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VOLUME VIII
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, DEC. 27, 1921
NUMBER 35
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HERALD
BOOTLEGGERS ENJOY?
Heppner bootleggers enjoyed (?)
a rather nervous Christmas eve this
year due to the activities of Herb
Kirk who, having secured ,a job as
prohibition enforcement officer, a
deputy sheriff's badge, a big gat
'neverything ' started out single
handed and alone, to make Heppner
bone dry by Christmas. Mr. Kirk,
who had not formerly been known as
a disciple of Mr. Volstead, solicited
the job from Sheriff McDuffee, tell
ing that official that, given the prop
er outhority, he could fill the county
jail so full with vendors of the oil of
joy that their feet would be sticking
out of the windows. Mr. Kirk as
sured the sheriff that he knew the
ropes as well as the bootleggers hav
ing had personal dealings with many
of them, and as there were still a few
vacant chairs in the jail lobby and
not many guests in sight for the com.
ing Christmas dinner, tbe sheriff
granted Mr. Kirk's petition swore
him In as a deputy and told him to
go to it. Herb went. He didn't fool
around much but hunted up Harley
and Ed Matteson and dickered with
them for a bottle of Christmas Joy.
Kirk says he got the bottle all right
and paid for it and then, flashing his
badge and unlimbering his gun he
calmly informed the boys that they
were under arrest. Then, he say,
one of his prisoners' grabbed the bot
tle of liquor and smashed it on the
ground, thus destroying the evi
dence as well as a bottle of perfectly
good moonshine. He took his men
to jail, however, and started out
again. This time he met a youth,
Frank Crewdson by name, who was
packing a gunnysack.
"What you got. in the sack?" asked
Herb as he flashed his star I
and gun. Examination showed j
that the young man had
a gallon jug of moonshine in his bag
and this time the evidence was saved.
He, too, was taken to jail and Herb
started out again.
This time, he says, he dickered
successfully with Willis Stewart for
a bottle of the stuff that is just now
making the good old U. S. A. famous,
but he didn't arrest Mr. Stewart then
A complaint was sworn out, however,
and Stewart was arraigned this mor
ning and plead not guilty.. His trial
will be held tomorrow.
Crewdson when taken before Judge
Cornett this morning claimed he had
just found the jug and had no idea
what was in it. The court read him
a strong lecture on the error of his
ways and fined him $150 for picking
up a sack and jug he didn't know, the
contents of. It might have been
dynamite or something else almost as
dangerous as Morrow county moon
shine. The Matteson boys, who recently
paid fines for making moonshine
are being held on a telegraph warrant
from the U. S. marshal at Portland,
wkose deputy will be here tomorrow
to take them down to the federal
court to answer to a liquor charge.
SCHINK-BARLOW
Miss Flora Barlow ana a. E.
Schunk, of Clackamas county were
married at 3 o'clock Sunday after
noon at the home of the bride's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Barlow, in
this city. A large group of friends
of the family witnessed the ceremony.
The young couple will make their
future home in California.
SUCCESSFUL CANTATA AT
CHRISTIAN CHURCH ..
The caatata, "The Night Before
Christmas," given at the Christian
church Saturday evening was very
creditable in every renpect. The ex
cellent manner in which every part
was readered showed splendid drill
ing. The singing by the little folks
was especially attractive. The child,
rin were given the usual Christmas
treat. A generous free will offering
was given for the benefit of the Near
East Relief. Standing room was at
a prnilum.
RALL-C HIUSTOPHERSON
Miss Nina Christopherson and El
mer Ball, of lone were married at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. Livinstone on
Thursday, December 22. Rev. Mrs.
LiTingstone officiated. They were
attended by a brother of the bride.
The young couple will reaido nr
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FEDERATED SCHOOL GAVE SUC
CESSFUL XMAS ENTERTAINMENT
Members of the Sunday school of
the Federated church gave a highly
successful Christmas entertainment
last Friday evening, the church audi,
torium being packed to capacity with
an appreciative audience. The sel
ection was "Herod's Vision," Cha:
Notson taking the title roll. The sel
ection was in keeping with the
Christmas time, depicting the advent
of the Christ child at Bethlehem, the
visit of the wise men, the shepherds
etc. Many fine voices were in evi
dence among the young singers and
much credit is due those who had
charge of the training.
Following the cantata Christmas
candies and gifts were distributed to
all the children present from a beau
tifully decorated tree.
ORA ADKINS WELL KNOWN
TIVE SON, PASSES
NA-
OraEarnest Adkins, well known
resident of the Rhea creek district,
and a native son of this county pas
sed away at his Rhea creek home,
on Christmas day at the age of 42
years and one month.
Mr. Adkins had been a sufferer for
a year or so and last summer went
to Mayo Bros, for treatment and later
was under the care of Portland spe
cialists but the trouble failed to yield.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Adkins, both of whom survive
him. He is also survived by a widow
and four young daughters and three
brothers: Ralph Adkins, Eightmile;
Albert Adkins, of Heppner, and Har
ley Adkins, of Aberdeen, Washing
ton.
Funeral services were held this af
ternoon at the home of James Adkins
internment being iu the Heppner cenw
etery.
LEGISLATORS OPPOSE
MAPPING GUT-OFF
A special dispatch to the Oregon
ian from Salem under date of Decem
ber 24th says:
"Twenty members of the legisla
ture, representing districts east of the
Cascade mountains, this afternoon
signed a petition addressed to the
state highway commission urging
that the proposed road running along
the Columbia river from Umatilla to
Wallula, Washington, be not desig
nated on. the Oregon map as a pri
mal. v ad utnil those roads designa
ted on the state ro.id map in eastern
Oregon are graded and graveled.
"The names of the signers follow:
Roy W. Ritner, Colon R. Eberhard,
Jay H. Upton, O. R. Robertson, Bruce
Dennis Charles W. Ellis, W. H.
Strayer Herbert Egbert, George W.
Hyatt, S. A. Miller, P. J. Gallagher,
C. E. Woodson, A. R. Hunter, H. J.
Overturf, Denton G. Burdick, A. M.
Wright, F. L. Hubbard, Albert S.
Roberts, R. J. Carsner, J. R. Nickel
son. Orange Tree Prolific.
A single orange tree f average s'ze
will bear 'JO.om ir:mt;e. .
LADY BORDEN
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Lady Borden la tne wife of Rt Men.
Sir Robert Borden, promtor rf Can
ada, whe re prevent the Dominion at
jktt-iti'. 'tr.'tfL - - . -J Jf' .- - fek
R 'member J
Pj I that utile : girl who j L00K AT H4,nxJD
Correspondent writes of
Bees and their habits
(By C. H. Dlllabaugh)
In a recent issue of this paper the
following statement appeared: "Wor
ker bees live six months, drones,
four months, females, four years."
While there may be some truth in
each of these statements, they all
need some explanation as to the con
ditions under which they live for the
lengths of time stated. "Females
live four years." By this the writer
probably means the .queen, yet the
queen is not the only female in the
colony. All worker bees are females
though not fully developed or not
quite normal, as one has never been
known to flirt with or receive tUe
slightest attention from a male b e,
th edrone. Reason for theslatenietil
that all workers are females: Fhist
any egg or larva which with (he usijhl
nursing, would produce a worker Lee
can be transformed or converted fn
to a perfect female, "a queen," by a
llttl change in diet for only two and
a half days, when it is supplied with
an abundance of food, then sealed up
I and left to its fate. This perfect fe
male endowed with the instinct to
mate cuts its way out of its cell in
five to five and one-half days, less
time than it would have done without
this extra care. A queen emerges
fromits shell in from 15 and one-half
to sixteen days; a morker in 21 and
a drone in 24 days. Second, when a
colony becomes hopelessly queenless,
that is having no larva young enough
from which to produce a queen, larva
six days from the time the egg was
laid, from a few to a considerable
number of workers begin to lay. It
used to be supposed that one worker
tooli this task upon itself, but by
close observation it has been proven
that more likely a dozen and some
times several dozen perform this task.
Their eggs hatch as readil as those of
the queen but unfortunately their
offspring are all drones, therefore
the colony is doomed, as the workers
soon wear themselves out and thes
half-orphans never work.. It is gen
erally believed that the worker is not
a female and that we have three
genders in a colony, the male, female
and neuter or he, she and it. I have
often wonderedd If It would be pos
sible from a close Btudy of this pecul
iar faculty of the bees to perfect
their female progeny, to determine
why we have so many spinsters in the
human family who never marry. Are
they ite? If a worker is born a few
weeks before the bginning of a honey
flow so as to be able to do field work
at its beginning, it will usually wear
Itself out in from forty to fifty days
but if born near the clone of the fall
honey flow It will live through the
winter and be able to do some work
in the spring, therefore may live to
the age of six months and in some
cases probably a month or two long
Rev. I. N. Hughes, of Troy, Idaho. I 0. Kranzen, an active worker in the
and his two sons, G. M. Hughes, of Federated church and Sunday school
Kiona, Wash., and Argus Hughes, or reports that at the Christinas morn
Bcnton City, Washington, are here at-j ing service, a collection was taken
tending the funeral of Ora A. Adkins ; amounting to 1171.4'!. Of this
which Is being held this afternoon, j amount $14.47 was sent to tho Chi.
Rev. Hughes is Mrs. Adkln's father nesc famine relief fund and the bal-
and a brother of Sam Hughes 0f this
city.
Dave and Jack Hynd were in town
last night with a herd of their cattle
which they are moving from their
Eklah ranch to Cecil for viator
feedlnf.
er. The drone usually lives just as
long as the workers will let him.
They are usually killed off at each
flow of nectar. In some localities
that may be two or three times each
season. In this locality where the
flow is more or less continuous, they
may be allowed, to live four or five
months. As the life of the worker
depends upon the amount of the
work done, there is reason to believe
that the drone might live much longer
if given an opportunity to do so, as
his only care is to s-ee that no virgin
queen has to make a second flight in
search of a mate. If the drone be
comes weary while a considerable
distance from home he drops down
and is welcome in any hive or colony
he decides to enter. The queen and
worker bee arent welcome in any oth-'
er hive than their own. The reason
the drone is so treated Is probably
because he is a half orphan. All
drones may have a grandfather but
no drone has yet been known to
have a father.
The queen, a perfect female endow
ed with the mating instinct, at the
mature age of from 6 to 8 days, af
ter the bees have groomed, anointed
and prepared her for a honeymoon
excursion, goes out in Bearch of a
mate. If she succeeds in meeting
her affinity she returns to the hive
and never leaves It again of her own
accord unless to go out with a swarm
or after having been superceeded by
a young queen, sometimes to commit
suicide or to be destroyed by the ele
ments. Queens sometimes live to
the age of from 2 to 5 years, yet they
often fail to satisfy the colony in lt
than one year. In the spring when
a great number of workers are need
ed the queen is expected to lay from
two to four thousand eggs a day, to
do this she has no time to sleep or
eat. Her food is pre-dlgested and then
fedj her while on the nest. When
she fails to lay eggs enough to keep
the colony strong, they raise a young
one In her place. Occasionally we
find a young and old queen' In the
hive at the same time, but this does
not usually last long. It is rather
uncertain what becomes of the old
queen, though some have been known
to crawl out of the hive and disap
pear. Very few bees die In tho hive
except In the winter. When sick or
crlppld they leave the hive to perish
In various ways.
While the queen may live longer,
it Is customary for the up-to-date bee
man to requeen hit colonies every
fall. In California where the season
Is longer some requeen twice In n
season. The bee family are not mor
mons or blgnmists as the workers
never mate, the queen bee mates
perishes In the act of first mating.
Boardman, Oregon
December 15, 1921.
ance, $157.01, was forwarded to the
Near East Relief fund, for the relief
of Armenian children.
Henry Stoler, clerk In tho First
National Bank returned from
spending a veek'a Tctlea at fort-!
CLASS OK 190 HOLD RE.V.MON
The class of 1920 held a re-union
last Tuesday evening at the school
when they all partook of a sumptuous
I banquet prepared by the domestic
science class.
Twelve members of the claps wore
present and a very enjoyable even
ing was spent recalling to mind
a few of the instances that give the
joy to high school life.
Those present were: Odile Grcshen
Gwendolyn Darbee, Ann Roberts,
Herbert Hynd, Margaret Doherty,
Georgia Shipley, Neva Chidsey Cla
baugh, Cyrene Lieuellen Barratt,
Elizabeth Phelps, Alma Devin, Etta
Devin and Everett Pattison. ,
It was unanimously voted to make
it an annual affair.
HARLEY WRIGHT PASSES
Harley Wright, well kown resident
of the Hardman country, died at his
home last Thursday morning at the
age of 27 years.
Mr. Wright had been a sufferer
from kidney trouble for several
years but of recent months had seem
ed somewhat improved In health,
the change for the worse coming
quickly. He was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Anson Wright. He leaves a
widow and one child.
Funeral services were held at the
Christian church Saturday afternoon
and the remains were taken to Port
land Sunday for internment in the
Rivervlew cemetary.
AN APPREC IATION
We wish to thus publicly express
our sincere appreciation of the many
kind expressions of good will that
came to us during the Christmas sea
son. The many gifts have a value
far in excess of their intrinsic worth
and (he great umber of season's
greetings prompt us to exclaim,
"Blest be the tie thai binds." We
feel thai the only manner inwhirh we
can adequately express our upprecln-
t'on, is the offering of ourselen anew,
; "h l;'vanis or ine community. May
a Happy New Year be Yours.
Tho LIVINGSTONES.
OF
At the meeting of the Executive
committee of the Morrow County
Farm Bureau held Saturday, Dec.
24th, B. M. Hulden was appointed to
head a committee which will take
the necessary steps to get aid from
the War Finance Corporation for the
farmers in time for spring operations.
This has been under advisement for
some time. Mr. Hulden is not only
a most progressive fanner but has
had valuable banking experience ns
well and is particularly well qualified
to lead the work. Just what steps
will be taken have not yet been deter
mined but will depend upon certain
developments, according to plans
made by the committee.
Mr. and Mrs.
tained several
Christ mas day.
Mike Curran enter
friendo at dinner
HENRY W. SUYDAM
Henry W. Suydam, noted war cor.
reepondent, who la actively engaged
In the publicity work of tho State de
partment In connection with tho con
ferenoo on tho limitation of arma
ment. Mr. ftuydam la native of
Brooklyn, N. V, ana m oonnnotod
Wk, eowrtt aw pvtrVe Inform
trtfl he 4re4 rttnia ta mi.
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E USERS TO
E 1925
The special session of the Oregon
legislature ended last Saturday eve
ning when the senate finally voted it
to 15 in favor of a tax on gasoline to
finance the proposed 1925 exposition
at Portland. -
Already the constitutionality of tha
matter is questioned, the atorney-gen
eral having held hat 16 votes are re
quiredfor a constitutional majority
lu the state senate, the body being
composed of 30 elected members.
Th recent death of Senator Hume re
duced the number voting to 29 and
proponents of the fair claim that the
15 affirmative votes cast and a do
15 affirmative votes cast is sufficient.
A decision from the supreme court
will be secured.
Hon. C. E. Woodson, who repre
sents Morrow and Umatilla countie3
and Hon. R. J. arsner, who represents
Wheeler, Gilliam and Sherman coun
ties, retuurned Sunday evening from
Salem. Both gentleme nwere of tho
opinion that the vote will be declared
unconstitutional by the courts. Mr.
Woodson expressing the opinion that
In such case the proponents of tho
fair will Initiate a direct property
tax, and probably put it over by a
vote of the people.
Portland, Mr. Woodson, believes,
will vote alost solidly for tho fair
and the fact that organized labor hag
endorsed a property tax will assuure
the fair a big vote.
Considerable highway legislation,
was passed but Representative Cars
ner s-aid it was not well considered
and he did not know how wise some,
of it will prove. Mr. Woodson ex
pressed similar opinion. Both gcnt
men believed the session was called
at an inopportune time, less than a
week t. lore Christmas, thus forMi.tc
members to rush measures through
without proper consideration.
George Brainier came in from Cecil
on Monday's flyer.
R. M. Corrigal was in from Butter
creek for the Charity ball last night.
A. S. Hunter, of Ontario, held mart
for tho Columbia Basin Wool Ware
house Co., came In Monday evening,
Miss Zelma Engelman, of lone at
tended the Charity ball here last
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thompson
were attending the Elk's Charity ball
last night.
The Misses Emma and Ellen Herg
strom were attending tho Charity ball
last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lucas and
daughter, MIhs Lovelle, were in from
Lexington last, evening attending th
Elk's Charity ball.
Chan. Chick, a student at the U. of
O., returned to Eugene yesterday af
ter spending a few duyH with IiIb par
ents Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Chick.
The Charity ball given in the Elk's
temple last evening was one of tho
most, enjoyable events of the season.
A largo crowd of (lancers was pres
ent and the music furnished by (tin
Heppner orchestra wiih never butler.
Th Elks have a cinch on doing things
of that sort, right.
.Miss Bullae, who came hero sev
eral weeks1 ago to lake the position of
public health nurse, has resigned her
postlon and returned t(, her home in
the East. MrH. Tom Johnson, whoso
ability as a trained nurse Is well
known lu re has been appointed to till
tho vacancy.
Heppner Ii. P. O. Elks will hold a
New Years dance for EIIih and their
ladicH only, Saturday t-vtulng in tha
Elk's temple.
The Christmas tree given by tho
American Legion boys to the klddiea
of the community, Christmas evening
was a great success. Hon. H. E. Not
son and Itev. Moure, gave appropriate
short talks and Mrs. Walter Mourn
gave several splendid piano Helen
lions. Much candy, nuts and many
toys made the' children happy and thn
doughboys and gobs felt that It was
money and eftoi t well expendei).
Some fellows, those, who i.pe as much
at home making the kiddies happy
ns they used to be making ttie kliuser
and his side kirks miserable.
Mrs. Con;e Swnggart and gran
daughter, Vashtl Kwaggart, of Pen,
dleton arrived from that city last
evening and will spend several day
hero vlHltlng friends and relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. Livingston will en
tertain Troop No. 1 Doy SeeaUl ot
America at ebkkeu dinner at f:M
t. at, UxUy.