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VOL. 30. NO. 49.
HEPPXEIi, OREGON, MARCH 5, 1914.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
GAZ1
THE
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MEETS DEFEAT
City Council Turns Down
Measure By a Vote of
Three to Two -Will
Build New Bridge.
The saloon ordinance met de
i eat at the regular meeting of
the City Council last Monday eve
ning. The vote was three to two
with Minor absent. Those sup
porting the measure were Kirk
and Cornett; opposing, Barratt,
Hager and Currin. The sub
stance of the ordinance as pro
posed was that no saloon owner
or his bartender should enter his
place of business after the hour
of midnight, Saturday, and up
to the hour of five, Monday morn
ing, unless accompanied by an
officer of the law.
, The council gave J. H. Cox the
contract that calls for the remov
al of the bridge across Willow
on upper Court street to cross
the creek on Cannon street; and
the building of a new bridge on
Court street. The contract price
for the work is $90. For the con
struction of new bridges and side
walks the council will order a
carload of lumber. ,
The proposition of L. M. Tur
ner, surveyor, to establish 50
bench stakes over the city for
$100 was accepted by the coun
cil. The stakes are to be of iron
' and Mr. Turner guarantees that
they will be permanent.
The mayor authorized the street
committee to ascertain prices on
a rock crusher with a view of
purchasing one in the near fu
ture. The same committ.ee was
instructed to measure the number
of cubic yards in the rock bluff
on south Main street and adver
tise for bids for the removal of
" the same.
There promises to be some live
ly discussion at the mid-monthly
meeting when City Attorney Not
son presents the revised' ordi
nance covering the Sunday regu
lation of amusements and pas
times. The discussion of the
present city ordinance started
when the question of permitting
the bowling alley to remain open
on Sunday came up.
A. S. Akers andChas. Vaughn
departed for Walla Walla where
thjey go to get the new Case
automobile recently purchased by
Mr. Akers.
Mrs. Laura Zinn, telephone
operator at the Slocum Drug
store, has handed in her resigna-i.
tion, which takes effect on the
28th of March. She intends to
go to her homestead on Butter
creek.
Ralph Swineburne returned to
his home' in Seattle on Tuesday
after spending a couple of weeks
in this city looking after business
interests. He expects to return
here in April.
The Heppner Light and Water
company are installing their new
switch boards this week. The
finishing toutches on the new
plant are almost completed and
with the arrival of the big dyna
mo in a few days, the new sys
tem will soon be in operation.
Mrs. Belle Bucknum returned
to her home at Baker on Sat
urday, after a visit of several
weeks in Heppner. She was ac
companied by her mother, Mrs.
Lucinda Elder, who will remain
at the home of her daughter
until she is fully restored to
health.
s
QRDfNANG
L
T. J. Mahoney, cashier of the
First National Bank of Heppner,
is on the committee of the State
Bankers' Association which is a
part of the three-cornered organ
ization in Oregon that is calcula
ted to put the land speculator out
of business.
The State Bankers' Association,
Oregon Immigration Commission
and Oregon Development League,
including the Portland Commer
cial Club, jointly purpose to en
list the land owners of all com
munities in a co-operative plan
of land appraisal based on pro
duction possible under average
cultivation.
W. L. Thompson, president of
the Bankers' Association, has ap
pointed the following committee
of five on the appraisal board:
H. L. Corbett, Portland, chair
man. T. J. Mahoney, Heppner, rep
resenting Eastern Oregon.
J. R. Blackaby, Ontario, repre
senting Central Oregon.
W. H. Gqe, Medford, repre
senting Southern Oregon.
Alex Martin, Jr., Eugene, rep
resenting Willamette Valley.
The State Immigration Com
mission and C. C. Chapman, im
migration agent, according to the
Portland Journal, have appointed
J. W. Brewer, banker of Red
mond, state locating agent, who
is no w in the field enlisting the
co-operation of the communities.
Local Poultryman Sells.
A. J. Cook, chief Brown ' Leg
horn raiser in Heppner, this
week contracted to furnish 1000
eggs for hatching to a farmei
near Lexington. Mr. Cook will
finish delivering the .eggs by
April 1. He has a lot of prize
birds and his products are much
sought after by those who desire
good laying fouls.
Dr. Hodge Will Speak.
Arrangements have been made
whereby the people of Heppner,
lone and Lexington may hear
Dr. C. F. Hodge of the state
university. He will be at Lex
ington, on the evening of March
24, at lone on the afternoon of
March 25, and at Heppner in the
evening of March 25.
Dr. Hodge's lectures will be on
Civic Biology in the High Schools
and Nature Study in the Elemen
tary Grades. This is an attempt
of the university to bring higher
education to the people. Since
the lectures are free, the people
should show their appreciation to
the university by giving Dr.
Hodge a large hearing.
For Sale or Exchange
for Morrow county property, two
farms, 40 and 60 acres. Well lo
cated and improved; splendid
health; no crop failures. Price,
$2000 and $2500. Refer to J. W.
Morris, owner, Pomona, Mo.
Carrol Morrison left Monday
morning for his home in Portland.
For Sale Three year old cork
elm trees. Inquire of W. P.
Scrivener. 2t
Bring your old clothes to the
Imperial Cleaning & Dye Works.
All work guaranteed. . tf
P. G. Balsiger, W. R. Cochran
and Rev. Winey, of lone, visited
Heppner on business intent Mon
day. Having sold my stock and fix
tures to Mrs. Lula G. Herren, I
wish to recommend her to all of
my old patrons and hope that
they will give her a liberal share
of their patronage.
Mrs. L. E. Cohen.
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ROBERT
Republican Candidate
REGiSTRATION IS
Registration for Morrow coun
ty is "looking up" at the present
time and the outlook according;
to the late gains, is for a large
registration. Up to Wednesday
noon the books showed a total
registration of 886. Of this
number, 698 are marked as rep
ublicans, 154 are as democrats
and the remainder are registered
as socialists, prohis, progressives
and independents.
If you have democratic or re
publican tendencies you had bet
ter get your name on the regis
tration books before May 1, or
you will not be entitled to a vote
at the primary election on May
15.
Heppner Women
Miss Happy Slocum
Wed.
and Mr.
R. D. Kern were united
in mar-
riage last Tuesday morning at
the home of the bride's parents
in this city, Rev. W. T. Goulder
officiating. They boarded the
train for Wasco the same morn
ing, where they will make their
home.
Miss Slocum is a native Hepp
ner girl, being a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Slocum, and has
many friends in thi3 city. Mr.
Kem is a promising young bus
iness man of Wasco. The G. T.
extends congratulations.
Miss Ruth Forbes Brown,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D.
Brown of this city, was married
to William Livingston, of Eugene,
Saturday, Feb. 28, at Forest
Grove where the young lady has
been attending Pacific University.
Miss Brown was quite popular
with the younger set in Heppner.
She graduated from high school
here, being a member of the 1911
class. She was in her third year
at the University.
Mr. Livingston is a former stu
dent of Pacific University and a
last year graduate of the Univer
sity of Oregon, where he is at
the present time taking a post
graduate course.
The marriage comes as a com
plete surprise to their many Hepp
ner friends, whom the Gazette
Times joins in extending to them
congratulations and best wishes
for a long and happy married
life.
A. BOOTH.
For United States Senator.
1115151
IKE! IN FIELD
The Socialists of Morrow coun
ty met in convention in this city
last Saturday and named a full
list of candidates to represent
their ticket in the November
election. The .following, are
the men and the office which
they seek; D. S. Barlow, joint
Senator; R. W. Turner joint Rep
resentative, C. E. Jones, Clerk;
Tyndal Robison, Sheriff; R. W.
Munkers, Assessor; C. J, Ander
son, Commissioner; D. A. Porter,
toroner. A party plauorm was
drafted and adopted.
In the evening, C. W. Barzee
of Portland addressed a large
audience at the court house on a
socialistic subject. Mr. Barzee
is a writer of much note and a
forcible speaker.
While tlie Mil Kh winds prevail
blow in at the Case Furniture store
iiml inspect the Hug and Linoleum
department. A purchase at this
time will not be as hard a blow to
your purse as usual. J hm is your
opportunity to reduce the cost of
living comfortably.
Millinery at Greatly
Re-
duced Prices.
Having bought Mrs. Cohen's
stock of millinery, I am selling
it at greatly reduced prices in or
der to make room for the big
Spring stock I have now on the
way from the East.
Mrs. LulaG. Herren.
Chas. Stanton, Eight Mile far
mer, was in Heppner Tuesday
after a load of farming imple
ments which he took out with
him. This fine spring weather
is putting all the farmers to work
in earnest and thev will not even
have time to talk politics until af
ter the work is done, tiara on
the numerous candidates, but
they will be compelled to stand
it.
W. H. Herren returned home
Monday evening after a two
month? stay in the interior in
pursuit of his duties with the Ore
gon Fish and Game Commission.
He put in his time in Grant and
Malheur counties. He reports
people of the interior enjoying a
fair degree of prosperity. Stock
has wintered fine and the outlook
, is promising.
HAL ELKS' BALL
BETTER THAN EVER
More complete in detail of ar
rangement and more effectual
management is the report of the
Elks' ball last Friday evening at
the Club building. Everything
in connection with the dance
showed mbre careful preparation
and the extent to which the affair
was enjoyed by those present is
attested by the many expressions
of the good time had.
The grand march started at
nine, the orchestra playing "Na
tional Emblem" in a spirited
manner, giving the dance the
proper life. From that time on
the program was adhered to, with
an encore, and at times two or
three encores, after each number.
This established the fact that the
relations between dancers and
orchestra were friendly in the
extreme and promoted a very
congenial social atmosphere.
The hall was very beautifully
and elaborately decorated in the
colors of the lodge. A new de-
sign of bunting was used to drape
the walls, and streamers of pur
ple and white crepe paper were
stretched from a cluster in the
center of the room to the bunt
ing. This arrangement covered
the space used for f daricing and
servedvas a : canopy. The front
end of the room was partitioned
off and made cozy for those who
wished to look on or otherwise
indulge in social intercourse, and
one corner of this was devoted to
the punch table. Many beauti
ful gowns were in evidence.
The music was furnished by
the Parsons orchestra of Port
land. This worthy organization
needs no word of introduction or
praise to Heppner people. Their
work speaks for itself, and each
return engagement adds to the
growing popularity. The orches
tra this time consisted of Leo
Lindsay, violin; Frank Thibeau,
'cello; Andy Loney, cornet; Lee
Townsend, traps, and Bro. Geo.
Parsons, piano.
Instructive Talk.
A goodly number of people
gathered at I. O. O. F. hall Sun
day afternoon to listen to the ad
dress of Mr. A. L. Sparling on
the topics announced in our last
issue. Mr. Sparling demonstra
ted his ability as a speaker in the
splendid manner in which his ad
dress was delivered. While he
talks in conversational style alto
gether, he is forceful and logical
and the address was entertaining
and instructive. We might be
inclined to think that the speaker
was somewhat severe in some of
his criticisms of conditions in our
section, and yet it must be recog
nized that he was speaking from
experiences gathered from a per
iod of about 20 years of struggle
and hardship in overcoming the
difficulties incident to the devel
opment of a new country, and he
knows whereof he speaks.
The address was greatly en
joyed by all those present and
should have been heard by more
of our business men and farmers.
The speaker is a strong believer
in the doctrine of co-operation
between producer and business
man and he knows how to pre
sent this subject in a telling man
ner. He is withal a fine gentle
man, a scholar and an entertain
ing conversationalist-a man who
has had much experience in the
lines of dairying, stockraising
and sheepraising; has traveled
much; comes from a big country,
Australia, and believes in doing
things as well as knowing how
I to do them. We hope he may de
I cide to locate here permanently.
"SEE THE STAT
t
NOT TIE CITY"
Appeal To Be Made By
the Business Men of
Portland To People Here
In 1915.
Portland, Ore., Mar. 3. (Spe
cial) "See the Big State and not
the big city' is the appeal to be
made by the business men of
Portland to the people who will
come west during 1915. Unless
a vigorous campaign is conducted
nearly all the exposition travel
will be direct from San Francisco
to Portland with no stopovers in
either Western or Eastern Ore
gon. To perfect plans for an ener
getic campaign to influence trav
elers to visit the smaller commu
nities and see the state itself ra
ther than spend all of the time
eevoted to Oregon in the city of
Portland, a meeting will be held
in the parlors of the Portland
Commercial Club on Thursday,
March 26. Delegates will be pre
sent from all the communities
which were represented at the de
velopment convention recently
held in Eugene. Also, at this
meeting, plans will be laid for a
big convention to be hold in the
near future in the city of Salem,
at which, all the counties of the
state will be represented. f
Announcement has just been
made that approximately 45,000
acres of land adjacent to Flora,
Long Creek, Monument, Beech
Creek, Enterprise and Baker has
been set aside for homesteading.
This is classed as semi-arid land
and A-ill be subject to the enlarged
homestead act. It will be ready
to be filed upon on and after
March 9, and original entrymen
will have the right to file on 320
acres.
The Board of Governors of. the
Portland Commercial Club has
passed a resolution, to be forwar
ded to Secretary Franklin K. Lane
urging that the Owyhee-Malheur
irrigation project be included in
the Government irrigation plans
for Oregon. It is pointed out
that these proposed projects con
tain thousands of acres of fertile
land which is now useless and al
ways will be so unless it can be
supplied with water. Portions
of the land which are now irriga
ted by private ditches are raising
splendid crops of grain, alfalfa
and fruit.
Hood River has decided to or
ganize a co-operative creamery.
Two thousand dollars of the $5,-
000 of stock voted has already
been taken and 275 cows have
been signed up. It is estimated
that 400 cows will be sufficient to
make the proposition pay, and no
difficulty in getting this number
is anticipated.
Calling attention to the fact
that this year is the 50th anniver
sary of the establishment of the
salmon canning industry on the
Pacific Coast, Governor West has
issued a proclamation naming Fri
I day, March 13, as "Salmon Day,"
j and urges all the people of the
I state to not only use salmon free
! ly on that date, but to take spe
cial pains to call attention ofoth
I er sections of the country to its
J value as a food. A large Chinook
! will be sent to President Wilson
and the Oregon delegation in Con
! gress to be consumed at that
time.