IF YOU WANT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS, READ THE HERALD. WE PRINT IT FIRST.
VOLUME VIII
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOV. 8, 1921
NUMBER 28
a,
o
10
L 50c ACRE TAX
JOHX PAY CASE () TCIAL BE
FOHE JUDGE FHELPS
Fraud nlnd Mis-Management Alleged
hi Organization and Conduct
Of District
4
Under a ruling made by J
.s. Judge Phelps this afternoon 4.
. A. W. Wheelhouse and C. A. 4
J. Minor, were declared legally J
4. elected directors of the district
J- and organization of new board
.s. which met today, was recogniz-
ed as legal. The directors of...J.
the district now are: C. A. Min-
J. or, A. W. Wheelhouse and M.
4. D. Clark. At its initial meet- ?
J. ing the new board appointed C.
L. Sweek, secretary for the dis
.s. trict and Sam E. Van Vac-
J. tor, attorney, vice F. R. Brown
J and F. A. McMenamin remov
4. ed. The board also passed a
J, resolution dispensing the ser-
vices of Judge Fenn as attor
J. ney for the district to repre
j. sent the district in present liti
4 gation and also expressed
4 themselves as being in sym
pathy with the tax payers of
4. the district in the present liti-4-
gation.
4. 4. 4. 4. 4. .J. 4. 4. 4- 4. 4. 4. .J.
4-
4-
One of the numerous cases at issue
In the John Day Irrigation district
matter is on trial here yesterday and I $1,S00 per annum, with an addition
today in the district court before j ai $30 per mile per annum for each
Judge Phelps. The trial will prob-; mile or major fraction thereof in ac-
ably last all week.
The case is an issue in equity in
which the plaintiffs are the N. P.
Railway Co., Dan P. Smyth, A. K.
Smyth, James Carty, John Kilkenny,
Jack Hynd, A. Henricksen and Hen-
ry Gorger, the defendants named in 1
the case being the John Day Irriga- :
tion district, M. D. Clark, C. C
M D Clark C C !
Clark, Edward Reitman, F. A. Mc
Menamin, 'F. R. Brown, 'Lewis &
Clark, John H. Lewis, George Clark
and Morrow, Gilliam and Umatilla
counties.
The complaint alleges fraud in the
organization and management of !
the district and seeks to set aside
the 50 cent tax levy made last year
agalnst all the lands within the dis-
trict, the allegation being made that
before the district was organized the
representation was made to property
owners mat tne entire cost would
not be to exceed some 10
acre.
cents an
Attorneys appearing for the plain
tiffs are: Woodson & Sweek, of Hepp
ner, Mr. DePonte, of Tacoma, Car
ter 4 Smyth, of Pendleton, and Mc
Menamin & Fritz, of Heppner, and C.
H. Fenn, of La Grande, are represen
ting the defendants. Mr. Berry, of
Portland, appears for John H. Lew
is. The testimony of James Carty
John Kilkenny, Jack Hynd and E. A.
roe, an property owners in the dist
rict was taken yesterday. F. R
Brown, secretary of the district
was then called and given a lengthy
examination regarding the records of
his office. F. A. McMenamin, attor
ney for the district, and one of the
defendants, was called to the stand,
Armistice
Armistice Night
at
Fair Pavilion
Good Music and Singing
During Dances
Admission $1.10
INTEREST IN OH. GKOWS AROUND
WELLS SPKINGS
A revival of interest in oil and
gas is being expressed iu the Wells
Spring section lately according to re
ports brought iu yesterday by J. II.
Imus, a, resident of that district.
Natural gas was struck in a water
well on the Zink place a couple, of
years a,o and it has also been dt 11 -onstrated
that artesian water exists
there and, according to Mr. Imus, ge
ologists who have examined the
country recently for indications of oil
and gas claim that the same forma
tion runs through Morrow county a?
is found in California and Montana
oil fields,
Mr. Imus was in Walla Walla a
few days ago and while there reports
came iu from Attaha, on the Colum
bia, near Wallula, where a test well
is being sunk, that the drill had
dropped through a hard rock forma
tion into a strata cf chocolate sand
which is said to overlay all western
oil bearing sands.
Mr. Imus hopes to see some active
measures taken in the near future to
test out this section of the county for
hidden petroleum wealth.
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
ination for the County of Morrow,
Oregon, to be held at Boardman, on
December 9, 1921, to fill the posi
tion of rural carrier at Boardman
and vacancies that may later occur
on rural routes from other post of
fices in the above named county. The
salary of a rural carrier on a stand
ard daily wagon route of 24 miles is
cess of 24 miles. The salary on mo
tor routes ranges from $2,400 to
$2,600 per annum, according to
length. Separate examinations for
motor routes ana wagon routes are
no longer hi-Id. Appointments to
, ... ;.: V.. lxwIq finni Hi P
"ol" pus"'"
register. The examination will
De rien omy lu fiua
tually domiciled in the territory 01
! a post office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set
forth in form 1977. Both men and
women, if qualitied, may enter this
examination, but appointing officers
have the lecal right to specify the
gex desired in requesting the certifi-
cation ot eligibles. Women will not
be con8idered for rurai carrier ap-
pointment unies3 they are the widows
o( y g Boldiers Bailors or marines,
or the wivea of v s 80idlers, sailors
or marines who are physically dis-
qualified for examination by reason
of injuries received In the line of
military duty. Form No. 1977 and
application blanks may be obtained
from the offices mentioned above or
from the United States Civil Service
Commission at Washington, D. C.
Applications should.be forwarded to
the Commission at Washington, D. C.
at the earliest possible date.
Five cars or fat stock went out
from the local yards Sunday morn
ing billed to the Portland markets.
John. Kilkenny sent out two cars of
sheep and Tom Matlock and F. D.
Cox sent out 3 cars of cattle. The
stock going out frou here is in fine
condition.
his examination not having been com
pleted when court adjourned for
noon today.
Ball
FOREST SERVICE MEM
HEPPNEIM'KIAH ROAD VIA. AR
BUCKLE OPEN FOR AUTOS
Other Road Work in Forest Planned
For the Coming'
Season
It is now possible for autos to pass
between Heppner and Ukiah by way
of Arbuckle mountain and Ellis Ran
ger station. This route is only
about forty-seven miles in, extent.
The road has been made passable by
the work of Ranger Woods and
Guard Casteel. Two bad crossings,
one at Turpentine creek and one at
Spruce Springs, have been bridged
and it is estimated that 500 stumps
have been blasted from the road
bed. That part of the route between
Ukiah and Ellis Ranger station is en
tirely free from stumps but a num
ber remain west of Ellis on the Hepp
ner road. Several cars have been
over the road this fall. It is hoped
Toy next fall to connect this road with
the Heppner-Ritter road.
Ranger Woods recently located
and partly blazed the route for a
road leading southward from Ellis
Ranger station directly to the Mat
lock creek and lower Potamus. It
is expected that actual construction
will begin on this road in the spring.
Its chief value will be in the admin
istration of the forest and affording
a route fo rmen and supplies In case
of fire in the southern part of the
district.
A new ranger for the Gurdane dis
trict arrived October 29 at the home
of Ranger and Mrs. Woods at Gur
dane. The new arrival weighed
nine pounds and is a prospective fcr-
1 ester
W. S. Casteel, forest guard, pack
ed up and threw the "diamond" Nov
ember 1st for the last time this sea
son. He and Mrs. Casteel, who ac
companied him throughout the sea
son, expressed regret that the .field
Many Interesting News Notes
From Heppner High School
Edited by Anita Turner
McDuffee
and Paul
The football team has two more
games to play. One of these is with
Lexington team is coming up here to
dleton here November 19. This pro
mises to be the fastest game of the
season. The boys are practicing
hard in order to be in good condition
and come out victor.
Ellis Irwin's grammar school team
won from the Lexington grammar
school to the tune of 40 to 18. The
Lexington tea Is coming up here to
play sometime within the next two
weeks,
The freshmen received their pen
ant and have placed it in its respec
tive place in the assembly. The
freshmen seemed a little bashful
when the pennant was shown in the
assembly Monday morning. The col
ors of the penant are brown, red
and green.
The second hour class of fresh
men English won the debate from
the third-hour class, who had the af
firmative. The teams were as fol
lows: Second-hour class
RuHK-iyear,
MOTOR VEHICLES IV
( OUNTY
MORROW
Application blanks for 1322 licen-
' ses have been mailed by the Secre-
tary of State to all motor vehicle ow
: ners in Oregon, so as to permit them
I to apply for and receive such licen
ces before January 1, 1922. Motor
! vehicle owners will avoid much
I trouble, annoyance and unnecessary
i delay by promptly applying for their
I 1922 licenses upon receipt of the ap
; plication blanks. Deferring applying
j for licenses until about the first of
j the year only congest the work of the
Secretary of State's office and may
1 result In the arrest of car ownorB by
j the traffic officers for failure to
1 have the 1922 license on their cars
after January first next.. License
plates for next year will have a yel
low background and, black figures
and letters.
"Up to th present time daring
j-yjSjthe year 1921 there tar ben reg-
E
Bl GROWERS' ASSQG'N
NORTHWEST CROP (JETS PRICE
A ROVE CURRENT MARKET
Approximately 5,000,000 Bushels
' Are Disposed of Through
(rowers Exchnngo
SPOKANE, Wn., Approximately
5,000,000 bushels of Pacific north
west wheat of the 1921 crop has been
sold at a price well above the quota
tions, through the Northwest Wheat
Growers exchange, according to sta
tements made a few days ago by
George C. Jewett, general manager of
the exchange.
"Conditions are improving rapidly
through the northwest and prospects
look brighter every day," said Mr.
Jewett. "Wheat shipments from the
farmers to the growers warehouses
are heavy at the present time.
"We have sold about 5,000,00
bushels of the 1921 wheat crop of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon
tana. Every bushel of this wheat was
sold well over the market price of
wheat at the time of sale, or at the
present time. Most of the sales were
on very large contracts, many of
them to the orient."
Mr. Jewett stated that In Oregon
100 farmers a week are joining the
ranks of the Oregon Wheat Growers'
association, which Is a part of the
northwest exchange.
season must close. This was Mr..
Casteel's first season with the forest
service and although he had spent
many summers in the mountains and
had frequently seen smoke from for
est fires, he says that he had not, re
alized till this summer that- the ap
pearance of smoke set some lookout
to' calculating location, then a
prompt telephone call and almost ini
ediately a man with a pack outfit
wfs riding. That big smoke, or a
sr;)ke of a certain color was the sig
nal that set in motion more men with
pack strings, wagons or autoobiies,
acording to the route.
Wright, Harold Case and Dorothy
Hill; third-hour class, Doris Logan,
Ellenor Peck and Luola Benge.
Saturday evening, November 5th,
the high school gave a pie social at
the Fair building. The amount tak
en in was $47.47. This was given
to raise money for the purpose of
the high school.
The juniors celebrated their loud
box day Friday. And there certain
ly was a variety of loud box.
Martin Behm, of near Wl!s
Springs, was another interested visi
tor at the John Day trial yesterday.
John Wlghtman double shot bar
gain week yesterday by ordering the
Herald for himself and his brother,
P. H. Wlghtman, who now lives in
Pennsylvania. P. H. was a former
resident here.
Grover Young and II. F. Launtz
brakie and engineer on the flyer, are
two more victims of Bargain Week.
Funny, but come to think of it, all
the railroad boys read the Herald.
Carl F. Troedson, well known citi
zen of lone, was a Heppner visitor
Monday. Must have I lie Herald a
sayH Mr. Tloedson.
Istered and licensed In Oregon 613
motor vehicle dealers, 6,436 chauf
feurs, 178,620 motor vehicle opera
tors, 3, 106 motorcycles and 116,609
passenger and commercial cars,
from which the total license fees ag
gregate $2,319,307.00. The fees,
less administrative expenses, are dis
tributed, one-fourth to the counties,
from which the registrations are re
celved and three-fourths to the state
highway fund for Use In road con
struction and improvement tliroug
out the, state generally.
"The distribution of the registra
tions up to September 15, 1921
shows that in Monow county there
were registered 6 motor vehicle deal
ers, 28 chauffers, 1,119 motor ve
hicle operators, 1 motorcycle, 739
passenger cars, 2 ambulances and
hearses, 16 commercial cars of lesi
than one ton capacity, 58 trucks of
from one to five tons capacity, or a
total of 116 licensed passenger and
commercial motor vehicles."
NEW HOSPITAL IS NOW OPEN"
The new Gentry hospital is now
open and more than 100 residents of
the city and surrounding districts in
spected the new institution last Sun
day when an informal reception was
held during the afternoon.
The new hospital is a credit to
Heppner, everything being spick and
span and as neat as a pin. The hos
pital has splendid accomodations fr
seven patients, a modern surgery,
modern conveniences of every kind
including a new pipeless furnace re
cently installed in the basement. The
entire building has been repainted
and put in first class condition for
the purpose intended presents a
most inviting appearance.
Mrs. Gentry received many comp
liments Sunday on giving over her
beautiful home for this needed pur
pose and those that know her are1 as
sured that the very best In care and
pleasant surroundings will be, given
all persons who require hospital care,
Miss Clowrey, a competent trained
nurse wil have enlarge of the nurs
ing with competent a,istants and
Dr. A. D. McMurdo will have charge
of the surgery.
Light refreshments were served
Sunday afternoon and all visitors
were delighted with the complete ar
rangements for caring for the sick
and STiffering.
STORKS CLOSE OT NOON
TICK DAY
ARMIS-
Heppnor stores and other business
places will close at noon Armistice
day, Friday, November 11.
The American Legion football team
go to lone for a game with the lone
Legion team Friday afternoon and a
big crowd of local fans will accom
pany them.
Don't forget that the stores will
close and govern yourself according-
ly.
HOME
PAPERS ..POPULAR
V. OF O
AT
The library of the Uniersity of
Oregon receives 9 5 daily and weekly
newspapers of the state. These are
kepll on file in a special room, which
Is daily crowded wilhsludenlM Neck
ing "home town" news. No works
of fiction, no magazines ran compute
in pnpu: ' ,'ty with wi,. the Oregon
editors and reporters write. At the
end of each year the papers are
bound and kept permanently on file
in the library. In many instances
scholars engaged In research have
found these big gray volumes . of
great value.
"Diarmanient will be the subject
for discussion at the regular Broth
erhood dinner next Monday evening
at the hotel.
I"OPCLAH LEXINGTON
PASSES
LADY
Mrs. Loulb-e Howard Miller, wife
of Earl Miller, passed away at her
home at an early hour Monday morn
ing after a brief Illness.
Deceased, who served as a Red
Cross nurse during the war, was a
native of Iowa and was married to
Mr. Miller about two years ago, coin
ing to Lexington to reside at that
time.
riurlal will be delayed until Fri
day afternoon awaiting the arrival
of her mother from Iowa.
ROOKS FOR I.IHKARY W.WTJiD
The Heppner Library association
hereby requests donations of books
for the library, funds of the associa
tion for the purchase of new books
for the present year being exhaust
ed. Anyone having one or mote
books they have finished and ate will
ing to donate to the library are re
quested to either leave the same at
Mr,'!. L. (i. Jlerren's millinery store
or notify Mrs. W. P. Maboney, Mrs,
Sam K. Van Vactor or Mrs. Ada
Ayers and they will be called for. The
library Is well patronized
but the
need for more books is urgent.
THE LIIiRAKY HOARD
M-PAiniSANS WILL PEItl IX T
STATU OIM;a l.VITO.V
H. 11. Mallard, state manager of
the Non-Partisan League announces
a state convention to be held In La
bor Temple at Portland, on Novem
ber "15 when the state organization
wlil be penected.
Vulcanising Olscovtrtd in 1834.
The dicoery of the proceHs of vul
eanldDf ruMr, for whicn a paten
M frtnted, u D ISM.
GROWTH FIRST YEAR
SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTIOV
CLOSED AT POKTI.AND SAT.
Geo. A. Mansfield Re-elected Pre I
dent. Cooperative Marketing
Claimed Sucess
GeorgcA. Mansfield, of Med ford,
was re-elected president of the Ore
gon state farm bureau and a pro
gramme of organization work which
will ultimately cover the entire
state was outlined at the closing ses
sion of the second annual convention
of the bureau yesterday at the Mult
nomah hotel, says the Oregonian.
SpeaRers told of the recent suc
cess in organization work in Lincoln,
Coos, Polk and Yamhill counties this
fall and predicted that ultimately
every county in the state would havo
local organizations with most ot tho
farmers members.
V. H. Smith, of Wasco was re
elected vice-president and Frank Mc
Kennon of Union county, E. C. Brown '
of Clackamas county and A. E. Wes
cott of Washington county were nam
ed as members of the executive com
mittee. Resolutions declaring the fanii
bureau of the state in hearty accord
with the move for limitation of arma
ments were adopted and will be dis
patched to President Harding. Tho
resolution cited the tax phase of tht
armament question and expressed th
hope that some program 1110 which
would provide for "real disarma
ment" would be put through.
The success of various co-operative
marketing organizations launch
ed as a result of the efforts of tho
farm bureau were outlined in report.l
made during tho convention.
George C. Jewett, general mana
ger of the Northwestern Grain Grow
ers' association, announced that
3,000,0t)0 bushels of Oregon wheat
had been marketed this year by that
organization at prices from 4 to 1 1
cents higher than the marget, quota
tions. He told how the wheat mar
keting organization funtloiis.
That Oregon eggs are now setting
the standard in New York markets:
was the declaration of U. L. Upton,
general manager ofht e Pacific Co
operative Poultry Producers associa
tion. He said Oregon eggs wero
bringing higher prices than cgg
from other sections of the country a
a result of the work of the organi
zation. The wool pool conducted under
the supervision of the Oregon Wool
and Mohair Growers' association sar
ed more than $150,000 to wool men
this year, according to It. A. Ward,
manager of that organization. H
said the pool handled approximately
2,000,000 pounds and that growerH
who were members received from &
to 10 cents more a pound for their;
product than non-members.
The wheat, crop in Morrow county
has been increased more than 20
per cent due to seed certification un
der the direction of the farm bureau,
the president, of the Morrow county
bureau, declared.
P. O. Howell, president of the Folic
county bureau, said farmers of that
county had saved $ I 6,000 us a result
of tho war on rodents carried on by
the bureau.
Fifty delegates, representing 16
Oregon counties, were present at th )
sessions of the convention.
i:.-Si;itVI( I! .MEN', ATTENTION'
The, attention of all ex service 1 1
called to information being sent on!
from U. S. Veterans bureau headquar
ters at Seattle culling attention t-.
the fact that Dvrember 31, 1921, will
bo the last day ex service men rim
reinstate their war risk insuranco
under treasury decision No. 67.
Under the above mentioned rulln:;
It Is necessary to make application
on a for mwhlch will be furnished by
the government upon request, show
ing tlie applicant to be insurable, and
the payment of two months on th
amount of Insurance which he de
sires to re-Instate. The applicant
may relnstuto and convert to a per
manent form of Insurance Issued by
the government in the same transac
tion. All cx-servlco men desiring to re
instate his insurance must act prom
ptly as the time in limited.
Further Information may be secur
ed by addressing, Bradley T.
rwlkes, Arcade Bid., SeU3, Wa,
4
r:
m
'I
t -
i, ?