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jet?. Off?, The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 40, Number 16. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1923. Subscription $2.00 Per Year lEPTJtfFLIES John E. Johson, A. A. Mc Cabe, R. W. Lieuallen, of lone, Losers PART LOSS INSURED All of lone Turin Oat Monday to Save Johnson Field; Neighbor! Help McCabe and UcuallfB Some forty aerei of fine grain was destroyed on the place of John E. Johnaon, about a mile northwest of lone Monday, when a fire got into his field. The fire started from a blaze that sprung up along the road, and which was apparently the result of an abandoned cigar or cigarette stub. Spreading in the grass along the road it soon reached the Johnson wheat, and when discovered was making good headway, though burning against the wind. An alarm was sent to lone, and practically every man and boy turned out to fight the flames, places of bus iness being abandoned and locked up for the time being. It did not take a great while when help arrived to beat out the fire, but better than for ty acres was burned over and the loss comes heavy on Mr. Johnson, he having no insurance, so we are in formed. Another fire Tuesday that was of much greater consequence because of the area burned, occurred on the farms of A. A. McCabe and R. W. Lieuallen, and 240 acres of good wheat went up In smoke. The loss is not so severe on these parties, how ever, as each had insurance up to 20 bushels per acre. The wheat destroy ed was making better than twenty bushels, so we understand, so there is bound to be some loss. It is es timated that the grain on the two places that was burned is about equal though there may have been a little more of the McCabe wheat burned. The combine had just started up in the McCabe field shortly after 1 o' clock and was just getting under good headway. The fire was caused from a hot box on the combine, and it spread rapidly, though the wind was in favor of the fire fighters. Be ing too far out from lone, it was not possible for aid to get there from town in time to be of help, but there was a general response from neigh bors for several miles around, and toon a company of about 60 gathered and they had some fight in whipping out the flames, which for a time seemed determined to get out of con trol. In this instance, also, the wind favored the fighters, otherwise there is no telling how far the fire might have gone in that section where the grain fields are so numerous and all fully ripe for cutting. , Horses Burned at Rack Report reaches Heppner that dur ing the noon hour yesterday at the Earl Eskclson place near Lexington, fire started in the feed rack to which a number of horses were tied and feeding, with the result that several were so badly burned that they would have to be killed. The crew were at their dinner when the fire was dis covered, and it took some little time to reach the animals, the racks be ing some distance from the house. Just how the fire started in the rack la not known, but it is surmised that a cigarette stub may have been drop ped Into the hay. The fire was ex tinguished in tima to keep it from getting into the grain, but there was a general scatterment of harness and equipment about the premises as the horses were cut loose and tore away from the impending danger. County Agent Endorses Dry Treatment for Smut Checks on the results of copper carbonate treatment tests for control of wheat smut in this county and in other places have shown that the dry treatment will control smut as well as formaldehyde or bluestone, ac cording to County Agent Morse. These results are so general that this method of smut treating can be said to be passed the experimental stage. The advantages of using the dry treatment over the wet will undoubt edly cause it to be very widely used this fall. The saving in the amount of seed to sow, the better stands ob tainable, the fact that the dry treat ed seed can be sown in the dust and treated any time after harvest makes the use of this method very desir able. Arrangements have been made by the farm bureau through the county agent to have the copper carbonate handled by dealers in the county. The two hardware stores at Heppner, Bur nett's store at Lexington and Bert Mason's at lone will handle the ma terial at from 28 to 30 cents per pound depending on tho quantity pur chased and contingent on changes in wholesale prices. The quality of material is important and farmers should Insist on it containing at least 60 per cent metallic copper and be ing fine enough to paBs through a 200 mesh screen. Those planning on using this method of treating are ad vised to get their orders in for it at once as the quantity of the material of good grade In rather limited and It is possible that there will not be enough to supply the demand later In the fall. Mr. Bnd Mrs. C. V. Hopper motored over to Arlington from Heppner yes terdny Bnd were afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cox. Mrs. Hopper left on the Spokane train for Mis soula, Mont., whore she will visit rel atives for tho summer. Mr. Hopper returned to Heppner this morning. Arlington Bulletin, STRAYED White yearling mule, branded VP on loft shoulder, from Adam Blnhm'a pasture sometime be tween 0th and 21st of July. Finder notify F. S. Parker, phone E0F3, Farmer Should Not Heed Propaganda Overproduction and Car Shortage Talk Moatly "Dope"; Aaaoeia tlona Lend Protection C. E .SPENCE, State Market Agent, 723 Court House, Portland, Ore. There will be a bumper potato crop in Oregon, and farmera are wonder ing what to do with it. They are wondering if the price they will get will warrant the harvesting. There ! a wonderful grain yield in Oregon and the northwest and the growers are wondering if the market will give them wages and cost of seed, or if they will have to trade dollars again. 1 And while the farmera are wonder ing and worrying, come the news paper and periodical stories and the crop reviews of great yields of grain, hay and potatoes. Some of these are so carefully worded that the reader gets the Im pression that the whole United States is covered with wonderful crops like Oregon. It is a move in the specu lator's checker game. It is not true. Then a day of two later come the follow-up atorles of a probable nation-wide car shortage; of how the railroads are striving to meet the situation, but that on account of the record-breaking crops the task to move them is the great problem of the officials. And many growers are stampeded by these stories of great surpluses and lack of transportation. They will conclude that they had better sell be fore the market is completely glutted and while there is a chance to get transportation. It has ever been thus. The officials of the Northwest Wheat Growers' association are not scared by this speculators' propagan da, but the grain grower on the out side has not their source of crop and market information. If three-fourths of the grain of the northwest was contracted to this association, these stampede stories of surplus yields and car shortage would have little scare effect. If there was a state-wide marketing association to handle 60 per cent of the potatoes of Oregon, farmers would not be wondering if their po tato fields would be worth digging. The crop speculators send out stor ies that co-operative associations are successful only where production is confined to a certain locality, like oranges, raisins, melons, etc., and can easily be controlled. They state that it cannot be successful with a pro durt that ia generally grown. If California growers can organize and control the market on orangea, why cannot Oregon growers )ike'ise control its potato output? And ly cennot Washington and ldah) do the seme? And why cannot the three states, or a dozen stntcs, merc tneir organiiations and market all tl elr potatoes through on? filling agency? The state co-operative egg associa tion of California, Oregon and Wash ington are doing this. Under such a merger they do not fight each other for the eastern markets, they do not all dump on and Hemornliie the same market. Any successful co-operative i-iar-keting association, large or small, cuts just that much out of the profits of the speculator profits that are by all rights the producer!. It is but a matter of co-operative loyalty and efficient management to merge and extend these association. But the great drawback of organi zation is the growers who stand back and say they will not co-operate un til they see how the movement works out. Usually there are enough of thesa to hold back a majority of the output. And these are the producers the speculators use to hold back suc cess of the organization and often break it. When fa rmers will learn the les son that big business has so many times given them that controlling markets is the only way to fix selling prices then will there be fair profits to growers. Loyalty seems to be the first necessity. "The Days of Real Sport" What is so refreshing these hot days as a cool plunge In the old swim min hole? Judging from the num ber of Heppnerites making daily trips to the J. D, Bauman ranch, six and a half miles below town, where Clar ence and Harvey Bauman have a first class open air natatorium, we take it to be about the favorite pastime of the season. A large gathering of motley shap ed forms may be seen most any eve ning on the banks of the pool, which is 15 feet deep at the deepest point, and measures some 30 feet long by 15 feet wide. Spindleshanka, obesity, and debonair laddies all take their turn otT the springing board, while a blushing band of maidens keep their forms concealed in the shallow water, being ever harassed by stoic "roosters" who make sport of duck ing them and pulling some of the non-swimmers into deep water to get to rescue them. A feature of most any day's swim are exhibition dives by Clarence Bauman and "Doc" Farrior off the top of the 25-foot pole, erected on the bank for diving purposes. They also do some fancy dives from the springing board and alt told, every one has a "grand and glorious' time, hearkening back to "old swimmin hole" days of long ago, and withal keeping cool for a few minutes dur ing the evening heat. FEDERATED CHURCH. Sunday school, 0:45 a. m. Sormon, It a. m.; 7:45 p. m. Christian Endeavor, 7 p. m. There will be special music Sunday at both services. Our attendance at the Thursday night prayer meeting has been ro- markablc during those warm days and it looks as if tho church ther mometer la trying to keep up with tha weather. Don't forget the prayer meeting Is tho thermometer uf the church. Aro you helping tho thor- mometor go up? Refreshing, helpful services and we Invito you to enjoy them with us, J. K. U HASI.AM, Pastor. Money to loan. Box 410, Heppner. jb ; fay' " CECIL ELffi ITEMS Miss Cleta Palmateer of Windy nook was calling in Cecil on Wednes day. Miss Cleta was riding and wore the latest in riding costumes. We heard it rumored that Miss Cleta is practicing and expects to be second to none in the ladies entries at. the coming Rodeo at Heppner. Jack Hynd and daughters Misses Annie and Violet who have been tour ing through Grant, Umatilla and Mor row counties for the past two weeks, returned to Butterby Flats on Friday and will stay down on the farm dur ing the haying season. Geo. Henriksen and V. H. Tyler are the busiest men on Willow creek. At the present time they are building large chicken houae and have al ready had several hundred chickens shipped in, we presume. L. E. McBee and son spent some time In Cecil on Sunday on their re turn from California. L. E. sees many improvements since be left seven years ago, and declared everything looked fine. W. H. Chandler and daughters Misses Myrtle and Grace of Willow Creek ranch left on Monday for a short vacation which will be spent at Albany, Lebanon, etc. Mrs. Bresler and daughter of Port land accompanied by Mrs. Murray nd children of Los Angeles were visiting with Mrs. M. V. Logan at The Willows on Friday. Krebs Brothers returned to Cecil on Friday after finishing haying on their ranches above Heppner and will commence haying on their Cecil ranches at once. C. D. Morey arrived in Cecil on Sunday and spent several days visijj ing with his daughter, Mrs. H. J. Streeter before returning to his home in Oswego. Mrs. Fairfield of Kellogg. Idaho, ar rived in Cecil on Wednesday and will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stender at Seldomseen for several weeks. Messrs George Henriksen of Straw berry ranch and H. V. Tyler of Rhea were callers on Sunday at the home of H. J. Streeter at Cecil. Sunday, July 16, Saturdny. July 21. heat registered in the shade at Cecil store 100 degrees. Rest of week be tween 85 and 90 degrees. Miss Olive Logan who has been vis iting in Morrow county for several weeks returned to her home in Port land on Wednesday. Kenneth Merritt of Heppner arriv ed at Butterby Flats on Thursday and will assist the Mayor during the second crop of hay. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Duncan and daughter Miss Mildred of Busy Bee rancn were doing business in Arling ton on Saturday. Sox Morgan and Joe Marcus who are working for Leon Logan made a hurried trip to lone on Wednesday. mrs. Alfred hhaw was the dinner gucst of Mrs. T. H. Lowe at The High way House on Sunday evening. Wheat harvest is in full swine- on all ranches. Yield good as far as we can learn at time of writing. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Streeter and family were taking in the sights of Arlington on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paton and son from Rhea Siding were calling in Heppner on Friday. Mrs. G. A. Miller and son Elvin of Highvicw ranch were calling in Cecil on Saturday. E. Albee, county game warden, was doing business in the Cecil vicinity on Wednesday. Zenncth Logan of Bonrdman was visiting friends In Four Mile on Wed nesday. Miss Malinda May of Lone Star ranch was calling in Cecil on Wed nesday. The Hennery will be the name of strawberry ranch in the future. CALL FOR COUNTY WARRANTS. All General Fund Warrants nf Mor. row County, Oregon, registered on or before December 81, 1922, will be paid On nresentntlnn nt tha nfflea nf tUa County Treasurer on or after August otn, nisa, on which date Intetest on said warrants will cease. Dnted at Heppner, Oregon, July 23 1923. LEON W. BRIGGS, County Treasurer. Mrs Edward Chlnn and little son Dnniel returned on Tucsdny from visit of a couple of weeks with friends and relatives at San Francis co, Something to Think About Heppner Gets Next Convention N. of W. Through the efforts of several members of the Heppner delegation at the convention of the Neighbors of Woodcraft at Union the past week, this city was chosen bb the place for the next meeting of the convention to be held two years hence. Baker was an aspirant for this honor, but was outvoted by those favoring Hepp ner. The attendance at the Union con vention was about 150 delegates and visitors. Heppner had one of the largest delegations, fifteen being present from this city, of whom five were delegates representing the Heppner Circle and others made up the drill team, led by Mrs. Anna Boyd and it is reported that they put on their work in excellent shape. Mrs. Hattie Ferguson was chosen district captain of the guards for the coming biennial. The Heppner drill team was the only one putting on an exhibition at Union, and they return home quite proud of the record they made. Union gave the delegates and visitors a good time and they all speak well of the reception given them. Return from Visit to Crater Lake Park Mr. and Mrs. Harry Turner, Mrs. R. W. Turner and their auto party returned home Sunday evening after a tour lasting about two weeks. They visited at various points in the Will amette Valley, going as far as Med- ford, and from there over the moun tain to Crater Lake park and thence home through Central Oregon. The trip was a very enjoyable one throughout and much of interest was observed. The company were partic ularly struck with the beauty and grandeur of Crater Lake and think it could not be surpassed as a nat ural attraction anywhere. Taking time to fish along the route. they visited East lake, where thev landed a number of fine specimens of eastern brook trout; one of these fish was sufficient for a meal for 15 at the F. W. Turner home in this citv Sunday evening. The big $2, 000,008 lumber mill at Bend was another at traction that was taken in bv the tourists and they consider it a verj remarkable manufacturing plant Bend is a lively little city and seemr quite prosperous at present, so Mr Turner states. THE DEMAND FOR Sheet Music has become so great, we have found it nec essary to more than -double our space, and we now carry a most complete stock of music, both popular and standard. Try a GENNETT RECORD on your Phonograph. Popular Priced 75c Harwood's Jewelry Store F. L. HARW00D, Proprietor Odd Fellows Building Heppner, Ore. Phone 1062 vBU4nee? uTAreg service LOCAL NEWS ITEMS George W. Dykstra, who is spend ing the summer at the home of his son, Nathan V. Dykstra at Millican, Oregon, writes this paper that condi tions on range and crops in that part of the Deschutes country are fine. Stock is fat and sleek and there will be an abundance of hay. Some pretty severe storms of rain and hail have visited that part of the state, but so far as he is informed there was no very serious damage done. On the way to Millican he passed throngh Fossil, Mitchell, and Prine ville and found business good at all these points. At Fossil he found Vic Groshens busy superintending the construction of a fine new stone building. The construction of new highways is bringing about a big change in the greater part of the Centi-a.1 Oregon country. Mr. Dyk stra's letter was quite interesting in its description of the journey to Bend and Mitiican sections. Report reaches the city that the truck men who have been operating on the highway construction work up Hinton creek, have quit the job, now that the hill end of the work is to be done. They have been working to ward Heppner from the rock crusher and have this part of the surfacing completed and the contractors will now be up against getting other trucks for the work over the hill to Lena. E. E. Clark and wife and the MisBts Odile Groshens. Pauline Happold and Creola Adams arrived home Monday from their trip to Yellowstone Na tional park. Mr. Clark, who had been spending some time with his shearing crew in Montana, joined the ladies on the way to the park and the visit there was a very enjoyable one, as was their trip going and coming. Mnrjorie Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Clark, Victor Lovgren, s n of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lovgren, rnd Louis Gilliam, son of Mr. and llrs. L. L. Gilliam were all patients at the office of Dr. McMurdo on Tu esday, having tonsils removed. The doctor administered local anaesthetic an A sort natiant ia rannrtiii) tfi Via ' getting along well. t The firm of McPherrin and Burke, I who have been running the stages ton the Arlington-Heppner line for the past several months, have dissolv ed partnership, so this paper is in formed, Mr. McPherrin taking over the business. Mr. Burke contemplates pninp to Portland, so it is stated. The Latourell Auto Co. Reports Good Business It hsa been a pretty hard job, ac cording to the statement of C. H Latourell, of the Ford and Fordson agency, to keep up with the demands made on them during the past sev eral weeks. There has been a con tinuous call for Ford cars, and then the Fordson tractor is also coming in for its share of the demand and they have not been easy to Bupply. The monthly allotment of cars, trucks and tractors at this point seems to be gobbled up even before it arrives, and Mr. Latourell is of the opinion that the reason is they have what the people are wanting in this line. Threshers are also being supplied from this agency, and several of the Wood Bros, separators have been dis posed of. With these machines goes a Fordson to move it and run it when in the field, and the two machines make a fine combination for the wheat farmer. The following transactions have been put over at the Ford agency the past two weeks: W. C. Cox, Heppner, 4-door sedan; C. A. Low, lone, tour ing car; E. E. Eugg, Rhea Creek, touring car; R. W. Lieuallen. lone, truck; Harold Mason, lone, truck; F. A. Ray, lone, truck; Dora Howe, Echo, truck; V. and S. Crawford, Heppner, touring car; C. H. Latourell, for himself, touring car with all the "fixin's" to make it go wherever he wants to go, even to the climbing of a telephone pole; A, Henriksen, Hepp ner, Fordson; Adam Hlahtn, Hepp ner, Fordson; Guy L. Barlow, Hepp ner, Wood Bros, thresher with Ford son; A. B. Fletcher, lone. Wood Bros, thresher with Fordson. Touring Car and Truck Collide on Highway The Hudson touring car of W. P. Mahoney and the freight truck of Jim Furlong met in a sidewise collision on the highway a short distance this side of lone Saturday night, and both machines were damaged to the extent of a smashed wheel and fenders and had to be laid off for repairs. A company of young people were occupying the Mahoney car and on their way to the dance at lone, the car being driven by Edmund Buck num at the time, and it is claimed that the truck had but one front light and it was not possible to tell when it had given its side of the road. Apparently neither vehicle was going at a rapid rate when they met, or the results would have been more disas trous. No one was injured as a re sult. Thera was an exhibition of some lively bucking at the Rodeo grounds on Sunday afternoon, when some 20 bad ones were given the once over. The exhibition was witnessed by a fair sized crowd, and they received a brought out the fact that there will be some tough buckers for the com ing Rodeo, though not many were able to disengage their riders on Sun day. Jack Terry, who undertook to ride one of the outlaws, was pitched on to his head and received a bump in landing that laid him out. He works at the Pete Shively shop, and was reported off duty on Monday as a result of his venture. Travelers along the Columbia high way will find Prof. H. M. James and wife and Lois located for the sum mer at Rufus, where Mr. James is conducting a cold drink establish ment and says that the financial re turns therefrom beats school teach ing. He will later take up his regu lar profession, we presume, as his present business is only prosperous during the heated term. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson departed on Sunday morning for Vancouver, B. C, where Mr. Notson goes to attend the International Northwest Law En forcement Official's meeting. He was to have a place on the program as one of the speakers at this meeting, : and he and Mrs. Notson will enjoy a short outing in the British Colum bia country. Rhea Luper, of the state engineer's office, Salem, was a visitor here the last of the week, coming to see his father, James Luper. He was ac companied by his sister, Mrs. Lea tha King of Portland, and an aunt, Mrs. Harriett Spidell, of Los Angeles and James Luper, Jr. They returned to Portland on Saturday afternoon. The first grain of the season was delivered at the elevator in Heppner yesterday by Art Parker. He is hand ling his grain to the elevator in bulk. The wheat is forty-fold, of pood qual ity and turning out well. Deliveries will begin pretty lively in another few days, as operations in the Hepp ner territory get under way. Mrs. Julia Boblett, who has been making her home with the family of Harry Turner in this county for the past two years, departed on Tuesday for Lowry City, Missouri, her former home, to reside. She was accompan ied as far as the Junction by Mrs. Harry Turner and her little grand daughter, Ruth Turner. Sheriff Geo. McDuffee returned on Sunday from a business trip to Portland. The sheriff had intended going on to Vancouver, B. C, in com pany with Dist. Atty. Notson, but they failed to make connection, Mr. Notson leaving on Sunday, when Mr. McDuffee expected he would not leave until Monday. Charley Valentine, who was in the city on Saturday, is prepnring for his harvest. He has his last year's crop in the warehouse yet, unsold, and will soon have another added to it. Mr. Valentine would be pleased to see the market open up strong but is a little dubious about it. Mrs. J. D. Fisher, accompanied by her daughter. Miss Gladys Motcalt, departed Friday for Cannon Beach, where the ladies will enjoy the sea breezes for a season. Charley Allinger of lone is out nt the Theo. Anderson place on Eieht Mile this week, where he is "fixin " things up around the pre mines, The Dnlles-HeppncT freight truck business has been purchased by Jim rurlong of this city, who will con duct the same in tho future. Dr. C. C. Chick, who has been ab sent from his otnee for tho past ten days, enjoying a short vacation, re turned home Tuesday. Born At the maternity home of Mrs. J. T. Mik in this city, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clayton Avers of Butter crock, a son, on July 15. Surprise Party Tendered Popular Heppner Ladies Birthdays of Mrs. Keiley and Mrs. Frye Celebrated With Lawa Party at Mahoney Home. The beautiful lawn at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney was made the scene of a very pleasant occasion on Wednesday afternoon, when a surprise party was tendered to Mrs. Emilie Sherman Keiley and Mrs. Olive L. Frye, in honor of the birthday anniversaries of these two popular Heppner matrons. The birth day of Mrs. Frye occurred on Tues day and that of Mrs. Keiley on yes terday. Mrs. Keiley has reached her seventy-fifth anniversary, and be cause our reporter was so anxious to find out. Mrs. Frye would not divulge her age and we are afraid to venture a guess, as we have long since learned not to be too inquisitive re garding such questions. Besides, it does not matter anyway; the good lady had a birthday, and this was sufficient reason why their many friends were brought together for a very enjoyable social afternoon. It had not been the intention, so we infer from Mrs. Kelley's expose, to give the ladies a "big party," as they had been informed that they should go to the home of Mrs. E. F. Camp bell to spend the afternoon yesterday, and having gathered at the residence of Judge Campbell, where some other ladies joined the party, they were taken in the car to go to the Camp bell residence. But coming around by the Mahoney home, the Judge stopped, and it was noted that many had gathered there even some of those whom it had been expected would be found at the party at Mrs. Campbells and the Judge gave or ders that the ladies get out of the car and stop here, when, behold, the plot was made plain, and the ladies realized that the gathering was in their behalf. Mrs. W. T. Campbell and Mrs. C. W. McNamer were the movers in the plan to give the surprise, and when it was made known what was up, other ladies joined in and the party was then planned on a larger scale, and the Mahoney lawn chosen as the pro per place to give it, the day being ideal for an outdoor party. A short program of rather an in formal nature was given, consisting of a recitation by Luola Benge; boIo by Mrs. Grover Young; reading, Mrs. Opal Clark; solo, Dorothy Pattison; two whistling solos, Elizabeth Phelps. Numerous games were also played and a general good social time had, followed by refreshments of ice cream and cake. An additional guest of honor was Mrs. Paul M, Gemmell, whose birth day was also on Wednesday, and ahe was invited to be present and have a part in the festivities. The ladies each received remembrances in the way of gifts. Bethel Sunday school presenting Mrs. Keiley with an elec tric warmer, Mrs. Frye a beautiful cut glass piece and Mrs. Gemmell be ing remembered with salt and pepper shakers. Mrs. Frye and Mrs. Keiley were each remembered also by a gift of silk hose, the donor being L. V. Gentry. The presentation speech was delivered in a delightful manner by Mrs. A. M. Phelps, to which both Mrs. Keiley and Mrs. Frye graciously responded, and the party broke up with everyone wishing the ladies many returns of their birthdays and hoping that they may yet be spared many years among their host of friends here. The guests present were: Mrs. P. M. Gemmell, Mrs. Grover Young and children, Mrs. Lee Slocum, Mrs. E. F. Campbell, Mrs. J. C. Ball. Miss C. A. Gilmlan, Mrs. Sam Hughes, Mrs. G. V. Sperry, Mrs. E. G. Slocum, Mrs. Henry C. Aiken, Mrs J. C. Kirk, Mrs. Emilie Sherman Keiley, Mrs. Osmund Severson, Mrs. W. W. Smead, Mrs. George McDuffee, Mrs John Wight- man, Mrs. Elbert M. Cox and sons, Mrs. J. A. Patterson, Mrs. E. J. Pat rick, Mrs. W. T. Campbell, Mrs. C. w. McNamer, Mrs. J. O. Eager and daughter, Mrs. R. L. Benge, Mrs. W. E. Pruyn, Mrs. P. A. Anderson, Mrs. A. M. Phelps, Mrs. W. P. Mahoney. Misses Luola Benge, Dorothy Patti son, Lulu M. Hager, Elizabeth Phelps, Dons Mahoney, Kathleen Mahoney, Mary Patterson, Patricia Mahoney, Mrs. Wm. Le Trace, Mrs. Clara Mike- sell, Mrs. Frank Gilliam, Mrs. John Cason, Mrs. Will Kirk, Mrs. Opal Clark, Mrs. Olive L. Frye. ! Beautiful birthday cakes, decorated with candles, were presented to both Mrs. Keiley and Mrs. Frye. The cakes also contained hidden treasure, such as rings, thimbles and dimes, and Mias Hager drew the ring in her piece : of birthday cake, which means, as ex- j plained by the older ladies, that she j would be the next popular bride of Heppner. It is nice to thus remember the older ones in the community, and the I guests of honor on this occasion were indeed the most happy ones present, i rejoicing in the manifestations of ! love and esteem in which thev are1 held. Birthday cords presented to tha ladies by Bethel Sunday school were very appropriate. To Mrs. Frye: Your Birthday This is the day of all the days, And this the happy morn On which your many, many friends Give thanks that you were born. To Mrs. Keiley: i9 You find the world a joyous place, Because you make it so. You've helped to set the merry pace r or an our feet to go. The song and laughter that you hear Are echoes of your own: Tis thus through many a coming year iou 11 reap the joy you have sown. TO LEAVE THE BANK OF IONE. Miss Lillian Alllinger has tendered her resignation, to take effect soon, as assistant cashier of the Hank of lone. Miss Allinger has filled this re sponsible position for four years, and by her business ability and uniform courtesy has made lasting friends of all having business with the institu tion and they will loth to see her go. It is Miss Allinger's purpose to enter Willamette University in Septt-mbcr and take the full course at that noted institution. lone Independent. C. R. Guniel, cashier of the Bank of lone, and Hap Woods, insurance man and grain buyer of the same city were visitors here on Tuesday. Organization Encounters Difficulty in Choosing New Leader MANSFIELD PRAISED Money to Be Borrowed on Mem bership Duea Pledge, to Pay Current Expenses (Tuesday's Oregonian.) The place of George Mansfield, for mer president of the Oregon farm bureau federation, will not be easy to fill. A special meeting of the farm organization's directors yesterday disclosed this fact, and indicated, too, that the bureau is not yet sure just where to turn for leadership. Expected to name a successor to the position recently vacated by Mr. Mansfield, the meeting put the ques tion of choosing a new chief upon the deferred list. The executive com mittee has been instructed to wrestle with the problem and see if they can determine upon the proper man. Elec tion of a new president will then be placed before the annual meeting of directors to be held on call some time during the month of November. In the meantime V. V. Hickox of Malheur county, vice-president of the bureau, will hold the reins, with the executive committee assuming prac tically first-hand control as the trus tees of the organization. No Prospects Mentioned There were no prospective presi dents of the organization even men tioned at the special session at the bureau's office in the Fitzpatrick building yesterday. Rumors as to who would be chosen had been totally lacking during the two weeks follow ing Mr. Mansfield's resignation. The reason disclosed at the session yes terday was that no one has been in line for the job, and no one ia in line for it yet. At the same time the directors paid a tribute to the man who for the past three years had acted as the bureau's head. "We have not always agreed with Mr. Mansfield's policies," they said, "and in fact have often dis agreed with him, but no one can deny the influence that he has been in the agricultural field, and the farm bu reau expects to profit greatly in the future by bia continued friendship and assistance although he has re linquished actual control. Debta Mnst Be Paid A definite plan for the placing of the farm bureau upon a firm financial basis immediately waa worked out by the directors. Membership dues pledges, which have not been collect ed, are to be used by the bureau as security for the negotiation of auf ficient funds to take care of the out standing debts and to provide for im mediate expenses of operation. In the formation of the bureau, membership pledges were signed by the farmers, covering a three-year period, and are practically in the form of notes for the amount of in dividual dues. On account of the depression throughout the entire field of agriculture, collections lagged. Up on the 1922 and 1923 pledges, there is said by officials of the bureau to be approximately $150,000 outstand ing throughout the state. The liabil ities of the organization approximate $20,000. Banks to Be Consulted Whether or not the banks will be willing to accept the pledges as col lateral has not been determined, but it is expected that some form of di rect obligation against the bureau upon this basis will be worked out. During the four months preceding the annual meeting, the completion of the new policies of the bureau is expected. A program of co-operation with the business men in pro moting the activities of the organiza tion has been undertaken. The farm bureau is to co-operate in the Oregon state development campaign, in so far as that effort to aid the state touches upon the agricultural situa tion. The farm bureau, its directors ex plained, feels that the organization. in addition to having a field for sep arate co-operative effort in the bene fiting of the farmer, can be self-supporting provided the proper aid is given in the launching of its aetiv- ues upon the new plan of co-ord mat ing its work with tha existing com mercial organizations. Development Campaign Outlined To this effect the directors met yes treday afternoon with the agricultur al committee of the Portland Cham ber of Commerce for the discussion of the state development activities and the general outlining of Dlans which at present have been formu'a ted only in more or less of a general way. The directors who attended the session were: H. E. Krueger, Doug las county; V. II. Smith. Sherman county; 11. Lynch. Multnomah coun ty; H. II. Chindgren and O. K. Daugh erty. Clackamas county; W. U 1'ow ell, Benton county; W. J. Gardner, Polk county; E. M. Eby, Deschutes county; M. M. Russell, Yamhill coun ty, and Jared Wengcr, executive sec retary of the bureau, and John K. Burton, member of the national farm bureau executive body. Clil liCH OF ( IIK1ST. July 27, 1113. Summer heat is hard on half-hearted religious convictions, but reveal tho vital, dynumie kind. How are you standing the test? It will be shown by your response to tho spiritual cults. May we not look for you on Sunday? You will find the church delightfully cool and comfortable. Bible school U:4.r, communion am) preaching U, Christian Endeavor at 7 and song service and preaching at 8 o'clock. The bible study and pray er meeting every Thursday evening. Hoy Scout meeting every Saturday at 2 o'clock. All the church services are planned for your uenetlt. (tome and worship with us. I.IVING8TONK.