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HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1923
NUMBER 13
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WHERE FISH WERE KOI
(By Paul Hendrix)
The Cast: Elmer Albce and
family, Pete Prophet and family,
Paul Hendrix and family.
What was primarily planned as a
fishing trip seems to have, at the
last moment by common consent, re
solved itself into merely an outing
and sort at communion with nature.
But whoever chose the mouth of
Potamus creek as the scene of action
has not confessed.
On the morning of July 3, barring
s. few unforseen accidents such as a
couple of blowouts, etc., we made the
start as per previous plans, and the
trip was made the same day without
a. hitch. In fact, we arrived on John
Day earlier in the afternoon than it
was anticipated early enough to
make camp with plenty of time loft
in which to have caught a mess of
fish for the evening ni(eal, only we
didn't; and from then on we didn't.
Ttiere are many reasons why we
didn't. For the first day or so wo
didn't know where the fish were, but
we learned of a few places where
they were not. Potamus looked in
viting from the angler's standpoint,
and the only objections we found
with that mountain stream was the
fact that its waters were not inhabit
ed by anything more fishy than craw
dads. True there were two or three
other streams pmp'.ylng into John
Day within a few miles of camp, but
no one had claimed to have ever seen
a fish in any of them, and for good
reason.
And on the third day it rained;
and then it rained some more, and
the rain that fell was cold and pene
trating. Miles from home, wet
through and through with nothing in
sight for a bracer, we stood about a
smoldering fire, each one looking
and feeling the part. Pete, as an old
timer, made several attempts to pass
the matter off as a joke, but while
Elmer and I are not without a sense
of humor, we failed to enthuse. Fin
ally Pete launched into a third-time
recital of a deluge on Rattler's bluff
"30 years ago when I was 'tendin'
sheep." Just as he and his band had
reached the topmost peak of a lofty
range with the climbing waters only
a few feet behind, Elmer showed a
disrespectful lack of interest by be
ginning the story of the time in
Idaho "during the big snow storm
when I thought I would surely go
lown to a nameless grave, my chari
ties forgotten and my few virtues un
sung." He paused. We glanced at
liim, and whether what we saw was
fond memory with a tear in its eye
or the result of the sudden shifting
of the smoke, I am not prepared to
say.
Paul wanted to tell about the time
he witnessed the breaking of a six
year drougth in tho Texas Panhandle
but out of respect to old age desisted.
- Even though wo caught no fish,
the trip still promised to be profita
ble. The winds of sixty winters have
not stripped Pete's boughs of theii
foliage for nothing; the scorching
heat of sixty summers has not peeled
his bark in vain. In the heyday of
youth, in the Ozark country, he had
learned the art of trapping bees. This
promised well, but when the time
came to put into execution this store
of experience, it was discovered that
Elmer had eaten the bait.
Saturday morning we decided to
come home. Fortunately we were
amped near the bridge and had no
particular trouble in crossing John
Day. But right there is where a
good start ended. For ten hours we
ebeyed the Bible injunction found in
Genesis 3:19 without the reward.
We made the start at 9:00 in the
morning; at 7:00 in the evening we
were nine miles nearer Heppner on
Ditch creek, where we again made
camp and discovered w were out of
pasolene, or nearly so. Two care were
drained furnishing enough for one to
make the run to Heppner for more
gas. There is at least one redeem
ing trait about the real fisherman:
he never gives up. So those who
remained in camp walked down to
Ditch creek to fish, a distance of
some three or four miles. And then
and this time mingled with
the rain was hail.' Elmer bed made
the prediction something ne anoin
ted he rarely ever did-that the rain
was over and only one tent had been
erected, and that very poorly done.
As a consequence, our bedding and
extra clothing was wet. Night came
on and no dry wood for camp fires
had been gathered. Grub was run
ning low and it was more than a
mile to drinking water. But some
how we stuck together without an
uprising. Monday we came to town.
But Pete Prophet can't select my
fishing stream in future, neither
can Elmer Albee, but this does not
mean that I would not like to have
them as companions oji my next trip.
J. D. Bauman was in town Satur
day looking for more harvest hands.
Mr. Bauman, who farms extensively
near Lexington, has cut one field of
barley and expected to start on his
wheat Monday morning. His crops
are good.
OF IMPORTANCE TO ILL
Disabled World War veterans,
who have failed to make application
for government compensation should
do so at the earliest possible mo
ment, L. C. Jesseph, Pacific North
west manager of the United States
Veterans' Bureau, urges. Laws gov
erning activities of the bureau give
the war veteran five years from dis
charge to tijs application for com
pensation. In a large number of in
stances, this period expires during
the late summer and fall months of
this year, he stated.
Ex-service men suffering from ail
ments of 10 per cent or more, due to
war service, are entitled to compen
sation ranging from 8 to $80, de
pending upon the degree of the dis
ability, Mr. Jesseph announced. Ad
ditional allowances are made for de
pendents. Even though the war dis
ability is slight at the present time,
the war veteran should protect him
self by making proper claim and
proving service connection. With
these steps taken, the claimant Is en
titled to the benefits offered after
the five year period in case the In
jury or disability becomes aggra
vated to a compensable dpgree.
"Every world war veteran of this
district which includes Washington,
Oregon and Idaho, who believes that
his illness or present disability is
traceablo to his service during the
world war, should get in touch with
the nearest Veterans 'Bureau office,"
urged Mr. Jesseph. "A letter writ
ten to this Bureau will receive an
immediate response instructing the
ex-service man how to proceed in
the prosecution of his claim."
The district office of tho bureau
is located in Seattle and there are
branch offices in Portland, Spokane
and Boise. These offices handle,
aside from the compensation featuyo,
hospitalization of disabled veterans,
medical treatment and vocational re
habilitation. SOME HIGH BI CKERS
OX DISPLAY SUNDAY
A good sized crowd of Rodeo fans
braved the intense heat Sunday af
ternoon and went to Gentry Field to
see the first tryout of bucking stock
which is being assembled for the
coming Rodeo meet in September. '
About 20 horses were tried out and
several of them showed metal which,
if developed, should Insure plenty of
thrills at the coming event.
There was plenty of fast and fur
ious bucking1; end-changing and sky
rocketing and the riders mostly
proved themselves equal to the occa
sion. There wero but few tumbles.
Jack Terry undertook to ride a big
gray outlaw when his mount plung
ed into another horse and the rider
received a blow on the head that ren
dered him unconscious. The horse
also fpll with him but the injury was
received, it is said, In the collision.
Terry was carried to a shade ana
soon recovered consciousness but he
was not working Monday. He is em
ployed at Shiveley's blacksmith shop.
It leaked out while R. N. Carsner
of Spray, Ore., was at the Imperial
yesterday that he will seek the re
publican nomination for state sena
tor for the district of Gilliam, Sher
man and Wheeler counties, a position
now held by O. B. Robertson. It is
not the intention of Senator Robert
son to run again, and so Mr. Carsner,
who has served two terms as repre
sentative for that district, will seek
promotion. Oregonian.
LOYALTY OFiGROWER IS
FIRST MARKETING NEED
(By C. E. Spence, State Market
Agent)
There will be a bumper potato
crop in Oregon, and farmers are
wondering what to do with it. They
are wondering if the price they will
get will warrant the harvesting.
There is a wonderful grain yield
In Oregon and th(e northwest and
growers are wondering if the market
will give them wages and cost of
seed, or if they will have to trade
dollars asain.
And while the farmers are won
dering and worrying, come the news
paper and periodical stories and the
crop reviews of great yields of grain,
hay and potatoes.
Some of these are so carefully
worded that the reader gois the im
pression that the whole United
States is covered with wonderful
crops like Oregon. It is a move in
the speculator's checker game. It iB
not true. Then a day or two late
come the follow-up stories of a pro-
oaoie nation-wide car shortage: of
how the railroads are striving to
meet the situation, but that on ac
count of the record-breaking crops
tho task to move them is the great
problem of the officials.
And many growers are stampeded
by these stories of great (surpluses
and lack of transportation. They will
conclude that they had better eI1
before the market is completely glut-
icu turn wnue mere is a chance to
get transportation. It has ever been
thus.
Tho officials of the Northwest
Wheat Growers' Association are not
scared by this speculators' propagan
da, but the grain grower on the out
side has not their source of crop and
market information. If threc-fourt!:.
of the grain of the northwest was
contracted to this association, these
stampede stories of surplus yields
and car shortage would have little
scare effect.
If there was a state-wide market
ing association to handle 6 Oper cent
of the potatoes of Oregon, farmers
would not be wondering if their po
tato fields would be worth digging.
The crop speculators send out
stories that co-operative associations
are successful only where production
is confined to a certain locality, like
oranges, raisins, melons, etc., and can
easily bo controlled. They state that
it cannot be successful with a pro
duct that is generally grown.
If California growers can organize
and control the market on oranges,
why cannot Oregon growers likewise
control It spotato output? And why
cannot Washington and Idaho do the
same? And why cannot tho three
states, o ra dozen states, merge their
organizations and market all their
potatoes through one selling agency?
Tho state co-operative egg asso
ciation of California, Oregon and
Washington are doing this. Under
such a merger they do not fight each
other for the eastern markets they
do not all dump on and demoralize
the same market.
Any successful co-operative mark
eting association, large or small, cuts
just that much out of the profits of
the speculator profits that are by
all fights th eproducers. It is but
a matter of co-operative loyalty and
efficient management to merge and
extend these associations.
But the great drawback is the
growers who Btand back and say they
will not co -operate until they see
how the movement works out. Ut
ually there are enough of these to
hold back a majority of the output.
And these are tly p roducers the
speculators use to hold back success
of the organization and often break
it.
When farmers will learn the les
son that big business has so many
times given them that controlling
markets is the only way to fix sell
ing prices then will there be fair
profits to growers. Loyalty seems
to be the first necessity.
Mr. and Mrs. John Key arrived
here a few days ago from Texas
having madjO the trip in their Ford
car. They visited for a few dayr
with W. T. McRoberts and Mr. Key
is now working at Ed Neill'B ranch
On Butter creek. Mr. Key and Mr
McRoberts went to school together
in Missouri.
BUSINESS IS GOOD AT
"How's business, Charley," asked
a Herald reporter of Charlie Latou
rell at the Ford agency last Satur
day morning. "Gee," replied the
big Ford dealer, with one of those
broad smiles of his that never seems
to wear out, "business is sure good!
Wo have sold a lot of stuff this
week all the way down the line from
4-door Sjedans to Fordson tractors
and Wood Bros, threshers. If you
don't believe it, just glance over this
list," and he produced a list of sales
made within the last ten days.
"That's one thing about Henry
Ford," continued Mr. Latourell, "he
builds things that people want and
that people can afford to buy and
that will make them money after
they are bought."
Here is the list:
W. P. Cox, Heppner, 4-door Sedan;
C. A. Low, lone, touring car; E. E.
Hugg, Rhea Ceek, touring car; R.
W. Lieuallen, lone, truck; Harold
Mason, lone, truck; F. A. Ray, lone,
truck; Dora Howe, Echo, truck;
Vawter and Spencer Crawford, Hepp
ner, touring car, and even C harlie
Latourell, himself, who knows the
flivver better than anybody also held
out a touring oar for his own use.
Then Al Henriksen and Adam Blahm
each bought a Fordson tractor and
Guy L. Barlow, of Eightmile, and A.
B. Fletcher, of lone, each bought a
Fordson and a Wood Bros. Hum
mingbird thresher to help make
farming come nearer to paying at
present wheat prices.
"Yes," concluded Mr. Latourell,
"business is good with us, thank
you, and. every day in every way it
is going to get better and better be
cause we have a product that peo
pie just can't afford not to buy."
NEW "SMlT-moOF" WHEAT
Experiments the past ten years at
Pullman, Washington, have resulted
In what is known as "smut-proof"
a new variety of wheat which is very
hardy and high yielding. Prof. E.
F. Gaines, station ccrealist at the
state college, has devoted his efforts
for years to breeding a wheat im
mune to smut, yet maintaining the
other qualities necessary in a satis
factory wheat for tho dry farming
'gions.
"Smut proof" is a cross between
Tur'key Red and tho Australian
Irought resisting variety known as
'"lorence. For four years it has
made an average yield as good as
Hybrid 128. A limited amount of
seed wheat of the new variety will
be distributed among Palouno farm
ers this fall, and wheat growers
everywhere in the dry farming sec
tions will watch for the results with
great interest.
I'EIM'Y HIGHKS BUYS
CITY KESIDKNCK I'KOI'KKTY
A deal was closed last Saturday
by which Percy Hughes becomes
owner of the Ben Patterson home on
North Court street, the consideration
being given as $5,000.00.
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have been
In southern California for some time
where they went for the benefit of
his health and it is understood they
expect to remain in the south. John
Patterson says, however, that so far
as he knows the report circulated
last week that his son has bought. a
drug store at Pasadena is not correct
at least he has not been advised of
any such transaction.
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ALBEE HAS PET DEER
Game Warden Albee is the not
over enthusiastic custodian of a pet
fawn which he took over from Ed
Potter, over in Wheeler county one
day last week in the line of his of
ficial duties. Mr. Potter had caught
the deer and was keeping it as a pet
which is unlawful and Mr. Albee had
to take charge of it and notify the
state game warden at Salem. While
awaiting orders as to what to do
with it Mr. Albee is buying milk in
large quantities to feed the baby
and is beginning to figure how much
the experience is going to cost him.
He thinks he will have earned a sub
stantial pension if the experience
lasts another week.
The fawn will probably be sent to
some park, probably at Portland.
WOULD STORE WHEAT
Chicago, July 20. Relief for the
farmers who aro facing a dollar
wheat market loomed up today when
O. E. Bradfute, president of Ameri
can Farm Bureau federation, an
nounced his gigantic plan to boost
the price of this year's crop of
wheat.
Withdrawing 200,000,000 bushels
of surplus wheat from the market
and storing it on farms is proposed
by the federated farm bureau. It
is estimated that 1150,000,000 of
660,000,000 made available under
the new intermediate credit act will
bo ample to finance the stored
grain.
Cood farm wheat bins would be
designated as government bonded
warehouses and thus provide bond
ed warehouse receipts to be issued
against the grain stored on the
farm, according to the bureau plan.
The grower could borrow through
the intermediate credit system up to
three-fourths of the market value of
his stored grain, enabling him to
withhold his wheat until prices ad
vanced to the point where it would
be advisable to sell.
Mr. Bradfuto said that tho bureau
storage-on-farm plan proposed to
put the scheme into operation
through its 46 farm bureaus, 2,000
county farm bureaus, 20,000 town
ship units and 1,500,000 members In
co-operation with commodity mark
eting associations, and tho county
banks.
An immediate and tremendous ef
fect on the wheat market is expected
to result from the storing of this
grain in farm bins kept safe under
lock and key.
Interesting Facts
I'acts, real facts, should he the foundation for
our conclusions. We marvel at the stability of
the modern skyscraper and wonder why. A fact
says, "a perfect balance. " The structure stands;
the years roll by; we live on. There is a similari
ty between human bodies and buildings some
stand and some fall. The likeness goes farther:
a fact is created. We find that a perfect balance
means longer life with human bodies as with
buildings. Now, for a perfectly balanced body,
ttiere must be a balanced menu. Another fact,
for the. balance meats are a necessity, and this is
where you and are mutually concerned. You
are going to buy meat and 1 have meat to sell.
May I now quote you a few more facts? Six
months ago the Central Market changed man
agement. I5y this change the public, you and
your friends, were benefitted by a general 20J0
reduction in prices. Rather unusual; in fact very
unusual and it was done without competition.
Why was it done? Rccause by so doing I could
better serve you, the public, and by better serv
ing you I wymld eventually receive greater bene
fits. I wanted your satisfied patronage. I want
it now, and I will continue to want it. Our meats
are wholesome; they satisfy that healthful hun
ger. Our service will please you.
We make city deliveries. Our truck delivers to
youjr ranch house. We are here to stay, to serve
and to satisfy.
Look for our Weekly Specials They Are
an Added Inducement
The Central Market
AN EASTERN IDEA OF
Under the caption "A Great Wheat
field," the Canonsburg, (Pehn.)
Notes prints the following story
about Morrow county wreat growing:
Tho Heppner (Oregon) Herald, of
which S. A. Pattison, formerly of
thic ounty, is editor, tells of a ranch
man in Morrow county, of which
Heppner is the county seat, who has
900 acres in wheat and it is expected
that the yield will not be less than
20 bushels to the acre, or 16,200)
bushels for the entire tract. One of
tho big "combines," a harvester and
thresher combine, will cut and thresh
35 acres a day; which would mean
that it would require the working
days of an entire month to cut this
"field" of wheat. But as it would
never do to permit tho harvesting
operations to cover a month it would
necessitate tho employment of three
of tho big "combines" to do the work
in the time required In order to save
the crop. This would mean cutting
and threshing tho grain at tho rate
of 100 acres a day.
To tho Pennsylvania mind, where
wheat fields usually contain ten or
twenty acres, we can understand that
a 900-acre "patch" seems protty big,
but as a matter of fact 900 acres Is
only an ordinary "field" in Morrow
county.
One man only a few miles from
Heppner is cutting 4000 acres of his
own grain this summer and the
chances are he may do some cutting
for his neighbors to boot. The same
man, two yearB ago, had 7000 acres
in wheat and even such crops as
that are not very unusual In this
country of magnificent distances.
Tho idea that the 900 acre crop will
need the services of three combines
to sat) the crop on the theory that
"it would n,ever do to permit the har
vesting operations to cover a month"
Is also erroneous. Harvesting almost
always lasts 60 days hero and some
times longer and tho writer recalls
a caso In Gilliam county sonio 20
years ago when one farmer kept on
cutting wheat until winter set in and
finished the Job the following April.
These statements may sound like or
dinary fish stories to our eastern
friend, but they are fuels neverthe
less. Jim Furlong lias bought tho bus
iness and good will of the lleppner
Tho Dalles freight truck and will
operate that branch of transporta