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VOLUME VIII
3PPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOV. 22, 192 1
NUMBER 30
COMMISSIONER BARRATT SHOWS
THEM EASTERN OREGON NEEDS
Senator Patterson, ex-Representative
Dennis, Guests at Informal
Dinner at Patrick
An informal dinner party was giv
en at Hotel Patrick last Wednesday
evening when State Highway Com
misioner W. B. Barratt, Senator I. L.
Patterson, of Polk county, Hon. W.
B. Dennis, of Carlton, and State
Highway Engineer Herbert Nunn,
were guests of a number of Heppner
business men.
Messrs. Barratt and Nunn, had ar
ranged the trip for the purpose of
giving Senator Patterson and Mr.
Dennis their first glimpse at this sec
tion of the state other than they have
formerly had from the window of a
Pullman car on the line of the O. W.
R. & N.
The party drove from The Dalles
over the Columbia River highway to
Walla Walla where they spent a
night, then back to Pendleton where
they were entertained at luncheon
and on to HeppnerWednesday after
noon. Senator Patterson, who represents
Pork county in the state legislature,
has always been an earnest advocate
of good roads and Mr. Dennis, who
was a member of the House of repre
sentatives at the 1919 session,, is ac
claimed by many as the father of
the good roads movement in Oregon,
having taken an active and leading
part in initiating and putting through
the first good road legislation enacted
in Oregon. Having made a deep stu
dy of road matters during that ses
sion and afterward, although not a
member of the legislature at the 1921
session he was invited to go to Salem
and assist the committee on roads in
working out the manifold problems
with which they were confronted. Mr.
Dennis was an early advocate of the
idea of licensing motor vehicles on
a basis of weight, rather than of
horsepower and while he failed to
get the measure through in 1919, he
was Instrumental in having it made
a part of the road legislation at the
last session, the wisdom of the meas
ure being now admitted by all.
So astounded with the wonderful
resources, boundless scope and latent
possibilities of the country were the
visitors, they both declared their In
tention of promoting a plan to or
ganize a trip to be made by members
elect of the legislature after the next
election, Into and all over eastern
Oregon in order that members from
the western part of the state might
gain Borne neded information about
what this big section really Is; what
'. Its possibilities and needs are and to
what extent It is entitled to recogni
tion. Speaking at the dinner of road
matters past and future, Mr. Dennis
said in his earlier years he was a
school teacher and that, as the teach
er In a country school has got to have
eyes In the back of his head, he had
acquired the faculty of looking both
backwards and forward; and that
while there are some things In the
past road matters that could be im
proved upon there are many things
in the future of the road movement
that must be done. The speaker
said that if it had been possible to do
so the market roads, leading from
the agricultural districts in to the
transportation lines should have been
built before the main highways be
cause that would have meant the de
velopment of the wealth-producing
sections, but as that was not possible
when the road movement was started
the on!y thing to do now is to evolve
some scheme to build the market
roads with the least possible delay,
Just how that can be done with the
state and counties already bonded ,to
the limit and the people already ov
erburdened with direct taxation al
most to the breaking point, Mr. Den
nis admitted he was not prepared to
say. but. he exprcsed an abiding faith
in a practical solution when the
minds. of all the people get to work
ing on the problem. Tlie.-e roads are
needed by the pr epl who produce
the wealth and a way to provide
them will be found, was, in effect
the speaker's conclusion.
Senator Patterson, who Is also an
enthusiastic road booster, spoke along
similar lines and Mr. Nunn, larked
entertainingly of what has . already
been accomplished by thehlghwayde
partment, showing that, all things
RECORD SNOW STORM
HEPPNER
STRI K
Heppner, in common with all the
rest of eastern Oregon is blanketed
with a heavy snow which began fall
ing Friday afternoon and by Sunday
had covered the ground with moi
than a foot of "the beautiful."
said to be a record storm for Noven'
ber and from all over the district
east of the Cascades comes reports
of a heavy fall. Stockmen are in j
good shape with a large amount of
feed and farmers are pleased with the j
moisture needed in the wheat dist
ricts. Heppner has been without train
service since Saturday on account of
the main line being blocked between
Heppner Juntion and Portland. The
branch train started out Sunday mor
ning but learning at lone of the
blockade returned to this city. All
telegraph and telephone service to
points weBt has ben cut off since Sun
day. Reports Sunday were that two
passenger trains on the O. W. R. &
N. are snow bound in the Cascades
and that the Portland-Chicago ex
press leaving Portland Sunday mor
ning over the North Bank road is al
so snow bound.
Frank Gilliam, weather observer
here reports a snowfall of
16 inches up to Monday noon. The
snow is very heavy and settles as it
falls, the 16 inches equaling, when
melted, 2.33 inches of water.
FOREST NEWS OF THE GURDANE
DISTRICT
The Five Mile Cattle & Horse asso
ciation held its regular annual meet
ing at the Charles McDevitt ranch at
Gurdane several days ago. All sec
tions of the country represented by
the association were represented but
the total number of members present
was less than at the last meeting. The
Forest Service was represented by S.
R. Woods, ranger on the Five Mile
range. Fourten miles of drift fence
has been built during the season
by the Forest Service and the associa
tion in cooperation. It is desired to
completely enclose the entire Five
Mile range as rapidly as possible. The
next unit of fence is to be built in
Hall canyon. It will be two miles in
length and will form a connecting
linlk betwen the Five Mile drift fence
constructed this season and some pri
vate fence. The north line of the
range will then be almost entirely
fenced.
The treasurer's report showed the
finances of the association to be in
good shape. The following officers
were re-elected by acclamation: 3. D.
French, of Gurdane, President; Alex
Buholts, Pilot Rock, vice-president;
John Brosnan, Lena, Secretary-treas
urer; and the following advisory
board: Clair Sturdivant, Uktah;
Walker, Ellis, Albee; R. A. Culick,
Lena; Phil Higgins, Lena.
Mr. Shlmerman, traveling engin
eer for the O. W. R. A N was here
Friday morning on an Inspection
trip.
Pat Foley, proprietor of Hotel
Patrick, came up from The Dalles
Thursday evening and Bpent a day in
Heppner looking after1 his hotel In
terests here. Mr. Foley says the ho
tel business is like many others in
these times some income and con
siderable outgo.
W. G. Scott, banker and grain
merchant of Lexington, Is recovering
from rather serious Injuries received
early last week when his Ford car
turned turtle while negotiating the
sharp turn where the Juniper canyon
road joins the Columbia River
way near Messner. He was pinned
under the car but was discovered and
released within a few minutes.
considered, Oregon today stands at
the head of all states in her excellent
type of construction and results ac
j complished.
A point of interest to all Morrow
county people vrats brought out, by
.Ml Dennis, who stated that in re
cent studies of theroad situation he
discovered that Morrow county lias
received h t-.i from the state in high
way work in proportion towl.at fhe
has iii.it iik tarn 'city' other county
with the sihi;ie exception of Lincoln.
Hon. C. 1". Wood. -on presided
the ('inner and brief remaiks v n
made by Mr. Barratt, Frank Gilliam,
W. P. Mahoney, Judge Campbell, 8.
E. Notson and others.
Local men attending the dinner
were: Frank Gilliam, W. P. Mahoney,
Vawter Crawford, J. A. Waters,
Judge Campbell, S. A. Pattlson, S.
W. Spencer, Charles Thomson, C. E.
Woodson and S. E. Notson.
my Interesting News Notes
Froni Heppner High School
Edited by Marie Curraui and
mae Crawford
Cora-
i P'.iv prac"ce r.as begun on the
; first student body play of the year,
"The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary."
Miss Palmateer' is coach. The play
will be given before the Christmas
holidays. This is a good lively play
and will no doubt be a big success.
The last game of the football sea
son was to have been played with
Pendleton on Saturday last, but the
game was called off on account of the
roads being impassable.
The school has organized a Dough
nut Basketball league, composed of
the high school and eighth grade.
The league is divided into senior
CHANCE FOR YOUNG
IN IN COAST GUARD
PAY SAME AS CORRESPONDING
RANK IN NAVY
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 9.
.(Special) Senator Stanfield deep
ly regrets that it will be impossible to
recommend all of the aspiring young
men who desire to enter the Military
Academy or the Naval Academy but
there is a chance for those young men
who are over age or unable to secure I
the appointment to eifher academy to
acquire an education and entrance in
to the military service of the United
States.
The Senator has just received the
following letter from Mr. W. E. Rey
nolds, Commandant of the United
States Coast Guard, stationed at
Washington, D. C:
"May I invite your attention to the
excellent opportunity that now ex
ists for young men to enter the
Coast Guard Academy, at New Lon
don, Conn., as cadets oras cadet en
gineers, and, upon graduation, to be
come commissioned officers of the
Coast Guard with the same pay and
allowances as are received by offi
cers of corresponding rank in the
navy. The age limits for appoint
ment as cadet are 18 to 24 years and
for appointment as cadet engineer,
20 to 25 years, so young me who
have perhaps passed the age limits
for admission to the Military Acad
emy or to the Naval Aeademy may
still bo eligible for admission to the
Coast Guard Academy.
"A competitive examination to fill
the vacancies in the grades of cadet
and cadet engineer in the Coast
Guard, will be held in various pla
ces in the United States beginning
January 3, 1922. The opportunity
for an appointment this year is par
ticularly favorable as there are an
unusual large number of vacancies.
Full information regarding the
Coast Guard Academy may be had by
addressing U. S. Coast Guard Office,
Department of Treasury, Washing
ton D. C.
J. W. Osborn, of Cecil, wasa busi
ness visitor here during the week.
MRS. BESSIE BRUGGEMAN
Mrs. Bessie Parker Erucgemsn of
St. Louis has teen nominated by Pres
ident Harding to be member of the
United States Empleyee compenes
tion commission, a government agency
dealing with compensation of civil em
ployees of the government, Injured
while In the discharge f their ctutlaa.
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and junior divisions. Senior divi
sion; team 1: Aiken, Merritt, Smith,
H. Case, Doherty; team 2: Ferguson
Busieck, Logan, A. Case, Copenhav
er; team 3, Witcraft, R. McDuffee,
Wright, Bell, Grimes; team 4: Boyd,
C. Moore, Hall, Cason, Shurte; team
5: Clabough, P. McDuffee, D. Tash,
Dexter, Lee.
Junior division, team 6 : Wilkinson
Mahoney, Johnson, Lovegren, E. Hirl
C. Hirl; team 7: Sprouls, Turner,
Groshen, R. Tash, Notson; team 8:
R. Moore, Gammell, Bucknum, Par
ker, Keller; team 9: Thomson, Van
Vactor, Driscoll, Wells, D. Cox. The
suits for the league have arrived and
the boys will begin practicing immediately.
$310,700 NOW AVAILABLE FOR
OREGON SAYS MR. CECIL
Money to be Expended oh Roads
"Within, Adjoining or Adjacent
to" National Forests
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 19, 1921
( Special )-"The signing by the Pres
ident of the Federal Highway Act,
appropriating $15,000,000 for forest
roads and trails, makes available at
once $758,913 for national forest
roads in Oregon, Washington and
Alaska and marks an important step
towards the development of the great
resources of our national forest,'
states George H. Cecil, district fores
ter of the North Pacific district. "The
bill provides $5,000,000 for immedi
ate expenditure and makes an addi
tional $10,000,000 available on July
1, 1922. There is immediately
available for road construction on
the national forests the following
amounts: Oregon, $310,790; Alaska,
$258,273; Washington, $189,870.
This money wil be used In extending
the present inadequate road and trail
system of the national forests of
these two states and Alaska, the de
velopment of whichisso vital to the
effective protection and utilization
of their valuable natural resources."
The act appropriates $9,500,000
for forest roads of prlmarylmport
ance to the States, counties or com
munities within, adjoining, or adja
cent to the national forests. Of this
amount $2,500,000 Is made Immedi
ately available for apportionment
based on the area and value of the
land owned by the Government with
in the national forests. As hereto
fore the construction work will be
done by the U. S. bureau of public
roads.
A provisional apportionment of the
$7,006,000 additional for roads of
primary importance to public travel
will be made by the secretary about
January 1st.
The Information given In the fore
going dispatch from Portland is o
more than ordinary interest to the
people of Heppner Hard man and the
John Day Valley in Wheeler and
northern Grant counties, all of whom
are interested In the opening of the
proposed road between Heppner am
Spray, Rome 10 or 12 miles of whirr
j runs through the National Forest
; The opening of that road by the for-
est people and its recognition by the
state highway commission would In
sure the speedy improvement of the
Heppner-Hardman road, for which
$70,000 worth of county bonds has
been set side, as well as tleing the
thr ee main high ways.. ..Columbia
River, Oregon Washington
1 and John Day together with an Im
proved north and nouth road.
I5K; DF.tL IX WIIKAT KI l'(i;Ti:i)
WALLA WALLA, Wash. Farmer.'
of the Dayton. Wait. l,u, ;; and Y. ali,',
Wal!iTtion:t l.;.v- ; ol ! -100,000 ,u
r.helH of wheat in the last lew day:,
to Max Hon-, r of porMand, Mr.
Ilouser advancin:.' 70 cents a bui-hcl.
The sillers have until February i'i to
dose the deal and r?n sell at any
time until then at the mail:et price
on that day.
The grain is to be c xported to the
orient. Wheat to (ill these contracts
has already begin to move and likely
will be shipped out of tha valloy
within a few week.
SHE KNEW THE SYMPTOMS
A. C. (Barney) Barnekoff, Port
land traveling man who makes east
ern Oregon at stated intervals, told
the following rather good story while
here on his latest trip.
While at Condon, just before com-
ing to Heppner, "Barney" was invi
ted by Sheriff Montague to accom
pany him on a moonshine-ralding-trip
and upon returning to the hotel with
the still and other aparatus, he as
sited the sheriff in exhibiting the out
fit to the hotel guests, among whom
was a young lady book agent who
was much interested and not a little
shocked at getting in such close prox
imity to the unlawful contrivances.
It seems that the young lady rath
er naturally inferred that "Barney"
was a member of the sheriff's posse
perhaps a real, federal agent (he
is distinguished looking) for the next
evening when Mr. Barnekoff walked
Into the Hotel Patrick, in Heppner,
the youn book agent, who had arri
ved ahead of him in another car,
rather timidly approached him with
the inquiry:
"Beg pardon, but you are a govern
ment man, are you not?"
"No, my dear young lady, replied
Mr. Barnekoff modestly, but trying
to wear his most engaging smile, "I
am only a traveling man; I sell blank
books and Is there anything I can
do "
'I'm a book agent myself," replied
the girl, "but I have some rather Im
portant information that I thought
should be given to the authorities
and and I thought you wree one. I
think the laws should be enforced,
you know, and the other day when I
was at Fossil, as I passed a soft drink
place I saw a man come out and he
was smacking his lips, and well, I
don't think men smack their lips af
ter drinking soda water or root beer.'
"Can you beat it?" quoth Barney.
"Even lady book agents are on to
wnat a real smlter means."
RECENT DEATHS
Sweek
Lawrence Sweek, a well known pio
neer resident of Grant county, died
at his home In Monument, Monday
evening, November 14th at an advan
ced age. Mr. Sweek had been in poor
health for more than a year and spent
several months at Portland last sum
mer under the care of specialists. He
returned to his Monument home
about September lBt and Bince that
time has been Bteadily declining..
Mr. Sweek was engaged in the
stock business in Grant county for
many years and was one of the coun
ty's substantial and respected citl
sens. His widow and several grown
children survive him. C. L. Sweek,
well known attorney of this city Is a
son.
Fnnoral services were hold at
Monument.
Doherty
Barney F. Doherty, well known
and highly respected resident of
TT-K.nu J
nr-ivuvr iur many years, passed away
at St. Vincent's hospital, Portland,
Wednesday evening. November 16,
1921, at the ago of 58 years.
Mr. Doherty had been In poor
health for a year or more and some
three months ago his condition bo
came serious and ho was taken to
the Portland hospital where he could
have the care of the best specialists
in tho malady, which was an affec
tion of the heart.
Deceased wns a native of Counly
Doringall, Ireland, coming to this
country In 1883, nlnce when lie has
been a continuous resident of Morrow
county. One sihter, Mrs. Michael
Kenny, and one brother, James O.
Doherty, both of Heppner, survive
i him.
j The remains were brought from
I Portland Friday and the funeral was
j held from St. Patrick's Catholic
cniirrn Saturday fori noon, Rev.
Father Cantwell comlucling the Im-(ren:-,lvo
Kcrvico.
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honor hi
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.-'ar, nan as ineir i'ue;i. or
:'f iveniiK', Mrs. Minnie I'.
LelKon, grand worthy matron of the
trder, who was here making an offi
cial violation of the chapter.
O. M. Scott, of lllackhorse, shipped
out a few hundred pounds of dressed
turkeys Saturday morning consigned
to The Dalles, Turkeys wero quoted
at 50 cents a pound In Portland a few
days ago.
MORROW FOLK TAKING
E STUDY COURSE
STL DENTS SHOW DKSIRJ3
IX) IMPROVE SPARE MOMENTS
Several Teachers Take V. of O.
Course, Including Wide Range
Of Subjects
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene, Oregon, November 19 Fine ex
amples of determination, of persis
tent study and preparation during
spare hours are to be found in the
residents of Morrow county who ara
taking correspondence courses with ,
the University of Oregon.
me Morrow county correspon
dence students during the past year
include: Rose H. Leibrand, register
ed for English for high school teach
ers and secondary education, Margar
et Woodson for bird study, Levan
drews E. Chuinard for economic and
social history of England, John W.
Heard for school administration, edu
cational sociology and psychology,
and Arthur W. Campbell for prin
ciples of economics, all residents of
Heppner.
lone is to be credited with four en
rollments during the year. They in
clude E. R. Curfman in educational
administration and supervision; Os
car L. Byers, in teaching of high
snoot matnemattcs: Keithly Blake, la
elementary algebra; and Kcltsle Dev
In in literature and English history.
M. B. Signs, of Boardman register
ed for secondary school methods.
Minnie Spicer, of Hardmnn, for edu
cational administration and supervi
sion. And Earl Ward, of Lexington,
for elementary physics.
They all study by their own fire
sides, utilizing their spare time. Tho
University of Oregon,, through its ex
tension division, offers 80 different
courses in correspondence study .
courses that cover the important
fields of knowledge and that carry
university credit.
Tlieso residents of Morrow county.
who during the past year have taken
such a variety of courses for cultural
Improvement and professional advan
cement, are part of a group of 1000,
Oregon citizens who have taken ad
vantages for home study offered by
the University of Oregon.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
The Herald has Just completed a
practical demonstration of the' value
of newspaper advertising by its "Bar
gain Week" offer, when the paper
was offered to all comers for $1.00
a year. The result was most grati
fying In the largo number of new
names which were added to cur ub
schrlptlon list and also In the worth,
while publicity the campaign has giv
en the Herald.
Many sample copies containing tho
Bargain Week offer were sent out
and tho responses were mors
numerous than we hardly
were more numerous than we hsilj
dared hope for, considering the finan
cial condition and bearish condition
of the wheat market.
People told us at the beglnlng of
tho campaign that nobody had money
to pay even a dollar a year for a lo
cal paper, but tho results show that
was a mistake.
Another feat urn that show- what
advertising will , H that, while w
advertised only rr subscribers, w
tiavo found that the results were not
confined to subscriptions, alone but
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the advertising nd 1iUh received
hlghoost. The advertising ,,,
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peoplethink and talk about (lie Her
ald and the result In that mud, tui
ness Is coming our way.
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Ihank you.
Davldllynd , well known sheepman
of Sand Hollow was In oa business
Friday.
Mrs. P. A. Anderson pleasantly en
tertained a number of la,n , h
J Tuesda afternoon.