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Heppner Gazette Times Rodeo Season on Way In; First Dance Slated For Saturday, July 27 Cowboy and cowgirl regalia, fan cy saddle stock and a certain amount of whooppee will soon be the order around these parts as the time draws near for the annual western classic the Heppner Ro deo. Car signs have been in evi dence since before the Fourth, and some of the local horsemen have been keeping their riding gear and their ponies in condition for sev eral weeks. First intimation of the approach of Rodeo Days is announcement of the opening dance which will be staged at the fair pavilion in Hep pner on Saturday evening, July 27. For this event, the orchestra which furnished the music for the Rodeo dances last year has been retained Jim's Cascadians of The Dalles. This will be the kick-off dance and will set the pace for succeeding dances which will con. tinue up to the Saturday night pre- Granges of the county are sched ceding the Rodeo. uling dances for the selection of at tendants. This schedule will lead up to August 31, date of the Queen's dance. Selection of queen rests with the directors of the Ro deo association and their decision will be anrfbunced soon. Harley Tucker's rodeo stock will be used in the 1946 show. This as sures plenty of action, as those who saw the 1945 show can testify. With the war out of the way there should be more riders and other performers. Foster's United Shows will be the carnival attraction. This is a considerably bigger outfit than the two carnivals which united here last year. , . Heppner Winds Up Season With Win Just to remove the bad taste from the mouths of fans, the Hepp ner ball club wound up the 1946 season by trimming Arlington, 13-8, at the Rodeo grouds Sunday after noon. It was a good day for Jack Miller, who not only pitched a good game but had the support of his teammates. Arlington announced the game would be protested inasmuch as Hepper used a man who has been playing with the lone team during the season. Since there will be no more games the decision will not affect the standing of the local club. Miller stayed for the full nine innings and pievenlcd Arlington from bunching hits and runs. Hep pner ran up eight tallies in the first three innings and from tnen on crowded a run in occasionally. Kenny Hovt was behind the plate for Heppner: Ray Masscy, first base, Joe Aiken, second. Har ry Van Horn, shortstop, Dub Aik. en and Norman Bergstrom, third, Jim Barratt, lelt field. Bob Pinck- ney, center and Doug Drake right field. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Fields were vis iting relatives of Mrs. Fields here last week-end from their home in Yakima- Mrs- Fields was formerly Mrs. Irene Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Harshman were in from their mountain rach last Thursday reporting it is the ideal liic out there these balmy days. Mr- and Mrs Burl Coxen drove to Portland Sunday to spend a few days. Claude Dcvine has been helping out at the barber shop in Mr. Coxen's absence. Mrs. Dick Wells, Mrs. Louise King and Mrs. C. P. Brown are at tending tlie Legion auxiliary con vention in Portliid this week as re presentatives of the Heppner aux iliary. Mrs. Hilma Anderson and Mrs. Carl Allen accompanied Mrs- King to the city. Mr. and Mrs. J- G. Cowins are spending tlie week in Portland. r:ep that CZ '..NMENT INSURANCE FcL'A ! A WHALE OP A POLICY FOR A MIGHTY SMALL PRICE News From C. A. Office At a meeting of the Morrow county farm labor and wage com mittees held last Thursday, Earl Gardiner, wage stabilization offi cer, reminded committeemen tnat specific wage ceilings are still in effect. Many farmers were of the opinion that removal of OPA ceil ings also removed wage ceilings, While wage ceilings still are in effect, Mr. Gardiner pointed to special cases where farmers may appeal to the Oregon Wage Board for a change in the ceiling If hard ships were being created. How ever, it .appears as if Morrow coun. ty farmers are getting along quite well with the existing ceilings. For hose farmers who are interested maximum wage rates for non-irrigated areas established by the ceiling order are: General farm labor, $8 00 per and board, or $200 per month and board. Most labor being sent out from the Farm Labor office at $7 per day. Machine mechanics, furnishing their on tools, $2 00 per hour. Wheat and pea harvest: Combine operators, unskilled,, unable to re pair harvesting machinery. $1500 per day and board- This seems to be the going wage at present. Skilled operator;!, who repair machinery $2000 per day and board. Many Morrow county farm- rs are paying $17.50 for this type of. labor. Tractor drivers, crawler type. $12 00 per day and board, $10.00 being offered by our farmers. Sack sewers, $12.00 per day and board. Header tenders, sack jiggers and all other wheat and dry pea har vest labar. $10 00 per day and board. Morrow county farmers are paying $9.00 at present. Tractor drivers doing summer fallow work during wheat and dry pea harvest season, $12 00 per day and board. Farmers in Boardman and Irri. gon irrigation projects are covered by an $85 an hour rate. Many potato growers find that labor is not available at that figure and have made appeals for an increas ed rate of from $1.00 to $1.25 per '.our. In all cases these appeals lave been granted by the Oregon wage board. However, it should be understood that farmers in irrigat- ;d sections must have a permit If wages exceeding $.85 per hour are paid. Katherine Monahan has taken over her duties as Morrow county home demonstration agent and be gan work July 15. Miss Monahan is well qualified for her position in leading home economics work as she has had consderable experience in this type of work. She has been -ctiv in 4-H club work in Gilliam county the past few years. Siie cemes here from Corvallis where she has been attending an exten sion t: aining course the past sev eral weeks. Miss Monahan hopes to meet the tnirn women of Morrow county scon and is ready to assist in any way possible. 0. W. . Cutsforlh reports very ef fective results from a DDT spray ing of his .beef herd for fly control. Cutslorth sprayed his beef herd with a 50 wettable DDT powder using 4 pounds of powder to 100 gallons of water. This was applied with a power sprayer which was capable of producing 400 pounds pressure, at a rate of approximately ly one gallon per animal. The spraying was made on June 13 and was still elective in keeping flics away alter four weeks when last observations ere made. Florence Bergstrom county ag ent's secretary, returned last Frl. day after attending a conference for secretaries held at the Sacnja wca hotel i La Grande. Secretaries from 13 eastern Oregon counties attended the conference where training was given in office proce dure, filing and various phases of cxtention work. Clifford Smith, assistant county agent leader, and Miss Frances Clinton, assistant state home demonstration leader, nsi .t- 1 with the meeting. Mrs. Eller .Brock of Pendleton was a guest of her sister, Mr, lines the first of the week. Josie Mrs. Ruth Sl'nnc of Bingen, Wash, was a Heppner visitor Tues- Jfly. She Is a former Heppiic.ite and wilt hit mmpmplwrflil Ba Ruth Van Vactor. .1 . . . Ellis and Earl Thomson were in Heppner the sore part of the week m a busiess mission. Guests at the J J Nys home last week were Mr. Nys' dnughter, Mrs. Kathcryn Grecnberg, and her friend, Miss Dorothy Rowell. both of Portland, One Parks on Side Of Road in Iowa Thunder Storm When a thunderstorm blows up in Iowa there is but one thing for motorist to do and that is to park on the side of the road. At least that's what three Oregon wo men concluded to do as they were crossing the midwestern state and one of the typical summer storms struck. Mrs- Lucy Rodgers was a mem. ber of the group returning from Bufjalo, N. Y. where they attend ed a meeting of the Nationat Edu cational association. The rain was so heavy and the lightning so con stant that driving was too great a hazard, so the car was parked on the side of the road. When the storm cleared it was found that a ditch ran alongside the highway and to the rear of their car was a gasoline tanker. The ladies were convinced that "what you don't know doesn't hurt you" had a defi nite meaning in their case. Teacher Institute Set For October 3-4 Mrs. Lucy Rodgers spent Tues. day in La Grande attending a meeting called for the purpose of choosing a meeting place and set ting the date for the annual teach ers' institute- The invitation of Pendleton was accepted and Oct 3 and 4 was the date chosen. Grant county withdrew from the institute, leaving six counties to participate. Those remaining in are Malheur. Baker, Union Wallowa, Umatilla and Morrow. Good talent will be brought to the institute, Mrs. Rodgers stated, and a gaod attendance is anticipat ed. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED .... Mrs. Elizabeth Gadeken of Bush, nell, Neb., has announced the en gagement of her daughter, Grace to Mr, Douglas Drake of Heppner. The wedding will be an event of September. The bride-to-be has been a resident of Heppner the past yiar. during which time she served as emergency home demon stration agent. Mr. Drake is the son of Mr. and Mrs R- K. Drake of Sand Hollow. FORMER TEACHER VISITS Mrs. Gertrude WTiities and son Faul o. Prineville were Heppner visitors a few hours Tuesday- They came to see about a job for Paul which did not materialize. Mrs. Whiteis, a former resident of Heppner where she taught in high school for several years, was busy looking up old friends, including some of her former students. We acknowledge a pleasant call, at the G-T office. Irrigon News Items Mrs. J. A. Shoun Mrs. Lena Wilson of Portland ar rived Monday to visit her mother, Mrs. Martha Ferrill and other re latives. Marshall Markham of Spokane spent the week-end with his fam ily here going back Monday morn ing. The Assembly of God church members surprised Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Warner Monday night in onor of their sixteenth wedding inniversary. The young people of the Bap- tist Community church and Rev- and Mrs. Winquist and son went to Bingham Springs Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Abkken went to Kcnnewick Saturday for .he week-end Mrs- Lee Smith and Mrs. Ida Slaughter gave a bridal shower for Mis. Ollis Lathrop at the Smith home Friday afternoon. A social hour was held with refreshments served. Some lovely and useful gifts were presented- Mrs. W. L. Olmstead and child :en went !o Fcndhton Monday. Mr. and Mi's. Leroy Darling went to Portland Saturday and arc spending a few days there Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith and son Steven and brother John Smith and Mrs. Tom Caldwell left for Boise Saturday to visit relatives. Miss Ella Mae Grim is working at the Umatilla Cooperative cream ery at llermiston- The windows for tlie Assembly of God church are here. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dexter and family of Tacoma are visiting his parents the V. B. Dexters, her sis ter, Mrs. Calvin Allen and his sis ter. Mrs. Dan Hill and families. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Evans are living in n tent on the Oliver place until they can get materials to bum! a house. Frl Reunrd let Saturday for Roscburg where he has employ hi"i Mrs. Violet Amos and three cail-,ti-..n lelt for Kelloior, Ida- after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs Flmer Riieker for several weeks. Mrs. Ituckcr is mtuh improved in ! fren, Mrs Evelyn Uitmop ot urunance has returned home after visiting I rch'l'ves in Irrigon, Biiy Allen came home Smut-day : fr,,. i,u.i Lewis where he got his ; Whiirtf from the army, ne 1. n otntinnpd in the Slates for row tin-? but was in some of the fiizhlnff at Okinawa. ,. Dnimlns went to n picnic at Mm. Irwin Pici siin a id Vmlirrnnt snrlngs Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Browning was In Pendleton Monday. nnd Mrs. Adren Allen and two children of Redmond came to visit the C- W. Acock ana 11. w. Grim families Monday. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 18, 1946 Large Fund Needed To Develop Modern Airport Airports do not just grow. Nei ther are they built on well-wish, ing. It requires money, and plenty of it, to develop a modern landing field and its accompaniments; that is, if you are living up to the re quirements "of the federal govern ment with the expectation of get ing a little of that easy jack all of us provide the boys in Washing ton with to hand out at their dis cretion. The Lexington airport has been in operation about a year and in that time, from appropriations, do nations, and funds acquired from dances, more than $8,000 has been accumulated. Most of this has been spent in acquiring the land, mak ing runways, and erecting build ings and installing such equipment as is essential for operating an air port. Those in charge of the air port have made the funds ' stretch just as far as possible and have Flower Shop To Re-open August 1 Mrs. Edwin Dick Jr. has com. pleted arrangements for the sale of her floral business to Mrs. Ed Bucknum. Negotiations have been under way for some time and only this week announcement was made that the deal has been completed and that Mrs. Buekum will take over on August 1. In the mean time, Mrs. Dick has been carrying on the business at her residence and will continue to fill orders there until Mrs. Bucknum opens the store. Mrs- Bucknum has secured space in tl'e Oddfellows building from the REA management. The room lias just been vacated by the Hep pner Hardware Si Electric company and will make a good location for the flo: al business. Furnishings for the flower shop will be installed as soon as the room is entirely cleared. The concern will be called The Flower Shop and the proprietor will use her own name, Faye Bucknum. in all business trans actions. Mrs. Bucknum returned the first ot the v.ci-k from Portland where she spent several days establishing connections with floral houses and brushing up on the fine points of the business. EXTENSION LEADERS HERE C. W. Smith, extension director, L. J. Allen, assistant club leader, and Mrs. Mabel Mack, home man agement specialist, conferred here Wednesday with Miss Kathryn Monahan, newly, appointed home demonstration agent and Nelson Anderson, couiuy agent. Object ot the visit was to help the new agents launch their programs in the county. "CANYON PASSAGE" PREMIERE OUTSTANDING SUCCESS It was the good iortune of the Gazette Times publishers to attend the premiere of "Canyon Passage' in Portland last Saturday. One of the big features of the program was the parade in which towns outside of Portland participated. To the backwoods people it was a treat to see some of the favorite movie stars and other big lights of the cinima capital. Elsa Maxwell emceed Saturday evening when numerous prominent personages were introduced. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Steers and granddaughter, Elvira Duke were visiting relatives in tlie county the past week from their home at Kla mah Falls. The Steers leit Morrow county some 20 years ago and have not been here for five years. Uhey report enjoying meeting old time friends. VA LAWYER "WOMAN OF THE YEAR , Col. Mary Ajnei Brown, who recently I rejoined the Veterani Adminiitration'i f V1 legal Half after a wartime leave oil afS abnce, K01 been voted Wasninston'i S -WomonoftheYeaf-bytheSoropti-l T mrt Oub, a buiincit and profetsiona! r $ women's orsanization. Colonel Brown, 1 I iliawn holding a medal that wai part "J? ""f of iKt award, served on General Moc-1 ; jr IWs'!v'5J Arthur ' ttaff durinj the Philippine cam-1 ' $ parsn at officer-in-charge of all WAG - v-"J!l- in that theater. r V V 0 x YH - N mHltmmKmmmmmmmmmm 11' iinr il..a-.i,i-,.i..- .... ,.,........, J accomplished a lot. Now they are confronted with the necessity of of making more improvements be fore tlie port can be used as a training base for veterans under a GI set-up. Part of the improve ments are being met, including completion of the main structure of the quonsett hut. End walls and sliding doors have been obtained for the hut but the funds are lack ing for laying a concrete floor, and the installation of water and rest roms. A meeting of the airport com mission was held in Lexington Monday eveninb when It was deter mined that regardless of financial difficulties the program of devel opment will be carried on with the expectation that when require ments of the federal aeronautics commission are met there will be a fair chance of obtaining suffici ent federal funds to really put the Lexington airport on the map. HONORED AT BIRTHDAY PARTY FRIDAY EVENING Mrs. Norman Nelson, Mrs. Al fred Nelson Jr. and Miss Ellen Nelson were hostesses for a birth, day party given in honor of Mrs. A. H. Nelson at the Nelson farm home Friday evening. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Batty, Mr and Mrs. Myles Martin,-Mrs. Mabel Morgan, Mis. Maude Pointer, Mrs. Anne Smouse, Mrs. Minnie Forbes, Mr. and Mrs. Keneth Smouse, Miss Shirley Smouse, A. H., Norman and Alfred Nelson Jr. Monument Young People Wed Here The apartment home of Mr. and Mrs- Ray Massey was the scene of a wedding ceremony Thursday evening. July 11, when Mrs. Mas rey's brother. Ned D. Sweek claimed Miss Lillian Rose Simas as his bride. Rev. Fletcher Forster of ficiated using the single ring cere mony. A few guests were in after the wedding for refreshmets. The newlyweds are from Monu ment and plan to make their home in Heppner. Mrs. Sweek is at pre sent employed as cashier account ant at Walla Walla airbase where she will remain until August 23 training another to take her place. FOSMER RESIDENTS VISIT - Mrs. Richard Lee of Portland and Miss Florence Ralston of Cas per, Wyo. were Heppner visitors the fore part of the week. Mrs. Lee is the former Norma Fredricks and. vt;. ri,.,.- - n j v r i . u rfirlhnod nnrp Mice Hplcton has been on vacation in California. She stopped in Portland to spend some tim-e with Mrs- Lee and they de cided to run up to Heppner and look up old friends. They left Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rodgers and son from Lcnerock are visiting relatives and friends here. Mr, and Mrs. Vern Dalzell were attending to matters of business here from the Condon farm Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Alderman and small son Duane left July 3 for a month's vacation and visit with Archie's patents and other re latives in various parts of the state of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs- Jim Burnside have taken a job with the state fire guard on Chapen creek south of Hardman for tlie fire season. Mrs. Irene Marciel, Mrs. Celia Burnside of Oakland Calif, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fraters of Portland are ! last week. assisting their paints, Mr. andi Mrs. Frank Engelman attended Mrs. Frank Fraters' with the har- I the CampbelL wddmg Wiu vest work at the Eightmile ranch.' Z2Fjgi -Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hams were in j the home of Mrs- Echo ' Pd town Saturday. Mrs. Hams is re- Saturday. July 13 member. cuperating nicely from a major operation. Stores Announce Longer Hours During Harvest Season A much mooted question was settled here early this week when Heppner stores decided to keep open longer hours during the har vest season. This applies mostly to grocery stores and markets and hardware stores. Under the summer schedule, which closes Sept. 1. the stores will open at 8 a- m- and close at 6 pm. except on Saturday when some of them will remain open until 8 p m. This move was made to accom modate farmers who may find it difficult to get to town before 6 o'clock Saturday evening and for those who may want to make pur chases at an earlier hour. Week's News From lone and Vicinity Mrs- Echo Palmateer Miss Delight Biddle is visiting at the home of her brother Bille at Mikalo. Mrs- Franklin Lindstrom was hostess at a bridal shower given m honor of Mrs. George Gordon formerly Luella Armstrong, of Ar lington last Friday. Leon Ball, son of Elmer Ball, ar rived home last week after receiv ing his honorable discharge from the U. S. navy. Matthew Doherty of the U. S. army, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Doherty arrived home Friday from Texas for a 23 day furlough. He will then go on to Camp Stone Calif. A bridal shower was given in honor of Mrs. Clifford Carlson at the Lutheran parish house in Gooseberry Sunday. Guests at the Ella Davidson home Sunday of last week were Mrs. David Wilson. Mrs. Willard Blake and daughter, Mrs. Alva .iones, Mrs. H. D. McCurdy and Harlan McCurdy Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Myrle Barkhurst visited at the Roy Lindstroms last week. They are on their vacation. Mr. Barkhurst is a traffic director ior the Pan-American Clipper. The Birthday club met at the Congregational church parlors July 9 with Mrs. Ida Coleman and Mrs. Darrell Padberg as hostesses. The party honored Mrs. Sam Esteb and Mrs. Echo Palmateer who received lovely gifts. Birthday cake, ice cream and coffee were served by the hostesses. Mis. Kate Snuff in of Estacada and Mrs. Rena Duncan of Portland are guests at the H- O. Ely home at Morgan. Mrs. Snuffin i3 a. cou sin and Mrs. Duncan an aunt of Mrs- Ely. Mr. and Mrs. O- W. Probst and granddaughter of Lamonia Iowa were guests of Mrs. 1.11a Davidson for a couple of days last week. The Probsts are on a vacation trip and stopped on their wav uirougn here- y . - . . . . M:s. Ida Coleman is cocking for hariesters at the Foster Odom ranch. Word has been reeeh-d that Lonnie Ritchie is able to leave the hospital at Pendleton. Hev- John F. Menil! left Wed r :'sday for Camp Adam- near Moll hla to attend a Congregational ju nior camp. Those gou.g with him are Delores Drake, L:'c Linn Ro land Baker and Johnny Bristow. Thev will be gone a wee. T':ere will be no morning service at the Cooperative church Sunday- Mit of the farmers in this com mnniiv started combinning this week. The HE.C. of Willows grange will meet at the home of Mrs. Os car Lundell Friday. July 19 for an all-day meeting with a pot luck dinner at noon. Miss Virginia McClain of Seattle is srendinp a month with her sister Mrs. Herbert Ekstrom. Week-end vsitors at the Ekstrom home were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Inlis and child ren of Portland. Rev- Paul Davics of Portland was an lone visitor Thursday oi . ana one nuesi 1 ice cream, cookies and coffee was I cprved. I Mr. and Mrs- Garland Swanson j and children left for Salem Mon i i.i viol relatives. Paul OMcara was taken DacK iu The Dalles hospital last week. Mrs. o'M,,.,-. ic with him. Lindsay returned 1 (,., TWiland Saturday Mr and Mrs- Raymond Lundell entertained several young people of t'e community at dinner bun- Kenneth Lundell. son of Mr. and Mrs O- L Lundell is leaving tor n.,i'l.t Calii. Tuesday. A party .. .... i....n in his honor Monday win h. r,ttl,. Tommv Harris, son ot Mrs 11 ic lighter ft., ,1 raw dav insi w was lUMieu i' , , , ... .. ;ll .,ff.-is developed. , 1 .l.M-lor ton dui n " ; 1 Mr and Mrs- venum " ibildron of Nvsa spent the week end v it'u Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Den ncv and Mrs. Agnes Wilcox. Uobbv Evcrson returned home ... ..1..:. ,,., two weeks visit 1UUHUI. iiv." " ;-- . . , Spokane tl mis oroinei-"-"" Mr. and' Mrs. James and sister Ynn-bliKul. , . .1. r , nnblie hbrarv by (Hi IO I'll' i'-" i--"" The following books were donat- 1... ,k..i M,iran. "Skip to my l,nr" C:.mp: "Three O'clock Din ner. Pim-kney; naio I Spring; "Those Other People by I O'Denmll and "Earth and Hig" Heaven". Graham. Those going to Ritter springs I Tuesday were Rev- and Mrs. Joe Stevens and son Jimmy, Mrs. miuy Kincaid and sons and Mrs. Ralph Labor Plentiful Here As Harvest Gets Into Motion; Wages High Forest and Range The first fire of the year was found last week at the head of Jones canyon. It started from a lightning strike and covered about one-fourth acre before it was ex tinguished. Fire weather the past week has been cool and favorable from a forester's standpoint The relative humidity has been high for this time of the year, and the tempera tures are cool- Weather stations are maintained. during the fire season at Heppner,1 Madison Butte, Tamarack Mountain and Camp Five. Records are main tained on the temperature, relative humidity, . percent of moisture in ground fuels, wind velocity and di rection, character of the clouds, amount of precipitation, and the character and movement of thun der storms. Every evening the wea ther data is assembled at Tupper for the Heppner, Ukiah and Dale ranger districts- The data is put in code form and sent direct to the weaher bureau in Portland by tele gram. The weather bureau receives reports from all over the state. This information is assembled and is the basis for forecasts that are broad cast at 8:00 p.m. over short wave radio on 3235 K.C. A fire board is maintained in the Heppner office showing the aver age weather conditions on the dis trict. The variations in the burning severity are classed from 1 to 10. A class 4 day is the average dur- ig the summer months on the Hep pner district This past week we have had only class one and jtwo days. Henry Cupper from Monument was an office caller this week. Mr. Cupper is the secretary of the Tamarack-Monument Cattle associa tion. He states that the range grass in the Monument vicinity looks bet ter than it has for several years. BUI Howell has resigned from his salting job at Happy Jack. At the present the association hasn't found anyone to replace him. Lyle Van Dusen from Monument was in town Monday transacting business with the Heppner Lumber company. Van Dusen owns a size able chunk of timber in the Wall creek area. Harry Tamblyn has been survey, ing some property lines in the vi cinity of Groshen cabin this past week. Many Visitors Call At Campbell Home Sundry was a memorable occas ion for Mr- and Mrs. W. T. Camp bell, for on that day they observ. d the 'JO anniversary of their wed ding, July 13, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. tmpbell were "at home" to their liiends during the afternoon and evening and in the several hours from 2 o clock p.m. until the' day was concluded, 65 guests wrote .heir names on the register book. Mrs. Arthur Keene and Mrs. Will rov;e, daughters of the honored couple, received the guests. Mrs. Roy Campbell, daughter-in-law and Mrs- Don Campbell, erand- daurjhter-in-law, served ice cream .ookies and wedding cake- Mr. and Mrs. Campbell received many ilowers, cards and gifts from friends who called to wish them many more years of happiness. Aldrich and Charles. They will stay until Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Misitch of Portland were guests at the Lana Padberg' home over the week-end-Mr. and Mrs. John Bryson spent tlie week-end at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Huston Bryson of Hermiston. Francis Troedson is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Johan Troed son. Little Jimmy Sisco cut his leg on a piece of glass Monday and it wns necessary for a physician to take six stitches. Mrs. Mabel Morgan left for her home in Seattle Tuesday. Mr- and Mrs. Alfred Nelson left Monday for their home at Oak Grove. Mrs. Imogene Mooney is visiting relatives in Walla Walla. j Rullo Crawford. Melvin Brady,; Gene Rietmann and Ted Pamateer were The Dalles visitors Sunday Married at Yakima July 8th were Delsie May Bolteger and Ro bert Wagner. Mrs. Wagner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs- Harvey Harshman of this city and Mr. Wagner with Ray Warfield oper ates a service station here. He has been released from service after 31 months with the Marines. The young couple make their home at the MacNaniee apartmtnU. Volume 63, Number 17 Wheat harvest is quite penerally underway this week and bulk trucks are becoming quite common on the roads and highways leading from fields to elevators and bins. Activity is mostly in the lower country but by the first of the week the combines will start to work in fields of the higher levels. Contrasted with the war years, during which time some of the greatest crops ever raised here were harvested, labor is plentiful this year, according to R. B. Rice, at the farm labor employment of fice at Hotel Heppner. There is a small surplus at present but he looks for most of it to be absorbed as harvest gets rolling. Mechanized equipment is making it possible for grain raisers to keep the harvest ing operations almost within the family but those lacking familes are obliged to employ outside help. The labor situation here is some what different to that reported at Pendleton and Walla Walla. In those towns there are long lines of laborers at the employment Offices. Prevailing wages in the harvest fields are high but are being paid without complaint by Morrow county farmers- The wage ceiling is still in effect and the only var ience is when employers appeal to the Oregon wage board if the ceil ing creates a hardship. (A list of farm wages may be found in the county agent's column elsewhere on this page.) Experienced grain raisers state that the southern part of the coun ty grav belt will cut a better than average crop. One man stated that it is his belief that the area south and west of Heppner will turn out one of the best yields in years. While that is true of the southern half of the county, the northern portion has fallen down consider ably and this will pull the county average down. Bill Doherty got an average of 16 bushels to the acre from a 500 acre field which he started cutting July 3. What was Jacking in yield was made up in price, as it is stated he received $1.94 net for the lot of 8,000 bushels. Women Report Their Activities at C. of C. Luncheon Meeting Capt. Rose Liebbrand was the principal speaker at the chamber of commerce luncheon Monday noon, telling of her activities as a Wao in the army service. She has been engaged in photography much of the time, doing not a little of it from the air. A prior knowledge of photographic work put her in position to be called for that line of service. ' Capt. Liebbrand stated she may be called for an 18-months period of foreign service, but while wait ing for the call she is going ahead with her plans to enter the Uni versity of Missouri college of law Mrs. Lucy Rodgers made a brief report on her trip to Buffalo. She has promised to give a more de tailed account at a future meeting and will also give some of the highlights of the trip and the meet ing she attended through the col umns of this newspaper. DFX1VERS POP BY AIR The Forsythe Flying Service in augurated a new service Wednes day. Cases of "pop" were picked up at Lexington and flown to ad jacent harvest fields where thirsty crews quickly depleted the stock. Forsythe was demonstrating that planes can land in the fields and take off as forerunner to a new service he is instituting. He is ad vertising a flying schedule to larg er centers to pick up and deliver machinery parts right to the ma chine in the field. ! Now planning to enter r'-: r" butinttt, after 41 yenu m I S5-ytar-old Juliui Cac if Raliqh, N. C, Ne'jro, t en ichool under proviiom n( U oi Rightt," FaUener, ht-!ir.' a tram Adminilation oHr oidetf ttudent, common! tnow your matiiemalic i 1 nro real et'nre a t"f r' ma (hal t jutl what I'm a'ir." y : . C ' . . ,'V - ... lt ,V ,? VV ; . '-film-': - YV XV I4 ft