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8on Historical Socle 207-2St. 7 JtiBjjMElTE 1 IMES VOL. 33 NO. 39. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY DECEMBER, 21, 1916 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR PRES BARRATT S AD EN To the Officers and Members of the Oregon Wool Growers: Greeting: Another year has passed away, another milestone in the lives of men and a year of unbounded prosperity to the Wool Growers throughout the world. We have met once more to transact our annual business, adjust our grievances, if any, and and com mingle again in a social way with our fellow men. Therefore as President of this Association, It is incumbent upon me to present to you the usual report, or address which I am happy , ta say will not be long or burden some. The wonderful prosperity of the business, the record breaking prices for both wool and mutton, and the bountiful supply of forage on our ranges has brought about conditions such as never existed before in our history. The manner in which both wool and mutton have advanced hy , leaps and bounds has been astonish ing to us all; and under such con ditions it is needless to say the sheep men have been prosperous and fr once seem to be satisfied with their v lot. Because, during the past year your President and Secretary have not received a single communication of complaint from any member ot this Association. - Such wonderful prosperity that exists today as compared to some ten years ago seems too good to be true, and the silver lining that seemed so badly obscured by the cloud at that time seems now to have broad ened out so as seemingly to have lett no cloud at all. And it we could be assured that the same silver lining would forever shine as it does at the present time there would be no more use tor this Association, which J, am sorry to say has been allowed to drift almost ashore on the waves of our prosperity. This organization which has been a help and protection to us all in the past should not be allowed to go to pieces for the want of a little moral and financial support. We are living in a fools paradise The bloody scourge of Europe, the wanton waste of life and prosperity Is in a large measure the cause of our prosperity; every dollar we are receiving for our wool and mutton above its normal value is wrested . from the life-blood of our fellowman. Men are daily dielng by the thousands and women and children are starv ing by the millions and being robbed of their birthright to satisfy the crav ings of wars awful lust. What ron amongst us, no matter how much we love the almighty dollar, who would not gladly go back to normal prices for our products if by so do ing this horrible and useless slaugh ter would cease? God grant that it may soon cease. And when it does, tyrannical monarchs and musty thrones will soon pass never to return and all men from the uttermost cor ners of the earth will proclaim the DRESSTO WQOLM I To my many friends and patrons: I extend to you the greetings of the season and wish for you a Hap j py and Prosperous New Year. H p I take this opportunity to thank O you for the patronage giveD. me during the past year. 1 1 j ' T. G. DENISEE. Heppner Residence Property FOR SALE Four and a half lots; good 7-rm house; barn; three lots under cultivation INQUIRE MRS. BLANCHE WATKINS BepuMic of the World. 1 believe In preparedness, both na tionally and individually, Now ln the time 0, prosperity Is the time to prepare for ungeen events. i8SUes of vital importance may arise during the Coming years when tlle recon. structi0n perloQ of the Whole world, tter Peace has-been declared ln Eu rope. Mu begIn. no man now can tell what those issues will bring forth go, it wlll be well to begin to build UP a(i strengthen this Organization and put u on ft goiid foundation that, in the event issues do arise detri mental to our business, ghan De in 8 Position aB a unit wltn tner or ganisations t0 cope with them as we haVe done before, (i Bm not a calamity howler, neither am I a pro phet or the son of one, but I would rather De saiing in a good staunch ship witn the confidence tn jta captain and crew. that they woum brln me saieiy int rt no mauer how fierce Die" ths gae. tnan De Up ln ft Dai loon baiasted only with the hot air wltn nQ TAAeT to stear, no anchor to hold, and tossed by the whims of the eien,.ntll lnto any Port whether the landine was safe ot not.) 11 s not my purpose to criticise. but the business end of this Associa tion Seems to have been badly neg lected Dv reason of not keenine clos er t0 the constitution and by-laws, and If tllIg organization i8 t0 have future exlstence, measures should be dopted t this meeting, and gnffl. clent fUnd8 gnoUld be raised, to put It on a 8oll(1 foundation, aiso a corfl. mfttee annnnted to see that all mon eys are properly appled as the con stitution Bnd by-laws Provide. By virtue of the power vested ln this office i app0int Mr. J. O. Hager as Secretary 0f this Association to re celve a flat salary of lloo.OO per year. Tn)8 geems a very i0w sum when compared to the salary 0f some of ou" former secretaries, hut owing to the fact that Mr. Hager la made of 'he Hght 'stuff and energetic enough to build up in Place of tear ing doWn anything he undertakes, if given a chance, he accepted the posi tion with the understanding that ex penses were t0 be forth coming it called away on official business which was not deemed necessary at any time this year we have received no money from Btly 80urce whatever so as nothing fro,n nothing leaves noth ing we have nothing, and. as the re cent campaign slogan ran: ..ne kept us out of war," so likewise have kept you out of debt, because we could not have gotten into u tor lack or f un(jg if we had been so dis- posea. We must nowever, raise enough fund8 at this meeting to pay our legitlmate expenses and meet our obllgations t0 the National Wool Growers Association, which i am sure we all recognize as of inestimable benefit to this industry; if jt were for no otner reason than we have a mah, and a paper gotten out by that man which, in my estimation. Is the tnogt reliable Information we receive pertaining to our business. That Paper l8 the National Wool Grower, and tne editor of that paper is S. W. McClure, whom Ve have all learned to revere and trust, and who some years ago was made famous by 33? Senator Harry Lane at the Capitol of 1 Washington D. C, calling him the' "Handsome Man From Oregon." uuiy once during tne past year when the menace to human life and stock was prevalent by reason of ra (Continued on page two.) Teachers Take Examinations. . superintendent S. E. Notson is conducting the teachers' examina tions at the court house this week. He is being assisted by Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte. Following are those taking the examinations: Clara J. Voyen, Daisy Barlow, Catherine J. Doherty, Ina V. Johnson, Walter C. Barton, Cornelia Johnson Sophia Bur ke, Leona Waddell, Ruth Adklns, W. H. Grant, and Geo. W. Murdock. Edgar B. Ayers spent Wednesday visiting relatives and old friends in Heppner. He is now in the employ of the O-W. R. & n. Co., having charge of a bridge crew which operates be tween Messner and Huntington. He returned to his work Thursday. LUPINE PROVES TO BE A POISONOUS PLANT By W. H. Lytle, State Veterinarian There can no longer be any doubt about the cause of sheep losses in and ! around Heppner. The four sheep that were put through the experiment at the Fair Pavilion during the Oregon Wooigrowers' convention proved the plant Lupine to be capable of poison ing sheep. One out of the four sheep piacea in a pen in which this plant was thrown developed typical symp toms and died at the end of the sec ond day. The symptoms exhibited were those of Lupine poisoning, Just the same as is seen on the range. There being great weakness, refusal of food, head held low, excessive ur ination, trembling, spasms and clamping of the jaws. It developed and further proved the fact that sheep fed on alfalfa are less apt to be poisoned. Alfalfa be longs to the same botanical family and naturally the eating of it would tend to lessen the susceptibility to the poisonous alkaloid found ln the lu pine plant during certain seasons of the year and during certain years. As yet no really effective after treatment has been found for treat ing sheep already poisoned. Mr. Frank Moaahan used a quantity of glauber salts, about a handful to each sheep, dissolved in water and along with it about one dracm of crude eurotropine. He reports all poison ed sheep to have recovered that were treated. As a precaution owners who have lost sheep should gather the plant from the range or not use the range until they have proven the same to be free from danger. By allowing a small number of the sheep to graze on suspicious ranges, will prove whether the danger has gone, without exposing the' owner to larger losses. Heavy Mail Now. Postmaster Richardson reports that both the outgoing and incoming mails are exceptionally heavy at this time, caused by the Christmas rush. This Thursday morning saw the larg est amount of mail going from the local postofflce since Mr. Richardson has been in charge. There were 28 hand packed bags. As Christmas approaches it is easily to be seen that this will be greatly increased. Ow ing to the fact that eastern mail trains have been snow bound the past few days, there has been no mail received from that section of the country. When this mail gets through it simply means that the local office will be swamped. TRAP SHOOT SUCCESSFUL The trap shoot held in this city last Sunday under the auspices of the local rod and gun club was an unqualified success. A large num ber of outside men were here, visitors coming from Echo, Arlington, Con don, lone and Lexington. Prizes were awarded in the form of turkeys and geese. The success of the affair is" due largely to Harold and Henry Cohn, Dr. R. J. Vaughan and B. R. Patterson. It is contem plated to have a number of meets ln the near future and from the interest taken on this initial occasion, it is safe to predict that the visitors will come agan, bringing more of their friends with them. T. 0. Denlssee, local contractor, Is making some extensive improvements to the T. J. Humphreys, residence in west Heppner. H. W. Hicks, traveling passenger agent for the O-W. R. & N. Co., came up from Portland to attend the convention ln this city last week. Natt Webb Jr. of Walla Walla has been visiting with bis brother Paul Webb at the Webb ranch south ot Heppner the past week. GROWERS HAD BEST MEET IN HISTORY Two Dara fiestsoa In This City Last Week Fraaght With Bosiaess Growers Oppose More Than BO Par Cent Increase In Grazing Fees. The most successful meeting of the Oregon Wooigrowers' since that organization was established 19 years ago, was held in this city last week, It was the most Important meeting In its history, Inasmuch as there were matters of vital importance com lng up. President Barrett's address, which we publish in full In this issue, out lined pretty nearly the position of the Woolmen on the issues coming before- the convention. The address was a masterpiece and has brought forth a world of favorable comment. The convention headquarters were ln the Palace hotel and the meetings were held in the opera house. The official program opened on Friday morning at lOo'clock with an address of welcome by 8. E. Notson, Mayor, on behalf of the city of Heppner, His address was responded to by Sen ator J. N. Burgess, manager of the Cunningham Sheep ft Land Company and one of the most extensive wool growers of the Northewest. Sena tor Burgess recalled with much plea sure, the meeting of the sheepmen in Heppner eight years ago. It was from that time that the real progress of the association really dates, accord lng to Mr. Burgess; for it was Hepp ner that first introduced the social phase into the meetings. A better feeling has existed ever since. One of the features of the conven tion was the demonstration of lupine poisoning of sheep. This demon stration was conducted by Dr. W. H Lytle, state veterinarian. Four sheep were fed the plant and one of them died. The flockmasters considered this ample evidence of what has been causing their losses. Dr. David N, Roberg of the state board of health is now working on an antidote to serVeas an off set for the poison. Dr. Lytle has an article in this issue re garding the demonstration. tonsiaeraoie discussion was brought forth over the proposed in crease of grating fees upon the na tional forests. General opposition was manifest When the resolutions committee brought in their report favoring a fifty per cent increase in stead of the proposed 100 per cent increase, the woolmen went on record at once as favoring the resolution. O. M. Plummer of Portland held the interest of the growers for seve ral minutes Saturday morning while talking on "How to Get the Most Out of Life." Mr. Plummer is a staunch supporter of the women and children and he advocated better living condi tions for them on the farm. His ad dress met with hearty applause. In his address on "Rabies" Dr. David N. Roberg, secretary of the state board of health discussed the disease and made proposals for leg islation which will look to a means for stamping it out. He said that in some respects it looked to him like the present bounty law was a failure in that the work done was not effi cient. He believes that more money spent with the Biological Survey will get better results. Much discussion followed Dr. Roberg's address, Sena tor Burgess leading the discusison favoring the continuance of the boun ty law. Others whe addressed the conven tion were, Dr. Lytle, J. H. Dobbin of Enterprise and President Barratt. At the conclusion of the two days session, W. B. Barratt was re-elected president for another year, Ernest Johnson of Enterprise, vice president and J. O. Hager of Heppner, secretary and treasurer. It was decided to hold the next convention in The Dalles. A fitting climax to the convention was the banquet at the Palace Grill on Saturday evening when manager E. J. Wood placed a banquet before the 125 guests of the Heppner Com mercial Club. Hon. T. J. Mahoney was toastniaster and several promi nent men, including visitors and local men made short talks. It was a fitt ing end to a successful event. Delegates to Irrigation Congress Named by President Phelps. President A. M. Phelps o( the Heppner Commercial Club has named the following delegates to represent the club at the Irrigation Congress in Portland during the first week in Jan uary: W. W. Smead of Heppner, R. F. Hynd of Portland; Peter Susbauer of Irrlgon ; C. C. Paine of Boardman and W. D, Newlon of Lexington. J. A. Kleha of lone is a Heppner 1 visitor today. First Basket Ball Game. The first basket ball games of the season in this city will be played in the Rink Friday night when the boys and girls teams of the Heppner nigh school will meet the teams from the Lexington high school. The lo cal boys' team went to lone last Sat urday and received a severe drubbing at the hands of Coach Cossman's pro teges when they were defeated by a score of 17 to 34. The home boys expect to take their revenge on Xex ington. At all events, the two con tests for tomorrow night give pro mise of being highly interesting. Tickets are now on sale. Church of Christ. Subject of morning sermon, Sun day: "The Task Before Us." Evening: "Tidings of Great Joy." Howard M. Fagan and wife will begin A KArlaa nf itiAAHni,. a , Christian church. Sundav n.n,w TS The Morrow County Fair has gain ed marked recognition over the North west. This has been demonstrated on more than one occasion in the past, when our exhibits have won first, second and third awards in State fairs and land product shows. The most recent recognition comes from the Oregon Agricultural Col lege. In a recent letter received by secretary W. W. Smead, W. S. Brown of the entension service ot the state college has asked Mr. Smead to lead ln the discussion on the subject "Im provements suggested in our present methods of classification." This will be one of the subjects up for dis cussion at the conference of county and community fairs, said conference to be held in Corvallis during Far mers' Week, of January. The letter reads as follows: Corvallis, Ore., Dec, 12, 1916. Mr. W. W. Smead, Heppner, Oregon., Dear Sir: We are planning what we believe will be a strong program for our con ference of County and community fairs this year. The conference will meet on Wednesday afternoon, Janu ary 4, during Farmers' Week. The keynote of the conference is the im provement in fair methods. The first subject on the program is one which I have been asked to take. It follows: "Improvement suggested in our present methods of classifica tion." I should like to have you act as one of the leaders ln the discussion of this important subject. From my ex perience at the Moro fair, I judged that you will be very well qualified to speak upon this subject. You will have about ten minutes at your disposal in discussing the question. I certainly hope you can be with us to enjoy Farmers' Week and ap pear on this program. Kindly let me know at your earliest convenience whether or not I may depend upon you. v Yours very truly. W. S. BROWN. EWISH to call the attention of the Ladies of Heppner and Vicinity to the fact that, after Jan uary 1st I will, in connection with my millinery es tablishment, have a Miss Phillips, who is a profes sional dress maker and a thoroughly competent designer. I SOLICT YOUR PATRONAGE. Thanking my patrons for their liberal patronage during the past year and wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I am, Yours truly, MS. L . MRS.J.W now IN Member of Pioneer Family Succumbs To Illness-Funeral WiU Be Held In Heppner On Saturday. Telegraphic news of tne death of Mrs. J. W. Morrow in Portland Wed nesday, has been received by Frank Gilliam of this city. Her death comes as a shock to her many friends here, for it was not generally known that she had been in poor health. ' The remains will be brought to Heppner, where burial will be made in the Masonic, cemetery. The fune ral will be held at 10 o'clock Sat- urday mornln8 wltl services at the nignt, tne Dody win be taken to the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Morrow was a daughter of the late Gov. Rea, a pioneer lawyer of Heppner. She made her home in Heppner for a long number of years, Mr. Morrow having been county clerk here, a practicing attorney and at one time proprietor of the Palace hotel. Besides the husband, two children survive. A sister, Mrs. Lillie Cohn lives in Pendleton, and her brother Albert Rea is in Nevada at the pre sent time. O. M. Plummer, manager of the Union Stock Yards of Portland was one of the leading speakers before the Wooigrowers convention. While In the city, Mr. Plummer did much to interest our citizens in the Trade Promotion congress, which will be held in Pittsburg the middle of next month. According to Mr. Plummer, Oregon will send a special delegation to this convention and he would like to see every section of the state re presented. Mr. Plummer is a direc tor of the Portland school board and also on the official board of the Na tional Educational Association. This association will convene in Portland in June of next year. "Destruction" - - WITH Theda Bara A Photoplay of Surpassng Magnitude Presented by WILLIAM FOX Have you followed the Colorado and the New Jersey Labor Troubles? If so you will be interested to see this big production which shows actual roiting by thousands of workmen; also the activities of the Mil itia in connection therewith. STAR THEATRE, Sunday, December 24, 1916 HERREN PORTLAND