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VOLUME 7
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, June 22, 1920.
NUMBER 8
STEPS TAKEN TO MAKE
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BOSTOX MAY LOSE WESTER
GROWERS' BUSINESS
Chicago Bankers Providing Fund of
$100,000,000 Proposed to Move
1920 Crop.
A movement of greatest interest to
every western woolgrower, including
every sheepman in Morrow county,
was inaugurated at Chicago a few
days ago at a conference of wool
growers and bankers when plans to
finance the movement of the 1920
crop were discussed and a method of
procedure tentatively agreed upon.
William J. Williams, president of
th Wyoming Wool Growers associa
tion, was authorized to appoint a
committee to confer with govern
ment officials at Washington with a
view to making Chicago the wool
center of the United States in con
sideration of Chicago bankers pro
viding a fund of $100,000,000 with
which to finance the movement of the
piesent crop which is now almost
entirely in the hands of the growers
with no market in sight and no
means of securing sufficient advances
of the wool crop to enable the sheep
men to properly carry on their busi
ness. Heretofore Boston has enjoyed
something of a monopoly as a wool
marketing center and in times of
stress like the present Boston banks
have advanced funds to finance the
business. This year it is said, how
ever, that Boston financiers have
been obliged to relinquish their fin
ancial support of the wool industry
because of demands for funds irom
other source.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
NIGHT
MET LAST
At the Commercal club meeting
last evening Prof. Austin, of the City
Band, reported that the band is ready !
to give weekly concerts at the park
as soon lights and seats are provided
on the band stand. A committee
composed of Smead, Notson and
Goodman was appointed to confer
with the council and have the repairs
made at once. Lumber is also to be
provided to make plenty of comfort
able seats for all who wish to enjoy
the music.
Den. Goodman Introduced the sub
ject of the present controversy being
carried on in the Oregonian regard
ing the best auto route between Port
land and Pendleton. Advice has been
freely given by several correspond
ents of the Portland newspaper to
the effect that autolsts, after cross
ing the John Day ferry should take
the left hand route which would con
line them to the sand country most
or the way to Pendleton. Mr. Good
man took Issue with these correspond
ents In a letter to the Oregonian ad
vising the right hand route from the
ferry via Olex, Heppner and Pilot
Rock, to Pendleton. The Hermlston
J Commercial club then came back at
' Goodman advising a route that would
take the travel through their town.
Mr. Goodman traveled these roads
as a aateHman for five years and con
siders himself something of an auth
ority on the best route and he now j
proposes to request me nrrmuuin
club to go 60-60 with the Heppner
club In defraying the expense of
some accredited representative of the
OregonAuto Dealers association, take j
him over all the routes and allow!
, which I In bell
route ior suuiHin
approved tne proposition
orlxed a letter to be sent to the Her-
mlston club and given to h press,
of that effect.
The letter Is being
prepared today.
Regarding the opening of the
teppner-IUtter road and the Joint
celebration In honor of the event at
Kilter on July 4th. the club approved
the plan heartily and a reaolutloo
wa pawed requeuing that all Hepp
ner people who can possibly do so.
an to RItter on that day.
The matter of the re-organliatlon
of the fire company wa discussed
thoroughly the member arriving at
the conclusion that the only way to
develop ao efnrleot organltatlon Is
t work out him ayatetn for psying
the member for their aenrlre. A
committee consisting of M. L. Chit
J W. rnurb and 9. E. Notion wa
.,.ie4 to wort out a plan a4
clt 10 of
TWO GARDENERS MEET
Tom Barnett, retired wheat farmer
of Lexington, was a visitor here Sat
urday. Mr. Barnett is something of
a gardener and a collector of all sorts
of rare plants and flowers. , His
home in the outskirts of Lexington
is the show place of the town. While
in town Saturday Mr. Barnett got
talking about his place with a certain
degree of pardonable pride when W.
O. Minor happened along and over
heard some of his remarks. Mr.
Minor at once invited the visitor to
step over to his garden and take a
squint at his exhibit. Barnett
promptly accepted the invitation and
as neither of the gentlemen have re
appeared on Main street it vis fair to
assuniy that they are talking yet. Mir.
Minor has plants, trees and shrubs
from all parts of the world on his
place besides specializing on Dahlias
of which he has more than 100 varie
ties. VINSON-GHOSHEN
Another June wedding took place
in Heppner last Thursday, June 17 th,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
McCollough, when Mirs. McCollough's
daughter Miss Lorraine Groshen
came the bride of Mr. F. L. Vinson.
Rev. W. O. Livingstone, minister of
the Christian church, performed the
ceremony, which was witnessed by a
number of relatives and close per
sonal friends of the young .couple,
Miss Odele Croshen, a sister of the
bride was bridesmaid and Emil
Croshen, a brother, acted as best man
Miss Velma Case played the wedding
march. Following the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Vinson left for Wasco
where they visited for a day at the
home of his brother, later going on
to Portland, where they expect to
spend Shrine week as guests at the
home of Mr. Vinson's mother. Mr.
Vinson is a well known engineer
and has charge of the construction
work on the Oregon-Washington
highway in this county. Pending the
completion of that work Mr. and Mrs.
Vinson will reside here later making
their home in Portland.
HEPPNER SCHOOL
OFFICIALS ELECTED
A large and enthusiastic meeting
of legal voters of the Heppner school
district was held in the council
chamber Monday afterneon the oc
casion being the annual school elec
tion, and the object to elect one dir
ector and a clerk for the coming
year. Six voters were present ana
several others were on their way
when the meetng completed Its
labors and adjourned.
W. P. Mahoney was unanimously
elected to succeed W. B. Barrntt as
director, Mr. Uarratt having previous
ly declined to stand for re-election,
Vawter Crawford, who has served
the district efficiently as clerk for
several years was re-elected by a un
animous vote.
A special meeting will be held lat
er when the matter of approving the
budget for the coming year will be
considered.
Prof. Howard M. James, of Enter
prise, Oregon, has been employed as
superintendent of the schools for the
coming year and comes highly re
commended! His salary has been
fixed ift $2500 per annum.
The following h'gh
school and
grade teachers have also been elected
and have signed contracts:
Gertrude A. Crton, high school;
O.
Dlx. 3rd grade; Mrs. F.dna Turner,
primary; Mrs. E. H. Morrison, op-
portune room; Melba Griffith, 7lh I"' " 'n ino .mraw roun
grade; Opal E.Clark, Bth gride; j l1 " P''lt here the new
Mta Dougla. 7th grade; Mr. Carrie ' ro"d wnnwt with the John D.y
Jmes, Ith grde. j hlghwy already lorsted through
Several oilier teacher have been : Gr,Bl county,
elected but have not yet signed con-! Tb building of this Important
tract.
VUIITKIH UniMlTS RAM II
HALE
jiuad part of the state highway
Koy V. Whltei. report the sale of Wm It must show a point of con
MO acre of fine wht Uod In the ; Uf wl,h Uir tt highway
Elghtmlte country, the purrbaners bo,h "d-
being Dr. R. J. Vauthaa. of this city i n "ute of the road lie
and hi brother, of IHker. Four tretrh of ev ral mile through the
hundred and eighty arree of the land f national foreet and this part It I x
wa owned by Tllman llogue and I Pct"l. will rei substantial aseim-
by the Aker estate. Tb consider
ation wa approximately 110.049.
tb. city council aad eltl-en at Orofacial te h. Morrow county
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Irish Mob Chases a Police Spy
These enraged Irishmen In Cork are chusing. a supposed "police spy"
whom they had spotted at the inquest on the body of Thomas MacCurtnln,
lord mayor of Cork. The coroner's Jury brought In a verdict of wilful mur
der against Premier Lloyd George, Lord Lieutenant French, and others.
HEPPNER -RITTER ROAD TO
BE CELEBRATED AT RITTER JULY 4TH
The new Heppner-Ritter road
which has been under construction
for the past year when the weather
was such that work could be carried
on, has finally been opened and the
formal celebration of the event,
which means so much to the people
of the RItter country and to the city
of Heppner as well, will be held at
Ritter on July 4th according to a
decision made yesterday by the
county and city officials working In
conjuctlon with the Heppner Com
mercial club.
County Judge Campbell, and Road-
master McCaleb made the announce
ment Monday morning that the road
would -be . open for travel by that
date and after, conferlng with Pre
sident Thomson, of the Commercial
club and other citizens, It was de
finitely decided to accept an invita
tion from the people of RItter, made
through Mr. McCaleb, to Join with
them In celebrating Independence
day at that thriving Interior center.
Mr. McCaleb reports that the road
Is now open with the exception of a
few swampy spots In a section of the
old road running down Ditch creek
and that these spots will be dried
i "" iip uy juiy m.
j Ag now piannP(j tne.e wlll De a bif,
delegation of Heppner people go over
to tne Grant county town and It Is
, PxpHOted the MerrHes ni parlaKe
largely of the feature of celebrating
I the oppnnft of lnU niOKl niportant
artery of trade.
,
C. P.. Burns, of the State Highway
Commission's engineering corps, who
l In charge of the survey on the
Heppner-Hardman-Monument road.
ln town Saturday and reported
tw Judge Ctmpbell that his work Is
almost completed to the Grant coun
ty line.
An effort In now being made to ar
range with the county court of Grant
county to complete that county's part
iroaa aepend entirely on the ro-oper-fation
of the state highway cnnmls
'Ion sad the federal government and
before the road ran be accepted and
aoce from the federal government.
Jvdg Campbell I new making ar-
raagemeat with the Grant county
jtonrt aad eotamlealoner a( Mo,.
For years this project has been
talked of and discussed but it was not
until about a year ago that Morrow
county's road fund was in condition
to undertake the work.
The opening of this road will meet
a long felt want to the farmers and
stockmen of that portion of the in
terior. For years they have been ob
liged to market their produce and
haul In their supplies from Pendleton
the trip Involving a round trip of
about 180 miles. The completion of
Heppner road cuts this distance In
half and In addition proving of
Incalculable advantage to them it
will also bring to Heppner an Im
ntcTUs tolumne of trade that has
lieM yibeen going elsewhere.
Farther details ot thV proposed
trip will be given In these columns
next week when the committees In
charge of the matter huve completed
the arrangements.
Judge Campbell expects to go to
Pendleton within a day or two for a
conference with the forest supervisor
relative to securing help from, the
forest service to complete the road
within the forest reserve in this
county.
It Is understood several hundred
dollars are now available for road I m
provement within the reserve and as
local forest officials have already re
commended that It be expended on
the Hitter road It Is expected the ar
rangement ran be made and the road
put in excellent condition during the
present summer.
T
ROAD SURVEY ALMQST COMPLETED
ment at some erly date when the
matter will be gone Into thoroughly
and some arrangement made by
which the survey ran be completed
and the entire route be placed on the
map a a part of the state highway
nyatem.
I'ltOVI.M
II ITTI.FH AHK IIITK
FATAL
Jame Davis, of Hitter. 20 yeais
old, wa bitten by a rattl.-anake last
ThutMlay and died from the efferta ,
of the poison 22 hour later. The
yeung man wu a n of Mi. Davis, !
proprietor of the Hitter 8prlng 1
hotel. (
Davla. It it a Id wa in the habit
of rburln and handling poisonous , rlu& "cmday "
reptile, .Dd wa. playing wih ne,,",v" ,n nr" ''IH"iy re-ofganJie.
when bitten. The ntk squlrmrd nn n'",-" biutnes baala and there
lon. from hi graep and as h- stoop wl" D" P1"""' " ''
4 lo pir. it Up he wa atiur), on the l" h" "'' W'dnel.y night Turn
light hand llrat ld was ven,""1 bo), ,k, ,h" ""n '
and the man wa hurried to pl.v.t h'nd yog.
clan at Joh Day but arrived too lat M ' urra- ('h'''-
to be saved.
' Tyndall ItobinM.n, who most ev-
Mr. I..
Gilliam went to I'm!
land Hni'.nday u.'ib for a t nt
! . fr1.
,fhu of B
ALFALFA RANCHES SOLD
E. M. Shutt and R. M. Oviatt last
week closed a deal whereby J. M.
Yocom and Lawrence Funk, of Sher
man county, have purchased from F.
Buchanan the old I. L. Howard al
falfa ranch, of 450 acres in, the edge
of lone, for a consideration of $31,
000, hay and machinery Included.
The new owners will take possession
of the place at once, and since they
are ' among Sherman county's most
substantial and worthy citizens, they
will be valuable additions to our po
pulation. Mr. Shutt has also negotiated a
deal in which Jeff Beamer has sold
his alfalfa ranch of 280 acres near
the north of Rhea creek, to Julian
Rauch, of upper Butter creek, con
sideration being $23,000. Mr. Jeff
Beamer and his family are figuring
on moving to the Willamette valley,
and the new owner will take posses
sion of the alfalfa farm at once.
This makes, the second time Mr.
Shutt has Bold these two ranches
since the first of the year.
HAD LAPSE OF MEMORY
(Communicated)
Edward L. Vinton, popular and
efficient district highway engineer,
with headquarters at Cecil, who was
recently married in Heppner to one
of that city's charming daughters,
suffered from a lapse of memory on
his wedding day which, but for the
thoughtfuluees of a good Samaritan
friend might have been seriouly em
barrassing. In his hurried depart
ure for Heppner E. L. forgot the suit
case in which was carefully folded his
wedding suit) and it was but a short
time before the hour appointed for
the ceremony that the Samaritan
hove in right and delivered the pre
cious garments to their owner. E
L. admits that he was somewhat
fiustrated that day but says that as
he was never married before and
hopes! he never will be married again
It was to be expected that he would
get a bit rattled.
EXPECT BIG CROP
NORTH OF LEXINGTON
- f '
C. Melville, who furms forth (if j
Lexington, was in town Satin day and i
reports that crop prospects are very
good In bis section. Mr. Melville's
crop was Injured by the cut worms
In the spring but In spite of that he
wlll have a very fair crop. Many
fields In his neighborhood will go
from 20 to 25 bushels and only for
the worm pest would have' made from
30 to 40 bushels.
Mr. Melville has a theory that as
soon as tho farmers are able to era
dicate the Jim Hill mustard the cut
worms wlll cease troubling the rnips
nk he has noticed that the worms are
always found In numbers around the
roots of the mustard plant. Iletter
farming methods and especially tho
rough cultivation of summer fallow
to kill the weeds will make th:.t as
sure a crop section as any part of
the country.
A M.lllot H XHS
Oscar Minor tells this one: Two
' farmers were In town the other day
buying supplies for their haying
crew and as both were out of pta -
toe they derided they should buy
1 a supply. After pricing the tubers
the two men stepped to one side,
talked the matter over, and derided
to (orm a pool and buy a dolhir'a
worth of spud. Karh put In four
bits, bought the poiutoiti and on
their way home lost both of the pre-
rloua tubeia. It was a most aerloua
Iosk.
ATTFATIOS I llll.M K
There wlll be a fire drill and prac
tire meeting tomorrow (Wednesday)
evening. A'tlon was taken by the
erybody arouad Heppner kn wat
ruoalBg around loose la town tl.ts
moral which, Ka'ii Solawo says, II
better than to be
'tight
running around
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TO BE PROSECUTED
FAIMER ORDERS INDICTMENTS
WHEN PROBE WARRANTS
Production Cost at Mines Now $2.70
Per Ton. Operators DonuindinR'
7 to $11.
The following press dispatch is of
interest to the fuel using public:
Washington, D. C. A drive on
profiteers in bituminous coal was
ordered by Attorney-General Palmer.
All federal district attorneys were
ordered to give special attention to
charges of such profiteering and to
seek indictments where investigation
warranted.
"The department of justice , said
Mr. Palmer's Instructions, "is receiv
ing a numebr of letters in, which
complaint Is made that bituminous
coal prices at the mines now range
from $7 to $11 a ton with a further
Increase imminent. The writers say
that operators are attributing the
advances to car shortage and export
demand, emphasis being placed on
the export demand.
"Production, cobI figures gathered
by the federal trade commission from
985 bituminous coal operators ia the
principal production regions mining
roughly about 60 per cent of the an
nual output show that during Jan
uary, 1920, their costs a ton averaged
$2.32 at the mines. Since then there
has been an Increase of 27 per cent
In the cost of labor, Increasing the
production cost to $2.79 a ton. The
accuracy of these figures Is borne out
by Information In letters coming to
the department.
"This situation demands the
prompt attention of all United States
attorneys. Please give special atten
tion to the mutter and Beek Indict
ments where inestigatlon, discloses
that an unreasonable profit has been
taken, advising the department ot the
action taken."
NF.WLY WF.DH RECEIVE KOVAIV
WELCOME
No, it wad not another urniiptice
day parade that tilled, the street of
Heppner Monday evening. That wan
n. reception 'given vV-'lJr Kmioetft
I Moore and Ills b'lde, w f arrived on
: U e evening train from T aroma,
i when the newly weds rlepped from
j u,,, (rn they Wcre met by a big do-
legation of Mr. Moore's friends and
after formal greetings were exelmng
ed the bride whs spirited away by
some of the ladies of the parly and
the happy brldgegroom was Just pluin
kidnapped by a bunch of llolshevik,
loaded on a big truck and, followed
by a procession of cars, was given
an altogether free ride through tho
principal business streets of the city.
Walter stood the oidenl well but the
celebration got Vee Gentry's' goat,
proper. And It was a real goat at
that, of royal llneuge and full physi
que. His venerable goatshlp was tho
hero as well as the mascot of the
orranion and from his elmuted sta
tion on the roof of the truck, he gave
a rertuln dignity to the procession
thut goes only with a wise look and a
I fn Prop ,,f whlukers. Arriving at
Moore's apartments at Mln and May
j streets His (inatshlp l"d the procw.
1 um up the suira to the brli'grom'
, rooms' where h" literally "butted In"
Hnd took undisputed possession of
'parlor, bed chamber and kitchenette.
j f William the Conqueror did not
leave footprints on the hnndi of limn
lie certainly left many hoof priiitM,
etc , on the polished lloors.
It was a happy occasion and a
pleasant party and after tlm clears
were passed the guests depmted leaf
ing Walter Kmiiiett M'mre In an at
titude of prayer offering a devout
petition t tint. If it Is the rood lnd'n
will he may never t married ugain.
iiakm:hh uii.l til-: mii.h
In addition to the article enumer
ated In the display advertisement nf
the Vaurhan f'aikr MatlorV sale
Saturday. June 24, which appear in
this Iwue, eluht aeia of almost nw
work Siamese wlll al be aold. I".
A. M' MeuBmln, who enjoy an establ
ished rt puutli.n as an aui-tl'.ne,
will have charge c.f the sale.
r L llucaman and ann Ltieer
went to I'wtland Punier and wfll
spend the week a pel having oae
I rat 4 4 plerVt Ure etghteeeia.
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