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71st Year, Number 15
Another Wheat
Crop and Storage
Facilities Said Bright
For Coming Harvest
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy June 24, 1954
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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.
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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.
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Lt, iM tmnnnor'fi hits and 3 errors to Bakers 4
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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