HISTORY
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Volume 58, Number 15
Washington Men
Show Interest In
County Farming
Changed Picture
Seen Since Neigh
borly Relations Start
Twenty-three visiting farmers
and SCS men from, Washington, the j
farmers from the Waterville vicinity, j
paid Heppner a visit Saturday and
were shown over a considerable por
tion of the wheat country as well
as accomplishments of the local soil
conservation district.
The visit was in line with neigh
borly relations started in 1935 when!
blow conditions in this county led
Joseph Belanger, then county agent,
and leading farmers from here, to
visit the Waterville section to in
spect a method of "trashy summer
fallowing" they had started. Fol
lowing the first junket other trips
were made to that section by Mor
row men, and a first reciprocal call
from the Washington farmers was
made here last year.
An exceptionally good growing
season this year which has produced
one of the best crop prospects ever
seen in the county, probably as much
as anything else contributed to the
beautiful crops inspected by the vis
itors, but trashy now called "pro
tective" fallow was plainly indicated
to have proved beneficial, which
though not definitely stated could
have been a source of pride to the
visitors for having been their con
tribution. Starting at Heppner under guid
ance of Clifford Conrad, county ag
ent, and J. H. Parkins, SCS district
supervisor of Pendleton, the tour
first took the visitors to SCS work
on Hinton and Willow creeks, where
the story of check dams, irrigation
dams, deferred grazing, and pre
vention of erosion by grass plantings
were painly seen to hae paid div
idends. An outstanding feature of the
morning tour was inspection of the
field of poa bulbosa grass at the
Alfalfa Lawn dairy of Wightman
brothers, one of the first in the coun
ty, that has held up well under
constant grazing.
After dining in Heppner, the party
made a wider tour in the afternoon.
Going first up Heppner hill, they
stopped at the grass nursery Mr.
Conrad had planted on the Frank
Anderson place, which demonstrat
ed well the capabilities of a number
of grass varieties, outstanding of
which were several varieties of cres
ted wheat grass. Many points along
the way were seen where crested
wheat grass was doing well on acres
permanently taken out of wheat pro
duction, and in holding what had
once been blow land. The contour
cultivation at the Frank Anderson
place was viewed, a plot in Goose
berry where morning glory had been
effectively eradicaed with chemicals,
and the mustard field at the Lee
Beckner farm proved a point of in
terest The many fine fields of wheat al
ong the way caused viewers to esti
mate yields. Heads in wheat fields
of the upper county were noted to
be somewhat smaller than those in
the lower country, but estimates of
30-bushel wheat were made in the
upper country. A Rietmann brothers
field, it was agreed would averge
35 bushels, and another field of
Fred Mankin wheat was estimated
all the way from 35 to 45 bushels.
Included in the visiting party
were Gus Planetz, D. S. Nelson, R.
M. Wiley, Henry Sulin. Claude H.
Pair, John C. McDonald,' Wm. C.
Witte, C. A. Wilson, Josh Barnes, E.
P. Hinderer, George Wilcox. C. p-.
Bisbee, A. J. Hensel and Henry J.
Prange, all of Waterville; Theodore
Mittelstaedt, Henry Bourton, Carl
H. Viebrock, all of Douglas; J. B.
' Swin of Alstown, Bert Peterson of
Farmer, and G. R. McDole, of the
Heppner,
25 More Selectees
Up for Classification
Morrow county local board today
mailed questionnaires to the fol
lowing named registrants whose or
der numbers, names and addresses
are Shown below:
342 Bryce Walter Keene, Hard
man; 343 William Samuel Bennett,
c-o Farm Security Administration,
Medford; 344 Walter Guy Mauch,
c-o L. H. Cobb, Beaverton; 345
Thomas Warren Haddox, R.F.D. 2,
Irrigon; 346 Gilbert Adonus Haller,
112 2nd Avenue, Forest Grove; 347
Delvin Orval Matteson, Heppner;
348 Edward Arthur Ritchie, lone;
349 Maynard Alonao Hogueland, Ir
rigofL; 350 Floyd Byron Langford,
Echo; 351 Patrick Joseph Brennan,
c-o Katie Cunningham, Heppner;
352 Maurice J. Elder, Heppner; 353
Darrel Keith Farrens, Hardman;
354 Alton Lee Osmin, Heppner;
355 Dan Bernard McLaughlin, Le
na; 356 Kermit Laverne Dalzell,
Condon; 357 RoUo Wate Crawford,
lone; 358 Russell Fan-burn McNeill,
Heppner; 359 Arlie Laurence Hat
field, 331 N. 5th St., Corvallis; 360
Herman James Bottger, lone; 361
Lee A. Scritsmeier, Heppner; 362
John Joseph Glavey, Heppner; 363
Raymond Adrian McDonald, Hard
man; 364 Wilbur Ralph Akers, lone;
365 Theodore Edward Reed, Hard
man; 366 William Howard Furlong,
Heppner.
Kiddies to Get First
Swims at Week's End
Either tomorrow or Saturday the
city plunge will be opened and ev
eryone especially the kiddies will
have opportunity to swim without
charge from time of opening until
Sunday, announces L. D. Tibbies,
city supervisor. Dick Davis of Uni
versity of Oregon, qualified Red
Cross instructor and life-saver, will
be in charge. ,
Rates at the pool will be the same
as last year, Tibbies said. Single
person season tickets will be $4; two
persons for season, $6, and family
season swims, $7. Single swims will
be 25 cents, and with suit rented,
50 cents. Delay in opening the pool
was occasioned by painting opera
tions, and many disappointed kid
dies were seen yesterday coming
from the tank, which they had
hoped to find filled, as a real hot
summery day prevailed.
Budget, Officers
Before School Meet
The annual meeting of School
District No. 1 will be held next
Monday afternoon at the council
chambers. The meeting will open
at 2 o'clock for the purpose of dis
cussing and voting on the proposed
budget for the coming year, and
for the election of one director for
a term of three years, and one clerk
for a term of one year.
Chas. W. Barlow is the director
whose term expires at this time and
Mrs. Evelyn Isom is the present
clerk. The proposed budget calls
for a total of $22,571.49 to be raised
by special district tax for next year.
The' polls will be open for at least
an hour after voting starts.
Lions Elect Officers
For New Year
J. O. Turner was chosen by Hepp
ner Lions at Monday's luncheon to
head the club for the new year.
Other officers named were:
Alden Blankenship, first vice
president; Clarence Rosewall, sec
ond vice president; Chas. W. Bar
low, third vice president; Russell
McNeill, secretary; Kenneth House,
lion tamer; C. J. D. Bauman, tail
twister. SCS, Spokane.
Among local men helping to en
tertain the visitors were John I.
Wightman, Henry Peterson, Oscar
Peterson, C. E. Carlson, V. L. Carl
son, Carl J. Peterson, Henry Baker,
Werner Rietmann, E. H. Miller, M.
E. Ctunmings, Del Smith, Don Dou
glas and Bill Isom.
Oregon, Thursday, June
Drive Set to Raise
$200 In County ,
For United Service
Defense Council
Named by Governor;
Ask Volunteers
Announcement of defense council
members for Morrow county and
organization of a drive to raise $200
in the county for United Service
organization work in the nation's
army camps was the main business
of a meeting called at the court
house last night by Judge Bert
Johnson, ex-officio chairman of the
county defense council.
The defense council as named by
Governor Sprague includes Bert
Johnson, ex-officio chairman; Vaw
ter Parker, chairman; J. O. Turner,
executive secretary; C. J. D. Bau
man, sheriff; George Ely, lone; Lon
nie Henderson, Lexington; Jack
Gorham, Boardinan; Floyd Adams.
Hardman; Henry Peterson, Eight.
Mile.
Both Johnson and Turner told of
the defense council work, which is
expected to organize civilian re
serves for emergency defense work
at home. Turner said that volun
teers in this service would shortly
be asked.
As chairman of a county com
mittee for U. S. O., including also
P. W. Mahoney and E. H. Miller,
Turner named workers for several
communities in the county to raise
the county's quota of $200. The mon
ey is expected to be raised by di
rect solicitation. Those named1 at
last night's meeting were Father Mc
Cormick, Frances Crawford. Gwen
neth Glasgow, Heppner; Lonnie
Henderson,. Lexington; Bert John
son, lone; Henry Baker, Eight Mile.
Workers were also expected to be
named for other, communities in the
county and a quota given each.
Turner told of the purpose of the
U. S. O. as providing recreation for
men in the service, mainly in the
army camps to make life in the ser
vice more pleasant and to help build
service morale. The organization
includes such denominational and
other service organizations as have
been accustomed to giving such ser
vice in the past, coordinating their
work and preventing unnecessary
overlapping of endeavors. Thomas
E. Dewey heads the organization
nationally, and Frank Lonergani of
Portland is state chairman. The fed
eral government provides buildings
and U. S. O. the personnel and
equipment needed for operation. Ten
million dollars is being raised na
tionally in this first U. S. O. drive,
and reports indicate good coopera
tion over the entire nation.
OPENS SERVICE STATION
H. C. Wright, formerly of Kin
zua, has taken over the new Rich
field service station at the comer
of Main.and Center streets, and with
Mrs. Wright is making the family
home in the Kenny residence on
west Center street. Mr. Wright's
father, Herbert Wright of The Dal
les, arid brother, Bill Wright of Kin
zua, were here the first of th weak
assisting in getting the station ready
for business. Bill Wright reported
the Kinzua mill, for which he is
working, as shut down due to a
shortage of ligs caused by the wet
condition in the forest, the first
shut-down experienced by the Kin
zua concern since they first started
operations.
SENTENCED TO YEAR IN PEN
Chester Hendricks, charged with
burglarizing the Buster Rands house
in Boar dm an, was sentenced to a
year in the penitentiary when found
guilty in circuit court here Friday.
Judge C. L. Sweek presided. Hen
dricks was taken to Salem that eve
ning by Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman.
Frank and Louise Anderson spent
last week end in Portland.
12, 1941'
Teaching Staff Set
For New School Year
The full corps of teachers for the
Heppner schools next year was au-
nounced this week by Supt. Alden
H. Blankenship, as follows:
Grade school:. 1st grade, Maxine
Browning who is attending summer
school at La Grande; 2nd, Elizabeth
Dix; 3rd, Lela Peterson who taught I
last year at Scio and is at Mon
mouth summer school; 4th, Lera
Crawford; 5th, Frances Weaver of
Sixes, at Ashland summer school;
6th, Rose Hosier of Stanfield, taught
at Prineville last year; 7th, Ted
Stanley 'Jaross of Monmouth, attsum-
mer school there; 8th, H. W. Buh
man, who is vacationing at points
in Oregon and California with his
family at present.
High school: A. H. Blankenship,
superintendent, who left yesterday
for Milton where he will work dur
ing the summer; Dorothy Gene Da
volt, home economics, recent grad
uate of O. S. C. now at summer
school there; Leeds Bailey, agricul
ture, taught last year at Ontario.;
Margaret Wright, social science,
girls' physical education and science,
Willamette graduate now with Port
land playgrounds; Lyle Swenson,
science, boys' physical education
and health, athletics, University of
Washington summer school, gradu
ate of Linfield, almost completed
work for master's degree at U. S. C;
Norbert Peavy, English and math
ematics, with forest service this
summer; Virgina Humphrey, com
mercial, home Pilot Rock, taught
Imbler last year, O. S. C. graduate.
Chamber Hears New
Pendleton Secretary
Ernest Davis, recently named sec
retary of the Pendleton chamber
of commerce was guest speaker at
Tuesday evening's chamber of com
merce, bringing an alegorical dis
course on "Cleopatra Had It," from
which was indicated the repetitive
course of human events through the
ages. Mr. Davis had personally vis
ited the places about which his story
was drawn, Alexandria, Palestine,
Syria, and reminded his listeners of
what is happening there at present.
Accompanying Mr. Davis were
Fred Savage, Homer Beale and Jim
Larson, other chamber workers in
the Round -Up city, each of whom
brought a message of greeting.
Chamber business consisted of
discussion of progress of club pro
jects. Need was again emphasized
for some kind of a landing field at
Heppner. P. W. Mahoney, road
committtee chairman, announced
that citizens wishing crushed rock
for street improvement, placing on
alleys and other improvement, could
obtain same by placing their orders
with the city. He cited the price
at $1.50 in the stock piles in town.
County lOOF-Rebekah
Picnic Comes Sunday
Oddfellows and Rebekahs from all
over the county will assemble at the
W. H. French Blue mountain ranch
next Sunday for an all-day picnic,
announces George Howard of the
local lodge.
The event will be featured by en
tertainment, a pot-luck dinner for
which the lodges will provide ict
cream, lemonade and coffee. Events
are slated to start about 10 o'clock
in the morning.
ELECTED TO THANES
Leland Edmondson was recently
selected to represent his class as a
member of the Thanes, Oregon State
college sophomore honor society to
promote school traditions and schc 1
spirit. Leland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Edmondson of this city, is a
member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He
remained in Corvallis after the cloe
of the regular school year to assist
through the 4-H club summer
school.
Lost Bumper brace from Buick 8,
Saturday between Lexington and
Heppner. Mrs. E. D. Clark. ltp.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
23 County 4-H
Clubbers Leave For
Summer School
16 Girls, 7 Boys in
Group; Mrs. Rodgers
on Discussion Panel
Twenty-three Morrow county 4-H
club boys and girls left for Corvallis
by special train Monday where they
will attend the annual 4-H club
summer school being held at Ore
gon State college from June 9 to 20.
Sixteen girls and seven boys with
Mrs. Harry Tarnblyn and Mrs. C. D.
Conrad as chaperones makes one of
the largest delegations ever to at
tend the summer school, according
to C. D. Conrad, county agent, who
will attend the meeting next week
and help out with classes. Twenty -five
club members attended last year
but haying and other farm work has
kept several of the boys home this
year, says Conrad.
-Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county school
superintendent, who is in charge of
girls 4-H work in Morrow county,
left' for Corvallis yesterday and will
participate in one of the assembly
programs, being chairman of a panel
discussion on "The Relationship of
Boy's and Girl's Club Work to
School Work." Others in the dis
cussion include Rex Putnam, state
superintendent of public instruction;
Mrs. Isa Brixner, president of Ore
gon State Teachers association; H.
C. Seymour, state 4-H club leader,
and Mrs. Wright, president of the
State 4-H Leaders association.
Conrad states that much credit
and appreciation goes to the busi
ness people and organizations of
Morrow county who have helped in
sending the boys and girls to the
college through sponsoring schol
arships. With more than 2000 boys and
girls from Oregon at the summer
session this year many of them are
being housed in sororities and frat
ernities. All of the Morrow county
girls with fifteen girls from other
counties are living at the Sigma Phi
Sigma house, while the boys from
this county are divided among Cau
thom hall, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and
Lamda Chi Alpha,
Members attending the summer
school and their sponsors are as fol
lows: Peggy Tarnblyn, Heppner
Branch of the First National Bank
of Portland; Buddy Peck, Morrow
County Wool Growers Auxiliary;
Dick Edmondson, Heppner Elks;
Junior Wright Safeway; Eunice Pe
terson, Braden and Bell; Estelle
Ledbetter, Lexington grange; Caro
lyn Bergstrom, Rhea Creek grange;
Erma June Deulan and Audrey Wil
son, Greenfield grange; Mabel Wal
ker, Boardman Juvenile grange; El
la Edge, Boardman PTA; Roberta
Miller, Lexington Cookery club; Au
drey Majeske and Jack Edmondson,
State Fair Board; Frances Skoubo,
Dagmar Skoubo, Norvin Adams. Ma
jo Marquardt, Elden Lilly, Betty
Acock, Lavelle Markham, Morrow
county; Cecil McDandel and Ollie
Hastings, Hardman community.
The general assemblies each day
from 2 to 3 p. m. will be broadcast
each evening from 7 to 7:45. Morrow
county's delegation will broadcast
Thursday evening, June 19.
REBEKAHS TO HEAR REPORT
Sans Souci Rebekah lodge No. 33
will be given a report of the recent
grand lodge session at Baker by its
representative, Anna Brown, at tlie
meeting June 20. A social meeting
will be held.
CAMP FIRE GIRLS TO MEET
The Sacajawea group of Camp
Fire Girls will meet at 2:30 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Ed Dick, Jr., in the Devine
apartments.
Want good young milk cow. Will
trade saddle hore and two yearling
colts. Mrs. Chris P. Brown, City. 2t.