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VOL. 31. NO. 17.
HEPPNER, OREGON, JULY 23, 1914.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
REGULAR MEETING
GOMMERGIALGLUB
Small Attendance Many
Important Matters Dis
dussed Advertising To
Receive Attention.
The regular meeting ol the Com
mercial Club was held at the I. O.
0. F. hall on Friday evening with the
usual slim attendance of members.
President Smead presided and after
reading of minutes by Secretary
Goulder and their approval by the
Club, some matters of interest were
taken up and discussed. It was re
ported to the Club that the deeds for
the fair grounds and recreation park
had been signed up and made a mat
ter of record. President Smead re
ported progress also with the ar
rangements for the coming fair and
urged that this matter now receive
the undivided support of the Club
until its final consummation. In dis
cussing the proper methods of adver
tising, Mr. Lee, of Portland, a stran
ger in our midst and a man who has
had a lot of experience in publicity
work, presented the idea in a few
well chosen remarks that the best
method he knew anything about was
through the medium of the' local
press, and it was urged that some
arrangements be made whereby the
local papers should be more gener
ally circulated through the commun
ities of the East and Middle West
where it was desired to interest the
people In our county. Mr. Lee's re
marks received the Indorsement of
all present and the Club will doubt
less take some steps to see that the
local papers have this recognition.
The mall route proposition was also
touched on by Mr. Lee who Intro
duced what he considered the best
way of getting our desires before the
postofflce authorities for proper rec
ognition. He doubted the value of
showering the senators and congress
men with hundreds of letters as these
men are very busy and have many
other sections and varied interests
calling for their time and attention.
Our needs should be set out in a con
cise statement covering the facts so
that what 1b wanted can be gone into
at once upon its maIts. Letters are
too apt to be cast aside for lack of
time to give them attention. The
other method should receive the per
sonal attention of our representa
tives and is the direct way of getting
at the question. There was a "dig"
at the local papers for not giving
the mall route question more atten
tion and they were urged to tie into
this matter hammer and tongs. Rep
resentatives of both local papers
were present and they made It clear
that the columns of their respective
sheets were open to the public for
the free and untrammelled discussion
of all these questions of public In
terest and the public is invited to
come in and discuss them; the pa
pers stand ready to do their part as
a matter of course but are always
glad to have such questions aired
through their columns by the people
themselves who feel interest enough
to discuss in this way all questions
that come up from time to time hav
ing to do with the welfare and con
venience of the people of Heppner
and the county at large.
The action of President Smead In
authorizing the expenditure by the
Club of $35 to have advertising book
lets inserted In" the directory of Mor
row and Umatilla counties by R. L.
Polk & Co., was indorsed.
Bill of $3.50 of Harlan Bros., for
printing petition heading on order of
the railroad committee, was paid.
Bill of $7.00, of Miss Leala Camp
bell, for the printing of advertising
cards used on her trip through the
East, was allowed.
Killed a Lot of Grasshoppers.
, C. H. Bartholomew harvested a
pretty fair crop of grasshoppers on
his Butter creek alfalfa farm during
the past week when they were trying
to eat up everything on the place.
He Invented a machine for catching
them that proved quite successful,
and he believes that had his neigh
bors made and used the same Imple
ment their section would have been
well rid of the hoppers before much
damage was done. We have no Il
lustration of this hopper catcher but
it did the work and Mr. Bartholomew
gathered In 280 gallons of hoppers In
a day and a half from his alfalfa
field and the place was comparative
ly clean until his neighbors began
cutting on the adjoining fields and
drove their supply over onto him. A
drag, made of 16-foot boards and
about four feet wide was UBed, a
horse being hitched on the corner at
each end to propel it. On the back
of this "sled" was placed a row of 6
gallon cans containing crude oil, and
extending up back of these cans In
a slightly slanting position was a
wait of tin. As the drag moved, along
the hoppers raised up and striking
this tin slid down into the cans of oil.
A pile of the hoppers on one end
the place is ten feet long and two
feet high. Charley pronounces the
machine a success and easy to operate.
M. . Church, South.
Regular services Sunday as fol
lows: Sunday School at 10:00 a.
m.; Preaching at 11:00 a. m. and
8:00 p. m.
W. T. GOULDER, Pastor.
Union temperance meetings will be
held in Heppner on Sunday to be ad
dressed by Mr. S. W. Grathwell who
comes to Heppner under the auspices
of the State Prohibition party. Mr.
Grathwell is heralded as a fine speak
er' and one who handles his subject
in a masterly way. The morning
meeting will be held at the Christian
church at 11, and the evening ad
dress is to be at the Federated
church., You are interested in the
coming election and the vote on the
prohibitory amendment. Come .and
hear Mr. Grathwell discuss the sub
ject.
Born On Wednesday, July 22,
1914, to Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ash-
baugh, of Heppner, a daughter.
Henry is expected to recover although
he Is in a precarious condlton.
Horses Killed By Lightening.
During an electric storm in the
foot hills on Friday last, lightening
struck Into a bunch of horses belong
ing to the McCullough Bros, and four
head of the animals were laid low.
They were discovered piled up to
gether by Ellis Minor who was riding
through the range, and at finrt it
was thought that they must have
been Bhot as the electric storm was
not considered a Bevere one. On
close examination however it was
plainly seen that death was from a
thunder bolt as each animal bore the
evidence where the hair was scorched
off along the back. There would
seem to be a wonderful attraction in
horseflesh for lightening and the kill
ing of horses in this manner la of
frequent occurrence over the range.
ED BY FIRE IN SIGHT
H. C. Glthens Loses Home Home
time Sunday Night While Faiu
i ly Were In Town.
The farm home of H. C. Glthens
was destroyed by fire, probably some
time during Sunday night. The fam
ily were in town at the time and
there was no one on the place, so it
is not known just exactly when the
fire occurred. The Glthens farm is
situated up Balm Fork some six miles
from Heppner and members of the
family were there early Sunday and
had a fire in the kitchen stove and it
is supposed that the flre originated
from this. The grass about the place
was also fired, and the first that
neighbors knew was when the fire got
over the hill towards the Quald place.
They then discovered its orign and
when the Githens place was reached
the house and contents were all burn
ed and the indications were that the
house had been destroyed some hours
before. The loss to Mr. Glthens will
be around $600, with no insurance.
The grass was burned up to the edge
of his grain field but no grain was
destroyed.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I wish to announce, to my many
friends, former patients and the pub
lic, the removal of my office from the
Bank of Heppner Building to the cor
ner of Center and Gale streets, one
block west of old location. There is
an entrance from both Gale Street
and Center Street to the office and
waltng rooms.
These new quarters will give me
five large rooms instead of the small
rooms in former building and will
enable me to install the most com
prehensive electrotherapeutlc and
hydrotherapeutlc equipment. I have
at present the most modern and best
equipped offices in the county and
intend to add to the present all the
electric appliances now that we have
the day current.
You are cordially invited to call
and Inspect the office and equipment.
Office hours 9 to 12 a. m. and 1 to
5 p. m.
tf. DR. J. PERRY CONDER.
Will Take An Outing.
Equipping their big touring cars
for an outing that will take them as
far as Crater Lake and cover a space
of two weeks, Mr. and Mrs. John
Vaughn, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Cox, departed this morn
ing. A. M. Slocum and family are
the other members of the party, and
points of Interest will be visited on
the way. Whether they will go far.
ther than Crater Lake on this trip,
they were not decided upon leaving
I.
County Supts. Convention
at Salem Great Success-
All But Two Supts. of
The State Attend.
At the ' county superintendents'
convention, held at Salem, June 23
to July 3, all the county superinten
dents were present except two. A
number of vital topics were discussed
at length, Three or four speakers
were assigned to prepare especially
upon a- topic. After they had pre
sented their views, a ' general dis
cussion followed. ,
At the request of the Portland
Civic League, a number of matters of
legislation were discussed. However,
none of these maters were definitely
passed upon as the committees from
the Civic League, the State Grange,
and the superintendents' convention
will present these matters in definite
form for -action at the December
meeting.
The question of permanent records
of the work of the puptls was thor
oughly discussed, and it was decided
to use a card system. The State Sup
erintendent was requested to work
out the details of the plan.
Standardization of the rural school
received much attention. The plans
followed in the counties in which the
experiment has been tried were thor
oughly investigated. It was thought
to be impossible to fix just the same
standard for the more recently set
tled counties of Eastern Oregon as
for the older and more populous
counties of the western part of the
state, but it was deemed advisable to
fix a tentative standard for the entire
state. This standard will serve as
a sort of measuring stick by which
we may judge our rural schools. Af
ter it has been used for some time, it
will be advisable to create a new
standard, setting a little higher mark
in order to avoid the tendency to fos
silize, which so often follows the Ax
ing of a standard. Our entire school
system must be one of growth and
improvement or it soon loses Its life.
A little later the items to be set out
en the standardization cards will be
published.
It has been the policy of the super
intendents for some time to keep
more closely in touch with the state
schools than was possible before the
law was passed providing for their
meeting in convention. Representa
tives from all the state schools were
invited to address the convention,
and this year a visit to the State Uni
versity occupied one day, the plan be
ing to visit one school during each
convention. To give a reasonably
full account of the visit would re
quire a column, and it must be omit
ted this time.
One of the finest things of the con
vention was the address of State Sup
erintendent Churchill upon examin
ations, when the question of the
eighth grade examinations was under
consideration. It would certainly
have created a sensation among the
worshipers of examinations and tests.
It foreshadowed some of the im
provements which will soon be made
in the elemntary course of study.
Other matters considered by the
convention will be mentioned later.
The general feeling seemed to be that
this was the most profitable conven
tion the superintendents have held.
Returns From Greenhorn.
Ed Duran, of Lexington, returned
on Friday from a stay of three
months at the mines of the Heppner
Mining Company in the Greenhorn
section. Mr. Duran is interested as a
stockholder in this group of mines
and has been assisting D. B. Stalter,
president of the company, In doing
development work. He is well
pleased With the progress made and
is satisfied that this company has a
bunch of good property in the thir
teen claims they own. Mr. Stalter
is at the mines alone now and would
greatly appreciate a letter once in a
while from other members of the
company located here as he feels
that it would encourage him a great
deal in his work. He has put in
many long years of work in an effort
to develop the claims and prove their
value, and he is now fast approach
ing that goal. In the opinion of
Mr. Duran the properties are very
valuable, and this will be readily
proved as soon as the company are
in position to install the right kind
of machinery. The lead they are
working on now Is turning out ore
that assays better than $50 to the ton
and this lead is scarcely opened up
yet. J. O. Hager and S. A, Wright,
who are also stockholders in this
company will leave in a few days on
a visit to the mines.
Mrs. George Case and children re
turned home on Saturday from a
visit of six weeks spent at the home
of her parents at Portland.
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CONVENTION
LEXINGTON ITEMS
Omar Stanton, of Hardman, was a
Lexington visitor Friday.
Melvin Logan, of Cecil, was a Lex
ington visitor Thursday.
Joseph Eskelsdon and wife return
ed home after several days visit at
Walla Walla, Wash.
W. E. Leach and family, also Hank
Parker and wife went to Ditch creek
Saturday for a few days' outing.
: S. L. Hammer of Pirtland was in
this' vicinty for several days canvas-
lng In the Interests of the Prohibition
party of this state.
Several farmers of this vicinity .will
finish heading this week. They will
be waiting now for the threshing
machine to come along.
Frank Moyer is preparing to start
his thresher and headers this week.
The grain Is not so early la the
Blackborse country as In other parts.
W. S. Gilbert of the real estate
firm of Atkinson & Co., of Vancouver
Wash., was in this vlcnity 1 oking
over property with some investors.
W. F. Barnett finished heading and
threshing his own crops Friday. This
week he starts on his neighbors'
crops and will have several days run
before the season Is over.
E. R. Huston, of Eight Mile, a
member of the Morrow County Fair
Board, passed through Lexington
Wednesday with a well drilling out
fit for use in drilling wells in his
part of the country.
The few fields of wheat that have
been threshed in this vicinity by ma
chine and combine, have made a
yield as sear as possible from 15 to
30 bushels per acre. Wheat is of
good quality.
R. A. Thompson and wife were
down from their farm on Saturday.
Mr. Thompson stated that he had all
arrangements completed for the
starting of his harvest the first of
this week. His grain Is very heavy
this season and will make a splendid
yield, It being estimated that much
of it will go 40 bushels to the acre.
Others farming in the foothill coun
try are making similar reports.
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Copy of Gazette-Times Found in
Stree Car in Buffalo Brings
Letter From Old Friend.
It is rather a peculiar co-incidence.
Eight years ago, W. B. Barratt and
family made a trip across the Atlan
tic on the steamer Cednc, on a visit
to their old homes in England and
Scotland. On the way over they
made the acquaintance, as did every
one else on the same boat, of Mr.
Edwin M. Montgomery, of Buffalo,
New York.
Mr. Montgomery is one of those
big, jolly, wholesouled fellows, ab
solutely filled to overflowing with the
best of human nature, and he was the
life of the trip across the pond.
Did anyone have the blues, he was
there to cheer; was it a case of
whether the breakfast was to be kept
within the bounds of the anatomy
where it had been stored or to be de
posited over the' rail on the bosom
of the sea, then it was that Mr. Mont
gomery appeared on the scene with a
jolly good story to make the victim
laugh and forget his misery. He
thus became a favorite with all on
board, and at the end of the journey
the passengers took up a collection
and presented Mr. Montgomery with
a loving cup.
Mr. Montgomery has not forgotten
the friends he made on that trip; at
least so far as the Barratt's are con
cerned he has never failed to remem
ber them on each New Year since
with some token, and it is presumed
that the bigness of his heart has
prompted him to not forget all the
other friends he made eight years
ago.
Under date of June 4, Mr. Mont
gomery writes to Mr. Barratt from
his office at 122 Erie Bank Building,
Buffalo, and from the letter we take
this paragraph :
"A strange co-incidence happened
with me the day before yesterday. I
picked up one of your newspapers on
the street car called the "Gazette-
Times" published in your town, May
the 24 th, and conspicuously therein
I saw your name with a number of
other of your citizens Interested In
the organization of a Creamery and
Cold Storage Company. I was very
giaa to see by this that you are ac
tively engaged in business matters.
and I trust in good health and meet
ing with prosperity. If you need any
out of state directors, let me know.
and I may be able to find a market
for your products."
On the date this letter was written,
Mrs. Barratt was in Buffalo on her
way to Scotland, and remained there
long enough to get breakfast and
have a little time besides. This was
about six o'clock In the morning, and
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Best From Local Fair to Go
Salem And From There
to Portland And Chicago
Land Shows.
The cleaning up of the grounds for
the Fair at the head of Main street
has been going merrily on this week
and a goodly force of laborers are
now getting everything down that
way in ship shape, making a wonder
ful change in the appearance of the
lots and doing away with a lot of
rubbish. The grounds will certain
ly be very appropriate for the accom
modation of the fair. The feed lot
for the use of the public at large has
been transferred, as it were, to tho
Matlock lots on Chase street and
hitching racks established there.
The lumber used in the pavilion
and for other purposes last year is
being hauled onto the new grounds
and sorted over to get all out of it
that can be utilized tn the new build
ings and from now on the work of
getting ready for the fair will be
pushed so that all things will be
ready at opening time.
In this connection it is not amiss
to call attention of our people to the
matter of exhibits. Are you getting
ready for your part in this fair? Are
you going to be there with something
worth-while to show your neighbor
what you can do? tJt is not too early
to be preparing the samples of grain,
grasses, vegetables, fruits, etc., and
getting the horses, colts, cows, calves,
sheep, pigs and chickens in shape for
the show. There is promise of a big
showing all along these lines and
your exhibits can be properly cared
for. This fair is an educational prop
osition; it is to be a contest where
the farmer, the stockraiser and the
artisan can exhibit the fruits of their
labors that their neighbor may be
benefitted by the comparisons offer
ed. So don't stand back with the
thought that you do not have any
thing worth while to exhibit, for you
have If you will get it ready. The
Morrow County Fair this Fall is to
be "Bigger and Better."
Furthermore, the best of our ex
hibits at the home fair are to be tak
en to Salem for exhibition at the
State Fair. All arrangements are
completed to have this carried out.
And this is not all. Space has been
reserved at the Manufacturers and
Land Products Show to be held at
the Armory in Portland from October
26 to November 14. A space 10 x 15
is selected for this purpose and the
exhibits will have a prominent place
there. After this, comes the Chicago
Land Show and the exhibits are to
go there along with the best from
every part of the state. Care is to
be taken all down the line in the
selection of the show stuff and the
advertising value to our county can
scarcely be estimated.
Attention of those who contem
plate showing cattle at the fair 13
called to the fact that they must have
their stock pass the examination of
the vetrinary and obtain his certifi
cate to the effect that the exhibits
are free from tuberculosis. . This is
absolutely required by state law and
the Fair Board are compelled to act
accordingly. Last year this examin
ation was made free of charge by
the office of the State Vetrinary but
whether it will be the case this year
we cannot say.
Special features for the entertain
ment of the fair visitors are being
arranged for and should be announ
ced In a very Bhort time. The pre
mium books are on the press and will
be ready for mailing out within a few
days.
Former Morrow Resident Dies.
Mrs. William F. Palmateer, who
for a number of years resided with
her family on a farm near Morgan
in this county, died at the family res
idence in Estacada on Sunday morn
ing after a lingering illness. She
was aged 56 at the time of her death
She was Phoebe Garrison and as a
girl she crossed the plains with her
parents and located in Oregon in
1868. She was married to Mr. Pal
mateer in 1876. Her funeral took
place at Estacada on Monday after
noon. Mrs. Palmateer leaves many
warm friends in this county where
she was well known for a number of
years, and Bhe was a woman highly
respected.
Nlchoson & Bufflagton, the well
drillers of lone, are on the place of
J. B. Carmichael east of Lexington
at the present time where they are
sinking a well.
she wrote Mr. Barratt from that city
stating that if it were not too early
to find Mr. Montgomery at his office,
she would call on him. Mr. Barratt
considers this quite a co-incidence, as
well as feeling that of all the friends
it has been his pleasure to have, Mr.
Montgomery is among the best.
STATE FAIR TO HAV
EXHIBIT
OF GENERAL INTERKST.
The sheep industry of the United
States is valued at approximately
$230,000,000.
One of the greatest contributing
causes to the high cost of all meats
la admitted to be the great ravages
of hog cholera, which have swept
the country during the past few
years, until last season over $100,
000,000 in pork was lost, of which
$53,000,000 was in Iowa alone.
According to the American Forest
ry Association, the lumber industry
la said to employ 735,000 people, to
whom are paid annually $367,000,
000 in wages, the worth of products
being $1,250,000,000. About one
half of those employed, and more
than one-half of the wages paid, are
in the states of Washington, Oregon,
California, Idaho and Montana.
In 1904 the total expenditure on
public roads throughout the United
States amounted to $80,000,000. In
1913 the total expenditure aggregat
ed $206,000,000, and this in spite of
the fact that state ' participation in
road work has had its spirit of great
est development since 1904, and that
the total expenditure of state funds
up to and including the year 1913
amounted to about $155,000,000.
Eleven million head of animals can
be grazed on the one hundred and
sixty national forests of the United
States. These Include two million
head of cattle and horses, nine mil
lion head of sheep and goats, and
about sixty-five thousand hogs. This
means an Increase for the current
year of about thirtyelght thousand
more cattle and horses, and three
hundred and forty-seven thousand
more sheep and goats, although the
gross area of the national forests at
the beginning of 1914 is almost a
million acres less than at the begin
ning of 1913.
Death to headaches. . Classes fitted
by Drs. Lowe ft Turner.
Go to the Heppner Bakerv for
your bread. 26 loaves for $1.00.
MINING COS CLAIMS
State Examiner of Mines Visits The
Heppner Mining Company's
Claims in Greenhorn.
The following is from the report
of the State Examiner of Mines con
cerning the properties of the Hepp
ner Mining Company, located in the
Greenhorn district:
I have just returned from a visit
to the property of the Heppner Min
ing Company, located in the Green
horn mining district. This company
has been managed from its incep
tion by Mr. D. B. Stalter, who for
many years has carried on the devel
opment work largely at his own ex
pense. The company has 13 claims,
a valuable water right and a consid
erable amount of good mining and
saw timber. The development work
already done has shown up some
good ore with the prospects of a
much better showing being made
with further development, and I am
glad to say that in this company the
stockholders have received one hun
dred cents worth of work for every
dollar they have invested in the
property and I believe that with pro
per equipment and careful and scien
tific management this property would
become a paying proposition. The
company has several miles of ditches
and probably a two hundred horse
power can be developed part of the
year without difficulty.
Yours Sincerely,
S. B. VINCENT,
State Mining Examiner.
Not Expected to Live.
J. H. Wyland, of Hardman, re
ceived a telegram late yesterday an
nouncing that his brother, Chas. Wy
land, was at death's door at his home
in Tacoma, Wash., and he departed
for that city this morning, not ex
pecting to find his brother alive
when he reaches there. Charley
Wyland is a printer by trade and has
made his home at Tacoma for many
years where he followed his trade
and worked as a Linotype operator.
His first lessons in the trade were re
ceived in the office of the Heppner
Gazette and the editor of this paper
enjoyed his acquaintance many years
ago when we worked side by side at
the case. Being an old-time Heppner
boy this announcement will be Bad
Intelligence to his friends here.
Get Certificates.
The following Morrow county tea
chers successfully passed the recent
examination and will receive their
certificates from the office of the
State Superintendent: One year
state certificates Edna McNabb;
Julia M. Clark; Clara Beamer; Mar
garet M. Osten; Lulu R. Maxwell;
Walter Wesley Weller. Five-year
state certificate Wlnaifred OBten, J