PAGE TWO HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1926. L STA1EIEISSS5DJ74 During the firsts six months of the present year 214 families settled on farms in Oregon and invested $650, 374. That is the official record of the Land Settlement department of the Portland Chamber of Commerce whose work is co-ordinated with that of the State Chamber in serving those who wish to come to the state to engage in agricultural pursuits. If a complete survey of all counties were taken, it would doubtless be found that the number of actual set tlers is nearer the 1000 mark than the records show. In its work of encouraging real far mers to come to Oregon to develop the farming area of the state and in crease the upstate population re sponse comes to the department from widely separated geographical points, according to W. G. Ide, who super vises the activities of this department of the development work. From Java, in Dutch East India is coming a young Hollander to devote his sturdy efforts to irrigated lands in Orgeon. At present manager of a sugar factory, Mr. Von Stietz will bring to his new farm home technical training in agriculture acquired in Holland, as well as practical exper ience which he will direct toward general farming with poultry as a specialty. Inspired also with a desire to come to Oregon in the near future is Ger man Bannert who now dwells in Chile. Accompanied by his family which in cludes 11 persons Mr. Bannert hopes to select lands in which he can make a substantial investment for farming purposes. , The success of the land settlement organization continues to justify its establishment. The committee has been in existnc about two and one half years, during which time be tween 1800 and 1900 families have been in existence about two and one on farms, the capital investment be ing in excess of $8,000,000. During this time no complaints have been made by any of the settlers about be ing disappointed in what was offered through the land listing and appraisal system. , BOARDMAN MRS. A. T. HEKEIM, Correspondent. Boardman organized a commercial club last week with S. H. Boardman president. A. E. Porter, vice-president, Lee Mead, secretary-treasurer. The board of directors is composed of the above officers with C. S. Calkins, T. E. Broyles and H. H. Weston. The membership is to consist of all on the project who are interested in the wel fare of the community. The mem bersip fee has been made low enough so that any one can join, being only one dollar a year. The general pur pose of the organization is for com munity betterment. At present a good deal of attention will be given to the settlement question, endeavoring to secure settlers for the vacant places. The local organization will cooperate with the Land Settlement committee of the Portland Chamber of Com merce. Boardman at one time had a live-wire commercial club which like many other organizations fell by the wayside, but no doubt this will flour ish and much benefit will be derived. Let's all get behind the organization and work for the good of the project. Mrs. A. Y. Humphrey perpetrated a very pleasant surprise for her hus band July 14, in honor of his birth day. The guests had a most delight ful evening and all enjoyed the ice cream and huge birthday cake which was trimmed with candles. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Richardson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hum phrey and son and Doyle Hubbell. The members of the fair board met with the Irrigon members at that place Thursday evening. Plans were formulated for a bigger and better North Morrow County Fair than was ever given before. Details will be given later. Mr. Glasgow of Irrigon has been quite ill so was unable to attend a meeting of the directors of the irri gation district. A number of the local men have pone to the harvest fields to work. Ray and Ed Barlow, Mr. Bennett, who lives on Tom Miller's place, and others. Mrs. Frank Cramer is pleased to have her sister, Mrs. James Glenn and husband of Sacramento here for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn are en route to British Columbia by motor. Mr. and Mrs. Nate Macomber have gone to Pilot Rock for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Calkins have a new granddaughter, born to their daughter, Mrs. Sylvester, July 16 at Lebanon. Mrs. Calkins and Alice will go down next week to see the new baby and visit a few days with rela tives and friends. Ethel Broyles was home from Pen dleton where she has been attending Summer normal school. Mrs. Bob Wilson and Mrs. Ray Brown chaperoned a group of young people Saturday night at Willow creek where they attended a dance. O. H. Warner is having roofing put mi the front and back porches of hi? house this week. Walter Cahoon, a former Boardman resident now living at Ellensburg, Wn., has been quite ill with an attack of pleurisy. He was in the hospital lor a time but is now home and im proving. Bob Mitchell reported a ripe water melon July 15th. We thought this the first, but Ingaard Skoubo picked the first ripe melon July 3, and has found a great many since that' time. Richard Dingman was overcome with the heat last Saturday and was unable to work for a week. He re sumed his work on the section Mon day. Mr. Boardsley, section foreman at Coyote, plans to move to Boardman soon. It is reported that he has rent ed the Blayden cottage. L. C. Cooney, who is interested in some mines at Fields, Ore., down in Harney county, received word from his brother that they arc crosi cut- Brings You Cheer and Courage DR. FRANK CRANE -. I s-"i RHEA CREEK GRANGE. The regular meetings of tha Rhea Creek Grange will be on the first Sun day and third Saturday of each month during the summer. The Friday meet ings as held heretofore are now changed to Saturday. "The man witn a million friends" joins the staff of this news paper, starting with this issue. This is another effort on our part to supply readers with the best features obtainable. No one has ever had so huge and diverse an audienct as Dr. Crane the banker the scrub woman rich poor young and old all find cheer and courage In Dr Crane's talks. Read Dr. Crane this week every week U M newspaper. ting the tunnel and prospects are looking fine for a good strike. Mr. and Mrs. Cooney spent two winters there. Mrs. Jack Gorham and Mrs. Earl Cramer motored to Hermiston Wed nesday. Janet has been making fre quent trips to the dentist to have a tooth treated that had become ulcer ated. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Chambers and son Robert of Portland are expected this week for a visit at the home of Mrs. Chambers' sister, Mrs. R. C. Mit chell. Mr. and Mrs. Harve Wolfe visited Boardman and Irrigon friends Satur day. They are now located at Mil waukie for a time. The Boardman project was visited Saturday by Mr. Gounoux, agricul tural representative of the Union Pa cific, and Mr. Foster, field man of the Land Settlement Committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. They were shown about the project by Mr. J'orter and Mr. Boardman. They are here in the interests of the land set tlement work and visited the various farms and discussed matters with different ranchers who were anxious to dispose of their places. Mr. Foster explained the work of the committee, its functions and methods. He ex plained his plans to go to the middle west and east this fall and will inter est prospective' settlers in those sec tions. He stated that the hardset task the committee had was to sell Oregon to the Oregonians. He also said ch it while every farmer might be asking the question, "How can I sell my place?" he should ask himself two more questions: first, "Where wouid I go to better myself?" and secondly, "What would I do if I sold?" The questions are not pointless and are worthy of deep cogitation. The Grange held an interesting ses sion Saturday night at the school house with a large attendance. The lecture hour was of especial :n teres', as outside speakers were heard. First Mr. Swayze of the Hermiston bank was given the opportunity to explain the necessity of making the oCc monthly service charge, a policy which they adopted this month. He explained that of the 1,024 depositorj one-third of whom carried a balance of less than $10, and of course these accounts would not cover expense for postage, check books, etc., and in or der to pioitct themselves it was nec essary to make this charge. He men tioned that if not mor than funr checks were issued during the month, the service charge would not be made and asked that if there waj any one who did not understand thb question to come to h!m personally as the bank was very anxious that it shoald lose no depositor because of a misunder standing. A pianj solo was given by Margiret Smith followed by a tiik by Mr. Fos ter who stated that Orogj i has oniy Clips Record mmmmmmmmmmm so m IIAjrrooArfVEp) WV' v J ' 4 Si ' I III tV Ths Pacific Coast has developed many fast swimmers and Cecily Cunha bids fair to take her place beside th best of them. During a recent meet at Los Angeles this speedy mermaid broke the Count record for 100 yards. Her time was 1 :6 2-5. eight people to the square mile and a third of this population was in Muit- nomah county and one-half m the Willamette valley. He stated that the Portland commission was endeavoring to bring more settlers to Oregon. Mr. Foster was sent last year to Ashland where he met all incoming tourists. He asked what this particular com munity was doing to interest outsid ers. He said he saw no signs along he way telling passing tourists what v.e have to offer, no invitations to stop and look over the project. Mr. Foster expressed the willingness of the Portland chairman to cooperate with the settlers here. A piano duet by Linda Hango and her teacher, Mrs. Lee Mead, was greatly enjoyed. Mr. Gounoux then spoke and among other things said that he could tell the farmers how 'o beat the 50c service charge at the bank. . Some good dairy cows, a few hundred good hens, a brood sow would eliminate the need for the ser vice charge for the bank account vould never be less than the required $50. He stated that he was very much like the negro who said the chicken was the usefullest animal. We can eat her before she's born or after she's dead. He mentioned the oppor tunities here and spoke of the fine corn raised this year on the Porter ranch and suggested that it might be the beginning of a splendid strain of seed corn. A piano solo was then played by Alice Calkins. Last on the program was a short talk by Fred Steiwer, nominee for U. S. senator of the re oublican party. Mr. Steiwer did not discuss campaign issues but gave a general talk and spent his time more in getting acquainted than in active campaigning. He spoke of the oppor tunities of this project, touching briefly on the development of the Umatilla Rapids project and sketched some of the history of the project for the benefit of the Portland vis itors, speaking from the viewpoint of an eastern Oregon man. Luncheon was then served to all the visitors in the cafeteria. 1924 BUICK. Excellent condition, 1926 license, lots o extras. Looks like new. A real bargain at $550.00; terms. Heppner Garage FOR SALE: PEACHES Big, Ripe Elbertas. $1.35 per crate f.o.b. Ken newick. Order at once and send money with order to L. W. Burn- worth, Box 462, Kennewick, Wash. FARMS WANTED Owner having good farm for sale at reasonable price write u. smith, 1814 Alice St., Oak land, Calif. PIANO BARGAIN. The case of this piano was marred in shipment. Will sell at big dis count; can be bought on monthly payments. Penland Transfer Com pany, Pendleton, Oregon. 14-17 Nice 4-room cottage in Boardman to trade for Portland lots or other Portland property. If you are paying taxes on Portland lots, you should be interested in a trade for property here. Write Box 96, Boardman, Ore. LUNCHEON FOR HOT DAYS Cold sandwiches and cool ing drinks. You can get quick service here as well as qual ity food. Try us this noon. ELKHORN RESTAURANT ED CHINN, Prop. FOR SALE: GRAPES Ripe, Sweet, U. S. No. 1 Concords, Twenty pounds net for $1.25 f. o. b. Kennewick. Mon ey with order. Fine for jellies, etc. L. W. Burnsworth, Box 462, Kenne wick, Washington. 17-19 O. B. Robertson, connected with the state banking department, was a vis itor in Heppner on Saturday and met numerous old-time friends. Go to ILLIAM & BISBEE for your binder twine. for your oil and axle grease. for McCormick and Deering extras. for drapers and belting for any kind of a machine. for single trees, lead bars, clevises, etc. for hay forks, Jackson forks, hay carriers, wire cable, etc. for any kind of sheet iron or metal; metal work such as repairing, etc. for any extras or parts for old or obsolete machinery of any kind. We have it, will get it, or it is not made. GILLIAM & BISBEE HEPPNER, ORE. Canning Peaches for Sale. Early Crawfords, Orange Clings and Elber tas. Crawfords and Clings ready now. S1.20 per box by parcel post prepaid. A. E. Anderson, R. 1, The Dalles, Ore. FOR SALE Milch cows. Rdnch, Butter creek; postoffie'e, Echo. J. W. 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