The Gazette-Times
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 40, Number 17. HEPPNER, OREGON, THUSDA Y.AUGUST 2, 1923 Subscription $2.00 Per Year
T
Van Marter Returns from
Grant County With
Interesting Facts
CO-OPERATION NEED
Old Trade Cm Be Revived, If We
Act at Once, Says Vsn; People
Want to Come Here
La Verne Van Marter, while in the
pursuit of business in his line, waa
visitor over in Grant county dur
ing the past week, spending some
Ave days at Monument, Long Creek
and Ritter, where he found business
conditions generally good. The crops
are exceptionally good at these var
ious points and there will be an
abundance of hay. He also found the
range conditions excellent and stock
of alt kinds were sleek and fat. Mr.
Van Marter succeded in landing a
nice line of insurance for the various
companies he represents, "but," he re
marked to the editor, "don't overlook
the fact that I got a good warming
over at each point visited. The peo
ple over that way were not slow In
letting me know that they felt Hepp
ner had given them the go-bye, and
apparently had lost all Interest in the
communities that have in times past
given us a lot of good business. Pen
dleton and Condon are busy; they
are sending out delegations to the
different Grant county points and are
offering inducement for trade, though
it is much farther to travel in going
to either one of these places. Pen
dleton Is especially active, and Is
letting the people of Northern Grant
know ft. They are not slow in send
ing delegations of business men, rep
resenting the Pendleton Commercial
club, into that section and are co
operating with them in every possible
way in their program to get a good
road to the outside," and Van con
tinued along this line to considerable
extent, impressing us with the fact
that the people over there would ra
ther come this way, but owing to bad
road conncctofns they are forced to
go elsewhere.
"They have somewhat a wrong im
pression at that," was Van's further
comment. "I found the road to Mon
ument, through Hardman, in very
good shape all the way, and made
tha trip from Heppner over there in
my flivver in about three and a half
hours, which is not bad time. The
Wall creek grade is of course rocky,
and the traveling there was slow, but
this was tha only piece of road that
gave me any trouble. I am convinced
that the judicious expenditure of five
hundred dollars here, in making a
change in this part of the rond, would
give us a fine road into Monument
that would be good for nine months
In the year, and this would accom
modate the people out that way so
far as their actual needs would seem
to demand.
"Then, there is the road out to Rit
ter from Heppner that Is in excellent
shape rfght now, and the distance
from Ritter to Heppner is but 45
miles as against 84 mites out to Pen
dleton, and the people from Long
Creek and Ritter are going out to
Pendelton, making the long trip and
traveling over one of the worst pieces
of road in eastern Oregon, just be
cause back some three years ago ar
rangements had been made for a
large delegation of Heppner boosters
to visit them on the 4th of July which
went alt wrong on the part of the
Heppner people and the bunch from
here did not make the contemplated
trip. Ritter Is still sore about this,
and speak of the contrast in the way
Pendleton has treated them by send
ing large delegations there at differ
ent times. I found a number of
people at Ritter who had been in the
habit of coming to Heppner in for
mer years, who were going to Pen
dleton now, because they felt they
were welcome there by the business
people. Heppner should change this
condition. It will take but little
work to get the road out this way
from Ritter In excellent shape, and
the trip can be made in a very few
hours.
"I am convinced, also, that our for
mer trade, now going to Condon can
be headed this way by the completing
of the Hurdman-Spray cut-off. From
Heppner to Hardman we will soon
have a road that is on a good grade
and practically macadam all the way.
Then the construction from Hardman
on over to connect with the John1
Day highway near Spray can be put
over by our people getting busy. The
forest service will co-operate In this
work, but we must hustle, as others
are after the available funds and if
we continue to 'sleep on the job' we
are going to be left.
"I found a fine lot of people at each
point I visited, and they are not
averse to coming back to Heppner to
trade and do their banking business,
providing there is some little induce
ment offered."
Why not let Heppner get busy and
send a delegation of business men
out to these various points, and let
them know that-we have a real In
terest In them. It will pay to take
the time to do this. The talk that
Mr, Van Marter listened to Is what
every citizen from over this way gets
when he is called out in that part of
the country on business. A more
friendly co-operation on the part of
the people hero will be the means of
getting back to our former relation
ships. WILL OPEN STUDIO.
Manager Slgsboe of the Star thea
ter will again engage In the business
of photography in Heppner. He will
fix up a gallery in the room recently
occupied by Hnrvlc Young in the
Cohn building on Main street, and
thinks that within a month he will
be prepnrod again to "shoot" the
phizes of the Heppner community.
Bert was a mighty good hand at
this work before he was burned out
In 1018, and we are sure he will soon
get back on the job in good shape.
Mr, Young Is moving his second hand
stock of goods Into the Farmers Ele
vator building on lower Main street.
Money to loan, Box 416, Heppner.
Local Ball Season
Ends in the Hole
Manager Vaa Marter's Report Show.
Receipt Lack $68.59 of Meet
Ini Llablllttaa.
LaVern Van Marter, manager of
tha Heppner baaeball club last sea
on, hai coma to tha conclusion that
it li a hard matter to make the na
tional game pay here, after summing
up hia fiscal report for the aeason.
Van Marter has managed the elub
for two years with tha same result
and does not believe he wants to
tackle the Job again. The following
report of receipts and disbursements
for the season shows a deficit of
(68.60.
Receipts, showing data and source
of same:
April 1st, Condon $117.00
April 8, Boardman '. 147.00
April 15, no game.
April 22, lone ,
April 29, Umatilla
May 13, Arlington
May 20, Pilot Rock
July 4, lone at lone
July 1st, Condon
Danes
168.00
82.00
108.00
66.20
100.00
198.00
41.00
18.05
25.00
69.50
30.00
132.00
Show
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Subscriptions
Dance
lone .
Total
Disbursements:
.$1291.75
Paid to Broughton for season $350.00
Paid to King for season 330.00
Spec Aiken, expenses of car
Heppner Hotel, Broughton and
King
Dr. Conder -
Expenses of Jack Clifford
Expenses to Condon
15.00
11.10
10.00
17.50
22.60
7.46
Arlington Hotel
Paid to Umatilla .... 33.80
Paid to Pilot Rock 60.00
Paid to Condon - 40.00
Paid to Boardman 69.00
Expenses of erecting backstop 4.70
Paid to J. O. Hager 16.00
Gaiette-Times, July 2 13.00
June 1st 14.00
May 1st 17.10
Heppner Herald, April 1st ...... 28.40
May 1st 7.00
April 23 14.00
June 1 15.60
July 1st 10.90
Peoples Hardware Co., April 2 25.35
April 21 12.85
May 27 - 14.00
June 23 7.25
June 11 11.00
Humphreys Drug Co., May 23.. 17.25
Louis Allen for season 20.00
Dallas Ward for season 27.60
Ellwood
Matlock
E. D. Brown
7.00
6.00
47.50
lone Hotel, two games 14.60
Telephone, May 1st 6.76
Heppner Garage, gas 2.60
Peoples Hardware Co., July 10 21.26
Telephone, June 1st 6.26
Telephone, July 1st .. 4.60
Distributing bills 4.60
Paid to water and bat boys,
season 8.00
Total disbursements $1359.00
Cash In bank $ 1.26
Total ....$1360.26
Less receipts $1291.76
Deficit $68.50
MISS BENGE GIVEN SURPRISE.
Miss Luola Benge, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Benge of this city
was given a very complete surprise
on last Saturday evening, the occa
sion being her 16th birthday. The
party was arranged by Mrs. Benge,
who invited in a large number of the
young friends of Miss Luola, and
a very enjoyable time was had for
a few hours on the lawn at the Benge
home, which was properly decosted
for the occasion. Miss Benge had
been Induced to take a short visit
at the home of relatives in the coun
try, and on returning home at about
8:00 p. m., Saturday, she was greet
el by the assemblage and her sur
prise was complete. The playing
of games, followed by refreshments
of punch and ice cream and cake,
took up the time of the evening. A
number of beautiful gifts were be
stowed upon Miss Benge by intimate
friends.
FIRE HITS ARLINGTON HARD.
A portion of the business section
of Arlington was destroyed by fire
early Monday morning. The fire
started in the Arlington hotel and
that building and all the others In
the same block were destroyed, as
well as the block of business houses
and residences immediately across
the street. Other sufferers from the
fire were the city hall, Snell & Lem
on garage, Arlington Hotel meat mar
ket, Jarvis' confectionery, A. J, Coe's
pastime, the postofflce, Arlington bak
ery, the Butcher residence and sev
eral small wooden buildings that had
stood in the block for many years.
The estimated loss is JH0.000. The
strong wind that was blowing at the
time, from the southwest, suddenly
veered and the entire destruction of
the business portion of the town was
thus saved. No lives were lost, but
there were some close calls.
Robert J, Carsner, of Spray, was in
Heppner several days the past week.
While here he urged upon Heppner
people to get busy in putting through
the Hardman-Spray road project. It
Is his opinion, gathered from a recent
visit at the office of the chief forest
er In Portland, that we can get co
operation from that quarter if we go
right after It. Others are asking for
money from this source to put over
road programs, and the demands are
many and urgent, so it behooves
Heppner to hustle If they expect any
help from this quarter. Mr. Carsnor
has been a consistent booster for
this project as he realises fully what
it means for this portion of eastern
Oregon.
Government hunters Roosa and
MattlsOn wore in town on Wednesday,
making up their monthly reports and
getting supplies. Tha boys have sue
ceeded In killing 29 coyotos during
July, Mattlson getting 20 and Koosa
9. Roosa has been operating near the
Ditch creek ranger atntion and Mat
tlson has been located at Skookum.
They expect to move into now terri
tory for tha month of August.
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CECIL K ITEMS
Geo. W. Wilson left Cecil Thursday
dressed in the pink of style, return
ed on Friday morning looking as if
he had been rolled around in a barrel
for a week. George whispered he had
joined a lodge and either a "Sweet
William" goat from the "Hoot Owls"
or an Elk waa the cause of his dis
tressed appearance.
Heat at Cecil store on Sunday, July
22, registered 102 in the shade; Sat
urday, July 28, 100 degrees. Rest of
week from 86 to 96 degrees. Second
crops of alfalfa are now being cut on
all the creek ranches and several
have already got crops partly stacked.
Yield la better than the first cutting.
David Hynd and sister Miss Annie
of Sand Hollow, accompanied by Miss
Nellie Doney of Yamhill, made a
short call in Cecil on Friday before
leaving on tha local for Portland.
Miss Nellie is returning home after
spending several weeks visiting
friends in Morrow county.
W. G. Palmateer of Wlndynook was
n Cecil on Friday in search of a
larger lunch basket. Wid is working
early and lata in his wheat fields
and feela the need of a larger lunch.
He could only be accommodated with
a clothes basket which ha politely re
fused with "thanks."
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cox and Mr.
and Mrs. C. Story of Arlington made
a short call in Cecil on Thursday.
Mr. Story was trying out his fine
new Dodge car on all kinds of roads
in Morrow county and returned home
without one scratch to disfigure his
r.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chandler of
Willow Creek ranch and daughters
who have been visiting in Albany for
several daya returned home on Fri
day and all feel benefited by their
vacation and ready for work once
more.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Henriksen of
Strawberry ranch chaperoned a large
swimming party at their ranch on
Sunday. E. Erickson of Grass Val
ley was the guest of honor along
with Earl Cronk of Portland.
Messrs A. Henriksen from The
Moore ranch near Heppner and Lat-
ourell from the Latourell Auto com
pany, Heppner, were calling on the
Mayor at Butterby Flats on Thurs
day.
Jack Hynd, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Lowe spent Sunday at
Hynd Broa. ranch at Freeieout and
dined with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Scott
before returning to Cecil.
Mr. and Mra. J. W. Gherins, ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Hazel
Dean and daughter of Eight Mile,
were calling on their friends in Ce
cil on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Samuel and fam
ily of Athena were visiting with Mrs.
Samuel's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Chandler on Sunday at Willow
Creek ranch.
Joe Marcus and G. A. Mitchell who
are resting from their labors in the
harvest fields left for Arlington on
Friday to spend their vacation or
money.
Mr. and Mra. Fletcher of lone, ac
companied by Clifford Davidson, were
visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chandler
at Willow Creek ranch on Wednesday.
Ellis Mnior from his ranch the
End of the Trail near lone made a
short stay at The Last Camp on
Friday before leaving for Portland.
Mrs. V. H. Tyler and son returned
to their home at Rhea Siding on Fri
day after spending several days with
Mrs. Everett Logan in Heppner.
Karl Famsworth, prominent stock
and dairy farmer on Willow creek
was doing business in Arlington on
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willey and children
from their ranch near The Willows
were doing business in lone on
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Strcotcr and
family were visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. V. H. Tyler at Rhea Siding on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Streeter and
children spent Sunday in Heppner
visiting at the home of Mrs. Everett
Logan.
Mrs. Yocum of Wasco arrived at
the Curtlss ranch and will visit with
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Funk for a few
days.
Mr, and Mrs. Leghorn of Arlington
were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Krobs at The Last Camp on Thurs
day. Geo. Clough of the Arlington Lum
ber company was calling on J. W. Os
born on Thursday.
at the Swimming Hole
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Are Moving Into Neat
New Store at Lexington
Joseph Burgoyne A Son of Lexing
ton have just recently had the build
ing adjoining their old Btore room
fitted up and are now getting their
stock located. The building was for
merly UBed as a machinery warehouse
and is quite a bit larger than the old
store room. Since being worked over
it is one of the best arranged gro
cery and dry goods houses in the
county.
The remodeling work was under
the hand of James Davis, carpenter,
while the painting, papering and dec
orating was done by Messrs. Johnson
and Thornburg. High shelving has
been done away with and the better
plan of handling goods from low
shelves and bins has been adopted.
This makes a very handy and con
venient arrangement and is up to
date. The new store room is now re
ceiving the Btock of goods from the
old building, and this has been great
ly augmented by new shipments, mak
ing the store of Burgoyne & Son one
of the very best in the county.
Lexington is no doubt proud of
the meat market and cold storage
plant of Howard Lane's. It is cer
tainly a neat and well kept place and
would be a credit to any town many
times the size of Lexington. Mr.
Lane also keeps a fine stock of gro
ceries and fruits and vegetables, hav
ing but recently added this line to
his meat market business, and he re
ports that he is enjoying a fine trade.
J. H. GEMMELL IS INJURED.
J. H, Gemmell was quite severely
hurt on Tuesday morning. He was
at work in the field with a weeder
when the discharge of a blast on the
new grade through the Gemmell place
frightened the team and they ran
away, the weeder passing over him.
Several ribs were fractured, a num
ber of cuts sustained about the head
and his shins badly skinned. Mr.
Gemmell was taken to the Heppner
Surgical hospital where he is recov
ering from his injuries.
EVERETT RITCHIE BACK HOME.
Everett Ritchie, who had been in
the government hospital at Walla
Walla, Wash., for several months suf
fering from tuberculosis contracted
in the World War, was brought to his
mother's home in lone last Sunday.
His condition is very low and no
hopes are entertained for his recov
ery. lone Independent.
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LOCAL ENS HEMS
Mrs. John Smith, formerly MrB.
Wllhelmina Frederick, deid at her
home in north Heppner, Sunday af
ternoon. She had been a sufferer for
several months from cancer of the
stomach, from which she could gain
no relief. The funeral was held Tues
day evening at bix o'clock. Mr. Smith
is an employee of the railroad com
pany. The Spencer Crawford family, Vaw
ter Crawford and Miss Bernice Gith
ens "Forded" over to Pendleton Sun
day morning, returning Sunday eve
ning acocmpanied by Mrs. Vawter
Crawford. Mrs. Crawford had been
spending a week at the home of her
sister, Mrs. J. B. Cooley, in the
Round-Up city.
J. W. Becket of Portland and for
mer resident of this county, ia mak
ing a Visit to the old farm on Eight
Mile now being operated by his son
Charles. He comes up about this
time every year to Bee that harvest Is
started off right.
LOST Dark gray plaid coat be
tween Cecil and lone. Had black
leather case in pocket, containing
fishing and drivers' licenses, also
Standard Oil Script book. Finder
please leave at Dr. McMurdo's office,
Heppner.
D. C. Wells and wife and son
Wood row stopped over in Heppner
for a few hours on Friday on their
return home to Pendleton after
spending ten days at the coast for
their summer vacation.
Arthur Erwin was up to Heppner
for a short time on Saturday from his
farm out beyond Rhea creek. His
harvest ia on In good shape and the
grain is making a fine yield going
better than 35 bushels.
Howard Anderson, leading wheat
raiser of Eight Mile, was in the city
Friday, completing arrangements for
the starting of harvest on his farm,
and operations will be in full awing
within a few days.
Dr. F. B. Kistner of Portland, for
merly of this city, spent Tuesday
night here while on his return from
the meeting of the state medical as
sociation the past week at Wallowa
I Lake.
Archdeacon Goldie, from his home
at Cove, made the Heppner Episcopal
' church an official visit on Sunday,
holding services both morning and ,
evening. 1
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Howell of Hardman, July 81, a daugh
ter.
Farmer Receives But One
Third of Retail Price
of Wheat
SUPPLY VS. DEMAND
Problem Not Over-Production Bat
Under-Consumptlon ; Associa
tions Have Important Part
C. E. SPENCE, Market Agent,
723 Court House, Portland, Ore.
There ia considerable open talk
throughout the state and nation,
some of which is expressed in the
newspapers, that the real remedy for
the low prices paid to farmers for
their products is in less production
limiting production to the point
where forced demand will guarantee
growers fair prices. The National
Wheat Council of Chicago sends out
an open letter, to the editors of the
agricultural press in all states, under
date of July 2, which outlines the
discouraging market situation and
states: "This condition will last un
til, though knowledge of the facts,
both production and consumption ap
proximate a balance in the United
States."
The market agent department be
lieves that consumption of almost all
farm products could be very greatly
increased if the two-thirds added cost
between what the farmer gets and
the kitchen pays could be reduced, or
largely divided between producer and
consumer,
The price of flour and its many by
products are entirely out of propor
tion to the wheat price the grower
gets. Much more flour would be used
in many forms of home baking if the
cost was lower, as also the cost of
sugar and the other ingredients that
go with baking and cooking.
Hood River apple growers state
that last fall they sold much of their
fruit at below the actual cost of pro
duction and that if the present mar
keting outlook does not improve
many of the growers in that section
will fail. Four times as many apples
as are now eaten would be consumed
if the families could buy them at
prices their family budgets would
permit.
Consumption of almost any kind of
fruits and vegetables would be doub
led if the retail prices were not so
high that the most of the products
are removed from the family neces
sity list. And even the list of abso
lute necessities would be greatly in
creased in volume if the retail prices
were lowered.
A speaker at a recent Grange meet
ing said of this situation:
"It is not over-production but un
derconsumption. So many hands
grab a profit off the stuff we raise
that when it reaches the kitchen ta
ble the price is so high the family
cuts the ration."
United States Senator Borah in a
speech in Portland July 11, made the
startling statements that out of the
22 and one-half billions of dollars of
farm products produced in this coun
try in 1922, the farmers received but
seven and one-half billoins, while the
commission men and other middle in
terests absorbed 14 and one-half bil
lions. Senator Borah truly says that
"this condition will destrop any in
dustry." Sixty-six per cent is too much to
add to the producers' price and have
a normal consumption of any pro
duct. Under such a system much
produce must rot where grown be
cause the retail price is beyond the
common reach of families. But if,
thip middle expense could be divided i
to a large extent between the produc-1
ing and consuming classes there !
would be no cause to curtail produc
tion, as consumption wouid increase
enormously.
The co-operative movement appears
to be the present remedy for this
condition. Strongly organized, so that
a majority of the product can be
controlled and sold from a central
agency, middle expenses and profits
could be cut and the growers given
their just part of the retail price.
Oregon has all that it could dream of
in abundant crops, yet the market sit
uation looks very dark, for the rea
sons that others than the growers
manipulate the markets and control
the profits. A record production sold
at less than production cost is not
prosperity.
Dr, M. A. Leach and family of Pen
dleton were visitors in this city on
Sunday, guests at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo. Dr. Leach
has offices in Pendleton, where he
has been practicing dentistry for sev
eral months past.
Olaf Bergstrom and wife, promin
ent Eight Mile residents, were in the
city Monday. Mr. Bergstrom was
just getting things ready to begin
harvest.
Pyle A Crimes, proprietors of the
Parkers Mill hotel, have purchased
the Ashbaugh saw mill near that place
and arc now operating it to capacity.
Miss Margaret Crawford returned
Monday evening from a three-week's
visit at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Leroy Jones, at Montcsano, Wash.
Mrs. Helen Lockeridge and daugh
ter of Portland are visiting at the
home of Mrs. Lockeridge's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Aiken.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Ray Taylor
in this city Monday, July 30, a son,
Ralph Lynn. Mother and child are
getting along nicely.
Miss Mildred Clowry, assistant of
Dr, McMurdo, left Tuesday morning
to spend her vacation at Carmel by
the Sea, California.
Dr. D. R. Hfiylor, eye
ii.Am specialist with modern
equipment, in Heppner
August 6 and 7.
B. P. Stone and wife left on Frl
day for Hot Lake, where Bert expects
to take a few treatments at Dr. Phy's
famous resort.
FOR 8AI.K Range stove In fair
condition. Will sell or trade. Good
for cook house. F. K. MASON, Lex
ington, Ore.
LOST- At feed yard, Heppner, July
21, four halters. Finder leave at this
office. Reward.
Surplus Oregon Wheat
Profitable Stock Feed
Local Grain Mora Economical Than
Eastern Com and Barley Says
College Specialist
Present wheat prices make wheat a
more economical feed for hogs and
lambs than eastern corn and barley
with their frieght costs, thinks H. A.
Lindgren, livestock specialist for the
state college extension service.
"Farmers who have been feeding
corn or barley from the middle west
will undoubtedly find it mora profit
able to feed local wheat than to pay
freight on the shipped grains," Mr.
Lindgren says. "But the relatively
low price of wheat does not indicate
a big decrease fn feeding operations.
The number of hogs in the Pacific
northwest and our facilities for mar
keting pork are limited, and lamb
feeding is little more than a gamble
for those not experienced fn that
phase of feeding. Wheat is not a suit
able feed for beef cattle or horses.
Pound for pound wheat la just
about the equal of corn as a hog feed,
and as good as barley for fattening
lambs, Lindgren reports. To get the
best results in feeding jigs the wheat
should be ground and tankage added
to the ration.
It takes about 450 pounds of wheat
to make 100 pounds of pork. In lamb
feeding wheat at the rate of a pound
a day with all the hay a lamb will
eat will produce a quarter of a pound
gain.
Income Tax Appeals
Heard in Portland
Portland, Or., July 24. Clyde G.
Huntley, collector of internal rev
enue, was today advised that early
this fall, the date to be announced
later, a subcommittee from the bu
reau of internal revenue, Washington,
D. C, will hold a series of hearings
in Portland when residents of Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and Wyom
ing may present appeals from the
action of the income tax unit.
The purpose of these hearings in
the field is to afford taxpayers of
the Pacific northwest states, who can
only appear before the bureau at
Washington at the cost of consider
able time and expense, an opportun
ity to present their cases on ap
peal before an appellate body of the
bureau sitting in the appellant's own
locality. All evidence, however, con
sidered in cases heard upon appeal
must have been previously submitted
to the income tax unit in accordance
with the established practice of the
bureau.
This plan of affording the taxpayer
tit is leas drpnitrt -method of pre
senting his appeal in income tax mat
ters was initiated by the bureau as
an experiment with a series of hear
ings at St. Paul, Minnesota, begin
ning late in April. The result of the
work of the subcommittee at that
point was so successful that the bu
reau felt justified in continuing these
hearings in the more remote middle
west and Pacific coast districts.
Leaving St. Paul, the subcommittee
will hold similar hearings at Los An
geles, beginning August 1st, for the
accommodation of residents of the
states of California, Nevada, Utah
and Arizona, before coming to Port
land for further hearings.
"By this arrangement." said Col
lector Huntley today, "the work of
hearing and disposing of these ap
peals from taxpayers wilt not only
be greatly expedited but the interest
ed litigants will be spared the ex-
nse and loss of time of either go
ing to Washington in person or em
ploying legal assistance to make the
trip to that city where all appeals
nave neretotore been heard."
FARM POINTERS
Common vetch and gray winter oats
were used in the O. A. C. station
trials for dairy cattle silage, as rec
ommended for Oregon in general.
Purple vetch for the coast districts
shows a little more promise, and the
new station product, Hungarian vetch,
is recommended for the very heavy
lands of the valley district. Winter
barley can be used with the vetch for
silage and gives good results.
Wheat growers will find it profit
able to order, individually or collect
ively in neighborhood or organization
groups, their copper carbonate dust
now for use next fall. Results ith
the new treatment for control of smut
on wheat have proved so satisfactory
that a state-wide campaign to sup
plant the liquid treatments with it is
justified, thinks H. S. Barss, plant
pathologist of the experiment station.
The size of new prune dryers or
additional units is based on the acre
age in bearing, and the new tracts
just coming into bearing, reports the
O. A. C. experiment station. Calcu
lations may safely be made on a 20
day drying period, the average length
of the season in Oregon. Dividing
the total estimated production by 20
will give the required capacity of the
finished plant. The maximum capac
ity of the new station model recir
culation system is tons per tun
nel per day.
Crop rotation will greatly extend
the productive power of Oregon soils,
says the experiment station soils de
partment. It gives better tilth and
moisture, less water requirement,
more crop per unit of water used,
and better net profits, and It helps
build up the soil.
The second generation of peach
twig miner worms attacks the fruit
of prune, boring their way around the
young seed. They show up as worms
on n.ature peaches and appneots.
Control must begin the winter and
spring before, say Oregon station en
tomologists. W. F. Barnett and family of Lex
ington were visitors here for a few
hours today. Mr. Burnett is well
pleased with the way his grain is
turning out, going from 30 to 36 bu
shols. Just now the threshing crew
is laying off while the weeders are
busy on the summerfallow. The big
rains have started the weeds in abun
dance and now is a tine time to kill
them off. Threshing will be resumed
next week at the Barnett farm.
POT IS BOILING
Early Booms Frowned
Upon by Presidential
Favorites.
J. W. DAVIS STRONG
Brilliant New York Lawyer Might
Get Nomination fn Case of
Democratic Deadlock.
Written specially for The Gazette
Times by
ROBERT FULLER
New York, Aug. 1 Politics are
buzzing despite favorite candidates'
efforts to avert development of pre
mature booms. Booms, by the way,
which would burn up a great deal of
their followers enthusiasm before It
could be employed effectively when
it would count most at the party
conventions.
Senator Hiram Johnson's return
from Europe and his address at New
York; President Harding's return
from Alaska and his Pacific Coast
speeches; the election of Farmer-Labor
Senator Magnus Johnson from
Minnesota; and Wm. G. McAdoo's
call and dinner with former President
Wilson; all furnished food for a great
deal of political speculation here dur
ing the last ten days.
Wrhen politics are in the air. dis
cussion follows some very interesting
paths. The presence of National Edi
torial Association members In New
York last week gave political leaders
the opportunity to feel the pulse of
the country as to sentiment for va
rious presidential possibilities and
impossibilities.
Comment and views naturally turn
ed to compromise candidates, partic
ularly in the Democratic party, where
leaders think John W. Davis of West
Virginia looms strong "dark horse"
for the nomination.
Conceded to be one of the most
brilliant men ever suggested for the
presidency, Mr. Davis has a national
and international background equaled
by few candidate possibilities. He is
at present head of the American Bar
Association.
Before Mr. Davis's appointment as
Councellor General of the Department
of Justice several years ago, he was
a Congressman from West Virginia.
He was chairman of the Judiciary
Committee in the House of Represen
tatives, a remarkable speaker and
personally very popular.
He left the Department of Justice
to become American Ambassador to
Great Britain during the Wilson ad
ministration. Since leaving the government ser
vice, Mr. Davis has been active in
the legal profession, making his home
at New York. Among his clients is
the banking house of J. P. Morgan &
Co. of Wall Street. He is also Gen
eral Counsel for the Associated Press
and attorney for the New York Times.
Nomination of Mr. Davis in 1924 is
within the possibilities of a deadlock.
RETURN FROM VANCOUVER, B. C.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson returned
home from Vancouver, B. C, on Tues
day afternoon. Mr. Notson attended
the meeting of the Northwest Associ
ation of Sheriffs and Police and oth
er law enforcement officials he-Id in
that city July 23-26. Mr. Notson1 was
one of the speakers on the program
and addressed the convention on the
subject of "Remedies of Present Pro
cedure on the morning of July 24.
The 26th waa "President Harding's
Day and Mr. Notson states that the
reception given our President by the
citizens of Vancouver and British
Columbia was cetainly magnificent,
At this time, however, President Har
ding seemed to be greatly fatigued
from his long journey, but it was not
thought then that he would face such
a serious crises as has been brought
about by his illness at San Francisco.
As a convention city, Mr. Notson
thinks Vancouver is hard to beat.
There was so much fine entertain
ment that the delegates to the con
vention could hardly find time to at
tend to the necessary business. Mr.
and Mrs. Notson also enjoyed a short
visit with relatives in Seattle while
on the way to Vancouver.
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Lord's Day, August 5.
Co-operation has eleven letters,
but we are spelling it with two.
v-e. Another fine day is awaiting
us Sunday and there is something in
it for you. matter not whom you may
be. The Bib'e school will be held at
9:45 followed by the Communion ser
vice and preaching. Sermon theme
of the morning will be, "The Secret
of Christian Success." The Christian
Endeavorers will hold their service at
7:30 (note change in time), and the
evening song and preaching services
immediately follows at 8 o'clock. The
theme of the evening sermon will
be. "The Visible Christ." Your cor
dial welcome is assured ; come and
worship with us.
LIVINGSTONE.
BOY BREAKS ANKLE.
Adrian Bechdolt, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bechdolt residing
near Hardman, met with misfortune
on Sunday last and suffered a broken
left ankle. He was attempting to
halter a horse in tha pasture when
that animal started to run. The boy
held on to the halter for a time,
trying to make a jump for his bark,
when his foot struck a loose rock
and the ankle was turned with nurti
eient force to break the bone. Dr.
McMurdo wus called from Heppner
to attend the lad's Injuries.
W, B. Barratt and family returned
Wednesday afternoon from an auto
trip to St, Maries, Idaho, and Spo
kane, Wash., where they spent sev
eral days the past week vUiting with
friends. Hilly states that the I'hIoumi
country has an immense wheat crop
this season, and he nvr before in
his life saw such a vast exu-nt of
wheat fields. St. Maries is a lumper
manufacturing town and thers is
much activity there in that lin.
Dr. D. H. Haylor, y ttpecialist, In
Heppner, Augunt 6 and 7,