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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
VOL. 87, NO. 20. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920. SUBSCRIPTION, 12.00 PER TSAB
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Han Never Been Klected la Ohio In
a Straight Fight Decisively De
feated In 1014.
Thfre Is a big surprise In store tor
tbe Democrats who were deluded In
to giving Governor Cox the nomina
tion on the strength of bis claim that
he Is a great "vote getter" in Oblo.
Only genoral Ignorance ot actual
factB enabled his political henchmen
to carry through this deceptive argu
ment with the Democrats from states
other tban Ohio.
The following facts have been sent
to state chairman Thos. H. Tongue
by George H. Clark, chairman ot the
Ohio Republican Advisory Committee
and are based on cold, Incontroverti
ble figures from the election statistics
In the office of the Secretary ot State
of Ohio, are that Oovernor Cox never
won a straight-away fight against the
Republicans.
Cox'a claim to vote getting may
have Induced tbe "Federal Nephews"
at San Francisco to swing into line at
the last, but his claims fade away
Into the ridiculous when examined in
tbe lime-light ot official election re
turns of the last ten years. Governor
Cox's gubernatorial history is In a
nut-shell this:
He first wormed into the executive
chair In 1912 as the choice of a min
ority ot the electorate on account ot
the Progressive split In the Repub
lican party. .
Decisively Defeated in 1014
When Cox came up'for re-election
In 1914 two years later he was de
cisively defeated, although the Pro
gressives still polled a strong vote
for their gubernatorial party.
In 1916 Cox profited by the dupli
city and deceit of Wilson's slogan,
"He kept us out ot war" and so he
again sidled Into the governor's chair
by a thin-Ice plurality of 6,616.
In 1918 Cox managed to slip Into
the governor's chair by a plurality of
less than 12,000. Those who have
an Intimate knowledge of politics
know that Cox's election in 1918 was
nothing more than fluke. It was
due to the dissatisfaction on the part
of a special Interest in a single coun
ty which normally Republican went
for Cox.
Facts ad Figure
This resume of the four elections
In which Cox has been a candidate
for governor In Ohio Is fully sustain
ed by facts and figures. In more de
tail the history of the four state con
tests In which Cox has been a candi
date for governor is as follows:
In 1912 the three candidates for
governor and their votes were: Cox,
439,323; Brown (Republican), 272,
600; and Oarford (Progressive),
217,903.
Through this division ot the Re
publican ranks Cox was elected by a
plurality of 166,823, The analysis
of the official returns shows that the
Republican vote In that year was
490,403. This means nothing else
than that Cox was a minority candi
date by the wide margin of Bl.OSu.
In 1914, after Cox had served one
term as governor and had made his
"record," he was defeated by Willis
(Republican) who came through with
a plurality ovor Cox of 29,270, des
pite the fact that the Progressives
ran their own ticket and polled 60,
904 for Onrford. In this 1914 eleo
tlon Willis received 623,074 votes
while Cox received 493,804 votes.
DABE-RUTHING IT!!
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This was tbe year' Harding ai candl-
: date for the United States Senate car
ried Ohio by 102,373.
In 1916 Cox was a beneficiary ot
the "Kept us out of war" deception,
polled 668,218 votes to 661,602 for
Willis. Cox's plurality was only 6,
616. This gives another line on Cox's
boasted vote getting strength, for the
fact is that Cox in this election ran
82,792 votes behind Wilson, head of
the Democratic ticket.
. In 1918 Cox was elected by a plur
ality of 11,944, receiving 486,403
votes and 474,469 for Willis. The
analysis of the vqte or this year
shows that had it not been for a de
tection in Hamilton county (Cincin
nati), which Is normally Republican
by at least 26,000, that Cox would
have lost the election.
These are the tacts about Cox's
vaunted "vote getting" ability in
Ohio. The outcome ot the San Fran
cisco convention shows that the Dem
ocrats ot other states took the word
of Cox and his managers for it. But,
a fair forecast of what will happen to
Cox In Ohio this year, facing as he
will a united Republican party with
Senator Harding at the head ot the
ticket, Is to be seen In Senator Hard
ing's vote in 1914 when Cox was de
feated.
Harding Elected Cox Defeated
In ill 4 when Cox lost the state
by 29,270 votes, Harding, candidate
for the. United States Senate, carried
Ohio by 102,373. This does not be
gin to give a fair Idea of Senator
Harding's personal and party
trength in Ohio because while Cor
was losing the state by 29,270 votes
and Harding was carrying the state
by 102,373 votes. Senator Harding
not only had Hogan, the Democratic
candidate for senator to take care of,
but also had to stand tbe Ion ot 67,
609 votes which went for Oarford,
Progressive candidate for senator.
Republicans are United
But this year it la tar different.
Hon. Arthur L. Oarford, who was
Harding's Progressive opponent in
1914 tor the senate, presided at the
old-fashioned rally at the Republi
can State Convention and took the
lead In declaring that the Progress
ives of Ohio are solidly behind Hard
ing and Coolidge for the 1920 cam
paign. An attendant fact which
shows that Cox will have to face an
absolutely united Republican party Is
that the "late unpleasantness" of the
primary campaign in which for the
time being there were "Wood Re
publicans" and "Harding Republi
cans" has been entirely wiped away.
Absolute proof of this was given at
the state convention when William H,
Boyd, Wood delegate to the Chicago
convention, who defeated Harry M.
Dougherty for delegate and Dau-
gherty, who defeated Boyd at Chica
go by carrying his chief through to
victory, made Joint speeches from the
state convention platform and shook
hands in token of the fact that all
Republicans In Ohio from now on are
Harding and Coolidge Republicans.
Analysis of Cox Votes
Further evidences that Cox's vote
(jetting claims in Ohio are merely
boasts Is to be had In the analysis
of the pluralities attained by him
and his opponents in the four guber
natorial elections beginning with
1912, when the Republicans were di
vided by the Progressive schism Cox
carried 69 of the 88 counties of Ohio
but in 1914, when deeated, Cox lost
all but 24 counties. In 1916 with
Wilson his party chief taking 67 of
the 88 counties on the "Kept us out
of war" deception Cox carried only
36 counties and in 1918 Cox again
dropped .to 29 counties.
In spite of this analysis of elec
tion statistics Democratic organs,
Uncle Sam "I commend him to you, without reservations."
trusting to tbe ignorance and credu
lity ot their readers, are now hail
ing Cox as a great vote getter. This
statement almost parallels that of
the governor himself that he "Never
learned how to side-step anything.
Every election return concerning
Governor Cox In the State of Ohio
shows that he is not a vote getter,
This is especially true of the rural
Democratic counties. Tbe returns
from thirteen of the most reliably
Democratic counties in the state
when analyzed for the tour elections
will show how little of fact there is
behind the statement that Cox is a
vote getter.
Vetoed Good Roads Bill
Cox's claims in the face of election
figures are comparable to his claim
tor accomplishment in Ohio. His
campaign literature sets forth a long
category of what "He secured."
These claims are fifty-two in num
ber. They will be taken care of as
the campaign progresses. As an il
lustration ot what this Cox will claim
outside ot Ohio, one outrageous
falsehood may be mentioned here
Cox claims to have given honest sup
port to the "Good Roads" move
ment In Ohio, whereas, in fact, 'he
actually vetoed the comprehensive
and progressive road law passed by
the last Republican legislature,
which the leglsature in turn passed
over the governor's veto. ,
All the claims made by him and
his henchmen tend to but one conclu
sion that In politics, at least, he is a
reincarnation of the fictional Dr.
Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.
Sam HugheB went to Portland Sun
day to represent the firm of Sam
Hughes Company there Buyers Week.
Mr. Hughes seldom fails to make
the yearly pilgrimage to the metrop
olis when this function is being pull
ed off. From reports in Portland
papers the city Is having one of the
largest gatherings in its history for
Buyers Week, all slates of the North
west being represented as well as
many of the Middle Western states.
Allan McFcrrin Dies. .
Allan H. McFerrln, for long years
a resident of Heppner and Morrow
county, died at the home of his brother-in-law,
John Gaunt, in this city
on last Wednesday morning, aged
69 years, The immediate cause of
death was cancer ot the stomach,
for which ailment he had recently
undergone an operation, but too late
to do him any permanent good.
Allan McFerrln was born In Mis
souri and came to Oregon when but
a boy. He located at Heppner when
15 years ot age. He was married to
Miss Alice Hayes In 1883 and Is sur
vived by the widow and 8 children.
These are Mrs. B. W. Gaunt, William,
Guy and Glenn McFerrln and Miss
Angle McFerrln, of Heppner, Mrs.
W. C. Neal of Oakland, Oregon, and
Mrs. C. L. Woodard and lrs. William
Tracy of Shoshone, Wyoming. Bro
thers and sisters surviving are Will
iam and Jefferson McFerrln ot Hepp
ner, Mrs. J. Hi Rldgeway of Prairie
City, Mrs. Ida Cave of Portland, Mrs.
Eugene Matteson, Mrs. John Gaunt
and Mrs. Matt Hughes of Heppner,
Funeral services were conducted
at the Christian church on Friday,
Rev. W. O. Livingstone preahclng
the sermon, and burial was In Ma
sonic cemetery.
STATE HELPLESS III
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Salem, Aug. 10. Although Gover
nor Olcott and State Treasurer Hoff
admit the injustice of the present
situation which has resulted in ma
terial Increase in gasoline prices now
being furnished to Oregon consumers,
following the waiver of the gravity
test law in order to tide over the em
ergency in tbe motor fuel oil supply,
both declare themselves powerless to
remedy the situation. To enforce the
specific gravity test provided under
the Oregon law at this time would
only result in complicating the situa
tion by shutting off the scanty sup
ply that has been made available to
Oregon consumers.
"Oregon, as is every other state, is
helpless at the hands ot the oil com
panies," declared Governor Olcott
this morning. "It has to take what is
offered at the price demanded or
leave it alone. If any relief is forth
coming it must be through federal
regulation and at the present time
there is no provision for any relief
from that source."
Governor Olcott declares that there
was no price consideration in connec
tion with the conference between
state officials and representatives of
the oil companies which resulted In
waiving the gravity test in an effort
to tide over the emergency.
"The increase in the price of gaso
line has not changed the situation one
bit as I view it," the governor said.
"It's simply a question of supplying
the demand with the best that is a
vailable." Agreement Violated.
State Treasurer Hoff, who, as state
sealer of weights and measures, per
mitted the importation and sale of
gasolne of a grade lower than that re
qured by the state law, declares, how
ever, that the increase in price s a vi
olation of the spirit if not of the let
ter of tie agreement between the
state officials and the oil companies
at the. time the bars were let down
on the gravity teat. He, too, how
ever, admits his helplessness to rem
edy the situation, which he declares
is in control of the oil companies.
No action will be taken toward put
ting up the bars on the gravity test,
it Is stated, until the emergency shall
have been passed or until such action
Is justified by a general demand on
the part ot the consumers of the
state.
Holding Revivals Here.
Rev. Ora Ogle, evangelist, assist
ed by Rev. Ward Miller and Miss
Daisy Capp, singers, is holding' a ser
ies of revival meetings at the Fed
erated church, They began on last
Sunday evening and will continue
during the coming week. They are.
evangelists of the Nasarlne church.
A. M. Zlnk came up from his farm
north of lone yesterday afternoon
in search of a couple ot harvest
hands. He has just finished cutting
and threshing his own wheat crop,
some of which made a yield of twen
ty bushels to the acre. He will have
some 10,000 bushels ot good quality
wheat.
Ball-Cox Nuptials.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. James
H. Cox in this city was the scene of
a very quiet wedding at 8:30 on Tu
esday evening, August the tenth,
when their daughter, Anna Vivian
was united in marriage to Mr. Will
iam T. Ball, Rev. W. O. Livingstone,
pastor of the First Christian church
performing the ceremony, In the pre
sence ot the near reatives of the con
tracting parties. Immediately fol
lowing the ceremony a wedding din
ner was served, after which the young
couple departed for Lehman Springs
to spend their honeymoon. Tho
young people will be at home to their
friends in Heppner after September
1st, 1920.
Mr. and Mrs. Ball are well known
and highly respected young people of
this city, and upon their return home
they will receive the hearty well
wishes and congratulations of their
host of friends here.
Heavy Stock Shipments from North
west. While returning from tbe East last
week, the editor ot tbls paper noted
that there were very heavy shipments
of stock going to Omaha and Kansas
City markets. The larger portion of
these shipments consisted of sheep,
principally lambs, and in consequence
the markets were Inclined downward,
though present quotations would in
dicate that prices are keeping up
pretty well.
A number of shipments have gone
out from the local yards during the
week, principally to the Portland
market, and. of these we note the fol
lowing: Ellis Minor, 2 cars of sheep,
1 car of cattle; Minor & Matlock, 4
cars sheep; Roy Robinson, 2 cars
cattle; C. N. Wilson, E. J. Merrill,
J. M. Downing, O. G. Breeding, C.
A Simpson, B M. Gates, 1 car each of
cattle ;R. A. Fan-ens, L. F. Reslng, 2
cars each ot cattle, un Monday
Wright Bros, of Hardman shipped
6 cars of sheep consigned to Oma
ha. Gets Wife in Ireland.
John McHugh, formerly a prosper
ous, sheep man of this section, and
who later owned some valuable prop
erty at Boardman, which he disposed
of to Alex Wilson, was married to a
young lady of the Emerald Isle on-
July 26th. He contemplates return
ing to this part of the United States
at an early date and again engaging
in the sheep Industry. Mr. McHugh
wns very successful In this business
here and no doubt is thoroughly con
vinced that Morrow county is the best
place in the world for an energetic
young man to succeed,
HAVERSTICK
Little Earl Francis Haverstlck, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Haverstlck, liv
ing near Heppner, Oregon, was born
August 1st 1917, and departed this
life August 5th, 1920. The little
career was a brief one, and the going
was sudden, but the loving memor
ies of the little jewel will ever re
main vivid and sweet to those that
knew him. Like the flower that
blooms for a day and goes, he has
left us, but behind Is left sweet mem
ories of his beauty, and the fragrance
of childhood Innocence and lovllness.
Those left behind, mourn, heart
stricken, but comforted with the
hope that reaches beyond the grave.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
Uvmn X';i nf U&Fmn Arwa
out of Heppner today In a new Bulck,
purchased from Vaughn t Sons.
Waldo Vinccut and Percy Hughes
were Lena visitors in Heppner on
Saturday, being called to the city on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson
motored to Hermiston Wednesday
and returned well laden with luscious
watermelons.
Jack O'Neill, head meat cutter at
the Central Market, is in La Grande
this week, where he was called on
court business.
T. J. Humphreys and son, Roland,
are off to the mountains this week in
quest of huckleberries and a good
time generally.
Walter Duncan and wife have re
turned to Heppner after having spent
several weeks in Portland, where
Mr. Duncan was working for the
railroad company.
Mrs, E. M. Shutt and daughter.
Miss Essie, departed Monday for
Portland, to be joined there by Mr.
Shutt and travel on to the coast by
auto to spend a few weeks of vaca
tion. M. L. Case and family departed
Sunday morning for the coast,
going to Newport. They will be ab
sent from Heppner for a couple of
weeks at least, enjoying an outing at
this popular coast resort.
Fred Case went to The Dalles Sun
day and was there picked up by E.
M. Shutt and given a ride into Port
land over the highway. From Port
land, Mr. Case was going on to the
coast at Newport tor a short stay.
r
' Mrs. B. F. Sorenson was down
trom their mountain camp on Willow
creek Wednesday. The family is
nicely located along the banks of
Willow creek about 15 miles out
from town and are thoroughly en
joying their summer camp.
Kenneth Binns arrived home from
Corvallis Wednesday, to remain un
til school begins again in Septem
ber. Since the close ot school at
O. A.- C Kenneth has been, holding
down a job' as pressman in the office
of the Gazette-Times at Corvallis.
The new furniture for the Elks
and Masonic buildings in this city
has arrived and been installed. The
selection of furniture by these two
lodges was in splendid taste and adds
much to the comfort and appearance
of the assembly rooms.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Dix returned
on Sunday from the Willamette Val
ley. Mrs. Dix has spent some six
weeks at the State Normal at Mon
mouth, taking the summer course
and adding to her equipment as one
of the teachers of the Heppner
school.
A couple by the name of Hllder
brand who. It Is said, have led a stor
my existence in lone for some months
past, aired some of their grievances
before Judge Robinson the first of
the week when the wife charged her
husband with assault and battery,
etc. At the trial it developed that
the charge was not warranted and
Judge Robinson dismissed the case.
As the couple were considered unde
sirables a hint was given them that
lone could get along without their
presence, and the woman left next
day, while ' the man is said to be
making preparations to emigrate, if
he has not already done so. lone
Independent.
S S I h: I
PRISCILLA DEAN
In the Universal-Jewel Master "production
"The Virgin of Stamboul"
Star Theater Tonight, Aug. 12, 30 & 50 Cts.
S. DEPT. OF
W t. V Ilk
The following general report ot
crop conditions, which also includes
the state of Oregon, is sent out by
the United States Department ot Ag
riculture, Bureau ot Crop Estimates,
In charge ot F. L. Kent Agricultural
Statistician, Portland, Oregon, under
date ot August 10th:
Improvement in j&iditlon ot. all
the principal crops during the month
of July, in the state of Oiegon, is in
dicated from the compilation ot re
ports received by F. L. Kent, Agri
cultural Statlsticain for the Bureau
of Crop Estimates, United States De
partment of Agriculture. For the
United States as a whole, crops gen
erally have shown Improvement dur
ing the month of July, with the ex
ception of spring wheat, which was
estimated as promising a production,
on August 1, 1920 ot approximately
30,000,000 bushels less than the
forecast of July 1, 1920.
Rainfall for the month of July was
more than twice the normal amount
Some damage to hay resulted, also
to cherries, but growing crops gener
ally were much benefitted, and the
prospect now is for the best per acre
yield of all spring sown crops, since
1916. There was some hail damage
In the eastern portion ot the state,
but practically no crop lose from hot
winds. Pretty high temperatures
prevailed In the western part of the
state on July 6 and 7, with moderate
ly high temperatures elsewhere. On
the 27th above 100 degrees waa re
ported from points in the northeast,
ern part ot the state.
Winter Wheat: Comparatively lit
tle threshing was done during July,
hence actual yield per acre reports
are not available for the heavier
producing actions. On the lighter
lands ot the wheat belt 15.0 bushels
per acre appears to be about an av
erage yield, with a prospect of 30
to 35 bushels per acre on the hea
vier soils. Some western Oregon
fields are producing 35 to 40 bushels
per acre and 25 bushels is estima
ted to be a conservative yield for
whole counties. The average yield
per acre for the state as a whole
is estimated at 23.0 bushels. With,
an estimated area ot 693,000 acre
the Oregon winter wheat crop f Of.
1920 should be about 16,(00,000
bushels. The 1919 crop was esti
mated (final) at 16,010,000 bush
els. The United States crop on August
1, 1920, is estimated at 532,641,000
bushels, which is an increase of about
15,000,000 bushels over the July 1,
estimate. The fnal estimato tor 1919
was 732,000,000 bushels.
Spring Wheat: Favorable growing
conditions during the month of July
improved the condition ot spring
sown wheat, the August 1 condition
figure for the state as a whole being
placed at 93 per cent, Indicating a
probable per acre yield ot about 19.0
bushels. With an estimated spring
wheat acreage in the state of 328,
000 the total spring wheat crop
should about 6,000,000 bushels.
making the total wheat production
of the state for 1920, around 22,
600,000 bu.
Unfavorable growing conditions in
tbe heavier spring wheat producing
states have reduced the 1920 crop
prospect from 291,355,000 bushels on
July 1, to 261,506,000 bushels on
August 1, with the probability of a
still further reduction before harvest.
A condition ot around 70.0 per cent
Is reported from some of the spring
wheat states. The 1919 spring wheat
crop for the United States was esti
mated (final) at '209,361,000 bush-
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