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ION'E NEWS
By MRS. ELMER GRIFFITH
Snowfall Reaches
8 Inches at lone
A good wet snow, eight inches in
depth, brought joy to the farmers
Tuesday. Its moisture content was
.88 inch. Since the first of Sep
tember there has been 2.64 inches of
rain, most of which has fallen since
Christmas. The ground is not froz
en, and is in good condition to re
ceive the moisture.
Elmer Griffith was painfully but
not seriously injured Monday about
noon when his car struck a frosty
place on the highway near Dale
Ray's and overturned. The car was
damaged but was not put out of
commission. Mr. Griffith is con
fined to his home.
Betty Jean Mankin, who has been
spending the holidays with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin,
returned to her school, St. Paul's
in Walla Walla, Sunday.
Mrs. D. T. Smith accompanied
the Mankins to Walla' Walla, and
visited her husband who is a pa
tient at the veterans hospital there.
Mrs. Berl Akers and little son
Berl left the hospital Saturday and
returned to their home in Goose
berry. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Palmateer re
turned Saturday from Estacada
where they were called by the
death of Mrs. Palmateer's father,
John Githens.
Katherine Griffith reentered the
E. O. C. E. at La Grande this week.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Griffith and Mrs. Mary Cunning
ham made the trip to La Grande
on Sunday, and were accompanied
home by Mrs. Griffith's sister, Mrs.
Kittie Turner.
W. G. Palmateer returned Tues
day from Idaho Falls, Idaho, where
he had been visiting his sister, Mrs.
Lillie DeShazer for several weeks.
Albert Lindstrom met him at Ar
lington. BOARDMAN NEWS
By MRS. CLAUD COATS
Boardman Youth
Wins Scholarship
Mr. and Mrs. Charle Chandler
and family stayed overnight at the
Henry Graves home enroute to Vale
where they are going to make their
home.
Frank Kunze, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Kunze, returned home on Fri
day evening for the first time in
four years. He has been working
in Garnett, Mont.
Miss Phyllis Wilson has been vis
iting her sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. John McClaskey in
The Dalles.
Miss Doris Hood and Kenneth
Ransier returned home in the com
pany of Mr. and Mrs. Tubbs. Ken
neth Ransier and Doris Hood have
been visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Tubbs for the past two
weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Tubbs spent
the week end with Mrs. Tubb's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hood.
Elbert Fisher, local FFA boy, has
won the alternate for the Union
Pacific scholarship. This scholarship
is now called the Carl Raymond
Gray scholarship in honor of the
president of the U. P. railroad who
recently passed away. Elbert Fish
er's project was judged on Decem
ber 15. Guy Moore of Heppner re
ceived the scholarship.
Pomona grange was held in the
Boardman grange hall on Saturday,
January 6. The day consisted of a
business meeting in the morning,
dinner at noon, an afternoon pro
gram, lunch in the evening and the
degree work in the evening. Rex
Ellis of Pendleton was the special
speaker of the afternoon.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Delano burned to the ground about
noon on Monday, January 8. At the
time of the fire, Delano's were both
away from home.
IKRIGON NEWS
By MRS. W. C. ISOM
Irrigon High Comets
Win from Lexington
The Comets played a winning
game at Lexington Thursday night,
with the high shool basketball team
there. The score was 18-22,
Heppner
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith and
Mr. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Smith, left Tuesday for an
extended tour through California.
Mrs. Maynard Hoaglan who has
been quite ill is improving.
Mrs. John Voile has been quite
ill with flu the past two weeks,
Mr. and Mrs. Batie Rand were
business visitors in Pendleton Tu
esday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Warner
were dinner guests of Mrs. James
Warner Sunday.
Earl Steward is doing the excav
ating work under the residence of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Steward in preparation for a full
cement basement.
Mrs. Earl Leach and baby son
returned home from the Hermis-
ton hospital Tuesday.
Mrs. M. Hinkley is very ill at her
home in Irrigon.
HARDMAN NEWS
Joint Installation
Held at Hard man
Jim Stevens is working at the A.
C. Ball ranch on upper Rhea creek.
Mrs. Ethel McDaniel and Vern,
Vera and Cecil, Mrs. Frank Mc
Daniel, Les Robinson, Lewis and
Clinton Batty and Elwood Hastings
were business visitors in Heppner
Saturday.
Mrs. Sam McDaniel fell one day
last week and hurt her arm.
Joint installation was held at the
I. O. O. F. hall Saturday evening.
A delicious chicken supper was en
joyed.
Earl Redding and Buster Bleak-
man returned to Bates where they
will trap.
Miss Alta Stevens is visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Daniel. Those who were ill last week
were Mrs. Earl Redding, Patsy the
small daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond McDonald, and Miss
Juanita Byer.
Mrs. Al Lovgren and son Stacy
spent Sunday in Lone Rock visiting
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Charles Wick.
Mrs. Neal Knighten who has been
ill for the last week was well en
ough to return to her school at
Alpine on Monday. Mrs. Stanley
Robinson who substituted for her
last week returned with her.
Doctor Coleman of Condon made
his weekly visit to Hardman on
Thursday. He plans to come as
regularly as the weather permits.
A meeting of the high school 4-H
Health club was held on Wednesday
of last week. Special reports were
made by Vera McDaniel and Mil
dred Clary.
Sermon subjects for the coming
week's services are, Friday, prayer
meeting, Genesis 4; Sunday at 11
o'clock, "His Grace Also;" Chris
tian Endeavor 6:30; evening service
7:30, "The Seven Sealed Book," Rev.
5.
The weather last week was very
pleasant sunny, with a little rain.
At the beginning of this week the
snow started with 3 or 4 inches on
Monday morning and 8V2 on Tues
day. The snow plow was out before
daylight on Tuesday and went on
out to the Wheeler county line. The
leaden skies and the general feel
of the air indicate that we can ex
pect more snow. Since the ground
is unfrozen, this snow will be a big
factor in remedying the moisture
shortage situation.
"Garbo's NINOTCHKA makes
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new movie rustory, says ijuena
Parsons. Star Theater, Sunday and
Monday.
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SYSTEM
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inal Capacity at End of B- or 10-Year
Period.
8-ft. Mpccial built refrigerator for
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Enjoy having Sweeper, Iron, Toaster,
Waffle Iron and many other electric
fixtures.
3-YEAR PAYMENT PLAN
Free Estimates Without Obligation
Phone or Write
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Moro, Ore. Res. Dcfrioss Spr.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
EXAMINER COMING
A traveling examiner of operators
and chauffeurs from the office of
Earl Snell, secretary of state, is
scheduled to arrive in Heppner
Thursday, Jan. 18, and will be on
duty at the city hall between the
hours of 11 a. m. and 5 p. m. All
those wishing permits or licenses to
drive cars are asked to get in touch
with the examiner during these
hours.
Employment Gains
Shown in District
Registered unemployed in Uma
tilla and Morrow counties both
served by the Pendleton office
dropped from 1300 to 593 during the
past year, according to Silas Gaiser,
administrator for the commission in
Salem. Of those on the active file
135 were women and 37 veterans.
Benefits paid out in the Portland
district during 1939 were $51,683,
against $63,812 the previous year.
Over the state the drop in weekly
checks amounted to nearly $2,000,
000 fro mthe $5,916,392 recorded in
1938.
New jobs were found for 4,054 by
the Pendleton office in 1939 com
pared with 3,425 the previous year.
Private placements increased from
1.012 to 1,186.
For Oregon last year's placement
total of 117,019 set new marks since
the free service was started four
years ago. In 1938 jobs were found
for 70,102. The active jobless file
dropped from 85,827 to 42,072 during
the year.
"NINOTCHKA is one of the most
hilariously diverting comedies Hol
lywood has made in a long time,"
Cleveland Press. Star Theater, Sun
day and Monday.
Chevrolet world's largest builder of trucks now offers its
new line for 194056 models on nine wheelbase lengths, all
selling in the lowest price range!
Extra-powerful Valve-in-IIead Engines . . . extra-strong
Hypold Rear Axles . . . extra-sturdy truck units throughout . . .
make all these new Chevrolets gluttons for work, whether you
choose a Sedan Delivery or a Heavy Duty Cab-Ovcr-Engine model.
And Chevrolet's famous six-cylinder economy . . . plus the
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Heppner
Oregon
U. P. Petroleum Rate
Hearing Scheduled
Formal hearing has been set by
Ormond R. Bean, state utilities
commissioner, in the matter of the
investigation of the reasonableness
of petroleum and petroleum prod
ucts rates filed November 3, by the
Union Pacific Railroad company.
The hearing will be held at the
Multnomah hotel, Portland, starting
at 10 a. m., January 29. This formal
case is the sequel to the extended
petroleum hearing held in June by
Clyde B. Aitcheson, of the ICC,
one of the most important cases of
the year in which scores of attor
neys, rate experts, and truck line
officials took part.
Supplement No. 16-C to the North
Pacific Coast Freight Bureau tariff
14-N named new Oregon intha-state
rates and minimum weights for
transportation in tank cars of petro
leum and petroleum products from
Portland, Willbridge and Linnton
to various destinations in Central
and Eastern Oregon.
Two Bits Total Cost of
Farm Acount System
Two bits invested in an Oregon
farm account book is all the equip
ment anyone needs to prepart him
self to keep a systematic record of
any farm business, says G. W. Kuhl
man, assistant professor of farm
management at Oregon State col
lege, who has been holding various
meetings on the subject throughout
the state.
More important than the two bits,
however, is the will of the person to
keep a faithful record day after day.
"The skeptic is always inclined
to wonder whether farmers really
keep accounts, and if so, whether
they are worthwhile," said Profes
sor Kuhlman recently. "Here is
FERGUSON MOTOR COMPANY
Thursday, Jan. 11, 1940
what one Oregon woman reported
on this subject, as quoted in a re
cent national magazine article:
" "The farm acount records were
started-in 1936 and they served their
purpose well when the income tax
collector wanted a share of the
profits, which had been spent three
years ago. He sa'd the itemized re
port gave a good picture of the farm
operations and he wanted to know
if we went to the expense of having
a lawyer make it out. I was pleased
to tell him that one lesson in farm
accounting given by our county ag
ent, and a 25-cent Oregon State
college farm account book each
year, turned the trick'."
Canners' Short Course
Set February 5-17
Oregon's most consistently popular
agricultural short course the an
nual session for commercial canners
will be held this year from Feb
ruary 5 to 17, at Oregon State col
lege, under the usual sponsorship of
food industries department there.
This nineteenth annual session is
called the "Canners and Frozen
Food Packers School" inasmuch as
the growing importance of the froz
en food industry has given it an
increased share in this year's pro
gram of instruction and demonstra
tions. This is the pioneer school of its
kind in the country and now at
tracts around 150 students annually.
This year's work will include in
struction for both beginners and ex
perienced men in the canning and
food preserving field, including
courses in fruit and vegetable can
ning, a course for field men of can
neries and frozen food plants, and
the usual mechanical course in dou
ble seaming, handled in cooperation
with the American Can company.
A nominal registration fee of $4 is
charged for the course.
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