OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITORIUM
PORT LAUD, ORE.
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$3.00 Per Year; Single
Sheriff's Office
Sells Many Auto
Licenses in 1949
Last-Minute Rush
Accounts For 514
Since December 15
One of the busiest spots in the
county the past few days has
been the tax department at the
court house and the cause can
be laid directly to the door of a
procrastinating public. Between
Saturday morning and Tuesday
evening, Mrs. Frances Mitchell,
deputy sheriff and tax collector,
sold 205 car licenses.
Since December 15, 1949, the
sheriff's office has sold 514 li
censes, and the total for the year
was uit-wie biggest number In
automotive history In the county.
This does not account for the
licenses sold In Morrow county,
but If It did there would be just
about one automotive vehicle to
each family. Without figures
from the office of the secretary of
state it is not possible to give a
ngure on the number of licenses
issued to car and truck owners.
Many people make their applica-
Hons directly to the secretary of
state prior to December 15, while
perhaps as many more put off
applying until the last minute.
New cars, trades and some who
drive their cars for only short
periods account for sales through
out the year, but the bulk of the
applications come inthe last-min
ute rush.
Christmas Seal Sale
Committee Turns in
Report at Kinzua
By ELSA M. LEATHERS
Happy New Year to my readers!
Mrs. R. M. Wright, chairman of
the Christmas Seal sale, and her
committee, Mrs. George Smith,
Mrs. Ed Wham and Mrs. Sterling
Wham, report that to date, Dec.
30, they had received $260.25,
with a large number yet to re
ceive replies from. Kinzua had
the largest receipts In Wheeler
county last year.
Mark Jo Hick who sustained a
shoulder lnjuiy at the Lexington
basketball game Is able to have
his arm out of the sling and to
drive his own car again. It Is
doubtful if he can play any of
the remaining games.
Work was resumed Jan. 3 In all
departments. Elmer Sasser car
ried the time clock on one shift
throughout the holidays.
Kinzua was saddened by the
untimely death of Mrs. Floyd
Thomas Sr. Saturday afternoon
at her home here. Besides her
husband, she leaves two daugh
ters by a former marriage, her
mother, Mrs Maggie Davis Vine
yard, and a sister, Dorothy Phil-
lips, both of Prlneville, formerly
of Kinzua Also a brother, Bill Da
vis of Condon Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon at
the Methodist church in Fossil,
followed by interment In the Fos
sil cemetery. Pallbearers were
Warren Jobe, Howard Zaccary,
George rindle, Gene Rorick, Thur
man Van Horn and Raymond
Lutchcr.
Mr .and Mrs. Joe Schott and
daughter Lillian were dinner
guests New Year's day at the E.
R. Fatland home In Condon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harve Boyer went
to Beavcrton Thursday to visit
at the homes of their daughter
and family, Mrs. Harry Johnson,
and their son and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Boyer. They returned
home Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Asher met her
father, Finley La Clair, at Arling
ton Sunday afternoon when he
returned from Cambridge, Ida.,
where he has been visiting his
son Gary.
Ralph Moore spent several days
near The Dalles at the ranch
home of his brother, Harve and
with his father, Emmett. He and
family also spent some time at
tholr ranch near Lonerock,
Mrs. Matt Jurlck returned home
from The Dalles hospital where
she underwent a check and will
return to the hospital Jan. 6 for
further consultation
Bill Lltzell spent several days
here from Portland visiting his
father, Frank. Bill Is enrolled In
a radio school
J. E. Wall returned home from
Portland Saturday and his bro
ther Bob accompanied him. Mrs.
Wall went on to Canada to be
present at her sister's wedding.
The Walls visited at Omak, Wash,
with Mr. Wall's parents.
Richard Coleman came up from
Portland for a few days visiting
his brother J. D. and family. BUI
Lltzell accompanied him.
Mr. and Mrs. Elza Wilson and
family spent the holidays at Yak.
im with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Southard.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B Webb and
small daughter spent several
days at Spray visiting Mr and
Mrs. Art Williams, his sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Laughlln and
son Bobby returned to Kinzua af.
tcr spending two weeks at their
home in Mack's Creek, Mo. with
relatives and friends.
Mrs, Maggie Vineyard and Mr.
Copies 10c
Wreaths Adorned
All Doors of Ward
Seven at Hospital
Due to the generosity of Mor
row county organizations, every
door or ward 7, the county's re
sponsibility at the veterans hos
pital In Walla Walla, was hung
witn a wreath during the holi
day season, announces Mrs. Jack
Loyd, counyt chairman.
Mrs. Loyd has expressed her
thanks to Willows, Lexington and
.ihea Creek granges, the Lena
home extension unit, the Heppner
chamber of commerce and busin
ess houses who provided funds to
make It possible to purchase the
24 wreaths needed.
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Marriage Licenses
Slacken Up in 1949
Cupid wasn't too busy at the
Morrow county courthouse during
the year 1949 and as a result the
Clerk's office didn't spend too
much time making out marriage
licenses. Up to the time of writing
only 17 licenses had been sold at
the clerk's desk. These include:
January 29 Bill G. Lynch anil
Hazel Jewell Easter.
February 3 Albert Ted Palma-
teer and Rosetta Healy.
March 1 Ernest M. Moline and
Eva C. Johnson.
March 19 Robert Lee Lovgren
and Yvonne Earlene Dougherty.
April 9 Marvin L. Jones and
Malzle Rakes, both of Pasco, Wn.
April 23 Roy Burkenbine and
Aden Vague.
April 29 George E. Irvln and
Georgia Anne McMillan.
May 27 V. R. Runnion and
Muriel Rice.
June 4 William D. Peoples and
Merlene Miller.
June 17 Donald Arthur DuBois
and Marcella Shaffer.
June 25 Lowell Keith Rippee
and Beverly Lou Eberhardt.
August 30 Wilbur Jackson and
Dorothy Allstott.
September 12 Robert L. Gam-
mell and Evonne R Evans.
November 16 Harold L. Snider
nd Joyce Ann Salter.
November 30 Robert B. Crow-
ell and Ltla Botts.
December 22 Charles Harvey
Flint of Ames, Iowa and Mabel
Wilson.
December 23 Ellis Sallng and
Eileen Harris.
nd Mrs. Merle Phillips came
from Prineville Saturday night
when they received word of the
death of their daughter and sis
ter, Grace Thomas. They are at
he home of Mr. Phillips' sister,
Mr. and Mrs. La Monte Beard.
Mr. and Mrs. George Tripp and
son Leo spent the holiday at the
home of their daughter at Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Qulncy Tripp visited
with his sister at Oakridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Delvin McDaniel
.visited at Hardman with Mr. and
Mrs. Kinard McDaniel and Mr.
and. Mrs. Everett Harshman on
Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schott and
Lillian went to Portland Monday
where Mr. Schott had a check up
with a skin specialist. He has
been suffering from pine poison
ing. He is a sawyer at the mill.
Mr. and Mrs. Layton Tripp and
a brother, Arden, spent the holi
days at Warrenton with Mrs.
Tripp's mother. They returned
home Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Carmichael
of Lexington brought Owen Lea
thers Sr. home Tuesday from
Vancouver, Wash, and visited
here until Thursday evening.
Clarence got in some duck hunt
ing while here. Mrs. Leathers
went to Heppner with them and
spent several days visiting rela
tives and friends, reluming home
Saturday.
Dick Graham returned to Cor-
vallis Sunday. He is a freshman
at Oregon State. He spent the hoi
Idays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Forest Graham. He accom
panied Larry Wade of Condon to
t'orvallis.
Pfc David Phillips, army re
cruit, is on his first leave from
Fort Ord, Calif, visiting at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Monty
Beard. David was employed here
before entering the arm ya short
time ago. He has a twin brother,
Frank, who Is In the Marine
Air Corps.
W. G. Gilbert took his son, Pfc
Kenneth Gilbert, to Portland
Thureday after he had spent a
few days visiting his parents and
a sister, Mrs. James Hanna at
Camp 5. He was from Fort Ord,
Calif, where he is in army train
ing. Ethel Mitchell and son Lee Roy
returned home Friday from Three
Creeks, Ida., where they visited
her daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Clark the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Rudd and sons
Lynn and Freddie and Jack Pltt
spent their vacation at Omak,
Wash. Lynn, who is in the army
air corps, has been visiting here
the past week. He left high school
last year to enlist. He was on the
main string of the basketball
team at Fossil.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brown of
Portland are visiting here this
week with his sisters, Mrs. So
phrona Thompson and Mrs. Lln
nle Loudon.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhea Lupcr came
from Walla Walla the last of the
week to spend the New Year holi
day with relatives and friends,
Shamrocks Enter
Season With Eye
On State AAU Play
Van Marter's Town
Team Best Seen
Here, Writer Says
By JIM BARRATT
One of the finest teams ever
to wear hoop scanties under the
banner of a Heppner town team
is now making hoop history un
der the coaching of LaVerne
Van Marter with its latest niche
in its climb for league suprema
cy being a 60 to 46 win Friday
over a pine-high visiting Moro
team here.
A well balanced team boast
ing height, speed, shooting abil
ity lots of spirit, the Heppner
Shamrocks have scored over 60
points a game in their last four
starts. Only loss of the season
was to Irrigon in the season's
opener on their floor but with
the same team scheduled to play
here later this month, the Sham
rocks will have a chance for
revenge.
The Heppner Bees, which play
a preliminary game to every
Shamrock contest, have the same
win -loss record as their big bro
thers 5-1 but their only loss
was to the Lexington "A" team
here Friday by a 43-39 count
which saw the lead change near
ly a dozen times.
Playing in the newly organ'
ized Morrow-Umatilla county lea
gue with members consisting of
two teams from Hermiston and
one each from Heppner, lone,
Lexington, Arlington and Irrigon
the Shamrocks have definitely
proven themselves contenders for
the crown, with wins already ov.
er Valley Builders of Hermiston,
lone and Arlington. Winners of
this league will play off the win
ner of the Pendleton area wtih
the winner representing the dis
trict in the state AAU tourna
ment at the end of the season.
Highest individual scorer in the
yet early season has been Har
old Whitbeck with a 17 point av
erage in three games but Jack
Parrish, former Oregon Owl s ace,
has tallied 70 points in six games
for a 11.7 average. Whitbeck
learned his maple artistry while
in the togs of Pacific university.
Heppner 41. Lexington 19, prac.
tice game; Heppner 22, Irrigon 31;
Heppner 68, lone 39; Heppner 61,
Hermiston 38; Heppner 66, Ar
lington 35; Heppner 60, Moro, 46.
Assessor Gives Out
rimely Advice on
1950 lax Statements
Your personal property assess
ment which is to be made as of
January 1, 1950, should be listed
on the returns sent out, advises
Assessor V. O. Dix. List your pro
perty under the proper headings
on your return, using exact in
ventory as of Jan. 1, 1950, he
points out.
Taxpayers are referred to par
agraph 110-608 O. C. L. A. Every
county assessor shall have the
power to require all taxpayers to
furnish a list of all taxable real
or personal property owned by,
or in possession of, such taxpayer
and situated in his county. Said
list shall be signed by the tax
payer, or the managing agent or
or officer, and shall be verified
by oath.
To aid in determining an equit.
able assessment of all property,
the county assessor shall have
the authority to examine the tax
payer's inventories, books, records
and documents relating to the
amount and value of any proper
ty which he is required by law
to assess. Only such information
shall be required In said list as
shall aid the assessor in arriving
at a fair assessment valuation.
The assessor shall also have
the power to summon witnesses
to appear and give testimony in
matters relating to the valuation
and amount of property.
If you wish to know what the
penalty for failure to comply with
the law Mr. Dix asks you to read
paragraph 110-6-- O. C. L. A.
If help is needed in making
your return, the assessor's office
will he glad to help you.
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HE'S GRANDDAD NOW
When you meet Orville Cuts
fort h show him that respect that
is his due. Ho has changed his
status since Tuesday morning.
January 3, when a baby girl was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zita
at Columbia, Mo. Mrs. Zita is the
former Dorothy Cutsforth. Her
mother, Mrs. Alta Kenny went to
Columbia to welcome the new
grandchild.
SERVICE HOUR CHANGED
The Epiphany service (Feast
of Lights) scheduled for Friday
evening at All Saints Episcopal
church lias been changed to 6
o clock p. m. Sunday, according to
Vicar E. L. Tull.
Judge and Mrs. J. G. Barratt
returned the last of the week
from a brief vacation in Salem
and Grants Pass with relatives.
Heppner Gazette Times,
Residence Changes Occupy
Time of Several Families
During Holidays
Considerable change in rest
dence has been made during the
holidays. The Sie Walkers have
purchased the Mahoney house
on Baltimore street and have
moved there from their former
horn eon Water street which has
been sold to Mr. and Mrs. James
Johnston. The Kenneth Keelings
nave moved nto the house on
Jones street recently vacated by
A. A. Scouten family and the
Minnie B. Furlong residence on
Jones street, formerly occupied
by the Keelings, has been rented
to Mr. and Mrs. Basil B. Burn-
stead.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Cowdery and
his mother, Mrs. Marvin Herring-
ton left Monday for their homes
in Vancouver, Wash, after spend
ing the week-end here with Mr.
and Mrs. Scott Furlong and J. C.
Owens.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Denney of
Gresham were week-end visit
ors in Heppner and were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake at
their country home on Hinton
creek.
Mr. and Mrs'. Victor Johnson
and daughter Carolyn of Port
land spent the New Year's holi
day In Heppner. During their
stay they were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Carey Hastings and Mrs.
Corda Sallng.
Gilbert Batty left Monday for
Corvallis where he will enter
Oregon State for the second term.
Miss Cecelal Healy was here
from Portland to spend the holi
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Healy and other rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith
left by plane Friday for Pasa
dena where they attended the
Rose Bowl game on Monday af
ternoon.
Misses Leatha Smith and Janet
Sprouls left Thursday for Prlne
ville to spend the New Year hol
iday with Miss Smith s parents.
They were taken to Arlington by
Crockett Sprouls.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ferguson
and family have returned to
their home in Montesano, Wash.
after spending the holidays here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Ferguson. Mrs. Fergu
son's mother, Mrs Annie Heiny
of Fairvlew, is remaining in Hep
pner for a longer stay.
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Air. and Mrs , Harold F'IrfKverctt Keithley made a busi
and Crockett Sprouls made a
business trip to Hermiston Satur
day.
Art Peck motored to Pendleton
Saturday evening to spend the
holidays with his family.
Mr .and Mrs. Vince Stingle of
Portland spent the New Year
holiday here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Isom and
daughter were over from Pendle
ton Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Benge are
In Medford where they will spend
a month with their daughter,
Mrs. Hilding Bengston and fam
ily. Curdy and children were over
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan D. Mc
from Ukiah to spend the New
Year holiday with relatives and
friends.
Officers for the Women's Aux
iliary of All Saints Episcopal
church were installed at special
communion services Wednesday
morning. They include Mrs. M.
R. Wightman, president; Mrs. W.
O. Dix, vice president; Mrs. Jesse
Cast Selected For
Home Talent Play
By Lexington P-TA
By MRS. DELPHA JONES
The cast has been completed
for the P-TA's forthcoming pro
duction of "Mumbo Jumbo," the
three-act mystery farce by Jack
Barnards. The central figures, two
harum-scarum college youths,
will be played by George Irvin
and Leonard Munkers. Mrs. Tonl
Baker will portray a beautiful
young woman under the strange
spell of Dr. Omahundra, taken by
Glenn Griffith. Armin Wihlon, a
mysterious blind man; Mrs. Gla
dys Van Winkle will be Tweetie,
a countrv lass; Ellwynne Peck
will be a country sheriif, with his
rival, Mrs. Maurice Groves, as tne
lady sheriff from an adjoining
county. Others in the cast are:
Thelma Anderson, a witch doc
tor; Mrs. Custer, Delpha Jones,
and her son Hal, Clarence Buch
anan. Also Peaches, a hard boiled
college girl Is portrayed by Mrs.
Betty Feathers. Others In tne piay
are Mr. and Mrs. Truman Mes
senger, aunt and uncle of one
college boy, and Bud Buchanan,
who Is a hard boiled state patrol
man. Adding much to- the com
edy is Daisy, a small girl who
helps the lady sheriff. This play
Is to be given to raise money for
local P-TA and will be presented
the latter part of January. It is
under the direction of Gerald
Baker.
M and Mr.s Don Grant were
holiday visitors at the O G. Bree
ding home, from Prlneville. Mrs.
Breeding and daughter Joan re
turned with them after visiting
there for a week, Mrs. Grant's
Thursday, January 5, 1
- C. Payne, secretary; and Mrs. J
G. Thomson, treasurer. Plans are
being made by the auxiliary for
a potiuck dinner in the parish
house on the evening of Tues
day, Jan. 10. All members of the
parish are urged to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Batty
of Kimberly were week-end house
fuests of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Ogletree.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson
eome up from Portland to spend
the holidays at their home in
the Eightmile district .They ex
pect to return to the city in the
near future for an indefinite
stay.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Charlton of
Baker spent the holiday week
end here with her sons, Harold
and Merle Becket and their fa
fnllies. They returned to t heir
fiome Monday afternoon.
" Holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Durward Tash were his mother
Mrs. Fred Tash, brother Rodney
and Sister Zalda and family of
Hermiston.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hayes
returned to their home in Arling
ton Monday after spending the
week-end with her mother, Mrs.
Grace Nickerson. They were ac
companied by their daughters
Blllie Pat and Christine who
spent the Christmas vacation
here with Mrs. Nickerson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodge Jr.
were over from Pendleton for
the week-end with relatives and
friends.
JMiss Betty Lou Moyer returned
home Saturday afternoon from St.
Anthony's hospital where she
underwent a major operation
earlier in the week.
Homer Mankln of lone was
looking after business matters in
Heppner Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Doherty of
Sandhollow braved Tuesday's
snowstorm to come to town for
supplies.
Joann Blake left Monday for
Portland where she is attending
art school. She accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Denney that far
on their return to Gresham after
a week-end visit here.
Students returning to college
the first of the week were Maryi
Mollahan and Bob Jones to Eu
geneand Don Gilliam to Corval
lis.
ness trip to Pendleton Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Blois and
Mrs. Lyle Maidment and daugh
ter, Karen of Condon were over
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Orwick.
Miss Lela Tolleson left the last
of the week for Seattle where I
she will enroll in the University
of Washington. Miss Tolleson has
only recently returned from an
extended visit to the middle west
after having resigned her position
as nurse at the Veterans hospi
tal in Walla Walla earlier in the
fall.
Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Runnion
spent the holidays in Wyoming
with his relatives and from there
planned to go on to Nevada and
California for a month's motor
tour. They expect to return to
Heppner sometime early in Feb
ruary. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Dix have
returned from Portland where
they spent the holidays. During
their stay there they were the
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children, Jim and Jeanne are vis
iting in Lexington for a few
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Darnielle
and son Edward were holiday vis
itors from The Dalles at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Newt
O'Harra.
Archie Padberg returned to his
school in the valley from holidays
spent at the K. K. Marshall home.
Bud Marshall who has been at
tending school there is remain
ing at home for the winter term.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rands were
Pendleton visitors one day last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Baker re
turned last week from a few days
visit in Portland.
The girls athletic association
of the high school have received
their new uniforms. They are
black satin with orange letters
and trimmings.
Lexington women who have or
ganized the town volleyball team
are most anxious to meet some
competition and would like to
hear from other teams who are
wanting to play. Their manager
is Gerald Baker.
County council of P-TA will
meet this time in lone with lone
as host. This meeting is sched
uled for the third Wednesday of
the month.
Mrs. Nannette Griffith has gone
to Wallowa for a few weeks vis
it. She motored over one day last
week with her so nJay Griffith
of Spray.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Groves
spent the vacation in Salem.
Mr. and Mr.s. Eldon Padberg
returned the latter part of the
week from a vacation in Tort
land, and motored to Pendleton to
the Gene Blssinger home for New
Years.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Feathers re
turned Monday from Clackamas
wiiere they spent tne noiidays in necessary, and set the final ang
the Kellogg home, line regulations for the year 19a0.
950
Motion Pictures To
Depict Agricultural
Progress of Region
U. P. Improvement
Car To Instruct
By Visual Means
With nearly 25,000 miles and
300 meetings already on its log,
Union Pacific's unique agricul
tural improvement car will con
tinue its third tour of western
states served by the railroad
wtih a three week January jun
ket to 14 southeastern Washing
ton and northeast Oregon com
munities. The proven and regular plan
A motion pictures, experienced
agricultural speakers and discus
sions which the car has featured
since its initial trip in January,
iM4S, will again be followed, ac
cording to Joe W. J:rvls, supervi.
sor of U lion P. cific's agricul
tural development dpp artment.
George L. Penrose, agriculau-
ral agent for the railroad in Ore
gon and Washington, who will
be in charge of the car, announ
ced the following itinerary:
In Oregon: Athena, January 13;
Pendleton, January 16; Heppner,
January 18; Condon, January 20;
Moro, January 23; Wallowa, Jan
uary 25; Elgin January 26 and
Haines, January 27.
Whenever possible, four one-
and-onehalf hour meetings will
be held at each community, with
tentative starting times of 9 a.
m., 10:30 a. m., 1:30 and 3 p. m.
Count agents will serve as
chairmen at the majority of
meetings. Among the speakers
will be representatives of the
State College of Washington ex
tension service and the Oregon
State college extension service.
The car's extensive film library
will include Thirsty Acres, sound
color motion picture on irriga
tion produced by Union Pacific,
as well as pictures covering po
tatoes, dairying, soil fertility,
wheat, corn, fruit disease, crop
production, weed control, farm
management and DDT.
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CHARLES FLINTS HONORED
WITH TEA AT HUMPHREYS
HOME THURSDAY P. M.
Miss Leta Humphreys was
hostess at a tea for Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H.' Flint last Thursday
afternoon. Assisting her were the
members of the county home ec
onomics committc, Mrs. Sam Mc
Millan, Mrs. George Currin, Mrs.
Vernon Munkers, Mrs. Russell
Miller, Mrs. Ernest Heliker, Mrs.
W. E Hughes, MrsMarkham Ba
ker, Mrs Ralph Thompson, Mrs.
Paul Slaughter, Mrs. J. G. Barratt
and Mrs. Walter Wright.
During the afternoon Mrs. Rob
ert Walker and Mrs. Clyde Dun
ham each sang a group of songs.
Many friends called to extend
greetings to the newlyweds and i
eo enjoy the hospitality of Miss
Humphreys' beautiful new home,
which was most attractive in its
holiday attire.
MARRIAGE DATE SET
Mr. and Mrs. John Hanna an
nounce the engagement and forth
coming marriage of their daugh.
ter Jean to Donald L. Bennett.
The wedding will be an event of
Wednesday, February 8 at the
hour of 7 o'clock p. m. in the
Methodist church and will be
open to the public. The groom-to-be
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil
Bennett of Preston, Kan., and is
employed at the W. F. Barratt
ranch.
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HEW STORE AT RUGGS
Don Hatfield reports that the
new grocery store at Ruggs own
ed by himself and his brother
John, is meeting with favor in
the district. They have included
gasoline and oil service for the
benefit of people in the neigh
borhood and travelers along the
highways west and south. The
Hatfiekis are making their home
at Ruggs and Don is continuing
his job as service man at the
Rosewall Motor company.
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Public Hearing On
Angling Regulations
To Be Held Jan. 13
Charles A. Lockwood. Oregon
Stale Game Director, calls atten
tion to the fact that the annual
public hearing concerning ang
ling regulations for 1950 will be
held in the Portland office of the
Oregon State Game commission
at 10:00 a. m. January 13. The
public is invited to attend this
hearing, and anyone having sug
gestions to make concerning the
new angling regulations will be
heard at that time. Representa
tives of organizations and Indi
viduals will all be heard. Those
organizations not able to send a
representative and Individuals
not able to attend should send
in their recommendations by
mail before that date
After the public hearing the
Game Commission will set ten
talive regulations for the com
ing year. These will be announc
ed, and after a two week inter
val, the commission will recon
vene, make any changes deemed
Gooseberry Receives
9:15 Inches Moisture
During Past Season
Ranchers in the Gooseberry
district of Morrow county had
pretty good crops in 1949 but it
was not due to the amount of
precipitation which fell during
year. The moisture that did fall
helped preserve the holdovar
moisture from the previous sea
son and this was sufficient to
produce a little better than aver
age crops.
In running over th? vear's re
cords, month by month, Leonard
Carlson, weather observer for the
western part of the county, found
that a total of 9.15 inches of
moisture fell throughout the year.
Broken down to months it came
as follows: January, .37; Febru
ary, 1.76; March, 1.70; April.30
May, 1.14; June, .04; July and
August, nil; September, .05; Oc
tober, .45; November, 2.28 and
December, 1:06.
This is approximately the
same recording as made by Len
Gilliam in Heppner.
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Unemployment On
Increase, Commission
Release Reveals
Record unemployment pay
ments of $2,742,374 for December
brought the 1949 total to $19,367
806 or 16 percent above the pre
vious high established during
the post-war readjustment year
of 1946, the state unemployment
compensation commission report
ed today.
Last month's total was 41.6 per
cent above the November, 1949
amount and was higher than the
combined totals for December, in
1946, 1947 and 1948. Only in
March, 1946, when displaced war
workers received $2,855,118, was
a higher monthly figure recorded.
Although readjustment allow
ances to unemployed veterans
under the G-I Bill of Rights de
clined greatly during the past
four monthsdropping to $69, 807
for December the year's dls
bursements reached $7,021,982.
This brought the combined total
of payments to veterans and ci
vilans in Oregon during 1949 to
726,389,788, or more than a mil
lion above the $25,269,262 for
1946.
State checks went to 32,383
covered workers during the last
week of the year only 19 percent
under last winter's peak of 40,-
267 reached in late February.
Since the start of the benefit
year last July, 93.000 persons
have filed claims as compared
with 53,929 a year ago. During the
1948-49 benefit year claimants
numbered 101,000, and officials
expect that figure to be passed
during the next 30 days. About
390,000 covered workers had suf.
ficient wage credits during 1948
to quality for benefits during the
the present year.
Nearly 7,000 claimants already
have exhausted their benefti
rights and can draw no further
compensation until after the next
benefit year starts July 1, 1950.
Exhaustions during 1948-49 ex
ceeded 20,000, and may be much
higher in 1949-50.
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More Wheat Smut In
Evidence in Northwest
Crop Report Shows
Oregon and the Pacific North
west seem well on the way to re.
gaining the dubious distinction
of being the nation's number one
wheat smut disease sorespot.
During 1949, 20.3 percent of
nearly 19,000 farmers owned lots
of wheat graded smutty, a rise
of 6 percent from the preceding
year, it was reported recently to
the Pacfic Northwest Smut Con
trol committee by R. E. White,
TMA grain supervisor, Portland,
who handles federal grain in
spections for the three northwest
states.
White estimates that thirteen
million bushels of the 1949 wheat
crop in the three states will be
marketed as smutty. In addition
to cash discounts, Extension
Farm Crops Specialist Rex War
ren at Oregon State college, a
member of the smut control com
mittee, points out that presence
of smut also affects yields ad
versely. Total smut infestation after be
ing reduced to just 2.8 percent
of the crop in 1942-43, has been
clumbing for seven straight
years. Swing to non-smut resis
tant varieties such as Elgin and
Golden, and failure on the part
of farmers to take proper seed
treatment precautions, are listed
as the principal reasons for the
increase.
In the western Columbia ba
sin area, the total Infestation was
reduced from 11.3 percent a year
ago to b.3 percent in 1949. Mark
ed improvement was shown in
the Condon area, White stated.
Bad spots were confined to the
northern parts of Wasco and
Sherman counties the same as
in 194a
Smut, a spore disease, has
been known to reduce yellds up
to 25 or 30 percent, Oregon State
college agronomists declare.
In the Pendleton Inspection sta-
h mv.., iiupiuNeim-ni in me, state where licenses can be se-over-all
smut picture was also cured Is a considerable accom
registered In 1949 as compared modatlon to the public and a
with the year previous Samples preat saving to the state. As an
grading smutty totaled 169 in example, last week XK) plates
1949 as compared with 19.7 for were trucked to one field office
the year before. 'saving the state $000 In postage.
Volume 66, Number 42
Mercury Drops To
7 Below For Short
Time Last Night
About Five Inches
Of Snow Cover Area
In Heppner Vicinity
Heppner citizens were ducking
their necks well down in their
coat collars Wednesday evening
when the thermometer began
zooming downward after several
hours of snowing and blowing.
Low point was reached before
midnight, when the mercury
reached seven degrees below zero
on the instrument used by Len
Gilliam for making official re
cordings of the weather.
A blanket of approximately
five inches of light snow fell over
this vicinity the fore part of the
week, with most of it coming
down Tuesday night. Although
accompanied by a fairly strong
wind, there was little troublesome
drifting, especially along the
highways. The maintenance
crews kept the roads open and
for the most part there was no
delay due to drifts, although slick
road surfaces slowed traffic down.
There was a change in temper.
ature shortly after midnight and
by morning the mercury had
crawled up to 30. At noon a wind
indicative of a chlnook had car
ried the indicator still higher and
icicles clinging to the edges of
roofs began to drip.
Reports coming from other
points Indicate that the snowfall
here was light by comparison.
Pendleton was reported to have
12 inches Wednesday morning
and a similar report came from
Condon. The storm was general
and caution is the watchword on
all highways.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner re
turned Monday from Portland
Mrs. Turner has been in the city
for a week assisting their son
Don and family get settled in
their new home and Mr. Turner
motored down after her on Sat
urday. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Joe Hughes who took her
daughter Mary Olive back to her
school in Salem.
A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT
In 1949 the progress of govern
ment in Oregon kept pace with
the rapidgrowing state, accord,
ing to elected top officials.
Governor Douglas McKay is en
thusiastic over the headway
made by the ship of state in the
swells of increased population.
We have tested new plans for
conserving and developing our
natural resources and applied the
workable methods and," said the
governor, "they are contributing
to the present economy and in
the future will alleviate some of
the burdens that have been per
fidiously passed on future gene
rations." The general responsibility of
any governor includes trying to
keep his state on a level keel.
For that reason I am using my
personal Influence and that of
my office to promote greater di
versification of Industries to at
tain more year-round jobs; to
foster a rapid development of
more hydroelectric energy as a
magnet to new industry; to sell
more people on the necessity of
expanding the processing of farm
and forest crops.
AUTO PROBLEMS REDUCED
The principal advancements In
his department, says, Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry, include the
establishment of the Traffic Safe,
ty division, consolidating and co
ordinating the work of several
duplicating safety divisions and
the carrying out of the provisions
f the new school bus law. The
streamlining of safet dvision not
only increased efficiency in re
ducing accidents but saved con
siderable money for the state.
The traffic Safe'ty division is di
rected by Captain Walter Lan
sing who has had many years of
experience in traffic safety work.
The arrangement of staggered
dates for securing motor vehicle
licenses by different groups in
different months will save time
for the public and the state. The
old plan created a rush period
that was extremely inconvenient
for the public and necessitated
the hiring of extra help that cost
the state approximately $200,000
a year. After the transition per
iod, other expenses will be great
ly reduced.
The new permanent license
plates will save more than $200,.
000 a year.
The establishment of 20 field
offices cf the motor vehicle di
vision at strategic points over the
i