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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
VOL. 37, NO. 14.
HKITXKR, OREGON, THURSDAY, Jl LY 1, loao.
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THE
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SCIENCE OF YEARS IS
(Pendleton East Oregonian.)
What twill the John Day produce
every year?
How many people will it support?
How much wealth will it add to the
three counties in which it U located?
These are big questions and If the
answers are of any value they must
be something more than a mere es
timate or a fanciful display for ad
vertising purposes. Such questions
have beeu asked and answered so
much in the west during recent years
that the fellow who foots the bill
nowadays usually takes them at the
wholesalers discount of 60-25-6, and,
then subject to approval after ship
ment. Five yeurs ago at Hermiston
when the congressional appropriation
committee visited the Umatilla pro
Ject, Representative Mondell of Wy
oming, In a speech said that a good
pioneer settler was endowed In addi
tion to his usual five senses, with
a sense of Prophecy. This was fine,
and It is true, but a good deal de
pends on what Is meant by the sense
of prophecy. . Many settlers have
been lured in a new Kldorado by hyp
notic influences produced by beau
tiful pictures sketched on hazy can
vasses and their conclusions have no
relation to the logic of events. If
all were true tliut has been told about
the wonders of western lands and if
furmlng were like the average city
bred fellow thinks It is, Congressman
Mondell's statement would have little
value.
His sense of prophecy Is, howeve.,
but the cool logic of events practic
ally carried out. It is no Arcau
or dream world. It is the heritage
of the average citizen who measures
what may be done by what has been
done, and, then adds the spirit of
hope and enduring purpose. This
sense of prophecy when applied to the
John Day project can read the future
only by a scientific consideration of
present facts and conditions and what
lias been accomplished in like situa
tions in the past. We have shown
that irrigation Is now a science, or a
system of well organized facts, In the
l iiuit Ilia-John Dny basin. Soil tests
the duty of water, methods of irrigat
ing, kinds of crops, climatic condi
tions and marketing are all under
stood and we kndw how to npply
these facts to the John Day area with
but little risk as there Is no condi
" tlon on the John Day that has Its
counterpart In the varied lands al
ready developed throughout the dis
trict. Five Acres to Uie Person.
Annual statistics taken by the rec
lamation service at Hermiston for
several years shows that the full crop
development of five acres and the ad
dition of one person to the population
keep pace together, The same is
true at Stanfield, Irrlgon and Board
man. These figures include the
towns. The towns In all these in
stances have no other resources than
the surrounding Irrigated lands.
Wherever there is a five acre tract of
full grown alfalfa, or garden or or
chard there Is one person. The John
Day, therefore, with Its 300,000 acres
twill support, and will require to han
dle Its resources, 60,000 persons in
Its towns and on Its farms.
Another line of government statis
tics show two and one-half persons to
each irrigated farm. The farm unit
usually laid out is 20 to 40 acres.
This would make over 10,000 farms
or over 25,000 people on the land
alone.
How much would be the annual ag
ricultural output? Alfulfa Is produc
ing 6 tons per acre. Some tracts pro
duce more, but on an average the re
turns will not exceed this amount at
least for many years. Multiplying
300,000 acres by 8 and then by the
price of hay runs into dizzying figures
in Oregon. It hay is Iworth $10 In
the stack it Is (18,000,000; It $20 Is
the price, the John Day project could
be built with one year's crop and
leuve a winter's Bupply of food for
60,000 people. Yakima, lasf year,
produced nearly $540,000,000 worth
of crops and the John Day with the
same prices can be made to do the
same. The substitution of fruits,
grains, vegetables, hops, pasture and
livestock will reduce the acreage
output very little, It any. This is
more thun the present annual output
of the lumber of Oregon; more than
the wheat of the entire state; and
more than the livestock and hay com
bined. It iwould be greater than the
present fish, fruit and raining out
put combined. And If the reader will
udd to It the 100,000 acres now under
projects, not one-fourth developod
yet, he will be convinced that we are
still In our swaddling clothes, though
lusty young babes.
Increased Wealth.
... Fifteen yeat'B ago the Umatilla pro
ject iwns assessed at about $30,000.
Its assessed valuation (s now about
$3,000,000. Whpn all the land is In
cultivation the actual wealth, Includ
Ing towns, livestock and chattels will
excocd $6,000,000. The John Day
project Is fifteen times sb large as the
Hunt Side Umatilla project, and on
the same basis of figures Its wealth
will nearly reach the round numbers
$100,000,000. This Is tlwlce the pre
sent wealth of Umatilla county and
one-tenth the wealth of the state of ,
Oregon. j
These figures are large. They may
seem exaggerated to you who have j
passed up irrigation as a plaything of j
promoters or a pet child of the gov-'
ernment. They may seen large to you
who have been asleep to the great ir-1
rigatlon development under way In i
the country. They are not large in
comparison hvith Irrigation statistics.
Government projects alone', in 1918,
produced more crops than the com
bined output of New Hampshire and
Vermont. The average yield per acre
was $39 on government projects
while the average yield per acre
throughout the United States was but
$19 per acre. If you do not believe
these figures refer to government
statistics In the agricultural and in
terior departments.
Vnlting All District.
The building of the John Day and
Including the McKay and Teel pro
jects would unite all the irrigable
lands from Echo to Arlington In a
strip 15 to 20 miles wide along the
Columbia. Its total Iwould be about
400,000 acres. The development of
this vast waste means much to the es
tate of Umatilla, Morrow and Gilliam
counties. It Is written on the wall
that this work will be accomplished,
but much effort twill be required by
public spirited and enterprising citi
zens to put it across. It should not
be left to luck or Inexperienced lead
ers but the great public of Oregon
should take a hand. If the John Day
and McKay creek piojecU were open
ed for settlement their wealth and
population in another decade would
exceed sums total of the present
wealth, productivity and population
of Umatilla, Morrow and Gilliam
counties. In three years the Board
man project was nearly all .develop
ed, besides, many times the number
of farms Mould be under cultivation
at Boardman if the water had been
available. Investments In these lands
are as sufe as In wheat lands or older
communities. Fifteen years' exper
ience In reclamation work In these
districts has left a scientific heritage
to all those who are to follow, and
it requires no sense of prophecy to
foretell the great future of this awak
ening young desert empire.
John Wlidunen Hells Ranch
E. M. Shutt and II. M. Oviatt this
week closed a deal wherein John
Wildanen has sold his lower ranch,
kndwn as the Currln or Tooze land,
consisting of 1471 acres, to Henry
Smouse, for a consideration of $58,
840. The purchase price Includes the
of the 470-acre crop of wheat and
the section of summerfallow on the
place. Mr. Smouse will take charge
of the place In time to do bis harvest
ing. He has been renting the M. K.
Morgan farm south of lone the past
twelve years, which farm has recent
ly been sold to a Pendleton party.
His new home when properly brought
back to Its normal production twill
be one of the finest near-ln ranches
in the county. Mr, Wildanen will
now devota his entire time to his
upper Eight Mile farm, the old
Vaughn place.
RE
ELECTED ANOTHER YEAR
Lexington, Ore,, June 28. The
Church of Christ of Lexington was
well represented at the East Oregon
convention at Pendleton. Those at
tending were Mr. and Mrs, W. O.
Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Reaney, Her
man Hill, Miss Opal Leach and Mr.
and Mrs. W. C, Worstell. Rev. Wor
stell of this city delivered the open
ing sermon at the convention. Hie
subject was "Some of the Enemies of
the Home, Church and Nation."
The newly elected board of the
Church of Christ held their first
meeting at the parsonage Friday eve
ning, with 14 members of the board
present. W. O. Hill was elected chair
man and Miss Dona Barnett secre
tary. Many plans for the coming
year were acted upon, a building plan
was launched and a committee was
appointed to submit plans at once.
The official board has presented
to the church congregation a recom
mendation of calling Mr. and Mrs.
Worstell the coming year. The con
gregation unanimously voted to ex
tend he call and a committee of
three, James Pointer, Cecil Warner
and Roy Tyler, was appointed to ex
tend the call, giving the pastor until
September 1 to accept. Mr. Wor
stell's year does not expire until Nov.
1, 1920. This action speaks well tor
his work.
Mrs. B. F. Duvull of St. Joseph,
Mo., arrived Saturday to spend the
summer with her sons, Harry and
Crockett. She twos accompanied by
her six year old grandson, Wluford
Duvull, who will make his homo with
Harry Duval).
The children's Duy exercises at the
Church of Christ given Sunday eve
ning, were well attonded and a good
offering received),
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Worstell have
beeq chosen as delegates from the
local church to the state convention
at Turner and they will leave next
Monday by auto,
Preaching services both morning
and evening every Sunday at the
Church of Christ,
FOR HALE Roll top office desk.
See day Anderson at Court House.
AND THIS
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AI GRADING SCHOOL
I'rofewr O. K, Hyslop of O. A. C.
Conducts Interesting Classes For
Agriculturalists In This City Far.
hiers Halting Tour of Wheat
Fields.
A number of Morrow county far
mers were school boys the first of
the week and attended the grain
grading classes conducted in this
city on Monday and Tuesday by Pro
fessor G. R. Hyslop of the Oregon
Agricultural College, The classes
were conducted In the exhibit build
ing at the fair grounds, where Pro
fessor Hyslop had ample room tor
his demonstration work,
Wheat varieties and methods of
grain grading were explained by Pro
fessor Hyslop.
On Wednesday morning, a number
of the farmers, accompanied by Coun
ty Agent L', A. Hunt and Professor
Hyslop left in automobiles for an In
spection tour of the grain fields of
Gilliam and Sherman counties as well
as some of the fields In the west end
of Morrow county. The men expect
to go as far as Moro, where they will
md several hours with Mr. Ste
phens In going over the Moro exper
iment station. Among the problems
which the farmers will consider on
this trip are: "How Deep to Plow?"
What Seed to Grow?" "Does Har
rowing pay? If So, When?" "How
Best to Handle Summerfallow."
Tractor Farming." "Should We Use
the Sub-Surface Packer?"
Among those making the tour are
Professor Hyslop, County Agent
Hunt, Oscar Keithley, Burton H.
Peck and Dwight Mlsner.
Stanfield Says Wool Grower
Must Get 60c to Break Even
(Portland Oregonian, June 29.)
"The wool market is decidedly
sluggish," said Robert N. Stanfield,
the foremost individual wool grower
of America, who arrived in town yes
terday from Eastern Oregon and Ida
ho. "Much of the late crop has not
been sold, largely on account of the
lack of transportation. Wool which
was sent to Boston In March has not
yet arrived at its destination, and
wool orders sold on sampfe save been
cancelled because of the non-arrival
of the wool. It has cost the pro
ducer so much In the past ttwo years
that he could not get out even with
less than sixty cents a pound. This
lias been due to increased costs for
everything, from the herders to the
feeding, This last winter was so long
that it necessitated double feeding,
and the feed has been high.
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IS N0 JOKE!!
T
Heppner Commercial Club Will Go
I "Iffy-Fifty With Hermiston Club
In Getting I'nbittsed Opinion on
Fast and West Roads Across Mor
row and I'inatiUa,
Suppose you, gentle reader, were
a. tourist from a far land and had
arrived at the John Day on your way
to Pendleton. Through published re
pons emanating from Hermiston you
iwere inveigled to take the left hand
road from McDonald's Ferry, the low
er sand country through by Hermis
tm to Pendleton. And as you met
the griefs attending such a highway,
you very likely would not have a high
regard for somebody's opinion on
w hat .constituted a good road. Thru
this "bum steer" you overlooked the
best road to Pendleton. Had you
but known, you very easily could
hav' taken the road to the right,
which is Indeed the right road. This
w ould have taken you by the iway of
Olex up through Eight Mile to Hepp
ner and on to Pendleton.
Therefore in or.ler to get a wide
spread publicity as to real road con
ditions, the Heppner Commercial
Club has made the following propo
sition to the Hermiston Commercial
Club, which, if put in effect, will
give the public the benefit of an un
biased opinion.
Heppner, Oregon, June 23, 1920.
To the Automobile Editor, Ore-
gonian:
The attention of the Heppner Com
mercial Club lias been called to a let
ter published in the automobile sec
tion of the Oregonian of June 20th
from the Hermiston Commercial Club
in which the writer, Mr. F. V. Prime,
takes Issue 'with a letter written by
Mr. D. T. Goodman, of this city, and
published in your issue of June 13th,
wherein he recommended taking the
right hand turn after crossing Mc
Donald's Ferry, when traveling east
ward thence though Olex, Eight Mile,
Heppner, Pilot Rock and Pendleton.
In Mr. Prime's letter this route
was erroneously referred to as "the
Old Oregon Trail" which pnssen
through the sand county some ten or
fifteen miles north of the route out
lined by Mr. Goodman.
The people of Heppner are no more
desirous of deceiving motorists thnn
are the people of Hermiston and in
writing this letter the Heppner Com
mercial Club is actuated' only by a
desire to see that tourists ond other
travelers who come through this sec
tion of the country follcJw the best
and most practical route.
In order that the traveling public
may have an authoritative source of
information by which to be guided In
choosing a route through, this sec
tion of the state, the Heppner Com
mercial Club hereby submits the fol
lowing proposition to the Hermiston
Commercial Club:
That the Heppner Commercial Club
proposes to Join with the Hermiston
Commercial Club in sharing the ex
pense on a fifty-fifty basis, of taking
either the Automobile editor of the
Oregonian, or an accredited represen
tative of the Oregon State Motor Car
Dealers association over the routes in
question for the purpose of determin
ing the best route for motorists to
travel, the decision of such automo
bile editor or Motor Car Dealers' re
pesentative to be accepted by both
commercial bodies and given undis
puted publicity.
HEPPNER COMMERCIAL CLUB,
By S. A. Pattlson, Secretary.
One Sixth of State's
Quota for. Budget Raised
Approximately $15,000.00 or one
sixth of the state's quota outside of
Portland has been subscribed toward
the budget sought by the Oregon
State Chamber of Commerce In Its
expansion movement.
Springfield, Marshfield and Bend
iwere the three first towns to go "over
the top" in the order named. In rais
ing their quota. Other towns that
have subscribed their quotas are
Eugene, Newport, Redmond, Madras
and Jefferson county, and Maupin.
Madras' quota was raised in less than
twenty-four hours.
C. E. Roush, Chairman of the Mad
ras and Jefferson county committee,
in a letter to President Charles Hall
of the Oregon State Chamber of com
merce, reporting the success of the
Madras and Jefferson county can
vass, said:
"This section of the state Is great
ly interested in raising the Greater
Oregon fund, and we want to see ev
ery other section of the state support
this movement heartily. This applies
especially to Portland. Portland has
a great opportunity at this time to
prove to the outlying sections of Ore
gon, which tomprise her trade ter
ritory, that she is (willing and ready
to reciprocate In the solution of our
problems, and we don't expect her to
fail,"
The Intensive canvass Is now in
progress at Prineville, Coquille, Myr
tle Point, Klamath Falls, Lakeview,
Wallowa, Elgin, Lebanon, and Wap
inltla. ,
It is scheduled to begin In the fol
lowing towns during the tweek of
June 28th: Cottage Grove, Ashland,
Brownsville, Harrisburg, Bandon
Gardiner, Newberg, McMinnvIlle,
Sheridan, LaGrande, Wasco and Mo
ro, IN THE WEEK'S NEWS
L. L. Jakes and son of lone were
business visitors in Heppner Wed
nesday afternoon.
S. E. Moore, prominent lone busi
ness man, spent a few hours In Hepp
ner on Wednesday.
Emmett Carpenter, the Eight Mile
postmaster and merchant, was here
on Wednesday.
Mrs. J. J. Gans and daughter. Miss
Francis Gans of Uniontotwn, Wash.,
are spending a couple of weeks at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. M. M. John
son In this city.
Mrs. Henry Kerber of St. Joseph,
Mo., Is here to spend the summer
with her son, Albert Kerber, near
Lexington. She arrived Saturday
with Mrs. Duvall.
George J. Currin. former promin
ent citizen of Morrow county, arrived
in HepDner on Wednesday from his
Gresham home and wiU spend sev
eral days visiting with relatives and
friends and looking after business in
terests.
Emmett Hughes, who has beeu
gaining phatuaceutical knowledge at
the Oregon Agricultural college, re
turned to Heppner Tuesday and will
spend the summer months in this
vicinity. He expects to return to Cor
vallis in the fall to complete his
course.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Crego returned
Tuesday from Portland, where they
attended the Shriners convention.
They had no more than reached the
Rose City than Mr. Crego was op
poiuted to a committee position to
help care for Al Kader's guests, and
thus was kept busy throughout the
week.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Buiulny, July 4, 1020.
The morning service begins at 10
a. m. and consists of a graded Bible
school with competent instructors;
here will be found a place for every
one, from the youngest to the oldest.
Following this is the Communion ser
vice and preaching at 11 o'clock. The
theme for the morning sermon will
be, "The Higher Patriotism."
The evening service Mill cousist of
the Christian Endeavor service at 7
o'clock and preaching at 8 o'clock.
Hie theme of the evening semon will
be, "Is Godliness Profitable."
A cordial invitation will be accord
ed everyone at all the public services.
The Christian Woman's Board ot
Missions will meet at the home of
Mrs. E. R. Huston on July 6 at 2 p.
m. and all members of that organ
ization are requested to be in attend
ance. W. O. LIVINGSTONE, Minister.
Little Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Healy Injured
Marie, the little daughter ot Mr
and Mrs. John Healy received a frac-
tue of the skull when she was struck
by a horse. She was brought to
Heppner for surgical attention and
is repoted to be improving satisfac
torily. C. . Woodson May Also
Be Democratic Choice
Should C. E. Woodson, republican
nominee for state representative from
this district, be lucky at drawing, be
may also be the nominee of the dem
ocratic party. He has been notified
by Secretary of State Sam Kozer to
appear In Salem In the near future
to draiw lots with J. R. Raley and J.
N. Scott of Umatilla county. All
three men received the same number
of votes in the recent primaries, their
names having been written In on the
ballot.
Brother of Local Woman
Dies at Eastern Home
Mrs. Frank C. Evans, who resides
six miles below Heppner, received
word last week that her brother,
Hubert Hammond had died at bis
home In Olean, Allegany county, New
York. His death came as a severe
shock as he had been In apparent
perfect health up to the time of his
sudden passing away.
Joseph Conner Called.
Joseph Conner, a CivU twar veter
an and native of Iofwa, aged 74 years,
passed away at the Moore hos
pital in this city early Monday morn
ing following an operation. He had
not been in good health for several
months. Mr. Conner, while little is
known of his early life, spent several
years in California. He was a mem
ber ot Doric Lodge No.20, Knights of
Pythias, and this lodge conducted the
services at the grave in Masonic cem
etery. The funeral was conducted
from the First Christian church on
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock,
Rev. W. O. Livingstone delivering the
sermon. The deceased was a half
brother ot George W. Dykstra of this
city. , -
Boardman Test Proves
Value of Sulphur
A. W. Cobb, Farm Bureau Alfalfa
committeeman at Boardman has just
finished checking up on the alfalfa
plots on his place and finds that on
the untreated area he received n
yield by actual weight of 4,028
pounds ot hay per acre, on the plots
that were treated with sulphur he
received a yield of 5,300 pounds of
hay per acre. This is a net increase
of 1,272 pounds. This increase will
mean at $20 per ton an increase ot
$12.72 on the one cutting for an ap
plication of about $2.00 worth of
sulphur. If we can get yields like
tliis over the county from our sulphur
plots it will be well (worth while.
Eery farmer should watch closely
what his plot Is doing.
We will close after 10 o'clock A.
M. both on Saturday, July 8 and Sun
day, July 4th.
HEPPNER GARAGE,
HILL 4 JOHX8,
McROBERTS-COHN AUTO CO.
Don't fail to see "The Great Air
Robbery" at the Star theater this
evening. It is said to be a most
thrilling picture.
CARL LAEMMLE
offers
LOCKLEAR
Jiearedaifcf tie Sies-ia ifte
Great Air
7 I with Locklear on
LOOml the wing of a
plane a mile
above the earth.
Loop
I through j,e cloud
'i lanre nn th trail
robbed the U. S. Air Mail.
The mo.l ,t0DdiDf 'nm
w thrill In I
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Star Theater, TONIGHT
Thursday, July 1st
ON NATION'S BIRTHDAY
Ritter, Parkera Mill and Lexington
WIU Draw Crowds Heppner and
Ritter Will Join in Program Ball
Games at Parkers and Many Sports
Feature Lexington's Entertain,
meat.
With this uncomfortable weather
prevailing, the mountain! will prove
an attractive place for many Heppner
people on the third, fourth and fifth
of July. The stores of the city twill
all be closed on Saturday and the fol
lowing Monday, being a legal holi
day, will find the banks and many ot
the offices closed. This will give bus
inessmen, clerks and other employees
an outing that would not be gained
otherwise.
Under the stirring leadership ot
the local commercial club, a lot of
people have signified their intention
ot attending the Ritter celebration.
Ritter Is making preparations for oui
entertainment, ana tor fear that wnav
they have will not prove sufficient,
they have asked Heppner to furnish
a part of the program, S. E. Notson,
chairman of the local committee has
this in charge and it la safe to say
that Heppner's part of the program
iwiU be up to standard.
At Parkers Mill where a Urge num
ber of celebratora always go, noth
ing Is being left undone tor the
amusement and entertainment ot
guests. Excellent camping grounds
are provided. Base ball games all
three days will be a feature of this
year's celebration.
The refreshing shade ot upper Wil
low creek will be the scene of more
than one picnic party and a number
of persons who do not feel like mak
ing the long trip from home will-go
up to local camping grounds for the
day.
At Lexington there Will be horse
racing, a bucking contest, toot races
and tug ot war. Substantial cash
prizes are being offered in all events.
In the pony races a first prize ot
$12.60 and a second ot $7.50 will be
given. The winners In the saddle
horse race will get $15 and $10 and
the first prize in the free for all Is
$20 while the second draws $12.60.
'Girlie-Girlie" Musical
Cbmedy Hit in Pictures
"Oh, Boy!" which Manager Sigs
bee has booked for exhibition at the
Star theater on Saturday is said to
represent the only really successful
attempt ever made to translate to
the screen the complete story of a
modern up-to-date "girlie-girlie"
musical comedy hit. For from start
to finish, "Oh, Boy!" Is just one sue-.
cession of laughter-provoking, ludi
crous, farcial situations, yet main
taining the romantic story of 'the or
iginal musical comedy production.
The film version of "Oh, Boy!" Is
the stage version picturized, the only
variations made being those which
were absolutely necessary and incid
ent to the translation from stage to
screen. All ot the wit, humor and
farcecomedy of the regular produc
tion has been retained In the film pre
sentation, augmented by the fact that
whereas the stage play was confined
to two scenes only, the broader scope
ot the cinematograph has permitted
a wealth of magnificent settings.
Robbery
C I as you soar with the
OpiTi camera man above
the iaws of Death,
"shooting" for your life.
I from your seat as
JUmp! Locklear jumps
from plane to
plane to foil a bandit of the
sues.
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; the Limit-