Herald
Published on
TUESDAY MORNING
Central Oregon gets on and off the
train at Heppner,
With which il consolidated The lone Bulletin.
A first clau newspaper entered at the postoffice at Reppner, Oregon as second -class matter
VOLUME 3
HEPPNER, OREGON, February 20 1917
NUMBER .2
PACIFIC STATES TELEPHONE OFFICIALS '
ARE III HEPPNER INVESTIGATING
The local telephone situation
is still in an unsettled condition.
It seems that for some time the
company has contemplated put
tins the Heppner district on the
same basis as other district in
which they operate. This would
have required a manager to be
located in Heppner and he would
have supervision of the adjoin
ing territory - practically all of
Morrow County and maybe some
additional in the Condon terri
lory. It would have resulted in
the office being located in quar
ters seperate from any other
business institution.
Mr. J. A. Halliday, District
Commercial Supt. was ready
to come to Heppner about Mar.
lrst, to see Mr. Humphreys a
bout the proposed change. Mr
Humphreys had advised the com
pany sometime previously that
he would relinquish the office
whenever the company was read
y. Before Mr. Halliday arrived
the complaiut was tiled with the
Public Service Commission. This
has resulted in considerable em
barassment to Mr. Humphreys
and his operators and also to
the telephone company as it has
placed them all in an undesirable
position. It is unfortunate that
such an undesireable controver
sy should be injected into the af
fairs of the community at this
time, as from the conditions that
we have now learned have be
tween Mr. Humphreys and the
telephone company, their affairs
were on a satisfactory and am
niable basis and both have been
placed in a false light by the til
ing of the complaint, Mr. Halli
day told the editor today that his
company's relation with Mr
Humphreys have been absolute
ly satisfactory and that no other
agent in his territory had a bet
ter standing in the estimation of
the telephone company.
Thursday morning was warm
times in Heppner telephone cir
cles. Mr. Humphreys prepared
to turn over the business to tbe
company and put matters in the
hands of Miss Cecile Shurte,
cheif operator Here was presen
ted another deadlock, Upon this
decision, Miss Shurte refused to
concur, not only refusing to be
put in charge, but refusing to a-
gain operate the switchboard. In
this action she was supported by
Miss Flossie Barlow and Bill
Morgan, assistant and night op
erators. Then arose quite a con
troversy via phone between tbe
Portland office and the local oper
ators. During this time no local
calls were answered and only one
long distance connection made.
This was a call to Clarke Nelson,
whose residence in Pendleton
had burned, and it was bandied
by E. J. Starkey. who chanced
to be in the ofttce. About noon
Thursday an agreement was
reached and the company prom
ising to send representatives to
Heppner Monday, and promising
to offer them steady positions.
Supt. J. R, Davis and M. D.
Scott are allso here and it is ex
pected that somedefinate arran
gement will be made before they
leave.
A party consisting of Hank
Vance, Orv Rasmus, George Ai
ken and George Pecrce "Jitney
ed" to Echo Wednesday night
took. in the Burns Sommers box
ing contest. It was a good exhib
ition and was thoroughly enjoy
ed. A feature of the entertain
ment which appears very com
mendable to visitors was the or
derly action of the spectators,
the absence of smoking in the
hall and the clean sport of the
contests.
H. L. Green of Hard man was
a business visitor in this city
the latter part of last week.
DO I TAKE THE AXE TO THE HEPPNER
T
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The itinerary of the Demon
stration Wool Car, which is be
ing operated in the Western
States by the United States De
partment of Agriculture in co
operation with the Oregon Agri
cultural College, is now definate
l,y fixed and we are assured of
its arrival in Heppner via the
0 W. R. & N. on Friday, Feb. 23
at 4:45 P. M. Leaves Heppner
Sunday, Feb. 25 at 9:00 A.M. .
As already anuouned. the pur
pose of this tour is purely edu
cational. The car is sent out by
the government with the idea of
teaching the wool growers the
advantages of putting up wool
in a better condition. It
will be accompanied by a
At the urgent Vail of the officers of
the Heppner Commercial club five
business men of the city met at the
city hatl last Monday night to atteno
to a number of very important mat
ters. This meeting was an exception
to tho general run of Commercial
club meetings in that there were five
present This is the first meeting of
this body for some time when there
has been that many present. For two
months there has not. been a quorm.:
on hand. Among the unfinished busi
ness of the organization of impor
tance are the Tarkin's Mill-Monument
mail route, and the proposed trunk
road to be built across the state
These are matters of great importance
to every business man in Heppner.
Hermiston, Echo and Stanfield, with
well organized commercial clubs, are
making a strong fight to have the
road put through the sand of the north
end of Morrow county, thus cutting
off lone, Lexington and Heppnei.
They will succeed in this, too, if the
business mep of Heppner continue to
i lie as dormant as they have in the
past. If we could get national and
state aid on this road and put it
through this section, where there i.,
no doubt but that it really should go
we would have half of that famous
myth, "Rock road from Heppner to
the Columbia," no longer a dream but
a reality.
As matters now stand the officers
of the club will disband the organiza
tion at the next regular meeting night
unless a strong representation is
present and declares for its continu
ance. This means in short, that the
government expert, a represen
tative of the Oregon Agricultu
al College and Mr. D. E. Clark,
Livestock Agent of the O-W. R
R. & N.
Its tour thus far has met with
most gratifying and indeed ex
traordinary success, as at each
stopping place wool growers from
far and near have put aside all
other considerations and over
come all manner of obstacles in
ordjr to be present.
A very important part of the
equipment is a series of moving
picture films, which are shown at
all stopping places where projec
tion machines are available. The
shows are run free to the public only recognized body speaking for the
and are usually set for 3 o'clock ; entire citizenship will be discontinued,
in thp nftprnnnn ! mail addressed to the Commercial
satisfied and neglects to assist its
neighbor in matters of common wel
fare. The reader knows his opinion of a
man who is too lazy to comb bis hair,
wash his face and take a bath. Gen
erally there is a committee of soma
kind to look after this form of person
al degeneracy. But, unfortunately,
there is no committee to look after
towns of this nature. All live towns
have commercial chilis which are alive.
Mr. Citizen, are you Interested in
the growth and prosperity of your
town, or merely in your own indi
vidual business? If no, you have not
yet learned that to produce activity in
the different interests of the town
is to produce activity of mir own business.
selfishness kills more towns than
any other cause. When vou find a
town where its business men look only
to their own aggrandizement, you will
find a town that is doomed. No place
yet has ever prospered unless its citi
zens went to work on a universal plat
form of the greatest good to the.
greatest number. The principal trouble,
with all of us is that we are too
afraid of donating a little cash, a little,
service, n little time or even a few
kind words, to the good of the public,
unless there is an "almighty dollar"
in sight for our own pocketbooks.
Stand together for the advancement
of your town and you will be standing
together for the advancement of every
citizen. Unless your town prospers
you can't prosper.
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Tbe organization of the exhibit
Club of Heppner returned to the send-
Notice is hereby given that I will on the 3rd. day
of March 1917, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A. M. of
said day, at the John W., Cradick ranch in Eightmile,
Oregon, sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described personal property,
to-wit:
:
Five Head of Mares,
Four Head of Work Horses,
Two Cows,
One Steer, Yearling,
Twelve Mules,
Three Wagons,
Two Racks,
One Hack,
One Header and throe Header Boxes,
One Steel Harrow,
One Wood Frame Harrow,
One Gang Plow,
Oiio Disc,
One Fanning Mill,
One Chop Mill,
Three Seta of Harness,
And variou3 other small tools
And Implements.
All bids at said sale are subject
To Rejection.
er and f.hf wtinla wnvlrl nntififwl fV
is most complete, as will be not- the people of Heppner are not enough
ed by the following contents: interested in the future success of
1 , , , their town to put forth oven a reason-
1. Six sheep to show market ai)!e effort to get together and wor
grades of wool (About each for its success, which means their
sheep are cases containing i own common good,
good and poor fleeces of same i n,PPnt'r with her wooden sidewalks
grade and scoured sample of a"d uw"in, u',piivct' st,et'ts- di'-(
II IPVH find luiflr lrni.lo ......
....V. jf.iti.-,, UllUltUlWII
fire department and a few other
things shows what state can be
same.)
2. A textile exhibit showing
all steps in the manufacture of reacJ,ed h?n ,lmainT ,n thu pttce
... reaches that stage where it is self-
FREE LUNCH AT NOON
TERMSAH sums under $10.00, Cash. Sums
over $10.00, negotiable paper maturing in six
month, bearing 8 per cent.
II
cloth.
3. Case containing samples of
Australian and New Zealand
wool.
Bob Alstott, of Eight Mile, was a
business visitor in Heppner h:;;t Wed
nesday.
Vine V. Pearcc returned to Mo
Minnville Tuesday after spending h
week here with his son, (ieorgc (i.
I'earce.
Vawter Crawford, who has been
cashier of the Dank of Tone for some
time, returns to Heppner this week
to again resume active management;
of the Gazette-Times.
R. J. Juday, who has been running
the Iloppner-Ih.ie stage, last week
bought the lone dray business and i.i
having a truck arrangement put on
his I-'ord by K. II. Kellogg, the local
dealer.
GENERAL HEWS ITEMS OE
4. American market grades
of wool under magnifying
glasses.
5. Pictures from shearing
sheds, dealers warehouses.
textile mills, range
breeds of sheep, etc.
0. Samples of cloth showing
effects of using sisal twine for
tying lleeces, and of using too
much paint in branding.
7. "Suggestions for the Sheep
man's Library". Hooks and
periodicals.
8. Dales of wool put up under
the old and new systems.
St. "The Sheepman's Wheel
of Fortune", for calculating
grease value of wools when
bhriukago is known.
10. Kxhibitioo lleeces of dilT
(rent values.
II. Model r.f an
"hearing shed.
li
STEREST 10 HEPPNER PEOPLE
w. r.
recitation
Lcach, of Heppner, and Miss' n,i T-...I. . ., i
FMith lMr r,f f:,.1l llll.l
married at the home of W. (J. HrowJ ln lt(J(ll""n l" Hie entertainment
at Arlington, I-'eb. (!, 1SI17.-The groom I ,,l0r" wil1 ,,, " lecture L'ivoii by
scenes, iH one of the popular young men of 1 Fat her K I w. IWer, who will Ih
visiting in I Icppuer all that work
n St. Patrick's l).iy the I hi.. t
nians will go in ,t ,,iy i,, ,1, ,
second Mas-; in the ,,
iiiiliatimi ceremonies will be i n-,
tied out, and in 1 hocveiiiiig of St,
Patrick's Day, a supper w ill I e
served, after which a p;oi-:nit,
evening is anticipated. All llibrr
nians aro hen by notitieil of tle
initiation and supper on March
17th.
Ilardman, where he has resided for
several years. The young coo pit: w ill
make their home on a farm near
Kight Mile upon their return from a
In ief honey moon trip.
Il May He So, Vou Never ( an Tell
Australian
Two of Morrow County's pop
ular young people, K. ,J. Juday,
lone and Miss Mildred Hughe
of Heppner "took the leap", Kuv.
Turner P.. McDonald preforming
the ceremony at his last Saturday
at 3:00 o'clock. The ceremony
came as a surprise to their host
of friends. Mr. Juday was raised
in the vicinity of lone, and had
One of the horses of J, if
Ueumer's expre-s i;im wont,
through t ho bridge above, tho
power plant in from of the Sun
just recently returned to that city
after spending two years in Pen-j ""K'"'s residence s..t unlay
dleton. The bride is one of Hcpp- "",r,linK hut was lucky ii. iii;Ii
tier's most popular girls. She is a!1" K''1 wiln ""'' minor injur
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam '-' 'Jl'i' hri.lg.. bus I ici II III
prominent j Hughes. I poor hhiipii for some time ui.il
was ! Mr. and Mrs. Juday will make I luiinclm' y taken i are
their home nt lone, where tlcy-"by the city ant hm i in.
Georgfl ferry, Rock creek sheepman, ; ow.n tll(-' '" Transfer Co.
wn visitor in H.-ppner ceveral day '1 he Herald joins the host jf , " Murrows of Mon n in.-i,' ,
last week. friends in w ishing the happy cm- Wll, Heppner lust we.-x.
J. H. Wyland.
sheepman of Hurdman
visitor in Heppner last week
E. E. MILLER.
I Auctioneer,
Minnie B. Cradick,
Executrix of the estate of
John W. Cradick, Deceased.
0
Thn drill wan romtileti-d thin weil
whflrehy W. T. M Hubert bought Ktthcr.
from hi piirtner, Marion Kvnim, the
latter' half intj-rent in the White
I be iirepiirrd at all timet to mwtilv the
trade with tha let possible in rig
1 1
irronl livery ulaiiie. Mr. r.viinn ami
J ! Mr. McKoliert huve be-n Joint owner
Q!in this buKinexR for eight yearn, th
Q ,!ant four of which Mr. Mcliobertu h
i i -L t r- m . t j i . ...
in iiiiaiK aiwiic .! j .in ivootrii.
inform u that it i hi intention t-
plea long and prosperous life to-
Tho HiberniniiH yesterday, in
their regular meeting, decided to
bold the usual enti-rlaiiiiiieut
md supper on March Pi and 17
The en' rtMiiitin;iit which will be
tield on I'rid iy, M in li 1)1. will
e a Vril led one, iik hiding Voc il
uti'l instrumental olo'-. Scotch
W. P. f"ich of 1 1 ii nJ 'ii in win
in Heppner l''ril iy on t.u-liic-s.
The big shoe sale
begins to day, at
E. N. Gonty's shoe
store.
and auto livery m rvice.