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Volume 58, Number 39
Homes, Churches
Join In Caring For
League Visitors
'Dorm' at CC Camp,
Pullmans Augment
Local Facilities
Eastern Oregon Wheat league vis
itors here December 4-6 are assured
that Heppner will do her very best
to give them room and board, as it J
was revealed at a meeting of the
local committee last evening that
three churches of the city would
join in serving meals, and that homes
of the city generally would be open
ed to care for the overflow from
usual commercial facilities.
"Just in case anyone may need to
live army style, it might be well to
throw a couple of extra blankets in
to the car," said E. Harvey Miller,
committee chairman. This admoni
tion was based on the probability
of a thousand visitors which caused
the committee to acquire the 211
army cots at the CCC camp for
which there is bedding for only 125.
Other cots have mattresses only.
These cots are located in four bar
racks, each of which is provided
with two stoves for heat and an
abundant supply of presto-logs.
Further augmentng rooming facil
ities will be Pullman cars supplied
by Union Pacific, assures Charles
W. Smith, league secretary, in a late
communication.
Ladies of the Methodist, Christian
and Episcopal churches are organiz
ing to serve extra meals at times
when it is believed they will be
needed. A generous response to
call for rooms in homes has been
received, but housing chairman, J.
O. Turner, urges everyone who can
rake up a single spare bed to make
it known' to him. Every effort will
be made to house visitors in a man
ner agreeable to them and to the
folks with whom they stay.
The big Friday night banquet, ex
pected to be the biggest in the lea
gue's history will be served by lad
ies of the American Legion auxil
iary in the county dance pavilion.
Members of the county court have
promised to have it weather-proofed
and comfortably heated for the oc
casion. Ken Blake, courtesy chairman, is
lining up plenty of courtesy cars to
accommodate the visitors in every
manner possible.
Adding to their advertised wel
come in this edition, Heppner mer
chants are cooperating in a window
decorating contest to express their
appreciation of the league's selec
tion of Heppner as a meeting place.
They will compete for two prizes
of $10 and $5 being offered by the
chamber of commerce. Vawter Par
ker is head of the committee in
charge.
All general assemblages will be
held in Hepnner's commodious gym-
auditorium at the school, and all
committee meeting places will be at
the school, obviating any necessity
for visitors having to circulate far
between meeting places.
Pacific Power and Light company
is supplying an amplifying system
for use wherever needed.
A WHALE' OF A SOW
Ray Drake butchered a sow Tues
day, said to have been the largest
ever butchered at the Central Mar
ket slaughter house. It weighed 825
pounds. The animal was raised by
Mr. Drake s son, Douglas, in A
work. He had fed it an ordinary
feeding ration for three years, hav
ing acquired the animal, a Poland
China, at the Pacific International
Livestock exposition.
It was mistakenly reported in
these columns last week that Mrs.
E. G. Noble had suffered a stroke
at Vancouver, Wash., where she
was visiting. A corrected report is
that she had a heart attack and
hemorrhage of the stomach. She
was somewhat improved at the last
report.
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November
AAA CHIEF COMING
The appearance of R. M. Evans,
national director of Triple-A, at the
E. O. W. L. meeting here Saturday,
December 6, is expected to draw
AAA workers from neighboring
states, making a northwest assem
blage of the state association con
clave. Navy Torpedo Man
Addresses Lions
H. L. Larson, district navy recruit
ing officer, was guest speaker at
Monday Lions luncheon, telling of
his department of active navy ser
vice, the torpedo department.
Larson told of the invention and
development of various types of
torpedoes leading up to the present
highly destructive implement in use
by the U. S. navy. The torpedo in
use today, he said, is much superior
to that in use at the time of the
last World war, one of which he
saw in a test off San Diego sink a
"thin-skinned'' destroyer in 14 sec
onds from the time it struck, and
the force of the explosion threw a
live-inch gun under which it hit,
fully thirty ieet into the air.
Alden Blankenship reported for
the "safety book-cover" committee
that the covers "had been distributed
to all schools in the county except,
a few country schools.
BANQUET SPEAKER
Dr. U. G. Dubach, dean of men.
at Oregon State college, will bring
a message to the banquet assemblage
or E. O. W. L. meeting, Friday eve
ning, December 5.
EDWARDS-OSMIN
Frances Virgina Edwards and Al
ton Lee Osmin were married Sat -
urday, November 22, at Walla wal
la. Mr. 'and Mrs. Cloy Dykstra ac
companied them. The newlyweds
will make their home at the Osmin
ranch on Balm fork.
SELECTEE ASSIGNED
James Trueblood, recently induct
ed as a selectee from Morrow coun
ty, has been assigned to the engin
eers replacement training center at
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. His number
is 29-304-484.
There will be a "sweet sale" at
the Dix Grocery Saturday morning,
November 29, beginning at 10:30,
sponsored by the Business and Pro
fessional Women of Heppner. There
will be pies, cakes, cookies, candy,
pop-corn and other sweets to satisfy
your taste.
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PROGRAM
Fourteenth Annual Meeting
EASTERN OREGON WHEAT LEAGUE
HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM
HEPPNER, OREGON
DECEMBER 4-5-6, 1941
CONVENTION COMMITTEES:
Committee on Local Arrangements: E. H. Miller, Heppner, Chairman
Federal Agricultural and Conservation Programs: Wm. Steen, Milton,
Chairman; Jens Terjeson, Pendleton, Vice-Chairman; Walter Holt,
Pendleton, Secretary
Land Use, Weed Control, Production, Handling and Marketing: Joe Peters,
Moro,1 Chairman; Chas. Nish, Mikkalo, Vice-Chairman; G. R. Hyslop,
Corvallis, Secretary
J Taxation, Legislation, and Transportation: Geo. N. Peck, Lexington, Chair
man; H. D. Proudfoot, Wasco, Vice-Chairman; W. F. Marshall, Con
don, Secretary
PROGRAM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4:
9:30 a.m. Meeting of Federal Agricultural and Conservation Programs
Committee, Auditorium of Gymnasium.
3:00 p.m. General Session.
Address of Welcome J. 0. Turner, Mayor of Heppner
Response to Address of Welcome J. L. Staggs
President's Annual Address S. J. Culley
Report of the Secretary-Treasurer Chas. W. Smith
Announcements.
4:30 p.m. Committee Meetings.
Federal Agricultural and Conservation Programs, Auditorium
of Gymnasium.
Land Use, Weed Control, Production, Handling, and Marketing,
Gymnasium.
Taxation, Legislation, and Transportation, High School Music
Room.
7:30 p.m. Committee Meetings.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5:
9:30 a.m. Musical Selection.
Report on International Wheat Conference and World Wheat
Supplies, N. E. Dodd, Director, Western Region, AAA, Wash
ington, D. C.
Experimental Results in
Professor of Farm Crops, Oregon State College. Discussion lead
er, Walter Holt, County Agent, Pendleton.
Continued on Page Two
Heppner CCC Camp
Closes Tomorrow
Orders have been received by Lt.
DeWitte E. Fields, commandant, for
closing of the Heppner CCC camp
effective tomorrow, November 28.
All personnel and equipment have
been ordered to check in at the Van
couver barracks.
While the CCC department of the
camp is being closed, there will con
tinue to be a staff of SCS men sta
tioned here to look after work of
the Heppner Soil Conservation dis
trict, according to word from the
local office. Tom Wilson, with the
SCS expected to stay in charge of the
SCS work, while Jim Kistner, SCS
supervisor expected to report for
further duty at Warrenton, on the
coast. No word of further use of the
local camp has been received, though
arrangements have been made by
the local committee to have cots and
bedding of the camp available for
use of wheat league visitors, if nec
essary. New Catholic Church
Dedication Today
Most. Rev. Joseph F. McGrath,
Kiclir- nf V.ac.csvri OrOTvn Arntz .
from Baker, is giving his blessing
upon the new Catholic church, and
upon its cornerstone, here today. The
ceremonies started at 10 o'clock. A
high mass follows this part of the
service.
Large attendance of local parish
ioners precluded possibility of ex -
tending public invitation, said Fa
ther Francis McCormick, local priest.
Thirty visiting priests from over the
diocese were expected, for whom a
special dinner was prepared at the
1 parish house.
Soil That Cannot Be
Replaced
Furrows cut in an unprotected
summerfallow field near Heppner
within 15 minutes after a hard rain.
See story on page three, second section.
27, 1941
Weed Control, L. E. Harris, Associate
BRINGING MESSAGE
N. E. Dodd, supervisor of the wes
tern region of AAA, is the first
speaker slated on the E. O. W. L.
program Friday morning, December
Wheat conference and world wheat
supplies.
FUNERAL RITES IIELD
Last, rites for Edgar Reeves Os-
born who died November 17 were
held from the Case Mortuary
1 chapel Tuesday afternoon with the
local American Lregion post in
charge. Interment followed in Ma
sonic cemetery. Osborn was a vet
el an of the World war. His son-in-law
and daughter, Mr, and Mrs.
Eugene E. Nicewander from Blue
field, W; Va., were present for the
rites.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Paton of Cas
per, Wyo., dropped into town Mon
day to see their old friend, Bob
Runnion. Missing him in town they
met him a short distance down the
highway as they were leaving and
a happy visit was had.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Isom return
ed home Monday from a trip to
Brownsville where they attended the
Isom family reunion. They also vis
ited at Portland and Yakima.
Regular meeting of Ruth chapter
32, Order of Eastern Star, will be
held at Masonic hall at 8 o'clock to
morrow (Friday) evening, announ
ces Mrs. Etta Parker, worthy matron.
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Subscription $2.00 a Year
Heppner Will Be
Wheat Center Of
West Dec. 4, 5, 6
AAA Men From
Neighbor States As
sured; Program Out
Once again the meeting of the
Eastern Oregon Wheat league at
Heppner, December 4 to 6 becomes
the wheat center of the west as na
tional and state leaders prepare to
take part in the program and as
membership committees study rec
ommendations on national policy.
Attendance of a considerable num
ber of county AAA committeemen
from Washington and Idaho wheat
regions is now assured, adding to
the large attendance already ex
pected from Oregon.
The program just issued by Char
les W. Smith, Corvallis, secretary,
shows the general sessions starting
Thursday afternoon instead of Fri
day morning as formerly. The first
program session will start at 3 o'
clock with the chief item being the
president's annual address by S. J.
Culley of Weston. N. E. Dodd, di
rector of the western region of the
AAA, is.first on the program Friday
morning, with an address on the
international wheat conference and
world wheat supplies.
Other addresses that day will deal
with weed control by L. E. Harris
of Oregon State college, farm fin
ancing by R. E. Browne, FCA, Spo
kane, and "After Defense What?"
by E. B. McNaughton, president of
the First National Bank of Portland.
Dean U. G. Dubach, dean of men at
Oregon State college, will be the
banquet speaker that ntght.
R. M. Evans, administrator of the
AAA, who is coming from Washing
ton, D. C, will speak Saturday
morning on "Food Needed by Great
Britain and What American Farm
ers Can Do to Help."
The Saturday afternoon program
will deal largely with livestock feed
ing, with D. E. Richards, superin
tendent of the eastern Oregon branch
experiment station, reporting on lat
est research results and summariz
ing the outcome of the 4-H club
wheat feeding contest. A new fea
ture of the convention this year will
be the display of 4-H club pens of
lambs fattened on wheat.
The entire program this year has
been arranged to give more time
for committee sessions and less to
public addresses.
High School Team
Going to Big Game
Heppner will probably send a total
of fifty football fans to the big Oregon-Oregon
State football game at
Eugene Saturday, with 22 of these
numbered in the high school foot
ball team and coach, Lyle Swenson.
The school team is seeing the game
through a move for funds started
some time ago which was successful
in raising the needed money.
Among others who will attend are
J. G. Barratt, Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Merrill, Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Ferguson, Logie Richard
son, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Crawford.
NATIONAL HEAD TO CHICAGO
Mrs. Ralph Thompson, national
president of the woolgrowers aux
iliary, left this morning on the
Portland Rose, which is a 4-H club
special to Chicago, to attend the
I national 4-H club congress to be
held there. One of the highlights of
the congress will be the unveiling
of the O. M. Plummer portrait at
the Saddle and Sirloin club in Chi
cago. Mrs. Thompson will attend
the luncheon honoring this event as
well as the 4-H club banquet. From
there she will go to Fort Stockton,
Texas, where she will visit friends
until she leaves for Del Rio, where
she will be an honored guest at the
Texas State Woolgrowers conven
tion to be held Dec. 11-12. She
plans to return home about Dec. 16.