Oi-p'-rm Historical Socfety
Stock Exchange Building.
VOL. 31. NO. 1 3.
HEPPXEK, OREGON, JUNE 23, 1914.
SUBSCRIPTION, 1.50 PER YEAR
CLUB WILL AID IN
TERIDR STAGE LI
Strenuous Action Will Be
Taken To Retain Hard-man-Monument
Route.
The regular meeting of the Com
mercial Club was held at 'the I. 0. 0.
F. hall on Friday evening and the
attendance was not large.
Some important measures were up
for consideration, among them 1 elng
the report of the committee appoint
ed to Interview the city council with
reference to procuring the public
feed yard for fair purposes and a
city park. The report of this com
mittee was very satisfactory, show
ing as it did that what the Club de
sired was being secured. The lots
wanted by the Fair Board have been
contracted for from the city at an
annual rental of $30 for five years;
this rental to be applied on the pur
chase price of the feed lot property,
which is 500, whon the Fair Board
are ready at the end of five years to
take the property over. In exchange
for the present feed lot, other lots
are to be purchased from T. J. Mat
lock on Chase street, and these have
been contracted for. One of these
lots to be paid for by the Fair Board
and the other to be purchased by the
citizens of Heppner. The report of
this committee was accepted and the
committee continued as there is still
business for thtra to transact In con
nection with the completion of this
lot contract.
A communication from M. C. Mer
rill of Monument, concerning the
Heppner-Monument stage route, was
read. This route has been dlscon
tlnued between Monument and Hard
man and all mall from here to that
point, and from there to here has to
go by way of Baker and causes much
Inconvenience. The people on the
other end of the line feel this incon
venience very much as Heppner Is
their natural outside trading and
shipping point. To get this matter
taken up in proper shape a commit
tee consisting of W. T. Goulder, Dr
Christensen and 0. G. Crawford was
appointed, and it will be their duty
to call the attention of the proper
authorities to the condition and see
If the route cannot be speedily re
stored. Postmaster Richardson was
requested to act with and assist this
committee, and he consented to do so
A proposition to provide for the
payment of the purchase price of the
Matlock lot was suggested by Frank
Gilliam and this will be placed be
fore the City Council for their ap
proval or rejection. Should the
Idea of Mr. Gilliam prevail, the citi
zens will be relieved of the burden of
providing $350 for this purpose.
The committee having in charge
this Heppner-Monument stage route,
had a meeting on Wednesday evening
at 8 o'clock at the office of Secretary
Goulder. This meeting was attend
ed by a number of our citizen's and
several men from Monument who
happened to be in the city at the
time. Quick action is desired, and
having this in mind the committee is
getting out petitions to be signed up
by all the residents of Heppner and
Monument as well as the people re
siding along the route. These will
be forwarded to our congressmen
with the requeBt that they take up
the matter with the department at
once. In the meantime every busi
ness man of these towns and other
influential citizens are urged to
write personal letters to our senators
and representatives In congress urg
ing the Importance of re-establishing
the Heppner-Monument stage route.
The people here and at Monument
are thoroughly aroused over this
question and by taking these steps
there is no doubt that the route will
be restored.
Miss Elizabeth Mahoney, of Bon
ners Ferry, Idaho, is visiting at the
home of her brother, T. J. Mahoney
in Heppner and will remain for some
time.
Get your fish Fridays at the Peo
pie's Cash Market.
FAIR BOARD ILL GET
Judjre For Next Poultry Show at
Fair Will Be Procure! By
Board.
The Morrow County Fair Board
held a meeting at Lexington last Sat
urday with all members present. A
finance committee was appointed
consisting of A. M. Phelps, M. D.
Clark, J. L. Wllklns, T. J. Mahoney
and Glenn Wells.
The secretary was instructed to
get a five year option on tne lair
grounds, which were formerly used
by the city for a feed yard, at $30 a
year with the privilege to purchase
at $500, the lease money to be ap
plied on the purchase price,
The secretary was also instructed
to write to the Oregon Agricultural
College to procure a judge for the
poultry show which is held in con
junction with the fair..
John Vaughn was elected to a po
sition on the board as an assistant.
A pioneers' meeting was planned
for the next fair and a speaker will
be procured.
It, was agreed that the prices of
entrance to the fair should be 25
and 15 cents for each entrance dur
ing the day, and 15 and 10 cents for
every entrance after six o'clock. The
lower price applies to children.
u.
Names and records of New Members
of the Faculty Are Given Out
By State Educational In
stitution. University of Oregon, Eugene, Or.,
June 24. The new members of the
teaching force of the University of
Oregon elected at the last meetins of
the board of Regents include.
Director of the School of Com
merce and Administration Hpn. H.
B. Miller, formerly United States
Consul-general at Yokohama, consul
at Ching King and Newchwang,
China, and Belfast, Ireland, at) early
day bridge engineer, contractor and
lumber manufacturer in Oregon, ex
president of the Oregon Agricultural
College, and at various times mem
ber of the state senate and the house
of representatives, and the state
board of agriculture. Mr. Miller's
activities will call him to both Port
land and Eugene for portions of his
time. His former home was Grants
Pass, Oregon.
Dean of School of Education rDr,
H. D. Sheldon, professor of philoso
phy and education at the University
of Pittsburg. Dr. Sheldon was of
fered the deanship at Pittsburg but
declined It to return to Oregon. Dr
Sheldon was with the Oregon school
of education once before, and since
he was called east a strong demand
for his return has developed among
the teachers of Oregon.
Director of the School of Archi
tecture and Professor of Design
Ellis F. Lawrence, a leading prac
ticing architect of Portland.
Head of Department of Geology
Warren D. Smith, Ph. D., F. R. G. S
chief of the division of mines in the
Philippine Islands. Mr. Smith had
been connected with Stanford, Chi
cago and Wisconsin Universities be
fore he was sent to the Philippines
by the government.
Associate Professor of Law-Ralph
C. Bennett, of the University of Tex
as, formerly lecturer in Roman Law
at Johns Hopkins, and one of the two
men who in the course of six years
were honored with the rare degree
of D. C. L. by Yale University.
Director of Burean of Recreation
and Social Service L. H. Weir, of
the National Playground Association
For the next year Mr. Weir will di
vide his time between the Universi
ties of Oregon and Washington
Head of Department of English
W. F. G. Thacher, pro tempore. Mr
Thacher holds the degree of M. A
from Princeton and for three years
was editor of the Pacific Monthly. He
has recently . been connected with
Portland Academy.
Instructor in English Katrlna M
Davis, Columbia University, New
York City.
Instructor in Zoology John E
Gutberlet, University of Illinois
' Assistant in Mathematics, Fxtcn
slon Department Earl Kilpatrick
formerly principal of Salem High
School.
Header in Chemistry Lawrence
Whitman, Pendleton.
Promotions Graham J. Mitchell
geology, and Mrs. E. S. Parsons, Eng
lish, from instructor to assistant pro
fessor; Miss Frieda Goldsmith, Phy
sical Training, from assistant to in
structor; and to higher rank as as
slstants, Miss Pauline Potter, Miss
Alma M. Aupperle.
Resignations Prof. E. A. Thur
ber, English; Prof. F. G. Frink
Mathematics; Miss Montana Hast
ings, Education.
PEOPLE ATTEND
L
Farmers' Union and Citizens of Lexington Co-operate
In Making First Event a Complete Success Varied
and Interesting Program.
A good, old-fashioned picnic was
held In the Penland grove at Lexing
ton on Saturday last under the aus
pices of the Morrow County Farmers
Union. This was the first annual pic
nic of the Union, and the people of
the county have the promise that
these events will hereafter be of reg
ular occurrence.
As is usual with the good people of
Lexington, nothing was left undone
by them that should have been done
to make the occasion an enjoyable
one. They had prepared everything
at the grove in good shape for the
comforts of their guests. They also
went to the expense of securing the
services of the lone band to enliven
the program with good music, and
further prepared and pulled off a
good list of foot races with suitable
and appropriate prizes furnished by
the business men. This was all done
to show the appreciation of the Lex-
ngt.nn people in having the picnic
come to their city.
On the other hand, the Farmers'
Union of the county, and our citizens
in general manifested their apprecia
tion by turning out in large numbers,
It being estimated that there were at
least 500 people present to enjoy the
associations and festivities of the day
and to partake of the big spread of
good things on the tables and here
and there on the grass plats about
the grounds. In former years it
would be said in writing of such oc
casions that the people came in car
riages, in wagons, in buggies and on
horseback, but not so now, for the
most of the people assembled on this
occasion came in automobiles, which
were lined up two abreast for the
space of about two hundred yards
along side of the picnic grounds, and
a very large number of these were
the conveyances of farmers.
A windy and cloudy day detracted
somewhat from the pleasure of the
day and made it a little too cool for
comfort. This being so until about
the middle of the afternoon.
A set program was arranged by the
Farmers' Union in which each local
of the county was expected to take
part. Some of these failed and their
places were taken by volunteers
where they could be secured. At
10:00 a. m. the band played a selec
tion and Liberty Local rendered in
good style a song entitled, "The Flag
We Love Best," under the folds of
"Old Glory."
State President J. D. Brown, of
Arlington, was then Introduced and
made a short and pointed address on
the benefits to the farmers of co-op
eration as offered by the Union and
he was well received.
Farmegon Local of Eight Mile re-
sponded with a humorous recitation
by Walter Gay in the Swede dialect,
which was loudly applauded. Miss
Mrs. Earl Wlglesworth, wife of the
young Galloway stockman, died at St.
Anthony's hospital In Pendleton on
Friday last after an illness of about j
three weeks. She was taken to the
hospital and operated upon about
three weeks ago. Not getting the
desired results another operation was
performed on Friday from the effects
of which she died, never coming out
from under the influence of the an
esthetic. Besides a husband, three
sma,U children are left to mourn her
loss, the oldest being six years of
age and the youngest two years old.
Funeral servic.es were held at the
farm home of R. F. Wiglesworth on
Butter creek at 10:30 on Saturday,
Hev. W. N. Ferris, t Heppner, offi
ciating. There was a large attend
ance of neighbors and friends as the
deceased was held in high esteem by
all who knew her. The remains were
laid to rest in the Butter creek ceme
tery. She was a faithful member of
the Presbyterian church which she
joined in early youth. Several
friends of the family from Heppner
attended the funeral, among them
being Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cox, J. L.
Wilkins, Geo. Noble, Frank Gilliam,
and T. J. Mahoney.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kelthley came
in from Tupper station the last of the
week. Mr. Kelthley has been trans
fered to the Ditch creek station
where he and his wife will spend the
summer after getting their house
ready.
PIGNIG AT LEXINGTON
Davis, for Lexington Local, sang
Down on the Farm in Harvest
Time" in a manner deserving the
hearty applause she received.
A. R. Shumway, of Milton, then
addressed the assemblage In a lively
and instructive manner on the work
of the legislative committee at Salem
during the last session of that body.
He is in charge of that branch of the
work of the Farmers' Union and in
his address he gave a good review of
what was accomplished as well as
showing up some- of the ancient and
time-worn methods followed by Ore
gon's law making body. Mr. Shum
way is undoubtedly a man well
equipped for his job.
The afternoon program began at
2:00 o'clock with music by the band,
followed by a short talk by W. E.
Hyde, of Portland, manager of the
TrirTermlnal Warehouse, explaining
in a brief way the benefits to be de
rived from patronizing this ware
house and urging the farmers to
give it their support.
. After music by the band and a rec
itation by Mrs. A. R. Turner, of
Clark's Canyon, "Farmer" Smith was
Introduced and held the attention of
the people in one of his characteristic
addresses for the space of an hour.
Many gathered there had perhaps
never heard Mr. Smith before and
they were not in the least disappoint
ed in what he had to say. He is a
practical man; working in the in
terests of the railroad to be sure, as
they pay him his salary, but never
theless preaching a gospel of diver
sified and intensified farming that is
bound to work to the best interests
of the tillers of the soil in the long
rU.i.,,.Mr, Smith lays great stress on
the making of Ihe farm a home and
not merely a place to get hold of the
dollars. He is practical and his talks
are always full of common sense
ideas that have been proven by actual
experience.
To close the day the races were run
on a track prepared on the grounds
and these created a good round of
amusement.
The good people of Lexington re
ceived the thanks of the Union for
the efforts they expended in enter
taining the picnic. There was a well
behaved, jolly crowd of people gath
ered together, and this first annual
picnic of the Farmers' Union can be
set down as a complete success.
A hearty invitation to hold the
next, picnic in their city was extended
the Union by the lone Commercial
Club, who promise to see that all that
it is possible to do will be done to
make the occasion pleasant so far as
their city is concerned, and the next
picnic will doubtless go to lone. This
I will be settled at the meeting of the
County Union in Heppner on next
I Saturday.
PHELPS STORE ROBBED
The store of Phelps Grocery Co.
was broken into last night and some
articles taken. It looks somewhat
like the work of an ameteur and
aside from a small quantity of can
ned goods nothing else of value is
missing. Entrance to the store was
made from the rear door by remov
ing a board which made it easy to
slip the bolt. The safe was tampered
with but was not broken into. There
has been a series of these small bur
glaries in Heppner within the past
few weeks. On the night of the com
mencement exercises at the public
school the City Meat Market was
broken into and several hams and
some bacon and a gun removed there
from, and about the same time the
store of R. M.' Hart was burglarized
and a small sum of money taken. It
looks much like the work of ama
teurs and there is somebody geting
in line for a trip over the road.
Several good showers of ruin this
week with cool and cloudy weather,
just the kind of conditions for the
maturing of crops. It has interfered
to some extent with people on the
creek who are putting up hsiay but
is doing them no serious damage.
There would seem to be nothing to
prevent Morrow county from har
vesting the bumper crop of its his
tory, likewise there should be an
abundant harvest for the automobile
manufacturer and dealer.
County Clerk Hill returned on
Wednesday from a visit to outside
points.
OLD HEPPNERITES ID
OTHERS TO CELEBRATE
furniaH fnMAtv fViiinfv PpviAnta
Will r:ntlii- at Pnrtlniul nn '
July 4th.
The Morrow County Reunion As
sociation will holdtheir seventh an
nual picnic at Columbia Park, Port
land, Oregon, July 4th, 1914.
This association was rormed July
4th, 1908 by former Morrow county
people residing in and around Port
land, and has met each year since
then at Columbia Park, until now
the meeting is looked forward to
from year to year with much eager
ness by these old friends.
The purposes of this organization
are two-fold: first, renewing' old ac
quaintences; second, partaking of the
bounteous feed prepared by the lad
ies of the association, such as only
the ladies of Morrow county can pre
pare. All residents of Morrow county
being in Portland on that day are
especially invited ana will be assured
a hearty welcome and plenty to eat.
The association would be pleased
to receive letters of greeting from
any and all Morrow county persons
who are unable to be present on that
day, which will be read at the meet
ing. Letters should be mailed to M.
E. Smead, secretary, 207 Commer
cial Club Bldg., Portland, Oregon.
GIRL LOSES FINGERS
Little Daughter of W. B. Tucker of
Band Hollow Loses Two Fin
gers and a Thumb When
Dynamite Cap is Ex
ploded. A little daughter of W. B. Tucker
of Blackhorse, suffered the loss of
t'vo fingers and a thumb on Monday,
the result of an explosion of a giant
powder cap which she held In her
hand. This particular giant powder
cap had been tried on a fuse by Mr.
Tucker and refused to explode, so it
was discarded. Thinking that it
might come Into the bands of the
children and some accident occur,
Mr. Tucker had buried the cap in a
badger hole. The children, however,
had noted where the cap was placed
and on Monday while Mr. Tucker was
in town it was dug up. The little
girl held it in her hand while one of
the other children touched a match
to It causing it to explode. The ends
of her thumb and first two fingers
were blown off and some parts of the
shell scratched her face, barely miss
ing an eye. Dr. Allison was called
to dress the wounds and found it
necessary to amputate the thumb
and fingers at the first joint and left
the little patient doing well.
Will Celebrate Fourth.
The glorious Fourth will be cele
brated in grand style at the Jack
Devore grove, where elaborate prep
arations are being made. The cele
brations at this place grow more pop
ular every year and this one gives
promise of being the best ever. The
program, as now arranged, will con
sist of the following: Reading of
the Declaration of Independence,
girls' foot race, ladies' foot race,
men's foot race, boys' foot race, fat
man's race, barrel race, potato race,
tug of war by women, tug of war by
men, tug of war on horseback, buck
ing contest, bucking bull, horse races,
and dancing in the evening with good
music. The feature of the literary
program will be an address by Rev.
W. T. Goulder of Heppner.
The Jack Devore grove is situated
about eleven miles south of Heppner
on Rhea creek.
Plenty of "eats" will be provided
from a lunch counter which will be
placed in the grove.
Mrs. W. F. Allison and children
are visiting at the home of Dr. H.
T. Allison of this city. Mrs. Allison
has been making her home in Eugene
where her husband has been connect
ed with the department of engineer
ing at the University of Oregon.
Since this department has been re
moved from Oregon, Prof. Allison
has been placed at the head of
engineering at the University
Washington. Prof. Allison is
brother of Dr. Allison.
of
Store Broken Into.
Some unknown party brok into
Robert Hart's store last Thursday
night and rifled the cash register. At
the time of closing his store, Mr
Hart removed all the money from
the register with the exception of
$1.50 In change. The thief made
away with that amount. Entrance
to the building was made by raising
a back window. Evidently the par
ty expected to make a much richer
haul, for beyond taking the money,
nothing was disturbed.
. Headlines in daily paper read,
"Trail blazers in frolicsome tujod
Some contrast to '4 9.
GOV. WEST WOULD
ORGANIZE CAVALRY
Writes Mayor Smead to
To Put Proposition Be
fore Local Horsemen.
In a letter directed to Mayor W.
W. Smead, Gov. West expressed his
desire to have a number of cavalry
troops organized in the state, as well
to add to and strengthen the state
militia. Not knowing how better to
get the matter before our young men
who may be eligible to military duty.
Mayor Smead has handed us the let
ter for publication. From It can be
gathered what is desired.
State of Oregon, Executive Dept.
Salem, June 17th, 1914.
To the Honorable Mayor:
The General Staff of the State re
cently authorized the preliminary or
ganization of such additional troops
of cavalry as necessary to complete
a regiment. 1st Lieutenant P. J.
Hennessey, United States Cavalry,
has been directed by the War Depart
ment to assist in the organization of
these cavalry troops.
It is particularly desirable to form
at least six more troops of cavalry in
this state and this matier Is brought
to your attention.
All citizens or those who have de
clared their intention to become such
are liable to military duty between
the ages of 18 and 45, if able bodied,
etc., and are eligible for membership
in the National Guard of the State.
In order to orgaize a troop it is
necessary to make application in the
following form:
"We, the undersigned residents
of-. and subject to
military duty, respectfully apply
to be organized into a military
company under the laws of Ore
gon and regulations of the Ore
gon National Guard.
This application will be followed
by a list of the names and ages of
the applicants, not less than 75 in
number.
It is desired to have as large a
number of men as possible in each
organization who have had exper
ience In riding and with horses and
who naturally like horses. The pres
ence of men who have had actual
military experience, preferably cav
alry, is also desired.
I would appreciate anything you
may do to bring this matter to the
attention of the young men in your
community and this office, 1st Lieu
tenant P. J. Hennessey U. S. Cavalry,
Corvallis, Oregon, or the office of the
Adjutant General, Morgan Building,
Portland, Oregon, will be glad to
furnish you any needed information.
Yours sincerely,
OSWALD WEST.
CHEMISTS ARE SHIFTED.
Reed
College Professor to
Charge at University.
Have
University of Oregon, Eugene, Or.,
June 24. The University of Oregon
has secured the services of Professor
W. P. Morgan, of Reed College, to
take charge of the University's De
partment of Chemistry for this year's
Summer School, which begins next
Monday. Professor O. F. Stafford
was suddenly drafted for imortant
government work, and the other
members of the regular faculty in
chemistry happen, also, to have con
tracted for their time during the
summer. Professor Morgan will be
in charge of the chemistry work dur
ing the entire six weeks of the Sum
mer School.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. John Shaw
of Butter creek, on Tuesday, June
23, an eight pound son.
Timothy W. Rlppee, wno farms a
portion of the Eight Mile country,
was a business visitor in Heppner
yesterday. He is now beginning to
wonder what will be done with all
the wheat his section will produce.
The fall grain is now made, and the
present cool weather assures an
abundant yield from the spring sow
ing. For the murder of Lou L. Winters,
a Portland real estate dealer last
October, Lloyd H. Wilkins must pay
the death penalty. His conviction of
murder in the first degree was af
firmed in an opinion handed down
by the Supreme Court at Salem on
Tuesday. The date for his execution
had been fixed by the trial court for
March 24, and a new date will now
be set.
Plucked a Wallflower.
At an evening party a very elderly
lady was dancing with a young part
ner. A stranger approached Douglaa
Jerrold, who was looking on, and
said:
"Pray, sir, can you tell me who U
the young gentleman dancing with
that elderly lady?"
"One of the humane society, I
should think," replied Jerrold.