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L i B K A R y u f u EUGENE, ORE. At The Legislature' Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 22, 1953 Volume 69, Number 45 J SESSION MA BE SHOHT A comparatively short legisla tive session seemed to be a rea sonable possibility on the tenth flay of the present session. Presession planning led by . Senate President Marsh and Speaker Wilhelm, an accelerated tempo and a generally expressed determination to shorten this ses . sion to considerably less than the 116 days of two years ago, are contributing reasons. Many members are trying for a 60 to 90 day session. Nearly all members of the joint Ways" and Means committee and members of some other committees stayed in Salem over the weekend studying State Department requests, holding unci conierences and opening mai The question is can they keep up the fast clip they started with? ONCE OVER SLIGHTLY House Bill 1 created much personal interest among the sol ons and was put through in re cord time. Introduced Tuesday, the second day, it went in and out of committee, passed by the House that day, passed the Sen ate Wednesday and was signed by the governor Thursday. It provided salaries for members and other legislative expense. House Bill 2 To revise the statute laws of Oregon is con sidered to be the longest bill ever before a legislature. It contains more than 1,000,000 words, has 5,039 pages, took over four years to compile and cost $300,000. It will reduce the code from 15 large books to three. This is the first time in the history of the state that the Ore gon code has been completely revized without chahging the purport of any law. Deliberations of the Legisla tive Interim Tax Committee to simplify the state's complicated tax structure, started early with seven bills in the House (where all tax measures must originate), H B 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 One of the principal changes sought would put all revenues from income taxes in the general fund of the state. They now are used to offset property taxes Joint Highway committees voted to introduce 34 bills includ ing one to raise- $32,000,000 of bonds to continue the double highway construction program, Another of their bills would san ction tolls on the Vancouver-Portland bridge over 4he Columbia. Governor Patterson's sugges tion for a constitutional conven tion is meeting with some oppo sition of the long range variety. The legislature seems to be with him but some political groups want to make it more difficult to use the initiative and referendum measures on the ballot. This op position will show up when the people are asked to adopt the proposed constitution. Farm and labor groups do not want initia tives and referena tampered with Senate . Bill 13 by Senator Richard Neuberger, Portland, re quires that lobbyists register, dis close the sources of their funds and report how much they spend to influence the legislature. Representative Maurine B. Neuberger, wife of Senator Neu berger, (only husband and wife legislative team in America) has a bill to give an extra $000 an nual exemption on income tax to blind persons and persons bver G5 years old. Senator Phil Brady has a bill to prevent closure of railroad sta tions doing more than $10,000 a year unless they get O K from PUD. STATUES PLACED Replicas of statues in Washing to:n, D. C. of Jason Lee and Dr. John McLaughlin have been placed on the Capitol grounds which reminds Senator Fred Lam port that during his first year in the Senate, 19-13, a bill passed the senate and the house that paid $5 to every preacher giving the morning invocation before the Senate and before the House. It was found to be unconstitutional and the next morning when the senators looked out the east win dows "they beheld a miricle." The statute of the Circuit Rider that had always faced toward the Capitor was turned around com pletely and seemed to be desert ing the Solons. MARSH ACTING GOVERNOR Senate President Eugene Marsh) took over as acting governor while Governor Paul Patterson was out of the state for six days a trip to wasnington, v. G rain growers reeac mancso School Board Still Struggling With New Plans Hardman Sets County Dimes March Record, Mothers March Next Heppner school board mem urls anu a gioup iram ine ouna- Tbe residents of Hardman last mainder of January with one of niK aavisory committee are still weekend set an example for other the most important being the mulling the school building plan sections of the county to shoot at Mother's March on Polio, a one- uc i.umtmru iu me vuieis ivi i wnen uiey raisea a total ot $3Ui.rj nour concerted drive scheduled appiovai, ana inougn no agree, for the March of Dimes at a sud- ment has yet been reached, the! per, food sale and evening of pro- board members indicated gross was being made. The group Monday surveyed all square dancing. There are about 40 people in the community. ine proceeds from the even available building sites in the ing's entertainment brought the lul""e alt'a wnnout nnaing total e ther turned in tn Marrh one tnat met all necessary quail- of Dimes Treasurer, Robert Fer- fications for the plan as it had been originally set up and indi cations were that the original plan to build a new elementary school and gymnasium may be altered in view of the limited space availale as possible loca tions for any new construction. rell, or in the hands of committee members to $1637.54, and there are several sections of the county yet to make any report. Heppner still holds the lead in collections with $1,015.34, Hard man now stands in second place with its $301.10, lone third with The board has held in almost $198.10 and Lexington fourth with daily sessions during the past week in an effort to devise a a plan that will be acceptable not only to the voters of the district, but also to the state board of edu cation which must also approve the program. Many sites have been consid ered, including land owned by Kemp Dick and W. O. George which lies across Hinton creek from the present school property; a hill-top site behind the Pioneer Memorial nospitai and various properties in the north end of Heppner and below town. Some objections have becin raised to nearly all locations either for lack of size, shape, or danger of flooding. L. E. Dick, board chairman, said Wednesday the state board has again been asked for assistance in determining a proper location and for approval of the overall program. ' o Weekend Rainfall Totals .73 Inch $123.00. Mother's March Set Several special fund raisi'ng events are planned during the re- While Morrow county didn't re ceive anywhere near the amount of rain over the weekend that fell on most of costal and vallev areas, it got its share and about all most i fieldj could handle without causing erosion. Rainfall recorded at Heppner between Saturday and Tuesday amounted to .73 inches to bring the total for January to 1.60 in ches, almost double the .89 re corded during January, 1952. Un-j usually high January tempera tures continued to prevail oyer all the area which added to the wheat growers' prospects as most of the moisture continued to soak into the ground. Most streams in the county were swollen, but were not reported out of their banks. The only stream in the area which threatened any dan age was the Umatilla river which inundated some lowland areas. Dimes Benefit Game Scheduled Plans were completel early this week lor a March of Dimes bene fit basketball game to be played at the Heppner gym Saturday night, January 24, La Verne Van Marter, manager of the Heppner Shamrocks said Wednesday. The Shamrock, city town team, will play Burreson's, one of the top teams in the Pendleton city league. The Shamrock's stand well up in the local league having won two more games over the weekend. They beat Hermiston Thursday 54 to 44 and Stanfield' oh Monday 70 to 31. Game time 1?-, 7:30 with a B aqus.: ga:e BCd.yiuled to start then. Admission will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for stu dents with all proceeds to go to the March of Dimes drive. for the night of Thursday, Janu ary 29. This special campaign will be conducted from 7 to 8 p. m. by special committees in the various areas. Mrs. Jack Loyd, chairman for the event in Hepp ner, announced that the -Boy Scouts will contact every home in Heppner that displays a porch; light or other means of idenii fication during the hour and will accept the resident's contribu tion for the drive. In other areas, the individual committee chairman will follow similar plans for the canvass dur ing the same hour. Following the Heppner cam paign Thursday night, the scouts will be treated to a lunch pro vided by the Soroptimist club. County fund treasurer, Ferrell this week completed a check of the chapter's expenditures dur ing 1952 for the care and aid of polio patients in the county and reported that a total of $2,448 was spent for these cases. This amount is nearly double that re tained by the local chapter from last years fund drive, o County in Final Phase of Bang's Disease Testing Rev. Tull Accepts Call To Hoquiam Rev. E. L. Tull of All Saints Episcopal church has accepted a call to Trinity Parish at Hoqu iam, Washington and will leave here the end of February to take up his duties there, according to an announcement made follow ing a meeting of the church ves try last week. Rev .and Mrs. Tull came to Heppner in October, 1948. No successor has been named and indications are that the church may be several months without a pastor. on Governor and Mrs. Patterson left last Friday by plane to see the inauguration of President Eisen hower. PRESS NEWS Governor Patterson has estab lished a daily press conference at 9:30 a. m. They are the first regu lar press conferences held by an Oregon governor in the memory of this writer who has been around the Capitol sfnee Gover nor Pennoyer translated Oregon law into cuss words for the edi fication of the press. C of C Hears Manager Of Grain Growers Al Lamb, manager of the Mor row county Grain Growers, Mon day noon told the Heppner-Mor-row county chamber of commerce of the efforts he and members of the board of directors of the or- Bids To Be Opened For New Arlington Heppner Juncr. Road The state highway department is opening bids today in Port land for the grading and paving of the section of the Columbia river highway between Arlington and Heppner Junction. The new highway will, in most part, be south of the present road location except through Arling ton. wnen completed, the new road will provide 4 lanes of pavement through Arlington, and two lanes with wide shoulders throughout the rest of the dist ance. A traffic interchange of modern design is to be provided at Heppner Junction to provide easy access to and from the two highways. The work is scheduled for com pletion by September 30, 1954. o Boardman Soil Conservation District Meet Set Dr. Burton Wood, head, Depart ment of Agricutural Economics, Oregon State College, will be a featured speaker at the fifth an nual meeting of the Boardman Soil Conservation District to be held at Boardman, January 28. Dr. Wood's topic will be market trends in the Pacific northwest and effects of our increasing population on such markets. Dr. Wood has just returned from an assignment as a member of the I advisory committee on agricul tural policies appointed by Presi dent Eisenhower. The meeting will be held at the Greenfield grange hall in Board man, starting at 10:00 a. m. The morning will be devoted to edu cational films and the business meeting. Lunch will be served ganization are making to pull i by the home economics club of the company out of the financial the Greenfield grange. difficulties which have plagued it during recent months. Lamb painted a bright picture for the future and said that cur rent aid from local growers and residents indicated a definite de sire by most to keep control of the company in local hands. He said that financing arrangements had been arranged ahd a com plete statement of plans would be announced soon. Mr. and Mrs. Add Moore are in Ritter to spend several weeks for his health. Frank Muceus, regional Irriga tion specialist, Soil Conservation Service, will also speak during the afternoon program. His sub ject will be irrigation methods as they apply to conditions in the district. Everyone Is invited to attend. o GRANGE PARTY SET The Rhea creek grange will hold a card party at the hall on Saturday, January 24 at 7:30 with all members and guests in vited. Members are asked to bring a pie for refreshments. , Morrow County is completing a Bang's diseaseesting program that pretty well upsets the fre quent assertion that this disease runs to a higher, percentage in beef cattle than in dairy stock, reports Dr. R. R. You nee, state veterinarian with the state de partment of agricuture. Morrow county primarily a beef county in 1952 saw 13,483 head of cattle tested under the cooperative federal-state Bang's control program. Of this total, only 193 animals or 1.4 per cent reacted to the test. That percent age is as low, and in some cases lower, as in most dairy counties, The Bang's testing program in Morrow county is virtually the only one east of the Cascades that includes all beef cattle in the county. Under the local op tion clause of the state Bang's law, Morrow went into a com plete testing program when the county court gave approval after a hearing on petitions for the all-out check. Reports from the Bureau of Ani mal Industry for the month of December show that approximate ly 2700 Morrow County cows were tested for Bangs disease that month. This testing was done in the final phase of the county's compulsory Bangs test and was as many cattle as were tested during the entire year of 1950, With these increased numbers being tested, Dr. Chris Burnett, Ass't. State Veterinarian, State Department of Agriculture, stated this week that prospects show an early completion of the test pro gram here. Dr. Burnett has spent the past ten days here working on enforcement of the test law in effect in Morrow County. With less than 1900 head of cattle left to test, it was Dr. Bennett's sin cere hope tnat tnese wouia oe tested in a peaceful manner, without enforcement as provided by law. Dr. Burnett announced that he would return to Morrow County on February 2, to complete the test for those who have not seen fit to test voluntarily. Drs. Floyd Frank, Lexington; George Mar- ugg, Heppner; Gordon Balke, Pen dleton; and Ralph Perkins, Con don, Bureau of Animal Industry veterinarians, are available for this testing. An encouraging note was sounded today for Morrow County livestock growers when word came that a bill was being in troduced at this legislature call ing for a test of all cattle before they would be allowed to be moved into a compulsory test area. The bill calls for a Bangs test of all cattle, whether dairy or beef, purchased through an auc tion market. Those provisions would protect and solve the problem of keeping Morrow County's herds disease free now that we are on the threshold of that situation. iit!m-u;mmmmii,rmi mn .m, iir ftZ.. . . v .. . iiiniminir J Its a topsy-turvy world for polio patient Judy Bellows, 13, of Douglas County who is helped to breathe bv the steady see-sawing motion of her rocking: bed. The camera clicked as her head was up a moment later and it will be feet up, head down. Ten thous and Marrh of Dimes dollars have helped Judy recover from some of the effects of polio. Judy and thousands of other polio patients urgently need your help to continue necessary treatment. Give generously to the 1953 March of Dimes which closes on Jan. 31. Final Rites For Pfc Gerald Settles Held Wednesday Funeral services for Pfc Gerald A. Settles, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Settles of Heppner, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church with military graveside rites conducted by the neppner American Legion post at ine Masonic cemetery. Pfc Settles was the first local boy to lose his life in the Korean conflict when he was killed In action on November 18 by a di rect hit from enemy shellfire. Pfc Settles entered the armed forces on September 10, 1951 and trained with the Airborne. Later he transferred to the infantry and was sem to tne I'acilic area in the spring of 1952. He first went on front-line duty in Korea with the 25th Infantry division on June 8 of last year. His body was returned to thoj United States, arriving in San Francisco last weekend. An Honor Guard accompanied the body to neppner ior the tinal rites. Services were read by J. Palmer Somen with arrangements under the direction of Phelps Funeral Home. Most Heppner stores were closed in his honor during the services. Cattle Price Up At Hermiston Sale Lee Beckner, lone and Wight man Bros. Heppner were among the consigners from the Heppnor area at the Hermiston Auction Friday, Beckner sold three cows and Wightman Bros, sold five cows and a calf. Cattle sold a little higher Fri day, hogs ran generally lower, and there was almost no trading in sheep, according to Delbert Anson, manager. Volume was up slightly, with a rough count of 469 head. One lot of 28 steer calves sold for $22.70 cwt. up nearly one dol lar over last week. 40 head of stock cows sold for $136 hd. A carload of five cows sold for $157. 59. Thirty-three 630 lb. steers, mixed shorthorn and whiteface, went out at $21 cwt. Thirty-four whiteface heifers sold for $21.70. Hogs ran about 50, cents cheap er last week, except for feeder hogs, which sold about a dollar higher, according to Anson. One small lot of light feeder lambs went at $15.50 hd. o STEADY DIET Heppner firemen last Friday answered the second fire call in about three weeks to the Dr. W. II. Wolff residence on north Main street, and for the same reason a faulty oil furnace. It was a different furnace this reement Reinstatement of Warehouse License Expected Shortly The directors of the Morrow County Grain Growers Wednes day approved an agreement with the Heppner branch of the First National Bank of Portand and the Spokane Bank for Coopera tives which provided for long term financing of the two eleva tors constructed last summer by the concern. The loans amount- ed to $331,000 and were equally mvKieo oeiwoen tne two banks. Grain Growers manager Al Lamb said Wednesday evening that the agreement was reached after local capital totaling $125, 000 was subscribed by members of the cooperative and other residents of the community. The amount necessary from the local area was oversubscribed by more than $5,900, Lamb said. While many of the leeal details of the transaction remain to be completed, Lamb said the deci- sinn by the directors and the availablity of local capital as sured that the control of the county-wide organization will re. main under local control. License Reinstatement Application has been made to the Department of Agriculture for the lifting of the suspension week received notification from of ",e federal warehouse license the Seatte police department ofiw,licl1 was ordered by the de the arrest of three men who'Partment on December 24 when it became apparent the company was in financial difficuty. Lamb said he hoped it would be rein stated within a few days so the coop can again carry on normal business. ft is understood that the Port land office of the Commodity Credit Corporation has recom mended the lifting of the license suspension and also renewing the loan agreement. Lamb said the First National Bank of Portland has been instrumental in work ing out these arrangements and also in developing the financing program. Feed Business Out ' Another decision reached by the board Wednesday is to tem porarily abandon the feed busi- ness, conducted primarily at the Heppner warehouse, in order to concentrate on the marketing and elevator operations of the company. It is probable, how ever, that it will continue to handle sprays, fertilizers and insecticides as it has done in the past. The financial stability of the corporation was indicated in a recqnt audit which showed total assets of over $1,000,000. Many School Robberies Solved With Arrest Of 3 In Washington Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman this1 nave coniessed to a series of school burglaries during the past three months in Oregon and Washington. Bauman said the information clears up one such cases in Morrow and two in Uma tilla, at Boardman, Umatilla and Hermiston. The three, William L. Burton 2G and Leonard F. Larson and a 17 year old juvenile. They were ar rested January 5 at Kelso. According to reports the three have admitted about GO school burglaries, most of them in Wash ington, also a kidnapping of a service station nttem'.ant in Seat tle. According to their confession they entered only about four schools in Oregon, but are not certain but that there may have neon more, The report said the only pro perty recovered from the three was a class pin from Umatilla. o Ponies Winners of Two Basketball Tilts The Heppner grade school Pon ies racked up two victories last week over lone and Lexington. In the lone game the Ponies led by center Ed Olson with 15 points started off slowly and only held a 17 to 15 lend al intermission. In (he third and fourth quarters the Ponies got on the beam and out scored the lone cagers 2.3 to 14. The final score was 40 to 29. The Pontes started strong in he Lexington game and led 10 to 3 at half time. Coach Jim Peterson used all his 30 man squad with the B eager playing most of Hie second half. Lexington started hitting in the last quarter of the game but the Ponies held on and the score ended .!( to 20 in the Ponies favor. The Ponies will be on the road this weekend with games at Irrigon on Friday and Echo on Saturday. Coach Peterson stated that in iured Jerry Dougherty is improving and may see limited action against Condon in the early part of February. Livestock Men To Hold Winter Meeting Wednesday evening, January 28, has been set as the date for the first general meeting of the Morrow County Livestock Grow ers Association of the year. Main order of business is completion of committee assignments as well as action upon reports and recom mendations of committees that have met since their appoint ment. The meeting, to be held at the county courtroom, will Include reports of the insect control, range and pasture improvement, game laws and livestock disease control committees. A film, "Ghost Towns", will start off the program at 7:30 p. m. Everyone Is invited to attend. Mustangs Down Condon 64-45, Lose To lone By Kenneth Easter Heppner high school's Mus tangs downed the Condon Blue Devils Friday night in a Big Wheat; League contest 64 to 45 but were edged by lone Tuesday night in a Cayuse conference game 50 to 45. Lexington by beating them 50 to 41. Bob Steagall of Lexington was high point man with 12, while Jerry Haguewood and Jim Hayes of Heppner and Asa Way, Lexington each counted for 10. In the lone tilt, the Cardinals jumped to a quick 15 to 7 lead ine tondon game was one ofj. on 1, the better games of the for the Mustangs, also flooring a with well-balanced time though, for Dr. Wolff had re-Sfluad- placed the original furnace with The game was close during the a new one, only to have it fair first three quarters with the to ignite properly and again scores being 13-13; 29-21; and 44 threaten the building and fill It 38 but in the final period, they with smoke. Damage, however,' outscored Condon 20-7 to gain was light. PAST MATRONS TO MEET Past Matrons of Ruth Chnpter No. 32, O. E. S. will meet Monday January 26. at 7:30 p. m. in the Masonic hall. Husbands are invited. their 04-45 victory. Jack Sumner led all scoring with 20 points while Mike Grant chalked 14. The Heppner seconds also downed Condon JVs 56-41 with Jim Hayes hitting 21 points. Saturday night the Heppner B team avenged an earlier loss to to 20 iit hfllftime. Thp Mimtanpq oflfj came back in the last two per Condon ... .... -,, u .. lous oui ieu suuri uy live jxiirus as the game ended 50 to 45 for lone. Ione's Duane Baker accounted for 19 points while Jack Sumner of Heppner and Rich Rea of lone each got 13. The Mustang B squad continued their winning ways by taking the lone seconds 39 to 29. This Friday the Mustangs meet the Umatilla Vikings in a Cayuse conference tussel on the local floor and Saturday night the B squad travels to Irrigon to take on the Irrigon varsity.