THE IONS INDEPENDENT E. L. Foster of Pendleton Is!
jl oMnjj after business interests
'on the W. II. Padberg ranch.
Published Every Fridw by
W. W. Head, rditor-Pubiyier.
SWW'UIIM'ION
One Yer ll.M
Six Monih ... , 0.75
Three Montlis 0.M)
Entered w second Cla timtli at
t! (wtcffi.-e at lie. Oregon, under
Friday. A.ii ; 1931
Mr. an I Mrs. G. Johnson have
hnd as their gncsts Mrs. Howard
! Slaue and childnn of Bend.
Lexington News
Miss Anuld Stnnltivan
THE CHURCHES
C.iurch Sunday School are pre
paring a short program for the
Sunday Sc'iool hour,
j The Bapt ists are also arranging
I ing a program.
BRVKTtIA HILLS. Welt, all I
H ROGERS
Personal Mentior
oua almra ot that oiui litllo crop him
Rev. Zakrison held services at
the Sweden Lutheranchnrch lest
Sunday morniag and evening.
TheW. J.Ihvis home was the AlUr. the nxr..ing service aiiF.
fcenn of a lartfe family rcuni. r, lda peters0n, & r and Mrs. Wal
Wedncsday. The tat xkg was t .ri;0byn.s Mr. s.ni Vic Peterso-,
in honor of the goLicn weeding C-irl Peterson and Mr. and Mi .
lk'rt Mason vau in Pendletor,
Sunday and while teere enaojed
a short visit with Grandma Park
er who is' well known here, lu.v-
ing made her home in lone t'orj
many years. Mrs. Parket is well'
have aiit.io time in -"9 K,ohl ,0; tha K,,,,f1' r7 , "T i happy. On Yd.u8dny, Mar.
" County AkphI are, of ninkliiK each ... . , , . , .,
between .cenot to n J them .i.out a halt '-t. she celebrated the 8 1th an-
Kimier see wnai m . , . . , ... . . .,.. I...- Tl, !....
at i nun I'm in r" mm n n I u v v I ,-i,u jf vn mi lilllll. JlllllJ V
tremendoim lot There I nothln;; hcr friend joine " w'.fi her in eel
th.itf itmi U',mIi nf flirt tliitA ttirti
hat King of Spain , d , , ouaattng the happy event.
Is quite a follow. , i
know I jut: what I road In tha papers. . . . . m .
I got ImeH homo and am working In , w ,ny (Vor).,h,nR thoy Mt Tliey
ROUND TRIP,
rail
fares
goluK on bore and
thnro. You know
Those little few bules of cotton fin!
M.mli. .ia tf fitttit Wiiufr mtlii
Kopubiicans have n '"p"y Jl'V American Legion, have received
for years and Juat
when it looks like
ho was a goner why
ho comes up again.
They alnt poins to get rid ot that fol
low, Iu tact I doubt If they could Itu
prove on him. j
-..-. i - J .... k V, .1 M IIKWlh Al
of Mr. and .Vrs. Davis The chil- o.car Feterson and children went m.S:NB;;
dren present wire Mrs CeneCtay, ti the Henry Peterson 'home for S greatly overrated. The real bimi-
Mri. James Pa nter, Mrs. Baxter, dinner. ' . "e 01 country i carryied on no mat-
... ter wnai King or tmporur, vr wumir,
pnt v ('.ivpp or Chief, or President. Even lis over
i VJ. l-..V OiV.-NVjC. hore we rais8 a ,he tlM Bnd mes
graros v.;,senjoved around over whether it wlil ho a Ro
r. 'ine cl i f sources' vMnc: a Pc ,ocraU and on. hun.
lhCSUb dlNUs.On Ot li e iMonC W interest hoWLVtr. WeU the ,!, iivl,,- rnaer elth er one of them
County Grade School Declamato y irrigon qu, batKi an ithe talk and it dout matter much,
contest w:.s held here on Frd y o-iven bv Mr E W Snell of Ar- i.t ok at the Frenchmen. They look
TKI ,v!n,,n uimTcuvro- f ' ' ...... f.U to us they do everything Cock-
" . . i.nginontne recm: hcuvki.s at . Thelr of Deputies looks
Mrs. Lome Mikestll, Mr. Ihw-
ard Shte, Chirk Eavis and J. mes
D.vis.
other merchumiiso bin. Now how in information ot the serious illnoss
the world can he have a cent let. He uf Jack WhitesidfS. He is ill AW
hasent ho is in ,iobt. Then :d a w , making arrange-
drouth to that, where be d nt r.ilm " , ,
anythlnx, then what happened. The liumts to enter the V eteran 8 hof
Store man was practically broke nl:nr. pital at CU'ineilCi'UU.
with him. The laud owner who al
deals Just from year to year he - j j0hnuarbke and wife lire
broke, so picture the condition your- : .. . ,.,
suif. No work to be had. no (! to be spending much of their time m
bought, no seed to plant.
Now whoso fault is It.
I J
nlfl a" f
VAp o about
. PER
fi MILE
subordinat
after dinn
First division, non humorous, Jtr
ineEdwards. f'ft; second div sior,
non-humorou, Evelyn Kitk. sic
ond At the Hih School cofittit
hild at Itne. Satura. y. B.ulah
Eskelson won first in drama ics
and Mut iil Ktany sect nd in or;-torical.
t 0 Sta'.C .egt. Utu:e. i;e a Keyloue ConWy Company, yet
T ,.. . wiiU sll their cxclte:r.ont they have
mo iaaurer gae a very but- Ina()e thQ nnest recovory fr0m the war
isfactory report of our financial of auy one of the others. The staid old
condition.
Mrs. (J. E. Wright was appoint
ed Pomona Juvenile Matron.
After discuss on i. was voted
that the Pomona Grange should
Henry Fr. zier was over from contribute $)5.l0 to the Spet.ce
Milton the lirst of the week for a Memorial Fund. '
short staj at the horc d Majo. ' It was decided that a cour. y
T. L. Barrett. council consisting of the Excca-
, 't;ve Committee of tn. Porno;. a
Misses Erma Cuvall and IKkn (jrang, county deputies, County
Valentine, students at the Univa- Agent anj Sutordinate Mi-sUrs
sity cf Oregon, i.e here icr the be formed for the purjiose of out
Eister Vicaticn. j lining a program of action lor
James FTnTife of Los MA ( . t .
An2elesare guests in the home cf: rs Hossie Coats was ekctul
Mrs. Pointer's parents, Mr. aid flternate dtkgale t0 the btale
Airs W.J.Davis. v tr -
' . Ihe steward s office being i.e-
ltti.lsher that we think tloes every
thing Jtut about rlsi'.t. wl y ha 1j hnv
lug his touK'.iest Melding right now.
Who would think they could ever mis
handle their nCalrs.
So Its not really Intention on the
Governments I art that they dout do j
better. Its Ignorance. You see every I
follow looks at things from his particu
lar part of the Country. He rant sea.
what mU'.ht be t'.:e condition In some
other part.
Now take this Drouth affair tbwn
Sauth. Those people were cr.!lod
Farmers. Well they were farmers,
they made what tittle living they ever
got out of the soil, so they arc certainly
entitled to be called Farmers, but they
were not the Farmers that the east and
the north hare been accustomed to look
oa as they drive by. Its not the big red
barns, the cow, the Tigs, the Chick
ens, the big fat work horses. During ail
this hardship, its the (tenter Farmer,
the "Share Cropper." A man that on a
cation riantatlun tends ten acres, that
li If he uses one Mule. He Is called the
and near lone. Mr. Han ke is
working in the interest of the
Wells Spring Gas and Oil Compa
ny.. Much land has been lemvi
for future drilling purjses and
considerable stock is being lought
Many peoilj irom near ami tar
ar visiting ihe well. The Sunday
crowds are esjeeially large.
v. On Thursday of last wvek Grunt
llachanan, Butter Creek ra... vi,
was a guest at tne home 1 4 i ts
S'ti, Fred Buchanan. Mr. 1 ucl..ti
an Sr. reports much hay umudd
1 ne same con-
it alnt any-
bodya fault. If It h. It nlv.t his. he has
done the best hu knew how. Ho Is toed
lug to his business
the same as his
Father and IS rand
Father did before
him. Hleh men,
educated, men, on
Wall Street and In
11 big liuslnesses
Were perhaps car
rying on their
Fathers business In
what they had al
ways thought was
a safe and sane
way, yet look what
haiini'iiod to thorn. Look what h
p. nod to everybody. The smut. th 0il Butter Creek.
VltS :Jl,ld tum pr,v,U on W.llow free';
holp em. Theso people had noho'y. PKODUCK WAN FED I
tiieir friends were tho same as they
we. I was raised on a Farm and rrawlry t larke Prmluee to. ot
I'.ancli comblneil. was raised where For. land W.ll le Ifpresetilc 111'
thoy had (tenter Farmers, and I have . , : .,.:.,... ...i.,, v,..lP i,v v- !
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M. Eubankr. j
Miss Irene Tucker departed tn clarcd vacant. Oren Blakely, of
Saturd-y for Portland where she Lexington, was elected to thut one mule cropper, or the two mu e
... 4-ii .. , , cropper. He lives In a little box house.
w.ll continue her secretarial wosk. j A rising vote of thanks was ex- Bencrai;y two room and a lean too
Miss Tu.:ker was accompanied ascended to Irrigon Grange for They are eternally in debt to tm Land
f.irat Arlimtf.in hv her si;!pr Mrs. ! th.A ,.Uo I-,w,t.,i;rv o wier who generally owns tho store
. , . . ' ! J' . or if ho dont the local Merchant. That
Arcme rsicnois.
At ihe regumeeting of the P. T.
A. last Wednesday a sort program
was rendered bv the school pupils
as well as teachers A skit was
given by the Misses Helen Falcon
er and Helen Wells, the ryl! m
band made an appearance r.d
several pieces were were deliver
ed by pupils of the grade school
A business meeting followed
Cliff Friedly is over from War co
on a short business trip. While
here, Mr. Friedly is staying at ti e
Earl Eskelson home.
A number of Ltxingtcn pio
pie attended the program of the
Good Will Clu'i of E gene it
Heppner on Tuesday.
Column 5, pler.se.
The next Pomona meeting will
te with Lexington Grange. i
al-vays conscientiously believed taut a
pnor share crop renter was the p r
c-;. and least provided for man in this
or any other Country, and tho Cotton
renter Is J :st half n';aln p.iorer than
this wheat or Corn renter, so you soc
what shape he Is In. The iik.ii I:i the
City that has to live In the sti uu with
hU family, but he gets notm'th;:!? v-ry
d;:y tor his work, ho has something I"
show for It every week, lis kn.ws
what he Is making, ho knows what
ho Is spending, lie bus his l.ltlo money,
ho can buy where he can find Its the
cheapest. This poor renter has to stay
with the saiao merchant for tho year
even If be Is overcharged. The;', they
te'.l mo some of you havent ra!:ir ' ; r.ir
Ued Cross Quota. Well all I hope Is
you re nuver a Router farmer.
ft t'i.'l, lNi.ight Srn.!i-lr, Int )
We sollicit your Produce trade.
Cathrdrul C? ta Vntm
Tho K'ont ;! !- nit 1, oil' l t Mi
Ian. Ilnly, has elewitois t t.u sl.l-sis-rs
lip Into the belfry and mi unto
niatlc leleilnni' system for rmHIe ine.
t un :::!:! ::
bot.vton all Union
Pac.ilc folnt In Oro
gon, Idcho, rVontc na,
Utr Nevada, Califor
nia, Western Wyoming
and most points In
Washington.
(Minimum faro 50c.)
GOING
April 1, 1, 3 or 4
RETURNING
by Midnight April 9
Tlckots good on all
Union Pacific tralni
and In all can. (In
. Pullman add regular
Pullman car chargei.)
U N I a N
PACIFIC
Ak local ogant
for detail
J. W.lLvv!;...!,,.
iom:. okkcox
tr iixs n:t '' a tr n ,n n n n tt rt t: a
Mayor John P. Louy is a patient
in a ana aua nospnai. ii i
reported that he is improving.'
STATMLN OFOWNI.RSHIP Etc.
' Riquirtd by act ot Cougrt-tt of Aug. 4,
1915, "f ilu tone In(!cptn'jnt, publ dStd weA
y it I ne, Or. Kon,for Cacbcr 1, 19JO.
Ed.tof, M.n.tging LMitcr, I'ub!i!ir, 0n.r:
JP. V. Hesd, lon, Or. goo.
Kr.on bcoj bdJcr, mor gagees inJ o(!i-r
imiiy Lfl.'en, hol,;i:,g ore ptr nt or mors
f tin.- fitul iinoui.t ct bi.adi, mcrfign or
j he security: none.
W.W HEAD, Owiitr
Saeritd fed vort'J biLre m Li$ 2 d
d yof A; i 1,19 1
I". II. tulh:on, Nctiry Pul.lic
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IONE INDEPENDENT
JOB PR IN
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Before contracting or
selling your vvSieat it Will
pay you to see L. Balsiger
representing B. G. and Co.
lone, Oregon
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VVc are prepared to lake care of y our
slullin requirements by the installation of an
i!;ctric key way machine anJ a stock of shafting
in a wide range of sizss. We also have a list of
seco.-.J lia.iJ combine f r sale. Agency for the
Ihrrii Miuuiac:uri:i Companies new combines.
1 1 m!
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fat
km
mm
HeRE you can narr.e
your price and still de
cide .. . ."I will buy or,!y
THE leading make of lire
, . . Goodyear."
INDEPENDENT GARAGE
lone - Oregon
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I STRAUSS & CO.
Grain Dealers, of Portland, Oregon
Will Be Represented this Season by
W. M. Eubanks
It will pay you to see him be fore vout
t sell your wheat.
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C. L. SV7EEK
I ATTORNEY AT
LAW.
First Naliona Uanl HIdg.
1 Heppner Oregon
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4 When You Visit fleppner
J Rat Ai The
I "Elkhorn l.-:;taurant"
GoodMcals IkslofService
I Lunch Counter
e A.D. McMURDO, M.D. !
'Physician And Surgeon
tOflice In M.ts:;nic Building
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Trained Nurr.e Assistant
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. Dr.J.H.McCrady ,J A D fDAVM Jl t F. II- ROBINSON
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X-Ruy DIAGNOSIS I
Office; Odd Fellows Bld'g. f
Heppner Oregon
J. O.PETERSON
EXPERT
WATCHMAKER
AND
JEWELRY REPAIRER
Heppner, Oregon.
Dr.CW.Barr J
DENTIST - I
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Heppner, Ore.
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I Heppner Oregon Ji;; At Law I
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Farm Implements
VULCAN and OLIVER PLOWS, SUPKIMOK
DRILLS, FAIRBANKS MORSE ENGINES,
MYERS PUMPS, STAR and AERMO'i OR
WIND MiLLS. WINONA WAGONS.
Bates Stee! Muh Tractor
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PAULG. BALSIGER
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