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1 Historical Society, .f"BSk Jtapet teette tmetf HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 22, 1926. Subscription $2.00 a Year Volume 43, Number 17. PROGRESS SHOWS GOOD YIELD Normal Output Expected for County; Wheat Go. ing Rapidly to Market PRICE OUTLOOK GOOD Though Market Quotation! Fluctuate General Trend la Upward; Lively Sales Reported at Portland. Morrow county wheat harvest fa on in full blast, with some of the north end farmers getting finished and their grain marketed," while the remainder are rushing their wheat rapidly in to the warehouses. To date no definite figures have been given out as to the probable total yield, but the county output from present indications should exceed the two-and-a-half mil lion bushel mark, or about a normal yield. Yields reported from the north country on the whole surpass pre-har-vest estimates, while early reports from the south where harvest is not so far along show good results, though the total will probably fall a little short of crops the past few years. One notable feature of this-Jlarveat is the quality of th grain, which, say local warehouseman, is far above the stand ard of former yeara. Grain so far received here will average close to 58, they say, with a very low content of smut. Considerable early selling has been done here, several farmers contract ing before harvest at from $1.20 to $1.25 a bushel, and gram has been moving since at a little above this fig ure.. A somewhat erratic market has been reported the last few days with a trend somewhat bullish. Today's Oregonian reports a livelier move ment of grain on the Portland mar ket yesterday, with closing figures e to 1VC net lower. The Oregonian re port said: "Increased movement of wheat in the northwest district has been exper ienced following the recent price re cession at Chicago. Many growers who had been holding for higher prices are now said to be unloading and numerous sales of club and soft white were reported yesterday at around $1.40. Some red wheat was aid to be moving at around $1.37. . "Owing to the fact that, this is an early season more than the usual amount of grain has already changed hands for this time of year. Receipts of 91 carloads of wheat yesterday compared with but five carloads a year ago, were pointed to as signifi cant of the unusual season. Showery cooling weather northwest and big receips southwest combined to turn wheat values downward at Chicago yesterday. "Although at times the wheat mar ket displayed unusual power to rally, selling which became of broader vol ume on the upturns was a noticeable burden at the last. A good deal of the buying originated in the north west and tended to emphasize reports that much of the crop damage Rone of late by heat and drought is beyond repair. It was pointed out also that 6c a bushel decline from Monday's top quotations amounted to half the ad vance scored since the recent big re duction of the official estimate of the 1926 Canadian yield of .wheat. "Huge receipts of wheat at Kansas City, 729 cars, drew special attention, inasmuch as primary arrivals In the country as a whole aggregated 2,800, 000 bushels against 1800 bushels a year ago. Railroads at Hutchinson and Saline, Kan., were said to be jammed with wheat and mills there full to the roof. Besides a liberal increase of wheat at Chicago is looked lor before the end of the week. "On the other hand, receipts at Chicago so far have not been as heavy as have been expected, and mills have readily absorbed the new supplies up to this time. Export demand, though, for North American wheat was of lit tle or no consequence." STOCK SHIPMENTS SATURDAY. Eight cars of cattle and three cars of sheep went out from the local yards over the O.-W. R. & N. for the Portland market Saturday night. Cat te shippers were Dillard French of Gurdane, Percy Hughes of Lena, C. W. McNamer and Dell Allstott of Heppner and Bob Carsner of Spray. Allan Morgan of Condon had two cars of sheep and McNamer one. CAN YOU BEAT THIS? Last Thursday, just be fore press time a lady brought the following want ad to us: LOST 30x3 Oliver cord . tire on rim, between Heppner and Herron's mill first of the week. $6 reward. Leave at this office. Just one hour and a half from the time the paper was off the press the tire was in our hands. TRY A WANT AD 1 GETS RIB CRACKED. L. Van Marter returned home Sun day after the ball game at Condon the worse for wear by at least one cracked rib. Big Charlie Fitzmaurlce is responsible. The accident occurred when Van was just finishing his fifth trip around the bases. It seems that Charlie had become weary of having Van come in home unhindred so many times and conceived the idea of offer ing some opposition. Van says he should have had a clear fairway as the ball was nowhere in the neighbor hood as he started on home from third, but 226-pound Charlie started running, toward him forcing him to run several feet outside the line, and then as he started past, the big catch er took a lunge catching Van just over the heart with his shoulder. That's all he knew, Van said, until the doctor informed him of his Injury. Umpire Nickerson pronounced the runner safe though Charlie later got the ball and put it on him, Van never reaching the plate. The injury was mighty pain ful and necessitated heavy bandaging, but Van expects to be at his old berth on second next Sunday. Chevrolet Firm Housed In Modem New Plant Ferguson Chevrolet company of this city are now meeting customers in their new garage building on the corner of May and Main streets. The building, modern in every respect, is a single story reinforced concrete structure, with the front specially de signed for filling station require ments. The installation of force feed gas olene'and oil pumps has been made to speed up servicing of cars, i The oil pump is the first of its design to come to Heppner. Displaying six dif ferent oils in glass tubes, the pump itself stands beside the gas pump in front of the garage. It is supplied by air force feed through pipe lines from six large tanks inside the build ing. All the service man has to do is turn a knob below the tube contain ing the oil desird and it comes shoot ing out at a rapid speed. Gasoline is served with the same ease. A handle at the end of the hose is pressed re leasing the gasoline from the gauged vacuum tank in quantities desired. The vacuum tank is refilled by com pressed air from the large storage tank under the ground. The new plant also has a good front car-sales and display room, large enough to display several cars at a time. The machine shop and storage department is located in the rear and is reached by entrances on both May and Main sireetj. Ed Kelly, machinist in charge, has all modern equipment at his disposal. The Fer guson company carries a full line of Chevrolet parts and supplies, besides the U. S. and C. T. C. lines of tires. Song Is Chosen For O. U. Semi-Centennial University of Oregon, Eugene, July 21 Irene Stewart, '22, one of the younger group of University poets, von the Oregon semi-centennial song contest, according to an annonunce ment made by the song committee, Mrs. Alice H. Ernst, chairman, W. F. G. Thatcher, and Ralph D. Casey. Philippa Sherman, '27, won second place. The song will be set to music and will be sung as an event of the half-centenary observance on the campus, October 18 to 23. The March issue of "Poetry" print ed "The Little Queen Sleeps," one of Miss Stewart's works. Her work has been published also in the "Magazine of Verse" and the "Measure," a jour nal of verse. The winning song: GREAT OREGON. Today we stand on the same ground Where fifty years ago Our fathers stood and proudly crown ed The fair Ideal we know. They pledged the University To us with loyal vow, And loyalty to loyalty We pledge our fathers now. Chorus. O Pioneers of faith and light, We sing our praise to you! May we, with reverence for your ' might, Love true as you loved true. O Oregonl Flower of the State As beautiful of dawn I We sing our praises to you, great, Great Oregonl When fifty years again pass 'way There will be yet a few Of us to gather here and say: "As we have loved, love true!" What Is-great now shall greater be As fuller years go on, For faith and love build mightily Our Oregon. DENISSEE RECEIVES CONTRACT. A meeting of the school board was held on Friday last, at which time the bids were opened for . the laying of hardwood floors In the hallways of the school building. The successful bidder was T. G. Denissee, contractor of this city, and the work will be commenced immediately. Bids were also opened for furnishing coal, Turn A-Lum Lumber Co. and Ed Breslin of fering to furnish two cars of Utah lump conl to the district at exactly the same price per ton, the board left it up to these parties to settle the matter and they decided to divide the contract on a 60-60 basis and the coal if now being delivered at the school house. SPECIAL FAMILY RATE at Star Theater, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 27 and 28: Father, mother and children, coming together, all for FIFTY CENTS, no matter how many. Singles, regular prices. A program the whole family will like. LOCALS RETALIATE ,17-2 One would think, naturally, that a 17-2 score indicates a loose game of ball, but fans returning from Condon after last Sunday's game say that such was not the case in this Instance. It might have been that "Kewpie" Clow was suffering a slight relapse after his strenuous work-out of the week previous, but rumor has it that the Heppner boys were just naurally on with the stick, clouting everything Mr. Clow had to offer. Heppner hung up a total of 19 hits, which combined with 8 Condon errors to net the sum total of 17 good ver tical markers. Condon, on the other hand, grabbed 10 hits off twirler Keough, which added to Heppner'i three errors gained two runs. Keough struck out 13 batters to Kewpie's four. From the looks of the score hook Heppner's ancient red head second sacker played Roger Hornsby for the afternoon. Van Marter's club ac counted for two diuble-sackers, one triple and one single in six journeys to the plate. Keough was his next best rival, with four singles, while Aiken hung up three. The rest of the gang all found the ball at times. Van made the high scoring record of five runs. Condon played the same line-up as that of the Sunday before while Hepp ner's bunch was changed around a bit. Bus Gentry substituted for Gay Anderson on first, Anderson being absent on his vacation, and Bristow of lone held down the third sack, Rob- ers going to Gentry's berth in center lield. Paul Aiken held down the left field side of the lot. Hill and Van Marter were at their old jobs on short and second, respectively, and Finch was in right field. Keough and Hos kins formed the battery. The coming Sunday will see Wsbco mixing it with the locals on the Hepp ner lot. Freddie Roberts has deserted the locals and will be in the box for the opposition. A good game is prom ised. Dr. Farrior Elected To Honor Society Dr. F. E. Farrior, dentist of this city, recently received notification of his election to Omicron Kappa Up silon, national honor fraternity in dentistry. That this is a signal honor is evidenced by the letter of Todd E. Rudd, secretary of Delta chapter at Fortland, which contained the noti fication and which reads in part as fellows: At a recent special meeting of Del ta chapter, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, national honor fraternity, 12 per cent of your class, who, having filled the requirements of the supreme chapter as provided by the constitution and by-laws, were elected members of the fraternity. "This fraternity was founded upon the same principles as those of the greatest of all honor fraternities, namely, Phi Betta Kappa, founded in 1776. We now have a member ship of 103 honor men. "As secretary-treasurer of Delta chapter, I congratulate you most sin cerely upon your election into this fraternity. It means that you are linked ail the more intimately with the best men in your profession." Dr. Farrior is a graduate of North Pacific College of Oregon, from the school of dentistry, and has prac ticed in Heppner since the time of graduation some seven years ago. THE DAY THAT WAS A PERFECT FLOP By A' B-CHAP1N 1 CITY COUSIN TRlffP TO $hgff-' 'y-dZ tfcWCV BATWlMS- C0S1UM6 Oti . gpfc sr QfN -TUB OLD &IMMlW'HOUT 6Ml9- pL (f Eugene Will be Host at 'Trail to Rail' Event Eugene, Oregon, July 22. The "Trail to Rail" pageant and celebra tion to be held here August 19-20 to give state-wide recognition of another milestone in the historic record of Oregon's developmnt marking the completion of the Southern Pacific's 280 mile Natron cut-off over the Cas cade mountains, is fast developing in to a definite program. State, city, and railroad officials with representatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission will partici pate in the two day program which includes a pageant of transportation, pioneer and industrial parades, air circus, pioneer barbecue, sports con tests and music program. The pageant, Klatawa, written by Prof. W. F. G. Thacher of the state university, will depict the passing of the Indian and the coming of the white man and the railroad. A cast of more than 3,000 people will be in cluded in the pageant which will be presented three evenings at Hayward lield, the university athletic ground. Mrs. Doris Smith of Portland, author of the Rosaria, will direct the produc tion of Klatawa. A large stage with forest background is now being con structed for the pageant m which a chorus of over 300 voices will take part. Ezra Meeker, grand old representa tive of the Oregon Trail pioneers, is now enroute from New York to par ticipate prominently in the celebra tion which will include more than 60 pioneer Oregon residents whose aver age age is over 90 years. Meeker will be grand marshall and will take part iu the pageant, Klatawa. A feature of the program will be a method of transportation known to man since the principle of the wheel was first used as a method of trans portation. Indian pole drags, goats, oxen, burros, covered wagons, mail and express coaches, dugouts, canoes, chips, high wheel bicycle, tandems and unicycles will be included. Early settlers of the Willamette valley and he Klamath country who are descen dents of pioneers are cooperating un der the leadership of Cal H. Young, pioneer of Lane county, in making complete the presentation of western transportation development. The par ade will be permanently recorded by the moving picture camera. The household goods and farming equip ment used by the pioneers will also be shown. The Southern Pacific will exhibit the locomotive C. P. Huntington, the first woodburaing locomotive opera ted when the Pacific and Atlantic were joined by the completibn of the first Overland railroad between Chi cago and the West. Delegations from the chambers of commerce of the northwest, Califor nia and Nevada have been invited to the celebration which also marks the opening of a large undeveloped trade territory along the new railroad in southern Oregon. San Souci Rebekah Lodge Has Installation Meeting At the regular meeting of San Souci Rebekah lodge No. S3 of this city on last Friday evening, installation of the newly elected officers was held, the honors of Past Grand being ex tended to Miss Rubina Corrigall, and the following officers being installed by Mrs. Alice McDuffee: Mable Chaffee, Noble Grand; Etta Devin, Vice Grand; Lillian Turner, secretary; Helen Walker, treasurer; Alma Devin, Warden; Leatha Smith, Conductor; Hattie Wightman, R. S. N. G.; Florence Hughes, L.S.N.G.; Alice Bayless, Chaplain; Ella Benge, R. S. V. G.; Florence Paul, L. S. V. G.; Ruth Babcock, Inside Guardian; Alice Rasmus, Outside Guardian. s The city of Ellensburg, Wash, had a series of very disastrous fires the past week. Many businesses and res idences suffered from efforts of the fire bug, which threatened to be a repetition of the holacaust of 1889 when practically the entire city was destroyed. Total damage of $124,000 is reported, and it was by the hardest kind of work on the part of the city fire department that the fires were brought under control. Jim McAr thur, meat cutter at the Central Mar ket, is well acquained with the most of those who suffered from the fire, as he made his home in Ellensburg prior to coming to this city. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stiles of Port land are visitors here this week, be ing guests at the home of Mrs. Stiles' mother, Mrs. Josie Jones. As a part of his vacation, Mr.. Stiles accompan ied Arthur McAtee to Crystal lake in the Greenhorn mountains where they put in a few days of fishing, return ing to Heppner today. Lawyer Switzer of Arlington was looking after matters of business in Heppenr on Monday. He reports a pretty bum wheat crop this season for the Arlington country, but the tourist crop is measuring up to nor mal. The John Hiatt family journeyed to the mountains one day the first of the week and returned home with 6 gal lons of huckleberriesj picked in the vicinity of Herren's mill. All reports indicate the huckleberries scarce and scattered, with few large picks. Mrs. Edward Notson, who has been a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson for the past several weeks, departed Tuesday for Thorpe, Wash., where she will visit "with her mother for a time before joining her husband at Portland. Attorney Jos. J. Nys and family de parted this morning on a vacation trip. They expect to visit Klamath Falls, Salem and Portland on the trip and intend to be absent from home for at least a couple of weeks. Ture Peterson, lone butcher, came to Heppner today to have a badly cut thumb attended to. It required sev eral stiches to bring the separated rarts together. Ture received the in jury while cutting meat. John T. Kirk and family of Willow creek left by auto Tuesday, going to French, Idaho, where they will visit their daughter, Mrs. Clint Sharp, and family, and enjoy an outing of a week or ten days. -Ed Clark arrived in Heppner the first of the week from Seaside where he has been spending some time. Af ter transacting business in Hepp ner for a few days, he returned to the coast city. Martin Bauernfiend, Morgan post master, was a visitor in Heppner on Monday, being accompanied by Mrs. Bauernfiend and Miss Martha Wilson, a visitor from Los Angeles. Miss Ethel Moore, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. George Moore, underwent an operation for the removal of her ton sils on Monday, Dr. McMurdo being the attending surgeon. B. W. Gaunt is home from Montana where he spent some four weeks shearing. On the way home he en joyed a visit with relatives in the Willamette valley. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Conner of this city are the proud parents of a son born to them at their home in this city on July 16. The boy weighed in at 8 Dounds. Harold Cohn was called to Portland on business last night and drove into the city by auto. SPECIAL FAMILY RATE at Star Theater, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 27 and 28: Father, mother and children, coming together, all for FIFTY CENTS, no matter how many. Singles, regular prices. A program the whole family will like. J. L. Cochran and John Bellenbrock of Monument made a shipment of some 100 head of wild horses to the Portland fertilizer plant from the Heppner yards on Friday night last. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bayless have been enjoying everything in the huckleberry line from duff to pie, fol lowing a successful pick in the timber. Born To Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Cox at the Heppner Surgical hospital to day, a 10-lb. son. Dr. McMurdo -reports mother and child doing well. Sheriff McDuffee is now the proud owner of a new Willys-Knight sedan, purchased this week through the local dealers, Cohn Auto Co. W. W. Smead huckleberried in the mountains the last of the week, re turning with a few gallons of that lucious fruit. Mrs. A. J. Westoff was operated or. Monday by "Dr. Johnston at the Mor row General hospital. Charley Allinger, contractor and builder of lone, was doing business at Heppner today. Cecil Thorne, young farmer of the lone Bection, was a visitor here this forenoon. Taking the Drudgery Out of the Home Laundering Home laundering nowadays is not just a matter of getting clothes snow white and smoothly ironed. The mod ern homemakcr wants to know how to take the drudgery out of home laun dering and what methods to use so that her fabrics will give long and useful service. Farmers' Bulletin 1497-F, "Methods and Equipment for Home Laundering, ;ust issued by the United States Department of Agricul ture, applies the latest findings of science to the home laundry problem. The various kinds of equipment suitable for home use including pow er washing machines and ironers are described and illustrated, and points are given on their selection and care. A floor plan of a home laundry shows a convenient arrangement of the dif ferent pieces of washing and ironing equipment. Water and how to soften it for laundry purposes, soap, bluing, starch, and other supplies are dis cussed, and wherever possible sug gestions are given that will help the homemaker in purchasing. How to handle a family laundry from the sorting of the soiled clothes to the folding of the ironed garments is then given step by step. Directions for woolens, silks, rayon, and other ar ticles requiring special attention are also included. Free copies will be sent, as long as the supply lasts, on request to the United States Department of Agricul ture, Washington, D, C. ANNOUNCES TIRE PRICE DROP. The Heppner Garage has announced a reduction in the prices of their Goodyear line of tires. In an adver tisement in this issue they compare their new prices with the new prices of the Montgomery Ward eompany, showing that money can be Baved by buying at home. FOR SALE. Two thousand-acre ranch, Okanogan county, Wash. 130 acres irrigable from fresh water lake, mostly under sixty-foot lift. Balance timbered grazing land and joins Government re serve. Ideal for sheep as they in crease over 100 and come out of these reserves weighing ninety lbs. Price of $20,000 would include a transmission line run to lake if de sired for pumping purposes, otherwise price would be lass the cost of run ning this line about four miles. If in terested, write or see E. G. VERNON, Chelan Falls, Wash. St. STRAYED From my place near lone the fore part of July, 1 bay mare with roached mane, brand FP on right shoulder; saddle marks and collar marks; weight 1250. Phone or write T. E. Pterson, lone. 17-19 Mrs. Henry Krebs and son Henry, Jr., have returned to their home on Willow creek from the Morrow Gen eral hospital. MORGAN Miss Mattie Wilson of Los Angeles came Saturday to visit with relatives for a few days. The Morgan Rebekahs held installa tion Saturday evening. Mrs. Bert Pal- mateer was installed as Noble Grand and Mrs. Earl Morgan as Vice Grand. Ice cream and cake were served after the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bauernfiend and Lillian Wilson returned from th mountains Wednesday with thirty or more quarts of huckleberries. Miss Geneva Pettyjohn spent Sun day at the home of her parents. Miss Alta Pettyjohn of Lexington spent Sunday with relatives here. Everett Stout finished working for H. O. Ely and is' now helping C. Hutchcroft.. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hutchcroft are the proud parents of an 834-lb. girl, born July 14 at McMinnville. Martin Rauernnend and Misses Lil lian and Mattie Wilson were in Hepp ner Monday on business. Rupert Stout returned to Heppner Sunday after helping H. O. Ely with his heading. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bauernfiend, Mrs. lata Bauernfiend and Mattie and Lillian Wilson were calling on Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Ely Monday evening. The Morgan Sunday school has been closed for the month of July. By Arthur BrUbane 81 Stories High. His Diamond Teeth. Get a Car. Young People Worthwhile Detroit plans a building of eighty one stories, 873 feet high, another rec ord broken by Detroit. J. B, Book, Jr., responsible for the building, is to be congratulated. This mechanical age should show what it really can do, and get ready for the flying age when machines will land on buildings a mile high and elevators will go down from the roof, not up from the ground. This is new, and therefore news. The late Robert Fitzsimmons, a real fighter from Australia, had large dia monds set in some of his back teeth to increase his beauty. He showed them proudly, to this writer years ago, holding his mouth up to the light and pulling his freckled face to one side, to reveal them. Now his widow, who used to be in the circus, asks permission to dig up what is left of Fitzsimmons that she may remove the diamonds and platin um settings. She needs the money. Chicago says "No, every corpse is entitled to its teeth." In Luling, small Texas town of 1B00 population, the inhabitants suddenly find themselves possessed of $2,000, 000 cash in bonus money, paid by Ed gar B. Davis, generous oil man. Da vis got something over $12,000,000 at one time recently and decided to di vide, which is the Texas manner. Those that got the money hurried out to get good automobiles. And they were wise. If a hoptoad suddenly got money, and were wise, he would buy wings, and become a bird, instead of remain- . ing a hoptoad. If you haven't a car, buy One. Own ership of a car makes the brain work faster, and faster brain work will soon pay for the car. The Van Sweringen plan to combine five railroads Erie, Nickel Plate, Chesapeake & Ohio, Hocking Valley and Pere Marquette will probably go through. Such combinations represent econ omy, if properly managed, and should be encouraged, especially if the peo ple get part of the economy. Mexico City is in danger of com plete isolation by heavy floods, all railway tracks within ten miles of the capital are under water and famine is feared because of crop destruction throughout the Mexican plateau. Many, deeply religious, believe that floods and famine are sent to punish Mexico's drastic antireligious legis lation. That may be true, but this is CER TAIN. Religious warfare, its hatreds and bittreness, are far more danger ous than any flood. It isn't out business to criticize our neighbors in Mexico. They may do as they please, in their country. Con ditions there emphasize the wisdom of those that established this country, giving absolute freedom to all relig ions, without interference or confisca tion and without Government recogni tion or subsidy for any religion. Miss Ryan and Mary K. Browne, of California beat all the foreign women of Wimbledon and will bring back the tennis championship to hte United States. v Bobby Jones, a young Georgian who represents the energy and nervous concentration of his state admirably, is home bringing Great Britain's open golf championship. We have bootleggers, late hours, jazz and lounge lizards. But we also have young people that count. BENEFfT SUPPER TO BE GIVEN. The ladies of the Willing Workers of the Christian church of this city are planning to give a supper on Sat urday evening, July 31, at the church, for the benefit of Miss Lorena Palma teer. The ladies have pledged sup port to Miss Palmateer for one month and anyone who may be interested is invited to assist by contributing to the menu. The window sale on last Saturday for the benefit of Miss Pal mateer was splendidly patronized and some $46 realized. This money all goes to help Miss Palmateer in get ting established, and as she is gain ing somewhat in strength it is ex pected that a little later she will be able to get work by which she will support herself. It is understood by friends here that she will never be able, however, to get well and will have to remain in New Mexico. SMALL DEFICIT SHOWN. After all bills have been paid, a deficit of $117 is the financial outcome of the recent Fourth of July celebra tion. This has been split three ways, between the American Legion, base ball club and Heppner Rodeo asso ciation. All business pertaining to the celebration will be cleaned up. According to word received today from Eugene, Dr. Norton Winnard, suffering an attack of typhoid, is very weak, but there is yet hope that he may weather the storm and win out. J. O. Turner and family are In town today from their Swaggart butte much. Mr. Turner now has his crop all in the sack.