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JM buy UNITED J&fcJL STATES a iff SAVINGS tf-MiBONDS OREGON HISTORICAL o PUBLIC A 'J D 1 T 0 F. I PORTLAND. 0 : : arattra Volume 58, Number 30 Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 25 ,1941 Subscription $2.00 a Year Arlington Narrowly Defeats Mustangs In First Grid Game Last Minute Stand By Locals Stayed by Gun; Score, 19-13 Heppner came near dragging a victoiy from the gridiron fire against Arlington on the local field Friday afternoon. With the score 19-13, and a minute to play, they had the ball on Arlington's 13 -yard line, but two attempts failed and the gun sav ed the day for the invaders. It was all Arlington's game in the first half, as the Honkers twice put the ball across Heppner's goal line for touchdowns, but each time fail ing to convert. The locals came back in the second half and turned the tide. Bullet passes by diminu tive Doug Provo into the the wait ing arms largely of Ken Hoyt and Billy Scrivner, and hard line bucks and beautiful line skirting by Jim Barratt netted Heppner two touch downs and one conversion to make the score 13-12 before Arlington could again get under way. It was well along in the last quar ter when Colosso and Strohm, the hard hitting Arlington backs final ly got the third Arlington tally and conversion for extra point that gave them the game. Penalties were about even, with Lyle Eddy and Ladd Sherman, both of Irrigon, handling the field offi rialine. Lt. Fields was head lines man and Norbert Peavy did the timekeeping for the locals. Heppner emerged with two casu alties, John Lane and Ken Hoyt who will not be in the starting lineup when the Mustangs journey to Pen dleton next Saturday to meet the Bucks' second string. Coach Lyle Swenson is encouraged by the fav orable progress indicated in the Ar lington game, however, and expects the boys to give a good account of themselves. Starting against Arlington were Bill Snow le, Claude Drake lt, John Lane lg, Pete Christenson c, Kay Ferguson rg, Hubert Wilson rt, Bill Scrivner re, Jim Barratt lh, Billy Padberg rh, Doug Provo q, James Kenny fb. Claud Snow, fullback, was pre vented from starting the game by an injured foot, but saw action in the last half. Other substitutions included Raymond Parrish and D. Jones. Doe Shooters Fined In Justice Court Apprehended for illegal posses-1 sion of doe meat. S. H. Bellah and G. A. McFaul, both of Oswego, were fined $25 and costs in Justice J. 0. Hager's court here Monday. Bellah was assessed another $25 for failure to tag a buck. Both men paid fines, while the meat was confiscated and ordered released to the state game commis sion for disposal. imtt u.nANlT n IV TRAININfi Boise, Idaho. Pvt. Lewis McDon-l aid of Heppner, ' Ore., on duty with i the 52nd Material Squadron, S9th Air Base Group, Air Corps, at Gow en field here, has been sent to the airplane mechanics school at Lin coln Aeronautical Institute, Lincoln, Neb. Students are selected for tech nical schools by competitive tests. Pvt. McDonald will return here up on completion of the course. GOOSEBERRY PRECIPITATION Rainfall at Gooseberry in August totaled 1.39 inches, and the record ing for September up to the 24th was 1.40 inches, reports Leonard Carlson observer. FILE ON QUARTZ CLAIM Mir. and Mrs. Forrest Adams of Hardman filed claim this week at the clerk's office' on a quartz mining prospect in the vicinity of Wilson prairie. Revised Lists Made j For Service Calls I One of the selectees of the Morrow county local board, Albert Edward Deulen, who was called to report for induction on September 29, has enlisted. This made it necessary to J call another registrant to fill his; place on the induction list. The re vised list of registrants ordered to report for induction on September 29 is as follows: Lincoln Clyde Rich, Ellis Charles Saling, Johnie Claire Slocum, Henry Irvin Buschke. The local board reports that one of the selectees ordered to report frr inrJiipt.irvrt on October 9th has also enlisted, this registrant being Robert Wesley Warfield, and an other registrant has been ordered to report for induction in his place. The revised list of registrants or dered to report for induction on October 9th, follows: Emil Henry Rauch, Kenneth Dale Lane, William Clayton Wright, Les ter Lee Cox, Edward Christian Skoubo, John Harvey McRoberts, Charles Paul DeMoss, Charles Mon tague Smith. North Morrow Fair Presents Colorful Show At Boardman 4-H Exhibits Make Good Showing; Local Products Varied Pomona Meets at Rhea Creek, Oct. 4 Morrow Countv Pomona grange will meet at Rhea Creek grange hall for an all-day and evening session on Saturday, October 4. A business meeting will be called in the morning and lunch will be served at noon. The program to which the public is cordially invited will begin at 1:30 p. m. An impres sive memorial service, in charge of Hanna Anderson. Pomona chaplain, 1 will be a feature of the program. An especially good showing of 4-H j There will also be numbers from the and Smith-Hughes livestock exhibits ; subordinate granges of the. county, irked the annual North Morrow i , . omj,1,11 aami j ma ! Forest Restrictions Removed in Week Effective September 19, the state forester removed the restrictions which required campfire permits, no smoking while traveling and carry ing fire tools for the forest areas of Oregon. This action was possible because , of the generally favorable conditions existing throughout most of the state. The restriction against trawl in thf Kinzua area was also j revoked as of September 11. Carl Ewing. supervisor of the Um atilla national' forest, advises that although fire permits are no longer reauired, a few days of wind and sunshine will again create a forest fire hazard and requests the coop eration of all hunters in fully ex tinguishing their camp fires and in having in their outfits the shovel, axe and water bucket usually re quired at this season. He also re quests that all hunting parties co operate with the forest service by leaving clean camping spots. TO PRESENT STUNT Heppner, the smallest town in Or egon with a Business & Professional Womens club, is favored by being on the state conference program for a stunt when tlie conference is 'held this week end at Timberline Lodge. Members attending from here include Leta Humphreys, Rose Leibbrand, Florence Bergstrom, Lu cy & Rodgers, Marjorie Parker and Elizabeth Dix. County fair last week end at Board man. While handicapped through the short period for preparation, due to changing the fair from irrigon to Boardman, the exhibits generally compared favorably with former years, and the exhibit pavilion was colorfully attractive with the show ing of a wide variety of products of garden, orchard and field for which north Morrow county is noted. An unusually fine display of the lus cious melons of the region was presented. Afternoon entertainment was pro vided by games and contests on the Boardman school grounds, and an evening dance completed a good time for the large crowd of local residents and visitors. Judge Bert Johnson, Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, C. D. Conrad, headed a delegation of county officials who attended. Report is expected next week of the 4-H prize winners. I Many Hunters Bag Bucks At Opening Of Deer Season Party of Six Make 100 Pet. Kill; Wea ther Enjoyable Though probably in lesser num bers than for any of the last sever al years, a large influx of hunting cars headed into the local woods with the opening of the deer hunt ing season last Saturday. Sunshiny weather prevailing since the open ing has led to enjoyability of the sport, and a large kill was made the; first few days. The first buck coming into town was that, of Dick Wilkinson, placed in cold storage shortly after noon of the opening day. The first hundred percent party reported was that composed of Dave Wilson, Lou Bisbee, Luke Bibee, Harlan McCurdy, Gene Ferguson and Ed Bennett. They hunted the Indian Rock section of the Green horns and killed all six bucks by 9:30 o'clock opening day morning. Ferguson is reported to have bag ged a 256 pounder. The weather was blustery, with some snow in the hieh mountains, these men reported, highway commission an(j two 0f their three rigs got stuck The local delegation was given to on (t.. wav m. understand that federal regulations The biggest buck registered in the Musical numbers will also be a part of the program. Judging of the Morrow county grange entries in the state-wide White Satin sugar canning contest will take place in the afternoon. Business will be resumed after the program. Election of Pomona offi cers will take place at this meeting, and fifth degree will be. conferred on candidates in the evening, reports Vida Heliker, Pomona lecturer. No Fund for Hardman Road, Judge Says No state or federal help on the Hardman hill road can be expected this vear. or probably for several years, reports Judge Bert Johnson as the result of a recent interview by county officials' with the state SCOUT EXECUTIVE EXPECTED O. E. Hoover, executive of the Blue Mountain council, Boy Scouts of America, is expected in thecity this evening to meet with the local executive committee, representa-j tives of the Lions club, American Legion and scoutmaster to discuss future plans for the local work. The meeting will be held at the county agent's office at 5:30. Anyone inter ested is invited to attend. TRUSTEES TO REPORT Trustees' , report on the work of renovating hall and club rooms will be given at the regular meeting of Heppner lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks, this evening, it is announced by J. G. Barratt, exalted ruler. All mem bers are urged to be present. Plans for staging an open house in recog nition of the improvement are also expected to be discussed. WORKING ON CHURCH Sterl D. Spiez has been busily engaged this week in pouring con crete blocks for the new Pente costal church building to be erected at the corner of Willow and Gale streets, just opposite the city hall ! building. REBEKAHS DRAPE CHARTER Sans Souci Rebekah lodge No. 33 met September 19 for their regular meeting. The charter was draped in memory of Mrs. Olive Frye. The next meeting will be held October 3. Farm Loan Savings Plan Given Borrowers Morrow county farmers who have Federal Land bank loans not only can protect their future, but make a profitable investment by payS in to a new future payment fund plan inaugurated by the bank, W. Vawter Parker, Heppner, secretary treasurer of the National Farm Loan association serving Morrow county, announced this week. In addition, Parker said, such funds will make a real contribution to national de fense. Such future payment funds are deposits against future loan install ments, and interest, Parker said. They are designed specifically to protect the farmer against future lean years. Such funds will not be applied on the loan until the farm er so instructs the land bank, unless by some mischance he is unable to make his regular payments, in which case the deposit would be applied automatically. Future payment funds will draw interest at the same rate the farmer pays on his mortgage loan, Parker explained. "A future pavment fund created by farmers under this plan will increase the amount available tor the Federal Land bank to invest in government securities," Parker point ed out. That means that while tne farmer is protecting his farm and home for the future, and while his investment is earning a good rate of interest, his money at the same time will be doing service for na tional defense through reinvestment by the land bank." nresentlv reauire the expenditure of all federal road funds and state match money upon those highways only that are necessary to the na tion's defense or which serve a pri mary defense industry. This ruling puts all other state roads into the discard until after the emergency, said Judge Johnson, leaving little hope of state or federal aid on roads in Morrow county for some time to come. Mortgage Paying Shown at Courthouse Recordings at the county clerk's office have been given impetus the last few weeks by the county s lar gest wheat yield, and generally fav orable agricultural conditions. Es peciallv noticeable is the large num ber of satisfactions of mortgage be ing put on record. Real estate transactions, too, have been in the ascendency. Recent pur chases of farm tracts are shown to have been made by Chas. McElli gott, Robert Smith & Sons, and Chas. H. Bartholomew. Ralph Bea mer, also, recently purchased the wheat farm of Chas. B. Cox in Heppner canyon, which he is oper Green Hardware store contest to date is that of Ray Drake, weighing 210 pounds, though Herman Green, store manager who wouldn't enter his own contest, brought in one that tipped the scales at 220 pounds. He made his kill in the vicinity of Shaw creek. Registering bucks for storage at local markets this week were Dick Wilkinson, Harold Hill, J. I. Halseth, Claud S. Hill, Neva Matteson, Mar jorie Ralphs, Ida F. Smith, W. D. Porth, Clatha Burnside, Ed Bennett, D. A. Wilson, E. O. Ferguson, H. D. .McCurdy, Luke Bibby, R. K. Drake, E. P. Berry, Louis Gilliam;1 Jim Lovgren, Frank L. Gentry, Am- ' brose W. Chapin, Harley Wright, Ar-V chie Alderman, F. E. Wescott, Port land, E. V. Warren, lone. These are only part of the num ber brought in by local and visiting sportsmen. , ; ; Many local nimrods who came home empty handed from the ini tial hunt, expect to try again. Of these is Lee Howell, who in his first attempt, saw nothing but a small forked horn buck and he wished to save his tag for bigger game. Martin B. Clark, who hunted the I tL T- i i. ating in connection with his trans-. himself, but found a slain doe having fer business here. j a snub of a horn, almost forked, the slayers ot which apparently did SERVICES AT GOOSEBERRY Otto K. Karlstrom and wife of Seattle, working in the interests of the Lutheran Compass mission, will hold an 8 o'clock evening service on Tuesday, Septemer 30, at the Gooseberry Lutheran church, an nounces Leonard Carlson. Mrs. Karlstrom, a musician and singer, will assist with the musical program. This is the first trip to lone of Mr. and Mrs. Karlstrom and the hope is expressed that they will be greet- I ed by all church members and their not wish to take chances on bring ing in. Tmt fi at? it pa (scire WatvI Ka Vwn rpcpivpd here of I fendS- the death of Tom Clark, former I B0Y BREAKS ARM , , .i i 1 i u r xn I . . . brakeman on the local branch, O.-W. R. & N., at The Dalles last Friday. Interment was announced to be held in Eugene. Clark made many friends here in the several years he rail roaded on the local branch who ex press regret at his passing and ex tend condolences to the bereaved family. He had suffered an illness of several months. INSTALLS NEW LIGHTS Humphreys Drug company was being dressed up this week with While plaving with a ball with other boys Tuesday evening, Ken neth Schunk, son of Albert Schunk, city policeman, fell from the second story porch at the Case apartments and sustained a compound fracture of an elbow as well as dislocation of the joint. He was knocked uncon scious for some time. ELECTA NIGHT SLATED Electa night will be held tomor row evening by Ruth chapter 32, Order of Eastern Star, with special kmnA rwviir fliiireoronf licrVit rtf i Vinnnr in hf shown TVTrR Hattio Ul auu . i . o "o - " -. - - - - . . throughout. The new lighting adds I Wightman, grand Electa of the grand much to the attractiveness of this chapter O. E. S. for Oregon, and past store. Harold Hill was doing the in- i Electas of Ruth chapter, announces stallatlon. ' Mrs. Etta Parker, worthy matron. ' Lions to Honor Men Leaving for Service The three selectees from Morrow county who will report for duty in Uncle Sam's army Sept. 29 will be special guests of the Heppner Lions club at the noon luncheon at Lucas Place next Monday, reports J. O. Turner, president. A special program of recognition will be staged by Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, and Mrs. Grace M. Turner, secretary of the local selective ser vice board. GRANDSON SHOT IN ACCIDENT Buddy McMahan, step-grandson of Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Griffith of this city, was the victim of a hunt ing accident in the Ochoco district the first of the week. He died from an accidental wound from a gun in the hands of his father, Lionel McMahan. The McMahan 4 home is in Eugene where Mr. McMahan is employed as a railroad conductor. Mr. and Mrs. Griffith went to Eu gene for funeral services. Mr. Mc Mahan hunted here for several sea sons. ' .