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Volume 44, Number 18.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 28, 1927.
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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.