THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY. APRIL 24, 1924.
Back To The Farm
President Coolidge and His Reorganized Cabinet
Farm Activities
FROM THE -MORROW COfTT FARM BVREAU NKWS
This Week
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(By HOOFR W. VORSF.)
Fftol and If out h Hiumm which
ro U ore f the mo:
diiees attackirr farm ai.imals. It ,
hlgh;y cm.tiiCiouf character wake it
the went dreaded diem affecting
ear livestock industry. Stringrnt
quarantine hai been made by the offi
cial! of the Northwestern Hates
against roj.ibie importation of thi
dieae from California. The follow
ing defcriplirn of Font and Mouth
Dfftea it. given to acquaint the far
mers f Morrow county ith the char
acter of this devastating piague.
Foot and Mouth Disease has been
ltnewn in Furoye for centuries and
there has been many theories advanc
ed ai to its cause. It is now conceded
that the disease is nrpajraud by
specific virus ar.d that every out
break starts from some pre-existing
outbreak. This virus will pass
through standard germ proof filters
and attempt tn strain it has been
unsuccessful. It is highly conupious
and spreads to practically all exposed
susceptible animals. It might be re
garded as essentially a disease of cat
tle, but hogs, sheep and goats, and
ail cloven-hoofed animals are read
ily infected. Horses. dogs, cats, even
poultry may occasionally become in
fected. Humans are not immune and
there are numerous cases on record
of their infection.
The mortality is comparably low.
ranging from about three per cent
in mild forms to 35 per cent in the
more malignant cases. In general.
other sources of loss are more im
portant than the actual mortality
There is an extreme loss in flesh, and
lessening of milk secretion. Cows are
frequently rendered permanently val
ueless for mi'k production. The in-
flamation, of the feet produces great
lameness, and sometimes lasting in-1
jury. Abortion is very frequent.
Where drastic methods of control
are necessary, whole districts are put
out of the livestock business for a
considerable time.
In three to six days after exposure
of an animal to infection the disease
makes its appearance. It is usually
first indicated by the animal suffering
a chiil, followed by a fever. These
symptoms are not always present or
say be so light as to escape notice.
After this in one or two days small
blisters about the size cf a pea make
their appearance on the mucous mem
branes of the mouth at the border,
the upper surface of the tongue, the
inside of the cheeks, on the gums and
the inner surface of the lips. These
blisters contain a yellowish watery
fluid and gradually become more ex
tensive as the disease advances. Soon
after the eruptions appear in the
mouth of the animal, considerable
swelling, redness, and tenderness will
be noticed about the feet, at the
coronet, and between the digits of the
feet. A day or two later eruptions,
similar to those within the mouth
make their appearance upon the
swollen regions of the foot. In the
case of milk cows the udder, and
more particularly the teats, show the
same eruption, but the latter as the
result of milking soon become cover
ed with reddened spots deprived of
the superficial layer of skin and may
develop deep, obstinate fissures. As
soon as the disease has become well
established the animal shows pain
when eating, often all food is refus
ed and the animal opens and shuts its
mouth with a characteristic smack
ing sound while strings of ropy sal
iva hang suspended from the lips.
As the disease advances the blisters
widen and extend, and they may reach
a diameter ranging from that of a
dime to that of a silver dollar. These
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ly on the second or third day. After
ihey have raptured, the grayish
wait membrane forming the blister
may remain attached for a day or
within the mouth and upon the feet.
In tn cases the disease attacks
the internal organs, before it appears
on any of the external tissues. In
mot of these eases the animal dies
from paralysis of the heart, due to
poison in the system. j
Medicinal treatment with a view of I
curir.g the disease is not practiced in i
the Vnited States where the disease
has not become established, and dras
tic action to stamp it out is taken.
All animals affected or exposed are
slaughtered, and the carcasses total
ly destroyed by burying and covering
with lime.
The sooner outbreaks of the dis
ease are reported and control meas
rrea started the less the liability of
extensive infection and long periods
of quarantine. The outbreak in the
United States in 1914 was not dis
covered until it had been under way
"cr over two months and as a result
spread into 22 states before it was
brought under control.
McNary-IIaugen Bill.
The McN'ary-Haugen Bill is said
to have drawn more active support
and more active opposition than any
bill that has been before Congress for
a number of years. According to offi
cers of the Oregon Export Commis
sion league who have been in Wash
nigton and to the officers of the
American Farm Bureau federation,
the bill has at least a fifty-fifty
chance of passing at present. Due to
the activities of Sidney Anderson of
Minnesota, the Minnesota Farm Bu
reau is taking a referendum vote of
their members on the bill. It is an
nounced that the Farm Bureau mem
bers in Minnesota are unanimously
behind the bill. "The prompt response
which farmers are making to the ref
erendum is the best possible indica
tion of how they feel about the legis
lation," said J. C. Reed, president of
the Minnesota Farm Bureau feder
tion, and vice-president of the Am
erican Farm Bureau federation. "It
is a well known fact that unless far
mers are unusually interested in the
proposition they will not go to the
trouble of expressing an opinion by
mail."
A number of senators who have
been lukewarm, or opposed to this
piece of legislation have announced
themselves in favor of the bill.
USED CAW AS FROM PAPER
MILLS LOOKS GOOD.
Samples of used canvas from paper
mills in Oregon and British Columbia
have been received by the Farm Bu
reau, and can be seen at the County
Agent's office. This canvas is used
in the paper mills as endless belts
on which the paper is rolled out. As
soon as any small flaw appears in
the canvas, it is useless for this par
pose, and is discarded. Prices on this
material run from ten to twelve cents
per pound, f. o. b. mills, and the can
vas weighs about three pounds per
square yard. It can be secured in
widths of 12 ft, 6 in.. 13 ft., 5 in.,
and 15 ft., 5 inches, and in lengths
up to 120 yards. It is believed this
canvas is exceptionally good for head
er box nets, and for general use
around threshing machines.
MORO TRIP TO BE JUNE 15.
The trip to the Moro Experiment
Station will take place about June
15. There will also be field meetings
at the two wheat nurseries in the
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Mrs. Maenus Johnson, wife of
the dirt-farmer Senator from
Minnesota, frankly admits she pre
fers cows to the Capital. With 'he
call of Spring in the ail .she could
no longer resist so she hs gone
home to stay.
county between June 15 and 30. Make
your plans now to attend these meet
ings. There should be at least 100
wheat farmers on the Moro trip this
year.
Who Is Responsible?
(By R. B. WILCOX.)
The wheat farmer faces bankrupt
cy if present conditions continue.
Either prices must come down or he
must get a better price for his wheat,
A higher plane of living to which the
United States has risen would seem
to indicate that prices in general are
to stay where they are for some
time. Then if the wheat farmer is
to prosper he must receive a better
price for his product. A smaller pro
duction of wheat is urged by some
as a means of securing a better
price. That thus by becoming a buy
ing nation rather than an exporting
one, the price would be better.
Under existing conditions this un
der-production is apt to become i
reality as a trial solution of the pre
sent state of affairs. It will be
brought about by the wrecking of the
wheat industry. The wheat farmer
is merely holding on this year in the
hopes of something eoming his way
this fall.
Ia it necessary to wreck an indus
try and impoverish thousands of peo
ple, in order that an industry as large
and as important as wheat raising,
may be put on a sound financial foot-
in?
Now, who is responsible?
There are two plans as a solution.
A nearly 100 per cent organization
of the farmer that would do as many
other classes of business men do,
sell their wheat at their own price,
working off their surplus on a i
eign market at a loss, this loss to
be borne by the organization, Thi
plan is not feasible as the nearly 100
per cent organization is an impossi
bility. The export plan furnishes th
other way and may be passed. In
order to get favorable action by Con
Some enthusiast! out West, stimu
lated by large iKX'ketbooka, hare In
dicted Seuator Wheeler tr.vlug to dis
courage hla able iiiTentlsatiiiK. By
ttua time they probably regret It.
for the Senator la lurestlrattni:
THKM to Hud out just what and who
re belaud the Iudlctuieut.
Wi
I'ashincton knows that whan
Senator Wheeler entered public life
In Moutaua he fmnitl in ttniitif.i
rarties out there, one called Kepulv-
ncan. oue called , liemocratlc, both
owned by cornier mines.
When be ventured to optiose the
copper capitalist he waa iuforined
that he would be ruu out of Mon
tana. But he had other plana, got
himself elected to the Senate of the
nited States, and now the people
nearing rrom mm.
Sven the fattest pocketbook ought
realize that this Is no tiino fnr
financial "rough atuff."
Dr. Chapman, excellent scientific
worker for the American Museum of
Natural History, returns from the
Andes mountains bringing a bird
that brays like donkey and a duck
that can't fly.
Before amazement carries you
way at thought of a duck that can't
fly. ask yourself how many human
beings there are that can't think?
New Tork Is proud, learning from
United States authorities that New
York's port handled more than one
half of the total ocean passenger
traffic of the United States. Seattle.
Boston and San Francisco were next.
Well, that's to-day's news. How
long do you suppose it will be before
Jacksonville, Fla., and Los Angeles
both have an ocean traffic bigger than
that of which New York Is so proud
to-day? This country is only start
ing, and the really big ports and
cities are still to And their place,
Those that rule the oil market say
there won't be any htg advance In
trasollne prices this Spring because
muddy roads will hold down the
price ". Muddy roads diminish au-
tomobillng. Less automoblling
means smaller demandi for gas, and
smaller demands means that the
rulers don't put up the price. In
other words. "What will the traffic
bear?" not "Wnot to) the paanline
cottf" Is the important question.
Henry Ford will bny a trollev line
conneotine Muscle Shoals with the
Gulf at Pensaeola, Fla.. according
gress on this bill, much has been
done by the farm organizations. If
the farmers were all organized
throughout the nation and would keep
hammering away on this measure
success might be theirs. They should
say to the big representation from
the Northeastern states, "Give us a
method by which the tariff can ben
efit us as it does you, or we will do
away with the tariff altogether."
The wheat farmer working on a
free trade basis has no show with
other business working on a protect
ed basis.
So the biggest responsibility at pre
sent, I believe, rests on the farmer.
He should join some farm organiza
tion and insist that that organization
let its wants be known. Your farm
bureau in this county has expressed
itself through this paper, and through
the local paper, through communica
tions, and telegrams to the president
and our congressmen on all measures
it considered of prime Importance to
the people of our county. We are do
ing what we can to help things along.
If you could possibly see your way
clear to place your influence with
us we would be glad to have you join
the Farm Bureau and help things
along.
What about the farmers' picnic this
year? Last year it was passed up and
it's time to make plana for it this
year if a picnic is to be held. The
Farm Bureau invites suggestions.
Why Canada Wants More
Settlers.
In view of the fact that wheat is
Canada's chief product, and there is
generally conceded to be a world over-production
of wheat, the question
frequently arises as to why the Do
minion continues its efforts to induce
more settlers to come into the West
ern provinces, where they will surely
engage In the production of still more
wheat. It is even more surprising, to
thoee who do not analyze the situa
tion, that the Canadian wheat farm
ers do not protest against this policy.
The answer is that Canada, unlike
the Lnited States, has no prospect
of getting away from an export basis
for wheat. It will be generations be
fore the population of the Dominion
will be large enough to consume even
the present annual production of this
vetm
uncle Jahn
My good friend Henry Tun
kott is a many-sided man. . , .
Hell take a hand in any game,
an' play the best he can. . . .
So fur as eddication goes, he
amt a shinin' light, but he
wouldn't fool with nothin' that
he didn't think was right.
I've heard him prattle half a
day, about the war in Greece,
and, he'd slam the dad-burn tar
iff like a Jestice of the peace,
He'd farm it fer a season If the
idea hit him square then, swap
it fer a barber shop, an' go to
cuttin' hair!
If you search among the
clergy, you will hardly flnj a
man; that can preach a better
scrmonette than Henry Tunkett
can. ,' , , And, while the woods
aint set afire by anything -he's
done, I reckon he's a genius, if
ever there was onol
r
Fl mow wu
- . J-a I TAKE THAT
to report. He might utilize the gas
angina trolley car that he once
showed this writer In his learborn
laloratory. Light tn build, hla car
could iro&s the Continent at the rate
of sixty miles an hour without tak
ing on fuel, aud at less than half
the present cost of transortatlou.
That ought to Interest railroad men
now. If It doesn't, the kind of coui
lietitlon It will give them will Inter
est them later and TOO late.
Robert D. Towne says religion
is handicapped by a "lack of irood
news." There are no more firm as
surances, such as the one given to
Peter and Andrew: "Follow me.
and I will make you fishers of
men. mere a.-e no definite as
sertions about hell, if you are wick
ed, and heaven, if you behave.
Clergymen split hairs. Each one
believea a part and denies a part.
The simple mind wants to believe
everything.
Perhaps a few miracles would
help to revive faith and fill the
churches. Suppose the Rev. Dr.
Straton should say: "I warn you
dissenting clergymen that you are
all bound for perdition, and to
prove it I shall now change Dr.
Jones into a stick of peppermint
candy." Would not that convert
all if Dr. Jones did stiffen up and
slowly turn into striped pepper
mint You'd thiak so, but the human
heart is hard. You remember the
Arabian philosopher, who said to
the holy man: "You may say to
me, 'Twice two are five, and to
prove it I'll turn this walking stick
into a live serpent,' but, even if you
change your stick into a serpent,
I'll still say, that is interesting, but
twice two are not five."
A gorilla, just arrived, is living
in a fine New York hotel. How
it would surprise him if. his dull,
worried brain could realize that the
hotel was built, according to Dar
win, by the gorillas, a small, feeble
tribe of his own relations, weak in
muscle, teeth and claws, and there
fore, compelled to think. Thinking,
they became rulers of the world.
Frederick Landis says that this
country, instead of admitting go
rillas that come here to die of
homesickness, ought to admit more
of the right kind of European im
migrants that would come h.re to
hviild up the United States and
LIVE.
Left $250,000,000-
Hugo Stinnes, German Indus
trialist and Banker who died sud
denly this month, left a fortune of
one billion gold marks, equal to
two hundred and fifty million it
American money. He was a Gcr
man Jew.
cereal. No possible curtailment would
bring the supply down to a point
where a protective tariff would be
effective. Canada must continue to
sell on the world markets, and at
world prices.
The United States, on the other
hand, Is normally not far from a
domestic basis. Were it not for the
increased production required by war
time necessities, we would be prac
tically there now. Furthermore, were
it not for the poor quality soft wheats
and the durums, we would have little
if any wheat for export, and our
tariff would be 100 per cent effective.
Canada needs more people. Her
population is not yet sufficient to per
mit the rounding out of that measure
of internal industry and commerce
which alone can make for national
progress and solidarity. The benefits
she would realize from a substantia
increase in numbers would far more
than offset the effect of a hundred
million additional bushels of wheat
upon the markets of the world.
Canadian farmers will have more
money, collectively, by producing
more wheat. United States farmers
would probably have less. Agricul
tural Review.
County Grain Growers to
Meet May 23.
The Morrow County unit of the Or
egon Cooperative Grain Growers as
sociation will hold their annual meet
ing In the Council Chambers at Hepp
ner on May 23. Mr. Ralph Benfre, of
Heppner will have charge of the
meeting, and among other important
busineaa to be transacted Is the elec
tion of the delegates from this county
to the annual meeting of the associa
tion. These annual district meetings de
termine the management and future
of your businens. It Is up to every
member of the Oregon Grain Grow
ers to attend and take an active part
in th meeting.
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
QUARANTINE SHOULD BE
STRICT. "
A letter from Dr. B. T. Simms. of
tUm raann A trrfn I tiirnl Collfitfti. and
a memoir of the State Livestock San
itary Board, makes the following
statement:
"A considerable amount of pres
sure Is being brought to bear upon
the governor and the State Livestock
Qenlioev RnAtvf t.n removA the embar
go, which has been placed upon Cal
ifornia vegetables, me pudiic ai
large should realize that the diseaie
in question may he transmitted
through any materials which have
come in contact with the disease. It
is a known fact furthermore that
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TM6 CttASNL IS THtt
PACE THVT
KILLS
there has been some bootlegging of
vegetables from the quarantined area
in California. Such vegetables would
be very dangerous if they were in
troduced into our state."
The Oregon Livestock Sanitary
Board should be backed up in keep
ing up a drastic quarantine on ship
ments from California. A few let
ters from stockmen would do much to
counterbalance the pressure being
brought to bear, to remove the quar
antine. ROLLER TYPE BLADE WEEDER
AROUSES INTEREST.
The roller type blade weeder orig
inated in Umatilla county last year
is causing considerable interest
among men using blade weeders in
this county. Two weeders made by
Penland Brothers, of Pendleton, are
in use by Tom Boylen, at Pine City.
They were not successful in the large
weeds on summer fallow last year,
but it is claimed they will work
wherever the common blade weeder
will work. On the heavier soils of
the county where the blade weeders
are being used, they should show an
improvement over the present weed
ers, as eight or ten horses will draw
twenty-eight feet of blades. Picturei
of the various types of these weed
ers can be seen at the County Agent'i
office.
Spring grains were planted in the
wheat nurseries at lone and Eight
Mile, March 25 and 26. Spring wheat,
oats, barley, peas and flax were put
in to get a check on their suitability
for Morrow county conditions. The
following varieties of Spring wheat
were planted: Baart. Sunset, Hard
Federation, White Federation, Bunyit,
Quality, Bobs, Red Bobs, Boadlcea,
Redsaac, Currawa, Onas, Major, Fir-
bank, Canberra, Marquis, Red Chaff,
Bluestem, Little Club, Marquis III,
White Chaff Federation. Spring Bar
leys: Coast, Mariout, Flynn, Himal
aya, Peruvian, Trebi, Meloy Selection
III, Hannchen, Union Beardless
Blueclub, Blue x Beardless. Oats
60-day, Western Wonder, Swedish
Select, Markton, Three-grain. Peas;
Carlton, Kaiser, O'Rourke, B Banglia,
Admiral. Five varieties of flax were
sown to get a check on the possibil
ities of this crop.
CANVAS NETS VS. SLINGS FOR
HEADER BOXES.
One of the recommendations from
the wheat growers' meeting at Lex
ington, was an investigation of the
possible saving by using canvas in
stead of nets on header boxes. Re
ports from three of the men who are
using canvas indicates that while the
initial cost of the canvas is more
than the rope slings, that the canvas
will save its cost each season. One
man stated that they would pay for
themselves each three weeks of har
vest. The advantages of canvas nets
are that they eliminate the necessity
of stopping to elean header boxes, as
the canvas puts off the entire load
at each dumping. The canvas is
easier placed In potation and saves
time. Due to these two reasons there
is practically no delay at the ma
chine, and better average dally runs
are made. One of the cautions to be
observed is never to feed horses upon
the canvas, as the moisture from
their mouths cause it to rot. The can
vas in use at present Is eighteen
ounce material and the cost varies
from $22.50 to $27.50 per net.
BIG WOOL CLIP LAST YEAR.
Wool production last yesr totaled
223,610,000 pounds, the department
estimates. This was aa increase of
1,050,000 pounds over 1611 production,
due partly to a larger number of
A Success
Patrick E. Crowley, newly
elected President of the) great
New Ynrlr fontml Rnllwav line.
atartpd rnrrartna mm m mA.amnvav
boy when fourteen years old and
auyw wiin n.
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9) fey
Cff f I
sheep and to an iaereaae of thr.e
tenths of a pound la the average j
! weight, whith reached 7.3
pouads.
Texas lsadi the Statas aa a wool
producer with 19,700,000 pounds; Wy
oming was next with 18,800,000
pounds; Montana, 17,775,000 pounds;
a group of Irrigon farmers Sunday,
April 13, and twelve miles of the
main canal bank was covered, using
the cedar stick method. Checks by
the County Agent, and others, show
that at least ten thousand rabbits
have been killed to date. Fourteen
and Utah, 17,210,000 pounds. Idaho
produced 16,455,000 pounds; Ohio,
14,313.000 pounds; California, 14,181,-
000 pounds; and Oregon, 13,200,000
pounds. In the leading producing
States wool is mostly a range product,
except in Ohio, where It is a product
of the farm without the range.
The department's first estimate of
the mohair clip la 8,651,000 pounds
for 1923, as compared with 6,532,000
pounds in the census year 1919. Most
of the mohair clip of 1923 was In
Texas, for which State the estimate
is 7,100,000 pounds. V, S. D. A.
Rodent Control Notes.
Summer jackrabbit poisoning has
been holding the interest of farmers
in the rabbit belt for the past two
weeks. Practically all of the far
mers in the Alpine and Cecil com
munities have put out poison salt.
hleh has been very effective In con
trolling rabbits in this section.
To control them tn the Irrigated
sectton, the County Agent met with
people turned out to put out the
sticks at this time.
On Sunday, April 20, eight farmers
from the east end of the Boardman
district met and staked the upper
canal bank In this section. The fol
lowing are two formulas which give
good results; First, mix thoroughly
one quart of flour, one-half teacup
of sugar, one-half teacup of salt, dis
solve one-half ounce of strychnine
sulphate in one-half pint of water
and stir into the above mixture, add
ing enough water to make a rather
thin batter.
Second: One quart of flour, two
tablespoons of salt, one cup of syrup
or sugar, and one ounce of strychnine
alkaloid mixed with water into a thin
batter. Dip freshly cut cedar sticks
in this batter and stick In runways.
Squirrel Poison: It is not too late
to get those squirrels, and all farmers
are urged to poison them at once.
Mixed poison can be secured for the
cost of the grain, at the stores at
Cecil and Morgan, Bert Mason's, lone,
Karl Beach's, Lexington, and at the
County Agent's office in Heppner. The
County Agent will be glad to hold
mixing days in any community where
farmers prefer to bring their grain
to be mixed.
Boys' and Girls' Club
Work.
A certificate of achievement has
been received for the Lexington Po
tato Club and will be presented to
the club at a meeting about the first
of May.
Saturday, April S, a Club demon
stration was given at the meeting of
the Irrigon Farm Bureau, by the Wil
cox children on milk testing. These
demonstrations are given merely to
show the kind of work that Is being
done by Boys' and Girls' Clubs.
A Full Program in Spite
of Handicaps.
(By the Bureau of Agricultural Econ
omics, United States Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.)
Reports from 43,000 farmers to
this Bureau, last month, Indicated In
tentions to increase the acreage f
corn 3 per cent, oats 7 per cent, bar
ley 9 per cent, hay 4 per cent, Rax
54 per cent, sweet potatoes la per
eent, peanuts 19 per cent; to decrease
spring wheat 14 per cent, potatoes 2
per cent, grain sorghums 6 per eent;
and to keep the same acreage as last
year of tobacco and rice. Many fac
tors influence the situstion before
actual planting, but this gives some
indication of producers' turn of mind
this spring.
If these intentons should be car
ried out, it would mean Just about
the same gross acreage of crops as
la-t year. This is the big, general
meaning of these reports. Bad times
oi good times, sgriculture must meet
the responsibilities of property In
cluding taxes, debts, and mainten
ance. The effort at readjustment becomes
more apparent In two majer money
crop regions, the Northwest being
prompted by poor wheat prices, the
Southeast by poor cotton yields. One
region is turning to flax, oats, barley
and livestock; the other to sweet po
tatoes, peanuts, tobacco, poultry, etc.
Such shifts reflect greatly disturbed
conditions. - V
Producers of the great feed crops
again apparently contemplate some
increase therein. Men with memories
four years long, however, recall what
a job it has been to work off a sur
plus of grain, Of course the multi
tudinous pigs of 1923 were Just as
hungry for grain as though they did
not themselves represent a two years'
hang-over of corn cheap enough to
burn. So the man with a one-year
memory now remembers only high
priced corn.
It is true that a farmer must grow
something, and feedstuff can' some
times be carried along when cash
crops are an immediate loss. If one
expects to produce surplus feed crops
to sell his neighbors, he should keep
sn eytf on the sits of the neighbors'
herds. Indications are that there will
be fewer hogs to feed next winter.
It is apparent that production this
year will still be attended by the dif
ficulties arising from high wages, loss
of farm workers and the general dis
parity between prices of farm and
urban products. The situation Justi-
i iMi r tf ' 1
3
yrocAfTta
flea a very considerate attitude on the
part of men who are sttl! proposing
new court houses, jails, bridges and
certain other projects that mean
higher local taxes.
SHEEP CLUB ORGANIZED AT
BOARDMAN.
On April 17, County Agent Morse
took fourteen Iambi from the David
son and McCurdy ranch at Eight Mile
to be distributed to seven boys of the
Boardman community who are enroll
ed in Club work. This club will be
under the leadership of Mr. L. Pack
ard, of Boardman, who will be assist
ed by Mr. Griggs of the Boardman
school. The following boys have sign
ed up for thia work: Robert Btrger,
Russel Mefford, Buster Rands, Joe
Gorger, Eldon Wilson, Carl Wick
lander, Laurence Beck.
IDEA PUT INTO PRACTICE.
Few people are fortunate enough to
be able to put their theories and ideas
into successful practice, but one man.
Will Nigh, has done so. It had al
ways been his desire to make a short
dramatic, one-reel picture which
would have the power and "punch"
of a five-reel feature and which would
In a way, correspond to the short
story in fiction. So he went and made
"Among the Missing," the Pathepic
ture which will be seen at the Star
theater Thursday and Friday.
This is the first of a series of three
Will Nigh Miniatures which he will
produce. Its story, plot and action are
said to be as Intense as any so-called
"big" feature which has ever been
filmed.
Lucille La Verne and Nigh himself
are the performers who are seen in
"Among the Missing," while the lat
ter also directed the film.
WANTS
FOR SALE 5-room house, modern
conveniences; half acre ground be
sides lot; chicken park, tine shade
trees, some fruit; also fine piano and
Path, phonograph, both same as new;
furniture; slightly used Ford touring
car. MRS. S. A. PATTISON, Hepp
ner, Oregon. 2t.
Good Horse Pasture Fine bunch
grass, 12 per month. Address Vera
Pearson, Lena, Oregon. tf.
For Sale Two tons of barley at
Burgoyne'a warehouse, Lexington,
Ore. S. E. NOTSON. Heppner, Ore.
Healthy baby chicks from my rec
ord laying strain of W. Leghorns and
Barred Rocks; all awards; commer
cial class; eggs for hatching and
stock for sale. Postal brings price
list. R. Woolery, Capital Poultry
Farm, Salem, Ore. 10U
FOR SALE One Holt combine, 20-
foot cut, good condition; 45-horsepow-
er Holt engine. Will take cattle or
sheep as part or all payment; also
will take one grain binder. O. T.
FERGUSON. Heppner, Ore. tf.
For Sale Netted Gem seed pota
toes, certified. No. 14 Economy King
cream separator, good condition; one
200-egg McCallahan incubator. Chas.
Hemrich, phone 2F21, Heppner. 2t.
FOR SALE One davenport bed,
range, heating stove, and other house
hold equipment; also 1923 model Ford
coupe in first class condition. See
L. E. Van Marter. tf.
LOST A span of bay geldings
weight about 1300 each; age 6; both
roach mane. Strayed from my place
about Jan. 1. 1924. RAY YOUNG,
FOR SALE Seed corn; N. W. white
dent. Acclimated to local conditions.
Postpaid, 10c per pound. ALWYN
JONES, Box 2.11, Arlington, Oregon.
FOR SALE Registered Duroc-Jer-sey
boar. Also some White Leghorn
cockerels, Hansen's 2G0-egg strain. A.
G. Pieper, Lexington, Ore. 2t.
FOR RENT Seven-room house,
partly furnished. 8 good Durham
cows for sale, $100 If taken at once.
See C. A. Minor, Heppner. 3t.
A few good young jacks can be
leased for the season, from the East
ern Oregon Jack Farm, Lexington,
Oregon. 2t.
For 8ale Good residence property,
close to court house. See Robert
Buschke, or phone 922. 4t,
For Sale New residence property
on Court street. Mrs. Guy Boyer.
WANTED 600 dozen fresh eggs at
Heppner Bakery. 2t.
G. O. P. "Old Guard"
Dont Want Hcney
FranAs J. Hcney, noted Califor
nia investigator, personally en
gaged by Senator Couzpna of Mich
igan tn assist In nn investigation
oi mo internal Kcvenuo Hurcau of
the Treasury Department Is being
oniony opposed Dy the
"Old
Guard" at Washington.