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Volume 38, No. 11.
HEPPXER OREGON, THUBSDAY, JUNE 10, 1921.
JUNE TERM CIRCUIT
IT
Postoffice Window to Close
, on Sundays and Holidays
COURT END
El
One ('Me Only Tried Before Jury. A
umber of Divorces Graatcd aad
Maajr Cases settled aad Ulaatlaaed.
Judge Phelps arrived from Pendleton
on Sunday evening and on Monday
mornliiK opened the regular June terra
of Circuit court
The docket mi quite lengthy but
when called It was found that many
cases were not yet at lsiiue and numer
ous others were ready to be aettled
upon motion of the attorney! repre
senting the litigants.
The suit of Robert H. Hlldebrand
against Harry O. McCormlck to recover
damages In the aura of 15000 for the al
leged alienation of the affections of his
wife, Hulh Hlldebrand, went to trial
before a Jury and after being out a
short time the Jury returned a verdict
In favor of the defendant.
A number of divorce were granted
as follows:
V. M. llayless vs. Ella Bay less, decree
for plaintiff.
Ada It. Morrison vs. Norval 6. Mor
rison; decree for plaintiff.
Maggie Calkins vs. George II. Calk
Inn; decree for plaintiff.
William T. McRoberts vs. Millie R.
McKoberts; decree for plaintiff and cus
tody of minor children.
John J. Hango vs. Lanna Hango; de
cree for plaintiff.
A number of law cases were called
and disposed of as follows:
J. C. Ballanger Lumber Co. va. Geo.
Mitchell; default for failure to file ans
wer. 4
T. G. Dentsse vs. N. 8. Whetstone; de
fault and Judgment
Credit Service Company vs. A. C.
Tartlow; default and Judgment.
Oldsmoblle Company of Oregon vs.
H. A. Edwards; Judgment as per stipu
lation. C. K. Brenner vs. Victor Peterson and
Aaron Peterson; settled and dismissed.
Credit Service Company vs. J. R.
Jackson; nettled as per motion.
There were no criminal matters pre
sented on the docket and the business
of the session was finished on Tuesday
evening and adjournment taken.
We are Informed by I'ostmaater Rich
ardson that on and after the firBt of
July, the delivery window at the post
office will be closed to the public on
Sundays and holidays, and on these
days there will be no delivery of malL
This is an imperative order of the post
office department and the postmaster
has no discretion other than to obey, so
the public will please take notice and
be governed accordingly. Those who
have lock boxes will be able to get
their mall on such days as the mall will
be distributed as heretofore and the
lobby will be open a reasonable time
both morning and evening. This order
will doubtless prove disappointing to
the public In a great measure but the
postmaster should not be censured; he
la only following the Instructions laid
down by the department and we shall
have to get used to what the higher
ups have to say In these matters.
Farmers aad Stoekgrowers National
Has New Asststaat Cashier.
J. E. Hlgley, recently with the North
western National Bank of Portland, has
been elected to the position of assist
ant cashier of the Farmers and Stock
growers National Bank of this city. Mr.
Hlgley has had more than ten years of
banking experience, the most of which
has been with the First National Bank
of Portland. He is well equipped for the
position he will All with the bank here.
He succeeds to the place formerly oc
cupied by C. M. Sims who recently re
signed. Dave Wilson, who has been a
bookkeeper In the bank for Beveral
months past has also given up his
place and the position will remain open
for the time at least.
WOMAN JUROR BILL
MAY BE PUT OVER
An error has been discovered by the
county clerk of Marion county which
has altered the returns of that county
on the vote cast last Tuesday for the
woman Juror bill. The official count
reveals an error aggregating 1000
votes in favor of the measure and this
will put the bill over In the state by
a majority of 900.
Tho totals for the state now stand:
Yes, 57,985; no, 67, 412.
Likes Haad Sheering Beat.
Having finished his wpol harvest W.
B, Barratt sheepman by profession and
highway commissioner In his hours of
ease, arrived at the Imperial yesterday
to assist in awarding road contracts.
"We had a splendid yield," observed
Mr. Barratt, speaking for his own sheep,
"and there were sheep we got 19 pounds
of wool from. Of course, that wasn't
the average, but we had many sheep
which registered that amount. I re
fused 18 cents for my wool they
were offering 20 cents a pound for wool
at Condon a few days ago " Mr. Bar
ratt laments that the old-timers who
sheared 175 sheep a day by hand are no
more. Mr. Barratt hasn't sheared with
machinery for several years. There Is
too much wear and tear on the sheep,
so he prefers the slower hut more care
ful method of manual -toll. The young
chaps these days prefer the clipping
machine to doing the Job by hand. O
gonian.
Many Idle Mm at Spokaae.
We aro in receipt of a letter this
week from Jos. W. Frltsch, formerly In
the battery business in this city, and
w ho, with his family departed for Spo
kane a couple of months ago. Mr.
Frltsch has but Just recentlf been able
to get work and he states that there
are a great many. Idle men In that city
Just now. The mines have been closed
and many lumber camps and theso
are not expected to Btart opratlons
again before the middle of July, or
thereabouts, and when they do It will
bo at a greatly reduced wage scale for
the employes. The automobile business
Ik at a standstill and there la no sale
for either new or second hand cars, and
Eugene Pavement between Walker
and Saginaw, on Pacific highway, com
pleted.
WOOL MARKET QUIET
Aside from some few purchases of
wool made by W. W. Smearl, and aggre
gntinff about 80,000 pounds, the wool
clip of Morrow county has not been
moving very rapidly. He represents a
well known Boston firm and is after
fine wools principally, his price rang
ing from 17 to 18 cents. The past
few days the market seems to have
strengthened slightly but yet the de
mand is not strong, and tb,e best qual
ity fleeces will bring around twenty
cents. At the Condon sale on Friday
A BIT OF "HEAVY" STUFF
- hey! wait a
' rZ----.SM MINUTE:! IE 5 V
, ""r7 VlX SEE HCW THIS .
.Cash In Your Unpaid
Liberty Bond Coupons
IDNE LEGiOH PREPAR
! I1CEIE1T1
i
Theodore Hardee, director of the 12th
Federal Reserve Lnslnct writing to
i'ostmaater Richardson, under date of
June !th, says:
"On June 15, the Government will "
stand ready to pay $15,21,50.S0 in is, Days ta Be Devetrd ta PatrUtle
cash as interest on the First Liberty
Loan bonds and Victory Liberty Loan
notes sold in the Twelfth Federal Ke
' serve District. You can perform a dis
tinct service to your community if you
will give wide publicity to this fact."
Mr. Hardee shows that uncashed cou
' pons represent dead money, and all
holders of bonds should take trouble
to clip them and present them at the
- bank for payment The attention of
' banks in this district has been called
to the payment of this tremendous sum,
and they are asked to cooperate in see
ing that as much as possible of this
'amount ia re-inveated In Government
1 savings securities or additional Liberty
j issues.
I This vast sum of money going Into
' the channels of trade would also help
' a Jot in the business affairs of the dis
trict
THE UMATILLA FOREST
last some 400,000 pounds changed hands
generally speaking business in the city j and the high price for a choice lot of
Is poor. With the marketing of the, wool was 201, cents, with 16 the low
good rrops In the surrounding country price, and this was considered a very
Spokane will see better times. In the ! good sale under existing conditions.
opinion of Mr. Frltsch.
Kidding at the sale was quite liveij
The Shaniko sales ivereheld yesterday
The Ion year-old son of Lawrence nr,i we dirt not learn how the nrloe
Iteddlng suffered the breaking of an'rnnKd there. Mr. Smead hopes to see
arm on Tuesday when he took a fall. ' things liven up in the wool market at
He was brought to town and Dr. Chick ijeppncr and thinks there will be a lot
attended his injuries. The arm was t mnn wooi turned loose here In the next
broken between the elbow and wrist f,w aYt Wool from the Interior Is
The boy was hurt at the Iteddlng home
on Eight Mile.
,At Star Theater, Wedensday
and Thursday, June 22 23
coming in lively now and the ware
houses are tilling up
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Jnne 10, 11121.
The host excuse for absence from
church 1b not so good as actual at
tendance. The sermon may save your
soul hut it is not likely that the ex
cuse will. On account of the absence
of the minister at the. Eastern Oregon
Convention, there will be no preaching
on Sunday, but the service of greater
Importance will be tho Communion ser
vice, this will be preceded by the Bible
school at ten o'clock.
Christian Endeavor service at 7 p. m.
You are cordially Invited.
LIVINGSTONE, Minister.
CORINNE
GRIFFITH
IN SCENE FROM
VITAGRAPH'S
'BAB'S CANDIDATE"
Mr. Ilnrlnvr Improving Some.
We learn through Grant Olden, that
I bin father-in-law, W. L. Harlow, who
has been very sick at his home In Port
land, is now somewhat Improved and
the familv aro encouraged to bolleve
that ho will ultimately recover. Mr
Harlow Is suffering from n peculiar at
tack of paralysis and has no use of the
entire lowor part of his body. This
condition Is now Improving but there
I seems to be lttle hope that he will ever
! be able to walk again. Mr. and Mrs.
I Olden have Just returned from Port
J land, where they were called by the
I serious Illness of Mr. Barlow. Mr. Bar
I low was, up until the last fall, engaged
' In farming In the Eight Mile country,
i and his trouble Is laid to an accident
! that happened to him during harvest
when he was thrown from a header box
when the tontn attached ran away.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Sims returned
' Corinne C.riflith is ronowned for her ' Wednesday from Eugene and Portland,
expressive face. Every pose tells a where they hnve been visiting for the
story. The above picture, snapped dur- past two weeks. They came home by
Ing a scene from "Bab's Candidate," , nuto over tho Columbia highway and
speaks volumes. The ly wink, the mer- when thny left rorimnn on 1 uesriny at
Uardaae District.
The regular spring maintenance work
on roads and telephones has been com
pleted on the Gurdane district For the
next month It will be stock driveway
business and after that the locating of
sheep assigned to this district and then
it is FIRE.
koss Brown of Lena recently called
upon Ranger Woods at Gurdane and
made a purcase of Western Larch post
timber. Mr. Brown expects to establish
camp at Coal Camp on the head of Lit
tle Butter creek and will soon have
fence posts ready for market. The
forest service has a large supply of ex
lellent post timber at. this point and
Mr Brown expects to make additional
purchases as more timber Is needed.
J. D. French of Gurdane and Phil
Uigglns of Lena, representing the Five
Mile Cattle association were In the for
est Inspecting that part of the Five
Mile drift fence that has been comple
ted.
W. S. Casteel, forest guard at Ditch
creek, accompanied by Mrs Casteel
made a recent trip to Albee for mail
and supplies. They patroled stock
driveway both going and returning., All
ranger stations are now being provi
sioned In readiness for the fire season.
Severe freezes have recently reduced
the prospective huckleberry crop. In
some places, notably in the vicinity of
the Jones prairies, so severe was the
freeze that the halfgrown leaves have
turned brown and are falling off. A
few places are reported to have escaped
the freese.
The trail sheep to the number of
about 100,000 are now entering the Gur
dane district of the Uuatilla forest en
route to summer range In this district
and in other parts of the mountains
All of the sheep are in much better con
dition than for several seasons and the
lamb crop is unusually large. Many
sheepmen place the estimate for Uma
tilla and Morrow counties at 120 per
cent. Last season's crop was estimated
at 75 to 80 per cent
Very few new names are noticed on
the crossing permits. The old familiar
names and faces are coming along tn
regular order, indicating that the great
majority of sheep outfits of Morrow and
Umatilla counties are able to weather
the present financial Btorm.
Every forest officer is now In the sad
dle early, long and late patroling drive
ways. Issuing crossing permits and at
tending to the general stock driveway
business. Also acting as a bureau of
information, endeavoring to answer:
"How far is It to T' "How do we
go from here." "Is there horse feed at
7" "Can't you give me some grass
for my sheep?" "Have ye seen any
thing of the bean-heaver.."
Mr. Alf Gentry has been engaged to
snlt the cattle on the Five Mile Cattle
range. Ranger Woods has been assist
ing him to become acquainted with the
range and together they have been
working out salting and grazing plans
for the season. About one-thousand
seven-hundred head of cattle and near
ly a hundred head of horses have been
allotted to the Five Mile range.
Of special Interest to the ladies and
to cooks In general is a report from
one of the Five Mile construction
camps. According to the report It fell
to the lot of the mule-sklnner to
build the breakfast blBcults. As he
measured out the Ingredients with
a swift and accurate hand, the mule
skinner Informed the hungry ones that
his accomplishments were not confined
to the fine art of mule-whacking but
that on divers occasions he had con
structed biscuits that had been eaten
with more or less gusto by hungry men
and boys. And now If they would Just
stand back so as to keep their eye sight
clear and not get dough bespattered
they would have an opportunity of oh
serving an accomplished biscuit builder
In action. It is further reported that
when the oven door was opened for an
Inspection of the finished product the
biscuits were so light and fluffy that
they arose from the oven, like a flock
of pigeons from a barn, and wont soar
ing In the air. The boas Immediately
ordered that each man In camp be sup
plied with a butterfly, or biscuit net
In hopes of keeping down the soaring
cost of high living.
Dead Commander of Legion
Leaves Patriotic Message
New York, June 13. A few days be
fore his death in an automobile acci
dent at Indianapolis, F. W. Galbraith
Jr., commander of the American Legion,
dictated a statement calling attention
of the public to the fact that tomor
row will be "Flag day, when the people
will," as he worded It "pledge again
their love for their flag and their firm
purpose to serve It"
The message said:
"Flags are like people; they are full
of personality, endowed with charac
teristics, traditions and faults.
"These qualities flags borrow from
the nations they represent the peo
ples over whom they wave.
"Our flag was born when the nation
was an infant The breeze that first
rippled its starry folds brought whis
perings of troubled events, violence and
bloodshed. But our flag lives on, to
see the nation live, grow and prosper.
Our flag has been ca:l Into many
battles, but never on the elde of con
quest. It has known grave dangers,
but never has been sullied by a national
shame.
"This flag that ripples In the wind
today Is worthy of our reverences, be
cause we of this nation have striven
and always must strive to keep bur'
Ideals lofty. Today we will pledge
again our love for our flag and our
Arm purpose to serve It Our pledge,
made today and acted every day, will
keep the Stars and Stripes glorious."
IKES PRODUCER LOSE
Mrs. W. P. Mahoney, Worthy Matron
of Ruth Chapter No. 12, O. E. 8.
departed for Portland on Sunday and
will this week attend the sessions of
the Grand Chapter in Portland, after
which she expects to go on to Seattle
and attend the commencement exercises
of Washington University beginning the
end of this week. Miss Vera Mahoney
is among those graduating from the
four year course at the university.
(The Manufacturer)
In many Instances producers are re
ceiving less for their products than be
fore the war. Take for example pork,
mutton, beef, cereals, butter, eggs, wool
and cotton tins price of which to the
producer is in most instances less than
the pre-war period.
Why then has there not occurred a
corresponding reduction in price to the
consumer?
There is but one reason and answer
between the producer and consumer
there are too many middlemen, too
many rehandlings, with cost for each
rehandllng and profits for each rehand
ter pyramided and added into the price
to the consumer.
The situation Is further aggravated
by the increase in price made by each
dealer as the commodity passes from
one to another on its circuitous pilgrim
age to the consumer the cost and pro
fits assessed in each Instance usually
being excessive.
Of the price paid by consumers but
a small part goes to the producer.
Most of the cost on the article is gob
bled up by commission men, brokers,
Jobbers, wholesalers, peddlers and what
nots.
Brokers, commission dealers and Job
bers, to cover their trail, attempt to
i hlnmA it on rnilronH rnfea
But on an orange, lemon, head of let
Is New Chef at Hotel Patrick. rtuce, pound of pork, beef, mutton, as
J. D. Hamilton and wife arrived from paragus, butter, dozen of eggs or box
Portland on Sunday and Mr. Hamilton of berries, where at most the freight
has taken charge of the kitchen at Ho- charges rarely amount to one cent the
tel Patrick as the new chef. He will
be assisted by Mrs. Hamilton who Is an
excellent pastry cook. Manager Van
Slyke states that It will be the policy
of the hotel to serve good, plain Ameri
can, meals In the future, after the style
nf home cooking, and he Is sure that
the public will be pleased with the
change. Under the supervision of Mr.
Hamilton and wife he feels that all
will be well served in the dining room.
Mrs- J. L. Wilkin, came up from Ar
lington on Tuesday evening and is en
Joying a visit with friends in Heppner.
She had been pisiting at the home of
her father, E. C. Maddock, of the
Grande Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Wilklns
now make their home in Astoria where
they are engaged in the hotel business.
Mrs. Emmet Cochran, of this city.
and Mrs. W. E. White of Prairie City,
sister-in-law of Mrs. Cochran, departed
on Wednesday for Portland, and while
in the city will attend the meeting; of
the Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern
Star, and make a visit with old friends
and acquaintances.
EaereUee, t,ao,ea, Sports aad Geaeral
OiMtd Tim.
The members of lone Post No. ii.
American Legion, are making prepara
tions for two as of good time and en
joyment fur the Morrow county people
at lone on July 4 and .
An interesting and varied program is
to be presented each day aud there will
te plenty doing all the time to keep the
crowd interested. One big feature will
oe the bail game betweu Arlington
ana lone. 'laee teams have been play
ing some proiesaioual ball the last few
weens ana mey are so evenly matched
it is not yet fully aeciueu to wanh. one
will go the honors of the season. This
game alone will make it worth while
tor you to spend the day in lone.
The Hon. it K. Weatheiford. of Al
bany, is to be the orator of the day on
ihe 4th, wbich will be one of the main
features of a fine patriotic program on
this hrst day of tiie celebration.
Make your plans to celebrate with
the Legion boys in lone.
C. H. LatoureU, local Ford and Ford
son dealer, reports the sale of Fordsons
during the past few week to Jeff Jones
& Sons, Chas. Hcmrich and W, B. Tuck
er. The little tractors are found to be
mighty useful about the ranch as there
is a great variety of work they can do.
Mrs. W. A Richardson, Mrs. Thos.
Boyd, Mrs. L. W. Brlggs, Mrs. Wm.
Luntsford and Mrs. Vawter Crawford
came over from Heppner Sunday to at
tend the-convention 'of the Neighbors
of Woodcraft held here on Monday and
Tuesday of this week. Condon Globe-Times.
Father of Lexington Woman
Dies at Missouri Home
Through the courtesy of a friend at
Lexington, the following, taken from
the Free Press, published at Marions- .
ville, Missouri, U sent us for publica
tion: M- L. Hendrix, an old citizen of this
section, passed away very suddenly ear
ly Monday morning, June 6th, aged 72
years, 3 months and 26 days.
Ha arose early, ate a hearty break
fast mentioned that he waa feeling un
usually well, and started out to milk
and fell dead.
He was twice married. His first mar
riage waa to Miss Anna Wallace on
January 26, 1873. Four children were
born to this union. Mr a Tempa Jonn
Bon, of Lexington, Ore., Marcus and Ki
lls Hendrix of Astoria, Oregon and Mrs.
Josie Strauteldt who resides here. His
wife died June t, UH. In June, liul.
he married Mrs, Chrislena Koenig. To
this union two children were born
Clarence and Henry Lee, who reside at
the home.
The funeral waa held at Mt Olive
church Wednesday afternoon. Burial
was made in Marionsville cemetery, be
side his former wife.
City Water Teats Pure.
On June 9th, Water ComclsBloner
Pruyn took samples from the water in
the city mains and forwarded them to
the State Board of Health for analysis,
and Tuesday evening he received their
report Bhowlng bacteria per c. c. 5, B.
Coll per 100 c. c. 0. The report indi
cates that the water Is pure and con
tains no Injurious properties below the
chlorinating plant. The report states
that water containing more than 100
bacteria per c. c. or more than 2 B. Coll
per 100 c c. Is unfit to drink.
Relief Shipments Will Be Carried Free.
We are authorized to state by Mr.
Chester Dnrbee, local station agent
that the railroad and express compan
ies will forward all shipments for the
relief of the Tueblo sufferers free of
charge. This applies to all such sh!p
meats whether sent to the Red Cross
or to other relief agencies.
Billy Duncan, Chot Parcell, Gus Hale
and W. L. Hadley leave In the morn
ing for the Sweetgrass hills of Mon
tana, where they have aout 20,000 head
of sheep to shear. With Ed Stevenson
and one or two others they formed
the hamishearing crew that has been
working out about 20,000 head of Mor
row county sheep, having Just finished
with the Stephens sheep out near Hard
man, Many sheepmen In this section
prefer the handshearers to the mach
ines, especially with their stock sheep.
the boys hnve had a pretty good run
this season and found the sheep much
cleaner than Is usual.
spread In the price between producer
and consumer makes it very clear that
the cause of low prices to the producer
and high to the consumer is not the
freight rates.
Instance the retail price of these
commodities In Pacific coast markets
right where they are grown and on
much of which there is no rail haul and
therefore no freight charge by the rail
roads as compared with the retail price
in Chicago and New Tork after a rail
haul of several thousand miles. Strange
Isn't it that the price is the same. In
other words a "sun-kissed" California
orange retails at five cents in New
York after a rail haul of four thousand
miles.
There remains no doubt that failure
to adjust and coordinate our merchan
dising system, resulting in too many
rehandlings, excessive and unnecessary
costs and profits, with consequent pyr
amided cost to the consumer, is large
ly responsible for inability of producers
to sell at a fair margin of profit as well
as for the Inability of consumers to
buy at a fair price.
Of course industrial depression inci
dent to war hivs lessened greatly the
common buying power of the people, a
result bound to adversely affect pro
ducers regardless of costs or prices,
but the great trouble Is too many mid
dlemen and too much profiteering.
When Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Farrens left
lone to come to Portland and register
at the Imperial they just missed one of
the best ball games the town has seen
In ages. Sunday the lone team defeat.
ed the Arlington nine by a score of 1
to 0. Two weeks apo the same teams
met at Arlington and the score was 2
to 1 at the end of 13 innings In favor of
the Arlington tossers. These scores are
respectfully referred to the Pacific
Coast league, who might consider che
lone and Arlington boys as "bushers."
Oregonlnn.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Zlnk and daugh
ter, Mrs. revino, are visitors in Hepp
ner today. Harvest Is rapidly coming
on in the country north of lone where
Mr. Zink resides and crops will yield
well.
Rev. W. O. Livingstone, pastor of tho
Christian church, departed for Baker
ry whistle, the knowing nod Indicate ternonn there was a heavy downpour of this morning, where ho will spend the
that she knows a great deal more than rain that niado traveling over the wet remainder of tho week and Sunday at
ho Is willing to admit and that things paved rond up tho Columbia rather tending the Eastern Oregon convention
are a-oing her way. tickiun. or tne cnurcn,
NOTII'K OF STOCKHOLDERS
MKtSTING.
Notice Is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
Heppner Farmers Elevator Company
will be held at olllco of said company In
Heppner, Oregon on Tuesday the 6th
day of July, 1921, at the hour of 1 o'
clock p. m. of said day, for the purpose
of electing a board of directors and for
the transaction of such other business
as may come before the meeting.
w. a. Mccarty, rresident.
E. R. HUSTON, Seoretary.
Ture Peterson was down from Hard
man for n short time yesterday and
reports everything looking well. Tho
grass in the pastures and on the ranges
is the finest it has been In years and
there Is promise for a pood yield of
prnin. He reports that his wife, who
has been In Portland for the past
jnonth receiving medical treatment is
Improving and expects to be able to
return home shortly.
C C. Haynie, formerly with the First
National Hank of this city ns assistant
cashier, and now cashier of the Secur
ity National Hank of Fairfield. Idaho,
arrive.! at Heppner today. He comes
over to get his nuto and will return
home In the machine. Mr. Haynie, after
bavinp spent the past winter and
sprinp in the Maho town, is well pleas
ed with his newlocntion.
Wanted A Baby Holt combine, 13 or
14 foot cut TROY BOGARD, lone, Ore.
KETING FINANCE PLAN
At the meeting In Washington In
April of the state Farm Bureau presi
dents a great deal of time was given
to the development of a national sys
tem of financing co-operative market
ing organization in co-operation with
the existing banking agencies and the
Federal Reserve banks. There are at
present nearly one hundred co-operative
marketing organizations which
have been more or less promoted by
the Farm Bureau movement and which
would be benefited by such a financial
plan.
In trying to work-out such a plan I
meeting was held with the Federal Re
serve board at which It was developed
that the profits of the Federal Reserve
banking system might be made avail
able for this purpose. The figures glv
en below are given as official and re
c.iire no comment
Total capital of Federal Reserve
banks of the United States, $94,234,000.
After paying the running expenses the
board set aside surpluses for each diS'
trict and paid dividends of net profits
as shown by the following table:
Dlvl- Surplus Total
dends cfQ Earning
a
1. New York 217.4 107 324.4
!. Chicago 195.6 104.2 299.8
3. Atlanta 162 102.9 264.9
4. San Francisco. 159.1 102.5 251.6
5. Boston 137.3 101.8 239.1
. Minneapolis 131.5 100.8 2?
7. Kansas City 129.3 103 232.3
S. St Louis 124.3 95.6 319.9
9. Cleveland 119 94.9 213.9
10. Philadelphia 116.8 100.2 217
It. Richmond 110.3 100.2 210.5
12. Dallas 89.3 73.6 162.9
The total percentage of total profits
being about 230 per cent The total
earning being $181,297,338. The total
expense of operating these twelve in
stitutions being J29.SS9.307.
During hard times our Uncle Sam
seems a pretty fair business man after
all ns the average profits of the New
York private banks was only about 37
per cent. We think that we know of
some country banks that did not do as
good a business as Uncle Sam last year.
The rlan of the National Farm Bur
cau was that this profit or $100,000,000
of It be taken as the basis to finance
the Agricultural Marketing association
This plan was approved by Hoover and
Wallace and a number of other prom
inent officials. Morgnn and Company
have offered to furnish one half of this
amount If this plan can be side-tracked
so that the Federal Reserve bank Is left
free from this class of marketing fl
nance.
In working out this plan the national
meeting of the Farm Bureau presidents
has touched a live Issue and our Ore-
iron presidents assisted verv materially
Tt wilt bear some careful consideration
In the meantime until the price of wheat
raises materially, we would advise any
farmer having an opportunity, to trade
his farm for a U. S. Federal Reserve
bank.
L. A. HUNT, County Agent.
SHEEP RANCH FOR- KENT.
I will rent the Quaid sheep ranch of
3200 acres, located on Bairn Fork 4
miles from Heppner, giving long time
and favorable terms. 1 am also offer
ing for sale the stock and equipment
now on the place, preferring to sell
same to renter: Mixed band of horses
containing a number of fine brood
mares and heavy draft animals; several
head of good Jersey cows; also hay-
rake, mower, plows, wagons and 4
sets of harness. Communicate with me
at Heppner. PAULINE QUA1D.
A memorial service will be held at
lone on Saturday, June li, by the L O.
O. F. and Kebekah lodges of that city,
and all Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of
the county are invited to be present as
well as the general public. The address
for the occasion is to be delivered by
W. O. Livingstone, pastor of the Chris
tian church of Heppner.
Judge Campbell and Dist Atty. Nut-
son were in Lexington on Wednesday
getting right-of-way deeds for some
changes being made near there on the
highway. They were quite successful
and feel that they will have little dif
ficulty In securing the right-of-way
from all parties interested.
Billy Corson has been In the city for
a few days this week getting ready to
go to the mountains for his summer
vacation. He will have charge of the
Penland Co. sheep as usual and his
headquarters will be in the vicinity of
Ditch creek.
Mra E. K. Cochran of Portland, is
the guest this week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turner. Mrs. Coch
ran is an aunt of Mrs. Turner and ex
pects to spend tha summer visiting with
relatives in Morrow and Grant counties.
Mayor Noble and wife moved into
their nice new home this weak and are
now happy beyond expression to be "at
home" again. The new residence is ono
of the finest in the city.
Foil SALE A Baby Holt combine In
good condition; has cut only 600 acres.
Price $2000 on time or will discount
this f per cent for cash. O. T. FERGU
SON, Heppner, Ore.
Mrs. Pauline Wuaid was a passenger
for Portland this morning She has
been at Heppner for tho past few weeks
and expects to return here to spend the
remainder of the summer.
Pete Fucley, who his been operating
the Quald sheep ranch on Balm Fork
for the past six years, has given up the
place and Is moving Into town with Ills
family.
Wanted Second hand sewing mach
ine; must be stamliud make and In
good running order, and cheap fur cash.
Inquire this office. ltp.
Jas, Carty, big sheepman of Tub
Springs, was up to Heppner on Monday,
looking after business affairs.
good
Otto Llndstrorn, who owns a
farm Just out ea.st of Moritsn. was a
visitor In this city the first of the week.
J. W. Osborn of Cecil Is In the city
today.