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Newspaper Page TextI ft TheGa PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY VOL. 87, NO. 22 HKPP.NKK, ORrXiOX, THURSDAY, .HOIST "M, 1920 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PEH TEAR ZEITE-TIMES Bill Providing Tax of Five-Tenths of A MU1 Will Go on Ballot to Pro- vide Funds to Fight Predatory An luuds and Rodent. At recent meetings of the local Farm Bureaus held at Board man Wells Spring, Irrigon, Alpine, and Cecil it was deBnitely decided to ask the Morrow County Farm Bureau to approve a plan of submitting to the voters of Morrow county a measure, at the November election, calling tor one quarter of a mill tax to go Into a fund to provide for the control ot the rabbit pest in the northern part of the county. According to Judge Campbell this would give a fund of about $3600, which should be en ougb to carry on the work tor at least the next two years. At the June meeting of the Farm Bureau It was decided to incorporate with this the idea ot exterminating the squirrels and coyotes and to ask tor a one-half mill tax Instead of one-quarter of a mill. This measure will affect the stockmen who are In terested In the coyote pest, the alfal fa man who is troubled with the rab bits, and the grain men who are af flicted with ground squirrels. The money will be spent under the dlrecton of the County Court and the Farm Bureau. It Is possible to se cure a hunter to be paid halt by the Federal Department, one-fourth by 'the county and one-fourth by the sheepmen ot the county to assist in exterminating the coyotes. At the present time the sheepmen are large ly defraying this expense themselves, paying an individual bounty running as high as $20 to $25 per head. This plan will not do away with the pay ment of bounties, but no coyote kill ed by a government hunter can re ceive a bounty from the County Court. It will, therefore, have the effect of lessening the amount of money paid out by the County Court for bounties, as It will decrease the number of coyotes in the county and therefore, will relieve considerable strain from the present bounty fund. This measure has not only received the endorsement ot the local Farm Bureaus mentioned, and the County Farm Bureau, but has alto the ap proval ot the Ileppner Commercial Club. We believe that this la a very worthy measure and should receive unanimous support. So far as we know there is no op position to the measure. It must be remembered that last year the men who fought the rabbits In the northern part of the county raised practically the entire money them- solves. The men who have been fighting the squirrels have been pay lng their bills. The men who have been fighting the coyotes have large ly been paying their own bills. This manifestly is not entirely fair as the wild land breeds all these pests and yet where the owner Is not a real dent of the county, there is practic ally no effort made on his part and no expense borne by his property to wards combating these pests. As it is planned to work in cooperation with the farmers, the entire expense will not be borne by the taxpayers but will be apportioned partially through taxes and partially through the cooperation ot the sheepmen and farmers of the county. The following is a copy ot the measure as It will appear on the bal lot: AN ACT Providing for a levy of five-ten thB of a mill on the dollar ot taxable property of the County of Morrow, State of Oregon, to be used In the destruction of predatory animals and rodents in the County ot Mor row, State of Oregon, and provld lng for the expenditure of the mon ey arising from said levy. He it enacted by the people of the County of Morrow, State of Oregon: Bee. 1, That there shall be levied upon each dollar of the taxable prop erty of the County of Morrow, State of Oregon, as Bhown by the tax roll for the year 1920, In addition to the regular county levy, a tax of five tenths of one mill, to be collected and paid in the same manner as other county taxes are collected and paid. Sec. 2. That the money arising from said levy shall be expended un der the direction of the county court of the County of Morrow, State of Oregon, in connection with the Fed eral Government and the farmers and stockmen of said county, In the de struction of predatory animals and ro dents, fifty per cent of said money to be expended in the destruction of predatory animals and fifty per cent in the destruction of rodents, during the calendar years 1921 and 1922. Walt Smith and Chas. Dean are up from lone today. They report a very l;eny rain for the lone section and believe that the roads will be greatly benefitted thereby, and small delay will result to the farmers, who have about all completed their threshing throughout the north end ot the coun ty. WANTED Six good men for con struction work. Apply R. C. Green, Standard Oil plant. It. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rhea of Rhea ' creek were In the city today. Morrow County Creamery Takes Oversee Business The Morrow County Creamery Company has taken over the Ice bus iness ot the Heppner Ice & Soda Works from E. E. Beaman, accord ing to an announcement made this morning by W. Claude Cox, cream ery manager. Mr. Beaman also ex pects to dispose ot the soda end ot the business. The creamery company has man ufactured ice for their own use for the past three or four years. Now they Intend to greatly enlarge the capacity of their plant and adequate ly supply local consumption by next summer. The plant will be Increased to 5000 pounds capacity. Boardman Girl Badly Burned When Oil Sets Fire to Clothing Boardman, Ore., Aug. 24. Miss Kathleen Marshall, 17, daughter ot M. C. Marshall, prominent stockman of Boardman, was severely burned about the body and face by an explo sion of oil in the kitchen. It seems that a can of kerosene was sitting on a shelf near the stove and in some manner was Jarred from the shelf up on the stove In which a fire was burning. Miss Marshall first tried to put out the tire In her clothing at the well, but finally accomplished it by rolling In the dust. She is being cared tor at the home of Mrs. C. E. Heln. News About Ore gon Industries Portland, Ore. One carload a week or 52 carloads a year of build ing toys are shipped from Portland by the Konstructo company, which converts alder trees into funmakers for the children. When the company was formed four years ago 250 sets were put on sale. A member of the firm went east and made a demon stration at the meeting of the Nation al Association of Toy Men, which re sulted In the sale of two carloads. The third season this grew to 26 and now it has doubled. The wood Is se cured along the Columbia near Trout- dale. Portland. Ore. Because the larg est livestock exposition In the world is still not large enough to accomo date Its Portland business, prepar ations are being made to build addi tions to the Pacific International structure In north Portland and ground is now being filled In for that purpose. Albany, Ore. While a new build ing is being erected here for the Alco Wood Products Company, recently destroyed by fire, the firm will oper ate a plant at Springfield. A planing mill has been purchased for this pur pose. Salem, Ore. Approximately 1, 500,000 pounds of evergreen black berries will be marketed In Salem this year, according to estimates by a lo cal canneryman. Based on the pre vailing price of six cents a pound they will net the growers $90,000. Portland, Ore. Because Its old plant was unable to accomodate Its business the United Manufacturing company, which makes mattresses, bed springs and comforters, has mov ed to a new buldtng. This factory has 65,000 feet ot floor space and is equipped with additional machinery Jacksonville, Ore. A narrow streak of quarts giving indications of widening and which appears rich In gold heralds the opening of what will probably be a really heavy vein in the Poorman creek district. Miners estimate that it will run from $500 to $1000 to the ton. The discovery was made on the Manklns & Bell claim. Portland, Ore. Rubber heels. soles, taps and mechanical rubber goods are being turned out In such quantities by the Portland Rubber Mills that the firm has found it neces sary to discontinue its jobbing bus iness, It will now distribute only Oregon made goods and will push the sale of packing and tire repair material. Dallas, Ore. As rapidly as con struction can be pushed the new saw mill of the Willamette Valley Lum ber company is rising near the loca tion of the one destroyed by fire last month. It will have the most mod ern conveniences and Is to be equip ped by November 1. Klamath Falls, Ore. Twenty-five hundred acres ot marshland here are to bo converted Into a vaBt mint farm, probably the largest in the world when it Is all planted. The tract Is just now being prepared and plans are being made to irrigate It. Kosoburg, Ore. With the pur chase by a local cannery of 900 box es of Bnrtlotts last week the harvest of the Umpqua valley pears has be gun. The fruit are not extraordin arily large but the quality is excel lent this season. Baker, Ore. Purchase of five and a half acres of inna near me de pot here by Tobln & Salmon ot New Richmond, Wisconsin, has Just been announced, also the company's inten tion of erecting a planing mill Im mediately. A quantity of lumber has already been contracted and deliv ered on the ground. you KNDwmfEarj mo wEtls v4x IgJ! M -THEN SCHOOL jbsJV "tSf pains' fea;v hly?Jz r I AS RESULT OF BURNS Anna Hill McDonald Succumbed on Friday From Injuries Received in Fire Was Native of Ontario, Can. ada. Anna Hill McDonald, S3 years ot age and a beloved resident of south Morrow county for nineteen years, passed away at the home of George McDonald last Saturday morning fol lowing Injuries received in a fire on the preceding Wednesday. Anna Hill McDonald was born in Siorniont county, Ontario Canada, May 17, 1837. She was married May 25, 1857 to Neal McDonald. They came to Sherman county, Oregon, thirty eight years ago. Mrs. McDon ald came to Morrow county nineteen years ago and since that time had resided in the Hardinan section. The surviving children are as follows: Elizabeth Thompson, Tygh Valley, Wasco county; Neal McDonald of Morrow county; Sam of Portland, Mary A. Thompson ot Oregon City; John J. of Hardman; Alberta Over- turf, Darby, Montana; George B. of I lard m fin and Ellen Thompson of Spokane, Wash. Dixon and Janet preceded the mother to the other world. She joined the Presbyterian church thirty years ago. She died Saturday morning and the funeral service was held at the home of the deceased twelve miles south of Hardman Sun day morning, being conducted by Mrs. W. O. Livingstone of Heppner. The remains were laid toj?st in Hard man cemetery. Portland, Ore. Making of window shades on a small scale has proven so profitable to C. R. Peake that he has recently moved his plant into new quarters and gone into the man ufacture of window screens in Port land. Seaside, Ore. A second heavy purchase of spruce timber on Tilla mook hend gives the Crown-Willamette Paper company one of the larg est operating bodies of pure spruce and hemlock In the northwest. The H. E. Noble tract, which sold for approximately $250,000, will be con solidated with the recently pur chased Hammond Lumber company lands. Gold Beach, Ore. Fish are run ning so heavily in the Rogue river this season that cannerymen nlmost ran out of tins last week and It re quired special express shipments from the American Can company In!linn conditions. Leading statesmen, Portland to relieve them. Tho finest finnncior3i shippers and railroad of quality of spring salmon are report- flcilll9 are growing more anfcnt ev ed coming In groat numbers Into ev- ory dfty ln their advocacy of wider ery coast stream in the stnte. support of truck haulage. Portland, Ore. A six million bu-j sitei potato crop for Oregon is the Federated Church Scene of estimate made for this yenr. Ideal growing conditions win probably put j Public Wedding Sunday production far ahead of last year. Portland, Ore. The fact that ev-i The Federated church was the ery nook and corner of a house can scene of a pretty wedding last Sun- be furnished with made-in-Oregon goods was amply demonstrated by the furniture exhibit held here dur- lng buyers' week. Twenty-six firms party which has been conducting a making everything from phonographs series of revival meetings nt the Fed and lamp shades to twin beds and erated church during the last two kitchen cabinets were on the list of manufacturers from this stato who had products on display. LOCAL KIL CONPANY Standard Constructing New Concrete Garage nt Plant Further Invest ment Contemplated in Heppner. The Standard Oil Convey of Cal ifornia fa making eTlrnsve improve ments at their plant In this city. A construction company is now busy at work removing wagon sheds and barn and a new concrete garage will rise shortly to house the motorized equip ment which the company recently in stalled. Other changes will be made about ihe plant which includes the moving of the filling station out into the cen ter of the yard. Standard Oil has made a remark able growth since coming Into this territory a few years ago and their service has meant a lot to farmers and townspeople. We have been reliably informed that the company has under contem plation, further extensive invest ments in Heppner when will mean much to the town as well as the com pany. Trucks Believed Solution of Freight Congestion Situation The serious freight congestion throgliout the country continues to cause agitation bv industtrial and commercial heads for universal util ization of the motor truck as a menas ot bringing to an end the stagna tion from which business has suffer ed. The source of the trouble with which business is afflicted Is more a congestion at railway terminals than a shortage of cars. In large cit ies it Is now commonly true that freight cars are delayed for weeks be fore they can be unloaded. Not only are the cars tied up at a time when every car is neede for active use, but large investments are involved and factories slowed down waiting for materials. Meanwhile in the agricultural dis tricts crops and perishable produce are ruined in the aggravating wait for long-haul carriers to distant mar kets. The general opinion of busi ness men seems to be that a steady employment of trucks at terminal points Is the only solution for the prevention of a repettlon of the pre sent predicament. The Inadequacy of the railroads to meet the situation and to cope with it Is recognized and admitted by vir tually everyone who has had oppor ,,mitv t0 st,,,iv present transnorta- day evening, when Miss Daisy Clapp became the wife of Ward Mlllan. Both are members of the evangelistic weeks. The wedding was of a public nature and was witnessed by a num- bcr of local people. 'ADDITIONAL LOCALS N. A. Clark moved his family Into a suite of rooms ln the Gilman build lng this week. Mrs. Carl C. Haynie and daughter Dona are spending a few days in Portland this week. Al Henriksen, the well known Ce cil stockman, is looking after busi ness matters in Heppner today. W. P. Mahoney, cashier of the First National Bank, left for Portland this morning, to be absent several days on business. Mayne Moore, who helps John Bryson at the Independent garage ln lone, was a Wednesday business vis itor in Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wingfleld of Monument are ln Heppner today. Mr. Wingfleld is a prominent stockman of Grant county. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Maxwell re turned last Sunday evening from a two weeks vacation trip to Seattle and Victoria, B. C. Mr. and Mrs. Cha3. H. Latourell returned Sunday from Portland, mak ing the trip ln their Ford coupe in about eight hours. Jack Mulligan, who sells new pi anos and tunes old ones, is over from Condon this week. He recently re turned f rom a business trip into Grant county. Chas. Thomson, of the firm of Thomson Bros., was a passenger to Portland this morning, where he goes to look after business affairs, as well as to enjoy a few days of recreation in the metropolis. Mrs. A. M. Phelps and daughter, Miss Elizabeth, left on, Tuesday morn ing for Iowa where Miss Phelps will enter school. Mrs. Phelps expects to remain in the east about six weeks visiting with relatives. G. T. McFadden, manager of tire sales for the Walther-W'llliams com pany of The Dalles, spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Heppner on busi ness and while here placed the agen cy for Firestone tires with the Cohn Auto Co. J. H. Pearson, Little Butter creek farmer, was in the city today and re ports that his ranch made an exoel- lent yield tot wheat this year. Tie Lena section was not overlooked by the rain which visited Morrow county this week, according to Mr. Pearson. Mrs. Henry Kerber, age 63 year3, died at the home of her son, Albert Kerber, five miles northeast of Lex ington on Tuesday night at 12 o'ilock. Mrs. Kerber had been ailing for some time, and the immediate cause of her death was an internal hemorrhage. The body was brought to Heppner by Undertaker M. L. Case, who pre pared the body for shpment to St. Joseph, Mo.,her former home, to which city the remains were sent this morning, accompanied by members of the family. Dr. McMurdo was called to the mountains Sunday evening to wait on Mrs. Ruth Rowe, of Monument, who had been thrown from a horse and quite seriously hurt. The fam ily are camped at Butcher Bill prair ie and Dr. McMurdo made the trip out there from Heppner In one hour and fifty minutes. Mrs. Rowe re ceived a broken rib, badly bruised breast and her right wrist sprained. She was thrown against a tree, the accident being caused by the break ing of the cinch on the saddle. Editor Athey of the Hermiston Herald, accompanied by his son, pass ed through Heppner Tuesday, return ing home from a fishing trip over on the Metolius river. Mr. Athey ha murder in his eye, for a young man at Madras directed him home by way of Mitchell and Spray, and he went up against some roads that were never intended for even a Ford to attempt to go over. To get from Ileppner to Hermiston just at this particular season of the year is no pleasure either and Mr. Athey took to the hills leading out to Boardman and from there he would have good sailing into Hermiston. This office acknowleges a very pleasant call from our fellow craftsman of the Herald. Morrow county was visited by a general heavy rainfall Tuesday night and a part of Wednesday, lasting ful ly twelve hours. The immediate re sult was the laying off for a few days of numerous threshing crews, with no serious damage reported. Roads will be very generally benefitted just at a time when it will he much ap preciated by the grain haulers. No doubt such a rain would be of very lasting benefit to the roads if we had a system of dragging that would be followed up after each such rain as fell this week. Some day this sys tem of handling our dirt roads may be inaugarated in Morrow county, and when that time arrives we can ex pect to travel over much better high ways. This big rain should c-e a great help to the summerfallow lands. InskiH'p-Sw cnivntren. Addison D. Inskeep and Miss Lydia Swearengen were united in marriage on Monday by Justice E. Whoir at his home ln Condon. The brido- groom Is a prosperous farmer of the Gwendolyn neighborhood and Mr. and Mrs. inskeep win mane uieir. several months on the Fred Buchau home there. Condon Globo-Tlnies. an ranch just above lone. Lewis Cason Receives Broken Leg When Thrown from Horsei Lewis Cason of this city received a fracture of the left leg just above the ankle, last Friday, when he was thrown from his horse. The acci dent occurred at the Oraln Wright ranch on Rhea creek. Mr. Cason was brought to town by Mr. Wright, where he as at once given surgical aid and the fracture was reduced. He is now recovering at the borne of his uncle, Walter C. Cason on Cen ter street. Gasoline for Heppner Goes In Ditch Near Union Jet, A ten-thousand gallon car of gaso line destined for the use of Heppner motorists, went into the ditch near Union Junction, above La Grande last week. Geo. Milholland, local agent for the Standard Oil Company has re ceived word that this car. along with nine othera, was the victim of one of the worst freight train wrecks to oc cur in Eastern Oregon in some time. The cars all left the track and for a time gasoline was flowing freely. Residents living near the scene of the wreck were not slow to take advan tage ot the situation, and large holes were scooped out to receive the pre cious fluid and the gas was carried away in pails or whatever receptacle came handy. "Yankee Doodle In Berlin" At Star Theater Tonight For the first time ln the history of the Theater, a conjuction has been formed between the eloquence ot the silent motion pcture and the appeal of palpitating, living, human partici pants. The result, a dazzling com binationot beauty and convulsing filmed satire, arousing patriotism, will be offered at the Star theater, for this evening (Thursday). Mack Sennett's biggest film fea ture, "Yankee Doodle ln Berlin," greater indeed in power, scope and significance than his recent success, "Mickey," wiU be shown. THE BORROWER IS HIT (An editorial from the Pendleton East Oregonlan.) Upon the November ballot wiU be a measure making it Ulegal to lend money in the state of Oregon tor more than four per cent on ordinary loans and five per cent on contract money. The measure, if it becomes a law, will do more damage to the state than any other law ever pro posed, and there is a real danger ot it being adopted. The superficial judgment of the av erage person is that the measure is a good one and ought to be passed, "It will give us cheaper money," he says to himself, "and the banks are profiteering anyway. Four per cent is enough for them." What they do not stop to reason out is that such a law would operate to injure the borrower and not the lender. Seventy per cent of the money loaned in Oregon today Is money that oomes frdfn outside the state. This estimate is made bj men familiar with financial conditions as they ex ist. The four per cent limitation law would mean the immediate with drawal of this money. Loans would he called, mortgages foreclosed, tho money collected and invested in other states where higher rates prevail. Not only would this outside money be withdrawn but the money of our own banks, capitalists and other lenders would be sent to other states. It is no more reasonable to suppose that a man with money to lend will take the legal rate of Interest in this state if he can send it across the borders to another state and get a much bigger return than it Is to sup pose that a farmer will sell his wheat for 50 cents a bushel in Oregon if he can get a dollar a bushel in Wash ington. A law might fix the price In this state but it can never compel a man to sell his money or his crcf within the borders of this state. It will not be the lenders of mon ey who will suffer. They will get just as much for their money as ever they did. But what about the borrower, and that term Includes ev ery businessman, even' industry, ev ery home builder. The loans he has will be called in and there will be no money available at the legal rate of interest. Either he will have to patronize an Illicit usurer or go with out money. In either case he faces disaster and ruin Industries will have to shut down, business will be at a standstill and the wage earner will be out of a Job. If these facts are properly brought to the attention of the voters, there is small likelihood that the four per cent limitation measure will become a law, but because the measure ap pears to promise relief, it will win many voters unless there Is an ef fective campaign of education and In formation. Marshall Fell and family have re- 'turned to Heppner after spending lyPDClOC U DITTO InunLfluL 111 IlAlLu TAKES EFFECT TODAY Passenger Rates Go Up 20 Per Cent and Freight Charge Increase 25 Per Cent Pullman Now Comra High. Increased passenger and freight rates take effect on the O. W. R. t N. lines today. Ail passenger tares will be twenty per cent higher from now on, the fare from Heppner to Portland being $7.65. Locally the freight rate wUl be twenty-five per cent higher, while in the middle West and points east of Montana the in crease will run as high as 33 1-3 per cent. If Mr. Passenger takes Pullman ac commodations now, he must figure 50 per cent to the cost of his ticket Chair cars will undoubtedly grow ln demand. Freight officials state that the in crease in frelghtt rates should not cause more than a 2 per cent Increase in the cost of living. Upon most ot the articles of common dally con sump ton the transport charge Is so small that an increase in rates has no appreciable effect on the family budget. On bulky articles like coal. where transportation is a large part of the process ot production and dis tribution, the Increase necessarily boosts prices. Charles Ray's Fans Have Treat in Store Admirers of Charles Ray who were worked up to a high pitch ot enthus iasm by the baseball game in "The Pinch Hitter," will find special de light ln the new Thomas H. Ince-Par- amount production, "Greased Light ening," which will be presented at the Star theater next Sunday. In this photoplay Mr. Ray becomes a speed demon and the climax ot the story sees him in the racer of his own make run down the villain who has beaten and defrauded his father ot the sweetheart of the hero. The name of the story is derived from a racing auto, and Mr. Ray plays the part of the Tillage blacksmith who is the in ventive genius ot the community. He has already won considerable notoriety by his SeamleBS Nose-bag the Imperial axle grease, the Non Slip Hitching Post and the Little Giant Potato Slicer, when he builds Greased Lightening," with a view of winning the big automobile race. When the race starts his auto balks. He gets it repaired, however, Jnst in time to start out and overtake the villian fast disappearing over the brow of a hill ln a powerful six cyl inder car. THE FIRST CHRSIT1AN CHURCH. Sunday, August 29, 1920. The Bible School will open at ten o'clock with the very Interesting les son of the "Beginnings of Solomon's Reign." There Is a place for every one here, good music, good Instruc tors, and a good time for all. The Communion and preaching service will follow at eleven o'clock, the morning theme will be "The Unani mous Church." The evening service will open with the Christian Endeavor at seven o' clock, the evening sermon theme will be, "The Unknown Christ." You will be given a hearty wel come at all these services. W. O. LIVINGSTONE, Minister. Christian Science Services. Sundays, 11:00 a. m., I. O. O. F. Hall. Testimonial meetings, Wednesday evening, 8 o'clock, at Gene Slocum residence. Everyone welcome. Alaskan Pulpwood Possibilities. Alaska is about one-fifth the size of the United States. The Behm Canal timber unit, on the Tongass Forest, southeastern Alaska, has a stand of approximate ly one billion feet board measure, of which 88 per cent is spruce and hem lock timber, all suitable tor pulp wood. Alaska Is not all snow and tee. Potatoes, turnips, beets, sugar beets. carrots, parsnips, celery, rhubarb, radishes onions, cabbages, cucumbers and peas are grown In Alaska. Pulpwood will be sold from the Alaskan National Forests with such provisions for future supply as will assure the permanence of the Indus try. According to Government esti mates it is believed that a complete exploration of the National Forests in southern Alaska will show that there Is a quarter of a million horse power of undeveloped water power possibilities. The records of the Weather Bu reau in Alaska show that the aver age winter temerature of the ports of Prince William Sound, 30 degrees above zero, is the same as that ot New York and BobIou, and that of Nome, zero, Is similar to that of Man itoba and Montreal. It la ot Interest to note In connec tion with possible pulp plants In southeast Alaska that labor In Alaska Is accustomed to work on a piece ba sis rather than a time basis, and this would probably be reflected ln the employment of labor for logging op erations ot pulp timbers.