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Volume 58, Number 26
Soil Conservation
District Vote Conies
Next Saturday
629 Voters Having
692,533 Acres Land
May Cast Ballots
Final arrangements for conduct'
ing the referendum' on the proposed
Heppner Soil Conservation district
next Saturday. August 30, were com
pleted this week by C. D. Conrad,
county agent, and Ivan C. DeAr
mond, extension soil conservationist,
now secretary of the state soil con
servation committee.
The ownership list is now com
plete and shows 629 Umatilla ad
Morrow county landowners eligible
to vote. These landowners own
692,533 acres.
Absentee ballots have been sent
to 238 owners living outside of the
area and Conrad states that anyone
who may be away on the day of the
referendum may vote an absentee
ballot at the county agent's office
any time up to the day of the vot
ing, A previous referendum on this
same district on May 10 was deter
mined irregular and another refer
endum asked for by the state soil
conservation committee due to mis
understandings on the eligibility of
voters.
Any landowner owning 10 acres of
land or more is eligible to vote on
August 30, whether the landowner
be an individual, corporation, or
company. In the case of husband
and wife owning land by the en
tirety only one may vote, unless
one of them owns other land indiv
idually which qualifies both of
them to vote.
People owning a piece of land
in common must each vote their
proportionate acreage.
Soil conservation districts are lo
cal units of government, organized
under state laws and governed by
five local fanner-supervisors, three
of whom are elected by the land
owners and two appointed by the
state soil conservation committee.
Three farmers have been nomin
ated by petition and their names
appear on the ballots to be voted
upon for supervisors at the August
30 referendum. The farmers so far
nominated are Edwin Hughes of
Lena, Orville Cutsforth of Lexing
ton and Orian Wright of Rhea creek.
The primary purpose of soil con
servation districts, according to
Conrad, is to make it easier for the
farmers to obtain help in solving
their erosion and land use problems.
In such districts the local farm
ers present their problems to their
supervisor and the five supervisors
then determine the priority of the
work and the assistance needed and
take steps to obtain the help from
the agency most capable of giving
the help.
This assistance might be given by
the Soil Conservation service, the
AAA, the extension service, forest
service or other governmental ag
encies set up to give such assist
ance. The Soil Conservation service has
pledged 75 per cent or more of their
work in the future to organized soil
conservation districts. In the pro
posed Heppner Soil Conservation
district there are two spike camps
connected with the Heppner CCC
camp which may be moved to any
part of the district depending on
the man power available and the
need of the locality as determined
by the farmer supervisors.
The' proposed district includes all
of the land in Morrow county south
of the base line to the national for
est boundary, exclusive of a six mile
strip on the west side of the county
and including the adjoining six
mile strip in Umatilla county.
In order for the district to be
created a majority of the landown
ers owning at least 60 per cent of
the land must vote in favor of cre
ation. With these regulations any
Four Selectees Will
Report September 29
Morrow county local board today
mailed orders to report for induction
at 3:30 p. m. on September 29, 1941,
to the following registrants: Lincoln
Clyde Rich, Molalla; Ellis Charles
Saling, Heppner; Albert Edward
Deulen, Condon; Johnnie Claire Slo-
cum, Heppner.
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registrants who are in class 1-A, as
follows: John Andrew Partlow,
Henry Irvin Buschke, Kenneth Dale
Lane, Joel Clark Engelman, Andy
Van Schoiack, Lester Lee Cox, Ed
ward Christian Skoubo, John Har
vey McRoberts, Charles Paul De
Moss, Charles Montague Smith, Er
nest Marvin Allen,
Commander John A. Beclcwith,
USNR, from Oregon state headquar
ters of Selective Service was m
Heppner Tuesday afternoon inspect
ing the records and files of Morrow
county local board. He is a for
mer business partner of Judge Bert
Johnson and enjoyed a visit with
the judge while here.
Fair Prize Winners
At Rodeo Time Listed
Following the is list of prizes
awarded at the Morrow county fair
held at Rodeo time:
SWINE Poland China, Jr:. Sow
Pig, 1st Junior Wright; Chester
White Aged Sow, 1st Jack Edmond
son; Champion Sow Pig, Jack Ed
mondson; Swine Showmanship, Jun
ior Wright.
SHEEP Fine Wool Ewe Lamb,
1st Dick Edmondson, 2nd Jack Ed
mondson; Fine Wool Yearling Ewe,
1st Jack Edmondson, 2nd Dick Ed
mondson; Fine Wool Market Lamb,
1st Dick Edmondson, 2nd Jack Ed
mondson; Fine Wool Pen of 3 Mar
ket Lambs, 1st Dick Edmondson, 2nd
Jack Edmondson; Fine Wool Breed
ing Ewe, 1st Dick Edmondson, 2nd
Buddy Peck, 3rd Don Peck, 4th
Jack Edmondson; Fine Wool Ram
Lamb, 1st Dick Edmondson.
Hampshire Ewe Lamb, 1st Marian
Miller; Yearling Ewe, 1st Tad Mill
er, 2nd Don Peck, 3rd Marian Mill
er, 4th Dick Edmondson, 5th Don
Peck; Breeding Ewe, 1st Tad Miller,
2nd Marian Miller, 3rd Don Peck;
Ram Lamb, 1st Tad Miller, 2nd Mar
ian Miller, 3rd Don Peck, 4th Don
Peck; Yearling Ram Lamb, 1st Tad
Miller.
Other Breeds, Cross Breeds Ewe
Lamb, 1st Dick Edmondson, 2nd
Continued on Page Four
Pendleton Ram Sale
Lively, Prices Good
Strong condition of the sheep and
wool market was reflected in the
Oregon Woolgrowers association
ram sale at Pendleton last Friday.
More than 700 head of animals were
sold at prices almost double a year
ago, a strong demand being shown
for all types. One pen of Hampshires
brought the top market at $65 per
head, while a Suffolk stud brought
high individual price, $250.
Many Morrow county growers at
tended the sale, with Harold Cohn
of this city acting as clerk.
SENTENCE SUSPENDED
Cleo D. Gardner and Glen E.
Lockard were fined $28.50 and giv
en a suspended 15-day jail sentence
in justice court the end of the week
upon arraginment for shooting
birds out of season. Both are em
ployed at Heppner Lumber com
pany. '
one failing to vote automatically
votes against the district
Soil conservaion districts, explains
Conrad, differ from some organized
districts in that no assessments or
taxes can be levied against the land
or the landowners.
Over 375 such districts have been
established throughout the United
States comprising more than 232,
000,000 acres.
Following the organization of a
district any number of adjoining
farmers up to 25 may petition the
state committee and can be added
to the district without a referendum.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 28,
School Opening
Tuesday Starts
New Busy Season
Housing Problem
Acute as Families
Move into Town
Influx of people to town for
the school year, starting next Tues-r ,
day, has brought the most serious
housing problem Heppner has ex
perienced in many a year. Real es
tate offices are facing a constant
demand for living quarters, while
numerous transactions have been
reported. Daily, people are asking,
"Where can I get a house."
This real estate activity is the
forerunner of what promises to be
one of the most lively school years
the city has seen in many a day.
The increase in population is borne
out by report from the school
where Alden H. Blankenship, sup
erintendent predicts a record enroll
ment. This will most certainly be
true in the first grade where 36 new
scholars are already promised and
the probability is that the number
will reach 40. The growth in this
department has caused addition of a
second teacher.
Mr. Blankenship reports that his
office is now open to all parents
and students who are seeking help
with courses or other information.
The opening gong will sound prom
ptly at 9 o'clock.
With renovation of the school plant i
during the summer, and all teach
ing positions filled, the school will
be all primed for a good get-away
on opening day, Mr. Blanknship
reports.
Taking time by the forelock, and
to assist in keeping the school year
from being marred by unfortunate
accidents, a group of Heppner mer
chants is urging children and mo
torists to exercise extreme care at
all times. Their special campaign,
to be found on page three, is one
which will undoubtedly have the
close cooperation and support of
everyone. s
Heppner Makes Front
Page in New York
As Cat Recalled
One of the widest publicized
stories emanating from Heppner
since the "flood," was that written
some time back by a daily press
correspondent, and made the As
sociated Press release. It told of
Hannah Jones' cat which drank
out of a goldfish bowl without mo
lesting the fish.
This cat appealed to the weather
reporter on the New York World-
Telegram the other day when he
decided, as the head stated, "In
stead of Weather We'll Talk of
Critters." The story was front
page, and a clipping received by
Jack Harris, district Standard Oil
company manager from his son in
the metropolis, was handed to this
paper. Heppner is deeply indebted
to Mrs. Jones' cat, and to the re
porter that made it famous.
MRS. COPPOCK PASSES
Telegraphic word' was received
yesterday morning by J. G. Thom
son, Jr., that Mrs. Thomsons' moth
er, Mrs. E. G. Coppock, had just
passed away at her home in Haw
thorne, Cal. Mrs. Thomson and
Meredith, who had responded1 to
word of her illness, had arrived at
Hawthorne last Friday. Mra Cop
pock had been ill for some time. It
was expected funeral services would
be held at Salem where Mr. Cop
pock is interred.
LIBRARIANS WANTED
Two positions are available at
present at the Heppner public li
brary, and experience is not neces
sary, reports the library board. All
those who are interested should con
tact Mrs. Floyd Jones not later than
Saturday afternoon, August 30.
1941
Warns Planted Acres
Not Affected by Rule
A recent announcement by the de
partment of agriculture that total
soil depleting allotments would be
discontinued for 1942 has no bearing
on 1942 wheat acreage allotments,
warns Henry Baker, chairman of
the local AAA committee. The chair
man said that all producers of wheat
in the county had been notified of
their 1942 allotments and he went
on to say that farmers may plan
their winter wheat seedings this fall
with the knowledge that wheat mar
keting quotas are almost certain to
be in effect for the 1942 crop.
Despite marketing quotas this
year a bumper crop and further
shrinking of exports have combined
to give the United States the larg
est wheat supply in history, Mr.
Baker pointed out. "Farmers are
apt to forget that the present price
of wheat results from the 85 per
cent loan made possible because a
large percentage of growers sup
ported marketing quotas," the chair
man said. "They need only to look
at the overcrowded warehouses and
embargoes on shipments to all ma
jor terminal elevators for confirm
ation of the fact that the surplus is
still with us."
Quotas have already been pro
claimed for 1942 by the secretary
of agriculture, and unless they are
rejected by growers voting at a ref
erendum next spring, they are cer
tain to be in effect, he said, adding
that growers should plan their seed'
ings accordingly.
The chairman also reminded grow
ers of the provisions of the 1942 ag
ricultural conservation program that
make seeding within acreage allot
ments important. There will be no
tolerance in 1942. .Instead, provision
has been made for a 10 percent re
duction in parity payments for each
one percent that the allotment is
overseeded.
-However,-the- chairman warned,
no overseeded farm will be eligible
for wheat loans, and all farms seed
ed in excess of acreage allotments
will have excess wheat under mar
keting quotas.
County to Foreclose
On Delinquent Taxes
Annual foreclosure of delinquent
tax property will be made with
first publication of notice next week,
it is announced by the tax collectors
office.
The properties to be foreclosed
have taxes more than three years
delinquent. The list is one of the
shortest in many years, indicating
the better tax liquidation situation
brought about by. the legislative
pressure and generally improved
economic conditions.
ENLIST IN NAVAL RESERVE
Richard Lorenzen and Bernard
Cox, sons of Fred Lorenzen and El
bert Cox, enlisted Saturday, August
23 and left at once for the training
station, San Diego, Calif. Upon com
pletion of a short period of pri
mary training they both plan to at
tend the machinist school. Their per
iod of enlistment is four years.
Those men under 18 years of age
serve only for their minority. Any.
one interested in this service may
by contacting the postmaster receive
cards to notify this office. The re
cruiter from the Walla Walla office
calls at Heppner periodically to in
terview and take applications of
young men interested. News of
these visits will be carried in this
paper, and those interested are ad
vised to look for these announce
ments.
PLEADS FOR QUAIL
"Quail is never eaten at our
house," writes a subscriber in an
appeal to Morrow county hunters to
spare these birds. A marked mag
azine clipping accompanied the let
ter, which said: "One hundred and
forty-one species of insects, nearly
all injurious to crops, and 120 spe
cies of weed seeds are eaten by the
quail. A family of two adult quail
and ten young quail will consume
some 800,000 insects and 59,000,000
weed seeds in a year!"
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Wettest August Of
Record, 2.07r Gives
Harvesters Trouble
.85 Inch Fall Tues
day Hits Here; Near
Cloudbursts Seen
Heppner's curbs ran full of water
within a short time Tuesday after
noon when Jupiter Pluvious spilled
.85 inch of moisture to give the city
one of its wettest days in history
and to bring the record for August
well above that for any August
shown on the chart of Len L. Gil
liam, local observer, in thirty years.
August s total to date is .07 inches,
exceeding the previously wettest
August, 1918, which stood at 1.65.
The record stands in bold contrast
to that of a vear aeo when August
passed without a trace of precipi
tation.
Second high August of record was
1920 with 1.46 inches, and just to
make 1941's August still more im
pressive, Gilliam's ten-year average
for this month up to 1940 was a
measly .16.
In making a record for the month,
August's precipitation has also
brought the year's total to date up
to a new high, 10.77 inches. This is
compared to 9.82 for the same per
iod a vear ago. and last year was
the third wettest year all told since
Gilliam's record has been kept
Heppner was not alone in receiv
ing the drenching which proved less
welcome to those wheat farms hav
ing the remaining fourth of the
county's bumper wheat crop still
standing. The downpour reached
cloudburst proportions in , spots, ,
with damage to summarfallow fen
ces and roads. No matreial loss of
grain has been reported.
Tuesday's rain, while the heaviest,
was only one of many that have hit
at frequent intervals to delay har
vesting operations, and faces of far
mers whose grain is not cut have
been creased with wrinkles of con
cern. The moisture is more welcome to
stockmen, however, who see the fall
ranges getting a good start of new
grass. It has also been helpful to
growing hay, while giving hay crews
the willies. Prime example of the
wet weather blessing is report from
Hynd brothers' Cecil ranch where
the fourth crop of alfalfa will be
cut this year.
In grain country summerfallow
has been well covered with weeds,
already put out of the way where
opportunity has afforded, and grow
ers generally are getting ready to
seed the new crop. It will come a
hustling, they predict, with present,
moisture conditions.
Antelope Tags Still
Available to Hunters
While hunters are purchasing
more antelope tags this year than
has been the case in; any year since
open seasons on this fleet-footed
animal were established, there are
still tags available for hunters who
desire them, according to announce
ment by the Oregon State Game
commission.
This year there are two antelope
seasons: the first, in that part of
Malheur county south of the Burns
Ontario highway from September 22
to October 5, both dates inclusive.
The second antelope season will be
held in parts of Lake and Harney
counties from September 28 to Oc
tober 5, both dates inclusive.
The bag limit is one antelope of
either sex, and tags cost $1 each for
resident or nonresident hunters.
This fee is in addition to the regular
hunting license fee.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation for the helo of neigh
bors in supressing the grass fire at.
our farm last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Devine.
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