THE GAZKTTE.T1ME9, HEPPXER. ORE., THIRS1UV. Al'G. 20. 1914
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80N ARE GOOD
EXITS" i XWXTY OK THE STATE
..-VTtUTVS PROSPERITY.
? Iniia t. .past few days one of
itejTMtst mercantile associations lias
fiir.t?i) f "business survey of Ore
.ucaiountr .ly county, and lias made
jar."J oJlefl-fiov.n report which, as a
xsRsato- TiiBkw mighty good reading.
V3i .Tipcirt atill further condensed,
EKAK EE COUNTY Wheat iu
t'maei per cent In acreage and
i w -wart la yield. Other cereals
:3tLaBfceH "is acreage, slightly in-
fwwiwa 'in yield. Lumber output
iii-6f .Oi'T eet is an increase and
-i3wje ii V: an increase of 10 per
mxewtx. cstlU- and sheep, and 30 per
sa as "liOjjs. Farmers are in fully
st3JEti tonciition as last year, nnd
.craSVxtioiii are somewhat slower,
"ifferw Is a L0 per cent increase in
taxi Siifjvfteits ; an 8 per cent increase
1 ioas; merchants' stocks are
JliWw; no new industries were es
falfiiiied ; mining industry is on a
S-Usr basis than formerly; more
vvrari done than for years.
K15TT0X COUNTY No change in
Wite of grain; 10 per cent in
rrwe hi '. ar. Apples increased in
rjtnS2 Xt per cent. Prunes and small
f sfiecreited 40 per cent and 10
jwe.tl. Lumber output is 40 per
ar Stss. Farmers and merchants
iw rat about the same condition.
EtfeJU depot's are practically un-
totrsKd. No new industries. Pros
&sAtiK ver? fair.
3i.3A!KAM.S COUNTY Slight
tmaeeas m odts, hay and potatoes;
Iij;1.nd fn;it the t:.me as last year,
smwI sruaco. which tre 50 per cent
Scai. -No char ge in condition of far-unrar-;,
niereiuats' sales 15 per cent
lii. Loan and deposits about the
ta-: stocks lighter. Sawmills are
jsavK :0own. but the outlook is good.
tTX-ATSOt COUNTY Farmers are
ar. Setter condition, as well as nier
ii3.ls;loans and deposits show some
TBKar?ie. .Merchants' stocks are un--toMread.
A new flourmill of capac-
si SSO bb'.s. per day. Logging is
I poor condition and a few camps
why reported running at this time
Tts salmon industry is in splendid
tatisye, a Urge pack and good prices
YLUM 31 A COUNTY Slightly
szwased ia acreage and in yield
iTlsnrrfes aad small fruits show a
:lTa? increase. Lumber output de
Rsri 25 per cent. Farmers and
merchants in satisfactory shape, but
ana are slow. Loans and de
posits are unchanged; merehants'
rrsfcariii lighter; no new industries,
IS jirospec's for Fall.
XJO!3 COUNTY Dairying, timber
and livestock are unchanged;
IxiT siows slight Increase. Cherries
:w assail fniits decreased. Lumber
tnsx-xl decreased 50 per cent. No
viiKiSft In condition of farmers; mer
tlKtii Teel iiuietness of lumber in
tx&2rj and stocks .are lighter. No
new industries. Loans and deposits
-meiftuged . Prospects fair.
CTiOOK COUNTY Wheat, cattle,
fcjiwep, toot crops, the principal pro-
Jcxls. have increased 25 per cent in
snrmilt of grains. There is ao
efatt-Xe in fruit crops. Condition of
jfemrara will be 25 per cent better
sjte-)r liarvest. Merchants' condition
Ej-E and deposits unchanged;
:-v?ete are lighter; new elevator and
Uttxa mill under construction. Pros
o lair. Fall grain was slightly
Saiaaged by frost; growing condi
t-'uMm ?ood.
BGlGLAS COUNTY Light crops
fip-3lly this year. Merchants are
fowStTusB their own. Loans and de-
f.j?a 25 per cent less; no new in
feoZriKi. Prospects are only fair. A
f. rop this year will make it nec-ts.-Bry
to wait for another year.
lcilLlAM COUNTY There is no
tAxarjes in the acreage of grain, but
rvftrejal -will show an increase of 40
ffvr meut in yield. No commercial
Xnalt- Shipments of products will be
atbail the same. Conditions of mer
ftfsajil and farmers unchanged, with
TbrA -JsrrMly better prospects. No
jaw "iixliistries.
OiANT COUNTY A small acre
5b v,heat and oats increased 10
pear sk-M. Fruit is a practical failure-.
Livestock shipments will in
rasw 3 per cent. Farmers and mer
xx,1i are in about the same condi
lieaL. Stocks lighter. Loans and de--&its
anchanged.
IIAHNEY COUNTY Wheat in
(fmnK) 20 per cent, barley 10 per
fcvet. oabi 5 per cent. There will be
n 1 per cent increase in the lumber
tjteijBl, 5 per cent in livestock and
2i Ia- cent in hogs. Condition of
fanners and merchants somewhat
irajwoved. Stocks are lighter. Pros
ul3 lair.
HOCID RIVER COUNTY Hay has
iaevmsed 100 per cent to 200 per
-; jfotatoes show slight Increase;
njijits are Increased 10 to 25 per
)ther fruits show a 20 per
?ri. 5jit;rease. Lumber output has
Jf"trmnfl from 25 to 50 per cent,
shipments will increase 10 per
JAi:KON COUNTY No change
'ib airreage. Apples will show a
iItfrt "increase, but all other fruits
im Jrreaed. Livestock shipments
wsB increase 25 per cent. Where
tise Imit was frostbitten farmers will
bm. hard up. Standing of merchants
-aaefcanged; diversified farming ia
Ixsgto fing conditions.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY Nominal
grain and hay crops are unchanged.
All fiuits show an increase of 10
1-er cent. The lumber output, 12,
HO0.OOO to 15.000,000, shows an in
crease of 10 to 25 per cent. Live
stock shipments will increase 25 per
cent. Conditions of farmers and
merchants slightly better. Deposits
and loans Increased. One creamery;
four new sawmills established. More
attention given to stock and dairy
ing is improving matters here.
KLAMATH COUNTY Grain
shows an increase. Farmers In bet
ter condition; merchants unchanged,
deposits and loans increased ; no new
Industries. Cold Spring retarded
crops, but late rains make prospects
good.
LAKE COUNTY Wheat increas
ed 10 per cent in acreage and 50 per
cent tn yield; oats 5 per cent and 20
per cent; barley 10 per cent and 20
per cent. Fruit yield is decreased
50 to 60 per cent on account of frost.
Livestock shipments will Increase 15
per cent. Farmers are in better fi
nancial condition, and merchants
about the same, with stocks un
changed. There is a new sawmill
and creamery.
LANE COUNTY Prunes are 70
per cent short, otherwise a slight in
crease in fruit. Lumber shipment;
will decrease about 40 per cent. Con
dition of farmers is fully as good as
last year, but merchants not so well
off; their stocks were too heavy and
they, are buying but little now. Crop
conditions good.
LINCOLN COUNTY Oats, hay
and potatoes show increases; fruit
about the same as 1913. Lumber
output increased 25 per cent. Not
much change In condition of farmers
aad merchants. Creameries have
been established at Toledo and Nash
ville; an ice, cold-storage and fish
ing plant at Newport. Merchants
do not find much increase in general
business.
LINN COUNTY-Not much change
in acreage and a good average yield
of grain. Fruit is a fair crop, except
prunes, which are a one-third crop
only. Clover seed, a very important
product, has good prospects. Lum
ber is a local product only. Beef and
butter show lower prices than one
year ago. Farmers are better off
than one year ago; merchants are
not doing so well. Deposits are
higher by 10 per cent and loans 15
per cent lower. If the good crop
prospects are realized general busi
ness will be better.
MALHEUR COUNTY Wheat
slightly Increased, also apples, peach
es, prunes and cherries a practical
failure; livestock shipments will in
crease 50 per cent. Farmers "and
merchants are somewhat better off.
No new industries. The light crop
of peaches, prunes and cherries is
owing to early frost.
MARION COUNTY A normal
acreage is grain, with good pros
pects. Apples, pears, cherries and
small fruits a normal crop. Prunes
25 per cent crop. Lumber shipments
will be normal; livestock will In
crease 25 per cent. Farmers on an
average are in better condition;
merchants only fair. Hunt Brothers
of San Francisco, have established a
large cannery here. Looks like, a
very good year; the only short crop
is prunes.
MORROW COUNTY Wheat is
increased 20 per cent in acreage and
30 per cent in yield. Livestock and
wool shipments will decrease 20 per
cent. Conditions are better than
they have been since 1912. A
creamery is being started in Hepp
ner. MULTNOMAH COUNTY Farm
ers are all in pretty good shape; bet
ter than last year. Merchants are
also in better condition. Bank de
posits and loans are increased. A
cannery Is being organized at Gresh
am. POLK COUNTY Condition of
farmers and merchants unchanged.
Prospects for mixed farming good.
Fruit will be short; prunes one-half
to one-third crop. Lumbering in
very bad condition. Good prices for
livestock, wool and mohair. No new
industries.
SHERMAN COUNTY Wheat, an
increase of 25 per cent. Farmers
and merchants in good condition.
Collections, however, are very slow.
Loans and deposits smaller. Pros
pects good.
TILLAMOOK COUNTY During
1913 the county produced 4,101,962
pounds of cheese, valued at $627,
185.10. This shows an increase in
production over 1912, but a decrease
of $20,000 in receipts, owing to low
er price being received. This in
dustry is growing and prospects are
good. Lumber output shows a fair
Increase, while it is expected a good
run of salmon will be derived this
year. Farmers are in good condi
tion, but are buying conservatively
.and merchants find collections very
slow. Not much building is in pro'
gress. Loans and deposits about the
same as last year.
UMATILLA COUNTY Wheat In
crease of 5 percent; barley is normal.
Farmers and merchants are tn about
the same condition. Loans and de
posits have Increased. No new in
dustries; good prospects.
UNION COUNTY Grain and po
tatoes stuw an increase of 10 per
cent to 15 per cent; apples Increased
40 per cent; prunes 25 per cent,
pears, peaches, cherries and small
fruit are short crop. The lumber out
put is decreased 25 per cent. Live
stock and other products 15 per cent
Increase. Farmers are buying con
servatively and merchants operating
at less expense. No change in loans
and deposits, business conditions ap
pear brighter.
WALLOWA COUNTY Wheat,
oats, barley and hay are increased
10 per cent. Lumber shipments will
be same as last year. Sheep will de
crease 10 per cent. Other products
will increase. A large sawmill is be
ing erected at Enterprise, and a rail
road to the Northern part of the
county. Prospects are good, a bum
per crop is expected.
WASCO COUNTY The crop is
about the same as last year. Live
stock shipments will increase. Pros
pects are good if prices hold up.
WASHINGTON COUNTY Wheat
crop is about the same and with in
crease 15 per cent to 20 per cent in
yield. Other grains unchanged.
WHEELER COUNTY There is
no increase in acreage of grain, but
tne yield will show a slight increase.
Fruit shows a decrease of 10 per
cent. Shipments of lumber increase
50 per cent, livestock 10 per cent.
Farmers are in slightly better con
dition than one year ago.
YAMHILL COUNTY Wheat is 20
per rent short; prunes 35 per cent.
Practically all other crops show 20
per cent increase, and shipments will
lie 1 0 per cent to 20 per cent greater.
The hop crop is a large factor In this
county, and is larger than last year.
Most merchants report an Increase
in sales. Indications point to pros
perous Fall trade. A new cannery is
being erected.
THE LIFE CAREER
"Schooling in youth should Invariably be
directed to prepare a person in the best way
for the best permanent occupation for which
he is capable.'-FresidentC. W. Eliot.
This is the Mission of the
OREGON AGRiCULTURALCQLLEGE
Forty-sixth School Year Opens
SEPTEHBER 18th, 1914
Write for illustrated 100-page Book
let, "THE LIFE CAREER," and for Cata
log containing full information.
Degree Courses AGRICULTURE':
Agronomy, Animal Husbandry.DairyHus
bandry, Poultry Husbandry, Horticulture.
Agriculture for Teachers. FORESTRY,
Logging engineering, home eco-
NOM ICS : Domestic Science, Domestic Art,
ENGINEERING: Electrical, Irrigation,
Highway, Mechanical, Chemical, Mining.
Ceramics. COMMERCE. PHARMACY.
Industrial arts.
Vocational Cow-Agrkulture, Dairy
ing, Home Makers' Course, Industrial
Arts, Forestry, Business Short Course.
School of Music Piano, String, Band,
Voice Culture.
Farmers Business Course by Mail Free
Address THE REGISTRAR,
(tw-M5toM) Corrsllis, Oregon
REDFRONT
Livery & Feed
Stables "
WILLIS STEWART, Proprietor.
First Class Livery Rigs
kept constantly on hand and
can be furnished on short no
tice to parties desiring to drive
into the interior. First class
Hacks and Buggies
Call around and see us.
We cater to the
Commercial Travel
ers and Camping
Parties
and can furnish rigs and driv
er on short notice.
HEPPNER - - - OREGON
Under Auspices
Episcopal Diocese of Oregon ;
FALL TERM OPENS
Sept, 23rd, 1914.
Grammar School and Colloge Pre
paratory courses. School estate com
prises 100 acres ofv fertile land.
Complete gymnasium, Indoor and
outdoor athletics. Library, study
halls, competent instruction in all
branches. Send for rates and book
let: "Where Boys are trained to
think." :
Address:
BISHOP SCOTT SCHOdL,
Yamhill, Oregon
TYPHOID
la no more necetMry
than Smallpox. Army
experience has demonitrated
the almoit mlraculoui effi
cacy, and banalcssness, of Antityphoid Vaccination.
Be vaccinated NOW by your physician, you and
your family. It It more vital than house Insurance.
Ask your physician, druggist, or send for "Havt
you bad Typholdf" telling of Typhoid Vaccina,
results from use, and danger from Typhoid Carriers.
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Heppner Flouring Mill
SAVES MONEY FOR EVERY USER OF FLOUR IN
MORROW COUNTY. v
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Our WHITE STAR and DIAMOND brands are made
from selected Bluestem. Every sack guaranteed by us,
and your money cheerfully refunded if goods not found
satisfactory. -: -:- -:- :- -:- -:-
NONE BETTER Ask Your Grocer For It
GRAHAM, WHOLE WHEAT, CREAM MIDDLINGS,
SPECIALY CLEANED ROLLED BARLEY
AND ALL OTHER MILL PRODUCTS
ALWAYS ON HAND..
Heppner Milling Co.
BUYERS TO 'SHARE IN PROFITS
LOWER PRICES ON FORD CARS
Effective from August 1, 1914, to August 1, 1915,
and guaranteed against any reduction during that
time.
TOURING CARS $505
RUNABOUT ... $515
TOWN CARS $765
F. O. B. Heppner, all cars fully equipped.
(In the United States of America only.)
Further we will be able to obtain the maximum ef-.
ficiency In our factory production, and the mini
mum cost in our purchasing and sales departments
if we reach an output of 300,000 cars between the
above dates.
And should we reach this production we agree to
pay as the buyer's share from $40 to $60 per car
(on or about August 1, 1915) to every retail buy
er wau purchases a new Ford car between August
1, 1911, and August 1, 1915.
For further particulars regarding these low prices
and profit-sharing plan, call on or write
ALBERT BOWKER, AGENT
At Heppner Oarage.
Try a G.-T. Want Ad.
Heppner Farmers1 Union Warehouse Co.
Wool, Grain.
Choice Flour - $5.00 per bbl.
Wood, Coal, Cedar Posts and Rolled Barley
Best prices paid for Hides and Pelts
Licensed Embalmer Lady Assistant
J. L. YEAGER
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Phone Residence . Heppner, Oregon
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF HEPPNER
ESTABLISHED IN 1887
We make banking our business.
A sound and efficient home institution,
is our purpose.
Capital and undivided profits
They Will Bring Results
.V .. $140,000
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Items of Interest Concerning Ore
gon's Many Industries.
The 1914 state wool clip totaled
$2,700,000.
A new wharf is to be erected at
Fort Stevens.
Mtllwaukee gets an additional
school house.
Gardiner is getting up quite a
building boom.
Coqullle Is sailing $30,000 bonds
for a water plant. '
City barns will be built at Port
land to cost $50,000.
Bridge street, South Baker, has
been ordered Improved. '
A cheese factory will be built at
Murphy, Josephine county.
Enterprise opens bids August 25
for a $20,000 sewer system.
A $2000 bridge Is to go in at Oak
Ridge across the Willamette.,
Railroad service Is to be extended
from Independence to Airlie.
Athena will vote $50,000 Bchool
bonds for a modern building.
The new cannery at Gresham will
be located in Mildred addition.'
Alvadore and River Road, Lane
county, get new school houses.
Three miles of water main will be
laid on the Portland peninsula. y
The Freeland Furniture and Elcar '
Desk Co. of Portland have united.
The Haradon Candy Co. of Port
land will erect a $4000 warehouse.
The Oregon City paper industry
Is not affected by the foreign mtx.
Forestry officials and Lincoln
county will build a road out of Wald
port. A four foot Bewer will be laid
through Fairmount addition, Eu
gene. Albany business men are trying to
raise $7500 to enlarge furniture
plant. v
Veronica commissioners have au
thorized sale of $150,000 dock
bonds.
The Orenco Co-operative Market
In Association will build a ware
house. Thirty new houses are being built
at Forest Grove and ten blocks of
paving.
Lane county officials are planning
a road from Coburg north to cost
$30,000.
The new S. P. & S. docks will be
built at the foot of Madison street,
Portland.
The Salem, Falls City & Western
railroad will be extended three miles
up Teal creek.
Edlter Levar of the Coqullle Her
ald refused free publicity for Port
land Buyers' Week.
Molalla high school will be com
pleted Sept. 1st, and a new water
system Is being installed.
A freak law that will be proposed
in the legislature is to create the of
fice of county advisor.
An extension of the P. E. & E. Ry.
at Eugene will tap 3615 acres, 1200
of which are In orchard.
Klamath Falls is agitating for a
state highway to reach Crater Lake
and the Rogue river valley.
Total expenditures at Astoria to
improve harbor facilities will a
mount to half a million this year
Signor Francis Griffon of Italy is
in Portland to locate fifty thousand
acres of laud for great cheese indus
try. The Jensen Creamery Co. at Rich
land, Baker county, will have a
cheese factory in operation by March
first. ,
The S. P. Co. through Its public
ity department will spend $10,000
in advertising Coos Bay and Siuslaw
resorts and attractions.
The Oregonian calls the proposed
eight-hour law throwing the Social
1st hammer into the wheels of Ore- S
gon industrial progress.
The Pendleton Tribune Bays If the
laboring man votes for the $1500
tax exemption he will find himself
the victim of his own folly.
Rev. O'Hara, Prof. Young of U. of
O. and others met at Portland and
created a committee to form a pro
gram for the unemployed.
Under favorable business condi
tions there would be'' many enter
prises started to put water and light
in thousands of farmers homes.
The Gold Ridge Mines Co. of Se
attle has bought 300 acres of gold
placer land on Josephine creek,-, and
wll put in a large dredger plant.
The S. P. Go. purchasing office
that disbursed $200,000 a month for
supplies has been removed to San
Francisco as a measure of economy.
' Klamath Falls people think the
Oregon-California Power Co, is mak
ing too much money and the Oregon
Railroad commission will investi
gate. The Harrlsburg Commonwealth
asks if eight bills to regulate taxa
tion and several to appropriate mon
ey and levy special taxes will tend
to create confidence in prospective
manufactories.
The Blue Sky law Is being attack
ed in a new suit by W. B. McKinney -of
Portland on the ground of depriv
ing the citizens of property without
due process of law and delegates ar
bitrary power to the commissioner,