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Mrs. Graham New
Leader of County
Health Association
John Saager Put in
As Vice President
At Annual Meeting
Mrs. Claude Graham was elected
president of the Morrow County
Health association at the annual
meeting of the group Monday eve
ning at the Lucas Place. John Saa
ger is the new vice president, while
Mrs. Clara Gertson and Mrs. Lucy
Rodgers were retained in their re
spective posts of secretary and
treasurer.
The meeting was a dinner affair
during which a short musical pro
gram consisting of two vocal selec
tions by Mrs. C. C. Dunham, a
piano solo by Marylou Ferguson
and a duet by Mrs. J. O. Turner
and Miss Ferguson. Dr. J. M. Odell,
superintendent of the Eastern Ore
gon Tuberculosis hospital at The
Dalles, was the speaker of the eve
ning, using the importance of the
x-ray in the campaign against tu
berculosis as his subject. In connec
tion with this, he stated that the
mobile x-ray unit will visit Mor.
row county in the near future. It
is coming for the purpose of x-raying
the adult population, including
the last two years of high school.
Dr. Odell disagrees with the propo
sal to limit this work, stating that
at least upper grades and all high
school young people should be in
cluded, but since children who may
be with their parents or are con
tacts of known tuberculosis cases
will be x-rayed, part of his objec
tion will be removed, he stated.
The state of Oregon and the
country at large are waging a los
ing fight against tuberculosis at
' present, Dr. Odell said. This is due
to lack of nurses, so many thous
ands of whom have been called to
military service. When this situa
tion improves the battle will be ta
ken up with renewed vigor.
Mrs. K. A. House, chairman of
the seal sale, reported that Morrow
county subscribed, a total of $1,365.
01 in the recent drive. Divided in
to districts the results were as fol
lows: Lexington, $183.20; Ione,$256.
50; Boardman, $62.36; Irrigon, $49.
50, and Heppner $813.81.
Miss Margaret Gillis, . county
health nurse, submitted her report
and this will be published in a la
ter issue.
The financial report showed a
balance April 1, 1945, of $1,380.22;
receipts from seal sale $1,365.01 for
a total of $2,745.23. Expenses in
cluded: Health education supplies
$92.12; case finding $5; cooperative
$6; seal sale supplies and printing
$54.36; administration $8.50; per
centage of state and national associ
ations $341.25; T. B. patients $4.70.
Total expenses $511.93. Balance in
bank March 31, $2 233.30.
Budget for the year April 1, 1945
to March 31, 1946: Bank balance
April 1, $2,62t5.90; expected 'seal
sale receipts, $1,000; total 3,625.90.
Authorized expenses: Health edu
cation sunplips $1.00: case findings
$00; Sal snle supplies and print
ing, $25; postage, express, freight,
SS1); executive travel and meetings
$100; percentage to state and natio
rl associations $250; other: a. pub
lic health nurse salary $275; b. em
ergen rv $15; total expenses author
ized $1000. .
LEAVES FOR TEXAS
Mrs. B. C. Forsvthe left Satur
day for McAllen, Tex! for an ex
tended visit with her son, Lt. Jack
Forsvthe and wife. According to a
wire received this morning she
reached her destination last night.
Lt. Forsvthe is stationed at Moore
Field and Mission.,
Heppner,
Pomona Program
Includes Matters
Of Current Interest
Matters of current interest to
the people of Morrow county will
claim a large share of the lecturer's
hour at the Pomona grange to be
held at Rhea Creek grange hall
Saturday.
.Commissioner Garnett Barratt
will discuss the Morrow county
hospital; Lt. Leo G. Devaney, com
mander of the Oregon Wing head
quarters in Portland, will present
the subject of the C A P in Morrow
county and the building of an air
port in the county; Mrs. R. B. Rice,
representing the granges of Mor
row county, will present informa
tion about the community service
panel recently organized in the war
price and rationing board; a Mr.
Elliston, representing the Rural
Electrification administration, will
be on hand to discuss the REA, and
Arnold Ebert, county agent, will
talk on some phases of agriculture.
There will be, musical numbers and
other entertainment features by
subordinate granges.
Following the program, which is
open to the public, the Rhea Creek
grange will confer the fifth (Po
mona) degree to all fifth degree
candidates.
Pomona will convene at 10 a. m.
with business occupying the time
until 3 p. m. except for time out for
lunch at noon.
New Proprietors at
Heppner Cleaners
John Hannan and family arrived
in Heppner Tuesday eveningv and
Wednesday took possession of the
Heppner Cleaners which they pur
chased from Mr. and Mrs. John
Skuzeski about 10 days ago. The
Hannans will be joined today by
Mr. Hannan's mother, Mrs. Anna
Snyder, who is known in the trade
as a fancy spotter.
The Skuzeski family had to
change their plans due to the fact
that Mrs. Skuzeski could not find
a place to live until school closes.
Mr. Skuzeski left Tuesday for Car
son, Wash, where they own proper
ty, and Mrs. Skuzeski will be here
a few days longer straigntening up
business affairs. She stated Wed
nesday that their leaving Heppner
has been a great disappointment
to the two older boys, John and
Walter, who are in the navy, and
that their native town will always
be home to them wherever they go.
The new proprietor expects to
make some changes in the plant as
soon as materials can be obtained.
Nearly 2,000 Units
In Sewing Quota
Upwards of 2,000 units are in
cluded in the spring quota for the
local Red Cross sewing group which
meets Tuesday and Thursday after
noons in the former Hughes grocery
25 bed jackets, 500 bedside bags,
room. In the lot are 25 bathrobes,
500 kit bags, unfilled, 25 complete
layettes, 100 pajamas, 500 pair slip
pers and 300 wash clothes.
The quota has arrived and more
people' are needed to help prepare
these army, and navy hospital es
sentials. It is announced that an
other sewing machine is needed. All
materials have not yet arrived but
there is plenty on hand to keep a
larger group employed.
PLAN NEW HOMES
Two hew houses will be built
this spring, according to plans an
nounced by Af ton Gayhart and
Kenneth Dyreson. Lots have been
purchased on north Court street
just north of the C. L. Hodge resi
dence and materials are being as
sembled. Several truckloads of hol
low tile brick have been delivered
and construction is expected to
start soon. The houses come under
the 10-unit priority granted by the
National Housing Authority earlier
this year.
Oregon, Thursday, April
Absentee Landlord
Growth in County
Creates Problem
More Than Fourth
Of Tilled Acreage
In Outside Hands
With more than one fourth of
the tillable acres of the county
owned by absentee, or out-of-the-county,
landlords, Morrow county
is faced with the question of be
coming a renter-farmed area with
gradually diminishing population.
Either that will take place or the
owner-operators will have to sit
tight in the face of attractive prices
and decide to make this section
their permanent home. That, in ef
fect, was the substance of a talk
made by Orville Cutsforth to the
luncheon group of the Heppner
chamber of commerce Monday
noon.
Cutsforth stated that while he
was cognizant of real estate trans
actions, in which considerable ac
reage was passing into the hands
of outside investors, the real pur
port of these deals was not brought
home to him until a recent visit
to the state of Washington where
he met a big rancher who called"
his attention to some facts that set
him thinking. This man expressed
the opinion that these investors,
most of them from light soil wheat
belts in eastern Washington, find
Morrow county lands a good in
vestment, where they can give the
tenant two-thirds of the crop and
still make good interest on , their
money. During the past three or
four years these investments have
been profitable, inasmuch as crop
conditions have been good, and
even in poorer years they figure
the interest will be better than
bond or other security investments.
The speaker admitted he did not
know the solution to the problem
and doubted if there is one, but
felt that citizens of the county
should give it thought. He stated
that he and other large resident
owners had been alluded to as land
hogs but pointed out that they are
living here and helping build up
the county. They are re-investing
their earnings in improvements and
are behind any move for the ad
vancement of rural life and gener
al welfare of the people. But, there
is nothing to prevent these out
side investors from offering high
prices for Morrpw county land and
there is no law against people ac
cepting those prices. The need is
for more people' on moderately
sized farms rather than a few
people on such large holdings, but
this can't be accomplished in a
day, a week, a year, or several
years, he cncluded.
Cutsforth's remarks were well ta
ken by members of the chamber of
commerce, some of whom discussed
the situation briefly. The consensus
of opinion was that we are in about
the same boat as Mark Twain in
regard to the weather, only in this
instance there might be something
done about it.
WYOMING COUPLE WED IN
Mrs. Pearl M. P.unnion and Fred
Williams, both of Douglas, Wyo,,
were married in Pendleton Satur
day. The ceremony was witnessed
by the bride's mother, Mrs. Mae
Smith of Douglas, her son, S2c Bob
Runnion, and Miss Jean Turner.
The newlyweds left that evening
for Douglas where Mr. Williams is
a prominent stockman.
MAKE BUSINESS TRIP
B. C. Forsythe and his daughter
Mrs. Edwin Dick, were in Portland
the first of the week after materials
for their apartment house. They re
turned to Heppner Wednesday
evening.
5, 1945
Lexington Youth
Makes Supreme
Sacrifice on Iwo
. News of the death of their son,
Pfc Clyde O. Edwards, was receiv
ed Friday evening by Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Edwards' of Lexington. Clyde
was with the Marines on Iwo Jima
and the message conveying the sad
news stated that he wqs killed in
action on March 5.
Clyde Oren Edwards was born in
Lexington on Oct. 23, 1926, being
aged 18 years, four months and 12
days at the time of his death. He
received his education in the Lex
ington schools, enlisting in the Ma
rines in January 1944, going over
seas in July of the same year.
Surviving besides his parents, are
two brothers, Albert in the U. S.
navy and John at home; and three
sisters, Edith of Spokane, Mrs. Her
bert Marrs of Palo Alto, Calif., and
Elizabeth at home.
One who knew Clyde throughout
his school life has contributed the
following tribute to his memory:
"On a certain service flag in the
Lexington school another gold star
will be added which will com
memorate the brave deeds of Pf
Clyde O. Edwards, second son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Edwards, who
lost his life in the Iwo Jima cam
paign. "Tige", as Clyde was com
monly known among his friends,
possessed redeeming qualities that
not many people realized. He was
alert to recognize the best there
was in his friends, was thoroughly
appreciative of good character and
loyal to the fullest degree.
"Aside from his own family, few
people knew him better than the
writer, because she was his teacher
for four consecutive years.
Y "Wti shall miss Clyde -and we
wish to extend our deepest sympa
thy to his wamily."
Greener in Jail on ,
Probation Violation
Irving Greener appeared before
Judge Calvin L. Sweek Monday
and was sentenced to nine months
in the county jail for probation vio
lation. Greener was released from
the jail last June after serving sev
eral months of a sentence on an
assault count. His release called for
good conduct refraining from
drinking, fighting or any other act
not coming up to higher social
standards. Sunday morning he be
came embroiled In an altercation
from Reed's mill and was picked
with a man by the name of Cook
up by Marshal Bill Morgan and
State Officer Edgar Albert who
turned him over to the county
authorities. When evidence showed
that he had violated the terms of
his probation, Judge Sweek im
posed the nine months jail sentence.
Jack Skinnion is confined to the
county jail on a previous sentence
imposed about two and one half
years ago by Justice J. O. Hager.
Skinnion was given a fine at that
time and 30 days in the county
jail. The jail term was suspended
provided Skinnion would go to
work and pay off the fine. He left
this section without paying the fine
and when he reappeard in town
early this week he was haled be
fore the justice.
ON TERMINAL LEAVE
Capt. Richard C. Lawrence ar
rived in Heppner over the week
end on an extended leave, coming
from Klamath Falls where he was
met last week by Mrs. Lawrence.
The captain is on terminal leave
meaning that he has a ,lot of accu
mulated leaves to fill out, and he
expects to be placed on an inactive
leave status when the present leave
expires. This virtually amounts to
a discharge and he is planning to
reopen his dental office later in the
spring. "Doc" as he is familiarly
known, says this climate is more
to his liking than Texas and he is
mighty happy to be home with his
family.
Volume 62, Number 2
Farm Bureau Picks
Rural Electrification
As First Objective
Power Deemed of
Prime Importance
In Rural Growth
Adoption of rural electrification
as its number one project was the
main item of business at the meet
ing of the Morrow County Farm
Bureau at the Lexington grange
hall Monday evening. The move
was taken' after O. W. Cutsforth
made a: comprehensive report of a
recent visit to the Bonneville pow
er authority in Portland where the
local situation was gone over with
Administrator Raver and his staff.
From the text of Cutsforth's "re
port, members of the bureau were
convinced that an effort to obtain
electric power throughout the ru
ral areas of the county should be
launched without delay. Those pre
sent favored an REA project as a
beginning, inasmuch as the Bonne
ville authority is preparing to erect
a high transmission line up the
south bank of the Columbia mak
ing it possible for rural electrifi
cation lines to hook on wherever
districts can be formed.
There was considerable discus
sion of rates and other factors en
tering into formation of rural units
and this all led Up to the conclu
sion that if rural life in the coun
ty is, to survive and progress there
will have to be electric power at
a rate making it feasible to oper
ate farm plants and especially
pumps to provide water for domes
tic use and limited irrigation; It is
recognized that more people are
needed on the farm lands but that
this cannot be accomplished with
out improving living conditions,
most of which depends upon a
steady and plentiful water supply
made possible through an abun
dance of cheap electricity.
C. L. Jamison, secretary of the
state farm bureau, explained the
status of the beef industry under
the current OPA marketing. It is
so complicated and impossible of
carrying out that many butchers
and packers are contemplating
turning the keys in 'their doors, Ja
mison stated. The outlook is not
good for the industry, in his opin
ion. He also told of plans to build
three large fertilizer plants in wide
ly separated sections of the coun
try, the one nearest home to be lo
cated in Idaho.
Henry Peterson made a report on
Oregon's longest legislative session,
stating that some people may find
no small amount of fault with laws
passed, but reminding his hearers
that operation of the law is the real
test and that criticism should be
limited until they have been given
a trial. Referring to the school ap
propriation measures, he said that
the two cents tax per package on
cigarettes was designed to raise ap
proximately $2,000,000 if they can
find the cigarettes.
Arnold Ebcrt explained the
workings of the farm labor wage
ceiling, w.-.ming employers to con
form closrly to rrgulations if they
do not va.it. to go to jail.
Refreshments were served at the
close of the meeting.
RED CROSS OFFICIAL HERE
Miss Ruth Wilson, home service
field representative in the Pacific
area of the American Red Cross,
is in Heppner today gathering data
relative to the county pertaining
to home service work. She is in
charge of eastern Oregon district
and the information she is gather
inging will be compiled for later
use in the Red Cross post war home
service program.
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