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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1919)
19 .V, VOLUME 6 HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1919 NUMBER 7 -7. HEPPNER it PATRICK FARLEY MEETS DEATH IN AUTO WRECK TRICK FARLEY MEETS DEA.... .fclCHINE TURNS OVER GRADE ' PINNING MAN BENEATH Accident occurs Friday Evening but Victim of Wreck not Found Vn- . til 24 Hours Later One of the most distressing acci dents to occur in this section in years was that which cost Patrick Farley his lift last Friday evening when his auto left the grade about a mile this side of his home near Heppner Junc- tion, rolled down the steep hill and pinned Mr. Farley beneath the wreck. The accident happened Fri day evening but as the road is an unfrequented one Mr. Farley was not found until 24 hours later when Ev erett Logan, ,a neighbor, happened I along and discovered the wreck. He once summoned help and the un- rtunate man was taken from under the car and taken home. He was still living and regained consciousness once or twice to ask for water. He died shortly after reaching home, i Mr. Farley drove up to Heppner Friday morning to complete some ar rangements for taking his sheep to the mountains for the summer. After completing his business he started home about four or five o'clock in the afternoon and was within a mile of his home when the accident oc curred. . I Those who visited the scene of the accident say that It occurred on a rather narrow fill across a small draw and ttiatevldently the driver steered a little outside the track when he loose earth gave way caus ing the car to skid around and turn ,over. Mr. Farley was highly estemeed by a large circle ol acquaintances as an jipright business man and a good citizen. A PLEASANT SURPRISE The Neighbors of Woodcraft gave Mrs. J. DeVore a pleasant surprise last Friday .evening. There were present Mesdames. V. Crawford, C. Kelthley, Mike Curran, R. Thornton, J. Handy, E. Bennett, W. Richard Ion, Mattie Aiken J. DeVore and the Misses Cecil and Loye Devore. They enjoyed refreshments consisting of candy, nuts, and popcorn and enjoy ed a social time until a late hour. INFORMATION WANTED The Walker Dry Goods company, of Salt Lake City, Utah, requests rrom. the Heppner Commercial Club Information regarding one Kent Shoemaker for whom the firm Is holding some valuable papers. Any one knowing of the whereabouts of Mr. Kent should notify the above named firm. ' FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT r n Good furnished room, close In, ,dem conveniences, by day, week fcr montti. Enquire at this office or of Mrs. 8. A. PaUlson, first door south from May street on Chase. 6tf fH-Hl ll I 1 I I H-l-f MAIN NTRKKT PROPERTY CHANGE HANDS Q w An Important realty tran saction was closed this1 morning whereby Patterson A Son and Dr. A. D. McMur do become the owners ot of the Woodson property on Main street now occupied by Patterson A Son, druggists, Welle Brothers, barbers and Hart's confectionery. The property has frontage of 13 feet and a depth of 13 feet. The new owners will divide the property equally, Patterson A Son taking the south half now occupied by the barber shop and confec tionery and will t once rate the old buildings and com mence the erection of a modern building for their drug store, occupying their present quarters until the new building Is completed. Dr. MrMurdo could Bot be seen todsy and bis future plans regarding the proper ty ate not known. It Is un derstood the purchase price in 110.004. BOARDMAN MEN VISIT HEPPNER C. C. Paine and O. L. Blayton, of Boardman, were . business visitors here Wednesday. Mr. Paine, who is in the general merchandise business at Boardman, is now engaged buying baling and shipping alfalfa hay from the surrounding farmers. Hay is worth around $14 per ton as it comes from the feild unloaded at the baler which is not so bad. FIND EASY GRADE ON ROAD TO RITTER WILL SHORTEN ROUTE FOUR OR FIVE MILKS W. O. Minor Discovers New Route On Three To Six Per Cent Grade W. O. Minor who for years has been an ardent advocate of building a good road between this city and the Grant county line to reach the populous section of country of which Ritter is the center, accompanied by Willard Herren, spent several days recently in the Ditch creek and Jones canyon ' district looking for a new route down Ditch creek. To a Herald reporter, Saturday, Mr. Minor stated that the result of their trip was irtudh more satisfac tory than he had ever dreamed it could be. Mr. Minor and Mr. Herren are both well acquainted with that section of country and both have made many trips there looking for a feasible route for the road. ThU trip, however, an entirely new route was discovered and, Mr. Minor sajrs, it will not only sorten the route by some lour or five miles but the en tire mileage is not only an easy grade but the road will be "easy made." Most of the way, Mr. Minor says, the road can be bikU on around a three per cent grade and at no point will it exceed six per cent and he is of the opinion that the entire seven miles of new road can be built with out the use of a single shot of pow der. ' " v . The proposed new road wil Istart from Ditch creek at the mouth of Butcher Bill creek and, taking the east side of Ditch creel, run to the 'head of Jones canyon. The route runs through open timber practically all the way and the cost of construction will be reduced to the minimum. The road will open up a big set tlement the trade of which should come to Heppner but which has al- ways been forced to other and more distant points because of the practlc- ally impasable road coming this way. It is said the people of tine Ritter district can Mtve from 75 to 80 miles on every trip they make to the rail road when this' road is opened. If work on the new road can be started without too much delay - Heppner should enjoy a big trade from that ectio'n of Grant county next fall. WOOL HALE IN HKPPNEU YES TERDAY At the wool sale held in Heppner yesterday about 235.000 pounds changed -hands at the Farmers and Cohn warehouses, the sellers, amounts, pi Ires and buyers being as follows: i John Kilkenny, 67,uuu pounas, w 50 S-scents, demons A Pierce, buy ers. Frsnk Monahan, 11.300 pounds. 43 1-4 cents, Clemons A Pierre, k. .. . L. 8 week, 14,700 pounds, fine 41 1-4; coarse 49 3-4; The Dalles Scouring compsny, buyers. Paul Webb, 14,000 pounds, fine, 41 cents; coarse SO cents; Kosh land, buyer. C. Jackson 15.600 pounds fine, 50 l-l cents; coarse 61 1-4 cents;. Clemons A Flerse, buyer. Jackson A Ward 13,600 pound 50 3-1 cents, Clemons A Pierce buy er. J. E. Johnson. 4,300 pound 47 cents. Jone. buyer. Wm. Klicup 4.100 pound C 81 1-1 cents, Dufour, buyer. O. M. Whlttington, 1.300 pounds 47 1-3 cents. Llvlngitoa, buyer. L. D. Hwlrk. M00 pounds II rent. Dufour, buyer. John J. Kelly, lt.000 pound 0 41 cent. Jon. buyer. John Kilkenny 34.709 pound 41 3-4 cent. Koshland, buyer. Marti A Kuatmaa, 31,00 pounds 0 47 cents. Tb Dalle Scouring Mill buyer. Guy Borer 1I.0M pound O 41 cents. Koshland buyer. The End of a aww' I i I M II All Stars Win Over Umatilla Braves in Hot The old time town of Umatilla is strictly on the job when it comes to the good old American game of base ball as was evidenced by the scrap the Umt!lla Braves put up on the lo cal diamond last Sunday as well as by the large and enthusiastic bunch of rooters that accompanied the team to help make the welkin ring every time Umatilla made a point or Hepp ner lost one. The Umatilla are a hi yu tribe and when it comes to the gentle art of rooting for their team they need no fixing. It must be ad mitted that the visitors outclassed the Heppner natives In the noise line but what was of some importance In the final wind-up Heppner got the most scores. Blakeley, who pitched a mighty good game for the visitors was Hepp ner's star pitcher several years ago and he has not yet lost his cunning Foord, who wore the catcher's mask also played a good game as did most of the other braves. But who would n't with that rosy-cheeked damsel rooting for them as she did? When it comes down to brass neks Managei Speck Aiken showed, some gray matter in framing up the iine-up of players he sent against the Indians on this occasion. Lapham, who recently returned, from army service pitched like a veteran and whe nanybody thinks Wilson won't grab and stop anything that gets by the batter he has another think coming. The two put up a good game from start to finish and it is only fair to say that they had pretty good support right down the line. The first few Innings looked like , old times In the bunch grass when scoreless games .were common and the later innings, when the tallies commenced to roll up like biases also HKASONAIJLK RAIN HELPS CROP Morrow county has been visited by several fine shower the last few days much to the benefit of the wheat crop many fields of which was showing the effects of dry weather. Thursday evening a heavy shower swept over Heppner and surround ing country extending west pretty well over the Eightmile and Dryfork sections. Friday night a fine rain fell In Che liardman country ana other bower wer also reported. Some fields In different sections ire damaged to a considerable extent but generally, wher first clas fann ing his been practiced the crops promise to be good. W. O. McCarty left Saturday for California on a pleasure trip. 1HM "1 F.Y Kit Y HOT) Y INYITKD TO FARM CRM PICNIC Don't forget the big Far mers' Plrnic at the Morrow county fair grounds next Saturday. There will be big basket dinner and every member of the Heppner Commercial Club a well every bu4nea man ad res dent of the tow I Invited to bring bis family id big lurb basket tad Jol la the day s festlvttle. 1 1 u m n 1 1 it i n h Perfect Day Tamala Game recalled old times when rag-chewing and near scraps were considered a necessary part of the program. Gay -Anderson who used to play ball when he was a boy and who de- '"u Blw""6 in his callow years was on the job . 1 .. ... 11 i Sunday and fell into his old tricks again. Every time he got on a base he would steal a few but his meanest trick was when he swiped the home plate and tucked it carefully in his pocket while Foord. was .trying to get by the batter with the ball in his hand. ; The three Reitman brothers are natural born ball players and Bill Crawford, while not built as rangy as some, played a good game on sec ond and also beat scheduled time as a base runner. Breaker and Aiken did, som good fielding and in a gen- ed al wy the All Stars showed mlghty kvorable symptoms. It may be said that if both teams had stayed a bit closer to the ground the score might have been kept with, in better bounds but after all the lit tle aviation stunt added sestt o the game and nobody can reasonably complain of lack of excitemeut and interest. , Following is the lineup and score: Heppner Laphman, p; Wilson, c; D. Reit man, 1st; Crawford, 2nd: V. Reltf, man, 3rd,; W. Reitman, ss son, cf ; Aiken, rf. Umatilln Blakeley, p; Foord, c; Love, 1st; 'mat Inn pointing to wie powiioiime. Correll, 2nd; Spinning, 3rd; Berry, ' of oil and gas in Oregon. Since there ss; Hunt. If., Compton, cf; Caldwell, is at present such a dearth of real rf itetloglcal Information upon Wiileh Score Heppner 11, Umatilla 9. o lase any sort of conclusion, III i i. i... . ....ii iiureaii wishes to -caution those in- Luve his Buuift uy iiiichu Mail In the eighth inning and rendered unconscious but not seriously injur- ed. WILL PHOSI'KCT OLD CIUXMI.' ON JOHNSON CRKKK Frsnk C. Smith returnedto Hepp- 1 ner Wednesday after a short trip to JohnMin creek where he located i some placer ground on what he be lieves to be the old channel which fed all ot the rich placer diggings iti uiuiii i.uuiiijr. .nr. n. ' f .. f 1 W - tt ... Ilk .... .... tl.n ground pans a pretty fair showing a grass roots and he has hopes that at bedrock lie will find soniehliiR Kit.. 11.. ..ii...i.. ilw.l I....I- Wl.l.ll Will. IT, iir .Cl I 111 11 I III. Ul . . , . , . . 0 rock wlll be found at a depth of . ..... , ... about 25 feet and expect to do some .. , ' ... prospecting during the summer. He went to Cinnt county Saturday by stage and expected to prospcet bark with the intention of more definite ly lining out the old rhannel from the old Grant county diggings to the Johnson creek ground he has Just locsled. FIRK AND HAIL INHUUNCF. For Fir and Hail Insurance call on C. C. Patters, werond floor of Ollmta buildlag, on Willow ktreet. 6 1 t ItlTB OF CONFIRMATION nishop Paddock wlll ad minister the rite of conflr nullon at the Eplscopil church tomorrow (Wednes day) evening. Member of the congregation and other Interested r invited to be present at this ceremony. H rn ( i r t t Tl'M-A-LVM MEN VISIT HEPPNER J. M. Crawford, president of the Tum-A-Lum Lumber company, and Mr. Gillis, both of Walla Walla, and Fred Stiewer, of Pendleton,, were here several days last week and with W. H. Cronk, local Tum-A-Lum man ager, made a trip through the upper Willow creek, Rhea creek and Rock creek timbered sections visiting the several sawmills and looking up the lumber situation. They returned to Pendleton Sat urday afternoon. WILL INVESTIGATE OIL BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL j SURVEY TO COOPERATE Renewed Interest in Oil Develop ! nient Spurs State and Govern. ment Scientists to Action The Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology announces that it has begun a systematic and extensive investi gation of oil anil ga3 possibilities in different parts of Oregon. The field work in Eastern. Oregon is being done jointly with the Unit ed States Geological Survey while the wegtern part of the gtate ig be ing investigated solely by the State Bureau of Mines and Geology. ... hll... haH pnntrllptpl, with some of the best firms of consulting ' geolog!BtB ln the United States to do this work in western Oregon d tneir ,nvegtlgati(m wlll be made ! thorougll ttnd complete as it is ;p0B8ible t0 make lt ,n the llght of t'.ie best scientific and practical knowledge available. This is probably the most import ant announcement which the bureau has been able to make for some time on account of the fact that there Is much interest manifested concern- lng oU gag posiblllties ln Oregon, Up t0 tnls yn)e nether the govern lnent nor the state has done a suf f I- clent amount of work to obtain the necessary geologic Information up on w"hich to form definite conclu sions as to favorable and unfavora for oil. Detailed knowledge of the structure of the sedimentary forma tions of the state Is alfcolutely nec essary to be able to dlsthiRuish be tween favorable and unfavorable places to drill for oil. Many Inquiries are coming to the office of the Oregon Ilureau of Mines and Geology from, citizens of Ander- 'the Btate, as well as from people In terested in oil development else- ! where, concerning geological In for terested fn the development of these resource who might begin exten sive development work noon with an insufficient amount of Information. An oil geologlft cannot go Into a new territory and tell Just where to drill In order to get oil in commercial quantities, but he can, If he has the opportunity to make a sufficiently tlmroukh InveHtlgatlon, determine the more probable aieas for oil pools on account of the general structure and relation of tti different types i.... ih. hurvnu 4 Ul riMUB. II ' . wishes to conserve as ir an inniwin the substantial effort which will doubtless soon be put Into prospwt- , ........ , ng for u l that this word of rsutlon i'"" , , , Is g ven out' This does not apply to R1 1 'rorporst on or syndicate which i''"v ,,., .nrt .,. nsve roniyeieui. iinrnu..i . acting upon their sdvlre. All persons lisvlng knowledge of nil or gas seepages re requested to furnish the bureau st 417 Oregon building. Portlsnd, Oregon, with the location and nature of such occur rence so that same cin be Inspected by the oil geologies. The result of th field work which Is being made by the bureau will be made public' just as soon suffi cient InveMlgltlon hi been complet ed upon which to form satlufsrtory conclusions. TMK CAWIiU.lJ ISIT F.UiFNF. After attending Die highway com iiilmlon niet-tlng In Portland tut week, Judge Cimpbell, who Is tc roinpaoied by Mr. Cimpbell, drove U Kugrne where they attended the commencement irrlie at the state unlvrsity. Their son, Arthur Cimp bell, who Is a frrthmaa st th uol rerslty, ircomoinled them horn. They made th trtp by automobile. y TO BE BUILT AT ONCE COMMISSION APPROVES HEPP NER TO JUNCTION ROUTE If Engineers Report is Ready Bids Will Be Asked at Their . Next Meeting When Representative Woodson, District Attorney Notson and County Commissioner Bleakman returned from Portland Thursday evening, where with County Judge Campbell . they appeared bofore the State High way Commission last Tuesday, they brought mighty pleasing news to. ev ery resident of Morrow county. The Heppner-He.ppner Junction unit of the Oregon-Washington Highway has been approved by the commission for immediate improve ment and the tender of $ 125,000 by the county as its dhare of the cost has been accepted. "Yes," said Mr. Woodson when in terrogated by a Herald reporter Fri day morning, "We got everything we asked for down there which was a request that the road from Heppner to Heppner Junction be improved at once. We have assurance from the commissioners that just as soon as the preliminary work in the highway engineer's office can be put in shape bids for construction will be called for and tlie work gotten under way as quickly as possible." Continuing Mr. Wodson said he evpecta the engineers will be ready to file their report with the com mlsion within the next 30 days and In that event the commission will ask for bids at their next meeting In July. If this can be done the work should be well under way in the late summer as most of the worit can be be carried on during the winter months early completion of tfne work may be exrected. The commissioner's meeting last week was a lively one, the Heppner delegation say. Many counties were represented aud most of them wait ed something plus. Dr. Donnolly, one of the llvest of Arlington's bunch of live wires, was there with bells on (reeking to have the Heppner road start from Arling ton and he was also perfectly willing to have the John Day highway swing around in nikHi a way as to strike the Glliam county sea port. The commission however did not look with favor on either o f the genial doctor's schemes, perhaps believing that with the Columbia ltlver high way coming Into the town that used, to struggle along under the name of "Alkali" from two different direct Ions was sufficient. Nottiiing was done at last week's meeting regarding the lleppner Hardman road ss the present policy of the commission Is not to designate, any more roads for state aid tt pres ent. A resolution passed at the last meeting of the Morrow county court tendering the sum. of $70,000 to the commission as the county's part In co-operative work with the state anil the federal government, was filed with the commission and the projeet wlll be In line for action by the com iilsHlnn as (toon ss they iot the roads already designated for Male aid at tended to. l-H-W-H-H-H-H-H-I-M-bh t r pi:mi.kton iik kaiumim vs. am. nt aim And still they come. Mimger Kperk Aiken n nounre thai I'mstlll coun ty not content with getting her l.'niailla Indian toma hawked and scalped last Sun dsy, ha krrsnged to send In r Pi ndleton Purkiroos to a similar fate next Sunday. Kperk says this will Junt mtuially be Die got dirnd eat warnient gime of the seiMin and he Is not copper lng any of his bets. They ill go straight tip on the All Hti re and while It nay not be eiiy money It Will make mighty comfortable pocket chsnge for Ih Fourth. Don't let anybody fool you bout this gsme but buy your ticket eirly nd secure reserved standing room la the front line trenrbe. Heppner will go over the top Pundiy for fair. it m i n 1 1 i-i-i mi i-M-