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
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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.
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