The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, June 26, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFTT VOL. 80, NO. IS HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAT. JTNE 26, 1019. SUBSCRIPTION", 82.00 PER YEAR The 1MES FARMERS PINIC BIGGEST SUCCESS Day of Entertainment, Amusement, and Education Brings Farmers and Townspeople Into One Body. Many People At tend Annual Event. "It was the best ever." That was the unanimous verdict of those who were fortunate enough to attend the annual Farmers Picnic at the Fair grounds in Heppner last Saturday. We say "Farmers' Picnic" but really It la developing into something more than that. This affair is growing more and more into an annual event where not only the farmers, but ev erybody in the county, Is taking more interest and greater results will come as the years go by. From the time S. E. Notson de livered the address of welcome on be half of the local farm bureau and the strains of "Home Sweet Home" died away In the late evening at the pa vllion, there was something doing every minute. County Agent L. A. Hunt respond ed in well chosen words to the wel come extended by Mr. Notson, on be half of th loceal farm bureau and the Morrow County Farmers' Union. At noon the plcnlcers indulged ii a dinner in the pavilion, which wai served cafeteria style. There wa. plenty of eats and while the foot was being devoured, County Agen Hunt, acting as toastinaster, calle; upon a number of well known cill ?.ens for short talks. Through tin introduction by the toastmaster, talk! were forthcoming from W. P. Ma honey, cashier of the First Natlona. Bank; F. R. Brown, secretary of the Morrow County Fair Board; C. C Calkins, county agent of Shermai. county, and county agent Fluhartj of Wasco. Mr. Brown spoke on the John Daj project and what it will mean ti Morrow county. Mr. Brown wouk arouse a greater Interest In this work Another speaker was F. E. Burns secretary of the Boardman Commer clal Club, who told of some of tin things being accomplished In Morrov county's irrigated section whlcl comes under the West Extension pro ject. In the afternoon session Mrs. H A. Noyes led in a community sing This was a feature much appreciated The big speaker of the afternooi was D. E. Stephens of the Shermai county experiment station at Moro Mr. Stphens Is ah expert In dry far mlng. He pointed out that Morro county receives on an average It Inches of rainfall where the averagi fall in Sherman county is only 1-. inches. Yet by the methods used k Sherman county better crops havi been produced than have been growi In this county. Mr. Stephens is o. the opinion that conditions in the tw. counties are so near the same tba Sherman county methods wouii prove just as successful here. Among other things, the Moro ex perlmentor urged early discing a: crops planted later than April 15. a. a rule, would not amount to any thing. Mr. Stephens does not dra a line between deep and shallo piauiing, but believes a six to te. Inch furrow Is deep enough. He fa vors lurkey Hed and Forty Fold a. being the best varieties for this se. tion. J. D. Brown, president of the Far mers' Union In this Btate, told ho the farmers had worked with tin food administration and at the sain time getting for the wheatgrowers o. Oregon a square deal. Brown point ed out that in this the farmers had . hard fight, as it looked as tho "tin. cards were stacked against us." Con trary to the general belief, Presideu. Brown boileves that within a few years there will be a surplus of food stuffs piled up, In .view of the fac. that England has given over many large estates and lots heretofore uu used for intensive farming, to tlu raising of wheat and other grains. Others who contributed to niaki the program a success were Mrs. Geu Dye, who rendered musical selections, Mrs. H. J. auglm"and Mrs. Fraui. Turur, who sang, and a girls chorut from the high school. Miss Allot Cummings, who is an elocutionist oi high ability, and Mrs. A. E. Bluns, gave some . readings which were greatly appreciated. Master John Turner delivered a recitation on "Boost" which fit the bill all right and John received an ovation for his efforts. L. V. Gentry piloted a shipment of stock from Heppner to Portland yes terday and then went to the Imperial. Before becoming one of tho promin ent stockmen of Morrow county he .was In the barber bualnoss. -Portland Oregonlan. BEND WOOL SALES BRING HIGHEST PRICES The highest prices paid so far this year for Eastern Oregon wooL was paid at the Bend sale Tuesday. The American Woolen Mills of Boston, through their agent, Alex Livingston, bought the 3744-pound clip of John Atkinson for 54 H cents. This was the first sale held in Bend in three years and was held under the aus pices of the Central Oregon Wool growers Association. lone Young People Wed. . County Clerk Waters Issued a marriage license Wednesday to R. D. White and Alice Ionia Christopher son of lone. The wedding took place the same evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chrlstopherson. T Former Heppner Boy, Will T. Kirk, is Appointed by Governor. Old Board Was Unsatisfactory. Governor Olcott has announced hat he will appoint J. W. Ferguson jf Portland and Will J. Kirk, now .ead of the claims department of the ndustrial accident commission, as jerabers of that commission to suc eed Harvey Beckwith and Wilfred Vllen, respectively. The governor aid that he had written to Mr. Beck- Uh informing him that his resigna ion as a member of the commission ill be acceptable to the executive ot ice, his resignation to become effec ive as of July 1. Mr. Allen' term expired last January. . Under the new alignment and as irovlded for in the act, Mr. Mar fan will represent the interests of employes,' Mr. Ferguson the intersts f employers and Mr. Kirk those of ltizens of the state at large. "I have watched the situation in .he accident commission closely since have been in the executive office ind was rather familiar with It prior 0 that time," said Governor Olcott in Making announcement of the changes a the personnel of the commission. 'I am thoroughly convinced that the uake-up of the board was not con luclve to the best operation of the .'orkmens' compensation law. The .'unctions of the act are among the aost Important that any of the state joards or commissions are called up n to administer. "Without wholesale cooperation on lie part of the commissioners efficient landling of affairs and considerate ittention to those interested in the peration of the act the greatest good rom the compensation act cannot be 'btalned. "I have had a long acquaintance vlth both Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Kirk ind know personally that their qual flcatlons are such as to assure har aonious.. and efficient handling of the omniisslon's affairs. These ap pointments are unsolicited in both ases. They are entirely upon my wn Initiative and based upon my personal knowledge of their fitness. am thoroughly convinced that the hauges I am making are for the pub ic good." Will T. Kirk is a native of Oregon, le was born at Heppner In 1SS4. He ittended school at Heppner and Pen lleton and was a student at Coluni .a Junior College at Milton when, a 1903 the Heppner flood swept .way the home and property of his idowed mother. As the burden of amily support then fell upon him a, with his mother and young bro her and sister moved to Payette, Ja., where he acquired an interest n the Payette Independent, one of the strongest republican weekly news apers In that part of the state. He was associated in this news tapor venture with Earl Venable, iow private secretary to Senate Jorah of Idaho. After Mr. Venable vent to Washington with Senator Jorah Mr. Kirk was sole publisher if the paper for a number of years iid occupied a prominent place in he councils of the republican party in Canyon county. In 1911 he sold its Idaho newspaper and moved with lis wife and two children to Port land, where he was connected with .he Oregon Journal until two months 1 go, "when he resigned to accept the position of head of the claims depart- nent of the Industrial accident com mission. He has been a consistent upporter of the workmen's compen sation law as an Instrument of large benefit to employers and workmen if properly administered. Earle Hallock, former local boy who now works In the North Port land stock yards, will arrive in Hepp ner next Tuesday to make a visit with relatives and friends. NOW, WHAT IS IT YOU WANT? BARfl IS CURB TO NEW I Property Owners Petition City Coun cil to Take Up Measures That i Will Remove Livery Stable From Residence Section. A few months ago Willis Stewart, veteran horse man and livery stable owner of Heppner was given permis sion by the cfty council to move the McRoberts stable from its old loca tion on lower Main street to Mr. Stewart's fire-swept lot on the upper end of the street. The stable was duly moved and to day stands as the only building in an entire block. Property owners are preparing to petition the city council to have the stable removed, as the state they do no care to put up homes on their lots as long .as the stable stands where it does at the present time. Several property owners are said to have made the statement that they would have prepared to re-build their home long before this had the livery stable not been moved Into that vicinity. Mr. Stewart says that it Is purely a business matter with him and thai a settlement could have been effect ed in the beginning If property own ers wanted to keep the barn out of that locality. He values his property j and business included at about $500" The council will probably take ac tion in the matter at their next regu lar meeting. i The fact that this property remains vacant, thereby forcing taxes up on 5ther property owners, is also point ed out in the petition. Long Creek Man Is Dead. Word was received in Heppner Wednesday telling of the death of George B. Rador of Long Creek, at his home there. Mr. Rader was n pioneer stockman cf Grant county. His son, Fritz Rader, was In Heppner when the news was received here, and he left at once for Long Creek. DANCE Fair Pavilion, Saturday, July 5 . Bowker's Orchestra. Tickets $1.50 The floor has just recently been planed and smoothed and is now in excellent condition. AGED COUPLE INJURED If Buggy Overturns When Team Be comes Frightened at Automobile, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lawson - -,. Taken to Hospital. Frightened by a passing automo bile, the team which Mr. and Mrs C. W. Lawson of Heppner were driv ing from their ranch down Heppner hill, turned the buggy over. Mrs. Lawson received serious lacerations of the scalp besides being badly bruised on other parts of the body. Mrs. Lawson is 71 years old and the shock was a severe one. Her condi tion is improving daily at the Hepp- aer sanatorium, where she was taken shortly after the accident. Mr. Law son received one broken rib, but is recovering from the Injury nltely. The buggy was badly demolished. The team was later brought into town by Ben Buschke, who farms the lawson ranch. Salvation Army Funds May Be Left At Postoffice Chairman F. A. McMenamln says it has been almost impossible for the canvassing committee of the local uilks to see everyone in their drive -o raise Morrow county's quota in the Salvation Army Fund drive, and therefore Postmaster Richardson has consented to take subscriptions at the postoffice and give out the buttons to subscribers. Chairman McMenamln announces that $800 of the total quota of $1200 has now been raised and the Elks expect to have the en tire amount raised within the next few days. Sims Family Return Home. C. M. Sims and wife and son re turned Wednesday from an extended trip which took them to Portland and as far south as Eugene. They mo tored from here to Eugene and at that place Mr. Sims sold his car. They report a most enjoyable outing. LOY M. TURNER WILL RE PORT AT BAKER AT ONCE Loy M. Turner has resigned as county surveyor and will leave for Baker county at once in answer to a phone message which ha lweivoH from Baker Wednesday, calling him iu uis new position at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Turner will take up the work of county water master. He expects to leave Heppner acompanied by Mrs. Turner, on July i. it is imperative that he become acquainted with his duties before the close of the present season in order to get a line on the work and make preparations for next season's work. Mr. and Mre. Turner will make Hip trip to Baker county in their car and expect to make their new home in the city of Baker. I HELD BY U. S. MILITARY Supply and Demand Fall to Cut Prices While Country Is Full of Livestock. Washington, June 24. Referring in the House to the abnormally high prices of the necessaries of life, Rep resentative Fess of Ohio said: "I was looking over the price cur rent as furnished in the daily press. Meat is selling at a price never knowu before In the history of the countrv. and, at the same time, so far as we know, the product is not limited, but rather, extended beyond the normal. So it would appear that the law of supply and demand, which has here tofore operated to control prices, does not operate, and all of us are anxious to know why it does not. It is per tinent to ask what influence is at work to interrupt this law. "I have made a little inquiry about me amount of meats held hv th ernment, purchased for the mirnnae of war, and I want to give you the ngures. I would like to have the attention of the membershiD of the committee as to these figures, tor 1 Know they must carry some Rlcrnifl jance when considered In the light of .he scaling high prices charged to the puoac. Roast beef held by the Govern ment on the 20th of May. 12.000.0ou j-pound cans, which would be about 7Z,uuu,U00 pounds; 17,300,000 2 pound cans, or over 34,000,000 pounds; 9,000,000 1-pound cans in addition to a great number of 12 ounce tine, or a total of something approaching 120,000,000 pounds ot roast beef. "Corned beef, 5,600,000 6-pound cans, or 33,000,000 pounds; 18,000, 000 2-pound cans, or 36,000,000 pounds; 9,000,000 1-pound cans; ind 4,500,000 12-ounce cans: corned oeef hash, 20,820,000 1 and 2 pound cans; bacon, 47,219,620 pounds. "This represents about 282,000, 000 pounds of meats held by the Government, which, according to a statement of the packers, represented five months of the activities of the packing interests which were operat ing to collect the meat products foi the use of the Government. In nor mal times it is stated by the same authority that this would repre.;eni about two years of activity. I am not. and every Member wil. recognize this, criticizlne the Gov ernment for purchasing these larct amounts, because it was done in the. midst of war for the Dumose of feed I ing the soldiers of an army the dur ation of which nobody could esti mate, and therefore the purchase l. free of criticism. But here is mj luestion: If the Government is hold ins to-day this vast number oi pounds of meat with the country ful of live stock and the price of bacon notwithstanding this tremendoui uddIv. has reached the vanishini. point of 60 cents, why Is it thr.t then is not a freedom of the operation ol he law of Bupply and demand? And the question immediately comes tc me, What is the policy of the Govern ment In its action on price fixing?' Arrives From California. Lawrence Shutt, son of Mr. ant Mrs. E. M. Shutt, has arrtved i. Heppner from Los Augeles, Calif., ti spend the summer. Lawrence ha; been doing newspaper work in thf southern California metropolis dur ing the past two years. Dentist Visited Here. Dr. Wm, Hughes, Jr., well knows Milton dentist, was In Heppnei Saturday from Little Butter creek where he has been visiting at the home of his brother, P. A. Hughes Dr. Hughes expects to move his of fice to Walla Walla soon, where he will specialize in pyorrhea cases. Mr. and Mrs. P A Hughes of little Butter creek were in town Tuesday. CITIZENS ASK BETTER PRQTECTIO Will Ask City to Provide Fire Chief. Town Faces Higher Insurance Rates Unless the Risk is Re duced Soon. Meeting Friday Night. The citizens of Heppner are de manding better fire protection. They want a fire chief, backed by a well trained volunteer organization to take charge of the fire truck which the city recently bought. They be lleve that the city should provide fire protection, but they are willing to go down into their pockets to pay for such protection at the present time and until such a time as the city -can provide ways and means for paying for such protection. These sentiments have been ex pressed by a large number of citizen business men since the first meeting took place last Friday evening when Hose Company No. 1 met to discuss the problem and see if there was any possible way by which the town could have a fire chief who might take charge of and train a volunteer or ganization of fire fighters. At that lime the men present decided (Jiat in the event the city was unable to fi nance the proposition, the citizens should take matters in their own hands and as a result they appointed Mike Curran fire chief and instructed he committee consisting of Roy Whiteis. E. M. Shutt and Chas. Thomson to solicit funds to guarantee he salary ot Mr. Curran and such other expenses as might be necessary to keep up an efficient fire-fighting organization. These men went forth and shortly had subscriptions total ing $155, raised solely among the business men of the town. However, the sentiment is growing that it is a question which belongs lo the city council of Heppner for so lution, as some have pointed out that fire protection should come primarily Jrom the city itself. Therefore, after a meeting was held at the Fair pa vT.ion Wednesday evening and there as such a poor representation of ltizens present, it was voted to call a meeting of citizens for Friday night in the Odd Fellows hall, at which .Ime members of the cty council will be present and the problem will ie taken up for definite solution. It has developed that insurance rates in Heppner stand in line for a ubstantial Increase In the near fu ture as a result of the report recently nade to the state fire marshal by dep ity marshal Stokes, who was lnves igating conditions In Heppner re cently. The state fire marshal did jot mince words In calling attention .0 these conditions and added that he vas sorry to learn that Heppner had lispensed with the services of Fire Jhief Curran. Unless better fire pro ection is provided at once, and under ,uch conditions as put forth by the 3tate fire marshal, there will be a re rating of fire Insurance in Heppner and that rating will be upward, not lownward. It Is unnecessary to call attention to the serious and almost critical con Jition which faces Heppner today as egards fire protection. A repetition f past fires, such as happened hero ibout a year ago, would find us just .bout as little prepared to cope with .hem as we were then. IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY CIT IZEN, AND ESPECIALLY EVERY .'ROPERTY OWNER TO ATTEND THE MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS .N THE ODD FELLOWS HALL TO JORROW NIGHT. DON'T FAIL fO BE THERE AT 8 O'CLOCK. Made Good Shearing Record. LaVerne VanMarter returned to loppner Wednesday after complet u g a successful shearing season .vhich covered a period of fifty days, i'he last three weeks were spent In lie Slianiko district, where the crew inished up. Mr. VanMarter had liarge of the Frank Turner shearing lant. He drove a big Mack truck iirough from Shaniko by the way of lonument in two days. Entertained at Bridge. Mrs. Roy Cochran, assisted by her ister, Miss Muriel Cason, entertain ;d at bridge last Thursday afternoon it the J. F. Vaughn residence on Jaltimore avenue. Mrs. Arthur Mc Vtee was awarded first prize for high lonors. Delicious refreshments were ierved. Wool Market to Continue Strong. The wool market Is strong and w ill probably continue so according to the opinion of E. J. Bucke, prominent wool man. Mr. Burke returned re cently from Portland, making the trip here by auto. Pendleton. E. O.