Thursday, July 25, 1940
Guests at Hotel Heppner Tuesday
night were Mrs. J. E. Wingo and
Mrs. Allene Hyde of Sacramento,
Calif. Mrs. Wingo was the former
Alice Cummings, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Cummings, and spent
her girlhood in Heppner. The two
ladies had been on a trip to British
Columbia, visiting Vancouver, Vic
toria and Banff. They left Wednes
day morning for home, going via
Portland.
Tom Beymer, who suffered a bad
ly fractured leg several weeks ago,
is reported improving at The Dalles
hospital. A new cast was recently
put on the limb and he has been able
to move about a little. Mrs. Bey
mer writes that they expect to re
move him from the hospital soon,
going to the home of a friend in The
Dalles until he is able to return to
Heppner.
E. M. Smith, business manager at
Oregon College of Education at
Monmouth for 25 years, visited his
sister, Mrs E. G. Noble, one day this
week. He was a classmate of E. R.
Huston back in the days when the
Monmouth school was just plain Or
egon Normal school.
E. G. Noble was greeting friends
on the street Monday after an ab
sence of five weeks from his place
of business, the Noble harness and
saddle shop. He is about recovered
from his recent illness and is anx
ious to get back to work, especially
with the Rodeo and the Round-Up
just in the offing.
Margaret Nys, who visited at the
home of her father for several weeks,
left for her home in Portland Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. Nys took her as
far as Arlington.
A 10-pound daughter, Margaret
Jeannette, was born to Mr. and Mrs.
James Morgan, Jr., of Lone Rock aw
the Aiken home Saturday,'" July 20.
C. C. Gilliam, who was called to
Heppner by. the death of his mother
last Thursday, left today for his
home in San Jose, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wells left Sat
urday for Corvallis and coast points
on a vacation trip They will return
to Heppner this week end.
A. T. King of Portland was a Sun
day visitor at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. J. V. Crawford.
New Development
Cuts Vaccine Cost
A boost in the price of encepha
lomyelitis (sleeping sickness in hor
ses) vaccine made by biological
houses is not as serious for rancher
or farmer as it may seem, reports
Dr. W. H. Lytle, chief of the animal
division of the state department of
agriculture. For a fortunate devel
opment finds that the skin may be
used for injection purposes instead
of the muscular or subcutaneous tis
sue and in making the skin type of
vaccinations but one-tenth as large
a dose is needed, given in two 7
day intervals. The same vaccine may
be used.
This means that one 10 cc vial will
treat 10 horses and bring the vac
cine cost below the best quotation
offered before the price boost went
into effect. It is said that in using
the skin form of vaccination treat
ment, no swelling or serious sick
ness is experienced. Up to July 1,
only one case of encephalomyelitis
had been reported from any of the
Oregon districts that experienced
the disease last year. Late July and
August, however, are the peak in
fection months.
RAPID TIRE WEAR
Driving around corners or sharp
curves at high speed is one of the
commonest causes of rapid wear on
tires, according to the Emergency
Road Service of the Oregon State
Motor association. The side slip
page which results from that kind of
driving has much the same effect as
holding the tire against a grindstone.
The only difference is that the tire
revolves while the pavement grinds
down the rubber.
Heppner
Oregon Banks Loan
243 Millions in 1939
New York, July 15. Fifty-two
per cent of Oregon's commercial
' banks made more than 325,000 loans
totaling over $343,000,000 to business
firms and individuals throughout
the state during the year 1939, ac
cording to the second semi-annual
survey of bank lending activity of
the American Bankers association
made public today.
The survey was participated in by
38 banks and 52 per cent of the 73
commercial banks of the state. The
38 banks reported that during 1939
they made a total of 325,454 loans
for $343,786,217 including 258,035
new loans totalling $255,384,627; 65,
395 renewals of loans totaling $82,
537,402; 2,024 mortgage loans total
ing $5,864,188.
The survey reveals that business
firms in the state are using only
about half the "open lines of credit"
maintained for their use on the books
of the banks. Six banks in the larg
er centers of the state reported that
they carried on their books during
the second half of the year $37,720,
922 in "open lines of credit" consist
ing of specific amounts of credit
offered to and kept available for
established borrowers for use as
needed by them. Of this amount
$18,188,684 or 48.2 per cent was ac
tually used.
The average number of new loans
made per bank was 6,790 and the
average new loan was $990.
The average number of renewals
per bank was 1,721 and the average
renewal was for $1,262.
The' average number of mortgage
loans per bank was 53 and the aver
age mortgage was for $2,897.
The Oregon survey was part of a
national bank lending activity sur
vey made by the American Bankers I
association.
For the country as a whole 6,333
or 44 per cent of the commercial
banks reported that they made 24,
998,000 credit extensions totaling
$39,810,810,000 during the year. These
consisted of 12,680 new loans total
ing $23,120,000,000; 12,033,000 renew
als of loans totaling $15,791,000,000;
285,000 new mortgage loans totaling
$899,810,000.
The number of new loans increas
ed 10 per cent and the dollar volume
increased 20 per cent.
Grange Songsters
Will Vie at Fair
The Oregon State grange will
sponsor its second annual state fair
song contest at the 79th Oregon
state fair, which opens in Salem
Labor day for a full week. The
song contest will be a feature of
grange day, Friday, September 6,
with Mrs. G. W. Thiessen of Mil
waukie, state lecturer, in charge.
Only members of the subordinate
and juvenile granges will be eligi
ble, with winners to be chosen from
nine classes: Men soloists, women
soloists, duets, trios, quartets, cho
rus, juveile soloists, duets and quar
tets. Elimination will be conducted thru
regional contests, closing August 15,
and only songs written prior to 1900
may be used. All entrants must ap
pear at the fair contest in costumes
appropriate to the period for which
the song was written.
The state fair will award first and
second cash prizes to the winners
totaling $150 for all the classes.
jv. R. RUNNION
AUCTIONEER and
REAL ESTATE
1 Phone 452
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Heppner, Oregon
Heppner Blacksmith
& Machinery Co.
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
D. H. JONES, Mgr.
Expert Acetylene and Electric
Welding, Blacksmi thing
Gazette Times, Heppner,
FFA Instructors
Attending Summer
School at Corvallis
Oregon State College. William
Bennett and Elmer Sullivan, voca
tional agriculture teachers in the
Heppner and Boardman high schools.
respectively, are two of 57 such
teachers now attending a three-
weeks conference for the entire state
staff being held at Oregon State col
lege as part of the summer session.
The group is carrying out a defin
ite daily program of seminars and
reading and conference periods in
which they are working out latest
procedures in organization and in
structional work for their agricul
tural classes. Such problems as the
organization of advanced courses in
vocational agriculture, selection and
use of agricultural teaching equip
ment, problems of administration,
organization of farm mechanics
work, as well as other items are on
the list of conference topics.
The course is in charge of O. D.
Adams, state director of vocational
education; Earl R. Cooley, state su
pervisor of agricultural education;
R. L. Morgan, assistant state super
visor of agricultural education; H.
H. Gibson, professor of agricultural
education, O. S. C, and R. M. Ad
ams, critic teacher in the Corvallis
high school, with the assistance of
various members of the college ag
ricultural staff.
A total of 52 high schools now
have vocational agriculture classes
with a total enrollment of 2324. In
this total registration, 2120 are mem
bers of the Future Farmers of Am
erica chapters. In addition to his
regular class work Sullivan has con
ducted a part-time school in dairy
improvement and shop and an eve
ning school in dairy improvement
during the past year. The Heppner
school has an FFA enrollment of 32
and the Boardman school has a
chapter of 18 members.
Speaking at the annual vocational
education banquet held during the
conference, Frank L. Ballard, newly
installed president of the college,
praised the work of the agricultural
teaching force and said that the best
relationship exists between the vo
cational and extension work in ag
riculture in this state.
Drunk Pedestrian
Accident Factor
The spotlight of increased atten
tion is being directed by traffic au
thorities upon the intoxicated ped
estrian as a factor in accidents in
volving death or injury, acocrding
to the safety department of the Or
egon State Motor association.
Recent studies in New York City
and Cleveland showed that two out
of five pedestrians killed had been
drinking, the motorists organization
stated.
"More research along this line in
other cities throughout the country
is neerer to determine the extent of
the problem of the in oxicated ped
estrian and what should be done,"
the statement continued.
"While a survey has showed that
intoxicated pedestrians are subject
to arrest in most states, only in a
Highest monies, $22 and $12, will
go to the chorus groups.
The grange song contests were in
augurated last year and were a high
ly successful feature.
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few states were any substantial num
ber of such arrests reported.
"California's attorney general re
cently ruled that the Highway Pa
trol has legal authority to remove
intoxicated pedestrians as well as
intoxicated drivers from the high
ways. "Pennsylvania highway patrolmen
have also been authorized to take
into custody drunken peestrians seen
along the rural highways to prevent
the possibility of their becoming in
volved in an accident.
"Police departments in some cities,
notably Cleveland and Detroit, re
gard an intoxicated pedestrian as 'an
accident about to happen.' Police
officers have orders to look up for
their own protection all persons
found wandering the streets in a
drunken condition," the motor as
sociation said.
430 Forest Fires Rake
State in Season
Salem, July 24. Forest fires to the
number of 430 have burned over
16,458 acres of forest lands in Oregon
since the beginning of the 1940 fire
season, according to summary re
ports issued by Nelson S. Rogers,
state forester, and the fire control
bureau of the U. S. Forest service.
Smokers' carelessness ranked next
to lightning as the chief cause of
fires, being charged with 28 percent
of the total. Failure to extingcish
campfires when leaving camp caus-
Heppner Trading
Post
"The House of Bargains"
COOK STOVE $i8.oo
DLSK $6 00
CHEST OF DRAWERS ...... $4.75
BOOKCASE $2.25
Sewing Machine, recond. $10.00
VANITY 2 7S
ICE BOX ZZ. $4 75
Automatic Toaster, Electric $2.50
FRUIT JARS 40c to GOc
GUITARS $3.50 & $6.00
New Coil Springs and Mattresses
The STAR REPORTER
Friday-Saturday
SAPS AT SEA
Mirth-provoking comedy with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and
Ben Turpin
plus
Island of Doomed Men
with Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox
A tale of what is described as a "modern slave racket."
Sunday-Monday
LILLIAN RUSSELL
with Alice Fayc, Henry Fonda, Don Amechc, Edward Arnold,
Warren William, Leo Carrillo
Here was the most vivid personality in the most fabulous era Amer
ica ever knew! A full grab bag of entertainment.
Tuesday
Tom Brown's School Days
with Sir Ccdric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon,
Josephine Hutchinson
Wednesday-Thursday, July 31 -August 1
MY FAVORITE WIFE
with Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick
-Cary on the spot married to both Irene and Gail at the same time
legally, of course, but how?
STAR TH EATER
Heppner, Oregon
ed another 12 percent and 17 of the
fires are believed the criminal work
of incendiarists.
Satisfaction Breakfast Cereal, the
Cereal That Satisfies. Three grinds
fine, medium and coarse. On sale
at your local grocer's. Other pro
ducts will be featured later. Made
by Neal F. Knighten.
5fc
REFRESHING
DRINKS AT OUR
FOUNTAIN
SPECIAL DISHES
Chow Mein,
Noodles, etc.
always on order.
Fresh Fruits and
Vegetables
In Season
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CHINESE RELIEF SOCIETY
and Official Receipt Given
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