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wtwmtx Volume 46, Number 22. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 1929 Subscription $2.00 a Year SCHOOL OPEnliNG JILL SET FOR SEPT. 9TH Teaching Force Complete; Improvements, all Point to Good Year. It's a dandy vacation you've been having, isn't it kiddies? But of course you will all be glad to know that school starts September 9. This is the good word given out by superintendent James M. Bur gess, who says that all the teachers will be here for the start and every thing points to the most successful school year under his supervision in Heppner. Mr. Burgess returned to Heppner last week from Palo Alto, Cal., where he took work at Stanford university looking to the acquirement of his doctor of educa tion degree, and with Mrs. Burgess is now enjoying a two weeks' vaca tion at Elk lake, Deschutes county, following which he will be back on the job until the close of the school year. The school class building has un dergone some major repairs during the vacation period, and is now be lieved to be in excellent condition for the opening. Last winter was quite severe on the building, heavy freezes backing the ice up under the eaves where the drain pipes lead off from the corners of the building and when this melted the water seeped through, causing plaster to fall off and otherwise doing much damage to the interior walls. Walls and plaster have all been repaired and kalsomlned and to enhance the drainage from the roof large lead basins leading into the drain pipes have been installed while the pipes themselves have been placed be tween the walls, being removed from the outside, thus assuring elimination of the trouble exper ienced in the past. About a third of the textbooks in both high school and grades will be changed this year, says Mr. Burgess. New textbooks are already arriving and there will need be no delay in securing those needed as soon as classes start. However, Mr. Bur gess advises that no books should be purchased until pupils are given lists by teachers of those needed. A number of strange faces will appear in the faculty lineup this year, but Mr. Burgess is emphatic in his statement that he considers the school fortunate in having se cured one of the best qualitlcd corps of instructors that it has ever been his pleasure to head. In charge of the first grade for her third year with the schools will be Miss Beth Bleakman, a Morrow county girl. Miss Bleakman is a graduate of Hardman high school and Oregon State Normal, and dur ing her incumbency has proved thoroughly capable. Mrs. Elizabeth Dlx, second grade teacher, needs no introduction as she has been on the teaching staff for many years and the quality of her work is thoroughly known. Mrs. Dlx just recently returned to the city after taking summer school work at the University of Oregon branch in Portland. Miss Harriet Case will again have charge of the third grade, and as she has served faithfully for a num ber of years, needs no introduction. She has been spending the summer at her Gladstone home. For the fourth grade, a newcomer though not. a stranger to Heppner appears. Mrs. Adelyn O'Shea, grad uate of Ellensburg, Wash., Normal school, comes with teaching creden tials covering several years in the schools of Idaho and Washington. She is well acquainted locally, hav ing visited on several occasions at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harold Cohn, and her connection with the local schools will be welcomed by her many friends. The fifth grade will be In charge of Miss Miriam McDonald, a grad uate of Cheney, Wash., Normal, who comes highly recommended with threo years experience in the Washington schools. Miss Aagodt Frlgaard, who comes to the Bixth grade, Is no stranger locally having had previous teach ing experience in the county. For the last two years she has been with the Colton, Wash., schools. She is a graduate of Oregon State Nor mal and comes highly recom mended. In the seventh grade Miss Blanche Hansen begins her second ytar's work, she having succeeded Mis. Lucy Rodgers last year when Mrs. Rodgers resigned to take up the position of county superintend ent of schools. Miss Hansen had previous experience In the schools of La Grando and is a graduate of Oregon State Normal. Mr. Burgess deems the schools es pecially fortunate In securing the services of Gerald Brunson for the eighth grade, who has the best cre dentials as a physical training di rector of any applicant whom Mr. Burgess has ever Interviewed. Mr. Brunson, who will arrive with Mrs. Brunson soon enough before school starts to thoroughly outline his work, will have entire supervision of physical training In the grades. Stated gymnasium courses, super vised calisthenics, directed athlet ics for both boys and girls will be part of his work. Mr. Burgess looks for great strides in this work under Mr. Brunson's direction. Mr. Brun son taught last year at Winslow, Wash. In the high school mathematics department Philip von Lubkcn who goes to Stanford university for ad vanced work will be succeeded by First Fight Card Held Under City Commission Heppner's new boxing commis sion functioned for the first time Saturday night at a' card prepared by Russell Wright, promoter. One of the largest crowds to attend a local card in a long time was pre sent, and the gate totaled some $250. The commission takes a tenth of all receipts which amount goes to charity, while the promoter and fighters work on a percentage bas is. One member of the commission is a registered physician who in spects fighters to see that they are In good physical condition to en gage In a boxing contest, 'and to render first aid in case it Is needed. In the main event Browny Bus kirk of Pendleton took the nod over John Gideon, Centralia Wash., youth who has proved popular at former smokers In and around Heppner. Buskirk easily had each of the six rounds with the excep tion of two which might have been called draws. The two preliminaries were fea tured by knockouts. Kid Johnson of Los Angeles touched up the solar plexis of Spud Murphy, Salem, for the first k.o. In the second round. Kid Weston of Portland was donor of the second to Merle Cummings, Heppner, via a series of short hooks to the head which put Cummings down for the count In the Initial frame. The curtain raiser was fought by Judge Carmichael and Glen Sherer, both Lexington youths, who put up a good scrap, but Carmichael's ad vantage in weight soon told and he was given the decision after the third round. The semi-final go between Russell Wright of Lexington and Young Reed of British Columbia didn't last long enough to tell about, Reed laying down for the count from no apparent cause soon after the start ing gong. L Roht. Hart who has been with the Sam Turner threshing crew this summer was quite seriously injured Wednesday evening when struck on the forehead by the heavy fork that carries back the straw from the sta tionary machine. The moorings of the derrick came loose suddenly, re leasing the implement, which de scended upon the lad, and a deep gash in the forehead resulted. His injuries were attended by a physi cian in Heppner and he is getting along all right, expecting to return this week to his home in Portlond. At the time of the accident the ma chine was at work at the Harry Turner place in Sand Hollow. Creston Maddock, representaing Insurance companies with offices in Portland, is in Heppner today look ing after business. "Cres" Is en- Joying visitls with old schoolmates and friends of former days when he made his home here. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Spurlock de parted Tuesday by auto, their des tination being Missouri, where they go for a visit of a few weeks with relatives of Mr. Spurlock residing near Kansas City. Wm. Huebner who farmed for many years In Sand Hollow Is here this week from his home at Cor- vallis. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Olden were visitors here , this forenoon from their farm near Fairvlew. George Haydcn, who recently moved from Hardman to lone, was looking after business in this city on Tuesday. Miss Natalie Strayer of Baker. Miss Strayer taught a part of last year in Willamette university, leaving there to complete work at the Uni versity of Oregon. She has excel lent credentials. The English department will be cared for by Miss Bernita Lamson of West Fir, Oregon, who succeeds Miss Grace Fleming, resigned. Miss Lamson taught last year in the girls' training school at Salem, making an excellent reputation and comes with a very high recommen dation from the president of the institution. The commercial department will again be under Miss Irene Riechel as instructor, this being Miss Rie chcl's second year. A graduate of the University of Oregon, Miss Rie chel comes from Woodburn and last year did excellent work. Miss Erma Dennis of Pullman, Wash., a classmate and close friend of last year's director, the then Miss Velna Bannister, will be In charge of the domestic science and art de partment. Miss Bannister left the position to be married at vacation time. Miss Dennis is a graduate of Washington State college, and Mr. Burgess feels that the fine quality of work done by Miss Bannister can be expected to be continued un der her successor. For her third year Miss Kate Francis Ede will be supervisor of music. Miss Ede has made excel lent progress with work in this de partment and will be welcomed back, She has been spending the summer at her home in Vancouver, B. C. W. R. Poulson returns as princi pal of the high school for the sec ond year. He has charge of boys' athletics and teaching of sciences. His return will be most welcome In the light of the good work done last year. Mr. and Mrs. Poulson have been spending the summer at Eu gene, Care of the buildings and grounds will remain under the expert guid ance of Wm. Driscoll who has prov ed a most elllclent janitor. Irrigation Hours Cut In Half Account Shortage Beginning yesterday morning the city water department, by order of the council, shortened irrigation hours just half. Irrigation is now permitted but two hours daily, from 6 to 7 a. m. and 6 to 7 p. m. Hours previously were 6 to 8 morning and evening. A shortage of water was given as the reason on notices to water users circulated Tuesday, which stated that extra men had been obtained to help enforce the order and that all offenders would be reported to the city recorder. There should be no cause for alarm in the situation, says W. E. Pruyn, water superintendent, if ev eryone complies strictly with the order. The season is now getting well along and so far more water than in many years has been ob tainable for irrigation purposes. It Is necessary, however, to protect the supply for domestic uses and to keep up the fire reserve. At present it is not certain wheth er enough water will be available to keep the swimming tank in oper ation, and the Legion may be forced to close down, though there has been no withdrawal of the order to stop irrigating on Sunday evenings and it should be strictly complied with until further notice. The sup ply was not sufficient to completely nil the tank Sunday night though there is enough water In it at pres ent for a comfortable swim. ALPINE. William Huebner of Klamath was a guest this week of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thompson. Mr. Huebner is a former property owner here but for the last three years he has spent most of his time traveling through the state of Oregon. He likes the Klamath country the best and expects to locate there for the future. Chas. Melville and his niece, Miss Gertrude E. Tichenor were Pendle ton visitors on Friday. Miss Peggy Thompson was a guest Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ritchy of near Lex ington. Mrs. C. Melville and daughter Margaret were guests Tuesday af ternoon of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Shaw who are now living on the J. P. Conder ranch. Wilford Geiger, formerly of Eu gene, and Gilbert White of Long Beach, Cal., accompanied by the Misses Margaret Melville and Ger trude Tichenor motored to Heppner on Wednesday evening. Bertha Sepanek was a guest Wednesday afternoon of Miss Ger trude Tichenor at West Camp. Claud Flnley and Kenneth Wade were Hermiston and Stanfleld vis itors on Tuesday. Miss Celathea Lambirth accom panied by her brother Lester mo tored to Lexington on Frdiay for combine repairs. Mrs. Mike Sepanek and daughter Bertha were Hermiston visitors on Friday. Charles Melville and niece, Miss Gertrude E. Tichenor, called at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lind sey and Mr. and Mrs. Irl Clary on Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Bennett ac companied by the former's sister, Miss Ruth Bennett, also Grover Sibley and Farrell Haunschell, mo tored to Hermiston on Sunday. Willard Hawley was a Sunday af ternoon and evening guest of Mr. and Mrs. Irl Clary. Miss Margaret Melville was an Echo visitor on Wednesday after noon. Alex Lindsey who is employed at the Moorehead ranch on Butter creek was the Sunday guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lindsey. Mrs. G. L. Bennett and daughter- in-law, Mrs. Merle Bennett were Echo and Hermiston visitors on Monday. Mrs. George Lambirth and child ren Celathea and Lester motored to Echo on Tuesday. Mrs. Al Hiatt and children Leone and Charles re turned with them for a few days' visit Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lindsey and children Bruce and Annie Ree were guests Sunday afternoon of Mr. and Mrs. C. Melville. C. W. Smith, county agent of Heppner, accompanied by his broth er-in-law, E. A. Meisner of New York, were calling on the ranchers In this community last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Nirschel of Pendleton accompanied by the tet ter's sister, Miss Ruth Bennett, re turned to the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Bennett on Tuesday after visiting with friends and relatives in Portland, Multno mah and Forest Grove for several weeks. Earl Williams accompanied by his mother, Mrs. J. Scott of Idaho, were guests on Monday and Tues day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lambirth. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lindsey and children Bruce and Annie Ree were Echo visitors on Monday. Merle Bennett and Grover Sibley were business visitors In Lexington on Friday. Mrs. C. Melville was a guest at west camp on Friday. Miss Peggy Thompson and Olln Ritchy of Lexington called at West Camp on Thursday evening. Mike Sepanek and daughter Ber tha were Lexington visitors on Fri day. Miss Celathea Lambirth was a guest of Miss Bertha Sepanek on mursday. Miss Bertha Sepanek was a Sun day guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Swift of Heppner. Mrs. Mike Sepanek was a Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Irl Clary, i - t mlf mni' ' E. W. HOWE SAGE OF POTATO HILL GREAT EDITORIALIST NOW IN THIS PAPER For Thirty Years Howe Edited Most Famous Country Weekly. The late Dr. Frank Crane once designated Edgar Watson Howe The Sage of Potato Hill." This was a tribute to the wisdom and commonsense of Ed Howe, whose weekly column, "Here's Howe," starts In the Heppner Gazette Times this week. Born at Treaty, Ind., in 1854, Ed Howe has been in and around print ing offices since the age of 12, and has always lived in small towns. At 12 he was already an accomplished typesetter, and after several news paper jobs and ventures he be came in 1877 editor and proprietor of the Atchison, Kan., Globe, which he made the most famous weekly newspaper in the United States by filling its pages with his clever ob servations on life. He retired over thirty years later, after becoming world-famous and writing several important books, among them "The Story of a Country Town." Ed Howe has the most thorough insight into small town American life of any present-day writer. His work has a deep human appeal, and is presented in a simple, homely style his articles have all the qual ities of good conversation between nlain people. "Plain People," by the way, is what he named his autobi ography. It was Ed Howe who said It is better to be safe than sorry." In fact many of his epigrams have be come part of our national inherit ance. He is the leading exponent of country Journalism though he has had many offers, he has never con sented to work in a city newspaper office. His life has been devoted to Atchison, Kan. By making the lit tle town of Atchison, Kan., his chief interest, he has somehow found his way into the heart of the entire world and is known wherever Eng lish is read or spoken. Willow Creek Road Camp Moved; Work Going Fast Road work is progressing on the upper end of the Willow creek mar ket road, the crew having located their camp at the Jim Kirk place, ready to begin operations Monday. They are pushing right along and it should not be many days until the upper end to the forks of the creek is in good shape and connected with the work that is now practically finished to the Dexter place. Much favorable comment is heard concerning the good work on the Willow creek road, and Henry Tay lor comes in for praise in this con nection. It is understood that the lack of sufficient funds will prevent the county from going as far with this improvement as they would like this season, but it will be a great improvement over what the road has been in the past. From the city limits to the Cleveland place, the work is going along also. Beyond the forks of tne creek and to the top of coal mine hill there will be a lot of work done, too. The grade from the mine to Ditch creek needs attention badly, and a small crew is doing some very necessary work there now, tills to be followed a little later when the road crew can get on the job with the grading machine and do the work of widen ing that is in contemplation. County Agent Utilizes Vacation for Profit C. W. Smith, county agent, de parted Tuesday night on a vacation of some two weeks wnicn ne nopes will take him as for as Chicago. With W. O. Baylcss, Mr. Smith ac companied a shipment of eight car loads of lambs mane Dy u. w. Mc Namer and R. A Thompson on consignment to en stern buyers. On the trip the county agent hopes to gather data on shrinkage and other factors bearing on transportation of sheep that may be of value in his work. It will not he determined whether the lambs will he unloaded at Oma ha and disposed of as feeders until their arrival there. If the market Is found right they will go on thru to Chicago. An addition to the shipment was expected to be pick ed up from Haines. EinrvK li vi;K KOR I.TCAStf. My winter sheep range for lease on Willow creek 4 miles from Cecil. Five thousand live hundred acres iKKCtCw tl,iA wMterinc nlnpa onH VU.m'V. -c , feed grounds. Tom McEntlre, Box 537, La Grande, Ore., or J. J. Mc- .. . t n nriii Entire, iioaiumuu, .-., AU, IONE. MRS. JENNIE McMURRAY, Corres pondent The Seventh Day Adventist peo ple of the lower Columbia district held an interesting Sabbath school convention at Hermiston Saturday, August 3. They have active church organizations at Pendleton, Board- man, Hermiston and lone and these places were well represented at the convention. Elder Dewey Payne and Elder Martin were the princi pal speakers. These people are plan ning the establishment of a church school at Hermiston. Two hundred and fifty dollars was raised during the convention for the work and they have the privilege of Using the old hotel building for the school home. Should their plans carry, school will open in September with 40 pupils and two teachers, besides Elder and Mrs. Payne who will re side at the school home. Those who attended the meeting from this vicinity were Mrs. George Frank and daughter Hazel, Mr. and Mrs. Hobeft Helms, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rowell, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Calkins, Mrs. Agee and daughter Beulah. Mrs. Lloyd King, Mrs. William Ay- ers or Heppner and Mr. and Mrs. Way of Olex. The cutting of the second crop of alraira hay is completed in this dis trict and wheat harvest is fast drawing to a close. J. E. Swanson states that 80 per cent of the wheat is already harvested. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Balsiger and daughter Elva, Mrs. Ed Keller and Mrs. Paul Koehrlng motored to Pendleton Monday. From there Miss Balsiger went by stage to Bak er to be present August 13 at the opening of the girls' camp under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cochran and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cason and chil drenfcof Arlington spent Sunday in lone. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran came to prepare their household goods for shipment to Arlington. Miss Mildred Smith is spending two weeks at Seaside. She is the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hoech. Miss Maude Knight of Forest Grove has been hired as first and second grade teacher in the lone school for the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Knappenberg, former residents of lone who now reside in Portland, visited from Fri day until Sunday with friends here. From lone they went to Grandview, Wash., to visit their daughter, Mrs. John B. Dye. Adele, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Perry, who has been ill for many weeks is slowly improv ing. She has been receiving treat ment in a Heppner hospital. Chas. Jewell of Pasco, Wash., drove over recently for a brief visit with his wife and children who are spending the summer at the home of Mrs. Jewell's mother, Mrs. Alice McNabb. He was accompanied by Mrs. Jewell's cousin, Mrs. Rex Fisk of Kennewick, Wash. Elbert Colvin and son Donald and Sherman Blackwell drove over from Monument Sunday and spent the night with relatives here. On Monday they continued their jour ney to Roseburg. Ed Jackson and family have mov ed to St Paul, Ore. The house on Third street vacated by them has been rented by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lundell. Mrs. R. E. Harbison left on Sun day morning's stage for Portland where she entered the Portland Medical hospital for an operation for sinus trouble. E. S. Drake of Los Angeles and his sister, Mrs. Blanche Henkle of San Francisco, arrived by auto on Wednesday of last week for a visit with their two brothers, Ray Drake of Eight Mile and Cleo Drake of lone. Cleo had not seen this broth er from California for eighteen years. Mary Katherine Blake was taken to Heppner last Thursday where she underwent an operation for the removal of adenoids and tonsils. She was brought home Friday and Is recovering nicely. Mrs. Ida Cochran of Portland came last week for a visit with rel atives and friends. Before she re turns to her home she will make a business trip to Pendleton. The regular missionary meeting of the Swedish Lutheran church was held last Sunday at the Algott Lundell home. Twenty were in at tendance. Refreshments were serv ed at the close of an Interesting program. Mrs. Elmer Grilllth is visiting at the home of her brother, George O. Goodall at Eugene. While she is away her sister, Mrs. Turner, has charge of the home here. Chas. Kemp whose home is in California Is making an extended visit with his nephew, Ed Dick. Mr. Dick had not seen his uncle for 30 years and his visit to lone came as a pleasant surprise. Mrs. Charley Alllnger, accompan ied by her daughter, Miss Lillie Al linger of Heppner, left for Portland last week. After a brief stay in the city they will go to the home of Mrs. Alllnger's brother, Arnold Balsiger, in Vancouver, Wash. Mrs. Hatcher returned recently from an auto trip to various points (Continued on Pafce Eight) ANNOUNCING 20 -HOUR SERVICE From 4 o'clock till midnight our doors will be open for automotive service of all kinds. Bergstrom & Kane A. II. BERGSTROM in charge of sales. O. A. KANE In charge of sertice Dairy Farm Cost Study Begun by State College Oregon State College, Corvallis, Aug. 14. A state-wide cost and economic study of the dairy indus try, involving 500 dairy farms and extending over a period of two years, has been undertaken by the dairy and farm management de partments of Oregon State college, working cooperatively. This project the most extensive of its kind ever conducted in the United States, will be carried on entirely with federal funds made available under the Purnell act H. D. Scudder, professor of farm man agement and P. M. Brandt profes sor of dairy husbandry, will super vise the study, while Prof. H. E. Selby of the department of farm management will be in charge of the field work and will supervise the actual gathering of informa tion. Of the 500 farms involved 300 will be in the Willamette valley, 100 in the coast region and 100 in eastern Oregon, in order to determine the economic importance of the indus try in Oregon agriculture, and in what regions of the state, on the basis of comparative costs, prices and markets, the enterprise can most advisedly be encouraged and increased. Costs of dairy farm production in the different regions and on the various types of dairy farms will also be studied to determine means of reducing costs to meet increas ing competition. The total number of farms In cluded in the study wilt be divided among the counties in relation to the importance of the dairy indus try in each county, and county ag ricultural agents will cooperate with the experiment station by com piling lists of the dairy farmers in their counties. From farmers in cluded on the lists thus compiled data for the investigation will be gathered. L Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Humphreys and their daughter, Miss Evelyn Humphreys, and niece,. Miss Rood of Hillsboro, arrjved at Heppner on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys had been enjoying a vacation trip to Eugene where their daughter re sides, and to other points In the Willamette valley. On Wednesday they went to the mountains at Ditch creek where the outing will be continued for some ten days or two weeks while the young ladies enjoy their . vacation. The ladies representing Heppner unit, American Legion Auxiliary, at the state meeting at Salem last week, all returned home on Sunday, Joe Kenny bringing them to Hepp ner in his car. Those attending were Mesdames P. M. Gemmell, D. A. Wilson and J. G. Barratt, who report having had a very pleasant time, besides enjoying a splendid meeting of the state auxiliary. Sa lem folks proved themselves migh ty good entertainers. Report reaches Heppner that Phil Higgins of Lena was recently very seriously injured when the horse he was riding near Ukiah be c a m e frightened and jumped, throwing its .rider, then stumbling, fell on him. Mr. Higgins received a broken shoulder and several broken ribs as a result Rev. J. W. Flesher, who was for merly pastor of the Methodist church at Heppner, drove up from Portland on Saturday for Mrs. Flesher who had been visiting for a couple of weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ball. They returned to Portland on Mon day. Mrs. Henry Happold and two chil dren and Mrs. Vivian Kane depart ed the first of the week for the coast where they expect to spend their two weeks' vacation. Mrs. Happold is deputy in the postofflce and Mrs. Kane is deputy county clerk. Mr. and Mrs. Eph Eskelson and their daughter, Miss Gladys Benge, visited in La Grande over the week end. They enjoyed staying over night at a very modern auto camp near the city where nearly every comfort one could ask is provided. J. F. McMillan and family of Lex ington were Heppner visitors this morning. They are leaving today on a two weeks' vacation trip by car, going first to Portland and then following the itinerary that proves most attractive. Mr. and Mrs. Henry V. Smouse of lone were visitros here today. Mr. Smouse has finished with the har vesting of his grain and states that the greater majority of the farmers of that section are through for this season. Jesse G. Badger, representing the Irrigon Producers Co-operative as sociation, was a Heppner business visitor yesterday. Daily deliveries of the association s products are now being made to Heppner by truck. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to take this means of expressing our sincere appreciation of the many kindnesses and thoughtfulness shown us during the recent severe illness of Mrs. Jones. The many Inquiries from our friends were to us an expres sion of their interest, and very wel come, while the gifts of flowers were tokens of friendships which we value highly. We are Indeed grateful. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jones. For Sale Two purebred male German shepherd pups, $-5 each. Mrs. Werner Rietmann, lone. 21-22p. WOOL HON INCREASE STEADY Small Jump This Year Due to Light Fleeces ; Other Market News. (Seymour Jones, State Market Agent) Production of wool in the United States has shown a material In crease during the last seven years. While the 302 million pounds of wool shorn in 1929 was only 1 per cent above 1928 it was about 20 mil lion pounds above 1927, and about 80 million pounds, or 36 per cent above 1922, the last low point In United States production. The small increase in wool shorn this year was due to the lighter average weight of fleeces. The number of sheep shorn was four per cent lar ger than in 1928. Consumption of wool by reporting mills in the Uni ted States', according to the bureau of the census for the period of January-June, 1929, amounted to 292 million pounds, grease equival ent This was 28 million pounds greater than the total for the same period of 1928, and about 26 million pounds larger than the 5-year aver age for the same period. Consump tion in June 1929 was three million pounds larger than in June 1928. Stabilizing Wheat Market The Federal Farm board receiv ed many insistent appeals last week to buy up the surplus wheat and store it in order to stabilize the market and stop the speculative gambling and uncertainty, but the board declined and decided to await the perfecting of the machinery of the Farmers' National Grain Mar keting corporation, which is design 8d to handle such emergency. The board also announced: "If the. far mers can be induced to hold back their shipments past the congestion period, the effect of stabilizing will be accomplished and the farmers generally will be benefitted by the slower marketing movement" New Wheat Being Sold. The wheat raisers of the Willam ette valley are selling their new grain to the mills and warehouses more generally this season than in past years. The uncertainties of the last year have made them doubtful about holding over for bet ter prices and they are accepting the $1.18 to $1.20 per bushel which is now prevailing. Considerable wheat has been coming into Port land the past several days by trucks and a large percentage of the farm ers through Washington and Yam hill counties are selling instead of storing their grain. Defeating the Extra Pay. The suit brought by W. A. Jones of Macleay, master of the Marion county Pomona Grange, to enjoin the secretary of state and the state treasurer from paying the members of the legislature $5 a day expense money, was decided last week by Judge L. H. McMahan of Salem. who held that the resolution author izing the payment of such sum was invalid and unlawful. It is doubtful if an appeal will be taken. Rogue Kiver Pear Crop Good. Rogue River valley fruit growers will reap rich returns this year, ac cording to assistant freight traffic manager Mulchay of the Southern Pacific, who says that Bartlett pears will bring $80 to $90 a ton and there will be 18.000 tons of them in the valley. Of these and other var ieties of pears it is expected there will be 4600 carloads to ship. Rust-Resisting Wheat The Oregon Grange Bulletin says that the Canadian department of agriculture has developed a wheat which can resist rust, but seed will not be available In large quantities for two or three years, though it is expected that eventually the rust resisting wheat will save Canadian producers millions of dollars every year. Japan on Modern Lines. Authentic reports Indicate that cooperative societies are developing in Japan at a rapid rate. It is said that there are over 14.000 coopera tive associations with a membership of about 4,000,000. DEVIN-HIATT. A quiet wedding was solemnized at the Methodist parsonage in this city on Saturday evening, the con tracting parties being Harlan Dev in, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Devln, and Irene Hiatt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hiatt, all of this city, Rev. F. R. Spaulding per forming the ceremony. Intimate friends only of the bride and bride groom were present The young couple took a short honeymoon trip to Pendleton and other nearby points, and they will make their home in this city. Mr. Devln was a graduate the past year of Hepp ner high school and Mrs. Devln was also a student of the local school. At present Mr. Devin is employed with the surveys on county road work and has a place evenings with the Star theater. They are popular young people of this city. TAKE MAJESTIC AGENCY. Latourell Auto company have added the Majestic line to their radio agencies, making announce ment of the new models in this is sue of the Gazette Times. C. W. Barlow, In charge of the radio div ision of the company, says the new Majestic sets are hard to beat in their price range and believes they will prove popular with Morrow county people.