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The Gazette-Times
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 41, Number 19 HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 7, 1924. Subscription $2.00 Tcr Year
BIO PATTErSDN
LARGE FOREST
AREAS CLOSED
IVE
This Week
HEARIN THINGS AT LOCUST VALLEY
1 SCHOOL WILL SIT
Light Machine Leaves the
Highway, Causing In
stant Death.
MACHINE WRECKED
Young Man Wu Native Son of Hepp
ner, Was a Fine Mechanic and
Had Inventive Genlu.
Baird Patterson wai instantly kill
ed about seven o'clock Monday eve
ning when the light racing bug he
was driving left the highway on the
curve just this aide of the Joe Rec
tor house and some three miles east
of the city. Baird was in the car
clone when the accident happened,
and it was apparent from the badly
wrecked condition of the machine and
the manner it left the road, that he
was driving at an excessive rate of
speed when negotiating the curve. Af
ter leaving the highway the machine
stiuck the fence below, a barbed wire
and hog wire structure, and several
posts were broken off. Evidently the
car did not turn over, and the most
plauiibie theory seems to be that one
of the fence posts struck the young
man on the head. His scalp was torn
half off and the back part of the skull
mushed by coming in contact with
something other than a part of the
automobile. There wag also a deep
cut over the right temple. Wheels
on the car were broken, the tires all
torn off and it was otherwise badty
demolished, yet the spotlight on the
fmnt above the cowl was intact and
could be used for light when the body
was taken up by Undertaker Case.
A little past six o'clock on Monday
evening, Charles Bell and Baird went
out in the bug, which belongs to Bell,
for a drive up the Hinton creek high
way, going out about as far as the
Kilkenny place. On the return and
about the Rector place, Hell, who was
driving, lost his hat. The machine
was stopped and he climbed out for
the hat, when Patterson took the
wheel and drove on down to near the
L. V. Gentry place and turned and
drove back. Mr. Bell states that he
aaw the car leave the highway on the
turn but there wna such a cloud of
dust that it was not possible to see
just what happened. He rushed to
the aid of Patterson, but found that
he was apparently dead. Rushing to
the telephone he called Dr. McMurdo,
who, upon examination, pronounced
that death had been instantaneous.
Coroner Case then took charge of the
body and brought it to the morgue
at the Case undertaking establUh
ment. A coroner's jury was empanelled
and after going into all the facts
concerning the accident rendered the
verdict to the effect that death was
due to the automobile accident.
The car is one that young Bell had
built into a racing bug. It was very
light but capable of attaining high
speed. It is said that when driven at
a high rate of speed the bug would
not hold the road, and it was consid
ered unsafe to attempt to maintain
excessive speed for any distance.
There seems to be little doubt in the
minds of those who investigated the
accident that Patterson, though an
excellent driver, had let the car out
to a point where he lost control, and
when it left the highway it was going
too fast to be halted before being
wrecked.
The death of Baird Patterson in
this tragic manner was a shock to
the community. He had just returned
to Heppner from Boardman and ac
cepted a position with Sam Lininger
in the Cohn Auto Co. machine shop;
and was happy to be back to the home j
town again and near his mother,
whose welfare was ever hia first
thought and consideration, and the
future was bright. But in the twin
kling of an eye this is all changed.
It is a sad and lamentable ending
for one who possessed much of prom
ise. Funeral services were held at 10
o'clock this morning from the Epis
copal church, Rev. W. O. Livingstone
officiating, and the remains were laid
to rest in the Masonic cemetery. The
ceremonies were attended by a large
number of the friends of the family.
Hnird Glover Patterson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Patterson, was bom in
this city September 30, 1104, and died
August 4, 1024, being 19 years, 10
months and 4 days of age. On De
cember 24, 102.1, he was united In
marriage in the city of Pendleton to
Miss Dorothy Kingslcy Hill of Hepp
ner, daughter of Mrs. Eugene Pen
land, Rev. Lock wood of the Episcopal
church of Pendleton, officiating.
Several years ago he united with
the Episcopal church of this city, of
which he was a member at the time
of his death.
" Bnird was a popular boy among his
friends, and thoroughly devoted to
his work, that of an automobile me
chanic. He was expert in mechanics
for one of his age, and posseaaed in
ventive talent. Had he lived there
is little doubt but that he would have
become more than ordinarily profi
cient in the work he had chosen. He
was clean, ambitious, industrious, a
dutiful son and affectionate young
husband, and possessed the promise
of a worthy and useful citizen.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his
widow, parents, and one brother and
sister. His father is absent, spending
a few months in the enst at his old
Pennsylvania home, too far removed
to be present on the sad occasion of
the boy's funeral,
$250.00 REWARD.
Stolen from my ranch near Rittor
In the early spring, one bay maro,
weight about 1100 lbs., white spot in
forehead, branded A on left stifle;
one bald-faced sorrel horse, weight
about 1150, white spota around eyes,
branded LR connected on loft shoul
der. I will pay $10.00 reward for the
recovery of each of these animals and
$200.00 for evidence leading to the
conviction of the culprits taking
them. L. F, KESING, Hitter, Ore.
Nine National Forests Now Have
Closed "Areas; Greatest Fire
Danger Is Still Ahead.
Closing of additional areas on the
Mt. Hood and Whitman National For
ests has just been authorised by Dis
trict Forester Geo. H. Cecil of Port
land. This action was taken at the
request of the supervisors of these
two forests.
The area c rosed on the Mt Hood
embraces the upper watersheds of
Badger and Little Badger creeks, ly
ing east of Mt. Hood. The Whitman
closing order covers all or parts of
the following drainages lying within
the national forest: Granite Creek;
North fork of the John Day River;
the north drainage of Desolation
Creek; Chicken Creek; West Chicken
Creek; and the drainage of Beaver
Creek within the boundary of the La
Grande city watershed.
On account of the extreme fire dan
ger and the number of man-caused
fires these areas are closed to camp
fires, smoking and the use of matches,
according to the report. Under the
instructions of the District Forester
no permita will be issued for travel
ling on these areas.
There are now closed areas in nine
of the national forests of Oregon
and Washington. The Chelan in
Washington is entirely closed, except
at designated camp grounds, and the
Deschutes in Oregon is entirely cIob
ed to smoking. Nine watersheds on
the Whitman, nine on the Umatilla
and two on the Cascade, all in Ore
gon, are closed. In Washington, in
addition to the Chelan, one watershed
on the Mt. Baker, three on the Col
ville, the Lewis river watershed on
the Columbia, as well at the entire
east side of the Columbia, except Mt.
Adams above the 6,000 ft. elevation
are affected by the closing orders.
On the Mt. Hood two watersheds and
the Larch mountain regions are clos
ed. "According to past forest fire his
tory, much of the worst part of the
fire season is still ahead of us' said
Mr. Cecil, in discussing the closing
orders. "While we are glad to have
campers avail themselves of the rec
reational use of the forests, and wel
come the careful campers, we cannot
overlook the fact that our first re
sponsibility is to protect the forests
from destruction. So in order to
keep out the careless and the thought
less, who are responsible for a great
many of our fires, we are forced to
issue these closing orders for areas
of extreme fire hazard.
"If each careful camper," he added,
"would make it a point to enlist Ave
other people to assist in forest fire
prevention we might in time eliminate
most of these man-caused fires, which
are causing so much trouble at pres
ent." Mr. Cecil also suggested that trav
ellers communicate with local forest
supervisors before planning a trip
into national forest areas. Camp fire
permits are required for all areas in
side the national forests, and infor
mation on fires and new closing or
ders may also be obtained. General
information is given out at the Dis
trict office at Portland, but permits
are issued only through the forest
supervisors and rangers.
BARLEY NEGLECTED
AS CROP IN OREGON
The growing of barley In Oregon
should be increased according to Ore
gon Experiment Station Bulletin No.
204 and a corresponding reduction
made in the usual acreage sown to
spring oats and spring wheat.
On the three Branch Experiment
Stations in Eastern Oregon spring
barley conoiderably outyielded sprng
wheat and oats. Statistics collected
by the United States Department of
Agriculture also show spring barley
to be more productive than either
spring wheat or oats in all counties
of Oregon.
Live stock men know that barley
s a very satisfactory feed and can
generally be substituted for oats,
with profit, In a ration for dairy cows
or horses. Most eastern Oregon far
mers are aware of this and are grow
ing much more barley than oats but
western Oregon farmers, according to
the figures quoted in this bulletin,
have apparently not yet realised the
fact that barley, if given the same
chance, will yield about 40 per cent
more grain thnn oats. In fact the
actual farm yield of barley in west
ern Oregon has been just 40 per cent
more than that of oats during the
past five years. Barley too has con
siderably less hull than oats and s
higher than oats in digestible nutri
ents
Based on pre-war average prices
(1005-1914) the acre value of barley
in western Oregon was (4.00 more
than that of oats. Are Oregon farm
era losing about a half million dol
lars annually by not substituting bar
ley for part of the present large acre
age in oats and spring wheat?
In Station Bulletin No. 204 recom
mendations are made as to the best
varieties of spring barley to grow in
different sections in eastern Oregon
both for dry and irrigated land, as
determined by long-time experiments
on the three Branch Stations. Mar-
iout and Peruvian have been the bert
dry land barleys. Under irrigation
Trebi has given highest yields.
WILLING WORKERS TO MEET,
The Willing Workers of the Christ-
fan church will meet In the church
parlors at two-thirty o'clock tomor
row (Friday) afternoon. All the la
dies of the church are urged to be
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Boyer rarlved on
Sunday from their ranch near Ham
ilton in Grant county. It has been
vrcy dry over that way, states Mr.
Boyer, and he thinks that crops are
much better In this part of the coun
try. Mrs. J. W. Johnstone departed this
week for Bolso, Idaho, where she will
visit for some time at the home of
her mother.
Grain Marketing Combine
Starts Opcrtions on
August First.
GRAY SILVER HEAD
Terminal Facilities Taken Over In
Ten Principal Cities By Largest
Co-Operative Association.
According to the Weekly News Let
ter of the American Farm Bureau
Federation, the Grain Marketing Com
pany, heralded as the largest co-operative
marketing organization for far
mers yet projected began functioning
on August first at Chicago, St. Louis,
Kansas City, New York, Buffalo, Nor
folk, Fort Worth, Galveston, Minne
apolis and Milwaukee. On that date
the Grain Marketing Company took
over the terminal facilities of each
of these markets and started handling
grain in its own name. Other mar
kets will be opened soon, is the in
formation given out in the News Let
ter. Since Monday, July 28, the Grain
Marketing Company has been func
tioning, but its business has been
handled in the name of the companies
whose properties are being taken over
and the actual turn over was made on
August first.
The officers of the company are:
Gray Silver of Martinsburg, W .Va.,
president; Harry L. Keefe, Walthill,
Nebr., 1st vice-president; G. M. Dyer,
Spencer, Iowa, 2nd vice-president;
John W. Cloverdale, Ames, Iowa, secretary-treasurer.
An executive com
mittee of five members and board of
directors of fifteen members was
also chosen, and the by-laws covering
in detail the purpose of the company
were also adopted. Following the
adoption of the by-laws the company
went to the task of drawing up the
contract which will cover the pur
chase of the properties of the Ar
mour Grain Company, Rosenbaum
Grain Corporation, Rosenbaum Bro
thers, J. C. Shaffer & Co., and Davis-Noland-Merrill
Grain Company. It is
understood that this contract has not
yet been completed, but the financing
provisions have been made public.
The rapidity of the organization of
the Grain Marketing Company has
been so great that many of the de
tails of the organization are not yet
generally understood. This lack of
understanding has given rise to much
misinformed criticism. This has
called forth a statement from J. W.
Cloverdale, secretary-treasurer of the
new company, in which, among other
things, he said:
"The interests of the farmers will
be protected, and there is no possi
bility of the farmers being charged
an excessive price.
Much misinformation has been
broadcast about the amount of money
which the new Grain Marketing Com-1
pany is to pay for the elevators and
terminal facilities owned by the five j
companies. We are following the us- j
ua), sane business procedure in arriv-1
ing at the value. Those who have said !
how much we will pay for the physi- j
cal assets and leaseholds know more i
than we do ourselves, for the whole1
matter is still to be determined. Our i
agreement with the companies gives
us every opportunity to go intimate
ly into the situation and have the
properties valued by competent ap
praisers, taking into consideration
depreciation and the value of the
properties to the new going company.
If our estimate of a fair market val
ue, as finally worked out, is not ac
cepted by the vendors then they se
lect an appraiser, and we do likewise;
the two choose a third. These three
appraisers, it is agreed, will endeavor
to arrive at a fair market value of
the properties.
"They will take into consideration
the reproduction cost of the proper
ties as are required by the present or
prospective business of the Grain
Marketing Company, less a reason
able depreciation and giving any
proper consideration to the value of
the use of such properties as part
of the business of the going-concerns
engaged in the business of marketing
grain. The appraisers may eliminate
from the list of properties thos to
tally obsolete or useless in connec
tion with the marketing of grain. In
fixing the value of the properties, the
appraisers will not make any extra
allowances upon account of any sup
posed advantages arising from the
operation of the Grain Company us
compared with operation by the ven
dors. Thus the interests of the farmer-purchasers
will be entirely safe
guarded in the matter of appraisals
and valuations."
It Is understood that appraismcnt
of this property, as described by Mr.
Coverdale, will cover some months
and that while this is going on the
company will use the properties, pay
ing a fair rental for them.
Another statement issued this week
which helps to paint the picture of
the possibilities in this newest co
operation, was made by Gray Silver,
president of the organization. Mr.
Silver said;
"The Grain Marketing Company
will be producer owned and con
trolled let there be no mistake about
that. Every step taken in the long
consideration given to the important
matter of providing the farmer with
his own marketing machinery has
been carefully prepared for by pa
tient examination and the close scru
tiny of far-seeing men of ability and
shrewdness, whose lire work has been
farming, and who have had exper
ience in business and the law. The
result is an organization that will
withstand test from any quarter. The
Board of Directors which has been
elected is made up solely of farmers
and all of them are inspired by but
one purpose service for the farm-
era.
"The Grain Marketing Company
has been incorporated under the Illi
nois Co-operative Marketing Act, The
Act is specific in Its requirement that
any corporation formed under its pro
(Continued on Page Four.)
- c- :i .en
Former Local Teacher
Is Married at Spokane
Miss Blanche Fahy, who was for
merly a teacher in the Heppner
local schools, was recently married
at Spokane. The fortunate young man
is Mr. Harry Herrick, a lawyer of
Miles City, Montana The wedding
occurred on the 28th of July at the
First Methodist church in Spokane,
and the young couple will spend their
honeymoon in California, going south
by water from Seattle, returning to
their home at Miles City by way of
Salt Lake about the 20th of August.
The numerous friends of Mrs. Her
rick in Heppner extend congratula
tions. - - - - -1
Tillamook to Entertain
Elks 1924 Convention
Tillamook, Ore., Aug. 8. The B. P.
O. Elks convention In Tillamook,
August 14, 15 and 16, promises to be
the largest ever held in Oregon since
the announcement that by arrange
ments with the National Guard thru
Captain J. E. Shearer of company K
of Tillamook, all the equipment such
as tents, blankets and cots, needed
to provide for convenience of dele
gates will be provided.
The local committee on housing
headed by Rollie W. Watson, plans to
have tents pitched in rows in all the
vacant lots near the festival grounds
with space between tents for the vis
itors' cars. This will be a convenience
for the guests as all their personal
equipment will be together. In or
der to prevent loss or theft local boys
in company K, who won the Oregon
ian cup for the best National Guard
company in the state last year, have
been engaged to patrol the grounds.
These arrangements have been de
clared by the state officers adequate
for any crowd that may attend. In
addition to the National Guard equip
ment all private homes in the city
have been solicited for available
room and the response has been hear
ty on the part of the townspeople.
The entertainment will include
four deep sea fishing trips a day with
boats under the supervision of local
men who willact as life guards; two
dances each night during the con
vention, one for Elks and another
for the public; a big street parade
with several bands; clam digging ex
peditions every morning to the clam
flats near the old ship yards; a ro
deo with two carloads of steers and
horses; a carnival and a bathing
beauties contest.
A trap shoot for Elks fa one of the
big features for delegates. Many
cash prizes and trophies are to be
awarded and letters received from
state lodges show that nearly every
lodge will be represented by a team.
Portland is sending seven teams.
One of the biggest features of the
three day program will be the clam
bake and salmon barbecue. All the
food but coffee will be Tillamook
products. The committee experts to
feed 4000 persons over a period c-f
several hours. This will be free for
everyone whether Elks or not and
will be held just east of town in the
fair grounds.
The clam bake and barbecue will be
Saturday noon. Two 400 lb, Tilla
mook cheeses have been secured
which will be a year old when cut.
The committee plans to make 400
gallons of coffee in a cheese factory
vat, boiling the coffee with live steam
as is done on ocean vessels. 30,000
Tillamook bay clams have been con
tracted for, 1000 pounds of dressed
salmon, and 9000 buns.
Mrs. Lutie Dcnsmore of San Fran
cisco fs a guest at the homo of her
mother, Mrs. O. E. Farnsworth. Mrs.
Oensmore arrived Sunday on her re
turn from the east, and expects to
spend at least a month in Heppner,
Miss Margaret Crawford accompan
ied the Arhtur Crawford family as
far as Portland on Wednesday where
she will spend a few weeks at the
home of W. V. Crawford.
Wtllard Bassett, the Boy Tenor, at
Star Theater tonight.
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LOCAL H ITEMS
Wm. Hendricks, who was in town
the first of the week and made this
office a call, states that the harvest
will soon be over In Morrow county,
from all present Indications. Harvest
was early here this season, the yield
light, and it looks to him like there
would be little more threshing to be
done after the present month is past
a eondition that has never before
prevailed, so far as his experience
(roes, and that extends far back of
the period when the breaking up of
the lands and the raising of wheat
pagan in Morrow" cosnty. Mr. Hen
dricks also reports a second crop of
grasshoppers coming on, and the pests
are doing a lot of damage to alfalfa
fields along Khea creek in his vicin
ity. Two crops of grasshoppers in
one season is rather rubbing it in, he
thinks.
Lowell Twitchell was in Heppner
on Wednesday, coming over from
Pendleton. For the past two years
Mr. Twitchell and family have resided
in Los Angeles, where he engaged in
the meat business. He returned to
Pendleton from Southern California
las: week, and will now be content to
make bis home in Oregon in the fu
ture Mr. Twitchell itates that peo
ple are coming to Los Angeles in
large numbers but they are getting
out just as fast as they possibly can,
conditions being very bad there and
the entire section being much over
done. Ralph Benge and Lester Doolittle
made a trip to the Greenhorns in
Grant county, returning the end of
the week. They picked huckleberries
in the high mountains, and also en
joyed some fine fishing in Desolation
lake. Many of the water courses are
drying up over that way, and it is
feared the sheepmen will have to
bring their flocks in quite early un
less rains should set in soon. The
situation is getting serious, and Mr.
Benge states it is one of the driest
seasons ever experienced in the moun
tain sections.
John T. Kirk returned home today
from a visit of a couple of weeks at
the home of John Bush, his son-in-law,
at Vernonia, Oregon. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Kirk and Bon,
who remained below for a few days.
Mrs. Kirk was expecting to visit with
an uncle residing at Seattle. While
away the Kirks visited several of the
seaside resorts along the Oregon
coast and John reports a pretty gay
time,
Sam Lininger, who has been in
charge of the machine shop at the
garage of Jason Biddle in lone for
the past year, took charge of the ma
chine shop in the Cohn Auto Co. ear-
age on the first of the month, coming
back to his first love. Mr. Lininger
was chief mechanic In charge of this
shop when the Cohn garage was
opened. He is a first class man in
this line of work and needs no in
troduction to the Heppner folks.
Conductor Ebi has been laid off the
job for some time while recovering
from injuries received from unload
ing iron at the Lexington station.
A heavy piece of iron fell on his right
foot and he was laid up for a spell.
Being about recovered, he expects to
be back on the job in another day or
two.
Miss Belva Danielson, of Sacramen
to, California, is visiting at the home
of R. W. Turner and other relatives
in Heppner, expecting to spend her
vacation of two weeks in this city.
She accompanied her grandmother,
Mrs. Martha Wood, who Is a cousin
of Mr. Turner.
Andrew Patterson came over from
Bonrdman on Wednesday in response
to the news of the accident which
caused the death of his brother,
Baird Patterson. Andrew is engaged
by the state In running a sprinkler
on a part of the Columbia highway.
Peaches For Sale Early Crawford,
Elbertaa, and Muirs. Crawfords are
ready now. $1.36 per box, prepaid.
A. E, Anderson, The Dalles, R, 1.
v vcmi v-ar i tun
1924 Wheat Crop of Uma
tilla Estimated 3,500,000
The 1924 wheat crop of Umatilla
county will not exceed 3,500,000 bu
shels, according to the estimate of
Henry W. Collins. The estimate, he
declared, is based on receipts already
made and yields that have been se
cured, says the East Oregonian of
Tuesday.
"Those parts of the county that
were hurt worst have harvested a
very light crop," he said, "and even
in the belt that has been most fa
vored, there have been many disap
poirtments over the crop that has
gone into the sack."
Some of the big outfits, including
Perringer's and Frank Curl's, pulled
their machines into the sheds today,
and many fanners completed their
harvest last week. The end of thiB
week will see the conclusion of prac
tically all the grain harvest, except
on bench land in the foothills, ac
cording to Mr. Collins.
Construction of New Live
Stock Pavilion Is Started
Portland, Aug. 5. Construction of
the new pavilion for the Pacific In
ternational Live Stock Exposition
has been started on the site of the
old building, which was destroyed by
fire recently. The structure is being
built by Grant Smith and company,
and must be turned over completed
to the directors by October 25, as
the livestock show opens November
first.
The new pavilion will be 3400 by
200 feet, with a seating capacity of
7000. and will ccst $350,000, the
amount of insurance carried on the
burned building.
Many Man-Caused Fires
Reported This Season
A total of six hundred and fifty-;
four forest fires have been reported
so far this season on the National
Forests of Oregon and Washington,
according to figures for the period
ending July 20, just compiled in the
office of the District Forester, Port
land, Oregon.
One hundred and thirty-two of
these fires were caused by smokers,
and one hundred and one by campers,
a total of two hundred and thirty
three from these two causes, the re
port states. Seventy-nine fires are
attributed to brush burning and lum
bering. Three hundred and ninety
eight of the fires were man-caused,
and therefore should have been pre
vented, it is said.
To date fifty-seven convictions for
violations of the fire laws have been
reported to the District Office.
These fires are estimated to hare
covered a total of 15,314 acres of Na
tional Forest land, 4.198 acres of pri
vate land inside National Forest
boundaries, and 13,372 acres of pri
vate land outside and adjacent to Na
tional Forest boundaries.
Forest officers point out that these
figures are for National Forest ter
ritory, and do not cover the state as
a whole. National Forests are, as a
rule, in the higher mountainous
country where the greatest hazards
come from the camper, the smoker,
and lightning fires. In the lower por
tions of the two states," it is said, the
hazard from loggres and brush-burning
fires is greater, some of the more
serious fires starting from these
causes. Many of such fires are said
to start from old smouldering snags
or slashings which are thought to
be safe, and abandoned.
Instructions to Forest Service em
ployees issued this year require that
no fire on National Forest land is to
be abandoned until the last apparent
spark la out.
Mr. and Mrs. Enh Eskelson and
daughter, Miss Gladys Benge, and
niece, Miss Luola Benge, returned
during the week from a stay of eight
days at Lehman springs, where they
enjoyed a fine outing.
Br Arthur Brisbane
A Three-Word Speech.
Farmer's Day.
Cream for Railroads.
Wall Street's Trinity.
John W. Davis means to hold the
short speech record, a wise, almost
pioua resolution. He will "accept"
his nomination fn only four thousand
words of talk.
Great moderation and self-control,
you say. Yet in thirty-one verses of
the first and two verses of the second
chapters of Genesis the Bible de
scribes the creation of earth and ev
erything on it. And the whole thing,
including the rest on the seventh day,
is told in about ONE thousand words.
For brevity and beauty, candidates,
editors, and especially advertisement
writers should study the Bible, espec
ially Genesis, Job, Isaiah, and the
Sermon on the Mount. Any Presi
dential candidate might make an ac
ceptance speech pleasing to 19 in
100 in three words, as follows: Men
Above Dollars."
Salesmen are pouring into the
Northwest farming districts to sell
goods that stores will soon be sell
ing, thanks to high prices for wheat.
Stocks are going up, especially nil
road stocks. That has importance for
everybody. It means that intelligent
observers see good times ahead.
Railroads seem to be the "lambs"
of our Government, and it remem
bers the injunction "Feed my lambs."
Recently, when the farmer was
practically bankrupt, doiens of banks
in the Northwest closing their doors,
etc., it was suggested that railroads
might reduce freight rates, at least
on farm products.
But with wheat going up, the In
terstate Commerce Commission says
the value of farm crops will increase
a thousand million dollars this year.
Therefore, NO reduction in freight
rates.
The cream, off the top, must go to
the railroads.
Suppose the farmers, for a change.
are getting a decent price for their
crops. The question involved is: Are
the railroads charging too much? not
what is the farm making.
Groat and fashionable Trinity Pro
testant Episcopal Church standing at
the top of Wall Srteet, publishes this
report:
Last year's income, $2,148,681.
Present assets of that little band
of followers of the lowly Nazarene,
$13,329,053.
You note, "Carried to renewal ac
count, $186,762."
The young man (see Matthew, 19th
Chapter) that "went away sorrow
ful" after being told, "Sell that thou
hast and give to the poor," probably
sits in Trinity's congregation, if there
is anything in the reincarnation theo
ry.
Think of one Episcopal church
keeping on hand thirteen millions of
undivided assets, while scores of the
Episcopalian clergy, miserably under-
paid, struggle to make ends meet.
The world hears with amazement
of two French fliers setting up a new
"duration mark," staying up 37 hours
6 minutes 10 seconds. Put this clip
ping away for your great-grandchildren.
They will see a round a world
machine, coming down perhaps once
a year for complete overhauling, land
ing passengers from smaller machines
above Paris, London, Yokohama, Bom
bay, New York. "All out" And the
trip all the way around will be made
in twenty-four hours only 1,000
miles an hour.
There NEVER comes a time when
a human being is of "no use to the
world."
The Greek philosopher, ninety
years old, that killed himself because
he stumbled on leaving his class, made
a mistake. He should have said: I
may stumble, but 1 shall go on teach
ing." Everyone can be valuable to the
world by setting an example of cour
age and endurance.
The other day in New York a young
woman lay in a hospital with both
her legs amputated. That was the
price she paid for giving birth to a
child. SHE might have said, "The
world has nothing more for me,
What she did say was, "I am delighted
to lose both my legs, if I must, as
long as I have my baby."
That's worth a good deal to the
world.
LEASES JONES RANCH.
Wm Instone, who for many years
has been ranching on Butter creek,
has taken a lease of several years on
the Henry Jones ranch, which has
been run for several years past by
the Sheridan estate. Mr. Instone is
one of the successful stockmen of
the Lena section, and the Jones ranch
being ideally located for carrying on
the stock business, he will doubtless
succeed well in the larger endeavor.
Mrs. Margaret Jones has been at
Heppner for several weeks making
disposal of the ranch, and she ex
pects shortly to return to her home
in Portland.
Furnished House For Rent at Lex
ington W. P. McMillan residence, 8
rooms, alt modern conveniences. Pre
ferably to family wishing to keep
boarders, for at least 10 months. Must
rent by Sept. I. 2t
Full Corps of Teachers
Secured and Vacation
Will Soon Be Ov er.
LARGE ENROLLMENT
Sereral New Instructors gecared and
Fall Work Expected to Start With
Record Attendant of Pupils.
The summer vacation Reason for
the boy, and girls will soon be at an
end, and then it will be back to the
work in the school room, for every
thing will be in read mm for the
opening of Heppner', schools on Mon
day, September 8. Word received
from Superintendent Hedrick this
week la to the effect that he has fin
ished hia summer course at the Uni
versity of Oregon in Eugene, and af
ter a vacation of a couple of weeks or
so in the southern part of the state,
he will return to Heppner about the
oth of this month in order to have
everything in readiness for the open
ing of the fall term of school.
From all present indications there
will be a larger enrollment this fall
than on former occasions and a ca
pacity attendance throughout the
school year is in anticipation. The
full teaching force has been secured
and each department will have at its
head thoroughly competent instruct
ors. In the high school the work will
be in charge of Prof. E. H. Hedrick
as superintendent; Charles Glen
Smith, principal; Anabel Denn, mu
sic; Hazel Martin, . domestic science
and art; Johnnie F. Fleet, commer
cial, and Josephine Kirtley, English
and History. Misa Denn, of course,
will supervise the music of the entire
school, and from all reports she is
possessed of qualifications of a very
high order. The grades will be in
charge of Breynton R. Finch, Lorena
Wright, Gertrude Davies, Opal E.
Clark, Elisabeth Dix. Amy E. Finch,
Harriett Case and Edna Turner, all
having been employed in the school
the past year with the exception of
Miss Case.
Dee Matlock Freed By
Idaho Coroner's Jury
Salmon, Ida., July 30. A coroner's
jury returned a verdict of justifiable
homicide in the case f Dee M.itork,
who was said to have killed William
C. Daniels, a neighboring rancher
near Tendoy, as the result of a feud.
It was stated at the inquest that Dan
iels came upon Matlock armed, tut
that Matlock managed to fire fir.t,
killing Daniels with a bullet from a
high powered rifle. The tragedy oc
curred July 16.
Dee Matlock ia well known in Pen
dleton where he formerly resided. He
also lived in Heppner for a number
of years. A brother of Heppner and
C. G. Matlock of Pendleton recently
left for Idaho after word was receiv
ed of the tragedy in which the for
mer Pendletonian figured.
Local residents have recalled that
Matlock has figured in other shoot
ing cases during his life. Rumors of
the tragedy have been current here
for some time, but no definite infor
mation could be secured on the case
until today. Pendleton E. O.
SPRING WHEAT IN
EASTERN OREGON
Spring wheat is the second cereal
in importance in the counties of Ore
gon east of the Cascades. According
to figures given in Oregon Station
Bulletin No. 204, the average acreage
in spring wheat in the 18 counties of
Eastern Oregon for the past five years
was nearly 200.000. or about one
third of the total number of acres in
winter wheat. Although outranked
in total acreage and production by
winter wheat in Eastern Oregon,
more spring wheat than winter wheat
was grown during the past five years
in the following counties: Baker,
Crook. Deschutes, Grant, Harney,
Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake,
Malheur, Union and Wallowa. The
big winter wheat producing counties
are Umatilla, Sherman, Morrow, Was
co and Gilliam.
In some counties, like Union, the
number of acres devoted to growing
spring wheat and winter wheat is
about equally divided. This natur
ally raises the question as to just
where and under what conditions
should spring grain be grown in pref
erence to winter wheat? The results
of the experiments on the branch
Stations and the experience of farm
ers show that winter wheat is a more
productive dry-land crop to grow af
ter a season of fallow. When grown
on irrigated land, spring wheat fn
Eastern Oregon generally outyields
winter wheat. When grown after an
other crop without an intervening fal
low period, spring wheat also i. as
productive on the average as winter
wheat.
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Lord's Day, AuKut 10, 9'U.
Thy word is the lamp unto my
feet and a light unto my pathwity."
No man can make sutiafitctuiy pro
gress in darkness. It is the business
of the church to reflect thut iitfht.
Come and get its bent tit, lliblo
School at tf:45, Communion and
preaching service 11 o'clock. Christ
ian Endeavor at 7 and Uw union
preaching service at tliu Methodist
church at 8 p. m. The thtrme of th
morning sermon will be: "What Is
Wcrldlinoss?" and that of th eve
ning. "The Christ Via w point." You
will receive a cordial wvlcutna at ail
of thee service.
LIVINGSTONE.
Willard Uassett, th Hoy Tvrior, at
Star Theater tonight.