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ores?:' k : oTO'. ic. -n , r J r t- y Volume 47, Number 48. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Feb. 12, 1931. Subscription $2.00 a Year a$etti GETSJW1 Mahoney, Cox, Smouse on County Committee; Keen Interest Being Shown. PARTICULARS GIVEN Money to bo Used to Buy Fuel for Tractors Here; $2000 Limit; Covered by Crop Lien. W. P. Mahoney and C. B. Cox of Heppner, and Henry Smouse of lone compose the committee ap pointed by E. R. Jackman, extension specialist in farm crops at Oregon State college in charge of organiza tion work in this state, to adminis ter the federal drouth relief funds In Morrow county. Full particulars concerning the loans haVe been re ceived by Chas. W. Smith, county agent, and a meeting was held this morning in his office by the Morrow and Gilliam county committees to go thoroughly into the matter. Gil liam county men Invited to the meeting, including the county com mitteemen, are Roland Jackson and Jphn Withycombe of Arlington, A. B. Robertson of Condon and James Hoag of Blalock. Widespread interest is being shown in the loans by farmers in this county who have found it dif ficult to obtain funds for carrying on their spring work, Mr. Smith re ports. Application blanks have been forwarded to the county com mitteemen and county agents of the seven Oregon counties included in the drouth area, says Mr. Jackman, who advises that farmers wishing to make applications may obtain the blanks at either place at once. Oregon Is Affected. "While Oregon was never consid ered a strictly drouth state, there are areas in the dry-land counties where crops last year were as low as 30 to 40 per cent of normal be cause of an abnormally dry fall and winter," explains Jackman. "This fact coupled with the low price of grain has made financing the new crop difficult in some places. "In Oregon the money obtained will be used largely for buying fuel for tractors and other farm machin ery. It is not known how much money will be allotted to Oregon but county agents are now estimat ing needs at the request of C. N. Warburton, head of the United States extension service, who is ad ministering the federal fund." Farmers to obtain the federal drouth relief loans must sign an affidavit that local funds are not available and that they will not use the money to increase acreage over last year. The loan is secured by a mortgage on the growing crop. Particulars concerning the loan are given as follows: $2.50 an Acre for Preparation. Loans In this county can be made up to as high as $2000 to any one landowner or tenant. The amount loaned will be based on the require ments of the applicant for seed, feed for work stock, or fuel and oil for tractors, and the acreage of crops on which he gives a crop Hen to secure the payment of the loan made by him. In addition where the land is prepared by summer fallowing an allowance not to ex ceed $2.50 per acre will be granted for .this purpose on an acreage not to exceed that summerfallowed in 1930 and to be planted in 1931. If the applicant for a loan is a tenant, or is farming land under contract for deed or so-called crop contract, or has given a prior mort gage on his 1931 crop, he must se cure the waivers of the' actual own ers of the land, his landlord, and-or all prior mortgage holders In the space provided on the mortgage form for the purpose. The application blank requires a statement of the amount of the loan desired, the number of acres for which seed is to be purchased, the amount desired for feed and-or fuel and oil for tractors, the number of animals to be fed, and a legal de scription of the land on which the crops are to be planted together with a statement of the acreage of these crops grown by the applicant In 1929 and 1930 and the yields ob tained. It also requires an agree ment to use the money loaned for the purchase of seed, feed and-or fuel and oil for tractors and to use the seed and feed and-or fuel and oil for tractors for the crop produc tion on the land described. It re quires a further statement to the effect that the applicant does not have seed, feed and-or fuel and oil and that he does not have and can not get funds from other sources for the purchase of such seed, feed and-or fuel and oil and that If he does not obtain a Government loan he will be unable to farm In 1931. Proo4Mluro Told. After the application Is complet ed It should be signed by the appli cant with his usual business signa ture together with his mall address. The application need not be sworn to. The community committee cer tificate should then be filled In and signed by at least two members of the community committee. The ap plication and other papers should then bo sent to the county commit tee which should fill In and sign the county committee certificate and forward the application to the Far- (Contlnued on Page Six.) 1 1CI New Equipment Will be Installed at Court House For a great many years past the need of additional filing cabinets at the court house has been felt In both the offices of the county clerk and sheriff, states County Judge Campbell, and at the January session of the county court orders were given to procure the same, It having been ascertained that the budget requirements for the same had been made. The new equipment will consist of a table and section of filing cabinets of steel for the vault in the clerk's office. The wooden table now used in that place will be taken out, and with the new equipment much addi tional room for filing papers and documents will be provided. For the sheriff, a large steel, fireproof safe for the care of tax rolls and receipts will be placed in his office, thus overcoming a hazard to valua ble records that has always been recognized. Judge Campbell further states that it was the original intention when the morey was voted in the budget, to have additional vault space built, but this did not appeal to the officials when they came to getting down to business, so the plan of putting in this new steel equipment was adopted in stead, it being estimated that the filing cab inets and safe would amply serve the needs of the county for at least 12 years to come. CARE IN HANDLING AID TO W00LMEN Practices That May be Profitably Followed Cifa-d by National Cooperative Association. Wool growers will find that it pays well to take personal pride in sending out a high quality clip, properly prepared and packed, sug gests the National Wool Marketing corporation. Following are some suggestions which the national co operative feels growers should keep in mind when preparing their wools for market: Wool should be shorn only in a clean place. Avoid packing dirt, chaff or dung locks with the clean wool. The flesh side of the fleeces should be out. Wool so tied is much more attractive a very important factor in salability. Use only paper twine never sisal or binder twine. Fibres from bin der twine do not take wool dies and often pieces of finished fabric are made defective. Do not pack black fleeces with the rest of the clip. It reduces the value of the entire lot, for parts of the black wool, which do not dye the same as white, become detached and mixed with the rest. Wool should be packed In bags sewed with red thread, which makes It easier to detect the presence of frag ments In the wool fibres. Pack tags separitetly or in the bag with the black fleeces. Large clips should pack bucks, ewes and yearlings sep arately, designating the type of wool in each. Protect wool from the elements, Wool frequently is stained as a re sult of the urine-saturated locks be ing water-soaked. For branding use only paints manufactured for that purpose. Wool manufacturers expect the brands to come off in the scouring. Tar or bithulithlc paints never should be used. If for some reason It is impracticable to use soluble paints minimum quantities of oil paint should be used. When the brands do not dissolve they must be clipped off by hand shears. This is a slow and expensive process and naturally the manufacturer holds it against the price of the wool. Woolmen of County Meet Here Tomorrow Having for its principal object the establishment of the Morrow Coun ty Wool Growers association to work in conjunction with the state and national wool growers' organi zations, a meeting has been called In Heppner tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in American Legion hall. C. W. Smith, county agent, who has charge of the arrangements, urges all sheep growers to attend. Discussion of Important problems now facing local growers will also be had, with outside speakers tak ing the 'lead in discussing diseases and their control, and feeding prob lems. POISONING WEEKS SET. Granges of Morrow county have set the week February 16-21 Inclu sive as squirrel poisoning week, when their members are urged to cooperate In setting out poison. Al pine farm bureau set the week Feb ruary 9-14 for the purpose. Supplies of poison have been stationed by the county agent at the Dohcrty farm at Alpine, postofllccs at Eight Mile and Hardman, Karl Beach store at Lexington, Eert Mason store at lone, and the stores at Morgan and Cecil. It may also be obtained at his office in Heppner. CERTIFICATES AWARDED. Achievement certificates were pre sented to the Eight Mile poultry, Boardman cattle, sewing and home making 4-H clubs this week by C. W. Smtlh, county agent, and Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, school superin tendent. These certificates are glv en only to clubs having 100 per cent completion of projects by all mem bers enrolled. 5 PUT DRIVE OVER TOP WITH 572 Tree Planting, Oleo Bills Backed; Telegrams Sent Solons. COACH GIVES TALK Mental and Social Aspects of Train ing Stressed by School Director; Sex Controlled by Exercise. Heppner Lions, who Monday saw the emergency Red Cross drouth relief drive In the county "over the top" by individual contributions at the meeting totalling $72, endorsed the Washington Bi-Centennial Tree Planting campaign, and unanimous ly favored passage of legislation reg ulating the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine jn the state. Neil Shuirman, athletic director and coach of the Heppner schools, gave a talk on "Physical Education in Relation to General Education" as the feature of the special program arranged by Albert Adkins and John Wightman, committee in charge. O. B. Spaiilding of Arling ton sang a solo, and the high school boys' glee club, John, Franzen, Gay Anderson, Joe Swindig and Earl Thomson, appeared in a number, ac companied by Miss Charlotte Woods, director. Many Trees Planned. Lucy E. Rodgers, county school superintendent, presented the pur pose and aims of the Washington bicentennial observance through the planting of trees, in behalf of the Heppner Woman's club, local spon sors. The object is to have at least 10,000,000 new trees planted and growing in the United States by February 22, 1932, the 200th anni versary of the birth of the "Father of His Country," as a growing trib ute to his memory. Besides the Wo man's club and Lions the American; Legion and Auxiliary have also en dorsed the campaign locally. Among prospective projects nam ed by Mrs. Rodgers are the plant ing of trees and building of a foun tain on the city lot at the corner of Gale and Willow streets, an avenue of trees planted on the road to the cemetery, replanting of trees in the court house grove, planting of trees on golf course and road leading to it, and beautification of the school house grounds. Cost of Planting Small. C. W. Smith, Gay M. Anderson and W. R. Poulson were appointed by President Sweek on the Lions committee to assist in the cam paign. By taking action immediate ly, Mr. Smith said trees could be obtained from the nursery at the state college at Corvallis for a quar ter of a cent apiece plus express. Granges of the county have already ordered 2000 trees from this source for planting by individual members, he said. Many species of trees suit able for planting in this section may be obtained there. On presentation of the matter by W. Claude Cox, manager of Morrow (Continued on Page Six.) Lexington Athletic Club Has Successful Season Winning six of nine basketball games played this season, the Lex ington Athletic club reports near ing the end of a fairly successful season. A challenge to play Hepp ner one more game was not asnwer- ed, and they desire to arrange a two-game series before the season closes, one at Heppner and one at Lexington. They report defeating Heppner twice by scores of 28-16 and 27-14; lone twice, 59-24 and 33-22; Arling ton once, 34-16; Hermiston once, 42-13. They were defeated once by Irrigon, 30-31; once by Condon, 35-39 and once by Arlington, 23-28. Bur chell, center, is season's high point man with 104. Warner, Lane and Nichols were runer-ups with 56, 33 and 28 respectively. CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY. Tuesday was the 45th anniversary of the mnrrlage of Mr. and Mrs. Leon W, Briggs. While the event was not made the occasion for a large celebration on the part of the family, it was nevertheless remem bered by a special dinner prepared by Mrs. Briggs, and they had as their guests Rev. and Mrs. Glen P, White and Rev. Bob Brymer, evan gelist, who is now engaged In hold ing a series of meetings at the Me thodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs (Hannah French) were mar ried on February 10, 1886, at the home of her parents on Hinton creek. Regular mooting of Heppner Post No. 87, American Legion, will be held Monday evenly, February 16, at Legion hall. Methodist ladies missionary so ciety will meet at 2:30 o'clock Tues day, February 17, at the church par lors. Helen Twelvetrees In HER MAN, Star Theater Sunday and Monday. Wantod to borrow $500 or $600 on good security. Inquire this office, Sltuntion wantetd as housekeeper or cook, inquire tnis otltce, tf, Grand Chancellor Coming To Doric Lodge Meeting H. E. Dixon, grand chancellor for the domain of Oregon, Knights of Pythias, will be guest of honor at the big open meeting of Doric lodge No. 20 of Heppner next Tues day evening. One of the main fea tures of the meeting will be the presentation of 25-year membership jewels to Chas. Thomson, D. T. Col- liver, Herman Neilson and Oscar Davis. Acceptance of the invitation was received this week from Mr. Dixon, whose home is in La Grande. J. W. Maloney of Pendleton, vet eran master of exchequer for Ore gon domain, will also be present. The ententainment committee. Dr. C. W. Barr, John Hiatt and R. C. Wightman, announce a full eve ning's entertainment, including sup per at 7 o'clock, that is expected to provide much enjoyment for all Knights and invited guests who at tend. Members who have been, request ed to prepare cakes and salads are asked by the committee to have them ready by three o'clock in the afternoon, and a special car will visit those living in town to pick up this part of the evening's "feed." The program announced by the entertainment committee, to ' fol low the 7 o'clock supper, follows: Call to order and introductory re marks by the chairman; singing of America; piano solo, Mrs. A. B. Gray; address, H. E. Dixon, grand chancellor; trio, Merle Venable, Crocket Sprouls, Doris Hiatt; read ing, Miss Montgomery; talk, J. W. Maloney, G. M. E.; solo, Miss Char lotte Woods; presentation of jewels, J. W. Gwinn, past grand chancellor; solo, Harvey Miller. WAR VETERAN PASSES AT I0NE C. A. Low Funeral Services Today; Was Under Fire With Blue Army of Invasion. By MRS. ELMER GRIFFITH, lone, Feb. 12. Funeral services will be held here today for Clinton A. Low, aged Civil war veteran, at the Congregational church at 1:30 p. m., under auspices of lone Mason ic lodge assisted by lone post Amer ican Legion, with Hev. W. W. Head officiating. Interment will be in I. O. O. F. cemetery. . , Mr. Low died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jennie E. McMurray, at 6 p. m., Tuesday evening, after an illness of five days. He was 89 years, six months and 29 days of age. Clinton A. Low was born in Gov- erneur, St Lawrence county, New York, July 12, 1841, and was the last surivor of a family of five chil dren. He was reared in St. Law rence county, New York, where he attended the public schools and learned the carpenter trade. August 9, 1862, he enlisted in, Com pany A, 142nd N. Y. Volunteers and served for three years. He was un der Are in South Carolina, near Charleston, and in the battles at Berumda Hundrers, Cold Harbor, below Richmond, before Petersburg, and at Fort Fisher and Raleigh N. C. At the latter place he was dis charged, and returned to New York. During the next few years he lived for short periods of time in New York, Illinois and Michigan, and was for a time a sailor on the Great Lakes. He finally located in Iowa and engaged in farming. For the last twenty years Mr. and Mrs. Low have lived in lone and for the last four years have made their home with their daughter, Mrs. McMur ray. Mr. Low was first married In 1866 to Sarah Jane Cooper, who died two years later. In 1870 he was married to Margaret Finlayson, in Newark, Illinois. Two children were born to them, Jennie E., wife of Laxton McMurray, and Julia, wife of Charles Howe. Mrs. Howe died January 12, 1927. Besides his wid ow and daughter Jennie, Mr. Low is survived by the following grandchil dren; Vera Moen, lone; Nolan Page, Iowa City, Iowa; David Charles Howe, Rutland, Iowa, and an adopt ed grand daughter, Mabel Howe Fanning, Sac City, Iowa. Mr. Low was a member of the G. A. R. post of Heppner until the char. ter was surrendered, and was an honorary member of lone Post No. 95, American Legion. He was an honorary member of lone Lodge No. 120, A. F. & A. M.. having been a Mason for more than 62 years. He held the fifty-year jewel, presented by the Grand Lodge of Oregon. Mr. Low was a man of sterling charac ter and particularly lovable nature. THE DALLES DEFEATED. Heppner's town basketball hoop sters journeyed to The Dalles Mon day evening where they engaged the national guard team of that place, and won 34-21. "Bus" Neel led the scoring for the locals with 12 points, Shuirman gleaned 9 and Correll 9, while Bleakman and Rob ertson made 2 each. Ferguson rounded out the squad. Playing for The Dalles were Borckstoff, Ben nett, Egbert, Gilbreth, Williams and Randall. Sorweid, captain of The Dalles high team, refereed. A re turn game between the two teams Is scheduled to be played at Hepp ner on the 21st. TREE SHIPMENT COMES. C. W. Smith, county agent, has received a shipment of trees from the nurseries at the state college for distribution among farmers who made application for them. These trees are obtained at a quarter-cent apiece plus transportation cost from the nurseries. FURTHER ASKED BY FARMERS Cooperatives in Meet at Walla Walla Name Two Ways to Proceed. OWN HANDLING AIM Freight Rate Fight Continues; Smut and Other Wheat Matters Considered; Local to Meet "The Farmers National Grain cor poration is purely a farmer-owned and farmer-controlled organization." George N. Peck emphasized this statement in reporting a meeting of wheat cooperative directors and managers in conjunction with offi cers of the North Pacific Grain growers, regional branch of the na tional corporation, at Walla Walla last Friday and Saturday. Henry Smouse, president, R. B. Rice, sec retary, and Emil Swanson, manager, of the Morrow County Grain Grow ers association, were also in attend ance. Fifty-two of the 59 local wheat marketing cooperatives op erating in the region were -represented. Main attention of the meeting was given to the recommendations of the national corporation that lo cals obtain their own warehouse and wheat-handling facilities as soon as possible. Two plans of procedure were given for doing this. One is to have the locals acquire their own facilities, with 40 percent of the capital furnished by the local and 60 percent by the national organiza tioni The second plan that may be followed in event locals are unable to furnish their proportion of the capital, is for the national to ac quire the faciliites and sell or lease them to the locals, but these to re main under control of the national until locals obtain full ownership. Reports made by locals at the meeting showed a strong spirit of optimism existing within the or-' ganization, Mr. Peck said. A resolution was adopted asking that the price differential existing between different wheat grades be revised in proportion to the reduced price of wheat, the present stand ards set when wheat sold for $1.50 being held inapplicable at the pres ent low price. It was also recom mended that a federal hearing be held on smut charges. The Dayton control plan for vol untary reduction of acreage was read and discussed. Ninety percent of the farmers of Columbia county, Wash., have signed contracts under this plan, it was reported. A unani mous vote was recorded to continue the fight to prevent further post ponement after April first of the Interstate Commerce commission order for lower freight rates on wheat from Columbia river basin points. A meeting will be scheduled in Morrow county some time this month, to be addressed by an out side speaker, to bring complete in formation concerning plans of the national organization to local farm ers, Mr. Peck announced. Double Header Game Taken by lone Teams Both the boys' and girls' teams from lone high school won their games from the Heppner teams, played in the Heppner gym Friday evening, by lop-sided scores. The girls' score was 18-8; boys 20-12. An enthusiastic crowd of spectators witnessed the games. The line-up of the teams, with points made by individual players follows: Boys, lone: N. Swanson 2, Mason 4, Clark 4, Ely 8, McCabe 2; Heppner: C. Thomson 2, Becket, Farley 5, Hottman, Ayers, E. Thom son 3, Furlong, Green, Gentry 2. Girls. lone: Gladys Brashears 13, Veda Eubanks 5, Ruth Keene, Hel en Smouse, Margaret Crawford, Patterson, Geneva Pettyjohn, Eli zabeth Head, Ely, Normoyle; Hepp ner: A. McDufTee 5, J. Allen 3, L. Beymer, M. McDufTee, Anderson, Nickerson, H. Beymer, Hall, Brown, Cox. P. T. A. MEETS. The Heppner Parent-Teacher as sociation met Tuesday afternoon in the school auditorium. Featuring the program was the talk by W. R. Poulson. superintendent, who re viewed Cameron Beck's address on character education given at the re cent convention of the Oregon State Teachers association in Portland. The fifth grade pupils presented a style show. PLAN VISITING DAY. For the benefit of those unable to visit school during the daytime, W. R. Poulson, superintendent, an nounces that plans are being made to hold a visiting day in the evening some day soon, when regular high school and grades classes will be held In addition to a special enter tainment. LEAVE FOR EXPOSITION. Harold Gentiy, Earl Thomson, Al ice Cason and Jeanette Turner, Heppner high school students, left this morning to attend the educa tional exposition at Oregon State college tomorrow and Saturday. They were accompanied by W. R. Poulson, superintendent, and Miss Jessie Palmlter, faculty escort. The party expected to return Sunday. Episcopal Young People Win Audience With Play Members of the Young People's Fellowship of the Episcopal church completely won their audience last evening with presentation of the play, "Tea Toper Tavern," at the school auditorium. The three-act, fast moving, comedy skit, in which the culmination of many love affairs came from situations centering around a tea tavern opened for the summer by three college girls to raise money for the school endow ment fund, lent itself admirably to the talents of the cast, each mem ber of which portrayed his part creditably. Those taking part, with the char acter played by each, follow: Mary McDuffee as Marion Day, a canny chaperon; Francis White as Rosa mond Reid, her niece, just out of college; Annie Crump as Sally Lee Dixon, Dixie from the sunny south; Mary White as Ann Ainsley, a so cial service fiend; Frances Nicker son as Barry Reid, Rosamond's freshman brother; June Anderson as Harriet Ainsley, Ann's younger sister; Alva McDuffee as Tess, Ann's protege from the city; Ted McMur do as Mike Ryan, a susceptible po liceman; Gay Anderson as Brian Pierpont, a brilliant young lawyer; Harry Wells as Rev. Archibald Per ry, pastor of the village flock; The odore Thomson as Dallas Thorne, owner of the "Tavern;" Claude Hill as John Sedgwick, an old flame of Miss Day; Adele Nickerson as Gloria Sherwood Jerome, a fascin ating young widow; Ella Fell as Celeste, Gloria's maid. WOMEN'S STYLES REVERT TO WOOL Trend In Wearing Apparel Favor able to Sheep Industry; New - Materials Gain Favor. One of the genuinely encouraging developments in the woolen goods' field is to be found in current fash ion reports. The country's author ities on styles in women's wear point out that 1931 spring styles will see a continued strong trend tow ards woolens and worsteds and par ticularly knit goods. This news will be welcomed by members of the Na tional Wool Marketing corporation, which has endeavored to cooperate with wool manufacturers and others interested in broadening market de mand for wool. The trend toward more wool in women's wear has been gathering momentum the last two years. Just how far it will continue isn't known, but woolen manufacturers have been giving a considerable amount of study and research toward the development of fabrics capable of holding their own with the princi pal competitors in women's wear rayon and silk. About ten yeas ago women's goods were a major factor in the woolen business. Then came the invasion by rayon and silk. Women's tastes turned sharply toward lighter fab rics, principally around 5 ounce weights. Demand for the type of woolen women's wear then made dropped sharply. The competition of rayon and silk developed so constantly, that man ufacturers of woolen women's wear were unable to meet it The result was that many women's goods' man ufacturers shifted over to the men s wear field. That branch of the in dustry soon was overcrowded. During the last two years Paris stylists have looked with favor upon the lighter fabrics which the woolen industry has perfected. These fab rics have been appearing more reg ularly at the shows which set stand ards for most of the women of the world. The fashion experts also point to longer dresses as the pre vailing style, which will mean a few inches more cloth for each garment. Woolen mills featuring women's wear are now able to offer the la dies fine five and six ounce fabrics with an occasional four ounce one which can compete with the finest garments from rayon and silk. The rising trend in woolen wo men's wear is making Itself appar ent now judging from the progress of the large eastern department stores. The possibilities of these new woolen fabrics impresses them very favorably and they are being extensively promoted. Quite naturally, any increase in the use of wool in women's goods will be extremely beneficial to all branches of the Industry, from grower to manufacturer. Heppner Gazette Times Receives Trophy Cup The Sigma Delta Chi silver loving cup won by the Heppner Gazette Times at the state press conference recently In comptltion with leading weekly papers of the state was re cieved Monday morning. It carries the inscription, "Sigma Delta Chi, University of Oregon Chapter, an nual award to best weekly newspa per In, Oregon." The names of two newspapers have so far been en graved on it: Hillsboro Argus 1930 and Heppner Gazette Times 1931, as the award was made for the second time this year. The cup will be on display for a time In the window at the Peterson Jewelry store. The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday evening, Feb. 17. The members of the Woman's Re lief Corps will be guests at this meeting. ilSKID-CENT RAISE FOR OREGON WHEAT Pegged Price Here Said Out of Line With That Existing Before. MILNOR GIVEN BRIEF Stabilization Corporation Head While Receptive, Says Nothing of Chance for Better Price. An increase of 10 cents a bushel in the price of Pacific Northwest wheat is being sought as set out in a brief prepared for the Eastern Oregon Wheat league and present ed to George S. Milnor, general manager of the United States Grain Stabilization corporation, at Port land recently. The brief, a copy of which was received in Heppner this week, makes the showing that the Pacific Northwest was unjustly dis criminated against by the stabiliza tion corporation when it established the "pegged price," which increased the spread between Portland and Chicago prices 10 cents more than normally existed before the pegged prices were set The spread before is given at 3 cents, while after the pegged price Portland was 13 cents below Chicago. In justice to wheatgrowers of the Pacific Northwest the brief asks immediate revision of the Portland price to the position it normally holds in relation to the Chicago price. This district, the brief main tains, is the only wheatgrowing sec tion of the United States which was not given such consideration. The brief was prepared following a meeting recently of the Umatilla Wheatgrowers association) held in Pendleton which Mr. Milnor attend ed. At that time Mr. Milnor said he would give the matter more thorough consideration if a brief stating the case were prepared and mailed to him at Chicago. The brief committee, however, finished their work in time to put the docu ment in Mr. Milnor's hands at Port land before he returned to Chicago. Unfair to Millers. Mr. Milnor was noncommittal as to the chances of the price being raised, his interviewers say. He pointed out some of the difficulty in raising the price, notably the disas trous effect which it would have up on certain mills which are now mill- ' ing wheat and sending it around to the Atlantic coast However, he stated that this really had nothing to do with the justice of the situa tion, and that he would go over the arguments fairly and also certain other material which he had gath ered on his trip, and if it appeared to him the arguments were better than those which the other folks have advanced for not raising the price, then he would try and con vince the Federal Farm Board that this would be the thing to do. The introduction to the brief which sets out an analysis of Port land and Chicago wheat quotations over a period of years, states: "While it is difficult to get at the exact relation between Pacific Coast prices and Chicago prices due to the different classes of wheat in volved and the different methods of reporting prices, a comparison made on any basis at all shows that the normal spread between Portland and Chicago is not nearly as great as the spread now existing." Panic Averted. The brief recognizes the service given by the stabilization corpora tion by the statement, "The Pacific Northwest realizes acutely that any advance in price in this region is apt to result in losses to the Stabil ization Corporation. We believe that the Corporation has prevented un told misery and financial hardship, not only to farmers, but to all class es of business and professional men. We believe the 'pegged price' of wheat prevented a panic In this country worse than any panic the nation has ever experienced and that the loss of a few millions of dollars is a small price to pay. "We do not believe, however, that it Is fair for the Corporation to put the price here about 10 cents lower In comparison with Chicago than is customarily the case." Summarizing its arguments, the brief states: "Except in abnormal times, when the Chicago price occasionally ap proaches a domestic basis, the Pa cific Northwest price is nearly on an equal basis with it. Even aver aging in such abnormal occasions, the Portland cash price ha3 aver aged 5.6c under Chicago. The fu tures markets have averaged 4.6o under Chicago. Discrimination Shown. "In setting the pegged price at the various points, the Stabilization Corporation set them at about the normal price relationships with Chi cago at all points except the Pacific Northwest. "The fact that the Corporation mav lose money on wheat bought here does not justify making an ex ception of this district, thus with drawing these states from part of the benefits of tho Agricultural Marketing Act. This course was not followed In the Southwest where part of the wheat must also be exported. "The few weeks' delay In applying the stabilization on measures hero (Continued on I'ugo Hlx.)