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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13
SUCCESS DEPENDS
ON CLEARING LAND
4 J. Mcclure Says Northern Farmers
Must Get Score 81 Acres
Under ptov~.

Nothing Is 20 important in begin
ainK farming On -cut-over- hand a. the
clearing AZ enough acres ut once to
make the place self-supportinx. says
A. J. MCGUIRE Of the agricultural ex-
tenaion division of the Tnfvsrsity Of
kmneeo&A. n connection With the
work OF the MinnesoeA Land CLEARING
special train. now opss1tfng in north
sn Minnesota. To make such = farm
sslfsappsrting requires that 20 scrss
sAoala - under the plov, and 10 scrss
under cultivation. Of eo0rse, gives
much beA1s1 returuA
N eoses me0ey - clear f1nd. sdds
Mp. Ac0uh~ 1ut he eos4 q hand
clearing now. ~ was the esse 10
yearp aGA = generally s~sSrued n the
0rst tve q thrce crops and not in
treQuently in the Arst crop Crops
woSe produced hast year which not
only paid Nor The cost q essarng but
paid Tor the hand aho.
Another reason for clearing &nd
new. urges M MCGUIRE. = that the
market value q The farm = generally
M proportion 10 The number VI scres
cleared. The reasons y that he pro
spectivs fArmsr = row. 0cro than
ever. lo0king TOR hand tAat can b
eArmsd At once and b willing TO pay .
price that b higher than the cost Of
clearing.
In short says Nh Ac00n~ there
never has been . time Wien thers was
% great assurance Of proas from tAe
clearing q hand.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13

The question now Is: Does agricul.
ture get the benefit Of the subsidy
the benefit of this tax exemption?
'"The joint stock land banks claim
that agriculture Is benefited. They
claim that the government and that
the people as whole will be more
than compensated by the increased
production and by the lowering Of the
cost OF living.
agriculture requires different
kind Of financing than that required
for commercial business. We have
large commercial banks the country
over that provide millions Of dollars
Of liquid capital for commercial bust.
ness without income tax or any ex.
pense whatever excepting what the
bank may levy. Now farmer wants
to finance his farm for the production
of cattle. he wants money to build up
herd Of thoroughbred cattle. He
goes 10 his banker and says: 4 need
$4,000 The banker says: All right.
l will finance YOU The banker writes
out Il note for six months
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13

Now can YOU imagine Il man. upon
six months accommodation, going
into an industry or business that can
not be really developed short Of five to
ten years? And yet the farm is a fac
tory and nothing else. No man would
undertake to build up great manu-
featuring business depending upon his
ability to get capital, upon six months
renewal basis. A manufacturer has to
have his short-time accommodations
for liquid capital required. But his
permanent capital. the thing which
makes the base OF his factory. must be
obtained for long period Of years.
"rhe farmer wanting that kind OF
capital must so to a commercial bank
and get II. and he must get II on a six
months renewal. So he is subject. like
the commercial man who makes his
turnover every 60 or 80 days or at
least every six months. to the same
laws with reference to the money con
ditions. That Is an impossible condi-
ton for the farmer. Many man who
has produced meat for instance. has
been compelled to sacrifice his herd In
stringent times nj an absolute loss.
and many times AT SO great q loss as
to almost bankrupt him.
Joint Stock Land Banks Help.
1--WE are carrying the money from
the investor to the producer at q less
charge than any other system ever has
done. We have cheapened the rate
Of interest for farmers from one end
Of the country to the other"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13
FROZEN SEED

Wheat which has been stored In the
hin So II has been subject 10 moisture,
freezing and thawing. after sitting
snow and driving rains. will be sure to
have a large percentage Of the grains
entirely dead and many others So weak
that II viii he Impossible for them to
send up plants sufficiently strong to
be Of much crop value.
Test your seed In hlotter. 1t should
grow 81 per cent strong.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13
Tonnage Tax

Tonnage tax has been ssue-a political issue
in Minnesota for about twelve years. 1t has been used
political club Almost no facts to its nature or
its effects have been published but the Minnesota Fair
Tax Association proposes in series of advertise
mens give the principal facts concerning the iron
industry and its taxation and thus give the people of
Minnesota opportunity to judge for themselves
the effect of a tonnage tax
If these facts are not correct. they can easily be
proved untrue: if they are correct they of most
serious concern to everybody in Minnesota.
l. No state levies tonnage tax.
If any state should levy tonnage tax surely it is
the great coal mining state of Pennsylvania. Its
mineral production and export 5 much greater
than Minnesota, but it does not levy tonnage
tax. Neither does other state
T. Every state that has tried tonnage tax has dis
carded it unwise, unjust, and improbable.
Michigan had tonnage tax from 1853 to 1891
when the law repealed injurious to the
Minnesota had tonnage from lssl to 1895
from the steel trust
British Columbia tried tonnage tax for a number
of years but found it improbable that it was
is the steel trust"-people seem to think that
iron mining in Minnesota the steel
trust"
Do you know that there about 80 iron mine.
in Minnesota and that the steel trust operates
only 81 of theme
Do you know that the steel trust does not own
operate a single mine the Guyana Ransep
Do you know that the steel trust does not own or
control one-haf Of per cent of the iron ore
that the y. S. Geological Commission say. exist.
in Mnne--.ap
Why adopt something that is so bad that NOBODY
else will have ite
Why levy that will hit the people of Minnesota
200 times as hard it hits the steel trusta"
Published by the MINNESOTA FAIR TAX ASSOCIATION
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13

On motion meeting adjourned
Jeppe Sorensen, clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13

stump-pullers and related equipment.
Il will consist Of
Two large box cars and two nat
cars to carry the land-clearing
equipment
A tourist sleeper. . passenger
coach, u box-car dining room. and
box-car kitchen to provide
travelling hotel accommodations
for those in charge of the train
and the accompanying crews OF
land -clearers.
A caboose which will serve ~
an Office for the transaction Of the
business OF the travelling school.
The train will visit - towns In II
different counties, giving day 70 each
stop. - follows:
Milaca Tuesday May IL
Ogilvie Thursday May 20
Hinckley Saturday May ~
Wrenshall Monday May ~
Floodwood Tuesday May Is
Grand Rapids Wednesday May 20
Deer River Thursday May ~
Solway Saturday May 20
Blackjack Monday May u
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13
TIME CONGRESS-
DID SOMETHING
]. n. Allen Of Des Moines Talks
Turkey" to Senate Committee
on Banking and Currency.
AID FOR AGRICULTURE DUE
duced Interest Rates on Farm
Mortoaoss From One End o.
Country to the Other.

"The use Of subsidies has been and
II an established custom or function Of
this government" said Joseph H. Allen
Of Des Molnes. Ia. In appearing before
the senate committee on banking and
currency to protest against the tax on
farm mortgage bonds.
"Those of Us who are Republicans
know that for many generations we
held out to the farmers that we were
levying tariffs for the purpose of
building up manufacturing interests In
the East that we might create . home
market for the Iowa farmers products
l had this instilled into me from the
time was a child. The further propo.
sition of subsidies can be traced In
the upbuilding Of our railroad inter.
ests. For generations we granted sub.
sidies to the railroads In the form OF
public lands and now the development
Of these lands Is making the railroad
property today valuable.
First Aid TO Agriculture.
"Now for the first time In history
agriculture has received, as I am will.
ing to call It. subsidy. The farm
loan act permits Joint stock land
banks to issue farm mortgage bonds
which are exempt from taxation
Never before in the history Of this
country has agriculture received sin.
gle thing In the form Of direct subsidy
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13
Askov Drug and Variety

Askov Drug and Variety
store ll.~
American Book Co. ...... 1923
The Macmillan -. 6.88
Henry Holt & Co. ....... 2.57
st. Paul Book and Sta
tionery Co. ......... 1924
Jens Gregersen ......... 9.24
Christensen Bros ....... 21.64
Askov Cooperative
Assn. ............... 1899
Askov Mercantile Co. -. 1850
r. Petersen & Son ;. 24.12
City Meat Market ...... so
Askov American ...... 7.30
North western School Sup
ply Co. 29.75
s. Chr. Dixen 1000
Askov Hardware Co. -. 1901
On motion meeting adjourned.
Jeppe Sorensen, clerk.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
SCHOOL Of AGRICULTURE
BIG AID To FARMERS
Dr., A. B. Cordley is Credited With
Having Built up Strong Organiza-
ton--Rcceives Recognition.

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
wallis, May 26.-To make the school
of agriculture even a greater feature
in the development of the agricul-
tural resources Of Oregon is the aim
which DR.. A. B. Cordley has set out
to accomplish Even now the school
is rated as one of the very best in
the country, having been built up to
its present standard by Dean Cordley
| who twill devote his entire time to
the work of this division of the col
lege.
Registration of SSS in the school
is equal to that of the entire student
body in '1906-7. d. j. Crosby, spe-
cialist in agriculture said that the
ideal detectives sought by the Amer
lean Association of Agricultural Col
leges had already been attained in
Oregon. He made a tour last year
in which he visited the leading COL
legGs TO the country with view to
bring about unification of aims and
methods of instruction for agricul-
tural students on basis that would
approximate the ideal.
Credit for plans of organization
and selection Of personnel that have
produced this excellent showing is
given Dean Cordley. His liberality,
fairness, kindly sympathy, and en-
couragement have done much to de-
velop the capabilities of those whom
he has selected for his associates,
Dean Cordley has been relieved Of
the experiment station duties so that
he may devote his entire attention to
the further development and extern
sion of the school of agriculture.
Few have aided as much in the de
velopment of agriculture on the Paci
fic coast and no one has contributed
more to the establishment Of horti-
culture in Oregon than has DR.. Cord
ley, who has been on the staff Of the
Oregon Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion for 25 years, say his associates.
No small part of the success of Ore
CONS agricultural development has
been due to the inspiration, encoIr-
agement, and sound advice given by
this outstanding man of science to
his colleagues, his students, and to
his friends, the farmers and fruit
growers of the state.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
County Candidates All Win
Endorsement of Parties

In the primary election last Friday
every candidate Of both parties were
nominated without opposition. c. &
Woodson is the republican nominee
for Joint representative from Una
tilla and Morrow counties; S. E. Not.
son for district attorney; George Nc
Duffee for sheriff; j. A. Waters fol
clerk: l.. 7. Davidson for commits
sioner: Lena Smell Shurte for school
superintendent; Katie Minert fol
treasurer and Clarence Hickey fol
surveyor. Both Mr.. Hickey's and R
l. Thompsons names were written
in quite extensively for surveyor
There were no avowed candidates fol
this position. Apparently, Mr.. Hick
ey has also received the democratic
endorsement for this office.
Chas. B. Sperry received his par
tvs endorsement for sheriff.
Thomas Hughes, city recorder
may feel highly complimented fol
having his name written in for jus
tice Of the supreme court, in Mt. Yer
non precinct,
There are a number Of republican,
in the county who wrote in the nam'
of George L. Chamberlain for United
States Senator,
The official count of the vote cas-
in the primary election is now pro
ceeding at the court house, in charg'
of Judges Thomas Hughes and Ale,
Cornett and Deputy Clerk Anderson
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
Big Memorial Day Parade
Speaking at Pavilion

The committee on arrangements
has found it advisable to announce a
change in the program for the Mem
orial exercises next Saturday. The
band boys, in view of the fact that
many of them are in business houses
and certainly would be otherwise
greatly inconvenienced, some time
ago asked to be excused from Satur-
day afternoon playing. This is GER
tainly reasonable. Heppner is proud
to have band and most people feei
that if the services are all held in
the morning there will be less gen
eral Inconvenience and will assure
greater opportunity for attendance.
Program for the Day
900 Church bells will ring.
9;30 Band concert at Court house.
9:45 Parade-Heppner Band, school
children, Womans Relief Corps,
Lodges, Veterans of '65 and other
wars, Body guard Of American Le-
gion of Heppner Post. other or
ganizations, cars and civilians.
Memorial exercises at Fair Pavilion
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address,
General Logan's Memorial Order
Address of Days E. Van Vactor
11:45 Parade to Cemetery. Decora-
ton of graves. Knights of Py-
thias memorial ceremony at ceme-
terry.
Everybody turn out and help make
this a real event.
l.. A. HUNT,
MRS. C. C. HAYNIE,
Committee on Arrangements.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
Truck Pneumatics Do Not Puncture,

One phase of the use of pneumatic
truck tires which has worried the
truck owner to no small degree is the
possibility of punctures.
Regarding punctures," says W. v
Logan, manager of the pneumatic
truck tire department of the United
States Tire Company, "our records
show that an owner need not have a
moments worry about them. | have
records of trucks operated in prac-
tically every class of business, show
ing that pneumatic truck tires have
been in service anywhere from one
year to two and one-half years, and
during the entire time have never
been off the rims.
"The rural free delivery division
Of the United States Post Office De.
partment operates a fleet of trucks
on pneumatics that is probably larger
than any other in the country. They
have had so few punctures that they
no longer believe it necessary to car
ry spares.
"As for mileage, find in our rec.
ords reports on set after set of tires
which have rendered better than 20,-
600 miles. We have records through
the United States in practically every
class of service of from 10000 tc
10000 miles, and those of 10000 tc
10000 were in extremely hard ser.
vice. The United States Nobby Cord
pneumatic is especially adapted fol
rough or muddy roads where good
traction is essential"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
Fire Company Holds An
nual Election of Officers

The Heppner fire department helt
annual election of officers in the
council chambers on Tuesday even
ing. S. L. Notson was reelected
president and voted the 100 pei
cent increase in salary, which was the
main plank in his prediction plat
form. To assist him in collecting
that salary, l.. Z. Bisbee was unani
mously elected vice president. c
l.. Sweek was chosen for treasurer
and upon learning of the amount OF
money now on hand, $6.75, it was
moved by Mayor Vaughan that Mr.
Sweek double that amount out of his
own pocket, upon taking up the dut-
les of the Office. The motion carried
but never came to vote. Roy V
Whites will continue to look after
the clerical duties of the Office, as he
was retained as secretary or the de-
partment.
Mike Curran succeeds Ed Huston
as fire chief Mr.. Huston has given
highly satisfactory service as chief
and it WAS only after his absolute re.
fusal to serve for another year that
his successor was chosen. Mr.. Cur.
ran needs no introduction as fire
chief, as his past performances in
that capacity are too well known
He will put new pep into the depart
ment and hereafter will call the boys
out to drill twice each month on
Wednesdays. The boys will be per-
mitted to test out the fire siren on
practice days, so hereafter the siren
will sound at noon on the Wednes-
days, which are practice days.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
THREE ROADS WILL LEAD TO BOARDMAN

Local autoists are reminded that
there are three roads to Boardman,
all of which are now open and in fair
condition. One is by the way of Lex
ington and Juniper Canyon, down
past past the James Carly ranch.
According to F. r. Brown, who was
over this road the first of the week,
the lower end Of the Juniper Canyon
road is quite sandy. Mr.. Brown ad-
vises autoists to take the Juniper
Canyon-Wells Springs road by the
way of the Neil Doherty ranch. This
road leads into the old Castle Rock
road, which goes directly to Board
man and is like boulevard at the
present time. In taking this road,
you go through Lexington, north to
the Base Line road and into Juniper,
the same as the first route, until you
come to the Ed McDaid ranch in Jun
iper, then turn to the left, over the
hill to the Doherty ranch and down
by Wells Springs.
The third route, which is consid-
erably longer than the other two, is
by way Of Cecil, north over the hills
onto the Columbia River highway
above Heppner Junction. In any ev-
ent, the roads are said to be clearly
defined and there is very little dan
ger of getting off the highway.
Pesent indications point to large
Heppner representation at the barbe-
cue and picnic, which will be held
at the Chas. Dillabaugh farm, two
miles from Boardman on the project,
this coming Monday.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
Schedules Announced for
Grain Grading Meetings

Tuesday, June S, is the date that
has been set by grain supervisor,
George X. Landers Tor the grain
grading demonstration in Heppner.
The demonstration will probably be
held in the local farmers warehouse
In making the announcement, Mr..
Landers asks, do you know how the
dockage in your wheat is assessed
and what it is? Do you know test
weight per bushel is the most impor-
tant factor affecting the grade of
your wheat crop? Do you make your
test weight per bushel determination
on dockage free wheat?" These are
some of the questions which will be
asked at the demonstration. Whether
or not there is fixed price establish
ed for grain Of the coming crop, the
federal grain grades will continue to
be in force. A demonstration will
be held at lone on Monday, June q.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
REACTION AND WASTE
CAUSEE ECONOMIC EVIL
Libety Bonds Were To Be Saved, Not
To Be Used as Spending Money,
Says Assistant Secretary of Treas
ury.

New York-A terrific arraignment
of the reaction and waste which have
seized on the American people as a
cause for the present economic evils
now threatening the nation was made
recently by R. c. Leffingwell, Assis-
tant Secretary of the Treasury, in an
address before the Academy of Polit-
ical Science at New York. Liberty
Bonds and Victory Notes, he saiu,
were never meant to be used as
spending money and their misuse in
that way is the primary reason for
the fall in price of those securities.
Since Armistice Day." he contin-
ued, "the world has not only failed
to make progress toward the restora-
tion of healthy economic life but In
fact has receded further from a
sound position. We have failed to
restore peace and peace conditions
in Europe and in America, unsound
economic ideas have in many instan-
ces prevailed, and the effort is being
made first here and then there to im-
prove the condition Of some of the
people at the expense of all the peo-
pie.
At this most critical moment In
the history of Europe, when our own
financial and economic stake in Eu-
ropes affairs is so great that disaster
there could only mean disaster here,
many of our own people have turned
gamblers and wasters. For plain liv-
ing and high thinking we have sub
stituted wasting and pickering. We
enjoy high living while we grumble
at the high cost of living-of silk
stockings and shirts for the poor, OF
automobiles for men of small means
of palaces for the profiteer and the
plutocrat."
Regarding the depreciation in the
market price of Liberty Bonds and
Victory Bonds, Mr.. Leftingwell said:
In the history Of finance, no device
was ever evolved so effective for pro-
curing saving as the Liberty Loan
campaigns. A year ago, it was freely
predicted by financial authorities that
Victory Notes would shortly go to q
premium and that Liberty Bonds
would be selling at or near par with
in year or two.
Every one knows why these san
guine expectations have not been re-
allied. With the armistice, and still
more after the Victory Loan, our peo-
pie underwent great reaction,
Those who had obeyed the injunction
to borrow and buy Liberty Bonds ig-
nored the Complementary injunction
to save and pay for them. A $50
bond in the hands of patriot turned
spendthrift was to him $50 bill to
be spent Saturday night OF to her a
new hat, and il the $50 turned out
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
Kansas Editor Sends Intro
duction to Heppner People

The following letter, which is self
explanatory, was received this week
by the Gazette-Times from Willis
Hoch, editor and manager of the
Marion (Kan.) Record:
May IS, 1920.
Editor GazetteTimes,
Heppner, Oregon.
My Dear Sir:
viii you permit an old Kansas
editor to introduce to your local
readers some new acquisitions to
Heppner's citizenship? refer to Mr.
and Mrs. W. o. Livingstone. Mr..
Livingstone has been pastor of the
Christian church in Marion for a
number Of years, and having person
ally known all Of its pastors for forty
years, can say the church has never
had better one. He is an able
preacher, an enterprising, up-to-date
citizen, and most delightful gentle
man. He has been a leader in ever,
good work here. He WAS an officer
in our local military company, and
his eloquent voice was often heard
in patriotic addresses. He was chair
man Of the ChautauQua Association,
president of our Religious Brother
hood, composed of men from all the
churches and many of the non-church
members, and active in all other
town enterprises. A fifty thousand
dollar church, the largest in the
county, now nearing completion, is
monument to his church building
ability. His wife is real helper to
him, and when necessity required it,
could and did, some people thought,
fill his pulpit as we'll if not better
than he did. They are wholesome
people, and Heppner folks can tie to
them.
Very cordially and fraternally,
E. w. HOCH.
Mr.. Livingstone is expected to ar
rive in Heppner on Saturday, June
5, according to telegram received
here by Mrs. Livingstone on Tues
day.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
Daughters Visit Here.

The Misses Lola and Lois O'Neill,
twin daughters of Mr.. Jack O'Neill,
head meat cutter at the Central Mar
ket, visited in Heppner during the
past week, and while here were
guests of Miss Evlyn Venues at the
home of Rev. Father Cantwell. The
Misses O'Neill are nurses in st. Vim.
cents Hospital, and returned TO their
Portland home on Monday morning
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-27
Votes Destroyed at Antoine.

Fossil-In Rock Greek precinct
with about ten votes, the tally sheets
and books we're burned, leaving no
record. The polling place was in a
grocery store at Antoine, and after
the ballot was counted the judges
and clerks left the ballots, tally
sheets and poll book on the table
without posting an abstract of the
vote on the outside of the building,
as required. When the owner of the
store opened the building the next
morning, thinking that the papers on
the table were leftover matters, he
burned them up, leaving no record
of the precinct vote.