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SERVICE
W HOLDS SESSION HERE
PETITION FOB HIGHER KATES
FROM POWER CO. CONSIDERED
Company Losing Money Claim; Poop
Service Charged. Matter
Under Advisement.
H. H. Corey, member of the Ore
gon Public Service commission, pre
sided at a hearing in this city last
Friday when the petition recently
liled with the commission by the
Heppner Light & Water Co., praying
for relief from loss in the operation
of their plant by the allowance of an
increase in rates charged of approx
imately 25 per cent was considered.
, -tTMr Corey was accompanied by Mr.
jmj a hydraulic and civil engi
Wfeer, who represented the commis
sion In investigating technical phases
of the inquiry.
Sam E. Van Vactor conducted the
hearing for the Light & Power Co.,
J. J. Nys, city attorney; appeared for
the City of Heppner and F. H. Rob
inson, of lone, represented that
municipality.
H. V. Gates, president of the Com
pany, and his son, 0 13. Gates, who
is also interested in the company,
were' also present.
The company offered its books
and records from the office In evi
dencc showing that under present
conditions they are really operating
at a loss due to the high cost of fuel
labor and other necessaiy supplies
and materials.
A numoer or witnesses were ex
amined on behalf of the city, their
testimony being to the effect that
the service is poor in some cases be
ing hardly sufficient to operate mo
tors where heavy machines are used
Among witnesses testirying along
this line were Vawter Crawford, J.
W. Fritsch, John Calmus and Mr.
Thornton of the Heppner Garage. It
in claimed by the company, however,
chat in some cases where complaint
has been made, investigation disclos
d the fact that motors not intended
for this particular form of current
are in use.
The point was also raised by mem
bers of the city council that during
the negotiations for the sale of the
water plant to the city several
months ago, that Mr. Gates had
made the statement that the water
proposiiun was losing money for the
company but that the light and pow
er brnnch of the business was pitying 1
satisfactory returrs. Mr. Gates ad
mitted having made such a slate,
ment at that time but contended that
at that tin! the operating expenses
of the two branches had not been
segregated and that after having
done this experience proved to the
company that the light and power
bianch was also running the com
pany behlrd financially.
V,r. Gates alho testified thnt the
'-v ' .solution of the problem Is to
'i)und In the Installation of a
water power plant up the Willow
Creek canyon wnete electric eneiry!" niaikets of ire wotld l
fr"! b." developed by Wrier novel,
f'lltlilliullhli t'l heavy et, of Pler.m
opt tM inn. ,u h a plant, he 'b riar
ed. ii' till), tl no of abnormally ligh
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PORT DEVELOPMENT
IMPORTANT MATTER
COST OF PROJECT FALLS
MULTNOMAH COUNTY
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Measure Will Help All Producers in
State by Increasing
Ocean Commerce
Considerable interest is being
aroused in all sections of the state
over the initiative measure to be
voted on November second, known
aa the "Port of Portland Dock Com
mission Consolidation Bill."
A determined effort is being put
forth in Portland to thoroughly ac
quaint the people throughout the
state with the Importance of adopt
ing this bill in November.
The measure provides for the con
solidation of the Port of Portland
and the Dock Commission of that
city and gives to the consolidated
body lu'llclcnt funds to dredge and
maintain a 30 ft. channel In the Wil
lamette and Columbia rivers from
i'or:innii to the sea. It also pro
vides lor the enlargement and bet
terment of the port facilities In the
huihor at Portland.
The cost of this work will fall only
upon the property within the Port
of Portland, which Is practically
Multnomah county, but under the
constitution of this stale this taxing
and bonding power cannot bo grant
ed to the Port of Portland except by
the people of the stale.
Sponsers for the bill point to the
fact that If Portland ever becomes a
(treat port of entry the entire state
will greatly profit ns a result. Ore
gon producer must have arcss to the
sea and the only way to get the
grain, wool, livestock products, lum
ber and other products of ihls state
ttitougli Hie Port of Portland, which
imnns cheaper might aim a gt-'i.t.-r
return to the producer, whhh
th on- thins that the v l.nl" hI..i
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Heppner, Oregon, Tuesday, October 12, 1920.
BOARDMAN
DISPLAYS
School Buildings Typical of Community Development
Water, Soil and Sunshine Merge In Making
Desert Bloom and Blossom as Rose
Typical of the wonderful commun
ity development of the Boardman ir
rigated district in northern Morrow
county, are the two pictures of the
Boardman community school pre
sented on this page. The little shed
roofed shack at the bottom of the
page represents the public school
plant In operation at that place In
1916, only four short years ago,
while the magnificent building pic
tured above, show the completed
building as it appears today.
The people who are developing
the Boardman project are a cosmo
politan bunch, having been lured
from many states to that section of
present plenty and future promise,
where water, soil and sunshine meet
and merge their forces Into a degree
of productivity perhaps unequalcd In
any other spot in America. Once
the brush Is removed, the land lev
eled and water applied It seems that
practically every variety of grains
and grasses, fruit and flowers, root
crops, vegetables, In fact everything
that can bo grown In the temperate
rone, thrive and come to maiurlty In
quick time and truly amazing iuan
tlty. So far nlfalfa Is the principal
commercial crop on the project, the
present season's crop being estimated
at around ROOO tons. The season's
yield per aero Is estimated at from
5 to 6 tons. Many of the fields have
already yielded three cuttings and
the fourth crop in sumo cases Is
ready for the mower.
The wilier first visited Iloardman
In February. 1919, about 20
month nt'o and his latest visit made
Thursday and Friday of last eik.
revealed ttliiit wonderful I.i olTi .
Mmy tow si'tliiH luie arrived and
a I;.ne nun of ri'W land bin been
brunch! under rulilwition nnd Ini
cation. 1;m ry f.n ni 1 1 doii,., lib
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PROJECT
PROGRESS
sections In forming a haygrowers as
sociation which will be useful in
stabilizing prices and marketing the
crop to advantage.
After driving several miles over
the project Thursday afternoon the
visitor realized that one factor in
the changed appearance of the coun
try since his first visit is the rapid
growth of trees.' Locusts, poplars
and other shade trees that 20 months
ago were mere awitches, now tower
In the air U or 20 feet and fruit
trees also ahow a wonderful growth.
A locust at the home of H. H. Wes
ton, which was broken off at the
ground last winter, shows a growth
of good ten feet In one season
which Is not slow.
C. II . Dlllabaugh, on whose ranch
the barbecue was held last summer,
Is developing a fine place and spec
ializing In blooded stock.
H. H. Crawford, a young civil
engineer who came from Boise,
Idaho, is developing a tract of 120
acres. Mr. Crawford was the first
man to file on the project less than
four years ago, and In view of the
fact that since that time he went to
France and helped win the war and
was dannerously wounded by an ex
plosion over there, he has made a
great showing. II Iw recovery was
slow but In spite of all band icaps.
he has cleared, leveled and seeded
CO ucres ol his raneh single-handed.
Mr. tCrawford'H mother Is with him
and Is one of the project's most en
thusiastic boosters. Her flower gar
den Is worth going to see.
T. E. Doyle Is a recent settler
He came from the Palouse country
where lie owns a big wheat ranch but
In- has locnled at lloanliiiaii foi
keeps. !(. him JnM fun bed a mod
ein 'I room residence i.piij.p.d unli
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WILL MARKET WOOL
300(0,000 POUNDS ESTIMATE OF
1021 CIM1
(j rowers of Country Asked to
operate in Advancing In.
terest of Industry
(By L. A. Hunt)
The delegates of the Middle W'eB
tei n Farm Bureau met at Manhattan
Kansas, September 21-22, and among
other subjects took up the market
ing of wool.
Soon after the organization of the
Farm Bureau last spring, r. J. F.
Waker waa appointed chairman of
the National Wool Marketing Com
mittee for the Farm Bureau,
committee has spent a very consider
able time Investigating marketing
conditions and has submitted a par
tial plan for Immediate operations.
Under this plan the wool of the mid
dle western states will be collected In
seven central warehouse which will
be cooperated together under the
Fedeinl Warehouse Act, in sutii a
way that the, wool receipts can bo us
ed to obtain money direct from the
Federal Keservo Hanks'.
These states have Incorporated
Slates Wool Pools aggregating 30,
000,000 pounds of wool. Thus In
1921 this will be combined in one
pool and sold by one man.
When can Oregon get In line?
This committee found one large
woolen mill which did not use one
pound of vn tin wool and have esti
mated that 73 per rent of cooler
cloth on the market Is rhoddy,
very -itron statt mi nt If title, as the
vast percentage of this Inferlol cloth
cannot hut force a decline eveiitiially
In piicin of woi i. n goons compared
wph cotton ibith.
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Number 24
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
PAT FOLEY, SUCCESSFUL HOT EI
MAN, CONSIDERING LEASE
Long Drawn Out Struggle For Need
ed Hostelry May Soon
Be Ended
Heppner's fine new hotel, one of
the most modern and best appointed
buildings of its kind in eastern Ore
gon, may soon open.
Pat Foley, one of the moat suc
cessful hotelmen in eastern Oregon,
who for years operated the Foley ho
tel at La Grande, and who Is now
conducting two first-class hostelries
in The Dalles, was in Heppner last
Saturday looking over the new build
ing and conferring with the board
of directors of the hotel company
with a view to taking a long time
lease on the building and opening it
for the accomodation of the traveling
public without further delay.
A plan was worked out Saturday,
ft is understood, that seemed to ba
mutually satisfactory to Mr. Foley
and the directors and Mr. Foley ask
ed for a few days to consider the
matter and confer with some of hia
associates' before giving a final an
swer. The answer is expected with
in the week and it seemed to be tho
general feeling among local men in
terested that the deal will be con
suniated. Perhaps no other loss occasioned
by the big fire has been so keenly
felt in Heppner and has caused as
great actual loss In money, business
and prestige as has the loss of tho
old Palace hotel, for while the old
plant had Its shortcomings It toolc
care of the needs of the traveling
public quite satisfactorily.
Construction of a new hotel had
been delayed on account of war con
dition and later high cost of build
ing and .tightened money conditions
but the project was finally success
fully financed and Is now completed.
If the present deal goes through
Heppner will soon again come Into
her own as a plnce where not only
comfort but modern luxuries will ba
provided for travelers.
AX F.IIKOH COItKliCTIil).
Our esteemed contemporary, thn
Gazette-Times, takes except Ion to
the Herald' slalement last week to
the effect that Mr. Hairy CuiumingH
"Is a recognized leader of local re
publicanism," unit In Its usual fair
and iingaihled style pun Is In de
scribe the Herald as the "diiiioeral ic
plena of Heppner," which Is, per
haps tin depth of newspaper ileptav
Ity in the eyes nf our neighbor. Ite
Ing an Independent newspaper and
di.tpiiH'd lo be fair to everybody Ihn
Herald is glad to correct lis error.
We should have raid "Mr. t'timinllig
and the editor oT the Gazelle -Tillies
me recognized lenders of local rty
pnbllianpini," as It appeals they
are the only two people In II. ppner
who tile deposed to lake the Cuin
ining.V meeting s. l iou ly.
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