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VOL. 82. KO. 14. HEPPNER, OREGON, JULY 1, 1915. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.5 ) PEK YE All
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IKST CHAUTAUQUA
VERY SUCCESSFUL
Murion County Folks Knjoy Mix Days
Of Hare Kiitei'taiiiiiient.
Music, oratory, literary entertain
ment and sociability have reigned su
preme in Heppner town during the
pant six days. We have been enjoy
ing the season of our first Chautau
qua and it has about put the most of
us on the "blink" from a business
standpoint, not having time nor In
clination for the ordinary affairs of
life. But it is over with tonight, and
we can then settle down to the rou
tine again, being stimulated by all
the good things it has been our for
tune to see and hear. Our first Chau
tauqua has been a complete success;
the people have enjoyed themselves
and received wholesome and uplift
ing entertainment. They want more
of it; witness the hearty response to
the call for pledges ror another year.
The attendance upon every session
has been good, notwithstanding the
very warm weather and we believe
that all have felt that the time has
been well spent.
The local Chautauqua has been un
der the management of Mr. Chapln
D. Foster who has done all in ills
power to make the sessions pleasant
and profitable. Under his manage
ment everything has passed off well
and all programs have been started
promptly on time and moved along
without a drag. Re has been ably
assisted by Miss Margaret Miller who
had charge of the Jun:r Chautauqua
and cared for the children in their
happy play hours. She drilled them
in many entertaining and useful
games and presented the little folks
to the people on Wednesday in their
folk dances and other exercises. This
feature of the Chautauqua will no
doubt be greatly enlarged next year
as It will be better understood.
The Chautauqua proper will be
better understood by our people from
now on, and it will be an easy mat
ter to maintain these popular enter
tainments in coming years. This year
many of our country people have
been compelled to stay at home be
cause of the opening of harvest, and
the attendance from the country was
not as large as as it otherwise would
have been. Yet there was a flatter
ing attendance from outside of Hepp
ner, and for this the local committee
and management of the Chautauqua
are truely thankful.
Two important numbers on the
program have been Marion Ballou
Flak, cartoonist, and Marietta La Dell
the child Impersonator and entertain
er. These two ladies are real artists
in their lines. Mrs. Flsk weaves in
with her chalk talk her lecture on
"Kweer Karacters I Have Known"
which gives an insight into old New
England character that is highly en
tertaining and educational. Her
"talks" are interspersed with suffi
cient humor to keep her audience in
a happy frame of mind all the while
and she was much enjoyed by old and
young alike. As to Miss La Dell there
in little that we can say that would
express the praise due her for the
delightful entertainment she offered.
It had never been our fortune to
hear such an artist in child imperson
ations before, but she certainly has
the babies all beat a city block in her
impersonation of "What a Baby
Thinks." Miss La Dell is a charming
entertainer whose ability lies along
many lines, and it is hoped that she
will be on the program next year
when we are sure that Bhe will be
greeted with much larger audiences
than she was in this, her first appear
ance before the Heppner people.
Arthur A. Franzke, heralded as one
of the younger and newer lecturers
on the Chautauqua platform, In his
lecture, "The Spirit of the Rockies,"
presents new ideas touching the
handling of state law making bodies
and says much to set people to think
ing. He preaches a gospel of pro
gress, and progress means change
from the set order or things even in
the law making functfon of our sta
tes. Mr. Franzke is well versed in
the evils surrounding state legisla
tive bodies, and these he sets forth in
a clear and comprehensive manner,
yet it may be fairly stated that he is
somewhat disappointing in the reme
dies offered for the cure of these
evils. To our mind, however, his oth
er lecture, "The Matchless Book," is
entitled to a place among the best of
platform orations. He should have
been heard by more people for he de
livers a great message in this lecture
and places the "Book of Books" on
the high plane which it is entitled to
occupy. Mr. Franzke is a scholar and
an orator of no mean ability and will
be gladly heard on future programs.
Col. William Hamilton Miller Is a
"live wire" and no mistake. He was
greatly enjoyed and his place as a
platform man ia certainly unique. His
lecture is made up out of life's exper
iences and he is Just full to running
over with wit and humor. While he
told stories and related experiences
in abundance, keeping his audiences
roaring with laughter much of the
time, yet through it all he was weav
ing a thread of thought that went
home to his hearers and they did not
fall to get the weight of his nara
knocks and sensible ideas on com
munity building and human better
ment. It should be in the contract
that Col. Miller will appear in Hepp
iibp fit nur next Chaucauaua.
The Chautauqua closes with the
session tonight, and we feel that the
Heppner people have been well paid
"THE NEW HUM" IS
Ex-Senator liiiikett Tells What This
New Woman Is And I'ays A
(iiouiiiK Tribute to the
Country In Which Kliu
Lives.
"The New Woman and the Young
Man" was the subject of ex-senator
Elmer J. Burkett's lecture on Wed
nesday evening at Chautauqua. His
entire speech was a combination of
wit, humor and eloquent seriousness.
One time Mr. Burkett was to address
a convention of school teachers at a
certain place and Had prepared a
speech on "Man's Environment."
There were one hundred and fifty
teachers in the convention and only
six of them were men. He felt for
an instant that he was up against it,
since he could not change his speech,
so he just changed the title and spoke
on "The New Woman." This amply
Illustrates where the Ex-senator got
his idea of the new woman. He told
his audience what this new woman is,
by first telling them what she is not.
According to the Nebraska statesman
she is the woman wno is rising ever
higher, decade by decade, and from
present indications she is leaving rap
idly behind her the young man of to
day.
There are boundless opportunities
for the young men in this day and
age, and according to Mr. Burkett,
the youth of today has far more op
portunities than had the young men
of yesterday, and he is better able to
nteet those opportunities.
Senator Burkett paid a glowing
tribute to this country by describing
a touching incident which occurred
at Ellis Island, where is located the
government immigrant station. He"
told of a little old man arriving on
one of the large trans-Atlantic steam
ers, described the look of hope in
the old man's eyes, as he came walk
ing briskly down the gang plank,
passing inspector after inspector. But
finally he received a chalk mark on
the lapel of his coat.' He was past
the age limit, and therefore could not
be passed into this country. He was
taken before the board of judges, the
ex-senator himself being present in
the court room. It developed that
this old man had been preceeded to
this country by four sons and a wife,
all of whom had come to this coun
try on the installment plan. In two
years these sons had become prosper
ous and were able to send over for
not only their aged father, but also
their three sisters, who accompanied
the father across the water. It was
a touching scene when the old man
was finally permitted to join his fam
ily, but it only illustrates what is oc
curring at the Island every day in
the year, that this country is a sweet
haven for the down trodden and sad
hearted peoples of ail nations.
Mr. Burkett will speak again to
night on "Government Ownership of
Railroads" and it is safe to predict
that he will be greeted with a pavil
ion filled with earnest listners.
for all the effort put forth In bring
ing this class of entertainments
here. It is practically settled that
we will have the Chautauqua next
year; in fact there is now pledged a
total of 275 adult season tickets, and
more pledges coming in which makes
It appear easy to secure the neces
sary guarantee. There will be a very
small deficit for the local committee
to make up on the pledge this year
and this will be gladly met.
The Ellison White people have giv
en us a fine program and it has been
greatly enjoyed and appreciated by
the Morrow county people.
Mrs. John Sprouls
Succumbs To Illness
Our community is made truly sad
In the sudden taking on of Mrs. Jen
nie K. Sprouls, wife of John M.
Sprouls, and youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Crockett Kirk of Hepp
ner. Mrs. Sprouls was taken suddenly
very ill at her home on Rhea creek
on Monday evening, and it was neces
sary to call to her assistance a phy
sician from Heppner. The doctor
finding it impossible to render Mrs.
Sprouls any permanent relief, she
was brought to the home of her par
ents in this city early Tuesday morn
ing, and additional medical assist
ance called in. Some relief was giv
en but it was found that Mrs. Sprouls
was suffering from such a severe ail
ment that it would be necessary to
take her to the hospital and this was
done on Wednesday forenoon. After
holding a consultation over the case,
the doctors decided that an operation
would be necessary, However, the
trouble, obstruction of the bowels,
had got beyond the power of human
aid and Mrs. Sprouls died on the op
erating table after three hours of he
roic work on the part of the surgeons.
Jennie M. Kirk was born in Hepp
ner June 29, 1879, and her death oc
curred just one day after her 36th
birthday. She grew to womanhood
in this city and was 4 graduate from
the Heppner scliool, class of May
1899, which was the largest class
ever graduated from our high school.
On May 12, 1891, she was married to
John M. Sprouls, and to them two
children have been born, a daughter
nnil a son. She was a member of the
By R. N. MOFFAT
We are here at the feast and the banquet tonight;
We have banished our cares In this scene of delight
We pledge our new friends and old friendship renew.
Drink a toast to some dear one we tried and proved true,
And to each comes a face through the maze of past years
Of some dear one we cannot forget,
Though under the clay we have laid them away
They are fresh in our memories yet.
Fill your glasses to the brim, boys, and what see you there?
A sister so young, so pure and so fair,
As she helped with our lessons or did us annoy,
And laughed loud with pleasure when we called her "tomboy."
She has gone from our side and is now far away,
But her features are fresh in our memories today.
We recall the sweet hours when with her at piay,
How we teased 'till she was the aggressor.
Come, drink to the playmate of childhood's bright day,
The sister we loved, God bless her!
-
Look again in the glass, boys, and what see you now?
The silvery hairs clustering low on the brow
Of a mother still handsome, stately and fair.
Who guided our first step and taught us our prayer.
The pride In her eye shows wondrous and bright;
As we look at her face we recall 'with delight
How sweet was her voice as she sung us to sleep,
Or prayed that the angels her darlings would keep.
How warm the reply when we would caress her.
Though a tear dimmed the eye of our mother, God bless her!
Dash the wine from your glasses, boys; fill them tonight
With water so pure, so sparkling and bright;
The drink that God gave to us at our birth,
As pure as our women, as old as the earth.
Now stand while you drink, raise yor-r glasses on high
And in reverence fondly address her:
The woman for whom any true man would die.
The woman who's good, God bless her!
W. B. Barratt At
tends Board Meeting
W. B. Barratt returned on Tuesday
evening from Salem where he attend
ed a meeting of the State Livestock
Sanitary Board in that city on Mon
day, the new Board organized for
work by electing its officers and the
choosing of a State Vetrinarian. Dr.
Lytle, the present incumbent, was re
tained in his position. Mr. Barratt
stated that one matter of importance
that was attended to in which our
people are interested. Upon his mo
tion, it was decided that the services
of the officials of the State Vetrinar
ian should be at the disposal of our
people who desired to make exhibits
of their stock at the coming county
fair, and this service is to be abso
lutely free; in fact our people should
be free to call upon the State Vet
rinarian at any time when they have
infected stock, and he or a competent
deputy will come, attend the case
and make no charge for his services.
The fact of a misunderstanding as to
the inspection of Btock in the county
last fall prevented a decent showing
at the county fair of this Important
industry, and Mr. Barratt has seen
to it that tliis will not occur again.
All owners of livestock, therefore,
who contemplate exhibiting their
stock at the fair this fall, should
make their preparations and when
the proper time arrives the State
Vetrinarian will be on hand to make
proper inspection free of any charges
to the owner of the stock.
M. E. Church, South, of this city, a
woman of high character and jovial
disposition. For some years past she
had suffered much from physical in
firmities, but none but those nearest
to her were aware of her sufferings
as she always appeared to them to be
in the happiest frame of mind. Her
death is untimely and a severe blow
to husband and children and parents,
as well as to her many devoted
friends. To the bereaved the deepest
sympathy of the community is ex
ton ded.
Funeral services will be held at
the Christian 'church on tomorrow
afternoon at 2, Rev. J. V. Crawford,
assistant pastor of the church, offi
ciating, and burial will be in the fam
ily lot at Masonic cemetery.
John Kinsman was in Heppner the
first of the week from MeMinnville,
and on Monday took out a car of fat
cattle for the Portland market. Mr.
Kinsman speaks of being well pleased
with his new location at the Yamhill
county capitol city, and. has a good
business.
London Wool Mar
ket Grows Stronger
T. J. Mahoney of the First Nation
al Bank of this city is in receipt of
a telegram from the National Wpol
growers Association informing him
that the London market opened Tues
day morning with an increased price
for Merino wool. The telegram read
as follows:
T. J. Mahoney, Heppner, Ore.
London Wool Sales opened today
with Merinos five to ten per cent
higher.
( Signed ( National Wool Growers
Association.
Although this may not effect the
local market, it shows that the de
mand for fine wool is growing stron
ger, and that many wool growers who
refused to sell earlier in the season
have not made a mistake by holding
on.
Christian Church Notes.
Next Sunday morning Mrs. Hand
saker will speak at the 11 o'clock ser
vice. Her topic will be "The Call of
the Christ."
In the evening the pastor will
speak on "Our Independence." The
sermon and music will be In keeping
with the thought of the day.
Minister Handsaker and family
will leave the first of the week for
a month's vacation in the Willamette
Valley. They will stop a week at the
Missionary Convention of the Chris
tian church at Turner, afterward vis
iting at Eugene and other points. The
pulpit will be supplied each Sunday
during the month.
The Heppner church will be repre
sented at the convention by a large
delegation. Beside the minister's
family, the following expect to at
tend: J. V. Crawford, Mrs. J. P. Con
dor, the Misses Mary Morgan. Vir
ginia Crawford and Leta Humphreys.
Miss Crawford will be pianist dur
ing the entire convention. This is a
fitting recognition of the faithful ser
vice of Miss Virginia as the local
pianist for several years.
Mr. Handsaker will deliver a ser
mon at the convention Sunday, July
11.
Preaching at Lexington.
Miss Elizabeth Ware, County
Evangelist of the Christian church,
will preach at Lexington in the M. E.
Church, South, next Sunday morning
and evening.
Harvle Young came in from his
Eight Mile home yesterday. He in
forms us that the 1915 harvest will
start on their ranch next week. The
barley crop will be tieaded first,
IMP Hill V HEPPNER WINS ONE
KJMB. oh FBra lONF
Heppner People Hear liest Talent
Obtainable All Music Highly
Appreciated Orchestra
Is Leading Feature.
The Chautauqua which closes this
evening has been a success from be
ginning to end every number has
been given by artists of no small re
pute. Those of the community who
are musically inclined consider that
if any preference has been shown by
the bureau in arranging the program,
the balance is in favor of the music.
The Ellison-White people have been
fortunate in their selection in this
part of their course, and it can be
safely said that every note that has
been sung or played from Saturday
afternoon to the present time has
been drunk in and enjoyed to the
fullest extent.
The Adelphian Quartet opened our
first Chautauqua Saturday afternoon
in a program Of semi-popular and hu
morous selections. This quartet is
composed of men of mature mind and
judgment, men well on in middle age,
who have been singing together for
twenty-seven years, since they were
in college together. These men are
business and professional men, who
spend their vacation each summer
singing Chautauqua engagements.
The Saturday afternoon and evening
programs were similar in character
and the Sunday preludes were sacred.
In the forenoon the men sang two sa
cred numbers at the Christian
church. Their voices are evenly. bal
anced and blend completely and more
than one who heard their "Home of
the Soul" Sunday morning was mov
ed to tears. The sincere and sympa
thetic manner in which these men use
their talent at once places them in
the lead in this class of musical
achievement.
Witepskie's Royal Hungarian Or
chestra began their engagement Mon
day afternoon with a program of
standard and popular music com
bined to please every individual in
the audience regardless of his degree
of appreciation of music. They also
furnished the prelude on Monday ev
ning and Tuesday afternoon and the
real treat ot the entire course was
the concert given by them and Miss
Bergh Tuesday evening. This pro
gram was the best of its kind it has
ever been our pleasure to . attend
The orchestra was at its best and
held the audience entranced from
ths first note. The perfect blending
of all .instruments into one fine fin
ished tone was apparent at all times,
and the ease with which the conduc
tor directed and obtained such ex
cellent results was indeed delightful
to watch. That each man is a pro
fessionl musician and complete mas
ter of his Instrument was a very vis
ible fact. These men have played to
gether for twelve years under the Ca
pable leadership of Mr. Witepskie
and are able to anticipate his wishes
in a manner which can only be ob
tained through years of constant
practice and drill. The smooth, even
tones where every instrument is
heard, yet so coinciding with every
other instrument as to sound as one
big whole, is the thing that was no
ticeable in such a marked degree in
all of their playing. The opportunity
of hearing this fine orchestra was one
of the best of the entire Chautauqua
program, and while we are forced to
admit that there are other orchestras
in the country, we are safe in stat
ing that there is but one orchestra of
this class and that is Witepskie's.
During the stay of the orchestra
we were afforded the pleasure of
hearing Miss Charlotte Bergh for the
first time in Heppner. This charming
little lady won every heart with her
first tone. Her voice can not be
spoken of too highly, and her gra
cious, unaffected manner upon the
platform can not help but charm any
audience. Her rendition of "The Last
Rose of Summer" was the most plain
tive, exquisite wont ever sung in
Heppner. All of her numbers were
delightfully given, but the last song
"Thou Brilliant Bird" with flute
obligato displayed her voice to best
advantage. Her high notes, clear as
the flute itself, were so easily taken
as to remind one of the bird of which
she sang.
Miss Bergh has had a wide exper
ience in concert work, having spent
several vears on the Chautauqua cir
cuit, and expects to complete her
studv with the Columbia Conserva
torv'at Chicago next spring. j
Heppner has been particularly for
tunate this past week. The talent
we have had is not surpassed any
where and it has been a pleasure long
to he remembered. The appreciation
of Heppner people ns shown by the
attentive audience has been a wor
thy tribute to these artists.
Wednesday afternoon a good sized
crowd greeted the Jubilee Singers,
who furnished the prelude. This
program was mainly composed of
genuine darkey melodies and camp
meeting songs so dear to the darkey's
heart. These they excelled in and
scored a decided hit with the critical
audience, i nese men mm inu
have been under the coaching of W.
C. Huckner who needs no introduc
tion to Heppner people, and this com
pany is a credit to this experienced
director.
Some interesting sidelights on the
"cast of characters" making tip the
splendid array of musical talent in
the Chautauqua were picked up at
one Takes Two Out of Three (iaine
Series Much Lose I'laiiiK.
After receiving an eleventh hour
notice last week that Moro could not
come to Heppner to meet lone in a
series of games, the locals got busy
and lined up a number of players who
put forth a very fair species of the
national game. Through the efforts
Lof L. K. Harlan, some very good ma
terial, such as Krause of Moro, Hays,
Laphan and Hirshler of Portland and
Hopkins of lone, was secured. Har
lan, Jaynes and Hlatt represented
Heppner.
The first game, which was played
on Saturday afternoon was a good
one and very exciting up to the last
minute of play, the locals being at
one time 3 runs in the lead when the
score stood 8 to 5. Hopkins' bat
ting was the feature of the game, and
right here we might say that Hop
kins' batting was the feature of the
series. His fielding was excellent as
well. Hopkins had been playing with
the lone team all season, until re
cently, when through some trouble
or another he was benched. Heppner
was fortunate in having him and he
proved the heaviest batter of the two
teams.
the final score In the first day's
game was 8 to 9 in favor of Ioje.
Red Lund otf Portland twirled for the
Egg City team until the 8th, when
he was hit so hard that he was taken
from the box and Sperry went in and
finished the game. Red Hart of
Hood River, who pitched until the
8th, was jerked and replaced by
Krause.
The Sunday game was naturally
the best one, for Heppner was victor
ious, but this game was marked with
Improved playing by both teams. A
large crowd attended on this day.
Harlan pitched for the locals and
Sperry was in the box for lone. Jack
Hays of Portland, started receiving
for Harlan but retired to the field in
the 6th on account of a bad hand.
His work with the stick was above
the average. ,
The Monday morning game was
replete with errors on both sides, and
although Laphan, pitching for Hepp
ner, got away to a good start, his sup
port was of the worst kind and he
found himself in a bad hole with lit
tle chance of getting out after all
hope had fled. He was finally re
placed by Harlan, who in turn was
unable to check the lone boys in their
scoring. Lisle Brown pitched good
ball for lone. Final score, lone 11,
Heppner 4.
Dr. Allison of Heppner and M. E.
Rood of Lexington officiated as um
pires for the first two games and on
the last day "Bill" O'Rourke had it
all his own way. They all gave satis
faction. Harduian Man Arrested.
Clias. Hams of Hardman was
brought to Heppner Monday evening
by Sheriff McDuffee, charged with an
assault with a dangerous weapon.
After a preliminary, he was turned
out under $500 bonds, jras attack
ed his brother, Jim, with a rifle, firing
several shots at him, but luckily none
of the bullets did any damage. It is
said that has. has held a grudge
against his brother for a long time,
over some matters pertaining to a
partnership in a ranch. The shooting
took place at the ranch, which is now
in charge of Jim. It is said that Chas.
was under th influence of intoxicat
ing liquor at the time of the shoot
ing and it Is said that he made the
remarks that he would ge the "whole
relation."
random by representatives of the Gazette-Times.
While most of these peo
ple were too modest to say much
about themselves or their work it was
possible to gather a few items of in
terest. Mr. George Aller, he of the deep
bass voice in the Quartet, is director
of the conservatory at Doane College,
Lincoln, Nebraska. His brother, C.
H. Aller, is manager of a large mill
ing concern at Crete, Nebraska. H. C.
House, of the same organization, is
a physician.
Charlotte Bergh was "discovered
by Geo. Aller and studied under him
four years.
Mandel Witepskie has been pray
ing Chautauqua engagements for ten
years. This is his first trip West and
he is pleasantly surprised with the
bigness of the Northwest. Mr. Wi
tepskie has that pleasant manner ofi"
the stage which is so characteristic cf
his stage bearing anil it makes him it
gentlemen whose acquaintance is
much coveted.
While every member of the orches
tra is a teacher and master of his re
spective instrument, we could only
learn a few things in connection with
the lives and occupations of a few.
Louis Latinski, the man who played
the violin solos Tuesday evenintr, is
violinist in the Garrick Theater, Chi
cago. He hns likewise traveled with
grand opera companies tn Europe.
The 'Cellist, aside from being an ar
tist on his instrument is a really truly
artist of no small ability, having had
some of his paintings hung in the
Chicago Art Institute. The flute
player is instructor in harmony at
Busch Temple Conservatory. Chicago.
The past year Miss Bergh was so
loist for the chorus of 911 voices at
Columbia Conservatory.