Au'.:uie Society
Oregon
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VOL. 31. NO. 4.
IIEPPNEIt, OREGON, AriUL 23, 1914.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
Gazette-Times
I
1 OF CITY DADS
Lively Meeting of Council
Takes Place with Many
Visitors Present and
Much Discussion.
There was a lively session of the
city council on Monday evening this
being made so on account of some
matters coming up for consideration
that the citizens of the town are es
pecially Interested In. Chief among
. these, porhaps, was Ordinance No.
145, known as the Sunday closing or
dinance. This measure was due to
be placed on Its final passage at the
last meeting of the council but was
laid over until this meeting that pe
titioners might be heard. There was
also up for consideration at this time
the recommendations of the Commer
cial Club, through its committee,
concerning sanitary conditions in the
city, and this subject brought out a
lot of discussion, wntle some time
was also consumed in talking over
the street oiling question, the new
oiler having arrived, making ft nec
esary to arrange for the proper hand
ling of oil. Ap to this latter propo
sition, it was finally decided to let
this lay over until the next regular
meoting when the matter of getting
the oil and taking care of Its storage
would be settled.
Action was taken upon the recom
mendation of the Commercial Club
that a board of health consisting of
three members bo appointed by the
council to act in conjunction with the
city health officer, and on motion the
mayor was instructed to appoint such
a board, the same to bo drawn from
different sections of the city. Those
appointed were A. M. Phelps, C. C.
Patterson and L. E. Bisbee. These
men, together with Dr. A. D. McMur
lo, will constitute the board of
health, and the council will back
them up in whatever is necessary by
the passing of such ordinances as
will make their work effective.
The Sunday closing ordinance as
it is now framed was opposed by a
number of citizens representing the
churches of the town, the contention
being over the question of closing the
moving picture show on Sunday eve
nings. Tho new ordinance allows
tliis attraction to remain open and
-do business on Sunday, and the
church people are opposing this,
claiming that it detracts from their
work. There were some strong ar
gumonts put up to the council in sup
port of this contention, and the ques
tion was discussed in a friendly but
sincere way for some time, resulting
in the ordinance being tabled. What
the final outcome Is to be cannot be
stated at this time, but as both sides
to the controversey are falrminded
it can be expected that an agreeable
settlement can be had and a proper
adjustment made.
CECIL ITEMS.
C. O. Morey was an lone visitor
aver Sunday with his sister, Mrs. E.
B. Gorton.
Messrs. McBee, Franklin and Hynd
each lost a calf from bloat the past
week.
T. H. Lowe and Jack Hynd left
Tuesday morning for Sand Hollow,
making the trip overland on horse
back. Frank Nash and wife and daughter
spent a couple of days in Cecil the
middle of last week visiting the for
mer's parents who live here.
Mr. Yates removed his beef cattle
above Heppner Sunday to summer
pasture and will hold them until
prices are better.
L. E. McBee shipped three car
loads of beef cattle Tuesday morning
to Portland. He still has on hand
about the Bame number.
The late frosts have injured the
hes more than was sunDosed to
liavc been done, but there will be a
heavy crop of apples and other fruits
and some peaches in the sheltered
places.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Wheelhouse and
Mrs. Chas. Ames of Arlington were
Cecil visitors Monday, coming over-
hind in their car. Art was here on
business and the ladles visited Mrs
M. V. Logan.
Alex Wilson of Rhea Siding met
with an accident on Monday evening
that resulted In a broken leg and
numerous bruises. He was endeav
oring to halter a horse, when it rear
ed, knocking him down and tramp
ling him with the above results
Tin was found about twenty minutes
later by some bridge men and aid
was sonimoned. Dr. Chick reduced
the fracture and he was taken to
Heppner Tuesday evening.
HON
HLY SESS
8 MORE DAYS LEFT
IN WKIGHTORE
There are eight more days left be
fore the registration books will close
for the primary election. To date
over 1300 voters have placed their
name and party with Clerk Hill.
Every precinct in the county has a
strong registration with the except
ion of Lexington. Only one-third of
the voters in Lexington precinct
have registered. Mr. Hill informs
us that he expects fully 1500 voters
will have registered before the books
close, May 1.
IOXE TAKES FIRST
GAME FROM CONDON
9 to 3 In favor of lone was the
result of a disappointing game played
at lone last Sunday admldst much
wind and no little amount of dust.
The game was disappointing from the
fact that the fans expected Condon to
send over a much stronger team
than the one that journeyed to lone
for the opening of the 1914 season in
that town.
Harry Fitzmaurice was the only
old head on the team and his work
stood out head and shoulders above
that of his team mates. Sperry
struck out 23 Condon batters and re
ceived great support. "Fat" Blake
did the receiving stunt for lone.
Heppnor fans journeyed to lone by
the car load to witness the game.
INVENTS BENDING MACHINE.
Frank Gablor, head mechanic at
the Ashbaugh shop, has invented a
bending machine," that Is used in
the manufacture of blades for the
Jones Weeder. Mr. Ashbaugh has
the contract for turning out a large
number of these weeders,' but some
difficulty was encountered at first In
getting all of the blades bended at
the right angle. With the simple
device which Mr. Gabler has Invented
the work can be done speedily and
accurately.
SCHOOL NOTES.
By S. E. Notson, Superintendent
State Supt. Churchill has Issued
a circular letter urging the schools
to co-operate with the general public
in making "god roads day",' which
has been proclaimed by the governor
a day of real acliievment. He sug
gests that the older boys might con
and use a King drag to smooth the
roads, between the schoolhouses.
This might be a big undertaking in
some parts of the county, but it
might be a good plan to drag a part
of the road. However, this might
not be possible In many placeB.
One form of work In which nearly all
the pupils might engage is that of
raking the rocks out of the roads.
This would prove a valuable piece of
work. It is quite likely that the
owners of automobiles would gladly
furnish transportation for workers
who undertake this line of work.
By co-operating in some way, the pu
pils will not only do mch work of
immediate value, but they will be
come interested in a line of work
which will make for better conditions
in the future.
There seems to be a disposition to
organize a general "Bwat the fly"
campaign all over the State. This
Is a work in which the pupils of the
scliools may take a part. Boys who
can handle a saw and hammer can
make effective fly-traps on the plan
suggested by Dr. C. F. Hodge, who
was In the county a few days ago.
Others may make use of the swat
tors.. The net suggested by Dr.
Hodge Is an effective Instrument for
capturing flies. Teachers will find
descriptions of the nets in the last
Issue of the Oregon Teachers Month
ly. They are easily made and cost
but a trifle. By the use of the nets
every fly about the schoolhouses may
be destroyed, and when you consider
the startling figures given by Dr,
Hodge that It is possible for one
pair of flies on the first of May to
develop, under favorable conditions,
into 143,000 bushels by August 10th
it convinces us that the time to kill
the fly is early in the season.
AT THE FEDERATED
CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY
Rev. Perry, the Methodist Episco
pal Dist. Supt., will occupy the pul
pit of the Federated church on the
coming Lord's day. Rev. W, N. Fer
ris has been unanimously called to
the pastorate of this church and will
announce his docision on Sunday
morning.
Members and friends are most
cordially Invited, Strangers are
always welcome.
Miss Maud Griffiths, a former
Heppner girl, is visiting at the home
of her aunt, Mrs. John Patterson o
this city. She 1b accompanied on her
visit by Miss Josephine Follette, also
of Portland. Miss Griffiths is con
valescing from a recent serious ill
ness.
MAYOR
DECLARES
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Heppner and Morrow
County Will Observe
Good Roads Day on
Monday, April 27.
Monday, April 27th has been des
ignated as Good Roads Day in Mor
row county and on that day, all the
principal roads In the county will be
worked over. Hardman, Lexington,
lone and Irrtgon have . joined with
Heppner in this movement and all of
these towns will send out large del
egations to improve the highways.
The farmers will also organize for
effective work on that day. Another
feature of the Good Roads Day has
been taken up by the county court.
The court will instruct the road su
pervisors in the various districts to
take charge of thework and thus
more will be accomplished by having
a recognized leader at the head of
each division.
Mayor Smead has. declared a legal
holiday for Heppner on the 27th, and
every able bodied man in the city
will be expected to put on working
clothes and put In a good days work.
Everyone going, will meet at the cor
ner of the Palace hotel and automo
biles will be provided to take the
workmen to their fields of labor.
RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE.
WHEREAS, The messenger of
Death has taken across the threshold
of the Grand Lodge above, the spirit
of our Brother E. R. Currin, Who
was a faithful member of Heppner
Lodge No. 358, and a constant fol
lower of the principles of our order,
and who was an Elk in fact, as well
as in name, and
WHEREAS, by the death of Bro
ther E. R. Currin, this Lodge has
lost a true Brothef, his family, a
loving son and brother, and the com
munity in which he lived, a useful
and respected citizen,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
that the members of Heppner Lodge
No. 358, Benevolent and Protective
Order Of Elks extend to the bereaved
family, our heartfelt sympathy in
their said hour, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that a copy of these resolutions be
spread upon the records of this
Lodge, and a copy published in the
local newspaper, and also a copy
mailed to the family.
George Thomson,
S. W. Spencer,
H. A. Duncan.
OTHER CITIES SUCCESSFUL
IN FLY EXTERMINATION
Flies Now a Curiosity in Worcliester,
Mass.; . "Flyless Cleveland"
by End of 11)11.
University of Oregon Eugene, Or.-
April 13. Reports of successes a
chieved in other states in anti-fly
campaigns continue to come to Dr.
Clifton F. Hodge, professor of Social
Biology at the State University. A
letter Saturday from Elizabeth Cook,
food inspector of Salt Lake City,
says :
"Nearly 100,000 flies were caught
and brought in here last Saturday.
Our picture shows are running slides,
newspapers are helping, even the
big packing houses are giving boun
ties for flies caught in their vicin
ity. I prepared the propaganda for
the campaign and presented it to the
Commercial Club in March. The
club took hold with great enthus
iasm and prepared 30,000 booklets.
It has furnished traps, which the
children buy for 15 cents and sell for
25 cents. The stable window trap is
made by boys in the manual training
departments, and the net fly catchers
in the domestic science departments
of the schools. We feel very grate
ful to you and Dr. Jean Dawson for
your encouragement, and for the
system with which you have carried
out your campaigns. Ours is plan
ned along the same lines."
In the Salt Lake Bulletin a fly 1b
said now to be a curiosity in Wor
cliester, Mass. The children of
Worcester trapped 16,217,088 flies
from June 20 to July 27, 1911, fill
ing 40 bushels. Campaigns have
been held each year since.
Cleveland had a campaign in 1912.
AH the files were not exterminated
that year, but enough were killed to
reduce greatly the typhoid fever per
centage. A greater effort was made
In 1913 and most of the flies were ex
terminated. By the end of 1914,
Cleveland hopes to be almost flyless.
Salt Lake and the 20 cities of Ore
gon that are organizing campaigns
are only a few of the many in the
civilized world that have set as their
goal freedom from what Hodge calls
the worst assailant of public health
that exists.
SE
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEETING
Good Interest Is Being
Taken By Members on
Matters Concerning the
General Welfare.
The meeting of the Heppner Com
mercial Club on Friday evening at
the I. O. O. F. hall was not as large
ly atended as it shonld have been.
It was expected that on this occasion
there would be a splendid attend
ance of the ladies of the city, for the
purpose of organizing an auxiliary
of the women. This had been ad
vertised but the ladies wore conspic
uous by their absence, there being
a half dozen there, only, and it was
of course useless to undertake the or
ganization of the auxiliary at this
meeting. ThlB idea has not been a
bandoned, however, and a committee
on entertainment consisting of O. G.
Crawford, Dr. F. N. Christenson and
Dr. A. D. McMurdo was appointed to
arrange something special for the
next meeting of the Club which will
be made especially a ladies' meeting,
and at which time It is hoped a large
attendance of the women of the town
will make the proposed organization
a success.
The Club heartily . endorsed the
Good Roads ' Day and Chairman
Smead appointed Frank Gilliam, L.
W. Briggs and A. M. Phelps a com
mitee to confer with the County
Judge and to arrange the program
for Monday, April 27th. In this con-,
nection, it is well to state that May
or Smead has designated Monday as
a holiday, this action also receiving
the endorcement of the Commercial
Club and it is expected that all bus
iness Houses will close and everyone
will grab a -shovel or a rake, don
their working apparel and get onto
the roads ud Ao a genvine days'
work. The ladies will look after the
eats and refreshments; the men will
do the work. ,
The committee on sanitation made i
a report and asked that they be re
lieved of duty. This committee
has done good work and spent a lot
of time in going over the matters in
hand; they had become impressed
with the idea that the City Council
were very indifferent to their recom
mendations as presented in their re
port, and they felt that they should
be relieved and someone else ap
pointed that could present the prop
osition before the city legislature in
a more forceful manner than they
had been able to do. Chairman
Smead informed them that they
had the wrong impression, and upon
a motion being put the original com
mittee, consisting of A. M. Phelps, J.
P. Conder and J. L. Wilkins, was re
tained with the instruction to again
place their recommendations before
the city council, they being assured
that some more definite action would
be taken by that body.
Mr. Sparling was called upon to
report the present status of the
creamery, and he stated that all ar
rangements for final organization
were completed; that at the present
time sufficient stock was subscribed
to install the creamery proper but
not enough to add the cold storage
plant. He further stated that he
had been assured by Mr. H. C. Oliver
of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., that his
company would maintain a refriger
ator car service on the branch for a
period of two years, even at a loss,
In order to get the creamery firmly
established, as they felt after, this
time it would be a paying proposition
to them.
The suggestion of Chairman
Smead that the ladles of the town be
made honorary members of the Club
was acted upon and by nanlmous
vote it was so ordered.
Some bills were disposed of, and
the secretary renewed a large num
ber of membership cards, whereup
on the Club adjourned.
ENTERTAINMENT FOR RENE
FIT OF UAUj ASSOCIATION.
For the benefit of the Heppner
Base Hall Association, an entertain
ment is scheduled for next Tuesday
evening. This is to be given by D.
L. Morgan, the famous entertainer.
Mr. Morgan holds the A. B. and B. O.
degrees and also won the silver,
gold, grand gold, diamond and grand
diamond medals In oratorical con
tests. You'll laugh until you can't
get over it in a week. He is a real
comedian with vast experience in Im
personation. Sixty per cent of the
entire proceeds will go to the local
base ball organization. Watch for
folders and placards with informa
tion and announcement of place of
entertainment.
COMMITTEE.
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Everybody in Morrow county has
heard about tho wonderful trips
that are given yearly by Philip S.
Bates, publisher of the Pacific North
west, the oldest monthly farm paper
in the Columbia River basin, and
this year he will take Miss Leala
Campbell of this city on a three
weeks trip to represent Heppner and
Morrow county. Miss Campbell is
one of the most popular young lad
ies in Heppner and well and favor
ably known all throughout the coun
ty. The trip as outlined by Mr. Bates
this year will be one of exceptional
character. The party will leave
Portland on the 14th of June going
direct to Cleveland, Ohio, where
they will spend a day then on to
Washington, whero the capital will
be thoroughly covered and a call
made on the President of the United
States to be followed by stops of one
and two days each at Philadelphia,
New York, Boston, Montreal, Niagara
Falls, Chicago, Minneapolis and St.
Paul. Miss Campbell will be expect
ed to tell the people of the East why
Morrow county is tho best county in
the state for the homesetkor and in
vestor, and as these partes have be
come so well known to the leadins
dailies of the country through the
past work of this kind Mr. Bates that
the space alloted from a news stand
point amounts Into the thousands
of dollars.
To secure this trip Miss Campbell
must obtain 300 subscriptions to the
Pacific Northwest on the basis of
three years for one dollar and as this
publication is the best of its class the
subscriber not only receives a good
farm paper but every dollar contrib
uted is used to' secure at least $10
worth of publicity for the individual
who assists Miss Campbell in obtain
ing the trip. . ,
Mr. Bates offers to take 100
pounds of literature for distribution
while away and it Is expected that
the localCommerclal Club will ar
range to furnish him with material
which will prove of benefit to Hepp
ner and Morrow county.
EDUCATION IN OREGON
CHANGES DURING DECADE
"I finish high school in June:
what shall I do in September?"
This is the opening sentence of a
48 page booklet, entitled "Choosing
a Calling," that is about to be read
by Oregon high school students. It
has just been issued by the Univer
sity of Oregon for the third and
fourth year students in the high
schools of the state.
The booklet unconsciously shows
the remarkable change in the educa
tional trend in Oregon. A similar
booklet of ten years ago contains lit
tle excepting announcements of pro
fessional courses: A student com
monly entered the University then to
become a lawyer, doctor, preacher or
teacher.
This booklet, however, presents a
multitude of occupations for which
special preparation is given. Some
of them are: Journalism; city ad
ministration; banking; business;
municipal sanitation; social service;
transportation work; library work;
teaching specialties; playground
work; conducting physical training
for women; city chemists; political
life; higher accounting; art and ar
chitecture; marketing; commerce;
consular work; translation positions;
public service work.
A much smaller proportion of col
lege men is going into law, medicine
and the ministry than did formerly;
but the character of preparation for
these three professions Is changing,
too. The booklet shows how much
more thorough such preparation
must be and how pre-medic, pre-law
and pre-pulplt courses are being
made specialties in universities.
The need of better-trained teach
ers is emphasized. Fifty cuts show
the campus, the buildings and most
phases of state university life. The
booklet is considered a handsome ef
fort typographically.
GETTING CLOSE TOGETHER
That the woolbuyers and wool
growers seem to be getting closer to
gether in the Heppner country is sta
ted by Traveling Passenger Agent
Oliver of the O.-W. R. & N. Co. who
is here today. There appears to be
only a difference of about a half
cent per pound In price now says the
railroad man, and he looks to see
some wool selling soon. In the
Wallowa country much wool has al
ready been sold. It is tho belief of
Mr. Oliver that there will be little
wool left for sale when the sales
days arrive. E. O.
Jacob Bortzer, extensive farmer of
the west side of the county, has in
1200 acres of grain this season, and
he states that it Is the best prospect
that he ever had, being fully a month
ahead of any other season in his experience.
L
TO
190,000 School Children
in the State Could Re
move 1,900,000 Obstruc
tions From the Roads.
Portland, Ore., April 21. (Special)
In connection with the efforts of the
grown-ups to Improve the condition
of Oregon roads on Saturday, April
25,' it has ben suggested that all the
school children of the state be re
quested to turn out and assist in the
good work. As there are about
190,000 school children in the state,
it has been estimated that each will
be able to remove at least 100 loose
rock from the road nearest their
home, it will be equal in value to the
efforts of a thousand men and will
remove 1,900,000 obstructons from
the roads of the state.
The suggeston is also made that
the good women of each district
throughout the state serve road
lunches or a hot dinner at the
grange, schoolhouse or other local
meeting place to actual w orkers only.
No workee, no eatee.
Plans for corn shows to be held
next fall and winter are now being
made by officials of the O.-W. R. &
N. Ry. at the same time the seed
corn is being distributed among the
farmers of the state. Cash prizes
from $5 to 25 will be offered, the
entries to vary from the best single
ear of corn to the product of the best
acre, with boy growers given special
inducements to compete. It is stat
ed by those in charge of the project
that this year's acreage will be ten
times that of last year.
The Port of Columbia Commercial
Club has recently been organized at
Astoria, taking the place of the As
toria Young Men's Booster, Club,
temporarily formed some time ago.
The purpose of the club is to pro
mote the commercial, industrial, ag
ricultural and social advancement of
the Lower Columbia. "Nothing less
than forty feet where rail and water
meet," was adopted as a slogan.
Bandon business men have sub
scribed money with which to pur
chase a passenger and freight carry
ing boat to be put on a regular run
between that port and Portland.
The present volume of traffic be
tween the two cities is now sufficient
to make this a paying venture, and
the business men claim that the bus
iness will be more than doubled by
the service which will be given by a
boat making direct and regular runs.
Much business which has formerly
been done with San Francisco will
now come to Portland.
Thirteen carloads of household
goods, representing tho belongings
of fifteen families, have been receiv
ed at Bend within the past few
weeks. Six carloads were received,
in February, and according to the
present indications April will bryak
all records. The newcomers are nil
families in good circumstances, with
complete outfits of farming imple
ments and supplUs. One farmer
brought his own well drilling outfit,
am! pmong their oilier possessions is
some of the best siock seen in Cun-
tial Oregon.
Plans are being made to erect the
maraoth flagpole donated to the Pan
ama-Pacific Exposition during the
later part of the month when the
Rose Festival Queen and her maids
visit San Francisco. The pole is of
Douglas fir, 24 6 feet long, 54 fet at
the butt and weighs 93,000 pounds.
FINAL ORGANIZATION OF
HEPPNER CREAMERY.
Final organization of the Heppner
Co-operative creamery will take place
in Heppner at the I. O. O. F hall on
next Saturday at 2:30 p. m. The
full program of organization as out
lined in our last issue will be carried
out. The stock book of the cream
ery is still open and shares are go
ing at the original price. Get in on
the ground floor and become a mem
ber of this co-operative organization
and help build up a prosperous in
dustry in the Heppner country.
The farmers are Invited to bring
their wives and also their lunches,
as hot coffee and tea will be served
in the hall.
Mr. Sparling held an enthusiastic
meoting in lone on Tuesday, and re
ceived the unanimous endorsement
of the lone Commercial Club.
Rev. Warren of The Dalles will
hold services at the Episcopal church
next Sunday, both morning and eve-ulng.
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