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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
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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.
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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' ")
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