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6-1. 2t Olson IF YOU WANT ALL THE NEWS OF MORROW COUNTY WHILE IT IS NEWS, READ THE HEPPNER HERALD. WE PRINT IT FIRST VOLUME X HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1923 NUMBER 31 ST I lATILLASM PROMISING TEAL GOOD FOUNDATION FOR DAM BEING FOUND DRILL STRIKES ARTESIAN WATER AU Indications Good for Favorable Report When Survey Is Completed Pendleton, Ore., Nov. 24. The Umatilla rapids project is looking i n. There are indications that the deral survey now being made will find the project feasible and the Umatilla rapids association, headed by J. N. Teal is getting ready to do some real work for the cause when the report is completed, provided of course that the survey is favorable. Yesterday Mr. Teal and a delega tion composed of five carloads of peo ple from Pendleton, Hermiston and Umatilla made a personal inspection of the drilling work now underway. Sir. Teal was accompanied on the trip by E. R. Crocker, engineer in charge of the survey. At Umatilla rapids three diamond drills are at work testing the founda tion for the proposed dam. Two drills operate from barges anchored in th3 channel, one near the Oregon shore and one near the Washington shore. The third drill is stationed on the island in the middle of the river. Solid rock is what the drills find for the most part. There has been nothing unfavorable found thus far and the impression prevails that the dam site is O. K. though the work has iioi gone far enough yet to make the thing a certainty. Artesian aWt'er Found While drilling in the channel near the Oregon shore one of the drills struck artesian water after going through 130 feet of rock. The hole was pipe inclosed and a standpipe now extends above the river in the channel. The water comes up in the pipe for the distance of 16 feet above the surface of the river but is now flowing out of the top of the pipe. The other artesian well was found on the island. In some places the drills have been down to a depth of 190 feet. The finding of artesian water below the rock is not considered as any hind rance to the construction of the dam. CIRCUIT COURT JURY LIST FOfl DECEMBER TERM Claude Cox, Heppner; J. F. Mc Millan, Lexington; J. S. Baldwin, Lexington; Mattie Gentry, Heppner; Jscar O. Edwards, Heppner; Lulu Hager, Heppner; Adam Blahm, Hepp ner; G. A. Farrens, Hardman; K. L. Beach, Lexington; W. E. Bullard, lone; S. A. Pattison, Heppner; A. J. Chaffee, Heppner; Otto Rietmann, lone; W. H. Stewart, Boardman; Al Henriksen, Hjeppner; W. S. Smith, lone; W. W. Brannon, Hardman; W. V. Beckdolt, Hardman; Ruth' Mason, lone; Ed Duran, Lexington; R. E. Duncan, Cecil; George Evans, Hepp ner; George N. Peck, Lexington; Mary Adams, Hardman; Lillian Bal siger, lone; Clothllde Lucas, Lexing ton; E. R. Huston, Heppner; A. A. MeCabe, lone; George M. Allyn, Lexington; Luther Huston, Hepp ner; E. H. Kellogg, Heppner. GOOD CIGARETTES GENUINE "BULL" DURHAM TOBACCO 5 WORLD'S LARGEST WtfEAT GROWER JOINS THI ASSN. Portland, Ore., Nov. 24. . Thomas V. Campbell of Hardin, Mont., who grew 4 50,000 bush els of wheat this year and en joys the reputation of being the largest wheat grower in the world, has become a menber of the National Wheat Growers Advisory committee. This com mittee, under the leadersnip of Ex-Governor Lowden and Aaron Slpiro, is actively work ing in expanding the organiza tion of the American Wheat Growers Associated, of which the Oregon Co-operative Grain Growers is a unit, so that they will control at least 50 per cert of the wheat west of the M3cis sippi river this coming yer. Mr. Campbell says that !:e has been waiting for twenty five years for the formation of a bigj national wheat nool, anl that he is firmly convince that the only way in which the wheat growing industry can bo improved permanently is by the establishment of a strong co-operative marketing system controlled by the growers. T AGED PIONEER, PASSES Thomas S. Leatherman, one of the early settlers of what is now Mor row county, passed over the Great Divide Wednesday, November 21 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wells, at the advanced age of 93 years, 10 months and 22 days. Had he lived until Christmas day he would have rounded out his 94th year. Mr. Leatherman jvas born at. Alex andria, Louisiana, in 1829 but when grown he migrated to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he lived until 187 5 when he brought his family to Ore gon settling on a ranch on Rhea creek where they lived for a number of years later going to Chico, Cali fornia, where Mr. Leatherman re mained until 1910 when he returned to this county to spend his remain ing years with his daughter, Mrs. Wells'. When the civil war broke out Mr. Leatherman was living in Arkansas and although of southern birth and ancestry, he was always loyal to the old flag and when the vot was taken in that state on the question of secession he was one of the two men in his county to vote against the measure, casting his vote on the side of the government of the United States. Later, however, he was drafted into the southern army and, being a gunsmith by trade he was put at work making guns to help equip the confederate army. He was married to Miss Mary Lo gan, at Arkadelphia, Arkansas, in 18 59 and to trem ten children were born, six of whom are living. Mr. Leatherman was a man of a kindly, benevolent disposition and possessed to a marked degree tne high ideals and qualities of honor which go to make up the true Chris tian gentleman. It has been said of him that he had not an enemy be cause he never knowingly wronged any man, being guided in his daily life by the lofty principles and pur poses he had always cultivated. Mia wife nassed away in lsssa while they were' living on the Rhea creek ranch and the surviving chil dren are: Mrs. Kate Johnson, Grass Valley, California; Mrs. Myra Wntd don, Oakland, California; Mrs. Etta Hulcry, Ontario, Oregon; Iran Leatherman, Hereford, Oregon; Mrs. J. J. Wells, Heppner, Oregon, and W. P. Leatherman, Ontario, Oregon. The funeral was held from the Wells home at 10 a. m. Saturday. BETHEL CHAPEL MIS SIONARY SOCIETY MEETS The ladies of Bethel Chapel met last Tuesday afternoon forHheir reg .i.,r t-Tt.-'My missionary meeting. The program given by Mr3. A. M. Phelps so! T.Irs. George Thomson proved very interesting. A vocal duet, rendered by Mesdames Darbee and M. Frye was much enjoyed and it was beautifully given. Delicious re- fSV f "I t 1 to "n " 4 .1 it ' ' , 11 "HEN Herbert Quick writes a ctrtrv if is th r!m fnr mimv 11 one to sit up and take notice; for he is one of the most ver satHe and entertaining geniuses in this country. Farmer, school' master, lawyer, editor, public servant, social worker and novelist, he has had a great round of experiences and has worked many of them into his stories. Born in Grundy county, Iowa, he has been mayor of Sioux City, nominee for supreme judge, editor of Farm and Fireside, number of the Federal Farm Loan bureau and several other national commissions, and during the war, had the rank of colonel conferred upon him by the Red Cross. In "The Brown Mouse," Mr. Quick has taken his inspiration from the Scotch scientist who crossed Japanese waltzing mice with the common white breed and among other hybrids got a brown individual that was different from anything else in the world. Unlike its domes ticated parents, it was wild; it ran away, bit, gnawed, scratched and raised hob generally. Jim Irwin, the hero of the tale, is a brown mouse. His peddling father was a waltzing mouse, no good except to jump from one spot to another for no valid reason. His mother was a white mouse, hav ing had all her color washed out in one way or another. Like the brown mouse which refuse to act according to the rules of heredity, Jim had ideas of his own and did many surprising things. He com pletely woke up a sleepy farming community and showed it what a touch of genius can do. ' This Charming Tale Will Run as a Serial in the Heppner Herald beginning with this issue COWM IMF. TO MEET IN HEPPNER DECEMBER 5 A meeting of all the Odd Fehows lodges in Morrow county will be held in Heppner, Wednesday evenin", De cember 5. Members of the order in tfijE county hold such meeting! fre quently during the winter season, ez.ch lodge in the county entertaining the other lodges once during each season. The order has loical organisations at Hardman, Heppner, Lexington, lone and Morgan. freshments were served by the host esses, Mesdlmes William Campbell, Kelley and McNamer. During the business meeting the work of the local Red Cross was discussed and approved of by all. The ladies will meet again this week on Friday for work. They are planning much for the bazaar which they hope to give on the fourteenth of December. While the ladies ac complish much In the way of sew ing, they enjoy the afternoons so cially as well. The Girls' Missionary society held a very pleasant meeting Saturday in the chapel rooms. The girls who gave the program are to be congratulated for the interesting manner in which they rendered It. Delicious refresh ment of grape-juice, fruit salad and cake were enjoyed by all the girls. The girls spent a part of the after noon on their sewing for an orphans' home. 5! K. OF P. CONVENTION TO B El HELD HERE THIS EVENING Knights of Pythias will hold a dis trict convention here this evening when it is expected delegations from the lodges at Arlington, Condon and Fossil will be present. Grand Chan cellor Claud Barrlck, of Tillamook, and Grand Keeper of Records Walter Gleason, of Portland, are expected to be present and Judge D. It. Parker, of Condon, deputy grand chancellor for this district will also be here. There will be a hlyu time, the local members declare, with clam feed trimmings and there will be some thing doing every minute. C. P. AND O.W.R. & N. R. R. OFFICIALS VISIT HERE J. P. O'Brien, vice-president of the Union Pacific, A. Buckley, superin tendent of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., Assistant Superintendent Finch, Chief Engineer Young and Division Engineer Williams, arrived here Tuesday enenlng on Mr. O'Brien's private car and left by1 auto for Con don a little later where they spent the night, their car picking them up in the morning. The gentlemen were on their regular Inspection trip over the branch lines and expected to give the Saniko branch the once over on Wednesday. Nothing new regarding the talk,'-! of discontinuance of Sunday trainH on the company's branch lines de veloped during the officials' 'visit here. m:;o i.o.o.f. after '23 SOVEREIGN' GRAM) LODGE Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Phelps will spend Thanksgiving with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ste phen Phelps at Vancouver, Wash. Mr. Phelps will also at tend a special meeting of the grand lodge officers of the In dependent Order of Odd Fel lows at Portland Saturday when a movement will ho in augurated to bring the Sove reign Grand Lodge meeting to Portlanl in 1D25. The Sovereign Grand Lodge is the national biennial gather ing of the great fraternal order which is founded on the prin ciples of Friendship, Love and Truth. iim REPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE Because of the shortage of funds work was done for only eight months, two being taken off duty during the summer and the work discontinued November 1, 1923. Instruction in home hygene care of the sick was given each week to the Girl Scouts of Heppner and Lex ington until July. Many calls were made and much help given the Ju venile court but such cases being con fidential, no public report is made of either them or tly? social service work cases. Duo to the co-operation of the medical men of the county, many physical defects of school children have been corrected, thus making it possible for them to do better work in school as well as to insure better health in the future. The pupils In all the schools in the county, with the exception of two, were weighed and measured and given an individ ual physical inspection at least, once. When possible a re inspection was made and in the town Hchools the children were weighed each month, thus increasing their interest in be ing up to normal. Following is a partial record of work done, includ ing calls of Instruction, Investigation and nursing. General 89, tuberculosis 16, child welfare 135, pre-natal 29, maternity 58, social service 124, other 141, to tal 592; number schools visited 39; visits to schools 120; pupils weighed and measured 966; pupils 10 per cent underweight 226; notes to par ents 343; general class Inspection 40; visits to homes 79; class room talks 88; defects found, vision 123, skin 13, eyes 97, glands 72, hearing 57, nasal breathing 68, teeth 336, old defects corrected 168. In the inspection of the schools this fall, I find tho children In much better condition than last year and all interested in keeping physically fit. Respectfully submitted, LULU JOHNSON, Red Cross County Nurse. JUST RECEIVED Truckload of YOUNG MORROW COUNTY TurKeys Also Fish and Shell Fish FOR THANKSGIVING CENTRAL MARKET AMERICAN WHEAT E LOWDEX COMMITTEE TO StHIT KXPEN'SE MONEY 50 PER CENT OF CROP IS GOAL Campaign Riiig Oix-neil in Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana and Colorado Portland, Ore., Nov. 24. Organi zation work in the wheat growing states of the Mississippi valley has just been started for the winder by the American Wheat Growers Asso ciated, under (he leadership of thn National Wheat Growers Advisory committee. This committee, consisting of Ex Clovenior Lowden of Illinois, Ber nard Barucli of New York, Judge Bingham of Louisville, Aaron Saplro, and other lending men of the Middle) West ,nre guaranteeing tho organiza tion expenses of thp campaign. They are opening the campaign for mem bership in Kansas, Indiana, Nebraska and Colorado nt this time. Fifty per cent of tho wheat in each state is the goal to be obtained before active op erations will begin and it is expected that this mark will be reached before the next harvest. Organization' work Is at the present time being carried on by the American Wheat Growers In other states along the Canadiau border. ANOTHER PIONEER VASSE8 TO THE GREAT BEYOND The funeral of S. W. Meadows, who died Recently at Ms home la Portland, was held here last Friday, Interment being in the Masonic cem etery. Mr. Meadows was for years a resi dent of Heppner and was closely identified with the business affairs of the community. He was a black smith by trail e and for several years operated a shop at ilurdinan later coming to Heppner where bo engaged in the same linp of business for a. time, after which he engaged in the livery business in partnership with the late A. E. liinns. Their barn, which stood on the lots recently oc cupied by the Chautauqua tent, was destroyed by the. flood in 1903 and Mr. Meadows later put up the build ing now owned by tho Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co. where ho operated a barn for several years before remov ing to Portland. He is survived by his widow, who Is a sister of Mrs. Mattl,e Adkins, of this city, a son, S. W. Meadows jr., of Portland, and a daughter, Mrs. N. W. Boyd, of Oak land, Cal., all of whom were here to attend the funeral. Viiion Thanksgiving Service Union Thanksgiving service will be held at the Christian church Thurs day morning at 10 o'clock when Rev. F. It. Spaulding, pastor of the Meth odist Community church, will deliver the address. There will be special music and a most Interesting serv MEN