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Volume 39, Number 24. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 1922 Subscription $2.00 Per Year
WELL LOVED PIONEER
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Mri Ann M. Minor Was Among the
Earliest Settlers of Heppner. A
Woman Greatly Respected by All.
The funeral of Mrs. Ann M. Minor
wai held from the Episcopal church
in Heppner on Tuesday afternoon and
was largely attended by the citizens
of this community, where for so many
years she resided, and among whose
people she was held in the highest of
respect and greatly loved.
Mrs. Minor passed away at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Delia Hal
lock, In Portland, on Sunday, Septem
ber 10, 1922, after being bedfast for
some months following a stroke of
paralysis. She had been in declining
health for several years and during
the most of this time hsd been mak
ing her home at Portland and Rocka
way and coming to Heppner only oc
casionally. While It was known here
that Mrs. Minor was In very poor
health and her death might be ex
pected at any time, the announcement
of her passing was a shock to her
family and friends and all were sad
dened by the newa.
The remains arrived from Portland
on Tuesday and all the immediate
members of the family were present
at the funeral services with the ex
ception of C. A. Minor, who Is con
fined to his home in this city by sick
ness. Rev. W. 0. Livingstone, pastor
of the Christian church here, of
which Mrs. Minor was a charter mtsir
ber, and to which she devoted much
of her time in faithful service, deliv
ered the funeral address and paid
just tribute to one whose splendid
life from youth to old age had been
a benediction to family, neighbors
and community. A double quartette
sang a couple of hymns and Mrs.
Chester Darbee rendered a beautiful
solo, and the church about the chan
cel was banked with many beautiful
flowers, the tribute of loving friends
and befitting expression of the life
that had been so well lived.
The remains were conveyed to Ma
sonic cemetery to be laid at rest In
the family plot beside other departed
members of the family. Six grand
sons of the deceased. Earl Hallock,
Ray Rogers, Stephen Irwin, Ellis Mi
nor, Max Rogers and Ellis Irwin were
the pallbearers.
Ann M. Hill, daughter of Jacob and
Roiena Hill, was born in Bedford
county, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1839,
near the town of New Bedford and
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Delia Hallock, In Portland, Ore
gon, Sunday, September 10, 1922, aged
88 years and 12 days. She was mar
ried to Ellis Minor in Iowa. Septem
ber 15, 1858, she and her family hav
ing removed from Pennsylvania to
that state and settled near the city
of Cedar Rapids. Crossing the plains
in the year 1864, Mrs. Minor, with
her family, settled in Marion county
at the town of Wauconda, now Gcr
vais, where Mr. Minor engaged in the
butchering business and accumulated
a band of cattle which brought him
to this section of the state in the
year 1871 and the family settled on
Rhea creek and continued in the
stock business until 1877 when they
moved to Heppner and engaged In the
hotel business for many years, Mr.
Minor building the City hotel and a
part of the building still stands on
Main street and Is occupied by a bus
iness house now. Mr. Minor died in
November, 1905.
The children of the deceased are
William O. Minor and Charles A.
Minor of this city; Mrs. Ella Dodson
of Bollingham, Wash.; Mrs. Delia
Hallock, Mrs. Etta Roberts and Mrs.
Nira Potter of Portland and, Mrs. W.
R. Irwin of Heppner. Emma, who
was the wife of Frank Rogera and
mother of Ray and Max Rogers, and
the youngest daughter, Willa May are
both deceased. A number of grand
children and greatgrandchildren also
survive.
Miss Elizabeth Phelps went to
Hood River on Friday last for a visit
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Brunqulst, who reside in the upper
Hood River valley. Miss Phelps will
also visit at the home of her grand
father, Rev. Stephen Phelps in Van
couver, before going on to Eugene
to resume her studios st V. of O.
Your next hat
should be a Hardeman it's up-to-the-minute in
style in the popular Elgin (light brown) color. It
makes you feel right. And there's satisfaction in
knowing it's the best your money can buy.
just try one on.
Made on the Pacific Coast
D. A. Wilson
BETTER HATS FOR MEN
Knights Attend Con
vention At Condon
A number of members of Doric
Lodge No. 20, K. of P., motored over
to Condon on Tuesday evening and
attended a district convention, meet
ing with the Condon lodge. Repre
sentatives from Arlington, Lone Rock
and Fossil were also present, as were
the Grand Chancellor and the Grand
Keeper of Records and Seal. Of the
outside lodges, Heppner had the best
representation, the following men
going over from here and returning
rter the lodge meeting: George
Thomson, A. M. Phelps, W. O. Dix,
Joseph Hughes, Leo Sprinkel, Chas,
Thomson, W. W. Smead. Vawter
Crawford, J. A. Waters, Jasper Craw
ford, John W. Hiatt, Tom Boyd. W.
W. Smead, deputy district grand
chancellor, took charge of the meet
ing, which waa pronounced by the
grand officers as being the best they
have so far attended, and it was de
cided that an effort be made to hold
at least two more conventiona within
the district this fall and winter, fol
lowing the meeting of the grand
lodge in Portland in October. Hepp
ner will-no doubt be favored with one
of the meetings, and the other may
go to Arlington, if present plans are
carried out.
The addresses of the grand offi
cers were a chief part of the im
promptu program, and practically ev
ery knight present had something to
say. The address of Walter Gleason,
grand keeper of records and seal, was
a rare treat and the many fine senti
ments and the abundanse of good ad
vice he offered will not be forgotten
by those who heard him.
The boya found the road to Con
don, crossing Rock creek at the Wil
son ranch, to be in pretty fair shape
and traveling was not difficult any
where along the line something that
cannot always be said at this time of
the year. The Condon lodge gave the
visitors a good time and a clam feed,
and the Heppner Knights will look
forward with pleasure to an oppor
tunity to visit them in a fraternal
way again.
Sunday School Picnic
Postponed to October 7
Arrangements had been completed
for the annual picnic of the Chris
tian Sunday school of this city, and
it was to be held on Saturday next.
Owing to matters arising to conflict
with carrying out the program at this
time, the date has been moved up to
Saturday, October 7, when the event
for the Sunday school children will
take place at the grove at the court
house ground.!.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
. Lord's Day, ttrptember IT.
Meeting place, Odd Fellows hall:
The man who is not ready to die, is
not ready to live, life is a great op
portunity, and it is a tragedy to face
a great opportunity and not be ready.
Church services at 10 a. m. Bible
Bchool, 11 preaching, 7 p. m. Chris
tian Endeavor meeting, and 8 p. m.
preaching and song service. Come
and worship with us, you already
know that you are welcome.
LIVINGSTONE, Minister.
Program for P. T. A. Meeting Tues
day, September 19.
The Patron-Teachers association
will meet at the high school auditor
ium on the above date and all patrons
are urged to be present.
The following program will be ren
dered: Song, Mrs. Cochran.
Piano solo, Miss Barrett.
Remarks by member school board.
Talk by Superintendent Hedrick.
Outline of coming years work by
president.
A reception to the teachers will be
(,iven Friday evening, September 15.
All are invited. MISS FAHY, Sec'y.
Wm. H. Lowe, eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Lowe, of Cecil, who just
recently returned from Montana,
where he had been with sheep on the
summer range, was compelled to un
dergo an operation at the Moore hos
pital Wednesday evening for a ser
ious case of appendicitis. Dr. Chick
reports the patient as doing well now.
Wood and coal range for sale rea
sonably. Also kitchen table and
chairs. Inquire this office.
HARDEMAN
EH III
PROTECT OUR ELK
Cooperation of Local Citizens and
State Game Commission Gives
Morrow County Large Protection
Fund.
Through the cooperation of citizens
of Heppner and the State Game Com
mission, a reward of $600 will be
posted, through the county court, for
the protection of the Morrow county
elk herd The interest manifested by
the local people in the protection of
this elk herd, is appreciated by the
state game department, whose atten
tion has been drawn to the matter,
and this week Judge Campbell was
notified that the commission would
add $100 to the reward already offer
ed. State Game Warden Burghduff, in
writing Judge Campbell, expressed
his gratification at the cooperation
offered and interest manifested in
game protection by citizens of the
county, and says further:
"In order to assist in protecting
the small band of elk which are now
found In Morrow county, the game
commission will give a reward of $100
for information leading to the con
viction of anyone for killing elk. The
amount of reward that the game com
mifMon may pay is limited to $100.
"The protection that game receives
in any locality or county will depend
entirely upon the attitude of the res
idents of that county. This is true
of the enforcement of any other stat
ute. "I feel sure that with support of
ihis Hnd in Morrow county, great
bene!':t to the wild iife of that sec
tion will result, and desire to assure
you of the hearty cooperation of the
game commission."
As there is no provision made by
law whereby the county court can
offer a reward for the protection of
game within the county, Judge Camp
bell is greatly pleased that the citi
zens have placed in the hands of the
court a sum sufficient to make it in
teresting for the game law violator,
and the offer to raise this amount
by another one hundred dollars on
the part of the game commission of
the state will doubtless mean that
there will be no taking of iife among
the elk herd, which, if left to increase
naturally will be one of the finest in
existence anywhere.
Live Cecil News Items.
W. G. Palmateer of Windynook and
T. Wilde of Broadacres have arrived
safely home after spending some
tlmmofiBt the frniV ranches In
Hood River valley. "Wid was so
pleased with the way his new Dodge
car behaved that he treated his Cecil
friends with some fine Hood River
peaches, or it may have .been a sort
of peace offering from Morgan to Ce
cil, or a gentle reminder that Morgan
will "bury the hatchet" concerning
the county court, etc., etc.
Congratulations are extended to
Grover Curtiss and his bride. Grover
was married on September 6 in St.
Paul, Minn., to Miss Dora Kohlhose.
The happy couple will be at home to
their friends after a short honey
moon trip. They intend to reside on
their ranch on Willow creek and their
friends assure them a right good re
ception when they arrive.
Mrs. W. B. Barratt and daughter
Miss Margaret and son Garnet were
the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. T.
II. Lowe at the Highway House on
Sunday. Miss Helen Barratt who was
visiting with Miss A. C. Hynd at
Butterby Flats returned to Heppner
on Sunday evening with her mother.
The "Mayor" and his wife have re
turned to their home Bfter spending
a week or two in Heppner putting
their residence in order ready for
Mrs. Hynd and her "daughter, Miss
Violet M., and son, Master Jackie,
who will attend the Heppner high
school.
Miss Georgia Summers of The Last
Camp and Miss Minnie H. Lowe and
brother Robert of the Highway
House left on the local on Sunday
for Portland where they will each
take up their studies once more at
their respective schools.
Word has been received in Cecil at
time of writing that Mrs. A. Henrik
scn, who had undergone an operation
in Portland during the week, was do
ing as well as possible and the doc
tors expect to have her home again
soon.
Watson Fake who has been spend
ing the summer months with his
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Halferty, at
Shady Dell left on Saturday on the
local for his home in Portland.
Miss Ester Logan who has been
spending her vacation with friends
in Portland arrived in Cecil on
Thursday and will resume her stud
ies at lone high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Dell Ward left on
Wednesday for their home near
Heppner after spending a few days at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Farns
worth at Rhea Siding.
Noel Streeter entertained a large
party at his home on Sunday to cele
brate his twelfth birthday. Water
melons were scarce by the time the
party was at an end.
R. E. Duncan and daughter Miss
Mildred of Busy Bee ranch left for
Boardman on Mondny. Miss Mildred
will attend Boardman high school.
A. E. Wheeler of Birkenstead, Eng
land, arrived in Cecil on Friday and
will visit for some time with his old
friends, Mr, and Mrs. T. H. Lowe.
Cecil school commenced on Tues
day. Eight pupils are enrolled. Miss
Mildred Hcnriksen of Strawberry
ranch is the teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Tyler and chil
dren of Rhea Siding spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs, Everett Logan at
Cecil.
Miss Mallnda May of Lone Star
where she will teach for the school
ranch left on the local for Bend
year.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Morgan and fam
lly of Morgan wore calling in Cecil
on Sunday.
Miss Gertie Pettyjohn of Morgan
was calling on her Cecil friends on
Friday.
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Return from Auto Trip
to Southern Oregon
Judge W. T. Campbell and wife and
W. O. Minor returned home on Friday
from their visit to the southern bor
ders of the state. The trip was part
ly on business and partly pleasure.
the greater part, perhaps as the bus
iness In hand was to deliver Arthur
Campbell safely at Lakeview, where
he will be during the school year as
one of the instructors in the high
school. The party journeyed south
via the central route, stopping their
first night at Antone and enjoyed
hshing there, then to Pnneville, Bend
to Lakeview, and a side trip across
the line to Cedarville, Calif. Mr.
Minor, always observing, made note
of many interesting things on the
trip. The elevation was taken of each
point visited, and near Lakeview.- at
an elevation of 6100 feet, the finest
vegetable gardens were growing
co-n, tomatoes and watermelons "in
abundance and all maturing well.
There was also some good fishing en
joyed along the Deschutes, and on the
return home Klamath Falls and Cra
ter Lake were taken in and the party
returned again to Bend and on north
to Madras, Mr. Minor noting that in
the vicinity of Culver there was evi
dence of a large settlement at one
time and hundreds of houses could
be counted that were abandoned and
the entire section practically deserted
and destitute of habitation. Game on
the trip was nil but the scenery is
magnificent for the most of the way
and the traveler is paid bounteously
for all the time it takes to get to Cra
ter, Lake and view the wonders of
that water.
A number of county seats were vis
ited on this trip, and Judge Campbell
made it a point to look up the road
situation and get figures on costs of
construction which are of value to
him, while he also studied quite close
ly as he had opportunity the newly
constructed roads over which he pass
ed, and has a better idea of proper
materials for macadam than before
making the trip. He is pretty well
satisfied with the program as put
over in our home county by compar
ison with what has been accomplished
in the various counties he visited.
Morrow county has not fared so badly
after all.
P. T. A to Give Re
ception to Teachers
A reception will be tendered the
teachers of the Heppner school at the
high school building on tomorrow
evening by the members of the Patron-Teacher
association. An invita
tion is extended to alt those interest
ed in the schools to be present and
meet and get asquainted with the
teachers of the school, a number of
whom are strangers in the community
and should be welcomed by the pa
trons in a manner that will make
them feel that they have cast their
lot with a pleasant people.
Dr. McMurdo returned the first of
the week from Tacoma where he at
tended a meeting for Washington,
British Columbia, Oregon and Idaho
of hte American College of Surgeons,
held in that city on last Friday eve
ning. Miss Hazel Brown, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, R. W. Brown of lone, who
was operated on in this city early
last week for a bad case of appendi
citis, and whose condition has been
quite serious, is reported to be im
proving at this time.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Broughton died at the road
camp of Moore and Anderson below
town on Tuesday and the remains
were taken to Milton for burial. The
child was 9 days old and had not been
strong from birth.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Huston re
turned home on Saturday from their
vacation of a couple of weeks which
was spent at various points along the
route between here and Albany, Ore
gon. FOR SALE 865-acre farm; 275
acres plow land, balance pasture; fair
house and barn, plenty good water;
1-4 mile from high school. Price $14
per acre; $2000 cash, balance in two
years. Bert Bleakman, Hnrdmnn, Or.
Lnto model Buick five-passenger
touring car for sale or will trade for
cattle or sheep. Inquire this office,
"He who would a courtitV go'
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I LIVELY MEETING
The opening meeting for the fall
of the Brotherhood, held at Hotel
Patrick dining room on Monday eve
ning, was a decided success. The at
tendance was good, the program
bright and entertaining. Miss Ber
nice Woodson, pianist, and Miss Ad
die Quesinberry each responded to
hearty encores, and the subject for
discussion called forth lively respon
ses by many who were present. The
luncheon, too, was well prepared and
nicely served at the hands of Man
ager Fisher and his good wife, and
everything seemed to add to the plea
of the .evening. , y
J. A. Waters, the new president,
presided and announced the principal
speakers of the evening. Much inter
est had been awakened in the subject
for discussion, as it had to do with
strikes and the impression had been
spread that there was to be a debate
on the subject, in which W. O. Liv
ingstone was to represent the em
ployers and present their side, and
it had been rumored that the railroad
boys were going to have a union man
from Portland to represent them. The
Portland man did not show up, how
ever, but there was a goodly repre
sentation of the trainmen and other
employees of the railroad present,
and they learned as the speakrs pro
ceeded that their side of the strike
issue was receiving the best of the
argument and the sympathy of Liv
ingstone and each of the other par
ticipants, was largely with the labor
ers and their unions, so long as they
pressed demands in an orderly and
lawful way. The settlement of strikes
so far have not been very satisfactory
to either employer or employee, and
it was developed by Mr. Livingstone
in the course of his address that the
general public, constituting about 93
per cent of our people, were the chief
sufferers on account of these trou
bles between capital and labor, and
he could figure no other solution than
government ownership of public util
ities and the natural resourcs of the
nation upon which the comfort and
welfare of the citizenship so largely
depends.
Following Mr. Livingstone, Rev.
Gillanders, pastor of the Congrega
tional church of Lexington, was call
ed on. He laid out troubles in the
industrial world largely to the lack of
proper family training; showed what
great disrespect for law and those in
authority had grown out of the lax
ness in home training and gave his
sympathy to the side of labor unions
in their struggle for better living
conditions, and also, in a measure ad
ded hiti endorsement to the public
ownership idea. Thought too many
of our laws were framed by lawyers
elected to the legislative bodies and
felt that better laws might be enacted
in behalf of the laboring classes, and
condemned party bosses and partisan
politics for a lot of our troubles and
urged that these things be lost sight
of and men placed in public places
who might be depended on to do jus
tice to all parties concerned.
H. F. Launtz, who is engineer of
the branch, and a man quite well read
on the subject of strikes and unions,
spoke briefly his purpose being to set
the people right as to what the shop
men are asking in the present contro
versy. They are not demanding an in
crease in wages but only that the
scale in effect prior to July 1, 1922,
be maintained. They are only ask
ing for a living wage, that they and
their families might live under bet
ter conditions, and called attention
to the fact that the men working on
the section at Heppner received but
$2.80 per day, and the most of them
were compelled to keep their famil
ies on this small sum. Mr. Launtz
submitted the proposition that not
many of the gentlemen present could
support their families on this pit
tance. A number of other speakers
followed Mr. Launtz, among them S,
E. Notson, J. P. Conder, C. C. Calkins
and G. Franzen, all of whom added
their encouragement to the laboring
men, and as stated above, the sym
pathy of the speakers all seemed to
be largely on this side of the question
and there was none to take up the
cudgel for the bloated capitalist and
money magnate. All expressions
were in a happy vein, however, no
rancor being displayed on the part
of any and the unanimous opinion
expressed was that the subject of
State Chamber Sug
gests Canning Week
PORTLAND, Or., September 11.
To assist in the relief of the fruit
growers of the state who are hard
hit by the present rail strike, the
Oregon State Chamber of Commerce
has suggested that the week of Sep
tember 18-23 be designated as "Can
ning Week" to be observed through
out the state during which house
wives will be urged to can a two
years' supply of fruit for family use.
Communications suggesting "Can
ning Week" have been sent to more
than one hundred commercial clubs
and chambers of commerce in Ore
gon. Governor Olcott has been re
quested to place his official stamp of
approval upon the project.
It la pointed out that the rail strike
has curtailed car service to points
east, especially in regard to refriger
ator service, with the result that
bumper fruit crops in Oregon are in
danger of being lost through lack of
market. An increased volume of home
canning will do much to relieve the
situation, it is believed.
Tum-A-Lum Co. Give
Free Tickets to Fairs
The attention of the readers of
the Gazette-Times is directed to the
advertisement of the Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company of Heppner, Lexing
ton and lone, who are giving free
tickets to the coming attractions: the
Round-Up at Pendleton, the Walla
Walta county fair at Walla Walla and
the Washington State Fair at Yakima.
By making this week "Pay-Day at
Tum-A-Lum" you will receive tickets
as outlined in the ad. All you have
to do is to pay your bill.
A wedding of interest this week
was that of Jas. Stevens and Gracie
Simons, formerly Gracie Newcomb. It
took place on Tuesday evening and
Judge Alex Cornett performed the
ceremony in the presence of a few
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens will
continue to make their home in Hepp
ner, residing in the property owned
by Mr. Stevens on the east side of
Chnse street.
Roy V. Whiteis Sells
Business to Van Marter
During the past week Roy V. Whi
teis disposed of his fire insurance
business to L. E. Van Marter, who has
taken possession of the same and is
located in the office at Hotel Patrick
occupied by Mr. Whiteis, He is quite
busy in getting the business shaped
up for systematic handling, and ex
pects to devote his entire time to the
writing of insurance, handling real
state and the mnking of farm loans.
Mr. Whiteis has succeeded in build
ing up a fine clientele in the insur
ance line, and this has been taken
over entirely by Mr. Van Marter,
We understand that it is the inten
tion of Mr. Whiteis to leave Heppner
a little later and go to Portland to
engage in business. He expects to
remain nt Heppner for a month or
two yet to close up matters of bus
iness he has in hand, having, along
with the insurance business, handled
a large amount of real estate and put
across many important deals in this
line.
Wid Palmateer, of Morgan, was in
Heppner over last evening, bringing
the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Buschke, his neighbors, to the
hospital here for an operation for
appendicitis. Mr. Palmateer is al
ready busy with his fall seeding, but
he will not let work interfere with
his laying off long enough to take in
the three days of rodeo at Heppner
when that event conies off at the end
of the month.
strikes and been quite well handled,
and that the first meeting of the Bro
therhood for the fall had been a pro
fitable and enjoyable one.
Membership curds were presented
and signed up for the year and fees
paid in by some 45 or BO, and the
Brotherhood has received a boost in
this initial meeting that promises
well for the future of the organiza
tion. The next meeting will be on
October 9th, at which time the sub
ject, ''Should Oregon Advertise Her
Scenic Attractions," will be presented.
Date for Community
Sale Is Postponed
In these eolumns last week, E. 1.
Keller announced that he would hold
a community auction sale at Heppner
on .Saturday, September 23, but he
has decided to postpone the sale to
a d-iie to be announced later. The
date set falls on the last day of the
Pen I eton Round-Up, and Mr. Keller
fear; there would be small chance of
a siile drawing a crowd on that day.
Several people have expressed ft de
sire to put up articles for sale, and
all others desiring to do so are re
que ted to give Mr. Keller a call and
artnge with him for the handling
of all such articles as they wish to
dirjose of. Due notice will be giv
en of the date for the. sale.
Fine Concord Grapes.
This office acknowledges the re
ceipt of a box of fin Concord grapes
from the Maple Crest farm of W. L.
Suddarth at Irrigon. The fruit is of
very excellent quality and just right
to be used now. Mr. Suddarth in
forms us that he will furnish the
grapes at $1.00 per box at Irrigon,
and the orders shoul dbe placed ear
ly. He has our thanks for the fine
sample of this fruit.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Jakes, who re
side out south of lone, are in the city
today to attend to business matters.
Mr. Jakes has finished with the har
vest and ia now getting ready for the
fall seeding, hoping that in the mean
time a good soaking rain will arrive
to put the ground in good shape.
RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE.
Hall of San Souci Rebekah Lodge
No. 33, I. O. O. F, Heppner, Oregon.
Whereas the hand of death has re
moved from our midst our beloved
sister Clara Adkins, and
Whereas this lodge has threby sus
tained a loss that will long be felt;
Therefore be it resolved that this
lodge extend to her beloved ones
their sincere sympathy, and that a
copy of these resolutions be sent to
the members of the family and that a
copy be spread upon the minutes of
this lodge and a copy published in the
local paper.
MISS PEARL WRIGHT,
MRS. LETHA SMITH,
MRS. MILDRED BAYLESS,
Committee.
STRESS BUSINESS
SIDE OF AGRICUL
TURE SAYS SEC'Y
Formation of Bureau Will
Bring Farm in Touch
With Markets
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. It is one
of the dominating policies of the De
partment of Agriculture under the
administration of Secretary Wallace
that the department keep abreast
with developments in the business
world and give particular attention
to the strictly economic need of ag
riculture. Secretary Wallace is get
ting away from the old stereotyped
idea that all the Department of Agri
culture should do is to give element
ary advice as to how to plant crops
and kill insects.
More and more the success of farm
ing depends upon the economic han
dling of farm produce after it has
been raised. For that reason the De
partment of Agriculture under the
present administration is laying
stress upon farm management, ware
housing, marketing, competition from
foreign countries, cooperative buy
ing; in short all of the features
which might be termed strictly the
business side of agriculture.
To facilitate this work there has
been a consolidation of the old Bu
reau of Markets and Crop Estimates
with the former office of farm eco
nomics. The newly consolidated bu
reau, known as the Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics, began its legal
functioning July 1. The new bureau
places particular emphasis upon the
marketing end of farming. One of
its purposes is to bring the consumer
into closer and more intelligent and
sympathetic touch with the producer
on the farm. This will eliminate
some of the spread between the price
the farmer gets for his product and
the price the consumer pays for it.
Under this bureau branch offices are
maintained in all of the large mar
ket centers of the country, of which
the following are the more import
ant: New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Chicago, New Orleans, Kansas City,
Omaha, Minneapolis, Galveston, Mem
phis, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Pittsburgh,
Portland and San Francisco.
One of the bureau's important
tasks is to prevent any one market
being overloaded with produce of any
one kind. In this connection the crop
reporting agencies of the department
play a very active part. The same
sort of service has also been inaug
urated within the department for the
live stock reporting. This service
shows the monthly changes in the
live stock situation on farms through
out the United States. Monthly re
ports will be obtained from 70,000
to 100,000 farms and state reports
of live stock conditions at least in
those stntes which form the corn
belt and the Southern states. The
rang states will furnish reports less
frequently because of the difficulty
in getting complete information for
monthly dissemination.
One of the tirst results taken in
this new nstion-wide live stock re
porting service was a forecast re
cently issued showing that approx
imately 103,000 head of Arixona cat
tle were ready for the market. This
sort of service stabiliies the live
stock market and meat industry, pre
venting a congestion of receipts at
any one point which results in a
loss to the producer without any gain
to the consumer.
The new bureau will also keep a
very accurate tab upon conditions of
grain and live stock in foreign coun
tries, taking into account not only
the visible supply but the demand,
the cost of production and the possi
ble competition which these foreign
products will offer to the American
producer.
E COMPULSORY
EDUCATION Lf
Foil Text of Section 523J of Oregon
Law aa it ia Today Compared with
Text af Bill to Amend, at Proposed
in So-Called Compulsory Education
Bill.
(Compiled by the Oregon Voter.)
PRESENT LAW.
Section 6259. Children Between the
Ages of Nine and Fifteen Year. Ev
ery parent, guardian or other person
in the State of Oregon having con
trol or charge of any child, or chil
dren, between and including the ages
of nine and fifteen years of age, shall
be required to send such child, or
children, to the public schools for a
term or period of not less or more
than the number of months of public
school held annually in the district
in which such parent, guardian or
other perse in parental relation may
reside; provided, that in the follow
ing cases, children shall not be re
quired to attend public schools:
(a) Children being Taught in Pri
vate School. Any child, or children,
who is, or are, being taught for a like
period of time in a private or par
ochial school, such branches as are
usually taught in the first eight years
in the public schools, or has, or have,
already acquired the ordinary branch
es of learning taught in the schools,
the fact of which acquisition of such
ordinary branches of learning by
such child, or children, shall be de
termined by the school board in
charge of the public school in such
district;
(b) Children Physically Unable.
Any child, or children, who is, or are,
physically unable to attend school.
In such cases the truant officer shall
require a written statement of a
competent physician certifying that
such child, or children, is, or are,
physically unable to attend school;
(c) Distance from School. Children
between the ages of nine and ten
years of age whose parents live more
than one and one-half miles, and
chlidren over ten years of age whose
parents live more than three miles,
by the nearest traveled road, from
some public school; provided that if
transportation is furnished pupils in
said district, this exemption shall not
apply.
(d) Private Instruction. Any child,
or children, who is, or are, being
taught for a like period of time by the
parent or private teachers such sub
jects as are usually taught in the first
eight years in the public school, but
before such child, or children, can be
taught by a parent or private teacher,
such parent or private teacher must
receive written permission from the
county superintendent, who is hereby
authorized to grant such permission
only in case of necessity, and such
permission shall not extend longer
than the end of the current school
year. Such child, or children, must
report to the county school superin
tendent or some person designated by
him at least once every three months
and take an examination in the work
covered. If after such examination
the county superintendent shall de
termnie that such child, or children,
is, or are, not being properly taught,
then the county superintendent shall
order the parent, guardian or other
person in parental relation to send
such child, or children, to school the
remainder of the school year. Failure
on the part of the parent, guardian
or other person in parental relation
to comply with the order of the coun
ty superintendent shall render such
person liable to the penalty provided
for in this act.
Section 5620. Penalty for Failure
by Parent, etc, to Comply. In case
any parent or other person in parent
al relation shall fail to comply with
the provisions of this act he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall, on conviction thereof, be liable
to a fine of not less htan $5, nor more
than $25, or by imprisonment in the
county jail not less than two nor
more than ten days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment in the dis
cretion of the court.
PROPOSED LAW.
A Bill for an Act to Propose by In
itiative i-etition to Amend Section
5259, Oregon Laws Compulsory
Education.
Be it Enacted by the People of the
State of Oregon :
Section 1. That sei-tinn kosq n.
eon Laws be. anil the anm ia lijirakn
amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 5259. Children Between the
Ages of Eiirht and Six teen imk Anv
parent, guardian or other person in
me estate oi uregon, having control
or charge or custody of a child, under
(Continued on Page 6.)
Sing Sing Convicts See
Meighan "Escape"
Star of "The City of Silent Men" Ia
Screened in Dramatic
Incident.
Prisoners in Sing Sing prison who
saw certain scenes of Thomas Meig
han's latest Paramount picture, "The
City of Silent Men," filmed, admit
that Mr. Meighan's "escape" from the
prison was novel and entertaining.
"The City of Silent Men" will be
shown at the Star theater next Tues
day and Wednesday.
Mr. Meighan. as the hero of the
story, is sent to prison on circum
stantial evidence and after serving
several years he makes his escape.
The fugitive secreted himself in a
packing box, was nailed up inside
and rode out on a four-horse truck
through the famous "South Gate" of
the prison. He took the same route
that Thomas Murray, a daring crook,
took when he escaped, nailed up In
a laundry case, on May 27, IHS7. Im
prisoned old-timers smlied as they
looked on. They found the scene In
teresting and insrtuctlvs.
Warden Lewis E. Lawea permlttod
Director Forman to stage the seen
at Sing Sing, but wai extra cautious
to see that no genuine convict was
tempted to depart with the players.