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VOLUME 5
COUNCIL CLOSES DEAL
C$!R GRAVITY Slii
Burns & McDonnell Employed To
Make Estimates, Superintend
( onstruction Preliminnry
Report By May 15(li
At the regular meeting of the city
council on Monday evening the first
binding step was taken in the direc
tion of a municipally owned gravity
water system when the council ap
proved a contract with Burns & Mc
Donnell, consulting engineers cf
Kansas' City, for an appraisal and
inventory of the present water sys
tem and for a comprehensive survey
for the proposed gravity system
which includes all necessary surveys
and measurements, the collection of
data and information covering a fu
ture adequate water supply, pipe
li' , "reservoirs, extension of mains,
P "tlhary plans, maps, profiles and
esii&tes of cost with written report
and recommendations covering pipe
line sizes, capacity of -works, etc.
witjh the view for calling a bond elec
tion for the purpose of financing the
proposed gravity water system for
Heppner.
For this work the city agrees to
pay Burns & McDonnell $2000, and
they in turn bind themselves to com
plete the work by May 15, 1919.
In casV the bond election carries
and the gravity system is built Burns
& McDonnell agree to do the engin
eering work including the supervis
ion of construction, letting of con
tracts, etc., for a fee of seven and one
half percent of the cost of construc
tion. After a thorough discussion of the
matter the council by a unanimous
vote approved the contract thereby
authorizing the mayor and recorder
to close the matter without further
delay. It is expected that a crew of
surveyors will arrive wihln a week or
so and start on the work.
i;.I,rH Jl'lSTFS TO RKTI RX SOOX
D. O. Justus received word Satur
day from his son, R. R. Justus, at
Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky,
that he hud received his final dis
charge papers from the army and ex
pec! ed to reach home about March
tenth. , r
Ralph enlisted in December, 1917
and after a training course was sent
to France where he spent several
veeks and was then returned to the
slates. He has been on the movii
the greater part of the time since en
tering the service and has Feen a
Ei-eat deal of this country as well as
considerable of the Atlantic ocean
and France. After having been 'n
t army thirteen months he had
h'ii statlomd at thirteen different
camps and perhaps the most attract
ive one of the bunch will be the Jus
tus ranch when he reacheB there
m-xt week.
WILL HANDLE CANADIAN LANDS
F. It. Brown returned from Port
land Tues-d; y Where he attended a
conferees of Canadian Pacific laid
ai'cntr. cf Oregon and Washington of
5 w'llch he in one.
J, " Canadian Pacific railroad
i f". millions of acres of rich lands
iim , jrthein Alberta and Stakat 'he
wn n and a definite cumpa-sn Ik be
ing put on to Interest aettlem from
'.he states to go up there to locate.
- ;,- roniprlHO dry farming, Irrl-
rated and p razing areas and : re
f rnld to be -onderfully fertile. M.
Urr wn met a number of men at the
I er r', n -ro who live In the north and
, . ... f-nilrs r.nd ralfinj; rtock
)v 1.1 v thy are mighty
THK HOTEL KITI ATION
It is understood that an agreement
1 has been arrived at between the con-
soldlated hotl Interexts of Heppner
and Mrs. Georee Fell for the pur
: chase of the Star theatre corner and
also that an amicable arrangement
i , has been made with the proprietor
I "',ie Elkhorn restaurant. It Is ex
a that the deal will be closed
Nsjr, a new companjr Incorporated
7 and that conntructlun wnik will on
( f It Is unrliTHlond that the Slurum
s i-nrni-r whlrh hs l"-n undr opiior.
' !nr snnip time to Jeff Joti'H Slid J.
I ' V, TlpymiT and I n nil-d a Iim a.
iin for the triipi'd d'in t"n !n-
i ' '' l hs li" n pUf''i,:M l mitrli-M liv
Mr. Ji.Ti- n a pr v.il" ItiM-.i im-n!
; -.S'h!!i''r or tint - - tui l.l n Uxr
t iiropurty this -n hui not b n
..rsnoun-!.
J Moll I .A MM IHS TO Kll.
j I I T MVS
j t Mondajr "Junior Ir-. I p
Ir" t the bifh srhool when ?"
l'-r Sll ! !'-(ir..l t -hl attifd
' in knif kerbrkpr and the tirls In
I'.ort dreux- n4 p! lU. Th
! t ium is tirne hnnort-d In H' Pi n-r
I lh Object b-inc to iIp thone so
1 lite students forit tht tn'X '
I "lnf old.
LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION BUILDING TO COVER
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The new home of the Pacific In
ternational Livestock Exposition, to
be held November 15-32, at Port
land, is to be one of the largest and
most complete institutions of its
kind in the world. The plans con
FRONTING
THE WOOL GROWERS
Writer Urges Growers Not To Accept
Low Price Dealers Claim Of
Surplus Denied
Sheepmen all over the country are
concerned as to the price which they
may receive for their wool this year.
No other question is quite so im
portant to them right now, as there
seems to be a tendency to reduce
tine selling price of their product un
der last year's government price.
When men engase in a business
they are entitled to a reasonable in
surance that it will make a fair prof
it for their abor and investment. The
man who keeps sheep faces a unique
risk. When the sheep growers of
the fleece states who have kept cost
account records show that it costs
them from 75 to 80 cents to produce
a pound of wool under last year's
labor and feed cenditic r.s, th::- hnow
what they are talking about. Thos-e
actually engaged in the business are
in a better position to state the facts
than the outsider who is interested
in the wool business, but Who never
raised a pound of wool in Ills life.
Every Item that goes into the cost of
producing wool continues to be high.
Feed, labor, equii.ment, interest on
money,, all are as high this year as
last. The government did not decide
to stay out of the wool business un
til the growers had seven months of
their raw product under w,',y of pro
duction. Tlmir feed was bought and
la'jor engaged, both at higher prices,
to carry them through the season. It
Is obvious then that the grower
could not retrench In a day and re
duce the cost of production on this
year's wool clip. Yet he Is told that
he must take a marked reduaion for
''Is product. Is It fair to expect the
grower to suffer a loss when other
biant'aes of the trade interested in
this product go on making a fair
profit above the cost of production?
The manufacture testified before
the War Industries Board after the
armistice was signed that unless the
government released 3,000,000,000
pounda of wool which It had on hand
they would have to close their mills.
Now we hear that there Is a great
surplus of wool, and that the price is
to be greatly reduced. The grower
Is being led to think that he will get
35 or 40 cents for his product and
Is urged to m11 at these figures. Such
talk as this is nothing more than
propaganda to brinj down the mar
ket. The growers are being told that
there Is a great surplus of wool In
the world market. The figures
show that the governmpnt had 3,
000,000 pounds of wool available on
October 1 and had purchased 100,-
000,000 from South America to come
In within the next ten months. On
January 1 It was 60,000,000 pounds
short of this estimate. This amount
of wool certainly Is not In the coun
try, as the grower had sold all raw
wools before the government closed
Its wool book. The 60,000.d00
pound shortage represent sn error
In the estimate of the amount of raw
wool available on January 1, The
government or-ly hm 340,000.000
pounds of wool, which Included the
lon.nno.nuo pounds to come In from
South America, lni-d of 400,004..
00(1 on Orti,InT 1. The consumption
f wool lias b- n SO.OMO.(MM) pounds
n r timtiCi by th mills of tin. coun
try. 'nnrii"ntty tl, nulls have
i inuuid I 50. Ooo, (too pound iiic.
OitobiT 1. h-avitis only a rtirplus of
l!to,Dini (iiio pounds, a considerable
jiurt of whlrh has not come in from
'otith America. Normally we have
4 rarry over of JOO.o'iO.00'1 pounds
ry ftt. It csn therefore be
n that we are n:.riinrinr a
hoilase of wool, (unload of groat
(Continued on Psc Eight)
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY; MARCH 4, 1919
template a stadium, judging rings
and sections for all kinds of stock,
covering in all seven and oneJhalf ac
res. Stockmen throughout the north
west are now raising $250,000 for
the erection of this structure. The
GOVERNOR WITHY C O M B E
DIED AT 8:30 LAST NIGHT
Jams Withycombe, serving
Ills second term as governor of
Oregon, died at his home in S;i
lem at 8:30 last evening. Par
ticulars liad not reached Hepp
ner at the time of going to press
but it is understood death was
caused from heart trouble.
JOHN DAY ENGINEER SAYS TLMIE
RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT
Captain of Engineers, D. S. Hays,
now stationed at Washington, D. C.,
with the purchasing department of
the army general staff, was one of
the engineers on the John Day pro
ject several years ago and has since
been a warm friend and an enthu
siastic booster fi r the project. While
in Oregon Captain Hays and S. H.
Boardman, of Boardman, became
warm personal friends and they still
exchange occasional letters regard
ing the John Day project and the
Columbia river country. In a recdit
letter received by Mr. Boardman.
Captain Hays refers to the John Day
project as follows:
"Regarding the Jdiin Day project
8 " is was considered feasible
(at the time the survey was made) in
the course of ten or fifteen years.
When we look over the changes of
the last five years it appears that the
results of the fifteen years lv.-ve been
accomplished. This being the cas
it would ap:-ear that the proper time
has arrived for development. Of
course you know that Secretary Lane
has asked for only $100,000,000 for
development purposes and it Is 'hard
to tell what your chances ate for
securing part of this for the John
Day project as it is fully one-third of
the total amount asked for in the ap
propriation. I believe that his pro
posed appropriation Is only one-sixth
of the size It should be."
All of M-hlch indicates that, In the
opinion of Captain Hays the ques
tion of putting the John Day pro
ject over in the near futiue depends
mosty on the united and untiring ef
forts of the people most Interested In
the development of Morro-v and Gill
lam counties In keeping the project
everlastingl,- before the reclamation
authorities'.
It Is a big undertaking and big
undertakings always demand big,
united, untiring effort but It is worth
while.
HEPPNEH WILL HAVE HAND
Roy Cochran who has been work
ing on the organization of a band in
Heppner, reports to the Herald fhut
good progress Is being made and the
organization Is now practically as
sured. Some fourteen members hav-?
already signed up and several Instru
ments have been ordered. Mr. Coch
ran says the proposition Is meeting
with general approval both among
thost who are being solicited to be
come miTiibers and the people gener
ally. Everybody is pleased wlt.i
the prospert of a first-class musical
organization for Heppner and assiir
ances of moral and material support
r not larking.
A meeting will be held In the
council chamber this evening when a
permanent organization will be ef
fected and It Is hoped the member
ship roll will be considerably In
rrtawd. Every citizen of the town
should get behind this organization.
It will mean much to the enjoyment
of lit.. In !l-ppner and If .will keep a
liie niiiout.t of money at Iim ie
liicli Is now paid to outMde mil)
rial!. I'.itronl boine people nd h"lp to
build up He; ;m-r.
The old stuiy about th" mcrr'iah;
who did not advertise but was n",
a l.iy becauw !. had t!i it'll
nd a Vt tbuty matih has been in.
tiKBted and f'uind to ! uritni"
Th poor fellow w found too slu v
to catch the itch and he learned the
ttm by looking at the sun. Anot ti
er rhrlhel fsbU gon to the cf. p
pile. t .
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Oregon legislature has appropriated
$25,000 for the annual premium list
of this show. The livestock exhibi
tion is now in its ninth year and
draws the breeders and dairymen
from California, Orfc;on, Montana,
Huge Fund Available for Coming
L Three Years. Would Hard Sur-
face 1200 Miles
In the coming three years 1919,
1920 and 1921 there will be avail
able the sum of $23,000,000 for road
work in Oregon. If this money was
devoted to hard surfacing it would
build 1200 miles.
These statistics were presented
at the meeting of the senate
roads and highway committee by
Chairman Dennis of the house com
mittee, when the automobile license
bill was under consideration. The
senate committeet completely upset
the license whedue which the house
adopted Monday after an all day
session and jacked up the license
all along the line,
A vigorous- protest is expected
from the -. house when the scale
adopted by tiie senate committee is
discovered, and it is possible that the
house may refuse to concur in the
amendments.
Reverting to the statement of Mr.
Dennis he says that there is ex
pended from the $6,000,000 bond
bill, $3,500,000. The 1919 bond
bill is for $10,000,000. The Ileu;,
Uarrett bill wil make available
$1,819,000, and there is government
money available for the three-year
period amounting to $6,119,000.
Added to tliis is the estimated ve
nue of $700,000 from the gaaoliu-.'
tax and $500,000 from the qua'-tei
mill tax. The 191 9 license will
yield $400,000 and the scale of li
censes for 1920 and 1921 W'.iich Mr.
Dennis asked will produce $2,000,1
000; expenses such us overhead, col
lections and Interest for two years
will run up to $2,400,000.
The full significance of the re
sources available for road buildtn;
can be approximated when It Is un
derstood that It costs about $20,000
a mile to hard surface. There Is no
supposition, however, that the vast
sum will be used exclusively for hard
surface.
Owners of low prlrced cars who
were licensed at $12 In the house
bill, are now raised to $16 by the
senate committee. Cars with horse
power In ewes of 33 horsepower
and inclusive of 26 'horsepower are
tilted from $15 to $24; In excess of
26 horsepower and Inclusive of 30
horsepower thfl rate Is Increased
from $20 to $32; In excess of 30
horsepov-er und Inclusive of 36
horsepower the coin mil tec raised It
from $35 to $4 4; In excess of 36
horsepower Bnd Inclusive of 40
horsepower the rals.. Is from $(5 to
$56; und In excess of 40 horsepower
the committee made an increase
from $55 to $64.
These rates include one-fourth
which will bn turned back to the
counties In lieu of a property tax. An
opinion has been received flout the
attoi ney-genera that the piopeity
tax cun be exempted and fin. lii-en
Is mad sufficiently large to finer
what has heretn-ot te-en paid for
propel ty UiX. .Membeis of the roui
mltte,, admit that the owtiei. of old
cats get mm, e hat the wor t of the
ileal, cohsiileriiii; the ptoperly tax
but they expialti Hint it. Is l i p., i
tile to please everone,
(nets Of lain III the ",, :,,. J f, j
' I. ii a,!, b instil li, i,- j ! . r. , I,'!
light, a their pioperty t.n Mr
heavy. Coiisid"! ,ni; the pinnr' Sa
lt l contended t f. t the I.e. !,. on
Hie cheap ram lit J it doubled
MllMATlr 4 LI It TO olU.VMi:
A mwtlng of all i-snljr of any
llii h School will h held at th coun
rll chamber nit Tuesday evening,
March 11, ,fr thi purpose of organ
izing a dramatic club. All Interest
ed are Invited.
0RE60I ILL SPE1D
$23,000,000 FOR ROADS
7 1-2 ACRES
ii ? t h h ir
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Idaho,, Washington and British Col
umbia. . The housing of the show in
adequate quarters means the recog
nition of the value of the livestock
industry of the northwest.
W. E. CTJMMIXGS MEETS WITH
PAINFUL ACCIDENT
While driving to town from his
ranch last Friday with a four-horse
team, W. E. Cummings, well known
farmer, met with a serious and pain
ful accident. When near the Blahm
ranch below town the stretcher bar
brolte frightening the leaders and
causing them to spring forward so
suddenly as to pull the driver from
the high seat. Mr. Cummins landed
squarely on his- head receiving sev
eral scalp wounds which required 10
stitches to close. Andy Hood, Jr.,
came along just as the accident liap
rened and getting Mr. Cummins into
his car brought him to town where
his wounds were dressed. Mr. Cum
mins was in town Monday not much
the worse for 'his accident but he
says it was a pretty close call and he
came near getting out of the farming
business right there. He says the
wheat is looking fine and he start
ed plowing for barley Monday
morning.
EDWARD NOTSOX ARRIVES
I'ICOM FRANCE
Edward Notson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. E. Notson, who has been In
France with the United States army
since lust September, arrived last
evening to visit the home folks. Kd
ward enlisted In Iowa soon after this
I'omiMy entered the war and was
sent to the Mexican border where !:,
served until hist full when ordered
over-seas. It- experienced some
thrill going over by being caught, in
ilie worst storm known on the Atlan
tic In many years and for a w'iiile
himself and comradu thought they
might have u. swim for It.
i:PIS( OP., (, h,) ENTI I'.TAIVS
All Saints Episcopal Guild was en
tertained by Mrs, Lucas and Mrs.
Irwin at the home of Mrs. Lucas on
Thursday afternoon. February 27tli,
with eleven tables of bridge.
Those present were: Mesdames
linger, Gilliam, Nys, Darby, MrMu -do,
Cochran, Wells, Van Vaclor
Paterson, Ileymer, Gilliam, Hughes,
Stone, Sweek, Cox, Ilorg, Illsbe,., Ml
honey, Ilrlggs, Anderson, Turner,
Ollllam, Vaughn, Hoy ThompMii.i
George Thompson. Vaughan, Cox,
Wells, Vaughan, Clark, Ilutler, Cue;,,
ran. Avers, Spencer, Matlock, Koc m .
man, DeVore, Wilcox and the Misses
Ona Glllum, J. Black, l-Mlth Tlioil. y.
Maty Kurnsworth. Highest honors
fell to Mis. W. P. Mahoney, Mis,
Chas. Cop ami Mrs. L. E. HlHt.ee.
following th curds refreshments
H-neU.
Hon, C, R, Woodson wtio ably t -p.
resent-d this district l the w,.r
hour, of the Oregon legislature at
thet sesi ion just closed, returned to
Heppm-r Saturday evening and was
pretyt busy Monday morning gieet
Ing his friends and starting to begin
to commence to get ready to take up
the hundrum work of practicing luw
analn. His law tnu trier r t
ee,uiK piiiiiciiiiniy pleasant
when th,. Herald reporter rnlled
dently believing that tho duties of i
i-.fniMii nip pi urn,,, (in ,, ,,an'M
should,. is quite as anlonnm u
m"m i
Herald only 12 00 a v.,.r
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PARKER & BANFIELD
COI.t;.!i;iA HLJU.hlNT,, PORTLAND
DcMnm, LiiKinrcrint;, Constructint;. Ten
rars c.x.cncnrc in reinforced concrete and brick
foiivtriirtion.
ROY V. WHITEIS, Local Representative
NUMBER 44
ARGQNNE FOREST HERO
RETURNS TO HEPPNER
Roy Scott, Thrice AVounded in Five
Days Fighting, Relates Thrills
For Herald Readers
Roy Scott, Morrow county boy,
who was one of the draft contingent
to leave Heppner April 27th, last,
returned Saturday evening and is
staying for a few days at the Wilson
hotel while recuperating from
wounds received during five days of
fierce fighting in the terrific battle
of Argonne Forest.
Scott and his comrades first left
the trenches and went over the top
In the early morning of September
26th and for five days they staved
with the job of clearing the forest
of Germans, diggine in wherever
night overtook them and again get
ting busy with the first faint streak
of dawn on each succeeding day. On
September 30th Scott was unfortun
ate enough to get in the way of a
bursting shell and was- struck witU
shrapnel in the right foot and left
leg below the knee, and pretty thor
oughly put out. of business. While
making his way to the rear to re
ceive attention he was again struck
this time by a machine gun bullet
Which perforated his left shoulder.
It was not until October third that
he reached a hospital where he re
mained until January 15th when he
was invalided home finally being
sent to Camp Fremont, California,
where he received his discharge.
Tcott takes a rather philosophical
"W.'Y of his experiences and thinks
that he got off pretty lucky. The
shrapnel might have hit him in a vi
tal part, he reasons, and usually
when a fellow gets hit by a machine
gun bullet he generally gets five or
six more before he hits the ground.
When they first went over on the
morning of the 26th, he says, there
were not many Germans in sight, thu
heavy barrage our artillery had been
laying down for several hours having
either driven them back or fixed
thorn so they couldn't bother a Yanlt,
Our men soon came upon them how
ever, and from that time on there
was fierce fighting all of the time.
On this fiont the alllud Hrtlllery
engaged in barrage work covered a
sector 20 miles along the front and
eight miles deep and the guns, which
ranged In size from the French 75s
to 16-Inch monsters, were planted ns
closely together as they could bo con
veniently operated.
Scott Is modest In speaking of hl
experiences and makes no claim tu
nny hero business. Ho went over
when th,, call ratiie, done his part In
tihe fighting while able to travel and
snoot, and took his medicine
as a
casualty.
Ho Is glad fho fuss is over and
that he is back In the good old V. S.
A. and he says tho boys who are still
over there are all mighty anxious tn
get bark.
Harry Snyder, who worked on thn
Justus ranch before going over, was
In the same company with Scott and
Ouy and Glenn MrKarren, also Mor
row county boys were In the samn
regiment. Guy was wounded In tho
same buttle und on the same day
Hint Scott rerelvi-d his wounds. Ho
fur as he knows the other three aro
still In France,
sol IHI ItS NOT III Sl(j
TO UOAII UOItIC
Civil Engineer S. II. Ilrmrdmun,
who Is In charge of the Columbia
Highway roust ruction on the Morrow
county division. In a letter to County
Judge Campbell (H, t1(,r , f
gutd to road matters mentions cas
ually that th,. elglit-mlle flection of
highway whii'li was excepted when
the contract was I, t to porter Con
by In order that the commission
could furnish Immediate work to ills
charged soldiers, Is not, being built
very fust. Ho far not an ex-Dough-boy
has reported for duty and th
nferenrn Is that they are not very
keen for that sort of employment.
The section, Mr. Iloanlmnn
i ""'"'"I work, thn contract-
""'niala on th" rock worlt ran,
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