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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 37, Number 30.
HEITXEH OKEGOX, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1920.
Subscription, $2.00 Per Year
HIGHWAY WILL BE GRAY
ELED COURT ASSURED
( oanlulciatr E. E. Kiddle Uorm Over
SHuadoa Wllk Judge t'ampbeli.-
Makrs Tripe Over Various lloada la
laaatjr.
Commissioner K. E. Kiddle of the
State Highway Commission was a vln-
Itor in Morrow county the fore part of
the week, leaving fur other polnta on
Wednesday morning. Arriving In Moi
row county on Sunday evening, after
being met at Arlington by Judge Camp
bell and riding over the Willow creek
highway on (he way up as far aa Iono,
when It became dark, he continued the
trip on up to Heppner the next day,
taking In every part of the work cov
ered by the Huber contract. Mr. Kiddle
also took time to go over the road from
Heppner out to Hardman, and of this
he made careful observation, and upon
returning to Heppner Tuesday evening
a meeting was held with the County
Judge and two of the highway engin
eers, Messrs. Vinton and Hnldock, who
were culled upon to furnish some esti
mates, f
Some time ago the entire county
court, together with the district attor
ney and other cltliens of Morrow coun
ty, met with the Highway Commission
In Portlnnd and took up the matter of
(letting the surface of the Willow croelc
highway surfaced so far as It will be
finished, and the results of tMs meeting
were far from satisfactory, the court
returning home very much downcast.
While they did not get a cold-blooded
turn down, It was very evident that the
commission would do nothing, and It
appeared that the money and work thus
far spent on this Willow creek road
would be simply wasted and both the
court and the taxpayers were facing a
gloomy future regarding the problem
of snving the grade.
The visit of Mr. Kiddle here at this
time was for the purpose of fully In
forming himself as to the exact condl
tlona The problem of Morrow county
not being the only one the commission
Is up against the commissioner Is go
ing over roads In which the slate Is in
terested In various other portion of the
Eastern Oregon country. He will now
return to the regular meetings of the
commission prepared to give that body
some Information of a vory practical
nature, gathered up on this trip and by
coming In personal contact with the
situation aa It exists In the various sec
tions. Judge Campbell Is assured by Mr.
Kiddle that Mnrfrow county and the
Willow creek highway will now be
moved up to first place for consider
lion by the commission. Further than
this. It was agreed at the meeting on
Tuesday evening, after getting the es
timates on what It would cost to gravel
the road bed, that the state would pro
ceed at once with the work of grnvol
Ing an eight-foot track on the highway
and covering the twenty-five miles of
, the Huber contract.
It should be understood that the spec
ifications called for by the state require
that sixteen feet In width he graveled,
and the commission has up until now
stuck strenuously to those specifica
tions, regardless of the fact that Judge
Campbell contended right from the be
ginning that eight feet would be fit
flclent, and that the grading Bhould be
done on this basis; and had this plan
been adopted there would have been
plenty of money to complete the work
right up to Heppner and beyond to But
ter creek, and then some to spare. Since
going over the situation here, Commis
sioner Kiddle at once recommended that
tho gravelling be done on this basis. In
fart It hns been a policy of his to get
the commission to see that nn eight
foot roiul in the most of these smaller
e.ountles,where the traffic Is compara
tively light. Is entirely sultlclent, keep.
In'g In mind all the while that proper
space 1b prepared on all curves, and he
feels that he is bringing the other
commissioners to his way of thinking.
It Is estimated that It will require
some 120,000 to do this graveling, and
ns there was no provision in tho con
tract for pulling In the necessary
bridges, this Item will doubtless be han
dled by the state, now that the expense
of the grnvollng is cut In hnlf.
Some other good suggestions were
made by Mr. Kiddle and these will be
adopted by the County Court In dealing
with other problems they have to con
sider. On the Hoppner-Hardmnn road
Mr. Kiddle would recommend no par
ticular changos In the route as It now
stnnds as he cannot Bee where the now
survey 1b nn Improvement over the old
end It will require a lot of money to
place the road on that lino. Ho there
fore recommends that available funds
be spent In making necessary Improve
ments on Borne of the road bed between
Heppner and Hnrdman, rather than
the far greater expense of getting on to
the new survey and yet not having any
thing better when the work Is done, P.y
obscrvattons taken with tho aneroid.
Mr, Kiddle states that there Is no grade
beween Heppnor and Hardman that
now exccedB five per cent.
The visit of Mr. Kiddle to Morrow
county hns lifted a big load from the
shoulders of County Judge Campbell
and the other members of the County
Court, and they now feel that there will
be somothing done to preserve the
grade on the Willow creek highway, ns
the commissioner left Hoppner Tuesday
morning In company with tho engineer
to make arrangements for getting at
the gravel pits and start the work of
putting the rook on tho grade. The en
gineers claim o have discovered two
pita of cement rock which they believe
have gravel In sulllclent quantities to
do the work, and If this proves to be
the case a covoring hns been found that
Is practically as good nB cement pave
ment. It is gratifying to know Hint this
problem Is being solved so satisfactor
ily to nil partlos concerned and may It
hasten the day when the Willow oreek
highway will be open for travel.
After Many Postponments
Legion Smoker Is Sure Go
The much heralded and oft-times de
layed smoker of the local post of the
American Legion will be a sure go this
time, according to K. E. Crego, who says
a moat entertaining program for all
former service men of Morrow county
la being arranged to take place In the
I. O. O. F. Hall Friday tomorrow
night. -
The Legion had first planned a big
street carnival, but at the last minute
the amusement company sent word
that they would be unable to come. The
carnival was therefore called off, and a
smoker was planned for last Saturday
night. This was later postponed ow
ing to so many other attractions tak
ing place on the same night.
Now that the affair haa been shifted
for next Friday night, legion officers
are confidently looking forward to a
large attendance and are Issuing an
Invitation to every former service man
and especially urge hla attendance.
There will be wsestllng and boxing
matches by local talent a fid a general
good time and social evening.
Republican Women Voters to
Meet With Central Committee
Itevabllcaa Ladles of HeppDerl
You are requested to attend a meet
ing at the Council Chambers, Satur
day, October 2S, at 2:30 p. m., at which
time plans will be made and matters of
vital Importance to the success of the
Republican cause In Morrow county will
be discussed and acted upon. This will
be the most Important meeting and we
hope the most Interesting one you will
attend during this campaign.
W. W. SMEAD, County Chairman.
C. K SWEEK. Sec. County Com.
ft E. NOTSON, State Committeeman.
Instructor Makes Inspection
Tour of Portland Schools
Mrs. B." H. Morrison, teacher In the
local public schools who has charge of
that department known as the "oppor
tunity room," left on Tuesday for Port
land where she will visit like depart
ments In the schools of that city and
learn how the work is carried on there.
Mrs. Morrison is mnklng this tour while
Institute is In session at Pendleton.
JOHN GURDANE WAS
OLDEST MAN IN COUNTY
John Gurdnne, aged 97, the oldest
man In Umatilla Bounty and, a Civil
war veteran, died last Friday night at
Pendleton. He had been In falHng
health for some time, having taken 111
with an attack of Influenxa several
monttiB ago.
Mr. Clurdane was a native of Scot
land, although he was born on ship
within a few miles of the Atlantic
roast while his parents were enroute
to America. His early manhood was
spent on the sens and he was a sea cap
tain for a number of years. He enlist
ed for servico during the Civil war and
was wounded.
Prominent in the affairs of Umatilla
county, Mr. Ourdane served as legisla
tor at one time. The town of Ourdane
was named In honor of the Umatilla
tfounty pioneer.
Although living far beyond the num.
ber of years allotted to man on the
average, Mr. Qurdane's mind remained
clear and active up to the last
Funeral services were held in Pendle
ton on Sunday afternoon, n. C. Ourdane.
son of the deceased, and his son lierl
and Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Brlggs going
over from tills city to attend.
Thye Won Match In Two
Straight Falls From Jepson
Ted Thye won In two Btrnight tails
from Nels Jepson in their match at the
Star theater lust Saturday evening. The
match gave promise of being a long one
as Jepson enrly in the contest demon
strated that he was a near match for
his opponent nud he kept Thye pretty
busy.
However, 'after Jepson foil over the
ropes Into the orchestra pit, where he
landed on his hend and shoulders on the
oncrete floor, he was greatly weak
ened. Thye got the first fall, a double
wrlat lock and body scissors, shortly
after Jopson's Injuries.
Jepson won tho sympathy and admir
ation of the large crowd of fans when
he went back Into the ring and finished
the match, after his left eye was nearly
awclled shut and he had a bad bruise
on his Bhouldor.
The second full came after about five
minutes of wrestling, Thye again pin
ning his opponent down with the same
holds as In the first fall.
At the conclusion of the match, Jep
son made the Btatement thai Thye was
the best wrestler by all odds In his
class today and that there was not a
man of his weight living who could
throw him unlesB the doublo wrist lock
was barred. This Is a hold that Thye
ubos to great success and his rivals for
mat honors know that It is dangerous.
Another Interesting bout will be held
this coming Saturday night when Jep"
son will meet Dodnn Singh, the cham
pion Hindu wrestlter who has been
meeting with success in matches held In
the East.
In the events last Saturday night, the
boxing card proved rather wenk, as
both Kid Groshons and "Young McCoy"
Solhy did not have a great deal of en
durance and both were pretty well all
in at the conclusion of their four round
go. The fans would have been bettor
satisfied had the boys mixed It a little
more,
The wrestling preliminary between
RusHell Wright and Chns. Hensonor re
sulted In a draw and the boys will try
out their strength on ench other again
Saturday night. Another four-round
boxing stunt will be put on by local
talent.
HE'S
MATE TAKES OVER
Terminal Campaay, Besides Operating
Flour Mill and M art-house, Will tar
ry oa Wholesale Groeerjr Uuslaeaa
aad Buy Grain.
The Trl-8tate Terminal Company, a
million dollar corporation, the stock of
which Is owned entirely by farmers,
has come Into Heppner.
A deal Is being closed whereby the
company will take over the holdings of
the Heppner Farmers Elevator Com
pany, which Included the grain eleva
tor and two warehouses, flouring mill
and general forwarding business.
In addition to the warehouse, mill
ing business, etc., the terminal com
pany will also carry on a general gro
cery business, which will be In charge
of W. D. Hayden. Mr. Hayden haa
traveled Into this territory for a num
ber of yeara for the Tri-State company
and la well acquainted with local peo
ple and business conditions. "It Is not
the policy of the company to Infringe
upon the retail trade," said Mr. Hayden,
"and we sell nothing in broken pack
ages." The Trl-State Terminal Company has
been organized for-more than ten years.
The head office of the grain buying de
partment la in Seattle while the gro
cery headquarters are in Portland.
The local company will have as man
ager Guy Johnson, who will also look
after the company's Interests at Pen
dleton, where they have warehouse fa
cilities. The company will also handle pro
duce. E. R. Huston, manager of the Farm
ers Elevator Company, will remain
with the Farmers In his present capac
ity until such time as the affairs of the
company are wound up.
Morrow First at Gresham
and Second at State Fair
The Morrow county exhibit won first
place at the Gresham fair and second
at the Oregon state fair, nccording to
W. W. Smead, who has just returned
from the Vnlley. While Morrow coun
ty hnd a wonderful exhibit of grains
and drew forth much favorable com
ment, there was a woeful lack of fruits
and vegetables. Everything consider
ed, Morrow made a good showing.
Grand Patriarch and Team
Coming From Pendleton
Grand Patriarch R. F. Klrkpatrlck
and team of Pendleton will visit Cayuse
Encampment No. 40 Jn Heppner next
Thursday, October 2 They will put
on the wokr and a number of candi
dates will he Initiated Into the order.
T. E. Chidsey Is local Scrlbo.
Red Cross Roll Call Will
Start On Armistice Day
The Fourth Annual Red Cross Roll
Call will take place this year from No
vember 11, Armistice Day, and will car
ry on until Thanksgiving Pay.
H. A. Duncan is chairman of the Cull
for Morrow county chapter of the Am
erican Red Cross and he Is already lay
ing plans and making preparations to
get a full quota on the roll call In this
district
There are five classes of member
ships, the annual, or $1 memberships,
the contributing, or (5 memberships,
the Sustaining, or $10 memberships, the
Life, or 150 memberships, and the Pa
tron, or $100 memberships.
Fifty per cent of the annual and 80
per cent of the contributing and sus
taining menibershlpl will be retained
by the Morrow county chapter for car
rying on the local work.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHI'BCII.
Sunder, October 34, 11)20.
The church service on Sunday will be
your service will be so planned and
prepared. If you aro a member, be
present as a matter of duty, If not come
nB our guest. Plble School 10 o'clock,
preaching and Communion 11 o'clock.
C. E. 6:30, Song Service and preaching
7:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday eve
ning 7:30. Welcome. Come.
LIVINGSTONE, Minister.
JUST KIDDING HIMSELF
Observations and Impres
sions of the Journal Man
By Fred Lockley In Oregon Journal
- (At the state fair Mr. Lockley "also
takes a look at the Morrow county ex
hibit, and is tutored in relation to Mor
row's resources by an ardent Morrow
fan who deals In the largest kinds of
figures, all of which have the goods to
back them up.)
"Morrow county per capita is one of
the richest counties in the state," said
W. W. Smead to me as I stopped to look
over the Morrow countybooth at the
state fair. "Listen. We harvested over
2,000,000 bushels of wheat this year. At
12.50 a bushel, that means an income of
15,000,000 to the county. We export
about 150,000 sheep annually, which
means not less than $1,000,000 to Mor
row county sheepmen. We ship out an
average of 1,250,000 pounds of wool,
worth about $500,000, while the income
from our hay, 3l which we raise 30,000
tons, amounts to another half million.
That makes a yearly Income from those
four Items of $7,000,000. Out total pop
ulation we estimate at about 7000,
which makes a per capita Income of
$1000 a year In our county. If you will
size up our fruit and vegetables, our
melons and honey and our other pro
ducts, you will see we have many addi
tional sources of revenue.
& '
T moved to Eola, Just across the riv
er from Salem, In 1867. After flye years
I moved to the Alsea valley, where I
spent another five years. I put in the
next five years prospecting and mining.
In 1880 I took up a half section of dry
land near Ella, In Morrow county. In
those days Heppner, the county seat,
founded by Henry Heppner, was a vil
lage of about 200 people. The men 1
remember best in the Heppner of 40
years ago were Henry Heppner, Frank
Mattox, Ed Rishop, Gov. Rea, Ed and
Tom Matloi'k, Jim Sperry, Henry Black
man and rhill Cohn. Our little village
has grown to a city of 1200. lone is the
next largest community. Then come
Lexington, Hardman and Boardman.
When B. F. Vaughan, the postmaster,
was drowned in the big flood of 1903 I
was appointed postmaster and served
in that capacity 10 years.
"Yes, I guess T know nearly everyone
In the county. We have some of the
clggest sheepmen in the state up our
way. Take such men as John Kilkenny,
C. A. Minor, W. T. Matlock, Pat Connell,
Mike Kenny, Bruce Kelly, Mike Mar
shall and Anson Wright They all have
biggest slioopmen In the state up our
present we have about 260,000 sheep In
our county. The wool we like best is
from Merino ewes crossed with Lincoln
rams.
"When you drop In for a visit with
William Pndherg you will find him far
ming 12.000 acres, most of which Is In
wheat lone Is the largest egg ship
ping station on the whole O-W. R. & N.
system. 'Farmer' Smith hns looked up
the flpures and can give you the exact
facts on It. Wo are beginning to raise
nl n large way Yellow Dent corn for our
silos. It runs from 75 to 100 bushels to
the acre. With Irrigation such aa we
have at Irrlpon and Bonrdman we raise
wonderful crops of melons and grapes.
Yes, Morrow Is a county with a great
future."
Dobyna Kllla Seven Bears.
H. W. Dobyna, known as "Davy Croc
kett" was a Tendleton visitor Saturday,
exhibiting seven bears, two Canadian
lynx and two coyotes which he killed
during the past two weeks on the Uma
tilla forest reserve. The pelts were
placed on display In the window of the
Geo. C. Rner hnrdwnao store. Dobyns.
who is a United States Biological Sur
vey trapper Is known nt one of the most
efficient In tho service. Two sheep-klll-Ing
bears were killed on the Antone
Vey range, one on the John Ross range
and one on the Pat Doherty range. The
lynx were trapped In Trout Valley on
the K. G. Warner sheep range. Pen
dleton East Oregonlan.
Sending Sheep to Market,
Ed NelU loft for Garfield this week.
He has had several bands of sheep
moved from Montana to Garfield, and
will ship part of lluiin to tho eastern
market The remaindor he will ship to
Echo and tnUo them to his Butter creek
ranch. Echo News.
TO WHIT Stnr Theater TO ItiHT
"THE CUKSK OF EVE" dealing with
the doublo standard of morals.
Also Harold Lloyd in one of his $100,000
2 -reel comedies, "From Haad to Mouth"
IS
IF
Yolranle Ash Soil Haa Everlasting Ho
mus and la Better Soil Thaa That of
Other Sevtlona, Says Garden Editor.
Morrow county is a large county, ex
tending twice as far south as it does
along the river. Its altitude is from
250 feet along the river to 4000 feet on
the southern plateau, which is timber
land. Not many vegetables are raised,
commercially, at an elevation of over
3000 feet but everyone in the county
has a home garden and orchard.
An irrigated strip ten miles wide, ly
ing along the Columbia river, la where
most of the vegetables and fruit are
raised. This is called "the Band belt"
but It Is really deep volcanic ash and
exceedingly rich soil "the most pro
ductive land of any project In the north
west" It surpasses the Willamette
valley soil In that while the valley clay
soils have produced wonderful crops
for 40 or HO years they are now becom
ing depleted, while this deep volcanic
ash is so exceedingly rich In chemical
elements that all It needs Is water and
humus, In the form of decaying roots,
etc., so that while wheat production
is decreasing on our clay soils,, these
ash soils that raised at first 15 bushelB
of wheat to the acre, raise more and
more each year they are cropped and
are now raising 50 bushels to the acre.
There Is now water on about 25,000
acres and they are working on an Irri
gation project which will extend-from
the ten miles now covered to 15 to 18
miles Inland. This is called the John
Day project The climate in the north
is the same as that of Jackson county.
All kinds of fruit and vegetables do
well here, even hot weather crops.
Peanuts grow finely here and make a
good yield. While not extensively
groWn now, more are grown each year
and they will be grown here commer
cially. Some sweet potatoes are grown
and do well. Irrigon ahd Boardman
ship out several carloads of watermel
ons, cantaloupes and muskmelona. All
varieties do well Rocky Ford as well
as others.
All fruit Is young here and the tree
fruit was much Injured by the cold last
winter. The peach trees were killed,
but have all been replanted and are
coming on again. Apples were winter
killed. Their principal fruit exporter
has been apples and strawberries and
quite a few peaches were shipped.
Some strawberries were shipped this
year. A few specialize in honey and
ship a lot of It and there are several
acres of sorghum which will be made
into "syrup." Forty years ago syrup
was made quite commonly out of sor
ghum here and in Umatilla county.
Oregonian.
Voters Outside of the State
to Cast Their Ballot By Mail
Voters away from their home pre
cincts are preparing to cast their bal
lots by mail this year. County clerk J.
A. Waters has received letters from a
number of Morrow county people out
side of the state who want an official
ballot sent to them in order that they
may vote at the Novem6er 2 election.
BLAKE-JONES.
(lone Independent.)
A pretty home wedding was elemn
ired at the beautiful home of Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Knappcnberg In Portland last
Saturday evening when Miss Margaret
Jones and Earl Judson Blake, both of
lone, were Joined In wedlock.
The bride wore a becoming gown of
cloth, her tulle voil held In place with
a band of orange blossoms. She car
ried a large shower boquet of rosea
Her only attendant was her sister,
Miss Katherine. She was given away
by Mr. Knappcnberg and her father,
Rev. J. L. Jones of Idaho, officiated,
using the beautiful ceremony of the
Congregntlonal church.
The brldo Is an attractive girl and a
general favorite with all. She Is a
graduate of the lone high school and
has been acting and lately postmaster
of lone for the past three years,
Mr. Blake, tho groom, Is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Blake. He was reared
and educated In lone and is a steady
and Industrious young man who has
flttod himself for work In mechanical
Tongineering.
Mrs. Clyde Wolla and son Woodrow
have returned from a visit to relatives
at Gold HUL
QUEER BIT OF BUS
IH
Here la Waal tk OHe Maaeger Tried
Te Da.
The followlnr I taken from the New
York Herald:
The house of Samuel It Nephews, Int,
having cooperated with several other
concerns in a lawsuit for damages,
and the defendant having become
bankrupt the office manager went to
represent the Samuel corporation at a
creditors meeting.
He returned from this and reported
that he had done a grand stroke of
business, for which Samuel's fellow
creditors had given him great applause.
He had succeeded In arranging to have
all the bankrupt debtor's available
assets divided among the other credit
ors, signing off all the claims of his
own employers and had Incorporated
with this settlement a perpetual agree
ment on the part of Samuel Nephews,
Inc., that they would hereafter par
ticipate with all those associated cred
itors in all the lawsuits In which they
might hereinafter be engaged.
Old Mr. Samuel said: "Well, I don't
care so much about tho first part of
the arrangement; I always expected It
to be a bad debt I only went Into the
fight as a matter of principle. But aa
to this agreement to go into aU future
lawsuits they may not concern me
I may disaprove of them."
"Oh," said the nvoy, "the agree
ment only mean that you will engage
In such suits aa you do approve of. It
is all subject to the approval of your
board of directors."
"Does the agreement say so?" asked
Uncle SamueL
"No, the agreement la unqualified and
unconditional, but It really meant that
all these future actions shall be sub
ject to the approval of your board."
"Very well then," Bays Uncle Sam,
"put that Into the document distinctly
in black and white, before we ratify It"
"Never! Not on your life!" said the
envoy.
What did Uncle Sam do? What
would any man of sense do In such a
caseT
And Uncle Sam, though a good fel
low, a good neighbor and a generous
friend. Is no tool.
"Very well, then," aaya he, "I will
appoint your successor and we will
have a new deal. Instead of a combi
nation to bring lawsuits, we shall make
one to prevent them, and settle disputes
amicably out of court That s my no
tion, and your successor shall carry It
out"
Prominent lone Young Man
Weds Willamette Valley Girl
Harley E. Sperry, son of Mr. and lira.
Chas. B. Sperry of lone, and Miss Wln
nifred Ransey were united In marriage
at the office of County Judge Campbell
at the court house in this city on Tues
day afternoon. Rev. W. O. Livingstone,
pastor of the local Christian church,
performed the ceremony. The bride re
cently came to lone from her home In
the Willamette Valley and Jhe groom
la well and favorably known In the
lone section, where he haa been asso
ciated with his father in the ware
house business. The young people will
make their home In lone.
The young couple returned to lone
Tuesday afternoon and were given a
monster reception at the rink In the
evening. They have gone to house
keeping In the Jones residence on
Second street
High School Teams Battle
Scoreless Game at Lexington
One of the cleanest football games
ever played In Morrow county by inter
scholastic teams resulted In a 0-0 score
at Lexington last Saturday afternoon
when the two light teams of Lexington
and lone high schools met in their first
encounter of the season.
Both teams pulled their plays fast
and were strong on offensive plays.
Both, however, were woefully weak In
defense. It Is rather hard to explain
why either team failed to score as both
had no trouble In making yardage, once
the ball was In their possession.
Hill, quarterback for Lexington, made
several large gains by end runs, with
almost perfect Interference. Dallas
and Earl Ward and Gerald White also
showed to advantage for Lexington.
For lone. Blake was a consistent yard
age maker, while the line plunges of
Devln and the dodging qualities of Linn
at quarterback position and Davidson
at end were the Egg City luminaries.
It Is freely predicted that both teams
will develop a greater strength as the
season progresses. At the present time
their strength Is so near equal that It
would be hard to determine Just which
is the strongest. Coaching will un
doubtedly spell the ultimate result
This Is the second scoreless game In
the lntorscholastlc league this season,
as the game at Hoppner two weeks ago
resulted the same way when neither
Heppner or Lexington could gain an
advantage.
Huntington Beach Is Com
ing Field In Oil Production
The Standard Oil Company has put
Huntington Beach, California, on the
map as an oil producing county, accord
ing to the Los Angeles Examiner. Stan
dard Oil successes are now coming In
fast With No. 1 a good well. No. I
came In to increase the production by
about 400 barrels. No. S Is a little deep
er well, but a much hetivler producer
The Standard spudded In on Its third
Huntington well a few days ago. Drill
ing at Surf, Chlca and Torrance la mak
ing splendid success.
Mrs. S. W. Spencer and Mrs. A. L.
Ayers' left this morning by auto for
Portland, where they will spend sev
eral days.
SPEAKERS URGE ELECT
ION OF R. N. STANFIELD
Coaja-reaaamaa Blaaatt aad Xr. Taeaa
Appear Her la latere! f Rapabll
cam ceaa. Pie For Greater Sa
tloullaas Made,
Republicans of Oregon should stand
solidly behind the candidacy of Robert
N. Stanfieid In hla race agalnat George
E. Chamberlain for United State Sen
ator. . This was the statement mad both by
Congressman N. J. Sinnott of the sec
ond Oregon district and Walter L.
Tooze, Sr., of Salem, who are touring
Eastern Oregon In the Interest of the
Republican party and both of whom
spoke in thla city recently.
Mr. Sinnott appeared at the Star
theater last Thursday night and ad
dressed a large audience. HI state
ments regarding the league of nation
and the manner in which he showed up
the betrayal of the constitutional In
terest of the United State and Ameri
can traditions, met with prolonged ap
plause. The flag of Internationalism would
fly high over the Stars and Stripe un
der the league plan, according to Mr.
Sinnott The master hand of Lloyd
George 1 plainly evident In the league
covenant for as pointed out by the con
gressman, under the working of the
league, the United State would be out
voted by Great Britain seven to one In
any controversy that might aria. And
also, the smallest nation In the league
would have a vote equal to the United
States, the richest country In the world,
America would pay the blU for policing
Europe and we would, Instead of being
freed from the scourge of war, be ever
lastingly tied up to aU the petty em
broilments that have grown or may
grow up out of world-old feud In Eu
ropean countries,
Mr. Sinnott strongly urged the elec
tion of Robert N. Stanfieid for Senator
and pointed out that under the ruinous
free trade policy, enacted under the Un
derwood tariff, farmers and stockmen
especially, are being forced to the wait
Mr. Stanfieid is committed to the policy
of a strong protective tariff and will
back up the Incoming Republican ad
ministration In putting over the party's
policies.
Mr. Tooze, who Is an orator of great
ability, spoke much along the same
line as did Congressman Sinnott He
called attention to the pigmy qualltltea
of Mr. Cox, stood him up alongside of
the great statesmen of America of for
mer days and the present and th com
parison brought out strongly th mark
ed difference between the men who
made and maintained th traditions of
our country and this man who la going
over the country making any kind of a
speech to fit th occasion In his (Sort
to catch the votes.
Mr. Toon briefly called attention of
his audience to the fact that Governor
Cox no longer dwells on the slush fund
charges, now that they have fallen
flat "Do you think that th American
voter can be bought for thirty center
asked Mr. Tooze. "Well this 1 th
amount raised to buy your rote, even
If the charges of Mr. Cox wer true."
Summarization.
Regarding hla stand on the League,
Senator Warren G. Harding, Republi
can candidate for President gives th
following summary:
It seems to me that there should not
remain a shadow of a doubt about my
exact position as regards the proposed
league of nations as drafted at Paris
and submitted to the Senate and as
regards the great world sentiment for
a better understanding among nations
to discourage war and generally to
advance civilization. Let me restate
my position as explicitly as my power
of words permits:
First I am unalterably opposed to
going into the league of nations as that
particular proposition now stands. That
proposal Is contemptuous of and poten
tially destructive of the Amercian Con.
stitution. It Is not favored by th
American people.'
Second I am in favor of a world as
sociationcall it what you will, the
name Is of slight consequence that
will discourage or tend to prevent war
and that will encourage or tend to en
courage a better understanding among
the nations of the earth. The old or
der of things Is done with, not only In
America but throughout the world, and
the United States, always quick with
sympathy, always Just and usually led
by common sense, must play Its part In
this new order.
Third I believe that such an associa
tion can be formulated without wreck
In the Constitution that remains the
corner stone of our liberties and our
happiness; without selling or filching
the sovereignty that Is our pride and
our inspiration to fine living and good
works.
Fourth I earnestly believe that the
conscience, the ready sympathies, the
sense of justice and the plain common
sense of the United States can be de
pended upon by the rest of th world,
and that It would be stupid as well as
unlawful to attempt to chain our sym
pathies, our sense of justice and our
common sense, to tie these strong, fine,
dependable American qualities to the
possibly selfish ambitions and aims of
foreign nations or groups of nations
whose ideals are not the same aa ours,
never have been and never will be.
Fifth It Is ray purpose, when elected,
to take the whole people into my confl
dene as regards these matters, to seek
their advice, and more Importantly, to
act consonantly with their advlee; and
to this end It will be my pleasure aa
well as my duty to call Into conference
th ebest minds, the clearest minds, that
America affords. I thank God that the
time has come when I can ask the ad
vice of American women and epclally
the mothers of America.
The substance of these things ha
been said aald In some form or other In
every address, and I say it all definite
ly now, because I am not always fully
reported and I want America to under
stand my thought of cooperation as
well aa the abiding opposition to the
league proposed.