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VOL. 32. NO. 3.
1IEITXEH, OUEGON Al'IUL 15. 101;
SUKSCKIPTIOX, 1.50 PER YEAR
IS
W. W. Smead, J. L. Wilkins and C
A. Minor Guarantee Way for
Upper Willow Creek Road
Removal o( Forest
Olllce is Opposed.
The upper Willow creek road to
the Hager bridge received another
boost Monday evening when It was
announced at the Heppner Commer
cial Club that W. W. Smead, J. L.
Wllkins and C. A. Minor would guar
antee the right of way through the
J. B. Cason ranch. It Is understood
that these gentlemen are in a position
to make a deal with Mr. Cason, satis
factory to him and all parties con
cerned. The Lexington - Heppner
road matter was referred to the road
committee, who will look after the
work that has been donated.
The Club has taken up in earnest
the matter of the proposed removal
of the forest headquarters to Pendle
ton, and a committee of three, T. J.
Mahoney, chairman and Geo. J. Cur-
rin and W. B. Barratt, was appointed
to work against the proposed remov
al. The matter of a lyceum course
for Heppner was laid over until next
week. The Club had previously been
asked to guarantee this course for
Heppner. .
A special committee representing
the Club will confer with the cele
bration committee of The Dalles
Business Men's Association in regard
to The Dalles-Celilo celebration
which will be held in that city in the
near future. It is the sentiment of
the Club that Heppner take an active
part in participating in the celebra
tion.
Secretary Smead informs us that
several new members have taken out
cards voluntarily the past week, but
he is urging the membership commit
tee to get busy, as he believes that
with little effort the present mem
bership of the Club can be doubled
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Contrary to the usual custom when
Spring weather comes on the students
of the High School are maintaining
a high standard of excellence in
their studies. This is very pleasing
to the faculty and is much to the
credit of the students.
The last Literary program of the
year will be given Friday evening. It
will consist of some very entertaining
numbers, among them being a debate,
a farce and a number of musical se
lections given in the auditorium and
will be called at 7:45 o'clock. The
patrons of the school are invited to
attend.
Preliminary arrangements were
completed this week for the publi
cation of the High School Annual.
Tuesday afternoon the student body
elected the Editor-in-Chief, Associate
Editor, Business Manager and Ad
vertising Manager. These are re
spectively, Spencer Crawford, Earl
Gordon, Harley Adkins and Stephen
Irwin. Wednesday, the "staff" had a
meeting and various assistants were
appointed. Dave Wilson will handle
the sport department; Grace VanVac
tor the literary department and Mel
ba Griffiths will see that all social
activities are properly represented.
Ed Clark was made cartoonist and
will embellish the' book with some
good caricatures. Orain Wright
will assist Manager Adkins, and they
will work hard to make the book a
financial success. At a meeting of the
entire staff the name "Hehisch" was
chosen and the Annual will appear
under that name. Earnest work
has begun in the preparation of ma
terial and it is hoped the book will
be ready for delivery about the mid
dle of May.
The biology laboratory has become
quite popular the last few days since
the class has acquired a snake and
an insect menagerie. There are
several different kinds of snakes and
any number of other animals and in
sects. The class has been doing some
very interesting dissecting work and
has mounted some of their best
specimens.
Card af Thanks.
To our friends and neighbors we
extend our sincere thanks for their
aid and aslstance during the last ill
ness of our relative, Joseph Luck
man. Walter and Clias. Luckman
Walter Kilcup, Mrs. Ada Woodward,
Mrs. Annie Smith.
Train Delayed.
The train on the local branch was
delayed several hours Wednesday
when the engine became ditched
while switching. This was caused
by the rails spreading. Another en
gine came up from The Dalles to pull
the local engine out of the ditch.
lluse Ball at lone Saturday.
The local High School base ball
team will journey to lone Saturday to
meet the Egg City boys in the second
game of the year. The first game re
sulted In a victory for the Heppner
boys and they are naturally a litle
over confident. The line up will
probably be the same as on the first
occasion.
The 30th annual convention of the
Oregon State Sunday School Asso
ciation will meet in Portland on
April 28th to 30th, 1915. The ses
sions will be held-in the First Pres
byterian church and a splendid pro-
pram ma hnan nrannrpri rnr t la
instruction of all delegates who will
attend.
PIONKKK STOCKMAX I)IKS.
Joseph Luckman, a pioneer stock
man and rancher of this section, died
at the home of Mrs. Annie Smith in
this city on Thursday, April 8, 1915,
after a lingering illness.
At the time of his demise, Mr.
Luckman was 70 years, 4 months and
days of age, having been born in
Bickenhill, Warwickshire, England,
on December 4, i44.
He was married on May 7th, 1867,
to Rebecca Taylor, and they later
came to America, finally settling on
a homestead in the Butter creek hills
in this county, where Mr. Luckman
engaged in sheepraising very success
fully for many years. Mr and Mrs.
Luckman were childless, and the wife
passed to her reward a number of
years ago, and Mr. Luckman run the
ranch for some time after that, but
finally retired from active business
life and took up his residence in
Heppner, where he was a very famil
iar character.
His immediate relatives in this
section are Walter and Charles Luck
man and Walter Kilcup, nephews,
and Mrs. Ada Woodward, a niece.
Mrs. Annie Smith is also a distant
relative by marriage.
Mr. Luckman accumulated quite a
fortune at one time and was the
owner of one of the best stock farms
In the county. This he deeded a few
years ago to Walter and Charles, to
become theirs under certain agree
ments, at the time of his death. The
property was given over to their
charge and the boys took care of the
old gentleman by furnishing him a
monthly stipend during his declining
years.
Funeral services were held at the
Episcopal church in this city on Sat
urday afternoon, Rev. T. S. Hand-
saker officiating, and the remains
were buried peslde those of his wife
in their lot at Masonic cemetery
Mr. Luckman was a member of the
Church of England and helped to
build the Episcopal church in this
city, in which he erected a tablet to
the memory of his wife.
ROHERT GEORGE ROBIXSOX.
After an illness of two years and
one-half, Robert George Robinson
passed away at his home at Lone
Rock, Oregon, on the 8th day of
April, 1915, at the ripe age of 85
years.
Mr. Robinson was born in Summer
set county, Pennsylvania, on the 27th
day of June, 1830, where he resided
until eighteen years of age, when he
moved to the state of Illinois with an
uncle. During the gold rush to Cal
ifornia he crossed the plains by ox
team in company with several well
known California pioneers, arriving
there in the year 1851. He moved
from there to near Saiem, Oregon,
about the year 1860. He was unit
ed In marriage to Lucy Ann Neal in
the year 1862, they moving from
there to Pierce county, Washington
about one year later. Leaving Pierce
county seven years later they located
at the present townsite of Lone Rock
Oregon, where they have since re
sided.
Mr. Robinson was one of the
pioneer merchants of Eastern Oreg
on, having entered the mercantile
business in the year 1877, where the
present town of Lone Rock Is now
located, he continued in the business
until about the year of 1894, when
the same was taken over by his sons
He was also known at one time as
the sheep king of that section and one
of the largest individual taxpayers o
Gilliam county. He retired from
active management of his numerous
business interests about thirteen
years ago.
Mr. Robinson is survived by hi
widow, Lucy A. Robinson, and six
children, C. D. Robinson, of Lone
Rock, F. H. Robinson, of lone, Mrs
Nettie A. Washburn, of Portland
Mrs. Alcy J. Pullen, of Lone Rock
W. N. Robinson, of Lone Rock, and
Una G. Reynolds, of South Dakota
WILL LIKELY ITT IT NEW
BUILDING I'OR THE MASONS
Heppner Lodge No. 69, A. F. & A
M. are taking preliminary steps look
ing to the erecting of a new building
on their lot at the southwest corner o
Main and Willow streets. The pres
ent building has stood on this lot for
the past 37 years and is now badly in
need of repairs and the Lodge feel
that it is somewhat a waste of fund
to put money into this old hall an
attempt to modernize it. However,
the steps now being taken are onl
preliminary and for the purpose
of
arriving at the estimated cost of th
new structure and to ascertain just
what the disposition of the majority
of the membership Is with regard to
the contemplated improvements. At
this time the sentiment appears to be
strongly in favor of a new building.
Heppner Commercial Club has tak
en up the matter of getting in touch
with the committee having In charge
the celebration of The Dalles-Celilo
canal opening. We have heard but
little about this in Heppner, and are
beginning to wonder if our citizens
really have no interest in this great
event. The completion of this great
work means much to our county and
we should be ready to join with ou
neighbors of the Columbia River
counties in helping to make the cele
bration a success. Some few people
from here are planning to attend, to
be sure, but the idea Is to have
large delegation of citizens there to
show that we are awake to the ben
fits to be derived from an open river,
and also to express our appreciation
of what the general government h
done for our development in opening
I up the great inland waterway
to
j navigation
EXINGTON COOPERATES WITH HEPPNER
IN IMPROVING CONNECTING IIA
United Sentiment Is Expressed For Permanent Roads
At Joint Meeting in Lexington Court Will Prob
ably Establish Laboratory For Road Experiment.
Lexington citizens want permanent
roads, and to that end they will co
operate to their fullest extent In the
good roads movement. This was
their sentiment as they expressed It
at the good roads meeting held in
Lexington last Saturday afternoon.
S. E. Notson, president of the Hepp
ner Commercial Club acted as chair
man. The main topic for discussion
before the meeting was as to when
work should begin on the new Hepp-
ner-Lexington road. The majority
of the speakers from Lexington were
of the opinion that it was too late in
the season to begin tearing up the
roads, that it would only result in
making a dust heap out of the pres
ent roads and they would be in no
condition tor travel before next fall,
We want roads that will last" said
W. G. Scott. "I have been over
macadam roads and I am convinced
they are not what we want. We
have got to find a way to hold the
dust, and I think that the county
court should take a piece of road and
show us what can be done. A little
experimenting now may save many
dollars later." Mr. Scott thought that
oiling might solve the problem of
holding the dust, packing, and there
by make a solid road bed.
Eph Eskelson, who lives on the
line of the proposed new road, be
lieves that there is much of the work
that can be done at this time, such as
making the deep cuts and doing the
rock work. Andrew Reaney also
thought that this would be the proper
time to do the work, since the money
and work donated, were at hand, and
the people had the spirit of better
roads uppermost in their minds.
Frank Evans, W. F. Barnett and
W. R. Munkers were all of the opin
ion that it is too late in the year to
start the work, inasmuch as the
greater portion of the road work will
be in soft dirt, and travel would -be
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W. P. McMillan favors the present
time for the road work and suggested
that the new road be strawed, as a
means of keping down the dust.
"Build a road that will last" was
the plea of W. E. Leach. "I would
pay a double amount of my present
taxes toward roads without a kick if
I knew that the money was to be
spent for permanent roads."
The members of the county court
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The last number of the lyceum
course for 1915 will be presented at
the High School auditorium on the
night of April 23, by home talent.
The program will consist of two
parts, the first being a varied one of
readings, music and orations ami the
second part, "Seeing Uncle Jack," a
sketch. The program follows :
PART I..
O, For the Wings of a Dove,
Miss Long and Miss Thorley
Reading, ... Miss Casey
Cornet duet, - - Mr. Harlan and
Mr. Clarke
Male quartet, - - High School
Trombone solo, - - Mr. Hale
Oration, "The Traitor," H. Adkins
Piano solo, - - Virginia Crawford
Selected, ... Male Quartet
Piano duet, Mrs. Jackson and Miss
Crawford
Male quartet, - - lone, Ore
PART II.
"Seeing Uncle Jack," - - Sketch
CAST:
Mabel, given to writing and read
ing poetry, ... Miss Casey
Julia, fond of imitating Mabel,
Miss Power
Kate, very practical, Miss Schwlttay
Helen, interested in natural his
tory, ... . Miss Long
Mrs. Miller, young widow, teach
er, chaperoning the party while
camping in the woods, Mis Wallen
Nancy, country girl - Miss Ames
Season tickets will be good for this
entertainment, but as yet the general
price of admission lias not been
fixed.
Xew Walk is Completed.
The new sidewalk fronting on the
court house wall on Court street is
now completed and adds greatly to
the appearance of the county seat
property. The work was done under
the supervision of Wm. Ayers.
Charles Elder left on Tuesday for
Baker, where he will visit with his
sister, Mrs. Belle Bucknum, for a
short time before returning to his
home in Wyoming
Mr. Elder spent
the winter at Heppner with his son, the kick back of the crank of an au
Fred Elder, and returns to his home tomobile some time ago, and it was
much improved in health. I found that the bones In his wrist
, , . 1 were broken, though at first it was
Old Glory waves at half mast in considered onlv a bad sprain. It
Heppner to-day in memory of the wm be some time before the injured
death of our martyred president, niomhor on ho o,i
Abraham Lincoln, this being the an
niversary of that sad event in our,
national history. '
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were all present and all spoke in be
half of the county. Judge Patterson
said that he does not favor county
bonding as a means for raising funds
for permanent roads, for in many
cases the road wears out before the
bonds mature. George J. Currln is
a great believer in the power of crude
oil for laying the dust, and he told of
the success that Heppner had met
with in street oiling, saying that the
Heppner streets were nothing more
than graded roads. He believes that
the county will eventually come to
the oiling of the main county roads if
not now.
Lee Padberg favors the plan of a
county laboratory for road experi
menting. That is, taking a small
strip of road, building it up on a
permanent basis, and treat the sur
face with crude oil or any other sub
stance that will solve for all time the
dust question.
W. T. Campbell and W. W. Smead
were also of the opinion that experi
ment before the actual work would
prove beneficial and would eliminate
many mistakes that might be made
later. Mr. Campbell believes that oil
will settle the dust satisfactorily.
A. S. Akers, A. L. Ayers and Sam
Hughes also made short talks.
Chairman Notson, near the close of
the meeting told of what might be
done to improve the road in a small
way, yet would save the county many
dollars in the course of a year. He is
of the belief that a great deal can and
must be done in educating the people
in the matter of better roads.
County Surveyor Turner told what
the survey for the new road cost, in
the neighborhood of $150.00. As
near as he could tell off hand, he
thought the cost of the new road
would be $3500 or $4U00, but those
figures, he said, might be a little
high.
The motion made by J. L. Wilkins
that all work on the new road that
could possibly be done at this time,
at a ft a A at nr ritx ti'aa rta yyinA Kir an
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unanimous vote.
NOTICE TO WESTERN UMATILLA
MORROW AXI) GILLIAM COUX
TY SHEEP MUX.
We will not allow transient sheep
to trail over our ranges this season.
WILLIAM SLUSHEU,
JOE CUNHA,
A. A. COLE,
CUNNINGHAM SHEEP
& LAND CO.
LYCEUM COURSE 1$
Through the efforts of T. S. Hand-
saker and others interested, th
Ellison-White lyceum course will be
presented in Heppner next year. The
Ellison-White people demonstrated
the past year that their entertain
ers were of high class and many o
the local people wanted them hack
again. Mr. Handsaker worked all
day Wednesday getting signers for
the guarantee and as a result the
course has been assured. The bu
reau promises an excellent course
this year. The first number will be
the Oxford Opera company. This
will be followed by H. W. Arnold, the
lecturer. Others will be the Orioles,
a ladies trio consisting of a reader,
whistler and a pianist; the Wells
entertainers and Wlggam, stereopti
con lecturer on "Eugenics." This is
said to be the best seller on the
course and deals with a subject of
vital interest to everybody. The
course will probably open about the
same time as it did last year and will
be under the auspices of the High
Sshool.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOTES.
Subject for next Sunday morn
ing's discourse: "Jesus the Friend of
Sinners."
Evening theme: "If John The
Baptist Should Come to Heppner."
The Sunday School contest opened
with Pendleton last Sunday. We have
not heard yet from the Round-up city
but our school made a good showing
with 154 present.
The cantata given last Sunday
evening was a decided success as
evidenced by the large and attentive
audience. Every available seat in
the church was occupied. The in
terest shown indicates that Heppner
has many music lovers who appre
ciate the higher class of music. Mr.
O. G. Crawford is entitled to much
credit for the able manner In which
he drilled and conducted the chorus.
M. S. Maxwell is down fronv'Park
ers Mill to-day. He still suffers a lot
, with his injured hand, received from
Chas. Hams was down from
Harduian home yesterday.
his
SIMS-II.U.KI
Miss Marie lia'iei-, a popular
young lady of this city and Mr. Clif-
ford Sims, of Eugene were married
at the bride's home Wednesday morn
ing at 6:30. Rev. W. A. Orr, of
Milton, performed the ceremony in
the presence of the two immediate
families of the contracting parties
and a few close friends. The bride
was attired in a neat traveling suit of
blue and the groom wore a suit of
blue serge. Miss Hager was given
away by her brother, J. Osmin Hager
and the groom was attended by his
brother, Henry Sims, of Eugene.
Miss Virginia Crawford played the
wedding march. The rooms were
beautifully decorated with apple
blossoms and white carnations. After
the ceremony, a dainty wedding
breakfast was served.
Miss Hager has many friends here,
having made this city her home since
childhood. She was a member of
the class graduating from Heppner
High School in 1912. Later she spent
two years at the University of Oregon
at Eugene, and -is a member of the
Delta Gamma sorority. Mr. Sims
graduated from the University of
Oregon in 1913, and was very well
known as an athlete while in college.
Mr. Sims is a member of the Sigma
Chi fratenity and is at this time en
gaged in business in Eugene.
The young people departed for
Eugene yesterday, where they will be
at home to their friends after May
15th. They were accompanied by
the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Sims, and his brother and sister,
Henry Sims and Mrs. Robinson.
ADKIXS-HOWARD.
Coming as a complete surprise to
their relatives and many friends, was
the marriage of Harley Adkins to
Miss Margaret Howard, of Walla
Walla at the home of the groom's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adkins in
this city last Saturday evening at 6
o'clock. Rev. T. S. Handsaker, pastor
of the First Christian church per
formed the wedding service. Only tne
immediate members of Mr. Adkins
family and a few friends were pres
ent. The bride, who has been teach
ing in the schools of Morrow county,
is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C
R. Howard, of Walla Walla. She is
a graduate of Columbia Junior Col
lege at Milton, and Is a very accom
plished young lady. It was while at
tending college at Milton that the
young people became acquainted
Mrs. Adkins lived here several years
ago when her father held the pastor
ate of the M. E. church. South.
mr. Aamns is a native son of Morrow
county and will graduate from Hepp
ner High School with the May class of
1915. Besides being prominent in
athletics, he is president of the liter
ary society, class valedictorian and
business manager of the high school
annual, and very popular among the
students. - .
Mr. and Mrs. Adkins will make
their their home in Walla Walla after
the 8th of June, where Mr. Adkins
has accepted a position with a firm
in that city.
STAPLETOX-SHA XZ.
A very quiet wedding was solemn
ized Tuesday evening at the farm
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stapleton
near this city, when Miss Freda
Shanz, of The Dalles, became the
bride of Mr. E. A. Stapleton. Pev.
T. S. Handsaker officiated. Mr.
Stapleton is connected with his father
in the management of the Mountain
Valley Stock Farm, and it is here that
the young people will make tlitir
home.
EASTER CANTATA GREETED
15V A LARGE AUDIENCE.
The Easter cantata, "Resurrection
Light," was rendered in a splendid
manner on Sunday evening at the
Christian church by a chorus compos
ed of members from the different
choirs of the city. An audience that
filled the church full to overflowing
greeted the singers, and the rendi
tion of the beautiful choruses and
solos was well received.
Mr. O. G. Crawford directed, and
Miss Virginia Crawford was the pian
ist, while leading solos were taken
by Miss Marie Hager, Mr. Harley
Adkins, Mrs. Winnard, Mrs. Craw
ford, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Crawford.
The work of preparation had been
somewhat handicapped on account of
time but there was no lack of enthu
siasm on the part of the performers
and the rendition of the cantata was
very creditable to them and satis
factory and pleasing to the audience.
The people of Heppner are interested
in good music and like to hear it,
and this cantata is classed among the
best of such works for amateur
choirs.
The singers interested in giving
this cantata have organized a choral
union to which other talent will be
added to make it a strong organiza
tion, and they will enter into the re
hersal of the better class of choruses
in order to be prepared to entertain
our people as future occasions may
demand. This is a very worthy move
and should certainly meet with the
proper encouragement. They have in
mind a big sing about the time of the
county fair which should add to the
entertainment features of that event.
E. E. Rugg was in town from his
Spring Hollow ranch yesterday and
reports that it has been necessary for
him to re-seed at least two-thirds of
his alfalfa fields this spring. He suf
fered much from the visitation of
grasshoppers last summer and they
succeeded In killing off the most of
his alfalfa. He lias put in a large
amount of barley which will be cut
later for hay. Crop conditions appear
to be good in his locality, barring
the alfalfa shortage.
E
L OF OFFICE
Citizens of Heppner, Sheep ar.l Cattle
Men of County an 1 Tributary
Territory Unanimous in
Opinion.
A meeting called on Friday evening
at the instance of the Heppner Com
mercial Club and held at I. O. O. F.
hall for the purpose of presenting to
Mr. Florey, of the forest headquart
ers at Portland, who was present,
some of the reasons why the head
quarters of the Umatilla Forest
should remain at Heppner, was at
tended by many of our citizens and
the cattle and sheep owners of this
county, as well as from some out
side points. The only reason more of
the outside people who are direct
users of allotments in the forest were
not there was that they could not
be reached by the telephone. A meet
ing had been held earlier in the day
at the office of C. E. Woodson, to take
preliminary steps and decide on what
line of action would be persued at the
evening meeting. J. L. Wilkins as
sumed the responsibility of getting in
touch with all the cattle and sheep
men it was possible for him to reach
by phone from Heppner. He spent
two hours in this work, and the re
sult was that a great many in reach
of Heppner were present at the even
ing gathering.
Mr. Florey was here for the special
purpose of getting an expression from
the users of the forest concerning
their desires in the proposition that is
now up for the removal of headquar
ters from Hepner. He arrived from
Portland on Thursday evening, and
there was not a very good chance to
get as many people here as could
have been done had there been a lit
tle more time.
At the evening meeting President
Notson of the Commercial Club pre
sided and Mr. Florey was called upon
to state to the people what his depart
ment desired touching the case at the
present time. He was free to say
that the people of Pendleton had put
it up to the department to move the
office to that city, and had presented
their reasons therefor, but the policy
date the greatest number of the users
of the forest and we gather from
what the gentleman said that It was
going to be up to them. No definite
action has as yet been tken, and if it
is found that the majority of the
patrons of the department favor re
taining the office at Heppner, it Will
be the decision of the powers that be
that it remain here. .
Following the short talk of Mr.
Florey, expressions were called for
from those present, and the following
speakers expressed themselves very
forcibly as being against the proposed
removal of the headquarters to Pen
dleton: C. E. Woodson, C. A. Minor,
Jesse D. French, Geo. J. Currin, J. B.
Huddlestou, Michael Kenny, John
Kilkenny, John Simas, W. W. How
ard, Jos. M. Hayes, W. E. Straight,
John Brosnan, Jack Hvnd, J. C. Kirk,
T. J. Mahoney, J. L. Wilkins, W. W.
Smead, H. H. Hoffman, Clyde Brock,
M. L. Case and C. C. Patterson.
While it will be noted that some of
these gentlemen are not users of the
forest, yet they are all interested, and
the large majority are men who are
now dealing with the forestry office.
Mr. Mahoney had in hand some
figures that are interesting, taken
from the records of the office here.
From these it is learned that there
are but six men in Umatilla county
whose postofllce is at Pendleton, who
are users of allotments in the Uma
tilla Forest, and two of these really
belong at Pilot Rock. Those using
the forest and geting their mail at
Heppner number 21, while those who
are directly tributary to this point
and have range in the Umatilla re
serve number 62. This goes far to
prove that Heppner is the proper
point for the office. Mr. French also
made a good point in the telephone
service which the forest service has
established to all parts of the reserve
from the Heppner office, while other
speakers made it clear that Heppner
was chosen as the proper place for
the office by the forest department in
the first place because of its central
location.
Many expressed the sentiment that
if the office is to be moved at all it
should go to Portland Instead of Pen
dleton, for it would be more accessi
ble to the greater majority of the
users if in than city than it would be
at Pendleton. Could be more easily
reached at a less cost of time and
money.
Practically every speaker could see
no good reason for making the
change and all argument seems to
be against it. Mr. Florey was much
pleased with the unanimous express
ion, and with the spirit of fairness
that seems to prevail among our peo
ple and the kindly feeling manifest
toward the forest service. He was
frank in stating that there was no
great rusli in this matter and that our
people would be given ample timo in
which to be heard and to get the ex
pression of the users of the forest as
to their desires.
The pushing of petitions now out
among the stockmen will be contin
ued and these brought in as rapidly
as possible, it being mutually under
stod that by this method a satisfac
tory expression of those most vitally
interested can be more readily and
unanimously reached.