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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY. JULV 8, 1019.
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COUNTY STARTS FINE
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Tour By Heppner Business Men Wed
nesday, In Company With County
Agent Hunt, Reveals Held
After Feild of Excellent
Wheat.
Morrow county is just now start
ing upon the harvest of her grain
crop, and in many sections headers
are now busy, and Boine xombiue;
are at work. However, ihere will be
no general attack made on the grain
fields before the beginning of the
coming week, when crews will be
getting busy In earnest, and the har
vesting of one of the best crops of
grain in the history of the county will
have begun.
We are making this statement
without reservation, having on Wed
nesday joined a bunch of Heppner
business men and farmers and ac
companied Agent Hunt and Farmer
Frank Anderson on a tour of inspec
tion. ' .'
The season has been unusually dry
and throughout the wheat belt there
has beeu an entire lack of rdin
through May and June, thus causing
a lot of apprehension as to what the
outcome would be. The conditions
early in the Spring were spleudid,
and grain started well in all paru
of the county, with the exception
perhaps, of the foothill country,
where the colder weather kept them
back, but by the middle of May or the
first of June the predictions were
coming to our ears thick and fast
that the county would fall far short
In production unless rains would
come, and the rains having failed us,
we were prepared to accept the worst.
It was therefore a very pleasant sur
prise to visit a portion of the count)
and learn that, through the bettui
methods being used by the majority
of our wheatraisers the droughty
conditions were overcome and there
Is to be an average yieid of hue qual
ity grain over the greater portion ot
the county.
This Is especially true of the cropb
on the lighter lands. In the section
both north and south of lone aau
north of Lexington, where the crop lb
now matured, this is true and it wao
discovered that many lieids which ai
first glance had the appearance oi
being cut very short and damageu
biwtiy by the dry weather, were com
ing out fine, the grain having ma
tured well and in every case wao
plump and fully developed.
It was an exceedingly interesting
development In making a study oi
soil, cultivation and planting condi
tions to find that in every case when.
the better methods had been used the
reward will be forthcoming In an
abundant yield. Where tho grouuo
was properly handled and in the righ.
season it Is revealed this year thai
the best results are obtained.
The first stop was made at the farm
of Frank AnderBon at the head oi
Jack Rabbit canyon. Mr. Anderson
has proved to be one of the best far
mers of that section. He has a large
tract of land and uses a big cater
pillar engine In preparing his ground
and running his combine. He Is wel.
satisfied with this method and is get
ting good results. Mr. Anderson Is a
close student of farming and quick tc
adopt any methods that will make
for better production. Owing to con
ditions for the past three years, lack
of moisture and the scarcity of help,
It hns not been possible to follow ou
the program that . Mr. Anderson
knows Is the very best for his sec
tion, yet the good methods used jus!
as far as it was possible, have
, brought about excellent results. Thlt
year Mr. Anderson is trying the ex
periment with the hybrid wheat a
cross of Turkey Kcd and No. 63. The
grain is now about fully developed
and-will be ready to cut in a couple
of weeks. It" has developed well and
will make an average yield between
fifteen and twenty bushels. This
grain has been very successfully
raised for the past three years In the
section Just north of lone and is wel.
liked. Mr. Anderson feels that he it
not getting a Btandard crop this sea
' son, but he will have a lot of grain
His summerfallow Is in fine shape
contains abundant moisture and I:
now ready for a thorough going, ove:
with the harrows and weeders, which
process will be commenced shortly,
using the "cat" as motive power.
Ed Buschke has a field of 200
acres of bluestora on the Jenkins
place that is slated to yield 20 bush
els at least. It turned too dry foi
Mr. Buschke to give this field the
cultivation that It should have had
yet it is turning out well. Mr. Buschke
is a good farmer and undorsands wel
the handling of his lands to overcome
the- drought.
Albert Bowker has a good field of
grain on the Mai Humphreys place1
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that has stood the dry weather con
ditions remarkably well and is com
ing out fine. On the Vaughi place
he has sown the No. 128 hybrid and
samples taken from this field reveal
Lhe fact that Mr. Bowker Is scheduled
to harvest an abundant crop ot fine
grain there. Nothing but a big hail
storm could now beat him out of it.
Theo. Anderson expects to get an
average ot fifteen bushels over his
place, and he will begin cutting short
y after tho first of the coming, week.
He will not use a combine this sea
son, having purchased a large sta
tionary machine to do the work,
From what we could learn, the entire
crop of Mr. Anderson is standing
jp well and he 'will have lots of good
wheat.
Tom Arnold ha3 done a lot of good
.'arming on the Stanton place and has
fully demonstrated that good meth
ods win. A soil test was made here
anl samples of his grain secured. He
succeeded in overcoming adverse con
ditions of weather and his crop is
coming out well. We did not learn
just what his estimate of yield was,
out it should exceed fifteen bushels
and the grain is well developed. In
this section, these examples are about
ihe average, and it was a pleasure to
.earn that the cool weathef of the
past three weeks had teen the means
jf saving tho crops and assuring
about an average yield for the Eight
.title section.
From Theo. Anderson's on down
.he ridge and into lone is one fine
lield of wheat after another, and It
was In this section that many sur
prises were sprung. Not being in
touch with the owders of all the
farms visited here, we shall not at
.empt a report In detail, but special
mention should be given to the crop
.n the Chas. Erwln place, as well as
that on the H. R. Smith farm. Mr,
win Is one ot the newcomers to this
county and he and bis brother, Ar
thur are each getting splendid re
sults this year. Theso men come from
.he Prescbtt, Wash., county, where
they were raised on good farming
and they expect to succeed well here
by using the same good methods by
which success was obtained in a sec
ion of country that has no great ad
vantage over Morrow county In nat
ural resources.
North of lone, where Turkey Red
seems, to be more abundantly raised
nan any other variety of wheat, the
utlook Is generally good. Dwight
Allsner. who was hailed out last sea
uii and had just about enough left
for seed and feed', is now harvesting
ills field of Turkey Red on his farm
about nine miles north of lone. He
is getting a good yield, has undoubt
edly found the secret of farming to a
.uccess the light landB bordering the
sand and he and his good wife, hav
ing worked hard, are now to be re
varded for their efforts.
A very Interesting Btudy in this
section was tho work being done by
i. F. Frelwald, who Is another new
;mer to Morrow county, and is farm
ing a section of land just north ot
lone about six miles. He does his
work mostly with tractor but uses
horses in working his summerfal
low. Mr. Frelwald has the very best
piece of summerfallow that was seen
jn the trip, and an Inspection of this
iield, where a number of tests were
aiade, reveals the fact that he has a
fine reservoir of moisture conserved
and the ground Is in prime condition
for fall seeding. Mr. Frelwald is
.ivlng the field the "once over" again
efore considering his work done.
We can look for a fine yield of grain
here next year. He will harvest a
half section of fine wheat this year.
Enough Information was gathered
on this trip to fill a page of this pa
per, but owing to lack of space we
must'rlng off here and have more to
say later on.
More trips of this nature should be
'.aken by the business men, and thus
:ultlvato a better cooperative spirit
between business man and farmer to
he end that better relations may be
stabllshed, better farming methods
encouraged and more prosperous con
lltions be brought about. There Is
v great future for Morrow county and
its development Is rapidly approach
ing. ,
Otto Buys Business Block.
Oscar R. Otto, local music dealer,
ms purchased the Heppner Estate
oullding on Main street, until recent
ly occupied by the Case Furniture
.Jompany. Mr. Otto expects to make
some alterations to the interior be
.'ore establishing his business In the
new location.
Morrow Wheat Looking Fine.
Mrs. Rose Campbell is home from
a week's visit to' Morrow - county
where a 400-foot well is being drilled
on a ranch she owns. She reports
.hat the grain is looking fine, the
nicest of any this side of Lexing
ton. One piece ot this, a strech of
abou 300 or 400 acres, looks even
better than the reservation wheat,
Mrs. Campbell said. Pendleton Tri
bune.
EARLY LAMBING PROVES
PROFITABLE TO GROWER
Ellis R. Minor Proves to His Own
Satisfaction That February Lambs
. Are Money Makers. Will
Beat Season Next Year.
Keeping just a few laps ahead of
the market, cutting down overhead
and bringing the ewes out of the
mounains in better condition are a
few of the many problems confront
ing the sheepmen and which Ellis R.
Elinor, lower Willow creek farmer
and stockman, is solving to his own
satisfaction.
Mr. Minor has had it in mind that
if he could force the lambing season
by two or three weeks or even a
month, he could have the Iambs con
ditioned and ready for a fancy mar
ket price instead of sending those
lambs to the mountain range and
turning them off In the I fall. The
spring market is always good.
As a result of lambing in. February
this year he was able to market 71-lb.
lambs which brought a price rang
ing right around ten dollars in the
Portland June market.
By the method of early marketing
and its good price, Mf Minor figures
that he is also cutting down overhead
expense, in that he will be able to do
without the services of one herder,
And again, the ewes will come forth
from summer range In the fall in a
much better condition.
"It is smashing precedent all to
pieces' said Mr. Minor, "but next
year I am going to start the lambing
season as early as January. A fellow
has got to keep stepping lively these
days to keep up with the game and if
you can keep Just a little ahead ot it,
there is more money to be made." '
Mr. Minor went up to the moun
tains this week to look after his
sheep on summer range there.
CROSSED PLAINS TO
IN
Another Oregon pioneer has been
called. After several years ot poor
health, Amanuel C. Petteys passed
away at his home near lone, Oregon
June 18, 1919. He was born at Bath,
Steuben county. N. Y., August 8,
1830. Therefore he was at the time
of death, 88 years, 10 months and 10
days of age.
Mr. Petteys was the oldest child oi
Seneca H. and Olive S. Petteys. li.
1836 the family moved from theii
aatlve state, to Livingston county,
.iichiga, where the father died in
1846, leaving the mother with five
children, two sons and three daugh
-eis. In 1853 the mother with hei
lainliy Btarted across the plains wit).
i company who were coming to the
Pacific coast. They encountered
many hardships on the trip, beint,
sixteen months on the plains. The,
spent a part of that winter at Sair
i,ake where one sister, Mrs. Marceui.
fiercer, died leaving an Infant Bon U
oe cared for by the family. This Hi
.ie babe was U. S. Mercer, now a gra
naired man living lu Portland, Cio
In the Spring ot 1854 the famii)
continued their journey to Oregoii
and finally settled near Salem, wheri
they lived until 18o8 when the,
moved to Eastern Oregon and settled
on Willow creek 3 miles east of wheri
the town ot lone now stands.
Mr. Petteys followed the stock in
dustry in Morrow county for niauj
years and had lived at the old home
place, named 'Petteys Grove In hh
iiouor, continuously since first com
ing to this county 51 years ago. Mr
Pettey's mother made her home witi,
her son till her death on October 27,
1883. One sister, Arvilla Lewis, diet,
at Spokane, Wash., July 27, 1899.
The only brother, Manville B. Pet
teys, passed away at Portland Apri.
i, 1919, leaving one sister, Mrs. Hu
jalia Bewley, who lives in Portland
Mr. Petteys was married June 21,
1877 to Miss Katie Geinger, who with
seven children, two sons and five
daughters, are left to mourn the lost
jf husband and father. They are Al
bert O. Petteys of Walla Walla, Wu.,
Mrs. Merril E. Newton of South
Bend, Wn., Mrs. Ruth F. Cossman oi
North Bend, Ore.. Mrs. Katie Swau
son, Mrs. Olive Engelman, Edith li
and George A. Petteys, all of lone,
Oregon.
E. R. Huston New Fire Chief.
E. R. Huston has been selected as
fire chief by Hose Company No, 1 oi
the Heppner Voluntary Fire Depart
ment. Mr. Huston is a man who has
had experience in handling fire appar
atus and knows how to take charge
of the men. The company will now
resume their drilling and get Into the
best possible condition to meet any
and all emergencies which may arise
in the future. It is the idea of the or
ganization to have three assistant
chiefs under Mr. Huston. These will
be chosen by the chief as he learns
who are best qualified to act.
Armenian Relief Went
Over The Top This Week
Morrow county has raised her
quota for tho Armenian relief. The
$ 36 necessary to put the drive over
the top was raised Tuesday evening
In short order when Chairman J. J.
Nys put a big 30-pound turkey up for
auction on Main street. The turke
had been donated to the cause by Mr.
Kauvalls of Irrlgon and County Agent
Hunt acted as auctioneer. The sale
,was started off in good shape by
Frank Gilliam, with a $10 bid and
the bird was later sold to Mr. Gil
liam for $15. He gave the turkey
back to be sold over and this was re
peated a few times until the neces
sary amount had been raised. The
young sons of Mr. and Mrs. John
Kenny were the last bidders and took
Mr. Gobbler home.
The drive had been on for a year.
A large amount raised was by school
children in various parts of the coun
ty and nearly 'every school district
responded. One of the smallest dis
tricts contributed $160 and individ
ual contributions have ranged from
$50 down. lone sent In $100 and the
women of Heppner in their drive of
last week are entitled to a lot of
credit, raising in their canvass, a to
tal ot $402.74.
Sheep Shipments.
Thirty-five carloads of sheep were
shipped from here this week by John
Kilkenny and Chas. O'Rourke, of
Heppner. The stock was rilled to
Chicago with grazing stopover for
the summer.
So far this year there have been
about 250 cars ot sheep sent out
from this station. Of this number
'.here were nearly 100 cars of stock
that came overland from Heppner be
cause of better shipping facilities and
better train service from here. Echo
News.
E AT
From the San Diego Union.
Lt Clad in flannel shirts and khaki
breeches wth woolen socks pulled
up over the bottom ot the breeches
making a narrow white border above
.he top ot high walking boots, Miss
Sibyl Cason and Miss Ocea Norrls
arrived at th U. S. Grant Hotel last
night after hiking all the way from
Jan Francisco.
They differ from the usual hikers;
in that they are both very attractive
young women and are not selling
inything just out for pleasure, and
.hey stop at the best hotels along the
.ay instead of camping out.
Miss Cason is from Heppner, Ore
?on. and Miss Norris from -Cedar
tapids, Iowa. Early in the spring
hey planned to go to Honolulu for
he summer, and when they arrived
it San Francisco they were told they
;ould go across, but they might have
o stay there until February await
ng return transportation.
The girls then decided to give up
he Honolulu trip and begin walking
jver California and Mexico, seeing
he sights along the way. They plan
:o get back to San Francisco by the
ast of September.
Short stops were made at Palo Al
'o, Paso Roblea, Santa Barbara and
Los Angeles. They left Los Angeles
Saturday night. From here they
vill go to Calexlco and then into
Mexico.
"Flannel shirts are the things to
hike in, all right," Miss Cason said.
"They keep us cool during the day
and warm In the mornings and eve
nings. We have our feet wrapped In
ldheslve tape, and with the woolen
socks our feet do not blister or get
lired."
A large photograph of the girl
hikers accompanied the article In the
Jniln and from the broad smiles on
heir faces It was plain to be seen
hat they are enjoying the trip im
mensely. Miss Cason left Heppner
day 28th and joined Miss Norris in
Portland.
Dick Gentry, Grant county stock
nan, is in Heppner this week from
his ranch on Cottonwood creek.
YOUNG PEOPLE WILL
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
Very interesting and instruc
live meetings are being held
by the Christian Endeavor So
ciety meeting this month in the
Christian Church. You will not
be sorry if you spend a Sunday
evening from 7 to 8 with us.
Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor.
C. W. B. M. MEETS AT
w. g. Mccarty home
The local society of the Christian
Women's Board of Missions met at
the home of Mrs. W. G. McCarty on
Tuesday afternoon and spent a few
instrurttvA Unrl Anlnvahla Tv.
v,uug,g UUUI3, illQ
program was in charge of Mrs. O. G.
Crawford, Mrs. E. R. Huston and Mrs
C. N. Jones. Refreshments were
served.
Former Morrow County Man
Married at Walla Walla, Wn.
A pretty wedding occurred last
evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. McLean, 726 North Clinton
Btreet, when Miss Jewel Ella Clem
ent and Mr. William Edward Brown
were united In marriage. Rev. A. R.
Liverett of the Central church per
formed the wedding, the beautiful
ring ceremony being used. The bride
was attended by Eleanor McLean,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McLean, as
flower girl and Kathleen Middleton, a
cousin of the bride as ring bearer.
The bride was charmingly gowned in
white vail trimmed in real lace and
carried a shower bouquet of bride's
roses.
The rooms of the McLean home
were beautifully decorated In pink
and white, shasta daisies and roses
used. The ceremony was performed
before a bower ot evergreens. Mrs.
Brown was a graduate ot the class of
1919 of the local high school. Mr.
Brown is a son of Mr. J. C. Brown of
this city. The young couple left last
evening for Portland and other coast
points after which they will make
their home in California. Walla
Walla Bulletin.
Mountain Grass Range Fine.
R. J. Carsner, one of the largest
cattlemen of these parts, was down
from his stock ranch beyond Hard-
man Monday on a business visit. Mr.
Carsner says range conditions up to
the present time have been ideal but
the grain is showing the effects ot the
continued dry spell and rain Is badly
needed. While in town Mr. Carsner
made an inspection ot the G.-T. plant
and was surprised to find the many
new improvements which we have
been making. The Carsner family
will spend the summer on their south
Hardman ranch.
Doing Business at Old Stand
Willis Stewart, veteran livery
stable man, has just completed the
task of giving his barn a new coat of
paint and he feels proud of the ap
pearance wnicn his structure now
puts forth. He Is In better position
than ever now to care for the trade
and would like to correct any lm
pressions that the general public
might have about him going out of
business.
Mr. Stewart feels, that in all fair
ness, there should be no false reports
circulated as to the location of his
business any more than any other
business hould be unfairly dealt
with. "I am glad to know that the
majority of the citizens of Heppner
are with me for a fair deal," said Mr
Stewart in discussing the situation.
'My property is for salo at my price
which I do not consider unreasonable
and I am not in a position to make
any sacrifices. Should the property
owners feel that they would like to
remove the barn from its present lo
cation, $7000 will take the barn and
lot. Of course I would not sell the
barn without selling the lot." With
this spirit of fairness, Mr. Stewart
feels that the matter can be settled
satisfactorily to all parties concerned.
In conclusion he said, "In moving
this barn onto my fire swept lot, 1
complied with all the requirements
as put forth at that time and the
move was made at considerable ex
pense. However, everything has been
done under permit and with the sanc
tion of city authorities."
Hardman Man injured.
Jas. Furlong of Hardman received
fractured bones in one hand and two
broken ribs when he was thrown
from a horse last Monday. He came'
to Heppner Wednesday for medical
treatment.
"Egg Day" in Oregon.
The farm bureau of Jackson coun
ty., Oreg., is operating In three dis
tricts of tho county an egg marketing
plan tha is meeting with success and
winning the cooperation of the bust
ness interests of the county. A' cer
tain day each week Is known as "egg
day," when farmers deliver their eggs
to a central place, where they are
andled and cased, the actual cost of
the candling and crates being
charged against the farmer according
to the number ot eggs that he brings
to market. The eggs are then sold to
che highest bidder, and have brought
an advance of from six to eight cents
a dozen over the prices received be
fore this plan was used.
COIJNCI
L RECEIVES
ENGINEERS
REPORT
f , ,
, . " Ul" wacma
By City Fathers. Fire Boys and
Citizens Petition Listened
To. New Councilman
Takes Seat.
The report of Burns & McDonald,
hydraulic engineers of. Kansas City,
was presented by Mayor Vaughan at
the meeting of the city fathers last
Monday evening and it was gone over
and discussed by the various mem
bers of the council. The councilmen
present were Tash, Vaughn, Beymer,
Sweek and Clark. M. D. Clark was
recently appointed by Mayor Vaughan
to fill the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of W. G. McCarty. Mr.
Clark qualified at this meeting.
The engineer's report Is complete
and satisfactory in every detail, ac
cording to the expressions of the may
or and councilmen. It outlines defi
nitely what amunt of work will be
necessary to put in a gravity water
system for Heppner and estimates
ot cost are made. The next step to
be taken by the council will be the
matter of getting the right ot way
for the pipe lines on upper Willow
creek. Mayor Vaughan will appoint
a committee ot which he will be a
member, within the next few days, to
interview the farmers and land own
ers along the proposed pipe line. No
opposition is expected from any of
the farmers along the line.
A committee of citizens composed
of C. E. Woodson, E. R. Huston and
S. A. Pattison met with the council
to discuss the matter of better fire
protection. A number of other citi
zens Interesed In the matter were
present. Mr. Woodson was spokes
man for the committee and stated
what the desires of the citizens were
In regard to better protection and
suggested that the council might find
a man who would assume the duties
of marshal and at the same time look
after the fire truck and all fire fight
ing equipment. The idea was taken
up by the council and that body will
strive to get a man who will fill the
bill.
Quite a number ot citizens had ex
pressed themselves as being ready to
dig down in their pockets for tho
services of a fire chief if the city
council could not provide one in any
other manner. But It was decided to
proceed as the committee suggested
and test that plan out.
Another matter brought to the at
tention of the council was the peti
tion prepared and presented to that
honorable body by property owners
of the city concerning the proposed
removal of the Willis Stewart liver
barn from its present location on up
per Main street. The council and
all those present fully agreed to the
facts as set forth In the petition, but
It was strongly pointed out by the
council that they were unable to do
anything In the matter, and that In
any event, they wanted to see the
matter handled properly, to the end
that Mr. Stewart receive complete
Justice. Councilman Beymer was ot
the opinion the only way In which
'.he barn could be removed from its
present site would be to buy Mr.
Stewart out, paying him his price and
finding for him another location for
the barn; pointing out that the town
demanded the services of a public
stable. A committee was appointed
by the council, consisting of the fol
lowing business men: Frank Gilliam,
Oscar Borg and Councilman Sweek,
to Interview Mr. Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hunt were down
from their wheat ranch in the Rhoa
creek section Tuesday. According to
those who have visited the Hunt crop
It is one of the best in the entire
county.
RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE.
WHEREAS, the Angel of Dissolu
tion, having summoned from among
;he living, our beloved brother, Pat
rick Farley, and
WHEREAS, by these Inscrutable
acts ot Divine Providence, our hearts
are filled with sympathy and sadness,
therefore be It
RESOLVED by Heppner Lodge No.
358, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, that a resolution of con
dolence to the family of our deceased
brother, Patrick Farley, be adopted,
and be It further
DESOLVED, that a copy of the
resolution be sent to the family of
our deceased brother, to the public
press and be written Into the minutes
of the Lodge.
Done in Heppner this 26th day ot
July, A. D. 1919.
H. A. DUNCAN,
ROY V. WHITEIS.
CHAS. COX,
Committee.