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4U The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 40, Number 39. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 1924. Subscription $2.00 Per Year r- - , : ' COUNTY IS HELD Quick Temperature Drop and Heavy Snow Fall Mark Fall's End. 5 BELOW IS COLDEST Mercury Lowest Monday Night; Snap Not Severe Though Followed by Inactivity and Slump. Winter has comet After one of the longest falls in years, Morrow county ti now covered with a thick coat of enow, with more in prospect. The fall at Heppner, which began Sat urday evening, now measures seven inches. Reports Indicate that an equal amount, and more in places, has fallen over the entire county. Along with the snow came a mark ed drop of the mercury. Sunday nrght the thermometer registered zero, Monday night it dropped to five de grees below the coldest night so far and Tuesday night it showed three below, according to Frank Gilliam's government tested instruments. Max imum temperature Monday was 13 degrees and Tuesday 12 degrees above zero. Yesterday the thermometer climbed a few degrees, and a heavy fall of snow last night resulted. Flurries of snow came down this morning, and the even temperature and gray clouds covering the heavens, give promise of more to come. After an autumn of activity, last tng well into the Christmas season, Industry in this county is now prac tically at a standstill. A compara tively few automobiles are braving the snow and cold, and farmers are quite generally tied at home, A sultant slump in local business U evidenced. The storms to date, how ever, have not been severe and no casualties from expOKUre or dumnge to property has been reported, other than frozen water pipes which are keeping local plumbers on the jump, P. A. Anderson, abstractor, says he Is contemplatnig having his phone switched to another line, because of being on the same line with a plum ber and having his phone jingle al most constantly. As far as the farming industry h concerned It Is glad to see the snow come, says Roger Morse, county agent. ine farmers nave compietm uieir inn work In good shape and a good heavy -now is protection against hav ing their crops frozen and winter killed. The only thing the farmer Is, sorry for, he says, Is that it did not come before the ground froze thoroughly. There is danger, how ever, that a big wind will come up and blow off the light snow, as it how stands, leaving the ground bare. Coming at the late date it does the snow will not seriously affect the stockmen, either, declares Mr. Morse Tha fall weather has lasted so long that the range has been depleted and H was becoming necessary for the stockmen to feed hay anyway, so this added necessity makes very little dif ference on this score. And so long as the cold does not become any more severe there is little danger of loss from exposure. The cold snap also comes as some what of a blessing to the hay grower, Is Mr. Morse's belief, as it will give him a chance to dispose of a quantity of hay that otherwise might be left on his hands. Watch Party Is Given At the Ed Clark Home Mr. and Mrs. E. D, Clark were hosts at a watch party given at their home north of Heppner on Monday evening, and there was a jolly gath erlng of young married folks who whfled away the departing hours of 1923 in playing hearts, seven tables) being occupied in this interesting I game. The home was appropriately I decorated for the occasion. Prizes went to the following: Mrs. Bonnie Cochran, first; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thomson, second, and Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Crawford, consolation. The prises given were out of the ordin ary. Mr. Clark had butchered a fine young porker, and he took one half of this and divided it into the three p riies, the ham being first, the shoul der second and the bacon portion third, and after all it is difficult to state just who had the best of the bargain. At the hour of arrival of the New Year, refreshments were served. Thoso present were Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Nys, Mr. and Mrs, Harry Turner, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Gemmell, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Penland, Mr. and Mrs. George Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hed rick, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Atlkins, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Dix, Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Farrior, Mr. and Mrs. Spen cer Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wlghtman, Mr, and Mrs, II. R. Finch, ,Mr, and Mrs, E. D. Clark, Mis. Bon nie Cochran, I-T. A. Will Give an Attractive Program At the regular meeting of the Pa tron-Teachers association to be held at the auditorium of tho high school on Tuesday, January 8, at 3 p. m. there will be an attractive program It is desired that all the members of the association be present, and an Invitation Is extended also to all pa trons, tenchers and friends of the school to come and enjoy the program which is as follows: Piano solo Marjorte Clark Vocal solo Patricia Mahoney Dramatization by second grade un der direction of their toucher, Mrs. Dix. , - Continuation of discussion of. mo tion picturos by Mrs. Livingstone, An appeal for cooperation by Mrs. Glllilan. Address on Thrift by Attorney C, L, Sweck. ' RADIO MAN MEETS WITH ROUGH SEA Grandson of Lexington Man Writes of Experiences in Alaskan Waters. Sterling E. Price, grandson of E. Nordyke, Lexington garage man, has had some interesting experiences as a marine radio man. II is now serv- ng on the Tug Hum aeon na, plying be tween Seattle and Alaskan ports, and In the following letter to his grand father, he tells of an exciting exper ience on a recent trip of the tug: . Tug Humaconna, Monday, Dec. 17, 1923. Dear Grandpa: - ' I know it is not considered proper to write a friendly letter on the type writer but I just got this one a few days ago and so I am anxious to practice on it so I hope you will for give me this time. As this Is the longest I have ever held a radio job, it U consequently the first chance f have had to get s few things that I needed such as the typewriter, a drill, an electric soldering iron, some personal radio equipment, etc. I will finish paying for the, typewriter and get the other things after Christ mas, We had a great trip north but it did not increase my love for Alaska a bit.- Of course both times L have been up there it has been a bad time of year and I would like to make a trip in the summer time as I imagine the scenery is worth see ing. This trip waa fil-fated from the day we left Seattle as we were stuck for two days after leaving in a fog that was the densest I have ever seen. Then when we hit the Gulf of Alaska after leaving, Cape Spencer we were caught in a storm that threatened to sink us. The decks were under water for two days and we took waves clear over the ship con tinually, in fact they even went down the smokestack. ' We met the Coast Guard cutter Algoquin at Kodiack island and went to hunt for the Jap together. She had drifted help less for three weeks with a broken tali shaft when we took her in tow. We picked her uj about 500 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor and started back on the long, hard pull to Esquimalt, B. C. We towed her as far as Port Etches near Cordova and anchored her there and went to Cordova for fuel and stores. That same evening, Saturday, we went back to her side but as it was too stormy we laid in there all that night and the next day. Sunday evening the sign looked better so we started out on the last dangerous tap of out journey. Once inside Cape Spencer and only the trip down the inside passage would be to face. But H was not to be. About 2 o'clock in the morning the wind had risen so high that we were being pulled back wards so we put about and headed back for shelter. At 6 o'clock and only a mile from the anchorage the (Continufd on Page Four.) County Officials Will Hold Meeting at Salem A convention of county judges and commissioners is scheduled to meet at Salem on January 10, 11 and 12. This is an annual event, and this year will be attended by the members of the Morrow county court, Messrs. W. T. Campbell, judge, and L. P. David son and R. L. Benge, commissioners. Subjects pertaining to the welfare of the various counties of the state and the administration of the affairs of the commissioners courts will be up for discussion, and it is reported that at this particular meeting the program arranged is of an exception ally high order. Our county court expects to leave a few days early and be in Portland for the meeting of the state highway commission, Tuesday and Wednes- ilny, January 8 and 9. At this meet ing the questoin of providing a way for the completion of the Lena-Vin son section of the Oregon-Washing ton highway will be gone over with the commission, in conjunction with delegation from the county court of Umatilla county. While the pros pect of getting anything through with the commission at this meeting is not very bright just now, the matter will be presented in the strongest light possible by the delegation from the two counties, with the hope that a means of solving the problem may be worked out. It is understood that Commissioner Duby, who visited Pen dleton just recently, has expressed himself as seeing no way to work out the problem at the present tunc, as there appears to be no way of meeting the financial end of the sit uation. Mrs. Barton Celebrates Her Eightieth Birthday Mrs. Mary Barton celebrated her eightieth birthday on Wednesday, January 2, at the home of hor daugh ter, Mrs. Malcolm D. Clark in this i city. The missionary society of the Chilstinn church nnd a number of frlfnds participated in the celebra ton, gathering at the Clark homo at 3 p. m. and remaining for a couple o? rours, and Mrs. Barton was the 'nippiest member of the entire group. A large and beautiful birthday cake, made and presented by Mrs. W. O. Livingstone, and decorated with 80 candles, was presented to Mrs. Barlon on behalf of tho ladies of the C. W. B. M. Others brought cakes also, and following the regular mon thly meeting of the missionary soci ety, light refreshments were served and the eompany departed wishing Mrs, Barton many hnppy returns of her nntal dny, Hecauso of her in ability to go out to church and at tend its regular meetings as has been har habit foi many long years, Mr. Barton appreciated all the more the vif.it of the ladies and their remem brance of her in this manner on her 80th birthday. A suitable gift for the occasion was presented by the ladies to Mrs, Barton, OUR WEIL YOU CAM SET ME POWN AS EXPECTING A 0UY YEAR AHEAP OUTSIDE OF KEEPING MY EYE ON THE FECL0WS IN WASHINGTON. I'M 6ETTIN6 v m 016 PARTY IN NOVEMBER., EH 1 Just sav that poluAB. WHEAT AND SIX CENT MOGS PlPN'T PLEASE ME A LOT BUT THIN6S PONT TO A BETTER YEAR AHEAP . FOR. ME Funds To Be Raised For Harding Memorial Drive Will Be Made Between Jan uary 6th and 16th ; Benefit of Remembrance Is Lasting. The Harding Memorial association with headquarters at Washington, D. C. is headed by President Coolidge and all the members of his cabinet, and an incorporation of responsible men has been formed for the pur pone of building a Harding memor- al. It embraces the three purposes of: 1st: Acquiring the Harding home with the grounds, the same to be kopt always as archives for the books, papers, imeeches, etc., of the late President Warren G. Harding; 2nd: Establishing a chair in some university to be determined, devoted to statesmanship, diplomacy attd in ternational law; 3rd: Also of building a mausoleum and monument in which shall rest the remains of the late President, nd ultimately those of Mrs. Hard ing. This enterprise calls for Three Mil lion Dollars, $50,000 of which has been assigned to the State of Ore gon as its quota. President Harding's last weeks of activities were spent on the Pacific coast, and the people grew to love him for his splendid character and his high ideals, and also to admire, respect and love Mrs. Harding for her womanly qualities. It is desired that voluntary contri butions shall be made to this fund, and that a very great many people should participate in it, that all may have a tangible interest in the en terprise afoot. Contributions may be sent to B. F. Mutkey, state chairman of the Harding Memorial association for the state of Oregon, Suite 403 Cor bett Building, Portland, Oregon, oi they may be sent direct to Head' quarters at 1414 F Street, Washing ton, D. C. Between the 8th and 16th of Janu ary, 1924, a drive will be made in the several counties of this state to se cure the funds, but meanwhile, and during that time, it is hoped that large number of people will respond of their own initiative. Governor Walter N. Pierce is tak ing an active interest in this Hard ing Memorial enterprise, and nag is sued a proclamation calling upon the various .churches of the state to say something commendatory to this movement on Sunday, January 6th. The movement for the memorial is non-partisan, and all persons who desire to perpetuate the name and memory of a president who verily yielded up his life in conscientious dinchnrge of the tasks of President of all the people, are earnestly re quested to contribute to the Harding Memorial. CLASS OF '20 HOLD BANQUET. The Class of 1920, Heppner High school, held their annual banquet on Friday evening last at the Elkhorn restaurant, at which time, those of the class that were in the city got together and enjoyed themselves. The spread furnished by the restaurant management was all that could be de sired, and the nice thing about this was, when it came time to make set tlement, it was announced by Mr. Cliinn that the bill had been fully paid. L. V. Gentry had taken note of what was going on, while in the restaurant, and he paid the bill for the feed, a kindness greatly appro ciated by the class members, Those present were Etta Devin, May (French) McPherrin, Odile Groshens, Margaret Doherty, Cyrene (Lieuallen Barratt, Elizabeth Phelps, Alma Dev In. OF INTEREST TO MASONS. The first regular meeting in 1924 of Heppner Ldoge No. 69 will be held next Saturday evening, Jan. 6. There wlil be work in the E. A. degree, and a full attendance of the members i urgently requested. L. W. BRIGGS, Secretnry, Mrs. Glenn Boyor returned on Wed nesday evening front Hood River where she went to attend the funeral of her father, the late George W. Renoe, 1924 INTERVIEWS YOU CAN ,ThAT ITS carry out v FOLKS BACK HUM". PUT BEADY FOR. THAT fa. J PLEASE SAY THAT IN 192.1. I EXPECT TO BE AS POPULAR. AND THAT Sure bossed hair. IS HERE STAY Forty-Two at Gerking Family Reunion Xmas Forty-two descendants of Mrs. Su san I. Gerking of Athena, Oregon, participated in an enjoyable family reunion during Christmas week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Cox at Lexington. Mrs. Gerking was enter tained by her childrens' families, in cluding five of her six children, 22of her 32 grand children and six of her 17 great grand children. Had they all been present, - the company would have been 76, but many were pre vented from coming because of dis tance and other matters to interfere. The families arrived on Christmas morning and departed on Friday. During the time- they were at the Cox home there , was a jolly good time, each night an impromptu pro gram being .furnished by various members of the company. Of Mrs. Cox's family there were present Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cox of Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. Harvie Young of Heppner and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Young of Heppner, each with two little ones, and the two younger sons of Mr. and Mrs. Cox. Others present from points outside were Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Beck of rJtopia, Wash., with ten children; Mr. and Mrs. Asher Montague of Ar lington, with five children; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gerking of Bridal Veil and two children, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Gerking of Holdman, Mrs. Gerking is a pioneer of upper Eight Mile, and with her husband, James Gerking, settled in this county in 1882 on the farm owned by Bob Alstott, and they did their part in pioneering that section of the coun ty. Whether New or Better Farm Land, Considered Present Improved Acreage Can Be Doubled by Reclamation, or Made More Valuable. Whether Oregon should develop new lands or concentrate more on settling and making more prosper ous the lands already developed will be one of the questions discussed in the land settlement and reclamation division of the state-wide agricultur al economic conference at the college January 23 to 25. Of Oregon's total area of 61,188,480 acres, only 4.913.851 acres or 8.2 per cent are improved. This includes all land regularly tilled or moved, pas ture that has been tilled or cleared fallow, gardens, orchards, vinyards, and nurseries, and land occupied by farm buildings. This area can be doubled by drain age and irrigation, re part a W, L. Pow ers, chief of soils. It is estimated that 1,225,000 acres are in the Willamette valley and its tributaries, 500,000 in coast and lower Columbia river coun ties, and approximately 750,000 in the marsh and irrigated lands of eentral and eastern Oregon. One millian acres are now Irrigated one million acres are in feasible pro jects, and a half million are yet to be projected. A special committee is arranging the details of the land settlement and reclamation section of the conference and is gathering data. It Is composed of Whitney L. Boise, Portland, mem ber of the state land settlement com mission; James Kyle, Stanfleld, pres ident of the Oregon Irrigation con gress; Senator Sam H. Brown, Gcr- vais, president of the State Drainage association; VV. B. D. Dodson, execu tive manager of the Portland cham ber of commerce, and Rhea Luper, state engineer. JANUARY CLEAN-UP SALE. Auother Coleman sale wilt be held at the millinery store of Mrs, L. G. Herren, beginning today and ending at 8:00 p. m. on Saturday, January 5. This la a special sale on Coats and Dresses, featured by reductions of one-fourth to one-third off a splen did saving on all garments offered. WILL HAVE SPECIAL PULLMAN There will be a special pullman or Oregon Wool Growers going to the national convention at Salt Luki City on the O.-W, R. ft N. train No 18, Jnnuary 20, Mac Hoke, secretary of the Oregon Wool Growers' Asso ciation, is In charge of the reserva tions for this trip. 3U0TE ME AS SAYIN6 MY CHIEF- PESIR.E TO The wishes of the .' IN 0OLP AS; EvcR- I AM TO 5 Killed, 8 Injured By Accidental Shooting Oregon Game Commission Compiles Report of Firearm Casualties For the Past Year. Hunting accidents resulted in the death of five persons and injury of eight others in Oregon during the Fall seasons on deer, smalt game and birds. This toll of human life was re vealed in the summary of accident re port completed this week by the Ore gon State Game Commission. A care ful check of all fatalities and injuries has been supplied the commission through district deputy game war- frnis. A total of 10 counties are listed in the summary with Douglas county at the head of the list. One person was 1 killed and one injured in Douglas hunting accidents. Umatilla and Wal lowa counties each reported two in juries. One death was reported in each of four counties. Lane, Linn, Jackson and Yamhill, and one injury each was reported by Cursy, Des-: chutes and Coos counties. The most common mistake of be lieving a man to be a deer caused the death of two hunters and injury of two. The accidental discharge of guns killed three and injured two. Careless aim caused the injury of four persons. It was not hunters alone who were killed or injured. One nine year old girl was killed by accidnetal discharge of a rifle and a 10 year old boy was njured for the same reason. Two other small boys were injured by the careless aim of a hunter. Rifles were responsible for the death of four persons and injury of four. Shotguns claimed five victims, of which one was killed. Notices have been sent to those re sponsible for these accidents calling their attention to the provision of the Oregon Laws, which prohibit any per son guilty of accidentally killing- or njuring another person from carry- ng or bearing fire-arms in this state. This provision of course, excepts the right to bear fire-arms in self de fense and does not apply to peace officers or members of military or ganizations while on duty. THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. Our great task for the New Year Structural Life Building, and should it be necessary we can well afford to neglect many other things order to succeed in this. The church is the greatest help in this work. It is planned that the Lexington and Heppner Christian churches shall hold an all-day union service with the lone brethren on next Lord's Day. Our participation in this will necessarily depend upon the weather. The Bible School will be held at the regular hour, 9:45 should the weath er conditions be unfavorable we will hold the other services in the church as usual. Bring your morning church offering to the Bible School. Should the weather be propitious, we will leave in cars for lone at 10:30. The Christian Endeavor service will be held for those of the young people who cannot go to lone. Let us all be at the Bible School on time, and we will there learn definitely of the program that is to follow, should be n.ater of the weather leave us In doubt LIVINGSTONE. BANK RECEIVER ARRIVES. J. D. McCully, pioneer merchant and banker of Joseph, Oregon, ar rived at Condon last Friday to take charge of the Condon National Bank as receiver. Mr. McCully has not been actively engaged in the banking busi ness for several years, but was for merly cashier of the First Bank of Joseph, and is thoroughly experienced in every detail of the business. Mr. McCully has orchard interests at Hood River and his family reside there, though he spends some of his time at Joseph where he is also in treested in the McCully Mercantile company. Condon Globe-Times. W. P. Strandborg, director of the Oregon Public Utility Publicity Bu reau, with offices in the Electric building, Portland, was a visitor here the last of the week. Mr. Strandborg who Is an old newspaper man, made this office a very pleasant call. He THAT IN BOLP f 7T NTYPE pueb Am. 7 was on a tour of Eastern Oregon. Thijjyeek No Red Flag For White House. Giving George the Gate. Earth Care at $35,000,000 Per Pound. Inside the Coffin. Moses and Wilbur Wright. The public, thanks to Senator Bor ah, will learn all about that dreadful Russian conspiracy to plant the red flag on the White House. Already part of the horrible truth has leaked out. A secret Service man 1 says that Russian Communists, dis guised as a literary society, met in a hall in New York. You don't need to be told that, from such a meeting, it is only one step to seizing a nation of one hundred and ten million and planting the bloody red flag on the White House. The people can never be grateful enough to Secretary Hughes for pre venting that. Paul Revere, in his ride; the gentleman that carried the news from Ghent to Aix, or the Greek soldier who Bet the first Marathon record, must make way for Charles Evans Hughes, who kept the red flag off the roof of the White House. . King George, of Greece, was noti fied that Greece could do without him and was sent from the country, tak ing his Queen with him. King George will not, like Henry the Second of England, exclaim, "Shame on a beat en King," turn his face to the wall and die. He will turn his face toward Paris or Monte Carlo, excellent cook ing and plenty of snobs in both places and play King in safety. That's bet ter than being a real King anywhere outside of England now. Things are better than they were, even for kings. In Cromwell's and Danton's day their heads were cut off. The Greek King goes away, with a pension of $28,000 a year for life, $18,000 cash being paid on his leav ing. The Greeks will have to pick and dry many currants to pay for that. This earth has a hard core, like a baseball, or a golf ball. It is a gi gantic sphere, bearing a pressure of 25,000 pounds to the square inch, ac cording to reports made to the Wash ington Academy of Sciences. While that central sphere, 4,000 miles in diameter, is probably made of iron, a great magnet, perhaps some believe it may be made largely of gold, platinum, or both. Those heav iest metals would work downward toward the centre. What desperate efforts men would make to dig down to that central core, if they could be sure that the gold and platinum were there. Men will dig a hole thru the earth some day. using the sun s power to dig, but by that time gold will no longer be money, and money will no longer be so important. Platinum, more valuable than gold, may be worth $700 a pound. That sounds costly. But think of radium, with which the market is now glutted. w e had almost a monopoly of the precious substance here for a while. But great deposits of radium-yielding pitch blende found in the Belgian Congo have upset the market and the price dropped to about thirty-five mil lion dollars a pound. A short time ago it was thought there was not more than half an ounce of radium in all the world. It is now believed that radium in the sun accounts for the enduring power of that star, sending out light and heat through hundreds of mil lions of years, with a certainty of lasting hundreds of millions of years more. We had plenty of radium here, once, if it be true that lead is radium that has lost its power. If the stars are fountains of radio-active power, do they grow quiet like our earth and become planets to some bigger sun when their radio active energy dies? The golden lid of Tutankhamen's magnificent coffin has been raised, showing glorious decorations in blue and gold, with plenty of space for an extra corpse or two. There are still one or two doors to the coffin to b opened. Then will bo found the re mains of the creature who once ruled all Egypt, now a dried mass of skin and bone, preserved to prove, three thousand years later that nothing matters except what you do while you are still alive. The bonus bill is back in Congress. Capital, fearing to be taxed, tells you with tears in its eyes, "It will cost seventy million dollars next year if you give the soldiers their bonus, Another year of war would have cost this country FIFTY THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS. The men that went across, lost their jobs and watched the prosperous people profi teering, prevented that. The Government railroad in Alaska ends at Nenana. From that point mails to Fairbanks are drawn by dogs, taking twenty days. Now the dugs will get a rest, and the letters will go flying in four hours. That's prog ress. Moses with his friends wandered around the desert forty years, Start ing after a comfortable breakfast, flying machines would have taken them to the Land of Promise in time for luncheon. Moses surely Is interested in Wil bur Wright, who helped his brother invent the flying machine and Is now in heaven. 1924 YEAR FOR CO-OPERATIVES Market Agent Points Out the Fault of Movement in Past; Urges Support. Br C. E. 8 PENCE. State Market Agent, 723 Court How, Portland. Monopoly-controlled prices on ev erything he has to buy. Inflated freight rates and deflated farm prices are forcing the farmers to come to gether to save themselves and their industry. They realize the truth of the remark made recently by a Re publican U. 8. Senator that "monop oly Is absolute master of every pro duct necessary to feed, clothe, warm and shelter the human body," and they know too well that unless they also combine their industry, and fay power of alliance, buy in the same markets they are now forced to sell in, there is little hope for bettered conditions in agriculture. Farmers must realize the situation and they must act. They must or- 'nie and stand solidly together. It is not at all impossible when they once appreciate the situation and its gravity. Every important industry in the nation is controlled by combina tion, except agriculture. There is little hope for one outside industry against such odds. It is the prey of all the combinations. A G re sham farmer aptly stated it when he said that under such conditions the farm er had no more show to succeed than would an individual with a few thous and dollars have in starting opposi tion to the sugar trust or trws Stand ard Oil Company. "You can't get the farmers togeth er," "they won't combine and stick," and "it can't be done." These, you farmers hear every day. The same songs were sung in the south when the movements were started to or ganize the cotton planters and the tobacco growers 90 per cent strong. But it was done, it was done because the southern farmers had come to the point where they knew it must be done. It was done with labor1 a task just as formidable as organization of farmers. It was proclaimed to the world that it would be impossible to organize the many different classes and trades in the ranks of labor into enough strength to force fair wages. It has been done and further, this or ganization has been powerful enough to put up the bars against emigra tion, it has forced congress to keep out those who would swarm in and thru competition weaken their organi zations. If farmers could only be of one mind for one year on the matter of eo-operatWe selling and buying they would have an organization as power ful for success s that of the Bell Telephone Company. They would be n complete control of their market- ng; able to fix a fair profit price on their products; powerful enough to i force out the army of middle-handlers , and profit-takers, and then thru joint action, with consumers get the pro- ducts to the homes, at so much less expense that retail prices would be greatly lowered, even while the pro- ueers got much higher prices. There are few farmers but what admit that their one hope under pres ent conditions is to combine as oth ers combine and get their just share by right of might, yet when it comes right down to backing their own ad missions, too many will hang back to let the others put it over waiting to see how it works out before they come in. And this one fact is more responsible than all others for the limited success of the many co-operative organizations in Oregon the or ganizations are not backed strongly enough, there are too many sitting on the fence waiting results results which they make impossible by their outside competition. They are borers from within. It would seem that the time had come for the farmers of Oregon in every county in Oregon, to walk into this matter of mass production. It would seem that 1925 should see them ment" is another rather binding one ready to quit arguing and protesting which all growers should have con and to come together solidly in the j aide red well before signing the "mar one determination to run their own keting agreement." Section 17 reads: business, rather than to let the other combinations run it for them and take over the profits. Dr. Chick Will Leave Heppner for The Dalles Dr. C. C. Chick is closing up his practice in Heppner, and expects to take up his residence in The Dalles by about the middle of this month, where he will continue the practice of medicine. Dr. Chick has made fortunate connections at The Dalles and will be on the staff of the bifr hospital in that city. He expecta to be succeeded here by Dr. Johnson of Arlington, who has been a resident and practitioner in that city for sev eral years and is not unknown to many here. People of Heppner and Morrow county generally will rejrret to learn of the decision of Dr. Chick to leave here, but they wish him well in his new field, and he will not be so far from Heppner that he cannot call this way occasionally. FARM BUREAU MEETS SATURDAY. The annual farm bureau meeting will be held in this city on Saturday next, beginning at 10 a. m. The ses sions will be held at the I. O. O. F. hall, and while the weather is rather Inclement, the meeting is an import ant one and it is urged that all mem bera be present if possible. Outside speakers are to b, present from O. A. C. at Corvallis. These will be E. L. Potter, head of animal husbandry department; E. R. Jackman, extension farm crops specialist, and H. A. Lind gren, livestock specialist, and these men will deliver addresses on sub jects of vital interest to the farm bureau members. At the business ses sion the question of reducing the dues and putting the organisation on a more workable basis will be pre sented for action. Farmers of Mor row county are urged to make a spe cial effort to be present, and all bus iness men are cordially invited to at tend. Dinner will be served in the hall at noon. GROWERS 10 VOICE THEIR DISAPPROVAL Gilliam County Farmers Call Mass Meeting At Condon. TO DISCUSS O. C. G. G. Returns From Association Past Year Were Unfavorable; Waye and Means of Withdrawing Aim. (Condon Globe-Times) A number of Gilliam county wheat growers have issued a call for a meet ing at the Gilliam county court house, Saturday afternoon, at one o'clock, January 5, 1924, to discuss the matter and method of withdraw ing from the Oregon Co-Operativ Grain Growers' Association. Many of the local growers, it is said, are highly dissatisfied with the returns received through the association. Some have refused to market their wheat with the association in spite of decisions -upholding the co-operative market agreements in Oregon, Wash ington, California and Idaho courts. There is no doubt that individual growers have sustained losses through marketing their wheat co-operatively when comparing the average prices received in the association with the prive received by some growers out side the association. At all events, there is enough feeling among grow ers that this is so, that the meeting for January 5 has been called to dis cuss ways and means of severing their connection with the association. It is proposed to do this under the provis ions of paragraph six of the co-operative membership agreement. This paragraph reads as follows: "Every member of the association shall have one vote, but upon written demand or petition of 10 per cent of the members or by a vote of 40 per cent of the district delegates at any regular or special meeting of the as sociation, an appeal may be had to a referendum on any problem or prob lems of general concern to the asso ciation. When such a referendum is demanded each member shall have one vote for the first five thousand bushels or fraction thereof, and an additional vote for each succeeding five thousand bushels or major frac tion thereof. In determining the vot ing power of the members the num ber of bushels of wheat sold by the member tha preceding year shall be taken as the measure of Iris voting power. Likewise a written demand of 10 per cent of the growers in any district shall cause a written vote on the above bushelage basis within the district on any question concerning the district." Paragraph eleven of the member ship agreement, however, seems to make withdrawal impossible. Para graph eleven (a) says: "If at any time before March 1, 1922, signatures to this contract by growers of wheat, or owners, o les sors, or lessees, of land in the state of Oregon together with the signa tures by growers of wheat or owners, lessors, or lessees of land to sub stantially similar contracts circulated in the states of Washington and Ida ho shall have covered twenty-five per cent of the production of wheat by bushels in 1918, in Oregon, and Idaho, taken as a whole, then this agreement shall be binding upon all the sub scribers in all its terms and there shall be no right of withdrawal what soever." Paragraph eleven (b) further says that if signatures covering S5 per cent of the wheat grown in 1918 in Oregon are secured before March 1, 1922, then the agreement is binding and that there shall be no right of withdrawal whatsoever. Section 17 of the "marketing agree- it the association Drings any ac tion to enforce any provisions hereof or to secure specific performance hereof, or to collect damages of any kind for any breach hereof, the grow er agrees to pay to the association all costs of court, costs for bonds and otherwise, expenses of travel, and all expenses arising out of or caused by the litigation, and any reasonable at torney's fee expended or incurred by it in any proceedings, and all such costs and expenses shall be included in the judgment and shall be entitled to the benefit of any Hen securing any payment hereunder. It is reported that association of ficials recognize the wide-spread dis satisfaction that prevails among as sociation members in Oregon and that there ib some sentiment among the officals to follow the same plan that was tried in Washington to submit the question of the dissolution of the association to a vote of the members. How strong this sentiment is remains to be seen. State Wool Growers Meet In Pendleton Jan. 28-29 The Oregon State Wool Growers' Convention will be held at Pendleton on January 28 to 29. According to Information from the committee in charge, sent to County Agent Morse, the convention this year wilt be big ger and better than ever. Among the speakers on the program at this meet ing are F. K. Marshall, secretary, and W. S. McClure, former secretary of the National Wool Growers' Asso ciation; Colonel Greely, of th Uni ted States Forestry .Service; H. W. Kavannaugh, IKstrict Fo renter for this section; representative of the Oregon Experiment SUliun, Oregon Agricultural College Marktinr u thorities, and William Pollman, pres ident of the Oregon Cattle and florae Kaisers' Association. The annual banquet will be held on' the evening of the 2Uth, and reserva tions for plates should be lent to Fred Bennlon, County Agunt, at Pendleton.