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VOLUME 7
HEPPNER, OREGON Tuesday, September 14th, 1920
No. 20
COX DEFINES STAND
OH IRISH QUEST!
FAVORS SELF-DETERMINATION
FOR EMERALD ISLE
Would Regulate Cold Storage, Break
Profiteering Circle, Do Justice to
Producers, Consumers
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''It would be mv rlnrv'
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J ed of, as a friend of peace, as- .j.
J. sertmg the friendly right of A
4 any member of the league, to .J.
4 present the Irish cause to the .J.
A attention of the league under A
A the authority given by article 4.
J XI and give to Ireland or any 4,
J other aggrieved people the op- A
A porl unity to plead their cause A
A before the bar of civilized opin- A
J Under existing conditions the A
4" Irish question can not be pres- .j.
ented to the bar of public opin- 4
J ion. Under the league it can. A
J We have four times as many .j.
A people of Gaelic blood in the A
A. United States as there are in A
Ireland and their natural feel.
ings figure in our domestic re- 4"
lations. So long, . therefore, J
A as the Irish question remains A
A unsettled there will be conflict
A in America with the idea of 4
J. world-wide co-operation be- A
4 tween the English-speaking 4
4 nations." 4
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Addressing a big crowd at the Min
nesota State Fair at Minneapolis the
other day, Governor Cox, In reply to
a question from the audience, defined
Ills position on the IrlBh situation.
Replying to the questioner Governor
Cox said:
'! in in furor f the application
of the principle of self-determination
in Japan, in China, in Persia and
Ireland." The reply drew loud ap
plause and ended Interruptions.
The governor preceded his reply
with a statement that the armistice
was based on President Wilson's '14
points," including that of self-determination,
and that article 10 would
protect weak nations from external
aggression "bullying attacks of
stronger nations." He added that
nations should be bullded from "ra
cial groups rather than mountains
and rivers."
Tho League of Nation was advocat
ed as a pre-requlsite to world ad
justment
'It Is the salvation of France, Aus
tria, England and Germany," he de
clared, repeating his pleas for'dii
armament and denouncing separate
peace with Germany which Senator
Harding, he declared, advocates "In
plain words."
"v The governor declared that "big
business was trying to elect the can
didst e of the senatorial oligarchy"
nd commented on local newspaper
criticisms of his attack on republican
campaign contributions. Stating that
the papers had taken exception to his
gottlnn a little rough", the governor
added:
'Who Is It that's squealing? The
name crowd that's fought a sick man
on a sick bed In the White House for
year. This Is not going to be a
pink-tea fight nor a pllow content.
I Intend to deal In plain words and
not In the meaning! and ambigu
ous words that have characterized
the senatorial oligarchy up to the
present."
The governor accused the "sena
torial oligarchy" of having "stolen"
' .'he republican organization and an-
1, sealed to the rank and 01 of repub
licans together with Independents lo
vote thlr ''Intelligence."
Inter.-!! of labor and agriculture,
Governor Cox declared to bis fair
ground audience, are Intertwined end
Interdependent.
Referring to the league of nation
with a fUtement that it was not a
political question except whn turned
to partisan uw. Governor Cof con
tinued :
"Labor Is vitally Interested In the
plan if readjustment which will be
adopted. There are those who think
the answer to prevent difficulties e
la the adoption of plans of the past;
that troren ha gone loo far. I am
aot of that tlaae. I think that the
sol a tins Is la the dava of ' dy
wha the aim ea soul and the anmaaj,, n th teaatry and the eoaeamei
body shall eosat for more thaa the.i, h( ,,..
says morrow crop will
equal that of 191.
H. J. Biddle was in town Friday
and reports that he is standing by
his prediction made to the Herald
before harvest started that the wheat
crop in Morrow county this year will
equal if it does not exceed the famous
bumper crop of 1916.
Mr. Biddle has finished threshing
his crop and now has several teams
delivering the grain to the Jordan
elevator. He expects to quit hauling
soon, however, and put his force at
work putting in next year's crop, be
ing a strong believer in early seed
ing. Mr. Biddle says it was the general
custom several years ago to sow grain
early sometimes in late August
and that in those days winter-killing
was practically unknown.
He is optimistic about the price
and expects to see wheat continue
climbing to a better price than the
county has ever known.
REMOVE TO SOUTHERN OREGON
('Communicated)
Mr.
Frank Parker, his wife Math-
ilda and their son Oral, who have
been respected fellow citzens and
townsmen of Heppner, Lexington and ,
lone for the past 2 5 years, recently
left Heppner via automobile, to take j
up their permanent residence In Gold
Hill, Jackson county, where they
have purchased property. They all
explain that they are not leaving
Heppner, because they love this city
and their many friends less, but are
responding to the iClarion Call of the
Old Homestead, the '01e Swimmln'
Hole", and the boyhood, and girlhood
scenes of the place where they grew
up in the first mile-stone of their
lives. AH their many friends in
Eastern Oregon join in Baying that
the loss of this: section of Oregon is
distinctly the gain of Southern Ore
gon, in this change of residence.
Last Sunday, a reunion and far-
well dinner was given to our depart
ing friends at the residence of Mr.
nnd Mrs. John F. McMillan, Lexing
ton, at which were present the many
relatives of this estimable family.
Mrs. Clyde Wells, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Parker also accompanied
her parents 'to their resumed home
of childhood days for a few week's
visit, after which she will visit Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Parker, Portland, be
fore returning home.
Charlie Sperry and Frank Engel
man were up from lone lastThurBday
evening attending Elks lodge which
met In the new building. Charlie,
who Is the democratic candidate for
sheriff, says everything Is fine and
the goose hangs' high. Charlie figur
es that he Is an Inch taller than
George.
sordid dollar.
"Labor day came to us as one of
the mile posts of the road of progress
Rut for progressivelsm. Labor day
could not have been. Reactionist
would not recognize It. Reactionaries
are In various groups. They consist
primarily of the holders of privilege
conferred by law. Special privileges
are aided by the extreme radicals
who propose thing that are either
Unworkable or advanced ahead of
their time.
"Lnbor should have the right to or
ganize and through representative
of their own choosing negotiate col
lectlve bargaining. ThlTlght has
never been denied capital. Care must
De exercised that government at no
time be made opn-Bi.lv In maintain
Ing (he laws of the land. I have said
that public opinion will settle Indus
trial disputes, and to this end believe
the government should provide for
proper Investigation In all ces, with
provision for the filing of the fart
without prejudice, so that the public
may have full information.
"The right to free speech and free
press and the right of orderly aom
bly, guaranteed by the ronstltutl n
must newr be Infringed."
Urging adequate 'enumeration fo
government employes. Governor C
said that If elected he would sign
bill granting the "long suffering en,d
loyal potal employes the relief h
ao richly dcaerve la Ihe wy of sp
propria) and adequate wage "
The governor also reiterated hi
advocacy of regulation of cold stor
age, declaring that It would "break
the circle of profiteering."
la dtM-uiaing (be reflation of cold
storage and profiteering, Governor
CI aald there were " entirely too
may tuit' ver Ntea lb prodoe-
MAILING OF KOTO
PAMPHLETS HHISHED
B
339,750 COPIES AT COST
$3307.50 SENT OUT.
OF
11 Amendments and Measures Refer
red to People of All Counties
Except Umatilla
Mailing of copies of proposed con
stitutional amendments and meas
ur to be submitted to the voters of
Oregon at the general election to be
held on November 2 has been, com.
pletod under the direction of Sam A.
Kozer, secretary of state.
A total of 339,750 pamphlets was
mailed to the voters whose names
and addresses were returned to the
secretary of state by the county
clerks. Postage of these- pamphlets
amounted tn $3397.50.
Under the law making effective the
initiative and referendum provision
of the constitution, pamphlet copies
of all measures referred to the people
at a general election are required to
bemailed to all registered voters not
later than the 55th day befor.-? the
general election at which they are to
be voted upon.
There are 11 amendments and
measures referred to the people in all
of the counties except Umatilla, in
which there are 12 measures -one
styled Tmatilla Countv Herd Laws"
be'ng a .Measure having reference to
t'.iat county only.
Two of the measures have been re
ferred to the people by thy legislative
assembly, one was referred tc the
people by referendum petition and
the other eight were proposed by Ini
tiative petition. At the previous gen
eral election, November 5, 1918, only
six measures were referred to the
people of the state.
The greatest number of measures
referred to the people at any election
was in 1912, when 38 measures were
before the people for thtir considera
tion. Tho smallest number was at
the general election of 1904, immed
iately following the adoption of the
Initiative and referendum provision
of the constitution, when only four
measures were submitted.
With the mailing facilities with
which the department Is provided it
was possible to address and mail as
high as 40,000 pamphlets daily.
UAPEIl CASE WILL RE
RE-TRIED AT PENDLETON
Fred Rader, well known Grant coun
ty cattleman, who was tried and con
vlcted on a charge of murder In. the
Grant county courts last year, will
be given a re-trial In the Umatilla
county circuit court at Pendleton
sometime this month.
After conviction in Grant county
Rader appealed his case to the state
supreme court where the verdict was
reversed. He then applied for a
change of venuo which was granted.
MUTTON MARKET IjOOKING I P
Sheepmen are feeling better late
ly over the upward trend of the lamb
market. Portland reported a Jump
of $ 1 .00 per cwt. on good lambs
one day recently and eastern mark
ets are alo reported strong.
8am Ilallentine, a sheepman of
Dulse. Idaho, bought some 6000 head
of lambs here for October 1st deliv
ery at 9H rents per pound.
Loral sheepmen who sold to Mr,
Ilallentine are: Minor A Matlock,
2200; Minor O'Conner, 1S00; Min
or Thomson, 1500; L. V. Gentry,
1G00.
HANKER MAY IXsE RET
Bill Padberg, who I harvesting I
the biggest acreage of wheat of any ,
ingle farmer In the county, was In1
town Thumday afternoon wailing for j
the clouds to blow away. W. P. Ma -
honey has a wager with Frank Gil -
Ham that Illll will finish harvest inn
before Or tn her t and Illll y If
the weather man keep acting the
fool W. P, aiand to l by a con
siderable majority.
M. Gilliam, being the local re
presentative of Ihe weather bureau,
eema to have tome edge In this deal.
A heavy shower last Thursday put
a atop to harvesting and threshing
operuions for a few day much to
the detriment of Ihe farmer who
kave bee a airalalag every aerv lo
c et tha wheat crop safety tjader cover
A COMMUNITY FAIR
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER . 23
THE DATE
IS
Prizes Offered Club Exhibitors In
Dom. Ait, Poultry, Livestock, Agri
culture, Home Economy
Morrow county will not be alto
gether without a Fair this fall even
th(.uj,h the Heppner Fair haj failed
to function.
Boarthnan, with her usual pep and
progress has stepped into the breach
and will hold a community fair at
the Boardman Community School, on
Thursiay, September 2 3rd and ac
cording to advices from that bust,
ling town it will be an occasion strict
ly worth while.
The fair is primarily intended as
an exhibit of the products of the In
dustriai Club workers of the Board
man school, the same having already
attained an enviable position among
the school clubs of the state, but an
adult exhibitors' section will also be
a feature.'
Arrangements have been made to
send the Boardman exhibit to the
State Fair at Salem to' be made a
part of the Morrow county exhibit
which will be made at Salem by W.
W. Smead.
Arrangements may also be made
with the county court to secure a
portion of the state appropriation to
the county fair, inasmuch as the re
gular fair will not be held this year
and in that event small first and Bee
ond prizes will be awarded in both
club and adult classes. If it Is found
that this money is not available, un
der the law, prizes will only be a-
warded in the Industrial Club sec
tion.
Another feature of the day that 1b
now being arranged for is an auction
sale of livestock to be held in the
aftornc.. of tha fair day when all
members of the community may
bring anything In that line they may I
have for sale. I
Boardman people are up to date
and their efforts In the way of a
good community fair should receive I
the hearty support and attendance I
of Heppner and south Morrow coun
ty citizens.
FLASK FOUND IN
MEION AND PRICE JUMPS
Nashville, Tenn. Bullish Influ
ences were at work In tho melon
market today. A farmer carted a
load Into Lebanon and told the wrong
one a long striped variety intended
for an exclusive client. The customer
who paid B0 cents, refused to return
It at thrice the price, though una
ware It had been ''plugged and that
the gurgle at Its heart was In a quart
bottle.
An hour later the stranger re
turned and tried to buy the whole
load, wagon and all. He also sought
to buy the courthouse from the Judge
it was reported.
Prohibition officers also were ac
tive in the market.
COX ARGIKS I 'OH RE-
I.AMTON POLICY
In an address at Unite last week
Governor Cox declared that the de
finite policy of reclamation was he
coming more Imperative as con
gestion Inrreased In cities. He ex
tend' d his League of Nation argu
nwnt to reclamation by saying that
150.000 square miles of waste land
rould be made productive for the
name expenditure neresaary to carry
out the program -of building battle
ships for each state and that one mil
ium men could return their activities
to Dfodurtlon of necessities If die
armament Is agreed upon, Itexard
Ing reclamation, Cox ssld:
'What we need Is a definite pro
'grsm fitted Into a definite limine
! administration of the rrlr of the
! government by which the potential
rerlsmatlon of the land or Atnerira
my be aurveyed and a program
dopted by which yearly there will be
added for public use a definite num
ber of acres, under such provllon
will mean the early enlargement
of reclaimed acreage and produc
tion
L. J. Davldnoa, big wheat grower
of It Gooseberry country, and Mor
row county' only candidate for eoua
ly enmmUwIoner, waa a bulneg vie-
j Itor here frlday.
FOHM.EH HEPPXKR, COUPLE
LOSE ALL IV KLAMATH FIRE
Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Cochran, form
erly of this city, were victims of the
recent big fire at Klamath Falls ac
cording to a telegram received by
City Marshall Walter Cason, Mrs.
Cochran's father, the morning fol
lowing the fire.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochran left Heppner
several months ago for Ashland aitd
had but recently moved to Klamath
Falls, where Mr. Cochran had secur
ed a good position with the Oregon-
tCalifornia Power Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochran had secured
apartments In the Colvin apartments
and had just received their clothing,
household goods, etc., a day or two
before the fire. They were aroused
from sleep by the fire and had but
time to save a portion of their cloth
ing but they all escaped without per
sonal injury.
ELKS OCCUPY NEW HULDING
Heppner El'ks met in their fine new
lodge room last Thursday evening
and everybody was happy with the
feeling that they now have a home
of their own that is the very finest
Elks' lodge home to be found in a
town the size like Heppner anywhere
in the world.
While the building is completed
there remains a few minor details in
the way of light fixtures, etc., but
things were nearly enough to rights
Thursday night to show what the
lodge room and club rooms will look
like when everything is in ship shape
order.
At the meeting Thursday night
Charles Sperry, acting as spokesman
for the lone Elks, presented the
lodge with a purse containing $207.-
07 the profit accrueing from a dance
given at the Egg City some time ago
by lone members; of Heppner lodge.
CONTRAST IN SCHOOL HOUSES
M. B. Signs, principal of theBoard-
man schools, has an Interesting ar-
tide in the current number of the
School Board Journal, an educational
periodical published at Milwaukie.
I Wisconsin, showing ithe wonderful
growth of that live community in an
educational way within the last four
years,
The article is embellished with 11
lustrations of the little one-room,
shed roof, rough board shack, which
served the community as a sc'tod
house In 1916 and also iwllli the
splendid, modern school building of
today.
OFF FOll AN EASTERN TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Bauman, well
known and respected residents of the
Lexington country, were in town Frl.
day making preparations to leave for
an extended eastern trfp Sunday
morning. They will visit friends a
Galeon, Akron and other Ohio cities
before their return which Mr. Bait
man has timed for early November
when the front Is on the pumpkin
I and his vote will count one for Cox
I Mr. and Mrir. Duuman left Akron
0t., 28 vears ago. settling first nea
Rltxvllle, Wash., and a little late
coming to this county. They tin v
prospered here and feel that, afte
all these year they have earned
good, long vacation at their old horn
At Akron Mr. IlHtiman woiked
12-hour shift In a flouring mill fo
12 Ion vears and when lie quit th
Job to come west hi employer tol
him that be could have hi old Jo'
hark any time he returned to Akron
He is having a good bit of enjoymen
I thinking about how he will stroll Int
,), rKialillshment some fine mornln
md apply for his old Job, and per
I ,p , KOod hit more enjoyment on
of the fart that they couldn't glv
him surh a Job now.
It A l.l-ll IlKM.E RET I HNrt
lulpli III nre. old time resident n
lleopner aad mircesefulMorrow conn
ty farniei, who Ims been living
Salem for the pant year, returned I
Heppner KfidaJ evening with Hie
svoaed purpose of buying a home
and brlnitlng tils family here lo re
nlde. Ralph do not ' knm k" Hab tn
nor Ihe Willamette valley but If
Oh you llipner" for him.
Mr. Ilenge own ztenlve ranch
property here and feels that he wants
Income bsrk where he ran look after
It lo better advantage than from a
dia'sare.
fluhterlbe for lb Herald and get
all the couaty aeva. Oaly II a tt.
WOOL GROWERS LOOK
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HOME
MARKET
PERMIT
PRICES
PROFIT
DOX'T
Credit for Teutons Equnl to Fund of
Alien Property Sales, Is Plan
To bo Proposed,
American wool growers, finding it
impossible to sell their 1920 clip iu
the American market at anything
like the cost of production, and get
ting no encouragement whatever
from eastern manufacturers of wool,
are turning their eyes towards Ger
many as a possible market for cur
rent surplus holdings.
Congress, at the Decomber session,
will be asked for legislation which
will facilitate the selling of American
wool to Germany through the establ
ishment of a creilit for Germany
equal to tho fund nov held by this
country as the net proceeds of sales
of the alien property custodian, less
existing claims. Tho plan in con
templation is explained by tho Amer
ican farm bureau federation, which,
issues a statement saying:
''Funds from this sourco which
must eventually be turned over to
Germany and her former associates;
mount up well toward a billion dol
lars and a credit of this amount can
be granted without Involving further
ncrease of Germany's indebtedness
to tho United States.
''At a time when we have surplus
stocks of certain raw materials which
Germany needs to get on an efficient
producing basis sonio arrangement
which will finance tho transaction
and tranafer of goods 1b highly de
sirable. The credit suggested seems
a feasible plan and has already boon
given careful and serious consider
ation by several congressional com
mittees. A bill looking toward this
end would have been passed last
summer In all probability had con
gress not adjourned so early.
"Wool Is one of the commodities
which furnish an Interesting ex
ample of the need of this Gorman
market. The world's reserve wool
stock today, according to the best
available Information Is somewhat
greater than usual, Where the usual
holdings prior to 1919 amounted to
snout a half a jc-ars supply, or a-
round a billion and a quarter pounds,
tho stocks n-iw ctuilabln stem to
amount to uncut a fin1 ycur'r. supply.
"R:t nearly a'l if I h in su.vut la
of coarser grades. Apparently thoro
l.i no real rittplus .if Hie I ner gradert
of wi.ol the kinds wlil.'ti we uso In
this country to manufacture oar
clothing. Th acctimulutlon of roarso
wool stocks Riems to be, a direct re
sult of the inability of Germany and
usiria lo buy and consume their
tifunl quota. Tlienn markets havu
been, practically closed for a long
lime now, and as a result coarse wool
storks have accumulated In all parU
of the world.
'About half of tho wool produced
in the United Stales Is fliio wool of
which every pound Is needed fur
clothing, but unfortunately the pres
ence of thesovnsl quantities of rmi i ho
wool have been ullowi-il lo depree.
Ihe fin wool Tiuiikels alto. Today
tho wool grower cannot get on Inn
open market much more than half
what Hi" -wool rout him to produce.
"Sheep men and farmer all over
Hie country are holding their current
wool clip In tremendous pools uwi
ally state pools SKKregallng many
millions of pound each -and will at
tempt lo gel prlre more nearly ap
proaching cost of production- Tho
neKOtlatlon of a rrHlt arrangement,
with Germany would prevent enor
mous loMes to wool producer and
would be far reaching In It effect In
enrouim-InK shei p men lo rntlnu
In busmen mid then by protect our
future wool ti('iily."
ritl.l'AIIHM. XTTE FAIR I. MIT
W. W. Smead, who lis been luy
the pant few week aaeemhling an
eihlblt of Morrow county produrta
for Hie Ktale Kalr at Xalem, repoti
thai he I having iplendld mrre
eepeclaliy In Ihe grain division The
fruit crop I lldhl Ihi jer and that
division will hardly be up In Ifci
usual ataodard but Mr. Hmead re
port that Irrlgon and llnardrnaa will
end some very creditable showing.
He retaraed from Hie north end at
Ihe county last week where h foaad
mui-h lalereet la the state esklbll.