VOLUME 7
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 27th, 1920
No. 13
SHERIFF TIL TAYLOR
! ol KILLED BY OUTLAW
SENSATIONAL JAIL KKKAK AT
PEXDLETOX LAST SUNDAY
Xeil Hurt, Half-Breed Indian, Fires
Fatal Shot. Five Others
Escape.
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J Latest news from Pendleton .J.
at 1:30 p. m. is that a large .J.
J posse has two of the bandits J.
4- surrounded on Cabbage Hill, .J.
J several miles southeast of Pen- .j.
J dleton and that a pitched bat- .j.
J tie is in progress. J.
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a, Til. D. Taylor, sheriff of Umatilla
county for 18 years and by odds the
most famous peace officer in the
state, was shot and fatally wounded
by Xeil Hart, half breed Indian, 22
years old, last Sunday afternoon
when six inmates of the Umatilla
county jail made a sensational break
for liberty. Taylor died four hours
after the shooting. The prisoners
made their escape and up till 10:00
a. m. this forenoon but one, Albert
Lingren, alleged check raiser, had
been apprehended.
The six men who escaped are:
. Neil Hart, Indian, aged 22, held in
jail after a duel with Taylor and De
puty sheriff Marin in the hills near
Reith last week, and who faced
charges of grand larceny and attempt I
to kill; Jim Owens, Indian, aged 29
caught with Hart; Jack Rathle, 22
years old, held on robbery charge;
Albert Lingren, alleged check raiser;
Richard Patterson and Lewis Ander
son, held on a bad-check charge. All
of them were awaiting grand jury
action.
The break was made by the prison
ers about 2:00 p. m., when Deputy
Sheriff Jake Marin who entered the
jail to take the men their dinner, was
attacked and overpowered. During
the fight which ensued. Sheriff Tay
lor, who was in hU office talking to
Guy Wyrlck, a friend, heard the com
motion In the jail and at once started
In. As he entered the doorway.
Hart, who had possessed himself of
Marin's revolver, fired the fatal shot.
The ball look effect In the right
breast over the heart and ranged
downward. Taylor stepped back
ward to the wall were he crumpled
to the floor. The prisoners than do -
mnnded of Taylor to tell where other
guns and ammunition were kept and
when he refused were about to shoot
him again and also to "kill Wyrlck j League of Nations and a lot of other
l-nd Marin. Taylor then told theinjrot while the credit of this land of
where to find the guns and ammunt-! the 4th of July Is below par, millions
tion and after arming themselves
I hey ran from the building. ,
It happened that an east-bound ,
freight train was Just pulling through.
nd the outlaws caufrht that nnd rode j
Mission station, four miles from
endleton. where they left the train
and took to the hills.
The fix men had five guns, nil be- ;
Ins armed but Lingren. lie Minn l"ft
lobe others and vim ruptured Mon
i!:iv morn in u.
IVndVtnn was aroused n never
before and within n hour or so al
in'ii.t every ahlchodl'd man In the
city nnd surrounding country w
urn. 1. 1 ami In the lb Id afer Hi" fiiKi
tiyei H.irry Selhy. of Heppner. who
formerly r-ide,l nt Pendli n. hut
j,.-n-l I" V there a' the time tit"! he
was il.i.-'d In rhsrt nf b patty nm!
n' lo Pilot Itork " "al up l'""
wat'h tt:ct. It l believed the tin n
nnr!" fur lb" Indian r"MV,it Ion
wlere liny mli-lit find lr Iter tin",!
y ran ii,.iK" tti"ir way inm n
if tr,orrii:t!n.
Th" tn Iti'IUnv li nt r.nd ii-r.,
. r- ri.pt ;ml hy Sli-t . f f T. lor t'!
ti pry M-it n two "k h.i i.'t't
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nir, !i it - h;n.' T!k n
b.i 1 '-.-n tot.'.in In'!''"' ran, a i!
! "I li-r rtioiiii' '"n
r.ipii!fd ThT -nr.d.Td
iUn.r'n nn M ha'dly l
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Ti-Ir a wld-ly kn"n H ''
ih .'t nnd ffi.M'-"d n of
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Uyyf a lf nl on ra m
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The funral U bin h-U r-1'U'
ion ihl aM-moon A l'r numn-t
f Heppner pop!. P'twtiil frlnd
of Ih- d-t Official. '
Or', normal "-n-1 o-1""
HAXCHEIl SHEERS
MEXTAL LAPSE
W. E. Straight, well known Butter
creek rancher, who recently purch
ased the G. W. Swaggeart home on
Court street, suffered from a mental
lapse Thursday evening at his Butter
creek ranch and was brought to his
town home for attention. Friday
morning he was examined as to his
sanity and was committed to the
State Hospital at Pendleton, for
treatment.
Mr. Straight had been in poor
health for some time and for several
weeks had suffered from insomnia
which it is believed brought on his
unfortunate mental condition. I
Saturday morning Mr. Straight uul WK" ieasea wlln e emeriain
showed such marked improvement' ment aff01tled- The management is
that the commitment was recinded. ; the same that appeared inHeppner a
It is now said that he was thrown ! few weeks aB-
and dragged by a horse Thursdav
just before being striclten and it was 1920 nas come and gone. To say
not until Saturday noon that he re- t was a disappointment to thesub
membered the occurrene and spoke scribers and the general public does
of it to his family. He was on the1 nt half express it.
street Monday apparently all right. "The program, as a whole, was a
! cheap one. If the two or three really
CELEBRATE DOl'BLE Bl ISTHDAY meritorious stunts of the entire flve-
- day program had been given in. one
Mrs. Freeman Frye was hostess at sing,e evening's entertainment it
a small dinner party last Sunday at , would have bpen a pas5abe six-bits
which Mrs. Em.ilie Kelly was the j sll0w. The funny people were not
guest of honor, the occasion being her . f unny, the OI..Uors Cl1uid not orate
72nd birthday. The day was alsoMrs. j for si,ucks, the music was very ordl
Frye's birthday so that the occasion i nal.Vi Their "COrored" delineators
had double interest. Only relatives of ; of plantation songs and melodies
the two ladies and a few close per-: were cheap Chicago niggers vho sang
sonal friends were present. . the punkest kind of punk and they
Mrs.Kelly came toHeppner in 1877 WOuld not know a genuine plantation
and has resided here continuously
since that time.
Those present report a most enjoy
able afternoon and a splendid dinner
at the Frye home Sunday
W. W. STIEWER PASSES
Wlnlock W. Stiewer, former pro
minent resident of Fossil, but the
past ten years a resident of Portland,
died at his home in the latter city
last Sunday, aged 68 years.
Mr. Stiewer was a native of Marion
county but came to eastern Oregon
Immediately after graduating from,
Willamette university at the age or
19 years. , He became identified with
the stock business Inter engaging In
merchandising and bunking. Funeral
services were held Thursday the last
rites being observed at the Portland
crematorium.
Heppner Herald only (2.00 a year.
WOULD TAKE U. S. SENATE
TO PROPER "CLKAXIXti"
I
1 That Liberty bonds should be
: slumped on the market at 85 cents on
the dollar Is an outrage. What Is
the use to talk about grape Juice,
, of men made a sacrifice and bought
a bond for $50 or $100 on the faith
and credit of the greatest nation on
earth. Now they are being Fold for
8 5 rents on a dollar. It would have
ben better for the government to
have asked the people to have do
nated their $50 like they did thelted
Crons, rather than tell them that they
were buying a bond from the grealext
country on atth. It Is an outrage.
This povcrnmeni should nuke pro
vision to red" em these bonds r.l pari
value, ar.d probably would have done 1
so If rongie,; had not wasted thei
,.,,,t 1 f. .-!- I llUlttl' !.lwtnf f llf-f f U fllft '
of N.HU.ns, There Is no .,- .0 at -
l.'Mipt to make a fur':- Im out of
she League of N.rlons or na?" Juice.
The real thine that cmcet th
people of the United !-''nl" K.d. Is
ilie United S'alen SMiu'e That Is th
venter r'fif of democracy. Fir two
)e.ir they have done nothing. The)
have nt Idly by v.tille the riwlil '
the I'liil-d Sia'e has rhri'nk to .
nnii on n dollar. If Contri-i r.mi
conr'der i-Kitis i-M-ty sold!, r a hmv.:
of funr or fiv- bundled doll. r lh-f
r :i 1 i.'. o we lll.lt fie i'l I., in who
put tin hi ' II' ') n ! i
l.arlC l.it.elty 'l.!li "111. Il! I be Will
, p.l. Til"' U. S j"'t Mil" 14 ill l.llt
i,), n;i n I'l bian.e lo' i!.i. r.l jr
iiien.t" r of tho" body. d"iuo r.it n
r.;.iit.iiran alike, wl.o ot. ttu.t.d
' rial on dutiMt lb" war and i.V
',1" ;r hutd be effied nt tit
m'iiing election. There i no tl " to
talk about Coi or totn. Bryan or
srap Juke, a orkl"H k.lUtdllir
or ili O P for tinihlnr run r
will be don In ihii rountry until Un
vmi.4 .i Hrnate i-ii a ttiorouin
,inin And lht U th prmount
(Mue nd U elw b'let
'tilu- Ml F.el.
181 NOT PLEASED
WITH CHAUTAUQUA
NEWSPAPER DESCRIBES ENTER
TAINMENT AS "CHEAP"
Editor -Says -Combined -Meritorious
X umbers Would Make One
Fair Six-Hit Show
The West Coast Co. closed an en
gagement at lone last week and ac-
culu'" lo ule iouowing roasi in me
IndePenent the people of lone are
The summer Chautauqua for
, If iiipv hBrrt one nnr could
they sing it if they did. Altogether
it was a frost.
"But had the program been of the
very best talent the Chautauqua was
held at the wrong time Just at the
beginning of harvest when the ranch
ers were crowded with work. Almost
all the subscribers say they were led
to believe It would be held In June,
when an extensive program consist
ing of a baseball tournament and
other sports was planned to be held
in connection with the Chautauqua.
However, no one took the trouble to
see that the promised date was In
black and white, which gave the
Chautauqua company a ch-mce to slip
one over on them, which they were
not slow in doing; so it Is said.
"It Is unnecessary to state that
return of this aggregation was not
contracted for next season. Other
arrangements will doubtless be made
to furnish a higher grade of enter
tainment and at less cost for next
season."
New Item From Hermlston
Misses Edith Waddell and Mae
Rogers, of H'Tinlston. had a narrow
escape from serious Injury If not
death laslTuesday whlio driving from
Hertnlnton to Echo. At Stantleld
their horse became frightened at a
freight train and tan away. The
young ladies jumped Just In time to
save themselves as the buggy was
turned over and wrecked. Miss Wad
dell was formerly a resident of Hepp
ner. MUCH STOCK
ROLLING MAUKI TWAltD 1
f:. ..... I, u l..B,inL. ih It, . on
ner yards these days bound for mar-
kiti 3nmliiv ilie fottowlnif stui-'k men
shipped out:
M. J. Divln k Son 1 cur tattle;
i''"'"n ''"'"' ' 'rMl. ; Hob Thump'
ton 1 tar cuttle; pell Alston 1 ear
shii p; all onli:nid lo Portland.
Gene spr:', of Spriy, 11N0 shipped
11 ais of flie p to Omaha the same
morning.
1 n:r ( 111:111 i nt 1:1 11
Sinol i). Auguol lt. Itl'Jil
Our t'.lble school. Willi I'a er-llenl
nop nf lenrhei and ei,i.i :y,leiu
of tux 1 1 tie ion will 1. pi ti at t' n o'i 1 01 k
U l.i, Tl.' re i I.' If II I 11. '..!,! 1
for eeroiie, of n nte. Tin (.reach
init mm ic wiil I Ir Id i.t !.".'r
o'ri'.rk and i'.i" i!h-o, nf i'n. . ri n
.1 h "Vltioiin or iio'l". in
rnutl.on wrl'e Vol l,e l.lMtn tin
triiu'..
1 he n.nlllrf inrviii-K oil) bei ,n t
vi n o-' io k with the i iriiin En
li jor w-nloq. snd M.ni! wivoe end
prearbini will follow at seven o'rloik
Th evifling thetlie Will be "The
rrcilf of ItHlrion", l;eryne will
be lltro a tfri1il welcome tt all Ihe
public servlr'te 'J W tli When
th-y ld unto tne In u o up unto
the house of Ihe y.r4 "
W. O. l.lvlnrione. Minister
SMYTHE BROTHERS WAREHOUSE
ALSO DESTROYED
Property Was Covered by Insurance
and Owners Will Re-Build
Aext Year.
Last Wednesday night the elevator
at Shutler and one of the warehouses
owned by Smythe Bros, were com
pletely destroyed by fire. The other
Shutler Warehouse, belonging to the
Arlington Lumber Co was not dam
aged. The warehouse burned contained
very little grain, reports stating that
only 400 sacks wore there, it being
wheat left over from last year. No
information was received here as to
the amount of the loss or whether it
was covered by insurance.
The elevator was the property of
G. A. Hart of The Dalles and A. M.
Cannon of Portland. It was built
in 1917, and had a capacity of 1 30,-
000 bushels but had not been used.
Wednesday morning Mr. Hart was in
Condon closing a deal with Dan
Thomas to take charge of the eleva
tor at the time he was notified of the
fire.
The elevator company was incorp
orated for $30,000 about the cost of
the building, although it would have
cost much more to erect it at present
prices, insurance amounting to?20,
000 was carried.
With the big Insurance M m h t tt
wun uh Dig grain crop on suut ior
Flat th? loss of those two buildings
may work a hardship on some of the
shippers. It Is probable that a
large loading platform willbe erected
where the elevator stood, and grain
handled on It.
Mr. Hart is In Condon today and
stated that he would rebuild the el
evator.' bi?t not this year. Clobe
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M,r. and Mrs. S. W. Spencer re
turned from McDuffee Springs last
evening where Mrs. Spencer spent
olhe past ten days. Mr. Spencer and
Tom Brennan drove over Friday to
bring her home.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Clark came over
from Condon Sunday to visit their
daughter, Mrs. J. Farrls. Mr. and
Mis. Clark reside at "Central Point,
In the Rogue River valley where they
will return some time next month.
Reports from the hurkb'bi rry dis
tricts back In the mountains are thai
the huckleberry crop Is heavy thb,
year and muny parlies of huckleber
ry funs and fanesseg are getting their
mountain togs together ready for a
rush to the hills.
IUy M Ovlait reports having nM
the V.y. Clark ranch roniainini: IS I 2
! acres to Z-ek Bros. The plan- bus
1""" 'r' n nt ,ln"
wheat land, the
, biiliitlce
being pasture. The price
was $.'.. an aire for the (aim bird
and $12. SO for the oilier or l'.2.B..'i
fur (he tract.
Sam VanVaeiot, wlm tpeni Sunday
and Monday nt hi lanth on u;ip"i
Willow creek, t'-por'" that !!. bii' i(
i,eiiy crop wiM b.Mlly 'l.i in.t 'I by a
teirltii bull storm wti. Ii m.pl 1111
mountain a wek or i .oie a. 1
Mountaineer advl-d Mr V.it.Vei.ir
m !iu 1 the rrnp will not be ppe lii.l I
the middle of Atici t
lloli Cur "in r, Pal v. 1
F01 r 1 ti 1 111 ni d f 0 11 10 ,
101 inif w her e It,") , 1 : :
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roii.liinailon rh y i?i'' 1 sml uddin
ma'Mne whlih r-dui't Hie ihn.e
for errors a Well tutnlierl!e of
the liith fuel of book k-'p ni.-. I'
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rlntB(rnt f n,. Me-bo li-t
Chunh wilt l.e In II. Miner. Tbur
l4tf renlii. July 15 H d-rn
ATTEND SALEM
ELKS'
CONVENTION-
Gay Anderson, secretary of the
the Elks' lodge, and George McDuf
fee, sheriff of Morrow county, left
Tuesday evening for Salem where
they represented Heppner Elkdom
at the Elks' State convention,.
The heavy duty of the Heppner
delegates at Salem is understood to
have been to direct the attention of
all members of the tribe that Hepp
ner lodge No. 358 will dedicate their
new temple during the coming au
tumn and that there will be a real
time in Elkdom on that occasion.
SHIPS LAJHllS FROM HEPPN ER
G. M. Blakely was in town for a
short time last Tuesday, going from
here to Heppner, to see to the ship
ping of 2700 lambs to Chicago. These
lambs are from the Blakely ranch
near Monument.
Mr. Blakely says the eastern lamb
market is the only attractive end of
the sheep business, and that there is
every probability that prices there
will continue good, as well as a brisk
demand. 'Ho states that Smythe
Bros, sold an unusually fine lot of
lambs, averaging 8 4 pounds, at 17c
per pound. Globe-Times.
BID IX BKJ RANCH
Glen Beyer and Jos. J. Nys of
Heppner were here for a few days
last week. The Easly ranch near
B'ox was sold under sheriff's sale and
Mr. Dover 1 .0 It In. He will probably
become a rotddont of Grant County.
Blue Mounlan Eagle.
niieet all the members of the church
that evening at the Federated Church
for the purpose of closing up the
work of the conference year. Every
body cordially Invited to be present.
E. G. Haverstick, who bought the
old Jim Adkins place on Rhea creek,
was in town Monday. Mr. Haver
stick has started harvesting and re
ports his grain as being very good.
His ranch contains 2040 acres, 170
of which being susceptable of irriga
tion. Mrs. J. L. W'lklns and little
daughter Francis, were guests at the
W. H. Herren home several days last
week going to Arlington Friday to
visit her father Ell Maddock. Mr.
and Mtk. Wllklns recently disposed
of their Interests near Carson, Wash
ington, and he Is now looking lor an
other location In the hotel business.
Carl Yonnt, who represents the !
Houser Interests at lone In the wheat ;
buying business, was a business visit- made good money raising wheat and
or In Heppner Friday. Mr. Younl re- will take a layoff and look around a
ports that harvesting has romnienc-, bit before locating elsewhere,
ed In that section and the yield Is! o. Ilergslroni Is another oldtlmer
qulte satisfactory in the fields so far in the Elghlinlle country. He has
harvested. Mr. Yount estimates tbe 'a fine wheal farm and a splendid
county will produce more wheat this ; home.
year than it did In l!llfi which was I Oscar Klelhley's place was also
considered the banner year. visited and the owner was found busy
I get in it ready for harvest lil;e all his
J. W. Frltsch, proprietor of the j nelghliois. lie also lias a fine crop
El'strlciilllattery Service Station and! of wheal and Is 11I-0 welting a start
Hgent for the Wlllard battery, has In a new oat Ihiil he ms will makn
hud the front of I lie Calmiis building i 1 11 11 bushels 01 more I" r aire.
which h" occupies, pHillled In Oianrej
with white iiml black triiiuiiini.
Orimgn Is the rolor neil by Ho- Wil
laid llillt'iy people till over Ilie
counliy. Mr. Kiil'b lias 11I 0 had
lai:;e new sli'ii placed on the liont
of lh h'litllitlK
(ili 1111 Hoy r i' to ii' d f"'i'i a lni
to .1 it nt 1 1 1 1 1 y Sunday ooi.iii'
l' r- b" bid III Hi" l ly lali' li.
foimi-ily Hi" old l '. i.uhIi. whl'li
v. ai. sold on Iniul' I'1 pi'oei-i d.lws
lit'iii.-iit by Mr liny r and bl bin' In 1
(Jll lio.el. 'I he ,l.n I 1.I1I.1U1 ",'i.'o
a. !., much of w ho Ii lo ' " lb nt
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drot" to I'cinllei'ifi lbi laOirnriK
rou p.ih.ed by friend lo n't-ml Mn r
,ff Ta) i"i ' funeral.
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onl-f lu ItmnnnB o'bl nnitning lo
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lealslaiice hou'd the out-
to , Uw tiempi lo board Inln.
RICH WHEAT SECTION
(ilYE GOOD YIELD
WILL)
Kveryhody Busy (Jotting Ready to
Harvest (iolden Grain Worth
Much Money
A trip through the Rhea creek and
Eightnule country last Thursday
showed that crop conditions in that
part of tho county were good. At
almost every farm visited prepara
tions were being made for starting
the harvest and combines and head
ers were being overhauled and put in
first class condition.
Eightmilo farmers are generally
doing better farming every year and
the results show that it pays.
H.M. Olden, in the Rhea creek dis
trict, has a fine crop and will start
harvesting in a few days.
Theodore Anderson, has one of the
finest what farms in tho Eightmile
country as well as one of the best
improved homes. Mr. Anderson has
some 700 acres of lino wheat this
season that will make a splendid av
erage. Ho Is now building several
galvanized Iron wheat storage bins
and will discard the use of sacks
this year In handling his crop. The
elevator system will be used in un
loading and loading his wheat and
the grain will go to the big elevator
In wagon boxes, thus saving the cost
of sacks as well asmuch hard labor.
R. J. Alstott has one of the best
located ranches in that section. Tho
place contains something over 700
acres and besides having about halt
of that In wheat ho runs a band ot
over 300 sheep and considerable oth
er stock. Tho placo is well watered
with springs and enough water to
Irrigate garden and fruit runs tha
year around. Mr. Alstott Is now
cultivating his Hummer fallow ground
the firth time and It Is In fine condi
tion. The Alstott. home is one of the
most hospitable In the country and
anyone striking the farm close tn
meal time has no chance lo go away
hungry.
Walter Beckett Is a progressive
young farmer In the same section and
his crop la very promising. He will
not commence harvesting for another
weelt.
Howard Anderson was found get
ting his combine ready for business
and reported a fine crop. Mr. An
derson lias recently bought the hold
Inns of his two brothers, II. O. and
A. E. Anderson which gives lilm a
large acreage. Hen and Alfred have
liiigg llros., 011 Ulna creek wero
busy slai klni; b' lirill' i s bai b y bay
ami the crop X s with lookin; lit. A
small Held of riliai'd wheat on
lli'ir f. t in 11 1 wo : bowed what water
will do v. b'ti Jila"d on Mil low coun
ty dill.
I he witter inl'H' l Hi 1. trip through
the lOlllteiy ol I ir A Ii .M.Muido,
who. wiMi W. I' M.iIioih and Sam
I. Vail Vailoi. vim out lining uiiii"
ini-OniM ry wmk tor the 111 a lb .Hi' r
boll I. The I 11111 11 H'-e ,ro., lo b"
loud bmil'is and made u ton per
"III lllice-iv l.cinl bv ill'lilcllli;
yiiy loan Itn V In' I Oil the lllp l l
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sffalts lit Ilie Hi,
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home m Hou'b
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It' I . in r Sal'H'Uy
e. ninit The d mre irH'M In
honor of Mm v hrni, of llontiers
leiiy. mho ha turn vlaillnn the.
' Muhonef boine for wiuie lime 1 ben
were thirty tii uei .rent ani
rerjr cine m mr I'd bavmx bad a -tf
irnj'iabl efeoinc
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