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VOLUME VIII
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1922
NUMBER 4S
NANCE
HELP FARMERS OR QUIT
Bl'REAU (JOES OX RECORD
REGARDING CORPORATION'
letter Front Dr. Smith Shows
Attitude of Federal Body.
Resolutions Adopted j
That the Morrow county farmers
and stockmen are getting pretty well ;
"fed up" on the do-nothing policy of
the war finance corporation as re
gards extending financial relief to the j
live stock and farming industries in !
the form of loans with which to tide ;
over the period of reconstruction de- j
press-ion was voiced in no uncertain ,
terms at .a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Morrow county farm j
bureau last Saturday afternoon. j
As readers of the Herald are aware !
a determined effort has been made
during the past winter by Dr. C. J. '
Smith, of Portland, E. M. Hulden, of j
Heppner, and other men representing 1
the farmers and stockmen of Oregon, j
to secure loans from the war finance j
corporation on the basis of growing
crop security and that after ai trip to
Washington by Dr. Smith and re
peated conferences with the war
finance board, that body agreed to
the proposition made by the Oregon
committee and authorized the organ
ization of a corporation, to handle
loans amounting to f23,500,000 for
the relief of the farmers and stock
men in Oregon, Washington, Mon
tana, Idaho and northern California.
Dr. Smith was urged to hasten back
to Portland anj rush the organiza
tion work in order tnat money for
loans might be available in time to
finance the spring lambing and
farming season. Dr. Smith hurried
back to Portland and at a heavy ex
pense in time, energy and money the
corporation was incorporated, neces
sary blanks were pjrinted and every
thing was in readiness to commence
sending in applications for loan:?,
when a telegram from Mi Myers,
char nn of the war finance board,
cancelled the entire program and left
the stricken farmers and stockmen
without relief.
At Saturday's meeting Mr. Hulden
read a letter from Dr. C. J. Smith
which covers, the situation pretty
thoroughly and which is herewith
printed in full:
Dear Mr. Hulden:.
Your telegram of the 2lBt at hand,
replying will say that we are almost
at a loss to Tinow what to do with the
War Finance Corporation. As you
know I went back to Washington,
had a fair and square understanding
with the War Finance Corporation as
to what they would do to make ad
vances to the farmers.
We sent in thru our local organiza
tion here, about $82,000.00 in applt
. cations for loans, based largely on
growing crops as an asset These
were turnd down, and so far as I
have been able to ascertain, practi
cally every one of them has met with
the same fate. Apparently the War
Finance Corporation is a useless or
ganization. The only good it has
done so far is to transfer a debt from
one place to another, relieving In
directly a few of the banking institu
tions. They have persistently refused to
furnish money to livestock growers
with which to purchase Btock to build
up their herds, and In no instance do
we know where they have assisted
the grain growers except on the
question of a commodity pan and
that can, be done locally or through
the Federal Reserve Bank, without
the War Finance Corporation.
It Is useless from another stand
point and thatis, they undertake to
function at so great a distance, and
will not rely on the Judgement of the
local committee. They had Just as
well undertake to make loans in
Hungary as in Oregon and Washing
ton, while the executive head remains
in Washington D". C. Unless we can
have regional division of this work,
the sooner our Congressmen vote to
abolish the thing tlie better off we
will be. They have refused to accept
the pudgement of our local committee
who passd on all these applications
and attempted to exercise a very su
erior Judgement.
One instance that I know of here:
They had loaned on some livestosk
and thconcern making the loan
went Into the hands of a receiver
and they had estimated showing they
would require about J12.000.00 to
f r.ish wintering their stock and they
came back with the suygestion that
BUSINESS MAGAZINE LAVDS
ASSOCIATIONS
"Business" is the publication of
the Burroughs Adding Machine com
pany, one of the largest manufactor
ing establishments in the United
States. On it's staff are writers train
ed in the art of investigating busi
ness and reporting new ideas and nov
el undertakings for the benefit ofthe
publication's readers.
So thse quotations from a recent
article in "Business" on the wheat
marketing associations should be in
teresting as showing the business ex
expert's idea of the l'aniu-rs establish
nients.
Imagine an entrpris that consists !
of a mere name, that has no corpo
rate entityand that own not so much
as a trademark. Imagine that en
erprise doing a business of over
$15,000,000 in 1921, Mid planning
to treble that volume in 1922. Im
agin an enterprise that has no cap
ital stock and yet possess sufficient
credit to have borrowed, to finance
its operations in 1921, something .
over $7,000,000. Imagine an enter-j
prise that operates an international
selling force, a research laboratory
of its own, and yet makes no corpo
rate profit. Imagi unsch an enter
prise as this and you will have con
ceived in imagination what the farm
ers of the northwest have created in
actuality in the Northwest Wheat
Growers Association.
Walter Beckett, well known wheat
raiser of Eight mile, was in town
Saturday.
WORL
1
The following changes in the rules
and regulations are published for the
information and guidance of all those
concerned :
7 5. No advances to borrowers for
improvements on real property to
meet payments ior material and labor
under Section 2 2 of the Act shall be
authorized unless the applicant is
I the owner of the real property at the ;
i time of completing application for '
( the loan, and same is clear and free
of all encumberances except liens not
due specifically excepted in Section !
10 of the Act. (Change No. 1, Feb
ruary 8, 1922.)
79. The applicant will then be re
quired to execute note and mortgage
for the entire amount of the author-
, izea loan ana deposit same witn me
trust company or bank designated to
i handle the transaction, together with
the assignment of this claim and in -
j structions as to disbursement. The
mortgage will be immediately record-
i ed. (Change-No. 1,
1922.)
February 8,
$5,000.00 would be enough, altho the
, th Judgement of our local committee
' $12,000.00 as a minimum.
I Also, after a thorough understand-
ing with these people that they would
; make these loans, and when the ap-
'plications wre actually sent In they
not only turned them down, but. they
took occasion to issue Circular No. 27
which practically prohibited the use t Loans which action was accomplish
of growing crops as an asset on the j ed following assurances from the
part of the farmer. j War Finance Corporation, that grow-
I think a resolution on the part of ng wheat would be acceptable as se
your organization directed to Con-1 curity, and
pressman Sinnott and Senators Me
Nary and Stanfield would do a great
deal of good, especially on the ques
tion of the failure to function and If
they were going to continue to fall to
function they should be abolished.
Sorry I can give you nc more en
couragement than this, but I have
been working very hard on the mat
ter, and have made but little progress
the last few days. Mr. Myers will
be here on th 3rd of April and I shall
go over the matter quite carefully
with him once more, but doubt if it
will do much good.
With kindest regards and best
wishes, I am ,
Very truly yours,
C. J. SMITH.
Following the reading of Dr.
Smith's letter and after a brief discus
sion of the situation the following
resolutions were quickly drafted and
passed by a unanimous vote of the
meeting:
Whereas, Farmers of Eastern
Oregon are unable to finance the
growing of a crop In 1922 particu
larly in the wheat growing district,
and
Whereas, Determined and success
ful efforts hare been made resulting
Southern IVSan Speaks Against
Racial and Sectarian Hatred
At Greenville, Mississippi, recently
an organizer for the Ku Klux Klan
held a meeting at the court house at
which, to insure against turbulence,
the sheriff of the county presided.
A stipulation had been previously
made to the effect that aCter the or
ganizer spoke any citizen who wished
to reply should have the privilege of
doing so. When the Klan represen
tative finished the audience called
upon an old time resident of tne towa i
to express his sentiments on tl
question of breeding discord in a com
munity by preaching racial and sec
tarian hatred.
Among other things he said:
"You know I don't take part in
these cUurcU differences. I was bap
tised in the Methodist church, raised
;u the Episcopal church and married
jnto the catholic. All of them are
s0 g00d t uon't Know which one to
go in. I wish to God I was a good
member of any of them. I heard of
the Knights of Columbus on the bat
tlefields of France; I heard of them
iu the hospitals over there nursing
the boys but 1 did not hear anything
of the klan over there and no masks
were worn over there except gas
masks. I do not care anything about
this war on Catholics and war on
Jews. It would not have brought me
out here tonight. They can take
care of themselves, but I know the
terror this organization embodies for
oilr Negro population, and I am here,
to plead against it. These people
are coming in here to teach us how
to run our county and affairs. They
don't know the great struggles we
! have been through in the past in
I this county and town of ours. They
; don,t kn(w how Jew or Genlile Catn.
olic and Protectant have stood
shoulder to shoulder in the midst of
dangers and the perils through which
we have passed; they don't know how
united we have laced the floods of
, the miehty river. faced the scourge
of epidemic faced bankruptcy and
trouble and poverty. They don't
know how together we have gone
through joys and gone through sor
rows; they don't konw we have feas
ted together at the wedding of our
young people. They don't know how
with bowed heads we have stood
around the graves of our loved ones;
they don't know the love and pride
the people of this town and com
munity have felt i nthe fact that we
Btand together and undivided; they
j Qont now that all over the state of
. Mississippi our boast has been that
1 Washington county and Greenville,
Dy united efforts, by cooperation, by
standing shoulder to shoulder, have
struggled forward on the road to
prosperity and happiness.
'These people come among us and
tell us how dangerous and hateful
' some members of our society are.
I They don't know the feeling that you
, and I, who have lived here long to-
gether, have as we pass the houses
j on our streets. We may not know
j
in the organization of a corporation
i for the security of War Finance
Whereas, Following a comple
tion of this organization applications
made on the basis agreed upon were
refused, and
Whereas, This action seriously
threatens the financial stability of
Eastern Oregon, and
Whereas, ' It has been brought to
our attention that other districts of
this state hare been unable to secure
relief from the War Finance Corpor
ation,' even though In a position to
advance security deemed reasonable
and proper by many competent finan
cial authorities.
Therefore, Be it resolved by the
Executive Committee of the Morrow
County Farm Bureau representing all
the agricultural interests of the
County urge upon the Oregon Senat
ors and Representatives strenuous
efforts to malce the War Finance Cor-
poration act adaptable to the direct
needs of farmers in stricken area,
or bring about its abolishment as
useless legislation serving only to en
cumber the statute book, and
Be It Further Resolved, That a
copy of this resolution be mailed to
each Senator and Representative
from the state of Oregon.
whose house it is, but whether it be- '
longs to Jew or Gentile, Protestant
or Catholic, we know that behind
each door there is a friend. But ihey
come to tell us that we have been
living in a fool's paradise, that this
harmony and this union and this
friendship which has made this town 1 uer not ouly will preside over all
so dear to us, that made us so strong ' activities of tue Elks during Prosper
in adversity, which has helped us jty weew, but will be. presented with
bear sorrow and trouble together, : ;ul automobile. Presents also will
that " is a fooI's Iaradise' and ,tlf,3' j
have come to lead us into untried
l-atlis. I would not give up the con- j
fkUnce and trust in each other that !
we have in this county and commu
nity for any untried path. If you
love your people, if you love the wel- I
fare of your community, do not bo
In, I rttT . 'In. tl. 11 ..l.t... nfca.t lli, it
nil ijil ill in iina in ru, iiiiu .iiv i iiu i
is built on dissension, hatred and fac-
j tional strife. What is the need of I
it in this community? What place
has it in the social life of our people?
It reads like some page of mediaval
horror to have this man stand on the
floor of our courthouse, built by tax
ation of Gentile and Jew, Catholic
and Protestant, white and black, and
stir up strife and hatred among our
people." -II'
He was followed by' Dr. J. D.
Smythe, who also attacked the klan
as vicious in principle and dangerous
in practice, and submitted the follow
ing resolution which was almost un
animously adopted:
Be it resolved by the people of
Washington county, Miss., in mass
meeting assembled, That we do
utterly condemn that organization
called the Ku Klux Klan, but having
no connection with the real Ku Klux
! Klan, which, having served its uso-
fulness, dissolved many years ago,
nnd that we oppose th new organt
I zation and its activities in our county
for the following reasons:
1. There is no neel for such an
j organization in this town at this
: lime; it can do no possible goud.
Coming into our peaceful, law-
! "idng and mutually tolerant corn-
muiiity, the present organization, j Mrs. Nancy Ann Gentry, one oi
with its disguises and mas'KS, meant Morrow County's best loved and re
to conceal the identity of Its mem- spooled pioneer women, passed away
bers, and to terrorize the ignorant, its j at her home In this city last Salur
important assumption of the right to day evening, March 25th at the age
judge the private life of American of 76 years, 11 months and 10 days,
citizens and to make such action In I The funeral was held this afternoon
the way of punishment as it thinks ; from the Federated church, Rev. E.
proper, Is against the spirit of free in- I Moore conducting the services,
stitutions, against the traditions and , Internment was in the Heppner come
laws of our country, and Is un-Ameri-. tary.
can. However well intentioned the Mrs. Gentry, whose maiden name
motives of its members, its effect was Shafer, was born at Crawfords
must be to breed hatreds and to ter- i vllle, Indiana, April 1 5. 1845. In
rify the helpless and the Ignorant. 18 54 her father moved his family to
Nothing at this time could be more , Madison county, Iowa, and there In
disastrous to our people, more tilled; 1863 she was married to Francis
with far reaching and evil results Marlon Gentry and In 1882 they again
than for the organization to gain a i hearkened to the call of the wtyl and
foothold in our country. j came to Oregon, traveling over the
Be it resolved: We call on our citl. ! Central Pacific to San Francisco and
zens not to become members of this i thence to Portland by ocean steamer.
j organization,
The Ku Klux Klan ran
Kalaiuity at Greensville,
into a
MRS. (iVAHWK SWAGGART
NERIOl'SLY INURED
Mrs. George Swaggart, of Pendle
ton, was seriously injured In that
city last Friday evening when she
was struck and dragged some dis
tance by an auto. The car was driven
by Mrs. Joe Coffman, of Pendleton,
better known to Round-Up fans ' as
Billy Clifford, and she was fined $75
and had her driver's licensed revok
ed for six months for tho . offense.
Mrs. Swaggart was a pioneer resi
dent of Heppner removing to Pendle
ton about two years ago,
BALL PLAYERS AUK STARTIN
PIUCTICK
A bunch of Heppner ball players
took their first tryout Sunday and
while they did not all show big league
class the showing made Indicated
that with plently of practice and some
strengthening of the team In Import
ant places, Heppner will have a
skooT(um team when the season Is
j fairly on. Manager Van Martcr
j wishes all ball players In the commu-
nity to come to the front and show
their speed as nobody Is barred In
the tryout work and he does not want
tri overlook any real talent.
A game has ben arranged with
the Echo team for Sunday, April 9th
at the Heppner athletic field.
HOLD
FORTLAND, Or., Mar
entrants already have l'.i'd thei
i submitted in the contest for ruling
I queen during Elks' Prosperity Week,
May 15 to 21. and inquiries puring
in indicate that the list before the
contest will bo considerably larger.
Various organizations in th city are
taking an active interest and are pre
paring to boos!. t':e andidacy of some
member of their concern. The win-
be given those second and third in
tho race 1'or popularity .aid they will
lie given a nrotnincnt pert in the
pageant which is to be the feature of j
the week. j
Lodges o-.tside of Portland have j
been asked to sel it queen from '
...,,, m - e hlvit , t0 ,
come to Portland and participate in
tho various events and act as attend
; ants on the ruling queen. Several
lodges already have accepted mid are
preparing for contests. And word
has been received that some cities
may enter the field with candidsts- for
tho big prize contesting with Portland
girls for the queenly honors.'
The program that has been arrang
ed by the festival commission, with
George L. Hntchin as manager, is a
pretentious one ,the spetacular fea
ture being the "Pageant of Peace,
Progress and Prosperity" which will
be staged at theMunicipal Auditorium
each evening with hundreds of people
in the cast.
During the week the corner stone of
the Elks new million dollar temple
will be laid with elaborate and im
pressing ceremonies. The commis
sion has been advised that El'ks from
all over tho const will visit Portland
during the week.
RESPECT!! PiOBEE
HEPPNER IM PUSSES
The family came direct to Morrow
county settling in the Blackhorse (list-
riot where they resided until her bus
band's death which oecnred February
2, 1913. Sine that time Mrs. Gentry:
resided In Heppner.
Mrs. Gentry is survived by nine
children, six son,1 and three
daughetrs, 27 grandchildren and 17
great grandchildren..
The children are: Loren, of Alberta
Canada; Elmer, of Colfax, Washing
ton; Austin, James, L. Vee and Mack
Gentry, of Heppner; Mrs. Sarah Ward
of Castlo Ford, Idaho; Mrs. Ethel
Brock, of Portland; and Mrs. Mary
Parsell, of Whltlash, Montana, all of
whom were present at the funeral ex
cept Mrs. WhltlaBh, who was unable
to come on account of Illness.
Mrs. Gentry Is also survived by one
sister, Mrs. Mary Tollett, of Thorn
ton, Washington, who was also pres
ent. Mi. Tollett Is the last surviv
ing member of the Shafer family of
ten children.
Mrs. Gentry was a lifelong member
of the baptist church and her memory
will be cherished by her family, her
friends and her neighbors as that of
a loving mother, a helpful neighbor,
a faithful friend and a kindly, noble
woman.
INFORMATION' WANTED
.....Mlf Ruth von Nessen desires In
formation about Graemo von Nessen
who was last heard from In Heppner
In August, 1921. Information sent
to her, care of the Herald and Exam
iner, Market and Madison Sts.,
'Chicago. 111., will be appreciated,
PORTLAND EI.KS WILL
GOLDEN' Jl'UlLKK
'I QRE.-WASH. HIGHWAY
R H I'A-A R'l .1 XGTOX ROl'TK
RE DECIDED VPOX
MA V
Hiht-of-Wuy Thru Alfalfa Fields on
Civek Hold Tk(
KxHMiKiro
High cost of right-of-way for tho
, Gilliam county section of the Oregon
Washington highway to connect llor-
1 row countv's completed section with
I
! the Columbia River highway at Hopp
1 nor Junction, t given as the reason
j for an order issued by the state high
i way commission at Portland last
week for a preliminary survey from
Rhea Siding to Arlington.
The old survey which follows Wil
low creek valley to the Junction, In
said to damage the alfalfa fields along;
tho creek to such an extent that tho
damages demanded by the fanners
are practically prohibitive, according
to W. H. Barratt, member of the high
way commission, who returned from
Portland last evening.
An effort to cut down the right-of-way
cost by changing the survey t
the foot of the bluffs also failed, Mr.
Barratt stated this morning because)
of the numerous rock points which
would have to be cut through at an
excessive cost in const runt Ion.
Gilliam county, which by tho way,
is1 always pretty well represented a(J
the highway commission meetings,
would be compelled to secure tho
right-of-way and at the recent, meet-
i ing they flatly refused to pay thu
j heavy charges the creek route woul.l
j involve, while the item of cost on tho
proposed route will be practically nil.
I To a Herald reporter Mr. Barratt
; slated that the highway commission
jis up against, tho propqil ion of com
j pletlng what roads they can with thu
I money available and that tiey an
! trimming expenses wherever Ihey
'ran. The commission is anxious to
complete the Oregon-Washington t"
connection with the Columbia river,
highway And In order to do so they
are compelled to do the best they can
with the money available.
EXPLAINS HIGH SCHOOL COST
To The Editor:
Doubtless you havo read the report
jof J. A. Churchill, Stale Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, published
in the Oregonliin March 19, 1922, in
which he gives tho school population
and school expenditures of each
county in the state.
By comparison you have found
that only onn other county exceeds
Morrow in the cost per pupil and an;
wondering why this Is so. Perhaps
the following will explain.
1st. Morrow county ha seven
standard high schools. Four of theso
furnish transportation. This requires
nine school wagons. Two of these)
schools were standardized September
1919. The Initial ens was paid In
1921. The equipment will last for
several years with but little added.
2nd Several districts failed to
" m"K"'K ,u"" ""'iy
necevfcuy, so that whh done dnrlni"
the year 1921. Bonded Indebted
ness must be paid some time and but
a few years remain In which to swuro
the fund.
3rd. Failure to provide In tho
budget sufficient money to pay blllrt
for 1919 made an Increase In taxes In
1921, for this purpose. Besides thu
Intend bad to be paid on borrowed
money or for warrants Issued
4th: Morrow county ranks first
In attendance in tho state. Morn
pupils attend whool according to thu
population than In any other county
in the state.
I shall be glad to show the'rnport
of each district trt anyone wbo wMies
to know more about it. 1
Very truly yours,
LKNA KNELL fiHURTE,
County School Superintendent.
FARMERS WILL HOLD AWCAb
PICNIC I V JCNK
At the farm bureau meeting last
Saturday it was decided to bold (bi
annual fanners' picnic Mriin time In
June. The picnic was pasped up last
year on account of bad condition
among the farmers but It was unan
imously agreed that the event Is well
worth while and should bo madn an
annual feature,
A meeting of the commercial club
Is called for this evening to take ao-
I tlon on lolnm t.i, n, .
"bearing the expense of the picnic.