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BASE BUI GAME
! ON Si
First Game of the New High School
Intei-Scliolastic League uiu u
Take Place Between lone
anil lleppner.
The season of league base ball will
open In Heppner Saturday when the
lone aid Heppner High school teams
will cross bats on the local diamond
"under the auspices of the new Mor
row County High School Iuter
Scolastic League.
The local boys have been turning
out for practice quite regularly of
late and they expect to show the Egg
City boys a few of the Inside pointers
when they meet Saturday. For Hepp
ner, three good men will probably
be seen on the mound during the
course of the game. Wilson, Peter
son and Wright are all considered
good twirlers and they will alternate
between the bench, second base and
the pitcher's box. "Mug" Hayes, of
last year's team will do the receiv
ing. At first base, Tom Hughes will
play and Charlie Barlow will take
care of the third sack. Spence
Crawford will work at short and In
the field will probably be "Bill"
Crawford, "Pete" Slocuni and Em
mett Hughes. These boys have been
doing excellent fielding and Slocum
and Crawford are exceptionably good
batters.
The game will be played at the
Depot grounds and will start at 2 p.
m. The price of admission has been
placed at twenty-five cents.
2,000 Fat Lambs Sold
By Standfield Grower
A large sheep deal was made here
Saturday when H. E. Bartholomew
sold 2000 fat lambs to Seattle pack
era. The sheep were shipped Satur
day night and will be weighed up In
Portland. The price was not made
public but Is understood to be above
the Portland market. The Lacy
Commission company of Portland
made the deal.
The lambs were sheared and with
the high price of wool Mr. Bartholo
mew stands to make a tidy profit on
his feeding venture. Standfield
Standard.
Was F.nrly Settler Here.
Mrs. George Noble enjoyed a pleas
ant visit the past week from her
brother, Mr. Alex Gray, of Oregon
City. Mr. Gray lived in this county
at one time, hut this was many long
years ago and when lie was a mere
slip of a hoy. He remembers quite
well some of the very stirring times
in the early seventies, and recalled
the time when he and Frank Gilliam,
with other residents of the Rhea
creek settlement had a fight with the
Indians who frequented these parts
during the summer seasons. They
became troublesome at times and the
settlers had to chastise them. This
was previous to the time of the In
dian uprising that caused so much
excitement in and about Heppner.
The pioneers of those days had some
experiences worth while but they
came through all right. Mr. Gray
could recall much of Interest that
happened when he was a resident of
the Heppner hills and he greatly en
joyed the few days he spent In this
city visiting his relatives and renew
ing old acquaintances. He returned
to his Oregon City home the first of
the week.
Returned Missionary Here.
Mrs. Burton L. St. Johns, a return
ed missionary from China, lectured
at the Federated church on last
Thursday evening, and remained
over Friday, meeting with the Ladles'
Missionary Society of the Federated
church In the afternoon. Mrs. St.
Johns is an entertaining speaker and
delighted her audiences here with
recitals of the many Interesting ex
periences of her missionary work
In the Orient. During her stay in
Heppner Mrs. St. Johns was enter
tained at the home of Dr. and Mrs. N.
E. Winnard.
Returns With New Car.
Henry Colin returned home Sun
day evening from Portland where he
spent several days. His return trip
from The Dalles to Heppner was
made with Ben Patterson in the new
1915 Cadillac, which Phill Colin
recently purchased. Henry reports
the roads through Sherman county
in excellent shape, but rougher near
The Dalles.
Gus Hale, of Rltter, has arrived in
Heppner for the shearing season. He
reports conditions excellent in that
section, and also makes the state
ment that people over that way are
very anxious to see the completion of
the Rltter road through to Heppner
at an early date. Mr. Hale says that
by the new road, Rltter people will be
able to come to Heppner In half the
time it takes them to go to Pendleton.
SCHOOL NOTES.
By Supt. S. E. Notson.
On the tour among the sohools
with Mr. Maris in the interest of the
industrial work, I noted a number of
improvements. In District No. 34,
some excellent nlav annaratus has
been installed, two framed pictures
h naPe(i Unon the walls, a
nfiw ,HnHnmirv and a new globe have
.,een aii(jeti to the equipment, a sand
box for the little folks has been made,
and the pupils are making a seed
chart.
In District No. 42 the pupils have
replaced the flag polo, which was
blown down last fall. In District No.
3, the stove Is now surrounded by a
good jacket which is fastened closely
to the floor. Air is admitted through
a register under the stove. The
chimney extends to the floor, and a
register just above the floor allows
the escape of the foul air. This
system provides a very good plan for
heating ventilating the room. A can
of water is kept on the stove to fur
nish moisture for the air. In Dis
trict No. 6 a good flag pole has been
erected and the flag is kept flying.
The building was changed last fall so
as to admit the light from the left
side only, and new outbuildings were
built.
The most noticeable improvement
in District No. 53 is the new barn
for the horses, which is certainly a
credit to the district. In District No.
15 a fine new bookcase has been pur
chased recently, and some new black
board has been added. In District
No. 12, Lexington, a fine lot of play
apparatus has been Installed, includ
ing swings, see-saws, flying rings,
basket ball and tennis courts. Hy
drants have just been installed near
the outbuildings so as to enable the
janitor to keep them in excellent san
itary condition. Plans are being con
sidered for building an addition to
the school building, in which there
will be an assembly room and rooms
for domestic science and manual
training work.
In District No. 38, a standard pic
ture and some new blackboard have
been placed In the room recently.
This school also has some splendid
having completed the organization of
the first industrial club In the coun
ty for this year. In District No. IT
a new jacket for the stove, two stand'
ard pictures, new translucent window
shaded, a new dictionary, a splendid
bookcase, a new clock, and a new
floor are among the Improvements.
This cshool also haa some splendid
play apparatus. District No. 11, hav
ing a good equipment, has not added
much this year. In District No. 29
the pupils have erected a flag pole,
and the (lag is properly displayed.
This district contemplates a number
of improvements for next year. In
District No. 31, the improvements in
clude a new blackboard, a new jacket
for the stoe, a number of new desks,
and a standard picture. District No.
49 has erected a flag pole, and a new
blackboard, new single desks, a new
suspension globe, a thermometer,
new shades, a closed water jar, a new
dictionary, a new set of maps, and a
book case have been added this year.
Other schools will receive attention
next week.
'THAT RASCAL PAT" AT
THE H. 8. AUDITORIUM
The farce comedy, "That Rascal
Pat" will again be presented. Tlii:
time at the High School Auditorium
on Easter Monday, April 5. In ad
dition to the farce, a very entertain
ing program has been arranged
which includes the following:
Part I.
Instrumental Solo ..The Garden ot
Roses Miss Violet Merritt
Vocal Solo, The Click of the Clock
Miss Marlon Long.
Quartette The Rosary
Clarence Scrivner, Tom Hughes
Harley Adkins, Earl Gordon
Vocal Solo, . .1 Hear You Calling Me
Miss Margaret O'Rourke
Recitation The Last Glass
Wm. O'Rourke.
Vocal Solo In My Garden
Miss Marie Hager.
Vocal Solo The Doggie
Miss Kathleen Monahan.
Chorus When Irish Eyes are
Smiling. Mrs. Bert Stone, Miss
Josephine Richardson, Miss Mary
O'Sullivan, Miss Margaret O'
Rourke. Vocal Solo A Perfect Day
Mrs. R. E. Bonine.
Part II.
"That Rascal Pat."
Cast of Characters.
Charles Livingston .. .Jas. McNamee
Major Puff jacket E. L. Berry
Pat McNoggerty Wm. O'Rourke
Laura Miss Mary O'Rourke
Nancy ..... .Miss Margaret O'Rourke
An admission price of fifty cents
will be charged. Tickets are on sale
at Patterson & Son's Drug Store. The
curtain will raise at 8 p. m.
Herman Neilson came down from
his ranch near Hardman Tuesday
evening.
Frank Moyer and wife came In
from their Black Horse home yester
day afternoon.
BETTER ROADS HAVE TAKEN A FIRM
Monday Evening's Special Session Brings Forth Much
Important Business Good Roads Banquet Will
Be Given Tomorrow Night.
That better roads is a question that
has taken a firm hold upon the Hepp
ner Commercial Club, is evidenced by
the Interest taken by the members at
a special meeting on Monday even
ing. The Club has decided to work
up a more united spirit and will hold
'Good Roads" banquet at the Pal
ace Hotel tomorrow (Friday) night
at 7:00 o'clock. Tickets are being
sold for this feed for $1.00 apiece,
and it Is thought that upwards of 150
champions of better roads will at
tend. The Club is making a special
effort to get the State Highway Engi
neer and other speakers to be present
and address the meeting on good
roads.
The secretary read a communica
tion from Wm. McMurray, General
Passenger Agent of the O. W. R. & N.
Co., in regard to an inquiry about
the feasibility of establishing a flour
mill at Heppner. The matter was
referred to the committee on Trade
Promotion.
The committee on Streets and
Roads made a report on the Willow
creek road, above Heppner. It was
their belief that the three farms of
Byland, Neville and Minor would be
benefitted by this change of road and
that they ought to help secure the
right of way. Mr. Cason submitted
two propositions on a right of way
through his place as follows:
First I will sell to Morrow county
for a road off the north side of my
place, for $2.50 per acre, providing
that the said county will take all of
the land from the mill ditch to the
lower fence, and connect all water
pipes so that I can Irrigate from be
low the road. Also re-fence with
same kind of fence that I now have,
and build a bridge for me across
Willow creek or leave the one across
Balm Fork for my use.
Second I wili take in exchange
for every acre of land taken by the
new county road off the north side of
my place, (providing said county will
take all of said land from the ditch
to the lower fence on south side of
road) for one and one-half acres of
the John Byland ranch, which joins
my land and is on the east side of my
place. All fences to be placed on
lines of same quality that are now on
place, without any cost to me, and a
bridge across Willow creek so" that
I can get to the county road, or leave
the present bridge across Balm Fork,
which I would rather have. Also
connect four two inch pipes that I
now have connected with the Hepp
ner Milling Co. ditch so I can irrigate
H. H. HOFFfiIAN IS EX-
ALIED RULER OF ELKS,
The Heppner Lodge of Elks, No.
358, held their annual election hist
Thursday evening and II. H. Hoffman
was elected to the position of Exalted
Ruler for the ensuing year. Follow
ing are the newly elected officers:
Exalted Ruler, II. II. Hoffman.
Esteemed Leading Knight, J. L.
Wilkins.
Esteemed Loyal Knight, D. M.
Ward.
Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Jos.
M. Hayes.
Iner Guard, R. W. Glasscock.
Tiler, W. A. Hayes.
Secretary, Prewitt Cox.
Treasurer, Frank Gilliam.
Trustee, W. E. Pruyn.
Delegate to the grand lodge, W. A.
Richardson.
Alternate to the grand lodge, W.
E. Pruyn.
The installatoin of officers will he
held the first meeting night in April,
which is Thursday the 8th. A smok
er, clam feed and a general good time
will be the order of the evening.
Chrlstlan Church Notes.
Easter will be observed at the
Christian church with special services
next Sunday. At 11:00 a. m. Minister
Handsaker wil preach on: "The Bat
tle Over the Empty Grave." In the
evening the junior choir of thirty
five voices will render a program.
The Red and Blue contest In the
Sunday School will come to a close
next Sunday. The finish promises to
be exciting as the Reds were but 33
points ahead last Sunday.
Rev. T. SAIandsaker went to Port
land Tuesday to attend a meeting of
the Oregon Christian Missionary
Society, of which he Is a member. He
expects to return this evening.
The ladies of the Christian church
will hold a window sale at the Palm
Saturday. A good chance to buy
the eats for your Sunday dinner.
below the county road.
John Cason, Owner.
The Road Committee was request
ed to further investigate the matter
and report at the next meeting. It
appears to be the sentiment of the
Club to cooperate as much as pos
sible with the county court in this
matter, and assist in every possible
manner In securing the right of way
for the new road.
The Committee on City and Coun
ty fairs made the following report
which was adopted as read:
To Heppner Commercial Club:
We, the undersigned Committee on
City and County Affairs, having con
sidered the communication referred
to us on the 22nd day of March, 1915
relating to what is known as a gen
eral "clean-up day" hereby submit
the following report:
First, that the Secretary of the
Heppner Commercial Club advise
Mrs. C. H. Cautner, chairman of the
Oregon Federation of Women's
Clubs at Hood River that the request
will be complied with at the proper
time.
Second, that the Mayo of the
City of Heppner, be requested to is
sue a proclamation setting aside a
proper day for a general "clean up"
in the city of Heppner, and that such
proclamation be published in the
newspapers of Heppner.
JOS. J. NYS,
M. D. CLARK,
VAWTER CRAWFORD,
Committee.
The matter of the Chautauqua
which has been signed up for Hepp
ner, was referred to a committee con
sisting of C. E. Woodson, J. L. Wil
kin3 and Jos. J. Nys.
The motion was made and carried
that the Hon. County Court be asked
to have a good roads day making
the game a legal holiday for the
w jf 'county for the purpose and
thai. County Road Master Culick
have charge of the arrangements.
Frank Turner has been suffering
a great deal the past three days from
an attack of inflammatory rheuma
tism. He l as sufficiently recovered
at this time, however, to be up and
around and will soon start the 1915
shearing season.
Frank McCabe is in from his But
ter creek shet'p ranch to-day. He
reports everything lovely in his local
ity for the lambing season which will
begin soon.
James' H. Wyland, prominent
sheepman of the Hardman section,
was in town last evening.
MINSTREL SHOW AND
PROGRAM NETS 98.00
The High School Literary favored
a good sized audience with a splendid
program on Friday evening last at
the auditorium. A small admission
fro of 20 cents was charged, and the
exchequer of the Society was streng
thened to the amount of better than
J is. oo, which money goes to help
defray expenses of the athletic equip
ment ot the school.
The first part of the program con
sisted of a number of songs and well
rendered declimations. These latter
were given by students from Mrs.
Wedding's class in elocution, and the
talent that she Is developing was a
delightful surprise to the audience.
The readings were all of a high class
and each individual effort was a dem
onstration of the careful training
they had received. Some of the
young men and young ladies under
instruction of Mrs. Wedding are de
veloping great talent in the elocu
tionary line and they should be en
couraged to continue their studies of
the art.
The fun making feature of the pro-
gram was me jonnson-jacason luin-
strels that had just come to town.
, This troupe was made up entirely of
High School students, and there were
some great darkles in the bunch.
The boys were strikingly costumed
in brilliant red suits and made a
great hit with the audience by their
songs and quaint jokes. The per
formance was short and snappy and
full of life from start to finish. The
following composed the company:
Harley Adkine and Clarence Scriv
ner, end men; Spencer Crawford, in
terlocutor; Chas. Barlow, Elra Hayes,
Paul (lemmell, Earl Gordon, Vawter
Crawford, Stephen Irwin, Lester Par
ker. David Wilson, Henry Peterson,
Tom Hughes, Ed Clark and Loren
Mikesell
We shall anxiously await another
performance by this colored aggre
gation.
LEXINGTON.
Frank Nash, of Heppner, was a
Lexington taller last week.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Beymer, a daughter.
Born To Mr. and -Mrs. C. R.
Pointer, a daughter.
T. J. Mahoney and C. E. Woodson
of Heppner made a business visit to
this town last Friday.
Mrs. Minnie Leach, who has been
in the hospital in Portland for some
time, is able to be out again.
Last Wednesday morning we notic
ed a heavy frost, and it is feared the
early fruit may be injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ayers, of
Parkers Mill, were in Lexington one
day last week.
R. B. Rice was trading in town
Tuesday. He took out a load of sup
plies for improvements.
Cliff Fridley, a farmer of Social
Ridge, was a Lexington caller Mon
day. Frank Bell, of Black Horse, was in
town Tuesday and reports a lot of
rain in his neighborhood. '
William Tucker, of Sand Hollow,
was trading in town Tuesday. He re
ports lots of rain in his neighborhood.
Mrs. Myrtle Reaney was taken
seriously ill for a time one day last
week, but at the present time is re
ported much improved.
William Luttrell, of Joseph, Wal
lowa county, was In Lexington a few
days this week. Bill used to live in
this part of the country and still
owns a farm in the banana belt.
One day last week Walter Johnson
turned coyote hunter and succeeded
in finding a den of 11 young ones in
one place. They were all dug out in
a short time making a very good in
come for one day's work.
W. C. Lacy, of Portland, is visiting
in town for a few days. Mr. Lacy
was a pioneer farmer in the Black
Horse country before he retired. He
still retains a farm in this section
which he returns to inspect a few
times each year.
David Gooding, who has been em
ployed on the Eph Eskelson farm
above town for the past year, was
operated upon one day last week for
appendicitis at the Heppner Sanata
rium. He is reported to be improv
ing rapidly and will be able to be out
again soon.
This part of the country was visit
ed by fine rains on Sunday and Mon
day, and the roads are muddy again.
The spring grain has commenced to
show up good, so the farmer can al
most tell how much of a stand he has.
It is hoped that all parts of the coun
ty received as much moisture as this.
Three new Bull tractor plow en
gines were unloaded at the depot
Friday by Vaughn & Sons of Hepp
ner, who have the agency for these
machines. E. Nordyke has taken
one and J. C. Gilbert, who lives north
of Lexington, has taken one, which
they will use in their spring plowing.
CHILDREN'S CHORUS WILL
GIVE EASTER CANTATA.
On Sunday evening the Junior
choir of the Christian church will
present Ira B. Watson's Easter can
tata "Life's Morning." The choir
as a membership of thirty-five
voices and is under the direction of
Mrs. Otheo Crawford. The program
will be a diversion from the usual
Easter entertainments and it will be
well worth your time to be in at
tendance. The children have been
working faithfully and you will en
joy the hours spent with them. The
program follows:
Prelude.
Hymn.
Invocation.
Wong, Easter Morning Choir
Scripture Reading.
Prayer.
Song "The Shining Angels"
Cleone Andrews, Violet Merritt and
Bernice Sigsbee.
Recitation "Easter Morning"
Frances Parker.
Song.. "The Song pf the Morning"
Choir.
Recitation, "Triumph" Alma Devin
Song.. "Life, the Gift of the King"
Easter Emblems, Arwilda Brown,
Elizabeth Huston, Virginia Currin,
Velma Brown and Ethel Thompson
Song,"Hark, the Easter Angels Sing"
Choir.
"Easter's Bright Dawn" Leora Devin
"The Easter Hope
Evelyn Humphreys.
Song, "We Lift Our Hearts to Thee"
Choir.
"The Easter Heart" Anita Turner,
Freda Brown.
"Easter Day" Mary Crawford, Rose
Ellen Hale, Ethel Mikesell and
Elaine Sigsbee.
"Our Easter Flowers," Ruth French,
Lena Thompson, Etta Devin and
Agnes Boyd.
"The Light of Easter" Choir
"Angels of Jesus",. Ida Stephenson
"Day of Joy and Gladness". .Choir
"Easter Birth" Bernice Githens
"The Palms" Neva Chidsey, Cora Mae
Crawford.
Offering.
Song, "Hallelujah" Choir
Benediction.
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ATTEND CANAL OPENING
Big Event of May .", The Dalle" Will
Mark Sew Kra for Eastern Oreg
on Washington and Idlu
Great Engineering
Project Done.
To mark the opening of The Dal-les-Celilo
Canal, which will make the
Columbia river open for navigation
from its mouth to Priest Rapids, The
Dalles Business Men's Association
are preparing a fitting celebration, to
which the citizens of the Northwest
are invited. The day has been set as
May 5. Mayor W. W. Smead has re
ceived the following invitation, which
includes the people of Heppner and
the surrounding community, to par
ticipate in the celebration:
Mayor of Heppner, Heppner, Oregon.
Your Honor: In behalf of Dalles
City and the Official Committee for
The Dalles-Celilo Celebration, which
is to take place at The Dalles and
Celilo on May 5, I wish to extend to
you and your City, as well as your
surrounding community, a cordial in
vitation to participate with us at the
opening of The Dalles-Celilo Canal,
which denotes the completion of one
of the greatest projects in engineer
ing skill, and gives us a nagivable
river for 500 miles for the common
good of all. Official program will be
announced later.
Trusting you will avail yourself of
this opportunity and join us in this
celebration, I am,
Sincerely yours,
T. B. PHILIPS,
Secretary.
LUmatilla Is Invaded
Bv the Army Worm
The army worm has made its ap
pearance in Umatilla county, and re
cent inspection of a 250 acre wheat
tract in Combs Canyon has disclosed
the fact that this pest has destroyed
about 35 acres of wheat. According
to the Pendleton Tribune, which has
taken specimens of the worm and
placed them on display, the first re
ports of the worms' appearance were
brought to Pendleton by Charles H.
Olcott, a prominent farmer of the
Birch creek section, who sent several
of the worms to the Agricultural Col
lege. James Eldridge, on whose place
the worms have made their appear
ance, first discovered the damage
done by the worms three weeks ago,
when he found a path along the ra
vine half a mile long and from 60 to
80 yards wide entirely devoid of veg
etation. Later he went out to re
seed this strip and found that it was
twice its former width. The discov
ery of the worm resulted. Accord
ing to Eldrige, "There's millions of
them," when asked as to the number
of these worms. Great care is being
taken to prevent the spread of the
pest.
Kicked by a Ford.
M. S. Maxwell, merchant at Park
ers Mill, is suffering quite severely
from injuries received one day this
week by the kicking back of the
starting crank of a Ford. A bone
was broken in the back of his right
hand and his wrist was badly sprain
ed; causing him a lot of pain. The
injuries required the attention of a
physician and Dr. Gaunt of Hardman
dresed the hand and put it on the
road to recovery. Milt says it is no
joke cranking a Ford.especially when
the "critter" kicks back, and there
are others who can offer similar tes
timony.
Will Start Shearing.
Frank Turner, prominent young
farmer who lives east of Heppner,
will start his shearing plant down in
the Sand country in about eight days.
His crew are now engaged in shear
ing the band of bucks belonging to
Mike Kenny. After the season in the
Sand has closed, Mr. Turner will re
turn to Heppner and with Ed Wilcox
will operate the plant at the Minor
ranch. They anticipate a lengthy
run.
More Street Improvement.
It is stated on good authority that
active construction work on a new
concrete walk from the corner of the
Frank Roberts building on Main
street north to the Scrivner property,
will begin at once. The survey has
been made and the grade stakes set.
This will give this block facing Main
street a solid concrete walk its entire
length and will put the walk on an
even grade, thereby doing away with
all the present "ups and downs."
M. S. Corrigall and son, of Butter
creek, are in town to-day while Mr.
Corrigall is looking after his exten
sive business interests.
W. T. Campbell. Social Ridge far
mer, was in the city Wednesday.
M. V. Logan was up from Cecil last
night.