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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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