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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-
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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