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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1924)
Tuesday, January 15, 1924 THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON Page Five HARD MAN MAX WRITES OP HEPPNER-SPRAY ROAD Hardman,' Oregon, Jan. 8. I am glad to learn that there Is going to be something done in the matter of completing thp Oregon-Washington highway, but let us not lose sight of the fact that we are still after the Heppner-Spray cut-off. Now, then, if we are going to wait for the com pletion of the Oregon-Washington it will be tjeveral years before we can even get the Heppner-Spray road on the map. I would like to suggest that a meeting of all interested be called at an early dat,e at which a commit tee could be appointed to confer with the state highway commission, giving that body the facts and fig ures in the matter and showing them why this important road should be built. From whatv I can learn the fed eral post and for(est road people are willing to give this road considera tion If we can once get it on the state highway system road map and those of us who are interested have got to go before1 the commission and show thjem the merits of the pro posed rad before we can expect fa vorable action at theirs hands. The state of Oregon will get about $2,000,000 dollars of federal money for road work this year and as Mor row county haa never received a cent of federal road money I think w should wake up and mate 'an earnest, concerted effort to get a portion of this money this year to apply on the Heppner-Spray cutoff. This rnad is a Dost and forest road and is entitled to government aid and when we remember that Morrow county and the city of Hepp ner have already put about $125,000 In this road I think the state peo ple will be perfectly willing to help if we point out to them the facts in the case and the great need for this proposed road. Now then, I hope we will all get busy and get things go ing as soon as possible. GEORGE BLEAKMAN. i 2 S ! "J J f J" HARDMAN ! a $a f at a Jft f ''Bashful Mr. Bobbs," a farce com edy In three acts, will be presented here Friday evening, Jan. 18, 1924, by th,e high school. The Bynopsis of the play is: Jean Graham is engaged to Mar- ston Bobbs. She, with her sister and brother-in-law, have come to meet him at the tavern in Splinterville. Marston sends his cousin, Bashful Mr. Bobbs, to explain that he could not come because he had sciatica.' The real reason he could not come was that he wanted to bid farewell to Celesta Vanderpool, another girl to whom he is engaged. Marston writes a letter to both Jean and Ce lesta. The letters become mixed and they get the wrong ones. Bashful Mr. Bobbs makes things worse by being mistaken for a burglar. Cast of Characters Katherine Henderson Ethel McDonald Frederick Henderson..Neal Knighten Mrs. Wiggins Alice Kelthlej Obadiah Stump Teddy Burnsld. Frances Whittaker..Hazel McDonah Rosalie Otis Lucy William: Mr. Robert V. Bobbs..Harlan Adams lean Graham Hazel Hayi Marston Bobbs Hubert McDonal Celesta Vanderpool Lee Merrill Julie ....Laura Williams There will be a dance after the play. Good music will be furnished. Supper will be served at the hotel. Come all and bring your friends. You can't afford to miss sucn an evening of amusement. Saturday night, Jan. 19, Hardman basketball t,eam will play Lexington team on the latter's floor, ine re turn game will be played at Hard- maii, Feb. 5. GILLIAM WHEAT GROWERS (Continued from page one) WHO WILL GIVE AN ACRE FOR CHILD'S FARM HOME? r.eal r The call through the papers for cows for the children's Farm Home had such a generous response that that need has been supplied for the present with cows promised, and the "kiddies"! willi soon have all the good rich milk that they can consume. In cidentally it would warm the hearts of the givers to see the pale faces take on color and the sad eyes be come bright through the use of this child's food." We can fully understand that this appeal for milk touches the hearts of child lovers because it so directly touches the child. But before cows can give milk they, too, must have rich food and before that can be raised we must have good, fertile land to grow it. Of the farm of 240 acres, 108 aci'C3 have been paid foi and twenty-five more pledged by t'ue Baptist church of the state, in addi tion to the cottage which they are raising money to erect. This leaves the purchase of 112 acres to pro vide for. It is desirable that this payment be made vpy soon, both to cut out the burden of interest and to "clear the decks" for further building. If anyone has thought of the pay ing for land as a thing apart from the little children that are being housed and cared for at the Home, we would ask them 6to consider a beautiful field just across from the building plot which is now growing green with feed for the "bossies' that kindly people have given us We would ask them to try to imag ine the pretty lake of five acres where both boys and girls take their much loved sport of swimming, boat ing and wading. Then there is the nicnic ground which overlooks this lake containing about two acres where good boys and girls may dis Dort and visitors may view their sport in the water. There are garden spots for the children where they will learn to take part with God in malting things grow and the other acres where the pigs, chickens, goats, calves and oth er animals may be cared for and housed by the clubs that the "club man" from the O.A.C. will be or ganizing very soon. Then there is the strawberry patch and the or chard in which they will be taught to work, and with skill, by the O A.C. men who are co-operating with us In this "Real Home on a Real Farm" where homeless, unloved children will be prepared for useful and happy citizenship. When one takp this view every acres touches vitally the child and every one becomes as Important as milk in their education and care. The farm stretches out into a great beautiful book in which th,ese child ren will learn their most important lessons and it is directly feeding them to supply the dollars to pay for the acres. Customer, in restaurant "How's the chicken today?" Waitress "Fine. How's your self?" Exchange. Patrick, lately over, was working in the yards of a railroad. One day he happened to be in the yard offic when the force was out. The tele phone rang vigorously several times and he at last decided it ought to be answered. He walked over to the instrument, took down the receiver, and put his mouth to the transmit ter, lust as he had seen others do. "Hillo!" he called. "Hello!" answered the voice at the other end of the line. "Is this eight-six-one-five-nine?" "Aw, g'wan! Phawt d' ye tinR Oi am? A box car?" Every , individual, community or organization that supplie sthe pur chase price for one or more acres will have this gift perpetuated in a name on a bronze plate which will be placed in the Administration building, which it is hoped may be. built some time in the lifxt year. At any rate the names are being care fully listed to be placed there when built. So who will be the first to send in (either thei entire amount or a portion, with pledge for comple tion of payment of $200 each for one or more acres. Send to Farm Home Office, 615 Stock Exchange Bldg., Portland, making checks to Child ren's Farm Home. the "hands of the association; He said he could have sold to far bet ter advanta outside the associa tion. W. J. Edwards, one of the direc tors of the association, declared he believed the association had "made good," even under the exceptionally difficult conditions that have pre vailed. He recalled how it had been organized, without capital, with no standing in the business world, with almost no credit; how difficult it had been at first to finance the business of the association; how progress had been made until these financial dif ficulties are now things of the past. Today there is no difficulty what ever, as to finances. The only trou ble now, said Mr. Edwards, is that the association has not enough mem bers, does not control enough wheat. He pointed out that coast wheat prices are 7 to 10 cents a bushel above what they would be without unv association. He also said the exporters on this coast are making little or no profit this yexr on ac count of having been forced to oper ate on a small margin of profit. He believed the present organization could take care of twice as much wheat with little or no increase in overhead expenses. Mr. Edwards said that outsiders get no more for their wneai inw members of the association. He spoke of the American Wheat Grow ers association's plan, which he ra vors, and said disposing of the an nual surplus under the plan would enable the wheat growers to get good price for the wheat sold in the domestic market. Mr. Maley declared at this point that administration expenses omoun to 3 "A cents ?. bushel, or $320,000 which statemenl v.-ac denied by Ed gar L. Ludwick, assistant secretary '.icasurer of the rgon Grain Grow en' association, "rtio was present !,c said the amcui.1 for Oregon was rbout $88,000 fc-r th 1921 pool. Th atual office cry uses amounted 0 of a cent i bu-1 el. He said th bushelage in th 1921 pool was about S,V50,000. He also declared the grain trade fi&aud on 5 cents a t-vshel as tluir ovihead. A, R, Shumway, president of the association, spoke to growers prereu' briefly, urging them not to circulate their referendum petition ;t this time, but to wait two lurte months, until It is seen what con gross will with Iho American Wheat Growers' plan which he out lined. He said A. H. Lea, general manager of the Oregon association, is now in Washington to lobby on the American Growers' plan and that nothing should be done to weaken his support. The association shouid back the American plan, without any division in its ranks. He said he believed the bill em bodying the American Growers' plan, Just introduced by Senator McNary, will raise the price of wheat auto matically to $1.45 a bushel If the bill becomes a law. Speaking of ciaries Mr. Slium ay said sala.ies paid the Oregon Tvpat assoe'iVnu officers a lowtr than in any a. her business jf equal importance. Geeial Manager Lea GILLIAM & BISBEE'S COLUMN is raid $5,000, while Robert Paul of the Oregon Fruit Growers' Co-operative association gets $7,500, and ex ecutive officers in private corpora tions doing a like amount of busi ness ijeceive from $10,000 upward. Mr. Shumway said that the Low den committee "are ready to enter the state next Bpring to sign up 50 per cent or more of the bushelage if the committee is successful In organizing the important wheat belt states. For this reason he also urged a suspen sion of the disbanding movement. H. L. Johnson at this point asked what percentage of Oregon wheat is being handled by the association. Mr. Shumway answered: "About 17 per cent." Saying that no association means chaos, Mr. Shumway made a final appeal to hold up the circulation of the petition which had already been signed by a numb(er of growers. A car of poultry supplies just ar rived. Anything and everything for the Hen. Lots of Mill Feed and Dr. Hesse's Stock Tonic for your Live Stock. Sheep Dip and Lice Exterminators and other Remedies for Live Stock and Poultry. 1 LATEST PRICES ON United States and G & J Our Spring Stock of Single Trees: Lead Bars, Wagon Tongues, Coupl ing Poles, Plow Beams and Handles, Clevises, etc., just arrived. Peck "On the day on which my wedding occurred " Heck (interrupting) "You will pardon my correction, but it is only calamities which 'occur.' Affairs such aB marriages, receptions, din ners and things of that sort 'take place.' You see the distinction?" Peck "Yes, I see. As I was say ing, the day on which my wedding occurred " Exchange. 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