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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1923)
A PAGE TWO THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON Tuesday, April 3, 1923 THE HEPPNER HERALD AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER THE GENERAL UTILITY COM S. A. PATTISON, Editor and Publisher Entered at the Heppner, Oregon, Poutofflce aa second-class Matter .a Wwwn 1 I I j II Jt S R U FKHKIAUY haxxkr month FOR SALE OF I'OllD CA1LS More than 116,000 Ford ears Although the shortest, and usually considered the poorest business month of the 'year, February sales exceeded January by 15,000 and marked the eleventh month In which Ford sales exceeded the 100, 000 mark. During the eleven month period Ford sales aggregated almost 1,250,000. Peak car sales are usually reached during the summer months with drops in the fall and winter but that has all been changed within the last year or so through the activities of tho Ford dealers' association which has raised the "peak" line to include every month In the year. GOODING'S PRICE-FIXING PLAN The wheat growers are in a deplorable condition and are groping about to find a remedy. Some of them are devot ing con.iiderible time and energy to supporting Senator Gooding s iiill to fix a fictitious price for wheat for a term of years. They arc wasting their efforts, for such a meas ure has no chance of winning against the protests of the consumers of the populous states and, even if it could be passed, it would not be a remedy, but merely a sedative to temporarily deaden the travail of the growers. An injec tion of morphine will soothe pain for a little while, but it is a dangerous drug to experiment with and, if often used, has a terrific comeback. Government subsidies are noth ing more than legislative morphine. One of the f iniments frequently used in support of the; were sold during the month of Feb- ' . . .,, ." , ,i t l ,.u liuary, according to a statement re- Gooding bill is that, since other interests are being sub-. ,y lggued b the Ford company sidixd by 'he government, I lie wlieat growers are justnieu in asking for similar favors. This is fallacious reasoning, for two wrongs never made a right. Wheat growers who hope to get out of their present economic difficulties hy go eminent help are making a mistake. Their salvation lies in helping themselves by organization and closer co operation vvith one another, and by developing their pres ent marketing associations. Tt is now generally admitted and has not been success fully disputed that the wreat growers' associations have materially increased the market price of wheat in this sec tion, both to their members and to those who have not joined the organizations. If a larger per cent of the grow ers had joined the associations the benefits would have been toi rcspondmedy greater. Hut, instead of helping to develop the potential power of these organizations to their fullest capacity, many members arc now seeking to dis rut Ihcm. Wliy? because they do njot secure for them the peak price ol the season for their grain. They figure that, had they been handling their wheat for themselves, tiiey would have sold at the top price, notwithstanding the fact that in years gone by they seldom, if ever, accomplish ed that teat. They are not content with a higher average price Ih an they would have received if the associations were not functioning, which is all they have a right to ex pect. Instead of trying 1o secure better prices by build ing up these marketing agencies to their maximum .strength and efficiency they are now striving to destroy them. The co-operative marketing of wheat is not a panacea for all the troubles of the growers, but it offers a perma nent impiovcment over the old system, and the extent of that improvement is contingent, in large measure, upon the per cent of the total number of growers who support the system. The growers who refuse to join in the move ment and those who have joined, but are now trying to relegate it ic the scrap heap, are simply rejecting an op portunity for self help, which could be made to benefit Ihcm far more than any such chimerical remedy as is con templated in the Gooding bill. Instead oi "baying at the moon" by passing resolutions demanding a soothing syrup in the form of an unpopular and there. cue impossible subsidy, it behooves the wheat growers to keep their feet firmly on the ground and to de vole all the energies to the upbuilding and development of their own agencies for self help and price betterment. Pullman (Wash.) Herald. THE BOOB FROM TENNESSEE Sadder Ihe land: mi ee; I ail and wiser, the gentlemen who are wont to shear ; aim appear in Wall street are reflecting on the ties of "I call my new maid 'The Wire less Wonder.' " "Why?" "Because she's always 'listening in'!" London Mail. This coat, combining smartness and serviceability, may offer a suggestion as to what is being worn for this purpose In Paris. It is made of brown wide waled velours with Insets of the same material cut crosswise at waist and hemline to relieve the severity and plainness. An American in Paris has been, ar rested lor attempting to sell a hotel he did not own. Possibly he thought his receipted bill was a transfer of title. London Opinion. .J. .J. .J, . .. . .!. , IRRIGON NOTICE I'Olt PUBLICATION' 021556 Department of tho Inferior U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Ore. March 28, 1923. Notice is hereby given that Evan C. Stoneinan, of Hardman, Ore., who, on Mar. 24, 1920, made Additional Homestead Entry, No. 021556, for UVa NWIi, NE14 SWy4, Section 3 2, Township 5 South, Range 24 East Willamette Meridian, has filed no tice of intention to make three year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before J. A. Watcrsl United States Commissioner, at Heppner, Ore, on the 12th duy of May, 1923. Claimant names as witnesses: Harvey Hurshman, of Eightmlle, Ore. Lotus Robinson, of Hardman, Ore. Raymond Steers, of Hardman, Ore. Tilden Williams, of Hardiintn, Ore. J. W. DONNELLY, 19-2 Register. ! ! I ! t ! ! J" ! ! J 4 -- Mr. ayne of Hermiston conduct ed the church services at the local church Sunday. Batie Rynd drove to Pendleton on Thursday morning in his Winton bug and returned Friday in a second hand .Studeba'ker three-quarter ton truck. He made the trade with the expectation of rebuilding or use as a bus and for transporting his mel ons to market. Ishmael Hendrick entertained a number of his friends with a party at his home Thursday evening in honor of his eighteenth birthday. The evening was spent in playing games after which refreshments were served. Rev. Mumau is confined to his home in Hermiston with la grippe. Miss Hazel Smith was an Echo visitor Sunday evening. Frank Ryder and family have moved Into the Beckley house which they have rented. They have also rented the Mike O'Donly place for the summer. i Mrs. McCarthy, E. W. and G;ty Benefiel of Pendleton, and Arthur Benefiel and family of Hermiston, were Irrigon visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse White, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strader and Gertrude Graybeal wont to Umatilla Saturday evening. Mrs .White took sick and the party did not return till Sunday. En'rUi'S 55 a B 5 ,6 si Make Your Money Work For You The reason some people seem soprosperoiis under all conditions is often because they have money at work for them. They have saved a reasonable portion of their earnings and placed it in the bank on interest. They are then assured of a certain definite income every year. You have to work for your money. Then make your money work for you. Two dol lars per week placed in a savings account every year for ten years will amount with interest to over $1,300.00. Can you not save two dollars per week? We pay 4 per cent interest and compound every six. months. We would be pleased to have you open an account with us. TVederai. RESERVE First National Bank Heppner Ore. Among those absent from school this week were Ouida and. Ishmael Hendrick, and Mabel and Harvey Warner. Hugh Grim, Lee Carroll and Lyle Seaman were in Boardman on busi ness Saturday. Mrs. F. H. Rieks is on the sick list this week. Bert Benefiel returned home Mon day after a visit of several days in Pendleton. Mrs. Holland of Portland visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sailing, this week end. Henry Wadsworth, of California, visited with his brother M. F. Wadsworth, several days this week. A. M. Oillis, traveling representa tive of the Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co., was an Irrigon visitor Friday and Saturday in the interest of his com pany. Mi3s Miriam McCullough of Saa Francisco, spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. F. MeeTts. The Walla Walla Concrete compa ny has its force on the job to con struct the pipe line to the school grounds. Bain Jones, of Pasco, Washington, visited with relatives in Irrigon oa Monday. The young people of the Sunday School will give a program at thu church Saturday evening. The pop ular prices of 15 and 25 cents wilt be charged. . , i i . i . . ins world and wondering now u was uone. The called him "the booh from 1 ennessee. lie was Clarence Saanders, head of the I'iglcy-W igley company, j much nuMiii-uied in recent dispatches, lie shot athwart j Wall street like a meteor, and within a few days emerged j a m'lliou (lobars or so richer and with the scalps ot many , Wall 'ireet bears hanging to his belt. j The auo.i'.tt of the transaction runs like this: Out m J ennessee .;e lias a inanuiaciuring cnicrpnse w nose snares of stock are listed on the New York stock exchange, lie lotiud t ut that the bears were selling short on stocks in I'.cs coinpanv for the purpose of depressing the market. Alter organizing a, pool that gave him a checking ac count ot if.io.ooo.oo he floated into Wall street himself and began buying Ihgley-Wigley stock. Contemplating him as ' the booo from Tennessee," the Wall street bears kept on selling short, which means that they were selling shares of stock they did not own. Their only way to save themselvcb was to keep hearing down the market if they coald : rd then buy Pigley-W 'igley at depressed prices in order to make deliveries. The ' booo from Tennessee" kept on buying and the price began to rise. Ordinarily the stock was worth $50 to $5", a share. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon it had risen to $150 a share. By that hour the "boob" owned 198,000 of the "K',ooo shares of Ihgley-Wigley, and the bears could not bin a share anywhere for any price, much less deliver the rkarcs ihcv had sold. Wbet. they had settled with the greenhorn from Tennessee- I hey were a million dollars or so out of pocket and he had a million or so in. It was a case of one lamb from xU? conntr that they didn't shear, and the episode a theme for their regretful rumination. Oregon Journal. ' " .c I . ij, it, j til " . Airs k Heppner Herald $2.00 per Year mw w ff Its It atch 'cm Grow The little chicks grow into money fast when kept healthy and happy with proper feed and care. The same is true of the laying hens. They need the proper food to make them lay and pay. IT PAYS TO MAKE POULTRY PAY Wc carry the most complete stock of poultry supplies to be found in Morrow County. GILLIAM & BISBEE HARDWARE AND IMPLEMENTS m mmm ML, mm m fa rj. iff tm . o