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ortrson historical society P-'SLIC A V D I T 0 n I 'J ; POT.TLA.VD, q:z. alette fftnea eppner $3.00 Per Year; Single Copies lOfc Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, April 20, 1950 Volume 67, Number 5 Consolidation Of School Districts To Be Voted Upon Election Called For May to Decide Important Matter Voters of school districts 2, 3, 23, 24, 41 and 42 will vote May 2 on whether or not to consoli date with district No. 1, known as the Heppner district. At the same time the voters of district No. 1 will vote on whether or not to uccept these districts. School authorities feel that It is imperative that this measure be carried, both from a financial and an educational standpoint. Heppner has for several years educated not only the children of its own district but those from the surrounding territory as well. As time has gone on the system has become excessively crowded. The time is now here where there is but one solution the district must build an elementary school. Until two years ago the asses sed valuation of school district No. 1 was but slightly In excess of one million dollars. Since a school district may not bond itself to exceed 10 per cent of its assessed valuation it would have been Impossible for district No. 1 to bond itself for enough to build. Two years ago districts No. 6, 11, 15, 31, 34 and 49 consolidated with the Heppner district. This raised the assessed valuation until it is now approximately $2,700,000. The inclusion of all the districts which have petition ed for consolidation will place this valuation at approximately $4,800,000. This will make school district No. 1 one of the largest and richest in the state. With such a figure for a tax base, improvements may be made in the local system with out excessive cost to anyone. AH voters In all the districts con cerned are being urged to vote "yes" for the consolidation. Good House Greets Bands in Annual Spring Concert A good house greeted the mu sic department of the Heppner schools Wednesday evening in the presentation of the annual band concert under the direction of Robert Collins, music instruc tor. The program was participat ed In by both the Junior and, senior bands. Made up of studynts from the! fourth through the seventh grades with more than half of them, 24 to be exact, starting as begin ners during the current school year, the junior band presented; the following numbers: Rosebud, I waltz; Magdelin, waltz; Hum! Tune; Vasil, waltz; Dutch Choral; Lillian, waltz; Phil and Dot,) march, and Hermlna, waltz. The! personnel includes Kdith Morris ' Larry Lindsay. Jay Sumner. Ida ! Sue Stratton, Marcia Miller, Judy Collins, Jim MeCllntock, Dolores Easter, Stephen Green, Jay Me Cllntock, Melvin Olson, Paul Stout, Nancy Davis, Francis Slocum, Barbara Warren, Peggy Wightman, Paul Becket, Sandra Whllloek, Jack Monagle, Kred Lynch, LenRay Schwa rz, Alice Peterson, Dixie McAllister, Doc Bailey, Judy Barger, Jack Sher man, Christine Swaggart, Pat McDonald, Arthur Mahan, David Reeves, Gale MeCllntock, Joan Brosnan, Dean Connor, Forrest Burkenblnc, Bob Grabill, Edward Brosnan, Susan Mishler, Pat Wright, Charles Bailey, Marvin Wightman, Roberta Hannan. The senior band gave 11 1 numbers, four of them to be I played in the eastern Oregon district competition festival in La Grande tomorrow and Satur-j day. The numbers were His Honor march, contest number; Aurora Overture; The Desert Song; Bouree contest number, clari net quartet: Lynda Borman, Jim Hayes, Sharon Becket, Sandra Lanham; Fughetta; When Day Is Done; Cracker Jacks contest number, cornet trio: Skip Ruhl, Jerry Dougherty, David Cox, Eleanor Rice accompanist; Komm Susser Tod; Time Out for a Jam Session; Rondo from the Suite No. 2 in B minor, clarinet quartet: Jim Smith, Joanne Rothwell, Marjorle I'lerson, Lynda Borman (contest number); Vic tor Herbert Favorites, selection; Panls Angellcus, and The Trav eller Overture, contest numbers, and Hall of Fame, march. Senior band personnel: Terry Thompson, Edith Morris, Jim Smith, Joanne Bothwell, Betty Graves, Jim Hayes, Francine Ilisler, Marjorle Plorson, Verne Bell, Mary Ann Jensen, Sharon Becket, Lynda Bormnn, Sandra Lanham, Colleen Connor, Jack Yoager, Roger Palmer, Clara Whllloek, David Cox, Jerry Dougherty, Darlene Connor, Nor- Many Guests From Neighbor Lodges Attend OES Party Friday evening was friendship night at Ruth chapter No. 32, Order of the Eastern Star and many guests were present from neighboring chapters in Morrow, Umatilla, Gilliam and Sherman counties, with Hermiston carry ing off the honors for largest number present. It was a busy night for the host chapter, what with enter tainlng so many guests and giv Ing two candidates the degrees of the order. Mr. and Mrs. Ander. son Hayes were the candidates and it was the privilege of James Hayes to give the worthy pa tron's work to his brother and sister-in-law. lone was repiesented by Mrs. W. R. Went worth, worthy matron, Mrs. James Lindsey, Mrs. Sam McMillan, Mrs. William Seehafer and Mrs. Walter Corley. Entertainment features of the evening included solos by Mrs. C. C. Dunham and numbers by ladles sextet, personnel of which included Mrs. Tom Wells, Mrs. Virginia Cochell, Mrs. Chas. Ruggles, Mrs. C. C. Carmlchael, Mrs. E. O. Ferguson and Mrs. Merle Becket. Heading the delegation from Hermiston was Mrs. Rachel Jack, son who is this year Grand Warder. lso coming in an offi cial capacity were Mrs. Bessie Humphreys, worthy matron and J. J. Gimbel, worthy patron of Queen Esther chapter No. 101. Some 30 other members of the chapter were included in the guest list. Bushee chapter No. 19, Pendle ton was represented by Mrs. Lola Buchanan, worthy matron and Shirley Hevel, worthy patron. Condon chapter No. 23 was represented by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jackson, worthy patron and worthy matron, respectively, and Maryanne Jameson. Visitors coming from the great est distance were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ruggles and Mrs. Hildred Zell of Anna Fulton chapter No. 124, Wasco. Mr. Ruggles is the father of Charles Ruggles of Heppner. Mrs. Zell is president of the East Central Oregon Associ ation of the Eastern Star. Rainbow mother advisers in attendance were Mrs. Mary Sether of Southgate chapter No. 190, Se attle, who was in the county on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bartholomew and her sister's family, the Marion Finch's; and Maryanne Jameson of Condon. Refreshments were served to the assemblage of 115 lodge people after the evening's pro gram was over. Heppner Girl One Of 12 Receiving Carl Gray Award Among 12 Oregon 4-H club members announced as winners of the Carl Raymond Gray col lege scholarships is Lorene Mit chell, 17, Heppner. The scholar ships of $100.00 each are awarded annually to outstanding club members to further their educa tion in agriculture or home eco nomics. Winners of the scholar ships are selected on the basis of 50 percent on project work, story and records; 25 percent On scholastic standing; and 25 per cent on character, Interest, quali ties of leadership, community a:id school activities. Lorene, winner of tho scholar ship, has a long record as a 4-H club member. Her first project was started in Wallowa county in 1912 when she carried four years of clothing and sewing, as well as hog and beef projects for two years. She continued in 4-H club work after moving to Morrow county and has complet-1 ed four years of projects here. Chairman of the Wheat League's Carried were sewing, clothing, 'Conservation Research Commit room improvement, and cooking. ' tee; Carl Engdahl, Umatilla Lorene has attended 411 sum-county state senator and wheat mer school at Oregon State col-'grower; Kenneth Fridley, execu lege four different summers, go-ltive committeeman of the wheat ing last year on a scnoiarsnip : given by the Soroptimlst club of Heppner. In 1947, she was a win ner in the county style revue and has been an officer in her 111 clubs on different occasions. Mrs. Ethel Vanderpool of Kol log, Idaho, visited at the Art Hunt and Earl Warner homes over the week end. Mrs. Warner nnd Mrs. Lou Broadley returned home with her for a visit. They also plan to visit a sister, Mrs. Minnie Leonard, at Spokane and Mrs. Gladys Fleiger of Potlntch, Idaho. TWO NEW HOUSES. County Clerk C. W. Barlow and County Attorney Bradley Fanch- er have each started work on new homes as of this week. Bar low is building a five-room house on a lot at the west end of Wil low street which he purchased several years ago. Fancher's 1 ,lm" 1 - " ' house will be built on preporty,np U' N- offu'p ln N,'w ylk adjoining the Glenn Parsons City. Governor Douglas McKay residence on Gilmore street. and Mayor Dorothy MeCullough man Ruhl, Melvin Piper, Harold Manners, Keith Connor, Sally Colin, Rieta Graves, Susan Mish ler, Gary Connor, Eleanor Rice. 'TEAMED FOR DEFENSE' 9 - 9 ,&v4;: Q, The first Armed Forces Day In American history, to be observed May 20, will emphasize the unification of the Army, Navy and Air Force in a three-pronged instrument for national security. Unification - is already at work in the various far-flung American military posts throughout the world. I'hoto, left, shows Navy aviation machinist's mate, second class, J. Kitchy, of Swayzee, Ind., and Bgt. J. L. Kuns man, USA, of Kaston, Fenn'a., getting acquainted on police duty at the Naval Base, Norfolk, Va., before embarking on the great combined Army-Navy-Air Force exercises In Puerto Kico, called "Operation Fortrex," held in February. I'hoto, right, Capt. D. G. Donaho, Com Oregon Wheatmen Leave for Kansas City Conference Oregon's three-man delega- tion left Wednesday for the final organizational meeting of the National Association of Wheat uiuwL-rs ai Kansas Liiy, jvio., April 21-22. Primary purpose of this ing is to adopt the constitution 4 u.. i .i t i u.. u and by-laws drafted by the steer ing committee, which was elect ed at the first meeting at Denver, January 29. There will be an election of officers. Financing, location of headquarters and the man for the executive secretary's job will be considered. Delegates from 18 major wheat states will be at Kansas Citv Each state has three official delegates. Oregon's: Jens Ter jeson, chairman Oregon wheat commission; Henry Baker, pres ident Oregon Wheat Growers League; Paulen Kaseberg, past president of the league. This association will be the first big wheat group. Rep. Clif- lorn nope oi ixansas will De one of the main speakers. Hope was one oi me ursi congressmen to ' vuice uie neeo ior a national i association tn renrpsnnt .hPah a.ssoudiion to represent Wheat growers In rnnpross said Tpr. f,roirs in congress, saia ler- jeson, steering committee chair-J man. The association is supposed to tackle many of the problems too big for state groups. Two prob lems are a new farm program for wheat, acceptable to growers ?ind consumers alike, and pub lic relations on a national scale 'or wheat growers. "The National association will be non-political," said Terjeson. "We have objective plans for developing better marketing methods, finding new markets for wheat and wheat products, studying new wheat verities, conducting research on indus trial uses for wheat, finding sub-J stitute crops for wheat, encour aging soil conservation practices and Improving farm storage." in addition to Oregon's official delegation, there will be Dr. D. D. Hill, head of the farm crops department Oregon state college; Marion Weatherford, president of the board of directors Pacific Northwest Grain and Grain products association; Bob Taylor, chairman of the National Grain Advisory Committee; Lester King league; t. j. Bell, wheat corn- mission admin 1st rat or. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Instone aie spending a few days in Hepp ner and vicinity visiting and at tending to business matters. They are preparing to make a trip to England In the near future, expecting to scnd quite some time on the "tight little isle." Their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hatfield, are now living In Hood River where they have purchased and are operating a service station. Soroptimlsts listened to a re port of the 30th conference of the Northwest region held in Salem over the past week-end In attendance were 109 members of 49 clubs in the region. Mrs. Alice Dowell Jones, of Portland presided and guest speakers In Lee of Portland. Plans were com- piled for the general convention ! of the Federation In Seattle Julvl ui uie riutiiiuuii m otauie Jiuy 2-7, Another Milestone in the History of the State's Highway Construction Program By RALPH WATSON Public Relations Consultant j On November 24, 1922 Oregon's ed with practically all of the . highway, system so far as fed-1 more important and most expen 'eral aid is concerned was "jel-j sh e portions entirely completed." led" when the federal bureau of That was the optimistic view roads and the highway commis-:of sion reached "a meeting of the30, 1922 when its biennial report ' minds' regarding the designated! iiigiiways, anu me mileage, joriuun oi one single mile ot pave- the construction of which the ment (through Rainier) the Co- meet-'government would allocate its iunas. mis agreement maae no material rhanrrp In Ih main nr material change in the main or trunk line highways which had been set up by the commission, 'cities and towns will aggregate but it established a definite basis approximately $11 million." "The for joint endeavor which has not Pacific highway, 345 miles in since been changed except by an length, stands practically corn increase in the percentage of pleted; 327 miles paved, the re- federal funds allowed. The first federal aid law limit ed federal funds to "post roads" r ads over which the mail was iu f L-aiiifu. L.uiL-1 mis was changed to "such projects as will expedite the completition of an adequate and connected system of highways, interestate in char acter." It required further that before federal aid would be given the state must set up a system of highways not to exceed 7 per cent of ,he ,otal higmvay mileage in the. state and that federal monev should hp spent within tne mileage Hmil Of that 7 . 7 . Dpreent. Those nrnv s nns hmn , . , iu, modified hv an ampnHmnnt ! increasing the percentage by one I point whenever the designated roads were 90 percent completed. The state in 1922 had 41.825.7 miles of public roads, which en- titled it to a federal system of not to exceed 2.927.S miles. The remainder of the road mileage was left to state, county and city financing and it is upon this crystal ized program that the commissions have been laboring since 1922. Oregon's highways in the be ginning were 16 feet in width, as compared to 15 feet in Cali fornia. On that standard the close of 1922 saw the state with 837.7 miles of paved highways; 1,197.3 surfaced with macadam or gravel; 1910.1 still unimprov ed. In other words, "more than ou percent ot the system as then contemplated had been complet-1 THE PENNSYLVANIA RIFLE By George Peck counterpart of the "Bronx Cheer." One might assume that if there Bm the jeers changed to cheers is one sphere in which inven- when it was discovered that they tion could best be conducted bv could actually hit the things at Government, it would be in the which they shot and over such field of military industries. But long distances that the boys in actually what has been Ameri- red uniforms didn't have a ca's experience in that regard? chance. At Bunker Hill the Pen Broadly, it has been that Govern- nsylvania riflemen simply mow ment producers of the media- ed them down, nisms and munitions of war have Washington tthe general, that had to rely mainly on civilian is. not to be confused with our genius and inventiveness. 'capital city of the same name) This was demonstrated early with plenty of frontier experience, in our history during the Revo'- knew all about the Pennsylva lutionary War. No better example nia rifle, and he wanted tp equip of Governmental ineptitude and as many as possible of his troops lack of vision can be cited than with them. But the Continental the attitude of the Government , Congress was no belter equipped Bureaucrats of that day toward with imagination than Govern the Pennsylvania rifle. mental agencies invariably have The British regulars In the Rev olutlonary War were armed with the good old Brown Bess musket, a short-barrelled, smooth-bore genius of George Washington weapon, so rudimentary that in was brought into play. Having the hands of the best marksman seen how the deadly marksman it had a fair chance of hitting ship of the Pennsylvanians had something, but probably not the , terrorized the British and Hessian intended target. A wit" of lliat j troups, ho uniformed other corn time "wisecracked" that it was , panics of his troops in the coon accurate enough to hit a barn,! skin and leather regalia of the provided it was shot off inside I'ennsylvanians. and the very tho barn. j sight of them started a panic in On the other hand, an Amen-,lhe enemy's ranks. There are can gunsmith at Lancaster, Pen-, many military experts who be nsylvania, had discovered the l'pve ,he Pennsylvania rifle, trick of rifling a gun barrel Phls "is uniforming ruse, was cutting a spiral groove inside the tlu' determining factor in win barrel to give the bullet a rotarv nlnR Revolutionary War. But movement. Lengthening and riff- i,ho Government at Philadelphia Ing his gun barrel, he produced ill'v" (1iii find out what the Pon a weapon unrivalled in those nsylvania rifle was doing for it. days for accuracy. Thus, even prior to the birth When the Pennsylvania volun- of what was to become the world's teers from the backwoods coun-' Rrealest nation, it was proven Hps. weiirtnrr rnnn skin ra ns 1 definitely that Government in it . buck skin inckpls and leather leggings and carrying these ridi - culouslv long squirrel rifles, 'oinod ' G,,n,,rnl Washington's , hfPo Dmmn n, . o,. greeted with the 18th Century' manding Officer of the Naval Operating Base, Argentla, Newfound land, congratulating Sgt. Ollie Keller, captain of the Greenland Air Force basketball team, which was picked to represent the Air Force North Atlantic Area In the Military Transport Service Tourney held at Great Falls, Mont., In March, while Col. Edward P. Kern, Command ing Officer of the McAndrew AF Base, In Newfoundland, gives a well done to Robert B. Johnson, aviation machinists' mate, captain of the Navy NOB quintet. The Navy team defeated the Air Force In the Base Command Basketball Championship Playoffs, but participated only for the honors. the commission on November states: "Except for the construe-: j lumbia River highway is, at the j ena ot ltiZl, a completed high- u-av " "Tho .nmr.lainrl ,,. av way." "The completed cost ex- elusive of those sections within .maining 18 miles improved to a very excellent all-season road.' ;The Roosevelt highway had j been "extensively improved" but not yet "opened over its entire length." Its total cost when com-; i'mcicu a toiiiuaicu ai ou mil- fion, covering its entire 409 miles. i engineers early in March, it was That was the way they felt still felt that some kind of flood about the highway job when the control work would be done here commission balanced its books ' in due time. This was given in as of November 30, 1922. From confirmation a little later when the beginning of the highway a map was received showing that endeavor in 1913 up to this later the local projct had been in ciate;the commission had expend- eluded in the suDolementat flood ,ed $56,809,107 in highway Ctriint tr,t- a.ir4 ilo i irr..,,t ' t-u,...Kc,u ta- n Of this mt-,1 ctai f,,,i r -.,. iu0lun nuni rvasmiigion mat tne frnm h,.nHs aH ii,r ,.,..,. ! ,.. : ..j.j 7 " J iuciiuc sources, represented $43,963,030; county cooperative funds, $8,202.- '""' "., "" and railroad funds $9(,381. Of ithis total approximately $31 mil. J lion were expended during the 1921-22 biennium. I'p to then the commission had been wheeling along on 16-foot highways and believed they could see the sunset of their en deavors with their job more than half done. They did not foresee how fast, or how far, the eco nomic world was going to travel on rubber; envision t he fleets "f 72.000 pound trucks the mil lions of motorists, the high speed and the super-highways. They thought they almost were ready to hang up their tools. In realitv they had just outlined the back- bone and a few of the ribs of their final handiwork. ( ",opp; Washington got a very limited supply of these rifles. But here is where the military sl 11 caniun oe iwprru'u m umc- l""" fl,r lllp welfare of its fit i- '",'ls. without the help of mdivi- R. inventiveness and en erurise. That truism should be pasted (Official Navy Photographs) Heppner Project jAgain Included i In Works Program Heppner citizens are wonder- ins what is in store for here following appearance of an item in the Fast Oropnnian nn, Oregonian under a list of projects authorized by senate aDuroval of the wat. ways bill which stated: "Flood control at Pendleton, Ore., Hepp j t . ' . ner dam, Ore., and Jackson Hole, Wyo., $5,678,000 (no breakdown given)." Nothing definite has come from Washington to date rela tive to the effectiveness of the bill's passage and no light has been thrown on the local project other than that contained in the foregoing item. When the president struck the Heppner dam and several other projects from the works program suDmittea oy the u. S. Army con-:control and irrigation uatr 1 : fl . ciassiucauoil. how comes tne re- , .. utiui is inciuueu in me worKS program made possible by senate snnroval of the waterwavs hilt .-jwnich will carry appropriation in an amount somewhere between $108,000,000 and a quarter of a billion dollars. bntil more direct and explicit 'customers to its lines during the information is received the 1 year. It now serves nearly 140,000. people here are not inclined to I Pacific's post-war building pro get excited, although they may ! gram reached a peak in 1948. ponder over the possibilities of the much-talked-of dam becom ing a reality. o Achievement Day For Hcmemokers Set For April 30 The Ilomemakers' Achievement day. will feature a world-wide theme, states Mis. George Currin, county home extension commit - tee chairman. Morrow county homemakers attending the festi- val that day at Boardman will hear about rural women in the day Germany and Mexico. Mrs. James Brand, Salem home maker, wife of Supreme Court Justice Brand who served on the Nuernberg Trials, will relate some of her experiences in post war Germany. Directing our thoughts to our neighbors south of the border through colored slides and an accompanying talk, will be Mrs. Azalea Sager, state leader for home economics ex tension. Mrs. Currin further adds that the days program is open to the public. The extension units will feature exhibits on their year's work. Many will participate in the program through style re view of woolen dresses, 4-H dem onstration, square dance by re creation project leaders, and group singing. Of interest to women who garden will be the morning speaker. Mrs. Ralph Fowler, pres ident of Oregon Garden clubs. Those wishing to make reser vations for lunch may call Mrs. Mabel W. Flint. Heppner 312, be fore April 30. in the hat of each of our 435 Congressmen and written on the shirtcuffs of our 90 United States Senators. Perhaps il would even be well to paint it in bold letters of gold across the threshold of Blair House. j Veterans Foreign Wars Install For Boardman, McNary Friday evening April 14, joint installation of officers for Mc Nary Post 7042 VFW and the Auxiliary to Post No. 7042 was held at McNary. Mrs. Earl Briggs of Boardman installing officer with installing team from Rex Appleby Auxiliary to Post 1557 VFW of Milwaukie. A pin was presented to the past president of the auxiliary to Post 7042, a gift of hand made doiles were presented to the newly installed president Mrs. Leath Anderson. of McNary, with corsages being presented the installing team. Cigars and cigarettes were pre sented to all members and guests by the McNary Market. Musical numbers supplied the program, refreshments was served by the auxiliary members. Members of the installing team were Mrs. Carl Reed, Mrs. Marge Braun, Mrs. Ruth Lord, Mrs. Ruth Burk hart, Mrs. Nell Hartley, Mrs. Margaret Weiss, and Mrs. Nor ma McDonald, all of Rex Apple by auxiliary to Post 1557. Mrs. Fred Smith of Boardman a guest, served as musician. Attending from Boardman were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mulligan, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Briggs, Mrs. Edd Kunze, Mr. and Mrs. William Nickerson, Mr. and Mrs. Algy Taylor, Mrs. Walter Wyss, Mrs. Chas. Anderegg, and Mrs. Fred Smith. All the installing team to gether with Mr. Carl Reed and son Don were week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Briggs. P.P. & L. Reports j Substantial Gain j In Electric Service ! Domestic use of- electric ser vice on the Pacific Power & Light company system in fast growing Oregon and Washington increased 11.6 per cent during 1949, President Paul B. McKee told stockholders in the com pany's annual report, released Thursday. Homes on the company's lines now are making use of an av erage of 4364 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, he said. This is more than 2'4 times as much as the average used throughout the country. At the same time, the report points out, the average price paid by Pacific customers for domestic electric service drop ped to the new low figure of 1.44 cents per kilowatt-hour. This is well under the average itrice paid by customers in the TVA -nH i ipso .h ,if tho. average paid nationally I TZ nv S i Thp comnanv added 5400 new McKee reported. Just under $9, 000,000 was spent during the year on additions and better ments to the system. More than $29,000,000 has been put into new construction since 1945 to provide for the needs of its customers. Approximately $3,200,000 of 1949's record construction went into a new 45,000-kilowatt gen: 'pratinu unit at th Morwin hvrim ! electric project on the Lewis Ti..pr near woodland. Wash. As part of the same project, a large new substation was built in Port. land to distribute power from the new geerator through the Pacific system. Total operating revenues for the year were $17,464,035, com pared with 016,045,871 in 1943. Net income also was up for the year at $2,226.4S7. Direct taxes were $3,302,560, with federal taxes accounting for $1,490,352 of the total. The report points out that Pa cific now is an entirely inde pendent enterprise, with no holding company affiliations. All of the company's common stock was sold on February 6 by Ameri can Power & Light company, the former owner, to an investment group headed by A. C. Allyn and Company, Incorporated, and Bear. Stearns & Co. They have indi cated their intention of offering the stock to the investing public shortly after August 6, McKee said. e INSPECTION DATE CHANGED The date set for the Degree of Honor inspection, April 25, has been changed to May 9. Members are asked to keep this change in mind and show up on the right date. AUCTION SALES RESUME Harold Ervvin, operator of the Heppner Sales Yard, is announc ing an auction sale of livestock and any articles the people may bring in for Tuesday, April 25. This is the first sale of the spring season and Erwin is rounding up a good lot of livestock for the event. The sale opens at 1:30 p.m. Lack Of Financing Plan Causes Delay In Sewer Project Improvement Bond Issue Not Possible Here at Present Lack of a definite plan for fi nancing the payment of bonds is responsible for the delay in getting a report from the at torney who passes on eligibility of applicants, Jos. J. Nys, Hepp ner city attorney told the cham ber of commerce at Monday's luncheon. That was one phase of the dilemma the town finds itself in relative to construction of a sewer system. The other, and perhaps the most important is sue is ihe matter of valuation and indebtedness. Bond buyers do not look with much favor upon issues sought by communities already carry ing a bonded indebtedness, pay ment of which is extended over period of years. Nys pointed out that the city is now carry ing an indebtedness of $65,000 for the construction of a reser voir. It is estimated that $200,000 will be needed to construct the main trunk lines of the proposed sewer system. This would be placing an indebtedness of $263, 000 on a municipality whose rated physical wealth is $1,050,- 000, which would be approximate ly 26 percent of the valuation. Since Heppner is not looked upon as a town that will experience a considerable population expan sion and that the assessable level will remain more or less within the present limits throughout the life of a bond issue, sources of revenue other than straight taxation are advisable. Preceding Nys on the program was Mayor Conley Lanham, who gave a brief summation of the proposed project, the funds on hand for that purpose, and submitted the plan under con sideration by the council to aug ment the construction funds, namely, to place an assessment on each water meter by the month, the returns from which would be applied on the sewer fund. No specific amount has been fixed, the council having discussed the rate from $1.50 to $3.00 per month per meter. Another interesting feature of the luncheon program was a talk by Jim Orwick, Heppner high school senior, whose sub ject was "What I Have Gotterf Out of High School." It was an intelligent discussion, showing that he is really getting some thing out of his high school ex perience. President Henry Tetz announc ed that Senator Dunn of Baker and Oren Allison of the Pendle ton chamber of commerce would be special guests at next Mon day's luncheon. It has since learned that Senator Dunn has had to postpone his visit to Hepp. Greenfield Grange Chooses Evelyn Miller as Princess Miss Evelyn Mller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller has been chosen as Princess to represent Boardman community at the Heppner rodeo. Princess Evelyn was born in Gresham. coming to Boardman with her parents in 1945. She graduated from Boardman high school in 1947, and entered EOCE in La- Grande the same fall, and is still a student there. Miss Miller has spent her entire life on a farm. Mrs. Olive Bremner, who has been assisting in the care of Mrs. Adeline Dart, returned to her home in Seattle, Tuesday. Elinor Earwood, Kenneth Ear- wood, Gracia Veelle and Bill Califf returned from Spokane Monday, where they spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Downey. Frank Ackerman. who has been a patient in St. Anthonys hospital for a week returned home Tuesday. Arrow Agee of Aurora, was calling on old friends Monday and Tuesday, going on to visit his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dayle Hubble of Stanfield. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Bishop are Mr. and Mrs. Bub Bishop and daughter, Bar bara of Biggs. The two men are brothers. o WRANGLERS HAVE BUSY DAY Sunday was a busy day for the Wranglers. Morrow county riding club. It was annual clean-up day for the group at the county fair grounds where some of them keep their riding stock ad where the horse bam Is put at their disposal. The barn has a fresh coat of paint as a result of the day's activities and the grounds thereabouts were slicked up.