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VOLUME VII.
HEPPNER, ORE., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1921
NUMBER 41
BUSINESS HEN JOIN
RETAILERS WOULD OUT
Making the Helpless Independent
PENDLETON BOOSTS
UMATILLA PROJECT
JOHN OUr TAXPAYERS
HOLD LIMY MEETING
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Mark Club's First Pinner
Ever since the reorganization of
the Heppner Comercial club more y
than two years ago, the members j
have awaited the time, more or less i
impatiently, when Heppner would
again have a hotel where reg
ular get to gether dinner meet
ings of the organization could be
held. The first occasion of the kind
was that of last Thursday evening,
when some 85 club members and
prospective members gathered round
1h.e festive board at Hotel St. Pat-
l t for the dual purpose of enjoying
4 ,j. .ie dinner and discusing different ,
heeds of the town and county. There i
were hi yu muck a muck and hi yu I
wa wa at the dinner which, being j
interpreted means that there was ;
plenty to eat and heap big talk j
maybe too much talk for the good
of the club. j
President Charles Thomson presid- !
ed at the dinner and acted as toast-'
maaster. A splendid musical pro
gram was rendered during the dinner
by Heppner's popular soloists, Misses j
Gladys Lane and Zelma Engleman j.
and Mr. Morrison.
Following the dessert, Sir. Thom
son called for reports from delegates
who represented the club at the re-j
cent meeting of the state Chamber:
of Commerce and the Oregon Irriga
tion congress, and by the time these
reports were completed the hour had
grown so late that but a handful of I
the diners remained at the tables and
but Utile time wao left for the con-;
siderauon of ether subjects.
W. W. Sniead briefly outlined the
proposal to hold a county fair this
fall, stating that the county court j
was wiling to make the usual appro- ,
priation for the purpose and that the :
Farm Bureau is pledged to get 'be
hind the fair and ma'ke it a real sue
cess.- The club voted unanimously
to endorse the enterprise and help
to put it over.
The Umatilla power project also
received attention and the club went
on record as strongly in, favor of
getting behind that enterprise to the
limit.
Delegates appointed to attend the
Pendleton meeting were: A. S. Akers
J. W. Fritsch, F. A. McMinamen,
Wm. Haylor and President Thomson.
Sioce the meeting there has been
considerable djscussioa among the
members regarding the conduct of
future dinner meetings of the club
and the universal opinion seems to
be that rules limiting after dinner
speeches not only as to time but
also as to scope of subjects discussed
should be adopted and adhered
to in the future. All personalities
'vl injection of squabbles arising
jfJjlS! other organizations, members say
-..,ould be strictly taboo.
A meeting of he club wil be held
next Friday evening in the council
chamber to hear a report frtin the
Pendleton meeting and to elect offi
cers for the ensuing year.
Dale Wat'kins, former Heppner
boy, now residing at irrigon, was a
visitor here Saturday.
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I Worked Out.
Portland, Feb. 3. (Special.)
Striking squarely at the foundations
Of the historic system of distributing
merchandise from producer to con
sumer, the seventeenth annualeon
vention of the Oregon State Retail
Merchants' Association, which will
Open in Marshfleld next' Monday
morning will take up the big ques
tion of whether the organized re
tailers of the state may not bring
about certain big economics which
would enable them to give the pub
lic ore merchandise value for their
oney.
This will be news to the public
wecome news, no doubt but it it
not a new question with the ref
ers. Speaking of this today,. Ed
ward A. Mac Lean, secretary of the
Oregon State Retail Merchants As
sociation, said : :
"The biggest business brains in
America have been engaged for
years in endeavoring to solve this
problem of economic distribution
of merchandise in a scientific way.
"The mail order eyetem was one
of the earliest big developments
along this line, but people want to
sec .what they are 'buy ins, if the;-
can, so the mail order business has
never -prospered in cities and towns
where the people could get the
'service' of having merchandise
laid out before their eyes for their
selection..
"The many chain stove, enter
prises have made more headway in '
cities and lowns, because the chain
stores supplied tiieir service to cus
tomers, but the chain stores have I
lacked that, magnetic contact be- i
cause the customers never can see I
, or meet the real proprietor:; of j
: chain stores and the employes f re-j
I quen.tly lack that personal interest I
aim spirit wnicn me proprietor in
spires anfong his help when he is j
personally on the job in his own :
store.
"Among the retailers in Oregon
the sentient has been spreading
rapidly that the highest ideal of dis
tributing efficiency will be realized
if these independent retail mer
chants get together in buying di
rect from the prbducers every
where. "The convention which opens
Monday morning will debate wheth
er the time is ripe for such an im
portant enterprise and, if so, what
the detailed plan of arrangement
should be for such a buying organ-
j ization for the retailers.
"It will be perfectly plain to the
j public that if the retailers, through
a buying organization of their own.
' can get merchandise of all kinds
I direct from the producers, instead
of from wholesalers or other mid
: dlemen, it would be natural and
logical to expect big savings, thf
benefits of whjch could be passed
along the line to the consuming pub
lie.
I "No one disputes the soundness
: of this theory the difficulties that
, are encountered are all in the prac
- tical details of putting this idea
: into effect. The theory is simple,
' but working it out. presents a va
riety of complications which must
be wrestled witht. This the conven
tion will do, for the retailers nl
Oregon are animated by a very
progressive spirit.
; "It is iniposiblc to forecast what
the convention may do. Hut. this
much is certain, the convention
'will face this question squarely
am! und'-r'ake to decide jr on its
merits, without f-ar of the wrath
or v, hoi-sab : s or any other influ
ence. I!' th re'ai!-r, who fur! t
nat.dy a:-- very well or.-aniz'd, can
. !::'. hi-.' -"t,nini-. in the distri
bution of 1 rchiindise by ti,U.i"fi-
: ing ia -!: '.-ra:.is ami capital behind
fUch an e.'''iM, it is Hot only Heir
p! iviV to ! so, but it iii is ht v.-
be rm.-il - re, a ,,, jf ( i,,.-,- wou:l
r.-.v.rd - :.l j-:- i fir-a i'.n for
, th'-ir S'.lCC- :H f. S Hie 111 0.- T locl ef-
; forts th-y can ni-ike to serve tin
public to the 1,, ;;t pot-ibh; advantain-
of the public.
Various other questions of cur
rent importance win r,e taki-n up
by the convention, including the
J possible adoption of some plan for
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An outgrowth of the outdoor relief department of the county charities
of Los Angeles, gives an opportunity to persons, who otherwise would
he county charges, to live independent lives, or if crippled or handicapped in
oilier ways, partially to support themselves. Departments have been estab
lished where old articles are made over
machine with which paper from the
various uses.
COMMEftClAL CLUB TO
MEET FRIDAY EVENING
A meeting of the Commercial club
will be held in the council chamber,
Friday evening at S ocock. Election
of officers and other business of im
portance to the club will come up for
consideration.
A delegation of five members ap
pointed at the meeting last Thursday
evening to represent the club at the
Umatilla rapids power project meet
ing at. Pendleton last Saturday will
make a report of that meeting which
Wil be of interest to every citizen of
Heppner who wants to -see his town
secure the benefit of cheap hydro
electric power for lighting, heating
and power purposes.,
Heppner needs a real commercial
organization at this time more than
,at any other period in the town's
history. Every member is urged to
be present'and to bring the makings
of another good member with him.
The meeting is open to all citizens.
Bob Jordan, well known young'
man of Heppner, where he has been
employed at the Heppner garage, left
Thursday morning for Pendleton
where he will be connected with the
Pendleton garage.
a state-wide publicity campaign
designed to show that the retailers
have not been "profiteers" and to
remove the cloud of suspicion, from
them in this connection.
"TJie retailers have not profi
teered," said Secretary Mac Lean,
"but our observations have shown
that everybody thinks they have.
If this unujust conclusion is allowed
to stand unchallenged, the retaiers
must suffer in public opinion. The
purpose of the publicity campaign
would be to present the retailers'
side of the story, which the public
has never heard, so that ttie re
tailer can have the fullest public
confidence and good will and In
understood for what he really is, a
man who works hard for niodesl
profits all the time."
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MEETING GALLED
' The Grain Farmers of Morrow
county will hold a mass meeting in j
Heppner next Saturday at two p. m. ,
to discuss the marketing plan pro
posed by (ho Oregon Co-Operative !
Grain Growers Association. j
This will be a public hearing upon
thla subject, and all business men '
are cordially invited to attend. !
The mends of the plan elafm that'
it means extra money for t lie farm
ers wheat, more promptness in meet
ing merchants' bills, and easier
credit conditions for the bankers. It
is not an effort, to take business
from any local institution but to put
all local business activities upon a
more sound financial basis.
This meeting will offer an oppor
tunity to clear up any question that
may arise upon any phase of the op
eration of this plan.
This move is sponsored by the
State Grange, Farmers Union, and
Farm Bureau, and is heartily en
dorsed by the Oregon Agricultural
college. They all take the stand
that if it Is good for the farmer it
is good for the merchant and the
banker.
Come and see.
Dr. Hector McPherson and other
prominent speakers who have been
actively engaged in the organization
will be in attendance.
Several Sherman county business
men who realize its importance to
themselves through increased pros
perity to the farmers are actively
soliciting members-hips. This was
true in California. The ltaisin
Growers organization was really or
ganized and set. on its feet by the
business men and bankers of Fresno.
Evt rybod atlend.
about this big move.
Learn the trui h j
( lias. 11. KpeiTy Passes
A telegram from Portland loday
announced the death of Charles H.
Spert'y, well known citizen of loin
Mr. Sperry has been in poor health
lor several 'weeks and was taken lo
Portland last Thursday for treat-
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Forces
Delegates from the Heppner Com
mercial club to the meeting held at
Pendleton last Saturday returned
I Sunday afternoon bringing wiih them
I glowing accounts of the wonderful
meeting at which permanent organ
ization was affected of the Umatilla
Rapids Power Site association and
which was participated in by 200
citizens of Washington and Oregon
who are vitally interested in power
development.
G. W. Phelps, circuit judge of this
judicial district, was elected presi
dent of the organization; J. M. Craw
ford, head of the Tum-a-Lum Lum
ber company, of Walla Walla, was
made first vice-president and S. II.
Boardnian, of ISoardman, was chosen
as
second vice-president.
Representatives from practically'
every town in Umatilla and Morrow
counties as well as from adjoining
counties in Washington were present,
as well as a number of prominent
busines men, railway officials, etc.,
from Port land.
Representatives from both the Or
egon and Washington llygisla lures
were also present.
Fred C. Schubert, assistant United
States engineer in charge of rivers
and harbors improvement in Oregon,
was present, and one of the principal
speakers. ,
John 11. Lewis, former stale en
gineer, and at present engineer in
charge of the survey of ilie John j
Day district, was also a prominent ;
speaker. j
Judge Stephen A. Lowell, lead- i
a prominent, part in the meeting, lie- I
ing attorney ot Pendleton, also look
ing chairman of the resolutions com
mittee. Will II. Bennett, former slate bank
examiner, now cashier of a Pendle
ton bank, spoke on. the matter of fi
nancing the project, suggesting three
plans: First, that, the big undertak
ing, which will probably involve the
expenditure of $20,000,000 or $25,-
000,000 be financed and bujit by the
United States government; second,
,that the two states, Washington and
Oregon, unite in buiU'ing the dam;
and third, that private capital be en
listed In the work. Investigation
would show which of the three plant;
promised earliest results and that
plan should be adopted, Mr. Bennett
belierod.
The Heppner Commercial club was
repri senti d at. the meeting by (,'lias
Thomson, president or the club; A
S. Akers, J. W. Fritsch, F. A. McMcn
amin and Wm. Haylor. Mr. Alter:
was a member of the rcsoluli"tis
coiiimiU.ee and Mr. Me.Menamin was
made a member of the executive
comitlee.
M. J. lUlADFOIil) I'ASSFS
M. J. Bradford, former resident of
Heppner, and for several years en
gaged In the painting business here,
died at. Kirliiand, Washington, Jan
uary alb, and was buried at thai
place on Sunday, January 0 1 li.
Mr. Bradford was born in :?i. Joe,
Missouri in 1871, and was an inter
ior decorator by trade. He leaves a
widow, son and daughter-in-law in
Klrkland, a daughter in Wlieaion,
III., and a brother. Grant. ('. Brad
ford of Guthrie, Oklahoma.
The death til Mr. Ilradlord was the
l-result of three, paralytical siroken,
j tin: first of which came the la. I of
i O'lot r, last year, and I lie third on
'J ti iday, Iieeeniber :;o, al ter v, hich
l.e succumbed.
The news of his death l-ailie ;,s a
creal. shock to his many fie nds, both
in Kirkland and ia other plac he
had lived. in
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8. Akers has disposed of hi.; in
in the peoples Hardv. at Co.
G. McCai i y v, ho pi evton. ly
a f onsi'l wablo interest in ihe
corporation. The transfer was com
pleted last Friday. Mr. Akers has
no oilier business plans in view ai
this time but. says he figured thee
dull days are pretty good in which
to enjoy a loafing spell.
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Hotel Kitiiiv.; Kooin Filled at .Meeting
ill Which Are Dramatic
incuts.
The controversy over the John Day
Irrigation District, arising over the
recent tax levy of SO cents per acre
on the land in the district, and
which found first expression in du
eled ion held last month for the elec
tion of two directors for the district
received considerable of an airing at
anieeling held in the diuingroom of
Hotel St. Tatrick last Tuesday even
ing. The date was that of the regular
monthly meeting of the directors,
and a notice, had been published by
James Carty, one of the heavy land
owners in the district, asking all in
terested to attend (he directors
When the time arrived, however,,
the directors held a short, session in
th" office of their secretary in the
Roberts building and then adjourned
and went over to the hotel and at
tended the properly owners' meet
ing. C. C. Clark, president of (lie board
of directors, declined lo preside at
the later meeting, and Dr. J. P. (bon
der was chosen to that position, F. R.
Brown, secretary of the board of di
rectors, also being chosen as secre
tary of the meeting.
The meeting was a lively one from
start to finish, and a I. limes .the sit
uation developed into the dramatic.
K, A. Poo, a land .owner in the dis
trict, who resides north of lone, act
ing as spokesman for the land own
ers, slated that the object of the
meeting was lo get informal ion. He
declared that the lax levy of "0 cents
per acre on all land wifhin the dis
trict, was made without the 'know
ledge of the properly owners, and
that had the purpose of the directors
been known to the properly owners
during Ilie period in which protest
against such action could bo made
I hat there would have been a vigor
ous protest. The question of wheth
er or not legal notice had been given
of the proposed assessment was
threshed out, and F. R. Brown, sec
retary to the directors, slated that
ho has- In his files proper proof of
publication showing that a notice of
the proposed levy was published ia
the Gazelle-Times, a Heppner news
paper. Most of the taxpayers, how
ever, declared that they had not
seen, any such notice, and that it whs
not until after the levy had been
made that they had any information
on tlw subject.
Mr. Poe also stated that the peo
ple of the district want Informal jon
as to why the board of directors re
fused to seat. C. A. Minor and Art.
VVheellioiiKe, who were elected by an
overwhelming majority to supplant.
Messrs. C. C. Clark and Edward Roit
nian. Under a motion offered by J. W.
Osborn of Cecil, (!. C. ('lark was
called upon lo answer the questions
propounded by Mr. Poe.
Mr. Clat'k then look Ilie flour :" I
gave a somewhat detailed statement
of the history of the dislrlcl. lie
contended that a lax levy of fid cents
per acre was" necessary lo covet the
expense attached lo having a com
prehensive survey of Hie district.
made ami a repoi I as lo
f.asiliil-
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tended thai the dil eclois wi
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