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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST LNTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 37, No. 34.
IIEPPXEB OEEGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1920.
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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.
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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.