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SECTION ONE
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VOLUME VIII
HEPPNER HERALD Tuesday Sept. 6 1921
NUMBER ig
SENATOR STANFIELD
VISITS II OREGON
SAYS SKSSIO.V XOTABLE FOR i
LAWS FAVORING FARMERS""" I
Agriculture, Rtusic rfidustry of Nation,
In Trouble, Needs Help,
Seliator Declares
United States Senator Robert N.
Stanfield, who arrived in Portland
last Thursday direct from, Washington
D. C.( in an interview with the Ore
gonian, talked interestingly of con
gressional doings, particularly regar
ding legislation in the interests of the
farmers and stockmen of the west in
which he is intensely interested.
According to Senator Stanfield the
present session of congress has been
particularly notable for its construc
tive legislation, particularly legisla
tion for the agricultural interests of
America. He expects to see enacted
the Smith-McNary bill, which will
start a new era in arid land reclama
tion. The revenue bill will also be
much in the limelight when the
congressmen get back to their desks,
but what the revenue measure finally
will be, Senator Stanfield confesses
he cannot guess. "The most mys
terious thing in the world appears to
be the fundementals of taxation,"
said the senator.
Of the half dozen pieces of legisla
tion beneficial to farmers and stock
men, the first, said Senator Stanfield,
was the one increasing the rate of
interest on bonds for farm loans from
5 to 5 per cent. Next was the
$3 5,000,000 appropriation for the"
federal farm board and increasing
the maximum loam for individuals
from $10,000 to $25,000.
The McNary substitute for the Nor
ris bill is the big relief measure of
the session, declared the senator. The
Morris bill would have create! a coni
r.iarket these products in foreign
mision authorized to issue $1,000
000,000 worth of bonds ti buy farm
products and to market these prod
ucts in foreign lands. The Norris
bill met with opposition for it was
considered too radical. Then came
the Kellog amendment to the Norris
bill and this eventually emerged as
the McNary substitute for the Norris
bill. In the McNary substitute is in
cluded Senator Stanfield's original
bill for the relief of the livestock in
dustry of the country.- It provides
$1,000,000,000, the greatest fund in
the world to be handled by the war
finance corporation, and to assist in
administering this fund W. L. Thom
son of Portland was selected as one
of the advisors of the board.
Under this bill the corporation can
lend to concerns producing or hand
ling commodities, through banks or
trust companies. Loans are to be
made not only on gilt-edge notes
must be backed by strong banks or
oan companies.
The $50,000,000 pool to assist the
livestock Industry, said Senator Stan
field, was created to block his orig
inal bill for the relief of the industry.
The pool money is supplied by banks
and is held as a sacred trust and the
policy is "lend it, but don't take a
chance." 'About $10,000,000 of the
pool.funej has been placed already,
and while this has ben of material
help to the Indus-try the pool itself
cannot save the livestock industry
of the nation. The McNary substi
tute for the Noris bill will provide an
adequate ramcdy and relief, declared
the senator.
Another beneficial legislative act
for the farmer, continued the senator
is the emergency tariff, which will
continue operative until the genral
tariff bill takes effect. The emer
gency tariff bill is largely a farmers
bill, declared Mr. Stanfield, as it pro
ti cts the products of the producer.
Adequate protection for farm pro
ducts is taken care of In the general
tariff measure and this is of marked
advantage to the farmer, whose pro
ducts hitherto have bun mainjy on
the free list.
There were good and sufficient
reasons why congress should give so
much attention to the atricultura j
class, explained Senator Stanfield.
The basic Industry of the nation is
agriculture and the farmers and
stockmen were in financial trouble.
This was brought about by readjust
ment conditions, which caused banks
to demand that producers dispose of
their assets to meet obligations.
As a result producers everywhere
had to take their products to market
on forced sale, and this caused a
drop In prices. With the producers
lOi
TO BE BEST EVER HELD
-V2 V -NEW FEATURES BEING
ARRANGED FOR
Kuces, Round-Vp, Athletics, Dancing
Vainliill Band, Fine Exhibits
All Departments
"Get it straight, Pat," whispered
Wallace Smead, manager of the Mor
row County Fair, to the Herald man
the other day, "this is going to be the
biggest and best fair ever pulled off
in Morrow county or you may eat my
hat."
After sizing up the bean cover and
deciding it wasn't edible, the h.m.
refrained from any disparaging re
marks and asked for details.
"Well," continued Wallace, "we're'
going to have the finest display of
grains and grasses and fruits and
flowers and jellies and preserves and
fancy work aind pretty girls in dainty
gowns you ever saw, old man, and if
you don't agree with me when the
show is over, I"U eat your hat." (We
have only one lid, so will try to agree
with Wallace this time.) Then he
broke loose again: "And we will have
the Yamhill-McMinnville Elk's band
which is the best little old 18 piece
band in the state for W. G.- Moore
says so and he lived In Yamhill when
the yams grew wild on every hill, and
the American Legion boys will take
a hand; will hold a smoker with ath
letic,, events every evening and a big
dance at night. What more do you
want for four bits?" gasped Wallace
as he came up for air. "You may
think this is all moonshine," contin
ued the fair man, "but it isn't. It's
all straight goods; the bottled in
bond truth."
Then Wallace calmed down, took
a fresh chew a.nd admitted that he
was just jollying the h. m with a
view to getting his name in the paper
'with a little free publicity for the fair
but he still contended that all he had
j told us was the gospel truth and that
the emmtyfair IS really going to be
; the best ever. Funny fhing that
1 everybody -we have talked with from
; all over the county says thesamething
so it must be true.
short of cash, they could not buy and
this caused the s-o-called "buyers'
.strike," which affected manufactur
I ers and all other lines of activity. The
j solution was to enable the producers
to refinance themselves and the out
jcome of this proposition was the re
cent beneficial and protective legisla
tion. So many proposals have been made
regarding revenue that the senator
contends there is no clearcut policy
yet In sight. The house offered sug
gestions which have been dismissed
and now Senator Smoot is talking of
offering sixproposals different from
those which appeared In the house.
The main idea in all this revenue dis
cussion' is that the consucer ulti
mately pays aI the taxes and the
wish is growing to fix legislation so
that the consumer will pay the tax
directly, and Senator Smoot is get-
j ting close to a consumption tax. The
; reduction of surtaxes to 32 per cent
is an incentive to business. The ox
cess profits tax has handicapped the
; hazardous businesses.
! There are always hazardous but-l-
nesses, wherein big profits are made
one year and heavy losses sustained
tn next. The excessive profits tax
, has resulted in the eovernitsent tak
ing as taxes what should be the re
serve of the busines to fortify Itself
against the years of reverse. Senator
Stanfield s-ays the inheritance tax Is
splendid but should not go beyond a
point where Its operation may de
stroy a business on the death of an
; individual.
Those who Imped for a cash bonus
.from the federal government will be
disappoint! d, predicts the senator.
Cnngrcs is in favor of a bonus to
soldiers in the way of prefered op
portunities sn-1 land settlement. The
appropriation of billions for ca.-h
bonus purposes would be impracti
cable, he said, as it wonld necessitate
atlditional taxes and might do the
soldiers more harm than good. While
congress does not believe In a cash
l bonus, it does contemplate all service
'men receiving a pension some years
; hence, when they are older and will
need the pension more than they do
j a cah bonus now. Another thin? In
this line is that congress U willing
to make liberal appropriations of
mone yto supply comforts for men
disabled m the war.
Morrow County Fair
Sepf. 15-16-17
Morrow County Fair, Heppner, Ore., Sept. 15 to 17.
JUSTICE METED OUT
OVER TELEPHONE WIRE
CAMPER PLEADS UVILTY OVF.il
lyONG DISTANCE
Pays Heavy Fine For Leaving Fire
Itiiniing on Wroiij? Side of
Line
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 1. E. II.
McDaniels, Forest, Supervisor of the
Siskiyou National Forest at Grants
Pass, Oregon., has reported to the lo
calcal Forest Service Office the first
case on record of an interstate for
est fire trespass trial being conducted
by telephone.
A careless camper from Grants
Pass was returning from Crescent
City, California, and left his camp
fire burning near the Gasquet Ran
ger station, inside the State of Calif
ornia. The fire was reported to for
est Hanger G. S. Case who headed
off the careless camper by phone,
overtook and arrested him, but allow
ing him to go upon the promise that
upon his arrival at Grants Pass he
would report at once to Forest Sup
ervisor McDaniels and plead guilty,
which the tresspasser did.
Since the violation occurred In Cal
ifornia It wa necessary for a justice
of the peace in that state to try the
case, also It. may be remarked that
the minimum fine in California for
leaving an unextinguished fire is fif
ty dollars, while in Oregon the mini
mum is only five dollars. I'pon the
tresspasser reporting to him, Super
visor McDaniels got all the interested
parth-s on the phono and the font
cornered phone trial began. McDan
iels was in his office in Grants Paso,
the carelrss camper at his home in
the same place, Forest Ranger Car'
was at the Gasquet. Ranger Station
Inside the California line, and the
Justice of the Peace in Crescent City,
California. Thereupon the Four-cornered
phono conversation ensued:
"All right. Mr. Case, go ahead and
tell the judge about it," began Mc
Danleta. Here followed crackles, squeaks
and buzzes for about 80 cents worth
of time, representing the Ranger t 1
lili'.; the Jj-ige of the burning (amp
fire, and murmurs and hisses show
ing v here t ie Judge: came in.
Ranger Case then said, "All right,
I've stated the case."
Supe rvisor McDaniels then
ask-
tho violator, "You have heard
charge, do you plead guilty?"
The prisoner at one end of
phone begins, "Yes, sir, I le ft
the
the
the
fire burning, but you see, Judge, it's
Ilk this "
The Judge is then heard loud am'
clear, " I fine you fifty dollars:" and
then there was a ring off.
y
I,. SV. l'EIv ACCEPTS POSITION
OF ATTORNEY
S. K. Notseut, Frank Gilliam and
Judge Campbell Recommended
Fur Appraisers
The machinery for handling the
business of the World War Veterans
Aid Commission is fast getting in
shape in this county and it is expect
ed there will be much activity in that
line soon.
C. L. Sweek, who was named some
time ago as attorney for the associa
tion In this county has returned from
his vacation and on Saturday filed
his acceptance of the appointment.
S. E. Notson, Frank Gilliam and
Judge William L. Campbell have been
recommended as appraisers for this
county but at this writing have not
been notified of their appointment.
A supply of blank applications for
loans has been received by Ralph E.
Crego, commander of Heppner Post,
American Legion and the' same may
be secured either from Mr. Crego or
Mr. Sweck. Copies of the rules and
regulations governing the application
for and Issuance of loans are also tn
the hands of these gentlemen, both
of whom will re-nder all assistance to
veterans seeking loans or bonuses.
W.P. MUIONFV NAMED FOR
- CONFERENCE: ML ETI (i
SALEM, Or., Sept. rj. W. P. Ma
he.m y of this city, has be en appointed
by Governor Olcolt as a me-iiibe-r of
I he -conference of re'pt'e'seiil; lives of
e very county in the stale which will
!' held in the' Multnomah rl in
Portland .'-pi. ft . Gove-rnor Olcolt has
reverted bae-k to the war days in the-
flection of the: committer;, believing
that theme leaders n e-nch cemntv
who so successfully served t0 ,,,,r(.
Oregon In the forefront In all Libe rty
Loan and other war works, would be
best adapted to devise wayH and
me ans for financing the ere at On ion
exposition. In addition to calling
for the ei-opwaliem of the: war lead
ers in each county, the Governor has
increased the: number 0f counsellors
at the meeting by iequeKing several
'ate-wide organizations to see,!
three eMegates each.
All of the pre liminary work In
building tip the foundation for the
exposition organization was elone by
the people of Portland, but as soon
as Congress passed the bill authori
zing tho exposition and it was signed
by President Harding, thus giving the
exposition the governmental recogni
tion which insured Its success, Gov
ernor Olcott acted upon a pre- d.-t- r-mine-d
j,lan to have some of tho best
brains of the state get together and
WEST'S RAIL PROFITS
ARE DECLARED HIDDEN
EXPANSION' OE RESF.15VE AC
COUNTS IS CHARGED
Accounting Returns of Roads Are
Analyzed by Clyde Reed; De
preciatoiu Held Exorbitant
(CVegonian)
WASHINGTON D. C, Sept. 1.
Western railroads by expansion of
reserve accounts and the setting up
of exhorbitant depreciation charges
against their properties, have con
cealed profits amounting to nearly
$200,000,000, Clyde M. Reed, chair
man of the Kansas Public Utilities
commission and spokesman for the
Western grainmen in their attempt
to get reduced rates, testified today
before the interstate commerce com
mission. On the basis of an analysis of the
accounting returns of 19 railroads in
the west, operating 89,0 55 miles of
track or 68 per cent of the mileage of
the western district, Mr. Reed asser
ted that their profits during 1920,
which he said, generally had been
considered insufficient to meet the
government guarantee of their earn
ing power, in fact had been the
greatest in their history. He char
ged that propoganda in favor of
maintenance of transportation rates
had misled, not only public opinion,
but also the official bodies charged
with the duties of regulating rates.
The profits of tho railroads, as
shown by their official reports, were
$987,834,470 in 1920, Mr. Reed said,
while in 1915, the best year previous
ly recorded, he added, they amounted
to $528,717,753. In addition to this
the roads held, on December 21,
1920, he continued, $289,00,000 as a
reserve for accrued depreciation of
equipment." In 1915 the total re
serve so held was 144,994,302, lie.
said, adding that roads in 1 920 had
added to the fund $ 15,000,000, which
was carried as "operating expense'.'
A further example, he said, was at.
"operal ing reserve account" which
amounted to $38,1 1.44 5 In 1920
while in 1915 the fund was $3,733
581. These amounts were set aside from
railroad earnings, Mr. Heed said,
notwithstanding that tho normal ex
penditure's were made upon mainten
ance of equipment and roadbed. Pro
ducing statistics as to the amount of
work done, he asserted that there had
been no failure to provide usual
maini nance.
Among the roads Included in the
summary were the Atchlnson, Tope
kan b Santa Fe, the Chicago & Rock
Island, the Great Northern, the Min
neapolis & St. Louis, the Chicago,
Burlington & Qulucy and the Chicago
& Great Western.
The compilation, Mr. Reed said
could bo considered as indicative eif
the i.onditlems prevailing on the 32
per cent of. mileage left out. It vas
d mom-tra cd he adde-d, that ..-M:
roads w r n r; y anl,. to put into ef
fect tli o decreased .-.Irs on grain il
hay w'.'.'i re ;iri i.ei.ii t ives of 20 v
tern stales are asking.
put In effect an ci'ficii-nt co operative
plan wltfch would provide! the- finan-jci-s
iiecessarry for tin; suecMslul
building up of the: exposition,
j The- meeilng of Septeinbr 7th will
e! -t.. -rip i i lie I he financial scope of the
. exposition and the best means for
' raisin;? the money; it doubtless will
endeavor to provide a means by which
every hamlet, village, fo-vn and city
in tin- state w;ll have Hs part. In the
expedition, that every section of t In
state may be represented in the un-eli-rlal(
ing I lie gre ate st iiiovmnt In
Hie hislorv eif Oregon for the cenient
ing of the jnlcrc:,!rt of the stal" in a
grand plan for its e-xploltat jon.
Thei appointees during tho iceetit
There will be thre-e rcprcseiila-tivi-s
of the: Oregon Slate Chauihr eif
f.'oinmre-i-, the Fa riiers I'nion, the
fit a l e. Orange, Ihe Taxpayers Iz-aiee,
ami th: County Juelg"i Association.
Julius L. Meyer, general chairman
eif ilie'i-xpositlon and the ading board
of dire-dors has requested Governor
Olcolt to jn-H ielo at the sessions of
the stale-wide coinm it tee. Mr.
Meier and his asociates will entertain
the delegates at a luncheon at w hich
over 200 covers will bo laid.
EXPERIENCED Man and wife
want werk on ranch. Call Main
613, or write GEORGE SMITH.
General Delivery, Heppuer, Oregon.
Advertisement.
Eli GREED
DELAY ON WAKRKV CONTRACT
CAIS1NG COMMENT
No Rock Yet Laid on 12-MiIo Job)
Though Time Will bo
Vp Deo. 1
Reports from the lone-Morgan sec
tion of the country indicate consider
able uneasiness on the part of the;
people there because of delay of the
Warren Construction Co. in gelling1
started on the work of putting down
the macadam on the 12-mile stretch
of the Oregon-Washington highway
between Morgan and lone. Although
the contract was awarded several
months ago nothing has yet been dono
towards completing the work mora
than that the crusher and other
machinery is being installed and some
excavating has been dono In the
quarry. With tho season so far ad
vanced, citizens of that part of tho
county, who have been deprived of
tho use of that portion of tho road
for about a year because of construc
tion work and impassable mud on the
new unpaved grades, are fearful that
the work cannot be completed this
fall and the road will. not be In a us
able condition next winter.
Whon the matter was called to tf
attention of the highway commissi .
ers at their meting last week In Port
land the commissioners expressed
surprise that the work is not being
pushed faster, one commissioner say
ing that he supposed that tho com
pany would have at least, three miles
of the road rocked by now. The com
misioners then Instructed Chief En
gineer Nnnn to take steps to seo that
the Warren people get busy and speed
, up on their job.
j One of the highway engineers ex
pressed the opinion a few days ngo
that If Ihe work of crushing and
.'spreading the inncadam was started
Immediately the company could not
i finish the Job before the first of the
year and ns macadam cannot be suc
cessfully hi id on frozen ground people
along Ihe line are fearful that should
a heavy freeze come be fore that time
the work will bo hold up until next
spring much to the Inconvenience and
loss of the people: who need to travel
the highway.
The Oregon Hassam company, who
have a twelve mile comtract below
that of the Warren people havo been
pushing their work vigorously and
will finish It In about two weeks. It
is expected that bids for paving the
remaining section from below Lex
ington to Heppner will be called for
at tho next meeting of the commis
sion and should the winter prove to
be mild It Is hoped the entire highway
may be Completed by spring If tho
Warren contract Is not allowed to
drag Indefinately.
. People down that way have a sus
picion that the Warrens may wish te
delay the work until mid winter when
the labor marked In glutted and the
bread line n working in Portland
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