HEPPNE
VOLUME 6
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 1 5, 1919 $ ,f .&
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NUMBER 11
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AI AUGUST MEETING
W ILLOW CHEEK SECTION ORE.
WASH. HIGHWAY TO BOLD
C. E. Woodson Receives Assurance
.... of Early Action from Highway ....
Commission v
EIGHTH! LE BARX BURNS
Hon. C. E. Woodson who has been
appointed by the Morrow county'
court as official representative of j
the county at the meetings of the j
State Highway Commission, met
with the commission in Portland last
week and in a letter to Judge Camp
bell he states that he received as
surance that the commission will be
ready to call for bids on the Willow
Creek section of the Oregon-Washington
Highway between Heppner
and Heppner Junction at the regular
meeting early in August.
n order has already been made
Vr the survey of that portion of the
road running through Gilliam county
and it is fully expected that the en
tire survey will be completed before
the next meeting of the commission.
Mr. Woodson brought the matter
of the Heppner-Monument road up
durin gthe conference with the com
mision but nothing definite develop
ed along that line to indicate imme
diate activity there. However, it
has not been expected by the Morrow
county court t'nat the improvement of
that road could be undertaken this
year there being too many roads des
ignated under the road law of 1917
now claiming the attention of the
commission.
The Monument roaa :t down on
the list for improvement, however,
and it will, in nil probability, 'be
reached by the commission earl in
the next season.
Mr. Woodson also took up the
matter of securing for Morrow coun
ty a portion of the government
equipment whitf.i is to be allotted to
the various states and received as
surance from the engineers in charge
of this matter that Morrow county
an equal show with other counties
when the state secures her quota of
this equipment and makes allott
ment of the same to the various
counties.
A large barn on the Claude Keith-1
ley ranch in Eightniile was burned
this morning together with most of I
the contents. The fire was discovered
about six o'clock and owing to tardy I
discovery and dryness nothing could I
be done to save It. Two horses were I
burned to death and two others bad
ly injured. Eight sets of harness,
two wagons and a Ford automobile I
were also among the tilings destroy-1
ed. No insurance waB carried. The
barn was partly filled with hay The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Conflicting Thoughts
FROM THE BIG MIX-UP
Sam Stevens, one of Heppner'
most popular boys, returned from
the war last week and after bestow
ing a full grown smile on each of
'his friends, meaning everyone who
knows him still has the same plenti
ful stock n hand. Sam wasnt in the
army nor the navy but was in that
branch of the service be and Mar
shall Phelps seem to think was about
the whole s'aow the marine corps.
Sam got over to France all right and
got to the front all rigfit but on a
couple of occasions got away from
the front somewhat disfigured but
still in the ring. He finally admitted
having received a "few little scratch
es" but when the Herald man tried
to pump a little hero stuff Sam
wouldn't stand for it.
He says the experience over there
was well worth while but he isn't
particularly crazy about going back.
The good old U. S. A. is good
enough for any fightin' marine any
way.
f Conflicting Thoughts
m Mvy" ''Miimttimvm ,v,wo'ai its
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SHI TT FAMILY ARE ENJOYING
VACATION
Sheriff E. M. Shutt and family
left Tuesday morning in their Dodge
car for a three week's vacation trip
to Portland, the coast and interme
diate points. They expected to go to
Portland via the Columbia highway,
thence to Astoria, Seaside and Tilla
mook and back over tSie Coast range
through the Willamette valley, over
the Cascades via McKenzie pass, then
through Bend and on to Heppner.
Interesting History of Morrow
County Chapter Am. Red Cross
PROF. HOWARD DEAN AT FED
ERATED CHURCH SUNDAY
EASTERN
VISITOR
TLER
KILLS RAT-
Prof. Howard Dean,, of Columbia
University, will occupy t'le pulpit in
the Federated church nert Sunday
morning and evening in the absence
of the regular pastor, Rev. H. A.
Noyes, who left yesterday to attend
a meeting of the Presbyterian Synod
of Oregon at Eugene,
After spending the week at Eugene
Mr. Noye will go to his orch.-.rd
farm at Sunnyslde, Washington,
where he will continue his vnratim,
for a couple of weeks longer. Mrs.
Noyet will join him at Sunnyside and
spend tier vacation there also.
After next Sunday there will be ih
preaching services at the Federated
urch for three Sundays but Sun
Vy school will be held as usual.
Miss Nan MeMenamin. a trained
nurse of DeKalb, Illinois, wiio is the
Ki:st of her brother, F. A. MeMemv
min. had her first experience with
an Oregon rattlesnake the other day
when her little five-year-old neice
ran in from, her play in the yard, pale
with fright and said rfie had seen a
snake. Miss MeMenamin stepped to
the door and discovered her first rat
tier coiled ready for business almost
on the door step. Being a trained
nurse the young lady realized that
since July 1st the standard antidote thrift work.
for snake biles is a scarce article in
these United States she threw discre
tion to the winds, secured a club and
valorously dispatched the reptile
whlc.i measured 20 Inches.
FAIR CHOI'S IN EASTERN WASH
INGTON
STAR THEATRE CHANGES
KCH ERUI.E
ITS
Starting tomorrow (Wednesday)
evening the programs- ut the Star
theatre will change each Wednesday
Thursday, Saturday, Sunday anl
Monday eveninus, the same picture"
being shown Thursday and Friday
and Monday and Tuesday evenln-Ts.
These clays we are going to give
you the biggest, best picture ohta
nble and at the regulur price of 1 Z
and 25c. This Is made possible 1
using the same picture two day and
saving on express and film rentals
Plan to s-e all of these pictures
You cannot afford to miss a single
e.
Our first offering under the new
plan will be next Thursday and Frl
day evening, Tom Mix In "Treat Knl
Rough." This Is a western picture
with all the pep and ginger of a wild
west circus.
On Saturday we will show Wilimii
Desmond la "The Prodigal Liar," tn
other western fettrue thst csn't he
beaten.
Oo to these ifliowi and If you like
these pictures don't be afraid to y
so. Tell all of your friends. They
will also wtnt to see them, Ad
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Eya specialist, la Heppner, July 27th
to August tad.
Read Tb Herald for til the
(Continued from last week)
The activity of the Juniors may be
judged from the following list of ar
ticles) made by them in less than two
years' time, confined ohiefly to a
brief period during school hours:
96,100 gun wipes, 123 property bags,
105 pair trousers, 13 shoulder
shawls, 13 house gowns, 12 wash
cloths, 6 sweaters, 33 kitchen hold
ers, 2 bed spreads, 80 bedside bags,
9 boys suits, 4 pillows, 5 child's
dresses, 9 fun books, 3 sets dominoes
(hand made) 7 checker boards and
checkers (hand made) 10 boys'
Mouses, 54 bootees, 42 caps, 10 ap
rons, 1 afghan, 1 child's coat.
A Shoulder shawl made by School
District No. 31 of dd gray socks
washed and cut in squares, then
neatly whipped together and feather
stitched and a crochet edging made
around the completed garment,
which was then dyed black, was ex
hibited at the N. E. A., at Pittsburg,
Pa., where It was the occasion of
more comment than any of'.ier one
article there. It was then sent to
National Headquarters at Washing
ton, D. C, where It was pua as a
permanent exampleeMFWY MrWY
permanent exhibit as a sample of
heat of midsummer. These quotas
nearly finished and some packed and
ready for shipment were all destroy
ed as well as a large amount of
equipment and materials. Outside of
ficials who visited the chapter later
expressed surprise that the chapter
DISCLAIM TEETERS
COURT APPROVES THE
JOHN DAY PROJECT
AUGUST 2;HJD NAMED AS DATE
OF ELECTION
Big' Project Meaning Mmiito Morrow
County One Step Nearer
Fruition
County Judge Campbell received a
letter from the county clerk of Klam
ath county a few days ago in answer
to a letter addressed to Klamath of
ficials some time ago relative to the
ease of Henry Teeters, the old-timer
who drifted into Heppner several
weeks ago and has since been camp
ing on the teamster's block. The
KlamatSi officials say the old man is
not a resident of Klamath county and
that they are in no wise responsible
for his care. The Klamath officials
say Teeters is a "wanderer" and they
advise Judge Campbell to head the
old man north and tell him to move
on. Judge Campbell, however, does
not take kindly to that old 18th cen
tury method of dealing with the in
digent and learning that the old
man has a daughter who works in
the post office at Klamath Falls, has
written to her to see what, it any
COST OF WAR IN BLOOD AMI
MONEY LEAGUE ARGUMENT
,800,000
,000,000
F. R. Brown returned from Spo
kane Thursday evening after spend
ing a cople of weeks on his farm near
that city. Mr. Brown says crops are
pretty good all through eastern
Washlncton although tl'ne farther
north you travel the more frost dam
age Is In evidence.
Ah evidence that even bankers and
eitybied men do not all know every
thing there Is to know. Mr. Brown
tells of f. banker neqnalntance of his
in Snokane. who In a conversation
ll.e other day after lislenlng to F. H
xpatlate about Morrow county ask
ed- "Where Is this Morrow coiir.iy.
anyway; is it cloe to Portland?"
Brown al.o tel's of en eastern an
loisfiie passed nut bound Pendleton I and
Thursday who hsd broken down s
wheel the day befoie. Shortly after
the accident happened another aulie
ll en me alonff nnd volunteered to
take the crippled wheel to a garage
hsve It lenslred and sent back to
him. Gladly the man In trouble e
cepted the kind offer nd patiently
he awaited the return of his wheel
for 24 linuts. When Mr. Brown found
him the first 24 hours bad passed as
hsd most of his stock of patience and
Brownsays when the man got fairly
well launched Into recital fif his
woes there was some blood on the
moon as well as big. Imld spins' u s
of blue mired with the atmosphere.
A quilt made by the Juniors and
sent to the Convalescent Hospital at
Camp Kearney had the honor of be
ing the most beautiful quilt received
out of a number of contributions.
The c".illdren are now engaged In
making infant's hoods for refugee
baby layettes and are very enthusias
tic In Hiclr work. It seems likely that
the Chapter will continue to function
effectively for tome time.
"he total membership of the Mor
row County Chapter, A. R. C, In
eluding all branches and auxiliaries
is 3,056. It has In Its treasury at the
present time (June 1, 1919) 12,260
In February, 1!19, roe chapter sent
an excess of $1,804.47 to Dlvlwiou
Headquarters at Seattle fo be Invest
ed by them to the greatest advant
age. The Morrow County Chapter
hus bucn frequently commended by
hlrh authority. It has been placed
on the roll ! l.'iii.r by the Division
Supeiiutendt-nt for the hltfii thane
ter of Its work In hospital garment.
Mil Klre 1 die'Klnc, refugee garments
In knitting. The chapter lies
been handicapped by having a tcla
tlvely smull proportion of workers to
its total membership, this being due
to the enthusiastic membership drive
of June 8, 1917, when fun chapter
was newly organized and the stie-
uu.v, wui.uue worning a,s it am ar- thine, the old man's relatives are
ter this under sucli trying circum- willing to do towards his support
mui.-ro. ou many ouuaings were
destroyed In the fire that it was im
possible to find a suitable place for
a workroom and headquarters. The
chapter finally accepted the offer of
the Masons to use their dining room
and it has been used to this date.
though the ai i anpenient la inconve
nient to all parties concerned.
But In spite of these handicaps t'.ie
chapter - has done an immense
amount if wc.k. Owing to records
having been lost, we have account of
only about seven months' work done
by ;:ie chapter in Its two years of ex
lsienct. prouaoly only about one
third of the amount actually done
The total reads:
In Surgical DreingH
9,000 9x9 Tads.
12,000 4x4x Pads.
5,000 triangular bandages, be
sides a number of rolled
bandages.
In Knitting and Sewing . .
540 Sweaters
600 pairs of Mcks
30 scarfs
20 pahs 'f wiiMlets
2 helmets
95 bed sblMs
101 borpital shirts
56 comfort pillows
118 pajauia suits
73 convalesctit robes
373 woman's r'.iemlte
826 btyn" undershirts
236 men's shirts
73 woman's house gowns
4 5 boys' suits
36 children's dresses
26'J other refugee garments
1K0 hand towels
And other n . iKeellaneous ankles
The Motrow County Chapter lias
two bianch cfiapleis and eikM mix
t in 1 1 . . one c! t'.e blanch chapter
i.lt.0 'u.'ivlng t:.t a;illtarli n. TI.ece
an- all cc.i .n. unity orrain..iti"ti'
made for the t.i! i.or-- of facllitaliMt
tl.e win k and erablltiK eveiybod
i within the roi.f.mc of the county to
; paitlrlpate.
One of tl.e Licnrhe is located In
' the lon of lone. It wbs oigsnl.ed
i lut in the summer of 1917 with the
INJIItID IIY Ut(TIIS HOIisK
A young msn named Van Winkle,
working at the Kilkenny rsnrh' In
Sand Hollow was seriously Injured
Sunday when fractious horse he
was riding retted snd fell bdtward
on rhe rider. II wss brought to lh
hospital and It under tht rara of Dr
Beat 1'nless sertotit Interatl Injur
i should develop he will recover.
reeding Christmas drive. Thus large ( following officer: Chairman. Mis.
Ituth 'on in.jicc-ued 1919 by Mrs
J. Wilt); Vice-chairman. Mis. F. H
Render; Recietury, Mrs. Ile II
McNamer (fuecdcd 1919 by Emma
I'urytai); Treasurer, Mrs. J. Wilt
(succeeded 1919 bf H. M, Cum
nilfigH). The i,ne brsnrh a No ul
fend b fire, (,;iik t Isrg" mount
of ron.plet.d woikk. It still to
Its ct.dit, )tivn, the following:
In Knitting ! Hewing
7t rweatert
235 pairs bf sock!
CI wriMlits
4 muffler
195 bed M.l'ts
7 pstna suit
i taped shirts
)K ronvaJsnt tobe
10 cmis
number or non-sewert, such ts men
and children became members and
wert Included In the total from
which the county's quota of work
wt calculated. It followed that tl all
timet the quota were exceedingly
heavy. On Nov. I. 191, Morrow
County rhspter "had pproitmately
n sewers and 59 knitter, many do
ing double work. On Feb. 21. 1)19,
there were. 9 I wer end 64 knittert.
Mjch of the woik mi don In the
!'..-! well st in the work rooms.
On July 4. 1l. Morrow County
l;ed Cross headquarter together
wl'h a ronsldersble portion of the
town of Heppner, wjs destrsjed by
fir. Just previously the Indie had
worked heroically In tit eodetver
to complete the chapter' quota for
July, August end Peptember to tt
to bar respite during the extreme
The price paid by the United
States to win the war is told in a
statistical summary just published
by the War Department. The billions
of money and thousands of deaths
furnish telling arguments In faeor of
the League of Nations, . which will
save both In the future by preventing
war.
The salient facts of America's par
ticipation In the world war are giv-
in the subjoined table.
Total armed forces ...
Total men In army
Men who went over
seas
Men who fought in
France
Greatest number sent
In one month
Greatest number re
turning In one
month
Tons of supplies ship
ped to Fiance
Total registered in
draft
Total draft induction
Graduates of Line Of
ficers Training
Schools -
Cost of War to April
30, 191 $21 850,00k. OOH
Coht of Ar.ny to April
30, 1919 13,930,000.11110
Unifies fought by L
S, troops
Months of paitlcipa-
putlon In war,
Days of battle
Duration of Mcuse-.
Argonne battle
i h i leans In Meusc-
Aigotini' buttle .
A m-t t" "n riiMiiilU'" mi
M. '.in' - Arrnnne
An, i i Iran liatlledi'Hi n
of war .
Aiiietlean VUHliHlnl HI
war
American deaths fiom
disease
Total deaths in the
army
Time was not so many moons ago,
when in central and southern Mor
row county the John Day project was
considered by many people as vision
ary and impracticable and the man
who believed in it and booster for it.
was looked upon at best as a dream
er, perhaps nt worst as a nut. With
in a few months, however, as the re
sult of consistent propoganda and
publicity, in which Uhe Heppner
Herald tried to do its part, public
sentiment has been aroused to such
an extent that it would be difficult
to find a nmn in the county who is
not strong for the big project. Even
those who a few months ago consid
ered the project nnd Its supporters
fit subject for didicule, are now en
thusiastically boosting the under
taking.
At a meeting of the county court
last Saturday tVae project was ap
proved and an order was made call
ing an election In the district to be
held August 23rd when the question
of organizing the district will be
submitted to the property owners of
the district. Every person, male or
female, who is the owner of one acre
or more within the district whether
an actual resident of the district or
not is a qualified voter.
It is considered as certain that thet
question of organization will carry at
the election by a practically unani
mous vote.
The proposed district will embarce
about 275,000 acres in Gilliam, Mor
row and Umatilla counties, the ma
jority being In this county. Or this
vast acreage It Is estimated that fully
200,000 acres Is first class Irrigable
land.
' The project means much to Mor
row county and will make this one of
the i i chest counties in the state.
2,086,000
1,390,000
306,000
333,000
7.500,000
24,234,021
2,810,296
80.468
BROWNS GO TO CALIFORNIA TO
RESIDE
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19
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1 , 200, nun
1 20,000
50,0011
2:!6,ooo
56,991
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brown, Misses
Mollie nnd Coralena Brown and Hen
ry Brown, former residents of Hepp
ner, but more recently of Walla.
Walla were In town last weea
spending a day here while enroute
to TJedlandH, Callomla, where they
will make their future home on an
oi ante trove recently purchased by
Mr. Brown, lie has sold his residence
in Walla Walln but still retains his
properly Interest In Heppner. Mr.
Brown says that after a residence of
twenty-five yeart In Heppner It I
pretl) haul to give the place up and
for that reason still retains prop
erty here and will return frequently
for f ie sake of renewing old se
qiialnii.iices. They will make tho
d ip by auto- following the Pacific
Highway from I'ortlanu to rtiu m
inenlo, then crossing to San Fran
cisco and following the coast line
highway to Los Angeles.
Ml DKM. ATTENTION FOR M-
ii m:.i:i sol mi its
112.422
VimiI-sciN VACATION FAMILY ON
VACATION 1 1tl
I' E. Woodson and family went to
I' d t snil lut ei A here Mr. Wood-
m Inc."! srn-r Morrow eminry
i.lglisy business be! ire tliclllgh-
wy Commission after which the pro
pi,.d to continue their trip to T-
Ciriia so'I rccsme returning via ,wiwi
,ukl it. They etpected o be y
two W'e.
i Fouitei'll Mtiitlnns have been eslab
' liwli.'.l In different H ltil'll of "i'
! country at whic'i dlerliniKed soldier
:,,.lr ii'i l marines who are beiiefl"
liaii... of the War ItNk Insuiance
!Bcl may obtain medical tieatliielit.
! An officer of the Public Il-allli Ser
jvlee Is 111 chart'e of each of the sta
i ttdlis.
The fact that many men re being
diHchaired from rmy hospitals hc
may later require further medical
treatment on their return to private
llfo led the War Department to es
tablish the stations. District officer
tiave ben appointed with Instruction
to sdvlse n s they tie dlschsiged
that the public Health Keltic thru
these stations will fuml-h litem wild
any medical siientloii they may te
q.ilie Ni.l3.lng that ran be done f..r
Ore health or general welfare of the
men who rsllle.l to the rolm l '"
nd)Mt undone by the War D'pK't-ment.
(CaUau4 ra face t.bl)
M MAY Mil KI N MfcNKIt
At I'srker Mill every Huodir
Finest summer renott In the rounty.
Try our dinner peil Rundsy and you
will be sure lo eome brk Make
your Up! reeervtlloa In advance
b f iWephoa d)e loeenaf our keel
aUeaiWa. f
Jt$. Uml
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DR. i. R. IIO Mlt
Specialist of Poit-
i will be In llepp.
ner from July 27th In
Aiirnst 2nd Inclusive,
Anyone with defective visum In net'i
of r'" will find him with Wm.
HtyloT.