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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICK FOIi PUtl.ICATIO.V
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at La GraJide, Oregon,
September 30, 3 921.
Notice is hereby given that Willie
Jtuddy, of Lena, Oregon, who, on
September 23, 1910, made Homestead
entry, No. 016541, for E',4XW'4,
K'iSW'A, Section. 34, Township 1
South, Range 29 East, 'Willamette
Meridian, and Lots 3, 4.S'NVVi,
Section 3, Township 2 South, Raniro
29 East, W. M., has filed notice of
Intention to make final three-year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
iibovc described, before United States
Commissioner, at lleppner Oregon,
on tlie 29th day of November, 1921.
Claimant nair.es as witnesses:
Francis McCabe, Philip McOube
J-'.dd Dolierty, Tom Gill all of Lena
Oregon.
2530 C. S. DUNN, Register.
NOTICE OF IIVAI, SI : I I I.IMIN I
Notice is hereby given 1 1 , ; i t 1 ! i " un
1 r.signed luis filed his linal account
:i.i adm inist i a tor of the est ate u
A 1 ! a l!iv;in!, deceased, an, I tlial. I f i .
' r n i rj I " Court of the Slate of On con
lias appointed Monday, the hub
liay i, ' J ). 1 1 1 her, 192 1, at Hie hour
nl I 0 : 00 o'clock A. M. as i lie time,
;ind (lie Counly Court room in the
Court House at lleppner, Oregon as
Ihi' place, of hearing and selth nient
of said Until account.
Objclions to said final account
jnust he tiled on or before said date.
S. Jl. IIOA ROMAN,
27-31 Administrator.
NOTK K TO ItlilllTOKS
Notice is hereby given that, the un
dersigned has been appointed by the
County Court of the State of Oregon,
lor Morrow Counly administratrix
of the Kslale of Clemens P. Hunton,
deceased, anil that all persons having
claims against the said estate must
present the same, duly vet ilied accor
ding to law, to me til (lie office of
my attorney, S. K. Nelson, in llepp
ner, Oregon, within six months
troni the dale of the lirsl publica
tion of thin notice, said dale of lirsl
juiblicat ion being this 1st day of
jNo ember, 1921.
A 1.1.1 1: WIWAIM).
27 31 Ad in i n ist i a I rix.
NOTICE Foil I't lll.K ATION
l'ubllc Land Ollice, I epa rl meiil of
the Interior, 1'. S. Land ((Mice al
The Italics, Oregon, (iilnber 21,
92 1.
Notice is hereby given thai, as di
verted by the Commissioner of the;
Ceneral Land office, under provi j
sions of Sec. L'luTi, I!. S., pursuant
to the application ol Claud Huston,
Serial No. 020 157, u e will oi ler at
public sale, to Ihe highest bidder, !
hut in net less Mian If 2. no per acre, I
,il 10:15 o'clock A. M i the Mill
day of December, net, at this ollice, i
the fdllowlr.g liai'l of land: XK'.i
NK'i , Sec. 23, T. 5, S., It. 25, lv, t
V. M. (Coal, lining in acres.) i
This I ' ai l is ei d. red in'o ma idiot oil ,
a : .'loving thai the renter portion J
I !!! I Is mount a moil;' or too i on; h ,
lor rail iv.il ien.
'l i e set.' tt ill UK' la I epen bill
M ,il he ,.- 1 ,n d cl- . .1 V. hell those
)M , .nl a' IV' hoer II. Ill ,! h.l '
, . . ,., hie he" Ti e i . .11 iiial:
is; t !:, I: ; 'nr ! bid Will b. V. Ill il ed
to :s,i.o .l.ll.leiv p '..- lot! ' 1. ivim r
the a limit n t leu eel .
,,y 1" : '.'. cl.i i .e : n .-. :i.er-eh the
!(... .1. il.. d land ate ; d e.."l lo
1,1,. . 11 . bill"-. , , el J, . , ..('-. ell el
., 'he ,t. d- : '' d .er M h
,. POVM.I.IA , IV 'el.
T f. i-l i'!V. le c m v.
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NOilt I ol Sill IMIT Sl i:
Hy ii liic of an i e. ul ion and or -del-
of 'sile duly issued by tile clerk ,
el Ihe Circuit Court ot Ihe Stale ol
Oiegon. lor Ihe county ol Monow
the CHh day ol Sepleuiber. 1921. in
a cevtiiin soil in sat.i County and
Slate, wherein. Missouri .lordon,
plaintiff recovered ju.Ueitien I
against 1!. N. Wade and May M
Wade, his wife, defendants, for the
(.urn of JaO't e0 with Interest thete
.n al the vale or S pev cent' per an
mini from the S I h day of Novenibei
lOI'i. and the finlher sum of $14.9;i
villi Intel cM I hereon at Ihe rale ol
i, p. r cent p. r annum from the 2Sth
day of I'elu u.H )'. 1921. and the fur
Hi. r su n of $75. ml altorney'H f'.':
and Hie fuiiher sum of 52.70 costs
lordlier w.tli all cosis iin.l lociiiiiu
rests, which Jlldcelnent was lender
td on Ihe ICh day of June, 1" '
Notice Is hereby ghen that I will
on Saturday the 2lith day of Novem
). r, 1321 at the botir of 2 o'clock In
the afternoon of said day ll at pub
Jic auction, ut the trout door of tin
County Court house, in lleppner Ore
on, for cah lu luind, the following
described nvil properly to wilt Lot
three (3) and tour (4) In mock
ihrvt (3) CluHM eiKtU ddltioQ to
J the town of lone, Oregon, taken,
: levied upon as the property of the
said defendants It. N. Wade and May
' M. Wade, his wife, being the proper
J ty mortgaged by said defendants to
i secure the sums aforesaid, and ord
jered sold by the Court to satisfy Die
same, or so much thereof a3 may be
necessary to satisfy said judgement
in favor of said Missouri Jordon,
plaintiff against said defendants, R.
N. Wade and May M. ..Wade, his
wife, together with all costs that
have accrued or may accrue in said
matter.
GEO. McDUFFEE,
Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon
Dated this 24th day of October,
1921.
First publication October 2 5th,
1921.
Last publication, November 22,
1921.
WOKE UP THE GUESTS
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fiuosls In (he Victoria hotel, Spring
Held, Muss., were uwiikened rudely
early In the morning when a train of
three electric express cars jumped the
truck and smashed Into the live-story
brick building. The front car "walked"
right into the lobby, as if to register,
and the inipiict exposed ihe curlier
sleeping rooms on the three upper
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By Elmo
Scott
Watson
Great Scouts
c), Wcslern Newspaper lrnlell.
THE IRON NERVE OF SAM
HOUSTON, THE VIRGINIAN
Courage and daring were qualities
i Inn aeteilsl Ic of nil the scouts who
won their right o fume in frontier Ids
lory, but for iron nerve and pure grit
Sum Houston was the peer of them all.
1'crhnps lie Inherited his fortitude
from his tat her, who was a soldier
in Ihe llevolut ion ; perhaps during Ills
long stay among the Cherokee Indi
ans be learned that a warrior bears
pain without llinching.
Houston was a Virginian who bad
eiiiered Ihe army and risen to the ranis
of ensign at Ihe outbreak of the I 'reel;
war In ISI.'I. lien. Andrew .lack-am,
"Old Hickory," had taken the Held
le-aitiM the t'reeks and, aiier a series
ol battles in which the Indians were
ileieaied. ihey inailc a last suiial at
their foriliie.l en. anipiiieiii. Tolio,M'ka,
In the Ci'eal llorse-ihiie bend of Ihe
'I al'ap. mi-si rhor, Ala.
During Ihe a--aull on Ihis fort, a
lei : I arrow siru.-i; lleu-eou in the
I hi. h. I ic tried lo plill il out, but
I a . 'ed. 'I lie a -a aiy w f r V' hi f al.
I'. I eg to a sohher. llouM.'ii coni
: ... del hiiu to ei 'u. t I he sha ft.
in tv the leant lied and iVMed. Ibeu
I -e I lo he I eli.' ed " he t l-l, W II. II
lie '..IW the ll.e.peakahle tor, me l.tt
w..-. eaieaig.
'Try aL.iiii." coinuia n.hs 1 llou-lou.
"A. ..I if y.ai tail, I'll run on through
nth my suord !"
The third iiltenipt was successful.
Mild lis the bai'l'cd shaft was lorn
fioin the lli'-h, It was followed by a
ICifdi of blood. Ccni'iiil Jackson, see
ing Houston's wound, ordered bliu to
the rear. The young ensign waited
until Jackson had passed on, had a
iiurgeon bind up the wound, and In u
few minutes be was back lu the thick
of the lighting.
The high peak In Houston's adven
turous life came In lsiltl when, at the
head of n little army of Mil Tcmiiis.
Willi the battle cry of "lieiueinber the
Alamo!" on their lips, he defeated the
hordes of Santa Anna, the Mexican
dictiiior, tit San Jacinto, and won free
dom for Texas. He was elected tlt'st
president of the Lone Star republic.
At the outbreak of the Cn il war,
Houston, who was governor of Texas,
was bitterly opposed to Ihe scessien
of that stntii from the. Colon. Th
Confederates forced hint to resign.
They required all men hut sixteen te
register and to carry a puss whllf
tt'iueliiij:, Houston refused to do
either. Once they stopped him and
uYiiiimdei) his pass. "Sun Jacinto In
my pusa through Texas!" thundered
Ihe brave old niiin us he rode on.
Houston died at Ids home in Hunt
vllle July 2d, ISiU, with the name of
Texas on his lips.
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNKR. OREGON
RAILROAD PLAN TO
GET RATES DOWN
Propose to Reduce Wages and
Return All Saving By Re
duction in Charges.
FULL TEXT OF PROPOSAL
Statement by Thomas DeWItt Cuylor,
Chairman of the Association of
Railway Executives, on
the Situation.
Following a meeting In Chicago,
October 14, 1921, of the presidents of
nearly all the leading railroads in the
country, Mr. Thomas UeWitt Cuyler,
chairman of the Association of Kail
way Kxecutives, made the following
j statement:
I At a meeting of the Association of
! Railway Kxecutivis today, it was de
termined by the railroads of the United
i States, to seek to bring about a reduc
: tion in rates, and as a means to that
i end to seek a reduction in present
railroad wages which have compelled
i maintenance of the present rales.
I An application will be made imme
diately to the t'nited States railroad
I labor hoard for a reduction in wages
i ot train service employees sufficient
I to remove the remainder of tlie in
creases made by the labor board's de
cision of July 'm. 1520 (which would
involve a further reduction of approxi
mately ten per cent), and for a re
duction in the wages of all other
classes of railroad labor to the going
rate for such labor in several terri
tories where the carriers operate.
To Reduce Rates as Wages Go Down.
Tlie foregoing action is upon the
understanding that concurrently with
such reduction in wages the benefit
of the reduction thus obtained shall,
with the concurrence of the interstate
commerce commission, he passed on
to the public In the reduction of exist
ing railroad rates, except in so far
as this reduction shall have been made
in the meantime.
The managements have decided up
on this course in view ot their realiza
tion of the fact that the wheels of In
dustrial activity have been closed
down to a point which brings depres
sion and distress to the entire public,
and that something must be done to
start them again in operation. The
situation which confronts the railroads
is extremely critical. The railroads in
11)2(1 realized a net railway operating
income of about $ii2.()ll(),000, upon a
property investment of over fl'.i.nno,
(iiiO.Olitl, ami even this amount of sixty
two millions included back mail pay
fur prior years received from the gov
ernment of approximately $'M,ui)0,uu(),
thus showing, when the operations of
(hat year alone are considered, an
actual deficit before making any allow
ance for either interest or dividends.
The year ended In serious depres
sion in al! branches of industry, and
in marked reductions of the market
demand for and the prices of basic
commodities, resulting in a very
serious falling off in the volume of
traffic.
Roads Forced to Defer Maintenance.
In this situation, a policy of the
most rigid economy and of postponing
and cutting to the bone the upkeep of
the properties was adopted by the
railroads. This was at the price of
neglecting and for the time, deferring
work which must hereafter and in the
near future be done and paid for. This
is illustrated by the fact that, as of
September 15. 1'.21, over 111 per cent or
374 4;!1 in number, of the freight cars
of the carriers were in bad order and
needing repairs, as against a normal
of bud order cars of not more than
liiit.iiiii), as is further illustrated by the
deferred and Inadequate maintenance
of other equipment ami of roadway
and structures
Kven under those conditions, and
with this larce bill charged up against
the future ---which hum so hi be pro
filed lor and paid if the carriers are
to perf -nn, slice. s-.i, My, their trans
port a: ion duties - the i'o-u't of opera
lions for the first eir.ln inei'ths of this
year, the latest mailable ('gun's, has
b ' n al a rale of m l iaiVv.,y operating
Inco'i'e, heiore pre. im:o: for interest
or dividends, a naomi v. :: to only 2 8
per an per aneain .! the valuation of
Tie c irrser pro; ,et: ., re -,. by the lu-
tel--t.lt.' COlUII'el, e , ei S -Mill ill till'
r. o;.t r Ve case, aa ,e, :ait not suf-,
fit-tout to p. iv the r.itei.st oil their
outstanding bends
Roads Earnings Far Delew Reasonable
Retu-cs.
It Is manifest from this showing,
that the rate of return of a i-.j or 6 per
cent (or the first two years after
V.areh 1. D'2'.h fixed in the transporta
tion act as a minimum reasonable re
turn upon railroad im .'sinicm, has not
been even approximated, much less
reached; and that the present high
rates accordingly .ire not due to any
statutory guarantee of earnings for
there is no such guarantee.
In analyzing the expenses which
have largely brought aleut this situa
tion, it become ev '..ic at that by far
the largest coatrihtit ing c.uise is thi
labor cost
Today the railroads pay out to tabor
approximately CO c. uis , a the dollar
they receive (or tr.iap irt it oa services
whereas in la Hi, 40 o"Vs on the dollar
went lo lahor.
On the first day u' .' i uiary. I9K.
' hen the goxernmen! i ch irgo of
.iutM through the : aot, the
labor cost ol the r.r. . as had not ex
ceeded the sum of a ' ' -1 : - "1.4s leul.tieC
annually In U'l'o. h ., t, vernmeatal
authority made the i.. st ,.u increase,
the labor cost of t'.it railroads was
about $ ci'eisV'ioe ,HM aMc.Mly, or. If
continued throughout tie veu'r Instead
of for the eight month d'lrinK which
the go increases .v.r.' m effect the
labor coat, on an atiiiu.il hasis. would
have been largely in excess of 13
StoO.OOtV An Increase, sine the goTcmment
took charts ot radieaj ltt) ta lus
Adamson act, of approximately t,.
ijw.vuu.viu annually.
In the light of these figures, it la
manifest that the recent reduction of
wages authorized by the labor board,
estimated at from 10 to 12 per cent,
in no sense meets or solves the prob
lem of labor rnsta and In nn QV
makes it possible for the railroads to
anora a reduction in their revenues.
Thousands of Rate Already Reduced.
Indeed, during the past year there
have been between four and five thou
sand individual reductions in freight
rates. On some railroads the reduc
tions in rates have amounted to more
than the reductions in wages so far
made, and on many other railroads
the reductions in wages allowed no
net return on operations, but merely
provided against the further accumula
tion of a deficit.
The point is often made that agri
culture and other industries are also
suffering the same immediate diffi
culties as the railroads, why, there
fore, do not the railroads take their
medicine like anybody else? The an
swer lies in several facts:
1. The railroads were not permit
ted, as were other industries, to make
charges durine the vears nf nrnenoritv
making possible the accumulation of a
surplus to tide them over the present
extreme adversity. According to the
reports of the interstate commerce
commission, the rate of return on
property investment of the railroads of
the United States for the past several
years has been as follows:
RATH OF RETURN EARNED
BY Till': RAILROADS OF THE
UNITED STATES ON THEIR
PROPERTY INVESTMENT:
112 4.84'.
LJ13 5.15',i
1U14 4.17
11)15 4.20'o
191(1 (Fiscal Year) 5.90
1916 (Calendar Year) 6.1ti
1917 5.20
1918 3.51
1919 2.46
1920 0.327o
It will thus be noted that during the
years when other industries were mak
ing very large profits, when the prices
of farm products and the wages of
labor were soaring to unheard of
heights, the earnings upon railroad in
vestment in the United States were
held within very narrow limits and
that they have during the past four
years progressively declined.
The Roads Handicapped More Than
Other Business.
2. The railroads are responsible to
the public for providing adequate
transportation. Their charges are
limited by public authority, and they
are In very large respects (notably for
labor) compelled to spend money on
a basis fixed by public authority. The
margin within which they are per
mitted to earn a return upon their in
vestment or to offer inducements to at
tract new capital for extensions and
betterments is extremely limited. How
ever much the railroads might desire,
therefore, to reduce their charges in I
times of depression, it will be perceiv-
ed that the limitations surrounding
thpir action do not permit them to
give effect to broad and elastic policies
which migVat very properly govern
other lines of business not thus re
stricted. It has been urged upon the rail
roads that a reduction in rates will
stimulate traffic and that increased
traffic wiU protect the carriers from
the loss incident to a reduction in
rates The railroad managements can
not disguise from themselves that this
suggestion is merely conjectural and
that an adverse result of the experi
ment would be disastrous not only to
the railroads, but to the public, whose
supreme need is adequate transporta
tion. Consequently the railroad man
agement cannot feel justified in plac
ing these instrumentalities, so essen
tial to the public welfare, at the hazard
of such an experiment based solely
upon f.ucli a conjecture.
Farmers Especially Need Lower Rates.
It Is evident, however, that exist
ing transportation charges bear in
many cases a disproportionate rela
tionship to the pries at which com
modities can be sold in the nn: k'-t and
that existing labor and other costs of
transportation thus imposed upon in
dusiry and asrViiHuro gencallv a bur
den great' r than they should hear.
This is especially tree of agriculture.
The railroad managements are feeling
sensitive to end sympat lie; ic villi the
distressing situation ai.d des re to do
everything to assist in relieving it
that is compitiVIe with their dit.y to
furnish iraioportatic!'. wiinh the pub
lic must have
At the mom T.t railroads in many
cases are paying 40 ceeis aa Pour tor
in skilled lab'T who, i similar 1 ibor is
working alongside the ra'l'oad and ran
easily be obtain. 1 l v them at '.i cents
an hour 'Ihe railroads of the country
(mid in 1.i:'0 a total of considerably
over $l.::"C.0e'i,i'e,i to unskilled labor
alone However desirable it may be
to pay this or that schedule of wages,
It is obvious that it cannot be paid out
of railroad earnings, unless tlie in
dustries which use the railroads are
capable of meeting such charges.
The railroads, and through them the
people g.'ner i.'.y. are also hampered in
their efforts to economize by a
schedule of working rules and condi
tions now in force as heritage from the
period of ft'detal control and upheld
by the railroad labor hoard.
These conditions arc expensive, un
economic ami mine, essary (r un the
point of view of raVro.id operation and
extremely bur Ice.s. tn on the public,
which pa the bdl This schedule of
wages and of w uk;"g cu' i'iions pre
vents the r.i.'.roi 's fr -m de l. tig equit
ably with the r el '- vests in accord
ance w ith rap. liy hit g nu eon.! 'tarns 1
and the great i.ir e.v c! i c i', consul t
at'ons wlr.ch ouga; o i en ral wages in
different parts of the country. The
railroads are seek::.g to have these
rules and working conditions abro
gated. The railroads will oek a reduction
In wages now proposed, by first re
questing the sanction of the railroad
labor board. The r.illroads ill pr.
ceed wilh all possible dispatch, and
as soon as the railroad labor hoard
shall have given its assent to the r
ductloa of wages the general reduc
tion in raUs will be cut Into, effect.
Rolled Barley
I am prepared to furnish the finest
quaity Rolled Barley at fair and honest
prices.
I also handle a complete line of gasoline
Kerosine and Lubericating Oils. Satisfac
tion to customers is my motto.
Andrew Byers
Case Bus & Transfer Co.
We Thank you for past patronage and solicit a;
continuance of the same. Our best service is for
3'ou. Leave orders at Case Furniture Co. or
Phone Main 844 .
BAGGAGE. EXPRESS. FREIGHT.
COUNTRY TRIPS & GENERAL HAULING
We
CHICKENS
DUCKS -
In fact, all kinds of poultry are wanted
Highest Prices Paid
IlllllllllllllllltlUIIIIIIIIIII
Call or Write ALEX CORNETT, Main 615
Or See E. R. MERRIT, . . Heppner, Oregon.
YOU SAVE
if you learn the rates of
Oregon Fire Relief Assn.
Before you renew that Fire Insurance
F. R. Brown
Agent for Morrow Countv
rhone Office 642, Res. 29F14. lleppner, Or.
OUR IDEAS
are sometimes good
But we have something that is better. We aren't in
the "idea" business, but when it comes to the cutting
and selling of choioe meats we don't take our hat off to
any one.
Our cooler is always kept at the right temperature to
keep tlie fresh meats FRESH and our r.mbitiou has al
ways boon and always will be to keep our customers
supplied with the choicest of meats, whether tliey be
fresh or salt menu. And when there's a better way
discovered to cure meat, then we'll have better cured
meal.
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Central
WALTER LYMAN BROWN
Walter Lyman Brown, head of the
American Relief administration in
Europe, who arranged with the soviet
gj-vrrment for the feeding of atary.
Ing Ruisiani,
To Clean Leather.
The leather on furniture should be
rubbed over wcnslonally with a cloth
lightly dampened with oil or with
food leather polish. ,
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Tuesday .November 8, 1921
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MIRZA HUSSEIN KHAN ALA! '
Mim Husaaln Khan Alal, the new
minister from Perala to the United
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