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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
VOL. 87, NO. 2.
HF.Pl'XKK, ORKGON, THURSDAY, H'HIL H, 11)20.
SUBSCRIPTION, 12.00 PER YEAR
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Arthur Foster of North Dakota Tcllh
Morrow County Audiences of Dun.
gw In the Offing and of Conditions
In His Home Hlte.
While Arthur Foster of Clyde,
North Dakota, was not favored hy
large audiences In Morrow county,
dwing to the severe bad weather con
ditions, still those who were fortu
nate enough to hear him were given
some straight from the shoulder dope
on the inner workings of the Non
partisan League.
Mr. Foster spoke at lone on Fri
day afternoon and appeared at the
council chambers in Heppner the
same evening.
"The Farmers Non-PartlBan Poli
tical league is not a farmers' organ
ization," declared -Mr. Foster. "The
farmers furnish the money, but vote
as they are told. The organization
Is strongly flavored with socialism,"
continued Mr. Foster. "It twill take
fifty years to repair the damage
wrought by this socialistic govern
ment in the state of North Dakota.
June 1, of this year Ib the date set
for the entry of the Non-PartlBan
league In Oregon. Said Mr. Foster,
"these people expand in the most se
cret, insidious manner. They do not
visit the towns, nor do they herald
their coming with publicity. Highly
trained organizers visit the farmers
in their own fields or at their homes.
in North Dakota they are known as
the Non-Purtisan league, In Wash
Ington they are the Triple Alliance
and In Oregon their start was made
In the Land and Labor league.
Whatever the guise in which they
come, give them no money and Iwrite
them no checks, for money Is their
power."
Mr. Foster and one other man
were the only two farmers in an en
tire township in North Dakota who
refused to come In on the Non-Parti
san deal. Mr. Foster moved his fam
ily to Oregon in order that his chil
dren would not have to attend
schools controlled by the league.
"lFirue Ilt'Kan in HI 1.1.
The Non-Partisan movement In
North Dakota had its beginning in a
dissatisfaction among wheat growers
because of the dockage charged off
by terminal warehouses at St. Paul
and Duluth, according to the speaker.
This evil was being combatted by far
mers' organizations which built local
elevators when they conceived the
Idea of having a terminal elevator
built by the state of North Dakota.
In 1912 a bill passed the legislature
calling for such an enterprise, but,
becuuse of a constitutional limitation
of $250,000 upon the state debt, no
funds could be voted. The Non
partisan league, organized about
1915, took up this state-owned ele
vator, together Iwith many other
Btate-owned enterprises, as a part of
Its platform.
A. C. Townley, czar of this organi
zation, Mr. Foster characterized as a
socialist of the first water and a graf
ter who "makes Get-Rich-Qulck Wal
llngford look like a pair of deuces
stacked against a royal flush."
Townley's associates include several
socialist and I. W. W. lawyers and
one lone farmer, in North Dakota.
Only the loyalty of the state senate
in 1917 prevented the passage of a
Non-Partlsan-lnsplred act, known as
House Hill 4 4, Mr. Foster said. This
act virtually enacted a new state con
stitution, one provision of which
would allow the state or any subdi
vision thereof, county, town, town
ship, school district or precinct, to
go in debt or bond itself In any am
ount. All It needed to do was give
a first mortgage on the public utili
ty erected and the state (would guar
antee the bonds so Issued.
Senate Saved State In 10(7.
"If half of the senate had not hold
over for two more years, thus leaving
the Non-Partisans there In a minor
ity, that act would have gone through
In 1917," Mr. Foster declared.
When Congressman Helgesen, of
North Dakota, died suddenly In 1917,
a special election was called by Gov
ernor Lynn Frazler, a Non-Partlsan,
to choose his successor. Both old
line parties, Mr. Foster said, put up
the finest men In their district, yet
John P.aor, a cartoonist on one of the
organization's 53 newspapers, was re
turned to congress with a larger vote
than the other two candidates com
bined. "And yet in 1917, Baer de
clared that 'Americanism is not an
issue In this campaign,' " Mr. Fostei
declared.
leaders Aro Disloyal,
"The loaders of this outfit are no
toriously disloyal," the speaker said,
"Tdwnloy called the recent war a rich
man's war and at Grand Forks they
made him eat IiIb words. Others or
their ilk have been convicted of dis-
loyalty but were not punished be
cause the governor, three Justices of
the state supreme court and most of
the other officials belong to his par
ty." Farmers who have Joined the lea
gue are not, like the loaders, disloyal,
Mr. Foster explained. Ho showed by
numerous examples that the farmers
had little to say In the oporatlon of
nffalrB, for, while they constitute the
hulk of the membership, they have
little representation. The party has
elected throe congressmen and one
senator since getting into pdwor, yot
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of these three were lawyers and the!
other the newspaper cartooniBt who'
had lived In the state 13 months and'
was not even a taxpayer.
The five leaders of the Non-Parti
san league in North Dakota paid, in
the aggregate, $3.75 in taxes in
1918 and 1919, he showed that his
state taxes were 351 per cent higher
for the latter year, Iwith no roads,
public buildings, or other Improve
ments to show for the increase. Oth
er taxes showed as much as a 60 per
cent increase.
Fordson Plowing De
monstration This Week
Watch the soil turn over. Chas.
H. Latourell is demonstrating the
powers of the Fordson tractor all this
week at the N. F. Lawson place in the
lower end of town. Mr. Lawson has
considerable hill land as well as bot
tom land, and its all the same to the
Fordson. The demonstration should
prove of especial interest to farmers
who are contemplating the addition
of a tractor to their farm equipment.
Heppner High Takes First
Game From Lexington
The Heppner high school baseball
team won their first game of the sea-
sou last Saturday when they went to
Lexington and trounced the wheat
city boys to the tune of 15 to 8.
Hill In the box for Lexington fan
ned the visitors In one-two-three
style during the first few innings of
the game. He has a bright future
for developing Into a first class pit
cher. Heppner and Lexington (will
clash again In this city tomorrow,
Friday. Saturday at lone the locals
meet the Egg City team.
Bishop M. S. Hughes
Dies In Cleveland
Bishop M. S. Hughes, bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal diocese of Ore
gon, died last Sunday in Cleveland,
Ohio from pneumonia. Bishop
Hughes was well known and beloved
throughout Oregon and had always
been an active and earnest church
worker. Since last October he had
been on a lecture tour. A widow and
three children survive. The funeral
was held in Portland.
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Piirent-Teac hern Association Provide
Playground Kiiiipmcnt For Pupils
Additional Facilities Will lie
.Needed in Near Future.
Teachers in the Heppner schools
next year will receive a minimum
salary of $1200 per year. This was
announced to the members of the
Parent-Teachers Association at their
recent meeting by Mrs. Ida B. Wood
son, who announced that the school
board had made that decision.
Mrs. Woodson spoke of needs for
greater educational facilities in the
near future on account of the rapid
growth of student enrollment and
clearly defined the needs of an addi
tional building In the not distant fu
ture. In referring to the playground
for children, Mrs. Woodson announc
ed that Mr. Morrow had offered his
alfalfa field, which Joins the school
property on the southwest, to the dis
trict for $2000.
The playground committee, com
posed of Misses Melba Griffiths, Mar
tina H. Thiele and Kathryn Frense
made their report, showing that they
had raised the sum of $186.55 thru
solicitation and had ordered a Giant
Stride costing $80. They also re
ported that the cost of concrete
slides would be $50. It was the sen
timent of the association that the
playground committee proceed at
their own pleasure and use the re
mainder of the money as they may
think best. The association passed
vote of thanks to the committee
for their splendid work.
C. E. Woodson spoke of the educa
tional measures which will ho voted
on at the May primaries, explained
them and pointed out the need for
more money In carrying on duration
al Iwork in the state.
An amendment to the constitution
of the association was passed which
changed the day of meeting from the
fourth Friday each month to the sec
ond Tuesday of each month and the
date of annual meeting to May 4.
It was also voted to raise the annual
dues from 50 cents per year to $1.00
per year after the annual mooting.
Mrs. Ada M. Ayers, representing
the Civic Club, told the Patron-Tea
chers Association of the work which
the club Is undertaking for civic Im
provement and asked the cooperation
of tlie ascsociatlon in keeping streets
and sidewalks neat and clean. Mrs.
Avers also urged that the members
of the association use their Influence
to Bton tlie throwing of paper and
other rubbish In the hallways of pub
lic buildings.
Following Mrs. Ayers' remarks,
the association voted to cooperate
with the Civlo Club In carrying on lis
work and appointed a commit too of
Mrs. M. D. Clark, Miss Belle State
and Mrs. E. R. Huston to act. wim
the Sanitation Committee of the Civ-
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LnKinrrr Will Bo Kmployed Just as
Soon as Finances Are Available 1
Jolin Day Picnic Will Be Held In
.May,
The directors of the John Day Ir- j
rlgation district held a profitable
meeting in this city on Tuesday Iwith
President C. C. Clark, Eddie Reit-
mann, M. D. Clark, directors: and sec-1
retary F. R. Brown all present.
The directors plan to engage the
services of a i competent engineer just!
as soon as the finances of the district
are put in a more liquid form. At
the present time the district is is
suing warrants but there will be no
money available until next year when
tax money twill be provided in the
budget. In the meantime it is a pro
position of the district finding some
one who is in a position to cash the
warrants. Until this phase of the
situation is solved, all plans of the
district are held in abeyance.
Portland business men, who have
been enthusiastic over the project
from the beginning have again as
sured the directors of their desire to
cooperate and the directors feel
greatly encouraged. President Clark
recently met with Congressman Sin
nott in Portland and together they
went over the plans of the project.
Mr. Sinnott advised that the' directors
act as rapidly as possible ln order
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The Man Who Makes
Dreams Come True
BY LAWRENCE G SHUTT.
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"Wife, I want to go back to the country."
Said the business man with a sigh;
Back to the fields and the sunshine
And work 'neath the open sky;
Away from this keen competition
And the public,, now friendly, now cross;
Away from the bickerings and small things,
To prosper and be my own boss.
I want to be a producer:
Full value-received try to give
In wheat or in wool or in cattle
Yes, Dear, from now on really live."
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"Wife, let's sell and go back to the city,"
Said the farmer who dropped in his chair;
Let's go back andl ive like folks ought to;
Rest once, and respect our gray hair.
I'm sick of these long hours of labor,
Tlie dust and the mud and the sndw,
The hail and the drouths and the lean years
We're prey to nil winds that blow.
Let's clean up, retire and have comfort;
Mix with friends, go to church or the show;
To smile und to work with our fellows
Come cheer up, Old Partner, let's go."
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The real estate man to the rescue!
The biisinessi man getsiwhat ho asks;
The farmer conies bnck to the city,
Away from his back-breaking tasks.
The life ot each one Is made happy
A smile has dethroned the dark frown;
One man waxes strong in the country,
And one waxes fat back in town.
They both thank this talkative booster
The man knockers hate like the flu;
Who puts the new brooms where they're needed-
The man Iwho makes dreams come true.
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THE ANSWER IS RIGHT AT HIS ELBOW
HOW CAM I SET . "N
that there would be no delay when it
comes up to the government for as
sistance. Tentative clans have been outlined
for the holding of the John Day pic-
nic sometime during The month ot
May. It 1b planned to hold this pic-
nlc at 8ome point ln north Morrow
county on the project. More com-
Plete information regarding the pic
nic will be given out at a later date.
County Agent on Program
of State Cattle Association
County agent L. A. Hunt of Mor-
row county has been assigned to a
prominent part on the program of
the Oregon State Horse & Cattle
Growers' convention which will be
held at Burns, Harney county on
May 24-25. Prominect rra In the
Oregon livestock world will be in at
tendance and men of authority on the
stock grooving business will speak.
Duvall Making Record With
Big Tractor Plows 1700 A.
Plowing 1700 acres by tractor with
out one cent expenditure for repairs,
is the record Just made by Harry
Duvall, prominent wheat farmer of
the artesian well belt. Mr. Duvall
began plowing with his tractor the
day after It was unloaded at the de
pot and has been putting in steady
time since. When harvest time
conies, Mr. Duvall Iwill use the tract
or In palling his big Harris combine.
Horses on the Duvall ranch are not
worked hard in these days.
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IU UL U HUH II II U III
Former Service .Men Met Sunday and
Took Steps to Apply for Charter
17 Men Sign Application.
A large number of former service
men of Morrow county met at the
city council chambers in the Roberts
building last Sunday afternoon and
started preliminary action for the es
tablishment of a post of the Ameri
can Legion in Heppner.
The constitution and by-laws of
the national organization was read
by R. E. Crego, who is acting secre
tary until the charter is granted and
the organization completed.
Those who have signed application
for charter membership in the local
post are Marshall Phelps, Lester
Doolittle, Glen Jones, Clarence Bau-
man, Clarence Hesseltine, Glenn Mc
Ferrin, Walter Hayes, Ray Rogers,
Harold Cohn, Henry Cohn, Harvey
Bauman, Berl Gurdane, Stephen Ir-
twin, Cecil Lieuallen, Harry Hurley,
R. E. Crego, Spencer Cralwford, F, R.
Greenba, Walter E. Moore, Paul M.
Gemmell, Arthur Henry Smith, Al
bert LeRoy Stamp, Elmer Lee Matte
son, Loren Mikesell, Vane E. Jones,
Earl E. Gilliam, G. W. Corbett, John
B. Calmus, W. W. Ewing, Lynn Hale,
Chester Austin, Royal Wakefield and
James Edgar Copenhaver.
Martin Reid Will Build
Apartment House Soon
Martin Reid, local lumber dealer,
has decided to add his bit tohvard re
lieving the housing situation in
Heppner, and has started work on
an apartment house which will be lo
cated on Church street just to the
rear of his own residence. The new
building will contain four apartments
and will be modern in every respect.
Mr. Reid expects to rush the (work
at all possible speed and have the
new stucture ready for occupancy at
an early date.
Brunswick Auto Tire
Enters the Local Field
A new tire has entered the local
automobile world. It is made by
the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Com
pany, the pioneer manufacturers of
billiard and pool tables and like
equipment. While it is not a new
tire by any manner of means, it Is
a ndw tire to this territory. The lo
cal representatives of the Brunswick
tire are Hill & Johns of the Univer
sal Garage. Tlie Bruasw ick-Balke
Collender Company have instituted
one of the largest advertising cam
paigns ever carried on throughout
the nation. The first ot a series of
these advertisements appears in The
Gazette-Times this week.
Battery Electric Service
Station In New Location
The Battery Electric Service Sta
tion is now located in its new quar
ters in the Ashbaugh building at the
corner of Main and Center streets.
J. W. Fritsch, the owner, is rapidly
Retting things ln place and will have
both a well equipped office and work
shop. Alterations have been made
which permits an entrance into the
office from Main street without go
ing through the shop. Mr. Fritsch
has enjoyed an ever growing patron
age since coming to Heppner from
Pendleton several months ago and In
his new home will have increased fa-
giving service to the trade.
Mr3. Jeff Jones Is Hostess
to Members of C. W. B. M
Thirty five members of the Chris
tian Women's Board of Missions met
on Tuesday afternoon at the borne
of Mrs. Jeff Jones on Gale street.
The subject of the regular weekly
meeting was "The Healing of the
Philippines." " The subject of Blbl
study was "The Ten Lepers." Spe
cial music by Mrs. Frank Turner was
greatly enjoyed. At the close of the
program light refreshments (were
served.
Former Heppner Woman
Candidate in Deschutes
Mrs. Gertrude Whlteis, for several
years a teacher ln the Heppner high
school and at present principal of the
schools at Terrebonne, is a candi
date for county school superinten
dent of Deschutes county. The fol
lowing resolutions endorsing Mrs.
Whiteis have been passed by the Parent-Teachers
association of Terre
bonne:
"Believing that our principal, Mrs,
Gertrude Whiteis, is especially qual
ified for the office of county superin
tendent of schools, and believing it is
to the best Interests of the schools
of Deschutes county that she be el
ected to that office;
"Be it resolved, that we, the Par
ent-Teachers Association of Terre
bonne, Oregon, heartily recommend
her to the voters of said county, and
pledge ourselves to give her our un
divided support. We believe this of
fice should be non-partisan and soli
cit the vote of all who are interested
in the advancement of our schools,
regardless of party affiliations.
Mrs. Whiteis has a host of friend
in Heppner who will wish for her
the best of success in achieving the
office of county superintendent of
Deschutes county. Knowing her as
toe do, of her capabilities in an edu
cational way, and of the record she
made while connected with the Hepp
ner schools, we cannot recommend
her too highly to the voters of Des
chutes county. Deschutes county
will indeed be fortunate if they are
able to secure the services of Mrs.
Whiteis in this capacity.
MENTS FOR LEXINGTON
Steps to Be Taken to Prevent Dam
age to Streets by Water In the Fu.
hire New Buildings ln Contem
plation. The city dads of Lexington have
determined on a policy that they be
lieve will ln the future prevent dam
age to their streets and other prop
erty of the town (when the freshets
come down Willow creek and Black-
horse. They are preparing to do
some diking on the upper edge of
the city that will confine the water
in Willow creek to its proper chan
nel, and in like manner similar work
(will be done at the mouth of the
Blackhorse canyon, where it enters
the city limits. They expect this
work to be sufficient to overcome the
difficulties of the past. Work on the
improvements begun on the Btreets
last season is to be continued, and
the street running to the bridge that
crosses Willow creek In the south
east part of town is to be filled in
and raised to the level of the bridge.
This improvement will be valuable,
and will prvent that street and the
one intersecting below from over
flawing when high water time comes,
and will also enable the property
owners to fix up their lawns and
beautify their premises without the
fear that a little later all their work
will be covered up with mud and
sediment.
E. Nordyke, iwho recently disposed
ot the extensive Penland holdings in
which he was interested, to Fred Lu
cas, is figuring on putting a bunch
of the money thus acquired back into
property in Lexington. He is now
completing his plans for the erection
of a large garage on his lot across
the street from the Broadley black
smith shop. The building will be en
tirely of concrete construction and
large enough to accomodate the
needs of that section for many years
to come. Mr. Nordvke is also figur
ing on the erection of a large resi
dence on his lot on the hill, which,
lie states would be so fitted up that
it Iwould furnish accomodations for
a number of roomers who would de
sire to do light housekeeping some
what on the apartment house order.
Mr. Nordvke should certainly have
the encouragement of his neighbors
at Lexington In these proposed Im
provements. The members of the Christian
church have been making some very
necessary and handy improvements
to their parsonage property. The
imerior arrangement has been chan
ged, new paper applied, a garage and
woodshed constructed und a sleeping
porch added to the residence. New
paint will now be applied to the en
tire structure and in all about $1000
spent In improvements. The church
building is to be tackled next, and
these people hope that by fall con
templated improvement to this build
ing will have been completed. Tlie
building is to be considerably en
larged and many needed repairs are
CLEAN-UP WEEK BEGINS
MONDAY, APRIL 19111
Town Fathers Will Give Free Truck
Service In Hauling Rubbish Or
dinance 207 Is Read For First
Time Bills Allowed.
The week beginning Monday,
April 19, has been designated by the
city council as clean-up week in
Heppner. Residents are urged to
get all rubbish gathered together and
during that week the city truck will
drive around and haul it off free of
charge. The sanitation committee
from the Civic Club and Patron-Tea
chers association is cooperating with
the city to make the annual clean-up
week a big success.
At the adjourned meeting of the
council on Wednesday evening fwith
acting mayor Sweek presiding, the
new ordinance No. 207 (was read for
the first time by Recorder Hughes.
It Is entitled: "An odlnance to li
cense persons, firms or corporations
selling goods, wares or mechandlse
or other commodities upon the public
streets or places within the corpor
ate limits of the city of Heppner,
unless such persons, firms or corpor
ations are permanently located with
in a building, and prohibiting such
persons, firms, or corporations so li
censed from remaining upon any one
block in said city for a longer period
than 30 minutes in any two succeed
ing hours, and providing a penalty
for the violation thereof."
Bills against the city were audited,
allowed and warrants ordered drawn
in their vaious amounts.
The city is proceeding with its pro
gram of laying concrete walks along
certain properties on upper Main
street. The owners of these prop
erties have been notified and where
refusal is made to re-imburse the
city, a lien is taken by the city
against the property. Many of the
property dwners do not reside in
Heppner.
to be undertaken.
Colonel Boon was up to Lexington
Wednesday from his turkey farm
down the creek. The colonel is rais
ing his usual number of turkeys this
season and the new birds are now
coming forth to b it"e with the reali
ties of life and prepare themselves
for the Thanksgiving and Christmas
seasons. Mr. Boon suffered the loss
of his turkey crop last year, owing
to the fact that the commission man
to whom he made his consignments
down Portland way failing to make
good and going into bankruptcy. He
is not discouraged by this, however,
and will profit by the experience.
Eldrid Corson, son of "Billy" Cor
son, head clerk with Jos. Burgoyne,
spent the Easter vacation visiting
with his folks in Morrow county. He
is a student at Washington U, Seat
tle and returned to his studies on
Sunday last.
Two cars of last season's wheat
were loaded out from the Burgoyne
warehouse the first of the week. But
little grain remains in the Lexington
warehouses for shipment.
The Leach & Scott warehouse is
distributing a lot of fine seed barley
among the farmers of their section,
which would indicate that a portion
of the re-seeding at least will be to
barley.
Easter Observed By Church
of Christ at Lexington
On Easter Sunday an all day meet
ing and basket dinner was held by
the members of the Church of Christ
at Lexington. The morning services
began at 10 o'clock with Bible
school, followed by Communion and
then the Easter sermon by the pas
tor, William C. Worstell. During
this service the following musical
numbers were rendered:
Prelude
Cornet, marimba and piano by Mr.
Raymond White, Miss Leona
Leach and Mrs. Worstell
Duet
Mrs. W. L. Holmes and Miss Do
na Barnett
Quartette
Mrs. Holmes, Miss Barnett and
Messrs. George Peck and W. O.
Hill
Anthems by the choir
A basket dinner featured the noon
hour. The afternoon program given
by the Sunday school was as follows:
Piano solo Vera Stubblefield
Song Junior choir
Recitation Bobbie Holmes
Prayer
Piano solo Claudia McMillan
Recitation Gwendolyn Evans
Recitation Vester Lane
Duet
Luella Cuniniings and Mary
Thompson
Reading Georga Tucker
Recitation Mary Slocum
Song by classes 4 and 5
Recitation Bertha Tucker
Solo Claudia McMillan
Reading Vera Stubblefield
Motion song
Six girls accompanied by Kulu Mc
Millan Talk by the Rev. John Miller
Song
Benediction.
The evening service opened with
a prelude by Mrs. William WorsUtll.
Praise Him Choir
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