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VOL. 37, NO. 12.
HKITKKR, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1020.
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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
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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-
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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.