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CONDITION
MAYOR
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TALE OF A TOWER
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The condition of Mayor Smead,
who has been ill at his home for two
weeks, is somewhat better today. Mr.
Smead is suffering from what is
known as spotted fever, the result
of being bitten by a tick infested with
the disease from a sick sheep. His
condition was serious for several days
but he is now on the mend and resting
easily. His son, Maurice Smead, came
up from Portland today and will re
main until his father is entirely out
of danger.
Wm. Hughes, who has been em
ployed as a saddle maker by E. G.
Noble for the past few years, has pur
chased a harness and saddlery busi
ness at Prineville and wil take charge
of the business immediately.
As mentioned in last week's Herald,
Frank Nash disposed of his Willow
Creek ranch and has taken up his resi
dence in Heppner. Himself and
family are living in the house at the
west end of the bridge near the depot.
We were mistaken by less than 20
votes when we stated in our last issue
that C. L. McNary had defeated H.
L. Benson for Supreme Judge. The
final count showed a majority of less
than two dozen in Mr. Bensons
favor.
Robt. Wilson and family were up
from their home on Willow Creek
near Rhea Siding this week, visiting
Mr. Wilson's parents. Ranchers in
his section are now ready to harvest
their first crop of alfalfa and in fact
some of them have already begun.
rhere It Stood, Yet It Had Never
Been "Erected."
CLEVER EVASION OF THE LAW
While at Stanfield Sunday Mr. Har
lan visited the "Good Luck Orchard"
owned by G. L. Hurd of the Stan
field Standard. Mr. Hurd picked a
quart box of fresh strawberries and
covered them with fresh cream and
there was nothing slow about the
way the writer got away with them,
Mr. Hurd has a fine irrigated ranch
of 30 acres and is endeavoring to
retire from the newspaper business
in order to give his entire time to his
ranch.
VICTIM
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NT BROUGHT
HEPPNER
Last Friday evening most of the
members of the Heppner Bull Club,
who were in Echo, attended the gradu
ating exercises of the 1SH4 class of
the Echo High School. The program
as a whole, was far above the ordi
nary, and for that reason, tho writer
desires to make mention of the same
in these columns. The piano boIos,
by The Misses Gulliford, Bryant and
Wattenberger were excellent and
highly appreciated. Also, the piano
duet, by Misses Wattenberger and
Guliford was well executed. The se
lection by the male quartet, consist
ing of Messrs. G. W. and H. F. Gelvin,
('has. Hoskins and C. S. Mudge was
fine, and the harmony was perfect.
The oration by Wilbert Doble
on "True Manhood," showed some
careful preparation and contained
much food for thought. Historic
Oregon," an oration by Miss Ilene
Webb, was r. plea for those of the
present to erect monuments to mark
the historic sites of Old Oregon. An
essay by Morris Earl Essylstyn,
"Alfalfa," was interesting and show
ed that the speaker hud n fund of
knowledge concerning that forage
crop nt his command. Chairman J.
T. Hoskins made an appropriate ad
dress and ended tho program by pre
Renting the graduates with their
diplomas.
CASTLE KOI K NOTES.
Mrs. John Marshall departed for
"The Land of the Shamrocks," lust
Saturday.
Tho Coyote ball team proved them
selves too much for the Arlington
boys in tho game played at Arlington
Inst Sunday.
S. H. Boardman was down from his
ranch last Monday. While here he
and H. H. Weston crossed the river to
Mr. Fostums.
Mrs. Mike Marshall was over from
Six-Mile last Sunday.
Mrs. Postum cumo over from the
Washington side and departed for
Pendleton on the local last Saturday.
R. N. Stanlield was down lust Fri
day looking over tho sheep he has re
maining in this end of the county. He
elected several car louds of fat ones
to ship to the Seattle market.
Neal Pnugheity started on
to Ireland last Sunday.
Telegraph Company has a num
ber of workmen located here. They
are repairing the old lines and making
preparations for the extension of lines
long the Echo-Coyote cut-off.
The Curious Place Whert John K.
Grave Turned Out Hit Shot and
Bullets and the Contract the Courts
Declared Had Not Been Broken.
The lnte Senator Allison, whose
home was nt Dubuque, la., thoroughly
enjoyed humor and a good story. One
day when lu a remlulscent mood Mr.
Allison narrated the following story,
based upon facts, which is worth a
pluce among tales extraordinary:
"Along about 1SG0, when the west
was yet quite new, a number of busi
ness men In Dubuque conceived the
Idea of establishing a plant for the
manufacture of shot and bullets. At
the time there was no factory of that
sort nearer than St Louis, and, with
a lively demand for ammunition. It
was figured that a shot tower would
pay like a California gold mine. The
tower was built, the necessary ma
chinery was put In at large expense
nnd production began.
"For a time business was quite sat
isfactory; then demand slackened, and
It soon became apparent that the enter
prise would never develop any Stand
ard Oil dividends. After a time some
of the stockholders became disgusted
with the wholo business and practical
ly offered to give away their holdings.
"Among them was John K. Graves,
who afterward became a power lu
eastern Iowa politics. Graves quietly
bought up the stock as it was offered,
getting practically all of It eventually
on the basis of 5 or 10 cents on the
dollar. Just what Graves wanted this
slock for his associates in the venturo
could not figure out, but they did not
lose any sleep over that They were
tickled to death to get anything out of
the dead enterprise. It had been los
ing money for some time.
"Soon after this the war broke out
Graves instantly saw his opportunity.
War makes great quantities of bullets
necessary, nnd be mnde preparations
to supply them. He indulged in cer
tain statements concerning his plans
and purposes In the presence of per-
tons he knew would flash the informa
tion to a St. Louis concern, and his
scheme worked admirably. Inside of
two weeks a man whom Graves knew
to be a representative of the St Louis
shot tower company called upon him
and In tho course of the conversation
brought up the subject of stock In the
Dubuque company. After several days
;f dickering nnd bantering Graves un
loaded his entire holdings of stock at
over fifty cents on the dollar, realizing
ii small fortune.
"By the terms of the agreement,
however, Graves legally bound himself
not to erect a shot tower within a
hundred miles of Dubuque within ten
years. The representative of the St
Louis concern hud scarcely got beyond
fight of Dubuque, down the river, until
Graves sent In an order for a complete
equipment of machinery for a new
shot making plant While awaiting
Its arrival he indulged In a little surveying.
-'uuiiuquo is sitnnteQ partly upon a
lofly hill or series of hills, and the In
land country Is extremely rough. When
wandering among the bluffs Graves
.nine upon the excnvatlon of a deep
well. Shortly afterward there was
considerable activity In that vicinity.
A force of men was employed to re
move the debris, nnd the hole was en
larged and bricked up. A lateral In
cision was made Into the side of the
blurt, striking the main vertical shaft
a hundred feet from the surface open
ing. Mere n room was dug out and
bricked up and prepared for the recep
tion of machinery. By the time this
work hnd been completed the outfit ar
rived nnd was quickly instnlled. With
in two or three months of the time of
disposing of the stock of the Dubuque
concern Graves hnd the new suburban
underground establishment In full
blast, producing bullets and shot
"Of course uews of the new factory
speedily reached the St Louis concern,
nnd they Rent an nttorney to Dubuque
loaded with contracts and receipts and
paruphernalln for making trouble. The
lawyer called on Graves and plainly
told him that If he did not shut up
shop he would get the law on bliu
quick. Graves replied thnt he did not
understand he had violated any law
or any pledge nnd that be would go
right along making bullets, suggesting
to the nttorney thnt he start proceed
ings. Tho attorney Invited Graves' at
tention to the bond given by the latter
thnt he would not engage In the manu
facture of shut or bullets within 100
miles of Dubuque for ten years. Graves
contended thnt he hnd entered into no
such covenant; he hnd pledged himself
not to "erect a shot tower.' nnd asked
the attorney If he hnd erected a shot
tower. The nttorney said that was
boy's talk; that such byplay would not
go In a court of Justice.
"The case was tried, and notwith
standing that every inch of ground was
contested by the St. I-ouls concern,
which had ntilc counsel, Graves won.
The St. Louis lawyers could not make
Fred Hunt of Haystack met with a
serious accident about ten days ago.
He was riding one horse and leading
another. The animals became
entangled in the ropes. Mr. Hunt,
approaching from behind, attempted
to extricate the animals when one of
them kicked at him, striking him in
the face, breaking his upper jaw, his
nose, and injuring one of his eyes
severly. Mr. Howell brought him in
to Heppner the first of the week for
medical treatment. He was taken to
the Heppner Sanitorium, where he is
doing nicely.
Billy Starr was in today for But
ter Creek for a load of telephone
poles. He says things in his locality
never looked better than at present.
County Clerk Hill shipped with the
Van Houten crew, accompanying a
train load of sheep leaving Heppner
Monday. He will go to Wyoming and
will be absent for probably two weeks.
The Herald is late this issue for
various reasons. The writer devot
ed a couple days in an endeavor to
uphold Heppner's honor on the base
ball diamond but we would still have
been out on time but for trouble with
the machinery. Just as we were get
ting ready to go to press Thursday,
the intake valve on our gasoline en
gine went on the bum and it was nec
esary to telephone to Portland for
an extra. However all difficulites
have been overcome and we expect to
hit our stride and issue the paper in
the future right on time.
trip , the Jury believe that Grave hnd 'erect
ed n shot tower. And so he went right
on pouring melted lend Into the hole
In the top of the hill and gathering up
shot mid bullets In his brick room 100
feet below nnd Nvtime a wealthy
iimn."-Frnnk 1. Stllluian lu St Louis
Kepubllc.
Mike Murshall is about to lease his;
sheep ranch for a term of five years. 1 The road ambition travels Is too nar-
If the deal is closed he expects to move tow flr friendship, too crooked for
to Portland or Seattle. ' 'ove' ,,,H TUSt Ut boue9t'' to dar
for science. .
IRRIGON ITEMS.
The Firm of Roadruck and Garver
was in Pendleton, Friday on business.
Ray Castle was in town last Thurs
day, and returned to Umatilla that
afternoon.
Harry Minnick, with his brother,
Roy Minnick, spent Sunday in Coyote
at the Bradburn home.
Goldie Roadruck, who has been
traveling about for the past month or
two is now at home here.
While playing on the river bank
with several other little girls, last
Thursday, Edress Smith in some way
fell into a place where the water was
more than ten feet deep. Myrtle Mc
Coy one of her companions, quickly
broke off a long willow branch and
with it succeeded in fishing the child
out. Nothing more serious than a
cold and a scare for several little girls,
was the result of the experience.
Instead of moving to Heppner, as
was formerly rumored, the Kicker
family will go to the ranch to live this
summer and may remain this winter
also. Mr. Kicker says that after
twenty consecutive years of school
teaching he intends to give the pupils
and himself a rest and chooses the
outdoor life of the ranch as the best
tonic for tired nerves.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Doering and son,
Edgar, have left for Seattle to spend
a few weeks in sight-seeing and will
return by way of Spokane and from
there to central Oregon.
Mrs. Willard Adams was a passen
ger for some unknown western points,
on number one Monday morning.
In the place of closing exercises our
school celebrated by a picnic on the
river bank, Thursday afternoon. Mr.
Kicker gave an ice cream treat and
with other delicacies, boatriding and
much merriment, a jolly afternoon
was spent and all went home with
smiles all over their faces.
We are beginning to ship cherries
from this place and there are pros
pects of a good crop this year. Our
principle early variety is the Black
Republican; Bings and Royal Anns
will come later.
Mrs. N. Seaman went to Fendleton
on business las Sunday.
Rev. B. F. Harper was in town Sun
day and held services in the church
both night and morning.
Roy Minnick came down from Uma
tilla Saturday to visit his brother,
Harry Minnick, of this place, and re
turned Sunday afternoon on number
two.
Mrs. L. A. Doble and daughter,
Evangeline, with Miss Minnie Kicker,
went to Echo to the commencement
exercises there and to visit friends
and relatives. They returned Monday
morning.
Mrs. Will Castle is now in Echo
visiting her daughter.
Mys Mable Hill has left this town
for Baker after finishing her winter's
work as teacher of the primary grades
in our public schools. She has done
her work well and her many friends
wish her all joy and prosperity in her
future.
Henry Corey and Harvey Walpole
went to Umatilla Saturday afternoon
returning Sunday morning.
W. E. Kennedy of Portland was an
Irrigon visitor Thursday.
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