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VOLUME 6
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1919
NUMBER 12
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HAPPENINGS IN THE
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' 'ATE ST NOTES FKOM CENTER
OP RICH WHEAT BE1T
Costly Fire on Ferrens Ranch City
Will Iay New Water Mains
Wheat Yield Great
SAND HOl.LOW FARMER
HARVESTS FINE CROP
To the casual observer, unacquain
ted with conditions In the wheat belt
during the harvest season lone might
give impression of being a mighty
quiet town these days but to those on
the inside, who understand that ev:
try available man Is !n the harvest
fields doing his bit at saving the big
wheat crop the period of quiet in
town spells PROSPERITY in capital
letters.
In spite of the dry season the
Ij yieatcrop around lone is, generally
4 freaking, considerably above the av-
er'age and reports from practically
Vv- every farm where harvesting opera
tions are In progress show that the
rrop is irunning from six to ten bush
els better than was expected.
C. B. Sperry, lone buyer for the
Northern Grain & Warehouse com
pany, who is keeping in close touch
with crop conditions, estimates the
crop in the lone district at right ar
30 hushels per acre, and We-
quality is strictly No. 1, testing from I
60 to 62 pounds per bushel.
Mr. Sperry told a Herald reporter
last Saturday of the experiences of
A. L. Douglas which shows there is
money in farming in the lone coun
try. Mir. Douglas bought 1000 acres
of wlieat land two years ago at $30
per acre. Pessimists told him the
land was cot worth the price but. hie
reply was that if wheat land of that
character is not worth $30 it is rot
worth anything. Last season he sum
mer fallowed 640 acres of his tract,
, cultivated it thoroughly and planted
li'.ie seed in good season. The 'estilt
is that he is harves t ing a eron of 23
t i,it. o,. oi'o worth S?.0fi rev
V.ii-'Uel. He will yy ?',v l',' !''n
from the first crop vith ?16 rcr
acre left to pay exxpcn"s and inter
est. Another such ciop will give him
his ranch as velvet end put him or
Easy street.
,j" E. Cvomin. president of the
Hank of lone also rave fie reporter
the story o fDwight Miacnor's- exxper
ience. Two years ago Mr. C'ronan sold
Mr. Misener 1130 ncres at $17 per
acre. Last year he had a fine crop
but a hail storm struck It July 15th
and wipe dit out. It was a diseourag-
ting experience. Mr. Misener could
not make his payment nor pay his
Interest out .Mr. uronan iuiu mm i"
go to it and put in another crop. He
did so and is now cutting a crop of
$00 acres malting IS bushels per
acre. Another such crop or even less
will put Mr. Misener also on Eapy
street with plenty of velvet to go on.
J. T. Knappenburg also had a
story to relate about the crop of E
i C. Heliker who recently bought a
, tract of $13 per acre land. From
X 1 60 acres of tils tract thin year he
'S 'ut 54 big loads of hay and threshed
1100 sacks of wheat making In the
aggregate a pretty good crop.
Such Instance might be duplicat-
fd Indefinitely but the foregoing are
sufficient to show Hint with proper
fanning mefiiods there Is no need for
limners in the lime district to wor.'y
about getting good return from
their labor and Investment. All seem
to be coming to the proposition flint
the man who p!own his ground early
In the fpilnc, keep It well cultivat
ed and free from weeds will r-et a
good crop whether It rain In May
and June or not.
O. A. Devin, a successful farmer of
the Sand Hollow district, was in town
Thursday taking out a load of grain
bags in which to handle his fine crop
of wheat. Mr. Devin's crop is making
from 20 to 30 bushels per acre whit'h
is pretty good for this' season,
although, he says, not quite so good
as last season. He attributes his suc
cess to good farming methods being a
firm believer in the doctrine of not
farming too much land but farming It
well. He owns about 1800 acres ou1
there but has only. 500 or 600 acres-
in cultivation. His present crop is:
about 300 acres.
Modern Advertising Methods
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Oregon has fulfilled predictions of
national headquarters of the Ameri
can Legion, the nation wide organi
zation of American veterans of the
great war, that women will have r
direct interest and active participa
tion in the work of the legion. Port
land has organized the first auxil
iary on the Pacific coast and one of
the first in the country with a mem
bership composed of wives, mothers
and sisters of meh w!ho were in the
war.
The constitution of the American
Legion was adopted by the auxiliary.
Not only fjch auxiliary posts will Lie
formed but mere also will be local
posts of women who are entited to
full membership in the legion by
reason of their enlistment iu the ser
vice.
In response to inquiries from
many states, where women who or
ganized during the war to help fan:
relatives and friends in the service
and the families of these men. de
sire to continue their interest in the
: vivMl ve'tsruns, the National Ex
ecutive Committee lias announced i's
Approval rf the organization oi wo
men auxiliaries ol individual ,ioMw.
stales branches of the legion have
bcn notllied to encourage the fi.--
nutii n of these ..uxi'.'u'.'U-s, whir i it
bellevd will assist, materially ir
utile! th- orp.i'.n;.at!t;n of th"
veterans t hep. selves.
The purpose of thin action is tc
enable these auxiliary agendo which
were recognized as district assets to
the morale of the army, navy nr-'
marine corps during the war to con
tinue and preserve their service and
usefulness In the civilian activities
of t'ne war's veterans. The permn
nent statu of women's ntix'.lta' ie- 'it
local posts will be determined by the
national convention of the America):
Legion at Minneapolis In November,
The organization of woben whe
were actually enlisted In the t'nited
States service will be conducted by
the btate branches. Yeomanetie posit
have already been chartered and oth
ers that have applied for charter
will receive them In a fe wdays
Among those now under way are t'.ie
Edith Cavell Post In Brooklyn, com
Posed of yeninaneneg who served in
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Itt-t
How Post In Washington, H. c.
Rothwell K.tne Post at Forth Wroth
Ti xx ih. Martha War-hln:ton ttiiii N- i
lv Pitcher Posts on the Pacific coast
Barbara Frletchle l'o-i
New Yoi k.
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'i ' J. T. Knappenburg. whose ranch la
'f V"r 'one. Is making a specialty of
i lip-nreu i,inroin rii"-ii rum ii im--.-t
irf iih .nrri Hl 300 nure-bred
we brought him a rood percentage
of lambs last Jantinry and he now
has buck lambs that weigh 111
pound each.
Mr. Knappenburg 'n"r r,,w
ricns of his flock at the Mot row
J County Fair and expect to rany
1 number of aa-ds bom with hltn.
Ih.lnirlc l lrr nt 1'nrrms Ranch
Flr de'troyrd the fine rsnrh
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j which being unknown.
H-nry Clark and brother, of lone
.av Iht place rnt4 and their Ion
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THE LATEST 4l fi STORV
Jim Franklin and Jack Hynd were
In town from Cecil Tlnit sday and
while whlling away the time waiting
dinner at the Elkhorn cnfe.Jim told
a story of a farmer back In Minn
(iota he heard of while on a rwent
Eastern trip who then the plate went
dry lined th floor of his mlo with
tightly rotked. mpty, tint,lH?cd
earthen Jugs, then filled the nlo with
corn aitage and awaited r'-nlt
When the rliua wan finally f d out
and the tloor tif the silo reached, hf-
found the Jugs all an full of (lift
bin, hliill- proof rorn hikev lht
they roiibln't v-n gurvlf. Jmi t
ih" utory a glfn him tor hohit
'rtilh Htid lliat inoht -ery lutti er ir
r ut tte Is building a f"w ilo
Jurk liini"l ttonthly to th
toiy nd when It finished t.i't
"d h't foot tor a lumber ytd to pliiri
in older lor mine ullo ItitnloT JaeV
) he getting tired of tli h l
lulnei anyway and thinks h m-ll'
tart a dairy at Iluturtijr Flat. buile
plenty of allot, and fill 'mi all wlt
-rrn crtt th bottom Uyr hic
will b mostly th light kind of Jur
THE HERALD today invites a careful scrutiny of its ad
vertising pages believeing that in them will be found
something of more Uian passing interest to every reader.
Today The. Herald inaugurates a new advertising ser
vice one which the publisher believes will not only help him
in the way of building up a more profitable business but one
which will prove also of great value to every business man in
Heppner and to the general public as well.
In- the business life of every community the interests
of each individual are more or less interwoven with the in
terests of the community as a whole. The man without cap
ital has a better chance to succeed in ft live, prosperous town
than he can possibly have in a dead, unprogressive town and
by the same token the modern, up-to-date business man can
achieve greater success in a community where the people who
patronize him have money to spend and? where they know that
they can get what they want when jthey want it at prices and
on terms equally satisfactory win those t-ney can secure in any
other town or city in the country. ' In order that the people
shall know these things, however, some means must be pro
vided for the business men to get the Information to them and
that newspapers are the best medium for t'.ie purpose has been
so frequently and so thoroughly demonstrated by the most suc
cessful business institutions in the country as to permit of no
.argument. , '
In common with other lines of commercial activity the
advertising busin'ess has been developed within the last few
years into a system that closely approaches a science. Ex
perts, men who by years of experience and study 'nave dem
onstrated that they are qualified to produce advertising ideas
that will get results for the business men who employ them,
are, in a way, directing the advertising business of the entire
country and their knowledge and the results of their exper
ience are now available' to every progressive newspaper in the
country and through them to every advertiser.
Under its present management the policy of The
Herald has been, and will continue to be. that of SERVICE to
the community that supports it and In keeping with this poli
cy the paper has secured an advertising "sales service" from
one of the very foremost concerns' in that line In the United
States'. Through the use of this service The Herald is ahle
to place at lhe disposal of its advertising patrons the very
latest developments in advertising cuts, borders, Ideas and
suggestions-. The service does not mean any "hand-me-down"
"ready to run" advertisements such as some ad writers sell to
business men at big prices but it offers-up-to-the-minute cuts,
suitable for practically every line of business, borders and
designs which feature almost any article t he merchant may
wi.-:h- to ofier at that particular tune, and advertising ideas
and suggestions of value to every ian who wants to write an
ett .active, busin"ss.-rretting ad.
The seivk-e conies to us e'-'erv month in the form of
li.atr'.-er of the different cuts- and lii-sici,? Hmr'aflei' the, cus
tomer has made his selection from the proof sheets wlilcEi ac
companv the matrices the cuts are cast in the stereotyping
nlatit The Herald has .ill st int tailed especially for this service
and are quickly mounted and ready to go in the customers lid.
In securing this service and Installing the equipment
v.itil v.'ilch- to handlf it The Herald has added a very con
siderable item to its even:-e account but for the usc of the
service by our patrons we charge not one penny. Our return
,I:oi!i this investment, which by the way must be paid for 111
hard cash and not in any exchange of advertising space, will
come from the Improvement of our advertising service, the
Increased satisfaction of our patrons, the growth of t.'ae adver
tiser's Interest In his own advertising and the consequent In
crease In our advertising patronage.
A La in -ve Invite a careul reading of evety ad in this tsRiie of
The Herald. You will lind them at once, attractive nnd prof
itable. Proofs for the service for August are now nn file at
The He'ald office and advertisers are Invited to rail at their
earliest convenience, look them over, and make selections.
Dtn't wait or our advertising man to call. We are pretty
busy and he may be delayed.
If the old fashioned, sloppy, rtfange-once-every-few
niont'.ia method of advertialng without cuts or other attract
ive features paid, certainly a modern, attractive, up-to-the-minute
system Btich as we are now able to '! you AT THE
SAME PRICE will pay you belter.
Study the new ads In this paper, think it over and then
come in and look our proofs over and try It out.
MUCH STOCK RElMi SHIPPED
G. M. Blakely, of the firm of the
firm of Hlakely & Clough, big sheep
men of Grant, Gilliam and Morrow
counties, was in town last week look
ing after the shipment of 2400 fat
wethers to the Chicago market. Mr.
Winfield, a partner of Mr. Blakely,
accompanied the stock east.
The same firm expect to ship 1500
head of lambs from Heppner today
to the same destination and will fol
low them withseveral other ship
ments later in the season. The firm
are now running about 35,000 sheep
and rank among the biggest sheep
men of the state.
1 REGARDING LONG AND
1 SHORT HAUL QUESTION
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ARCHITECTS PLANS FOR
HOTEL ARE ACCEPTED
WILL COST $10(1,(10(1 KIRMSHED
READY TO RUN
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Coming Morrow County Fair
Will Offer Many Attractions
Plans lor tii"' annual harvest
gathering of Morrow county. B'c
eriidmilly taking chni- and It is con
fidently anticipated that the coming
Pair will be a real event.
A good line of giuln exhibits arf
being iriitheied at present and aside
from the grains gathered by En" se
rial coiiimltlee every fanner Is espe
cially urged to bting exhibits and
heln make a big display.
During the afternoon of each of
i In- thtee d)K a Chautauqua pto-
witl be given, lasting tn
or special latere. t. f i,i Inn l.ilit mil
he along the I. ties of gmln ' lasif i ,i
1 1 i si and iiiui k-titit' Another h' tni
er. Who Is line o! the moxl 1 loqlieli!
.pearki-t in the miiIm will be Mr
I : l.ivill, editor of th Western rFara
I -r. w'.io will teach for every rltUcn
! of i'io county i nd If he runs true to
fotn will ninety iinike connections.
I A good ti hi tor Miow I" pt on. !- it
to consist ol at I. nt II.h Yuba. H"H.
siHiu win in1 Kiifn. iii"nni J " I
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A H'cm!id bund ill be pte-nl
n fall tei;alia and among the pek
i aliradv M-riited ai Stipe' Inten
lent Stephens of Mum enperlntetil
-'iit on, lm will srsln diti Dm ,
Farming pttuliic, tn hih sll ui j
oel fatmein r- deeply Intel eii
Manager O'M. I'liimuier of the Pad J
'ii International t.lvortock Show will
peak upon th letiK-"k conditions '
.f the roast I'tofenmir flu It II r
I"P probsbly the bent agronomist In ,
he et wilt ha aomsthlnt for j
"jr istalu fitnwr and elevator man ,
ll t and Trtitidar Hack l.iyein mid
probably tu or Ihree round lne
'I he a in ii "to en I piogism I mIo
lakltiK slmpe and ti" liiolmV i!i"
pl.it is ror.li.i in ior it on
in tln-i. and other lieu,, .lu ll
tuve mote to av in a fev 1I.1-.
Pteiyl.ody rt.f iitl'l pUn to In ip
!ee"t fof Motion ronnty'n !(,i,t T
AN St' A I, i:I.ST
I,. A. MI NT, County Ai' tit
Donald ll l.e: mho bold
good pontlon with the ft W. It N
Co. at Th Dtl. tun. out Ktit
day to pnd the wk with hi pat
ents, t onduf tor and M n l-wis
The railroads' argument, that if
they are not permitted to meet the
beat rates at the Pacific coast and
othe rwater ports they will lose a
large amount of business because the
steamship lines will get it; that this
will cause a reduction in their in
come returns and therefore justify
higher rates at the shorter haul in
terrior points in order to pay returns
on their properties, in part it per
haps tenable, but how, may I ask,
would the short haul lerritoty alone
be injured? Would not the equali
zation of rates throughout, the coun
try have a highly beneficial effect by
placing nil communities upon an ab
solute equality? We of the interme
diate territory will not object to our
railroad rate as long as they are
reasonable and free from unjust dis
crimination, undue preference and
prejudice, for we would then be upon
an equal footing with all othei locali
ties, and would obtain the advan
tage of community betterments and
prosperity and permit, of our spend
ing of our own mono yal home In
stead of allowing it to go to eastern
industrial centers. Such industrial
development would Increase our tiop-
iiKtlon. wealth and taxable nroncrtv. 1 '"' propoily
This threat of it being neca -ssai y
to increase rales in the intermediate
territory If not pe-milted to 'haul to
the coast lit a rtae (hat will prohibit
the operation of boats is always held
up by the railioada to frighten tin
people of the intermediate points.
We at'" nut so easily frir.liteiied. ii"'
our rates will not be raised out of
proportion to all other localities. Ah
we view It, the rate , In no event,
could be In excess of the boat rate
plus the local rate back to Interme
diate points, and the local rates can
not be Increased upon the w'lim of
the carriers Such Increase would,
undo- the law, require the approval
of the Interstice Commerce Com
mission or the Stale Conimiision
Fin thet more, the law prohibits iin
lust iIIkci iminatlon. Kales lonsl be
fixed and usually hate been fixed In
' the past with reference to the truffle
land the needs of the public, and not
tiwlt'n reference alone to f'e ne da ol
the railroad. It Is entiiely a matter
of expert Judgment. Regulatory bod
les. to lyeuis, have endeavored In
buildup a sdenliflc late structure by
Justly disli Uniting the cost of opera
tion of tiiiltoiiilH among Hie IihIms
liin ami commodities lliat can bel
nt foul to -talid 'ind cost, nnd leak'
,in h lower inten us an- neeevsait'
for mii-'i i to 1 1 -t i ii a tid i o lit moil 1 1 1 1 . s
should I.- pi I.d bv tavtMWYCW
should In- prohibited by l.iw ft inn
building up rari'ei cumins nt th
i! i' .ut w-i ata I'.- of M-it.iin b n-alit n .
:.c to the llllilllll.lte Of Minis. Olll
rates on apple, lumber nnd f b me
not hii'iier to intei mediate point1
Hum to the Atlantic roust. Tlicsf, nl
neri-s-ltv, tcii-t hate blanket mica to
get Hum to iiiaikcf In iiitiipcl it ion
with lumlnr nnd iippba fiom the
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Mtitin ami tic-i; aim ou ii-h woo
Si-w nni't.tnd piodm .
With the enaitment of S imt- lull
::i.n .ne riitea might be i stablidlii-il j
ba'lna New Ymk In Pinllir coast,
rinded buck to .iv Spokane, eastern :
firon point", In no, IiioeniK as one j
rone, snd tlnti fii'ibn, and .-'sit Ijike (
linn D-tinr, ite Tlnn another et j
from podicitit, s-vtafll''. etc , then;
New Structure Will He Strictly Mxl
ein mill Supplied With Latest
Conveniences
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Heppner Hotel Association
held in the offices of Woodson &
Sweek last Friday evening, John V.
Bennes, architect, submitted his
plans and specifications to the stock
holders and after full and free dis
cussion of the situation it was car
ried by a unanimous vote, that his
plans be accepted and that building
operations be undertaken at the ear
liest possible date.
While l.'ae directors of the com
pany had the power to let. a contract
without, consulting the stockholders
they preferred to submit the matter
to the men who are putting up the
money before closing.
The plans call for u tln ee-stoii y
building of hollow tile construction
with stucco finish. There will be 48
guest rooms all suppied with hot and
cold running water and one-half with
private bath. All are outside rooms.
The first floor will be occupied by
a spurious lobby, a large dining
room, ladies parlor, kitchen, stor
age, etc.
While the original plans called for
a full basvment it was decided to
eliminate that feature with the ex
ception of enough' room to accommo
date the heating plant and storage
room lor supplies.,
The cost of the building will ap
proximate $70, (Mill, the estimated
cost of I'urnisliings Is close to $20,-
000, bringing the cost of the plant,
including Hie site, when ready to
open to about $100,000.
Approximately fifty percent of the
estimated cost of the building has
been subscribed and the balance will
be secured In the form of a loan on
.1. F. Vaughn, president of fhe
coiniaiiiy, went to Portland Sunday
to ci aiplele liie l innnci.i) arrant e
liietltf. end it is t-Mn-cted everything;
will he In readiness for active huilil
i ii (,ici at i tns to (oiiiineni'e by
m t liisl
$.- i cas.ii ruizi s i on over
sets EXPERIENCES
Nearly every lad who went over
seas has an Interesting story to tell
pathetic, amusing, or tender- of
some child In Frame. peiliaps it Is
little Pierre who crept ill to eat with
him at mesn; or Marcelline whom he
found, white-faced and terror
stricken, In the cellar of a ruined
house; or Henri, whose lather wim
killed In the trenches and wtinso
mother was taken to C.ermany by the
enemy; or II may have been Almee
wim Insisted upon being adopted by
him "A merlcalne." At tiny rutr, tnern
Is nl tn nyst a story and a chllu
! For such stories, as these, or sim
ple ones telllni; of the f rlciidshlp be
'tween the Freiii'h child ami the
I American soldier, 17S cash prizes are
oilciod, SoldieiK, MtlloiH, murines,
lm n and women w ho wi re In France
'diiiini; the war in any rapacity, or
! their families, sw eel hen its or ft lends.
(ire Invited to lontpete for ttie-.e
'. prles. l.lietar) ability ,'s not
I requited. Aiivliodv who can Wlite
n letter home i.ill Wtite well etloll-'ll
for Hie pill pose ol this content Coil
dlllotis of I lie contest call be MM Ill.-il
bv wrltUu' 'The Fatlni lea Chililien
of Frame. Itiiom f.'ll. tin S. Mi.1,1
' U'an Ave, Clilingo." There Is lm
icvpeni-e alii In d to fiit-Mttg the run
ite, I, whlih Is open to n nt body w'i-
wants to compete Mothets. sli-tei .
I Hweetln iii la nnd wive should I nn
over their l tten fiiim pill or Tom or
I n k w blcht they have In-, n so proud
ly tieasut Inc. and bunt up the -f r
licen In the MUm Ftemh ihlldun
Jn-I mime llitle Incident told siinpl
1n a biter mar win a pi if'.
)! il'rj moil
pimU III doe S'ltiot pi j iq niiii il
t i Imftalo nnd what In known
W" !"!! trlilM'l 'it tl'lllk lltl'
l , l.i t ra'es to ti e n.iil wo lid (ot
ctitri n.aliufa'ttiilng In'eiei la to j
,nte tin le l.le.i. of blp.illK tin It i linn lital
rn o'l 'K m orn i in" f.i
p.i) i.idi i i ii m :'aii
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; j-i'i lime .m i p w 1 1 q i
t-i t i'p in i'
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the
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carries, and st II
I s-m not an mlvo. ute of the theory I w ill be of InolittiaM
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e nam tin,
a lt alltai-e Ii
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of leaking talea on a mlb-ayr bi
am, however, opiii o tlie rnt
Inr f l'i"r it for the longer
haul oM tb tnr n.ule ami in Ibr
ltt fclrxtinn. This lirartlr fan b
dirontlntid. I bll"e. lthoit rt-t-
interior point", We all know that if
the railroads do not obtain suffice 1 1
revetiuo the shlppeta and rotnnnini
Ilea will suffer, for "no starved hi
r pulM a heatry load "
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