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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 : VOLUME X HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1923 NUMBER 27 0 0 BRINGS ill F. M. LOVGREN DEFENDANT IN WHEAT CONTRACT CASE Similar Suits to Be filed in This and Other Counties Say Officials Portland, Ore., Oct. 30. F. M. Lovegren of Hcppner and P. L. Schamel of Grass Valley were made defendants in suits brought in the Circuit courts of Morrow and Sher man counties last week by the Ore gon Co-operative Grain Growers, for , alleged violation of their marketing .ontract with the association. These men are members of the state-wide co-operative wheat mar keting association and the contract provides a penalty of 25 cents per bushel for all wheat disposed of by members to outside interests, and the suits instituted are for this sum to gether with court costs, attorneys fees, etc. The association directors have announced their intention to file sim ilar suits in the near future against other violators. Cases of Buita involving similar violations have recently been decided in favor of the Washington Wheat Growers associattion by the lower courts, and upheld by the Supreme court, id the state of Washington. HALLOWEEN NOTICE We wish to call attention that the city council does not desire to place any restriction upon any reasonable or lawful enjoyment or to interfere with anyone enjoying themselves on Halloween; but the council is not unmindful of the fact that heretofore it has been the custom of some on H(allo.ween, without regards for the lives or rights of others, to place ob structions upon the sidewalks and streets and to maliciously destroy property of others. The council in sists that any person or persons plac ing obstructions upon the sidewalks or streets or destroying or molesting the property of others shall be ar rested and prosecuted, and we re quest that the citizens arrest or re port, and instruct the Marshal to ar rest and prosecute all persons ob structing the sidewalks or streets or destroying or molesting the property of others. Dated this 25th day of October, 1923. CITY COUNCIL, 27-lt By E. G. Noble, Mayor. Albert Cox, formerly with the Morrow County Creamery Co., has been appointed office deputy in Sher iff McDuffee's office taking the place made vacant by the resignation of Mrs. Vivian Kane. STAR " Special Return j Engagement of i Bi Metropolitan Players Presenting one of their feature plays, "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" IN FOUR ACTS SPECUL SCENIC EFFECTS ) ! SEE THE REAL WATER FALL AND THE BIG PINE Read the Hook! Hear the Song! See the Play! Children 30c - - - .... Adult 73c Sheriff McDuffee Returns With Prisoner Sheriff George McDuffee returned from Vancouver, Washington, Wed nesday evening bringing with him Alvin Strait, who was wanted here on a charge of resisting an officer and making an assault with a deadly weapon. He was arrested near Van couver some time ago and held for the officers here until extradition proceedings could be completed. Strait is the man who is alleged to have engaged in a gun fight with Paul McDuffee and Tom Chidsey last summer when the officers made a raid on a moonshine plant in the Juniper canyon country. Several shots were exchanged without effect other than that young McDuffee re ceived a small fragment of lead in his face from a bullet that struck a rock at his feet. 75 PER GENT OF ALFALFA (C. E. Spence, Market Agent, 723 Court House, Portland.) Washington has put its co-operative hay association over and has 75 per cent of the alfalfa hay signed up to be handled through pool selling. This hay organization will fi nance through the Intermedate Credit Bank. The same movement is now under way in Oregon and there is little doubt, say the promo ters, but) what it will go over easily, when there will be co-operation of the two state associations and 75 per cent of the hay grown in the north west will he committed to a definite selling plan. When Oregon's 7 5 per cent is signed up joint price fixing and selling will be worked out. This is a demonstration of farmers oper ating their own business,, rather than letting the brokers run it for them. It can be applied to almost any prod uct grown in sufficient quantities to warrant an organization. A few years ago the poultrymen of Oregon shipped their eggs to tiie different commission houses and packing concerns and asked, "How much will you give?1' Today the poultrymen have a strong co-operative association which fixes the price on the eggs and the dealers have to meet it. Further, the deal ers consider the price of the Co operative association in quoting prices to those who are not members of the organization. The association fixes the egg price of Oregon'. Industrial prices are abnormally high and agricultural prices abnor mality low. This puts the farmer in a tight hole and it would seem that through group action lies his only hope in adjusting these conditions. The cotton growers, tobacco raisers (Continued on Page Five) IBBBI III THEATRE T -j Thursday NOV. 1 a FURNISHING WHEAT 10 PLAN ADVANCED FOR RELIEVING FARMERS OF NATION President Said to Be Interested In Proposal of Bankers, Grain Deal ers and Land Owners The Oregonian News Bureau, Washington, D. C, Oct. 25. Presi dent Coolidge and his secretary of agriculture, Henry C. Wallace, both listened attentatively today to a pro posal of northwestern and central western bankers, grain dealers ana farm land owners for relieving the crisis in the grain belt through the sale of 50,000,000 bushels of wheat to Germany. The details of the proposal are all a part of what is known as the Gould plan, the author of which is W. E. Gould of Kankakee, 111., a banker, who also is heavily inter ested in, farm lands. Mr. Gould was a member of the party, which also included Charles E. Lewis, grain and general brokerage business, Minne apolis; George E. Macy, president of the Armour Grain company, Chicago, and George A. Roberts, Omaha grain dealer and also owner of extensive farm acreage, Hifrh Duty on Wheat Asked As the first step, the Gould plan as presented today calls for an in crease la the duty on wheat to pro vide an absolute bar to grain im ports from Canada. The delegation asserted the opinion that the gov ernment could, through the war fi nance corporation, finance the ship ment of 50,000,000 bushels of wheat to Germany by the purchase of drafts on wheat shipments sent to that country without recourse on the wheat shipper. In order to equalize the benefits of the plan, the wheat to be exported would be drawn as follows: Duram wheat, ld,000,000 bushels; Pacific coast wheat, 10,000,000 bush els; east of the Rockies, 30,000,000 bushels. One-third of all the wheat would be in the form of flour, all of the wheat to be American grown and all the flour American milled. Shipment would be made'partly in United States shipping board ships and part in German bottoms. Arguments Are Advanced It was urged that the execution of the plan would bring widespread prosperity to this country in more ways than merely helping the grower of wheat, and that the aid given to Germany would serve to stabilize that nation in such a way as to strengthen its credit and assure repayment when possible. It is un derstood that ex-Chancellor Cuno, who sailed for Germany a few dars ago from New York, carried an out line of the Gould plan back home to be communicated to persons high in the government. It is also known that some of the proponents of the plan have been in touch by radio in the last day or two with Dr. Otto Weifeldt, the Ger man ambassador, who is now on the sea returning to the United States from a visit, to his home government. Friends of the plan assert that the Stressman government will jump at it, which would assure Germany of the food so) much needed, undernour ishment now being the chief cause, it is said, of the nationwide uprisings. The president and his minister of agriculture are known to have ex pressed the keenest interest in the proposal, and it is uflde.'stood that members of the delegation who pre sented the plan here will be in New York to confer with the German ambassador when he makes his landing there a few days hence. Statement Given Out In a statement prepared by the committee several propositions were set forth as arguing the advisabil ity and advantages of the scheme, among them being the following: Such an arrangement will make the wheat farmer prosperous; In crease the price of other grains and livestock; the farmers' prosperity will be reflected in the gener' prosperity; increased income tax re celved on account of added prosper ity would more than pay the govern ment back the money expended o the wheat, to say nothing of Ger man repayment In time. Selling the wheat to Germany, th" PARENT-TEACHERS' JOB SCATTERING OF PURPOSE HELD MENACE TO EFFICIENCY Parents in Home, Teachers in School Must Join Forces to Save Nation Medford, Oct. 24. In her keynote address at the opening of tho state Parent-Teachers convention here last night Mrs. J. F. Hill, president, urged the members to stick to their jobs, "which is child welfare," and not be led to activities, with which their organization has nothing to do. "There may be strength in num bers," said Mrs. Hill, and we have grown in the past year from an or ganization of 4000 to an organization of 12,000 but numbers alone cannot suffice. We must know our resources and our limitations, and we must have intelligent leadership or there is danger of deterioration. Two factors alone, said the speak er, can save this nation from the dan gers besetting it, the parent in the home, setting the highest example of moral conduct, and the teacher in the school fixing this example into the mind and nature of the child. Over 300 delegates are attending the convention from all parts of the state. MASONS TO HAVE CLUB HOUSE AT V. OF O. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oct. 27. A club house for faculty and student members f the Masonic or der at the University of Oregon will b,e tinder construction near the campus soon. Funds for the club house have already been provided by the grand lodge of the state and a building site for the structure has bene purchased by the Eugene lodge. Four years ago a movement was started for the construction of a club house when Masons on the campus formed the Craftmen's club. These men conceived the idea of asking for the support of the state grand lodge in furthering their plans. As a result, $15,000 was appropriated for the building, $2,500 for furnish ings and $3,000 for maintenance. The main features of the club house will be a large, well furnished lounging room ,and a reading room in which It is hoped to build up one of the largest Masonic libraries in the state. A living room, a kitchen, a dining room and office rooms for the club officers will be provided. The structure will probably be cgn structed of brick or stucco. statement argues, would not affect the world market, because otherwise the German population will subsist on coarse grains and potatoes, having no money to buy wheat. Also it was contended that such a move would save Germany from bolshevlsm, ar resting the present menace to civili zation, and as a charitable act such a transaction would be a parity with the sending of $20,000,000 of corn to Russia and $10,000,000 of cash to Japan. Good Feeling Asset When Germany comes back eco nomically, he delegation contended, the United States should have first call on that country's trade by reaHon of the good feeling thus created. If the war finance corporation has not the power now to finance the 'ship ments, the president was urged to call an extra session of congress to provide the authority. ROfi. TOOT. jww wrra mi la auxx tJTXX EACT99Y h ii Farmers Seed Injured Man's Crops Arthur Gemmell, who was very se riously injured when his team ran awajl some two weeks ago, is out of the hospital and was around town Saturday shaking hands with his friends. Mr. Gemmell suffered a fractured skull and many other in juries and counts himself fortunate to have recovered so quickly. Last Sunday morning eight of Mr. Gemmell's neighbors went to his farm with teams and implements and seeded his 130-acre field to wheat just to show that they are neighbors. Morrow county people can't bo beat in the wide world for such acts when ever the occasion arises. HEPPNER TEAM WINS FROM 101 ELEVEN 27-6 One of the most important football games of the season was played last Saturday When Ione's team met the husky Heppner teven. The crowd was not as large as that in attendance at the Arlington-Heppner game last Saturday but the feeling was very keen and Heppner backers were ex ceptionally peppy. The game began promptly at 2 o'clock, with both teams on their me tal. Mr. Griggs, the Boardman coach held the position of referee while Walter Lynn of lone was um pire. Ed Chidsey was head lineman. lone received the kick off and Im mediately started off after a touch down. They found it a very difficult task to plow through Heppner'B sturdy line and only after much hard work and se-sawing back and forth were they able to make it. They didn't kick goal, so they scored only 6. Heppner now woko up and decided that that was all the scoring lone was going to do but not all they were going to have. They proceeded to run It up to the touchdown line but on account of a dispute over time their touchdown did not count. The same thing happened again in the second quarter. Heppner got the ball over the touchdown line but it did not scoro because lone claimed they didn't make it. Nobody can down old H. H. S. when her fight is up and lone soon discovered this. She again made a touchdown and when it came time to kick goal she received another point becuuse lone was off sldn. In the second half Heppner easily made three more touchdowns, de spite the severe penalizing she under went. The score at the end was 2 7-6 in lieppner's favor. This was Ione's first defeat this year. Heppner's good work in this game encourages the men for the Mg combat of tho year, tho Lexington game, which will come off November 10 at Lexington. This will be the hardest game to win and It Is hoped that as many IIoppnerit.es as possible will go down and back the team. Lex ington always sends a large delega tion out with her team and backs It to the limit. Heppner can do the same thing if she cares to. Let's see your jiep and fight. THANKS ! ffE TAKE this space to thnnk tht public for their hearty support t'':e past nine mtnths we have keen in business. Such support has en abled us to hammer prices do" n and place tur products within reach of all. If'e are plating new us'.mers every day. Tell your friends. IVe thank you! iii'iii IM COMMISSION w. g. Mccarty, c. b. cox and LEE PADUKRG CHOfiN Budget Can Now lie Approved, Tax Levifrf and Collected as Usual Judge W. T. Campbell and Com missioner L. J. Davidson returned from Salem Thursday evening where they1 went to interview Governor Pierce about tho plight of Morrow county as regards the tax conserva tion commission. The new law passed at tho last leg islative session provided that the governor shall appoint three men in, each county who should be final ar biters on the .annual tax budget. As the last session was supposed to be wedded to the idea of tax reduc tion tho solons in their wisdom pro vided that these commissioners must serve without pay and after the mat ter was investigated in a tentative way following the enactment of the law it was found that the work will take some two or three months oC the commission's time each year. Governor Pierce some timd ago ap pointed W. F. Barnett, of Lexington. Ralph Thompson, of Heppnor and O. J. Blayden, of Boardman to the un coveted positions but because oC their private affairs taking up all oC their time these gentlemen all re spectfully but firmly declined the honor and as no volunteers stepped forward to take their places It be gan to look as though no tax levy could be legally made in this coun ty and that tho campaign cry of last year about reducing taxes 50 per cent would be multiplied by two and the entire troublesome business of paying taxes would be wiped out. Not believing such a radical change in the county's fiscal policy could be successfully put over right off the bat and without some prev ious training, the county court and commissioners cast about and finally found three men who without mucli enthusiasm agreed to serve for this year in order to help untanglo the snarl and tho mission of the officials to Salem last week was to submit these names to tho governor. After considering tho matter Governor Pierce agreed to accept the selec tions of the county court and Charlea B. Cox and W. G. McCarty, of Hepp ner, and Leo Padberg, of Iono re ceived tho appointment. Tills will straighten the mess out for this year and Mr. Taxpayer can continue, as of yore, to walk into tho sheriff's office, slum his heavy weazlo skin pouch down on the mahogany and boiler, "There's the money on tho bar." The new law is not very popular In this part of the state and the gen eral opinion seems to be that if tho next session don't repeal it that most, the people will always think they should. '1. A. Weinke, prominent attorney .f Condon and prosecuting atl.nief for 'lat district, was here last TiiUi'ft d:i on legal business. T. A. says Condon Is coming along and that genera! conditions as to peace anil harmony are, improving. THE CENTRAL MARKET G. B. SWAGGART, Prop.