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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1919)
1 JCD Ji 11V1JCA3 PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY VOL. 80, NO. 20. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1919. gi'BscRimo.y, 2.oo per yeas A! Y FLIER WILL E County Fair Hoard Getting Good At tractions (or Big Event Next Month. Fine Music Will lie Furnished. Morrow county people will have thoir first opportunity to take a trip to the clouds by the airplane route during the Seventh Annual County Fair. 8ept. 11, 12, 13. There will be an airplane here dur ing the throe days of the Fair and when the pilot is not busy thrilling the crowds with his daring stunts In nild-air he will be taking the breath away from passengers who might want to experience some ot the sen sations of an aviator. The air pilot is an army man with experience in France and holds a license for carry ing passengers. One of the stellar attractions of the Fair will be the music. People are still talking about the good music furnished by the band at the Fair last year and if Secretary Brown succeeds in landing the organization which he is now figuring with, the music will be supplied by the same band, Camp bell's, which played here last year. A merry-go-round is assured now, so the children may be happy. There will be other attractions of this order which the Fair Board is not yet ready to announce. Other features are being worked out, one of which is a patriotic pro gram on one day, at which time a speaker ot slate-wide repute will ad dress our people. A big street parade will be held and It Is to be hoped that this will be one ot the biggest ever pulled off here. Every business house In Happner and private in dividuals will be urged to enter floats In this parade. Street sports and Round-Up features are beingtramed. Lawrence Shutt Receives Visit From Salem Music Professor Lawrence Shutt, son ot Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Blmtt Is enjoying a visit from his old friend and former schoolmate, Professor Frank Sanders ot Salem. Professor Sanders i an instructor In music at the state blind school In Salem and Is an accom plished musician. It is quite needless to say that the two young men are enjoying Mr. Sanders' visit here to the limit. UMATILLA CO. LAMBS AT TOP IN CHICAGO Pendleton, Aug. 14 Chicago stock markets are coming into their own again, according to Dan P. Smythe, sheep shipper, who returned from Portland this morning. Mr. Smythe received word from Chicago today that a trnlnload of lambs put on the market there yesterday brought $17. 15 a hundred. They were shipped nbout ten days ago by Smythe Bros, from Sloan. The price brought by the Umatilla county lambs was the top offered in Chicago yesterday. Owing to the recent riots in Chicago and the threatened railroad tieup, Chicago had but 10,000 lambs offered yester day while at Omaha, 39,000 were placed on the market. The price at Chicago was thus held up to a good figure. The big packers are operating about 80- per cent to capacity now and It Is thought that the danger to shippers Is past. Another trainload will go east tomorrow from one of their Idaho ranges for Smythe Bros. J. D. French, one ot Eastern Ore gon's biggest stockmen, was a Wed nesday callor In Heppner. Mr. French Just recently made a heavy shipment of stock to the eastern market. Mrs. O. W. Phelps and daughters, Mlsa Margaret and MIbs Oenevieve Phelps, left today for Seaside where tliev will Join Judge Phelps for a few weeks' slay. Pendleton Tribune. W. R. Munkers, pioneer of the Lex ington sectiln who has been making hlB home In Portland, was a Heppner business visitor today. Mr. Munkers will spend the summer at Lexington. John Stuvcnson came over from Pilot Rock last Thursday and re turned home Saturday, accompanied by his father, A. J. Stevenson. The elder Mr. Stevenson will make a visit at the Rock before going on to Oak land, California, "Brad" Is spending a few days in Heppner on business. Mr. Bradbury is a veteran traveling man and is now gathering In subscriptions tor the Curtis publications, which In elude the Saturday Evening Post and the Country Oontleman. Mrs. CheBtor Darbee and daughter, Miss Gwendolyn Darbee, left today tor Portland. They were accompan ied ns far as Bridal Veil by Miss Fern McCullough, who has been visiting at the Darbee home in this city. Mrs. Darbee and Miss Gwendolyn will spend some time In Seattle while away. CARRY PASS KGERS Class of 1918 Held Reunion Sunday at Campbell Home The class of 1918 ot the Heppner High school held a most enjoyable reunion last Sunday afternoon when Arthur Campbell, one of their mem bers, entertained the class at a chick en dinner at the home of his parents, Judge and Mrs. W. T. Campbell on Court street. With but one exception, all the fourteen members ot the class were present. Kenneth Binns, son ot Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Binns is still In the service of his country, being stationed at Camp Kearney, California. Two ot the classmates in high school, Norton Winnard and Arthur Campbell, are classmates at the Uni versity of Oregon, where they tered as freshmen last year. An other member, Edgar Copenhaver, Just recently returned from service with the United States navy. He Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Copen haver of this city. - After dinner, which was served at noon, the young people spent several pleasant hours In talking over high school days. Several musical num bers were enjoyed. The following members of the class were present: Misses Neva Hayes, Norma Frederic, Isabel Wilson, Flor ence Ralston, Loa Briggs, Hanna Wil son and Anna Doherty, and the Messrs. Arthur Campbell, Norton Winnard, Vawter Crawford Jr., Earl Gordon, Edgar Copenhaver and and Garnett Barrett. Big Slaughter at Boardiuan. Eight thousand rabbits met their death last Week in the Boardman country. Drives and poison did the work, according to the report brought back to Heppner by County Agent L. A. Hunt. The rabbit evil is recog nized as a 'serious one by all the far mers In the north end of the county and organized efforts are being put forth to rid the country of this pest. A call has come to the Morrow coun ty agent from the residents of Gil liam county, In the lower end, to help them fight the rabbit pest, but Mr. Hunt says help from here will be possible only where "Gilliam county laps over onto Morrow county." Selected Forty Fold Seed Grown by Union Station Nets .Money For Farmer, Eastern Oregon Branch Station, Union, Aug. 12 The finest Forty fold seed wheat in the state was grown In Union county this year by Charles Playle, William Ledbetter, and Duncan McDonald, all ot the Sand Ridge section, according to Prof. 0. R. Hyslop of the Oregon Ag ricultural College who Is touring the state Inspecting grain fields for seed certification. The seed planted to grow this Forty-fold came originally from a tingle plant selected In pure line selections at the Eastern Oregon Ex periment Station in 1915. Two years igo Mr. Playle secured from the Experiment Station a small quantity if the seed that had been grown from this single plant and by using ex treme care In growing it he kept the selection pure and produced a large quantity of certified seed a Bample of which took first prize at the state fair lust year. Sufficient seed had been grown to furnish Mr. Ledbetter and Mr. McDonald enough to plant about a thousand acres and thus from a single plant this section has ob tained a start In the production of certified soed. The use of this pure bred seed gave an increased yield ot more than 10 bushels to the acre according to Mr. Ledbetter whose yield on dry land was over 40 bushels to the acre in spite of the scarcity ot rain In this section during the growing sea son. Probably all of the Forty-fold wheat grown by these men will be sold and used for seed this, coming year. County Agent Paul Splllman, ot Union county has already received a number of inquiries for certified seed. Wheat growers seem to be vitally Interested in varieties or strains which will produce larger yields of first grade markot whoat and are willing to pay a premium in order to secure such varieties. F. M. Beck, Plrtland cattle buyer, shipped six cars of primo beef cuttle from the local yards to the North Portland market Wednesday morn ing. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barlow, and daughter Miss Daisy Barlow left this morning for Portland, where Mrs Barlow will undergo a surgical op eration. The Frank Tumors have estab lished a camp on upper Willow creek bee have gone up to spend a weok bee have gone up to spent n weok with them. County Agent Hunt nnd W. Clnude Cox, manager of the Morrow County Creamery, expect to leave the first of the week on a businoss trip to the north end of the county. I IN I County Clerk Waters Finds People of Kansas and Nebraska at Out With Administration.. Un rest Very Noticeable. "Living is much higher in middle western states than on the Pacific Coast," said J. A. Waters In speaking of his recent visit there. Mr. Waters went east with a shipment of cattle to Omaha a few weeks ago and made a visit with his mother at the old home in Hayes, Kansas. Mr. Waters said Kansas bad great prospects for a whea. crop early in the season and indications tor a fifty bushel yield were excellent up until about two weeks before harvest when extreme hot weather set in and the production was cut in many places as much as fifty per cent. At that, Kansas Is Just simply "all wheat" ac cording to the county clerk and lie says he never saw so many stacks in his life. Land values have Jumped tremendously in Kansas within the last few years and land that was once regarded worthless Is now held as the best producer ot wheat In the middle weBt. "There is quite noticeable a spirit of unrest among middle western peo ple," continued Mr. Waters. "What the cause for this Is, I don't know, but expressions of dissatisfaction of the present administration In Wash ington, is quite general. Wilson for another term is out of the question there and a Wilson man as his suc cessor is looked upon with disfavor." Mr. Waters visited in Salt Lake while returning home and he thinks it Is one of the prettiest places through which he has passid. The city is laid off beautifully, with wide streets and there Is the greatest abundance of fine water. While In Salt Lake, Mr. Waters stopped at the Hotel Utah. This hotel was built at a cost of two and a half million dollars and is said to be the finest west of Chicago. In conclusion the county clerk said, "while a great quantity of wheat has been produced in Kansas this year, I did not see any that will com pare in quality with that raised in Morrow county. -From a milling standpoint there Is no, comparison." Mrs. W. 0. Minor and son Stanley left today for Rockaway, that popu lar summer resort where already a large number of Heppner people are enjoying the sea breezes. IF fiRl? ASKS We are all of us very mucli inter ested in growing wheat In Morrow county nnd yet we may not grow wheat which Is best adapted to the different localities. In Sherman county a number of years ago the people practically universally grew bluestem wheat. They thought It was the only wheat. Today they are growing Turkoy Red and It has made them a great many more bushels to the acre than bluestem ever made. After they had grown Turkey Red for a number of years one of the very many varieties of Turkey which have been tried In Sherman county was found to be very much more profit able than the original strain. They I are now raising Karkov, which ma for a period of four years given an average yield of four bushels per acre better than any other wheat In Sherman county, This at present prices has meant an average net yield to each farmer who raised Karkov wheat ot approximately $8.00 per acre, due to proper seed selection, LIVING HIGHER MIDDLE I WHAT WHEAT THE MAGICIAN FIRE COMPANY ?ELD ELECTION TUESDAY Fire Hose Company No. 1 of the Heppner Volunteer Fire Department, held election on Tuesday evening. S. E. Notson was reelected president without opposition and Gay M. An derson was elected secretary. Other officers chosen were Roy V. Whiteis, vice-president and C. L. Sweek, treas urer. The members present also dis cussed plans tor holding a race be tween two of the teams at county fair time. Members of these teams will get Into shape before the big show comes off next month. Big Shipment of Stock Left Heppner Monday for Chicago One of the largest shipments of cattle and sheep to leave the local yards this season, went out Monday morning when Minor ft Matlock, Stanfleld Brothers, R. J. Carsner, Fred Rader and others shipped thirty ears of saiiJe c5 ;. Eo" of the stuff went to Seattie and some of it to Chicago. Local Men Nominated. M. D. Clark and John Kilkenny of Heppner are named on the nominat ing petitions for ti e election In the the John Day Irrigation project. C. C. Clark has been nominated as a di rector from Gilliam county. The elec tion which will be held, for the pur pose of completing the organization ot the irrigation district, will take place on Saturday, August 23. Af ter the dlBtrict has been formed, ef forts will be made to get the district recognized by the United States Rec lamation Service and In this" manner the thousands of acres under the project will eventually be subject to Irrigation. There will be no bonds voted In any way with the John Day project, as was stated in The Gazette Times of last week. The work, when undertaken, will be done by the gov ernment, and as in nearly all irriga tion districts of this nature, the cost of the project will revert back to the land, water rights being sold to the purchaser, or owner of the land, by the government. Going to Canada Soon. Ben and Sam Brown, who recently sold their Morrow county farm hold ings north ot Lexington, will leave In the near future for "The Prairie Farm," a large wheat ranch which they bought near Youngstown, Al berta. Ben J. Brown was transact ing business in Heppner today. IRE COUNTY AGENT the best wheat. Wo should know. This is certainly worth while. In Umatilla county they have raised a great many different strains of wheat but they are now almost unanimously decided on 128 Hybrid wheat. This Is clearly the best wheat for Umatilla county, at leaRt It is the best known ! wheat nt the present time. Morrow county stands between these two and has bodies of land which are similar to both. We have many divergent conditions. It seems probable that there are several wheats here which might be well adapted to different communities. But we do not know how to recommend. Probably no farmer in this county 1b in any position to sny what Is the correct wheat to raise in Morrow county or upon his own ranch. Forty Fold wheat Is a wheat which has many friends. In sections where straw is very valuable for cattle feed and in the heavy foothill land un doubtedly Forty Fold will have a place. The friends of bluestem wheat may be counted by the hundreds. It Is surely a very desirable wheat. There may be localities where it Is SHALL ! AMERICAN LEGION G. A. R. OF FUTURE Form' of Organizing Local Posts Is Very Simple. Only 15 Ex. Service Men Needed In Order to Get Charter, How about that local post ot the American Legion T Are there 15 ex service men in your town? Is their Americanism 100 per cent? If so, why have they not organized and ap plied for a Charter from the Btate organization? These are questions being asked daily of small communities about the state of Oregon by State Chairman Elvers of the American Legion. In most Instances the only reply has been "How do we go about it?" It is simplicity, Itself. As few as 15 ex-soldiers, sailors or marines may meet together, choose temporary of ficers and a name for their post and apply to tha state committee. Liberty Temple, Portland, fort, charter. Ex-Serlcve men who are interested and what man who has fought is not interested in what the great military force ot which he was a unit is going to do when It is organized into a great civilian force? should write at once for Information to the state headquarters at Portland and copies of the constitution ot the national organization will be sent and instruc tions given for any procedure in or ganization which may seem hazy. There should be an organizer of the American Legion in every county in Oregon by this time. If these Is none, any ex-service man of good character may become one by notifying state headquarters ot his desire, to work for the cause. It is now realized generally that the American Legion is to the world war what the G. A. R. has been to the Civil War. It is the definite ex pression ot the thought filling the minds of hundreds of thousands of doughboys and gobs during the world war for "some sort of an organiza tion" after the war. It is non-political policies not politics, is its slo gan and It is bound together by the ties of comradeship formed In ser vice. The American Legion was initiat ed in Paris, boosted at St. Louis and will be perfected In Minneapolis No vember 11 In national convention. The men who showed the Huns how Americans fought and the great body ot reserves still in America, straining at the leash, are welcomed Into this organization. An honorable dis charge from service is the admission card. The dues are, in most posts, (2 a year. This is a problem which the Morrow County Farm Bureau must under take to solve. Is It worth the while of the farmers of Morrow county to know which wheat will yield the most per acre upon his Individual land? At the present time we are trying to obtain seed wheat of pure strain of different varieties which has passed field and bin Inspection and is cer tified pure seed. We are able to se cure a very large quantity of Karkov Turkey wheat in Sherman county, at a price of $2.16 sacked per bushel, f. o. b. cars, Moro. We can get For ty Fold wheat from Union county for $2.37 per bushel. We are able to get Hybrid Wheat Number 128 from Umatilla county at a margin of 5 cents per bushel above market quotations f. o. b. Pendleton. We are taking and assembling orders and any farmers wishing to obtain any pure seed wheat of these varieties and from these localities should com nninicate with us at once. The or ders all will be closed by the last dify of August, so that seed may be here available for planting by the mid die of September. In obtaining this wheat the following will be the meth od used: Cash with order for the market price t. o. b. cars from ship ping point and the freight will be paid upon its reaching the destina tion and before unloading. It will County Agent Made Visit To Boardman and Irrigon County Agent L. A. Hunt made an auto trip to Morrow county's big Irri gation district at Boardman and Irri gon last wek. Mr. Hunt reports that the sulphur tests made there for in creasing the production of alfalfa have proved highly satisfactory. Farmers on the projects of both Irri gon and Boardman have raised a lot of hay this year and all fruits and vegetables have also thrived. Some ot the farmers who bought 40 acre tracts have paid tor them in the short space ot two years. Heppner Man Visits Portland. Heppner wants a hospital but the drive for the hospital is being held back until money is raised to float a hotel enterprise. As soon as the hotel is a tact, the hospital proposition will be put before the people. Albert Bowker ot Heppner is at the Hotel Oregon for a few days. Morning Oregonian. Farmer Builds New House. Frank Moore, Willow creek farm er who lives two miles above Lexing ton, began work this week excavating for a basement for his new five-room bungalow. The new home will be modern in every respect. Mr. Moore has not yet decided whether he will use lumber or brick in constructing thejiouse, but In any event, it will be a valuable addition to his farm. The Moores suffered the loss of their farm house by fire shortly after buy ing the ranch a tew years ago. Will Live In Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Beymer of Lexington are moving to Portland to live, according to word received by The Gazette-Times this week. Their new address is 80 Killingsworth Avenue. Will Tour Yellowstone. W. H. Padberg and wife of Clarks Canyon, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Moore ot lone, left the last of the week by auto for a tour through Idaho and Montana and part ot Wy oming. They expect to take six weeks for the trip, their main objective be ing the Yellowstone National Park. I Ernest Heliker Bought 1200 Acres of Land Near lone 5 Years Ago. Its Now Paid For and He Has Big Farming Outfit. Some people laughed at Ernest Heliker and others prophesied that he would never make it, when he went in debt for 1200 acres of land from the Woolery estate near lone, but Ernest thought differently. He went to work and by using good farming methods since taking the ranch five years ago, has paid off his indebted ness and has one of the best plants for growing wheat In the entire coun- ty. Mr. Heliker had a remarkable crop this year when dry conditions are considered. His hybrid wheat made a yield ot 27 bushels and his Turkey Red wheat made 20 bushels. Mr. lleliker does his harvesting with a combine. So that $27,000 debt passed away like magic and Mr. Heliker is facing the future Just as happy as the pro verbial lark. He sold $13,000 worth of his wheat the other day, and he has got a good pile ot the golden grain left. Oregonian Man Here. R. C. Moseley, circulation repre sentative for the Portland Morning Oregonian, came in from Echo by au tomobile today with Harry Lamley, the Goodyear tire man. Mr. Moseley is Eastern Oregon representative for the big northwest newspaper and makes his headquarters in LaGrande. He expects to spend several days in Morrow county, going over the out lying districts. be handled through the County Agent's office at absolute cost to all purchasers. Most wheat farmers will ngree that obtaining wheat from outside soil Is a good proceeding. This wheat will be less than one per cent foreign wheat, be true to type and will be the very best obtainable seed of its kind. We so far have been unable to obtain on the outside any blue stem wheat although we still have hopes. We have not yet seen all the fields ot blue stem wheat in Morrow county, but would like to mention that John Carmichael, north ot Loxington, has the purest seed ot blue stem which It was our privilege to see. Those wishing a better strain would do well to see Mr. Carmichael. We understand that there is some Karkov wheat near lone which was imported last year. This would be worth while of neighbors who live near by. Samples of the above men tioned wheat may be found in the off.ee of the county agent and all in terested farmers are invited to call and inspect the same. L. A. HUNT, County Agent. T Grain Corporation Announces Eitrn. sion of Time on Acceptance of Trade Agreements. Reas. onable Prices Assured. The United States Grain Corpora tion announces in their general bulle tin No. 7 that there will be no storage premiums added to tha basic prices In its buying scale, for the present, nor until there accumulates in the Grain Corporation's bands a sufficient re serve ot wheat to assure a measure tor future home requirements. In accordance with this policy the Wheat Director is refusing proffered contracts which foreign buyers ars desirous of making at the Grain Cor poration price level, these buyers be ing apparently anxious to cover their requirements for some months in ad vance. Apparently their inability to secure supplies in, other sources ot wheat makes them especially urgent in proposing contracts with the Uni ted States, but these contracts cannot be entered into until a sufficient ac cumulation of wheat in the hands ot the Grain Corporation furnishes as surance of reasonable prices to our own people. The Grain Corporation announces an extension of time on the accept ance of trade agreements from July 31st until August 20th. Grain deal ers, millers, flour Jobbers, bakers and terminal elevator operators who have not yet signed their respective Form of Agreement may still secure blank forms or agreement and have them accepted, provided they are re turned to the Corporation office on or before August 20th, Young Ladies to Seattle. The Misses Lorraine Groshen and Rubina Corrigal expect to leave Bun day on their vacation. They will go first to Seattle and from there to V ancouver, B. C. The young women will be gone about two weeks. KING ALBERT OF BELGIUM MOVING . FIGURE IN FILM Heroic Monarch Character of Great . Importance in "Till I Come Back to Yon." That modern monarch who has in spired the love and confidence ot his people as has no other ruler in this century, who has proved that a king may be democratic, and whose bravery will go down in history as comparable to few similar Instances in the history of the world Albert, King of the Belgians is a moving figure in "Till I Come Back to You," the new C. B. DeMille Artcratt pic ture by. Jeanle Macpberson, which will be seen at the Star theater-on Sunday. Winter Hall plays the part of the soverign, loved by his subjects, whose retreat from his cities which were to be broken and shattered by the van dal guns of the modern Huns, forms one of the saddest yet most inspiring feats of modern times. With.great care in makeup and cos tuming, as well as superior acting ability, the role of the King in the hands of Mr. Hall Is a perfect like ness, a pathetic, awe-compelling, masterful portrait which deserves especial mention wherever the pic ture is shown. This picture was written by Jeanle Macpherson, directed bj, Cecil B. De Mille and forms one ot the most com pelling of his numerous remarkable Artcratt offerings. Jt is entitled to great praise and deals with Important phases ot the Great War, without en tering Into the actual battle moments. It Is psychological and powerful. J. F. . Freund returned to The Dalles last Friday after spending sev eral days in Heppner as a guest at the home ot Miss Ida Stevenson. 150 Astorians at Round-Up. Pendleton, Ore., Aug. 13. Honors for real pep are going to be at stake next month when 150 members of the Astoria Chamber ot Commerce Invade Pendleton for a three-day stay. The gentlemen from the city that Is 103 years old chose September 18, 19 and 20 for their call. It so happens that they will arrive just in time to see the tenth annual Roundup. The world's champion salmon ro per is expected to accompany the fish magnates from the Columbia's mouth. They are also figuring on entering a humpback salmon In the bronk con test and are looking for anybody who can ride him. Just as an example ot what rough riders the Astorlaus are, they will come all the way In special ly unholstered standard Bleepers, five of them and will bring their own din ing car. As part of their entortaln ment they will sit in a body in a block ot seats for three days and watch the world's champions In action. NO S IE 1 HIS TO BE ADDED 7