OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Volume 57, Number 27
Chamber Seeks
Road Improvement
On Upper Willow
Inclusion in Budget
Asked of Court;
Meeting Day Shifted
Improvement of the upper Willow
creek road between Heppner and
the mountains is sought in a motion
passed last evening by the chamber
of commerce meeting at the Lucas
Place.
The motion stated, "We recom
mend to the county court that funds
be included in the 1941 budget for
improvement of the upper Willow
creek road between Heppner and
the forks of Willow creek."
The project was presented by P.
W. Mahoney, chairman of the cham
ber committee on highways, as being
one of the most important to Hepp
ner and Morrow county. It is the
principal artery tapping the moun
tain region with its resources of
water, grazing, fuel and timber, Mr.
Mahoney pointed out, and while it
has received attention in years past
only a small portion of the road now
has base that woud permit oiling.
Membes of the club wee in agree
ment that this road should have at
tention and the motion was passed
unanimously.
The road committee's report held
spotlight of attention. Discussion of
the state highway commission's vis
it to eastern Oregon in October, led
to extension of the chamber's invi
tation to come to Heppner at that
time when it was hoped first-hand
presenation of the county's case will
lead to oiled surfacing of the Oregon-Washington
highway from the
Hanna ranch to Lena, another badly
needed piece of work as log hauling
has almost ruined this stretch.
A letter of appreciation to Major
John C. Gates was authorized for th6
visit of army bombing planes over
Heppner last week.
C. J. D. Bauman, chairman of civ
ic relations committee, reported the
prospect of establishing an athletic
club with gymnasium facilities at
the municipal natatorium building
and receved encouragement from
the chamber. Combining the athletic
club with a move recently launched
by Heppner women to use the build
ing for badminton also, was believed
feasible. Bauman said that the CCC
camp would assist the athletic club
venture.
The club voted to change its meet
ing time to the first and third
Tuesdays each month with dinner
meeting on these days at the Lucas
Place.
126 in High, 167 in
Grades at Opening
Buzz of school days arrived in
Heppner to feature the fall season
with a good start Tuesday. High
school opens with near record at
tendance of 126, announces Alden
Blankenship. superintendent, while
the grades have taken some slump
with the total at 167. All the teach
ers were on hand for opening and
have class organization well in hand.
Preparation for opening of the al
ways colorful football season start
ed yesterday when 25 boys reported
to first call of Coach Bob Knox.
Freshmen snowed the lowest num
ber in early high school registration
with 27. Sophomores numbered 35,
juniors 30 and seniors 34. Registra
tion by grades gave the first grade
23, second 20, third 20, fourth 19,
fifth 23, sixth 27, seventh 20 and
eighth the lowest number, 15.
Two eighth grade students are at
the state fair, and one third grader
is known to be coming, to raise the
total grade school registration to
170, said Mr. Blankenship, and it
may be that several others who
have not made themselves known
will enter.
Heppner,
FOOD STAMPS COME
BY MAIL ORDER I
Public Assistance Families to be
Given Details Before Plan
Goes into Effect October First
Food stamps, when the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture's plan is
extended to this county the first
part of October, will be handled on
a mail order basis, according to an
nouncement made today by Jack
Luihn, chairman of the state Public
Welfare commission, and Donald
A. Farced, local representative of the
Surplus Marketing administration.
Morrow county, is one of thirteen
counties in the new eastern Oregon
area. All families receiving public
assistance will be eligible to pur
chase food stamps by mail after
they have been declared eligible by
Mrs. Clara Beamer, county welfare
administrator. Records already in
the welfare department office per
mit making up the list of eligibles
without requiring personal inter
views. "Upon completion of the list of
eligibles," declared Mrs. Beamer,
"detailed information will be sent
each family. How the plan operates,
what needs to be done to buy food
stamps by mail all this will be care
fully explained."
The inauguration of the Food
Stamp Plan eliminates direct dis
tribution of surplus ' commodities
through welfare department trucks
and depots.
On the surplus list of foods which
may be purchased with stamps, at
present are butter, eggs, fresh pears,
peaches, apples, and oranges; fresh
carrots, lettuce, beets, celery, to
matoes, snap beans, all pork which
is not cooked or packed in glass or
metal containers, pork lard, dried
prunes, raisins, rice, corn meal,
hominy grits, and white, whole
wheat or graham flour.
Two-Day Poultry Meet
Starts Sept. 12atOSC
Oregon's fourth turkey industry
convention and sixteenth poultry
convention will be held at Oregon
State college on successive days
Thursday and Friday, September
12 and 13. Programs for these two
events have just been issued by the
poultry department, sponsors of the
meeting in cooperation with state
poultry organizations.
Members of the poultry and vet
erinary department staffs will have
principal places on the programs,
though discussion periods are pro
vided for questions and comments
by growers. A business meeting of
the Oregon Poultrymen's convention
will be held' Friday afternoon by
President P. A. Gent. The progams
start each day at 10 o'clock and in
clude the following numbers:
Turkey convention "Irrigated
Succulent Green Feed Crop," "Pro
tein Requirements and Qualities,"
"Oregon Turkey Improvement As
sociation," "Artificial Lights for Tur
key Egg Production," "Swine Ery
sipelas in Turkeys," "Broad Breast
ed Publicity Necessitates Breeding
Program," address by Dean W. A.
Schoenfeld, "Stained Antigen Testing
of Turkeys," demonstration of se
lecting breeders.
Poultry convention "Cost and
Yield of Irrigated Ladino Succu
lence," "Value of High Humidity
Egg Holding Conditions," "Rearing
Pullets to Maturity on Wire Porch
es," "Battery Raised Broilers," ad
dress by President F. L. Ballard,
"Purpose and Progress of National
Poultry and Egg Board," by Fred
CockeU; "Raising Pullets and Main
taining Production Without Corn."
Staff members on the program in
clude H. E. Cosby, Noel L. Bennion,
F. L. Knowlton, W. T. Cooney, H.
K. Dean of Hermiston, arid Dr. E.
M. Dickenson.
Ruth Colleary departed Monday
for Duncan to resume her teaching
position after spending several weeks
with her aunt, Mrs. Agnes Curran.
Mrs. Curran left for Portland at the
same time on a buying trip.
Oregon, Thursday, September 5, 1940
'Giving Grass
1937
(Each Symbol Represents 100,000 Acres
Oregon Range Lar.?. Whose Grass Was Im
proved by Deferred Grazing)
mi
The term "deferred grazing" has become popular among Oregon
ranch operators, for it means improvement of grass by keeping live
stock off at certain intervals so that it has a chance to reseed and re
juvenate itself. Under the AAA range conservation program, Oregon
ranch operators have increased this grass improvement from 168,000
acres in 1937 to 1,240,000 acres in 1939.
'Prestone' Dealers
Set Meeting Here
A motion picture show that rivals
good theater entertainment, with
such stars as Ralph Morgan, Doro
thy Peterson, Andy Clyde, and Ray
mond Hatton, along with Bill Stern,
celebrated sports announcer, will be
presented Wednesday night, Sep
tember 11, at Hotel Heppner, as a
feature of the annual "Prestone"
anti-freeze dealers' meeting. The
show will begin at 8:15 p. m.
The motion pictures for this meet
ing make up what film reviewers
call the most ambitious project of its
kind. It opens with a comedy, fol
lowed by a sports picture. Then
comes "The Age of Experts," special
ly made by Paramount, with the
story based on science's develop
ments in the automotive field. Next,
Bill Stern is the star in an announce
ment film. This year's advetising
and merchandising programs for
"Prestone" anti-freeze are treated
in newsreel fashion. "Meet the Wat
kins Family," the feature picture, is
a Hollywood poduction with a cast
of sixteen principals and 100 extras.
Close to 900 "Prestone" meetings
will be held this year in every part
of the country. All service men and
automotive dealers in this section are
invited to be present at the big gath
ering her.e. Refreshments will be
served.
CHECKING OIL LEVEL
It is advisable to wait a few min
utes after the motor has stopped be
fore checking the oil level in the
crankcase, according to the Emer
gency Road Service of the Oregon
State Motor association. Waiting al
lows the oil to drain back from the
engine parts into the oil reservoir.
a Chance
Star Theater to
Observe Anniversary
Celebration of its twentieth year
of service in Heppner under present
management is being made this
month by the Star theater with pre
sentation of a specially chosen pro
gram of fine entertainment announ
ces Mrs. S. M. Sigsbee manager.
Mrs. Sigsbee's late husband, Bert
Sigsbee, took over the management
of the Star theater on September 11,
just twenty years ago, and manage
ment has continued in the family
since. In the twenty year period the
management has brought sound
movies to Heppner, many times
changing its equipment to keep up
with developments in the fast-moving
show business. The plant has
been modernized several times to
the point where it is unexcelled in
any town of the size in this region.
Bernard McMurdo
To Take Bride
Anouncement has been made of
the coming marriage of Bernard Mc
Murdo, son of Dr. and Mrs, A. D.
McMurdo of this city, and Laura
Theodore Brenner of Portland, in
Portland tomorrow evening. Miss
Brenner is the daughter of Mr.
George Theodore Brenner. The cer
emony will be performed at St.
Michael and All Angel's church.
Mrs. McMurdo and Miss Lulu
Hager, Bernard's aunt, left for Port
land Tuesday to be present for the
ceremony.
AUXILIARY TO MEET
American Legion auxiliary will
have its first fall meeting next Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Anna Bayless.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Wheat Loan Total
Passes 400,1
Bushel Mark
43,613 Acres Insured
for Coming Year;
Local Office Hums
Demand for wheat loans under
AAA is reaching a new high in
Morrow county, and the local Agri-
cultural Conservation committee of
fice has been working overtime for
the last several days handling ap
plications. Loans approved up to
August 31 had reached a total of
378,377 bushels with a value of $222,
385.93. Additional applications were
received yesterday on 34,446 bushels,
bringing the total up to date to
more than 400,000 bushels.
Applications are still corning in
fast, leading Merle Cummings, as
sistant secretary, to believe that
another 100,000 bushels in applica
tions may be handled before the
year's loan program closes December
31.
While loan fees, amounting to
about 4 pecent of the loan total,
seem high to many applicants, Cum
mings points out that the suplus
above actual cost of handling the
loans goes to reduce the insurance
handling charge and operation of
the local office, and that in actuality
the percentage reduction from allot
ment payments for these purposes
has been reduced from 4.5 percent
to1 1.4 percent.
All applications for indemnity pay
ments to cover crop shortage of
insured wheat in the season just
ended have not been completed, but
the office reports that the total will
P'obably adhere closely to the 25,
000 bushel estimate.
With deadline for insuring next
year's crop just passed on August
31, the local office has cleared ap
plications for insurance on 43,613
acres of fall sown wheat.
The flood of loan applications has
delayed work of clearing applica
tions for fall allotment payments
which will ba rushed as fast as
possible, the office reports. Seventy
five percent of the field work re
quired in checking the applications
has been completetd and cleaning
up the other 25 percent will be
started at once.
First Crack-Up
Fails to Dampen
Aviatrix' Spirit
Heppner' s recent contribution to
the flying corps, Miss Anabel Tur
ner, came through her first forced
landing last week end without in
jury but with the new name, "An
abel Turnover."
A plane in which she was prac
ticing "figure eights" stalled with
a dead motor and she was forced
to land tfn the river beach in
North Portland near Swift & Co.'s
plant. A landing wheel dropped
into a hole, the plane turned over
and its propeller was bent.
Don Smith, head of Portland
Flying service, was summoned and
Anabel was soon sent into the air
again in another ship, continuing
her training in the federal civilian
pilot school.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stark of Hay,
Wash., were overnight visitors last
night at the home of Mrs. Stark'a
father, Creed Owen. They left this
morning for Vancouver, Mrs. Stark
to visit a specialist in Portland for
treatment of one lung that has been
slow in recovering from injuries re
ceived in a recent automobile ac
cdent. But for this lung affliction,
Mrs. Stark has made remarkable re
covery and her general health ia
now good. Her escape from death,
considering nature of her injuries,
was considered by attending physi
cians to have been miraculous.