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VOLUME 6
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1919
NUMBER 15
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AXCED COST MAKE SHORT
AGE IN ALLOTMENT
Many Plans Proposed to Meet the
Problem Which Will Doubtless
Be Sotted
In common with many other coun
ties in Oregon, Morrow county ran
against something of a snag at the
August meeting of the state high
way commission when it was found
that the completed estimates on cost
of construction of the Willow creek
section of the Oregon-Washington
highway, between Heppner and the
Gililam county line, exceeded by
some ?30,000 the allotment of $125,"
000 set aside by the county court for
that road when the bonding election
was called last May.
The allotment was based on ten-
ve estimates made by the engin
Mig department early last spring
P the difference is accounted for
by the fact that the rapid and unex
pected advance in labor and material
cost since that time made imperative
an advance in the final estimates
County Judge Campbell and Hon.
C. E. Woodson returned from Port
land last Wednesday after attending
the meeting of the commission and
their report is that while the pres
ent situation is decidedly annoying It
:a by no means liopleless and they
expect the county will be able to ai
nve at some satisfactory solution of
the problem in time to avoid any par
ticular delay in starting construction
work. The matter Is receiving care
ful consideration from the county
court, Mr. Woodson and District At
torney Notson and other interested
citizens and no doubt by the time
the commission meets early in Sep
tember a way out will have been de
vised. Bids for construction of the road
will be opened at the September
meeting and while it Is not expected
that they will come within the appro
priation it Is believed some way of
providing the additional finances
needed will appear.
At the meeting Commissioner
Thompson suggested that the county
might arrange with local banks to
accept warrants for the shortage
and several other propositions have
been advanced locally for getting
around the snag.
One suggestion that an addltiona
one-half mill could be added to th
county levy for the next three
lour years whir1;: would provide suf
flclent funds to cover the shortage
Others favor letting a contract thr
the commission for as much road as
the appropriation will b,ulld and thr
ask the people to vote sufficient ad
ditlonal bondi to complete the road
Others go farther and advocate suf
ficient bond Issue to complete th
Oregon-Washington highway thru
the entire county from the Gilliam
county line to the Umatilla county
line. EltheS- of these propositions
are practicable under the six per
limitation road bonding act
d by the people of Oregon at
-lection last June.
Another plan supfested is that
the bids reclved by the hli'hwa
commission next month are unsatl
factory that the county withdruw th
proposal to the highway com m lesion
to build the road and proceed to do
the work with the county road out
fit. '
Advocates of this plan argue that
under the present conditions the
county can do fhe work cheaper than
it can be done by regular contract
ors. Y rXHt VACATION IN THE YEI
l.OWHTONK E. Moor and family and Wm.
w rg and family paaned through
Vj . Iitt Friday morning on the
flmt leg of their trip to Yellosone
Park where they go for a vacation
trip. The trip ha been planned alnce
rarly In tbe aummer but Mr. Fadberg
baa been waiting for hfe new Bulrk
car to arrive through Vaughn ft Bona
agency but tiring of the delay he bor
rowed a car from John Vaughn and
bit the road. "It'a worth eomethlng
to fee able to borrow car for aurb n
trip on a pinch." aaya Bill.
Tbe party etpecu to be away for n
month or all weekn and will take In
all point of later rt going and com-
inf.
Don't vrertoek the eiaolfVd eda.
Tn7 naf Bake of env Bone.
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4. AIRPLANE FOR
4.
FAIR
Arrangements are corn
completed assuring the peo
ple of Morrow county an op
portunity not only to see a
lot of stunt flying but also
take a little flyer them,
selves. Under this arrange
ment the fair board can
promise plenty of action and
excitement to fair visitors
this year.
ion SUPPORTS
SOLDIERS LAND BILL
OREGON MAN ENDORSES LANE
MONDELL MEASURE
AVouId Provide Homes For Soldiers
on Reclamation Projects on
Easy Payment Plan
Representative N. J. Sinnott of
Oregon, chairman of the Committee
on the Public Lands of the House of
Representatives has reported the
Mondell Bill, H. R. 4 87, known as
the National Soldiers' Settlement
Act, to the house.
The Mondell bill which is along
the lines of Secretary Lane's plan
was not materially changed by the
Committee which has held almost
daily hearing and meetings to con
sider the same, since Congress con
ened in May.
The bill contemplates the reclama
tion, acquisition and developement of
one or more projects in each state
and is designed to assist soldiers to
get homes under the best conditions.
When such a project has been devel
oped to a point where the lands
either by reclamation, clearing,
drainage, or Irrigation are ina fit
condition for farming, the area will
be divided Into farms by the bill as
eported to the House.
A payment of 5 per cflnt
of the I
value fixed Is required at the time
the farm is alloted. Thus on a farm
valued at $5,000 the initial payment
would be $250, a sum wfiiich the
soldier could save while working on
the developement of the project for
one to three years during which time
he would be paid the going wages
After the farms have been alloted
assistance is to be given the soldier
maximum loan for this purpose
being $1500, and not in excess of
three-fourtflis of the cost or value of
the Improvements. During, or -in
connection with the making of hit
Improvements the soldier could by
hia personul effects and work easily
contribute his 23 per cent of the
total cost.
Provision Is also made for loan to
the soldier settler for the purchase of
necessary live-stock and equipment
maximum of such loans being $1200
or 75 per cent of the total cost of
nocersary live-rtock and 60 per cent
of die equipment, so that while it Is
assumed that in many cases soldiers
would hae some savings' for a start.
It is believed that a man starting at
the beginning of one of these pro
jerts without capital could, throuuh
indutr) and fiuimHy earn and s.iv
enough to maio1 Mis initial and olhet
payment as they become du .
The balance due on the land ih.il
b bald In atnoitlzInK n-.ymwiis x
tending over a period to be fixed b
the Secretary of the Interior.not l
exeed i years, bearing Interest a
the rale of 4 per cent per annul.
ConKiessmnn Slunott'a report hIsi
states that the lute President, Thc
dote Kot-sewlt, advocated the "liller
sittleinrnt poliry aa proposed b;
Secretary Lane. In the taut srtlrl.
which he wrote for the pref; that
President WUson haa urged It upon
Congress in two mrsaagiw; Chat th
Ofvernor in 27 alatfa have appoint
ed Commissions to co-operate ltli
the Secreury of the Interlor.and all
of thee Commissions have expressed
their earnest Interest In legislation of
this character.
Congesaman Sinnott also calls at
tentlrn to the fact that the American
Legion haa officially endorsed the
bill, and that 112.011 noldlern fcav
made formal application for oppor
tunities of employment and horn
getting nnder tbe term a of tbi bill
Roy Wnltefe returned fteturdat
ereotag from a bualnean trip tkrotigh
Grant count where be eor la
retire bunineen U the tnjaranee
line.
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Golden Reflections
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Superintendent
Here. Will Return Next Month
J. C. Aitken of Medfordsuperinten
dent of fish screens for the State
Game and Fish Commission, was in
Heppner for a short time last Wed
nesday wWle on an official trip
through this part of the state.
Mr. Aitken is the inventor of the
revolving fish screen now In us-e by
the state of Oregon to keep the fish
from entering irrigation dlttihes
power penstocks or other places
where they might be destroyed. After
securing patents on the device Mr.
Aitken sold it to the state and was
later employed by the state to super
innd the installation of the
wheels for the Bcreen is really a
double current wheel which revolves
IDAHO RANKER VISITS HERE
Otto F. Mathiesen and family, of
Bonners Ferry, lraho, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Maho-
Uey for a few days last week while on
an extended auio vacation nip
through Washington and Oregon and
which will take them through Cali
fornia before returning home. Mr.
Mitthleson Is assistant cashier of the
First State Bank of Bonners Ferry of
which Mr. Mahoney was cashier
before coming to Heppner two and
one-half years ago.
Mr. Mathiesen reports a highly en
joyable trip thus far but expressed
surprise that 'he has encountered no
slg.is pointing the way to Heppner on
the way here. He noticed signs point
ing the way to lone. Echo, Pendleton,
and many other towns and wondered
why Heppner garage men were not
on the Job helping, by attractive
slgnB to direct travel towards their
town and chops.
TR1NUAI OF STOCK WENT TO
CHICAGO YESTERDAY
A train of ubout 3n cars of liiieep
and cattle left the Heppner yards
yesterday morning for the Chirat;o
market. The shipment was made tip
from a number of different f lo-ks
and herds the major portion of the
sheen being urnished by Minor &
Niailock and HtanfMci Brothers and
most or the cuttle coming from thp
ranges or Carsner, Peters and llader
MARRIED
MAHONEV. RICHARDSON
Cards were received In Heppner
last Tuesday evening announcing the
marriage of Mr. Kenneth K. Mahon
-y and Miss Josephine Mae Richard
son, well known and hlrtily popular
young people of this city, the Inter
esting ceremony having been per
formed In Portland. Sunday, August
third.
The bride, a most charming young
lady, la the daughter of postmaster
and Mrs. W. A. Richardson, and the
groom la the eldest aon of J4r. and
Mrs. W. P. Mahoney, occupying
reoponslble position with the First
National Dank, of which hla father I
cashier.
It la underatood the young couple
are spending their honeymoon In
Seattle and will return to Heppner to
reeide about Auugst zotn.
A large circle of frieoda and ac
quaintance will unite In extending
congratulation and wlshe to
the happy oenpln.
Read U Herat! rlasrffted ad a
Golden Reflections !
of Fish Screens
ways and because of that particular
motion Tceeps itself free from all
drift and debris which chokes the
ordinary stationery screen.
Mr. Aitken, who is accompanied on
this trip by Mrs. Aitken, went froia
here to Monument where he will look
after the Installation of some wheels
and from there will go on to Klamath
Falls for the Elks convention.
He expects to return to Heppner
in September to look over the Willow
creek situation not only as regards
needed ditch screens but also fish
ladders over the numerous dams in
the creel from Its upper reaches to
the Columbia river.
ABlTSK WORSE THAN WEAR
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The sale of two mowing machines
by auction Is reported by S. B. Hall,
Miillnnmili riiintr a p0ni in ihe'
Farm ! JU.Veau' News. One machine
had been used for many years and
brought $30. The other had been
used less than two and had cut but
30 acres and brought $15. The first
machine had been housed and cared
for, the second had warped and rust
ed in the k
ACCOMPLISHED MTSICIAX
vis.
ITS HERE
Professor Frank Sanders, instruct
or In music at the Oregon State
School for the blind, at Salem, Is
here visiting his Irlends and rornier
classmate at that institution, Law
rence Shutt. son or Sherirr and Mrs.
M. Shutt.
Prof. SBnders Is a highly accomp
lished musician having been In early
chilahood considered something of a
prodigy In the inuslca way.
This Is the prol'essord's first visit
to eastern Oregon and he Is delighted
with the high altitude, the bracing
air and the health-giving suntfilne.
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SOCIETY NOTES
UK. II SCHOOL LASS OK 'IN
.... DINED AT CAMPBELL HOME j
partlriiliiily pli-rsant event, or' ;
the week was a dinner party given at ,
the home of Judge and Mrs. W. T.
Campbell on Court Hi reel last Sunday '
Oie guests being members of tin- ;
class of '18 ID ppuer lllacl: School, i.f '
which their son, Arthur Campbell,
now a student of the U. of O. Is a
member.
Of the fourteen young men and
women making up the personnel of
the rlaas all were prent at tho din
ner Sunday with tbe exception of
Kenneth Blnns, who is still serving
In the army at Camp Kearney, Calif
ornia. Dinner was nerved at noon Sunday
and waa a most bountiful and dainty
repast following Which the guests
pent n delightful afternoon enjoy
ing musical numbers and talking
over old tlmea.
Thoao of the clan present were:
Norton Wlnnard, Anna Dougherty.
Edgar Copenhaver, Norm Frederic,
Carnett Barratt, LoU Brlgga, Arth
ur Campbell, lUnnab WUeon, Carl
Gordon, laabelU Wilson, riorenre
RaUton, Vawter Crawford, Jr., Neva
Hare.
Doit wrerUek tho claadfied tda.
Tkey ray Bake ne.ee yon money.
I- WOILI) ORGANIZE AMKItl-
CAN LEGION HERE
Dr. Harold C. Bean and
R. E. Crego, both former
service men, are taking pre
liminary steps to organize a
chapter of the American
Legion in Heppner.
All ex-soldiers sailors and
marines interested in the or
ganization are requested to
confer with either of thses
gentlemen or leave their
names with Mr. Crego at the
telephone office.
MOTHER AFFER 16 YEARS
FORMER HEPPNER GIRL WRITES
FROM AUSTRALIA
Taken to Antipodes Something; T,U1
Nellie Robinson Mother Still
Lives
Some sixteen years ago George
Robinson, of Heppner, left his wife,
Mae Robinson, and talting their two-year-old
daughter, Nellie, complete
ly and absolutely disappeared. No
trace whatever was discovered of the
recreant 'husband and the lost baby
daughter and after several years- the
mother secured a divorce on grounds
of desertion and later married a man
named Gray, of Hamilton, and lias
since made that section of Grant
county her home.
A short time ago Mrs. Gray re
ceived a letter which came to her
through the medium of tSi'e Salvation
Army, written by her daughter,
Nellie Robinson, from Albany, West
ern Australia.
ln this letter Miss Robinson, who
is now 18 years old, writes her moth
er that her father always told her
that her mother was dead but she
added: "something always tells me
that you are living." She has treid
many times to get a letter to her
mother but' never succeeded until she
appealed to the Salvation Army to
assist her In locating the loved par
ent whom something "kept telling
her was still alive."
Tl'KKEY RED IS THE REST
The superiority of Turkey Red
wheat for the dry, hot light soils of
Oregon has been proven by the
branch experiment station at Moro.
Its drouth, cold and smut resistance
and high grading qulities make It
profitable. Several thousand acres
have been Inspected and certified by
G. R. Hyslop, professor of farm
crops at the college and from these
fields plenty of good seed ran be bad
ir ordered before It Is mixed with
milling wheats. LIMm of amounts may
he had on application to the office of
the county agents or Sherman and
Wasco.
Strictly a Harvest
Bail
At which all gentlemen must appear in overalls
and ladies in house dresses or pay a fine of .25c.
5est orchestra obtainable in Portland or The
Dalles. Tickets $1.50. (ientleinen Spectators 23c
Fair Pavilion, Saturday, Aug. 23
Star Theatre
Sunday, August 17th
Jesse L. Lasky Presents
When I Come Back to You
A big war picture without the horrors of war.
Usual Prices
FROM EASTERN TRIP
LABOR HIGH, CROP SHORT
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MIDDLE WEST
Much Vnrest Noted in Cities Visited
Heppner Good Town to Come
Back To
J. A. Waters, Morrow county's
popular and efficient county clerk
returned Friday evening from an ex
tended trip to the middle west where
he went to visit his mother and other
relatives at "Manhattan, Kansas. Mr.
Waters also visited many of the mid
dle west and inter-mountain cities on
the trip returning via Denver, Salt,
Lake and Sacramento.
Conditions in the states visited.
Mr. Waters says, are similar to thosj
in Oregon, only more so. In Kansas
harvest hands are demanding and
getting from $7 to $15 a day and on
most jobs three shlftB are employed
one coming, one going and one on
the job. Many of the men are drift
ers and after working a few days
their feet begin to itch and they
move on. The wheat crop in Kansas
was never more promising than it
was two weeks before the harvest
when a hot wind struck the country
and a crop farmers expected to make
around 50 bushels an acre Is making
only 12 to 15 bushels and of Infer
ior quality.
Farmers will do well to make ex
penses there, Mr. Waters says, when
wages and cost of living are consid
ered. In the cities visited Mr. Waters
says there Is widespread evidences of
unrest among the people. Streets are
crowded In certain sections of every
city with crowds of workmen who '
are not at work and who do not seem
to be looking for work, and every
where are signs of strong dissatisfac
tion with living conditions.
Mir. Waters thiiVkB Heppner Is a
mighty good town to come back to
rafter a trip Into the big world and
to stay In. .
ATTENTION SCHOOL
CHILDREN
All school children be
tween the ages or 7 and 15
are requested to meet at tho
rair pavilion at 7:30 Thurs
day evening to make ar
rangements for the big pa
rade to be given on the first
day of the Morrow County
Fair. This will be the big
gest event of the kind ever
attempted In Morrow county
and every child of the ages
mentioned is wanted to
take part.
E. S. LI I.J Kill. AD,
Director