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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1913)
jYi,z.-hLi,L 1ih -n. H TiLj , urHi?on Uis'iircial oriofy 20; Second St , 4 r 3 HI i N VOL. 30. NO. 10. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1913 SUBSCRIPTION, $l.r,0 PER YEAR. mix T MI el! L SELLS AT HI! PRICES ONLY About 1,000,000 Pounds Di posed of Tuesday Price 3 Cents Under Last Year. Quite a lively interest was taken in the wool sales at Hepp ner on Tuesday and large numb ers of the flockmasters who bring their clips to this market were present to see what they were to realize as expense money out of the season's production. It has been a little problematical as to how prices would range, owing to the new tantt, but results show up really better than anti cipated. Over 1,000,UUU pounds passed from the hands of the growers to the buyers. The best price obtained was 15 3-4 cents for a pool of coarse wool put up by D. O. Justus, L, V. Gentry, J. M. Hayes and H, Scherzinger. All the other clips went at prices under 15 cents, and the general average price ranged about three cents under that received last year. While sales at Heppner have averaged pretty well as to prices with those held at other points, yet there is a well founded dis atisfaction expressed with prices obtained, and a pretty general kick is being registered against the prevailing method of selling, There is evidence abundant that such a thing as real competition between the buyers is only con spicuous by its absence. There will doubtless be a strong effort made to change this manner of selling ere another season rolls around. The following is a list of the clips disposed of, the number of pounds sold, to whom, and price received : Robert Dexter, 1000 pounds at 13-2 cts; Dufour. Hynd Bros., 40943 pounds at 14-4: The Dalles Mills. R F Wiglesworth, 82973 pounds at 14 3-8; Dufour. Alex Lindsar, 10610 pounds at 13 3-8: Hoover. N S Whetstone, 30219 pounds at 14 3-8: The Dalles Mills. James Farley, 1G259 pounds at 13-2; Chas Green. Ed Neill, 17358 pounds at 12-4; Sinshimer. C F Waters, 25000 pounds at 123-4: The Dalles Mills. Waldo Vincent, 10576 pounds at 12 3-4: The Dalles Mills. Walter Kilcup, 20210 pounds at 14-8; Angell. Kelly Estate, 10090 pounds at 12 3-4; Green. Huddleston Bros., 7886 pounds at 13-4: The Dalles Mills. Henry Neel, 26905 pounds at 12-2; Angell. Ike Howard, 5073 pounds at 133-4; The Dalles Mills. John Mclntire, 21113 pounds at 10-2; Dufour. D O Justus, coarse, 15515, at 15 3-4; Angell. L V Gentry, coarse, 13172, at 15 3-4; Angell. H Scherzinger, coarse, 10300, at 15 3-4; Angell. J M Hayes, coarse 10857, at 15 3-4; Angell. Percy Hughes, 13580, at 133-4; The Dalles Mills. Mollahan Bros., 22056, at 10-4; Green. Connell Bros., 20064, at 11-4; Dufour. Pat Curran, 23979, at 11-2; Sin shimer. Simas Bros., 21194, at 12 5-8; The Dalles Mills. Williams & Mulligan, 19721, at 14-4; Dufour. Williams Bros., 21072, at 14 1-8; Angell. John Connell, 10455, at 14 3-8; Angell. W E Straight, 30253, at 14-2; Angell. Earl Kirk, 1000, at 13; Frank enstein. A Templeton, 2o879, at 13-2; Green. F Sheridan, 10905, at 13 3-4; Frankenstein. Paul Hisler, 16000, at 14 5-8; Angell. Louis Groshens, 11180, at 14 5-8; Sinsheimer. Mike Kenny, 41925, at 11 3-S; Dufour. Campbell & Healey, 17203, at 0 13 3-4; Angell. Phill Doherty, 19558, at 10 3-4; Green. Pat Carty, 11074, 13-4; Frank enstein. Phil Hirl, 18305, at 12 5-8; The Dalles Mills. Mike and Pat Doherty, 11668, at 13 3-4; Dufour. Jas Farley, 11000, at 13-2; Green. Farley & Healy, 21200, at 13; Frankenstein. John Maidment, 13000, at 12-2: Green. Nat Scott, 14000, at 13; Green. Geo. Perry, 17000, at 12 3-4; Dufour. John Madden, 17500, at 123-4; The Dalles Mill. John Madden, coarse, 15-2; Dufour. Minor Bros., 95000, The Dalles Mill. Howard & Lindsay, 14-4; The Dalles Mills. Silas Wright, 19337, Ansrell. ' . 3500, at at 14-2; 17500, at at 14-4; W B Barratt, 32570, at 13 3-4; Green. In Memoriam. Millie lerressa btewart was born near Hillsboro, Washington county, Oregon, April 1, 1861 Her father, Thomas Stewart, was a well known and prominent pio neer of that section. She was one of a family of six children, three bovs and three girls, all of whom grew to manhood and wo manhood at the old homestead. At the age of eighteen Millie Terressa became the wife of An drew Rood, (Nov. 2, 1879.) To them were born five children, four boys and one girl. One son, the late Frank Rood, died seven years ago. The Roods came to this county thirty four years ago and have resided here ever since. Mrs. Rood was a woman of earnest faith and life. In the year 1895 she made public con fession of her faith ih Christ and was baptized by Rev. Geo. E. Barnaby and became a member of the local Christian church of which she was a loyal and devoted member, faithfhl unto death. The funeral was held from the Christian church on Decoration day, the pastor, H. A. Van Winkle, preaching the sermon. The large concourse of people in attendance attested the high esteem in which the deceased was held by friends and neigh bors, while the beautiful, artistic floral display spoke eloquently of the "love that never faileth." Besides her husband and four children, she leaves three bro thers and two sisters to mourn her loss. These were all present at the funeral except one brother, Wildey Stewart, of San Francis co, Lalilornia. Those in attendance were: Mrs. Louis Rood, a sister, of Hillsboro, Mrs. W. A. Wise, sister, of Port land, and two brothers, Edward and Lucas Stewart, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rood, all of Portland. "Life's race well run, Life's work well done. Now comes rest." Parties wanting coarse bucks this fall will do well to see Waltei Kilcup. lm If you have about $1000 to in vest in an up-to-date automobile, see Clyde Wells. Prof. Hoffman departed on Saturday for Southern Oregon to look after his ranch. C. F. Waters and Aaron Tem pleton, Spray ranchers, are doing business in Heppner this week. Mrs. Ed Vogt of Eugene, a cousin of Mrs. Frank Turner, is visiting friends in the city this week. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Vincent and Mr. and Mrs. Will Howard were Heppner visitors from But ter creek Tuesday. Miss Mabel Bently, of Pendle ton, cousin of the Wells boys of this city, is spending the week on a visit with her relatives here. Born At the home of Mrs. J. T. Knappenberg, in lone, June 2, 1913, to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. John son', an 11 1-2 pound son. Mrs. Johnson was formerly Miss Edna Woolery. The lodge room of I. O. O. F. hall is being thoroughly renovated inani, iju ucujr tuiu LMuia i bummerneid doing the decorative work. ine ceiling and wans are receiving new tints of kalsomine and the room will have a new and refreshing appearance. n n nm i tv IUI1ULU UUUi FMHJHIS FALL Enthusiastic Meeting of Busi ness Men Last Evening so Decides Near $3000 A vailable for the Purpose. The gathering of business men at I. O. O. F. hall last night was addressed by Hon. O. M. Plum mer, of Portland, who presented in an able manner the great ad vantage of holding county fairs. Mr. Plummer is an enthusiast in this line and his talk was full of timely suggestions from begin ning to end. There has been some talk for months past of in augurating a county fair, and business men of Heppner and other points in the county have been much interested in the prop osition but did not know justhow to proceed. For years past we have been tacked on to Umatilla county as a part of the Third Dis trict Fair Association, and while we have obtained some excellent results from this association of interests, yet the main benefit has accrued to the sister county where the fair has always been held. As for Heppner, our peo ple have not felt able to shoulder the responsibility heretofore so have not undertaken to hold the fair here, although it has been offered them at different times by the Pendleton people. Under the new law governing fairs in the state, each county can now have its individual fair, and funds are provided by the state to aid the work. Mr. Plum mer explained the new laws so that the meeting got an under standing of what can be realized in cash aid from the state treas ury, and with what business men are willing1 to put up a fund of $3000 can easily be provided. Out of this it is proposed to spend at least $12o per month for four months as a salary to an expert appointed by the Oregon Agricul tural College to have charge of the preparation of exhibits and getting the fair on its feet in proper shape. This will be money well spent, and it is the opinion of Mr. Plummer that if we have such a man this season, we will have him each season, and our first as well as all succeeding fairs will be a grand success. The law providing for an expert agriculturist in each county makes it possible to have a man of this kind for the fair work. To leave it to the county fair commission to look after the details will mean that much will be over looked, i A committee was appointed by Chairman Woodson to convey the sentiment of the meeting to the county court when they meet to morrow. At this meeting of the court the county fair commission will be appointed. A fair for Morrow county this lall is assured. And in connec tion therewith will be a school fair. There will be no need, the first year, to go to the expense of erecting buildings. In fact there may be no need of tieing up money in this way for some years to come for we have buildings in Heppner sufficient to accommo date all the exhibits of produce and live stock, and the Heppner streets are wide and roomy, and street fairs are popular. From now on let everybody boost for the Morrow County Fair. The committee on the Newlon 'well proposition reported that they were getting on well with raising the bonus, and while there is yet several thousand dollars to be raised they believe this can be done, and the work will continue. This matter will have to be closed up with Mr. Newlon within the next fifteen days. It is an op portunity for genuine develop ment work that will not come our way again, and it should be grasped. As to roads, there was some talk, and finally a motion was carried which gives endorsement to the county court for work now being done. While it was not intended as an endorsement, en tirelv, of the present methods of carrying on road work, it was the unanimous expression that the court was entitled to credit and support in the work they are trying to do; it being recognized that they are making some very yood improvements in the high ways, and that their disposition to do the best they can with the means at hand is to be commend ed. The question of a county road overseer, an expert in road building, was discussed but no definite recommendation made The purchase of a rock crusher rind road roller, owing to the lateness of the hour, was passed up. I his is a real live question, for the building of permanent roads in the county cannot be done in the best manner without such machinery. To be sure im plements of this kind cost money but it 13 a mighty good invest ment, and will have to come be fore we get the roads we are en titled to. The next meeting will be held on July 9, at which time C. C. Chapman, secretary and booster of the Portland Commercial Club will be present and deliver an address on a live subject. The present committe of arrange ments has been retained for the next meeting. This is Smead of Heppner, Knappenberg of lone, and Scott of Lexington. CECIL. H. S. Ewing.made a business trip to lone Saturday 1 ast. J. A. Reis of lone was a busi ness visitor in Cecil Monday. Mesdames J. W. Osborn and nenry btreeter were lone visi tors Monday last. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Logan were passengers to Arlington, Friday, returning the same evening. Summer weather has reached here at last, and for the last few days the thermometer has hung around the 90 mark. Haying has begun here and bv the first of next week will be in full swing. There is every indi cation of an unusually heavy crop. oioi wujiiii v x iiui L i i x annua. was a business visitor, in Cecil last week, having purchased a band of sheep from Jack Hynd. Miss Mabel McNabb of lone closed a very successful 9 months' term of school here Tuesday. There was a program and basket dinner which was greatly enjoyed by all. Miss McNabb has been retained for the coming term. She has given excellent satisfac tion. A pleasant surprise party was given at S. M. Morgan's and E. T. Fairhurst's last Friday night in honor of the former's niece, Miss Elizabeth Slocum. A very pleasant time is reported. Miss Slocum closed her school Wednes day, after having taught 9 months in the lower Willow creek dis trict. Irma Ashpaugh, the 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ashpaugh of Rhea Siding, met with a painful accident while re turning from school last week. Her horse fell with her, dislocat ing her ankle and cracking the bone. She was taken to Arling ton for surgical treatment and at last accounts she was doing nice ly. Mrs. Patrick Farley had an ex perience with a rattlesnake re cently that she will not soon forget. She was in the act of entering her cellar when she heard the warning rattle and soon1 ascertained that he was over the door which was only j high enough to admit a person standing erect. She beat a hasty retreat and called one of the men from the field near by who was obliged to crawl in on his hands and knees and who quickly dis patched his snakeship when once inside the cellar. The pupils of Our Lady of Light Academy give a literary entertainment at the Club build ing on tomorrow evening in con nection with the closing of the first year of the school. An ad mission of 50 cents will be asked i and the Heppner public is cor-1 dially invited. j Mr. and Mrs. Alvord. of Port-' land, who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Gilman the past week. I returned to their home on Mon-' day. Thev were here by auto and viewed the countv quite thor-1 oughly from one end to the other, 1 being well pleased with the dilTer-j ent sections visited. G. D. Anderson, camp tender for Hynd Bros., was in town on Tuesday getting his outfit ready for trailing the sheep to the high mountains in the vicinity of Gran ite. He leaves with his bands this week. Chas. Ward, of Hardman, who has been suffering an attack of Bright's disease for the past three months, was taken to Portland yesterday to receive treatment. He was accompanied by his bro ther, Willis Ward, and Dr. G. G. Gaunt. Clyde Wells sold to Dr. Mc Murdo the past week an R. C. H. automobile and they arrived with the machine from Spokane Sat urday. Clyde is agent for this car in Morrow county, and it is certainly a well put up car for the money. Some hot weather this week and some damage to growing crops is complained of. How ever, in the main, but slight, if any real injury has been suffered to date, and as the weather is growing cooler with indications of rain, the "scare" should soon pass over. Mrs. Nat Webb and Mrs. S. W. Smith, of Walla . Walla, ac companied Nat Webb, Jr., in an auto trip to Heppner. arriving Sunday afternoon. The ladies have been guests at the home of E. G. Noble and wife during the week, Mrs. Smith being an aunt of Mrs. Noble. Thev return home today. Jesse Beardsley and Edith Pearl Slocum were married at the home of the bride in Heppner Sunday morning. Rev.- E. H. Longbrake performed the cere mony in the presence of a few relatives and intimate friends of the family, after which a splen did weddingbreakfastwas served. Mr. and Mrs. Beardsley will take up housekeeping immediately in the E. E. Beaman residence. Having evaded the Morrow county deputies. ..Julia Walker made good her escape to the home of her mother near Dale, and was captured there Monday and taken to Pendleton, where she is now odged in jail facing- the charge of horse stealing. Deputy sheriff Gurdane came over from Pendle ton the last of the week and took Willis Jordan, Julia's brother-in- aw and accomplice, back with l.: At ... mill nncic uicpair win awaii a hearing. OUR is YOUR We find ourselves, at the begin ning of the Fruit Season, over loaded with ffome Canned Fruit That we may clear them up in short order, the following prices will prevail: Huckleberries, quarts - 40c Plums, etc. quarts - 20c Plums, half gallon 35c Huckleberry jam, quarts - 60c Pear Preserves, pints - 10c Apple Butter, pints - 15c Sun Preserves, (big variety) pts 35c 44 44 44 44 tumbler 10c Economical housewives will profit by these prices. Phelps Grocery Company City Council. City council wet in reeular session Monday night with just a qnorura present. Tbepe were Mavor Van Vactor and Conncilmen Minor, Vaughn and Kirk. The order of PuHiness wai called and there was nothing to be brought for disposal at this time ex cept the claims against the citv, aud these were audited and allowed as fol ow: W. E. Berner, laying concrete crossing, $75.00; J. O. Higer, haul ing $71.00; Geo. Moore, hauing. $22.00; Fred Krug. labor, $8 75: Jar Yardliy, Jabor, $1.50; Lee McRnberts, labor, $2 50; Light & WatrnCo., cur rent, $96.60; Peck Thornton, labor. 9.35: F. O. Thomas, labor, $18.75; Vanghn & Song, merchandise, t36 55; Lnev Blahm, labor, $10 75; L. ft'. Warsfiaw labor, $1.25; Mack Smith, telephoning, $1.60: Ralph Justus, la bor, $1 25: Vera Pearson, labor, $12.25; Mack Smith, salary, 75.00; J. P. Williams, salary, $16 65; L. w. BrlRgP, salary, $8 33. The council committee on fire and water have unier consideration the niacins of some additional hydrants in different parts of the citv to increase the efficiency of fire piotection but they wete not ready to report at this meeting. Local Representative Wanted BY LARGE LEADING NURSERY. We want a permanent representative for this district. Must be a person of good standing aud character and should have some knowledge of Hor ticulture. Must be able to devote all your time to the business. Unless you are making $150.00 per month, you are not doing as well as you should. Many of our salesman make from $50.00 to $75.00 per week. ORENCO tree are known through this state as being perfectly reliable sturdy, faBt growres, early bearers and costing no more than lots of trees that are not nearly so good. We have but one representative in each terri torywe assist in every possible "way oar nursery is recognized as the largest and must favorably known ;a the entire west our terms are lib eral If you want a permanent, good paying position with an opportunitf of enlarging your field of activity, write ua today. Give references, past occupations, etc., with your first letter OREGON NURSERY COMPANY, Orenco, Oregon. If You want your house moved tf see .t. h. Cox. LOSS GAIN