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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1942)
CO m r a o O 3 G a w H H O O 7J 70 - O c & r w o o M H o H r- o Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 24, 1942 Volume 59, Number 39 Ninety Farmers Attend Triple-A Meeting Monday Miller, Cummings And Conrad Discuss '43 Crop Prospects Ninety Morrow county farmers gathered at. the I. O. O. F. hall Monday to elect community and county oommitteemen to adminis ter the 1943 federal farm program. Following election of committee men, E. Harvey Miller, farmer field man for the AAA, discussed the changes in program for 1943. Miller explained that the program is basically ah adjustment program and during times like the present can be used just as well to ad just production upward as it can to adjust production downward during periods in which we have surpluses. He added that agricul ture has one of the biggest jobs it has ever had for 1943 in produc ing food for its armed forces, its allies and for its civilian popula tion. M- E. Cummings, assistant ' sec retary for the Morrow county ACA reported on the 1942 program and showed $182,000 , coming to the county for conservation payments. Machinery rationing, the pro cedure for appealing certificates of war necessity for trucks, and ag ricultural deferments under the teen-age draft act were explained by C. D. Conrad, county agent, who also brought out the impor tance feeding of wheat and other grains to livestock this year as a substitute for hay. Conrad stated that experiments at the Eastern Oregon Experiment station show that three pounds of hay can be replaced by one pound of grain. This substitute should not contain further than three pounds of grain a day for stock cows. Conrad add ed that with the limited supply of hay there are apt to be many losses from paralysis in sheep bands this year unless owners start feeding grain to their ewes now. County committeemen elected at the meeting include Henry Baker, chairman, Oscar Peterson, vice chairman; Frank Saling, regular ' member, and Charles McElligott and L. A. Palmier, alternate members. A complete list of committeemen will be published in a later issue. Tax Collections Show Increase Tax collections in Morrow coun ty showed a definite increase this year according to Neva Wells, de puty sheriff in charge of that di vision of the sheriffs office. -v "Collections have been approxi mately $50,000 higher this fall than in previous years. That is on the current 1942-43 taxes, to say no thing of the back taxes that have been paid up," Mrs. Wells com mented. "Some of this is due to the changes in the tax set-up, while a lot of it is due to improved conditions." Approximately $180,000 was giv en over to Treasurer L. W. Briggs the first of the week by the tax collector's office. Of this sum, $14,400 has been allocated to School Dist. No. 1, Heppner, while the city of Heppner will receive $3,328. Ir rigon school district is the heav iest beneficiary in the county, re ceiving $16,337. SARAH ALICE ESTEB Funeral services for Sarah Alice Esteb, 92, who passed away at lone Tuesday evening, Dec. 22, will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the chapel of the Phelps Funeral home in Heppner, Rev. Martin B. Clark officiating. Interment will be at Centerville, Wash., Saturday. HAVE YOU A COAT HANGER OR TWO YOU CAN SPARE? There is a scarcity of coat hang ers at Camp Adair, near Corvallis. In fact, the scarcity is so great that no less than 150,000 hangers are needed and Morrow County has been asked to provide 1,000 of them. Due to the nature of the climate and the fact that the boys have to be out in all kinds of weather, calling for continuous cleaning of their military clothes, they are having difficulty in keeping the uniforms in condition. This can be 40 Items of Farm Machinery Listed , In County Quota Senate Committee To Probe Shortages Early Next Month Farm machinery rationing quo tas have been received by the Mor row county rationing committee for remedied somewhat by the use of hangers for hanging the clothes up 15 kinda rf farm Mean lu uiy cuiu ctt ui stunc uiiie eJJiiU' nate wrinkles. Give only wooden or metal han gers no paper ones wanted. In the Heppner area, leave at month me uazette limes omce ana tney will be forwarded. time in Washington Sen. Trueman announced his special senate inves tigating cxwnmittee is to hold hear ings on farm machinery shortages greetings of the Season To all the Boys "out there" and to all our friends at home who are giving them aN-out support Best wishes from the HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES FAMILY O. G. Crawford Viola Crawford Steward Cole Clara Howe Elsa Leathers Elaine Rietmann Mrs. J. A. Shoun Bernice Wattenburger List of Service Men from County Continues to Grow Morrow county's list of men in Margaret Scott Margaret Thorpe m Town' Remembers Soldiers With Gifts In Service Farmers are urged to place their applications for the new machinery that they will have to have during 1943 so the committee may deter mine where the machinery will do the most good in helping meet pro duction goals. Quotas for Morrow county so far the service was increased bv 14 include .wheel type trctora 4; Monday when that number of draf- &am driUs traf drn r tees boarded the train for Spokane mounted moleboard plows 3; spoke for induction tooth harrows 3; spring tooth har- Included in the list were Olan 4 disc harrows 4; rod weeders Keith Ridgway of Seattle, report- 8! horse drawn mowers 1; tractor ing from the Morrow county draft drawn mowers 3, and one each of board; Clarence Claude Carmichael, following: dump rake, side de Daniel Ray Dinges and Irvin El- livery rake rake dred Rauch, Lexington; Everett ers- combines less than 6 feet, and Laurence Crump, Charles Arthur combines over 6 feet. Nelson and Earl Eugene Wells, Q39 for the lowing items Hermiston; Philip Malcolm Reno, wil1 4 id. until following lone; Loyd Leeland Burken- the farm sign up in January, during bine, Delvin Orval Matteson, Frank which me the determination of Martin Lovgren, Keith Sylvester the needs wiU te made: &den Marshall, John Bell and Carl Dean planters, garden tractors, dairy Hiatt, Heppner. equiptment including milking ma in addition to the above draftees chines cream separators and milk the draft board office announces coiers- several enlistments. Carl Otto County quotas for some 25 items Bauman, navy; Willard "Billy" Al- include cultivators, elevators, gas len Blake, army; Malcolm S. O'- engines, feed grinders, irrigation Br-ten, navy; Merle E. Burkenbin- F-umps, and hay balers will not be navy, Uugh Vawter Crawiord, JBaircvi "J Ulc 4" "--navy; Andy H. VanSchoiack, fly- are 80 3ma11 that county quotas are ing cadet in U. S. army air force. not possible, and applications for Some of the above are not due is machinery will be forwarded for immediate wrvirw rln t nf on to the state USDA war board Christmas was taken to the boys at Camp Heppner Wednesday eve ning when a email group of towns- During the past two weeks the n,,ri bv Mavor J. O. Gazette Times has had communi- Turnr took rtid ted tending college or other temporary "d Jchase certificates issued by cations from some of the boys in , , . ... ,,. deferment ,it is stated, and will be the b0 u the needa 01 the service. Due to crowded cond.V 111 ',6"'8 object to call when training ranks ' aPPUcant are considered. tion of the paper last week this A total 01 iud cneeruy wrappeu need filling column was omitted with a promise gifts, the result of several days at F. Humphreys Drug W. Turner's office, that a read column would appear couection in the Christmas issue. That pro- i r Vk&inrf rrtaAjx ffA From Camp Roberts, Calif., we as distnbuted among the service have a Christmas card from Lt. men to which were added packages Paul McCarty which we want to of cigarettes, cigars and cookies. pass on to our readers. Writes Paul: Paul: Jan. 15 Deadline for Truck Tire Inspection Application blanks for the pur chase of new machinery will be forwarded on to the state USDA war board and purchase certifi cates issued by the state board if the needs of the applicant are con- Farm truck owners are reminded sidered adequate. that January 15 is the deadline for Application blanks for the pur- U 4. 4 : : 1 ; : i i i c i 1 A short carol service was led by "1 l.' rrea oy cnase or new maenmery are avau- , t, .1 1 -.i. nr t the ODT for changes in mileage and able at the County agent's office Ts,-., TVTo n T m0-lr iiriVi MVc .T - . - Merry Christmas to all. . ' . Slty set UP- there to be acted on by the county The Gazette is really a welcome - Turner presiding at the piano. Appeal forms for appealing to farm machinery rationing commit- newspaper when Mom forwards Mayor Turner extended greetings theODT for changes in mileage and and applications should be left it to me is only contact, outside to the camp's members. Typical of gasoline allowances on certificates there. rwf loipr fnrm Star theatre and i .1 or war necessity ror trucics are De- ot letters irom otar meaire cuiu camps everywhere, the service men . . . , n .,. , . Eight Mile I have" with Heppner. f. lng Vented and will be in the Haven't seen any Heppner boys enthusiasm for the entire hands of the tram sinse last summer, altho I hear " . 2 r I"axion committee soon. Harlan McCurdy and Hughie Cur- TJT U'1S rin are here. They aretin the field nospitaiity: artillery and I am in the infan- I I 1 II trv. Hear occasionally from Scott AttnUOl inStallaTIOI McMurdo in San Diego . . .Says he fVlni-fiil Affsiir m Two Deaths Strike Family Same Day Mrs. Clarence Carmichael of Lex- While it is necessary for all truck , 1 , .. , ., ington was called to Deep River, and trucks as much as possible the ,,r , c , , portation committee that sufficient , iu'ir- i'Icuih. iuwers, ittsi ius ijjc in cm wers was employed with a timber accident early Friday afternoon. To- Wash., Saturday in response to a sees Len and Maxine Gilman once "" ga.sonne wiu oe allowed tor all es in a while. Guess Claytton Wright, More than 150 people partook of sential hauling. and wife, (Rita Robinson) are in the company. Details of the accident i . i i annual oanquet servea oy RETURNS FROM HOSPITAf. Fresno, so I hear, about 9U miles Masons and Eastern Stars at the AjW wwlcB , .r hnf3nH., yj-g not niade known before Mrs. from here. Masonic banquet hall Monday at The Daues where he was treated Carmichael left Lexington. Funeral Must prepare for rifle range evening. A most appetizing and sat- for a mangled mi crushed hand, services were held Tuesday at Deep now teaching the men to shoot the isfying repast with turkey as the William H. Ellis returned to Her- River. basic infantry weapon which re- piece de resistance was the of- pner Friday. The hand was injured Shortly after receiving word of minds me, is deer hunting season fered. when Ellis was helping to put a de- Mr. Tower's death, Mrs. Carmichael now open? Installation followed, with offi- raJied car back on the track at the received a communication tell ing of Happy New Year. oers for the ensuing year being Heppner Lumber company siding, the death of her sister, Vivian Ma- (Paul is now getting the paper re- inducted for the Royal Arch and Use 0f the hand will not be deter- rino, at Seattle late Friday afternoon, gularly through the kindness of his Blue lodge orders and the Eastern mined for ,1 months, it is Death resulted from an attack of aunt, Mrs. P. A. Anderson of Star. The formality of the Eastern reported. pneumonia with which Mrs. Marino Seattle.) Star work was duly impressive and was ill for one week. She is sur- presentation of appropriate gifts to RECOVERING FROM INJURY vived by the husband and two From somewhero "out there" ' outgoing and incoming officials Harold Woodward, Morrow coun- daughters, comes a letter from Cpl. Donalld marked the seriousness with which ty man serving in the army, is Mr. Carmichael was unable to ac R. Fell. It came some time ago the work is regarded by the mem- spending a few days in the county company his wife due to the fact and was held pending arrival of-bership. visiting friends and relatives. He that he had to leave Monday eve some other letters. Ms. Emma Evans was elevated has been hospitalized at Vancouver ning for induction into the army. Dear Sir: to the post of worthy matron of receiving treatment for injuries re- Received your first copy of the the Star, succeeding Mrs. Ella ceived in an accident while on ON SICK LIST Gazette Times yesterday and was Benge. A feature of the program guard duty in the Puget Sound Ture Peterson has been absent pleased to get it as it isn't often was presentation of a gift to Mrs. area. He will return to the hospital from his accustomed place in the that we get news from home, at Benge from her daughter, Mrs. O. for further treatment before join- meat department at Central Mar Continued from First Put H. Bengston of Medford. ing a combat unit ket due to an attack of flu.
