Herald
SEMI-WEEKLY
With which is consolidated The lone Bulletin.
A first class newspaper entered at the postoffice at Iloppner. Orriton as second-clans matter
VOLUME 1
HEPPNER, OREGON, NOV. 20, 1914
NUMBER 46
HEPPN!
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LAFAYETTE PENLAI
ESTEEMED CITIZEN
ANSWERS CALL
The death of Lafayette Fen
land occured at his home in
Heppner this morning. For over
a quarter of a century Mr. Pen
land had been an honored and in
dustrious citizen of this county
and his death is the cause of
universal sorrow on the part of
his hundreds of friends and
neighbors.
Lafayette Penland was born in
senton County, Oregon, near
the city of Corvallis, on Oct. 30,
in the year 1856. His parents
were widely known pioneers of
this state. The deceased came
to Morrow County about 1870
and has lived here almost con
tinuously ever since. During the
early clays he was a camp tend
er for sheepmen, and rode the
range for many years. He was
married to Rebecca Hall in 1874.
After years of hard labor Mr.
Penland bought a 6500 acre tract
of land about 12 miles south of
Heppner and engaged in the
stock business for himself, on an
extensive scale, and until only
two months ago Mr. Penland
operated this large ranch. Dur
ing the past few years Mr. Pen
land had suffered from stomach
trouble and in April, this year,
he was operated upon in Port
land. At that time his life
was almost despaired of and the
operation was undoubtedly all
that gave him the short lease of
life he has enjoyed since that
time. His case was impossible
to cure completely, however, and
he gradually became weaker
until this morning at 6 o'clock
when the end finally came and he
passed into the great beyond af
ter having lived a useful and
honorable life on earth. He is
survived by his wife, two sisters,
Mrs. Jane Penland of Lexington
and Mrs. Mary A. Sperry of
Heppner, two daughters, Mrs
Grovcr Cox and Miss Stella Pen
land, and two sons, William and
Eugene, all of whom are num
bered among the very best citi
zens of Morrow County, as was
Mr. Penland himself.
To honor the memory of this
esteemed pioneer and leading
citizen of Morrow County we add
this tribute: Lafayette Penland
was a man whose exemplary con
duct, firm stand for the princi
ples of truth and uprightness
and whose life of integrity and
industry has endeared his name
to all, and made him a worthy
Proud Father, This
There was one man about
Heppner yesterday morning
whose excited actions caused
considerable comment. This
man is one of our well known
local doctors, A. D. McMurdo, M.
D., and who now also boasts of
another title, that of "father."
The occasion was the birth of a
son and heir to Mrs. McMurdo at
the Heppner Sanatorium. The
mother has been doing finely
since this important happening,
but the father well, it was
necessary for'Dr- Winnard, the
attending physician, to take him
in hand also and he informed us
that it is his opinion that Mr.
McMurdo will eventually recov
er. At any rate, all of Doc's
friends are extending him con
gratulations and are hoping that
Mrs. McMurdo's and the baby's
health will continue to be good.
. Oblects to Ratio
County Assessor J. J. Wells re
turned Wednesday from Salem
where he had been to protest to
the State Tax Commission a
gainst the ratio of 79 per cent
of the cash value of the assessed
valuation of Morrow County,
which ratio had been determined
by the Commission. Mr. Wells
asked for a much higher ratio.
Go to Church Movement Will Have Won
derful Support In Rural Communities
A
DVERTISING in the newspapers, securing the co-operation of
the telephone companies, announcements at farmers
granges, unions and clubs are suggested as means to arouse
interest in a GO TO CHURCH Sunday for rural workers. The
Orange Judd Farmer says editorially:
THE RURAL CHURCH HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF CRITICISM
IN RECENT YEARS. SOME OF THE CRITICISM IS JUST, BUT
MUCH OF IT IS SENSATIONAL AND UNJUST. THAT RURAL
CHURCHES ARE A VITAL PART OF EVERY RURAL COMMUNITY
THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION. WITHOUT THEM COUNTRY
LIFE WOULD GO TO RUST AND DESTRUCTION, AND THIS ASIDE
FROM RELIGION. TO SAVE COUNTRY LIFE, THEN, WE MUST
SAVE THE RURAL CHURCH, AND TO SAVE THE RURAL
CHURCH WE, AS INDIVIDUALS, MUST DO OUR PART IN PER
SONAL DEVOTION AND ATTENDANCE.
i,; "The problem now before us is this: What can we as farmers
do to promote this movement and accelerate the churchgoiug cus
tom of olden days? The answer is simple. Go to church ourselves,
ask our neighbors to do likewise and ask minister or priest to join
in welcoming everybody of the community."
To make a great success of this affair it will be necessary for
each and every one to see his pastor, tell him of the plan, get his
co-operation and then get generally busy. Let it be known in every
church in this broad land from Pacific to Atlantic, from the hikes
to the gulf that special services will be arranged and tin effort
made to have every person in the community attend church.
ASK THE LOCAL TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO NOTIFY ALL
SUBSCRIBERS OF THE TELEPHONE LINES. BY WORD OF
MOUTH, BY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE PULPIT, BY NOTICES
IN THE GRANGES, CLUBS AND SCHOOLS LET THE NOTICE GO
OUT THAT THERE IS A GO TO CHURCH MOVEMENT THROUGH
OUT THE COUNTRYSIDE.
City Budget Prepared
In another column of The
Herald will be found the Budget
of Expenses for the City of
Heppner for 1915, which will be
submitted to the Council by the
committee appointed for that
purpose. There will be a meet
ing of the Council on Monday,
Nov. 30, at 7 o'clock p. m. sharp
for the consideration of this
matter, and all citizens inter
ested are invited to attend.
CQUNTiY
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PORTLAND
Thanks Supporters
The Herald is in receipt of a
letter from Joint Senator Bar
rett, who desires to thank the
people of Morrow County for the
splendid support he received at
the recent election. He also
mentioned that he will visit
Heppner and other towns of
Morrow County before the legis
lature meets and become ac
quainted thoroughly with their
needs.
There will be a candy sale
held by the boys of the Christian
Church at Thomson's window
Saturday afternoon, the pro
ceeds for which will be used to
defray expenses of sending two
delegates to the Boys' Conven
tion at McMinnville during the
Thanksgiving holidays. Friends
are invited to donate cake and
candy for sale.
HQRSEBUYERS FAIL TO APPEAR AND CAUSE
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To the Voters.
It gives me great pleasure to
thank the voters of Morrow-
County for their hearty support
in the recent election. Although
defeated, I received twice as
many votes as I had expected
and naturally felt highly compli
mented, inasmuch as I am practi
cally a newscomer in this county.
A. I). McMurdo, M. D.
The Morrow County display
at the Portland Land Products
Show won a Diploma and Gold
Medal for being the best district
display. This display was also
awarded a $50 cash prize. Mayor
Smead returned home from
Portland Wednesday evening
and has concluded his long run
of work handling fair exhibits
for the year. His task began
before the County Fair. He then
had charge of the exhibit at the
State Fair and at the Land
Products Show. What was left
of the Morrow County Exhibit
at the last show was taken by
the Panama-Pacific Exposition
Committee and this exhibit will
be added to after the first of the
year.
DISAPPOIH
FARMERS
Floyd Fraser, the Gooseberry
rancher who was a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Commissioner at the Spring pri
maries, was in the county seat
several days this week attending
to business matters. Mr. Fraser
was hit rather hard by the hail
storm in 1913 but says he is re
covering from the effects of that
set-back, slow but sure. He has
in over 500 acres of grain already
this fall and expects to come out
on top next year.
Jas. Farley will winter his sheep
on Rock Creek near the Burton
& Wilson place and will move his
family to Condon immediately
as they will be only nine miles
from there. He ordered the
Herald sent to the Wheat City.
.There' were a ..number, 'of
mighty mad farmers in Heppner
on Thursday. These people had
come to town with horses in
answer to the advertisement in
The Herald, stating that buyers
would be here on that date to
buy cavalry horses. The adver
tisement was ordered in The
Herald by Guy Boyer, who act
ed for buyers who had been
buying extensively in Pendleton
lately. It appears that this out
fit got themselves into some
legal difficulty over in the Uma
tilla County town and at the
last minute notitied Mr. Boyer
that they would be unable to be
here as advertised. Guy immedi
ately negotiated with some Port
land buyers who agreed to be
here the next day and buy the
stock but on the day of the sale
Mr. Boyer was notified by the
rortland prties,.tha,t their, in
spector had not arrived from
New York and that they would
not be here. This left Mr. Boyer
in an embarrasing situation, and
he was kept busy nil ciay explain
ing the situation to the irate
stock owners. It also left Mr.
Social Entertainment.
A social entertainment will be
given at the Federated Church
tonight, Friday, the proceeds of
which will be used to send dele
gates to the Boys' Conference at
McMhineviJle ; Admission will
be 10 and 20c. There will be a
free picture show among the at
tractions offered. Home-made
candy will be on sale.
Henry Githens, brother of
Hugh Githens, who was in Hepp-
Boyer considerable out of pocket ini'r several days this week, in
The Herald has received or
ders from several different par
ties in the Williamett Valley dur
ing the past week for copies of
this paper containing W. O.
as he had gone to no little ex
pense in advertising and pre
paring quarters for the stock to
be fed over Wednesday night
and Thursday. Mr. Boyer in
formed us over the 'phone to
brmed the Herald that he was
of a in'ii',' to start a matrimonial
bureau here. Jack McCullough
says he approves of the idea.
Vaudeville Tonight
Couchel Brothers, the comedy
musicians, who play almost any
kind of a musical instrument,
will show tonight and Sat. at
the Star Theatre. These broth
ers are well known along the cir
cuit of larger cities in the West
and have been giving fine satis
faction everywhere. In connec
tion with the vaudeville acts,
The Star has an extra good pro
gram of pictures for tonight.
Chief among these is the third
instilment of the "Million Dol
lar Mystery", Pathe's Daily War
News, and a two-reel comedy,
"The Gentleman Burglar," fea
turing Ford Sterling, the world
famous comedian of the Key
stone Co. This gives a program
of five reels and some good vaudeville.
Dates for the dances, te music
Dates for the dances, the music
for both of which will be furnish-
Mr. Githens is an old time friend ed by Bowker's Orchestra, have
of Gee. Curn'n and they knew
ago.
day that the Pendleton people ''lt('!l the Valley years
who had agreed to be here in the
first place would surely come at
a later date, but it is doubtful if
there are many farmers who will
Mr. J. G- Kilpack, representa
tive of the Boys' and Girls' Aid
Society of Portland, entertained
been re-aranged by Messrs.
Bowker and Ilamuss who have
( barge of same. The dates are
now: Lexingt"n, Wednesday
night November 5; Heppner,
Thursday night, November 20.
MOTOR CAR FACTORY
ACTION SEEN HERE.
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xample for rising generations ! Iinor'8 rcasons for (,in out of
Four Thousand Feet of Film
Show How Maxwell Cars
Are Made.
Tacked to the point of stand-
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to follow. The memory of this i ine BUKK outness, i nis article ; ing room and af u.r great CIWd3 quality, refinement and finish at ai n,,"
man is to be revered because of .was B,t,y cP'ea y ma"y 01 our! had been turned away, the low cost
take another chance and lose a the Heppner High School pupils: Jack Coleman, the famous
couple of days bringing stock to "ftl'r lhtl n""n ,1"ur Wed nes-; Scotch comedian and singer, who
I day for a short period. He first j was a member of the Pendleton
I sang several vocal selections, ac-: crowd at the Morrow County
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with the subject and proved tompanieei oy imiss r.dim i nor- . m. u ''. -'
be an interesting speaker. th piano. AfUr this he couver B. C, where he will en-
By illustrating and explaining I'lressed the pupils, telling roll in the Seaforth Highlanders
the operations and manufactures them of the work done by the as a piper and will take a ship
it is easily seen how some of rinK for and fineMor ! ranee to join the British
the great industries of the 1 '"K mes for homeless children, forces in the war. He expects
United States have risen to the! n.adc an appeal for a gener- to return to Pendleton if he sur
rvunt u-Wp it i. r,oil.le to irive Thanksgiving offi r from the , vives the war.
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whose
his intrinsic moral worth, his '."change PaPe". especially those ( STAR THEATRE was the
in the Valley.
Show Ctnr, 8-foot, for ule chop
I'hflim Grocery Co.
commendable activity, his uns
werving integrity, and for his
strength of character. Kindness
was not the least of his vir
tues and seres of people live to- The Herald has received a
.lay in Morrow County who havej card from Elmcr Lcwis on,er.
received gen.rous treatment at intf nis pap.r a(,Irc to tc
ni h'1"'1"- Changed to MeCoe.k. Neb.
During the last few weeks of i
Penland
scene
of a complete automobile factory
in action last night.
The complete process of build
ing the famous Maxwell "25"
from raw material to the finish
ed car was shown and explained
! Beginning at the steel mills.
showing the preparation of raw
As an attraction, a trave logue
feature was added which took up
one thousand feet of film.
California in all her beauty
and splendor, the virgin forests
of the Cascades in Washington
and Oregon, and the; now famous
drive of "Wild Bill" Turner in
his Maxwell "25" up Mount
i Mrs. Lyela E. letter,
iekson has notified 'naiden name wa Padberg and
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eel decree iil divorce iroin ner
husband, Clarence Iv Potter, by
Circuit Judge' Phelps at I'endle
t"li, We'dnesday.
Ellis Hem
I lie Herald lo change im
drcs eif his paper to San Lcandro,
Calif., as he wants to keep track
of events in lie ppner.
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stock, the testing in the chemical , Hamilton where lie broke' tin
his life em earth, Mr.
WHKAT HAY
laboratories, then the foundry
united with the Federated! 15 lo 20 ion good wheal hiy for and forge shops, anel the machin-
Church of Heppner and the fuh
c ral will be he Id the re at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon. Nov. 22. Rev.
ill N. I V rris will preach the
sermon. Interment will be in
the M.i-onie Cemetery of He pp-ner.
rhrlp (.mtrrj Co. ing of the parts were show n in
Jim Higgins went down to detail.
Pertland today w here he w ill re-1 possibly one of the most inter
main under a doctor' care for esting features is the final as
some time. He is suffering from sembly of the car and the dilTer
an ulcer in the stomach. , nt mud tetinir nut into nrartire
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,by this Company.
The Ladies' Aid of the Fedcr-1 At no time did the interest of
'ate-d Church realized over 130 the audii'nco wane and the pic-
Mr. and Mrs. tt. (,. Mc(arty ftt th(,ir ft)ron whj(,h wjw tunH w),n r,,.vpr,y ,.Xpain,.(i
returned Ydnc!ay tv.'ning hl,1(j n Wednesday at the home by an expert from the factory,
from a vi.-it to Peirtland. of the Misses Ileer. 'who was thoroughly familiar
world's re-e'orel, were- shown.
The Maxwell Agnts through
out the cenintry we-re enteTtain-
eel in a similar way a r-horl time
Ilrx. Lowe- & Turner ili'vnti'
their e'litirir time, e-iii'iyy liiir
Hurt I'Xrlie ni'ly Id Hic eye
Tlirv hnvf hinl vi iirs of luinl o hi 1
pkm' ii'iiri' mi'l V. in w tin ir liicnn" i
'liiii'piit'li'y In nil It. I. him In- i. 'liny
I'iw- ymir e-yA it nm t tliuru'i'h,
-an ility Htwl ii li'iil itli' e iiininiit I'm
Hh'l wlirii tin y I'"' i nW' rhi r.i I' i
wtili iimiIivi' hmi iil...'ilti1' a .'learn-i'
ago but the new features in the 'li.y th- !.- i"l "iy ku..l h..hH
fi ms as shown he-re la.-t night . , , . , , , ,, ,
iinti'i'il In ife.i- hut i f hi I k.ii v.ln Uii'1
have certainly add.'d to a )i(y (.( (, r Milit ,. lllllt.
great lle-gree to the eelll' aiion.il ,,,vit rutin' n..l of exiiMiinniinn,
Vhlue of this WOlk. fnuini, W-ii-". Cmiiill lln in ill tlir
I'lilliil' Unti l I'lirlnl i, III IIi.iiiit,
U i i .. :ii i i i Kruluy iin l Siit inl iv, Nn. i ii,I,i r -7
ev. T. S. HamNake r will liolil ' .
, mi'l lit 1 l,f Imi' i.'i el in I .Sun
some evangelic meetings in Uy ,, M,1(,y nv. ,i, r r. :;
the church at H.irdiniin begin- Wi-.In (ml V.H fniin huun: 1. 1 limi J' iiml
ning about the 1st of Din-mber. have u wuu.
Judge Corne tt is riding alxiut
the-si; days in his new Ford,
which be pmrhsed from the
I b ppner l.trage. The Judge had
.(viral attachment added to
tin car and is going to ride in
.-t!e from now on. Look out
lor :'. ix, judge
Don't forget that the Chris
tian Church, this Sunday even
ing. Will be the scene of the
Union Thanksgiving services.
K"V. Ferns will preach the ser
mon. A large choir, composed
of tin singe rs from the' servcr.d
churches, is being elrilled for
i h I k e ial music.
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