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VOLUME 5
HEPPNER,OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1919
NUMBER 50
SHRINERS AVAST WHITE HORSES
RETURN FROM CA1JFORXIA
MF1R
HERALD
OKES APPORTIONMENT
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REPRESENTATIVES GATHER AT
COVRT HOUSE THURSDAY EVE
Roads Designated for Improvement
From Funds to be Authorized at
June Selection
A meeting of more than ordinary
importance to the people of Morrow
county was held in the circuit court
room last Thursday at which the
matter of working out an equitable
distribution of ' the $290,000 road
fund e: pected to be authorized at
the coming June election, among the
various precincts of the county was
considered.
Pursuant to a call issued by
County Judge Campbell, delegates
0 selected in each precinct to at
I this convention in order that a
and free canvass of the road sit
uation might be hud before definite
action was taken.
The meeting was called to order
by Judge Campbell who introduced
Hon. C. E. Woodson as, the introduc-
tory speaker. Mr. Woodson explain
ed tho object of the meeting and
went into the road laws passed at
(i'.ie last s-ision of the legislature at
some length.
The following report of the con
vention is taken from the official
minutes of 'the meeting:
Upon roll call the following dele
gates were reported in attendance:
Alpine B. P. Dougherty, C. Mel
ville. Lena John Broenan, J.D. French.
Cecil A. Henriksen, Jack Hynd.
South lone H. M. Cummings, Mr.
Shirber.
North lone S. E. Moore, W.
Cronk.
Gooseberry R. McEIHgott,
H.
E.
Bergstrom.
Lexington W. L. Holmes, W. O.
Hill.
Eight Mile C. N. Jones, Oscar
Keithley.
Parkers Mill F. Ashbaugh, W. L.
Houston.
Hurdman W. H. Ayers, W. T.
Reynolds.
Matleson W. O. Minor, J. H.
Frad.
Heppner W. O. Minor, D. E. Gil
man. Mt. Vernon W. W. Smead, A. S.
Akers.
Gentry W. H. Hcrren, J. C.
Young.
Pine City J. P. Cornier, Jos. M.
Hayes.
C. E. Woodson was elected chair
man and W. O. Hill secretary of the
convention.
Judge W. T. Campbell, District
Attorney S. E. Notson and Commlss-1
loner O. A. Bleak man were elected
members of the meeting to act as an
advisory committee.
Judge Campbell addressed the con
ventlon, explaining the position of
the county court In the matter of
'ling the proposed highway
8. E. Notson addressed the
meeting and explained the working
of the State Highway Commission.
Commissioner Bleakmnn read to the
meeting a distribution of the pro
posed funds, ai worked out by the
county court.
Upon motion duly eeconded. It was
unanimously voted thut 1.'3.000 b
designated ,(0 te expended upon the
Oregon-Washington Highway, lead
Ins from Heppner, through Lexing
ton, lone, Morgan and Cecil to the
Gilliam county line on Willow creek.
Upon motion duly seconded. It was
voted that $40,000 be designated to
be expetded upon the Oregon-Washington
Highway leading from Hepp
ner. eart to the rmatllla count line,
I'pon motion duly seconded. It waa
Otd (hat 175.000 be designated to
,'xpended upon the proposed post
ad lading finm Heppner through
Jtardman and Parkers Mill to the
Grant county line. A later amend
ment reduced this appropriation to
170.000.
A motion to appropriate and den
isnate that $;o,ioo be expended up
on the road leading from lone to
Gooseberry was Toted down.
A motion duly seconded, waa rot
d that $12. 000 be designated to be
expended upon the Willow creek
road above Heppner to the summit
above the coal mines.
I'pon motion duly seconded. It waa
voted that $10,000 be designated to
be expended oo the Butter creek
road leading from Lena. down nutter
creek to the Umatilla county line.
I'pon motion duly eronded. It waa
voted that tIS.OOA be designated to
J. A. Patterson has received a let
ter from W. J. Hoffman, potentate
of Al Kader Temple of Shriners mak
ing inquiries for white saddle horses
available in Morrow county. Port
land Shriners are making an effort
to have the Imperial Council meet in
Portland next year and as Imperial
Potentate Freeland Kendrick has
always had the ambition to have his
Patrol mounted on white horses
Portland nobles are anxious to satis
fy his ambition. Anyone knowing
of white horses that might be avail
able for UMs purpose should commu
nicate with Mr. Patterson.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY
250 FAMILIES WANT MAIL FROM
HEPPNEK
Proposed Route Would Accoinnw.
date Many People and Prove
Beneficial to Hcppner
A movement of great commercial I
importance to Heppner, but which
had its inception among the people
of the Butter creek, Sand hollow and
north-of-Lexington communities, was
presented to representatives of the
Heppner Commercial Club last Thurs
day afternoon and later was discuss
ed at the road fund apportionment
conference at the court house Thurs
day evening.
It is a project to establish a rural
mail route out of Heppner, via Lena,
and down Butter creek to Jarman's
corner, thence through the Sand
hollow country to Juniper canyon
and returning to Heppner, via Lex
ington. The contemplated route, if
established, will cover a distance of
bl miles and will serve a total of
almost 250 families.
Representatives from Alpine' pre
cinct were in town Thursday and pre.
senled the mutter to representatives
of the -commercial club and received
assurance of the hearty support of
that organization.
At the road conference In tVie
evening; Dr. J. P. Conder, one of the
delegates from Alpine, presented the
merits of the project to the meeting
In so forcible and convincing a mnn
ner as to not only secure unanimous
consent to an apportionment of $10
000 for improvement of the Butter
creek road from lone to Jarman's
corner, but also to cause the Hard
man delegation to voluntarily re
linquish $5,000 of their own appor
tionment to the Lexington delega
tion to be used on the road running
north from that town which is
part of the proposed mail route.
It is t'.ie Intention, as soon aa the
mail route la established, to make
application to the federad author!'
ties to have the entire route deslg.
nated as a post road which will en
title tho route to substantial assist
ance from the federal road fund.
Petitions are now being circulated
and early action on the project by
the pot till authorities Is expected
ATTENTION" LADIES
The Red Croes sewing rooms are
open every Friday. Cone and sew
or take some work home. HO gar
menu must be finished by Muy 24
Please do not overlook this.
be expended upon the road leading
from lone to Guonu-berry.
I'pon motion duly seconded, It wni
voit-ci tt at $5.00.) U- dsl.nated to be
expended, with the underMundlng
that the county court would appri:
prlate a like sum from the general
road fund of the county, upon the
road leading from Islington east
and north to the Base line road, at a
point being the north quarter port
of Section l. Township 1 South, of
Range 15 Kant of Willamette Merl
dlnn.
It wna unanimously voted that th
bond election be held at the rrgula
cnll.d special election to be hel
June .1. 19 IS.
It waa voted that the county court
.ulvettifce the bond elftlon. and th
puij.owd expendlurea In auch man
ner a they may fit.
VUlfcAT I. A. Mi UAMI K
Ve have rllenla wanting to hu
and trade for wheat land. If you
4er to dispose of your place pleae
write ua price and terms or slat
what you will accept Id exchange for
the same.
NORTHWEST LAND A TIMBER CO
101 Northwesters Bask, Building
Portland, Oregon,
BRIEF LOCAL
Judge Campbell went to Portland
Sunday morning to attend a meeting
of the State Highway Commission in
session today.
Haylor, tho jeweler, is showing an
interesting display of war relics In
his how window today. It's worth
taking a peep at.
Mrs. A. B. Bowker and her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Clark, returned Friday
form a pleasant visit with fclativca
at Dayton, Washington.
The ball game here Saturday be
tween Lexington High and Heppner
High resulted in a victory for the
home team In a score of nine to four
teen.
Miss Martha Struck, teacher . .
Domestic Science and Art in the high
school Is confined to her room suffer.
Ing from an attack of nervous pros
tration. Loy Turner, county surveyor. Is
busy this week making surveys of
the sections of county road to be Im
proved In the comin; road-building
campaign. .....
"Dutch" Brown, a popular old-
timer who formerly farmed in tho
Blackhorse country, but lw a re
tired resident of Walla Walla, was
here SaturJay renewing old acquain
tances. Frank T. Hulburt, formerly cash
ier of the Condon National Bank,
now engaged In the real estate, loan
and Insurance business in the Sum
mit City, was a Heppner visitor last
Thursday evening attending Elks'
lodge.
Dr. J. P. Conder, w"ho used to
practice osteopothy In Heppner and
by way of relaxation occasionally
took a flyer In Free Lanre lournnl-
Imn, was a Heppner "visitor Thurs
day evening In attendance on the
good road meeting.
Joe, M. Hayes was In from his
Butter creek sheep ranch Thursday
evening helping to dispose of mad
matteis at the court house and lat
er of claim at the Elks' feed. It
need hardly be added that Joe M.
did his full duty at both functions.
Tohnny Ilrosnan and Dlllard
Frencti, cattle kings of the Butter
c,eek v.Uey were In town Thursday
evening nu-y as uir.i dog dividing
their time between the road meeting
and the Elk'a entertainment. When
'he nln ble-foo'ed one palled the
tmM pule of a ritnln city council
man Jol.nny heard to remark:
Wb.it a handicap a heavy thatch of
.'ill Tanner, biff cattleman of the
Jpry country, waa a visitor In Itepp.
:ier UkI wee, Mr. Carsner says the
-cad between Heppner and Hpray la
t'll luipaualile for cars but open
'or aaddln Tiorae which helps some
lie waa much pieaned to I earn of the
promised Improvement of the Mor
' couMy end of thi road and i
fteita to live to s the day when nar-
NEWS STORIES
igftlon will be open that way
the
year around.
Dr. M. M. Johnson and wife arriv
ed from Clarkston, Washington, last
week. - ir jiAneon Is a veterinari
an and has 'decided to locate here
to practice his profession. He is a
graduate of the Washington State
College and "has practiced for two
years in the farming country of
eastern Washington. During the war
he served as a doctor In the veterin
ary corps arid has just been recently
discharged. His card will appear in
the Herald as soon as he gets perma
nently settled but persons wishing
his services can find him by calling
or phoning to Patterson's drug
store.
Lieutenant Chas. J. Osten was
showing a group photograph of the
29th Company, R. R. D., of Camp
Hancock,- Ga., of which he was com
pany commander, to his friends In
Heppner yesterday, and he says 200
better soldiers or finer men never
had their pictures taken. Most of tho
company were from New Oilenns and
when Lieutenant Osten came thru
the Crescent city on his return to
Oregon thore of f.ie hoys who had
preceded him, met him at the depot
and gave him a three-day party,
which, he says, made him think of
the descriptions he has 'heard and
read of the old time Mardl Gras cele.
bratlon in Creole town.
COURT HOUSK HAS
MIXATUIti:
I LOUD
il iring the :ood road meeting In 1
!i'' milt court room liiHt Thursday
vn n: rctfo pi rton min t base v. :i
lUred Into the bawtnent of the build
ing and. probably by accident, turn
ed one of the stop rmki rontiolllng
the M'-nin bent and water pte:puie
In the heating system pipes. The
refill was that When Wm. Ayers,
J-mltor of Hie building went In the
following morning he found the sec
ond floor of the building well Hood
ed with water. Considerable dam
age was done to the plaster on the
ceilings of the county offices on the
floor and. Mr. Avr m. It
,, rriIy hy , ,),. j
, , .rlml. w,on, , .
plnrler fell frein C,e reitc - -as:
emir's and sr!.ool up rlniendentn
offices, and some of Mrs Vh'iite't
leiiiiliful plants, wt.lih eie ll,e
pilde of rhe entire ro'lit Iioiim. '.,..
ily. 'te tinned. In the sheriffs
of I Ice a flood of water sM,lte.
throuirri the ceiling and Ism- mi -ed
dametlng some of tie records of
the ti'.'uo.
Bill Ayrs sirs he cannot under
stand why anybody should want to
monkey with the water and mern
Blpea Ut.less they had a suspicion
that he kept some of the contraband
good. Of wt.lrh he la the reputed
ruitorjlan. a'ored therein
Mrs. E. M. Shutt and daughter,
Miss Essie, returned Sunday evening
from Southern California, where
they spent the past fourteen months
for the benefit of Miss Essie"s health.
Friends of the family will rejoice to
know that the young lady returns
considerably benefitted and her com
plete recovery is now confidently ex
pected. Mr. Shutt's son, Lawrence,
who has been in the south with his
mother and sister, will return in a
few weeks to spend the summer
here.
WILL RE-VISIT SCENES
STILL LONGS FOR IONE
TRAIL
STAR
T. M. Renedict, Old Time Cow Boy,
Will Revisit Old Stumping
U rounds
T. M. Benedict, a pioneer citizen
of the Morgan country, was a visitor
in Heppner Wednesday attending to
business matters and visiting with
friends.
Mr. Benedict was a pioneer of the
middle west in the palmy days of the
"Lone Star Trail" when tens' of
thousands of the long-horn Texan
tteers were annually driven over the
famous trail to the rich pasture land
of K.iee-n jirfl Ncbiaska where they
".r- h -(led until late In the fall
vhen V.i'-y were shipped to the east
'n lnat'kets. Mr. Benedict took to
) t -n IS67 when only 13 years
oiJ and stayed with it until 1885
when, he snys, they began talking
ibout cutting hay and feeding the(r
steers through the winter and that
let him out.
During all those years Mr. Bene
dict had many experiences a parti
cularly thrilling one being related by
him when In town Wednesday. He
was trying to turn a band of some
2500 ned one day and rather .reck
lessly rode a little too far In front
when the herd spilt, catching him be
tween the two columns, and then
starting to "mill" or run In a circle
around him. Soon they closed in to
a solid, circling mass of hide and
horns, his horse lost his footing and
went down und things begin to look
rather bullous for Benedict. Being
young and agile, however, vJlien he
felt his horse going down he sprang
to the backs of the circling steers
and running across that living bridge
of beef to tflie outer edge of the cir
cle was able to make his get-away.
Mr. Benedict says, however, that he
was considerably worse scared that
time than at any other time In his
life.
Mr. Benedict Is arranging his af
fairs to take a trip by auto this sum
mer down through California and on
to Texss and then take the old trull
north to once more visit the scenew
of his early activities. He la wait
ing now for the return of his Hon
from France to look after things on
the ranch before himself and Mis.
Benedict start on their long Jour
ney over the "Lone KUr Trail."
AMOUNT OF VICTORY lOA
IOII Oltl GOV IS FIXED
Advices fiom Washington yester
day announce the details of the Vic
tory lonn aa follows;
Amount of loan, $4. 500.0011,1100,
oveisuhM-riptiona to lie rejected.
Interest percent Tor partially
tax exempt notes convertible Into
3 per rent notes wholly tux ere
empt.
Maturity four years with treasury
reserving the right of redeem Inn
noles In Ihiee years.
Estimated quotas for Oregon and
Morrow county for the fiftti loan
roinpaied with fourth loan iiiotaa
are:
Fourth Loan - Stale $33. 70S..10H.
Morow county, $272,000,
Fifth loan (Estimated)-Stale,
$25,000,000. Morrow enmity, $20f,,-
0i0.
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PARKER &
COI.UMI'.IA HUIUJINO, PORTLAND
DcsiEninK, Knginccrinn, Constructing. Trn
years experience in reinforced concrete and brick
construction.
ROY V. WHITEIS, Local Representative
Dtlt.OOO SUBSCRIBED AT THRUS
DAY EVENING MEETING
100 MemlM-rs of Order Install Of
ficers, Enjoy Program and Eut
Miiny Climis
Last Thursday evening was a big
flight in Elkdom when more tlhan
100 members of the antlered tribe
gathered to witness the installation
of officers, start an active campaign
for the new building, enjoy a clam
feed and a general season of fun and
frolic which only the Brother Bill
boys know best how to arrange and
pull off.
New officers of the lodge installed
Thursday evening were:
Exalted Ruler F. A. McMenamin.
Estemed Leading Knight C. B.
Cox.
Esteemed Loyal Knight B. B.
Kelly.
Esteemed Lecturing Knig'ht B.
P. Stone.
' Trustee L. L. Gilliam.
Tyler Frank Gilliam.
Secretary Harold Cohn.
Following the installation cei'emo
nles a short period was devoted to
selling stock in the new building
and within a few moments $11,000
were taken assuring the new build
in!? to be a certainty.
Following the adjournment of
lodge the crowd was highly enter
tained for an hour with a number of
vaudeville specialties put on by sev
eral artists from the San Francisco
company playing lust week at the
pavilion. It lias leaked out through
a crack in the door that bald-headed
brothers were all very much elat
ed with the attention they received
from a petite dancer and that they
are noticably chesty since the show.
Following the entertainment sev
eral bushels of clams along with
innumerable other eatables were
consumed in the dining room and the
meeting was declared a most bril
liant succesa In every particular.
Some fifteen or twenty members
of Heppner lodge drove over from
Crndon returnirg after the conilu-
ion of t.ie evening's entertainment.
HOME GUARD DISBANDS
C L. Sweek, secretary and treas
urer of Uie one-time Morrow conntjr
home guards, held a meeting of that
oi'gnnl.iulon l:ist Friday evening und
formally dlsbunded the company.
Ab secretary-treasurer, Mr. Swei k
m.ide a voluminous report of tho fi
nancial activities of the organization
and upon motion by Mr. Sweelc
which was seconded by Mr. Sweek
and carried unanimously by Mr.
Sweek's lone vote, the meeting,
which was presiiled over by Mr.
Sweek was adjourned without date.
The report showed that of tthe ap
propriation of $700 made to the or
tnnlz.itlon hy the county court.
$ C H 7 . S 0 yet remained In the treas
ury. There also remained on hnnd
12 uniforms which Mr. Sweek pro
poses to s'll at bargain prices and
Troin the proceeds of which he ex
pects to be able to ro Iniburse th
county In full.
As remuneration for the ervicn
of the compnny privates and lilgh of
ficers Mr. Sweek's meeting also re
solved Hint they will be allowed to
reliiln the corns ami bllNleis they
acctii. in,itcd during drill practice.
notable f wiiiie of the nieetl'ir;
wus tlu.l Mr. Sweek tailed to allow
himself a salary amounting of $1137.
f.O for his services as secretin y-treuH.
uier, and hla failure to do so would
Indicate that he either overlooked
the matter or that contiary lo tho
belief of aomt rillixulded persons,
there are some honest lawyers.
A grand May luty bull will ho
a I vi n In the fair pavilion Huturu.iy,
evening, Muy 3id (Ham's unsur.
pH'M'd orchestia, of Portland, will
he present. Tickets $l.f,l. Gcnll.
tii' n !pctiilois 2"i cents
BANFIELD