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VOL. 32. NO. 19.
HKPIWEII, OUMiON. Aldl ST'.-.. 1915.
SUIiSCIUI'TlOX, $1.50 PER YEAK
Gazette-Times
COUNCIL MEETS TO
PAY ROAD BILLS
Cemetery Hill Koad Bills PaidSlack
Attendtnce of Councilinen.
Council proceedings for the regu
lar monthly meeting on Monday night
are somewhat in keeping with the va
cation season. The attendance of
members was somewhat brief, owing
to the absence from the city of sev
eral councilmen, and Recorder Wil
liams was prevented from being on
hand owing to indisposition. Ac
cordingly no matters of business w ere
attended to except the passing on
bills.
Work has been progressing on the
cemetery hill road, and the most of
the claims against the city are for
this improvement.
Some ordinances that were ready
for passage, were laid on the table
awaiting a better attendance of the
council before final action is taken.
Bills audited and allowed as fol
lows: Orve Brown, labor $ 60.00
Jas. Gentry, labor with team 102.00
Wm. Driscoll, labor 42.30
Pearl Mason, labor 26.40
diet Macey, labor 2.55
Joe Mecheam, labor 4.60
Harold Cox, labor , 9.20
K. J. Brown, labor 4.80
Jack Volley, labor 1.20
J. R. McCraw, labor 35.60
Dick Lahue, labor 19.20
Chris Welnschenck, labor... 4.80
C. A. Lockrlch, labor 7'.20
Al Williams, labor 5.25
C. L. Grogan, night watch . . . 60.00
Ileppner L. & W. Co., current 145.75
E. L. Bucknum, on contract. 100.00
Frank Nash, labor 20.50
Minor & Co., merchandise.. 1.30
Reid Bros., lumber 19.88
hoy M. Turner, fixing grades. 5.50
J. R. McCraw, slaary 85.00
J. P. Williams, salary 35.00
L. W. Brlggs, salary 8.33
Waterman Waterbury Co..
toilet 22.50
Shipped First Wool in 1872.
Tom Morgan was a visitor In onr
city Monday on his way home from
The Dalles, where he hud been called
on account of the death of a brother.
While here he remarked about the
prosperous appearance of our town
and expressed his satisfaction at the
way Arlington has improved in the
past few years.
Mr. Morgan is an old pioneer of
this part of the state, having settled
on Rhea creek in 1 ST 1, moving to
Ileppner in '81. While living on Rhea
creek he often made trips to this
place before there was any town here,
as it was a shipping point where the
steamboats would loan and unload
freight, and called to mind that he
shipped the first consignment of wool
that was ever shipped from here, it
being In 1S72, and the boats at that
time landed somewhere near the pres
ent stockyards. Arlington Independ
ent. ,Vo Chance t" Make Wanes.
Quite a few citizens of Morrow
county have been induced to seek
work on the extension of the govern
ment irrigation project in the vicinity
i,f Coyote. Chas. Reid, a prominent
fanner of lone, called lit this office
while In town a short time on Friday.
He had just returned from the gov
ernment ditch where himself and two
men had been at work for some time,
lie had 26 horses on the job. and says
that the wages pajd for men and hor
ses would not leave a man six" bits a
day after he had paid his expenses.
The way the work is carried on is
very unsatisfactory to the laborers
of this sort and Mr. Reid was glad to
be relieved and return home with his
teams which he will put to work on
his own place preparing his summer
fallow for receiving the seed of an
other harvest.
E. G. Noble and wife, accompanied
by Mrs. R. M. Smith and Miss Rosa
E. Smith, mother and sister of Mrs.
Noble, motored to Pendleton and
Walla Walla on Friday, returning to
Heppner Sunday evening. They en
joyed a very pleasant trip. Mrs.
Smith and daughter, who have been
visiting the past two weeks In this
city, departed for their home at Mon
mouth, Oregon, yesterday. Miss Smith
was a teacher In the Heppner schools
one winter some years ago.
Mrs. Patrick Cave, a daughter of
Mrs. Enoch Cave, of this city, has
been removed from her home in Port
land to a hospital in that city to be
operated upon. She has been a suf
ferer for some time and her ailment
has developed Into Bright's disease.
Her physicians have hopes that an
operation will bring relief and re
store her to health. Mrs. Cave has
many friends at this place who hope
for her speedy recovery.
IRRIGON.
M. F. Wadsworth took a Eying trip
across the river Monday.
Chas. Caldwell is slightly disabled
from having his foot stepped on by a
heavy horse.
Jack Kennedy made a short trip
over to lone the first of the week to
visit a sister.
Ed Susbauer, of Cornelius Is in
Irrigon visiting at the home of his
uncle, Pete Susbauer.
Harvey Lester returned home from
lone, where he has been working at
harvest for the past month.
Mr. and Mrs. Flnley drove over to
Lexington last Friday, returning Sun
day with their small nephew, George
Flnley.
Oscar Corey arrived home last
week from Ileppner where he has
been In the sanatorium with a crip
pled knee.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Finley went up
to Hermlston Monday afternoon for
a short visit with friends, returning
Tuesday morning.
A coyote was killed in town some
where in the vicinity of Corey's
store last Saturday, by Ralph Wal
pole. Several men and boys were af
ter It with guns but Ralph sent the
fatal bullet. The head of the animal
was sent to Portland for examination.
Church Notice.
Elizabeth Ware, county evangelist,
w ill speak Sunday morning at Liber
ty Schoolhouse, and at the M. E.
church at Lexington Sunday night.
All are invited to attend.
Former Heppner Woman Dies.
The very sad Intelligence was re
ceived by friends In Heppner of the
sudden death, from heart trouble,
of Mrs. Flossie Sheppard, at her
home near Waterloo, Linn county, on
Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Shep
pard was well known here where she
has numerous friends who were made
sad by the news of her death. Her
brother, Roy Whiteis, lives here, and
her father, George Whiteis, is now a
resident of Prlneviile. Besides her
husband, she leaves one child, three
years of age.
The G.-T. Job department turned
out and delivered to Saddler Noble
this waek a 100-page catalogue Illus
trating his famous Heppner saddles.
Mr. Noble has worked up a fine mail
order business on his saddles and this
catalogue will be the means of get
ting hi in more of It. It also illus
trates the class of work done by the
first class ni-int slum, a fact not tn ho
overlooked by those wishing anything
in the printing line.
Kopple Store In
Reciever's Hands
The store of M. A. Kopple, situated
in the Fair building; has been closed
this week while a representative of
the Merchants Protective Association
of Portland is taking an invoice of
the stock. Mr. Kopple has been facing
some difficulties of late with the fed
eral government. He felt that he had
matters pretty well fixed up and
could go ahead and conduct his bus
iness without any further trouble,
but it seems that his creditors both
in the East and at Portland have be
come uneasy, and the business here
is no in charge of the association as
above stated. We have not been able
to learn whether or not Mr. Kopple
has made an assignment. It is ru
mored that he has, and that his store
at Condon is also involved, in
statement to this paper, Mr. Kopple
says that he is confident of having his
n flairs strati' hi i. ned out in a vcrv fo
days and w ill return to Heppner to
take charge of his business. We sin
cerely hope that he may be able to do
so.
Enjoy Short Visit Here.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pence of Brad
dock, Penn., arrived in Ileppner on
Saturday for 11 short visit at the home
of Postmaster Richardson and wife.
Mr. Pence is a cousin or Mrs. Rich
ardson, and was a resident of this
place in the early days. His last visit
here was twenty years ago, and the
nlace with Ita residents had so chnnp--
ed that it did not seem like Heppner
to him. Mr. and Mrs. fence have
been making a tour of the Pacific
coast, taking in the fairs and visiting
varous cites and towns. They left
Tuesday for Spokane after enjoyng a
pleasant visit with relatives here.
Brotherhood of American Yeomen.
Will ghe a social on Friday eve
ning This is given in order that the
new members may meet and get ac
quainted. An enjoyable program has
been arranged and as the allair Is un
der the control of a real live com
mittee it will be a good one. invi
tations are being Issued by the mem
bers. WANTED A position on a farm
by man and wife. No children. 10
years farm experience. Inquire here.
! A SUCCESSFUL
OMICAL
THE JEFF JONES & SONS OUTFIT ON HEPPNER FLAT
HARVESTS THE GOLDEN
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By BURTON
A very Interesting and economical
rig for threshing small grain has been
assembled by Jeff Jones & Sons, who
farm quite extensively on the Hepp
ner Flat country in central Morrow
county. This outfit consists of a 14-ft. Mc
Cornrick header, four header box
wagons, water tank and cook house;
a J. I. Case 12-25 gas tractor belted
to a 2 4-inch 12 bar cylinder Case sep
arator, with a long feeder and plain
22-foot straw carrier.
The method of operation is as fol
lows: The header and boxes proceed Into
the center of perhaps forty acres of
wheat, oOm box being under the head
er spout and the others following
the header. At the center the header
box is driven sharply to the left and
the first circle Is cut. Two boxes are
filled in this manner, the third box
comes under the spout, the header Is
turned about, and the small circle In
the center Is cut out and the machine
proceeds to cut on the outer circle.
When the four header boxes have
been filled with headings, the tractor
drawing the separator, and a low
truck on which rides the long feeder,
conies into the circle and the machine
is set.
The separator Is fitted with a short
feeder directly in front of the cylin
der. Upon the end of this short feed
Hunting Season To
Open August 1 5 th
The State Game Warden is desir
ous of calling attention to the fact
that the deer hunting season this
year does not open until August 15th.
which (ts 15 days later than has been
customary for many years. It is
therefore unlawful to hunt deer In
Oregon before that date. The sea
son closes on October 31st.
Attention of hunters is called to
this cliange in the law that was made
during the last session of the legisla
ture at Salem, that you may not un
intentionally violate the law and sub
ject yourselves to a heavy fine. It is
the policy of the State Game War
den's oflice to prevent law violations
and thus avoid having to make ar
rests. But the game law must be
rigidly enforced.
Will Select Architect.
The Masonic building committee
have reached the point in the new
building proposition of selecting an
architect to draw up the plans and
specifications, and just as soon as
this has been settled and the plans
prepared, bids will be called for, and
it is expected that the building will
be under way by the middle of Sep
tember. Several different architects
have presented preliminary drawings
and proposals and out of the number
the building committee will he able
to announce their choice w ithin a few
days. Are Making L
.ons
Automobile Trip
Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Fain, of San
Francisco, were in Heppner for a
short time yesterday on their journey
from the Bay City to points in Idaho.
They have been on an extended trip
which took them from San Francisco
to San VMego where they took in the
big fair being pulled off in that city,
and then on to several towns of in
terest beyond the Mexican line. Re
turning they have been journeying
north and their present destination is
some point in Idaho, but they may
decide to go over the Rockies and
wind up at some point farther east
to spend the winter. They travel In
a made-over Ford, and have with
them a fully equipped camping out
lit and they live out of doors. Their
little car has made 3350 miles al
ready on this trip and they have had
neither blow-outs nor punctures this
far on the way. From Portland they
came up over the Columbia highway:
have had good roads until hitting
Eastern Oregon, and have enjoyed
the trip immensely. Mrs. Fain is a
sister of Miss Elizabeth Ware, who
is at present doing evangelistic work
In this county, and the Fains former
ly resided at Hood River.
Mrs. B. J Snell, of Arlngton. ac
companied by Mrs. Or. Petrie and her
granddaughter, Miss Elsie Huff, are
visiting tills week at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Shurte, in this city.
AND ECON-
THRESHING RIG
GRAIN IN NOVEL WAY.
4,
H. PECK.
er rests a 2 4-foot long feeder, which
is provided with flaring sides 16 feet
long. The foot of this feeder rests
upon a trestle 4 feet high. The belt
from the cylinder pulley to the trac
tor passes along this feeder under
one of the flares.
When the threshing machine is in
operation, a box driver conies in on
either side of the long feeder, and
proceeds to pitch his load evenly upon
the draper of the long feeder which
carries the headings forward under
the "Chinamen," a set of steel kick
ers, which scatter and even the head
ings. They then fall into the short
feeder where a slatted draper carries
the headings Into the cylinder.
The separator cleans and deposits
the grain Into the sack through a re
versible over-head Backer; the straw
and chaff being carried to the straw
stack by a slatted draper over a sheet
metal bottomed stacker.
By this method, the derrick table,
forker, derrick driver, and two table
feeders are eliminated, which causes
a marked saving In equipment and
expense.
The first field threshed by this rig
consisted of 75 acres of Forty fold
wheat. The time required was 25
hours, and it threshed out 740 sacks
! of grain from rather long straw. The
I cost of threshing this field Is care
I fully estimated at 7c per bushel.
Cecil People Have
Big Birthday Dinner
A friend of the G.-T. sends us the
following report of a big birthday
dinner enjoyed by the Cecil residents:
About 30 friends and old-time
neighbors gathered at the home of M.
VLogan at Cecil Sunday, August
1st, In response to Invitations Issued
to attend a birthday dinner celebrat
ing the 77th anniversary of Charles
D. Sennett, father of Mrs. Logan.
After the sumptuous dinner was
served, the guests spent the day re
lating pioneer experiences and eat
ing watermelons.
One feature of the dinner was a
large birthday cake, beautifully dec
orated and bearing 77 tiny candle
sticks and candles.
A partial list of those present were
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nash, Sr., Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Melton, Mr. Barnard, Mr. and
Mrs. O'Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
llroady, Mr E. B. Gorton, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe,
Mr. Slonne Thomas, Miss Hazel Mc
Bee, Miss Annie Lowe, Miss Ruby
Thacker, and others, totalling about
thirty.
Not all were able to attend that
were invited, from one reason or an
other, but all joined in wishing these
occasions should happen oftener. The
day was delightfully and pleasantly
spent, and on departing all joined in
wishing Mr. Sennett many happy re
turns of the day.
Evans Brothers Get
Fine Grain Yield
Messrs. Evans Bros., who farm ex
tensively northeast of Lexington,
brought in some fine samples of their
wheat and oats which they left at the
First National Bank yesterday. They
have finished their threshing and the
grain turned out well. The wheat
made right at 23 bushels to the acre
of No. 1 quality grain, and the oats
turned out 4 4 bushels and weigh out
close to first quality stuff. These gen
tlemen have farmed long and suc
cessfully in this section and consid
ering the drawbacks encountered in
grain growing during the past season
they are well satisfied with results
obtained this year. Their w heat was
all spring sowing, because of re-seeding
and the results obtained are to be
accredited to the excellent system of
farming by the Evans Bros.
Catholic Church Services.
Sunday, August S.
First Mass, 8: (Hi a. 111.
Second Mass, 10:30 a. 111. The sub
ject will be: "The System of the Ba
sis of Property."
Catechism Class ll:;!tt a. m.
Evening Devotions, 7:30 p. 111. The
subject of the sermon will he: "The
Resurrection of Christ Is a Proof of
His Dlvlnitv."
Banker T. J. Mahoney expects to
leave Saturday for a short vacation
with his family ut Rockuway Reach.
LEXINGTON.
William StaulTer returned to Hood
River for a few days.
Mrs. Mary Eskelson went to the
Valley Sunday for a visit with
friends.
Geo. M. Allyn and family returned
Tuesday from Ukiah on a summer
outing.
J. W. Beymer and O. E. Farns-
worth of Heppner were callers in
town Wednesday.
Ed Duran has gone to the Green
horn mining country to inspect some
mines in that vicinity.
Dan Gooding, who has been em
ployed in this vicinity left Monday
for Pasco and otiier places.
William Crow shipped a car load
of hogs from the station Sunday for
the stockyards at Portland.
W. T. Campbell's threshing outfit
is expected to commence threshing
north of Lexington in a few days.
Dr. Jess Turner of the firm of Lowe
& Turenr of Portland, spent Monday
in Lexington in the interests of his
firm.
Ray McAliSter left for Jefferson
Monday on account of his son Wel
come, who is seriously ill with pneu
monia. W. E. Leach and W. G. Scott are
taking an inspection tour of Wheeler
and Grant counties in the interests of
the Ford Motor Co.
John Helms went to Pendleton
last week. He will be away for sev
eral days looking after property In
terests at that place.
Thomas M. Scott of Salem, is visit
ing at Copenhaver's and Tucker's for
a few days. Mr. Scott formerly own
ed a ranch in the Sand Hollow coun
try. Dick Robinett of Hardman was In
town a few days. The shop where he
was working was burned. He expects
to be at work again as soon as a new
blacksmith shop Is built.
Sam Devine, an old-time resident
of this part of the country returned
a few days ago to look over the coun
try again. Sam now resides near
Barton, Clackamas county.
N. P. Peterson of Portland, a well
known wheat buyer of the Inland
Empire, was a Lexington caller Mon
day. Mr. Peterson represents M. W.
Houser, an Independent grain dealer
6f Portland. -- -
Nearly all the headers remaining
on the north side of the creek finish
ed last week and all will finish this
week. The settings are not large or
very numerous, yet a fair amount of
grain will be threshed. The oualitv
will not be up to the standard of oth
er years.
Lecture On India
Tomorrow Evening
Here is something the citizens of
Heppner cannot afford to miss.
"India and Its Present Relation to
the Britisli Government" will be the
topic of J. C. Ghormley, recently of
India, at the Christian church Friday
night. The entertainment and lecture
will be illustrated by 150 stereopti
con slides. These pictures have been
taken by Mr. Ghormley and are a
rare collection, showing the life and
habits of the simple folk of the East
in their jungle homes. Many inter
esting stories and facts will be told,
answering the oft asked question,
"Will England Hold India?"
Mr. and Mrs. Ghormley were med
ical missionaries for several years.
Mr. Ghormley holds the commission
of Honorary Magistrate of I'cghar
district of the Province of Bengal.
A nominal admission fee of Im
am! 2 5c will be charged a the door.
Chas. P. Sennett, of Lincoln. Mon
tana, visited for a couple of days this
week with his old-time friend, C. W.
Shurte, in this city. Mr. Sennett was
for many years engaged in farming
and ranching on the place known to
all old settlers here as the "Sennett
Ranch" at the mouth of Eight Mile.
He is now extensively interested in
mining in Montana.
Mrs. L. G. Ilerren would call the
attention of the ladies of Heppner to
her choice stock of ladies wash dress
es, waists mid suits. A fresh stock
every ten days. She also handles the
famous Gossard corsets, sold on guar
antee to fit.
LAM) LISTINGS WANTED.
We are opening branch offices in
Portland and other Coast 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 us and give full de
scription of same.
Our commission is live per cent on
sale, and two and one-half per cent
on trades.
I) () l 1) & K K X X K I) V,
HeimiMon, Oregon.
LQGANBI
Oregon Logaiilwny Juice Very Io-
ulur With Kvpusitiuii Crowd.
Oregon Building, Panama-Pacific
Exposition, August 4. The nation
has fallen for the Oregon Loganber
ry. It likes the berry fresh and it
likes it evaporated, and even our old
tried and true friend of grape juice
fame, the Hon. William Jennings
Bryan, says that if the nation must
be drunk let it, be drunk on logan
berry juice, a' case of the famous
Pheasant brand of juice made at Sa
lem reached Mr. Bryan at the Palace
Hotel the other evening just before
he started for the big tabernacle here
to deliver his address on "This Cause
less War." The public and the news
papers agreed that Mr. Bryan orated
as he never had before, and said he
was full of Inspiration. We at the
Oregon building knew that It was lo
ganberry juice, and that the newspa
permen suspicioned was evidenced in
a cartoon In the San Francisco Chron
icle the following morning showing
Mr. Bryan with "His New Love" a
bottle of loganberry juice. Grape
juice was given a seat far to the rear,
Oregon was pictured as a succession
of sites for loganberry juice factories,
and In the background loomed the old
Salem brewery with Its big sign dis
placed by another announcing its con
version into a juice factory.
All of this, with articles In the sev
eral San Francisco papers, attracted
special attention to Loganberry Day
at the Oregon building, July 29, and
here thousands from the four corners
of the nation smacked their Hp3 over
generous samples of the fluid extract,
tasted the evaporated berry restored
to its original glory with the aid of
water for which Oregon is famous,
and the building's domestic science
luncheon Exposition swelldom con
sumed loganberry sherbets, ices and
I pie. Loganberries and loganberry
juice literally overflowed the Oregon
building on the 29th. O. L, Ferris,
representing the Oregon Fruit Juice
Company, the first Oregon concern to
manufacture loganberry juice for
commercial purposes, came down
from Saltm and cared for a large
shipment of the Pheasant brand in
bottles of all sizes from the two
ounce to the gallon. A large pyra
mid of this stood in the center of the
floor and hundreds of gallons of the
liquid wen- sampled from the booth.
Loganberry jam made from the evap
orated berries of last year was served
spread on crackers and this caught
the fancy of every taster. The North
west Products Company, now operat
ing the great brewery at Salem as a
loganberry factory, sent down a tre
mendous quantity of juice and this,
the "Loju" brand was served to all
comers under the direction of Fred
S. Byuon, secretary of the Willamette
Valley Association. This same con
cern also operated a booth here at
which registration for sample boxes
of the "Forest" brand of the evapor
ated berry were taken, and after
tasting the delicious morsels served
every man and woman registered
without being urged. About 150o
gallons of juice were on tap the Oth
and that this advertising stunt will
j prove very beneficial to the particu-
lar concerns involved and to the lo
1 ganberry business is not doubted by
anyone at the building.
In a program of addressei during
i t he afternoon. Judge J. I!. Logan, of
Oakland, the originator of the Logan
berry, was conspicuous. He told how
; as a matter of accident he secured a
i cross between the Texas Early ulack
I berry and the irsiims dewberry, and
I then another cross between these two
'and the Red Aatwerp raspberry. This
i was in ISM and the fame of tiie Lo
1 ganberry has grown to the propor
tions of today. Judge Logan was a
resident of Santa Cruz at the lime,
was judge of the superior court, ami
experimented with plants as a hobbv.
i Though 75 years of age he is still ex
I perimenting and with him at the Ore
gon building on Friday was a three
i year-old daughter, a beautiful lit'!
: blue-eyed Loganberry that attract--.'
I the attention of everyone. I'onin.'s
! sioner John F. Logan of Pirtla'd.
' whose wife was named Berry, bad a
I proper place on the program and
i made a rousing speech on the glories
lot Oregon, Loganberry and otherwise.
! W. A. Taylor, of Salem, filled with
I Loganberry enthusiasm, also w hoop
ed things up, and both he and Mrs.
i Taylor are entitled to special credit
for their hard work in the prelimin
aries, though all nt the building con
tributed a goodly share. All Oregon
i grows loganberry and will profit from
, this splendid effort.
Oiegon Has Liberty Hell.
Thanks to C. M. and G. G. Stack
land, of Cove. I'nion county, the
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