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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1911)
Oreaon 1 T I ntovi cn.1 Society Oily Hall VOL. 28. NO. 2G. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER YEAR. H Anything in the line of : Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, or Fancy Groceries CALL ON Tin Paloi 9 R. M. HART, Prop, The place where you .find the choicest stock of Candies, Cigars and Tobacco in the city. ICE CREin SF.ASOIV NOW OS. We make our own Cream The Heat In Town. Try It once and be convinced. FresH Popcorn Hot Peanuts NEEL & CO. Props. Everything neat and clean at popular prices. Corxer Chase and May Streets, Heppner, Oregon MANY VALUABLE HORSES DYING Unnamed Disease Causing Heavy Losses. For Borne months past there has been an unknown disease among tne horses of Morrow county, and many of the farmers have been suf fering heavy losses. The attention of the State Vetrinary has been repeatedly called to the infection, and he has made the county a visit of inspection, but has bo far been unable to BUggestaDy relief or offer a cure. It is presumed that he does not know what the trouble is, and it is a well known fact that he has not taken the trouble to find out. In the meantime many good animals have died. Charley Hus ton, of Eight wile, is the heaviest looser bo far reported, and eleven head of his work animals have snc combed. Emmet Jones, of Hepp ner Flat has already lost two head, and his other horses are infected. John Olden suffered the loss of his fine imported Shire stallion, and there seems to be a general infec tion of all the horses over the county. Assisted by a number of men, Dr. Winnard killed and dissected one of the Jones horses on Tuesday and is going to make a thorough test of the disease and determine what it is and prescribe a remedy. The brain, spine and lungs of this horse are all diseased, the lungs beiDg entirely filled with puss cells. The results of this investigation will be made known later. It would eeem that the office of' State Vetrinarian, so far as these cases are concerned, is about as much use to Morrow county as a fifth wheel to a wagon. There has been much ado made over the fact that this office has found a remedy that wiill core a dog that has been poisoned from eating salmon, but the appeals of our people here for a thorough investigation of this disease that is taking off the valu able work horses of the farmers, have baen turned aside lightly, and nothing has been done. It might be a good idea to work the recall on this office and put it out of business entirely. Notice . To whom it may concern: From this date on all orders for wood and coal must be accompan ied by the cash or orders will not be considered. Those in arrears must pay up or no orders taken. Prices for fuel at present: 89.50 per ton for the best Rock Springs coal, nut or lump; 85.50 per cord green slab, hauled direct from the car; fG.OO per cord dry slab; $8 00 per cord pine and fir cord wood; S9.00 per cord oak; charges of 25c extra for less than cord or ton lots. I have on hand about SO tons of Wyoming coal that I will sell for $7.00 per ton as long as it lasts. Leave all orders at Slocum Drag Co. store, where you will be given a receipt for the same, or order di rect from me. Respectfully yonrs, Elmer Beaman. Heppner, Oregon, Angast 8, 1911. Remember school bookf are itrictlj cash. No one favored. Tbis mean jcu. MEETS DEATH IN JOHN DAY RIVER The Potter Dam Is Scene of Fatality. ' Intelligence reached Heppner on Sunday morning of the death by drowning at the Potter dam just a- bove Spray, on the John Day river, of Ben Cochran, only on of Emmet Cochran, of near Monument. Young Cochran, in company with his fatherand a couple of other men from the ranch, rode down to the dam on Saturday eyening to spend a few hours in fishing. They reached there after dark and light ing a lantern, placed it in a promi nent place on the dam to light up the water as it passes over onto an apron just below. The water falls with great force over the dam, and a strong whirl is created below. Ben was fishing on the dam pretty well to the opposite side of the river from the others, and loosing his footing, slipped into the river and was lost to sight, He was not missed just at the time, but a moment later he was heard to utter a cry and his companions were made aware that he had fallen in to the stream below the dam. The roar of the water made it impossi ble to hear a call for help, and as Ben had always been used to the Water snd was known to be a good swimmer, his fatherand the other men did not haye a thought but that he would get out alright. He failed to show up, however, and his companions began a search, be. ing unable to locate him. The work of rescue was continued for four hours before the body was finally recovered. It is thought he must have sue tained some injury which caused him for the time to loose control of himself, for it is thought he should have been able to get out, the water not being very deep where he went over. The sudden tsking off of this young man in this manner comes as a terrible shock to bis parents, and to the entire neighborhood where he ha9 lived all his life. He was a model young man, just coming into bis majority, as he would haye been 21 years of age in January, He was a graduate of the Monument schools, and had spent two years in O, A, C, to which institution he was prepar ing to go the first of this week to take np his studies as a Senior in the commercial department. His mother, Mrs. Emma Cochran left Heppner on Saturday morning 1) K7M O LIU Absofuicty Puro The only Baking Powder made fro m Roya I C ra pe C ream of Ta rtar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE J. C. Ware, manager of Tolly Bros. Dairy, has proved conclusively that dairying in Wallowa county is prof itable. During the month of July Mr. Ware Bold $460 worth of cream, besides supplying three families with miik, butter and cream. The only feed the cows had was the wild grass pasture in the uncleared land along the river bot tom. The herd consists of two, three and four year old heifers, and has not been fully selected aa vet. The beet to goto Corvallis to prepare to record four-yearold which keep house for her boy during the netted 18 during July. Mr Ware saya school year and the sad intelligence the cows will average $10 per month for of his tragic death called her back nine and one-half months Pch on Monday. The blow falls very Xh haV8 a iBtered b heavy here as he was the only child ... . t , of the family and the idol of his Ware ,B cnnd" that he will be able mother's heart. 1 improve tne hera so that the average Burial took place at his home production per cow will be more than town on Tuesday afternoon. $io per month.-Rural Spirit. butter and cheese by the carload where now they are unable to get eveo. enough home productions of these kinds to fill an average size wheelbarrow. Salem Statesman, COMMITTEES APPOINTED AS STATED in the last issue of the Gazette, a couple of committees were left to be ap pointed by Chairman Woodson, to get the Cream ery proposition on the move. Mr. "Woodson desired to take a little time in naming these com mittees, in order to ascertain who might best serve. "We are therefore authorized at this time to announce the following : Committee to canvass the farmers and see how many will keep cows, Vawter Crawford, Frank Gilliam and J. L. Wilkins. Committe to procure data as to where dairy stock can be procured, prices, etc., Clyde Brock, Oscar Borg and E. D. Brown. These committees promise to get busy at once. The first named will call upon the farmers and ranchers, and hope that prompt response will be given to their inquiries. They expect to be able to make a very flattering report at an early date, and ask that they be encouraged by hearty co operation on the part. of all those interested. It is needless to say at this time that the creamery is being heartily endorsed. So far as we have been able to learn there is no one disposed to do otherwise than give it a boost. This is as it should be; a commercial creamery at this point means a great deal for the farmers and ranchmen in the vicinity of Heppner; it furthermore means much in the industrial development of the count v. This As A Suggestion : Why not get up a School Fair at Heppner ? Morrow county had an exhibit at Pendleton the past week to be proud of but comparatively few of our own people got to see it. Get a suitable place, get up a little fair of our own and educate the children and older people a little in regard to our resources. MORE THAN HALF OUR OWN FEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS COUNTY CAN PRODUCE. WE SHOULD BE SHOWN. The great space and prominence giv en by city papers to dirty scandals such as the Astor-Force wedding and the Beattie murder trial, calls attention to the bill of Senator Works of California to prevent or lestrict the publication of horrible crimes and Belicious details of society's whoring. Papers excuse themselves for such pandering to de praved tastes by saying the public de mands it, but the abnormal growth of that taste is due to the papers. The more euch details are printed the more the public "demands" more details. The Portland papers don't dare to pub' lish the details of the North End hobo's letchery; why should they be allowed to do so when the letcherous brnte bap pens to be named Astor and has the spending of millions when he never earned an honest dollar in bis life, Lob Angeles prohibits it and Toady Otis of the Times has run foul of the law. He is making a big hullabaloo about being arrested for his crime. This is the same multimillionaire Otis that is try ing to have the McNamaras judicially murdered for an accident they had less to do with than te Enterprise Record Chieftain. Jackson county figures that If it can bond itself in the sum of a million and a half for road improvements that it can sell thebondtiata premium of a hundred thousand dollars, half tha sum Hlrcady being offered in advance by one bonding company. If Lane county, which has been spending money on county roads at the rate of over a hundred thousand, annually and has but few miles of per manently builded high-ways to show foe it, had bonded itself jn the sum of a mil lion dollars and had spent it in building macadam roads we would have soma solid, substantial roadwavs for the next half a century with little expense for keeping them in repair. Bonding and systematic construction is the correct solution of tbe road building problem in this country. Register. Oregon is sure "No better dairy cattle are fb be fonnd on the Pacific coast than those occupying stalls in those barns over there," said Dr. James Withycorne on tbe state fair grounds yesterday "and so far as quality is concerned the dis play is far ahead of the dairy stock exhibited at either the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland in 1905 or the A. V. P. at Seatlle in lftOO. Really, there could not be a choicer lot ot the several dairy breeds. to become a great dairying 6tate.' Dr Withvcombe is director of the Oregon experiment station at Corvjlhs and an enthusiast when it comes to boosting the agricultural possibilities of this grand '"Oregon of ours." He knows whereof he speaks for he is thoroughly acquainted with the condi tions in every part of the state and fully knows just what can be accom plithed on tbe farms if modern meth ods of agriculture are used. There should be man; times tbt num ber of registered dairy cattle on the farms of Oregon than there is now. Tbe demand for dairy products;! ever increasing. The rapidly growing popu lation mutt have milk and cream and In line with the Register's contention, that you Cannot make people honest politically or otherwise by legislation, the Polk County Observer, in taking issue with a Portland publication on the recall, very wisely says: "A Portland newspaper in defending the recall declares that 'it will hold a discreet official toa fuilsenseof hisduty.' The Observer takes issue with this state ment. We maintain that a discreet official doesn't need the recall and will bold to a strict discharge of offioial duties without the menace of removal from office. The crook who, by eubterfuga or other means, becomes a trusted official of the people, should be recalled and probably will be so Boon as his ehortcomingg come to the surface. Bab the recall will never make a man honest any more than the penitentiary prevents crime, or tbe hang man's noose a mur der. A man mnst be honest and straight forward by nature. You can't legislate honesty into his heart." Sand Hollow Items. (By Sol) Arthur Finley and wife attended preaching Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie have gona to the Fendleton fair. School is progressing nicely witil 14 pupils, and more to start. J. A. Miller is taking care of Mr. Ritchie's stock while they are away. Mr. Roy ' Campbell, of Eight Mile, attended church hereon Sun day. Miss Win nie Smith expects tj attend school at Corvallis this winter. Several of our farmers are pre paring to haul wood from tha mountains this week. Rev. Croes wbs with ns again last Sunday and we are glad to say he Jwill remain with us another year. W. L Copechaver and O. S. Hodsdon made a trip to Irrigoa last week and brought home a load of fine watermelons and grapes, grown by L. C. Kicker and hi partner. September 1G, 'It