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VOLUME'Tl.
HEPPNER, ORE., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1921
NUMBER 42
WHEAT MARKETING
DR. MePHERSOX EXPLAINS COX
TKAC.T TO BE SIGNED BY
MEMBERS -
Morrow Farmers Take to the Plan
105,000 Bushels Signed up
Saturday
Odd Fellows hall was well filled
with an interested crowd of farm
ers Saturday at a meeting called by
the Farm Bureau to consider the
proposed co-operative wheat market
ing plan which was Inaugurated at a
meeting of farmers in Sherman
county two weeks ago.
V. H. Smith, a prominent wheat
grower of .Wasco, addressed the
meeting, telling of the situation as
so far developed in his county. He
spoke from the standpoint of a prac
tical wheat producer and made it
plain that his study of the subject
has ronvinced him of its practica-
i "bUtty, and that it is bound to result
f in better conditions for the producer
and consumer as well.
Mr. Smith explained that the pro
posed marketing association would
employ practicaly the same plan as
that followed by the Canadian gov
ernment grain commission during
the war, when farmers of that coun
try received $2.03 a bushel for their
wheat, the aount being paid in three
instalments. When the wheat was
delivered they received $2.15, as the
selling progressed they were paid an
additional 30 cents per bushel and
, at the close of the selling season,
they received a final payment of 18
cents.
Mr. Smith also urged that when
the organization is completed the
very beet talent in the country
should be secured to fake charge of
the selilng end of the business re
gardless of cost. Experts in any line
demand good salaries, the speaker
said, and a concern as gigantic as
this movement Is expected to be
come must have the best men avail
able.
Mr. Smith stated that in Sherman
county many farmers hesitated to
sign the contract until they knew
what attitude their bankers would
take in the after, and he read a let
ter from W. H. Ragsdale, president
of one of the Sherman county banks
heartily endorsing the movement
Mr. Smith is vice president of the
State Farm Bureau.
Dr. McPherson, of O. A. C. , who
has made a life study of co-operative
marketing, both in this country
and in Europe, read the contract
which will be entered into between
the farmers and the Co-operative
Marketing association, explainig ev
ery paragraph which was not clear
and at the close answering many
questions from the audience.
Dr. McPherson explained that the
contract to be used here originated
at Fresno, California,, when the
raisin grape growers in that section
organized to handle their own crop
at a time when tiiey wore receiving
but 1 to 2 cents a pound for their
dried product. They are now receiv
ing some 1 8 cents, and every line of
business in Fresno is reaping the
benefit, the speaker declared.
A copy of the contract, which is
quite lengthy, has been sent to ev
ery wheat grower in the county.
The movement seems to be meet
ing with the approval of the farmers
all over the county and it is expected
a large aount of the coming wheat
crop willbe signed up at the meet
ings to be held throughout the ccun
ty within the next week. These
.eetings have been arranged as
sAooseberry school house, Feb. 15
,'7:30; Rhea Creek school house,
"Ab. 16, at 7:30; Lexington, Feb. 1'
. a nu ,o . T . 9 n
at Z p. m.;aioiga.n, r eu. io, at i.ou
p. 111.. ,
About 165,000 bushels were sign
ed up Saturday evening after the
meeting adjourned. z
Marshall Phelps is spending a
week inPortland enjoying a vaca
tion he did not have time to take
last summer.
Do you know
you can roll
-5Q good
cigarettes for
lOcts from
ft one bag.of
r
GENUINE
BullDurham
TOBACCO
LIBRARY XEEDS BOOKS
AXD MONEY
The Heppner Library association
wants books, and money to buy
more books. Ladies interested in
this worthy institution informed the
Herald yesterday that the large num
ber of idle men in the town is caus
ing an unprecedented demand on
the library, and more books are urg
ently needed.
A committee will make a canvass
of the town within the next few
days to solicit every home to donate
one or more books that they have
finished, and also to give 25 cents
or more to help meet the current ex
penses of the library as well as to
add to the books already on the
shelves. Magazines will also be ac
cepted. Look through your bob'k shelves
and lay out such books as you may
not wish to keep longer and have
them ready when the committee
calls.
Small Blaze at Hospital
An overheated flue leading from
the furnace in( the Moore hospital
started a small blaze Tuesday noon
and Mrs. Moore, being alone with
four patients, sent in a fire alarm.
The plucky woman had the fire ex
tinguished before the fire, wagon
got properly under way and the dam
age was practically nil.
TREES LINCOLN DAY
One of the principal features of
the Lincoln Day exercises of the
Boardman schooLs will be tree plant
ing. Each grade will dedicate a
tree and as many more will be plant
ed as can be secured. A truck will
be sent to Hermiston and Irrigon to
collect as many as possible. The
planting will conform to the school
property lines and to the general
community plans which are now on
in full activity.
The district will donatea sixty
foot street in front of the school
property and arrange for sidewalk
and parking in due time.
Boardman, Ore., 9, 1921.
At a rousing meeting of the Com
mercial club last night, a delega
tion was appointed to go to Prosser
for a meeting with the Prosser com
munity club on Monday the 14th to
Establish cooperative relations in re
gard to connecting Prosser and
Boardman with a road and fery. J.
C. Ballanger, Sam Boardman, -C. H.
Dillabaugh, A. L. Larsen, T. H.
Weston and Charles Barnes will
make the trip.
Boardman people have decid
ed to hold the barbecue as planned
with the exception that'the time will
probably be September, and it will
be a Hydro-Electric John Day bar
pointedlo organize a cemetery and
park association, to arrange for a
camping place for tourists, to get
trees for planting all through the
community, on investigation of the
presentstatus of the Farm Loan as
applying to this district, and on in
corporation and water supply for
Boardman.
SAM XOTSOX SHOVLD QUIT
CROAKING
Every time Sam Notson makes a
public speech on, his favorite theme
which is the Heppner Fire depart
ment, there is a fire alarm within
24 hours. Sam should quit his
croaking and let the fire demon lay
quiet while he will. Any self-respecting
demon, when he hears Sam
Notson bragging about what a pow
erful fellow he (the demon) is, is
likely to get all puffed up and tear
loose. Better let sleeping dogs lie
which is much better than telling the
truth about the fire department,
which always seems to bring on a
fire
Henry Aslibaugh Passes ...
Henry C. Ashbaugh, well known
and respected citizen, of Heppner
passed away at his hon'e in this city
Sunday evening at the aire of 42
vears, 3 months and IS days.
Mr. Ashbaugh was a native of
Iowa, but, had been a resident of
this county for many years. He was
riHv netivelv eneawii in the
blacksmithing business here, but re
i tired about a year ago on account
'of failing health. He recently dis
i nn.nd of his business property here
ar.d was preparing to talie his fam
ily on. a visit to his old home inthe
east in the spring. A widow and
two children are left to mourn the
los of a devoted husbandand father.
The funeral wis held this afternoon
from the Federated church. Rev.
Stephen 'Phelps, D. D., conducting
the services.
H. H. Anderson, representing the
Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse,
of Portland, was here for a few days
during the week looking after busi
ness affairs for his company.
John Padberg was in town Mon
day signing a contract with the Co
operative Wheat Marketing Associa
tion. Wm. Padberg, big wheat farmer,
was In town Monday morning while
waiting for the (rround to dry
enough to resume farming operations.
HEPPXER'S FIVE GREATEST
XEEDS DISCUSSED
Next Dinner.. Will.. He Father and
Son Affair, With Smok
ing Taboo
The brotherhood held another
most enjoyable dinner at Hotel St.
Patrick last evening with nearly 100
men present.
The dinner was first class and the
speakers told of many things that
Heppner most urgently needs.
President James presided in a
happy manner and introduced a
numper of speakers who had been
chosen to tell of Heppner' five great
est needs.
F. A. McMenainin, E. L. Berry, A.
M. Phelps and E. M. Shutt Were the
leading speakers and the town's
needs pointed out included play
grounds, club house or civic center,
co-operation, support :or the city
band, law enforcement, good roads
cheap electric power, cemeteryi im
provement, better tourist camping
grounas,. ana several other matters.
The meeting went on record as en
dorsing the county fair and getting
behind that project, and a committee
was authorized to investigate the
playground matter, and report at the
next meeting. Chairman James an
nounced that he would appoint the
comittee later.
The next meeting will be Ttnown
as a father and son dinner when
each member will bring, his own or a
borowed boy as his guest and it was'
the unanimous .sentiment of all pres
ent that in deference to the guests
all smoking will be eliminated in the
dining room for that evening.
The Brotherhood is a going con
cern and shows earmarks of being
an organization, that will fill a long
felt community need.
HEPPXER MEX PURSUE BOLD,....
BAD ROBBER AT IMPERIAL
(Portland Telegram)
It was a dishablle morning at the
Imperial hotel a very dishabile
morning what, with nighties chas
ing pajamas and pajamas chasing B.
V. D.'s, 'n everything.
In fact, the halls of the well
known hostelry took on the look and
and embarrasesd activity of a bed
room farce about five o'clock, with
the result that George Clark has
moved to chief Jenkin's Oak street
Inn, where things are quieter.
It all come about when J. F.
Vaughn of Portland and A., Rood of
Heppner, who ocupied a room to
gether on the fourth floor heard
someone prowling about. Where
upon they up and gave chase.
Vaugh was wearing the kind that
tie around the middle. Rood had on
the kind that let both feet stick out
the same leg. The garment's per
sistent disregard of the proprieties
finaly .induced him to abandon the
chase and call the house detective.
Clark had nothing incriminating
on him when he was finally cap
tured, but officers declared he had
ditched -a purse and some other
things in a convenient ash can.
Now the police are searching for
an acomplice. who is believed to be
lurking about the hotel, clad in
nothing except a dollar's worth of
B. V. D.'s- pre-war prices.
Bert; Stone, official decorator for
the local lodge of Elks, has prepared
a beautifully engraved medal from
the staple material of his shop and
forwarded same to Mr. Vaughn in
recognition of his bravery in the in
cident above referred to. Mr. Rood
it is understood will also be cited
for similar decoration which will be
conferred upon his return to Hepp
ner. ASTORIA.. NEWS ITEM
An all night session of Former
Heppnerites gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wil'kins at Asto
ria, Oregon on Friday evening, Jan.
28, which was spent in playing 500,
dancing, eating and discussing live
topics.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Hank Vance, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
.Tsyne, John Vaughn, 11. S. Holgat.e,
Roscoe Johnson, and Bert Hall.
The bunch attended a basketball
and Mr;--. Edi'ar A vers with us.
game (did nt spoil any hats). John
won the kale. We drank to Mike
f'urran's health (water); appointed
Harry Cummings postmaster, con
gratulated Mrs. Chas. Cox on her
chicke n dinners:, repaired and sold
automobiles, danced on the bar. ap
proved Heppner new water system.
The next session will be held at
the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pot
ter at Seaside, when we expert to
haovn ;r. and Mrs. Corder and Mr.
liarrett-Woodson-Carsner will bring
home the bacon.
C. S. Reeves, foreiiy engaged In
the photograph business here, now
located at Hood River, is here this
week making pictures for the forth
coming high school annual.
W. T. Matlock came ,-,p from Cecil
Monday morning t- see what effect
Monday ornlnij to Bee what effect
the snow storm had on his young
lambs. They had more than 700 of
the young bleaters to look after on
Sunday morning.
OLD FRIEND RECALLS
G(
DR. PHELPS DELIVERS EVLtXiY
OX GREAT EMANCIPATOR
Drew Vivid.. Picture., of. Lincoln's
Character, Work and
Tragic Death
Unusual interest attached tn the
observance of Lincoln day in Hepp
ner this year from the fact that Rev
Stephen Phelps, D. D., L. L. D the
venerable pastor or the Federated
church, who was a personal friend
ot the great emancipator, chose as
his tnerue Sunday morning, Abra
m MLmcoln. Dr. Phelps' father
and Mr. Lincolnhad been voting men
together in the early davs and a
warm friendship developed between
them which ended only with their
death I Dr. Phelps' boyhood days
k h0n was a uent visitor
atthe Phelps home back in Lewiston,
Illinois, and for more than sixty
jcmo we name or the great-hearted
American has ben a household
wordin the Phelps family.
In his address Sunday morning,
Dr. Phelps pronounced Abraham
Lincoln among the greatest men of
our country and of all countries; of
his own time and of all times. He
grouped thecauses which co-operated
to make him great, and manv of
the elements of his wonderful char
acter. He told how Mr. Lincoln
stood four square to every wind that
blows; the same to all,, rich and
poor.
He told of the enthusiasm thruout
the great northland over Lincoln's
nomination anil ewtinn- m- n..
for men in the Civil War and the re
sponse of the nation by the enlist
ment of two million eight hundred
thousand. He told of the shock to
the nation and the consternation of
the world caused by the assassina
tion; also of the funeral procession
two thousand miles long, a national
ovation of honor and sorrow; and of
his burial while millions wept for a
man whom they loved, but whom
most of them had never seen.
HEPPNER HI LEADS IN
BASKET BALL, DEBATING
The high school basket ball team
met the Condon and Fossil teams
on their trip Friday and Saturday.
Both games were victories for Hepp
ner. The Condon game was played
Friday night on the Condon floor.
The Heppner boys were not used to
playing on a slick flood but never
theless they held the Condon boys to
a score of 17-2 the first half. The
second half the Condon boys came
back with some very fast playing,
and earied their score up to 17,
while the Happner boys carried
theirs to 28, thus ending the game
with a score or 17-28 in favor of
Heppner.
The Fossil game was played on
Friday. It was one of the hardest
and most important games that the
team has played. The Fossil boys
were pretty confident of winning,
and they didn't miss it very far. Ev
ery man on the Heppner team play
ed for all that, was in him. The score
at the end or the first half was 10-6
in Fosil's favor, but the second half
both teams were lighting their best,
and with one minute to play the
score stood 19-19; then a lucky
basket and a foul won the game for
Heppner with a score of 10-22.
the credit for winning the games. He
did al that he could to keepus in the
best trim and his success was dem
onstrated in the victories of the
tea m .
In the interscholastlc debating
contest now being waged throughout
Oregon, both Heppner teams were
victorious over the lone teams last
Wednesday evening when the ques
tion: Resolved That the Open Shop
Principle Should He Adopted in Am
erican Industry, was discussed.
Misses Audra Crogan and Marga
ret Woodson upheld the affirmative
j in the debate here, and Misses Kelt
sir! Devin and Hd die Moore, of
lone, contend (1 for the negative,
j At the debate held in lone the
i sain, evenini:, Elmer Peterson and
: Roland Humphreys. of Heppner
high, argued forth'- ii''taiii'' of the
(Hies; ion, winning t lie dicislon from
ttw; judges over the lone nu n.
I Mr. and Mrs. Hen Kwa""art , who
1 have been quit eill with pneumonia
i for some time, are both Hoovering
.rapidly. Mr. Swaggart was able to
j be on the street Sat urday.
; A large .crowd of members of the
! Elks lodge attended , t he funeral of
'Charles li. Sperry at lone Saturday.
Health Shewn hy Finger Nal's.
The rapidity of the gmwMi of the
nulls Is Indicative of the health. The
growth of the nails on the ri'lit hand
Is In most people more rapid than of
those on the left lmad. Another curi
ous point l( that the rate of growth
of the null depends directly on the
length of the finger. Thus the nulls
on the two middle fingers of men grow
more rapidly than those on the first
ind fourth fingers respectively, sud
these In turn are more speedily grown
Uao Uiom oo Ui little fingers,
BOARDMAN MIRROR'S
FIRST REFLECTION
The first ray reflected from the
Boardman Mirror was shed across
northern M.orrow county last Friday
when No. 1 of Vol. 1 of that spright
ly young candidate for journalistic
favor made its appearance.
The mirror is published every
Friday by Mark A. Cleveland, pub
lisher, who concludes his introduct
ory editorial with the hard headed
statement that his newspaper, "like
any other mirror must be well silver
ed o function, properly. The sub-
sciipuon price is ja.uo a year.'
we greet ihe Mirror with best
wishes and express the hope that it
may continue to reflect the get
there spirit of Boardman until that
town beconu-s the biggest city on
the Columbia river from source to
mouth.
SPORTING NOTES
Curtis Vaughn, of Boardman and
Heppner, and Will Johnson, of Con
don will meet on the wrestling mat
at Condon Saturday, February 19.
A good match is expected.
Glen Hadley of Hardman, and
Curtis Vaun will wrestle in Hepp
ner Friday, February 25th. This
match will be one in which each man
wil be out to win, and all lovers of
real sport should be there.
E, LOGAN RESIDENCE
S NEAR CECIL
Fairview, the residence of Everett
Logan, was burned to the ground
on Sunday night and whole of the
contents wore burned. Fire was
discovered in one of the bed rooms
and the family were just able to es
cape before the house was a roaring
furnace. It is thought that the fire
originated in a lamp explosion in
one of tho roms. No insurance was
carried. The sympathies of the
community were extended to the
faily by showers of household neces
sities. Miss Blanche Easterly of Hood
river arrived in Cecil on Saturday
and will visit with her sister, Mrs.
Lois Easterly, who is teacher at the
Four Mile school.
William Hind, of Eight Mile was
a Cecil caller on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers and family
arrived in Cecil last Saturday and
are residing at Rockcliffe near Cecil.
Mr. Myers is one of the engineers
oftho Oregon Hassam Paving com
pany. Mrs. T. W. MeFadden and daught
ers, Misses Ellen and Agnes, of Eight
Milo, have left lor the Dalles where
they willr reside for the winter
months.
Mr. and MsS. H.
family ol'Four Mil
with J. W. O.sborn.
J. Slreeter and
e, spent Sunday
('. A. Minor, of Heppner,. has been
calling on IV-il friends during the
week.
Paul Weeks, or Heppner, has been
installed at The Shepherds' Rest as
chief cook aii(J bottle washer for Hoi)
Thompson.
Gcrge A. Melton returned from
Boardman on Tuesday and is again
at work at Fairview 1'or Everett
Logan.
It. K. Duncan of Busy
was doing business In
Wednesday.
Misses ilaze 1 Winter
Hoe ranch
Cecil on
of Shadv
Dell, and Blanche Eastley of Hood
River, were, tho guests of Mr nn.l
Mrs. George Krebs at TheLaHt Camp
on Wednesday.
Mrs. Jack Hynd of Dutlerby Flats
returned from Heppner on Thursday
after spending a few days visiting
her daughters- who are students at
the Heppner high school.
George Henriksen, or Rhea, and
nephew, Clifford Henriksen of Wil
low Creek ranch, made a trip on
Saturday to Heppner and brought
down a fine bunch of cattle which
will he fed at Coril.
Claude L. Murray or Heppner,
spent Thursday looking up his old
friends around Cecil,
Mr. ami Mrs. Marion Van Sehoick
and family, and also party of young
; friends fiorli Arlington too'k in the
i Four Mile school program in Cecil
I Hall oil .-'a turd a v n ifhl.
: Eil Reilinan of I.ena, aecoiii pa nh d
by .Miss Hull' Vim Viwior arid parly
; of friends made a sliurlslay in Cecil
on Sunday.
i Mrs. Funk, of Ivmsas City, is vis
lilitig with her biothcr T. W. May
at. Lone Star ranch.
! Mrs. Hannah Ahall. left for the
! loiil on Thursday for Echo where
she will visit wilh her daughter, Mrs.
'Fred Buchanan for some time.
; C. S. Varnbert arrived in Cecil on
i Thursday and will work at lluttei
j by Flats during the lambing season.
Mrs. T. W. May or the Lone star
I ranch and Mrn. Funk of Kansas
City were callers on Mrs. Z'-nneth
Logan at Cecil onTlitirsday.
A. Ely and Ilert. I'almateer of
Morgan were Cecil visitors on Wed
nesday. Miss Lois Easterly and her pupils
from Four Mile school gave an eon
tertainment In Cecil Hall n Satur
day night. Greatcredil Is due to all
the young performers who took part
In the evening s entertainment,
I which was thoroughly enjoyed by a
'large audience. Dancing, etc., fin.
ished up th evening.
MERCUL
NEW SET OF OFFICERS
McMEXAMIX AND FRITSCII ARK
ELECTED BY VNANIMOl'S VOTE
Retiring Secretary Makes Financial
neport Mioumg Club in
Good Condition
The Commercial club held an in
teresting meeting in the hotel din
ing room last Friday evening when
many matters of importance to tho
comunity were discussed and acted
upon.
President Thomson called W. W.
Smeed to the chair to preside during
the meeting, and Mr. Smeed's first
official act was to limit all leading
speakers to 15 minutes and other
discussion to 10 minutes each.
F. A. McMenainin and J. W.
Frifsch each gave interesting reports
of the Umatilla power project meet
ing they attended at Pendleton the
previous Saturday , both speakers
laying stress on the importance to
Heppner of a project that promises
the town and county an abundance
of cheap power which may be used
for all purposes, including power,
lighting, heating and cooking. Sev
eral other members of the club con
tributed to the discussion and tho
organization, went on record as being
strongly behind the project.
Tho club also directed that a res
olution be prepared endorsing Sen
ator Chamberlain for a place on the
United States shipping board and
that thesanie be forwarded to Sen
ator McNary to be presented to
President-elect. II anting.
W. D. llarralt! who was to havo
spoken on tho highway question,
was unable to be present, having
been called to Salem on highway
business, but. president Thomson
made an appeal to the clubto co-operate
with Mr. Barratt In, every way
possible in his efforts to secure the
completion of the Willow creek sec
tion of the highway to Heppner.
A report of tho financial condi
tion of the club was made by S. A.
Pattlson, retiring secretary, whicli
in brief Bhowed the following:.
Received from contributing mem
bers from Jan. 1, 1920 to Feb. 1,
1921, $2429. GO Received from ban
quet ticketB, $123.50, a total of
$2648.00.
During that time the amount
checked out was $2197.39, leaving
a balance on hand In the two banks
of $350.61
Astatement In detail or expendi
tures showed the following items:
Paid toband leader, $900; expens
es or delegates to various conven
tionsand meetings, $183.15; hau
(litels, $275.32; dues to other or
ganizations, $20.00; printing 5,000
booklels, $175.00; other printing
and postage, $92.55; clerical work,
$7.50, and miscellaneous expenses
$5-13.55.
Of the miscellaneous Hems tin
following were of importance: Dona
tion lo Heppner Hotel company to
payt'or electric light fixtures lor tho
hotel and the cost, of Installation,
i $48 1.00; wiring hand stand, $17.30;
one third expense ol limners picnic
The club now has 58 contributing
members, the monthly conl ri'iul ions
ranging from 50 cents to $20 pep
per (Hit li, and totalling $1 53.00 per
month.
The culb then proceeded to llm
election of new officers, F. A. Mc
Menainin being elected president,
Fred Tash, vice-president and J. W.
Fritsch, socrclary-tteasure r . The
election waswitlioul contest, all of
ficers being chosen by aci .latitat ion.
The ladies of the Relief Corps will
hold a pantry sale at Mrs. Luper's
Millinery store on Saturday, Feb. 19,
beginning at 1 p. m.
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