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G Page 8 Mustangs Handed One Defeat Then Pick Off Irrigon "The Basketball Blues" were handed the Heppner Mustangs Friday evening by an upsetting Stanfield hoop quint as they with stood a last minute rally and took a two point victory margin of 49-47. Mustang mentor, Larry Dowen brought up his own ver sion of a 3-2 game held high scor ing Joe Mann of Irrigon to a "poor" 25 points as the blue and gold squad broke back Into the victory column with a 54-41 win over Grant Schiewie's Irrigon Comets the following night. Irrigon, under the guidance of 6' 7" Joe Mann spurted to a quick 6-0 lead before John Piper broke the ice for the horses and slowly fought for a first quarter lead Quick feeds to D. riper added 6 points for a final 14-13 Initial panel score. "Big Joe" Mann tallied 12 of the Comet's 13 points to lead all scoring. Slackening the pace, the horses accumulated 9 more points and 3 dueces plus 3 gift shots to hold 23-21 halftime score. Although the Mustangs shot 0 at the black stripe in the third quar ter, they connected for 7 field goals with Rhul, Tibbies, and J, Piper connecting on 2 each while frosh forward Duane Alderman, scored his first 2 points of the game. "BJ" led the Irrigon quint as he collected 6 out of the Comet's 10 scores. 'Skip" Ruhl totaled seven of the Mustang's final 17 tallies while D. Piper was runner-up with 6. Ahead only 6 points at the fourth quarter start by a 37- 31 score, the Mustangs immecll ately jumped ahead with a 6 point burst and fought back and forth till the game's end. High point laurels for Heppner went to Ruhl who through his guard slot took advantage of poor Irrigon offensive passes and to taled 16. Game honors were won by "BJ" Mann as he flipped in close ups for 25 counters. D. Piper was runnerup for Heppner with 14. Stanfield Wins By Two Shooting a poor 23'7o (which was boosted to 26 on 5 straight last minute layups by J. riper) the Heppner baskctoers foil be fore a dead-eye foul shooting quintet from Stanfield by a dose l'J-47 score. With a 79 shooting average to go by the Tiger squad fired In 17 of 22 gift attempts while the horses came through with a "Mcasley" 56. John Piper and Skip Ruhl fired in 2 dueces in the first few min utes of the game for a 4-0 lead but the Tigers fired back with a pair of foul line scores and a F G. to tie the tilt at 4-4. Ruhl fired in 2 more goals from the field to run the total to 8-4. J. Piper added a 2 pointer to con clude the Mustang scoring. Stan field added a free throw and a corner shot to start the second quarter a 10-7. A set of black stripe tosses and a jump shot by D. Toper was all Heppner had in store for the se- TREAT yOURBTOT Finer IN COTTON PRINT BAGS 25 lbs. $1.89 50 LB. BAG $3.69 PETFOOD BEEF CHUCK ROAST LB. OQp lue Hill Oleo 5 lbs. (BURKENBINE'S) Heppner Phone Heppner FFA Takes Port in Parliamentary Procedure Contest Heppner's chapter of the Fu ture Farmers of America was one of the eight groups attending the parliamentary procedure con test at Pendleton Jan. 28. Fist place winners of the con test was Athena with Pendleton and Mac Hi taking second and third. Members of Heppner's team were president, Eddie Brosnan; vice-president, Bob Stevens; sec retary, Tom Currin; treasurer, Gary Jones; reporter Dick Apple gate; and sentinel, Mike Mona han. Judges for the contest were vo cational agriculture instructors Norman Kopman, Mac Smith, and Don Stewart from La Grande, Enterprise and Union respective- Boardman, Stanfield, The Dal les, and Hood River also com peted in the contest. cond stanza while the Tigers pushed through 3 long pushes and 2 gift shots to lead 15-14 at half time. Third quarter play saw the Mustangs fall as far back as ten points but a last minute bucket by Ruhl cut the distance to two points 31-23 with the Tigers ahead. Rallying In the fourth period the horses cut loose with 22 points while Stanfield dumped in 16, but the total lacked two points of balancing the contest. The last chance for the Mus-j tangs came when Vic Groshen tipped a jump ball to John Piper in the Tiger fore court and from there drove deep into the Hepp ner key and flipped an off bal ance shot which rimmed out as the gun went off. High point honors for the nipht went tn J. Piper who col lected 17 while Stanford's Norm Evans took advantage of the foul lanes and collected 8 gift shots and added 3 F. G.'s for 14 tallies. Umatilla and P. R. Next. Home again at last; the Mus tangs entertain the Umatilla Vik ings on the home court this Fri day night and continue on the home maples Saturday night for a Cayuse encounter with Pilot Rock. Heppner, starting Us second round of league play, will be the favorite as victories have been nosted over both squads but vast Improvement in the Umatilla quint makes them a dangerous "5". Pilot Rock who Is now in se cond place in the Eastern League will provide a threat as they have dangerous potentiality in height with McGowan the main threat. Games are scheduled to start at 6:45 and 8:15. Heppner Stanfield J Piper 17 Dallman 2 D. Piper 2 Walch 7 S. Ruhl 12 Sutton 2 L. Tibbies ... 6 L. Turner 4 Alderman 2 Groshens 2 Wolfe 6 Evans 14 Houk 4 Meade 12 Heppner J. Piper 12 D. Piper 14 S. Ruhl 16 L. Tibbies 8 L. Turner 0 Irrigon Mann 25 Ballard 12 Sing -Dec 2 Simmons 2 Taylor 0 FLi 12 CANS $ J Qg $1.00 Market 6 - 9922 Heppner Gazette "1 J rnNr.RFSKMAN SAM COON an nounced this week that he will be a candidate for re-election to the U. S. house of represen tatives where he Is now serving his second term. He is a Re publican. lone Wins from Boardman, Loses' To Echo Squad The lone Cardinals won one game and lost one in the week- 17 t - " , ' " V ? iljr'' t end's basketball play. Board- Leish, national administrator of man fell before the lone squad the Farmer-S Home Administra Jan. 27 at Boardman 67 to 52, 1 tjon notifietl Mr. Cody, the but Echo playing at lone cameiaccnc ,g j a, representative to- out on top the tussle with a score of 61 to 50. In the Boardman game the Cards held the lead all the way with the first quarter ending 16 12; the second, 35-19. Dick Sher er was the high scorer with 19 points and Bill Brannon 18. In the Echo game, Echo got off to a running start in the first quarter to run up a 24 to 6 lead but by the end of the third period lone had gained a short-lived 36 32 lead. Early in the fourth quar ter Echo regained their lead to finish with a 61 to 50 score. Ernie Drake was high point man with 14 and Jim Pryse and Bill Brannon tied for second honors with 11 points each. O' lone Townics Notch Fourteenth Hoop Win Tin Tnt-in tium rrnm Kn clnt K n 1 1 earn racked up its 14th win of the season Monday night when it edged out a tough Echo squad 62 to 58. The game was tied sev eral times and the outcome was in doubt until the final whistle. Larry Pryse was high man for lone and John Ramus for Echo. Ione's season record now stands at 14 wins and two losses and the squad will tackle Stanfield next , Monday night, one of the two teams to beat the Townics. Ione's only other loss has been at the hands of the strong Pendleton Grain Growers five. Local Chinchillas Place in Show Mr. and Mrs. Whitmer Wright and Harvey and Mr. and Mrs. James Wright of Moses Lake were in Spokane last weekend to attend the annual chinchilla show of the Columbia Basin branch of the National Chinchilla Breeders' of America. Nearly 200 animals from Oregon, Washing ton, California, Idaho and Mon tana were entered in the show which was the first to be spon sored by the Columbia Basin Branch of which the Wrights are members. Although the Wrights had not groomed any of their small herd for show entry, they decided to take two along for comparison with top grade animals from other ranches. The animal entry committee insisted upon entering them in the show and one animal placed third in his class of males over 12 months. The female was judged third best in her class. Judges were Lester Vei of Salt Lake City and Mel Erickson of Seattle. Tricia Lynn Prock, the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Prock, is in Pioneer Memorial hospital with pneumonia. Culiigan's Electric NEIL CULLIGAN, OWNER PILOT ROCK. OREGON Electric Wiring Contractor HOME BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL Electric Heating a Specialty Phone 2021 Collect 45tfc Times, Thursday, February 2, 1956 Union Missionary Group Plans For Vorld Prayer Day ine oia anu new ui mi Union Missionary society met iMondav afternoon at the Episco pal parish house to complete plans for the World Day of Prayer which will be held at the Chris tian church Feb. 17 at 2:30. New officers of the group are Mrs. Een Anderson, president; Mrs. Carl McDuniel, vice-president; Mrs. Marcel Jones, second vice-president; Mrs. Floyd Jones, secretary; program committee, Mrs. Jane Rollins, chairman, Mrs. Piiil Newitt, Miss Opal Briggs and Mrs. Earl Sovvard; the re freshment committee, Mrs. Len nie Lowden, chairman, Mrs. Har old Cohn and Mrs. Charles Vau- ghn Retiring officers are Mrs. R. B. Rice, president; Mrs. Ben Ander son, vice-president; Mrs. Mary Bailey, , second vice-president; Mrs. Earl Soward, secretary; pro gram, Mrs. Ella Farrens, Mrs. Whitmer Wright, Miss Leta Hum phreys; refreshment, Mrs. Floyd Adams. Mrs. Mattie Green and Mrs. Marcel Jones. o . FHA Farmer Loans Available Here Farmers in Morrow county may annlv for thp additional loan av,jlnhie for financing 1056 0Dcratin, expenses, R. B. Mc day. The loans may be used to pay a wide variety of farm and home operating expenses including the purchase of fertilizer, tractor fuel, livestock feed and seed. The loans will be made to family-type farmers and to oper ators with smaller than family type farms whose anticipated gross income from 'farming and other sources will meet farm and home operating expenses and re pay loan. Applications may be filed at the county office of the Farmer's Home Administration. The office serving Morrow county is located at Pendleton. All Farmer's Home Administra tion offices have been instructed to give prompt service to all loan applications Cody pointed outithp old SDell now depends oni that thesa loans are short-term credit designed to help iarmers Credjt , also'cxtended by the Farmpr,s Home Administ;ation for longer periods to finance ad justments and improvements in farming operations. Real estate credit for purchase and development of family-type farms, for financing soil conser vation measures, and for develop- ment of water .PP systems for farm home, livestock, and irri gation are also available. o Story Gets Job Pone Too Fast Last week's Gazette Times story about the work done by the lone civic improvement committee was a little premature, the paper has been Informed. The work done on the creek above lone was on levy and creek banks, clearing them of debris preparatory to cleaning the creek channels as soon as the st '-earn gets back to low water stage. Much of what the GT reported in its story will be done in the future. DIVORCES GRANTED Circuit judge William W. Wells Friday granted divorces to Jean Steuher from Louis Steuber, and Charlotte Kessel from Elmer Kessel. WEEKLY AT PHIL'S Veterinary Supplies TINCTURE OF IODINE.GAL. $7 ffA QUART, $2.00 LAMB NIPPLES EPSOM SALTS PHIL'S PHARMACY PHIL BLAKNEY, Owner I ' t fr' ,1 1 KONEOE SWEETLAND of Mil waukie. state senator from Clackamas county and pub- Usher of the Milwaukie Review. who announced early this week that he is filing for the Demo cratic nomination for secretary of state in th3 May 18 primary. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs, William T.pp Monteomerv, Hepp- ,, - , ! . To or, ner a 5 lb. 7 oz. gir born Jan. 2b,, ut.1, a o ju. i ui.. "i " I named Carol Jean. To Mr. and Mrs Art Young, Heppner, a 7 lb. 4 oz. boy born Jan. 30, named Richard Arthur. Medical Rebecca Myers, Kin- zua, dismissed; Randy Anderson, Condon, dismissed; Tricia Prock, Heppner; Douglas Younce, Spray; Newton Matteson, Heppner; Jerrydean Mercer, Condon; Joh anne Taylor, Heppner; Mike War ren, Heppner; David Seitz, Fossil; Daniel Matthews, Fossil. Minor Surgery Evelyn Dunn, Kinzua, dismissed; Verla Liehr, Heppner. Major Surgery John Asher, Spray, dismissed. o Winter-Injured Plants to Require ' Careful Handling OREGON STATE COLLEGE Go slow in pruning trees and shrubs injured during last fall's disastrous freeze, advises an Ore gon State college horticulturist. L. T. Blaney says extent oi, damace to Dlants Injured during; ; tWQ fact0rs care in handling the Diants between now and the time new growth gets underway and growing- conditions next spring. Blancy advises pruning be de layed as long as possible, even until the next growing season. He explained that in a weakened condition, the plant might be set back fuither than if it were not touched, or might even be killed. He also suggests that garden ers not disturb a plant by moving it to a more protected area. And if the bark of a tree has been ruptured, he says it should be nailed or otherwise held in place to keep the inner layer of cam bium from dying out. A mild winter and early spring should be a big help in aiding recovery of plants damaged by the low temperatures, he notes. ,However, Blancy recommended use of plenty of fertilizer and water next spring, in any event. A severe winter or prolonged spring could inflict additional damage to already weakened plants, he concludes. -o Among Heppner people attend ing the Ileppner-Irrigon basket ball game at Irrigon Saturday night were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Fancher, Mrs. Larry Dowen, Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Tibbies and Mrs. Rufus Piper. SPECIALS PINT, $1 .25 EA. 5c 5 LBS. Rough Year Looms For Oregon Farmers, Economists Say Another rough year is looming on the Oregon farm front. Aver age net income for Oregon far mers this year may be little more than half of what It was in 1951, believes M. D. Thomas, Oregon State college agricultural economist. Large stocks of farm products piled up in past years will hold prices down even if Congress ap proves the so-called "soil bank" early this year, says Thomas. Major benefits from the soil bank are "long range," states the econ omist, with immediate benefits 1-kely to be felt only by Oregon soed growers who would find rapidly expanded markets for grass and legume seeds to plant the nation's soil banks. The soil bank would take out ;Qf duction 1Q t0 20 t of ,he nation,s cr0 land and save it until needed in an emergency such as a drought or all-out war, or by our future population. If the acreage taken out of crop brought sufficient production cuts, farmers' incomes would Im prove after awhile, Thomas ex plains. Farm prices would pro- bablv be enough better in two f ., thrp vnars tn mnrp than off. or three vears to more than off set the decreased production, he believes. Meanwhile, substan tial government payments would I be necessary to keep many far mers going while the "bank" is being established. Already, the average Oregon farmer's net money income from farming has dropped below $2000 compared t0 $3000 in 1991. A further drop in 1955 and pros pects for some further decline may slash farm family income by nearly one-half in the past five years. The average net would be down even more if the number of farm operators in the state had not decreased, says Thomas. The census shows only 54,412 farms in the state in 1954 compared to 59,827 in 1950 and 63,125 in 1945. Many farmers on smaller Ore gon farms are supplementing their income with off-farm work. The economist believes such fam ilies will seek even more off farm work in 1956 with job pros- SAVE REAL MONEY! WILSON'S mm. MEN'S AND WOMENS' APPAREL Sport STILL A EIG SELECTION OF STYLES MEN'S JACKETS Both Summer Wjeight & Heavier Jackets Now Vz off ODD LOTS MEN'S DRESS SHOES Vz OFF A FEW LEFT -WOMENS' Skirts & Blouses Mow Vz off Wilson's Men's Wear The Store of pects and salaries now available. Mill and factory wage rates have risen steadily for several years and now average one-third higher than in 1949. o : " Local News In Brief Maurice Elder is a patient in the Veteran's hospital in Portland. Mrs. Elder returned luesaay after spending a week with him. Mr. and Mrs Earl Blake of Heppner and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rietmann of lone left Friday to spend a month in Arizona. Several Morrow county men left Wednesday to attend a meeting of the National Wheat League in Portland. Among them wer3 Frank Anderson, E. H. Miller Jr., Kenneth Peck, Nels Anderson and Max Barclay. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scrivner and Diane were overnight visi tors at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scrivner last week enroute to Idaho on a busi ness trip. Diane remained with her grandparents here while they were in Idaho. "Trouble with bureaucracy, Mr. Commissioner, is that there are too many weak thinks in the chain of demand!" WRITE A WANT AD CA5H IN ON mm STUFF 73 IN THE ATTIC Final Cleanup riirt AND A FEW WESTERN SHIRTS Vi PRICE Personal Service