COMMANDANT
URGES STATE
GUARD UNIT HERE
Pursuing a previous proposal for
organization of a rifle club to carry
on guerilla tactics in case of inva
sion, J. O. Turner read a communi
cation from Oregon State Guard
Commander Ralph P. Cowgill, at
Monday's Lions luncheon.
Turner said that arrangements
have been made to register all men
with rifles, interested in joining
such a club, at the sheriffs office,
and encouraged immediate sign
up. Cowgill wrote, "In the Pendleton
area a battalion of the Oregon State
Guard is in the process of organiza
tion. Units are under way at Kinzua,
Echo and Pendleton. A rifle com
pany at Heppner will materially
strengthen this battalion.
"The entire State Guard under
certain enemy conditions will pro
bably be required to use guerilla
tactics and every unit of the
Guard will receive special training
in guerilla warfare. Guerilla tactics
to be successful must be completely
controlled and that can be done only
by the organization of these groups
into regular units of the State Guard
which in turn will be coordinated
with the regular army. Separate or
uncontrolled organizations can do
much damage to themselves and en
danger the safety of others.
"The Oregon State Guard is organ
ized to repel enemy invasion. It is
not organized for guard duties of
any kind. If such tasks are assigned
to the State Guard, additional troops
who are able to give the required
time for such duty, will be enlisted.
Units of the State Guard will func
tion in their own locality unless,
under emergency, it is imperative
that they be called elsewhere. In
that event, sacrifices would neces
sarily have to be made by all.
"It is suggested that a survey be
made of the possibilities in your
community for a company of sixty
men with a minimum of ten and a
maximum of 157 enlisted as reserves
for replacements. The company will
consist of the following: 1 captain,
1 1st lieutenant, 1 2nd lieutenant, 7
sergeants, 7 corporals, 46 enlisted
men. .
"It will be necessary for the per
sonnel of the Oregon State Guard
to furnish their own arms, ammuni
tion and clothing. The term of en
listment will be for one year. The
ages for enlisted men should be be
tween twenty and sixty-four. Phy
sical examination will be required
for the officers but not for the en
listed men. Anyone who is apt to
be called by the Selective Service
within the immediate future should
be excluded.
"I am particularly anxious that
pood officers be obtained for each
of these units as time is not available
to train officer personnel. Prefer
ence should be given men who have
had previous military experience
providing they have the necessary
qualities of leadership and the re
spect of the community."
Mr. Turner also told of attending
an air raid warden demonstration at
Pendleton the end of the week,
which he termed successful, and
in his capacity as county coordina
tor of civilian defense said immedi
ate steps would be taken to streng
then this service in Morrow county.
Community Heads
Named for Red Cross
Community chairmen appointed at
a special meeting of the Morrow
county Red Cross chapter Monday
night include Mrs. Mabel Hughes,
Lena community; Mrs. Marvin Bran
non, Hardman, and Mrs. O. W. Cuts
forth, Lexington. All officers and
chairmen, including the community
chairmen will constitute a board for
the county chapter.
An annual budget' was adopted
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at the meeting. The local chapter
will retain over 50 percent of the
cash on hand in a reserve fund,
Rose Leibbrand, county chairman,
reported. Auditing of the books is
expected to be completed this week
bv Mrs. James Thomson, Jr., and
.
Miss Virginia Humphreys.
Harold Buhman, water safety
chairman, will hold regular swim
ming classes this summer, it was
announced. If possible, a registered
Red Cross representative will be
brought here to give the final examinations.
Volume 59, Number 3
Wool Subsidy Not
Liked By Hoke;
War Take Large .
Better Game Man-
Ogement Needed tO
BoOSt SheeD FiaUreS
Proposed subsidization of sheep
raising as contemplated by the Stea
gall amendment holds no promise
for those established in the industry,
said Mac Hoke, president of Oregon
Wool Growers association before a
dinner meeting of Morrow County
Wool Growers and auxiliary at the
Episcopal parish house Monday eve
ning. Hoke said this subsidy con
templated assisting small farmers in
raising twenty or so head of sheep,
the majority of which would be sit
uated closer to market and would
be sold in a manner to depress the
market for larger operators situated
at a distance.
Mr. Hoke was accompanied by
Walter Holt, secretary of the state
association; Carl Ewing, supervisor
Umatilla National forest, and J. G.
Clouston, range supervisor for Uma
tilla National forest.
In introducing Mr. Hoke, Harold
Cohn, president of the county wool
growers, said that while problems
now confronting growers were not
as serious as many faced in the past,
it was vital that organization work,
be kept up to meet the more serious
problems certain to arise in future.
Hoke described the past year one
of the most favorable in every re
spect that growers could hope to
encounter, and gave little hope that
the present year would be as good.
He cited figures showing the tre
mendous increase of wool consump
tion for war purposes it requiring
300 pounds of wool in the grease to
equip one soldier his first year in
the service, 100 pounds the second
year, and this in the face of con
stantly declining sheep numbers the
last several years. It seemed proba
ble that very little wool will be left
for civilian needs.
He gave range congestion as one
of the factors influencing the re
duction in sheep population, and
offered as a solution a better crop
ping plan for wild game. An exam
ple cited was the increase in elk pop
ulation in the local forest district
from ZOO head in 1315 to 10,IWW head
at latest count.
Ladies of the church served a
delicious leg-of -lamb dinner to the
assembled guests.
ANGLING SEASON
START SATURDAY
The general angling season for
trout six inches or over in length
opens Saturday, April 18, in all sec
tions of the state with the exception
of Baker, Grant, Harney, Lake, Um
atilla, Union, Wallowa, Wheeler and
Malheur counties, where the open
ing is postponed until May 2.
The bag limit remains the same
as last year, 15 fish or 15 pounds
and one fish in any one day, but
not to exceed 30 fish or 30 pounds
and two fish in any seven consec
utive days or in possession at any
one time. The angler, however,
should consult the synopsis of ang
ling regulations issued by the'
game commission for a list of wat
ers having special seasons and bag
limits.
Resident angling license fee is $3
but a combination hunting and fish-
ing license may be secured for $5.
Resident juveniles from the age of
14 up to but not including 18 years
of age may secure an angling li-
cense for $1, while those under 14
years of age do not need a license
1 1 . - 1 I 1 . . 1 .
oui musi oDserve ouier regulations
in regard to seasons and limits.
Edward Y. Hunt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Hunt of Lexington has
been promoted to a' sergeant He
is in the office of the Ninth corps
area chaplain at Ft. Douglas, Utah.
May Day Festivities
For Schools All Set
May 1st is to be a gala day in
Heppner with all the county parti
cipating in the spring festival. Final
arrangements have been made for
enjoyable entertainments.
The morning will be given over
to a track and field meet under the
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ujrtvuiMi ui ciuuy oi irrigon.
Everyone is cordially invited to
bring a basket lunch and enjoy a
good old-fashioned picnic at noon.
The Lions club and chamber of
commerce will provide coffee and
chocolate.
Following the lunch there will be
festival folk dancing and the May
pole, under the direction of Misses
Frances Weaver and Margaret
Wright. These events will be held
on the lawn.
Promptly at 2 o'clock the music
festival will be held in the gym
auditorium of the Heppner school.
The following directors have been
chosen: Primary, Miss June Yarnell,
lone; intermediate, Mrs. Maude Ko-
Paul Brown, Cecil
Espey Thot Among
Defenders of Bataan
Mr. and Mrs. Chris P. Brown of
this city anxiously await word
from their son, JPaul, believed to
have been on Bataan peninsula,
which recently fell into the hands
of the Japanese. Equally anxious
is Mrs. Cecil Espey (nee Patricia
Mahoney), formerly of this city
and now in Los Angeles, whose
husband was also believed to have
been a defender of Bataan.
. . Last word from each of the men
was received about the same time,
it presumably having been brought
from Bataan when General Doug
las MacArthur and party made
their daring escape.
Paul was in army service while
Mr. Espey was with the corps of
naval engineers assigned to the
Philippines. He had been assign
ed to Cavite more than a year be
fore the outbreak of hostilities, and
Mrs. Espey was with him there up
to the time women were evacuated
several months before the islands
were attacked.
14 More First Aiders
Complete Initial Work
Bud Hanlon turned out his second
class in beginning Red Cross first
aid last night, and announces that
organization of an advanced class
will be made in the Church of
Christ basement tomorrow, Friday,
evening, with class work to start
next Tuesday evening. The time of
this organization meeting will be
6:30 o'clock.
The fourteen members of the class
finishing last night are Effie An
drews, Faye Ashbaugh, Marie Bar
low, Helen Doherty, May Gilliam,
E. E. Gilliam, Anna Graham, Ellen
Hanlon, Edna Hughes, Bonnie Mc
Clintock, Tress McClintock, Mary
Nikander, Lois Redding, Lee A.
Sprinkel, Elaine Sigsbee, Fred Weh
meyer. Occupational Quizzes
Going to 3rd Draftees
Morrow county local selective ser
vice board will mail occupational
questionnaires to the registrants of
the third registration on April 17th.
Ten days will be allowed for
completing and returning the ques
tionnaires to the office of the local
board. For those registrants who
would like to have assistance in the
filling out of these questionnaires
there will be a representative of the
United States employment service
at the office of the local board on
April 25th and 26th between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 9 p. m.
Jimmy Morgan and family from
Lonerock were visitors in the city
yesterday.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 16, 1942
bow, Boardman; upper grades, Mrs.
Ila Mae Starr, Irrigon; high school
groups girls glee, Miss Dorothy Da
volt, Heppner; boys glee, Mrs. Ra
chel Dick, lone; mixed chorus, Mrs.
Rachel Dick; combined chorus, Mrs.
Ila Mae Starr. Accompanists: Rose
Hoosier, Heppner; high school
groups, Mrs. Juanita Carmichael,
Lexington. Band: Mrs. Rachel Dick,
Harold Buhman, Winston Bunnell.
The music directors will visit the
schools to sing with the children
April 20 and 21. There is a change
iii the previously arranged schedule:
Monday, April 20: Boardman 9 to
10:15; Irrigon, 10:30 to 12; Pine City,
1 to 2:15; Lexington, 2:40 to 3:45.
Tuesday, April 21: Hardman 9 to
10:15; Liberty, 11:15 to 12; Heppner,
1 to 2:15; lone, 2:40 to 3:45.
Be sure and tell all your friends
about the spring festival. Come on,
let's make our spring festival this
year something long to be remem
bered, reports the committee in
charge.
FOURTH DRAFT
SIGNING ON 27TH
Judge Bert Johnson announces
that Morrow county local board is
completing preparations for the 4th
Selective Service registration.
AH men who attained the orty
fifth anniversary of their birth on
or before February 16, 1942, and
who have not attained the sixty
fifth anniversary of the day of
their birth on April 27, 1942, and
who have not heretofore been reg
istered under the Selective Service
Act of 1940, will be required to
register on April 27, 1942. - - -
Arrangements are being made to
have places of registration at Irri
gon, Boardman, lone, Lexington and
Hardman and it is hoped that it will
be possible to have these registra
tion points located at the same places
in these cities as they were in the
February 16th registration. Com
plete details concerning these reg
istration places will be announced
next week.
The office of Morrow county local
board will be open for registrations
during the hours from 8 a. m. until
9 p. m. on April 25th and 26th, and
from 7 a. m. until 9 p. m. on April
27th.
To relieve criticism of those vol
untarily serving with the selective
service, including board members,
doctors, appeal agent, etc., who have
their own businesses to attend to,
Mrs. Grace M. Turner, secretary,
calls attention to the fact that all
except herself are serving without
pay.
GOP VOTERS LEAD
With possibly a few precincts yet
to report, tabulation of registration
figures for the May 15 primaries
following closing of the books on
Monday showed 1216 republicans,
721 democrats, and 24 others, re
ported Chas. W. Barlow, clerk,
this morning.
CLINIC SLATED
A pre-school clinic to be held at
the Episcopal parish house Tuesday,
April 21, at 1:15 p. m., is being spon
sored by American Legion auxiliary.
Call Mrs. Harold Cohn for appoint
ment. CANDIDATE VISITS
Marvin Klemme of Burns, repub
lican candidate for congress from the
second district, was calling in the
city yesterday in behalf of his can
didacy. CON CARTY PASSES
Friends and relatives here have
received word of the passing of Con
Carty of Spray, who died Tuesday.
Funeral services were set for Con
don tomorrow.
Food sale, Saturday, April 18, at
10:30 a. m.. Case Fruniture store,
sponsored by Methodist ladies.
E. H. Miller Takes
Uver New Duties
As AAA Field Man
Why Quotas Must be
Voted to Save Price
Told Local Group
Upon receiving notification of his
appointment as AAA field man in
charge of ten Oregon counties last
Friday, E. Harvey Miller of this
city immediately started upon his
new duties. He assumes the posi-
tion held by the late Earl Thomp
son of Umatilla county, and this
week is in Corvallis on business
connected with his new duties.
Mr. Miller made his first official
visit here last Friday when he ap- '
peared before the county AAA com- .
mittee to explain the world wheat
situation, from which conclusion was (
made that marketing quotas must
be voted at the May 2 referendum (
if the present level of wheat prices .
is to be sustained.
He pointed out that the Agricul
tural Adjustment art provides that,
whenever domestic supplies plus
estimated production equal 135 per
cent of domestic consumption plus .
export, marketing quotas go into
effect prvided they are sanctioned
by a majority of growers.
A 630 bushel carry-over is indi
cated as of next July first, and esti
mated production on 55 million ac
res planted for 1942 at UVz bushels
an acre, makes an estimated pro
duction of 840 million bushels for a
grand total of 1430 million bushels. -
Last year, Miller cited, with a 62
million acre allotment, 56 million '
acres were harvested for a 940 mil
lion bushel crop, an average of 17
bushels to trie cre. jst year a av
erage was an all-time high, how- '
ever, so a medium was struck for
this year, with prospects again good
between the long-time average of
YPk bushels and last year's high of
17 bushels.
To dispose of the big supply, Mill
er gave estimates as follows: food,
550 million bushels; seed, 55 million
bushels; livestock, W0 million bush
els, and exports, 50 million bushels
for a grand total of 755 million bush
els, leaving a carryover of 675 mill
lion bushels, an increase over this
years expected carryover, ana an
impressive figure whether it be var
ied a hundred million or so bushels
one way or another.
With similar situations existing
in other wheat raising countres, and
little possibility of disposing of sur
plus to countries at war where the
stocks might be used, Miller point
ed out that there was nothing in
the supply and demand picture to
guarantee growers any kind of a
price in event the quotas are not
voted and the present government
loan retained.
Clyde Kiddle, assistant from the
state AAA office, explained the pro
cedure in conducting the referen
dum and assisted in organizing this
part of the work, and Elmer Lud
wick state crop loan administrator,
also assisted in hearing recommen
dations of the county committee for
any changes it might have in
carrying out or altering the present
Agricultural Adjustment act.
Hunters-Anglers Start
Crow-Magpie Drive
Elimination of more of Morrow
county's predatory bird population
is the aim of another crow-magpie
drive started by Morrow County
Hunters and Anglers club at a meet
ing last evening.
Following the custom of previous
years prizes are being offered for
killing birds and collecting eggs, as
follows: First prize $5, second $3
and third $2. Points will be based
on pairs of legs of birds killed, and
for eggs.
Announcement of where the tro
phies will be taken will be made
next week. A cent apiece for eggs
and feet will be paid in addition to
the prizes.