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VOL. 32. NO. IS.
HEPPNER, OREGON, JULY 2d, 1915.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.5 PER YEAR
Times
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HEPPNER WATER
AND ICE ARE PURE
Report Received by City Health Of
ficer to Effect That Both Water
and Ice Ued Here Are Free
From Typhoid Germs.
City health officer, Dr. A. D. Mc
Murdo, is in receipt of a report from
the state health officer on an analysis
of water and See used by the citizens
of this community. Samples were
sent in a short time ago and the re
port received is to the effect that both
water and ice are pure ana Tree from
typhoid germs.
The melted Ice Bhows 100 organ
Isms to the cubic centimeter, which
is about 1-4 teaspoon, making about
400 organisms to the teaspoonful.
These organisms, after being incu
bated for 72 hours produced no gas,
indicating that thete were no typhoid
germs present. The sample of city
water was drawn from the pipes, and
was a fair specimen of that which
is habitually used here. The analy
sis shows "but 80 organisms to the
teaspoonful, and after 72 hours In
cubation no gas was recovered.
According to this report, our citi
zens need have no fears of being in
fected by the dreaded typhoid germ
from the use of either the ice or
water furnished our city. In fact it
has Ion; been understood that we had
a pure water supply and for many
years past cases of typhoid at Hepp
ner have been vey rare, indeed.
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Spraying to Get Hoppers.
County Fruit Inspector Walbridge
has been putting to the test the rec
ommendation of the Agricultural De
partment that to spray certain veget
ables with Paris green will get the
grasshoppers. The past week he
'sprayed a field of seven acres of po
tatoes for C. A. Minor, and from the
reports so far received a good work
is being accomplished and the pest is
being destroyed by the poison." ' It
takes about two days to kill them,
but on the second day the poison gets
In Its work in good shape and the
hoppers are laid out by the thou
sands. Mr. Walbridge believes that
the use of Paris green in this way on
the potato vines will save the crop
from destruction and kill off the
grasshoppers that attack the gardens.
The 1015-10 Blue Hook.
The Gazette-Times has been pre
sented with the Oregon Blue Rook
for 1915-16, by Secretary of State
Hen W. Olcott. This book contains
information that is valuable to every
citizen of the state, as it covers all
matters pertaining to the official ac
tivity of the commonwealth, facts re
lating to taxation, political registra
tion and voting, a directory of Btate
officials, political history of the state,
list of state officials, boards and com
missions and district and county offi
cials, as well as illustrations of the
..various state institutions and many
of the public buildings over the state.
This year the book contains also a
list of the newspapers of the state
with their editors and a full list of
the postofflces. There is much valu
able information concerning foreign
and federal departments of the gov
ernment, and withal the book is very
useful, and nay be obtained free for
the asking by application to the sec
retary of state at Salem.
Short IllneNS Fatal.
Stricken with peritonitis, A. A.
Tillman of Castle Rock, died at The
Dalles hospital this morning at 8:30
o'clock. Mr. Tillman, with his wife,
was on his way from Castle Itock to
Seattle in a covered caravan wagon,
when he was Btricken with the dis
ease. He was taken to the local hos
pital at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The remains will be sent to
, Seattle for burial tomorrow morning.
They will be accompanied by Mrs.
Tillman and a son, who resides at Ar
lington. The TRlmans lived In Cas
tle Rock many years. They had de
cided to move to Seattle where they
expected to moke their homo with
their daughter. It was Mr. Tillman's
wish that they make the trip overland.-
The Dalles Chronicle.
Will Have Good Held.
Wes Marlatt Informs us that he
will have a good yield of grain on his
hill farm just beyond Heppner to the
east. While a portion of his grain
was badly damaged by the heat, the
main part of it escaped and he will
turn off a fair yield from the fall
sowing. Ho exhibited some fine sam
ples in town Friday.
Oillce Closed.
I wish to announce that during my
vacation of two weeks, my office will
be closed from Monday, July 26 to
Monday, August 9.
DR. F. N. CHRISTENSEN, Dentist,
LEXINGTON.
Walter (lay, of Rhea creek, w,as
trading in Lexington Friday.
Dr. McMurdo of Heppner made a
professional call in town Tuesday.
Jas. Carty, of Tub Springs, was
transacting business In Lexington
Monday.
J. B. Huddleston, the O-W. R. & N.
agent of Heppner, spent a few hours
In town Tuesday.
Andrew Reaney and family came
home Saturday from a visit in the
Umatilla country.
M. C. Millet left for his home at
Salem Friday after spending several
days in this part of the country.
Miss Merle Carmichael came Wed
nesday from Monmouth where she
has been spending tl e winter for the
benefit of her health.
The first load of wheat for this
year came Into the varehouse Tues
day. It was from the ranch of R. L.
Benge, south of Lexington.
Several farmers finished heading
during the past week and are ready
for the thresher to come along, so
the farmer will known how much
grain can be spafed for the ware
houses.
Mrs. Mary Vance and son arrived
Thursday from Mohawk, Tenn. They
are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Moyers and other relatives, and
expect to remain in Oregon for some
time.
The old flouring mill has been torn
down during the past two weeks by
a force of carpenters and a new mill
will be built acrof s the railroad track
near the warehouse. This mill has
long been a landmark in this vicinity
and the flour hns been used for many
years by families still residing here.
Built in 1S87 the old mill had to give
way to new and modern machinery
and as a result Mr, Burgoyne is build
ing by the side of his warehouse.
The town council met in special
session Wednesday evening to consid
er the proposition of H. V. Gates to
furnlBh lights for the town. Mr.
Gates' terms were satisfactory to the
council and a franchise was granted
for the building of a three-phase line
through the town to supply lone; also
another franchise to put up lights on
the streets and to furnish lights to
people who care for them. The work
of putting up the line from Heppner
to lone will commence as soon as ma
terial can be obtained. It is expected
the line will be built by December 1.
IEMGON.
Judge Garver quit the government
camp for the harvest fields last week.
Thurston Grimm is reported ser
iously ill this week of heart trouble.
R. A. Hoag, of Arlington took
charge of the station at Coyote last
Sunday.
Mrs. Hume Park is ill this week.
Dr. O. Wainscot, of Hermlston has
made several trips attending her.
Last Monday damages to the
church made by the recent windstorm
were repaired by several volunteers.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McGill spent
Saturday and Sunday with friends in
Hermlston, returning home Monday
morning.
Mrs. E. I. Davis and Mrs. D. E.
Martin were out of town the latter
part of last week visiting friends at
Umatilla and Coyote.
Mrs. John Patton, of Kelso, Wash.,
is in town with her daughter spend
ing a few weeks at the home of her
brother L. A. Doble.
The many friends of Oscar Corey
were very sorry to hear of his un
fortunate accident in splitting his
knee-cap. SIncerest sympathy Is ex
tended. J. A. Bartlett and family will move
to Freewater the latter part of the
week, Mr. Bartlett having a position
as engineer at the Peacock Flour
mills there.
Al Walpole has a fine patch of
pumpkins on the river bottom this
summer, and early as it is he has the
regular jack-'o-lantern size ripe and
ready for use.
Mr. and Mrs. Healy, of Portland,
have been in town the past week
looking for location. ' They are well
pleased with the prospects of Irrigon
but have not yet decided to buy land
here.
Unknown visitors entered the Nea
deau home in the absence of the fam
ily last Saturday and helped them
selves In a generous fashion, leaving
their card in the shape of empty tin
cans. Nothing of much value was
taken, however.
Hoppers Take Crop.
Henry Scherzlnger finished putting
up what little hay crop he had during
the past week. Usually Mr. Scherzln
ger cares for about 100 tons of hay
but this season he was able to get
but fifteen tons, this being all there
was left after the hoppers had got In
their work. Other farmers along the
creek in his neighborhood have suf
fered much damage but none to the
same extent which Henry did.
DISASTROUS FIRE AT HARDIN DOES
$12,000 DAMAGE, PARTIALLY INSURED
A disastrous fire occurred at Hard
man on Monday night In which three
business houses and two residences
were destroyed. That the entire
town 'was not wiped out can be at
tributed to the fact that there was
no wind at the time and the citizens
of the community were able on this
account to confine th,e flames to a per
tain district.
The fire was discovered between
12 and 1-o'clock in the blacksmith
shop of Rossan Bros., and the flames
had gained such headway that there
was "no chance of saving the build
ing. From this building the flames
jumped the street and soon enveloped
the drug, store of Dr. G. G. Gaunt,
destroying this building with its con
tents and the general. store of Albert
Emery which stood along Bide of it.
Just back of these were the res
idences of Mrs. Geo. Chapin and J.
H. Wyland which were the next to be
swallowed up in' flame, and at this
point the fire was brought under con
trol, ,
There Beems to be some question
as to just how the fire started, some
reports stating that It was from the
forge in the Rossan shop. This theory
seems to have been disproved, how
ever, as Mr. Rossan is positive there
was no fire in the forge in the shop
at quitting time Monday evening. It
has always been his habit to see that
the fires were entirely extinguished
before locking up at night, and on
Monday evening he had been particu
lar in the performance of this duty.
As the fire had gained such headway
when discovered that it was not pos
sible to locate where It had originat
ed, it is likely that it was caused by
the carelessness of someone in throw
ing down a cigar or cigarette stub on
the sidewalk in front of the building.
A small chemical engine, owned by
the ciiy, w as early brought Into play
on the fire, but something went
wrong with it before it had been used
long and it had to be abandoned.
This left the people without any fire
fighting apparatus of any sort and
they had to resort to the old bucket
brigade method. By the placing of
Seventy-Five Acres
Yield 22 Bushels Per
Glen and Alva Jones have Just fin
ished threshing a seventy-five acre
field on their place on Heppner Flat.
The grain is of excellent quality and
went 22 bushels to the acrej These
boys have another field of five hun
dred acres that thqv will begin on
right away, and while they hardly ex
pect as good production per acre, it
promises well and will turn out a lot
of grain. The small field Just finish
ed was one on which the boys were
advised to pasture hogs In the early
part of the season, as some of their
neighbors predicted the crop would
not be more than three bushels per
acre, If harvested. They are well
satisfied with the results obtained.
lio Tender With Skunks.
"The skunks," says a western
Pennsylvania weekly newspaper "will
have to be protected or the farmer
may as well throw up his hads. The
ground-mice girdled thousands of
dollars' worth of trees under the
snow while it was on the ground last
winter. We saw many locust trees
large enough for posts, with the bark
eaten off clean for a foot up from the
ground. When skunks were plenti
ful, mice were Bcarce; but now there
is not an acre of ground in Hanover
township without two bushels of
mice. Leave a pile of corn out over
night and It Is burled by morning;
leave a Black of hay out over winter
and it is' cut too fine for a hen's nest.
The ladies will have to get something
else to put around thefr necks, and
let the skunks alone the farmer
needs thorn in his business."
This condition exists In many oth
er sections of the agricultural dis
tricts, and proves that the farmer
must learn to know and protect his
(fiends among the beasts and birds
of prey, for the skunk (or pole-cat)
is his friend In aiding in tho destruc
tion of mice and other pests.
75 cords wood, $2.50. 3000 posts
4c each. Near Slocum Mill. Haul
them yourself.
PHELPS GROCERY CO.
wet quilts and blankets on adjoining
buildings and keeping thera soaked
with water the fire was checked and
much valuable property saved.
Just how some of the nearby
houses escaped destruction is some
what of a mystery. The residence of
Mr. Devore Is situated but about
twenty feet to the rear of the black
smith shop, yet It was saved, while
the Are crossed the street, about 100
feet end licked up the drug store. It
is evident that what breeze there was
carried the heat In that direction.
The buildings on that side of the
street were not thought to be in ser
ious danger, and before it was real
ized the drug store was in flames.
The buildings in which Rossan
Bros, had their shop, belong to Doric
Lodge No. 20, K. of P. of Heppner.
These boys sustained a loss of about
$2000, covered by $1200 insurance.
The building carried $400 Insurance.
George Bleakman had his Overland
car In the shop, and this was destroy
ed. Mr. Bleakman was fully covered
with Insurance on the machine and
will be able to replace it without
much loss.
The general store of Albert Emery
is a total loss, as he carried, no in
surance. He had intended placing
insurance on both stock and building
but failed to attend to it promptly
and now $4000 would hardly make
good the loss sustained.
Mrs. Chapin's residence, with a
large part of the furnishings, entailed
a loss of $800, with no insurance.
'Mr. Wyland's loss on residence and
fixtures is at least $1500. and we
were unable to learn whether he car
ried any insurance at this time. Mrs.
Wyland mourns the loss of a number
of family heirlooms and a collection
of choice dishes that she had been
years In accumulating.
The fire was fierce while it lasted
as everything was dry and burned
very rapidly. The lack of proper
firs itfshting apparatus made it im
possible to check the flames when a
building once caught and the blaze
got under headway. Everybody
fought valiantly, however, and suc
ceeded in checking the flames and
confining them to the district burned.
It is reported that the schoolhouse
was fired by blazing embers, but this
being discovered early was extin
guished by a bucket of water.
George Bleakman was considerably
jarred up by a fall or two from the
roof of the livery barn. No other ac
cidents were reported.
Some Fine Films At
The Home Theater
Edgar Ayers has been putting on
some fine films at The Home Theater
during the past week. The theater
has also been patronized by large
audiences who have gone away well
satisfied with each performance of
the movie actors. Starting on Fri
day evening last, the new serial "The
Black Box," was begun, and the init
ial performance proves this to be one
of the best feature plays ever put on
the canvas here. The "Trey 'O
Hearts" still draws on Mondays and
Tuesdays, but It is coming to a close
with two more episodes. It has been
very popular with the Heppner pub
lic and has made numerous friends
for the Home. The very near future
holds in Btore some of the highest
class productions at this theater,
seasonable announcement of which
will appear in these columns.
Plase Accept Our Thanks.
The thanks of tho Gazette-Times
family is extended to our old friend,
John W. Rasmus for a splendid mess
of vegetables from his gardens at the
Balm Fork ranch. Cabbage, potatoes
turnips and carrots made up the col
lection, all of which wns as fine as
produced in the land. John took up
farming this spring when, with his
son, Orve, they purchased the Brun
dage farm just beyond the eastern
boundary of the city of Heppner, and
we wish for them the success indicat
ed by the quality of produce left at
this office, In all the productions of
the farm.
Sylvanus Wright, formerly with
the forest service in this county, was
in Heppnor from Monument Friday
and Saturday. Mr. Wright now runs
a garage and auto repair simp at
Monument and is enjoying an In
creasing business. .
J. R. Olden was a visitor In Hepp
ner on Monday. Mr. Olden states
that the hoppers have done no ma
terial damage on his part of Rhea
creek this season, and nt tlie present
time they are leaving, and will do
no hurt to the garden and fruit crops.
IONE.
Doris Wilt, who hag been visitine
at Butter creek for some time is at
home again.
The postoffice at lone is moved
from its old location to its new stand
one door north of Joe Mason's store.
Mrs. W. P. McMillan, of Lexington,
spent last Sunday at lone with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Wilmot.
Frank Hopkins is out at Lon Mc
Cabes these days helping Lon and
Herb Olden take care of their grain
crops.
Ed Brlstow and Chas. O'Neil were
Heppner visitors one day this week,
having some work of a greasy nature
to contend with. ,
W. G. Hynd passed through lone
last Tuesday on his way to Cecil
where he went on a pleasure as well
as a business trip.
Dad Ambler has installed a new
pumping plant on his' ranch below
lone and the way he is making the
water fly is not slow.
Mrs. Robinson, of Lone Rock, came
down from Heppner last Wednesday
morning and is visiting with her son,
F. H. Robinson at lone.
Chas. Allinger started work on
the new addition to the school build
ing last Monday. We will have a fine
building when It is completed.
Mrs. Ralph Becket is out at Cllve
Huston's visiting for a few days and
Ralph says this thing of batching is
not what it is cracked up to be.
John Hosner and wife were pas
sengers to Portland on last Tues
day's train where they will visit with
friends and relatives for a month or
six weeks.
Those people who have been starv
ing for gasoline for some time past
can have their wants supplied at a
minute's notice, the gasoline mer
chants having a goodly supply on
hand.
Mr. and Mrs. Denton, who are out
at Henry Smouse's ranch, were in
lone last Tuesday getting some sup
plies and at the same time having a
short visit with their daughter, Mrs.
Chester Titus.
Mrs. M. Jordan and Mrs. Perry
Hopkins have gone out to F. H. Wil
son's to sling the hash for the hun
gry harvesters at that place. It keeps
Frank busy rustling grub and extras
that keep the whole bunch busy.
Mrs. Joe Knappenberg returned
from the Heppner hospital last Tues
day where she has beeu for some
time. She stood the trip fine and we
are living in hopes of seeing her
about once more in the near future.
Ammunition for small arms Is in
great demand at lone these days. The
rabbits are getting very numerous
and all the young as well as some of
the old fry are getting busy throwing
lead pretty fast at the little varmints
Old man Doan was treated with a
pleasant surprise when two of his
granddaughters and their husbands
went out to the ranch to see him the
other evening. They spent only one
night with the old man, going to
their respective homes the day fol
lowing. J. W. Puyear and family departed
for the mountains last Monday where
they will lay in the shade and have a
good time for the next "week. They
went up somewhere in the nighbor
hood of Arbuckle. Walt took all of
his bear dogs, blood hounds and all
the rest of them with him.
E. M. Shutt was in from the ranch
the other day and says there Is no
place like the farm. As soon as one
crop of hay is up there is another to
put up; as soon as one cow is milked
there is another one to milk. It Is
just one long rest. Whenever you
get tired you have a chance to get
tired again and if the pesky coyotes
would leave you alone life would be
one sweet dream.
Last Sunday morning shortly after
getting up time, two jitney loads of
merry-makers left lone for the tall
timber. The jolly party took a cou
ple of fried chickens and a whole lot
of other good things to appease that
awful appetite that gets the best of
you when you begin to smell that
mountain air. The day was ideal and
all present report the best time ever.
Here is a list of the picnickers: Chas.
O'Neil and wife and baby, the two
Misses Hurtwell, Olive Wade, E. J.
Brlstow and family and Kitty Wil
mot. They all say they wish the day
had been longer.
L.X1 LISTINGS WANTED.
We are opening branch offices in
Portland and other Const Cities, also
some of the smaller towns through
out the Northwest States.
We will be prepared to sell and
trade land on a large scale during
the Fall and Winter months.
If you want to dispose of your
property write uh and give full de
scription of same.
Our commission is five per cent on
sale, and two and one-half per cent
on trades.
1) tt I) 1 K V. X X K 1) V,
llcnniston, Oregon.
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Convention Held in Salem Mon
mouth and Corrallis Visited
V. S. Commissioner Claxton
Speaks.
By Supt. S. E. Notson.
The county superintendents' con
vention, held in July, was one of the
most interesting and profitable which
has been held. The superintendents
met U. S. Commissioner of Education
Claxton, State Superintendent Chur
chill, President Kerr, and Prof E. D.
Ressler in a round table conference
at the O. A. C, Corvallis, on the 6th.
The following day, the regular
work was taken up at Salem. Thirty
three of the thirty-five superinten
dents were present. Many questions
of supervision were considered. The .
industrial work came in for a fair
amount of attention. The interest in
these fines is steadily increasing. The
new high school tuition law brought
forth much discussion. The probable
effect of the law requiring applicants
for certificates to have either six
months' experience in teaching or a
certain amount of normal training
after Sept. 1 of this year was care
fully considered.
.Following the custom established
several years ago, the superinten
dents visited the Oregon Normal
School at Monmouth one day. Over
five hundred students are in attend
ance. Mrs. Ivanhoe, of Union county.
and the writer were selected by the
superintendents to represent thm In
addressing the students. The domes
tic science department served a splen
did lunch at the noon hour. The var
ious classes were visited, and the su
perintendents were pleased with the
high class work being done.
On the 15th the superintendents
went with the crowd to see the Lib
erty bell. After the bell started on
Its Journey, Commissioner Claxton
addressed about 450 students who
came over from the Normal School,
the county superintendents and a
large number of citizens of Salem and
vicinity at the Salem high school au
ditorium. This was a scholarly ad
dress, full of thought and patriotic
sentiment.
The State Superintendent announc
ed that each county will be entitled
to send two boys and two girls to the
school camps at the State Fair this
year. These will be selected from the
winners in the industrial w ork at the
county fairs. Here is a chance for
some live Morrow county boys and
girls.
Oregon Hens Now Lead in All Honor
Classes.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis, July 26. The July report of
the International Egg-Laying contest
at the Panama-Pacific Exposition
shows that the Oregon Agricultural
College hens are leading in each of
the three honor classes pen record
for term to July 1, pen record for
month of June, and individual record
for term to July 1. Each of the three
pens entered by the College Poultry
department is represented In each of
the honor lists. Also each of the
three flocks, White Leghorn, cross
bred, and Barred Rook, leads all the
flocks of its class in the United States.
The preceeding report showed that
the Leghorns had reached first place.
This report shows that the O. A. C.
crosses have passed the former lead
ers, the Canada pen, and are now In
second place. The Barred Kocks have
passed their nearest competitor, Fitz
gerald's Leghorns, and are in fourth
place. The report gives the highest
ten in each class, the first five of
which are as follows:
Pen record to July 1
O. A. C. White Leghorns, 1078 eggs.
O. A. C. Crosses ...977 eggs.
Adams, Canada, Wyandottes 958 eggs
O. A. C. Barred Rocks 934 eggs
California White Leghorns 8S6 eggs.
Pen record for June
O. A. C. Leghorns Kfl esgs.
j Idaho Wyandottes 176 egr-.
10. A. 0. Crosses 171 er :s.
Lebanon, Or., 15. Recks...! ' c;. -.
O. A. C. Barred Rocks K7 ettgs.
Records of the ten highest individ
uals for the term to July 1 show that
an O. A. C. cross bred is first with 13(5
eggs, another of the same pen second
with 135 eggs, the College White
Leghorns are fourth with 133 eggs.
I fifth with 132 eggs, and eighth with
123 eggs, while a College Barred
Hock was tenth with 119 eggs.
NOTICE.
The city council hns ordered all
j past due accounts on the 1914 oiling
bill, collected. Property owners who
have failed to settle their accounts in
this respect are asked to pay when
the collector calls. tf.
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