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VOLUME 6
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1919
NUMBER 4
COMMERCIAL CLUB
SECRETRRiES UNITE
VmGAXIZATION EFFECTED
THE DALLES LAST
WEEK
AT
jilAlV CRADIXU SCHOOL
FOIl MORROW COUNTY
Secretaries Swap Ideas While Boost
ing State John Day Project....
E'Xlorsed
An interesting meeting of secre
taries of commercial clubs and of
' Clambers of commerce Throughout
the state was held at The Dalles last
- Thursday and Friday when a perma
nent organization was effected under
the name of the Oregon Ascsociation
of Commercial Secretaries, the ob
ject of which being to promote the
growth and usefulness of commercial
bodies in the state, develop the effi
ciency of commercial secretaries by
pproviding closer acquaintainship
1' evrhnntp nf iripaK rpfffl I'd in 2
cr Mr o - -
-i irfeir methods of work in develODine
" the latent resources of the entire
state.
The meeting was called and all of
the preliminary work was taken care
of by Mrs. Winnie Braden, the.effi
cient and up-to-the-minute secre
tary of the Dalles Chamber of Com
merce and right well did she per
form her task. The meeting was a
success in every sense of the word
and the organization will no doubt
prove of great benefit to all the clubs
whose secretaries are affiliated with
it.
The sessions were presided over
by George Quayle, secretary of the
Oregon State Chamber of Commerce
and the permanent officers elected
were:
W. B. D. Dodson, Portland, presi
dent; T. C. McCrosky, of Salem, vice
president; A. N. Nelson, LaGrand,
secretary. In addition to the above
executive officers who are also ex
oi'ficio members of the executive
committee, other committeemen were
also elected, viz: C. J. Bair, of As
toria; E. C. Applegate, Klamath
Falls; R. L. Schee, of Prineville; Is
aac Roblnett, of Vulo.
The next meeting of the associa
tion will be held durin gtlie fall at
Salem and the regular annual meet
ing will be held next May at Pen
dleton. While the association refused to
pass resolutions formally favoring
the ballot measures at the coming I
June election although all present I
were personally favorable to the !
measures the following resolution en
dorsing the John Day Irrigation pro
ject was adopted by a practically
unanimous vote:
WHEREAS: The John Day Irriga
tion project In eastern Oregon, by
whlrti It Is proposed to reclaim and
bring Into productivity more than
200.000 acres of arid lands In the
counties of Gilliam, Morrow and
Umatilla, the same being the great
est Irrigation enterprise yet proposed
in the northwest as well as a matter
of paramount Importance In the de
velopment of Oregon, and in view of
the fact that steps are now being tak
! en by the people of the above-named
counties to organize the John Day
Irrigation District embracing the
lands to be reclaimed be It
RESOLVED: That Oils great pro
ject has the hearty endorsement of
the Oregon Association of Commer
cial Secretaries and that our support
Is hereby pledged.
RESOLVED! That a copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the min
utes of this meeting and copies be
forwarded to each member of the
Oregon delegation In congress and
also to the heads of the Reclamation
Service at Washington.
County Agent I,. A. Hunt announc
es that a grain grading school
wili be held in Morrow county June
24 and 25. More detailed informa
tion will be forthcoming at a later
(late.
The grain grading school had its
inception in Sherman county and so
well pleased were the grain growers
of that section with the results ob-1
tained that another school will be
held this year and the growers
have also attended schools in other
sections.
. The purpose of the schools is to
acquaint the grain grower with the
value and conditions of grain and
grain markets from the buyers
viewpoint as well as from the grow
ers standpoint.
COUNTY COURT PROMISES
ECONOMICAL and EFFICIENT
ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS
Pl.AX FOR CELEBRATION AFOOT
X
To the Voters of Morrow County:'
In the event that the proposed bond issue to be voted on
June third, 1919, carries, we the County Court of Morrow
County, pledge ourselves to cooperate in every way with the
State Highway Commission in joint effort to get the utmost
vaiue out of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds. .
We further pledge ourselves to employ competent engin- c
J. eers to supervise the county's share of the work and we will .
4 faithfully expend the moneys as outlined in the bond issue.
We will use every effort to erpedite the work with econ-
4 omy and efficiency, Mn order that the roads outlined for im-
-" provement may be completed within a reasonable, time.
'V W. T. CAMPBELL, Comity Judge.
J GEO. A. BLEA KMAN, County Commissioner
Oregon MOTHS ARE
STRONG FOR NO. 1
OREGON MOTHERS ARE STRONG
FOR IIAIJiOT XO. SI 4
The above statement from the
county court regarding the expendi
ture of the proceeds of the proposed
bond issue should Insure the vote of
every man and woman in Morrow
county being cast in the affirmative
on this measure.
The entire matter may be summed
up in a nutshell.
We need good roads. We can
never hope to secure them under the
! old system. The state has already
I provided an immense sum to
I build good roads. The only way we
j can secure co-operation from the
! state is by matching dollars: with
: them. We must put up a dollar for
every dollar put up by the state thus
securing for the county two dollars
worth of good road for every dollar
Want Returning Soldier-School-Hoys
To Have Chance to Complete j
Education
The mothers of Oregon's heroes at
Argonne and Chauteau Thierry have
determined upon organized appeal ,
to tbe people of the state for support of county money cxpendea.
Edoucational Financial Ail Bill In addit on to thia the federal
government nas also provided a gi
gantic road fund to be used in assist-
which is numbered 314-315 on the
ballot of the special state election
June 3.
Some 2000 of the 30,000 boys who
went to war from Oregon at the call
of thier country left their education
uncompleted. The bill is designed
against voting for the bond measure.
It is a straight business proposition
of getting hundreds of thousands of
dollars of easy outside money w
which to build a complete system
permanent roads all over the county
within the neit few years.
The:, bond issue will undoubtedly
carry in Uie county but should carry
by the biggest vote ever recorded in
the county and THE VOTE SHOULD
BE UNANIMOUS.
Think what it would mean to the
county if a UNANIMOUS vote should
j be cast for the bond measure on
June 3rd. It would make of the coun
ty a nation-wide celebrity and It
would give us an ace-high standing
with the state highway commission.
And every other good road and
other . progressive measure
Should receive equally favorable
consideration at the hands of Morrow
county voters. The sly per cent
"Speck" Aiken, baseball impersa
rio nf Heppner, is again getting in
the limelight now as sponsor for a
Vourth of July celebration. He
busy at this time lining up the differ
ent clubs about town and promises
to give the people something to won
der about if his plans work out.
And why shouldn't they? There
is absolutely no valid reason what
ever lor Heppner not indulging in a
little hilarity on this day except our
own indifference to things general
)'
. Let's Chink tins matter over and
help him out.
"SpecVsays he's going to have' a
celebration if he has to be the whole
dinned thing from parade to five-works.
"STEP LIVELY," SENIOR
PLAY, IKES BIG HIT
MANY WOULD-BE SPECTATORS
TURNED AWAY
.Members of Graduating Class Show
M'ti'h Histrionic Talent J.ast
Wednesday Evening
s CONDITIONS AT "PEN'
BE
ing counties all over the United
States in building good roads and for
every dollar put up by the state and
the county the federal government
will put up an additional dollar for
UBe on post and forest road Improve-
- i .1 .,L .. , Jl. i 1. . I
u a.u u. ouya woo warns ment making four dollarg worth of
to go on with his school work but is good roads for one dolar of count
financially embarassed, to tie extent money thug expended, .
Of not more than J2K a month nr
$300 a year, the amount in each in, ! There 18 8in,ply no
stance to be paid to the head of the
FIRE HAZARD, MORAL CONDIT
IONS SAID TO RE FIERCE
Appeal Made to Voters to Make Pro
vision For New and Modern
Penitentiary
argument
DECORATION SERVICES 'A
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school or college selected at the op
tion of the returned soldier.
The mothers of Oregon soldiers ,
think this measure expresses only
proper justice and gratitude. The .
War Auxiliaries Central Cpmmittee, '
composed of mothers from various ;
war auxiliaries, has appointed a gen
eral campaign committee consisting
of Mrs. Geo. L. Williams, chairman,
J. W. Crossl'ey, treasurer, Mrs. Geo.
I R. Funk, secretary, George Arthur
llrown and J. C. English. Frank H.
Hilton has ben named manager of
the speakers bureau. A state wide
campaign will be carried on.
"No man or woman whose life and
property was protected by the valor
of our boys and who feels any genre
of gratitude for their splendid valor
and sacrifice can deny the opportu
nity to complete an education to any
one of them," said Mrs. Williams.
"While 25 a month will not pay the
expenses of t!he schooling, It will help
substantially and It will show that MCUtltow fWXTV GETS ROOST
J? ---- . IX FAR EAST
i no measure auinorizes a tar of
two-tenths of a mill during a period
of four
cease
Decoration Day will be
observed in Heppner on Fri
day, May 30, with appro
priate services at the Feder
ated church at 10 a. m. F.
A. MaMenaniin will be the
speaker. Everybody is re
quested to bring flowers to
the church at that hour and
after a tfhort service there
all will join in going to the
cemetery where the graves
of all soldiers will be decor
ated. Persons having autos
are requested to donate
same for the trip to the cem
etery and business houses
are requested to close from
9:30 a. in., until noon.
The following letter is being sent
out by the Oregon Prisoners Aid
Society in behalf of the men con
fined in the Oregon penitentiary.
Read it and vote to improve these
conditions.
"The voters will decide on June 3,
limitation measure, the market road whether certain sums shall be au
measure,' the Roosevelt highway, the thorlzed for reconstruction purposes,
drainage and irrigation interest 0ne item of the five million bond is-
guaranty measure and all of the re-1 ue is a new penitentiary, and anoth
constmction measures should re-er is the buildings for the feeble-
celve an affirmative vote here. I minded. The problem of a new pen
They are all progressive measures I itentiary is one of housing sateiy and
and Morrow county is a progressive I decently some hundreds of prisoners
county. We must not waver or turn I who should be provided with regular
back. Morrow county should VOTE I W011- in BnoP or te&.
ER STRAIGHT FOR PROGRESS. I "The present prison is a fire-trap
because of the wooden ceilings, the
wooden interiors of the hospital, din
ing room, and the center of the
structure known as the old chapel,
One of the biggest attractions at I through wViich pifooners must pass
the Pendleton Jtound Up this year, in going in and out of the building.
September 18, 19 and 20, will be The cells in both wings are pad-lock-Tom
Mix, cowboy film Btar, with his ed as well as fastened with bar locks
company of moving picture artists, operated by levers from the "chap-
Tom 'Mix, himself, will give exhibit- el." A fire in the chapel would re
ion bucking and bull-dogging while suit In great loss of life,
his men and women will enter the "The cells in both wings are three
regular contests. und four tiers high and are 6x7x8
TOM MIX, FILM STAR, WILL
HE AT PENDLETON ROINM I'
, This feature has been endorsed by
Che Round-Up directors. The Will
lain Fox Film company has asked
permission to star Mix In a Round
Up feature story. The company will
be
feet, each one designated for two
men and with no eUninre for ventila
tion and no toilet arrangements ex
cept oueKcis Willi loom covers, HO
the condition of (lie atmosphere ut
ItON'T
MLSH THIS
LADIES
MEETIXU
The following editorial i-tl.lo
,rrB . wnicn It w.u cIlpI1H, from the Cann()ni(b (pa ,
w - "."-r.uve. ,Mil. Notp(( and Bhowi that an
jive commercial club and some good
( ILI ENTERTAINS iliterature tndlrioimlv Huirii..i -in
gain good advertising for a commu-
Invltatlons are out for a card nlty:
priy mof given nem ,'l hrtimlay We are indebted to S. A. Pattison
evening by the ladles of the Eplxco- jw-rietary of the Heppner, Morrow
EPISCOPAL
in Pendleton for two or three I night In the prison imiy be left to
weeks In September taking a regular! the Imagination.
picture with all lotal scenes and I several hundred n enn-
Ith the hero rfhd heroine playing fined here will, for the most Dart.
the climaxes In the Round-Up. I return to society. What kind nf
ThU company brings 30 people I citizens will they be? They are now
nd 20 horses and will have a camp I pitchforked together Into unsanitary
all their own during the lime they I quarters, and wiC'n no opportunity
are in Tendleton. In t"he company I for separation of old criminals from
are many regular cowboys ana cow-1 youins, sfx-pervens rrom me reeb-
glrls who will enter the Round-Up 1 1" minded, the diseased ' from the
contests along with the regular con-1 healthy. The living quarters are In-
testants. At some point In the I decent and the prlwin shops are In
game Mr. Mix himself will ride and I adequate, and there Is much enforced
bulldog and their own camera will I Idleness.
shoot the stunt, bringing the regular I "There is also great need of build
pal GulH In the I. O. O. F. hull. In
addition to cards there will be music
and refreshments. The proceeds nf
the evening will be uped for paint
ing the Episcopal chutch.
HI' X DAY CHICKEN DINNER
Tbe Woman's Council of Defense
of Morrow County will five a music
ty l nd literary program In the Feder-
aiea rnurcn in iteppner i.zm p
m., Saturday, May Slut.
The measures to be voted on at
the state election on June 3rd, will
be discussed and explained by com
petent speakers at that time.
All women voters of the county
are ptrlrularly Invited but nobody Is
barred and men will be welcomed.
No admisKlon fee and no collec
tion. MRS. MSNrf.
County Chairman of Morrow County.
Hjr order of Bute Council of V-fenae.
At PaCVers Mill every Sund.iy.
Finest summer resort In the county.
Try our dinner next Sunday and you
will be sure to come bark. Make
your tab'.e reservations In advance
by telephone thus Insuring our best
attention. 4-tf.
H. C. Cithens Is on the streets
stain ftr recovering from an oper
ation for appendicitis at the Heppner
Mnatartonm.
CIGARETTE
hTAHTH
RLAZE
KIJGIIT
The fire siren sounded an alarm
Monday evening when a small blsi
was diM-overed In a bed on the see-
ond story of the Artibsugh building
at Main and Center streets. Refute
the fire truck could rsrh the scene
however, somebody threw the bed
clothes out of the window. The fire
probably started from a rlgartt
dropped on the bed.
county, Oregon, commeirlul Club, for
a copy of a pamphlet entitled "Mor
row County, Oregon" and published
by the club. The booklet Is very neat
ly printed and beautifully Illustrated
and contains a great deal of Informa
tion concerning Morrow county. The
county Is about three times the size
of Washington county Pa., and aboul
twice the size of the. state of Rhode
Island. The soil Is volcanic ash and
Is fertile. The rainfall Is light com
psreq io western Pennsylvania, yet
great crops of wheat are grown; the
wheat crop of the county has som-
times reached 1.000.000 bushels.
I also a good county for alfalfa, oats
etc. It Is a cattle and iWp country
snq rarrners are prospnrous. In the
northern part of the county the
country Is mountainous, and there I
mucn splendid timber. The popula
tion of the county is not muchahov
EoftO. The Und Is held In larg
trscu but as population IncresM-s
these will be cut up Into moderat
sized faTiis. Parties wishing to know
more about the county should writ
to 8. A. Paulson, Heppner, Oregon
34is Luclle Orlstow, of lone, un
derwent a successful operation for
appendicitis at the Heppner sanator
ium Isst Wednesday evening.
C. C. Ilaynl recently arrived from
from Halfway, .Oregon, and bat tak
en a position In the First National
Dank.
Ings on the farm for the feeble mind
ed. The, a Is a larKe waltlnir list of
! unfortunates who urn being boarded
by the counties. They run be bent
the picture but their estimated I r""'1 f,,r Hie stale Institution.
as a matter of economy, to say
nothing of self-respect, can the vot
ers of OtcKon permit these conditions
to continue?
"Will you consider the five mill
Ion bond Issue, whlrh If author Ire.
win remedy the evils and furnlxh
employment?
GEO. A. TlfACKKK,
President
MHS. R. E. HON DC It A NT,
Commute on Women's Inlere
thing Into the moving plctnre story.
Not only does the Mix rompHny
come at Its own expensn and pay Cue
Round-Up for the privilege of mak-
Ir
expense while taking the rest of the
picture will be ilMiO, all of which
will be spent In Pendleton.
Tom Mir- Is one of the best of the
film cowboy artlHs and Is a real
cowboy.
"Step Lively" the senior class play
presented at the high school audlt
oii'im lust Wednesday evening was
witnessed . by a capacity house in
fact one of the largest ever to gat'i
er in the auditorium and from the
expressions of commendation heard
afterwards it must he said that the
young actors pleased their large au
dience well.
"Stop Lively" is a two-act comedy
drama in which Joseph Billings,
played by Edward Notson, carries
around a secret of his younger days
together with a bad-case of rheuma
tism. The secret and the riheuma
tism combined do not make Joseph
a man whose company is cultivated.
Mr. Notson handled the character in
fine shape and evoked much laughter
from the audience. Mr. Billings
has a nlitei' Mrs. 'iiyMu and she in
turn has three daughters, Beverly,
Juliet and Kore-Marie. Mrs. Smythe
and her chicken crop drop in to pay
brother Joseph a visit and trouble
commences. The Smythe family
was played by Miss Desa Devin, Miss
Nean Hampton, Miss Helen Barratt,
and Miss Cecile DeVore respectively.
Each member of the family did well
and especially Miss DeVore who
portrayed the part of Rose-Miii ie,
the spoiled child. Her habit of tak
ing things that did not belong to he--and
appropriating them for her own
use much to the discomfort of her
Uncle Joseph, was particularly pleas
ing and she did much in making a
small part stand out prominently.
Miss Ruth Van Vactor as the Lady
Sherlock Holmes nnd Dale Watkins
the confidential secretary of Billings
were both good while Jasper Craw
ford In a dual role handled an ex
tremely difficult dhararter In fine
shape.
After the arrival of Mrs. Smythe
and her youngsters, other trouble
makers arrive and by nightfall Josepr
is In n stale of nervous collapse.
Luclle Loveland, Miss !.("- T
Vore, has a string on Hillings' son,
Joseph, Emery Gentry, und also Miss
Gwendolyn Siilth, MN Lorraine
Groshens, who brings some papers
nnd falls to deliver Ihem which. In
creases the mystery of things In gen
eral, while Carrie Arry, the laundry
girl, Miss Opal Hall, also carries
around a lot of mystery. Martha
Holton, Miss Sibyl Cason, and Noru,
MIhs Ethel Copenhaver, are member
of the Hillings household nnd do
heir part also In weaving the mys-
ery ubout Joseph Hillings until the
as! urt-"when It bi'gins to unwind like
hall of string.
Eveiy member of tho cast showed
bey bad been doing much hard work
and aro certainly entitled to com
mendation for their efforts'.
The limited accommodations of
the high school stage make I in possi
ble the staging of a play of eitra-
ordinary strength md It Is to bo
toped that Hie near future will bring
Heppner accommodations (hut will
enable the students to do something
n their dramatic woik of broader
scope a ml that will develop the lat
ent talent which Is nlways present
in a student body of the size of
Heppner High.
PETEIWOX TIRE WELDERS FOR
Ml E
Tbe D. M. A C. K. vulranlzer
known as the Peterson Tire Welder.
for mending casings and Inner tubes.
Also mending gum and cement.
I do all kinds of tire mending.
D. J. DONHOUSEK. 4-t
1.1 M TEN ANT ai l.Af.HEIt III RE
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It. P. fl.KI.KH ft l.l IHIA1E
Heppner Lodire No. 3 5H,
D. P. O. Elks, will hold a
celebration of some suit on
Saturdsy, Jine "th, hlrh
the committee in chsrre
promise will lev well worth
while. Wstrh tMs paper
for a detailed snnotinrement
of th affair In neit week's
Issue and be sur and make
Do other arrangements for
that date.
I
K-hH-H-H-H-hhH-I-H-I-
I.leiitenant J. A. Gallagher, of I he
(snndlan army, who was hen. a
fall assisting with the Fourth Liber
j Ity Loan drive, returned to llepi.ne
rrmay evening and Is lookln
aiound the town with a view to .
-uting here permanently. Lleutenan
Gallarfmr came from ('lKary, Al
bcrU, and sfler having been over
most of the psrlfic northwest he sy
Heppner is the best toon he ha
found. While here lat fall be mvl
many friends all of whom will hope
lo see him heroine a Uermenent real
dent of Heppner.
Mrs. II. U. Higsbe returned Hat
urdsy evening from a wink's visit In
Portland.
GRAM AUNG l l IK s H
IIUDAV EVENING
Twenty-two young men and wo
men received diplomas at the high
w hoot auditorium Isst Friday even
ing In token of having completed the
prescribed graded and high school
roureea.
This Is tbe largest clss ever giad-
usted from the Heppner Huh
Brhool and Indlrstes grovlh arid pro
gress In th school.
The program nndeicd Etlday
evening follows:
Piano Solo, m i( lid
Ml.m Hazel lladabauth
Chorus ;! Club.
Invixstlon -Il.v. V. A. Andrew.
Corn in eix eriii nt Addre
Dr. Carl G. Doney, Prrald.nt of
Wlllsiriette University.
Chorus file Club.
Presentation of Diplomas
C. E. Woodson of Hrhool Ilosrd.
Presentation of Class Memorial
Ituth Van Vactor, CI a President
H'Jig Rnlor Class.
Ilettedlrtlon Ilv. F. A. Andrew.