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Volume 56, Number 51
Branch Warehouses
Would Be Taken
Over by Farmers
Lexington Grain
Growers Air Plan
for Consolidation
Plans are under way for the for
mation of an extensive warehouse
operation on, a co-operative basis,
according to Geo. N, Peck and G. J.
Ryan of Lexington, who were in
Heppner Tuesday. Preliminary work
on the project has been completed
and officials of the Morrow County
Grain Growers, Inc., are now con
tacting farmers of the county in an
effort to stimulate interest and to
sell a certain amount of stock re
quired to put the deal over.
Involved in the proposed co-operative
set-up are the properties Of
the Farmers Elevator company of
lone, including the 96,000 bushel ca
pacity elevator and two warehouses
at lone, and the warehouse at Mc
Nabb siding; the present warehouse
property of the Morrow County
Grain Growers, Inc., at Lexington,
and the property of the Heppner
Farmers Elevator company, the el
evator, grain warehouse, chop mill
and hay warehouse. The Lexington
concern had previously added the
Beckner warehouse in lone to its
property.
In line with its proposed expan
sion of holdings the concern pro
poses to expand its scope of business
to a point not heretofore attained
by a similar organization in the
county. As soon as all business de
tails have been transacted it is the
intention to install a line of stock
and other feeds which can be sold
on a competitive basis with outside
concerns now supplying a large part
of these supplies to Morrow county
farmers and stockmen.
The Morrow County Grain Grow.
ers was organized in Heppner in
April, 1930. It was set up as a mar
keting agency to comply with the
agricultural marketing act. It ef
fected a direct saving of 6 cents per
bushel to the farmers of the county
through co-operative marketing, fig
ures submitted by Ryan and
Peck reveal. Through cooperation
with other agencies savings on
freight rates and the purchase of
grain bags have been effected.
In 1936 the Farmers National
Grain corporation withdrew from the
field and started liquidating its
properties. This gave the local group
an opportunity to acquire storage
facilities at Lexington. Later in the
.same year the facilities of the Lex.
ington Farmers Warehouse company
were acquired at a total investment
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Bleakman Announces
for Commissioner
No strange to Morow county vot
ers is G. A. Bleakman, several times
elected county commissioner, who
this week came forward with his
announcement for a return to the
office in the Republican ranks af
ter a term's absence. Bleakman
thus becomes the earliest contend
er to make his intentions known
about running for local office in
the coming May 17 primaries.
Other county offices to be filled
at this time include those of clerk
and assessor.
PRECIPITATION 4.73 INCHES
Precipitation for the winter since
since December 1 amounts to 4.73
inches, according to figures com
piled by L. L. Gilliam, official ob
server. December moisture measur
ed 1.78 inches, January 1.89 and
February to ate 1.06. Rainfall the
last week end accounted for .67
inch, .26 falling on Friday and
.41 on Saturday. Frost on Tuesday
night and fog Wednesday morning
indicated more rainfall, in the opin
ion of the weather observer.
Heppner,
Pendleton Chorus
to Sing Wednesday
All signs point to a big musical
evening when the Pendleton Wo
men's chorus presents a concert at
the high school gym-auditorium in
Heppner next Wednesday evening,
Feb. 28. The chorus of 30 women's
voices will sing several' groups of
songs and in addition there will be
a male quartet and two soloists. Miss
Richardson of the chorus will be
presented in special numbers and
perhaps the highlight of the pro
gram will be the singing of Dan
Motanic, Cayuse Indian, whose bass-
baritone voice is considered one of
the finest in the northwest.
The chorus is directed by Ted
Roy, Pilot Rock, who won renown
during his career at Oregon State
college with his tenor voice and who
later studied under some of the best
teachers of the east.
Tickets may be obtained at Hum
phreys Drug company store or from
members of Heppner Music club,
sponsor of the entertainment.
PARALYSIS FUND
SHOWS INCREASE
Gain Over 1939 Shown by
Returns Coming in from Various
Districts in County
Returns from the several activities
connected with the drive for funds
for the national infantile paralysis
foundation indicate that an increase
over the 1939 campaign will be
shown. While all moneys have not
been turned in to the treasurer, the
amount on hand shows receipts in
excess of $30 over that taken in last
year. One county idstrict has not
been heard from and there is also
the county's share in the "March
of Dimes" which will be turned
back from national headquarters.
Receipts from the Heppner dance
totaled $97.10. Added to this am
ount is $58.50 from individual and
organization donations, making a
total of $150.60 from Heppner. Other
county districts reporting included
Boardman, $32.50; Morgan, $24; Lex
ington, $32, and lone, $41, or a total
of $286.10. One district, Hardman,
remains to be hard from. Incluled
in the organization and group list
are the Woolgrowers auxiliary,
Eastern Star, Rebekahs, Past Noble
Grand club, all of Heppner, and the
Liberty school of Eight Mile.
Full account of disbursements
cannot be made at this time. One
bill has been allowed, that of the,
orchestra in the amount of $42.50.
It is possible that another $30 will
be required to square up accounts
of the Heppner dance. At any rate,
the county's 50 per cent will am
ount to more than $100.
B. C. Pinckney, treasurer, has
submitted a statement for 1939 as
follows: Balance on hand Jan. 1,
1939, $314.05; received from 1939
dances and donations: Heppner
dance $219.30, add Heppner dance
funds $3, Cecil dance funds $28.40,
Rhea Creek grange $5, total $255.70.
Less expenses: Orchestra $36, Gaz
ette Times, printing, $12, supplies
$6.30, Elks hall $25, Patterson &
Son $1.80, total $81.10, or balance of
$174.60. Payment to national fund
$87.30, balance retained $87.30, plus
"March of Dimes" $6, or a total de
posit as of August 1, 1939, $407.35.
Disbursements: Aug. 30, 1939, Mrs.
Tom Keating, nursing, $85; Sept. 26,
1939, Patterson & Son, $10.59; Mrs.
P. A. Mollahan, $205.66, and Hepp
ner hospital, $105.10. Total disburse
ments made for account of La Verne
Van Marter, $406.35. Balance on
hand Jan. 1, 1940, $1.
TO PLAY IN PENDLETON
Mary Lou Ferguson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ferguson, has
been invited to play four piano
compositions before the Delphian
club, literary organization, in Pen
dleton Friday evening. Mary Lou
has captivated Heppner audiences
with her artistry, for she plays ad
vanced music with skill. She is a
pupil of Mrs. J. O. Turner, who,
with Mrs. Ferguson, will accompany
her to Pendleton.
Oregon, Thursday, Feb.
Mustangs Win 'A'
Title, But Lose to
Irrigon in Play-Off
Tourney Play Starts
at Condon Friday,
Heppner vs. lone
Final Wheat League Standings
By JERRY ACKLEN
"A" Division Won Lost Pet.
Heppner 5 1 .833
Arlington 3 3 .500
Fossil 2 4 .333
Condon 2 4 .333
XJ J-1 V lO-LUll i
Irrigon 9 1 .900
Boardman 7 3 .700
Umatilla 5 5 .500
Lexington 4 6 .400
lone 3 7 . .300
Echo 2 8 .200
Mustangs va. Comets
A tall, laky center by the name
of Jones playing with the Irrigon
Comets, champions of the "B" div
ision of the Wheat league, proved
to be the undoing of the "A" divi
sion champs in the Wheat league
play-off game between Heppner
and Irrigon high schools at Her
miston last Tuesday night. The
Comets won 33-25.
Heppner earned the right to play
for the league championship by de
feating Arlington for the "A" title
here Friday evening.
Jones sank the first and last bas
kets of the evening and also looped
the casaba through the hoop en
ough times to bring his evening's
total scoring to 18 points while his
little teammate, Houghton, tossed
in 9 points to bring the Irrigon score
to 27 by this classy pair alone, but
Connell " surprised himself ' and his
teammates by coming through with
6 more Irrigon points to make up
the total 33.
On the Heppner side, Pinckney,
Crawford and Snow furnished the
bulk of the counters for the Mus
tangs with Scrivner looping an al
most impossible shot that tied the
score for the fifth time in the game
with only three and a half minutes
left to play.
Jones sank the first basket after
the game was 50 seconds old but
Pinckney evened the count five
seconds later when he dropped a
long shot through the hoop; Snow
potted one a few seconds later to
put Heppner in the lead until Irn
gon's Jones knotted the count once
more. A gift shot by Pinckney and
a free toss by Jones finished the
first quarter's scoring exactly even
at 5-all. Pinckney sank another
long shot early in the second canto
to break the tie, but the Comets
countered with three baskets in
rapid succession that gave them a
lead that lasted until the beginning
of the fourth period. Score at half
time was 14-12 in favor of Irrigon,
Coach Bob Knox fired his Hepp
ner boys with plenty of pep during
Continued on Page Eight
Firemen Schedule
Smoker for March 16
Heppner Fire department an
nounces that arrangements have been
completed for staging a smoker here
on the evening of March 16. The
event will be held in the county fair
pavilion.
Headlining the show in the main
event of eight rounds will be Louis
Doney of Heppner and Stanley
Partlow of Boardman. Doney has
been seen in action here and fight
fans like his style. He weighs 157
and his oponent tips the beam at
153 pounds.
The semi-final bout will see Sam
my McCracken, 146, of Hermiston
and Mike Moschella of Stanfield
throwing the leather at each other.
Four preliminary bouts are being
arranged to open the show. These
fights will be booked from home
talent.
22, 1940
Farmer-Business
Men to Dine March 1
Farmers of Morrow county will
be hosts to the business men of the
county, Friday evening, March 1, at
a banquet in the Christian church.
Arrangements have ben made to ac
commodate all the business men and
a like number of farmers.
Tickets may be obtained at the
county agent's office and the farm
ers are aske to call at the office
and get their tickets as soon as pos
sible and let the office know which
business man they will bring.
The importance of agriculture to
the average business and the likel
relation of all business t6 agriculture
has prompted the farmers to sponsor
such a meeting to make for a better
mutual relationship.
BPW Preparing for
Spring Activities
Democracy's attempt to balance
powe rwas the theme discussed at
the meeling of the Business and
Professional Women's club, held at)
the home of Mrs. Clara Beamer
Tuesday evening. The program, in
charge of Dorothy erlach and Neva
Bleakman, was given after the reg
ular montly dinner of the club.
During a business session, pre
sided over by Rose Leibbrand, pres
ident, Mrs. Lorena Jones was nam
ed chairman of a committee to ar
range for the annual mother and
daughter to be held on May 6.
The club is working an its plans
to have some of the unsightly old
buildings of the town removed. It
is recalled that at a recent meeting
the old planing mill was under dis
cussion. Early the following morn
ing the fire department was called
to put down a claze in the struc
ture. While not expecting such
speedy action on their plan, the
club members properly deny any
intent of removing the building by
such means.
Sunday School Has
Dinner at Liberty
About 40 members of the Liberty
Sunday school enjoyed a dinner at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Huston Fridav evening. Mrs. Leon
ard Rill was co-hostess. Turkey and
noose with all the trimmings were
served in a manner upholding the
Eight Mile tradition and 'tis said
the diners were no less traditional
in upholding their part of the bar
gain. The Liberty folks are proud of
their Sunday school, which has a
membership of 40 and an average
attendance of 30. It is felt that few
of the rural districts of the county
can make as good report, and even
some of the town schools might be
included.
ANNUAL BALL SATURDAY
Heppner lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks,
comes forward with its headline
evnt of the year next Saturday
when special lodge ceremonies in
the afternoon will be climaxed later
in the evening by the annual Wash
ington Birthday ball. Initiaion of
a large class of candidates is on
the lodge program calendar which
starts at 2 o'clock. At the same time
ladies of Elks will convene at the
Lucas Place for a social afternoon.
Lunch will be served continuously
in the club rooms throughout the
afternoon, free to Elks and ladies.
Only Elks and ladies are invited to
the evening function, starting at 9.
RAIL RATE LOWERED
Redctionu of two cents per hun
dred pounds of wheat has been an
nounced by the Union Pacific, re
ports T, W. Shobe, district freight
agent from The Dalles. This will
make the rate approximately 14
cents per hundredweight on Hepp
ner branch points. The announce
ment came through G., J. Ryan,
manager of Lexington Grain Grow
ers, who said that as soon as the
effective date for the cut is learned
it will be made public.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Reorganization
School District
Meeting Called
Public Urged to
Meet With Board
Thursday, Feb. 29
A meeting of importance to the
entire county has been set for
Thursday evening, Feb. 29, at the
courthouse in Heppner. While pri
marily called as a meeting of the
school district reorganization board,
it is highly important that school
patrons and all others interested at
tend, according to Mrs. Lucy Rod
gers, county superintendent, who
says that Lester Wilcox, of the staW
departmlent of education, Salfbm,
will be present to assist with the
conference.
Tentative plans of the Morrow
county board will be under discus
sion. Under the terms of a law pass
ed at a recent session of the state
legislature, counties may appoint
boards for the purpose of reorgan
izing school districts. Morrow coun
ty has had a board working on plans
for the last year. These plans will
be submitted at the forthcoming
meeting and Mrs. Rodgers says if
there is someone with an idea on
the matter this will be a good time
to present it.
Due to thinning population in the
farming districts, an unofficial con
solidation of numerous schools is
in force now. School buses are op
erating from country districts to the
town schools and following the gen
eral trend of this movement the re
organization board has mapped ten
tative consolidations which will be
presented to the several districts.
Tentative plans call for consolida
tion as follows: Heppner, district No.
1 will include districts 41, Sand Hol
low; 48, Pleasant Point; 24, Willow;
2, Lena; 34, Willow Creek; 42, Balm
Fork or Twin Pine; 33, Gurdane; 3,
Willow Way; 6, Golden West; 59,
Matteson; 31, Eight Mile; 49, Hail
Ridge; 38, Valentine.
Lexington district No. 12 18,
Strawberry; 27, Alpine; 50, Hods
don; 23, Divine; 17, Blackhorse; 53,
Social Ridge; 15, Clarks Canyon.
lone district No. 35 11, Liberty;
29, Rocky Bluff; 36, Gooseberry; 21,
Dry Fork; 4, Davis; 14, Pleasant
Vale; 5, Morgan; 9, Lone Tree; 10,
Ella; 8, Cecil.
Hardman district No. 4051, Bur
ton Valley; 19, Rood Canyon.
In recommending these consolida
tions, the board is not acting arbi
trarily, but is following the act of
the 1939 legislative session provid
ing for reorganization and leaving
final action in the hands of the state
department of education. Explana
tion of the act has been made at a
series of meetings over the county.
Lions Hear About
Purposes of SCS
Heppne Lions club learned some
thing of the purposes of the Soil
Conservation service in a brief talk
made by Robert Weir, contact offi
cial of the local, CCC camp, at the
Monday luncheon.
To show that a conservation pro
gram is essential, Weir said that
nearly 50 per cent of the cultivable
land if the United States is classified
under the erosion program. That
would seem to place the service on
a permanent basis if needed produc
tion is sustained, he said. As far
as the local situation is concerned
the program is far from completed
and some phases of the work have
been given scarcely more than a
trial.
The club decided to return to Ho
tel Heppner for its meetings. A
vote of appreciation was extended
the Elkhorn management for the
fine service given the last month.