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AZETTE-TME PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST LNTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 37, No. 34. IIEPPXEB OEEGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1920. Subscription, $2.00 Per Year (Q 1 JnLJK IK ARMISTICE DAY BATTLE Loral Pout off Asaerleaa Lrgloa Put Vltllua Celrbratloa. Daaee Waa Hia; Smeeeaa, The local post of the American Le sion did all they promised they would do on Armistice tay and then some. The aecond anniversary of the sign ing of the Armistice was quite fittingly observed. Stores were closed all day and the occasion was one of true holi day aspect A large crowd witnessed the football game at the depot grounds. In which the Heppner high school won over the Wheeler county high team by a score of 19 to 0. Heppner did her scoring In the first two quarters of the game, and from that time on. It was a see-saw and a battle royal up and down the field. Heppner appeared to be outweighed several pounds and this greater weight waa having Its Inning for the visitors toward the close of the game. However, with superior team work, the local lads pulled their plays In rapid succession from the start and fairly swept their opponents off their feet Irwin, Aiken, Chldsey and Peter son in the back field for the locals proved a good combination, Peterson, especially, carrying the ball tor good yardage on nearly every occasion. The football game was followed by a wrestling match between Jepson. the local favorite and White of Portland who appeared Instead of Joe Costello. The fans were disappointed In the match, inasmuch as White appeared lasy. Jepson worked In his customary hard way and finally put the visitor's shoulder to the mat In two successive falls. In the evening, a big dance was held In the Fair Pavilion and was a success In every way. The Dalles Jam Or chestra furnished the music. Defeat of Radicalism. The two outstanding features In the recent national and state elections were the over-whelming defeat of labor radi calism and political radicalism.. The American Federation of Labor, through President Gompers, had car ried on a bitter fight against any can didates who had ever opposed radical labor demands and who opposed the Plumb Plan forlalltation and labor con trol of the American Railroad System. November 2nd was a bad day for Bamuel Gompers and the American Fed eration dictators as results proved that (0 per cent of organised labor refused to be delivered to Mr. Gompers' party or to be told how to vote. Not a single active champion of the Eseh-Cummlns Railroad 1)111 was defeated, although organised Inhnr had been Instructed to vote against every advocate of the measure. Supporters of the measure and men who fought labor radicalism were re-elected by over-whelming ma jorities In great labor states. The vote on this Issue Is clear proof that the people of the United States say no to labor radicalism and wish to give the new railroad law a trial, having faith that In the end It will he prefer able to turning our vast transportation properties over to political control. Coupled with this defeat of labor rad icalism, western states turned down by overwhelming majorities the socialistic non-partisan league, single tax meas ures, laws to establish artificial Interest rates. And various laws upsetting long established property rights between man and wife, and numerous experi mental, socialistic and theoretical schemes, all tending to injure Industry ltd community development. The en tire result of the election was a re markable Illustration of the logical working of a sound public conscious ness that was able, when the test came, to pick the wheat from the chaff. The Manufacturer. The Horror of Burning Food For Fuel. A newspaper dispatch from Iowa states that thousands of farmers In Iowa and Ncbrasko are burning corn for fuel. The wire goes on to say that cured corn on the cob sells at three quarters of a cent a pound qr JIB a ton while cheapest coal available to the fnrmers is 115 a ton, not even figuring In certain transportation costs. We have heard nothing quite as shocking for a long time but the In dictment Is not against the farmer nor the retail coal dealer either; It Is against the coal operators and their employes. Here we have a country, the soil of which is so full of coal thnt there Is enough IN SIGHT to supply all needs for a thousand years and more. Despite this, the anmslng fact exists that producers of food are com pelled to use food as fuel to keep themselves and their children warm. The situation Is stupefying. When such a condition exlslts it Is easy to see why cettnln exasperated people be come Bolshevists. Take it In the city of nttsburg, for example. Pittsburg is almost on the edge of the greatest hard coal beds In the world, yet Pittsburg people have paid as high as 916 a ton for hard eoal this fall. The city of Cleveland Is the center of the most prolific soft coal region In the United States, but soft coal Is any where from 110 to J12 a, ton In Cleve land, It Is shameful. Even as far ns Iowa hard coal should not be more than 18 or 9 a ton and soft coal not more than 3(1 A (nil The American public simply will not t.rt. n,l tti In mitch Innirnr from tho nrof- lteers, whether they are profiteering operators or profiteering coal miners Maternity Home. I have arranged to take a limited number of maternity cases at my home In east Heppner and assure the very best of attention and care to all pa tlents. For full Information write or phone Mrs. O. C. Aiken, Heppner, Ore. Box 142. Fhona 895. Cupid Smites Traffic Cop When Girl's Auto Wrecks (Portland Telegram) Traflll Officer T. C. Freiberg looked across an automobile accident report into the eyes of Mrs. lva J. Clarke. "Now, what Is your telephone num her?" he asked, very officially. That waa four weeks ago. At 1 o'clock this morning Freiberg and Mrs Clarke looked Into each other's eyes and said: "I do!" It was an unusual romance love at first slKht whirlwind courtship, sud den decision, early morning marriage. The thing started when Freiberg. who couldn't get the girl out of his thoughts, looked up her telephone number In that official report and took a chance. From that time on things were kept moving by the stalwart offi cer. Last night It happened suddenly. "If you're going to be married the first of the year, why put it off?" asked Ferdinand Reed, a friend. Uoth of the high-contracting parties agreed there was something In what Reed said. They decided on action. At 1 a. m. a jeweler was routed out of bed and a diamond platinum ring procured. Then a taxlcab started for Vancou ver. Frleberg and Mrs. Clarke were Heed and Mrs. G. W. Turdy, 423 Mont gomery street with whom Mrs. Clarke, who lives In Heppner, is stopping. As the clocks were clicking past 2 a. m. a clerk was roused and a license procured. Three a. m. saw the knot tied. Then back to the Multnomah hotel for a 6:30 a. m. wedding break fast Mrs. Frleberg is known as a trap- shooter. She Is a prominent member of the Gun club. They will Hve for the time at the Multnomah. IN FOEL OIL SHORTAGE By F. L. BALLARD. With harvest approaching farmers in the Columbia Basin wheat belt early last summer found that distillate upon which they depended for fuel for their traders and motor trucks was off the maikcl and that the gasoline shortage was acute. The situation approached a crisis inasmuch as If gasoline was used for these heavy engines automo bile traffic would be tied up thus par alysing business activities. The solution of the difficulty was found, however, by the Umatilla Coun ty Farm Bureau assisted by the County Agent Leader's office. It was learned that distillate could be secured in Cali fornia and after almost Innumerable difficulties had been overcome, pur- hases were, made and as a result for ty-live carloads of distillate and a car load of gasoline were Bhlppod Into Umatilla, Sherman, Morrow and Wbbco counties by the farm bureaus in the former three and the county Farmers Union In Wasco county. Shipments were secured In time for harvest and additional carload shipments were ob- tolned for fall work with the result that harveatlng and plowing went for ward normally and the farmers in those four counties saved 129,000 the margin between their distillate price and the price they would have been forced to pay for gasoline had It been obtained. n addition a still greater saving wat made In time resulting from the con veniences attendant upon direct pur chasing In large quantities. The farmers in Umatilla county used the largest amount twenty-seven car loads being shipped In by the Umatilla County Form Bureau. Seven carloads were used In Sherman county, five in Morrow and four in Wasco county. It is not the Intention of the farm bureau organisations or county agents in any of the four counties to go Into the dis tillate or gasoline business, but simply to use the county organisation with Its outside connections to the utmost In meeting emergencies which face the farmers of the different counties. NCREASE 89 PER CENT Census llrnurt Chows That Number of Farms Have Increased la Decade Fewer Sheep Hut More Cattle, Horses, Knlne and Mules. Morrow county land values fell but littlo Bhort of Increasing 100 per cent In Ihe ton years from 1910 to 1920, ac cording to the report issued this week l)y garni. L. Rogers, director of the cen sus and approved by W. L. Austin, chief statistical! for agriculture. In 1910, the report shows, the value of land and buildings in the county was 18,890,745 and tho 1920 report values them at $16,836,048, an Increase of 17, 945,303 or 89.4 per cent. The number of farms In the county Incrensed in the doende from 614 to C!'2, an Increase of 12.7, with nil farms operated by whlto farmers. While more farms are operated by owners In the county, there Is a great er percentage of tenants In 1920 than In 1910. The number of sheep In the county elect eased In t,en years from 209,067 to 169,214, but cattle more than doubled In numbers. In the same period, while horsos gained from 8,109 to 8,644 and mules more than doubled. Hogs show an Increase from 2616 to 3961. An Interesting fentura of tho report relates to wheat production. In 190n, with 6,721 acres harvosted,, 840,786 bu shols of wheat were produced. In 1919, with 102,869 acres harvested, 947,438 bushols were produced. The hay pro duction of 1909 from 20,385 acres was 29,088 tons, while 29,885 tons were pro duced from 22,941 acres In 1919. ASKS 30 PER CENT RAISE Early Hearts la Asked for Fross Paa He 8rrvp CosaaUloatialat Ia terest Iavratssrat Negligible I -drr I'rnnl Hates. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, In an application to the Pub lic Service Commission of Oregeon, Is asking for another Increase. In rates. The application la for authority to make advances In rental rates, Instal latlon, removal and other exchange charges throughout the state of Ore gon. The application asks for as early a hearing as possible In order that the new rates may be put Into effect by the first of January. If the commission grants the desire of the company, the new high level of rates will effect nearly 100,000 tele phone subscriber In the state of Ore gon In payment of rentals averaging about 10 per cent more than prevailing rates. More net earnings are sought by the company. Reasons given In the tele phone company's application for seek ing to Impose another Increase In rates are that revenues are Insufficient to meet the advanced cost of operating and furnishing service and leave net earnings enough to "attract capital needed for Investment in additional plant facilities. Right now, It Is plead ed, orders are held back for Installing more than 2000 telephones, because of Inability to raise capital, but since the first of the year more than 24,000 In struments were put Into service In Ore gon. Investment In the telephone com pany's property In this state Is set at $21,600,000, on which the Interest re turn Is negligible, and a return of at least 8 per cent Is sought from the pro posed scale of rates. Rates now In Oregon are less than In adjoining states, the application declares. Wladow Sale. The ladles of the Episcopal church will conduct a window sale of cooked foods at the Otto Music Store on Tues day, Nov. 23, beginning at 11 o'clock. A good opportunity for you to take something real nice for the noonday meal. Ht nBABD SQUASH. Hubbard squash winter keepers. 2 cents lb. F.O.B. Troutdale. E. Waldron, Rt. A, Portland. Attorney Robinson of lone was up to Heppner for a little "courtln" the first of the week. Frank says this mild weather Is mighty good for his section of the country. David H. Grablll, pioneer resident of lone, was called to Heppner on bslness on Wednesday, being one of a large number of the denizens of the Egg City in our midst onhat day. Portland. Reopening of a field of local commerce, closed for many years, took place when the steamer Hawaiian departed from here to Charleston, S. C. She carried a shipment of 1500 tons of flour. I During the week twe cases of dam age suits were disposed of In the cir cuit court which Is still In session. In the matter of the case of John C. Mc Kntlre against Guy Boyer, the Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff and awarded him damages In the sum of 774.90. The case grew out of a dispute over the ownership of some hay. Mr. Mc Entlre had a ranch leased from N. S. Whetstone and It appeared from the evidence that he had an understanding with Mr. Whetstone regarding the put ting In of the crop. As the lease had expired, Mr. McEntlre, from the evi dence, had a verbal agreement with Mr. Whetstone and went ahead with the seeding. He was also on a deal for the ranch. Later, Mr. Boyer bought the ranch and harvested the crop, on the assumption that he had bought the ranch as It stood without reservations. and that If there was any settlement to be made, It was between Mr. McEntlre and Mr. Whetstone. The hay at issue waa valued at SI 732. Woodson & Sweek were attorneys for the plaintiff and S. E. Van Vactor for the defendant. In the case of State against Ralph Hymer, a Jury was selected, with trial following. The charge against Hymer was that of statutory rape against his daughter, Vermn Hymer. The jury was out 43 hours and could not reach a ver diet The case is being tried again today. Chas. H. Brashears of Lexington was accultted on a larceny charge. The damage suit between E. H. Tur nor and Gustave Friewald resulted In an award for the plaintiff In the sum of 1375.00. Turner claimed an amount of 1840.00. The case Involved the dis posal of rent wheat. Woodson ft Sweck represented the plaintiff and S. E. Van Vactor appeared for the defendant. CARD OF THANKS. We tnke this method of thanking our ninny friends and kind neighbors for their aid and svmnnthv during the hours of our late bereavement. We espoclnlly wish to thank the members of the local Masonic lodge for their help nnd the many beautiful floral tributes. MRS. W. T. McNABB AND CHILDREN CHAS. B. McNABB LOST 1 new tire chain, 35x5 bo tween Heppner and Morgan, while go Ing over Base Line rond. Finder leave at The Gasette-Tlmes office or notify H. A. Edmonds, Morgan, Ore. li-it Veterinarian Returns to Heppner to Resume Practice Dr. F. A. Gunster, veterinary sur geon, has returned to Hppner to be come permanently located and will re sume his practice here. Dr. Gunster followed his profession successfully In Morrow county a number of years ago. Stock owners generally may consider themselves fortunate In having the ser vices of an experienced veterinary such as Dr. Gunster. Dr. Ounster is accom panied by Mrs. Ounster and they will become permanently settled Just as soon as they are able to secure a house. Former United States Dis trict Atty. to Address Elks Barnett H. Goldstein of Portland, former United States District attorney, will deliver the memorial address be fore the Heppner Lodge of Elks on Sunday, December i. The memorial services will be held in the new rooms of the lodge and will be the first purely public meeting held In the new home. A suitable musical program is also being arranged by the committee which consists of H. A Duncan, W. R. Irwin and P. A. Ander son. HE'S AN ARTISTIC FKLLOW. That Van Marter feller over at the Heppner Oarage has the artiBtic touch and all the tempermental qualities that go toward making up a real genius. He has the proof of his handicraft on display In the window of the garage office this week. With autumn leaves, corn fodder and a typical country fence as a back ground, and some pretty red pumpkins In the foreground, a fitting setting is provided for old man farmer, who is shown with an axe held In one hand and discreetly hid behind him, , while he holds forth an ear of corn to entice Mr. Thanksgiving Turkey. A well known make of automobile tire occupies a place of prominence in the display. Like Jacob's Coat. Wearing a macklnaw like Jacob's coat of many colors, and topped with an Immense sombrero, Oral Henriksen is at the Hotel Oregon from Cecil. He might be mistaken 'for an exhibit at the Pendleton Round-up, but h,e is an alfalfa farmer. Mr. Henriksen Is de cidedly thankful that the grading on the Oregon-Washington highway in his vicinity is mostly completed and thai the state highway commission will macadamixe It eight feet wide Port land Oregonlan. Has a Little Mol Left. I've still got 50,000 pounds of wool oi my hands," declared John Kilkenny, registered at the Imperial rrom Hepp ner. Mr. Kilkenny Is an extensive sheep operator and even though he has been caught with a big clip and no market, he Isn't downhearted. The livestock show brought him to Port land. Portland Oresonian. HEPPNER SHOWS LODGE MEN WONDERFUL TIME Local Odd Fellows were hosts last Saturday night and early Sunday morn ing to a large number of visiting dele gates, when about five lodge delega tions from Morrow county and thirteen from Umatilla county gathered In tho lodge room of Willow lodge In this city. The meeting was the largest outside of the district convention which has been held In this Jurisdiction for many months. Ten men were Initiated Into the lode and 24 Into the encampment of the lodge. They were conducted through the mysteries by Eureka lodge team Pendleton. Seventy -five delegates were present from Umatilla county and the grand total of those present at the ceremonies was in the neighborhood of 265. The grand lodge dignitaries present were S. F. Bowman, grand warden, R. K. Klrkpatrlck, grand patriarch of the en campment, nnd Karl Williams, past grand patriarch. It took all nlpht to put on the work and two big feeds were Indulged in during the course of the proceedings. Heppner will at;aln be hostess to the lodges of the two counties In Febru sry. FOR SALE. I am offering for sale, for cash, the following: 1 12-year-old mare, 1 last springs colt 1 yearling and 1 2-year-old, 2 mules, 6 years old and 7 years old, 2 good wagons, 1 good set leather harness, 1 14-inoh plow and 2-scetlon Iron hnrrow. This property will go cheap If taken within next two weeks. S. R. CRAia, Heppner. THE FEAST Original Enjoyable Helpful Inspiring Thanksgiving Service Christian Church Sunday Evening, Nov. 21, at 7:30 Reserved Seats for Boys and Girls YOU ARE INVITED GUILTY OE ARSON Drfeadaat oa Wltaesa gtaaa Says Coa fessloa Obtalara Taroaga Extortioa Metaada. Many VYttaeasee Called. Win. Hasklns, who was Indicted by the grand Jury on a charge of setting fire to his property at Boardmao on the night of March It, was found not guilty before the trial Jury In Judge Phelp's court on Tuesday. The Hasklns store at Boardmao was completely destroyed by fire at the time of the fire In the Boardman lum ber yard. H. H. Pomeroy Investigated the case and called upon Mr. Hasklns in Pendleton, where a confession of setting fire to the property was made by Hasklns. The confession was obtained by Mr. Pomeroy, who Is deputy state fire mar shall, in the sheriff's office In Pendle ton and In the presence of T. D. Tay lor, sheriff. In testifying in his own behalf, Has klns stated to the jury that the con fession was obtained after several hours In which third degree methods were used. These statements were re futed by Mr. Pomeroy. Considerable testimony was brought forth both by state and defense to show the value of the Hasklns store of merchandise and building prior to the Are. State attempted to show that de fendant had planned the Ore and had made preparalons for moving out cer tain goods and In fact showed that the defendant had shipped about 285 pounds of household furniture to Pen dleton, billing it front Messner to one Mr. Ely at Pendleton. These goods were later received at Pendleton by Mr. Hasklns. The defendant stated that these goods had been held by him after be ing given to his care by Mr. Ely. That later Mr. Ely purchased a gun at the Haskins store and in lieu of a 14.50 balance owed by him to the defendant the goods were held. Mr. Cox, an Insurance man and bank' er of Arlington, who had taken care of much of Mr. Haskln's business, was an important witness. The Hasklns property at the time of the fire, carried Insurance to the amount of 16500. State attempted to prove that this was an amount far in excess of the actual value of the prop erty. Mr. Leighton, attorney for the Re tail Credit Men's Association of Port land, appeared as a witness for the state. A number of witnesses were called from Boardman, among them being Mr and Mrs. Earl Cramer, J. C. Ballenger and Lee Mead, depot agent at Messner Mr. Haskins is a married man with five children. The family waa in the court room during the trial and Mrs Haskins and two of her sons were called to testify. District Attorney S. E. Notson and John Collier of Portland appeared for the state, while S. E. Van Vactor of this city and Tom Garland of Portland were attorneys for the defendant Mack Missildine, who as been liv ing up around Pilot Rock for the last several months, arrived In Heppner Wednesday to visit with friends. W. P. Mahoney returned the first of the week from Portland, where he spent several days on business and in cidentally attended the Pacific Interna tional Livestock Exposition. Mr. and Mrs. Harve Miller and Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner, prosperous young farmers of the Swaggart Buttes sec tion, were in Heppner Thursday last to take In the Armistice day program. Jason Biddle, Rhea creek farmer, waa called to Heppner on buslnes., en Tues day, and before he had got out of town he was nabbed by Sheriff Mc Duffee and pressed Into service as a Juror. Mr. Biddle Is pleased at the turn taken by the weather man to give us a warm spell, as it will help a lot In bringing up the grain. Oscar Edwards was here the first of the week, coming over with the big bunch of Oddfellows from Pendleton on Saturday. He expects to spend the most of the winter at Athena, and will be back to Heppner again In February, when the district convention of the I. O. O. F. of Morrow and Umatilla coun ties will be held in this city. Mr. Ed wards is a leading member of the order, belonging to Willow Lodge of Heppner. Elks New Home Will Be the Scene of Thanksgiving Ball The new borne of the Heppner lodge of Elks, No. Jjg, will be the scene of a big Thanksgiving Lall on the evening of Thursday. December 25. It will be the first big social affair to be held In the new building. The lodge hall proper has been so constructed that a partition, made up of sliding doors, may be thrown back and one large room thus provided. The hard maple floating floor is said to D the finest for daucing and Elks are looking forward to the night when they can trip the light fantastic A good five-piece orchestra from Pendleton will provide music and a Urge number of Elks and their ladies are expected to be presentt The com mittee on arrangements consists of Gay M. Anderson, Bert P. Stone and H. A. Duncan. Beat Herd Doubles Average. Just 25 2-1 pounds of fat was the average of the 5000 cows In the Sep tember cow testing work in Oregon, while the best herd yielded nearly double the amount 46.C3 pounds. Some herds In the association have been se lected and tested for several years, thereby becoming bette than average producers. Hence it la seen that the best herd probably more than doubled the Oregon average. The winning belongs to Baker Brothers, of Smltb. Umqua group. STRAYED From Black Butte forest reserve, fifteen head of cattle branded 64, crop and split in each ear and dulap on neck, tag In ear with name on tag. Reasonable reward for Information leading to recovery. nl8-tf. A. W. DTKSTRA, Heppner, Oregon. Guilty as charged In the Indictment was the substance of the verdict re turned by the Jury in the case of the State of Oregon against Jess Coats. The Coats case first came to trial last week, the first Jury being discharged after being out several hours and un able to reach a verdict In the re-trial of the case the state was assisted In the prosecution by John Collier, a Portland attorney. The charge against oats was that of statutory rape against Violet May Lemly. It Is understood that attorneys for Coats are preparing a motion for new trial. Judge Phelps will probably pass sen tence upon the convicted man some time this week. Heppner High School Notes. The report for the month ending November 5 shows enrolled in the en tire Bchool, 343 pupils. The total per cent of .attendance In the entire school was 9 per cent. The eighth grade has the highest per cent of all the rooms with 98.7 per cent The seventh grade Is second with 98.1 per cent Grades having no tardiness were the eighth, seventh and fifth. The cast of characters Is being cho sen for the student body play, entitled "Fanny and a Servant Problem," by Jerome K. Jerome. Miss Palmateer will act as coach. The Senior English class has taken up debating as part of their English wt.rk. Any student making the de bating team will receive one credit for the work. The proceeds of the candy sale, con ducted by the girls on Armistice day were 121.43. A large number of books have been received from the State Library and will be used by the history classes of the school. A large and much needed bookcase has been added to the grade library equipment The Heppner high school football team will play the Stanfield high team at Echo on Saturday, Nov. 20. The boys are having some stiff practice this week In preparation for the com ing game. E. G. Noble received a telegram from Mra Noble last Friday stating that her father, R. M. Smith, had passed away at Monmouth. Mr. Noble left for Monmouth at once to be in attendance at the funeral which was held on Sun day. Mr. Smith was 79 years of age and an Oregon pioneer. Lexington High School Notes. Last Friday, Miss Kendall, a high school teacher, was pleasantly sur prised by the student body of the Lex ington high school. As Miss Kendall and her sisters and brothers are batch Ing during the school term, the students gave her a kitchen shower. The eve ning was pleasantly spent In playing games, but the most pleasing feature of the evening was the refreshments. The party was attended by nearly all the high school students and two other high school teachers, Mrs. Walker and Mr. Bennett FIRST CHHISTIAN CHI RCH. Sunday, Nov. 31. lt30. You should not miss Sunday's ser vices. Treachlng and Bible School In the morning at the regular hours; the mornlnsr subject will be the second of a series on The Lord s Supper. The pastor will preach at Hardman In tho afternoon. The Christian Endeavor will hold their regular service at 6:30. and following that will he a very unique, and entirely original service In recognition of Thanksgiving Pay. It Is planned to be Interesting and help ful. You will enjoy It. Come. Front seats reserved for boys and girls. Everybody Invited to all the services. W. O. LIVINGSTONE. MORROW FARM BUREAU M Kxrratlve aeaalea Held saa Vark Pro. grass for Vear l OatllamU Cesa iwlttre Heads Are By L. A. HUNT, County Agent At 10:10 Friday morning the Morrow County Farm Bureau got down to bus iness In its first annual meeting to work out plans for the county program for the ensuing year. After considerable discussion It was decided to continue the present program of work, for prac tically the next year very little change in their plans being made. In the Department of Livestock Im provement It was decided to divide this, making one dairy division and one beef division, as it was felt this would serve the entire county la a good deal better shape. Under Rodent Control It is determined that in view of the fact that the voters of the county passed the Jkodent Bill at he last election, which had been Insti tuted by the Morrow County Farm Bu reau, that the Farm Bureau go oa rec ord as recommending to the County Court that this fund so provided for the ase of squirrels and rabbits should be used absolutely for the purchase of strychnine and that any further ma terial necessary should be provided by the farmers themselves. The control of the coyote will be given over to the direction of the County Court in co-operation with the County Wool Growers' Executive Committee. The meeting then went into execu tive session to consider the nomination of officers for the ensuing year. The report of these officers was read In the afternoon meeting. At 2 p. m. the meeting came to order under the direction of the County Agent due to the absence of the president be cause of sicknesa F. L. Ballard, State Leader for East ern Oregon, made a brief talk on the purpose and objects of the County Farm Bureau, which he characterises as the foundation stone of both State and Na tional work, as without the definite pro gram of work for county organisation there could be no real State or National Farm Bureau. He was followed by Chester H. Gray, State Farm Bureau President of the state of Misouri, who made what Is considered one of tho best addresses ever given In Heppner on an agricultural topic in which he placed before the peopla in a very care ful and business-like way the past record of the National organisation, the things that they are trying to do at tho present time, and Its plans for the fu ture. The Nolan Bill, which would have cost the farmers at least a billion dollars and which had good chance of being passed and would have levied a tax against every acre of land in the United States, was beaten through the efforts of the National Farm Bureau In which a vote was taken of the members who voted 400,000 to 2200 against it Another measure which the National Farm Bureau succeeded in pruning to a considerable degree was the rate of the railroad commission. Tho Interstate Commerce Commission would have granted to the railroad a revenue of a hundred million dollars per year more than they have now granted. If It had not been for the activities of a special agent of the National Farm Bureau. They also succeeded in getting a large part of the increase in rates distributed over the passenger service, as 55 per cent of the freight hauled over the country la farmer freight while prac tically not over 25 per cent of the pas senger traffic Is farmers. At the pres ent time they are undertaking and with good prospects of success an amend ment to the Federal Reserve Bill which will give priority of credit to agricul tural purposes. If this bill carries it may become mandatory upon local banks to Issue credit to producers ahead of other activities. George Mansfield, the president of the temporary Oregon Farm Bureau and President of the Jackson County Farm bureau, gave a brief address discussing the problems and possibilities of State Farm Bureau organisations. Mr. Mans field takes hold of his subject as a typi cal westerner. After these addresses, under the dis cussion of whether or not Morrow coun ty should affiliate with the State Fed eration the question was put and car ried unanimously making Morrow the fifth county of the twelve necessary to provide a State organisation. Morrow County Farm Bureau also went on rec ord as endorsing co-operation with the Federal Department, and favoring a $5.00 membership fee. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: President Oscar Kelthley; Secretary and Treasurer, E. M. HuUien; Vice-President Ed Reltniann: Project committeemen: Labor, Ed Kletmarm, Co-operative Marketing. R. W Turner: Wheat Varieties, 8. L Stephens; Rodent Control, Jack Hynd; Good Roads, Adam Knoblock; Alfalfa Varieties and Fer tiliser, Matt Hughes; Improved Live stock, Al Henriksen; Orchard Work, John Wlghttnan; Farm Records, Ed Rugg. Of the fourteen farm bureaus organ ised in Morrow county twelve were rep resented at this meeting. About seventy-five farmers were In attendance. Upon the authority of President Gray we are able to stale that this Is one of the best Farm Bureau meetings held In the state of Oregon during his visit here. SOTIfR OF HOG TAX 111' ft NOTICE Is Hereby Given to all d"g owners within the corporate limits of the city of Heppner Oregon that dog taxes will be due and payable for the year 1521 at Ihe office of City Recorder, on or before December 1, 1920. A tax of $5 per head Is made on females and 13 per bead on all male dogs. Dated and published the first time this 11th day of November, 1320. W. C. CaSON. Marshal. Iy THOS. HUGHES, City Recorder.