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H O H O O m . c: Mustangs Add Two Victories In Play During Past Week Pendleton B and Arlington Latest Patemen Victims That wild herd of Heppner high Mustangs cut two more notches on the barrel of its victory gun during the past week. The Patemen drove to Arlington Friday and rolled over the Honker flock 14-0. and after a four-day rest snatched a hardfought victory from the Pendleton B squad, 7-6. Heppner's scoring at Arlington was done in the second quarter. Receiving Arlington's kick the Mustangs ran the ball back to the Honker 20-yard line. Two plays later Tom Hughes went around end for 12 yards and a touchdown. Archie Padberg went through the line to convert. Later in the same quarter Bus ter Padberg took a lateral pass from Skip Connor and "ran ten yards for a touchdown and follow ed this up by making an off-tackle smash for the extra point. Score, Heppner 14, Arlington 0. Heppner and Condon are now tied for first place in league stand ing. . Excitement ran high on the Ro deo grounds Wednesday afternoon when the Mustangs eked out a one-point margin over the strong Pendleton B team, 7-6. Up until the final whistle it was anybody's game for although crowded into their own goal zone the B's kept fighting and looking for a possible break that would give them the game. Pendleton scored in the first quarter but failed to convert. Un dismayed, the Mustangs came back early in the second quarter to score and convert. From then on it was a struggle, with Heppner threatening and holding in the doubtful moments. Hughes was put on the bench in the third with a wrenched knee but this did not perturb the team. The fight went on and the Mustangs outdistanced their rivals in yardage. All in all, it was a game to see. From the sidelines it looked like an evenly matched set-up, both as to size of players and style of play, with Heppner just about one point better. Next Mustang engagement is at Condon Nov. 2. ATTENDS FLORAL MEETING Mrs. Edwin Dick Jr. returned Tuesday evsning from Spokane where she attended the 21st annual convention ot the Northwest Flor ists association Oct. 20-22. The meeting was held in the Davenport hotel and about 300 florists were present from all parts of the north west. There was a school of design with demonstrations by outstanding designers which Mrs. Dick espec ially enjoyed. Doe Deer Tags to Be Drawn Monday Hunters who want their applica tions included in the drawing for pecial tas to hunt doe deer in the Fort Rock-Silver Lake area' of northern Lake county must have the applications filed at the Oregon State Game Commission office in 616 Oregon building, Portland, by the end of the day's business on Monday, Oct. 29. Only 800 tags will be issued and since the number of applications will exceed this number, a drawing will be held at ten o'clock, Wed nesday morning, Oct. 31, at the commission's office. The drawing will be open to the public. The tags will be good for hunt ing only during the period Dec. 1 to 5, inclusive. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 25, 1945 Vagrancy Charge Brings Jail Term Larry D. Patterson was senten ced to a six-month term in the county jail Wednesday when he appeared before Justice of the Peace J. O. Hager on a vagrancy charge. The justice passed the sentence with a reservation that pending good behavior and a de sire to get out and work and sup port his family the time might be shortened. Patterson was picked up by City Marshal Dean Gilman, who filed the charge. Earlier in the week Patterson pled guilty to an assault and bat tery charge which cost him a $50 fine and costs of $5.50. Then he received a 15-day sentence on an intoxication count, and to finish the job the justice issued an order of interdiction, taking the man's liquor permit away from him. ILLNESS AT HERBISONS Wendell Herbison has been a very sick man this week suffering from a throat infection. To make matters worse Mary Esther, little daught er of the Herbisons has been very ill also. She has been running an extremely high temperature which has been very baffling. Mrs. Her bison and Mary Esther are in Pen dleton where the little girl has been in the hospital under obser vation.' She is greatly improved and they are expected home in the near future. o IN TOWN TODAY Mrs. B. F. Swaggart and her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Wheeler of Pendleton, were Heppner visitors today. They have been at the Swaggart ranch about a week and will remain as long as the weather is nice. Mrs. Swaggart has spent most of the past year at Pendleton, taking the summer off to go to the beach. REMAINS IN NAVY Lt. Com. Ted Thomson recently declined a discharge from the U. S. navy and has been sent to the Marshall-Gilbert islands area as aide flag lieutenant to Adrimal Harrell. Lt. Com. Thomson is the son of Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson of Heppner and has been in the navy since 1940. o ELLIOTTS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Elliott, for mer Heppner people now residing at Milton, are in the county this week. Elliott came for his annual deer hunt and Mrs. Elliott is the guest of friends while waiting for her husband to bring in a buck. INVALIDED HOME Rufus Kyle Cox, MAMlc, bro ther of W. C. and Elbert Cox of Heppner has been invalided home. He visited his brothers here the past week and is preparing to return to his home at Galax, Va. Miss Kathryn Turner is visiting her mother, Mrs. Grace Turner for a short time, coming down from the University of Washington at Seattle where she is a sophomore, Precipitation in 1945 More Than But Farmers Would Appreciate Opinion may be divided on af fairs of state, about what to do with the atomic bomb, whether President Truman is a rightist or a leftist, or whether McArthur is pursuing the right policy in Japan, but there is one thing all of us agree upon the weather. And much could be said about improv ing it if it were a matter of writ ing our congressman or having the chamber of commerce do some thing about it. Realizing the im practicalities of protesting to con gress or suggesting that the cham ber do something about it, the next best thing is to accept the local weather recorder's figures and pray that Mother Nature be more Teaching Youth How Task of Educators in Education for post-war tasks was i the theme of the annual teachers' institute held at La Grande Thurs day and Friday of last week, and some of the phases of the theme were discussed at the Monday luncheon of the chamber of com merce by Mrs. Lucy Rodgers and George Corwin. Mrs.. Rodgers ' reported on the subject of training the youth of the land to practice democracy. It is the belief of educators that it is practical to arrange study courses to include living out those princi ples heretofore taken in' theory only. They would teach the young people not to hate our enemies who in peace time are our neighbors; to inculcate a spirit of friendliness and understanding of all peoples regardless of race or color. Unless this is done, unless we develop a spirit of wholesomeness tolerance, especially towards the colored races,, the time may not be far distant when another war far more destructive than the one just closed will come and when it is over the white race no longer will Georges Dispose of Condon Interests In town Monday from Condon, Mrs. Walter George stated that she and her husband had disposed of their business interests at Condon and have bought residence proper ty in Heppner which they will oc cupy the first of Nevember. Mrs. George has been managing the Liberty theater and Rink hall in Condon and for a time operated the theater at Kinzua. The Condon properties were part of the Sigs bee enterprises which include the Star theater in Heppner. The Georges have purchased the Marquardt, the former C. B. Cox residence property of Mrs. Lorena home. Furniture was included in the deal so that immediate occupa tion will be possible. Mrs. George will take an active part in manage ment of the local show house. NEW OIL FURNACE Installation of a new oil furnace has been completed at the Metho dist church and will be in operation next Sunday, cacording to the pas tor, Rev. Fletcher Forster, who as sures members and the public that the building will be comfortable. o Guests of Mr. and and Mrs. Or ville Smith this week are Mrs. Smith's brother John Pfeiffer and wife and little daughter, Julie Ann. They came Monday and will. leave tomorrow. Mr. Pfeiffer has just been discharged from the army. Mrs. Anna Bayless accompanied her son, Howard Swick, to Monu ment Wednesday. Mr. Swick had been to Portland with a load of stock. Mrs. Bayless expects to be away quite some time. attentive to our needs. Checking over the weather chart for the current year up to Wed nesday of this week it was surpris ing to find that as far as precipita tion is concerned 1945 has a better record than 1944. That does not mean that there is more moisture at this time than there was the same date last year for 1944 was credited with a hold-over supply from the wet year of 1943. It does mean that 1945 is on its own and although precipitation is almost on a normal basis, there is need of abundant rainfall to insure the 1945 crops. Figures for the two years for the 10-month period show that 1945 is 3.70 inches ahead of 1944, or to Live Democracy Postwar Period dominate the world. Mr. Corwin called attention to the army's program to assist high school youths who entered the ser vice before completing the pre scribed course. The army has de veloped a general achievement test which boys in this class are tak ing and may take before leaving the service. It is designed to cover the unfinished portion of the high school course and will assist those who have added two or three years af age since leaving school. Corwin urged that all veterans about to leave the service avail' themselves of this test and have it evaluated for use in entering insti tutions of higher learning. Mention was also made of the compulsory school attendance law. Mrs. Rodgers called attention to the clause relative to employers hiring people under school age. Such employment is permissible only by securing a permit from the state employment office, from the navy after four years ser- Bill Lanham, recently discharged vice, was introduced to the club by his brother Conley. C. & II. COUNCIL TO MEET AT WALLA WALLA The November meeting of the Blue Mountain Camp and Hospital council will be held at 10 a. m. Nov. 2 in Walla Walla. The meeting will be held at the Veterans hos pital and anyone is welcome to at tend, according to Mrs. Ralph Thompson, chairman of the Mor row committee. MISSIONARY FROM AFRICA TO SPEAK AT VALBY Services will be held at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at Valby Lutheran church in Goose berry. Pastor A. C. Zeilinger, a missionary from Africa, will be the speaker. He is i nthe employ of the Lutheran church and is in Ainer board of foreign missions of the ica on a furlough. Born at Mitchell, Iowa, he was ordained into the ministry July 12, 1905 and was sent to Africa in 1921. He returned to America in 1925 after having toured the entire mission field afoot and reported findings to the National Lutheran Council. The board again sent him to Africa in 1929 where he has re mained with the exception of brief intervals and furloughs in Amer ica. n .Mrs. Cyrene Barratt entertained nine young people at dinner at her home Monday evening in honor of Marylou Ferguson, who departed for college Wednesday morning. After a delicious meal the evening was spent in dancing. The guest list included Colleen and Marian Miller, Doris Shaeffer, Bruce Smith, Bob Gammell, Don Hatfield, Jack Pickens and Carl Plank. 1944 Rainfall, Some Moisture .97 of an inch more than the 12 months total in 1944. To prove that rains do not come on regular sche dules in this area the record shows that in May 1944 only .49 of an inch fell while in May 1945 2.74 inches were recorded. No rain fell August 1944 while .08 of an ire fell in August 1945. Despite rain shortages farmers have done their seeding with the hope that moisture will come in time to aid in sprouting the grain. Some cold nights have been ex perienced but until the old ratio of three hard frosts in succession to one good rain gets to working the brain may remain dormant pending the usual winter precipitation. Volume 62, Number 31 Concerted Drive Planned to Put Over Victory Loan Lethargy Due to War's End Worry To Drive Officials A campaign to raise Morrow county's share of the Victory Loan will be launched early in Novem ber, according to war finance of ficials. It is contended that the ef fort to raise $190,000 will be al most as great as in previous drives which bordered on the one-half billion mark, due to the lack of interest which has been more no ticeable since cessation of hostil ities. . Although the plan has not been fully worked out, it is anticipated that a house-to-house canvass will be put in motion early in the cam paign, differing from other drives when personal convassing was de layed until near the close. An ear ly personal canvass should stir more interest in the bond issue and help put the drive over in the al lotted time. Stress is being put on the E bonds. It is the desire of the treiu ury department to put these sav ings into the hands ot more people. Corporations and wealthy individ uals are more inclined to buy interest-bearing certificates and a siz able portion of tne $11,000,000,000 nas been apportioned to mat ciass, but the need lor small investors to buy b, bonus is as great in the cur tent loan as in wartime issues. ATI LANDED BAR MEETING Mayor and Mrs. J. O. Turner weie in attendance at the meeting ot the Oregon liar association last ween, at Ucarnait and repot t a most enjoyauie time, lvuuiy old inends were mere aim the wand of weather was ox top noicn yuamy. xne luiut'is retmiieu nonie aun uay. AEER HUNTING Howaiu laiyant is spending his vacation away uom ins uuues at me burnt nunung ueer in me mountains this week. Dr. L. D. nobles and cornet ureen are also m Uie mountains at mis lime. Mrs. Louise Ritchie was severely burned Saturday wnen me lye soap sue was mixing spilled on her seaming her badly, iier conuiuun is muui better now, and she is auie to be about lier nouaeiioid uisks. Miss Marylou Ferguson entered Wnitman coatga Vveane&uay morn ing wHere sue excu to major in piano sne was uu.en to Waua Vv al ia by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ferguson and Mrs. James Valentine drove to Spo kane Wash., this morning to re main for a few days. Mr. Valentine went up earlier in the week when he took a truck load of cattle. Mrs. Norman Florence entertain- cd the members of her family her father, Robert Gammell. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gammell of Ritter were here for the occasion. TO INSPECT WARSHIP D. Jones has gone to Seattle to spend Navy day with his son Dee Jr. whose ship is in dock there. One of the high lights of the trip for Mr. Jones will be a tour of inspection of the ship, the U. S. S. Bunker Hill. The commanding of ficer has given Dee Jr. permission to show his father around the flat top which will occupy the greater part of two days. Mr. Jones will return to his home Sunday night.