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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1908)
I- "ou ULi,,,,,,, VOL. 24. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 11. 1908 no. 'im DRAGGING .ALONG DOHERTY CASE WILL TAKE MOST OF WEEK. Two Days Occupied Securing the Jury. in Thursday moroing the circuit court for Morrow county was called ! and immediately started upon the tedious task of securing a jury to , try the case of the State of Oregon vs. Dan P. Doherty. Dan Doherty was indicted by the recent grand jury in the BecoDd degree for the shooting of Oscar Allen at Lexing ton in Ad Inskeep's saloon last winter. The first veiiire of jurors was completely exhausted and only six jurors wore drawn on Thursday and it was 1 o'clock the next day before another venire could he ob tained and that evening, after a hard afternoon, the last of the twelve men that were to weigh the evidence were accepted. The jury is composed principal ly of stockmen and farmers as fol lows: F. M. Holmes, farmer; W. T. McXabb, warehouseman; John Her, farmer; It. F. Wilmot, friruer; It. A. Alstott, farmer; Jack Hynd, sheepman; Olof Bergstrom, farmer; E. E. 'BeamaD, merchant; N. S. Whetstone, sheepman; W. ft. UrowD, farmer; Henry Scherzinger, sheepman; F. M. Orr, farmer, Saturday morning the prosecu tion began its side of the case by introducing D. V. S. Iteid to iden tify a plat that he had made of the premises wherein the trouble oc curred, who was followed by Coro ner Yeager. Mr. Yeager's testi mony was strenuously objected to by Attorney Fee, for the defense, upon the grounds that Mr. Yeager had not shown that he was compe tent to give expert testimony and that it was mostly hearsay evi dence. . Howard Lane was the third wit ness for the State and it is his tes timony that the prosecution bases its side of the case upon. Mr, Lane veas the bartender for Inskeep and was on duty the night of the trouble. When requested by the District trict Attorney to relate to the jury the happenings that night rela tive to the shooting of Oscar Al len, Mr. Lane replied: "Well, Allen was out in front of the bar with several more. Doh erty was talking to Padberg and several more of ua. Padberg brught Alleo out. (Padberg'a evi- idenoe is that Allen was asleep on a billiard table in a back room of the saloon and that he (Padberg) went back and woke hiro? saying, come on Oscar, Dan is buying A drick.) Dan bought tt drink then fisked Alicii id buy a drink, which he did. Then Allen bought a flask and asked for a bundle which he had lying on tfie safe and which I gave to him. Then Doh erty asked Allen to buy another drink. He said he had bought one already. Doherty insisted. Al len tried to strike Doherty. Doh erty said he was not afraid of Al len though he (Allen) was a big- - a a t gerunan. l tout Alien to stop tuat I didn't want any trouble in the house. Allen turned away. Doh erty asked him to buy another drink and called Alien a cheap geeser. Allen turned to strike Doherty, I rushed from be hind thenar and Dohertjj drew a gun and began shooting which blinded me. Doherty ran from the house and I told Padberg to catch him and bring him back. Lane also testified that Allen grab bed Doherty, he thought by the neck, and shoved him back into a corner, also tnat the defendant shot from the hip. This evidence is practically the same as testified to by all of the State's witnesses. C. H. Bresbears Win. Padberg, Jerry Phillips, Art Parker, Ed Berry and D. A. Porter were all witnesses for the state and their testimony was similar to that of Lane. The State rested Monday even ing at four o'clock and at uinv o'clock Tuesday morning the de fense began to place before thejury its side of the case and introduced the defendant in his own behalf as a witness. i Mr. Doherty testified that, Allen abused him by calling him vile names and that Allen struck him twice and the last time knocked Doherty down to the floor where he began shooting, probably firing two shots from the floor and the other three after he got up. (Coiicliulcil on paKe i.) A WICKED ASSAULT TWO HEPPNER LADS BRUTALLY ATTACK A CHINAMAN. Ralph Jones and Ralph Ce cil Swallow too Much fJooze and Become Bad Men. shortening the distance between Parker's Mill and Ilardman about two miles, with a better grade than the old thoroughfare. The new road will not be expen sive to build and when finished will save a distance of lp miles be tween Heppner and Monument. J. A. I'eiirsoii Dead. LOW PRICES FOR IDAHO WOOL DRY RIDE. The Dalles Only Oasis Along O. R. & N. Be tween Portland and Baker City. As a result of the heavy prohibition vote cast in eastern Oregon counties last Monday, the O. R. & N. railroad now traverses a long "dry" stretch through Shermao, Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, aod Union counties anJ the only place at which thirsty travelers can now secure a drink in an open saloon between Portland and BaUer City is at The Dalles, even Arlington, the strong est small saloon town in eastern Oregon, poing "drjby a heavv vote. JforjJo miles in one 6tretch trom Deschules to North Powder, the O. R AN. traverses "drj" territory. Des chutes is on the boundaiy line between Wasco and .Sherman counties and there the train enters the long reach ot prohi bition territory, and from that point un til the train crosses Powder river into Baker county, at North Powder station, no liquor can be sold on trains and none will be purchasable in an open saloon after July 1. In that 233 miles of territory, 49 sa loons in railroad towns have been voted out of existence, as follows: Arlington, 3; Umatilla, 3; llermiston, 1; Echo, 4; Peddleton, 25; La Grande, 11 ; Hilard, 1 ; North Powder, 1. At North Powder where Powder river runs through the town Is the dividing ine between Baker ar.d Union counties, Dave Beveridge, a pioneer ppIoqp tain is preparing to move his building just across the river Into Baker county, 200 yards from his present lo 'ation, and dt lares that he will conti';ue in business. However, since Bil&er couniy Voted five additional "dry" precincts this year, making a total of nine In ttie county, it is the opinion of the people of thatcoun ty that the entire county wiil go "dry" at the next elec'ion, and perhaps soontr, should a prohibition vote be requested. As a result of the prohil.ition vote, What came near being another murder to attach to Morrow coun ty's record, happened -Wednesday morning at about three o'clock. Ralph Jones and Ralph Cecil, two minors, had secured 6ome whiskey along earlier in the even ing and proceeded to get on a jag which lasted them well along into the morning, and desiriDg to make a name for themselves thought out a scheme wherein they might as sault a Chinaman and thus gain a imputation of "bold, bad men." The result is that they proceeded to the China house just recently built for a wash house and occu pied by a lone chink, and ordered the lone occupant to throw open the doors, and the chinaman states to hand over his money, whereupoo the chink demurred. Not being able to get the Chinaman to open the door, they broke it in, that is, sprung the lock so that the door opened, and straightway began to wallop the celestial over the bead with a shovel that was handy. The abuse of the assailants and the unearthly screams' of the Chi uaman awoke near neighbors, who rushed to the scene of the assault, and the boys walked coolly away and went to a near by stable, pro cured a saddle horse and were about to make a get away when Marshal Kinney appeared and requested them to 6tay hile, at least until the court could have time tojustify their actions. When arriving at the citj' bastile young Jones startec to run and got ae far as the skating rink, which isjust across the street before the marshal's gun and com mand to stop had any effect on him. The Chinaman gives the name of Ling Lee and is a recent arrival He is small of stature and seems like a Tery agreeable sort of a chap. He is pretty badly braised about Nine to 13 Cents at Sales. Paid The first of the series of wool sales to be held in Idaho this year were held at Mountaiuhome Wed nesday, when a laree amount of wool was offered and sold at prices ranging from nine to 13 cents per pound. Practically all of the wool offered for sale was sold at the prices pf fered, although before the sale growers had declared that they would hold their clips if prices were not higher than thosequoted. Last year the same wool sold at prices ranging from 17 to 21 cents and bidding was spirited. This year there were hut few bids and but little life in the sales. The Idaho clip is excellent this year, owing to the mild winter and fav orable spring and the quality of the wool is perhaps better than for five or six years. The sheep shear ed heavier this year, also, and but for the depressed wool market in the. east growers would have receiv ed top prices for their 190S output. SHEEP MARKET J. A. Pearson, a former resident of Morrow county, died at th resi dence of his brother-in-law, W. E. Hiatt, Saturday evening. Mr. Pearson formerly lived on Butter creek, but on account of failing health moved to Pendleton about a year ago. . While visiting relatives here, Mr. Pearson was strichen with p-iralysis, Wednesday last. He leaves a wife. The body was shipped to Pen dleton Monday, for burial. .N'otlre, Notice is hen by iven that trth -deraiined, under and by virtw f tfc laws of the State o? Otoon, -i ofcsNthejc the rnnninir at larjje of animal wjuc .Morrow county, have rakn nfr-i !u, in my possession at my phci 7 zmW. southeast of Hcppne." on Vti)oir rrw-fc in Morrow County. Oregon, the ing described an'mals: One bit Mmn, gelding, about 12 years old, bmr.d ith nar under letter F on right afcj M, weight about 800 pounds. One sorrel gelding, phont 12y;rert. branded with mutilated triangle e-u (Hst stifle and letter P on left ibiviid-ss. weight about 800 pounds. ' The owner or owners of said ar,iax are hereby notifl-d that nnless J; aree is claimed within the proper thae vr manner, that I wiil on the llitb t)j,r r For a new establishment the Fossi creamery is doini: a lartre busjneH. Ph sules filling a:i the orders for the local ! 'T' f ""t '"V" . l VW ? iw i jrenoon 01 Siiui day at my ,M,"U"U!MI" H,m neei-r com.- ; f,trrn se:l th i said described ties, a ton ot its famous butter wh the mannr and for v:aeo iiy lay. Dated this ih day of June, IWiL shipped to the Portland maiket dune. the past month. For ntwn and opinions the Oregontaa ar.iu-.-iiii ; puriws-r. -T Al Fixifvisce. Owner Tells About Pacific Coast Meat. WW ALCOHOL 3 PPB n Acge(ablePrepara(ionforAs simiaruigfheFooffandRcguli UngUieSiomachsartdBovdsof the head and shoulders, having deep, ugly gash or two on the fore head and a badly battered eye, also a bruise or bo on the shoulder. He was knocked down once in side his house, and just outside the rear door he was completely layed out from a blow on the head which was handed to him as h? was try jug to elude bis assailants. j The affair is very regretable on account of the relatives of each lad. The boys are now iu the county p awaiting the action of District Attorney PLelps, who at this time) is very busy with the murder trials that are ocCuying the attention of j the Court. i NEW ROAD. but little liquor win be handled on din-' Shortening Distance Be ing cars hereafter and it is thought the company will abolish the practice of carrying li.juor on the cars, altcgetber. The territory from Umstilla to the Washington state line on the Washing ton division of the O. R. & N. and from Pendleton to 6tate line, will ' be "dry" and so but little liquor business can be done on cafe cars. A few years ago Lateview's bonded indebtedness was about f2.'?.00, It has been reduced to about $10,000. tween Monument and Heppner. Survej-or Heath and Viewers Minor and Brown have finished the survey on a Dew road which will connect with the recently surveyed Board creek road, at Parker's Mill. The line of the proposed road continues down Rock creek to con nect with the Ilardman-Spray road, William Rea Jr., of Eea Bros., St. Paul, Minnesota, one of the lar gest 6heepmen in the United States is registered at the Portland hotel "Within the past month or so our firm has bought something like 150,000 head of sheep in this state," Mr. Rea said. "This weekweship about 3G,000 from eastern Oregon to our ranges in Montana, mostly from Heppner and Condon. We run about 200,000 head in Montana all the time, buying them here in Oregon, running them on the nor thern ranges and selling mostly in Chicago. The "heaviest" as we call the very best of the stock are shipped directly to England, usual ly from New York, Boston or Balti more, oo a iamb born on tne banks of the Columbia may, if he is a very good little lamb, speed his summers in Montana feasting on he green grass in summer, and Iiv ng on native hay, well sheltered from the deep snowa in winter; then take a trip to Chicago, then to New York, and finally pass in hf check on the banks of the Thames in old England. That is, if the coyotes don't annex him, or a bob cat doesn't absorb him; for the in terior of wild animals is one of the best mutton markets that Oregon ! lins. Only it is not very profitable, om:ept for the coyote. But the bounty is doing cood work toward keeping those sneaking .thieves of the range within bounds. The coy ote alone i the most expensive pet Oregon has. lie costs this state alone at least $1,000,000 a year some say 82,000,000. 1 1 w Promotes Digestion.CIteeriTir ness and Rest.Contatasneitficr Opium.Morphtrtc nor Mineral IS OT NARCOTIC. IteoOMIkSSMLWJlUM Bsnpkiu Sttd ' jUx.Smm ftppmninf UiCcionaleteJa Him Seed Oartktt Slmr baByremfkmr. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Ksyg Always Bought Bears Signi Aperfecf Remedy for Ccmsfica tlon , Sour Stomach.Dlarrtoea Worms .Convulsions Jeverish- ness and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. 35 ituro A n rf AW i 1 I J V 0 Use For Over Thirty Years in Hiainiuiu i-i ! dnl Ijllli bo"? ISI Exact Copy ot Wrapper. Entirely Under Local Control andjU nagemcnt Bank of Heppner Capital $50,000 Fully Paid Officers W. O. MINOR, Tresulpnt J. H.MrHAI.EY, Vice-Presi.lent W. S. WHARTON, deliier VAWTEVJ CRAWFORD, Asst. Cashier Directors W. O. MINOR C. E. WOO! 'SON W. (i. SCO IT T H. VrllAl.EY W. S. WHARTON W. W. Long, an old time Waits burg citizen, passed through Hepp ner yesterday, on his way from Bend to Waitsburg. Every toflir want to know what fbi OrecoBlaa baa to aay. Loans Made at Eight Per Cent. FOUR PER GEHT INTEREST Fill) BH Tlil IWM WE ARE GROWING Gain in Deposits, month of .Tanimv ' February " " M March " " " April auJ May Total pain for first five months, Ht'S NOT BAD FOR THE DULL SEASON. . 51,':-. -ii