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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
VoL 38, No. 17.
HEPPNER OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1921.
Subscription $2.00 Per Year
HEPPNER
FLAT Al
Tkeaa Twi Sections af Morrow Cenaty
Will Tin Out Better V folds of Grata
Tkaa for Many Year. CombUra ul
Stntlonary Hlgs Running la Maay
Fields.
Thli year, 1921, will record one of the
moat productive harvests la the his
tory of (rain (rowing in the Heppner
Flat and Eight Mile sections. Thli pre
diction li bated upon the present In
dlcatlona, and the barveat la Juat under
way.
It waa our privilege to vialt the
creator portion of the Heppner Flat
and Eight Mile grain flelda on laat
Saturday, In company with Cashier W
I. Mahoney, of the Flrat National bank,
who furnlahed transportation and nec
essary refreshments, and H. H. Caven,
Fred Tash and R. J. Frye. and what we
aaw In the way of ripened and ripening
grain was a delight to the eye. The
greater portion of thla country la In
fall aown grain and all of thla la now
ready for the harvester. Here and
there waa noted a Held of apring grain,
and It waa a surprise to know that the
greater portion of thla la coming along
well and will make good yields. Some
two weeka ago there waa some pretty
hot days and the effect of thla was
noted on a field or so of very rank
wheat but flelda generally were too far
along for the hot wave to cauae Injury.
Combines and atatlonary machines
were running In many fields and the
harvesting of the grain throughout this
section Is very general now.
The first fields visited were those of
Andy Rood on Heppner Flat He has
been at work for about a week. Two
headers are running with nine boxes
and the big thresher, which la driven
by the Holt tractor In charge of Jim
Clabaugh, waa Ailing the aacks at the
rate of one a minute with a very excel
lent quality of turkey-red. Mr. Rood
Is now threshing out that famous field
of volunteer, which la running any
where from twenty to thirty bushels
to the acre. He has a big crew and
now that they are getting under head
way with everything moving smoothly,
his flelda covering 3600 acrea will be
harvested Inside of about 85 days. A
field of barley on thla place will make
a very heavy yield. The hot weather
cut it down some, but at that Mr. Rood
looks forward to getting 10 bushels
per acre from this field. His grain Is
coming to the warehouse now at a live
ly rate, being transported to town by
truck.
Jeff Jones and Sons were getting
ready to start up and began work on
their volunteer grain on Monday. No
figures have been obtained from them
as to yield but their grain Is all good
Mr. Jones, after working out hla own
place, will tackle the grain for Ray
Toung on the Wm. Hendrlx place. It
has been many years since there were
such cropa as on these places thla sea
son. Jaa. Luper has hla grain all In the
stack and ready for the thresher later.
Many other fields In this vicinity are
now ready for the harvester and we
shall be able after a week or ao to give
tome figures as to yield.
Bergstrom and Lutkln have In too
acres on the Frank Anderson place at
the head of Jack Rabbit canyon. The
combine drawn by the Holt tractor,
was at work In a Mold of forty fold
and we are Informed by Mr. Bergstrom
that this grain produced a yield of 33
bushels per acre, and It la not the best
grain on thla farm, either.
Ed Buschke waa Juat getting his com
bine moving In good ahape and will be
able to report a yield that will equal
that of his neighbors.
John Wlldenan and Theo. Anderson
were also getting under motion wlt.
their machines and by thla time are
able to give an Idea of what their fields
will produce. We were not able to call
In on them but were Informed that they
expected to line up equal with the bent.
Howard Anderaon waa running his
combine and getting good returns,
while Bob Allatott waa Juat playing
around In a Held of barley to limber up
his machinery. He and Tlndal Roblaon
will harvest together, expecting to
have everything In readiness for active
operations by the end of this week.
Sylva Huston was getting Into the
harness also, and his fields will pro
duce well, whle Chas. Becket assisted
by his father, J. W. Becket, was run
ning his threshing machine and head
er on a field that was turning out about
28 bushels per acre. All around the
Liberty section could be seen harvest
ing activities, and the grain here all
looks well; It matured fine and the
grain Is No. 1 quality. In fact thlB
section will stand far above In aver
age ylold thla aeaeon.
Frank Akers, who Is on the Dan Bar
low place, has a fine crop. Hia new
thresher was busy and the ylold was
estimated at 10 bushels In a field of
forty fold whore they were heading
and threshing at the same time. And
across the line not far away the com
bine was taking In the grain on the
H. M. Oldon place.
Following the rldgo down to the F.
M.,Orlllln place we noted many mach
ines at work and the grain waa all
turning out woll, so we were Informed.
Striking the Gooseberry road near
the Chna. Anderson farm, It was noted
thBt thoy had not yet entered the fields
with their harvester but would soon be
ready. Richard Peterson was busy
with hla big combine, drawn by a team
of 13 mules. Hla yield was twenty
eight bushels on a fleld of forty fold.
He has a field of turkey that will ylold
much bettor than this should make SB
bushels at lonst. The forty fold was
excellent quality grain.
Ho if whs throughout the entire clr
cle, and we ahull await with Interest
the figures that will come In a little
Inter, and hope to be able to make an
other vialt to thla section Just aa oon
aa It la possible to gather up aome ac
curato flguroa on the ylolda from the
various farma.
On the way In from Gooseberry spe
cial note was taken of the fine show
ing on the Olnf Bergstrom place. A
fleld of bluestem waa Juat being out and
8-1E HARV
SI Oli
Report on Big Umatilla
Project la Expected Soon
The report of Engineer John H. Lew
Is on the Umatilla rapids power site
project ia expected to be ready within
the next aix weeks, according to the
following from the Eaat Oregonian of
Friday:
Through cooperation between the
state engineer of Oregon, the depart
ment of conservation and development
In the state of Washington, work la
now under way tor a detailed report on
the Umatilla raplda project Much of
the actual work la being done by John
H. Lewis, former slate engineer, and
men under him. The expense la being
Jointly borne by the atatea of Oregon
and Washington and the Umatilla rap
ids power site association of which
Judge O. W. Phelps ia president
It la aaid the complete report may
not be ready for aix or eight weeka yet
The englneera have ascertained that a
head of from 21 to 30 feet of water can
be available at all stages of the river
at Umatilla rapids and that more sum
mer power can be developed than will
be necessary for irrigation purposes.
Tentative figures indicate a need of
250,000 horse power for Irrigation
through pumping.
The report when completed will be
submitted under the auspices of en
glneera of the two states and It la pro
posed to try Interstate action somewhat
along the lines being followed by those
working for development of the Color
ado river.
Just now Judge Phelps la interested
In trying to have the report ready If
possible when Sunator McNary makes
his visit to Oregon In August It I
presumed Senator Stanfleld will also
be here at that time and It Is desired
to get the data before these two men
at the earliest possible date.
FIRST CHHIsTIA CHI RCH.
Sunday. July 31.
Tour soul is your battery. When
you neglect It It gives no sign. But
some day when you sadly need It, it
Is likely to fall you. Better have It
looked after at regular intervals at the
service station. A little of the water
of life Is needed once a week to say
the least, the Church Is the place to
get this. So come out Runday morning,
10 o clock for our Bible school, 11
o'clock for Communion and preaching
aervice, there will also be the union
service at the park at 7 p. m.
Rev. E. L. Moore, requests the an
nouncement of no services at the Fed
erated church on Sunday except Bible
school at 9:45 a. m. He requests that
his people attend the Christian church
services in the morning. Everybody
will be wlcomed.
LIVINGSTONE, Minister.
John Bergstrom, of Eight Mile. Is
suffering from a badly Infected thumb
cauesd from a bruise received a short
time since while working about the
combine. He was In town over last
night and having the Injured member
looked after by the doctor, who has
hopes of heading off a bad case of blood
poisoning.
NOTICE TO CREDITOR.
Notice Is hereby given that A. L. Cor-
nett has been appointed by the County
Court of the State of Oregon for Mor
row County as administrator of the es
tate of Sarah Gentry, deceased. All
persons having claims against said es
tate must present them, properly veri
fied, at the office of Woodson A 8week
n Heppner, Orepon. attorneys for the
administrator, within six months from
the date of first publication hereof.
Pate of first publication, July 28, 1921.
A. L. COHNETT, Administrator.
Tilt CKS FOR SALE.
5-ton Standnrd, equipped with dump
body and hoist, A-l tires on all four
wheels, mechanically perfect by In
stalling sideboards thlB can be made
Into a very profitable wheat hauling
truck. $3660.
24-ton Oer-Slx. lots of speed, lots of
power, will pay for Itself In a short
time. $776.
2-ton CMC, new tires on all four
wheels, every part of thla machine Is
In the very best of condition, has run
exclusively on pavement and we con
sider It to be one of the best buys
In our shop. We are backing It with
the same liberal guarantee that applies
to our new trucks. $1950.
2-ton Federal, thoroughly overhauled
from start to finish all standard units.
such as continental motor, Brown-
Llpe transmission and Timken rear
axle. $1260.
H4-ton OMC, on pneumatic tires, we
are overhauling this truck at the pr
sent time. This Is an excellent ma
chine for work in aoft fields where
traction Is Impossible for solid tires.
$1250.
14 ton Nash, overhauled, self-starter.
electric lights and cabs. $776.
14 ton four-wheel drive Wlnther, en
tirely overhauled. Thla truck haa de
cided advantage due to the fact that
any one wheel which can secure trac
tion hns power enough to move the
truck. $1260.
1 ton OMC, cnrefully overhauled
from stem to stern, all the tires are
in first cliss condition and there are
years of hard work In this truck. $1150.
1 ton Morelnnd, on solid tires, over
hauled from start to finish all standard
units and a bargnln at $775.
I ton Republic on solid tires, first
class open express body, cab and wind
shield, In good mechanical condition.
$550.
ton CMC, 35x5 pneumatic tires, a
buy that will be difficult to duplicate
anywhere on the coast. $776.
ton Ilnlrk, epulpped with 35x5
pneumatic tires, the entire machine haa
been carefully overhauled and we be
lieve under priced considering Bulck
quality and prestige $076.
In addition to these we have a num
ber of other trucks ranging In size
from Fords to the largest made. We
will be glad to send you our complete
lint of used cars upon application, we
will also grant very liberal terms to
purchasers tnklng advantage of our of
fer wlthla the next thirty daya.
WF.Nff WORTH & IRWIN, Ino.,
OMC and Doane Distributors for
Oregon, 200 Second St., Cor. Taylor,
Portland, Oregon.
we are aure It will mnko an excellent
yield. Mr. Bergstrom Is quite partial
to bluestem and always gota a good
crop. ThlB year he tried a small fleld
of No. 128, and this, too, Is going to
produce well.
1 MIDSUMMER MADNESS
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!M YOUNG MAN! TH VERY IDEA OF M ' j Zj
GOING BAREFOOTED ALL DAY yT hrr! Nt
AND GETTING IN BED WITH THOSE (O. y If Wj
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COIiy FAIR BOARD
I
There was a meeting of the county
fair board at the office of Secretary
Smead on last Saturday evening, Presi
dent Oscar Kelthley and Director A.
Henrlksen being present
At this meeting It was decided to
feature a "Round-Up" for Friday and
Saturday of the fair, and some of the
prizes to be offered were decided upon.
These events will be staged at the Gen
try field, so we have been Informed by
Mr. Hnrlksen, In whose hands thla part
of the arrangements were placed, and It
is contemplated that a small race track
will be made and that aome ofthe eventa
will be pony and aaddle racea. The
nearness of this fleld to the fair grounds
and its fine location make It an Ideal
place to carry out a nroarram of this
kind and this feature should prove at
tractive.
All riders should list their entries
with the aecretary Just as soon aa pos
sible so that complete arrangements
can be made for the care of all contest
ants. - ", r-
The grand prize for the Round-Up
will be a famous Noble saddle of the
value of $90: 2nd prize, pair of high
class chaps: 3rd prize, pair of silver
mounted spurs.
Steer roping: First prise. 46-foot
rawhide rlata; second prise, value of
$16. .
For bareback riding, ateer and bull
riding liberal prlzea will be given: also
for the eventa in the pony and saddle
horse races.
Secretary Smead expects to go to
Portland this week, where he will com
plete arangementa for some other fea
tures of entertainment. The board will
eliminate all of the objectionable fea
tures occurring heretofore and confine
their efforts to getting clean entertain
ment For the klddiea they expect to
arrange for a merry-go-round and a
Ferris wheel, and Mr. Smead also hopes
to be able to get a good vaudeville
show, which will appear under Ita own
tent and furnish an entertainment the
admission price of which will not ex
ceed 60 cents.
It had been hoped that a band could
be organized by the local talent that
would be able to handle the music for
the fair, but this doea not seem possi
ble, and Secretary Smead will also look
after this feature while away at this
time.
nr. Hunlock Dies at Portland.
Word was received here on Friday
last of the death In Portland, Wednes
day, July 20, of Dr. Hunlock from ane
mic poisoning. According to a letter
received by J. W. Hlatt Keeper of Re
cords and Seal of Doric Lodge No. 20.
K. of P. of this city, of which Dr. Hun
lock was a member, he had only recent
ly returned from a Ashing and outing
trip at Odell lake, and it waa noticed
by his friends, on his return to Port
land, that he had lost much flesh and
nppeared emaciated and he thought the
condition was brought about by ex
posure and mosqultoa, but it developed
that it was the poison In his system.
He was taken to the hospital, where
his condition became so bad that It
was not possible for him to receive vis
its from his friends and the membera
of the lodges in Portland.
Dr. Hunlock was a resident of Hepp
ner for several years and practiced hla
profession In this county and Wheeler
county for many years. He later went
to Portland, giving up hla medical pro
fession and entering other lines of
work. During the past few years he
hns been connected with the K. of P.
grand lodge and did much to promote
the welfare of the order In this Btate.
His funeral occurred In Portland on
Friday Inst. He leaves his two eons,
Charles and Ben Hunlock.
Mrs. W. C. Cason, who haa been
spending the past two montha visiting
nt the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.
F. Vaughn, In Portland, returned home
on Friday. On the way home she vis
ited for a week with relatives at lone.
C. H. Latourell, of Latourell Auto
Co., will go to Gresham Saturday, where
he will take In the big Fordson tractor
demonstration that will be staged there
the first of the coming week.
W. O. Moore, manufacturer of pine
lumber, was down from hla mill on Wil
low creek yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Stanton, of ten
trnlla, Wsnh., have been spending the
week In Heppner visiting with rela
tives. Mrs. Stanton la a alster of Mrs.
Carrie Vaughn and they were formerly
residents of this county. They arrived
here by auto from Walla Walla on Fri
day last where they had been visiting
other relatives for a short time.
WOMAN DIES FROM
FIT OF EPILEPSY
Mrs. Bertha Umenhofer, who haa been
residing tn one' of the small houses
belonging to the Dexter estate In the
south part of the city for the past
month, waa found dead in her bed at
an early hour on Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Umenhofer waa alone In the house
for the night with her boy, who Is
about ten year of age, who on discov
ering that there was something wrong
wnn nis motner, called Dr. McMurdo.
who upon examination stated that the
woman had been dead for several
hours. The caae was taken in charge
by Coroner Case who lenm,i nnn. i
vestigatlon that Mrs. Umenhofer had
ueen suDjeci to epileptic fits for a num
ber of years, and It was apparent from
the poBltlon she occupied in the bed
that she had been taken In one of these
fits and had smothered In the pillow.
Mrs. Irene Brown, a relative had been
living with her and also assisting her
In getting treatment but was not at
the house at this time. Her husband
we understand, from whom she has
been living aneV4 iT several years, re
fides near Jefferson. Oregon mri im ex
pected here this evening, when It will
ie aecinea wnat disposition will be
made of the body. The coroner thought
it unnecessary to hold an inquest
I A. C.
Cultivation of the garden 1b neces
ary to maintain in the soil supply of
air and moisture favorable to plant
arrowth. Evaporation from the leaves
carries away hte moisture in the soli
ibout the plant. The moisture will
rise to the surface through the parti
cles of soil, as long as the ground con
tains a supply of water, thus keeping
the upper layers of soil from drying
iut. O. A. C. (experiment Station.
When Irrigation is necessary In the
garden, an abundance of water should
be used to insure the thorough wetting
of the lower and outer roots of the
plant To check evaporation after Ir
rigation the ground should be atlrred
just as soon as dry enough to work.
O. A. C. Experiment Station.
A pound of butter Is equal In food
value to four pounds of beef or mutton,
three pounds of pork chops, or four
dozen eggs. Buy 10 cents wrth of but
ter and you buy 10 cents, worth of food
ready for immediate consumption. Most
other foods require the expenditure of
large amounts of food energy as well
as time and expense in their prepara
tion. They consequently cannot yield
as high returns on the Investment as
the same money Invested In butter.
Department of Dairy Husbandry, O. A.
C.
Loganberry production Is one of the
most profitable enterprises for western
Oregon farms. The Bolls and climate
the Willamette valtey are as a rule ad
apted for these small fruits. When fail
ures occur they may generally be trac
ed to one or two sources. Either the
soil has been poor, water or air drain
age, or there Is lack of ordinary care
and attention. Farm Management, O.
A. C.
Sheep Scnb In Lake County.
All the sheepmen In Morrow county
should know that danger of scab la
again menacing the Industry and that
they cannot use too great care In pre
venting a recurrence of this dread pla
gue. Lake county is Just now menaced and
the State Veterinarian has compelled
the dipping of several bands of sheep,
and more are likely to follow.
ThiB may seem a long way from this
county but an Infected trail or car will
do the trick, and surely no sheepman
wants to face the dipping vats on the
present wool market
The only thing to do Is be eternally
vigilant
L. A.HUNT, County Agent.
H. II. Caven, cashier of the Livestock
State Bank of North Portlanl, spent
the week-end In Heppner aa the guest
of Cashier W, P. Mahoney of the First
National Bank. Mr. Caven has been In
Portland since last October and this
nm his first visit to Eastern Oregon.
He was given an opportunity to visit
the greater portion of the wheat fields
of Morrow county and expressed his
surprise nt the bigness and productive
ness of this section. He departed Mon
day afternoon for Pendleton.
There was an attempt made to hold
la Commercial club meoting at thfi coun
cil chnmhers on Wednesday evening,
but because of a lack of attendance on
the part of the members there was
nothing doing.
JOHN DAY DISTRICT
LEGALLY ORGANIZED
An opinion waa handed down during
the past week by Judge Gilbert W.
Phelps, at Pendleton, upon the demurr
er to the complaint In the suit of the
Northern Pacific Railway company, et
al against John Day Irrigation Dle
trlct et al. In which the queation of
the legality of the organization la fully
jellied.
Not having apace to give the decision
In lta entirety, but only to make re
ference to It we will say that It refers
to several points at Issue in the com
plaint first among them being the
question of constitutionality of the act
under which the irrigation district was
formed, because,
1, it doea not provide for uniform
rules of assessment and taxation, and
that It preventa assessment in propor
tion to benefits, and.
2, that It violatea the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, because it attempts to
deprive complainants of property with
out due process of law.
The court rules against the complain
ants on these questions, as well as a
number of other points on which the
legality of the proceedings of the di
rectors of the district were attacked.
Some other phases of the suit which
are brought out In the demurrer are
touched upon by the decision and it
would appear that these would be al
lowed to stand. But aa touching the
legality of the original organization
the decision is clear, while the motion
of defendants to strike parts of com
plaint attacking confirmation of later
acts and proceedings of the directors
because of these same facts are involv
ed in the petition for confirmation, are
passed without further consideration.
The demurrer to the complaint is sus
tained upon the ground that such al
legations of fraud as are conclusions
rather than statements of fact and be
cause the complaint discloses upon its
face In connection with the exhibits a
legally constituted irrigation district
Beware of Fake Schemes,
A warning is sent out by the State
Chamber of Commerce calling attention
to advertising promotion sch.mes that
are flooding the state. They refer to
year books, advertising maps, pro
grams, touriBt guides, and solicitations
for state and national organizations,
Including advertising for the 1925 Ore
gon exposition. Business men are urg
ed to have no dealings with any soli
citor unless he has a letter of endorse
ment from the State Chamber. This
will permit of the elimination of many
fake schemes.
W. W. Bechdolt Is laid up this week
with h broken collar bone and not able
to drive his team on tho highway
work. While holding a horse that was
being shod, this animal took a lunge
and landed against him with sufficient
force to break the collar bone. Mr.
Bechdolt received proper attention
from a physician and is now getting
along all right
S. E. Van Vactor and family expect
to take up their abode at the mountain
home right away, where they will
spend the remainder of the heated
term. Mr. Van Vactor expects to have
with them again this summer, his fa
ther, who enjoyed the mountain home
of the family of his son so much last
summer.
Report reaches this office that B. F
Doherty, who has been In St. Vincents
hospital In Portland for several weeks
past. Buffering from an attack of heart
trouble, Is now Improving and feels
very much better. It will be some
time, however, before he is able to
return home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Crego are the
parents of an S-pound daughter which
arrived this morning In The Dalles.
Mother and b.ibe are doing nicely and
It Is believed Ralph's head will get
back to normal In due caurso of time.
Georpe Thomson returned the end of
the week from a visit of a month at
the home of Mrs. Thomson's parents
in Fort Collins, Colorado. Mrs. Thorn
son and children will return home la
Icr.
LOST Two cows from Quald place
on Halm Fork, One roan cow brand
ed PF on right hip and one brlndie onw,
samo brand. Reward. Notify Pete
Farley, Heppner. Adv. tf.
Roy Stamp was taken belore Justice
Cornett today, and upon pleading guilty
to a charge of bootlegging, was given
a flne of 1250 and costs, thus adding
his contribution to the prohibition fund.
C. C. Calkins Will Be
New County Agent
A meeting of the Morrow County
Farm Bureau was held In this city on
liitt Saturday evening, at which time it
was definitely decided to employ C C.
Caiklna aa county agent to take the
place of L A Hunt resigned.
Mr. Hunt and his family will remove
to Hermiston, where he is to take up
the work as manager of the Oregon
Hay Growers association, a position to
which he waa elected a short time ago.
Mr. Calkins haa been county agent
or fcnerman county during the past four
years and has given aplendld satis
faction there, and the Morrow County
Farm Bureau feel that they have made
an excellent choice. They have been
in position to know of the fine ability
of Mr. Calkins aa an expert grain man,
poultry man and a flrat class livestock
man aa well.
"Mr. Caklna aaalsted with the Sher
man County Farm Bureau In coopers
tlon with the Morrow County Farm Bu
reau In putting over the Oregon Oram
Growers association and is keenly in
terested In Us success. Hs is fairly
familiar with the problems of eastern
Oregon, and bis coming to this county
at this time is a splendid thing." This
la the statement of the retiring agent
Mr. Hunt who expresses the hops that
Mr. Calkins will meet with the same
splenlld cooperation that has been his
during the two and a half years hs has
had charge of the Morrow county work.
Mr. Calkins expects to be on the Job
here by the first of the coming month.
CALMVS-METCALF.
The marriage of Miss Martha Metcalf
to Mr. John Calmua was solemnized
early Tuesday morning at the Catholic
church In this city. Rev. Father Cant
well, officiating. Following- the cere
mony an elaborate wedding breakfast
was served at the home of Mr. Calmua
to which a number of the friend a of
both bride and groom were invited.
The bride recently arrived from her
home at Glenn Haven, Wisconsin, but
she had been before a resident of Mor
row county, teaching the Morgan school
two years ago, at which time she and
Mr. Calmua became acquainted. The
groom is engaged in the blackamlthlng
business in Heppner and stands well
as a man In the community. His many
friends wiah himaelf and bride much
happiness and abundant success In thla
sew partnership. They motored over to
Pendleton to spend a few days after
which they will be at home to their
friends In this city.
A Are starting In the field of L. V.
Gentry's near the slaughter house on
Friday afternoon, destroyed a stack of
hay and then spread into hla pasture,
burning over several hundred acres of
pasture before it was finally stopped.
There waa a strong wind blowing at
the time and It looked like the fire
would get over Into the hay fields of
Frank Monahan on Willow creek, but
there was an abundance of help rush
ed out from town when the gravity of
the situation waa made known and the
fire was finally checked. A lot of good
pasture that was being saved for the
fail feeding was destroyed on the Gen
try place and It took a lot of work to
keep It from spreading to the grain
field near the east side of the pasture.
W. S. Wharton, who recently passed
away at his home In Yakima
Wash., was well known In Heppner and
Morrow county, where he formerly en
gaged In business and waa at the head
of the Bank of Heppner aa Its cashier,
filling this position for a little over
four years and up to the time that in
stitution waa taken over by the Flrat
National Bank. He later went to New
berg, Oregon and engaged In banking
and other pursuits there for a time be
fore going to Yakima, where he had
Yeen engaged In the mercantile busi
ness for a number of years juat prior
to hla demise.
It took a special train to carry out
the big stock shipment from the Hepp
ner yards on Sunday morning last
which consisted of cattle and aheep.
The shippers were B. N. Burton, 6 cars
of cattle: G. A. Jackson, 1 car cattle;
Fred Rader, 4 cara cattle; James Mc
Daniels, 3 cars cattle; these all cmlng
(rem the interior. Bob Thompson and
Bob Carsner were shippers of sheep, the
fniner 2 double deck cars, and the la'
ter 1 double deck car. The shipments
were consigned to the Portland yards
Mrs. Belle Cleveland, of Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada, who haa been
spending the past month In this city
as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Gil-
man, started on her return trip home
Monday. She was accompanied aa far
as Portland by Mra Gilman, who will
spend a few weeks visiting with friends
in the city and other points in the
Willamette valley.
Mr. and Mra Jake Osten arrived from
Madras the last of the week and are
visiting at the home of Mr. Osten'a fa
ther, Chas. Osten, out near Black Butte.
Up until recently, Mr. Osten waa en-
I'aet'l in the newspaper business at
Madras with George Pearce, and has
sold out to his partner, intending to en
gage in some other line of business
Ray Rogers and Earl Hallock hied
themselves to the tall timber Saturday,
expecting to spe'nd a couple of weeks
vacitlon Just jogging about from one
point of Interest to another. They
travel by horseback and their camping
outfit Is taken along by a packhorse.
The boys expect to viBlt Desolati
lake before thoy return.
Gay M. Anderson and family are en
joying an outing In the camp In the
mountains this week, getting out of
some of the heat that us less fortunate
mortols are having to put up with.
Margery and Ruth Mahoney. daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mahoney of
Portland, have been vtstlng at the home
of their uncle, W. P. Mahoney In this
elty during the week.
Mary Patterson, who has been visit
ing for three weeks at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. J. O. Hager, in this city, de
parted for her home in Portland on Sat
urday. Jna. Carty who runs one of the larg
est sheep and stock farms In the north
end of the cosnty, wss in Heppner from
his Tub Springs ranch yesterday.
PORTLAND
BANKERS
WANT RED TAPE CUT
Want Adatlalatratlesi ef Act Appropri
ating liO.000,000 u Live Stark l'ol,
xtaae Easy aa Feasible.
(Portland Telegram, July It.)
Portland bankers are demanding that
red tape be slashed from administration
of the $50,000,000 livestock pool recnt-
ly formed in Chicago.
Both country bankers and themselves
need more liberal methods of operating
the pool, they say.
Leerlslatlea Irgea
Moreover, they urge congressional
legislation so that financial relief for
agricultural interests generally may be
obtained at the same time that federal
loans are provided for the railroads.
What is developing along this tins
Is outlined in a telegram received last
night from 8enator Robert N. Stanfleld
at Washington by W. L Thompson,
vice president of the First National
bank of Portland. The message from
Oregon's Junior senator follows:
It la the opinion of many of my as
sociates in congress and myself that the
present livestock loan pool will not
function with liberality and the broad
ness of vision compatible with the sx-
treme necessity of the livestock Indus
try. Apparently the directors of the
loan pool think they cannot afford to
jeopardise their future by assuming
responsibility that might occasion loas
to pool contributor Therefore it
seema the duty of the government to
assume responsibilities in thla serious
situation. With this view I am lending
my efforts to develop legislation au
thorizing government relief.
"I believe the administration and con
gress are of the opinion that the only
way relief may be provided adequately
Is by amendment empowering the war
finance corporation to make loans and
endow It with power to secure any
amount of finance necessary to meet
the requirements of the livestock In
dustry and other branches of agri
culture; also for the necessary finan
cial relief for the railroads an amend
ment to the war finance corporation act
endowing the corporation with mors
power will most likely be presented to
congress this week.
I would like your opinion as to the
propriety and expediency of such leg
islation. I hope you will discuss this
with your associates and friends."
Wires Staafiela
After conferring with other Port
land bankers, Mr. Thompson wired Sen
ator Stanfleld to the following effect:
Under the restrictions Imposed by ths
organisation committee of the livestock
loan pool at Chicago, bankers here con
cur in the opinion forecasting failure
of the pool to provide relief commen
surate with the extreme necessities of
the livestock Industry.
We suggest you consult with Eugene
Meyer, asking modification through the
board of trustees which we understand
is to be elected by contributors to the
pool.
We believe the plan adopted at the
Chicago conference which provided for
a committee of three in each state to
pass upon applications would relieve
the Chicago committee of responsibility
and the time necessary to pass on small
loans offered by country banks with
out recourse.
If unable to obtain modification and
immediate action along these lines, the
agricultural bloc in congress should
Insist on adding to the measure for re
lief of the railroads necessary amend
ments providing for relief of livestock
and agricultural interests through the
war finance corporation.
Sends Second Wire,
Thla morning on behalf of other
banka Mr. Thompson wired Senator
Stanfleld a supplementary meaaage aa
follows:
Section 520! of the revised atatutea
limlta national banka from becoming
liable in excess of capital from sources
outside of the federal reserve banka
The controller haa ruled that thla in
cludes rediscounts. From thla you will
note it is practically Impossible for the
smaller national banks to compy with
the regulations of the Chicago com
mittee. It also will Interfere with as
sistance which may be expected from
proposed legislation empowering the
war finance corporation to extend aid
to livestock and agricultural Interests.
If section 5202 ia amended to exempt
rediscounts from limitation now Im
posed it will be of material help in re
lieving the situation.
The feeling is growing that the Chi
cago committee la not showing good
faith with the plan outlined at the con
ference there. I am receiving com
plaints from varloua parts of the coun
try along the same lines and believe
you should ask Eugene Meyer to take
matter up with Mr. Morgan, requesting
that contributing banks Insist upon
Immediate electing of the trustees pro
vided for In the plans of the pool and
that appeal should be made to the
board elected to liberalize plans of op
eration. We believe these steps should
he taken even though propose..! legis
lation seems impossible of passuKB.
Chas. Williams lladly tlurard.
Chas. Williams, well known tn Mor
row county, who has been temllng
sheep in the mountains near Walowa,
met with a painful accident laat week.
It seems he was seized with an apo
plectic fit to which complaint be la
subject, and fell with his right arm in
the fire. liefore assistance reached
him he was so badly burned it la
thoiiKht his arm will have to be ampu
tated. He was taken to the hospital at
Wallowa and his relatives notified.
Word received last nlnht by Frank
Engelman was to the effect that Mr.
Williams was not expected to recover.
lone Independent.
(ieta Fine of $.100 and .
Lon Reld was haled hefjr Justice Cor
nett on Tuesday to face some of the
evidence that had boett acrimnilatud
atralnst him on a charx of bootieKKl'itf
He plead guilty and was a.-.Mtoveil a
fine of $300 and costs.
FOH S 4.I.R tlood work teuirt. whk-hi
and harness at fo. Inqulro room 11,
Case Hotel Adv. Up.