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.
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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
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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