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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1922)
IF YOU WANT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS, READ THE HERALD. WE PRINT IT FIRST. HEPPNER v.. VOLUME IX HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST i, 1922 NUMBER 14 COMPROMISE PLAN IS SUBMITTED BY LEWIS WOULD ACCEPT $38,000 IX FILL SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM JOHN' YtlGHTMAX RETVKXS FROM EASTERX TRIP JohnPay Directors To Meet Tonight j When The flatter Will Be i Threshed Out Settlement of the long .drawn out controversy over the John Day irriga tion, district is promised r.t a meet ing of the board of directors of the district which is to be held in this city tonight when a compromise offer made 4.0 the board of directors by John H. Lewis, engineer in charge of the work, will be considered. The compromise offer was made to the directors iu a letter from, Mr. Lewis under date of July 11, 1922, in which he offers to accent in full payment for his services the sum of approximately $18,000 in r.ddition to the $20,000 which was allowed him in Judge Phelps decision which was handed down dome time ago making a total of some $38,000. The offer Includes the completion of all information heretofore collec ted by Mr. Lewis and the preparation of a final report, based on such infor mation, for filing with the district. This report, Mr. Lewis argues, should be completed and filed in jus tice to both himself and the district. He also asks that the .district shall protect him against rjny further corls or losses incident to this litigation or collection of money for warrants is sued, j Of the full amouint asked for, $9,000 is to cover all former claims of" Mr. Lewis for engineering work; $1,000 to cover certain interest charges; $5,000 for attorney's fees $3,000 for completing maps and in formation as heretofore collected and for preparing final report with esti mated cost including suitable index maps and illustrations. Mr. Lewis will be present at to night's meeting and Sam E. Van Vac tor, attorney for the board or direc tors, is here from The Dalles to haindle the directors side of the conference. John Wightman, well known far mer and stockman, returned last Thursday evening from an extended trip through the east which took him as far as Boston and New York and many intermediate points. Mr. Wightmr.n was callel Er.st several weeks ago by the death of his mother and before returning he visit ed relatives at Boston and on hi-j re turn trip stopped off at many points in the middle west to visit oOl friends. Pennsylvania has excellent crops this year, Mr. Wightman says, as do most of the states he visited and while business is being affected some what by the coal and shopman strikes work generally seems to be plentiful. Beiing interested in fine stock Mr. Wightman missed no opportunity to visit famous stock farrhs among them being the renowned Long- view farm in Missouri that is said to I be the finest farm in the country. The property is owned by the Long Bell Lumber Company that recently aeqnired extensive timber holdings in Oregon and Washington and is now installing an immense plant at Kelso, Washington. "But after seeing all the splendid farms and farming country in many states, "Mr. Wightman concluded, "there are none of them that have anything on Lancaster and Chester counties ia the old Keystone state." Bob Thompson, well known cattle man, returned from Seattle Tuesday where he went with a shipment of beef cattle, Mrs. I. E. Kunsman has returned from a pleasant visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Martin, at Portland, where she spent several weeks. HEPPNER' WOMAN PASSES PORTLAND AT Mrs. Sylvia Clabough, wife of I. R. Clabough, of this city, died at St Vincent's hospital, Portland, last Friday evening after a lingering ill ness She had been in poor health for Borne time and several weehe ago went to western Oregon for a change of climate but growing worse sne was lateT placed in tlie hospital for treatment. She is survived by her widower, I. R. Clabough and six sons: Delbert, James, George, John and Norman Clabough, thu four youngest being under ton years of age. The body was taken to Wlnik-ld, MAY GET 75 P. G. ADVANCE THIS YEAR XO XEGLIGEXCE IX COX DON F:L VATOIt LOSS Fanners To Iteceive 3 Cents More On Lust Year Crop This Week The following excerpts from the latest issue of the Producer, organ of the Wheatgrowers' association, will be of interest to many of our readers who may not receive that, publica tion: "In regard to the Condon elevator losB which is charged at .2 of a cent a bushel, the association has made every possible effore to collect and save the grain which was thrown on the ground when the elevator collap sed. The wheat we8 reclaimed and was sold and the apparent loss In the handling of this individual lot by the association at that time .-mounted to approximately $7,000. This loss to the association was in proportion to the loss incurred by the othpr grain Kansas for burial, being accompanied ! companies that had wheat in the ele- by the entire family except Delbert. i vator. the eldest son, who will remain in Heppner.Mr. Clabough and his liv e youngest sons will remain at Win-field. SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED AND GIRLS The structure which was of con crete, had been standing lor several years and had been incontinuous use. There was no reason to anticipate its collapse and the fact that several old HOYS i lino Brain coniDanies na well as manv individual growers were caught in the same position as the Ore eon Cn- A scholarship paying the expenses operative Grain Growers dispels any of the winner of the contest to the idea that the cooperative marketing summer session for members of boys association was negligent in the hand and girls clubs at the Oregon Agri- Hng 0f its affairs, cultural college next summer has A claim for the loss sustained was ' been offered by the Union Pacific j immediately filed with the elevator Railway company to the Morrow company. It is not improbable that county boy or girl making the best j some portion of this loss-will be re showung in. club work at the conm.u-1 turned to the association and credited ' back to the grower. When an advance was made in June the association stated that approxi mately 7 cents a bushel wag yet due to the growers and would be paid in the final settlements. Sales of wheat since then warrant another advance of approximatly three cents a bushel and checks' for this amount are being written at the present time. They will be mailed in a few days. Financial arrangements are such that the association likely will be In a position to make advances on 1922 wheat just as soon as the tickets are received. Last year advances amount- hllu fnla . n 1 ... ... ".w tan t ouaiuman mis rail, an nounces H. C. Seymour, state leader of boys and girls clubs. The winner will be selected on the following basis: 75 per cent on rank in club work, considering records and exhibits, 25 per cent on the activity of the club member in community af fairs. Judges will be Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte, county superintendent of schools; H. C. Seymour, state leader of boys and girls clubs, and a third person to be selected by these two. The following members are elig ible for the contest: Earl Olson . ....i8 uuuiem, toward McCiellm, e'l to 70 per cent of the market value Delbert Johnson. Weldon Avers, Ed- this year the advance ratio may be In na Larson, Hector Wickland, Bessie creased to 75 per cent and will take Snively and Arthur Chaffie, of the into consideration whether your grain Dairy Herd Record Club at Board-i' sacked or bulk, and the grade if man, and Harold Hill, of Heppm.-r. 'known. To Be Respected We Must Be Self-Respecting There was a time, and not so many years ago when a great many people affected to look upon the local newspaper as more or less of a charitable institution a sort of necessary evil, if you please, to which an occasional small coin or bit of patronage might be thrown in much the same spirit as a two-bit piece is handed over to the panhandler or a few pennies droppd into the blind beggar's cap. Such an attitude on the part of the public toward newspapers was, per haps, more the fault of the newspapermen them selves than of the rest of the community, for in those days too many publishers of country news papers were sadly lacking in a proper respect for themselves and their business. Too many were content to browse around on the husks that fell from the community table where their neighbors who were engaged in most any other business or profession fared rather sumptuously. Too many were content to accept what was offered them for advertising space or job printing, and too many were afraid to ask payment of sub scription accounts for fear they might offend somebody and lose a subscriber. With such a self-depreciating menal attitude towards himself and his business, it is small wonder that his neighbors and associates grew to hold a similar view. Of recent years, however, the average publish er is growing to rate his business at something nearer its true value as an integral part of his town a cog as necessary to the completeness of the community business machine -as any other business or profession and, naturally, as he be come more self-respecting and self-reliant his neighbors and associates began to hold him in higher esteem. This change has been brought about by the greater demands modern business methods are making on every line of endeavor. Advertising has grown to be recognized as one of the very greatest; forces in commercial life and the demands of modern business firms and indi viduals for more space and better service in the newspapers forced the use of modern machinery, vastly increased overheadi. expense and finally brought the c onviction to the country publisher that he must adopt business methods to survive. This condition forced him to install modern machinery, enlarge his working force, pay in creased wages and generally to improve his ser vice. These expansions also forced him to in crease his prices to a figure that would enable him to meet his expenditures and make a profit. In short the country publisher has come to handle his business as merchants, bankers, and other business men handle theirs as a regular business proposition instead of something to be "supported" as a charity. This bi-'ngs us up to the question: "Is the country newspaper entitled to the respect and good will of the community in which it is pub lished as much as are other business institu tions?" The answer can only be that the country newspaper is' entitled to exactly the degree of re spect and good will that it merits. If the news paper is self-respecting to the extent of expect ing the respect and good will of the public; if it fixes a jiving price for its service and stays with that price just as merchants and bankers and barbers and blacksmiths and other business men fix a living price and stay with it, it is entitled to and may safely count on receiving due respect and fair, treatment from every fair-minded, mod ern business man in the community. It is only the man of narrow vision, penur ious habits or one who is ignorant of the trend, of present day business methods who, in these modern days, affects scorn or contempt for the local newspaper that is doing all it can, without his help, to make his town and his community a better town for him to live in and to make money in. The man who habitually sidesteps all re sponsibility for the success of the publicitv or gans of his town and who is petty enough to reap the benefits that newspaper publicitv brings to him while allowing his more progressive neighbor to pay for it is either not a good port or ele has utterly failed to grasp one of the fun damentals of modern good citizenship. MISSED TRA1X, CHARTERED A 1 It PL A X E. HOME IX A J 1 FEY" Lowol McMillan, of the First National force went down to Lexing ton Sunday to visit friends and mis- j sed ihe train coming back. It was too hot to walk, no for-hirc-cars were in sight and just as Mac was wonder ing what to do next an airplane whirred in sight and made a landing. Mac hurried to the machine and ac costed the pilot: "Oflad you came," he told the man, behind the goggles. I want to go to Heppner; can you take me?" "Sure" replied goggle-eyes, "hop in." Lowell hopped in and in a jiffy he was sailing over Heppner and for the I the first time in his life ho round ' himself in a position to look down on : his boss and everybody else in town. ; Lowell says he was in the air about 20 minutes aud the fare was only ; four-bits' a minute which was cheap ; enough counting the thrill CHIEF HOLDS TOP HAND IN JOKE-SMITH GAME S.ATK OFFICIAL REPRIMANDS SPEEDER. LETS SELF PINCHED 1'iactical . Jokers Have Fun Willi Speeder. Chief Has Fun With Them It was a Saturday evening late in July. The vacation spirit was in tho air and the breezeless heat made) speeding a real pleasure. You know the feeling. A nice young follow from the country with the sweetest and prettiest girl on earth besido him in the Ford that drove in for tho dance and as they started up Main street how could lie help tickling that Ford in the ribs- until it was hopping along at a. good 3 5 mile gait. He ; Could you help it had you been in hia says its groat and wants to good long trip some day. take PEACE SAID TO RE IX NIGHT RAIL STRIKE IX Latest reports from the east are that there Is hope of President Har ding's latest peaceplan for settlement of tho shopmen's strike being ac cepted by the union leaders' and ex ecutives and that tho trouble may be j not only j.pmyjizing ,,is speedily settled. The coal strike situation seems to remain unchanged, both sides in that controversy continuing to sit tight. a 1 place? j He negotiated tho turn at May ! street, without a wrec'k and came to a stop in front of the hotel. A certain state official whore position given him authority over highways, speed ers 'neverything happened to bo standing thero when the bo;' stopped and the calling down he gave tho oungster was not slow. He pointed ... l ,u- .... win iu me juung man mat no was is own lii.i Roy Pickens was an lone visitor Saturday. i Deo Cox was in Heppnor Saturday on business. MORROW GROWERS 10 C ill iJ I (East Oregonian) I Grain growers of Morrow county will bo here strong with exhibits for the Northwest Grain and Hay show, ' according to a statement from C. C. i Calkins, county agent in a letter to Fred Dennion. Calkins has made n i request for 100 extra premium lists I to bo sent out to leading growers in 1 his county. Morrow county farmers will send 50 bags of whoat which will weigh 100 pounds each, Calkins si Samples of wheat grown near Lcx- but that of the sweetest little girl in. the world, to say nothing of the risk to the public generally and the scores of cars on the crowded street. The hoy was properly impressed and after he promised to be good and made his escape, the state official smiled a bit and said to a by-stander, "I wouldn't report the kid but I thought he had a good scare coming." He then walked down to hi own car, got in and started home, but thinking of an en and for his wire, parked his car in the only 10 foot opening to thn curb in Hint bleck and stepped in store. When he came out a few min utes later he found a traffic officer card on hia! car: "Parked in front of lire hydrant. Report to police court Monday morning." He reported all right, smiled again and told tho judge he had the rep rlimind coming all right. Sunday two young fellows) who had witnessed the episode in front of the hotel Saturday evening thought they would have some fun with tho boy who risked tho life of the pretty little girl, so they called him up and In n, ..,..rri.,.t ....I-., , ... ... . Minn iuu vuito uruore.i nun to r Ington and lone this year have been j port to coun imm.,,diaU,ly. stiU i displayed here and quite a lot of this wheat has been, purchased by local millers for milling purposes. It Is said to be of unusually high gluten content this season. The varieties In which Morrow county cxccIh are Tur in awe ot tlie majesty of the law hn probably strained tho upced limit ag.iln guttling to town. He found Chief Devin, told him bin troubles, and asked where he would find the court. The chief mnellerl n .i.,.Ii..i key Red, Hybrid, Hard Federation, j0 ami w,,nt ,. ., ,,,, ,,. .. jokeslers. He soimi landed (hem and kf'l: "Did you fellows tell that kid Forty-Fold and Early lluart. Farmers from Morrow county hint year got. In on some of the high money at the show, llurton 11- Peel: of Heppner won first for reilili"d Turkey lied, and his exhibit, placed ninth in the Turkey Red claw. This was considered to be a good showing In Ihe stiff competition furnished bj the Montana growers with their toppy Turkey Red grain. C. 10. Carlson, of Inne placed eighth, In the common while class with an exhibit, of Fori Fold. In the Forty-Fold clat;;i, this exhibit, took first prize, , Tlie best bale of hay in Ihe show came from Morrow county. Charles Wiekhiniler ,of Il'iardlilan, wan Ihe grower of the hay. It was then sent to Hie International Hay and Grain show at. Chicago where it was the only bale of commercial hay, uln j( won seventh place there. One ear load of the baled hay used to build the show last year came from Hoard wan. R. C. Mitchell, A. L. Dllla bough, H. H. Westman and It. Was- l.o come to court ?" "Mure," (hey admitted, thinking it wa,' i;t ill ii, good joke. "Do you realize t Ii ii t you (hen and there iiupi rsonaled an ,,1'lieer and acted in contempt f court, either ot which Is a much worm, crime than speeding?" und the chief looked mighty Molcinm and likewise stern. "You fellows report, to the polici judge tomorrow morning at. !l:tli) o'clock uml we will let him attend t,, your case." Thut put the shoe on (he other foot and It pinched lik0 blazes until Hi,, Joke; Hill lis i'oun. I out several hoilM later Hint the chief u, a Mm,'.) of humor himself. The moral to this tale in that "He laughs best, that ti.ughH last a!:o and furthermore, that whin it; coiiie:) (o a show down, the chief ..till hohhi the top hand. I he state official nays this is Hecond time ho has execclne.1 iii' i, mi oi ijoaruman also placed for ""uiorny as a traffic ofllcer in hay prizes last year. j county; and both times . ;t The show management pay freight i '''""ble. on all grain entries of 100 pounds. ThlH exhibit is then cleaned and re cleaned and one bushel Is uhci for show purposes. The surplus above the bushel 1 Hold and pays for the freight and cleaning expenses. tho hirt UlH in f . Ralph llenge and family, Jml;;,. and Mrs. Campbell and VVilluid ll"i run and daughter, Dorothy, left Mon day morning for Ditch creek where they will camp for a few weeks while accumulating quantities of huckl.- Onu day he euughl. a youni; fellow hitting- up a CO-milo dip n the high way and alter running hi,,, down, or dered him to report to the J. f. when he reached (own. He diove on ahead of the spe.vHie,- and withi,-, an hour stuck tight. I a sand hole. Thn young man drove up ,;J,d without. ;i word got. out and worked a ho:,, more helping the official out on solid fiouiiii again. ",, the olfiilnl said ill I. '! a good porl.' Hilij; Hie rlr.iv win no nire sin n tie berries, sundry scratches and biuse.i heijng me get nM, car and tho vigorous sppeliios which sand. t mountain air and exerclHe bring. Mis .1 of b tho r,,. ,,!,..... i , ... i awiin.Mi uii'i uituguuT, ijoroihy, ex pect to Join them at camp tomorrow Leil und Ilob Alston H,t , town Saturday on business.