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." f ' eppitet Volume 48, Number 18. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 16, 1931 Subscription $2.00 a Year IW SB COUNTY BOYS GO TO LA GRANDE SUNDAY To Play Ontario Juniors For Championship of Districts 6 and 7. TWO GAMES SLATED Baker and La Grande Boys to Flay Preliminary; Drum Corps to Take Part; Local Squad All Set Whether or not the Morrow Coun ty American Legion Junior baseball team will continue Its climb toward the state championship will be de termined at La Grande Sunday when it meets the Ontario juniors, winners of the seventh district. Ex tensive preparations are being made in the Union county city for the staging of this game, to be played on the high school athletic field at 2:30 o'clock. The drum corps of the La Grande Legion post will escort the teams to the playing field, and a preliminary game be tween the Baker and' La Grande junior teams will be played, accord ing to word received from John R. Garrity, In charge of arrangements. It is expected a number of cars will go over from here and J. D. Cash is desirous of getting in touch with all who plan to go. Cars car rying players will leave here at 8 o'clock. Either Coach Quinn of the East ern Oregon Normal school or Coach Woodie of La Grande high school will umpire. The admission charge will be 50 cents, and proceeds over expenses will be split evenly be tween the Morrow county and On tario teams. Distance Divided. Final arrangements for this game to be played at La Grande were made by Hugh E. Brady, comman der of district seven, because of the long distance from Hcppner to On tario, 330 miles, and the fact that the Ontario team was considerably tired from its hard tournament at Burns, from which it emerged vic torious last Saturday and Sunday. Other contenders in the seventh district were La Grande, Baker and Burns. Coach Shuirman has been giving the Morrow county lads daily work outs this week in preparation for the Ontario clash, and Wednesday evening a team of the older town boys gave them a practice game on the Heppner field. It Is probable that Francis Ely will start the game as pitcher, with Roy Gentry receiving. The coach has been shifting players to differ ent positions in an attempt to de termine the most formidable line-up, but it is probable the boys will be started as follows: E. Lundell, first base; Joel Engelman, second; El wayne Lieuallen, third; Burl Akers, short; Curtis Thomson, left field; Dale Lane, center field; Rex Lang don, right field. In reserve will be William and Ray McRoberts, John ny Farris, Warner and Wright. District Winners Named. Sunday is the final date for the playing of inter-district games. Winners in each of the eight dis tricts are: Western section District one, Oregon City; two, Salem; three, Eu gene; four, Medford. Eastern section District five, The Dalles; six, Morrow county; seven, Ontario; eight, East Side Commercial club Portland). Winner of the Morrow county-Ontario game will play the following week against the winner of The Dalles-East Portland game being played Sunday also. Eastern and western section champions will play at Corvallls, Aug. 6, 7, 8, for the state championship. Fire Takes Toll of Wheat In Fields Near Lexington Fire destroyed 200 acres of grain belonging to W. F. Barnett, 180 cares of Chas. Marquardt wheat, and some wheat already threshed belonging to Harry Shriever, last Thursday afternoon north of Lex ington. The fire started from a dust explosion In the combine be longing to Mr. Marquardt The ma chine was damaged to the extent of $100, according to the report given this paper by Lawrence Beach, in town Friday. A large number of firefighters gathered from surrounding farms and from Lexington who fought the fire with sacks. Preparations were made to hitch a plow onto a tractor to plow a furrow around the fire, but the flames were checked, mak ing this unnecessary. The heat was intense, it was said. None of the losses were covered by Insurance. F. B. Nlckerson of the Morrow County Abstract company, and fam ily returned home Sunday from their vacation spent In California. They especially enjoyed their visit in San Francisco, their former home, and where Mr. Nlckerson was a boy at the time of the his toric earthquake and fire disaster. They also enjoyed a visit at the W. V. Crawford home in Oakland. JULY CLEABANCK High Qual ity at Low Prices. Curran Ready to-Wear and Millinery. 18tf,-4 LIONS HEAR BOYS' BASEBALL PLANS Rodeo Action Cited ; - Start New Feature; Committees Named For Year's Work. Neil Shuirman, coach of the Mor row countv bovs' hasehnll team that will play Ontario at La Grande Sun- aay ior me cnampionsnip or the sixth and seventh districts, told the Lions Mondav of the Droortnr ho. ing followed by the American Le gion to determine the championship team of the United States. Winner of the Ontarlo-Heppner game will play winner of the East Portland The Dalles contest, and the winner of this game will represent districts 5, 6, 7, and 8 in a series of games to be played with the winner of dis tricts x, i, a, ana at (jorvallis, Aug 6, 7, and 8, to determine the state championship. Regional games be tween states will then be played and the national championship will be decided at Detroit, Mich., during the national American Legion con vention. W. E. Moore told of the action of business men last Friday evening when they enthusiastically favored staging of the tenth annual Rodeo, September 3, 4, and 5. The Misses Virginia Dix and Jeanette Turner were well recevled in a piano duet Earl W. Gordon, nramm chiir. man, Instituted a regular feature of iuture meetings known as "The Question Box." Each week mem bers will hand in questions to be answered at the direction of the program committee. The full list of committees tn have charge of the various depart ments of the club work during the year just started was announced by C. W. Smith, president, as follows: Membership: E. O. Ferguson, Al bert Adkins, F. B. Nickerson; fin nance: E. R. Huston. Snencer fVnw- ford, W. E. Moore; no drop: W. W. Smead, Chas. Thomson, R. B. Fer guson; city relations: Jasper Craw ford, Chas. Swindlg, J. J. Nys; pub lic relations: B. R. Patterson, J. O. Peterson, W. C. Cox; roads: Al Ran kin. A. R. Reid. G. A. Bleakman: boys, Chas. Thomson, J. D. Cash; schools: Dr. A. D. McMurdo, W. R. Poulson; reception, J. J. Nys: en tertainment: F. W. Turner Paul Marble; fire and police, Gay M. An- aerson, J. M. Stewart; public health, Dr. J. H. McCradv. Ed Chlnn: Lions education,: S. E. Notson, P. W. Ma- noney; iorest relations: J. W. Hiatt, L. L. Gilliam; program: Earl W. Gordon. P. W. Mahonev. Russell V Pratt; safety and morals: C. J. D. Bauman, Chas. H. Latourell; at tendance: L. L. Gilliam; blind: M. L. Case; publclity: Vawter Craw ford. IONE JENNIE E. McMURRAT. Funeral services for Goldle Jane Nelson, wife of Clarence Nelson, who died Wednesday, July 8, at The Dalles, were held Saturday after noon at the Christian church In lone and interment was made in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Rev. W. O. Livingstone of Silverton, who performed the marriage ceremony uniting Goldie Jane Warren and Clarence Nelson, preached the fu neral sermon. The singing was by Mrs. Walter Roberts and Miss Fern Engelman, with Mrs. Cleo Drake at the piano. Pall bearers were Mrs. Hobert Helms, Mrs. Henry Rowell, Mrs. Lee Howell, Miss Lucille Bris tow, Mrs. Jane Collins and Mrs. Russel Miller. Many friends and neighbors gathered at the church Saturday and paid a tribute of es teem to the memory of Mrs. Nelson. The casket was covered with beau tiful floral pieces and surrounded with a mass of bloom. Out of town relatives who attend ed the funeral services were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sargent from Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Warren from Condon, and an aunt of Clarence Nelson, who came from Portland. A joyful reunion of relatives and friends was had over the 4th and 5th at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Tlmm. On the Fourth a bounti ful dinner was spread to those present numbering twenty-one. The feature of the evening was the beautiful fireworks enjoyed by both old and young. The out of town guests were Mrs. H. Crete Bork and sons of La Grande, Mrs. Webke Timm and family, Mrs. Anna Pein Ing and children, George and Emil Zrnger and Dr. W. B. Whyte all of Pendleton. There will be a harvest ball in lone Saturday, July 18, given by the American Legion. Music by the Night Hawks of Hood River . Kelthley Blake, resident of Klam ath Falls, who is here for the har vest season, motored to Bend Fri day to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Blake, who were In a re cent automobile accident. Mr. Blake's Injuries were very severe and he will be a patient in the hos pital for several weeks. Mrs. Blake has so far recovered that she has left the hospital and Is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Mobley in Bend. The friend who was riding with the Blakes has returned to his home at Klamath Falls. Kelthley returned to lone Sunday. S. E. Sorenson and family of Hood River have moved into the Margaret Low house on Second street. They are here for the har vest season. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Griffith and children spent Sunday In the moun tains above Heppner, visiting the (Continued on Page Six,) BUSINESSES 1 T Enthusiasm Rife as Men Lay Plans for Tenth Show Sept. 3-4-5. TO STRESS PARADES Special Prizes Offered for Friday, Saturday Features; Preliminary Committees Are Named. Representatives from more than twenty Heppner business houses enthusiastically laid plans at the council chambers Friday evening for the staging of the tenth annual Heppner Rodeo, September 3-4-5. The meeting was presided over by C. W. McNamer, president of the Rodeo association, who was pledged one hundred per cent cooperation of the men present. Special committees to look after preliminaries for the show included the appointment of finance, decor ating, parade and advertising com mittees. Obtaining of the Geo. T. Scott's Greater shows, with its ar ray of rides, concessions and shows, was announced by W. W. Smead, who declared this to be probably the cleanest, largest and best com pany ever to come to Heppner in connection with the rodeo. Special Prizes Given. The parades on Friday and Satur day this year will be a real worth while feature if plans discussed are successfully carried out Many of the men present were desirous of seeing this feature stressed, and special prizes were offered by many to encourage people to partciipate. Dr. C. W. Barr offers $5 for the best decorated car, with the Sanitary Bakery giving $2.50 for the second best. Wilson's will give $5 in mer chandise for the best-dressed cow boy, and J. C. Penney company, $5 in merchandise for the best dressed cowgirl. Gordon's will give a kodak ana roil or nlms to first prize win ner in the pet parade. C. W. Smith is chairman of the parade commit tee with Pat Molahan. John Anglin, Bert Kans. Vinton Howell. D. T. Goodman and R. B. Ferguson, mem bers. This committee is working on iurtner details which will be an nounced later. It was decided that all the busi ness houses will do their own dec orating this year, giving more local color than has been the case in past yaers. Money that heretofore has gone to transient decorators will be turned over to the association to help defray preliminary expenses. The committee having decorations m cnarge is John Hiatt, chairman, H. A. Duncan. Art McAfee' Wrnnlc Connor, Paul Marble and Leonard Schwarz. No Grandstand Charge. General admission rharpo tn the show will remain the same as last year. $1.00 for adults nnri 50c fnr children, but there will be no extra charge for the grandstand first come, first served, will be the or der there. The financial end of the show will be in the hands of the finance com mittee, with Al Rankin, chairman, Chas. Thomson. Earl Gordan. J. D. Cash, Gay M. Anderson and E. G. iMODie, memDers. The advertising- committee Is .Tan Crawford, chairman, Mark Merrill, W. L. Blakely and Pirl Howell. Rain Spoiled Hay Not Total Loss, Says O.S.C. Although practically all of the hay cut In Oregon previous to the recent rains is now unfit for live stock feed, It is not necessarily a total loss, says C. V. Ruzek, asso ciate soil scientist of the Oregon Experiment station. It can be turn ed over to good account as "food" for the soil. If this partially rotted hay is stacked or composted and then ap plied to the soil previous to the next seeding, more organic matter will go back Into the soil than if the hay had been saved and fed to live stock, Ruzek says. In addition to the organic matter, hay and other bulky crop residues contain all of the essential plant nutrients which are ordinarily replaced in the soils by the use of commercial fertilizer. The commercial fertilizer value of a ton of alfalfa hay, for Instance, is about $8.25 per ton, Ruzok says. A mixture of oats and vetch will run slightly less, but is equal to red clo ver hay In nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. In some sections of the state, orchardiats are using alfalfa hay and discing it in thblr orchard soils for Its organic matter and fertilizer value. Henry Schwarz motored over to Wapato, Wash., on Saturday after Mrs. Schwarz and Billy, who had been visiting at the home of E. R. Merrltt. Mrs. Stanley Reavls ac companied Mr. Schwarz as far as Outlook where she visited her par ents, and returned home with Mr. and Mrs. Schwarz, and Henry Mer rltt also came with them for a visit in Heppner. Some wheat is beginning to come to Heppner warehouses, but the grand rush is not on yet, fanners just beginning to get real busy with the threshing. 0 SPONS R RODEO MRS. N. E.WINNARD FATALLY INJURED Auto Accident Near Cottage Grove Results In Death of Former Heppner Resident News of the death of Mrs. N. E. Winnard, who died as a result of in juries received In an automobile ac cident Saturday, came as a shock to Heppner friends. Mrs. Winnard, with Dr. Winnard and Miss Char lotte Winnard, had just started south from their home at Eugene on an automobile trip. South of Cottage Grove, the car skidded In loose gravel and crashed into a fence beside the road, it is said. Dr. Winnard, who was driving, and Miss Charlotte escaped uninjured. Mrs. Winnard was rushed to the Eugene hospital where she died shortly after arrival, the report said. The Winnards had planned to visit Grants Pass, the Oregon Caves and California. Dr. and Mrs. Winnard wtih their two children, Norton and Charlotte, moved to Eugene from Heppner in 1919, Dr. Winnard having been a practicing physician in this city for many years, and the family made a wide circle of friends here. Norton graduated from Heppner high school with the class of 1918, and with removal of the family to Eugene the following year, entered the University of Oregon. He died from typhoid fever at Eugene after just completing medical course at Harvard university with honors. Funeral services for Mrs. Win nard were held In Eugene with in terment in the Eugene cemetery. LEXINGTON NEWS By RUTH DINGES. Lee Reaney of Salem is visiting at the home of his mother, Mrs. A. Reaney. It is thought that chaff collected on the exhaust pipe of the tractor belonging to Charles Marquardt caused a fire last week which burn ed about one hundred seventy acres of Mr. Marquardt's wheat, one hun dred eighty acres of wheat belong ing to W. F. Barnett, and two hun dred sacks of threshed wheat be longing to Harry Schriever. None of the wheat carried fire insurance. Miss Lorraine Thompson of Col lege Place, Wash., has been visiting at the home of Mrs. Elsie Beach. Lawrence Beach .'ent the week ent in Walla Walla. FOOD SALE. Cakes, pies, candy, cookies Case Apt. build., Saturday, July 18, 10 o'clock. Proceeds to send Heppner delegation to Epworth League sum mer camp. A DAY ON MAIN By OLDTEtfER. I don't like these dust storms. . Wonder if Charley Cox ever goes bear hunting any more. . . . Once we put him on the front page of the Oregonian because he killed a whopper. That was a long time ago before Charley's whiskers had turned to silver. . . .There goes Bill Becket, many years a county com missioner, but now a land lord who lives down Portland way, and Theo dore Anderson in to get a dish of ice cream. , . . Henry Gay, Rhea creek pioneer, now a city dweller, s coming up street and Anson Wright is getting his mustache trimmed these pioneers holding their age. . . . Jim Luper goes rudglng along the street thumping the pavement with his cane and Ed Huston drops in to his favorite soft drink stand for ice cream for lun cheon desert for he and Mrs. Hus ton. . . . Hope these Morrow county kids win the championship in this Legion contest some mighty nice little ball tossers In this gang. , . , Therejls Art Clark, now Doctor, step ping a lively pace in the direction of Heppner Hotel. Those were the happy days when Doc ran his watch epair shop here, coached and play ed football, produced minstrel shows, helped to swipe turkeys and played the snare drum In the Hepp ner Symphony band. . . . Gosh! Weren't the girls pretty with their small waists, large sleeves and little hats perched on the crowns of their heads some gals, I'll say. ... Oh boy, here comes a pajama parade- Shades of our grandmothers and their trouserettes. . . . Johnny Ken ny almost In a trot to get supplies for harvest and Frank S. Parker, the city farmer, coming from the eye specialist. . . . Banker Mahon ey leaning on his favorite posts tell ing a taxpayer how to reduce taxes and a group with Assessor Jake Wells In their midst telling him how the cow ate the cabbage Jake smiling. . . . Shaver Bub Clark, once a famous ball heaver, comes to town to clip and polish tho lads and there goes Ed Kurchell of the team of Ed and Charley, pitcher and catcher when baseball games In this county meant fights and plenty of the m. . . . Remember when these brothers formed the battery that went over to Pendleton and showed thoso city slickers something about the great Ameri can game not pastime. . . , The sun Is past meridian and the dinner bell tolls off mess call. . . , Gee! I'm busy, Relic of "Times," April 1903, Gives Glimpse Local History Mrs. L. W. Briggs brought to the office of the Gazette Times this week the front page of the Hepp ner Times, dated April 30, 1903. This paper was published a trifle more than a month prior to the flood of June 14, which wrecked this com munity and took the lives of con siderably more than 200 of our citi zens. The paper was wrapped about a silk waist belonging to a sister of Mrs. Brigg3, Mrs. D. C. Gurdane, who lost her lfie in the flood, and had been resting in a chest in the Briggs home all these years. The paper is of more than usual mo ment, as all the old "Times" files were destroyed in the fire of 1918. Theodore Roosevelt was president of the United States at that time. John H. Mitchell and Chas. W. Ful ton were senators from Oregon and J. N. Williamson and Thos. H. Tongue were the congressmen. George E. Chamberlain was govern or and A. M. Crawford was attor ney general. W. R. Ellis was dis trict judge for Umatilla and Mor row counties and T. G. Hailey was prosecuting attorney. Walter Pierce was joint representative and G. W. Phelps was representative from this county. The county officials were A. G. Bartholomew, Judge; F. M. Griffin and E. C. Ashbaugh, com missioners; Vawter Crawford, clerk; E. M. Shutt, sheriff; M. Lit chenthal, treasurer; W. L. Saling, assessor. The city officials were Frank Gilliam, mayor; J. J. Rob erts, E. G. Noble, Waldron Rhea. Phil Cohn, Tom Quaid and O. E. Farnsworth, councilmen; Joe Wil liams, recorder and L. W. Brisres. treasurer. Joe P. Williams was jus tice of the peace and Gid B. Hatt constable. The Times was then edited and owned by A. J. Hicks and with Hicks, S. E. Notson was dealer in Morrow county real estate with of fices in Heppner and Lexington. J. J. Roberts Was a contractor and builder, according to a small two- column advertisement The adver tising columns further show that Stewart & Kirk were operating the Red Front Livery, Feed and Sale stable; The First National bank boldly proclaimed to the world that it transacted a general banking business, with a surplus and undiv ided profits of $35,000. C. A. Rhea was president; T. A. Rhea, vice president; Geo. W. Conser, cashier, and E. L. Freeland, assistant cash ier. Boyd & Kitzley operated the Liberty Meat market and J. M. Ker nan was O. R. & N. agent C. E. Redfleld, G. W. Phelps, G. W. Rhea and C. E. Woodson had shingles out for the practice of law. Doctors McSwords & Kistner and A. K. Higgs, in dignified cards told the world that they were practicing physicians and Dr. J. W. Vogle boldly admitted he was an "eye spe cialist." Gentry & Jackson and J. L. Gibson advertised they were ton- sorial artists and A. Abrahamsick I.O.O.F., Rebekahs Hold Installation of Officers Willow lodge No. 66, I. O. O. F., and San Souci Rebekah lodge No. 33, held joint Installation of officers Wednesday, July 8. J. J. Wightman, master, and Alice Rasmus, presi dent, were installing officers, assist ed by the following grand officers: I. O. O. F.: S. E. Notson, warden; A. J. Chaffee, secretary; A. J. Knob lock, treasurer; R. L. Benge, chap lain. Rebekahs: Charlotte Gordon, warden; Millie R. Doolittle, secre tary; Ruby F. Corrigall, treasurer; Anna Brown, guardian; Florence Hughes, chaplain; Millie R. Doo little, musician. Following the installation a kit chen shower was given for Miss Lu ola Benge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benge, a bride-elect. Officers installed were: Odd Fellows: R. C. Phelps, N. G.; F. E. Parker, V. G; E. Ayers, sec.; J. L. Yeager, treas; A. J. Chaffee, Warden; A. J. Knoblock, conductor; Sherman Shaw, I G.; J. J. Wight man, R. S. N. G.; W. E. Mikesell, L. S. N. G.; Earl Hunt, chaplain; Chas. Swlndig, R. S. V. G.; H. G. Hayes, L. S. V. G.; Retiring noble grand, Roy Brown. Rebekahs: Margaret Phelps, N. G. ; Kate Swlndig, V. G.; Lillian C. Tunrner, sec; Opal Ayers, treas.; Olive L. Frye, warden; Tacle Par ker, conductor; Hattie Wightman, I. G.; Mable Chaffee, R. S. N. G.; Ella Benge, L. S. N. G.; Elizabeth Campbell, chaplain; Verna Hayes, musician; Sadie Sigsbee, R. S. V. G.; Alice Gentry, L. S. V. G.; Retiring noble grand, Daisy Shively. Visitor, Mrs. Ada Eskelson, Holly No. 39. A letter received by friends here from A. M. Phelps the first of the week states that his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Phelps is now recovering from a major operation and will soon be able to return to their home at Bend. Miss Phelps has been in St. Vincents hospital In Portland for the past six weeks. J. G. Thomson and son James are spending this week vacationing and recuperating at Hldaway springs. Scrcenland's most charming lov ers, Charles Farrel and Janet Gav nor, In THE MAN WHO CAME BACK, Star theater, Sunday and Monday. Jl'I.Y CLKAKANCE High Qual ity at Low Prices. Curran Ready to-Wear and Millinery. 18tf.-4 in bold faced type proclaimed he was a "Merchant Tailor." In a sizeable ad The Fair wanted to sell Texas Eye Shields, children's muslin wear, new silks and dress goods at their best, dinner seta and glassware, millinery, toilet soap, chiffon ruffs and sun bonnets. Gil liam & Bisbee carried Baine wag- one, galvanized buckets, carpenters tools, neavy hardware, hardwood lumber, blacksmiths supplies and farm machinery. The Slocum Drug company wanted the populace to know that it had Hindoo Corn Cure to remove corns at 25c a box. W. A. Andrews, just south of Slocum's Drug store and Binns Bros., on the corner of Main and Willow streets, were dealers in staple and fancy groceries. Phil Metschan, Jr., was proprietor and manager of the Pal ace Hotel and Jones & Ashbaugh ran the Hotel Heppner. The Palace modestly admitted being the "best appointed hotel in Eastern Oregon," with modern conveniences, liehted by electricity and serving the best meals in the city. The Hotel HeBD- ner had "everything neat and home like" and employed white labor tnroughout. Rev. F. C. Adkins was pastor of the M. E. Church. South. and H. L. Beightol filled the pulpit at me iortn church. Rev. J. V. Crawford of the First Christian of ficiated at the wedding of William E. Walton and Miss Katie I. Paul. These young people were drowned in the flood. Leon W. Briggs, Nellie Syron, Mollie E. Brown, Marvin Garner, Emma Hale, Anna F. Spencer, Kat ie I. Paul, William P. Scrivner, Oli ver S. Andrews, all of Heppner, were serving notice of their desire to buy from the government cer tain tracts of timber lands Ivins and situated in Morrow county. Editor Hicks devoted the front page of the Times to clipped news of state, national and international characters. There was a rush on to Lake county to obtain timber lands with Silver creek to be the head quarters of timber cruisers. Baker county was trying to hang a man by the name of Armstrong who had been convicted of murdering Min nie Ensminger at Baker City. Rus sia and Japan were having trou bles and the British were routing the Mad Mullah near Gamburru, bomainand, 45 miles west of Ga laui, to the tune of 2,000 dead black men and more than 200 Britishers. Labor unions were calling strikes and there seemed to be much dis content in labor circles. There was much "Red" propaganda afloat and Superintendent C. W. James at the Oregon State penitentiary was im proving his hostlery for increased patronage. Wheat was selling in Portland at 70c, barley at $21.50 per ton; pota toes, Dest ooc, ordinary 25 at 40c: chickens, 11c and 12c, and eggs 18c to uc; Eastern Oregon wool, 8c to 14c; grass steers on the hoof at 5c; mutton at 7p; veal at 8c; lamb at 4c, and hogs at 7c. FREIGHT RATE CUT TO HELP FARMERS Inland Empire Wheat Growers Will Save $1,500,000, Says North Pacific Treasurer. . Spokane, Wash., July 14. Annual saving to grain growers of the area included in the jurisdiction of the North Pacific Grain Growers by the new freight rates ordered effective August 1 by the interstate com merce commission will total more than $1,500,000, according to A. C. Adams, treasurer. Wheat farmers of the Palouse country will save 1.8 cents a bushel under the new tariffs. Walla Walla and Umatilla growers will profit by a cut of 6-10ths of a cent a bushel. Grain growers in the Spokane and Colville regions will get a cut of about 2 cents a bushel, while Camas prairie growers will effect a saving of 4.8 cents a bushel, explained Mr. Adams. These reductions all are on ship ments to Coast terminals, but traf fic experts here say the new rates also will apply to shipments be tween inland points. "Naturally, we welcome these new rates," said Mr. Adams, "al though I had hoped the commission would make its order retroactive to June 1. This fight for reduced freight rates has been in progress since 1928. The new rates first were granted to go Into effect October 1, 1930. One delay after another brought the date down to June 1, this year. "Then, the railroads took the case to court and secured an injunction from a Chicago federal court that caused another postponement I am sorry to see the carriers profit by that move. Nevertheless, it will be possible for the farmer to benefit from the new rates on his entire 1931 crop." Arthur M. Geary of Portland, rate expert, conducted the fight for the lower rates for North Pacific Grain Gowers, Inc. B. R. Patterson returned Sunday after spending several days with Mrs. Patterson who is undergoing treatment in a hospital in the city for neuritis. THE MAN WHO CAME BACK, with Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrcll, Star theater, Sunday-Monday. REGIONAL GROWERS GIVEN INTEREST CUT Directors of North Pacific Endorse Farm Board Plan for Surplus. PROFITS ARE CITED Encourage Owning of Handling Fa cilities by Locals; O. K. Deben ture, McNary-Haugen Plan. Spokane, Wash., July 13. Reduc tion of 1 per cent in interest rates charged by North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc., on loans on member wheat bringing the new rate down to 5 per cent was voted here today by North Pacific's directors a their regular monthly meeting. .wet profits available for surplus and dividends of $117,500, or 33 per cent, for the first year's opera tion or North Pacific was announc ed to the directors by A. C. Adams, treasurer. Endorsement of the federal farm board policy in handling the 200,- 000,000 bushel wheat surplus In the nands of the Grain Stabilization corporation was given a 12 to 1 ap proval by directors, while a further resolution adopted unanimously, placed the regional cooperative on record as against the 15 per cent freight rate increase asked by rail roads of the country. An aggressive campaign among local cooperatives in the North Pa cific area encouraging all locals to lay plans and make every effort to own their own warehouse facilities was urged by A. R. Shumway of Milton, Ore., president of North Pacific, and seconded by Henry W. Collins of Pendleton, assistant west ern manager of Farmers National Grain corporation. Surv ey Service Backed. Strong, consistent membership and organization work among lo cals also was approved by the di rectors, as was President Shum- way's program for inaugurating by North Pacific of an auditing and business survey service for all lo cals, the cost to be borne by the re gional. The equalization fee embodied in McNary-Haugenism, the debenture plan or similar legislation won ap proval In a resolution directing Mr. Shumway to contact all other wheat regionals in the country In an ef fort to secure united support for a definite program of further relief for the farmer. The private grain trade came in for a slap in the face following re fusal of the Pacific Northwest Grain Dealers association to give any consideration to reduced dis counts asked by North Pacific rep resentatives when the grain dealers met last month at Walla Walla. The reduction in the interest rate charged on wheat loans to members won unanimous approval by the board. The motion adopted called for North Pacific to charge not more than 1 per cent above the current rate of the Federal Inter mediate Credit bank of Spokane. This rate is now 4 per cent, which will make the rate on 1931-32 loans to farmer-members only 5 per cent instead of the 6 per cent charged last season. Wide satisfaction was expressed by directors over the financial re port of Mr. Adams. Finance Record Good. North Pacific has but $350,000 of capital stock outstanding, and net earnings for noe year of $117,500 on that capital was regarded as an ex ceptional record. Although no ac tion was taken during the day, it is expected a portion of this amount will be put in surplus and the bal ance declared in dividends to the 59 local cooperatives affiliated with North Pacific. Any dividend will not be paid in cash, but will be credited to the stock subscription notes of the lo cals due North Pacific. Should practically all of the $117,500 be dis tributed, local units would be cred ited with a sum sufficient to pay off more than half the balance due on stock subscription notes held by the regional. "In other words, North Pacific has earned for the farmers of the territory in one year a full third of the sum they pledged to set up the regional," said Mr. Adams. "The locals have live years to pay off their stock subscription notes. At " this rate, they will be paid up in half that time." Of the $117,500 profits, $48,564 came to North Pacific in patronage dividends from Farmers National Grain corporation, chief wheat op erating unit of the federal farm board. This is practically a 100 per cent dividend on North Pacific's $50,000 stock ownership in Farmers National. North Pacfilc itself earned a net of approximately $69,000 since or ganization. Mr. Adams pointed out that North Pacific's dividend from Farmers National reached such a high percentage due to the fact that the regional here had handled so large a volume of wheat, dividends being based on volume and not on cash Investment. Any dividend de clared by North Pacific also will be distributed on a patronage or vol ume basis, according to cooperative policy. (Continued on Pag Six.)