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HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, i9j3
NUMBER 9
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S. W. Spencer, one of the most
widely known and beat loved native
sons of Morrow county, passed away
at his home in this city last Satur
day morning at the age of 63 years,
1 month and 9 days.
Mr. Spencer was a true native son.
Born of a respected pioneer family,
he was endowed with a character
and personality that made his friends
legion. He had long been identified
with the business and banking inter
ests of Heppner and was admired
and respected by a host of friends,
acquaintances and business assoc
iates. The following short history of Mr.
Spencer's career has been prepared
tor the Herald by a friend of the
family who has known him for many
years:
Septimus William Spencer was
born on Rhea Creek on the 14th of
May, 1870. Ho was the eldest son
of John It. and Susan V. Spencer.
Ho attended the public school at
Heppner, the University of Oregon
and Armstrong Business College of
Portland.
On the 9th day of May, 1893, he
was united in marriage to Anna F.
Ayers, who has always been most de
voted to him.
Ha is Burvived by Mrs. Vawter
Crawford of Hjeppner, a sister; John
M. Spencer, of Echo, a brother, and
Mrs. James Cooley, of Pendleton, a
half sister.
He became a member of the
Masonic order in 1894, and at one
time was worshipful master. He be
came a Royal Arch Mason in 1899;
was a 32nd degree Mason and also a
member of the Shrine.
He was a charter member of the
B. P. O. E. lodge which was institut
ed 1897. He served as exalted ruler
and secretary and at the time of his
death was one of its trustees. He
was also a charter member of Ruth
chapter Order Eastern Star. .
Star Theatre
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, JUNE 28 and 29
JACK HOLT AND.BEBE DANIELS
in
NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE -
a sweeping1 drama of the Great Southwest
Aesop's Fable, "The Dog and the Wolves"
Topics of the Day
Chas. Hutchinson & Luck Fox in 7th episode of
"SPEED"
SATURDAY, JUNE 30
CLAIR WINDSOR AND RICHARD DIX
in
"FOOLS FIRST"
Thrills and Humor a plenty
"QUIET STREET"
One of the ''Our Gang" comedies
SUNDAY AND MONDAY, JULY 1 AND 2
, BETTY-COMPSON
i in-i-
"GREEN TEMPTATION"
from the story, "The Noose," hy
Constance Lindsay Skinner
Also "Andy Gump, the Toreador"
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, JULY 3-4
GLENN HUNTER
i in
"THE SECOND FIDDLE"
It is not pleasant to always play second fiddle,
but if we play the game well there is always hope
Also "Turkey Hunting," Field & Stream picture
NOTICE There will be no illustrated program
this week owning to the lateness of securing
titles to some of our features. Note that we
have a picture for the 3rd and 4th for the
benefit of the ones who will celebrate at
home on those davs.
When a young man he worked at
the Heppner flouring mill and later
at Minor & Co.'s store. Shortly after
entering the First National aBnk,
which institution he served for more
than 20 yeara as bookkeeper and
cashier, he was also engaged in the
stock business on Butter creek.
When the Farmers and Stockgrow
ers bank was organized he resigned
his position in the First National
bank to become cashier in that in
stitution. He filled that position un
til a short time ago, when on ac
count of ill health ho was granted
a leave of absence.' He sought med
ical advice and treatment at Port
land and Hot Lake till about two
weeks ago when ho returned home.
On Tuesday night his condition took
a change for the worse and although
everything possible was done, human
skill was of no avail and he passed
to the Great Beyond on tle morning
of June 23rd, 1923.
Funeral services wero held at
Masonic temple Monday afternoon
in which the Masonic and Elks lodges
participated, the address being de
livered by Rev. W. O. Livingstone.
Interment was in Masonic cemetery.
OREGON STUOXG FOP.
FORD STRAW VOTE SHOWS
Out of 753 straw votes taken in
Oregon by Collier's among its sub
scribers, to discover preferences for
president, Ford received 363, Hard
ing 125, McAdoo 63, Hoover 43,
Cox 20, Borah 15, Davis 5, Smith 2
In the current issue of Collier's
the straw vote, as taken by states,
is shown. A total of 164,514 ballots
have been counted and of these Ford
has about one-third, his total vote
being 54,257, and Harding 32,924.
McAdoo is highest after Harding
with 13,023, then Cox with 11,044
and Johnson with 10,538.
The democratic possibilities are
McAdoo, Cox and Al Smith, while
Johnson, Hugses and Hoover trail
after Harding.
Mrs. Frederic left Friday morning
for Walla Walla where she expects
to make an extended visit.
HEAVY STORM STRIKES
UPPER WILLOW GREEK
A heavy rain storm struck upper
Willow creek yesterday afternoon do
ing considerable damage to roads,
small bridges and creek bottom
crops.
The road between the Kelly ranch
and the Dexter place is said to be
badly damaged, some of the new
grado being washed out and much
of the road being filled with rock
and debris from tho hillsides. At
the Florence place a heavy hail storm
destroyed the crop and it was esti
mated that six inches of hail fell
there in a short time. The crop at
the Kelly ranch was destroyed and
considerable damage done in other
ways.
Farther down the creek the dam
ago was less being mostly confined
to places where the creek spread out
over the fields and damaged crops.
This condition prevailed at the
Cleveland and Wilkinson rancheb
where some damage was done to the
crops but no hail fell there. Mr.
Cleveland lost a hay wagon and
rack which had been left near tne
creek.
Several dead hogs went down the
creek when the flood passed through
Heppner but at this writing it is not
known to whom they belonged.
No damage was reported from
Rhea creeTc but over on Butter
creek and in the Sand Hollow coun
try the storm was heavy. A bridge
on the highway between the foot of
Jones hill and Lena was carried away
and considerable damage is reported
on the new highway grade between
Heppner and Jones hill.
At Heppner the storm did no dam
age although it was the heaviest rain
of the season. The funeral cortege
of S. W. Spencer had iust reached
the cemetery when the storm brokei,packed to capacity on that occasion
and about 150 mem, members of the
Masonio and Elks lodges, who had
marched from town, were obliged to
stand in the storm until it passed be
fore tho funeral services could pro
ceed. ALASKA MAX VISTS
nitOTHF.lt IV HLPPXKIi
Johnson Van Martov, of Ketchi
kan, Alaska, is here for a few days
visiting his brother, L. E. Van
Marter.
Mr. Van Marter ha3 lived at
Ketchfkan more than fivo years and
has seen the town grow from a rather
small fishing and lumbering center
to a progressive little city of 5500
souls. A few years ago many of the
residents wero there only in summer,
coming outside to spend the winter
but now, Mr. Van Marter says, the
j population has become more perma
j nent and most of the peoplo remain
j tho year round. Tho town now has
several good buildings, ono tall
j enough to require an elevator, and
i several miles of paved streets where
I tho 250 automobiles owned there
keep up considerable congestion of
traffic. They have good schools,
j several churches and other evidences
j of civilization. The high school
graduated a clas3 of 15 this year and
i the Methodist church, of which Mr.
Van Marter's father is pastor, has a
Sunday school class of 200 young
: sters with a weekly church attend
i ance up to 150.
; Mr. Van Marter can tell many in
i teresting stories of the early days'
gold rush that he has received first
hand from the old timers at Ketchi
kan. Many fortunes wero made and
lost in the old days. One young
printer who staked a prospector
cleaned up $50,000 in a few months
and then started back to the slates
on a visit. Ho started on a river
: boat for the coast but before reach
1 ing tidewater he set in a poker game
and got up a few hours later broke,
consoling himself with tho remark
that he got quick action on his
money and that really ho didn't care
for a trip to the states anyway.
1 Two other fellows in the early rush
, to Dawson were of a different stripe.
One of them packed a good sized'
grindstone on his back all the way
and for months had the only grind
stono in the Yukon country. He set
it up on the strev. and charged $2.50
to $5.00 for privilege of grinding an
axe and the grinde had to turn the
j stone himself. Ho made a fortune
I and kept It. Another f'-llow packed
in a sewing machine which he la.-d
CHAUTAUQUA
PLEASE BIG AUDIENCES
The Heppner Chautaqua which
opened here last Friday, is drawing
a fine attendance and the programs
being presented have, so far, given
very general satisfaction.
The opening number by the Pat
ton brothers, Friday afternoon and
evening, was a delight to all lovers
of good music, the different selec
tions being varied enough to appeal
to and please all tastes from popu
lar songs to classical selections. The
Pattons are Portland boys and Ore
gon has no occasion to be ashamed
of their work as popular entertain
ers. The Lewis Concert Party, under
the direction of Sam Lewis, dramatic
tenor, was also good, putting on well
received programs Saturday after
noon and evening. Following their
concert in the evening Norman Allen
Imrle gave his lecture, "Working
Together for Billions," described on
the programs as a "World Relation
ship Analysis." The lecturo was an
appeal for unity of action between
all English speaking peoples in
working out a solution of present day
problems. Tho lecturo combined
much humor with the moro serious
matter and was well received by the
general public.
Sunday afternoon Mrs. D. Plrie
Beyea gave her lecture, "The Four
Cornerstones of Citizenship," a
stralght-from-the-shoulder talk by a
self-made woman of world-wide ex
perience. This lecture was pro
nounced by many atf one of the very
best ever given in Heppner.
Sunday evening was given the play,
"The Shepherd of the Hills," by a
company of actors who were well
qualified to present this fascinating
drama creditably. The big tent was
and standing' room was at a prom
ium.
Another musical
was given Monday
entertainment;
afternoon and
evening by the Oceanic Quartette
that was wdl received.
This afternoon and evening the
Lombard entertainers will be heard
and following their evening perform
anncne Dr .Henry Gaines Hawn will
givp his lecture, "Tho Soul of
Things."
Tomorrow afternoon Norman V.
Pearce, traveler from Australia, will
give his lecture-entertainment show
ing many interesting curios from
that strango land in tho antipodes.
The closing number will be given
Wednesday eve'ng by tho Garner
Jubilee singers and those who de
light in tho old songs of the south
land will no doubt enjoy it.
Those qualified to judgo say that
tho entertainments this year rank
higher than in previous years and
the adter.danco and interest is also
greater.
As this is written the local com
mittee reports that their guarantee
has more than been made good and
It is expected that all expenses will
be covered by the end of the meet
ing. All members of tho Masonic and
Eastern Star bodies of Heppner, Ore
gon, are invited to participate In a
Strawberry Festival and program on
which occasion lone, Oregon mem
bers will be our guests.
Friday evening, Juno 2tlth, at 8
o'clock, at Masonic hall.
figure and they both made p. stake
from that sewing machine tho flint j
winter. j
Mr. Van Marter expects to leave
for the north Thursday. J
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JOHX KILKENNY RETURN'S
FROM EASTERN SCHOOL
John Kilkenny, jr., who is a stu
dent at Notre Dame, Indiana, where
ho is taking a law course, returned
from the east a few days ago and
will spend the summer vacation help
ing look after the affairs on the
Kilkenny ranches in this and other
counties.
John says business is brisk in the
east, especially in the manufactur
ing centers and every man that
wants a job can get two or three.
He did not see much of crop condi
tions coming west as he passed
through the main farming states in
the night. Mr. Kilkenny expects to
return to school in the fall. Notre
Damo Is p, great Institution with
moro than 3000 students, all young
men.
James D. Burnes, Henry Wilkins,
Frank Smith and r. number of other
Condon men were in Heppner yester
day, coming over to attend tho fun
eral of S. W. Spencer.
TEN-MAN TEAM PROVES
100 MUCH FOR HEPPNER
That a ten-man team in which the
umpire counts as the tenth man is
a hard combination to beat was
proven last Sunday in tho Condon
Heppner game at Gentry field when
tho visitors walked away with tho
honors (?) In a 3-6 game and also,
so It is alleged, with a considerable
chunk of Heppner coin.
Tho teams wero pretty evenly
matched with Heppner a shade In
tho lead In pitching and batting but
the edgo given the visitors by the
umpire was too strong to be easily
overcome. If tho umpire intended
to be fair in his decisions he simply
either couldn't seo straight or Tit
doesn't know the game, and If he has
Rood eyesight and knows the game
as any man presuming to act as um
pire should know it, he wasn't in
clined to he fair and that's that.
Heppner stood for several had de
cisions in the early innings without
Idcking, but when Van Marter scored
in a later inning Mr. Umpire, after
hesitating a hit, called him out. Of
course there was the usual old fa
miliar row that nearly always comes
up between these two teams and,
rather than call tho gamo off and
disappoint a nord crowd of fans,
Heppner finally yielded the point
and a new uinpiro was put In. As
nearly always happen, however, a
rotten decision in which one team
takes the worst of tho deal, Heppner
players did not play their uHiial
ganio In tho remaining cantos and
failed to recover tho lead Van's
score should have given them.
lirougnton ana King put up a
good game and showed better stufr
than the vlHiting battery and our
boys also showed some fine batting.
Another gamo between the two
teams is scheduled for next Sunday,
the winner to take all the gate re
ceipts. Johnson, of lone, will um
pire this game and a square deal to
both teams and no favors to anybody
Is assured.
A $200.00 crowd was present last
Sunday and it is expected the coming
game will bring out a still bigger at
tendance of fans.
Chautauqua
June 22 to 27
Of course you are coming. While
here, and at all times, we are at
your service.
We know you will enjoy it
The Central Market
G. B. SWAGGART
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ELKS HAVE GOOD IE AT
Tho state convention of Oregon
Elks at The Dalles last week was a
great success, according to members
of the order who attended the meet
ing from Heppner.
There was a big attendance and
many homes in the city opened their
doors to assist in entertaining tha
visitors, all the hotels being swamp
ed with patronage.
The business meetings were well
attended and much of Interest trans
pired and the sport programs and en
tertainment features also hit tha
right spot with visitors.
Tho relay pony raco from Bend to
Tho Dalles was won by Sumner
Houston, a one-armed rider of Prlne
ville, in the phenomenal time of 10
hours and 34 minutes. Jimmy Taylor
took second money and Roy Gray
third, tho purses being $750, $350
and $250.
Among thoso going from Heppner
lodge wero Earl Gilliam, Len Gil
liam, Gay M. Anderson, Walter Rich
ardson, E. J. Starkey, Oscar Edwards,
B. P. Stone, Harry Duncan, Jessp
Deos, Henry Colin and Guy Boyor.
MORROW FARMERS WILL
INSPECT WHEAT NURSERY
A meeting of the Morrow county
wheat farmers will bo held Satur
day, Juno 30. at 1:30 p. m., at tha
whfat nursery on the Jake Wells
place just north of Heppner. Thla
nursery was put out by tho county
agent last fall in co-operation with
the experiment station at Moro and
it contains many of tho same varie
ties that are being grown at the ex
periment station at Moro.
Of tho varieties developed which
are beiUB tried out at nurseries sim-'
liar to tho one in Morrow county in
different parts of Oregon probably
none are moro important than tho
trials being given tho smut freo
wheals which have been developed
in tho past few years. Several of
Huso smut free wheats are being
tried out at different places and tho
yields checked and It Is expected to
have some of them ready for distri
bution In tho next two or three
years. There are also trials of var
ious smut treatment tests using blue-
stone, formaldehyde, corona copper
compound, copper carbonate, seed
osan, with checks on Turkey Red,
Forty Fold, IShiestoin and Hybrid
128.
D. E Stephens, superintendent of
the Moro experiment station, and K.
K Jackman, extension farm crops
specialists of the Oregon Agricultur
al College, will he present and will
discuss thy various things to bo seen
at the nursery.
LEXINXITOV MAV lJAVN
JURAL CAIUUKU ROUTE
Mrs. Iireashears, Lexington post
riilsiress, reports that efforts to es
tablish a rural mall route from Lex
ington Into the district north of that
town are still pending with the post
office department and hope are still
held that the routo will bo establish
ed. The proposed routo is 54 miles
long and if established will servo a
large number of families now with
out adequate mall facilities.
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