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V J GAZ IME Oregon ifftor Stock Lxcii j JL JL -IeS1 IIEPPXEU, OREGON, AUGUST, 24, 1J)1. SUBSCRIPTION, PER YEAR VOL. MM. NO. 2 II SM. II II H H 1L JLJLJL- B1D1IISIBI WITH i FUTURE UALLbU B ULA1H c. : BUi.vden I'mlict.s (ireat TliiiiKs or Xew 'it y in the North. "I have never yet lived in a town with such a promising future as Yews Items of More Than Passing Moment I- ruin lone und Vicinity. This community was saddened by the announcement of the death of Andy J. Cook believes he has the rnrnril for nntatn nr.iduction from one I hill. One hill of his potato patch pro duced sixty spuds and they are all of fair rise. The remarkable part of the thins is the fact that all the po tatoes came from just one seed. The piece of potato which Mr. Cook plant ed for seed, did not decay, but Is as it,.... .Iimmm " uolil fl r lllnvdnn. a firm nml emnnth nnw ns it was the merchant from that town who .was in .day it was planted. Mrs. Geo. N. Ely which occurred at Hewmcr Wednesday to attend to j The potatoes are of a late variety j tile llome of Mr and Mrs C- A- low school matters. 'and introduced into this country from j n (m Su t Mrs Ey According to Mr. Biaylon. Board-; Yakima. Mr. Cook states he will j i ,., '. . !, i, 'was convalescing from her recent con- man is progressing ai a rupiu j nave more pciaiues una jtm " right now. He makes the prediction will know what to do with, that it will be the garden spot of the j He will have the sixty potatoes tak coimiy in a l't.v years a::d land will bo ,en from one hill on display at the of higher value here than in any oth-! Morrow County Fair. Later he will or section of the county. He bases j use them for seed. his statement on the fact tl'.at sou in the Boardman section, when placed under irrigation, will produce heavi ly. He believes it Is a young man's country. "A young man who would buy a fow acres of Boardman land under 'the ditch, grow alfalfa and raise hogs could not. help but prosper. Boardman has the best natural loca tion i-i the world, being on the main line of a transcontinental railroad, is situated on the banks of the Colum blt River and there is a natural grade into Boardman from all the tributary country. Another thing in Board man's favor is the easy access to an early and ready market," said Mr. Blavden, At the present time Mr. Blayden is building a new store building whlcli will soon be ready for occupancy. He is more than pleased with the way his business has grown since he ar rived there and says he has heen add ing to his stock of goods continually FOREST NOTES. Box manufacture ranks first among the wood using industries of Wash ington. Sitka spruce and western yellow pine are the chief woods used, amounting together to approximately ninety million board feet annually. The largest consumers are the can neries and orchards. The southern States contain the only remaining important hardwood supply of the temperate zone, not only of the United States but proba bly of the entire world. There are 392 consumers of tannin in the United States, who use an nually 625,000 cords of' hemlock hark, 290,000 cords of oak bark, and 380,000 cords of chesnut wood. One hundred and thirty thousand ,o,w f t.hn National Forests will be since the day he opened up for bus- d(strlbuted this summer. These maps iness. show the best camp sites, good hunt- Boardman is building to the future , . fisl,ln Lrrounds. roads, trails, and every time a warn is mm, h. . . telephone lines, and give airec- not of the board walk variety but oi Uong how to reacn points 0f interest solid concrete. Tlie streets are mm off in a systematic manner, being a contrast to the pioneer towns which sort of grew up with the trees and other vegetation and followe'd the lines of the least resistance. . There are 20,000 acres of land sub ject to irrigation lying tributary to the town ot Boardman. Many set tlers are takng up land there and it will be only a few years, say those STATE ASSOCIATION The Oregon State Editorial asso- iation deserves the absolute loyalty who are in the best position to know, Qf evpry edltor and publisher in Ore until the Boardman country will be measure of coop- finement when she was taken with a severe case of pleurisy. From this she appeared to be recovering, how ever, and on Sunday evening was much improved, seemingly, and rest ed quite well until near twelve o' clock when she awoke and com plained of being very sick and suffer ing from a pain in the heart and be fore a doctor could be summoned she had passed away. Funeral services were held for her at the schoolhouse n Morgan on Tuesday at 11, Clar ence w. Keynoios, pastor oi me Christian church at lone, preaching the sermon, and burial services were held at the cemetery at that place under the auspices of Locust Chapter Eastern Star, of lone, of which Mrs Ely was a member. The funeral was very largely attended by the friends and neighbors of the deceased from Morgan and lone, as she was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Josephine Adams was born in Yak ima, Wash., November 14, 1887, and riiPrt nt Tone. Oregon. August 20 1916. She was united in marria; to Geo. N. Ely at the home of her parents at Salem, Oregon, on June 22. 1912, the issue of this union De inir two children, a son aged two years and a daughter 3 weeks old At the time of her marriage she was engaged in teaching, and had taught two years in this county at Ella, mi Ely was a woman of splendid charac ter and attainments, had been a faith ful member of the Methodist churcli for the oast eight years and passed to her reward in the full hope of Christian faith. Her taking away at this time is particularly sad, and the husband and sorrowing relatives have the sincerest sympathy of this com munity thickly populated and a once sandy desert will be transformed into green fields and peaceful, contented homes. eration, said G. Lansing Hurd, of the O. A. C. Extension, in a recent ad dress. It is the greatest opportunity fur the upbuilding of the industry from a commercial standpoint and in crease of the dignity and effectiveness E. E. Brodie, president, and Phil S. Bates, secretary, of the Oregon stHtn Editorial Association, passed i,rnrii llennner Monday on their wav to Pendleton, La uranae ami of the newspaper Dusiness we nave i!ur. On their trip they are Inter- , , viewing the various newspaper puo- bg istently loyal to Slnd wTE Sner 11 en- this Institute of mutual helpfulness tertalned at disner by George T. and the protection of each other and Pearce and Arthur U. c-rawiora. tne protection of the capital invesieu The gentlemen are traveling in Mr, k bUKmeSs. Brodie's M.t.nen .x - Under the magnificent leadership rennrt the roads in the main pan being goon They are traveling over of President Brodie and Secretary Hip Blue Trail. Bates who have given so patriotically , . and unselfishly of their tune and er- We will loan money on su , . nou.unllnor ,laineSs of Ore- r,vrt farms in Morrow county ana . " nrsnnred to make loans gon has been helped in many ways .,n Imnroved stock ranches. H you Newspapers are more prosperous and desire a loan come ana see us-it uu influential than ever before; newspa- want a loan on Heppner residence contented with property we n amnge It for you. & greater gelf n OiurBU w v. i S 1R 'I i it xi-t mil (iro-onl. Miss Svbil Cason of lone came up L,ocai, a.smd, o. ..... " to this city last Wednesday afternoon. Unions must be encouraged, ior aim will make her home nere uu tl,rn..h thea(, the editors may get winter with her parents, Mr. anu mrs. requent touch with each other EW STOCK BARNS FOR FftlH EX 81 TORS air Board Actively EiiKa.sjeU in Mak ing Fourth Annual Kvent Best in History. PENDLETON MAY BRING SPECIAL TRAIN TO FAIR and compare notes. When one news paper has made a remarkable or note worthy success along the line of com munity btterment, or affecting its W. C. Cason, who are moving to this city this week r-w A. PhioDS, secretary of the Oregon State Sunday School Assocla- JZlHT .-r.t the own particular business its methods V 7 K Notson while in the may be studied in editorial gatherings clty and when the editors return to their homes they can make application of Those who did not receive pre- tn(j lntorniution and advice received mhim lists for the Fourth Annual . tllB,r neighbor's experience, so uwmw county Fair may obtain cop- . , thelr own efforts, more les at the various postoluces in the frulttui T),e local organizations will countv. Un the very nature of things, sumu ' , , late greater interest i-.i the state asso- Mrs. Chas. Sperry and daughter, c)ntlon; and e(mors, after attending mic- Hen trice and son Wayne, and ... ... come to i.nt... " . llCC7l.lllha - . Mrs. Ritchie of lone, motoreu up to thftt t)eir field ls not conflned to their own particular community, but that they are citizens and leaders of thought of the whole state and their outlook will be broadened and they will be bigger and better ana more capable. this city last Saturday afternoon Auto to Crater Lake, Harold Colin and Calvin L. Sweek left Heppner Wednesday morning in the former's Ford car for Crater Lake. They expect to take several cJ &g B gperry( the T0ne wheat weeks for the trip and will spend the buyer transacted business in this city time in hunting and fishing. From a few hours last Wednesday . 11 u I " "?i,n" t r ay . and m. w.u of ai hundred of The Teiue Trail signs lone were visitors in Heppner .as, which they will put up along the wee route and at various nove.s illt,gfactorH, k. Br. ages where they stop. Before return- - . ratnn4i. Hit Ing home Mr. Cohn and Mr. Sweek fUjM n reM0MMe, an ke U where expect to mak a trip Into the Harney JW eM always tne nla. Ne charge country. f er ttrttag eyes. tt Combines are running in different narts of the country about lone an in everv instance the grain is yield ing better than was expected. Grant Olden has begun his harvest, and he finds that he will be in need of about double the quantity of sacks first es timated. Similar reports to this are enmine iii daily. The country to th nnrth of lone and east of Morgan i: also piling up the biggest crop in manv years, and the continual mount ing of prices makes the outlook very encouraging for these people who have been up against pretty naro digging for a number of seasons. A quite wedding was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. l. m Schrlver in this city on Sunday morn ing last at 8:00 o'clock when their daughter, Sarah Jennie was unuea in marriage to Mr. Clifford R. Smith of Dallas, Oregon, Dr. D. M. Metzer, of La Mars, Iowa, performing the cer emony. The young people departed on the train following an elaborate wedding breakfast, for their future home at Dallas, where Mr. Smith has a nnsltion as bookkeeper in one of the banks there. These young people were formerly students under Dr. Metzer at Dallas. Dr. D. M. Metzer, of La Mars, Iowa., visited with the family of C. M. Sch rlver over Sunday. Dr. Metzer is dean of Western Union College of La Mars, and for many years was a resident of Dallas, this state where he was engaged in educational work and where he became a friend of the Schrlver family. He was greatly pleased with what he saw while here and enjoyed a ride through a portion of our farming country. He depart ed Monday morning for his Eastern home. It is the intention of the county court to see that a general strawing of the roads is begun before wheat hauling sets in; this providing they are able to get teams to do the work The straw can be had and it would seem that this will have to be done in order to get the roads in any shape at all to get the crops to the railroad Peter Nash, for many years a high lv resDected citizen of Cecil, died ear ly Monday at his home at that place at an advanced age. He was tne tain er of Frank Nash, formerly residing at lone and Heppner, but now a res Ident of Pendleton. One dollar twenty tor wheat was the price paid in lone yesterday, and a few small lots changed hands at this figure. Farmers are not anxious to sell just now though the price is alluring. The Morrow County Fair Board is now actively engaged in making the fourth annual event the greatest in the history of the instituion. Since its inauguration, the Board has look ed forward to the time when the tock exhibitions would rise to a high degree of excellence. To accomplish this they have realized that a suit able pavilion for housing horses, cat tle, sheep and hogs would have to be established. Otherwise stockmen would not care to bring in their stock. Barns are now being con structed for this purpose. They are arranged for the greatest convenience of "the stock, the exhibitors and the Fair crowds. In the horse bams are 28 stalls. These are all box stall? with eates. The Board laid their plans to conserve every available fool of space and in this they have suc ceeded. Secretary Smead is of the opinion that the stock erhibits wil be more complete this year than a' any previous Fair. The amusement features are now all signed up. All Zada, who Has no. missed a single Fair since the firs! one four years ago, will be on hand with his Punch and Judy show for the benefit of the children. He will also appear in tricks of magic. He has several new ones for the benefit of his audiences this year. Ali Zada will close a successful season at the Oaks Park in Portland early in Sep tember. It will be of Interest to local people to know that Andrew Loney, cornetist with Parson's band of Portland, ls playing with the La Grande Elks Band ajld will be here witn mat or eanizatlon. 0. G. Crawford, former ly of this city, Is also a member o the band and will be nere The Board has been fortunate in se curing the Portland Ad Club Quartet This is one of the best musical or- conizations in the city of Portland They made their appearance here in 1914 and were given a big ovation Many concessions have been sold bv the Board. There will be a mer rv-irn-round. Ferris wneel, oog an nonv show, African jungle and girl show, Herbert Munter in daily aero plane flights and dancing. While in Pendleton last week, W. W. Smead put up the proposition to the Pendleton people to bring a spec ial tiain to the Fourth Annual Mor row County Fair. The suggestion was met with favorably and this will in all likelihood be done. The Round-L'p City tame over in full force at the time of the 1914 fair. The same week, their businessmen sent a special train tu Spokane. This ear they are planning a special trip o Baker and the return will be made in time to start for Heppner. It has been suggested that the same equip ment could be used for both trips. ti,o Rnnrd has arranged for in teresting lectures on subjects pertain ine to aErlculture, horticulture an stock raising. These lectures will be eiven by men who are specialists i their line and they will have some thine entirely worth while. Stock judging contests will be one of the features of the three days. Miss Johanna Grae of Wilbur, Ore gon, will jiiQge'ine icauic mpnt. Miss Grae was one oi in judges in this department at the State Fair last year. La Grande Men Visit. A nartv consisting of Turner Oli ver. J. R. Oliver, B. r . Wyioe ana c. E. Lewis, arrived in Heppner Wed nesday night from La Grande. Tur ner Oliver is a prominent attorney in the Union county metropolis and came over to Heppner to attend to some legal business. Mr. Oliver has been prominently identified with ure gon politics for many years. He has erved as county clerk of union coun- ty, represented nis oisinci m " State senate and has been mentioned many times for supreme court judge. Mr. Oliver is a Democrat, but stands ilghty well with his home people. SECOND ARTESIAN FLOW IS STRUCK .Yen Ion Has Another Big Well. Far mer Smith Heads New Company For Development of Model Diversified Turin. WORK I'OK GOOD ROADS. When it takes four horses to pull an empty wagon to town and wheat going up in price each day; when he mail carrier gives up in despair, and the children cannot get to school, the farmer cannot help wondering how much this condition is costing him each day. Figure as he may, he cannot get away from the fact that good roads are indispensable to agricultural pros perity. The city dweller is alike concerned. The farm on a good road has scores of possibilities for the development of its resources to everyone open to the farm on a poor road. Increased prof its mean increased expenditures greater buying powers. In the early days of poverty many a county bonded itself for hundreds of thousands of dollars to secure rail roads and to promote agricultural de- elopment. Three-fourth of all the freight the railroad haul must soon er or later move over the public high ways, and every ton so moved is cost ing at an average rate of 23 cents per mile. Verily, road improvement is a bus iness proposition a matter of dol lars and cents. Oregon Country. The second artesian well in Mor row county lias been struck. W. D. Newlon is the man who accomplished this feat a second time and the new well, which is in the same belt as the first one, is producing a much larger flow of water. The new well appar ently has not diminished the flow of water in the first gusher in the least. In October, 1915, on the R. B. Rice farm in the Strawberry section, the discovery or opening up of the first artesian well in Morrow county was celebrated. However, Mr. Newlon was not satisfied with the flow of wa ter and at once set about drilling an other well. His efforts have been re warded with this latest success. Mr. and Mrs. Newlon recently pur chased the Rice farm and in collab oration with "Farmer" Smith, the veteran agriculturist of the Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., will operate two model diversi fied farms. They have already placed their order for two 100-ton silos, the first progressive step in working out their plans. "Farmer" Smith de clares he wouldn't be on a farm with out a silo. Considerable demonstration work has been carried on by Mr. Smith the past few months on the Millet ranch. Newlon's upper farm. Corn and field peas, bald barley spring sown, and wheat are evidence of-wnai can oe done with these crops on dry hills un der proper cultivation. Continued opening up oi artesian wells In that vicinity will serve as a great impetus to the agricultural de velopment of the country there. Un der a ditch are several hundred acres subject to irrigation. The first load of the 191 j wheat crop arrived in Heppner this week. The Federated Church. Closins; dav of the year at the Federated church nett huiuiaj . -i m. Communion service. 8 p. m. instrumental and vocal music pro gram with closing address by the pas tor. . The annual conference of the M. r... Church will convene at Walla Walla, August 31, Bishop Lambuth presid ing. Preceding the annual confer ence an efficiency conference will be held, beginning next Tuesday at 8 p. m. A number of representative men of the church will be present. W. B. Smith, Pastor. Portland Telegram. Portland's grocers are almost un animous in their indorsement of pro hibition, according to Robert G. Dun can, manager of the Retail Grocers association. "Why, prohibition lias made a pro hibitionist out of me," said Duncan today. Duncan is confident that the gro cers will be instrumental in keeping Oregon in the prohibition column "I'll tell you why," said Duncan "The grocers are helped wonderfully in the matter of collections. Men who used to duck their grocery bills are now prompt payers and their fam ilies are not going hungry. "We used to have many wives come to this office begging for leniency in the matter of bringing action to col lect legitimate bills. For example, a fireman's wife came in here one day last year and begged for time. She said that her husband had a way of getting drunk on pay day and when drunk, he turned to crap shooting. As a result she got little of the money for household expenses. He had con tracted a bill of $110 with one gro cer and six other food firms were losers by his acts. "Since the state went dry, that man has not only been prompt in his pay ments, but he has almost paid up his former indebtedness. I saw his wlte the other day. She is a different look ing woman. "Personally, I opposed prohibition until I saw the good it did. I can ride in my auto now without fear of being rammed by a drunken autoist; I can go home on a streetcar without melling a poluted breath or listening to some liquor-laden argument. The grocers are for prohibition. Walter Drum and family of Hard- man are visiting in the city today. Mrs. Walter Cason and daughter Sybil are visiting at the nome oi Mrs. George Hendry. Three young work horses for sale at a bargain. Jrrann wmnaru, Headquarters Ranch. R. B. Rice, who recently sold his farm in the Strawberry country, Is spending a. few days in the city. Attorney C. E. Woodson and fam ily returned the last of the week from an extensive motor tour of central Oregon. FARMERS I pay the highest market price for grains of aU kinds. Consult with me before selling. W. W. SMEAD. Wm. Brookhouser has been suffer ing from a case of blood poisoning the result of bruising one of his legs on a piece of iron. Under the doc tor's care, he is rapidly improving. His son underwent an operation the past week for the removal of hi:, ton sils and adnoids. (Continued on Page 8) Bartholomew Has Fine Crops. Chas Bartholomew of Little But ter creek has some fine crops this vear. as a recent trip to his ranch re vealed. At the present time Mr. Bar tholomew is engagtd in combiuing a laree field of wheat which is making a big yield. Just across the fence is a splendid field of corn. Besides the bumper hill crops this year, Mr. Bar tholomew is reaping an abundant harvest of hay on the creek. HVGHES' HVMAX SIDE. Charles E. Hughes, Republican nominee for President, State Chair man Charles L. McNary and Walter L. Tooze, Jr., of Polk county, stood at Crown Point, on the Columbia Highway, absorbed in the beauty and grandeur of the scene. The silence was broken by Mr. Toozs, who said: Isn't It wonderful Charley?" Mr. Hughes spoke up quickly: "It ls indeed wonderful." Mr. Tooze has tened to explain that he didn't intend to get gay, that his remark was In tended for "Charley" McNary. But the significant feature of the inci dent of course was Mr. Hughes' ac ceptance of the familiar salutation from a comparative stranger, as a matter of course. The iceberg bub ble is "busted." Olin Hayes arrived in the city Wed nesday afternoon from The Dalles with one of the new model Fords for Vaughn & Sons. The new car has some marked improvements over the old model, in that the radiator is larg er, has no brass trimmings, and the fenders are crowned, thereby giving the car a much more pleasing appear ance. Several of these cars have al ready been purchased by local people. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Teople of Morrow county who want concessions at the Morrow County Fair should make their choice of location at once as outside con cessionaires are asking for space dailv, and it is the desire of the Board to give home people first choice where possible. W. W. SMEAD, Secretary. THE WEATHER The following is the report of the weather for the past week as given us by Cooperative Observer Frank Gilliam: Temp. d Q S a t s o J5 16 73 63 Clear 17 62 48 .01 Part Clear 18 62 44 Clear 19 70 37 Clear 20 74 41 Clear 21 81 45 Clear 23 8 9 Clear