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PAGE SIX THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HETFXER, OREGON, TliriiSIUY. "MAY 5. 1921. t on Tuesday. : s;ivMi'r but wiser Ny. ' IMl BUEEMJ NEWS (From the Morrow County Firm Bureau News.) 1 k: cf 1- Mr F Hairy. I Mr. and Mrs. C. A Minor were the ".('.tnu.l lv Ii;s wife and viauchrer. KUesta of Mr and Mis. r.eo. Krebs at; J A in vil on Friday 1 The Iast Oamp on Monday on their re- ! 1 turn Journey from Portland, leaving) ott. .ui'.pten.ier for J;u-k Hind. d to r-nttert'y Flats on Tuesday Tuesday ftrr Heppner. TRACT Ii Similar to trala l.rowrr. T!.e Columbia r.asin H:iy Growers ns (. ;.it, on Vihi.h was o: ta:. :rtl last fall Iir tV,c rirp-' rrcvu:;i c ways arid nifi! s I-r H:iTiin$ ft Lay Krowers mar Ketmp u-rfad h.s. functioned in a spU r. :;J n'.flr.ner. In cur tvperiene in nautili. k marketing uevelo; n-.ent we i have r e er known any contract that has be?n patiently. 50 carefully, and 1'Ainy-tak.r.ply de eloie1. The com mittee which has been working on this for the test several months has heM a preat number of meetinca. have in vite, 1 in marketing experts from var ious part of the country and have ma.le a trip to the Yakima valley them selves to study conditions at first hand. At their mcetinp on the twenty-first at Hermiston the committee finished what they believe to be the best pos sible hay marketing contract for the Orecon district. They believe it so firmly that they have preceded with the incorporation of the organisation so that they can po ahead with the mar keting of hay with this or some other contract. The fact that the articles of incorporation are filed was necessary in order to enable the association to po ahead with immediate development at the time of the annual meeting in May but does not in any sense bind the grower to accept the contract brought in. Those who have shown their faith by their work in this matter and have signed the articles of incorporation are: Arthur L Larsen, Chas. Powell. Geo. W. Biddou, Adolph Skouba. Ell Winssett and Hawley J. Bean. ti,;,'ko it a continuing contract un irs ! 1 ceU-v! at the orier of the Krow-v- We foci sure that the confidence i the Co!u::ib:a Vasin H.iy growers has Ken 'ustined by the careful man- re r i 'i w V. ; c h the c o r. tract the y have nskeJ for h;is been worked out by their ci. r-nuttee. : i.d we bespeak for the com mittee the hearty endorsement of the growers of Morrow and VmatiUa counties. from Hv.d f;rvs raiu'h at Kreeieout. 1 Mr and Mis V. O My or of Uock UliTe uere callers on Mr. ami Mrs Zen j neth Lian at Mount View on Mon day. Mrs. 0. Knipfel of Tentville and Miss A. C Lowe of The Highway House j W. O. H nd of Rose Lawn ranch were visitors in the Kgg City on Fri- spent Wednesday and Thursday at Hut day ! terby Flats where Hat Pearson and his tw shenre.l from one of Hvnd ! crew ar shearing, or rather are busy I J J. Crane, manager of Oregon H.is ! sain Paving company, accompanied b , his wife, arrived in Cecil on Thursday t from Portland, and is inspecting the i rock crusher, etc., before returning to ! the city. "Good Harness" Cheap. The state Farm 1'ureau is in a posi tion to furnish government harness which cost the government during the war $i35 00 per set This same har ness will cost laid down to the bu er ;r. Morrow county, depending on how it is shipped, somewhere from $47 to JTia. The shipping weight is SO pounds per set If your old harness is still good you will undoubtedly try to make it last as long as possible, if. however, you are compelled to buy new harness this season, you will do well to inves tigate this. We have asked to have a sample set sent to this office for inspection. If interested notify the County Agent and he will notify you as soon as it arrives. This is a consider able saving over any harness price that we have seen quoted in anybody's catalogue. Object of Aworlattoa. 1. The object of the Oregon Hay Growers association, which it is recom mended by Br. Hector McFherson it be named, is to feed to the hay market a steady stream of hay Just as fast but no faster than there is a real demand for it 2. To provide uniform rules and reg ulations for the grading of hay so that every grower will know what he Is selling and every buyer will know what he Is buying. This is certainly a very important matter. S. They will equalize the price re ceived by the local grower and will also equalize and stabilize the price to be paid by the outside purchaser. 4. They expect to provide a selling agency. The local manager will have charge of the sale during the coming season. Any possibility of competition between Oregon and Yakima points will be worked out through a Joint commis sion for this purpose. This commission is already at work on this end of the game. C. The division of marketing terrl-j tory will be carefully worked out and! every district given Its proper consid eration. Flaaace. The financing of this organization will be slightly different from the Ore gon Grain Growers. While the control and marketing of the hay will be In the hands of the organization, the grower Is in no way prevented from mortgag ing his hay and the association under takes to act as the growers agent In securing loans on the hay when prop trly prepared for market and stored in a warehouse for shipment. Pooling Plan to Be Adopted. This will be a compulsory pooling plan contract. Under this plan every ton of hav of the same grade In the association will receive the same price per ton net to the grower f. o. 0. ship ping point. This is regardless of date of sale. The contract of the delivery and sale of the hay Is absolutely in the hands of the management of the organ- tion. This, however, is worked out on a plan that is equitable and fair to the grower himself. Any carry over of hay is taken care of so that no one grower has to shoul der the load of carrying his hay through. This will be borne equitably by the entire association. Any waste hay that may develop can belong to the grower, or in the event that there is enough to Justify, of hay of quality not suitable for market the organization can, if they should see fit, feed this hay to cattle which are brought in for this purpose. In the event that a market did not develop for all the hay and it was ap parent that a carry over would be nec essary the organization will be in a position if found desirable to go out and buy cattle to feed out of the better grades cf hay. Storage. The storage of hay under this plan will be handled through local ware houses wherever possible. It Is plan ned that if the directors find It desirable they can go ahead with the construc tion of warehouses. To pay for the same they will Skug preferred stock. This preferred stork 'ill be redeemed through the regular percentage deduct ed from the growers net return and this deduction will be covered by growers preferred slock, so that any deduction given by the grower for the develop ment of warehouses or other necessary applianres, the grower will receive thereupon an agreed rate of Interest It is further provided that when a n.en-1 t?r ceases to r:ilfe hay or control land raising hay that he may withdraw from the association and receive for Ms interest therein the book value of Ms stock, m The membership fee will be one dol lar with an organization fee for five dollars fcr the first twenty acres and If the grower has more than twenty acres In alfalfa the organization fee will be ten dollars. It is hoped that by very careful man agcmerit the membership ff;PB and or gtttiir.ntlon f'je will be sufficient to pro vide the initial expense of setting the organization up In business. If this is dime, however, they will be far more fortunate than either the Oregon or Washington Grain growers. However, there are nome chances in their favor. This contract if accepted at the an nual meeting will go Into effect when four thousand acres of hay has been signed up. We believe that this is a splendid contract The contract Is for three Example of Good Fanning. D. L. Misner who farms a large acre age near lone has set a good example during the last twelve months to his neighbor farmers. Last spring he fin ished plowing 1750 acres by he 10th day of April, this he seeded and kept clean from weeds all during the fall season and finished seeding the entire acreage before the last day of October, I and has a splendid stand of grain. This spring ne weni on uener. rce iimsnvu plowing S00 acres of land on the Inst day of March. Mr. Misner believes In .rood plowing and he says besides fin ishing early that he dfd not pay out one cent for hired help to do this work. We say for Mr. Misner that that is going some. There is something mys terious about this and if we get a chance we mean to ask his wife how it was done. llros. tine Merino yearlings at Putter-1 by Flats turned the scales at 22 1-2 I pounds, Messrs A. C. Harms and Gus H. Wal-' ther of Portland made a short stay in! (Veil before leaving for Pendleton on Monday. I Mr and Mrs. C. H. Kennedy were: passengers on the local for their home in Portland after spending some weeks in Cecil. Miss Poris Mahoney and Misses A. C. shearing when the territfic cold winds which have been visiting Cecil for the last week cease blowing for a few hours. Thursday night Cecil and vicin ity was visited by the worst wind storm known for many years. A. E, Wait, time keeper for Oregon I Hassam company at Cecil took his va j cation last week and surprised his I friends here by returning on Monday with his bride. Miss Margaret dolob of Sunnyside, Washington. They have taken up their residence in tentville. and V. M. Hynd were down from Hepp- . Cecliites extend best wishes for a hap r.er for hte week-end and also to take i v Rn , nrosnerous future to the newly- weds. in the big dance in Cecil hall. Mr. and Mrs A Henriksen have been Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Miller of High- pemling the past week ai ineir namu-i view vigjteii wjth J. M. Melton at The ton ranch. Mr. Henriksen and son. (.lif- Lookout on Friday. George, who was ford have been very busy fencing, etc. ... nokinir out." soon found himself on his face at the bottom of the cellar stairs. We are glad to learn he was more frightened than hurt and at the was taking up to the Hamilton ranch i time of writing a seventh victim went above Heppner. ( to the bottom. When Kric landed on Herb Hynd. Russell Shaw. John trra flrma he discovered he had receiv Krebs, and Willie Lowe spent Sunday I ed several "beauty spots" and says he viewing the sights between Cecil and j will not dare look at his best girl for The Dalles. All returned safely home some time to come. Clifford Henriksen of Willow Creek ranch passed through Cecil on Saturday with a fine bunch of cattle which he II BEFORE YOU STEP ON THE STARTER THINK! Don't Drive Your Car Without Full INSURANCE PROTECTION g Automobile Hail and Fire Insurance on drain Gen- eral Fire Kisks in Standard Companies SEVERAL HOUSES , IN' CITY FOR RENT g ROY V. WHITEIS I Real Estate and Insurance, Heppner. III! National Wheat Growers Meet. The meeting held in Chicago by the National Farm Bureau to consider the j definite marketing of wheat marked a red-letter day in the history of Am erican agriculture, for their plans cer tainly proved conservative, sane, sound delegation of farmers there assembled, and eminently satisfactory to the big This plan will begin operation this fall but it is doubtful if Its final details and full operation will go Into effect before the next summer. This plan is very little different from the Oregon Washington plan enlarged to the na tional size, however, it does have the advantage of carrying with It the na tional finance corporation, and national export corporation which is certainly big advantage. They absolutely ex pect to take care of surplus crops such as we are likely to have this year. It is only too bad that It cannot be a 100 percent operation this season. Verily the Farm Bureau doth move. 5s When vou have tried out all other places you will realize that 1 HeppM Tailoring & Cleaning Shop g gives you the most for your money. here. Oct vour suits G. FRANZEN, Proprietor !HlliT Star nrni heater FRIDAY MAY 6th - FRIDAY "Partners of the Night" RAPID-FIRE MYSTERY. THE GIRL HE LOVED A CRIMINAL , The most dangerous and subtle woliian criminal of two continents was in his 1 lower, lie stepped forward to place her under arrest. She turned and he found himself staring into the eyes of the girl he was to marry! Cyclonic situ ations hurtle with meteoric swiftness after each other in this breath-taking Kinin ent Authors' mystery picture, "Farners of the Night," written by the famous heroy Scott and directed bv Paul Scardon. SATURDAY ONLY, MAY 7th DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in THE KNICKBOCKER BUCKAROO If you were trying to get away from the sherilT, would you hide on the roof of the jail? That's what Douglas Fairbanks did in "The Knickerbocker Buck aroo,'' and he got away with it and with the most beautiful girl in Mexico in the bargain. Life on Broadway was tiresome, so Teddy Drake became a wild West erner a real wild man in Did Mexico. What made. him wild was the troubles he encountered when be tried to help other folks out of their troubles. Douglas Fairbanks does the helping hand stunt and a lot of others, in "The Knicker bocker Hueknroo." You'd better see it. SUNDAY - MAY 8th - SUNDAY Mildred Harris Chaplin in 'Old Dad' M0NDAYAND TUESDAY, MAY 9th AND 10th, MONDAY AND TUESDAY The Most Sensational Production of the Day "THE BOOMERANG" With HENRY B. WALTHALL The most discussede picture in America. The most timely story ever filmed. A tensely dramatic portrayal of love, intrigue, capital and dissatisfied labor. Seven reels of punch. Henry H. Walthall, who has often been proclaimed the screen's greatest act or, is seen in flue of his finest roles in the thrilling, daring and epoch making sev en part special photodraina, "The Boomerang." To see this great picture is to learn at first hand of the labor conditions in this country, to witness the unfold ing of a most interestitng story of love and intrigue and to enjoy acting of the very finest kind. Throughout this stupendous production treating of a subject that is being discussed all over. the country, there runs a most delightful love tale Farm Bureau Wheat Plots. The Morrow County Farm Bureau has a number of demonstrations of wheat for the IV1 harvest. Ed Gillespie on Rhea creek is trying out forty-fold against Hybrid 12S. Richard Peterson in Gooseberry has forty-fold which he is trying against turkey-red. L. Redding in Eight Mile I has the same. Theo. Anderson In Eight Mile has Hy brid 12S trying against Turkey-red. E. M. Hulden on Black Horse has the same. Andy Rood Jr. has turkey-red, hy brid, and forty-fold. Oscar Keithley is trying turkey-red against forty-fold, and also trying blue stem against baart and federation. Mr. Vance on Earnest Mover's place is trying federation, bluestem and baart. John Weldenan has turkey-red against hybrid 128. Fred Raymond on the Lee Padberg place has something new in Morrow county. He is trying out triplet against turkey-red. Triplet offers con siderable promise of a good yield. Herb Olden has hybrid 63 against turkey-red. John Nolan, lone, hag federation which he is trying out against blue stem. Sam Turner at the head of Sand Hol low has a demonstration of turkey against hybrid and forty-fold. This .is a continued demonstration from last year. This last year the style changed on prices of grain and for quite a while there was no market apparently for turkey-red wheat. Now this spring they are selling on the same basiB again. We have always contended that no farmer should change seed simply be cause of the difference in price between various varieties. The styles In price change like the styles on women's hats. The buyers are always willing to pay the highest price for what the people have the laast of. The only reliable way to do Is to raise the wheat that will produce the greatest number of bushels per acre. This In the long run will prove the most satisfactory way to determine the variety to raise. We think the O. C. G. growers will have something to say about this. Business by Long Distance Telephone There seldom is a business transaction between men in different places that cannot be completed by telephone and, in many instances, in less time than it takes to dictate the average business letter. Consider the time taken by correspondence and the unavoidable dwlays of the mails. Try the long distance telephone in your out-of-town business transactions. Kecent improvements in transmission have made it possible to talk satisfactorily to any point in this country. , Long-distance service is the direct and econom ical method of communication and does away with undue expense and delay. Ask for Pacific Long Distance. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Sllli VE CECIL NEWS ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. Karl Farnsworth of Rhea spent Tuesday in Arlington. jsS Miss Mildred Duncan of Busy lice was a Cecil caller on Sunday. 'ZZ Miss Ester Winter of Shady Dell was calling on her friends in Cecil on Mort- i day. Miles Khurte of Arlington was doing business In Cecil and vicinity on Wed- zzz nesUay. 2 John Krefos, Hat Pearson, Walter and EE! Bob Pope were all county seat visitors during the week. 1 W. Dutton and friend of Portland; were passengers on the local to arrive SS at Cecil on Friday. j Mrs. Crabtree and children of Uothe- boys Hill were calling on their Cecil frlendi on Thursday. ; On the Ground Floor MY friends and patrons are in to meet me in my new office formerly occupied by the TRI STATE TERMINAL CO., - Farm ers Union Building, on the east side of Main Street. F. R. BROWN Real Estate, Insurance and Grain Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Miller and so.. year, but It carrle. with it a clauae that EWIn of Highvlew were visitor, at the jjj. Consolation SALE Price Reduced 5c Each Day After Friday, May 6th Following our big sale last week of waists and hosiery and for the benefit of those unable to take advantage of that event, we are making these very attractive prices. COME EARLY. Buy one or as many as you wish. "WIRTHMOR" WAISTS Excellent voile Waists SPECIAL 98c Not a waist in this lot that is not worth $1.50 or more. "WELW0RTH" WAISTS-tf:2.5() and $3.00 values SPECIAL $1.67 These splendid waists in voile or organdie come in white and colors. SILK WAISTS-Oeorgette and Crepe du chene waists SPECIAL $3.95 These waists were all bargains at $5.00 to $7.50. FIBRE SILK HOSE A real hosiery bargain. SPECIAL 50c Colors, white, Palmboach, pearl grey, OK grey, Champagne. Price will be reduced 5c each day un til all are gone. COME EARLY AND GET YOUR CHOICE Minor & Company i