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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
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Y FLIER WILL
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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