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VOL. 31. NO. 52.
HKlTXEIt, OREGON, MAKC1I 2o, 1915.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
PEII11 PRESENTED
FOR NEW MAIL ROUTE
New Iloute Would Serve 175 Fami
lies and Hive Monument Direct
Service From Heppner-Ml
Names on Petition.
The petition to the Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General, asking for
the re-establishing of the mail route
btween Hardman and Monument,
by the way of Rock Creek, Haystack,
Klmberly and other villages, has
been signed by 141 residents within
the district making the request, and . on their garden and nope to nave
the petition Is by this time in the J everything ready in a few days,
hands of the postotilce officials, await- The Class Night entertainment by
Ing their action. Along with the the Seniors will probably be given
petition, was sent a letter by Hepp-jon the 21st of May. This will Con
ner Commercial Club to Hon. N. J. ! sist of the two-act farce comedy "The
Slnnott of the Second Oregon Dis-1 Mishaps of Minerva," and various
trict, asking him to use his power , "stunts."
and Influence in getting the mail I N. C. Maris, Field Organizor of
Toute re-established. the Boys and Girls Industrial Clubs,
Agitation for the continuance of and also working in the interests of
the Hardman route, was started the 0. A. C. Extension Bureau, gave
some time ago by R. J. Carsner, who
resides near Spray, and he succeeded
in getting the cooperation of the
Heppner Commercial Club. Mr.
Carsner says that 175 families will
be benefitted by the service from the
proposed route. Many of these fam
ilies are at the present time cut off
from the outside world so far as mall
'communication Is concerned, and as
a consequeuce, business is greatly
hampered, and Inconvenience and
hardship endured by those residing
within the district of the proposed
route.
The petition presented to the post
office department is as follows:
To the Hon. Fourth Assistant Post
master General, Division of Rural
Mail, Washington, D. C:
We, the undersigned citizens of
the State of Oregon, residing within
the district hereinafter mentioned
respectfully submit to your Honor,
that we have been heretofore great
ly benefitted by mall routes extend
ing from Hardman, in Morrow Coun
ty, Oregon, to Monument, in Grant
County, Oregon, a distance of thirty
five miles, and from Hardman, in
Morrow County, Oregon, to Spray,
Wheeler County, Oregon, a distance
of thirty-five miles, an aggregate
distance of seventy miles of mail
route; that the above mentioned mail
routes connected at Hardman with
the mall route from Heppner, Oregon
and accommodated the citizens of the
villages of liny stack, Big Basin,
Kong Creek and Monument, fertile
communities, well populated and in a
stage of rapid development.
That said mail routes have been
discontinued, and therefore the mail
accommodations in order to reach
Monument necessarily travels by way
of Baiter City, then up the Sumpter
Valley to Prairie City, then by stage
a distance of fourteen miles to Can
yon City, and from Canyon City, by
stage a distance of fifty-four miles to
Monument. The mail therefore, neces
sarily travels, a distance of three
hundred and eighteen miles by rail
road, and a distance of sixty-eight
miles by stage to reach Monument,
a distance of fifty miles from Hard
man, which Is the end of the present
mail route from Heppner, Oregon.
With the discontinuance of said
mall routes, the development of the
country along said mail routes is de
terred and business greatly hamper
ed, Inconvenience and hardship plac
ed upon the citizens of the State of
Oregon, and especially upon the citi
zens residing within the district of
said mail routes.
Therefore, for the welfare of the
citizens of the State of Oregon, and
especially for the citizens residing
within the district of said mail
routes, we earnestly request from
your Honor, that you use your val
uable influence to re-establish a mail
route from Hardman, Oregon, to
Monument, Oregon, by way of Rock
Creek, Haystack, Kimberly, and
other villages, which Is a distance of
fifty, miles and such mall route will
accommodate families, who are
now wholly without adequate mail
service.
Nebi askaiiN Will Locate Here.
T. D. Estelford and wife, of 0'
Neil, Nebraska, will arrive In Hepp
ner in a few days, and they expect to
locate permanently In Morrow coun
ty. Mr. Estelford was engaged In
the mercantile business in Nebraska,
but will probably locate on a farm
here. Mr. and Mrs. Estelford are the
parents of Mrs. Kenton Rakes of
Black Horse. George Francis and
wife will also arrive from the same
place in about two weeks. Mrs.
Francis is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Estelford.
Business1 is Improving.
According to Dun's Review, the
weekly journal of finance and trade,
reports from every part of the coun
try show improvement in trade, al
though slow and conservative.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Monthly examinations have been
in progress this we-k and everybody
seems to be taking lite a little more
seriously than commonly. The fac
ulty have expressed the hope that the
! grades for the last month's work
will be of a little higher standard
than seems to have existed formerly.
It Is a good deal to ask of the stu
dents to pick up in their work when I The ununl large attendance was s
the fine spring weather is coming on ' feature of the meeting of the Hopp
and Interest in athletics Is increasing j ner Commercial Club on Monday eve
at a rapid pace. "ins. The great interest of the busl-
Arrangements are being made for ness men of Heppner is certainly,
the construction of hurdles and prac- manifested by the very earnest solid-
tice In tills department will soon be
gin
The Biology class is working hard
a stereopticon lecture in the high
school auditorium last Friday eve
ning. There was a fair attendance
and the lecture was greatly enjoyed.
Mr. Maris Is a pleasing speaker and
his appearance in Heppner is always
welcomed. In the afternoon of the
same day lie organized an Industrial
Club in the Heppner school.
The literary program, announced
last week for Friday, was postponed
on account of the Maris lecture. It
will be given tomorrow (Friday)
evening, and the patrons of the
school are invited to attend. There
will be a charge of 20 cents, and the
entertainment with out doubt will
be well worth this small sum. The
proceeds will go to defray athletic
expenses. As this is the only way in
which we can ralso money for this
purpose it is hoped there will be a
good attendance so that our athletic
expenses may be paid without trou
ble. MOKKOV COUNTY JUVF.XILKS
BUSY IX INDUSTRIAL WORK.
Morrow county school children
will do much more than ever before
in the Industrial Club and fair work
this year, according to a report just
received from Field Worker, N. C.
Maris, by Superintendent J. A. Chur
chill. Mr. Maris says clubs have
been organized in about twenty of the
schools of that county, most of which
he, in company with. County Superin
tendent S. E. Notson, visited last
week. The club members wore given
instruction and encouragement re
garding their work, and were urged
to hold their club meetings during
vacation. Arrangements were made
to send the children's exhibits and
the two winning boys to the State
Fair. The idea of assisting in mak
ing the county fair better, and of ad
vertising the county through their
exhibits at the State Fair, appealed
to the boys and girls, and they have
promised to do their best. The fact
that Morrow County won first in the
Eastern Oregon Contest last year,
stimulates the children to greater
efforts in the juvenile department
this year.
Only a small per. cent of the grain
in Morrow county was frozen out Mr.
Marls says. With the recent good
rains and favorable weather, the
crops look promising, and the farm
ers are jubilant over the prospects of
heavy yields and good prices.
Christian Church Notes.
Mr. H. H. Rottman of the Inter
national Christian Endeavor Union,
gave an interesting lecture at the
church Sunday evening. He also
spoke to the Endeavorers of the city
at the C. E. hour.
That Sunday School contest con
tinues to hum. Last Sunday the Reds
ran up a total of 857 points. The
Blues scored 821. Some one is going
to win In this race. Pretty hard at
this time to say who it will be.
Easter Sunday is the closing day of
the contest.
Next Sunday will be the regular
quarterly rally of the church. After
the morning sermon, the ladles of the
church will serve a lunch to which all
are invited. In the afternoon there
will be a fellowship meeting at 2:00
o'clock. It Is hoped that represen
tatives of the Christian churches of
Lexington and lone will be present
and take part in this meeting.
In the evening the pastor will give
a stereopticon lecture on the work of
the Benevolent Association of the
Christian church.
Three Dollars Coyote Bounty.
By an act of the late Legislature,
the county is paying $3.00 as a
bounty on all coyotes. This sum will
be paid for the remainder of the
year 1915, after which Mm, the
$1.50 bounty, as was previously paid,
will again be the sum allowed. Of
all money paid out for bounties ly
the county during this tlme.one haif
the amount will be refunded by the
State,
NEW ROAD ON EAST SI BF
CREEK INTERESTS COMMERCIAL CLUB'
The Commercial Organization oi Heppner Would
Push the Work of Better Roads Leading Into
the City.
ta'.ion they have for the welfare of
this body; their zeal for the upbuild-
ing of the town in which they live and
do business is manifested by the
great enthusiasm with which they en-
ter into the proceedings of the meet
ings of the club and the large, at
tendance they furnish at all the de
liberations of the body. There was
an attendance on Monday evening of
at least ten tried and true citizens
of the city and of course a large
amount of very important business
was transacted.
Now the above Is to some extent
satirical. It is not said, however, in
any spirit of malice, but rather that
our business men might be stirred to
take more interest in this commercial
body and manifest this interest by
attending the meetings and getting
genuinely interested in the matters
up for discussion.
There are many matters of great
importance to the town of Heppner.
We are losing out to the more enter
prising communities, and much trade
that this place is entitled to is being
diverted.
What's the matter? Are we asleep
entirely?
Only last week it was necessary for
this paper to take up the discussion
of the removal of the forest head
quarters to Pendleton; in that dis
cussion we were inclined to upbraid
the Pendleton Commercial Associa
tion for its apparent policy of "hog
ging" every good thing in sight; at
this time, however, we are inclined
to recall what we said in that par
ticular and commend that body for
being wide awake and active to get
anything that will help in the up-J
building of their city. - That is what
they exist for and they are going out
after those things that put Pendleton
on the ma"p and make business for
that city.
We are interested in the building
of some roads leading to Heppner;
at least we should be. There is the
proposition of getting the tourist
trade coming our way. The people
of lone have got busy and they will
get this travel as far as their city,
thanks to the hustle of the live ones
down that way, and it should lie up
to Heppner business men to get in
ine for the extension of the good
work this way, and bring that travel
on through this town. Good roads
will bring it. This means trade for
our hotels and business men, our ga-
rage owners and the sellers of gaso-
line and oils.
Then there is the Ritter road.
POTATO BULLETIN IS
READY FOR GROWERS
A bulletin that makes suggestions
to Oregon farmers about marketing
uien potatoes more successfully has
just been issued by the University of
Oregon school of commerce. Co-1
operation among growers ia advised
as one means of bettering conditions i
that often in recent potato years have
been none too good for the producer. :
The facts in the bulletin have been .
gathered from all over the world and j
make up a broad survey of the potato
Industry. United States stands third
from the bottom In yield per acre;
Belgium produces 200 bushels more
an acre than this country; Germany was donated by the Oregon-Washlng-doubles
the American yield per acre; ton Railway and Navigation Company
Germany, with a total area less than ourmg I'm. It overlooks the Wil
that of Texas, plants about 5,000,000 i lamette river and the city of Port
more acres than the entire United land- Delng on the heights south of
States. The bulletin calls attention i tlle city, antl commands a view of the
to heavy importations by the United Cascades, the Columbia, the Coast
States from abroad. Low cost of ranee, and the lower Willamette val
fertillzers, rotation of crops and low 'ev'
wages in Germany are partly respon- Tne $100,000 that Is In sight is to
sible for German success. be devoted to the first unit of a med-
The question of competition is tak-; lcal building. Dr. K. A. J. Macken
en up, and it is shown that Bermuda zie- dean f the medical school, hopes
potatoes, for instance, bring an aver-1 to Induce Portland and Multnomah
age of $1.44 a bushel, whereas Oreg-' county to join in putting up on the
on's average price Is 58 cents. It is ' medical campus a large city and
shown - that Japan has driven the county hospital. City and labora
Unlted States out of the potato sup-, tory work is expected to gravitate to
plying market in the Philippine Is-; this Institution, thus centralizing
lands. Byproducts from the potato laboratory work now done under sev
are taken up and facts regarding the eral auspices.
manufacture of starch, alcohol and j Dr- Mackenzie says some of the
stock food are submited. j mo8t important American medical
1 clinics in the United States are now
There is to be a box social and found In the middle west, and that
program at uoerty scnool Saturday
evening, April 3. Proceeds to go for
lights for the school house. Every
one is invited to come and bring
your baskets,
Why enough wind has already been
spent to build this twice over and yet
it is not completed and now Pendle
ton is bestirring herself for this
business also, and will go out and
will go out and take it right from
under our nose. The completion of
the Ritter road is a thing that the
Commercial Club of Heppner is in
terested in. One or the essential
stepB toward this is the construction
of that portion coming into town
from the Hager place. The new line
for this last ctretch was surveyed this
week and the road Islaid out on the
east side of Willow creek all the
way from Heppner to the Hager
place, a distance of about four miles.
The county court is ready to make
this road but there are a few hin
drances, minor ones to be sure, that
the county would like cleared away,
and these things the citizens of
Heppner can adjust by getting at it.
The time to build this new piece of
road is right now. Immediate ac
tion is the slogan, and then just as
soon as the weather conditions will
permit, the further work of opening
up the Morrow county end of the Rit
ter road should be completed and
the trade of that section brought to
Heppner this spring.
Avstated before, these were some
of the matters discussed at the Mon
day evening meeting of the Commer
cial Club And further, the commitee
on streets and public roads is called
upon, by motion duly passed and no
ted on the minutes, to investigate
the claims against the opening up of
the road mentioned herewith, and to
make their report at a special meet
ing of the Club to be held next Mon
day evening in the council chambers
promptly at eight o'clock.
The report of the special commit
tee in charge of the petitions for op
en': ? uo of a new mail route between
Her-pner, Hardman, Monument and
points -i the Haystack VaUcy in
Wheeler county, was submitted by
Mr. Phelps who stated that the peti
tions were completed and had been
forwarded to the proper authorities
and that a letter had also been sent
to Hon. N. J. Sinnott, congressman
fron this district, urging him to use
his good otfices in petting favorable
action on those petitions by the post
office department.
Various communications of inter
est to the Club were read by the sec
retary and those were referred to
the proper committees for action.
The special meeting on next Mon
' day evening should be attended by
the citizens of Heppner regardless of
whether they are members of the
j Club or not, as the business to be
discussed is of interest to the entire
community, and the business men
I especially.
BIG MEDICAL GOLLEGE
TO
; The greatest medical center west
'of St. Paul and north of Bun Francis-
co is to be established in Oregon. It
is to be in Portland and to be built
around the medical school of the
University of Oregon, which is even
now the only medical school in the
northwest states and seems unlikely
to have any opposition.
Portland is asked to raise $50,000
j 10 K vvltl1 $50,000 appropriated by
, tlle last legislature to start a building
Program. The site, one of the most
scenic educational sites in the world,
1 oruana too can oe a nietncai center
oi national importance,
i The medical school of Oregon is
even now rated Class A in American
I medical circles.
IONE.
Mrs. Floyd Frazer is visiting in
lone these days. She is the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Holmes.
We understand that W. J. Blake
lias bought him a new team and
buggy in the shape of a Ford.
Lee Rivers from the vicinity of
Morgan, was a passenger to Port
land Wednesday of last week.
Mr. Barber's ranch hands were in
town last week getting a supply of
pipe to equip their new well with.
O. D. Forbes and Bill Burger made
a trip to Arlington last Saturday
night. They both came home sober.
W. K. Corson, the busy Hardman
merchant, was a visitor at lone last
week, returning the following day.
We have lots of Easter bonnets on
display in lone these days. Better
get around early and avoid the rush.
Rev. J. L. Jones and wife were
passengers to Lexington last Friday
evening, returning the following day.
Mrs. C. C. Chick and Charles were
Heppner visitors last Saturday. They
went up in the Doctor's "Get-there-
John Hughs, who has been about
lone and vicinity for the past six
months, left for Pendleton on Tues
day's train.
Dr. Paddock of Portland preached
at the Congregational church last
Sunday morning to a very attentive
audience.
J. H. Bryson and family and Lee
Padberg's wife and children made a
flying trip over to the John Day one
day last week.
C. S. Whitcombe, our genial Mor
gan merchant, was a caller at lone
last Saturday having a few business
matters to attend to.
Mrs. Algott Lundell's mother, who
has been visiting up here for several
days, returned to her home near
Portland last Monday.
The Chapel car under the manage
ment of Rev. Driver left lone for Ar
lington last Thursday where they will
hold meetings for some time.
Mrs. Vicey Sperry, who has been
out at the C. E. Carlson home for
the past month returned to her home
In lone last Sunday evening.
Mrs. Sears and her Sunday school
class bad a flower -picking picnic one
day last week and the young fry
seemed to have an excellent time.
W. S. Smith was a passenger to Sa
lem Tuesday morning of last week,
going down to visit his new home.
Walt says he belongs there anyway.
The dance given by the lone Or
chestra at Lexington last week was
not very well attended. Never mind
boys we will have a bigger crowd
next time.
Neil Dolierty was a passenger to
Heppner Wednesday of last week, re
turning to lone Thursday morning
where he loaded up with some pro
visions and started for the ranch.
Mrs. H. O. Ely and Mrs. Lee Rivers
were lone visitors one day last week
getting a few of the many necessities
needed to keep body and soul to
gether.
Dr. Chick and his wife spent part
of last Sunday out on their farm
stead where J. E. Swanson is look
ing after tilings. They enjoyed a
fine dinner.
The lone barber business has
grown to be so great that it has de
manded another shop. Perry and
Frank Hopkins are busy building
one of these tonsorial parlors which
will be occupied by Tiney.
Everybody Is busy cleaning up
their yards these days or rubbering
at some one else trying to get the
habit, and the sweet odor of tin cans
old rubbers, dirty carpets and other
things too numerous to mention, fill
the air to over-flowing these balmy
days.
W. F. Mackey was in lone last
Tuesday. W. F. is contemplating a
trip to Klamath Falls but he says to
go with a team is awful slow, so we
guess he must be figuring on going
in a vehicle with rubber tires. Bet
ter get the habit Bro. Mackey and get
a go-devil of some kind.
Catholic Church Services.
Palm Sunday, March 28.
First Mass, 8 a. m.
Second Mass, 10:30 a. m.
Christian Doctrine, 11:30 a. m.
Evening Devotions, 7:30 p. m.
The palms will be blessed and dis
tributed before the second Mass. Dur
ing this Mass the History of the Pas
sion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, will
be read. In the evening the usual
devotions will be held, the subject of
the sermon being "A Reply to Some
Objections Against the Historic Val
ue of the Bible."
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hunt were in
from their Rhea creek ranch yester
day. They were accompanied home
by Harper Stewart, who had just ar
rived from his home in Southern
, Oregon.
Henry Colin went down to Port
land Wednesday morning, where he
will remain for several days.
FOR INDUSTRIAL WORK
Club District No. 1 of Morrow County
Made up of Pupils From Grades
of Miss Ca-sey an.l Mrs. Hliurte
Morrow County Metropolis Indus
trial Club, District No. 1 has been
organized in the Heppner schools out
of the grades of Miss Ethel Casey and
Mrs. C. W. Shurte, and from now on
there is to be some real practical
work done in getting ready for the
contests that will be decided at the
coming County and State Fairs. This
organization is the outgrowth of the
efforts being put forth py the office
efforts being put forth by the office
seconded by County Supt. Notson,
who is doing all that he can to aid in
the promotion of this extension work.
That it is also meeting with hearty
upport of the superintendent of the
Heppner schools is shown by the very
thorough preparation he is making to
carry out the industrial work. There
should be added to this also the earn
est support and cooperation of the
parents, and taken altogether the
pupils of the Heppner school that
have entered into this work should
come out at the end of the season
with a fine showing, and have a
splendid line of exhibits in the in
dustrial departments of the fairs.
In another column will be found
the comments of Supt. Notson on this
important work , and we sincerely
hope that not only the pupils of the
Heppner school, but those of all the
other schools of the county who take
up this work will be able to make
such a creditable showing at the end
of the season as to entitle Morrow 1
county to carry off the highest honors
at the State Fair.
The Metropolis Club is officered as
follows: Henry Aiken, president;
Ruth VanVactor, vice ' president;
Lourannah Groshens, secretary; Ce
cile Devore, treasurer; S. E. Notson,
club adviser; Mrs. C. W. Shurte,
assistant club adviser. Time of
meetings, Friday P. M. of each
month.
We append herewith a list of those
who have entered the contest so far
and the projets under which they will
strive for awards.
Sewing and Canning Lovell Lucas,
age 10; Kathleen Slocum, age 11.
Sewing and Baking Esther Neel,
age 9; Nellie Thompson, age 15;
Helen Barratt, age 13; Virginia
Currin, age 12; Cordilla Letrace,
age 12; Edith Boyd, age 12; Neva
Chidsey, age 13.
Sawing Cleone Andrews, age 10;
Willetta Barratt, age 9; Gladys
Brown, age 9; Cora Mae Crawford,
age 10; Mary Clark, age 10; Vio
let Merritt, age 10; Lena Thomp
son, age 12; Ethel Thompson, age
10; Charlotte Winnard, age 11;
Agnes Boyd, age 11; Flora Forbes,
age 12; Vera Cowins, age 12; Loye
Devore, age 15; Alma Akers, age
14; Ruth Van Vactor, age 14;
Cecile Devore, age 13; Beruiece
Githens, age 12; Arwilda Brown,
age 13; Velma Brown, age 12.
Poultry Gilbert Mahoney, age 11;
Jared Aiken, age 12; Paul Mc
Dnffee, age 11; Thelma Herren.
age 11, Carl Cason, age 10, Rae
E. Shurte, age 13; Henry Aiken,
age 15; Merrill Perry, age 15.
Cardening Ellis Irwin, age 10; Tom
Mahoney, age 10; Lawrence Wil
kins, age 10; Conser Adkins, age
12; George Blalim, age 12; Baird
Patterson, age 10; Robert Notson,
age 12; Jasper Crawford, age 13;
Emery Gentry, age 14; Lee Cant
well, age 14; Ross Brown, age 16;
Orise Matlock, age 13.
Baking Ethel Thompson, age 10;
Anita Turner, age 10; Violet Mer
ritt, age 10; Cora Mae Crawford,
age 10; Mary k'lark.'age 10; Thel
ma Herren, age 11; Freda Brown,
age 13; Flora Forbes, age 12;
Lena Thompson, age 12; Rae
Shurte, age 13; Allen Case, age
11; Matthias Blahm, age 11; Con
rad Johnson, age 10; Olive Boten,
age 11.
Canning Ethel Mikesell, age 9;
Cora Mae Crawford, age 10: Lena
Thompson, age 12; Thelma Her
ren, age 11; Ralph Case, age 10;
Lourrannah Groslien, age 15.
Farm and Home Handicraft Uoscoe
Johnson, age 13.
Field (irotving Velma Brown, age
12. .
Pig Feeding Oscar Wakefield,
17.
age
Bird House Charles Groslien,
age
14; Edward Groslien, age 12
Mrs. Joyce Hayes closed a very
successful seven months term of
school at Eight Mile Center the past
week and departed on Saturday for
her home at Irrigon. This office ac
knowledges a very pleasant call from
Mrs. Hayes while In Heppner on
Friday. She Is the daughter of Mr.
C. L. Roadruck, prominent citizen of
the Irigon irrigation project.