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Volume 58, Number 18
'Hot Wheat' Not
Big Problem Here
Chamber Told
Cummings Speaks;
Rodeo, Lena Mail
Route Get Action
With less than a half dozen wheat
farms in Morrow county not in com
pliance with the AAA program, the
"hot" wheat penalty under the new
marketing quota will not be a mat
ter of great concern here, said Merle
Cumimings, secretary of the county
ACA corrmittee before the Tuesday
evening of the chamber of com
merce. Cummings defined: hot wheat and
cited the ways in which the penalty
on it could be met. All complying
farmers whose compliance with the
1941 AAA regulations has been
proved will receive their white
clearance cards without trouble, the
secretary said.
"Hot" wheat was defined as being
the average normal yield on acres
that would have been required to
be taken out of production had the
producing farm been in compliance
with the AAA program. The mar
keting quotas became necessary to
protect the federal wheat lending
program when the visible supply
exceeded the amount estimated as
the national "ever-normal granary"
figure, Cummings said.
Due to the extra heavy crop this
year, farmers who did not comply
with the AAA program will be able
to pay the penalty on their excess
wheat and still benefit by the mar
keting program, he believed.
With Rodeo President Lee Beck
ner and Directors H. D. McCurdy
and Jim Kistner in attendance, the
chamber and Rodeo association got
down-to brass tacks on final organi
zation for the show, slated August
15-16-17. and it was agreed to fol
low the same cooperative, plan that
was put into effect last year. Details
were left in the hands of the cham
ber's Rodeo committee, headed by
J. Logie Richardson, and were tak
en care of at a meeting of' this com
mittee with the Rodeo directors fol
lowing the chamber meeting.
Renewed effort to obtain a mail
route to Lena was cited by Frank
W. Turner, who explained a map of
the proposed route and said that
petitions would be circulated im
mediately. The chamber's action is
the result of a long-standing de
mand for such a route out of Hepp
ner, he said.
C. D. Conrad, chairman of a com
mittee preparing a chamber mem
bership sign reported materials rea
dy, and he was authorized to have
the sign, painted and location select
ed for its placement. Conrad also
made a comprehensive report of the
recent 4-H club summer school at
Corvallis, "the largest school of its
kind ever held in the United States,"
and declared that organizations
sponsoring scholarships could feel
that their contributions directed for
this purpose are doing more for 4-H
club work in the county than in any
manner the same amounts could be
spent
APPRECIATION
I wish to thank each and everyone
of the many neighbors and friend?
for turning out with such speed ard
good will when they thought my
wheat was on fire Sunday night
even members of Heppner's effi
cient fire department were present.
It was only a grass fire on the hill
which loomed up big after darkness,
and no harm was done as all the
wheat around was green, but if it
had been wheat the great army of
fire fighters were ready and on th
spot. If that is not efficiency and
genuine American spirit, stongly
seasoned with American democracy,
then what would you call it? Thanks
again, good neighbors.
Archie D. McMurdo.
Heppner,
Enjoyable Pomona .
Meet Held, Boardman
Morrow County Pomona grange
met in Boardmati last Saturday in
an all day session, with Greenfield
grange as hosts.
Although the crowd was not as
large as usual, owing, to the busy
season, an interesting business ses
sion and program were had.
A contest sponsored by the counts
organi2ation for subordinate grange
will be drafted during the quarter
to be presented for consideration at
the October meeting. Each grange
L? represented with one member nn
the committee as follows: Rhea
Creek, Clifford Conrad; Lexington.
Grace Turner; Lena, Pauline Hugh
es: Irrigon, Marguerite Houghton;
Greenfield Anna Skoubb; Willows,
Mary Lundell. Plans for the con
test will be drafted soon.
Authorized by the delegate bodv
at the recent fire insurance con
ference at state grange, Minnie Mc
Farland, master of Morrow County
Pomona., asked all subordinate
granges to submit to Secretary Mary
Lundell, members holding insuranc
policies in the grange mutual. Also,
all policy holders are urged to at
tend the next Pomona meeting, to
be held at Rhea Creek in October.
The program presented by th
lecturer, Vida Heliker, was as fol
lows: Theme, Our Flag; song, Old
Glory; talk, The American Fs,
Judge Johnson; song, Play Mates,
Audrey Wilson, Gene Allen; skit,
Highway Safety, Mary Lindsay,
Marjory Gordon, Stella OMeara;
agricultural talk, Food for Defense,
County Agent Conrad; vocal duct,
Mesdames Parker and Beach, Lex
ington; reading, The Promise of the
Stars, Mary Lundell; talk, Cooper
ation, the Need of the Hour, Bon
Gerkin, Hermiston; song, God Bless
America.
P. P. & L. Protects
Against Interruptions
With Pacific Power & Light com
pany's new automatic service restor
er now in operation at lone and re
closing switch equipment installed
at Olex Junction, users of electricity
in the Heppner district have been
provided additional service contin
uity facilities. With the new safety
devices controllng power lines here,
only serious damage to the com
pany's system can cause an inter
ruption, according to K. A. House,
local manager for the Pacific com
pany. The new equipment at Olex Junc
tion and lone will act as a safety
valve for power transmission and
distribution lines. Trouble from el
ectric wires swinging together mo
mentarily, a common cause of brief
service outages where power lines
are exposed to high winds, will be
automatically remedied. The reclos
ing fuses and automatic service re
storer will minimize interruptions
caused by improper use of power on
customers' premises.
The new equipment, which will
'"store service three success: vr
times wtihout attention from lin
men. will be inspected and adji'ted
regularly as company maintenan'v
crews make their constant patrols .1
power lines here. ;
Hayes Family to Hold
Yearly Reunion 4th
Members of the Hayes clan are
assembling for their annual reunio.i
tomorrow at the farm home of Mrs.
Nancy Hayes on Rhea creek.
In the van of the homecoming
were Andy Hayes of Spokane and
Mr. and Mrs. Elra Hayes and three
children of San Bernardino, CaL and
expected were Mr. and Mrs. Darrel
McHargue (Neva Hayes) and son
of Spokane. The Hayes family 4th
of July reunion has been an anmul
event for many years, attracting
members of the family from a dis
tance. Jos. M. Hayes of Lone Rock ar
rived in the city yesterday to visit
with friends and to be on hand fc
the picnic tomorrow.
Oregon, Thursday, July 3,
Unanimous Vote
Cast To Dissolve
John Day District
Final Rites for Paper
Irrigation Project
By Court Decree
The 22-year John Day Irrigation
district headache was cured Mondiy
so far as taxpayers in the -district
were concerned when they voted
unanimously for the district's disso
lution. The vote was 30 to 0.
It now remains for a court order
to put into effect the provisions jf
the petition asking for dissolution,
says J. J. Nys, attorney.
The voting took place in three
precincts, at the Neil Doherty home
in the sands, at the Roy E. Hurst
hall at Cecil, and at the Smyth
Shuttler sheep camp in the west
end of the district.
The petition and election call for
dissolution of the John Day Irriga
tion district, liquidation of its in
debtedness, and distribution of 'ts
assets with sufficient funds to re
main in the hands of the coun'y
treasurer to redeem and pay all out
standing warrants together with ac
crued interest.
In the years after the John Day
Irrigation district was first formed
in 1918, it remained a "paper" or
ganization. The survey only w?5
made. It was proposed to take w.
ter from the John Day river and by
tunnel and ditch place it upon hun
dreds of thousand acres of low sand
country in the north ends of Gilliam
and Morrow counties.
Riding Club Start
Expected Tuesday "
A riding club for Morrow county
fashioned after the Mustangers of
Pendleton is the objective of an or
ganization meeting called for the
Elks club at 8 o'clock next Tuesday
evening, according to announcement
by Jim Kistner who has been inves
tigating such possibility.
The meeting is, open to' anyone in
terested and all such persons are
urged to attend. By-laws and other
organization proceedings have been
received from the Pendleton organ
ization as a basis for organization,
and Kistner says that Frank Tous
Icy of Athena, horse trainer and
member of the Turtles, professional
rodeo organization, has signified hte
willingness to accept the position s
I caretaker of horses and grounds. Use
of the Rodeo grounds has been ex
tended by the city of Heppner. It
is expected the new organization w:1'.
fit into the local civilian defense
program as well as provide a med
ium for an enjoyable sport, Kistner
said.
Heppner Main Street
Gets New Surface .
Heppner's main thoroughfare re
ceived a face-lifting the first of the
week when the state highway odlir
crew put a new coating of top dress
ing on it. Most of the work was
done in a few hours Monday mon
ing as the laje force and equip
ment rushed it through. One layer
of old and larger size rock was top
ped with another layer of oil and
finer rock for dressing. The top
rock is coarser than that before
used, to provide more of a no;.
skid surface.
, The oiling was done from curb to j
curb under arrangement of the ci:y
dads with the state highway depart
ment, the city standing the cost of
the work along the sides of the
state highway which runs through
the middle of the street.
REPORTS WATERSPOUT
A heavy rain in the mountains
and a waterspout in Porcupine can
yon yesterday were reported ths
morning by W. H. French, in the
city from his Blue Mountain farm.
1941
50 More Selectees
Being Classified
Order number, name and address
for 50 more men receiving question
naires from the Morrow County Se
lective Service board were released
this week, as follows:
393 Wesley LeRoy McLowth,
Boardman; 394 Eldon Deloss Shan
non, State Highway Dept., La
Grande; 395 Arnold Ellsworth John
son, Cecil; 396 George, W. Lalumon
dier, Boardman; 397 George Forbes
Currin, Echo; 398 Gerald Coleman
Rood, lone; 399 Amanuel Carltcn
Swanson. lone; 400 James Reid Val
entine, Heppner; 401 Everett Lau
rence Crump, Heppner; 402 Harvey
Smith, lone; 403 Hershal Luvern
Townsend, Hilgard; 404 Arthur Lee
Hughes, Lena; 405 Max, Henry
Schulz, Heppner;
406 Donald Elmer Woelfer, Hepp
ner; 407 James Arvin Brown, Board
man; 408 Eugene Upton Normoyle.
lone; 409 Raymond Thomas Michen
er, Heppner; 410 Patrick Lennon.
c-o John Kenny, Heppner; 411 Wil
liam Archie Munkers, Lexingtor.;
412 Lester Uthe, Boardman; 413
Frank William Bowers, Heppner; 414
Harlie William Grey, Route 5, Box
246 A, Mt. Airy, N. Carolina; 415
John Harold Fuiten, Heppner; 416
Almon Lewis Geiss, Wallowa; 417
George Parsons Caskey, Weston; 418
Roy Oliver Cobb, c-o L. H. Cobb,
Beaverton; 419 Farris Hughan
Prock, Heppner;
420 Ervin Rubin Perlberg, Hepp
ner; 421 Steve William Hotlkamp,
Jr.. Pilot Grove, Iowa; 422 Geoffrey
O'Connell, Heppner; 423 Rhea Nor
ton King, Heppner; 424 Robert Ir
ven Bumside, Lexington; 425 Roy
William Lindstrom, lone; 426 Ray
mond Cecil Gardner, Heppner; 427
John Edward Eubanks, lone; 4"S
Henry Porter Graham, c-o Lemms
Logging Co., Yamsey; 429 Russell
McCoy, Irrigon; 430 Raymond Cyrl
Coulter, Irrigon; 431 Harold Albert
Wright, Heppner; 432 Robert Daw
son Knox, 1392 Beech St., Eugene;
433 James Lincoln Tabbutt, CCC,
Heppner; 434 William Glenn Har
mon, Heppner; 435 Everett Oliver
Harshman, Heppner; 436 George Al
mcrion Freeborn, Heppner; 437 Har
old Homer Hill, Ilcppncr; 438 Don
aid Robert Pointer, Lexington; 431
Everett B. Shaner, Box 96, Pendle
ton; 441 Ervin Everett Allen, Hepp
ner; 442 Harold Lee Becket, Hepp
ner; 443 Louis Ronald Foos, Route
12, Box 939, Milwaukee; 444 Victor
Arthur Lovgren, Eightmile; 445 Rod
erick Swift Thomson, Heppner; 446
William Peter Kilkenny, Star Route,
Echo; 447 Charles Marcel Jones, R. t
F. D., Heppner; 448 Carl Otto Bau
man, Cecil; 449 Thomas Clifton Neri
chick, Heppner; 450 Leonard Walter
Gilman, Chula Vista, c-o Border
Patrol Hdqts.
Grange-Church Picnic
Set at French's 4th
Rhea Creek grange and Valby Lu
theran church of Gooseberry are
sponsoring a picnic on July 4 at the
W. H. French ranch in the moun
tains. All members of the organiza
tions and friends are invited to par
ticipate. Plenty of ice cream and softbJl
will add to enjoyment of the day's
lestivities.
4VILLOWS GRANGE NEWS
Willows grange will meet in an
dll-day session on Sunday, July 6th.,
with a pot-luck dinner. This meet
ing will take the place of the regu
lar meeting held usually on the
first Saturday night. Members and
grange visitors are invited.
Miss Patricia Emert has been se
lected to represent Willows grange
as their princess at the Rodeo.
McMURDO BOYS SEE ALASKA
Scott McMurdo recently joined his
brother Ted in Alaska, and with an
other young man, John Nielson, th
two are enjoying a trip down the
Tanana and Yukon rivers in a 22
foot boat, according to a card re
ceived by the boys' parents, Dr. and
Mrs. A. D. McMurdo. Their boat is
fully equipped with hunting and
fishing paraphernalia.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Lexington Queen
Dance 12th Kicks
Off Rodeo Season
Attendants Named;
Cowboy Breakfast,
Parade Features
Miss Frances Wilkinson of Hepp
ner, Lexington grange's selection
for attendant to the queen of Hepp
ner Rodeo, August 15-16-17, will be
the first honored member of the roy
al court when the Rodeo season will
be officially kicked off with first of
a series of dances at the Lexington
hall Saturday evening, July 12.
Introduction of the queen will
also be made at the Lexington
dance.
Other members of the royal court
announced this week are Miss Pat
ricia Emert, lone, Willows grange;
Miss Rita Robinson, Hardman, Rhea
Creek grange, and Miss. Colleen Kil
kenny, Heppner, Lena grange,
Dances for other attendants and
the wind-up queen's dance at Hepp
ner will be held on consecutive Sat
urday evenings, at lone, July 19;
Rhea creek, July 26; Lena, August
2, and Heppner, August 9.
Ralph Jackson, June Smith and
Cyiene Barratt were named as the
queen's committee, to arrange se
lection, outfitting and sponsorship
of public appearances.
Final organization steps prepara
tory to staging this year's show were
taken at a meeting of the chamber
of commerce Rodeo committee and
Rodeo directors, Tuesday evening.
Following the plan of last year, the
chamber committee is handling all
extraneous details, leaving the Rodeo
directors free to attend to the show
itself. Committees were named for
underwriting, ticket selling, naming
Ihe queen, parade and carnival.
The same committee which func
tioned so well last year was put in
charge, of underwriting, namely F.
W. Turner, George Howard and E.
O. Ferguson.
Handling ' the parade solicitation
and other details of this feature will
be Chas. B. Cox, B. C, Pinckney, R.
B. Ferguson.
Other committees are named as
follows:
Ticket sales: Russell McNeill, Wn..
Isom, Thelma Pinckney, Coramae
Ferguson.
Advertising: Jap Crawford, Jose
phine Mahoney, Rose Leibbrand.
Housing: May Gilliam, Mrs. W. f1.
Rosewall, Eppa Ward.
Concessions: Warren Blakely.
Coordination: W. C. Rosewall,
O. Turner.
Both the chamber representatives',
with J. Logie Richardson as chair
man, and the Rodeo officials declar
ed that the cowboy breakfast start
ed last year would again be a first
day feature, and the Rodeo direc-1
tors themselves are handling the de
tails. Jim Kistner reported work of pre
paring the grounds going along well
and better facilities will be had than
ever before.
President Beckner announced that
'he local show would be open to all
comers with judges selected by the
local association, and said that lists
of events may be had by writing to
Len L. Gilliam, secretary.
NO. 1 SELECTEE HOME
Gene Doherty, Morrow county's
first selective service man to be
sent for a year's armv training ia
home on furlough from Camp Can-
oy, wasn., with rating of private
first class. Doherty was a volunteer
for service.
MOTIIR DIES IN VIRGINIA
Dr. A. D. McMurdo received tele
graphic news Tuesdav morning nf
the death of his mother, Mary Kath
leen McMurdo. in Virginia at. the a on
of 92 years. She was stricken by
pneumonia.