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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1905)
The Weed's News Local and Personal Happenings in and About the City. T. A. Rhea returned from Port land, Friday. W. L. Smith was a passenger for LaGraude, Friday. Attorney C. E. Redfield returned from Pendleton Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Woolery came up from lone Mooday. The rains of the past week have been of great benefit to grain. Semi-Weekly Portland Journal and Heppner Gazette only $1.75 per year. Wells & Warnock will handle your real estate and charge only the usual commission. List your lmda with Wells A War nock. We sell only on a straight com miss'on. A large number of sheep have been shipped during the past week. County School Superintendent S. I. Stratton was up from lone Monday. Dick Thomson, who went to Idaho with a stock train, returned Saturday evening. A very pleasant dancing party was given by Mrs. Phil Metschan at the Palace hotel Friday even ing. Mr. Gray, representing the Northwestern railroad, was in the city this week looking after stock shipments. Vawter Crawford has become associated with the Bank of Hepp ner and expects to accept the po sition of assistant cashier. Mr. Crawford does not intend to give up the office of county clerk and will see that the present good ser vice of the office is maintained. The public wool sales advertised for May 25 did not materialize this season in Heppner. An active wool market with high prices that were tempting during the entire season caused the grow ers to sell freely and by the time the sales day arrived almost every tlrng was sold. Depositees of the Bmk of Hepprer will receive interest June lt. All de positors hnl ling Savings books with the Bank of Heppner will present tbeir books on June 1st to receive interest du up to that date. Parties who do not call at the hank for their interest before June 10th, their interest will be credited to their account. W. S. Wharton, Cashier. Owing to a rush of work the Gazette last week omitted to men tion the marriage of Millard F. Parker and Miss Trannie B. Bar nett, both of Lexington. The wedding ceremony occui red at the residence of the bride's parents at Lexington, on the 17th inst,, Rev. F C. Adkins. of Heppner, officiat ing. Mr. and Mrs. Parker are very popular youog people of Lex ington where they have many friends. The Gazette acknow lodged the receipt of cake. Sunday was a bad day for tail ore, that is, Ileppnet tailors. Messrs. Louis and Pleiss who en joy the rather dangerous occupa tion of breaking horses were out driving Sunday. Upon the ilin- ton creek road the team became frightened and making a quick jump to the side of the road ditch ed the vehicle, turning the buggy bottom side up with both of the tailors on the under side. Both were badly bruised, Mr. Louis be ing quite badly hurt He was taken to the Heppner Sanitarium and is still under the care of this institution. 9VK LIVES LOST. Sud liutt-r on fthca ureck Last. Tuesday .1 f tcriiooii. A small cloudburst occurred in Cason Canyon on Rhea creek Tuesday afternoon between two aud three o'clock. The unfortunate affair in which four Jives were lost is due mainly to the fact that the people were laboring under great excitement. The home of James Nunnamaker from which the peo ple ran is located in the Rhea creek canyon and directly oppo site the mouth of Cason canyon, making it a dangerous place in time of a cloud burst. At the time of the storm O. J. Cox and family were" visiting at the home of Mr. Nunnamaker, and as there are a number of small children in both families, as the storm progressed the people be came greatly alarmed. Mr. Nunnamaker went out to watch one canyon while Mr. Cox stood on the front porch of the house to give the alarm if the water appeared in the other can yon, the women and children hav ing on their coats and wraps and were in readiness to run for high er ground at a moment's notice. When the water came rushing down the nartow canyon Mr. Cox gave the alarm and all made a rush to cross the Rhea creek bridge, all running directly ahead of the water. Just before they reached the bridge thev were caught by the fast approaching current. In the party attempting to get away there were about twelve people, including several small children which very much retarded their lliiiht. All suc ceeded in escaping with their lives with the exception of Mrs. Nunna maker and two small children and the 13-ytar-old daughter of Mr. Cox. The news was sent to Heppner by 'phone and a large number of people from this place were soon on the way to the scene of the calamity with all haste. A searching party was soon or ganized and the bodies of Mrs. Nunuamaker and the (vox child were recovered Tuesday evening, having beeu carried down with the current for a distance of several miles. The search for the other bodies as suspended owing to darkness and was again resumed at daylight. Aftar a short search the two missing bodies were found. The volume of water that fell was not great and only covered a small territory. No water entered the house at all and if the people had stayed in the house all would have been saved. The gentlemen members of the Friday Evening Club gave the ladies of the club a picnic Tuesday which was greatly enjoyed. The merry party drove up Willow creek about 13 miles to a beauti ful grove where a nice lunch was spread. To insure good weather C. E. Woodson and Clyde Brock were appointed as a weather com mittee, bat after getting to the picnic grounds the weather com mittee got so interested in fishing in Willow creek that they neg lected their duty and the conse quences were a half hour's rain. Services at the Baptist church Sunday morning by the pastor. Subject, "A Study of the Sabbath Day." Children's Day will be observed Sunday at 8 p. m. Manager E. T. Kruger, of the Fair store, left this morniog for Spokane, where he will be gone for several days on business con nected with the store. Alfred Ayers left Tuesday for Shaniko. From there he will go to Montana with a trainload of sheep. HICPIVN'Mt IM 1I1.U! SCHOOLS. ToHciwrs and I'upiis Deserve tirt -.H Credit l or I miring Worlt. That good schools are a power ful factor in the development of a country is a fact too often over looked. Nothing will so help to build up a town as good school ad vantages. In this respect Ffepp ner feels justified in boasting. The exhibit work prepared for the Lewis and Clark exposition by the pupils of the Heppner schools will, without doubt, compare favor ably with any in the state. In fact the entire Morrow county ex hibit is indeed very creditable, Of this exhibit fully one-half or more than half was prepared by Heppner pupils. Besides one cab inet of grade work the Heppner pupils prepared eight bound volumes of 200 pages each and two frames containing about 158 pieces of hand carved wood, in eluding geometrical figures and models of useful instruments. The special instructions in the industrial work were given by Prof. Reid. They also filled 1000 small bags with Morrow county wheat and made 500 cards cut from black cardboard on which was pasted the figure of a sheep in white covered with Morrow coun ty wool, to be given away as souvenirs on Heppner day, June 7. Aside from this, the teachers and pupils gave two entertain ments, the proceeds of which went towards defraying the expense of the exhibit. The county furnish ed only the cabinets in which the work was arranged. The entertainment of May 24 was given by the High school, seventh and eighth grade pupils. The play, "The Court of Fame," was presented in a manner that did credit to the pupils and their teachers, Miss Lamb and Miss Hamilton. This was one of the nicest school entertainments ever given here. Friday evening ' the lower grades gave an entertainment con sisting of songs, recitations, drills and dialogues. The program wsb exceptionally rendered from the opening chorus, "The Voyagers," which was especially beautiful as sang by the sweet, joung voices to the closing drill by Mies Martin's pupils. Miss Goodkneeht and and Mrs. Freeland's pupils all performed their respective parts in a manner which showed marked ability on the part of the pupils and careful training by the teach ers. The musical part of each program as well as the music for the graduating exercises was the work of Miss Catton. In listen ing to tbe children sing one can not but notice the remarkable con trol which Miss Catton has over tbe voices of her pupils. The music has been very satisfactory this year under her able direction aud it ia deeply regretted that 6he will not be here this year. Not only will she be missed in the school, but by her many warm friends in other circles as well, who, while they regret to have her go, are pleased that she has so good a position. Miss Catton will be supervisor of music of the Walla Walla public schools next year. The proceeds of these enter tainments netted about $100. Not only is Morrow county indebted to the Heppner teachers and pupils for this sum. but for a vast amount of work as well. To Miss Lamb, as chairman of the Morrow county educational exhibit committee, is largely due the success of the creditable exhibit She was ably assisted by the committee, Prof. D. V. S. Beid, Superintendent S. I. Stratton and Miss Ella Fischer, of lone, and other countyteachers, but much of the actual work fell upon her and its successful ar K -njnwKmin tm.Amsmr, TRUNKS SUIT TELESCOPES AND TRAVELING BAGS A Great Variety If you are planning a trip to Port land the Gth of June, you need one or the other of these to lend stylished harmony to the rest of your travel ing toggery. - - . THE PRICES ARE 45c, 55c, 65c, 75c, 85c, $1.00, $1.25, $135 $1.45, $1.50, up to $15.00, each. Ajri-IjR FAIJg rangement is due to her work end energy. Heppner can boast of her well organized and efficient public schools, and in doing so it is but justice to mention Prof. D. V. S. Reid, who has been the prime factor in bringing our school to its present gratifying condition. Prof. Reid is a principal in the best sense. There is no go as you please or haphazard work under Prof. Reid. He has a system and lays out and directs the work of each teacher. That he has a way of doing this that ia exceedingly helpful to the teacher is evinced by the fact that he is held in high esteem by all who have taught un der his direction and many have said that they would always be bettor teachers for having taught under Prof. Reid. The esteem of his fellow teachers, the love aijd respect that he commands from bis pupils has much to do with iiis success as principal. The fact that the school has steadily im proved under Prof. Reid is a recommendation in itself. The school year which closes to morrow night in the graduating exercises has been a very success ful one. The teachers have taken upon themselves a burdensome amount of extia work without any compensation, whatever, aud they all deserve much credit. The pupils haye cheerfully and willing ly undertaken the extra work re quired of them and have aquitted themselves well. The following program will be rendered at Roberts' opera house tomorrow evening, June 2: . Chorus Morning Invitation . Veazie Praver Rev. Wm. Sa'e Essay Clint C. Gilliam Resources ot Oregon Vocal Solo Bedouin LoveSong-Hawley Otheo Crawford Essay.... Harvey A.'Yeager Our President Essay Gertrude Walbridge The Spirit of l'rogref s Chorus On the Rolling Wave Maiks Boys of Upper Grades Essay Resie G. Dexter The Romance ot Invention Essay Lester W. Mailory Triumph of Electricity Vocal Duet-O, That We Two Were Maying Neidlinger Miss Catton and Otheo Crawford Essay Lilian A Johnson Helen Keller Address to Class Prof. B. H. Brown, Whitman College Confering of Diplomas James Hager, Chairman of School Board Vocal Solo A May Morning - Denza 4T A BF" of Styles and Siz lzes 1 4 Miss Ca'.ton G KADI' A TICS Ressie G. Dexter, Clinton C. Gllliora, Harvey A. Yeager, Lester V. Mailory,. E. Gertrude Wa bridge, Li'an A. Jolm -son. A large number of people at tended the Memorial Sunday exer cises at the M. E. church last Sun day. The church was decorated; with potted plants, cut flowers and evergreens, The pictures of our three martyred presidents were displayed, also the picture of Presi dent Roosevelt. There was special appropriate music which r.dded much to make the services im pressive. Rev. Chandler, pastor of the M. E. church, who is r grand army man, delivered the address which was able and cause much feeling nnd (.''one attention The opening prayer was by Rev. W. C. Sale, and the closing prayer was offered by Kev. Jones, of Lex ington. On Decoration Day ther were musical exercised at Roberts . opera house. Captain Alexander was an in coming passenger yesterday even ing. .'Notice. We have not got a corner ou furnished rooms, but have made arrangements with the owners of private houses to receive applica tions for rooms at any time during, the Fair. These rooms are not located in ten-story buildings, but. are all in residence property,. You will save time and mono by engaging your rooms of us, and will be sure to have a place when reach the city. Write us now.. Address, Xorthwest Laud Co., 21 L' Alisfey Bldg, Portland, Oregon. 3t- CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature Don't let the children taller. If they are fretful, peevish and cross, Rive them Hollister'a Rocky ; Mountain Tea. The best baby touio known. Strength and health follow its use. 35 cents W. P Mo Ml Dan, Lexington, Or. Independent and reliable The Oregon-t-onian.
