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VOLUME X HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1923 NUMBER 27
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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
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THEATRE T -j
Thursday NOV. 1
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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.
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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!
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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.