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VOLUME 4.
HEPPNER, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1917.
NUMBER 21
JAKE OSTEN HIES
TWENTY MORE CALLED
Jake Osten, former employee
of the Herald, and well known in
Heppner and Morrow county,
writes this paper a breezy letter
from the aviation camp at San
ADtonio, Texas, where he is tak
ing the first steps towards be
coming a flying fighter in the
service of Uncle Sam.
Mr. Osten left here a few
month ago and enlisted at Port
land and has since been sent to
several training stations in the
east and finally realized his
heart's desire by being sent to
San Antonio to become a bird
man. The letter follows:
"As yet, I have made no flight,
but I have hopes of going up
soon for a ride. To get a pilot's
commission you must pass a very
stiff examination and lam study
ing up for it all the time.
"Tbecliniate here is agooddeal
like home, if you add ninety de
grees to the temperature. The
country is mostly level, and
sand toads, lizards, tarantulas,
centipedes and rattlesnakes are
the principal crops. The state
also raises much dust. Cotton,
sugar cane and cactus are side
lines. Mostly cactus.
'We have quite a time here.
There are about 10,000 soldiers
in Kelly Field. They are build
ing barracks for tbem as fast as
they can. At present we are in
tents. We go to San Antonio
every once in a while. It is not
much of a town. The soldiers
make the town. I haven't gone
over it thoroughly yet, so I can't
say how far behind Heppner it is
"There are some 122 planes in
this field and they are most of
them in use all the time. The
planes are assigned to squad
rons, 12 in active service, 12 set
up in reserve and 12 in crates.
Then besides they are equipped
with trucks, motorcycles and
much other stuff."
Twenty more drafted men
were called last week to appear
for examination for military ser
vice , Tuesday, September 25th,
in order that eligibles may be a-Lpeople of Morrow county, and in
vailable to fill the quota in case
any of the contingent sent to
American Lake last week should
be rejected by the army surgeons.
Of this number the following
have been examined and accept
ed by the local board:
Thomas McCormick, Echo,
James Edward Warfield, lone,
Lucius A. Visher, Lexington,
Fred W. Griffith, lone, -Edgar
Allen Bennett, Heppner
Glenn C. Jones, Heppner,
Solomon L. Payne, Heppner,
William A. Ashinhust. Lex'ton
Franklin-D. Cox jr., Heppner
Elmer Ball, lone
Ernest R. Frederickson, Lex'n
Charles Leo O'Neill and Roy
W. Buckless, both of lone were
rejected for physical disability.
The following have not been
examined at this writing:
Carl J. Caldwell, Irrigon
Arthur M. Edwards, Lena
Albert William Heater, Heppner
Lewis M. Billings, Foster, Or.
Ah Jing, Heppner
Harald Raymond Ahalt, Cecil
William H. Parker, Lexington.
9
To the Public Dear Frieuds:
A few words in regard to the
boys' and girls' Industrial Club
Work, may be of interest to Uio
a measure explain a few points
that seemingly are not under
stood.
First I wish to congratulate
those boys and girls who signed
up for the work and who com
pleted their project. You can
not now realize the amount if
good accomplished by your ef
forts. Some of you were not
awarded prizes but, you have the
gratifying evidence of work well
done, and have the satisfaction
of knowing that you have gained
valuable experience.
Mr. J. A. Churchill, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction has
said; "Every Club Member who
has carried his work to ootnple
tion has strengthened his char
acter by forming habits of in
dustry and perseverence and by
learning to do well some one or
more of the common duties of
life."
I am sorry that more of the
members did not have their ex
hibit ready for the fair. We
have ntteen clitlerent clubs id
this county with a membership 1 1, total Hii.
deon Brown Exhibit report
total IHl. Basis of award: .Ex
hibit 00. report -in. total 100.
Vegetable Gardening K e u
neth Binns Exhibit 4t, report
40. total K5. Basis same as above.
Horace Wells Exhibit 46, re
port, (nonel. total 16.
Poultry Raising Elizabeth M.
Brown Exhibit 48, report 3U.
total S". Basis same as above,
Paul Aiken Exhibit 45, report
moiie). total lo.
Pig Feeding 1 rene Peck Ex
hibit 55, report 35, total 90. Ba
sis same.
Eleanor Peek Exhibit 5", re
port o"). total !H
Baking Project llulda Tucker
- Exhibit 53. report 36. total M)
Bup'.ah Tucker Exhibit 47, re
port 35, total K2.
(J. K. Mae Davis-Exhibit 51.
report 29, total K),
Elizabeth Huston Exhibit 46.
report 35. total 81 .
Canning Project Lavell Lucas
Exhibit 51!, report 35, total 87.
Keita Neel Exhibit 43, report
(none), total 43.
Sewing Project Vera Cowins
--Exhibit 4!l. report 50, total 99.
Elizabeth Huston Exhibit 41,
repot t 49, total 90.
Hulda Tucker Exhibit 46, re
port 49, total 95,
Buelah Tucker Exhibit 44, re
port 48, total 92.
Doris Lane Exhibit 42. report
WHEAT PIES FOR
PACIFIC STATES FIXED
Winners of State Fair Trip
Four very proud and happy
young people entrained al Hepp
ner Tuesday morning bound for
the State Fair at Salem, the trip
having been won by them be
cause of their excellence in in
dustrial club work. . The win
ners were: Miss Vera Cowins
and Master Carrol Shurte. of
Heppner, and Miss Hulda Tuck
er and Master Birdeen Brown,
of District No. 17, near Lexing
ton. The young people are sent to
Salem and returned home at the
expense of the county and dur
ing their stay at the Fair they
are entertained at a camp in the
Fair grounds as guests of the
the state.
The plan has been in operation
for several years aud is proving
Jones Crop Surprises
Jeff Jones, well known farmer
of the Rhea creek section, was in
town yesterday and reports that
he has finished heading and
th'eshmg his bUO-acre crop
which made an average of 15
bushels of good quality wheat
per acre.
Since finishing his own crop
Mr. Jones put in some two weeks
threshing for his neighbors, fin
ishing the season's run last Sat
urday evening before the rain.
About July 1, Mr. Jones went
to Portland for a few weeks' visit
and when he left he did not
think his crop would make any
thingthat it would never even
head out. When he returned,
however, he was agreeably sur
prised to fined his fields headed
out and the result of his harvest
shows that no man can tell in ad
vance just what Morrow county
soil will produce even in a dry
season.
Mr. Jones expects to begin his
Fall seeding in a few days the
recent rains having placed the
ground in fine condition for
farming.
of 192 pupils. Only 21 of these
members had exhibits.
I do hope boys and girls that
you have not become discour
aged. The work is new and it
takes time to get syetematized.
It is an expensive feature and in
order to make good what wei
have already expended we must
not give up. Mr. Griffith says,
"Although expensive, it pays for
the education it gives the
young."
Dickens has said, "Every fail
ure teaches a man something if
he will but learn." j
One of our club members, Vera j
Cowins, was chosen to represent1
the state in the sewing contest
Handicraft Project C a r o I
Shurte Exhibit 72, Report, 19,
total 91.
Lyle Seaman Exhibit 70, re
port 15, tutal K.
Baird Patterson - Exhibit OS,
teport (tioue), total 6X
Sherman Noyso Exhibit 05,
report (none), total 65.
Lawrence Wilkins Exhibit 62
(2 pieces), report (noue) total 62
Very truly yours,
LENA NNELL SHUIiTE,
County School Superintendent
The question of good roads in
Morrow county and paved streets
in Heppner is not dead it has
only been taking its summer si
esta. Wednesday the County Court
passed an order conforming
with the new road law by w hich
the road districts of the county
are re-formed and each district
is given authority to vote a 5-mill
road tax for some specific road
purpose. Six of these districts -including
the towns of Heppner,
Lexington and lone, each oi
which is a separate district - are
directly interested in the propos
ed state highway through the
county and the three country
districts directly interested in
the highway are so formed as to
approximately embrace the terri
tory lying on each side and with
in ten miles of the road to be im
proved. Thursday a meeting of proper
ty owners of Heppner was held
when a petition to the County
Court, asking that an election be
called in Heppner Road District,
No. 13, for the purpose of voting
a 5-mill tax to be expended in
preparing the roadbed for the
State Highway as same may bo
located through said rlistrset.
The following property owners
Signed the petition: Charles
Thompson, C. E. Woodson, S. E.
Notson, Frank Gilliam, W. P.
Mahoney, Phill Cohn. J. L. Wil
kins, Oscar Borg, Hanson Hughes
Ben Patterson. John Vaughn, A.
M. Phelps, L. E. Bisbee, M. D.
Clark.
Petitions have also been pre
pared and arc being circulated in
the other interested districts viz:
lone and Cecil district, No. 3;
district'around Lexington, No. ti;
district around Heppaer, No. 5;
town of lone No. 10; town of
Lexington, No. 11.
It is freely predicted that, the
election will be called and the lax
The committee of wheat men
who went to Washington, D. C,
to protest against (ho discrimin
ation against the Pacific North
west in the matter of wheat
prices were successful in their
mission the government finally
consenting to a basic price of
2.05 at Portland, thus absorbing
one-half of the freight differen
tial of 30 cents per bushel with
which the first ruling penalized
the Oregon and Washington
growers.
The price of 2.05, for Port
land, is based on No. 1 Northern
hard, a grade which is not pro
duced here.
According to a card received
from Portland Wednesday even
ing by Heppner dealers the fol
lowing prices have been estab
lished on the different grades
such as grown in Morrow county: .
Bluestem-58 test, $2.02; 5C
test. 1.0!); 51 test, 1,95.
rortytoia o test, z.uu; ot
test, $1.97; 51 test, $1.93.
Club-(10 test, 2.00; 58 test,
$1.98; 56 test, II. 95.
Above prices are for Portland
delivery. Price in Heppner is
about 12c lower than Portland
price.
Some Spuds
i Frank M. Bayless, suporinten
dent of the County Poor Farm
. ... . . - ,1 IM II t.l.Illtltll.lll'llLlllf
at bpoHano Sept. 4-7. Morrow ; ""." i v i j voU., iiy a ROod majority am
county should be proud indeed, iwnm'B ,,., ,.,:...., uu uy M()m)W fWni wi
of the honor conferred upon her, s exhibition in trout ot llie Herald
but what Vera has don others "l,u;u 11,111 ls enuiieo u, mo oiuo
can do, but they must be willing ! ri,,bon- Tt"-' sli,lls six aml
to acknowledge that there is no e-half feet long and Mr. Buy
obfitacle but can be overcome : lcss s,l.V 1" oducod six pounds of
i i.; i, .t,,,., Tin.
ii ii u ifiL i " i it i " ;i . in; i v lit1
and should have for their moitomi" l'"'.i'oes
"If at first 1 don't succeed 1 ,,ims ,,,! l'"1!"" "l
shall try, try again." This will ,l,a,,y "f "w,,r K""1""" I'""'
give power. You know Strong u Inches to such an extent that
The creat end of eduen- Iilllu,,! 'T'"'"" a
county will yet
come into her own in the matter
of good roads.
W. P. Scrivnor Passes
William Preston Scrivuer, au
old ami highly respected resi
dent of this city, passed away at
his home on Court street, at 8:30
a. in. Sunday, September ,'1,
1917, ulllio age of 01 years and I
days. lie hml been a sufferer
from bronchial trouble several
years and for a couple of weeks
had suffered from an acute at
tack but was apparently improv
ing, lie went to thu "breakfast
table Sunday morning and after
finishing tho meal stepped into
the kitchen wheioho fell to the
Moor mill expired instantly. Thu
cause of ilenl h is believed to have
hem inori huge on the brain.
Deceased 'was a uttl i v h son of
Oregon ami a pioneer of East
ern Oregon in l lie full sehsu
,,f the word. He whs born lit
I In r risb ii i g, I, inn county, Sep.
says,
tion is not to acquire more fact..
few
failure
weeks ago
will make fair
Auto Business Booms
Harold Cohn, local agent for
the Cole-8 and Oldsmobile cars,
reports business booming around j year-
ii
but to gain more power." jicius.
Please do not lose track of tho :
fact, that the report counts Fclir StOTB ClOSCS
much in t he final exhibit and Marcus Kopplr, who lias .been
should be sent to O. A. C. for ,.,, K.tinR st.r in tlii.H
grading before Sept. 1st each ,.jty r,,,. s,(.ra m(,tlis. has
closed his place here and shipped
his sales-room with pleasing Ue '"'I'" tl,ls J'''"1' u-"" his stock to Condon where he
prospects for a profitable autumn I tne work ' ,(-,,","''. thereby 1 wj, ,.lt(. ,.i;.p. f large store
trade. j Saving the pupil the advariiiiiie ()Wh,,( )V ,i1( f and Ins broth-
Within the last few days Mrs. I "f working under an advisor . I ur , This Wi(-. ln.,. , ,.,.s.
John Kilkenny, of Heppner. and I ini ,h,! M U""1 ',,,tr "l ,,"s'-' sarv on account of his brother.
very successful as an inientivelLos padbtrg. of Lexington, Heretofore the work Im b. giii. ll)Um ,;,.., , f Ihe
to good work among the school have become pleased purchasers! lo" lit,t! H"'1 l"l.lret. I. ft l,y ,cori, . (,,, M.jh., ,., (;,,.
of Cole 8s and Walter Rood and j tl,i"-B''s to complei., their pi-. . (.,,,, vs draffe. s v. ho wi re
Ben Cox have each invested in 1 i1, 'called to tie' colon hi t wick.
an Oldsmobile. j During the annuiil institute m
;Octot'er Mr. Seymour, Sliile
j
Kenneth Mahoney returned Club Lender, expects to In- w i'h
Sunday from a several days' vis-' rs. Ho will give an illust r:it'd
The Wanderers Return
Bob Carnnor and his aggrega
tion of near cowboys, who wont
east with a train loud of cattle
three weeks ago have returned
to Heppner und all unite in swear
iug by the (ireat lloriisponii thai
it was tho biggest and best tri
they ever took in
The party consisted of K. (!. No
ble, I, E. Bisbee, Henry Cohn
Hid U nison Hughes and nil are
inclined to bn voluble lo tho in
terviewer whim they talk about
I lie big cornfields of Kansas, the
tileiik ranges of Wyoming mid
tln tall iiHMiiitiiins of Colorado,
telliher l', iNih. Ill) WHS thu
sou of .liimes E. Scrivnor, nil
early settler in the Williiinuttii
valley, ami Parthenon I larger
Scrivuer, the on, I her being II,
native iluugliler of the Oregon
country. Truly tint blood of
pioneers I'owe.l in his veins.
When Mr. Serine.r was 17
years old hi-, f.ilhel' moved bin
their lives. I b""dy to I 'mulilln eoiiiily whero
they I'ligngeil in 1 he sheep busi
ness for n number of years Inter
removing to u 1ml is now Mori ow
county, where liiey continued in
Ihe sliu ll business1 for II few
vmr. Mr. Seiivner heltled in
Heppner 'J'i years nro and work
en nt t he black sin it long mid wag
i ,11 II, ,1 i' 1 1 1' t 1 .1' I '', lilt e r em bill k I llg
in ba-.ini -, for himself in Ihat
children of the state.
Mis9 Vera- Mahoney, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahouey.
has enrolled as a student at the
University r,f Washington, at
Seattle, for the school year.
it at Portland.
Mr. hopple wi.. Im-s totlrihk hu
friend. i and pationi for liberal
pat roi.ai'e t c. and to announce
that w hen t hi- w ar i. over, and
af. lv, ,e
M'-ppner
I in j'i
II-
expert.; lo return Pi
and open anoi h r -tun-.
DR. GUNSTER
VETERINARIAN
LICENSED GRADUATE
PittrtKW'i Dni Slort, llfpfWi, Offfi
Card ot Thanks
lecture on Ihe lndust.ml Ch,b if bin brother n l urn
orK. .Mr. i. laxiou. i ouiiiii
sii-fier of Education, Wn-hin;-.
ton, I). (J., I nit promised to m iel
four or live leels, and Mr.
Spurks has consented to lei n,
bilVt; the Use of tins NUr The-i'er
for one evening This will l,e
free to the publ.c und I hope n I
Will avail themselves of the ep
portumty to hall mole u!r,',l
thin grent work.
l-'ollow inir is tint M-ore iiuli
by members nt the County ,n.
I'oUlo (irowing Project lor lows MowUy.
ti
We tt ish to i Mend i ur beiirl
fell, thanks loll," many fneiels
who so Uiudly ii-.i.'e, in , i j r
Lite bi I enve ll, riit III I he (Ii ill Ii ( used lobuill K itllsHS Clt y
oar hu -.baud in, 'I U her. Mis
M. I he 1 1 '. lo r aid I 'amily.
but when ini'stiniipd iiboul what hue w Inch he . .mi inueil until thu
I .l ... L... .., !., ,.fi..r i lime of bi .ilealh
the I'dUlfl were sold they mi
ll I I strangely iioneoiiiunti.il
There urn some indications of n
conspl nii.'i to suppress Ihe news
but tint Herald hopes thai, as
tune pHssei. this sirangn silence
tn it y be broken and we will be
able to givo a l th news of the.
WOlldelf 111 trip When n.ked
whelher or not Ihe WHler in Ihe
Missouri river is muddy at Ibis M1t1
M-nson of the year one member ,.
of the flirty replied thai he whs Silivi.il
nol looking for Mi, soul I nver
viiili-r lit nny time during bis
slay in K. C Of i-ouisn linn s
change. When the Herald man
i iii
e1' years ago visitors from the
oiitsnlii msmI to Use river water
lie buill up n successful and
lucralne business and was re.
L'anled a-, one i I ihe town's In -,l
I'll l' lls
(in lh i ember 17, l-'.i", Mr.
Si l iv ne r ' e nun I led a I I 'olulmi,
l In to, n. lo Me.s Mai Ilia Itiiiiiin ill
Meel . ; ho a! .o i .line of one of
Id pnaiiei families
a i mr.i'-leiil iiiiiin her
ll I I Mil, h Soul h ii ",
I liieinher of I he Ma.
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and Mai Ion
. I In gull, sii I .
L. P l n 1 1 .on ji
to bailii) in but purhaps that is
frem too old fashioned a custom for
1 thi stt modern limes.
In ..I t
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Sc I I . Ill I . 1.1 I .
Vive bun,
Tlii. f 'mm i nl wa - helil nt t ho
Mel,.l!,l I hmi Ii Siiiilb. Wl.l
lie .il ay lif lei iii.on, the services
beiMi: I omlurli i by KeV, llliaill
S Sli.int'le. pi 'Msiih'iit of Colum
bia ( 'olll (.-!. Mill, I l l e., I II.
Ic run nt i in. ebi in the Ma
sonic cuuclci y ,