter
chairman, released names of com
munity heads for the roll call that
will start Armistiec day and end on
Thanksgiving day. Due to Thanks
giving being set a week ahead this
year by presidential proclamation,
the roll call period will be that much
shorter, necessitating faster action
on the part of workers.
Mrs. B. C. Pinkney is general roll
out the nation to assist household
ers to discover and eliminate haz
ards liable to cause accidents in
the home. Members of the American
Junior Red Cross and their school
mates will distribute check lists to
parents and assist in examining
their own homes and in removing
hazards. This Red Cross warning
reaches more than 9,000,000 homes
and farms each year.
The Red Cross stresses the need
ot removing hazards which may
cause falls, as this type of accident
resulted in more than half of last
year's home accident fatalities.
Among chief causes are poorly
lighted stairs, loose railings, small
rugs improperly anchored and chil
dren's toys left about. Burns and
explosions caused the next heaviest
loss of life, 5.300 being killed In 1938
by this type of accident, and the
Red Cross self-check list points to
the danger of scalding liquids In
pots and pans left near the edge of
Armistice Program
Planned by Legion
Heppner post American Legion
plans proper observance of Armis
tice day, Saturday, the 11th, with in
vitation extended to lone and Her
miston posts to join in the day's ac
tivities here.
A program is slated for 10:30 in
the morning at the Star theater with
Judge Bert Johnson bringing the
Armistice day message. Special mu
sical numbers are being arranged by
the Auxiliary unit. The annual grid
iron battle between Heppner and
Hermiston high schools will be the
headline attraction at Rodeo field
in the afternoon, and in the evening
the Legion ball, with public invited,
will be staged at the Elks hall.
call chairman and will head the
campaign in Heppner. Other com
munity workers are Mrs. Hugh
Smith and Mrs. Fred Mankin, lone;
Miss Dona Barnett, Lexington; Tom
Caldwell, Irrigon; Miss Elinor M.
Tilden, Boardman; Mrs. Martin
Bauernfeind, 1 Morgan; Mrs. Beth
Hynd, Cecil; Mrs. Marie Clary,
Hardman.
Mr. McNeill also announced Mrs.
Lorena Jones as head of the Junior
Red Cross for the county, and Miss
Harriett Pointer as secretary.
A first aid class was announced
to start at Irrigon next Tuesday eve
ning, with H. A. Buhman of Heppner,
instructor. Sessions will be held at
the high school, and anyone inter
ested is invited to attend.
C. J. D. Bauman, first aid chair
man, announces the. hope of estab
lishing a highway first aid station
at Irrigon in the near future. '
Dr. A. D. McMurdo was among
nimrods who went into the woods
for opening of the elk season. He re
turned Tuesday evening empty-
handed but evidenced pride in. the
big bull killed by F. B. Nickerson
companion on the hunt.
the stove, matches left within reach
of children, and fireplaces unguard
ed by proper screening. Other main
causes of accidental death are me
chanical suffocation, poison gases
and firearms, Red Cross officials
said.
Accident prevention Is a part of
the continuing Red Cross program
directed against illness, death and
disaster. All Red Cross services are
supported by the people who Join
at the time of the annual Roll Call,
this year from November 11-30.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
County Tax Bill
Cut $10,000 Under
Proposed Budget
vSix Months' Nursing
Service Provided;
Final Meet Nov. 28
Morrow county's budgeteers last
Thursday completed the proposed
budget for operating the county's
business next year, notice of which
will be found in another column.
Final hearing on the committee's
findings will be had at the court
house beginning at 10 a. m., Novem
ber 28.
The-proposed estimates call for a
reduction of $10,000 in the amount to
be raised by taxation as compared
with last year, this year's total be
ing $144,751. Total outstanding in
debtedness of the county is shown
at $30,000, a reduction of $27,500
from last year.
Making up the amount to be raised
by taxation are proposed expendi
tures for various items as follows:
General fund, $27,771; general
schools, $11,580; general roads, $ 43,
700; market roads, $9,200; bond sink
ing fund, $27,500; bond interest, $9,
500; rodent fund, $500; elementary
school fund, $15,000.
Unexpended balances and receipts
from other sources bring the total
estimated expenditures for 1940 up
to $186,726, as compared with $195,
909.28 last year.
Appointed to serve with the court
in preparing the budget were J. G.
Barratt, J. N. Batty, Roy Campbell,
Bernard Doherty and Lee Beckner.
The budgeteers increased the
amount going for county,, fcjefrSti
nurse's salary from $200 to $500,
thus assuring six months' public
health nursing service next year.
Also included was a new item of
$300 for control of Bang's disease.
Increase was made in the item of
general roads and bridges from
$45,000 to $50,000, but reductions
elsewhere more than offset increases
to result in the net lowering of pro
posed expenditures for next year.
Locals Nose Out
Arlington, 20-19
The few people who attended the
football game between Heppner and
Arlington last Friday saw a thriller
diller that will probably never be
excelled on the home field. Heppner
finally came out the victor by a
score of 20-19.
The game was exciting because it
was wide open almost all the way
through. No dull pile-ups in the line,
but tricky reverses and pass plays.
This is evidenced by the fact that
there was a total of 23 passes thrown
in the game. Arlington threw a total
of fifteen passes, completing nine.
Heppner tried nine and completed
four.
Heppner scored in the first quar
ter when Arlington fumbled behind
their own goal and a Mustang re
covered. Snow kicked a perfect con
version. The second touchdown
came with a beautiful pass from the
arm of Guy Moore to Merrill. Moore
then again passed to Merrill for the
conversion. For their last score they
drove almost to the Arlington goal
line where Dean Gilman plunged
over.
Arlington scored all three times
after traveling down the field al
most entirely on pass plays. Norria
threw most of the passes. The first
score came from a lateral pass that
left the receiver completely in the
clear. The conversion was missed.
They immediately came down the
field again and scored with a lino
plunge, converting with a running
play. Norris heaved the ball over the
goal line for the last score and the
conversion was missed.
A number of local Masons jour
neyed to lone last night to attend
lodge.