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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.
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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.