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Tito (H- a 7 ' II i TT"TO I i I IH E3 1 1 mat? .JJL -J L I ' PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 39, Number 28 HEPPNER, OREGON, TH URSDAY, OCT. 26, 1922. Subscription $2.00 Per Year PIERCE PRESENTS HX EVIL REMEDY Hiring Bki "Smoked Out," Demo crttie Candidate Tell Bow Desired Results Will Follow HI Election Ai Governor. Having stumped practically tha an tire atate, Walter M. Pierce, candid ate on the Democratic ticket for gov ernor, haa atated that he would cat taxes in half, if elected, and also dealt in many high sounding phrases and meaningless generalities, but has never said just what he would do to bring about the result that everyone would be pleased to see. He now, at this late date, cornea forth with the following! By WALTER M. PIERCE Democratic Candidate for Governor When I am governor I promise to advocate and demand economy in every department of state government so that taxes will be reduced to the lowest possible point consistent with good government. To this end I will use the veto unsparingly. One great difficulty today ia that one half the property of Oregon is ex empt from taxation, tha timber in tha forest reserves being a conspicuous example. The only income from the reserves ia the rentals from stockmen for grazing, of which 86 percent goes into the federal treasury. I hold that since no tax is derived from this vast body of timber all the rentals from grazing should go into tha treasury of Oregon to compensate for the vast body of taxable property held by the federal government out of taxation. As governor I would use the prestige of the office in a movement with other governora and delegations in congreas to bring this about. Thia change would produce about $360,000 a year new revenue, thereby lessening to that amount tha burden on property now taxed. FOR SEVERANCE TAX Practically one third of the stand ing timber in the atate of Oregon is in the forest reserves and paya no tax. Under the persent law, this tim ber will be cut off, leaving blackened stumps of untaxable property, and be hipped out of Oregon without pay only ia Oregon being made poorer by only a Oregon being mad poorer by the removal of thia timber, but the natural beauty and scenery of the stat is being marred. A severance tax collected as this timber ia cut and ahipped would be a large source of revenue. A big body of such tim ber is now contracted by the federal government to people from distant states, and it will be removed with, out paying any tax unless a severance tax is at once imposed. Aa governor I would do all In my power to levy such a tax on all timber taken from the forest reserves. While one half of the property of Oregon ia exempt from taxation much of the other half ia paying little or no tax because it is invested in shares of stock, bonds and pro perty bidden away from the assessor. This leaves but a part of the taxable property to bear the entire cost of government. This property which bears the terrific burden consists of farms, cattle, horses, city buildings and homes. DIRECT TAX HIGH In 1921 there waa rained by direct taxation in thia stats $9,493,106, an average of almost DH milla on the property taxed. This is the highest di rect property tax levied in the United States for state purposes. It consti tutes nearly one half of most of the farmers' taxes and in the city it often means one-fourth of the entire tax. In Minnesota in 1620, the direct property tax for atate purposes was $1,667,428, which is about one sixth of what Oregon property owners were called upon to pay for stat purposes, and yet the assessed value of taxable property in Minnesota ia two and a half times that of Oregon. Minnesota raised the balance of her state reve nue from indirect sources, vis: A 6 per cent gross earnings tax from pub lic service corporations and a 26 cents per ton tax upon iron ore mined in the state. Calfornia in 1921 raised $33,768, 884 for state purposes. This money was all raised from indirect sources, viz: From fees and from a gross earnins tax upon public service cor porations. Farmers and property ownera in California were not called upon to pay direct any of this $33, 768,884. Wisconsin, in 1921, raised by direct taxation only $7,981,464 for state pur poses, and yet the assessed value of taxable property in Wisconsin is four imes that of Oregon. The balance of her state expenses was raised by fees and by taxes on net Incomes. In Oregon we can relieve the prop erty owners by collecting large part of the cost of state government from similar sources, via: (1) a tax on net Incomes; (2) a severance tax; (3) a tax on gross earnings of public ser vice corporations I favor such a pro gram in this state and under the guarantee that any tax derived from new sources shall not bs used for Increased expenditures but to take soma of the burden off those now bearing more than their just share of taxation The practices of public utilities be come so intolerable that those util ities have to be regulated. A costly public aervice commission haa to be maintained for that purpose. Since the commission has to be maintained for the regulation of the public ser vice corporations, those corporations should themselves be required to pay the expenses of the commission, with out burdening farmers, home owners, business and other enterpris with that expense. Such a plan would aave taxpayers approximately $100,000 a year, and I favor it. Oregon is, per capita, the heaviest bonded state in the Union. We are in the midst of a wild orgy of bond is ues. The thought aeema to be that we can go on issuing bonds regardless of a payday to come later. There is a possibility of having to levy a further property tax to meet accruing Inter est on these enormous bond Issues. A halt should be called In th plaster- (Continued on Pag Eight) Umatilla County Man Killed While Hunting Elia Hunter Mistook for Deer, Re ceives Shot Through Breaat at Hands of Companion (Monday'a East Oregonian) Elaa Hunter, aged 24, aon of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Hunter of Birch creek, was shot through the breast and In stantly killed yesterday by Jack Mil ler, who, while hunting on the Tom Gibson place on Birch creek, mistook Hunter for a deer. Miller, with William Jenkins, of Pendleton, T. P. Hunter, Elza Hunter and hia brother, had during the hunt aeen three deer in the brush. Jen kins wounded one of the deer in the leg and Miller killed it. The party thn began efforts to circle the other deer back to the brush. After half an hour young Hunter, who wore a hat which at a distance greatly re sembled the color of a deer returned to the brush. Miller, at a distance of 60 yarda, fired his 30-30 rifle and Hun ter waa Instantly killed. Miller is well known her and is an employe of the J. J. Hamley A Co. saddlery. The body waa brought to Pendleton and an inquest will be held tomorrow. Besides his parents, young Hunter is survived by a brother and a sister. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter are prostrated with grief and the inquest has been postponed until they are in better condition. Funeral arrangements have not been made, and are awaiting word from two aunta of the deceased, who live in Portland. Rev. John Secor, pastor of the Methodist church, will officiate. Boy Kicked Id Face by Mule. Louis Ball, young son of Mrs. Mary Ball, residing south of lone, was kicked in the face by a mule he waa working with on Tuesday evening, and waa quite aeverlely injured. The hoof of the mule landed on the cheek bone below the eye, the bone waa fractured, and protruded through the skin. A physician waa called and dressed the injuries, and states that at no time was the lad unconscious, though the impact must have been heavy and the injuries very painful. Makea Nice Window Display. Jack Mulligan Is aomewhat of an artist when it comes to window dec orations, as ia evidenced by the ap propriate and seasonable display of corn and pumpkins in the big win dow at the music store in I. O. O. F. building. Whil the decorations are not olaborate they are well arranged, and th window ia attracting much at tention. "The Trap" Vital Tale Of Canadian Woods "The Trap," a strong story of the North woods, the Universal-Jewel at traction starring I-on Chaney which comes to the Star Theatre on Satur day, is unique in having one of the most remarkable casts of any recent production. In addition to this, Rob ert Thornby, who ia noted for the ex celence of all hia productions, direct ed thia film masterpiece. Lon Chaney, the star, gained his enviable reputation as an actor in Tha Miracle Man," which he follow ed closely with "The Penalty," still sustaining a reputation for creating human characterizations in decidedly distinctive manner Then came "Outside the Law," where he was seen in support of Priscilla Dean. It was a result of his work in that pic ture that Universal decided to star him. In the current production Chaney had unusual opportunities for living up to his reputation as "the man of a thousand faces." He made use of most of them. Spottiswoodc Altken, well known character man; Dagmar Godowsky the Russian actress and daughter of Leopold Godowsky, world famous pi anst; Alan Hale, Herbert Standing, Frank Champeau, Irene Rich and five year old Stanley Goethals, handled the chief supporting roles in a man ner that leaves nothing to be desired. The story of "The Trap" was writ ten by Lucien Hubbard, scenario edi tor of Universal ,ln collaboration with the atar and Irving G. Thalberg, di rector-general of the producing com pany. Bible Class Organized At Federated Church On last Friday evening the ladies of the Fedrated church served a ban quet to the men of the church, there being an attendance of thirty. At the close of the banquet, which, by the way, was one of the finest ever spread in the dining hall of the church, and was stored away In ample manner by the guests of the evening, a Men s Bible Class waa organised. W. O. Dix was chosen president, M, L. Case vice-president, Ed Clark secretary, and the class had their first meeting during the Sunday School hour at the church on last Sunday, when there was a fine attendance. The class is aiming at a membership of fifty. Pheasant Shooter Is Fined. J. A. Carlson, employed at the road construction camp on Willow creek highway, was haled into the court of Juatice Cornett on Saturday and as sessed a fine of $26 for violation of the gam laws. He was accused of shooting pheasants after sundown on the place of Edward Clark, and being caught In the act by Game Warden Albee, his conviction readily followed. He pleaded unfamiliarity with the Oregon game lawa aa an excuse, and ia now a wiser man in this respect. Johan Troedson, who farms north of lone, cam up to Heppner yester day aftrnoon and underwent an oper ation for the removal of his tonsils, being about the streets today and feeling pretty good, He atates that he haa finished with his fall seeding, aa ha th most of his neighbors, and the. grain is all coming along fine. AD TO Head of World'a Greateat "Ad" Firm Reviewa Distribution Coat Problem. Advertising Important to Every Man' Every Day Life and Expenses. By STANLEY RESOR. Editor's Note Stanley Resor, pres ident of the J. Walter Thompson com pany, one of the greatest, if not the greatest, advertising firm, found that in his profession it was not only ad vantageoua to know world economic conditions but it was absolutely re quired. He began an Intensive study and this study was greatly helped by the fact that through' hia offices flowed the beat of the world's trade as expressed in its advertising. Some of the results are given herewith. They present a light on a problem that has often puzzled most men. When you walk into a atore today and spend a dollar for an article, you are spending forty-nine cents prac tically one half to cover the cost of getting that article from the. manu facturer to the shelf of the retail store. In other words, only one-half of the retail price you pay for a prod uct covers the cost of manufacturing; the other half goes to cover the cost of distribution. At first glance, this high percentage of cost marked against distribution seems to be out of all proportion to the cost of manufacturing. But this is only half true. Our problem is not to find better methods but to trim down and improve our present meth ods. Let us bear this in mind: large scale production by machinery is of very recent origin and that in effect ing great economies on the one hand, on the other it has introduced new elements which simply on account of their immaturity are more expensive than they should be. Distribution Problem. Distribution is the biggest and most important of these new elements. So long as our manufacturing methods continue to develop along their pres ent lines, distribution costs can never be eliminated. Machinery reduces manufacturing costs by reducing the amount of human labor and undoubt edly distribution is composed of cer tain units which may accomplish similar results. One of the great problems today is to recognize clear ly these units and to use them to the best advantage. In order to obtain a better Insight into the problem of reducing distribu tion costs, let us go back and trace briefly the processes by which we ar rived to our present methods of man ufacturing and selling and attempt to place the exact relationship between the two. Because our own lives have not also spanned the whole period between homespun cloth and the automobile, we sometimes forget that industry has not merely grown in extent but also has become an essentially differ ent thing. Once an article was made complete on the farm or in the town where it was to be used, perhaps by the very one who was to use it. Lis ten to the words of Darius Milton Raymond, who died in Reading Cen ter, New York, two years ago, at the ripe old age of ninety-seven years. In his youth, as his biography is told, fanners "killed and dressed their own cattle and hogs . . . had the skina tanned, and their shoe made from material of their own production. They raised flax . . . apun and wove it into cloth, which they fashioned In to clothing in their own homes." Win dow glass was almost unknown. The news of the election of Lincoln as President arrived six weeks after election day. Timea Have Changed. Today a man's work ia limited not merely to making, let us say, shoes, but to performing only one or two operations in the process. With the aid of machinery this high degree of specialization has reduced the actual labor of making a product to a mere fraction of what it once was. During the youth of Mr. Raymond, a family produced most of its necessi ties and the things they did not pro duce were made within their imme diate neighborhood. No problem of distribution existed. Today, however, with the exception of a few simple articles that may be made on certain farms, a family does not produce a single completed product for. its own use. Why are we willing to pay such a price for distribution? Because it represents a net saving on the retail price of an article. If you had to make your own shoes every time a piir wore out, it would cost you much more In time and labor. For though the added cost of distribution raises the price of an article considerably, at the aame time, manufacturing costs are reduced to a far greater extent by the large Bcale economies in human labor. An Example Given. This saving represents more than a mere reduction in price; it is a saving that has added to our com forts, that has turned luxuries into everyday necessities, that haa made life easier; it has given us new prod ucts and services stoves, window glass, rugs, sllksthlnga almost un heard of by the man of 1840, things which only the most wealthy could afford. But what is the machinery that has made possible these changes? Let us take the case of one manufacturer. Mr. A. Is the manufacturer of a food product which he feels is the best of its kind. He puts up a plant, installs machinery, Bnd prepares to turn out hia product on a moderately, large scale. But how can he sell the output of his factory, and keep on selling that output in a steady stream day after day? Unless he can sell it to large numbers of people, he cannot make it in large enough quantities to turn it out at a marketable price He is faced with the problem of distribu tion. Mr. A.'s first step is to hire and put on the road a number of salesmen. Mr. A. seeks to lower hia manufactur ing costs per unit by widening hia market and increasing his sales. (Continued on Pag Eight) UHL K ITEMS Ben Mathews, formerly engaged in business in Heppner, cam up from his home at Gresham yesterday to look after business interests here. On the way to Heppner he stopped over at The Dalles for a visit with hia son' in-law, John Wiidenan, who is at th hospital there under the care of a physician, and he report him to be considerably improved. Ernest Heliker, of lone, waa in Heppner yesterday. Mr. Heliker has been in poor health for the past two years, and has decided to lay off on the wheat raising game for a while. He has rented his farm and expects to spend the winter in Califorina. Accompanied by his family, Mr. Heli ker will leave shortly aftr the first of th coming month. ' Robert Carsner, Wheeler county stockman, apent a day m Heppner this week He left for horn Wednes day, feeling assured that in his race for the legislature he would get a unanimous vote in Morrow county. He is on th ticket for joint representa tive from Wheeler and Giltam coun ties. Dr. Mark A. Leach, of Corvallis, is visiting with relatives and friends in this city. Dr. Leach waa formerly in business in Heppner, but has been living for a number of years past in the agricultural college town. He has been spending a few days at Pendle ton on business. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beers and daughter and Miss Marie Heipel spent last week visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Palmateer at Morgan. Mrs. Beers is a sister of Mrs. Palma teer and they drove up from their home at Eagle Creek Ore. The Willing Workers of the Chris tian Church will serve a chicken pie dinner on election day, Nov. 7, at I. O. O. F. Hall dining room. There will be plenty of chicken and other good eats, and your patronage will be ap preciated. S. W. Spencer, cashier of Farmers & Stockgrowers National Bank, re turned this forenoon from Hot Lake, whre he has been receiving treat ments the past ten days. He is rapid ly improving in health. For the Legion dance at lone on Saturday night, Oct. 28, the Heppner Arlington stage will make a special trip to accomodate those desiring to attend from Heppner. Leave reserva tions at Patrick Hotel. Walter Hill, cashier of Lexington State Bank, was in Heppner for a' short time on Wednesday, attending to business. He was accompanied by his son, Herman, who is assistant cashier in the bank. Dr. R. Z. Grove and Ray Rogers took in the big foot ball game at Pen dleton on Friday, at which time U. of O, won a hard fought victory over Whitman college eleven from Walla Walla. A deal in real estate at Heppner this week was the disposal of the L. E. Bisbce property to Erb Kirk. Mr. Bisbee and family have moved into the O. E. Farnsworth residence. Clarence Scrivncr, who was moved to his home during the past week from the Moore hospital ,is reported to be steadily improving in health and regaining his strength. Phillip Mahoney, who was quite ser iously injured last week by the acci dental discharge of a shotgun, is re covering nicely, and will soon be in school again. DO YOU EAT? If you do you should patronize the Bake Sale at Humphreys Drug Store on Saturday, givn by the ladies of the Christian church. "The Proof of the Pudding is In the Eating." Test the good cooking at the Christian ladies Cook Sale at Humphreys Drug Store on Saturday. Charley Devin, extensive wheat miser of the lone country, Is a busi ness visitor in the city today. He was accompanied by Mrs. Devin. A. W Cobb, one of the leading citi zens of Boardman, accompanied by Leslie Packard, made thia city a visit on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Crawford spent Sunday visting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Palmateer at Mor gan. Born In this city on Monday, Oc tober 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. James Farley, a 10-pound aon. C. C, Rhea, farmer of Rhea creek, was in Heppner yesterday. Regular Halloween CALL FOR MEETING AT ALPINE SCHOOL ., Lets put it overt Put what over? The Completion of the Jarmon-Lex-ington road. All who are interested in the com pletion of the all-important road to connect th Morrow county hard surfaced roads with the Umatilla cousty hard surfaced roads are asked to meet at the Alpine schoolhouse on October 28th, at 7:30 p. m. Th completion of this road would in all proabillty mean the mail route and the bringing back of a lot of bualness that has slipped away, and the bending back of the north and eaat ends of the county and the sofid lfiyng of th best intersts of the en tire county, and should enlist the sup port of tvery right thinking Individ- community is urged to and should send a large delegation to take part in the discussion and for mulating of plana for bringing to completion this connecting link of hard surfaced roads! The Lexington end ia completed to the Base Line and th other end ia graded for torn distance and will not take much work to put it in shape for the gravel, and should be completed while the rock crusher is located in that end of the county. "To complete the road this winter" will be the slogan of the meeting. J. PERRY CON'DER, Chairman of Committee. Plans Developing to Show State's Activities Pians are being developed to make use of various novel methods to show to the people of the United States during the 1927 exposition the indus trial and agricultural opportunities of Oregon The first of these will be the establishment, in conjunction with the exposition, of a bureau which will make a specialty of conducting excur sions to the various sections of the state where activities in production can be seen to the best advantage. Those visitors, for instance, who want to learn about lumber produc tion in any of its varied forms will have opportunity to join excursions directly to the mills or the lumber camps; those interested in fruit pro duction on a commercial scale will be taken to the large orchards and pack ing houses; those interested in stock raising will visit the large stock farms of the best known stock pro ducing districts, etc. Every available means will be util ized to set forth to the visitors the opportunities awaiting them in Ore gon, and at headquarters there will be maintained a staff of men and women especially qualified for this important Work, ready to give details on conditions and opportunities in every county of the entire state. Contingent upon the people of Ore gon granting permission on November 7 to the city of Portland to levy a special tax for promoting the 1927 exposition, and the voters of Portland itself authorizing such a tux levy, immedately thereafter a comprehen sive campaign for advertising Oregon throughout all parts of the United States and In foreign lands will be undertaken. A fund for this purpose is now being arranged. Morrow County Registration Figures. County Clerk Waters has finished checking up on the registration rec ords of Morrow county, and ho re ports that there is a total of 2205 registered voters in the county, di vided as follows: Republican-Male 1069, female 4G3; total 1622 DemocraticMale S66, female 178; total 633. Prohibitionists Male 7, female 11; total 18 Socialists Male 40, female 25; to tal 66 Miscellaneous Male 46, female 22; total 87. Thoroughbred Bronze Turkey Toms. $10.00 each. Pullets $6.00. MRS. CORA BURROUGHS, lone, Oregon. Born In this city on the 17th Inst., Io Mr..and Mrs. Ray Young, an 8V- pound son. Dr, D. R. Haylor, eye specialist, in Heppner Sunday evening, Nov. 12th, also 13th and 14th. Scare mer in life The school library, which is being run under an entirely different sys tem this year, is now being carefully catalogued for the first time. The first six weeks of school has been completed and report cards are out. . The Seniors went on a hike up the creek on Tuesday evening Octobr 24. They neary bought out the town in sundry lines such as weenies and marshmallows, but they seem to have survived the feed without more than the usual amount of peculiar feel ings afterward. The upper-classmen are getting anxious about the non-appearance of the Freshmen pennant. "Great minds run in the same channel." Then sure ly th Freshies cant have failed to agree.. - . - - The Sophomores got their ' new black and gold pennant and put it up Thursday night. Friday morning when they got to school, having come early to protect that precious piece of felt, no big pennant greeted their eyes on "Sophomore Column". The Seniors began to arrive soon and give the Sophs the laugh, but "he laughs best who laughs last" and the 25's soon told them that the Senior pen nant was gone also. This proved to be a sad fact, and no trace of either pennant has been seen since. Saturday morning, October 21, all the high school students were expect ed to appar at the school house at six o'clock to give the football team a royal send-off to Fossil. At the ap pointed hour a few sleepy but loyal backers appeared rubbing their eyes. The others straggled in at various in tervals during the next hour in a state of uncombed hair and break fastless looks. The football boys were presented with boxes of lunch and sent off with some good rousing yells. They got safely to Fossil and here the tale ends. Store Now Open For Business. The general merchandise store of Pete Prophet, the most of the stock of which was moved down from Hard man, together with fixtures, after having been greatly enhanced by the addition of new stock, was opened up for business yesterday in the Prophet building, next door to the First Na tional Bank. Mr. Prophet has been engaged in general merchandising for many years at Hardman, and the game is not a new one to turn. He has fitted up his new store in this city in nice shape, and just as fast as it is possi ble, he will install a complete line of general merchandise, carrying the best the market affords in all lines. He stated to a representative of this paper that it was his intention to go out after a lot of the mail or der trade that trade that goes to Portland, Seattle, Kansas City and Chicago that takes the money away from Heppner and Morrow county, never to return. He will be glad to figure with all those who are Inclined to patronise the outside points; your money will be good at the Prophet store, and will reach just as far in buying ability. This cash trade will be courted, and the next time you make out an order to the foreign mer chandising house, take it to Prophet and let him figure with you. Mr. Prophet states that he is well pleased so far with the trade and kind treatment he is rceiving at the hands hands of Heppner people. Visiting Over County In Interest of Red Cross Mrs. Emmet Cochran, chaitman for Morrow county of the annual roll call of the Red Cross, accompanied Mrs. Tom Johnson, county nurse, to Irri gon and Bonrdman Tuesday, where she hoped to interest the people of those two places in the work of en rollment. Mrs. Johnson was called to the north end of the county in her work as county nurse, and before re turning to Heppner she will attend the Public Health Exhibit in Portland this week. Mrs. Cochran will con tinue her visit to other towns of the county, and hopes to have each com munity thoroughly organised for the putting over of the Red Crosa roll call. Tom Boylen, Umatilla county sheep man, is in the city today "The Swamp" Suits Sessue Hayakawa Admirably Adapted to Famoas Star Reveal Blaa as First-Clasa Comedian. "Screen admirers of Sessue rlaya- kawa will find that in "Th Swamp,' he haa a vehicle ideally suited to hia talents," declared Colin Campbell, hia director, in discussing th R-C pro duction in which th noted Japanese American star will be seen at the Star Theatre on Sunday. "Personally, I believe that Haya kawa haa never appeared in snore human or appealing story," continued Mr. Campbell. "In its them it strikes a new note, a quality of spirituality that lifts it far above th ordinary. In its unfoldment it touches upon every type and phase of love known to humanity and particularly does it show the beauty of that most unsel fish love, which for lack of a better term is called 'spiritual' love. "The romance which tinge the story with tears and just a shade of tragedy ia one of th most exquisite ever transferred to th screen. Haya kawa, aa a humble Chinese vegetable peddler, whose love for a frail, ne glected little mother and child leads him to the greatest sacrifice of hia life, brings depth of characterization that leaves one spellbound. "The cast in 'The Swamp' ia indeed notable. The appearance of Bessie Love, in th leading role opposite Hayakawa, marks th first time in the history of motion pictures that one star haa left her own producing com pany to appear in support of another. Frankie Lee, Janice Wilson, Harland Tucker and Lillian Langdon, the oth er players, are all too well known to need any introduction. To Mr. Haya kawa, must go full credit for the un selfishness which prompted him to give each player an opportunity to express the best of their art, a result which makea of The Swamp' a true, all-star feature. " 'The Swamp' does not lack in pic turesque appeal either. Th tenement district, where thousands are huddled together living out their days of joy, sorrow, adventure and romance aa the case may be, haa always held a keen fascination for those who are inter ested in studying human nature and I believe we have been successful in depicting this on the screen, as it ex ists. Then, too, contrast is afforded by those sequences which take place in the fashionable residences and smart restaurants and cafes. Pri marily 'Th Swamp' is just a simple, human story, a melody of life and there lies its greatest eharm." George Washington, , " Viar:" it "r" " ML vernon farmer Guy L. Shaw, Congressman from the Beardstown, III, district, ia a real dirt farmer. Now and then he loses patiene with city theorists who think they can run a farm on paper, and who strongly hint that no one in this country knows how to farm success fully. Shaw told one of these fancy farm ers that George Washington knew more about farming than any of the present-day city birds who are sit ting up nights trying to tell dirt far mers how to run things. Then in order to prove his state ment he told how Washington, at the close of the Revolution, finding that his land had been exhausted by the cultivation of tobacco, gradually sub stituted grass and wheat, aa better suited to the soil. He began a new method of rotation of crops, drawing up an exact scheme by which all his fields were numbered and the crops assigned for aevral years in advance. The farm of General Washington at Mt. Vernon, according to Shaw, con tained 10,000 acres all in one body about fifteen square miles. It was divided into farms of convenint size, at the distance of two, three, four and five miles from his mansion. He visit ed these farms every day when the weather permitted, and was constant ly endeavoring to improve methods of agriculture. Some idea of the extent of hia far ming operations may be formed by the fact that in 1787 he had 500 acres in grass, 700 acres in wheat, owed 600 bushels of oats, and had almost a thousand acres of corn, barley, po tatoes, beans, peas, etc. He devoted 60 acres to his turnip patch. Shaw amazed his hearers by telling that Washington's live stock consist ed of 140 horses, 112 cows, 235 work ing oxen, heifers and steers, and 500 sheep He employed 20 hands and kept 24 plows on the move during seasonable weather. Washington was strong for a well laden dinner table, and always had a big smokehouse full of hams and bacon. In the au tumn of 1786 he butchered 150 hogs for the use of his family and help. Brumfield Case Dismissed. The final chapter in the Brumfield murder case was written at Salem on Tuesday when the suprme court al lowed a motion to abate filed by the district attorney of Douglas county. By this action, a mere technical for mality, the court takes official recog nition of the death of Richard S. Brumfield, who hanged himself in his cell in murderers' row at the state prison on September 13 while await ing excution for the murder of Den nis Russell, Douglas county hermit, on July 13, 1921. The abatement order was necessary in order that the state could proceed with the collection of costs incurred in the prosecution of the case against Brumfield in the lower court. Reconstruction Work on Branch. The work of rebuilding the track on the branch line is now proceeding, and the O.-W. R. & N. Co. has a force of three crews, making a total of about 150 men, at work this side of the junction. This is work that haa been in contemplation for a long time, and would perhaps have been undertaken a few years ago had not the war interfered with the plans of the company. Wo understand the en tire branch track will practically un dergo rebuilding. FOR SALE Good milk cow, 4 years old; coming fresh Nov. 1. Inquire this office or see Wm. Wilson. BUSINESS OUTLOOK Increaaing Demand for Commodities. Production Speeding I p. N Dan ger of Orer-Productlon By ROBERT E. SMITH. It is said that the surest way to hasten a longed-for event Is to crest a universal expectation of it. Th stag is set and ready for th appear ance of the business boom so long and so eagerly anticipated; It is th psychological moment. Perhaps we can not go ao far as to say that th expectation is universal, but at least it ia true that the feeling of optimism and happy expectation over the busi ness outlook is very general We have noted but on eiception, but on dis senting vote to the poll of optimism. The National Association of Credit Men passed a resoluton at their con vention averring that "there is no ground for believing that a business boom is in sight. The dan gers of rising prices and increased production costs should be appreciat ed by all concerned." Most merchants are inclined to believe, however, that this warning has a nng not unlike the cry of "Wolf!", for as a matter of fact, stocks are unusually low and there is less commodity speculation than there has been for years. With the increasing demand for eommoditiea, production ia being speeded up to the limits imposed by labor and transportation, and it will be a long time before there is any danger of over-production. Th accel eration of activity can continue on an increasing scale for many months to come before any apprehension of a glutted market need be felt. Pro longed labor disturbances have kept production in many lines at a point far below normal and as a result un filled orders have piled up to a degree unqualied in a long time. Thua the time is ripe for great activity in all tines of production. Unfortunately, production costs have increased alio, because wagea have again taken an upward leap, and thia will, of course, be reflected at once in increased prices. The advancing tendency of wheat still continues and woolen goods, silk, paper, kerosene, metals and sugar are all likewise firmer or higher. Speculation is rife aa to whether pr not the security market has reach ed ita peak and interest rates their low point. The fixing of th rate of the new government loan at i per cent for 25- to 30-year bonda would seem to indicate that Secretary Mel , lon does not look for a farther de cline in th basis of bonds. In th past two years, bonds have advanced from 15 to 20 points. This includes bonds of the highest grades, both cor porate and government issues. Two years ago, when pricea were at their lowest the lowest point in a genera tion there was a wonderful oppor tunity to switch from short-time to long-time securities. The possibility of appreciation in the principal of the long-time bonds made this profit able, even at the sacrifice of on or two per cent in yield. Now that se curity prices have advanced to what may be the high point and yields have been so drastically reduced, th question arises whether or not a re versal of this procedure would be ad visable that is, exchange long-term for short-term bonds If business con tinues to improve for the next year or two, it seems almost inevitable that the price of money and the yield on bonds will rise. The government has of late years been financing itself on a short-term basis that is, through short date bonds repeatedly paid off and renew ed, and the floating of the new long- term bond issue aims at piloting the Treasury smoothly through th big refunding operations of the next nine months During this time many short-term maturities have to be tak en care of In addition, on December 15 next, $870,000,000 of Victorys fall due and on May 30, 1923, $930,000,000. Between now and the first of next July the Treasury will have to pay off or fund obligations amounting to $3, 525,000.000. The Treasury now faces a deficit and the war debt cannot be paid off to any material extent during the present fiscal year. The debts falling due must be refunded and thus left for liquidation to another generation. The present generation has borne a fair division of the finan cial burden of the war. It favored a "pay-as-you-go" policy up to the lim it of its capacity. One of the first necessary steps of peace was the re duction of the war taxation, for the sake of business. Debt principal has been reduced, however, by some $1, 200.000.000, and now stands at $22, 800,000,000, bpt it is hardly practic able to reduce it further in the near future. The present taxpayers need a breathing spell, a relaxation from the pressure of taxation. An appre ciation of this fact by .Mr. Mellon seems to be indicated by his plan to spread over a thirty to fifty year per iod our tremendous war indebtedness. Lexington Boy Has Fine Wireless Receiving Set Leonard McMillan of Lexington Is the proud possessor of a tine wireless receiving set that is just now creat ing much interest. The outfit has been just recently installed, and on Monday evening he picked up a bea i tiful piano solo from Montgomery, Al abama, also music from Arkansas, Denver, Salt Lake, San Francisco .ind Portland. Another outfit is to be in stalled, as James Leach, step-bruther of Leonard, is putting up a radio set which is said to be three times as powerful as the other, and tha boys expect to have many enjoyable eve nings taking off the concerts as they come from the various broadcasting stations. For ttsy Legion dunce at tone on Saturday night, Oct. 28, the lleppner Arlington stae will make a ipocUl trip to accomodate those desiring tu attend from Heppner. Leave restrva Uon at Patrick Hotel.