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TiiU.U-iil Socio! , " " City VOL. 28. NO. 44. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER YEAR. ft-. t . 1912 Attempted Train Wreck. An attempt to wreck the local train was made by some un known party on Tuesday morn ing. Shortly after leaving the depot at, Lexington, and while the train was not yet under full speei, they ran onto a fish plate that had been placed on the rail. The obstruction was discovered . by the engineer, and the emer gency brakes thrown on, but this did not prevent the engine pass ing over the piece of steel. Had the train been running at full speed it would have been derailed What motive could be behind this it is hard to conjecture ine case will doubtless receive some investigation at the hands of the district attorney who was on the 1 tarin at the time. This also suggests to Supt. Notson, who was going to lone by the same train, that it was a good time to get rid of a few unde sireable county officials and work the recall on them. Judge Pat terson, Supt. Notson and Dist. Attorney VanVactor all being among the passengers. The plac- j ing of the fish plate on the rail might have been the work of some thoughtless boys with no criminal intent but it could have caused a serious accident. Club Meeting. Women Of Woodcraft. Maple Circle No 259, of Hepp- ner, installed their newly elected officers on Monday evening last. Cora D. Crawford was installing officer. Following the ceremo nies, a lap lunch was served and a social time enjoyed. The new officers are: Guardian Neighbor, Mrs. G. A. Stevenson; Advisor, Mrs. E.F.Campbell; Past Guard ian, Mrs. J. L. Yeager; Magician, Mrs. Mabel Slaght; Clerk, Mrs. Rose Richardson; Banker, Cora D. Crawford; Attendant, Mrs, J. H. Cox; Captain of Guards, Mrs. A. G. Devore; Inner Senti nel, Mrs. Allen McFerrin; Outer Sentinel, Mrs. A. J. Cook; Man ager, Mrs. Emma Hale; Musician, Mrs. Ida Gray. Grand Chancellor Frank Wrightman, and Grand Keeper of Records and Seal L. R. Stin son, both of Salem, made an official visit to Doric Lodge No, 20, K. of P. on Tuesday evening, These gentlemen have been tak ing in the lodges of the Grand Domain of Oregon and departed on Wednesday for Ontario. Mr, Wrightman delivered a splendid address on Pythianism to the as sembled Knights, and proved himself to be an orator of no mean ability. He was followed in an able manner by Mr. Stin son, who, by the way, has occu pied his position with the order for the past sixteen years, and is a walking encyclopedia of infor mation and experiences gathered concerning the state of Oregon from the trips that he has taken over the field, and it is very in teresting indeed to listen to him speak. A banquet of clams and other necessary "fixins" follow ed the close of lodge and a fine social time was spent. The visit of the grand officers has enthused the Knights and filled them with renewed vigor. Arrangements have been com pleted for holding a revival meet ing at the Commercial Club build ing, commencing Feb. 5. " The services will be conducted by Rev. E. P. Warren, Rev. John McAllister, Rev. W. A. Pratt, and Rev. Mr. Owen. The Heppner Commercial Club held a meeting at the council rooms on Friday evening, a good ly number being present. Two matters were brought to the at tention of the body for consider ation that have to do with the development work that is going on throughout the country. The first of these was the proposition of getting through congress s bill providing for the means nec essary to promote a scheme of national soil experts; tnis was fully set forth in a letter rea l be fore the meeting from Traffic Manager Miller of the 0 W R & N Co. After listening to this, the Club voted to lend its assist ance by giving the proposition its endorsement. The second mat ter of importance was the presen tation of the plan of the Oregon Agricultural College, as prepared in an extended letter read from Prof. Hetzel. This gives in de tail the plan of the College in its extension work among the rural districts and schools. As this is to be carried on in connection with the plans of State Superin tendent Alderman, and as the Club did not have his view of the proposition, it was decided to take no definite action at this meeting. It is understood how ever, that there is a practical agreement between the agricu tural college and the superinten dent, and they will soon get to gether and have the matter put in proper shape. This move ment has the endorsement of the State Bankers' Association, and they have a committee, of which T. J. Mahoney of this city is member. This committee is to act for the Association in pro moting the move. The move has also been strongly endorsed by the Portland Commercial Club. Already in various counties o the State, the plan is being in augurated, and the coming State Fair at Salem will be provided with many exhibits of various kinds prepared in competition by the school children of the state As soon as a definite outline has been settled upon, the Gazette will be pleased to give full details, The Proposition to provide Heppner with a suitable opera house was put to the Club by S. E. Notson. He has a plan that he is earnestly working on to put the club building in shape for this purpose, and the move re ceived the support of the club, a committee or three being ap pointed by President Woodson to assist in rounding up the strag gling stock of the Heppner Im provement Company, and also to use its influence with the city council with reference to securing a suitable lease to the grounds on which the building now stands. f the plans work out, the club building will be speedily convert ed into a good opera house, and made a place suitable for hold ing all public gatherings. It was also unanimously voted by the Club to extend an invita tion to the government engineers having in band the investigation of the West extension of the Umatilla project, to hold a meet ing at Heppner, the Club feeling that Morrow county has a great er interest, perhaps, in the car rying out of this work, than any other section. No further business was done at this time, and on motion the meeting adjourned. . SOME INTERESTING DATA OF LEXINGTON CREAMERY December Report Shows a Steady Increase in the Output-Some Other Interesting Facts Stated Also. Butter fat is worth 35 cents to- J Chickens day. Eggs We sent out 3014 pounds of butter in December. Our total output for 1911 was 40,719 pounds. It was worth $12,173.42. We also sent out $379.00 worth of cream. We paid the following cream checks for December: - 153 00 197 25 Hay ... no 50 Horses ... 390 00 CREAM as follows from seven cows: January - $ 43 11 45 03 45 30 65 27 H. F. Blahm - - Jos. Eskelson Geo. Evans R. B. Wilcox S. G. McMillan H. C. Gay -Joe Devine Ana many more smaller ones. Notice, the dry land boys are in the lead. And we have "some" dry land. An up-to-date dairyman raises both hogs and chickens. Notice what Eph Eskelson has sold from his 25 acre Alfalfa Ranch. . In 1911: Hogs - - $150 10 Beef - - - -150 00 February March April May June July August September 75 81 1 October 85 29 (November 121 28 i December 65 51 56 94 36 94 55 33 50 08 50 80 47 45 42 67 51 87 63 72 66 18 37 77 Hi Absolutely Pure The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar WO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE School Notes. Total $1774 48 He paid $73.00 for hired help. i ou may say that the above total is not large. But it is better than a wheat crop that will not pay expenses. Or a band of sheep that will run you $1,000.00 in the hole. By all means get a few cows. Be in the swim. And feel happy. TAX ROLL SUMMARY. County Clerk Hill has completed the tax extensions on the 1911 Tax Roll, and it is now ready to be turned over to the Sheriff for collections. The summary of the Tax Roll is as follows: State, County and School tax $ 82,243 94 Special School tax 37,243 60 Special City tax 5,22136 Grand total $124,793 90 The tax roll for 1910 carried extensions totaling $132,500 00 being over $8,000 00 more than this year's roll. The State Board reduced the railroad assessment for this year $432,000 00 and the county assessment is $570,000 00 less than last year, making over one million dollars reduction in the assessed valuation of the prop erty of the county. High School Notes. If you dont want to pay Gilliam & Bisbee for fixing your pipe9 take care of them and don't let them freeze. The new schedule for the course of study has been posted. Now for the last semester. We have all resolved to make this semester's work count for much Miss Clark has a class of 12 young men in extemporaneous speaking. Much interest is being manifested. A very large percent of the high school students passed on honor the first semester. This speaks well for the school. Something new is promised by the literary societies for their next program, a week from to morrow. We urge as many of the school patrons to attend these meetings as possible. Much improvement has been go ing on in the Commercial depart ment the past week. The room has been greatly enlarged by moving back the partition. This was a much needed improvement, I as the room was far too small for the large number of students in this department. Some new tables were also installed. The report is current in Hepp ner that a school and hosipital is to be built at this place in the near future by the Catholic church. This is a proposition mat tnese people have had in contemplation for a number of years, and according to announce ment by Father Kelly, they are about decided to begin active op erations. Revival meetings will begin in Walker's hall at lone on Monday evening, January 29th. They will be conducted by Lawrence Wright, an evangelist from Des Moines, Iowa. There will be good singing and good preaching and the public of lone and vicin ity are invited. Under the aus pices of the Christian church of lone. BY SUPT. NOTSON. On Tuesday I visited the lone school. Everything indicated that the school is enjoying a very successful year. The school spir it is good throughout the entire teaching force and student bodv. I noted that bubbling fountains had been installed. They are of an excellent type and work very satisfactorily. In the high school, Prof. Kauf man and 23 pupils were working enthusiastically. The primary pupils, under the direction of Miss Brown, were doing excellent work. Quite a number were ab sent on account of sickness. The room is tastily decorated. There was an interesting display of some of the pupils' work on the walls. In Miss Kline's room, a happy lot of youngsters were at work. I was much pleased with the calisthentic drill in which the pupils engaged. Miss Kline is making good progress in securing muscular movement in writing. Twenty-eight prpils were present in Miss Gorman's room. All were diligent in the work. I noticed some excellent map work on dis play. Miss Hougen has rather a small number in her room, but the interest is excellent even if the stimulus of numbers is lack ing. The reading class are reading "The Tales of a Wayside Inn The school building and grounds are kept in excellent condition, the light is admitted form the left and rear in each roomi A part of the windows are furnish ed with window boards for vent ilation. A number of excllent framed pictures are found upon the walls. Each room above the primary has a good reference work. The people are justly proud of their school. WAS A PIONEER OF MORROW CO. Mrs. J. T. Galloway Dies at Clarkston, Wash. Reno, the magician, will enter tain the people of Heppner at the Commercial Club building, Sat urday evening. Prof. Daggy, of Seattle, writes that Reno has been making a great "hit" this season wherever he has appear ed. The Bureau will lose heavily by having to send Reno back to cover the date which he missed on account ot the blockade on the railroads, but the manager says he expects to make good all their engagements. Rev. John McAllister came up rom lone on Tuesday evening, returning this morning. He has been engaged in a protracted meeting with his church there for the past two weeks with good succss. Lvangelist Owen, of Portland has been assisting, and the Baptist forces and Congrega tionalists have now joined in a united effort to last for a couple of weeks, Rev. Owen doing the preaching. Eph Eskelson has disposed of his wheat land south of Lexington to Vancouver parties, and is also on a trade to dispose of his dairy arm on the creek. Mrs. J. T. Galloway, who for a number of years resided with her husband, Rev J. T. Galloway, on a homestead near Heppner, and who will be well remembered by the older residents of this community, died at Clarkston, Wash , on Januarys, 1912, and was buried at that place. The following Is from a Clarkston paper: The funeral of Mrs. J. T. Galloway was held Monday at 2 o'clock from the Methodist church, Mrs. Perry Buckbe of Myrtle, Idaho, a minister of the United Brethren church, con ducting the services The church was crowded by residents of Clarkston and Vineland, who came to pay their last respects to the departed, who was so beloved and cherished by those who knew her The deceased whs fifi years of age and with her husband has resided in Clarkston for the past seven years, coming to this place from Oregon. There were ten chil dren in the family, seven of whom are now living, and were all present at the funeral, the last daughter, Mrs. Etta Itule. arriving vpsterd.nr from Bridger, Mont. The remainder of the children are: Mrs. E. J. McFer rin, of Portland; Mrs. Laura MeKin non, Burns, Ore.; Mrs. Stella Haxton, Lewiston, Mrs Edith Kuark, of thin place; J. W. Galloway, St John; ami M. B. Galloway, of this place Other relatives of the family were present from Portland. Mrs Galloway was born near Hon- kinsville, Ky., where she spent her girlhood. She became the wife of Mr. Galloway In 1S61 and two year later crossed the plains and located in Oregon, finally settling at La Grande. They lived at various place in Oregon,, including Salem, and came to Washington state about 12 years ago, five years later coming to Clarkston. Thev celebrated tlmir 50th wedding anniversary ou Novem ber 8. Mr. Galloway will now discontinue his business at this place and will make his future home in Portland Mrs. W. O. Hill, of Heppner is a granddaughter, aud Mrs. G.C. Aikea Is a niece, of the deceased. James Hansford was down from Hardman yesterday on business and reports lots of moisture in his section. Rev. E. P. Warren is still "hold ing the fort" at Liberty school- house on Eight Mile. There have been four conversions to date and the meeting grows in interest. The First National Bank re ceived official examination on Wednesday by Examiner F. IL Luce, of Seattle. Mrs. W. E. Pruyn entertained a number of guests in honor of Mrs. R. F. Hyndon Friday after noon at her home on Chase street Mrs. T. J. Mahoney entertain ed thirty-five guests at her home in Heppner on last Thursday eve ning in honor of Mrs. Walrath. of Cherokee, Iowa, who is spend ing the winter at the home of the Mahoneys. Bridge was played and a light luncheon served complete the evening's entertainment