Ifetsoa E S
11 Fsbi'l
ONE THIRDt NATIONS POTENTIAL HYDROELECTRIC POWER IN COLUMBIA RIVER ANU .TRIRl TARLES
riujwLs ior canalization oi me uoramma are Deing pressea betore congress ana among civic and omcial bodies of Oregon, Washington and Idaho for the purpose of us
"1B wests great river ior power, irrigation ana navigation, ah streams oi umtea states togetner nave some bO,OUU,UUO potential hydro-electric horse po
bia river system alone represents more than 20,000,000 p otential horse power hydro-electric energy. Umatilla p roject alone would generate from 250,000 to 5
power, enough to make electricity cheaper in Portland t han any other form of light, fuel for heating or energy for manufacturing plants. Power dam w oi
nver to moutn oi snaKe ana divert water tor irrigation oi more than ZW,VW acres. Uregon Journal.
power. Loljm-
00,000 horse
ould canalize
THE
VOLUME 2
BOARDMAN, OREGON, FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 1923
NUMBER 48
JUDGE BUTLER
POWER DEVELOP
MENT FOR BOARD
MAX DISTRICT
Pierce Butler, of St. Paul, Minn.,
recently appointed an associate jus
tice of the United States supreme
court.
RULING SOUGHT
TELEPHONE COMPANY
Portland, Or. By pamphlets mailed
to public service commissions of all
the states of the Union, the Oregon
public service commission took the
initiative iu seeking to have the Uni
ted States department of justice ob
tain an interpretation by the United
States supreme court of the Clayton
anti-trust act as it relates to tele
phone and telegraph companies.
It is contended by the Oregon com
mission that the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company, a subsidiary of
the American Telephone & Telegraph
company, is a common carrier and
subject to section 10 of the Clayton
act, and that application of this sec
tion of the act would solve the com
mission's difficulty in reducing rate
base costs. The telephone company
holds it is not a common carrier.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
The Idaho state grange will hold
its 15th annual convention January
15 to 18 at Gooding.
Three hundred and twenty-one per
sons were killed in traffic accidents
in Los Angeles during the year 1:122.
Pierce Butler, of St. Paul, Minn.,
newly confirmed justice of the su
preme court, took the oath of office
Tuesday.
Senator Bursum of New Mexico in
troduced a resolution for a loan of
$1,000,000,000 to Germany, to be used
in purchasing farm products and farm
implements in this country. The loan
will be secured by German industrial
securities.
About $250,000,000 of the victory
notes called for redemption December
15 remain outstanding, the treasury
department has announced in a state
ment urging all holders of this issue
to present for immediate payment all
notes bearing the letters A, B, U, D,
E and F, prefixed to their serial num
bers. Congressman Sinnott of Oregon has
asked the customs division of the
treasury department to revise its re
cent ruling that all jute grain hags
must be individually marked with the
country of origin instead of having
the bales marked as in the past and
Indications are that the ruling may
be revised.
Paris Refuses German Offer.
Washington, D. C. The state de
partment announced that the German
proposal for an agreement under
which France, Great Britain, Italy and
Germany should "solemnly agree
among themselves and promise the
government of the United States'' not
to resort to war for'th period of one
generation without the authority of a
plebiscite had not been transmitted to
the French government formally by
Secretary Hughes, as an informal in
quiry brought out the fact that it was
not acceptable to France.
Dublin. Secret peace negotiations
are reported to have been opened be
tween Free Staters and Irish K-pub-
Mr. Safford, manager for the Pa
cific Power & Light Co. at Xenne
wick, wa3 a caller Tuesday. He was
here to ascertain the possibilities for
the sale of power by his company
for this district. The main sale
would be for the pumping of water
for irrigation purposes.
His company is now pumping on
27,000 acres scattered thru eastern
Washington. A power line will be
bttilt this winter. from Kennewick to
to Pendleton via Umatilla. A stub
Hne will be built into this district
if enough business ca'n be drummed
up to justify the construction. Mr.
Safford said he would recommend
this construction. It is now up to
headquarters.
The line will be built west from
Uma.tilla covering the large flat north
of the highway between Coyote and
Trrigon. It will run on west of
Boardman to the scab rock district
ast of Castle Rock. Then it will
"ross the Columbia at Board man to
Blalock island, irrigating that large
acreage, thence to the Washington
,ide, taking in the scope of country
from Carleys to Plymouth, which is
icross the river from Umatlla.
No greater development will take
place In the Northwest than this Co
lumbia section. It is the cream of
the Burrounding milk. Erosion as
sisted by gravity brings the fertil
ity of the high places. It means
that many city comforts will be
brought to the rural home. Instead
of fusing a gas lamp or trimming
one of John D.'s oil burners, you
will turn a switch and receive a
known quantity. Instead of mother
trying to rub a corrugated wash
board smooth, a Thor washing ma
chine will smooth the wrinkles from
her forehead. A sad iron will elec
trically cheer the bosom of your
shirt.
The "peak load" of the use of elec
tricity conies to all companies at
some one hour of the day. In the
cities it is whin the bee hives dis
gorge their swarms of humanity at
evening time. Then the car trans
portation is taxed to its limit. Mr.
Safford spoke of his 'peak load." It
comes Tuesday forenoons. Every
housewife is leading her electric iron
over the clean Monday wash. It lakes
an electric horse power to "steam"
up an iron. Every home, no matter
how humble, has its iron Fifty
thousand irons are at work smooth
ing out your coming Sunday ap
pearance. The electric range will permit a
July evenness in the cook's dispo
sition. The chicken fancier will have
a button at the head of his bed
Which he will turn at 6 a. m caus
ins the flock to hit a springtime flow
of eggs. The book of instuctions
states that it is not wise to pull this
stunt on a band of guinea hens. Mr.
Safford states fiat in his district he
has 112 customers who have their
hens sitting up nights.
To the forcing of the early root
crop, the electric atom is being used
to tickle the roots into more speed.
What a boon this will be to the an
gle worm industry. It means a
larger and more intellectual worm.
No fish can escape a worm charged
with electricity. To the grunting
"bach," who jjrovels at the throne
of the doe God, life is at last com
ing to you. You mush thru the
grease cracklings of your bespat
tered floor in the shank of the even
ing with your boiler of mush and
batter of mumixs to the electric
range. You set the alarm clock at
the hour you would turn on the elec
tricity. When the lark awakens
you at the break of day your morn
ing repast awaits- you. The official
cat dishwasher is superseded by the
electrical.
While the farmer has been nega
tive thru no fault of his, he is com
ing Into a positive age when he will
have time at least to set the prices
on his products, instead of per cent
age shavers of the Market streets of
the land. A galley slave, whether
of land or water, has no time to
think for himself. The rural life is
being drawn to The cities by the
white lights from a positive and neg
ative action. The rural light has
been of a negative darkness. It
must be illumined by a positive ac
tion or else the white lights of the
cities will ultimately become nega
tive. Elect rich y will raise the stan
dard of living and decrease the cost
Mr. Safford stale-, that if con-,
struct ion is authorised power wit'
be available this fall.
SURPLUS ARMY SUPPLIES AID
STATES IN ROAD BUILDING
Approximately $190,000,000 worth
of road-building machinery, and
other supplies from the surplus war
material of the Army, including
30,000 motor vehicles, have been al
loted by the Bureau of Public Roads,
United States Department of Agri
ture. This material, of which, ap
proximately $150,000,000 worth has
been delivered says the bureau in its
annual report, has enabled many of
the Stales to organize; and equitf
maintenance divisions to patrol the
entire State road system.
The largest item of materials de
livered consisted of shop machinery
and shop tools and equipment. This
enabled the Slate highway depart
ments -to equip shops for recondi
tioning and repairing motor vehi
cles and other motor driven ma
chinery received from the Govern
ment. The shop machinery consisted
mainly of lathes, tool grinders, mill
ing machines, cutting machines,
planers, drill presses, and electric
motors.
Approximately 8,000,000 pounds
of picric acid have been distributed
for road-building and land-clearing
purposes. In addition to the material
distributed from the excess stores at
camps and grsenals in the rniltirl
States, there are now being returned
from Germany and France 150 mo
tor trucks, 2:; Cadillac automobiles,
and 3,000,000 pounds of spare motor-vehicle
parts, shop machinery,
and machine tools.
Representative Sinnott was assured
by the customs division of ihc treas
ury that a way was being sought to
modify a recent treasury ruling com
pelling forigci'ie manufacturers ol
jute bags to slam;: IN ir namr3 on each
individual bar? ins. red of merely hi
beling each bale ol sacks, as has here
tofore been dune. Individual stumping,
it is found, increases the cost of bag:
about one-quarter of a c, nt each.
The state of Oregon will save in pes:
age not less than $10,000 biennially
in case a bill Introduced in congress by
Senator David , Walsh ol Massachu
setts becomes' a law. This was a:
nounced by Sam A. Kozer, secretary
of state. The proposed law provides
that official bulletins of Information
to voters issued under the laws of tin
state and affording opposing caudi
dates and the advocatei and opponents
of measures referred to the voters
equal opportunities for the present:;
tion of thoir claims and argumcnis
shall b?. transmitted within the limb .
of the issuing state in the United
States mails life of postage.
BORAH WITHDRAWS
CONFERENCE PLAN
Idaho Senator Informed That
Harding Is Working Along
the Same Lines.
Washington, o. C, The fight over
the proposal ot Senator Borah that
President Harding call an economic
conference came to a substantial
climax in the senate when the Idaho
senator announced that he would
withbold his proposed amendment to
the naval appropriation bill on admin
istration assurances given by Senator
Watson ot Indiana that the president
already was sounding out the situation
in a way that might lead to sums
movement that would aid the adjust
ment of conditions prevailing in Ku
rope. After Senators Lodge and Watson,
speaking for the administration, had
assured Senator Borali that the gov
eminent is now moving in the direc
tion desired by him, Borah said lie
had no desire to "retard progress"
and he announced he would not push
his amendment to a vote.
At the White House It was said the
president regarded Senator Borah's
action as u "wise move." High of
ficials also said that the president
was not now contemplating the call
ing of a general economic conference,
but at present proposed American par
ticipation in an economic conference
on reparations. Adjustment of thla
and of the allied debts question, the
president was said to feel, ure neces
sary before the administration can
proceed with further steps in Europe's
behalf.
7 ME INDICTED ON
If mi rnmill uhil
Washington, D. C. Benedict Crow
ell, assistant secretary of war under
the Wilson administration and six
"dollar a year" men associated with
the council of national defense, were
indicted here by the special grand
jury investigating war frauds on
charges of conspiracy to defraud the
government in construction of war
time army camps and cantonment.
The others Indicted are William A
Starrett, Morton ('. Tut tie, Clemens
W. Lundoff, Claire Fester, John H
JlcGlbbons, James A. Mears.
The indictments charge a conspir
acy to tnaladmlnlster existing regnUc
Hons, to control the giving of con
tracts to friends, associates and i I
cuts under the "cost plus" system,
Which It is charged resulted in a loss
to the government of millions of dol
lars and reduced the moralo of labor.
THE MARKETS
Portland
Wheat Bluestcm. $1.48; soft white, i
$1.20; western white, $1.25; hard win-j
ter, $1.19; western red, $1.17.
Corn Whole, $42; cracked, $44.
Hay Alfalfa, $21 per ton; valley1
timothy, $23; eastern Oregon timothy,
$24.
Butter Fat 50&53C.
Eggs Ranch, 32fi38c.
Cheese Tillamook triplets, 32 M:1.
33c; Young Americas, 3334c; block
Swiss, 30?j32c; cream brick, 2830cJ
Cattle Choice steers, ST'ri 7.50;
medium to good, $G.25(-7.
Sheep East of mountain lambs and
choice valley lambs, $10.50fj 12.50.
Hogs Prime light, $9.25 9.50 ;
smooth heavy, $8 9.
Seattle.
Wheat Hard white, $1.30; soft
whHe, $1.26; western while. $1.25;;
hard red winter, soft red winter,
northern spring and western red,
$1.21.
Hay Alfalfa, $24; timothy, $i8;
straw, $15.
Butter Fat 52i 54c.
Eggs Ranch, 34?j'i5c.
Cattle Prime steers, $9.757. 25;
medium to choice, $6.507.
Hogs Prime light. $930950;
smooth heavy, s;.254j.2.
CREEK ARMY IS ON MARCH
War Is Considered Inevitable Between
Creeks and Turks.
London. -A dispatch from Athens
says the entire Greek army is moving
toward Thrace, war being considered
inevitable.
The dispatch adds that former
Premier VenizelOS telegraphed the
revolutionary government advising it
to send reinforcements to the Th ra
cial! front and asking to be Informed
of the number oi troops there. A
meeting of the cabinet followed and
the army moved.
The reservists of the 1920 and 1022
classes, the dispatch continued, have
been called to the colors. War Min
ister Pangalos has been appointed
commander-in-chief in Thrace and has
left with his secretary fur Salonika
The average yield of potatoes
per acre In the t'nitcd Stales varies
from about 00 bushels in Texas to
more than 200 bushels In Maine,
according to reports of the I'nited
States Depart men I of Agriculture.
The average for the entire country
for the past 10 years is 98 bushels
per acre.
FIRST OF SERIES OF MEETINGS
FOR FATHERS WD MOTHERS '
A meeting for the benefit of all I
mothers and fathers will be held on
Januar 1". in charge of Miss Mar
jorie M. Smith of O. A. C. She Is
lu re in ih,:.' Uuorosl of nutrition in
the home. Everybody Is urged to be
present. And
Ue&r as
about
going1
SENATOR RALSTON
you will listen v i"
ivcr the telephone you Willi
as you did
we are
t h'e
unl il
series of
; In all, to
of school.
have this
much about it a
he bazaar, becam
o talk about it
meeting will be held.
This is the firsl of a
Meetings which will be si:
e held 'before the rlo?e
We are indeed lucky to
'.leld in our town, us il will pot be
' Id anywhere else in Morrow county
this year. The extension department
if the O..V.C. is doing his for our
benefit, and we desire the coopera
tion of all parents, not only moth
ers, bul fathers, and all of the
bachelors on the project. Everybody
ome Saturday, January i;i. al 2
-clock.
NEW GRANGE OFFICERS)
At the lasi regular meeting of
Greenfield grange the following of
ficers wire elected: Master, Charles
Wlcklander; Overseer, John Ilrice;
Lecturer, Charles Niger; Steward,
Robert C. Mitchell; Assistant Stew
ard, C. l. Albright; Chaplain. Llllle
Xi:'er; Treasurer. Alice Albright ;
Secretary. C. H. Dlllnbough; Gate
keeper, Sa'i: T. Shell; Ceres, Lulu
Wlcklander; Pomona, BUS Shell ;
Flora, llreta Morgan; Lady Assist
ant Steward, Emma Dillabough; As
sistant Lecturer, Lulu Wlcklander.
The above named officers Wilt be
Installed Saturday evening, Jan. 8,
1fl23. We trust that all inrmbers will
be present to assist. Coffer end cake
Will be served after the meeting.
C. H. DILLABOUGH, Sec.
Samuel (VI . Ralston, democrat, who
was elected United States senator
from Indiana in the Noveinber elections.
LEGION HEATS HiOH SCHOOL
On Thursday evening of last week
the Legion and high school basket
ball teams clashed on the Moor of
Beck's building. The game was hard
and fast from atari to finish, both
teams determined to win The Legion
boys had the best of the high school
boys In weight and experienced play
ers, but just the same the high school
gave the Legion a run for its money.
The game was clean and orderly,
well worth the price of admission
of 15c, and we hone to see some
more games soon.
The lineup was as follows:
I -egion
Walluis
Lee, G.
Lee, M . A.
King, W. ().
center
forward
forward
guard
Waggoner, Opli
cuard
nigh School
Carpenter
Messenger
Olson
Attcbi rry
Kiit'.
HEHMIHTON HERALD AO.UN
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
Eor the lit tb time in less than
three years the HermUtOn Herald
has again changed management. This
time Raymond Crowder, of Wasco,
becomes owner and editor. Mr.
Crowder has had sev"en years expe
rience in the printing busim-ss ami
Is a very capable and live-wire news
paper man, we are told. We wel
come hlin to our neighborhood and
bespeak for bin the usual easy sail
ing on the country paper sen till
hi reaches the port of opulent old
age as all brothers and fellows
have had who have gone before,
Mr. Williams, who was In charge
for the past few months, expects to
go to the eastern coast and engage
in real honest -to-goodness, astute
journalism where the field is wide
and the population thick.
I
Corn is produced in every State
in the Union, production ranging
from around 30,000 bushels a year
in Nevada to over 4 50,000,000
bushels n Iowa, according to re
porfn fyl the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture
NEW DOCTOR FOR I MA I ILL
I'nialllla's first doctor In many
years, Dr. flay W. Logan, is leav
ing this week for Seaside, which he
deems u much larger field, His prac
tice will be taken over by D( Alex
ander Raid, who has been al Stan
field sine, last May.
I)r Logan was railroad physician
at Umatilla and was instrumental
In getting a drug store established
Dr lieid has practiced in lone.
Stanfleld and was at Haines, Ore.,
before returning to Stanfleld this
summer. He stands high in the pro
f"cion and will be well liked in
I'matiHa. He will handle the rail
road business as did Dr. Logan.
VANCOUVER LIQUOR
EXPORTS M HEAVY
Vancouver, B. C. The Consolidated
Liquor exporters made public their re
ceipts and disbursements, shewing
that the 15 liquor export warehouses
which amalgamated a few months ago
are taking In from foreign sources
11,000,000 ii month. Of this amount
the Canadian government gets 540,
000 for duty, the United Kingdom li
quor plants get $400,000 Snd the re
mainder, $200,000. is for profit and
overhead!
Government officials were not In
clined to believe the reports of the
liquor warehouse consolidation, saying
that in their opinion the exports had
In i n much heavier.
There are four other liquor ware
hoiises iu the it., acting independent
ly of i lie consolidated, and in all it
Is estimated that the port of Van
e aver alone receives in gTOSS Income
from liquor shipments approximately
11,760,000 a mouth.
STATE WINS ESTATE SUIT
Court Rules Washington Is Entitled
to fiollect Big Sum.
Olympia. Wash. Federal estate
taxes paid on estates of persons who
at the time of death were living in
the stute of Washington are not deduc
tible in computing inheritance tuxes
due the state and personal properly
of the deceased whether in the stute
or outside is subject to the slate In
heritance tax, the state supreme court
rules. The decision was rendered in
the estate of Josephine O. Sherwood,
lormer Spokane woman, who was
killed in California in HH9, and open
ed the way lor collection by the statw
of $i;t,R4:i.ii8 with liitrei-. In addition
to the 27,IS3-61 alrimdj paid.
According to G"oig.' (1. llannuii,
assistant attorney general In charge
of the Inheritance lax division, the
decision clears the way for settlement
of tuxes mi muii) estates which have
been banging fire several years.
Leinp, Well Known Eli ewer, Scicidee,
s, Louis, Mo.' -William .1, Limp, 56
years old, president Of the Letup Brew
ing company, committed suicide by
firing a bullel Into his heart In hlh
office here The millionaire brewery
owner was the third member of the
Immediate Lemp family to die by self
destruction. The property of the
Lemp Brewing company here, once
valued at $7,000,000, recently wus sold
at auction for 1688,000,
Idaho Governor Takes Oath.
Boise, Idaho. Idaho's new gover
nor, Charles C. Moore, of St. Anthony
and the elective officials or his ad
ministration were Inducted Into office
a few minutes after noon Monday In
the chamber of the house of repre
scntatlves. A large crowd witnessed
and applauded the ceremony, which
v Impsesslvs out agoeadlngl) brief
and simple. .
San Francisco, Cai. wine is being
manufactured and consumed iu the
United States under the guise of a
home product, In fully as great quan
tity as before prohibition became ef
fective. It L. Nougaret, agriculturist
of the statu department of agriculture,
said.