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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 21, 1951
Volume 68, Number 14
lone Legion Getting Ready for
Big Celebration on 4th of July
Ione's American Legion post is
rapidly closing for events to
make up a snappy full-day cele
bration on the 4th of July. De
lay in announcing the event was
occasioned by lack of definite in
formation relative to some of the
planned features for the day's
program, several of which were
signed up only this week.
This year's program will fol
low approximately the same pat
tern as the 1950 celebTation. It
will open 'with a parade at 10
o'clock, followed by a series of
races and other events at the turf
field. A community potluck din
ner to be spread at the field will
be open to everybody. Take your
food and your dishes, etc. and
ioin the throng
The Legion committee worked
hard on the matter of having
two junior baseball teams play
but could not make a go ol it
The town teams of lone and Hep
pner have agreed to provide the
competition in both regulation
baseball and soft ball.
A grand fireworks display will
entertain the crowd at 10 p. m.
and this will be followed by open
air dancing on the school tennis
courts if the weather peTmits.
Music will be furnished by
Rod Esselstyn's orchestra.
Earl McKinney was elected di
rector for three years at the an
nual school meeting Monday and
Milton Morgan was elected a
member of the county five-man
school board
Mr. and Mrs. John Bryson gave
a birthday party on Father's Day
in honor of L. J. Padberg and
Dale Rav. Guests coming from a
distance were Earl Padberg of
La Grande, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Roundv and family of Kenne
wick, Wash., Clarence Roundy of
Heppner, and Rodger, Ralph
Lindsey and Lyle Kincaid of Ord
nance.
The children of A. A. McCabe
helped their father celebrate his
75th birthday and Father's Day
at the home of his daughter, Mrs
Charles Inealls at Adams. At
tendinc the dinner were Mr. and
Mrs. Robert McCabe arid son of
Forest Grove; Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Eubanks and children of Ar
lington; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
I.undell and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford McCabe and chil
dren. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McCabe
and children, Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
McCabe and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl McCabe and daughter
James McCabe, and Mr. and Mrs.
Algolt Lundell, all of lone. Mr,
and Mrs. Walter fcuoanKs oi at
linclon stopped in to congratu
late the honored guest. Mr. Mc
Cabe plans to return home with
his son Robert for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bacon who
have been visiting his sister, Mrs,
James Lindsey, left for ban tran
, cisco to move their furniture to
lone where they plan to locate
Visitors at the E. W. Bristow
and the Ida Grabill homes over
the week-end were Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Wright and Mrs. Guy Wright
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wen
dell Wright and family and Ken
neth Wright of Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Wade
and familv of Walla Walla spent
the week end at the home of his
niece. Mrs. David Rietmann.
Mrs. Jalmer Koski and daugh
ter Millie of Vashon, Wash, and
Mrs. Ted Hall of South Bend,
Wash, visited relatives here last
week. Mrs. Koski and Mrs. Hall
are nieces of Mrs. Frank bngei
man, Mrs. C. W. Swanson and
Mrs. Edith Nichoson. Miss Alice
Nichoson of Portland accompan
ied them from Vancouver.
Mrs. Franklin Ely is attending
summer school in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Penoyra of
Reading, Mich, are visiting at
the home of his uncle, Ernest
Heliker.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pettyjohn
and son Jimmy of The Dalles
spent the week-end at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Lindsev. Mrs. D. Akers went as
far as The Dalles with them on
her wav home to Portland
Guests at the Henry war
home arc their son-in-law and
daughtre, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Po
marntz of Los Angeles, Calif, and
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Connelly of
Miami, Okla. Mrs. Connelly is a
niece of Mr. Clark.
Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Head of
Cathlamet, Wash., Mr. and Mrs.
. Daniel Head and Mrs. Minnie
Smith of The Dalles were recent J
INITIATIVES AND
REFERENDUMS
A lnnir hallot for the 1952 gen
eral election, now less than 17
months away, is in the political
incubator.
Eight filings of petitions have
been made with the state depart -mpnt
nf elections and signature
seekers are again abroad in the
land. Four of the petitions are
initiatives. Circulators must oo
tain the signatures of 8 per cent
of the voters at the last election
hv Julv 3. 1952, to get these mea
sures nn the ballot. The percent
age is based on the vote cast for
justices of the supreme court at
the ast election.
The initiative measures would
ask the voters to make barbering
lleeal on Monday; prohibit nsn
n? on tne UOlumma nvei uc
tween sunset and sunrise; ao
away with daylight saving time
a nH ronpa the ml K control law.
The referendum measures if
passed would reduce the ton-mile
fees for truckers, which were
raised by the 1951 legislature;
nullify the reduction in the truck
loading limits wnicn were iowei
ed by the same legislature; re
peal the cigaret tax of 3 cents a
pack levied by the state legisla
ture and nullify the school con
solidation law passed this year
by the legislature.
The reterenaum measuies ic-
, e; f tUa
quire only live per rem
voters signatures uo.iza;, uui
these petitions must be complet
ed within 90 days following the
adjournment of the legislature,
which is on August 1 this year.
VETERANS' BONUS? MAYBE 1
Portland bankers are apprehen
sive of the probability that bonds
offered by the state to pay vet
erans a bonus will not be pur
phased bv banker groups.
In a similar situation in wesi
Vircinia the credit restraint com
mittee refused to approve bonus
bonds, and the same thing could
harjwn here
state Treasurer Walter Pearson
threw a beanball at the headtif
the bond buying syndicate this
week. He is gretaly concerned
over reports that certain eastern
capitalists have refused to bid on
Oregon veterans' bonus bonds.
"This refusal, if acquiesced in
by Oregon's officials, would prove
a cruel disappointment to thous
ands nf Orecon veterans, who un
doubtedly will feel that they have
been cheated and that the man
date of Oregon people has been
thwarted," Pearson said
IRRIGATION FERTILIZER TRICK
It took 150 years to discover
that it is easier to button a man's
shirt down the front than up the
back.
But it took 2400 years to aiscov
er that it is easier to fertilize a
crop while irrigating than to
make two jobs of it.
.inhn Kimm. an alert young
man of Korean descent, who runs
a truck farm near Canby, in the
heart of the Willamette valley,
has demonstrated a valuable eco
nomic feature in agriculture. On
April 15 he planted 15 acres of
spinach, and on May 15 harvested
and hauled to tne canneiy
eel lent crop.
irimm crave his planting two
shots of fertilizer, using organic
rnrmc nf nitrotien-urea and a
fnirlv new Droduct called Whale,
a by-product of whala plants. He
injected the liquid fertilizer into
the pipes oi tne irrigation system
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One of the donors of a schol
arshiD to the 4-H summer school
at Corvallis took time from her
busy schedule to express her
pleasure at being permitted to
attend this summer's session, in
a few chosen words:
"I am writing to you while at
tending 4-H summer school. I
enjoy summer school very much.
"I wish to thank you very much
for the scholarship you gave 4-H,
which has enabled me to attend
this 1951 summer school.
"Summer school gives us a
wonderful opportunity to learn
Small Mill Starts
Delivering Lumber
First of Wjeek
Blake Timber on
East Fork Base
Of New Operation
Lumber hauling started the
fore part of the week from the
new Blake sawmill on the east
fork of Willow creek. This is the
latest lumber plant in this area
and is set up on property owned
by Earl Blake, purchaser of the
F. D. Cox Sr. Hinton creek'ranch.
Associated with Blake In the
enterprise are his brother, Keith
ley Blake, and a Mr. Syndon of
Portland and Bill Davis of Hep-
Dner.
The new mill is of the portable
type and will be moved from
time to time as the cutting gets
thin in the immediate vicinity,
There is a sizeable stand of pon
derosa pine on the Blake hold
ings and if the present operation
turns out well for the operators
they may extend the cutting to
other small stands in the vici
nity.
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4-H Club Summer
School to Close
Thursday Evening
Almost 2,000 boys and girls de
scended upon Oregon State col
lege for the 36th annual 4-H
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summer scnooi wnicn openeu
June 12 and will end June 22.
This session has consumed jam-
packed days of instruction, re
creation and entertainment.
More than a hundred different
subjects in all sorts of different
items were given each morning
for the boys and girls this year.
Afternoon assemblies, recreation
periods and evening entertain
ment left few spare moments for
the youngsters.
When presidents for each ot
the living units were named, one
of Morrow county's delegates,
Reita Graves, was chosen to pre
side over Alpha Delta Pi.
Among highlights at the school
were evening smoKeiess smos
ers" for boys, pajama parties for
gh-ls, exchange dinners among
dormitories, outdoor jamboree,
dances, style revue, talent show,
and a variety show sponsored
by the Oregon bankers. Many
prominent men and women in
Oregon public affairs were in
troduced to the delegates.
Along with Morrow county's
delegation went Mrs. Lola Breed
ing of Lexington as chaperone
and Mrs. Maud C. Casswell, coun
ty agent in home economics, to
instruct classes on the program
and supervise Morrow county's
young folk. All will return Fri
day evening.
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Two New Members
Join Rural Board
Adrian Bechdolt of Haraman
and Milton Morgan of lone are
the newly elected members of
the rural school board represent
ing zones V and III respectively.
The board reorganized and
chose Alonzo Henderson of Lex
ington chairman and Mr. Been
dolt, vice chairman for the next
school year. J. J. Nys is the retir
ing chairman ana ne logeuier
with Vernon Jones of Irrigon con
stitute the remainder of the
board.
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RECEPTION SCHEDULED
The residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Karl Blois in Condon will be the
locale for a reception given in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hud-
dleston Sunday, June 24. Open gratification in having been an
house to all their friends will j active members of the chamber
be held from 2 to 6 p. m. No in- j 0f c,Tr,merce the part seven years,
vitations are being sent out to have scrvad on the official
just, consmer juuicii '"" .J-"' board and as president. He re
Bowouts Feature
Luncheon Meeting
Of Heppner C. ofC.
There was little on Monday's
program of the chamber of com
merce except bowouts and intro
ductions. It so happened that two
members of long and fairly regu
lar attendance records were about
to dissociate themselves with
the organization and while there
were no tearful farewells, each
was given an opportunity to say
a few words.
Jack O'Connor, retiring J. C,
Penny marager, expressed his
Mrs. Blois and Mrs. Koy urwick
of Heppner are the daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Huddleston.
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Local News In Brief
Orville Smith, manager of the
Heppner Lumber company, re
turned the "irst of the week from
Orcas Isiand in Puget Sound,
where he took his family early
last week. The family will re
main at the summer home for se
veral .weeks.
J. J. O'Connor left early Tues
day morning for his new loca
tion at Fallon, Nev. Mrs. O'Con
nor and the boys will follow as
soon as housing facilities can
be secured.
Miss Shirlee Smouse, daugh
ter of Mrs. Anne Smouse of Hep
pner, received a B. S. degree in
biology from the School of Liber
al Arts at the University of Ore
gon when the class of 1951 grad
ated last week. Miss Smouse is
a graduate of lone high school.
H. D. McCurdy Jr. has accepted
the managership of the Morrow
County Grain Growers elevator
at lone. He is looking for a house
in lone to locate himself and
and family. Harlan has been
manager of a store at Ukiah the
past two years.
James Cowins and ; Walter
Luckman left Wednesday morn
ing for Portland, Cowins on a
short business trip and Luckman
to stay for a month or so.
Mrs. Archie Murchison drove
to Portland Monday evening,
taking her little boy to a phy
sician for treatment.
Dr. and Mrs. R. J. OShea and
little son will leave Monday for
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for
a vacation at the home of her
people.
Mrs. Lucille Owens recently
spent 10 days visiting in Seattle
and Tacoma. She returned to
HpnDner Monday evening with
the Whitmer Wrights.
Born, June 9 at the Pioneer
Memorial hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Harshman, a baby
girl, Teresa Lynn.
gretted leaving these associations
but said it appeared to come In
the line of duty." He introduced
his successor, Jeff Carter, as a
new member.
O. G. Crawford, retiring pub'
lisher of the Gazette Times, re
called that he had been affiliated
with the chamber of commerce
for most of its 11 and one-half
years. He like O'Connor had been
through a period of service
the board of directors and rnrv
ed a term as president Un.j!re
O'Connor, Crawford is not leav aiy
Heppner, not in the near future,
at kv.Kt, but due to the prospect
of taking a rest for a while and
doing some gaddinr around the
country, will sevei connections
with the CC as of July 1.
Heppner Flower-Yum
Shop in New Location
Visitors to the Heppner Flower
& Yarn shop were pleasantly sur
prised with the bright and chee
ry appearance of the new loca
tion. Mrs. La Verne Van Marter,
owner and manager and her
helpers converted the former
Heppner Appliance room from a
salesroom to a salon, adding one
more attractive shop to the grow.
ing list along Main street.
On her opening Saturday, Mrs.
Van Marter presented guests with
flowers as favors.
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More Payrollees
Investing in Bonds
Sale of defense bonds in Ore
gon during May amounted to
$1,809,537, most of which was
through the automatic payroll
savings plan, according to word
received by James H. Driscoll,
chairman for Morrow county. To
tal for this county was $11,831.
In the national picture, out of
the first 12 places qualifying as
defense bond flag cities, two of
them are from Oregon. They are
Salem and Grants Pass. Several
other cities are planning cam
paigns to win the defense bond
flag.
Oregon's 4-H Club
Delegates Heading
Home From Capital
On June 10, L. J. Allen, state
4-H club leader and the four
4-H members in Oregon receiving
the high honor of visiting na
tional 4-H club camp, Francis
Reynolds, Prineville, Deloris Sell,
Riverton, Kathleen Johnston, Kla.
math Falls and Ronald Baker,
lone, left for Washington D. C.
Their train trip there and back
will take them via points of ln
terest such as Jersey City, New
York City, Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
Chicago, Minneapolis, through
Montana to skirt Glacier Park
and across the Panhandle of Ida
ho to Portland. They will arrive
on the "Empire Builder in Port
land at 7:30 a. m., Friday June
29.
Oregon's delegates planned to
spend one day with their sena
tors and representatives at the
Capitol. "Know Your Govern
ment" is the theme for this an
nual program of citizenship
training for the top 4-H'ers from
each state, Alaska, Hawaii and
Puerto Rico. The delegates will
divide their time among assem
blies, discussions and tours of
national shrines in and around
Washington. A visit to President
Truman is included. These young
Oregonians will learn a great
deal about their United States,
Wranglers Review
Activities Through
Motion Pictures
At the June meeting the Wran
glers reviewed some of their ac
tivities through the medium of
motion pictures. The , entertain
ment committee, Mrs. Madge
Bryant and Mrs. Lennie Louden,
invited Mr. anA Mrs. W. C. Col
lins to show their movies of the
recent Butter creek play day and
last fall's horse show and rodeo,
Harold Erwin discussed some
of the bad habits horses develop
and how, in a general way, to
correct them. Mrs. Bill Barratt
gave a few points respecting
courtesy on trail rides.
New shirts were issued to those
who had placed orders.
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Mrs. Ida Grimes has returned
to Heppner after a stay of sever
al weeks in Portland, during
which time she made the Oregon
Journal -sponsored tour to Alas
ka. She enjoyed the Alaska trip so
much that she is now planning to
go on the next Journal tour to
Hawaii.
Dusting Crew At
Work on Budworm
nfected Timber
10 Planes Engaged
Covering Area of
110,080 Acres
A fleet of 10 planes is engaged
in dusting spruce budworm in
fecetd timber in the Umatilla
National Forest south of Hepp
ner. Operations' started on June
16 and it is expected that the
1ob will be completed by July 4.
The landing strip at Big Rock
is being used as a base lor tne
planes and spraying supplies.
This year's contract cans ior
the spraying of 110,080 acres of
forest land. The 1950 job was so
effective that forest officials have
not found it necessary to go over
any of the territory covered in
the first spraying. The present
operations are being carried on
on both sides of the '50 strip and
when this job is completed, if it
turns out as successfully as last
year, will about end the spray
ing program in this area.
All forest spraying operations
in the state are under the super
vision of the Oregon State Board
of Forestry, with John B. Woods
Jr. as director. Mr. Woods has set
up his headquarters in one of
the buildings on the county fair
grounds where a dispatcher is on
hand to coordinate the work over
the two-way radio. The office
here works in cooperation with
the Kinzua station of the OSFB
of which Denver McComb is
director.
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sitors at the Carl Linn home, many new things how to braid
Mrs. Head remained here while
her daughter, Mrs. Linn, is at
tending summer school at Mon
mouth. Mr. and Mrs. Harland Lundell
and children of Boise, Ida. spent
last week end at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lundell.
Mr. and Mis. Reginald Shirley
bracelets, decorate cakes, pre
vent fires, how to become camp
counselors, and many, many oth
er usefur things. Thank you
again. Nancy Ferguson."
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The Earl Blake family enjoyed
a short visit this week with Mrs.
Blake's cousin, Dr. Edward Kel
ler, who with his family is tour
Light Vote Cast
At School Meeting
Voters of district No. 1, Hepp
ner, manifested little inetrest in
the annual meeting held at the
hall Monday afternoon. A total
of 20 voters expressed their pre
ference in the matter of school
director. Of these, Glenn Parsons
received 13 votes and Marcel
Jones seven. They had been nom
inated to succeed Harold Becket,
outgoing chairman of the school
board.
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SOROPIMISTS ENJOY LIGHT
SUMMER PROGRAM "I READ "
"I read that . . ." disclosed va
rious and sundry trends of tho't
at the weekly luncheon meeting
of the Soroptimist club of Hepp
ner today nooon.
Each member for several weeks
back has been fortifying herself
with at least one pertinent item
to read to her sister club mem
bers. Some were highly educa
tional, some were news worthily
interesting and some- were just
plain frothy.
The nrocram for next week
calls for a visit from the schol
arship winners, both college and
4-H club girls.
Mrs. Mildred Barger of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, was a guest of her
cousin, Mrs. Frances Mitchell, re
tiring president of the group.
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Rnm .Tnnp 12. at the Pioneer
Memerial hosnital. to Mr. and
Mrs. Eldon Padberg, a daughter,
Jill Lorene.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Collins
OUR DEMOCRACY-
by Mot
drove to Redmond Saturday eve
ning where on Sunday they met
Mr. Collins's aunt, Mrs. Clara
Collins of Cottage Grove. The Ted
Collins family brought the aunt
V-AND IN ONE VOICE THEY HAVE SPOKEN IN CONDEMNATION OF A66RESSI0N,
The Nations are United
Because the united nations exists, there is a forum
in which the voices of free nations can sound as one.
Tetx Going South
For Conference at
Stanford University
Henry E. Tetz has been ap
pointed a delegate to the Nation
al Commission on teacher educa
tion and professional standards
conference on the Stanford uni
versity campus June 27-30. The
conference theme is 'Teaching:
A First Line of Defense", with
intensive study to be given to
"the preparation and retention of
qualified teachers in a long
range period of semi-mobilization."
The following week Tetz will
attend the National Education
convention at San Francisco as
an officer of the Oregon educa
tion association.
Mrs. Tetz and son Stephen will
accompany Mr. Tetz in a com
bined vacation and business trip.
The oAmerkan Way
THE HOUR IS LATE
By GEORGE PECK
Because the united nations exists, not onlv the moral but
the material and military forces of the democratic peoples
are combined to resist tne aggressors.
IN TIME OFPER.IL, THE UNITES NATIONS IS SHOWING ITS FORCc.
AS THE CHAMPION OF A F, :i : : . VP.
The "Brass Hats" of Federal
Government sound the alarm
about the grave dangers of in
flation. They seem ready to do
anything and everything in an
effort to check the inflationary
spiral, except to grapple realist
ically with the root causes.
The number one actuating force
behind inflation is the huge out
lay of Federal expenditures,
which may exceed $75 billion in
the next fiscal year an amount
equal to our total national in
come in 1939.
Most economists agree that
government economy is the first
necessary step toward combating
inflation. It is estimated that
Federal costs could be cut by $10
billion by eliminating waste and
extravagance. But, the Adminis
tration shows no inclination to
make any effort in that direction,
and thereby sets a bad example
to the "dear people" whom it
calls upon to tighten their belts.
Taxpayers have every right to
insist that the Government prac
tice what it preaches by tighten
ing its own belt.
With our Federal debt at the
staceering level of $255 billion,
it is essential that the teaerai
Government operate on a pay-as-
vou-eo basis if we are to main
tain any semblance or national
solvency. This means adding to
the already heavy tax buraen
Taxes are the most effective
means of checking rising prices
since thev siphon off surplus con
sumer funds. The sad thing is
that we poor as well as the rich
will have to be soaked in order
to check consumer spending.
Those in the income group under
$5,000 receive about 70 per cent
nf disnosable income and account
for about the same proportion of
consumer spending. Therefore, to
rurh inflationary forces, this
crouo must share on an equita
ble basis in the additional tax
levies to be imposed.
Commercial banks have em
barked upon a voluntary cam
paign to cut down on loans not
related to the defense program.
At the same time Federal Gov
ernment lending agencies have
greatly expanded their activities
and are shovelling out your
dough" and mine at an unprece
dented rate, a considerable por
tion of which is in no way con
nected with the defense program.
Here again Government contrib
utes to the inflationary spiral
while private agencies are mak
ing a serious effort to comoaut.
Why this failure at Washing
ton to hold the line against in
flation? Simply because it is
tackling the problem on a basis
of politics rather than by sound
economics. It proceeds to put on
controls that do not control and
to fix prices that do not fix, ra
ther than to do the one thing that
will halt inflation that is, to put
its own financial house in order.
For nineteen of the past twen
ty-one years, Federal Govern
ment has operated in the red.
What do you suppose would have
happened to a business corpora
tion that piled up such a long
record of annual losses? It would
long since have gone bankrupt.
Well, that is exactly what will
happen to the nation if Federal
Government does not immediate
ly adopt a well-rounded, realistic
anti-inflationary program and
carry it out with consistency and
unflinching determination, no
matter whose toes get stepped on.
The hour is late. Write your
Congressman and your two Unit
ed States Senators to bestir them
selves on this inflation issue.
Tell them to Insist that Federal
Government take the medicine
it is prescribing. Point out that
what is good for the tax-paying
goose is sauce for the tax-spending
gander that if the tide of
inflation is not checked, our na
tional goose, yes, even our na
tional gander, will be "cooked."
of Portland spent a few days last northwest. Their home is
week with his parents, Mr. and Dam( wls.
Mrs. A. Shirley.
to Redmond.