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L I 8RARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE Copies 10 cents 71st Year, Number 15 Another Wheat Crop and Storage Facilities Said Bright For Coming Harvest Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy June 24, 1954 a m Acreage Cut Announced The heavy rains which fell on Morrow county early this month virtually assured a good crop of both wheat and barley in the county, and Al Lamb, manager of the Morrow County Grain Grow ers today announced that ample storage facilities were available for both grains. The good news was tempered somewhat, how ever, by the Monday announce ment from Washington that the government is planning an addi tional cut of 12.7 percent in the acreage allotments for next year. This was followed by another statement that possibly other crops would also be placed under controls. In speaking of local crops and storage conditions, Lamb said that both wheat and barley crops were looking better, and that while no bumper crop is in pros pect, a good average yield Is ex pected. He said that continuing shipments of wheat into terminal storage at Portland and into the mothball ships at Astoria, have eased the load on local elevators The local ASC office again this and that by July 1 there should week reminded county ranchers another announcement that more and stricter controls would pro bably be imposed on many other crops, but what the extent of the controls would be was not told. Tews said that his office doesn't know yet what farmers will be al lowed to plant on their diverted acres, but that he hopes to have mm nlete information bv next week. Tews said also that as soon as he receives the necessary infor mation, the local ASC committee will meet and set up the local allotment schedules and that the office plans on having allotment notices in the hands of farmers by July 10. He said, too, that local farmers will vote, along with the rest of the nation's farmers, on July 23 on marketing quotas for the 1955 wheat crop. Non-Wheat Producing Lands Allotment Deadline June 30 be available 1,000,000 bushels of storage in the company's eleva tors. Grain is being shipped at the rate of 150,000 bushels a week, and by July 1 the rate will be up to approximately 200,000 bushels Lamb said. He indicat ed that even the increased barley crop could be handled in covered storage, with the possible excep tion of barley which is below loan grade. Allotment Cut Told Most wheat ranchers have been , expecting word of another cut in wheat acreage allotments, but the first definite word of what the cut would be came Monday when Ezra T. Benson, secretary of agrl-, culture announced a reduction In total plantings for next year to 55 million acres. This compares with 62 million acres planted to wheat for this year's harvest. Paul Tews, office manager of the local ASC office, said Wed nesday that his office has not yet received any information on the new acreage reductions, but that he expects to get instructions within the next few days. Last year's acreage cut in the county under allotments, was 6i percent, Following the oyginal Wash ington story on allotments, came that they have until June 30 to apply for 1955 wheat acreage al lotments for land which has not grown wheat during the past three years. Tews said that the special al lotment consideration applies only in the cases of new farms which have not in the past pro County School Head Leslie Grant Resigns Position Leslie E. Grant, county school superintendent for the past three years, announced early this week that he has asked the rural school board to release him from his 1954-55 contract, and that he has purchased the Columbia Basin In surance agency at Arlington which he will operate after July 1. Grant's new contract with the county would have become effec tive July 1 but in a letter to Mil ton Morgan, chairman of the rural board, Grant said that he would be available for consulta tion with the board and would assist whomever the board picks as his successor with the change over. Grant came to Heppner in July 1951, taking over the superinten dent's post from Henry Tetz. He has been very active in civic and community affairs having served as vice-president and director of the chamber of commerce, county community chest drive chairman. He also served in the Lions club, Wranglers, Odd Fellows, Royal Arch Masons, Shrine and square dance club. He has also been quite active in state school or ganizations, having served as ex ecutive member-at-large of the state association of county school superintendents. J 1 f 9 .4 V County-Wide Elections Bring Many Membership Changes in School Boards a phnrk of votes cast in lastl that he woud decline the posi- Monday's county-wide school dis- tion if elected, and asked that trict elections, revealed many new NEW BASKETBALLXOACH Heppner's pew basketball coach, Larry Dowen and his wife, who visited here the first of the week. Dowen, who has been coaching at Sultan, Washington for the past two years, will move his family here as soon as housing can be found. In addition to his coaching duties, Dowen will teach high school physical education and health. (GT Photo) Jr. Legion Team Takes Baker 5-4 The Heppner Junior Legion baseball team got their first taste of victory this season last Sunday when they defeated the Baker squad on the rodeo field 5 to 4. Highlight of the game came when Ernie Drake, Heppner hurler won his game with a home run. Heppner had the edge in sta tistics as well. Collecting 5 runs, Grant was elementary superintendent at Junction City. Mrs. Grant, who has been duced wheat. He cited as anj teacning in the Heppner schools, example new desert land claimj has been offered a similar posi f arms, or plots of a similar type. tion ln the Arlington schools, Application blanks and com plete information can be obtained from the ASC office which is lo cated in the First National Bank building in Heppner. utiuiiciiut-iiia. . . . . Lt, iM tmnnnor'fi hits and 3 errors to Bakers 4 Bihnn n ns. o mis cuiu vi. OllUUll ' - - . of Baker also couecieu a nome run. Ratteries for Heppner were n,;.Wf and Larrv Graves; for Baker Duncan and Bowers. Heppner meets Hermiston next Sunday on the Hermiston field. . o 4-H Members to Hold Encampment This Week at Herron Creek Meeting at the fairgrounds in Hermner on Friday noon, June 25th, will be fifty 4-H club mem bers, who are enroute to Herron Creek 4-H camp grounds. The various committees have been making plans and selecting the 4-H club members who W'lll be at tending the three day camp June 25, 26 and 27. Among the vari ous atcivities for the campers are: nature study hikes, camp crafts, evening campfire programs with singing, story telling and games. On Sunday morning, June 27, at 11:00 church services will be con ducted with Rev. Soward of the Christian church as speaker. Ron ald Baker, former 4-H club mem ber from lone will be in charge. The public is invited to attend this last day of encampment and join in with the club members for church services and tne pot luck dinner which is scheduled for noon. The afternoon promi ses to be an exciting one with fun for all. Recreational activities will include a good game of base ball. Camp will break up at the close of the afternoon as the campers return to their homes. Assembly of God Holds Annual Meet Members of the Assembly of God conducted their annual church business meeting last Thursday evening, under the di rection of the pastor, Rev. Willis Geyer. Officers chosen were: Ray Bar nett to serve on the board; Ellis Pettyjohn, secretary and treasu rer; Muggs Storro, Sunday school superintendent; Fern Graves, as sistant SuDt: Norma Morro, Christs Ambassadors president; Betty Pettyjohn vice president of C. A.'s; Mrs. Ora Wyland, womens missionary council president; Mrs. Willis Geyer, W. M. C. vice pres:; and Hubert Wilson, music director with Muggs Storro as his assistant. It was decided to give the Christ's Ambassadors a week night for their service instead of the hour preceding the regular Sunday night evangelistic ser vice, rney win nave cnarge ui the Thursday night services until about the middle of July. which she will accept when re leased here. n Real Friendly Like, Porky Visits Town Heppner's bright lights attract ed an outsider Tuesday night, but he wasn't welcomed too heartily by the family he came to visit. Mrs. Ed Breslin, 223 N. Main called for police help after find ing a porcupine wandering around her front yard. Not wanting to shoot him in town, officers finally got the porky corraled and in a box and transported him back into the wide open spaces. n SEVERAL FROM HERE ATTEND CHURCH CAMP Rev. and Mrs. Lester Boulden and Mrs. Kenneth Carpenter will leave Sunday with five Heppner youngsters for Camp Magruder at Barview, Oregon for a week ses sion of the Methodist church camp. Rev. Boulden is camp di rector and Mrs. Boulden and Mrs. Carpenter are councillors. Youngsters from here who will f;ices will appear on most county boards. One new member was elected in each of the Heppner. Lexington and lone districts, and at least one change in the mem bership of the rural school board was voted. Results from Board man and Hardman were not yet available. In the Heppner voting, Edgar H. Collison was elected for a three year term on the board easily de feating five other write-in candi dates. Collison received 131 votes with his closest competitor receiving 8. It was announced last week that both Collison and John Ems dorff would seek the position, but Ernsdorff presented a statement at the annual meeting stating Clean-Up Drive Ends Here Sunday Swimming Lessons, New Hours for lone Pool arc Announced The lone school board announ ced this week that a new schedule of hours has been worked out for the lone swimming pool, and that swimming lessons will be given free starting next week. Until further notice the pool will be closed on Mondays. John Jordan, life guard and swimming instructor, will give lessons daily Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 to 11:30 a. m., and also for a two-week period starting June 29 Local residents gave chamber of commerce truck drivers some work Wednesday on their first round of free city pickups during the chamber sponsored clean-up week drive, but response was not as great as had been hoped for, president Jeff Carter said today. He joined other members of the organization in urging all resi dents to take advantage of the free pickup service offered and said that trucks will make the rounds of the town twice more be fore the end of the campaign. Trucks will work Saturday after noon and again Sunday remov ing all trash that is piled on the curbs. The committees also repeated their offer to aid in moving and loading junk that is too heavy for residents to move to the curb and will provide a lift truck load er if necessary to get rid of heav ier articles. residents not vote for him. A statement of his position and rea sons for his withdrawal from the race is printed on page two of today's paper. Ernsdorff's with drawal left Collison as the only person nominated at the meeting. At Lexington Roy Martin was elected to a term on the board re placing Millard Nolan who was not a candidate. lone 'oters elected Alfred Nel son to a position on the local board. He will replace Earl Mc Kinney who has served for the past three years. In the election for two members on the rural school board to fill vacancies oeeuring July 1, only one position was filled when lone voters elected Fredrick Martin. He defeated Milton Morgan who was seeking reelection to the position he has held for the past term. The winner of the other open position is not yet known as results of the Hardman elec tion, from which district one rural member was to be chosen, has not been reported. At Irrigon. J. L. Cooley was re elected to the local board de feating William B. Taylor who was seeking the position. Heppner voters also approved by a vote of 135 yes to 7 no a measure to set the limits within which the district will provide trasnportation for students. The vote set the maximum and mini mum mileage for transportation, establishing the Heppner city limits as the minimum and . miles as the maximum. Attorney General Visits in Heppner Robert Y. Thornton, state attor ney general, spent Wednesday and part of Thursday in Heppner conferring with district attorney Bradley D. Fancher and county rffif.pr His stoo here was They ask that anyone having rubbish thev wish picked up, and on Tuesday through frriaay irom whjch cannot be piled in a con 3:30 to 5 p. m. The lessons are spicious pace t0 can 6-9618 or free for both children and adults. 5.9(552 before Saturday and ad General swimming will befrom;visp workers of the location that 1 to 3:30 p. m. for the two-week trucks may make the pickup, period and from 7 to 9 p. m. until j Trucks for the pickups have further notice, it was said. The bppn donatpd by SPVPra chamber board said that the hours are sub-1 bprs and ,ocal bu.siness con- ject to cnange as uie ni-i.ua through the harvest period be comes apparent. Reservations can be made for private swim ming parties after regular hours, from 9 to 11 P- m. . o Local 4-H Members Named as Officers Four Morrow county 4-H club( Death Takes Former Monument Women, Rites at Minneapolis By Mill.e Wilson Princess Echo (Legler) Oldre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Legler of Monument, Oregon, passed away suddenly from a cerebral hemorrhage, while visit ing a near neighbor, on Thursday June 10th ln Minneapolis, Minne sota, at the age of 29 years, 5 months and 4 days. She leaves beside her husband, Gorlvn Oldre, and a son Arden, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Legler of Monument; one sis ter, Iris Howell and two brothers, Iven and Glenn Legler all three of Gales Creek, Oregon; also two nephews, Terry Howell and Ron ald Legler; An aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tafel of The Dalles, Oregon; an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wig- A special evening of interest lesworth of Echo, Oregon; also to local boys and girls will bej several cousins in The Dalles, held at the Heppner Christian) Princess was born at Herm.s church Monday, June 28 starting , ton, Oregon January G, 1925. She w.th a potluck dinner to be ser-! was a high school graduate of me uanes, uregon. uu-r grauu- cerns. Youth Rally Set At Christian Church part 01 atnpxnroug.. members were elected 10 iuk, - - filiation, she worked for a time as be nrovided bv Marvin Soward! a bookkeeper before her marriage of the state visiting district at-. ,,.. , , ,. summPr school as torneys and law enforcement of -, Padprs WPre chosen in the living ficials in several Eastern Oregon orRanizations. counties. " They included Diane Grant,, Thornton was speaker at the prpsid(,nti anrt july Ilowton, soc Thursclay noon meeting of the! ;al ,iajlrnan. Alpha Phi; Sally SoroDtimist club, while he was in p , nresident. Delta Delta the area. Delta; and Janice Martin, presl " I dent. Phi Gamma Delta. SANITARIAN CHECKS SCHOOLS, Thp , summc, school, held William B. Culham, district annualiy at Oregon State college nd June 25. sanitarian for tne siaie uouiu "'jwil health was in Heppner weunes- riav checking sanitation condi- MRS. W. B. BARRATT and Gerre Hancock and Kev. Truman Robbins of Milton-Free-water will show pictures. The rally is being sponsored by the to Gorlyn Oldre of Minneapolis. She then decided to make nurs ing her life work. She graduated three years ago from North Wes- tions in the present school build- ill AT SALEM, HOSPITAL County judge uarnei canau left Monday for Salem following receipt of word that his mother Mrs. W. B. Barratt is ill at a Salem hospita . l f tUn rtrrt ing ana uie piuns 101 wc prised new grade school. He expressed approval of the now nlans. inas much as they a.tnr, tho inn.nr ramn include called for raising the new build- Robert Caroenter. Clifford Green, ing four feet above the present Crusaders, young married group icm cnooi 01 muisu. m of the church. 1 apolis, After working at the , 1 Northwestern hospital for a while VFW HOLDS CLEANUP DAY j she transferred to the Veteran's Members of the Lexington VFWj hospital in Minneapolis, where and auxiliary met Sunday at the; she worked until March 1st, 1954. hall for a potluck dinner which Her sister, Iris and brother was followed by a cleanup day Glenn flew by plane from Pendle at the hall. About 25 persons, ton to Minneapolis to attend the loined in the dinner and work. funeral services which were held ., ! June 14th. She was laid to rest in the Veteran's cemetery, which Mrs. Cvrene Barratt of Corval l.s is visiting at the home of her is close to her home, also close to son and family, Mr. and Mrs.! the Veteran's hospital where she ,.. d ,ii c,ffrr.,1 a rimture William Barratt. loved to work so wen. rnncess iII.-. uninm " "i July 3. and improve sewer service. as critical. Mrs. Ralph Collison of Missouri, her passing. Roger Babson Gives Business Predictions for Remainder of Year By Roger W. Babson Babson Park, Mass., June 24. While most of the columnists and business counselors last Decem ber forecast a depression for 1954, I constantly insisted that 1954 would be a "fair business year." This you will find n my Forecast which then appeared In this paper. General Business (1) Despite my general opti mism with regard to prospects for business during the last half vear. there will be many cross- rurronts. The improvement over the first six months will be no one-way or slated to show the least im-1 tailers who do best in 19o4 win oe; tignnng nmvpment. are the following in- those with the nest paming id- dustries: Machinery, machine cilities for their customers. tools, railroad equipment, meiai fabricating, steel and iron, and autos and auto parts. In particu lar, auto output will not match the first half. With competition keener in the last half than at any time since the 1930's. Sales and Inventories Polit.cal Outlook (6) I forecast that the more liberal attitude on the part of the Eisenhower Administration will surely continue through Novem ber and perhaps until the 1956 elections. During the past six months rumors have been spread ,a Ac in the case of general; ing to the effect that President t: 1 iirill rrt mn acrain business discussed above, saiesi r.iwniiu .v..i i prospects will rule selective, wim Ullman to Speak At Saturday Pomona Morrow county Pomona Grange will- meet at the Lexington Grange hall June 26 at 10 a. m. with master Ray Drake presiding. Lunch is scheduled at noon With the program to start at 2 p. m. All members and the public are invited to attend the program. Main speaker of the afternoon will he Albert Ullman, Demo- ...in 1.KT or fall behind. Others are slated for betterment. Build ,ng has held up well, and was the backbone of business in the first half of 1954. The momen tum generated should carry through the balance of the year. i9 Also deserving 01 atten tion as in line for continued high antivitv. or for improvement, are tho fnfiowin? industries: Electric rower output, aircraft produc tion, rubber manufacturing, household eauipment, electrical equipment, petroleum, natural pas. shoes, and textiles. Even the sick coal industry" will enjoy some o.-r, f tho national HoikLickuD from the very depressed Canyon association. The various1 levels experienced during the first Granges will also provide part of! six months of 19o4. the program. (3) Due to slip further down, purchasing power holding well, demand for food products and soft eoods will remain at a brisk street. Some industriesi pace. The public, however, have learned something aoout waicu ing their pennies. They have be come more price-conscious. For this reason, I predict that tne mass distributors, such as the grocery and variety chains, will run ahead of the others sales wise, during the last half-year. (5) Retail sales in general, althouch about 47c lower dollar- wise, have held up during the first half in terms of physical vol ume as discounts and other con cessions reduced the actual re ceipts. This is encouraging since it shows that consumers are still willing to spend jf the-price is reasonable. In terms of units retail sales will hold up through 1954. Inventories will constantly be reduced during 1954. The re but there is no agreement at this writing by either party as to who the next candidates will be. (7) The President has won his conflict with Senator Bricker; the House approved his Tax Bill; the Taft-Hartley Labor Bill has been shelved, to the relief of all; and he has so far kept out of the Mc- Carthv-Army row. I forecast that for the balance of the year he will leave domestic affairs to his associates and devote most of time helping Mr. Dulles ward off trouble with Russia and China, j and avoid another "Korea." (8) During the first six; months of the year a "New Look" has developed in connection with defense expenditures. Appropria tions for foot soldiers and certain classes of airplanes have been cut in favor of items for atomic warfare and guided missels. Best authorities agree that we will get more protection and strength from this change with less cost. As a pro mise "to get our boys out of Korea" was a great factor in elect ing Dwight Eisenhower as Presi dent, he naturally will hesitate to send U. R. foot soldiers into Indo china, at least before the coming November elections. War and Peace (9) There will be no World War in 1951 started by Russia or the U. S. A. In the last half of 1954, however, the United States will move closer and closer to the position occupied by Great Brit ain during the 19th Century. The United States will prepare to en gage in small wars anywhere in order to prevent outbreak of a world conflagration. (10) I predict that the United States in the last six momns of 1954 may by-pass the United Nations and try to form a "de fensive" league of nations inter ested in Southeast Asia. The pur pose: To keep the rice, tin, and rubber of that area from falling into Communist hands, Most of the arms and military know-how needed by such an alliance of anti-Communist nations in the Far East will be furnished by Uncle Ram. This means that cuts in arms expenditures, already scheduled for the last half of 1954 Situation will remain about as is "much talkie, no shootie"; but Indo China will constantly be come a greater threat. ( 11 ) Do not forget Europe and the Middle East. France is torn by internal dissension and a blow-off could come there any time. N West Germany is growing more impatient with French bick ering over the Saar and over the formation of a Western European army including German partici pation. Russia will strive might ily to Widen the split between France and Western Germany by holding out the "bait," of reunion between East and West Oermany. (12) Friction between the Jews and the Arabs in the Middle East Is being encouraged by Com munist agents. The smoulder ing fires there could break into flame at any time, requiring a hurry-up call for Uncle Sam's fire department. Stock Market Outlook (13) Of course, some day the market (especially the Dow-Jones Industrials) will get a bad wa lop with very much lower prices. On the other hand, this may not come during the next few months Up to this time the high yields of stocks have not appealed so much to investors, ow.ng to the per sonal tax on both dividends and on income in general. Although 4Un A ri miL'trQlilltl m II V tllll be put into effect. The Korean stock yields compared with those of twenty years ago are higher If personal taxes are not considered, yet when these personal' taxes are deducted, today's yields have not been attractive. ( 14 ) The new Tax Bill and the increased buying for pension funds and investment trusts have, however, Increased the demand for common stocks and could hold the market up for some months to come. I forecast that it wil be very important to make careful selections of stocks. Don't buy stocks just because they have gone off heavily in price and appear cheap. (15) Unfortunately, many small concerns will find it more and more difficult to compete with their big competitors. Not only can these big corporations make goods cheaper and have better means of distribution, but they can spend huge sums on advertising, which a smaller con cern cannot do. This will be es pecially evident during the next six months. The companies which . will prosper most are those which have inaugurated effective labor saving programs. Manufacturers will win only as they purchase new labor-saving machinery, spend more money on research and on well-directed advertising. (16) Automobiles will con tinue to be hard to sell and easier I (Continued on Page 8)