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FOBMER GAZETTE EDIT-
red Warnock Wiw One of Oregon's
Pioneer Journalists Was Well
And Favorably Known Here.
Fred Warnock, for several yearB
editor and publisher of the Heppner
Gazette, dropped dead near West
Stayton Saturday while enroute by
stage to Stayton. The body was tak
en to Silverton, Mr. Warnock's old
home town, where burial was made
Tuesday under the auspices of the
B. P. O. Elks, of which order he was
a member. At the time of his death,
Mr. Warnock was serving in the ca
pacity of city editor of the Beuton
County Republican, at Corvallis.
Mr. Warnock was born on a farm
near Silverton, 46 years ago, and
learned the printer's trade on the pa
pers of that city, starting In when he
was 12 years old. He was reputed to
he one of the fastest hand composit
ors on the Pacific Coast. Mr. War
nock came to Heppner in 1900, at
which time, In partnership with Ed
Michell, he purchased the Heppner
Gazette from J. W. Reddington. La
ter he assumed entire control of the
paper and published the same until
1910, when lie sold out to the pres
ent owner. After disposing of his
Heppner interests, Mr. Warnock re
turned to his home town, Silverton,
where he started the Silverton Jour
nal. After editing that paper for a
few months, he soldjjut, and for the
past 15 months he had held a posi
tion on the Benton County Republi
can at Corvallis.
Deceased is survived by a wife,
who was at Lents at the time of his
death; two brothers, Clark and John
Warnock of SilvertcV, and two sis
ters, Mrs. Jane Ogle of Auroro, and
Mrs. Sarah Ryan, of Mineral, Idaho.
There were no children.
Special Lecture. ,
Mrs. Jean Morris Ellis, who has
appeared twice before in Heppner in
a course of lectures on Phrenology
and kindred subjects, Is at the Chris
tian church tills week. At the open
ing lecture last night the house was
well fillea indicatlg that the nianv
friends of Mrs. Kills were still Inter
ested in her message.
At the close of the lecture four
of the well known young people of
the town were called to the platform
for character delineations.
Mrs. Elite's subjects for the week
are as follows:
Tonight (Thursday) "Sane and
Hysterical."
Friday "Vocational Guidance and
Elliclency." A lecture especially of
interest to young people.
Sunday, 3 p. m. Women only
"Woman's Opportunity and Responsi
bility In the Present Crisis."
7:30 p. m. "In His Steps."
Monday "Soul Discipline Hyp
notism, Suggestion, Telepathy Shall
these forces be a blight or a bless
ing?" Tuesday Men only "Paying the
Price." A woman's message to men.
Wednesday "Love, Courtship and
Marriage."
All lectures will be free except the
last. For this an admission fee of
25 cents will be charged.
Richard Peterson, rising young
fanner of Rood Canyon, was a Hepp
ner visitor yesterday. The farmers
are very busy in Ills section turning
over the ground and preparing for
spring work.
W. P.. Finley was in from the
North End today.
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METHOD
OF K.XTKKMIXATIXU I
COYOTKS.
(From the Forest Service, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Portland
office).
In view of the prevalence of rabies
among coyotes in eastern Oregon, the
district forester at Portland, Oregon,
has announced the results of some
very effective work that has been
done by the Forest Service in de
stroying these animals. Of all the
predatory animals killed in the dis
trict last year by Forest officials, 31
per cent were killed on the Malheur
National Forest by a method which
Supervisor Bingham has found very
successful. In one month last win
ter Mr. Bingham killed 32 coyotes in
the vicinity of John Day, devoting
only half his time to the work. For
the benefit of those who have been
the victims of these mad animals, an
extract from Supervisor Bingham's
report on his method of dealing with
the coyotes is given herewith:
"A poison should be selected that
will lose its effectiveness in a short
time after being placed, bo that in
case it is not picked up by a coyote
It will do no damage. The North
west Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis,
Minn., Bells a poison of this charac
ter in the shape of a small capsule
containing enough poison to immed
iately kill a coyote. The price is
$1.75 per 100 capsules. In ordering
these capsules, It must be stated for
what purpose they are intended so
that the proper size will be secured.
Different sized capsules are required
for different animals. These cap
sules are called .Uiredeath poison
capsules.'
"To prepare capsules for use, take
a roll of old butter, preferably a lit
tle rancid. Warm it until it is soft
enough to handle well, but not
enough to melt it. Care must he
used not to touch the butter with
the hands. Use a small wooden pad
dle that has no human scent to it.
With this paddle cut off a piece of
butter about the size of a marble,
lay it on an unscented board and
flatten it out; place the capsule on
the strip of butter;' roll the butter
around the capsule, leaving it as
nearly round as possible. Take a
small pair of wooden pincers and
place the butter rolls In a jar that
is free from scent. Never use metal
to handle the butter or capsules
always wood."
Then let the butter rolls freeze or
harden and keep them in a coo!
place until used. The carcass of an
old cow or horse should be used as
bait a fresh carcass preferred.
Place the bait on top of knoll or
hill, such as coyotes frequent. Avoid
ground covered with brush. Do not
kill the bait by shooting, but by sev
ering the main arteries in the neck.
All operations must be done from
horseback, so that no odor will be
left on the ground to keep the coy
otes away. Throw two or three doz
en capsules around the carcass, eith
er in the snow or under natural de
bris. In conclusion, Mr. Bingham
says :
"Too much emphasis cannot be
laid on the necessity of leaving no
human scent, either on the poisoned
rolls of butter, or on the ground
about the carcass. Firearms should
never be carried. One might occa
sionally be able to shoot a coyote if
he had his gun along, but in doing
so he would do more harm than good.
Everything used in the preparation
and placing o t lie bait should be
absolutely free from scent. One
should never dismount within a half
a mile of the carcass for any purpose,
nor leave anything about the bait
that could possibly carry a human
scent."
Putting on Addition.
S. P. Garrigues is adding a sub
stantial addition to Heppner Garage.
This will be occupied by the machine
shop which has been leased by Mr.
Jacob King. The addition Is 56 x
60 feet, is of wood on concrete foun
dation and having concrete floor. All
machinery of the garage will be plac
ed in this room and the partition in
the main garage will be removed,
leaving additional space for the
banking of cars.
Mr. Bowker, in speaking of Jacob
King, Btates that he Is a highly effi
cient machinist and possesed of a
thorough knowledge of automobile
construction. The machine shop .and
all repair work is under his exclus
ive supervlsin, and the public will
tlnd him a courteous and kindly little
gentleman to deal with, as well as a
man who thoroughly understands his
business.
Catholic Church.
Services Sunday, Feb. 21st.
First Mass, 8:00 a. m.
Second Mass, 10:30 a. m.
Christian Doctrine, 11:30 a. m.
Evening Devotions, 7:30 p. m.
Subject of sermon for second mass
will be "Sins Against the Life of Our
Neighbor." And in the evening the
subject will be, "The Bible and Science."
J LITERARY PROSRfiM WILL
I SCHOOL ATHLETICS
The High School Literary Society
will hold lu next program on Friday
evening, Feb. 26, at 7:30 o'clock.
This number will consist of music,
songs, literary productions and the
drama, "Sunset," a play in one act.
Tiiis play is founded upon Lord Ten
nyson's second and longer form of
"the Sisters.'
" Never morning woro
To evening, but some heart did
break."
The poet's thought has been used
by Jerome K. Jerome as the theme
of his beautiful comedy-drama 'Sun
set." The following is the cast:
"SUNSET"
Scene Drawing room in a coun
try house.
Time Present.
The characters are named in the
order of their appearance.
Lois, daughter of Mr. Rivers....
Grace Van Vactor
Joan, stepdaughter of Mr. Rivers
.Helen Aiken
Mr. Rivers, pompous old gentle
man Clarence Scrivner
Azariah Stodd, a country bumpkin
Orain Wright
Lawrence Leigh, the man in the
case Harley Adkins
Aunt Drusilla, sister of Mr. Rivers
Helen Aiken
This drama will be the best pre
sented by the Society this year. We
trust that you will want to hear it.
An admission of 20 cents straight
will be charged. Receipts will be
used to defray athletic expenses. In
'.his connection the officers of the
school would like to say that athle
tics are not supported by the public
ns they should be. All modem
schools have an athletic department
and it takes money to conduct tho
same. In a neighboring town tlv
other evening the merchants locked
their stores and went to the basket
ball game. After the game they op
ened tiieir stores again. We need
more of this spirit in Heppner. We
have never asked the public to di
rectly assist us in carrying on our
athletic work. We never Bliall, but
we should like to have a more en
thusiastic support than we have had
In the past. Can't you find time to
attend the evening's entertainment
mentioned above?
Elks Will Be Busy This Week.
Heppner Lodge No. 358, B. P. O.
Elks, will take a class of candidates
through the Initiatory work this eve
ning, there being several from Gil
liam county and some from Heppner.
Quite a large attendance at the an
nual ball is anticipated for tomorrow
evening. It is expected that many of
the antlered herd from over about
Condon will make the journey across
the hills to fraternize with their
brothers and trip the light fantastic
with the ladies. The ball will be held
ut the Fair Pavilion and music will
be furnished by Bowker's orchestra.
Oregon Near Top of List.
University of Oregon, Eugene, Feb.
15. Registration in liberal arts
courses at the State University is at
its record point with 815 students
enrolled since September 15. The
first semester enrollment was 745
and midwinter freshmen numbered
between 50 and 60. Returning
students make up the remainder.
The 1915-16 catalogue, which
takes account of the registration in
liberal arts and sciences, the de
partment of music, the summer
school, the correspondence-study de
partment, and the faculties of law
and medicine in Portland, will there
fore contain an attendance summary
of about 2000. This total puts the
University of Oregon in a good place
among the larger universities of the
United States, and puts the state of
Oregon, with its population under
the 1910 federal census of 672,765,
well to the front in the per thousand
of Inhabitants seeking higher educa
tion. Enjoy Social Evening
A social evening and luncheon was
enjoyed by the men of the Christian
church and a number of invited
guests, at the church parlors on Fri
day evening last. Covers were spread
for 23 and during the course of the
lunch a number of pointed and spicy
addresses were given on live subjects.
It was a sort of geWogether meeting,
preliminary to some permanent or
ganization of the churchmen of the
city and theirf riends for social, polit
ical and religious intercourse and
betterment. It was the unanimous
opinion of those present that tho eve
ning was a pleasant and profitable
one, and that there Bhould be more
of a similar nature. A committee of
three was appointed to formulate
plans of organization and to make
a report at another gathering of this
sort in the near future.
Miss Mae Ganger of lone, Is a
guest at the home of her sister, Mrs.
J. B. Sparks, in this city.
LOCAL GIRLS DEFEAT
IE BASKET "TOSSERS
The Ilepnner High School girl's
basket ball team journeyed to lone
last Saturday night and won their
first game of the season by defeat
ing the tram of the lone High School
by the one-sided score of 9 to 1.
Laura.inah Groshens, forward for
Heppner, played the star game. She
made every point for her team. Aik
en, Barlow and Bennett also did good
work. In the passing game, the
girls of lone excelled. Miss Helen
Ames of Heppner served as referee
and Prof. Doak of lone acted as um
pire.
IONE.
Grant Olden says when he gets his
buzz-wagon it is going to be a hum
dinger. - Wonder if Little Doc knows what
he is and how it happened? Ask him
about it.
W. R. Cochran, who has been in
Portland for several days, returned
to lone Saturday last.
Miss Kittie Wilmot made a short
visit with her sister Mrs. McMillan
at Lexington last week.
J. H. Wilt is very busy these days
preparing to move into the Dobyns
house on Second street.
W. L. Barlow was in lone the lat
ter part of last week getting some
of the necessities of life.
Lucile Elder, of Heppner, was an
!cne visitor one day last week, being
the guest of Opal Padbere.
J. A. Waters celebrated last Fri
day, Lincoln's birthday, in lone shak
ing hands with his Iriends.
T. M. Benedict was in town last
week. Ho says he is taking life easy
on the farm these days, waiting for
the Sam Hill musiard to get started;
then he will give it blixen.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wills and
family from Butter creek spent a
couple of days visiting relatives in
lone last week.
John McDevitt brought his sister,
Mrs. McRaid, In town last week. She
and ief"4Wo daughters were passen-'
gers to Pendleton.
I). S. Barlow motored to town In
his Maxwell last week. I tell you,
Dan, those go-devils shorten distance
to beat the band.
Tindal Robisan from Enght Mile
was in town last Friday bringing in
some of his relatives in time to catch
the morning train.
W. F. Palmateer and son, Bert
from near Morgan were in town last
Friday and report things on the
ranch looking very well.
Born At the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Lundell to Mr. and Mrs.
Algott Lundell, a son. Mother and
child getting along nicely.
John.Mobly and wife, who have
been visiting friends in the Eight
Mile country for several days, re
turned home last Thursday.
Ed. Day of Portland, who has been
about lone the past several days,
looking after some of his creek
ranches, returned home last Friday.
Mrs. J. B. Sparks from Heppner
came down to lone one day last week
:ind made a short visit with her
mother, returning the following day
accompanied by her sister Mary.
Geo. Miller, from the Cecil coun
try, moved one of Nichoson and Buf-
flngton's drills to lone this week, the
drillers getting through at his place
and getting him an abundance of wa
ter. The road crw is very busy these
days grading the road on the lone
hill going out towards Gooseberry.
People tell us that there is some good
work being done. Let the good work
go on.
August Liebl was in town one day
last week bringing in 36 dozen cackle
berries. That is the largest number
of eggs that we know of any one in
dividual bringing In at one time this
spring.
Mr. Bridge, a musical director
from Chicago, was in lone last week
trying to get a singing class started.
The start was whirlwind but the fin
ish was not nearly so good, so the
matter fell through with.
We had another double header in
the shape of basket ball last Saturday
night when the lone ball team played
with the High School team and the
lone team won the honors. The last
game was between the Heppner girls
and the lone girls. The girls oft
both sides lacked a whole lot of gin-
ger;however they put up a good game
and the spectators had a whole lot of
enjoyment and a great many good
laughs. Ginger up girls, and lets
have another good game.
Episcopal Church Service.
Rev. Chas. H. Powell will hold ser
vices at the Episcopal church, both
morning and evening next Sunday.
- Su; ii-B.e Party.
On la.-:t i-iit-aniay night a number
of friends ai.d neighbors went to the
J. F. Barlow hi, me an Rhea creek
and surprisi-d Mr. Barlow and his
daughter, Flossy. To say that they
were surprised is putting it mildly.
The occasion for the affair was the
birthday of both Mr. Barlow and
Flossy. An enjoyable time was spent
in the playing of games and music,
and later a bountiful lunch, consist
ing of sandwiches, cake and hot cof
fee was served. Fifty-three people
were present to enjoy the evening.
Those present were R. E. Allstott and
family, D. S. Barlow and family, O.
J. Cox and family, J. F. Barlow and
family, S. A. Barlow and wife, Mrs.
Teague, Minnie Barlow, Mary Smith,
Lulu Maxwell, Messrs. Walter Orr,
Walter Gay, Harry Green, Con Bel
lenbrock, Dave Rugg, Emmett Smith,
Ben Anderson, Fred Teague, Joel
Barlow and Carl Earlow.
Everybody enjoyed themselves
greatly and after remaining until a
lat'e hour, they departed for their
homes wishing Mr. Barlow and
daughter many happy returns of the
day.
One Who Wras There.
Knights Will Hold Festivities.
The members of Doric Lodge No.
20, Knights of Pythias, will celebrate
the fifty-first anniversary of the
founding of the order next Tuesday
evening, February 23. Instead of
preparing a special program and
holding an open meeting as has been
the practice the past few years, a reg
ular meeting of the lodge will be
held and the evening devoted to in
itiating candidates. A committee is
working up a feed and all members
are assured a good time.
Will Visit Fairs.
W. E. Brown of Blackhorse, ac
companied his sister, Miss Mollie
Brown and his young brother as far
as Portland on their journey to Cal
ifornia. They will join their father
J. C. Brown at Redlands and with
him attend the California fairs at
San Diego and San Francisco. They
will remain in California for some
months. Ed will remain in Portland
during the week to consult with a
physician as to his physical condi
tion. Preaching at Lexington.
Rev. T. S. Handsaker of Heppner
Christian church will preach in the
M. E. church, South, at Lexington,
Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
Subject: "The New Testament."
All invited.
Mrs. L. G. Herren, Heppner millin
er, has secured the agency for the
Uossard Corsets. A special demon
strator of these corsets will be at the
Herren store on Friday, February 20.
The ladies of Heppner and vicinity
are invited to call on this date for
fittings, selections to be made at any
time later to suit your convenience.
Heppner Elks have been very busy
during the week decorating the Fair
pavilion for their annual ball. The
work has been under the direction of
J. L. Wilkins, Lowell Twitchell, Har
ry Duncan, Dell Ward and others
and Hie fine manner in which they
have done the job entitles them to
the piaise they are receiving.
Mrs. N. E. Wiunard and son Nor
ton returned home yesterday from
Hot Lake, where Norton has been
taking treatments for rheumatic fe
ver. He is almost completely re
stored to his former health, we are
glad to stale.
Tindall Roblson was in from Eight
Mile Wednesday. He has been look
ing .ifter the home farm for some
time ppst. His mother, Mrs. Martha
Roblson, has been absent in Port
land for the past month.
Harry Johnson is pushing along
the work on the Oregon Garage, be
ing built by W. P. Scrivner for
Messrs. Vance & Hall, and expects to
have the building completed on
schedule time.
Frank and Claud Sloan were over
from Echo to attend the festivities
of the Royal Arch Masons on Wed
nesday evening, and remained in
town today to attend to business
matters.
Attorney Frank V, Galloway of
The Dalles, is in Heppner to day con
ducting a hearing in the land case
of Arthur W. Spencer before Referee
J. S. Beckwith.
O. B. Barlow, manager of the Jor
dan Warehouse at lone, was in Hepp
ner on business Wednesday.
D. S. Barlow and son, Frank, were
in the city from Eight Mile Tuesday
evening.
Harvey McAlister and C. M. Allyn,
well known Lexington citizens, were
in Heppner Tuesday evening.
J. S. Beckwith, well known Pen
dleton man, was a business visitor in
Heppner this week.
Jack Hynd and T. S. Lowe, of Cecil
were in the city Wednesday afternoon.
FORM
FARMER IS KILLED
Olaf Berggren Killed Near Cottage
Grove When Wagon Overturned.
Lived in Morrow County
About Tho Years.
(From Cottage Grove Sentinel)
Olaf Berggren, a well-to-do resi
dent of the London country and own
er of the Stapleton mill at London,
was found dead in the road on the
W. W. Shortridge hill Tuesday morn
ing. His overturned wagon, to which
the horses were still attached, was
a few feet further on. The lines had -become
entangled in such a way as to
hold the horses. The wagon had
tipped over on the grade and it is
thought Mr. Berggren was caught un
derneath in such a way as to break
his neck and cause instant death. His
face was badly bruised and bloody,
but none of the injuries were suf
ficient to cause death. The body was
found at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning
by T. J. Geer, A. L. Lent and Archie
Gilham. Death was so evidently
the result of accident that the coron
er thought no inquest was necessary.
It was evident from tracing the wag
on tracks back along the road that
the horses had been guiding them
selves and at several places they had
narrowly missed upsetting or running
into some obstruction.
Mr. Berggren had been in Cottage
Grove Monday afternoon and while
here secured a shipment of liquor.
He passed the Wills place, about two
miles from where he was found, at '
about 9 o'clock that night and it is
thought that the accident occurred
probably an hour later.
Mr. Berggren leaves a wife and
three sons, all residents of London.
He came from Heppner, Oregon,
about a year ago and was a highly
esteemed resident of the community.
He had heavy interests in Eastern
Oregon. He was 62 years of age.
Mr. Berggren was well known at
Heppner, having resided west of town
for two seasons on the farm now
owned by Messrs. Brown, Cummings
and Stapleton. He was well respect
ed here as a man of honesty and in
dustry, though given to excess in the
use of liquor and when in his cups he
was often reckless of his personal
safety and on different occasions nar
rowly escaped serious injury. It was
through Mr. J. C. Stapleton of this
place that he secured his property
at London, Oregon.
Shadow lie Supper.
There wil be a "Shadow Pie Sup
per" at the Hodsdon School House,
Dist. No. 50, Saturday evening, Feb
ruary 27, 1915. All ladies are re
quested to bring pies and men a
purse full of money. An interesting
program will be furnished for the
entertainment of all those present.
Program begins at 8 o'clock sharp.
Ben Patterson is now making dem
onstrations with his new 1915 Cad
illac. This is a 7-passenger, 8-cylin-der
machine and should take well
with all those looking for a car of
this class. Mr. Patterson expects to
have one of the new Dodge cars here
soon. This is a machine the people
of this section are anxious to see.
E. E. Starcher, chief operator at
Umatilla, accompanied by E. E. Shaw
another railroad man of that city,
were in Heppner over hist night, at
tending the meeting of Royal Arch
Masons.
John M. Spencer, of Echo, was in
town on last evening to attend the
meeting of Heppner Chapter of Roy
al Arch Masons. He was accompan
ied by Sloan Thompson of lower But
ter creek.
Joe Neal and wife of Eugene, are
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Gilliam In this city. Mr. Neal
and Mrs. Gilliam are cousins.
Arthur W. Spencer, of Wasco, prin
cipal in one of the land cases up to
day before J. S. Beckwith as referee,
arrived in Heppner on Wednesday.
Chas. Morey, Strawberry resident,
is in Heppner today.
XOTH'E TO lKHi OWXKKK.
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,
Mavor.