VOLUME 5.
HEPPNER, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1918
NUMBER IS
Honor Shown to Soldier Boys.
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A Rattling Good Snake Story. j
George W. Milholland, local man-
8ger tor the Standard Oil, drove out i
ta the Nat Shaw ranch in Clarks !
canyon last Sunday to see a real live '
rattlesnake. He didn't have to :
search long after reaching the rocky j
t air'.ui wall until he stumbled on a J
lir.e specimen, evidently of the j
feminine gender 'is subse plea de
vokpments seem io indicate, good
three feet long, ample of girth and
apparently aching for a fight. Being
"heeled" with a good club and with
plenty of rocks handy G. W. soon
won the battle and when he was sure
his quarry was good and dead he
loaded the trophy into his truck and
brought it to town. Nxet morning
lis was sruck with the big girth of
the reptile and being curious to
know what the old lady had had for
her Sunday dinner he decided to hold
an inquest. Imagine his surprise
when upcn t periing the beast in
instead of finding a collection of
rabbits, mice and birds he discovered
a family of ten young rattlers all
dead but otherwise perfectly good
snakes. Tho youngsters were some
ten or twelve inches long and each
was equipped with a well developed
button on the tail and a mighty ugly
looking fang in the mouth.
Experts in snake lore say that the
young of rattlesnakes stay pretty
close to their mother until they are
well on to two years old and when
ever danger threatens they scurry
down the old lady's throat and re
main in hiding until the danger
passes.
Mr. Milholland also caught a ten
inch specimen alive and brought it
home in a fruit jar. It is well de
veloped and seems to be strictly
"on the peck."
If Oregon had not been bone dry
for several years and all newspaper
v rlters knowr to have cushion- i
seats on the water wagon the Herald
might hesitate to publish this story
but alter carefully viewing the re
mains and having considered the
matter in all its phases we are con
vinced that the story is absolutely
true, that Milholland killed tho
sm.kes, that they were in the truck,
tl.nl; we teen 'em and that we were
duly sober the while.
The Sixth Annual
Morrow : County Fair
WILL BE HELD
1 September 12th, 13th and
I
JL JL
Ed Bredln returned from Port-1
lend Thursday after spending several
o'nys In the metropolis on a business j
tHp.
Dr. and Mrs. U. P. P.utler returned '
f-oin a pleasant vacation at Newport
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sweek re-
turned Thursday evening from a
vacation trip of several week dura
t.m during which they visited at
Lugcnc and Newport.. I
Put Hoale returnod from HP.gard
T lursihiy alter having brought out
fum t re.oun' ... range 800 head
of sheet, w. lch i.e jld for ahlpment
to Chicago.
','. S. J'.cKiinmey, former Morrow
e.unty wheat grower, now residing
Salem, camo In Thursday evening
1. 11 a business trip.
J. il. Cox, veteran contractor and
jiiso-mover, lias a force of men at
.irk removing the Mt'Kobcru livery
l: rn to the Willis Stewart Utn on
i ; per Muln street. Mr. Stewart lias
t .irehaned the building and will re
. iter the feed ntuble buslneHs at bin
Hi Htand.
Hick Well:, who wan mi a of tti-- ,',
'.'s-ppner eoritl.igent t- Afiierh'iui f
,ak Thursday morning, proir.'.M-d to ,
: -nd the Herald a souvenir nf Kal-er v
til Mi. en lie m;i"urci ti'at mon-i-.
:ro!lty Home day cany next sprint. , '
eaiilig that 1,0 IU ! ii j t Over t ic p on I
morning of the di.y when loj
ul march to r.urlln Urt lilt r- i
king with him an alarm dock In1?
ako Mm i- y In the timmlng. , .
E. M. Shutt returned lant Saturday jy
om Li Atiicelen, when- he npi-nt a:T
Ul le of week visiting liliZ
.nuly wlio are Mtivli'g tt-.rr f r thej
tH'IH of Ml" Km lit r-'ttiltt'n health,
ninny frit'iidn of tlie Hhutt famtl
t!ii county will l itlad to , ;
;it Ml" KcSe U gradually but
rfly rwovi-rlng l.er health and
rngth tod xpftn to return to
,rro rounty ;t!,iii a few mntM
inpletely rutorcd to health. Mr.
utt ciii hi '! ' iln.rt In the mnith
re. tint inurnliig homp to gt
: j Fourth Llhrrty Lean campaign
. w 1 h Iip I county n.rr. fully
ar.it1 hrt r tl. t (" i.tnt; J4
ii ti-uib'r !Sth.
The services of Campbell's American Band and Mrs. Jane
Burns Albert, Soprano, have been secured by the Board.
Walter M. Pierce, Democratic candidate for Governor,
. will speak Friday, September 13th
SATURDAY, SEPT. 14,
Morrow County Patriotic Day.
Good Speakers Will Be Present.
Other features
re being arranged for which will help make this the best
F?.ir ever held in the county
BE 3URE TO ATTEND
TIYZ SIXTH ANNUAL
I VlTril il lit ! SWYiiFJPf f Si IHt
The big assembly hall in the I. 0.
O. F. building was crowded to its
fullest capacity Monday evening the
occasion being a farewell reception
for the 34 young men who left Thurs
day morning for Camp Lewis to
enter upon treir course of intensive
training before crossing to Franco
to do their part in the world war for
Democracy.
S. E. Notson prosided at the meet
ing and announced the numbers on
the program which was replete with
entertaining song and story.
Principal speakers of the evening
were T. A. Chidsey, Spanish-Amer
ican war veteran, who paid a glowing
tributo to Old Glory; Mrs. Lena
Snell Shurte, county school superin
tendent, who spoke of woman's nart
in the world conflict and N. E.
(Pat) Crowe, who told some of the
funny stories he knew and closed
ith an Impassioned appeal for a
big membership for the lieppner
Homeguard.
Miss Peggy O'rtourke, Miss Edith
Thorley and Mrs. C. Darby each
favored the audience with charming
solos adding much to the eveninc
Following the exercises a social
dan;'e was given at the navlllon
hi ii was well attended and much
enjoyed.
Thirty-four Morrow county men,
all that remained of class A In tho
first draft, left for the training
en iii;i Thursdny morning 29 of whom
en ti -lined at lieppner.
O; the totul number ten arc mar
ried men most of whom are well
kiupvn young business men of liepp
ner. The married men are:
Richard Wells, Karl 10. Gilliam,
K. T. (iurk, Hoy li. Iirown, Arthur
McALee, Francis A. Staple-tun, Wil
liam M. Kirk, Jiiuicb G. Covins,
lleinmer, James L. Howell, lone, W,
W. Caldwell, Umatilla.
I.iglo men entraining at lieppner
were: Marsh Courtney, II. 8. Ed-
u:i,, Lena; Uus V. illluii.suii, helm;
. 1,. Stamp, Harrison Elliott; Fred
Bradford, Jnlm W. Krebs, Lynn 11.
Hale, Kenneth K. Mulioney, Arthur
II. F.iilth, Elmer Lee Matteson, ilepu.
hit; Charles 8. Ilane, Jess Agee,
Hon; y W. Ktender, Victor lteitmiin,
lone; Adolpli Kkobo, Iluurdmau; Ola
C. MeCormlek, Luther Asiiihust,
James F. lirldges, Lexington, Forrest
Edmonds, Morgan; C. N. Kaiidstroiu,
Portland; Thos. J. Sprinkle, llose-
iiii k; Lee Lund, Eugene.
W ill lexeme at Hot Lake,
i
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wllklus expect
io Ichvh hiiiidiiy iimriiliiK for Hut
Lhke where Mr. Wllklus takes over
I e iniihiigeiiieiit of tho hlg hotel at
that lilaie September 10th. The
Hot Luke hotel Is olio of In; big
liOhlelrli'H of Oregon uild eiitertallei
an aveniK" r su Hi .' gmstM
luiiy and the job of muiiuger In mi
dmiiire. Mr. WIlki'iH tins spent
nn-.t of lil llf. tlliM! Ill the hotel
n:i I ie.H :uid tin ii i ii ii v fill ihIh do mil
i! it lit li;it that he will make n mi"-.
t hi nil!' rinkliu:.
.'.Ir. mill Mr.. Wilkins leme liiiiny
AttMn IrlemU in M.,rruw county ul!
.in v. 1,1 J , . 1 1 wliillllg III' 111
eK-ry siiicci. in their h'-w iumI lurgi-r
M Id of activity.
Imiig'N tt o. M. I'
Kergi-iiht Chmt. Lllll", iui Ihk
been III , II r ' lif Ine (I. M. P. ll' l.ili
itt Ili'pui"r linn Imu'Ii liriilnoted to be
Flint H'tK'niit m,i ordered, to report
at iidleon for rii In ln-ailiuar
i r in tl, t city. Curp'iriil CiiiiiiiiIiivi
i been pin" nd III llmrg't of tl."
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l.l'il". Hpi.iln Willi. inn im Imt
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