During The Year 1924, Patronize The Merchants Of lone. Mail Order Houses Do Not Help You When In Distress VOLUME XII IONE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1924 NUMBER 32 Bank of lone CAPITAL and SURPLUS $55,000.00 State, County and City Depository 4 Per Cent On Time and Savings Deposits Safe Deposit Boxes IONE, OREGON Ktmntiiiiitiittiiiiiimit)tmiitiniiiiiiMtiii New Cash Prices In order to close out some lines, I offer - - $50 Duplex Howard Heaters at $40 $40 Duplex Howard Heaters at $34 New Cash Prices In order" to close out some lines I offer i $50 Duplex Howard wood or coal heaters at i $40 Duplex Howard wood or coal heaters at $42 Regular Howard coal heaters at - - -$35 Regular Howard coal heaters at - - $40 $34 $37 $29 Our annual inventorie has been taken and many odd ends have shown up and those will be put onto a cash bar gain counter, and first come gets the choice bargains. Mr As soon as time permits, all stock will be repriced and cash customers will not be paying for losses caused by unpaid credit accounts. BERT MASON IONE :: ORECON MMMMMMMMMMtMtMMMMIMMMMMMMMtl Radio on the Farm KEEPS YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD Concerts, lectures, news bulletins, market reports You should know the price of wheat, sheep and cattle in Chicago and Portland every day. Only the latest makes handled: GREBE ACE MURAD CROSLEY AIRPHONE Indoor or Outdoor Aerial Dry Batteries Prices from $10.00 up Ask when our demonstration will be in your vicinity keduced for this week ELECTRIC TOASTERS . . . $4.33 BOUDOIR LAMPS $4.25 MAURICE A. FRYE Everything Electrical - Phone 472 HEPPNER, ORE. Base Ball Meeting All base ball fans are request ed to meet at Legion hall Sunday afternoon, Jan. 27th at 2:30 p. m., for the purpose of making arrangements for the base ball season. One of the main matters to be taken up will be the construction of new seats, and a3 that expense will depend upon public subscrip tions, you are asked to have your mind made up as to how much you will donate for such work. The Icne base ball team has al ready been a good drawing card for the business men of lone, and you must not expect the boys to do the playing and pay the bills, so let every live wire of Line turn out and show the boys that you are willing to help them keep lone out of the rut. Every ball player should report at this time so that we will know what material we will have to pick a winning team from. Bert Mason, Manager. This is Your High Cost of Living A few reasons for the high cost of living are proof that the fault is entirely our own, as we demand goods put up in the most expen sive manner. Studv the follow ing table and see if you are not helping to make the cost preater. You demand the following which shows what a bushel of wheat amounts to at such purchases: Puffed Wheat at $48 00 bu. Bran at 19.20 " Grape Nut at... 1G 00 " Macironi at 14.40 " Shredded Wheat 12.00 " Rolled Wheat at.. 8.00 Cake and Pastery at 7.20 " Bread at ... ...... ....... 10.00 " Corn Flakes at $15 bu. of corn. Odd Fellows Install A large crowd was present at the Odd Fellows installation last Saturday night, the installing of ficer being district deputy E. A. Brown. Officers are as follows: N. G. Earl Murray. V. G.-Lee Howell. Rec Sec E. L. Padherg. Fin-Sec. --F. M. Griflin. Treas. E. J. Briatow. Warden-J. E. Morgan. Cond.-T. B. Ledbetter. I. G.-E. M. Colvin. 0. G. -Unas. O'Conner. U. S. N. G.-Otto lieilmann. L. S. N. G.-C. E. Mustgrave. R. S. V. G. -II. E. Clark. L. S. V. G.-C. C. Johnson. R. S. S.-W. E. Colvin. L. S. S.-A. F. Young. Chaplain-J. B. Blackwell. Sunday, Jan. 20, has been set aside by the Baptist convention, as children's Farm Home Day, for the purpose of raising the $25,000 unit pledged by the As sociation for the home at Cor vallis. This home is under the supervision of the W. C. T. U. Lexington Defeats lone ! The lone high school basket! ball team met defeat at the hands of the Lexington team in a fast ( game last Friday night on the; local floor, by a score of 5 to 2. j Owing to the fact that this was! the first game of the season forj both of the teams, the basket! shooting was not very accurate, i Both sides, however, were good ' at passing and close guarding, j the lone tossers having the best ; of it by a good margin at hand!-! ing the ball.. No individual stars! were evident on either team, the ; honors being about equal. j In the prelimary game, the; lone 2nd team proved to be no i match for Lexingtons representa tives, and were defeated 20 to 2. ' I Loan Association Meets 1 I The stockholders of the lone National Farm Loan Asso., held their annual meeting on Jan. 8th ! and elected W. J. Blake, Algatt' W. Lundell, Carl F. Bergstrom, R. J. Warlield and A. F. Young! directors. Mr. Warlield. W. G. : Palmetier, Mr. Bergtrom and R. F. Stender act as alternates as an appraised committee. The direc tors met following the adjourn ment of the stockholders meet-' ing en I elected the following for 1 the ensuing year: W. J. Blake, ; President; A, F. Young, Vice' President and E. L. Padberg, ' Sec Treasurer. W. J. Bluke and j A. F. Youni were elected as del-1 elates to the association meeting j to be held in Pendleton on Jan. 1 22nd. i can I win! The Bonus And Taxation Secretary Mellon has laid a defi nite program before the country to reduce the incomi: tax bill over $.'500,000,000 but if bonus lt-pislu- tion is passed this reduction not be made, but an inereiis. be necessary. If a bonus measure is passed, the ex soldiers who are now be comir g business men, would thru increased taxation, h'lve to pay a large percentage of the bonus they receive. The candidate who cries tax reduction in one breath and then advocates various bur densome obligations in the next breath, is simply fooling the people. Injured veterans should receive every consideration from the government such compen sation should not be confused with the bonus. Slate and national bonuses ag gregating $C50.C()O.0OI) have a! ready been provided for veterans, more than authorized by France and England combined. The Manufacturer. Church Officers Meet The mother of Edw. Wethtrill, of the Lundell garage, passed J peacefully away at her home in j as ce.k i rnnaneipnia, renn., on monoay I morning at 3 o'clock, Jan. 14th, las per telegram received bv Mr. ' Wetherill from his brother, Wayne. , The annual ni el ing of the lone Congregational church was held Tuesday evening ut the resilience or Paul G. Balsiger. A lull list of officers were elected with Lydia Balsiger as treasurer, Clvde i Scliriver chairman of the board of trustees and Mrs. Louis Hal- R' ports of finan cial officers showed all bills paid with small cash balances in all funds. Cash on hand in the build ing fund now amounts to $.r)00. PRINTING Rabbit drivi-s were held in the Walt Smith boarded the fast , east end of the Hoardman r.ro. Pollyowg" train last Sunday for !ject last Thursday and Sundav. I a trip to Salem and Seattle. Just! A good crowd wa in attendance how long he will be absent from: and altogether several hundred lone just depends? In the ( rabbits were taken in the two meantime. Judge Robinson has drives. County Agent Morse and care of tne canine, Peter Pan, J Mr. Moore, of the Biological Sur and its bed and housing is care-jvey, made short talks on the seri ally attended to. 'ousness of the rabbit profilem, : and the best moth'xi of control in Swanson, Collins' grain Ulia 8ection A drive i Hchedul bought last year for lne we, ,.n(i of the Hoard- The Harris Combine 8 You can cut your harvest expens es if you use a HARRIS. It will save the grain For particulars inquire of ftAPvL L. BEACH Lexington t-i Oregon Where the Sun Shines Most of the Time and the very air seems to dispel worry and tone up the nerves. One ran pick oranges, climb moun tains, dance, at tine lintels, lint lie in tlin ncr.'ui, visit old missions and play golf all in one day, if desired; or every day for months and each day something new. 4000 Miles of Paved Highways The most wonderful system of lintels, apartment houses, cottages, bungalows ami suites for the. aeeum modal ion of tourists in all the world, and costs reasonable. llcpn-Mentiulvpn of th UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Will k1;m1Iv fnrnMt Il1utnt1-r booklet giving r'in:,!- U- ll'tnl tK.ifloli itb.lUt thf KliifioliH DlllV- Brmimt ut thf We-!. I a-t tin in Ktll nil Ml -.tit oli l rutty, rullruuu fuivn, thruuifli cur crvit. J. W. HOWtt. Agent Ii)tu Oregon Win. McMurray, Ci-n. lu. Ajjtnl, I'urtlanJ, ()r. THE New F stirne is NOW Open For Business New Tables - New Equipment I will carry a complete line of Staple and Fancy Groceries Call and see me Laxton McMurrey, Prop. For the Farmer: Envelopes, Letter Heads, Rutter Wrappers, Cards, Trespass Notices, Special BUnks, Shipping Tags, Etc. J. E. buyer at lone. about 350.000 bu. of wheat and man project for January 20. sold about 215,000 sacks. The sale of sacks this season has gone to about 70,000 at present. Dillie, son of Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Wood, is sick with the measles. 'w YOUR I)OI, LAU will buy! Cap .Frank I'ort.r hud a very more from rny Dollar Counter 1 Hpeei;il I'tiniujement at Pendleton than any place von run invest in.1. lt SIll)uv j, II1UV ,e that lone , uke a look at th" 1,'ooils an. com , ,. , . I pare prices with any list you l'""i"P hw Vmnwut home. iplease You have been Baking for H'.y.d.nK cottaKe for two is j low prices and they are here, avaiiuoie. ' Hurt Mason. -"'h ('orhran wpnt to Wasco , lues Jay to vibit his brother.