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Volume 57, Number 38
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 21, 1940
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Officers of EOWL
Arrange Program
By "Headliners"
"High Powered"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.