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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Tuesday, January I, 1924
P. P. Hasslnr,
pendent, was a business
LOCAL NEWS
J J J J l
of the lone Inde-
visitor in
Hfcppner yesterday.
A marriage license was issued on
December 26th to Eugene Chapel
and Delsie Sperry, of Hardman.
Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Hedrick spent
the past week at Portland where he
attended the convention of Oregon
teachers.
Peter Kilkenny left Monday tven
ing for Seattle to resume his studies
at the University of ' Washington,
where he in a junior.
Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Anderson
Hpent Christmas .with her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kit Mc
Carty, at The Dalles.
Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte went to
Portland last week to be present at
the annual meeting of the state
teachers' association.
Mrs. Bell and daughter Muriel, of
Hotel Heppner, have been visiting in
Portland for a few days. They re
turned home Sunday evening.
Guy1 Boyer, who has been confined
to his home for two or three weeks
with a severe attack of grippe, was
on the street again Friday.
II UNITE iHou
SAYS MARKET AGENTj 3
Garnet Barratt, who recently un
derwent an operation for appendici
tis, la on the streets again and says
lp feels belter than for two or three
years.
Bill Pad berg was In town Satur
day waiting for a good snow to cov
rr up and fertilize his little, old
3,000-aere patch or wheat. He did
not have to wait long.
C. A. Minor is lyre from Portland
for a few days visiting friends. His
health Is Improving gradually and
his ninny friends here expect to see
him restored to his usual health In
a few more months.
John Kilkenny was willing to bet
any amount last Saturday afternoon
that we would have no snow this
winter, but he changed his mind
Sunday morning' and gave his several
hands of sheep their first taste of
hay. , . ; .,,
Dr. Chick has sold his practice
here to Dr. Johnson, of Arlington,
who is expected to take over the
practice about the middle of the
month. Dr. Chick will locate at
The Dalles, where he will practice
his profession.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Curran left
yesterday for White Salmon, where
they will visit relatives for a few
days, later going to Portland to vis
it their daughter. Miss Helen Curran,
who Is taking the nurses' training
course at St. Vincent's hospital.
H. R. Finch drove to Port land yes
terday to bring back the H(eppner
delegation of teachers wko have been
iu Portland spending their vacation
and attending the state teachers'
convention. They will return tomor
row to take up school work on
Thursday.
Pat Council, well known sheepman
ft lthca creek, was in town Sunday.
The Hhfpp are in good shape, he
says, and a bit of winter now will
do no harm. Mr. Council remem
bered the Christmas season by hav
ing the Herald sent to his friend,
Phil Martin, who returned to his old
bony In Ireland some time ago af
ter a considerable residence here.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Oarty, In Juniper canyon, midway
tietween Lexington and Hoardman.
has long b.M-n noted for Its hospital
ity and few travelers over that road
ever got by without stopping for
either a regular meal or a lunch, de
pending on the time of day. Mrs.
Carty and her two daughters. Misses
Mary and Annie, were visitors In
Heppner Saturday and Sunday.
Andrew Ntvl, pioneer resident of
the I,ono Rock country, spent a few
days in town during the week vislt
iug relative. Mr. Noel thinks It la
a bad Bltuation when people living
in his neighborhood who would like
to come to Heppner to trade are
obliged, when compelled lo come
here, to travel via. Condon and Ar
lington, a distance of about 125
miles, when a decent road would
bring them on a direct route with
only 35 miles to travel.
Misses Odele and May Oroshon,
who are spending the winter In Port
land, were here for the holidays and
left on their return to th,o city this
morning. Their mother, Mrs. Jack
McCollough. accompanied them and
after visiting for a while In Port
land will go to Coqullle where aim
will visit her daughter, Mrs. Lor
raine Vinton.
Monopoiy-controuea prices on
everything he has to buy, Inflated
freight rates and deflated farm pric
es are forcing the farmers to come
together to sav(e themselves and their
industry. They realize the truth of
the remark made recently by a Re
publican U. S. senator that "monop
oly is absolute master of every pro
duct necessary to feed, clothe, warm
and shelter the human body," and
they; know too well that unless they
also combine their industry, and by
power of alliance, buy In the same
markets they are no wforced to sell
in, there is little hope for bettered
conditions in agriculture.
Farmere must realize the situation
and they must act, They must or
ganise and stand solidy together. It
is not at all impossible when they
once appreciate the situation and its
gravity. Every important industry
in the nation Is controlled by com
bination,' except agriculture. There
is little hope for one ohtslde indtra-
KHltKKATKO CIIVKCH
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Sermon 11 a. m., 7:45 p. m.
Christian Endeavor 7:00 p. m.
try against snch odds. It is the prey
of all the combinations. A Gresham
farmer aptly stated It when he said
that under such conditions the farm
er had no more show to succeed than
would an individual with a few
thousand dollars have1 in starting op
position to the sugar trust or the
Standard Oil company.
"You can't let the farmers togell
ei, tney won't combine and
stick," and "it can't oe done." Those
you farmers hear every day. The
same songa were sung in the soutl
when, the movements were started io
organize the cotton planters and the
tobacco growers 90 per cent strong.
But it was done, it was done because
the southern farmers had come to
the point where they knew it must
be done. It wa3 done with labor a
task just as formidable as organiza
tion of farmers. It was proclaimed
to the world that It would be Impos
sible to organize the many different
classes and trades in the ranks of
labor into enought strength to forct
fair wages. It has been done and
further, this organization has been
powerful enough to put up the bars
against emigration, it has forced
congress to keep out those who
would swarm In and thru cempetl
Hon weaken their organizations.
If farmers could only be of one
mind for one year on the matter of
co-op(eratIve selling and buying thej
would have an organization as pow
erful for success as that of the Bel)
Telephone company. They would be
in complete control of their market
ing; able to fix a fair profit price
on their products; powerful enough
to force out the army of middle
handlers and prorit-takers, nnd then
thru joint action with consumers get
the products to the homes, at so
much less expense that retail prices
would be greatly lowered, even while
the producers got much higher pric
es. There are few farmers but what
admit that their one hope under
present conditions is to combine at
others combine and get their just
share by right of might, yet when it
comes right down to backing their
own admissions, too many will hang
back nnd let the others put it over
waiting to see how It works out
before they come In. And this one
fact 1b more responsible than all
others for the limited success of the
many co-operative organizations In
Oregon the organizations are not
hacked Btrongly enough, there are)
too many sitting cn the fence wait
ing results results which thpy make
impossible by their outside competi
tion. They are borers from within '
It would seem that the time had
come for the farmers of Oregon In
oyiy county In Oregon, to walk Into
this matter of mass production. It
would seem that 1924 should ste
them ready to quit arguing and pro
testing and tc come together solldlv
in the one determination to run
'htlr own business, rather than to
let the other combinations run it for
them and take over the fronts.
Farmers Favored
By Freight Rate Slash
FORTY-NINE PERCENT OF CARS
AND TRUCKS ARE FORDS
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
ACTS OX COMPLAINTS
Cut on Short Hauls Totals Eighty
Cents Per Ton, but on Long
Hauls Is $:i Per Ton
Salem, Ore., Dec. 30. Intrastate
freight rates on hay, affecting all of
the important railroads operating in
Oregon, were reduced from 5 to 35
per cent in an order handed down
by the public service commission
her(e today. The reduction amounts
to 80 cents per ton on short hauls
and $3 per ton on long hauls. The
order beccmes effective January 21.
The following table shows the old
and new rates, together with the re
ductions ordered by the commis
sion :
Reductions
Ordered
Old. New. Per Per
Itate. Rate., 100 lbs. Tons.
Redmond-Marshfleld $ .48 $ .30 $ .18 $3.60
Redmond-Tlllamook .40 .26 .14 2.80
Haines-Tillamook 44 1 .29 15 3.00
Hermiston-Tlllamook 37 .23 .14 2.80
Hermiston-Yaqulna .40 .26 .14 2.80
Hermiston-Marshfield 43 .29 .16 3.30
Eugene-Tillamook 22 .18 .04 .80
Short-Haul Rate Set
The rate for a distance of
five
miles and under is to b(e 3 cents
per 100 pounds. For each succeed
ing1 five miles the rate is not to In
crease to exceed cent per 100
pound for each five miles for hauls
up to and including 100 miles. The
rate thereafter Is to Increase not to
exceed cent per 100 pounds for
each ten miles for hauls up to and
including 400 miles and the rate
thereafter is an increase not to ex
ceed cent for each 20 miles for
hauls up to and including 600 miles.
On hay shipments in carload lots,
from 14 to 15 tons, the saving will
be from $35 to $50.
The so-called hay rate case was
instituted upon motion of the pub
lic service commission and attracted
statewide interest. The Investiga
tion embraced all of th,e principal
farm products and findings are now
being completed by the commission
with relation to the rates on com
modities other than hay.
Disparity Is Stressed
The order of the commission
stressed the continued disparity In
depreciated farm products contrast
ed through the freight rate increase
during the last few years and the
necessity for substantial relief in be
half of the agricultural industries.
It was found by the commission,
according to the order, that many
of the rates from Oregon producing
centers to the principal marketing
and consuming points were higher
than from competitive shipping
points in contiguous territory. The
order indicated that the new rates
will afford the Oregon farmers an
opportunity to meet the competition
which they have encountered under
the rate schedule now in effect.
In addition to the intrastate rates
the commission investigated the in
terstate rates affecting Oregon hay
shipments, and have called the same
to the attention of the interstate
commerce commission. Federal in
vestigations of these rates are now
being completed through a series of
hearings in wester territory.
It is said that because of the enier
gency now confronting the farmers
of this state the commission handed
down its order in advance of the
findings in the federal investiga
tions. Rail Lilies Affected
The new joint rate scale ordered
by the commission provides for con
tinuous mileage over any and all
of the following carriers:
Oregon Short Line, Oregon-Wash
ington Railroad & Navigation com
pany; Spokane, Portland & Seattle
railroad; Southern Pacific; Oregon
Trunk railway; Oregon Electric rail
way; United Railways company;
Pbrtland Railway, Light & Power
company; Willamette Valley South
ern railway; Northern Pacific rail
way; Northern Pacific Terminal
company, and the Great Northern
railway.
The case was handled for the com
mission by W. P. Ellis, deputy attorney-general.
Detriot, Mich., Dec. 31. Approx
imately forty-nine percent of the pas
senger cars and trucks produced in
the United States during the first
ten months of 1923 w(ere Fords.
This is shown by a comparison o
the automobile production figures
given out by the U. S. Department of
Commerce and those of the Ford
Motor Company here.
The department's figures on cars
and trucks, tre latter including fire
apparatus and street sweepers,
shows a total of 3,396,638 for .the
first ten months.
same period, which include as those
of other companies, cars and trucks
made here for assembly in foreign
countries, totals 1,639,374. This to
tal, however, does not include the
production of the plant at Manches
ter, England, which manufactures
practically all of its parts and which
produced 27,606 cars and trucks
during the first ten months, nor
does it include the ten-month out
put of 69,452 cars and trucks by
the Ford Motor Company of Canada,
Ldt.
A comparison of the truclc produc
tion figures shows that 62 percent
were Fords. The total number of
trucks turned out during the ten
months from January 1 to November
1 was 320,285 with Ford truck pro
duction for the same time totaling
200,996.
t
STATE WOOL GROWERS'
CON VENTION TO RE HELD IV
PEXDLETOX JANUARY 28-30
FAR.M BUREAU TO MEET
RAGS WANTED C lean cotton
rags wanted at Herald office. Knit
underwear, etc., not acceptable. 22-U
Advertise It In the Herald.
nAY tH MALE
The 28th annual convention of
the Oregon Wool Growers' associa
tion will be held in Pendleton Jan
uary 28th, 29th and 30th, announces
Mac Hoke, secretary. Coming right
after the National convention, the
Oregon meeting will be able to se
cure several speakers of national
prominence. F. R. Marshall, nation
al secretary; Dr. WS. McClure, who
Is now in Washington, D. C, work
ing In the interests of the wool
grokers; Forest Reserve officials;
representatives from other state's
associations; railroad, marketing
and financial leaders, and experi
ment station, college and livestock
sanitation authorities will be pres
ent. An invitation has been extended
to the Agricultural College to hold
the final Bession of the State Live
stock Economic Conference as a part
of the convention.
The Pendleton ommercial associa
tion has argeed to stage an enter
tainment and banquet that will sur
pass, if possible, all previous affairs.
Wool growers planning on attend
ing the national convention at Salt
La'ke should write Mac Hoke for
reservations on a special car leaving
Oregon on No. 18, January 20th.
The announcement that forest re
serve grazing fees will be greatly
Increased in 1925 is bound to bring
a big attendance and create lively
sessions at both Salt Lake and Pendleton.
The annual meeting o fthe Mor
row county farm bureau will be held
at the Odd Fellows' hall at Heppner,
Saturday, January 5th. At this meet
ing Professor E. L. Potter, head of
the animal husbandry department of
the O. A. C, will streak on the "Eco
nomics of Livestock Production in
Oregon" and Mr. Jackman, extension
farm specialist, on "Economical Pro
duction of Wheat in Eastern Ore
gon." Both of these men have done
much research work along these
lines and will have valuable informa
tion to present at the meeting. At
the business session of the form bur-
I eau, the question of reducing the
i dues and putting the organization on
j a more workable basis will be taken
I up. Every farmer and businessman
in Morrow county is invited to at
tend this meeting. Dinner will be
Berved in the hall at noon.
Rod.erlc French, 8-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Uzz French, sustained
a broken leg while coasting in the
south part of town this afternoon.
Cows kept in box stalls produce
more milk and Bllghtly more butter
fat than those kept in stanchions,
according to the United States De
partment of Agriculture, but the
slight increase In product does not
balance the added expense for space,
bedding, and labor. Box stalls are
to be recommended only when max
imum production Is desired, regard
less of expense, as in testing cows
for records.
I have 100 tons or more of alfalfa
hay for sale with privilege of feed
ing same on ranch If desired. Good
feed yards, plenty good running wa
ter, bunk house, etc,, furnished. At
my ranch 1 M mi lea north of Lexlng
ton on Mi-hwny. Phone, 4 F 2.
J. S. BALDWIN,
33-36 Lexington, Ore.
Subs '
a year.
for the HornU, only $2
You Can See What You are Buying
when you fill your tank from a
Dayton Visible Gasoline Pump
I have just installed one at my Repair
Shop. Let me fill your tank next time.
M. R. FELL Chase Street
Star
THEATRE
Show Starts at 7:30
Tuesday and Wednesday, January i!and 2:
"Souls for Sale"
Rupert Hughes' story of Hollywood.
It requires more than play and chance to reach stardom even
jn the movies.
FELIX also; makes a trip to Hollywood
Thursday, January 3:
WILLIAM DUNCAN and ALICE JOHNSON
in
"Playing It Wild"
Full of pep and action
Also
LARRY SEMON in "THE BAKERY"
Two reels of side tickling fun
Friday, January 4:
ROY STEWART and CLAIR ADAMS
in
"Riders of the Dawn"
It's good, because H is a plcturization of ZANE GREY'S novel,
"Deserts of Wheat."
Also "
RUTH ROLAND in 14th episode of "HAUNT
ED VALLEY"
How will it end?
And PATHE NEWS WEEKLY
Saturday, January 5:- ,
MARGUERITE de la MOTTE
and
FRANK KEENAN
in
"Scars of Jealousy"
An entertaining story of the South
Also
PATHE REVIEW
Screen magazine of interesting facts
SUNDAY and MONDAY, January 6 and 7:
COLLEEN MOORE
"Nine and Nineuy"
idapted from the stage play by Ramsay Norris. Miss Moore
does some of the best work of her career, and that is going
nome. You'll like it.
COMEDY
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and Optimism
as
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