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VOLUME IX
HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1922
NUMBER 15
LEWI
REJECTED BY J. D.BOARD
DIRECTORS AND LANDOWNERS
MET TUESDAY EVENING .
FIREBUG VSES TORCH ON W. B.
FIN LEV RANCH
"Let Case Go To Finish," Was
Idea of The Taxpayers
Present
The
A considerable number of land-owners
of the John Day Irrigation dist
rict were present at a meeting of the
board of directors last Tuesday even
ing to take part in, the consideration
of a compromise offer submitted by
John H. Lewis, former engineer for
the district, for settlement of claims
made by Mr. Lewis against the dist
rict and which are now in the courts
for adjudication. The minutes of
that meeting which tell the story of
the situation down to the presnet
time are given herewith:
Regular meeting of the Board of
Directors of the John Day Irrigation
District held at the office or the Dist
rict in Heppner, Oregon, this first
day of Augurft, 1922, at the, hour of
7:30 o'clockP. M.,' present Arthur
Wheelhouse, President and Director,
and M. D. Clark, Director, C. A. Mi
nor, Director, absent.
The meeting was called to order
by President Wheelhouse and the
minutes of the last meeting read
and approved.
Tho Secretary was then instructed
to read a communication received
from John H. Lewis, formei- Engin
eer for the District, in which he sub
mitted a proposition of Settlement of
the pending litigation between the
land owners of the District and said
John H. Lewis et al. That the same
was read and the matter was open
for general discussion of tho Board
and the many land owners present.
That the following laud owners in the
District were present ar..d spoke on
the subject of settlement, r.amely:
Gus Sniythe, Mike Kenny, Jack Hynd,
John Kilkenny, James Carty, John
Kelly and others, and that the Nor-
The W. B. Finlcy ranch, some 20
miles nortl: of Lexington, was' the '
scene of a destructive Incendiary fire :
Sunday night when 973 saclcs of ;
wheat more than, 2200 bushels'
Was des'royed by fire. Threshing
had just been completed late last
week ai.d t.'.e whoat tacks ',vero piled
at e:.ch setting, of wliich the-e were
nine. The firebug wast evident'y on
horseback and roda from one setting
to another dropping a match ir each.
The fire started about 10:00 P. M.
Tho ranch waa being farmed by
Duval & Norton and is owned by W.
B. Finley, who now resides near Her
miston. No suspicion so far attacnes
to anyone for the dastardly deed but
one with a real or fancied grievance
against the owners of the grain. The
loss was pretty well covered by in
surance of $1.00 per bushel. Twenty
feet or so of good, stout half-inch
rope would come in handy if such a
fellow could bo caught in the act.
OLD TIMER SPINS YARN
OF EARLY DAY HOLDUPS
OS
BURCH FURNISHES COPY
WHEN NEWS IS SCARCE
How Tom McCarty Held Up Denver
Bank. How Hoy Held Up
Stage
When news Is scarce and the Aug
ust heat makes life all but unbear
able; when ambition is at a low ebb
and the near-proelrated news-gatherer
is at his wit's end for copy, then
is a good time to hunt up some real
old timer and induce him to spin a
true yarn of the good old days of 3 5
or 40 or 50 years ago.
Last Friday was just such an oc
casion and Oscar Burch, perhaps the
oldest old timer now living in Morrow
county, was the one selected to fur
nish the yarn.
"I was prospecting up in the
Greenhorn district some 30 or 3 5
years ago," Mr. Lurch started in,
"and my nearest neighbor was a fel
low mamed George McCarty. He
thern Pacific Railroad Company was j was a fine fellow too and we used to
icoresented at said meeting by their
attorney, Mr. da Ponte who alr o
spoke briefly on the subject of settle
ment. That after thorough discus
sion of the matter, Mr. M. D. Clark
moved that the proposition submitted
by Mr. Lewis be rejected and on be
in put by tho chair the motoiou car
ried unanimously.
The following resolution was then
offered by M. D. Clark, to-wit;
Whereas a former board of direc
tors adopted a budget amounting to
about $112,000.00 find ordered an
assessment of fifty cents' per acre on
all privately owned land in, the Dist
rict to raise said sum, end
Whereas the land owners com
menced a suit against the John Day
Irrigation District and others for the
purpose of cancelling said assessment
and the indebtedness for which it
was levied, and
Whereas, the Circuit Court of Mor
row County has rendered a decision
rnnpoll in- nil nr Hnu j.. j . .
....6 ui iu inueoiennpss ex
visit together quite a bit. One even
ing as I was coming in from work
past eGorge's camp, I found a
stranger there who George introduced
as his uuncle, Tom McCarty. He was
a mighty fine looking man, one that
would pass in any company as a gen
tleman and big business man. I
had supper with them and we got
pretty well acquainted. Tom stayed
there for quite a spell and one day
some fellow came in from Baker and
brought some mail and wo read in
the paper about Captain Moffatts
bank in, Denver having been robbed
of $21,000. We talked about the
robbery a good deal and one day
when Tom was out with me looking at
a proRpect he up and told me that
he did the job and that robbing a
bank in broad daylight was one of the
easiest things in the world if you
know how and have, tho nerve. This
is the way Tom said he pulled tho
Moffatt job:
"He knew Mr. Moffatt, president of
the bank, by sight and one day he
watched until he saw the president go
cept about $22,000.00 end in addition ' 'nt the bank' HavinS Provided him
has cancelled about S4S nnn nn f 8elt w,,n nls De-St Mx shooter and a
the indebtedness accruing since said i
Layman Tells Why Community
Should Support Local Paper
The letter below clipped from the Pampa,
(Tex.) News, is reprinted here for the points
which it contains relative to the value of commu
nity newspapers. It is the expression of a layman
but sums up admirably the advantage to a com
munity of its local paper and the reasons why it
should receive support. Note particularly
what the writer says about extending this sup
port for personal and practical reasons, even
where considerations of public spirit are not in
volved. The ideas expressed by this writer are
worthy of the serious consideration of many
people in Heppner as well as in most other small
towns:
. .- "San Jose, Calif., July 5.
"Pampa News, Pampa, Texas.
"Dear Friends: Knclosd you will find $2.00
to move my subscription up to the next mile post
on life's highway.
"I hope the News will meet with . that en
couragement, patronage,, moral support and sub
stantial backing by the people of Gray county to
which its character as a public institution entitles
it. The citizens of a community should take a
personal pride in their local paper, just as they do
or should in their churches, their clubs, their
roads, their business organizations.
"If one does not, as a public spirited citizen,
back up his local paper with his support, then he
should do so from personal reasons, for no invest
ment, to the amount of it will be more largely re
flected. It is continually inviting attention to
its particular locality. It tells of its advantages,
its resources, its progress, its achievements, its
successes. It overlooks nothing, it gives all the
local news; it advises, it suggests changes and
improvements. Everywhere it goes it is a con
tinual reminder of and booster for its home town.
"A few days ago every newspaper in north
ern California published the same editorial
something, they say, that was never done be
fore. It was a very carefully written article of
about two columns and was all in praise of the
north half of the state. Its purpose of course was
to encourage immigration. Pamphlets, folders,
postcards, circulars, the movies, all have their
places as advertising mediurris but the newspaper
.is universally recognized as the great the over
shadowing agency which reaches and influences
the masses. And the better the paper, the great
er its influence.
"Therefore, so long as I have friends or
financial interests in your part of the country, I
am going to be personally interested in the'suc
ccss of its local paper."
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H. I'dl.WKl.l, MEETS HEATH IN
THRESH EH ACCIDENT
W. H. Colwell, a pioneer of the
Lone Hoik country, r.nd one of the
best known and most highly respec
ted old time stockmen of this part 01
the state, died at tho Condon hospi
tal last Tuesday from injuries sust
ained at the Fred Lewis ranch near
Mikkalo, when he w:,n caught in the
separator cylinder and had one leg
ground to a pulp.
Mr. Colwell, who has resided in
Portland for several years,',
terested with Mr. Lewis in the farm
ing business and was there assisting
with the harvest. He was tending
separator at the time and by a mis
step fell Into the machine. Ho re
tained conciousnest? aind directed the
men how to proceed to relaso him
and was taken to the hospital where
death followed amputation of the iu
jured limb.
Mr. Colwell wfts well known at
Heppner and made frequent visitb
here. He was a brother-in-law ol
Dr. is. b .uBtler, who formerly re
sided here, and had business relations
with many of the stockmen in thi&
section. Before moving to Pu.
he resided at Arlington for several
years.
Besides his widow ho is survived
by a sister, Mrs. Salzor, of Tacoma;
a brother, James Colwell, 6f Seat tie;
and three daughters, Mrs. Christian
sen ,of Troutilale; Mis. Black, of
North Carolina, and Mrs. Pomeroy,
of Portland.
Mr. Colwell was a member of the
Masonic order, the Knights of PythU.s
and the Artisans.
The body was taken to Portland
for burial.
ROUND-UP TO LAKE THE
PLACE OF COUNTY FAIR
MIOllABI.E DATES LAST THREU
DAYS IN SETEMUEK
Committee Reports Project PractN
tally Financed. Pendleton
Stock to Ue Here jj
JOHNB. NATTER PASSES;
levy was made, and
I liquid that looked like
I ine, he stepped into the
nitroglycer
bank and
Tiru j '
""nws' ui1Qer Ba'a decision there ! asked to see the president on busl
is not now outstanding against the j ness. He was shown into Moffatt's
District in excess of $22,000.00 or i private office and after introducing
23,000.OO and.
Whereas the land holders have ap
pealed from; the Court decision and
seek to have the Indebtedness further
reduced, and
Whereas, the Court believed it
was without power to cancel the said
levy of fifty cents per acre, notwith
standing the Indebtedness intended to
be paid thereby was largely cancelled,
and
himself, giving an assumed name, he
told Moffatt he was operating in,
mines and needed a loan of $21,000
to swing an important deal. Moffatt
replied that they had plenty of money
to loan but that being a stranger,
some reference would be required.
"Is this sufficient reference?" Tom
asked, as he shoved his favorite six
gun in Moffat's face. Moffatt was
game and replied:. "Yes. under the
and the crowd stopped and began to
mill around the bank door. "There
goes the scoundrel," shouted Tom,
pointing down the street, "that son-of-a-gun,
with the white hat." The
crowd took up the chase, Tom with
them and at the first coiner: "There
he goes, again shouted Tom, pointing
toward the river where he had his
horse hitched. When the crowd
reached Tom's horse he got in tho
of a big rock beside the road. When
the stage rolled up the kid poked up
his stick at the driver and shouted,
"Halt!". The driver halted.
"Throw out the box," commanded the
kid. The driver chucked out the
box. "Now drive on and don't look
back commanded the embryo holdup.
The driver did as commanded. lie
drove to the station and gave the
alarm. "Big bm-of-a-gun 'bout 6
circumstances I think that is suffl-
. Whereas, there is no necessity for j cient" ' i
the collection of said fifty cents per "T.hen write a cnPek in my favor
iui f ai,uuu, saiu xum, give 11 iu
acre and it would work a great hard
hip on the land holders to pay the
?anie and many of them may not be
able to pay it, Therefore
Be it resolved that the said levy of
fifty cents per acre be cancelled and
the County Assessor be instructed to
strike it from the t,-x ro'.is and the
Sheriff an.d all other County Officers
refrain from the collection, thereof.
But it is the sense of this Boa-d
that when the Supreme Court shall
have passed on the pppeal of said
litigation and the amount which the
District will owe has bcn deter
mined, another levy will be made,
sufficient to pay said indebtedness
and to satisfy the just claims of all
creditors of the District.
Mr. M. D. Clark moved the adop-
(Contlnued on Page Four)
saddle and rode to Fort Collins where i fm 4 wjth a double barrelled shot
j he took the train to Baker, Oregon, gun h(!(l m(J up at lhe big ro(.k aml
and went out to the Greenhorn to took tho box .. h,, panted. All hands
visit his nephew. I grabbed their guns and started for
i Latr McCarty went to Rosslyn and the bif, r(K.K A liul(, way up the
robbed a bank there and then wtait roa(l tn(.y m,.t lno kid. "Git
back to Colorado pulled another jot) back to tho house, sonny," the dri
ver told him, "this is no place for
boys; thar'B stage robbers 'round
John B. Natter, one of Ileppn.er's
pioneers and prominent in local
bushiest,' circles for many years, pas
sed away at his home in this city
last Friday evening aged 87 years.
Mr. Natter had been failing for
some time hi,"! advanced age seemingly
sapping hi strength. He had only
been confined to his bed ten; days and
just two weeks before the end came
he walked down the street to tho bar
ber shop and back to his house.
Death came peacefully and without a
struggle after a long, deep sleep in
to which he fell early Friday morn
ing. Mr. Natter was born in Mellau,
Tyrol, Austria Juno 27, 1835, died In
Heppner, Oregon, August 4, 1922.
Aged 87 years, one month ahd eight
days.
He came to the United States at
the age of nineteen years, making
j his first settlement at Galena, Illin
ois where he remained for five years.
; In 185!) ho proceeded by way of the
i Isthmus of Panamla to California. He
'came to Oregon in 18ti8 and ban re
sided In this slate conUtuunisly
since. Mr. Natter lias made his home
in Heppner for the liiHt forty years,
arriving here in the spring of 1882.
He has been vice-president anil direc
tor of die First National Bunk for
j many years, only resigning lie vlce
i presidency n short time a;;o on r.c
j count of failing health. He has bee,,
j a member or the Benevolent and Pro
I tecl.ivo Order of Klks for a number of
years.
i On February 0, 1 8 70, Mr. Natter
j wan united n marriage to Anna
j M;Uhilda Meinert.To this Union twin
; sons were born, both of whom ae
j deceased, Joseph passed away in his
j Infancy and Frank at the age of 28
: years. He Is hiirvfved by his widow
; Anna M. Natter, and niece Kallo
' Meinert.
The old adage, "Great Oaks front
little acorns grow," promises to be
fulfilled a,t regards the little Round
Up held last year iin connection with
the Morrow County Fair, if we are to
judge from the enthusiasm witli
which the recent announcement that
a Round-Up on a much more ambi
tious scale will be held this year to
take the place of tho regular county
fair which has been postponed.
At a meeting held last Tuesday
evening the matter was discussed 'r
a number of business' men and stock-
men and W. W. Smead, acting chair
mam of tho meeting, appointed C. W.
McNamer, L. V. Gentry and C. H.
Latourell a general committee to
take necessary steps towards form
ing and financing a Round-Up asso
ciation to report at a future meet
ing. On Saturday the committee called
upon the business men of the oity
with a subscription paper and in
short time received pledges of about
$1200.00 as' a starter for financing
the project with the understanding
that all money so advanced will bo
returned to the subscribers from the
receipts of the show.
Sentiment in the community was
found strongly in favor of having a
Round-Up and the people havo
shown their spirit by getting behind
the committee almost to a man
number of business men who were
out of town Saturday will no doubt
add their support when (hey returuu.
The subscribers will hold a meet
ing wnnin a nay or two wlinn gen
eral plans will be discussed and do
tails worked out.
It is proposed to hold the biK show
on Gentry Field where last year's
wild west show was staged, and a,
number of substantial improvements
will be made for the coming event.
A first class quarter-mile track will
bo made and fenced, the corrals will
be improved and a grand stand will
be creeled with a capacity of perhaps
1000 spectators.
Present plans include enlisting a
large amount of the competing stock
from the Pendleton Hound-Up which
will be held one week earlier than
the Heppner show and this will in
sure first-class entertainment.
Other entertainment features will
be enlisted such as Home of the best
carnival attractions and athletic
events and danceB will be held in. the
pavilion every evening.
The dates have been tentatively
fixed for the 28th, 20th and 30th or
September and the general opinion
among those who are planning 'the
event Is that It will bo tho biggest
in Heppner's history. ,
Watch tho Herald each week foil'
additional Information.
THIS IS VACATION WEEK
Thii Herald appears in nil her con
densed form this week ami! consider-
: able local news and correspondelicn
I has been crowded out. Our only ex
j ciisi! is that this is1 vacation lime and
I the "call ol' Hie wild" is too strong
, for even a country editor to with
1 si and.
WORK GOI VO A LONG ON I i:l
TON MARKET ROAI
Fanners In the country north ot.
Lexington have reason to congratu
late themselves because of the Him
new market road now under construc
tion between Lexington and the Base
line, a (liHtnnce of six miles.
me, and walk with me to the paying
teller's window and when I present
the check he will ask you if it Is all
right, you will say yes, I will get the
money and leave."
Several customers were in the bank
I as this program was carried out and
as Tom turned from the window with
his money safe in his bill book, one
j man who had watched the proceed
I Ings said. "This looks like a holdup
to me "
I "Tom turned on him, pulled out
his bottle of colored water and said,
; "You keep quiet. I have here a
bottle of pure nitroglycerine. If any
'of you try to give an alarm I will
drop It on this floor and there will
not be one brick of thisbuilding left
en another." Tom stepped from the
bank and mingled with the crowd
' but had only walked a few steps
1 when the cry, "robber" was raised
1 but got killed in tho getaway.
' "1 guess Tom waa about right,"
chuckled Burch when he finished the
story. "If a fellow knows how and
has the guts, he can get away with
most anything." Aind then he chuck-
, led again: "Did you ever hear about
; that kid that held up the b'tage over
at Vinson beyond Butter creek in the
' early days? Well sir, that was pret
ty funny. I've forgotten the fellows
name that was a runnin' the Vinson
station at that time but he had a boy,
a kid about 11 years old, who had
heaid all kinds of holdup tileries all
here, git back to the house whar
you'll be safe."
After a futile search for the, rob
ber they returned to the station and
and after a bit somebody noticed the
I Th:it rliulrlet lu ,,f il, I, I, .)
The funoial was held Sunday after-I wheat producing sections In, tho
:noon from the residence under the county and the old road was one of
ifUisVlccs of Heppner's lodge of Elks. ,the worst to haul over during tho
j Kev. Oillander, of Lexington, deliv- dry season, because of the dust, and
I 010(1 th0 st'r mon. ehuck holes due to the heavy tonni.ge.
I he Herald man had the
Dean Goodman returned from
Seaside and Astoria last, week where
he Bpent a couple of week's vacation.
Mrs. Goodman and small son remain-
Jest went out thar and
his life. The stage carried the Wells held ye up. You'll find y r box down
Fargo treasure box through tlieic in i by the rock, I didn't, tech it,"
those days and one evi nin' just after "Yen," concluded Os Burch, "I
dark and a little belore the Hiage i guess It all depend on knov.ln' how
was due this darn fool kid thought , to pull a job like that. The fellow
he would try an experiment so he ; that has the gun, if it's only a crook
strolled up the road about a quarter led stick, or the ni'ro, if It's only col-
I from the station, picked up a stick j orc-d water, has the best of tho deal
f about four feet long and w ith a crook j if he Just has the guts to put 'er
' at one end and stepped in the shadow through,
boy with his finger in his mouth try- ! ed ,n Portland where they will visit
ing to squelch a big grin. "What's i relatives and friends before coming
the matter soiiny?" inquired the drl-ion to Heppricr and Dean says he
ver. Thar's oothin' to laugh about i makes a darn poor bachelor,
that I kin see." j .
"Wall," grinned the boy, "I Jest
wanted to see could I skeer you, l
Hank, so I
HEW.ltl GRIP LOST REWAItl
for return of same to tho Herald of
recovery. Call, wrilo or phono. 15-17.
leanrn
of accompanying Judge Campbell and
Commissioners Uleakman and David
son on a trip of inspection over tho
new road last Thursday and it M
surely a wonderful Improvement. Tho
grade Is slandard f,per cent, and tho
macadam Is being laid according to
the best slandarilH for such work, to
a wicll li of 1C feet.
The crushing plant is located som0
four miles north or Lexington and un
der the efficient, management of pat
Fheriiian, is able to turn out 2oi)
cubic j ;i i irt of crushed rdVic every
day. 'I'lie plant Is operali d by ono
big traction eiu-ine and a small crew
of live or bIx men, the cncjno ,j..
about all the work - quarrying tho
rocit, (lixiiaiuig it Into the cno :.r
vuting the linj.'.hcl
A leather grip 'containing notes,
sheep contract book, draft book,
check book and other papers of value j
to the owner but. of no value to j
others, was lost on tho road between ,
Heppner and the George Hendrlx!
mm ii on uie .-.pray roan ijeyoiui hock n.i-K, tluisKglng
creek. Suitable reward will be liaid i cnisliinl; it and ele
product into the bunkers from whero
it Is loaded Into tho trucks by grav
ity.