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VOLUME VIII
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOV. 29, 1921
NUMBER 31
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BUREAU PLANS ACTIVE
CAMPAIGN DEC. 51012
MAXSFIELD TO ADDRESS FAIlM
ERS IX 10 COUNTIES
Saving on Machinery Purchases
Promised. Strong Programs
To Bo Given
(Reported From Executive Commit
tee By C C. Calkins,)
The possibilities for real accompli
shment) through a well organized
farm bureau are unlimited. Farmers
in most, of the counties in every state
of the Union today belong to live,
functioning farm bureau organiza
tions which are getting results. Ore
gon has a stlate farm bureau rapidly
coming to the front. Officers of the
Morrow county fa rmbureau Bee
many possibilities for the farmers of
this county through a strong organ
ization and are going out to put on
a 100 per cent Farm Bureau mem
bership campaign, beginning Monday
December 50h.
This program for the coming year
contemplates not only an extention
program but will touch every phase
. of agriculture in Morrow county, not
only through the work of the County
Agent, bull also embracing certain
other feautreB which will repay the
farmers all that the membership has
cost them. The Executive Commit
tee have already made preliminary
arrangements whereby every farm
bureau member will be able to save
17 1-2 per cent on the price of his
farm machinery. This agreement
has been reached with the Moline
Plow and Implement company who
are cooperating with the Farm bur
eau all over the United States by
cutting outl all traveling salesmen,
letting the farmers perform that fun
ction through this organization and
reap savings to be derived thereby.
The Moline Plow and Implement
" company will save $50,000 this year
from their Portland branch alone by
taking their salesmen off the road.
The state farm bureau announce that
preliminary arrangements are. al
ready being made for other savings
which will go to the Bureau mem
bers. All purchases will be handled
through some local business house
which is satisfactory to the company
and the local bureau.
The farm bureau Is a medium
through which not only the Exten
tion program can be carried on,
reaching every community effectively
but it also sets farmers to work In
Iheir own behalf in their Immediate
community. Through the farm bur
eaus of the country it will be pos
sible to tell on short notice Just how
the farmers feel on any particular
problem which Is up before congress
or the state legislature. The Amer
ican farm bureau federation made
very effective use of the referendum
at different times during the year.
Any farmer joining the county
farm bureau, automatically belongs
to the state and American farm bur
eau federations and has a part in the
big program being put across in this
county by those organizations. The
membership fee has been set at $5.00
in Morrow county though in many
counties ofth e state the fee has been
set at $8 or $10, but It was figured
by the executive committee that this
should be kept down to a minimum
in order that It might be within
reach of every farmer. Of the $5.00
membership fee, 50 cents goes to the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
and $1.50 goes to the Oregon Sttate
Farm Bureau for membership in
those two organizations. Beginning
with December 5th the Oregon State
Farm Bureau will publish a State
farm bureau paper which will take
the place of the county farm bureau
papers and will be known as the Ore
gon Federated Farmer to go to every
farm bureau member throughout the
year. One dollar of the $3.00 mem
bership fee goes to support the state
paper. The onlier $2.00 pays your
membership in the county farm bin
eau.
It Is seldom that a farmer has rn
opportunity to inv st $3.00 which
will be so far reaching in its effect
as that spent for membership in the
County, state and national farm bur
eau federation.
G. A. Mansfield, president of the
state farm bureau will meet the far
, mers in the different comunities that
week. Because the time is limited it
will be necessary to hold afternoon
and evening meetings at well. Sche-
HERDER LOST IX STORM: BADLY
FROZEN
Monday it was reported that one
of Carty's sheep herders with a band
of 1800 sheep had left Carty's Sat
urday and had not been heard of
since. A posse was organized and
scoured the country. He was found
Tuesday morning about nine miles
south of Boardman, worn out but a-
' live, almost famished and one foot
badly frozen may have to be ampu
tated, but had his sheep with him,
losing only one out of the band. He
was down in a slight gully and kept
from freezing by walking around in
a space about six foot across.
Boardman Mirror.
SPRING WHEAT SEED SCARCE
Because of a dry fall it is likely
that considerable re-seeding of fall
grain will need to be done next
spring. Since there has been such a
great predominance of winter wheat
during the past two years, many far
mers have lost their seed of spring
varieties. Those having spring wheat
suitable for seeding purposes should
probably hold it over until after the
seeding season next spring in order
to avert a serious shortage. When
re-seeding in the spring it is al
ways desirable to use a red spring
wheat where the fall variety is red,
a white spring wheat where the fall
variety is white, and a spring white
club when re-seeding a field of win
ter club. O. A. C. Experiment S'
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How the state and federal grain
supervision affects the farmer, grain
dealer, elevator and warehouse men,
and miller will be brought out by
George R. Hyslop in his grain grad
ing course, January 9 to 21, at O. A.
C. The course is designed to meet
the needs of the farmer, gnun dealer,
elevator and warehouse men, and
candidates for inspection work.,
"Bring samples with you and I
will tell you why standard varieties
should be grown in every locality,"
says Professor Hyslop. "Each stu
dent that brings samples is expected
to use these samples in his class room
work. All students will have an op
portunity to take samples, run mois
ture tests and operate the various
types ofgrading machinery and make
reports as though he were a grain
grader."
How to avoid srautt losses and
dockage, how to determine frosted
grain and other damaged grain and
their value, and the advantage of sel
ling grata free from dockage will be
given special attention. The causes
of bard and soft wheat and their val
ue for milling purposes, how to make
a gluten test, the relation of test
weight to milling quality, the advan
tage and disadvantages of handling
grain in bulk and the causes and ef
fects of the moisture changes which
take place in grain from the time it
begins maturlity until it passes
through storage, are some of the
questions to be considered through
out the course.
dules of the meetings as arranged
will be as follows:.
Boardman, Dec. 5., 7:30 p.. m. Ir
rigon, Dec. 6, 7:30 p. ni. lone, Dec. 7,
;2:00 p. m. Cecil, Dec. 7, 7:30 p. m.
Lexington, Dec. 8, 2:00 p. m. Alpine,
Dec. 8, 7:30 p. m. Hardman, Dec. 9,
! 2:00 p. m. Eightmile, Dec. 9, 7:30 p
m. Heppner, Dec. 10, 2: p. m. Pine
City, Dec. 10, 7:30 p. m.
It is planned thai every- farmer
will have an opportunity to Join the
farm bureau. The goal set is:
"Every Morrow County Farmer n
Farm Bureau Member."
Every community will be working
on a program to be determined at
: the ttinie of the meeting in their par
j ticular community, and it is exacted
that nexti year there will be many ae-
tive community farm bureaus such
as those found at 1 ri Icon, Bnardmi'n
and Alpine atj the present time,
i In order to save the trouble of put
ting on a campaign each year, a con
tinuing Bureau membership of three
yeais duration has be n passed upon
by the executive committee. The
I dues will be paid yearly just the
i same.
I Membership will be solicited
committees of farmers In each com
munity outside of the date set for
the meeting. Every farmer should
make it a point to be present at the
meetiag which is moet convenient.
DC
On
A MODERN PIED PIPER
BOARDMAN TOWN
AT
Eastern cities are speeding up their
"overheads" thru the strains of mu
sic. Stenographers click their keys
to tlie one step. Pittsburg stogies
are rolled to the tune of the Oceania
Roll. The East may peep the sun
before the West, but that will be all
You have read of the cowboy in the
midnight wattch lullabying the rest
less herd to quietude. It has been
left for a sheep shepherd to drum
the flock to the range and back
again. Mr. A. Levy, employed by M.
Marshall as herder, is an ardent, "to
be" trap drummer. Drum practice
tends to vibrate the evening lamp
light, and Mr. Levy hit on the plan of
range practice. Sheep, like people,
must go thru the crux of the melting
pot. Different airs affected the
sheep in different! ways. For inst
ance, when Mr. Levy struck up "The
Campbells are Coming," the Scotch
Shropshires were all attention. WLi
he played "The Wearing of the
Green," the Southdowns were all al
ert, but when he played the Ulster
Anthem, it took seven herders and
12 dogs to separate thle mass. When
Yankee Doodle was struck up, pass
able deportment of the band was ob
served, but the black sheep Trotsky
and Lenine were heard humming the
Marseillaise. To you and I, music
as well as food is a part of life. Why
no I sheep? If music will make finer
fleece, broader shanks of cutlets, pos
sible bankable asset, why not sheep
music? A record will be kept for
the year and report made public.
Boardman Mirror.
ROTARY INVENTED BY ECHO
IRISHMAN
"The rotary plow which has to be
polled on to clear the track of snow,"
said Frank Seufert, of The Dalles,
"was Invented by an Irishman who
was a section foreman for the O. W.
R. & N. at Echo, Oregon. I don't re
member the fellow's name, but he got
the idea of the rotary rlow from a
windmill and worked out a ..scheme
whereby the rotary plow would suck
in the snow and shoot il to one side,
thus clearing the track. He was
cuchered out of his patent by a man
ufacturer in the East some slicker
work at Washington and when the
Irishman was offered $15,000 for the
Idea, he refused and thai was all he
ever had a chance to get for Wis pat
ent. The rotary plow is now uwmI
whereever there are snow drifts, and
it has been a godsend to the railroads
which operate Inth e snow country.
Few people, however, know that the
rotaryplow had Its inception In Ore
gon." Oregonian.
B. F. Hamlin and Virgil Fisher, of
Monument, signed the big book at
the Patrick Sunday.
:more fat cattle to port.
j LAND MARKET
I Eight cars of f.ne cattle went out
from the local yards Mond.iy n m il
liner for the Portland market, being
the flr?t stork shipment from this
point since the storm. The owners
;and number of cars shipped by eUeh
were: WIngate, J; Ballenbroke, j;
j Williams, I; all of Monument. Dil
I lard French, Gurdane, 2; IJeek, of
Portland, 3. Berk's stock was
bought in Bear valley and driven In.
The cattle market was reported
lively on Saturday with a four-bit
raise.
ZW? lift THE NAMEOf HUMANITY IIP
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WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO?
By a special arrangement with the
Western Newspaper Union, the Her
ald today publishes the first of a ser
ies of articles under the Utile, "Where
Your Taxes Go."
The articles are from the pen of
Edward G. Lowry, who is recognized
as one of the foremost authorities In
the country on government, financial
and business methods. Mr. Lowry is
the author of several books, includ
ing "Banks and Financial Systems,"
"Washington Close-Ups," etc., and
has been a special writer for the Sat-
Etfwtrd 0. Lwry.
nrday Evening Post on these and kin
dred subjects for several years. His
articles are not dry, technical expo
sitions on financial and governmental
affairs but are written In an inter
esting and lucid style that will appeal
to and be readily understood by the
ordinary citizen.
The Herald always endeavors to
give Its readers Interesting Informa
tion on marfters connected with the
ordinary everyday business of the av
erage citizen of Morrow county and In
securing Mr. Lowry's articles at this
time, feels that It is rendering a real
service to its growing family of read
ers. Read today's article and drop the
Herald a line telling how you like It.
HOUSE KICKED; LEG BROKEN
Nxt time Cleve Van Scholack
drives a loose horse on the range he
will try tlr keep at a more respectful
dis'hnce than he did with a two-year-old
he was driving last Wednesday up
on Balm Fork. Mr. Van Rrhoick's
saddle horse got a bit too close to the
colt and the latter let go and caught
Cleve on the right leg between the
knee and the ankle, breaking one
bone.
The Injured man ras brought to
town by Henry Krehs and Is being
cared for at the home of C. A. Minor.
Max Smith is taking a layoff from
handling slock for a veck or so and
in taking care of Mr. Van Solark,
who will soon hi' able to get around
again.
Mari;i:.'er Si"!'iee, a t Ihe Star, ws
a muchly disappoint, d "ran Sunday
evening u!,' t H.e di lnv. d train fail
ed to Lrin:r film; for "lis tu-eroti"
Curve Ah'-ad." The t bow ll. it. w;i:
put on, however, waq full of life and
action and tfhe audiince was pleased
Reserved sent holders were advised to
hold their seat checks for the "Dan
gerous Curve," un'll the picture ar
rived when It will be shown at regu
lar prism snd the sent checks recog
nized, which shows that the manager
Is nothing If not square with his
patrons.
LIKE HOOD RIVER, RETAIN FOXD
HEPPXER .MEMORIES
Writing from Hood River, where
he and his wife recently went to re
side, W. H. .Cronk, formerly district
manager for the Tum-A-Lum Co. in
this county says: "This is a nice place
and we like it fine but there are still
some ties that are not broken in dear,
old Hoppner and the surrounding
territory. We had many warm
friends there and did enjoy them and
hope to have the pleasure of enjoy
ing their friendship more at some
time in the future.
"I wish you could be here and go
over this valley with me just to see
the abundance of apples that are
here. It looks as though they can
never be used up in one season but
I guess they will find a way to get
rid of them the same as you do the
abundance of wheat up there."
KLKS' MEMORIAL SERVICE SIX
DAY, DECEMBER 4
The annual memorial service of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, wil lbe held in the lodge room
in the Elk's building Sunday, Decem
ber 4th.
An excellent program appropriate
to the solemn occasion is being pre
pared and an invitation is extended
to the general public to atftend this
service which will be held at 2:00 P.
M. on the date named.
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The membership of the Oregon
Wool and Mohair Growers Coopera
tive Association passed the eighteen
hundred member mark dining the
week of November 13 to 21. At, a
meeting of the board of directors
held during the stock show it was
decided to expand the association in
to neighboring states and to change
the name (d Pacific Cooperative Wool
Growers. The membership now in
cludes growers from Washington and
California who have joined voluntar
ily, as no organization capalgn has
ben put on in those states,
The Association has had a very
successful season, moving several
hundred thousand pounds of wool at
good prices, and operating all a very
low overhead expense. Members are
all well pleased with results as pri
ces are better than they could have
received by marketing In an ungrad
ed condition at country points.
The Association, handled about
2,000,000 pounds of product this sea
son, but this is only a small part of
the 50,000,000 pounds of wool which
was marketed cooperatively In the
United States this year. One associ
ation has over 11,000 members, while
the Canadian association, a five-year
old organization, numbers over 12
000 wool growers. In no Instance
would these growers return to the old
haphazard system of selling wool to
peddlers and country buyers In an
ungraded condition. The vifrlous as
sociations' methods of grading wools,
properly preparing for market and
direct mill selling, mean more profits
for ihe wool grower than under the
old methods.
Wool la one product which sells
best in large concentrated quantifies,
especially when graded. This Is one
reason why the state and regional as
sociations have proven so successful
during the last three years. Coop
erative marketing of wool Is an econ
omic practice which gains many ben
efits for the wool growers, and also
assists mills to secure their supplies
In the best possible condition. It h
'orderly marketing or the highest type
j and orderly marketing has lien one
;of the very real need.) of American
agriculture.
Hardman News Notes
(To 1.1 'V- for last Is'lle)
Mrs. J. N. Nally is slsyin:; ill town
during the v. inti r months.
A (on -i."Miis; 7 (mmls, .vsi". horn
last wei k to Mr. n,vl Mr.i. Clair A: li-
baugh.
.Mih. Sydney O borne riii"rmined
a crowd of young folks at her home
Saturday evening. All reported a
flno time.
Mrs. Helen Tack has relumed from
a trip to Walla Walla, Washington.
Mrs. W. T. FUzhoibert entertain
ed Mis Myrtle Lay at dinner Satur
day evening.
The Ladles Aid will meet on Tues
day at two o'clock at Mrs. Roblnson'a.
GOVERNOR CULLS EXTRA
19
PAIR TAX, REGULATION MOTOR
TRUCKS PROBLEM
Opmsitil:i to General Levy For Fair
Develops. Income Tax May
Bo Solution '
Governor Olcottt has called a spe
cial meeting of the Oregon legislature
to meet December 19 to consider thu
submission of the proposed 1925 fair
tax measure to the people and also tc
consider a measure to regulate tho
operation of motor trucks on statu
highways.
While not many legislators havei
as yet declared themselves in opposi
tion to the fair there Is a growing av
ersion towards asking the people to
endorse any measure that will in
crease the general tax on real cstlatrv
and personal property and the ideu
of a state Income tax is gaining favor
rapidly, according to recent reporU
coming from different partb of tho
state.
Representative C. E. Woodson,
when seen by a Herald reporter Mon
day stated that he believes the tinio
set by the governor is rather ill ad
vised coming as it docs less than a
week before Christmas. Mr. Wood
son believes the consideration of an
income tax is inevitable at this time,
the proposed fair tax in a way forc
ing the income tiix issue to the front,
and ho believes a measure of such.
Importance should receive very care
ful consideration. The motor truck
matter is also one of great import
ance and likely to bring on a lively
fight. Mr. Woodson did not commit him
self on the income! tax measure but:
lie says lie Is milking a careful study
of the niatiter In order to act intelli
gently when tKe matter comes up at
Salem.
UNIFIED CONTROL REPLACES
UNIT SYSTEM
The announcement has just, been
made by the traffic authorities of
tho Union Pacific System of a com
plete reorganization of that depart,
ment. The news was somewhat!
startling at first glance, especially to
thosw whose business relations with
that big concern have been more or
less friendly and intimate for a long
time.
But, as explained by A. S. Ed
monds, assistant traffic manager, who
has juat returned from a big confer
ence meeting In the east, the move In
not In any sense revolutionary. In
deed, It rather contemplates unlQixt
In place of unit control, and Is really
In lino with what nearly all the big
railroad systems have found after
years of experience to be moBt satis
factory. Until this announcement was madu
the Union Pacific Sstem operated un
der the unit plan. That is, the Un
ion Pacific Railroad Company, Oregon
Short Line and Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Co., whlln
comprising the system were still dur.
ing business under their individual
titles. In a technical sense this ra
ther limited the activities of Its vaii
ouh officers, anil to overcome that sit
uation and place all parts of the Sys
tem In position to deal with the traf
fic world us a system rather than an
three units this reorganization u
decided upon.
Under the new arrangements Mr.
Edmonds became assistant truflii!
manager of the Union Pacific System
headiiiartcr at I'm Hand, instead of
traffic manager of the O.W. I!. A N.
Win. McMuriay, general pitsxeng-r
agent and if. E. LoiinMniry, general
freight, agent of the O VV., are now
general passenger ugent and genei.it
freight, agi nt respectively, of llm
! Union l'ai'ilii: System and are In .v
posit ion to handle system, mattirs a:
freely a;i tin y did () IV, mam M,
j While Mr. IMmoim! van in (' r
j I til.. t ill "III!'' Ti III'" with 1 1 . ;
i au'hiiiili. i at, h-a,.i'ai fc, i , Ih elin ;
uns I I'uri'anlal ion, he alo attend., T
tho agi li'iilt oral inquiry conducted in
Congress and s, v,.,i me. tint's of t!.o
Trans-continental Rate Bureau ;,,(
well. Ho feels that the new reglino
was the only logical procedure. Tf,
Union Puciflc System will now hold
the same relation to tho traffic wor
as that of tho New York Central
Ilf Pour, Pennsylvania and other hia
.linen comDoBtd of a long list of unit,