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EFPNEE
VOLUME 4.
TWO MEET DEATH
Frank Unbelt, section foreman
and Samuel Hanson, engineer on
the Heppner Branch, met their
death last Saturday morning
when a bridge over Willow Creek
collapsed under the weight of
the locomotive. The engine
pitched off the wrecked bridge
on the down stream side and
rolled over towards the bridge,
almost burying itself in the tur
bid waters of the swollen stream.
The two men were carried to
their death without a chance fur
escape, their bodies being buried
in the wreckage where they re
mained until the wrecking crew
were able to remove the locomot
ive from the stream and release
them.
John Malone, the fireman,
was standing on the run
ning board of the engine and
when the crash came he jumped ,
striking the water in the exact
spot where, a fraction of a second
later the front, truck wheels of
the engine landed. The swift
current, however, carried him
from under the falling engine
and out of the jaws of certain
death. He swam a few strokes
to some willow brush and pulled
himself from the stream un
hurt. Fortunately for the passen
gers and other members , of the
crew the train had, at the last
moment before leaving Heppner,
picked up two cars of wheat and
an empty stock car, the empty
being next to the engine. It
plunged after tbe engine, break
ing loose from the wheat cars
and stood on end in the creek
leaning against the end of the
broken bridge, stopping the
rest of thecars when they struck
it and saving the lives of many
people.
The accident happened at ab
out 11:00 a. m. and the wrecking
train, summoned from The Dal
les, did not arrive until about
5:30 p. m. Work was ut ouce
commenced to remove the bodies
but the work was blow and' Sun
day the cable, used to lift the
engine, broke, and the woik was
farther delayed until a new one
could bo secured from The
Dalles.
The bridge had been in bad
condition for some time and re
pair work was under way when
the accident happened. It is said
that the work going on may have
weakened the structure to some
extent and the swollen condition
of the stream from Friday nights
storm may also have had a bad
effect.
Frank Ilibelt was an old time
citizen here, highly respected,
and with many friends, lie was
ur.manied, Lis only known rela
lives being a niece living ut Ore
gon City uud a sister residing iu
Wisconsin .
Samuel Unison, iho ttuiiuoer.
Lad only teen on iijo run lor a
short lime and was not well
known iu Ut ppner. Ho expected
to have a permanent ruu here
and himself and v. ifu were ht ik
inn fur a house in which to get
hittlt d when the accident tame
Continued "0 pag 4
DR. GUNSTER
VETERINARIAN
fdtriMia'i tVviJ Sl'. tUpr"". Oi'S-"
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In the recent State Essay Contest
on Stimtilants and Narcotics, four
Morrow county pupils won first and
second prizes as follows:
Grades above the Sixth Bertha
Hayes, Hardman, Its; Mary Clark,
Heppner, 2nd.
Grades below the Seventh Frank
Schmidt, Lexington, 1st; Margaret
Woodson, Heppner, 2nd.
In addition to the State prizes of
fered the Heppner Herald offered a
prize of $5.00 to the pupil in Hepp
ner, Ltxington or lone writing the
best essay and a similar prize to the
pupil in any other school in the coun
ty for the best essay. These prizes
have been awarded to Frank Schmidt
of Lexington, and Bertha Hayes, of
Hardman, and checks for the amount
have been forwarded together with
the compliments and best wishes of
the Herald.
DISEASE GEKMS.
(By Fiy.NK SCHMIDT.)
Disease germs are harmful and
should be destroyed. Disease germs
make people sick and often cause
them to die. These germs are about
us on every hand. They may be iu
the air, in our food, or in the water
we drink.
We can avoid disease germs by
keeping things sanitary, by fumiga
tion, by destroying garbage piles, by
keeping our bodies clean and healthy,
and by destroying the germs that
come from the bodies of the sick.
Many diseases we get from germs
are: Colds, tetanus, catarrh, in
fluenzza, tonsillitis,' bronchitis, dyp
tlicria, w hooping cough, chicken pox,
scarlet fever, and measles.
About the year 1800 vaccination
began to be practiced and smallpox
at once began to decline. Where it
is thoroughly carried out, smallpox
has almost ceased to exist but where
people are not vaccinated very much
it is still impossible to prevent the
spread of disease germs. Vaccina
tion is almost a perfect protection
against smallpox germs. Edward
Janner in 1797 discovered vaccina
tion. Disease germs produce a toxin in
the body, the body works up an anti
toxin to destroy the toxin and save
itself from being poisoned. Scientists
have learned how to get diptherla
antitoxin from the blood of a horse.
When a person is attacked by dip
therla some of the antitoxin from a
horse is injected into the body. This
does not kill the diptheria germs, but
destroys their toxiti and saves the
cells from being poisoned until the
body can kill out the germs, and stop
the disease. It Is very Important
that the antitoxin bo given In the
early stages of diptheria, for after
the toxin has poisoned the cells of
the nervous system, kldnevs, and
heart great damage has been done,
and it Is not possible to undo it. An
titoxin is ur.eful in nil stages of the
disi-a c, however, und should always
be u d . It l also very useful In pre
venting diptluria and when a person
has been exposed to the germs a dose
of antitoxin Is often given to prevent
the development of Hie disease.
An antitoxin for Tetanus I., pre
pared from the blood of the horse but
It has not proved very valuable in
mrlng the disease except when used
In the early i-tuces ami Iu large doses.
It Is very valuable, however, In pre
venting the di.ear.e and when a per
son has received a wound that is like
ly to bring on tetanus a do.e of the
antitoxin should be given. When this
Is done the dhcice is almost certain
to be prevented.
There wouldn't be half so many
diseases If the people would destroy
the disease ernis and they should be
destroyed.
1 HE IIVf.lENi; or I OOI, hill L.
IKK .M I.OIIIIV..
BY BLRTHA HAYES
The three "-,entlatt to human life
die food, shelter Htl'l (Inthlllg. Mild
If rnperlv prepared and proxlded
they ar" the uieaim of prolonging life
and waking It more enjoyable,
Komi Is anything wlilth, when tak
en Into Km body, produien bent,
weight, mid energy, l'nod Ii tlip tir.t
essential to life htiause It rrpalts th
bod -, make. It trci-v I h r : r und
i.trotiKir, and help, io k'ip It warm
The Imdv demand .: fniir tla 'e,, of
f' d. namely: prod Id.., tarhohy-
( 'mtnu'd n "Hi l'
HEPPNER, OREGON,
HIT BY CLOUDBURST
A destructive cloudburst
6truck the Eightmile country
last Friday evening causing
heavy damage to crops, fences,
roads, bridges etc. No lives
were lost and the loss of live
stock was small. The path of
the storm was about a mile wide
and extended from the C. J.
Auderson place towards Lexing
ton. Hundreds of acres of wheat
were heavily damaged by the
storm that on hillsides being
badly washed and that on the
lower lands in places being cov
ered with mud.
At the C. J. Anderson place
25,000 new shingles were carried
away and at Claud Huston's
place, new lumber for an addi
tioa to bis residence was also
lost. At the James Adkius
place, now owued by Mr. Haver,
stick, the water surrounded the
barn and a side of the building
had to be chopped away in order
to save the stock from drown
ing. Dan Barlow lost a lot of
machinery etc. which was kept
in an old house near the creek
and which had stood there for
some 30 years without being
threatened. The building was
washed away and destroyed.
Old timers in that section who
have lived there for many years
report that they uever saw any
approach to the volume of water
in the creek before. In places
it is said the water reached a
heighth of 30 feet. Roads and
bridges were washed out aud
telephone wires are down- ervyui''''; rocpouUuct Umt bIjc ue-
that information about the storm
has been hard to obtain. No
estimate of the total damage is
yet available but it is believed it
will run into many thousands of
dollars.
The storm was accompanied
by some hail and considerable
electrical disturbance.
A. J. Knoblock, whose (ilace is
this side of Rhea creek, reports
that his place was right in the
track of the slorm. lie lost 12
pigs in the flood und by hard
work managed to save a litter of
pigs whicli were being swept
away down the canyon. Mr.
Knoblock's wheat tields were
badly wushed much of his gar
den and potatoes washed away
and his ulfulfa dauiagij but he
says the storm done more good
in his neighboihood than harm
The fall of hail was heavy on a
part of his place, covering t he
ground to a depth of three in-
ches. The storm lasted thcrv
about 15 minutes during which
timo 1.31 inches of water fell as
shown by the government rain!
gauge maintained at his place.
lll.WH.l TKlH IU' ()M)(i, N( I,.
IIKI'I'NKR LOIm;L NO. 3.18, UK
NliVOLKNT AM) I'llOTIXTI V K
OHUtH OF tLKS.
WHURKAS, the Omnipotent (Jod,
moving In tils ever tn steriou v.
lias railed from the? ranku ol tin: liv
ing to Join thn in Ik' li ' y host a. em
tiled Iu tuan'H eternal home on IiIkIi,
I". rot In r Jay Vale, who was an lem
ored and reineeted rnemher of this
LoiIkp, llierelore;
lie' It Itvnulvcl, that In the dimi-e
of our frlmd and I'.rotlier thU lod -e
hai Kiifferrd mi Irri jiaralile In ., and
In )-l il 1 ii K to the incMt.iMe loin
maiel of the ruler of Heaven mil
Kallh, we reallie that we ton, 1ml
aalt Hi hii in inoii h that count, no
retinal, that hrook , lei il' Uv.
Our heartii, III l lnull.v, ;o out to
Hie horrow iliK family, who In a di
tant Main mourn Hie to. of u Im Ii,
liu hand and an n Homiie .,i!..r
That ulna- and lomfnrt may mini
to tl.iin through an nhl-htiK l.iitli In
th Klorlou reunion that I ,mnii , I
all In that tieautlliil ' .,le of Imiim
where." Is, our heartflt w h
That tlu -i. r .olutlon. h.. ,,(,ti il l
upon thn reiordi, of our ldi:c and
mpv th'r-of tram mlt'ed to the
Heel family of our dipaid l I. to
thr.
FA.M I;. VAN V.( TOK,
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FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1917.
The most "brilliant school funo
tion of the year was the banquet
given by the junior class of
Heppner High Friday evening,
in honor of the giaduating class
of 1917.
The Palace Grill was appro
priately decorated for the occa
sion with American flags and
pennauts of the classes of '17
and '18. The tables vvero beau
tiful wilh carnations and dainty
place cards marked the guest's
seats. Norton YVituiard. as toast
master, was equal to the occa
sion. The toasts were original,
impromptu, unique aud, iu the
main, startling.
Vavvter Crawford jr.. respond
ing to the toast, "Why, after a
banquet, am I like a window?"
decided that it was because he
had a pain iu his sabh.
Mrs. Lucy T. Wedding, En
glish instructor, gave a review
of the books, 'Honey Ueauey,
the Boston Boy," and Lisping
Lizzie and Mournful Monday."
It developed later that these
books have not been published.
Henry Peterson, class of '17,
responded to the toast, "Boyhood
remiuiscunces''but the long tliglit
of years since he was a boy, had
almost obliterated all memories
of his boyhood.
"Sipping soup as an exercise
for the lungs," was reduced to a
science by Miss Marian Long,
instructor in Biology. Miss Eliz
abeth Sehoeuwald, when asked,
"What to do when a pickle bites
lougs to the "floatiiig"popuhit ion
and as such is immune from pic
kle bites.
How to comfort oneself at a
clam feed so us to obviate any
chance of gastroiiomii al itu-
peration," by Kenneth Leo Minus
! The speaker, who is known to('(l HII,J ravo a stirring talk on
j have an affinity for these bivalves tllH in'i'ossily of conserving the
said he spoke as gio w ithoul fu"d 'M'l-'.V- Mr. Shutt is now
! knowledge, never having eaten i il Micefssf ul farmer iu the lone
Unany, but, in In., judgement, to
i avoid uuy gasti onumicul dislur
j batice. it would be safe to swal
i low the clam in the shell.
Prof. F. M- Atkinson iu re- county, gave a highly interest,
spouse to, "Dessei latioii on lisli ing ami instructive talk on can
mid why 1 1 1 1 y wiggh'." sai I il 1 uing. preserving and drying
was like talking on some mi fo.id pioducls. Mrs. Shurto is
known nothing fioiu a literary ' an interesting speaker and gave
: standpoint, compared favorably
with Cailylo'.s S.u li
Lesai t u-
; Earl (ioidon was
j 'My First Proposal.'
asked for
lb- said it
lie l:lld
was painful to recall II
been rejected. The giund
j came when Supt II. II. II
j sang the solo "Plow,
' blow."
tin, ile
ill man
bugle
The occasion wdl Ion
bo
in-;
membeied.
C'oiil i ibu'ed.
Highway I'liKinrer and I'arty Here
Deputy State Engineer M. O.
Hennett, accompanied by a corps
of assistants, is here this week
starling work on the survey of
the Stat'.' Highway through Mor
row count v. The work will re
quire several week:, the (urvey
extending from Hi" tiilliam
county line on the Arlington in. el
to the 1 ' 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 ; t county line on
the pilot Po k mad.
Mr. le'hintt and paity have
inaue 1 1 1 i r n aoipiai tTs at tne
Palace ,o(e.
Memorial I).iy
t'liiuii Memorial spiuci .
be held ill lie I ' ib i.il' l clem I.
Suiitl.iy morning M.iy 'J7. at II
i III The I . I ,ili I A I in y Ui litrl
Col pi, Npilii.ii War i lei. in-.
Ui 1 I 'lost Hiel all p ii 1 1"' i
orders will be i i iil
SVM"U Wliet.l'itie t'l.inlii.iiidi.l
J (' linl. A I " ll.l
AGRICULTURAL DEFENSE
As announced in the Herald
last week Agricultural Defense
Day was observed in Heppner
last Saturday afternoon by a
street parade and mass meeting
in the Fair Pavilion. Owing to
inclement weather, the busy
farming 6eason and the fact that
many Heppner people had gone
to the scene of the- railroad
wreck near Morgan station, the
attendance was not as good as
was hoped for.
Those who were present, how
ever, were all earnest advocates
of agricultural preparedness,
the conservation of food pro
ducts, aud the promulgation of
knowledge along the hues of pro
duction, preserving aud conser
vation of food stuffs. They are
all earnest men and women and
are to be commended for the
woik they have undertaken in
this county.
W W. Smead called the meet
ing to order and introduced the
speakers.
Uov. H. A. Noyes was the
first speaker. He emphasized
the need of co-operation in pro
duction and pointed out that bo
fore the summer is over every
able bodied man in Heppuer,
unless ho be otherwise employed
in productive labor, may bo call
ed upon to take his place iu the
harvest lields to help take care
of the harvest. The speaker
brought forth a round of ap
plause when he doclared that lie
stood ready to close his church
and take his place in the lields,
men on Sunday if necessary
to do his bit ia helping save the'
harvest.
E. M. Kindt, of lone, former
sheriff of the county and news-
l,alIL'r 1,1,1,1 llf Heppner. was call-
, t-'ounlry und was ablotogivea
practical talk on this subject.
I Mrs. Lena Knell Khurte.
School Superintendent of the
.many valuable ideas of interest
to the Indies of the community
In. Wlnnard, if HiIh rlly, ami
' lih K , nt lone, en iated on ( lin k
VYiU.ht for uiendli Iti i at the I I-ip-iH
r Inn pital Wednesday. The ia
In lit I . doing nicely.
FARMERS
Weather Conditions indiiate danger from II.nl Storms.
Al the present price of wlir.it you cannot nllord to lake
fliancr on losing your imp but you CAN aflord to boy
insurance lo make yoursell sale from Ions.
Hail Insurance
is i barged for by the season.
now than if written a month
Insure Now
and secure the protection
ROY V.
"II IK INMJKANU: MAN"
NUMBER 2
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Circuit court was in session
during the week the busines be
ing disposed of at a late hour
Tuesday evening when adjourn
ment was taken.
Judge Phelps came in Satur
day afternoon, from Pendleton,
and held a short session of court
Saturday evening. The business
of the session was coutinued
Monday and Tuesday adjourning
as above stated.
Most of the cases on the dock
et had been settled out of court
being but two left to come to
trial.
The case wherein J. R.Oliver,
guardian, is plain till", and Edvv.
McDaid is defendant was tried
without a jury, the same having
been expressly waived, and time
was fixed for counsel to submit
briefs.
The only jury trial was Hie
cause in which W. C. Winslow
was plaintiff and E, G. Morgan
was defendant. The case was
one in which damages were ask
ed on a contract. It was heard
by a jury a verdict being return
ed in favor of the plaintilf in the
sum of 10:.G!3.
On the criminal docket the
only case appearing was that in
which Jack DelMonte, whoso
true name ia said to be Julius S.
Ward was arraigned on a charge
of assault to commit robbery.
Defendant waived trial, entered
a plea of guilty and waa given
an indeterminate sentence of one
to ten years iu the penitentiary.
"The prisoner made an impas
sioned ilea to the court iu which
he said that he realized his po
sition and that his life is mostly
before him. lie said lie had im
proved hi;; time while in jail I'V
writing poemsand songs and that
he. vet hopes to retrieve the pa..t
and climb to the topmost round
of the ladder of fame.
Free Land (or Planting
The Herelad is authorized to
announce that the use of an i in
limited amount of good summer
fallow laud, within two miles of
Heppner, may be had for plant
ing spii'K com or bean.; by any
one having the inelinat inn and
t ime to spare to do such work.
This land is on the W in. Hughes
place, witnin two miles of town
and is in cruirge oi liiniin tt .lone ,.
No rei ompense is neked for the
use of the land the oll'er being
mud with the patriotic purpose
of helping to increase the pro
, duction of needed food products.
It costs no ionic
or two months later.
if null' n
without delay.
WHITEIS