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VOL. 31. NO. 42.
HEl'I'XEK, OREGON, JANUARY U. 1915.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
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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
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ga.'i to arrive ami i' "m ihen until
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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)
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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)