VOLUME 5
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1919
NUMBER 47
IE 100 PER GENT.
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EGG CITV AWAKE FOR PROG
RESS AND DEVELOPMENT
State Chamber Quota Filled With
Little Effort. . Unanimous Vote
for Road Bonds
If anybody has harbored the
thought that the wide awake citi
zens of lone are not strong for the
Oregon State Chamber of Commerce,
the county road bonding proposition
ov any other measure that spells pro
gress and development for their sec
tion of the county and for the county
as a whole they have another good
big think coming.
At a rousing meeting of the citi
zens of the Egg City last Friday
'fling decisive action was taken
'h on the State Chamber and the
bonding proposition, Chamber quota
of membership being pledged in a
jiffy and the bonding proposal being
adopted by a 100 per cent vote of
the meeting.
Some 15 or 20 members of the
Heppner Commercial club drove
down to attend" the meeting which
was presided over by 'H. M. Cumm
ings, cashier of the Bank of lone.
W. W. Smead, county chairmau
for the Oregon State Chamber of
Commerce, was first called upon by
the chairman to explain the purpose
of the chamber and in a brief way
rehearsed the history of the body's
organization, and outlined the work
the chamber hopes to follow in the
future in the development of the lat
ent resources of the state.
Mr. Sme?d emphasized the fact
that t'ha state chamber Is not a Port
land organization nor can it be con
trolled by any coterie of men belong
ing in Portland or any other section
of the state. Ths body is composed
of the membership cf every commer
cial organization in the state but no
organization acquiring membership
in the state body can because of its
numerical strength, gain
control. 1
The chamber's slogan, "Oregon for
every community; every community
for Oregon," Mr. Smead stated,
means just what it says.
Hon. C. E. Woodson was then call
ed upon to explain the road question
as it is governed by acts of the re
cent legislature, as well as to state
the atiturte of the State Highway
Commission towards a road-building
campaign In the county.
Mr. Woodson spoke at some length
on road matters and so clear and
concise were his statements and so
logical the proposal to bond the
county at this time that at the close
of his remarks and after a number
of questions and general discussion
of the matter the meeting voted
without a dissenting voice In favor
of bonding Morrow County In the
amount of $290,000 for roads.
Preliminary steps were also taken
. at the meeting towards (The organlza
Jt (Ion of a commercial club at lone
' and it is expected that such an or
ganization will soon be perfected and
a campaign for community Improve
ment and betterment will be Inaugurated.
QUITS BANK FOR. FA KM
W. Pruett Cox first assistant cash
ier of the Flrit National Bank bat
resigned hli position with that In
stitution and joined with Gu Wil
cox In a farming venture. The two
genllenicu h.ite purchased 900 acre
of v.li'Ht Ic mi south of town from
W. O. Minor and R. A. Thompson
nnd will tnke possession Immediate
ly. The rsnrh Is said to be one of
'be finest In the county and the pur
chase price, which has not been
made .mb.'le, Includes a full comple
ment of work Mock, Implement,
machinery, -tc.
Mr C hks ten connected wl:i
the First NaMoiuS for several years
and h risen to his pnr.-nt portion
by merit. He has a "hoft of frleniir
throughm' fie county all of whom
will Join In wishing him SUcccns in
h's venture.
Mr. n4 Mrs. Cox will mote to th
sold their town h'm e t'i hi btiines
nch w.ihln a few w-eks havtnz
partne-, Mr AVilrcx. Mr. Witce?
and i.m'l ilt reside In town.
I I. K .NOTICE!
All Elks are reminded of Import
ant Mating Thursday evening. Mtr
27th.
rnnwirr cox. .7
SIRS. B. R.
PATTERSON
TAINS
ENTER-
Leading social function of the
week was the enjoyable bridge party
at w'hich Mrs. B. R. Patterson was
hostess at her charming home on the
east side last Friday afternoon.
About fifty ladies were present to
enjoy the perfectly appointed affair
and the play was spirited throughout
the afternoon.
Mrs. R. J. Vauhan was the reci
pient of the grand prize, minor prizes
being awarded the best player at
eash of the several tables.
Following the game dainty re
freshments were served.
MEMBERS'
WILL BACK MEASURES
BODIES FAVOR
LOCAL
Auxiliary Organizations to Vote on
Strathorn Road Reconstruction
Measures for Guidance of
State Body
To sound sentiment throughout
the state relative to the proposed
extension of the Strathorn railroad,
known as the Oregon, California &
Eastern railroad, south from Bend
through Silver Lake to Lakeview and
Klamath Falls, Che proposition is be
ing submitted by the Oregon State
Chamber of Commerce to all its aux
iliary commercial organizations. If
the vote of these auxiliaries is suffi
cienuy ravoraDie to the project so
that the business men can be counted
upon to support it, the state chamber
will get behind the proposition with
all the support it can muster.
This railroad extension would con
nect witlh Nevada, California & Ore
gon railroad at Lakeview, and over
this road gain connections with the
Western Pacific and with the South
ern Pacific branch from the south at
Klamath Falls, it wonld-open the
entlre teritory of Klamath Falls and
Lake county to direct connections
with Portland through Central Ore
gon, tfiius asuring better commercia
relations' between the southern end
of the state and Portland.
It has been Intimated that If the
backers of the Strathorn road receive
the asuranoe of the support of th.-
business men of Oregon to this ex
tension Bteps will be taken to coi;
struct it.
Four other propositions are bet n
eunmiuea 10 tne state chamber mem
beronip by George Qiiayle, secretary
One Is the $5,000,000 reconstruction
bonds which will be submitted to the
electors of the state on June 3. Them
bonds if approved will be sold ;n1
th0 funds used in construction of (id
ditional buildings at Oregon Stutv
I nlversity nt Eugene, the Oregon
Agricultural College In Corvnllls mnl
the Oregon State Normal School
Monmouth; the development of re
rlamntlon projects on arid, logge
orf and swamp land and the settle
ment thereof; the construction of a.l
ditional buildings at Che state ho.i
pltul for the Insane at Pendletot;
and at the state penitentiary In K:i
lent, and the construction of armoi
les In March Held. Pendleton, Rakci
lend and LaGrande.
, Other propositions which will
before the voters st the June elo
tlon and on which a vote Is sough
by the state chamber ate those fo
Die guarantee for five years of In
tcrest on reclamation project bond
to Issue I '.'.610,000 In bonds for th
Roosevelt .Memorial highway, th
sale of which Is contingent up in
federal appropriation of a like sun1
to provide for a tax of one mill for
market roads; tt permit counties t
issue oonds to the amount of I per
cents of tehir assessed valuation for
permanent roads.
The community commercial or
ganlzstiona have been requested t
submit their referendum votes on
these propositions before April 5 In
order that th stat ehsmber m-i
plan to get betilnd the measure r
ess Ihey ai approved.
IIOlll Mill, HE HIGHWAY
Th't slnt a gwine to to. no "rnsil
to lone" In the old moaning of tin
term If the rosd bonds carry. The
Siorntishfare down that way will
then soon b" known sa the Oregon
Washington Highway and will be
psved spick sod apsn from count)
line to count! lint and on to Hepp
ner Junction "where rolls the Ore.
goo."
BER SOUNDS
THE PEOPLE'S HOUR
By Daniel Henderson
It is the people's 'iiouv, and "kings
Are strangling in the web they spun!
No more the thirsting bayonet springs!
The last red drop has run!
War flees us with his hideous train
Of woe and pestilence and dearth,
The priest rebuilds the ruined fane
Christ's peace returns to earth!
We rear the roof and drive tjie plow
Among the Wreckage war has left;
All blighted things will quicken now
Except the hearts bereft.
And staunch hearts that were our shields
Our dead yet deathless warrior throng
May sleep in peace in Flanders' fields:
We made no truce with Wrong!
It is the people's hour! We leap
To seize the sceptre and the crown!
That freedom won with blood we keep,
And naught shall tread us down!
And yet the Liberty we gain
May set more than wo reckon free!
Lo, strains forever at his chain
Our arch foe, Anarchy!
It is the people's hour so long
' As justice rules the heart of man! ,
So long as Brotherhood is strong,
And law controls the plan!
Not ours the strength to shape, Lord God,
The goal and glory of our race!
We sunder the oppressor's rod
Keep thou the pilot's place!
BILL ELKS MAY BUILD HOME
The "Bills" may build
nappy
home in Heppner.
Such, at least was the unanimous
opinion expressed at an informal
meeting of some 2 5 or 30 members
of the Heppner Lodge, No358, B. P.
O. E., held in the council chamber
last Wednesday afternoon.
Discussion of the building question,
wViieh has been in cold storage for
three or four years, was revived
Wednesday when p. L. Gilman,, who
is erecting ft concrete building on
Willow street, made a proposition
to the trustees of the lodge to lease
the lodge the second story of his
structure for a term of years for
lodge and club rooms. Mr. Gilman
equired an Immediate answer and
au Informal meeting of nil the mem
bers who could be reached was called
together to discus the matter. It
developed that the lease would co it
some $600 a year and It took but a
few minutes for t'.ie boys to decide
that loused quarters had no further
charms for them and Kiev favored
building a home on their own lot
rather than making a temporary
home In leased quarters.
Approximate reports of the lodre
finances, and an approximate es-tr-mate
of the rost of such a building
as would meet their requirements
furnlrfhed by C. A. Lansdowne, who
was called Into the conference In
dicated that the lodge is able to build
at this time.
The matter will bo taken up for
further consideration at the next re
gular lodge meeting Thursday of
this week.
OL
FRIENIW MEET
HOMnV
IX SAM)
The Hynd brothers home at Sand
Hollow on Sunday, March 16th. was
the srene of an unusual coincidence.
After more than 25 years absence
the following parties met. All were
former school rtiums In Arthur, On
tario, Canada; Mrs. Psyne of Hepp
ner; Mrs. T. H. Lowe( late of Dur
ham, England;) Miss Illurk of Ar
thur, Canada; Charles Thompson, of
Heppner; Ed Ilrlstow, of lone, Miss
Blanche Rrlstow. of Vancouver, U.
C: W. O. Hynd. David Hynd and
Miss Annie Hynd. of Roselawn. Sand
Hollow. No need to say that an en
joyable afternoon was spent by the
old time friends meeting so unex
pectedly. I-OIIBY l NOW OPEN
Postmaster Richardson Isst Sat
urday evening adopted tlie policy -f
leaving the lobby of re post office
p-n hll th tt-l.il Is being dif'il
tinted iini psttons of the of'lre no
l.ave rr- to tr-elr boe wltho'it
wsltinr for tl.e gental iMiwty w .
do ) open
IIH Mtovs I.ADII H ATTENTION
Iferesfter Isdles of the Red Cros
will meet at Bie sewing rooms only
in Frldsy afternoons.
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HYDRAULIC ENG1
XEEIt HERE
r
Captain Smith, representing the
hydraulic engineering firm of Burn3
& McDonnell, of Kansas City, Mo.,
with whom the city recently entered
Into a contract for surveys, esti
mates and general information cov
ering the conversion of the present
pumping system of the Heppner
Light & Power company to a muni
cipally owned gravity system, ar
rived in Heppner Wednesday evening
and has entered into the work of
carrying outhis firm's contract.
Captain Smith is at pretiunt check
ing up maps, plats, etc., covering the
city distributing system and when
that is completed and his valuation
of the plant made he will undertake
a comprehensive survey of the pipe
line, head works, reservoirs, etc. The
contract provides that this work
shall be completed by May 10th.
NOTICE TO THE I'l III.K
In regards to the article In
G.-T. about keeping order In
the
the
the
post-office.
There was no slur aimed at
city council or the marshal as they
had not been asked to act In the mat
ter and consequently had no au
thoilty to act.
W. A. RICHARDSON,
Postmaster
Dll. ItlCHTER SPEAKS ON SOCIAL
HYGIENE TO WOMEN AND
GIRLS
Dr. Louise Rlrhter, until
March
first lecturer for the United States'
War Department and now speaking
under the auspices of the Oregon
Social Hygiene Society, will talk to
the women and girls of Heppner on
Saturday at 8 p. m., In the High
School Auditorium.
Dr. Rlchter has been speaking In
the state for several months and she
lias left a splendid train of helpful
Information and moral Influence be
hind wherever she 'has been.
Dr. Rlrhter hss been practicing
medicine for twenty-three years. She
Is one of the group of physicians
sent out by the government with a
message to womev.
it Is hoped that every woman snd
girl In Heppner will avail herself of
this opportunity to hear fhP truth In
regard to herself fnmt a most Mirtily
competent authority.
There will be no admission charge
to tha lector snd no collection will
b taken.
MM Al, AllTlvr WOfl.li SHU. I.
MIlllAKY KI ND
Mrs. J. A. Watt-is Ims plaie'l r
hi n'itif ul water color psintim' In th--sl
ow window of Mis. L. G. Il'iren'
millinery store which Is stttsrtinr
rn'.irh favorable attention The paint
on. The paint-
Waters to the
Nation sml l
Inr Is a gift from Mrs.
Il'ppner library swMii
for sale for the benefit of the library
fund.
INCOME TAX OFFICE!! HERE
C. A. Ruff, representing the inter
nal revenue service at Portland, Is
here this week to render any service
required to all persons who have
failed to complete their income tax
returns within the required timo.
Any adjustments of income tax mat
ters should be made NOW as. it
understood that an extensive drive
for delinquents will soon be undei
taken. Mr. Ruff will be found at
the court liouse until Saturday even
ing March 29th, ready to render all
assistance possible on income tax
matters.
HIGH SCHOOLS WILL
HOLD TRACK MEET
ATHLETIC CONTESTS AT lOXE
MAY THIRD
Egg City Will be Scene of Student
Activities Many Events for
Students
At a meeting hel din the office of
the county school superintendent
last Saturday which was attended by
the high school principals of the
county and one student delegate
from each school it was decided to
hold a field and track meet at lone
on Saturday, May third, 1919.
TOie event will be governed by fie
following rules and regulations.
1 S'laulding's Athletic Riles
shall constitute a guide in conduct
ing the contests.
2 Each event shall count for nine
points; live for first place, three for
second and one for third.
3 No contestant shall be permit
ted to enter more than four events.
Of these, not more than three shall
be track events, and not more than
three Bhall bo field events. Tuts
does not apply to the relay race nor !
to special events. 1
4 No school shall enter morel
than
event,
two contestants for any ono
Where teams participate no
school shall enter more
f. . -'' .
team In any event. (
5 Eligibility to enter the contert
shall be governed by thp rules and !
regulations of the Oregon High j
School Athletic Association.
6 A list of names of contestants j
for each event shall be sent, by each
school to the manager of the meet at
least three days before the date of i
the meet. No allerntlons or chain
!ng of names shall be permitted ex-
cept upon the consent of the inuna
ger of each team represented. ;
7 The school winning the highest j
number of points will be awarded a !
trophy by the student body of th ,
lone High SChool. The contestant
winning the hlghcnt number of
points will be awarded a medal by
the student body of the lone Itlrh
School. In counting Individual
scores points won by a team shall be
divided by the number of conteHtan':i
In the team.
List of Events
Track DO yard dash; 100 yurd
I dash; 220 yard dash; 880 yard daMi,
1 mile relay
(four men; ) 30 Inch
hurdle (10 hurdles, 120 yards.)
Field Running high Jump;
standing high Jump; running broad
lump; pole vault; It ponnd shot
put; Javelin throw.
Events for Girls
All-up Indian club relay (10 glrH
In each team;) basket ball throw for
goals; Itasi'ball fiirow for distance;
nail driving contest; CO yard dush.
Hperlnl Events
Potato polo for bo;-s or girls; po-
tato polo for girls; centipede
(S men In each team.)
Notes
rac..
Prises will be awarded
rrents for girls and In special eventn
but they will not count for points.
Special events are open to all.
whether members of any school in
not.
For sll-up Indian club relay ami
bskethsll throw for goals, see Ore
gon Recreational Manual.
Null driving contest: Contestant
PARKER &BANFIELD j
COLUMBIA HUIU)ING. PORTLAND
Designing, Knginccrinp, Constructing. Ten
years experience in reinforced concrete and Irrick
construction.
ROY V. WHITEIS, Local Representative
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.CLUB
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MEMBERS FAVOR QUICK ACTION
ON BOND ELECTION
President Mnhoney Appoints Stand
ing Committees and Launches
Campaign for Effective Years
Work
At a called meeting of the Hepp
ner Commercial Club held in tho
council chamber last Tuesday even
ing Btrong sentiment in favor of Im
mediate action on the matter of
bonding the county for good roads
developed and by hearty and unani
mous vote it was declared to be tho
sentiment of the club that an electioa
be held on tfiie earliest possible dat-3
to vote on the bonding question.
The club also placed Itself on re
cord as favoring no half way meas
ure by declaring for a bond issue of
$290,000 which is- the legal limit
permitted by our present assessed
valuation.
Hon. C. E. Woodson, who was one
of Judge Campbell's party in confer
ence with State Highway Commis
sioner W. L. Thompson at Pendleton
recently, made a report of that
conference to tho club, covering prac
tically the same ground as was cov
ered by the Herald's interview with
Judge Campbell last week.
The committee appointed at tho
rod roads- meeting the previous
Y.-uek to have petitions prepared and
circulated asking tho county court
to call a special bonding election waa
the several activities of the club for
ne of t,he committee folows:
Hon. C. E. Woodson, chairman, It.
J. Vaughan, E. M. Shutt, Heppner;
W. C. Scott, Lexington; Win. Cronk.
lone.
A committee was also appointed 1 1
secure Morrow county's quota of
membership In the Oregon State
Chamber of Commerce, as follows:
Ry v- Whituls, R. J. Vaughan, P.
' "'. Aiiuy urara, jr., ami u.
I V- Gentry.
fliartori?r tfntutn l ivinnmiey uso appoinieu
( j the folowlng standing committees
. Tl 1 .1 A , .. .
uthose duties It will be to look after
the several activities of the cub for
the ensuing year:
Finance J. W. lieymer, A. M.
Phelps, W. G. McCarty.
Publicity Vawter Crawford, Os
ca;' Horg and Lynn Purdln.
City and County Frank Gilliam,
Jeff Jones and J. A. Waters.
Streets and Roads John Vaughn,
Oscar Minor and C. E. Woodson.
Membership M. D. Clark, Fred
Tash and Cal Sweelc.
Railroad and Transportation N.
A. Clark, George Thompson and Tout
Humphrey.
Trade and Promotion Cha.
Thomson, Ben FatteiHon and Sam
Hughes.
Entertainment Hairy Duncan, It.
J. Vaughan and M. L. Caso.
Irrigation V. R. Drown, W. W.
Smead and F. A. McMenamln.
Post Roads, Rural Routes and
Post Ofrices S. E. VanVac.tor, M. D.
Clark and S. A. I'attlson.
who drives the larrest number of
nails In a plank In a specified tlmo
wins.
Potato Polo: Contestants ara
mounted on horses and armed wit1
spearn or long sticks sharpened at
one end. Each contestant must fur
nlrfh. his own equipment. Each hss
a bor, about 12x14 Inches placed o.l
the ground and 100 yards away Is a
pile of potatoes. Upon the signal to
BO each contestant rides for the pita
of potatoes, gets one (or more) oi
- hli gpear, returns and deposits sat in
I la hoi Tha game continues until
n tn:tlm Is called. The Dlaver with thn
larrest number of potatoes In b
box wins.
The centipede rare Is run by a
team of boys mounted astride a lon
light pole.
LENA SNELL SIM'RTK,
County School Supf.
J. PERCY WELLS.
I.oinl Manager.
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