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Ornron Historical Socio,. Stock hwhanif, llulldin,. nrv VOL. 31. NO. 42. HEl'I'XEK, OREGON, JANUARY U. 1915. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Times HP 15 Shot Through the Back While Try ing to Make Peace Between John Breen and Patrick Quia, Who Had lioen '" Quarreling. John Connell, well known sheep man of this county, was shot and In stantly killed by Patrick Qulnn, early last Sunday morning after Connell had attempted to settle a quarrel between Qulnn and John Breen. The weapon. used by Qulnn was a .32 Winchester ride and the bullet en tered Connell's back on the left side, coining out In the left breast. Breen received a scalp wound but it is not serious. The coroner's jury which was call ed by Coroner C. C. Chick found that Connell came to his death from a bullet, shot from a gun in the hands of Patrick Quinn. The jury con sisted of F. H. Robinson, J. H. Bry son, Orve Rasmus, James Sheridan, James McNamee and H. L. Johnson. Qulnn is in the county jail await ing hearing. Frank Kiernan was the only other eye witness to the shooting. The funeral of the deceased was held from St. Patrick's church In Heppner on Wednesday afternoon. The sermon was preached by Father Driscoll, assisted by Father O'Rourke and Father Callaghan. The church was crowded with friends who came to pay their last respects. The de ceased leaves one brother, Patrick Connell, who is a resident of Morrow county. Interment was made in the Masonic cemetery, M. L. Case, under taker, having charge of the burial. Mr. Connell was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Mucy-Friedrlch. A very quiet wedding took place 1n this city last night when Chester Macy was married to Mrs. Wllhel mlna Friedrich. The ceremony was performed by Recorder Williams at t'-c home o' tt. p.oom fr oouth Hrppnu ii t'.ie pfsorae of r fmv f Hon .is, at 7 Vrltx-k. 8"?0 IN r,.w i.r. vf k- '!;. - v '. ga.'i to arrive ami i' "m ihen until oVtwi. '..tf tlelnity wti i(-c Btuuo of iuucli nuis.0, i&ade b; tl c chlvari crowds who came In three different squads. Each incoming crowd was served with refreshments and after partaking of the same they departed, wishing the bride and groom a happy and prosperous mar ried life. Both of the newly weds are well known here, where they have resided for many years. Mrs. Friedrich for merly conducted a cleaning and pressing frstabllshment on Main street and has many friends who ex tend her congratulations. Mr. Macy was formerly engaged In business here, but retired. The bride and groom are now at home to their friends in south Heppner. The Gazette-Times extends sincere congrat ulations. HKSOLVTIONS OK ('OXlM)liKN('K. At a regular meeting of Ruth Chapter No. 32, 0. E. S., held in their hall on Friday the 8th day of Janu ary, 1916, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to remove from our midst our beloved brother Arthur Andrews, and Whereas it Is but just that a fitting recognition of his name and virtues should be had, therefor be It Resolved by Ruth Chapter No. 32, 0. E. S., that while we bow In humble submisslin to the will of the Father above, we do not the less mourn for our brother who has passed to the great beyond; his labors are ended here below but he has entered upon the higher life which can only be reached through the portals of death. To the family and friends of our beloved brother, whom we learned to know and love as a faithful and de voted member of the Masonic frater nity, we extend our heartfelt sym pathy in this, their hour of bereave ment. Be it further resolved that these resolutions be spread upon the min utes of Ruth Chapter No. 32, 0. E. 8., and that a copy thereof be trans mitted to the family of our deceased brother and to the newspapers of Heppner, Oregon, for publication. MRS. HENRIETTA COHN, JOHN A. PATTERSON, DAVID 0. JUSTUS. Committee. Christian Church Notes. Rev. T. S. Handsaker will preach at Lexington in the M. E. church on Sunday afternoon. Much Interest is being manifested in the lectures by Bro. Berry on Church History. His subject to night (Thursday) "will be: "The His tory and Teaching of the Church of England." Friday, "John Calvin, or the Presbyterians." Saturday, "John Wesley, or the Methodists." Sunday morning, "The History and Teach ings of the Baptists." Sunday eve ning, "The History and Teachings of the Disciples of Christ." Morgnn-Culick. Last Monday afternoon a very quiet wedding was held at the homo of Mrs. Jan. Luper, when James T. Morgan of Little Butter creek and Miss EfRe Cullck. a popular young lady of the same place, were married Rev. T. S. Handsaker of the First. Christian church of this city per formed the ceremony. Mr. Morgan is well and favorably known in Hepp ner, being the son of Tom Morgan, and a resident of Heppner for many years. Miss Cullck formerly lived in Portland, but for the past few years has been living with her sister, Mrs. Q. E. AyoTs, on Little Butter creek. This paper extends congratulations. C. P. Chamberlain, R. E. Palmer, Wm. McMurray, J. L. Miller and a numter of other officials and heads of departments of the 0-W. R. & N. Co., were interested spectators at the hearing before the Railroad Commis sion in Heppner on Wednesday eve ning. Omar Stanton came down from Hardman on Wednesday with a load of produce. He is rejoicing over the big rain that has hit this part of the country and he feels now that we shall yet get what is coming to us and have a good crop season. Leslie L. Matlock is in Heppner this week from Portland and enjoy ing visit with his many old-time friends. A BUSY SESSION Bonds of New Officers Are Accepted. K. It. Huston Appointed to Serve Three More Years On County Fair ltoard. The County Court of Morrow County met in their regular January session at the Court House on Wed nesday, January 6, and held forth until Friday evening. County Judge Patterson, Commissioners Geo. J. Currln and John Kilkenny, Clerk and acting Sheriff Evans were ,h ar.sndance. The claims against I;;. m unty were ordered paid. ommlttee from the Morrow rViws Poultry Association met with urt asking for an appropria tion to assist In the annual poultry show which was held last week. The court ordered an appropriation of One-Hundred twenty-five dollars. In the matter of the appointment of county health officer for the year 1916, there appeared two bids, one from Dr. A. D. McMurdo, for $45.00 and one from Dr. H. T. Allison, of fering his services free of charge. Dr. Allison was appointed to serve. He must file a bond with good and sufficient sureties in the sum of $200. Warrants to the amount of $47.25 having been Issued in error were or dered cancelled by the court. The reports of the following road supervisors were read and accepted. J. F. Barlow, Dlst. N. 8; G. M. Akers Dist. No. 11; W. B. Barratt, Dist. No. 13; E. C. Watklns, Dist. No. 4; and W. G. Scott, Dist. No. 12. The appointment of Gay M. An derson as deputy county clerk by J. A. Waters was approved and accept ed. It was further ordered that he be paid the statutory salary of $1, 000 per year. The appointment of L. L. Gilliam as deputy treasurer by Frank Gilliam was approved and accepted. The bond in the sum of $10,000 for J. A. Waters, county clerk, was examined, approved and accepted. The official bond in the Bum of $10,000 for George McDuffee, county sheriff, was examined, approved and accepted and bond was ordered plac ed on file. The jury list for 1915 was drawn. (We publish in another column). It appearing that the term of of fice of E. R. Huston as a member of the Morrow County Fair Board had expired, E. R. Huston of Eight Mile was appointed a member to serve for a term of three years. W. H. Herren as deputy for George McDuffee by appointment was ap proved of by the Court and the stat utory salary of $900. per year was ordered paid to him. The official bond In the sum of $1, 000 for M. C. Smith as constable of the 6th justice district of Morrow County, was examined, approved and accepted and ordered placed on file with the county clerk. The official bond of A. L. Cornett. Justice of the 6th District of Morrow County, in the sum of $1,000 was ex amined by the court, approved and accepted and ordered placed on file with the county clerk. The annual report of W. O. Hill, county clerk, was examined, ap proved and accepted and ordered placed on file with the county clerk. L. K. Harlan, publisher of the Heppner Herald and Vawter Craw ford, publisher of the Gazette-Times (Continued on page 2) IB DENCE IN COMMERCIAL CLUB CASE Proceedings Are Marked Part of Citizens of This Community Commis sion's Decision Will Come Later. Thcs. K. Campbell, railraad com missioner of Oregon, and his sten ographer, L. D. Leedy, arrived in Heppner on Wednesday evening and at 5 o'clock began their hearing on the complaint filed with them by J. Perry Condor, acting as chairman of the transportation committee of the Heppner Commercial Club which was appointed some months ago. This complaint to the Commission was ac companied by a petition containing something over four hundred names of citizens of this and adjoining coun ties. The railroad was represented by their attorney, A. C. Spencer, assist ed by Sam E. Van Vactor of this city, while the interests of the Commercial Club committee were attended to by J. Perry Conder, Chairman. "It was expected that there would be some strong delegations up from Lexington and lone to put in their protest against any alterations in the present train schedules on the branch but these people were content to present their part of the case in tire form of letters which went into the record. In the main, the entire pro ceedings were marked by a lack of interest on the part of the citizens of Hepp,ner and there was little of real evidence produced on either 3ide bearing directly on the matter at is sue. The Company presented figures to support their contention that the additional train service asked for would not pay, neither would it be the means of adding sufficient bus iness in the future to make it come anywhere near paying, and they sup ported their theory of the case with such evidence as would go to prove this to be true. Some of the figures given would certainly not appear greatly to the credit of the business HEPPNER TAKES JONE Large Crowd Witnesses Fast (iume in Club BuiMing. Tone Shows Bursts of Speed. Heppner's scrub 'bunch showed some class last Tuesday evening in their game with lone and won from that team by a 29 to 14 score. The basket shooting on the one a ide proved to more than offset the ex cellent passing and perfected team work on the other. The Egg City boys were unlucky In connecting with the baskets and time and again the ball shot so near as to bring the crowd to their feet only to sink back again as the sphere caromed off the outer edge. Hopkins, forward, and Sperry, cen ter, were the best point winners for their team both throwing two goals from field and Sperry annexed two points from the foul line. Ray Blake and "Fat" Blake each secured one goal. Cason proved a "bear" at guard, and stayed so close to Hiatt, that the Heppner forward was able to get away for only two goals. Crawford was high point winner for Heppner, although Cochran, who dis placed Wright at guard in the sec ond half, made four goals from field In nearly as many minutes. Morgan the husky Heppner center, annexed six points for his team. The game was clean, being free from unneces sary roughness. The floor was slick, and this made it hard for the men to get up much speed, but the con test was exciting throughout. Mor gan received an injury to his left eye when he came in contact with a fin ger of one of the opposing players. Karn, Heppner guard, showed by his playing that he was used to mixing with a fast bunch, and time and again he was responsible for break ing up the superb passing of the lone quintet. Karn formerly played with crack eastern teams. The two teams will probably meet in lone at a later date, the exact time of which has not yet been fully determined. Atorney A. E. Johnson, In the ca pacity of referee gave up-to-the-sec-ond decisions, which were agreeable to all interested and he did not per mit the game to drag at any stage. William O'Rourke, former star with the Mt. Angel team, officiated as um pire and gave satisfaction. J. W. Morrow, tax commissioner of the O.-W. R. ft N. Co., was a vis itor in Heppner over Wednesday, be ing Interested In the case before the Oregon Railroad Commission. By a Lack of Interest on the of the branch and would lead to the conclusion that the Company is los ing money by its operation under present existing circumstances, to say the least. Much matter brought up was al ready in the hands of the Railroad Commission where it had accumulat ed through the investigation of nu merous other cases of this nature. Commissioner Campbell appeared at all times to be very fair in conduct ing the case and showed his desire to jet at the real desires of the people of this community who are compelled to do business with the branch line of railroad, but In the main he must have been pretty much disappointed as there was little testimony of this nature produced by any of the local witnesses called. It must have been apparent to him that for some' rea son or other the people who thought they wanted some additional train service out of Heppner had either gone to sleep at the switch or else they were not satisfied with the man ner i in which the proceedings had been prosecuted. , However this may be, it is now up to the Commission, and we presume that after briefs have been filed from both sides the case will be closed and in due course of time the decision of the Commission handed down. Just before going to press, we were handed the following statement from J. Perry Conder which we pub lish, and It can be taken for what It is worth: Statement from the Chairman of Committee asking for additional train service: It is evinent to all attending the hearing before thy Railroad Commis sion that the main effort of the Rail- continued on page 2) irnnui lftLflbML S. K. Xotson Elected President and A. M. Phelps Is New Vice-President. Bates' Speech Is Good. At the meeting of the Heppner Commercial Club last Friday eve ning, S. E. Notson was elected presi dent and A. M. Phelps vice president for the year 1915. The executive committee and secretary will be ap pointed at the regular meeting on January 22, 1915. The meeting Friday evening was attended by a large number of Club members and several non-members outside the city were present for the clam feed and the Phil Bates speech later. Mr. Bates, who is one of Port land's foremost boosters was disap pointed in the small crowd which greeted him, but his talk was one of interest and he paid our town and county several handsome tributes during the course of the evening. Mr. Hates had Just returned from a trip to San Francisco and San Diego, and in fact he cut his visit there short in order to be present at the meeting here last Friday. The Ore gon building at the Panama-Pacific Exposition beats them all, according to Mr. Bates, and the State of Oregon made a record, in that she was the first to dedicate her building. San Diego was the first city to take up the exposition idea, but could not compete with the larger cities and as a result they are giving an exposi tion all their own. "You people here do not realize what a good thing you have," said Mr. Bates. "Why I will venture to say that us fellows around the Port land Commercial Club down there do more boosting for you people in a week than you do for yourselves in a year." He attributes our lethar gy to the fact that we had become so used to the things around us that' they failed any longer to make an impression. Mr. Bates has been a resident of Oregon for many years, has been all over the United States, and Oregon is the best of them all. If we once get the eastern people started this way, the state will fill up in no time. Several new names were added to the Club's membership list, and it is the aim of the Club to make an ex tended campaign for new members. A committee consisting of T. S. Handsaker, S, E. Notson and F. N. Christensen was appointed to act with the city council in securing a public rest and reading room. Truck Meet to be Organized. Arrangements are being complet ed to organize a Morrow County In terscholastic track meet. A conven tion composed of delegates from the lone, Lexington and Heppner high schools, will be held at Lexington Friday and at this meeting it 13 hop ed that all arrangements, such as place and date of holding meet, num ber and character of events and rules will be completed. It Is expected that the meet will be held near the close of the second semester, and likely the lone grounds will be selec ted. Harry Morgan will represent Heppner High at the convention. Dr. Davis Marries. Dr. M. W. Davis, the dentist of this city was married in Portland New Year's Day. Dr. and Mrs. Da vis will make this city their home. The news of the doctor's marriage came as a surprise to his many friends. The Echo News extends con gratulations. Echo News. Dr. Da vis was formeryl located at lone, where he has many friends who will be pleased to learn of this late event. FIXE MILLING WHEAT. Marquis Wheat A fine hard Spring wheat, yielding 8 to 12 bushels over Bluestem. Beardless, does not shat ter. Higher milling quality than Bluestem. Order at once if you want any. You can buy the same at cost. HEPPNER MILLING CO. GIVE THE NEWS TO THE EDITOR One Fine Way of Making a Com munity Successful is to Build Up Home Paper, Says Eric W. Allen. "It Is not enough for a live com munity that advertising should be correctly used to stimulate business and to promote general prosperity. The home newspaper is a social and intellectual thing as well as a med ium of business. One cannot serve the community better than by seeing that interesting items get to the ed itor. The editor is no mind reader: call him up and tell him. To do so is the neighborly thing a Courtesy not to the publisher alone but to ev eryone In the district who might be interested In your little item." Whenever Eric W. Allen, head of the department of journalism at the University of Oregon, speaks in a town, he urges the citizens to get be hind their home paper in both a bus iness and a news way on the ground that the newspaper can be made a wonderful agency for building up a community. By a "successful com munity", Mr. Allen means not mere ly the community whose business men are prospering, and whose la borers are ali at work, but the com munity that is a real social and in tellectual center. He looks to the home paper as the most powerful means within reach of bringing about this kind of "success." "If you can once get all your peo ple into the way of voluntarily pour ing these interesting scraps of news Into the weekly paper, you will add immensely to the general friendliness of the community," says Mr. Allen. "You will be helping to make your town the kind of place where people want to stay and to which former residents will want to come back. "So try and get Ideas into the pa per. Write a little for it once in a while. Don't let the editor do all the thinking for the town. If you publish ideas, you start others to thinking, and you raise by just so much the level of intelligence. "Encourage the home paper to be a business, social and intellectual center of the community. Ii will richly repay." B. H. Peck exhibited to this pa per a collection of twelve distinct types of wheat which by selection and careful handling he has been developing on his Sagenhurst dry farm for the past few years. Two of these are hybrids that are pronounc ed of great value by the experts at the Oregon Agricultural College, Others are of the hardy wheats gen erally grown in this county, but which he is succeeding in bringing to a state of larger productiveness. Some may think that Mr. Peck is wasting time in the experiments he is making but to us it appears that he is doing a good work that should be the means of much profit to him in the not distant future. If he suc ceeds in restoring to this county pure seed wheat of the varieties that are proving the most valuable to be pro duced here, he will have accomplish ed much for our section, and in his efforts we wish all kinds of success. Auction Sale of Stock. G. W. Ruiter has purchased the stock of J. H. Campbell, which will be sold to the highest bidder on the 16th day of January at what is known as the Ham Burchell ranch, 8 miles east of Lexington. G. W. RUITER. THIRD POULTRY SHOW IS Keen Comctition Among Exhibitors And a Long List of An a: 'Is Are Made. The Third Annual Morrow County Poultry Show, held on the 6, 7, 8, and 9th of January, was a big suc cess and the interest displayed by exhibitors was greater than at any previous exhibition, while the inter est of the general public was more lax than heretofore. B. F. Keeny of Eugene performed the judging and we are publishing herewith a con plete list of awards. S. C. WHITE LEGHORN Eugene Handsaker, 1st hen; 1st pul let. S. C. BROWN LEGHORN A. J. Cook, l-2-3-4th Hen. A. J. Cook, l-2nd Pullet. S. C. BLACK MINORCAS. J. E. Copenhaver, l-2nd cock. J. E. Copenhaver 1st Hen. J. E. Copenhaver, lst-2nd Pullet. ANCONAS E. C. Watkins, l-2-3rd Cockerel. E. C. Watklns, l-2-3-4th Pullet. E. C. Watkins, 1st Pen. M. B. TURKEY. Tom Matlock, 1st. S. C. R. I. Red. Cock, Miss Thelma Herren 1st; Wal ter Becket, 2nd and 3rd. Hen, Miss Thelma Herren 1st & 2nd. Cockerel, Miss Thelma Herren, 1st and 2nd; Walter Becket 3rd; A. W. Gammell, 4th. Pullet, W. Becket, 1st and 4th. Miss T. Herren 2nd and 3rd. Pen, Miss Thelma Herren 1st; W. Beckett 2nd. WHITE ORPINGTONS. J. H. Bush, 1st Cock. J. H. Bush, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Cock erel. J. H. Bush, 1st, 2nd, 3rd; Hen. J. H. Bush, 1st, 2nd, 4th Pullet. J. H. Bush, 1st Pen. Geo. Bleakman, 3rd Pullet; 2nd and 3rd Pen. BUFF ORPINGTON. E. G. Noble, 1st Cock. WHITE P. ROCK. W. P. Hill, 1st and 2nd Cockerel. W.. P. .Hill, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4tb Pullet. W. P. Hill, 1st Pen. BLACK JAVAS. Jay Devln, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Cockerel. Jay Devin, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Pullet. Jay Devln, 1st Pen. WHITE WYANDOTTE Cock, Geo. Case, 1st. Cockerel, E. G. Noble, 1st; W. Claud Cox 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Pullet, W. Claud Cox, 1st, 2nd and 4th; E. G. Noble 3rd. Pen, W. Claud Cox 1st; E. G. Nobis 2nd. GOLDEN WYANDOTTE B. P. Stone, 1st Hen; 1st Cockerel; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Pullet. SILVER WYANDOTTE. G. W. Grigg, 1st Cockerel. BARRED P. ROCKS. (Standard). Cock, D. C. Gurdane 1st; Wightman Bros. 2nd; Herbert Walbridee.3rd. Hen, D. C. Gurdane 1st; Wm. Ball 2nd and 3rd; D. C. Gurdane 4th. Cockerel, Wightman Bros. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Pullet, Wightman Bros, 1st, 3rd and 4th; D. C. Gurdane 2nd. Pen, D. C. Gurdanelst; Wightmas Bros. 2nd and 3rd. BARRED P. ROCKS, Cockerel Bred. Pullet, Wightman Bros., 1st, 3rd and 4th; Herbert Walbridee. 2nd. BARRED P. ROCKS, Pullet Mating. Cock, D. C. Gurdane 1st. Cockerel, Wightman Bros., 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. BUFF P. ROCKS. Cockerel, J. Frank Hall, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Hen, J. Frank Hall 1st. Pullet, J. Frank Hall 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Pen, J. Frank Hall 1st. SPECIALS. Morrow County Poultry Association Offers $5 in gold for best pen of Rocks. Won by W. P. Hill. Morrow County Poultry Association Offers $5 in gold for best pen of Wyandottes. Won by W. Claud Cox. Morrow County Poultry Association Offers $5 in gold for the best pen of R. I. Reds. Won by Miss Thelma Herren. Morrow County Poultry Association Offers $5 in gold for the best pen of Orpingtons. Won by J. H. Bush. Morrow County Poultry Association Offers $5 in gold for the best pen in the Mediteranean class. Won bv E. C. Watklns. Oscar Borg Offers one Silver Lov ing Cup for Best Bird in show, to be won three times. (Won last year by Bert Stone, Golden Wyan dotte.) Won bv W. Claud Cox. First National Bank of Heppner Offers $5 In gold for five best mala birds. Won by Wightman Bros. First National Bank of Heppner Offers $5 in gold for the five best female birds. Won by W. Claud (Continued on page 6)