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Newspaper Page Text11 ifl 1L JL VOL. 31. SO. 15. HEITXER, OREGON, JULY 1), 1914. SUBSCRIPTION, 11.50 PER YEAR COURT MEETS in ARSESSIQN Long List of. Claims Are Paid Warehouse Bonds Are Approved. Tho regular bi-monthly terra of County Court was In session at the Court House last week, with Commis sioners Young and Kilkenny and Judge Patterson In attendance. The business consisted of the following: The report of the Interior Ware lious Co. was read and accepted. Balfour Guthrie & Co., warehouse bond read and accepted. Jos. Burgoyne, warehouse bond read and accepted. Farmers Union warehouse bond read and accepted. M. R. Morgan, et al, road petition, papers referred to district attorney. M. It. Morgan, et al, road petition, papers referred to district attorney. J. J. Adkins, road petition, peti tion not complete. E. A. Matteson, et al, road petition, continued to September term. W. E. Mikesiil, road petition, con tinued. C. W. Caldwell, road supervisor's report, read and accepted. L. M. Turner, surveyor's report, read and accepted. This was the re port on the Franklin Hill grade. V. 10. Mikcsell, et al, petition for county road, read and rejected on account of error in petition. M. It. Morgan, et al, petition for road, read and accepted. July 15 1914 set for nicking survey. A." J Cook appointed to act with regular viewer. M. H. Morgan, et al, petition for finintv road, read and accepted. Ju- iv 13, 1914 set for making survey A. J. Cook appointed to act with viewers. W. O. Hill, county clerk, first un called county warrants, read and or dered advertised. The Heppner Milling Co. ware house bond read and approved. Frank Gilliam, county treasurer, bond read and accepted. ""Tno claims against the county were read and allowed as follows: C. C. Patterson, salary $ 75.00 V. 0. Hill, 'ilary 16G.66 A. M. Mallory, salary Marion Kvans. salary Jesse J. Wells, salary Sylvia Wells, r-aiary Frank Gilliam, salary Geo. MrOulTee, salary L. L. Gilliam, salary S. E. Notson, salary Wm. Ayers, salary Mattie W. Adkins widow's pinion Harriott Baird, widow's pen sion Charlotte Brown, widow's pension Sylvia Brown, widow's pen sion Minnie Cochran, widow's pension Ida L. Hamilton, widow's pension Mary Lee, widow's pension Luvissa Sperry, widow's pension Sarah E. Sperry, widow's 83.35 166.66 100.00 50.00 41.66 100.00 50.00 100.00 60.00 17.50 23.84 32.50 17.50 15.00 25.00 15.00 10.00 10. 00 15.00 6.65 25.00 1.00 14.00 54.00 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 pension Emma J. Andis, widow's pension J. S. Baldwin, care of poor Mrs. E. J. Ayers, ere of poor L. A. Williams, care of poor John Garside, care of poor Case Furniture Co., care of poor J. L. Kirk, coroner's jury. . E. E. Beaman, coroner's jury Jos. J. Nys, coroners, jury. . Chas. Williams, coroner's jury Wm. Walbridge, coroner's jury Tom Morgan, coroner's jury Roy Hunt, coroner's jury A. D. McMurdo, coroner's jury H. T. Alison, coroner's 1.20 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 8.45 7.70 1.70 12.10 33.05 jury Marion Evans, coroner's jury Ed. Driscoll, coroner's jury Roby MeGraw, coroner's jury A. L. Cornett, coroner.,.. John Garside, care of poor Underwood Typewriter Co., cur. exp Irwin Hodson Co., Treasurer exp Irwin Hoduon Co., Clerk's office Glass & Prudhonime Co., cur. exp G. W. Todd & Co., Clerk's oillco Hushong & Co., cur. exp... Palace Hotel Co., meals for jurors Burroughs Add. Maeh. Co., Ct. Hse Winnifred Ostin, Supt. ex. Marlon Long, Supt. ex.... 2.50 35.00 0.69 9.10 3.02 9.00 9.00 (Continued on page six) HERSL OF HAT By FIRE V. A. Stevens of Haidman Suffers Loss of Stack of Hay ami Al bert Osmin Loses 5 Tons. Two serious losses are reported to have resulted from fire starting in dry grass in Morrow county last week. The first one took place on the property of V. A. Stevens near Hardman. It Is thought that some one driving along the road either threw down a match or a lighted cigarette. We did not learn the amount of ground burned over, but the lire burned up a stack of hay, derrick, forks and other property that was lying near the stack. The second one took place last Fri day on the Albert Osmin place, 4 miles southeast of Heppner. The exact orign of the fire is not known. About five tons of fine wheat hay ws burned. Had it not ben for the fact that one of the hired men jumped on one of the work horses and galloped into town to get aid, a great deal more damage would doubtlessly have resulted. However, about fifty fire fighting fellows from town rushed to the scene of the conflagration in automobiles and the fire was soon extinguished. The boys had no soon er finished their work, than they discovered fire in an adjoining field belonging to .the Brundage place This fire had gained great headway and about 15 acres were burned over before it could be put under control THOS. MATT PASSES Thomas Marlatt, ane of the first settlers in the Heppner country, pass ed to his final reward at his home just east of town on July 3, 1914, nd his remains were laid to rest in the family lot in the Masonic ceme tery on Sunday forenoon after a short service at the family residence, con ducted by Rev. J. V. Crawford. Mr. Marlatt suffered a stroke of epilepsy in March last, and at that time he came very near to death s doot. IIe rallied, however, but had been an invalid 'ever since that time, suffering another severe stroke early last week which planed him beyond all human aid and lie passed away on Friday with all the members of liis family, save one daughter, at his bedside. Mr. Marlatt was one of the pion erse of tills section. He was born Nov. S, 1S37, near the town of Wil mington in the state of Illinois. He moved to near St. Joseph, Mo., in his child liood, and from there crossed the plains in 1852 by ox team, and settled in Marion county, near the town of Jefferson. in 1863 he was united in marriage to Miss Mecic Per.'and, a sister of the UUe William Penland, of Lexington. To them were born two children, a son and a daughter. The son died in infancy, and the daughter, Sirs. Laura Crabb, now lives at Cavndish, Idaho. His first wife died at the home on Hinton creek in 1S70. in 1887, April 17th, he was again married to Melissa Hart, and to this union five children were born, three daughters and two sons, all of whom are living in Heppner. He also leaves two brothers, these being J. W. Marlatt of Heppner and George Marlatt who resides in the Willam ette valley. Thomas Marlatt was a sterling pioneer. He came to this country when it was new and very sparsely settled, and with his brother Wesley engaged in the stock business, con fining their efforts to cattle raising. He has seen the country grow up to its present state of development from its wild state and has been a partic ipator in its making. In his business he was successful. He was of a quiet and unassuming nature, a good neighbor and kind husband and father, and leaves numerous friends who extend deep sympathy to the bereaved family. One by one the familiar faces of the pioneers are passing from view and their ranks are rapidly thinning. They have made it possible for those left behind to enjoy the blessing of a splendid civilization which they have built. Hardships there were in abundance, and Mr. Marlatt had his share of these, but the end came to him in pence and lie passes to a well earned reward. Fine Animal Dies. The fine Percheron stallion, Hu gues, owned by Luther Huston, of Eight Mile, was attacked with colic on Wednesday morning and died in a very short time, it being impossible to do anything for the animal that would bring relief. This was a very fine young stallion and has been the property of Mr. Huston for the past three seasons. Tie was imported to this country direct from France and was a valuable acquisition to the blooded stock of the county. His loss is a heavy one to Mr. Huston. WEN CONFESS 10 Dead Man Is Identified As Charles Manning of Coke ville, Wyoming McDuffee Will Receive Hand some Reward For Heroic Work. Two young fellows hardly more than boys and giving the tames of Albert Meadors and Clarence Stoner are new prisoners m the Umatilla county jail with a long penitentiary term confronting them through their confessed participation In the daring hold-up of the O.-W. R. & N. train No. 5 early last Thursday morning near Kamela. These men were first picked up as suspects by Deputy Sheriff F. A. Batcheler near Hilgard last Saturday night and were taken to the Union county jail where they were induced to admit their identity and confess their crime. They admit that the dead man, the leader of the robbery, was Char les Manning, a professional gambler and "stick-up" man of Cokoville, Wyoming, whose identity had been claim that between $50 and $60 of established by Sheriff Taylor and this belonged to them. The money Chief Agent Wood by tracing a check secured in the express car totaled found on his person. The dead man $17G.60 leaving oniy about $40 se has also been identified by F. W. cured in cash from the passengers. Stoffers of Cokevilic, a brother-in- j The Royce ring was the most valu law, and the body will be taken hack able piece of jewelry secured. A by him. It was first thought the dead small diamond ring was secured in bandit was Hugh Whitney, notorious one of the express packages. Forty desperado. It now develops that solid gold rings with platinum prongs Manning and Whitney were close . for mounting diamonds were secured, friends. These were consigned to Feldenhei- inrougii the confession of the other two robbers and their efforts, all the loot has been recovered. From all appearances this is the first crime that Meadors and Stoner have ever taken any part in. They are sheepherders and have always followed that life. It was through Manning, according to their story, that they were induced to take part in the hold-up, and they did so only with the understanding that there was to be no shooting. Meador; stoutly maintains that lie did not fire a shot, but was so badly scared he hardly remembers what he did after he jumped off the train. Deputy Sheriff George MeDuffy is recovering from his wound in excell- ent shape and will be able to come home in a few days. He has re- ceived the best of attention while in the hospital and the railroad com- pany has given orders to spare no ERY SUCCESSFUL THREE DAYS OF MERRY-MAKING The three days of celebration at nianent homes on the farms. Hit lone passed off in a very successful prefatory remarks, were of a patriotic manner. Weather conditions were nature and all through he was listen- good and the people took time from their labors sufficient to lay off and join the lone people in the enjoyment of the festivities that had been gener ously prepared for them. To be sure it is a laria undertaking for a town the size of lone to prepare a three days entertainment for the balance of the county, yet it was done, and all who were there can testify that it wa3 very successfully done. It was not our privilege to be present the first day so wo can not person ally testify concerning that, yet it was pronounced by ail who were there as being equal to any of them. It was a warm day but just such an one as made all feel patriotic, and one also that called for constant at tention at the various stands and confectioneries where cool and re freshing drinks were supplied. The amusements provided for the three days consisted in most part of base ball, horse races and foot races. The ball games were between Hepp ner and lone, and Heppner succeeded in getting the first game of the series but had to suffer defeat in the other two games. It had been our inten tion to give the scores in these games in detail but we were not able to get hold of the official score card. This is really immaterial, however. There was good ball playing by both teams in each game though to the Heppner fans the final results were not just what they expected. The forenoon of the second day there was a nice program at the platform in the park. The main feature of this program was an ad dress by Dr. James Withycombe, re publican nominee for governor. Dr. Withycombe was in his usual good humor and his address was entirely along those lines with which he is very familiar. He complimented the Morrow county people for their ad vance in agriculture and recommend ed to them to continue along the lines of diversified farming and the building up o substantial and per- IN. KM ilH ROBBERY expense in treating him and making him comfortable, and through Sup erintendent M. J. Buckley, McDuffee was advised that he would not bo overlooked in the final settlement. This is taken to mean that he will be rewarded In a financial way for his valiant service. An inventory taken of te loot se cured by the train robbc s showed that the total value of i. to them was less than $1500. Pra .ically al! of the money and most of Jie jewel ery secured was from V s express company. A3ide from tho diamond ring taken from H. B. Royce of Walla Walla and two other inexpen sive rings, very little was secured from the passengers. Moat of them had hidden their money and threw only a few dollars into the sack. In the pockets of Stoner and Mea dors was found $281.10 and they mcr of Portland. There wero five bracelet watches with chains valued at .about $40 each and five other watches. The vouchers and drafts secured totaled $1552.69 but were not re deemable by the robbers. Many papers of no value to thorobbers and many smaller articles, from knives to a box of horseshoe tobacco tags were included in the loot. Clarence Stoner. one of thn rnn- ifcSsed ,;ibersf. has declared it was i not the passenger train thev intended j to hold up but the fast mail train, j Stoner says the mistake was made through the numbers of the two trains. The fast mail is known as J No. 5 until it reaches Huntington j when it changes to No. 9. From a standpoint of financial gain, train ' men say that the mistake should j have proven to the advantage of the : robbers. ed to with marked attention and the entire address was free from any thing of a political nature. To lend variety to the program there was good music by the choir and band. Bert Mason was chairman of the day and preceeded Dr. Withycombe in an address of welcome which places Mr Mason in the class of up-to-date public speakers. The crowds grew larger on the second day and large numbers went down from Heppner to be present at the ball game in the afternoon. Heppner had won the first game and it looked like they had a cinch on the second one until about the 7th inning when lone made ab unch of runs and tied the game, getting a lead of one in the ninth. Saturday, the 4th, was made the big day of the celebration. It did not start off very promisingly from a weather standpoint as there were overhanging clouds and considerable wind. It had rained at Heppner and in other parts of the county and the indications pointed to a day of show ers. This accounted for a good many people staying at home and cut the attendance to a considerable ex tent. At the grove the exercises con sisted of singing of appropriate songs by the choir, several selections by the band and an oration by Rev. T. S. Handsaker, of Heppner, whose splendid delivery made it possible for him to be heard by all on the grounds, regardless of the wind which lie had to face in speaking. The oration was patriotic in nature and contained much that is inspiring and uplifting, and it was not lacking in sufficient humor to keep the as semblage in good nature all the while. Many people brought well filled baskets on this day and enjoyed a picnic dinner under the shade of the trees, but the greater number pat ronized the splendid dinner prepared (Continued on page two) HISS CAMPBELL RE- lesrrairai! As a Member of The Phil S. Bates 1 r:,TAZ"vvi Miss Lela Campbell returned home Sunday after a three week's trip with the Bates party through the East. Miss Campbell joined the Eatc3 party in Portland on June 11, going j direct to Chicago over the Union Pa cific. Although the first stop was scheduled fDr Cleveland, the train stopped in Chicago long enough to permit the party to visit Lincoln Park, in the words of Miss Campbell, "the most beautiful place in the world." The party was met in Clevo-1 was accompanied by a $200 check, as land by Mr. Pope, a farm magazine j required by city ordinance, publisher of that city. Ho took them Councilman Barratt introduced the all over Cleveland by auto. The ' proposition of digging up the two chief point of interest visited here ! inch galvanized pipe that was laid was Grant's tomb. Washington, the two years ago for water from the Bel next city visited, was the most in- ilonbrock well. Mr. Barratt suggested toresting of all those visited, accord- j that this pipe, which must still be in ing to Miss Campbell. Here, the j good condition, be taken up and sold party stopped at the Ebbitt House, j in order that the city might not be famous historically, as the stopping total losers. This pipe, when new, place cl the old historians cf a few cost the city 12 Va cents a faot. Mr. decades ago. The homo of Washing- j Barratt believes it would easily be ton at Mt. Vernon was visited. Mia-; ! worth 10 cents a foot at the present Campbell was much surprised when ! lime. It is estimated that it would she saw how well everything had j require two men three days to un been preserved, and the old furni- i earth tiie pipe. The line, which ex ture, though unique in its antiquity j tends from the Bollenbrock well, in at one time, is now coming back into south Heppner, to the property of style again and is quite modern and, the Heppner Light & Water Co., was up-to-date. In the kitchen they ! laid by the city for street sprinkling found the same old cooking utensils and the old fire place. The grounds which are kept up in magnificent shape, are a rolling groon, gently expense of installing a pumping en sloping off to the Potomac. It was I ginc, so the proposition was dropped. here that Miss Campbell thought she could live for ever. They also vis ited the tomb of Washington and his wife, as well as the Washington Monument. In the afternoon, the. girls went without their lunch that they might meet the President. Pres ident Wilson had allowed an inter view with no one for a month, and the party was greatly surprised and excited when they were informed that they were to meet the President at 2.15. The girls made haste and got their rose bush Which they wero to plant on the White House grounds. They arrived at the White House on time and President Wilson came forth, dressed in white. He was in troduced to each member of the par ty, and after the bush had been plant ed, he made a short sneech. After this the ladies and Mr. Bates had their picture taken with Senator Chamberlain. Miss Campbell expressed herself as being surprised at the handsome ap pearance of the Nation's chief exec utive. From pictures she had seen, she expected to see a much homlier man. After their meeting with the President, the party went down the street, stepped into a milk and dairy lunch room and sat down to a lunch consisting of a mug of milk and an egg sandwitch. Other points of in- terost visited were the Washington monument, the Congressional Librarv and the Smithsonian Institute. Bo fore the party left Washington, they visited the public market, the largest in the United States, and it was here that the young ladies distributed their descriptive literature. The house where Lincoln died, just across the street from the Ford thea ter, where he was shot was also vis ited. They also saw the American flag which John Wilkes Booth got his spurs tangled up in, and which lie tore while making his escape from tiie theater. In Philadelphia, which was the next city visited after leaving Wash ington, the party met the mayor, visited Independence Hall, saw the old, cracked liberty bell and went through the immense building of the Curtis Publishing Company, the home of the Saturday Evening Post, the oldest weekly in America, the Ladies Home Journal and the Amer ican Gentleman. This building hous es the most magnificent and complete publishing plant in the world. Miss Campbell said she was awed by the heavy hardwood furniture, the mas siveness of which was only in keep ing with the marble floors and the beautiful Persian rugs. The rest rooms in this building and the dining rooms are arranged for the conven ience of the working class. A twenty five cent lunch is fixed up in fine style and nothing is lacking. Arriving at New York, the ladies went to the Martha Washington ho tel, a hotel exclusively for women, the only hotel of its kind in the world. The young women told Mr. Bates they were somewhat peeved for being housed in a suffragette ho tel where there were no men, and wnere mere could be no men. Mr. Bates has taken his parties there ev ery year, more for the distinction attached to it than for nny other rea son. The points of interest visited in New York, were the slums, two of the larger department stores and Central Park. "Central Park doesn't (Continued on page two) G1TY OiVES 1000 m mum iNew Ordinance Will Be Drawn Up Concerning Autos on the Streets. At the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening, the council was unanimous in their approval of the $500 appropriation to the S3C- ond Annual Morrow County Fair. The money will be called for by the Fair Board about September 1. The seven saloon licenses for the quarter were passed upon and ap proved. Each application for license and irrigating purposes. However, the siphon plan did not work, and the city did not wish to go to additional The matter was referred to the com mittee on light and water and they will act at once. The matter of proper care of pa tients at the city pest House wa3 brought up by Mayor Smead. As soon as city attorney Notson returns, an ordinance will be drawn up which v will make the city health officer the caretaker of the inmates, and articles will then no more be smuggled into the pest house by outsiders. Considerable complaint lias been made recently about certain sewers along the banks of Willow creek. The city health officer will order the owners of these sewers to replace them with sceptic tanks at once. Councilman Barratt brought up and discussed at length, the reckless driving of some autcmobilists and their utter disregard cf tho state road laws governing tho passing and turning of vehicles. At the present time, Heppner has no city ordinance governing automobiles, but a strict iaw will be made in a few weeks. It will probably be patterned after the Pendleton auto law. j The bills against the city for the month were allowed as follows: Wm. Driscoll, labor $ 48.12 J, O- Hager, labor with team 96.00 Frank Nash, labor with team 16.00 Jim Archer, labor 5.00 'Gazette-Times, printing 14.15 E. B. Driscoll, labor 25.00 J. S. Baldwin, wood for pest house 2.00 W. P. Scrivnsr, work 13.71 Heppner Light & Water Co., cur. exp 130.15 Mack Smith, labor 1.25 Reid Brothers, lumber 27.85 Vaughn & Sons, sundries. 2.95 Frank Smith, labor 20.00 Bert Black, labor 9.75 H. C. Johnson, repair of bridge 63.50 W. L. Smith, abstract 11.50 J. A. MeGraw, salary 75.00 J. A. MeGraw, meals and cleaning walks 1.00 J. P. Williams, salary 35.00 Express on journal .45 L. W. Briggs, salary 8.33 S. E. Notson, city attorney. . 25.00 Marion Evans, taxes 9.69 A. D. McMurdo, city health officer 30.50 Supt. S. E. Notson and Mrs. Notson returned home on Tuesday after an absence of two weeks, the major part of which was spent at Salem. While gone they attended a convention of the county superintendents which was held in the capitol city, and Mr. Notson also assisted with the mark ing of the papers turned in from the recent teachers' examinations. Mr. and Mrs. Notson also visited Eugene, Dallas and Portland, taking in the Morrow county picnic on the 4th at the latter place. W. A. Richardson this week dis posed of his little place in East Hepp ner to J. C. Stapleton, recently from the Willamette valley. Mr. Staple ton and family will take possession of the place at once. Mrs. Mary Barton departed for Portland this morning to be absent some two weeks on a visit with rel atives living in that city. Mrs. Clyde Brock and little daugh ter left this morning for Lebanon on a visit wiili tier parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1). V. S. Held.