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VOLUME 6
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, igic
NUMBER 16
HEPFNER
HER A I ID
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GILLETTE MEETS
, TRAGIC DEATH AT IE
HUSBAND
fS ALSO IX
COXDITIOX
SERIOVS
Train Hits Auto at Crossing Xeur
Knnppenberg Ranch Woman
Dies Within An Hour.
Special Correspondent: ....
lone, Oregon, August 18. Mrs. M.
H. Gillette was fatally injured and
her husband is in a critical condition
in the Heppner hospital as the result
of an accident last Sunday morning
when their auto was struck by the
west bound train on the Heppner
branch at a grade crossing near the
Knappenberg ranch a short distance
below lone. The train was stopped
immediately and Mrs. Gillette was
found pinned beneath the wrecked
,Car in an unconcipus condition. Her
husband was still concious but seri
ously injured. The unfortunate
couple were rushed to lone where
first aid was administered and then
placed on a gasoline railway motor
car and started for a hospital at
Heppner. Mrs. Gillette succumbed to
Vner injuries soon after passing the
station at Lexington.
Mr. Gillette was.taken to the Hepp
ner hospital where it was found he
had suffered two fractured ribs and
serious internal injuries, the result
of which can not yet be determined.
The cause of the accident is some
thing of a mystery. MV. and Mrs.
Gillette were on their way to lone on
a shopping trip when the accident oc
curred. The crossing at that par
ticular point is not considered a dan
gerous one as the track is straight
for sonie 'distance and there ore no
obstructions to the view. The suppo
sition is that Mr. Gillette did not
notice tire train until he had ap
proached to near to the track that he
could not stop the car. It van evi
dent that ie had tried to uirn away
from tire track as the pQot of the
engine struck the ear on the front
- end.
The engineer says' lie aid not see
the car at all and the fireman saw a
car on Hie roaj w'lien they first
sighted the crossing, but when he
noticed the track was clear. An in
ttant luti:r lie raw the -car turning
ever in tha uir and siguiultd to stop
the (rain.
Mrs Gillette's body was brought
to Heppner ami prepared for burial
end tent to Portland on Monday
mo. nine's train where a daughter re
Bides and where the funeral will be
held. '"
Aa the"
Gillette's
changed.
Herald goc-s to picks Mr.
condition remains un-
MANACiF.Ui AIR JCOl MM FEAT.
JLT.K NAMED
K. R. Brawn, socretary-munafter of
tho Morrow County Fair, aunounce.'.
that ho 'ias .aecured the service of
Ad Moore lo take chuigc uf the
round-up feature .at the coming fair.
Mr. Moore be. well knuvn an a funr
efB rider and lias been a lender in
the weekly Tiding and bucking con
tests at Lena during tho summer.
A prize will be awarded tlie hardest
bucking horw In io contort nnfl
throo prizes vr.il bo awarded the
tlu-co bo:;t rider t nd a county cham
pionship will nl:o S,a awarded.
Ti.eio will be nttr.n-tlr.nn to ult all
aii- ut the cumins fair.
DK.rR KF.tsox m;
SE1TF..MIU.U IHt.sT
Tim deer season .through
out Oregon will opn Hep
teniher flrot, this )Mr,
and win continue .)n-nl
all Oetuber 31st. areord
Inf to an announremetit
md by Carl D. Shoemaker
tal Kama warden, today.
The only HK'fpdoo Is m
I'nloa and Wallowa rountlea
here the i-non will open
oa Reptember lOtb and rloae
on November lath. Hereto
for the aeason haa opened
on Autust ISth In Dmtrirt
No. 1, which includes all
rountlet t of tha tummlt
of tha Cawada mountalni.
The aeaaon thla year la anl
form Q both diitrlrta eieept
tha to tountiea heretofore
mentioned. Tha bat limit la
two deer with horna which
la tha aatn ti laat rear.
X,
H
ITUE KEFD WHEAT FOVXD
A good supply of pure white hy
brid No. 38, the outstanding variety
for the soils of Eastern Oregon has
been found, inspected and certified
in Umatilla county by G. R. Hyslop,
chief of county crops at the agricul
tural college. On the other hand,
field after field. On the other hand
Jenkin's club was inspected and not
one pound fit for seed. Farmers want
ing a souTce of pure seed of right
variety for their lands can get a list
of seed wheat by application to the
county agents of Umatilla, Wasco,
Sherman and Union. Mixed wlieat
crops are graded down and cut from
3 to 9 cents a bushel. Moro Ob
server. NOTSON WILL REDUCE
COST OF L
FOOD ADMIXISTRATOIl IS RACK
OX JOtl
Will Reduce Cost of Divorces Moon
shine and Other Necessities for
Harmonious Living.
District Attorney S. E. Notson,
who served Ills country through the
dark days of war as county food ad
ministrator, was tic'ltelcd 'pink" the
other day when he learned that he
was to be reinstated in that position,
from which he was dismissed without
prejudice some time ago, and given
an opportunity to further serve his
country in the way of fixing living
costs on a more equitable basis.
After giving the situation Cie once
over Mr. Notson has announced that,
just to show that he is really a good
fellow and not disposed to take un
due advantage of his position for per
sonal profit, he will begin by cutting
his own salary of county food admin
iistrator from the former figure of
$.0 to just half that sum or J. 00.
Attorneys tees in divorce cases
will also bo reduced Mr. Notson says,
to $25. 0J), his reason being that was
.'iocs for casei of this nature bun
tendency to cripple if not destroy
the divorce industry thus forcing
many couples to continw living and
rightinri together who would better
bo apart. Such a .conr.dition would
cause an Increase in crime. Mr. Not
son r.riy.-i, particularly in tho gentle
art of wife beatirfr, husband poiwn-:
in.',', l -luraer, asavlt and b-ittery,.
etc., t'yieby flood'm: ilio district at
torney's f.frk-e wl'ilv crlmlti&l tn:-i-'icsn
and lnierferrir.3 with his duties
:is food admlnistii'.tT)r. To fvlinw tliiit
hn baa a purely official, nnd not per
enal intorcst in C.ie mattr, Mr.
Nottion poinla o-it Oiat he is not
divorce lawyer.
AnoJ".ior item i the hli;li cost nl
living that will roretve Mr. Notwin's
early nttrntlon It the price-of moon
shine whiskey wafc-h he vrvim' lo
arbitrarily reduce to $5. 00 a. iuart.(
He arrived at thl -fleclslcm W'cd.tef-i
dny evening after fliscuKs'lng the mat
ter wlifi a largo n-nmher of very dry
but very cnthns'iiucfiv eitir.ens whe
offered unmlmotn an well as irre
futable evidence tuU. prem-nt pi'iiet
of this particular ,i'iiitnodily nrc
entirely too lilfh. tl.e niniply too low
and the general tHnat'ion a dbgrnti'
lo rll pereonal liberty itninn Auicii
'ana.
It la understood tb;it Mir." Robei-t:-ht
r ed lo linker jini- nrlth re'i-Ik-s
In t ie jjood, old 6ryh, is enO, !
ly for the rtaleiuent thrt 11 ?.! . Nc '
( n c mi put this thing otfribMoi-n .v
cour.ly end make It ctlri. he c 1. 1
have any po-ltloo within tl sift of
the pe iplo at tho n x flrltan from
Fhentf of Morrow county l ji-l-dent
o thmu Vnlled Haten.
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RETVRX
TIUP
Mr. and Mra. Kenneth Ma
hay who atole a march on
their friend by allpplnR off
to Portland a rouple of
week afro and getting mar
ried ratarned Sundar even
ing from a delightful honey
moon trip apent at Fltle
and Vancouver and Victoria,
B. C, and huva alnra been
pretty buny receiving tho
rongratulatlona of their
many frlenda la Heppner.
Tha Herald jolna with
other frlenda of thla popnlar
coupla In (ellclUUoaa and
beat vtahea.
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A Quiet Day at Lonesome Comers
1 I. . I (W ,1 3 foOwTSow rwnAtTOAPlj f HA Will"
pf tag was f saw g
J sl" tta V. ; 1 h
Jack Rabbit Nuisance Not
Farmers are calling at the county
agent s oftice every tew days com
plaining of the jack rabbits on their
farms. They are taking many tons
of alfalfa hay, have rulnd gardens,
damaged wheat fields by thousands
of bushels, bu t probably the greatest
damage they are doing is the dam
age very little realized by the ordin
ary inhabitant. Anyone passing over
the winter range for sheep will find
it a truly barran desert. Practically
all foliage suitable fo r sheep has
been devoured by these long eared
rodents.
Near Willows and Cecil they are
probably worse than any of the rest
of the western part of t'ae county.
Yet around Irrigon, Castle Rock and
Boardinan they are thero iu great
multitudes. Juniper canyen and the
Butter creek section comes in for
their chnve. . Near Bpardman and Ir
rigon the farmers are making a prac
tice of rabbit drives every Sunday.
Within the last three weeks probably
fight or nine thousand rabbits have
been destroyed by poison and by
drives.
Ihir'n" the earlier part of t lie prim
mer t iu rdbb'ts were poisoncl in
quite '.u ire numbers and a good m:uiy
Iti'itl ;-.!!'l h.:ve been reported lo tills
office- nr. Imvinu died from the fflei't.-;
ol pi'i'ou diMnhnted according to
our-inKtrtictioiv.. At this seaRon how
ever, they veiy rarely ta1;o the salt
or any other bait tlii't t,o far has bei n
placed in their way. The j.itUcio
appeji" to be one of v.-aitlnr until
fall or winter when the ;,now rum-i-and
tie feed bet-union a little more
scarce in ti e alfalfa fleldt), then an
MOl NTAINEEIt
IIAI NTS )F
. . IIE'I I liS . .TO
CIVIEIZATIOV
Sum K. VaiiVaclor, one-time n.iin
beced among the b-adiiig legal liglitf
of eastern riregeii. but who hus re
centiy rut'Ktl; en Hie musty tomes oi
Tllaekstoiin lot l.e free and uninim
nii led I!f(. ,,r 1,p iiiountaineer. me
flown from his mountain ranch Saturday-
to renew Ms tom-ti on the vn
l ci lli.iiilun iitnl- g..( a Khuve.
S.WU leeetilly binight nn H-ui'ir
tract In I lie tiiier lastiiess of iVjuw j
creek mid Marled In to Impiote it '
lngle handed and alone. He nw !
adiiiltR I l,,i t illgglnif po.. Imlef, '
Kwinpiii); a 16 pound Hedge nnd lim
Kinr 3ot)-pi,iind coilw of wire on his
back up a mountain aide with an up
ward dip f t-tter tlmn 4 5 degrees
Is really harder work Chan trying a
doubtful case before Judge I'helpn.
lim that an It niay, however, Mr
VanVwetiir p-t Saturday In town
allh hia feet on th mahogany table
In hla Ina-r offlea and he waa not
working ellher. II entered a plead
of guilty lo r -it lag and added aa an
eitenuatlng rlrcumirtaae that he re
ally and Iruly needed a taratlon from
hla racallon on tha moaaialn ranch.
MAHTIXH
HIT IX
rorxTY
HIIKIIMAN
Mr. and Mra. L. II. Martin drove
orer to Sherman county laat week to
look after their wheat crop and to
rlalt with hla brother who la operat
ing tha place They aluo made the
trip at thla lima party to meet Mr
Martin a nephew, William J. Martin,
ho recently raturned (root service
with tha United State army la Oer
many. '
Range is Damaged
organized campaign will be put on
covering the entire north end of the
county at practically the same time
the campaign is on in Umatilla coun
ty. The plan being to cooperate as
far as. the time is concerned in order
to make it absolutely unsafe for any
jack rabbit to show his head around
any feeding grounds or any of the
fields during the winter season.
At-this season of the year rabbits
are gradually drawing out of tfae des
ert country going down to the more
human section where irrigated or
other'-fvesh crops can be found and it
is hoped that good work can be done
along ttiia section later in the season.
Those who are suffering from these
rodents should remember that they
will bA taken care of at the proper
seasop- of t3ie year. In tho Hardman
sectltfti a great many people have suf
fered jiom the squirrels. These an-
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nualyake hundreds ai
onus i f biis;.i1s ol wlie
and even thous-
ient, barley and
other grains in that section and an
organized campaign will be put on by
the farm bureau in that district an
ether tipiing to do what may be done
towards inducing the menace lo
minimum. In some (".ninths thin has
in even highly iiencl icial, jus many as
2FU fii'.n'i-.cln having been found in
on-' iiquaro rod.
H Is hoped tliil tin; people of til
northern part ol ttiiliam count yaiay
be induced to toopi rate with nr.
an well as t lie faimora of " m.it ilia
county. As the rabbit travels very
fast and eciy farrier rororniz. s- that
the rabbit ten milt it away is ir ari;
a." much of a menace to Mm as 11.
one out iu tho field.
,. A. HINT, County Ar-ent
III. WANTED TO HE A I. ONE
lion. C. F. Woodtioli, who ris-iiitly
r. -tinned from .'in autioiioliile Dip
through wc.-fiorn Oregon and Wash
liitton, aaya ho discovered while i.n
the trip what tha composer had In
mind when hn wrote that old hunr,
"There Are MomentK When I'd leath
er He Alone."
Driving up no r tae i-ie :-t of i bill
one hot dny, Mr. Wr.mlson came rn,
ib nly on a Hale-d I'erd Ftundinr. In
the deep dust wi'h no kIiihIm within
reach lo temper the Im-ki of (he nin'H
lieree rayn. l! nea:h tl, car wan a
Iiiiiii hpiawled In the dust, his hands
mid face begiitiid with iiweat and
Kieiino and pulveiii.d hoil, while Cue
Hiiiioiinding almes-plieie wm him
with a wonderful abutment of care
fully aeliN-ted profanity.
Ileing of an f!Crommodnt!iig and
Ix-lpful dlKpOfitlon Mr. Woodaon
utiipped hla car Mi pped out ami nuk
ed the Ford owner If he could be or
any aaaiNtanre. "Ym," leplled the
man aa he checked the Indigo flow
when tie aaw there were ladle In the
other rar, and wlp'-d 'hla fare with
hla ale-a; "Yea, you can be of great
help (o ma If you will get back in
that car and drive on. I want neither
an-dntanre nor aympathy. I Juxt want
lo bo alone with thla d Ford "
Woodaon drova en.
MAKE TRIP ( Alt
Mr. and Mra. Wlr.leaworth
children, and Mr. and Mra. I.
and
II
Davla returned from Tendleton, Ore.,
Mondar afternoon, ty tha aulo route.
Tha partjr paaaed through Adama.
Athena, Weaton. Milton, Walla Walla
Dayton, Pomaroy nnd Lew U town and
report an aojoyabla trip. Oroflno
(Idaho) Republican.
SOLDIERS,
SAILORS
RINES .
AMD M.V-
All soldiers, sailors and marines
in Morrow county are requested to
meet in the Morrow county fair pa
vilion Sunday, September 7, (first
Sunday, in September 7, ( first
for taking part in the big parade to
be held on the first day of the fair.
All former service men wlio are
unable to be present on that date are
requested to send their names to the
undersigned, it being the desire of
the fair management and the people
of the county to mike the first day
of the fair a "Welcome Home" day
for the soldiers, sailors and marines.
E. S. LILJEBLAD,
Director of Parade.
FROM EASTER!) TRIP
INTER ESTI N'( ACCOI XT OK EAS'l'
ERN JOIRXEY
Met rresideot DeValero of Irish Re
public and Other Noted Irishmen
DoYiilero Great Orator
Rev. Father P. J. O'Uourke relum
ed last Thursday evening from a trip
to New York, Chicago and other
eastern cities and to a Herald re
porter Saturday -gave an interesting
account of his journey.
Father O'Rourke accompanied his
niece, Miss Peggy O'Rourke, to New
York to see her safely aboard an
ocean liaer on her way to her old
home at Harrow, Ireland, where she
went on an extended visit. The liner
on which Miss O'llouiKe had booked
passage in advance ras detained and
after waiting some time passage was
secured on the White Star liner, Ced-
rlc, which sailed July 20th.
The Eastern trip was made via San
Francisco and Chicago, the latter city
being reached just when President
DeValero, of the Irlnh Republic held
his great meeting in the cause of
Irish liberty. Father O'Rourke was
one of the 4U.0iii poi-aor.a who nean. v
DeValero speak tit tho Chicago base
ball park and Ihe says I he famous
Irishman willi the foreign name Is
one of tho greatest oiators he ovi r
heard. His voice has a woinleil'ul
carrying quality nnd those on Hi"
outermost iiU-is of the great throng
could hear evei y v. old distinctly.
Father O'Komlie w.ii. also u-;e:il
at the liaiiuuel given at the Coin -esi
hotel in 'ooiioi- el DeValeio at which
Mil) prominent IrislMO:i Itniii all
parts of the Fnlleil St a tea weie pres
ent. He also met personally l-'ianli
I. Walsh, ex-Covernor Dunn and
other men of prominence in the
cans?.
ConliniiiriL' t!-,'-!r Journey In New
York tin; O'Kourkes Mopped at tin
t'oniinodoi e hotel having rooms or
the 21M lioor. The hotel Is li iter-
, te high, 'iiui 2211 ioopih evety olu
with bath and employs nearly limn;
people. From th" roof of this runt
h'.llldll.s it Is said the hoinc.i of 8,
011.000 iieeple may lie rn n.
lleluieliig west l ather O'Uoui he
ratio- vri I'iltsliin : nod VotinrKlov. n
'ihlo, hluppitiir at the li.lti-r phi'-e to
visit Itev. I .i t lit r John ()'l!oin i,
Kenny, v. ho is a com. in of Mieaaa l
Kenny, if 11 ppm r.
II" irolt',1 Cliic.-r;'i diirliii; Hi'
race ilols aiel raw the rtrc-m filh ;l
with hulilii-r v.nli load'd rmi.'i and
duivn bayoni ip m,i lu.u hluc rum
plan'iil at the principal Mni-t nor:
I ii;: in the riot 1 1 1 r 1 1 ii Is.
Cinpri In the e e l gem-rally are
rood. Father O'Rourke aay, and
gKnei.il huslneia rouditioriH
pioi-peiioih. ('out of living at .".rn
Fiiiiu-Ihco ami eastern hotels Is no
hither thiin nt I'oitl.md, tin nuyn,
with vi-i y iiiinh heller M'rvlce and
rillKilie.
MOIIIIOW l MltNH IN
I.AM)
lt)RT.
Cecil, cm Willow rreek, In Morrow
county ,1 the plare from which J. J.
Mrntlte teglittered at fh Imperial.
Cecil hadn't hardly enoiiKh popula
tion lo count, but II haa ft graded
riol and la In the h'-ait of
In t rniing and livmlo'k country.
The old Emigrant load run through
the tow n. Oregonlan.
fth'-a creek, in Morrow county
which emptiea into Willow creek at
tha point wliera Jordan poil office
la located, waa named after one of
lh flrt M'ltlcta In Ihat aeetlon. A
grandma of (hla ttlr reglnlerad II
tha Imperial yaaterday. IU la Khaa
Luper, who bow rtalde at Ralem.
Oregonlaa.
DAYLIGHT SAID LAW
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
SO IT IS SAID MORROW COUNT!"
JUSTICE RULES
Iiaw Declared of no Effect and De
mnrrer in Farm Labor Contro
versy Sustained
Inasmuch as the present so-called
"Daylight Saving Law" is the cause
of considerable discussion both with
in and without the halls of congress
while receiving the "earnest consid
eration" of many American citizens
from President Wilson down to the
lowliest farmer and dairyman, fol
lowing ruling which is said to have
been rendered by a well known Mor
row county justice of the peace in
disposing of a wage controversy case
is not without Interest:
Plaintiff in his complaint al
leges that defendant employed him
(plaintiff) to work at farm labor;
that plaintif was able, willing and
ready ut all times during the period
of his employment to begin work at
the usual hour at which farm labor
ers are supposed to begin work ac
cording to the custom of the country,
following the "Daylight Paving"
time, as established by law; that the
defendant failed and refused to ariso
in time to begin work at such time,
giving us reasons therefor that it
interefored with the proper hours of
Bleep for hiB children and compelled
him to milk his cows at an hour un
favorable for obtaining the best re
sults, as his cows knows nothing of
tlhe "Daylight' giving Law;" that de
fendant desired that plaintiff work
an hour later in the evening to make
up for the hour lost iu tho morning;
that plaintiff refused to do so, and
when plaintiff and defendant at
tempted to make settlement, defend
ant refused to pay plaintiff for full
time and insisted upon "docking"
plaintifr one-eighth of his wages;
that defendant has no legal right to
"dock" plaintiff. This Is followed
by the usual prayer for relief.
Defendant demurs to L,it com-
palinl of plaintiff upon tho ground
Hint he is under no legal obligation
to follow tho "Daylight Ravinir"
time schedule.
Tho defendant by bin demurrer
having admitted tho fads, the Ue
ti.m is one of law. In paraing, the
Court vl: s to rriiuuk thai it is
i-.iri'ec a e.,iu.erotm tlihag to atlempl.
to chance the cder of Ih'ngH its es
tablished by natuie. It Is true, or lit
least we have a refold to that, effect
tint, as argued by counsel, on a cer
tain memorable occasion the isun
stood still until Joshua prevailed
over hhl inemie:i, hill In that in
Maiico tlie.ro i-ecim d lo hav been
an Intervention of a Power above
the human power. The present l
sii grows out of an act of Congress
In respotiMi lo the recommendation
of the President, It Is purely a hu
man act. It undertakes to tun count
er with the laws of Nulme. It cstaU-ll.-hcs
conditions which work a limd
hhip Uiion the m il engaged In I he bank-
liid.iMry an 1 loices ll.eiu to so'-i.-r
lo." ill a lime when t'ley call ill
uT nil lo lo: e. The sdv..ntnr,e lo the
-mpl'.y"! upon Hie (aim Is n a t ie .1
!y nil. At a lim" when tho world Is
CI yilll! for ft od, I bo prodlirem of
food rn- mulcted Tor Hie bem-fil (
the pc-si le who live III the ilti' ". me!
Ill the opinion "f lh" Couit, thoui
at vaih.lne v.it'.i Hi" vl'WM of tho
Pieilib-nt, that iidvaiita;;" In largely
notional, not i-. l. If consrem aid
(Continued on I'.ige night)
IIIG TIME AT KI.AMATII
FALLS
F. A. MrMetiHinln. exall
ec rub-r of Heppner cidg of
Elka, returned laM. evening
fimii the Elk'a convention at
Klamath Fall. Mac repot t
Ihat everybody had the lime
of hla lira at tho convention
and Heppner waa atrlctly on
t)ie tuap all lh" way through
Tho llfppner delegation
opened headcjiiartera at the
leading hotel and put on a
free Mm with conllnuoua
performance for ft 72-hour
run. No Heppner rara were
lol la tha big garaga fire
and ft number ot tha Hepp
ner delegation who drovo
over continued their trip
lntc California befora ra
t 'lining.
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