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SCHOOL NOTES.
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SELLS BANK STOCK
W. S. Wharton, President of the
First .National Hank of Newberg
Disposes of Interests There.
Will Move to North
Viikinm.
(From the Newberg Enterprise).
President V. S. Wharton has Bold
his stock in the First National Bank
to Mr. M. H. Gait and has tendered
Ills resignation to take effect March
1. A meeting of the directors was
held Wednesday afternoon when the
resignation was occepted but the
election of his successor was post
poned until a meeting to be held la
ter. It was thought best to have all
of the directors present and the ill
ness of Mr. Amos Nelson compelled
his going home before all of the bus
iness coming before the board was
completed.
The fact that there was to be a
change in the management of the
hank has been known to the public
for some weeks. Recently there was
a change in the board of directors
elected at the annual meeting of
stockholders and W. H. Woodworth,
formerly connected with the bank
hut who, last October, went to Port
Townsend to accept a position in the
Merchants bank in that city, was
elected one of the directors.
Mr. Gait, who bought Mr. Whar
ton's stock, is a young man fresh
from the law department of Ann Ar
bor, Mich., University. His home has
been at Shenandoah, Iown, where his
family is held in high repute. He is
a young man of prepossessing ap
pearance and manners and cannot
fail to make friends for the bank.
Mr. Wharton has been president of
the First National Bank for a little
more than three years. He came
here with an extended banking ex
perience and has been indefatigable
In behalf of all the public concerns
of this city. He served two years as
president of the Commercial Club,
was active In bringing here many
well known men to talk upon dairy
ing, fruit and stock Industries, was
one of the main workers for the es
tablishment of the cannery and has
just closed a year's efficient service
as a member of its board of direct
ors. He has been during his resi
dence here one of Newberg's most
useful citizens.
Mr. Wharton has Interests at North
Yakima, Wash., and he has said that
he may locate there after a rest of a
few months. The home will be re
tained here until the close of the
school term, at which time hie daugh
ter, Miss Florence, will graduate
from the High school.
Mr. Wharton and family were resi
dents of Heppner for several years,
until the Bank of Heppner, of which
institution Mr. Wharton was cashier,
was consolidated with the First Na
tional Bank. Mr. Wharton then
bought interests In Newberg, and
moved with his family to that city.
They made many friends in Heppner
during their residence here, who will
wish them success wherever they may
go.
Christ inn Church Notes.
The fight is on. The Red and Blue
Contest started In the Sunday Sch6ol
last Sunday promises to be a real
Imttle. The captains are lining up
old and new members. If you are
not in Bible School some where else,
come out next Sunday and line up in
this membership contest.
Subject of pastor, T. S. Handsaker
next Sunday morning, "The Blblo
School Why?" Evening subject:
"Sabbath and Lords Day." Sunady
amusements and the desecration of
the Lord's Day will be handled with
out gloves.
At 2:30 there will be sen ices in
the M. E. church, South, at Lexing
ton. Subject, "Excuses." Special
music wiH be provided by singers
from Heppner.
The men of thee hurch and their
friends will lunch together at the
church Friday evening at 6:30.
Speeches on live topics will be the
order of the evening. A good time
Is assured.
AN APPRECIATION.
Through the kindness of my three
friends, Hon. Ben Selling of Port
land, Jerry Brosnan and John Kil
kenny, county commissioner, of
Heppner, who furnished bonds for
my release, I am now at liberty after
twom onths In the county jail. Dur
ing my Btay there, I was shown the
greatest courtesy by Sheriff McDuffee
and Depufy Willard Herren. I was
permitted the freedom of the corri
dor and court house, and have the
greatest praise for treatment accord
ed by all county officials. I will be
right here In Heppner from now on,
buying hides, pelts, wool and furs.
'Your fair treatment will be- greatly
appreciated by me.
(Paid adv.) FRANK WINER.
A Jolly Cooil Time Is Hud at the
Farm Home of Mr. and Mrs.
l.uxton McMurray on Khea
Creek.
F'riends and neighbors of Mr. and
Mrs. Laxton McMurray, who reside
on tho Henry Pad berg place on Rhea
creek, gathered at that home on Fri
day eevning to the number of forty
or more and had one of the greatest
times of their lives.
The occasion was the 2nd wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. McMur
ray, and this the second event of the
sort. The Padberg home Is situated
about seven miles up Rhea creek
from lone and the McMurray's enjoy
the friendship of a large number of
the folk of that little city. Hence it
was that about eight auto loads of
people pulled themselves over the
muddy roads from lone and joined
with other neighbors of the family In
the festivities of the evening.
The principal feature was a splen
did dinner prepared by the hostess,
served nearly entirely from the pro
duce of the farm. In fact everything
placed before the guests had been
prepared from the productions of the
farm and garden and the meal was a
sumptuous one. This is fully and ap
propriately testified to by the 46 peo
ple who surrounded the table.
Mr. and Mrs. McMurray are jolly
good folks and nothing pleases them
better than just such a visit as this
from their friends. Other entertain
ment was prepared for the guests and
games and music enlivened the eve
ning until a late hour. Places at the
table were chosen by chasing out a
number engaged somewhere in the
labyrinth of an extensive cobweb.
You caught up your strand of the
web and followed this out, no telling
where, until you came to a number
fastened to It which designated your
place at the table. The guests were
surprised at the extent of this cob
web for it ran from one room to an
other and certainly required much
work in its construction. It was the
means of creating a lot of jollity and
amusement.
At an appropriate time, Mr. and
Mrs. McMurray were presented with
an elegant rocker in a peat and fit
ting speech by Kev. J. L. Jones, of
lone, the gift of the friends present.
The guests then departed with show
ers of congratulations upon the host
and his good wife and felicitations
for their future welfare.
The following is a list of the guests
present: Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Brlstow,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McNabb, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Cronk, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Wilt, Mr and Mrs. S. E. Moore,
Mr. and Mrs! C. C. Chick, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Blako, Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Blake, Mr. and Mrs T. B. Buffilng
ton. Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Jones, Mr.
and Mrs. L. L. McMurray, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Bault and son, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Hughes, Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Low, Mrs. J. A. Waters and son,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Padberg, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Bryson, Mr and Mrs. L.
P. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Ben
der, Messrs. Ernest Rietman, Nelan
Page, E. T. Perkins, 0. B. Barlow,
L. E. Lundergan and Frank Christen
so n.
After writing up the McMurray
party from Information gathered
from one of the guests, we received
the following account from another
one, and gladly give it also:
Last Friday evening was a night
that will linger long In the memory
of a jolly crowd who wended their
way through mud and water in Fords
and automobiles to the home of L.
L. McMurray and wife on Khea
creek. The occasion being the sec
ond anniversary of their wedding,
Mr. McMurray had Invited his bro
ther Mason.s and a few more friends
to spend the evening at ills home.
On arriving there the Bitting room
was found to be literally full of twine
string resembling cobwebs. The
guests were called out two at a time
and each given a clothes pin with a
string tied to It, leading we knew not
where, and each were to wind up the
string until they came to the end,
where was found a number, and the
lady or gentleman who had the cor
responding number was the partner
for supper. After all were through
the tangle, the guests all sat down
to as fine a feast as was ever spread,
and everything placed before them
to eat was raised right on the ranch.
It would take too long to mention the
various items on the menu, but we
will remark In passing that Wes Mc
Nabb, and, well some of the ladles,
caused a plate of home-cured pickled
pigs feet to look mighty slim. Wes
said he believed he could have eaten
at least four more sets of pigs feet
had they given him time, but there
were so many other good things that
he had to make hay while the sun
shone. Ed Moore was rejoicing be
cause he was to eat at the first table
but his ticket called for him to look
after the babies and eat at the sec
ond sitting. Rev. J. L. Jones drew
a cartoon of the merry bunch, At
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Cerinun Buyers Are on Way West to
Contract Wool Direct From
(rowers.
The following night letter has been
received by T. J. Mahoney, cashier of
the First National Bank, from the
National Wool Growers:
T. J. Mahoney,
Heppner Oregon.
England has again placed the em
bargo on wool. Boston dealers are
speculating widely. Pull wool ad
vanced five cents over night. Buy
ers representing Germany on their
way west to contract wool from
growers. Outlook for an advanced
price is most excellent.
(Signed) National Wool Growers.
The above letter will be received
joyously by local wool growers.
Sheepmen here have never exper
ienced a better winter for condition
ing sheep, and the wool will be of ex
cellent quality. Twenty-five cent
wool is now In sight, and it is pre
dicted that the majority of the grow
ers will hold for a good price.
Attention is called to the adver
tisement of the Public Sale at the
A. W. Johnson place south of Hepp
ner. Mr. Johnson is offering all of
his personal property for sale and
you will find something there that
you need. Look this ad up.
ONE SCHOOL JAKES
INTEREST IN DEBATE
It was our pleasure to be present
on last Friday afternoon and listen
to a splendid program rendered by
the lone High School Literary. This
society is just beginning to get under
headway, and the debate on this oc
casion was the second they have par
ticipated in. While some of the par
ticipants were a little timid, the sub
ject discussed was handled quite well
and brought out the fact that the
high school of lone has some fine
material in the line of debaters, and
such that could well defend their in
stitution against the talent of the
other schools of the county. Prof.
Doak is an enthusiast along this line
of endeavor and believes much in de
veloping the minds of his pupils by
the exercising of their reasoning fac
ulties. He has in mind the develop
ment of a debating team and hopes
that It will not be long until a league
is formed of the schools In the Wil
low creek valley, their best debaters
brought out and some Interesting
contests held. Those taking part in
the debate on Friday were James
Tomlin and Mearl Blake, for the af
firmative and Kenneth Blake and
Lulu Calkins, negative. The ques
tion debated was "Resolved, that the
beauties of nature are more pleasing
to the eye than the arts of man."
Other interesting numbers were on
the close of the evening the host and
hostess were presented with a beau
tiful chair, and all of the guests were
invited back a year hence on the con
dition that they would bring no more
presents. Eight rubber tired vehicles
were used to transport the merry
bunch to the best feed of the season.
THE KEYNOTE TO
KEEP OREGON
SOLVES PROBLEM OF THE UNEMPLOYED
IT IS good business and good citizenship to give
preference to everything produced in this Com
monwealth. The more "Oregon Productions"
are used the richer the State becomes, and the more
money her people have to spend with you and other
Oregonians. fiThere are no unemployed when money
is plentiful. flYour personal interest is best served
when you use your influence in favor of, and have
your life insured in Oregon Life, Oregon's successful
life insurance company. Oregon Life is the only
company which does business exclusively in Health
ful and Peaceful Oregon. K h'egon Life gives super
ior service and superior results to policy holders.
HA 11 money collected by Oregon Life is promptly re
turned to Oregon circulation. We invest in Oregon
securities only, thereby helping in the upbuilding of
a greater Oregon, and solving the problem of the un
employed. UGive Us an opportunity to show you our
superior policy contracts and insurance rates. Home
office, Corbett Building, Portland, Oregon. A. L.
Mills, President; L. Samuel, General Manager; W.
8. Bowen, Special Agent for Morrow County.
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Locals Add to Winning's By Defeat
ing Basket Ball Team From
tl.e Irrigation Town.
Heppner met and defeated the
Hermiston High School basket ball
team on the local floor last Friday
night by a score of 29 to 19. Al
though there was a wide difference
in the score, there was not such a
wide difference in the playing of the
two teams, and for good, aggressive
team work, Hermiston took the lead.
In Blakeslee and Longhorn, the Ir
rlgationists have two forwards who
are exceptionally good basket Bhoot
ers. The slick floor worried the vis
iting team some, but they seemed to
get over the floor in fast time. Yea
ger, for Heppner at guard, played
the best game for his side, and was
high point winner in the number of
baskets annexed.
The game was free from rough
ness. Shotwell, Hermiston guard,
was Injured when he ran into the el
bow of an opposing player, and Johns
replaced him in the second half. A
good crowd witnesses the game.
The two teams were as follows:
Hermiston Longhorn and Blakes
lee, forwards; Boynton, center; Gunn
and Shotwell, guards; Johns, sub.
Heppner Crawford and Hiatt,
forwards; Hughes, center; Turner,
Yeager and Jones, guards; Hayes,
sub.
the program, such as recitations,
readings, sougs and dialogues, and
we wish to say that the people of our
sister city should be proud of the tal
ent possessed by the pupils of their
high school.
In this connection we will mention
that Prof. Doak has been retained as
principal of the lone school on a two
year contract. He has Introduced
much "new work Into the school this
year and is planning better things
for the future, in all of his plans
behjiF heartily supported by the
pdfib'ftyjcru. In the furtherance of
these plans, it is found necessary to
add more room to the present build
ing and this is to be done during the
present summer by raising the build
ing up and putting in a basement.
In this will be installed a complete
heating plant, and rooms and appara
tus for the domestic science and man
ual training departments.
The high school has an enrollment
of 34 this year and the pupils are do
ing good work.
J. H. Hamilton and wife of Port
land, were in Heppner Tuesday, on
their way to Hamilton, to visit with
Mr. Hamilton's father, who lives at.
that place. This is Mr. Hamilton's
first visit at home in many years.
The town of Hamilton was named for
liis father.
Dr. G. S. Hunter and faniiiy are in
the city and will probably locate in
some part of Eastern Oregon. Mr.
Hunter has not decided just where
he will locate, but has gone to Mon
ument with n view of looking into
conditions there. They are nice peo
ple and we should feel fortunate if
they would decide to remain with us.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have two child
ren. They formerly lived in Califor
nia. OREGON PROSPERITY
MONEY IN OREGON
By Snpt. S. E. Notson.
The Child Welfare Commission
has inaugurated a campaign for rais
ing funds with which to finance the
w ork of tho organization. The dates
of the campaign are the 17th to the
20th of February, Inclusive. Gov
ernor Withycombe has issued a proc
lamation designating Feb. 17 as
Child Welfare Day. One method of
raising money for this cause is for
the school children to sell flags. If
pupils who will undertake to sell
flags on the 17th will report to me
throughtheir teachers at once, I will
try to supply them with the flags
which will be furnished by the com
mission. The unsold flags will be re
turnsd. This Is a worthy cause, and
it Is bound that it will be generously
supported.
Strayer's "Teaching Process" has
been added to the list of reading cir
cle books. This will also be the ba
sis of the examination in theory and
practice at the June examination.
The State University has been
making some investigations In regard
to the germs which are scattered
with the dust of the school room.
Sterilized gelatin discs exposed five
minutes in a room the floor of which
had not been oiled, within a short
time showed more than a thousand
colonies of microbes. Similar discs
exposed in a similar room the floors
of which had been oiled a few days
before showed only eight weak colon
ies of microbes. While all of these
were not of the diseas peroducing
types, the possibilities of limiting
the spread of disease by simply treat
ing the school room floors with hot
linseed oil are shown. If about two
ounces of parafin wax Is melted in a
gallon of oil the results will be bet
ter, especially if the floor is old.
In reply to inquiries as to a for
mula for making a white wash suit
able for whitewashing outbuildings,
the following is the formula used by
the government in whitewashing
light houses and parts of the White
House: Half a bushel of lime should
be slacked in boiling water and cov
ered during the process to keep in
the steam. It is then strained
through a fine sieve, and a peck of
common salt, previously dissolved, In
warm water, is added to It. Three
pounds of ground rice boiled to a
thin pasty mass should then be
stirred, while hot, into the mixture.
Next add one-half pound of Spanish
whiting and one pound of glue, melt
ed in a glue pot. Add five gallons
of water and allow the mixture to
stand for five days, keeping well cov
ered to keep out dirt. One pint will
cover a square yard. It may be tint
ed as desired by adding to it paint
powders used by painters in coloring
paints.
A Good Man Passes Away.
W. E. McKlnney, aged 76 years,
died in Texhoma, Monday, Jan. 18th,
at 7:15 p. m. On Wednesday at 11
a. m., funeral services were conduct
ed at the Methodist church by Rev,
George L. Wolfe in the presence of
hundreds of friends, after which the
remains were followed to the Texas
cemetery by a large funeral cortege,
where interment was made.
Mr. McKinney and family came to
Texhoma from Colorado more than a
year ago and their friends are num
bered by those who have made their
acquaintance. Mr. McKinney was a
good, clean, Christian gentleman.
The regrets in the loss of such a man'
as he, are great.
The wife, one daughter and one
son composed the family who resided
with the husband and father, and
one son who is making his home else
where was present to attend the fu
neral, all of whom, besides many
other relatives are left to attest the
sad departure of their kinsman.
The Times joins the may friends
in extending condolence to the be
reaved relatives in their hours of
grief and sorrow. Texhoma (Okla
homa) Times.
Willis McKinney was for many
years a resident of Morrow county,
living on McKinney creek on a por
tion of the place now owned by Chas.
Fuller. This was in the early pion
eer days of this section and the little
creek took Its name from him. In
those days he ran cattle and later en
gaged in the sheep business. He will
be remembered by many of the older
settlers here.
Mr. McKinney located here In
1870, coming from the Willamette
Valley. He was a native of the state
of Missouri. His first wife was Mar
garet C. Adkins, sister of J. J. Ad
kins, of this city. She died in Hepp
ner in November, 1S80. Mr. Mc
Kinney disposed of his place here
shortly afterwards and In 1883 de
parted for Missouri, going by the way
of Montana, where he sold his sheep,
after running them there for a time.
In later years he had resided in
Berthoud, Colorado, and about a year
ago removed to Oklahoma, where he
had property interests. Mr. McKin
ney will be remembered by his old
friends here as a man of fine char
acter and a neighbor and citizen of
worth.
ADVERTISED AT FAIR
Pamphlets Telling of Our Wonderful
Resources Will Be Given Out
For Publicity at San
Francisco.
At the meelng of the Heppner
Commercial Club Monday evening,
W. W. Smead, secretary of the Mor
row County Fair Board, told of the
necessity of having some concise
facts in printed form to distribute to
visitors in conjunction with the, ex
hibit from this county at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition which opens
in San Francisco on the 20th of this
month. Upon the motion of Mr.
Smead, president Notson appointed
a committee of three to collect the
proper data which they will prepare
for the printer. C. C. Patterson, J.
A. Waters and W. W. Smead compose
this committee. The pamphlet will
contain about a thousand words and
will be in the form of a folder of
eight pages. Upon motion of J. P.
Conder, a finance committee was ap
pointed. The club went on record as being
opposed to any change in the sched
ule of the Hardman-Heppner mail
route, in regard to the new route to
Monument. The club is much op
posed to a night drive from Heppner
to Hardman, as was suggested by Mr.
Carsner. The petitions for the new
route have been drawn up, one being
sent to Monument and the other to
R. J. Carsner near Spray. In their
work, the committee, consisting of
J. J. Nys, J. L. Wilkins and A. M.
Phelps, was greatly assisted by Em
met Cochran and E. C. Keeny of
Monument, who are thoroughly con
versant with conditions and people
in their section.
Mr. Smead, on behalf of the Mor
row County Fair Association, regis
tered a kick against holding a colt
show in the Spring. Mr. Smead's be
lief is, that a greater good for all con
cerned will be derived by holding the
colt show at the time of the county
fair in the fall. Every show held In
dependently of the fair, calls for an
appropriation, and Inasmuch as the
court makes allowances for shows
and fairs of $1000, the fair appro
priation is cut down so much, and
thereby detracting from instead of
adding to tht. success of the fair. It
is considered probable that the colt
show will bo held in the fall as a
special feature of the Third Annual
Morrow County Fair.
In order that the resources of Mor
row county may be exploited at every
possible opportunity, the Heppner
Commercial Club is asking all farm
ers who have photographs of their
homes, or ranch scenes of any at
tractive nature, to donate the same
to the club for publicity purposes.
Catholic Church Services.
Sunday, February 14th.
First Mass, 8:00 a. m.
Second Mass, 10:30 a. m.
Christian Doctrine, 11:30 a. m.
Evening Devotions, 7:30 p. m.
The subject of the sermon for sec
ond mass will be "The Obligations
of Superiors." In the evening the
subject will be "The Authenticity of
the Pentateuch."
Heppner Woman at Hospital.
Mrs. C. L. Keithley of Heppner
this morning underwent an operation
at St. Anthony's hospital to relieve
a diseased condition of one of her
jaw bones, the Drs. Boyden perform
ing the operation.- E. O.
NOTRE TO DOG- OWXF.HS.
The marshal has been instructed
to impound all dogs found within the
city limits without a license tag. All
dogs impounded will be killed after
two days unless owner calls for same
and pays cost of impounding. .
Owners of dogs are requested to
bear in mind that it is their place to
get the license tag from the recorder
and that the marshal will not hunt
them up and tell them to do so.
This action is taken for the public
welfare and should have the hearty
co-operation of the people of Hepp
ner. W. W. SMEAD,
Mayor.
Mil. FAUMF.lt Have you any
good photographs of your home,
farm scenes, pictures of stock, or
landscape views?
It you have any such pictures,
the HEPPNER COMMERCIAL
CLUB would like to have them.
PHOTOGRAPHS of the right
kind tell more than many words,
and the Club intends to use them
for publicity purposes in its work
to f
PUT MORROW COUNTY OX
THE MAP.
Send them in to the Heppner
Commercial Club, Heppner, Ore.