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VOL. 28. NO. 42.
HEPPNEIl, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY. 11, 1912
SUBSCRIPTION, .f 1.00 PER YEAR.
JOHN O. WILSON
DIES AT SALEM.
Was Prominent Stockman
of This Section a Num
ber ot Years Ago.
DAVID McCULLOUGH
John Q. Wilson, a retired cap
italist of Salem, and well known
in this county where he resided
for a number of years and was
engaged in the raising of stock,
owning the big ranch of several
hundred acres just east of Hepp
ner on Ilinton creek, died sudden
ly at his home in the Capital City
on Thursday last, aged 83 years,
7 months and 14 days.
Concerning him, the balem
Statesman says: .
John Quincy Wilson was born
May 18, 1828, in Ohio. He spent
the first twenly-four years of his
life in his native state and in In
diana. He was employed in a
mercantile business at Crawfords-
ville. Ind. While there he was
a young man with Lew Wallace
and others who became promi
nent in the nation. In 1852 he
had a desire to go west and out
fitted with a team and a prairie
schooner, with a friend, started
for the Willamette valley. He
first settled in Marion county
He was in the mercantile business
at Jefferson and other points in
an early day and later engaged
in business at Salem. He was
"also in business at Heppner, and
conducted farming operations in
Marion county as well as in east
ern Oregon. He held many posi
tions of public trust, including
the county judgeship of Baker
county. He was a member of
the legislature from Umatilla and
Morrow counties, as well as from
Marion county. He also had the
distinction of being Salem's first
mayor and held minor offices at
different times. He has made his
nprmanent home in Salem for
about thirty years and has always
been a most highly respected
citizen with a multitude of
friends.
Mr. Wilson was one of seven
brothers and four sisters, and the
last survivor of the entire family.
Deceased leaves a widow to mourn
his departure from this life, they
having had two sons, both of
whom died very young. Robert
W. Halley of this city and John
Wilson of Sodaville, are two
nephews of deceased.
Mr. Wilson was a devoted Odd
Fellow, being the oldest in the
order in Salem, and possibly in
the state. He was initiated in
Chemeketa lodge June 9, 1856,
in which he remained until Jan
uary 14, 18G8, when he became a
charter member of Olive lodge
No 18, and continued in that till
the two lodges consolidated.
A few years ago his lodge bro
thers presented him with a fifty
year veteran's jewel, Judge Geo.
II. Burnett making the presenta
tion. Mr. Wilson was greatly
affected by the gift
He was one of the extensive
property owners of the city and
county. Mr. Wilson was univer
sally respected and his kind and
sympathetic disposition won for
him scores of frends.
Was born in Belfast, Ireland
where he lived until the year 1901,
when he emigrated to America,
and settled in Morrow county,
where he has resided continuous
ly since.
In his early manhood he was
united in marriage to Miss Mary
Brown. To them were born elev
en children seven sons and four
daughters.
Mrs. McCullough and one son
died in Ireland about fourteen
years ago, their deaths occurring
within, a week of each other, and
now the death of the father has
occurred within a week of the
death of his daughter, Mrs. Hisler.
David McCullough. came f rom a
long line of sturdy ancestors, and
was himseli a splendid specimen
of that hardy and indomitabl
race that has played such a prom
inent part in Empire building in
the last three hundred years.
He was a farmer by occupation
and by industry, and honorable.
upright business methods he ac
cumulated a comlortabie compe
tencyand retired from the active
labors of farm life some thirty
years ago.
For much the greater part of his
life he was a ruling elder in the
Presbyterian church and main
tained an upright, Christian char
acter to the day of his death.
During his long, and sometimes
strennous life, he was never sick,
but for twelve or fourteen years
past gradually declined until four
o'clock last Sunday morning, Jan
uary 7. 1912. he gently fell to
sleep.
The funeral was from the
Christian church in this city Jan
uary 9, the sermon by Rev. J. V,
Crawford, and interment in the
Masonic eemetary beside tne
grave of his daughter so recent
ly buried.
A. L. Ayers and wife came in
from Parker's Mill on Tuesday.
They left the mill early Monday
morning and were caught in the
blizzard on the way and compelled
to stop over with friends until the
storm abated. In the meantime
relatives and friends at Heppner
were not a little anxious about
their safety until a phone message
announced their whereabouts at
noon. They report the storm as
very severe.
COMMISSIONERS' COURT
FOR THE JANUARY TERM
Usual Routine Claims Allowed Jury List
Drawn Judges and Cierks of Election
AppointedBooks Being Experted.
Jerm O'Conner, circuit ct
REAllstott, "
W P Button,
C C Patterson, "
Cameras, kodaks, films, plates,
papers and chemicals. Everything
for the amateur photographer.
Patterson & Son, the Rexall
Store.
Some Horse Sales.
Liggett's and Fenway's candy;
all kinds, all sizes, all prices.
Fresh stock every week. Patter
son & Son. The Rexall Store.
Clerk Hill is busily engaged in
making the extensions on the tax
roll and will soon have the same
ready to turn over to the sheriff.
Adams & Campbell, Portland
horse buyers, shipped a car load
of horses to Portland from Hepp
ner on Saturday morning, besides
leaving behind some 11 head
that are being-oared for at the
stable of McRoberts & Lvans.
The most of the horses purchased
were big, draft animals. J. G.
Doherty furnishing eight head,
and this bunch were perhaps the
top-notchers and brought an av
erage price of $175 per head.
French Bros, also contributed a
few extra fine animals, while
there were among the lot some
saddle horses and light buggy
animals, all bringing good prices
considering the present conditions
of the horse market. These gen
tlemen expect to return to Hepp
ner in a few weeks and buyj up
enough more to finish outanothe r
car load.
If you dont want to pay Gilliam
& Bisbee for fixing your pipes
take care of them and don't let
them freeze.
Commissioners' court convened
at the court house in Heppner on
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1912, with
Commissioners Devin and Young ;
present, and Commissioner Devin ! John Hughes,
presiding in the absence of Judge j E M Shutt,
atterson who was compelled to 'James Farley,
remain at home for a couple of Mai Halvorsen.
days by sickness but was on duty j J H Bryson,
as the presiding officer of the
court on Friday.
After due proclamation of open
ing court had been made, the fol
lowing proceedings were had.
Claims against Morrow county
Albert Emery
H A Emery,
French Burroughs,
Tyndall Robison,
C E Jones,
II C Gay,
were presented and ordered paid ' D V S Reid.
in accordance with the list follow- j W W Bechdolt,
ing and constituted thefirstday's 1 W H Miller,
labor of the court :
C C Patterson, salary,
W 0 Hill,
AMMallory,
J C Hayes, "
J 0 Rasmus, "
JJ Wells,
Sylva Shipley, "
S ENotson,
Frank Gilliam, "
N E Winnard,
WM Ayers,
Bushong & Co.
Bushong & Co.
Bushong & Co. election ac,
Irwin-Hodson Co. cur. ex.
Irwin-Hodson Co. "
Kilham Stationery Co. ' '
Glass & Prudhomme, "
Lane Printing Co. col. taxes 25 80
Halvorsen & Mason, poor 26 00
Minor & Co., poor acct.
J W Cowins, ct. house ac.
Morrow Whse Mill Co. do
Case & Case, ct. house ac.
W P McMillan, school con.
Geo W Dykstra,
cur. ex.
75 00
120 00
15 10
29 50
51 50
39 20
23 60
5 30
66 11
39 05
8 80
18 75
Matt T Hughes,
T M Benedict,
J A Miller,
Blanch Slocum,
50
00
00
00
00
00
00
alace Hotel, circuit ct. ac. 14 30
W M Ayers, " 24 00
George Shipley, " 3 00
JSBeckwith, " 34 00
J P Williams, justice ct. ac. 15 10
E M Mannus, circuit ct. ac. 2 20
G BHatt, " 2 20
F II Robinson, " 5 60
J B Huddleston, " 2 20
A D McAtee, " 2 20
Elmer Scott, " 2 20
II A Duncan, " 2 20
Wiley Wattenburger, 6 40
W T McNabb, " 6 00
Carl Rhea, " 2 20
Arthur McAtee, " 2 20
L D Hale, " 12 60
O B Barlow, " 12 60
Erik Bergstrom, " 14 00
Lafe Penland, " 11 40
Walter Becket, " 6 00
W E Wigles worth, " 7 00
Peter Susbauer, " 18 60
E R Lundell, " 8 00
Emil Grotkopp, " 4 80
J H Deardorff, " 7 00
WBFinley, " 9 00
Ralph Finley, " 9 00
Harry Ornduff, " 29 00
Ed Farmer, " 9 00
B B Kelly, ' 2 20
Fred Lucas, " 5 00
J P Hadley, " 8 00
M A Bates, 8 00
H G Hayes, " 10 60
Alex Cornett, " 9 20
C R Pointer, " 11 60
Frank Fuchs, " 2 20
OC Stephens,
$150 00 R B Rice,
333 33 ! J R Ashinhurst,
150 OO 'RM Akers,
333 33!EdMcDaid,
150 00 1 John D Allen,
200 00 j Frank M Parker, "
70 OOhas Bullis,
200 00 HP Long,
83 33 H C Githens,
Volney Ray,
Aaccn Wright, "
E M Keithly,
Jay Merrill,
Peter Brenner, "
A E Patterson,
Joseph Eskelson, "
David Brown, "
Patterson & Son, cur. ex.
Thomson Bros, "
Heppner Gazette, "
Irwin-Hodson Co. "
T J Humphreys, "
Slocum Drug Co, poor ac.
Halvorsen & Mason, "
M A Bates, justice ct. ac.
O L Bates, do
J C Owen, do
Heppner Times, cur. 'ex.
E M Bayless, care poor,
C. L. Ashbaugh, road ac.
J E Musgrave, "
Bernard Bleakman, "
Jos. Howell,
Bert Bates,
John Allen, " .
GLCason,
George Perry, "
Ralph Floreon, "
Jas. Doherty, "
Arthur Chapel,
Golden Collins,
James Ayers. "
R Hogeland,
A D Hogeland,
L E Hogeland,
Ben Moore, "
George Swaggart, "
Chas Clogston,
George Clogston,
LBMcBee, , "
Vaughn & Sons,
G W Kirk,
City Meat Market, '
Jacob Bortzer, "
C D Huston,
E R Huston,
WE Pointer,
Martin Reid,
Phill Cohn,
Morrow Whs. M. Co."
HC Ashbaugh,
Harry Turner, "
Ralph Becket,
J H Bellenbrock,
Rose Ashbaugh, "
J C Hayes, jail account.
4 60
6 00
2 20
2 20
2 20
4 20
3 00
18 60
18 60
4 00
22 00
21 60
23 40
8 00
6 40
4 20
8 50
8 40
7 10
22 00
21 00
24 00
19 00
23 00
17 40
20 00
21 60
16 40
18 60
22 00
8 40
8 40
22 40
6 20
16 80
4 20
7 20
23 70
59 20
5 00
20 15
34 40
16 45
3 00
2 00
2 00
19 00
184 00
73 34
31 80
2 00
2 00
4 00
10 50
1 25
3 00
6 00
5 25
14 07
15 22
78 00
4 50
2 00
2KK)
11 12
10 50
3 00
4 00
81 85
12 20 1
9 00
10 95
30 00
8 00
12 00
21 00
17 18
34 40
39 03
15 75
2 00
2 00
4 00
21 00
12 50
H L&W Co, court house ac. 99 70
Gilliam & Bisbee, do
19 80
S E Notson, supt. ac. 37 60
Geo Blahm, road ac. 4 00
Wm Ulrick, " 5 00
McRoberts & Evans, do 8 00
Sam Hughes, do 25 10
Minor & Co, care of poor, 11 50
Heppner Sanitorium, do 208 00
Oscar Borg, court house ac. 6 00
Jeff Jones, do 16 50
J C Hayes, sheriff's ac. 74 95
D V S Reid, road ac. 20 50
II C Gay, do H 80
L- k, Jones, do 11 60
W E Pruyn, etal, tax rebate 69 06
H Cummings, ft. inspector 27 90
II Beazan, ind. soldiers, 50 00
M L Case, court house ac. 11 00
Milwaukee Dust Brush Co,
court house acct, 9 75
Wightman Bros, road ac. 26 00
On Thursday, Jan. 4, the second
day's proceedings were taken up
in drawmer Irom the tax mil a
istof200 names to be placed in!
me jury dox to serve as jurors
for 1912.
Friday the court appointed the
judges and clerks of election and
the same is here given by pre
cincts:
Matteson : W O Bayless, S A
Wright, H C Gay, judges;, Fred
Lucas, C N Jones, A S Akers,
clerks:
Mt Vernon : W T Campbell, t
H Frad, J L Yeager, judges; ft
E Smead, W C McCarty, H (
Ashbaugh, clerks.
Heppner : W A Richardson, H
M Yoakum, W P Scrivner, judges
Frank Stephenson, Olin Hayes,
Roy Gray, clerks.
Gentry: Geo Aiken, Geo Perry,
E G Noble, judges; J S Baldwin,
O M Scott, David Hynd, clerks
Lena : Joseph Hayes, John
Brosnan, John Woodard, judges
Chas. B. Cox, G E Ayers, Cleve
Cox, clerks.
Dry Fork : T W Morgan, G M
Akers, II R Smith, judges; R F
Fraser, E G Sutton, Newton
King, clerks.
North lone : Paul Reitman, F
H Wilson, A B Grover, judges;
J S Johnson, S W Wattenburger,
J Chisholm, clerks.
Cecil : Jack Hynd, H S Ewing,
Peter Nash, judges; C S Whit-
comb, George N Ely, J P Jasper,
clerks.
Alpine : John Kilkenny, J R
Ashinhurst, B S Clark, judges;
R B Rice, R E Tyler, J W Sibley,
clerks.
Dairy : W W Bechdolt, C A
Repass, J B Adams, judges; E J
Merrill, Guy Chapin, J W Stevens,
clerks.
Lexington : Eph Eskelson, A
Reaney, Karl Beach, judges; E C
Heliker, J W Thompson, A P
arker, clerks.
Irrigon: LB Kicker, JL Egbert,
Peter Susbauer, judges; J H
Smith, Geo Rand, w C Corey,
clerks.
Eight Mile : Frank Anderson,
R Huston, Mose Ashbaugh.
judges; cJ R Peterson, R E All-
stott, C L Ashbaugh, clerks.
Pine City : R F Wiglesworth,
as T Ayers, E O Neill, judges;
W L Vincent, H C Robertson, w
W Howard, clerks.
Wells Springs: Ed McDaid,
Henry Stender, Johannas Troed
son, judges; Carl Troedson, Phil
Doherty, John Troedson, clerks.
South lone : I L Howard, Perry
Hopkins, W L Barlow, judges;
B F Morgan, A w Lundell, John
Mills, clerks.
The Rock creek road will come
up to be heard before the court
today. Aside from this the time
of the court is being occupied in
checking over the books of the
county officials and this will re
quire a week or ten days yet to
finish.
Sand Hollow Items.
Too late for last week.
A fine snow, of about five inck
depth, fell last week.
R. B. Rice bought a stack of
rye hay from R. E. Tyler.
Tom Scott's nephew and wife
from Roseburg are visiting here.
Quite a crowd had a watch party
at Joe Sibley's last Sunday night
W. L. Copenhaver came very
near losing his house by fire not
long ago.
Miss Boblit and Mr. Turner at
tended the Leap Year ball at
Lexington.
Mr. Hansen has returned f ror.i
Portland to spend the winter
with B. S. Clarke.
Harve Coxton attended the hi;?
dance given by the Palace Hold
New Years evening.
Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. White
entertained friends last . Sunday
with a sumptuous dinner.
Van DeMark of Stanfield was
in our midst last week. He and
Mr. Tyler both have work.
Miss Boblet entertained her
pupils and patrons with a taff
pulling Friday before Xmas.
The telephone company will
have a meeting at the Hodsdon
school house Jan. 13, at 12 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dony from
the valley are visiting her par
ents, Grandma and Grandpa
Hynd.
M. L. Bundy began digging a
enough water for house use at a
depth of eight feet.
Mrs. Redding had twentyfive
at her Xmas dinner which was
on Sunday however, as that was
her father's birthday.
Mrs. Will Tucker prepared din
ner for all the Scott relation last
Sunday but several were detained
at home by illness and cold
weather.
Special 29 cents on Saturdays
only a 1-pound box of Barr's
chocolate candy. Fresh stock re
ceived every week. Don't over-
00k this bargain. Patterson &
Son, the Rexall Store.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Congregational Mens' Club
of Lexington was held on Tuesday
evening in the gymnasium build
ing. The main feature of the
program was an address by Supt.
Notson on "The Practical Appli
cation of the School Law." This
address was given in Notson's
usual happy style, and was full of
good meat from beginning to end.
The plan of the organization is
to have an address from some
outside party once a month, and a
good line of speakers have been
secured tor luture meetings.
Following the address of the
Supt. a short business meeting
was held, and the members pledg
ed themselves to stand back of
the city oificials in the enforce
ment of the ordinance controlling
the liquor traffic. This Club
will be a factor in the affairs of
our sister city.
Rev. W. A. Pratt has been ap
pointed to the pastorate of the
M. E. church of this city, accord
ing to word received from DisL
Supt. Perry, of Sunnyside, Wash.
He is expected to be on the field
by the loth of this month to take
up his labors. Fuller announce
ments concerning Mr. Pratt will
be made in these colums later.
The church is to be congratulated
upon securing a regular pastor.