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What's Doing
In The
Legislature
By REP. GILES FRENCH
What is this legislature going
to accomplish?
It is now far enough along that
the answer can be given with
some degree of accuracy although
not everything can be guessed.
Hrst ,it will probably change the
truck laws tp permit a little more
weight and collect s ome more
money oi big trucks. It will pro
bably give an OK to highway
bonus in an indeterminate
amount.
Second, it will approve a plan
for state reorganization which
will not be very apparent for a
couple of years, but should result
in improvement.
Third, it will pass Borne of the
Holy report bills for school dis
trict reorganization but perhaps
not in the manner desired by the
makers of that report.
Fourth, it will arrange to use
up all of the state's surplus funds
without raising new taxes of any
importance. It seems doomed to
auopt the ancient practice of
spending money without raising
it. Economy is taking some seri
ouis blows in the latter days of
session with salary raises and
building programs being given
commitf ee clearance.
Fifth, it will probably pass a
resolution calling for a vote on
reapportionment.
Tnere has been a lot of other
Btuff, like oleo and milk control,
and game commission and maybe
liquor commission and fish but
they are of minor importance to
the state.
The house has passed a grea
many tax measures which now
repose inactively in the senate
committee. The senate has ap
proved a resolution to permit
change in the six percent section
of the constitution. It has 2 bills
to change the status of assessors.
It has not yet had a chance to
consider the njatter of eliminat
ing the state property tax. and
methods of doing away with the
surplus have concerned the sen
ate tax committees for some
weeks.
The house has refused to ap
prove an excise tax on utilities,
there is no doubt about the final
passage of the cigarette tax, and
Oregon income tax is among the
highest, the same is true of the
excise tax and in many places
the property tax. If broadening of
those taxes is impossible, and if
new taxes are defeated the state
will be adopting the attitude of
the Oregon county that voted for
a new courthouse and defeated
the bond issue to pay for it. The
finance picture is not bright at
this time. Continued spending,
use of the surplus, neither new
nor broadened taxes will bring a
serious situation soon.
The reapportionment bill that
was based on the population plan
was defeated in the house Wed
nesday by a coalition of upstate
members aided by some Multno
mah county legislators. The arg
ument was a little warm. Two
plans for constitutional amend
ment are to be considered, one to
give recognition to area in the
house and the other to recognize
area in the senate. The conten
tion that each county should be
recognized as a unit in one house
or the other seems fairly well ad
mitted. It is remarkable to what an
extent the state has become the
collection agency for t,he coun
ties and cities. Between $40 and
$50 million is given to Oregon
counties each year by the state
and that is as much as the entire
budget totaled a few years ago..
County taxes are still going up
any way indicating that no sav
ings are being made by the pro
cess of centralized collection and
distribution. It is a bad method
although followed by the federal
government in relation to the
states. Centralization goes on at
all levels and is going to be hard
to get rid of and impossible un
til the people realize the cost of
such a system, its inefficiencies,
its danger to local government
and its necessarily resulting bu
reaucracy.
The state police are going to
enforce the game laws a while
longer according t,o the senate
which defeated the bill for the
change last week. When and if
there is an efficient natural re
sources agency and high enough
game fees the game commission
plan may be adopted. But when
it is there will be an end to fish
ing for four dollars.
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Don Jones returned Friday to
his work in Oakland. Calif., after
a few days visit with his parents,
Mr .and Mrs. Alva Jones. Don
came up at this time because of
the serious illness of his mother,
She is now recuperating at the
home of her brother. D. A. Wll
son, and is Improving steadily,
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FOR RENT Nice clean small
apartment. Halton Cabins. 5-6p
Copies 10c
The New Motive Power on Heppner Branch of UP
Lack of composing machine leaves
O'Donnell's Cafe
Accorded Hearty
Public Welcome
SRO standing Room Only)
was the order today at O'Don
nell's Cafe, when the public was
given the first view of the all-
new arrangement and an oppor
tunity to partake of food prepar
ed and served with and from
all-new equipment. Huge baskets
of flowers attested to the appre
ciation of Heppner citizens for
the fine cafe facilities aflorded
through the public spirited pro
prietors, Mr. and Mrs. H. T.
O'Donnell and son Russell.
The restaurant part now occu
pies the entire space formerly
housing both the restaurant and
the bar. A lunch counter accom
modating 12 persons stands ap
proximately where the old coun
ter stood and the kitchen, the
last word in restaurant equip
ment, occupies the space former
ly used as a dining room. On
the opposite side from the lunch
counter and separated by an at
tractive low partition are the
booths. There are two-diner
booths and four-diner booths, but
the popular spot, right in the
front window, is the large cir
cular booth, sufficient to accom
modate six or eight adults or
16 high schoolers maybe. The
woodwork is light and the up
holstery green, forming a com
bination that is at once pleasing
to the eye. Wall decorations are
in several colors and on the
north wall is a mural of typical
western ranch life that gives just
the right touch to the whole de
corative scheme.
To accommodate dinner parties,
luncheons and small banquets,
the O'Donnells put in a small
banquet room, available from
either side. The Soroptimist Club
of Heppner initiated the room
today and the chamber of com
merce will meet there Monday.
The bar room, occupying the
former Healy Variety store site,
follows somewhat the same type
of equipment and decorations as
the restaurant. The booths from
the old cafe have been set up
along the south wall and the bar
occupies the north side of the
room. Mr. O'Donnell and Russell
are in harge of this phase of
the business, while Mrs. O'Don
nell claims the restaurant as her
'baby."
Walk-in refrigeration is inuse
on both sides, allowing ample
storage space against almost any
emergency.
All inall, O'Donnell's Cafe is
ultra-modern and would be a cre
dit to a place many times larger
than Heppner.
Roy Thomas was in charge of
the carpentry world outside of
actual installation of fixtures;
Settles Electric company had the
wiring and lighting fixtures con
tract; Gilliam & Bisbee the
plumbing contract; John Swan
son of Pendleton the painting,
and the Kalberer Company, hotel
and restaurant equipment dealers,
the fixtures contract.
Dehydration To Be
Discussion Topic
Carroll Equipment Co. has
scheduled a meeting to be held
at the concern's Lexington store
at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, April
25.
Dehydration of alfalfa and
field chopping will be discussed,
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MARRIAGE DATE SET
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Schaffer
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Doris( to John R. Clerf,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John G,
Clerf of Kittitas, Wash., at 4
o'clock p, m. Sunday, May 6, at
All Saints Episcopal church in
Heppner. A reception will be
held In the parish house follow
ing the ceremony.
Friends of the families have
been extended an invitation to
attend.
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PASSES 42nd YEAR
Floyd Tolleson, Union Pacific's
efficient agent at Heppner, in
formed this high class family
journal that he observed the 42nd
anniversary of his service as a
railroader April 15 and he's still
a young man. Had the fishing
season been open its a safe bet
that he would have been out ob
serving the milestone in a man
ner befitting a disciple of Izaak
Walton.
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BOUND TO BE SPOILED?
On April 15 a son weighing 6
pounds 13 ounces was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Bruns at the
Pioneer Memorial hospital. The
litle fellow, whose mother is the
former Louraine Swaggart, Is
well supplied with doting rela.
tives.- Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Swaggart of Hepp
ner and Mr. and Mrs. George
Bruns of Everett, Wash. Great
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Hinton of Ukiah and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Swaggart of Hermis
ton, and great great grandmother
Mrs. Mary Swaggart of Portland.
Mrs. Creswick Chosen
P-TA President
At the monthly meeting of the
Heppner Parent-Teacher associa
tion held at the school house
Wednesday evening of last week,
Mrs. Oliver Creswick was elect
ed president of the group for the
ensuing year. Other officers el
ected were Harvey Wilhite, vice
president; Mrs. Carl McDaniel,
secretary, and Mrs. Lewis Cason,
treasurer.
Mrs. Creswick and Mrs. Wil
hite are planning to attend the
state P-TA convention in Seaside.
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Arthur Stephens
Was Truly an Early
Pioneer of County
Arthur Stephens, 82, who had
lived in Morrow county since
childhood, passed away Sunday
at the Pioneer Memorial hospit
al, where he had been a patient
for several weeks. Funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday from the
Phelps Funeral Home chapel, Rev.
Shelby E. Graves officiating. In
terment was in the Hardman ce
metery. Mr. Stephens was born Janu
ary 30, 1869, in Marysville, Iowa,
his parents being Virgil A and
Matilda (Dunbar) Stephens. The
family came to Hardman when
he was an infant. He never map
ried and spent much of his later
life at the home of his brother,
O. C. Stephens on the ranch be
tween Ruggs and Hardman.
Surviving are two brothers,
John E. Stephens, Hardman, and
O. C. Stephens, eight nieces and
eight nephews.
Pallbearers were Huston Les
lie, James Hams, Adrian Bech-
dolt, Archie Bechdolt, Elmer Pal
mer and Les Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Hughs
of Heppner received wor Wednes
day morning from their son, who
is a junior at Linfield college,
McMinnville, that he will take un
to himself a wife at 8 p.m. Satur-
day, April 21. The youn lady is
Miss Jo Ann Stearns, Newberg,
a freshman at Linfield. The
ceremony will be performed at
the Methodist church in New-
berg.
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RAINBOW GIRLS INITIATE
THREE NEW MEMBERS
Order of the Rainbow met
Monday evening to hold inltia
tion. Three new members, Linda
Borman, Lynn Wright and Ger
aldine Carter, were received.
Following the regular session,
which was presided over by Con
nie Ruggles, worthy adviser, the
girls gathered in the dining room
where Mrs. Ethel Adams and
Mrs. M. R. Wightman had set a
beautiful tea table from which
punch and home made cookies
were served.
Heppner, 'Oregon, Thursday, April
Post Office Given
lOOPT O Rating
Postmaster James H. Drlscoll
is not particularly a perfection
ist, although his record" as Hepp
ner postmaster would seem to in
dicate that he is just that very
type. The reason Is that the lo
cal postoffice has again rated 100
per cent with the inspection ser
vie of the postal department. Ac
ording to the inspector, the of
fie is being conduted in a satis
factory manner, with no irregu
larities disclosed. Driscoll was
highly commended for the satis
factory operation of the post of
fice. Ordnance Bombers
Blast Heppner in
Pre-Sched Game
The visiting Ordnance Bomb
ers edged past the local "Tow
nies by a score of 6-5, In a game
that was played under ideal base
ball weather Sunday on Rodeo
Field.
In pitching eight full innings,
Doug Drake allowed the visitors
8 hits and 6 runs. Whitbeck, re
gular shortstop .pitched the final
Inning and held the visitors hit-
less" in his short stint on the i
mound.
Heppner hitters found Leibe,
Ordnance pitcher for 10 solid base
hits, but found him difficult in
the clutches. Leibe struck out
three Heppner batters, while
Heppner pitchers whiffed 10 visi
ting batters.
For an early season contest,
the game was well played and
found both pitchers with fine con
trol, and errors at a minimum.
Carl Schwab showed local fans
how first base should be played,
as well as hitting 2 for 5 and
sparkling in the field. Red Groves
played a vesy fine game as Hepp
ner receiver, and played a big
part in the efficiency of Heppner
pitching. Roland Bergstrom at
third proved he is a very heady
player by playing the "hot cor
ner" faultlessly and figuring in
an inning ending double play. ,
The rest of the squad without re-1
straint cashed in with a fine ,
game.
The Heppner squad showed
fans that the team is not to be
denied this year ,and will give
each opponent a truly rough af-'
ternoon of baseball.
Following Is a revised schedule '
which is necessary as lone will :
not field a team this year:
April 22, Heppner at Spray; '
April 29, Fossil at Heppner; May
6, Heppner at Kinzua; May 13,
Condon at Heppner: May 20.
Heppner at Mount Vernon; May
27 Spray at Heppner; June 3,
Heppner at Fossil; June 10, Kin
zua at Heppner; June 17, Hepp-I
ner at Condon; June 24, Mt. Ver
non at Heppner.
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THREE-YEA ROLD
SEVERELY BURNED
Little Catherine Boyer, three-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Boyer, suffered second
degree burns Monday morning.
She was playing in the front
seat of the family car and ap
parently found a match. Mrs.
Boyer had checked on her activi
ties just a few minutes earlier,
so could scarcely realize the lit
tle girl was screaming, and upon
looking out the window was
horrified to see the child's cloth
ing in flames.
The mother rushed out to the
car and beat out the flames with
her hands. Mr. Boyer and the
doctor arrived about the same
time. The child's right side from
her waist to her knees was badly
burned but she seems to be re
covering well.
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Mrs. Ed Roberts of Tlgard is
here assisting Mrs. Willard Mil
ler in caring for Mr. Miller who
is seriously 111. Mr. Miller Is Mrs.
Mary Blake's brother.
Jesse Beardsley was up from
Oak Grove over the week-end
looking after business affairs.
19, 1951
1951 Polio Campaign Adds
$1,339.64 to County's Fund
Final auditing of the 1951 po
lio campaign was made this week
and after all receipts and dis
bursements were accounted for it
was found that the fund in Mor
row county had been swelled by
$1,339.64, that being 50 percent
of the tota Inet receipts, announc
es Mrs. Joe Hughes, campaign
chairman.
Accordin gto records kept by
Mrs. Hughes and her committee,
the total receipts, expense items
and net receipts were as follows:
Boardman, Mrs. Florence Root,
campaign director, net receipts,
$254.98 (no expenses); Hardman,
Mrs. H. C. Leslie, no expenses,
Osibov New
Head County
Health Assn.
By DELPHA JONES
Henry Osibov, superintendent
of lone schools, was elected presi
dent, Mrs. Mervin Leonard, Lex
ington, vice president, Mrs. R. J.
0'Shea, Heppner, secretary and
Mrs. C. C. Carmichael, Lexing
ton, treasurer at the annual meet
ing of the Morrow County Health
and Tuberculosis association
held Monday'evening at the Lex
ington grange hall. Between 40
and 50 people were served at the
dinner prepared by the Lexing
ton Bluebirds and Campfire Girls
and their mothers, and listened
to an address by Mr. Ross from
the staff of Sadie Orr Dunbar,
who explained that there will be
no more TB units. Funds deriv
ed from seal sales will hereafter
be used for health education and
carrying out case methods under
supervision of the state board
of health.
Mrs. Ilene Wyman, seal sale
chairman, reported a total of
$1,473.43 realized from the 1950
campaign.
Miss Margaret Gillis, county
public health nurse, gave a re
port of her year's work and John
Ernsdorff talked on the hospi
tal's value along health lines.
Hermiston Winner
In Track Meet
The strong Hermiston cinder
squad anchored by Mays, Arnold,
Kimmel and the Pedigo broth
ers, defeated the Heppner squad
in a dual meet held at Hermiston
Tuesday. Those scoring points for
the local team were Marion
Green, scoring 2nds in the high
jump, 440-yard dash, 110-yard
high hurdles and member of the
relay team; Gary Connor 2nd in
the high jump, 880-yard run and
pole vault; Melvin Piper 2nd in
the javelin and discus, plus run
ning on the relay team; Wendell
Connor 2nd in the low hurdles,
broad jump and was also a mem
ber of the relay team; -John Wag
ner a 3rd in the 100-yard dash;
Elwayne Bergstrom 3rd in the
mile run; and Jack Sumner 2nd
as member of the relay team:
The next meet is scheduled for
Saturday, April 21 when the local
team will travel to Helix to at
tend and participate in their an
nual invitation meet.
HEPPNER DOWNS ROCKS
I The Heppner high school track
squad defeated a poorly balanced
Pilot Rock team by a score of
69-55 in a meet which saw Pilot
Rock sweep the dashes and Hep
pner the longer runs and pole
vault. Pilot Rock scored first in
seven events as did Heppner but
place and show proved the dif
ference. John Hensley led Pilot Rock
with 18 points, resulting from
firsts in the hurdles and 3rd In
the sprints. Gary Connor was the
Heppner standout with 21 V4
points. Gary scored first In the
mile run. 880 yard run, pole
vault and tie for first with Mar
ion Green of Heppner In the
high Jump.
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Mr. and Mrs. Delvin McDani
el, Kinzua are the parents of a
seven pound baby girl born Sun
day, April 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Redding are
parents of a son born April 3 in
Los Angeles. The young man
weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and
has been named Randall Boyd.
The Reddings also have a girl,
age two. Mrs. Clair Ashbaugh,
maternal grandmother, has gone
from her home In Portland to be
with the Reddings for awhile.
net receipts, $20.25; Heppner, Jas.
H. Driscoll, $1830.74, expenses,
$91.87, net, $1738.87; lone, Mrs.
Ruby O. Roberts, no expenses,
$208.79; Irrigon, Mrs. Stella Phil
lips, $132.28, expenses, $2.62, net
$129.66; Lexington, Mrs. Emma
Breshears, $228.22, expense $ .28,
net $227.94; Morgan, no expense,
net $99.00.
Total receopts $2,274.06; coun
ty organization expenses $94.77;
total net for county $2,679.29; 50
percent retained $1,339.64; 50 per
cent remitted to National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis,
$1,339.65.
APRIL 27 DATE CHOSEN
FOR TREE PLANTING
N. C. Anderson, chairman of
the Arbor Day tree plant.ng pro
ject, announced to the chamber
of commerce at Monday's lunche
on that his committee had cho
sen Friday, April 27 as the day
for the event. The steering com
mittee delegated every member of
the organization on committees to
put the project through In one
session.
Floyd Tolleson was given the
task of putting up tne signs de
signating the fishing tei ritory for
youngsters.
Monday's meeting was the last
for the luncheon group at the
Elkhorn Cafe. Mondays meetings
will hereafter be held at O'Don
nell's Cafe.
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County's Spellers Vie
At Boardman "Bee"
Wednesday, April 18 was blue
ribbon day for Morrow county's
best spellers, when the grade
children gathered in Boardman
for the annual spelling contest.
The results in the eighth grade
class were not surprising as the
two girls have been zigzagging
the top honors for the past three
years. Jean Marie Graham prov
ed herself to be 1951 champion,
spelling all 100 words correctly,
bally Palmer was second high
and Larry Rietmann of lone
placed third.
In the seventh grade -winners
were Mary Gaspers, Irrigon,
first; Nancy Anderson, Heppner,
second, and David Cox, Heppner,
third.
Sixth grade prizes were won
by Judy Barger, Heppner; Clif
ford Ballard, Irrigon and Judith
Filley, Irrigon. Fifth grade, Mike
Gaspers, Irrigon, Donna Fergu
son and Phyllis Quackenbush.
The youngsters were served
cookies and punch by the Board
man school after the spelldown.
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Ralph W. Marlatt
Dies Following
Lingering Illness
Ralph W. Marlatt, 50, native
son of Heppner, was laid to rest
in Masonic cemetery Sunday af
ternoon following services at the
Heppner Church of Christ, con
ducted by Rev. J. Palmer Sor
lien, pastor of the Methodist
church. Pallbearers were Edwin
Hughes, Gerald Swaggart, George
Currin, Charles Monagle, Pat and
Malcolm O'Brien, neighbors in
the Butter creek vicinity.
Ralph Wesley Marlatt was born
in Heppner May 22, 1900, to Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Marlatt, pio
neer residents who - operated a
small stock ranch on Hinton
creek at the edge of town. He at
tended school here and on Octo
ber 13, 1923 was married to Ruth
Kistler of Wapato, Wash. To
this union one child was born,
a girl,, who died in infancy. They
lived on the Joe Kenny place on
Little Butter creek.
Surviving besides the widow
are two sisters, Mrs. Alma Mor
gan of Heppner and Mrs. Ellen
Wrheeler of Ellensburg, Wash., a
brother, Tom Marlatt of Heppner
and several nieces and nephews.
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Heppner high school won first
honors in the one-act play con
test sponsored by Pacific Unl
versity on April 14. Forest Grove
high school placed second ,and
Milwaukee third.
In winning first place Hepp
ner becomes the first "B" school
to do so in the history of the
contest.
The title of the Heppner play
was "Mooncalf Mugford". Mem
bers of the cast Included: Juanita
Matteson, Mickey Lanham, Jo
hanne Wilson, Nancy Adams, and
Jack Sumner. The play was di-
i rectd by Richard Knight.
Volume 68, Number 3
H. E. Council
Head Coming
To Festival
Mrs. Edgar F. Leming, presi
dent of the Oregon State home
economics extension council, will
discuss "Letting Out the Seams
of our Thinking" at the Homema
kers Festival April 30, announces
Mrs. Helen Currin, chairman of
the Morrow county home exten
sion committee. Mrs .Leming was
Oregon"s oficial delegate to the
195(1 fonference of the associated
Country Women of the World
held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
She lives on a 90-acre diversified
farm in Cornelius, and is a mem
ber of the Washington county
home economics ertension com
mittee. The all-dav program will be
gin at 10:30 a.m. at the fair pa
vilion In Heppner. A style review
will be presented in the morning
bv homemakers who have attend
ed clothing workshops conducted
in the county by clothing project
leaders.
Miss Eleanor Trindle .state ex
tension aeent from Oregon State
college, will also speak on the
mnrnint? nroram. Everyone will
O K -
have time to view exhibits of pro
jects carried during the year De
fore lunch. Homemakers through
out the county are helping to set
up thesse displays and will parti
cipate in them. The luncheon will
be served by ladies of the Metho
dist church In Heppner. Mrs. Le-
mine will sDeak at 2 p.m. witn a
report on the Azalea House fund
made bv Mrs. Faye Munkers of
Lexington, chairman of the Aza
lea House committee.
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Condon Test Shows
Feeding-Gain Cost
For Beef Cattle
Feed costs ranged from $14.60
to $20.10 per 100 pounds of gain
produced among indiv.dual year
ling bulls In one of three weight
groups tested by the Gilliam
County Beef Cattle Improvement
Association, it was reported at a
field day held at Condon on Ap
ril 12.
The test, first of its kind held
in the United States, was spon
sored by 12 members of a local
beef cattle efficieny testing as
sociation, and 33 animals 31
Herefords and 2 Angus finished
the 140-day trial. Rate of gain
difference ranged from a low of
1.53 pounds to a high of 3.03
pounds daily.
The best gainer, a Hereford
yearling bull owned by Luren
Maley, 37, Condon, led through
out. The 140-day trial was divid
ed into five 28-day periods. At
the end of each, the bulls were
weighed and their rate of gain
calculated. The Maley-owned Here
ford was the second most effici
ent gain producer in its weight
class putting on 100 pounds of
gain for a feed cst f $15.30.
Both the slowest and fastest gain
ing animal had the same grade,
B-plus .proving, say exponents of
beef efficiency testing, that type,
conformation, and pedigree alone
are not a complete enough yard
stick to measure the worth of
beef animals.
The animal having the highest
feed cost per 100 pounds of gain,
$20.10, was one of the four top
graded animals. Professor Joe B.
Johnson of Oregon State colllege
graded It and three others A-mi-nus.
C. K. Barker .Condon, is presi
dent of the Gilliam County Beef
Cattle Improvement Association
which organized and carried on
the feeding-gain trial. Many Mor
row county livestockmen attend
ed this field day as interested ob
servers and their eye to the fu
ture progeny testing In hrds
here .reports Nels Anderson, Mor
row county agent.
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After residing In Heppner for
upwards of 30 years, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Chinn left Tuesday
to take up their residence In Her
miston where they will engage In
the restaurant busness. Mr.
Chinn purchased a restaurant In
that city three years ago and it
became known as the Shanghai
Cafe. A recent reorganization of
the company to which he sold
made It necessary for him to be
come an active partner and this
In turn necessitated their moving
to Hermiston.
Mrs. Ed Roberts of Tlgard, Is
here assisting Mrs. Willard Mil
ler in caring for Mr. Miller, who
is seriously 111. Mr. Miller Is a
brother of Mrs. Mary Blake.
Mrs. Robert Walker and son
Billy left Friday for Eugene to
visit Mrs. Walker's sister, Mrs.
Cecil Warner, and family.