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HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY JUNE 28, 192 1.
NUMBER 9
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WOOL MARKET STEADY
FINEST GRADES BIT OFT
RECENT COXDOX SALE PRICES
RETORTED FAIR
Oregon Fine
WORTH !
And Fine Medium
12 To 24 CEXTS
Here
(Telegram Moston Bureau)
BOSTON, Mass., June 28. (Spec
ial to the Herald.) The past week
has not differed much in me eastern
markets in the wool trade. On the
whole the market contrawes irregu
lar with prices holding about steady
although fine, staple bright wools
have shown a slight downward ten
dency. During the week pust closed there
appears to have been more call for
the territory wools of the fine and
fine medium order and fair sales of
these wools are reported by certain
houses at prices which are firm. The
wools sold have been chiefly of the
Utah, Nevada and Arizona type cloth
ing wools, i.. e., short wools costing
the manufacturer about 60 to 63
cents, deperSing upon the quality and
character of the wool while the long
er wools of the French or medium
combing description have cost the
mills from 65 to 70 cents clean basis,
depending upon how good they were.
There has been some little trade in
Orgon fine and fine medium wools in
the original bags at prices which in
dicate a clean cost of about 73 to
74 cents while graded half-blood
combing wools have been sold -at
about 68 to 70 cents, clean basis, the
higher price being for very choicet
wool. This means about 22 to 23
cents for the finer and fine medium
wools and about 24 cents for the
half-bloods, possibly a little more for
a very choice wool.
Thus it will app'ear that the pnces
paid in the west are all that the mar
ket will allow at the present time and
it is a question whether the level of
values in the west is not even a lit
tle higher relatively than the prices
now prevailing in the seaboard mar
kets .when the freight and other
landing and carrying charges are Dg-
ured.
This is shown more or less conclu-
sively as regards the wools sold at
the sale in Condon, when, a promin-
ent Eastern buyer paid anywhere agent, estimates that not leas than The transcontinental railroads al
from 17 3-4 to 20 1-4 cents for fine 15,000 acres of wheat in thisj county i ways have fought legislation of this
and fine medium wools shrinking will pass the required test or being sort. They are fighting it now is
ssmewhere from 6770 per cent, j 98 per cent pure as to variety and j apparent. They maintain that to ra
This is estimated to represent a clean j weeds. This means a great deal to j Vor the American water carriers in
landed cost of 68 to 71 cents in Bos- j wheat growers in the county as! coast to coast traffic robs theni of a
ton, which is fully the level of the grain buyers report that past crops! volume of transcontinental traffic
market here for such wools and it j have shown a dockage of 5 per cent j that legitimately belongs to them and
is a question whether wools of stm-j or more .on account of mixed vart- thus would reduce their revenus at
uar aescripuon nave not even been
slid here for a little less maney.
Morrow County Fair
Sept. 15-16-17
Morrow Countj Fair, Heppner, Ore., Sept. 15 to 17.
SHERIFF McDUFFEE CAPTURES
MOOXSHIXE PLAXT
Sheriff George McDuffee took a
little vacation from office suttes last
Saturday evening and went up in
the upper Rhea creek country, where
after scouting through the hills
from Saturday night until daylight
Monday morning, located a first-class
moonshine plant in full operation.
Lum Gordon and Joe Manun were m
charge of the outfit which wasturn
ing out a good grade of prune and
raisin whiskey at a rapid rate.
About 20 gallons of the mushed pro
duct was found and enoun masn to
have made 150 galons of hootch,
which was perhaps intended for pat
riotic purposes July 4th. Gordon, J
who was caught by McDuffee last.!
April in a similar camp in the Gur- i
dane country was disposed to re-
sist capture Monday morning, the !
sheriff says. He. attempted to draw
his gun from a seabbar ,n nis belt
when the sheriff accosted him but
thought better of it when fie saw the
caliber of the sheriff's rifle with
which he was covered.
Mahon was fined $100 and costs as
soon as he was brought in, this is
his first offense. Gordon has not
been arraigned as we go to press.
LEXIXGTOX-IOXE ROAD TO BE
CLOSED ACCOUNT CONSTRUCTION
U. R. Grey, engineer in charge of
highway construction here, requests
the Herald to advise the traveling
public that the main road between
Lexington and lone will be closed
for about a month on account of
heavy blasting and other construc
tion work on the new highway. De
tours will be arranged and proper
signs displayed. Mr. orey drove
down the highway to Lexington
Thursday returning via Blacknorse
and found that while the ntackliorse
route is 2.8 miles longer, the road
is in fine cc million and the trip can
be made about ten minutes quicker
and with less dust and more com
fort than by the direct route.
This inloriiiatiou should be given
out i') all tourists and other travel
ers over the route. .
WILL CERTIFY SEED WHEAT
Prof. George R. Hyslop, grain ex
pert connected with the Oregon Agri-
cultural College, will be ?iere soon
after the Fourth to examine and cer-
; til'y Morrow county wheat fields for
pure seed.
L. A. Hunt, county i agricultural
eties which detracts from the nulling
i value.
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BILL FOB FREE TOLLS
MEETS ACTIVE FIGHT
BRITISH AND RAILROAD IXTER-jSEW
ESTS STRONGLY OPPOSED
Borah Measure Exempting Coastwise ,
Shipping Likely to Pass
Senate
WASHINGTON, June 2 5. (Spec
ial.) Forces are lining up at Wash
ington for the Panama canal toll
fight. Although the Republican nat
ional platform and President Hard- i
ing repeatedly have declared for the
principal of exempting American j
ships from the payment of tolls tor ,
using the canal powerful influences
are building up in opposition. For
this reason, Senator Borah, chairman
of the senate committee on inter- j
oceanic canals, proposes to call up his j
bill exempting coastwise American
ships from toll payment. Hts comm
ittee has unanimously reported this
measure to the Benate.
While the senate probably will
pass the bill in relativly short order
and while the house is generally fav
orable to tolls exemption it Is alto
gether probable that the law ulti
mately to be passed will be based on
a theory contrary to the principle of
the Borah bill.
Representative Edmonds of Penn
sylvania, a member of the house com
mittee on merchant marine and fish
eries a devoted friend for opening the
ships, has in' induced a bill to the
same end that is calculated to remove
Britch and olher alien ofijectlons to
thus favoring American ships.
In all the several previous fights
on the so called free tolls' issue, the
influence of the British government
has been thrown effectively against
tolls exemption. But the British
government has distinctly "said that
it cannot rightfully object to the Uni
ted States government rebating ;o
American ships tolls collectea Tor the
transit of the canal.
It makes Its sole objection on the
ground that tolls exemption, as op
posed to rebating of tolls
treaty provisions.
vlolates
rjumonus Dill provides for rte-
bating tolls collected from American
ships, both cost wise and deep sea
and fronkly refers to such debating
as bein ga subvention. This, his
111 Hn ine uritisn eug-
roet,r,
' a time when the envernmont ho im.
posrl such charges on them as to pre
vent them from earning sufficient
revenue for their maintenance. Only
recently when Julius KnirtKohnltt of
the Southern Pacific was before Sen
ator Cummin's committee, investigat
ing the transportation situation, he
offered this argument and spoke of
canal tolls exemption as being in the
nature of an unjustifiable subsidy to
to the water compeitors of the trans
continental lines.
THH CHAUTAUQUA
The local committee has made
; every effort posibles to secure more
j satisfactory dates for the Chautauqua
; but the bureau .has so many points
I to take into account It findH many
idirflcuties in arranging the schedule.
This resulted in dales for us about
a month later than we wished, llow
i ever we will make the beT or it and
; do verything wo can to rnke the
i Chautauqua a success.
There will be 12 splendid pro
j grams. Make your plans to attend
i every one you posnibly can. The
j season tickets for adults are $2.75,
and for children $1.10. including
war tax. Buy a season ticket even!""' 'KhlatLro "r year. Tho ap
j if you can attend only the Sunday I Poiti tees are: Archie F, Roth, Port
! programs and any other two j land, for five term; Wall' r 10. Lees,
i evenings, for the single admission for ! tand, for foi.i-ye.-r term: L.I1.
j the two Sunday programs and any Hickman. Portland, three-year term;
other two evenings will equal or ex-L'0 H. DeVaney, Ro:e!,; rg, two
j ceed the $2.75. Th local committee ' y-r term, Floyd Hart Med ford, one
' w-ceives full credit for the reason !f'r term.
j ticketH but they receive credit for Two fatal acclden's oi.t o. a total
only 25 of the single admissions i
So, if you wish to. support the local 1 only 25 per cent of the sales.
; committee, buy a season ticket. Be' You believe the Chautauqua In a
; sure to reserve or purchase your tlck-
ets before noon of the opning day,
for then the price Is advanced and the
local committee receives credit for
MOTORISTS GET REBATE
COMMISSION RECOMMENDS
POLL, INCOME TA.VS
OU,er tat"tta -New. Stories From
Oregon's Capital
City
SALEM, Or., Junet 27. (Special)
Athoroughbred horse show will
again be a feature of me state fair
in September. This was decided at
a meeting of the fair board in Salem
rectntly.
Captain Lyman Itice, of Fcmlleton, j
and Arthur C. Spencer an attornety j
of Portland, have been appointed by j
governor Olcott as members of the j
commission to administer the now!
soldiers "bonus and loan act. The
olher membeis of the commission,
9
are the governor, the secretary of
slate and the adjutant general.
Every employi r who employs per
sons in hazardous occupations is sub
ject to the provisions of the work
men's net unites s he has given notice
of his intention noi to come under
the act, according to an opinion of of
Attorney General Van Winkle, wiU
ten to a reply to an inquiry by the
state industrial aocil'nt commission
Water, li-rbt ami gas utilities op
erating in Oregon are given until
August 1st to Io briefs In protest
against a proposed uniform system of
accounting adopted by the public
service commissions of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho for the utili
ties operating in the three states.
A poll tax, 'he return of automo
biles to the tax rolls, runner taxa
tion on estate.-, state income taxes,
and taxation of certain ctasses of
ships that are cot now taxed are
some of the suggestions made by the
slate committee on taxation, created
by tho 3 821 legislature, for the pur
pose of lightning the burden of taxa
tion on mid. The committee met in
Salem during the week and I. N. Day
was elected chairman
The public service commission has
ordered that a meter system ue in-
stalled at Lakeview by the Lakevlew
Waier company.
Tne Standard Oil Co. reports to
(,e secretary of state that for the
j month of May it sold in Oregon
2, 606,309. 5 gallons of gasoline and
paf(, $54,064 in taxes on the sales.
t n. meetim- ,f th Kn,t hi,-h,v
j commission in Portland June 28, bids
will be opened on roan building Jto
; Jects in Curry, Lane, Washington,
lamhill, Coos, Jackson, Josephine,
Lincoln, Tillamook and Umatilla
counties.
Under the gasoline tax act of 1921
persons who use gasoline for other
than motor vehicle driving on thet
highways are entitled to a rebate
from the state for the fuel so used.
It is necessary, however, that the
claims for rebate be submitted to the
secretary of state within ninety nays
after the dale of sale. Seeral users
have lost their rebate for the first
three months of the laws operation
because of tardiness In presenting
the claims.
Governor Olcott has announced
that A. C. Barber, state insurance
commissioner and stale tire Marshall,
will be reappointed when his term
expires, June 30.
Mineral righls that hurr r.nt been
assessed for some years can be as
sessed and should be assessed as r'-al
property, according to un opinion ;
Attorney General Van Winkle.
During the month of May the
Shell Oil Co. of California sold In
Orvnn2:!!i,62:i.5 gallons rf gawdine
and 25'il gallons of disiiilate and
paid a tax ol $ 1 7 1 o. according to
the company's slatcuciit lo the sec
retary of slate.
All loc: salary bills Ihrl were
voted o:i in some counties of Oregon
on June 7 wen- defeated.
Covenor Olcott on Friday an
nornced his appoinlmen s for the
Ktate board oi' aeronautics, created ! y
good thing. Then let uh do all wc
can to make It the best Chautauqua
we have ever had.
THE LOCAL COMMITTEE.
OREGON' WHEAT CROP TO BE FI
NANCED BY BANKS' AID
Oregon wheat producers will be
financed this season by the banks
just as has been customary. This wan
made known yesterday afternoon to
the executive committee of the Ore
gon Co-operative Grain Growers as
sociation who met with representa
tive Portland bankers.
The proposal of the executive com
mitteemen was that Portland banks
as a unit provide the fund of approxi
mately $2,000,000 needed to harvest
this year's grain crop in Oregon, the
money to be advanced in negotiable
warehouse receipts as required. But
the Portland br.nkers pointod out
that it would be mere desirable for
individual farmers who are members
of the association to oniain their
loans from the country banks in
their respective communities, just as
has been done heretofore. Assuran
ces were given the committee mat
Portland banks would continue to
provide tund3 for this lyirose to
country ban'ka needing assistance.
The executive comwitlee of the as
sociation has been in session a couple
of days at the Imperial hotel consid
ering ways rnd nouns of mo-'inj.; the
headquarters of tthe Oregon sec. ion
from The Dalles to Portland. A. R.
Shur.iway, J. R. Reynolds, Victor
Smith, George Brown, V(. J. Edwards
and Messrs Harth and Olden are the
committee. Telegram.
of 340 industrial casualties were re
ported to the state industrial com
mission for the week ending Junet
16. The rattalities were Harry E.
Ecke:.stoin, a. warehouseman of Mod
ford, a'.id Frank Joerg, a logger of
Cochran.
A statemerfissued by Sam A. Ko
zer, secretary of state shows that a
total of $916,638.65 has beten paid
out in educational aid to Oregon ox-
serivce men under an, act passed by
the people in 1919. A total of 5645
former soldiers, sailors and marines
haev taken advantage of the act.
According to announcement, by K.
E. Elliott, state director of vocational
'education, home making courses will
be in ooperation the coming school
year In lha schools of Ashland Cot
tage Grove .Forest Grove, Salem and
Ontario.
The associated oil company in re
porting to the secretary of state
shows that tt sold in Oregon during
May 773,005 gallons of gasoline and
76,298 gallons of distillate.
Thirty-two boys who are inmates
of the slate training scnnoT passed
the recent eighth grade examinations.
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Wednesday, Thursday, June 29-30
DEVELOPMENT WATER
DIRECTOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SAYS .MEANS MUCH
River Control Means Millioins In
Flood Damage, and Cheap Power
For People
WASHINGTON D. C, JUNE 26.--(Special.)
Dr. George Otis Smith, iU
director of the United States Geologi
cal Survey, is officially in charge of
the study of tho country's water,
resources. He is in favor of the de
velopment of the nation's water-power
resources, which would bring;
cheap power to hundreds ol'eommu
nities which now lack it.
"There is no doubt that the coiuw
try in general is ready to give prac
tical attention to tho control, devel
opment, and utilization ov its livers,''
lie said in a statement to the press.
"If lie people could only be made
to understand that tho control and
utilization of rivers means millions of
dollars to them and offers one of the
greatest economic advantages that
can be taken of thenaturalresources,
they would not. be slow In approving
plans for river development. Not only;
such development as looks merely to
flood prevention althougn this In it
self would save billions of dollars
but development that will provide a.
uniform flow for rivers and streams
by which power could be generated
that could be brought within the
reach of hundreds of communities
which do not have it now.
"The development or water-power
of the rivers of the country is going
to be one of the great achievmenta
the United Stales will see in. me next
lew years. It will be a saving to tho
people so great , that it can not now
be fully comprehended, in tno East
we are learning that our rivers caa
serve us best when, hitched up witll
our great steam power plants." ;
SITUATION WAK'WD As steam
or gas engineer or separator matt
during the harvest season. Experi
enced in mechanical work all kinds
farm power or harvester machinery.
Can come at once for tho season. ,
Write or phone CHAS. HANGO,
Boardnian, Oregon. A d v e r 1 1 s e
menl. 9tt ,
Piofcssor "When, you examine a
dog's lungs under tho microscope,
what, do you see?"
"The seat of his pants I suppose."
The Pelican.
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