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Newspaper Page Text, Historical Society. . eppet Volume 44, Number 18. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 28, 1927. Subscription $2.00 a Year HARVEST WELL ON, 2,000 SACKS A DAY RECEIVED LOCALLY Big Hogs from Little Piggies Grow! GOES 10 VISITORS Z By Albert T. Reid Arlington and Heppner "Loaded" for Game at Rodeo Field. The mercury was hovering around 95 in the shade, and there was no shade except when the sun dodged behind a cloud occasionaly, when Ar lington and Heppner fought it out for nine innings on Rodeo field Sun day. We say Arlington and Heppner, for thus the game was billed. Fact is, it was Arlington-Wasco.Hood Riv er vs. Heppner-Ione, some of the best of the ball tossers from each named town being lined up on the sides as Bhown. Maybe it was the heat anyway, that's a good alibi that caused Heppner to be defeated 8-7. Never theless, most everything in the cata logue was dished out for the small but brave band of fnns to look over, and they had a good time. "Ducky" Drake and "Toots" Mon tague displuyed a real pitchers' bat tle for a few innings, then the boys got their eyes shined up some and knocked the ball just about every place. "Ducky" stuck it out to the end, but "Toots" turned his job over to Jack Myers in the eighth. Mr. Montague can truly be dubbed win ning pitcher anyway, for along with his mound work he accounted for a couple of tallies with a circuit clout in the seventh. Arlington took the lead in the scor ing when they grabbed four rung in the fourth. Heppner duplicated in the sixth but couldn't catch up as they had let Mr. Weedman run wild in the fifth, and he crossed home for the fifth marker. Three more runs in the seventh sewed up the game for the visitors. Heppner got one in this frame and two in the eighth. The visiting bunch included Black burn 2, Wilson s, Weedman r-1, Ger lach 3-c, Myers 1-p, Harford 1-3, Par rish m, DeHart c-1, Montague p-r. The locals: W. Rietmann 3, Ander son ni, Ward r, Drake p, Lundell 1, Duvidson 2, Witcraft s, Collins I, Wit craft c, and Cleo Drake, pinch hitter. Dave Wilson umpired. Market Agent News On Notes of Interest The Union Pacific system, report ing for its eastern Oregon field from Hood River to Baker and Wallowa counties, has a most encouraging ac count of agricultural conditions at the close of last week. The general situation shows soil in good condi tion; plenty of moisture in the ground; pastures good; livestock do ing well; fruit excellen tquality and fair crop. The agricultural interests of Ore gon and the northwest lost a loyal, intelligent an dvaluable friend in the death on the 13th inst. of Calvin J. Hurd, extension specialist in agricul tural economics at 0. A. C, who pass ed away at the age of 62, through ill ness brought on by hard work in con nection with the effort to secure or ganized cooperation of packers in the prune industry. The Granges of Oregon and Wash nigton have shown continued activity and progress the past several months. Reports to the state Granges which were held recently show that Wash ington made a net membership gain for the year of almost 20 per cent, while Oregon followed with more than 10 per cent. The Granges in these two states are in a flourishing condition, functioning effectively in behalf of the farmers' interests and providing a vigorous social force in their respective rura lcommunities. A pickle factory on a large scale has been organized at Aurora and the raising of cucumbers in that sec tion is becoming quite an industry. Six tons to the acre is claimed as a fair average and the average price wil run close to $40 per ton. "More new Grange halls are now in progress of construction in the United Sattes than at any previous time during the 60 years since the Grange began. These vary in cost from $5,000 to $20,000 and in every case their erection marks the com pletion of a genuine community as set," says the Washnigton Grange News. The Coos county egg producers formed an organization at Coquille last week for the purpos eof increas ing and marketing the product. S. U. Looper is president. Indications are that the winter wheat crop will be about 48,000,000 bushels smaller than last year but that the spring wheat will be nearly 70,000,000 bushels larger. There was a drop in wheat quotations at Chi cago Monday, but th eslump is thot to be only temporary. Fire Damages Eight Mile Center School Buildings Fire did considerable damage at the Eight Mile Center schoolhouse on Monday evening. It was discovered about 0:30 and the result wns the de struction of the barn, woodshed and about nine cords of wood. Through efforts of those attracted by the blaze the school building was saved. Just how the fire stnrted Is not known, but it was discovered in the barn and spread so rapidly that there was no chance of saving the buildings and the winter's supply of wood. Alex Gibb Passes High in Exam ination; Other Cases Settled. Alger Fee, circuit judge for Uma tilla and Morrow counties, conducted his first naturalization case in Hepp ner yesterday when he bestowed first citizenship papers upon Alex Gibb of this city. Judge Fee but recently donned his official robes, having suc ceeded the late Gilbert W. Phelps. He has changed the routine of office by holding a motion day in this coun ty each month. Mr. Gibb, a native of Scotland, has been a resident of Heppner for several years. He showed his desire to be come a full-fledged member of Uncle Sam's family by passing a very high examination for which he was highly complimented by the court. Each question was carefully pondered be fore answered, and each was correct ly answered. Only once did Mr. Gibb fail to answer. When asked who was the representative from this district in congress, he said he did not know. It developed later that he did know, but not being sure that Wasco county, Mr. binnotts home, was in this dis trict, and not wishing to make any misstatement, he said he didn't know. Seven dismissals and two judg ments were issued on motions be fore the court. Judgment was given in the cases of S. E. Notson Vs. Pat rick Conncll, and Ben O. Anderson vs. Howard W. Anderson. Following ore the -cases dismissed: Edith Miller vs. V. H. Stickel and Ollie Ferguson; L. F. Duvall vs. R. A. Thompson; Harnett Auto Co. vs. D. E. Gilman; B. G. Sigsbce vs. E. J. htarkey; Betty Heissler vs. Raymond E. White, et al.; J. A. Jensen and wife vs. Roy Duggan. Dairy Cattle Found to be In Excellent Condition Dr. II. II. Green, assistant state veterinarian, has been in Morrow county for the past two weeks, and at present is at Boardman. His mis sion here has been to examine the dairy cattle of the county for tuber culosis, and he reports southern Mor row county as practically free from this disease. Out of 393 cows tested there was but one reactor. His work in the north end of the county will be at Boardman and Irrigon, where there are a large number of dairy cows. Dr. Green slates that he finds cuttle in this county in excellent condition, and there are some very fine dairy cows here. STORK ACTIVE HEREABOUTS. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Connell are the proud parents of a 10-pound son, born to them on July 16. Being the first male child, Mr. Connell especially, is elated. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hunt nt Heppner Surgical hospital on July 20, a son. A daughter arrived ut the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jones on July 19. All cases reported to be doing well by Dr. McMurdo. THE UNITED STATES AND THE NAVAL CONFERENCE Washington, D. C, July 26. The United States will win in the end in the naval disarmament conference. Even though the. Geneva mission should dissovle today before tomor row, without anything in black and white under the seals of the great powers, public attention has been aroused and the sympathy of the public which has to pay the bills is with the United States. We enter ed the confidence with a genuine ambition to life the crushing weight of naval expenditures from the necks of the people of the world and Am bassador Gibson made that plain from the beginning. The British introduc ed naval experts to whom the humani tarian Issues were merely incidental Gibson has sought to build up be fore the eyes of the world the sp ?c atcle of three great powers wilting to trust each other. The British, for their prt, because technical tdvisors rather than stntesmen have been the dominating numbers of their dele gation, have fought for technical ad vantages. As Gibson said the oilier day, the great thing which the oppo nents of the American program have missed: "That an agreement between the three powers we represent is worth more to nil of us than any technical advantage, nd that the mu tual confidence from such an agree ment has more value than any -lumber of guns and ships." Congressman Maurice E. Crum pucker of the third district, Port land, committed suicide by drowning in San Francisco bay on Sunday af ternoon, The coroner's jury gave as cause for the act, "temporary insan it," and the facts as contained in the duily press, seem to fully justify this verdict. The question of choosing a successor to Mr. Crumpacker is now up, and whether or not a special elec tion will be held in Multnomah coun ty for the purpose, is now before Governor Patterson. It is the ex pression of the Portland papers that the governor wlil cull the election just as soon as the legal status in the case has been fixed. Ture Peterson, lono meut market proprietor, suffered a severe cut to one of his fingers while butchering las tFridny. The cut was by a but cher knife nnd came near severing hte finger. Dr. Johnston attended his Injuries, FJIIlRETIlEi!0?!"3 GRAIN Wheat markets made some adjustments to prospective supplies last week but on the whole were fair ly steady with receipts lighter than expected and no important changes in the foreign situation. Xocal adjust ments were more noticeable than for the general situation. Substantial premiums were being paid for high protein wheat as the quantity of such grain appears to be below expecta tions. Larger offerings weakened Pa cific Coast markets slightly, good milling wheat being quoted at Los Angeles at $2.27 to $2.30 a hundred pounds. Exporters are reported in clined to watch crop developments which are still uncertain in spring wheat districts. Corn prices stiffen ed on. unfavorable weather for the new crop. Export barley weakened at San Francisco with the new har vest on in Europe and prospects for a good crop in United States and Canada. Old crop feed barley and rye brought better prices for small spot offerings than is being bid for new crop supplies. BUTTER 92 score advanced at San Francisco last week from 41c to 42c. Storage stocks in that market are now equal to last year. Eastern markets opened easy and closed steady with receipts lighter than the previous week and production de clining slowly but well ahead of last year and storage stocks still increas ing above last year. LIVESTOCK Liberal receipts fol lowing price advances the previous week caused a sharp break in killer cattle at Chicago but western mar kets were on a better basis on light er offerings. Reports indicate some adjustment probable in both sections of the country. Limited offerings and restricted demand characterized the feeder and stocker markets. Hog markets advanced generally but not uniformly, with medium weight kill ers in best position. Fat lamb mar kets went lower again and feeders were barely steady with more sorts being thrown into feeder class. WOOL Continued stiffening in asking prices nt Boston where arri- vals have been heavy and price ad vances at London were noted last week. Mohair quiet but steady. EGGS, POULTRY Egg markets are wavering between the influence of decreasing receipts and good demand on the one hand and heavy Btorage holdings accumulated during the ear lier months which are inclined to move, out on price bulges. Poultry markets are low with large receipts and storage holdings heavy. HAY The prospect of a record hay crop has caused prices to ease off somewhat genernlly although receipts have been running rather light which has been a strengthening factor on the cash markets. Western alfalfa mnikets are easier than a few weeks ngo with trading restricted in the Ynkiinn valley nnd prices declining in the Sacramento valley. The tame hay crop is expected to be larger in Oregon, Washington and Idaho than last year but not so large in Califor nia. The California shortage is most ly in alfalfa and grain hay. Wild hny crops are heavy the country over and pastures excellent. The United States tome hny crop is estimated at 101,000.000 tons compared to 86,000, 000 last year and 98,000,000 the pre vious record made in 1924. The Pa cific Northwest crop is estimated at 7,101,000 tons against 6,587,000 tons last year. The California crop 4,325, 000 tons this year and 4,984,000 tons Inst yenr. J. A. Patterson, druggist, departed for Fortland on Tuesday night to take in Buyers Week. In Low Mortality Kate That Oregon still holds the distinc tion of being the safest state in which to be born is proven by the 1926 summary report of the U. S. Public Health Service, received Mon day at the office of the Oregon Tuber culosis association in "Portland, This report shows that Oregon saves 948 babies out of each 1000 living births. This is a higher ratio than is attained by any other state in the birth registration area. The nearest competitor is Washington, where 944 out of each 1000 are saved. Minnesota comes third with a ratio of 933 per 1000. The poorest show ing is made by Arizona where only 880 babies are saved through the first year of life. Portland has the highest ratio of baby saving of all cities over 100,000. This city saves 961 babies of ea-h 1000 born alive. This is an improve ment of 7 lives per 1000 over the year 1925. Eleven small cities of the Uni ted States had ratios more favorable than Portland's rate. The highest rate of saving was shown by Benton Harbor, Michigan, whore 973 out of each 1000 babies survived the first year. Of the other ten small cities with favorable rates, four were in California, one in Washington, and one in Oregon. The last mentioned is Salem, where the Marion County Child Health Demonstration is in progress. SUFFERS BROKEN LEG. Mrs. E. H. Turner of near lone suf fered a broken leg Wednesday morn ing when she slipped and fell while going down the basement steps a: the Turner farm home. Dr. McMurdo was called to attend her, and render ed first aid, bringing Mrs. Turner to He, pner, where an x-ray picture of the injury was taken and the bones pDpeiiy set. Misses Rubina and Violet Corrigall and Walter Moore drove to La Grunde Saturday forenoon and took in the closing of the Legion convention. On their return they were accompanied by Mrs. Moore, who was a delegate from the locol Auxiliary unit to the convention. They arrived home Sun day evening. IT'S HERE NOW We have the Baby Chick feeds you need to give your young birds the right growth for fall laying. 0. K. BABY CHICK FEEDS. 0. K. DEVELOPING SCRATCH and MASH, and plenty of wheat and rolled barley. Brown Warehouse Co. Phones Warehouse L The many friends of Miss Lorena Palmateer at Heppner will be glad to learn that she is on the road to per manent recovery. At least we would infer from the way she writes that tnere has been great improvment in her physical condition. In a letter to Mrs. Frank Turner, written Jjly 4th, Miss Palmateer states that she is now working at a steady job, being secretary in the office of a leading woman physician in Albuquerque; enjoys the work immensely and is able to get away with it in first class style. This marked improvement in health is a source of much gratific tion to her friends here. O. C. McCormick, who was a vet eran of the World War and went from Lexington, died at the veterans' hos pital in Walla Walla early Tuesday morning, a victim of disease con tracted during his service overseas. The body was shipped to Lexington, arriving there this morning and fu neral services will be held this af ternoon at 2:00 o'clock, Rev. W. W. Head of lone officiating. Heppner Post No. 87, American Legion, will have charge of the services at the grave. Mrs. Clyde Swift, severely injured when thrown from a horse on July 14, is reported by her physician to be greatly improved, being able to re turn to the home of her sister, Mrs. Jas. Burnside. Suffering severe con cussion of the brain and lacerations of the face and eye, Mrs. Swift laid unconscious in the hot sunlight for several hours before being found. She is reported to have had a very narrow escape. Mrs. Vena Fuller and her daughter, Miss Florence Fuller, of Baker, were guests from Sunday until Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Huston. Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Huston are sisters, and Miss Fuller is primary teacher in the schools at Baker. The ladies depart ed Tuesday afternoon by stage for Pendleton on their return home. -The eldest son of Fred Akers, Eight Mile, had the misfortune to break his right arm and wrist while cranking a combine engine the first of the week. Dr. McMurdo took an x-ray picture nnd set the bones. 643, Residence 644 Yield Holding Up Well; Large Amount of Wheat Already Contracted Here. With harvest just getting well un der way in the Heppner section, in the neighborhood of 2000 sacks a day are rolling into the local warehouses. Trucks are coming in lively from all directions, but another week should see a large increase as harvest comes more generally in the Hardman and Eight Mile sections. Many outfits started this week and so far we have been unable to get a very exact check on yields. Several south-end farmers report 10 and 12 sacks to the acre, however, as they start cutting. This makes it appear that a good average yield will be re ceived all over the county. With the light land in the north end of the county greatly exceednig normal pro- ' duction, the county average should go above IB bushels an acre, as against 12, the normal average. Right now there is very little wheat changing hands, as the market appears un steady with a downward trend. A saving factor lies in the fact that between 50,000 and 60,000 bushels have been contracted locally. This is the estimate of Chas. Swindig, man ager of the Heppner Farmers' Ele vator company. This amount is a good part of the local output, and its contracting forestalls the possibility of a large dumping on the market at once from here. Lively contracting has also been reported from other sec tions. Land Settlement Makes Progress All Over State Portland, July 27. (Special). That the tide of immigration to Oregon continues to bring substantial farm ers of means and ability is the testi- fmony presented during the past week by various Oregon commercial organ ization secretaries to W. G. Ide, man ager of the land settlement depart ment of the state and Portland cham bers of commerce. The concensus of opinion of those engaged in land settlement work throughout the state appears to be that the results of the department's work are of increasing value because of the large percentage of bona fide prospects among the lists of inquirers furnished by the Portland office to the local organizations. Elimination of undesirable prospects from the follow-up work to be done by local com mittees is saving expense and effort and brigning worth while results. C. T. Baker, secretary of the Med ford Chamber of Commerce, called on Mr. Ide during the week and re ported very active land settlement work in Jackson county where over thirty families have been located near Medford since the first of May. J. H. Fuller, secretary of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, another vis itor during the week, indicated that the percentage of permanent settlers among the inquiring homeseekers was greater this year than last and Ash land has located a number of desir able farm families. Most of those settling in southern Oregon came to this state from California. Eastern Oregon is likewise coming in for its share of the lively interest of farmers. W. C. North, secretary of the Baker Chamber of Commerce, recently called at the state chamber office and reported a much larger vol ume of inquiries from farmers seek ing property than a year ago. The automobile registration at On tario also reports a substantial in crease of eastern cars bringing peo ple looking for permanent locations in Oregon. Interest of Californians in Oregon is not confined to general farms, ao- cording to William Farr of River side, California. An old time cattle man now operating both on cattle ranges of California and Mexico, Mr. Farr consulted with tlie state cham ber for information regarding the livestock business in Oregon. He as serted that there was a reviving in terest among California cattlemen in their industry, and that many are looking to Oregon with a view of en gaging in the business here. Oregon s system of land settlement is proving helpful not only to those who receive its benefits in selecting a home, but also to other countries interested in colonization, according to Mr. Ide. Hugo Mintello of Buenos Aires, chief of the rurul development department of the Central Argentine railway, spent several days in Port land and other parts of Oregon dur ing the past week, studying the local, methods of land settlement. Mr. Mia-; tello, accompanied by E. J. Sierra of San Francisco as an interpreter, is on his way from Argentine to Eu-! rope, and was greatly attracted by j Oregon's resources and her methods of bringing settlers to unoccupied farm lands. MISSIONARY SITUATION. All christians believe in missions. But there is some difference of opin ion as to organization and method. These differences should not be al lowed to stand in the w;iy of Christ's program. So at the evening preach ing hour at the Church of Christ the subject of the discourse will be, "Christian Missions." All other services as usual. MILTON W. BOWER, Minister. J. W. Becket is up from his Port land home, being interested in the crops on his Eight Mile lands. By Arthur. Brisbane How Much Money? Elizabeth and Essex. Man's a Poor Fish. Cancer and the Third Eye. If you have $81.16 in your pocket you have" twice as much cash as the average. The Treasury tells us that money circulating July 1 amounted to "only'.' four billion eight hundred and thrity-four millions less than last year, $40.58 for each inhabitant. The real wealth is credit. Four men in the United States, Rockefel ler, Ford, Andrew Mellon and George F. Baker, could, with ease, borrow more money than all the cash that is in circulation. Long ago Queen Elizabeth gave ring, her face engraved upon a stone set in it to her lover, the Earl of Essex. No matter what he did, he would be forgiven if he returned that ring. Accused of saying that Queen Eli zabeth's mind was as crooked as her body, which was probably true, she was a great queen and a hard woman, he failed to return the ring and his head was chopped off. The Countess of Nottingham dying, confessed that she failed to deliver to the Queen the ring that Essex gav her. Elizabeth, in despair, spent her time sitting on the floor weeping, and died at the end of twenty days. That's the story. Now the ring is sold at auction for $2,700. It has dropped in value. Eli zabeth would have given 1,000,000 for it. Bobby Jones, golf wizard from At lanta, Ga., defending his open golf champion title, made the first round of eighteen holes in 68 strokes, five under "par." The secret in golf is control of head and nerves. In the air, flying, or on the grass, playing golf, young Amer icans seem able to do that. A well-meaning politician suggests a law admitting children to all base ball parks for twenty-five cents per child. A better law would supply city baseball parks in which children could play baseball. That is what they need, not the right to sit on a bench, paying twenty-five cents to watch somebody jelse play. If young and old men of this gen eration played MORE, and watched LESS, it would be better for them. British scientists use moving pic tures in war against cancer. The cam era record cancer growths, slowly, for two days. Then the film is speed ed up, nine hundred and sixty times, and scientists see cancer cells actual ly growing. That's important. Man can outrun a horse in time. An Irishman, afterward elected May or of Long Island City, ran mora than 600 miles in six days. But, in water, man is literally "a poor fish," a most inferior fish. Edward Keating finished first last week over a 24-mile fresh water course in 18 hours 47 minute.. Tn that time a shark could swim half way across the Atlantic. Miss Constance Talmadge, excel lent moving picture actress, request ing a divorce, says of her husband: "He is the nicest man, but I am out of love." "Out of love" is modern, typical of our day. Strict logic might con firm the view that if you marry when "in love" you should unmarry when "out of love." There are other con siderations, however, that still influ ence many. Otto Koennecke, German flier, pre pares for the trip from Berlin to San Francisco, with interesting care. Ev ery part of his motor was being X rayed yesterday in search of defects in the metal. Old statues show god desses with three eyes, one in the forehead. Science has given to men a real third eye, the X-Ray, that looks through solid metal, and we hardly appreciate it. IS SI CCESSI L SHEEP MAN. Lawrence Redding, who made a ven ture in the sheep business during the past season, feels that he is entitled to be classed as a successful Dock master. His venture was on a small scale, to be sure, having a band of only 14 head of ewes, but these ani mals certainly tried their utmost to make good. Eleven of them gave birth to twin lambs and the other three produced one each. All of these lambs were raised and later sold at a price of lOVs cents per pound and went out from Heppner with a shipment going recently to the eastern market Mr. Redding also disposed of the wool from the 14 ewes and the sale of the wool and lambs netted him $328.28, and he has the ewes left. The sheep proved a good investment in keeping down weeds about the place, and did not cost one cent of outlay. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis have re turned from their two weeks vaca tioning Which thpV in.nl nt true....... points in the Northwest, enjoying a nue ouiing.