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HEPPNER
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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
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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
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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
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... . 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
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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.