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OR Jfepirogr (lag rtfr Volume 57, Number 38 Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 21, 1940 Subscription $2.00 a Year 153 fp3 K53 Officers of EOWL Arrange Program By "Headliners" "High Powered" Line-UD oQX tor Opening Session Pendleton. An unusually "high powered" program has been ar ranged for the thirteenth annual meeting of the Eastern Oregon Wheat League here December 5 to 7, according to the detailed list of topics received from officers of the league. After Thurday's sessions devoted entirely to committee meetings, the league will begin its general two day meeting on Friday morning. Fol lowing is a condensed outline of the program as now arranged: Friday, December 6 - Forenoon Opening musical se lection at 9:30 o'clock; address of welcome, C. L. Lieuallen, mayor of Pendleton; response by Harvey Mil ler, Heppner; president's annual ad dress by C. K. Barker, Condon; re port of Charles W. Smith, secretary treasurer; "Trends in livestock and Crop Production in the United States," by Orlo H. Maughn, director of research, Farm Credit adminis tration, Spokane; "The World Wheat Situation and Outlook," Gordon P. Boals, federal economist, Washing ton, D. C. Afternoon "Experimental Results of Feeding Wheat to Livestock," by D. E. Richards, superintendent of the Union branch experiment sta tion; "Desirable Land Use Adjust ments in Oregon," Wm. A. Schoen feld, dean and director of agricul ture, O.S.C.; "Some Aspects and Im plications of American Foreign Poli cies in the Present World Situation," R. L. Edminister, assistant to the secretary of state, Washington, D. C. Evening banquet and entertainment at 6:30 o'clock. Saturday, December 7 Forenoon "Plans for Distributing Bonneville Power," Paul J. Raver, administrator; "Agriculture and De fense," Grover C. Hill assistant sec retary of agriculture, Washington, D. C; "Farmers' Programs for Meet ing Wheat Problems," N. E. Dodd, director of western region, AAA, Washington, D. C; reports of fed eral agricultural and conservation programs committee, and transpor tation committee. Afternoon "Modern Millers' Problems Meeting Changing World Conditions," A.! M. Scott, president of the North Pacific Millers' associ ation; reports of committees on pro duction, handling, marketing and weed control; taxation, legislation, and rural electrification and land use; business session and electon of officers. flrnrlamatum Ac) -- The President of the United States having designated Thursday, the twenty-first day of November next, as a day of national Thanksgiving, now therefore, I, Charles A. Sprague, Governor of Oregon, in conformity with the law of the state and with honorable custom, do proclaim said Thursday, the twenty-first day of November, 1940, as Thanks giving Day in Oregon, to be observed as a public holiday. Thanksgiving comes as the circle of the year curves in its closing arc. The burnished shield of the hunter's moon hangs in the sky. Deer forsake the parks of high mountains and geese point their echelons southward with unerring in stinct. The fields which have yielded in liberal response to the farmers' discipline lie brown or fallow in their period of refreshment. Massing clouds herald winter rains and snows which provide, in the endless cycle of the seasons, moisture for the summer to follow. As in ancient times religious rites marked the seedtime and the ingathering, so in the modern age the vernal awaken ing and the autumnal harvest inspire holy festivals of invo cation and thanksgiving. Accordingly, with humility and true gratitude let our people assemble on the day herein ap pointed, at their several places of worship, and there offer thanks to Almighty God for the blessings we as a people en joy. His hand has stayed at our gates War and Famine and Pestilence. Here schools and churches and libraries remain free; the arts flourish. Age is respected; youth is privileged; those who toil are protected. A sharp political campaign has ended on a common note of unity as a vigilant citizenship sets guards to preserve the nation's security. Our prayers of thanksgiving for these manifold bene fits should be joined with petitions for grace to sustain us. Let not our prosperity be dissipated with indulgence; and may sympathy with suffering kinfolk in motherlands drive out the vice of arrogance. Above all, in forging instruments of force, let us not forsake old standards of justice and right eousness and brotherhood. They must remain the constant goals of humankind. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the State of Oregon to be affixed. Done in the City of Salem this twelfth day of Novem ber, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty. 6 Ahead of Time for tpThin-Haired Pooch It was a couple of days before cj I Thanksgiving but there's one lit Kts) tie thin-haired pup had a real day '5"S r,f tV.ar,lr His name was not learned, but the little canine belonging to Frank Roberts, was shivering and whining from the cold as Frank went out to feed him in the morn ing. His hair was so thin that the blue skin showed through. Mr. Roberts took pity, and soon rustled the pooch a little wool shirt. The gift proved most wel come, as the little doggie wagged his tail in appreciation and took care to keep the garment in place all day long. ? m K3 &7L 3 fete (SEAL) CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Governor. tr?$ 5- 1 fJ9 :-- ATTEST: EARL SNELL, Secretary of State. Li S3? wit Hi TO Firemen's Ball Set For December 21 Heppner's volunteer firemen have set December 21 as the date for their annual ball, always one of the highlight social events of the win ter season. This year's event will be semi-formal and will be held at the Elks hall with The Men About Town playing the music. , Proceeds of the ball go into the firemen's fund from which each year is taken part of the money to defray exenses of the community Christ mas tree and treat. A pre-sale of tickets will be made and the ball committee, headed by Blaine Isom, extends the hope that the public will respond in .its usual generous man ner. MARRIED IN RENO Report has reached friends here of the recent marriage of Mrs. Mur iel Van Marter and Dr. R. M. Rice at Reno, Nevada. They have estab lished residence on a small tract near Oakland, Cal. AAA Election Plans Laid at Meeting Plans were made for the election of 1941 AAA, community and county committeemen at a meeting of pre sent committeemen in the county agent's office Monday, November 18. There will be some changes in the 1941 program and the allowances and specifications will be in printed form at the time the elections are held during the third week of De cember for this reason, it was decid ed by the committeemen that an educational meeting should be held in conjunction with the elections. A definite date for the election has not been set but will probably be December 17, 18 or 19. Arrange ments are being made for a member of the state committee to be present to discuss with the farmers the AAA program and various phases of it. Any farmer intending to partici pate in the 1941 farm or range pro gram is eligible to vote for commun ite committeemen and having this opportunity to elect by popular vote members of their association to ad minister the program in the county should take advantage of it According to C. D. Conrad, secre tary of the county association, the administrators of the farm program look to the farmers for suggestions in setting up conservation practices and at the December meeting or any other meeting farmers should feel free to make suggestions regarding the program. A record is kept of such suggestions and are considered by the state committee and western region directors in setting up the following year's program. 'AT 'jt'i't 10 AO Governor to Urge Early Labor Sign-Up Salem, Nov. 20. Early completion of Oregon's skilled labor inventory as a vital step in the national de fense program will be urged by Governor Sprague in a radio ad dress over KOIN at 6:15 Friday eve ning, November 22, 1940. With defense plants being speed ed up all over the country, the governor is expected to ask that employers and employees co-operate in making prompt reports to the Board for the Mobilization of Labor. Registration of independent bus iness men, farmers and others who may have been missed in the first batch of 350,000 forms will start this week in every part of the state. In Portland, skilled men can se cure the occupational blanks at 2,000 filling stations, grocery and drug stores. Registration points in other towns are being designated by 500 members of representative local committees. Already returns from about a third of Oregon's 10,000 principal concerns have disclosed thousands of workers employed in other lines but anxious to return to primary trades in helping speed up defense production. Tabulation of the in ventory, expected to start soon, will show experienced men in all of the 370 listed defense occupations. Knox, Thompson Are Lions Speakers Coach Bob Knox reported the high school 'grid season just past, and viewed prospects for the coming basketball "season before the Mon day Lions luncheon at Camp Hepp ner, CCC. Also a featured speaker was Earl Thompson, farmer field representative for AAA, in the city to meet with community committee men that day to plan for the com ing AAA elections in December. The meeting was largely attended by the members and Conley Lan ham and Rhea Luper were intro duced as guests. Knox cited that while Heppner's record of wins in the season just past might not be impressive, he considered it his most successful year of coaching from the stand point of team advancement and gen eral cooperative spirit. He said he believed boys on a team who lost oc casionally got something more out of the game than those who always win; and that is "how to take it' Thompson pointed to the AAA set-up as an efficient organization with which to control farm produc tion under the national defense pro gram, told of the excellent record of cooperation by Morrow county, and extended the belief that town business men and fanners need to get together more often in discuss ing mutual problems. He recalled the farmer-business man dinner held in Heppner last year under sponsorship of AAA, and thought it probable that another such meeting might be arranged this year. Mustangs Starting Basketball Season C. W. Barlow county clerk, re turned home Saturday from Port land where he went on Wednesday previous in company with Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Akers who had been vis iting at the Barlow home. Basketball practice got under way Monday at the high school with 23 boys turning out. Experienced Mustang hoopsters back from last year are Claude Snow, Hugh Craw ford, James Barratt, Don Bennett, Dub Aiken, Bill Scrivner, Buddy Blakely and Bob Pinckney. The other boys that are turning out are new to the game. League play does not open until after the Christmas holidays but a number of games are being sched uled with other schools before that time. The first game will be with lone, Nov. 29. Three first team men from last year's squad have been lost by the "19 year rule," but their loss is go ing to be less of a blow than it was in football, said Coach Bob Knox. The situation is helped by the large number of experienced reserves who are turning out. Christmas Plans, Roads, Telephones Talked by Chamber Dinner With Farm ers to Return Last Year's Get-Together Santa Claus will have the biggest reception ever in Heppner this year if the desires expressed at Monday evening's chamber of commerce din ner take effect. It was left in the hands of the committee, George -Howard and J. O. Peterson to con tact churches, lodges and other or ganizations of the city to coordinate efforts in staging one large com munity Christmas party. Fire Chief Ralph Beamer was pre sent and reported plans of the fire boys to provide tree, Santa Claus and a treat They have been allotted $25 by the city to put up the tree, and while not asking assistance from anyone, they were accorded the ex pression of chamber members that it would be a good idea if all or ganizations would join in making it a huge community party probably to be held the last days of school be fore the holidays. Two road matters fixing the two severe curves on the Jones hill road, and grading of 3Y4 miles of the Condon-Heppner road to the Gilliam county line were backed by chamber of commerce action. The Jones hill curves were held to be extremely hazardous, and especially so to movement of logging trucks. Several logging trucks were report ed to have already lost their loads on these curves and innumerable car accidents have happened at the spots. H. D. McCurdy spoke for the grading on the sector of the Hepp-ner-Condon road to be abandoned for the new survey when the road is finally completed. How soon the new survey will be put through has not been determined, Mr. McCurdy contended, and meantime the sec tor to be abandoned remains as a ditch, with water draining into in stead of from the road, and practic ably impassable in jhe wet season. Importance of the road justifies its being graded until the new sector is completed, he said, and it waa the opinion of chamber members present that the state highway com mission should be urged to give it their attention as the state is obliged to maintain the road as a secondary highway. A dinner with farmers of the county as special guests was favored by club members to return the din ner tendered business men by the farmers last winter. Details were left in the hands of Chas. B. Cox as chairman of the agricultural com mittee, and it was tentatively plan ned to stake the dinner sometime in January. A round table discussion of pol icy of chamber meetings favored bringing in an outside speaker oc casionally who would be qualified to discuss matters of vital import ance to the membership. Harlan McCurdy was scheduled to bring a special message at the next meeting on taxation problems as related to the livestock industry. 40 Elk Checked Through Heppner With the elk season just closed the total animals checked through the Heppner station was 40, between 20 and 25 of which were killed in the local forest district, reports F. F. Wehmeyer, local ranger. A number of local nimrods bag ged their game, including Chas. B. Cox, Gene Ferguson, Logie Rich ardson, Len and Earl Gilliam and Ray Drake. ANOTHER PIONEER This newspaper started something when it cited Jason Biddle of Rhea creek as a real pioneer, Mr. Biddle having come to the county in '89. Lotus Robison wishes to go Mr. Bid dle one better. He says he came to the county in 1883, 57 years ago and has lived in the county continuous ly since. The first home of Mr. Rob ison was in Eight Mile on land now being farmed by "Slim" Emert. There wasn't a fence in the country at the time. Dance at Rhea Creek grange to the music of the Men About Town on Saturday, Nov. 23. Supper served.