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Volume 48, Number 18.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 16, 1931
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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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
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BUSINESSES
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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.)