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Volume 57, Number 12
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 23, 1940
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Surprises Lacking
In State Primary
Election Friday
Usual Light Vote
Cast as Voters
Select Nominees
Surprises were lacking in the pri
mary election held last Friday, in
sofar as the vote in Morrow county
was concerned. No spirited contests
developed, although some of the
voting was a little closer than had
been anticipated. This was the case
in the race for the nomination for
county commissioner, with George
Bleakman polling a strong vote in
the south part of the county but
lacking enough strength to overcome
the lead of L. D. Neill, who won
by a margin of 42 votes.
There were no special issues on
the ballot to draw out the vote, as
was the case in Multnomah and
some other counties and shortage
of candidates for county offices on
the democratic ticket can be credit
ed for the light turnout of demo
crats. The republican ballot offer
ed more competition and the turn
out of that party was better than
60 per cent. The democrats voted
a little better than 40 per cent.
Results of the vote in Morrow
county show that the winners here
were leaders elsewhere in the state,
with few exceptions. The county
vote, official count of which was
completed Tuesday, reveals the fol
lowing figures:
Republican national committee
man: Ralph H. Cake 233, Arthur M,
Geary 192, Milton R. Klepper 28
T. M. Weed 194.
" Republican national committee-
woman: Mrs. George T. Gerlinger
242, Mrs. Florence A. Runyon 331
Delegates to the republican na
tional convention, state at large:
Fred W. Bronn 84, Robert Camp
bell 214, Robert A. Elliott 295, Robt.
S. Farrell 202, J. Mann Fisher 115;
Frank Mahood 114, Archie McGow
an 172, Phil Metschan 371, Robt. N,
Stanfield 278, Walter L. Tooze 178,
Peter Zimmerman 304.
Delegates to republican national
convention, second congressional
district: J. H. Peare 334, Harriett W,
Ryan 282, W. E. Saylor 371, A. W,
Schaupp 172.
President: Charles L. McNary 615
Electors of president and vice
president of the United States: Ed
G. Boehnke 509, Kern Crandall 509;
Claude Ingalls 516, J. O. Johnson
499, Robert W. Sawyer 513.
Representative in congress, second
district: Rex Ellis 443, Roy W. Rit
ner 2G2.
State treasurer: Floyd J. Cook 73,
Earl Hill 219, Leslie M. Scott 363.
' Attorney general: I. H. Van Win
kle 611.
Representative, 22nd district: Giles
French 330, E. Harvey Miller 680.
County attorney: Frank C. Alfred
635.
Commissioner: George 'A. Bleak
man 381, L. D. Neill 423.
County clerk: C. W. Barlow 719.
Sheriff: C. J. D. Bauman 606; El
bert Cox 208.
Countv central committeemen
and committeewomen: Boardman
Crystal Barlow; Cecil, Fred Ely;
Eightmile, Henry Peterson; lone,
George N. Ely, Anne V. Smouse;
Irrigon, A. C. Houghton; Lexington,
Ralph Jackson, Elsie M. Beach
North Heppner, P. W. Mahoney,
Charlotte Gordon; South Heppner,
Walter Luckman, Clothild Lucas.
Democratic national committee
man Howard Latourette 159, Flavel
Temple 150.
Democratic national committeewo
man: Emily F. Edson 67, Celia L.
Gavin 73, Nora Hitchman 61, Eva
Nelson 128.
Delegates to democratic national
convention, state at large: O. S.
Blanchard 47, James D. Burns 110,
Continued on Page Eight
LEGION OUTING
ATTRACTS VETS
Annual Picnic at Battle
Mountain Park Set to
Observe Memorial Sunday
No formal program has been ar
ranged by Heppner post, American
Legion, in observance of Memorial
day. Street flags will be put up and
grass on soldier plots in the ceme
tery will be cut, but aside from that
nothing has 1oeen planned.
The attraction for this week end
for legionnaires is the annual out
ing at Battle Mountain park. The
Pendleton post is engineering the
picnic and a full complement of
committees has been named to make
it a rousing affair. It will be an
all-service-men's event, with games,
contests, music, the field wide open
and a thousand or more of the boys
and girls of World war days expect
ed to ' attend.
Word from Pendelton says that
National Vice Commander H. Elwin
Davis of San Francisco, elected for
the eleven western states, will be
on hand, but the picnic spirit being
what it is, he will not be permitted
to orate, except perhaps to say a
few words of greeting.
Several cars of legionnaires and
their families will go from Heppner
to join in the big picnic, which is
an all-eastern Oregon affair.
Youth of Today
Confronted Wtth
Great Opportunity
i
World Predicament
Job for Thinkers
Says Dean Morris
Some deep thinking will have to
be done, and right soon, if the world
is to be redeemed from the chaos
of war and conquest now rampant
over western Europe, and a gener
ous portion of the Orient, in the
opinion of Dean Victor P. Morris
of the school of business adminis
tration, University of Oregon. Dean
Morris expressed the conviction to i n u ,
. j. , . , . , Penney company will have a mod
commencement exercises of the
NEW STORE TO BE
OCCUPIED SOON
J. C. Penney Co. Preparing
to Move Stock Sunday; Open
ing Due Tuesday, May 29
Finishing touches are being put
on the Babb building this week and
the new store room will be ready
for occupancy by Sunday. The J.
C. Penney Co., lesssee of the build
ing, is preparing to move stock from
the present location in the Prophet
building to the new home Sunday.
Some stock has been moved from
the stock room of the old building
and added to new goods which near
ly fills up the stock room at the new
place.
Fixtures have been installed, in
cluding new shelving and tables,
and when the equipment of the
present building is put in place the
Barratt Sheep Go
to Montana Sunday
A special train of 23 cars left
the Heppner yards Sunday night
loaded with the J. G. Barratt sheep
enroute for summer range at Brown
ing, Mont. Eleven cars were loaded
the same day for Harold Cohn at
Umatilla and were hooked onto the
Baratt train for shipment to Brown
ing. - , -
The Barratt sheep, some 6000 head
of ewes and lambs, will be unload
ed at Spotted Robe ranch near
Browning where the ewes will be
shorn.
Accompanying the shipment were
Barney Devlin, herder, Henry Krebs
and Edward "Puff" Rice. Devlin
will remain with the sheep through
the summer, Krebs will be on hand
to help receive the Krebs sheep
which will be shipped from Cecil
next Sunday, and Rice, who went
along as helper, expects to enjoy
some Montana fishing before return
ing home. Barratt drove through
with the service car and will return
to Heppner by rail.
Spring Road Work
Starts in Forest
A forest road crew in charge of
Winston Abel is working the road
between Rock Springs and Tupper
ranger station, says Fred Wehmeyer,
ranger in charge of the Heppner
forest office. The ground has dried
out sufficiently to permit the road
improvement to be carried out on
schedule.
Work of gravelling the court at
the Heppner camp will be under
way shortly. George Wicklander,
ERA foreman from Boardman, has
started crushing gravel for the job.
Range conditions in the mountains
are reported good by the forest ser
vice. There are lots of deer in the
mountains at this time, Wehmeyer,
reports. Men employed in the ser
vice see from 15 to 20 of the animals
every day.
Logging operations at present are
confined to west end vicinity, wehre
the Kinzua mill has been taking
logs for about a month. Harry
Wolfe and Don Rohen are cruising
and scaling for the forest service
on the Kinzua operations.
JAP WALKER PASSES
Jap Walker, pioneer Hardman res
ident, was found dead at his home
this morning. Death was from nat
ural causes. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed. They
are in charge of Case mortuary.
Get results with G. T. want ads.
class of 1940, Heppner high school,
at the gym-auditorium Saturday
evening.
Taking as his subject, "A Chal
lenge to Youth," the speaker de
cried the defeatist attitude assum
ed by hundreds of thousands of
young people today, not that he
blamed them but rather because pol
iticians and others in high places
have failed to direct the national
thought in the right direction. He
was not unmindful of conditions
brought about by the depression.
Opportunities for profitable employ
ment have been open to a com
paratively few high school and col
lege gaduates and this has been
discouraging, yet individuals with
initiative have found an answer to
their problems and are taking their
rightful places in the economic and
political life of the country. He
pointed to these examples and asked
the-. young people to give careful
thought to conditions in their im
mediate suroundings and to national
and world affairs before deciding
their course. The present situation
is a challenge to youth, the dean
said, and the best thinking will not
come from the big places, not all of
it, at least, and the youth from the
small town or rural district is just
as capable of solving the problem
as his city cousin.
Presentation of the Jane Mitchell
memorial cup was made by Janej
Boyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Boyer of John Day. Don Jones
was the recipient of the cup. Wil
lard Blake was presented with the
honor plaque, the presentation being
made by Principal Robert V. Knox,
and Clara Adams was awarded the
Norton Winnard cup. Supt. A. H.
Blankenship made the presentation
in the absence of Garnet Barratt
who was untble to be present. Mr.
Blankenship presented the class for
graduation and C. N. Jones, chair
man of the school board, handed out
the diplomas.
Rev. Martin Clark delivered the
invocation and musical numbers in
cluded prelude, "My Heart at Thy
Sweet Voice," and processional,
"Pomp and Circumstance," played
by Norbert Peavy; solo, "Ah, Sweet
Mystery of Life," Lucille Barlow,
and trio, "When Moonbeams Softly
Fall," Lucille Balow, Patricia Doo
ley and Patricia O'Harra.
ern, well arranged department store
in Heppner.
Floor space in the new room is
practically double that in the old
room. Ample space has been set
off for fitting rooms in the rear of
the building and there will be more
aisle space, adding to the comfort
of shoppers and making for more
efficiency in waiting on customers.
The display, windows are larger
and more convenient. I
The store will be well lighted,
Manager George Howard says, and
the light tinted walls and ceiling not
only add a note of cheerfulness to
the entire room but will aid the
lighting materially.
In about two months a new type
tile floor will be laid. It is essential
that the concrete floor be thorough
ly dry before the tide is laid and
the store force will have to endure
the concrete until that time.
Grants Pass Host
to State B. P. W.
Limit Catches Are
Rule at Diamond Lake
Limit catches are the rule at Dia
mond lake, according to Dr R. M.
Rice, who in company with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Mankin and Mrs. Bert
Mason of lone, returned from
fishing trip to the southern Oregon
lake Tuesday. The fish were biting
in spite of the moon and many
nice strings are being taken.
Dr. Rice was exhibiting some of
the monarchs of the finny tribe this
morning, causing other nimrods to
figure on their next fishing trip
with eyes turned toward the great
fishing grounds of the Cascades.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hiatt motored
to Walla Walla Tuesday.
Grants Pass was host to the Bus
iness and Professional Women's
clubs of the state in annual conven
tion the last week end, beginning
Thursday and ending Sunday noon.
Attendance was far greater than
preparations had been made for, ac
cording to the delegates from Hepp
ner, and the convention city was
put to the test to entertain the addi
tional guests. An expected turnout
of 250 delegates reached more than
350.
The convention theme this year
was "Wake up and live." This
thought prevailed throughout the
meetings and was stressed by the
speakers, principal of whom was
Dr. Hershey of Montana, national
public health chairman of the or
ganization. A feature of the entertainment
was a midnight trip to the Oregon
caves sponsored by the Cavemen,
noted Grants Pass booster and fun
organization.
Evangeline Philbin of Portland
was elected president of the state
group for the ensuing year and the
state conventions will be held in
Portland in the future. Rose Licb
brand of Heppner was reappointed
chairman of the international rela
tions committee.
Heppner's delegates, Rose Lieb
brand, Mrs. L. E. Dick and Mrs.
Clara Beamer, reported on the con
vention at a meeting of the local
club held at the home of Miss Leta
uMmphreys Tuesday evening.
1940 Wheat Price
To Average About
Same as '39 Crop
Morrow Loans Will
Run Around 60c,
AAA Officials Say
Uneasiness over the price of wheat
created by fluctuations due to the
war situation in Europe the last
few days was lessened somewhat
Tuesday by announcement from the
secretary of agriculture that the loan
value on the 1940 crop will be the
same as in 1939. This means that
Morrow county growers can look
forward to an assured price of
around 60 cents a bushel.
The anouncement put the loan
value on No. 1 soft white at 73 cents,
Portland, which is the figure estab
lished last year. Subtracting hand
ling charges and freight rates the
average will run GO cents or more,
inasmuch as a reduction on rates
from branch points will make the
price a little higher than last year.
Morrow county farmers wil' be
interested to know that federal
wheat loans will be available in
1940. Additional income to the am
ount of $53,947 was received by the
wheat raisers from their 1939 crop
as a result of the federal commodity
loan program, according to Henry
Baker, chairman of Morrow Coun
ty Agricultural Conservation com
mittee. Farmers of this county took out
loans on 539,473 bushels of wheat,
the chairman said, and they aver
aged about 10 cents a bushel more
for their wheat by waiting for a
favorable market instead of selling
immediately after harvest.
Edgar L. Ludwick. of Corvallis,
wheat loan supervisor for northwest
states, said that Pacific northwest
farmers received fully $2,500,000 ad
ditional income from their 1939 crop
as a result of the loan program.
Federal commodity loans were made
on approximately 24,000,000 bushels
of wheat in the Pacific northwest,
including about 5,750,000 bushels in
Oregon. Loans averaged about 58
cents on the bushel.
In Washington, department of ag-
ricuiture omciais saici mat a loan
at an average rate of 64 cents a
bushel (the national average) means
that, with 1940 conservation and
parity payments of 19 cents a bushel
added, wheat farmers cooperating;
with the AAA program are assured
an average return of at least 83 cents,
a bushel at the farm, regardless of
market prices. With the loan value
GO cents here, it would be 80 cents
or thereabouts, it was believed.
MRS. MAY CASE PASSES
News of the death of Mrs. May
Case was received in Heppner Wed
nesday morning by her brother-in-law,
M. L. Case. Widow of the late
Fred Case, Mrs Case formerly lived
in Heppner, leaving here about 15
years ago to make her home in
Portland.. She is survived by a son,
Don, of Republic, Wash., and a
daughter, Mrs. Velma Campbell, who
lives in southern California.
Funeral services were held today
at a crematorium in Spokane,
where Mrs. Case died, and the ashes
will be forwarded to Heppner for
burial.
Visitors Attend R.
A. M. Meeting Here
Delegations of Royal Arch Masons
from several chapters in this dis
trict assembled in Heppner last
Thursday evening to attend a ses
sion of the local chapter. The eve
ning's festivities started wilih a
banquet at 6:30 o'clock served by
Eastern Star ladies, after which
the Masons assembled in the lodge
room for work. Initiation was put
on by Pendleton chapter No. 23.
Included in the list of visitors
were Frank Sloan of Damascus
chapter No 40, Stanfield; H. D. Har
ryman, Harold Patterson, Orin L.
Patterson and Rice McIIaley, Blue
Mountain chapter No. 7, Canyon
City, and the following from Pen
dleton chapter No 23: Fred E.
Schmidt, R. W. Fletcher, W. S.
Campbell, Homer Beale, Hans Pahl,
Sprague II. Carter, Walter C. Fan
shier, Harold W. Johnson, T. H. Bar
ber, Art Janes and M. L. McKinney.
Accompanying the Pendleton dele
gation was Homer P. Rogers of Oc-
cidental chapter No. 235, Warren, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith are
leaving this afternoon for visits to
Portland and Seattle.