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VOLUME if - .; - x. - lONB. ORBOOK. FEBUARY 9. 1916 .-;..'";.. . . . J . - . ' NUHBKB 87'"-v
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Soph
omore
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High School Smoker A Success
SCHOOL NOTES
IBy.bopnomore uass; . '-
- The water pipes ia the school
building nave been iroien ror
some time and the water has
been carried from Kitchie s and
Engleman's. v. . -
When the report of the high
water reached here Monday all
the children living in the country
were excused and sent home and
the primary class was dismissed
for the day.
Xhe sopnmore oiasa is bout between Ben Bordsen and
studying "The Autobiography j Merle BfcUce was next. The
of Benjamin Franklin ' They, xing match between Joseph. Lo
expect to finish this soon and thejwe anj jj6y& Fletcher was a
next classic to be taken
o7 ,r..c.Jfl
be Addison and
- tor Papers"
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The Freshmen have finished i
theidvUS of the Ktaff-and will
take un Ivanhoe as soon as the
books arrive. -- - ' ' -
250 library books have arrived
and more are coming. The li
brary will be fixed up immediate-
o UiaAookS cani.hfi accopHh
Pockets ai cards will
be put in the books so that every
book taken out of the library
can be traced and no books
will be lost in this way. Prof.
Doak has announced that any
town people who wish to burrow
books may do so, if the books
are not being used for direct re
ference work in the classes. The
books may be kept two weeks
and if not returned at the pro
per time s fine will be charged.
This applies to town people . as
well aa the pupils of the school
The girls basket ball team
have challenged the Heppner
rirla to a ram on the lone floor
February 12. The lone girls
have been practicing hard play-
intr axrainat the Grammar school '
bora so will without a doubt play
a good game. . Mr. Reynolds is
coaching the girls. He has been
. coaching the grammar boys and
" they won both games' they play
ed, therefore the girts under his
" coaching may be also successful
in winning' the victory. Theje
-two teams have played once be
fore on the Heppner floor, the
store standing 8-8. Come out
and watch the lone girls play on
their home floor.
" A cabinet ia being built fn
the laboratory tohoid the new
scientific equipment recently pur
chased by the schooL .
- The High School Basket ball
. teams have been changed eon
"siderably on account of tne bad
, weather recently. AH out side
games have been postponed
until later dates . because of
the trains being unable to run
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regular. The delayed trips to
Moro and Grass Valley will be
'.taken soon. ' :
Owing to the hammering and
pounding in the Manual Training
room the students cannot bear
the bell UDStairs so a new one
will be installed there.
E. H. Turner was in this week
from the ranch.
Class Busy
's Notes
Th smoker held by the -High
krwiwi wit wii i iivuouaj ou-
mg was a great success and very
. interesting to the larjfe audience
wnicn actenaea. in tne first
wrestling match between Wayne
. o perry and Johny Bacon, Johnny
won. Harley Sperry won the
decision in a three round boxinir
bout on points from Charles pen-
mngton. In a wrestling match
between Elmer Cochran and Ray
Sperry, Elmer won the first tall
in seven minutes and Ray won
the other two in one minute a-
Dieee. An intereatinff nrrinv
idraw' An interesting feature of
uie evening was an exhibition of
strength and of shadowing box-
ing and wrestling by Ben Bord-
sen, ine last event was -a
wreaiung maicn Between en-
oetlnuid Roy Blake., Roy' win -
ning both falls with a cradle lock.
. - Mrs. Puyear, the 5th and 6th
grade teacher was ill last 'week
)tiu i iiMSWii.i.
now recovered
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and ia' back at
school.
The deep snow and now the
high water is keeping Mable
Wilcox, Genevieve Henkle, Ruth
Petteys, Frank and Goldie Stoops
Olive Anderson and , Blanche
Turner from School . r;
Luis Calkins. has been unable
to attend school
sickness.
on. account of
Calkins Barnett
G. M. (Shorty) Calkins was
united in marriag to Maggie Bar
nett at the home of the groom
Second St, Tuesday
" by Rev. 3. L. Jones.
after-
Those
present besides the bride and
Broom were Flossie snd Myria
El t Ii 1.
Franks, it being a strictly pri
vate affair. A number of friends
gathered later in the evening
and ebarivaried the happy pair
who responded with cigars and
refreshments. Mrs. Barnett is
one of the daughters of Mrs.
Allyn of lone who owns a ranch
above town. The Broom is - the
owner of the Star Dray Line, and
is well known to the subscribers
of this baper. Every one knows
"Shorty" and they all wish the
happy couple success and much
happiness.. The Journal wishes
them akmg life of prosperity
Carl Calkins, the 20 year old
son of John Calkins, and Pearl
Johnson, sister of Howard John
son, were lost one night last
eek from 10:80 p. m. until 7:90
the following morninsr.' They
had started from the home of
John Keihn, to go to the home of
John Calkina, a distance of about
three miles. They were so badly
turned around after an all night
of wandering that they failed to
reconize their own boms to tha
morning. At tha present writ
ing they are reported as little'
the worse for the experience. " 'I
Leonard Carlson, was In Tuns-
day from the ranch getting sup-'
plies. rv
408 HEAD OF SHEEP ARE
LOST AT CONDON IN J
SEVERE STORM
One Condon sheepman, Robert
Mcintosh, has lost 400 head of
sheep from the storm, according
to a special phone report. Thus
far Mcintosh la the heaviest loser
but many stockmen are losing
small lots of cattle And aheep.
In mny cases there k insufficient
feed for the stock while other
stockmen ' and sheepmen have
enough feed to do them a month
; JOnHcr. At IX O CMC. TV TTir"-
h mornins the snow was 27
inches deep on the level at Con-
don. . No buildinsa had fallehit7:au but it did not arrive. At
under the snow but there was
much inconvenience due to the
blockade of train service on the
nondon hranoh. - The train-tola mile lone down the mountianB
Arlington was unable to get out
' 0f the Condon vard Wedneaday
morning "because of the heavy.
snow.
Bishop Paddock Takes
Rest On Hood River
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While his-headquarters are h J
Hood River the Right Rev, R, L J
Paddock, bishop of the Oregon
dioce86 of the EdiboopsJ church.
does not find much time for
leisure moments. Eastern Ore
tru mwnmtB - juwutra -j
ia as large as the entire sUtel000 d Mrs. C. J.
gQB
f Washington, and In addition;:
to miles of rail 4000 miles of stage
'road must he mvhwI. Bishoti
' paddock has been busy for th
'most of the tuns- for the past
eight - rears covering these
distances. Bishop Paddock held
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is duw in uvmj niYH wusr iro
, will be engaged for several weeks
in winter study.
Stock Review of 1915
In a letter to F. 8. Bender &
Co., the Union stock yards ststed
that 23 ears of cattle, hogs snd
sheep were shipped from lone tP
dun? 19lB-
mis aoes not couns tne many
thousands of pound of live snd
dressed poultry. In one shipment
lsst year there was over 6500
pounds of dressed poultry sent
to market at Portland by express.
A stranger asked as recently if
the poultry business was
a sue-
cess here and after hearing the
facts they are going to settle up
their affairs in their home towo-1
and move to lone. The above
does not take into consideration
the amount of local meat that
was killed and consumed at home.
Any poultry man with experience
after a careful examination of
the climate and general condi
tions will tell you that lone and
vicinity is one of the best places
for raising poultry there is to
be found on the Pacific Coast
It has Petaluma California beat
a long way for climate and as the
business grows there will be s
time when lone will ship poultry
for the Worlds eonsumpUonv-
lone Beat Yet
The Journal received a letter
from Cheater Titus whs left feme
a short while ago for Olenns
Ferry, Idaho to tat a special
position as Watch Inspector for
the O. B. L, Ry. Co. He paid a
very neat compliment to little
old Ions by saying it was one oft
the neatest and
deanest little
towns he had
sines be left
He sent regards
to all of his
friends;
Ralph Hrmer, went
Portland on Sunday.
thru Id
He w
called from there to
Athena,
Oregon, when It was found that
Mrs. W. J. King, bis mother was
'seriously UL
KOTARV BUCKS BIG
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HSNOW BANKS INTfcE
Plow Working Between
Meacham and HUgard So
TA to Clear Tracka
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morning; the snow was five feet
deep on the . level at Meacham.
In places where the snow drifted
it is
still deeper.
There is no
trouble here and
no suffering.
f'u "" -t mit
direction at the above hour. A
jtrain was marked to arrive here
H o'clock the rosary was working
between Meacham and Hilgrade.
There is a snows! ide a quarter of
west of Meacham.
Five Hundred Club Meets
. The 600 club met at the Walt
Caaon residence last Wednesday
evening and had a delightful
time. Those , present were:
Mrs: F. S. Bender, Mrs. Bert
Mason, Francis -Cronan, Miss
Hotchkiss, Walt Cason, MissaE.
Marie, Murile and Sibyl Cason,
Mrs. Henry, Miss Mable Mason.
Brick Car how. .taa Manon. Rav
renningtoo, Mr. and Mrs. T. a,
Buffington, Miss Katie Wilmot,
Mr. and Mrs. John Wilt and
Frank Cbristensen. '- ; .
The trains were delayed for
several days the. past week and
the lone people were deprived
siaftsis ilillr nnrnn Ii in Tues.
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day until Saturday evening. The
targe load of merchandise mail
nearly filled a large dray. Joe
Mason the postmaster was kept
up until late every evening look
ing for the mail and when' it
came he distributed the first
class mail before going to bed.
Frank and Ed Engleman ar
rived Tuesday evening on the
train from Athena, Ore,, after
attending their .mother during
her illness and death.
Fuel snd food were had in
plenty -by everyone in lone dur
ing their short shut in from the
outside world by the delayed
train service and no discomfort .
was felt The local -merchant 1
should receive a vote of thanks
for their foresight- This is s
time when the mail order houses
fall down. Your home merchant
ia ths man who comes to your
aid when you heed help. This
may not seem so to some, but
think it over and see if you
would have received any food or
fuel from out side If you had
run any. - -' -
The rabbits st Cecil were very
scarce and fw wars seen by
Messrs Straits who were down
for a little shooting the past
week. Th-y came to lone- and
shot enough to fill a- sack and
shipped them to Portland.
Have 6 houses and lots In
Castle Rock, 'Wash, totaling!
19600. dear except $850 roort-1
gsge on 1 property. Will trade
for wheat ranch that is stocked
and equipped to do business.
This is a guilt edge proposition
snd must be taken up st ones,
Write Box 162. Ions, Ore. or at
Journal Office,.":
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Severs of ths young people
wars out coasting on the Halrer-
son hill Inst Sunday.- Everyone
reports a dandy tanas. .
G. L Patterson was In
the Buffingion ranch last
day. ' '
from
Mon-
Storm
Fair Condition
Union Stock Yards Praise lone
Willow creek was up some-
what high the last few days, but
no serious damage was reported groceries or milk or other things.- V
fromhiffh water. " ' Snow and sleet reached two feet
Theo N&rdhaua. was m this
week from Seattle representing
the West Coast Rubber Co., He
is s first class salesman and a
gentleman. We hope he wilt call
in Ions, again soon,
About 75 people attended the
Leap Vear ball at Oscar Lun dell's
on lower Willow Creek last Sat
urday evening. Every one present
pronounced it the best ever.- A
very excellent festure was the
supper, furnished, preparea ana
aerved, by the men. Karl Hutton
and W. K. Davia furnished the
music The boys will also play for
the dance at Morgan next Friday
evening.
Mr. Morgan was a business
visitor st Heppner Tuesday even
ing returning Wednesday morn
ing. He was present at a meeting
of the Heppner Commercial Club
who took up the matter of getting
the creamery started, "Nothing
.defnewas learned sud ifr iMwt
knownlfany. plan " otnhar. maT&SSMr Saturday
willmateriallize. Mr. Morgan put
the plan up to the Club and will
await a few days- to see what
action they take. He has other
plans however snd will not delay
going ahead with them Unless
some definite sction is taken at
once by the Club Creamery Com
mittee, This is s golden chance
for Heppner but it looks as if it
will fall through because Mr.
Morgan is one of -those" earnest
sincere men who mean business I"
and as such, do not go into town
with a brass band snnounceing
his arrival, and telling of the
golden showers of money he is
eninff to brinff to the city. This
to only method that
pp to to the aid of
a struffffling industry. However,
everyone who has talked with
Mr. Morgan, if4 well satisfied that
he Is a man who knows his busi
ness, and has not mads any
extravagant claims, snd is a
man who would be aaf e to tis to
in any enterprise.
Portland Has One Death
In Storm Sweeping City
Communication and transport
ation waa paralized throughout
the northwest Thursday morning
Portland waa without communi
cation with the outside world.
Wires snd poles broke under the
weight of ice Railroads abandon
ed their schedules. Entirs East
Portland was7 without electrie
hf(hu OT telephones, ths thsw
whicb ttarted Wednesday turned
to snow which ceased falling
TDuniay morning. The ground
m covered with ten inches of
One death has been re-
Hed aa a result of ths storm.
Herbert Wild dropped desd from
exhaustion while battling again
st driving sleet lo attempting to
reach his home Wednesday even
ing Hundreds of people were
unable to return to their homes
and remained downtown, crowd
ing Betels restaurants snd thea
ters. - Other- hundreds were
leaves lone In
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f marooned In their homes with- - i
out the possibility of Retting .
Snow and sleet reached two feet
in depth in some suburbs, and
streetcar service had to be aban
doned. , , ': . i
A very successful surprise par-
Jakes at Eightmile last Tuesgay
evening. Those present report
s good time snd if. the weather
had permitted many mors would V; i r I
have' attended '. . w v. fi? j
Leonard Carlson veauTs In 18 ) ?
miles from his ranch last Wed
ie inursaay morning Tor nome 577;
The train eame down Thura. C-
day morning thru thft snow oft
ita WaV to thfl JunoHn. ttfo .
trains om. me main nne wwtun ,; ;-"
in 11, ijiu MJH-U r-q w ma as vV
far as it soukL s :
Mose gamble w
Heppner the pa
short pleasnre ten
.vny'from
..oft a
: uujf Auciivn. woo naa oaen - v ,.
wanting u-pione tne p m ti
night -
The sun is with us once more
on Tuesday morning and the
air feels like spring. The snow
is slowly dissapearing and the
water resulting therefrom is
seeping into the ground where it'
belongs. Everyone seems to
'eel the effect of tha change of
.weatner. ir this keeps up spring
farm trig will start yery soon.
"
Mr. Shepherd snd wifs lsft
Tuesdsy morning for Pendleton
where he will resume his position
with ths Pacific -Telephone Co.
He has been working here with
ths Ions Light Plant stringing
wires. . ,
Ths snow ball fights thai have
been a feature of the snow are
about gone and then will start
marbles and baseball. The gams
of horseshoe will be a favorite
also. Prof. Hopkins is polishing
up a set of shoes snd will play
sll comers. His old standby
Prof. Denton' is not hers this
spring, but there Is no doubt
that some other champion - will
be selected to take bis place.
For SaleCash or trade Wheat
land, large or small tracts.
W. Sears, lone. Ore., Box 162
Tum-a-Lum, has just received
another car of coal and will be
abls to supply patrons as long aa
it lasts . :
The dam accross ths ereek
belew Frank Landell's, house
cams near going out with this
high water. Bert Johnson and L.
Franks, filled a number of sackr
with dirt snd banked tha water
sway and kept the water from
washing out one end. In a few-
days ths water will have lowered
when the dam will again be safe.
Frank Akers was in this
week
from the ranch.
Mrs. J. B. Sparks earn down
from Heppner Tuesday to visit
her mother.
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