o u x r n o r o x - o f :s v: c u u n 4 I -) O O ; 5" ;o Heppner Gazette Times Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 3, 1946 Volume 63, Number 28 Travelers Speak Of Places Visited On Recent Trips Impressions of East And So. Cal. Told To Luncheon Group Impressions of points visited were told to members of the chamber of commerce luncheon group Monday noon by Mrs. O. G Crawford and P. W. Mahoney. Mrs. Crawford returned Sunday evening from a four weeks trip to the eastern coast and Mahoney and family recently returned from a visit to southern California. Mrs. Crawford told of some of the things she saw in New York City in a crowded two-day visit there enroute to Philadelphia.. At tending services in the great ca thedral of St. John the Divine a building not yet completed al thsugh started 54 years ago; of an afternoon spent in Rockerfeller Center and the ride through Cen tral Park enroute to the center; of a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty as the ferry plowed its way to the Jersey shore. Then there were the interesting historical features in Philadelphia, with a trip to Val ley Forge, a glimpse of the Liberty bell, and visits to some of the oldest churches in the country, as well as a jaunt to Atlantic City. All of this was crowded in be tween sessions of the General Con vention of the Episcopal church. Enroute home she visited Wash ington, D. C. four days where her brother-in-law and sister-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Crawford, and Dr. C. C. Dunham's sister, Mrs. Ruth Gillmore, put themselves out to make it possible for her to cov er as much historic ground as the brief time would allow. Altogether a grand time was had but home looked mighty good, ment for a sales tax in Oregon by Mahoney gave some good argu giving his impressions of the dif ference between the school sys tems of California and this state. From what he observed and could learn from informed sources the sales tax has helped solve the California school problem as well as providing funds for other state supported activities. A better sal ary scale for teachers, better build ings and better equipment have been provided through this tax, a considerable part of which is paid by visitors. P-TA MEETING Regular meeting of the Heppner Parent-Teacher association will be held in the music room at the school house Wednesday evening, Oct. 9- Topic for the evening will be "Appreciation of Neighbors." Mrs. Merle Miller will be the pro gram chairman. FUNERAL SERVICES SUNDAY Funeral services for George Stevenson will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the chapel at Phelps Funeral Home- The American Le gion will have charge of the ser vice at the grave. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS FOK SUBSTITUTE CLERKS The United States Civil Service commission announces an open competitive examination for proba tional appointments to the position of substitute clerk at the post of ' fice at Heppner. Applicants must nctuiillv reside within the delivery of the post office named or be bona fide patrons of such office. Applications must be on file with tho Director. Eleventh U. S. Civil Service Region, 457 Central Build ini Seattle 4, Washington, not la ter than the close of business Oc tober 21, 1946. News Briefs Mrs. Michael Healy returned to her home in Boardman Tuesday after spending two weeks in Hep pner visiting relatives and friends. She accompanied Mrs. Clara B. Gerlson who was on a routine trip in connection with the county welfare office. Business visitors in Heppner Tuesday from Boardman were Mr. and Msr. Vet Conyers who wer completing payment on some pro perty bought from the county. Philip Mntross of Boardman was a busin rs caller at the court house in Hppp:;cr Monday. F!. i f C. J. D. Bauman drove to ia .er Wednesday to take Jim Stotts to the springs for treatments. Stott's health has been failing since returning fromAlnska and it was thought the baths might bring him relief. George McDuffce, former Mor row couny sheriff, was in Hepp ner Monday looking after business In connection with the estate of his brother who died last winter. He was enroute to Pendleton where most of the legal formalities have to be attended to, his brother hav ing been a resident of Umatilla County. Mrs. Mary Hadd from Lake An des, S. D. is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hiimlin. She has been visiting in southwestern states and is enroute home from here. Miss Mary Jane Green of Port land director of x-ray survey un dcr the Oregon Tuberculosis asso- Rumble's Spuds Rival Neill's Onions For Size and Quality Onions or potatoes, it makes no difefrence, they raise good ones in Heppner gardens. We're not say ing the best in the world, for thee are too many people to con test such a statement, but it can be said with a large measure of security that few sections produce better. Earlier in the season Commis sioner L. D. Neill brought this of fice a few samples from his on ion patch. They were of superior quality big, too, Monday of this week, Frank Rumble stopped by and deposited three average white rose potatoes from his garden, raised a few lots from Neill's on ion patch. The spuds are not above average size for that vari ety but are healthy specimens weighing close to one pound each. They remained on the desk for a few days and then ye scribe and his family had a real baked po tato treat along with some very succulent venison steaks which found their way to the editorial desk through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson. News From C. A. Office Morrow county 4-H ,beef club members are leaving Friday for the Pacific International Livestock Exposition with 13 fat steers fed, ittid by these members. Orville Cutsforth Jr., Dean Graves, Betty Graves, Ida Lee Chapel, Ingrid .Bergman, Ronr.ld Baker, Duane Baker, Pat Cutsforth, Faye Cuts forth, Kenneth Cutsforth, Jo Anne Graves and Reita Graves will ex hibit their projects at Heppner Fri day, Oct 4. The animals will be taken to Portland after the show where they will be exhibited, judged and sold at auction. Morrow county people are in vited to attend the county show judging and exhibit Friday, Oct. 4. 4-H club members, Ronald Ba ker and Orville Cutsforth Jr. will participate in a new event to be held at the P. I. this year. The new event is a "calf scramble" that will be held at each of the 13 rodeo performances. Members will compete for untamed, beef calves weighing 350 to 400 pounds Equip ped only with a rope halter, each assistant will endeavor to. catch a calf, halter it, and lead it across the finish line within a time limit. Calves become the property of the catchers to be fattened and shown at the 1947 P. I. T. B. Wilcox and Portland business men are provid ing the 194 calves to be given away. Church Honors Boys .. With Dinner, Program The "99" men's club and the women of the Church of Christ honored boys of the church Mon day evening with a banquet and program. The boys were accompan ied by their fathers or a borrowed dad and plates were served to 58. Lee Howell served as chairman and Everett Smith led the music. A film "City Streets" and a reel of views in Yellowstone Park provided part of the program. The message of the evening was brought by Carol McMikle, pastor of the Hermiston Church of Christ. Frank Rumble left for Montana early in the week to spend several days on business. He spent the past month in the mountains getting out wood and reports that woodcutting was handicapped by numerous heavy rains. Around Town ciation, spent Wednesday in Hep pner making preparations for visit of the mobile x-ray unit to the county later this month. Chucky Daniels, grandson of Mrs. Walter Rood, flew to Port land Saturday for optical treat ment. He returned Tuesday eve ning by the air route. Mr. and Mrs. John Proud foot, recent arrivals from Moro who are farming the Leo Gorger place north of Ixington, were Heppner busi ness visitors Tuesday morning. This office acknowledges a pleas ant call. Miss Minnie Case, sister of M. L. Case of Heppner, suffered a mild stroke last week at her home at Gladstone. Mr. Case and dau ghter, Mis. G. E. Nikander, went down to see her. Mis. Mndge Bryant and Mrs. So- piuona Thompson drove to Lew iston Saturday to spend the week end at tlic home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bryant. Mrs. Tress McClintock took her ooys to foriiana this morning where the voumxer bov will un dergo a checking up by a physici nn. Tlvcy were accompanied by Mrs. R. B. Rice and granddaugh ter, Eleanor Rice, and Mrs. Grace Nickerson, Vawtrt Parker nnd daughter Ce celia came from Hood River Fridny evening' and spent the week-end at the home ot his parents, Mr. and Mrs, F. S. Parker. The Social club of the Order of Eastern Star will meet at 1:45 p.m. Saturday In the Masonic hall, Mobile X-Ray Unit Due October 24-28 Arrangemens have been com pleted by the Morrow County Pub lic Health association to bring the Oregon Tuberculosis association's mobile x-ray unit to the county the latter part of this month.. This will be the second visit of the unit to the county. The schedule calls for the unit to be at Boardman Oct. 24; Hepp ner, Oct. 25 and 26, and lone, Oct. 28. This examination is for the adult population of the county and it is desired that every person of that age will take advantage of this opporunity to get this health information. There will be no cost as expense of operating the unit is borne by the tuberculosis asso ciation with funds obtained through the sale of Christmas seals. It requires about a minute of a well person's time to be x-rayed. Homemakers Plan Year's Wok r During Meeting at lone Morrow county program plan ning day was held Friday, Sept. 27 in the grange hall at lone. Six teen women representing four of the eight units were present. Mrs Mabl Mack, assistant state home demonstration leader was pres ent. Mrs. Vernon Munkers, chair man of the county committee, presided. A luncheon was served by trie ladies of the lone Home Economics club. ' Music for the program was pro- and Mrs. Norman Nelson of Lex- yided by Mrs. C. C. Carmichael ington. LOCAL PEOPLE ATTEND BENEFIT AT PENDLETON .... Several Morrow county people attended the Shrine benefit dance at Vert Memorial in Pendleton Sa turday evening. An officers' ban quet preceded the dance. A number of Portland Shriners and their wives were present, in cluding Potentate and Mrs. Fred L. Peterson, Mrs. Tom Luke, Mr. and Mis. Frank McGuire and Mr. and Mrs. L. A, Duckworth. At tending from Morrow county were Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Runnion, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grabill, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Pinckney, Mr. and Mrs. Conlcy Lanliam, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Graham, Eugene Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell and Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Isom. IRRIGON NEWS . . . By Mrs. J. A. Shoun The Irrigon football team won over tne Lexington team inurs day evening 14 to 6. Don Kenny and Lyle Mulkey are hunting in the Arbuckle re gion. Mrs. Fred Davis went to Pulman by bus Saturday. Mr. Davis ' is woking on the new college build ing there. He brought Mrs. Davis home Sunday returning to Pull man Monday. Mr. and Mis. Floyd Hobbs and three small sons returned to North Powder Sunday after spending 10 days with her parents the W. B. Dcxters, and other relatives. The J- E. McCoys have as their guests the Jay Berry's daughter and Russell McCoy's son and Clif ford Goodwin of Seattle .They and Mr. McCoy are hunting up near Enterprise. Miss Muriel Breda and Margery Hanson of Seattle spent several days with the Marshall Markhams, leaving Thursday morning for Se attle. Mary Barnett of lone also visited the Markhams. She and La- vclle and Delpha Markham left for Seattle where they attend the Northwest Bible school. J. A. Shoun was a Heppner vis itor Wednesday. Ida Slaughter is working at Uma tilla as bookkeeper for the Tum-a Lum company. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Haddox and baby Sara are spending their va cation in California. Charles McFall and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Graybeal went to La Grande Wednesday. Tom Caldwe'l went to Portland nnd Bandon Tuesday. He accom panied Fev. McDonald. The Umatilla Chirrs man was after subscribers for his paper. He has Mrs. Ida Slaughter and Virgil Sparks as news gatherers. Billy Alien from the Holub'i Spring Holow place at Heppner was a Sunday visitor at the H. W Grim home. Rev. J. R. Haslin, state Baptist evangelist is starting a revival in the Community Baptist church. The Dan Hciberts are building their house on the part of the Herman Duus place which they purchased. It is of cement blocks. They are also building a barn. Elder Houser and family of Pen dlelem were guests of the E. Peltons Saturday. Mis. Wilbur Welgnnd and two small daughters, Teresa and Ma chcll of Moses Lake arrived Sat urdav and are visiting her moth, er, Mrs. Harry Smith and family. The J. A. Shouns were Walla Walla visitors Tuesday, DeerlKill Here Light Compared With Army Of Hunters in Woods There is no correct figure of the number of deer being taken out of the mountains in this vicinity but estimates indicate that the kill has .been light compered with the army of hunters scouring the woods dur ing the first week of open season. Reports are to be heard from some of the local groups who went into camp late last week and who generally do not come out until most of them have their buck and the story may change as these reports come in. Hunters who do not have time to establish camp complain that the deer remain in the brush to do their grazing, this in spite of the fact that the weather is cool which normally causes the wily animals to graze the open spots. That the deer are in the low coun try is evidenced in the earlier kills reported, several of them having been brought in from the foothills not many miles from Heppner. To date, the only kills reported are of deer. Officer Edgar Albert was running down a rumor Wed nesday morning that someone had been shot up Willow creek but af ter several hours of investigation the officer concluded that it was nohing but a rumor or (quote) "some guy onup half shot." As usual there have been some violations and the local justice court is all set for a busy season. Herbert McDaniel appeared before Justice J. O. Hager on a count charging illgal possession of a Boardman Folks Attend Ayrshire Cattle Association Meeeting in Portland Mr. and Mrs. George Daniels motored to Portland Sunday re turning home Tuesday. They went to attend a meeting of the Old Ore gon Ayrshire association at the Multnomah hotel Monday. C. T Conklin, national secretary of Brandon, Vt. was the presiding of ficer. The old association was re vised and a new name chosen, Ore gon Columbia Valley Ayrshire as-J sociation. This includes breeders of southwest Washington also. Newly elected officers are Charles Gess ford, Corvallis, president; J. H. Shinn, La Center, Wash, vice pre sident and L. Beatrice Daniels of Boardman secretary. The next meeting will be held at the Port land Pacific International Sloe Show at 9 a.m. Oct. 7. Mrs. Mav VanDeusen, state it inerant adult teacher from Salem, held a meeting Wednesday, faept. 25 for the purpose of organizing an adult school class unit. There were 19 ladies present The class was organized and officers elected, Mrs. Claud Coats, president; Mrs. T. Pearson, secretary. Sewing was cnosen tor uie iui mm will run eight weeks. Mrs. Win- nifred Leverenz of Pendleton, tood preservation specialist and home economic demonstrator will conduct the class. Time and place of next meeting will be announced later. Pendleton shoppers last Thursday were Mrs. Z. J. Gillespie, Mrs. F. Cramer, Crystal Barlow, Msr. S. C. Russell and daughter, Mrs. Mer yl Anderson, Roy Ball and son Albert Mr,, and Mis. Nathan Thorps and family lft Friday for Union to visit with Mrs. Thorpes par ents, Mr. and Mrs- Paul Smith, and to enjoy a few days hunting deer. A bridal shower in honor of Mrs. Ralph Skoubo, Myra Getch ell, was given at the home of Mrs. Roy Partlow Friday. Several la dies were present and the bride received many useful gifts. Lexington Girls In 4-H Clothing Two Lexington 4-H club girls,1 June Van Winkle and Vesta Cuts forth, brought honors to their county and credit to themselves when they placed second in home demonstration work at the Oregon state foir last month. Word of their award was received by Miss Katherine Monahan, home demon stration agent for Morrow coun ty, Tuesday from H. C. Seymour state 4-H club leader, at Corvallis. The girls demonstrated the laundering of a wool sweater, sel ecting this because wool growing is one of the leading industries of their county. A 4-H demonstration team con sists of two members who pass on to the people practices and meth ods they have learned. June and Vesta placed first as a demonstra tion team at the Morrow county 4-H home economics achievement day held In Heppner June 1. Competition was keen at the state fair where nearly every county in Oregon had one or more demonstration teams, Miss Mona han said, and added that the lo cal girls performed in an efficient manner. During the past few days they have accepted invitations to appear on programs of several or ganized groups in tlie county. Both game animal. It appears McDaniel couldn't wait for the open season what with the meat shortage, and all that end went out and bagged a buck. The judge felt the experience would be worth 30 days in jail and a fine of $30 and costs. McDaniel paid the fine and costs and the judge suspended the jail sentence, but the meat supply will have to be replenishd as the state game commission took over the illegal meat. A hunter from Portland was in trying to fix things up with Jus tice Hager Wednesday morning after Officer Edgar found the man in possession of a buck with the wrong tag on it. The Portlander claimed his wife had killed the animal and after tagging it had returned home. After a little ques tioning the officer decided there were too many holes in the story and cited him to appear at the justice's office. Word comes from over Ukiah way that a group ot Portland hunters visited that area by plane shortly before season opening and located the habitats of the deer. Returning for opening day the party went out and bagged five bucks. (We're not trying to put ideas into local hunters heads.) In the meantime local meat shops have been reasonably busy cutting and wrapping deer carcasses and by the end of this week there should be a general rush for this type of service- Five of the high school girls who had birthdays in September en joyed a birthday party at the home All the high school students were of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller, invited. The five girls were Mil dred Miller, Evelyn Miller, Mary Ann Rands, Evelyn Pearson and Maxine Ely. There were games played on the lawn and dancing in the house. All had a good time. Mrs. Catherine Christensen spent the week-end at her home in La Grande, and Mrs. Mabel Mont gomery with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Bateman of Prosser, Wash. Both ladies are local teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stoltnow attended the wedding of her dau ghter, Miss Doris Seale in Pendle ton Saturday to Mr. Thomas Mc-j Mann of Pilot Rock. After a short wedding trip the young couple will be at home in Pilot Rock. Mrs. Olive Attebury had as her guest over the week-end her son and grandson, Chet Atteberry and Frank of Tacoma, Wash. Buddy Ball received his honor able discharge from the army at Fort Lewis and returned home Fri day. He has been in service three years and has spent two years over seas, most of the two years in Japan. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Garwood and family and Mr. and Mrs. Tim Rippee motored to Pendleton Sat urdoy. Mrs. James Dickman and dau ghter Lela of ElMonte, Calif., vis ited for a short time Saturday with Mrs. Eva Warner and sister, Mrs. Adeline Dart Friends were elad to hear of the arrival Sept. 23, of Ronald Ell wyn at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Potts of Monroe Wis. Don ald is the brother of Leo Potts and former resident of Boardman. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Barlow and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker were visitors on the project Sunday. Place Second Demonstration girls are enrolled as freshmen in th Heppner high school. June Van Winkle has been a 4-H club member for four years, first joining the 4-H Health club in 1943. Since then she has complet ed projects in camp cookery, home making, a second health clflb, and clothing II. In 1946 she was award ed second prize on the best 4-H record book in the county, third prize in the style review and a prize on her Clothing II project Vesta Cutsforth has been a 4-H club member since 1942. She has had two beef projects, camp eook ry, health and Clothing II. At the Morrow county fair in 1943 Vesta placed first with her Hereford beef bull, third place in the Hereford beef showmanship, and second place for the best 4-H record book' In 1944 her beef calf placed among the prizes in the county and at the Pacific International. At the last 4-H achievement day Vesta won second place in Morrow county on her Clothing II project and first In the style review. Vesta and June are going to be members of a Clothing III project at Lexington during 1946-47. In 1946 both girls attended 4-H sum. mer school on the Oregon State college campus. Week's News From lone and Vicinity By Mrs. Echo Palmateer A program planning day was held at the grange hall Friday. A potluck supper will be held at the Congregational church par lor Oct. 10 at 6:30 p. m. Mrs. Algott Lundell visited her father in 'Portland one day last week. lone defeated Weston in a foot ball game here Friday 48 to 6. Supt. B. C. Forsythe and Mrs. Franklin Ely attended the OS. T. A. meeting at Pendleton last week. Mr. Forsythe is president and and Mrs. Ely is secretary of the Mor row county division of the Ore gon State Teachers association. The bridge gang on the railroad .has left here for a couple of weeks. Bert Mason Jr. left by plane last week for Syracuse N. Y. where he will enter Syracuse university. Several from here attended the Drake-Gadeken wedding in Hepp ner Sunday. The Misses June Griffith, Alice Nichoson, and Eunice Peterson left the first of the week to enter Oregon State college. The Topic club's social meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Bert Mason with three tables of bridge at play. High score was won by Mrs. Omar Rietmann, low by Mrs. Victor Rietmann and Jack high by Mrs. Gordon White. Pumpkin pie and coffee were ser ved by the hostesses, Mrs Swan son, Mrs Jack Ransier and Mrs. Mason. Melvin Brady returned to lone after visiting in Portland and at the home of his sister Mrs. Ver non Christofferson at Donald. Donald Eubanks, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Eubanks had the mis fortune to fall and hurt his leg so that it was necessary to take several stitches. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lindquist returned from Elk River, Minn. and are visiting Mrs. Linquist's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Aldrich. Twenty-five adult books from the state library have been re ceived by the lone public library. Quite a number of people from this vicinity went deer hunting this week. Mr. and Mrs Beecher Emert who live near Hoquiam, Wash, are vis iting relatives here. Mrs. Robert DeSpain, Aloha Painter, of Pendleton is visiting here this week. Week-end guests at the John Ransier home were Mr. and Mrs Lee Zumwalt of Junction City. Miss Mary Barnett left Friday for Seattle where she will attend the Norhwest Bible Institute. Miss Leveda Hurd is visiting her grandmother Mrs. Addie Salter. Norman and Roland Bergstrom students at Pacific university, were at home over the week-end. Their sister, Dorothy, went as far as Portland with them. She is em ployed there with, the telephone company. Mrs. Rov Lindstrom taught tor Mrs. Franklin Ely and for Mrs. Al gott Lundell last week during their absence. The studv meeting of the Topic club will be held Thursday after noon, Oct. 10 at the home ot Mrs. Milton Morgan. Mrs. B. C. Forsythe returned to lone Saturday night from Wyo ming where she spent the past month visiting relatives The regular meeting ot tne ha was held Wednesday, Sept. 25 at the school house with Mrs. Victor Rietmann jpresiding. Mrs. B. Vnrsvtho was elected president in place of Msr. Delbert Emert who had resigned, ine iouou.B In gram was given: TaiK on rin uj Mrs. Noel Dobyns; piano solo, Mrs. E. M Baker; talk on new scnooi support bill by B. C. Forsythe and .,r sino nff led DV ftieivin iei- 6. r -o - , Pin nnd cotiee were i th. lunch room by Mrs. Victor Rietmann, Mrs. Earl McCabe and Mrs. David Rietmann. The 4-H club girls met baturaay with three members present They Hia-ussed dans for acnievemm The Maranatha society will meet at the Congregational church par lor. Oct. 12 Nellie Shaffer of Seattle nas been hired as lirst ana secuuu grade teacher and started teach ing here this week. Mrs. Margaret Cason from near neppner been teaching until a regular teacher was available. The school hnard. oa trans and Supt Forsythe greatly appreciate the work and the time that Mrs. uison nas eic voted to the school. Mrs. Ida Coleman and family are movins ino their new home, Mrs. John Garvey wno nas Been uisitinff her Barents. Mr. and Mrs Louis Bergevin, left to join her husband in the New fcngiana .ia(Kt Th. P.st Noble Grand club ...in mt at the I. O- O. F. hall Friday Oct. 4 with a pot luck din ma at nnnn Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson ot o-.r Wash, are guests at the Tom and Gordon White homes. Mr nnd Mrs. Gordon White re ccived word that their son Charles M,hn ia in the navy, has been transferred to Whiting Field, Fla, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis were in Freewater Sunday visiting his mother, Mrs. Viola Davis. You'll Have To Hurry If You Want to Vote On November 5 If you are not registered or have lost your registeration through failure to vote and now wish to cast your ballot at the forth com ing election on Nov. 5, you'd bet ter hustle to the court house and get fixed up before this coming Saturday evening. That's the warn ing sounded by County Clerk C. W. Barlow, who states that Satur day is the closing day for regis teration. To make it convenient for late comers, Mr. Barlow will devote Saturday to registration, from the opening at 8 a. m. until 8 p. m. The office is not open Saturday af ternoon ordinarily but the clerk is making this concession to the vot ers in order to bring the registra tion up. The clerks office will be open until 8 p. m. Friday evening. also. Forest: and Range Logging operations are in full swing m Wilson creek. Kinzua Pine Mills are logging in the vici nity of 100 M feet a day. The com pany has been plagued with a shortage of labor all year, but somehow rustled up 20 log buck- ers. Kenneth Keeling is on the jump trying to scale their cut The Kinzua Pine Mills closed down on Sept 28 for a period of two weeks to repair the mill. The majority of hunters are ask ing "where are all the' deer? We don't see any does." This is a dif ficult question to answer. It is a very controversial subject but the writer would like to take the op portunity to express his personal opinion. Last winter a wildlife stu dy made in the north fork area indicated that the mortality in the deer herd amounted to approxi mately 300 head. The grass was utilized 90-100 percent on the key area. Mountain mahogany. Bitter brush, and when found Willow and Service berry were high skirt ed and hedged. It was apparent that the loss of deer on this win ter range was due to a shortage of feed. It is believed that the in creasing elk herd is aggravating the already serious shortage of winter deer feed. Elk being larg er and stronger animals can out- rparVi nnet out feed the deer: with the result that deer are forced far. ther out into the open counry, or are forced to concentrate in areas that are already overgrazed The study of facts indicates that you can not have both large elk pop ulation and a large deer popula tion on a given area. The choice will have to be made as to which species of game animals is desired. Morrow county sportsmen were given this choice in the form of an offer of a cow season on elk in this area, with the idea of con trolling the elk population to allow for a larger deer population. A lo cal representative of Morrow county sportsmen protested the cow elk season at a game commis sion hearing early this fall. As the writer sees it the meaning of this protest is that the local sports men prefer to have elk and are willing to sacrifice the formerly abundant deer herd. We can ex pect to have a progressive de crease in the deer herd each year with this type of game manage ment Harry Parker from Vancouver is contracting the work ot clearing right of way on the new road in the vicinity of Opal for Kinzua Pine Mills. Parker has a large ca terpillar tractor equipped with a brush blade that he uses to clear the brush and pile it into wind rows. Formerly right of way clear ing was done by hand work. Boyd Rasmussen from Pendle ton was a business caller at tne forest office Tuesday. A few of the local nimrods were successful the first few days of deer season. The lucky hunters in. elude Frank Gentry, Lowell o Dan Rippee (ask the boys who killed it), Sylvia McDaniel, Mike Saling, Kenneth Orwick, Betty Orwick, Ray Wright, Dick Wilkin son, Chance Davis, Tom Wilson, Art Hughes Allen Hughes, Fop Chandler and Victor Lovgren. Those procuring post, pole and wood permits the past week are Howard Cleveland, Harold Wright, Charles Bloodsworth, Blaine Cha pel and N. G. Florence. For free use permit, Bryce Keene o Pendleton Host To Teachers' Institute Morrow county teachers con centrated on Pendleton this morn ing where at 8:30 o'clock they reg istered for the annual institute. Counties represented include Mal heur, Baker, Wallowa, Union, Um atilla and Morrow. Speakers for the institute include Claire W. Churchill, director of the 03Hue Cross hospital plan; Miss Anne Isaksen, field representative of tlie American Red Cross; Dr, Helen Davis, director Horn Ele mentary School, Greely, Colo-; Dr Robert M. Griffin, associate editor of Readers Dige-st; Dr. Rex Put nam, state department of educa Hon; Dr. Frank Parr, executive secretary O. A. A.; William Winter, news analyst and war correspon dent Drive to Raise $1500 Chest Fund 3 To Open Monday Local, National Agencies to Benefit From Campaign Opening of the campaign to $1500 as Morrow county's quota of the Oregon community chest has been scheduled for the morn ing of Oct. 7, Blaine E. Isom, chairman, announced early this week. Arrangements for the local drive were made last week-end when Irl McSherry, executive se cretary of the state campaign, vis ited Heppner and prevailed upon Isom to again take the county chairmanship. The sura sought here this year is considerably less than that asked in previous years and it is not anticipated that there will be much difficulty in attaining the quota and perhaps exceeding it There are fewer agencies to be sustained although some of those still active require sizable, funds to carry on their work. Included in the forthcoming campaign is an allowance for Boy Scout activities, thus eliminating one fund drive. It does not include the Salvation Army due to the fact that the army's scope of work requires separae funding. Solicitations for funds will be made in Heppner only. The rest of the county has been placed on a voluntary basis, Isom stated. People wishing to make subscrip tions to the campaign may turn them in at the First Naional Bank of Portland, Heppner branch, the Star Theater, or other places of business. This drive is separate from the Red Cross membership campaign, Isom pointed out He urges donors to turn in funds at an early date so that the campaign can be closed at the earliest possible date. COUNTY'S SCHOOLS STILL NEED GRADE TEACHERS High school teaching staffs of the county have been filled, ac cording to Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county superintendent, but grade school vacancies still exist at Lex ington and Boardman. The Lexington high school staff was completed last week with the hiring of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Up to the present, there has been Haycraft of College place, Wash, no substitute grade teacher and the other teachers were ab sorbing the extra work. Mrs. Vera Partlow has been the substitute grade teacher at Boardman. Membership Drive Primory Activity of Legion Auxiliary Mrs. Richard Wells was hostess to the American Legion auxiliary at her home Tuesday evening, with Mrs. Lucy Rodgers assisting. Mat ters of business discussed includ ed membership, ordering of veteran-made poppies, and arrange ments for attending the District No. 6 conference to be held Oct 11 in Hermiston. As membeship is a first in the over-all planning of any service organization, it will be one of the first activities for the year, and in that connection eligibility rules are submitted herewith for the benefit of former service men and women: "Membership in the auxiliary shall be limited to the mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of members of the American Legion, and to the mothers, wivs, daught ers and sisters of all men and wo men who were in the armed ser vices of the United States between April 1, 1917 and Nov. 11, 1918, or between Dec. 7, 1941 and the date of cessation of hostilities as fixed by the United States government, all dates inclusive, or who being citizens of the United Stales at the time of the entry therein,, served on active duty in the armed forces of any of the governments associ ated with the United States during cither of said World Wars, and died in line of duty or alter hon orable discharge; and to those wo men who of their own are eligible to membership in the American Legion." Those members wishing to at tend the Hermiston conference are requested to telephone 1132 or 774 lor information on transportation. Streets Patched By State Highway Crew Heppner's streets have been re ceiving a much-ne ede-d patching job this week at the hands of the highway maintenance crew from Lexington. Erosion and heavy truf fic have broken the paved sur face and in some instances travel was getting rough. Funds derived from the city's share of state receipts made the patching possible at this time. NEW PASTOR DIE SINDAV Services will lie resumed Sun day morning at the Methodist church, with the ww punUjr, Kv. Sorlein, occupying the pulpit. The services will be followed by a reception and putluck dinner In the church parlors. to O n