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fcette tmesi Volume 45, Number 19. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 26, 1928 Subscription $2.00 a Year CITY SWELTERS l OLD SOL S GRIP Climax Came Yesterday at 108; Men Over come by Heat. The heat wave passing over the state the last few days is presumed to have reached its peak at Heppner between 2 and 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon when the mercury tipped the 108 mark, the highest temper ature so far recorded during the spell. Local weather records are not complete but so far as it has been possible to determine this is the record temperature for a per iod of 30 years. Sundny was the first unusually hot day when the mercury neared the 100 mark. Monday was still hotter with 102, and seven people were reported overcome by the heat while several harvest crews layed off when horses panted violently and showed signs of being overcome. Tuesday's record was 106 Three men working on the sec tion crew on the local branch of the O.-W. R. & N. were among the heat victims, while three men on the highway oiling crew below lone were also reported to have been overcome. The other was a young man from Pilot Rock, Thurlow Smith, who was traveling up Wil low creek when a tire went out and he had to get out and fix it While thus engaged the heat got the best of him completely and he was un conscious when found by hay hands working at the Jack Hynd place near Cecil. Mr. Hynd took charge of resuscitating the young man, and it was some little time before he was revived. Fank Gilliam, government wea ther recorder for Heppner, gives the temperatures recorded. He has kept the record for 15 years, dur ing which time he says summer temperatures have rarely exceeded the 100 mark. He is also certain that Wednesday is the hottest day he has ever experienced, and he is one of the very old residents of the county. Arthur Smith, who kept the record for several years before Mr. Gilliam, says that 104 is the highest temperature he has any rec ollection of, which, he believes, was in the summer of 1904. Unauthentic reports reaching Heppner state that the mean tem perature at Arlington Tuesday was 115, while Pendleton on the same day recorded 112. Mr. Gilliam says a difference of from 3 to 7 degrees in the mean temperatures at Heppner and Pendleton always exists, the latter being hotter in summer and colder in winter. Except for personal discomfort, the hot weather is welcome in the county at the present time. Har vesting is on in most sections and grain in the later sections is being ripened rapidly, so that it may be harvested in good season. Haymen In north Morrow are now cutting their second crop of alfalfa, which has made a splendid growth. Though the local water supply Is becoming short no immediate emer gency measures are expected. The legion swimming tank has been em pty this week, but it Is expected to be filled for use Sunday. Heppner Rodeo Dates Set For Sept. 27 to 29 C. W. McNamer, president of the Heppner Rodeo association, has an nounced the dates for the 1928 per formance to be September 27, 28 and 29. The list of events now off the press, gives the regular popu lar events of former years. Horse and pony races, pony express, relay and cowboy races, calf roping, bull dogging and bucking contest are all Included in the lineup, besides an exhibition chariot race each day and Roman race the last two days. On Saturday, the last day, the Mor row county derby will again be a main feature. With prizes of $100, $50 and $25, this race will be three times around the quarter-mile track, taking live horses to enter and three to start, and free for all. The management is now busy lining up a band and other amuse ment features, and they are confi dent that the show this year will eclipse all former offerings. Any one Interested in obtaining a copy of the list of events, may obtain the same by writing to Mr. McNamer, or Leonard Gilliam, secretary, Heppner. MISS KEITHLEY AT O. N. S. Corvallls, July 24. Alice Kelthley, teacher at the Rocky Bluff school near Heppner, has been doing prac tice teaching work under the su pervision of the Oregon State Nor mal school this summer. She first taught at Washington school In Corvallls but was later transferred to the Children's Farm Home close to town. Miss Kelthley left Wednesday for Monmouth where she Intends to register for the second half of the summer session. She will graduate in six weeks and will then return to Heppner to visit with her parents. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Holy Communion at 7:00 o'clock, Sunday School at 9:45 o'clock. Morning prayer and sermon at 11:00. "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my stony rock, and my defense: my Saviour, my God, and my might, In whom I will trust." Ps. 18:1. Lexington Man Dies , Result of Accident Earnest Christenson, young man residing at Lexington, died on Tues day at Long Creek as a result of an accident he Buffered on Monday. Mr. Christenson, who was In the John Day country temporarily, while his family were under quarantine, was riding after some horses, when he struck his head on a tree stump. The hurt seemed to be rather light at the time, but he later lapsed in to unconsciousness and did not ral ly, passing away Tuesday. The con tact with the tree stump had been of such force as to cause fracture of the skull. Mr. Christenson was born at New berg, Oregon, June 11, 1893, and died July 24, 1928, at the age of 35 years, 1 month and 13 days. He attended school at Lexington and had lived in this community the most of his life. He is survived by his widow and four children, besides one bro ther, Frank, residing at Lewiston, Idaho. He was a kind and loving husband and father, and a young man well respected in the commun ity where he resided. The funeral services were held at Lexington on Wednesday, with interment at Lex ington cemetery, Milton W. Bower, pastor of the Church of Christ at Heppner, conducting the services. LOCAL NEWS HEMS Jasper Crawford of the G. T. force returned Friday evening from a two weeks vacation trip, covering coast and valley points. He returns with a great deal of praise for the Roosevelt highway, now open as far south as Newport- There Is no doubt In the minds of the people along the coast that this will be the most popular highway In the state when completed, and its completion Is expected to open up a vast indus trial and agricultural activity In what have heretofore been practic ally isolated regions. Resort busi ness along the coast has been slow so far this season, owing to cold weather most of the time. The town of Monument in north ern Grant county boasts the best ol' swimmin' hole in this part of the state cool, flowing water that is deep enough for diving and shallow enough for those who prefer to wade, writes Mrs. M. C. Merrill In announcing the P. T. A. swimming tournament to be held there August 5. Plans for contests, eats, music n everything are In progress and everyone Is invited to come and play a day in the rippling water. George McDuffee returned Tues day night from a short business trip to Portland. He chose night time for driving in preference to the ex treme heat of the daytime. The mercury reached 115 at The Dalles Tuesday, he stated. Some 500 cars in all were seen stranded by the side of the road due to engine trou ble caused by the heat Mr. and Mrs. Vawter Crawford returned Tuesday evening from Jo seph, accompanied by their daugh ter, Mrs. Everett Hayes, and niece, Miss Jean Crawford, who will enjoy a visit with Heppner relatives and friends for a time. Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Crawford are expected from Joseph in a few days for a visit. Chas. Ham of Portland was a vis itor in the city for a short time on Wednesday afternoon. With Mrs. Ham he has been visiting at the home of his son at Hardman this week For many years that place was his home but for several years past he and his family have resid ed at Portland. A number of Heppner people en joyed the shade and swimming tank at Hidaway Springs Sunday. Among those going over were the families of L. Van Marter, David Wilson, Spencer Crawford, W. V. Crawford, and Alva Jones, Mrs. Paul M. Gem- mell and children and Miss Bcrnice Slgsbee. Ep Hoyt, wife and two sons, and Mrs. Jack Devore, mother of Mrs. Hoyt, were visitors here over the week end from their home In Portland. Mr. Hoyt Is employed on the Oregonian and Mrs. Devore is now located in Portland as a pro fessional nurse. J. G. Thomson and sons, James and Roderick, returned Wednesday from an outing at Desolation creek and Olive lake in Grant county. They report a most enjoyable trip. FOR SALE e good work horses. Prices reasonable. See them at Red Front stable, Heppner. 19-20 '"Wiree O'Brien and Virginia Vail' in EAST SlDE, WEST SIDE, Star Theater, Sunday and Monday. TAKES PRACTICE WORK. Corvallls, July 24. Anna Helny, who has taught at the Golden West school on Rhea crock for the last four years, has been doing practice teaching at the Washington school at Corvallls. This work Is under supervision of the Oregon Normal school. Mrs. Heiny after complet ing her work here will go to Mon mouth to register for the second term of the summer session. She expects to graduate at the end of six weeks. Mrs. Helny will teach at the Al pine school, Morrow county, this fall. She will leave Monmouth Im mediately after the summer session ends for Heppner where she will visit friends and relatives before the beginning of the school year. She May Not Need Any Further Rescuing Other Wheat Grades Firm and Grain Fed Cattle Hold Up Well. (U. S. D. A.-O. S. C. Market Review.) Corvallls, Ore., July 23. BREAD GRAIN. Official information at present points to a world's supply of wheat for the 1928-29 marketing season very little different from that of the 1927-28 season, taking Into consideration stocks on hand nnd prospective production. Should the quality be better, it would have the effect of increasing the supply. On the other hand, demand should be greater at least in proportion to increase in population, and there Is some tendency for consumers of other bread grains to shift to wheat The rye crop in the United States and Europe Is less promising than last year. The general trend of prices, however, was downward again last week under pressure of heavy marketing of hard red win ter wheat and unusually favorable progress of the spring wheat crop in Canada. Rust damage has been unimportant thus far this season. Substantial premiums were paid for good quality cash grain suitable for immediate milling. Soft red winter declined the first of the week but advanced at the close. FEED GRAINS. Corn held steady last week but barley declined rap idly, especially In eastern markets. Barley markets were Influenced by new crop barley of which there is prospect of larger supplies in the United States and the world. The Increase in barley acreage in the United States was about 30 per cent over last year and production last year was heavy although a Bhort crop in Europe provided an unusual export outlet The oats crop is also figured larger than last year, while livestock numbers are somewhat reduced. Firm elements in the feed grain situation at this time are a very small carry-over of old grain, the olllcial estimates of a corn crop about 50,000,000 bushels less than last year instead of a larger one as was Indicated by acreage and early trade reports, and smaller prospec tive supplies of hay and feed. Should the corn crop be no larger than estimated, the total supply of feed grain in the country to be mar keted in 1928-29 would be about the same as last year. Weather condi tions since the first of July when the report was made have been favorable, however, for the young corn plants. There is a bet ter prospective balance this year between feed grain production and livestock numbers in the western states, particularly in the Pacific northwest. DAIRY PRODUCTS. Butter markets were just about steady last week and the shortage of stor age stocks compared to last year continues to increase. POULTRY PRODUCTS. The tendency for stocks of eggs in stor age to Increase faster than a year ago during recent weeks has caused some dullness In egg markets, al though stocks were smaller on July l, v.K8, than a year earlier. LIVESTOCK. The United States Department of Agriculture lamb crop report for 1928 indicates that the lamb crop was 25,989,000 or 8 per cent larger than In 1927 and 9 per cent larger than In 1926. Most of this Increase Is In, the western states, only about 90,000 more Inmb: (Continued on Fag Six) Mrs. L.V. Ritchie Victim of FIu-P neumonia Today Mrs. L. V. Ritchie, passed 50 years of age, died at her home in lone at 8 o'clock this morning, following a seige of flu-pneumonia with which she had been suffering for more than a week. Mrs. Ritchie was the widow of John Ritchie and is sur vived by the following members of her immediate family besides a large number of other relatives, many of whom reside in this coun ty: Mrs. Edna Lovell, Mrs. Ada Troeds, Mrs. Dona Allstott, Miss Ona Ritchie, Lonnle, Wayland and Ervin Ritchie. She was a well known and respected resident of lone for many years. NEW WHEAT DISPLAYED. County Agent Smith has a strik ing display of wheat at his office, taken from a field on the Lawrence Redding farm. It is a cross between Arcadian and hard federation and counts between 50 and 60 kernels to the head. This is a new wheat, very winter hardy, that promises to be a high yielder. Interest In it was keen at the nursery meeting on the Redding farm late in June, and farmers will be anxious to know how It checks up after harvest From all indlcatoins it is one of the best wheats yet found for this section. Another plot was sown on the B. H. Peck farm on Social ridge. What the Well Dressed Man and Woman Will Wear. The above Is the subject of the evening service of the Church of Christ As usual it is strictly scrip tural. The evening service is at 8 o'clock and if the weather con tinues warm will be held downstairs where it is cool. In the morning the Bible school continues to meet at 9 o'clock while it is cool and Is followed at once by the church service. The morning theme will be, "The Stone of Stum bling." This will be a discussion of the ninth chapter of the Roman letter. Read it before you come. Everybody at church Sunday! And remember, IT'S 'THE COOL EST PLACE IN TOWN. Milton W. Bower, Minister. Heppner Hospital News. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Stout, July 21, a daughter. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley De Wain Seely of Morgan, July 23, an 8-pound girl. Chas. Anderson, who has been in the hospital for a week, returned to his Gooseberry home Monday. Harold Erwln was overcome by the heat while sewing sacks in the harvest Held Tuesday and has gone to the mountains for a rest Several members of the Ward Graves family near lone suffered food poisoning on Saturday. Dr. McMurdo reports all recovering fa vorably. , 31 FERTILIZERS CHECKED. C. W. Smith, county agent, attend ed a result demonstration meeting on fertilizers at the R Wasmer farm near Boardman Sunday. In spite of the very warm weather the at tendance and Interest were good. Among results brought out, it was stated that each ton of manure up to eight tons brought an added In crease in yield of alfalfa of $2. Af ter the eight tons are added, each additional ton, though bringing an Increased return, has a diminishing value Among commercial fertil izers, super phosphate is proving the most lucrative, though a final check has not yet been made on its effectiveness. Tom Craig was in town today from his wheat farm out northeast of lone. He has finished with his harvest and reports a good yield. By Albert T. Reid DISCUSS FISH BILLS E State Should Give Serious Thought to Resources Says Association. (From Oregon Game Protective Assn.) The proponents of these meas ures seek thereby to save to all the people of Oregon for recreational and for food and game fishing pur poses, what yet remains of the un appropriated waters of the four most widely advertised and best known streams of the state. The procedure adopted is neither new nor novel. Our legislative session of 1915, by a like act, withdrew from appropriation or condemnation the waters of the several streams form ing falls and scenic beauty along the Columbia River highway. The propriety of so doing can not be seriously questioned, in view of the vast sums of money expended in ad vertising this single asset of the state, and the handsome returns paid upon the investment by tour ist travel. California has reserved for recreational use the best of her few streams the Klamath river. Tourist revenue paid to the state of California now amounts to four hundred million dollars per annum well over a million dollars a day. The mountains and streams of the state of Maine, because of the prox imity of this district to large cen ters of population, are bringing more millions of tourist dollars into the state each year than that state has ever heretofore derived from all other sources of industrial rev enue combined. The recreational facilities of the Pacific Northwest, and the state of Oregon in particular, are unexcelled. Their money value Is as yet scarce ly guessed at and less appreciated. They constitute by far the greatest single capital asset of the state. The four streams in question are known to sportsmen and nature lovers the world over. Thousands upon thous ands of dollars have been spont in advertising the sport fishing they afford and in stocking them with both food and game fish. Our fish packing business has long been third in state importance, produc ing millions of dollars annually. It cannot exist without brood streams. The four involved are of vital im portance to this industry. Espec ially so is the McKenzie, the great est Oregon brood stream of our Chinook salmon. It is well known that a large proportion of the Chin ook salmon pack of the Columbia river has its origin in the McKen zie. This source of supply will cease to exist if high dams in that stream are permitted. Who may safely say that one great industry and natur al resource should be destroyed for the promotion of another? The questions presented by the proposed bills are therefore, first, whether the waters Involved are for the time being more valuable to the state at large and to our salmon canning in dustry for recreational and fish propagation purposes than for pur poses of hydro-electrical or further Irrigation development; and second, whether the remaining water power still capable of development in these streams is safer in the hands of the state of Oregon than for all time given away into private own ership. Tile membership of the Oregon Game Protective association is strictly representative of the citizen ship of the state. It numbers as many bankers, merchants, manufac- (Continued on Pus Biz) Mrs. Egbert Young Dies At Eight Mile Yesterday Death came to Mrs. Egbert L. Young at their home on Eight Mile at 7:20 Wednesday evening, caused primarily from heat exhaustion. The spell came on Mrs. Young a little after the middle of the after noon and while her husband was away at work at a neighboring farm. He was finally reached by a neighbor who had been called over the telephone, and when arriving at home he found Mrs. Young in an unconscious state. A physician was immediately called,' but it was found impossible to render but very tem porary relief, and the end came at a little after seven o'clock. Funeral arrangements are not yet fully made, but will be completed for Saturday, services to be held at the Methodist church in this city, con ducted by Rev. F. R. Spaulding, pas tor, with burial following In Ma sonic cemetery. Mrs. Young was aged 54 years and 5 months, and is survived by her husband and nu merous other relatives residing In this county, being a sister of Dan and Frank Barlow. A little over two years ago she suffered a stroke of paralysis, and from this she never entirely recovered, though able to get about fairly well, and also to assist quite materially in doing the work about the house. Undulant Fever, A New Disease In This State (From State Board of Health) There have recently come to the attention of the State Board of Health several cases of undulant fever, a disease hitherto unknown, or at least unrecognized, in this state. The term undulant is applied to this disease because It is charac terized by waves of fever lasting a week or so alternating with periods of several days when there is no, or little fever. Undulant fever Is also known as Malta fever because the disease was first observed on the island of Malta in the Mediterran ean Sea. There, as well as in other parts of the world where Malta fe ver occurred, human infection was traceable to the use of goat's milk. In this country undulant fever has been largely contracted by the use of milk from cows that had prema turely lost their young, a condition known as "contagious abortion." The few cases discovered in Ore gon drank milk from cattle "that were known to have aborted. The germ causing Malta fever, Bacillus Melitensis, can be distinguished only with the greatest difficulty from the germ causing contagious abortion. Bacillus Abortus. Contagious abortion in cattle pre sents a serious problem not only in the health hazards offered to the consumers of raw milk, but also In the tremendous loss in dollars and cents to the dairy industry of this state. Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veter inarian, estimates that from five to ten per cent of the herds in the Wil lamette valley are Infected with the germ causing contagious abortion, and that the loss to the dairymen is easily over one and a half million dollars annually. Undulant fever has often bee l mistaken for typhoid fever, partic ularly where the disease has been of a mild type. Danish authorities as sert that there are more case3 of undulant than typhoid fever in Den mark. The number of cases of un--dulant fever has increased remark ably in the United States in the past year because of correct diagnosis of the disease. The chief symptoms of the dis ease are loss of appetite, loss of weight, marked weakness, head ache, chills, fever, profuse sweat ing, and frequently pain in the joints. The average duration of the illness from the onset to conval escence is three months, but cases lasting a year or longer are not at all rare. The mortality is very low. The germ may be found in the blood stream and in the urine. In suspected cases blood for the agglu tination test should be submitted to the State Hygienic Laboratory. All cases of undulant fever should be reported to the State Board of Health. The patient should be kept in a modified quarantine. Dis charges should be disinfected, and all sanitary precautions employed in the control of intestinal diseases should be applied to undulant fever. The existence of undulant fever in Oregon is another argument for the pasteurization of milk. In rural communities where pasteurizing plants are not available, milk from infected cows should be boiled be fore drinking. GRANGE HELPS BAND. Irrigon Grange is making plans to provide uniforms for their Boys and Girls club band. This band is unique in that so far as known It is the only school band in the United States composed wholly of club members. Other subordinate granges of the Morrow County Po mona grange are cooperating with the Irrigon grange In raising money to send the band to the state fair. The band will be entertained there from Sunday until Wednesday with out cost by the fair management CARD OF THANKS. To all the friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us and to all those who In any way ministered to our late beloved Ernest Christen son, and for the many expressions of sympathy tendered us in our be reavement, and for the many beau tiful floral offerings at the burial, we extend our sincere thanks. Helen Christenson and Family, Frank Christenson, J. D. Bauman and Family, Hoy Johnson and Family. WOOL MEETING SET 1 AUGUST NINTH Outside Speakers to Pre sent All Sides of Indus try to County Men. What is expected to be a meeting of much interest to wool men will be a county division meeting of the Oregon Woolgrowers associa tion at Heppner, Thursday, August 9. K. G. Warner of Pilot Rock, president of the association, to gether with other association offi cers and specialists of note In the state' are scheduled to be on hand. Though the outside men will have plenty of worthwhile information to disseminate, the main purpose of the meeting will be to give raisers a chance to air any grievances or problems of any kind or every kind, says C. W. Smith, county agent who is taking an active part in helping with arrangements for the meeting. It is hoped there will be one hun dred per cent attendance, for the more who attend the livlier the meeting. Included in the line-up of vistiora besides Mr. Warner are Fred Phil lips, association vice president; Jas. Kershaw, expert wool grader of the Pacific Woolgrowers Co-operative Marketing association; Harry Lind gren, livestock specialist from Ore gon State college; Stanley Jewett of the U. S. Biological survey, and Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian. It can readily be seen from this line-up that there can be no ques tion brought up but what will re ceive expert attention. Mr. Kershaw's part of the pro gram, besides answering any ques tions that may be put to him in his line, will be to stage a grading dem onstration, for the purpose of which several fleeces of local wool will be provided. This is one of a series of such meetings being sponsored over the state by the Oregon Woolgrowers association. Certified Seed Wheat Plentiful In County A great many inquiries have been received by the county agent's of fice seeking information as to where seed wheat may be had. Mr. Smith says the list of certified fields in the county Is now complete and that anyone wishing information may now be supplied. The county agent believes the supply of certified seed will be sufficient to supply all lo cal demand. That Morrow county seed wheat is in demand outside the county, however, is evidenced by inquiries from the outside. Parties in Baker county desire a carload, and Wash ington parties have written con cerning half a car. Last year sev eral carloads of seed wheat mostly fortyfold, were shipped from the county, bringing a premium over the market price. MORROW GENERAL HOSPITAL. Mrs. Ed Bergstrom and baby have returned to their home in Eight Mile. Mrs. Chas. Cox was admitted to the hospital Sunday to undergo medical treatment. She is much improved and will soon return home. Albert Wilkinson of Hardman is under treatment for a serious case of bloodpoisoning in his hand as the result of a scratch. He was at work in the saw mill on Wall creek when the hand was hurt and serious in fection followed. Harvey Medlock was thrown off a combine at the Ed Engleman ranch near lone Tuesday and was brought to the hospital for treatment . For tunately there were no bones brok en. Earl Johnson of Eugene was ad mitted to the hospital Tuesday for medical treatment Mrs. Shelly Baldwin, who has been seriously ill the past week at the hospital, is improving. She should be able to return home soon. MELBA CHIDSEY MARRIED. From Sunday's Oregonian we have the following account of the marriage of Miss Melba Chldsey, who with her parents resided for many years at Heppner, and has many relatives and friends in this county who wish her happiness: Miss Melba Chldsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Chidsey of Bri dal Veil, Or., and Joseph E. Stoy, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Stoy of Centralta, Wash., were married at the home of Mrs. L. D. Clabough, a sister of the bride in Centralla, Sunday at 2:30 o'clock. The cere mony was read by Rev. C. H. Lor Imer. Mr. and Mrs. Stoy will make their homo in Longview following a short trip. THREE ARRESTED IN RAID. Coy and Joe Thornburg and Buck Padberg were arrested Saturday night at Lexington when Sheriff George McDuffee and Deputy How ard McDuffee raided the Thornburg woodshed in search of liquor. The Thornburgs were under survellance of the sheriff's oftlce for some time on reports coming In and as a big dance was scheduled there Satur day evening it was believed an op portune time to strike. The raid netted a large keg of home-made beer to be used as evidence Preliminary hearing was waived and each of the alleged miscreants were bound over to the grand Jury on $1000 bail.