Thursday, September 26, 1940 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Page Five Frank Adkins, Clara Chrismon French, Mrs. Henry Taylor and Mrs. Alan Johnston motored to The Dalles Sunday and visited the local : contingent of national guards billet '. ed there, including Earl Chrismon, Lester Taylor, Donald Fell, Fred erick Papineau, Marvin Saddler and James Johnston.- They reported the boys enjoying the service life and ; treated royally by their host city. : The city gave their outfit, Co. H, i 186th infantry, a banquet, free show and dance on Friday, and had col j lected a $500 pot to provide extras . to help make their stay more enjoyable. Paul . Brown . . recently , returned ; from Los Angeles where he attended ' airplane school and is assisting at ; the farm of : his father, , Chris P. . Brown. He ' and cousin, Duane ; Brown of Lexington came in from a hunt with a deer each. Paul plans ; to go to Seattle after seeding to work " in the drafting department of the Boeing airplane factory. - Friends here have received word ; that Jimmy Gemmell, son of Mr. and Mrs... Paul . Gemmell of Salem, has j gone to Fort Stevens, Ore., where J he is stationed .with the national ! guards. Jimmy spent a month here '-at summertime.- - - j Orville Smith departed the first of the week on a business trip to ;Naches, Wash., and Portland, ex pecting, to be gone for several days in the interests of Heppner Lumber ' company, of which he is manager. 1 . Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spel cialist of Pendleton will be at the HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNES DAY, OCTOBER 2. Wiliam McCaleb, Jr., has gone to Corvallis to enter Oregon State col Miss Ruth Green left the first of the week for Eugene to enter the University of Oregon. Art Bibby and mother arrived last evening from Grass Valley for a visit at the Luke Bibby home. Art re turned home today. WILLOWS GRANGE NEWS By MARY LUNDELL Willows grange is meeting regu larly on the first and third Satur day evenings of each month, except ing October 5th when Morrow County Pomona will meet at Lena with Lena grange as host. , New officers filling vacancies are, executive committee, Ivar Nelson; steward, Jack Bailey; chaplain, Win ifred Bailey; assistant steward,' Mar ion Palmer; lady assistant steward, Dot Halvorsen. These officers will complete the year or until new of ficers are elected and installed. If you haven't been attending grange you have missed a number of interesting events. Initiation in all four degrees was given during Setember. Essays using, "What is the greatest need of our members and how should our grange work to supply it," were ably handled by several members. Markham Baker discussed the topic using grange co operative buying as a greatest need. Jack Bailey wrote on rural youth and its needs while Geneva Palmer used the thought of entertainment through the lecture hour. The topic was assigned by National Lecturer James C. Farmer. The Home Economics club met at the hall on Friday, Sept. 20, with a pot-luck dinner at noon. Sewing on the beautiful appliqued quilt and other fancy work supplied entertain ment. Mrs. Johnny Bryson was a guest We take this opportunity of an nouncing that the president of the Willows club has recently been ap- 5300 Oregonians Move to Rented Farms Each Year Although Oregon is below the av erage in percentage of tenants in comparison to farm ownership, ap proximately 28 per cent of all the farm families in the state rent the land they work, and more than a third of these move each year. This and much more information on the subject of farm tenure improvement is contained in a report issued by the United States department of ag riculture and submitted to each state extension service and other agencies concerned with this problem. The Oregon State college exten sion .service is cooperating in the improvement of farm tenure. J. R. Beck, rural service specialist, has recently distributed copies of im proved lease forms to all county agents' of fices, , where they may be obtained for use in connection with pointed by State Master Gill as a member of the state home econom ics committee. Congratulations, Vi da Heliker. Among the first duties of Mrs. Heliker will be the judging of a canning contest sponsored by the state committee. This will take Mrs. Heliker to Malheur county. Later in the week she will go to Cannon Beach for conference work. A booster night program has been prepared by Willows grange for Monday evening, Sept. 30. Besides the program there will be several in teresting exhibits including flowers, canned goods and needle work, also a display of Bonneville materials. A cooked food sale will be held by the ladies of the club. The public is extended a cordial invitation to at tend this fall get-together. Bring a friend with you. Time 8 p. m. The next regular grange meeting will be held on October 19 on which date the home economics club will present their annual program during the lecture hour. YOUR EYES Dr. Clarke, the Eye-Sight Secialist of Portland, will be in Heppner for two days, Sunday and Monday, Sept. 29th and 30th. See him about your eyes at the Heppner hotel. NOTICE Will not be responsible for debts contracted other than by myself. 28-31. ALFRED SWALES. SHIP BY TRUCK The Dalles Freight Line, Inc. SERVICE BETWEEN PORTLAND : THE DALLES : HEPPNER AND WAY POINTS Arrive Tues., Weds., Friday, Sat. Warehouse: KANE'S GARAGE Carl D. Spickerman, Agent "PREVENT FOREST FIRES IT PAYS" the usual fall moving period. In the United States as a whole 42 per cent of all farmers are ten ants or share croppers, and nearly half of the total farm land in this country is operated under lease. In Oregon approximately 14,700 farm families are renters, and an average of 36 per cent of these, or 5300, mov ed in one year. Thus, at the time the study was made, close to 10 per cent of the farm families in the state moved to a new place. This rapid change in tenants is highly expensive, both to the renters and the landlords, according to this study made by the USDA. The ave rage cost to tenants is estimated at around $75 per move, with the cost to the landlords being about the same. The leasing arrangements which prevail throughout much of the country are not conducive to effective conservation and do not encourage tenants to make improve ment or to develop the most profit able types of farming for themselves and for the land owners. The improved lease forms distri buted to county agents here in Ore gon are not considered a solution to A ELECTRIFY YOUR FARM WITH JNUNIS V UUal!i POWER THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE That is why more than 90 per cent of the members of some REA lines have discarded their home plants. That is why so many local farmers with fine new home plants are signing for REA power. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE For information see L. R. RAMBO at Morrow County Abstract r Title Company. COLUMBIA BASIN ELECTRIC CO-OP Inc. YOUR LOCAL REA PROJECT New 1941 Zenith Radios ARE HERE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS LOWER PRICES Portable RADIOS... $11.95 UP Radio Repair and Service BRUCE GIBB Phone 1382 the tenant problem but do offer some betterments, according to Beck. They are simple in form and are de signed to encourage leasing for more than one year, or one-year leasing with automatic renewal. Other fea tures encourage improvements, fair rates of rent, and development of better types of farming. DELICIOUS SEA FOODS OYSTERS CLAMS CRABS NOW IN SEASON The "R" months are back again with a fresh supply of choice sea foods always avail able here. Contributions Taken for CHINESE RELIEF SOCIETS and Official Receipt Given Meals at All Hours FOUNTAIN SERVICE Elkhorn Restaurant ED CIHNN, Prop, I WeSTAR REPORTER Friday-Saturday GOLD RUSH MAISIE brings back Ann Sothcrn as the wise-cracking showgirl and Lee Bowman as a hard-to-get rancher. Also in the cast are Slim Sum-. merville and Virginia Weidler. plua You Can't Fool Your Wife with Lucille Ball, James Ellison and Wendell Willkie in "Information Please" Sunday-Monday VIRGINIA CITY with Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Alan Hale, Humphrey Bogart A story of the rough-and-ready life of Virginia City in its most exciting era . . . "only the characters are fictional the story is true." Tuesday BARGAIN NIGHT: Adults, 20c each; Children, 2 for 10c OUR TOWN with William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Baintcr, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Stuart Erwin, Frank Craven Unusual screen presentation based on the Thornton Wilder Pulitzer Prize Play. If possible, see this feature from the beginning. Wednesday-Thursday, October 2-3 THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE with Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardner, Gail Patrick The story of a man-hating spinster and a doctor who is interested only in his work; made for laugh purposes only. STAR THEATER Heppner, Oregon