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Herald
THE WEATHER
Is always pleasant in Oregon. M. C.
means Morrow County but it also
means Mild Climate.
EPPNE
CROPS
Are now being harvested here.
A good time to visit us.
Plan your vacation accordingly.
With which is consolidated The lone Bulletin.
A first clM newspaper entered at the poetoffice at Heppner. Oregon as second-class matter
VOLUME 1
HEPPNER, OREGON, JULY 30, 1914
NUMBER 14
RAILROAD
OFFICIALS
VISIT
Interview Local Citizens Re
garding Night Train.
Officials Express Willingness To
Grant Extension of Service If
Business Warrants.
Several of the officials of the O.
W. R. & N. were in Heppner last Sat
urday inspecting their property. The
party was composed of F. L. Coyken
dall, the Superintendent; W. H. Dres
sell, the Master Mechanic; A. B.
Moore, the Ass't. Superintendent; and
J. L. Miller, the Traveling Passenger
Agent. They all seemed like good fel
lows and were registered Muts. The
Muts are like our Moral Squad .with
the exception of having a misleading
name.
Mr. Miller was here, primarily, to
inquire into the new train service
agitation. He talked with the Com
mercial Club committee who were tak
ing up this matter and with several of
the business men of the town. This
matter came up in the Commercial
Club some time ago and a committee
with Dr. Conder at the head was ap
pointed to report from time to time
to the Club what is found in the way
of bettering train service. This com
mittee circulated a petition among the
citizens of this county which asked
for train service which would enable
a man to leave Heppner after business
hours and connect with the main line
train so that he could get into Port
land the next morning. It was thought
that the railroad company could side
track a sleeper at Arlington which
would be picked up by the night pas
senger. This same service was asked
. on' behalf of Gilliam County, so it
could take advantage of the sleeper to
Portland and help to make it pay for
the railroad company. '
Service was also asked for . that
would enable a man to leave Portland
on the night train and reach Heppner
in time to connect with the outgoing
stages. This would enable a man to
leave Heppner after business hours
and get into Portland the next morn
ing ready to transact his day's busi
ness. He could stay there during the
evening and visit friends or attend
the theatre .before leaving for home.
These petitions were generally
signed and nearly everyone is in favor
of the additional service. Mr. Miller
said that if it was a good thing, let
everyone get behind it and push for
it. The railroad is ready at any
time to give additional service if it
can be shown where such is needed and
will pay. But, he also said, if the
service is not needed or it can be
shown where the railroad company can
through Ely and up to Salt Lake
City. We saw a few Indian reserva
tions and the roads were good for
a desert country. We stayed three
days in Salt Lake, taking in the sights
and a plunge in the lake.
We took the tMk mountain route
through Wyoming. This is the scenic
route of the Lincoln Highway. Be
tween Rollins and Laramie we struck
bad roads caused by the irrigating
ditches. The road was often narrow
and the ditches were on both sides.
When the heavy car encountered these
we slipped to the sides and in three
cases had to be pulled out. These
cost us $20, $10 and $5. The next
day we got to Cheyenne.
"From Cheyenne we went to North
Platte and from there to Lincoln.
Neb., our longest run of 270 mile;.
Across Iowa we went over the River
to River road, the finest stretch we
encountered on the trip. Crops in
Nebraska and Iowa were excellent,
best they have had in years, was the
way one farmer put it. In Chicago
we stayed five days. We went through
Columbus and Cleveland on our way to
riusburg. We passed two days at
the Delaware Water Gap and then
journeyed to Buffalo, where we went
through the fierce-Arrow factory.
"We went down along the Erie
Canal to New York where we took in
Coney Island and Bonie of the other
amusement places. We next went to
Boston and then back to New York
to Albany and ended up in the White
Mountains of New Hampshire. Re
turning we stopped a short time in
the Catskill Mountains and I left the
party at Albany. I returned to Port
land by the way of the Pennsylvania
and the Northern Pacific."
Harry is now on the job again and
is a candidate lor the Moral Squad.
On his trip he accumulated a, few
pounds avoirdupois and no man can
take a trip of this nature without be
ing a bigger, broader and better man.
MORAL SQUAD APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE
ALLEGED GAMBLING AT TENNIS COURT
The Squad met last night at their
regular meeting place, the red bench.
The Squad was told that several wo
men of the town had recently occupied
their bench and were thinking of ask
ing that the Auxiliary communication
be taken fro.i the "bench" and voted
on again. Sergeant Hoffman said
that he was informed that they be
vnged to one woman's order and that
would exclude them. Private John
son moved that the meeting come to
order.
The first business that came before
the Squad was introduced by Private
Huddleston, who said that he had been
told that there was betting going on
at the tennis courts. Corporal Dye
mentioned some of the evils of betting
and said that such practices should be
Tom Brennan was voted in as a
member to fill the vacancy of Lieut.
Slocum leaving town. . He takes the
rank of private and Private Cornett
is made a Corporal. A motion was
made by Sergeant Yeager to send a
written communication to J. L. Wil
kins requestion that he dust the
cushions of his bus. Corporal Pren
tice seconded the motion and said that
he was sure that Mr. Wiikins would
do this as he was in sympathy with
the Squad. Private A. Farm Hand
and George Currin were selected to
compound the epistle.
Harry Dundan was then called into
the meeting and told of his trip to
the East. He said that he always read
with pleasure the doings of the Squad
and gently suggested that he would
stamped out and ended by commending like to join. His name was placed on
Private Huddleston for his detecting 1 the "bench" for one week.
this evil. Private Cornett was ap
pointed to assist Private Huddleston
in finding ways to eliminate the practice.
Private Ray Rogers and Will Ball
were relieved of vagrancy duty and
town into a house in the north end of
town which he is having furnished in
Class A style. Frank is one of the
live wires of Lexington.
I dropped into see our friend M. E.
Rood. He says that he is no relation
to Andy but that he sympathizes
with him in his effort to find a wife
Mr. Rood is the Manager of the Tum-a-Lum
Lumber Yard and is a rustler.
He said that he was doing as much
business as he did last year and expect
d to do enough in the next few months
to break last year's record. I am told
that he has some other plans that we
expect to make prominent mention of
in a short time, there might be some
"building" plans in the deal also.
In the blacksmith shop, where
everyone seemed to be busy, I met
Mr. Barnett. He told me that he
had finished threshing and was now
helping some of his neighbors. Mr.
Barnett is one of the pioneers of this
country and has come up from the
ranks. We hope to speak about him
in a more extended manner in the
near future. Mr. W. S. McKimmey
was in town and I had a chat with
him. Mr. McKimmey is one of the
ACTUA
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II BEGUN
HI
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Dance Pavilion Among First
To Be Completed.
Grand Benefit Ball Proposed
Benefit of Fair, Would Be
Appropriate.
For
Work has begun on the fair build
ings. A number of carpenters have
been working for the past three or
four days and in a week the first
building will be completed. We un
derstand that the dance pavilion will
be among the first constructed and a
dance will be given for the benefit of
the Fair. A dance, if widely adver
tised, should bring in a large amount.
On with the dance.
given general Squad duty. The meet- large ranchers who lives near Lexing-
ing adjourned immediately.
FOR SALE 1 bay saddle horse,
weight 1000 lbs.; 1 black work horse,
weight 1200 lbs. Also 10, 40-gallon
good oak barrels for sale at $2 each.
Inquire at the Palace Hotel.
LADY Kll HERE IN
AUTO
ACCIDENT
rantl MB CAUSES RISE
IN WHEAT AND PRICES SOAR
American Wheat Sure To Be In Great Demand And Morrow
County Growers Are Sure of High Prices-Should
Mix In Fight Further Rise is Expected.
ton and came to Lexington before
there was a town by that name. He
used to be a well known contributor
to several Oregon papers years ago
and has helped to bring many people
to this state.
About one o'clock Mr. Scott got out
his car and I influenced him to trans
port me to Heppner. We were just
a short time on the road and I sup
pose that Mr. Scott was back in time
to make a few loans before closing
time. Automobiles have brought the
farms to the city limits and to those
who do not enjoy city advantages. I
would say, buy an auto.
Wheat raisers of Morrow
Comity who have not contract
ed their 1914 grain stand a
good chance of receiving the
M-i. Olive C.-Clcmcnt; widow of 'highest price in many years.
the late Judge J. T. Clement of
Ontario, Oregon, met with an auto
accident about a mile and one-half
from John Day City, Thursday even
ing of last week. She was in com
pany with J. D. Laycock and wife,
whom she is visiting in the John Day
country. She gives the following
account of the accident in a latter to
The declaration of war be
tween Austria and Servia lias
advanced the price of wheat
10c on the Chicago market, ac
cording to dispatches in yes
terday's Portland papers.
Further rise in the price is
expected. Russia lias not yet
her sister. Mrs. Al. Binns of HenDner.
"Mr. and Mrs. Laycock and I motor-1 given her support to Servin
ed to John Day last evening and , hut all indications point to her
started to return about 10:.i0 p. m.'fl0jI1J? BO lm n int event she
mc iiKuia were not wonting wen. so n c a . n
,...,., ,. . . ' .. will refuse to export anv of her
we anticipated trouble. About a mile I .... ' ..
and one-half this tide nf town , wlieat. V ltli all the Balkan
came down a steep hill, and had to states mixed Up ill the fray the
make a very abrupt turn to reach the 1
bridge across a large irrigation
ditch. The wheels on the lower side
did not strike the bridge and the 1
auto turned turtle and landed on the j
top which was completely demolish
ed. Mrs. Laycock was the first to '
She crawled out ;
REPORT
SCHOOLS
OE
HAS BEEN FILED
Mayor Smead and Dr. Christensen
were out the first of. the week getting
grain samples for the fair. They
came in about seven o'clock at night
with a load of some fine specimens.
In talking with Dr. Christensen, he
said that Ed. Hunt has one of the
finest wheat crops he ever saw. It
will thresh forty b'ishels to the acre.
Kd. surely knows how to raise wheat.
He also said that Bob Thompson had
the finest field of barley in the locality.
Bob thinks it will go sixty bushels to
the acre. Bob has been spending con
siderable money on the place this
year and the barley crop will come in
handy. George Sperry has some
fine grain and says that he might take
a few ribbons at the fair.
SCHOOL NOTES.
By Supt. S. E. Notson.
Pupils should keep In mind the
dates of the fair, and all who expect
wheat grown there will he
needed at home and great sup
plies will he needed from
America and elsewhere. The
outlook points toward Ameri
can growers roceiving the
highest prices ever recorded.
Wheat on the Portland mark
et is now well over the 80c , to have something in exhibition should
mark and bluestem is over beKin to make arrangements to have
85c per bushel. Club and ,exhjbit8 in ood BhaPe' . . 4U
, . . . ., . , I Many inquiries are coming to the
forty-fold are a lew cents low- iofflce in re(fard to gehoolg. If any dia.
er than bluestem but are ris-,tricts have not yet secured teachers
r,.;,ll u 41.,. ..,..Jand dcsire any assistance, I may be
Ct FH J tin nv Cll in i n
spreads and local growers who
have not contracted their
grain will probably hold for
the highest price obtainable.
The People's Cash Market is making
special prices at the present time on
bacon and hams. If you need any of
these now it the time to take advant
age of the reduced prices. It is a
good habit to drop into their market
occasionally, it will mean money in
you pocket.
The District Attorney's office and
The Herald office received their annual
cleaning last week. They have re
ceived many complimentary remarks
about the good work. The District
Attorney is feeling pretty good at
this time, as Mr. Nys did the work,
and if any of our readers contemplate
any actions that might get the law
after them, now is the time to do it.
EDITOR FINDS EVERYBODY ALIVE AND HAPPY AT LEXINGTON;
NEW GARAGE BEING BUILT BY SCOTT & LEACH
. nLA it rnif it 1V.t-1.1lsJ Ktt ArrtnnnA
i .!., ,l lluU""ngugo nerseu. rne crawteu out The editor tnW littU bmrnev lst
III I UKOl 11 VV lilt "iLVIiVi 'V , .1 . . , , , . , - t
motor car, he said that the Pullman through the water and went for help.! Monday to the city of Lexington.
, Company would not sidetrack a car I was wedged in with one shoulder in Lexjn(.ton, as you might know has the
'twMJhVlU 8"d my fcBt Ut th,0UBhi distinction, along with other things,
over thirty births sold cacn night, tie i u hroi,cn ton and ro much hiirher' . . . ' . . , , , . '
- Hid not think that there would be that ! 6 DT. P mu'n mB"cr of shipping the first car load of wheat
than my head that 1 could not get
did not think that there would be that
number that would pay the extra two
dollars. The motor car can make the
Heppner grade but not the Condon
grade.
The petitions are to be Bent to the
railroad today, Mr. Conder says, and
then the next move is on the part of
the Company. Just what they will do
with them remains to be seen.
RETURNS
i
ACROSS
T
THE U. S.
up. I finally managed to get the
door open and ci-u:jd out. Mr.
Laycock was in the front seat and
was caught by the steering wheel.
He was lying full length in the water
and we had to tuck rugs under his
pping
that was received this year in Port
land. As I was walking in the direc
tion of the business district, I met
Mr. Joseph Burgoyne. Mr. Burgoyne
owns a warehouse and was the man
who shipped the first car of wheat to
Portland. He also owns a general
plums threes in the church lot and
it just struck me that it was as sen
sible to plant fruit trees there as any
other kind. I saw Mr. W. G. Scott,
the banker, who is never too busy to
be courteous to his friends and he
showed me the gymnasium in the
able to render such assistance.
The annual report just filed with
the State Superintendent shows that
the total enrollment in the county lust
year was 1210. The precentage of
attendance was 93.85, which is a little
higher than for the year proceeding.
We had hoped to reach 95 per cent.,
but sickness in several districts cut
I down the attendance very materially.
I I he total receipts for the year, in
cluding the amount on hand at begin
ning of the year were $122,807.13, and
the disbursements were $'.)5,420.73.
The number of library books on hand
is 404i. The number of books pur
chased during the year is 303. There
has been a serious loss in the line of
library books this year. Of course,
books will wear out, but this will not
account for the entire loss. Boards
. 1 ! . . . 1
snouiocrs ro Keep nis ncaa out ot tne ,tore up n. "Down by the old
water. We were all bruised a little mi tre8m" he operates a mill, when
but we are able to cat three meals a not oocupjcd witn otn(,r dutjea. Mr.
uay. ii was a miracie mui no one
was injured severely."
Mrs. Clement is well known in
Heppner, having visited in the city on
, Burgoyne never has to spend his
i deeping hours in planning how to
keep busy.
tff 1 . J -.1. L'
---,-r p 1 wonuuy was a quici aay wun mm
; various occasions, ai one ume sne and wnen we arrived at the
acted as 1'rincipal of the Heppner houHe we fmind Mr. j
High school for several weeks dur
It ha.-, been our nlcasure to write M the "lnM ot the Principal.
roil V rf tVlA knnb UVinn Vi fa irn a
. . . ,. , . . . . should make better provisions for the
tired juggling figures, trying to make i . . . , , . ,. . . .
.u i.i i u ? . .u care of the books in many districts,
them "balance" he goes out into the 1 , . l i l
back room and takei a relay with the .... , , , , , , ,. .,,
- . . ,, ,, ,of the books should be used. It will
Hvina rinira ihn Hutnl.l.ullu nm a fnu,
', ' , . pay any district to buy cards and
FOR SALE 3 Jersey cows; 1 heifer
eighteen months old; 1 heifer eleven
months old; 4 horses; 250 white Leg
horn chickens, nil sizes; some turkeys;
1 wagon; 1 lli-ft. disc; new "Peoria"
drill, almost new; 1 lie Laval cream
separator No. 12; 1 walking plow; 1
water tank; 4-section iron harrow; 15
tons rye hay; hand tools, etc. All in
good condition and will sell cheap.
.See Lugcne Burton, 5 miles north of
Lexington.
Mrs. Mike Mnrshall, of Castle Rock
was in Heppner with her son last
Thursday. She brought her boy here
to have his shoulder examined, which
ho injured several weeks ago. The
physicians here said that an opera
tion was needed to give permanent re
lief. Mrs. Marshall said that she in
tended to have the shoulder operated
on at once.
ware-
showed ,
me the new garage which he is build- j
ing just north of the bank. It is a I
new frame building, 32xM) feet. The
floor will lie made of cement and it
will lie equipped with all kinds of ma
chinery to repair automobiles. K. L.
Beach and G. M. Allen will have
pockets sufficient for its library. Then,
with reasonable rare every book can
be located. Three schools arc now
provided with healing and ventilating
plants. Judged by the standards
fixed by the. State Board or Health
there are ten districts in which the
The Herald office received a pleas
ant visit from Mrs. T. W. Ayers yes
terday. Mrs. Ayers was not feeling
well a short time ago but she says
that she is as good as ever now.
few lines in the past few weeks about
the early pioneers of this county. Rev. II. O. Perry of kennewiek,
Whether it has lecn a pleasure for our j Wash., will preach at the FederaU-d
readers to peruse tnem, we art not Churfh .riday eVcning at 8 o'clock,
saying. The thought lust occumd to. ... . . ... . ,
me. as 1 was talkmg to Mr. Iljrry There will be meeting of the official
Duncan, the tireless traveler, that, hoard of the M. E. Church at the
there had been a wonderful change in close of the preachi'ig service,
the means of trannportation within
the memory of the present genera-1 . ..j u ;,,, e,.,.,,, irl
tion. 1 believe that it was or and Mrs. t.rover .Swaggert are
Minor who said that he was six , 'he parents of an eight and one half
months to the day coming here from pound daughter. She was born last
Iowa. Mr. Human was about that Saturday and Grovcr says that nhe
many weeks going from one coast U h d fc , . ,
the other in an automobile. ' . ,
"I left Heppner on the twelfth of the way she ran u.-e her lungs at
May and arrived in U Angeles two times.
days Inter. In the party were my i
brother and wife and I. My brother Kcnl , Heppner ye.-
was in the automobile l.uMnc-m at one 1 "
time in Us A nuclei and is a ( lass A i terday and told us that his new baby
man with car. We made the trip , was a prize winner, lit also placed
in a Pierce-Arrow and departed on his name along with the otrn-r pro
the sixteenth. We went through the i
Majove lK.rttotioldlicld.fromthere,re;islv P'P1 ho th '".!.
BU OH BICYCLE RUNS
INTO AUTOMOBILE
A. Miller, one charge of it and I have been told that ' : .,..,
UI VIIC ITnilllllll ui viil. nrwii, 1MI.I'"J t .... I I .... III.,! I.ll ,.!-, . . . , . I .1 I
,,. . , . ., .. , , j , .. . . I tore of a few dollars would make the
i 1 1 1 . f haa mnttn nnor u muorr l.niMitia' wira. Mr Kjntt anfl Wtlllum I iurh
... . ' : ' , " I . . , , .. . . .... . 'condition satisfactory. The Stale
;n me lown consiruriea ana Biso leni ere win rum uKriiin ior mm Kx niiiy ; . . ,, ,., , , ...
.. ., . , ,. . . i . i . Hoard of Health and the htato huper-
....... , . I w .L t intendent are co-operating with the
Al.mil (hal lima 1 hiIhui U..m..u mufhuini thiil laMa una rniii Mr i 1
dropped in to do a little business with Seott said which induced them to build , ' . . , " . "!' I
,. , , ... I,, boards in securing improvement In
Mr. Burgoyne and I supposed it wai.the garage.
(ioinir down the ktreet about that ' I
in me couniy, n nan oniy six mourn unit driven liy W. I,. Ihompson, I'reM
of school, 6 had seven months, 10 had ednt of the American National Hunk
eight months, and It hud nine "f that city The Thompson party
. were going down l-ee street when
months. The longer terms are grow- lh(, t ,nc Twi(.nt., ,, who wa;i
ing in favor. The average numlx-r of mining toward them on his bicycle.
about that first car of wheat, as he
was the man who sold it to Mr. Bur- j time were two large loads of wheat,
gnyne. I got to talking with Mr. the property of Karl Miller. I went
lU'uncy, who Informed me that he over to the hotel and sat down with
oame here from Iowa and when I told some of the regular patrons who
him that I once lived in the Hawkrye made it a point to see that I had
jtute wc had to get a couple of chairs j plenty to eat, for which I was very
from the office and get the whole grateful. I expected to pay fifty
thing rtraighlened out. Mr. Reaney jrents, as I ate fifty cents worth, but
told me that he discovered gas and. the toll was only thirty-five,
gold on his place about a mile we it I dropped in to see Frank Burgoyne
of Irxington and that he might in
luire into it more thoroughly in the
iuture.
Sliarum Twichell, U year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Twichell of Pend
leton, was seriously injured lust Thrus
dny evening when riding a bicycle he
was struck by a big packard car owned
On my way up town I noticed that
:hcra were some, fine apples and
for a few minutes. Frank runs the
telephone exchange whrti his store
duties are not too exacting. He also
sells the Indian Motorcycles. Frank
school exclusive of holidays was 135. The bicycle was too
The number of miles traveled by the
county superintendent in connection
with the work of the office was
32!MJ. The numlr of different teach
ers employed was fi!t. Tho enroll-
In rgn for
aid that he was going to move up,ued to boys and 21 to girls.
tho
Joung boy, who was riding off thn
seat on the pedals. The marhino
wabled badly and as the youth ram
toward the automobile party he ap
parently became excited and turn I
directly in to it. No blame was at-
. .... i i ft r.. iL. ...I
ment above the eighth grade was .; boy Tthriwn off his
Ths nurnl-er of eighth grado diplomas hicycle and lit on his head. II is
issued was 40, of which 19 wert is- precarious condition at St.
'((tven out for hi recovery.