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VOLUME 7
HEPPNER, OREGON Tuesday, September 21st, iqjo
No. 21
PLEA FOR PROGRESS
PORTLAND MEETINGS ATTENDED
BY RESPONSIVE THOUSANDS
I,ed Progressive Fight in Ohio In
1912 When Harding Led Forces
of Reaction.
Governor Cox visited Oregon last
week in his swing around the circle
resting all day Sunday and making
three set speeches on Monday to eri
ormous crowds.
The candidate spoke at Salem at
9:00 a. m. and at noon addressed
a crowd at the Portland auditorium
which filled that big structure to ca
pacity. At 3:30 he addressed more
than 3000 women in the same build
ing at a special meeting for women.
After paying a' tribute to the
splendid record ' made by Senator
George E. Chamberlain in the U. S.
senate, especially during the stress
ful days of war, and making a com
plimentary reference to the scenery,
climate and progressiveness of Ore
gon the speaker continued:
''I can sense a great progressive
spirit in this great state, bo that I be
lieve you and I have something in
common. I have fought the same
things you have fought. You told
us what was possible and when we
set out to attain them in Ohio there
came a very definite alignment of
forces, and I believe that you will
have some interest in my recalling
the circumstances of that alignment,
for the reason that the leadership in
that great fight on both sides in pre
cisely the leadership this year in the
nation.
Ohio lived under a constitution
that had been framed, Senator Cham
berlain, 100 years before. It was
made when stage coaches crossed the
soil of our commonwealth; it was
made when in all probability there
were not 100 brick buildings in our
Btate; is was made when there were
not, perhaps, a dozen industrial
plants employing 100 or 200 people;
It was made when Ohio was a forest
state, an agrarian state; none of the
industrial problems that are now was
experienced In those times. Our
people demanded laws " that would
provide for modern conditions.
In some Instances 'the legislature
passed them, but the supreme court
and properly so held them to be
constitutionally unafflrmed because
the old constitution did not give the
legislature the right to make the laws
that the needs of modern civilization
called for. We tried for years to pro
cure a constitutional convention, but
we were unsuccessful until 1912, and
then we submitted a new constitu
tion. I want you to know something ol
our experiences prior to the adoption
of our new constitution. There was
more unrest In Ohio prior to V)i
than there Is In any part of America
today, and that unrest consisted of I
the fact that government could not
be responsive to the needs of humani
ty. In that itreat light the differ
ence between reaction and progrcs
was very clearly and plainly market.
The reactionary wok the material
istic view; he was disposed to be sat
isfied with the eilstlng status nu.
because he had a little the best of It
That Is why he wanted It maintained
But the progressive la our state re
counted If government were to hold
the confidences of our people that It
must show Itself responsive to the
needs of humanity, and that human
ity was a thing made of the flh and
the blood, of the spirit yea. more
that that of toe soil,
That Is the difference between tb
progressive and the reactionary In
government. That Is why our gov
ernment In Ohio was made a hutnanl.
tartan government; that Is why we
took the fabric of sovernment If you
please, and spun Into It a few golden
threads of humanity In our state, and
Colonel noosetett a great American
he selected our constitutional con-..-.inn
to make his spb fr the
nr.t time In behalf of the recall of
t,,. drill decision.
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H wss mr prtviteg o
tight for prors. and It was a long
hard firht. Opposed to m wa my
present opponent. We had to fight
ration at v-ry turn, and the fight
, , bitter thai. IB the language
f rll Jrk.n. at many turns la the
for.
,A mm uf Iti" Wf l-w t '
..vrt s'd whenever
we did. I
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MORROW COUNTY
WHEAT OP NOTCH
County Agent Hunt informs the
Herald that Morrow county stands
at the head of all Oregon counties
in the production of clean Bluestem
seed wheat according to a report just
received from, Prof. Hyslop who re
cently examined wheat crops' and
certified certain fields as being de
sirable for seed in all parts of the
wheat sections of Oregon.
A field of Bluestem on Christoph
Brown's ranch in this county, is cer
tified as being practically 100 percent
pure the actual percentage of) mix
ture being but one head in each 1000
heads which was shown by actual
tests all over the field.
CHTjCAGO MARKET ACTIVE
'
John J. Kelly well ' known sheep
man ot Rock creek, returned
Tuesday from Chicago where
he recently shipped 2600 mutton
sheep from the summer range in
Montana. Mr. Kelly found a pretty
good market in the big windy city
and received about the"best price of
the season for a similar grade of
sheep.
!
WOULD BE A CALAMITY
NOT TO ENTER LEAGUE
,
That it would be a calamity for !
the United States not to enter the
League of Nations was the statement
made here recently by Dr. R. D. Het-
zel, president of the New Hamshire
State College. -
'The League of Nations is the only
practical solution for the future set-
tlement of international disputes. I ,
cannot see how we are going to set
tle International arguments unless we
enter the league. We have made
splendid progress, and it would prove
a calamity not to enter. We must
agree on something. The League of
Nations is the big issue. It over
shadows all others. It is the para
mount issue."
SHIP CATTLE TO PORTLAND
W. E. Straight and H. E. Instone,
cattlemen of the Lena country, ship
ped three cars of beef to the Port
land market Wednesday. The cattle
market was reported quite active at
the Portland yards last week.
PATRON-TEACHERS HOLD
INTERESTING MEE11NO
An interestlnr; m ?ei!ng of the Pa
r"i I " etcher a;'snlalli..i was held In
the Fchtiil auditorium las: Tuesday
aflcrn t,r. with Mrs. C. H. Woutls m.
president of the association, prtsld.
Ing.
A splendid musical program was
rendered by Misses Mary Clark and
Gladys Lane which was much enjoy
ed and heartily encored.
Superintendent Howard M. James
gave an address in which heou'tllned
the plan of work for the coming year
and pointed out how best the
community can co-operate with the
school. He also reviewed the work
recently accomplished by the Parent-
Teachert Association particularly
complimenting the organization on
the efficient manner in which the
question of housing the teacher has
been handled. Every teacher, he
said, upon arrival In Heppner. was
taken; In charge by a committee of
the organization and directed to some
one among many of the best homes
In the city where excellent accomo
dations were founds This, he said.
will conduce to much better work
by the teachers than can be expected
when they compelled to hunt for a
place to lire often under moat un
favorable condition.
During the business, meeting Mrs
Frank Turner, vice-president, was
called to the chair and presided In a
thoroughly efficient manner.
It developed during tbe mating
that on account of the srarrity of
labor the past summer the Improve
ment work on the play grounds had
not been emplted but It Is under
stood slnre that arrangements have
ben made to have the tennis court
put In shape for use at once.
The association has arranged to
re a lyeum
course during the
coming winter fr the benefit of the
chool and community.
The association la doubtl doing
splendid work and with the riperl
nre of tt.e pt year and better or
ranliatlon and Increased membership
there It no r'cmhl but It W it! filler
s'.'.l m'v'.'T r1. durlr.g the tnmlrr
TIL TAYLOR'S SLAYER
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SENTENCE PRONOUNCED
JUDGE LAST WEDNESDAY
BY
Neil Hart, Who Killed Sheriff, Con
fessed Crime, Shows No Emotion
In Court
I.
t Death by hanging on November 5
was the penalty imposed on Bancroft,
alias Neil Hart, slayer of Til Taylor,
last Wednesday by Circuit, Judge G.
W. Phelps. The clock in the Court
i house tower struck three as sentence
j was being pronounced and a large
audience in the court room received
the sentence in silence. Hart showed
no visible signg of agitation;as the
extreme penalty of the law was pro
nounced for him.
Preceding the sentence Dr. W. D.
McNary, superitendent of the East
ern (egon State Hospital, testified
that Harf is sane, R. W. Fletcher,
foreman of-the grand jury explained
that in the grand jury hearing Hart
had been fully informed of his right
and of the fact he could have a trial
by jury if he wished it and Guy Wy-
rick told of the details of the, killing
of Tavlor.
At 2 o'clock, the defendant, garbed
in his jall attlre ot blue ghirt an( blue
overalls was brought into" the court
room. District Attorney R. I. Keater
pregented the evidence in the case
against Hart, using the greater part
of an hour Following the hearing
of te8timonyi the judge asked Hart
if he was ready to hear sentence pro-
nounced.
As unemotional as in his other ap
pearances in court, Hart took the
whole affair. He kept a solemn mien
and his eyes seldom glanced about.
The throng In the court room meant
little or nothing to' him.
The man. who Bhot Sheriff Taylor
In a jail break, Sunday, July 25. has
never once showed signs of weaken
ing. When arraigned and when
brought to plead he was as calm as
thought being told a story. The pro
spect of the gallows never once seem
ed to bother him.
Judge Phelps, before whom Hart
appeared, had never sentenced a man
to the death penalty. Shortly after
he came to the bench In this circuit
the capital punishment law was eras
ed from the books and the several
murderers whom he has sentenced
have been given life terms. The pos
sible distinction of being the first
Jurist to pronounce the death penal
ty in Oregon, following the restora
tion of capital punishment was not
at all cherished by him, he said.
While Hart was hearing the evi
dence against him and listening to
sentence, his mates In the jail break
were busy at their various pastimes
In the jail. Irving Stoop, one of the
five charged with first degree murder
was taken to the restaurant where
meals for the prisoners are obtained,
In charge of Deputy Sheriff J. Mrln.
There are several other prisoners In
Jail, but the man charged with mur.
der was taken out for the first time.
Albln Llnrtgren usually carries the
lunch basket.
COSIliV
II I. A 7. F.
ON JONES ItANCII
The Jeff Jonea ranch, on Rhea
creek, which Is rented and occupied
by Hen Buschke, sr., was the scene
of a destructive fire Tuesday after
noon the blsie atartlng In the black
smith shop. A big machinery shed,
a two-story granary of 3000 bushels
capacity and about 0,tons of hT
were also destroyed. Mr. Buschke
also lost a quantity of seed wheat
hlrh he had Jut bought and placed
In the granary. By a scratch severnl
tacks of wheat near the bayntaok'
escaped. Mr. Jon estimates it.e
lost at about 15.000. of which the
greater jart was his on. Mr. Jones
crop on lleppner flat was strtnk by
a avere hailstorm l ist before harvest
started the damage being en nutted
t another ISO'iO. Tie-e m s no in
iranre on the pr:t "v d -iryed
Dr and Mrs It
daughter, Eutaha,
Portland and pf 'f
'wo the'" th'v '
tjleni Where
ij.ittte The
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I PAYS FINE
FOR
LEA VI NG CA M PIT RE
Breaking camp and leaving his
camp lire buririg on the Washington
National Forest, September 2nd, cost
llalph Scott, of Sauk, Washington, a
$30.00 fine and $2.00 costs in Justice
Hrendal's court at Lyman, Washing
ton. September 7.
Mr. Scott had been camped at the
mouth of Downey creek, on the Sui
attle trail. An hour or so after he
left, Forest Guard West found his
neglected camp fire, which was
spreading toward the timber. He
put out the fire and notified District
Ranger Dick Sullivan, at Darrington,
of the circumstances. Ranger Sulli
van apprehended Scott at Sauk, and
finding no Justice of the Peace .in
Concrete or Hamilton, took his prison
er to Justice J. P. Brendal, at Lyman,
Washington, where Mr. Scott plead
guilt to leaving a fire unextingu
ished and a camp site in a filthy con
dition. Justice Brendal gave Mr.
Scott a good talk onf fire prevention
and imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
In reporting the case to Fores Su
pervisor 0. H. Park at Bellinghnm,
Ranger Sullivan says he doesn't be
lieve Mr. Scott will ever leave an.
other fire or camp site in that con
dition. "HeVas very nice and thank
ed me for the way we handled the
case."
PAID FOR HIS PAPER
AND THE COSTS
(Huntington, Pa., News)
The court of common pleas of Law
rence county recently decided a small
case involving $5.40 in the interest
of a newspaper published in that
county. It appears from the evidence
that a carrier delivered a paper for
a year and several months to one H.
Seiber, who refused to pay for it be
cause he- hadn't ordered it. Seiber
accepted the paper and the family
read it. The court in Instructing the
jury said among other things tha-
$eiber is not refusing the paper was
party to an Implied contract to pay
for what he got on the same theory
tbnt If a merchant delivers groceries
to the wrong house an the person
who got the groceries and used them.
was liable, or a man called to a day's
work In a garden and gets In the
wrong lot and works a day with the
knowledge of the owner of the lot,
the man who received the benefit of
that man's work was under obliga
tions to pay for the labor, or the man
who cleans another's pavement while
the owner looks on without ordering
the workman to stop, there is an Im
plied contract to pay for that man's
service. The same principle of law
holds good, said the Judge, when you
receive a paper throuh the malls. In
accepting the paper there Is an Im
plied contract to pay for It.
The decision by the court In dlr
ectlng a verdict against the man who
read the paper In favor of the pub
Usher Is not new. as the question has
been derided by many of the lower
courts and upheld by appellate courts
of nearly every state In the union.
HTAK THEATRE WED. NIGHT
Heppner thnatre-goeys have
treat In store tomorrow night when
the Lyons family will put on otn
of their unsurpassed entertainments
A feature of the evenlt.g will he
reproductions of world famous mar
ble statues featuring Hatty Nndlne
youngest artist model on earth.
Lyons, tbe King of M.mlr. The
rreatest Spectacle In legerdemain"
ever brought Into eastern Oregon
The Lyon sisters. Oypsle and Mae
In refined song and rtanro nets.
At I bet Htr. Wednesday night
New thestre, new seenery, new vnu
devlllo attractions, new thrills f
every spectator. Popular prlres.
The Lyons family at the filar
'Vei'nesday nlrht. Ilirest sho
ever brought to Heppner.
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HARDMAV STOt KM AN
HERE ON BUSINESS
Wm. Hill, who has charge of some
900 head of cattle belonging to mem.
bers of the Hardman Stockman's
association, was in town, last Friday
on business.
Mr. Hill looks after his bovine
charges during the summer months
on a portion of the Forest reserve
back of Parkers Mill, his territory
comprising 26 sections.
The cattle are doing well since the
recenU rains, Mr. Hill says but dur-
ng the spring and early summer the
feed was poor. However now that
the fresh grass has started the stock
are taking on fat and will be in fine
shape to go into the winter.
Mr. Hill owns a good stock ranch
adjoining the reserve that he has re
cently acquired and he expects to
engage in the stock business, either
sheep or cattle, next spring.
The portion of the reserve occupied
by Mr. Hill and the Hardman cattle
is under the supervision of C. L.
Keithley, of this plac'e, who has been
connected with the Forest Service for
many years, and Mr., Hill expressed
his regret that Mr. Koithley is about
to be transferred to anoher part of
the state which, he says will be a
distinct loss to the stockmen occu
pying the Parkers Mill territory as
they all know that they always, get a
square deal from Keithley.
MORROW COUNTY HAS
NATURAL GAS WELL
F. R. Brown, who is secretary of
the John Day Irrigation District, has
been busy lately circulating a pet II Ion
for the inclusion of some 30,000
acres of additional land that Engin
eer John H. Lewis' report shows may
come under the latest survey of the
project, reports to the Herald that
a natural gas well has been discover
ed on the A. M. Zlnk ranch a few
miles north of lone.
Mr. Brown was In thatj locality
last Friday and happened to strike
the Zink ranch just In time to see
the match struck thatllghted the first
flow of natural gas that would burn
from, the pipe without artificial ac
cumulation.
Mr. Zlnk drilled a water well on
his ranch about a year ago to the
depth of 300 feet. There were some
Indications ofgas at that time but at
the 900-foot level a strata of rock
was found so hard that two day's
drilling made only one Inch In depth
Because of the excessive cost of go
ing deeper and also because ho had
already struck an abundant supply
of waler, Mr. Zlnkdrew the tools and
quit.
There seemed to be a constant
"blow" from the well, however, i.ii M-
ly outside the rasing, and recently
Mr. Zlnk decided to muko further
Investigations.
He rluirt'd away tbe will frorma-
round the ruHlng. set a smaller pipe
down Into the gravel and Ibeni put
down a layer of cement, which con
centrated the rather mysterious flow
Into the small pipe. .
The result was that the outflow of
gas was so strong that It could be
heard to a considerable distance and
when a match was applied, a flame
shot Into the air to a distance of sev
eral feet.
fins- has been found In northern
Morrow county at different places In
the past but this Is said tobe the
first instance In which a sufficient
flow hi" been discovered to burn
freelyi from the pipe.
I I.KASANT MM1AI, AFFAIR
AT MAHONEY HOME
Ilcppt.ers mrlal season was tirher
eit In last KriiUy afternoon at the
W. P. Mah.mey home on Centre street
hen Mrs. Vabuney, assisted by Mil
Icnits Thomson and Mts. tiny M
ti'lcison. mtertalned a tout fifty
':nlea at r '.lire.
Eleven ladles were orciipiw .Jur
i.. the rifle, i,.,,n and the uni.-.i ete
pui'ed nn-1 much enjoyed.
Mrs W r1 Iru)ii captureillhi firM
i 'n. Mn Kate Va'igh was; anr,.t
hi-', ml plte and Mrs. I.. I. Ml-
, in as m i tit of the runs., 1st Ion
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" I iilineirig gatms m
r '.mi e'S Wf rfy
lli; 1 ItK TO NIGHT
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CREEK FARMERS WILL
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COMMITTER APPOINTED
SATURDAY'S MEETING
AT
Conservation of Flood Waters
Deemed Necessary to Insure . Mois
ture for All.
Responding to a call issued soma '
time ago by Matt T. Hughes, chair
man of the Irrigation committee ot
Morrow County Farm Bureau, re
presentative citizens and land-owners
from all sections of the Wil
low creek, Rhea creek and Hintoti
creek valleys, met at Odd Fellows
hall last Saturday afternoon to con
sider the proposition of conserving
the flood waters of the stream nam
ed by the contruction of storage re
servoirs with a view to conserving
the Hood waters and holding them
In check for use on the lands be
low at, times in the season when tho
natural flow fails to meet the pres
ent requirements.
County agent Hunt, who has put
in considerable timo and energy
working out tho first stops In tho
project in the way of making pre
liminary surveys, taking measure
ments and in a general way gather
ing data necessary to launch the
scheme, called the meeting to order
and briefly outlined the generul
plan for organizing an Irrigation
iistrict and threw the mooting open
for a general discussion.
Soma land-owners present advo
cated tho plan of raising necessav,
funds for a preliminary survey and
estimate of the cost by popular sub
scription that plan being suggested
by A. Henriksen of Cecil. Discus
sion of this plan as agaiiiBt the plan
suggested by Mr. Hunt was full and
Tree and the matter was finally de
cided by vote on a motion made by
Guy Buyer that the meeting proceed
to take first steps towards organi
zing an irrigation district. Th
motion carried by a vote of 9 to 5.
The following committee was
nominated and elected to take tho
necessar steps to organize a district:
A. Henrikson, Cecil; Guy Boyer, Hin
ton creek; Frod Lucas, Lexington;
Ed. Itugg, Rhea creek, Matt T.
Hughes, Heppner.
Following the mooting, which ad
journed after tho organization
committee was appointed, that com
mlttoo held a meeting and arranged
to huvo F A McMenamln look after
tho legal phase of the question and
County Agent Hunt to attend to tho
other tieressary procedure
The plan In this project Is to con
struct Htoriign reservoirs on the up
per reaches of the three creeks
named to hold In cheek tho floou
waters which rtmli down ami Into
the Columbia during tho winter and
spring months. According to data
already gathered by Mr. Hunt tho
plan will Involvo an expenditure ot
around $15.00 an acre on nil the
creek land within the district und
will insure plenty of water through
out the Hummer fur all lands now
holding water rights as well us on it
considerable acreage which has nev
er been put under irrigation. lit
Home section of th district It s esti
mated the plan will Increase th'i
present productivity 60 percent.
Miss lleatrlci llnverson, of Huleni
who turn been visiting her sister,
Mrs, M. W. Hummer fur sumo lim,
left for her home Kunday morning.
Mrs. Hummer acronipmiieil her and
lll spend so inn time visiting Kdhni
friends.
IRRKrt PARTY (. A I Till MFIt
Mrs. and Mrs. t. P.. Glasgow and
daughter. If. W. Gtlm and Mrs.
Blanch Wa'klns and mm Dale, (u
sed through Heppner Tuesday after
noon tin their way to the mountains
where they ripect In spend a eoupln
of weeks hunting deer. Mr. Glasgow
reported to the Hi laid office In pas
sing that everything Is lovely In tlo
Irrigon district which Is nut much In
the way of ''news" to peupln
know whit It.iy ia.1 prudtne. over
that way.
PATIlOVTEAt III ItH
Will. Ilollt lilt I lllo
A reception to l,e li arh' r of lh
Heppner public srhie-.ls w,,l l,n lend
eied by the Patron Teaeheia assnria
tlof at the W, build i t. ml R 0l
O'll'Kk p. III. Wednenlay, pt. mber
21th.
A cordial Intltailon Is h'i c.-d to)
t,e putfnn t.f tti Iiihi1s snd the
public generally .i l. r. n me-l
he few i ethers and Inn :n a tmie.
Hint to time !.-! ufillo ih
ri fi.tsl c iititTi-iii,c t ti I i" hi n In'i-f.
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