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Volume 67, Number 17
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 13, 1950
Shooting Affray
At Messner Lands
Man in Jail . Here
Victim Reported
Recovering In St.
Anthony Hospital
Bad feeling existing between
two colored men, Ralph Thomas
and C. L. Jackson, members of a
section gang located at Mess
ner on the main line of the Un
ion Pacific railway, culminated
in a shooting affray Sunday.
Thomas shot Jackson in the neck
with a 22 caliber rifle, inflicting
a serious wound. The victim is
said to be recovering at the St.
Vincent hospital in Pendleton.
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman was
called to the scene of the fray
and brought Thomas to the coun
ty jail. Thomas, 42 said he
would waive grand jury inves
tigation and go directly before
the judge to plead his case.
Thomas told the sheriff that
Jackson, who is about 10 years
his senior, picked on him from
time to time and Sunday they
and at least one other colored
man were discussing the matter
of travelling on passes. He re
ported that he had made the
statement that whe n he was
traveling on a pass he made it
a point "to surrender his "seat if
car space was at a premium
feeling it his duty so long as he
was employed by the railroad
company to work for the best
interests of the company. Jack
son, he said, did not agree with
that policy and became vilely
abusive. Thomas alleges that
Jackson threatened him with a
knife and that he (Thomas) and
another colored man left the
bunkhouse. Returning shortly,
Thomas had a .22 rifle. As he ap
proached the door, he claims
that Jackson came out with a
club in his hand and acted in
a menacing manner. Thinking
Jackson intended to carry out
his threat to kill him, Thomas
took a shot at him.
When the officer arrived, Jack
son was lying in a pool of blood
and there was a knife alongside
him.
Thomas is being held under
$1500 bail which he has been
unable to raise. .
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Former Residents Of
County Hold Picnic In
Laurel hurst Park
Former residents of Morrow
county to the numbef of 100
gathered in Laurelhurst park,
Portland, Sunday July 2 to hold
the annual Morrow county pic
nic. A box lunch was served at
1 p. m., with coffee and punch
furnished by the picnic commti
tee. After lunch, Mrs. Mary Jones,
widow of the late Rev. Lewis
Jones, former pastor of lone and
Lexington Congregational church
being the oldest lady present
was given a corsage, the presen
tation being made by Bert Mas
on, former merchant of lone now
living at Oak Grove.
After renewing old friendships
everyone went home about five
o'clock. All will be looking for
ward to the picnic next year.
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GOES TO SUMMER SCHOOL
County Agent N. C. Anderson,
accompanied by Mrs. Anderson
and the twns, left this morning
for Fort Collins, Colo, where he
will attend a three weeks sum
mer school at Colorado A & M
college. The school begins July
17 and ends August 4. Enrolled
in the courses of "Principles in
the Development of Youth Pro
grams" and "Rural Housing",
Anderson hopes to be able to do
a better extension job upon re
turning (as if he hasn't been do
ing a good job).
Maud Caswell, home demon
stration agent, will be in charge
of the office during this period.
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JOURNALISM HEAD VISITS
A visitor in Heppner Wednes
day morning was Gordon A. Sa
bine, dean of the school of jour
nalism at the University of Ore.
gon, who was making his first
visit to eastern Oregon. He came
to Heppner from Condon and was
enroute to Pendleton where he
spoke before the Kiwanls club
at noon. He made a brief call at
the Gazette Times office.
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Dean Wager of Portland is as
sisting temporarily as teller at
the local bank.
A Handy Place To Land
Aviators Rlrinii a nloce to land
in the mountains should bear in
mind the landing strip at Big
Rock Flat that is. if a plane is
lost or runs out of gas in that vi-
cinity. It is not the intention of
Delvin Nelson One
Of Frst-tarters4n-
NW Wheat Harvest
Wheat harvesting is not gen
eral in the Columbia river basin
country and it is thought that a
Morrow county rancher, Delvin
Nelson, is one of the first to put
his harvester to work in the
northwest. Nelson started his
threshing on July 5 down in what
is considered the "sand belt" and
reported that some of his cut ran
as high as 30 bushels to the acre
and that the over-all yield would
average 25 bushels.
Grain trucks are beginning to
move on the Lexington-Jarman
highway but no reports have
come in as to who is cutting or
what the yields amount to. It was
reported that Cliff Dougherty de
livered a truckload of wheat
Wednesday but had to cease cut
ting because the grain was not
ripe enough.
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Jams And Jellies
Sought For Veterans
Jams and jellies are needed at
the veterans hospital in Walla
Walla, Mrs. Jack Loyd, chairman
of the Morrow county unit of the
Blue Mountain Council, has been
informed.
Although the 1950 fruit crop is
considerably short of normal, it
is hoped that there are many
people who can spare a few
small glasses of these delicacies,
and many no doubt will when
they reflect that these boys gave
that the rest of us might live and
enjoy the fruits of life.
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MARRIAGE DATE SET
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Yocum of
Rufus, announce the coming
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Beverly Yocum, to Eddie Gun-
derson Jr. Miss Yocum has cho
sen July 21 as the date and the
ceremony will be performed at
the home of her aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kane, in the
presence of relatives of the
young couple.
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Judge and Mrs. J. G. Barratt
left Monday morning for Grants
Pass to visit relatives of Mrs. Barratt.
"Balanced Plan" Backers Obtain
Signatures To Place Measure on
Over 33,000
Balanced Plan"
reapportionment petition signa
tures were filed with Secretary
of State Earl T. Newbry at 4 p.
m. Wednesday, July 5.
Beating the July 6 deadline by
only one day, the "Balanced
Plan" far exceeded the 25,842 sig
natures required to place it on
the November ballot.
Marshall Swearingen (Oregon
Farm Bureau), chairman of the
Non-partisan Committee for Bal
anced Apportionment, reported
that signatures were received
from every Oregon county. Coun
ties east and west of the Cas
cades were about equally repre
sented. Many county committees
went over their goals, Swearin
gen said.
The committee expressed
thanks for the great Amount of
voluntary work on the petition
If Lost In Blue Mountains . . .
-it;
the forest services to maintain an
airport for regular landings of
planes not in that service. Future
spraying Jobs will make it neces-
sary to have a landing field and
it is understood that the Big hock
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Draft Board Says J"0
776 Registered
In Three Counties
Morrow-Gilliam-Wheeler
Have 149
Classified In 1-A
With war and rumors of war
claiming the spotlight in most
of the world at this time, atten
tion is being centered on eligi
bility for service among the
young men of the land.
In the Morrow-Gilliam-Wheeler
district there, are 776 young
men who have reason to be con
sidering their chances for enter
ing the service. Of these 149 are
classified as 1-A, which means
that they may get the first call
when the selective service gets
into full swing once more. Men
in the reserves also are looking
the situation square in the face
as they are the ones most likely
to be called for service as the
armed forces are increased, if not
for combat duty at least for
training work.
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According to Jack Combes of
Fossil, secretary, the local board nt severa, weeks here in 1949
does not have its quota of avail- under care of her physician. She
able men under 26 years of age.;was born November 26, 1873 in
Men are called according to the Waitsburgi Wash. and except for
nearness of their ages to 26 as tWQ periods spent in Oregon, at
first, 25; second, 24, and so on Hoppner and at Enterprise, lived
down to 19. They are now calling her en(ire ,ife in tnat state she
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Anyone near or past his 18th
birthday must register within
five clays of that birthday, Comb
es points out. All who have got
ten married or otherwise altered
their status since filling out their
first questionnaire are urged to
report same to the local board.
Volunteers cannot be taken by
the draft board. These can be
taken only at the regular mili
tary recruiting offices. Only sin
gle, non-vets are being taken at
this time.
The tri-county draft board is
headed by G. J. Schreiner, Con-iHawnan Islands, his parents,
don, chairman, and includes Jack ''Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schunk Sr.
Combes, Fossil, secretary; Jerry j have been informed. After Al
Dean Mercer, Condon, clerk, and ' bert is reassigned they will vis
Conlcy Lanham, Heppner. ' it his parents in Heppner.
I campaign. Special recognition
went to the Young Republicans,
important segments of the Demo
cratic and Republican parties,
chambers of commerce, Oregon
Council for Republican Women,
other civic organizations, up
state labor union members, the
press and radio.
The Oregon Farm Bureau Fed
eration loaned offices and per
sonnel to the committee. Farm
bureau members have actively
supported moves for a balanced
legislature since their 1949 con
vention. The "Balanced Representation
Plan" developed as a compromise
with the "Federal Plan" of Giles
French, Moro publisher, and was
drafted by a committee of Young
Republicans, Freeman Holmer,
Salem; Jim Collins, Portland and
Henry Buehner, Portland. Farm
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Flat strip will be kept in condi
tion.' This view shows more
plainly the markings and loca-
tion of the strip on the big flat
in the vicinity of the Kinzua
rine mihs company.
Florida Escapee
Into Custody
By State Police
Earl Julia Pete Ellis was tak
en into custody Tuesday by the
state police and Is being held in
the Morrow county jail for state
authorities from Florida. Ellis
had been previously picked up
by the police on another count
but was not held.
The prisoner escaped from a
chain gang in Florida in 1946
after serving part of a 12-year
sentence for assaulting an of
ficer. It is presumed officers will
come for him as soon as extra
dition papers are ready.
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SISTER DIES IN PASCO
Mrs. F. S. Parker and Mr. and
Mrs. O. G. Crawford were called
to Pasco Tuesday evening to the
bedside of their sister and sister-in-law,
Mrs. C. A. Jones. Mrs.
Jones passed away about 10:55
that night as the result of a heart
ailment. The relatives returned
to Heppner Wednesday morning
and, accompanied by other rela
tives, will go to Pasco Friday to
attend funeral services at 2 p. m.
Mrs. Jones lived in Heppner a
,.,.. ti vpnrs a(rn an(t
,naa Deen a resiuem. ol rasco iui
, 43 years and was a member of
the Washington State Historical
Society. Her
away in 1949.
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Surviving are one son, Francis
V. Jones of Pasco; three grand
daughters and several great
grandchildren., besides the bro
ther and sister mentioned above
and another brother, J. G. Craw
ford of Arlington, Texas.
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Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schunk Jr.
and son Dale arrived in San
Francisco Thursday from the
Sufficient
Ballot In Fall
bureau sponsorship followed
special poll of the county units.
The petition campaign began on
April In, ioliowing a meeiiny ui
the state committee in Salem.
The "Balance Tlan" campaign
was delayed by a challenge of
ballot title by the "Neuberger
or Population plan supporters.
First of the actual campaign
began on May 2 with the setting
up of county "Balanced Plan"
committees. The organization
program was completed by com
mittee members and Farm bu
reau personnel on June 1. The
large bulk of petitions arrived at
the Salem headquarters after
June 10. Signatures did not ex
ceed the goal until two days be
fore filing. "Balanced Plan" sup
porters employed "pony express"
methods, driving from all parts
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Loan Rate On 1950
Wheat Crop $2.03
In Morrow County
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Grading U. S. No.
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A basic loan rate of $2.03 per
bushel for 1950 crop wheat pro
duced in Morrow county was an
nounced this week by the Pro
duction and Marketing adminis
tration county committee. Last
year's rate was $1.98 per bushel.
The basic rate applies to wheat
grading U. S. No. 1, Lloyd How
ton, committee chairman, points
out. Wheat produced on farms
cooperating in the 1950 wheat
acreage allotment program grad
ing No. 3 or better, or No. 4 or
No. 5 because of test weight will
be eligible for CCC loan or pur
chase agreement. The chairman
says that a schedule of premiums
and discounts for the various
qualities of 1950 crop wheat will
be issued at an early date and
will be available for inspection
at the county PMA office in
Heppner.
To be eligible for the loan,
wheat must be placed in approv
ed storage either on the farm or
in a commercial warehouse or
elevator, according to the chair
man. He points out further that
storage allowances will be con
tinued for 1950 crop wheat on
the same general basis as last
year.
Loans and purchase agree
ments will be available from CCC
through the county PMA office.
in accordance with the program
provisions, from the time of har
vest through January 1951. They
will mature on April 30, 1951 or
earlier, on demand.
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E Bond Sales Put
County in Second
Position in State
Sales of E bonds in Oregon for
the week ending Saturday, July
1. amounted to $466,117, accord
ing to figures released by the
Federal Reserve bank. This
amounted roughly to the aver
age the state has been main
taining recently and is not big
enough to indicate that Oregon
has much chance of making its
Independence Savings Bonds
drive quota. Sales since the be
ginning of the campaign in mid
May to date are $3,670,830, or
62 percent of the assigned quota
of $5,892,000.
The two top counties in sales,
percentagewise, last week were
Wallowa with 40 percent and
Morrow with 23 percent of quota
sold during the week.
..,. Qioc ;in make
t tQ the Federal
Reserve bank for the Indepen-
, denee by Ju,y n Saes ,
I Oregon last year were extremely
heavy during the last few days
of the drive. Volunteer leaders
are hopeful the same surge for
ward will be in evidence this
year.
According to James H. Driscoll,
County Chairman, E bond sales
in this county last week were
$7,875. Total sales in the coun
ty from May 15 to date are $32,-
661 or 93 percent of the assign
ed quota of $35,000. The county
is now in second place on tne
basis of percentage of sales.
In order to meet its assigned
Independence Drive quota, the
people of this county must pur
chase $2,339 more in E bonds.
AIRFIELD INAUGURATED
SUNDAY AT HOOD RIVEH
A CAP- sponsored breakfast
at Hood River Sunday attracted
several airminded folk from Mor
row county. The breakfast was
part of the program of inaugura
tion of a new airfield. More than
40 pilots attended the affair.
Going from Morrow county
were four planes, including Ve
non Munkers and Marvin Way;
Dave Baker and Bob Christian;
Bob Stephens and Wayne Swog-
ger, and Archie Munkers and Roy
Martin. They left at 5:45 a. m.
and were back by 2:25 p. m. Due
to high winds it required two
hours for the morning flight, but
the return was made in one hour.
Stephens will fly to Grange-
ville, Ida. Sunday to visit his
family.
DR. R. O LANGSTON
Dr. R. G. Langston (above), has
taken over his duties of the new
president of Eastern Oregon Col
lege of Education.
Dr. Langston is a graduate ot
San Diego State College and
taught in public schools for a
few years before entering the ser
vice in World War II. He com
pleted the Doctor of Education
Degree at Stanford University,
and has served as assistant pro
fessor of education at the Uni
versity of Oregon since 1948.
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Albert Given Post
Of Investigator in
Pendleton District
Announcement that a livestock
theft investigator will be station
ed in Pendleton to serve the
northeastern Oregon area has
been received here from M. E.
Knickerbocker, chief of the di
vision of animal industry, Ore
gon state department of aricul
ture. The post will go to Edgar Al
bert who for several years has
covered this area from his station
in Portland. Albert expects to
take up Pendleton headquarters
on July 15. He may then be con
tacted through the office of the
Umatilla county sheriff at Pen
dleton. Decision to create a new dis
trict and place a resident man in
this area was reached as result
of increased work placed on Al
bert and other investigators when
the department put - the state
livestock brand inspection pro
gram in each district in their
charge.
Other factors entering into the
change are economy and effic
iency. Heretofore the northeastern
counties have been served either
from Portland or Vale, thus ne
cessitating considerable travel
with consequent loss of efficien
cy and time. Also a greater cost
was entailed in this service.
But most important considera
tion of all in the move is the fact
that in recent months more live
stock thefts have been reported
in this section than in any other
area of Oregon, Knickerbocker
says.
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Roy Missildine Dies
At Home In Tigard
Roy Missildine long time
rancher in Morrow county, died
suddenly at his home in Tigard,
July 9, 1950.
Mr. Missildine was born May
13, 1882 in Winterset, Iowa. With
his parents he came to Oregon
when he was four years old, liv
ing first on Butter Creek and la
ter moving to the Blackhorse
section. At the age of 21 he
homesteaded a quarter section,
later adding and forming a part
nership with his brother, W. L.
Missildine.
In 1913 he sold his ranch and
moved to the Willamette valley,
where he has since been living.
Besides his wife, Sylva, he is
survived by two brothers, W. L.
of Tigard; Mack of Pilot Rock;
two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Horton
and Mrs. Margaret McDaid, both
of Tigard, and four grandchil
dren.
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Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Schunk
visited over the Fourth with rel
atives and friends in Heppner.
Both will teach in Mill City the
coming year, enjoying the privi
lege of working in a brand new
building. They are attending
summer school in Monmouth.
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Wallace Coleman, lone receiv
ed a broken foot Tuesday when
the truck on which he was load
ing baled hay ran over his foot.
He was brought to Heppner to a
physician.
Mrs. A. D. McMurdo is in Port
land where she is caring for her
grandchildren during the ab
sence of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted McMurdo. Mr. McMur
do is taking two weeks training
at the army reserve officers
training camp.
WAR-PEACE TIDE
"All of us hate war.
"Certain principles must be
upheld."
'This is no time for jitters."
"It s a time for cool heads
and clear thinking."
In these four short sentences
Governor Douglas McKay con
densed what he said he could
write a book about.
The governor who served in
both wars still holds faith with
those who are striving to avoid
another world war.
JUMPING THE GUN
Politicians who have taken it
for granted that the 1950 census
will give Oregon another repre
sentative in congress are busy
juggling the boundary lines of
the four congressional districts
to provide for a fifth. There are
two very apprehensive "ifs" to
be cleared, however.
The tentative count of the cen
sus gives the state a gain of 420,.
646. That must hold up well in
the final figures before we can
hope for another representative.
For decades the congress has
kept to the fixed 435 members.
The estimated population of the
United States is over 150,000,000.
If the total count is close to this
and the number of members in
congress maintained the ratio
would require more population
per representative than now
practiced.
ASSESSOR REFRESHER
COURSES
The Oregon state tax commis
sion has announced a series of
two- day refresher courses for
assessors in four cities during
September.
The sessions will be devoted
principally to appraising lots, in
dustrial plants, stock in trade
and depreciation. They will be
held in Portland, Baker, Burns
and Coquille. Speakers will in
clude appraisement engineers
and key employees of the tax
commision.
RAISE WORKERS'
WAGE SCALE i j
A recent order of the state
wage and hour commission has
established a five and a half
day work week for women and
minors in laundry and cleaning
plants.
Explaining the order, W. E.
Kimsey, state labor commission
er said it also sets a minimum
pay scale of 60 cents an hour
for learners and extra workers.
The scale was formerly 35 cents
an hour.
WAR MATERIALS SOUGHT
The importance of search for
manganese, tungsten and other
war materials in Oregon is em
phasized in a letter received this
week by Governor Douglas Mc
Kay. The governor alerted field
operatives of the state geology
and mineral industries to be on
the continual lookout for evi
dence of manganese ore deposits.
Even low grade ore in large
tonnage deposits is valuable.
The 14-state governors' inter
state Indian council informed
Governor Douglas McKay this
week of the appointment of A.
Harvey Wright, Salem, as chair
man of the council's educational
committee.
The governor said Wright won
considerable attention with an
outstanding report on Indian ed.
ucation at the council's meeting
in Salt Lake last month.
"Latourette for Governor" com
mittee chairman, H. B. VanDu
zer, prominent Oregon lumber
man and former chairman of the
state highway commission, has
elaborate plans for the campaign
starts Monday . . . Oregon is
one of the eight states in which
the communist party shows the
greatest decline . . . Governor
Douglas McKay plans a heavy
campaign. Expects to invade ev
ery county in Oregon before el
ection . . . Formation of a soci
alist pary in Oregon under the
provisions of the state laws was
planned in May. Not a peep
since. . . Rumor has it Rep. Will
iam B. Morse, Prineville, will be
chairman of house ways and
means committee at 1951 legisla
tive session . . . Walter Pearson,
state treasurer, and opponent of
Austin Flegel (the winner) in
May primaries, is working 10J
percent for Flegel . . . Phil Roth,
recent lyelected president of the
Young Republican Club, is a de
legate to the Central Labor Coun.
cil . . . Reports are that a Duff
Morse republican ticket in 1951
has passed beyond the talk
I stage.