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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1915)
totone. uii,u,,t. II? H H VOL. 32. NO. 17. HEl'PNER, OREGON, JULY 22, 1915. SUBSCRIPTION. 1.5 PER YEAR ' I TL JL 11 MUST BE MUZZLED Steps Taken to Prevent Spread of Hydrophobia. Hmiday filming of Picture Shows und Pluces of Amusement to be Vot ed on at December Election. "Safety First" is the slogan now adopted by the city council of Hepp ner, and owing to the many cases of hydrophobia in this vicinity, the city fathers have considered it beat to or der all dogs muzzled. This order will go Into effect next Monday and ac cording to city officials, will be strict ly enforced. Sunday closing of motion picture shows and other places of amusement will be one of the leading issues of the December election. Some time ago the council was presented with a petition signed by many of the citi zens of the city asking that the coun cil take steps to close these places on Sunday. After due deliberation, the law-making body of the town has de cided to refer the matter to the peo ple, and consequently It will be a measure on the ballot to be voted upon at the regular city election In December. The -city Is now advertising for bids for the construction of a concrete bridge across Willow creek at the lower end of Gale street to take the place of the old wooden bridge now used. Since the new bridge Is to be built at the end of Gale street, the street now leading to the old bridge will be closed. The new bridge, with the changed appearance it will bring will undoubtedly add much to the civic beauty of this part of town. Completes Road Job. Geo. 13. Whitcomb this week fin ished his contract of grading the Wil low creek road from Heppner to the Hager bridge. The same was in spected by the county court and ac cepted, and Mr. Whitcomb settled with in full for balance due on con tract. This road covers a distance of over three miles and is now in shape for surfacing and smoothing down. The county spent $31)00 with Mr. Whitcomb and it will take some $2. 000 more, perhaps, to get it in good shape for travel. For nearly the en tire distance the track has been cut out of the rock and the contractor found it necessary to use a lot of pow der in getting this rock out of the way. When finished, this will be one of the finest pieces of road work in Morrow county and there should be little difficulty in keeping it up. Thus. Brioily Dies. News was received in Heppner Sun day of the death on that morning at his home in South Bend, Wash., of Thos. Bdierly, formerly a resident of lone, this county. Mr. Brierly had been a sufferer for years with con sumption. He was well known here and in Grant county, being a son-in-law of Mrs. W. B. Jenks, formerly Mrs. Pry Wilson, of Monument. He was a member of Heppner Lodge 35S I). P. O. Elks. Mine Owner Enthusiastic Dan. B. Stalter, chief stockholder and manager of the Mayflower group of mines in the Greenhorn district in Baker county, arrived In Heppner Friday evening with specimens of ore recently taken out by his men there. Mr. Stalter is very enthusiastic over the prospect and he says that ore now being taken from the mine will assay $2000 to the ton. A meeting of the stockholders of the mine was held in Heppner on Monday after noon and it was promptly decided to authorize Mr. Stalter to continue with the development work, and he was furnished the necessary financial backing for this purpose. Dan has struck it rich from present Indica tions and the Mayflower group will yet be classed among the great ' wealth producing properties of the Baker mining district. Mr. Stalter returned to the mine Tuesday. ' Forest Examiner Here. F. B. Kellogg, from the Pendleton forest office, arrived In Heppner the last of the week and has gone to the Dixon station where he begins the work of classification of the timber on the forest reserves. This pert of the work is in charge of Mr. Kellogg and he will continue his work on east until he has covered all the territory in the Umatilla Forest. This will re quire the work of many weeks, and during some of the time he will be assisted by Supervisor Cryder. Knights Install. Doric Lodge No. 20, K. of P., met in regular session Tuesday evening and Installed the following olficers: Chancellor Commander, Dr. A. D. McMurdo; Vtce-Chnncellor, L. M Turner: Prelate, M. L. Case; Master of the Work, W-. A. Richardson; Mas ter at Arms, Emery Hiatt; Inner Guard,' Arthur Crawford; Outer Guard, Dr. F. N. Chrlstensen. Henry Schwarz is having the Inter ior of the Peoples Cash Market re painted and brlghtenpd up. He is making ready to install a Daisy san itary refrigerator which should arrive this week from Portland. This is a counter and display case for meats combined and will add much to the interior appearance of the shop, be sides being a clean and sanitary ar rangement for keeping and display ing cut meats. LEXINGTON. Prof. J. B. Korner of the Oregon Agricultural College spent a few hours in town Wednesday In the In terests of that institution. W. G. Scott made a. business trip to Portland last week. Andrew Reaney and wife left Sun day for Pendleton ana Athena to visit relatives and friends. William Van Winkle of Mikkalo, Gilliam county, was in town tor a short time last week. Harvesting Is In full blast In this part of the county. Every header Is going, and altho the grain Is light all is being cut, and will come in handy for feed this coming winter. William Padberg started threshing this week on barley. He reports wheat too green in his section for threshing. Evans Bros.' wheat is being thresh ed and is making better than 20 bu shels, and is a good quality of grain for this season. M. C. Millett of Salem, is in this vi cinity again, looking after his farm ing interests north of Lexington. D. I. Russell of Los Angeles, Cal., came from the valley last Saturday. He is Interested in his farm on Sund Hollow. Chas. Johnson met with an acci dent last week. While helping re move an old building he fell a dis tance of about 14 feet, hurting his right arm and " sustaining other bruises which will place him on the waiting list for a few days. Carl Musgrave, of South Springs, was transacting business in t own Tuesday. William Lawson, who has been a resident of Lexington for several months, left Monday for the Gre.cn Horn mines, going by the way of Ba ker City. Jas. Carty delivered a car load of beef cattle Sunday at this station. H. V. Gates and Albert Ayers of Heppner were business callers Mon day. , Another car load of Ford cars was unloaded Tuesday for the local agents at this place. W. J. Davis is able to be aronnd again, having recovered from his ac cident of a few days ago. It will be some time before he can do much car penter work. The O-W. R. & N. section crew Is again located at Lexington station. They are at work improving the yards at this place. W. B. Flnley of lower Sand Hollow was trading in town Tuesday. He re ports harvesting in full blast in his section, also that the rabbits did con siderable damage to crops. Dr. C. C. Chick of lone made a professional call in town Friday. IEEIGON. Mrs. H. M. Lansdowtie left for the coast Monday morning on number nineteen. Her mother-in-law, Mrs. J.'M. Lansdowne, of Greenville. Ohio, and Miss Francis Walpole of this place accompanied her. Mrs. Merrill E. Dohle and children will leave Thursday of this week for Mayville to visit relatives. Rev. It. E. Blackman of Milton, was an Irrfgon visitor Sunday. Mrs. Harvey Wolfe is in Portland where she will spend the remainder of the summer with her mother. Mrs. N. Seaman went to Arlington Sunday morning returning the same afternoon. Mrs. Dora Susbauer is In town vis iting Mrs. Peter Susbauer. Among the families leaving for Coyote this week are the Sampsons, Rays and Ruddocks. Victor Groshen Is making some ex tensive Improvements to his Main street property which is now occupied by MrB. L. G. Herren. Besides build ing an addition he Is making some interior improvements by re-papering and painting. Harry Morgan and Miss Mary Mor gan returned Tuesday from a visit with relatives at Moscow, Idaho and vicinity. They were accompanied by their sister, Mrs. Otheo Lyons, who will visit here for a few weeks. Secretary W. W. Smead, of the Fair Board, has been busy this week gathering up grain samples from dif ferent parts of the county. He is suc ceeding in getting some very fine samples of the various classes of grains raised in this county. Misses Lula and Lela Campbell and Josephine Richardson will leave Sunday for Newport, where they will spend two weeks in seashore recrea tion. Frank Parker and wife were pas sengers Monday for Newport. Tliey expect to be gone about two weeks and will visit at Corvallis and other valley towns before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hale are now comfortably domiciled in the J. L. Yeager residence on north Main street. Mrs. Melissa Marlntt and son Ralph were passengers to Moscow, Idaho, Wednesday, where they go to visit with the family of Levi Morgan. J. B. Sparks disposed of a Stude baker "Four" to Wm. Beymer, of Monument, this week. The baby of Mr. and Mrs. Law. rence Reaney who reside near Lex- ington, is reported to be quite sick with Infantile trouble. H. V. Gates, President of Heppner Light & Water Co. Is Granted 83-Year Franchise For Elec tric Right of Way. The following matters were taken up by the court at the adjourned session of July 9t!i on July 16th, 1915: The viewers report on the Chas. A. Stanton road was read and accepted and the road ordered opened. The application for a franchise of H. V. Gates for an electric power and telephone and telegraph line from Heppner to lone was granted for a period of 25 years and with a few minor changes was the same as the franchise submitted by Mr. Gates. The Court accepted the Franklin 11111 road from Contractor J. B. Cu lick and ordered his bondsmen dis charged and released from any fur ther liability. The Court also accepted the Willow creek road from Contractor Geo. B. Whitcomb and ordered his bondsmen discharged and released from any further liability. The following bills were ordered paid from the general fund: Geo. B. Whitcomb, Gen Road $900.00 Harry J. Brown, Gen. Road . . 17.50 Andv Cook, Dist. 1 145.00 Walter Lacky, Dist 13 28.00 Jess Turner, Dist. 13 20.00 Ed Nord, Dist. 6 7.00 E. H. Carpenter, Dist. 11 3.75 J. B. Cultck. Gen. Road 900.00 R. Hogeland, et al, Dist 6. . . 96.00 Vaughn & Sons, Gen. Road. 23.20 G. W. Smith, et al, Dist. 5. . . 152.49 J. A. McLaughlin, Dist. 3, . . 79.38 Malcolm Church, Court H'se 19.45 Ed. Berry, Court House 10.00 Glass & Prudhomme, Sheriff's Account 56.00 W. W. Stewart, current exp.. 6.00 TOTAL $2471.77 O. S. Corey, a young man whose home is at Irrigon, but who is work ing on the farm of E. H. Turner, near lone, fell from a header wagon Wednesday, striking on his knee. The force of the fall was sufficient to split his knee cap. The young man was brought to Heppner this morning and Drs. Chick and Wlnnard drew the severed parts of the knee cap to gether, securing them with silver wire so that the injured member may properly1 heal. Oregon Building, Panama-Pacific Exposition, July 20. The most forci ble utterance before the Internation al Press Congress was that of Mr. Ed gar B. Piper, of the Oregonian, who protested vigorously against the state and government laws that go far to restrict the real usefulness and ser vice of the newspapers of the land. In the confidence that the real intent of the increasing restrictions imposed is to create a bureaucratic means of censorship and oppression, Mr. Piper urged newspaper men and organiza tion's to stand firmly against all the men and measures that would make the newspapers of the United States take on the paleness of the unfor tunate European press now "mere phonographic voices of autocratic government." Insisting that the pol itician desires nothing so much as the control of the newspapers, and that the office-holder is, after all, too fre quently but a translated politician, the Oregonian editor urged that the Government, and the state, as rep resented by the office-holder, should not have the power to determine the precise conditions upon which a par ticular Item or article may be printed. He denied the legal or moral right of the government to say that this matter shall go in the advertising col umns, or that in the news columns, or the other on the editorial page. At the present time no newspaper is free from the menace of an official cen sorship and the penalties of a fine or exclusion from the malls; no longer has any newspaper man the right to conduct his paper in any great meas ure as he might determine, and ob noxious law makes the newspaper as a class appear as dishonest, their col umns filled with that which is taint ed, untruthful or otherwise infamous. Mr. Piper dented the right of the gov ernment or the state to place the newspapers and the public at such disadvantage, and he urged newspa per men to be alert that the neces sary, freedom of the press shall not be wiped oilt altogether. In closing an address that made a profound im pression and started definite action against further encroachment, Mr. Piper said: "t make no objection to the requirement that all daily news papers shall print semi-annual state ments of their average circulation and the names of their editors, pub lishers, bondholders and other pub lic creditors and all other pertin ent facts about these publications neither do I proclaim the right of a newspaper to print what it pleases, when it pleases and where it pleases, but I do repudiate the implied as sumption and exercise by government OREGON BUILDING IS CENTER OF AGTjVITTAT EXPOSITION BUS TEAM FRIGHT- Wulter Gemmell Takes Rapid Ride Down Slain Street And Is Finally Thrown From Wagon. - Walter Gemmell, who drives the Palace hotel bus team, received a rapid ride down Main street yester day evening, and narrowly escaped serious Injuries when the heavy wag on came In contact with an electric light pole near the fair grounds. The big black team, which was standing In front of Minor & Co.'s store, evidently became frightened either at the big black band from the Virginia Minstrels, or the music they were making and started off down the street at high speed almost before their driver was aware of their Intentions. Young Gemmell made a heroic effort to control them and suc ceeded in edging them into the high board fence near the Fair grounds. Gemmell was thrown from the wagon when It hit the pole. A few scratches and , bruises to the driver, a broken wagon tongue and a demolished fence were the total damages. " A large crowd on the street enjoy ing the band music witnessed the runaway and the minstrels became so excited watching the running hor ses that they stopped right in the middle of the piece they were play ing. E. G. Noble this week received a postal card from Leo Blackman, who is at present In Cubo. Leo visited Heppner about a year ago, having at that time made his escape from Mex ico. ( He is a mining engineer and in following the quest for the precious metal has visited most of the im portant mining sections of the west ern hemisphere. The Newlon well drilling outfit fin ished drilling at the Guy Boyer ranch the first of the week, and on Wednes day was taken to the farm of Walt Rood on Heppner flat, where they will sink a well. Mr. and Mrs. Chance Wilson, of Monument, have been visiting with relatives and friends in Heppner dur ing the week. They will return home in a now Ford which Mr. Wilson pur charf$ from Vaughn & Sons. j Mrs. J. L. Wilkins returned home from Arlington yesterday, after visit ing at the home of her father, E. C. Maddock for several days. of the function of newspaper admin istration in detail. The newspaper (daily or weekly) is responsible to its public for the honest presentation of the news and for the integrity and value of its editorial utterances There is a certain infallible public in stinct intangible but nevertheless real which determines the worth of any newspaper, and which far sur passes any statutory rule as a guide and mentor for newspaper conduct Much may be safely left to the public intuition and the public understand ing. The newspapers know, if your public official does not, for they are restrained and corrected by it all the time. "ALL OREGON WEEK." August 9th to 16th Inclusive is to be "All Oregon Week" at the Oregon building, with exercises extraordin ary on the 9th and special days con tinuing through the week. Every thing possible to bring Oregon to the attention of the Exposition crowds will be attempted during this season of activity. All sorts of plans are under consideration and it is certain a magnificent week's program will be worked out. It is expected that sev eral Oregon bands and marching or ganizations will be here at that time and that many of Oregon's distin- 1 gulshed citizens will be here to par ticipate in one way or another. An orchestra and vocalists will furnish music each day and at night there will be dances and special programs. Eastern Oregon will have one day all its own and in all probability Repre sentatives Lackey and McCully will give away sacks of popcorn as sou venirs of the occasion. At the same time the Pendleton Round-up will be featured in some unique way. The Willamette Valley representatives are in correspondence with the various commercial clubs ami are hoping to stir up something new and novel that will make their day the greatest of all. Taylor, Dunsmore, Freytag, War ren, Stevenson, Proctor, and l? risen waite, all representing the Willam ette valley counties, make up a for midable organization. The Coos Bay man, J. A. Ward, figures on a clam I bake, of which California and the t u, i,t niiuns iiiiir. l ill- vMrf,i'u building, located within a few feet of a sandy beach, offers ideal conditions for such an affair and if Ward can pull off this stunt his dav will prove the hit of the festivities. If this fails to work out, Coos Bay cheese and crackers, will have an inning. Sou- Itliern Oregon is going to crowd a two- dny affair into one day, but refuses to divulge the particulars at this time. Representative Frebach says IONE. F. H. Robinson has been on the sick list for a few days but is getting around again. ! Miss Doris Wilt Is visiting at the home of Arthur Wills over on Butter j creek these days. Lum Mobly, who Is buying hides tor a Portland firm, 'made his month ly call at lone this week. J. H. Bryson and family and Mrs. W. H. C'ronk and Earl, were visitors at Parkers Mill this week. J. H. Harbke of Portland is in lone these days looking after some of his farming Interests up here. Mrs. W. P. McMillan visited In lone last Tuesday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Wllmot. Howard Lane of Lexington, spent Monday afternoon in lone shaking hands with some of his friends. W. R. Cochran's family departed for Pendleton last Sunday where they will make their home indefinitely. Mrs. Med Akers, who has been in the Hardman country for some time, returned to lone last Monday night. W. H. Cronk and Frank Watts made a business trip up in the moun tains beyond Parkers Mill this week. C. B. Sperry has moved his office from the Odd Fellows building to the office formerly occupied by J. E. Swanson. Ernest Higgs has built a garage onto his wood shed at his new home. He will soon have a little town start ed there. Herb Olden was in town the be ginning of this week and took out a bunch of hardy men to help htm dur ing harvest. Mrs. Wagner, from the Valley, came up to lone last Sunday and is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Al gott Lundell. Little Doc, our genial pill twister, Is very busy these days slinging those nice cold drinks that touch the spot this warm weather. Bill Windsor was an lone visitor this week, spurring his charger up and down the streets and making people believe he is a bad actor. Ernest Higgs and Frank Engleman made a flying trip up to Pettysville last Monday night. The boys said they went up to get some cream. Lon McCabe has been a busy man for the last few days getting out a supply of wood and provender and a bunch of distillate preparatory for harvest. Walter Eubauks of Pendleton, is shaking hands with his many friends here these days. He will help Wm. H. Padberg get his grain in the sack this harvest. Mrs. Jack Mills, who has been vis iting with friends at lone for the past three weeks, shipped a car of goods and started for her home in Idaho Friday of last week. Miss Annie Lowe, of Cecil, spent several days last week visiting at Ed Bristows. She was accompanied home last Sunday by Miss Olive Wade a sister of Mrs. Bristow's. Frank Young came in to town last Tuesday and took out a new wind mill and some other things that go with harvest. He was accompanied home by P. G. Balsiger who will help Frank erect his new mill and get It in running shape. The members of the Union Aid So ciety were invited out to the home of Louis Padberg last Wednesday to a wool picking party, which of course was gladly accepted. They journeyed out through the dust and dirt like brave farmers -will, going out in sev eral autos, and the wool picking was not all they had to do. They had a dinner of the finest kind, meats, sal ads, pickles, cake, kraut and several other good things too numerous to mention, prepared by Mrs. Padberg and Mrs. John Cochran and we all know the taste of the cooking of these good ladies too well to have the least idea that it was not the best ever. They all spent a very pleasant day and wished the wool picking bee would come a great deal oftener. We are sorry we have not a list of the people who were there. Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass, Rose burg and the other live communities of Southern Oregon will not be out done by anything else on the pro gram. Phil Sinnott, the Klamath man, figures on giving all comers mineral water on his big day and is trying to arrange for a special ex cursion with special round-trip rates. The Oregon building will be gayly decorated during "All Oregon Week," there will be parades through the grounds and other buildings, and the Exposition is co-operating to the ex tent of providing special fireworks and advertising the week far and wide. Oregonians will find this week of Interest extraordinary. The grand finale will come on August 17, when the Exposition, as well ns Oregon, will honor Mr. S. Benson, distinguish ed Portlnnder selected for this honor extraordinary. This will be a sizzler. H. V. Gates departed this morning for Spokane to arrange for getting out the polls to be used on the exten sion of the electric line from Heppner to lone. Miss Elizabeth Ware, county evan gelist, will speak at the Rhea creek sclioolhouse at 11:00 a. m Sunday, and in the evening will occupy the pulpit (it the Christian church in Heppner. Walter Richardson and family in company with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Glasscock, motored to Butter creek last Sunday, where they spent the (day fishing. They report fishing good. E E Heppner Light & Water Co. Have Entered Into Contract to Supply Current to The Egg City Service Will Be Ready About Nov. 1. lone, which has heretofore owned and operated its own electric light plaut, has now entered into a ten year contract with the . Heppner owned and operated its own electric light plant, has now entered Into a ten-year contract with the Heppner Light & Water company, and after December 1, will receive their electric energy over transmission wires from the company's plant in Heppner. The company has received a right of way franchise from Morrow county and will begin work of putting up the new line at once. Lexington has not yet decided whether they will make use of the new current or not. but it is very probable that they will, as well as many of the farmers along the line between Heppner and lone. Breaks a Couple of Ribs. ' C. W. Lawson, who is running what Is known as the Holt ranch up Balm Fork, received a fall Tuesday of sufficient force to break a couple of ribs. At first it was not thought that the old gentleman had been much hurt as he had not fallen far enough, apparently, to cause such severe in jury, but his injuries getting more painful, Dr. Wlnnard was called from Heppner and found that two ribs had been fractured. Mr. Lawson was leading a horse at the time that pulled back strongly on the halter and when the rope gave way he fell back and struck over a pole on the ground. The physician adjusted the fracture and the Injuries will proper ly heal in time. Franklin Hill Road Completed. J. B. Culick, who had the contract for building the road over Franklin hill for Morrow county, has complet ed his job, the work has been accept ed by the commissioners, and Mr. Cu lick paid in full for his labors. In the building of this piece of road, an eyesore on the highway between Heppner and Pendleton, which has been the means of turning a lot of travel away from this place, has been eliminated. There should be no more trouble of this sort from now on as we are assured that the new grade is an excellent one and on no part of it is there a greater than eight per cent grade, and this is but for about 1300 feet of the distance. The balance of the 9700 feet of road is on 6 per cent grade. Mr. Culick did the job up in record breaking time. It is thor oughly well built, proper drainage ditches put in, and there should be little difficulty in keeping up this piece of highway in the future. The work cost the county $1500. and it is a piece of money well spent. Cato Johns arrived overland from Sumpter this morning. He enjoyed" a short visit with his old-time friend and business associate, J. E. Hale, be fore proceeding on his journey " to other points. Messrs. Hale and Johns were associated In the mercantile business together at Sumpter a num ber of years ago when that place was a thriving mining center. County Superintendent, S. E. Not son, returned home from a stay of two weeks at Salem where he at tended the meeting of the superin tendents' convention and also assisted with the marking of papers turned in to the State Superintendent's office as a result of the recent teachers exam inations. . Mike Marshall and family passed through town last evening on their way from Castle Rock to Spray. Mr. Marshall recently purchased a band of sheep at Spray and is going over to see that they are properly located on the summer range. They were traveling in their Ford. Hugh Currin, accompanied by his father, Geo. J. Currin, went out to the Monument country Wednesday to look over some ranch propositions. They will return by way of Spray and look up a deal there, Hugh being desirous of getting hold of a stock ranch in the John Day country. Jake Young was in from his Eight Mile farm yesterday. He has been do ing some heading on his own place and for some of his neighbors, and states that there is to be a lot of good grain harvested throughout his part of the county. Will Dutton was up from Portland over Tuesday night, being called he-i' by some business in connection w ;h the railroad. He is still hold ng down his job in the head ofm-ua of the O. W. R. & N. Co. Mrs. W. O. Hill was called to Eu gene Tuesday by a telegram announc ing the very serious illness of her father, Mr. Morrison, who has been ill for some time at his home in that city. Mr. and .Mrs. N. S. Whetstone de parted Wednesday morning for their ranch In Fox valley, where they ex pect to remain fur the balance of the cummer. ; (Hlice Closed, j I wisli to announce tlmt during my i vacation of two weeks, my office will j he closed from Monday, July 26 to Mondav. August 9. ' DR. F. N. ClfRISTF.N'SEN, Dentist. E SE INTO SO