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Newspaper Page TextThe Gaz. TETIMES 0 Published weekly and devoted to the best lnterests of morrow county VOL. 87, NO. 24. " HEPP.VER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER , 120. 81 BHCRirTIOX, $2.00 PER YEAR I Show of Exhibit on Project WU1 Be Forerunner to Display at State Fair Thursday, 8pt. 23 Has Been Sot ax Ditto. ' Boardman will bold a community (air on Thursday, September 23, ac cording to announcement! recently issued by M. B. Signs, principal of the schools on the project. Immediately following the, com munity fair, the exhibit will be sent by express to Salem where It will be put on display In the Morrow county, booth In charge of W. W. Smead. Entries properly labeled will get Individual credit at the state fair. - The community fair, which is the llrst to be held In Morrow county, will consist of two main sections, the industrial club section and the adult exhibitors. Boys and girls will dis play their handicraft in domestic art, poultry, livestock, agriculture and home economy. Worth-while prizes will be given to the winners of the various divisions. Boardman Is to be congratulated for the enterprise shown in putting on such a worthy program as ''the community fair. It goes without say ing that Boardman people have the community spirit. Sunday School Convention Will Be Held In lone The annual convention of the Mor row County Sunday School Associa tion will be held in lone on Sept. 14-16, and preparations are being made for free entertainment of all delegates. There will probably be special mu sical selections from each school re presented. W. 0. Livingstone, pastor of the First Christian church of Heppner will have charge of the Bible study on Wednesday morning at 9:45 and Mrs. Livingstone will give an address "We Are Workers," at 3:15 o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Lee Reaney of Lexington Is the county secretary. Local Lumber Firm Giving; Tickets to Big Round-Up A unique plan and novel 6ne as an Additional encouragement to custom ers paying their accounts promptly, Is being put In vogue by the Tura-A-Lutu Lumber company of this city. Manager Cronk advertises that to ev eryone paying their account In a cer tain sum before a certain date, will be given tickets to the Round-Up. The number of tickets Issued to one person depends upon the size of the account paid. Better look up this ad In The Gazette-Times and cop off a free ticket. Republicans Will Meet At Council Chambers Saturday What is said will "be a very im portant meeting of the Morrow coun ty Republican Central Committee, will be held in the council chambers In this city on Saturday afternoon at 2 p. m. Matters of political Inter est will be discussed and all loyal Republicans are urged to be present. Cunningham Co. Pays, Receives Bent Price. The highest price paid for Ram boulet rams at the Salt Lake ram sule was that paid by Fred W. Fal coner, who purchased Bix head at pri ces ranging from (286 to (1300. The rams are to be used for breeding pur poses tor the Cunningham Sheep Co., of which Mr. Falconer Is owner. Mr. Falconer, who returned this morning from Salt Lake, says that prices paid at the sale were not very flattering to sheep raisers. He attri butes the comparatively low prices to the uncertainty of the wool market and the fact that sheepmen have not yet realized on the wool crop, The to tal sales amounted to about (300,- 000. Two hundred head of range rams sold by the Cunningham Co. brought the best prices paid in this class. Top prices were received also for cross bred Lincoln bucks, Ramboulet bucks and ewes sold by the Cunningham Co, Pendleton E. O. Off to Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Houseman, and son, who have been making their home In Morrow county the last three years, loft on Wednesday for Casper, Alberta, where they will be come actively engaged In farming, They shipped a carload of horses, farming equipment and furniture to their new home. D. C. Gurdane and Bon Berl were called to Pendleton Tuesday on ac count of the serious Illness of Mr. Gurdano's falhor. The elder Mr. Gurdane Is 98 years of age and until recently has been quite hale and hearty. Ills condition Is reported as somewhat Improved at this time. Old Friends of Former Years Meet After Long Separation Many bappy incidents are recalled in the meeting of Mrs. R. E. Allstott. of Eight Mile and Mrs. M. E. Walker, formerly Miss Mary Wardwell and Miss Maud Smoot, life-long friends and chums of girlhood days. Mrs. Allstott and Mrs. Walker met for the first time in the year 1890 and In the year 1898 were separated by the ties of wedlock. At that time both resided in Oklahoma, Indian Territory. After marriage, each left the territory for different parts of the United States, in the meantime entirely loosing trace of each other. Time passed until again fate made real its decree, when Mrs. Walker, who then lived In El Paso, Texas, in March, 19)9, purchased a copy of The Gazette-Times, and in scan ning Its columns, her eye caught the name of her girlhood chum, Mrs. R E. Allstott. In time correspondence was re sumed, which finally resulted in their happy re-union. Mrs. Walker and Edgar, who have been visiting at the R. E. Allstott home on Eight Mile, like Oregon very much and have spent two pleasant weeks visiting with Mrs. Allstott and her family here. First Meeting of Patron- Teachers Next Tuesday At 3:30 on next Tuesday after noon, the 14th Inst., the Patron- Teachers Association will meet at the High School auditorium for the first session of the new year. There is to be a musical program, consisting of numbers by Mrs. Ray Taylor, Miss Gladys Lane and Miss Mary Clark. Prof. Howard M. James Is to talk on the plans and aims of the school for the year, and there Is important bus iness to come up for consideration. All patrons, as well as others inter ested in the welfare of the school, art Invited to be present at this meeting, and It Is specially desired that all the members of the Association be in at tendance. Ice Plant Taken Over By Cowins and Snyder this Week The nlant of theHeipner Ice Soda Works was taken over this week hv J. G. Cowins who will han dle the Ice business and J. B. Snyder, who has taken charge of the soda ana bottling department. Both are ex perienced men In the business. Mr. Snvder sold his lease on this plant only a few months ago, to E. E. Bea- man. Mr. Beaman recently decided to eet out of the business and sur rendered his lease. The plant Is own ed by Jas. Cowins, the veteran ice man of this city, who retired several years ago. NFEGTED SOILS ARE ' OFTEN CAUSE OF SMUT Spore Showers Falling on Seed Bed May (terminate With Grain, and In fect New Crop. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Sept. 8. Why early plantings of smut-treated grain are often in fected while late plantings are not, Is thus explained by the plant path ologists of the O, A. C. experiment station: Smut spores are released In thresh ing smutty grain, and are often cur ried by the winds over considerable distances. They full in showers on summer fallow and on stubble fields, as well as on other lands, and unless started to germinate by eary rains lie dormant until the land Is seeded Then when enough rain falls to start the grain, the spores germinate and infect the seedlings. Disking stubble lands does not in sure protection, either by burying the spores too deep to bother or by giv ing them enough moisture to germin ate. Hence smut trouble even with treated grain may occur on disked stubble lands as well as summer fal low. , The degree of soil Infection Is de termined by the amount of smutty grain to the windward side of the field. Eastern Oregon is more Bubject to heavy smut showers than parts further west. The only way at present known to prevent trouble from soil Infection is either to plant freshly plowed lands or plant after the first rains have started the spores usually about six weeks of rainy weather. Treated grain sown on such lands Is likely to produce clean crops, unless a new smut shower ensues. Danger of smut Infection Is much less with spring sown grain. Emmett Cochran, local sheepman, who spent most of the Bummer In Montana with J. W. Beytnor with their sheep, roturned to Heppner last week. He says Mr. Boymer recently left for Chicago with a shipment of sheep. Mr. Cochran added to his re cord as a hunter this summer by kill ing two bears of goodly size. THE F. I Soil Expert and Engineer Lewis Met With John Day Board of Directors In Tltis City on Tuesday Evening. At the regular meeting of the board of directors of the John Day Irrigation District held in this city on Tuesday evening, Professor W. L. Powers of the Oregon experiment Station was present and gave an ac count, of his work. He was accom panied by John H. Lewis, engineer for the district, at whose request he is making a soil and agricultural sur vey of the project. Mr. Powers Is going over every part of the project, taking samples of the Boil and sub-soli, and will ulti mately report upon the agricultural value of these lands under irrigation. He will be assisted by W. S. Brown, horticulturist, who will arrive Fri day to consider the project from the standpoint of grapes and other horti cultural products. Also it is expected that James T. Jardine, director of the Oregon Ex periment stations, will .accompany Mr. Brown to review the work and consider tbe livestock end of the pro blem. The lower part of the project was covered several years ago in con nection with the cooperative report on the small project. Mr. Jardine is now covering the upper part of the new project. The county clerks' convention of the state of Oregon will be held in Pendleton this year during Round Up week, according to information recently received by J. A. Waters. nmiMtttiittMrtnmnTtnMMtllllMtlltt1HmntMtnillMimttmtmtttmmtrtti emmntmttttnts VALVE - IN - "IMMEDIATE delivery on limited number of Light Six, 5-passenger models. These are the last of this model tve will be able to secure this year. Heppner Garage ttnttmtmmti iittstjmmni JAM LEXINGTON COUNTRY Warehouses Are Rapidly Filling With Golden Grain and Production Now Placed at 175,000 Back Will Equal 1907. Wheat harvesting In the Lexington country is sufficiently over to that an approximate estimate of wheat pro duction for the year 1920 can be made. It now appears that 176,000 sacks of wheat will pass through the Lexington warehouses this year," While the crop this. year will not come up to 1916 in quantity produc tion, W. G. Scott, warehouseman and banker of the wheat city, is confident that the output will exceed the big year of 1907. In the Scott & McMillan warehouse there remains but 2500 sacks of last year's crop, but the new wheat is moving in rapidly and this warehouse has received as high as 3700 sacks in a day. Piling machines are used and the sacks are piled to the eaves and higher.' The Burgoyne warehouse is alse a heavy handler of grain, breaking about fifty-fifty with the Scott-McMU-lan house. Hauling with trucks has speeded up the movement of wheat from farm to warehouse and tbe men in the houses are rushed to capacity when there is both grain to be re ceived and loaded out on the cars at the same time. While an estimate of the entire wheat production in Morrow county for the present year has not yet been made, some grain men have gone as strong as a million and a half bushels and others venture that the total yield will exceed that figure. HEAD u MOTOR CARS tttttttttl NEW STAR WILL OPEN Heppner's magnificent theater, the t.nw Star, will open its doors to the public next Saturday evening. Man ager and owner, B. O. Sigsbee, an nounces a big program of pictures for the opening date. Tbe new theater, which Is situated In the Elks' Building, recently com pleted, has been constructed along thoroughly modern lines and would be a credit to a town much larger than Heppnar. The show house has a seating capacity of 350 persons and the seats are firmly set to the inclin ed concrete floor, giving everyone a clear and unobstructed view ot the screen and stage. The interior finishings ot the thea ter are elegant and money has not been spared in giving the best of theatrical embellishments. The new Duo-Art piano, modern picture ma chines with lenses of the most mod ern design and other equipment which Manager Sigsbee has already installed, represent an investment of over J 5000, and still other equip ment, which will not arrive In time for the opening, will be installed la ter. Every detail for the comfort of pa trons, has been looked after. Wait ing room and lavatories have been provided. For the opening night, Mabel Nor mand in one ot her latest and best pictures, "Pinto," has been booked. Also Booth Tarkington's "Edgar's Jonah Day," will be shown. Freeman N. Frye Called By Death Wednesday Morning The many friends of Freeman N. Frye were shocked upon learning of his sudden passing away at his borne in this city early Wednesday morning. He was 69 years of age. Mr. Frye had suffered for some time from heart trouble, although many of his, friends did not know this, as he appeared strong and was a man that never complained. The funeral will be held here on Sunday, burial being deferred until Maurice Frye, the only son, can ar rive from Evanston, Illinois. Mr. Frye was engaged In the gen eral transfer business in Heppner for a number of years, retiring about four years ago. He was a prominent Odd Fellow and had always been an active and earnest worker in that or der during his residence here. He is survived by his widow and two children, Mrs. Harry Brown of this city and Maurice Frye, of Evans- ton, Illinois. Buster, the Pet Badger Fails to "Arrive" at Mayos Buster, the pet badger, who was crated and shipped several weeks ago to Mayo Brothers as a gift from Dr. A. D. McMurdo of this city to the fa mous surgeons, has failed to arrive at his destination, in Rochester, Minn., according to a letter received this week by Dr. McMurdo from Dr. Charles H. Mayo. The letter follows: Rochester, Minn., August 31, 1920. Dear Doctor McMurdo: Your letter was duly received stat ing that you were sending a pet bad ger. We have been calling at the ex press office every day but so far he has not been received. It is very kind of you to send this animal for the Park and I hope nothing has hap pened to him. Very truly yours, C. H. MAYO. Marine Recruiting Exceeds Best Peace-Time Figures. Washington. Recruiting for the Marine Corps is rapidly increasing and is expected to reach the highest peaec-time point for midsummer re cruiting this month. Before the war 500 men a month was considered a fair average for the smallest ot the three branches of the service, and the present indications are that the Aug ust figures will easily double that number. The Marine Corps is now recruited to about 60 per cent ot Its authorized strength of 27,400, and at the pre sent rate of progress will reach the maximum number within a tew months. While the passing of the pay and bonus bills have had a stim ulating effect on enlistments, recruit ing officers believe that the educa tional advantages now offered to Mar ines are leading large numbers to enlist. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sweek returned Sunday evening from their vacation trip which covered Willamette Valley towns and coast points. They were accompanied home by Dr. and Mrs. Harold Bean of Portland, who spont a few days here the first of the week County Agent L. A. Hunt and fam- ily returned Wednesday from an ex tensive trip through Crook, Des chutes, Wheeler and Grant counties. While away, Mr. Hunt Inspected the Ochoco Irrigation project and the big diversion damstte in Crook county. I Farm Bureau Confers With County Court On Wednesday a Urge number ot delegates from various local Farm Bureau organizations ot the county met with the county court to consider the matter ot road district boundar ies and local road problems. Repre sentatives from Boardman, Irrigon, Alpine, Butter Creek, Cecil, lone. Gooseberry, Eight Mile and Rhea Creek were in attendance and a great deal of important business taken up and discussed. Preliminary plans were made toward the working out of what has, In the past, been a road problem. This meeting of the peo ple interested in good roads in var ious parti ot the county was an effort to get into closer touch with the plan of the county court and to give the county court a clearer view it possi ble of local conditions. It Is felt that the meeting of the outside district representatives with the county court on matters of this kind wiU create a greater feeling ot confidence on both sides and will tend toward! the promotion ot a feeling of harmony and be conducive toward real con structive work. Whetstone-Simpson Sunday evening, September 6, at the residence of the bride in Hepp ner, N. S. Whetstone and Mrs. Susan E. Simpson were united in the holy bonds ot matrimony. The groom is weU known and highly respected by nearly all of the citizens of Morrow county, ranking among the pioneer. The bride has resided In Heppner for quite a number of years and is known and esteemed by a wide circle of ac quaintances. Their circle ot friends 1b co-extensive with their circle of ac quaintances, and they have the best wishes of all who know them. Rev. W. O. Livingstone, pastor ot the First Christian church, officiated. There were present Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hum phreys, Mr. and Mrs. W. Q. McCarty, Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Frye, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson, Mrs. W. O. Living stone and Mrs. J. R. Olden. After the ceremony, Mrs. Claire GlUiam assist ed Mrs. Olden in serving light re freshments. The bride and groom set a good example for those embark ing upon the sea ot matrimony by in viting the guests to accompany them to the evening church services. May happiness crown aU the years ot their wedded life Is the wish ot the Gazette- Times. r I U1 Visit Old Home in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bauman, who re side on Willow creek a short distance this side ot Lexington, are arranging to leave the coming week for their former home near Akron, Ohio. It has been many years since they left the Buckeye state and they contem plate a very pleasant visit there at this time. J. D. will also make a pilgrimage to the front porch at Mar ion and see Senator Harding. Can You Board Pupils? , Prof. James weuld like very much to get into, immediate touch with any places in town where pupils might get room and board for the coming year. He now has a place tor a girl wishing to attend high school. Please communicate direct with Prof. James in this regard. Congregational Meeting. A congregational meeting of the Federated church will be held Sunday morning following Sunday school. All members and others are urged to be present Battery "Ouija" "Perhaps somebody will get rich one ot these days diagnosing battery trouble with the help of a Oulja board," says J. W. Fritsch, Hepp ner's Wlllard Service Station dealer, "but until then we will have to be satisfied with the slower, old fashion ed methods." "It's remarkable how simple and accurate these methods are. The hydrometer, for Instance, tells the specific gravity ot each cell, and In that way the exact state of charge. From this test and another known as the insulation test, the battery man can tell whether a little recharging will put the battery in condition, or opening up for repairs will be neces sary." "Any car owner can make the hy drometer test. All there is to it is taking a sample of solution with the hydrometer, and then reading the figures on the little glass float. If the reading Is above 1.250 the battery is properly charged. If below this figure. It shoud be given additional charge at a service station." Tonight STAR THEATER (Thursday, September 9) Neal Hart in "WHEN THE DESERT SMILED" This is a gripping story of the plains. L. N. Traver, contractor and John Bennes, architect, were in Heppner this week and wound up their affairs with the local hotel company. The new hotel Is practically complete now and will soon be ready to lease to a good hotel man. Christian Science Services, Sundays, 11:00 a. ro., I. O. O. F. HalL Testimonial meetings, Wednesday evening, 8 o'clock, at Gene Slocum residence. Everyone welcome. SiX PROJECTS COMMON TO EAST ORE. COUNTIES Plana Are I'nder Way to Enlarge and Strengthen Type of i'ann Bureau Program Meeting of Fanners at LaUrande, (By F. L. Ballard.) Plana to strengthen and enlarge the type of farm bureau program now followed in Eastern Oregon and to recommend a federation ot tua farm bureaus ot the sua to further its adoption rather than to branch out in new activities, were made at a meeting ot Eastern Oregon farm Bureau presidents attended by repre sentatives ot six ot the nine farm bu reaus in that district held at La Grande this week. Those attending the meeting were: Jay H. Dobbin and G. W. Franklin of WaUowa county; Albert Hunter ot Union county; V. V. Hickox ot Malheur county; W. W. Harrah ot Umatilla county; Oscar Keithley ot Morrow county; V. H. Smith of Sher man county. Baker and Deschutes counties were not represented. T. H, Case, president ot the Klamath County Farm Bureau, because of dif ficult transportation to La Grande, will represent Klamath 'county at a similar meeting in Western Oregon next week. Harney, Lake and Wasco ' counties are carrying on an extension program, but are not yet organized farm bureaus. It was the opinion, of those attend ing, that the strength ot farm bu reaus rested in a county program ot development based upon community divisions and selected by the people themselves within the communities. It was recommended that a state federation be formed with an execu tive committee consisting of three re presentatives from Eastern Oregon and a like number from Western Ore gon. This committee would meet a tew times each year, according to plans projected, to assist in carrying out farm bureau poUcies in the state and to represent the farmers when ever occasions requiring such repre sentation might arise. In view ot divisions of opinion and lack ot a working policy ot value to Oregon on the part ot the National Farm Bureau Federation, it waa re commended by the farm bureau pres idents that Oregon farm bureaus wait a year before taking steps to affiliate with the national organization. The programs ot work of the farm bureaus in Eastern Oregon show marked similarity and an analysis develops the fact that there are six projects common to practically all ot the counties comprising an Eastern Oregon program. The projects in cluded in this program are: 1 Application of sulphur to alfal fa. 2. Establishment of Grimm alfalfa. 3. bilos and silage crops. 4. Seed certification and pure seed, c. fctock Improvement. f 6. Pest control. Sufficient accomplishments have ' been attained on aU ot these lines to demonstrate conclusively their value. There are approximately 100,000 acres ot alfalfa In Oregon, for in stance, the yield of which would be increased a ton per acre by sulphur application. There are also 50,000 acres now in alfalfa which would re turn Increased yields it sown to Grimm, a hardy type, better adapted to high altitudes than the common varieties. Equally valuable results are possible along the other lines enumerated, judging from accom plishments already recorded. It was also learned that tbe only counties in Eastern Oregon without silos, which greaty reduces the cost ot livestock production, are those which have never organized around development programs carried out with the assistance ot county agents, also that those counties are the only ones In which sulphur is not being applied to some extent to alfalfa. With profitable livestock production dependent upon large quantities ot forage, it was the opinion of those present that this type ot work of ered a large field for effort In Eastern Ore gon. It was recommended that the farm bureaus do not engage in direct marketing activities, but on the other band, render assistance in that re gard wherever there is a clearly de fined need. It was believed that co operative activities should rest upon their own foundation In cooperative associations and that cooperative pur chasing and sellng should be done by farmers' exchanges, specialized as sociations and other cooperative en terprises under direction of ther own officers and on their own financial responsibility. Herbert Hynd was up from Cecil yesterday. His father, Jack Hynd, who recently went to Chicago with sheep, is now making a visit to his old home In Ontario, Canada, and will be absent tor a month or possibly weeks yet. This section Is being visited today by a splendid shower of rain, and should It reach all over tbe county much good will result. The big rain ot a few weeks ago put tbe ground in excellent shape for early seeding, and another rain fall at this time will Insure the sprouting of the grain, and also keep the grass growing.