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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1923)
Tuesday, September: 25, 1923 THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON PAGE THREE L E 10 START ORGANIZATION FOR CONTROL OF W HEAT PRICES AIM Wheat Men Claim 65 Per Cent of Crop Needed for Success With the (ending of the harvest pe riod preparations are being made in most wheat staites where marketing organizations now exist, to launch the gigantic campaign to secure control of two-thirds of the wheat raised in thee states. In several states the sign-up of members is proceeding at such a rapid pace that no special campaign will be needed. The re quired two-thirds control in those states will be secured in time for the 1924 crop. Wherever the plan for real con trol of the wheat supply has been mentioned the response is without exception enthusiastic. The most loyal members who have stuck to the co-operative marketing associations through thick and thin are especially pleased with this step. The respon sibility of all growers to th,e solu tion of the common problem is gen erally recognized. The two-third control contract will carry with it a rider which states specifically that the contract will not be binding unless 65 per cent of the wheat raised in the eltven states concerned is signed up under similar contracts. Every member of each association will be called on directly to carry tha drive to his local neigh borhood. The special feature of the new plan that will appeal strongly to ev pry wheat producer is the power given the marketing associations to fix the price of wheat at a figure that will net the grower cost of pro duction, plus a reasonable profit. The portion of the rider dealing with this is of special interest and reads as follows: "At the time that this agreement becomes effective and binding, or at such time thereafter as is considered advisable by the American, such American together with such other correlating associations, shall sit and act as a wheat price determination board, and it shall be its duty to fix and determine approximately the percentage of wheat in the nation available for export, and such per-1 centage controlled by the American shall be available for sale by the American for export use at the world's price of wheat. It shall thereupon be the further duty of such Wheat Price Determination board to fix and determine a fair selling price of the wheat of the na tion for domestic use and to fix the sale price of the portion thereof con trolled by the American and such correlating associations, based upon cost of production, a fair profit on the farmers' investment, labor costs, a fair wage for the farmer, deprecia tion, reserve, and any other proper and pertinent considerations. "After such determination, such Price Determination board may from time to time meet and make puch al terations or changes in its decisions and determinations in regard to such price and such percentage for export as in the determination of such Price Determination board, conditions war rant." An advistory committee represent ing leading commercial and financial interests in the Pacific northwest has already been appointed and will soon be called into consultation to map out the coming campaign. Other states are making similar progress. Montana has appointed an advisory committee composed of five of the leading bankers of the state, the president of the state retail mer chants association, four managers of large comnijercial companies and the governor of the state. The states of Washington and Oregon have been similarly fortunate in the personnel of its advisory com mittee. While the active advice and co-operation of this committee will be of invaluable assistance in ma'k ! ing the drive the success that now seems certain, the brunt of the drive j will fall squarely upon the shoulders I of every member of the association, i A more detailed statement will be ! made in an early issue of the Pro j ducer, and actual operations will be gin as soon as harvest and fall plow I ing are out of the way. The Pro 1 ducer. CECIL ij j ! Mrs. Hazel Logan of Four Mile was visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Farnsworth at Rhea siding on Sunday. The Misses A. C. and M. H. Lowe were Sunday callers in lone. Miss Minnie Reis of Arlington opened her school at Four Mile on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Dean of Four Miha were calling at Butterby Flats on Monday. George Henrflcsen of Strawberry ranch was a busy man on Tuesday, hauling a supply of wheat to his poultry farm from Cecil warehouse. Miss A. C. Hynd of Butterby Flats and Miss Mildred Henrikscn of Strawberry ranch were visitors at the Cecil school on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Knappenberg of Monument were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Farnsworth at Rhea siding on Wednesday. Mrs. R. V. Tyler of Rhea siding was visiting with Mrs. J. J. McEntire at Killarney on Wednesday. J. J. Is kept busy these days delivering cream from his Jersey cows. Mr. and Mrs. R. Turner of near lone were calling on Mrs. George A. Miller at Highview, near Cecil on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Fanshiers and friends of Four Mile made a short stay In Cecil on Thursday before leaving for Pendleton Round-up. Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Steuder ac companied by Miss Flossie Stender, all from Seldomseen ranch, left on Friday to take in the Round-up at Pendleton. George W. Wilson left Cecil on Thursday for Granite where he will assist Hynd Bros.' men in bringing sheep from their summer range to their lower ranches. Zenneth Logan of Boardman and Harold Ahalt of Cecil were doing business in Arlington on Saturday. B. Balcomb, the obliging postmas ter and storekeeper of Morgan, spared time on Sunday to call on the Cecil postmaster, storekeeper, etc., to talk over the leading topics of the day. Mrs. Earl Morgan of Broadacres near Cecil, was calling on Mrs. Esta i Bliuernfiend at Morgan on Sunday. I Mrs. J. E. Crabtree and children of Dothebe.ys Hall were calling on Mrs. H. J. fUrei'ter on Sunday. R. E. Duncan of Busy Bee ranch h i't on Monday for The Dallas with VISITORS at The Rodeo this week will find the ELKHORN The Best Place to Eat in lown Our meals are well cooked and nicely served and we assure the best attention to patrons. If you have not visited the New Elkhorn we in vite you to come in and look it over, not only the dining room but the kitchen and store room de partments. You will find everything strictly sanitary and inviting. Our prices are in keeping with general conditions. Elkhorn Restaurant a load of his famous Cecil honey. JR. E. has also gone into the Belgium hare business. Since introducing these Belgium harjes our Cecil jack rabbits are thinking of migrating to the- Boardman country. Miss Minnie H. Lowe of the High way House, Cecil, left on Tuesday for Portland en route to Monmouth Normal college where she will study for the coming term. F. Brown, of the Brown & Lowry feed warehouse of Heppner, was do ing business in the Cecil vicinity on Friday. A. E. Crowley of Stevenson, Wash ington, made a short stay in Cecil on Friday before leaving to join his family in Heppner. A. Henriksen of the Moore ranch spent Sunday with his son Oral and family, at Ewing. To all whom it may concern: Save a little honest to goodness, genuine cash and ba ready to hand over some dollars for the suffering Japanese. Cecil has been asked by the Red Cross to assist and we wish to do our part as usual. The chairman, Mrs. T. H. Lowe of Cecil, intends holding a basket social in Cecil hall as soon a convenient date can be fixed. Watch this column next week. Ev eryone is cordially invited and are asked to contribute baskets. If you can't fix a basket with a good lunch, why bring a live chicken and an axe the chairman will "demonstrate" fried chicken on short notice. No dummy baskets will be accepted. 0 W HEAT CROP IS BELOW LAST YEAR The government September crop report confirmed its previous esti mate of wheat production in the Uni ted States. This1 year's crop promises to be about 73 million bushels short of last year's figure, with an indicat ed yield of 789 million bushels. Both the winter wheat and spring suf fered materially in practically all sections of the country, with the ex cption of tht Pacific northwest, where crops generally have been sat isfactory. Montana is harvesting a large wheat crop. The state of Washington this year will produce a large crop, approxi mately 58 million bushels. Oregon's yield does not promise as well as earlier indications and will be in the neighborhood of 26 millions. Idaho, too, will reap a large crop of about 29 millions. Most of the Idaho wheat, however, is not shipped to the coast markets. Some of Montana's crop of 51 millions will com,e to the coast. The shortage of spring wheat in the middle western states, however, will draw the Montana crop eastward, with the probable result that an insignificant amount will move to coast markets. The domestic wheat requirements this year will be approximately 640 million bushels, leaving only 149 ' Are You Going to Build? Why Not Own Your Own Home? When Visiting the Rodeo Call and See Us r Lower Main Street NO MATTER WHETHER IT IS A HOUSE, BARN, SHED OR FENCE YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD, YOU WILL FIND IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO CONSULT WITH US ABOUT PRICES AND MA TERIALS. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU AND ARE SO SITUATED THAT WE CAN SERVE YOU RIGHT. MARTIN REID $ millions to be exported out of this year's crop. With a carryover only slightly above normal the total available for export is materially be low last year's figures. You Can See What You are Buying when you fill your tank from a Dayton Visible Gasoline Pump I have just installed one at my Repair Shop. Let me fill your tank next time. . R. FELL Chase Street !! 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