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The Gazei t 4 E 1 1ME rrnrm PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY VOL. 37, NO. 12. HKITKKR, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1020. SUBSCRIPTION, $100 PER TSAR 0 NUindard Hearers of . 0. 1'. Are Ty pical American Oregon '"" Nominated (Whlc fur Vice Presidency. Warren G. Harding of Ohio re ceived the republican nomination for president of the United States on the 10th ballot at the Chicago conven tion and Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts was unanimously chosen as his running mate. The vlce-presldeutial nominating speech calling for Governor Coolidge was made by Judge Wallace McCaniuiant. of Oregon, one of the delegates from this state. Warren G. Harding, United States senator from Ohio, and Republican nominee for the presidency, was born on his grandfather'!! farm, Kvhere his father then resided, Just outside the village of Blooming Grove, Morrow county, O., November 2, 1865. He was the eldest of eight children. Ho is the son of Dr. George T. Harding, who at the time of War ren's birth was the village doctor. The Hardlngs were of colonial stock, coming originally from Scot land, settling In Connecticut, remov ing later to the Wyoming valley. Pennsylvania, where some of them were massacred. Others fought in the Revolutionary war. Warren's mother, Phoebe DUkerson, was de scended from nn old time Holland Dutch family and thus was blended the blood of the Holland Dutch with Hint of the hardy Scotch. Helps on 1 arm The country roundabout where the Hardlngs located was mostly wood land. His grandfather owned a small tract of laud and 'was neither better nor worse off than his neighbors. They were all engaged In cutting alway the timber and transforming a priniatlve forest Into cultivated farms. As Warren grew up he learned to fell trees, chop wood, split rails, plant and hoe corn and do all the things incident to farm life. In this 'way young Harding acquired the habit of Industry. He attended the village school un til fourteen when he entered Ohio Central college at Iberia, from which he graduated. During his college course he was editor of the college paper, where he first displayed a "nose for news." Like all boys of that day he Was obliged to work dur ing vacations to pay for his tuition. He cut corn, was an amateur paint er and drove team in the grading of the T. & O. C. railroad which win being constructed through that com munlty. At seventeen he was leaching school and "tooting a horn" in the village brass band. At odd times Harding worked In the little printing otllce In the village nearby. He became a first class com positor and Interested himself In the mechanism of the entire plant. When llnotypeB were Introduced, he mas tered the keyboard so that he llnally mastered the Intimate workings of a newspaper ofllce from the editorial room to the press room. When ho was nineteen, having completed his college course, his fa ther, Dr. Harding, seeking a wider field, removed to Marion, 0.. the county seat of an adjoining county, where he still resides, and despite hlH seventy-six years, Is In active practice of his profession. Ituys Nevspa)cr The Star was a struggling daily In n backward county seat of four thou sand Inhabitants. Young Harding wanted to own It, however, notwith standing the fact that It Iwas difficult Six Beautiful Girls ggTr1''!! ff"it If 111! u"""" "-y-ti i; I - ' . r-ywJ? "... i.., ,? , M - i t I, lrgammm 1 8T. CECILIA SINGING ORCHESTRA To close the Chautauqua week fittingly Is a big Job. Throughout the week some splendid attractions will give music and entertainment of many different kinds nu will follow each other In whirlwind style. We have reserved the Sinning Orchestra to wind up the 1!20 program just because we are determined to close In a veritable blaze of glor.y These charming girls will be presented la a short prelude on the afternoon Just a taste of what they are capable of and then during the last evening they hold the boards for a couple of hours packed full of fun, fancy and finery; music, mirth and mimicry, A well rounded bIx day Chautauqua will have mvmelhlng to offer every taste In the community. This Singing Orchestra of vivacious girls has a most Interesting program of costumed pieces old home songs readings, vocal and Instrumental solos, duets and ensemble numbers. You can rest assured there will not be a "diaggy" minute during tho last night and the management anticipates that there will be many first place votes for the St. Cecilia 8luglng Orchestra. to tell whether It was an asset or a liability. His father having faith in the young man and wishing to grati fy his supreme desire, lent his credit in assisting In taking the plant over the consideration being the as sumption of Its indebtedness. The county was Democratic and this pa per was not even the official jirgan of the minority party. The story of how it grew and ex panded, ultimately taking over Its competitor Is too long to be Iwrltten here. It was the old story of devo tion, energy, resourcefulness and de termination. Senator Harding Is closely Identi fied with many large business enter prises. Since he took over the Star, Marlon has grown from a country town of 4000 Inhabitants to a flour ishing manufacturing city of 30,000 and the senator has been a factor In Its Industrial development. Three Times Abroad He has been a "booster" for new industries In a substantial way by taking stock in these companies to the limit of his financial ability, and at present he Is a director In a bank, several manufacturing plants and other enterprises. He is a trustee of Trinity Baptist church, of which he is a member and regular attendant. During the past twenty years Sen ator Harding has been three times abroad, visiting most of the European countries to study at close range their systems of government and the eco nomic problems with which this country has to deal. After his election Jo the United States senate, and before taking his scut, Senator Harding visited the Hawaiian Islands to get first-hand ln fomatlon upon the production and distribution of sugar. Senator Harding has iwlce repre sented the thirteenth senatorial dis trict of Ohio In tho Btate legislature. served one term as lieutenant gover nor, refusing to stand for re-election, and he is now nearing the close of his first term as United States sena tor. HcM'iiibles McKinley One of his first official acts upon reaching Washington was to sponsor the liin fur orcDaredness. which had the indorsement of Colonel Roosevelt, and he mas closely associated wltn the late president during its pend ency. He was elected as chairman of the national convention soon after he en tered the Benate, without factional strife. As a public speaker he is calm, yet forceful. He has a wide vocabulary and Is quick at repartee. Senator Harding was selected to present the name of William Howard Taft for renominatlon at the turbu lent convention at Chicago and was again selected to present the keynote speech at the last national conven tion. He was the presiding officer at Oils convention. His friends point to the fact that he resembles In many ways the lale William McKinley. Both were of Scottish descent. In 1891 Senator Harding married Florence Kling, daughter of Amos Kling, now deceased, who was one of the leading business men of Marion. Mrs. Harding's ambition is for the success of her husband, but she laughllngly remarks that "a man must be well fed and well groomed if he would succeed.' At the time of their marriage, Mrs. Harding's father objected strenuous ly to the match. Calvin CooUd? Governor Coolidge, of Massachu setts, was born In a typical Amer ican town Plymouth, Vt. twelve miles from a railroad, on July 4, 1872. His family was a typical Am erican family ami behind him were generations of Massachusetts ances tors who had served their country In every emergency. He was not brot up in poverty, but enjoyed the com forts of a farm home, free from luxu- (Continued on Page 2.) Give Two Programs at Chautauqua WESTWARD HO!! vy , (HlWrrM T "lira CONTRACT FOR SURVEY Kngino ring Finn of Lewis & Clark Will Commence Field Work at Once Additional Land May Be Included In Great Project. The contract which was recently awarded to the engineering firm of LewiB & Clark of Portland has been signed by both the firm and the direc tors of the John Day Irrigation Dis trict, This means that work on the project will start immediately. The contract was signed In this city on Tuesday evening at a meet ing of the board of directors, at which John H. Lewis, representing the firm of engineers, was present. It is likely that several thousand additional acres will be included in the final survey. The state made an original low-line survey, but when the district was formed it included a high-line survey. The directors considered that the higher up they could go the more land they could include In the project, and it is not unlikely that an additional 100,000 acres may be included and the water placed on the land at an altitude of 1200 feet. The directors, In issuing a state ment as to the course which they will pursue In developing the project, feel that the first work should con sist In making a thorough investiga tion of the land between the John Day and the project with a view to bringing the water on to the land at the highest possible elevation. By awarding the contract at this time, the engineers wlll have a sea son of good weather before them In which to do the field work and the directors believe that they will have an entirely tangible project by next spring. Fine Spirit Manifested At Get-To- Gether Meeting at Fair Grounds Last Saturday Faville, Bikes and Ballard Spoke. What baa been nia'jinced by many as the best picnic ever held by the farmers of Morrow county, was the affair that was brought to such a successful conclusion ia this city last Saturday. The spirit of cooperation was in the air. The business men of the city, who from the beginning, bad planned with the farmers, the details of the picnic, closed their houses dur ing the afternoon and were present at the pavilion to listen to the splen did tulks made by F. L. Ballard, leader of county agents for Eastern Oregon; F. A. Sikes, editor of the Farmers' Union News and E. E. Fa vllle, editor of the Western Farmer and speaker of note. Mr. Sikes spoke more of conditions directly affecting the farmers and did not go deeply into any one subject although he touched upon many. What the farm bureau movement is doing for the farmer, or in other words, what the farmer is doing for himself, for the farm bureau is an organization of farmers only, was told by Mr. Ballard. Cooperative buying, rodent control and sunflower silage were but a few of the number of projects which the farm bureau is fostering, and of which Mr. Bal lard spoke. Mr. Faville spoke on "enthusiasm" and it didn't take his audience long to find out that he was full of his subject. The brilliant farm Journal ist made a strong appeal for a better understanding and a greater coopera tion between town and country peo ple and described how the interests of the one are wrapped In the inter ests of the other. Mr. Fa ville's address was filled with patriotic fervor as time and again he pointed out the need for true Americanism, the spirit of "America first, last and all the time." Oscar Keithley, president of the Morrow County Farm Bureau, pre sided and introduced the speakers. L. A. Hunt, county agent, explained briefly what was being done by the farm bureau In the effort to secure adequate fuel oil for harvesting and other farm purposes. He announced that 75,000 gallons of distillate "were now enroute from California and would assure the farmer of an ample supply of this fuel. The custom of former years in partaking of a big lunch on the ground at noon was by no means passed up this year. The exhibit pavilion was fitted up with long ta bles which were loaded down with a bounteous spread. This feature of the plrnlc was in charge of Mrs. L. A. Hunt, Mrs. Jos. Pevine and Mrs. Oscar Keithley. The person who took tho short, black coat from dance hall, June 12, will please return same to this office No questions asked. Mrs. Geo, W. Milholland and chil dren -returned Wednesday evening from Seattle, where they visited for several weeks at the home of Ms Milholland's sister, Mrs. Vernle Mat-teson. GRADING SCHOOL HI Prof. Hislop of O. A. C. Will Show Fanners Importance of Grain Grading June 28-29. (By L. A. Hunt.) For quite a long while the Morrow County Farm Bureau has been try ing to arrange for the right kind of man to put on the right kind of grain grading school. The fact that no grain grading school has been put on in this county in the past is not be cause the Farm Bureau failed to recognize Its importance but because of the fact that they have been un able so far to secure satisfactory dates tor the right man to do the (work. Finally this has been over come and on the 28th and 29th of June there will be held in Heppner a real grain grading school that will be worth while of any farmerB at tending. It will be the beBt possible school that can be put on in Morrow county and will be handled by the well known Prof. Hyslop of Corval 11s who is recognized as a supreme authority on cereals all over the northwest. The Farm Bureau un hesitatingly recommend this to the consideration of every farmer and grain raiser in the county and trust that you will be on hand to assist in making this a real success. The following are some of the vital questions that affect you in the grain business. See how well you can answer them yourself. What does your grain grade? Just (why is it pulled down to that particular grade? What can you do to raise the grade with Increased return to yourself? These and a grist of other ques tions are coming up and will be car ed for at the two-day grain grading school to be held by the Morrow County Farm Bureau in Heppner, June 28th and 29th. Prof. Hyslop of Corvallis will fo into every detail of the whole grad ing system. Dockage determination and the limits permissible under the grades. What constitutes damaged grain and bow it is determined. The identification and grade Im portance of mixed grain. The production of Iwheat to meet the grades as they are at present. The need for changes in the grades and their administration. The use of the State Grain Inspec tion Department in the marketing of grain. Full testing equipment as used at the mills will be demonstrated In the testing of your samples. It is vitally essential that every grower understand the principles of grain grading; that he know what his grain grades are and that he know this before it Is sold. He is able then to market his crop more intel ligently and with more profit to him self. This is the one meeting of the year that you must not miss. It means dollars in your pocket.. The school will be held at the High School build ing beginning Monday, June 28th at 9:30, and twill last for only two days. In view of the fine rain and the splen did crops which we are assured you owe this to yourself and to your bus iness to attend to this matter. Following the grain grading school Professor Hyslop will accompany th9 farmers on the Morrow county tour which will comprise Gilliam, Sher man and Morrow counties. A further announcement of this will be made in next weeks' paper. Fine Jersey Herd Will Be Sold At Public Auction The fine Jersey herd of Vaughan & Parker wiU be sold at public auc tion on Saturday, June 26, at the Vaughan & Parker ranch, just below Heppner. This herd is said to be one of the best in the county. At the same time about twenty live head of heavy work horses belonging to T. J. Mat lock of Hinton creek, will also be sold. Mr. Matlock has a name for raising good horses that is not con fined to the borders of Morrow coun ty and men who are looking for ex ceptionally good horses twill not pass up this sale. F. A. McMenamin, who has conducted so many successful sales in the past, will officiate as auc tioneer at this combination sale. Sims Home Is Scene of De lightful Party Last Friday The C. M. Sims home on Church street was the scene of a delightful affair last Friday afternoon when Mrs. Sims, Mrs. Fred E. Farrior, Mrs. Bert Stone and Mrs. C. B. Cox were hostesses to about forty ladles. The entertaining was done on the lalwn, where bridge was played and deli cious refreshments served. Series of Dances. A series of dances are being held at the Fair pavilion during Chautau qua week, the first of the series being given on Wednesday night. They will continue through the week with the last dance on Saturday evening. Bowker's orchestra of Portland is furnishing the music. Heppner Post No. 87 of American Legion Organized Permanent organization of Hepp ner Post No. 87 of the American Le gion was effected last Saturday eve ning when about twenty-six ei-ser-vice men met in the city council chambers and elected officers and completed other detail Work. R. E. Crego was elected commander of the post. Other officers are Dr. N. M. Johnson, vice president; Marshall Phelps, adjutant and Berl Gurdane, treasurer. The next meeting of Heppner Post No. 87 will be held on Saturday, June 26. All former ser vice men are eligible to membership by paying the membership lee o $1.60 and the annual dues which are 2. Gooseberry Wheat Ranch Purchased by Vaughans Dr. R. J. Vaughan of Heppner and his brother, S. C. Vaughan of Baker have purchased 960 acres of fine wheat land consisting of the Tilman Hogue and Akers estate ranch situ ated on upper Gooseberry. The crop was not included in the deal and the total transaction was for $28,800. The deal was handled by Roy V. Whiteis. Spencer Akers of this city represented the heirs. Local Bank Cashier Takes Bride at Tacoma, Wash. Announcement of the marriage ot Walter Emmett Moore, assistant cashier ot the First National Bank of Heppner, to Miss Georgia Marie, daughter of George Loughney ot Ta coma, has been received by friends In this city. The wedding occured in Tacoma on June 9th. Mr. and Mrs. Moore will be at home to their friends in Heppner after July 1st. Glass Marble Floor Being Laid in Lobby of New Hotel Nothing finer anywhere (will be found than the glass marble Boor which is now being laid in the lobby of Heppner's new $100,000 hotel. When finished the floor will have a polished glass effect. It will take about three weeks to compile the work. Uks Mary Currin Weds. At the Gresham home of Mr. and Mrs. George Currin Saturday the twedding of Miss Mary E. Currin and Joseph E. Supple of Tacoma was sol emnized. The service was read by Rev. Mace of Portland. The bride, gowned in white meteor satin and silver lace, was attended by Mrs. James Mott of Astoria and her sister, Miss Mabry, and a friend, Grace Smith, of Portland, were bridesmaids, while little Frederika Happold, a niece of the bride, flower girl. Howard Rebstock, a cousin of the bridegroom, was best man. The wedding march was played by Lavina Rogers, a sorority sister of the bride. Just before the ceremony Miss Zola Kirry sang "I Love You." About 35 relatives and friends were present. The couple left on a short trip to Vancouver, B. C, after which they will live in Tacoma before com ing to Portland to make their home. The bride is a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, and both she and the bridegroom are graduates of Oregon Agricultural college. Port land Oregonian, lMK)LITTLE-ROOD Lester Doolittle and Miss Millie Rood, Iwell known young people of Heppner were married in Portland on Friday, June 11. The ceremony was perfomed by the Rev. C. F. Swan der of that city. Witnesses were Mrs. Fannie Rood, aunt of the bride and Miss Pearl Wright of Heppner. The bride Is the only daughter of Andrew Rood, Morrow county pio neer and has made her home in this county all her life. Mr. Doolitte is in the employ of the Peoples Hard ware company of this city, coming here from Centralia, Wash., about ttwo years ago. They will return to Heppner to make their home. Republican Central Committee Holds Election Of Officers The county central committeemen of the republican party met at the Farmers & Stockgrowers National Bank. Thursday afternoon, June 10, to effect an organization for the en suing term. W. W. Sniead was elec ted county chairman; C. L. Sweek, secretary; M. D. Clark, treasurer. S. E. Notson was elected member of the stale central committee and F. H. Uohinson of lone was elected con gressional committeeman. Autos Collide on Highway, Two automobiles were severely damaged last Thursday eevnlng when the cars ot John Calmus of this city and W. F. Burnett of Lexington col tided on the Willow creek hlghlway just below Heppner. Fortunately the occupants of neither car were In jured, although Mr. and Mrs. Barnett received slight bruises. The cars were brought to Heppner for repairs. BOLSHEVISM WILL NOT LAST SAYS TOLSTOY rton of Noted Novelist EnligliU-ns lai cal People on "The Truth About Ku.tf.ia" In Which He Describe Conditions in His Native Land. "Bolshevism in Russia cannot last." This was the message brought to the people ot Heppner last night by Count Illya Tolstoy, son of the noted Russian novelist. Eighty five per cent of the popula tion of Russia is made up of the pea sants, the people Iwho live in the ru ral communities and on the fartns. and according to Count Tolatoy, tha peasants are opposed to the rule ot the Bolshevists. They are tolerating the Lenin and Trotsky regime now because they have not the organiza tion, the arms and other means to make an effective uprising and oust the soviet government from power. However, Count Tolstoy believes that the time is not tar oft when the peo ple of Russia will be able to rise, throw off the shackles of slavery and form a republic, the United States of Russia. Tolstoy's philosophy is that evil only can come out ot evil. Hence, ih Bolsheviki gained their power aa a result ot the (world war, primarily, and as he believes war is evil, the rule of bolshevism could not result in good. The idea of Bolshevism as explain ed by Count Tolstoy, is one of social istic Utopia. Everything is held In common by the people. Following out this communistic idea, wnen tne Bolsheviki took over the government of Russia all factories were taken and the communistic rule applied. In order that the industrial worker should get "the full product of his labor" wages were increased 200 per cent twhile the working day was re duced to as low as one hour. There could be but one result from such an operation. The factories could not run at a profit and were forced to close down. There were excep tions, where the government was for ced to keep plants going for the man ufacture of war materials. With no importations of food stuffs and cloth ing into Russia and (with their own factories practically all idle, Count Tolstoy pointed out the extreme ser iousness of the economic situation. And to cap the climax is the money situation. There is lots and lots of money in Russia but it is absolutely worthless. A man may have a train innt of Russian money but it would not buy him a pair of shoes no matter how badly the shoes may be needed. There is nothing back of the money. It has been printed in such large quantities until the paper has all been used up and now the paper itself Is worth considerably more than the money. Hence the svstem of exchanging one article for another has grown up and this is the only way that business is carried on. The Russian people of the lower class, the peasant tenants and the In dustrial workers have been slaves for centuries, but when the rule of the Ciar was overthrown and the provi sional government came into being, this slavery was but temporarily re lieved. Kerenskv gave promise for a time of being the man of the hour. The man Iwho could lead Russia from darkness into light, but it was not to be. "I firmly believe than Ker ensky laid down to the Bolsheviki willingly," said Count Tolstoy. Well when the Russian army ot 15,000,000 soldiers got tired of its dog life existence, it joined the bol sheviki. thereby giving Lenin and Trotsky the necessary strength to back up all demands. When the government needed grain it went to the country villages and attempted to take it from the farmer, but the farmer refused to nart with his eraln. SharD batttes ensued but the farmer held to his grain. He does not like the bolshe viki and as we said before. It is Count Tolstoy's prediction that these pea sant farmers twill eventually over throw the present Russian govern ment. Count Tolstoy spoke briefly of his father, Leo Tolstoy, the famous man of letters, of his father's struggle in the later years of his life, of his great moral crisis when he went forth to find God. He did not find Him In the Greek Orthodox church, he did not find Him In the writings of the great philosophers but he did find Him in the hearts of the plain Rus sian peasants. Leo Tolstiy's reli gion was that of love. In his defini tion of love he says, "love In its basei form Is love ot self. A step up. a bigger love Is love of self and family. Above this is love of country, of na tive land, called patriotism. But the perfect love embraces all of these and that far greater affection, the love of all man-kind." Count Tol stoy Is an ardent advocate of the Brotherhood of Man and he believes that this once put In practice will serve far belter than any League ot Nations, for It will be a League buck ed by love and not by armies and navies.