Thursday, January 2, 1941
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Five (i
Mr. and Mrs. Joel K. Benton were
holiday visitors at the home of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. . and
Mrs. Robert V. Jones. They ex
pected to leave soon for northern
Montana where Mr. Benton, Chris
tian minister; has accepted a pas
torate. They have been located at
Marshfield for the last two years.
Thomas Gonty arrived Saturday
from Los Angeles where he has
been employed in an airplane fac
tory following completion of a spe
cial course in airplane construction.
He had not learned of the serious
illness of his father, E. N. Gonty,
until arrival here.
The Adolph Hayden family of
Stanfield and John Clouston family
of Lakeview were holiday visitors at
the home of Mrs. S. P. Devin, moth
er of Mrs. Hayden and Mrs. Clous
ton. Howard Keithley entered Morrow
General hospital Sunday, suffering
an attack of pneumonia. He was
tagging sheep for Emil Groshens
when he took ill the end of the week.
Miss Irene Beamer spent the holi
days here with her mother, Mrs.
Clara Gertson, coming from her
studies at Corvallis.
Creed Owen left Saturday night
for Willamette valley- and coast
points to visit daughters and other
relatives for about a month.
Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spe
cialist of Pendleton will be at the
HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNES
DAY, JANUARY 8.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Do
herty of Blackhorse at Heppner hos
pital December 31, a 6 pound girl.
November Rankings
Cited in Cities' Safety
Portland, Marshfield, Cottage
Grove and Ontario continued to be
the safest cities in Oregon through
the month of November, as shown
by the standings in the 1940 Cities
Traffic safety contest, it was revealed
today at the office of Earl Snell,
secretary of state and sponsor of the
contest.
Portland led cities in the first div
ision with Salem taking second
place away from Astoria which
dropped to fifth place. Klamath Falls
was in the third place with Medford
fourth and Eugene sixth.
Marshfield held first, place in the
second division for the fourth con
secutive month while Corvallis was
second for the second consecutive
month. La Grande was third; Bend,
fourth; Pendleton, fifth; Baker, six
th; Albany, seventh; Oregon City,
eighth; The Dalles, ninth.
In the third division, Cottage
Grove was first with Newberg sec
ond and Coquille third, moving up
from sixth place in October. Other
cities in this division were in the
following order: McMinnville, North
Bend, Hood River, Dallas, Tillamook,
Roseburg, Prineville, Toledo, Hills
boro, Silverton, St. Helens, Grants
Pass, Burns, Ashland, Springfield.
Ontario led cities in the fourth
division' with Union second and
Reedsport, third. Other cities were
ranked in the following order: Myr
tle Point, Oswego, Heppner, West
Linn, Beaverton, Bandon, Wood
burn, Newport, Gladstone, Gresh
am, Forest Grove, Sheridan, Enter
prise, Milwaukie, Seaside, Vernonia,
Lebanon, Independence, Milton, and
Lakeview.
In the contest, each city is com
peting, against its own record, Snell
' explained. The accident experience
for the past three years is used as
a basic normal and the experience
for the current year is compared
to that basis. Standings depend on
the percentage of improvement or
lack of improvement made by each
city.
At the end of the year, when final
accident reports are in, cities will be
ranked and the winning city in
each division will receive a set of
highway plaques, suitable for dis
play at city entrances.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riggs and son
Clark departed yesterday for their
home at Cottage Grove, Mr. Riggs
driving up for his family who spent
the holidays at the home of Mrs.
Riggs' parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. D.
Clark.
H. C. Vogler, Jr., county commis
sioner of Connell, Wash., was a Fri
day visitor in the city. Mr. Vogler
recently purchased property on
Butter creek.
Malheur To Get
First Unit for
Mattress Making
Malheur county program planning
committee, in conference with the
county court, representative business
men, and other agencies, has ap
proved the proposed mattress-mak
ing project, making Malheur the
first county to undertake the , pro
gram in this state, announces W.
L. Teutsch, assistant director of ex
tension at Oregon State college.
A carload of surplus cotton, enough
to make close to 500 mattresses, has
been ordered by the Agricultural
Adjustment administration, which
arranges. for materials through the
Surplus Marketing administration.
The extension service, which is in
charge of the educational features of
the program, is now training project
leaders and will be ready to start
the propram of actual mattress-ma'
king in Malheur county either late
in February or early March.
Malheur county leaders " estimate
that about 700 mattresses will be
made there by low-income rural
fdmilies who can qualify under the
program for free materials. The on
ly charge will be a small fee, set at
75 cents in Malheur county, to cover
incidental expenses of carrying on
the project.
Each family will make its own
mattress at a central place where
necessary equipment, materials and
instruction will be furnished. The
FSA is cooperating in the program.
Those who took part in the meet
ing where final arrangements were
made expressed general approval of
the project, said Teutsch, with the
motion to accept having been made
by George Aiken, mayor of Ontario
and a representative business man
of that city.
Similar meetings to consider ex
tending the program to Deschutes
and Klamath counties will be held
in Redmond, January 3, and Klamath
Falls, January 4. Extension to other
parts of the state will follow later.
Pendleton PCA
Meet Set for Jan. 16
The Pendleton Production Credit
association will hold its seventh an
nual meeting at the Vert Memorial
building in Pendeton on Thursday,
January 16th, Secretary-Treasurer
W. E. Moore announced today.
The date and place was selected
by the association's board of direc
tors at its monthly meeting which
was attended by R. A. Thompson of
Heppner, who is the Morrow county
director.
The association serves farmers and
stockmen in Morrow, Umatilla, Un
ion, Wallowa, and Grant counties.
The Wallowa county members are
furnishing the meat for an elk din
ner to be served at noon and an
attendance of 250 is expected.
Reports of the year's business, the
largest in the association's history,
will be given at the meeting; two
directors will be elected to succeed
board members whose terms expire,
and a varied program of speaking
will be presented, Moore said.
BWD Test Charts Go Out
The state department of agricul
ture animal division is now sending
out BWD testing charts to all poul
try owners who took the pulorum
blood test instructions at the state
college recently. Holders of the
charts will test only their own flocks
or the flocks of those fro whom they
are working.
Use the G-T want ads for results.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 2. Unless
the United States watches its step
it will be in the European war be
fore the end of 1941. No one in con
gress, at this date, favors war but
the prodding comes from interven
tionists who are not in congress but
who are pounding on the White
House door urging action.
Under law, only congress can is
sue a declaration of 'war, but this
country can become involved with
out congress turning a hand. There
is nothing to prevent Germany from
declaring war against the United
States, in which case we would be
in. Herr Hitler recognizes that the
administration is furnishing supplies
of military character to England and
that most of the American people
are against him, and if he wishes to
consider that cause for war against
this country he may do so. There
are, also, other methods.
Under President Roosevelt's 're
posed policy to aid Great Britain
in sending material on lease or mort
gage, a submarine could sink a boat
load of this equipment, which would
still be owned by the United States,
and such an act might influence the
American people to the point of de
manding that congress declare war.
England, it should be recalled, de
clared a state of war to exist, but
Hitler created the situation in a plan
to throw the blame for war upon his
enemy. Sinking a boatload of Am
erican munitions enroute to the Bri
tish might again serve this end.
Whatever the outcome, the year
1941 will be important. Production
for home defense will not reach its
stride until early next winter come
ten months distant. Long before
then many things may occur. In
siders at Washington expect Herr
Hitler to attempt an invasion of the
British isles within 90 to 120 days.
Regardless of the issue, such an un
dertaking will have a powerful in
fluence upon this country and par
ticularly upon congress as well as
the president. It is this expectation
of an attempted invasion that has
alarmed the high command over the
laggard production of airplanes, for
planes more than any other imple
ment of war are required by the
British for both defense and of
fense. Troops have been injected with
serum to immunize them against
tropical diseases. This is the first
step toward fitting them to hold,
bases in the Caribbean and on the
west coast near the equator. Troops
are now being shipped to several
points from the Atlantic seaboard
and the Pacific coast will be the
jumping off place for soldiers des
tined for the far-flung islands. In
Portland are two recently acquired
passenger liners being revamped in
to troop ships. They will be manned
by the Oregon naval reserve and
are destined for somewhere.
Two mine layers and a net tender
are under contract in Portland to
be used on the Pacific coast. The
net tender is to look after the large
steel nets, now being fabricated and
which will guard strategic points,
such as the Bellingham jiavy yard.
The mine layers will be almost as
large as light cruisers and will cost
approximately $12,000,000. These ves
sels will require hundreds of skilled
mechanics. They will probably be
completed in the spring of 1942.
It is the considered opinion of
members of congress that very little
business will be done in the new
congress that is not directly con
nected with national defense. There
will be heavy appropriations for de
fense and a tax measure calculated
to raise revenue to, in part, pay for
the outlay. The tax bill, to be pre
pared after March 15 (the committee
wishes to know how current revenue
is coming In) wiH .be the heaviest
that this country has yet experienc
ed, but it is believed to be only a
starter. It will be designed to catch
everyone for something.
USHA is to make a loan of $375,
000 to Clackamas county with which
to build 100 houses for low income
families in Milwaukie. This will be
about $3,850 per residence, provided
the site is furnished by the county,
and for that sum a very excellent
house "to eliminate slums" can be
provided. Similar offers of loans to
other communities have been re
jected Some 100-odd communi
ties in Oregon and Washington were
listed for millions of dollars for air
ports several months ago. Out of
this list ten Oregon and nine Wash
ington towns were given priority.
The remainder were left holding the
bag. The CAA was given $40,000,000
for the entire country, when the es
timate totaled more than a half bil
lion. Under the plea of national de
fense a few more communities may
be assisted with their airports, but
this is uncertain Friday, January
3, witnesses the opening of the new
congress, which will be one of the
most important in this generation.
SHIP BY TRUCK
The Dalles Freight Line, Inc.
SERVICE BETWEEN '
PORTLAND : THE DALLES : HEPPNER
AND WAY POINTS
Arrive Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Warehouse: KANE'S GARAGE Carl D. Spickerman, Agent
Thursday, January 2
STRIKE UP THE BAND
with Mickey Rocncy, Judy Garland, Paul Whilcman and his
Orchestra, June Preisscr, William Tracy
No item has been spared to make this musical-comedy top enter
tainment for everyone.
Friday-Saturday
YOUTH WILL BE SERVED
with Jane Withers, Jane Darwcll, Robert Conway, Joe Brown, Jr.
Wholesome family entertainment with vim, vigor and vitality.
plus
SKY MURDER
Further adventures with Walter Pidgcon as "Nick Carter" and
Donald Meek as "Bartholomew the Bee Man."
Sunday-Monday
BRIGHAM YOUNG
with Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy,
Jane Darwcll, John Carradine, Mary Astor
The nation's frontier as it is pushed Westward by men and women
of courage, faith and conviction.
Tuesday
BARGAIN NIGHT: Adults, 20c each; Children, 2 for 10c
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS
with Weaver Brothers and Elviry, Cliff Edwards
Hillbilly songs, comedy and romance.
Also "Congomania"
Wed.-Thu., Jan. 8-9
ARISE MY LOVE
with Claudctte Colbert, Ray Milland, Walter AbeL Dick Purccll,
Dennis O'Keefe
Exciting action and snappy dialogue mark this fine comedy-drama.
STAR THEATER
Heppner, Oregon
Delicious Apple1 Needs
Other Pollen To Yield
Cross pollination is essential for
the successful production of Star
king Delicious apples commercially,
according to tests conducted at the
Hood River branch experiment sta
tion. This variety is practically self
sterile and produces unsatisfactory
yields when planted in large blocks
without suitable pollenizers.
In controlled pollination experi
ments in the Sidney Babson orchards
as well as on the station plots, the
best pollenizers proved to be Black
mack and Blackjon varities, although
Spitzenberg and Newton, Golden
Delicious and Ortley gave good re
sults. Of little or no value in pollenizing
the Starking Delicious were Graven
stein, Stamared and Blaxtayman.
These gave from nothing to less
than 8 set when their pollen was
applied to the Delicious blossoms.
Blackjon and Blackmack gave from
63 to 97 set of fruit.
There is a prospect that it will run
continuously on account of the
1 threat of war.