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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 18, 1943
Volume 59, Number 51
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Alcohol Plant To
tarted at Once
War Board to
Have More Say
On Farm Labor
Arlington Confab
Reveals Plans to
Defer Fa rm Youths north Africa campaign.
, . James was the oldest
Mare power has been vesica in
local war boards regarding deter-
Grain Products, Inc.
Choses Site Adjoining
By ELSA iff. LEATHERS ; If it were possible, every citi- M "Iff
The Hardman community is deep- zen should have an opportunity to HK3iytft Eftlft&tf TDtAflflf Mil
ly grieved this week. John. E. Stev- serve at least in one session of the E B gcfJjtJB 9 1& f vO VV 1 1 1 1 1 1
ens received word that his sod- state legislature. That is the opin- ""
Tech. 5th Grade James A Steven's ion of Henry Peterson, Eight Mile Heppner will be the location of a brand new industry in Oregon, the
was killed in action Feb. 14 in the farmer chosen representative for manufacture of grain alcohol from wheat, following decision of the board!
Hardman Soldier
Reported Slain in
African Campaign
Representative
Finds Legislature
Interesting Diversion
ment of farm youths. This was re
vealed to a group of representative
farm boards from Morrow, Gilliam,
Sherman and Wheeler counties in
conference at Arlington Monday to
consider steps to be taken in secur
ing ample labor to handle the crop
situation in ensuing months. At the
conference were farm labor com
mittees, extension division repre
sentatives and USDA war boards
called to confer with selective ser-
the 22nd district in the November
was tne oldest son ana j- """i -
was inducted into the army in day irom baiem.
March,- 1941. He was a mechanic Aside from the political angle
and received most of his basic with its lobbying, trading and
training at Fort Knox Ky. He other features, the crocess of law
was with the tank division over making is educational and some
seas." thing from which any interested
Jim received his education in person may derive pleasure, Peter
the Hardman grade and high school, son stotes. Disagreements are pre
. . .i . .. ,i i j i i trr,l-,, V.11 AUrorrfDn oninions serve
At tnis time tne nign scnooi is .B-. r -- . . .
planning to purchase a flag in his to bring out most of the angles to . ,
honor.
Besides the large circle of friends L preparation, but the
of directors of Grain Products, Inc.. in session here Wednesday afternoon
for the purpose of selecting a site for the plant. This will be the first
plant set up by the corporation, the plan being to put plaints into opera
tion in several important wheat centers as soon as materials for building
operations become available..
NOT ENOUGH SPACE
The Gazette Times has several
items, letters and articles, some of
which have lain on the desk two
or three weeks, which will evenru
Each
Decision was reached by the di
rectors following study of a report
submitted by John H. Boden, chem
ical engineer from St. Helena, Cal-
week if., who has been in the field sev-
problem presented thus giv items have en deferred eral weeks and made an exhaustive
iS e people the benefit of the through lack of space and time tor various locations. His re-
i 1 i-l Viio -PaVmy John t?. Rfpvpmc a Krn-
vi ce boards or tne several counties. ,,
ther Harold and family, and a sis
ter Alta, all of Hardman, and an
other sister, Mrs. Stanley Mus
grave of Monument; besides a
number of other relatives.
that Jim gave his life for he leaves ?.luu 1U"W tention is good and the material,
The war manpower commission
has directed that local war boards
have more to say in regard to farm
labor. This has been done, accord
ing to C. D. Conrad, county agricul
tural agent, in view of the fact that
local boards are better acquainted
with the situation in their respec
tive areas both as to production
and labor needs. It is urged -hat
the war boards seek, when deemed
essential, the deferment of farm
youths whose parents have not
sought such deferment. v
Capt. Walker of the state selecl-'i,,-.
ive service board, stated to tne
group that the most important task
confronting the boards is to see
that agriculture gets enough labor
to produce the crops demanded un
Pvti Claude G. Hastings is visit
ing here and at Kinzua for 15 days
from Tennessee where he
stationed.
Cpl Raymond J. Howell has
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kteii visum ig in ivLunuw lAJuiuy . , , . .i.jj.ii u.- 1;
with friends and relatives frora board, taking the stand t theh.
California where he is stationed.
Continued on Page Eight
tives,
Peterson stated that he did his
best, to work for the interests of
the district, and not without re- RUq fifg Control
suits. He reported mat tne wise
representative serving his first
term does rar more listening tnan .t n n rraA k in
talking and is justified in seeking Arlington today attending a con-
ference on rural fire control in
some of it at least will find space
ere long.
Conference Subject
the counsel of his colleagues who
is have one or more terms to their
credit. He voted against the propo
sal to place fortified wines under
control of the state liquor control
board, taking the stand that the li
quid is sold by many store keep
ers who are being deprived of
port showed the Heppner site of
fered definite advantages in oper
ation costs, with close access to
both fuel and wheat surpluses.
Although not divulging definite
plans this morning, it is known the
company has been sold for some
time on the site chosen. Main fea
ture is a proposed tie-up with
Heppner Lumber company in ob
taining steam directly from the
which the Columbia basin counties tf carried
am interested.. Representatives of . , . ,, , , m..
taxe care oi tne ruei snuauon. xue
new plant will be set up on land
are interested,, rtepresemauves
farm groups were to confer with
spokesmen for the U. S. forest ser- earl week from the
vice, exu;iia-ni bciviuc cuiix wuihj
civilian defense units in outlining
stocks of food and other supplies
and who may still continue to op
erate if permitted to sell low con
tent alcoholic beverages. He felt
the liquor control board did not
Assistance Available
For Crop Production
Assistance to county ranchers in need this extra revenue, especially
der the war program. He empha- mamtaining range land for maxi- at the expense of numerous stores
sized the need of more farm labor mum production of meat and wool that would be forced to close their
and the importance of farmers is available through a grazing land doors.
seeking deferment of farm labor- management practice added to the .
ers within the draft age. , AAA program this year.
Seriousness of the labor shortage Purpose of the practice is to as-
is revealed in a discussion held by sure full and' proper utilization of
the group relative to training wo- grass and water for peak produc-
men to take the place of men as tion needed now, and still con-
a program for 1943 fire protection.
Art King, soil specialist for the
state extension service and who
has been loaned to the fire control
service, was expected to attend and
assist in mapping out the 1943
program.
As in 1942, it is expected the coun
ties will be divided into zones,
with two wardens to the zone. Thi3
' ". method was found quite effective
NANCY BURKE HAYES last year and it was Conrad's opin-
Hayes 78, whose death occurred ion that a similar procedure would
1943.
Funeral services for Nancy Burke prevail in
Wednesday morning, March 17, will , , .
tractor drivers and handling other serve range resources to maintain iMarch 19 from the Church of D He A CrnQ
near
of one
the top
type
in
or
heretofore considered that production as long as it is rn,-; -irl-r n riarlr o,fficintincr
male function. Repre- needed Amnmw, are in charge if Always at or
fund campaigns
acre of grazing land will be made Mrs. Haves had been a resident another, the Lexington school has
to operators who follow an ap- 0f Morrow county for 50 years 45
proved management plan in 1943. years of that time on the home
In addition, an allowance of three place known as the Jim Hayes
machinery
strictly a
sentatives of the U. S. employment
service, vocational agricultural de
partment and ' war boards pre
sented this angle, but it was not
1ptfrmined to what length such a
project would be pressed, Conrad tg for each acre win avai ranchi where her children
concluded
were
First Nursing Class
Completes Course
able for performing
practices.
Heirs Take Over
A class of 15 women completed
the home nursing course Monday
evenine and a second class will be
organized at 8 o'clock p. m. Monday first and second cousins respective
March 22, according to Mrs. Tress ly of the late Bruce B. Kelley, and
McClintock who has been active named in his will as executors of
in the formation and operation of the property. Mrs. Brockschinck
the class. his estate, have taken possession of
At the close of the class Monday was here Sunday to attend Mr.
evening each member was given Kelley s funeral and Mr. Sherman
a nin and certificate and in appre- came a day or so later.
ciation of the efficient work of the By the terms of the will the Kel
supplemental raised and which she aided her hus
band in building into one of the
substantial properties of the county.
Ci.wtninnrf i Vi n ( vl 1 rutin n ft
i . .J! tt t youngsters contributed
aren: oien oi neppner, jaiircs ui - , - . ,
Rhea Creek, Anderson of Portland,
once more come through, this time
in support of the Red Cross war
fund. Tuesday of this week it was
reported that students, faculty and
janitor had subscribed a total of
$52.37 to the county's quota of
$2100.
Of the amount raised,
Clark estate and directly adjoin
ing the Heppner Lumber company
site.
Wheat and livestock men of the
Columbia basin will benefit alike
from the corporation's first unit
officials of the concern state. It
will utilize approximately 300,000
bushels of wheat a year and will
turn out 2,000 gallons of alcohol
A meeting to explain the organ
ization of Grain Products, Inc.,
and its plans of operation to the
many people who have been wait
ing patiently for some word on
its progress, has been scheduled
for 2 p. m. Sunday, March 21, at
the IOOF hall in Heppner.
John II. Boden, chemical engi
neer assisting in launching the
operation, as well as several of
the directors will be on hand to
answer questions. An invitation
has been extended to the public
to attend.
Bruce Kelley Estate
M. H. Sherman of Portland and 5: McCnki? Wayan Idf la
Mrs. F. R. Brockschink of Eugene
Robinett. North Powder and Inez
Gentry at home. There are 11 grand
children and nine great grandchil
dren, also a brother, Wade Hayes
and a sister, Sally Running, of
Eugene.
each, although their
included them in family subscrip
tions.
Other schools of the county per
haps have done as well in pro
portion as Lexington but their re
ports are not in.
dayday
evening
of the
allernoon wnere
they attended a
Blue Mt. Scout
BOY SCOUT WORK TAKES
ON NEW LIFE HERE
The local Boy Scout council, in
instructor, Mrs. Edmond Shroeder, ley holdings may not be sold or session Thursday evening, chose a
the group presented her with a leased within 15 years. This puts it master and assistant master for the
ft up to the executors to remain in Scout troop and laid plans for act-
" 1 r .1.1 i , ... l- .A- . ci i 1 "1 "ic iui.
It is the expectation that many cnarge xor mat lengtn or time ana ive parucipauon m ocout lore tne o which House ,g R mmber
women of the community will take W nave maae arrangements coming season,
advantage of the opportunity pre- whereby Mr. Sherman will take John Fuiten has been prevailed
sented through this instruction over as ranch manager. He will re- upon to accept the post of scout
course by joining the new class, turn to Portland to wind up busi- master and he will be assisted by
The first class sessions were held ness affairs before moving here to Don Strait. The troop has been in-
at the home of Mrs. Frank Rumble "ve. active since the resignation of Mar-
and the new class will meet there Principal bequests made by Kel- tin B- ark late in the fall.
ley were to Earl and Howard Bry
ant, each of whom will receive
$3000 from the estate.
in addition to 10 tons of high pro
tein livestock feed each day. As
several stated previously in these columns,
one dollar this product is sufficient to feed,
parents had when mixed with whole grain. 1,000
head of cattle or 5,000 head of
hogs, opening thle' possibility of
making Heppner a livestock fin-ishing-off
center. Plans previously
discussed involve purchase of suffi
cient land to permit feeding of
stock at the plant.
Having purchased the building
and equipment of a fruit alcohol
ATTEND SCOUT MEETING
IN WALLA WALLA
Corwin of Heppner and Vednon muiactur,ng concern at carver,
Kowles of the Lexington school Clackamas county several months
fanultv drove to Walla Walla Tues- wain -rvuuw, is in po
in the
meeting
council,
The
meeting was held at the Grand
hotel where dinner was served
In addition to the
attending were Regional Executive
Rex Munger of Portland and sev-
sition to begin construction next
week, officials announce. Pending
final decision to locate here, local
officials of the group had made
arrangements to haul gravel from
Umatilla for use in foundation
"Scouters" instruction and road surfacing.
it is tne desire or tne company
to be ready for operation as soon
as the new plant of the Heppner
next Monday night
Those receiving certificates Mon
day evening were Ella Benge, Flor
ence Bergstrom, Ruth Bergstrom,
Blanche Brown, Nina Burkenbine,
Winifred Cox, Doris Elliott, Emma
Evans, Mattie Green, Irene Green
wood, Etta Howell, Erma Keith
ley, Myrthena Martin, Lucy Peter
son and Evelyn Youngberg.
oral TVIiia Mt. fVmnpil pvpciitivps.
Several matters of importance to ijUmber company starts up.
the council area were disposed of, Officers and directors of Grain
HERE FOR FUNERAL House Ie?oria, Products, Inc., include C. J. Hans-
Anderson Hayes and Erb Hayes Cliff Hansen, field executive of com, Athena farmer, president;
from Spokane Wednesday Blue Mt. Council, attended a Clyde Denney, Lexington, vice
FOOD SALE night to attend the funeral of Nan- meeting of the Morrow county president; Earl Hoag, livestock
The ladies of the Methodist cy Burke Hayes. Erb Hayes is a council held at the city council and wheat rancher of Blalock,
church will hold a food sale Sat- brother of Joe Hayes, Morrow and room Thursday evening. Outlines treasurer; C. D. Conrad, Heppner,
urday at the Case Furniture com- Gilliam county sheepman. Both he for the season's activities of local 'secretary; and C. A. ish, Mikkalo
pany. Food will be on sale at 10 and Anderson Hayes formerly re- scouts were presented and acted farmer, Lee Beckner and Delbert
a. m, sided in Heppner. upon. Emert of lone, the other directors.