Historical Society. Jiepper alette Wim& Volume 43, Number 45. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Feb. 3, 1927. Subscription $2.00 a Year E TOLL ROAD BILL IS OPPOSED BY COUNTY COURT Oregon Lamb Crop of 1 927 Below Normal In IhisWeelt T ORDER UPHELD BV SUPREME CDIJR Opinion of Secretary Twenty Per Cent Under Usual Uniform Scale on Farm Products Over Rail- . ways Called For. DECISION IMPORTANT Branch Differentials Eliminated; Re fund to Mount to Several Hun dred Thousand Dolars. A uniform rate scale within the state of .Oregon on agricultural prod ucts with elimination of branch line differentials is called for by an order of the Public Servtee commission sus tained by the supreme court this week. Farmers in this section have been interested in such an order. Full significance of the action of the supreme court is contained in the statement of H. H. Corey, dated Feb ruary 1. The statement follows: "The decision of the Oregon Su preme Court handed down Tuesday in the case of the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company vs. II. H. Corey and others, brings to a termination the most important legal proceeding involving rates on grain hay and other agricultural products in the history of the state. This pro ceeding was instituted by the Oregon Public Service Commission on Janu ary 11, 1923, and involves the rates on grain, grain products, potatoes and onions, and other farm products on the lines of all of the major car riers serving the state. Hearings ex tending over a period of several weeks were held before the state commission which entered an order prescribing uniform rate scales to be applicable throughout the entire state in lieu of the numerous schedules of rates which had theretofore been in effect. In addition to resulting in reduction of rates generally throughout Oregon, the order had the effect of eliminat ing numerous branch line diffrentials and excessive combinations of local rates which had previously applied on shipments from Eastern Oregon points to points in the Willamette Valley, and estimates have been made as to the amount of reduction re sulting from this order which was en tered by the Commission on August 29, 1924. It was claimed by traffic officials of the Southern Pacific com pany that the reduction would vary from 10 to 27 per cent on single line hauls, and on certain joint line hauls as high as 60 to 60 per cent. "Probably the most important re sult of the order of the Commission is that it will permit a more free movment of these basic agricultural commodities between Estcrn Oregon points and Willamette Valley points, thus permitting the Eastern Oregon producer of hay and grain to find a market among the Western Oregon dairymen and millers to the advan tage of both. "The case had been somewhat com plicated by reason of the fact that al though the new rates have been in ef fect on hay and straw since the is suance of the Commission's order a temporary injunction was granted in the lower court on the application of the rates on the remaining commod ities and a bond posted by the car riers to guarantee a refund of all charges paid since January, 1924, in excess of those ultimately found to be reasonable. It is estimated that the refund to shippers of grain, grain products, potatoes and onions will, under this decision, amount to several hundred thousand dollars." Electric Company to Ask City for Franchise Messrs. G. C. Sawyer and G. L. Corey, representing the Sherman El ectric company, are here today to present an application to the city council for a 60-year franchise for the carrying on of their buiine& within the city limits. All papers in this matter have been prepared and will be presented to the city council on Monday night for their action. These gentlemen state that the work of construction si proceeding in this section from DeMoss Springs in Sherman county. The line comes io Hoppner via Condon, and will be pushed as rapidly as possible. It may be late summer before the new powr line gets here, but they nope to beat that time and have their con nections in the forepart of the .sum mer season. They are working ahead of the construction on right of way and franchises and these matters take time to put through. Hughes Buy Bergstrom Store at Roseburg, Ore. Sam and Hanson Hughes, who re cently sold their grocery store in Heppner, have bought the store of John Bergstrom at Koseburg. This word was received here today. Mr. Bergstrom farmed on Eight Mile until his departure for Roseburg last winter where he engaged in the grocery business. He took over the Hanson Hughes city property in the deal and it is understood he and Mrs. Bergstrom will roturn hero to make their home. Mrs. Hanson Hughes will depart Saturday for Roseburg. Frank Turner left on a trip today for Interior points, expecting to go to Rnyville and John Day, returning the first of the week. Wilson River Project, Sanctioned by House, Considered Against Best Interests of State. The Wilson River Toll Road bill, the designation given to the bill that has passed the house at Salem, and is now before the senate for consider ation, is opposed by the county court of Morrow county, and that body took decisive action in the matter yester day, calling upon all the Eastern Ore gon counties to get busy and help to defeat the measure, which they con sider to be opposed to the best inter ests of the road program of the state. In fact this proposed toll road Is simply a tourist proposition, promot ed by those who desire a more direct route to the coast from Portland and other centers of the west side, and in the opinion of our county court will be another burden for the taxpayers to assume a little later on, when the road is saddled on to the state high way system, as it undoubtedly would be. Acting upon their judgment, there fore, our county court prepared and sent out last evening the following copy of a letter going in as a night letter to the senate committee on roads and highways, with the request that the various county courts of Eastern Oregon take similar notion "The Senate Committee on Roads and Highways, Salem, Oregon Eastern Oregon counties have bond ed themselves to the limit to assist m state's road program. They can not carry this load and construct highways needed locally for the con venience of their people and the de velopment of their country without more assistance from the State High way und. "We are advised that a bill passed the House and is being considered by the Senate authorizing construction of toll roads with State Highway funds, the immediate object being construction of Wilson River Toll road, to cost ultimately when paid about four million dollars. "We consider such use of State funds not only wasteful and extrava gant but a flagrant discrimination against the producing areas of the state, where highways are needed for property development, and urge that this is more important now than addi tional scenic routes, which will ab sorb revenues almost without limit." Heppner will be treated to a real, bonafide, home-taint vaudeville in the near future if plans of the Heppner Public Library association, made at its meeting Friday, materialize. Danc ing, musical skits, and who knows what, may be the brain creatures of many local citizens for the affair. It is rumored some mighty inter esting contests will be staged with cnanccs tc win a prize. All of which is the result of the financial status of the above named association. The library must have funds if it is to continue in existence, and this is one of the ways planned to get the money. Another way will be by means of a membership drive for which Mrs. W. P. Mahoney and Mrs. C. W. McNomer were named captains of two teamc. Mrs. Eoy Missildine and H. R. Johnson are in charge of the vaudeville in which different or ganizations of the city will be asked to participate. It is hoped to raise enough money in 25 cent membership feeB to keep the books circulating until the en tertainment is staged, from which it is hoped to derive funds to keep the library going until city or county support can be obtained. There are now 3G members of the association, i.nd it Is believed this number should be increased to 200 or more. It has been recognized that the li brary is a civic institution and as such should be maintained by the city or county. However, the library was started too late to obtain Bupport from either of these sources this year, as the budgets were previously made, The city council expressed it self as not being adversj to the proj ect and will no doubt be willing to help another year. Right now the library is facing an increased demand for books with an insufficient supply. Three hundred general loan books are available from the state to help take care of this demand, but more funds must be raised before the books can be ship ped. When a member of the drive com mittee calls on you, you can do a civic service by giving your name and 26 cents to become a member of the as sociation. No charge is madoi for Sorrowing I ooks and everyone is privileged and urgi.'d to take advantage of the on. poitunity of improving his reading Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Patterson will depart the end of the week for South PBsadena, Calif., for a visit of a few weeks at the home of their son, B. R. Patterson. Born At Morrow General hospital in this city on Friday, January 28, to Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Lendbetter of Rhea crevk, an B-lb. son. 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Ward,-general manager of the organization. Mr. Barratt is well known thru- out the state, being a former member cf the State Highway Commission and is prominent in the wool growing industry, says Mr. Ward. "The as sociation as a whole is to be congrat ulated on Mr. Barratt's reelection to the board by the membership of his district. He represents Baker, Mor row, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler counties." The Pacific Cooperative Wool Grow ers has just completed its sixth year of successful operation in coopera tively marketing Its members' wools, and this season handled 6,000,000 pounds. The Pacific is the only grow ers agency actually maintaining its own mill salesmen. Ninety four per cent of the volume was sold direct to consuming mills on the Pacific Coast and in the New England and Phila delphia districts this last season. Membership in the organization has been increased by 600 farm flock growers and a number of range grow ers since the last shipping season, and the directors are anticipating a material increase in the total volume of wool to be marketed through the association this year. LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS. The American Legion Auxiliary met Tuesday evening, February 1st. The Unit plans to send some money to buy slippers for the veterans in hospital 77 in the near future. Grace Buschke was appointed chair man of the poppy committee, and Mrs. Walter Moore chairman of the music committee. The Unit hopes to work up a Glee Club soon, also to take some part in a program to be given for the benefit of the public library next month. The Auxiliary is to give an Easter Monday Ball on April 18th at the Elks' hall, and committees were ap pointed to plan for it. Final plans were made and committees appointed tor the dinner which the Unit is serving today to the National Farm Loan Bank association. The hostesses Grace Buschke and Mrs. Jas. Burgess, served delightful refreshments at the close of the business session. DEAN GOODMAN ILL. Dean Goodman. formAr resident nf Pendleton anil now lnintAA nf Ronn. tier where he is the garage business, is ill at the Good Samaritan hospital in Portland. Mr. Goodman's wife died on New Year's day and his illness is reported as due in part to grief over her death. During his residence here uean attended Pendleton high school, his father at that time being a local hardware merchant. He was after wards a student at the University of Oregon and served as graduate man ager for a time. Tuesday's East Ore gonian. Reports from Mr. Goodman that reach Heppner are to the effect uiHt ne is improving and should be able to return home before long. OBJECTED TO ELECTION. A number Of Citizena from lrrlp-nn were before the county court on Wed nesday to Offer in nhloi-tinn tn Hi election recently hold at that place lor me cnoosmg of a road supervisor. Frank Frederickson was elected to the post, but a number of the free holders in the district thnnirht t.h were irregularities and desired the court to throw the election out. The court after hearing the case in all Points. decided that tnA Alontlnti should stand, and the matter was thus settled. LOCAL K ITEMS Bert Johnson, who was in the city on Monday for a short time from his ranch out north of lone, states that the ground is wet down to a depth of about four feet the best soaking it has had in several years, and at pres ent time the crop outlook could not be better. Snow was not all gone at that time but we presume that the chinook of the last dojf two has taken it all away. The ground got the full benefit, as the melting was very gradual and there was but little frost to interfere with the moisture going down. A delegation of Irrigon residents in the city on Wednesday, having bus iness before the county court, were Hugh Grim, Vernon Jones, C. T. Sat ing, C. E. Glasgow, Wm. Graybeal, J. B. Wisdom, M. F. Caldwell, Sam Slat tery. Jack Bullard, W. T. Wright, Frank Frederickson and J. B. nKight. These gentlemen report that their section was still covered with a blan ket of snow, as was the entire north end of Morrow county, and they were surprised to find the snow all gone at Heppner, and the warm sunshine. Bishop Edward M. Cross of Spokane and Rev. Ralph V. Hinkle, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer at Pen dleton, were in Heppner over Sun day and conducted the Bishops' Cru sade at the Episcopal church here. Bishop Cross departed on Monday for Hood River, being accompanied by Rev. B. Stanley Moore, local minister, and other members of the church. While at Hood River Mr. Moore com pleted his ordination as a rector in the Episcopal church. E. S. Miller, up from Lexington this forenoon, reports that little city as undergoing an epidemic of influenza at the present time. Because of the illness of several of the teachers, school had to close and there are some two dozen or more people down with the ailment. Heppner is also having a number of cases of this epi demic but so far it has not reached a stage to interfere with the opera tion of the school. M. R. Morgan of lone suffered the loss of his eye as the result of in juries reported in the last issue of this paper. He is at Heppner Surgi cal hospital where he is getting along fine and expects to be allowed to re turn home in a few days. It was feared that Mr. Morgan might have serious trouble with the other eye for a time, but this all passed and he will suffer no ill results to that mem ber. Roger Morse, county agent, has been absent for a ten-day conference of the county agents, at Corvallls This being completed, Mr. Morse with others came to Portland this week where they have been spending a couple of days at the freight termin als, gathering in some knowledge of how wheat is handled at this port. He is expected home today. C. A. Minor is busy today moving his office just one door north of where he has been. located in the Heppner hotel building. The rooms for the bank are now in shape, and Farmers & Stockgrowers National bank will move Into the new quarters Sunday, expecting to be in running order as fast as possible after the first of the week. County Treasurer Briggs, who has been ill for the past ten days and confined to his homo with an attack of influenza, wns able to got to the office Wednesday and quite well re covered. Miss Opal Briggs, who was sick at the same time, is again at her post in the telephone office. Heavy rains Inst night added more moisture to the goodly supply already stored in the ground. Honoring Mrs. Hanson Hughes who is leaving Heppnr shortly, Mesdames J. W. Beymer, L. E. Bisbee and Chas. Thomson gave a delightful party at the Beymer home on Tuesday after noon which was enjoyed by a large number of friends of Mrs. Hughes. Mrs. Hughes expects that she will be called to leave Heppner any day now as her husband is getting located In business in another part of the state. Grandma Mikesell, who suffered a fall at her home ten days ago and fractured her pelvis, was taken to Morrow General hospital where she received attention, and is reported to be getting along as well as could be expected for one of her age. Mrs. Mikesell says that she would appre ciate very much visits from her friends while she is compelled to be shut in. W. C. Thompson arrived from Port land on Wednesday and will have a place in the store of Patterson & Son while Mr. Patterson is absent in the south. Mr. Thompson was. formerly a resident of Heppner, some 25 years ago, and worked for Phil Cohn when he ran the drug business here. It is reported that Earl Simonton of Alpine suffered a slight stroke of paralysis at his home on Saturday and was taken to Pendleton for medical attention. His condition is not con sidered to be serious, however, and he should be over the attack after a course of proper treatment. Mrs. Jas. Carty was brought to town from the Tub Springs ranch on Sun day, and is receiving medical atten tion. Mrs. Carty has been suffering for more than a year with some ail ment of a serious nature, and it was desired to have her where she could receive closer attention. Members of Ruth Chapter, O. E. S. assisted Mrs. Lucy McCarter in her preparations for departure for For est Grove on Tuesday night. Mrs. Mc Carter goes to the Eastern Star home where she will be cared for in the fu ture as a member in good standing of Ruth Chapter. Walter Moore, cashier of the First National bank, is confined to his bed again this week by illness. During the latter part of the week Mr. Moore thought he was well on the road to recovery and went to work again, but ho evidently got up a little too soon. J. E. Berwick is again engineer on the branch line, having arrived here the middle of January to take charge of this run. He was engineer on the branch several years ago when it was a day run, and states that he does not enjoy this night business very well. E. F. Browning and son Wilbur came over from their home at Wall ville. Wash., on Friday to be present at the funeral of the late Mrs. Marion Evans. Mrs. Evans was a sister of Mr. Browning. They returned home later. Report reaches this paper that C. E. Jones of Newberg, formerly a res ident here, is very ill, suffering from intestinal flu and threatened with pneumonia. At last reports, however, he seemed to be improving. Miss Annie Carty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Carty, who spent several days with her mother in this city, re turned to Portland on last night's train. She is a student nurse at St. Vincent's hospital. Hon. J. W, Morrow, tax commission er of the U. P. System with offices in Portland, came in Wednesday morning and is spending a couple of days at Heppner looking after busi ness matters. State Club Leader Calavan of Cor vallis has been in the county this week, and in company with Superin tendent Walker visited a number of the schools in the interest of club work. C. J. Walker and family moved this week into the Chas. Furlong resi dence on Water street from where they have been living in the north eastern part of the city. Increase Except in This Part of State, Claim. East Oregonian. Oregon's 1927 lamb crop will be twenty per cent short of normal, ac cording to present indications, Hugh Sproat, secretary of the Oregon Wool- growers association said today. While this iff true of the state generally, the lamb crop in northeastern regions will be normal. This, he said, was due to the good condtions of the ranges, and plenty of rain last fall. Northeast ern Oregon was the only section of the state to escape the condition reaching drought proportions in oth er parts of the state. Eastern Oregon's wool clip for 1927 aiso as a result of these conditions will be good while other parts of the state do not look so good. The wool market, he declared, is strengthening considerably and wool prices look to be as strong as last year with the for eign markets stronger. Considerable contracting for the 1927 wool clip is now underway, with many woqjbuyers in the field. bpeakmg of the recent Associated Press announcement from Salt Lake in which Secretary of Agriculture Jardine is quoted as saying tha Case ment report increasing fees on the national forests would be put into effect, he declared he believed this ntustion would work out all right in conferences between forest officials of the district and the sheepmen. He did not believe drastic increases would be put into effect to such an extent that it would interfere with the grazing of sheep on the national forests. DOINGS OF WEEK JIT E Oregon State Editorial Association, Special Correspondence. Salem, February 1. Half the ses sion gone and no financial plan ac ceptable to all members in sight. This is the situation at beginning of the fourth week here in the capitol. Getting a slant on what Governor Patterson intends to suggest has been one of the difficulties. It has not pre vented, however, numerous remedies for the cash deficit in running ex penses for the state. Everything from taxation of chewing gum, lip-stick and movies to cancellation of the six per cent limitation has been advanced. Highway funds, auto license taxes, fee collecting boards dozens of plans are up. All these would require vote cf the people for approval or would create objection from interests af fected. Guardians of the highway projects want no cuts in road build- ng programs. Motorists agree with them. Tax Remedies Suggested. Income tax suggestions and bills are plentiful, and the bills if passed would raise no immediate income. Hydro-electric schemes, to put the state into that business or ax further the establishd industries in that line are in the mass of measures presented. These, combined with a whirl of revolutionary educational changes, do not tend to clarify, and leave the leg- slative mind in foggy condition. benator Joseph has contributed his perennial hydro-electric masure. He says himself he does not know what it is all about, but that it makes state operation possible. It is known as Senate joint resolution No. 2, and authorizes the state to enter into con struction, development and operation of hydro-electric plants without any limit whatever on the amount of in debtedness which may be incurred against the state. While the resolu tion does not contain the necessary legislative provisions to make its op eration possible, yet nrincinles in volved are identical with those of the housewives" bill so overwhelminely defeated by the people at the Novem ber election. The vote was practically tour to one against the issue in the election, but Joseph holds that the state must go into hydro-electrics, and resubmits his measure. Schulmerich of Hiilsboro has put n house bill 227, to levy a tax of 60 cents for every kilowatt produced or generated by hydro-electric operation in Oregon. This bill of course does not apply to energy generated by steam, either by use of sawdust or other fuel. Hence it would operate as a direct discrimination in favor of plants using fuel and against those employing water for power. Also there would be no way by which en ergy brought in from another state could be taxed. This, for example, would discriminate in favor of com panies generating power in Washing ton and selling it in Oregon. Again, an Oregon company selling power to an adjoining state would be compelled to pay the watt tax for energy deliv ered outside the state. It is also to be noted that the tax is levied only upon private companies and would not spply to power generated by munici pal plants. How this would affect established industries is indicated by the claim of the utilities that in the last four years their taxes have been increased on an average of about forty per cent. This means that they are now paying almost 10 per cent on gross income in taxes. They claim also that this legislation if passed would be unfair discrimination, particularly in view (Continued on Fags Six) Arthur Brisbane, As Calm as an Elm. Terrible Chinese But. Easy to Live Longer. Girth Control. This, as Will Rogers would say, ii written on the train traveling from Washington to New York. Millions of Americans will be glad to hear that the President, seen two hours ago, seemed in perfect health, full of energy, and, amid all the Nic-araguan-Mexico excitement, calm as a Vermont elm. What appears to interest the Presi dent just now is internal improve ment, projects for canals from the farms and facilities to the aea, and the developmen of unused waters for power and irrigaion, in particular de velopment of the Colorado River. President Coolidge speaks just so fast, and no faster. He knows every word that he is going to say before he says it. Words do not-come out and surprise him, as happens with others. You can't hurry him, or choose his subject for him. And as for holding him back, when he means to go in a certain direction, why, to "draw up the Leviathan with a hook" would be child's play, compared with it. Chinese mobs are looting Christian churches. Too bad. and it fills us with horror. Americans, British, French and other travelers brought home all sorts of loot from Chinese temnles after the Boxer unrisinir. But that was different, the Chinese are only- heathens. f!hnrlp r?hnnlin nam van haatn, has lost 18 pounds since his latest worries began. The worst illness ii MENTAL illness. Chaplin who has made millions happy and never made anybody unhappy, would seem to have a just complaint against fate. The Senate rejects the Lausanne tieaty, so this country remains cut off from official acquaintance with Turkey and that energetic dictator, Kemal Pasha. The treaty is rejected because it doesn't provide adequate protection for Christians, or any so lution of the eternal Armenian ques tion. The rejection of the treaty is large ly a triumph for Christian mission aries. Twentv war the avprAoA aim at which men died in the year 1660. In 1860 the average was forty. In 1875 it was forty-five, and now it is fiftv- eight. The able Dr. Mava Biinnlip. rkAM ficrnrp.q. With tha vir-rit k;nJ It- - ...... i..v Amu ui wr ing ten years can be added to pres- ' ent average, and we begin wise living at the right age. The famous Luigi Cornaro. however, riven un tn Hi after forty, lived wisely and passed American business men. Dr. Mava' says, "lack girth control." Too much fat means shorter life. The danger ous age for woman is sixteen to eigh teen. The dangerous age for man ia irom nity to nrty-tive. At that age he becomes foolish. Little thino-ft ATA imnnrtant in K.'m things. Mr. Blume, president of the Western Electric company, tells you that telephoning across the Atlantic ocean is made possible by a small ob ject manufactured from Rochelle salts. 4 And nOW thA Rriti.h manual RoVSl Air Force nilntn APffAra than. n chew ffum as thev comn Hnwn -nnt high altitudes. Chewing gum creates saiiva, una mac Keeps tne nier swal lowing. The act of swallowing re lieves pressure on the ear drums. reanuiiy and wonderfully made" is correct. Cats near BakerafielH ralifnmi.. can sympathize with Midas, who changed into gold everything he touched, and nearly starved. Cali fornia's cats were cheered, then hor rified, by rolling waves of migrating mice. First thev ate mini- than -.n from them in horror. Too much, even uj mice, is too much. Land Bank Officials Hold Meeting Today The meetinor nf thA Panrllfttnn j:. trict association of the National Farm Loan associations of the twelfth dis trict is on in Hennner tmiuv Pm.i. dent C. L. Sweek, presiding, offi. cials of the Federal Land bank of Spokane attending are George C. Jew. ett, president of the bank, who de livered a splendid address on topics regaraing federal Land banks and Federal Farm Loan associations; W. " B. Hinkle. anoraiser. and Hiwh Sproat, director. At noon the officers and mAmhr. of the different associations attend ing, were given a big dinner prepar ed by the ladies of the Auxiliary and served in the Legion headquarters, after Which the remainim rt,imk. on the program were carried out. The meeting was neid at the club rooms in the Elks building and was attend ed bv Some fortv mfmhnra i,t tt,A By associations of the district.