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VOLUME VIII
HEPPNER HERALD Tuesday 834-301921
NUMBER 18
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BEN SUM IELLS
ABOUT STOCK FARM
FINEST IX ALL NORTHWEST HE
AVERS
Two-Crop Cherries, 7-Intii Straw
berries Result of Wonderful
Soil anil Climate
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Swaggart were
guests at Hotel Patrick for a few days
during the week while visiting friends
and attending to business matters.
This is the first visit Mr. and Mrs.
Swaggart have made to Heppner,
from their ranch north of Lexington,
for several months because of the
multitude of things constantly de
manding attention on a grain and
stock ranch. Both, however, have
fully regained their health following
spells of severe illness last spring.
Mr. Swaggart is a strong booster
for Oregon, Morrow County, the north
of Lexington district and the Eastern
Oregon JacTc Farm, of which he is
proprietor, and which he declares to
be the finest all-round ranch in the
northwest. Mr. Swaggart makes a
specialty of breeding fine jacks and
still finer race horses, he having or
iginated the cream saddle horses with
silver manes and tails. He is the lar
gest individual jack owner in the
United States.
By way of proving that his ranch
is in a class by itself Mr. Swaggart
gave a Herald reporter a few facts.
From 15 brood jennets last spring, he
got 14 male colts which, he says, is
the record so far as he knows. With
out irrigation, he this year produced
strawberries that measured seven
inches in circumference. From a
small patch of Loganberries he and
his wife picked over 100 gallons and
left that many more to go to waste for
lack of help to pick them. His cherry
trees brought an abundant crop in
the regular 'cherry season and last
week matured a second crop of equal
ly fine fruit and his black locust
trees are now in bloom for the sec
ond time this season.
Mr. Swaggart expects to show some
of his stock at the Morrow County
Fair and he will also take an exhibit
to the Oregon State Fair at Salem
and to the big International Stock
show at Portland this fall, and he
Bays he will take a lot of first pre
miums at both.
He raised more than 10,000 bush
els of No. 1 Bluestem wher.t this
season as a sort of side line and now
has two crops of wheat lo sell. His
crop this seaon averaged 3 6 bushels
Per acre. '
I In 1916 Mr. Swaggart was award
ed as a prize for the best yield of
wheat, a $75 fanning mill, The test,
was made by disinterested1 parties' and
the report made under oath showing
ilia a picked 10 acres in his field
made an average of 49 6-10 bushels
per acre.
',' Miss Mary Ktsftn U-tl this morn-
ins for Salem where she will spend
' the winter taking some post-graduate
work in the Willamette Univer
sity. Ed Reitman, wheat grower of the
lone country, was a Heppner Visitor
Monday.
J. W. Heard, principal Vvf 'the high
school, returned to Wppner last
niht.
G. Fransten, tu'-i-chant tailor, re
turned from -i. business trip to Port
land last Tuesday.
Cigarette
To seal in the
delicious Burley
tobacco flavor.
It's Toasted
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KAII.IiOAI) EXAMINERS QtlZ
EMPLOYES
Chief Train Dispatcher Buchanon,
of Centralia, and Conductor Murphy
of Portland, were here two days last
week holding an examination of all
employes of the company at this
place to find out just how much they
knew about railroading.
The examination which was some
what in the nature of a school of
instruction, was held in the evenings
after working hours and was very
interesting.
There are some 300 or 400 rules
governing the operation of trains and
as one trainman remarked to the re
porter, "When a fellow gets all of
them in his noodle, he's got a head
ful." The men on the Heppner branch
all made good ratings and were well
pleased with the examinations and
and with the helpfulnes and courtesy
of the examiners.
Such examinations were in vogue
before the war but were discontinued
during the war period, the problem
then being not so much how much a
man knew about railroading but how
to get enough men of any kind to
keep trains moving.
Messrs. Buchanon and Murphy are
traveling in special car 999.
HAS NEW BAD HORSES
PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 28. Fast
relay sti'ings, lively young steers,
bucking "bron'ks" whose deviltries
will try the mettle of the cowboy
these are some of the attractions pro
mised for the 1921 Round-up to be
staged in Pendleton September 22,
23 and 24. The events of the track
and arena give indicationofsurpass
those of all former years, for an ar
ray of experienced cowboys and cow
girls will compete and it is probable
that many world's records will be
broken.
One horse which has been secur
ed from Idaho has thrown 21 succes
sive riders. He will buck at the Pen
dleton Round-Up and a spectacular
ride by contenders for the bucking
championship is expected. To the
champion of the bucking, contests
eoos the $500 prize saddle, while lo
the winner of the all-round cowboy
championship goes the $100 Police
Gazette Belt. Pauline Fredrick the
famoun screen star will give each
day of the wild horse race a sterling
silver bit and silver mounted bridle.
Miss Fredrick will attend the big
show.
Toi,. Mix, hero of a thousand screen
adventures, wil be here mounted on a
horse provided hy the Round-uip as
sociation and attired in full Western
regalia. Another film favorite
who will attend is Bebe Daniels-
The seat sale for the, slirtV opens
September 7, and Bifeud'y scores of
orders have been ircMved. Out-of-towrt
orders Si filled first, the
Round-up" Association. -composed of
prom Meat Pendleton business men
who conduct the show on a non-profit
basis, having established this prece
dent out of courtesy to its thousands
of visitors.
The asociation regulates also the
price of beds and meals, and no pro
fiteering is tolerated. Double beds
may be had at $2.50, this being "the
established price for accomadat ion.s.
Pendleton homes are thrown open lo
visitors and rooms are listed so that
the Hnund-up visitor is asured " of
comfortable quarters. licstaruants
and hotels will liiakespceialaiTange
ments to meet the demand for meals.
Made i ini: iianehai.l record
Eitimett Hughes. well known
i Heppner boy, who finished r.t O. A.
! C. in June, is in town for a few days
j visiting friends. Mr. Hughes, who
has been one of the first siring pit
jrheis on the Argie baseball squad for
several years, established an enviable
! record at the bin school ami since
June has been at LaGrande pitching
for that team. Mr. Hughes will go
to Portland in a few days where lie
expects to spend the winter.
NOTICE TO THE I'l ULIC
Because of the sudden death of
my father, which made it necessary
for nte to go east, my place of busi
ness will be closed until about Sep
tember 5, 1921.
O. C. DUNTON.
Morrow County Fair
Sepf 15-16-17
.CPS
Morrow County Fair, Heppner, Ore., Sept, 15 to 17.
WITNESS GOES AFTER
E
ENTIRE SYSTEM DECLARED HOS
TILE To' PRODUCERS
Gold Declined Hoarded in United
States at Expense of
Civilization
In giving testimony before the
congressional committee on agricul
ture the other day, J. S. Wananiaker,
of South Carolina, president of the
American Cotton association, asserted
that deflation of the currency and of
prices had been terribly destructive
to all American producing interests;
that it has been wholly unnecessary,
but that it had been brought about
deliberately by the federal n servr
bank,
"1 heard as early as 1918 that
plans were being rigged to put or
deflation,
Mr,
Wananmket a
"n?9" f Itllulllhlutl ill what was called
a buyer irike in 1 9 20. We never
Mil a buyers' slrike; it was a buyers'
panic, the result of unceasing propa
ganda sent out to make people afraid
of prices, to spread the fear that pri
ces were to go lower."
"I'll ask the commission to ask the
board the amount paid out for pub
licity during the last 18 months, for
correspondence and the distribution
of newspaper material."
Federal reserve board policies in
connection with price and currency
deflation are "cynical, cruel and in
excusable," and constitute financial
tyranny and commercial criminality,"
said Mr. Wananiaker, and he added,
are, "heaping up gold in the United
States at the expense of all civil iza
t ion."
Speaking lie said for agricultural
produces, the witness asMrtxl the
federal board and banks were re
sponsible fo rtbe general price de
cline. The board's pressure sir! was
being exefted upon "bankers who are
:.ftaid of their shadow, who may find
all their loans called by the reserve
banks any minute, and dare not dis
obey itt) orders," according lo Mr.
W'annamaker, who asked the rnm
mission to recommend legislation, foi
general revision of the reserve board
personnel.
He proposed that the persoiiml ,
composed of 12 members nominated
from the .various distriuts as repre
sentatives of industry instead of
banking, who should be appoint' d by
the president and confirmed by the
senate. Further he suggested that
the commission recommend the in
stant reduction in federal reserve re
discount rales to a basis of 3 Vt per
cent on liberty loan collateral.
"The federal reserve banking pys
tem, created to serve the people but
its administration has made the
uuiiABBLE IS
TAKENINJOU.S.GOURT
( ONSTITlTIONAIi QUESTION'S TO
HE TRIED OCT
Michael Kenny .Named as Plaint iff
In Suit Against Irr igation
District and County
A new angle in the John Day Irri
gation District litigation became
known here last Friday when Deputy
U. S. Marshal S. F. Pace arrived
from Portland to serve a complaint
and summons on officers of the irri
gation district mid Morrow coutii
advising thcni of an action that bus
been marled in the United states dis
trict court in which the constitution
ality of the slate irrigation laws is
questioned. Mr. Pace served the pa
pers on '. 1!. llrown, secretary of
the John Day irrigation District and
Gay M. Amir, soil, Imputy County
d'if'.t of Moiowcounfy in the absence
of county clerk J. A. Waters. Mi
chael Kenny, of this city, a property
owner in the irrigation district, is
named as plaintiff In the complaint.
The main question to be brought
to issue In the case seems to be regar
ding the method of levying assess
ment on all irrigable lands with in
the district without regard to the rel
ative benefit which might accrue to
one particular tract. This the plain
tiff claims, is at variance with the
14th amendment lo the constitution
of Oregon.
Woodson & Swcek, of this city, L.
I!. DaPonte, Northern Pacitic coun--el,
of Tacoma, and Car ter & Smythe,
of Pendleton, are ii'nn-d as attorneys
for I he plaint iff.
people servants of the system," he
asserted. "Its policy will require the
American people to pay with defla
ted dollais a national debt borrowed
in Inflated dollars."
Price declines- that have been ef
fected lately, he declared, will not
help consumers b'-caii e 'they have
ieft nothing for agricultural produc
ers to do but combine ami reduce
production to so low in the future
that prices will give us rom" margin
of profit and let us pay our debts."
Investigation of the activities of
the National Grain Dealers' assoeia
t on and other organizations aid gcd
fo be "engaged in combat im; b-rii la
t nn for the relief of agriculture"
was ordered In a resolution adopted
'he other day by the senate.
Senator Kenyon, republican Iowa,
;. uthor of the resolution, explained
mat the Inquiry wa.s sought because
of the report that a convention at
' inclnnati In June under the autpi
' of the National Grain Dealers
a-moeinjion It was determined to in
titute an active campaign ag.nnht
'he United States Grain Growers, Inc.
a co-operative marketing concern.
EXAMIN ATIONS I Oil POSTAL
CLERKS
The United States announces a
Clerk examination, to be held on
September 17, 1921 for the purpose
from which selections may be mad
to fill vacancies as they may occur in
in the position of Clerk, Post Office
Service, Heppner, Oregon. Salary
$1,400.00 per annum.
All citizens of the United States
who meet the requirements, both men
and women, may enter thisexamina
Hon; appointing officers, however,
have the legal right to specify the sex
desired in requesting certification of
eligibles. " Age limits 18 to 4 5 years
onthedate of the examination. Age
limits do not apply to persons entitl
ed to preference on account of mili
tary or naval service. '
For further information and appli
cation blank apply to the Postmaster
at Heppner, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Oslen, who
have been visiting for some time at
the home of his father near Parkers
Mill left for Madras Thursday morn
ing. Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte has return
ed from an enjoyable visit at the
coast which she spent, at the collage
of her sister, Mrs. W. A. Wheelhouse,
of Arlington.
1 MADE UP
PENDLETON, Or., Aug29. -From
the ridingof the bucking bulls, the
first event, to the wild horse nice
which will close each days list of
thrillers, the program fo it lie 1021
Pendleton Hound-Up, Sept ber 22,
23 and 21, is ready.
Of the twenty-five events, 18 of
which ure competitive, then' are not
one which will not, hold the interest
of the spectator when the big show
begins on that Thursday in Septimi-
ber. Following the riding of the
I bucking bulls comes the cowboys'
i pony race, then squaw race, cowgirls'
standing race, stage coach race, co -gird's
relay race, Indian race, sleer
bulldogging, steer loping, cowboys'
and cowgirls' grand mounted march,
Indian parade, trick ridingand rop
ing, Indian war dances, Indian pony
race, pony express race, cowgir ls' J
bucking contest, Indian war bound j
dance, quick change race, cowgirls
pony race, Indian pony relay race,
boys standing race, cowboys bin King
contest, cowboys relay ,; and wild
horse race following each oilier in
quick succession. One of the secrets
of the popularity o I he showis the
dispatch with which events are given.
There is nver a moments delay in
the Hound Up.
Prizes for this years show are the
greatest ever offered. The largest
prizes are' for the sleer roping, the
cowboys' bucking contest and the cow
boys and cowgirls' relay races, nil for
the championship of theworld.
In the steer roping, the champion
will be awarded a $000 cash prize
and a $:!f.O prize saddl" presented by
thrr Pendleton commercial associa
tion. In the relay races, the pursetoials
$Hiliq io be divided first $.-,00, sec
ond $::00, and third $200. Tiro cow
boys' bii'ldng conies! for the cham
pion ship of the world, has a purse
or $750. while the winhiier gets a
$150 cash prize andllie beautiful $r,0li
Ila.mli y saddle. - ,e J l no polhv
Gazelle belt will go ii, tin. all round
cowboy champion, while to the win
ner of the wild hoivie race Thursday
and Friday will go a $75 saddle with
a $ihi saddle Saturday, as well as a
silver mounted bridle and a silvi r
bit pi s tiled to n il d.iy's winner by
Pauline Fredrick, noted Mm star.
Who will n-igir as Quern of the
Round l'p?
This is the qii. siion which con
front'! Hie Hound rp assi.cia i io'i and
wl.icbW to be decided within tie
next feW days. From among the at
traclive gn Is of pi ndlelon is to be t
'ho: ;i one who w ill ride in u.
Round I'p paiadc. vVjth her v. ill be
a retinue n! six Cmatilla county g Jls
who will ride also Queen and maids
the Association plans, will wear cow
girls' cor f tj in e'i i,m tri- other Fondle
ton women will also appear in the
bu' li.'Kin and sombreros of the Wi-Ht,
ANNOUNCEMENT
Fall Opening bcgmirig Saturday
September 3, 1921.
MR.S. F. LUI'EK It
IS
ON A LARGER SCALE
FARMER LETTING GO AT RECENT
PRICE ADVANCE
Receipts For Vnst Week at, Portland
Rieak All Previous Records,
Coarse Grains Steady
(Oregon fan) '
With export bids for wheat at a
figure that will again permit of busi
ness, the weat market situation at
this end has improved. The Euro
peans could not be interested until a
day or two ago, ..Wit they are now
looking to this quarter for supplies .
and have raised their offers, business
lias again assumed satisfactoy pro
portions. -
At the same time there Is a freer
felling movement in the country
With the higher prices available, far-.-ers
are more wilillK to so thal
tor some time past. There is no
landside, yet.tl,e wu,ttt is rolning o(j(
At the Merchants'' Exchange ses
fast enough for the exporters
sion wheat bids were one cent, higher
on all grades and all deliveries Oats
;lml rorn Wl're -HH'banged. August
"living barley was 2 5 cents lower
on bid.
Wheat receipts at. Portland for (ho
weekbroke the record established ,
l"'''Vious wek. Arrivals dnriiu;
He past, week were 1 .MM ,100 lms,(,l
'inst 1.3 2 7.BOO bushels in tho
Proceeding; week.. Receipts for ,1,
week one year ago were 4311,400 bu
sliels. Hi'K'e the begining of tl., min
-r Portland wheat receipts havo
! 7.1 5(1,500 bushels as against 2-
"9 1,5 0 bushels inUJ corresponding
Period last, season.
Tacoma since the ..p,,i,iiK of tho
season, has received 2.008,500 bu
"helH and Seattle 1,047,800 bushels,
a total for Pugot Sound of 3,05G,:10(
HiHhels, or 4,100,200 bushels .w
""t" Portland I,as received.
The Clenu.nt Curtis crop report
says: "Goodman estimates that (ill
Per cent of winter wheatabove ' tho
needed require,,,,,,,,., h.(M ,(,u f
Imports f camon,.,,, and Vnlictt
iIoh wjt were XO.noO.Ont, ,,,.
' Hr "ne-lhir,! ,,,. ,um
"' sumo time last. year.
mi lii.i.oii;,. , A)V
I'lSSIS
Mis,! Essie Augusta Shut!, Imlovi"'
,,ill"-'ll'er of Air. arid Mrs y ,
S'I"H' "!'"l ""'ay last Wedilesd;
'"., Augnsl 2411, a, (!, wll
Uun ''""'I' on Willow rr,
"hi re ,,e flllniJy .,,. u
;;' SI", was ;e( 23
1 1 months and 24 days.
Miss Shun was born i epr,n,.P
" md passed prac icy ,,f Mf h(ip
l,r 1,1 ' n.l county. Sl(,
'as universally ove(i reported
or her nobl,, character n(1
"sPosition.brr spirit of opi,in, n,I
'ove see,i(f never ,0 waver through
Vars of Invalidism, ,,.,, ,,t
were marked by ,,., sufterlng
The remains were brought' (
"PPner where services ,.,,, (l
,"' ''''''''''tod church Thursday (
noon, ,o simple service of ,.,,
U'Hs ian Scie,,,,, uin, l, ,t:i,ad ,
(:- I- Freeman,
I'-'iday the body was lake,, (oPorl
"' i"'""n,c,,l ,n (.yervjewr
''-'""y, a beauty M ,,(.
""' 1 ! and admired ;, ,,,,,.
" '"ve. The bu,,.,, ,k
s'"uid;,y afternoon.
rowing I,,,..,'. broth
'v.; the i,, Mo.p.tby of ,t
""" "I'-"1" "f '"""Is and ac,i,
'' ". "'is and ad, ,,ii,,
local ,,,!, ,. ,
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Mineral.
Wheat !v,,,.l,u
i mining night
a rid day in Moirow conn! ihis fall
"" wy !" wheal Kiel's ,e com
ing in is not. slow, JC polls of yri
or up to lo bsb,.H j),!- aire are fre
quent. OREGON STATE l;lti
A weald, of agricultural, livestock
and Indus), -la! displays, fcXeol.ir'
racing program, high ,.;isH fctI11,
menis ad attraction-, and ideal can
ping grounds.
A. If. LEA, Manager,
Salem, Oi reon. J7-21