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Erect New Jail or
Repair Old One
Urges Grand Jun
Group Turns in
Two True Bills,
Secret Indictment
Recommendation that the county
build a new jail or make major al
terations and repairs on the old one
was made by the Morrow county
grand jury in session at the court
house Tuesday. An inspection of the
"hoosegow" revealed it to be in
deplorable condition, in the lan
guage of the jury. j
Other matters on the grand jury
agenda included the finding of two
true bills and bringing in one sec
ret indictment.
Circuit Judge Calvin L. Sweek
held a court session Tuesday at
which time the case of John Davis,
carged with, obtaining money under
false pretenses, was heard. Davis
pled guilty and the judge remand
d him to the custody of Sheriff
Pat Mollahan until next Tuesday
when the judge will be here for
the regular December term of court
at which time sentence will be
passed.
An order of default was issued
in the case of Mary Patterson,
plaintiff, vs Lawrence Patterson,
defendant. Patterson made no ans
wer to Mrs. Patterson's suit for
divorce.
A decree of divorce was issued
in the case of Lucille vs Charles
Roseland.
Rev. Francis McCormack, Cath
olic priest of Heppner, was given
naturalization papers, he having
hitherto been a subject of the Em
erald Isle.
The grand jury, aside from find
ing the bills aforementioned, made
the following recommelndations:
Finding the county jail in a de
plorable condition, we suggest that
a new jail be built or major alter
ations and repairs be made to the
present one.
We recommend that additional
vault facilities for keeping county
records be made available to the
county clerk, and that particular
attention be given to repairing ex
isting vault to make it more fire
proof, especally the vault door.
Geore N. Peck is foreman of the
grand jury which includes Marion
A. Palmer, Gerald Swaggart, David
Hynd, Howard Evans, Earl Evans
and Gordon Banker.
Marcel Nusser, found uilty on a
charge of obtaining funds under
false pretense, was given a sentence
of three years in the state peniten
tiary. Marshall Dean Gilman took
the prisoner to Salem today, sub
stituting for Sheriff Pat Mollahan
who is suffering with a severe cold.
Lewis Osmin Dies '
In Mountain Cabin
The body of Lewis Albert Osmin,
41, was .brought to Heppner this
afternoon from the Charles Shilling
cabin in the mountains where
death came to the man last night
or early this morning. Osmin had
been cutting wood with two other
men and appeared in good health
last night before retiring. An ex
amination of the body by Coroner
A. D. McMurdo indicated that he
was the victim of a heart attack.
Lewis, who passed his 41st birth
day Nov. 14, was a veteran of World
War 11. He was born Nov. 14, 1904
at Heppner, the son of Albert Wil
liam and Emma Brundage Osmin,
pioneers of this section. He spent
his life on the farm a few miles up
Balm Fork south of Heppner.
Funeral arrangements had not
been made up to a late hour Thurs
day, pending word from relatives
Jiving at distant points.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 6, 1945
Chemurgy Points
Way to Steadier
Farm Crop Prices
Development of chemurgy in the
northwest means greater security
for the farmers of the region, de
clared Peter Van Waveren, sales
manager for the Northwest Chem
urgy, Inc., in a talk to members of
te Morrow hCounty Farm Bureau
Monday evening. Processing other
wise waste or low priced products,
placing them on a high commercial
basis is having its influence in
maintaining a better standard price
level.
Chemurgy, the processing of ag
ricultural products, started with
potatoes and now includes wheat.
It is with the latter that farmers of
this region are mostly concerned
and Van Waveren has been in touch
with the farmers in counties ad
joining and nearby The Dalles
where Northwest Chemurgy is pre
paring to erect a plant. This plant,
by the way, will be a building the
farmers as well as the people of
The Dalles will be justly proud of,
he states. It will be six stories high,
built on strictly modern design
an architectural triumph as well as
the last word in production effi
ciency. When in operation it will
produce dextrose sugar at the rate
of one-half cent per pound.
Low-grade milling wheat is the
type sougt for processing as it con
tains more starch. Nearly , every
farmer has a certain percentage of
each crop that grades down and it
is this percentage the processors
we after, or as much as member
ship in the cooperative permits.
MASONS HAVE BIG
MEETING TUESDAY
An unusual attendance was re
corded at the Masonic lodge Tues
day evening, one which probably
will go down in lodge annals as
THE meeting of 1945. Prompting the
large attendance were two factors.
First, that work in the third degree
was put on entirely by past mas
ters of the lodge and second, that
the worshipful master John Lane,
was host to the lodge at an oyster
supper.
Included in the visitor . list were
two Masons from Echo, A. C. Ebert
and Edward Liesegang, who came
to see Mr. Ebert's son Arnold, take
the degree,' and Carl Ewing of Pen
dleton who is in town in his official
capacity with the forest . service.
Visiting brothers also were present
from lone.
Mr. Lane was assisted in supper
preparations by Mrs. Lane, Mrs.
Harley Anderson, Mrs. Gordon
Banker and Mrs. Blaine Isom.
Meeting Peacetime Tasks in Changed
World Largely Matter of Educating Youth
If America is to maintain its
world prestige in an era of chang
ing conditions it will have to be
accomplished through the education
of our youth. That was the princi
pal thought in two addresses made
in the county Monday by Dr. Ro
ben J. Maaske, president of Eas
tern Oregon College of Education
at La Grande. Dr. Maaske spoke
Monday to the luncheon forum of
the Heppner chamber of commerce
and again in the evening at the
December meeting of the Morrow
County Farm Bureau at Rhea Creek
grange hall.
The speaker prefaced both talks
by brief outlines of work being
done at the La Grande callege,
stressing facilities offered returned
service men and women who may
wish to further their education un
der terms offered by the GI bill
of rights. The college has set up
courses to aid the veterans. Anyone
with a service record of 90 or more
days is entitled to one calendar
year of training and one additional
Barnett Store at
Lexington to Pass
To New Ownership
Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Warner Will Take
Over January 2
Sale of the W. F. Barnett & Co.
store in Lexington was announced
Monday of this week by Dona E.
Barnett and Trannie B. Parker,
owners since the passing of their
father, the late W. F. Barnett. Pur
chasers are Mr. and Mrs. H. E. War
ner of Lexington who will take pos
session Jan 2, 1946. The store has
been operated continuously by the
Barnett family for 43 years. Ill
health of Miss Barnett and Mrs.
Parker made it advisable that they
dispose of the property.
The Barnett family bought the
store building vacated by Nichols
& Leach in December 1902. Growth
of the mercantile business neces
sitated larger quarters and in Jan
uary 1917 they built a structure 34
by 66 feet and installed all new
equipment.
Throughout all the years mem
bers of the Barnett family have
been in charge and much of the
time have carried on with only , lim
ited assistance. With the passing of
Mr. Barnett the burden of operat
ing the business fell upon his dau
ghters and this, combined with car
ing for their mother until her death
has been a drain upon their health.
County Exceeds
Quota on E Bonds
Morrow county's quota of E
bonds was taken up and ' passed
during the week and there is a
comfortable margin left over to
help atone for the failure exper
ienced here in the 7th war loan. All
issues have been subscribed except
corporation purchases and these
will be taken care of in due time
Figures quoted Monday by bond
officials showed that up to that
time the Victory loan had been
over- subscribed more than $28,000
with E bonds oversold by at least
$3,000. It is not expected that pur
chases will continue to any extent,
but sales made up to Dec. 31 will
count in the county's quota,
o
Mrs. Howard Keithley is a pa
tient in St. Anthony's hospital, her
husband having taken her there
Wednesday.
year for each year in service. Tui
tion, books and other supplies are
furnished and a single person draw
$65 for board and room and miscel
laneous expenses. A married man
is entitled to $90 per month.
Sixteen veterans enrolled for the
fall term and 25 or more are due
for the winter term which opens in
January.
Getting down to the subject of
his address, Dr. Maaske stated that
educating for peace time tasks in
volves educating for numerous
changes. Since older people are the
victims of habit and custom and
not susceptible to changes, readily
at least, the problem lies in educat
ing our youth. He quoted Diogenes
who said "The foundation of any
state is the education of its youth."
We need renewed impetus on so
cial changes by civic organizations,
the speaker declared. Changing
conditions demand changing me
thods to meet them. He also con
tended that our problems are not
technological but human and should
County Selected as
Testing Ground in
Conservation Work
Morrow is one of two counties in
Oregon selected to make test sur
veys of soil conservation needs
which will become statewide for
the next three monts, said R. B.
Taylor, supervisor of field service
branch of the production and mar
keting association of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
at the county AAA meeting in
Heppner Saturday.
Marion is the other county select
de for testing the survey in which
1200 AAA farmer committeemen
will participate Taylor said. The
inventory of needs resulting from
the surveys are intended to show
the extent and type of farm prac
tices needed to check erosion, re
pair damages already done, restore
fertility and improve soil and water
resources. The study will also help
determine to what extent AAA
practice payments are necessary to
obtain the needed volume of con
servation. Survey results will be
used in planning programs and al
locating funds to counties for prac
tice payments.
To start the test in Morrow county
Saturday's newly elected commu
nity and county committeemen will
meet in Heppner Wednesday, Dec.
12 when initial plans will be drawn
Continued on Page Eight
Rainfal Heavy in
Gooseberry Section
Precipitation in the Gooseberry
district of Morrow county during
the month of November was quite
satisfactory to farmers of the. area,
according to Leonard Carlson, of
ficial weather observer. A total of
2.15 inches fell for the month bring
ing the mark since Sept. 1 up to
4.10. This is one and one-half inch
es more than fell during the same
period in 1944.
While recordings are not the
same in the several districts of the
county, it is quite safe to say that
the Gooseberry readings quite gen
erally represent the county. -
High winds have prevailed for
several days and a tendency in that
direction today was followed by a
generous shower this evening,
Precipitation this season is consid
erably above the figure recorded in
1944 and at the same time there
has been more wind.
LIKES SHANGHAI
Mrs. Cyrene Barratt is in receipt
of a letter from her son Jimmy who
is now in Shanghai, China. Jim
says it is a beautiful city, prac
tically untouched by the war, and
he likes it very much.
be approached from the human
angle.
Looking to the immediate future
for an answer to the question of
what is ahead of the young people
he cited a few figures to show why
they should prepare to enter the
different fields of endeavor that go
to make up our national life. The
present demand is for 4,000,000 new
automobiles, 2,000,000 refrigerators,
1,500,000 stoves 1,500,000 radios,
1,200,000 electric irons, 2,r00,000
things. These cannot be supplied in
new homes, and a host of other
a day, a week or a year.
Dr. Maaske believes it is essential
to educate ourselves for leisure
time, and for the development of
our physical and mental health. He
closed with a plea for world un
derstanding and tolerance, taking
the view that 'all the sacrifices of
the recent war will have been in
vain if the nations of the world fail
to come to a proper understanding.
The speaker was accompanied on
the trip by his wife.
Volume 62, Number 3?
Farm Electrification
Here Assured Thru
Loan From RE A
Money Will Build
Lines to Connect
With Bonneville
Farm electrification in Morrow
and adjoining counties has been
assured by news from Washington
D. C. that the Rural Electrification
Administration has sanctioned a
loan of $510,000 to the Columbia
Basin Electric Cooperative of Hep
pner for the purpose of constructing
lines purportedly to carry power
from Bonneville. Announcement
was made Monday evening at the
farm bureau meeting at Rhea
Creek grange hall by Henry Baker,
president of the cooperative, who
received official notice from REA
headquarters in St. Louis..
On Tuesday, Mayor J. O. Turner
and the Gazette Times received
wires from Senator Guy Cordon
Land Representative Lowell Stock
man, respectively.
In his statement at the Rhea
Creek meeting, Baker said the co
operative's operations will start at
lone where the Bonnaville author
ity will establish a sub-station.
Lines will be extended into the
farming areas of Morrow county
and the general plan includes lines
in Gilliam, Wheeler and parts of
Grant counties. It is assumed that
construction will start as soon as
materials are available.
Revival of the Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative activities dates
back to last spring when the gran
ges and the farm bureau decided
that the oranization should be rea
dy to renew the program as soon
as the war ended. Activities ceased
due to the war, at which time near
ly all materials for line construc
tion were frozen by the govern
ment. Senator Cordon's message reads:
"REA Administrator Claude R.
Wickard today approved REA loan
allotment in amount of $510,000 to
the Columbia Basin Electric Coop
erative, Heppner, Ore., for the pur
pose of constructing new rural po
wer lines in that area. Please ad
vise interested parties."
Rep. Lowell Stockman wired: "I
am today advised that the Rural
Electrification Administration has
approved a loan allotment of $510,-
000 to the Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative of Heppner and the
money will be used to build new
rural power lines."
C. W. Egan Taken
By
Death Dec. 5
C. W. Egan, retired railroad en
gineer who came to Heppner in
1928, passed away at 2 o'clock a.
m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, after an ex
tended illness. Mr. Egan suffered a
paralytic stroke about a year ago
and has been confined to his home
since.
Services will be held from the
Phelps Funeral Home chapel at c
o'clock p. m. Friday, Dec. 7, with
Archdeacon Neville Blunt ir
charge and interment in the Hepp
ner Masonic cemetery.
Charles William Egan was born
Sept. 8, 1869 at Amboy, 111. He fol
lowed railroading most of his adull
life, coming to Oregon 33 years ago
fie worked on both the Heppnei
and Condon branches coming hert
in 1928 to make his home. He wat
married at Minneapolis, Minn, anc
is survived besides the widow, Ag
nes, by two daughters, Helen ant
Frances Egan of Heppner arid t.
son, Frank Egan of Bend.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Isom expec.
to go to Pendleton Friday when
Mrs. Isom will attend a librarians
meeting.
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