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- -i ' li 0 TO ' I C A L 3 0 J C T Y R L I C A 'J Tj I T n v i 1 1 PORTLAND, ORE. Heppner Gazette Times Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 15, 1948 Volume 65, Number 4 Peace Officers Of Mid-Coumbia To Convene Tuesday The Mid-Columbia Peace Offi cers association will meet In Heppner Tuesday evening, April 20, according to announcement from Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman who will act as host to the group. Ar rangements have been made for a social hour at the Elks club early in the evening, followed by a banquet at the Elkhorn restau rant at 7 o'clock, at which time the doors will be closed to the public. Harold Sexton, sheriff of Was co county and president of the asscoiation, will preside. The Mid-Columbia district In cludes Skamania, Klickitat and Benton counties in Washington and Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Cilliam and Morrow counties in Oregon. Peace officers from neighboring counties are not ex cluded, and Sheriff Bauman has invited Sheriff Goad and District Attorney C'y Proebstel of Umatil la county and Sheriff Hazeltine of Grant county as special guests. Howard Bobbitt of Portland, agent in charge of the KBI for the district, will be the guest speaker.- o May Day Fete At Hi School Stirs Up Torrid Interest May Day observance will be colorfully emphasized this year at Heppner high school, If a cam paign opening early this week has any bearing on the eventual program. The contest for queen started off with a rally Monday evening and from now until the election there will be feverish ac tivity. Jars have been distributed to business houses where supporters of the several candidates may contribute a penny per vote to help out their favorite. Candi dates are Clara Sue Ledbetter. senior; Beverly Eberhardt, Jun ior; Marlene DuBois, sophomore, and Patty Ilealy, freshman. Beginning at 3 p.m., Saturday, May Day, the school band will offer a 40-mlnute concert of cur rently popular tunes, a local ver sion of "Your Hit Parade." Music will be furnished by the grade and high school vocal groups, and dances by grade boys. Tra ditionally, the May pole will be wound by the small fry. An all school dance, attendance limited to school people and their par ents, will be held at a place to be announced later. Akers In Hospital Following Wreck Kenneth Akers of lone was tak en to a hospital In The Dalles Saturday night following an ac cident on the highway Just be low Lexington when his car was wrecked. With Akers in the car were Gene Grabill and Bill Dris coll. Akers was hurt internally as well as receiving cuts on his face and one hand. Grabill suffered two broken ribs and Driscoll a cut hand. Ed Buschke brought the trio to Heppner to a physician and when the extent of Akers' injuries was learned an ambulance was call ed to take him to The Dalles. Latest report from the hospital was to the effect that he is get ting along all right. 4-H Club News . . . Judging of milking Shorthorns and Rambouillet ram classes, showmanship of sheep and beef were the main projects at a 4-H club meeting held Sunday, April 11, at the Jerry Brosnan farm on Butter creek. Twenty-one club members were present as well as local loaders, Markham Baker, Elmer Palmer, and John Graves. Ronald Baker, Peggy Wight man, and Ronald Curran demon strated proper showmanship of sheep and discussed grooming the sheep for show. Louis Carl son and Johnnie Brosnan gave a demonstration on proper show mnnshlp of beef animals. During the business meeting plans for attending Eastern Ore gon Wheat League show and sale was discussed, ,as well as plans for setting up a 4-H Mutual Aid organization for protection of 4-H club members from death losses of animals. Rieta Graves gave a demon stration on the proper display of the American flag. At the close of the meeting a delicious lunch was served by the Brosnans. The Triangle Milling company of Portland has announced that they are making the services of H. C. Seymour available for 4-H club affairs in Washington and Oregon. Mr. Seymour retired last June 30 at Oregon State 4-11 lead er after holding that title for 31 12 years. In his new connection with the milling company, Seymour says lie will be available for whatever service he can perform for 4-H club work in the two slates. Wlllard Slratton and Gene Wil liams of Hcrmlston were business visitors In Heppner Wednesday. Picture Of School In 1905 Arouses Unusual Interest Residents of the community who attended school in Heppner during the early part of the cen tury are finding considerable en joyment in scanning a picture of the local school taken in 1905. The picture was sent to the Gaz ette Times the first of the week by Ressle G. Dykslra, member of the high school graduating class of 1905 and now residing in Cot tage Grove. He didn't say so, but he must have seen a copy of the G-T's 65th anniversary issue be cause he chided the editor upon his resemblance to Methuselah while he, Dykstra, is still a youngish man. The picture will' be on exhibl lion a few days longer and those wishing to see what they looked like in the "good old days" should not put off coming in. D. V. S. Reid was the school principal at that time but other teachers have escaped the mem ory of the writer. o ' Sanitation Topic Of Health Group Speaker Monday Sanitation is the topic selected by Kenneth Spies, representative of the Oregon state board of health, for discussion Monday evening at the Lexington grange hall on the occasion of the annu al meeting and dinner of the Morrow County Public Health as sociation. Dinner will be served by the women of the grange at 6:30 p. m. This will be followed by a program including Mr. Spies and a report on the Pioneer Memorial hospital to date by Judge Bert Johnson, and vocal numbers by the Heppner Women's Chorus and Mrs. C. C. Dunham. Election of officers for the en suing year, as well as reports by the present officers will round out the program. Demonstration Of Field Equipment Set For Saturday County Agent N. C. Anderson has arranged a field equipment demonstration for Saturday. Ap ril 17, at the W. W. Weatherford ranch, 2 12 miles west of the old Eightmile postoffice on the Heppner-Condon highway. The demonstration will start at 1:30 p.m. Implements used for stubble and mulch type farming will be demnostrated. Major machine companies manufacturing this type of machinery will be on hand to operate their equipment. News About Town . . . Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Becket motored to Pendleton Tuesday to visit her sister, Ester Bergstrom, who is a patient in St. Anthony's hospital. Mr. iind Mrs. Glen Hayes de parted Sunday for The Dalles where they will make their home in the future. Mr. Hayes who has been in The Dalles for the past several weeks motored up Satur day after Mrs. Hayes and their household effects. Mrs. Lena Gen try will act as chief operator in the local telephone exchange re placing Mrs. Hayes. After May 1 a permanent manager is ex pected to arrive from Bend. Ralph Potter and Orva Dyer, Condon farmers, were business visitors in Heppner Tuesday. Tom Black, Bonneville Power administration represen t a t i v e from Walla Walla, was a busi ness visitor in Heppner Tuesday. Mr. Black was accompanied by Dwight E. Werlz of Ohio who vis ited friends here during the day. Mr. Wertz visited in Heppner last spring. Mrs. R. B. Rice motored to Spo kane Thursday lo spend the week end with relatives. Mrs. Frank Ayers is spending a few days vacation from her work as cook in the O'Donnell cafe. Claud Knowles of Umatilla Is relief cook during Mrs. Ayers' absence. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bucknum made a business trip to The Dal les Tuesday. Mrs. Ida Grimes returned Tu esday evening from Portland where she visited her daughter, Mrs. Carl Leathers. She was ac companied to Heppner by Mis. Dale Grimes and Mrs. Bemice Blackwcll who remained over night and returned to their homo In Salem Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Donnell made a business trip to Pendle ton Monday. Mrs. Jack Ilalseth returned Sunday from Spokane where she spent the past several weeks fol lowing a major operation at the Deaconess hospital In that city. Fred Hosklns was transacting business In Heppner from the farm home on lihea creek. Several carloads of sheep ar rived from California Tuesday evening for summer grazing in the mountains south of Hardman. They were taken by truck to range near Condon Wednesday Charter Party Starts Heppner Legion hall was the setting Sat urday evening for an event of unusual importance to Heppner and vicinity when members ot the Baker club, sponsoring unit, and a representative from the Lakeview club, officially launch ed the Heppner Soroptimist club in fitting charter night ceremon ies. Ten members of the Baker club, including Mrs. Etta Farr Cunning, Mrs. Frances Oliver, Mrs. William Ellis, Miss Loy Wis dom, Mrs. S. W. Brown, Doris Le onnig, Jane Alfrey, Thelma Hend man, Martha Schroeder and Christine Dickerson; from Lake view, Mrs. Margaret Rugg parti cipated in the dinner and pro gram. Places were set for more than 50 diners who enjoyed an excel lent meal prepared by Mrs. Clive Huston and Mrs. Grace Hughes. Tables were decorated in Sorop timist colors and each guest was presented with a corsage or a boutenniere, courtesy of the Heppner club. Mrs. Etta Cunning, past presi dent of the Baker club and junior past regional director, presided. In a brief talk, "Mrs. Cunning wel comed the new club and the vis itors. Mayor Conley Lanham ex tended greetings in behalf of the city, stating that in his opinion forming of a Soroptimist club was j the biggest thing that had hap pened in Heppner since he had known the town. He urged the club to get behind the city's pro gram of improvement and in turn pledged full cooperation of the city government in any ac tivity the new club may engage in, which he said he knew would be worthwhile. Response to the mayor's .greetings was given in a fitting manner by Mrs. William Ellis. Degree of Honor Participates in State Meet By Ruth Payne Several members of the Hepp- j ner Degree of Honor lodge mo tored to Portland Thursday to at tend a two-day state convention of that organization. The con vention opened with a banquet on Thursday evening followed by a model lodge meeting and con tinued through Friday with busi ness sessions and entertainment features. For its portion of the program, the Heppner delegation presented the tableau, "America Best of All," in which flags of the United Nations and Liberty were used effectively. Mrs. Clara B. Gertson was lecturer for this tableau. Mrs. Sylvia McDaniel, president of the Heppner lodge, gave a re port of the local order's progress since the last state convention and Mrs. Gertson who represent ed the state of Oregon at the last national convention in 1945 in St. Paul, Minn., gave a report of that meeting. Among lodge notables attending the Portland sessions was Mrs. Frances B. Olson of St. Paul, national president of the Degree of Honor. Those from Heppner making the trip were Mrs. Sylvia McDaniel, president; Mrs. Irene Nolan, vice-president; Mrs. Clara B. Gertson, financial secretary; Mrs. Julia Hill, Mrs. Maude Hughes, Mrs. Mildred O' Connor, Mrs. Fa ye Munkers, Mrs. Beulah Barkla, Mrs. Edna Coxen and Mrs. Ruth Bergstrom. Jos. J. Nys motored to Portland the end of the week to spend a few days on business and plea sure. Mrs. Nys, who has been in the city for the past week and was a guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Ward .returned home with him. Mrs., J. A. Woodhall and Mrs. Martha Shannon entertained with a children's party Friday after noon at the Woodhall home for Mary Shannon on her fourth birthday Present were Lynn and Nancy Wright, Judy, Vicki and Patty Barger, Nancy Lyons, Rog ena Prock, Carolyn Smith, Sandra Jones, Janet Washburn, Jimmy Farra, Bobby Huffman, J. S. Mc Murtry, Jaiyce, John Mark and Dickie Woodhall. Refreshments of birthday cake and ice cream were served. Mrs. Ralph Thompson enter tained with a bridge luncheon at the Lucas Place Thursday after noon complimenting Mrs. Walter Moore nad Mrs. C. L. Sweek of Pendleton. High score at bridge was received by Mrs. H. A. Cohn and second by Mrs. A. D. MeMur do. Among out-of-town relatives here Thursday for the funeral services of the late Mrs. Mary Munkers were Mr. and Mrs. Syl vnnus Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wright of The Dalles. Mrs. Louise Ritchie of The Dal les is spending several days in Heppner looking after business matters. While here she is the house guest of Mrs. Ora Wyland. Mrs. Gerald Acklen and chil dren are here from Grants Pass to spend some time with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinges. Mr. Acklen is in the Good Samar itan hospital at Portland and the family will remain here during the time he is hospitalized. Mrs. Ray Dofven was shopping in Heppner Monday from the farm in the Blackhorse district. Mrs. Claud Huston returned Sunday from Portland where she has been convalescing at the home of her brother, Dr. Ben Phil- Officially Soroptimists Mrs. Cunning called on Mrs. Lucy Rodgers to introduce the men and Mrs. Fay Bucknum in troduced the charter members. The Heppner Women's Chorus being in waiting was announced and sang three numbers, "Calm As the Night," "The Weavers," and "Prelude." Then followed installation of the following officers: President, Mrs. O. G. Crawford; vice presi dent, Mrs. Fay Bucknum; treas urer, Mrs. Frances Mitchell; cor responding secretary, Mrs. Jesse Payne; recording secretary, Mrs. Edmond Gonty; executive board, Miss Leta Humphreys, Mrs. Joe Hughes and Mrs. Grace Nicker son. Mrs. Rugg presented the char ter to Mrs. Crawford. Mrs. C. C. Dunham delighted the assemblage with her singing of "Life," Curran and "Sylvia," Speaks. , Highlight of the program was the address by Lois Beil Sandall, past presidept of the American Federation of Soroptimist clubs. Mrs. Sandall, whose home is in Seattle where she conducts a dra matic school, has been a Sowp tmiist' for 23 years and her en thusiasm for the organization is infectious. Attendant at two ses sions of the United Nations coun cil, she is thoroughly informed on world affairs and believes wo men have a definite place in the theater of world politics. Her ad dress was an inspiration to the new club and a delight to all who heard her. , Visiting Soroptimists and t'f two Soroptimisters, Bill Ellis and S. W. Brown of Baker, were breakfast guests at the O. G. Crawford home Sunday morning before taking thpir departure for home. lips, following her recent serious illness in Corvallis. Mrs. Huston is much improved at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Howell Frank and Clifford Howell were over from Top Saturday attend ing to busness matters in Hepp ner. A birthday party was given for Miss Marguerite Glavey Friday afternoon by the fifth grade. Mrs. James Valentine and Mrs. Elmer Palmer, room sponsors, supplied! the refreshments of birthday car.e and ice cream. A corsage of pink rosebuds was presented to Miss Glavey from the class. Francis Nickerson has received his orders to report in Portland this week for his return to the army. For the time being Mrs. Nickerson will remain in Hepp ner. Mr. Nickerson has been as sociated with his mother, Mrs. Grace Nickerson. in the Morrow County Abstract company since his release from army life at the end of the war and has been quite active in the civic affairs of the community, being a member of the city council, the junior cham ber of commerce and other or ganizatons. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McDaniel of Stanfield were trading in Heppner the end of the week. Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett and baby visited briefly in Heppner Thursday with Mrs. Bennett s mo ther, Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson. The Bennetts were en route to Port land from Pullman. Wn.. where Mr. Bennett is a student at Wash ington State college. Steward Cole returned the end of the week from a winter sojourn in Los Angeles and other points in Southern California. Mr. Cole has several sisters with whom he visited during the winter. Earl Blake is convalescing at the Good Samaritan hospital in Portland following a major op eration there the end of the week. Miss Esther Bergstrom under went a major operation at St Anthony's hospital Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Blame Isom were over from their farm near Pen dleton Saturday visiting friends and transacting business in Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Leathers of Kinzua spent Saturday in Hepp ner looking after business mat ters. Mrs. Leslie Robison of Hard man was shopping in Heppner Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Taul Jones are the parents of a son burn Friday, April 9, at the Cordia Saling home. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Chapel who operate a farm in the Rood canyon section were chopping in Heppner Monday. Mr. and Mis. Boyd Redding of Los Angeles spent the week end In Heppner with his sister, Mrs. Alena Anderson ami daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Redding departed Monday for Portland where they will spend a week with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Ash baugh. En route to the city they visited with his father who re sides on the north bank of the Columbia river near White Sal mon, Wash. Mrs. Earle Gilliam, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson and Mrs. Clive Huston motored to Pendle ton Monday to spend the day shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Claud White were shopping in Heppner Monday. Robert Welty of The Dalles was tarnsactlng business in Heppner the first of the week. Youthful Farmers Attend State FFA Meet At K. Falls The Heppner FFA was repre sented at the 20th annual state FFA convention at Klamath Falls. The local boys that at tended the convention were Bus ter Padberg, Bob Bergstrom, Ken neth Green, Orville Cutsforth, and Cecil Rill, accompanied by their advisor, Francis Cook. The group went down on April 7. and re turned April 11. Buster Padberg and Bob Bergstrom were the del egates. The convention was held at the Oregon vocational school, and the campus was busier than us ual with 809 FFA boys and in stuctors present. The purpose of the convention was to settle mat ters that had come up during the year, to elect state officers for the coming year, and to change rules. Among the many activities during the convention were con tests in parliamentary procedure, livestock judging, agricultural spelling, and others. The Heppner boys entered in three contests: crop seed identification, tool identification, and dairy cow judging. Cecil Rill won a silver certificate in the tool identifica tion contest. Music Festival At Walla Walla To Hear Local Band The Heppner school band will participate in the Southeastern Washington Music Competition festival, Walla Walla, April 24. It will be the second contest for the majority of the band, altho 12 of the youthful musicians will perform in competition for the first time. The warm-up march will be King Cotton, Sousa; an overture The Oracle, Taylor; the over ture, Nobility, by O'Neill. These selections are among the works given strenuous consideration the past two months by the band. This festival is sponsored un der the rules and regulations set down by the National School Band association and its prime objective is the promotion of ac tive interest and participation in better music for all schools. Band judges are Daryl Gibson, Uni versity of Montana; Carl Diet trich, Jefferson high school, Port land; Donald McCaw, supervisor of music. Aberdeen, Wash.; Justin Gray, University of Montana. Post 61 00, V.F.W. Installs Officers Post No. 6100, Veterans of For eign Wars, installed officers for the ensuing year at the regular meeting Monday evening at the Civic center. Irvin Rauch, com mander; James Driscoll, senior vice commander; Archie Struth ers. junior vice commander; W. E. MeCalob, quartermaster and adjutant; Dr. C. C. Dunham, post surgeon; Joe Aiken, trustee 3 years; James Stotts, trustee 2 years, and C. C. Carmichael, hold over trustee, constitute the new board of officers installed by Har lan McCurdy Jr., installing offi cer. Commander Rauch has nemed the following appointive officers: Legislative, Henry Peterson; Har lan McCurdy, chaplain; Dr. Dun ham, service officer; Forest Thornburg, patriotic officer; Earl Hogue, advocate, and Edwin Dick, publicity. Dr. Dunham is the retiring commander. County Agent News . . E. R. Jackman and Rex War ren, extension specialists in farm crops, Oregon State college, spent last Friday in Morrow county and accompanied the county ag ent on a tour of fields treated with 2.4-D. Several fields were visited in all sections of the county. The main interest of this inspection tour was to compare early sprayed and dusted fields with later applications, as well as effects of rain and snow im mediately after application of 2.4-D. Rates of application, both water and 2.4-D, per acre were also checked. Results of weed control rated from good to fair. Applications of at least one pine of 2.4-D In 8 or 10 gallons of water appeared to be giving better results than where lower applications of wa ter and less than 1 pint of 2.4-D was used. Some damage to wheat was found where highly concen trated 2,4-D sprays were used. Recommendations as a result of this trip are: 1. Present application rates of 15 to 20 pounds of 5'"r ester 2.4-D dust is sufficient for good control of annual weeds. 2. Due to lateness of season and growth of weeds, one and one-half pints of ester 2.4-D should he applied to remaining fields to be sprayed. 3. Ten gallons of water per acre Is still being recommended. 4. Forty to sixty pounds pres sure for application is proving most successful for complete cov erage without excessive drift. Fund Drive On Stopping No. 2 Merle Becket, county chairman, announces completion of his or ganization for the current fund campaign in the war against the No. 2 killer cancer. Local com mittees have been named in the several communities of the coun ty and the members of these groups will make personal con tacts. Chairmen or directors of the various committees include Na than Thorpe, Boardman; Leonard Carlson, Gooseberry; Mrs. Martin Bauernfeind, Morgan; Mrs. Victor Rietmann, lone; Mrs. H. C. Leslie, Hardman; Mrs. Jerry Brosnan, Lena; Mrs. Alton Osmin, Balm Fork; Mrs. Elmer Palmer, Eight mile; Mrs. Clarence Hayes, Lex ington; E. E. Rugg, Rhea creek; Mrs. Russell Moore, Pine City; Mrs. Ralph I. Thompson, Willow creek; Mrs. Bill Barratt, Hinton creek; Mrs. Bernhard Doherty, Blackhorse; Mrs. O. G. Hague wood, Heppner Flat, and -Mrs. Sam Turner, Sand Hollow. Oregon's quota of the American Cancer society's national cam paign is $130,000. Of this amount I no definite quota has been as- ' Registration To Close on April 20 County Clerk C. W. Barlow announces that his office will remain open until 8 p.m., Tues day, April 20 to accommodate Jast minute registrants. That is the day the registration books close and those wishing to vote at the May 21 primary election are advised to appear at the clerk's office before 8 o'clock. A REPLY In a recent Issue of our local paper an article appeared head ed: "Salary Loophole is Threat to Tax Equalization, Research Body Says." This item was an excerpt from the pamphlet, "Your Taxes" and referred to HB 80, or better known as the Rural School Dis trict Bill. The text of the item was that the rural school boards in some of the eight counties of Oregon vested by the state legislature with the authority to choose a district superintendent had "de fiantly" and "arbitrarly" impos ed upon the taxpayers of their respective counties an injustifi ably high tax burden in fixing the salary of the district super intendent. The Rural School Board of Mor row ounty was far from being in a "defiant" or "shin-kicking" spirit when preparing the budget for the board and in fixing the salary of our district superinten dent. Rather it was and is the policy of the board to accept the law in the spirit in which it was proposed and voted by the peo ple. In fact it agrees with "Your Taxes" that, "the purpose behind HB 80 is, namely, to provide some centralized control over expendi tures of many small school dis tricts, to achieve benefits usually derived from consolidated bud geting and supervision, and to equalize the school tax burden over all property. This responsibility in Morrow county was delegated by the vo ters of the rounty to a five mem ber rural school district board. To fulfill its responsibilities "to ward consolidated budgeting and supervision" the Rural School District Board unanimously ag reed that the office of the district superintendent warranted the employment of an educator whose training and experience is equal to or is better than, that re quired of principals and super intendents of the local schools of Morrow county. Therefore, it stands to reason that a salary comparable to the salaries paid to superintendents and principals must be offered in order to at tract educational leadership to the Dosition. The Rural Board has taken thi position held by many parents, that Morrow county, as other rur al areas, is entitled to education al personnel equivalent to that in urban areas. That as a board, they have been elected by the people of the rural district, as the boards in first class districts are elected by the voters in those dis tricts. Similarly they have like powers in reference to the selec tion of the superintendent. It was not the intention of the Board to be "defiant" or "arbi trary" in drawing up its budget. Not only was the Rural Board not cognizant of a "loophole" nor was it remotely interested in taking advantage of any such device. Neither was it the purpose of the board to "kick the shins'' of the legislature's authority to fix sal aries of county officers. In fact the article stated: "This rural dis trict superinteiuienf replaces the present county school superin tendent." Consequently the legis lature's authority has been term inated and has been placed In the hands of the Rural Board which is undoubtedly more in terested in the educational future of Morrow county than Oregon Business and Tax Research, Inc.. an organization with an urban background and outlook and pos sibly more interested in lower taxes than in pupil welfare. Foremost In the thinking of the Board has been the educational To Aid In Killer, Cancer signed to Morrow county. How ever, the importance of this pro ject can not be overestimated and Chairman Becket is urging every one to make a contribution, large or small, that the work of the so ciety may go on unhampered. A twofold purpose is involved, first to educate the American public on cancer and its control, and second, to raise funds from donations to continue necessary research work. Wherever possible, personal contact hy the local committee with the public will be made. In localities where no organization of workers exists, solicitation will be made through the mails. It is felt that solicitation in this wor thy cause should not be neces sary, but people are prone to for get and ofttimes fail to respond to requests by mail, and for this reason personal calls may be made. Checks payable to the Cancer Drive or to the American Cancer Society may be mailed directly to the First National Bank of Portland, Heppner Branch, or de livered to some representative of the count ycommittee. Cutsforth Auction Of Hereford Cows Set For April 26 Sale by auction of his entire female herd of registered Here fords is announced this week by O. W. Cutsforth, Lexington wheat rancher and stockman. Not in cluded in the sale is the 1947 calf crop. The sale is scheduled to start at 11 a. m., Monday, April 26, at the ranch, "Cutsforth Corners." located two miles north of Lex ington on highway 207. While the Cutsforth cattle have not been widely advertised and are not too well known, the herd was started on a foundation of well bred animals and Cutsforth purchased only top bulls for use in the herd. Sires of the 1948 crop of calves have both been champions at the shows where he purchased them. The Chand ler bred Hartland Donald 23rd was reserve champion at the 1945 Spokane sale and Geyer Domino 75th was champion at the 1946 Walla Walla Polled show. Among the pedigrees found in the catalog are Chandler. Reese Brown, WHR, Mountcrest and Roy Robinson breeding. The champion at the recent 1947 Wal la Walla Polled sale came from the Roy Robinson herd and top ped the sale at S4.050. Most of the Polled cows in the sale are Roy Robinson breeding. Practically every animal cat alogued is expected to have a calf at side by the day of the sale. There are 75 cows and only three of these are as much as eight years old. o NEW BRAND BOOKS HERE The new Oregon State Live stock Brand book is just off the press. This brand book shows all the brands and marks of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, mules, poul try, fox. and hogs recorded from January 1, 1940 to September 30. 1946. These books are available from the state department of ag riculture, Salem, nd sell for S5.00. Every stockman should have one. In looking through the brand hook I find that there are many Morrow county livestockmen who have no brand recorded. Under the brand law, brands used by stockmen and not recorded can be classed as a legal brand. If vou have not recorded vour brand it would be well to do so at once Application forms are available at this office. o Mr. and Mrs. D, D. Grady are the parents of a baby daughter born April 12 at Woodburn. The young lady has three brothers to help with her bringing up. obligation to the children of Mor row county. It realizes the im portance, the magnitude and the significance of education in the world today. The inculcation of the American Way of Life is par amount in a democracy such as ours. It has been the desire of thr hoard to give the youngsters ot the county the best within the ability of the county to support such a program. The policy is to raise the educational standard of the county so that our younj stcrs will be as well fitted as air, in the state to face the problems of the future. We feVl our policy is fair and just. Certainly we have meant to be sincere. We have attempted in a small way to do what J. Ed gar Hoover recently requested: "I hope that in 19 IS every adult will pledge himself to aid youth serv ing organizations, build up public school systems, provide more and better playgrounds, and actively support worthwhile pro grams for occupying youth's lei sure time." Morrow County Rural School Board, By Jos. J. Nys, Chairman Rural School Board, Lucy E. Rodgers, Secretary. lection Monday To Be First Under New School Setup Approval Sought For Addition To Regular Base Lev" Qualified, legal votes of Mor row county are reminded of th fact that there is a school meet ing scheduled for Monday, April 19. This school meeting is called by the Rural School District board for the purpose of voting upon the tax levy. The proposed tax is an equalized levy on all of the tax able property of the county. The revenue raised by the levy Is to be used for the operation of all of the schools of the county. Each school district prepared and presented its budget to the Rural School District board. These budget were consolidated into one levy which will be appor tioned out to the districts upon the basis of the amounts asked for in their, budgets. It is necessary at this time to call an electon to vote upon the tax levy because the total am ount asked for by the budgets ex ceeds the total of the levying bas es of all the school districts. As shown on the notices posted in each school district, the combin ed levying bases for all districts is $100,643.41. The required tax levy for all school districts of the county amounts to $270,635.46. The difference between the base levy and the required levy is $169,992.05. In order to make this levy, the Rural School District board must be authorized to do so by a vote of the people. None of the school budgets are excessively high. The amounts asked for are slightly more than the budget called for a year ago. The increase is due to the higher operating costs in maintaining the schools. The election will be held at the usual voting places in each school district at 2:30 o'clock in the aftenoon on Monday, April 19, 1948. Tax Problem Big Headache, French Tells Local Group Taxes are about the biggest problem confronting the people these days and for that reason the people should learn all they can relative to the taxes them selves and the people responsible for making the tax laws, Rep. Giles French told the luncheon group of the Heppner chamber of commerce Monday noon. Here to do a little political fence build ing, the Sherman county news paperman and legislator discuss ed briefly some of the tax prob lems facing the state due to the complicated system under which we operate. He said the $30,000,- 000 surplus should be put to some use. It was legislature day at the luncheon for Rep. Henry Peterson also was present, but he deferred the speechmaking to French. Check Writer Has Field Day Here Authorities are trying to locate Vern Ricketts who paid Heppner a visit last week and left to: parts unknown after cashing a series of checks which the hank found it could not honor. Rick etts is reported to have been more or less generous in buying cloth ing and other articles, issuing ehecksjn excess of the purchases. By the time .the checks "bounced" the issuer had made a complete secret of his whereabouts. A $20 check issued by Jackie LaVeta Papineau in Heppner also was of the "rubber" variety but the young woman was released from custody when she paid an assessmen tof S 19.50 which set tled for a S30 fine and $4.."u costs in Justice J .O. Hager's court and included the repayment of the j $20. Saager's Pharmacy was the pkuntut. SOFTBALL LEAGUE FORMED Representatives of the Elks, American Legion, Rosewall Motor company and Hodge Chevrolet Co. met Tuesday night and or ganized a Softball league for spring and summer play. It is planned to open the season the first o( May. FINE CHOP PROSPECT Frank I.indsry was n lown Wednesday Irum Morgan ami re ported fall main ill his field av erage between 11 and Hi Inches in height. He proclaims piesent prosecls the In -si he has c.er known. JAYC'ETTES TO MEET Mrs. Jar.ies Ilealy. Mrs. Wil liam Collins and Mrs. Edwin Dick mil be the hostesses f , r I Ik- reg ular meeting of the J.iC'etti-H Wednesday evening. April '! at the i iwc building. John C. Mitchell ami c. I' Sally of Portland spent Monday In Heppner attending 'o business matters.