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IF YOU WANT ALL THE NEWS OF MORROW COUNTY WHILE IT IS NEWS, READ THE HEPPNER HERALD. WE PRINT IT FIRST HEPPNER D VOLUME X HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1923 NUMBER 17 HERA! DENIED BY PRESIDENT COOLIDGE SAYS LITTLE COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED Situation is Held Complicated Be causo of Divergence of Ideas in Congress Washington, D. C, Aug. 15. When President Coolidge let it be known yesterday that he saw no ne cessity for calling an extra session of congress to consider agricultural legislation it is understood he had before him a telegram from farmers' organizations in Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and Montana requesting that congress be hastily summoned together. The president will not re spond, however, because, in the first place, if congress were to meet to morrow it would be December at least before the two houses could formulate and pass the sort of legis lation that is desired. By that time a large part of this year's crop will be out of the hands of the farmers, and the farmers of the country have not the power to force congress to act without long consideration. The situation is further compli cated because thje professed cham pions of the farmer in congress are not agreed upon the remedy. The first proposition arrived at by those who want immediate relief for the grain, grower is because it is the eas iest stabilization. It is not thought there is the least chance for the en actment of such legislation. It Is desired now by those who de nounced it most vehemently when it was in operation as a war meas ure. It is not believed that stabili zation or the price guaranty plan could command more than one-third of the votes In (either house of con gress at this time. It is regarded as a dangerous precedent for peace times, because next year the cotton farmer, the potato grower or the corn grower might come to congress and for the same reason ask Uncle Sam to dig tip the difference be tween the market price and a rea sonable profit. Those who would have an extra session of congress and a price guarantee are further handicapped by the attitude of Senator La Fol lette, recognized leader of all sorts of short cut legislative programmes. The Wisconsin senator has said that nothing can be accomplished at an oxtra session and has also indicated that he could see but. little differ ence between government price fix ing and corporation agreements ot the same kind. The La Follette men in the house, at least those from Wisconsin, are understood to hold the same views. The American farm bureau federa tion, the most powerful of the farm organizations, also is not urging an extra session, neither is the or ganization asking a prte guaran tee, holding that such a policy would in the (end work out to the detri ment of the graingrower when pros perity returns. The farm bureau, as is well known, contends that the only economical grower's problem is by storage ot surplus wheat by use of the inter mediate credits act and the amended warehousing act. Under this plan tho farmer would store his wheat take a government warehouse re ceipt and use this receipt to borrow necessary funds under the interme diate credits act to tide him over to the day of a better market. Gray Silver, Washington represen tative from American farm bureau federation, is optimistic already as to the future of the wheat farmer. He asserts that the farmer is com ing back by use of the combined in struments provided by the ware housing law and the intermediate credits act. He says the 12 interne-' diate credits are liberal in their loans and that the outloolc is grow ing brighter and brighter. i'OUNTY BUYS NEW CRUSRHER. The county highway department has purchased a new rock Crusher for the Heppner flat plant, the one in use not producing enough fine ma terial for top surfacing. The new machine is a ponderotfi piece of ma chinery and weighs about seven tons. I' was unloaded yesterday and haul ed out to the plant on a big coun j ty truck. I PEOPLES HARDWARE CO. HAS NEW MANAGER John W. Hiatt has accepted the position of manager of the Peoples Hardware company to which place he was elected at a recent meeting of the board of directors. Mr. Hiatt succeeds to the position made vacant by the resignation of Alva Jones who has been manager of the concern for the pa3t two years and who resigned to look after tho extensive farming interests in which he is engaged with his father and brother, Jeff and Glenn Jones. Mr. Hiatt has been with the Case Furniture Co. for several years and is well qualified for his new posi tion. He has a wide acquaintance throughout the Heppner trade terri tory and is a capable, trustworthy business man. OF SPUDS NOW ASKEB (C. E. Spence, Market Agent, 723 Court House, Portland.) By proclamation of Governoi Pierce, compulsory grading and la beling of potatoes will be a law of Oregon on and after September 15, and in connection with no-operative growers' associations which are or ganizing in the state, this law will no doubht greatly help this industry. The new law provides for stand ard grades and labeling, according to the schedules of the United States Department of Agriculture. Inspec tion will be under the state market agent and will be handled in much the same manner as grain is now handled. The government fixes four standard grades, but it is not expect ed that any one crop will be sorted into four grades, nor would such a practice be desirable. Following is Grade No. 1, which will meet the re quirements of the most of the pota toes crown in Oregon. Growers should clip and preserve this: No. 1 shall consist of potatoes of similar varietal characteristics which are not badly misshapen, which are free fro mfreezing injury and soft rot, and from damage caused by dirt or other foreign matter, sunburn, second growth, growth cracks, hol low hearts, cuts, scab, blight, dry rot, disease, insects, or mechanical or other means. The diamater of potatoes of round varieties shall be not less than 1 7-8 inches and of potatoes of long va rieties 1 3-4 inches. In ord,er to al low for variations incident to proper grading and handling, not more than 5 per cent, by weight, of any lot may be below tho prescribed size, and, in addition, not more than 6 per cent by weight, may be below the remain ing requirements of this grade, but not to exceed one-third of this 6 per cent tolerance shall be allowed for potatoes affected by soft rot. The other three established grades are No. 1, small, No. 2 and Fancy No. 1. The fancy grade is one that can doubtless be devel oped in this state with profit. Idaho puts out a fancy grade, every pota to being separately wrapped in pa per like oranges and these bring a high top price for select markets. Oregon can develop the same mark ets as this fancy stock can be readily grown in many localities. Standard grading and state in spection of potatoes has long been needed in Oregon as an aid to mark eting. Many states have long had these standards and Oregon has been at a disadvantage in the big mark ets. Dealers want to know just what they are buying, and when they do not know, the price they will pay ; will make them safe and the grower ; sorry . With centraj selling agen- j know. I cies in position to meet the demands ! of large buyers aiyi with guaranteed grades to the trade, Oregon potatoes should come to the front. Any farmer, fruit or vegetable grower who would like to haie the Portland daily market report and n,ews service sent to him may have such free service by writing to the state market agent. 723 Court House, Portland. This service is compiled daily in Portland by the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics and through co-operation with R. L. Ringer, manager of the local bureau. This service will be sent to those who desire it. HAVE OPENED NEW LINE The Pacific Co-operative Wool Growers of Portland, Oregon, have just opened their lines of graded and original bag wools for the light weight season. The accumulation consists of wools gathered from the states of Oregon, Washington, Idal.o, and northern California. The organ ization, which is one of the largest strictly co-operative selling organi zations in the United States, is com posed of 2 500 wool growers residing en the Pacific coast, who grade and market their sales through their own selling agency in a strictly merchan table condition, directly to mills and reputable wool merchants. Scouring wools ;ue scoured and offered in this condition. Off'jrir'fs tor this fall contain a large pouicu of graded and tagged valley wuuia, and a good sized ac cumulation of the famous Umpqua wools. These wools are well and lavorably known among the trade for their exceptionally desirable hand ling qualities and their lightness and softness. In addition, there is a siz able offering of choice white scour ing luuho farm wools. These are surprisingly light this season and are well grown. Amciig the grease wool offerings are a "number of the most celebrated original bag fine wool clips of the northwest, including some of the well known lakeviews from Lake county and Humboldts from north ern California. These clips range up to 100,000 pounds per lot, and are the product of years of breeding. The association also offers a large line of commercially sorted mohair. R. A. Ward, manager of the wooj growers, states that many of the wools this year are lighter and bet ter grown than was the 1922 clip. Particularly is this true of tht' wools from eastern Oregon. Ho belives that the reports of the amount of wool sold in the northwest are somewhat overestimated, and that when th season closes it will be found that there is more wool on the ranches and at the various country concen tration points than was at first supposed. Wool men estimato about three million pounds on hand at ranches or in country warehouses in ureon aione. mere nas Deen a heavy consignment of wools to Chi cago, Boston and to the association in Portland. The wool market i very slow and did not show the ex pected activity at the opening of the light weight season. No immediate activity is expected. The Pacific Co operative Wool Growers point out that when mill buying is resumed supplies will probably be drawn first from consignment stocks in the hands of associations and eastern dealers, and that those wools which have been agressively offered to the mills will be considered and taken before any attention is paid to wools still in the country are likely to stay there for some time, unless they are consigned to growers' sell ing agencies or wool houses that will offer them to mills. P,ercy c. Cox and his sister, Mrs. Watkins, returned from Pendleton Friday where they visited for a few days. I Sor P Beginning Saturday, August 25 The Central Market WAREHOUSE RULES ARE HELD ID BE IMPORTANT Numerous warehousing difficul ties will be avoided if association members will read carefully the direc tlons below prepared by the ware-! housing departments of the Wash ington Wheat Growers' association and tho Oregon Co-operative Grain Growers. Members should insist on being accorded all the rights to which they are entitled, under the state laws governing warehouses. Some points that have puzzled mem bers considerably are cleared up in this article, says the Producer. Public warehouses like railroads and other public utilities are operat ed under regulation of the state pub lie service commission. Warehouses in Washington come under the direct superision of the department of pub lio works and the department of agriculture and theso departments promulgate rules and regulations governing them. We also have a federal warehousing act under which all warehouses may and some do operate. But in no case do its rules conflict with or take precedence over state regulations. First in importance is the require ment of a guarantee bond a license to operate may be then issued, and may be for cause suspended or re voked. Theso warehousing facilities represent capital invested, entitled to a reasonable profit on such invest ment in return for efficient and needed service rendered, which in cludes handling the grain and un derwriting a good and readily ne gotia'le warehouse receipt therefor. Every member should co-operato with the warehouseman. Instead of using straw to patch up a hole it is best to carry a needle, twine and a few extra sacks. If ho is piling your wheat sepa rately, you will then tell him of dif ferences in grade or mixture, that you may secure the advantage of keeping it separate. If he is grad ing your crop instead, It is well to li'll him when you change fields or localities that ho may satisfy him self as to whether or not there is a difference in grade, mixture or weeds. When you drive up tell him whose wheat it is and how it is to be handled. Every member should know of the volume of work thrown on the ac counting department .which is whol ly avoidable if he had a correct knowledge of a perfectly executed warehouse) receipt and accepted no other. A perfectly "graded receipt" must show variety, gross weight, net weight after deducting three-fourths pound for sacks, but including all dockages if any, both smut and foul, the per cent of each, teHt weights, sub class. If mixed, the percentage of each sub class affecting tho grade should be shown. A "special pile" receipt must, for .general information, show variety, as declared by owner, gross weight Including sack tare, gross weight, less sacks at three-quarter pound Identity clearly defined by mark de signating lot, lines and divisions. The character, number or name used to mark or designate such pile must be written or stamped in the receipt. These two constitute the only re ceipts authorized or recognized by f Phi f i n iiorl rise NEWLY WEDS ARRIVE FROM WEI)1)IX(J TRIP Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hedrick arriv ed in Heppner Thursday evening from an extended vacation spent at the Oregon and Washington beaches and Ranier National Park. They left for Portland and southern Ore gon Thursday afternoon expecting to return, to Heppner in about a week, to get settled at housekeeping before school opens tu September. Mr. and Mrs. Hedrick were mar ried at her home at Central Point, Oregon, in June and have been spending their honeymoon at the points mentioned. Mrs. Hedrick, nee Miss Helen Norcross, Is a grad uate of the University of Oregon, and a most charming young lady. IS BESTIWHEAT SECTION Ros.i Langdon, who has been in tho Palouso country In eastern Washington and in tho wheat belt of Idaho all summer selling the Cal kins smut treating machines, has returned to Heppner and resumed his old position with tho Latourell Auto Co. Mr. Langdon says conditions In the Palouse country are bad and he declares Morrow county is in better condition, generally speaking, than any of the sections he visited. Tho Palouse has for years been counted the banner wheat section of the Pacific nofthwest where, until last year, crop failures were practi cally unknown. The failure last sea son, with plenty of rain and a record crop promised early In the summer things looked brighter until harvest commenced when it was found that smut had developed to the extent of a 3 Oper cent loss in many of the best sections. This percentage of loss, taken from tho present low price, struck tho fanners a body blow and there is much discourage ment. Mr. Langdon found a good demand for the Calkins machine before har vest, tho only obstacle In the way of a big business being the general scarcity of money among the farm ers. Since harvest stalled, however, and smut conditions have been care fully observed and compared it has been, found, he says, that the cop per carbonate dry treatment, for which the machine is designed, showed but a small per centage lesH smut than did fields on which the old bluestono wel treatment bad been used. Tho copper carbonate treated seed developed about. 10 per cent smut while seed treated by the old bluestono method showed about 14 per cent, the difference being so small that runners were not encour aged to make the necessary invest ment a dry treating machine re quires. Mr. Langdon says the farmers in that country are In earnest In their efforts to get a fair price for their product and one encouraging thing he noticed was that tho big wheat f aminos of means are disposed to take the lead and put up the money necessary to get their neighbors or ganized into some sort of action that will give them more control over prices and marketing conditions. W. L. Matlock, and Mrs. Matlock, who run a dairy farm near lone, expect to leave for John Day this f ...I II... I ,.,.1, nrlll morning wnr mis. ivitiuun. win probably remain for a while under medlcHl treatment. FROM THE EACTOBY ROLL TOOT. OWM WITH taiAVUMX msh IS OF I MEMBERSHIP DRIVES LAUNCH ED IN ELEVEN STATES Sixty-Five Per Cent of Wheat Hals crs to Re Signed Before Con tract Holds Membership campaigns of co-oper ative wheat growers' associations in eleven producing states are Immedia tely to be consolidated into a country wide dri' under a national organiza tion committee, according to announ cement by the American Wheat Growers' Associated, Incorporated, sales agency for the state organiza tions, A national advisory committeo to include representatives from hanking, business and professional organizations is being formed to as sist in conducting the campaign. Tho new method is designed to facilitate the signing of wheat for marketing by tho farmers' coopera tive agency, and has a definite goal of two-thirdH of the American pro duction, according to George C. Jew eft, general manager of tho American Wheat Growers' Associated, Inc. The change in membership work will not disturb the operation of any of the state associations, the marketing structure continuing to handle tho pooled wheat on a basis of Btate or ganizations selling through a com mon marketing agency. "Tho new method of securing members and an intensified cam paign Is made necessary by tho pres ent low levels in tho wheat market," said Mr. Jewett. "Farmers havo reached tho breaking point. They cannot contlnuo to produco wheat, they cannot even contlnuo to live on their land .unless they can obtain a better return for their products. "No olid can criticize the progress which cooperative wheat marketing has made under state direction. Growth from 1,000,000 bushels to over 50,000,000bushels in threo years is a remarkable record for a new undertaking. Hut tin) time has cunie when American wheatgrowern must net en masse to correct their markets, or quit In a body." An amended membership contract will be used, providing for tho mar keting of the entire crop produced by the member 'through the cooperative organization, but with a restriction. ugUnst it. becoming effective until two thirds of the total production In eleven chief wheat growing states Is signed up. The campaign will bo put under way immediately In all ot the states where marketing organiza tions have been formed, with tho possible exception of two where tho membership already approaches tho two thirds goal which has been set by the national organization. In theso states the membership work will bo intensified, but may bo continued ou the former state-unit basis. William J. lirown, president of the American Wheat. Growers Asso ciated, Inc., haH completed a tour of the northwest making final arrange nienls for the membership drive. A tryout campaign, instituted a few weeks ago in Columbia county, Washington, to determine tho recep tion of the new contract by wheat growers, resulted in tho shining of more than 80 per cent or the grain produced In that county. "Whenever tho organized farmers control fi.r per cent of the produc tion of tho country,." Mr. Ilrown pointed out, "and aro financed to hold that percentage for a fuir price, they will get It, for the country will havo to havs it. That Is the under lying principle upon which wo are working." . COOLIIHiM MAKING GOOD "Well," Bald Mine Host J. D. Fisher of the Heppiy-r Hotel, Friday afternoon while trying to keep cool by reading the political news from Washington, D. C, "I read yester day that our new president, Mr. Coolidge, has announced that ho in going to reduce expenses of govern ment and save a lot of money for the taxpayers and now today I sen where be is making good, right off the reel. He went without his breakfast yesterday morning. W. J. Gooding, a prominent sheep1 man of Uolse, Is here on a bushiest! trip.