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HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1918
Number 32
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LIVE WIRES WILL BOOST WHY NOT A GENERAL
EXCEEDS ESTIMATES GHAIRMAMU G CHAPTER
J D PROJECT AT PORTL'D SALES OR NARKET DAY?
1
he county commissioners court
ra session several days last week
attending to routine business and
winding up the affairs of the road
work which has been carried on the
worTr. on the county roads there has
been a considerable amount of work
m done in connection with the proposed
system of state highways, the aggre-
I gate cost of which amounted in
round numbers to $68,000. Of this
class of work 7.22 miles of grading
was done and 3.43 miles of mac
adam paving was put down. The
surveying, estimating and general
supei vision ot this work was in
charge of Mr. Baldock, one of the
civil engineers attached to the corps
of the State Highway Commission.
The actual work of construction was
done under the direction of Sidney
Smith, who was employed by the
county as road superintendent es
pecially for this work.
At Jones' hill, east of Heppner on
k Pilot Rock road, 3.22 miles of
;ing was done which was, per
haps, the most expensive piece of
work included in the year's program.
ThiB work cost, according to figures
secured from Mr. Baldock's office,
$25,054.26, or around $8000 a mile.
Considerable chagrin is expressed by
the county judge and conmulssloners
over the cost of this piece of work
which they say exceeded the engin
eer's estimate of around $13,000 by
more than $12,000 which was
the amount they claim, to have been
led to believe the work could be
done for. While the county officials
admit that the rapid advance in the
cost of labor, material and .supplies
since the work was considered and
oecmea upon early last summer
would account for a considerable
portion of the excess, they seem to
think that an advance of almost 100
per cent is rather steep.
Mr. Baldock, on the other hand,
points out that conditions during
the past year have been such that no
man could give an accurate estimate
of the cost of road construction in
advance. He pointed out the high
cost of labor, the rapid advance in
powder, steel, provisions and all oth
er commodities needed in such work,
and he also claims that the only
"official" estimate he gave the coun
ty court on the Jones hill work was
a "yardage" estimate; that is, he
told them how many yards of mater
ial would have lo be moved on that
particular job, but that he did not
give them an "official" estimate of
the coft. He gnld, however, that he
did talk the mutter over with the
Judge and commissioners and told
tlictn, as his private opinion, that the
wo-k would cost around f 1 3 .000. In
reply to this Judge Patterson and
Commissioner Curran both say that
they considered the estimate given
to them by Mr. Baldock as official
that. In fact, tiny supposed ho was
employed by the county to give theni
export advice and official estimate?
on Mich manors, and Malt, it was b(
cause they relied on his judgment
In the matter that they undertook
such an extensive program of road
building for the year.
."Sydney smith, county road super
Intendent. was not present at the
commissioner' meeting and being
out of town no statement from him
ran be secured at this time. His
' gk ; ices with the county, however,
r ' discontinued by the county
"oiirt and future road bulMing In
tho county will probably be under
oiler management.
o criticism of the quality of the
work dime ha been heard and It
seems to be generally conceded that
the county has made a good stmt In
the matter of permanent road build
Ing and that the ayrteitt of rood
roads will be extended from year to
year until Morrow county I aecond
to no other In the state In system
of highways usable at all aensoni of
the year.
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The regular annual meeting of the
Morrow County Red Cross Chapter
was held in the Masonic lodge room
Tuesday evening when the affairs of
the paBt year were closed and new
officers were elected. The officers
elected were:
Chairman Mrs. S. W. Spencer.
Vice-Chairman M. D. Clark. .
Secretary Miss Mary Farnsworth
Treasurer H. E. Storm. !
Executive Committee Mrs. A. M.
Phelps, Vawter Crawford, S. E. Not-'
son, M. D. Clark. Chairman, Secre
tary and Treasurer ex-officio mem
bers by virtue of their office. ,
. Board of Directors? Mrs.' J. A.
Patterson, Mrs. Vawter Crawford,
Mrs. Rose Richardson, Mrs. F. N.
Frye, Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte, Mrs.
A. E. Binns, Mrs. Thos. Boyd, Mrs.
L. G. Herren, Mrs. M. A. Phelps, Mrs
Phill Cohn, Miss Peggy O'Rourke,
W. P. Mahoney, S. W. Spencer, S. A.
Pattison. Vawter Crawford, S. E.
Notson.
At a meeting of the ejiecutive com
mittee held in the same place Wed
nesdayevening the following per
manent committee chairmen ' were
appointed:
Membership S. E. Woodson.
finance J. J. Nys.
Civilian Relief Mrs. Cohn.
War Relief Oscar Berg.
Publicity Mrs. Binns.
Work Rooms Mrs. Frye.
Checking Mrs. R. J. Vaughan,
Mrs. C .L. Sweek.
Packing M. D. Clark, J. W. Bey
mr. Knitting Mrs. J. A. Patterson.
At the meeting Tuesday evening
a resolution was unanimously adopt
ted tendering a vote of thanks to the
retiring executive officers, Mesdames
Cohnand Phelps. It was the earn
est wish of every member present
that, in view of the highly efficient
and self-sacrificing service these la
dles have rendered the chapter that
they should be retained in office but
both declined the honor, feeling that
personal considerations precluded
further service.
The choice of Mrs. Spencer as the
chairman for the coming year was
conceded nn all sides to be the bent
oonfiible. Mrr?. Spencer ha served
the chapter since Its organtatlon In
the capacity of vice-chairman, dur
ing which time she has on occasion
filled the position ns chairman v ith
a high degree of efficiency. She is
conversant with the duties of the of
fice and lias ever taken the keenest
Interest In the welfare of the organ
ization.
It Is understood that there if a
re amount of work new on hand
it the work rooms and more work-
i are needed at eveiy meeting.
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'EAR Santa Claus, I'm watting here 41
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r or you 10 come wmi your lemaeer,
And bring the toys you've got for me
Right down into this chimmeny.
Can't Keep my head up very straight, 41
So hope you won't be awfly late. il
Might go to sleep in this big chair.. 3
So Santa, if you really care jfr
To meet me, as I hope you do,
YouH maKe your reindeer come right thru. &
X? 'Cause if this date you're going to Keep, j
& Do hurry 'fore I go to sleep. 3
SAD PLIGHT OF PRISONERS
WOULDN'T STAND HITCHED
R. C. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Chairman Woodson Is preparing to
mal e the week of December Ifi-"!! a
..onrirablo one In th" history of
Mo-row county. During tin t tlmo
e ry aniilt '.esn'ent of tin: coin ty
111 be :ivk"d to renew h!s or hei
i "tu !,! ; li!, in the Red Cross nrg.ip-
l;nen ii", If not already a mei ,ber
to ! Mm" o.ie. As his chi lieinen
nnts In this work Mr. Woodson h;n
appointed Mayor-elect R. J. Vau'-hiiu
a fampaU.n manager and W. !' ('ox.
;sbtant cashier of the Kind Na
tion. 1 Hank ii" pulil'clty manager.
With this trinity of eifid, rev In the
;)r"i line tienrh It niav he taken for
irted flat thine will be M.ireMiing
rloing eery minute dnrln:; the an,-
i.'cti ami the citizen ho y
iti'i ut hir;nittg the roll, digging up
dollar and h;.n,:ltig himself i,n the
reverse ride of a Red Cross b Mtnn
will be a pippin.
WAR SAVINH.S STAMPS
To those who pledged themsehe to
puirlia.e War Savings Stamps:
In the month of June we pledged
ourselves to purchase 1:10.000 ttorth
of War Savings' Stamp by January
1.1911. A little over three week re
main and we have actually purchas
ed 7n.S54 worth, maturity value.
Many who gave u their pledge have
not redeemed them. In many case
thl I only carelessness. We had
ton long to make ttood In and have
Ii pt on the Jo. Wemllst Siike up
md pay tip. The county has not
.lili d to meet a single war demand
in.i'te upon t.er. ii cannot fford to
rep.iil.ate thu di lit of donnr. Inn
lour War Saving S'an.ps. Do It
today, You cannot nffnrd to go Into
th new yar d'Tuulier.
C. K. W'MiIiKOS,
Cmiti'y Chairman
foiinty Ciitn ni is.loner fleorge Cur
ran mtiie ti from Oreshmn Tuetdajr
evnin to attend the regular mwt
In of th board Mr. Curran h
te.n iay from Heppner for K-vmi
k. and ha f rl-nd rotnsrki-d
vbnut hi Improteil ai pearanre h
The following Interesting letterre
;;arc'.ing the condition of BritlKh
prironers v.ho have been exchanged
and sent home from German prison
camps Is taken from the Du'haiii
C enty (Lngl.-.nd) A'lvurth-er of
. 25. Wi ft-. .Icrinic L.-iwe, of ('ec",
"tpplled the H'-c.lii w:,h tlv rllp
Piiig. "To(i.:v I went to the siiei'r, where
the ijritish ariived hiiit niglit from
Hmil.inil the rat st pathetic fis'l.t
it in poKsihle to Imagine. Nothing
could bi'r.g the hoi rors of war home
tr one nie-e than seeing and talking
w.th these wnc!:s of l uinanity. Tl.e
UKtot.iHliing thing aliout them i
thi'Ir id'tek rnd chei-tfulm ar.i;
sheer Jin- at being en route fur home.
All looked hi wan and thin, quite
half or more with only er,e h g. liop-
iinr; aliout with luiscraM' ut i hi s-,
JtiHt a lough stiiU or lirooi.i handle
viitli a wooden top nailed on. One
of i'ie maddest of thcte veiy sr.d cru e-
',vas n boy of 1ft, blinded, but M'e'l-
Ing, oh. so hi avely. His hfiine is
near YorV. I i po'i e with a boy who
had trained lit Durham hist wlnti r
with the f.lst bat llion. !( war
sent out on that Saturday n'ght ol
that uwftil week In March. crosei
to rrnnce ii the Sunday weft Into
ir !lon on Tuesilay, was hi. illy wound
ed, and his If k cut off In (iermany.
And only 1ft! He belongs to Hull.
and was with the f.th battalion. An
other lad rame from Illshop Auck
land, and wn only out a week nrnl
had lo:t his leg at the thigh. How
my heart ached at the sights, and I
could Just have cried all the time
Instead of being (lie ry and Mulling
and helping: them till. They were In
all ort of bit of uniform and nuecr
cap. No ork, as everything wool
en they possessed wa taken from
them by thf Huns. The poor fe
low with one leg tuiri mostly a
he-ivy, tough, wooden solid boot.
These imo were all raptured in
the month of March, Apill and June
Two were inn.ine. Th Dutch K"d
Cross Sisters were Indeed bl"V d'e-s
;ng wniindH. for most of the poor fe
lorn bad not had ttnir band gei
- hanged fur from four to sl ilava.
and the bnndiires were papir. a th
Mun now ha nothing else. And tin
told m that ecn soldier' n ltt
r made of paper, a thlrk, oft
kin-!.
Our poor lad nearly all looked
harrard and very thin, but said they
had had nirh a romfortabltt night in
hert. a In Ormanjr they bad fard
board and wer Igrky If thr hd
C. D. Watkitm, proprietor of the
People's Cash Mai'ket, had a rather
had accident lan Wednesday when
his new Foul car ran amuck down a
steep hill at the Young ranch In the
Kightmi!" coui'tiv. Mr. Wat I: In
an I Hemv Srhwnvz were out buying
c:.:t!;' ..:iil b ft tin err on the top "
the hill while thev walked down to
the limine. IC lieiiif rather cold Mr
Wntkins left the engine i tinning ami
by pome mean the clutch took hold
and the car o!u:'!;'-d over the bank
anil cnteened madly down the rtei
hill: i'ie. H harei iiiisi'ed the bonne,
!iit t!ie v.oodshefl an) knocked a cor
i.e" i if and then vent, through three
v.i, veil "'Ire IVneef iifil liually plung
ed ie. i a ten-loot ditch, where It
i-toiirl on it head rnd quit.
Itarr'i,:; a brok' n witnl slileld and
Kile battered fe'ilein- the ear was
not bad'y damaged, and after dlg
giiiv it out of the ditch the men
drove hail: to tjui ninlii il own
power.
I'liK'KIl KAItlllT I'OSK. AS
.-ru,;;MN
The lo'lowlng rabbit rtory drlflu
n Irorn the Alpine lourlty rnd if
anyone doubt It tney are reiiire'i
to County Agent Drown, who may
nn rohouite It If b- wants lo. At
least Mr. H row n till., the Mo.y as
in argument In lavor of the big rab
bit poi : otilng drive j,e is arranging
to put on down In that countty:
A n -irlent of that section, so Mr.
I'.rottii says, was out in the rage
brush one day when a rabbit hopped
Into view and Mopped. I'lekln? up
a small rock the man let drive mid
broke bunny' bg. Immediately
two very professional appealing
rabbits appeared on the scene, ex
amined the Injury and picking up
siniie twiga of sage biiih and a plere
of bai In 1 whe they pmcieded to t
the biol en bone and put on "ipllnls"
after hi' h they Improvised a iair of
crtit
horn
C,
his and assirted their patient
n J rni b' at It ?
r-poeq lnai n giwayt pir,, tip rap-J.tr.w to II on arery often only
dly flr gettlnt bark to Hrppaer. Jdrled On poor bof had
'I t e .eople l,f Si hoi, I Dlittl'f
in the Huston tlelgbbol booil, are
I ! f i ; I J - H neat new hool hou"
Uo ky Cltiff C It. Wil'.la'oi
I lie (otilrint for the new bHildm."
one I' g off and five toes off the other
flint from (rose bile, and b" wassinll
Ing The pluck of them I trcmend
on I shall never forget It W
uw 1h Hun train for Germany
with Hum from ringland, looking an
well f"l. nd preentin u' b con
trast ti our poor Ud.
Mayor W. W. Smeed, W. P. Ma
honey, F. A MoMenamin and F. R
Brown will leave this evening for
Portland to represent the Interests of
Morrow county at a convention to be
held Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day having for its puruose the organ
ization of a state wide Chamber of
Commerce.
rne committee, wnich will repre
sent the Heppner Commercial club
and in a general way the business-,
farming and stock interests of the
county have outlined a program
which they will champion at the con
vention on which the John Day irri
gation project has first place with
good roads as a close second.
It is expected that the Morrow
county delegation will be able to act
in hearty co-operation with the dele
gations from Umatilla and Gilliam
counties and that such co-operation
will result in great good for this sec
tion of the Inland Empire.
The Development Bureau of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce,
which has had in hand the prelimin
ary details for the organization of
the state chamber, is in receipt of let
ters from commercial clubs and indi
viduals all over the state approving
the general plan. The letters gen
erally confirm tha judgement of those
business men of Albany and Salem
who fathered the idea. They indi
cate the necessity for such organiza
tion if all sections of Oregon are to
be developed in the post war activi
ties of this country.
The many proposed irrigation pro
Jects for eastern and southcentral
Oregon, the development of hund
reds of thousands of acres of logged
off and burned-over lands, the utili
zation of over a million acres of lands
suitable for piiBturage and dairying
purposes, all offer a wide field for
the operations of such an organiza
tion as is proposed, the scope of
which may be broadened or contract
ed as circumstances may warrant in
the Judgement of the Board of Direc
tors. There are many more subjects
which properly should be considered
by the State Chamber.
That thorough cooperation be
tween the communities will acconip
llsh a greater good than tho lndepen
dent action of commercial hoilin and
sectional organizations in Indicated In
expressions from many persons rep
resenting every Bection of Oregon.
It is expected that a large number
of riel' Kati'H from the Willamette
Valley, liaslem and Central Oregon
and some of the coast counties, will
attend the convention w hich meets
in 1'i.itlnni! December 12th. K'.th ."lid
Mile The dates for the convention
coincide with !li" dates for the Fat
Stock Show which Is' to be held ill
Portland !l-H. thus giving these who
alletid the convention an opportunity
to viiit the -luck show which Is to be
In Id ti'idcr the auspices of th" Port
hind 1'nioii Stock Ya. (K
Indicating the Interest In the or
ganization of the Oregon Chamber of
I'oiii inerce, comments from a few of
the let lets nicked are given hire
with:
.1. L. Stuart, Secielary of the Day
ton Cmiiiiii icial Club, Mali a thai the
llorail of Dil triors, of that organiza
tion a:e favoiable to the foi in, .lion
of a Stale Chamber of Coihiih p e.
V. W. Smeed, Secretary of the
Heppner Com nn-i rial Club i H' ; tha1
white nl! iii. liters of vital i .1 1 i - t ti
the sl-ile I'llilili! he cole, I. hi i I lit the
convent luii, ihi.t in tie opinion o
his Houid of Din-dors the ill, pi. -i-I
ton and ii vi lopiin lit ol tin- lu -g. il
off lands and liiualion ptojei i-i an
Mi, amount. Mr. Snn-ed luillnt
states that t hecon, plel Ion of III
John Day Irilgati'ill I'mjid Will
mean the conversion af K'J.Oou
acres of waste land to a state of I io-dtl'-tlon.
The A: tot la Chamber of Com
merce will be represented nt the i on
vcntlon by C. 1. fl.it r. Its secretary,
mid seveial of th" leading business
men of that city.
Dlwiird (. Ilairls, secretary of th"
Orant I'a s Cuiiiiiii icl.il I lull writes
that lit a recent imeting of the Dl
lei toi of the dull tin y Went on rec
ord a heartily f.ivoiing the forn(i
tion of a si. i old" oi.'.inlatlon.
I'reil Ii. Nut. witel.iry nf the
Chun, tier of Cnmmeiie of Kl.iiniitli
l ulls, stati -i that w h.l" their Hull lin
been mote or b SS lll.n tlve III leielit
miitiHnf. t tl ; . t he l.ii.iM th" or.'.uii.i-
II, .n i.f the .-tat" CI, amber ll Oil"
'' I . I. .. I, '. I. !,. i (i'i r,!i .Ii II t'l I'.i t L' ill, it
for lb" sl.it" !,t bit re.
"' C. C. Ci.ih im, of Cove flu hind.
had I - , I., l,j , ,., I ,.n 1,1 l,,l II I, If aelited
and will uppi nr a a delegate, n he
coiiiier th.it mo !l rill otratiln.itlnn
will not ulily In In fit In community
but that the sl.ite at Inige will profit
Immensely tlno'igli It iipeiatlon
F. R. Brown, of the Farmers Ex
change of the Inland Empire, a re
cently organized business enterprise
having for its object the buying and
selling of all kinds of live stocTcfarm
implements etc., reports that their
plan of holding a series of auction
sales at the Fair Grounds is meeting
with much favor and that the list
ings for their next meeting has al
ready far exceeded their expectations.
These sales are certainly filing a
long felt want or they would not so
quickly come into general favor and
are no doubt a good thing fr the far
mers and for the town as- well. Every
legitimate business enterprise estab
lished In Heppner for which there is
a field is a good tiling for the town
because it brings people to the town
and in a general way helps every oth
er business.
Why could not the idea which has
been originated in Heppner by tho
Farmer's Exchange be extended so
as to embrace every store and every
other business In town? This could
be done by an agreement among all
the business men to have a regular
Sales Day" when Inducements
would be offered to the people of the
surrounding country to buy certain,
lines at a reduction.. Such a plan
has- been successfully carried on for
years in different parts of the coun
try and it is said that in many places
where such "sales" or "market" days
ha70 become well established that a
marked decrease In business going to
outside mall order houses has been
noticed.
The plan has an element of cooper
ation in its favor and cooperation is
what Heppner needs about as badly
as Portland needs more pep and ginger.
STANDARD CLUBS
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis, Dec. 5. Organization of stan
dard clubs In girls' and boys' club
work in Oregon is- a new policy an
nounced by II. C. Seymour, state
club leader. To qualify as a stand
ard club at least flvtf members must
work on the same project, and the
club muHt have local officers and an
adult leader and hold at least six
meetings, and one local exhibit with
in the year. "' One demonstration
team must give a demonstration In
the community, and a Judging team
mint be provided. Seventy percent
of the members- must, file final re
ports with the state club leader.
Standard club charters and national
seals of achlevinent will he given nil
clubs that meet these requirelnentM.
Approximately 13, (Hill club metiibeiM
in the state tire affected by these rul
ings.
TUAl'I'INC COI'HKItS
Trl,-"1 used successfully for guph
ei i mi I luob'i ant money-maker.-! for
Oregon i. h is and boys, points out.
'I'h'-nlore II. SchaflVr. ii'si.lant. I'.
S, l iolo.lst, now In charge of tho
anti-rod' tit campaigns in Polk ami
I, Inn counties. I'rl.eu are offered by
bod counties for the best mole and
.-opl.ei catches by April I. District,
pri.-.i : ami liotnilieK by furmeis will
he av.aiiled III some dlrtrlrls. Mole
skl-is are In gnod demand by finrlet'i
One pool of IMMI aveiiind eeiitn
apiii e w hen sold In V.'.i,-hirigtoit
1'iu'ity thioui-h the -fin nl a'-cnt.
pel m.iih wiitit'li" to take up tiappini;
may gel ouc l.elplul iufoi inntioii by
''eliding to the Agricultural C'ili-e,
foi i.illi.i, for lin- bulletin, "Tiappini;
Mol for Maik' t," by (iemge .
Sil.is, pioicisoi of zoning, and phyit
lolo y.
Mr an l Mis. A. I.. Ayrs rctirncd
from I'oill.md Tu'Vi! iv evening,
wbi-ie they spent the Thanksgiving
holidays (il.nl to get bio k to thhl
balmy spilng climate, t ei.
a
J I. '.Vllkin write th llrrald
from llutt". Mantana, gulling: that
hi copy of th Herald b lent to
him at that city.
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