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HEPPNER, OREGON, AUGUST 27, 1914.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
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SALE OF
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Tills Paper in Krror in its Announce
nient of Lust Week.
This paper announced last week,
upon information furnished by A. L.
Sparli.nc. the sale of the W. 0. Mi
nor Mountain Valley Farm to H. R.
F.lair. We later learned from Mr.
Minor that this was a mistake as no
pale was made at that time. We
are now authorized by Mr. Minor to
make the announcement that the
farm is sold to Mr. J. C. Stapleton,
of Heppner, and possession will be
given at once. A son-in-law of Mr.
Stapleton's arrived on Sunday from
The Dalles and will take charge of
the place. Arrangements had been
made by Mr. Minor with Mr. Blair
tor the latter to come and take
charge of the farm and he would
have been here shortly for that pur
pose had the deal not been consum
mated with Mr. Stapleton. Mr.
.Stapleton gets about 50 head of the
Minor Shorthorn cattle to run on
shares.
Mi; Minor still retains 320 acres
of the original farm tract and will
not make an effort to dispose of this.
This tract of land lies north of Wil
low creek on the hills between the
creek and Blackhorse and Is prin
cipally pasture land.
Fair Notes.
Are you making preparations for
the Second Annual Morrow County
Fair?
Ali Zadl, king of maglo will be
with us again on the 17, 18 and 19
of next month.
The floor of the new dance hall
will be larger than that of the Club
building, and the seats are all being
constructed a-la-bleecher, giving the
entire floor, with the exception of
orchestra space, to the dancers.
There will be no entrance fee
charged to stack exhibitors this year.
The fair board has secured one of
the' best Judges of poultry that the
Northwest affords.
Parson's band of Portland.con
sistlng of 17 pieces will furnish mu
sic during the three days of enter
tainment. ' 'The fair board guarantees a larg
er and more comprehensive exhibit
in every department as well as lib
eral awards for prizes.
The famous Portland Ad Club
quartet will be heard several times
during the fair. One appearance
should be enough to Induce you to
come many miles. They are Pacific
Northwest celebrities in their line.
SOME OIL REDUCTIONS.
At Heppner Garage: Gasoline in
cases of 10 gallons, $2.75; Eocene
coal oil, per case, $2.40; Pearl oil
per case $2.15. These prices will
prevail until further notice.
ALBERT BOWKER.
Deputy Sheriff (Jets Reward,
Deputy Sheriff George McDuffee
received a draft from the O.-W. R.
& N. Co. on Friday for $1100.00, be
ing the reward of $1000.00 awarded
him by the' Company for the killing
of train robber Charles Manning,
and $100.00 additional to cover the
expenses of Mr. McDuffee connected
therewith. This is substantial evi
dence that the railroad company ap
preciated the work done by our dep
uty sheriff, and Mr. ' McDuffee cer
tainly appreciates the donation by
the railroad officials. They took
complete charge of him at the hos
pital in Pendleton and saw that he
had the best of treatment and nurs
ing during hi illness resulting from
his wound, and all hospital fees were
assumed by the Company. Their
every treatment has been of the
kindest consideration and this last
act on their part is not only appre
ciated by Mr. McDuffee, but is ack
nowledged by the people of Morrow
county as being Just recognition of
the act of a brave official.
Services Will lie Resumed.
Regular services will be resumed
at the Christian church on Sunday.
The pastor, T. S. Handsaker, accom
panied by his family, arrived from
the Valley this week and from now
on the regular work of the church
will be taken up and carried forward
by him. Sunday school doubled in
attendance last Sunday and a large
increase Is expected as people are
beginning to get back to town for
the opening of school. Preaching
both morning and evening, apd reg
ular mid-week service on Thursday
evening.
Have you seen that new electric
range at our office? If not, you
should come up and inspect it at
once. This range is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, and you
will find that electricity is cheaper
than fuel.
HEPPNER LIGHT & WATER CO.
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United States Attorney, After Probe
Fulls to Find Any Inwarrant
' ed Rises.
New York, Aug. 24 The Federal
inquiry into the higher cost of food
since the war began In Europe has
not developed that " the increases
wore unwarranted, according to
Roger B. Wood, United States Dis
trict Attorney in charge of the in
vestigation. "No evidence of conspiracies to
force up the price of food has been
disclosed which would warrant
criminal action being instituted by
the government," Mr. Wood said to
day. "Generally speaking, there
has been no unusual rise in the price
of food stuffs. There have been In
creases in a few commodities, but
some of these have become dearer
because of natural causes.
"I will admit that the timeliness
of our Inquiry might have arrested
a general upward movement of pri
ces due to the greed of retailers
and wholesalers."
Mr. Wood added that he had found
no abnormal supply of foodstuffs In
storage warehouses which would in
dicate that dealers are storing goods
to force prices up. Oregonian.
. Our Acknowledgements
To our good friend, L. B. Kicker,
of Irrlgon, the editor and family ex
tend grateful thanks for a box of
fine Elbertas received on Friday last
from the orchard ot Messrs. Reiks
& Kicker. They were certainly
beauties, very large in size and ex
cellent flavor. Mr. Kicker, we cer
tainly have a tender spot in our
heart for you, and those Elbertas
were received with open arms, and
open mouths as well, with the hope
that your orchards will never fail
and that as the years roll by the
fame of the Irrlgon district with its
splendid products will spread to the
uttermost parts of the land.
Messrs. Reiks & Kicker, as well as
a number of other growers of that
district, had good peach crops this
yur, and large shipments have come
to Heppner. This district Is hard to
beat in the quality of its products.
James Griffiths, a brother of Mrs.
j. A. Patterson, and who has been
visiting his relatives in Heppner for
the past six weeks, departed on Wed
nesday for his home at Lima, Ohio.
It has been about thirty years since
Mrs. Patterson had seen her broth
er, and his visit at this time was one
of mutual enjoyment.
Wheat Rolling In.
Wheat hauling is beginning in
earnest and strings of big teams are
passing through Heppner daily for
the warehouses at the depot. As
threshing is now generally In pro
gress in the section adjacent to
Heppner, the volume of wheat com
ing to town increases. It may be,
too, that the prospect of $1 wheat
is exhllerating the movement to
some extent.
Why burn wood and coal and heat
up your house these warm days. ' Ge;
one of those electric irons of Heppner
Light & Water Co. and be cool while
doing the ironing.
School Opens Sept. 14.
The Heppner public school will
open September 14, the second Mon
day in the month, with Professor
H. H. Hoffman at the helm. The
teachers for the year have all been
selected and the grades which they
are to teach as follows: H. H.
Hoffman, high school; Lucy T. Wed
ding, high school; Marion Long,
high school; Addie M. Schwittay,
high school; Ethel Casey, eighth
grade; Mazle O. Walker, 6th and
7th grades; Leona I. Newton 5th and
6th grades; Ella B. Wallen, 3rd and
4th grades; Helen H. Ames, 2nd
grade and Mary Power,-1st grade.
Instruction Train Visits Heppner.
The O.-W. R. & N. air-brake In
struction train in charge of John
Shea, was In Heppner Friday, and
all the employees on the local train
were given a short course of instruc
tion. The coach, which is sent out
from the mechanical department of
the company is fitted out with a com
plete system of air-brake machinery,
the latest of its kind, and the rail
road men are thus kept familiar with
all the latest improvements.
Mr Shea is an old-time friend of
John Patterson's, these two gentle
men having been In the employ of
the railroad together many years
ago. They had an enjoyable visit
while Mr. Shea was In the city.
The following Lexington citizens
were in Heppner yesterday: W. E.
Leach, W. P. McMillan, Guy Nor
dyke and Chas. Burchell. Mr.
Leach came up to attend a meeting
of the fair board and the others were
here on matters of business.
Mrs. C. A. Jones returned to her
home at Pasco, Wafli., last Friday
after a couple of weks visit with
relatlces In this city,
NAMliR FALLS BEFORE GERMAN
ATTACK- ALLIES TP AID JAPAN
ALLIES SEEM UNABLE TO STOP ADVANCE OF GER
MANSRUSSIA IS SENDING AN ARMY OF 1,000,000
MEN TO THE EASTERN 'FRONTIER OF GERMANY,
AND TEUTONS MUST DISPOSE OF ENEMIES ON THE
WEST HURRIEDLY, OR SLAVS WILL BECOME MEN
ACE IN THE EAST. .
A dispatch from London states
that Namur, capitol of Namur Prov
ince, 34 miles southeast of Brussels
had fallen before the Germans, Na
mur was strongly fortified.
The line of battle now extends
from Bruges In Northern Belgium to
west of Mulhausen far south of the
Franco-German boundary, a battle
front of approximately 2S0 miles.
The Germans have taken the offen
sive all along the line, and the al
lied forces appear to.be unable to
check their steady advance. The
Kaiser, it is said, figures on the
probable loss of 1,000,000 men be
fore Paris is taken, his prime objec
tive point.
Dispatches from Tokio indicate
that four nations may combine to
route Germany from her far-eastern
ADDRESS OF A. LULLS BEFORE
IRE VISITING BUYERS AT PORTLAND
PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORT
LAND SPEAKS ON "THE "FINANCIAL SITUATION"
DURING SESSION OF BUYERS' WEEK.
Address by Hon. A. L. Mills, Pres
ident First National Bank, Portland,
Oregon, delivered ' at the Banquet
tendered to visiting Bayers 'by the
Jobbers and Manufacturers of Port
land, Oregon, August 14, 1914.
On Wednesfiay your committee
honored me with,, an invitation to
speak to you tonight on the existing
and future financial conditions in
the United States.
There is not time tonight, nor per
haps Is there Inclination on your
part, to listen to an exhaustive econ
omic discussion of American finance;
at best, only the most striking fea
ture of the situation can be touched
upon.
Certain facts and beyond perad
venture the most important ones in
the consideration of our present fi
nancial conditions, which must be
indelibly impressed upon the minds
of every business man in these Uni
ted States, are
First That financial conditions
in our Country today are sound, and
at no time since our government was
established were they ever in a soun
der condition than they are at this
moment.
Second (and let this sink deep in
to your understanding) There is
absolutely no danger today of a fi
nancial panic sweeping across this
country such as all of us have seen
in times gone by, nor, indeed, shall
you or I ever again witness in this
country such panic conditions as pre
vailed in 1907 or 1893 or, indeed,
in other panic years. These are
cold, hard facts and not the rosy
dreams of some visionary student of
political economy! facts that are es
tablished truths in the minds of fi
nanciers of established reputation,
and facts that should fand must be
equally well established in your
mind and in the mind of every bus
iness man in the United States.
Let me repeat them, for they can
not be reiterated too often: First:
These United States were never in a
sounder financial condition than they
are today. Second: There is no dan
ger of financial panic today nor shall
we ever again see such panics as we
have in the past.
Take these statements of facts
home with you, mull over them,
make them a part and parcel of your
daily financial creed, and then join
with other loyal patriotic citizens in
preaching to your neighbors the gos
pel of faith in our country's institu
tions and the absolute soundness of
its present financial system.
Aye, this and more, you and I and
all of us should do combat with all
the power and force that is within
us the dismal croakings of the con
firmed pessimist who, whenever
there is the smallest cloud in the
sky, believes that the sun will never
shine again. Such calamity howlers
are pests In society, of value neither
to themselves nor to others, but ra
ther they are a drag upon the wheels
of our nation's progress.
Pardon this digression, but there
shoud not be even standing room for
the pessimist in this great country of
ours.
possessions. Although thus far on
ly England has Joined with Japan In
preparing for the attack on Klao
Chau, the waving of Russian and
French flags with that of Ja an'over
the respective embassies is taken to
Indicate that these nations will join
In an alliance with the Mikado.
While the Kaiser's army is plac
ing Its full force against the allied
powers of Belgium, France and Eng
land, the great armies of Russia are
finally being moblized, and one army
of 1,000,0(0 men is now marching
toward Germany's frontier on the
east. It is thought that It is the
Kaiser's aim to crush his enemies on
the West in short order, that he
may then be able to give his whole
attention to Russia.
To return to our subject why
should the best financial minds in
0-v.Vountry believe financial condi
tions,, never sounder" than ' they are
today? .
First: Because in these United
States there are one billion, five hun
dred million dollars of gold, a sup
ply roughly two and a half times
greater than that of any other coun
try; an amount more than sufficient
to transact the business of this coun
try; when treated scientifically as a
reserve against currency issues it is
sufficient to- carry a burden of cur
rency fifty times greater than we
now have, without endangering our
maintenance of a gold standard.
Take for example the panic of 1907,
when England had but four hundred
millions of gold; and yet so perfect
was England's financial system that
it parted with one-half of this supply
to this country without shaking the
financial fabric of Great Britain. Our
supply of gold today is nearly four
times larger than that of Great Brit
ain in 1907, and should with ease
carry all the burdens of commerce
that may be put upon it.
Second: The strength ot our fi
nancial system today is shown by
the ease with which we parted with
one hundred millions of gold in the
first five months of this year and
forty-eight millions more during the
month of July, without disturbing
one iota our finances. At no prev
ious date in the history of our coun
try have we exported a like amount
of gold in so short a time; to have
done so in years gone by would have
rocked every financial institution in
the country to its foundations and
probably brought ruin to many. To
day not one has been disturbed by
such a heavy exportation of the
precious metal; nay more, financial
leaders say so good and sound is
our condition that another one hun
dred millions could have gone
abroad without perceptibly affect
ing conditions.
Third: Because the New York
Stock Exchange, against which so
many of our people exclaim, was
kept open for days after every or
ganized stock exchange in the world
had closed; yet by so doing was able
to absorb, without panic or disaster,
the immense flood of securities
poured upon us by the panic strick
en peoples of Europe. Such stability
of our financial institutions, for in
the end the burden was cast upon
them, makes it but a question of a
few years before New York becomes
the recognized financial center of the
world.
Fourth: Because today we have
established in this country, and soon
to be in full operation, a scientific
financial system that is capable of
withstanding any strain or stress
that may be brought upon it.
These, are the reasons why our
practical financiers believe our fi
nancial conditions never sounder
than they are today.
Let me repeat them, for they are
worth remembering:
First: One billion, five hundred'
million of gold oi hand in these
United States, an amount capable of
supporting a currency system fifty
times, at least, greater tlfcn now is
carried.
Second: The ease with which we
withstood a drain within six months,-
ot one hundred and forty-eight mil
lions of gold and the ability to with
stand a further drain of cne hun
dred millions.
Third: The remarkable strength
of the New York Stock Exchange to
absorb vast quantities of our secur
ities without making any perceptible
strain upon our financial institu
tions. ' "
Fourth: The establishment of a
scientific and economic system, the
equal of any in the world. These
are the reasons why financial condi
tions are sound today in this coun
try. Practical economists believe in
them; bankers worthy of the name
ot bankers believe in them, and it
but remains to drive this belief home
to every business man in the country
to still forever the pessimist, who
now goes up and down the land
mournfully croaking about impend
ing panics and by so doing disturb
ing business and spreading unrest
wherever he goes.
After what has just been said, do
you ask further why there is no dan
ger of a financial panic today, and
why we shall never again have such
a one as we have experienced in the
past?
It needs but a word in answer;
Due in the first place to the work
done by the Aldrich Currency Com-
mission and, later, to the crystali-
atlon of that work in the Federal
Reserve Act, we have now a sound
financial economic system . that
makes any serious financial panic
an utter impossibility. Tight money
we may have in the future, com
mercial depressions we must and
shall have whenever speculation ex
ceeds the bounds of prudence, but
financial panics never again.
So much for the financial condi
tions of the present and the future.
Were there time, I should like full
well to go into the details of the Fed
eral Reserve Act by which sound fi
nancial conditions are assured to us,
but I must omit doing so as, before
closing I wish to say a word or two
concerning our local conditions and
how I believe the European war will
effect business Interests in the north
west. We are now harvesting one ot the
most bountiful crops with which the
northwest was ever blessed: a crop
that Europe and especially England
must have in order that their peo
ples shall not starve. This crop they
must pay for no matter what the cost
may be. England appreciates this
fact and Is bending every effort to
compass Its safe transportation. The
British Government itself has an-,
nounced that it will insure the" sklp
nounced that it will insure the ship
per and owner against any loss oc
casioned by the European war, and
it but remains for our international
bankers to perfect arrangements for
negotiating the bills of exchange
drawn against, these cargoes so that
they may be converted into cash- in
New York. This I firmly believe
will be consummated within the next
two or three weeks. When accom
plished, the question is solvefl, and
with the solution, will come a flow
of English gold to our country in
greater volume than we have ever
witnessed before a volume so great
as to materially stimulate every bus
iness enterprise within this country.
In the meantime, however, for the
next two or three weeks there will
be unrest and fears and excitement.
It therefore devolves upon us all to
practice patience and maintain our
courage, for there is nothing to fear
in the future. What is true of our
wheat crop is true in like measure
to our meat, hops and other pro.
ducts. Your grouchy pessimist, ever seek
ing for fresh causes to whine about,
is going up and down our streets
saying "doubtless it may be true
that Europe needs our crops, but
nevertheless If they cannot be shipp
ed in safety from our ports they are
of no value to us." This is utterly
false, as I have attempted to show
you, for England must have our
grain and is prepared to pay ' the
price and , bear the burden of the
war risks. That England is amply
able to do this is shown by the fact
that when the European war first
broke out, as a first protection
against a business excitement, the
Bank of England raised its rate of
discount to eight and then to ten per
cent, and declared a few days bank
holiday. When it was seen by the
English financiers that there was no
need for undue alarm, the Bank of
England's rate of discount fell rap
Idly to six per cent; and then to five
per cent. This rate, although some
what higher than normal, is not an
unusual one at this time of year,
nor one that is in any way a bar to
commercial transactions. It means
that the merchants and bankers of
London, of worthy standing,-can dis
count their paper and their commod
ity bills at reasonable rates of inter
est. Such being the case, and with
transportation rendered safe, there
Is practically nothing to hinder our
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President Smead of The Commer
cial Club Receive Letter Say
ing That Business Will Not
Justify.
President Smead of the Heppner
Commercial Club received a reply
yesterday to the petition which was
signed by several hundred Morrow
county citizens asking for increased
passenger service on the Heppner
branch. The letter is as follows:
W. W. Smead,
President Commercial Club,
Heppner, Oregon.
Dear Sir: I have before me the pe
tition signed by the citizens of Mor
row county, dated July 29, in re
gard to passenger train service be
tween Heppner and the main line,
and after fully canvassing the mat
ter through our passenger depart
ment it Is considered that present
conditions will not justify any in
crease in passenger train service on
the Heppner branch at the present
time.
Regretting our inability to comply
with the desires of the petitioners,
we remain, Yours truly,
M. J. BUCKLEY,
General Superintendent.
Moron- County Receives Mention.
The August number of the West
ern Stock Journal, published at
Oregon City, contains a picture of
one of W. O. Minor's prize winning
shorthorns, and a small sketch ot
the livestock possibilities' of Morrow
county. In conclusion the article
says: "No wonder Morrow county
pan raise crops and stock! She has
the land! It only remains for some
of the big land holders to let go and
let mere farmers in and to adopt
more careful means of cropping. The
big farmers necessarily hasten over
the land and are not as careful as
they should be .bout nutting in the
crop, and sometimes poor crops are
harvested because the weeds take
the grain."
The author of the article also put
in a good boost for the Second An
nual Morrow County Fair. "15,000
to 20,000 people will visit the fair.
Handsome new pavilions and danc
ing hall are under construction, also
stock and poultry houses. A great
program of events is being arranged
with bronco busting and balloon
flights among the sports."
VACUUM CLEANERS.
We have put in a stock of Vacuum
Cleaners for family use. Please call
and see them.
Also one large $125 machine, for
rent at the following rates: '75 cts.
for 4 hours; $1.00 for 8 hours; over
4 hours will be charged 8 hours.
Those wanting to use the large ma
chine call the power house and we
will deliver the same and call for it
when you are through. Parties using
machine will be charged for It from
time of delivery until they notify us
they are through. We will furnish
a man to operate the machine at a
reasonable rate.
HEPPNER LIGHT & WATER CO.
The Federated Church.
"Wanted Men.' This theme will
be discussed by Rev. Ferris on next
Lord's Day morning at 11 o'clock
prompt. After which a congrega
tional business meeting will be held
for the transaction of important
business.
All members and friends are most
earnestly requested to be present.
At 8:00 o'clock p. in. regular Sun
day evening services at which time
Pastor Ferris will speak on the
theme, "Our religious need."
Strangers welcome.
Fair Colors Red and White.
Secretary Smead of the Morrow
County Fair Board announces that
the board has selected red and white
for the official fair colors. All dec
orating will be carried out in these
colors this year. It might be well
for those who will decorate, to se
cure their bunting and other mater
ials at an early date.
FOR SALE.
10 to 20 acre tracts under ditch in
the edge of thriving town. Good
school. See Ike Howard, lone, Ore.
Do you contemplate having any
work done in the line of building?
If so give Harry Johnson a chance
to figure with you. First clas work
and satisfaction guaranteed, tf.
A new Champion mower and hay
rake at a bargain.
HEPPNER MILLING CO.
I. E. McConkie, a Gilliam county
farmer ot near Lone Rock, spent
several days In Heppner on busi
ness this week.