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Orvcou Hh;tnrii':;l S.i-'i.jty -...,1- !.,. ).,,(( ' The Gazette-Times VOL. 31. NO. 1G. HEPPNER, OREGON, JULY 16, 1914. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR 7TH ANNUAL PICNIC Former Morrow County Residents Enjoy Annual Picnic in Colum bia Park in Portland. Many Attend. The 7th Annual Picnic of the Mor row County Reunion Association was held in Columbia Park, July 4th. All present did justice to the bountiful feast prepared, followed by generous quantities of ice cream. Many who did not find it conven ient to come at the lunch hour, came in the afternoon to renew old friend ships. A short business meeting was called to order by the president, Ralph Thompson. Officers for next year are Homer Maris, President; Ralph Thompson, Vice-president; Mrs. Rood, Secretary and Mrs. Gar rigues, Treasurer. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Garrigues, D. P. Gar rlgues, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Maris, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson, K. H. An drews, Mr. and Mrs. A. Andrews, J. K. Simons, Mrs. Mary D. McHaley, Amy McHaley, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wharton, Mrs. L. E. Cohn, W. F. Matlock, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mallory, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Rood, Mrs. M. Belle Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. John Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Godfrey, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ashbaugh, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McFerrin, Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Pennell, Foster Adams, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Meadows, Mrs. Celsus Keithley, Gladys Cohn, Mr. Carl Slaughter, Mrs. M. A. Neville, K. E. Neville, Margaret Tynan, Ida McAtee, Leala Campbell, W. Homer Marls, Emma Kelsay, Mr. and Mrs. 0 E. Farnsworth, Ralph Thompson, Mrs. W. T. Matlock, 0. S. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hamilton, Mrs F. Roberts, Anne Roberts, Ellis Ir win, Joe Roberts, Mrs. 0. S. Andrews, Eva Andrews, Losee Andrews, Helen Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Behrens, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. White, Mary L. White, Francis E. White, Marlon Glasscock, Eva Glasscock, Mrs. J. M . Keeney, Mrs. Otto Metcham, Juanlta Matlock, L. J. Galloway, Mrs. M Behrens, Mrs. W. P. Button. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morrow and son, Gladys Hayes, Vietta Hayes, Joseph M. Hay es, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Howard, Mr and Mrs. G. W. Phelps and two daughters, Mrs. Swinburne, Fay Bar tholomew, Mr. and Mrs. Hay Fair- child and Mr. and Mrs. Anderson of Gooseberry. HOWKKK-CLARK. Albert W. Iiowker and Miss Iva Clark, popular young people of this city were married last Sunday morn ing at 6 o'clock by Rev. W. T. Goul tier at the home of the bride's par ents, two miles below Heppner. The newlvweds were then driven to Lex ington by auto, where they boarded the train for Portland. Mr. Bowker is the popular pro prietor of the Heppner Garage, hav ing been in that business in this city for the past four years. Miss Clark is '.He youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Clark, who reside two miles below Heppner. Upon their return the young people will make their home in this city, where they have a host of friends, and the Ga zette-Times Joins in extending to them hearty congratulations. Deputy McDtillee to Get Purse. . To show their appreciation for the work of Deputy Sheriff George Mc Duffee in breaking up the attempt to hold up O.-W. R. & N. train No and thus keeping the bandits out of their special Pullman cars, the del egation of Idaho politicians on the way home from the Progressive con vention ,at Boise has subscribed purso of If 125 which will be pre sen ted to McDuffee as soon as he reaches home, says the Pendleton E O. Dr. J. B. Morris of Lewlston has the money which will bo forwarded to the deputy. The politicians were traveling in two special Pullman cars which, had the hold-up men entered would likely have produced a rich haul. The action of McDuffee in opening fire on the ring-leader, kill lug him, and putting the others to flight, balked the plans of the trio. Are Out After Grain Samples, W. W. Smead, accompanied by Mr Freytag who will have charge of the arranging of the exhibits at the com ing Morrow County Fair, are in the country this week gathering up sam pies of grain to be prepared for ex hlbit at the fair. The selections will be made with much care and under the direction of Mr. Freytag will be put in just the proper Bhape to make the best showing. He is an expert at this business and will see to it that the grain display will bo what it should. Several days will be speu in this line of work and in arousing interest of the farmers along all lines that the industries and resources of the county will be more thoroughly represented this Fall than they were at the first fair. X. L. Shipley Dies. 'After a lingering illness of many months duration, Norman L. Shipley passed away at his home in Heppner on Saturday last, July 11th, at the age of 35 years, 6 months and 21 days. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church, South on Monday at 2 p. m., Rev W. T. Goulder offi ciating. The services were largely attended by the friends of the family. Mr. Shipley grew up in this commun ity and was the eldest son of George Shipley. He leaves a small daughter f his own family besides a brother, several sisters and a father to mourn his loss. Mr. Shipley was a barber by trade but had been unable to work for a year or more owing to his ill ness. To the bereaved the sympathy of the community is extended. Grounis Being Cleaned I'p. A foree of men was put to work on the fair grounds this week and they will be thoroughly cleaned and put i proper shape for reception of the buildings, construction of which will be commenced a little later. All work that will be expended on the grounds is to be of a permanent na ture. Besides getting the premises in shape for the fair, it is being ar ranged to have a public park and play grounds and the move is being furthered to get proper equipment for this purpose. This Idea has been growing for some time and has been especially urged by Mayor Smead since he took charge of the duties of his office, and the Commercial Club, through Its committees has been lending its encouragement, and the result is that the scheme will mater ialize and become one of the perman ent fixtures of our little city. J. J. Adkins Seriously Hurt. While on the road to town from his farm on Rhea creek last Thurs day, J. J. Adklns was thrown from the horse he was- riding and so ser iously injured that he has been con fined to his bed since under the care of a physician. Mr. Adkins was bringing a calf to town and' riding a gentle horse. He was thrown from the animal when it stumbled in a badger hole and the force of the fall was sufficient to render him uncon scious. He lay in this condition for some time and was discovered by John Olden, a neighbor, who picked him up and took him home. He was badly bruised about the head and face - and received other injuries about the body but no bones were broken. Dr. McMurdo was immed iately summoned from Heppner to attend him and the physician reports that Mr. Adkins is getting along quite well at present and should be out again before many days. Why Xot Register Xow. There seems to be an idea extant that the registration books for the ill election have been closed and those who did not register before the primaries will have to use blank "A" if they vote. The books were opened again Just after the primaries and will remain so until about the middle of October, so you should attend to the matter of registering now and save bother later on. We are inform ed by Clerk Hill that about 100 peo ple voted by the use of blank "A'' at the recent primaries; he also states that quite a large number of these egistrations are defective and can not be entered on the books, and this being so these, people will have to register again or else be compelled at the election to go through the pro cess of registering by the use of the blank again. A good time to attend to this duty is now for all those who have not yet put their names on the registration books. Gets A Sprained Ankle. Walter Robison, of Eight Mile, was in Heppner on Tuesday to attend to some business In connection with his harvest. He drove in a gentle farm team to his hack a mule and horse and tied them up at the pub lic feed yard. Not being able to get his business done in time to go home he decided to remain for the night and he and Billy McRoberts went down after the team to put them in the barn. While driving up Main street the tongue of the hack dropped down and the team started to run McRoberts jumped out thinking that he could catch them by the head but failed and as they were hitting up a pretty lively pace Walt thought he had better alight also, and in so do ing received a pretty badly sprained ankle and is compelled to go on crutches. The team ran on around the corner and brought up near the McRoberts residence, doing no fur ther damage. . Mr. Koblson is no seriously hurt but will have to de pend on the crutches for a short time in getting around. DEPUTY SHERIFF MCDUFFEE RETURNS HOME-RECEIVES CONGRATULATIONS Relics of Duel ,With Train Robbers Are On Display at Haylor's Store Deputy Sheriff Almost Entirely Re covered from Wound And Highly Praises the Peo ple of Pendleton For Treatment Received. On exhibition at the store of Wm. Haylor is a small bunch of relics that will always be retained in the McDuffee family as mementos of his late eventful experience with the train robbers. These are some of the little articles that he carried in his vest pocket. Insignificant though they are, yet they can be credited with having saved the life of our worthy Deputy Sheriff as well as keeping him from being very seri ously wounded. These are a small bunch of cards, part of a small comb, a comb case, part of a fountain pen and a pencil with a metal covering. It. was the latter that did the good work of de flecting the bullet that was headed for the region near Mr. McDuffee's heart and each of the articles men tioned bear mute evidence to having received their portion of the work of the deadly missile. The pencil was bent nearly double and the slug passed through each one of the others. At the time Mr. McDuffee received the shot he had a bunch of about twenty cards in his pocket and the charge passed through all of these. He managed to retain some of these but the most of them, along with half the fountain pen and a portion of the pocket comb were tak en over by. the passenger's on the train as souvenirs.' The comb served a good many for this purpose as they broke off the teeth and passed them around, and George considers him self fortunate in getting to keep any of the relics. The gun which - Mr. McDuffee used is on exhibition at the store of Gurdane & Son, it being the property of D. C. Gurdane who had loaned it to Mr. McDuffee. There is littie left to relate of this exciting experience of our Deputy Sheriff. He states that the accounts of the affair have been very close to the facts, and he is very grateful to the good people of Pendleton for the kind courtesies shown him, and greatly appreciates the splendid at tention and care he received at the hands of the physicians and nurses at the St. Anthony hospital. It was all that any man could expect. So far as the people of his home county are concerned, Mr. McDuffee has no words to express his appreciation of the good wishes and kindly feeling manifested toward him here. This has been sincere, yet freely bestowed with a general thankfulness that he escaped serious injury and that he is able again to be about his duties at the office. There is also a unan imous expression of appreciation of the good work done by Mr. McDuffee. He displayed a cool head and good judgment and possesses the proper mettle of a good officer. Mr. McDuffee is still harboring some doubt as to who shot him. Ho feels sure that it was not Manning. though the dead bandit succeeded in firing a few shots before he went down. These were not in range to strike Mr. McDuffee where he was shot, and it is hard to convince the deputy that Meadors did not fire the shot that hit him. Meadors makes his denial of. this, however, in the following statement taken from the East Oregonian of the 13th inst.: "Any statement that I am the man who shot back at you, wounding you, is untrue," was the declaration made Saturday afternoon by Albert Mea dors, one of the confessed hold-up men, as he and Clarence Stoner, the other of the band, sat in the sheriff's office and talked with Deputy Sher iff George McDuffee of Heppner. McDuffee declares he is reasonably sure Meadors is the man who came within a very few inches of his life as the bullet missed a vital spot by being deflected by a pencil holder in his vest pocket. "There is a mistake," continued Meadors, "in the whole matter if you think that I returned the fire. I was too scared to do anything and wanted to get out of tha car the quickest way possible. When I fi nally got to the vestibule I learned one thing I didn't know before, that the trap leading to the ground can be opened without opening the door first. I had supposed before that the car door had to swing open first. Un der the circumstances I didn't lose any time in trying to figure which was the proper way to open the door and in much confusion I grabbed the first thing that looked as though it might be a lever or something to let me out. The trap opened, I swung the door open and I was on the ground in short order, calling to my partner to beat it." The meeting late Saturday after noon in Sheriff Taylor's office was the first which , has taken place be tween McDuffee and the men who played the part In the train hold-up, under circumstances more favorable than upon the first occasion. Neith er the young prisoners, Meadors nor McDuffee was able to recognize each other. Deputy Sheriff James Estes Introduced hem and the trio shook hands. , A '.' r-- There was a silence for several minutes which threatened to become embarrassing and the two prisoners shifted uneasily in their chairs and Meadors puffed nervously on a ci garette. The Heppner sheriff was the first to speak and he did so in a low voice as though speaking to some children who had gone wrong instead of addressing men who had figured in a train hold-up. "I am sorry for you boys," he de clared, "that you have got into this scrape." "No one is more sorry than we are," responded Meadors who show ed a willing disposition to talk freely with the officer. "We made .a mis take. So far as I am concerned this was the first and last time for Albert Meadors to figure in any such scrape as that was." Meadors then brought up the ques tion of who fired the shot that wounded Deputy McDuffee. The pris oner declared emphatically that al though he got the automatic revol er from Manning's hand before the latter collapsed under the fire of the deputy sheriff, only one chamber had been fired and that by Manning. The other gun which Manning also car ried, Meadors said, had been practi cally emptied although he was not prepared to say how many chambers had been fired. He said that when he got the automatic he immediately left the car. On the other hand, while McDuffee did not dispute the statement with the young prisoner, the former de clared later that despite the denial of Meadors, he was sure that he is the man who fired the bullet. Man ning, says McDuffee, hit by the first bullet from the latter's gun, appar ently had no idea of where to return the fire and according to the deputy sheriff held his guns so low as to have made it impossible for a shot to strike McDuffee. Meadors himself admitted that Manning apparently took no aim when he fired back. Stoner, McDuffee thinks, is youth who could be easily led into wrong doing but he is not so sure about Meadors. He thinks Meadors capable of doing some thinking for himself and would be hard to lead into anything that lie did not care to enter. The prisoners shook hands with McDuffee again before the latter's de parture and wished him good luck Whit Maulden was recreating in town for a few days from the Butter creek ranch of Percy Jarmon. Regular meeting or the Commer cial Club on Friday evening at I. O. C. F. hail, and a full attendance is requested. James H. Wyland, Hardman far mer and stockraiser was down to Heppner on business for a couple of days this week. Woman with girl fifteen wishes work as cook on cook wagon. Ad dress Mrs. N. B. King, Basey Ranch, Heppner, Oregon. A neat window display at Slocum Drug Co.'s reminds one that the fish ing season is not yet over and all kinds of fishing tackle can be had of them. J. H. Edwards visited Heppner yes terday. He reports that grasshop pers are working on his grain pretty badly at present, this being especially true where the grain is yet green. Clerk Hill has issued 300 anglers licenses so far this season. From now on he expects to issue hunters licenses principally as the season op ens in Morrow county on August l3t. Deputy Clerk Mallory departed for Portland on Friday and will be ab sent for two weeks on his summer va cation, visiting at Portland with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mallory, and also at other points where he has brothers at work. J. J. Handsaker, of Arleta, Ore gon, was in Heppner yesterday and will spend a few days in Morrow county doing missionary work for the cause of the Anti-Saloon League and to promote the interests of the Drys in the campaign now before the peo ple of Oregon. Rev. W. T. Goulder will be the on ly pastor in town on the coming Sun day and he extends a cordial invita tion to the church people of the city to worship at his church on that day. Why not do it brethern, and gladden the heart of the preacher with a full house both morning and evening. Frank Turner and John Glasscock got in, on Wednesday from Lavlna, Montana where they have been en gaged in sheepshearing for the past month. They report a splendid run with good weather all the time they were gone and lost no time all of which proved beneficial to them fi nancially. T. J. Matlock has just finished some extensive repairs to his resi dence on the farm on Hinton creek and now has a comfortable, up-to-date country home. Mr. E. E. Vick ers, a new arrival in this section had charge of the painting and papering and Mr. Matlock praises him quite highly for the good work he did. Jas. Ferson, of Hardman, was in Heppner this morning on his way home from a visit of two weeks at McDuffee Springs. He was accom panied by Frank Wilder and they will go into the harvest field at once, working with the Fred Ashbaugh ma chine. Mr. Wilder will run the en gine again this season for Mr. Ash baugh. Alex Green of Virginia, who has purchased the interests of C. B. Cox in Phelps Grocery Co., is not expected to arrive at Heppner until about Sep tember 1st. Mr. Green is well known to all Heppner people as he was in the delivery business here for sev eral years, and having once resided in Heppner is was hard for him to stay away. E. D. Brown, manager of Heppner Milling Co., departed on yesterday morning for Portland to be absent for a week. He will visit a number of other points down the line and in the Willamette valley, going as far as Eugene where his daughter re sides. He expects to return the fore part of next week and will be accom panied by his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Livingston who will remain here un til her mother returns from her visit in the East. The story conies from Klamath Falls Of a man being struck by light ning in an electrical storm down there the first of the week, the bolt passing through his body and killing the horse he was riding. Steven Can trail, a well known sheepman of that section was rounding up his sheep during the storm. The lightning went through his hat, passed down his nose, burning all the hair off his arms, through the finger tips down the reins to the animal's head, which was crushed. Cantrail had to be at tended by a physician. Library Will Open Hour Later. On accpunt of the warm weather, and tlio consequent smaller patron age, the library will not be opened until 3 o'clock on Wednesday after noons, instead of at 2 as heretofore. This will be the opening hour until further notice. Patrons will please tako notice of this change. OF 17 OUT OF 100,000 Gordon Case, Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Case of This City, Is One of 17 to Make Perfect Score Out of 100,000 Out of a number scoring 100 per cent in the "Better Babies" contest conducted by the Woman's Home Companion, Gordon Case, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. George Case of Heppner drew a perfect score along with 16 other babies. About 100, 000 babies were judged under the Better Babies Standard Score card. Of the 17 perfect babies, 6 are from west of the Rocky Mountains, 2 of them being from the State of Oregon. The test was a rigid one and speak ing of those who have scored one hundred per cent, the Woman's Home Companion says: "They represent the ideal which every mother of a child would like to realize,-and yet the Better Babies Bureau cannot right fully count the finding of this group of perfect babies its highest achieve ment. The work which the Better Babies Bureau is most proud of is that of helping the mothers of babies who are not perfect, to correct all possible defects in physical develop ment, diet and general care, and to give their babies a better opportunity to grow up into strong and healthy men and women." Pictures of tha 17 perfect babies appear in the August Woman's Home Companion, and among them will be found the likeness of the blue ribbon winner at the First Morrow County Fair. Gordon took first prize in the first class, consisting of babies from sit to eighteen months old, at the county fair last September. The scoring was made under the rules of the Better Babies Standard, by competent phy sicians of this county. His parents sent the score card to the woman's Home Companion, who listed it with 100,000 others and the results showed that Gordon was one of the 17 perfect babies. Receives Visit Prom Old Friend. Rev. W. T. Goulder enjoyed a short visit from an old-time friend on Tuesday in the person of Rev. E. H. Mowre of Portland, Presiding El der of the Columbia Conference of the M. E. Church, South. Rev. Mowre came up to Heppner and re mained over Tuesday night for the purpose of making this short visit with Rev. Goulder and the call was mutually enjoyed by them. Rev. Mowre has been stationed at Port land for a number of years and was pastor of the First church there for several years, being the moving spirit in the construction of their fine church edifice on Grand Avenue. He is a very pleasant gentleman and a brilliant pulpit orator and has been instrumental in building up a large congregation of his church in the city of Portland. Misses Daily Mail Service. A. L. Ayers was down fromPar kers Mill a couple of days this week. Mr. Ayers says that it is somewhat lonesome out their way since the daily mail has been discontinued. He hopes to see the route established again soon for it was a great con venience to the settlers in his vicin ity. The parcel post has certainly played havoc with a lot of the coun try mail routes and it is going to take the postofflce department some time to get itself properly adjusted to the new conditions created. The increased cost of carrying mails which appears under new contracts is somewhat staggering but as Uncle Sam has gone into the express busi ness he will have to pay the freight. Quits HaulinK Water. Mike Szepanek has returned to town from his ranch on lower Sand Hollow where he has been busy for the past few weeks caring for the crops on his homestead. He is at work again at Heppner Garage. Mike has just had a well bored on his place and has secured a good flow of water at 140 feet, and hence forth it is no more hauling of water for him, a chore that he is glad in deed to be rid of. W. D. Newlon put down the well and he has several contracts which he is executing for people in that vicinity. Plenty of water is going to make a fine coun try out of the "Banana Belt." Horses Lost $10.00 Reward. My team of horses has strayed away from near the head of the left hand fork of Willow creek. I will pay $10.00 reward for their return or for information leading to their recovery if placed in pasture where I can get them. Description as fol lows: Bay horse, branded WB con nected on left shoulder and EL on lift hip; gray mare, branded JUL i fleeted on left hip. C. L. Keithley, Heppner, Oregon, or Ditch Creek Forest Station. A