IF YOU WANT THE.NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS, READ THE HERALD. WE PRINT IT FIRST.
VOLUME IX
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19,
NUMBER 34
COUNTY AGENT MAKES
REPORT FOR PAST YEAR
County Agent Calkins has just
completed his annual report for the
year ending December 1st, covering
the activities of his office, of the
.Morrow County Farm Bureau and
the farming industry in general In
this county. The report Is an ex
haustive and most comprehensive one
making a volume of 75 typewritten
pages. Several maps and many pho
tographs Illuminate the text and aid
in giving a cleat1 idea of what the
farmers of the county have accom
jilished in the way of Improving their
methods during the year. Only a
brief summary of the contents can be
given here on account of space lim
itations. Altogether the Farm Bureau held
.24 metings of various committees
with a total attendance of 135. Nine
farmers consulted the county agent
about fertilizers and 1800 tons of
commercial fertilizers were involved.
Fifty farmers treated seed wheat for
smut and a total of 25000 bushels of
seed wheat was treated and later
planted on 25000 acres. Experiments
on improved seed were carried on on
19 farms of which 10 made reports.
This work involved Turkey Red,
Hybrid No. 128 and Fortyfold wheat.
Rodent control methods were fol
lowed on 270 farms totaling about
150,000 acres and 22,500 pounds of
poisoned bait was used. Fruit trees
were pruned on two farms and 12
farmers sprayed their fruit trees, and
2 5 farmers improved their poultry
practice.. Animals treated for tu
berculosis 440; for blackleg 400.
Fifteen farmers improved their bee
methods involving 200 hives. The
bureau supplied 160 laborers and 10
domestic workers.
The Oregon Co-operative Grain
Growers association and the Hay
growers association handled business
in the county amounting to $750,
000 and the saving or profits made
for the farmers is placed at $37,500.
The report estimates that 130,000
rabbits were killed during the year,
with great benefit to the farmers and
stockmen in the saving of grain
crops and range grass.
WEATHER XEWS
Lum Gordon is still ace high as a
weather prophet and Max Smith and
his Big Injun Chief are out of the
running. Heppner has had more
than two weeks of real winter
with a snowfall of about 18 inches
and a minimum temperature of 2 de
grees below.
Bernle Gaunt and some of his
friends are trying to have Lum re
moved as official weather man for
the Herald on the ground that no
man from Missouri has a right to
come to Oregon and put such weather
over on native Oregonians . for two
successive winters and get away
with it. They admit that Mr. Gor
don has all the other prophets faded
when it comes to the real dope and
that is what Beems to make them
sore they want somebody who will
predict April weather in December
and have it come true. Some people
are hard to please anyway.
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Dancing
X-mas time is nearly here;
The time of all the year,
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cheer.
For many people Christmas IS
is incomplete without a
dance. How about you?
Think then attend the a
X-MAS BALL
Dec 23rd
NEW YEAR BALL
Dec. 30th
FAIR PAVILION
Heppner
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PATROX-TEACHER ASSOCIA
TION IX SESSION TUESDAY
Due to the inclemency of the
weather the attendance at the regu
lar meeting of the Patron-Teacher
association last Tuesday afternoon
afternoon was not up to the usual
number, but those who were present
say that the program was above the
average.
Coramca Crawford favored with a
beautiful vocal solo and the grr.de
room taught by Mrs. W. O. Dix put
on a splendid dramatization.
Superintendent Hedrick opened
the discussion on the subject: "The
Moral Rights of the Child," pointing
out in particular that children should
be recognized by parents as having
"feelings' the same as grownups
perhaps a little more so and that
parents should be careful not to make
their children noticeable among their
playmates by too striking differ
ences in clothing, etc. "Dab a bit
of red paint on a chicken," the
speaker said, "and the rest of the
flock will soon peck it to death;" the
inference being that people and
chickens have many traits in com
mon. Mrs. S. E. Notson followed Mr.
Hedrick with a splendid talk on the
same subject.
IRRIGOV BASKET BALL
TEAM HERE SATURDAY
Prof. C. F. Grover, principal or
the Irrigon schools, was berg with
his bas'ket ball squad Saturday. Mr.
Grover has a fine bunch of boys on
his team if thoy did lose to the
Heppner boys, and he says he likes to
take them out on athletic trips be
lieving that an important part of
their education. The Irrigon players
were Ray Dempsay, Roy Dempsay,
Lyle Seaman, Wm. Knight, Harry
Warner, Delbert Knight and Robert
Smith.
The team played at lone Friday
night and lost to that team but they
beat Boardman a few days before and
that is something.
IOXE IJOr HAS ACCIDENT
John T. Kirk was in from lone
during the week and says the
weather is about the same at lone as
here. His 10-year-old son, John, jr.,
had a narrow escape from serious in
jury the other day at lone when on
his way home from school. The boy
had bought a new lead pencil at the
store and when asked by another boy
to take a ride on his sled, he put the
pencil in his mouth and made a jump
for the sled, missed it and fell on his
face on the sidewalk. The pencil was
driven back into his throat and into
the muscles where it broke off, but
the boy managed to pull the broken
piece out himself. Had the pencil
had a sharp point the accident
might have been serious if not fatal.
As it is he is all right again.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Preaching 11 and 7:30.
Christian Endeavor 6:30 m.
Last Sunday eve:'.Jr.g at the close
of the message when the invitation
was given there were six who came
forward and accepted Christ as their
savior. Many who have been attend
ing the two prayer meetings each
week saw their prayers answered
Sunday night, and this is just the be
ginning of what God has in store for
us. Let us pray as never before and
see things made possible by the
power of God. Don't forget the
church prayer meeting Thursday
night.
Friday night at 7:30 Santa Claus
is going to appear and all the boys
and girls of Heppner are Invitetd to
see and hear him.
Next Sunday will be a great day.
The Sunday School and preaching
service will be one continuous ser
vice beginning at 9:45 a. m. There
will be special music and instead of
receiving gifts we are going to show
the Christlike spirit and give for the
Btarving of the world. Come and lay
your gift at the foot of the cross.
Sunday evening at 7:30 there will
be a special Christmas program.
There are many who are bringing
their membership on Christmas and
uniting with us. Others are giving
the greatest gilt and that is their life
to the master to be used in His ser-
I vice. e invite you if you ;ire not
'a christian to take this nobl rtarsd
' with n-h. -is ri 'Xt Sunday. If you
1 h;.ve n thii king of uniting by kt-
t : oo:,;e next Smi'l.iy inorn.i.g.
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PROBLEM IS DISCUSSED
Minneapolis. (Special correspon
dence.) One of the first actions of
Northwest Wheat Growers associated
meeting here this week was to take
a firm stand fo a new rural credits
establishment to take the place of
the War Finance corporation when
the federal board goes out of exist
ence In July of next year. .
Characterizing plans for rural cred
its now being considered as inade
quate, the trustees made public an
outline for congressional action
which they declare to be of imme
diate necessity to American farmers.
"Agriculture is faced with the
worst conditions in the history of
the United States," the statement de
clares. "Wheat producers by the
thousands are being forced from
their lands by their inability to get
even cost prices for their product
and the impossibility of securing ad
equate credit. Despite these facts,
political inritulo is threatening every
worthwhile measure of relief which
has been proposed." .
Legislation for agricultural credits
is asked, to be provided either
through a new federal structure or
under the present Federal Farm
Loan board, and including the estab
lishment of regional banks, similar
to the present land banks, capitalized'
banks, according to the outline,
would rediscount approved agricul
tural paper for country banks with
a maturity of nine months, and
would lend directly to approved live
stock associations with a three-year
limit.
Co-operative marketing associa
tions would be financed through
these banks, and there would be pro
vision for the organization of local
credit associations for the purpose
of borrowing directly from the feder
al banks on personal security, includ
ing growing crops, joint notes and
other collateral.
"American agriculture is not going
to be satisfied with plans now uiule
contemplation which merely mean
elaborations in the Federal Resent
system," says the statement, "be
cause such action would not result
in any important improvement
farm credits. Present institutions ai
not now able to cope with the prob
lem, nor would they be with tin
minor changes which have been su
gested. The War Finance corporatio
goesout of existence next July, and
unless there is action on the part of
congress before then, farm credit
conditions are going to grow worse,
instead of better. The setting up of
a system providing an adequate
growing and marketing credit is im
perative." The statement is signed by George
E. Duis and M. S. Blair, directors of
the North Dakota Wheat Growers'
association; B. A. Swall and Bon
Hollenbeck, directors of the Montana
Wheat Growers' association ; Walter
J. Robinson and Roy V. Peringer, di
rectors of the Wahsington W'heat
Growers' association; A. R. Shum
way and C. A. Harth, directors of the
Oregon Co-operative Grain Growers;
H. J. Herman, director North Idaho
Wheat Growers' association; W. A.
Alworth, director South Idaho Wheat
Growers' association.
Buy something useful for your
Christmas present. Get a
Suit-Cloak-Dress
Blouse or Hat
We have them at prices
that will please you
L.
E AT COURT ROUS
There will be considerable shifting
around of things in the Morrow coun
ty temple of justice between now and
the first of the year, if we are tc
judge from the activity of Janitor
Ayers, who is putting in his spare
time tearing down walls, making
new door ways and generally messing
things around.
Two causes are said to contribute
to the general unrest among the
court house habitues: The election
of a new county treasurer at the re
cent election, and the elevation ol
women to that high plane of citizen
ship which carries with it the re
sponsibility of jury duty.
L. W. Briggs demanded and was
awarded without debate, an office In
the county building where he will
look after the fiscal affairs of the
county during the next four years
and as the big fire-proof safe be
longing to his office is too heavy to
move to the second floor, the oil'
of Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte, county
school superintendent, was moved up
stairs into the room formerly occu
pied by P. A. Anderson's abstract of
fice and her old quarters 011 the first
floor was given to the treasurer.
Mr. Anderson has moved his be
longings into the small room on the
east side of the building at tho head
of the stairway and while tho quar
ters are a bit, cramped, P. A. is cheer
ful about it and will continue to do
more honest-to-gosh work than all
the rest of the gang put together.
A doorway has been cut between
the regular jury room and Mrs.
Shurte's new office and during court
terms when mixed juries are at work
thus office will bo used to aecommo-
d..e the women jurors' for sleeping
quarters in cases of t'.ll night ses
"DOUBLING FOR ROMEO"
"Doubling for Romeo," the new
Gbldwyn picture, slr.rring Will Rog
ers, which is playing at tho Star
theatre Sunday, is a delightful par
ody of Shakespeare. The hero tries
to emulate the love-making of Ro
meo, but finds that his cowboy train
ing is too great a handicap. Will
Rogers, as the bashful cowboy
lover, gives the best performance of
his screen career.
The titles, which were written b
Will Rogers himself, arc funny
enough to mako up an entire vaude
ville act alone. They bring Shakes
peare down to date through the eyes
of a love-sick sowboy. But Rogers
isn't the only comic spirit in the
story. William Orlamund as the
"movie" director of the studio to
which the cowboy turns for Instruc
tion In love-making, gives a perfect
travesty of the popular idea of a di
rector. "Lefty" Flynn has several
delightful comic scenes with Will
Rogers; and Sylvia Breamer, one of
the most beautiful girls on the screen
is the heroine with a taste for movie
lovers. Others in tho cast are Ray
mond Hatton, Sydney Ainsworth,
John Cossar and Cordelia Callahan.
The story was written by Elmer
Rice and directed by Clarence Bad
ger, who has supervised the produc
tion of nearly all Will Rogers' Gold
wyn comedies.
G. Herrin
HEAVY STOKM MAY
CAUSE HAY FAMINE
(By L. A. Hunt)
Tho heavy losses suffered by hay
growers during the last two years
have caused many to plow-'up large
areas of their fields and a large num
ber of others to turn to dairying in
an endeavoij to provide a safer mark
eting for their product. The result
is a very heavy shrinkage in the hay
production available for export.
During the last few months the
greater part of the hay has been
bought by feeders and dealers, and
at the present time only a compara
tively small amount is in the hands
of the grower. The very short crop
of hay, combined with the early win
ter in western Oregon and Washing
ton, is creating an unusually heavy
demand for this section.
The result Is that prices are jump
ing in a manner that will certainly
compel stock men to turn to corn or
soma other1 substitute for hay. It is
clear to anyone familiar with the
general situation that' there is not
sufficient hay to take care of the de
mand, and other forage must be sub
stituted. Hay is now selling for $20 per ton
f. o. b. in nearly all Oregon hay pro
duction districts, with little availa
ble supply. Prices in the Yakima
valley are rapidly approaching this
figure, and if the present severe
weather should continue, It. is likely
to work some hardship upon live
stock owners. The only apparent so
lution is the substitution of other
feeds.
'HILLY" Dl'XX DIES AT
NEW 11RUXSW1CK HOME
The following taken from a New
Brunswick newspaper will bo of In
terest t,o many Morrow county peo
ple: "Following a short illness with
pneumonia, Wiliam M. Dunn of
Whitehead, Kings county, died
in the city thi?, morning ut the age of
forty years. Mr. Dunn was able to
work all day Monday as usual, but
took sick on Tuesday, and death fol
lowed in less than a week, lie was
well known and respected, and his
death will he heard of with regret
by many. Besides his mother, Mrs.
.Margaret Dunn of Whitehead, lie
leaves four brothers, Hugh and 1'.
A., of Whitehead, and John and Jos
eph, of St. John; and six sisters, Mrs.
Edward Travel's, Mrs. Fred Gal
braith, Mrs. II. Gillen, Mrs. Daniel
Downey and Mrs. Charles Bonner, of
St. John, and Mrs. Roland O'Hara, of
Clifton. The funeral will be held on
Monday afternoon to St. Bridget's
church, Chapel Grove."
Mr. Dunn resided In Morrow coun
ty for a number of years and was
well known to a wide circle of friends
and acquaintances. He worked for
ten years on the Corrlgall ranch on
Butter creek and later leased the
Cornelt ranch for a number of years.
He left this county nnd returned to
Canada about two years ago. He
was a likable man and his many
friends here will sincerely mourn his
untimely death.
mountaineers are
suspicious ok every
ktra.n;er ix woods
There are men of strong passions
In tho mountains of Tennessee. They
are dangerous men when aroused by
hatred, Jealousy, greed and dread of
the law. That is one reason why
Roderick Beverly's enterprise In Lau
rel Ridge was a peculiarly perilous
one. 1
The story of young Beverly's ad
ventures among tho mountaineers
and moonshiners Is told in "The
Gauntlet,' visualized by Vitagiupli,
with Harry T. Morey In tho lending
role. It will be shown at tins Star
theatre Wednesday arid Thursday.
CHURCH BAZAAR IH
SUCCESS II X A X CIALLV
Thn bazaar and fancy work sale
held last. Friday afternoon by the
ladies of the Federated church In the
church parlors, was a great success,
the amount of cash realized being
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BREEZY NEWS NOTES
"The Trial of Santa claus"
Of prime importance in school
events this week is the grade oper
tta, "The Trial of Santa Claus," to
be put on( by the first eight grades in
school. There will be a matinee at
2:30 Thursday for the children, but
parents may attend by pgying the
regular admission price of fifty
cents. The cast includes:
Sheriff Ellis Thomson. j
State Attorney Onis Grogan.
Assistant States Attorney Bobble
Turner.
Counsel for the Defense Nellia
Babcock.
Clerk Mae Groshens.
Santa Claus Crocket Sprouls,
Uncle Sam John Condor.
Columbia Marjorie Clark.
North Star Lady Aura Gentry.
Moon Man John Turner.
Sooty Jack Kenneh Oviatt.
The evening performance will be
gin at 8:00, and admission will be
for adults fifty cents and for children
thirty-five cents.
Heppner won the first basket ball
game of the season from Irrigon last
Saturday night with; a score of 29 to
6. Those who played in tho first
half were:
- Aiken, C, 4 points.
F. Dehor! y, F., 4 points,
Cnson, F., G points
Buseick, G., 0 points.
McDuffee, G., 5 points.
At this time the score was 19-4 in
our favor and the second team was
put in:
Gilliam, C, 0 points.
Neel, F., C points.
Bticknuni, F., 2 points.
Mahoney,, G., 2 points.
Hall, G., 0 points.
Logan, G., 0 points.
Rating of Morrow County Basket
Ball League:
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Heppner 1
lone 1
Irrigon 1
Boardman 0
Lexington 0
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The senior class, accompanied
by
Mr. Hedrick, sleighed to Lexington
last; Friday night and enjoyed the
Lexington high school's presentation
of "Too Much Molher-in-Law."
Despite the fact that we were still
picking straw "out" of our coals
Monday morning, we had a very live
ly time.
Hurrah! Next Friday vacation!
The vacation will last till January 3.
Next year the high school program
promises to bo quite an event.
If you are like Onas Grogan, tho
state's attorney in "The Trial of
Santa Claus," in believing that "a
few wise women will do," don't fall
to see what they do accomplish next
Thursday night at tho school house.
Tho solo by the Grumpy family
will make you laugh becauso, as the
sheriff tells them, "Your views will
not ba needed. They seem to be al
ways "butting in" with what they
think is right.
It soems as though If mouse
made a noise Kills, the sheriff, would
yell out, "Silence In court!" and
wear a very piercing frown.
Is there truly a Santa Claus? If
you're one who doesn't believe in him
may bo you'd better offer your testi
mony at the trial.
All tho grades are planning short
programs for next Friday afternoon.
The Christmas trees have not yet.
made their appearance but they will
bo there when the time comes.
WINTER'S (iltll IS BROKE Y
Old King Winter lost his grip on
Heppner yesterday when gentle little
Miss Chinook stole softly up from tho
south and put the old tyrant out of
business. The thr.w continued
throughout the night and today Is
balmy.
Stockmen and householders are
mighty well pleased with the change
which will have a tendency to stoD
the heavy drain on haystacks and
fuel bins.
mm: mi kicay at ihe star
.Mae Murray, who tut adrift from
'e t 1 1; t : lull! 1na11ag. ru iim l;t;u .(,.,(
out on a (areer of motion picture
leakier 01 h"r own hook, shows tho
''- "f he,- fi,st effort in "Pea-Ali-v,"
a .Metro rW.-n.-i-, diien-
' 'I le-' KeSe; ! 7. Leon; p, ,UIW at till)
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M. M.-i ;,!., atoekinan of Mitchell,
a t ie . 1 at Hotel Heppner for a
lev.- days.