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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 OUT uro k it n r1 f la "10 VOLUME X HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1923 NUMBER 2S N. J. ESCAPED AN AVALANCHE FOUR REPRESENTATIVES OF WHEAT GROWERS Co-operatioti Success in Europe Senator Bookart of Iowa Reports SINNOTT VISITS WITH 1EET LOWDEN COM MITTEE IN CHICAGO, ILL ii iliLLiij WILL LEAVE IX FEW DAYS FOR FOR WASHXGTOX, D. C, TO COXTLXE WORK Hon. N. J. Sinnott, representative in congress from this district, was a visitor in Heppner last Wednesday leaving for his home in The Dalles Thursday morning. Mr. Sinnott had been at Pendleton attending a meeting of the Umatilla Rapids association on Monday and t ,'vhere he was one of the principal ' 'jeakers. He is recognized as one jf the most enthusiastic supporters of that important project and it wss through his efforts at Washington that funds were made available for starting the preliminary survey and investigation which is now in prog ress to determine the feasibility of the undertaking. Talking to a representative of the Herald while in Heppner Mr. Sinnott said th,e preliminary work now in progress under the direction of E. R. Crocker is progressing favorably and all indications are, according to the report made by Mr. Crocker at the Pendleton meeting, that the plan is feasible and the cost of irrigation when completed will be very low as compared with some other govern ment projects. About 30 men are now employed on the work and a diamond drill 13 being usfd to test the underlying rock strata to determine the sureness of the foundation for the dam. The drill is now down about 150 feet through solid rock and all evidence 4 EASTERN OREGON COUNTIES FORM HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE Upper Columbia Athletic League Arranges for Basketball and Track Events for Season Wasco, Or., Oct. 31. The public high schools of Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler and Morrow counties have recently been organized into what is known as the Unper Columbia Ath letic league. The football schedule for this season has been a good one for the nine schools participating.. The schools now playing are: Hepp ner, Lexington, lone, Boardman, Fos sil, Condon, Arlington, Moro and Wasco. The schools will play no less than 23 football games this season, and Inasmuch as each high school in the league is practically equal in num ber of pupils registered, the spirit of the contest is running high. Eleven games have been played to date and it appears as if lone, Lexington and Heppner schools have the three strongest teams. J. O. Russell, principal of Wasco, is the president of the new league; E. R. Cushman, principal of Fossil, js the secretary, and Wallacje Kel log, principal of Lexington, is the treasurer. The following is the standing of each school in the foot ball series: W. L. T. Lexington 3 0 0 Heppner 3 0 0 Wasco 1 1 1 Arlington 2 2 0 Condon - 12 0 Boardman . . 0 3 0 lone - 3 1 0 Fossil 0 2 0 Moro - 0 1 0 At the annual meeting of the rep resentatives of the schools enjoying membership in the upper Columbia athletic league a complete schedule for the basketball season was. plan ned and upon the invitation of J. Clifton Tucker, principal of lone, the second annual track and field meet was voted to ba held, the third Satur day in May at lone, Ore. The new league is governed by a well-thought-out constitution and by laws and under the present plan it appears that these schools are en joving athletic sports to an extent far more attractive than at any prev ious time in their history. Hi c ill sf - ' V i r1' ' i 1 ? Miss Retty Short of San Francisco, young American musician, who nar rowly escaped deatli when buried un der nn nvnlnnclie on Mount Jungfrnu which killed several other Americans. She is wearing the wig which re places her hair, lost In the terrible accident so far uncovered is favorable to the project. Mr. Sinnott, who has had more to do with favorable irrigation legisla tion for Oregon than any other man now in congress, is of the opinion that at this1 time it would be unwise to attempt to change the project from an irrigation project to an elec trical power scheme for the reason that congress is now fairly well edu cated to irrigation while power schemes would arouse opposition from the chronic kickers who are al ways watching for some western proj ect to oppose. Mr. Sinnott also visited the Mc Kay creek dam while in Umatilla county and found work going for ward there in good shape with about 180 men employed. Mr. Sinnott was not talking much politics on this trip but was putting in his time gathering information about the needs of his district that will be of use to him in the coming session of congress. ILL, DESPONDENT, JACK WOQDAHD ENDS HIS LIEE Charles (Jack) Woodard, son of John Woodard, pioneer of this coun ty and now resident of Hermiston, ended his life on October 9th near his homestead on the Idaho side of Snake river opposite Nyssa, Oregon, by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. He was 43 years old. Ill health is given as the supposed cause of the act of the unfortunate man, he having never fully recovered from an attack of influenza several yes.rs ago. Mr. Woodard had resided at Nyssa for a number of years where he was engaged In the sheep business until recently, when he sold his flock large ly because of the condition of his health. He had located a homestead on the Idaho side of Snake river some time ago and it was while visit ing the claim that he seems to have decided to end V. all. Taking his shotgun he went several miles across GOOD CIGARETTES GENUINE "BULL" DURHAM TOBACCO 5 By C. E. Spence, Market Agent, Smith W. Brookhart, republican U. S. senator from Iowa, who recent ly returned fro mEurope, where as a delegate from the Co-operative Loague of America, he attended the international co-operative congress, says that he believes that the co operative movement, rightly handled, can settle the unrest of the world. He says it is tho "only constructive idea that has survived th3 war," and that it is having wonderful growth and results in Europe. The senator states that the co-operatives absolutely dominate Poland; that the plans are so carefully and thoroughly worked out that the capi talists hav no place in them; that they have given up the fight to con trol products and prices, and that they are content to loan their money to the co-operatives. Of Denmark he said the great pac'king industry is controlled by co City Council Decides to Improve South Main St. ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE SUBMITTED LAST NIGHT; $0000 REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FIVE PER CENT GRADE OUTLET TO SOUTH AND WEST. One of the most forward steps taken by Heppner in many months was that of last evening when trie survey and estimate for improving th,e upper end of Main street, pre pared and submitted to the city coun cil by County Engineer Joe Klrsch- ner, was unanimously accepted by that body with a large degree of sat isfaction. While the cost as indicated by the estimate seems pretty stiff Mr. Kirschner explained that a largo amount of the grading involves solid rock work, thai the long haul of ma cadam material from the county crusher on Heppner flat is expensive and further that hje made very lib eral cost allowance all the way through in order that there would be no chance for disappointment in the wrong direction when the work is finished. The improvement is one that has been needed ever since Heppner has been a town and the need has become still mor glaringly apparent since modern highways have reached the town from other directions and par ticularly since the Hppner-Hardman market road is under construction and almost completed giving a 5-per cent grade from the city limits to Heppner flat and leaving more than half a mile within the city limits un improved and, in places, with a grade of almost 10 per cent. Morrow county court is so much interested in the completion of this work that they have offered to do nate the use of all road-building machinery and do the work for the city at absolute cost, which will probably bring the cost of construc the sagebrush flat and fired the fatal shot. He was missed within a day or two and search was instituted by his friends and lodge brothers of the I. O. O. F. but the body was not found until a few days ago. The remains were brought to Heppner yesterday in charge of James J. Diven, of Nyssa and the funeral waa held Im mediately after the arrival of the train under tlyj auspices of the local Odd Fellows lodge. Mr. Woodard was born near Hepp ner, his father being one of the early pioneers of this section. He visited here laat summer and his father was expecting him to come to Hermiston to spend the winter. Besides his father and step-mother he is survived by one brother and one sister, Chauncy Woodard, of Echo, and Mrs Fanny Jones, of Houston, Texas. Foster Collins is suffering from a broken hand today received last eve ning when he had a collision with a loaded truck In front of the Hepp nfr Surgical hospital In south Hepp ner. The driver of the truck, Mr. Collins says, failed to dim his lights and Collins' car was knocked from the grade and rolled over. 723 Court House, Portland, Or. operative organizations of farmers and consumers, and that the system is far more efficient than the pack ing trusts of this country. He said the country is practically a co-operative republic. Of the movement in Great Britain, he says that country "can practically supply every want the modern civil ized man can require," and that eGrmany has even a greater mem bership than Great Britain, and that up to the time of recent internal up heavals, the movement was making tremendous progress. In ussia he said 30 per cent of the factories, stores and the industries of the nation were in control of co operatives and that the volume of bvsiness is six times greater (in gold) than before the war. The United States has been very slow in taking up the co-operative (Continued on Page Six) tion well within the engineer's esti mate The work involves a n,ew location for the street for a distance of about 3000 feet beginning at a point near tho livery barn and ending where the market road starts at the city limits. It will be a continuous 5 per cent gr;tfc fne entire distance. Mayor Noble is quite enthusiastic over the adoption of the report and tlije evident determination of the council to put the improvement through. He considers it the most important step taken by Heppner for Bonie time and points out that it will be a big help towards getting the Hepp-ner-Spray highway completed giving a short cut-off connecting link be tween all the highway systems of the state through central Oregon. This will bring an enormous volume of tourist and commercial business through Heppner, the mayor be lieves, and will prove of inestimable advantage to the town. FATAL SHOOTING AFFAIR AT Claud Amos shot and killed Carl Mlnkler during an altercation at an entertainment and dance at that town Wednesday evening. According to reports reaching here there had been bad blood between the men for some time in which, it Is said Mrs. Amos figured. It Is said that when the men met Wednesday night Minkler attacked Amos and being the stronger, gave him a beat ing. Amos, during the fight backed across thp street to his car where be secured a .22 rifle with which he shot Mlnkler through the heart. THANKS ! TfE TAKE this space to thank tht public for their hearty support the past nine months we have been in business. Such support has en abled us to hammer prices down and place our products within reach of all. We are pleasing new customers every day. Tell your Jriends. We thank you! THE CENTRAL MARKET G. B. SWAGGART, Prop. OREGOX MAX, A. R. SHVMWAY (MILTOX), HAS PLACE () COM MITTEE; DR. C. J. SMITH, AT DEN VER CONFERENCE CHARGES BAKERS WITH MONOPOLY At a conference of wheat growers held at Denver last week a commit tee of four from the American Wheat Growers association was appointed to meet with the Lowden committee in session at Chicago this week. A. R. Shumway, of Milton, Oregon, president of the Oregon association, was named on the committee. Meetings of the two committees will result in active co-operation cf the two bodies in the co-opesative wheat marketing movement, it. is be lieved, and officers of the association tonight characterized the appoint ment of committees as the signal development of the two-day meeting here. Appointed on the committee for the wheat growers were William .1. Brown of Minneapolis, president of the American Wheat Growers' asso ciation; A. 11. Shumway of Milton. Ore., president of the Oregon Wheat Growers' association, n presenting zone 1, with H. K. Goldsworthy of Rosalia, Wash., director of the Wash ington association, as alternate; D. B. Hollenbach of Buffalo, Mont., for zone 2, with Carl Gunderson of Mitchell, S. D., lieutenant-governor of the state, as alternate, and James Thomas of Trenton, Neb., president of the Nebraska organization for zone 3, wfth Warren Pope of Haxtun, Colo., representing the Colorado as sociation as alternate. Accomplishments Are Xoteil Accomplishments of the two-day meeting summarized by officers to night were: Taking steps for practical affiliation- wltlr the Lowden committee. Removal of past differences which threatened for a timp to effect a breach between the Lowdi n commit tee and the association. A practical and Inspirational change of views on the wheat in quiry, which will go far toward pro moting better conditions in a critical period. Indorsement and retention of the present personnel of officers of the association. Uniting of all elements b( hind this personnel for carrying out the pro gram with the Lowden committee. Effecting preliminary plans for co operating by all groups of the asso ciation under the national underwrit ing scheme presented by Aaron Sa piro, co-operating expert, on behalf of the Lowden committee. Details to He Iteveloped Details of the Lowden plan, so far as it affects the association, will be worked out at the Chicago con ference. Mr. Saplro outlined to the delegates the proposal whereby pri vate or governmental capital would be called upon to carry the overhead expense of marketing wheat on a na tional' scale and thereby remove from the state) or group associations a bur den which many of them have been unable to bear In tlys past. The Colorado Wheat Growers' as sociation adopted a resolution ask ing the Lowden committee to hold .conferences with Its members here immediately, with the object of pool ing 50 to 60 per cent of the Colorado crop. Bruce Lampson of Sterling, Colo., president of tle association, declared his organization now han dles 20 per cent of the crop la its territory. linkers Accused of Monopoly Dr. C. J. Smith of Portland, Ore., president of the joint stock-land bank there, and representative of Governor Pierce of Oregon at the recent Chicago conference, charged the Bakers' association with monop olizing the flour market by buying SO yr cent, of barrel flour produced and thus discouraging home baking. The bakers, Dr, Smith charged, real ize a profit of approximately $22 a barrel as a result of the system, whereby homo baking Is discouraged. DAVE PRESLEY DIED THURSDAY A VICTIM OF APOPLEXY When SiimmokiM Came Dave Tied Cp Reins, Climbed From Wugon nnil Diet! David Presley, one of the best known old timers in this county, was stricken with apaplexy last Thursday whilo banking out wood in the moun tains and died within a few minutes. Mr. Presley was working for Mrs. T. J. Matlock and was engaged get ting' out the winter's wood supply for the ranch. His death occurred at the James Brown place In the timber back from the Freezeout ranch. He had evidently felt the attach coming on and, born horseman that be was, bp had carefully set tho brake and tied the reins around It before getting off the wagon. Ho walked a few steps to the slilo of a small building where ly; sat down and died. Mrs. Brown saw hint Hitting by the shed and fearing something might be wrong went to him. He was still breathing but unconscious. She called her husband but when they returned the spark of lift) had flickered and went out. David Presley was born In Benton county, Oregon, January 5, 1868 and was aged 5 5 years, nlno months and 26 days. He came to this part of tho stata when a small child, his parents lo cating on nutter creek where they resided until their death. Tho father died many years ago and later Mrs. Presley married George Vinson. She died several years ago. Mr. Presley married Miss Julia Ferguson anil to them two children were born: Elmer who died soma time ago In a government hospital from the effects of Injuries received during the World war, and Mrs. Nel lie Harris, of this city, who la the only remaining survivor of tho fam ily. David Presley was a striking fig ure In tb early life of this country and was typical of the old days In BunchgraHB land where life was free and easy and the range was wide. Not without bis faults who of us arc he was endowed with a kindly na ture and a generous soul, and it i.'l for these virtues that his friends will best remember him. From hlB boy hood was always on the alert to lend a helping hand where help waa needed and to watch with the slck rlde all night for a doctor, help bury tho dead, put up his last 4-blt piece to any poor devil whom he thought needed It or to divide his last dough god with a hungry wayfarer bo ho stranger or pal, these things were all a part of the day's work with Dave Presley in the cow-land days when Butter creek was rather the fringe of civilization. Now that he has passed from mor tal ken those who knew him best will write his faults In the dust of tho trail while they will enshrine liis many homely virtues in memory's fcurred precincts. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Methodist Community church conducted by tlyi Rev. Spauld-l"g. J