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VOLUME VIII
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1921
NUMBER 16
IF YOU HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS, ADVERTISE AND KEEP IT; IF YOU WANT A GOOD BUSINESS, ADVERTISE AND GET IT
HFPrN
MIFIRAI O
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County Uoadmaster McCaleb retur
ned Sunday evening from DRch creek
-where he had been most of the week
superintending some improvement
work on the Heppner-Ritter road j
which will improve that much needed
artery of trade very greatly.
To a Herald reporter Sunday, Mr.
McCaleb talked most interestingly of
the road situation between this
county and the interior expressing
satisfaction that the people of Uma
tilla county as well as of Morrow are
showing an interest to give the people
of Grant more and better outlets.
Mr McCaleb has been a consistent
boobter for the Heppner-Ritter road
as has Judge Campbell and other
county officials and it was largely
through their efforts that the road
to Ritter was opened and made pas
sable for automobiles on July 3, 1920
when, it will bo remembered, the
people of Ritter arranged a celebra
tion of the event and invited the
Heppner Commercial Club and all
other Morrow county people to be
their guests on July 4th. Mr. McCa
leb still feels some chagrin that, at
the last moment, in the face of his
own and the construction foreman's
assurances that the road would be
passable for cars on the third, the
Heppner people got cold feet and
gave up the trip, much to the disap
pointment of the Ritter folk who
had prepared to entertain them.
Only two cars made the trip on that
occasion and they got through all
right, Mr. McCaleb says.
Speaking of the present condition
of the Ritter road, Mr. McCaleb said
that the greatest trouble met with
in work done last year was in getting
through a number of marshes near
the summit where the mud seems to
be bottomless. The work now being
done is for the purpose of changing
the road so as to avoid these spots
and the line has already been located
and is being "slashed" and grubbed
and made ready for the graders. I
mi" worn win oe completed inis iail
and if the weather continues favor
able it is hoped the necessary grad
ing will also be finished.
Speaking of general road condi
tions in this county Mr. MoCaleb
pointed out that the road department
has all it can take care of, and more,
in keeping the more heavily travel
ed roads in passable condition be
cause of the general financial depres
sion and delinquency in taxpaying
which has left no money for the im
provement of roads into the interior.
This condition, he says, will continue
throughout the present year but with
the rfturn of normalcy he hopes to
see these important routes into the
interior which will mean so much to
both Mo-row and Grant counties re
ceive mere attention. Not only have
finances been short but labor condi
tions have also worked a hardship on
road improvement by the comity and
the big program of co-operation with
the siate on highway construction
has also been a factor When the
highways nt e completed, however,
their maintenance will in- taken over
by tlw state, tlius relieving the county
ol" a h'-a -y annual buiden and b av
in,' more for the improvement of
other toads.
tio far the improvement of the Rit
ter road has copt the county but lii-
DURHAM
tobacco makes 50
flood cigarettes for
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GENUINE
fBOLl"
CELE-
Parkers Mill people have gained
quite a reputation for putting on suc
cessful Fourth of July celebrations
and now are going a step farther andj
this year will put on a three-day
Pioneer Re-Union on September 3,
j 4 and 5 the last date being Labor
j Day. A good program of sports is
announced and an old fashioned bar
becue will be held on (he 5th.
If you are a pioneer you will en
joy the re-union, if you are a labor-
ite you wil enjoy observing the na
tional holiday set apart for labor and
if you are just plain hungary you
will enjoy the barbecue. There will
be dancing every evening that will
hit the youngsters and many of thhe
oldsters right between the eyes.
D. O. Justus, who shipped a lot of
lambs to the Omaha market a couple
weeks ago returned from, the east
Thursday evening. He reports that
the lamb market at Omaha is fai,-ly
good, all things considered, running
from 5 to 8 and 9 cents according tr
quality and condition. As much crii
not be said for other classes of sheep,
however, the rather peculiar condi
tion being found that a owe lamb and
a weather lamb four or five months
old will sell for more money than
a yearling or two-year-old ewe and
weather. Small lambs weighing 60
pounds or less, Mr. Justus found, if
fat, bring better prices than larger
and heavier animals of the same
age. He saw one bunch of lambs,
weighing less than 60 pounds sell for
better than 10 cents per pound.
Mr. Justus says there will be a
pretty good demand for feeders in
the eastern markets this winter and
he expects to make one and possibly
two more shipments this fall. The
Omahu market is considerably better
now than the Portland market and
hft thinks Will rnntinno on Vtortouua
of tne (lpmatl(, fnr fe,,.a wk t,
GREATEST OF HOUSES
The greatest high school in America
exhibited with Palmer Bros, wild
animal circus.
In addition to the wild animal per
formance with the Palmer Bros, cir
cus, the bis show this yearis repre
senting Chas. Fulton and his troup
of Peerless Texas American High
School Worses, featuring Sunburst
Agreement, Darknight, and Kiddo,
whose names are a household word
wherever they haye appeared. These
remarkable equines present a most
novel and unique act considered by
horsemcinas the acme of horse per
forniance and are hailed as the lpad
ing equinine actors of the tent world.
They will be with Palmer Bros. Cir
cus when it exhibits at Heppner, Fri
day, August l!)th. - Advertisement
B. it. Sigvbee and'Vemo Van Mar
ter went, to Condon Sunday on a
short. i.-it, rerurning th" same even
ing. tie as a large pari of the money and
labor expended lias been donated by
individuals and organizations.
Considerable help lias also hern fi"
cirrd from the fore-try and
po.-toTir" departments, there being a
certain amnnm of money ,v,ai!able
each year from the forestry service
which is used on the mountain roads
wiihin or adjacent to the reserves.
Offieials of the forestry service at
Portland and I'mdletim who visited
this county sometiase ago and went
over Ihe Uitr. rand Monument roads
were much impressed with the im
portance of both thoroughfares and
gave assurance that government aid
will be extended in the near future
although tlie pr'-sent appropriations
ihave ail been assigned to other pla
ces. Mr. McCaleb says that the Grant
county court ami the people of the
Ritter country are anxious to im
prove the grade out of the north fork
i of the John Day as tiny realize that
i such an improvement is their next
step towards a better outlet to Hepp
ner, their nearest railroad point, and
he hopes to see the people of Morrow
county meet with the Grant county
officials and people with a view to
more complete co-operation In secur
ing this Improvement which is of so
much Importance to the people of
both counties.
PARKERS MILL WILL
BKATE UlBOIt DAY
Morrow County Fair
Sepf 15-16-17
LIKES SHEEP
The prices of mutton and wool
have soared so high that govern
ment experts are urging the rais
ing of more sheep as a national
HAY fiUOWEUS (JET DOWN TO
1USIXESS
The Oregon Co-operative Hay
Growers, have, opened an office in
the bank building at Hermlston, for
merly occupied by the Western Land
and Irrigation Co., the first of the
month.
The first tangible result obtained
by this organization was the secur
ing from the State Public Service
Commissiom the agreement to appoint
local inspectors to pass upon grades
and weights of hay. The farmers
hnv w,,eri this, p lnnn- time hilt It
is now an assured fact. Every
shipping point provided with ade-
quale weighing facilities will be eli-
gible for this inspection, according
to the association manager, L. A.
Hunt, and it is planned to ship every
ton of association hay under this in
spection, Questionaires are now out and as
soon as they are returned from the
members, the Associaition expects to
advertize for bids upon the baling
of association hay. They have re
ceived several offers from outside
balers offering around $2.50 per ton,
but hope to arrange for the work
with local balers. In letting this by
contract there are several items
where a considerable savin;; can be
secured for the baler. No consider
able iiioniient in hay is anticipated
for lliis month, although numerous
inquiries are being received from out
side people. The Association is try
ing to revive the price a little which
lias seriously wilted during the hot
weather and is now quo! ing at f 13.00
f.o.b
This wi'l; inq.iiiies have lea re
ceived from the Atlantic siaiioai'd
for prime alfalfa, hay. The dealers
stale that lher is a heavy shortage
of hay in thai territory and I:
now being shipped via. Panama
al from California, and a '
eastern demand is ant icipaii n
y is
i fan-h-avy
for
t. be
hales
e ton
iit ion
will
iat ion
retire
prime hay. Tlo-.e orders mi
handled in largr lots, anil in
ol special weiglils, but the lai r
naL'e available to the Asso'
and the Mipcrvision of the baiii
make it possible for the assor
to handle the businef.
An attempt is being made to
a reduction in freight rates ai o, for
tegular thipmints, and a special ef
fort is being put forward toua. d get
ting an off-shore rate for ocean ;bip
ments of hay.
Dun Barlow, of Heppner, who as
sisted in organizing the Oregon Grain
Growers is now assisting the Hay
Grower and explaining their contract
to the farmers. The Boardrimn sec
tion which he has punt finished can
vassing, has the highest number of
member of any district so far, num
bering already past forty and still
coming in.
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RAISING GAME
duty. To' assist In this movement
big sheep prizes are offered by the
Morrow County Fair, Heppner,
Ore., Sept. ) 5 to 17.
MESSAGE
TO THE PEOPLE
OltKGOX
OK
The signing of the joint resolution
by President Harding that was re
cently passed by Congress giving the
state of Oregon national recognition
to hold world's exposition in 1925
should be the signal for a state wide
demonstration In recognition of the
opportunity afforded to present the
j resources, scenic advantages and the
i civilization west of the Roc'kles to all
i ule
Oregon has occasion to
rejoice to
; nnRM '' tMfi opportunity to stage
th(! fh'st r(,at P'ace-loving and in -
atrial exposition since the close of
'he war, wherein the nations of the
I wvi m win t'. uui KueniM'
...tit V ...
Therefore, as Governor
of the
State of Oregon, I ask the people to
lay their cares aside for the hour
and join as one in bowing their ack
nowledgements to this wonderful op
portunity by participating with the
great metropolis of the stale in their
various communities in holding a cel
ebration in keeping with the signifi
cance of the occasion.
Wednesday evening, August 1",
1!)21. at. the hour of 7: HO o'clock is
the lime set. by the Exposition Iiirec-torar-
lor t'j state o proclaim in u
nison that the spirit of progress may
continue to follow "Westward, where
the rout-so of Umpire lakes its way."
CSigned) REN W. OI.COTT.
MrF.U.I.S' I KAI M Ii (in TS WITH
PALMI.i: BROS.
I.'d Mcfalls n, his tr ine,) coats
wiil be wiih the Palmer Rios., araiii
this, y ;ir )ne:-. ntllig all enlil'i ly ncw
:"'t which is onsiilei'ed by animal
men as the las! thiiu' in oiim-hHc an
imal tiainiiiir. Those v, ho know
anything about coats and shoe;, can
readily realize what patience ; ml
pi I.-ev rence was !'ollici train
the;.,, creaiui's a lid will g really app
reciate., this.. ,ic when ii appcates
here wiih ihe Palmer p.ios, J;j cir-
cu- on Frida
Aui'irt. l'lth
Adv.
liov v. wmn is i:i;i'oi:ts i: am ii
sail
Roy V. Whil.i-;
of I eio acres of r:
irig to C. A. Minor,
reports l(,e Rale
nge land, la long
in the Palm Fork
country, to Will Grimes
sideiation lias not been
The con
made pub-
lie. Mr. Grimes bought, the Arthur
Dykstra ranch a few months ago and
his latest purchase indicates that he
Ib pretty well pleased with Morrow
county. The land Just sold Is known
as the George Dykstra homestead.
A marriage license was Issued Sat
urday to Floyd Marshall and Olive
Boten, both of this city.
PICKS I1KPPXKK AS A
lll'SINKSS TOWN
(iOOl)
Miss Helen V Smith, whose an
nouncement of opening a cash vari
ety store in this city tomorrow ap
pears in this issue of the Herald, has
been engaged in commercial puruits
in Oregon and Washington for a nu
mber of years a.nd was recently con
nected with the sales department of
a lumber company at Chehalis,
Washington. Deciding to again en
gage in business on her own account.
Miss Smith sized up a number
of(
towns and cities in the northwest
and finally decided to cast her lot
with Heppner as a good, solid, all-the-year-round
business town. All of
which indicates that Miss Smith
shows excellent business judgement.
Local sheepmen are somewhat en
couraged over the outlook for the
coming fall from, the fact that sever
al buyers have been in this vicinity
within the last week sizing up the
situation and getting in touch with
prospective sellers. At this writing
no sales have been reported and ac
cording to reports there seems to he
considrable difference between buy-
er and seller as to what a fair pice is
An Idaho buyer who was here last
week, is said to have offered J5 for
young ewes while gowers think that
they must have around $8 for such
animals in order to pull out and stay
in the game.
Among buyers who were here do
ing the week are J. H. Boyle, of Bur
ley, Idaho, G R Hitt, of Boise; and
Donald Wilson, of Great Falls, Mon
tana. It is understood that Idaho and
Montana both have immense quan
tities of hay for which there Ih no
market and both states are expec
ted to be heavy buyers of feeder
stock this fall.
HAY STACKS lU'KX
HAW 'II
OX HAG EH
....One hundred and fifty tons or al
falfa hay was burnedon the Magar
rainch, six miles above town on Wil
low creek last Thursday morning.
i nat poi tionof the.... ranch is now
i owned by Mr. Cleveland, who bought
i it from C. A. Minor last spring.
It seems that a fire was started
Wednesday evening to burn the
weeds and grass around the stacks
as a precautionary measure and nf-
I tor putting otlt
every smouldering
spark that could be found, a watch
man was len on guard all night.
Nothing developed and sometime af
ter daylight he went to breakfast
when a blaze developed and started
Ihe slacks. The loss wan complete.
Prof Howard M. James and family
have moved into the Mrs. Carrie
Vaughn residence for the winter.
George II. Flagg, former publisher
of fhi' Condon Globe Times, has
bought newspaper at Prineville anil
engaged in business -ln that. cilv.
Horace Voaliiim came down from
his mountain home on upper Willow
creek Saturday and went, to I, a
Grande .Monday on business ,r,
the r. S. Land Olfico
Marl in Lo gi i n sprM a fi w d y -
out on eis t.oo' i la rry lai m Ian v
v. In i e ha i : ling and I hi .. iiin:-
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lar.1 ,'i ti on ami i epm I s veij
ii is i a lie h is malum, around :;n
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wii Monday
roll by so
Mill:... Mr.
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around 1
clouds
ad ha
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his
sac,
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ighborhood, go
in acre.
ng
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'I ui ii'T ai.il
y morning
' 'A ill tepir
Of I. Iks at ll
Ssioll there
Harry
for M:
'lit Hi
e slale
Aug :si
Duncan
I : ,. id
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con v . n
1. ft Sun
when, t!
II' i I oil f I
'ion in i
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and I'O.
Word has been received from Port
mi. u lie" u . ' ). IliX, w ho has be m
a hoipi'al tbeie lor several W' . ks,
is Miil in a raider critical condition.
His Iroudlo is a clot in the artery of
one of his legs and the relief t( ex
pected to come from absorption. Mrs.
Dix, who has also been In a hoHpif .l
in Portland for fouie time Is out
again and It Is expecte.l she will
bring Mr. Dix back to Heppner the
last of this week. They will reside
In tho house Just vacated by Prof.
Howard M. James at May and Court
street.
MOVIES; SHOWS SPEED
Can you feature Charlie Latourell
as a movie actor? Well, you may
as well adjust yourself to it for, ac
cording to reports reaching llepp
liter from Gresham recently, that's
! what he is. j
I Charlie went down to Gresham a,
couple of weeks ago ostensibly to at
tend the big Kordson demonstration ,
at that place but. it is now surmised
by his Heppner friends that he had
an advance tip there would be a
chance to become a screen artist be
fore the show was over and, accord
ing to all reports, his hunch proved
to be a good bet.
The Fordson demonstration was
some event even Mr. Latourell ad
mits that but regarding the movie,
actor stunts he took part in he is
strictly non-committal. It seems
there were some 26 Fordsons in ac
tion on one man's farm near Gresh
am for a week and during that time
it was demonstrated beyond tha
shadow of a doubt thatthcFordsoti
can do anything on a farm, from cul
tivating raspberry vines and spraying
fruit trees to running a sure enough
sawmill that turns out real lumber
from the log.
The different activities Included
plowing, harrowing, planting and dig-
I K,n(f potato(Jg uUng dif.
and road building and at the end of
the week the owner of the farm har
dly knew the place it looked so much
like the Garden of Eden. Ono old
farmer who witnessed 'the marvelous;
performances of Ihe Fordson swore,
by gum, that tho thing could c" .
everything but talk and that a Ford
son fanned ranch, with no mules to
swear at was not in need
much conversation.
of
But to return to the moving pic
ture business:
The managers of Ihe demomstra
tion, which was attended by hundreds
or farmers each day, had , a moving
picture machine on the ground to
take pictures of Ihe various stunts
and, so our Informant says, our fid
low townman, Latourell, generally
got a good place in the pictures be
cause of his commanding figure and
captivating smile. ,0 "before
and al'lor taking" pictures, Charlies
picture was used to show the pleased
expression of the satisfied Fordson.
owner and It is said the ladies all
went wild over it. The masterpiece
of all the pictures, however, Is said
to be one in which Charlie Is doing ,
marathon across a plowed field. The
degree f h,1(.,m exhibited M said to
be marvelous and to take Charlie o
or the sprinter class and place him
alongside Barney Oldfield when that
speed demon used ( take tho turns
on ono wheel and hit off a couple
miles a minute. It. H not slated
whether this burst of speed was occa
sioned by the Fordson plow turning
up a colony of y. llowjackels or whe
tiler somebody left the pasture gatu
open and an ill tempered bull got -''eld.
Anyway, the causo
seem,., I,, be plenty.
Mr l.aloiiicll finally admitted that
a lol of picluren w. ,,. ,,u ,,,,
' "e e nut lie mil Iglla til I y ll
lies thai.
.vim; for
tie Out any pailicul
a position in the .:(
jock.
sc nes. He sa.-i
piillll'es will be
however thai. II
diow ii in
i lid. tt il h,
ppnor somci imr I his fall
know in i- anj thing about.
l tin- v. l iler thai,
wonh serine; and not:
e local coloring.
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.V sell Ills
leal field
in lo John
I'icpor'aw
III
Lexington hot Wednesday and ib
tioved almo I r,q arii s ol I uie
lulote being under lonlrol
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I AM
SI (OM) PRIZE
Guv M. Anile, am ,s cu lary of .
j Elks' lodge, has , i n in d pholon ai (
j of the -Fniled Or, gon" Float willed
1 epreserileil the )ie, n Ellulom in tie,
big parade at the national Elks' con
vention at. Los Angeles jiy 14, )(,
float willed Is a wonderful creallon
wuh awarded second prize In competi
lion with every slale in the union.
Mr and Mrs Jake Osten, who are
spending the suiiiiikt as guests at
his father ranch near Parkers Mill
, were In town Saturday and made a
1 vieasuni can at tola office.