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VOLUME X
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1923
NUMBER 23
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GATE RECEIPTS DOUBLE THOSE
OP LAST YEAR
More Bad Horses, More Good Riders
Add to Tliriills of the
Occasion
Heppner's second Rodeo, which
closed last Saturday evening was one
of the greatest successes in its line
evftr staged in Heppner or in any
other town of its size in the Pacific
Northwest.
For three days and nights the
town was thronged with visitors all
intent on a play period when har
vest work and wheat prices and
other business cares could be laid
aside and, for the time, forgotten.
Hotels and rooming houses were
filled to capacity Thursday night and
by Saturday night every available
bed in town was in demand while
many m,en snatched a wink or two
in hotel lobbies and other odd
places.
Everybody got the spirit and dig
nified business men as well as cow
boys and youths helped enliven tha
Scene attired in shirts and kerchiefs
of many hues and hats approaching
the wash tub size.
It was a happy crowd happy and
good natured and there was no dis
order. Everybody was out for a
rood time and if anyone failed to
have it they have not so reported.
The daily programs showed much
improvement over last year, there be
ing more bad horses and more good
riders this year than at the initial
meeting. Some 15 head of hard
buckers that have made enviable rec
ords at the big Pendleton show were
on the job and only the fact- that the
local riders were in much better
form than a year ago saved them
from many falls.
The daily programs included horse
races, calf roping, steer roping, bull
riding, mule riding and bucking con
tests and the thrills were continu
ous. In the finals Saturday afternoon
Albert Peterson's relay string took
fiirst place; Tony Vey won the sceer
roping and tying contest with a rec
ord of 26 seconds and Ben Juray took
second place with a 30-second per
formance. Those who qualified in the buck
ing contest for the Saturday finals
were Herb French on Paul H., Emery
Moore on Whiskey Gulch, Lloyd Mat
teson on In Ke Nap, Dolph Brown
on Canyon City, Ed Caufield on
Baldy Hunt, R. Wilson on Desola
tion and Jack Tjerry on Carrie Na
tion. French, a Butter creek boy made
a good ride but was thrown after
the gun and received a wrenched
knee, and Moore, also a youngster
1 from Butter creek, rode well but
was bumped off after the gun shot.
Wilson and Matteson also showed
good form but failed to get there for
the honors and the j udges decision
went to Terry of Heppner, first;
Caufield of Battle Ground, Wash.,
second; browa of Heppner, third.
Brown had bad luck on Friday
when hiB horse after some hard buck
ing, turned a complete somersault,
going directly over his rider. Brown
received a bad muscle strain in his
Yearling Rambouillct Rams
We have icoo head of the finest yearling Ram
bouillet rams
FOR 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. o. 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
DEXTER WINS DECISIO.V
IN SIX-ROUND MATCH
Jake Dexter, Hjeppner's favorite
son in the roped arena, won the de
cision in a lively six-round match
with "Moose" Norbeck at the carni
val grounds Saturday evening after
flooring his man half a dozen times.
Jake, who has been in training at
Portland for several months where
he is bille das "the Heppner Giant,"
is a husky lad and Norbeck;, who fol
lows the business as a profession is
no slouch. A big crowd of fans
took in the fight and standing room
in and around the tent was at a
premium.
THREE CHURCHES HOLD
GET-TOGETHER SERVICE
Rev. E. A. Palmer, pastor of the
Christian church at Lexington, was
the principal speaker at an all-day
church service at the First Christian
church here last Sunday, the occasion
being a get-together meeting of the
Christian churches of , Heppner
Lexington and lone. The services
lasted all day with a splendid din
ner served in the church dining room
at noon.
This was the first of a series of
such meetings which will be held
regularly in the future. The next
will be at Lexington in December
with one to follow at lone in March.
left thigh and was lame Saturday
but the kid was game to ride and
take third place.
The occasion was marred by sev
eral accidents as must happen when
cayuses and cowboys mingle too
freely. Eddie Sheridan, who waB go
ing strong in the roping contests,
made a bad step in dismounting after
throwing his steer and broTce his left j
leg near the ankle. Linn Hale tried j
to ride the big- brindle bull with a
saddle and when the cinch busted he
got a bad fall and a broken arm.
Buck Lieuallen has a broken jaw to
remind him of howNhe got it when ;
his bronc fell, and Herb French, who i
made the finals, is on crutches with
a game knee received when Paul H.
parted company with him. j
The committee in charge of the !
meeting consisting of C. W. Mc-!
Namer, L. V. Gentry and C. H. Lat
ourell are entitled to all the praise
the community can give them for
their hard work in making the Ro
deo the success it is.
Last year, with the same commit
tee in charge and without a dollar
to start with it was only a tryout.
This year they have expended sev-,
eral hundred dollars on the track 1
and new stables and fencing and
with the gate receipts more than
double those of last year the Rodeo
may now be considered a permanent
institution in Heppner and one that
like Pendleton's . wonderful show,
though on a smaller scale, will con
tinue to be better and better every
season as the y(ears go by.
There were all kinds of carnival
attractions at the old fair grounds
and dances under the supervision of
the cotamittee, were given each eve-
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ning in the pavilion. The Dalles
band was present and furnished fins
music day and night.
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HEPPNER SHOW IS HELD
SECOND BEST IN STATE
"Heppner Rodeo is without doubt
the bead wild west exhibition in Ore
gon with the alnclp AyopnHnn nf the
Pendleton Round-Up,
remarked W. '
E. Bell to a representative of the
Herald Monday. Mr. Bell is the new
proprietor of Hotel Heppner and re-
cently came here from Eugene.
Mr. Bell has visited similar shows
at different places in western and
southern Oregon and he says they
simply are not in the same class with
the Heppner exhibition.
"They have not the horses nor the
riders over in that country," Mr. '
Bell continued, "that you have here, j
It is not a stock country and never
has been in the sense that this has
been and still is and attempts to put
on such a show as we had here last
week are quite futile."
Mr. Bell also complimented the
crowd of visitors. His hotel wa3
crowded to the limit all week even
the, lobby chairs being occupied every
night but he declares he never saw
a better natured or better behavea
crowd anywhere. "Everybody was
out for a good time," Mr. Bell said,
"but there was no disorder nor
'roughneck' stuff. Heppner should
he proud of her Rodeo," he conclud
ed. POPULAR HEPPNER GIRL
WEDDED SUNDAY
Miss Doris May Mahoney, charm
ing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Mahoney. became the bride of Mr.
Archie C. Ball at a quiet wedding at
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the Mahoney residence at 8 o'click
Sunday morning at which only im
mediate relatives and a few intimate
friends of the bride were present.
Rev. W. O. Livingstone, pastor of
the Fir3t. Christian church of Hepp
ner, performed the ceremony.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served after which the
happy young couple departed in their
car for Seattle and other points to
me west -
most of the winter.
The bride, who was a student at
O. A. C. the past two or three years,
is a most charming and capable
young lady and has a host of friends
wherever known, all of , whom will
unite in wishing her all 'the good
things of this life. Thd groom, a son
of Mrs. Mary E. Ball, of lone, is a
young man of sterling qualities and
highly respected by everybody. He
has been engaged in farming near
lone but may decide to engage in
some other calling in the future.
FORD SALES AGGREGATE
1,212,553 CARS IN 8 MONTHS
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 30. August
closed the summer season for the
Ford Motor Company with sales of
161,567 cars and trucks, 39,608
more than were delivered at retail
during the same month last year, it
is just announced.
The remarkable increases which
have characterized Ford sales so far
this year, bringing them to a total
of 1,212,553 for the eight months
up to September 1, promise to main-
tain the same nronortiona durine- the
fall season.
At least, this is indicated by the
number of orders on hand at the
first of the present month. The new
type Ford cars, now in the hands of
practically all dealers in the coun
try, are attracting widespread atten
tion. The tendency toward enclosed car
buying is growing more noticeable
and in this connection the four-door
Ford sedan is gaining in popularity
as the family car. This sedan has
enjoyed a lively demand ever since
its introduction and now, with im
provements which have come as a
result of the higher radiator, it is
more attractive in appearance than
ever before. The Ford coupe, which
U new in design and with many re
finements, la enjoying unusual popu
larity! Business and agricultural interests
continue to make increasing demands
for Ford trucks and sales for Au
gust reached a total of 17,441, a
gain of 5,147 over August, 1922.
C harge of Date
The date of the basket supper and
dance at Cecil which has been ad
vertised as October 5th has been
changed to October 13th because oi
LOST IN IHE MOUNTAINS
MEN SUFFER HARDSHIP
(By S. R. Woods.)
"Man lost in the mountains" was
the alarm sent over this district
twice this week.
John Boyd, who
was herding sheep on Jones Prairie,
became turned around in the brush
and got separated from his sheep
and wandered all night. About day
light he arrived at the French sheep
camp on Matlock Prairie. From there
he was directed by Charles Meyers
but again missed the camp. A search
ing party was sent out and the lost
man found and) returned to his camp,
All of the sheep were found.
e. M. Eheler and a party of hunt-
ers were camped on Taylor Creek.
Mr. Eheler wounded a deer and while
trailing it darkness came on and he
lost his bearings. It was cloudy and
later in the night began to sprinkle
rain and he was unable to right
himself. The first night he built a
fire and layed out) on Matlock. Mon
day night he put up at L. V. Gentry's
sheep camp near Buckaroo Flat.
From there he was directed by Mr.
Foster and started on tle twenty
mile walk back to his camp. He
walked nearly all day in the rain
and arrived at Ellis Ranger station
during the afternoon. He had no
fcoat and went nearly thirty hours
without eats. In the meantime the
alarm had been sent out and the en
tire country was being searched.
A heavy rain has been falling
throughout this section of the moun
tains since Monday night. All look-
outs and smokechasers are heing let
C M .. , ! w,.. , nrni.lT
off or put on improvement work.
Pierce Recall Not Popular Hjere
So far as known no petitions for
the proposed recall of Governor
Pierce have been received, in Morrow
county and judging from expressions
of eituns of all shades of political
belief the movement is not popular
here. Men who worked and voted
against Pierce last year say flatly
that they will not sign the recall pe-
lui ,f it ig circulated here, bellev-
ing that any man who was elected
by the big majority Mr. Pierce was
is entitled to more of a chance to
make good than the recallers are
willing to give him.
The fact that the real backers of
the movement are being kept under
cover makes many voters hesitate
and the Impression is gaining ground
that the Ku Klux Klan is the Invisi
ble power behind the movement.
Trouble in Oklahoma Expected Today
Trouble is expected in Oklahoma
today as the result of an attempt to
hold an election by opponents of
Governor Walton who has been en-
' gaged in a spectacular fight with the
Ku Klux Klan for several months.
The governor has put the state un
dysr martial law and has issued a
proclamation forbidding the election
and has called out 75,000 state
troops to enforce his ultimatum.
L. A. Hunt Gets Bigger Job
L. A. Hunt, former county agent
here and for a couple of years man
ager of the Oregon Haygrowers as
sociation, was last Saturday chosen
as manager of the Northwest Hay
growers association at Yakima. Un
der Mr. Hunt's management the hay
men are building up a strong or
ganisation and better prices for
that commodity are being shown.
a conflicting date at lone. The af
fair Is being given by the Cecil Red
Cross for the benefit of the Japanese
Relief Fund and everybody in the
county Is urged to remember
changed date and be present.
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FRIENDS OP PROSPECTIVE
BRIDE GIVE SURPR1SV.
Young lady friends of Miss Doris
Mahoney, whose marriage to Mr.
Archie Ball took place last Sunday,
gave the prospective bride a pleas
ant surprise atj the) home of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Moore last Wednesday
evening when a miscellaneous shower
party was given. A large number
of Miss Mahonjey's girl and young
matron friends were present and a
most delightful evening was passed.
Many beautiful and useful presents
were literally "showered" on the
bride-to-be and joy reigned supreme.
Mr. Moore was banished from his
home at an early hour and took
refuge at the Elks' club and the la
dies had no one to interfere with their
entertainment.
LONE ROCK FOLK WANT
BETTER ROAD THIS WAY
Andrew Nel, one of the ioneer
residents of the Lone Rock country
was here last week taking in the
Rodeo which he declared was
whopping good show.
Incidentally Mr eel and other
Lone Rockers visited the county
court Saturday morning and had a
talk with them about improving the
Rock creek grade on the Heppner
Lone Rock road and making it pos
sible for the people of that section
to come to Heppner to trade. The
road washed out during a big cloud
burst last year and Is practically iin
passible. Mr. Neel says Heppner is
losing a lot of business because of
the road trouble and that if the road
is improved that trade will all come
this way.
The Parade
.A street parad,e was the forenoon
feature of the Rodeo celebration
Friday and Saturday and about 100
mounted cowboys and cow girls were
in line. The line was headed by The
Dalles band, followed by Queen Ev:
and her retinue heading the big hat
ted brigade.
Floats were not numerous this
year but Chief Curran and his big
red fire truck were on the job with
Ita siren adding to the joyful din.
An old fashioned dance was staged
on one float by local people showing
how the old quadrilles and reels wore
danced in the good, old days when
Heppner was a real cow town.
feature of this float was three gen
erations of one family among the
lady dancers: Mrs. F. D. Cox, her
daughter and her granddaughter.
Patron Teachers' Association
The regular meeting of the Patron
Teachers' association will be held In
the High School auditorium Tues
day. October 9, 1923, at 3 o'clock.
A short program will be given con
sisting of a number by the fifth
grade, reading by Miss Christ, vocal
solo by Miss Davles followed by a
general discussion of the activities
and scope of the association for the
ensuing year.
Tills Is a very important business
meeting and all parents and patrons
are especially urged to be present on
time bo all buHiness may be finished
at an early hour.
MRS. C. E. WOODSON,
President.
MRS. OPAL E. CLARK,
Secretary.
WE CANT
GIVE MEAT AWAY;
THAT'S FOOLISHNESS
WE CAN AND DO SELL
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BEST QUALITY MEAT
at
Bcd-Rock Prices. That's Business
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FEED WHEAT TO STOCK
S ADVICE OF EXPERTS'
CHEAPER FEED THAN COR!!
AT PRESENT PIUCES
Experiments Prove Hogs and Lambs
Gaih Rapidly on Wheat
Ration
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(Country Gentleman) n
A canvass of nineteen states re
veals interesting and important news
regarding wheat as a feed for live
stock. Feeding authorities of agri
cultural colleges and state boards of
agriculture, county agents and ex
perienced farmers all were consulted.
The investigation brings out these
high points:
If properly; fed, wheat is an excel
lent substitute for corn as a feed for
livestock.
Its use as feed is recommended
when its price is below or compar
able with corn or wherever it is more
available than corn.
The surplus and the low price of
wheat, together with the threatened
scarcity of corn, are causing more
farmers to 'feed wheat this year than
probably evpr before.
Out of all those questioned in the
nineteen states there was but one
dissenting voice to the economic ad
vantage of fjeedlng wheat under the
conditions that now prevail.
Wheat often has been fed to live
stock in the past, especially in the
Intermountain and Northwest Coast
states, and abundant tests have
proved its feeding value. But usu
ally it has been considered a human
food. This attitude toward wheat
has limited its use and made it rank
below various farm products in gross
total, for agriculture Is basically a
Job of feeding .livestock rather than
humans. More than three-quarters
of all farm crops are fed to live
stock. However, the slump In wheat
prices has brought it to the attention
of all farmorB as a substitute feed to
piece out a corn crop which is high
In price and none too groat In vol
ume. The, view expressed by G. A.
Williams, of Monticello, Indiana, Is
typical :
"We farmers have a largo crop! of
hogs but many of us haven't an oar
of old corn left In our cribs. On the
farm wheat and corn are each selling
at the same price at this point. I
have been growing wheat for years
and have never until now seen the)
time when it waB more profitable to
food wheat than corn. But I, like
thousands of other farmers, expect
to feed the bulk of my wheat crop
this year. It's one way of reducing
the surplus."
What Is the actual fending value
of wheat, as compared with other
grain In more customary use as live
stock Teed? Ifow should It. be fed?
"Without doubt wheat Ib a cheaper
feed when the price Is at a parity
with or below that of corn. Farmers
generally have had satiflfactory re
sults from feeding wheat and find
that 1BS tankage or other protein
supplement is required when corn is
fed," iB tho opinion of Dr. H. I. Wa
ters, editor of The Weeldy Kansas
City Star, and ono of tfye leading au
thorities on livestock feeding In the
Middle West. Bearing out hiB state
ment are the results nf tests at Mls
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