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VOLUME VIII
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOV. 15, 1921
NUMBER 29
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CECIL
STATE CHAMBER WOULD HELP
VETS WITHOUT FUNDS
Plan Whereby Land Hungry
Get Farm Start on
Credit
May
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 14 (Spe
cial.) "Land for every Oregon Ex
service man who wants it" is the key
note of a land settlement program
which wil be put into operation as
soon as the loans under the Oregon
bonus law are available for the ex
soldiers, according to an announce
ment by the Oregon State Chamber of
Commerce today.
The State Chamber plan contem
plates the subdivision of several large
tracts of land which are now being
operated as a unit, and the placing
or ex-soldiers on these tracts armed
with sufficient capital to enable them
to make good, according to the an
nouncement. As the first payment
on the land will be subtracted from
the loan itself, the ex-soldier who is
without funds or property at present
will be able to take advantage of the
loan in the purchase of land accord
ing to the plan.
Briefly, the plan as outlined in the
State Chamber "News Letter," is as
follows:
"A tract of land consisting of 1600
acres, for instance, may be selected at
$50 per are to be occupied by twenty
soldiers, giving eah soldier eighty
acres for $4,000. Title is given t.
the soldier, and, from the bonus
money of $3,000, twenty per cent
will be paid the owner of the land,
balance of payments on an amortiza
tion plan identical with the plan em
ployed by the State under the bonus
law.
"After twenty per cent is paid on
the land from the $3,000 bonus, there
will be left $2,200. Of this amount,
$1,500 is to be used in the construc
tionof buildings and the purchase of
the necessary stock and implements.
This leaves a balance of $700 to carry
the ex-service manuntil he gets his
first returns from his crops."
The first land to be secured for
soldiersettlement under the above
Plan is a tract of 1240 acres in the
Squaw Creek Irrigation District in
Central Oregon, according to Secre
tary Quayle of the State Chamber.
Half of this land is irrigated, and
will be sold to the ex-soldlers at from
$30 to $60 per acre.
"The Squaw creek land Is only the
beginning," said Secretary Quayle.
"We plan to have land already for the
ex-soldiers in both Eastern and West
ern Oregon by the time the bonua is
available. An effort will be made to
place the soldier in the section to
wnieh he iesuited.
"The idea of this plan is to take
care of soldiers who wish to get on
Mr. and Mrs. .Jack Fenwick and
daughter, Miss Belle, of lone, were
visitor? in Cecil Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Morgan and fam
ily, of Morgan, also Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Palmateer, of Morgan, were cal
ler s in Cecil Sunday.
Mrs. George A. Miller, of Highview
who has been visiting friends in
Battleground, Washington, for some
time!, returned home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willey and children,
acompanled by Mr. and Mrs. Davies,
from the Willows, made a short stay
in Cecil Sunday.
"Bab" Montague, one of Arling
ton's leading lights, honored Cecil
with a visit Tuesday.
Mesrs Herb Hynd, John Krebs and
T. H. Lowe, accompanied by the
Misses Annie C. and Violet M. Hynd
and Elleanor Furney took in the
American Legion dance in lone last
Friday. All report having a fine
time.
'Let George do it' is often said,
but George did do it and for a good
cause too. George Henricksen was
the first man in the Cecil vicinity to
come forward and renew his annual
membership in the Red Cross by pay
ing one dollar and receiving his re
ceiving his receipt and button from
Mrs. T. H. Lowe at Cecil, who is
ready day or night for any one who
has a dollar to spare for the Red
Cross.
L. L. Funk and Ursel Yoakum, of
Morsel Siding, near Morgan, were
callers in Cecil on Saturday.
Mr. John Ewing of Ukiah, was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd for
several days, leaving Wednesday for
Pendleton.
David Hynd spent the week end at
the residence of his brother, the
mayor before leaving for his home
at Rose Lawn, Sand Hollow.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Knipfel aw'
son, George, made a short stay in
Cecil on their return journey from
j Portland to .Morgan Wednesday.
! Mrs. George Krebs. of The Last
Camp was visiting with Mrs. A. Hen
i ricksen at Willow creek ranch Wod
J nesdny.
i Walter Pope and friend, Mr. Yates,
of Eightmile, shouted, "Hello" Wed
nesday while speeding through Cecil
to parts unknown.
Mr. and Mrs. George Henricksen,
of Strawberry ranch, and Mr. Wurs
tel, of Canby, Oregon, visited at But
terby Flats Tuesday, but found tha
the mayor was in Heppner trying his
best to help solve- the John Day Irri
gation muddle.
E. H. Carpenter of Morgan, was t
Cecil business visitor Wednesday.
Zenneth Logan was doing business
in Morgan Tuesday.
Grover Curtis and H. V. Tyler from
Rhea, were calling on their Cecil
friends Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Perry, from
Heppner, who have recently purchas
ed the ranch near Cecil Tcnown as th'
Nash place, made a short call In Ce
cil Friday on their way to their new
home. The Cecilites extend a wel
come hand to the newcomers and
wish them every success.
Mrs. Irene Murphy, of Heppner ar
rived at Willow creek ranch Sunday
and will assist Mrs. A. Henricksen
during the witer months.
Many Interesting News Notes
From Heppner High School
Edited by Anita Turner
McDuffee
and Kay
The Lexington football team de
feated Heppner by the large score of
56 to 14. The Heppner boys held
Lexington until Keith Logan was re
moved because of an injured knee.
Heppner lost her "pep" and
"punch" in the second half and gave
the Lexington team little trouble.
Mr. Van Marter and Mr. Johnson
were the referees. ,
ThePendleton high school football
team is coming here to play on Nov
ember 19. This should be a good
game for Pendleton has a fast, hard
hitting aggregation.
The Heppner grammar school foot
ball team won from the Lexington
grammar school, 25 to 14. The fea
tures of the game were the playing of
Darrel Cox, Victor Groshen and Chas.
Reasoner for Heppner and Elmer
Baldwin for Lexington.
The Heppner high school football
team wish to thank the friends of
the Lexington football team for the
beautiful wreath they sent us to dec
orate our gr t'e.
On Monday morning, Don Case, the
student body president, presented
the freshmen their pennant and
showed them their appointed place
on the wall to hang it. The next
morning the pennant had di appeared
and of course the freshmen were not
very well satisfied. That evening
after school Mr. James took down
the other three pennants but later al
lowed them to be replaced 'with the
ARMISTICE PAY lli;i(.S lU I'P
XEK TEAMS LITTLE LUCK
promise of the three upper class pres
idents that the freshmen pennant
would return. By Wednesday morn
ingthe pennants had all disappeared
and on Thursday morning the three
upper class pennants and all were
placed on the wall except the juniors
which was torn, so they will have to
buy another. Because of the return
of the other pennants, Raymond Fer
guson and Paul McDuffee again pre
sented the freshmen with their pen
nant by unrolling the curtain over
the stage, on which the pennant was
very nicely pinned.
Last Thursday evening a large
crowd attended the art display at the
scnoot nouse. a nice program was
given, which consisted of two songs
by the high school double quartet, an
Irish folk dance given by the child
ren of the first grade, the dramatiza
tion of Little Boy Blue and Mis Mif
fit by Eugene Mikesell and Margie
Happold; a beautiful duet played by
Mrs. Sweek and Mrs. Moore, and a
very interesting talk given by Rev.
Livingstone. After the program Mrs.
tfeanier gave a very interesting talk
on the picture in the second grade
room.
Last Thursday the high school had
a parade of the death of the Lexing
ton football team. The high school
band led the procession, followed by
the football team. After this came
the pall bearers and the deceased,
followed by the chief mourners and
friends of the Lexington team. The
band played a march and a few yells
were given.
it's toasted, of
course. To seal
in the flavor
the land, but who have no funds with
which to makea a first payment. Un
der this plan both owner and the sol-
jdier are protected. There are large
j areas of land in the state awaiting
: settlement, and there ate many sol
1 diers entitled to the bonus who ate
anxious to get on the soil. We be
jlieve that it'is logical and commend
able to settle our idle lands with Ore
gon men."
American Legion officials have
strongly endorsed the proposed plan,
and the details are under considera
tion by the Legion Land committee.
"This is precisely the land seltle
mentidea that the American Legion
has been looking for," declared E. J.
Eivers, State Adjutant of the Legion
today. "When it is generally known
that ex-soldiers who are without
funds or property can buy land under
this plan, I believe that a higher per
centage of the boys will call for the
loan rather than the cash under the
bonus."
The work of listing large tracts
of land suitable for setlement under
this plan and appraised at the rock
bottom price, is going forward rap
idly, according to officials of the
State Chamber, and It is expected that
several thousand acres will be ready
for the soldiers when the bonus la
available.
imOTHEKHOOO MKT LAST EVEN
IXG "The best meeting yet held," was
the verdict of those present at the
Brotherhood banquet at Hotel Pat
rick last wening. A large crowd
was present and the quetion of disar
mament was up for discussion. Resolutions-
were adopted and forwarded
toSecretary Hughes and President
Harding commending the plan out
lined by Mr. Hughes at the opening
session of the disarmament confer
ence and urging that every effort be
made to do all possible to disarm the
god of war. The Brotherhood is a
going concern in the civic life of
Heppner and destined to become a
real factor in community betterment.
SHOWS WONDEKEUL STRENGTH
Prof. Kanthe, who is billed to meet
Carl Mjatson In a wrestling bout here
Saturday night, put on a short exhibit
tion at the Star theatre Sunday even
ing which was a wonderful demon
stration of how physical culture and
training will develop the human or
ganism. Kanthe has developed a
wonderful set of muscles In back,
hest and limbs and as ademonstration
of his prowess he lifted the two Bau
nian brothers, who weigh an aggre
gate of 336 pounds, lear of the stage
and swung them around as readily as
a schoolboy will handle a lunch bas
ket. Henry Aiken, who is promoting
and managing the athletic events In
Heppner this winter, has promised
the public first class attractions and
he is certainly making good.
I'UHLIC HEALTH MUSE AKHIVES
Mis Emma Bunge, who has accep
ted the position of public health nurse
I for this county, arrived from Seattle
j Thursday evening to enter upon her
duties. Miss Bunge's work in this
county is financed by the Red Cross
j but she is working directly under
' Jhe direction of the State Health de
partment of Oregon. Miss Kunge
i will first inaugurate her work In the
schools of the countv. honinu to he)
! able to visit all of the schools, of pos
i Bible, while the good weather lasts,
j In addition to her work in the schoolH
j Miss Bunge will extend her work a
J mong the people wherever needed.
' She hopes to have the full coopcra
; tlon of parents, teachers and the pub
lic generally in carrying on the work
which, she says, can only meet with
a full measure of success when sup
ported by public opinion.
GUILD FOOD SALE
The Guild of All Saints Church
will give a food sale at Miss Smith's
Variety Store, Saturday, November
lit, begining at 10 a. m, Adv. It.
Armistice day didn't seem to favor
Heppner's football teams any too
well. Ione's Legion team took the
game from the Heppner Tost at a 13
to 0 stride, while during the same
time the Lexington high school team
was setting the lecal high aggrega
tion back to a 56 to 14 defeat.
The lone game was a hard fought
one by both teams. The game star
ted by Heppner kicking off and War
field received the ball in the middle
of the field and then it was the small
matter of four downs in as many
minutes until lone had scored a
touchdown. Fat Blake kicked goal.
Heppner began to get together after
thi and lone had a Harder time carry
ing the ball over for another six
points in the second quarter. This
time they failed to kick goal.
During the-last half both teams
threatened to score several times
but the ball was always held within
bounds.
"Fat" Blake was the individual
star for lone. While Heppner has
the material for as good a football
team as Morrow county ver saw,
they lacked the 'practice that makes
perfect' in this game, an item which
is not being overlooked for the
Thanksgiving game here. Sam Tur
ner's defenseive playing for Heppner
was one of the features of the game
while Lieuallen and ParTter starred
on the offense.Parker was the fast
est and most able man at picking
holes there was on the field and with
any interference he should have been
able to have changed the score.
With such linemen as Harley An
derson, Bruce Thornton, LaDusIre
and Clarence Bauman, Heppner will
be able to stop anything lone has by
Thanksgiving if they get that much
needed practice which, according to
"Ruck" Lieiuillon, they are going to
have.
Van Marler turned out Sunday to
coach them.
WHEAT COST SURVEY
E RANGE
According to a preliminary report
by the Department of Agriculture, the.
cost of producing winter wheat in
1020 was about as high as in 1919.
The survey through which the costs
were determnied covered 10 coun
ties in the winter wheat belt where
216 owners cooperated with the gov
ernment in the survey.
The range of cost for the bulk of
the crop in 1920 was found to be
ti.-u to is.ov per bushel, as com
pared with $1.30 to $2.50 for 1919.
In 1920, about one half of the far
mers held down their cost to the av
erage of $1.80 per bushel or lower.
In 1919 the average cost was about
$1.87 and about 47 per cent of the
farmers kept their costs down to that
figure or lower.
With costs almost as high as thoso
of the previous year and with a de
clining maiket many of these farm
ers sustained heavy losses on their
wheat. In 8 of the 10 counties sur
veyed only 10 to 20 per cent of the
wheat was hauled direct from the ma
chine to the elevator. On that part
of this wheat which was sold Immed
iately the operators got the benefit of
the prices that prevailed before tho
slump, which began soon after the
1920 crop began to comepn the mar
ket. The survey In question, conducted
by the office of farm management
and farm economics, yielded figures
on labor and material requirements
that should be of vital interest to tho
winter wheat grower, as indicative
of what may he expected under con
ditions approximating those that pre
vail in the counties surveyed.
The results of the survey serve to
stress the. importance of yield per
acre as a factor inlluencin:' the cost
per bushel.
Robert E. Lackey, better Tinown in ,
Morrow county as "Joe Armstrong,"
who has been working In Washing- j
ton all summer, returned to Hepp
ner a few days ago to prepare to leave '
for his former home In Oklahoma
where he recently fell heir to an
estate ralued at some $15,000.00.
"Joe" says he la going back to gtt
married nd settle down.
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Wear
ommeos
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
November 15, 16 and 17
The Crescent Dry Goods Co.
of Pendleton have on display at
Mrs. Herren's Millinery
A complete line of
Women's Coats, Suits, SilK
and Wool Dresses, Shirts, Waists
and Furs
Don't Forget The Sale is Now ON