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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