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VOLUME 4.
HEPPNER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1918.
NUMBER 37
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TELL STORY OF
Three Canadian "officers who
have been through the modem
hell of trench life in Europe and
who as a result of that experi
At a local gathering of his
friends and neighbors of Uma
tilla county, held at Stanfield on
Thursday of last week R. N.
ence have been incapacitated for Stanfield, candidate for the Re
further military duty, will visit publican nomination for U. S,
Heppner Tuesday evening, Janu- Senator, was the principal speak,
asy 29th, to tell the people of er and in the course of his ad
Morrow county of their experi. dress he made his first formal
FIRST NATIOKAL 101 OCCUPIES NEW QUARTERS;
- INSTITUTION'S EARLY HISTORY INTERESTING
Cashier W. P. Mahoney and
his able corps of assistants were
a happy and contented bunch of
bank workers last Monday morn
ing because for the first time in
exactly six months they did not
have to begin their day's work
by careying a ton or so of books,
cash, papers and other parapher-
ence in the big battles on the declaration of principles upon nalia which enter into the daily
western front of Europe. The which he will stand in the com
exact place for holding this im-1 id? campaign. The speaker
portant meeting will be an- pleged all of his abilitj and en
nounced later. These officers, ergy to the support of the na
accompanied by two orderlies, tional administration to a vigor
- are sent here and their expenses ous prosecution of the war to a
are paid by lhe btate Council of peace satisfactory to the democ-
Defense and there will be no ad- racy of " the world, declared for
mission fee and no solicitation of the selective draft in practice as
funds for any purpose whatever, well as in theory, which will in
Tell your neighbors about this sure organization of an adequate
meeting and plan to come. It is national army and at the same
of vital importance that all the time reserve the necessary labor
farmers as well as the town peo
ple should bear the message these
men bring.
The officers who will be here
are Lieutenant-Colonel J.M.Mac'
Millan. Major P. B. Edwards and
and supplies for the continuance
of industrial pursuits and com
merce. He declared for an equi
table control of food supplies,
commerce and industry and for
the establishment of a primary
Captain E. J. Gook. They bring wneal marnet in fortiand, lor
from the field of war the direct national, prohibition, national
testimony of men who have been e1ual suffrage, and for a naval
through the ordeal of battle and
who bear wounds of service.
Lieutenant-Colonel MacM'Han
enlisted on the date of the dec
laration of war and went over
with 'he first Canadian conlio-
base at the mouth of the Colum
bia; for effective rural credit
legislation, for a military high
way along the Pacific coast and
for federal aid in the construe
tion of permarent highways. He
1J 1 J - .1 i a
gent. Among the great battles ucmreu ior a square aeai lor
in which he participated are Oregon in national trade.com
Neuve Chappelle. the second bat- merce and ipdustry and for re
tlenf Ynrea.Festuhfirt.fiiirenr-hv. cognition of this state in federal
the operations before Messines expenditures made necessary by
and the Somme. He was later tne war- we lavorea the aevel
recalled to England as assistant ppment of the resources of the
director of supply and transport Sreat West aud of Alaska, but
and is now on furlouen. urged care that lhese resources
MuW . ir, ,v,Jsha11 be used -economically; he
nnti.h p.,inmhia Mv.ir. .t ih. Bred lhe development of Ore
goo a great shipping ports
through federal improvements
of waterways and harbors aud
finally pleged himself ''To have
that high regard and consideia
tion for the interest and pro
gress of humanity and the oa
tion at large, which should actu
at the motives of tvery pubh
man."
outbreak of the war and his reg
iment went into the Ploegsteert
sector in Flanders, then into the
Dichebush sector, followed by
service at Hill 63. Later, as ao
infantry battalion, his regiment
was transferred to the Ypres sa
lient. Major Edwards was first
wounded io the Sanctuary Wood
action, being shot In the hip
Whpn ha rpt.nrnprl in fiia root
mentit was moved to the Somme. F00(1 LfiCtlireS POStpOd
At Regins trench this gallant The opening lecture and de
officer was wounded for the last monstration of food conservation
rtime and permanently retired to be given by Miss Struck,
fj ram active service. The price teacher of Domestic Science in
"ie paid was the toss of both the high school, was postponed
hands, torn off by high exploa from Wednesday evening, Janu-
ivtS. He was recommended for gry 10. to Wednesday evening
the military cross and has re January "3, All the ladies In
ceived special mention from Sir I Heppner atid vicinity are invited
Douglas Haig. to be present next Wednesday
Captain Gook also entered ser evening, when a regular meeting
vice 'in the Western Canadian time for each week will be decid
cavalry and Ypret, the Sorumejed upon
and Festubert are but three of
. - a
thit mtnv pnirffininU through I C. J. Osten M In from his
which he pisned. At the latter ranch near Parkers-Mill Tuesday
battle, in an aault on German and Wednesday. "Hut little
third line trenched, be stopped
two soft nosed machine gun bul
lets, w hich entered bit right side
traversed the stomach. Coo.
ry to all prediction, he re
covered. It n also hit fortune
to be "gaed'' at the second
b it t'e of Ypret and he vti
wounded again in the left elbow.
This will be ao opportunity to
activities of a big bank, from the
vaults in the new building across
the street to the temporary quar
ters in the McNamee building
The work of moving and getting
settled in the new quarters had
been accomplished Sunday -and
the stroke of nine Monday
morning the Hirst National
opened for business in its new
home.
J. B Sparks and Charlie Jayne
were the hrst customers, Mr.
Sparks making a deposit of a
fraction of his movie magnate
wealth, while Mr. Jayne cashed
check at the paying teller's
window just to see if the ma
chinery had been properly oiled
and was in good running order.
The new building is a hand
some and substantial structure
and no expense has been spared
to make it at once modern in de
sign and convenient for custom
ers, employes and officers.
The lobby is large, well lighted
and handsomely furnished. The
new mahogany furniture and fix
tures, brass grille work, tile floor
and Egyptain marble wainscoat-
: J -r i i .
ink kivb a utgrre ui elegance io ij qqQQ
oeiounuinDut lew institutions
of the kind outside the larger
cities.
Three teller's cages are pro
vided for the paying and receiv-
ng tellers and the bookkeepers,
and the large, well lighted work
ing space behind affords every
facility and convenience for the
working force of the bank. A
customer's room, the cashier's
private room and the director's
room complete the arrangements.
The vault is 13x30 Utt, one of
the largest in the state, by the
way, outside the most recently
Constructed bank buildings in
Portland. The vault is divided
into three compartments, viz:
money and securities, books, and
safety deposit. The walls are 12
inches thick of solid concrete and
steel construction with three air
spaces and lined with hollow til
ing, and being as nearly fire and
burglar proof as modern ingenu
ity can devise.
At the rear of the banking
quarters, and fronting on May
Starkey, and the painting and
decorating by M. J. Bradford,
both of Heppner.
The building and furnishing
cost about $35,000 and it is un
derstood that the rental income
will pay a fair income on the en
tire investment.
The history of the First Na
tional Bank of Heppner is inter
esting, reaching back as it does
into the early days of the town
and county those halcyon days
when, to quote Frank Gilliam, a
director of the bank and the
town's oldest active business
man, "you could trust everybody
and never lose a nickle.when the
slick ear calf belonged to the fel
low who roped him first and the
crime of .horse stealing was un
known; when 'a man for break
fast' was a common occurence
and a fatal shooting affray lacked
sufficient excitement to disturb a
poker game in the same room "
In 1886 J.. G. Maddock and
Hugh fields started a private
bank in a small building where
the Gazette - Times office now
stands, later moving into a wood
en building where the Odd Fel
lows building now stands. Later
that building was moved to Chase
and May streets and is now known
as the Eastern Hotel.
July 16, 1887, C. A. Rhea and
his associates bought the Mad
dock & Fields Bank and incor
porated the First National Bank
of Heppner, with a capital stock
At the first stock
holders' meeting of the new in
stitution the following officers
were elected: C, A. Rhea, pres
ident; E. R. Swinburn, vice pres
ident; J. G. Maddock, cashier,
At the annual meeting in Janu
ary, 1888, the Rame officers were
re-elected with the exception of
E. R. Swinburn, who was sue
ceeded by Hugh Fields as vice
president. In October.1888. J G,
Maddock resigned as cashier and
George Conser was chosen to fill
the vacancy. Mr. Conser con
tinued as cashier of the institu
tion until his death, which oc-
cured in March, 1908. He was
an active business man and un
der his direction the First Na
tional became one of the best
known banks in eastern Oregon,
and so continued for a number of
years About the time Mr. Con
ser became identified with the
bank the old brick building which
was torn down last summer to
mae room for the present struc
ture was built by C. A. Rhea
from whom the bank rented it
Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Osten re
ceived a letter from their son
Jake Osten, who has been at the
aviation training camp at San
Antonio since July, that he is
one of the latest class of 78 men
elected at that camp for promo-
ton to the Officers Tramine
School at Leon Springs, Texas,
where they will be given a course Lig8 petlVC(3t Guyle Shurte, Ray
iEWS ITEMS ABOUT
UNIFORM
LIST OF MO
ii
MOKROW COCNTY VOLUNTEEHS
Army
Chas. Ayers, Percy C. Cox.
Fhomas Doyle, Chas. Hendry,
Linas Judd, Wm. Morgan,
LeeNotson, Edward N o t so a,
Hymen Bear, Dr. II. T. Allison,
Ralph Van Bibber. Chas. J. Osten
Kaipn Justus, otepneti Irwin,
of special instruction in aviation
prior to receiving their commis
sions as lieutenants in the flying
quadron. There are 26,000 men
at Kelly Field, San Antonio, now
od Jake has done well in fitting
himself for promotion in the
bort time he has been there.
His present address is 1st Inf
Co. 3d Offices' Training School,
Camp -Stanley, Leon Springs,
Fexas.
Mr. and Mrs- Phil Cohn re
ceived a letter from their soo
Harold Wednesday saying that
he has taken up the study of
radio and wireless work, and
after two months further study
at Goat Island he will take the
examination there and, if suc
cessful, will go to Harvard for a
ix months course. A number
of the other Heppner boys who
enlisted in the navy at the same
time Harold did have been sent
llodgers, Arthur Chappell, Ru
dolph Rosti, Leo B. Murphy,
Etrl D. Jackson, Mead Oilman,
Wm. C. Buell. Francis J. Hiatt,
Emory Hiatt, Gerald W. Miller.
John J. Dundas. Harold Ahalt,
Eaii Puyear, John Ueluiick, El
bert Colvin, Fred Nichoson,
George Duncan, Oliver Haerue-
wood Luscius Vischer, Ray
Sperry. Fritz Meyer, Earl Rand
Ralph E. Gilliam and Alton Col
vin. Frank Barlow, Dr. G. G.
Gaunt, I. H G. Ewing, Clarence
Howell. W. E. Ahalt. Ernest
Woodward, Sam Stephens, Clar
ence Forbes, Lyle Douglas, Har.
per Snewart, Merle Saxe, John
McEutire.
Navy
Ralph Yeagar, James Ad-
kins, Jas. E. Coiienhaver, Harry
to the naval training station at Groahena. Chas. Ci rosliens, Paul
San Diego.
Sara E. Van Vactor wishes the
Herald to announce that he has
received a targe quantity of Red
Cross Buttons and that all mem
bers of the organization who
failed to receive buttons' during
the drive will, bo supplied if they
will call at his olhce.
Gem met. Rout, Hopkins, Cecil
Ltuuallnn, Berton Lewis, Elmer
Pressley, Joe Pickett, Lamont
Slocum, Wm. Mo. Stewart, Mar
shall Phelps, Hurley Sperry,
Walter Johnson, Duran,
Doyle, lien Boone, Walter
Cochran, Harold Cohn, Burrill
Gurdane. Rout. Myers, Elra
Hayes, Hum Turner, Ray Judd.
Oscar Phillips, Elmer Hutts,
Mollahan, Nicholas Ty-
Perc.y C.
Upon the resignation of T. J
Mahoney as cashier a year ago John
he was succeeded in that position amchek M'ke Osier,
by his brother, W. P. Mahoney, Gentry, Edwin A. Doak, Clarence
who came to Heppner from Bon. U. Thatcher, Percy .. Striding,
ners Ferry, Idaho, where he had A. J. Ncriuber, Albei t Win
been engaged in banking for a Heater, Loyal R. Parker, Earl
number of years, and his record Hlako, Eiisha Sperry, Manslicld
Olete.
and t
trar
now op that way," reports Mr.
Osten, "but plenty of mud and
moisture."
1 1
street, is a suite of three office unti March 3, 1905, when the
rooms occupied by ham Iv Van hank bought the lot and building
Vactor, w ho is head of the bank's
legal department, as faw offices.
The rooms were fitted up especi
ally for Mr Van Victor's use and
are perhaps the most modernly
appointed legal offices in eastern
Oregon.
The second floor of the building t
is divided into 16
being sub-divided
all
rooms, these
into house-
Soon after the death of Mr.
Conser, which followed a pro
tracted period of ill health, T. J.
Mahoney, who had been engaged
in banking at lone, was induced
to identify himself withjthFrst
National and was made cashier
of the institution, remaining in
that position until February 1,
l'.)17,when he resigned to become
during the Bhort time he has
I been connected with the bank
proves him to be the peer of the
best bankers in this section of
the state. Under his manage
ment the new building has been
constructed and with the confu
sion incident to building and oc
cupying temporary quarters, to
gether with the added handicap
of a short ''top season the re-
sources of the bank have con
tinued to grow and expand.
At the recent annual meeting
held on January 8th, the board
of directors voted to pass $30,000
from the undivided profits to the
permanent surplus account, which
brings the permanent paid up re
sources of the bank to $1F0,(00.
At the same meeting of stock
holders the following directors
were chosen: M. S. Corrigall, J.
B. Natter. T. J Mahoney, A. L.
Ayers, W. P. Mahoney, Frank
Hudson, Ernest Unwell, Sum
Ganger. Ray llalferly. Glenn
Junes, Frank Smith Walterllays.
Mai i ne Corps
Glen R. Ila-lley, Cecil Sar-
geantHiid Elmer MrDaiiiel.
All persons knowing of others
who have unlisted are revested
to semi in names anil assist In
making the roster complete,.
We do not want I lit) names of
ii rafted men. They mo already
of record.
Would Succeed His Boss
DR. GUNSTER
VETERINARIAN
LICENSED GRADUATE
Phone 722, Heppner, Ore, Day or Night
vet a metiage direct from the
battle front, to hear things you . keeping suites, ail provided with ; cashier of the Livestock State
never read about and to get! hot and cold water, steam heat !unk, of Portland, and treasurer
from theie men who have been and other modern conveniences i ,,f I'ortland Cattle Loan Co Un-
through them, the story of the J The buil. ling U heated thmmit der his management the Firtt
great battle. I with steam, the American Radia-1 National grew and prospered and
( tor Co. 'a Down Kraft toiler le- sxn became one of the Btrongcst
'ingui"d. The Indirect Lighting 1 financial institutions in all of
Hyntcm is used in the building eastern Oregon. In 1909 M. S,
The building was designed and ('orrigall succeeded to the inter
i i.. i i f . i . .... . t r a ti. ! . l l i.
rontiinicieu ny r. .onani, oi i es-ia oi n. unea in me uan
and became its president, and
ha since continued In that poni
tion. Mr. Corrigall lit one of the
strongest financial pillam of the
county, and his connection with
the bank has placed it in a posi
tio'i of financial Klrength that U
:
I Portland, one of Ihv largest con
tractor in th" nnrlhwi-rt, the
ronatr ioti n lu-ing under the di-
1
net charge of I,. (,. Graham
The heatirg plant and plumbing
were installed by IiUiam & P.is-
ibe"of thin 'it. the w ii ing Mid
lighting wuk was done by L J.! practically unassailable-
Gilliam, W. C. Minor. At the
irectors' meeting which fol-
ow ed, the follow ing officers w ere
lected: M. S. Corrigall, presi
dent; J. H. Natter, and T. J. Ma
loney, vice-presidents; W. P. Ma-
loncy, cashier; W. P. Cox, first
assistant cashier; W. K. Moore, j
Hecond assistant cashier; Miss
lubina Corrigall, stenographer;
David Wilson and Kenneth Ma
honey, Itookkeepers.
During the existence of the
First National it has taken over
other banks as fo.lowa: The Na
tional I'.aiik of lleppni r. which
was organized alxmt IHH9 and
wan taken over in H'.i, and the
Hank of Heppner which was ta
ken over August 5. 1911
Of the older director of the
bank J. Ii. Nutter hat nerved on
the Unird ninre Kt'.. A. L. Ayern
Mnce 19T2, Frank Gilliam ninee
1910 and W. C. Minor bincu 1911.
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