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IF YOU WANT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS. READ THE HERALD. WE PRINT IT FIRST. !3 4ft HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, c? 7 NUMBER 35 VOLUME IX HEPPNER L E FOBIE GEAMBA ELECTED SEW POST COMMANDER AS Big Program Planned For Coming I Year at the Annual Big Chow Thirtymembers of Heppner Post American Legion gathered around the festive board at Hotel Hepnpe last Wednesday evening to partake of one of Mine Host Fisher's most e cellent chicken dinners, for which that hostlery is fast becoming fa mous. If any thoughts of bully beef, mud dy trenches and tiresome training camps were brought to the surface when doughboy met gob in the din ing room they were soon dissipated when the feast began. Many tales were told of war days and when the chicken platters had . been swept clean the company resolv ed itself into a business session and proceeded to elect officers for the coming year with the following result: Forbie Greamba, post commander; John Higley, vice-commander; Spen cer Crawford, post adjutant; Walter Moore, Finance 'officer. F. E. Far rior, Harold Cohn and Earl Gilliam were elected to the executive commit tee. Plans for erecting a building as a permanent home for the post which were initiated last year but held in abeyr.nce because of unfavorable fi nancial conditions, were discussed and the building spirit showed up strong as soon as conditions warrant. Plans for securing temporary Quar ters were also discussed and it is pro bable quarters will be secured at an early date. A number of smokers are slated for the winter and spring months and the boys expect to luep things mov ing from now on. 'A meeting will be held tomorrow evening when it is expected all the old and new officers and most of the membership will be present. A meeting of the local voiture of the 40 and 8 was also announced for January 3rd. The "40 and 8" is known as the play ground of the lo iiiun ana u is said a number of "goofs" or new members will be in iated into the voiture and joy will reign suprene. BRVCE DENNIS FOPv HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER Bruce Dennis is mentioned for highway commissioner from the Eastern Oregon district. While not so well qualified as William Pollman, so far as degree of successfu busi ness experience is concerned, Dennis is better qualified in some other re spects. He has been a good roads booster from eraly days. He manag ed the campaign for adoption of the $6,000,000 road bond Issue. He has made a fine financial success of the daily newspaper business, which speaks volumes for his business abil ity in everything but choosing that line of business to make money in. He has taken an active part in good roads legislation and has kept in touch with the highway needs of all sections of Oregon. As state senator he fought successfully tor the state highway program. If Mr. Pollman cannot be induced to accept the ap pointment, Governor Pierce will have difficulty in finding another better qualified than his fellow-townsman, the editor who carried Union County against him for state senator two yeass ago. Oregon Voter. THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS REPLIES 10 CRITICS OF MORROW COl'NTY MAY HOLD HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS!!!! FROSH PENNANT TELLS HISTORY OF UPS, DOWNS "BVCK" BET ON A CINCH "Shucks!" declaimed Buck Pad berg as he strolled into Dave Wilson's score one aay about a week ago, "I've a good notion to get married." "Rats," chided Dave, "you could n i get married on a bet; no girl would have you." "I guess I could get married within a week if I wanted to," argued Buck "and to make it snappy I'll just bet you a good suit of clothes that I will be married within a week." "I'll take that bet," snapped Dave, thinking Buck was bluffing. Today Mr. Padberg came to town and after .securing a marriage license he went to Wilson's store and claimed his suit. The wedding was scheduled for Wednesday morning. Dancing Come ye folks of the tillage, And ye folks of the country, too, And dance the dance of New Year The last of twenty-two. History of the Frosh Pennant (As Related by Itself) I was awakened from a dream of peace last Wednesday evening by the freshman clas. Perhaps I should have been worried, but I wasn't. Somehow, I just shut my ey.es and waited for what was to follow. At eleven p. m I was taken up the pol and nailed down flat so that the upper classmen could not see me. I think there must have been about four dozen nails from the way it felt later. Twelve stalwart frosh guarded me by night and next morning I heard a whisper that Brick Hall had locked all the freshmen up so they wouldn't give the secret away. From my place on the pole I saw Carl Cason come to school as usual. I also saw Violet Hynd tearing across the school yard yelling, 'Say, have you 'kids seen anything of the fresh man's pennant? Jack's been gone since 5 o'clock, and he hasn't even come home for breakfast!' "ihis ttaited people buiz.'ng an Carl very carefully wended his way townward where he obtained a pair of pole climbers. He very cautiously crept back up the gulch, and my heart was in my mouth for he was making a brave dash for the pole when the imprisoned forsh saw him. They made a very heroic escape but arrived on the scene too late, and Cason proceeded up the pole, much to my dismay "High school and grade students rushed to the scene like hungry wolves and about five minutes to nine Cason succeeded in tearing al most all the pennant from the pole. It was certainly very painful to be torn in so many places but I was roll ed and thrown to Frances Doherty. "It was like a match touching off dynamite, because with only three minutes to go, the frosh were very excited. Brick Hall managed to crawl whole with my remains at just nine. "From then till four a truce was declared and the students proceeded to patch up clothes, skinned places, etc. "At four o'clock a freshman class meeting was called by Brick and a sophomore class meeting by one of the boys. "(These bits of information were i told to me afterward:) Just 20 years ago Christmas the guests of the Palace hotel, Heppner, enjoyed a Christmas dinner for which they paid 2 5 cents. The menu was as follows: The Palace Hotel. CHRISTMAS DINNER Price Twenty-Five Cents. Menu: SOUP Consomme Chicken Giblet FISH Baked Red Salmon, Drawn Butter RELISHES Celery Pickles Boiled Ham with Wine Sauce ENTREES Baked Spring Chicken with. Dressing Oyster Patties a la Rena Sucking Pig Stuffed with Brown Sweet Potatoes Veal Croquettes, Cream, Sauce Apricot a la Conde ROASTS Prime Ribs of Beef au jus Leg of Pork with Baked Apple VEGETABLES Mashed Steamed Potatoes Brown Sweet Potatoes Stewed Tomatoes Boston Baked Beans FASTRY Mince and Pumpkin Pie Christmas Plum' Pudding with Hard Sauce Macaroon Ice Cream Phil Metschan managed the Falace hotel at that time and M. B. Haines, who now runs the Condon hotel at Condon, Or., was the chef. Most of the traveling men of 20 years ago will remember Haines' skill. This meal was all real stuff. The top price for the best room in the Palace hotel and three meals at that time was $2 per day, and thef Christ mas dinner was a sort of an extra treat for the guests. At that time it was every hotel man's ambition to own a hotel where he could charge $1 a night for a room. Metschan bought the food for the dinner. Chickens cost $3 a dozen ham 12 cents a pound, wine 15 cents a gallon, beef and pork roasts 7 cents a pound, potatoes 50 cents a bun died pounds, and celery was the most expensive item on the list, as it had to come in by express. Them was the good old days now gone forever. ' All regular meals in the hotel were 25 cents, but there was a 50-cent table for transients, ornamented with a bottle of catsup, on wnicn tne name foods were served. The Palace hotel burned down a few years ago, but memories of those brave . old days will remain forever. DeWitt Harry in Oregon-ian. bids asked for arlington- hfppxlr mail koite Postmaster Smead has received advertisements for bids for carrying tha mail by stage between Arlington and Heppner and the same were posted this morning. The contract calls for a daily service and will give Heppner two dally malls, the train service not being interfered with. Notices with full specifications are posted in the post office lobby and At the recent meeting of county judges and commissioners held in Portland, Hon. R. A. Booth, chair man of the state highway commis sion, who was there on invitation of the judges to address them on high way matters, took occasion to make reply to the criticisms of the commis sion so freely offered by certain cam paign speakers duringthe recent cam paign. Mr. Booth said that it was manifest ly Impossible to attempt to reply to all the misstatemnts made about the commission and its work during the campaign but that a few of the more glaring ones would be mentioned. Impressions were given out by these campaign critics, the speaker declared, that would lead the public to believe that in letting contracts the commission disregarded the terms of the contract in making final set tlement. This seemed intended to establish the inference of absolute dishonesty on the part of the com missioners and of favoritism to con tractors. The fact is that in every case cf letting contracts, in excess of $2,000 except emergency cases, the work was advertised and sealed bids received which were opened in pub lic. Bidders for Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, Utah and California com peted each year in the bidding and in every Instance the contract was awarded to the lowest bidder. A particular case in this connec tion was the Siskiyou section of the Pacific highway. During the cam paign Mr. Pierce and his friends made much capital out of the fact that a considerably greater sum was paid the contractors for this piece of work than the contract called for. The facta are that the contract call ed for a pavement 12 feet wide and tvo'in hes thick. Before the work was started, however, it became ap parent that such a pavement would not accommodate the travel nor stand up under the heavy traffic, so the specifications were changed to a 16 foot 5 inch pavement five Inches Ihick. Naturally the total cost wat considerably greater than the origi nal contract called for but as a mat ter of fact the unit cost of the work was decreased. Criticism was also made of certain pavements failing to stand up under the traffic. Mr. Booth pointed out that most of these fail ures were among the first work done before It was known what immense traffic the pavements would bJ- sub jected to. Altogether all such fail urcs amounted to only about 7 or 8 per cent of the whole and none were total failures as many were no doubt led to believe by the campaign speakers. In closing, Mr. Booth paid the fol lowing tribute to his associates, John B. Yeon and W. B. Barratt: "If I am to judge them by the ser vice they have rendered the state or by their ability and devotion to its interests, I would say there are no better men. If there is anyone that loves our state better or Is more In terested in its development tlian they, I do not know them. If ex penditures by commissioners have Morrow counly may retain the highway commissionership' even after the resignation of Mr. Barratt takes effect if rumors that Governor-elect Pierce may give the place to S. 1 Boardman prove to be well founded. Mr. Boardman is a capable civil en gineer and while he has perhaps specialized more in hydraulic engi neering than in other branches of the profession he is by no means a stranger to modern highway con struction. He had'oharge of much of the construction wor'k on the Colum bia River highway through thiB coun ty when it was built and his profi ciency in that profession would no doubt prove of great value as a mem ber of the commission. Few men possess a broader vision of the future possibilities of this great state than he as his long years ofhard work and patient waiting ti see the reclamation of the Boardman project an accomplished fact abund antly testify. He is a born optimh and a fighter for what ho believes in and should Mr. Pierce decide to hon or Morrow county with the appoint mcnt of one of her citizens to be Mr Bariati's successor, he could find no man within the county better quuli tied for the place. IS QUIET MR. JEWETT OUTLINES LI Yesterday was an ideal day so far as weather conditions wero concern ed, the balmy air reminding one more of April than December. All business places wero closed for the day except the pastimes, rostau- ants and hotels and most of the citi zens passed the day quietly at home or with neighbors and friends. Christmas Eve the Chrisfi: church put on "The Nativity," a beautiful musical program, whir was much enjoyed by a crowd that filled the Odd Fellows' hall to ca pacity. Monday evening the Elks gavetheir regular Christinas ball for members of the order and their ladies and a splendid evening's enjoyment was reported. Ab Miller and Loren Mikesell gave one of their regular dances at the pa vilion Saturday evening a'nd will give their New Year's dance next Satur day evening. at the Peoples Hardware Co. store, j been great it has not been for their It is expected there will be several bids submitted. The service is to start February 1st. AITO AND TEAM COLLIDE; TWO HORSES OKII M'LL'I) personal enjoyment. Mr. Barratt has used his own car In his work for the state without charge. Mr. Yeon has yet to put in his first bill for bis ser vices because he has been too busy to do so. I have worn out a good While riding one horse and leading ; studebaker in the work and another another on the highway about 6 miles ! (tnc jH fairly well advanced for I have below lone the other day, Pat Brady came into violent head-on collision with an auto driven by John J. Kel ly, well known sheepman, iho ara- use 0 my car 'Then the president of the senior ; dent occurred on a short curve and; traveled tens of thousands of miles in the discharge of incumbent duties and I have yet to put in a bill for the class lined the frosh up in a row and j Mr. Kelly evidently could not step ! That which is worth starting is worth a fitting finish. -Dance a finish to the holi days. SATURDAY. DEC. 30 FAIR PAVILION Heppner I Lii nuiJiia m au..Lii'-i aim (uiu liiiciv , m unit: uu wav e humility lilt; IIOI ses. i ... i to get in tht center between the two : Brady escaped without a scratch but rows. The pennant was handed to i each horse "came out with a broken M RS. MARY E. CASE Id WED in m; I him and immediately two of th i frosh line stepped out and Brick . stai ted on a run for life thiough th' I line and on tlirou'-'h town. He had ! a vr:y m-riow s- j. from Paul leg. The horses belonged to I It i I Brady, of Athlone cottage ranch on the highway near v. here the acrid' -nt happened. Ail who lir. a- en one cud t.!' the Ch Si. io 1 el,li.- I km ! X MOTMEI'.S AND DAI'S INVITED January schedule announced next week ... .. . . ? ,, ? f J '1 J V V 5 "4 'h i:e:,n.-ene!' 1 th. t p! t of it. v. .-i lh:t Uric!; 'u!!y tight light. -:U.-- I lintel. to I wii.j In Mrs. aiil the sophs were ''- but Mr-:. Neil ! r-;.iii d. 'No, you can't come in.' j ! "Hut still they don't know where it I am," - , f. r. u-h town, le "When I ram ii's an: rtim-nl i:u::-r?i!f a th HEI I'M It V'i want you to j-. II. ppre r, II will he (jUile a Ip-at ; .io h-;iab:- Mid pV;i:-.ifiT- A smile tjci e.u h l'.n you i:,1 Vfi'l'ii- v.' Vo;';e to our Heppner l.Mid of sheep ;,i;d v, heat; Prosperous and crowing, A place that's hard to beat. M. Hepnor, Ore., Dec. 20, 1 & 2 2. The remains of Mrs. Mary K. ('imc, who died at her hone; at Clad, tone, Oregon, last Sunday night, v. v hrought lo lleppii. r lor ino 1 1,. n Thursday )'or noon. Fuii-r, i : 1 ' 1 li.lll been , ('. ion: I V !:ej, J J J -I- -I- J J J J I Jlocal news items Mrs. C. W. Shurto Is at Portland this week attending the annual moot' in of county school superintendents Mrs. Lila Clark Bradford, who was principal of Heppner high school in 1912 and who will be best reinem bored as Miss Lila Clark, is the guest of Mr .and Mrs. A. M. Phelps. Rev. John F. O'Connor, known as Father Doininick, t the Franciscan Capuchin order, who was the spirit ual advised of Terrence McSwiney late lord mayor of Cork, has assum ed charge of the. Catholic church at Iiend. He is Internationally known A iurv In the county court at. George West, Live Oak county, Tex last week found W. J. Ilugg guilty of criminal libel in connection witli reading an alleged bogus oath of th Knights of Columbus. He was finer ?1,000. Phil Brady was In town from his ranch near lone today and reports everything fine in his neighborhood since the big snow left. .Sheepmen jare generally feeling belter than i when the haystacks were melting ! away as they did when the .snow was j on. The: Federated church eongng; tion oh.-ei", ei the Christinas sea.-.o ! hv holding a Chris! mas In e for 11 children Frida I i t ,(i!' t mux t i ; Chli. tin j:oti, it in I a on .- Every wheat grower in the coun try will be interested in the follow ing article which is reprinted from the Portland Oregonian under recent date, covering the crop-loan plan as presented to the senate comitmtee on banking by1 George C. Jewett, general manager of the Northwest Wheat Growers Associated: Washington, D. C, Dec. 15. A complete plan for federal credits for producing and marketing farm com modities was presented to the senate committee on banking today by Geo. C. Jewett of Portland, Ore., general manager of the Northwest Wheat Growers Associated. He laid particular stress upon the necessity for loans on growing crops, a point not touched upon by other co-operative organization leaders who have appeared before the committee, with the exception of Walter J. Rob inson of Spokane, manager of the Washington-Idaho Wheat Growers' association who indorsed the plan presented by Mr. Jewett. Federal System Advocated. The wheat growers' recommenda tion advocated a complete federal sys tern adequate to meet needs of farm ers for producing and marketing all agricultural, horticultural and live stock products, under the control of the federal farm loan board or an of ficial body, of similar character. There would be established regional banks similar to the present farm loan banks with a capital of $5,000, 000 each, to be financed and contin uously owned by the government. These banks would bo empowered to rediscount for country banks agri cultural paper with a nine months' maturity and to loan directly to live stock associations on livestoc'k loan collateral, with a limit of three years' time. Market loans Included , They also would loan to co-opera tive marketing associations on scur Ity consisting of the commodity han dled, represented by warehouse re ceipts. Their plan provides for the organization of local credit associa tions of farmers for the purpose of borrowing' directly from the region al bunks. The board would Issue debentures, and loans for production anil thoso for marketing would be segregated to show which type of loan supported :i particular debenture Issue. An ap propriation of $ 100,000,000 for tho purchase of debenture certificates was advocated. Jewelt Plan Is Sweeping Mr. Jew welt's plan was more far- reaching than those advocitled by leaders of other commodity market ing associations now meeting In con ference in Washington. It was in striking contrast with recommenda tions, by Aaron Sapiro, co-operative attorney, whoso testimony preceded that of Mr. Jewett. Mr. Sapiro advo cated the elaboration of the federal reserve board and the placing of farm financing in it shands, with an Inde pendent organization for assistance. Ho would make use of existing hanks for getllng loans to farmers, and he favored state action instead of national in the provision of loans ou growing crops. Sapiro Plan Inadequate "We do not object to this plan, but we aro certain that It does not go far enough to be of urh benefit lo our west, rn fanners," said Mr. Jewett when asked about the Sapiro proposal by the senate cominll.ti e. "In the first place our country banks need and will wehomo federal assistance In financing agricultural producers. They aie not in shape In many sections to care for their pa Irons without some form of help. "And American fanners arc: inclin ed to i .ok with doubt on any propos al to place lie! a:" i-ul t n rai cicdilH work in the hands of t In f. dotal re t'Tit' boa ill. Ti.ey r. -i ilr I I! , a commercial ami itelu 1 1 ial banking im,! it ill ion , ami that j " ieu 1 ! n re is, a n hi port. .nt ami l.u. i uoii.-li ml (Tail ho M. L. d had been ill lor Ml c lo'vimr cl,;ii)i. n per, Or.-., c;,--o: : ( ' ; Or.-.; Mr.-.. M..it Ad. IS I 'o: liarid and Mi- sc-s T.I :!,!.; r:c I ''a-e of Gladstone. M survived ,'ilo by several hi' sisters In the east and 1 3 dr.-n. r. I liar ;. CVto is .'!, !'; and grandchil- Ti or Mi : a i out a iimenic::,; ,: Mi .. (,i,n!j i lien.. . II. I l',nl!,.g, :(. . piac- V. .In. .slay :;! i : the c harming I j. -I It. A!: loll ami th Ah-tot t, to IIIOI I . i I J dam li" , groem i. the on. of Mi. ami Mis. W II. 1'ad b rg. The happy couple will spend th.-ir honeymoon at Poitland. t. a..:, in 'y. 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