IT FIRST.
VOLUME IX
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1922
NUMBER 3
BUREAU WILL HOLD A
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(By C. C. Calkins)
The; Morrow County Farm Bureau
cooperating -with the Heppner Com
mercial club expect to put on one of
the best County picnics ever held in
Morrow county on Thursday, June
15th. A snappy program of an hours
duration will be put on in the fore
noon. This will be followed by a
cafateria dinner furnished by the
ladies of the county.
In the afternoon competitive
sports, which will arouse the enthu
siasm of everyone, will be pulled off
with rapidity. These will be follow
ed by a baseball game which will
be a real surprise and which will
close the events for the day.
Many committees are already at
work and the plans they have iimind
bid fair to make this one picnic which
no one in Morrow county can afford
to miss. Remember the date. For
particulars call the County Agent's
office.
E. P. DODD VISITS HERE
E. P. Dodd, of Hermisfon, a can
didate for joint representative from
this district, was here dv.ring the
week looking after his campaign in
terests. Mr. Dodd Is making a vig
orous campaign in Uhe district and
Is not Counting on being elected by
members of the Ku Klux Klan, be
ing opposed to the Invisible Empire
and what It represents. Mr. Dodd
has served in the legislature and
made a creditable record.
E. P. Dodd for Joint
Rep
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STATEMENT TO MORROW COUNTY VOTERS
He has no platform but makes
the following statement:
TAXES I believe that the leg
islature should set a public ex
tunple in general tax reduction
Und that this example should be
followed by budget makers in
counties, cities, school and road
districts and by the people under
initiative action and in private af
fairs. Reduction can be accomp
lished also by readjustment of
land values and placing hidden
sources of wealth on tax rolls. It
can be further accomplished by ap
propriating less money, by re
quiring greater service and ef
ficiency of public employees, and
by placing people in public trust
who are known to have the public
welfare at heart.
i COLLfcGKSf. favor maintain
ing the State University, the Ag
ricultural College and State Nor
mal School by the millage tax
only, and that all -university and
college extension work, where pos
sible under the law, be held within
the provisions of the millage law.
It was the intention of the makers
of the millage law to stop log-rolling
for special appropriations.
EXFOKCE LAWS I shall up
hold all lawful effort to enforce
prohibition laws and I favor jail
sentence for first offense moon-
shining, and rigid laws
against
lurKfilin evil
in a methodist cradle and contrl
F.iRM BUREAU I am a mem- bute to the Methodist church and
ber of the Farm 'Bureau and be- J am a Mason. On Kiirh f'iir,r-
lieve in lis purposes and those of
the fari't bloc. I believe in the
work that creates new varieties of
wheat and resistance to smut, in
creasing the ana and production
of our great cereal. I am for
Paid
FIRE
THREATENS THE
APARTMENTS
REID
Fire threatened the Reid apart
ments near the Episcopal church last
Friday evening, the blaze being
caused by an overheated oil stove, in
the apartment occupied by Miss Rita
Norris and her mother. Miss Nor
ris, who is a teacher in the high
school, was just entering the build
ing when she heard her mother cry
"fire." She rushed to the apartment
and, with nvuch presence of mind,
threw a quantity of flour on the
blaze, which helped to smother the
blaze until Martin Reid, owner of the
building, arrived with a fire exting
uisher. An alarm had been sounded
but the fire was out before the fire
department arrived. The damage was
slight.
ST
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Morrow county won two firsts in
the slate wide Dental Essay Contest
which was offered by the Oregon
Dental Association. Robert McCabe,
5th grade, Dlst. No. 37, Fairview,
and Roy Lindstrom, eighth grade,
District 28, Fourmile,Were the lucky
contestants. The prizes offered were
$10.00 for each grade.
George Moore's road crew is tear
ing up the terra . firma on the roads
out around Hardman. Oliver's
rock crew is doing the work which is
too tough for George's men.
sentative
E. P. Dodd, of Hermiston, has
'ived in Umatilla county for 2 4
cars. He was born in Idaho.
"3 rew up on a cattle ranch as a
buekaroo. Quit and went to school.
Jraduated Indiana State ' liver -:it.y
1807. Editor Pend' ,i Tri
bune 8 years. Help st -.nuuis-ton.
9 times elected i sident. of
Commercial .club. Served coun
cilman, on library board. Mem
ber legislature 1919 and 1920.
Sent as special delegate to Wash
ington D. C. In 1920 to secure ap
proval of McCay Creek Reservoir
' hat will irrigate 30,000 acres in
Umatilla and Morrow counties.
Father of town of Boardman. Has
large alfalfa farm near Umatilla.
Lives on 14 acre orchard tract at
Hermiston. Is married and has
two children.
He has interests in both coun
ties. He believes good roads
should connect all parts. IBelieves
m niarnei roaas ana reeaers ior
far-marc In ,.,! V. I 1, , DlD,lOI,
full support to completion of Oregon-Washington
highway.
high grade healthy herds, and the
expense necessary to protect our
boys and girls from unsanilaiy
milk and butter. I believe in mar- '
ket roads, rural service and other i
contributions to the welfare and
contentment of farmers and their
families.
GUARD EASTEUX ORKGO.V
I shall guard and advance the in
terests of these counties and east
ern Oregon. In my experience in
the legislature I found it necessary
to keep a vigilant eye on Portland
and western Oregon legislators
whose knowledge of and sympathy
for eastern Oregon Is so near zero 1
that the skyline of the Cascades
bounds their" legislative horizon,
and the eastern Oregon empire Is
to them a foreign land.
AMRtticAxfSM t believe ' In
Americanism, the rights of free
speech, free press, and the open
forum of publlo discussion; in ac
tual religious freedom and In the
full privilege of the. foreign born
to seek a home on our shores, and
citizenship under the red, white
and blue. I am against the pur
pose of the Ku; Klux Klan to gain
control of the Republican party In
(L'matilla county and I am opposed
to the Invisible Government and
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nu iiux ivian program, it was
hnrn i hio .
". ' .uuuny .Uui fti-iiem-
nv,n vi muir iifj ana was rocsea
of Americanism I stand-fa defender
of the rights of every citizen of
foreign birth to claim equality un
der our laws, and am against his
being classed as an outcast because
of his blood or birth.
Adertist ment
INTERESTING SKETCH
Under the heading,! "Men You Read
About," a recent issue of the Portland
Telegram published the following in
teresting sketch, .of William B. Bar
ratt, state highway commissioner. The
sketch is from the versatile pen of
David W. Hazen.
"William B. Barratt got off the
train at Umatilla and walked to a
ranch near Heppner. It was an unin
viting country in those days, and
houses were few and far between.
But the young man had decided to
come west and grow up with the
Pacii'ic coast, so there was jno use
worrying.
This was in the fall of 1883. Ore
gon was then a noted sheep country,
but it wasn't the important wool sec
tion that it has since become. The
lad who trudged from Umaitlla to
the Heppner country has been an im
portant human factor in making this
state one of the greatest wool grow
ing communities in the world.
The first job the present state
highway commssioner secured in the
Beaver commonwealth was herding
live mutton. It wasn't the job he
wanted but it was the only one of
fered. He set to world to learn every
thing possible about the animals ho
was guarding and the business of
woo! gathering and selling.
"1 made up my mind I wasn't go
ing to hen! sheep very long," said
Mr. Barratt at the Imperial Hotel
this morning. "But it took some years
before 1 could save up enough money
to go into business for myself."
. "In the tall of 1890, seven yeais
after he arrived in Oregon, he wont
into business with R. F. Hynd, wno
later became his brother-in-law Their
uncn was near Heppner, and their
flocks grew and grew until they be- I
came known to wool men in Boston
and London. . j
"Ten years after Hynd and Barratt j
launched into the business world, the !
hitter purchased the . sheep and the
ranch at the head of Sand Hollow, :
""-'' mnea uui measi ot Heppner. i
j That same year 1900, the new owner ;
' ot Sand Hollow ranch married Miss I
Eliza Hynd, a native of Scotland. j
j Some time later the Barratts le-j
eided to move to the city. They had !
! listened, to winter winds howling
across tne plains, they had heard
wolves calling to their mates through
out the weary nights, they hadblis
tered in the summer suns and fought
insects of many sorts and sizes so
they decided to go to town and rest.
"A fine house was secured 1 and
handsomely furnished. Each morn
ing and evening W. B. would stroll up
to the postofflce and get the mail. He
also spent time at the bank, around
the hotel lobby and in the lodge
rooms. The sheep on the range were
in good hands, and the former ran
cher was beginning to really enjoy
life.
"Then came the famous Heppner
flood. The Barratt
out slick and clean. They moved
back to the ranch. They had just
established themselves in the new
home when fire destroyed the house
and one of their young sons lost his
life In the flames.
"Again Mr. and Mrs. Barratt
moved into Heppner and that, city has
since been their home. The oldest
son, Garnett, now" operates the ranch.
"He'B pretty youne for th.it i,h
isn't he," was asked.
"Well he ia young but he's all right
and he's a natural born rancher," ex
claimed the proud father. "He's
married and has a son, so you see I'm
, a granaaa. The boy married early
I ln Me to make up for the late start
I got."
William Barbour Barratt waa born
j February 28, 1862, just over the
j English side or the border between
Wales and England. Hla birthplace
is near the historic city of Shrews
bury, the ancient capital of Shrop
shire. The lad's father was a well
known landscape engineer of that
section of the "tight little Isle."
"The young man came to the
United S'ateg In 1880. He crossed the
Atlantic in the famous old steamship
Celtic, which was the crack liner of
that olden time. Barratt said the
steamer sailed from Liverpool at 1.
p. m., January 4, IS SO, and arrived
In New York harbor at 10:00 a. m.
ten days later.
itie .New orlc Herald earned a
story that this was the fastest trip 1 I-"lon Tower and a couple of Buck
ever made across' the Atlanic up to 1 "-''!a'u palaces." f
JUNIOR SENIOR PLAY
PLEASES AUD IENCE
The three-act comedy, "Martha
By-the-Day," i presented last Friday
and Saturday evenings by members of
the junior and senior classes of Hepp-
neii high school made (a tremenduous
hit with ft hose who attended and is
generally spoken of as one of the
very best plays ever produced in
Heppner.
Miss Violet Merritt, a senior, took
thet title roll as Martha Slawson and
right well did Bhe assume that
character. She is a favorite' among
the local amateurs.
Rose Hirl, a junior who took I the
part of an 80-year-old Irish granny,
had, perhaps, the most difficult part
in tho play to carry off, but she filled
th e bill to iperfection. Her broad
brogue, ready wit and well cultiva
ted hobble showed a lot! of natural
talent and faithful practice. Alvin
Boyd, another favorite in school
dramatics, took'(the leading mascu
line part and was quite a success in
the part of Frank Roland, a rich
young gentleman, and Allen Case,
who substituted for Kyle Cox, who
waa called east three days before the
play, carried off the part splendidly.
Other members of the cast were:
Leora Devin, Lena Cradick, Boyd
Copenhaver, Bernice Slgsbee, Ray
McDuffee, Elizabeth Huston, Flor
ence Cason and Raymond Ferguson.
Between the acts Don' Case, as
Professor Panimzio, gave an exhibi
tion of his wonderful 'Humanophone,
which, if painful to the performers,
was a treat to the audience.
Misg Elizabeth Phelps favored
with the whistling solo, Valse Lente
from "Nail: by Delibes, and a girls
chorus pleased with the singing and
dancing number, "Let's Waltz."
PARTY AT RALPH THOMPSON
HOME LAST EVENING
One of the most enjoyable parties
ever given in Heppner, was held last
evening' at the beautifully appointed
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thomp
son on their upper Willow creek
ranch, when Mr. and Mrs. Thompson
and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wells en
tertained for Miss Georgia Shipley.
Eight couples drove out from town
and the evening was spent in danc
ing. Most, delicious refreshments
were served at a late hour. The
guests unanimously proclaimed that
an evening could not be more enjoy
ably spent.
Miss Shipley, who has been teach
ing the past winter at Social Ridge,
left this morning for Portland and
Eugene where she will spend the
summer.
XOTK'E TO WATER USERS
Until further notice the hours for
irrigation will be from 4:00 till 8:00
p. m. and 6:00 to 10:00 a. m.
.No hose to be used without a
, snrinkler or nozzle.
Later in the season It may become
necessary to reduce these hours.
CITY OF HEPPNER,
W. E. Pruyn,
3-4 Water Sup!..
that time," said tho state highway
commissioner.
1 lie lad hud attended school In the
famous old town so after a short
visit with his sister and brother in
Gotham, 'be set out to find a Job. He
quickly secured oue in tlio old Wind
sor hotel and worked there two win
ters, going to tho beach resorts dur
ing the. summer season. He was
working at Long Branch, N. J. when
President Garfield died there.
A Bister had como to Oregon bo in
'83 William decided to take Horace
ireeley's well known advlc!.
Mr. Baratt has been one of tho
West's best known sheep growers for
more than two decades. Ho was
president of the Oregon Wool Grow
ers owtoclation four years, beginning
in 1916.
"He Is a Scotlsh Rite Masein, a
Shriner and m member of the Knights
of Pythias. In January, 1921, Gover.
nor Olcott appointed Barratt a mem
ber of the state highway commission
to bucceed the late K. E. Kiddle, of
Island City. But no Job could make
the noted sheepman quit Heppner.
He has made several viKits bck to
Great. Britain but says he wouldn't
live there if they would give him
FOREST XEWS FROM THE
DANE DISTRICT
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The season in the mountains is
fully three weeks late this year, ac
cording to Ranger Woods. At the j
snow stake 'on the head of Ditch
creek, over two feet of snow was
found. Along the jeummit near the
head of Willow creek three and one
half feet wasi measured early in- the
month by the Ranger. The late snow
is regarded as favorable to the huck
leberry crop, in that it will hold the
blossoms back until danger of severe
frosts are past.
Fred Casteel has been engaged by
the Five Mile Cattle & Horse associ-
ation to sall on th Five Mile ranse. I
He will probably go on duty June 1st.
His station will be at Squaw Flat
where the Association has a house
and an excellent pasture that i is no walkover. The game was inter
held under special permit from the estinE all the way through a,nd waa
Forest Service. Mr. Casteel has had
considerable experience in this line
of work. He has been Salter on the
Camas and Hideway range on the
Central Division of the Umatilla
National forest for the past four
years.
"Livestock Need Grass and Water.
Forott Fires Mean an Kbid
Of Both
HINKLE SAYS HE WILL
WORK FOR THIS COUNTY
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hlnltle, of Her
miston, were in Heppner last week
visiting friends and renewing old ac
quaintances. Mr. Hinkle slated to
the Herald that ho Is assured of very
duuub support in me coming primary
election in Morrow and Umatilla
counties and hopes for at least, an
even break with his two opponents
in Uuioit county. He feels in any
event Union comity is well represen
ted by Senator Bruce Dennis, mid
Umatilla by Senator Ritner, of Pen
Mrs. T. H. Lowe, who became
famous long ago for the sumptuous
suppers she serves at the Cecil dunces,
was in town for a few hours Satur
day morning and paid this office n
pleasant call. She is visiting ber
sister, Mrs. Hynd at Uoselawn ranch
in Sand Hollow, for a few days.
Herb Hynd & Dad of llutlerby
Flats ranch down by Cecil, were In
town for a couple of days .last week.
Herb came up to loaf a little and
drink milk shakes whllo Jack was
here to settle an old score with Luiu
Gordon about the weather. We will
give him credit for getting results for
the day after the Hynds left town
the weather warmed up as nice as you
please. This Is the second time this
spring that Cecil's mayor has had to
step forth with his wan paint on and
throw a little fear of the Lord Into
Mr. Gordon's system inorder to save
Morrow county's climatic reputation,
dleton, who has no opposition In the
primaries am! will doubtless be re
turned to the senate. The mil.irnl
situation will therefore leave Mr.
Hinkle free to devote f.peeial atten
tion to tho Interests of Morrow
county who has no r.en.itor and no
representative and will have none un-
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Heppner vs. Arlington
Heppner Athletic Field
This will be a Real Game-
Admission 50c
Base Ball Dance at Pavilion
Saturday, May 20
Good Music and a Good Time Tickets $1.00
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LIVELY, GAME ON HOI
FIELD LAST SUNDAY
HKPPXER WINS OVER LliXIXOi
TON IX 8-1$ SCORE
Manager To Strentrtlioii Toiuu Fofi
Next Sunday's aino Willi
, Arlington J
A fair crowd enjoyed the Lexing
ton-Heppner game on Heppner Field
last Sunday, a large number of Lex-
ineton fans accompanying their team
to thia city- " '
Manager Van Marter played a
home team last Sunday and, while
tliey won over the visitors, they had
thoroughly enjoyed by the crowd.
present.
Next Sunday's game promises to
be a good ono when Arlington will
try conclusions with Heppner on tho
Heppner diamond. Arlington has a
strong team this year, as usual, and
Manager Van Marter wants the Hepp
ner fans to ' know that he expects to
present a line-up on that occasion
that will at least bo able to give tho
visitors a good afternoon's sport.
Talking to a Herald, reporter Mon
dany morning, Van stated that he got
all the available baseball talent in
the (Heppner neighborhood together
recently and while there are a num
ber of good players, there are not
enough of them to establish a line-up
that will have a chance with most oC
the teams he has scheduled, and ho
believes that tho Heppner public.
want to Bee some good Raines. For
that reason he Ih arranging lo put out
a team next Sunday that will bo
worth while. This game should bo
the fastest of the season so far, for
Arlington has a strong team and will
bo here to win. A record crowd is
expected next Sunday.
liAitn.M.w nit; lisriiooi, gradu
ates FIVE
Commencement exercises were)
held at the Hanlirtan high school
auditorium last Friday evening whett
five students received their dipIoimiK.
S. E. Nelson, of Heppner delivered
the address of the evening. Then)
were a few musical numbers on tho
program and Marlon Hayden, clan
historian and Hanlmnn's boy poet,
read the history of the class1 in
poellc, form. Mrs. Lena Snell
Shurte, county school superintendent,
presented the diplomas.
The members of (he c.liisfl were:
Cleo Merrill, Delsle Sperry, Alvin
MeCarty, Marion Hayden, and Rho
Bleakman.
Icfs Mr. Hulden Is elected.
Mr. Hinkle says ho has Ino "pet
measure" to engage Ms attention and
Iff elected he will 'be In a position to
do good service for Morrow county
and I his ho has pledged to the hail
ing citizens of Morrow county to do.
Mrs. Sam E. Van Vactor returned
from The Dalles Sunday after spen
ding a week there.
BALL!
May 21
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