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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1926. PAGE FIVE ST OCKMEN TO MAKE CLAIMS AT HEARirJGS Meetings Being Held at Omaha and Pendleton by Examiner Weems The series of hearings before Ex aminer Weems of the Intestate Com merce Commission, at which numer ous sheep shippers in Oregon, Wash ington" and Idaho are to present rep aration claims, began in the Federal court rooms at Omaha, Thursday, August 26th. The hearings at Pendleton, Oregon, is scheduled for the Post Office build ing, September 7, but Arthur -M. Geary, attorney for various associa tions and shippers interested in this case, will be at offices of Fee and Fee, Pendleton, on September 9. "Under the decisions of the Inter state Commerce Commission, asso ciations and commission firms are authorized to file claims for their members and patronB," states Mr. Geary, "and accordingly the running of the statute of limitations has beer, barred many months for most of the eastbound shippers of the state of Oregon. "1 believe that the different asso ciations and the commission firms and exchanges havo kept the shippers ad vised as to the progress of this case during the last throe tr four years lhat it has been pending. Of course, from the viewpoint of the shippers of Oregon, the obtaining of return of the excessive charges collected during the last couple of years is of lesser importance to their obtaining the lower rates for the many years to come. "As the market price upon sheep and lambs is determined by the mar ket at Chicago and the Missouri river markets, any reductions in the freight late eastbound raises the value of each sheep on every ranch in Oregon just as much as the reduction amounts to. "Miss Mubel Irwin, secretary of the Northwestern . Livestock Shippers Traffic League with one or two as sistants, will be on hand1 at the of fices of Fee and Fee, Pendleton, with ihe data gathered at the markets on September 6th, the day before the hearing. "It is hoped that the shippers in the vicinity of Pendleton will go over Ihe material and lecords from the markets, so as to be in position to testify on September 7th. Then those who live at a aistance from Pendle ton can identify their shipments and prepare for their testimony on Sep tember 7th, when the hearing is in progress. The refunds from Oregon and Washington average about $30 a car." "Who Comes There?" (No. 2) - (East Oregonian.) There is much talk by Secretary Hoover and by others about the need ol a national policy dealing with im provement of our waterways for var ied purposes. Such a policy has al ready been found, it has been approv ed by the interjor 'department, and approved by the senate committee on iirigation and reclamation. The policy supported in connection with the Colorado project calls for federal development of a stream when the power possibilities of a river are such that when developed the construction charges can be paid with interest out of power sales. That is a sane and workable policy that is fair to everyone and injurious to no one. Search a thousand years and Sou can find no better policy than that. Why should the people of the northwest be asked to search far and wide for something that has already been located? Our game in this ter ritory 1b not to look for a mythical formula but to insist that a line of action suggested for southwestern de velopment be applied to the north vest also. We have a right to do that and we have a project that meets the re quirements. It so occurs that this Makeyour trip East J10WL project is in the vicinity of Pendleton and it is therefore the duty of this newspaper, in service to its territory, to emphasize the facts. An ideal de velopment policy has already been suggested to congress by the interior department and the Umatilla rapids project fits into that policy like "the peper on the wall." Electric power from the rapids project can be sold at i low price that will still permit re tirement of all bonds, including if necessary the cost of irrigation and the cost of a canol and locks that will improve navigation. Our problem is not to find a policy ci a project. We have both. The real question in the northwest is of a aifferent sort. Are we trying to devel op the northwest or trying to stifle development? There is public approval of the Um atilla rapids project but there is little press support. The East Oregonian and the Oregon Journal seem to be the only newspapers that know about the project and its merits. But there is tremendous newspaper enthusiusm and support for the Col umbia basin project in the state of Washingon. It is heralded with trumpets as, the one great move be hind which all forces should unite. Yet the Columbia basin project, ac ccrding to its own literature is an irrigation affair, it cannot stand an interest charge, 'herefore cannot qualify under the bonding plan pro posed for the Colorado river. The Columbia basin project provides for developing no hydro electric power upon the Columbia river, it deals in no manner whatsoever with the im provement of navigation upon that river. In a nutshell thjre seems to be a studied effort to neglect and forget the very project that if supported and upheld can go forth and win. There is an unusual effort displayed to wards focusing all energies back of a project that does not lit into the program outlined at Washington. It is as though someone wished to keen "Cinderilla" from he ball but insists that her sister go instead though it is known she cannot wear the magic slipper. Ail this may be due to ignorance. There may be lack of knowledge as to empire building in the northwest and the practical steps to be taken if we are to convert the Oregon country into one of the most highly developed highly civilized regions in the world. Yet there may be something else in the wind. It looks like there is and that expresses the case with great mildness. At any rate the duty of the East Oregonian is clear nnd it is trying to tollow through. 'Who comes there!" HAY AND RANGE. One hundred tons or more of hay for sale; also range with plenty of water. Known as Schott ranch. In quire of MRS. M. F. SCHOTT, Olex, Oregon. 23-25. On September 8th, the Women's Re lief Corps will hold their regular ceeting in American Legion hall. All members are asked to be present. BERTHA D. GILMAN, President. See ui before vou hnild. ' Our prices are right, Heppner Box 4 Lumber Co., Yards aero is from de pot - 22-tf. 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