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IF YOU WANT ALL THE NEWS OF MORROW COUNTY WHILE IT IS NEWS, READ THE HEPP NER HERALD. WE PRINT IT FIRST "WIFPPNFR 'A, VOLUME IX HEPPNER, ORGEON, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1923 NUMBER 52- FAVORS CO-OPERATION SAYS FARMERS MCST tTMTE IX MARKETIXG PRODUCTS More Credit Danger. Rather Than .Protection. , Must Market ! Product at Profit "The very reasons that have made some of the farmers doubtful credit risks are the ones that should prompt the banker to encourage the establishment of co-operative mark eting organizations." This is one of the statements made by J. M. Hen derson, Jr., chairman of the board of United Bank and Trust Company of California, in an article entitled "The Banker and Co-operative Mark eting,".' recently emanating from his pen. In pointing out that a good deal of attention has of late been direct ed to the subject of agricultural credit, Henderson stresses the fact that, unless the farmer can run his business on a profitable basis, more credit will prove a danger rather than a protection to him. "As an Individual," says Henderson, "the farmer has not been in a position to market his product to advantage. Unacquainted with the problems of the mart his products have become the football of speculators, middle men, politicians and even consumers. Operating along individual lines he has been at the mercy of organized groups who have not hesitated to so frame the machinery of distribution that the farmer should always get the minimum price for his product, and this, in many instances, has ac tually been below the cost of pro duction. The lact of uniformity in Ms methods and the atmosphere of instability thus created could not fail to develop in the banker a spirit of caution in making his agricultur al loans. We must never forget that the banker is legally and morally bound to the stockholders and de positors of his institution, and there are many agricultural loan proposi tions submitted to him which he can not but hesitate to entertain, having a proper regard for the safety of thr funds entrusted to his care." "Having regard to the effective manner in which co-operative meth the wealc elements in individual marketing," says Henderson, " it would seem that the banker should welcome the movement and do everything in his power to stimulate it. Where there was chaos before, there now arises order. Where be fore there was instability, there now appears a determinable stability. Where before there was uncertainty as to liquidation, there now appears reasonable certainty in the case of well-managed organizations. The co operative provides a means for a proper outlet of the farmer's pro duct. Disorganized dumping of the product is avoided, prices are stabil ized and the banker knows where he stands. Loans can be made on ware house receipts which, as the goods covered by these receipts have been ase Sunday, April 29 UMATILLA vs HEPPNER AT HEPPNER Umatilla has one of the best teams' in the middle Columbia district and fans may de pend on a good game. ADMISSION - proprly standardized and graded, are far sounder as security than the re ceipts of an individual farmer oper ating on a restricted basis." Henderson states that he has re cently been In communication with some of the leading growers' organ izations in California and that he has received a number of Interest ing and encouraging reports of their activities. He cites the case of the California Peach and Fig Growers' organization, established in the year 1915, when a serious condition pro vailed in that industry. Individual growers were only receiving 2c to 3c a pound for dried peaches, 'a price much below the actual cost of production. As a result of the or ganization's activities a wider market has been developed and a price of 10c is being obtained, without any additional cost to the consumer. It is stated that growers of dried peaches and figs have received more than 100 per cent increase in the turns. nenaerson also rerers among others to the activities of the Ctn- tral California Berry Growers' asso ciation and the Sebastopol Apple Growers' Union, and to his own ac tivities, having as their object the piotection of the dairy industry. In concluding, Mr. Henderson de clares that those who have the cause of California Agriculture at heart, must awaken to the import ance of encouraging co-operative marketing in every way possible. "Obstruction," he says, "is still be ing encountered. Sinister attempts are being made by outside organiza tions having as their object the un dermining of the loyalty of those be longing to co-operative marketing or ganizations, but right will prevail in the long run and the farmers and the public alike will reap the benefit, the farmers because of the elimina tion of uncertainty as to markets and prices and the public because of the improvements in grading and distribution." . ACTIVE WORK SOOX TO COMMENCE OX HIGHWAY Camp is being established and pre liminary work is being done towards opening a quarry at the Tom Mat lock ranch east of town by the Gen eral Contracting Co., the concern having the contract for laying ma cadam on the Heppner-Jones Hill section of the Oregon-Washingtor highway, and it is expected active work on the improvement will start at an early date. The Heppner-Jones hill section was graded a year ago and includes about 12 miles of highway and whei completed will be of great value to the people of the Butter creek dis trict in getting to and from Heppner State highway engineers have alsc been busy this spring completing the survey from Jones hill to the end of the macadam in Umatilla county this side of Pilot Rock. Although no definite information is available it Is expected that federal aid will be secured towards the im provement of that section and that within a year or so the highway will be completed from Heppner Junc tion via Heppner and Pilot Rock oa -FIFTY CENTS L PRICES E 40-43 CENTS BOSTOX PAYS 40-4;$ CEXTS FOR MARKETED CLIPS Washington Buying Steady, With 80 Cents Being Paid as Top Quo tation In Territory Boston, April 19. The Boston wool trade feels that the recent pur chase by a Boston house Hallo well, Jones & Donald of the Jericho wool pool in Utah, at 61 cents a pound, established the price of good fine and fine medium territory for the season at about 50 cents, which is 2 5 per cent higher than the price a year ago. The clean cost of the Jericho wools landed in Boston is es timated at $1.35 to $1.40. yhile buying in the west is con fineu to a few houses, operations are broad'.ji'ing. It is said that 75 per cent of the Utah clip is contracted and the re mender is being gathore at 48 to 5i cents for good wool. It U understood that the Jericho wooi will be resold here. In Nevada 42 and 43 cents is be ing paid. A little wool is being bought in Wyoming at 43 to 45 cents. In Montana nothing has been done beyond a few clips bought early around 4 5 cents. Growers there seem to favor consigning their wool. A few Bos'ton houses have been active In eastern and southern Ore gon, notably at Arlington, whore 40 cents has been paid, and in Grass valley, at 42 cents. In the Lake view section, southern Oregon, about 750,000 pounds have changed hands, mostly at 43 cents, the range being 40 to 43 cents. In Washington buying Is steady, tin' latest purchase of note being the Klickitat pool, said to have brought 39 cents. The Yakima clips have becu largely taken by Boston buy-j ers, 39 of-uts being top quotation ro purted. Outside Utah and Oregon the main interest centers in Texas, where the bulk of the wool shonly will begin to accumulate at concentration poii.t" Scattered clips have been bought on the basis of 50 cents for 12 months and 45 cents for eight months. i.Ltil dates are fixed for public sales at Kerrville, San Angelo and possibly other points, the sea son will not be really open. Cold weather has delayed shear ing in the fleece-wool sections of Ohio and the middle west. Efforts are being made to get the best Ohio wool for Boston accounts and some progress is being made at 4 5 to 4 7 cents for medium clips and 50 cents for fine. Shearing Is a little more forward in Michigan than in Ohio Michigan and Indiana growers in sist on obtaining 50 cents for their best wool. Trading in Boston is at low ebb. Choice B super-pulled wool is mov ing at $1 to $1.02, clean, for excep tional lots. Very good B Bupcr can be bought at 90 to 9 5 cents. Mod erate sized lots of fine merinos are reported sold at $1.16 to $1.18 for 64s and 70s, with offerings none too large. Some hold firmly for $1.20 and occasionally lots of super wools are held for $1.25. Current clean cost of 64s to 70s combing wool is estimated at $1.45 to $1.47, duly paid. ' At these figures for skirted wools, they compare very favorably with the new territory wools, on the -basis of 45 to 50 cents in the country. , Sales are reported at 50s Austra lian in bond at 66 cents clean, 56s at 70 cents, and 68s at $1.05. De mand reported very strong in Aus tralian markets, with the situation unfavorable for the new clip, as rain said to be overstocked with medium 44s and 46s. These are offered at 60 cents clean, but buyers are shy. It Is hinted that some of the holders would unload at any fair price. Other medium and low crosabreda are also plentiful, with demand dull. American buyers are cabling buy ing orders to Australia, but are slow to raise- buying limits and get little wool. Predictions are that prices will advance 5 to 10 per cent over the last closing at London auction sales, opening April 24. Receip.s for foreign wool here for the week are 169,947,600 pounds. S GAME IN HARD FOUGHT BATTLE OXLY Font TALLIES MADE IX XIXE FI LL IXXIXGS lone Wins Game ii Fifth Because Fate Decreed It to Be That Way A rattling good game of ball was the good fortune of Heppner and lone fans who thronged Gentry field last Sunday to witness the battle royal between lone and Heppner. lone won the game and she de served every point she made though it must be said that Fate had some thing to do with the result. Had the fifth inning been eliminated It would have been a scoreless game to the end of the 9th but as the fifth was as outstanding and notice able as an ugly man's nose Heppner had to let the visitors take their four little old scores and let it go at that. lone had her old standby pitcher, Rockey, in the box with Cochran catching and nobody around Hepp ner will deny that the two made a strong combination Rockey has so many different kinds of ball to hand out that the batters never know just what to ex pect. He Is a seasoned pitcher and knows all the tricks of the trade but when it comes to real speed Heppner's tall kid pitcher, Brough ton, has him outclassed. When Broughton gets that long right arm of his into action it means much leverage on the ball and high speed. David, when he struclc ut Goliath, didn't have much on Heppner's kid pitcher. King caught a good game as usual and for some reason, either by accident or design, Rockey walk ed him each time up but one Heppner's best batters failed to i '.Sect with Rockey Sunday7 and tht strike outs were too numerous for comfort, but taken all through the teams were evenly matched in all round playing After playing four innings with out a score lone, with two men down and two strikes on Rockey who was at bat, broke loose and made four scores. Heppner failed to do like wise, but from that time on they blocked every effort of the visitors to increase their lead. The line-up: lone Position Heppner Broughton King Rockey Cochran O. Reitman P c 1st S. Aikon Allen Glock W. Reitman Eubank Lewis Blake V. Reitman Score: lone Struck out: Broughton 2. 2nd 3rd S3 rf cr it Elwood Van Marter Brown Ward P. Aiken 4; Heppner 0. by Rockey 8; by Base on balls: Off Rockey 3; off Broughton 2. Time of game 1:35. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank all who so kind ly assisted during the sickness ami death of our beloved wife, mother and sister. Also for the beautiful floral offerings. C. C. CHICK. CIIAS. CHICK. J. II. WILT AND FAMILY. shep;t MUSfC at HAIUVOOD'S. -Four for $1.00 52-lf resh from the factory r f u I KT FRESH a I Vr TOBACCO j I ROLL YOUR OWN WITH I I RiiLa Croix Ppr AlUrW I POPULAli HEPPXEU COUPLE WED AT MEXD, OUEGOX Announcement of the marriage of Miss Gwendolyn Darbee and Mr. Ray M. Rogers, well known and pop ular young couple of Heppner, reached this city last Wednesday from Bend where the interesting ceremony took place Monday, April 16. Marshall Phelps, former Heppner boy, now employed at Bend, was best man and did the honors in the way of helping get the" license and in finding the proper clergyman, and in other ways giving his old friend and classmate a proper start on the mat rimonial sea. Mr. Rogers has been living at Redmond since about the first of the year where he holds a good position, and Miss Darbee left Heppner a couple of weeks ago to visit friends at Portland. The happy couple will have the best wishes of everybody in Heppner for their future welfare. They will reside at Redmond. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES The sophomores met at the do mestic science dining room last Fri day !n the "wee sma' hours" and pre pared their breakfast. We under stand that quite a number managed to wake up In time, which Is saying much for them. On Thursday evening the fresh men entertained ji goodly portion of the high school at a "weinie" and marshmallow feed up the creek. The report cards for the second six-weeks' period of school were given out last Wednesday. The senior class has appointed a committee to form plana for a cla-st day this year. This is a new event for us, but we are all backing them to make It a success. "And Home Came Ted" Is the play chosen by the juniors and seniors to be presented in May. The cast lm? been selected and practice will be gin this week. Although It rained, then rained some ' more, f everyone enjoyed the half holiday on April 17. Only five more weeks and then we'll enjoy many xf them. x Wise people tako notice: Don't miss the operetta, "The Treasure Hunters." The students were entertained with several musical numbers last Friday morning by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd A. Ross and their daughter, Dorotha. The music was a rare treat for the 'students and was enjoyed very much. LOST Pair of rimless eye glasses in black case. Finder please leave at Herald office and receive reward. UMATILLA TEAM TO PLAY IV HKI'PXEH NEXT H.VDAY The Umatilla ball team, said to be one of the best in the mid-Columbia district, is scheduled for a game here next Sunday and fans may ex pect a snappy game. The Heppner team expected to go to Boardman Sunday but Tuesday morning it developed that a combi nation of circumstances made It im possible for several of thn boys to get away for an outside game on that day. Manager Van Marten express ed deep regret that the trip had to bo cancelled but it seemed there was no help for it, ho Informed the Herald. WHEN YOU BUY MEAT It is a comfort to know that you are getting only first-class product, handled in a modern and sanitary manner. Every department of our establishment is open to your inspection. CENTRAL MARKET G. B. SWAGGART MOVE STARTED TO IXCHEASE CONSUMPTION' OF WHEAT Restricted Buying Power of Farmers Hold Menace to AH In dustries. Chicago, 111. Can tho bakers of America, pulling together, with their allied trades, flour men and ma chinery men, restore the old fash ioned bread basket with plenty of assorted bread In it, to the center of the hotel, Pullman dining car and restaurant table? If the baking industry can bring this about, according to James F. Bell, vice president of tho Washburn-Crosby Co., it will go a long ways to restoring prosperity to tho farmer "without whoso prosperity there can be no prosperity in Amer ica for the rest of us." Tho idea of getting tho bread basket in the center of th table In public dining rooms and dining cars appealed so strongly to the members of the Chicago Bakers club, when they heard Mr. Bell expound It at a meeting in the West room ot the Sherman hotel at 2:30 p. m., April 5, that they Immediately formed a committee of visitation to see all principal Chicago hotel and restau rant owners. Knt Mora Wheat If the committee, of which A. J. Bomford is chairman, Is successful, it will thereafter expand Its activi ties to all parts of tho country through the American Bakers asso ciation headquarters. Mr. Bell appeared before the' Chi cago Bakers club by invitation to tell the Btory of the "Eat More Bread" advertising campaign his company had Inaugurated. He dis armed all suspicion at the start that it was a "private matter",, with him by slating that; aU governors t( whom he carried the Idea had beenj asked to launch it in their respective states as their own. Ho asked all other millers who might care to un dertake activities, to use tho idea to the limi't of their resources; always as their own. He urged all to ex pand and devolop it in any way they could, as their own. "Tho heart of the Idea," he said, "Is to glorify wheat products, not the firm . or brand to glorify tho American prosperity that will come to the wheat farmer If the American people eat ouo more slice of bread per day and jhus uso up the sur plus of 171 million bushels ot wheat per year, that Is now left on our hands because of tho collapse ot for eign markets." There wero many bakers present among tho audience, besides bread bakers. To these Mr. Hell made an appeal that they adopt the slogan, "Eat More Wheat," and then add a lino indicating their own field, "eat It with crackers," or "eat it as maraconi," or "eat it in pies." "I find,' ho said, "that tho farm er's wheat Is tho fourth In value of all farm crops. It has gone back to a pro-war basis In the matter of the returns It brings tho farmer. This Is unfortunate for the farmer as the things ho has to buy are far from a Ol'lttll' ") I