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Crop Prospects in
County Brightened
By Heavy Rains
Inch Precipitation
In One-half Hour
Morgan Sees 1.3
Crop prospects in Morrow county
brightened perceptibly the past
few days and farmers now feel that
with a fair break in the weather
between now and cutting time
there will be a good yield. Reports
indicate that the heavy showers
during the week have covered the
county, giving grain and hay rais
ers comforting assurance and
strengthening the grazing areas.
Morgan was visited by a cloud
burst which filled gullies to flood
stage but created no damage other
than to a little wheat lining the de
pressions. Elmer Griffith, precipi
tion recorder at Morgan, reports
that 1.3 inches of rain' fell . in less
than one-half hour Saturday eve
ning. According to Wid Palmateer,
in town Wednesday, the ground is
thoroughly soaed in that vicinity
and conditions are about right for
a good crop.
From Gooseberry comes the re
port that since May 1 up to this
morning a total of 2.59 inches has
been recorded by V. L. Carlson.
According to his chart .25 of an
inch fell May 4, .09 May 10, .17
May 12, 1.05 May 13, .11 May 14,
.19 May 15 and .73 May 16. Carl
son's chart indicates that the nine
months period, Sept. 1, 1944-May
17, 1945, is a little above the aver
age with the prospect that the end
of the fiscal year will show a con
siderable increase.
Recordings since Sept. 1944, with
.39 of an inch' show the following
results: October .98; November 1.23;
, December .79; January 1.25; Feb
ruary 1.63; March 1.96; AprU .77
and May 2.59, for a total of 11.54
inches.
Gooseberry is out ahead of Hep
pner, although conditions have not
been altogether drouthy here. Up
to noon Wednesday Len Gilliam
had recorded 1.81 inches and Wed
nesday afternoon and evening sho
wers may have raised the count to
approximately two inches. An ov
ercast sky this morning may mean
more rain ere this article is in
print.
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Boy Scouts to Aid
World Good Will Fund
Boy members and adult leaders
of the Blue Mountain council, Boy
Scouts of America living in 13
counties in eastern Oregon and
southeast Washington will contri
bute to a "World Friendship Fund"
to help organize scouting in allied
countries devastated by the war, it
was announced today by R. D. Mc
Dermott, Scout executive.
Each Cub, Scout and leader who
believes in the ideal of world Scout
brotherhood will be given an op
portunity to contribute personally
whatever he wishes'. In addition,
troops and Cub packs will decide
the method and extent of their
participation
The World Fellowship fund was
launched by the national council of
the Boy Scouts of America which
has underwritten the cost of the
promotion and administration.
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PVT DCHERTY PROMOTED
With the V A. F. Engineer Com
mand in Italy Fvt Lawrence P.
Doherty, Lexington Ore., who is
with a veteran aviation engineer
unit building and maintaining the
airbases for the 15th Air Force in
Italy was recently promoted to pri
vate first class upon recommenda
tion of his commanding officer for
efficient performance of his duties
as a soils analysis! '
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Good Neighbors
Come to Aid of
Stricken Family
If the good neighbor policy is a
good thing to practice between na
tions, it is no less beneficial when
exercised in behalf of individuals.
That's the belief of residents of the
Eightmile-Gooseberry area and all
those affiliated with the Rhea
Creek grange who gathered at the
Henry Peterson home May 10 and
gave a shower for the Frank Fra
tes family.
Fire destroyed the Frates home,
leaving the family ' destitute insofar
as bedding, linens and other ne
cessities difficult or impossible to
buy at the present time are con
cerned. The good people of the
Valby church and the Rhea Creek
grange home economics club hasti
ly got together a collection of
bedding, clothing, towels, canned
fruit and many other items and at
the regular meeting of the home
economics club presented the un
fortunate family with enough sup
plies to enable them to carry on
until they can acquire a new home.
Approximately 75 neighbors and
friends attended the shower for
which Mrs Peterson assumed the
responsibility of serving refresh
ments of pie and coffee. The la
dies did their usual stint of Red
Cross sewing during the afternoon.
Registration Books
Close Wednesday
Voters who wish to express their
wishes at the forthcoming special
referendum election June 22 are
advised that the registration books
close Wednesday, May 23. This ad
vice is given for the benefit of
those who are not registered.
County Clerk C. W. Barlow states
that his office will remain open
straight through from 8 a. m. to 8
p. m. Wednesday to accommodate
those who wish to register.
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Mayor Asks That
Trees Be Sprayed
S. Joe Devine has been prevailed
upon to get out the old sprayer
and spray our Elm trees. Everyone
ed so as not to infest his neighbors'
is urged to have their trees spray
trees. Make your reservations early
with Mr. Devine that he may know
how much work he will have to do
and how much" insecticide he will
need to have on hand.
, J. O. TURNER,
MAYOR
C1I05JUS PRACTICE CALLED
There will be rehearsal of the
Women's Choral club Monday eve
ning, same time, same place. This is
due to the fact that the chorus will,
sing at the Star Theatre the next
night.
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George Hyatt of Pendleton was a
guest Sunday at the home of his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Mahoney.
Oregon, Thursday, May
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Special Census of
Town Being Taken
An official census of the popula
tion of Heppner is being taken this
week by a corps of workers chos
en by Harold F. Phillippe, manager
of the accounting division in the
office of Secretary of State Robert
S. Farrell. Phillippe was here the
fore part of the week securing the
census taking group and instruct
ing them in their work. Chosen for
the job were Mrs. Alva Jones, Mrs.
Fred Parrish, Mrs. Howard Bryant,
Mrs. Dick Wells and Miss Frances
Egan.
The census is being taken under
the terms of House Bill No. 15 in
troduced at the 1945 session of the
legislature by Representative C. L.
Lieuallen and now Chapter 122,
.Oregon Laws 1945, providing for
taking of a census by the secretary
of state at the request of the city
council within 60 days after such
a request. It is the desire of the
Heppner city council to ascertain
the present population in order to
determine the amount of state-dispensed
fees.
When such an official census for
a city is established the" population
figure will be used as a basis for
distributing liquor permit fees to
incorporated citiesj, privilege tax
revenues from liquor to cities and
counties, and certain revenues out
of the state highway fund to incor
porated cities of the state. For 1944
the per capita payments to cities
from these sources were approxi
mately as follows: liquor permit
fees, .476 per capita; privilege tax
revenues, .198 per capita, and state
highway fund, $1,397 per capita.
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To the People
of this Cotntrjin'ty
You have a D-Day this week.
You won't die, lose limbs, sight
or mental faculties in battle.
Your assignment is to buy extra
War Bonds.
There have
been many
D - Days in
this war.
D - Day on
the Nor
mandy beaches, D
Day on Tnr
awa. D-Day
on Guadal
canal, D -Day
on Iwo
J i m a, D-
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Day on Okinawa
What is it like for your sons,
brothers, husbands, friends fac
ing a D-Day in the battle zones?
It's prayer and nervousness,
nigUmarish tension and thoughts
of home.
What's it like for you facing
another home front D-Day? You
are the only person who can an
swer this question. No matter
what the ti:,al story is in this
community, you will not have
met your responsibility unless
you nave bought more bonds
than ever before in a war loan.
The opening of the mighty 7th
War Loan is an opportunity to re
dedicate yourself to the task of
nailing down the victory.
THE EDITOR
17, 1945
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Lexington and lone
Stores Figure in
Deals of the Week
Deals completed and under ne
gotiation this week find two stores
of the cdunty changing hands. Com
pleted is the transaction made by
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. CarmichaM who
sold their grocery store to Clifford
Yarnell. The store is located in
Lexington and all parties to the
deal are residents of that town. The
store has been under lease to W.
H. Burrell for the past year and
he will continue to operate the bus
iness until July 1.
Down lone way the 'people are
going to miss Bert Mason along
Main street after the first of July.
After 47 years of merchandising in
the little wheat city he has decided
to retire from the field. He and
"Cot" Swanson are winding up de
tails whereby Swanson will become
the owner of the old established
mercantile business. Mason is now
busy marking stock for a closing
out sale, announcement of which
will be forthcoming soon,, he states.
Swanson will install hiss lockers
in the Mason building, adding con
siderable volume to the business
not possible in his present quarters.
Canning Sugar Blanks
Available at OPA
Applications for canning sugar
are available to anyone wishing
them. They may be obtained in
person or by card, according to the
local OPA office. However, blanks
are scarce, and applicants are ad
vised to fill them out completely
and in detail so they may be pro
cessed by the board.
Applicants should allow one
week's leeway after filing blanks
for the board to run them through.
Residence fuel oil applications
will be out within the next week
or ten days. These should be filled
out completely and returned to the
local board within seven days.
Volunteer help is serving at the
desk at the OPA office which is fa
cilitating the handling of applica
tions. AWARDED D F C
A U. S. Ninth Air Force Bomber
base, Belgium For extraordinary
achievement in action during a raid
on an important Nazi target on Jan.
14, 1945, 2nd Lt. Raymond F. Batty,
bombardier - navigator with the
crack 391st "Black Death" B-26 Ma
rauder group, has been awarded
the Disling .lished Flying Cross.
Lt. Batty was formally presented
with the award by Major General
Samuel E. Anderson, commanding
general of the Ninth Bombard
ment division, during a special
ceremony held at an air strip
somewhere in France.
ON LEAVE
Home on Jeave to visit his par
ents, is Robert Buchanan, son of
Charles Buchanan of Lexington.
Robert is a member of the Seabees.
Volume 61, Number 8
Speed War's End '
Objective of Mighty
Seventh War Loan
More People Buying
Bonds Theme of
Current Campaign
Shortening of the conflict with
Japan is in the minds of the war
iinance committee in launching
the campaign to put over the
iiiigluy 7th War loan. Every effort
of those in charge of putting the
drive over will - be directed towards
getting more people to buy more
bonds, as it is felt that the more
strength shown in backing the war
etfort at home the more determi
nation to wipe out Japanese oppo
sition will be exercised by our
fighting' forces.
Local war iinance officials are
pleading with the people to make
their purchases early not to hang
back to see whether or not the loan
is going over but get busy and buy
now to assure that the quota will
be reached before the closing day
of the campaign. When it is remem
bered that $14,000,000,000 is to be
raised and that one-half of that
amount must be taken in E bonds
there is little time to wait and see
how the other fellow is meeting his
share. It will be up to each and
every individual to buy more than
has been the practice in the past.
To help boost individual sales,
the Star ' theatre has scheduled a
war bond premiere for Tuesday
evening, May 22. The show starts
at 7:30 p. m. and includes along
with the regularly scheduled film
showing, some local talent, and two
boys from McCaw General hospital
at Walla Walla will be featured
in musical numbers and a tlk. The
Heppner Women's Choral club will
sing several numbers and the di
rector, Mrs. O. G. Crawford, will
lead the audience in community
singing. Staff Sgt Willie Wool
ridge (colored) will sing and Cpl
Eugene Lien, paratrooper, will give
some of his experiences. In addition
there will be prizes for Rome of
the lucky bond purchasers who get
their names in the Victoiy Barrel
by attending the premiere.
The film offering is a Lum and
Abner produation, "Goiri lo Town."
These purveyors oi rustic mirth
are among the most popular come
dians playing to Star customers and
the management considers it a pri
vilege to offer this hit film to bond
buyers. Ask for your theater ad
mission ticket where you purchase
your war bond. Admission to this
program is limited to bond "purchas
ers only.
At 2 p. m. Saturday, May 2G,
a children's war bond and stamp
matinee will be held at the Star.
The entire program is being ar
ranged especially for the enjoy
ment of the juvenile citizens who
are backing the war effort with
their purchases of war bonds and
stamps. A ticket will not be neces
sary for admission but the child
ren must show their war bonds or
stamps at the theater door when
lhey attend the matinee. National
free movie night will be June 6,
the first anniversary of D-Day, the
program for which will be an
nounced in the June theater
calendar..
CALLED TO MT. VERNON
Mrs. F. W. Turner and Mrs. Anna
Baykss were called to Mt. Vernon
today by the serious illness of their
sister, Mrs. Lewis Morris. Mr. and
Mrs. O. Wendell Herbison took
them over.
Joe Hughes Sr. is able to be out
again after a three-weeks siege with
an intestinal infection.
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