19
.V,
VOLUME 6
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1919
NUMBER 7
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HEPPNER
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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
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MAIN NTRKKT PROPERTY
CHANGE HANDS
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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
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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
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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
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ground pans a pretty fair showing a
grass roots and he has hopes that at
bedrock lie will find soniehliiR
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rock wlll be found at a depth of
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about 25 feet and expect to do some
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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.
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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
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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
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wishes to conserve as ir an inniwin
the substantial effort which will
doubtless soon be put Into prospwt-
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ng for u l that this word of rsutlon
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Is g ven out' This does not apply to
R1 1
'rorporst on or syndicate which
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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.
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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.
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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.
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