IF YOU WANT ALL THE NEWS OF MORROW COUNTY WHILE IT IS NEWS, READ THE HEPP NER HERALD. WE PRINT IT FIRST
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VOLUME IX
HKPPXER, OREGON TUESDAY, MARCH 13. 1923
NUMBER -46
HI HELD OS LIQUOR
CHARGE ACQUITTED
CONFESSED OWXER OF rLAXT
GIVES OFFICERS SMI'
Jury Sustains Plea That Other Men
Were Innocent Visitors
at Cain p.
The moonshine raid made early
last week gy federal prohibition offi
cers from Portland ana Deputy Sher
iff Chidsey, netted exactly nothing
in the way of convictions when the
case was placed on trial in Justice
Cornett's court last Thursday. Ivan
Leathers, of Hardman, and Will
Wehrli and Ora Hawk, of Condon,
were placed on trial on a moonshine
charge but there was no evidence ad
duced showing that they were in any
way connected with the illicit opera
tions and the jury promptly acquit
ted the three men.
As related in the Herald last week,
Otto Leathers assumed full responsi
bility of ownership and operation of
the plant when the pinch was made
and told the officers that the other
three men were at the camp as cas
ual visitors and were in no manner
connected with the illicit operations.
He then proceeded to extricate him
self from his present difficulties by
the simple expedient of pouring out
most of the two gallons of "evidence"
the officers had captured, taking the
"worm" and cap of the still which
had also been retained as evidence,
getting on a saddled horse and
blithely riding away. All this hap
pened, it appeared from the evidence,
while Chidsey was trying to get the
cold car engine started and the fed
eral sleuths were snuggling them
selves in the rear seat of the car try
ing to keep warm. Under the circum
stances, it may be assumed, Otto con
cluded he otto get away while the
gettin' was good and he got.
At the trial Thursday Ivan Leath
ers testified that he was on his way
to the John Day river to visit his
uncle on a business mission and that,
knowing the Condon men had
gone into that neighborhood to hunt,
thought he would stop at their camp
to see what success they were hav
ing. He reached the cabin about an
hour before the posse appeared. He
told a straightformard story about
how he come to make the trip at that
time of night and was substantiated
by Claire Ashbaugh and L. E.
Knighten, who were with him when
he started. He also proved by these
witnesses that he left Hardman be
fore the sheriff's party arrived there
from Heppner, thus discrediting the
theory that he went to the camp to
warn his brother of the impending
raid. Peter Prophet and Mrs. A
L. Ayers, of this city, also went on
the stand as character witnesses for
Mr. Leathers both giving him a high
HEPPNER JilOHS PUT ON HIGH JINKS
STUMTS AT STAR THEATRE TUESDAY EVENING
Members of the junior class, Hepp
ner high school, put on an entertain
ment at the Star theatre last Tur
day evening that was, to say the
least, unique and original in its con
ception and execution. Juniors are,
by many persons, supposed to repre
sent that period of adolescence which
Samantha Allen described as the age
when one does not know whether to
call a boy Bub or Mister, a girl Mis3
or Sissy, but that situation did not
in the bjast affect the ability of that
particular bunch to deliver the goods
in a way that carried the audience
-with them as a March wind carries a
tumbleweed. They were evidently
out to give the public a good 4-bits
worth of laughing gas for 50 cents
and to make a long story short
they made good.
The first stunt was one intended to
demonstrate the fact that the much
maligned Ford fliver has a really hu
man organism and that, contrary to
general belief, it will run under any
and all circumstances if it la pro
perly and persistently cranked. Bar
ring a few chairs for seats, a piano
stool which answered for a steering
wheel, and a sure enough Ford hood
which one boy on hands and knee
wore as an overcoat, this particular
Ford, even to the wheels, was built
of juniors and a few tin cans. Farmer
Cvntassel took his hull dinged and
numerous family for a spin, Willie,
bis eldest son, teing allowed, as a
mark of special favor, to crank the
rating as a law abiding citizen of
high moral character.
Wehrli and Hawk testified that
they went into that section 10 hunt
and that they accidenally met Otto
Leathers on the trail and that he in
vited them to his camp to stay offer
ing to go hunting with them Sunday
and show them where the game
ranged. They absolutely denied hav
ing any interest in the plant or hav
ing in any way assisted in operating
it. Their story also sounded straight
forward and was partly corroborated
by that of John McDonald, proprie
tor of the hotel at Hardman, where
they stopped on their way in to the
mountains. L. E. Fowler, county
judge of Gilliam county, Leo Shelly,
garage owner, Lester Wade, stock
man and merchant, J. D. Weed, law
yer and United States commissioner,
all of Condon, and Elmer Booher,
farmer and neighbor of Mr. Wehrli
who himself owns and operaies a
1000-acre wheat ranch, appeared as
character witnesses for the two men
and all testified to their good stand
ing in that community as law-abiding
citizens.
Wehrli is a rather sober looking
individual but while on the stand he
showed a keen bit of humor from
yhich the crowd got a big kick. After
telling his story to the jury, Cal
Sweek, his attorney, asked the ques
tion : "Have you ever been in trou
ble before, Mr. Wehrli?" "Well,"
replied the witness, hesitatingly, "I'm
married." Bill probably confused
the past with the future and was
thinking about what might be com
ing to him when he got home from
that trip.
C. L. Sweek, of the firm of Wood
son & Sweek, appeared for the de
fendants and District Attorney Not
son appeared for the state.
It is understood that this case
would not have been brought to trial
because of insufficient evidence had
it not been that the federal officers,
after allowing the real ownner and
operator of the still to escape, In
sisted that unless the state agreed to
prosecute the other men would be
taken to Portland and brought be
fore the federal court. Whether this
arrangement was intended as being
in the, interest of justice or to make
a record for somebody in the Port
land office is not known. Be that as
it may, however, the net result of
the raid Beems to be about as fol
lows? A considerable expense bill
for the taxpayers to settle; two gal
lons of moonshine wasted, and one
perfectly good alleged moonshiner at
large equipped with a worm and cap
ready to set up business in a new
location. Truly the prohibition law
and its enforcement is a wonderful
piece of machinery.
The case was tried before the fol
lowing jurors: Martin Itcid, Jay
Devin, Chas. Thomson, W. E. Mike
sell, Jim Fitz and W. B. Barratt.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation for the kind
ness shown during the Illness and
death of our loved ones.
W. H. CLARK.
DELPHIA PETTYJOHN'.
LAURA PETTYJOHN'.
ALTA PETTYJOHN.
OPAL PETTYJOHN.
machine every time it stopped which
was not seldom. When Paw step
ped on Willie's toe and made him
cry he comforted his son by saying:
"Too bad, Willie, but I'll let you
crank the Ford again," and the tear
flow was at once checked.
Helen Wells made a great hit with
the reading, "An Old Maid's Solilo
quy," and so did Bernice Sigsbee
with her ocmparlson of the modern
flapper with our dear old grand
mamma of long ago. Stanley Peter
son also gave an excellent violin solo
and there were some good soncs by
the class glee club.
The program was topped off with
the old Virginia reel rendered by a
company of blackface artists who put
enough pep into the performance to
run a battleship and, it may be said,
that if any bunch of genuine Ala
bama coons could have done it bet
ter they would need to be lineal de
scendants of Africa's most blood
thirsty tribe of head hunters.
The entertainment was rounded
out with the reel "Tha Bachelor
Daddy," contributed by Manager
Sigsbee, and the trouble those five
kids in the picture made for their
bachelor dad caused many to wonrf
what they would not be capable of
when they get to be juniors.
Miss Frazier, class advisor for the
juu.wi.t, n ao dutiMtr iur me en
tertainment which netted the class
$67 in coin of the realm.
iSI
PROSPERITY" ME 1-1) RESTING
OX rVRCHASlXU POWER
Grain Expert Sees Trend Toward
Higher Prices' in Corn For
Remainder of Year
Chicago, March 9. James A. Pat
ten, one of the most conspicuous fig
ures in the grain trade of the United
States, discussing today the financial
and industrial situation of the coun
try, had this to say about the posi
tion of the farmer:
"I believe that the whole question
of a continued movement back to
general prosperity rests upon a re
turn to a proper relation between the
price of farm, products and the price
of such commodities as the farmer
needs to buy. There can be no gen
eral prosperity, or even continued
class prosperity so long as the pur
chasing power of the farmer remains
low, because of disarrangement of
this fundamental economic balance.
"I regard corn as a keystone of the
agricultural arch, and fortunately
every condition appears at present
for a price range for the rest of the
year that will do much toward re
storing the farmer to his position as
the greatest single purchasing power
In our population.
"The government report yesterday
shows that corn supplies are dowr
to an average of the past ten years,
and are 226,000,000 bushels less
than a year ago, and 478,000,000
less than two years ago. The ques
tion Of value depends upon the rela
tionship between supplies and needs,
and from this standpoint the present
situation is most encouraging. Last
year we had a supply on March 1 of
1,313,000,009 bushels, an 1 os Nov
ember 1 there was carried over 179
000,000, showing a consumption be
tween March 1 and the new crop of
1,134,000,000 bushels. In 1921 the
consumption during the same period
was 1,279,000,000. For the n&st twK
vpprs therefore, nnr nveraeo ernn?
consumption, the greater part of
which is represented by production
of meat, was 1,206,000,000 bushels.
It follows that our present corn re
serve of 1,087,000,000 is less by
119,000,000 bushels than our actual
consumption during the last two
years.
LEXINGTON PIONEER
WOMAN PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Eliza J. McAlister, pioneer
woman of the Lexington district, died
hat the home of Mrs. Wm. Straight in
this cSty last Saturday evening after
a lingering illness. She was brought
to Heppner a couple of weeks ago to
be nearer medical attendance and her
condition has been practically hope
less all the time. She was about 76
years old.
Mrs. McAlister came to this county
from Iowa many years ago and has
ever been held in high esteem among
her friends anl neighbors. She if--survived
by three sons: Harvey and
Ray, of Lexington, and Marshall, of
Portland. The funeral was held at
Lexington yesterday.
OUR BACON AND SAUSAGE
ARE MADE COUNTRY STYLE
Fish Arrive
TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS
Beef, Pork, Veal
and Mutton
CENTRAL
MARKET
G. B. SWAGGART
ONE DAY SESSION
BUT LITTLE IMPORTANT BUSI
NESS OX DOCKET
County Clerk J. A. Waters Tenders
His Resignation to Take Ef
fect. April 1
Be it Remembered; That County
Court met in regular session on Mar.
7, 1923, with all officers present.
Various claims were presented to
the court and after due consideration
the same were allowed, continued or
disallowed as per notations on face
of same.
H. A. Stewart was granted a dance
hall license for the year 1923, at Dry
Fork.
The resignation of Jap Walker as
Justice of the Peace for Dist. No. 1
was duly accepted and the allowance
of $20 per month formerly made to
him as Justice of the Small Claims
Court was cancelled.
G. A. Bleakman was appointed
Justice of the Peace for Dist. No. 1
to fill the unexpired term of Jap
Walker, resigned, or until his succes
sor Is elected and qualified.
J. A. Waters, county clerk, pre
vented his resignation to the court,
same to take effect April 1, 1923, or
as soon thereafter as his scccessor Is
appointed and qualified.
The following bills were allowed:
Howard-Cooper Co., No. 4, $60.
W. L. McCaleb, Gen road, $166.66.
Wm. Furlong, Spl. 14, $12.18.
Frank Shively, H. bond, $6.
Standard Oil Co., H. bond, $56.58
Howard-Cooper Co., 6-B, $89.18.
Chas. Elligott, Spl. 14, $14.50.
Glen Ball, Spl. 14, $12.35.
C. J. Anderson, Spl. 14, $2.80.
Geo. Ritchie, Spl. 14. $14.85.
Bert Mason, Spl. 14, $3.25.
Bristow & Johnson, Spl. 14, $47.68
Martin Heid, 6-B, $89.66.
F. C. Maloy, 6-B, $16.61.
I. A. Dempsey, Gem Ud., $39.
J. W. Kirschuer, Gen. ltd. No. 2,
$47.
C. V. Hopper, Gen Rd., $16.05.
W. H. Boardman, No. 2, $26.96.
Battery Service S!ta., Gen., $4.50.
A. Z. Barnard, No. 15, $2.50.
Sam Smith, No. 1, $10.
F. A. Randall, No. 9, $11.
M. D. Tucker, No. 15, $6.
Moore & Anderson, Mkt., $45.15.
Arlington Bank, Spl. 2, $44.20.
Bank of lone, roads, $129.73.
Farmers Bank, roads, $329.08.
First Nat. Bank, roads, $1164.07.
State Acci. Com., roads, $29.51.
B. T. Allstott, bounty, $3.
W. F. Keffer, bounty, $4.
B. H .Bessey, bounty, $2 5.
Glass-Prudhomme, office, $121.61.
Peoples Hdw. Ct. house, $2.50.
H. J. Cox, bounty, $1.
Bill Buschke, bounty, $4.
Ray Steers, bounty, $7.
E. E. Rugg, bounty, $4.
F. D. Cox, bounty, $3.
H. J. Cox, bounty, $6.
N. F. Lawson, poor, $30.
C. B. Oral, sealer, $10.78.
C. C. Chick, physician, $10.
Sherman Shaw, caretaker, $25.
Daisy Becket, Widow Pen., $25.
Sadie Morey, widow Pen., $2 5.
Gladys Gibbons, widow Pen., $10.
Hazel Logan, widow Pen., $17.50.
Rebecca Knight, widow Pen., $40.
Amy McFerrin, widow Pen., $17.50
F. J. Gordon, poor, $25.
Ida Fletcher, poor, $15.
Jess Kirk, poor, $30.
John Stout, bounty, $4.
F. M. Miller, bounty, $3.
Paul McDuffee, Sal., $80.
B. F. Allstott, bounty, $4.
John Kenny, bounty, $7.
W. W. Sniead, Treas., $12.22.
Roy Brown, bounty, $3.
Alex Campbell, bounty, $4.
Heppner Lt. y W. Co., Ct. house,
$59.25.
Lena S. Shurte, Supt., $8.
Heppner Herald, Cur. Ex., $50.50.
Gazo:te-Times, clerk, $31.40.
C. C. Calkins, Co. Agt., $225.
Kilham Sty. Co., surveyor, $9.18.
D. McNanioe, poor, 10.
Emanuel Hospital, poor, $69.50.
Tac. Tel. Co., Cur. Ex., $44.50.
Humphreys Drug Co., Cur. Ex.,
$18.65.
W. A. Goodwin, justice Ct., $2.10.
National Surety Co., bonds, $17.50.
Patterson & Son, poor, $9.2 5.
L. P, Davidson, Co. Ct., $18.05.
R. L. Bemge, Co. Ct., $16.80.
F. Shively, Ct. house, $2.
Tum-a-Lum Lbr. Co., Ot. house,
$11.35.
Martin Re1d, Ct. house, 82c.
Glass-Prudhomme, office, $92.84.
Bushong & Co., office, $143.29.
Moore & Anderson, Ct. house,
$80.10.
Goo. McDuffee, Frohi, $100.
H. R. Ahalt, rodent, $44.64.
S. E. Notson, Pro., $36.70.
OF
ROBBERS YET AT URGE
Robbers forced an entrance into
the Bank of lone last night, broke
open tho vault, rifled the safety de
posit boxes and mado their escape.
Telephone and telegraph wires
were cut and word of the robbery
did not reach here until about noon.
The treasure safe was in an inner
vault and was not molested. No
estimate of the loss lias been given
out by officials of the bank who are
awaiting an insurance adjuster to
check up. There is no clue to the
robbers. The loss is coverel by in
surance. Cramer's jewelry store in the
Selling building, Portland, was held
up by daylight, robbers yesterday af
ternoon and $20,000 taken.
Two men held up the St. Paul bank
In Marion county, yesterday forenoon
and took $702.00. They were ar
rested an hour later in Newberg.
EXCESSIVE DAMAGES DEMANDED ON HEPPNER HILL MAT
FORCE SELECTION OF NEW ROUTE SAT COUNTY OFFICIALS
That getting right-of-way for a
county highway is just one darned
thing after another is about the con
clusion the county road department
has comn to about the proponed new
5-per cent grade up Heppner hill.
The route as finally surveyed and
decldel upon leads up the opposite
side of t ho canyon from tho present
road, running through the Gennnell
and Dutton ranches. According to
the yiew of the county court the ac
tual benefit to these properties
should about overbalance any dam
ago caused by the building, but It
seems from a proposal filed with the
court last Wednesday by Mrs. Gem-
GOOD
CIGARETTES
GENUINE
Hull"
DURHAM
TOBACCO
FAITHFUL PI 1U,1C SERVICE RI'.C-
ORDS LAUDED
"lleppner's Heritage" lAst Evening's
The-ine C. A. Minor Heads
Original Poem
The Brotherhood dinner at Hotel
Heppner last evening was attended
by about 75 citizens and was one of
the most successful meetings yet held
by that organization. The subject
for discussion was "Heppnev's Heri
tage" and ltev. Livingstone opened:
the discussion by pointing out sev
eral material matters the town
should bestir herself about if sho
would hold her own against sur
rounding competitors. Several other
members spoke along the same line.
One of the pleasing and unique fea
tures of the meeting was an original
poem read by C. A. Minor on the
appointed subject for the evening in
which ho reviewed some of the
town's past history and also gavo
some excellent counsel regarding our
present and future.
S. E. Notson, when called upon to
speak, revealed the real purpose of
the meeting by paying a warm trib
ute of appreciation of the services of
County Clerk J. A. Waters, who is
also president of the Brotherhood,
and W. B. Barratt, recently retired
state highway commissioner. Mr.
Waters recently tendered his resig
nation to the county court. Both of
these men, the speaker said, have
rendered signal service to the peo
ple of Morrow county and both are
entitled to have our, appreciation ex
pressed whilo they are still living,
rather than to have flowers laid on
their caskets after they are dead.
Mr. Waters has been a most effi
cient and obliging official for eighkt
years and he leaves the office by his
own croiee with the friendship, re
spect, and esteem of every resident
of (lie county, the speaker said. Mr.
Barratt also lias served his county,
cl'ljf and state well' and as a member
of the highway commission has He
cured for Morrow county the recog
nition she deserved nt (lie hands of
tile state In road matters) nnd what
she was not receiving when lie bo
camo a member of the conimi.slon.
C. E. Woodson, C. L. Sweek, J. J.
Nys, R. W. Turner, Judge Campbell
and others also spoke warm words
of appreciation of the wor k done by
Messrs. Waters and Harralt. Both
gentlemen responded with expres
sions of appreciation of tho honor
Nionrerred upon them by their neigh
bors and asHociiules.
The next meeting of the Brother
hood will bo held April 9 when
every member will be expected to re
late tho best story he knows.
A fine son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. J. Ii. CalmiiB Sunday, March 4,
and mother and child are reported
doing well. The sacrament or bap
tism was administered Friday even
ing, at St. Patrick's church, ltev.
Father flies official ing. The young
ster was christened John, 1!. Jr.
moll, owner of the Common proper
ty, that the owners take a decidedly
different view. Added to the damage
asked by Mr. Dutton for building
through his farm the latest demand
will swell the pro-construction cost
of the road to about $3,000.00, ac
cording to information given the
Herald by county officials and this
they consider practically prohibitive.
An entirely new route is therefore
deemed imperative If the Improve
ment "f that most Important thor
oughfare! is to be proceeded with.
County Headmaster McCaleb has
always contended that the best
route up tho big hill would be found
leading up the canyon coming in
from tho south through the Berry
ranch but until now other officials
failed to agree with his point of
view. However, since tho latest de
velopment regarding right-of-way
cost on the other route they have de
cided that Mr. McCaleb's view may
not be so far wrong and have ordered
a survey made over the new routo at
once.
Mr. McCaleb is strongly of thfl
opinion that the route to the south
will be found superior to the other
in many respects. That the required
5-per c-nt grade can bo more readily
obtained, that the grading will cost
less and that the distance may pro
bably be shortened. At any rate
County Surveyor Kirschuer has been
Instructed to make the new survey
at. once and If the route proves us
favorable as Mr. McCaleb anticipates
the road will be built that way.