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VOLUME X
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1923
NUMBER 22
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SUIIS 1Y BE STARTED
TO ENFORCE
CONTRACT
MARKETING HEADS SAT ALL
MIST FARE ALIKE
Cooperation Mast Stand or Fall on
Enforcement of Wheat
Agreement
Three officials of the Oregon
Wheat Growers association were in
Heppner several days last week look
ing over the situation in this coun
ty and consulting with members of
the association regarding the en
forcement of the contract between
the farmers and the association con
cerning the marketing of members'
wheat through the association. This
officials here were Edgar L. Lud
wick, assistant secretary; Bert G.
Emerson, warehouse manager and
field representative, and Charles C.
Hindman, attorney for the associa
tion. In an interview with Mr. Hindman
a representative of the Herald learn
ed that but few cases have arisen in
this county where members have
shown a disposition to ignore their
contracts, they being mostly men
who were forced to sell a car or two
of wheat as soon as it was threshed
to get ready money with which to
pay harvest expenses. In most of
such cases, Mr. Hindman said, the
men were willing to pay their share
of operating expenses of the associa
tion on a pro rata basis of the
amount of wheat -sold on the outside
and in all such cases the association
is perfectly willing to settle pn that
basis, he said.;' .-- ; '
It is only in flagrant cases where
members have insisted on ignoring
their contract to the extent of sell
ing their entire crop and then refust
to do the right thing by the associa
tion that suits will be instituted, and
there are but few such cases here,
Mr. Hindman stated.
Last season there was a consid
erable amount of mortgaged wheat
sold on the outside and as validity
of the contract had not then been
tested in the courts, no prosecutions
were instituted but now that the
contract has been upheld in the
courts and its validity firmly estab
lished, no more flagrant violations
will be tolerated, he said.
Continuing, Mr. Hindman explain
ed that the obligations of each mem
ber to every other member is a sa
cred trust a.-d must be lived up to
strictly. Unless this rule is en
forced the cooperative movement is
doomed to failure.
The associatioon does not want to
be forced to bring suit against any
member, Mr. Hindman continued. We
do not want to work a hardship on
anybody but if we were to permit
one member, or several members to
ignore their contract we would be
permitting them to work a hardship
on every loyal member who is put
ting his wheat through according to
the contract, for the overhead costs
of operation will be large or small
in proportion to the amount of
wheat handled. If one member sells
his wheat on the outside and refuses
to pay his share of the operating ex
penses he increases the cost of such
operation to every loyal member.
The membership campaign which
will be put on In all wheat-producing
states now organized will be inaug
urated In this county at an early
date according to a statement made
by Mr. Emerson. The purpose of
this campaign is to Sign up at least
65 per cent of the wheat crop for the
1924 season. This will make it pos
sible for the association to fix the
price of wheat at a figure to cover
the cost of production with a reason
able profit added. A provision in
the new contract is that it will not
go into effect until at least 65 per
cent of the crop is signed up. Fur
her information about this campaign
will be found in another column of
this paper.
Yearling Rambouillet Rams
We have iooo head of the finest yearling Ram
bouillet rams
POR SALE
to be found in Oregon at the following reason
able prices:
CARLOAD LOTS, $20.00 A HEAD
SMALL LOTS, $25.00 A HEAD
f. 0. b. Madras, Oregon.
Call at Hay Creek Ranch and see this stock
Mail or wire orders will receive prompt attention
Baldwin Sheep Company
MADRAS, OREGON
EVERYTHING IS READY
FOR BIG, 3-DAY RODEO
TRY-OUT SUNDAY SHOWED MANY
HARD BUCKJERS
Visitors Already Arriving and a
Record Crowd Is Expected
This Week
Everything is ready for the big
Heppner Rodeo which will open next
Thursday for a three-day show. The
track has been improved and is now
one of the best quarter-mile courses
in the country. Substantial fencing
has been erected to keep the high
bucking broncs from invading the
grand stand and auto parkings and
comfortable stables have been built
for the horses.
The biggest crowd of visitors in
Heppner's history is confidently ex
pected by the management. The van-.,
guard is already arriving and big
sombreros and multi-colored shirts
are giving the old town a touch of
real, old-time western glamour.
Hotel Heppner and other lodging
places were well filled as early as
Sunday night and by Thursday and
Friday it is probable there will be a
demand for every spare bed in the
city.
A big crowd of visitors were at
the grounds Sunday afternoon to
see the final public tryout of va
qujpros and mustangs and if it was
action they were looking for nobody
went away disappointed. Experts in
these matters say that many of the
horses this year outclass those of last
year by a considerable margin when
it comes to general cussedness and
outlaw deviltry and it is certain that
the riders Sunday had no picnic.
Many of them pulled leather for1 dear
life only to be bumped off when the
grip gave way.
The Dalles band will be present
Friday and Saturday and will furnish
plenty of fine music during the day
and a select orchestra from the band
will play for the dances every night.
This band was here last year and it
needs no Introduction nor recom
dations.
There will also be the usual car
nival and concessions at the old fair
grounds on lower Main Btreet and
there will be something doing every
minute during the day and night.
Season tickets are now on sale in
town and the management urges ev
eryone that can to buy a season
ticket in advancp. The price is $2.50,
a saving of 50 cents over buying each
day.
FINE RAINS HELP
ROADS, RANGE, RODEO
Rairt commenced falling early this
morning and continued through the
forenoon. The moisture is hailed as
a blessing by everybody and will
prove a great benefit to the roads,
range and Rodeo.
IS
HELD FOR KIDNAPING
ALLEGED KLAN ACTIVITIES
AIRED IN COURT CASE
Frank Smith, Complainant, Says He
Was Abducted, Threatened
and Maltreated
P. P. Hassler, publisher of the
lone Independent, was a visitor in
j Heppnp r Monday.
Further light was thrown on the
case of Frank Smith, well known
Condon man and former resident of
Heppner, who was arrested by out
side! officers some time ago and ta
ken to a Pendleton jail on a charge
of having committed a felony by
"shooting up" the Ku Klux hall at
Condon, in a special dispatch to the
Oregonian from Condon in which the
following story is related:
"G. A. Chaney, former pastor of
the Condon Congregational church
and said to be a Ku Klux Klan lead
er here, was this afternoon bound
over to the grand jury, charged with
conspiracy to Ttidnap. The grand
jury meets in December. His bond
was fixed at $2500 by Justice of the
Peace Lucas. It was furnished with
Earl Myers, manager of the Pacific
Coast Elevator company, and M. O.
Clarke, a hardware man, as sureties.
L. E. Fry, a garage man, and Floyd
Dunlap, arrested on similar charges,
were each bound over under $1000
bonds. Their bondsmen were S. R.
Amis, Walter Grider, Elgin Myers
and C. Beverly. Homer D. Ang.ell of
the Portland law firm of Angell,
Fisher & Sabin represented Fry. The
other defendants were represented by
Barge Leonard, Portland ' attorney.
T. A. Weincke, district attorney, ap
peared for the state. All the accused
partes waived the preliminary hear
ing. The state presented no evidence,
hence the matter will not come up
again until December in grand jury
room.
Frank Smith Alleged Victim
"These cases followed the so-called
arrest; of Frank Smith September
1 at Clem by special state agents.
Smith was accused of "shooting up"
the klan hall here last July. State
agents named Henderson and Fry are
alleged to have taken Smith from
Clem to Arlington and held him in
jail there one hour. Then Chaney,
Henderson, Henderson's wife and an-
To know
hw flood a cigarette
really can be made
you must try a-
LUCCT
STRIKE
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other state officer took Smith to1
Pendleton, where he was kept in jail
15 hours, it is alleged. Smith was
arrested on complaint of Dunlap up
on a warrant issued by Justice of
the Peace Darling, directing that
Smith be brought before him at Con
don or before the nearest Justice in
Gilliam county. The warrant was
directed to any sheriff or any con
stable of Gilliam county, but was
given td Henderson to serve. Henry
Wilkins, Smith's employer, and Phil
Newman, a prominent sheepman,
posted a $500 bond for Smith and
Sheriff Montague went to Pendleton
and brought Smith back.
Abuse Is Alleged
"An affidavit filed by Smith de
clares he was beaten in the face with
a revolver in the hands of Hender
son, who threatened to kill him and
pointed a gun at him threateningly.
As the party1 crossed Gilliam county
line Smith said the officers told him
he would never see Gilliam county
again. The affidavit recites that
after reaching Pendleton Smith waa
given "third degree" every half hour
all night. He charges that Jinks
Taylor, Pendleton chief of police, was
present. Smith said the state officers
told him there would be a new sher
iff and a new district attorney for
Gillian county within 15 days.
Henderson, Henderson's wife and
John Doe, an unknown state agent,
are named in the warrant upon
which Charley Fry and Dunlap were
arrested, but they have not been ap
prehended. Smith claims that he
was taken forcibly from the county,
and this is the ground for the arrest
of the accused. The warrant was is
sued by Justice Darl eg and when
returned had no ceitl'ltate of serv
ice. That Smith was not at any
time taken before any justice is said
to be an additional ground for ac
cusation against Cr.auey, Fry, Dun
lap and thu others."
DEPUTY JACK GORHAM
ROUND-IT HAD STRONG ATTRAC
TION FOR PORTLAND MAN
When Auto Wouldn't Run He Just
Parked It and Kept
Going r
Many Heppner people attended the
Pendleton Round-up last week and
all report a great show and a record
breaking crowd. More than 37,000
visitors are said to have passed the
turnstilo Saturday afternoon.
D,eputy Sheriff J. F. Corham, of
Boardman, came.over Sunday to help
out t in the sheriff's office for tho
week, Sheriff McDuffee having been,
called out of town. While coming
down 'the highway near Boulder, Mr.
Gorham found a Chandler car stand
ing by tho roadside abandoned. The
driver had, evidently stopped to
change a tire and had, perhaps, had
trouble getting the engine started bo
he abandoned the car and departed.
Mr. Gorham called up tho sheriff's
office and gave the number of tho
car and it was found td be th,e prop
erty of a Portland man and had evi
dently been stolen. Gorham brought
the car to Heppner until the owner
can bo definitely located.
Later investigation showed tho
owner of the car had been on his way
to the Pendleton! Round-up and when,
the car refused to run he Just left
it and went on to Pendleton expect
ing to pick It up on his way back.
He called up from Arlington Monday
and will come out later and get his
car. The Round-up sure had a strong
attraction for that Portland man.
Former Heppner Resident Dies
James Keenly, well known ta
most of the oldetf residents of Hepp
ner, died at the coast last Wednes
day and was buried at Portland on
Saturday.
Heis survived ' by his widow who
was formerly Miss Elisabeth Mat
lock, a daughter of the late T. J.
Matlock of this county. Mr. Keeney
had boon in poor health for moro
than a year and his demise was not
unexpected.
WE CANT
3ut
GIVE MEAT AWAY;
THAT'S FOOLISHNESS
WE CAN AND DO SELL
BEST QUALITY MEAT
at
Bed-Rock Prices. That's Business
The Central Market
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