Si.
-fk.
PUBLIC AUDITOR IUV
asetl
$3.00 Per Year; Single
What's Doing
In The
Legislature
By REP. GILES FRENCH
Economy is having a harder
time in these final weeks of the
legislature although not entirely
knocked out. As usual the advo
cates of new buildings, higher
appropriations and the spending
that in the minds of some people
proclaims 'progress" are having
their say. It is not considered
likely -that they will seriously
disrupt the ways and means bud
get. What is not known or consider
ed is that Oregon has been spend
ing a great deal of money for
buildings of late years and is
still doing so. The schools of
higher learning have many new
hails and dormitories so many,
in fact, that some have made it
necessary for underclassmen to
live in them. State buildings in
Salem and Portland are new.
One can find reason for more and
more and more and make good
argument for them. On the basis
of 1941 dollars Oregon collected
156.9 percent in 1949 of the 1941
taxes while increasing 39.6 per
cent in population. This is the
greatest increase in any state.
More than this has been spent
because most of the surplus is
gone.
California has increased its tax
collections 31.9 percent while in
creasing its population 53.3 per
cent. We have been extravagent.
Spenders say we were far behind
which spenders always say.
There has not always been
wisdom in building and often
new buildings are gorgeous
structures indeed with extensive
use of marble in places where
cheaper materials would be just
as good although less glam
orous. Senators at least a part of
them who conducted the inves
tigation of the penitentiary
should be due for public criti
cism. When legislators deal with
a committee for five murderers
to obtain demands from convicts
it brings no good to the state
One doesn't expect inmates of
penitentiaries to be happy while
incarcerated. That senators
should accept their statements
as evidence against trusted war
dens is slightly short of a dis
grace and no one need condone
such actions. Warden Alexander
has always acted as manager of
the penitentiry while the deputy
dealt with prisoners in most mat
ters. Both are past retirement age
although to retire them would
be foolish. Soon new men will
be needed but whether the sate
should hire some federally train
ed, theorist or some practical war
den schooled by experience in
ways of dealing with criminals
is a prominent question.
The legislature is now about to
(start on a salary raising binge,
that has grown customary in late
years. Often the better paid are
in position tq make the most
demands and occasionally the
obeisence legislators pay to of
ficials is less than dignified.
Big bills will be out on the
floor before this is read; highway,
Little Hoover, taxation, educa
tion, reapportionment. These are
the things about which members
have been engaging in heavy in
fighting for 90 days. In some
cases the punitshment has been
heavy and no contestant in these
slugging matches can expect to
end the fray without bruises if
not a knockout blow. All are, af
ter a fashion, intermingled until
it is almost like an old-fashioned
free-for-all with wrestlers and
boxers both in the ring using all
the holds and blows known to
their profession. It isn't mar
bles.
Several committees have clean
ed their books by acting on all
bills before them. Others can do
so quickly. Time for adjourn
menl depends on action on ways
and means bills and taxation
which must be done in some
manner. Conference committees
will hold long meetings while
other mcmbeis are at recess and
pacing outside in the sunshine
fretting about the plowing, the
law practice, the families at
home. Another two or three
weeks with usual speed and the
46th legislative session will be at
an end after having handled
some very important matters and
listened mostly on the senate
side to some millions of words
of repetitious argument. The
house has debated less and more
to the point.
o
SCANDINAVIAN VIEWS
ENJOYED AT CLUB MEETING
Oscar Peterson favored the So
roptimist club of Heppner this
noon by showing the pictures he
and his son Gerald took on their
trip to England and Europea
countries last fall. The pictures
are beautiful and were greatly
enjoyed by the club.
Plans were made for the club'
third birthday party which oc
curs this month.
Copies 10c
Elks Present Donations to
Heppner Lodge No. 358, B.P.O.E.,
-"X .v ' JSC? ife' .-. lyM
If W czs Ifvd
1 1 hi 1 1 ! Vr -- 'J
of the Pioneer Memorial hospital ever since the idea was first ad
vanced to build it. Generous donations of money and equipment
have been rflade by the lodge and listed herewith are several items
presented this week:
Oxygen-Air Pressure Lock designed tor the rapid resuscitation
and oxygenation of the asphyxiated newborn infant; also for the
oxygenation of the small immature premature infant developing
cyanosis at any time, particularly after feedings. Premature infants
may be kept in the oxygen air pressure lock for days.
Large model adult and child
for aspiration and inhalation as well as for resuscitation.
Gomco drainage pump.
Otoscope for examination of
useful purposes necessary to the
Colson inhalation for steam and medical inhalations.
Stethoscope for routine lung and heart examination.
Thomas intravenous apparatus for the administering of anesthet
ics for major and minor surgery.
Dressing carriage for general
and medication supply for patient
Tray conveyor so that meals may be handled more conveniently
speedily and efficiently for patient
conveyor is not shown In the picture has not been delivered to
date).
Total cost of equipment approximately $2,050.
In the picture, left to right John B. Earnsdorff, hospital admin
istrator; J. J. O'Connor, exalted ruler of Heppner Lodge No. 358 for
year 1950-51; Frank Turner, Terrel
trustees.
School Band Sets
Date For Annual
Spring Concert
In preparation for the annual
trek to La Grande to participate
in the eastern Oregon music fes
tival April 27 and 28, the Heppner
school band has chosen Wednes
day evening, April 25 as the date
for the spring concert. The hour
will be 8 o'clock and the place
the school gymnasium.
Robert Collins, director, says
this year's band is largely junior
in makeup. Of the 50 members
only eight are high school stu
dents. Nevertheless, he has his
youngsters coming along in fine
hape and age doesn t count
too much where skill is concern
ed. He gives assurance that the
audience will not only be sur
prised but delighted with the
program.
The home folks will have an
opportunity to hear'the ensemble
groups Collins has trained for
competition at La Grande. For
this event he has arranged three
clarinet trios, a saxophone quar
tet, a woodwind quintet, a French
horn quartet, a brass quartet, and
two cornet duets.
The Heppner band is being en
tered in class C competition but
this is not keeping it from play
ing some of the numbers the lar
ger bands will play at the con
test, such as Overture Mimaire,
by Korsicka, which the Hermis-
ton band has scheduled.
The required number this year
is Aurora Overture, and for a
march Collins has chosen Storm
King, by Finlayson.
o
School Track Team
Rounding Into Shape
Heppner high school track
squad is beginning to round Into
shape after one weeks cross
country running amounting to
live miles daily and exercises be
fore and after running.
The local team lacks sprinters
but expects to be on a par with
other schools in other events.
The squad is built around Mar
ion Green, Wendell Connor, Gary
Connor, Phil Smith, Melvin Piper,
John Wagner, Loyd Harshman
Jack Sumner, Roy Taylor, Elway
Me Bergstrom Keith Connor, Al
bert Burkenbine, Bill Hughes, Jim
Green, Terry Thompson, Roland
Taylor, Walter Duran, Dean
Graves, Russell Taylor and Jerry
Settles.
o
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. O'onnor werei
in Portland the fore part of the
week.
Hospital
has been a consistent supporter
resuscitator a versatile apparatus
eyes and ears with various other
doctor's examinations.
routine dressing of surgical cases
medication.
and nurse satisfactions. (The tray
Benge, Harold Cohn, lodge
Condon Locale For
Scout Covered Wagon
District Conclave
The annual meeting of the
Covered Wagon district, Blue
Mountain Council, Boy Scouts of
America, will be held Tuesday,
at 8 p. m. April 17, in Condon.
The Covered Wagon district in
cludes the counties of Morrow,
Gilliam and Wheeler. Members
of the nominating committee are
Marvin Albee of Condon, Jack
Bailey of Heppner, Carl Schwaab
of Lexington, Joe Worlein ot Kin-
I zua and Jack Harford of Arling
ton.
Commissioners will also con
duct the roundtables for all adult
unit leaders. The theme for Cub
leaders will be "Summer Pro
gram for Cub Scouts" and the
theme for the troop leaders will
be "Scouting is Outing."
o
Biological Warfare
What are the big dangers from
biological warfare?
In spite of our effective health
safety system, BWdoes hold dan
gers that we must be prepared to
meet. There's little to fear from
new kinds of diseases. The big
danger to people is in the new
ways of spreading diseases al
ready known.
It is possible to spread disease
germs through the air by floating
them in fine sprays or mists,
technically called aerosols. Bath
room atomizers, DDT bombs and
spray guns produce small-scale
aerosols.
So far as we know, the aerosol
method of spreading disease
germs has never been tried in
actual warfare, but this might be
tried by special sprayers carried
in airplanes.
Indirect transmission of disease
is uncertain. Direct disease trans
mission, such as blowing germs
trom a spray gun into the air in
take of a factory ventilating sys
tem, may be quick and sure.
How else can biological attacks
be made? Methods might also In
elude specially designed bombs
loaded with germs and toxins. In
that case, the enemy would rely
on the explosion to spread the
germs or poisons around.
An enemy might prefer to work
secretly. He could use fifth col
umnists to try to pollute factory
food and water supplies.
Next we will discuss some pop
ular myths that should be elim
inated.
o '
G. A. Stalcup, road supervisor
for theBoardman-Irrigon district
was attending to business in Hep
pner Saturday from his home in
I Boardman.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April
Glenn A. Farrens
Dies in Field at
Ranch Near Ruggs
Acting Coroner
Finds Death Due
To Heart Attack
the body of Glenn A. Farrens
was found lying on the ground a
few feet from a tractor-disc out
fit he had been operating Tues
day morning on part of the old
Anson Wright ranch a few miles
from Ruggs. The discovery was
made by Jess Coats, another em
ploye on the ranch, who passed
that way enroute to the house to
prepare dinner for himself and
Farrens. Coats notified the sher
iff's office and then returned to
the field to guard the body until
officials arrived.
In the absence of Dr. A. D. Mc
Murdo, Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman
took J. O. Hager to the scene to
act as coroner. After reconstruct
ing the movements which led up
to the fatal moment, the officers
came to the conclusion that death
was due to a heart attack.
The exact time of death could
not be determined, although It
was fixed as between 10 and 12
o'clock a. m. Farrens had been
discing a piece of land and ap
parently had started back tow
ards the house. He had straight
ened the discs so that they would
not needlessly tear up a strip of
wheat which he was obliged to
cross to get to the gate leading
out of the field. There was no in
dication that he had been thrown
from the tractor, a D2 Caterpillar,
and it is the supposition of the
officers that feeling an attack
coming on he had attempted to
free himself from the rig. He fell
from the tractor and the disc
passed over one side of his body.
There was a bruise on the back
of his head and abrasions where
the machine struck him, but due
to the fact there was no profu
sion" blood it is believed that
the heart attack was fatal and
that he did not .die from the
injuries.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 o'clock p. m. Friday from the
Methodist church, with the Rev.
J. Palmer Sorlien officiating and
arrangements in charge of the
Phelps Funeral Home. Interment
will be in the Heppner Masonic
cemetery. Pallbearers chosen for
the service include Samuel Steers,
Elmer Palmer, Barton Clark, Ar
chie Bechdolt, Huston Leslie and
Les Robinson.
Glenn Adelbert Farrens was a
native of Morrow county. He was
Born April 16, 1890, in lone, his
parents being John F. and Eliza
N. (Finley) Farrens. He grew to
manhood in this county and has
spent his life in this area.
Survivors include his wife, Ev
alyn; a son, Darrel, of Kimberly;
two daughters, Mildred. Wright,
Hardman and Murl Owen, Monu
ment; two brothers, Ernest, Yak
ima, Wash., and Walter, Heppner,
and seven grandchildren.
Mr. Farrens was a member of
the Hardman Oddfellows lodge
and of the Rhea Creek grange.
o
Bank Deposits In
Heppner Branch
Over $5 Million
In line with Its policy of re
leasing statement of condition fi
branch of the First National Bank
gures quarterly, the Heppner
of Portland today reported that,
as of March 31, 1951, deposits
were 4,942,716 and loans were
$1,045,080.
In releasing the figures, Merle
Becket, manager of the branch,
also reported comparable figures
at tne branch a year ago, March
were $4942,716 and loans were
31, 1950. On that date, deposits
$753,260. At the same time, the
First National Bank of Portland
with its 46 statewide banking of-
nces reported tnat on March 31,
1951, deposits totalled $503, 269,
188, loans $248,968, 883, and re-
sources $548,182,506. These figures
represent an increase over March
31, a year ago of 8.38 percent in
deposits, percent in loans,
and 9.16 percent in resources.
F. N. Belgrano Jr.. president of
the bank, pointed out that this
increase in First National's vol
ume over lasfc year reflects the
general increase in business
throughout the state during the
same period. Farm income In
January lyai was 20 percent
higher than January a year ago
and non-gricultural emDlovment
for this February was up over 13
percent over February 1950.
o
Saturday visitors in Heppner
were Mrs. Mabel Hughes of Mil
ton and her cousin, Mrs. Iva Wil
liams, of Payette, Ida. Mrs. Wil
liams also is a cousin of Hugh
Currin of Heppner.
12, 1951
RED CROSS CHAIRMAN
THANKS PEOPLE OF COUNTY
Jack Bailey, chairman of the
1951 ited Cross fund campaign,
reported this week that Morrow
was the second county in the
state to attain its quota. This in
formation was received from Miss
Betty Bogel, field representative.
Bailey feels that this is a signal
honor, something of which the
people of the county may be just
ly proud.
The chairman was loud in his
praise of the people for the
promptness with which the cam
paign to raise the $1740 quota
was met, and expressed his per
sonal thanks to the volunteer
workers and all who contributed
in any manner.
o
Hospital Board
Sinking Funds To
Finish Landscaping
A request for support in raising
additional funds for the purpose
of completing the landscaping
and other improvements at the
Pioneer Memorial hospital was
read at the luncheon meeting of
the chamber of commerce Mon
day noon. It came from the hos
pital committee and not only
sought moral support but a little
financial lift as well.
The members present felt the
request was justified and the sum
of $50 was voted.
The letter pointed to the urg
ency in the matter of finishing
the landscaping and the plan to
install an automatic sprinkling
system. This feature entails con
siderable expense but the board
feels it is justified inasmuch as
it will pay for itself in three
years by removing the necessity
for hiring labor to-do the sprink
ling. A good start has been made on
raising the fund and the hospital
board is hopeful that the citizens
will see their proposal in the
right light.
Plans for the arbor day plant
ing project are materializing. A
more definite announcement will
be forthcoming next week.
"Frolics of1951"
To Present All Home
Talent Production
The "Frolics of '51", a mirth
ful dude and cowboy musical
comedy will be presented by the
Jay Cee-ettes at the high school
gymnasium Friday and Saturday,
April 20 and 21.
Mrs. Phyllis Knight of the high
school faculty, director, is busy re
hearsing a large cast of local
thespians. Included in the cast
are are Mrs. J. Palmer Sorlien,
Mrs. Richard Meador, Mrs. Archie
Murchison, Mrs. Hugh Curran,
John Ernsdorff, Bob Runnion,
Don Bennett, Jack Van Winkle,
Everett Keithley, Bill Richards,
Bob Grabill, Elmer Pieper, Henry
Tetz and Harry O'Donnell Jr.
A large number of students
from the school will do Indian
and cowboy songs and dances.
Eighth graders will do square
dances in the Friday night show
while Saturday night dancers
will include Mr. and Mrs. Huston
Lesley, Mr. and Mrs. Les Robin
son, Mr. and Mrs. Claude White,
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Steers, Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Smethurst, Mr. and
Mrs. Al Fetsch, Mr. and Mrs. Per
ry Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam
uel Steers. Bunny Steers win can
and music will be furnished by
an old-time orchestra led by Roy
Quackenbush. The men's Harmo
ny club will sing several num
bers. Mrs. Charles Ruggles is their
accompanist.
Ticket sales will start next
week with school children as
the salesmen. Tickets may be re
served at the Mode O' Day shop
from Thursday afternoon on.
o
Irrigon Netters
Whitewash Heppner
The visiting Irrigon tennis
teams defeated the inexperienced
Heppner team by winning six
straight matches.
Singles; Don Acock deteated
Melvin Piper, 6-2 6-0; Ronald
Berger defeated Jim Smith 6-4
6-3; Marlene Marcum defeated
Kathleen Orwick 6-0 6-0.
Doubles: Beth Warner and Ger
aldine Hinckley defeated Nancy
Ferguson and Dorothy trencn b-u
6-0; Lenora Burnette and Katn
leen Umiker defeated Rita Cox
and Carla Whillock 6-2 6-0; Bob
Keeney and Don Creamer defeat
ed Loyd Harshman and Marion
Green 61 6-1.
o
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gentry re
turned Sunday from Ava, Mo.,
where they were called by the
illness and death of Mr. Gentry's
sister, Mrs. Hershel Taber.
Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Van
Marter combined a business and
pleasure trip to Portland the
first of the week.
Allen Case and Manuel Eas
ter were in Portland Monday and
Tuesday attending a Crosley re
frigeration school.
Mrs. D. M. Ward was up from
Portland a few days this week
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J, J. Nys.
HEPPNER YOUNG PEOPLE
MARRIED IN SEATTLE
A wedding of interest to Hepp
ner people was solemnized in
Seattle at 9 a. m. March 26 at
St. Joseph's Catholic church when
the Rev. Fr. Patrick Joy, S.J., unit
ed Miss Rita Steinberger and Wil
bur Warden in marriage.
The bride was lovely in a bri
dal pink dressmaker suit and
white lace-straw hat with shoulder-length
veil caught on either
side with seed pearls. She car
ried white roses and stephanotis
with a white prayer book.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ernsdorff,
brother-in-law and sister of the
bride were the attendants. Mrs.
Earhsdorff wore a biege suit with
white accessories and a corsage
of pink rosebuds.
After a wedding trip which took
them to California pointe the
young couple have returned to
Heppner to make their home. Mrs.
Worden is superintendent of nur
ses at Pioneer Memorial hospital
and Mr. Worden, who is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Worden
of Heppner, is employed at Rose
wall Motor Company.
Atttending the ceremony from
Heppner were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Warden and Mr. and Mrs. John
Ernsdorff. Mr. and Mrs. John
Gernhardt of Portland and Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Knighten of La
Grande, sisters of the groom were
also in attendance, and Miss Lo
leta Vogt of Pendleton.
o
LEGISLATURE IN CAPSULES
There is little chance of exten
sive construction of state build
ings during the coming bienni
um. All state building will be
held to vital emergency cases.
A great variety of tax raising
measures are under consideration
that include lowering income tax
exemptions, a general sales tax,
raising the state profit on whis
key, boosting and widening the
gift tax, a general business tax
boosting the corporation excise
tax, a cigarette tax, a state pro
perty tax and even a poll tax is
on the proposal list.
A measure designed to make it
more difficult to get initiative
and referendum measures on the
ballot was defeated in the house
last week, reconsidered and pass
ed. If the measure passes the se
nate the proposal will be on the
ballot November 1952.
A measure to have the legisla
ture meet annually is psycholog
ically timed. Members of the pre
sent session have labored long
weary hours in committee rooms
trying to do a good job. They get
$600 a year (we had this wrong
last week) and a 60-day session
should be about right but the
pay should be raised. Ten dollars
a day is not enough for meager
expenses. They may put a meas
ure to the people to create an
nual sessions.
Under the act recently passed
by the current legislature creat
ing a five-member state fair com
mission Governor Douglas McKay
appointed Robert G. Fowler, Med-
ford; Harold Barnett, Pendleton;
Dr. Earl T. Stewart, Roseburg;
Sylvester B. Hall, Gresham and
Henry Aherns, Turner. The new
law transfers the fair from the
state agricultural board to the
commission.
Unless handicapped by unfor-
seen events stall ways and means
bills will be reported out of this
committee on or before April 18.
The $72,000,000 asked by the
governor for public welfare has
been reduced to between $63,000,-
000 and 64,000,000 by the ways
and means committee.
The real omelet unscrambling
problem of the legislature is re
apportionment hinging on whe
ther Portland, Multnomah coun
ty, shall have more members in
the legislature or less.
ANOTHER OREGON FIRST
The Oregon Big House, as the
Oregon penitentiary is jocosely
spoken of by the eclat of the best
criminal society, is becoming
very popular in the restrained
classes.
This week there are 1560 so
journers and permanent guests
enjoying the cuisine and sang
froid antique walls. The popula
tion is gaining at the rate of 300
a year. You can't tell what our
bureau of travel and information
will exploit next.
Just this week two well known
nomads, who have made extend
ed tours of most of the available
pens and gaols, arrived from the
Idaho pen. They had nothing
printable to say about their late
residence in Idaho except that
they were not given bon voyage
with clothing and expense money
as they were when leaving the
Oregon Big House several years
ago. They rate Oregon's pen
wade A.
Volume 68, Number 4
Budget For Fiscal
Year To Stay Inside
Six Percent Limit
Committee Called
To Annual Meeting
Wednesday, Ap. 25
Stranee as It may seem, in
view of higher costs, the budget
for Morrow county for the fiscal
year 1951-52 will be kept within .
the six percent limitation. Judge
J. G. Barratt made this brief
statement to the chamber of
commerce luncheon group Mon
day but was not at liberty to en
ter into a discussion relative to
the prospective savings.
The annual meeting of tne
budget committee has been set
for Wednesday, April 25, at the
county court room. The commit
tee includes Art Allen, Boardman,
Norman Nelson, Lexington and
Carl F. Bergstrom, Eight Mile.
These men acting with the coun
ty court comprise the budget
committee.
Staying within the six percent
limitation will represent a con
siderable savings f,o the taxpay
ers. During the past several yeans
with increases in the school taxes
and heavy demands for road pur
pose necessitated through the
purchases of much-needed equip
ment, it has been necessary to
seek levies over and aboce the six
percent barrier. Now that the
school set-up has been adjusted -and
much of the road equipment
purchased, the county finds It
self in a more favorable position.
It must be remembered that
this saving is being accomplished
In the face of increased salaries
of county officials as well as
higher prices for many articles
purchased for use by the county.
o
Mrs. Mary Van Stevens has
closed her flower shop in Her
miston and has moved her be
longings back to Heppner and
will devote her attentions to her
flower business here.
Mrs. Fred Dexter, owner of the
Mode O' Day frock shop accom
panied Mrs. Mary Stevens to The
Dalles Saturday night where Mr.
Dexter met her from Madras, and
they had the week-end together.
o
Final Plans For
Homemaker Festival
Drawn This Week
Final plans for the annual
Homemakers Festival were drawn
up by the county home economics
extension committee when it met
in Heppner April 4, reports Maud
Casswell, home demonstration
agent. The festival will be held
April 30 at the fair pavilion in
HeoDner. Mrs. Helen Currin of
Lena, chairman, announced that
the eight extension units in the
county and the Young Mothers'
club of Heppner will take part in
the program. Each group will pre
sent demonstrations and exhiDits
of upholstering, finishing floors,
making lampshades, cookery and
other projects carried out by the
homemakers during 1950.
A fashion show and several
speakers are also scheduled. The
complete program will be an
nounced next week.
A nursery school will be pro
vided for children under school
l-age so that young mothers can
feel free to attend. The young
sters will be taken care of all day
by a capable supervisor and high
school students, and will eat with
their mothers at noon.
Luncheon will be served by
ladies of the Methodist Aid in
Heppner. Reservations for this
meal should be made with unit
chairmen or Mrs. Maud Casswell
by April 27.
Members of the county com
mittee who attended the plan
ning meeting were Mrs. Helen
Currin, chairman, Lena; Mrs.
Omar Rietmann, vice chairman,
lone; Mrs. Ralph Thompson, sec
retary, Heppner; Mrs. Russell
Miller, Boardman; Mrs. Fa ye
Munkers, Azalea House chair
man of county executive commit
tee, Lexington.
o
Visitors at the Fred Parrish
home over the week-end were
their son Raymond and family.
Raymond returned to Portland
Sunday while Mrs. Parrish and
young son "Ricky" remained here.
Wednesday evening Frank Knox
drove over from Wasco and took
daughter and grandson back with
him for a visit before they return
to Portland. Other guests at the
Parrish home were Mr. and Mrs.
Art Schroeder of Portland who
were here Sunday.
Oregon's first forest fire for
1951 was reported this week south
east of Falls City in Polk county.
The fire spread over approxi
mately 20 acres of fern land and
destroyed considerable young
Douglas fir.
Persons planning to start land
clearing fires were cautioned to
use care because of the present
fire hazard.