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r IELB bAZETTE-1 IMES VOL. 33, NO. 12. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, IMS. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR W.S.S. DRIVE WILL LOUIS GROSHENS MEETS TRAGICDEATH BOTTLEGGING BOOZE AID iONSHIIG STILL men distillers in raid by ofrgers MRS. CHAS. THOMSON DIED SUDDENLY IE AVERAGE YIELD FOR LEXI1 INDICATE U RWAY Morrow County Will Go Out After IrW Quota of $00,000. Dis trlcts Are Being Organized. The War Savings Stamp campaign, which will reach its highest point on Friday, June 28th, may be consid ered under way in Morrow- county from now on until tht close of the drive. Oregon must raise a quota of $17,000,000 and to that end it is ex pected that every one of her citizens will sign a pledge to save and Invest in War Savings Stamps to the limit of their financial ability for the rest of the year. County chairman Woodson of the War Savings Stamps committee, has marshalled his forces throughout the county, every district with but one ex ception being given a definite quota. The quotas are based on population as shown by the school census in the various school districts. Herewith is a list of the district chairmen and their secretaries together with the district population and the quotas. Dist. No. 1 Chairman, W. G. Mc carty, Secretary, J. J. Nys, Pop., 1113; Amt., $16,695. Dist. 2 Chairman, Mabel Hughes; secretary, Zetta Brosnan; Pop., 108; amt., $1,628.50. Dist. 3 Chairman, B. H. Pecck; Secty., 0. M. Whlttlngton; Pop., 91; amt., $1,365.00. Dist. 4 Chairman, A. F. Young; secty, R. A. Farrens; pop. 80; amt., $1,208.00. Dist. 5 Chairman, Geo. Ely; aecty, Zola Sorrenson, pop., 91; amt. $1, 365.00. Dist. 6 Chairman, E. E. Rugg; secty, Mrs. H. A. Brown; pop. 53; amt., $787.00. Dist. 7 Chairman, C. M. Hast ings; pop., 24; amt., $368.00 Dist 8 Chairman, A. Henrlksen; secty., Mrs. T. H. Lowe, pop. 67; amt.. $997.00. Dist. 9 Chairman, Wni. Oorger; secty., Miss Agee; pop., 63; amt., $946,00. Dist. 10 Chairman, W. L. Sud darth, secty, M. F. Wadsworth; pop., 158; amt., $2,362.00. Dist. 11 Chairman, E. G. Young; aecty, Mrs. Walter Beckett; pop 70; amt.. $1,050.00. Dist. 12 Chairman, W. F. Bar- nett; secty, W. O. Hill, pop., 483; amt., $7,245.00. Dtst, 14 Chairman, Adraln En gleman; secty, J. C. Devin; pop., 53; amt. ..$787.00. Dist. 15 Chairman, N. L. Shaw; secty, Mrs. W. L. Padberg; pop., 74; amt., $1,102.00. Dist. 16 Chairman, Johan Troed son; secty., Anna Troedson; pop., 24; amt., $368.00, Dist. 17 Chairman, D. M. Ward; secty.,, Edna Eleue Brown; pop., 150; amt., $2,258.00. Dist. 18 Chairman, W. J. Towne; secty., Ben Thompson; pop., 46; amt., $682.00. Dist., 19 Chairman, Frank Glass cock; secty., I. F. Bedsaul; pop., 38; amt., $578.00. Dist. 20 Chairman, Jas. Carty; secty., W. E. Dodge; pop., 49; amt., $735.00. Dist 21 Chairman, Nels Johnson; secty., Inda Jones; pop., 67, amt., $997.00. Dist. 22 Chairman, H. A. Stew art; pop., 18; amt., 262.00. Dist. 23 Chairman, S. J. Devlne; secty., Mrs. H. E. Warner; pop., 60; amt., $892.00. Dist. 24 Chairman, Phil Hlrl; pop., 38; amt., $578.00. Dist. 25 Chairman S. H. Board man; secty., J A. Gibbons; pop., 280; amt., $4,200.00. Dist. 26 Chairman, Mrs. C. H. Bartholomew; secty., Mrs. W. W. Howard; pop., 63; amt., $945.00. Dist. 27 Chairman, W. B. Finley; secty., Mrs. J. P. Conder; pop., 98; amt., $1,470.00. Dist. 28 Chairman, W. G. Palma teer; secty., Mrs. O. E. Lindstrom; pop., 112; amt., $1,680.00. Dist. 29 Chairman, Aaron Peter son; secty., Mrs. Etta Huston; pop., 60; amt., $892.00. Dist. 30 Chairman, W. S. Smith; non.. 14; amt., $210.00. Dist. 31 Chairman, Oscar Keith- ley; secty., E. H. Carpenter; pop., 98; amt., $1,470.00. Dist. 32 Chairman, John Olden; sooty., Nettle Mason; pop., 70; amt., $1050.00. Dist. 34 Chairman Ralph Thomp Ron; secty., W. P. Hill, pop., 67; amt., $997.00. Dist. 35 Chairman, E. J. Bristow; secty., Mrs. H. M. Cummins; pop., 648; amt., $9,720.00. Dist. 36 Chairman, Tilman Ho guo; secty., C. R. Peterson; pop., 42; amt., $630.00. Dist. 37 Chairman II. V. Smouse; secty., Mrs. H. M. Olden; pop., 54; amt., $810.00. Dist. 38 Chairman, C. B. Cox; secty., W. E. Cummings; pop., 67; amt., $997.00. Dist. 40 Chairman, W. H. Ayers; secty., Bertha Hayes; pop., 368; amt., $5,520.00. Dist. 42 Chairman, Geo. E. Sper ry; secty., Sophrona Thompson; pop., 80; amt., $1,208.00. Dist. 48 Chairman, W. E. Wig lesworth; secty., Mrs. Jack Ayers; pop., 53; amt., $787.00. Dist. 49 Chairman, Mrs. Chas. furlong; secty., Ray Young; pop., The people of Morrow county were shocked to learn of the untimely and tragic death of Louis Groshens, Mor row county pioneer farmer and stock man, last Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred near the Hynd Brothers ranch in Sand Hollow while Mr. Groshens was on his way with his sheep to summer range near Stites, Idaho. The dead man was found by John Gaunt, one of the herders, in the front seat of the Groshens car. By Ills side was a .30-. 30 hammerless rifle, the barrel of which was clasped tightly Is both hands. The bullet, as shown by an examination of Coroner M. L. Case, who was called to the scene, was found to have entered the left ear, passing diagonally through the head, going out at the top and making a terrible opening through the skull. From all appearances death was instantaneous. At the time of death, Mr. Groshens was on his way with his herders and sheep to the summer range which he had rented near Stites, Idaho. The herders had left the Groshens ranch on Rhea creek Friday with the sheep and were trailing them to Echo, where they were to be loaded on the cars and shipped to Idaho. With the sheep were Jack Stewart, John Gaunt and Otto Robinette. Mr. Rob tnette is familiar with the Idaho range and had been engaged by Mr. Groshens to go over and get the herders located. The Bheep were taken on to Idaho according to the plans of Mr. Gro shens. They are In charge of Paul Hlsler, brother-in-law of the deceased John Gaunt and Otto Robinette, Louis Groshens would have been 59 years of age in December, having been born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, December 8, 1959. He came to the United States while a very young man and had been a resident of Mor row county for 35 years. Through his earnest endeavor, business integ rity and industry he had acquired considerable property and at the time of his demise his financial condition was excellent. Besides the ranch on Rhea creek and property in Heppner, he owned considerable stock, includ ing 1700 head of sheep. " He leaves a grlef-strlcken wife, Helen Hlsler Groshens, five children, Mrs. Leonard Gilliam, Emll, Lorraine, Odile and Mae Groshens, three broth ers, Victor Groshens of Heppner, Chas. Groshens of Portland and Paul Groshens of Idaho, and relatives in France. The funeral was held from the Federated church In this city Tues day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. H. A. Noyes preaching the sermon. The high esteem in which Mr. Gro shens was held by his fellowmen was shown by the large number of friends who were present to pay their last respects. At the grave the services were in charge of Willow Lodge No. 66, I. O. O. F., of which Mr. Groshens was a member. Internment was maa. In Masonic cemetery. Ben F. Swaggart returned this week from an extensive trip through the Kettle Falls and Spokane coun try. He says crop conditions there this year are very poor. There has been no rainfall there since March and as a result gardens and crops are drying up. In all his 700 miles of traveling, Mr. Swaggart says he did not see any grain that would compare favorably with Morrow county grain and during the entire trip he did not see an alfalfa field that would ap proach the fields of the fertile Wil low creek valley. Mr. Swaggart Is of the opinion that the fall grain crop In Morrow county is now assured and if a rain comes within the next few days the spring sown grain will make better than half a crop. Norton Wlnnard, son of Dr. and Mrs. N. E. Wlnnard, of this city, and who had been on an exended tour of the east for the past month, returned home Wednesday. He accompanied his father who is now in Portland and will return home in a few days. Norton has decided to lake up the study of medicine and mav decide to enter an Eastern college, being fa vorably Impressed with different schools that he visited. Yet he is much in love wlh Oregon and feels that there Is after all no plaes like our home state and this may be a de ciding factor that will induce him to enter the medical department of our state university. 31; amt., $465.00. Dist. 60 Chairman, Mrs. E. B. Newlon; secty., Mrs. Bert Clark; pop., 53; amt., $787.00. Dist. 51 Chairman, .W. A. McCar ty; secty, Gladys Musgrave; pop., 119; amt., $1,705.00. Dist. 52 J. F. Hardesty; pop., 21; amt.. $315.00. Dist. 63 Chairman, J. P. Stock- ard; secty., Mrs. Roy Campbell; pop., 42; amt., $630.00. Dist. 64 Chairman, S. S. Nelsos; secty., Mrs. Edna L. Smith; pop., 28; amt.. S420.00. Dist. 69 Chairman, Charles Os- ten; secty., John Hlatt; pop., 115; amt., $1,725.00. Dist. 66 Chairman, J, T. Knap penberg; secty., Mrs. Pyle. Pendleton Ore., June 16.-Through the discovery last night of a 10-vat moonshine still and the capture of the three men operating It, Sheriff Tay lor has probably put an end to a thriving bootlegging business, the source of which has been a puzzle to the oflicers of this section for some time. According to reports received in Heppner, Sheriff Taylor of Umatilla county and his deputies had been working on the case for some time and had been watching closely for the past week to find the source of the booze supply which had been com ing into Pendleton and other towns of this section, Heppner included. Night after night they watched, but the bootlegging operatoft were far too crafty to be detected outright. How ever one piece of evidence after an other was put together by Umatilla's veteran peace officer and the location of the still was made certain. The officers and a sufficient num ber of citizens surrounded the place and at the given time closed In on one of the largest moonshine stills which ever operated in this section. The 10-vat still was located in the mountains some thirty miles from Heppner on the head of Little Butter creek, and as near as can be ascer tained, about four or five miles from the Paul Hlsler ranch, which is op erated at the present time by Nels H. Justus.' The party reached tin. still shortly before dark on Saturday evening. It is presumed that the lo cal sheriff's office furnished valuable information which helped in locating the exact position of the moonshin ers. One man was supposedly on guard, but he had fallen asleep with a gun at his side, another was tending the still and a third was nearby, also armed. None of them had any chance to give battle, but one of them man aged to escape temporarily through the underbrush. The two men first arrested are said to be Bill Clark, a son of a former rancher of Umatilla county who has been making his home In the state of Washington lately, and Sam Holder. The man who escaped was Ben Jar rell. Holder and Jarrell are South L-aroilnans and are said to have Drougnt the still here about a year ago and to have operated It near the place where they were found for sev eral months. Last winter the still was moved In to Washington, but was brought back to this section only a few months ago Spoke In Interests of Armenian Relief Dr. M. G. Papazlan, pastor of a Congregational church In Fresno, California, and a native of Armenia, though for many years a naturalized citizen of the United States, was in Morrow county over Sunday and held several different meetings in the In terest of the Armenian Relief. The doctor spoke at lone and Lexington during the day, and in the evening addressed a fair sized audience only, at the Federated church. Arriving at Heppner on Saturday evening, he was granted the privilege of address ing the people assembled for the mov ies at the Star theater and thus he was quite well heard by our citizen ship. Dr. Papazlan is a very interesting speaker. He presents the claims of his native land for relief In this time of her dire distress, when she is suf fering from the diabolical conspiracy, invented and instigated and carried out by the heads of the German gov ernment in collusion with the Turkish government, to exterminate one of the oldest races of people that history gives us a record of, In a clear, calm and concise manner, only referring to a few of those terrible atrocities, tiu like of which have never before been perpetrated on the human family, and then In as mild language as he was capable of using. Dr. Papazian is a graduate of Yale University. For fifteen years, and just prior to the outbreak of the war and during the time of the early stages of the crime committed against Armenians, he had charge of a large church in one of the principal cities of the Ottoman Empire, and barely escaped with his life. He therefore knows whereof he speaks, and for this reason his mes sage to our people came with addi tional force and clearness. The Doctor is accompanied on his Eastern trip by J. J. Handsaker of Portland, representative In this state of the American Committee for Ar menian Relief, and from here they went over to Umatilla county Monday afternoon. Good contributions were received for the work, and the drive for Mor row county's quota of $3000 has been on this week with every indication that as usual we shall go over the top. Attention Farmers and Teamsters. Heppner Farmers Eleeator Com- nantr liAva tnst rficelved A car nf Val ley grub oak in all dimensions Bult- Food Administration, but it Is be hiA foi makintr couDllnes. waeon Heved that the Bureau of Chemistry tonguea, double trees, draw bars, axles, etc. This Is what you are look ing for in making repairs to your ve hicles aud machinery. tf. About the place were found supplies sufficient to keep the establishment going for some time. There were twelve bushels of corn meal and a quantity of Daney and rye. The sheriff also uncovered a cache of three small barrels of whisky hidden in a thicket. The prisoners were all taken to the county jail at Pendleton. Captain Williams of the state police assisted Sheriff Taylor in making the raid. The men appeared to be making a snip 11 fortune from their plant, ac cording to the story they told the officers. They claimed to hare been making about 40 gallons a day and selling their stuff for $30 a gallon, the proceeds of which netted them in the neighborhood of more than $500 a day. They claimed to have been operat ing for only about two weeks, Jarrel and Holder both asserting that they had been here only about that length of time. Jarrell says he has a wife ami nine children and was the postmaster and owner of a little store in South Caro lina, and that while he resigned from the place before leaving he has never been relieved. He said he had not made any of the stuff for about 15 years, but went broke in the store. He is about 39 Holder is 27 and Clark 24. The spot where their still wag lo cated was ideal for the purpose. It was a considerable distance off the road and In a very thickly wooded ra vine, where, because of the natural screen of the trees and brush it could not be seen until the arresting party was within 50 yards or less of tbe still. The pathway leading down was hardly dlscernable and lost itself often In crossing surface of roek. A fine little spring furnished them with water. Ship Cattle to Portlaa. Anson Wright and son Raymond made a shipment of two cars of beef cattle to the Portland market Wed nesday. They had a bunch of ine stuff and expect to top tbe market Just at this time the Portland market is somewhat off but Mr. Wrizht had ho;.B that it. would rally by tbe last of the week and become stronger again. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Anderson have moved into the Dr. R. J. Vaugnan residence during the absence of Dr. and Mrs. Vaughan, who are now ris- i'ing with relatives in the east. Thrift Stamp Auction at Pine City Something unique in the auction line is to be staged by the Pine City Thrift Stamp Committee Wednesday ivening, June 26th. It is given the itle of "Thrift Stamp Auction" but is a matter of fact it will be an auc- .ion of a great variety of useful and useless articles donated to the cause, md thrift stamps to the amount of Jie bid will be given free with each purchase. Ladies are expected to bring lunches and these will be auc iioned off on the same plan of other .irticles. Mrs. C. H. Bartholomew, chairman of the committee, is arranging the program which will start at 8 o'clock Ice cream will also be on sale and thrift stamps will be given to each purchaser of the cream. A small ad mission fee will be charged. The auction will be at the residence of Chas. H. Barthdomew on Butter creek. Soft-Drink Makers May Save 50.AOO Tons of Sugar by Use of Substitutes. Bottlers of soft drinks in the Uni ted States may save approximately 50,000 tons of sugar annually by us ing other sweetening materials, ac cording to investigations by special ists of the Bureau of Chemistry, Uni ted States Department of Agriculture. The Bureau of Chemistry Is preparing to furnish bottlers with sweetening formulas that will allow the actual sugar content in soft drinks to be cut to 50 per cent or less and at the same time will preserve the customary taste and quality of the beverages. Starch sugar, starch sirup, maltose sirup, and honey are the substitutes used. The Bureau of Cheniitry specialists have cooperated with bottlers in us ing these to sweeten and give "body" to soft drinks. Their favorable dpin lons of the results have been sus tained by four "tasting juries," made up of representatives of the bottling Industry, bureau experts, representa tives of flavoring-extract manufac turers, and women and children rep resenting the consuming public. The sweetening formulas that have been tested In the bureau expert ments will be furnished to bottlers and the results of the experiments will be described in detail in bottling trade publications. Restrictions on the use of sugar !n soft drinks have been placed by the United States experiments will allow the usual amount of these products to be manu factured without marked chansc In mutability or ;ituUty. Nancy Belle Colliver, a daughter of John and Sarah Colliver. was born February 22, 1880, near LaCygne. Kansas. She lived here until 1901, when she went to the state of Ken tucky where bhe lived two years, com ing from there to Morrow county where Bhe has since lived. She Became the wife of Charles Thompson March 14, 1906. To them two children were born: Ellis, aged 7. and Earl, 4 years old. Besides her husband and children she is survived by her father and mother, three sis ters. Hetta, Clara and Jenney, all liv ing at La Cygne, Kansas, and one brother, Tom Colliver, of Hardman. Mrs. Thomson died Buddenly at Portland Sunday morning, June 16. The funeral was held at the Chris tian church, Heppner, Tuesday morn ing at 10:30. The large attendance at this serviee and the beautiful floral tribute speak eloquently of the es teem In which Mrs, Thomson was held by the people of this community, who have themselves suffered a loss in her death and who mourn in sym pathy with her bereaved family. She has been lor many years a member of the Heppner Christian church, activ., in her interest, and conscientiously striving to live up to the ideals of the Christian life. ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING ' HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON The annual school meeting of Dis trict No. One was held In the court room at the eoart house in Heppner Monday afternoon. The report of the last annual meeting was read and approved, after which the election of one director for the term of three yeara aad one clerk for the term of one year was held. J. A. Waters placed m nomination for director C. E. Woodson and a ballot was taken. Mr. Woodson received 30 out of the 31 votes cast and was declared elect ed. For Clerk, S. E. Notson placed in nomination Vawter Crawford and Mrs. A. E. Binns placed in nomina tion Ada M. Ayers. A ballot was taken, Mr. Crawford receiving 29 and Mrs. Ayers 2, votes. Mr. Crawford was declared elected. The budget was submitted and ap proved and later adopted. It calls for an expenditure of but three hun dred dollars more than last year. The clerk's annual report was read and approved. MR. AND MRS. NYS RE. TURN FROM PORTLAND Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Nys returned to Heppner Sunday after spendins several days at the sea coast. They were married at St. Mary's Cathedral in Portland on the 5th of June. Mrs Nys will be remembered here as Miss Sophia Burke, having been a teacher in the Heppner schools for more than two years. Mr. and Mrs. Nys have been busy receiving the congratula ions of their many friends since their return home. They have taken rooms in the Fair building for the present The (JaJiette-Tlmes Honor Roll. During the week the following new subscribers were placed on the Ga- etle-Times honor roll: Mrs. Mary E. Rasmus, Spokane, Wash., W. L. Houston, Parkers Mill; Walter Bray, Heppner; Raymond Wright, Hard- man, and J. G. Johnson, Lexington Renewals for the week were W . G. McCarty, M. L. Case, R. M. Hart, J E. Gillespie, Mrs. C. W. Rank. E. H Kellogg, H. Scherzinger, J. A. Wat- era,' Roy E. Brown, C. L. Keithley Henry Blackmail, W. O. Minor, Hynd Brothers and W. P. Hill of Heppner; Mrs. A. W. Bascom, Terrill, Iowa, Tom E. Sheridan, Percy Hughes, l.eiia; C. A. Johnson, W. D. Newlon, M. F. Parker, Lexington; Mrs. Geo. T, Harrison, Freeman, Wash.; J. S Buseith, Hamilton; F. J. Ely, J. A. Troedson, Morgan; Walter Luckman, Lena; Mrs. Clans Johnson, Eight Mile; Henry Vance, Astoria. Chas. Moorehead of Soda Springs, Idaho, is here for a visit with his old ft lends and relatives before leaving wl!h the next draft for the national army at Camp Lewis. Mr. Mooreh ead is a former Morrow county boy, having worked for M. Sliutt on the ranch below lone just prior to going to Idaho, where lie took up a homestead. His father, J. B. Moore head and two sisters, Mrs. Lon. Wat tenbnrger and Mrs. Roy Neill live on Butter creek. Mr Aii.oreh-ad t-xpe-tx to visit with them during the greater part of his stay In this county. He expects to go to camp with the Mor row rounty draft contingent on the 25th of this month. Mrs. Alex Cornett Is seriously ill at her home in this city, haing re reived another stroke of paralysis to day. Grave Is her situation and rela tives and friends hold Put little nope for her recovery. This is the second stroke suffered y Mrs. Cornett. Mrs. J. A. Patterson Is attending the commencement festivities of the State Normal school at Monmouth this week. Her niece, Miss Melba Griffiths, Ss a member of the 19 IS chus. While Hut Very Little Rain Visited That Section During Showers of Last Week, the Grain is Hold ing Up Well. The crop situation in the Lexing ton wheat belt now gives promise of being an average yield and should be far ahead of that of last season. In tht early Spring the flattering out look was for a bumper crop but this was spoiled to a certain degree by the continued dry weather. Crops have now reached that stage of develop ment, however, that there can be no further damage by the continued warm weather. In fact, there has been a marked improvement in the prospect during the past ten days, owing to cooler weather. It is noted that the Spring grain yet maintains a fine color and seems to be develop ing well, and should rains come with in the next week or so this will also make a good showing. Some fields of Early Boart are showing up fine and will make a good yield. We look for better than a 20-bushel crop for the average of the Lexington section this year. Returns From Coast. Uncle Marsh White returned from the coast Wednesday evening. Mr. White has been quite ill for some months past and a couple of weeks ago It was thought that a stay at the sea shore would prove beneficial. No improvement was noted, however. and Mr. White had seemed to grow Just a little worse all the time and desired to return home to be near his family and friends. His sons Claud and Neil went to the coast and ac companied their father home. We hope that quiet and rest may be the means of restoring Mr. White to bet ter health. Put In Watering Trough. Lew Holmes conceived the Idea that his part of town should get out of the dry column and this week had constructed a commodious watering trough, conveniently situated so that the farmers can drive up with their teams and get refreshing, sparkling water to drink in abundance. The new trough is made of concrete and Clark Davis superintended its con struction. Holmes is a thoughtful fellow and in this move he has done the community a real service. . Barber Shop May Have to Close. Roy Yardley, the Lexington bar ber, has been drafted into Uncle Sam's service and will leave with the rest of the boys for Camp Lewis on the 25th. He has had charge of the barber shop and has been doing a fine business. This will leave Lexington without a barber unless Mr. Coxen, the owner of tho shop can succeed in locating another man there. A good pening exists here for a good barber And Lexington should not be left without its barber shop. Annual School Election. The annual meeting of school dis trict No. 12 at Lexington passed off quietly with good interest. Two di rectors had to be' elected, owing to the resignation of one of the mem bers of the old board, and the places will be filled by E. D. McMillan for he three-year term and C. R. Pointer for two years. W. O. Hill was re elected to the office of clerk. The Lexington school will have an entire ly new corps of teachers the coming ear and we shall be able In our next issue to give the names of those elected to fill the various positions. Grain Is All Moved. Joseph Burgoyne finished loading out all the wheat in his warehouse on Wednesday and this cleans up the last season's crop at that point, with the exception of a very smalt amount of barley. Mr. Burgoyne is now get ting his house in shape for the new crop which it is expected will be coming in very shortly after the first of July. Many farmers in the Lex ington section have not yet received their settlements for lust year's crop, so we are Informed, and it would scam that the manner of handling the wheat situation has not proven satisfactory. All wheat lias been sold and delivered and an I O V is what the bulk of the farmers are holding at the present time. A bet ter arrangement for the disposition of the coming crop should be devised by those having in charge the purchas ing of grain; it would certainly re sult in a better feeling among the farming community. Leach & Scott Warehouse Com pany this week received one car, fV 000 grain bags, and look for another within a few days. Prices for grain bags will run from 27c to 30c from present indications.. The farmers of Lexington will handle their grain in bags as usual this season, as no ar rangements have been made for bulk handling. It is expected, however, that the mot of the shipping will be done in bulk and the bags retained to be used over again, and In this manner considerable saving will be made. There seems to be a question (Continued on Ptige Four)