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LlrcaiiL',. rillll.ll.,. rrrnrrnTTH VOL. 31. NO. 44. HEPPNER, OREGON, JANUARY 28, 1915. SUBSCRIPTION, fl.50 PER VE.R (3r "Tl 1 JCllS IDEAL MAIL ROUTE IS One Route Woulil Serve Hardman, Spray Territory and Monument, Kays Wheeler County Man. A mall route from Heppner, which would serve Hardman, Parkers Mill, territory adjacent to Spray, Hay Ktack Valley and Monument, Is being proposed by R. J. Carsner of Spray, who has been in Heppner the past week taking the matter up with the local business men and the Heppner Commercial Club. According to Mr. Carsner, mail for Hardman would leave Heppner in the evening, going from Hardman to Monument the next day. He is agi tating a daily service. There are 75 families in the Haystack region who could be Berved on this route between Spray and Monument, who at the present time are not on any mail route according to Mr. Carsner. "The establishing of this route would possibly mean the re-establishing of a post-office at Wagner," xatd Mr. Carsner. When asked why he had not planned the route to in clude Spray, he said: "Spray is now being served from a route from Con don by the way of Fossil and they are satisfied; it Is the people of Hay stack and Monument, who do their trading in Heppner that are clamor ing for the new route." Mr. Carsner says that he has a personal interest in the matter, but it is of far more Importance to Hepp ner than to any one individual, therefore he is asking the people of Heppner to get behind the proposi tion and give it all their support. Mr. Carsner is having a petition drawn up which will be circulated among the many residents of. his sec tion in a short time. Pendleton Has Two Mayors. Pendleton has two mayors, John Dyer, as chairman of the council, has been acting mayor since the death of Mayor W. F. Matlock, several months ago. Friday the . council adopted a resolution electing R. F. Kirkpatrick mayor. Quo warranto proceedings wtfl be instituted in the circuit courttomorrow by Dyer, cal ling upon tlie newly chosen execu tive to show by what authority he claims the office. The case will then be rushed through the courts as rap idly as possible until the supreme court decides which, if either, of these men shall be mayor. Attorneys insist that it will be necessary to hold a special election. The question was brought up by a Chicago trust company, which pur chased the last issue of water bonds, but which refused to accept them when Blgned by Dyer as mayor until the courts had ruled that he is enti tled to sign them. Spokesman-Re-vew. E The United States Civil Service Commission announces that a Fourth Class Postmaster Examination will he held February 20, 1915, for the purpose of establishing eligible regis ters from which selections may be made to fill positions at $500 per annum or more in the cities of Glen dale, Hammond, lone, Merlin, New Pine Creek and Oswego. The lone examination will he held In Hepp ner. These examinations are open only to persons who reside within the territory of the office at which appointments are to be made, and who meet the other requirements of the regulations. Applications may be secured from the postmaster at the office for which examinations are announced or from the U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. Applicants are urged to apply for and file applications at once. Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 26, 1915. Emphasizing the fact that freight solicitation brings about a more intimate rela tion of the shipper and the consignee through the efforts of the railroad to furnish better service to the ship per, that it keeps the shipper in touch with the market conditions, that it furnlBhes him with special trains affording a quick delivery of goods, better adjustments In case of losses, and that practical experience is necessary for successful solicita tion, E. F. Lounsbury, General Freight Agent of the O-W. R. & N. Co., recently spoke before the stu dents In the department of Econ omics and Business. This lecture was given In connection with the newly Inaugurated course on rail road problems. Mr. Lounsbury's lec ture was the first of a series of six addresses which' Prof. Ralph E. George has arranged to have given by officials of the different railroads and various public utility officials of the northwest. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Spring training has started if the numerous jumping standards set around the campus mean anything. As this is the first year that Hepp ner High has had a chance to do any thing In tht line of track athletics the students are very enthusiastic and prospects at tills time are very encouraging. The early part of the afternoon session Monday was taken up with a student body meeting. Many matters were brought up for consideration; among them being the disposition of funds received from the Lyceum course and othtr entertainments which the school has in view. It was decided that all money over and above expenses, received from the Lyceum course be turned over to the board, and all money from other en tertainments be retained by the high school and used in defraying ath letic, library and other student body expenses. Election 01 omcers was next disposed of and the following were elected to serve for the second semester: David Wilson, '16, pres ident; Ina Johnson, '15, secretary; Tom Hughes, '16, Sergtant-at-arms; Prof. Hoffman was retained as treas urer. After the election the new president succeded retiring president Harley Adkins as chairman of the meeting and the matter of renting the South Heppner Tenis Club's courts for the coming tournament was discussed. The president ap pointed Tom Hughes and Loren Mikesell as a committee to arrange this matter and Instructed them to report as soon as possible. The prop osition of general manager of ath letics was introduced by Manager Morgan, who maintained that the position called for more time and at tention than one person could af ford to give. A motion was carried to do away with the position of gen eral manager and a committee was apointed to take his place. Harley Adkins, Harry Morgan and Earl Gordon compose this committte and athletics are expected to prosper un der their management. The second semester is starting with the students very enthusiastic and there is promise of a better show ing at the end of the year than there was at the end of the first semester. The "Oregon" program given by the literary society, will be some what of an Innovation but neverthe less will be very interesting. The patrons are invited to attend and are assured that it will be time well spent. The date is Friday, January 29.. The high school literary society held its semi-annual election of of ficers Monday afternoon, and the fol lowing will serve that organization for the second semester: President, Harley Adkins; vice-president, Tom Hughes; secretary, Clarence Scriv- ner; Treasurer, Henry Peterson; Sergeant-at-arnis, Lamont Slocum; critique, Miss Schwlttay. Ilcppnei's Library Grows. The public library was increased tills week when 112 new books were received. The library now contains 828 volumes of various kinds of reading matter. Maynairi l.ee Daggy Cuming. The next number on the Lyceum course will be a lecture by the noted educator and orator, Maynard Lee Daggy. The subject of Mr. Daggy's lecture will be. "The Gospel of the Commonplace." The time will be February 9. Maynard Lee Daggy, as a truly educational lecturer, is known not merely in certain localities or states, but his reputation is nation-wide. In the educational world he is represen tative of the best university culture and believes In utilizing the results of study and research In a practical way. He is the type of speaker that has a vital message for every aud ience and for everyone In the aud ience. Among his most popular sub jects are: "Anglo-Saxon Grit,' "Twentieth Century Education" and "The Gospel of the Commonplace." The last-named Is a great favorite His lectures present the highest ideals of education and right living, and with the trained ability of scholar and the graces of an orator, he exhibits intense moral earnest ness. His language is always choice, and ills lectures are classic in their fidelity to the most critical standard. The Farmers' Union of this coun ty is taking up the matter of irriga tion as it concerns this county and our neighbor, Gilliam county. It seems that a vast amount of agitation must precede action along these lines, and the Union thinks it is time to agitate a little more vlrog ously. The Unlou will ask the co operation of the commercial clubs in the two counties, The matter will be taken up by the Commercial Club tomorrow night. It is a pretty big problem, but nothing can be lost by tackling it. LOCALS DEFEAT IDE ii Exciting Contest Results in 31 to 29 Victory For Homo Team. Many Fouls on Both Sides. The local team added another vic tory to their list for the season last Saturday night when The Dalles High School team was defeated by the close score of 31 to 29. The game was just as close as the score Indicates, and is was anybody's game up to the very last minute of play. Many fouls were called on both sides, although the game was played n good clean fashion. Steers and Tyler for the visitors were high point winners and Tyler's basket shooting at times was spectacular. Steers, who has an established reputation as a foot ball player, does not fall far behind in the indoor sport, and his playing Saturday night was the back bono of The Dalles defense. Cohen played a good game at guard. The ideals went into the game han dicapped with insufficient practice, which means poor team work. It was feared that the absence of Karn and Cochran at guard would prove disas trous, but the work of Yeager and Wright was excellent, all things con sidered. Morgan did great work at center, as usual, and he proved in vincible to the visitors, when it came to pushing the ball up into the basket. Hiatt and Crawford, who filled the forward positions did not play up to their standard, having poor success in connecting with the baskets. A large crowd witnessed thb game, and enthusiasm was in tense at all periods. The Dalles coach served as referee and William O'Rourke gave satisfaction as um pire. Aiken and Hughes were time keepers. Of interest to all woolgrowers in this and adjoining states is a move ment recently inaugurated to es tablish a big wool warehouse . in Portland to handle the clip from all flocks in this territory, thus elimin ating the speculator and broker who have heretofore cut deeply into the annual receipts of the sheep men. Under the new plan all wool will be graded here and the producer will be advised exactly what his wool is worth. It is estimated that this plan will net the woolmen from 3 to 5 cents per pound over former prices. Mr. Notson To Citizens. To the Business Men of Heppner: While I was In attendance at the Irrigation Congress at Portland, 1 was elected president of the Hepp ner Commercial Club. If I accept this position, it means that I must give time, thought and energy to matters of public interest. This I am ready to do, and I hope that every citizen of Heppner will be ready and willing to co-operate. If we expect to accomplish anything through the club, we must all be ready to lend a hand. Fifteen or twenty members can do something, but ninety or a hundred cr.n do infinitely more. If a commercial club is worth any thing to a community, it must have in it the people who are interested in seeing the community go ahead, who believe that it is worth the w hile to pull together. We may not be able to do all the things that have been done by clubs in other places, but we can do some things. 1 visit ed a number of towns recently and I noticed that the towns that are mak ing progress are the towns with live commercial clubs. We should get together and discuss matters of common interest. We may differ widely in our views, but the club is the place to work out our differences, as far as possible, and to agree upon some plan of action. The club should be a place for free dis cussion, but we must not stop at the mere discussion. We must make up our minds to do some of the things which can be done. I believe that the club has accomplished much good in the past. We may have made some mistakes, but they should be made use of to guide us toward right lines They should not be made bones of contention. There will be a meeting of the club at the Odd Fellows hall to morrow night, at 7:30. Every mem ber of the club should make it a point to be there. Every citizen of Heppner who believes that the club can be .made a factor In the develop ment of the community should be present, and, If not a member, be come a member. In union there is strength, Is an old and true adage. Let us pull together. Respectfully, S. E. NOTSON. Writer of Valueless Checks Bound Over to Grand Jury. Oliver Wisby of Monument was bound over to the grand jury under three hundred dollars bond, in the hearing before Justice Cornett last Monday afternoon. Mr. Wisby, who Is a Grant county farmer and stockman, came to Hepp ner last week and made several pur chases from various business houses in tuo eity and paid for the same in checks on the First National Bank of this city. His first offense was made when he bought $3.00 worth of beans from Frank Fuchs at the Heppner Bakery. He also bought some paint and paper from Vickers and Summerfield, a purchase amount ing to about $2.20. He gave Mr. Vickers a check for $10.00 receiving change fn return, less the amount of purchase. These checks were re fused payment on presentation at the bank on account of "no funds." In the meantime Mr. Wisby had left for his home in the interior. He was brought back to Heppner by deputy sherff, Willard Herren. At one time, in the early part of September, 1914, Wisby had made a deposit 'at the First National Bank of $80. This was checked out and a statement was mailed from the bank notifying the accused that his ac count had expired. Wisby claims that he never received the statement and believed his credit good. He has retained S. E. Van Vactor as his at torney, i Many Horses Sold in Baker. Baker, Ore., Jan. 23. A shipment of 600 horses for the French cavalry and artillery was made by William Russell, of Walla Walla, contractor for the French government. The horses, In a train of 25 cars will go by rail to New York and be shipped from there to France. . Other horses already are being as sembled at the fairgrounds. Mr. Russell sald his sub-contractors are Bombinc Pine Valley and Eagle Val ley, and soon will send in several hundred horses from that section. Horses which are accepted are bring ing from $90 to $115. E. O. Catholic Church Services. Sunday, January 31st. First Mass, 7:30, a. m. Evening Devotions, 7:30 p. m. Next Sunday there will be Mass in lone at 10:30 a. m. At the evening Devotions in Heppner the fourth ser mon of the course on the divinity of the Christian religion will be given. The subject of next Sunday evening's sermon will be "The Cri terion of Certainty in Matters of Faith." If the continuing appropriations are cut off by the legislature, it is quite probable that the appropria tion for the county fairs will be among those cut off. If this appro priation should be cut off, it will bring to the front the question of the future of our county fair. We will have to face the problem of fi naming the fair ourselves, or else abandon it. If we wish the state ap propriation continued, it is time we are getting busy and saying so to our members of the legislature. This question might well receive the at tcntion of the Commercial Club to morrow night. The Commercial Club of Roseburg has sent a com munication to the club here asking that our club join them in a request that the legislature use the pruning knife freely. Everybody is in favor of economy, but just where to begin is something of a problem. Come out to the club and give expression to your views. W. E. Davidson and wife returned from their honeymoon on Wednes day evening. Mrs. Davidson was formerly Miss Harriett A. Edwards. second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J H. Kd wards, of Sand Hollow, and the young people were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Thomson, of Athena, on Sunday January 17, and knowledge of the event has been kept from their Hepp ner friends until their return home The young people will continue their residence in this county. This pa per joins their many friends in wish ing them much joy and happiness. The family of A. M. Phelps is en joying a visit from Mrs. Anna Yuhl and little son of Portland. Mrs. Yuhl is a sister of Mr. Phelps. An up-to-date dwelling for sale plenty of fruit for family use; good location. Price reasonable. See Smead & Crawford. REQUESTEDTO PRONE SCHOOL NOTES. By Sunt. S. E. Notson. The circulars of information in regard to the reading circle work have not been received at the office yet. I would suggest that teachers who are ready to begin work might write to Prof. H. D. Sheldon, Exten sion Department, University of Ore gon, Eugene, and ask him for en rollment blanks. Teachers should nut delay taking up the work. The University is trying to make the work much more valuable than it has been heretofore, and the plan will certainly proe satisfactory to teach ers and superintendents alike. At a reception tendered Mr. T. J. Gary, the new principal of the Brook lyn school in Portland, Supt. Alder man said that he had found Mr. Gary "a valuable educator, alert, ac tive, sympathetic, and progressive; that the most humble pupil will have Mr. Gary's sympathy and encourage ment." Speaking somewhat along the same line, Prof. Rugh, of the University of California, said, at the State Teachers' Association, "In the past we have treated children as small editions of grown up people. This is a mistake. And the truly successful teacher is the one who can get the child's view-point and sym pathize with him in his work, his trials, and his problems." A man who holds a prominent official posi tion in the state and who is also a member of the board of education of his town, some time ago, in making some investigation concerning a lady who had applied for a position in the schools of his town, asked, "Does she have a real Interest in her pupils, or is she interested only In a 'pro fessional' way? Does she really sympathize with the pupils in thejr truggles?" Our late writers on ped agogy are emphasizing this qualifica tion of the teacher. They do not advocate a soft, gushing sort of sym pathy which is expressed in many words, but a real, heartfelt interest in the pupil and his work. As teach ers, let us cultivate this side of our nature, and we will be able to reach many a pupil who finds school work rksome. It is a pleasure to note the num ber of teachers who are acquiring skill in the Palmer system of pen manship. Miss Ida Olson, of Dis trict No. 28, will pardon me for say ing that the speciman of her writipg recently received at this office is one of the best that has been produced in the county. I wish every teacher in the county might take advantage of the free correspondence course of fered by the Palmer Company. REWARD. 1 will give $20 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot my dog. GONG LANE. LOST Weed chains for automo bile, somewhere between Heppner and the G. W. Sperry place, one mile south of town. Finder please notify this office. tf. MAPLE CIRCLE INSTALLS Maple Circle, Women of Wood craft, held their annual installation in the I. O. O. F. hall Monday night. After the installation a pleasing pro gram was given. The following of ficers were installed : Guardian Neigh bor, Mrs. Tom Boyd; Past Guardian Neighbor, Mrs. Elsia Devore; Ad visor, Mrs. Lulu Herren; Magician, Mrs. M. Church; Captain of the Guards, Mrs. Luzetta Baldwin; Sec retary. Mrs. Rose Richardson; Ban ker, Mrs. Cora Crawford; Attendant, Miss Altliea Devin; Inner Sentinel Mrs. Olive J. Campbell; Outer Sen tinel. Mrs. Rebecca Tenland; Mu sician, Miss Edith Thorley; Mana gers, Mrs. Margaret Cox, Mrs. Kate Slocum and Mrs. Louretta Yeager The program of the evening opened with a piano selection by Miss Vir ginia Crawford. Miss Marion Long sang a pleasant solo which called for an encore. Miss Thorley also sang and played her own accompan iment. Hughie Currin and Charles Church each spoke a piece and they were well received. After the big feed in the dining room, games of different kinds were indulged in by those present. Elra Hayes enter tained with a vocal solo and Mrs. Hugh Currin made a speech on "Wo men's Rights,' which made a decided hit with the ladies in the audience and made mere man more fully un derstand his Insignificant position in this world. About two hundred and fifty people enjoyed the evening's program. Rose Festival Slogan Chosen. "The Whole World Knows the Portland Rose" will be the advertis ing slogan for the 1915 Rose Festi val of Portland. J. C. Cooper, of McMinnville Is the composer, and his was chosen out of some 4000 or, 5000 slogans which were submitted to the committee in charge. A prize of $25 has been awarded to Mr. Cooper. PLEASES AUDIENCE Pupil of Leschitlzky, Master Piano, Presents Classirais at High School Auditorium. of A fair sized audience greeted F'rancis Richter last evening at the High School auditorium! Whether the many not present were afraid of the chilly weather, or naturally have an aversion to entertainment of a higher order, it is not the purpose of this article to state, but it is ap propriate to remark that the few who did bravo the weather and who de sired to hear something good were many times more than paid for their trouble. Francis Richter is truly one of the great pianists of the age. The program last evening was one of exceptional merit from the class ical standpoint. It must be admitted that from the standpoint of under standing the music was too heavy for most of us, but with this and other shortcomings on the part of the aud ience all could not help but feel that they were in the presence of a mas ter. From the first number, Rondo Capriccioso, Mendelssohn, to the last. Rhapsodle Espagnole, Lizst, Mr. Richter held his audience. After the third number, Sonata Waldstein, Beethoven, responded to an encore with Beethoven's "Ruin of Athens", a piece of most inspiring military music. This made such an impres sion on the audience that he was called back the second time and gave the same piece. Again, following the playing of two Chopin numbers he responded to the encore with Dvork's Humoresque. In this number he dis played an exceptional delicacy of touch and knowledge of interpreta tion. In fact, throughout the entire program each piece was played as it shou'.d be. Francis Richter la not wholly un acquainted to Heppner people. There are many here who recall his visit of twelve years ago when a lad of six teen. At that time he was considered somewhat of a marvel and it was freely predicted that he would some day be a great pianist. His playing then was what he now considers as "Vaudeville" and something which has long since ceased to command his attention. After his visit in Hepp ner little was heard of him until about five years ago when the music loving public of Portland thought it was about time this blind marvel was giveu a chance to develop the won derful talent with which he was en dowed and the result was that Mr. Richter was sent to Europe. Ob-, taining a hearing with Leschetizky lie immediately won a place in that great master's esteem and became his pupil for two years. Young Rich ter's capacity for interpreting the works of the great masters appealed to Leschetizky and the great teacher spent his best efforts in giving his pupil the proper finish. After two years at Vienna, Richter traveled and studied in Western Europe, spending most of his time in Paris and London. Mr. Richter is accompanied on his tours by his mother, who aids him in getting on and off the stage and otherwise attends to the details of management. She is very proud of her boy and he in turn is greatly de voted to his mother. Heppner can indeed feel fortunate in receiving a visit from so notable a performer. To some it may seem a bit strange that such talent may be obtained in a town of this size. This was explained by Mrs. Richter, who said that the small places are enti tled to hear good things as well as the big places and It is the small towns where the best work of educa tion is being carried on. In Europe the greatest artists are heard in the smaller places at a very nominal sum. Why not in America? The Richters returned to Port land this morning where Francis has a class. His work created a profound impression here and future visits will be looked forward to with great pleasure. Some More Railroad Dope. "Our community thinks your rail road oughter furnish a couple more trains per day. We're going to take the matter to the legislature too.' "Hut very few people in your com munity travel." "Maybe not. But we like to see the cars go by. Judge. The new Fashion Book of Spring Styles from Victor Ladles Tailoring Co. of Chicago, has arrived. Mrs. L. G. Herren, local representative, will take pleasure In showing you the latest styles. . 2t.