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VOLUME X
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY i, 1924
NUMBER 36
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Young Wood President
Acme Production Company
SAME USED IN SECURING
MORROW CO. LEASES
Voung Financier Said to Re Under
Investigation for Oil Stock
Selling
Leonard Wood, Jr., son of Gen
eral Leonard Wood, governor-general
of the Philippines, who recently
came into the limelight because of
having made some $800,000 in Wail
street, within a f,ew months, is being
connected with four oil companies in
an investigation now under way at
Chicago. These companies" are said
to have taken a' heavy toll from ex
service men who were induced to in
vest their savings in oil stock be
cause of Lieutenant Wood's alleged
connection with the companies and
after getting the ex-soldiers' money
tbe companies went out of business.
Young Wood' is reputed to be pres
ident of the Acme Production cor
poration, a postoffice and war de
partment investigation of which has
been demanded by Senator Caraway,
who claims to have information that
its stoc'k has been sold to ex-service
men and that it had, like the oth
ers, failed.
It is believed here that what was
know as the Acme Extension com
pany, an oil concern that secured
leases to a large amount of land in
the northern part of this country
last year, is an offshoot from the
Acme Production concern. A land
owner in the Wells Spring district
recently informed the Herald that
agents of the Acme extension who
were securing leases !n that district
represented to the land owners that
Leonard Wood, Jr., was president ot
their concern.
Reports from Chicago are to the
effect that the investigation has at
ready revealed that young Wood no
Jnly made capital of his name thru
the fame of his father, but he ap
pears to have loaned his name for
advertising purposes.
The leases secured by the Acme
extension in this country provided
that three test wells should be put
down withiri a specified time, but so
far none of these promises have been
kept and it is probable that most of
the leases have expired.
Claud D. Baker, who registered
from New York City, had charge of
the leasing here last year and re
cently one Philip D. Northcraft vis
ited Heppner claiming that he was
employed by Mr. Baker to look after
the companies' interests here.
ASSOCIATION PRICES
PAID FOR 1922 CROP
Since the actual closing of the
1922 pool, which was made some
time ago,' the actual final average
prices secured by grower members
through the Oregon Cooperative
Grain Growers' association are avail
ably. The figures mentioned below are
the averages of a large number of
leturns to growers at the points
mentioned and represent actual cash
paid to the grower for the wheat de
livered. In addition to paying the
grower this money, the Association
paid interest on the advances made
to the member, paid his freight and
warehousing charges,' and the entire
expenses of marketing his wheat.
The 1922 wheat crop was consid
erably off-grade and the figures list
ed are not the basis No. 1 prices that
would be quoted in the country but
are the "as is" prices actually paid
to the grower:
Moro Turkey Red 90c
Heppner Turkey Red 90 He
Condon Turkey Red 90 He
Madras. Turkey Red 8 5 He
Madras Galgalos ft Baart94c
Heppner Fortyfold ...88c
Condon Fortyfold 88e
Elgin Fortyfold 88c
Umatilla Co..:iub 92c
Oregon Voter.
The regular meeting of the Pat
ten-Teacher association will be held
r.ext Tuesday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock, when an interesting" program
will be given and a business session
held. All patrons of the school ar
invited.
CLASSMATES OP '20, H. H. S.
HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET
The class of 1920, Heppner high
school, held their annual banquet at
the Elkhorn restaurant last Friday
evening with seven members of the
original class of 16 present. A splen
did chicken dinner was served by
Eddie Chinn and his assistants and
the occasion was a most delightful
one, according to those present.
The class hold a banquet during
the holiday season every year and
usually nearly all the members are
present but this yeail many were pre
vented from attending by various
causes.
Those present Friday evening
were: Misses Alma Devin, Etta De
vin, Elizabeth Phelps, Margaret
Doherty, Odele Groshen, Mrs. Cy
rene Barratt (nee Lieuallen), Mrs.
May McPherrin (nee French).
When the meeting was over and
the class asked for their check the
genial Eddie smiled and said: "The
bill is paid, ladies, with the compli
ments of Mr. L. V. Gentry, who just
now stepped out."
When it comes to being a real
ladies' man, L. V. is always there
with the goods.
CO-OPERATIVE GRAIN GROWERS
AWARDED HUGE DAMAGES
Condon, Dec. 28. Judge D. R.
Parker of the circuit court in his de
cision of the case of the Oregon Co
operative Grain Growers, a corpora
tion, against P. L. Schamel, over
ruled tle demurrer to the complaint,
which in effect will require the de
fendant to pay to the Oregon Co
operative Grain. Grokors 25 cents a
bushel as liquidated damages be
cause he sold 15,000 bushels of
whjeat to parties other than the grow
ers' body.
This case was filed in the circuit
court of Sherman county. It is the
first time question has become be
fore a court in Just this form. The
decision holds the provision of the
co-operative marketing agreement
valid and enforceable, which fixes a
specific sum to be allowed a3 liqui
dated damages in case of a breach
on the part of thq grower to deliver
his wlieat as provided in the con
tract. Two reasons are given for the
validity and enforceability of the
provision, viz: (1) By the provision
of the contract itself, the actual dam
ages being difficult of ascertainment
or ad measurement; and (2) by leg
islative enactment. '
The Oregon law provides that the
by-laws and marketing contracts of
co-operative associations may fix, as
liquidated damages, specific sums to
be paid by a member of the associa
tion of the marketing contract re
garding the sale or delivery or with
holding of products; and any such
provisions shall be valid and enforce
able in the courts of the state.
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An enjoyable family reunion was
held during Christinas week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Cox at
Lexington. Mrs. Cox's mother, Mrs.
Susan I. Girking, was entertained by
her children's families, including
five of her six children, twenty-two
of her thirty-two grand children and
six of her seventeen great grand
children. Of Mrs. Cox's family
there were present Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Cox, ot Boardman, Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Young, of Heppner, and Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Young, of Heppner,
each with two little ones, and two
younger sons. Others present were
Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Beck, of El
topea, Wash., with ten chifdren, Mr.
and Mrs. Asher Montague, of Arling
ton, with five children, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Gerklng, of Bridal Veil, with
two, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Ger
king, of Holdman.
Mrs. Corking la a pioneer of up
per Eightmile, her husband, Mr.
James Gerking, having settled on
what is now called the Alstott ranch
in 1882.
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A christening party was held In honor of (he ZIt-1 at Lnkehurst, N. J.,
and Mrs. Edwin Denby, wife of the secretary of the navy, named the glnnt
dirigible "Shenandoah," thus officially placing It in commission. Many notables
from all over the country attended the christening of America's largest air
ship, designed, built and manned by the United States navy.
WILLOW GREEK FISH 60
ON CHRISTMAS SPREE
Unconfirmed stories from Willow
creek have reached this office to the
effect that a strange phenomena
marked Christmas day along the
banks of that classic stream. Trout
and other members of the finny
tribe are said to have gone on the
warpath and showed every evidence
of being on a regular Christmas
spree. Dame Rumor has; it that the
fishes went to the extreme of leav-
Ing the water, their natural element,
and taking to the fields and barn
yards, where they prowled around
with blood in their eye looking for
trouble. At one ranch, it is said,
the farmer had a big house cat
trained to catch fish and bring them
to the house. This cat, so the rumor
goe3, went down to the creek Christ
mas morning, when a big 15-inch
trout leaped from the water and at
tacked the feline with such f(erocity
that Tom beat a hasty retreat and
took refuge in an apple tree near the
kitchen door, where he wailed for
help. Other similar stories are cur
rent but are unconfirmed and the
Herald is not vouching for any of
them but allows every reader to be
his own judge as to the truth.
Strange as the stories sound, how
ever, there are a number of people
disposed to accept them as facts for
the reason' that Sheriff McDuf fee and
District Attorney Notson and their
assistants are known to have emptied
some 25 gallons of high power
booze into the creek on Christmas
eve and as a little" of the liquid Is
said to go a long way in cultivating
the fighting spirit in those who par
take, the stories may be largely true.
They argue further that it has long
been an axiom that certain brands
of home brew will, If partaken of
by a rabbit, cause him to rear up
and spit in a coyote's face, and if
that is true why not expect the same
of a fish? , , . .
The contraband liquor destroyed
by the sheriff was the store which
has accumulated in the vaults dur
ing the past two years as the result
of numerous raids ou distilleries and
bootllmbers and was recently or
dered destroyed by 'prohibition au
thorities. Bill Ayers, janitor, former cus
todian of contrabrand, and ail
around authority on such matters, is
of the opinion that the officials made
a mistake In their disposal of the
bottled goods. "Why," he asks,
"should these officers who are sup
posed to be the custodians of the
community morals, thus place temp
tation in the way of these poor, lit
tle, Innocent fishes and start them
on the downward course that leads
only to a drunkard's grave. Why
did they not turn the stuff over ti
me and allow me to take it out to
some nice, quiet spot and bury i'
with the bottles Intact and the cork.
In place so that even the soli an'
the angle worms would not be r.u
laminated? Anyway," he concludw
"if they wanted to give It to ii-
i fishes, I could have told them o'
lot of suckers around Heppner wh
j would have gladly accepted a shar
I of the stuff."
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CONGRESS WILL HEAR
FARM RFLIEF
Washington, D. C, Dec. 26. Two
pieces of farm relief legislation will
be before congress for consideration
by the agricultural committees of
the two houses after the holiday re
cess. One is the Coulter plan, which
provides for a program of agricul
tural diversification to be financed
by the igovernment through a revolv
lug fund of $50,000,000 to be ap
propriated by congress. This plan
is incorporated in bills introduced
M'ii'y In senate and house by Sen
ator Norbeck of South Dakota and
Representative Burtness of North
Dakota.
Wheat Bill Under Way
The other plan is on) intended to
hslp the wheat growers alone and
was brought to Washington recently
by George C. Jewett of Minneapolis
and Portland, general manager of
the American Wheat Growers, Asso
ciated, Inc. This plan is now being
drafted in a bill to be introduced In
the senate by Senator McNary of
Oregon, chairman of the senate sub
committee on agricultural appropria
tions. It provides for levying a tax
ou all wheat moving to market in
any part of the United States, the
fund so created, to be used in paying
a premium of probably SO cents a
bu.'hel pn all wheat exported.
Such a process, it is declared,
would raise the domestic price level
to the world price plus the premium,
and to put It in effect would cost
tijio grower about 5 to 7 cents on
'ery bushel produced. This plan al
so calls for a revolving fund appro
priation of something near $50,000,
000.
Appropriations Only B.'n
The two plans conflict in no way
except as to the difficulty of ob
taining appropriations from con
gress to meet the demands of both
measures. The Coulter scheme per
haps holds the more advantageous
position, because it seems to enjoy
administration favor on account of
its purpose to bring about diversi
fication in those sections where
farmers are too strongly committed
to a single crop, as in the spring
wheat belt of Minnesota and the Da-
kotas, and in such otlyjr wheait grow
ing areas as the Palouse and Uma
tilla countries of the Pacific north
west. Roy Dykstra Gt Picture In Paper
Roy G. Dykstra, a first grade pu
pil In the O. A. C. training school,
got his picture In the Portland paper
last week by reason of hla making
the presentation speech when the
purse raised by his gradp to "buy
lie tail of the cow" recently pieagea
by O. A. C. students for the Chlld-
n's Farm Home near Corvallln.
'oy Is e son of R. G. Dykstra, prln-
'I' )! of the John Day schools and a
idson of Gorge Dykn'.ra, of Hipp
The boy's mother Is taking a
' graduate course In teachers'
in!ng at the O. A. C. this wintir.
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!t pays to advertise in the Herald, j 'tors they will doubtless do re
It pays to advertise in the Herald. leaacd from both places in .i.ue turn.
FARMERS UNION HOLDS
AT
COOLIDGE'S FREIGHT RATE PRO
POSAL IS ADOPTED
Restrictions on Abuse of Initiative
and Referendum Is Asked
and Tiuth-in-Fabric Bill
Eugene, Ore., Dec. 21. Herbert
Egbert of The Dalles, and Mrs. G.
B. Jones of Monmouth, were re
elected president and secretary
treasurer at the final sessions here
of the state convention of the Edu
cational and Co-operative Farmers'
union of Oregon. R. P. Laird of
Creswell, was chosen vice-president
to fill the office loft vacant by A.
G. Renipel of Rickreall, who served
as vice-president for four years. Mr.
Renipel and H. B. Davidhizer of Jo
seph, were elected to the executive
council, and A. B. Swift of Baker,
was re-elected national delegate. H.
R. Richards of The Dalles, was se
lected as alternate for Mr. Swift. The
officers were installed during the af
ternoon.
Wasco counly was selected as the
next meeting place, and it is prob
able that the gathering will be held
at The Dalles. During the business
sessions, committee reports and re
ports of county presidents were
made.
A tax on wheat in order to create
a subsidy for the exported surplus
with tle object of benefiting the
whole trade as outlined by several
wheat growers' associations and sup
ported by various other organiza
tions, was heartily indorsed in a res
olution Introduced by the committee
on marketing, headed by A. It.
Shumway, ex-state president of the
union. This plan, as explained to
the members, provides for a, tax on
wheat exported, which is said to con
stitute one fourth of the crop of the
United States. This plan will sta
bilize the price of wheat so that ii
may b grown at a profit, in the opin
ion of the union.
The marketing committee also
strongly urged grading and stand
ardizing of all products, and sup
ported cooperative marketing asso
ciations of all kinds. The union
went on record as favoring a nation
al cooperative marketing act by con
gress which would create crop pools
and make warehouse receipts legal
tender.
Lower freight rates on farm
products and machinery, as advocat
ed by President Coolidge, were in
corporated in the resolutions adopt
ed by the order. Restrictions on the
abuse of the initiative an dreferen
dum acts were also asked. The at
tempt to resubmit the income tax
to the voters of the state was con
demned and a truth-in-fabrlc bill was
again Indorsed.
TO
EAT
The annual convention of county
judgps and commissioners will meet
at Salem January 10-11-12 and will
be attended by Judge Campbell and
Commissioners Benge and Davidson.
The meeting Is an important one,
giving officials from the various
counties an opportunity of compar
ing notes and the different methods
of handling county affairs for the
beBt interests of the people.
The Morrow county officials will
also attend the meeting of the state
highway commission on January 8
and 9, when they will collaborate
with tha officials of Umatilla county
in working out a plan with tbe high
way commission for the completion,
of the unfinished link of the Oregon-
Washington highway between Lena
and Pilot Rock.
At the Salem meeting an elabor
ate program has been arranged for
the entertainment of the vlsltlni?
county officials which will include
visits to the different stale i.i -..tun
tloiiB. They will lunch at the In
line a'ylura and dino at the peni
tentiary, and, if no serious charges
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FICTION FIGHT IN KLA
S BITTER SAYS CLARK
FORMER I. W. SENDS PRESIDENT
AN OPEN LETTER
Organization Fast Becoming Master
Political Machine In Many
States of U. S.
Washington, Dec. 27. Warfare
which will make the mountain feuds
of Kentucky look like play will break
out between factions of the Ku Klux
Klan unless present conditions are
removed, Edward Young Clarke,
formerly imperial wizard of the klan.
predicted here today in a statement.
"Edgar Fuller, Clarke's repre
sentative here, said Clarke wa3 here
to take his appeal personally to the
president if possible. Fuller said
Clarke was suffering from a bad ,
cold today and was denying himself
to all callers."
After an open letter from Clarke
had been left at the White House
offices by Fuller, Clarke, in a sen
sational statement, declared he was
through with the klan; that a reiga
of lawlessness "almost beyond be
lief" is attributable to klan strength
In Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and
Oklahoma; that In Ohio, Michigan
and parts of Illinois the klan is be
coming a "master political machine."
Clarke said the licensed carrying
of guns by klansmen should be pro
hibited "as the influenec on the in
dividual who carries the gun is In
jurious and serves to make him an
undesirable citizen."
"In Pennsylvania and Indiana, li
censes to carry guns have been and
are being obtained by klansmen un
der an old unrepealed law with re
lation to the protection of cattle and
other animals," Clarke said.
"I am Informed that within the
last few dajs about 150 such com
missions have been issued at one
time in Indiana and Ohio," he de
clared. He is making himself a target,
Clarke said, out of a feeling that it
Is his duty to "make war on a con
dition and a process of development
through which the klan Is passing
and which, unless checked, will mean
either the destruction of the klan or
the development of an organization
to a point where It will be a real
menace to the nation.
Sees Great Animosity
"The klan today on the inside, la
a seething mass of animosity, strife
and hatred and un:ss something ia
done to change the situation thorn
will be practical feudal warfare. The
far-famed mountain feuds of Ken
tucky were but play in comparison to
the bitterness and hatred now exist
ing between the two factions and
bloodshed is as certain to come as
night follows day."
Good men In the "klan are afraid
to speak out, he said. Legislators,
senators and congressmen "are being
whipped into line," and for this rea
son, he said, "it has become neces
sary for ny to declare myself or
prove untruo to the allegiance to my;
country."
Clarke is head of the faction
which opposes control of the klan
under the administration of Hiram
Evans, present imperial wizard.
The open letter presented by Ful
ler was m violent attack on the pres
ent control of the K. K. K.
As now operated, Clarke's letter
said, the klan is "a real menace to
law and order. Individual rights and
democratic political government."
He said "that the thing which al
arms me most in connection with the
organization is the apparent trend of
thought inside the ranks of the mem
bership toward disregard for law
and order and the tendency of tho
membership to assume local, state
and national political dictatorship)
and In my judgment when any pow
erful secret organization assumes
either of the above attitudes it im
mediately becomes a real menace to
free government and the rights,
privileges and liberties guaranteed
under the constitution.
"I have received from widely scat
tered sections of the country direct
and authoritative information that
tho klan is rapidly developing na
tionally as a cheap political machine
and In sections where It Is strongest,
brazenly and openly superseding tha
uithorlty of the courts through char
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