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HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1922
NUMBER 40
VOLUME VIII
WILD MAN" OF BUTTER
GREEK KILLED
CHOP VALVE FEU A CUE PROP
60 PEU CENT IX TWO YEARS
POLITICAL POT IS
BEGINNING TO
SAID TO HAVE TERRORIZED COM
MVX1TY FOR YEARS
Vnknown Russian Pole Dies While
Resisting Arrest By
Posse
Coroner Case decided today .J
.- to hold an inquest over the
.j. body of the man killed on But- .J.
.j. ter creek Sunday and witnesses 1
4 have been summoned to ap- v
.J. pear Wednesday afternoon. It
.J. has also developed that the "?
.J. man killed was probably not
. the same person who was hunt
JU ed for a year or so ago, but it J
.J. is said he is known to have .J
been in that vicinity for the
?. past six months. j
Tho average value per acre of 10
crops constituting nine-tenths of all
crop production dropped from $35.76
to $14.8 of 460 per cent, during the
two years 1919-21, announced the
United States Department of Agricul
ture recently.. This decline is unpar- j
aleled within the score of records of ; Halph Benge Being Vrged By Friends
THREE MEN ALREADY MENTION
ED FOR REPRESENTATIVE
To Pinter County Commissioner
Race
Not often in recent years has the
political pot began to simmer this
early in Morrow county.
With January just passing, al
ready the names of four men have
and bv 1913 the averaisf value per ; been brought forthward for political,
acre was' $16.49. The following year j preferment in this county and if the
there was a slight decline to $16.44 j activity keeps up until primary
caused by the low price of cotton, tune, an unusually interesting cam
but in 1916, the year before the Unit- j Paign may be expected.
the -department dating back to 1866.
During the years immediately fol
lowingthe civil war the general
trend of the average was downward,
dropping from about $14 or $15 per
acre to less than $8 by 1896, the low
est point in the industrial depression
of that time. Advance then set in
CHAUTAUQUA
TO START FEBRUARY 6
FAREWELL PARTY FOR.
STOHI.ER
HENRY
ADDRESSES BY EXPERTS
FARM TOPICS FEATVHE
ON
Heppner Gets Fine Three Day Pro
gram. Wives Vrged to Attend
With Husbands
j4 "
An unknown man, who is said to
have been terrorizing the upper But
ter creek section in this county for
several years and locally known, as
"the wild man," was shot and kiliea
last Sunday morning while resisting
arrest by a posse of citizens of that
neighborhood who had tracked him
from the Joe M. Hayes sheep camp
where he had stolen a gvn and a sup
ply of food the previous night. t
The posses consisted of Charles
MeDevitt, rancher, J. C. Whittington,
an employe of the Dillard French
ramch, and Archie MoCampDen,
government hunter and trapper on
that range. McCampbell fired the
fatal shot after the wild man had
taken refuge behind a tree and was
drawing a bead on the posse with his
stolen rifle, which was an army gun
of a large caliber. The bullet took
effect in the center of the forehead
and death was inatataneous. The rifle
in the dead man's hands was loaded j
and cocked when picked up by the j
posse.
The man has been in that locality
for at least three years and has al
ways been a mystery. Sheep camps
and homestead cabins were fre
quently robbed of provisions and clo
thing, the "wild man" being credited
with the depredations, but it was
only on rare occasions that anyone
got a glimpse of him and he had an
uncanny way of disappearing and
evading pursuers.
On Saturday when MeDevitt and
Whittington were riding on the range
they came upon the fellow so sudden
ly that be couldn't get to coveT and
they closed in and captured him. He
carried a 22 caibre rifle and a small
pack. They disarmed.him and when
MeDevitt went to the ranch to get a
rig to bring him to Heppner, he at
tacked Whittington find escaped.
Sunday morning the two men, ac
companied by McCampbell again took
his trail and finally locateu dim
with the result above state.
Coroner Case was notified by tele
phone and,
Chidsey went out Sunday afternoon j
and brought the body in Mcnday
noon. The killing occured in an iso
lated spot and the body had to be
brought some distance on a hand sled
then transferred to a hack and taken
to the French ranch, thence to Hepp
ner in a car.
Nothing was found on the boi by
which the man could be Identified
and the only information he gave
Saturday after being captured was
that he was a Russian Pole by birth.
The men who made the capture
were authorised by Mr. Chidsey sev
eral days ago to capture the man and
bring him In if they could find him,
when they called up the sheriff's of
fice and asked for officers to come
out.
Sheriff McDuffee was out of town
at the time and the deputy could
not leave the office until his return.
Whether the man was demented or
a criminil hiding from the law is
a puzzle which may never be solved
but it is certain that the people of
that sparsely settled region will ex
perience a feeling of relief to know
that the wild man of mystery will
roam their hills no more.
ed States entered the World War, the
averageadvanced to $22.58 or $6.14
in two years.
By far the greatest gain in one year
in average value per acre for 10 crops
was $10.69 from 1916 to 1917, the
George Bleakman, of Hardman,
present incumbent of the county com
missioner's office was the first man to
toss his hat into the ring in a formal
announement tothe voters of the
county, that he will be a candidate
average for the latter year being I for reelection. Mr. Bleakman is an
$33.25. The average forl918 was
$33.7 3. The average continued to
rise and in 1919 reached the peak of
$35.76. A decline then set in, the av
erage dropping to $21.28 per acre, or
60 per cent in the two years that followed.
AT PENDLETON FEB, 10-11
MEETING OF VVSVAL INTEREST
IS PROMISED
Many Notable Speakers Will Discuss
Problems Now Confronting
Sheepmen
Announcement has been made that
the twenty-third annual convention
of the Oregon Woolgrowers associa
tion will be held at Pendleton
day and Saturday, February 10 and
11.
A great array of talent has been
lined up for the session and both
days will be crowded full in order to
active member of the county court
and has taken great interest in the
mater of good roads and his friends
believe he should be given anoher'
term.
Next came E. P. Dodd, of Hermis
ton, Umatilla county, who gave in
formation through the press a week
ago, that he will seek the nomina
tion for joint representative for Mor
row and Umatilla counties, to suc
ceed C. E. Woodson, of this icty, who
has made it plain that he will not
seek nor accept a nomination to suc
ceed himself.
Then on Thursday, Dr.J. P. Con-
der, of Heppner, announced that he
wouldalso seek nomination for repre
sentative on the Republican ticket
for the same position.
On Friday it became known that
friends of E. M. Hulden were urging
mm to Dpcome a candidate for rep-
Heppner gets a fine three day ag
ricultural program beginning Mon
day, February 6th, that no farmer
can afford to miss. Note the line-up.
Monday February 6th: Professor
Brewster, the poultry specialist of
many years experience, will be here
to discuss breeding, feeding, housiny
culling and handling of the farm
flocks to obtain egg production. Mr.
A. H. Lea, manager of the Oregon Co
operative Grain Growers, in which so
many farmers are interested, will be
here to discuss the work of that or
ganization and answer any questions
farmers may have in mind.
Tuesday, February 7th: Mr. Kuhns
of the Forestry Service from Pendle
ton to discuss range management.
Professor H. A. Lindgren from Cor-
vallis, will discuss other livestock
problems1, and it is fairly possible that
Professor Whitycombe from the Un
ion station will be present to discuss
feeding results obtained at that sta
tion. No man who keeps livestock
can afford to miss this day.
Wednesday, February 8th: D. E.
Stephens from the Moro Experiment
Station will discuss the value of fall
and spring discing, early and late
plowing, deep and shallow plowing,
methods of handling th summer-fallow,
rates of seeding as well as the
dates of seeding, and wheat vaiiety.
Mr. Stephens is a man that no grain
farmer in Morrow county can, afford
to miss hearing. He has the actual
information that applies right here.
His chart showing results brings his
message home. Mr. R. V. Gunn,
One of the most enjoyable event?
of the season for the young people
of Heppner, was a farewell party
given by Miss Thelma Miller at the
Grover Swaggart home last Friday
evening in honor of Henry Stohler.
Progressive Rook was the ordw of
entertainment and seven tables were
occupied. Honors going to Miss
Helen Curran and Irvin Padberg.
After the games light refreshments
were served.
Mr.Stohler, who has been associ
ated with the first National Bank in
this city for the past year is leaving
to take a position with a bank at
Banks, Oregon.
HEREIN ANNUAL SESSIUN
SUGARING FIXED AT 10 CEXTi
AXD HOARD
Coyote Hunting, Railroad Rates, Mar.
keting Problems Also Re
ceived Attention !
Jim Farley, who says he runs
band or two of sheep for the pure fun
of it and makes a serious business of
financing the woolies, declared him
self at Saturday's meeting as beiii.'.
unalterably opposed to a cut in the
price of shearing. "It's the only
branch of the business there's any
money in," argues Mr. Farley, "so
why kill off the only profit there is
left. Besides where will we go to
borrow a dollar next spring if we
squeeze the shearer boys down to the
last penny," he asked.
Harry Bartholomew, former Hepp
ner boy, but now a resident of Pen.
dleton and a well known sheepman,
was here Saturday attending the
meeting of sheepmen.
TO INSANE ASYLUM
MENTAL LAPSE ATTRIBUTED TO
DOMESTIC TROUBLE
Develops Suicidal Mania and
Two Attempts at Self
Destruction
Makes
1 resentative and it seems to be gen,- ! from Corvallis, will also discuss the
i erally understood that he will have ! Cost of Production problem.
i ... . . I lAnm.u ,e tUa l,.,.l-,.,. e 41
p. jfuuii;-; ruypuiL irum ine iarming in-j wi u, uiiiruuainc uirht:
xeresis. hmiuia, unu mt-r is bo mucn 10
Mr. Hulden is an extensive wheat ! nllt across in sucl1 a littlo time, these
meetings will begin promptly at one
o'clock. It will almost be necessary
for farmers to get in town for din
ner in order to be ready for the al'ter-
framer in the Blackhorso district,
coming here from Portland some
three years ago and is being urged
iv his backers na a mnn wpll mmli.
give the many good speakers a chance , fied fo,. tne posltjoni Before
to lead in the discussions, and for the ing in fam, here he wasconnecte(1
reports of committees, and the busi-1 ,.,Uh . (v, u. u , , .
, with one of the big banking wstitu
nessof the convention. ! t,. , rnj j ,. .
I i,mno in i ui iidim unu Willi am varieu
the business experience flnH Htrnno- nar-
The following authorities on
problems connected with the sheep
industry will be heard:
F. R. Marshall, Secretary of the
National Woolgrowers Association;
Dr. S. W. McClure, former secretary
of the National Woolgrowers and
manager of the Cunningham Sheep
Co.; A. J. Knowlin, manager cf the
Woolgrowers Commission Co.; E. F.
Benson, manager of the Department
of Immigration and Industry N. P.
R.R., formerly Commissioner of Agri
culture for the State of Washington;
R. A. Ward, Manager of Ovegon Co
operative Woolgrowers; Jay H. Dob
bin, President of Oregon Woolgrow
ers; Robert Withycomb, Sup. East-
ith Deputy sheriff jnO'-on Experiment Station; Paul
. mm 13, inctiui Ul .Aiei!lUll U. A.
C; Stanley Jewett. in charge of pre.
datory animal work, U. S. Biological
Survey; E. N. Kavanaugh, District
Forest Supervisor; and others.
In order to get down to business
early in the session, the committees
will be appointed before the conven
tion opens so that theymay have
time to frame good sound construc
tive recommendations. The sheep
men are realizing the necessity for
taking organized steps to protect
their'buslness.
A banquf-t will' be held Friday
night and the Pendleton Commercial
club is holding a smoker for the Wool
growers, Saturday night. The exe
cutive committee is looking forward
to the best attended session ever
held.
Prominent sheepmen of Morrow
sonality, his friends assert that he
will make a storng man to represent
the farming and stock interests of
this legislative district.
Mr. Hulden, who is spending the
winterln Portland, was here for a few
days during the weekand it was then
that his friends approached him on
the subject of becoming a andidate.
He left for Portland Friday morning
and the Herald was unable to secure
any statement from him but it is
understood from his supporters that
he was inclined to consider the mat
ter favorably.
It also became known Friday that
friends of Ralph Benge had started
a movement to bring him out for the
nomination for county commissioner
When interviewed by a Herald repor
ter Saturday morning, Mr. Benge
said that he waB being urged to enter
the race and that his reply was that
while he is in no sense a candidate
noon session.
Town people are most cordially in
vited. Most of our town people are
interested more or less in poultry and
are indirectly Interested In all the
farmers' problems. In some places
the town people ate studying them
religiously, and you will only be do
ing your part to be doing it here.
This work takes on the nature of
a farmer's Chautauqua. Tho same
program with the exception of the
livestock work will be put on In Lex
ington and lone as follows.
Lexington Monday, February 6,
1 p. m. D. E. Stephens In "How to
Increase your yieijs." R. V. Gunn
in "Problems Connected f'llh Wheat
Production Costs "
Tuesday February 7th, 10:1:0 A. M
anc i:uu r. m. u. h Jirewsf.-r on"
"Doubling the egg production of the
average Farm Fl.irU." A. II. Lea, Re
sults obtained by the Oregon Cooper
ative Grain Growers. He will speak
at 10:30 A. M.
IONE Tuesday, February 7th D
E. Stephens in "How to Increase your
Yields." R. V. Gunn, Problems con-
for the office, that if he Is shown that nected with wheat production coMs.
the people generally want him to be-I Wednesday, February 8th C. S.
come a candidate he may do so. Mr.
Benge has been a resident here for
many years and is known as one of
the most successful farmers in the
county . While still owning con
erable wheat lands he has retired
from active farming and is a resi
dent of Heppner.
L. A. Hunt, former county agent,
now manager for the Oregon Hay
growers association, with headquar
ters at Hermistan, came over Satur
day to attend he annual meeting of
county are inteersting themselves in th Morrow County Wool Growers as-
Brewster In doubling the egg produc
tion of the average farm flock. A. H.
Lea, results obtained by the Oregon
Coporative Grain Growers this year.
MORGAN Thursday February 9,
C. S. Brewster and A. H. Leu will
deliver their addresses.
Boardman and Irrlgon will hold
sessions on problems to the direct In
terest of the people there which will
also be discussed during the same
week.
W. B. Barratt was
traveler Thursday mornVr.
was called to attend r,n executive
session of the state highway commis
sion at which a conference will te
held with the federal officials regard
ing federal tid to the state highway
system.
John McClennon, president of the
National Sheepshearers' association
the success of the coming conven- Uociatlon, of which he was secretary was here Saturday attending the
tion and urge that every flock-owner during the past year. Mr. Hunt says sheepmen's meeting, having been
in the county who can possibly ar- J the Hermiston country Is still locked ' brought here by the local shearers to
range to do so, should attend this j jn Winter's embrace and he rather i conferwith the local sheepm'-nln re
meeting, 'enjoyed getting back to the good old ' gard to fixing the price for Khwing
1 Heppner banana belt where th'
moonshines the year around and
strawberries are always available in
some form. The hay market is quid
satisfactory, Mr. Hunt says, about
per cent of the crop controllI b
the association having already be n
die posed of and he expects to r- the
Walter Duncan, a well known rc3
ident of thiH city, was taken to the
slate hospital for the insane at. Pen
dletcn, Sunday alter having been
commitod to that institution on Friday.
It seems that domestic Infelicity
had prevailed in the Duncan home for
some time, which finally culminated
In Mrs. Duncan filing divorce proceed
ings several days ago.
Duncan showed signs of mental
disturbance early last week and on
Wednesday he went to the Furlong
home In the south part of town where
he told Mrs. Furlong that ho had
been poisoned and was very sick. He
aBked for some milk which was given
him and Mrs. Furlong then called
Dr. Chick who removed the man to
the Moore hospital where a stomach
pump was used and a sleeping potion
given.
Towards morning he became vio
lent and insisted on leaving the hos-
pital which he did at about 4:00 A
M., the hospital attendants being un
able to restrain him. Dr. Chick waf
again called but when he reached the
hospital the patientwas gone.
Later Deputy Sheriff Chidsey was
called to the Wilson home on Gale
street, where Duncan had taken ref
uge, hp, lert there, however, and
was finally found at the livery barn
by Sheriff McDuffe and Chidsey, and
taken Into custody. On the way to
the court house Duncan became viol
ent and attacked McDuffee who was
obliged to use his billy to quiet him
Three small cuts on the scalp resul
ted from this encounter, each being
closed by one stitch by the surgeon
Instead of 15 stitches as reported
around town.
Duncan wag examined as to his
sanity Friday before County Jue1
Campbell and was committed to th
asylum, but Saturday morning when
about ready to start for Pendleton
upon entering the Jail the office
found that Duncan had stabbed him
self several times In the region of
the heart and was bleeding copiously
Ho had found an old penknife whl
had been left In tho Jail by a forme
Inmate with which he had inflici.
the wounds.
hamniay afternoon a ruard froi
Portland
Cecil Lieuall'ii l'-ft for
Sunday morning.
Max Hok, S'-eretary of the Or-Vn
a Portland bound ! Woo rowers, was here Satin 'lay
wh'-re he 1 from Pendleton and met witn tne lo
cal sheepmen. In an interesting
address Mr. Hoke outlined the com
ln? meeting of sheepmen at Pendle
ton and urges that every Monov
county man Interested in the industry
attend.
for the coming season. Mr. MeClen
non says that this is the fir.-.t. time
where an ofiieial from the national
Ik adquart'-! s hus lin invited to ;it
tenda local meeting of this kind. He
made a lucid stater. cnt of the aims
and objects of the shearers associa
tion, which is Incorporated a:i a frat-
jtlie hospital arrived by Purid
entire crop fretty well cleaned up by i ernal organization and his n maiks
the end of tho season. The price I met with the Inatty approval of the
now being received, Mr. Hunt says if 1 f lof kowners. His home and head
about 111.00 per ton. 'quarters are at Butte, Montana.
morning the patient, bad s'lfficicnUy
recovered to be able to stand Hi
trip which was made by train. It
understood that he became violen
on the train before reaching Ion
and had to be restrain! d with strap.
and handeuffH.
Mr. Duncan's brother ,F. M. Dun
can, of Butter creelc, accotn panic
him to the hospital tc aid the guard
i in handling the patient.
Morrow county sheepmen, members
of the county woolgrowers associa
tion, met in annual session last Sat
urday afternoon after enjoying a
good luncheon together at Hotel
Patrick. John Kilkenny, president of
the association, presided at the meet
ing with Jack Hynd acting as secre
tary. Local shearers, who had been in
vited to attend the meeting wern
present with John McClennon, presi
dent; or tne National organization '
shearers, who camo here from Rutin
Montana, to attend the meeting and
the question of prices for the coming:
season was tho first item on the pro
gram. Mr. McClennon addressed tin
meeting, explaining the alms and ob
jects of the shearers' union, which,
he said, Is incorporated as a fraternal
organization. He explained that con
trary to general belief among sheep
owners, the union was organized, not
to foment strikes and demand un
reasonable wages, but rather to ele
vate the standard of efficiency
among the shearers and to promote
harmony between employers and em
ployes. He concluded his remarks hr
suggesting a wage of ten cents per
head and board, or its equivalent,
for the coming season. Mr. McClon
non's remarks were well received iff
the sheepmen after ?, brief diBcussioa
his suggestion was agreed to and.
adopted by all parties interested. Mr.
McClennon was also invited by Maec
Hoke to attend the Oregon Woolgrow ers
meeting at. Pendleton and mal;
an address there, Mr. Hoke saying
that he was confident the agreement
rrived at here would be adopted at
the state meeting.
The question of other wages wa
tssed up to the state meeting.
The matter of trapping coyotes ut
m- the present arrangement b
hieh the federal government pay
0 per cent of the cost and the county
and sheep owners, each 25 per cent.
waH endorsed and continued in effect.
Max Hoke, secretary of the Oregon
Woolgrowers association, made art
address In which he outlined the pro-
ram of the coming meeting at Pen
leton Including financing tho Indus
try, railroad rates, forest reserve
grazing problems and the extension
f the operation of tho war finance
ganizatlon which, without addltlon-
1 action by congress will cease ti
function July 1st. Mr. Hoke pointed
out that these matters are all of great
mportanco to every sheepman, In tin
state and iged that every flock
wner In this county should make Ir.
point to attend the Pendleton meet-
g.
F. W. Herrln, president of the Pan
ne Coast Woolgrowers Marketing
association, was also pnent nnd
nade a most Interesting and Instr.ie-
ting address. Mr. Herrln, who In a
native son of Jackson county whern
no nas Deen engaged In the sheep
business an 0f his life, stated that
Uils Is tho first year that. l!iHn,i.
ng assoclalon haH operated but thm
they are already showing
results. The membership so far U
mostly confined to the umllT sheep,
men of western Oregon. The officer
and warehousH am t t,, .
where the wool Is stored and irrnH,,
and then sold direct to the manufJb-
turer. Results show that members
of the association have reallied a
net price from 2 to 8 centH abov,,
the prices paid by the pld lino buyers
and he assured his hearers that lar
ger operators In eastern Oregon cam
secure equally favorable prices by be
coming; members.
!n mentioned a car In Jack mm
county of two of his neighbors., fath
er and son, who each own 1000 head
which ,.) run together on tho sum
mer range, and only separated i,i
winter f. ciling. The son Joined tli )
arrocint Wn and received i; cent!) fi,r
'ii i c'ip, while th. father i.layi d o.i .
and .old his lor 17 c,.ni..
Mr. Herrln i( spi-ndini; rci
"fill da); in lie), ,,,., Itlj., voile t.i
n ei t I ton; of (hi; 1 1.( epu.en pei .aiti
ally. OTicii'. elected for tho coiniii;
year were: John Kilkenny, president;
J. J. Kelly, vice-president; Jack
Hynd, secretary; K. O. Noil!, treasurer.