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The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 40, Number 40. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1924. Subscription $2.00 Per Year Bok Peace Plan Winner Chosen Half of $100,000 Prize Awarded; Remainder Given if People's Vote Favors Adoption. PROPOSES U. S. ENTER WORLD COURT New York, Jan. 9. Of the 22,165 plans submitted in competition for the American Peace Award, No. 1469 has been chosen winner by the jury. The award of $100,000 was offered by Edward W. Bok, Philadelphia publicist, for the best practical plan by which the United States might co-operate with other nations to prevent war. The plan, which proposes that the United States enter the perman ent court of international justice, and co-operate with the league of nations, is submitted to a vote of the American people. The author has been awarded $50,000 of the $100,000 prize, and will be given the rest if the majority vote favors the adoption of the plan by the United States. His name will be withheld until after returns of the voting have been completed, that there -may be no personal element consid ered in it. . ' The Gazette-Times publishes here with a condensed summary of the plan, with Us presentation by Edward W. Bok, and endorsement by the Am erican Peace Award jury. A ballot Is provided and it is urged that every one cast a vote and mail promptly to "The Amercian Peace Award, 342 Madison Avenue, New York City." PLAN PRESENTED FOR VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. With deep satisfaction I present for the consideration and vote of the American people the plan selected by the Jury as entitled to the American Peace Award under the conditions. The Award brought forth 22,165 plans. Since many of them were the composite work of organizations, uni versities, etc., a single plan often represented the views of hundreds or thousands of individuals. There were also received several hundred thou sand of letters which, while they did not submit plans, suggested In almost each instance a solution of the peace problem. The Jury had therefore before H an index of the true feeling and judg ment of hundreds of thousands of Americn citizens.. The plans came from every group in American life. Some were obviously from life-long students of history and international law. Borne were from persons who have studied little, but who have themselves seen and felt the horror of war or who are even now living out its tragedy. However unlike, they almost all express or Imply the same conviction: That this is the time for the nations of the earth to admit frankly that war is a crime and thus withdraw the legal and moral sanction too long per mitted to it as a method of settling international disputes. Thousands of plans show a deep aspiration to have the United States take the lead in a common agreement to brand war in very truth an "outlaw." The plana show a realization that no adequate defense against this sit uation has thus far been devised; and that no international law has keen developed to control it. They point out that security of life and property is dependent upon the abolition of war and the cessation of thn manu facture of munitions of war. Some of the plana labor with the problem of changing the hearts of men and disposing them toward peace and good will; some labor to And a practicable means of dealing with the economic causes of war; some labor with adjusting racial animosities, with producing a finer conception of nationalsm, etc., etc. Through the plans as a whole run these dominant currents: That, if war is honestly to be pre vented, there must be a right-about-face on the part of the nations in their attitude toward it; and that by some progressive agreement the man ufacture and purchase of the muni tions of war must be limited or stopped. That while no political mechanism alone will insure cooperation among the nations, there must be some ma chinery of cooperation, if the wilt to cooperate is to be made effective; that mutual counsel among the nations is the real hope for bringing about the disavowal of war by the open avowal of Its real causes and open discussion of them. Finally, that there must be some means of defining, recording, inter preting and developing the law of nations. The Jury of Award unanimously selected the plan summarized below as the one which most closely reflect ed several of these currents. The Honorable Elihu Root, chair man of the Jury of Award, then pre pared the following forward-looking statement indicating that the mutual counsel and cooperation among the nations provided in the selected plan may lead to the realization of another and not tha least important of the THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon Do you approve the winning plan In substance? YES NO.. (Put an X after "Ym" c Nnme "No") Please print. Address .- : City , State Are you a, voter ?,..,.-.- Mull promptly to THE AMERICAN PEACE AWARD 142 Madison Ave., New York City If you wfnh to express a fuller opinion also, pleane write to the American Peace Award. THE QUESTION TO BE VOTED UPON. The substantial provisions which constitute the plan selected by the Jury of Award, and upon which the vote of the American people Is asked, are hereby submitted by the Policy Committee as follows: !. Enter the Permanent Court, That the United States adhere to the Permanent Court of Inter national Justice for the reasons and under the conditions stated by Secretary Hughes and President Harding in February, 1923. II. Cooperate With the League of Nations, Without Full Mem bership at Present. That without becoming a mem ber of the League of Nations as at present constituted, the United States Government should extend its present cooperation with the League and propose participation in the work of its Assembly and Council under the following con ditions and reservations: Safeguarding the Monroe Doctrine. 1. The United States accept the League of Nations as an instrument of mutual counsel, but it will aaitume no obligation to Interfere with political quit no n of policy or internal adminis tration of any foreign atate. In uniting its efforts with those of other States for the preservation cf peace and the promotion of the common welfare, the United States insinta upon the safeguarding of the Monroe Doe trine and does not abandon its tradi tional attitude conrerninir American in dependence of the Old World and does not 'concent to submit its long eatab linhed policy conrerninr questions re garded by it as purely American to the recommendation or decision of other Powers. Na Military r Economic Force z. The only kind of compulsion which nations can freely enttnge to apply to each other in the name of I'eace it that whL'h arises from conference, from moral judgment, from full puhlirhy, and from the power of public opinion. The United States will assume no ob-' ligation under Article X in it present form, or under Article XVI in it pres ent form in the Covenant, or in its amended form as now proponed, unless In any part icular cane Congress has authorised such action. The United States prnpoww thHt Ar tick V and XVI be either dropped al together or so amended and changed u to eliminate any auitgention of a gen eral agreement to us coercion for ob taining conformity to the pledges of the Covenant. Ns Obligations Under Versailles Treaty S. The United States will acrcpt no responsibilitiea tytder the Treaty of Ver sailles unless in any particular case Congrettt has authorised such action. Leaaue Open to AM Nations. 4. The United State Government pro poses that Article I of the Covenant be construed and applied, or, if necessary, redrafted, so that admission to the League shall be assured to any self governing State that wishes to join and that receives the favorable vote of two thirds of the Assembly. Development of International Law It. As a condition of Its participation in the work and counsels of the league, the United Statea aks that the Assem bly and Council consent or obtain au thorityto begin collaboration for the revision and development of interna tional law, employing for this purpose the aid of a commission of jurists. This Commission would be directed to for mulate anew existing rules of the law of nations, to reconcile divergent opin ions, to consider points hitherto Inade quately provided for but vital to the maintenance of International justice, and in general to define the social rights and duties of StHtes. The recommen dations of the Commission would be presented from time to time, in proper form-for consideration, to the Assembly as to a recommending ff not a law making body. dominant desires of the American public as expressed in the plans; it is the unanimous hope of the Jury that the flrnt fruit of the mutual counsel and cooperation among the nationa which will result from the adoption of the plan selected will be a general prohibition of the manu facture and sale of all materials of war." The purpose of the American Peace Xward is thus fulfilled: To reflect in a practicable plan the dominating na tional sentiment as expressed by the large cross-section of the American public taking part in the Award. I therefore commend the winning plan as unanimously selected by the Jury of Award, and Mr. Root's state ment of the first object to be at tained by the counsel and cooperation provided In the plan, to the Interest and the widest possible vote of the American people. EDWARD W. BOK. January, 1024. STATEMENT OF JURY OF AWARD. The Jury of Award realises that there is no one approach to world pcaco, and that it is necessary to rec ognise not merely political but also psychological and economical factors. The only possible pathway to inter national agreement with reference to these complicated- and difficult fni tors is through mutual counsel and THOSE NOISY MINORITIES LOCAL EMS ITEMS Our seven or eight Inches of snow has about disappeared, the festive chinook coming along and turning it into water. The streets of Heppner are a glare of ice just now, but the mild weather will soon get rid of that. During the past ten days the ice harvest has been on, and Jimmy Cowins has put up a fine lot of excel lent ice, and Morrow County Creamery company have their warehouse filled to the roof. Regardless of the fact that a general thaw has set in and the present cold snap is waning, we ore not quite ready to believe that winter is over for this part of the mundane sphere. Judge W. T. Campbell of this city and Commissioner L. P. Davidson of lone, left for Portland on Monday, to be present at the meeting of the state highway commission on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. From Port land they go on to Salem to attend the annual convention of the county judges nd commissioners of the state. Commissioner Benge left for Portland on Wedensday to join his colleagues, not being able to go with them the first of the week because of the funeral of his nephew, Cecil Barnett, which he attended at Walla Walla on Monday. The annual stockholders meeting of the Farmers & Stockgrowers Nation al Bunk of Heppner was held at their office in this city on Tuesday last and the entire old board of directors and officers were reelected for another year. These are J. W. Beymer. presi dent, Emmet Cochran, vice-president, J. K Higley, cashier, W. T. Matlock, J. G. Thomson and J. D. French, di rectors. Report of the condition of this bank at the close of business Dec. 31, 1923, shows the institution to be in a splendid financial condition. A couple of moving vans came up from The Dalles today to take the household goods of Dr. Chick to that city, where he wilt be located in the future. Dr. Chick will have offices In the First National Bank building in that city and he will always be glad to welcome old Morrow county frends. Dr. Johnston of Arlington, who will take over the practice of Dr. Chick here, will arrive on the fifteenth of this month. Charley Ostcn returned Tuesday evennig from quite an extended visit to Portlnnd, Seattle and Ellensburir. where different members of his fam ily reside. His son, C. J. Osten, who is located in Portland, is doing well and enjoying a pood business. At El lensburg, where Mr. Osten was during the past week, the weather was pretty cold, registering 19 degrees below zero when he left there Monday. Carl Cason and Reid Buseick, high school students, departed today for Eugene to attend the conference of high school students ir- that city, these young men being the delegates of Heppner Hi, the former being president of the student body and the latter advertising manager of the Hchisch, school annual. During the cold spell work contin ued on the Heppner hill market road nnd that portion is about completed. The force wilt be moved onto the work within the city limits right awny, and should the open spell of weather continue, the city's end of the job will be completed on schedule time. Dr. C. C. Chick has disposed of his residence property in this city to W. E. Pruyn, the consideration being $3000. Mr. and Mrs. Pruyn will take possession of the property immediate- cooperation which the plan selected contemplates. It is therefore the unan imous opinion of the Jury that of the 22,106 plans submitted, Plan Number Ufii) is "the best pructicablo plan by which tho United States may coop erate with other nations to achieve and preserve tho peace of the world." It n the unanimous hope of the Jury that the first fruit of the mutual counsel nnd cooperation among the notions which will result from the adoption of the plan selected will be a general prohibition of the manufac ture and sale of all materials of war, ELIHU ROOT, Chairman. James Gutherle Harbord. Edward M. House. Ellen Fits Pendleton, Hoscoe Pound. William Allen White. Brand Whitlock. Morrow County Creamery Will Have New Building The Morrow County Creamery com pany is contemplating the erection of a new and commodious building for its business. The structure, accord ing to Manager Cox, will be of con crete and tile, and is to occupy the Cohn lot on the East side of Main street, opposite the postoffice. This lot was recently purchased by the company, and it is the intention to begin the building operations just as soon as all the details are worked out. The lot chosen by Mr. Cox is ideal ly situated for the business, chiefly because of the good drainage facil ities that it offers, and when the new creamery is completed, Heppner will have another building of modern con struction that she will be proud of, and the creamery wilt be advantage ously located to carry on its ever increasing business in the manufac ture of butter and ice cream. CECIL BARNETT DIES. Cecil Barnett, aged 16 years and eight months, a native of Pendleton, died this morning at Walla Walla, hfs death being due to rheumatism of the heart. He attended high school here and recently moved to Walla Walla with his mother, Mrs. Ruth Benge Barnett. He had been ill for some time. Besides his moth er, his father, C. P. Barnett, two half brothers, Fred Windsor and Louis Windsor, and a half sister, Claudia Windsor Tartou, survive. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 2 p. m. in Walla Walla under the aus pices of the Episcopal church of which the youth was a member. Pendleton East Oregonian. The deceased was a nephew of R. L. Benge of this city, Mrs. Eph Eskelson, W. F. Barnett and T, li. Barnett of Lexington. ly, Dr. Chick having moved his house hold effects to his new location at The Dalles. The little four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Casebeer, of Sand Hollow was taken to Pendleton hos pital on Sunday by Dr. C. C. Chick and operated on for a severe case of appendicitis. At last reports the child was doing well and her early recovery is looked for. A. Z. Barnard, Lexington service station operator, was doing business in Heppner on Tuesday. He reports things going pretty slowly at Lex ington during the cold Bnap. Roy Neil, Butter creek ranchman, was in Heppner for a short time Tuesday. Lotus Robison, ranchman and stockgrower of the Hardman section, was down to Heppner yesterday. When he left home it was still pretty cold out that way, the chinook com ing after he reached town. Rev. W. O. Livingstone went to Portland on Monday, where he spent a day or so attending a meeting of the board of the state Christian Mis sionary society of which he is a mem ber. Cecil Sargent and wife of lone, were visitors here yesterday. Mr. Sargent, who resides up the creek a short distance from town, is engnged in conducting a milk route for lone. Laxton McMurray was up from lone a short time yesterday. He stated that the chinook had reached his sec tion and the snow was slowly melting just about as it was at Heppner. R. L. Benge of this city, and Mrs. Eph Eskelson and W, F. Barnett of Lexington, were at Walla Walla on Monday to attend the funeral of their nephew, the late Cecil Barnett, Frank E. Mason, Lexington wheat grower, was here yesterday, looking after business affairs. He is of the opinion that we will get plenty of winter weather yet. Sheriff George McDufTee is In Port land this week, where he is attend ing a. meeting of the peace officers of the stato, gathered there in annual convention. Mr, and Mrs, M. L. Curran returned home Saturday from their visit of ten days with relatives and friends at White Salmon, Wash., and Portland. Miss Pearl Hall of Heppner, sister of Mrs. Earl Gordon, hns taken the position in the postoffice vacated by Miss Burton. Arlington Bulletin. Frnnk Swaggart, ranchman of the Lena section, was a visitor here on Wednesday, CECIL NEWS ITEMS Miss Georgia Summers and Laur ence Harmon, and Bob Lowe and Don Resler left on the local on Tuesday for Portland to resume their studies at their respective schools after hav ing a grand and glorious holiday among their Cecil friends. The Mayor made a trip to the coun ty seat on Wednesday with his fam ily for the opening of the school term and i turned home on Friday accom panied by his brother David who will visit friends for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Stender of Seldomseen were calling in Cecil on Wednesday after seeing their sisteis Annie and Flossie Stender on the lo cal bound for their studies at Hepp ner high school. Karl Troedson and party of friends from lone made a short call in Cecil aa Sunday after goose hunting for several hours in the Blalock district. where they had good sport, killing twelve geese. John Krebs, who has been doing the sights of Portland for a couple of weeks, returned to the farm on Thursday and is now having a grand parade among the frozen pipes at the Last Camp. Miss Crystal Roberts who has been spending her vacation with her moth er, Mrs. Geo. Perry at Ewing, re turned to her studies at Heppner high school on Wednesday. Cecil has quite a cover of snow at time of writing, January 5th, and the coldest day was today, when it reg istered ten below zero at seven a. m. Miss Minnie H. Lowe who has been spending her vacation with her par ents at Cecil, returned to her studies at Monmouth during the week. Geo. W. Wilson arrived at Butter by Flats from Hynd Bros ranch at Freezeout with a large band of rhtep which will winter at Cec'!. Walter Pope accompanied Bob Lowe and Don Realer of Portland to Arlington on Saturday where they visited for a few hours. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Henriksen of Strawberry ranch, also J, W. Osborn of Cecil, were calling in Arlington during the past week. Miss Silvers, teacher of Rhea Sid ing school, has opened her school again after spending her vacation at her home in Astoria. Al Henriksen and son Clifford of the Moore ranch near Heppner made a short call in Cecil while on their way to Arlington. Mrs. T. W. May of Lone Star ranch accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ellis White of Astoria were calling in Cecil on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Oral Henriksen en tertained a large party of friends on New Year's eve at their residence at Ewing. Mrs. Weltha Combest of Cecil left on the local on Sunday for Portland where she will visit friends for some time. E. Linsley arrived in Cecil on Wed nesday from Salem and will visit his sister, Mrs. J. E. Crab tree for some time. Lawrence Harman of Walla Walla was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Krebs at the Last Camp. J. W. Osborn and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Streeter of Cecil were doing busi ness in Arlington on Thursday. Miss Thelma Miller of Heppner was the guest of Miss Violet Hynd at But terby Flats during the week. Gus Davis arrived from Pendleton on Wednesday and will work at the Last Camp. Elmer Cool from Athlone Cottage near lone was doing business in Cecil on Monday. Marion Van Schonick of Arlington was looking up his Cecil friends on Monday, Mrs. Geo. Perry was calling on Mrs. Geo. Noble at Rhea on Sunday MASONS ATTENTION. A special meeting of Heppner Lodge No. 69 will be held on Satur day evening, January 12. Work in the E. A. degree. By order of the W. M. L. W. BRIGGS, Sec, AGAIN URGES MEET FOR SPRAY ROAD Cut-Off Entitled to Government Aid as Post and Forest Road Says Bleakman. G. A. Bleakman ha. not reated ince his first attempt to arouse in terest in a meeting in Heppner to (ret action started on the Heppner Spray cut-off. Due time havine elapsed for his first shot to take effect, he again writes this paper as follows: "I am glad to hear that there is going to be somethnig done in the matter of completing the Oregon Washington highway, but let us not lose sight of the fact that we 8re till after the Heppner-Spray cut-off. Now then, if we are going to wait until the Oregon-Washington road is completed it ia going to be several years before we can even get the Heppner-Spray road on the map. I would suggest that a meeting be call ed and a committee be appointed to confer with the atate highway com mission, giving them the facts and figures in the matter and showing them why the road should be built. "From what I can find out the post and forest road people are willing to give thit road consideration if we will get the proposed road put on the state highway system map. In order to get on the map we will have to go before the highway commission and Bhow them the merits of the road. The state of Oregon will get about $2,000,000 for road work this year, and as Morrow county has never had a cent of federal road money so far, I think we should wake up and make an effort to get some of this govern ment money, as the Heppner-Spray road is a post and forest road and en titled to government aid. As Morrow county and the city of Heppner have put up about $125,000 to help build this road, I believe the state people will be perfectly willing to help if we point out to them the facts in the matter' and the great need for this proposed road. I hope we can get busy and get things going as soon aB possible. G. A. BLEAKMAN, Hardman. Ore. May Decide to Leave Here for Myrtle Point In order that he may be enabled to greatly enlarge his business, C. H. Latourell is contemplating making a move from Heppner to Myrtle Point, Coos county. He is at that place this week, looking over the situation, hav ing been offered the agency there by the Ford Motor company. While Myrtle Point is no larger than Heppner, the little city is so situated that it is a very advantage ous point for the selling of cars, and it is estimated that the demand for this class of vehicles is at least three times greater there than here. Mr. Latourell has made no disposition of his agency here as yet, but it is un derstood that he is negotiating with local parties who desire to take over the business. First National Bank Holds Annual Election The annual election of the board of directors of the First National bank of Heppner was held in the of fice of the bank on Tuesday. The old board of directors was re-elected, together with all the officers, and the report of the condition of the bank at the present time was found to be highly satisfactory. Directors chos en were Frank Gilliam. John Kilken ny and Jack Hynd. M. S. Corrigall was chosen president, W. P. Mahoney, vice-president and general manager, and Walter E. Moore, cashier. FARM RESIDENCE BURNS. The farm residence of John S. Moore, on the Lee White place in the north Sand Hollow section, was totally destroyed by fire early last week, together with the most of its contents. The fire hit Mr. Moore pretty hard, coming at this time of year, and he and his family were turned out with little to shield them from the storms of winter. They were cared for by kindly neighbors, rffcd Mr. Moore expects to have an other house on the place just as soon as it is possible to do so. He was in Heppner Tuesday looking up the proposition of bidding in the school house in district No. 24 that is being posted for sale, and if he is success ful in getting this building, it will be moved to his farm and converted into a residence. This school building is in pretty good shape but is located several miles from the Moore place. The district has been abandoned and the building is benig sold as a con sequence. MEET SEVERE WINDSTORM. Mr. and Mra. Bert Stone and Mr. and Mrs. Dean T. Goodman, in the Stone and Goodman cars, returned home from Portlnnd Sunday. They left Portland Saturday evening, and coming up the highway met one of the worst wind storms it was ever their lot to experience, they said. The wind was so terrific that it lifed the top off of the Stone enr, and blew Mrs. Stone's hat so far that they never did see it land. Mr. Stone is rapidly recovering from operations, which he recently underwent, and is able to be up town, though yet unablt to attend to his harness business. HOLD MEETING AT IUI1IGON. R. W. Morse, county agont, accom panied by E. R. Jnckman, H. A. Llnd gren and E. L. Potter, extension work ers from the Oregon Agricultural college, went to Irrigon Saturday eve ning where they held a meeting with the Irrigon Farm Bureau. The Irri gon chupter recently withdrew from the county organization, and those gentlemen were making an endeavor fo get them to reassocinte themselves. We did not learn the outcome of the meeting. A popcorn ball sale held by the Junior class of Heppner High school last Tuesdny netted them over $4 for their class funds. ROAD WORK GOES ON IN SPITE OF WINTER "The present winter weather has not stopped the progress of tha Hepp ner hill road work," was tha enlight ening declaration of W. L. McCaleb, Morrow county roadmaster, this week. "The road crew ia now spreading the rock on the new survey at the top of the kill, and two more days will find them ready to move down to the edge of town." Though not complet ed the road is open to travel and is in better shape than the old route. There is considerable blasting yet to be done on the roak cliff on npper Main street, said Mr. McCaleb, but he is keeping in touch with the pow der man and will have kim on the job just as soon as there is need for him. "Of course the ground being frozen slows op tke work some, but consid ering everything it is progressing nicely," Mr. McCaleb declared. When the Heppner hill portion of the Hardman market road is complet ed, the worst part of the construction work will be done, and the macadam will reach from Heppner to tha head of Cason canyon on Heppner flat. This is all the construction included in the present program for this road. As soon as it is finished the county will go ahead with the quarter-mile of macadam for the city of Heppner, reaching from May street and con necting up with the county road. Many State Societies Favor Farm Conference Program of Agricultural Development Ia Aim of Gathering at O. A. C. January 23rd to 26th The Oregon State Fanners Union, the state horticultural society, state chamber of commerce, and the agri cultural committee of the state bank ers association and Portland cham ber of commerce have endorsed the agricultural economic conference to be held at the state college Jan. 23 to 26. George A. Palmiter, president of the state grange, and J. D. Mickle, state dairy and food commissioner, and secretary of the Oregon Dairy council, have approved of its aims and plans. The conference marks the first gen eral attempt of the big agricultural, financial and business interests of the state to get together to work for the betterment of the state's funda mental industry growing and mar keting farm produce. "Grow more fruit" or wheat, or meat, or butter, or eggs, or other things up for discussion, was the advice thrust upon the puzzled far mer by non-farming interests in the old days. "Back to the farm was the companion cry. Both slogans sought to increase farm production regardless of markets and profits. To have the crops "half sold when planted," because they are what the people want, or ean be induced to want, is the proposed way of solving the marketing problem. To help far mers find the facts on which they can direct their farming into the most profitable lines, and then help them finance their operation and market their crops at a profit are conference aims. Hany leading newspaper men of the state will attend the closing hours of the conference to learn the program for their districts, and find out what they can do to help put it over. Patron-Teachers Meeting Held Tuesday Afternoon The Patron Teachers Association held its monthly meeting at the schoolhouse Tuesday at 3:00 p. m. The special feature of the program was a well worked out dramatization of the story of the Three Bears, giv en by the second grade under the direction of Mrs. Dix. Talks were given by C. L. Sweek on "Thrift" and by Mrs. Gillilan on "Co operation of Parents with the School." Other numbers on the program were a vocal solo "by Patricia Mahoney and a piano solo by Marjorie Clark. Both were well received. In spite of the inclement weather the attendance was very good. The second grade received the award for the largest number of parents pres ent. A business meeting followed the program. The matter of finances was the principal topic. The report of the treasurer showed a balance of (75.0? in the bank. As this is a Patron Teachers Asso siation a larger membership of par ents is desired. At present over 35 are faculty members. SELLS CITY PROPERTY. W. A. Wilcox, who was in the city during the past week from Estacada, disposed of his city property to W. C. Isom. Mr. Isom and his family will will take possession of the prop erty at once. They came to Heppner ar y Itst season from Grant county, and have been living in the Wherry 1ropojt in the south part of .he city. The consideration on this trade was $1200. FILES PETITION IX BANKRUPTCY. The petition of Harry E. Barthol omew in bankruptcy has been receiv ed by Thos. FitzGerald as referee in bankruptcy cases. The debts of the petitioner are set forth as about $50. 499. His assests consist of about $100 worth of personal clothing and $300 worth of household goods, ac cording to the petitioner, both of which are claimed exempt. Echo News. CALL FOR COUNTY WARRANTS. All General Fund Warrants of Mor row County, Oregon, registered prior to August 31st, 1923. will be paid on presentation at the office of the Coun ty Treasurer on or after January 22nd, li24, on which date interest on said warrants wilt cease. Dated at Heppner, Oregon, Janu ary Uth, 112-4 LEON W BRIGGS, County Treasurer. Can the Dead Talk to the Living? OF New Officers Elected and Resolutions Adopted Ilere Saturday. O. A. C. MEN SPEAK Bad Weather Cots Attendance at Meeting of County Organization But Lively Session Had. In spite of the Inclement weather, causing a small attendance at the an nual Morrow County Farm Bureau meeting here Saturday, a lively inter est was shown by those present, and election of officers for the ensuing year and adoption of resolutions took place. E. R. Jackman, farm crop spe cialist, H. A. Lindgren, wool special ist and E. L. Potter, livestock special ist, from Oregon Agricultural eollege were present and gave valuable dis courses on subjects In their lines. R. B. Wilcox, of Lexington, was cho sen to head the organization for 1924. B. H. Peck, of Rhea creek, was eiected vice-president, and Roy Campbell, of Social Ridge, waa made secretary treasurer. So few being present at the morn ing session, called at 10 a. the main business of the day was post poned for the afternoon session, af ter R. W. Turner, retiring president, had appointed a nominating commit tee and a committee on resolutions. The business session convened at 1 p. m., and the report of committees heard and adopted, officers being elec ted as before stated, by unanimous vote. Important Resolutions Adopted. The committee on resolutions show ed considerable activity and present ed a long list of appropriate measures affecting both the local situation and farm bureau conditions in general. Among the more important resolu tions adopted were ones affecting the lowering of dues, a plan to hold county-wide wheat growers meeting in February, and the appointment of a delegate to the economic conference to be held in Corvallis the latter part of this month. Following are the res olutions as presented by the commit tee : First: That our dues' be reduced from $5 to $2 per year. That last year's paid up member ships be extended one year. That where members belong to a local organization, $1 of the $2 mem bership fee may be retained by the local organization. Sesond: That the Morrow County Farm Bureau send a representative to Corvallis to attend the Agricultural Economic Conference to be held there January 23-24. Third: That a wheat growers' con ference be held early in February to consider the problems of the wheat grower. That a committee be appointed to work with the county agent In ar ranging the conference. Fourth: That the county organi zation continue to publish its local paper. Fifth: That we continue our policy of non-affiliation with the state or ganizationif we have one. Sixth: Whereas, we, the members of the Morrow County Farm Bureau, believe that co-operative marketing can never attain satisfactory results as long as a few plutocrats have the power to inflate and deflate the vol ume of our currency at their option and for their own aggrandizement, Therefore be it resolved that we, the Morrow County Farm Bureau, re spectfully urge our representatives in congress to use all honorable means in their power to restore the money issuing function back to the party that our Constitution says shall have power to coin our money. Resolved that a copy of the above resolution be signed by our president and secretary and forwarded to our representative in congress. Favor Export Commission Plan. Seventh: That the issuing of tax exempt securities be stopped. Eighth: That a committee be ap pointed to draw up resolutions and send copies to our members in con gress asking them to support the "Truth in Fabric" bill. Ninth: That we empower our sec retary to write our representatives asking them to support the export commission plan as outlined by the Umatilla Farm Bureau, which is as follows: 1. To provide a tariff sufficiently high to prevent importation of wheat under the contemplated price condi tions. 2. To set up a government corpora tion or commission with authority to determine how much the domestic price of wheat would be increased above the export price in order to approximate its prewar relative pur chasing power and with authority to pay a premium on the export wheat to be collected from the crop being sold at the time it is marketed in or der to provide a sufficient fund to pay the export premium and the cost of operation of the commission. 4. To appropriate a fund, approxi mately $50,000,000 to enable exported surplus sufficient to brintf the domes tic prices to the desired level above foreign prices. 3. To levy a unit tax on the com mission to function, such fund to be replenished from the taxes on wheat is io!lected. Price Cause Explained. In his talk, giving reasons for the prevailing low price of wheat, K. It. Jackman. stressed tho point of un derconsumption, overproduction, an. I high prices for traraportatkn and farm labor, He altto gave in illum inating Ulustraton of how the ex port commission plan woti Id mid in raising the domestic price of wheut. E. L. Potter gave a iplidid a!k on the livestock situation within the state of Oregon. Ho ftuvn a the main reason for tha poor condition j Star Theater Sou (Continued on Vmu Kur )