SOCIETY
REGON HISTORICAL
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PORTLAND. ORE-
Volume 47, Number 19.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 24, 1930.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
MC KINNEY
SURVEY
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County Obtaining Rights
Of Way; Standard 24
Foot Width Likely.
new work Started
Six Miles of Heppner-Spray Road
To be Graded This Year; Crew
To Include SO Men.
Two days were spent this week by
Judge R. L. Benge and Commission
ers George Bleakman and Ernest
Heliker in company with state mar
ket road engineer, J. E. Scott, in
going over a portion of the Heppner-Spray
road. The object of the
trip was to get more Information
regarding a new survey that is ex
pected to be made by the state high
way engineers in the near future. It
is expected that a number of
changes will be made from the pre
sent line of the road, and It is un
derstood by the county officials that
when this new survey is made the
road will be laid out on the state
standard, the grading to call for a
24-foot road bed.
These changes will occur in the
road from McKinney creek to
where the road strikes Chapin
creek, and will call for the securing
of new rights of way by the county.
This work has been progressing,
and Judge Benge states that the
court anticipates no trouble in get
ting the deeds signed up.
The interest being manifested by
the state highway department in
this project at this time is quite en
couraging to the county officials,
and causes them to express the hope
that the road may be completed at
an earlier date than heretofore an
ticipated. The county had agreed
to go ahead with the completion of
the road from McKinney creek to
Hardman on a three-year program.
One year of this has already passed,
but it is fully expected that the
work proposed by the county will
be completed, and from present in
dications there will be no delay
caused by any action of the state
department; In fact it would appear
that they are moving to speed up
the work.
The contractors on the work of
grading a portion of the highway
for the U. S. bureau of public roads
are now setting up camp prepara
tory to starting operations. C. F.
Rhodes, Medford, who has the con
tract, arrived In the city Monday
evening and went out on the road
Tuesday morning in company with
George Hood, Grants Pass, who is
building the camp. The work was
held up for a time due to a flaw in
the contract which necessitated the
papers being returned to Washing
ton, D. C, for correction. C. S.
Norris, government engineer, Is in
charge of the survey work, and he
and M. H. Milner, assistant engin
eer, have been on the job since last
Friday.
The contract calls for grading six
miles of road connecting with the
south end of the completed stretch
In the forest. Machinery is expected
on the ground in ten days when a
crew of thirty men will be put to
work.
Three Candidates Visit
Morrow Committeeman
With the nomination meeting of
the republican state central com
mittee scheduled at Portland to
morrow, would-be nominees have
been active the past week and S. E.
Notson, county committeeman, has
been barraged with literature and
calls on behalf of many candidacies.
Thos. B. Kay, state treasurer, was
the first to put in a personal ap
pearance, calling on Mr. Notson
Saturday. Saturday evening, Mr.
Notson's time was occupied by vis
its from Phil Metschan, Portland,
chairman of the state central com
mittee, and Ralph S. Hamilton,
Bend, president of the state senate.
Mr. Notson has refused to com
mit himself to any candidate, hold
ing that the Portland meeting
should be more in the nature of a
council than of a convention. He
has made no prediction, as to who is
likely to be nominated, and declares
the report In the Oregonian that the
eastern Oregon committeemen
would vote as a unit is a mistake
He expected to leave Heppner cith
er yesterday evening or this morn
ing for Portland.
INSTALL NEW MACHINE.
The Heppner Farmers Elevator
company has just completed instal
lation of an up-to-date bookkeeping
machine which Chas. Swlndlg, man-
agcr, believes will greatly facilitate
handling of the company's business.
A service lady representing the com
pany from which the machine was
purchased, spent several days at tnc
elevator office making the necessary
preparations to put the machine In
to operation.
CARS IN COLLISION.
The cars of Karl Miller of Lex
Ington and Monte Hedwall of Hcpp-
ner collided on the Rhea creek mar
ket road Sunday morning, as they
attempted to pass on a curve. The
Miller car skidded Into the other
machine and both were consider
ably damaged. No injury was re'
ported to the occupants of the cars.
ROUT
$100,000 ADDED
TO FOREST SUM
22 Northwest Districts Will Have
Improvement; Oregon Gets
Large Share.
An increase of $100,000 has been
allotted for 1930 for improvements
on the 22 national forests of Oregon
and Washington, according to re
gional forester C. J. Buck, Portland.
The total set up for 1930-31 for
permanent improvements, outside
of roads and trails, on the national
forests is $200,500. These funds are
to be spent for a variety of pur
poses, such as maintenance and con
struction of telephone lines, fire
lookout houses and towers, ranger
stations, Bremen's shelters and cab
ins, barns, tool houses, water sys
tems, and fences. Material, labor,
and all. details of this construction
work are handled by the forest su
pervisors of the national forests
concerned, and not by the regional
forester in Portland.
The amount will be spent for the
repair and maintenance of existing
structures and also for new con
struction, and the projects are in
the nature of permanent forest im
provements which the U. S. forest
service is developing on the national
forests for better protection and ad
ministration of these public forest
properties. Each of the 22 national
forests in Oregon and Washington
shares in these funds, based on care
fully worked out plans and estim
ates. The approximate amounts by
states are $75,000 for the eight na
tional forests of Washington and
$115,000 for the 14 Oregon national
forests.
Some of the items are, for exam
ple, the maintenance of --, j miles
of tree telephnoe lines, and the
building of 880 miles of new line;
the repair and maintenance of 117
fire lookout houses and towers, and
the construction of 47 new ones; the
building and reconstruction of 92
firemen's cabins and 78 shelters,
barns and tool houses. Regional
forester Buck called special atten
tion to the fact that road and trail
construction and maintenance on
the national forests is carried on
under a separate congressional ap
propriation which is many times
larger than this for protective and
administrative forest improvements.
Covered Wagon Days
To be Round-Up Motif
Pendleton, Ore., July 2S. Linking
in with the plans of the Oregon
Trail Memorial association, the Pen
dleton Round-Up, at its twenty-first
annual exhibition, August 28, 29 and
30, will make special observance of
the one hundredth anniversary of
the covered wagon.
It is particularly fitting that Pen
dleton observe the anniversary, for
the Eastern Oregon city is the home
of hundreds of pioneers who made
the great trek from the east to the
untried west. And so, at the Round-
Up, on the historic hills which form
a background for track and arena,
there will appear a cavalcade of
Indians, and a group of prairie
schooners, typical of covered wagon
days. They will wend their way
slowly down the hillside, appearing
before the thousands who will watch
them from the grandstands, and will
conclude the impressive procession
when they reach the Round-Up
grounds.
Further observance of the covered
wagon centenary will be made at
Happy Canyon, the evening show
of the Round-Up, which is In Itself
an exposition of the coming of the
pioneer. There will be shown the
Indians who roamed the hills and
lifted their voices in savage war
cry; the coming of the white man
and the growth, mushroom-like, of
a frontier village. Finally, the au
dience is admitted into the village
for dancing and for the playing of
games typical of the Old West.
Thinks Fewer Sheep
Will Boost Prices
(Oregon Farmer)
"I believe the sheep business, the
price of mutton and wool, will come
back, at least to some extent, but
we need not expect it to come in a
month or two," says J. J. Kelly of
Heppner. Mr. Kelly points to the
fact that there Is since the first of
January, 1927, an increase of about
250,000 sheep in Oregon, 500,000 In
Montana, and about 5,000,000 in
crease in the United States. The
supply is in excess of the demand,
he says, and there must be a reduc
tion In the numbers before there Is
much increase in prices.
In Nevada and Colorado, Mr. Kel
ly added, in March, 1928, there were
a little more than 700,000 sheep on
feed. In 1929 there were about 1,
000,000, and on March 15 of this
year there were 1,600,000 or 800,000
more than two years ago.
Mr. Kelly recognizes that the
number of unemployed affects the
situation and agrees that until the
Industrial classes are more nearly
all employed conditions will not get
much better. But he expects to stay
with the sheep game and he expects
to see the best sheep men, who have
heavy Investments, continue In the
business. At the same time sonic
wool growers will go broke and quit
and many small flockmasters will
sell out and quit, making fewer
sheep and starting the trend to
ward higher prices.
The Tum-A-Lum paint crew this
week finished putting on a covering
on the county sheds on Main street
and are now at work on the S. E.
Notson residence on Gale street.
GLOBE TROTTERS
REPORTTO LIS
Gay M. Anderson Returns
From International
Convention.
GORDONS ENJOY TRIP
Club Thanked by Miss Heppner and
Chaperone; Heppner-Spray Road
Report Next Week.
Interest of Lions at the noon lun
cheon Monday was centered in re
ports of the "globe trotters," so
styled by President C. L. Sweek.
Gay M. Anderson told of his trip to
the Lions International convention
in Denver last week as the club's
delegate, while Earl W. Gordon re
lated his eastern trip which took
him and Mrs. Gordon to the Elks
convention at Atlantic City and to
many other points of interest. Mr.
Gordon was to have been a dele
gate of the club at Denver, also, but
through a slip-up of the credentials
committee he was not recognized.
Miss Alma Wehmeyer, who repre
sented the city as Miss Heppner at
the state division finals of the Inter
national Pageant of Pulchritude in
Portland last week, was present and
thanked the Lions for sponsoring
her appearance.
P. M. Gemmell thanked the club
on behalf of Mrs. Gemmell for the
fine cooperation and consideration
received from the club while she
was acting as chaperone during
Miss Heppner's Portland appear
ance. Mr. Sweek responded by off
ering thanks to Mrs. Gemmell on
behalf of the club for the excellent
manner in which she handled her
responsibilities. Ellis Thomson fav
ored with a vocal selection, accom
panied at the piano by Miss Jean
ette Turner.
In going to Denver, Mr. Anderson
left Heppner a week ago Friday,
going first to Portland and thence
over the southern route. He joined
a delegation from Portland and Wil
lamette valley points. The Oregon
delegates boarded the California
special train for Denver at Ephrata,
and were honored by having the
train held up ten minutes for them,
besides being accorded a royal re
ception. On the way east stops were
made at Salt Lake City and at the
Grand Canyon of the Arkansas riv
er. Mr. Anderson recited impres
sions of these noted geographical
spots, as well as the Hundred Mile
drive and other points of scenic and
historical interest near Denver. The
convention was reported as one of
the very best in Lions International
history, six foreign countries being
represented. Next year the conven
tion goes to Toronto, Canada. Re
turning, the Oregon delegates took
the Union Pacific route.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon were absent
from the city for a month on the
trip from which they returned last
Thursday. Chicago, Cleveland, Phil
adelphia, Brooklyn, New York City,
Washington, D. C, Alexandria, Va.,
Akron, O., and Atlantic City were
among places of special interest
mentioned by Mr. Gordon. A full
day was spent at Niagara Falls, and
Its many wonders brought forth
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E. L. Reaney Hurt When
Run Over by Machine
Reference was made last week to
the reported serious injuries receiv
ed by E. L. Reaney of .Salem, but
no details were obtained at the time.
Mr. Reaney was injured by being
run over by the spraying outfit with
which he was working in the or
chard. A mule was hitched to the
rig for motive power and the ani
mal became frightened and started
to run. In order to save himself
from being knocked off the machine
by the limb of a tree, Mr. Reaney
jumped and was thrown under the
wheels, the heavy rig passing across
his body. The result was the break
ing of one hip, the breaking and
crushing of the other leg and the
pelvis bone, besides serious cuts on
both legs.
For a time It seemed doubtful
what the result would be, but when
members of the family who were
called to Salem from Lexington re
turned home the end of the week,
Mr. Reaney seemed to be making
satisfactory progress toward recov
ery. MISS GEMMELL HONORED.
Miss Lorna Gemmell, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Gemmell of Helix, and granddaugh
ter of Mrs, Emma Gemmell of this
city, was honored recently by being
named leading lady In the play,
"The Stepmother," presented by stu
dents of the Eastern Oregon Nor
mal school at La Grande July 16.
She was chosen from the more than
200 students who compose the stu
dent body,
MOUNTAIN ROAD IMPROVED.
W. L. McCaleb, roadmaster, re
ports the completion of the new
grade on Jackson hill at the head
of Little Butter creek leading to
north Jones prairie. Mr. McCaleb
considers the Improvement of ma
jor Importance to people using this
road, as the grade before improve
ment was considered dangerous and
light loads only could be hauled
over it
New Lighting System
Installed at Plunge
Lights for the dressing rooms and
flood lights for the tank were In
stalled at the Legion plunge this
week, and a large number of people
have taken advantage of the light
thus provided for night swimming.
Owing to the lack of material but
one light has been placed over the
tank so far, but the installation will
be completed this week end.
The tank will be drained, cleaned
and refilled Sunday, and it is re
uested that townspeople refrain
from irrigating Sunday evening, in
order that there will be sufficient
water for the tank to operate Mon
day. Notices will be put out Satur
day asking the cooperation of the
citizens of the city. It is expected
hereafter that the tank will be
drained every Sunday evening and
that it will be necessary for irriga
tion to be discontinued on that eve
ning. However, if no notices are
circulated, it will be because for
some reason the tank is not to be
drained, and irrigation may be done
as usual.
TARIFF AND THE FARMER.
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde
has taken the platform to defend
the new tariff law with relation to
farming interests. "For agriculture,
the tariff act of 1930 will be a dis
tinct gain," said Secretary Hyde.
"Actually and potentially it increas
es tariff protection for American
farmers. Many of the rates, such
as those on wool, eggs, long staple
cotton and dairy products, will be
generally beneficial. Others will be
of maximum assistance in border
markets and under favorable mar
ket conditions. It can safely be said
that the new act takes a long step
toward parity in tariff protection for
agriculture, and that it affords to
agriculture, so far as law can do so,
a high degree of protection."
L
Wm. R. Poulson writes this office
that he has returned to Eugene
where Mrs. Poulson has been during
the time he was attending summer
school at Seattle. Mr. Poulson says
he had a splendid summer school
session, and expects to return to
Heppner immediately after the first
of August, full of pep for the new
school year, and to make all neces
sary preparations for the opening
of school the first Monday in Sep
tember. Mrs. Poulson has also been
attending school during the summer
vacation.
S. E. Notson departed for Port
land on Wednesday to be in attend
ance at the republican state central
committee meeting. He is state
committeeman for Morrow county
and will assist with the task of
naming a candidate for governor to
take the place made vacant on the
ticket by the death of the late Sen
ator Joseph.
It is reported that some illicit
liquor was found at the livery barn
and residence of H. C. Robertson
on Saturday night when these build
ings were searched by Sheriff Bau
man, Marshal Devin, and E. L. Cox
and Walter Matteson, deputies.
Three quarts and one pint of
"moon" were obtained.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Griffith of Una
laska, Wash., their daughter, Mrs.
Alma Walton, and daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Ben Griffiths of Longview, are
guests this week at the home of Mr.
Griffith's sister, Mrs. Rebecca Pat
terson. Jake was for a number of
years brakeman on the Heppner
branch railroad.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Nlckerson de
parted for Portland the first of the
week for a stay of several days.
During their absence their daugh
ter, Miss Adele, is at the Cecil home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd, while
Frances is spending the time at
Hidaway springs with friends.
Parties who may be Interested in
the various pieces of real estate be
longing to Arthur Smith in Hepp
ner, should take notice that same
will likely be sold by our auctioneer,
Mr. Bennett, at an early date, an
nouncement of which will be made
later. ARTHUR SMITH. 19-lt.
Chas. W. Smith, county agent,
drove to the Lone Rock ranch of
J. B. Huddleston on Tuesday to at
tend to some work in connection
with his office. He was accompan
ied by the Misses Anna Wightman
and Isabel Dutton and Dick Wight
man. , Miss Evelyn Humphreys accom
panied her sister, Miss Leta Hum
phreys, to Eugene on Wednesday
and will spend a few days in that
city before returning to her Hepp
ner home.
W. D. McCully of Joseph, who
represents the Veterans State Aid
commission, was a visitor here on
Tuesday on business connected with
his office.
Mrs. Frank Elder, who spent
some time at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. D. A. Wilson, return
ed to her home In Pendleton on Tu
esday.
W. P. Mahoney, of the First Na
tional bank, departed for Portland
this morning, expecting to spend a
day or two in the city on business.
John Hiatt of the firm of Hiatt &
Dix hns so far recovered from his
recent Indisposition as to be back on
the Job at the store this week.
Harold Cohn motored to Portland
Tuesday to Bpend a day or so In the
city on business.
Combine for Sale Good condi
tion. Inquire Ferguson Motor Co
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NEWS
WHEATLAND FLAG
Locals Finish in Cellar
Losing to Fossil 5-2 in
Wind-up Game.
TURNER HITS HOMER
Long Clout Gives Heppner Tallies;
Lexington All-Stars to Flay
Here Sunday After Next
Wasco has annexed the Wheat
land baseball league pennant for the
second successive season, with the
wind-up of the league season Sun
day, winning from lone 11-7. Hepp
ner's cellar position stands uncon
tested, their lone victory remaining
unchanged with the 5-2 defeat by
Fossil. Arlington, pennant chasers,
finished second by taking the long
end of the 25-10 count from Condon.
The six teams finished in order as
follows: Wasco, Arlington, Fossil,
Condon, lone, Heppner.
While Heppner's percentage of
wins is not impressive, the local
management feels the boys made a
satisfactory showing. The season
was started with a team composed
of young all-home material. Every
game the boys went into was a bat
tle, and they offered a quality of
opposition that gained the respect
of the other teams. It is expected
to keep the team intact for a time
and Manager Ferguson has already
scheduled a post-season game with
Manager Dallas Ward's All-Stars
from Lexington to be played at Ro
deo field a week from Sunday.
Many regulars were missing from
the local line-up that appeared in
Fossil Sunday, and exactly nine men
made the trip. Fossil, also, was
short several regulars. There was
some loose baseball in spots, but as
indicated by the 5-2 score, the game
was not overly one-sided. Aune
was in the box for Heppner, being
received by Louie Allyn who will ap
pear with the Lexington team when
it plays here. This combination
worked quite effectively. D. Bleak-
man was on first, Russ Wright and
Ray Ferguson exchanged between
second and right field, Bobby Tur
ner played short, Jap Crawford
worked at third, while Lowell Tur
ner and Ollie Ferguson took care
of the middle and left field pastures
respectively.
Heppner's two scores came in the
sixth inning when Lowell Turner
knocked a home-run with one on.
He connected with one of Pitcher
Kuss's fast balls, sending It far over
the left fielder's head.
Snake Bites Feared,
But Bugs Real Cause
Two instances of bug bites this
week caused apprehension that the
victims had been bitten by rattle
snakes, and resulted in drastic mea
sures that may not have been alto
gether uncalled for. Leonard
Schwarz, Heppner, and J. G. John
son, Lexington, were the victims.
While working at the slaughter
house near Heppner, Mr. Schwarz
heard a buzz not dissimilar to that
of a rattler, and felt a sting on the
calf of his leg. His first thought
was that he had been bitten by the
dreaded diamond back. Jerking out
his knife he speedily bared the af
fected spot and started to slash the
bite when he noticed but a single
puncture of the skin. No snake was
in evidence, but in the roll of his
boot -he found a strange-looking
bug. He attended to the bite, or
sting, Immediately but It has given
him trouble, the spot swelling and
becoming Infected.
Mr. Johnson was lifting a bunch
of wheat sacks off the ground to
load on a truck at his farm near
Lexington, when his finger was
punctured. He did not consider it
serious, thinking he had run a grain
beard into it. It was quite painful,
however, and he started to the
house to treat it. When he got to
the house the finger was swollen to
twice Its natural size, and he con
cluded to come to Heppner and
consult a doctor. The doctor fear
ed a rattler was responsible and ad
ministered an anti-toxin serum used
to combat snake bite. Mr. Johnson
was more inclined to think that a
scorpion had stung him, as there
was no evidence of a rattlesnake
in the vicinity, but he believes the
doctor's treatment good, none-the-less,
since his finger soon returned
to normalcy and no serious effects
are likely to ensue.
STOCK SHIPMENT MADE.
Saturday night was a busy time
at the local freight yards, when 11
cars of stock were billed out The
shipment consisted of two cars of
cattle by C. W. McNamer of Hepp
ner, five cars of horses by Lewis Ed
dy, and John and Clarence Porter
and J. L. Crater, Long Creek stock
men, four cars of cattle. The stock
all went Into Portland.
SERVICE STATION RISING.
Pouring of concrete for the abut
ments of the new Standard Oil ser
vice station on the corner of Main
and Center streets is now progress
ing under the supervision of T. G.
Denlsse, contractor. It Is expected
the construction work will be com
pleted by August first. P. M. Gem
mell will be in charge of the now
station, it is reported.
OREGON SEED CROP
TESTED AT SCHOOL
Oregon State College Specialist
Finds Few Noxious Weeds in
One of State's Big Crops.
Bachelor buttons, or French pinks
as they are often called, are the
most numerous weed seeds found in
western Oregon crops, and Russian
thistle holds the honors for the east
ern part of the state, at least in the
alfalfa fields, according to Miss Le
tha Bunting of Oregon State col
lege, whose job it is to run purity
and germination tests on Oregon's
$150,000,000 seed crop.
Nearly 2200 such tests were run
for farmers of the state during the
past year, Miss Bunting reports. Of
these, nearly 400 were on Ladino
clover, a crop which is rapidly gain
ing in prominence and popularity
both as a pasture and a seed crop;
250 were on alfalfa, and 200 on red
clover, while the rest were divided
among numerous other kinds. Some
50 germination tests were made on
forestry seeds.
Very few noxious weeds, those
kinds which, if present make the
seed unsalable, are found in Oregon,
says Miss Bunting. Chief among
those which are found Is dodder,
and others are Canada thistle and
quack grass. Other common weed
seeds are usually quite easily clean
ed out of crop seed.
In stressing the Importance of
germination tests, Miss Bunting
stated that various factors, such as
storing conditions, age, and kind of
seed affect the vitality, and that
many seeds, such as the grasses and
corn, do not keep well, often deter
iorating in this respect over winter
if not properly stored. Vetch seed,
on the other hand, retains its ger
minating properties well.
Wheat Good Hog Feed
Says 0. S. C. Specialist
Oregon farmers who have both
wheat and pigs can profitably put
the two together and market pork,
says A. W. Oliver, assistant profes
sor of animal husbandry at Oregon
State college. But, he points out at
the present high prices of hogs it
is doubtful if a profit can be real
ized through buying them just to
consume the wheat
Ground wheat has just about
pound for pound the same feeding
value as barley, the usual feed for
hogs In this region, according to
Oliver, and just now they are about
equal in price. Either of these
feeds is more satisfactory, however,
when supplemented by a protein
food such as skim milk, tankage,
fish meal or buttermilk, as well as
a certain amount of legume hay,
rape, clover or alfalfa pasture to
balance the ration, he says.
"While records of the animal hus
bandry department over the 20-year
period since 1910 show an average
loss of 28 cents per 100 pounds of
wheat fed to hogs over what the
market price would have brought
the ratio is now very favorable for
converting wheat into pork," said
Oliver. "The difficulty is in getting
feeder pigs, since their production
is from 5 to 9 per cent below nor
mal. Some are being shipped to
Oregon from the middle west, but
with even an average crop in the
corn belt demands there are likely
to take care of the hog surplus."
Roger Morse Takes Job
As Extension Specialist
According to Baker Democrat
Herald of Wednesday, Roger Morse,
county agent of Baker county for
the past three years, has been elec
ted extension dairyman at Oregon
State college by the state board of
higher education and will probably
submit his resignation to the county
dourt within a few days. Morse will
take the post made vacant by the
recent death of N. C. Jamison.
Morse is a graduate of Washing
ton State college. He was a county
agent in Wyoming for two years,
then served four years in a similar
capacity at Heppner before going
to Baker three years ago to succeed
Paul Carpenter. He has been out
standingly successful In his work
at Baker. His new duties will take
him to all parts of the state.
HAND IS INJURED.
In stepping from a car while it
was moving at Pendleton last Satur
day afternoon, Gerald Slocum of
this city received a fall which re
sulted in a bad Injury to his hand.
There was a compound fracture, the
bones protruding through the flesh.
Gerald reports that his injuries are
doing as well as could be expected
at this time.
WITHIN HIS MEANS.
An American lawyer was sitting
at his desk one day when a China
man entered.
"You lawyer?" he asked.
"Yes. What can I do for you?"
"How much you charge If one
Chinaman klllum other Chinaman,
to get him off?"
"Oh, about $500 to defend a per
son accused of murder."
Some days later the Oriental re
turned and planked down $500 on
the lawyer's desk.
"All light," he said. "I klllum."
Exchange.
FORCED RESCUE.
"It was grand of you to dive from
that height, fully clothed, to effect
such a magnlccnt rescue," the look
eron declared. "That's all very well,"
snraled the hero, "but what I want
to know Is who pushed me In?"
Halifax Courier.
BUSINESS INSTITUTE
COMING AUGUST G-7
Merchants Get Advantage
Of Courses Conducted
By State Experts.
WIDE FIELD COVERED
Accounting, Retail Credits, Collec
tions, Salesmanship, Advertising
Among Subjects Handled.
Bringing modern methods in good
merchandising, advertising, selling,
window trimming, cost accounting
and checking on bad credit accounts
to merchants of Heppner and neigh
boring towns, the third annual bus
iness institute conducted by the
school of commerce of Oregon State
college and the Oregon Retail Mer
chants association will be held here
Wednesday and Thursday, August
6 and 7.
Local arrangements for the two
days of meetings are in charge of a
committee of merchants consisting
of P. M. Gemmell, John Hiatt Earl
W. Gordon, Chas. Smith and Dean
Goodman.
Three authorities on business
methods will be In charge of the
program to which merchants in
other towns in Morrow county have
been invited. Prof. H. T. Vance,
head of courses In merchandising
at Oregon State college, who has
had years of experience in advertis
ing and merchandising, will handle
advertising and selling at the insti
tute. Business management will be
under the supervision of Prof. E. E.
Bosworth, head of courses In ac
counting and auditing and a certi
fied public accountant
O. F. Tate, secretary of the Ore
gon Retail Merchants association,
will lead the discussions and con
ferences on store management
From practical experience Mr. Tate
has learned that new aggressive
types of retail outlets into the mer
chandising field make it necessary
for a detailed analysis of merchants'
problems.
A special feature of this year's in
stitutes will be a window trimming
contest which the three visiting in
structors will judge. A grand prize
will be given for the window which
receives the highest score among
those in competition from the 29
cities in which meetings are being
held. Manufacturers of Oregon
products are cooperating with the
merchants in this contest and are
sending out display material and
suggestions for an attractive all
Oregon products display for those
desiring it
The program for sessions the first
day includes discussions on the ac
counting for retail business and re
tail credits and collections by Pro
fessor Bosworth, retail advertising
and salesmanship by Professor
Vance and store management by
Mr. Tate. The morning of the sec
ond day will be open for special
conferences and visits to stores by
the instructors. In the afternoon
Professor Vance will discuss win
dow trimming and Professor Bos
worth store organization and man
agement. All three of the instruc
tors will be available as luncheon
speakers.
Although the business institutes
are only two years old, 29 Oregon
cities requested them for 1930. The
plan was inaugurated at Baker in
March, 1928, and was so successful
that it was tried again in 1929 with
18 institutes being held during the
spring and summer, the retail mer
chants association adopting them as
its chief activity.
Consumers Are Finding
Farm Board is Friend
"The Federal Farm board is play
ing a masterful stroke by its recent
exposures of the excessive spread
between prices the producer gets
and what the consumer pays," says
a recent Issue of the Oregon Farm
er, continuing:
When the board was first set up,
middlemen felt confident of swing
ing public opinion against it by
creating the false belief that pro
ducers were attempting to extract
higher prices from the consumer.
Now the tables are turned and
the true purpose of cooperative
marketing is revealed to the con
sumercutting the spread so that
both classes benefit
Recently the board has direted
public attentlpn to the high prices
which retailers are still charging
for meat, bread, fruits and veget
ables, notwithstanding that prices
to producers for these commodities
are the lowest in years. This Infor
mation has had an unmistakable
result. It has swung a strong con
sumer support to the farm board's
program, creating the correct Im
pression that the board stands for
a fair dealing with consumers and
producers alike.
This Is a wholesome situation, but
one In which middlemen, who so sel
fishly are fighting the board, can
take slight comfort
NO SHOW NEXT WEEK.
The Star theater will be closed
from Monday, July 28, to Friday,
August 1st, Inclusive, according to
announcement by Manager Slgsbce.
During this time Mr. Sigsbee will be
absent from tho city on business.