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Volume 47, Number 18.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 17, 1930.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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LIS WANT WATER
FQRSWIMMINGPOOL
Sanction Irrigation Ban
Two Periods a Week
For Purpose.
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Guest Tells of Gathering Wheat
Handling Data; W. C. Howard
Early School Head.
The American Legion swimming
pool ia of major importance to life
in Heppner these hot days, is the
belief of the Lions club who Mon
day voted unanimously in favor of
discontinuing irrigation two periods
a week in order that the tank may
be kept filled. This action was tak
en following an explanation by
Spencer Crawford, chairman of the
Legion swimming pool committee,
of why there was no water in the
tank Monday.
The tank must be drained and re
filled once a week in order to keep
the water in fit condition for swim
ming. Arrangements had been
made with the city water departr
ment to do this Sunday night, turn
ing the water from the lead main
directly into the tank as soon as the
city reservoirs were filled. It so
happened Sunday night after the
tank was drained that the reser
voirs did not fill in time to get any
water, so the tank remained dry
Monday. To assure getting water
for the tank the irrigation ban for
two -periods a week, which after
this week will be Sunday evenings
and Monday mornings, was asked.
Paul M. Gemmell, chairman of the
committee having in charge selec
tion of Miss Heppner, told of the
success of the "local pageant and
plans for her participation in the
state pageant held at Portland yes
terday as part of the Northwest
Lions frolic at Jantzen beach. Plans
for her Portland appearance, as well
as that of other entries from over
the state, Include a reception Tues
day evening, participation in the
pageant Wednesday and banquet
Wednesday evening. Miss Heppner
is being accompanied to Portland
by her mother, Mrs. F. H. Wehmey
er and Mrs. Paul M. Gemmell. Ex
penses of Miss Heppner and chap
erone are paid by the Lions club.
Mr. Gemmell stated the belief that
the advertising to be gained from
participation in the pageant would
mean much to Heppner. Should
Miss Heppner be so fortunate as to
be picked as Miss Oregon, she will
be entitled to participate in the In
ternational Pageant of Pulchritude
to be held August 4 and 5 at Gal
veston, Texas, with all expenses
paid, he said.
F L. Gaston, from the University
of Idaho agricultural experiment
station, was a guest at the meeting.
He told briefly of his work which
brought him to the county, with
two other men, to gather data on
various methods of handling wheat.
After the data is assembled it will
be compiled and analyzed for the
purpose of advising farmers in the
various wheat raising sections as to
the best handling method for each
section.
W. C. Howard, pioneer school tea
cher and one-time superintendent of
Heppner schools, another guest at
Monday's luncheon, congratulated
the club on its worthy work. He
was head of the Heppner schools at
the time a hand bell was used to
call the children to classes, and In
his 33 years of teaching, he said the
most outstanding time of all was
when he was In the Heppner school.
At that time the bond issue which
provided funds for the building of
the old schoolhouse on the hill was
passed through the industry of Hen
ry Heppner, the city's god-father,
who, in the face of strong opposi
tion headed the fight to put it
across. That Mr. Heppner's inter
est was humanitarion was indicated
by the fact that he himself had no
children to educate.
That interest in Lioniem In Hepp
ner Is being maintained is shown
by the large attendance at meetings
during the summer. Earl Hallock,
secretary, announced that at least
one member has been added to the
roster each month since the club's
Inception. Last month there were
ten, and so far In July one new
member has been received.
Miss Heppner Introduced
To Pendletonians Friday
Miss Heppner, In the person of
Miss Alma Wehmcyer, who repre
sented this city In the state finals
of the International Pageant of
Pulchritude at Portland yesterday,
was presented at Pendleton Friday
night through the courtesy of the
Pendleton Lions club. Her appear
ance was made at the Rlvoll thea
ter in connection with a Lions pro
gram sponsored by the Pendleton
club and given through the courtesy
of the theater management.
Miss Heppner's appearance was
made In bathing attire, and was
greeted with hearty applause. A
number of local people were present
for the occasion.
Mrs, M. A. Leach of Pendleton, ac
companied by her children, Jane
and Jimmlo, visited at the home of
Mis. Leach's sister, Mrs. A. D. Mc
Murdo, the first of the week.
EIGHT MILE CLUBS
PRESENT PROGRAM
Achievement Day Draws Good Au
dience; Fire at F raters
Home Causes Delay.
At Eight Mile schoolhouse on Sat
urday evening the Poultry club, Mrs.
Floyd Worden, leader, and the Nim
ble Finger Sewing club, Miss Alena
Redding, leader, presented their
achievement day program to a fair
sized audience. It is reported that
he audience would have been larger
but for the excitement caused by
the burning of the farm residence of
Frank Fraters, which event oc
curred just prior to the hour for the
program at the schoolhouse, caus
ing delay in starting. Visitors at
tending from Heppner were County
Agent Smith, Superintendent of
Schools Rodgers, and County Nurse
Stallard. A representative of the
United States Navy, Vernon C.
Brown, was also present, and each
of these had a place on the program.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Boyd Redding, and
the first number on the program
was the flag salute, joined in by the
audience, followed by the Achieve
ment song, motto and pledge, and
reports, given by Myrtle Green and
Jean Adkins; song, "Our Club Will
Shine."
Mrs. Rodgers gave a talk on club
work, Miss Stallard spoke of health
work in communities and Mr. Smith
presented club work and judging.
The club yell, ' America, Twas fol
lowed by a sewing demonstration,
hemming a tea towel, by Edna Lov
gren and Nola Keithley. Song,
"Cheer, Cheer, Cheer," and yell,
"Hail," preceded a poultry demon
stration on culling chickens, pre
sented by Myrtle Green, Leah Ad
kins and Gordon Akers. Vernon C.
Brown then entertained with a des
cription of his travels and exper
iences as a member of the U. S.
navy with the battleship Maryland.
Then followed a social hour of
games and refreshments.
Former Resident Here
Passes at Joseph Home
From the Joseph Herald we have
the following account of the passing
of Mrs. Lydia Baker, who was for
many years a resident of Heppner
prior to her going to Wallowa
county:
Funeral services for Mrs. Lydia
Baker, who died at her home in Jo
seph Tuesday morning, July 8, will
be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from the Methodist church, with
Rev. S. E. Smutz officiating. In
terment will be in Prairie creek
cemetery.
Although Mrs. Baker had been
unwell for some time, she had been
seriously ill and under the doctor's
care for only about a month.
Lydia M. Kirk was born at Kirks-
ville, Missouri, January 11, 1862, and
died in Joseph at her home Tuesday,
July 8, 1930, at the age of 68 years,
five months and 27 days.
Mrs. Baker, who was one of a
family of 14 children, crossed the
plains with her parents in a covered
wagon when but a small child. The
family settled near Heppner. There
she was married June 11, 1879, to
James C. Dodson. They resided in
Heppner until about 1887 when they
removed to Wallowa county.
Mr. Dodson passed away at Walla
Walla, Wash., on July 17, 1919, and
on August 29, 1922. Mrs. Baker was
married to John Baker at Joseph
where they resided until Mr. Ba
ker's death on February 21, 1930.
Mrs. Baker leaves to mourn her
death, three sons, Arthur, Willie
and Delbert Dodson; two daughters,
Mrs. Mabel Stone of Joseph and
Mrs. Audrey Coleman of Enter
prise; three sisters, Mrs. Fannie
Howard, Mrs. Zula Lee of Junction
City, Mrs. Leathey Hendricks of
Homestead, and two brothers, John
T. Kirk of Vernonla and George
Kirk of Hardman, Oregon.
Mrs. Baker had one daughter,
Amy, the eldest of her children, who
passed away when she was 11 years
of age.
The entire community extend
their sympathy to the family during
their bereavement.
10 Cent Gasoline Has
Short Life in Heppner
Gasoline was flowing freely at 10
cents a gallon in Heppner last
Thursday evening when the first ef
fects of the gas war raging over
the entire Pacific coast were
brought here through the pumps of
Vaughn & Goodman at the Hepp
ner garage. A limited supply was
available for sale at this price and
they were sold out early Friday, lo
cal people being quick to take ad
vantage of the drop from 23 cents.
Other service station owners fol
lowed suit and obtained limited
quantities for sale at a lower price,
this being trucked in barrels from
the outside as supply plants of oil
companies operating locally main
tained their former price to service
stations. Saturday, gas was selling
at 16 cents, and Sunday a supply of
"red" gas was retailing at 20 cents.
When pumps were again supplied
In the old order Sunday the price
came back to 25 cents.
CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY.
Work of construction was begun
the first of the week on the new gas
station being erected by the Stand
ard Oil company on the Ashbaugh
corner on Main street. Forms for
the foundation are being placed and
work will soon proceed on the su
perstructure. T. G. Denlsse has the
contract.
OUTLOOK GIVEN FOR
FALL SOWN WHEAT
Curtailment of Planting
Forseen ; Two Measures
Advised Farmers.
(The farm marketing service of Ore
gon State Agricultural college sends
out the following Information on the
market outlook for wheat to be planted,
in circular No. 15 entitled "Agricultur
al Situation and Outlook," under date
of July 10, 1930. In the preparation of
this statement liberal use was made of
Information contained in a report enti
tled ' The World Wheat Outlook" pre
pared by the Federal Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics and released on July
3, 1930, a copy of which may be secured
upon request, at the college.)
Farmers are now concerned
bout the market outlook for wheat
to be sown this fall for harvest In
1931, and to be marketed during the
1931-32 marketing year. Because It
takes time to plan and modify sys
tems of farming to meet changes in
marketing conditions, they are also
interested in the long-time outlook.
The world supply of wheat for
the next twelve months will likely
total about the same as during the
past twelve months, but some In
crease in demand may occur, and
prices should recover somewhat
from the present low levels. The
world supply to be marketed during
the 1931-32 year will depend much
as usual, upon the average of yields,
although some contraction of acre
age in some part of the world may
result from the present low prices.
It is unlikely that yields In export
ing countries will be so large as In
1928 or so low as in 1929.
Because the exportable surpluses
of wheat from Canada, Argentina,
Australia and the Balkan countries
are expected to continue to Increase,
and Russia may again become a
large exporter of wheat during the
next seven years, world prices for
wheat within the next seven years
are expected to average lower than
during the past seven years. De
mand will likely increase about In
proportion to the increase in popu
lation, with the upward trend fast
est in the Orient and in other coun
tries outside of North America, Eu
rope and Australia.
United States wheat growers
must be prepared to meet increas
ingly severe conditions In Interna
tional trade. Lower world prices af
fect not only the prices for hard
red winter, durum and the wheats
of the Pacific Northwest of which
we produ.ee an exportable surplus,
but also the prices of soft red win
ter and hard red spring wheats of
which we ordinarily produce only
about enough for domestic demands.
While premiums over export values
are ordinarily obtainable in our do
mestic markets for the last named
kinds of wheat, because of competi
tion from the substitution of surplus
kinds of wheat, the amount of the
premiums and the price is only part
ly determined by the supply of them.
Two major suggestions are being
made by the Federal Farm board
and the United States department
of agriculture: (1) That wheat
growers individually seek further to
reduce the cost per bushel of pro
ducing wheat, and (2) that collec
tively they should adjust the acre
age downward to bring the total
United States crop more nearly In
line with domestic requirements.
Educational and organization work
under the personal direction of
Chairman Legge of the Federal
Farm board and Secretary Hyde of
the department of agriculture Is
now In progress in the hard red
winter wheat states.
Wheat Handling Data
Is Gathered in County
Morrow county farms are being
visited this week by a group of out
side men for the purpose of gather
ing cost and efficiency data on the
various ways of handling wheat for
market. The survey is being con
ducted throughout the northwest
and when the data has been obtain
ed it will be compiled and analyzed
for the purpose of advising farmers
of the best method of handling In
each section. At present the men
have no recommendations to make
in regard to bulk vs. sack handling
of grain. The survey is being made
by the U. S. department of agricul
ture, bureau of economics, in co
operation with northwest states.
Included in the party are Neil W.
Johnson, representative of the de
partment of agriculture; Gordon
Klemgard, interested farmer repre
senting the state of Washington,
and T. L. Gaston from, the Univer
sity of Idaho agricultural experi
ment station. Mrs. Johnson and
Mrs. Klemgard are accompanying
their husbands.
CALIFORNIA VISITORS HERE.
Mr. anr Mrs. Horace L. Olden of
Los Angeles have been visitors in
this section during the past two
weeks. Mr. Olden is an uncle of
H. M. and Grant Olden and Mrs. A,
A. McCabe, of Rhea creek, and he
and Mrs. Olden have enjoyed their
visit with these relatives very much.
They are leaving on the return jour
npy south this week.
WAT Kit METERS HERE.
The city water department re
ceived a shipment of the new meters
the first of the week. The work of
Installing the machines will proceed
as speedily as possible, the council
having let the contract for the boxes
to T. O. Denlsse, who is busily en
gaged In getting them out.
Winners In Lions'
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. MISS AXtMA WEHMEYEB
who won first place In the Lions Inter
national Beauty pageant at Star Thea
ter last Wednesday, and who was en
tered in the state finals for the title
of Miss Oregon at Portland yesterday.
Final Wheatland Game
Here Won by Condon
Heppner had the satisfaction of
leading in the first two innings of
the last scheduled game of the
Wheatland league season to be play
ed on the looal fl d, when they
crossed bats with Condon Sunday.
One run in the first Inning and two
in the second gave them their lead
and constituted their entire scoring
for the day. Condon made one run
in the second inning. In the fourth
they stepped into the lead with four
additional markers; and two more
in the fourth, two in the fifth, one
in the sixth and one In the ninth
the latter a home run by Bud Fisk
gave them the game 11-3.
Robertson relieved Aune in the
box In the fifth and Hake went in
to receive him. As each team had
but nine men in uniform there was
no change in the batting lineup,
Aune taking Robertson's berth at
second base, E. Palmer relieving
Hake at third and M. Palmer going
into right pasture for his brother.
The wind-up of the league season
next Sunday when Heppner plays
at Arlington, will not affect Hepp
ner's secure position in the cellar.
Arlington had half a game lead over
Wasco for top position before last
Sunday's games, in which Arlington
played lone and Wasco played Fos
sil. The half game difference was
caused by a tie between Heppner
and Wasco, which may necessitate
a play-off game between the teams
to decide the pennant winner. Re
turns from outside games were not
had at this writing.
Box score and summary for Sun
day's game follows:
HEPPNER BR HO A E
B. Bleakman, s 4 0 2 2 5 0
L. Turner, m 4 10 10 0
Aune. p-2 - 4 0 1 4 3 1
Li. Bleakman, 1 4 U 0 9 1 2
Robertson, 2-p 4 0 0 3 7 0
Hake, 3-c 4 113 2 2
Ferguson. 1 4 0 0 1 0 0
M. Palmer, c-r 4 10 3 12
E. Palmer, r-3 3 0 110 0
Totals 35 3 6 27 19 7
CONDON BR HO A E
B. Fisk. s 6 2 2 0 4 1
J. Bnker, m 6 2 4 0 0 0
Ashenfelter, 2 6 2 3 0 6 0
Board. 3 5 1114 1
P. Fisk, c 5 2 2 6 0 1
Hollen. 1 6 113 0 0
Clow, p 4 1 2 0 7 0
Hecker, 1 6 0 1 16 0 0
Hess, r 6 0 2 1 0 0
Totals 47 11 18 27 20 3
Earned runs, Heppner 2. Condon 7;
first base on balls off Aune 2; left on
bases, Heppner B, Condon 11; first base
on errors. Heppner 2, Condon 3; two
base hits. Hake. Clow; home run. Bud
Fisk; struck out by Clow 6. by Aune 3,
by Robertson 3; double play, D. Bleak
inun to Robertson.
ENJOYED MOUNTAIN CLIMB.
Rev. Stanley Moore and cousin,
Robert Lower, and Theodore Thom
son returned on Monday from their
trip to Hood River, from which
point they joined the American Le
gion hike up Mount Hood which be
gnn Friday and ended Saturday.
There were 135 in the party making
the ascent to the mountain summit,
and in point of time the trip was a
record breaker. Mr. Moore and
party remained over Sunday for a
trip to Elliott glacier, taking In the
ski races and having a view of the
vast crevasses at this point. Mon
day time was taken off for a visit
to Lost lako and a swim in that
beautiful body of water. Mr. Moore
reports thnt they met Phillip Von
Lubken at Mt. Hood. He Is a govern
ment ranger there this summer. The
family of Puul Marble was also at
Tlllie Jane camp on Sunday night,
on the first lap of their vacation
trip.
Beauty Pageant
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Left Miss Delia Ulrich, second place
winner in local pageant, and right, Miss
Ella Fell, winner of third place.
Thomas Brennan Funeral
Here Monday Afternoon
Funeral services for the late
Thomas Brennan were held on Mon
day afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the
hall of Heppner Lodge No. 69, A.
F. & A. M., with interment follow
ing at Masonic cemetery. The beau
tiful burial service of the order was
used, and prayer, scripture reading
and a short but appropriate address
were given by Rev. Glen P. White,
pastor of the Methodist church.
Mr. Brennan passed away Satur
day afternoon at the Masonic home
in Forest Grove, death following
shortly after a severe paralytic
stroke. It was his request that his
body be sent back to Heppner for
burial and that the funeral services
be conducted by his home lodge.
Thomas Brennan was a native of
Cork, Ireland, and came to America
when but a mere lad. On arriving
here he joined the U. S. navy and
served out an enlistment He was a
blacksmith by trade and specialized
in horseshoeing. Coming to Hepp
ner some 35 years ago he worked
for a time in the shop of "Pap" Si
mons, and later set up business for
himself, carrying on until a break
came in his health. He had been
cared for at the Masonic home for
a little over a year. During his res
idence in Heppner Mr. Brennan had
been a member of various fraternal
orders, among them the Knights of
Pythias, Elks and different branches
of Masonry. He served as secretary
of the local Elks lodge for nine
years and was a past master of
Heppner Masonic lodge. He left no
relatives in this country, so far as
is known by his friends. He was
aged 66 years.
MEN RECEIVE FINES.
Two men brought to Heppner on
Saturday evening from Boardman
by Deputy Sheriff Guy Barlow, were
arraigned in the court of Justice
Huston on Monday. They gave the
names of I. S. Irons and George
Bell, and were from Vancouver,
Wash. Having mixed up with some
bootleg booze, the men were run in
at Boardman and were so obstrep
erous in the court of Justice Blay
den as to be unmangeable, and that
official remanded them to the coun
ty jail at Heppner. Irons was
charged with driving a car on the
highway while intoxicated, and also
with assault on the person of J. F.
Barlow. He pleaded guilty to the
assault charge and received a fine
of $10.00. On the other charge he.
was held to the grand jury. Bell
entered a guilty plea to the charge
of using obscene and profane lan
guage on the highway, and his fine
was assessed at $10.00.
From what developed at the hear
ing, the two men had secured a bot
tle of white mule from a bootlegger
in the vicinity of The Dalles, and by
the time they had arrived at a point
near Castle Rock on the Columbia
river highway where the car was
run to tho side of the road, the
"pizen" was becoming very effective.
They decided to get the car back
on the highway again, so sent to
Boardman for the wrecker to pull
them on, and it was following this
that the assault was made on Mr.
Barlow, and the men were taken
Into custody by Guy Barlow. The
men claimed to be on their way to
Umatilla county to seek work in the
harvest fields.
EFISCOFAL CHURCH.
Rev. B. Stanley Moore, Misslon-ary-ln-Charge.
Holy communion at 8:00 o'clock.
Church school at 9:45.
Morning prayer and sermon at
11:00.
The Young Peoples Fellowship
hold their outdoor meeting this Sun
day. Everybody to meet at the rec
tory at 2 00 o'clock.
l!o ye nil of one mind, having
compassion one of another, love as
brethren, be pitiful, be courteous.
I Peter, 3:8.
J. O. Turner and Bobby Turner
drove to Salem on Sunday with a
truck each to bring the J. O. Tur
ner household goods to Heppner.
They returned on Monday evening.
LOCAL PLUNGE
GIVEN BOOST
IW Cross Swimming Instructor
Praises Equipment and Advan
tages of Legion P00L
By PAUL R. LAFFERTY,
Red Cross Instructor in Charge of
Legion Plunge.
For any town to exist and grow
it must not only have its economic
posibilities, but to make people sat
isfied, content and permanently set
tied, it must also have its social and
recreational attractions. I cannot
think of a greater social attraction
for the town of Heppner, situated
as it Is in one of the drier parts of
the state, than the fine swimming
tank that it can very proudly boast
In this athletic age everyone has
a sport that they closely follow for
pleasure and exercise. Witness the
growth of golf and tennis but
swimming always has been and al
ways will be one of the greatest and
most universal sports of all. Most
universal because it takes no match
ed set of equipment to acquire pro
ficiency. Greatest because young
and old, good swimmers and only
fair swimmers, obtain the same
amount of enjoyment and relaxa
tion from the sport, regardless of
whether they are topnotchers or not.
Swimming is also best suited to the
average majority as it is the only
sport in which a person can obtain
complete relaxation and yet exer
cise every muscle in the body.
Swimming should not only be con
sidered from the standpoint of
pleasure and physical merit but also
from the standpoint that every good
swimmer is capable of doing a real
service to his fellow men in time of
emergency. Witness the fine and
widespread program of the Red
Cross in teaching and promoting
life-saving work. To my mind a
person who can so fit and prepare
himself that in time of quick act
ing and great need he can lay aside
his own duties or pleasures and
save another from drowning, is cer
tainly a fine type of person and a
real American citizen.
Regarding the equipment and the
sanitation of the Heppner swim
ming tank. Facilities for learning
to swim are very good, as it is a
large 60 by 40 cement tank with
graduated depths from 2 feet to
8 feet, and has a special crib all
marked off for beginning swim
mers. For experienced swimmers it
has a low spring board and a high
spring board, both in fine condition.
The water comes from the new ar
tesian" well, goes into the tank at
65 degrees and is soon warmed by
the sun to around 72. The water is
very clear, making for safe and en
joyable swimming. The water is
changed every Sunday night 6:00
to 8:00, and the tank is cleaned and
refilled for Monday classes. Sam
ples of the tank water are sent each
week to the State Board of Health
for analysis, and all persons dis
eased in any way are barred from
use of the tank. So the sanitary
factor is well and rigidly taken care
of.
The following classes have been
organized and very well attended
during the past week: Children's be
ginner class from 10 to 12 every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
morning. Women's beginner class
from 4:30 to 6 every Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday afternoon. Men's
beginner class tentatively from 6
to 7 Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day evenings. Mrs. Harold Cohn, a
very excellent local swimmer, has
consented to help with beginners'
classes. This increases the effec
tiveness, and affords more oppor
tunity for personal attention. Red
Cross life saving classes are to start
immediately as soon as those who
are interested will register. Through
arrangement with the local Red
Cross chapter there is no extra
charge for instruction in swimming
or life saving.
Lockers, equipment, tank and
program all compare very favorably
with other civic tanks throughout
the state mostly located In much
larger towns than Heppner. So, for
a small organization, the compara
tively small group of men In the
American Legion, to erect and main
tain such a public and civic attrac
tion as the Heppner swimming pool,
it is certainly a very commendable
project, and should go a long way
in making Heppner a much larger,
better known and more enjoyable
place In which to live.
GIDEONS VISIT HOTEL.
Forty Gideon Bibles have been
placed in the rooms of Hotel Hepp
ner through the courtesy of Al Ran
kin, manager, as a result of a recent
request by this nationally known
organization. Manager Rankin con
siders this recognition by the Gid
eons as a tribute to his hostelry,
since their work usually does not
extend into towns the size of Hepp
ner. DEPARTS FOR OLD HOME.
After spending a few days In
Heppner closing up her business af
fairs, Mrs. Nettie Flower Licuallen
departed Saturday night for her old
home in Iowa, where she contem
plates remaining with slaters resid
ing near Council Bluffs. Mrs. Lieu
allen had just recently returned
from the east via. California where
she enjoyed a visit with her chil
dren living In that state.
Mrs. Mary A. Adkins accompanied
the family of Will Dutton to Port
land today, and from that point Mrs.
Adkins will go on to Oakdale, Calif.,
for a visit at the home of Mr. and
VV. L. Houston. She expects to be
gone for several weeks.
L
00K FOR FARM
End 1930-31 Period May
Find More Equitable
Adjustment.
"The present business recession
began about a year ago, but Its oc
currence was not generally recog
nized until some months later," says
circular No. 15 issued by Oregon
State Agricultural college and deal
ing with the agricultural situation
and outlook under date of July 10,
1930. "Now the question is being
asked: when are conditions likely
to improve?" It continues:
Fourteen other business recessions
have occurred in the United States
during the past 45 years. Ten of
these lasted from 12 to 15 months
from the peak of prosperity to the
bottom of the recession, and 3 over
15 months. Some well informed ob
servers think that the present reces
sion has about reached bottom.
Prices paid to farmers vary most
ly with supply, but demand condi
tions also affect prices for farm pro
ducts. It is estimated that the de
mand for farm products in general
has been reduced 10 to 15 per cent
because of the curtailed buying
power in the United States and
abroad. It is pointed out that the
general level of farm prices recent
ly has been about 10 per cent less
than last year, although marketings
have been about 5 per cent less. An
unofficial preliminary estimate Indi
cates a decline of 15 per cent in
cash receipts for farm products dur
ing the 1930-31 marketing year
compared to the 1929-30 year.
This reduction in farm income
has reduced the farmers' purchas
ing power. The ratio between pri
ces received by farmers and prices
paid by farmers has recently been
the most unfavorable to farmers
since the business recession follow
ing the World war. The present
business recession has not affected
the prices farmers have to pay for
the goods they usually buy, to any
great extent although there has
been a general decline in wholesale
commodity prices.
The following summary para
graphs from the 1930 Agricultural
Outlook report prepared last Jan
uary by the Federal Bureau of Ag
ricultural Economics with e as
sistance of representatives from 45
state agricultural colleges and the
Federal Farm board, remains of In
terest: '
"In view of the decline in domes
tic business activity from the high
level attained in the summer of 1929
to the low prevailing at present the
remainder of the 1929 production
will be marketed under domestic
demand conditions materially less
favorable than those of the first
part of the season. The domestic
market may improve later In the
year, but it is not likely that the
demand for farm products in the
summer and fall of 1930 will be as
good as that which prevailed during
the summer and fall of 1929. It is
quite probable that during the first
half of 1931 the demand for farm
products will be materially better
than it now promises to be during
the first half of 1930, but it is doubt
ful If it will reach the high level of
demand that prevailed during the
first half of 1929.
"Despite the increasing foreign
competition, the foreign demand for
our agricultural products of 1930 is
likely to be better on the whole
than dufing the rather depressed
situation encountered abroad by our
products of 1929. In the first half
of the 1930-31 marketing season, for
eign demand may be less than It
was for the first half of the 1929-30
season, but is likely to improve as
the season advances and be con
siderably better during the last half
of the 1930-31 season than in the
corresponding period of the present
season."
RETURN FROM CAJUFORNLA.
Mr. and Mrs. Vawter Crawford
reached home Friday evening after
a stay of a month In California
where they visited at the homes oft
their sons, Arthur of San Francisco
and Wm. V. in Oakland. Going
south, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford left
Heppner on June 9th, being accom
panied by Mrs. W. V. Crawford and
two daughters whom they delivered
safe and sound to Mr. Crawford at
Oakland, where the family expects
to reside In the future. The return
trip was made by way of the Red
wood highway to Grants Pass,
thence to Klamath Falls for a short
visit with Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Craw
ford, and where they were joined by
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ferguson
in a trip to Crater Lake, parting
with them at Eugene and coming
on to Heppner over the McKenzlo
highway. They report enjoying
their visit and the automobile Jour
ney. CONTESTANTS RECOGNIZED.
Miss Alma Wehmeyer, who ap
peared as Miss Heppner In the state
division of the International Pag
eant of Pulchriture at Portland yes
terday, was given a charming beach
coat by the Curran Millinery shop.
All the contestants In the local pa
geant were given complimentary
pusses to the Star theater for a
month by B. G. Slgsbee, manager.
Mrs. M. C. Twist, state field nurse
from the Oregon State Hoard of
Health, was In tho county the first
of the week working with Miss Ed
ith Stallard, county nurse.