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VOLUME VIII
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1922
NUMBER 47.
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LEGISLATIVE LINE-UPS
KEEP VOTERS GUESSHNG
WOODSON BEING URGED TO RUN
AGAIN
Speakership Offered As rremiuni to
Induce Former Legislator to
Become Candidate
This is the way a writer in last
Sunday's Oregonian sizes up the
joint representative situation in Mor
row, Umatilla and Union counties:
"Legislative line-ups have kept
Union, Umatilla and Morrow counties
seething the past week. Marion
county too, has a fight in prospect.
The speakership is even now being
discussed with the primaries many
weeks distant. Pressure is exerted
on C. E. Woodson, of Heppner to run
again for the house, with the pros
pect of eastern Oregon getting behind
him for speaker. T. B. Kay, of Mar
ion is looming as a prospective speak
er candidate. Others under discussion
are Denton Burdick of Deschutes, K.
K. Kubli and Herbert Gordon, both
of Multnomah, but neither Mr. Kubli
nor Mr. Gordon have decided to seek
seats in the house' this year.
"From last Saturday until last
Wednesday Frank Sloan, of Stanfield,
was a. tentative o,fl.ndiHn.t.ft asrninst
Colon Eberhard of La Grande for i
nomination for joint senator from
Union, Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties. J. T. Hinkle first decided to
contest against Senator Eberhard,
but a meeting of politicians conclud
ed that Mr. Sloan would be their
choice. Mr. Hinkle was then men
tioned for Mr. Sloan's 'Did place as
representative for Umatilla county.
Mr. Sloans backing came from a
Union county group, but Mr. Eber
hard's political friends from Pendle
ton sent word that if Mr. Sloan re-n
against Mr. Eberhard they would
have someone enter the field from
Morrow county where Mr. Sloan's
strength would be best. A conference
between Union and Umatilla county
politicians is said to have effected a
compromise Wednesday evening, with
the understanding that Mr. Sloan will
run for his present seat.
"For representative of Umatilla,
two to nominate, there are besides
Mr. Sloan, S. A. Millr, who served in
1921; Dr. I. U. Temple and Hal War
ner, first commander of the American
Legion In Pendleton.
"If Mr. Woodson clings to his deter :
mination not to be a candidate to suc
ceed himself and possibly become
speaker, E. M. Hulden and Perry j
Conder are ready to run for joint rep-;
resentative for Morrow and Umatilla !
counties. Former representative
Dodd Is also mentioned for this nom
ination." j
When asked by a Herald represen
tative Monday morning whether he
would be a candidate for the nomin
ation for joint representative Mr.
Woodson replied: 1
"Well I'll tell you; there's more
money In practicing law in Heppner;
than making laws in Salem, and, be
sides, it suits my temperament
better." i
Mr. Hulden is busy looking after
his big wheat ranch and could not be
seen Monday. It is known however,
that he did not seek the nomination I
in the first place but only agreed to
consider it after being importuned to 1
do so by many of his friends. The j
situation between Woodson and Hul- j
den is strictly harmonious. When '
Mr. Hulden was first mentioned, Mr.
Woodson at once tendered his sup
port. Later when Woodson was men
tioned Mr. Hulden tendered his sup
port. "After you, Gaston." "After
you Alphonse."
Mr. Conder is in the east on a busi
ness trip and Mr. Dodd, beyond an
nouncing his candidacy in the news
papers has not made his plans known
to Heppner voters.
HEX OR OSTRICH, WHICH?
Judge Cornett brought a sack of
his famous hen fruit to this office
the other day to have the same offici
ally measured, and thus prove to the
Herald and the world hat the pro
duct of his little White Lce'.iorn hens
really ?tn teh the tape at G x 8'2
incnes. 1 ne demcnsrat:on was
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RAILWAY EMPLOYES XOT OVER
PAID IS CI.AIM
A bulletin issued by the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers deny-
ing the claim of railroad managers
that the employes were overpaid dur
ing the war, quotes former director
general of railways, W. G. McAdoo
with the statement that when prices
of living went up during the war
period that the railroad workers were
notoriously underpaid as compared
with other workers in the nation and
that they could not be expected to
continue in the employ of railroad
companies when more lucrative em
ployment was offered elswhere. Mr.
McAdoo quoted as follows from the
report of the wage commission: "That
there has been such steadfast loyalty
to the railroads, and so slight a dis
position to use the lever of their
necessity and their opportunity to
compel, by ruthless action, an in
crease of wages, is not without sig
nificance and should not be passed
without public recognition."
The bulletin also quotes a state
ment attributed to several railway
presidents made before the Interstate
Commerce commission in 1917 to the
effect that low wages being paid rail
road workers were driving thousands
of men out of the service and preven
ting the efficient operation of rail
roads. I The bulletin which has been hand-
ed us for Publication is too lengthy
for our space but the above extracts
gives the general drift of the article.
MORE LOCAL SHEEP GO EAST
John J. Kelly sold 2000 2- year-old
wethers to W. W. Stabler Saturday
and the stock will be loaded today at
Echo for shipment to Idaho feed
yards where it will be finished for
market and sent on to Chicago. The
price paid was not made public but
Mr. Kelly says it was a good sale. Mr.
Kelly is moving his ewe band from
lone to his Bock creek ranch where
his lambing season will open in a few
days.
TEACHING COURSE AT
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PENDLETON, Or., March 20
Teachers of eastern Oregon will be
afforded the opportunity of doing
work in a practice school in conjunc-
Uon with the gjx weoks
session o'
the summer normal school here this
summer, according to an announce
ment made recently by President J. S.
Landers of the State Normal School
at Monmouth. The session will be
gin June 19th and will be concluded
the latter part of July.
One of the requirements which
graduates of normal schools must
meet in order to secure a diploma Is
a certain amount of directed teach
ing in a practice school under the
criticism of sTcilled instructors.
Heretofore the Pendleton normal has
not offered this feature, and the
decision of the state to make avail
able to Eastern Oregon teachers the
opportunity of this extra training in
the normal school in their own sec
tion of the state is expected to add to
the popularity of the course.
ST. rA TRICK DAY CELEBRATIOX
Pleasant weather greeted St. Pat
rick's Day celebrators last Friday
and the occasion was an enjoyable
one for all present. The crowd of
visitors was smaller than usual due,
it is said to the fact that so many of
the sheepmen are unusually busy
around the feed yards and lambing
camps and the difficulty of getting
substitute workers.
The usual program occupied the
day beginning with morning mass.
In the afternoon a meeting of the
Hibernains was held, after which a
game of old country football, known
a "soccer" was played and in the
evening a big dance was held in the
dining room of Hotel Patrick. Sat
urday evening members of the Hiber
nian lodge and their families enjoyed
a banquet at the hotel, this occasion
closing the holiday period.
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Mr. Hull intf n.li to make an'ict1
can.aign all over the state.
TAX COMMISSION ON
VISIT TO EAST. OREGON
MORROW COUNTY OFFICIALS AT
TEND PENDLETON SESSION
Income Tax Favored by Commis
sioners. Other Remedies
Suggested
County Judge Campbell, Clerk
Waters, Sheriff McDuffee, District
Attorney Notson and Expert Account
ant L. W. Briggs, attended the Pen- :
diet on session of the state tax inves- 1
tiating commission last Wednesday
and their report is that while many 1
remedies were suggested for the re- ;
lief of the overburdened taxpayer, it j
is apparent that the members of the '
coaunissione are favorable to an in
come tax plan as the way out and will
probably recommend that plan wl" n
their final report is turned in to the
next legislature.
S E. Notson, of this city, was the
only speaker at Pendleton who op
posed the nicome tax, his argument
being that such a tax is expensive to
collect and that, unless surrounding
stateg should adopt a similar policy,
its adoption in Oregon will have the
effect of driving capital from the
state. .
Mr. Notson also opposed the
elimination of O. A. C. extension
work, county agents, or the crippling
of any of our educational institutions
saying, however, that if there are
any frills or useless expenditure of
money in the administration of our
schools, high or low, that all such
should be trimmei off.
Almost every speaker at the meet
ings at LaGrande, Pendleton and
j The Daiies had a different remedy for
the present condition which indicates
if nothing else does, that the re-adjustment
of taxation and the reduc
tion of the cost of government in
Oregon to the level of pre-war days,
is no school boy's job.
A favorite expression at the Pen
dleton meeting, Judge Campbell says,
was: "The way to reduce taxes is to
reduce them," and the judge took
occasion to tell the meeting that
speakers using it should not always
look at county officials as though they
were entirely to blame, for the reason
that in Morrow county, at least, the
amount of taxes imposed by portions
of the levy fixed by the county court
are negligible, the big end of the
tax burden having either been fixed
by statute or voted by the people.
Sentiment expressed by various
speakers at Pendleton demanded cut
ting off appropriations for county
fairs, new buildings for state fair,
Northwest Tourist association, and
the Pacific International Livestock
Exposition; abolition of 6 pe rcent
tax limitation and extension work of
the agricultural college. Bounty on
coyotes should be abolished, contend
ed Frank Sloane, of Stanfield and
himself a sheepman, state industrial
accident insurance should be abolish-
j ed or required to be self supporting,
I cut out the water board and stop is
j suing non-taxable securities.
I Senator Roy Ritner pointed out
that the state taxes are negligibi
when compared with county, city,
road and school taxes, only $2.00 of
the $56 per capita cost going to the
support of the state.
At The Dalles, on Thursday, a
strong demand was voiced for the
cuttiw; of all public officials salaries
from governor to school teacher.
Judge A. S. Bennett, ex-member of
the supreme court, in advocating this
measure, stated that when a young
man he taught school for $40 a
month and Mrs. Grace Zevely, school
superintendent of Sherman county,
naively expressed the wonder why
the judge is not still teaching school
at that salary.
FORMER HEPPNER PIONEER
PASSES
L. W. Griggs received a letter yes
terday Informing him of the death of
his brother-in-law, William I.oun
berry, which occurred at the Soldier's
Home at Sawtelle, California, Marr-li
10th. He is about 80 yars old. II"
wa.i on" of the Cist setMeis in wbei
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Riigi-i, he i an s two day;,ht-
erts, both residents of California.
JOHN KILKENNY BUYS
TWO BUnER GR. FARMS
John Kilkenny one of the largest
individual sheep owners of this sec-;
tion, Thursday closed a deal with C.
P. Bowman, of Santa Monica, Cal., for
the two Butter creek ranch which Mr.
Bowman has owned for many years
past. The places have been farmed
by Jake Bowman since the removal of
C. P. Bowman to his southern home
a couple of years ago, and as yet
Jake Bowman and his family do not
know just what they will do. For
many years past Mr. Kilkenny has
wintered numerous bands of sheep at
various Butter creek ranches and
states that all this time he has folt a
longing to add to his already large
acreage, one ofButtercreek's model
farms. Mr. Kilkenny will supervise
the work at the farm for awhile him
self, and with the aid. of P. Gt. Farley
will carry out many of his ideas con
cerning the raising of alfalfa hay.
Efcho News.
JUDGE LOWELL WILL NOT HE A
CANDIDATE
Judge Stephen A. Lowell, of Pen
dleton, who some time ago announced
that he would enter the race for the
Republican nomination for governor,
has reconsidered the matter and in
the following letter to the press states
his reasons for declining to become a
candidate:
"Six weeks' investigation has unde
ceived me as to the gubernatorial sit
celved me as to the governatorial sit
uation In Oregon. Early in February
I gave to the public a tentative plat
form in the full expectation of becom
ing a candidate for chief executive
of the state, and in the belief that, the
issues of the campaign were to be
economic, industrial and moral. I
am now convinced that the primary
eleeiton two months from tomorrow,
and the general election in Novem
ber, will most probably be determin
ed upon the age old conflict of race
:nd religion. Neither 1 the ability,
personality nor the attitude of the
candidates upon stale problems, are
likely to receive controlling consid
eration at the polls.
"I am a protestant in religious
faith, descended from ancestors who
came to New England in the 17th
century. I believe I can properly
claim to be an hundred per cent
American, but I have no sympathy
with either religious bigotry or racial
prejudice. Whether a man be Pro
testant, Catholic, Hebrew, Moham
medan, Brahman or Confusion de
pends chiefly upon the environment
of his childhood. For the place of
his birth or the color of his skin, he
Is not responsible.
"The people who are Injecting
these exotic, issues Into the campaign
are assuming censorious authority
which belongs to no individual, no
secret society. They are compelling
those factors in our population, whose
race or religion they attack, to meet
otginizatlon by organization, to act
together for the protection of their
civil tights anil the pregrogatives of
their citizenship. The result Is tla;
in the more densely populatd count i"s
there exists already a sub-surface fire
of sectarian passion and racial antag
onism, which bids fair to encompass
the entire state increasing In volume
and vehemence as election day ap
proaches until the fundamental In
terests ol the people are overshadow
ed and forgotten.
"I would deem It a distinguished
honor to be governor of Oregon, and
I believe that at this Juncture I could
render valuable service to the com
monwealth, but I am accustomed to
measure men by the standard of char
acter, not by creed or nativity, and
Into the existing maelstrom of alien
controversy and creedal strife I de
cline to plunge. I shall not be a
candidate at the primray election."
STEPHEN A. LOWELL
STOCKMEN CONVENE AT UNION
APRIL I M t
Cattlemen from all over the slate
are arranging to meet at the Union
Experiment station on April 13-1)
to discuss the splendid ri-MiltH obtain
ed at that sl.-ttiori, smd to thrash out
some of their common feeding prob
lem."!. This i nil ", , ( v. ! i'-h 1.0
MoehM.'ui or f-" r ';i v "II ,",r
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od.'ition'i ;it Union (or Ml i-itur-And
lb" 'ol.-tidid r'iilM ff.;i t;i'l 11'
the evje liment fc'.i'ion, j 1 1 into nw
lice W iil p;iy t hi- ex pi -rine of at.' Hto' k-
man to tiii.t meeting.
HOLDUP MAX AGAIN IX COURT
Jack Stone, who held up Pete Far
ley early last week and forced him
to write a check for $10 claimed due
him for blankets alleged to have been
stolen from him a year ago, and who
beat Mr. Farley to the bankandsecur
ed cash on the check, was before
Judge Cornett Saturday on a charge
of assault. The man's story Saturday
did not fit well with what he had to
say at the previous hearing and,
while not an intellectual prodigy, ho
showed considerable cunning tir
readiness to toll any sort of a story
he thought he might get by with, but
showed a fixed determination to hold
on to Farley's ten spot. Judge Cor
nett finally told the man he would
give him ten days in jail but would
remit half the sentence if he wouV
give back the money. He refused to
consider the proposition and when
asked, "If Mr. Farley should meet, you
on the street with a brick and de
mand that money or smash your
head, would you give it to him?" re
plied "Yah I give him up den, y
bet."
Mr. Farley says he could have beat
the man to the bank and stopped pay
ment on the check but he thought
the fellow was crazy and didn't want
to raise a disturbance in the bank,
but he thinks next time he will keep
his check book in his pocket and de
pend on his fists and Irish ancestry to
meet the emergency.
SEN ATOR EBERHARD WILL SEEK
RE-NOMIXATIOX
Hon. Colon R. Eberhard, of La
Grande, announces in a letter to the
Herald that he will bo a candidate for
the nomination lor state senator for
the 19th district at the coming pri
maries. Senator Eberhard served
in the last two sessions of the legisla
ture and his friends believe ho is en
titled to another term.
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The game of "soccer" football at
j Gentry Held Thursday afternoon drew
ja good crowd of interested spectators,
j Many of the old slandby Irish players
Were not in town, however, and Hie
teams had to he recruited from
I among the high school boys to make
j two full elevens, but just the same,
I the players and audience enjoyed It
and "a good time was had by all."
Jim Mollahan and Joe Kenny cap
tained the two teams and the way
the 22 stalwarts went after that ball
was not slow. Bert Stone took an
active part In the proceedings and
might have stoned had he not tried
to give the battle cry of his sldo In
the Celtic language and almost
strangled on it. Johnny Doherty
I was referee and a good one only when
j he got excited once In awhile and
I tried to play the game when th"
young American players broke down.
The game lusted until the players
! were ready to quit and the score, as
m ar as our sporting editor could
make out, was a tie at 1072 points or
i something like that.
CITY WATER SYSTEM IS
1XG PROPOSITION
'.V.
A report recently submitted to the
city council by L. W. Briggs, who
was employed some time ago to audit
the books of the city water depart
ment, shows a satisfactory condition.
The report shows a net Income for
the year 1921 of $14,849.49 with
$3S6.93 delinquent and to be collect
ed with total disbursements of
$4,744.07. After . paying interest
on water bonds of $5,500.00, a profit
of $4605.00 for the year remains.
At this rate the system should pay for
itself by the time the bonds are due.
POISON PREPARED FOR CROWS
AM) RAVENS
By cTTTcalkins
Reports are coming In to the effect,
that the crows arid ravens are doing
much damage by making raids on
baby chicks and request i have b"en
Kent Into the county agent's oflii " for
some ef liciont. remedy to do a a-ay wit!
tli'iii. The county ni'enf . inj.iir
in" a sped,,) buii. ,. "mi, mi mli d I,-.-the
:,o!'!';e;il Sutv"7 lor h;it"!;;! .
the " bii'lu. Tbi i bait v. ill not, I ..
pi' ti ll until th" be t, of thin v," I;
v. ii' ii pe rt ii :i d' ii in to ti y It v. 11
j" t t In- s ame by payi.i," th" pn. e
tlio corn which l.i um d in making up
tne bait. :
HEAT MEN THIS WEEK
MORROW CO I' XT Y MEMRER.S Ti
RECEIVE $7(,0(K)
Oregon Cooperative Grain Grower)
To Distribute :tno,OU
To Fanners
An announcement made last wee.'c
by the manager of the Oregon Coop
erative Grain Growers, through Tlio
Producer, official organ of the asso
ciation, is to the effect that checks
will be mailed during the present;
week to all members in Oregon cover
ing the second advance on last year's
wheat crop, ammounting to $350,000
and raises the total amount paid on
the pool of last season's crop to $2,
750,000. j
The 10-cent advance mailed during
the next week will raise tolal ndvuu,
ces to from 65 cent to 7 5 cents a
bushel, depending upon the time,
warehouse tickets were received in
the Portland headquarters. An illus
tration of the amounts being svnt Uy
the various communities, the follow,
ing sums going into several counties
In Oregon are given:
Morrow county $70,000.
, Sherman county $70,000.
''Gilliam county $50,000. !
Wasco county $30,000.
Marlon county $20,000.
The Washington-Idaho Wheat;
Growers' association also is preparing
to make a supplementary advance,
the exact amount of which has not
been determined. The Montanni
Wheat Growers' association made a,
second advance late in 1921.
SPRAY MATERIAL
. By C. C. Calkins
For Iho convenience of the orchard
men who have desired to purchasii
spray, Gilliam & Iiisbee have consent
ed to handle liquid lime & sulphur
and arsenate of l(ad. They should
have a supply of this spray materhl
in their slore by the middle of tho
week.
All parlies interested securing,
this material are requested to get tlio
same by calling upon Gilliam & BIs
bee. Pete Farley moved his family fi
Castle Rock Sunday where they will1
remain for a month or until tho
I lambing season is over. Mr. Farley
I Is lambing 2700 ewes at Caslle Rock
: starting last Saturday and he saya
j the grass Is starting up fine and he
expects a good season.
IIARDMAN
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Miss Gladys has recovered from a
slight attack of La Grippe.
Mrs. Joe Bally has moved from
Hardimin to her ranch at Klghlmile.
A surprise party was given Mr. anil
Mrs. A. W. Sallng, Monday evenin;.
March 13th.
The Leathers' orchestra went to
Lone Rock Friday to play for a dancn
to be given there.
Miss Ilo Merrll, a Junior In high
school is back at her studies again
after a slight illness.
The Alubania Colored Jazz Band
played for a novelty dance Saturday,
March 18th. A show was given pro
ceeding the dance.
Mrs. Archie Saling, who has been
very ill for some time, Is now Improv
ing. Her many frlendH are indeed
glad to know this.
There was an Old Time dance at
Colllver's hall Friday, March 17th.
Supper was brought. In baskets by the
ladies and needless to say was delic
ious. The grammar school will give a.
pay entertainment at the high school
auditorium, April Int. There will bo
several dialogues, monologues, short,
plays and songs.
A son was born lu Mr. and Mr;.
H.1I1I011 StoiHiuan 011 Ma rih ltitli.
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will be b'rved ut all times.