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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1922)
Tuesday, August 29, 1922. THE HEPPNER HERALD. HEPPNER, OREGON PAGE TWO THE HEPPNER HERALD AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER S. A. PA'ITISO.W I '.dit or and Publisher Entered at the Heppn Oregon, Poetoffice as second-class Matter THE FARMERS' DOLLAR IS WOTH 70 CENTS I - T , CECIL Miris Ethyl Davis, of Portland, ar rived in Cecil on Saturday and was week end guest of Miss Minnie' H. Lowe before leaving for Morgan where she will spend her vacation at the home of Mr. Fred Ely. Mr .and Mrs. Georgo Henricksen were doing business in Arlington on Saturday. Mrs. George Krebs of the Last Camp spent the week end with friends in Arlington. In the last few days the Kast Oregonian has made dil igent inquiry as to how much money wheat farmers of Umatilla county will make this year. One banker says that the majority of farmers will actually lose money on a basis of present wheat prices. Another declares they will make little if any profit, while a third banker takes the view that careful farmers who have held expenses down closely will make small profits. He gives illustrations to show that in some cases at least this will be true. Vet many farmers have sold some wheat at $1 per bushel or thereabouts. In prewar days that would have been considered a splendid price. been so considered. Why then is not wheat growing profit able at present prices? There is but one answer. The dollar the farmer gets is not worth enough. Otherwise all would be lovely. The facts are that the price of. wheat has been deflated but the farmers living costs have not been detlated propor j with but a single thought, spent sun i iniKitclv. Acrordimr 1o the denartmeilt of agriculture the day as the guests of Mr. and Mrs . . v 0 1 - . .... 1- ... , .. . . Wednesday from her parents home at Lone Star ranch where she was visi ting, to Spokane where her husband was seriously injured when his air plane took fire. Editor S. A. Pattison, of the Kepp ner Herald was caling on his friends in Cecil district on Wednesday and Thursday. The following citizens of Cooil ar.' spending the week in the mountains: Mr. and Mrs. Zenneth Logan and Misses Doris Logan and Minni; Lowe, Jackie Hynd, Walter Pope and 13 b Lowe. We expect to hear some won derful bear, deer and fish tales and are also patiently waiting for huckle- berv Die when the travellers return Mr. and Mrs. George Henricksen, j tQ gunny Cecil acompanied by Herbert and Annie Missea Doris aad Pat Mahoney, of Hynd and Mndred Henricksen and several other friends were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. Lee at their home at Alderdale, Washington, on Sunday. Misses Bessie Yocum and Isahel Heppner are spending a few days at Butterby Flats. A. Troedson, of near lone, was cal ling in Cecil Friday and says Morgan will have to wake up and get So would oo cents havelWil80'of eppn" compared by;busy for he see3 Btoie improvement ' npvprnl nf tnoir frtprina viQitpn of tha I . . ..... home of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Funk at Morsel, near Cecil on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. P . Mahoney and and daughters, Doris and Pat accom panied by other friends and also two persons' who represented two souls f ,riiier s dollar is worth 72 cents and its value is falling, i Jack Hynd, of Butterby Flats, n , (V, Inic wwcin at.,1 olert frnm ' wr- ana Mrs- awards ana aaugn- .1 ian slliiis i "W 'num ..v-.l.. . - .i ter and M.ss Qladys MedlQck aU of 1 1 1 e conclusion that the buying power of agriculture cannot Morgan were calling on Mr. j. w. be restored until a greater equilibrium is provided. Since osbom on Friday, the west is primarily an agricultural country business re-1 Miss Esther Logan, of Fourmile, vival will have to be slow under such conditions. No amount left Monday for Portland where she of optimism can make good times when a farmer cannot -J" with her grandomther for a 1 te . short time before returning to her make a good profit on 5)5 1 wheat. stuuleg at Ione high OThool- it is unfortunate that the downward sweep in living Traffic officer Lieuaiien was seen costs was checked. If it had continued all would be well in the Cecil district on Tuesday, but and the farmer would have come into his own.. So would et.her -peeder. or heart, , . , , , i , i j i i , breakers is not known at the time of labor for the worker does not object much to reduced wages' writing if living costs come down proportionately. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Streeter and There have been forces at work to "stabilize prices" , family visited with Mr. and Mrs. j. and they have met with too much success. They have Hardesty at Morgan on Sunday.' worked'in different ways. In the case of sugar the Cuban Mrs. Bob Roberts waajsaiied on sugar growers nave presented unquesuonauie eviuencej ihat they were commanded to restrict their production or, face a tariff that would almost bar their production from' tiiis country. They would not or could not reduce produc t'on so the new tariff provides the highest duty on sugar known in 50 years. That will be a good thing for the beat sugar manufacturers but they provide only 15 per cent of the sugar used in this country. The result is that in order to provide a higher price to those who produce this 15 per cent the American people must also pay a higher price for the X5 per cent not produced by the beet, sugar men. I What is true of sugar is true of innumerable other' lines. It is frankly admitted by all irrespective of partis anship that the new tariff bill is a price boosting agency but it does not boost prices to the farmer. The wheat price is governed by the export demand. The new tariff may be a good thing for the manufacturing sections but it is hard to see where tile American farmer can get any joy out of it. ' ' The foreign debt question also offers some interesting features Many advise that we cancel the debt of $11,000 000,000 owed to the Unite! Stales by Kuropcan countries. That sounds like a peculiar request, and what is back if it? The Kast Oregonian has a theory the demand conies lar gely from interests that know that the debt if paid must he paid in goods, not in money. They don't want foreign manufactured articles brought to this country because that would deflate the price of American goods. Hut is not such deflation just what the country needs and paricularly what agricultural regions need? Would it not make the farmers dollar worth more and thereby pro vide the remedy we, seek for present conditions? In other words if we would let nature take its course conditions would right themselves, but we are not letting nature take its course, except in spots. In many lines we retard na ture's process with the result that a few benefit but the maioritv of people are victimized. Kast Oregonian. in Cecil every time he calls, but has not seen a corner stone laid for the county seat in Cecil yet. Miss Dana Logan, of Cecil spent Wednesday and Thursday with Miss Pat Mahoney at Butterby Flats. Mr. and Mrs. A. Henricksen who autoed to Portland some time ago, returned home Wednesday. Mr. Henricksen is delighted with the results of the sale of his cattle while in Portland. Mrs. Ista Bauernfiend and son who, have been visiting in Morgan, called on their Cecil friends Thursday before leaving for their home at Cor-, bett. Road work is going ahead near the county line. A little while longer and we will be able to use the new I road through to Heppner Junction. Fine Linen Found on Mummies. Compared wilh the linen wrap pings found on some of the ancient Egyptian mummies, the finest linen that can be produced today is posi tively coarse. CASH VARIETY STORE. We have an excellent assortment of school supplies consisting of inks, tablets, pens, pen cils and crayons. Loose Leaf Note Books For High School Students Big Values for Little Money I Are You Ready For School? j! 1 Reduced Cash Prices CLEANING PRESSING $1.50 Men's Suits $ .75 1.50 Overcoats 75 1 .00 Coats 50 75 I'ai'ts 25 1.50 Ladies Suits, plain 75 1.50 tats 75 1.00 Skirts, plain 50 1.50 Dresses, plain 75 1.25 up Pleated Skirts 75 up Hats cleaned and blocked $2.00 Fancy Dresses 25 per cent lower than city prices Lloyd Hutchinson Tttiforitig Clean lean68 You Will Need- Text Books, TABLETS ink, pencil, drawing and spelling. NOTE BOOKS Loose Leaf note books. FOUNTAIN PENS Waterman and Wahl PENCILS Why not an Eversharp, 60c and up Steel Pens and Penholders ERASERS Pencil and Ink. PAINTS Prangs 4 and 8 colors. 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