2 Heppner Gazette Times, February 26, 1942
LEXINGTON NEWS
Auto Accidents Take
Place Near Lexington
By MARGARET SCOTT
Two car accidents happened here
over the week end. Archie and Billy
Nichols were on their way to town
when the car hit a rut and turned
over. Archie, who was driving, was
badly injured and is still in the
Heppner hospital. Billy lifted the
pick-up enough to let his father
free himself from being pinned un
der, and when a check-up of the
injuries was made it was found Ar
chie had a gash across his face that
had laid open the sinus tract and
gone through the cornea of one eye.
The attending physician replaced
the portion of the eye that had been
taken off and is hopeful that the
orb will be saved. After general re
pairs, Mr. Nichols was reported to
be doing as good as could be ex
pected on latest word.
The other accident happened when
Eldon Padberg's car ran into the
back of Richard Lundell's car, re
ported to have been stopped in the
center of the road. Eldon was ac
companied by Billy Eubanks, Mary
Ann Corley and Eileen Sperry of
lone who all received minor injur
ies and Miss Corley, more seriously
injured, is still confined at Heppner
hospital.
Louise Greene of Heppner was a
Thursday night guest of Patty O'
Hara. Mrs. Dale Lininger and children
have moved to Portland to be with
Mr. Lininger who has worked there
the last few months.
Mr. and Mrs. Glover Peck and
family have moved to a farm in the
Columbia district near Hermiston
where Mr. Peck has employment.
Bobby Gray of Stanfield visited
relatives here over the week end.
Sunday guests at the Gene Gray
home were Mr. and Mrs. Merritt
Gray, Mrs. Nettie Davis and son
Jimmy, Mrs. Laurel Ruhl and sons
Skippy and Dicky. Skippy remain
ed1 for a short visit at the Gray
home.
Mary Buchanan visited relatives
and friend here week end before
last from her home in The Dalles.
Mrs. Carl Whillock and daughters
visited at the Everett Crump home
in Heppner Tuesday evening.
Cliff McCabe of lone is working
for the local co-op.
Larry Hanks was painfully injur
ed when he was bumped by the
car driven by Erda Pieper who was
backing away from the schoolhouse.
Mr. and Mrs. John Miller enter
tained a group of guests with a hard
times party at their home Saturday
night. Cards were played and 're
freshments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Winkle of
Heppner spent Sunday before last
at the Wm. Van Winkle home.
A Wednesday guest at the Roy
Williams home was Mrs. Lonnie
Ritchie of Heppner.
Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spe
cialist of Pendleton will be at the
HEPPNER HOTEL on. WEDNES
DAY. MARCH 4th.
FGEICTORY
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DEFENSE
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WAR NEEDS MONEY!
It will cost money to defeat our
enemy aggressors. Your govern
ment calls on you to help now.
Buy Defense Bonds or Stamps
today. Make every pay day Bond
Day by participating in the Pay
roll Savings Plan.
Bonds cost $18.75 and up.
Stamps are 10$; 25$ and up.
The help of every individual is
needed.
Do your part by buying your
ahare every pay day.
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BOARDMAN ITEMS
Mrs. Ella Blayden returned home
this week from New Plymouth, Ida.,
where she spent the winter with
relatives.
Arthur Allen is employed in
Heppner as relief foreman on the
railroad.
Mrs. A. A. Agee returned home
Monday after spending some time
at Weston caring for her daughter,
Mrs. Robert Gililland, who was ill.
Mrs. Chas. Andregg and Mrs. Ed
Kunze left for Portland Monday
to be gone a few days. Mrs. Kunze
expects to go on as far as Fort
Lewis to see her son Frank, who
is in training.
Election of officers of the Ladies
Aid was held last meeting, with
Mrs. Florence Root as president, Mrs.
Hazel Miller, vice president, and
Mrs. Gertrude Van Metre, secretary -treasurer.
The next meeting will be
held at the Root home Wednesday,
March 4.
Sunday, March 1st, will be the
time for the regular conference and
pot luck dinner after church. Every
one welcome.
Roy Partlow, student at E. O. C.
E., La Grande, spent the week end
at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Partlow.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones and
Mrs. Robert Harwood spent Satur
day shopping in Pendleton. j
Robert Bradley of Tacoma arrived
Friday at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Jenkins and
joined Mrs. Bradley. Other visitors
over Sunday at the Jenkins' were
Mr. and Mrs. Albin Sundsten of
Cascade Locks. They with Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Harwood were dinner
guests at the Leslie Packard home.
Miss Lois Messenger, teacher in
the Stanfield school, was home for
the week end.
Dinner guests at the Nick Faler
home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
D. F. Ransier and son Danny, and
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Coats.
PINE CITY NEWS
Bernice Wattenburger spent Wed
nesday and Thursday in Portland
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Strain
and son. She went down with Mr.
and Mrs. Emery Cox.
Miss Marie Healy of Portland
spent the week end with her par
ents, Mr, and Mrs. John Healy. Ma
rie works in the First National Bank
of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Doherty of Al
pine spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Daley.
Misses Helen and Rosetta Healy
of Heppner spent the week end with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Healy, and sister, Miss Marie of
Portland.
Lloyd Baldridge spent Sunday at
the A. E. Wattenburger and Roy
Neill homes.
Neal Knighten of Hardman spent
Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Neill.
Norse Rasmussen and Mr. Judy
of Walla Walla spent Wednesday
and Thursday in Wasco.
C. H. Vogler of Connell, Wash.,
spent Friday at his ranch on Butter
creek.
Mr. and Mrs. George Currin and
sons of Lena spent Monday after
noon with Mrs. Hugh Currin, Sr.,
at the Voglar ranch.
The sheep men are reporting quite
a loss of lambs.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bartholomew
got word Tuesday from their son,
O. J. Bartholomew, that they are
parents of a baby girl, weighing
Vz pounds, born February 23.
Scrap Iron Collection
Produces Big Tonnage
Oregon farmers are "getting in the
scrap" in earnest, reports on farm
scrap iron collection campaigns be
ing conducted by county USDA war
boards throughout the state dis
close. Reports from 10 county boards
show that 3005 tons of scrap have
been moved from farms into chan
nels where the waste metals can be
converted into steel for armaments
or other purposes, the state USDA
war board reports. This is the equiv
alent of enough material to make
250 light tanks.
Most of the scrap metal is moving
through regular dealers, but granges,
FFA boys and AAA community
committeemen are cooperating in
collecting the scrap in remote areas,
the reports show.
HARDMAN NEWS
25 Attend Hardman
Nutrition Meeting
By ELSA M. LEATHERS
Miss Lucy Lane, nutritionist from
0. S. C, and C. D. Conrad, county
agent, held a very interesting meet
ing at the high school this week.
Some 25 person attended. This was
the first of a series of meetings that
will be held here. Miss Ruth Ever-'
sole is on the county committee
from here.
New was received this week by
Mrs. Ella Bleakman that a baby
daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Reid at St. Anthony's
hospital in Pendleton. She was
named Bernice Joyce.
Owen Leathers is helping Jim
Ham in lambing, and Sam McDaniel,
Jr., went to H. D. McCurdy's.
Mrs. Jim Burnside returned to
her home this week from Heppner
where she has been confined by
pneumonia since December. Hler
sister, Mrs. Ella Farrens, accompan
ied her home and will stay until
she is able to do her own work.
Sabin Hastings received slight in
jury to a leg while working in the
timber with the Wm. Greener log
ging crew. He was able to return to
work after a day or two.
Harlan Adams visited his family
over the week end from Zornes
camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McDaniel
took El wood Hastings to a doctor in
Heppner this week. He had injured
his back while working for the
Wright brothers at the Wyland
place.
Mrs. Ella Bleakman, with Mrs.
Hershal Townsend visited Mrs. Ray
mond Reid and baby daughter Sun
day at St. Anthony's hospital in
Pendleton.
. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Davis of Kin
zua spent the week end with Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Rogers.
Raymond McDonald is ill at his
home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Dunn from
the Scritsmeier mill visited Mrs.
Dunn's mother, Mrs. Austin Devin,
over Sunday night
Survey for Trained
Men Made by College
Oregon State College Dr. F. A.
Gilfillan, dean of science and acting
president here, has been appointed
by Governor Charles A. Sprague to
cooperate with the national resour
ces planning board in collecting in
formation in Oregon on the supply
and demand for scientific and spe
cialized personnel. The survey will
include particxilarly the needs of
city and county services, as a sep
arate survey has already been made
of the needs in educational institu
tions. Dr. Gilfillan has mailed to cities
and counties throughout the state
questionnaires to obtain the neces
sary information in such fields as
management of administration, ag
ricultural and biological, medical
and related fields, engineering and
physical sciences, social sciences,
arts and languages, and the clergy.
Serious dt-pletion of the ranks of
specialized personnel has occurred
because of the unprecedented needs
of the army, navy, and other de
fense and wartime agencies, it is
pointed out.
No Top Placed on
Vegetable Prices
Minimum fair prices to growers
recently announced for the 1942
canning pea and tomato crops do not
in any way constitute maximum or
fixed prices. Robert B. Taylor of
Adams, chairman of the Oregon
USDA war board, emphnsized in a
statement this week.
These minimum prices of $16.50 a
ton for tomatoes and an increase of
$17.50 per ton above the 1940 price
for peas for all sieve sizes, are the
lowest prices which canners can pay
growers and be certified to sell any
of their 1942 pack to federal pur
chasing agencies.
These minimum prices to growers,
and the recently announced price
scale for government purchases from
canners, are aimed at obtaining a 25
to 30 per cent expansion in the 1942
pack of these two crops. Reports
show that many canners are writing
contracts with growers at prices
above the minimum figures, Taylor
said.
Sprague Announces
In making official declaration of
his candidacy to succeed himself in
office,' Governor Charles A. Sprague
released the following statement this
week:
Last summer I announced that I
would be a candidate for reelection.
I renew that announcement now,
and accompany it with a brief state
ment. My campaign for reelection is bas
ed on my record as governor. I sub
mit that my administration has been
clean, vigorous and constructive.
Under my leadership successful
attacks were made on the problems
of employment. Industrial peace and
order have prevailed. Business and
agriculture have prospered.
The finances of the state are in
excellent condition. The deficit has
been wiped out; the indebtedness
steadily reduced. For the first time
in history all property tax for state
purposes, including the elementary
school tax. have been eUminated, the
only property tax remaining being
for strictly local purposes.
The war-stimulated prosperity has
increased receipts from income and
excise taxes and I shall recommend
to the next session of the legislature
a substantial reduction in state in
come taxes; or the application of an
equivalent sum f or' reducton of lo
cal property taxes. This will bring
much-wanted relief at a time when
federal taxes are high and should
be an attraction to new industries.
In my administration real pro
gress has been made in efficiency
and service of executive depart;
ments; in the case and management
of institutions, notably those for the
mentally ill; in meeting the state's
obligation toward the aged and the
impoverished; in obtaining for labor
definite gains in"' compensation for
unemployment and industrial acci
dents; in prison parole reforms
I have worked for improvement
of our public school system through
consolidation of districts and equal
izing the tax burden, and the estab
lishment of vocational schools. I fa
vor more generous support for our
school system.
I have maintained an open door
policy, hearing the appeals of all
classes, but holding paramount the
interest of all the people.
I launched constructive policies
for the economic upbuilding of Ore
gon through a complete program of
forest legislation for conservation
and renewal, and through an organ
ized effort to develop industries to
utilize the state's resources of pow
er and products of farms," forests,
mines and the sea, and now to par
ticipate in war production.
In the midst of this work for
peace-time development the war
broke upon us. In months before
the war I sought by public address
here and in other states to acquaint
the people with our danger from an
axis victory and especially the grave
threat to this nation from Japan. As
governor it was my duty to organ
ize and direct the war effort in
Oregon. Our success in enrolling the
military strength, in planning and
organizing civilian defense which
was actually ready when war came
in locating and training workers for
war industries have won praise from
national authorities, military and
civil, and have given people a sense
of security based on knowledge of
preparedness and vigilance. This
duty is still upon me.
I am now called on to conduct a
political campaign for renomination;
for this is election year. In this
crisis I cannot neglect my official
duties to devote much time for per
sonal campaigning. I must depend
on the people of Oregon who ap
prove of my administration of state
affairs, in peace and in war, to carry
my campaign forward. I have built
no personal political machine in my
three years as governor; but have
worked with the state and county
party organizations. I have gone on
the principle that my achievement
as governor and my program for the
future would be my best campaign
argument.
The issue in this campaign is this:
Shall the state change its leadership
now? Personalities of candidates,
minor issues of local significance are
not the real question. That question
is, shall the governorship continue
in experienced hands for the four
difficult and uncertain years ahead?
I may not be able because of my
present responsibilities to visit per
sonally every section of the state. I
shall by radio address and published
fnnijlllise
says...
"Skimp to Beat a Skunk"
TO bleach yellowed linens,
you may need nothing more
than sunshine if you leave extra
moisture in the material, after
final rinsing. The damper the
fabric the better the job Old Sol
will do in bleaching!
Then buy dbfbnsb savings
stamps instead of new linens
that the sun will soon again shine
on an America at peace1
Farm Income for
1941 in Oregon
Breaks Records
Cash income from farm sales of
crops and animal products in Ore
gon during the first eleven months
of 1941 was up $37,202,000 or approx
imately 33 per cent greater than
during the same period of 1940, ac
cording to estimates by the United
Sltates departmient of agriculture
which have just been received by
the agricultural extension service at
O. S. C.
"It is apparent from the available
data that Oregon's cash farm in
come in 1941 was the greatest on
record," says L. R. Breithaupt, ex
tension agricultural economist at
Oregon State college. He added that
the $135,945,000 marked up by the
government statisticians as the cash
farm income from January to No
vember 1941 may be expected to
grow to well over $150,000,000 when
the December figures are available,
if income from various specialty
crop and animal products of Ore
gon is included. If government pay
ments are added the total may
reach or exceed $160,000,000.
The prevoius high cash farm in
come figure of record for Oregon is
for . the year 1929, at just under
$140,000,000. Official estimates of
cash farm income in Oregon begin
with the year 1924, therefore do not
include the first world war period
when prices for farm products were
much higher even than in 1929. The
record low point in Oregon farm
income came in 1932 at approxi
mately $60,000,000 representing a
tremendous post-war decline and a
period when farm debts incurred
during the high price years were
exceedingly hard to pay.
The government report states that
the outlook is "that cash income
from farm marketings during the
next few months will continue
sharply higher than in the same
months of 1941." It is indicated,
however, that the rise from present
farm price and income levels dur
ing the next few months may not
be noteworthy compared with the
sharp rise during the year 1941.
Farm leaders here and elsewhere
are urging that extra income at
present be used to retire debts, be
saved in the form of defense bonds,
and used for such other purposes as
will help cushion the shock of -the
post-war adjustment period.
SPANISH WORK RESUMED
Anyone interested in studying
Spanish, either as a beginner as re
suming work after several months
interruption, may report in the mu
sic room of the school at 6:30 p. m.
or later, on Monday, March 2, or on
any Monday and Wednesday at that
time .There is no charge whatever.
The class now has a full set of
Spanish records which adds much
to the interest in this study. These
records comprise a complete course
in Spanish,
statements, however, carry my ap
peal to the minds and the hearts of
the voters of Oregon.
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