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Oreon TTir.ir.rirM Society Stock iixtii'.Loe B jading. Times i jm 1 H H I Jl n vol. no. 4. HEITNKR, OKKUOV.niXKAII'.hU ;(Q ljl5. SI'Ii.SCKlITKJX, 1. rl-.l V It 14 I W SI P 1GTI1 JEGTS DISCUSSED State Kn;inr Tells of Co-operative Work of State and National (iovei miients. Oregon Journal. "Railway and irrigation develop ment for central Oregon must g hand in liand. Each is vital to tl other. Railways '.vlll not build with out some prospects for Irrigation," State Engineer Lewis said in a tali last night before the Oregon Irriga tion Congress. "The state and the United States have been co-operating in prepara tion of plans and estimates of cost for the construction of a number of large irrigation projects. Published reports are now available for the De schutes, Ochoco and Silver Lake pro jects. "Similar reports will soon be avail able for the John Day, Malheur, Owyhee, Harney, Silver Lake, Warner Valley, Silver Creek and Rogue River projects with possibly a general re port on a. number of miscellaneous projects which have been considered in somewhat less detail." Mr. Lewis gave a brief outline of some of the projects which have been considered. The Deschutes project, he said, is divided into four units and the cost of development will run from $35 to $60 an acre, total acreage 200,000. The estimated cost of the Ochoco project is $51. AO an acre, to tal acreage 1 00,000 ; Silver Lake pro ject, $28 an acre, total acreage 4 8, 000; John Day project, 122,000 acres at $125 an acre; Malheur project 13, 000 acres at $1 to $10 an aero, de pending on location, and over 30,000 acres additional at $20 to $40 an acre; Owyhee project 20,000 to 25, 000 acres at $65 an acre; Harney project 61,000 acres, cost unstated. Mr. Lewis gave dptails of engin eering problems, available water sup ply and other technical data in er.ch case. "There are indicat;ot, " he said, "that ?H',ono acres of mars') land along ttie Silvies. Hlit.en, Chewuuean. Klamath rikI other river.) of central Oregon, if properly handled, may be found to be the richest and most fer tile in this whole region, "he. said. "I wish to suggest that the irrigation congress take some definite action looking toward the establishment of experiment stations on these swamp lands. One should be established in Harney valley, another in Chewaucan valley and a third on Klamath marsh." Leonard Lundgren, district engin eer United States forestry service, ex plained the procedure necessary to se cure from the national government rights of way across national forests for ditches, lie said that the govern ment has to know not only that the parties desiring such rights-of-way, are financially responsible, but also must be supplied with copies of their charters and other details of organi zation. He stated that only a fourth of the standing timber of Oregon Is within the boundaries of national forests, that 125,000 acres have been home steaded within the bounds of forest reserves in this state and that over 1000 easements of various kinds have been granted for 106,000 acres addi tional. "Oregon is the best state for the best, whole-souled and brainy peo ple," should be our motto, said Pro fessor F. G. Young of the University of Oregon. Professor Young said that our most vital need Is more settlers with high standards of living and ca pable of producing a surplus. He said that too much capital has been employed in this state in waiting for unearned increment, but thought that the state is pnsslng out of the ex ploitive era into one of scientific pro duction and cooperative production and marketing. HiB reference to the "hot air of de velopment associations," drew a re tort from J. W. Brewer, vice presi dent of the congress, who presided. Mr. Brewer is connected with the Ore gon Development League. He in sisted that more "hot air" is needed and that the people of Oregon must make conditions such as to take care of all classes of people because the people who come here can't be picked. "In the last four years our pro duction of grain has more than doubled," said Dr. A. F. Poley in tell ing of what irrigation has done in Wallowa county. Water has made alfalfa and alfalfa has made Wallowa the principal hog raising county in the state, he said. The cost of irri gation there has been nominal be cause of conditions which make a gravity system possible.. m is candidate ROUTE FOR COLUMBIA HI6HWAY The legislature of the State of Oregon, at the session of 1!15, by enactment, changed the name of the Railroad Commission to that of Pub lic Service Commission, and at the same time provided that one member of the commission should be a resi dent of Eastern Oregon. It did so because the majority of the represen tatives and senators representing the people of the state realized the im portance of having on the commis sion at least one member who should be acquainted, from personal interes and contact with the vast and varied resources and development of the great empire lying east of the Cas iado mountains. So tremendous are these resources and so immense the necessary devel opment, which is now only commenc ing, that few citizens of Oregon re siding outside of this section have had opportunity to acquaint theni selvse with their magnitude. Some Portland capitalists recently made a survey of the potential resources of southeastern Oregon and so impress ed were they that they hastened home to finance a much needed new rail way for that section. Returning prosperity will induce capital to undertake new develop ments in irrigation, restart silent and unproductive saw mills, stimulate the mining and livestock industries, and give additional impulse to the diver sified fanning essential to success in existing and prospective irrigation districts. All this development is going to require discriminating encourage ment, skillful assistance of capital and wise management, if the results shall be successful and permanent. The state has its part to perform in this program. Individual enter prises will take the initiative, prop erly enough, but the state, through Its public officials, must be ready to meet changing conditions as develop ment progresses; to assist in mar keting and transportation problems; to lend advantage where needed; to render encouragement and assist ance when deserving and proper. In the new era of progress and de velopment, one of the most import ant state offices to the people of East ern Oregon is that of Commissioner of Public Service. Having spent a number of years in business in Uma tilla county along lines that have de veloped a wide acquaintance with the various needs and advantages and re sources peculiar to each of the sev eral counties and communities, I feel qualified to serve the people of East ern Oregon as their commissioner of Public Service. I, therefore, hereby announce my self a candidate for the office of Pub lic Service Commissioner, subject to the will of the Republican voters of the Eastern Oregon District at the primaries in May, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and promise, if elected, to give my very best efforts to the fulfillment of the duties of this office along lines which will be to the best Interests of the district, and the State. JAMES M. KYLE. Moonshiners Fined and Sent to Jail. Portland, Ore. Martin C. Broom and James Williams, convicted Lane county moonshiners, were each sen tenced to pay a $500 fine, and Broom was sentenced to six and Williams to nine months in the county jail by Judge Wolverton in the federal court. It was shown at the trial that the men made whiskey in a still at Lea- burg, a remote community up the McKenzie river from Eugene. Judge Wolverton said that on the recommendation of the jury he would impose light sentences. Asked by the court if they had anything to say, Broom said that he was not guilty, but that he would quit drinking. Williams admitted his guilt but said he would not do it again. As a possible indication of what moonshiners will receive in Oregon, Broom and Williams have both been in jail about five months, wnich, with their sentences, makes their total time a year or more, besides their fines. S. E. Notson, who has been at tending the Irrigation Congress in Portland this week, will return home tomorrow evening. A. M. Phelps, who was also a delegate to the Con gress from the Heppner Commercial Club, was unable to attend, and he was represented in proxy by Jos, Hayes. WILL BE The Ileppner Commercial Club has received word from the Commercial iody at Pilot Rock that the State highway engineer will meet with the 'axpayers of this section on Tuesday, lanuary 4, at 1 o'clock in that city for the purpose of selecting the best route for the Columbia Highway from The Dalies to Pendleton. It is for this reason that the Heppner Com mercial Club has called a special meeting for this evening in the coun .1 chambers. If the Columbia High vay follows the general course it has aken, then It will undoubtedly be lo cated through Morrow county. But t would be easy enough for Heppner o be left off the route if one of the .jlans under consideration is taken up y the State Highway Commission. COLLEGE BOYS E Glee Club Warblers Come Witli Pro gram Which is of Same HifiH Standard of Former Years. The glee club warblers from the Oregon Agricultural College will be in Heppner Saturday evening and their program w ill begin at the high school auditorium at 8 o'clock. The boys are coming again to present the same high class entertainment which the Heppner public has enjoyed on previous occasions. The glee club appears under the auspices of the local high school and the student body will reap financial benefits from the proceeds of the en tertainment. Seats are on sale at the Patterson & Son drug store. Re served seats are selling at 50 cents. Federated Church. The last of the eight prayer meet ings held in Heppner every Tuesday, was held last Tuesday. Considering the weather and Christmas attrac tions, the meetings were well at tended and good Interest manifested. Special revial services will begin at the Federated church next Sun day to continue for some time. Ser vices will be held every day at 7:15 p. m. and except Monday and Satur day : 30 p. m. A special invitation is extended to you to attend all these meetings. W. B. SMITH, Pastor. MARGARET HARRISON. Mrs. Margaret Harrison of Hard man was born April 23, 1822, in Mercer county, Pennsylvania and died December 26, 1915, being 93 years, 8 months and 3 days old at the time of death. Mrs. Harrison crossed the plains with ox team in 1SG6, being on the road 5 months between Pennsylvania and Montana. She joined the M. E. Churcli at Hard man about 16 years ago and lived a consistent Christian until death. The funeral was conducted by Rev. W. B. Smith of Heppner from the Methodist church In Herdman De cember 27, and the bod;- was 'aid to rest in I. O. O. F. cemetery 4 miles away. s-. Dr. J. G. Turner, formerly jgof Lowe & Turner, eye spec ialists of Portland, will be in Hepp ner Friday and Saturday, January 14 and 15, at Palace Hotel. In lone Thursday, January 13. Headaches relieved, cross eyes straightened; no charge for consultation or examina tion. The local high school team will meet the quintet from the Grass Val ley high school at the skating rink tonight. A good game is expected. This will be the first game the home boys have participated in since the season opened. lone defeated Grass Valley last night but we did not learn the nature of the score. Installing New Furniture. The pharmacy room of the Patter Bon & Son drug store is being fitted up this week with brand new "Made in Oregon" furniture, which consists of various kinds of office fixtures es pecially adapted for the work of a pharmacist. The furniture was made to order by a Portland Arm. S CHOSEN NEXT WEEK That plan is: to take a course which would go to Echo by the way of lone SU11 further, the road may go righ' on up the river on the border edge oi this county. In tht, words of Secre tary Smead, of the Club, "if we are ti be on the map we have got to ge busy." Plans for the bringing or thl; highway through Heppner will be laic, at 6nce and active work will follow immediately according to those wlu have taken the matter up. At the meeting tonight arrange ments will probably bs made for ai. excursion of a large timber of Hepp ner business men to Pilot Rock nex Tuesday when the highway enginee, will meet with the taxpayers. Tin trip over and back can easily be made in a day by auto. JO BE ENFORCED County Attorney and Sheriff Voice Same Opinion as to the Manner in Which Violations Will 1m? Dealt. A few more hours and Morrow county, along with several other counties in the State of Oregon wil' be dry so far as the manner of sab and the manufacture of intoxicating liquors is concerned. The saloon wil! be a thing of the past, but according to the dry law passed by tne last leg islature a certain amount of liquor can be shipped in from outside state; for private use. The manner in which liquor can be obtained, the legal pro cess which is now necessary and how and what are termed violations are clearly set forth in the dry laws. That all violations of the law will be prosecuted vigorously is the senti ment expressed by both Sheriff Geo McDuffee and Glenn Y. Wells, county attorney. They are both of the same opinion, however, that the law break ers will be few and far between These officers of the law will have no special appropriations from the county with which to pursue and prosecute wrong doers, since their re quest for a special fund was denied by the county court. However, the sentiment of the court is for strict law enforcement and the vigilance of the law will be none the less strong on account of this, according to Mr. Wells. NOTICE OF EST HAY. We have taken up on our farm 3 miles below Heppner 16 head of hogs, for the most part sows and pigs. Owner may have this stock by paying all damages. WIGHTMAN BROS. Patrons Take Notice. The People's Cash Market is on a strictly cash basis after the first of the year. We would kindly ask that all patrons now owing us please pay up. By putting our business on a cash basis, we will be better able to satisfy the public and do justice to ourselves. We will then be able to go out and buy the best stuff that cash will buy, and you in turn will be assured of better meat on the cash basis. Respectfully, PEOPLES' CASH MARKET, Henry Schwarz, Propreitor. Mrs. Wm. Driscoll, of this city, un derwent an operation of a serious na ture at the Heppner Sanatorium last Thursday evening. She is greatly improved at this time, according to the report of her physician. , J. E. Cronan, president of the Bank of lone, spent a few hours in the city this morning on business. Plaster work in the new Masonic building is progressing rapidly. Big rabbit drive near Alpine next Saturday. NEW Li IONE NEWS NOTES T. B. Buffington and family have returned to their lone home after spending Christmas with the parents of Mr. Bufiington at Mabton, Wash. Mrs. J. R. Olden, her mother, Mrs. T. D. Gifford, and sister-in-law. Mrs ."ill Gifford, departed on Monda 'or Hillsboro. The la":trr l-.iy ha' !)een visiting for a time at tiie Older lome on Rhea creek, a:.d the elderl; Irs. Gilford was taken to her Hills boro home where she will remain foi :ome time, hoping to be benefitted in iiealth. Glenn Burroughs, who has been spending several months at the home if his parents on Rhea creek, left in Tuesday for Chicago and will en ter Northwestern University to finish his degrees. Mr. Burroughs is gain ing a splendid education and intends to complete the courses in this school before returning west again. E. R. Lundell and family of lone are spending the holidays visiting with relatives and friends in Port land. Miss Norma Coyle, of Milton, is spending the holiday week at the home of her friend, Miss Ruby Engle man, in lone. ' A very pretty wedding was con summated at noon on Sunday last at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Grif fin, of Fairview, when their daughter Lydia was joined in marriage to Glenn A. Ball. Clarence Reynolds, pastor of the Christian church of lone performed the ceremony in the pres ence of the families of the bride and groom. The young people were the recipients of many useful and valua ble presents and all enjoyed a sump tuous feast. The young people de parted on that evening for Arlington where they took the train for Port land to spend their honeymoon. The guests present, besides the olliciatin?-' minister, were Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Griffin, Fred, Francis and Phill Grif fin, Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Ritchie, Mrs. Mary E. Ball, Edgar, Elmer, Roy, Archie, Lewis, Pearl and Gladys Ball and Mr. Shipley. ... The Farmers' Union of Dry Fork will have a big dinner at the Dry Fork hall on January 8, the purpose being to get all the members of the local together, hold the annual elec tion of officers and take in some new members. A big feed is promised all who attend. The people of this com munity will also enjoy a public dance at the same hall on the evening of the 7th. A big community rabbit hunt is on in the Gooseberry section, to end on Saturday, January 8. BURTON VALLEY ITEMS. (Too late for last week) Hark ye! Me thinks I hear wed ding bells. We are welcoming the first real snow of the season. Preparations for the Christmas tree and oyster supper at Burton Valley school house are progressing nicely. Chas. Davis has purchased the saw mill former known as the McDan iel mill. Ivan Severance of Great Falls, Mont., is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sev erance. Miss Sylvia McCarty lias been en gaged to teach the Burton Valley school for the coming summer. Mr. and Mrs. Lotus Roblson visit ed at the Glenn Farrens home last Tuesday. Jas. Hansford made a flying trip to Hardman last week. Ed McDaniel and family are visit ing in Hamilton. Miss Rilla Hastings and Glenn Delp attended the dance at John Al len's last Saturday night. ANONYMOUS. NINETY-Sl.V ACRES FOR TRADE. Ten miles from Cottage Grove, six miles from railroad station. A Eood school one quarter mile distant, good farm house of seven rooms, barn and other outbuildings. 65 acres in cul tivation, 5 acres in orchard. 25 head of mixed cattle, 16 head of blooded hogs and three good horses. Also farm machinery. To tnxde for a good wheat farm. For furt-.er informa tion see Smead and Crawford, Hepp ner, Ore. A GOOD 9-ROOM HEPPNER RES IDENCE FOR SALE OR TRADE. DESIRABLE LOCATION. PLENTY OF FRUIT FOR FAMILY USE ON PLACE; PLENTY OF WATER FOR IRRIGATION. PRICES AND TERMS VERY REASONABLE. 1 SMEAD & CRAWFORD J, 0, Bfj M 10 1LLE! FARM Veteran Shortlx rn Breeder of the North wot Will Again Engage iu Raising of Fine Stock Jut Below Heppner. W. O. Minor, veteran shorthorn breeder of the Northwest, and who, a few years a'o, withdrew, so to speak, from the active stock raising business, when he sold his Mountain Valley Farm to J. C. Stapleton, is again in possession of this fine farm. E. E. Steed, who purchased the farm from Mr. Stapleton has gone to Can ada. While at the Live Stock Show and Shorthorn Sale in Portland recently, Mr. Minor purchased a two-year-old bull from N. P. Clark, of Red, Cloud, Minn. The price paid for this animal was $775. At this same sale, Golden Goods, Jr., sired by the famous Gold en Goods, who made his home on the Mountain Valley Farm until his death a few years ago, sold for $1200. For many years Mr. Minor has been the blue ribbon exhibitor at all the fairs and live stock shows in the Northwest and on different occasions has won high honors with his fine herd at the International Livestock Exhibition in Chicago. The Brown and Dunn herds, who have been more to the front the past two or three years, have been built up largely from the Minor herds of the Moun tain Valley Farm. Pansies Grow Year Round. We met Glee Boyer on the street Sunday and he was carrying in his hand a boquet of beautiful pansies. They were picked from a bed in the McHaley yard in this city. Mrs. M. J. Edmundson, who now lives there, takes good care of her flowers. This bed of pansies is on the sunny side of the house and the plants, being protected by many leaves, blossomed forth abundantly. SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATION Rural Spirit. "Our creamery is a co-operative one in its fullest sense and is rated as a success," writes W. H. Hopkins, manager of the Petahima, Cal., creamery. "Our plan of management is a little different from most co-operative creameries and we find that it worked out nicely. "Only active dairymen can own stock in the Petaluma creamery. Should one sell his business or die, his stock is purchased and turned back into the treasury. "Each dairyman owns one share of stock for each cow in his herd, and one only. The shares are $5 per cow, and not $500, as the Pacific Dairy Re view wrongly had it. This has prov ed to be the ocrrect amount to prop erly finance the creamery. We have borrowed very little money and are now out of debt. "Our earnings for the first six months of 1915 were $4S24.28. This is probably what you do not under stand. Why earnings in a co-operative creamery? Why not divide the earnings each month, as is usually done? The reason is that we tried to improve on the old plan. Our by laws were written with the idea of holding our members together by penalties. This is tiie usual practice, but we realized that by-laws or pen alties do not hold a co-operative con cern together; it takes results to do that. And to show these results in the best way possible, we decided to operate practically the same as our competitors, whose main object is dividends. "We aim to meet our competitors' prices; as a matter of fact, we quite often pay more, and at tiie end of six months we had accumulated the sum mentioned, $4S24.4S. To dis tribute this fairly, we paid a divi dend on the stock at the rate of 8 per cent and a bonus on the butter fat delivered of half a cent per pound. This bonus represents to the darry nian the net gain of owning his own business. He has been paid interest on his investment, lias had his cream tested by men whom lie lias no reason to distrust, has been paid prices for his cream as good or better than his neighbor received from the central izes and at the end of six months he received a nice fat check that his neighbor did not get, which makes him feel good, and makes his neigh bor feel like joining. "Alter paying the bonus and divi dend, we had $2240.19 left, which was held as a surlus or undivided profits until the end of the year. The next six months includes our slack season; but the surplus will enable us to maintain our prices, pay losses if any, and repeat the performance of a dividend and bonus at the end of the year,"