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VOLUME 6
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1919
NUMBER 14
PHONE RATES FOLLOW
LATEWM INCREASE
ULTIMATE CONSUMER CALLED
UPON TO FOOT BILL
Company Holds Postmaster General,
Not Oregon Public Service Com
mission Rules
The following statement has been
made by the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company in regard to the
new rates:
' "The increased rates for telephone
service effective July 29th, which af
feet the entire state of Oregon, are a
direct consequence of the heavy in
crease in wages effective June 16th,
amounting to an excess of $325,000
for the state of Oregon. These wages
go to the people who work for the
telephone company and who render
is service.
X trhe niihlic. hna been verv familiar
.n the difficulties involved in at
tempting to give telephone service
under wages 'heretofore in effect.
These rates are put in by the Federal
Administration effective at once, be
cause of financial necessities precip
itated by the heavy increase in wages
The ratfcs in each particular instance
are rates approver by the Postmaster
General on or before June 6, 1919
These particular rates are made ef
fective for thi: reason that in each In
stance they are believed to be Just
and reasonable, in and of themselves.
tor the service to which they apply.
"They also constitute the only un
questionable legal rates In each and
every instance. The public lias been
paying rates recently fixed in an or
der issued by the Public Service
Commission of Oregon, which
became effective May 1, 1919.
"U'iLh regard to the Public Ser
- vice Coirnilpslnu and it:i order, it will
be remembered by the public that
the investigation instituted by the
commission last November, end one
a of the mob', thorough ever carried out
by any commission, if elicit Tu an in
create of rates effective In May.
"The relief Involved in that order.
as Btatcd by the commitiEion, w .e d
signed to cover only wage increase
which had been made effective the
year previous, with particular refu
-nc:o to wage increase in November
ID 1 8. The commission withheld the
replication of increased rates U'rMl
f.ie first of May, and then made rp
pllcahle the rates which have hivn
paid since May first.
"The validity of the commission
action and of their order has been
attacked in the state courtsand the
telephone company and the Federal
Administration are forced to the con
elusion that the only rates, the lc.
sality of Which are beyond question
are the rates actually approved by
the Post Master General during the
period of Federal control. They are
the tales contemplated by tne act of
Cougress and which will be effective
for four months after Federal con
trol or until reviewed by state au
; thorltles.
. Aie Increasvd rates will yield an
4ne .1 revenue upwards of 1250,000
but as the increase In wages Is up-
. wards of t 225,000, the net return to
the company with the new rates now
made effective Is approximately 2 4
per cent on Oie valuation of its
property at 1 13. 464.000. as found by'
the Public Sen-Ice CoiumUt Ion.
"The new Hehe.iule. of rates l
Identical with the one approved by
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NOTICE TO ELKS
A work meeting of Hepp
ner Lodge, No. 358, B. P.
O. E., will be held Thurs
day evening, August 7tfh,
when an interesting classof
candidates will be admitted
and business matters of im
portance to the lodge will
be discussed.
Arrangements are under
way to charter a special
sleeper and diner for the
trip to Klamath Falls next
week and it is important to
know by Thursday evening
just how many expect to
make the trip. Every mem
ber of Heppner Lodge as
well as every visiting mem
ber of the order is urged to
be present Thursday even
ing. F. A. McMENAMIN,
Exalted Ruler
H. A. COHN, Secretary.
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HOTEL BUSINESS HOOMING .!-,
Writing in the Oregonian
of an auto trip around the
state Addison Bennett has
this to say about the hotel
business:
Just s word about the lead
ing business of th places we
passed through the hotel
business. If you wish to go
any where far enough away
from home to eat a meal or
stop all night, just wire
ahead about a month. For
the hotels are so crowded
that they cannot begin to
serve all who apply. There
are exceptions to this rule,
of course, but almost all the
hotels are filled and running
over every night.
And yet some people try
to tell us that a big, first
class hotel will not pay in
Heppner.
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CITY CLOSES DEAL FDR
GATES ITER SYSTEM
AGREEMENT REACHED TO PUR
CHASE IP BONDS CARRY 1
Ili VVY STOCK SHIPMENTS EAST
HY ELKS WILL GO
TO KLAMATH FALLS
RECRUITING OFFICERS HERE
HEPPNER PLANS .ON .SPECIAL
SLEEPER AND DINER
Many Will Drive Across Country to
Greatest Convention In History
of Order
(Continued on Pane Eight)
Everything is in readiness for the
second annual convention of the Ore
gon State Elks Association, to held
In Klamath Falls, on August 14
15 and 16th. Attendance to this
convention promises to be exceed
ingly heavy, as delegates and mem
bers from every lodge in the state
will attend.
The entertainment of the member
ship in Klamath Falls is; to be lavish
fCie committee having left no stoner
unturned to give the herd thr
biggest and best three days enter
tulnmcnt ever known. "Pop" Is th
watchword, and night and day.
the F.Iks will be busy having a goot
time.
Bu-iiiPW Bcsr:ons will be held on
Thursday and Saturday, with a niorn-
nlg pension on Friday. The after
noon and evening of Friday will be
utilized In an Elk barbecue at Harri-
nian lodge on the White Pelican Bay
of upper Klamath Lake. At the
same spot, following the feed, the
lodges of the state will stage a
vaudeville performance, each lodge
bringing one act, and a special act
arranged by the Klamath Falls com
mittee serving as an apprnplatc
finale.
Mayor Struble of Klamath Falls
and the members of the city council
are co-operating with the convention
committee to the end that nothing
will be lacking in the way of 'hospi
tality when the Elks begin pouring
Into the "big little" city In the south
eastern part of this state.
Heppner Lodge Is planning tc
chaiter a rpeclal sleeper and dinet
for the trip scheduled to leave Hipp
nr Tuesday evening. August 12th
and duo to tear".! Klamath Fall
lliiM-atiuy nun nine. This arrange
ment will give the Heppneritcs ihip-
Ini; snd eating accomodations of
their own not only enrotite but V,ill
at Klamath. The leeper charges
Another train load of stock will
tave the Heppner yards next Mon
day for the Omalia market according
to information given the Herald
by R. J. Carsner, big cattleman of the
John Day country.
T'je train of 26 cars will be made
up of a mixed consignment of cattle,
sheep and horses.
Minor and Matlock will ship six
cars of sheep, Carsner, Peters and
Rader will send 19 cars of cattle and
Fred Putnam, of Spray, will put in a
car of horses.
If the present heavy shiphents con
tinue for the next sixty days, local
stockmen believe, the Portland mar
ket wil be able to carry the balance
of the later fall shipments.
Because of the effects of the ex
tremely dry season on the range and
the high price of hay, stockmen In
this section of eastern Oregon arc
disposed to cut their flocks and herdfi
to a lower basis than for several
years.
HI
AID FOR SOLDIERS
A recrcuiting party composed of
Sergents Yarborough, Main and
Hawes spent several days in Heppner
during the week leaving Tuesday
morning for Portland. No recruits
were secured here most of the boys
being too busy harvesting at good
wages to yearn much for foreign ' '
lands. HE-HAIHLITATION MOVEMENT
The recruiting party displayed a BROUGHT To HEPPNER
flag at their headquarters while here
whkfii was flying over the Adjutant Discharged Mien Rating Under !0
General's headquarters, First Army, j ,,'r Cent Efficient to Have
in France on the day the armistice Hospital Care
was signed.
SHOPMENT OF RAINBOW TllOUT
ARRIVE
A shipment of 130 cans- of Rain
bow trout fry ararlved in Heppner
Monday evening and were immedi
ately taken to the upper waters of
Willow creek and liberated. The ship
ment amounts to approximately 78,
000 fry.
N. White, of Spokane, who is con
COUNCIL HOLDS ITS REGULAR nected with the government work of
MEEriNG re-habilitating soldiers who wei
' wholly or partially Incapacitated for
At a regular meeting of the city their former avocations while in th
council Monday evening the proposal service, was in Heppner last Wednes-
made by H. V. Gates for the sale of day In conference with S. E. Notson
the water system to the city was ac-1 who represents the civilian relie
cepted with a few minor corrections committee of the Red Cross, an
ana an orainance was mirouuceu pro- getting in touch with boys who be
viding for submitting to t'ne qualified cause of the results of sickness or in
vcters th tKo, question of bonding juries are entitled o
, the city ?o 1JO,000.(IO for the pur
' pose of bringing In a supply of water
: for the city by gravity.
The ordinance will go to second
reading at a meeting about August
I 15th and to final passage at the first
j meeting In September. Alter a period
of 30 days the ordinance will become
'effective and Hn election will be
! called at once. It Is believed that
the bonds can be voted and sold by
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FINE IUWI.lt AT IONE .j.
HOTEL .
WILL ATTEND HIGHWAY
MISSION MEETING
President Kerr, Mr. and
Cornwall, Harry Rands, the
rhauffeur, and myself, went
r.n Lnd had dinne rat lone,
And It wur a mighty good
dinner, let me tell you. Tie
, little hotel at lone is hard to
beat. Dr. Kerr v.ah bragging
about it before we got there,
for he had tried It before
and so had I, but we were
served even better than we
expected. We got away from
there shortly after 1 o'clock
and heuder for llermlston.
Addison Bennett In Oregonian.
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County Judge Camjbell and Hon.
E. Woodson went to Portland last
evening to bo present at the Highway
CC'oinmis'lon meeting today and to
morrow In lll ir'erest of the Willow
creek section of the Oregon-Washing
ton Highway.
Owing to on error In the milage
between Hep;ner end the Gilliam
county line wh'n the grading rstl-
mates were made it h feared t'at the i )iar,j f,K,lt ,,, Allll.r0lin ,,,,,, V,,.,P
appropriation of $115, 0U0 for that 1
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Psrf
The Heppner
Garage
Vaughn & Goodman
Successors to Albert Bowker
We will endeavor to carry a complete stock of
tires, tubes, accessories and parts and will appre
ciate your patronage.
Our shop is opreated by Messr. Inman & Thorn
ton, expert mechanics, for several years with the
Covey Motor Car Company, of Portland.
for tli trip, It Is understood, will he
II5.0U.
AnunKemonts have bi-en ronelud-
ci for the Use of a largo park whieti
I equipped with tents, In
which are rooking stoves and other
facilities for ramping. Home In
Klamath Falls hav been obtained
In wlilrh to house the visitors, It
being the sentiment there, that th
natives will sleep In the streets. If
need be. In order tnat all who come
to the convention may have accomo
dations.
The association headed by William
MrGInn of Portland Lodge, has sr
ranged for the operation of a special
'de-luie" train at reduced rates
Many of the members of lodges out
Ide of Portland will utilise this train
In msklng UM trip, reservations Do
ing sceepted by Mr. MrGInn who has
established headquarters lo th Elks
Hub at Portland. Thousands of oth
r r eipeetlnn to Journey to th
eonvention city la automobiles, stop-
Ding nrout to fish la what Is re
puted to bo tn grett trout stream
th Pacific Const
All Indications point to sot nlon
rwor4 ntundsnc. but to on of th
frolic vr u4 la th tut.
vh th .atltrod bH sthr nt
KUunnOa falls, oa Aat 14. II n4
lit.
ovemher 1st.
COM-
government
assistance cither In hospital treat
ment or educational advantages.
In their anxiety to get out of the
service alter the war was over it ap
pears that many of the soldiers walv
ed their rights for this assistance and
were discharged as 100 per cent off
cient when, as a matter of fact (hi
rate far below that standard. It Is to
correct this condition that Hie set vice
with which Mr. White Is connected
was provided by the general govern
ment. While here Mr. White Interviewed
a number of Morrow county boys
among them being Charlie Ayers,
whose health was seriously under
mined dm lug Ills long service on I'.ie
Mexican border, prior lo 1917 and In
England where he served two yours
dui Ing the big war.
Sam Rteveii.', who was twice
wounded on the west front and who
hais not fully recovered was also
Interviewed as was WelnKiirten, of
lone, who was- In practically every
portion of the road may he a little
hort of the amount required but It is
believed that the matter will be ad
justed at the meeting today.
IIANGE IS
GARAGE
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AND AUTO
ngiiKcd In over there and who was
wounded In the shoulder. Floyd Har
low, who has never fully recovered
from a long siege of Illness at Camp
Lewis and Glenn andGuy .Mi Ferrln,
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Way Now Open For City to llring In
Adequate Supply of Pure Moun.
N tnin Water
After negotiations extending over
-many months between the officials of
the city of Heppner and H. V. Gates,
president and principal owner of the
Heppuer Light & Water Co., looking
to tjie purchase by the city of the
water system, an agreement was fin
ally leached last Friday evening, by
which, conditional on the necessary
bonds being voted at an election to
be called soon, the city will become
the owner of the present water sys
tem including wells, pumps, reser
voirs, distributing pipes and other
items properly belonging to the
plant. It is believed that there Ib no
doubt of the people approving the
necessary bond Issue at the next
election.
The price agreed upon Friday
evening was f 23,500, with the under
standing that whatever supplies such
as fuel ect., 'may be on hand when
the deal is cosumated shall be taken
over by the city at Invoice price.
The price for the property has
been a much mooted question for
several months and various valua
tions have been made by different
interests ranging all the way from
round $60,000, the figure named by
Mr. Gates a year ago down to $19,
050, the estimate by Burns & Mc
Donnell, engineers employed by the
city last spi Ing.
After going over the latter esti
mate last Friday Mr. Gates pointed
out to Mayor Vaughan a number of
important Items' that were not taken
into account by the engineer and af
ter adding these items the sum of
$23,500 was mutually agreed upon.
'' At a meeting of the Commercial
club Tuesday evening at which Mr.
Gates was present the water question
was pretty thoroughly threshed out
;ind the concensus' of opinion was
strongly in favor of municipal owner
ship. At this meeting President
Miihimey, ol' the club, appointed the
following committee lo confer with
the count 11 and rentier all assistance
within Clielr power towards arriving
at a hiitislaetoi y ai riingemeiit with
the water company: W. U. llarratt.
C. E. Woodson, J. G. Thomson, S. E.
Notson and Michael Kenny. At sub
sequent meetliiKH this committee
winked Willi the council with good
effect and at the Friday meeting It.
wur ui; i titl that a sub commlttete
should In- st nt to Dallas and I'm (html
to Investigate tllirerenl kinds of pipe
for the gravity sjslt'in.
ITils comiultttee will probably gi t
busy at an early date anil get matters
In slinpe as soon as possible, for the
council to call a bond election and
lake other necessui)' steps to get tins
project under way.
It Is belle eel pi art It ally rertaln
(list iiiouiitulnii wuter will be dellv
eit il in Heppner In abundance by tin
beginning of the next Irrigating sen-son.
Dean T. Goodman has puirhaseil a
ne h.ilr Interest In the Heppner Gar
age from Vaughn H"n and the 1ms
InesK will he continued iind'-r tb" old
name. Mr. Goodman has for sevetul
! been ronnucti d with the Good
year Tire and Rubber Co., ss travel
ing representative through this terri
tory and Is In close touch with the
needs of the automobile and acres-
orles trad.
The repair shop In the rear ol the
Heppner Cause has sis') recently
changed hands E. T. French selling
h shop to Innan A Thornton, ol
PortUnd. These gentlemen were
both formerly with the Covey Motor
Car mpsny, of Portland, snd coinr
to H' ppner with the hlgtiest r cun
men l.itums as expert nierhsnl-i. Mi.
I. W. Frltseh Is slwi nx-iste, with
the ne firm snd will l.sv rbtfn (
th lectrlrl rlr d prtm-ul
III I.I. V OMIOUItKL I.OF.H TO PEN.
M.ETON
Billy 0'RouriTwhir brok Into
th United tut army at Camp
Lwwts la spit of nil regulations r
fsrdlsg nlto snd weight, nnd who
mad Roo4 after th bu'ilary, has
rept4 , posrtloa with th Warren
Construction Co., at PeodUion and
will act at tlni-ktr for th ra4
gUr u Ecua jp'tty.
Star Theatre
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AUG. 7 AND 8
Peggy Hyland
-in
The Girl with no Regrets'
And i rip-roaring Comedy, "Wild Women."
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
Bessie Barriscale
"All of a Sudden Norma"
The first show Saturday will he out in time for
THE GRAND HARVEST BALL IN THE
FAIR PAVILION
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 The one you have all
teen looking for TARZAN OF THE APES