ANT A GOOD BUSINESS, ADVERTISE AND GET IT
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NUMBER
VOLUME VIII
HEPPNER, OREGON, MAY 10, 192 1.
IF YOU HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS, ADVERTISE AVD KEEP IT; IF Yc
m a i n
ON CEMETERY HILL ROAD
MOKE THAN 100 PUBLIC SPIRIT-
ED CITIZEN'S HELP
Road Once Menace To Every Funeral
Cortege Now in Fine
Condition
SHEPHERDS'
HOME, F INEJSTOCK RANCH
A fine demonstration of what a
live mayor, backed by a townful of
public spirited citizens, all bubbling
over the civic pride and the spirit
of co-operation, can do once they
spit on their hands and take hold,
was given last Tuesday and Wednes
day, when, in response to Mayor No
bles proclamation declaring a holi
day and appealing to all public spir
ited citizens to turn out and help
put the road up cemetary hill in de
cent condition, more than 100 men
bankers, merchants, lawyers, doc
tors, editors, farmers, stockmen, me
chanics, laboring men in fact most
every one able to wield a shovel,
swing a pick or drag a rake turned
out with a will and built a road up
that hill that is a better road than
some stretches of the state highway,
many miles of county roads and
countless small town streets that
we have all seen and tried to travel.
Practically every business house in
the city closed all day Tuesday and
everybody donned overalls, bought,
begged or borrowed a shovel or
rake and put in his good old eight
hours or more making a really good
road where a mighty poor one had
before been a menace to every fun
eral cortege that passed over it.
About every work team in town was
on hand either plowing out water di
ches at the sides of the road or haul
ing gravel and earth for the mac
adam surface, and several big trucks
were also in action. Once the earth
waB loosened by the plow, shovelers
fairly "eat it up" getting it to the
center of the grade and the way that
roadway rose in the air was not slow.
Where the rock ledges were tco hard
for the plowshares, big huskies like
L. A. Hunt, Les Matlock and Walt
Cason went after the lava crust with
good old reliable picks, making you
Ihink of a lot of Yankee doughboys
digging in under German Are.
There were a lot of sore muscles
and blistered hands around town '
Wednesday and Thursday but there
were also a lot, of fellows feeling J
mighty "cocky" over the results ac- I
complished by themselves and ttheir i
neighbors for the common good I
It was estimated Wednesday even- j
ing after the job was completed that I
had the same results been accomp- !
lished by contract or day labor it
would have cost upwards of $1000.
Without meaning to peddle any
bouquets it is only fair to say that
Vee Gentry and Guy Boyer are en
titled to be credited with having
done more than their share. Each
man furnished four teams and driv
ers both days which meant a lot of
plow work and gravel hauling for
the good of the cause.
Roy V. Whiteis real estate agency
reports the sale Saturday of the C.
A Minor ranch on upper Willow
creek, to W. H. Cleveland of Gresh
am. The place, which is considered one
of the finest stock ranches in the
county contains 1820 acres, being
creek bottom alfalfa land under ir
rigation. The place is well improv
ed with a fine home, good barns,
stock sheds etc. The price paid was
$36,000.
The ranch is known among old
timers as the Hager place but when
Mr. Minor acquired the place sev
eral years ago he n I ned it Shep
herds' Home, by which it has since
been known.
The ranch formerly contained
thing over 3600 acres but a few
years ago W. T. Matlock bought a
half interest in the place ana later
the pardners divided the land, Mr.
Matlock taking the lower portion on
which there are no buildings
As a part of the consideration Mr.
Minor tookover a six-acre home tract
well improved at Gresham.
It is understood that Mr. Cleve
land and family will take immediate
possession of their purchase.
Water Povcr Will Benefit
All the People of the State
HVDKO-l-.LECTHlC PEVELOP
SHOU1J) BUIXG FACTORIES
Raw Materials Necessary to Make
West Independent of East
Are at Hand
The grand jury was in session sev
eral days last week, winding up their
labors Saturday. Their report will
be ready for the regular term of
court in June.
SALE AT LON PRICE
400,000 POUNDS MARKETED
10c TO 12 He
I'tuli Growers Refuse 10c
Grade That I5rought 72c
Last Year
AT
of both state and county officials,
especially the latter, to ascertain the
scope of value, the availability and
the present ownership of every power
site and privilege within the state.
The public is entitled to know .these
MAYOR NOBLE EXPRESSES
APPRECIATION TO CITIZENS
I, E. G. Noble, mayor of the
City of Heppner, and in behalf of the
city council, take this means of ex
pressing our thanks and sincere ap
preciation to more than 100 patriotic
citizens for answering the call for
their services in graveling the cem
etery hill road which was in a de
taoia no- If thuv nr n n v onn siHor- I PlOi aOie COnOlUOn. I 116 rOBO. IS
cumpieiru Miu une mm w emi vein uc
(Oregonian
The wool growers of the Yakima
section are following their old pol
icy of selling their wool early. Last j Antipodes.
year they disposed of their clips at i gou and Washington
By-Judge Stephen A. Ixnvel..
PENDLETON, Ore., May 6. Spc
slal to the Herald. The hydraulic
resources of this state are stupen
dous, even conceding to Washing
ton equal claim and moral ownership
in the potential power of tne coium
bia where ever that river constitutes
the line beween the states.
The electricitv which may be de
veloped from the waterfalls which
abound in come sections of the state,
ar.d which in -the case of the middle
Columbia, Dechutes and the John
Day is pregnant with rich promise of
desert transformation, invites the im
mediate attention of every thought
ful citizen.
The Pacific ocean will one day
rival, if it does not surpass, the At
lantic in commerce between the con
tinents. Hitherto the backward
races have dominated the Orient and
trade with them has been meager as
compared with the exchange of com
modities between the Atlantic and
Europe. Thenceforward, however,
Japan must be reckoned as one of the
progressive powers of the earth,
while lethargic China is slowly awak
ening. The white men of Australia and
New Zealand will in the future look
j toward America and Canada and
here seek exchange of products. All
ought to become manufacturing
states, these commonwealths ot the
Pacific.
We posses all the raw materials,
save cotton and iron necessary to
meet the demands of the Oriental
peoples and of the residents in the
With cheap power, Ore-
can supplant
the opening of the season, when . (he Atlantic states in the market of
prices were high and profited by it. i Asia and the islands of the southern
IMS vear, airnougn me inaniei is
low, they a:e losing no time in get.
Jack Hynd was up from Cecil
Friday on business.'
Bill Hendrix was in town Satur
day from Heppner Flat and report
ed that in twenty years experience on
the flat he has never seen such a fine
wheat prospect. Mr. Hendrix will
soon go over to the John Day to
get ready to take care of his hay
crop on his ranches along that
ett cam.
Do you know
you can roll
SO good
cigarettes for
lOcts from
one bag of
ting rid of their product, in fact, are
selling the wool as fast as it is shorn.
In the past week fully 400,000
pounds of new Washington wools
were disposed of at prices ranging
from 0 to 12 Scents.
Shearing!!? under way at Arling
ton, Echo and Pilot Rock, and is be
coming general in all purls or East
ern Oregon and eastern Washington,
but no busines has developed in those
sections yet.
Aeorriing to eastern advices, there
is more activity in the market, but
no indication of any improvement in
prices. It is hoped the emergency
tariff bill will be passed ppoariily as
the trade generally thinks it will
have a steadying effect on values. A
trade report from Chicago says:
"Wools are selling very freely and
the demand is broad covering all
g-ades. Prices are not satisfactory.
The mills aie buying in small quan
tities, evidently covering immediate
requirements. This lends a heal
thier tone to the market and larr;o
purchases, r.s it insures further bus
1 iness in the near future, providing
the demand for cloth continues.
The most, encouraging feature of
tip market is a consider;1 hie demr-nd
for 3-8-blnods. Inasmuch us there
i is Dior" of this grade on hand than
'any other domestic wool, the move
I ment affords considerable relief to
the market.
j "There js no difficulty in moving
: large quantities of wool if the mar
ket prices are met."
According to word received at Bos
ton, Tanners in the South America
wool growing districts are being of
fered so nttle for their wool that in
sea.
A well balanced state undertakes
to satisfy the needs of its own people
the tastes of its citizens in occupa
tion, and to see to it that all its in
dusti ial assets are utilized. When
that is done depression such as now
rests upon us is not likely to occur.
If one branch of effort is temporally
under clouds oilier branches are uc
the, money flows in Its usual chan
nels, and prosperity and contentment
reign.
If Oregon can stinloment its lum
ber and fisheries, its cereals and its
livestock, its mining and its horticul
ture, by a comprehensive scheme of
manufacturing, her future will be as
sured. She can take her station be
side Massaehusetles, Missouri and
Michigan.
Thus lar capital has not been at
tracted, probably because of pauci
ty of coal, of steel, and of cotton
Willi the development of moderate
priced electric energy, however, all
these handicaps will be as nothing.
.Manufacturing in these days will
:u:ely follow cheap power.
Probably sentiment is- not yet. ripe
for public ownership of this utility.
Indeed the subject of electricity 1ms
thus far cummnaded little popular at
tention. The apostles of puv.er haw
scarcely yet been able to make tlnir
voices heard over the protest of v .
led mleiests.
What must, come is a decade of ed
ucation, as to tiie tremendous value
of the hydraulic assets now running
lo waste on almost every striata, and
during such period of education
come means must be found to con
serve the "white coal" and keep it
from syndication. The people tbem-
eter-
able part thereof, have already be
come the property of small or great
power interests the fact ought .to be
of record.
Several of the Eastern states have
permitted their water power substan
tially to become lost, and now that
ithe world is alive to the staggering
value of this factor in, modern ac
tivity, the people are struggling with
persistent but discouraging purpose
to recover and control this essential
element of their industrial and
economic life. Oregon may learn a
valuable lesson from the experience
of her older sisters in the union of
states.
One of the most illuminating expe
riences of modern electrical activity
is that of hydro-electrical develop
ment in Ontario, Canada. Its story
reads like a romance, but is is told
by hard headed engineers, and the
experience thus far in public owner
ship there has been pronouncedly a
success, it would be a gracious
thing at this juncture it some Ore
gon men of wealth and public spirit
would furnish funds for inspection
on the ground by Oregon scientists
and engineers of the experience in
that province since 1907.
Whether workable here, may, of
course, be a problem, but that the
scheme of public operation by hydro
electric utilities in Ontario has been
abundantly successful seems to be
everywhere conceded. it at least
is worthy ot stuuious consideration
of the citizenry ot Oregon and Wash
ington. The electrilicalion of rail
roads, the furnishing of lights, (lie
sale of motive power at low rates,
careful bubiness methods, intelligent
acceptance ot all modern improve
ments in plants and transmission has
stamped the Canadian experiment
with universal public approval.
but whether or not in thu end
such a sjstein as now obtains in On
tario be generally adopted, it is sure
in.
111 it!
PLAN FINE BUILDING
MAKE CITY PROPOSITION FOR
CITY HALL LOT
Proposed Structure Credit to
Anil Would Kill Long
Felt Need
City
justly proud of and wfll stand as a
monument for time to come.
We especially thank Guy Boyer,
Vee Gentry, Frank Parker, Will
Mikesell, Osman Hager, Wm Baird,
Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co., Ed Breslin,
and Arch Barnard for their teams
which were taken from their regular
work at home and donated to the
(.good cause.
And youdisloynl business men, we
we have this for you;
This proclamation was not made
for fishing trips, backyard grievances
or for worshippers of the Almighty
Dollar. The writer's attention was
called to one case where a business
man stood in front of his place of
business apparently waiting for a
prospective customer, while his com
petitor was on the job; a shame and
and a disgrace and a. slap in the face
which will be remembered in more
livays than one by the promoters and
the boys on the job.
Thanking you all again who were
Interested in this good work, 1 am,
Yours very truly,
E. G. Noble, Mayor.
COUNTY COURT HELD
SHORT TERM LAST WEEK
TWO COLl 'Mill A KlVEIl I I'.IUIY
LICENSES ;it.XTEI
Timnsfer of Money From (ieuet
Fund Will Help Market
lload Work
that the public muul keep UacU' ad
vised ol wuji is u reasonauie com oi i was r,.,jm t Kjv
eiecuiciu ioi usuiuifc, iui uiiiuuut
luiiug, lor locomotives, lor liouie aim
municipal Uoc. U oufalil. lo kuov,
daily what rales the great corpora
tions are paying loprivate water com
panies, wni.-ini r equitable or JUSI con
U'acLs exisi, w iieuicr hi uieipaliK-s oi
private individuals are paying more
than Ihey oufctit to be paying under
an equitable schedule.
The blale, too, so long as the high
ly valuable power sites and privi
leges are in private hands ought lo
assure itu treasury fair and guaran
teed income from taxation of these
assets, insofar as tliey lie within the
taxable area of several counties.
Kuuning streams and the waters of
lakes have been declared by 'the Ore
gon legislatute lo be subject to ap
propriation for the puipose of devel
oping electrical power. How gen
erally this statue lias been utilized is
not known. Probably to much greter
extent tiian most or the people real
ize, j law is too lax. Jl it is- lo
coiKihue it (ju li t to contain come
m..;;'iit regiiiaioi-y provisions.
Ti.eic Ul'e two Ci,l.:M-S of pecple,
County court was in session hut
one day last week the docket for the
month being short while the bus
iness was expedited.
A road petition from W. V. Cox
et al, was allowed and the road was
ordered opened as a public county
road.
A. B. Strait was granted a license
to operate a ferry on the Columbia
river at Boardiiian for a term of 3 r
years, the license lee being fixed at
I a or one dollar a year. .Mr. Strait
i bund in the
amount of JalH) as a guarantee Dial
he fulfill the terms of the contract.
Gordon Holmes, of Irngon, was
also grunted a ferry license for the
operation of a ferry on the Columbia
at Irrigon, under the same terms.
By and order of the court I lie s
of $3,500 was transferred from the
general county fund to the market
road fund In older that certain mar
ket road work under way may he
completed while the plant is in op
eration. A similar transfer of funds was
That the ex-service men did not
burn out their energy batteries whila
in camp and field during the world
war is shown, by the snappy way in
which they are tackling knotty prob
lems since returning to civilian
walks.
Members of Heppner Post, Ameri
can Legion have long felt the need of
a home of their own and they havo
recently devised a plan to get it and
that right away.
Briefly the plan is that the legion
boys have made a proposition to the
city that in consideration of the city
deeding to the legion the city hall
lot. at Willow and Gale streets the
legion will erect during the coming
sumer a $6000 building in which
they will furnish the city a council
room and quarters for the city tire
station. The matter was taken un
der advisement by the council aC
its last meeting and a dicision will be
given at an adjourned meeting next
Monday evening.
, The boys say they have worked
out a plan for financing the under
taking and that if the city will con
sider the matter favorable the build
ing will go up. Not many organiza
tions would have the nerve to tacklo
such a propsition duriT these finan
cially degenerate days hut the fel
lows who put the wkids under tho
Hun, no doubt have the "innards"
to put this scheme over.
The proposed building will be
06 x 6li feet, the full size of the lot,
of concrete const rucl ion one story
high, and according lo the plans
already prepared by T. G. Denisee,
show the following:
Size of building Ot! x fid; fire sta
tion 16 X211.H; council room 6 x 24;
dormitory 1R.6 x 24; library and
reading room 14 x 21; auditorium
34 x 4S with additional stage room
16 x 1!0, with two dressing rooms in.
basement under the stage; the smit
ing capacity is estimated at about
4110. There will also be provided lav.
aorien, hot and cold shower and tub
hatha, toilets etc.
Such a building will fill a long felt
want in town, not only for use of
the legion members but also for thu
use of the boys young men and older
men of the town who care to avail
lliemsi Ives of Its privileges.
Heppner Post American Legion,
have arranged to bring a carnival
company lo Heppner to hold high
jinks for four days and nighls1. Tho
company are scheduled to arrive
and the show will be on Wednesday
Thursday, Friday and .Saturday, May
IS, III, 20, and 2 1. The leg
ion will wind up the festivities by
giving a grand ball Saturday night,
which promises to be the event of
I he season.
The boys are expecting lo annex a
considerable quantity of kalo on this
occasion which will he salted down
in their new building fund.
made from the motor vehicle fund
to Hie llnrdnmn-Itock creek road
fund for the purpose of completing
unfinished work in that district.
on tside
tiie
Hi,,, nii,e I ur
ten-sled in
power chea
d
i.illy in
lech ii-.ll
vailable,
i uilroad
1 ,
GENUINE
BullDurham
1
TOBACCO
gtonp of
r.i, who are e. j.
lie; Mibji cl ot
jil y and i-u: ily
namely, the faiiie is and
operators,
j The future of successful a';iicul
.turo and agr eable life in rural com
munities lies in the Incn-ascd use of
electrical a tihl ia nci for lii'hlitic
many cases they are not bothering j " "" lu.eu.gem.y oeie,-, htatjig applj(..a JJ()V,r. lf lht.
to shear their animals and are Fell- i v" magnificent hydro-1 8urfae Ul (. ly U,M Ulir
ing them to slaughter houses with j e't-'Cti'Ic heritage shall pass to private1
the wool on their backs. Informa- j ownership as oil and coal deposits I
ion to this effect was contained In ! have passed, or be retained as the
a letter recently received from South property of all.
America by a well known wool deal-1 Oregon's first duty clearly Is to
er. The letter stated that the prl-j Undertake through her colleges and
oes offered for wool were not uf- j universities, her engineers and her
ficlent to pay the freight from the executives, her scientists and manu
farms to the market. This condl-! faciurers, a comprehensive and bold
Hon is doe rhelfly, It Is slated, to system of Investigation and discus
the falling off In purchases of South sion. The experience of other statea
! American wools because of the Im- and ot other countries ought to be
iminences of tariff legislation. Buy- drawn upon freely for this is beyond
i ers are afraid to take any further j all q ies ion the most Important In
j chances of being caught by the dustrial . roMem which baa yet con
tariff and are buying Bouth Ameri- j fronted ti e commonwealth, or will
can wools In thlti country for nearly ever ".,,,-, ,:,t n.
'double those for which
I wools can be Imported.
the same
Wh.. t
la In r fi
- educational campaign
-a it should be the duty
own against the competition of the
motor vehicles and the approaching
epoch of airplanes, electrical traction
must be hastened. ,
In practice one of the modern elec
tric locomotives replaces four steam
locomotives, and can run 1000 miles
without need of mechanical renova
tion. Every rail line in Oregon
ought to be lutenwjly interested In
this Mibjcct. Ily the trans;' ion coal
will be haved, running I. me im Teas
ed, cost of operation reduced, clean
liness in passenger trau.,poi Ution
MBred.
With farm H'l, manuf'xturtis,
trannportatiop ; ,;8, home owners all
Interested, surely Oregon may well
NO
AIRSTOCLIM!
This is to advise the public that I have mov
C'l inv offices from the second floor of the
Robert:- iy.iMir.rr t0 thc rooms rccertly
o.-eupiod 1 y the Tri-Statc Terminal Co. on
the ground floor of the Farmers Union
building, east side of Main street where 1
will be pleased to meet all my patrons and
friends and thc public generally.
REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE & GRAIN
Will continue to be my specialties.
K R. BROWN
approach tiie hydro electric problem
promptly and courageously. Men
may differ as to the part the stale
lihoubl ultimately take In actual de
relopment and operation, hut none
can reasonably oppose direction by
the state of a broad plan of educa
tion, a prompt and Inl. llg.r,( ,, r
Ming of data, and co-operation with
the federal power commission ami
bo authorities of adjacent htateS Vu
the purposes of tho f,.,(.ra,
act, UiBolar as tho latter Blu'.ut'i now
contemplates.