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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 15, 1951
Volume 67, Number 48
What's Doing
In The
Legislature
By REP. GILES FRENCH
At the end of the fifth round
(week) Economy was still bat
tling the champion, Liberality,
toe to toe and is dishing out as
much punishment as it is re
ceiving. So far the cheering sec
tion has been pro-Liberality de
spite pleas for support of Econo
my. 'Letters received request sup
port of something or other, not
support of something or other,
not support of Economy.
Those in Economy's corner say
he cannot win, that Liberality
has too many punches, too much
staying power and is well train
ed and well fed after years of vic
tories. Yet Economy comes from
a hardy breed that is best when
the going is hard.
So at the end of the fifth round
we report the challenger, Econ
omy, still in there pitching with
chances for a draw with a few
betters taking him for a knock
out but at heavy odds.
The committee in the house
that is handling reapportionment
is getting along slowly, so slow
ly that members of the press can
see little action whatsoever. Rea
son is that experienced members
are trying to learn the philoso
phy of government that is going
to motivate the committee and
find out what sort of a bill can
be passed out from the commit
tee. There are these possibili
ties: a constitutional amendment
that could establish a new meth
or of apportionment in Oregon,
a bill that would apportion the
state according to the . present
constitution, or a political ap
portionment such as Oregon has
had for all its history.
Constitutional provisions for
apportionment in Oregon are so
bad, and so inequitable, that
they have never been observed
by the members of the legisla
ture who do the apportioning.
Instead the state has always had
a political apportionment.
A new constitutional amend
ment might do anything if pass
ed and the only such amendment
before the committee is the one
for a federal plan of apportion
ment which would give each
county a senator. Attempts to
change the federal plan are hard
to defend for they quickly lose
the main argument unless each
county is given a senator.
Maps have been prepared
plans on the counties of the
which show the effect of all
state; also the United States sen
ate has been reapportioned on a
population basis which gives
California seven senators and
Oregon and Washington each
one. Montana, Idaho, Wyoming
and Nevada would have one sen
ator. The section of Oregon that is
certain to have the greatest
growth in the next ten years is
the section that is being attack
d on reapportionment. That is
the mid-Columbia section where
big dams are going in and where
new irrigation projects are being
planned. That section would be
greatly handicapped and the
whole state as well, without
adequate representation in com
ing legislatures.
The bill to permit the highway
commission to issue bonds on the
same basis it had until a few
years ago is in the senate. The
commission would like to issue
bonds for new construction a
large part of which would be put
on the Columbia River highway,
Highway 99E from Portland to
Salem, and on Highway 97. There
is a good chance that the bill can
pass if properly handled. It needs
a plan for payment of the bonds
out of current revenue and also
payment of interest, which
should be at a low rate. New
funds for highways can be ob
tained "from big trucks which
now operate at a rate lower than
that charged private passenger
cars when put on a ten-mile ba
sis. If now funds must come
from added gas taxes in the
face of federal gas taxes, or if
now funds must come from prop
erty or income tax payers, the
battle for the bonds will be, and
should bo, lost.
So far the throat cutting is a
mere grtsture and unimportant.
It will get to the frontal stage
wherein the cuttee may see the
cutter; later throat cutting will
be done from behind, in the dark,
by soft voiced gangs. Then, soon,
there will be adjournment.
Local Church to
Become Parish
Early in March
Steps were taken Tuesday eve
ning by the bishop's committee of
All Saints Episcopal church to
change it from a mission basis to
a parish status. It is contemplat
ed to make the change on Sun
day, March 4, at which time
Bishop Lane W. Barton will be
on hand to officiate.
It was pointed out in the meet,
ing Tuesday evening that All
Saints, or the body that now
operates under that name, was
first started in the 70's. During
that time there have been oc
casions when the church was
without ministry but the congre
gation held together and when
Bishop Barton came to Eastern
Oregon he picked this as one of
the mission churches that should
become a parish at the earliest
possible date. Rev. Elvon L. Tull,
vicar since the fall of 1948, has
been working toward that end.
The church property is in ex
cellent condition, the congrega
tion has grown, and the time ap
pears propitious to place All
Saints on a self-sustaining basis.
Smethursf Home
Scene of Shower
For Bride-To-Be
The William Smethurst home
was the scene Friday night of a
bridal shower and announcement
party for their daughter Betty
The room was beautiful with a
large bouquet of red roses as a
center piece for the table, and a
bridal party of tiny dolls adorn
ed the buffet. These consisted of
an 8 piece bridal party with all
in formal dress. These were loan
ed the party by Mrs. C. Buchan
an. Games were played with Mrs.
McCurdy winning the prize. The
wedding date was announced
with tiny cards fastened to pink
roses which made corsages for
each lady. Refreshment were
served after the honoree opened
her gifts. The wedding of Miss
Smethurst and Hermann Ziegler
Jr. will be an event of March 21
at the Congregational church in
Lexington with the reception in
the Smethurst home. They are
popular young people at Eastern
Oregon College. Out of town
guests were Mrs. Merritt Gray
and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy of
Heppner. Hostesses were Mrs. Al
Fetsch of Heppner and Mrs. Ce
cil Jones of Lexington.
Mrs. K. K. Marshall is at home
after a stay in the Pioneer Hos
pital in Heppner.
The Lilian C. Turner founda
tion has decided to hold a Smor
gasbord and card party March 10
at the Lexington Grange hall. As
a consequence Lexington Grange
will be held one day early, Mar.
9. At the regular meeting Satur
day night it was decided to give
the proceeds from the Grange's
next dance on March 3 to the
Lilian C. Turner foundation. The
Grange opened in usual form
with Cecil Jones overseer in the
chair until the installation of the
new Master Gloria Dolven, by
Armin Wihlon. Two new mem
bers, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cuts
forth were obligated at this time.
Following the regular business
meeting a program was enjoyed
which consisted of a piano solo
by Judith Wihlon and a very in
teresting talk on Civil Defense
by W. E. Davis of Heppner.
Jack Griffon is a patient in the
Pioneer Memorial hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McMillan
and daughter Tat motored to
Ordnance Tuesday night where
they visited Mr. and Mrs. George
Irvin. Mr. McMillan and Mr. Irvin
motored to Pendleton where they
attended the initiation put on by
the Pendleton Oddfellows. Also
going from Lex were Adolf and
Eugene Majeski, Cecil Jones, Al
ex Hunt and Hermann Green.
Charles Buchanan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Buchanan has
gone to Portland where he will
continue his studies at a busi
ness college there.
(Continued on page 6)
Guests at the Allen Case home
for two days the past week were
E. Leathers of Portland. They re
L. B. Pyle of Barvicw and Mrs. C.
turned to Portland Thursday ac
companied by their mother, Mrs.
Ida Grimes, who is visiting, for
awhile and looking after busi
ness matters.
Heppner's Casaba
Tossers Win Two
Games Past Week
Overrun Helix
47-42, Then Sink
Umatilla 47-35
The vastly improved Mustang
five broke from their starting
gates and romped home with two
victories over top-notch opposi
tion during the week's play. Both
games were played on the home
floor.
"During last Friday's game with
Helix the Mustangs gained sweet
revenge on a team that had beat
en them by 22 points in an earl
ier encounter. In this game they
started fast and obtained a well
balanced scoring attack. The lo
cals outplayed the visitors in ev
ery department, and were excep
tionally smooth in play patterns
and working the ball in for the
close, easy shots. Gary Connor
and Jim Prock with 11 points,
Jimmy Smith with 10, and Green
with 8, led the offensive unit.
Jack Sumner, Marion Green and
Gary Connor were all a tower of
strength under the backboards.
Keith Connor re-injured his ankle
in this game and was unable to
re-enter the game after making
one field goal on one attempt.
Cable of Helix led all scorers with
14 points and worked the boards
well.
UMATILLA SWAMPED
In Tuesday's game with Uma
tilla the Mustangs again started
strong and fast and never trailed
in the point making department
After Jim Prock raced in the key
hole and arched a beautiful two-
pointer the team sprinted on to
a 9-point half time lead of 23-14
Umatilla came back strong after
the intermission and swept to
within three points before the lo
cals with Gary Connor, Prock and
Green igniting a spark which re
moved all danger. Again the
scoring was well-balanced which
is indicative of a fine basketball
team. Gary Connor's 12 points
were high, followed by 11 produc
ed by J. Sumner and Prock, and
Marion Green cashed in with 10
well-earned points. Jimmy Smith
was outstanding in setting up
play patterns as well as playing
a fine defensive game. Again G.
Connor, Green and Sumner team
ed up to dominate the back
boards effectively.
The B squad added two victor
ies to its already impressive won-
last record. First, it defeated the
Lexington Jackrabbits 41-27 in a
loosely played game which was
settled in the fourth and final
frame. The visitors played on
even terms until the fourth quar
ter when three of the regulars
took "early showers", victims of
the five infractions ruling. After
that the game was an easy vic
tory. In the preliminary to the Uma
tilla game the locals defated the
Umatilla Bees 41-24 in a game
which saw mostly freshmen car
rying out the action. These two
games and victories bring the B
squad's record to 13 wins, with
only three losses.
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DOG LICENSES DUE
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman wishes
to remind dog owners that licens
es must be paid this month. Aft
er Mrach 1 the officer will be
obliged to clamp down on the
unfortunate canines whose col
lars do not bear the 1951 license.
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Church Folk Hear
Good Program at
School Auditorium
Church folk, including senior
and junior groups, met at the
high school auditorium Monday
evening to participate in a
Youth for Christ program spon
sored by the Methodist church,
Church of Christ and Assembly
of God. People from Irrigon,
Lexington and lone were present
to hear Joe Brille of Eugene
speak on the Youth for Christ
movement and to enjoy the in
strumental and vocal numbers
given by a group of young people
from the Assembly of God
church at Irrigon.
The Irrigon church is presided
over by Rev. and Mrs. Morse, for
mer missionaries, who have
trained a quintet of girls as in
strumentalists and vocalists.
Their instrumentation is one ac
cordian and four clarinets, which
makes an effective group for spe
cial numbers for accompanying
either solo or group numbers.
Personal Property
Statements Should
Be Listed Pronto
Up to Tuesday of this week
only 235 out of a total of more
than 700 personal property state
ments had been turned in
at the office of Assessor W.
O. Dix. The deadline is March 2,
and the assessor is requesting
that tardy ones start coming in
immediately in order to avoid a
pile up at the last moment. Pro
perty owners also are reminded
that the law calls for a fine of
five percent on delinquents, and
that it is obligatory on the part
of the assessor to levy such fines.
It might be pf interest to many
who find it difficult to fill out
the blanks to know that assist
ance will be given at the office
if those needing help will avail
themselves of that service.
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Shamrocks Scorn
Superstition Jo
Win 13th Contest
Heppner's green and white
clad Shamrock basketball team
was not the least bit disturbed
by superstition Saturday night
as they breezed to their 13th
consecutive league victory bv
trouncing the visiting Hermiston
Legion by the lopsided score of
91 to 45.
Stan Kemp with 24 points, led
the Heppner scoring, followed by
Whitbeck with 16 points, Junior
Kemp with 13, and Scrivener 12.
With a 20 game league sche
dule to fulfill and 13 wins to
date, the Shamrocks, in first
place, have seven games remain
ing to play. Arlington and Irri
gon, each with three losses, are
tied for second place. Five wins
out of the remaining seven
games remaining are needed by
the Shamrocks to cinch the
league championshiD troDhv un.
less Irrigon and Arlington each
drop another game.
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Life of Lincoln
Student's Subject
At C. of C.Talk
Monday beine Abraham Lin
coln's birthday anniversary it
was an appropriate time for hav
ing something about the life of
the great emancipator on the
chamber of commerce luncheon
program. This was Drovided bv
Mickey Lanham hieh school stu
dent, who, although not given
much time for DreDaration. camp
through with an interestins re
view of some of the less widely
advertised and discussed high
lights of Lincoln's life. The vounir
speaker carried his belief to his
hearers that the man whose
birthday was being observed was
truly one of our greatest Dresl.
dents.
Recreation centers in the for-
est areas of the Blue mountains
occupied the attention of the
group ior the balance of the
period. Glenn Parsons, forest
rager, displayed a picture of Wil
low creek basin where the forest
service would like to see a camp
development. The picture, taken
from 20,000 feet altitude, shows
a site at the mouth of Herren
creek that offers fine nnssihlll.
ties. It developed that some of
me tract is available but the
larger part of it is privately own
ed and cooperation of the own
ers will have to be secured be
fore much can be done. Another
site coming in for discussion Is
the meadow on the French place
soum or Hardman. That is more
distant from Heppner but is
readily accesable on a through
highway.
President J. R. Huffman plac
ed the matter in the hands of
the recreation committee head
ed by Dr. L. D. Tibbies and urged
an early report on the possibili
ties of getting something start
ed right away.
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PICTURE SHOP OPEN
The Picture Shop, Heppner's
latest business addition, opened
its doors to the public Monday
morninc. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dod-
son, the proprietors, have fixed
up an attractive and convenient
studio and are all fixed to "mug"
the populace as well as take
scenic views or anything that
people may want. The Dodsons
are sociable folks. Go down to
the Farra building and get ac
quainted with them.
A. C. Houghton Meets Death In Car
Freight Crash Wednesday at Irrigon
A DUBIOUS DISTINCTION
Heppner has attained a distinc
tion without much glory, so far
as the milk consuming public is
concerned. Mayor J. O. Turner,
seeing something In the Easft
Oregonian relative to Pendleton's
milk prices, which residents of
that town though might be the
highest in the state, wrote that
newspaper relative to current
milk prices In Heppner. As of
Monday, the price per quart in
Heppner was 24U cents, or one
cent higher than the price quoted
in Pendleton. Well, about all the
comment there is to make is to
use a time honored expression
around these parts, "It's the
freight."
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CIRCUIT COURT MONDAY
Judge Perry will be on hand
at the court house Monday mor
ning to convene circuit court
Several cases are pending, includ.
ing the assault charge against
W. L. Davidson, and some equity
cases. Sheriff Bauman stated
that Jurors of the December pan
el are required to report at the
court house by 10 a.m. Monday.
He has contacted many of them
but has been unable to reach
some and hopes this notice will
bring them in.
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Mrs. Sloqum's 80th
Birthday Observed
Mrs. K. M. Slocpm was the
guest of honor at a family din
ner party at Berg's Chalet in
Portland on Jan. 27, the occasion
being her 80th birthday. Guests
included her children and their
families, making a party of 20
seated around the table.
With Mrs. Slocum were Mr
and Mrs. Frank Barsla. Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Beardsley, Mr. and
Mrs. Lamont Slocum, Mr. and
Mrs. Huxley Kem, Kathleen New-
i man and Mary Drake. Loren and
Genevieve Vogel, Mary and
Verne Campbell, grandchildren,
and Marylee Drake, Valerie
Campbell and Cathy Campbell,
great grandchildren.
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TOPIC CLUB CHOOSES
DATE FOR SMORGASBORD
When the Topic club at lone
announces it is going to give a
dinner everybody in the county
begins to look forward to the
event, for the ladies have es
tablished an enviable reputation
for serving fine food and gobs of
it. Their particular type of din
ner is the smorgasbord and this
year it will be served the eve
ning of April 8.
The Legion hall in lone will
be the locale for the big event.
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Patterns of Square
Dance Discussed
At lone Meeting
Patterns of the square dance,
hints, for callers and music for
square dance callers were sub
jects discussed and demonstrat
ed for the square dance lead
ers at the American Legion hall
at lone Wednesday evening,
Feb. 7. Eighty-seven attended the
training session. Miss Jessalee
Mallalieu, extension recreation
specialist, conducted the square
dance training. The evening pro
gram included a review of the
square dances taught last year,
two new dances "Shoot the
Goose" and "Around and
Through" and the use of intro
ductions, ending, steps between
dances, balance and swing, and
"do-si-do", ).,
Miss Lennle Louden played
piano for the square dances.
Square dance leaders set a
practice date for February 15,
Thursday, at lone grange hall at
8:00. Callers for the practice eve
ning will be Mr. and Mrs, Tress
McClintock, Heppner; Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Gardner, Boardman;
Everett Kiethly, Mrs. John Berg
strom .Heppner, and Earl McKin
ney, lone.
Everyone Interested in practic-'
ing is welcome. If organizations
are not represented at the square
dance training meetings, they
may send leaders for the practice
on February 15. Miss Mallalieu
will conduct two more training
meetings this spring March 5
and 27.
Members of the lone Extension
Unit served lunch to those present
Lilian C. Turner
Fund Supporting
College Student
A desire of the benefactor has
been realized by the Lilian C.
Turner Foundation at Lexington.
Through the activities of the
group, additional funds have
been made available to the am
ount set up in the will of the
late Mrs. Turner and a loan has
been extended to a Lexington
boy who is attending college.
This organization is sponsoring
a smorgasbord to be held March
10 at the Lexington Grange hall.
There will be cards later in the
evening. An invitation has been
extended to the public to attend
and the sponsors will be grati
fied to see a large crowd.
At the last meeting of the
Lexington grange it was voted
to donate the proceeds from the
next dance given at the hall to
the foundation. This brings up
the suggestion that there might
be other organizations and indl
viduals who would like to make
donations to this worthy cause
which must depend upon the
public for support.
The annual meeting of the
foundation will be held In May.
Hospital Prepared
To Co-operate In
Defense Program
In conjunction with the Civil
Defense program, the Pioneer
Memorial hospital is offering its
facilities for the purpose of ob
taining, recording and filing the
necessary information from all
interested potential blood donors.
If you are between the ages of
21 and 60 and in good health you
should seriously consider what
it means to have your blood
group on file with the hospital In
the event that it may be your
blood is needed to save some
one's life.
This filed information will then
be used as a permanent blood
donor list in the case of any
emergency, whether it be for one
patient or many, or for a local or
national emergency.
The days and hours set aside
for this will be as follows: Place,
Pioneer Memorial hospital. Time,
February 19 from 2 p. m. to 7 p.
m.; February 21, from 8 a. m. to
11 a. m.
It takes but a moment of your
time, so if you have not had your
blood grouped and name listed
either through the Red Cross or
the Pioneer Memorial hospital,
seriously consider having it done
on the above dates at the ap
pointed times.
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ATTENDS SALEM MEETING
Judge Garnet Barratt, mem
ber of the executive committee
of the Oregon Association of
County Officers, attended a meet
ing of the group in Salem the
last of the week. Purpose of the
meeting was to discuss bills
pending in the legislature re
lative to county affairs, including
officials' salaries.
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Variety Store To Open
Saturday Morning
Willard Blake, proprietor of the
Heppner Variety store, announces
that the opening for the store in
its new location will take place
Saturday morning. The task of
moving is about completed but it
will be necessary to close for two
days to complete stock arranging
and other details.
Blake and hired workmen have
been busy several weeks redec
orating the new headquarters
and the results are quite pleasing
to the eye. Four leaf clover type
lights have been installed, giving
a novel appearance as well as ef
ficient lighting. The floor space
is a little less than in the former
quarters but with a rearrange
ment of displays it will be poss
ible to handle as much stock as
before.
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Mrs. J. O. Rasmus spent the
past week in Seattle and Port
land looking over the markets
for spring goods for her store,
Norah's Shop.
Drove Onto Track
In Front of Train
Going to Umatilla
Death struck hard and sudden
ly at Irrigon at 10:25 Wednesday
morning when the car driven by
Alfred C. Houghton, leading citi
zen of the little river community,
was hit by a heavy freight train.
The car was carried a distance of
one-half of a mile before the
train could be brought to a Btop
and was a total wreck, officers
going from Heppner to the scene
reported. Two state policemen
were among the first to reach
the scene and one of them, skill
ed in first aid, examined the body
and found that breathing had
ceased but that there was still a
pulse. With that faint hope the
body was placed in a car and
started for a hospital but it was
evident before much distance
was covered that it was too late.
Sheriff Bauman received a call
at about 10:45 telling of the ac
cident and accompanied by Of
ficer Bill Labhart and Coroner
McMurdo arrived shortly after 12
o'clock at Irrigon.
From what can be learned, Mr.
Houghton left his home a block
or so west of the railroad track
to go to the office of the West
Extension unit Being somewhat
hard of hearing he evidently did
not hear the roar of the ap
proaching freight train, and
drove up on the track directly
in front of the big diesel loco
motive. Funeral arrangements had not
been announced at the time of
going to press.
Mr. Houghton was a native of
Fairfield, Maine, where he was
born December 6, 1892. He grad
uated from Whitman college in
1913 and he and Mrs. Houghton
were married in the fall of 1914.
Two sons were born to them, Ed.
ward W. of Chatham, New Jersey,
and Donald L. of Chicago. Both
are married. The Houghtons mov
ed to Irrigon in 1926 when he be
came manager of the West Ex
tesion Irrigation unit. When the
Rural Electrification Administra
tion was set up in western Uma
tilla county he was elected to the
board of directors and has since
served as secretary-treasurer of
that organization. He also served
for at least nine years as school
director. He was a member of
the Greenfield grange at Board-
man and a member of the Odd
fellows lodge at Hermiston.
The entire region Is shocked
at the untimely, death of this
outstanding citizen.
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Club Room Used
By Wranglers
Being Remodeled
The monthly meeting nf th
Wranglers was held Thursday
evening at tne new club room.
The room is bein? extensivpiv
remodeled and will be a great
inaucement for better attendance,
as has already been demonstrat
ed by the last few meetings. The
club is making an appeal for do
nations of furniture or other ar
ticles to be used for the rinh
room and anyone having some-
tning to oner is requested to con
tact the secretary.
Mrs. Norman Nelson namp
was called for the lacknor and a
she was not present it was added
to and carried over to the next
meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwiehr
from Spokane were vlsltnm so
was their Shetland mule, "John
nie-. Mr. Misner Is thd tathar
of Mrs. Fred Mankin, but John
nie, Mrs. Misner says, is just an
adopted relation. He wa6 brought
into the club room and pntw.
talned with his outstanding
Refreshments were served tn
about 50 by Mrs. Harold Erwin
and Mrs. Marion Finch.
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MARRIAGE DATE SET
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Drako of
lone announce the encappmont
of their daughter, Dolores Ann,
to Mr. William A. Rowell. Th
young people have chosen Sun
day afternoon February 25 at
four o'clock 8B the date of their
wedding. The ceremony will be
pt-norma oy Kev. Alfred Shirley
at tne lone Co-operative church
and will be open to the public.