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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
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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,"