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VOLUME VII.
HEPPNER, ORE., TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1921
NUMBER 39
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GIVE GUT STATEMENT
POSITION'.. REGAUIUVi RFC'ENf
ELECTION SET FOt
ASKS PUBLIC TO INVESTIGATE
Agreement and Contract With Jolm
H. Lewis Also Is Made
Public.
To te Land Owners in the John Day
Pitv lrrigatioiio District and the
Public:
At the organization election of the
, John Day Irrigation District, there
were elected three directors. The vote
oof the cguirzationo election was
unanimous for the creation of the
district the election of the directors.
Upon the qualification of the direcors
elected it became their duty to pre
pare a budget and levy a tax to pay
the cost of organization and any ex
pense that the directors deemed ne
cessary to the best interest of the
new district. Before entering upon
their work as directors, the law re
quired that each director tile a bond
to guarantee the faithful perform
ance of his duty.
Among th eduties of the directors
was- the establishment of the number
of irrigable acres of land within the
district. The estimated cost of a high
line canal, cost of diversion dam and
reservoir sites together with thees
timated cost of any other construc
tion or work which a preliminary sur
vey would show to be necessary. Aft
er .several months of investigation
and consultations with various engi
neers and a conference with Hon.
N. J. Sinnott, chairman of the conir
mittees on irrigation of the House
of Representatives, and other repre
sentatives in Congress, and the State
Engineer of the State of Oregon, and
Mr. Davis,, director of the U. S. Re
clamation Service, the board of di
rectors deemed it advisable to em
ploy an engineer! The employment
of a particular engineer was a ques
tion to which your board gave con
siderable study. After considering
the qualifications' of the various en
gineers, the board selected John H.
Lewis, former State Engineer of the
:State f Oregon, to make the prelim
inary survey. One reason for se
lecting John H. Lewis as engineer
was because he had particular know
ledge of the character of the land
embraced In the John Day Irrigation
District, and because of his close con
tact in past years with the irrigation
development of the state of Oregon.
The-District Irrigation law of the
state of Oregon places the directors
of an irrigation district in a peculiar
position. The law specifies that an
election for the election of a director
be held on the second' Tuesday of
January each year after the organi
zation election, except the first Jan
uary following the organization elec
tion. This' election is directed by
statute, which statute provides the
procedure to be followed, such as the
giving of notice of an election and
the manner of nomination of candi
dates. In regard to the nomination
of candidates the statute provides
that nominations for the office of di
rector shall be made, either by peti
tion signed by at least ten land own
ers within the district, or at an as
sembly of not less than twenty-five
land owners of the district,, the pro
cedure being set forth in sections 4
and 6 in the general laws of Oregon
for the year 1917. This statute pro
vides that all nominations at an an
nual election, either by petition or as
sembly, be filed by the secretary of
the board of directors at least ten
days prior to the date of electiono.
The statute further provides that the
Teturns of said election shall be re
turned to the board of directors, and
that the board of directors shall can
vass the returns or oi saia eieciiua
and issue a certificate of election to:
the person receiving the highest num
ber of votes. This section of the law
places the responsibility on the retir
ing hoard of directors to say who
are legally elected directors and to New york headquarters this morning
Instruct the secretry of the board of,. ...
directors to issue certificates of elec
tion.
We have failed to find in other
election laws of the State of Oregon
where a man may sit and determine
who is legally elected in an election
wherein he himself is a candidate,
and we wish te assure the public that
we feel embarrassed in this position.
In the dMision that has been made
in this election by the board of di
rectors we liave trieB to follow the
law as set forth in the statute. One
of the provisions being that the gen
eral electiono laws of the State of
Oregon In regard to the nomination
of candidates shall not apply to an
irrigation district election and it is
to be hoped that judgment will not
be passed on this action on the part
of the board of directors until t.ie
statutes referred to have been con
sulted. Every action of the board of
directors has been made in good faith
and for the best interests of the dis-
r The statement has been made that
the directors of this board were
.pendin money in a reckless way
and had already made an aiueut
BROTHERHOOD PERFECTS
ITS ORGANIZATION.
Eighty-five representative men of
Heppner and vicinity met at Hotel
St. Patrick Monday evening; to per
fect the organization of a civic bro
therhood, mention of whicfy was
made in these columns last week.
The purpose of the, organization Is
neither political nor religious, but
simply as a get-together movement
of the men in monthly gatherings to
proote the comunity welfare.
An excellent luncheon was served
by the hotel management during ths
discussion of which interesting ad
dresses were given by Rev. Stephen
Phelps, D. D. Rev. Mr. Livingstone 1
and S. E. Notson.
The following permanent officers
were elected: Prof. Howard M.
James, president; S. E. Notson, vice
president; Rev. Livingstone, secre
tary; Vawter Crawford, treasurer.
....Regular luncheon meetings will be
held at the hotel on the second
Monday evening of each month.
All white men over the age of 18
years are eligible for membership,
and are invited to become members.
The yearly dues are only 50 cents.
COMMERCIAL CLVB MEMBERS
WILL ENJOY SQUARE MEAL
....Members of ithe Heppner Commer
cial club and their friends will dine
at Hotel St. Patrick Thursday even
ing, February 3, at 7:30. The din
ner will constitute a regular meet
ing of the club, at which time dele
gates to the recent State Chamber
of Commerce and Irrigation Congress
meetings will make reports.
W. B. Barratt, recently appointed
state highway commissioner, will be
present and make an address on the
road situation, and other speakers
with interesting: messages to deliver
are erpected to be present. An in
teresting musical program will also
be given.
Every member of the club and ev
ery citizen of the county who should
become a member is invited. Din
ner tickets will cost only one dollar.
FARM BUREAU ISTO
E
WILL DON ATE SURPLUS CORX TO
ELIEVE HUNGER VICTIMS.
Ask Others Only to Transport Grain
to Hungry Hordes In Eu
rope and Asia.
Farmers in the great American
corn belt stand ready to donate the
surplus of their 1920 corn crop to
feed the starving peoples of tha
earth, according to an offer made by
J. H. Howard, president of the
American Farm Bureau, in, an ad--dress
at Chicago last Friday.
Addressing the Illinois Agricultu
ral association, President Howard de
clared he had advices from many
states assuring him that the farmers
would be willing to donate liberally
from America's corn crop in order
that no one in the world might
starve.
The matter has been taken up with
Herbert Hoover, chairman of the
European relief activities.
"We will furnish any amount the
Hoover committee can use," Mr.
Howard said after the meeting. "If
it wants 10,000,000 bushels we will
get it; if it wants 25,000,000 bushels
we'll get that. I talked with the
and the matter will be ta'ken up
there Monday."
An Iowa farmer had suggested to
him that farmers in his county would
donate all of their Surplus crop over
the number of bushels they raised in
1919, Mr. Howard said.
The farmers of America, Mr.
Howard continued, are willing to
donate of their surplus a sufficient
amount to save the starving in
Europe and Shlna, provided the corn
is shipped out of the country and
not thrown on the American market
further to depress the price.
They proposed to the European and
CChlnese relief committees that the
farmers would furnish the corn at
shipping stations if the railroad,
milling and corn products interests
and the public at larpe will trans
port it to the famine victims.
Telegrams were r-ad from farm
bureau secretaries of the slates of
Ohio, Missouri and Indiana indorsing j
the plan.
OLCOTT CRITICIZES
LOW BIDS ON BONDS
STATEMENT DIRECTED TO ORE
GON" MONEY INTERESTS.
SMALLEST STATE PAYS PREMIUM
Rhode Island Securities Above Par
Oregon IScmds at Discount
Asks Reason Why.
Some light may be thrown on the
whys and wherefores of the low
prices bid for Oregon road bonds and
other securities offered by the state
if the big financial institutions of
Oregon will give Governor Olcott the
information he seeks regarding the
above-par prices being paid for
Rhode Island state bonds and the be-low-par
bids offered for Oregon se
curities bearing the same hate of in
terent. .
In a statement given out at Sa
lem the other day the governor said:
"I have noted that the governor
of Rhode Island, in his message to
the legislature said that the bonded
indebtedness of the latter state hal
increased la-st year by the issuance
of $2,500,000 bonds for the soldiers'
bonus and for bridge construction.
"These were 4 1-2 per cent bonds
and all of them were sold above par,
the greater part of them at a slight
premium, a fact which indicates t...
sound financial standing of the state.
It also Is worthy of note that all ex
cept $100,000 of these bonds were
subscriber for by banking institu
tions of Rhode Island.
"I was amazed to find that the tin
iest state in the Union, could obtain
par and premium bids on 4 1-2 per
cent bonds, when Oregon has been
compelled to sell Its highway bonds,
bearing the same rate of interest,
at a discount. Evidently the secret
lies in the fact that the bankers of
Rhode Island responded to the appeal
and took the securities of their own
state at their face value or better.
"We will have more bonds to sell
during tho iiext few year,, and 1
wish to appeal to thepatrlotism of
our bankers to see if the;r cannot as
sist Oregon ia equalling the record of
Rhode Island in the future. Certainly
our bonds backed by a state un
paralleled in natural resources
should havs as fine a financla! star cl
ing as the litfivs state of Rhode It
land, coverel by a territory rarely
perceptible upon th: ordinary map.
I urge the people of the stale to think
not only of the financial honor o.'
Oregon, but of the valuj we will re
ceive in greater return.? for our
bonded ind ibledness."
Free Garden and Flower Seeds.
Through the courtesy of Hon. N. ,
Sinnott the Herald has received a
quantity of flower and garden seeds
for free distribution, to the people
of Morrow county. Everybody who
can use these seeds in the spring are
invited to call and ask for a package
or more. Persons at a distance from
Heppner may notify this office and
the seeds will be mailed to them.
,Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney, Mr.
and Mrs. George Thomson and Mr.
and Mrs. S. W. Spencer were week
end visitors at Pendleton, returning
Monday.
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WHEAT If HOLD BIG
. MEET AT THE DALLE1
CO-OPERATIVE MARKET PI.AX
MAK.ES progress.
WILL INCORPORATE AT MGRO
New
Organizatioiito Re Known As
Oregon Co-Operative Grain
, Growers.
(By L. A. Hunt.)
As announced in the state press,
the grain committee, composed of a
committee of live farmers, each rep
resenting the State Grange, Farmers'
Union and State Farm Bureau, pre-
ported their plan for co-operative
marketing and farmers' contract to
a meeting of about two hundred and
fifty representative farmers from
Willianiette valley points, Wasco,
Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman, Umatilla,
Wallowa and other counties. A pro
gram was read from Geo. C. Jewell,
manager of the Washington Wheat
Glowers' Association, announcing
that at that date they had secured
signatures for 12,600,000 bushels of
wheat, and that they are yet lacking
about two and one-half million
bushels in order to put them over the
top.
The Oregon contract calls for co
operation with the Washington
growers upon a very slightly differ
ent plan, and in order to really be
operative Oregon must have a good
large bushelagc signed up by March
1st. This contract was tread and
discussed by Dr. Hector Mcl'herson
of the State Bureau of Markets at
Corvallis and was closely questioned
by a number of the farmers and
others Interested in arneting wheat.
It has many points of superiority
over the Washington contract, which
points are all to the good so far as
the grain farmers are concerned.
Under the Washington plan there
is really no limit set for the amount
which may be withdrawn from the
farmers' gross sale3 for the privilege
of building warehouses, etc., while
under the Oregon plans this is lim
ited to three percent during any one
season.
Anothr advantage is that, this
amount withdrawn from gross sales
is not a loss to tha farmers, the
farmers receiving preferred stock
drawing interest at 6 per cent for
such money as is included in this
three per cent.
Another point is the referendum
allowed in the Oregon plan on any
act of the board, and this referen
dum, is not by individual ballot, but
by vote of the wheat growers in pro
portion to the amount of wheat con
signed to the organization,
subject to recall upon the sr.me ba
sis.
Tho books are to bo audited at
least every ninety dr.ys, and a state
ment of the financial condition of
the company to be mailed to every
member of the association. This is
certainly a decided advantage.
The directors of the association
are to be electel at large and dele
gates are to bo sent from tho var
ious districts in proportiono to the
ious districts In proportion to the
plan Morrow county is one district,
Sherman county Is one district, Gil
liam. Grant and Wheeler are one
district, and there are in the entire
state nine districts.
The board of delegates will never
comprist more than thirty.
The common stock of tho associa
tion, which has the voting pover
will be held by the association just
as it will own automobiles and tyre
writers, is not allowed to draw in
terest, therefore will ho of no ex
pense to the association.
No on has yet been permitted to
sign the contract. This contract, was
read and thoroughly discussed, and
after debating the proposition for
about six hours the meeting at the
Dalles endorsed the plan by a ten to
one vote.
A m eting will be called of farm
ers in Moro and Sherman county
next Saturday, at which steps will
be ta'ken to incorporate, and the
signing up of Oregon bushelarjo will
begin at once. This will be really,
the big day in the history of grain
raising in Or gon.
As soon as contracts can be print
ed a copy of the same will be mailed
to every farmer and gram raiser in
Morrow county, and at later dates
community meetings will be called
at which the plan will b thoroughly
discussed. It Is hoped that every
farmer will give this his closest at
tention, as wo believe that, every sale
guard has be n provided to prevent
tre farmer being swindled or to pn
vent him entering into a willcat mar
keting scheme. There are altogeth
er more thai thlrly organizations
ono almost tho same identical plan,
and all are operating successfully.
The name of tho organization is
The Oregon Co-Operative Grain
Growers. Watch 'er frow.
AM. LEGION DEDICATES
MEW HEADQUARTERS
Saturday Night Smoker a Success
Fifty Dollars Put in Sack for
Furnishings.
Doughboys, Gobs and Devil Dogs
dedicated their new headquarters
last Saturday evening with a big
smoker and athletic exhibition which
not only delighted the bis; crown
present, but also placed some fifty
simoleans in the Legion sock as a
starter for a fund with which to buy
necessary furniture and equipment
for the quarters.
A dozen or more wrestling a, id
boxing bouts were put on, and every
fellow did his darndest to give
every spectator tils two-bits worth.
Vaun, tho Boardman boy who Is
to meet llauman here Saturday night,
was present, and his work showed
up pretty well, but there are fans
around Heppner who will bet their
'money on the Lexington boy. 1
The boys have already Installed a
good mat, and a roped arena to save
the two-foot, stone walls of the build
nig when, the sluggers get warmed
up, and many other improvements
are contemplated.
The members of Heppner post wish
to thank those business men who
have already made donations to their
furniture fund and suggest that all
such offerings will be welcome. Do
nations of athletic equipment and
furniture will also be welcomed.
Evan a few comfy overstuffed leath
er rockers would be line for the old
fellows to Bit around in while spin
ning yarns of Argonne and St. Ml
heile. The Bauman brothers, of Lexing
ton, who are about the handiest ath
letes in the county, have offered to
give the boys all the pointers possi
ble in the best wrestling and boxing
tricks they possess.
Another smoker will be clvcn In
two weeks.
WKE WRESTLE!) RISAGKI.E.
A Card.
I, U. Curtis Vaughn (Vaun In
short) do not deny wrestling under
the name of Bob Scott last rummer
lor a carnival, but this in no way
concerns my tl:n'lenge to Glen lla.i
ley, which .i ll1 stand.
As I did not "know Hartley persm
ally, I ahked him to mpke a mi, all
forfeit to pay expense:) of the mulch
in case lift failed to i.iiow up. He
said, "If y word Is not good we will
call the match off."
I told him he had not as yet givei
me his word directly, so I asked him
if he would pay the expenses If Ik
TWINS
FOR 18-FOOT SURFACE
NEW COMMISSIONER RINGS HF.LL
AT FIRST MEETING.
WILLOW CREEK ROAD TO BENEFIT
Pull Commission Agrees to Change if
Contractor Is Also
Willing.
That Governor Olcott niado nr
mistake when he appointed W. B.
Barrett to the position of state high
way commissioner a short time ago
was pretty well proven Inst week
when the new commissioner attend
ed his initial meeting of tho high
way body at Salem.
Mr. Barrett was keenly disap
pointed a couple of months ago, and
before the vacancy had occurred to
till which he was later appointed,
when a. sort of compromise arrange
ment was made between Morrow
county and the highway commission
whereby the Willow Creek section
of the Oregon-Washington highway
now graded was to be completed by
the state with only an, 8-foot hur
face of macadam instead of 16 feet,
as at first agreed to, and when his
appointment was :.nnounc.od ho stat
ed that his first effort would be di
rected towards securing a reconsid
eration of that matter. When Mr.
Barratt brought the matter to the at
tention of the commission, he told
tho other members that ho felt some,
embarrassment that his first oflcial
act should be in behalf of his own.
county, but he felt the situation was
one that called for Immediate atten
tion. He then proceeded to explain
the situation to the other members,
pointing out that with only an 8-foot
surface, when two big cars or heav
ily loaded trucks meet on tho road
both would have to leavo the ma
cadam with their outside wheels and
in the loose, light soil through -which
the road passes, that would mean
that both vehicles would probably
mire down, and that they must inev
itably tear loose tho edges of tho
macadam and quickly destroy tho
grade. So forcibly did Mr. Barratt
present his case that, at the conclu
sion of his remarks and after noma
discussion and questions, his col
leagues agreed thut. his position was
right and It was definitely ngreed
that a 16-foot surface should bo laid.
The only questlos remaining aris
es from the fact that, the contract for
an 8-foot surface has already been
let, asd whether the contractor will
be willing to have tho contract an
nulled and oflller a new bid Is as yet
undetermined. It is believed, how
ever, that no serious difficulty will
be met with in that direction.
Pilot Rock Has Costly Fire.
Flro destroyed the co-operative
warehouse at Pilot llock last Sunday
morning, together with Its contents.
The loss is placed at $140,000
mostly covered by Insurance.
failed to come, and I would take the
chances.
Ho answered "You don't need tr
take chances. Good bye," and hung
up tho receiver
From this I took It feh match was
called off, bo to save myself uiij loss
of tho expenses already paid, ar
ranged a match with liaumau tcr the
same (lute.
I, Curtis Vaughn, challenge Gb'n
Hadley to a finish wrestling match
during tho near luture, dat.o and
place to be set by Hadley.
It. C. VAUGHN.
A Card.
Glen It. Hadley denies tho state
ment of Curtis Vaun that came out
In tho Heppner Herald on Saturday
January 22. In the first placo 1
never received a challengo from Cur
tis Vaun. I received a challenge
from Robert C. Vaughn, who staled
ho wroBtled under the name of Boh
Scott. And I agreed to wrestle him
on January 29. Hut us Robert C.
Vaughn doubted by word over th'.'
phono I bid him good byo and hung
up. I never received a challenge
from Curtis Vaun, and hln statement
In the Heppner Herald is false.
GLEN K. IIADLE i.
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