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HEPPXER, OREGON, AUGUST 12, 1915.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO HAVE MEETING
Several Matters of Importance To Be
Considered. A Large Attend
ance Desired. Monument
Route to be Taken Vp.
Heppner Commercial Club will
meet tomorrow, Friday, evening, for
the transaction of important busi
ness. The Heppner- Monument stage
route proposition has again been
turned down by the post office au
thorities to whom it was presented at
Washington, and this Is to be up
again for some decision as to what
action will be taken in the future.
Our people here are in earnest re
garding the re-establishment of this
mail route. They have been doing
some faithful work to get it in shape
to be accepted by the department and
have received bids, which from the
viewpoint of the Club, should be ac
cepted as fair but there seems to be
nothing doing so far as Uncle Sam Is
concerned. The bids are too high and
It will now be necessary to proceed
along some other line. Having done
so much work the Club is not going
to back down until every resource bag
been exhausted.
Then there is some work to be
done with teference to the Willow
creek and Monument roads. The com
mittee on the Willow creek road de
sire to submit their report and get
further instructions.
in all these you are Interested, so
be on hand tomorrow night and show
your Interest by your presence.
Injured In Accident.
As a result of an accident that hap
pened on thetoad near the Walter
Crosby place late Friday evening,
Mrs. Arrlat, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. D. Cox, of Hlnton creek, has
been under the care of a physician
In Heppner during the week. A party
of four were driving along the road
when a bolt broke in one of the sin
gle trees. At this time the team start
ed to run and Mrs. Arrlat becoming
excited, jumped from the rig and
landed In a pile of rocks Just as the
team was brought to a stop by a
barbed wire fence. Her wrist was
dislocated, some teeth were knocked
out and she received numerous other
bruises and minor injuries. She was
brought to town by Dr. Wlnnard who
went out after her in his auto, her
Injuries were properly dressed and
she is now getting along well. The
other members of the party remained
In the rig and were not hurt.
Attorney Glenn Y. Wells was a pas
senger to Portland Tuesday.
Lecture On India
Very Interesting
Dr. J. Carlos Ghormley delivered
a very interesting and instructive lec
ture at ,the Christian church Friday
night on India. Dr. Ghormley is a
medical missionary to that country,
who has been at home on an extend
ed furlough for the past year and a
half, during which time he has been
attending the medical department of
the University of Oregon and more
thoroughly equipping himself for the
work he has undertaken. His lec
ture is illustrated by more than a
hundred stereopticon slides, the pic
tures bringing to fne mind through
the vision more pointedly than any
word picture could, the conditions
that surround the people of that land.
The speaker also explained quite ful
ly the habits and customs of the peo
ple of India, as well as telling what
the English government has accom
plished for them. Progress along all
lines of civilization has been slow but
results are now being obtained a lit
tle more rapidly and a few more gen
erations will show marked improve
ment, both as to the spread of Chris
tianity and improved sanitary and
civic conditions. Mr. Ghormley ex
pects to return to the work in that
country as soon as he has finished
his medical course.
Grass Fire Creates Excitement.
8ome little excitement was creat
ed In town on Tuesday forenoon by
the report sent in of a big grass fire
at the Stanfleld place on upper Rhea
creek. Several auto loads of men
were immediately gathered together
and went out. Upon reaching the
place, however, it was found that the
fire had exhausted itself when it
reached the rim rocks, and no ser
ious damage was done. It was feared
for a time that the fire would get into
the timber in that vicinity and cause
a lot of damage. The grass is very
dry now and people should use all
precautions , to prevent fires from
starting.
SERIt US AUTO ACCIDENT
OCCURS NEAR HEPPNER
Car of J. C. Owen Goes Over Bank
And Several Pustsengers Hurt.
The Ford car driven by J. C. Owen,
who has the mail contract on the
Heppner-Hardman route, turned a
complete summersault and landed
right side up after spilling its occu
pants on the grade coming into town
just at the north side of L. E. Bis
bee's place late Friday evening.
There were in the car, besides Mr.
Owen, Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Barnard,
of this city, Mr. Anderson Barnard
and a grandchild, Bernlce Franklin.
Mr. Owen was making his third
round-trip to Hardrr.an and back and
reached the city limits of Heppner
shortly after nine o'clock at night.
His lights on the car had run down
pretty low but he had been able to
keep the road all rlgnt until he came
up over the hill and faced the city
lights which seemed to have the ef
fect of blinding his vision of the road.
He had been over the road so much,
however, that he felt sure he was
familiar with the tracR, and slowed
down to about four miles an hour.
At the time the car went over, Mr.
Owen was sure that he was on the
road all right. He was at the point
just where the road divides near the
Bisbee corner, and where the bank
is pretty steep and the car rolled
over from the upper grade, landing
on Its wheels in the track below, do
ing no other damage to the machine
than the breaking of the wind shield
and mashing of the radiator.
The occupants did not fare so well,
however, but fortunately they all es
caped dangerous Injuries. Mrs. Bar
nard and the little girl came out
with bruises and scratches from
which they soon recovered. Mr. Bar
nard and IiIb uncle each received rery
severe injuries and for a time it was
thought that both the men had been
fatally hurt. Help was summoned
from town, just as soon as possible
and medical assistance called. The
men have been laid up under the care
of a physician since but they are im
proving and will soon be about again.
Mr. Anderson Barnard is an uncle
of A. Z. and Is on a visit here from
Missouri. He is 74 years of age and
on this account his recovery has been
slow. Bernlce Franklin, his grand
daughter, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. Franklin, of Cecil.
Mr. Owen regrets the accident very
much. He got out with a bruised
head and feels fprtunute In this re
spect. No blame is attached to him
as he used his best efforts to prevent
any mishap on the trip; it was simp
ly one of those unfortunate and un
forseen occurrences that will happen,
and we are all thankful that it was
no more serious in its results.
Catholic Church Services.
Sunday, August 15.
First Mass, 8 a. m.
Second Mass, 1030: a. m.
Christian Doctrine, 11:30 a. m.
Evening Devotions, 7:30 p. m.
A class of nine children will receive
their First Holy Communion next
Sunday at the First Mass. These
children will renew their Baptismal
Vows, and be enrolled In the Scap
ular at the Evening Devotions.
EXPOSITION TO HON- -OR
STATE OF OREGON
'Benson Day" to be Celebrated at
Panama-Pacific Exposition.
According to a statement furnished
this office by the Portland Chamber
of Commerce, Tuesday, August 17th,
the State of Oregon is to be honored
by the Panama Exposition through
the observation of "Benson Day."
The Chamber of Commerce is ar
ranging to send all Oregonlans who
desire to attend, aboard a special
train or in private cars.
This event Is a distinct recognition
of the State more than It is Mr. Simon
Benson, and will be attended by rep
resentatives of foreign governments
and the States of the Union.
AH county courts of the State of
Oregon have been requested to ap
point a special representative.
The Portland Chamber of Com
merce requests that all commercial
organizations of the State be repre
sented. Reservations for accomodations
for special train or private cars'
should be made to Frank E. Smith,
Secretary of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce. If one hundred or
more reservations are made, a special
train will be run and the fare will be
$26.75 with $5.00 additional for
sleeper fare. If private cars are used
the fare will be $30.00 with $5.00 ad
ditional for sleeper. Tickets will be
good for 30 days and train leaves
Portland August 15th.
! HEPPNER MEN TAKE EXTENSIVE f
TRIP INTO THE HARNEY COUNTRY!
X A. S. AKERS AND FRED TASH "FORD" IT FROM
PARKERS MILL TO THE CATLOW VALLEY.
By A. S.
Having our families comfortably
located in the tall timber a mile be
low Parkers Mill, and enjoying all
the natural blessings Incidental to an
outing in the Blue Mountains of
Southern Morrow county, It was sug
gested to me by Fred Tash, that Jolly,
good-natured boss of the Farmers'
Warehouse of Heppner, that we take
a spin down to Southern Harney
county and see and learn for our
selves the merits, if any, of the re
cently talked of valley of the Catlow.
I will try and describe the best I
can, things as I saw them; also a few
incidents relative to the trip, and give
a brief description of the road and
country through which we passed.
Starting about noon, August 2nd,
with Fred's 1915 Ford, with Fred, of
course, at the helm, and loaded with
a few necessary equipments, such as
a roll of blankets, a few spuds, bacon,
frying pan, and other pharaphernalia
necessary in case we might be strand
ed on some barren desert and a rep
itition of the Imperial Valley Inci
dent befall us.
The first few miles of road, or un
til we reached the Grant county line,
was exceeding bad, but which on our
return I am glad to learn that the
County Surveyor Is now on the
ground surveying a new route around
this too long neglected piece of high
way. From Parkers Mill to Monument Is
25 miles, and very long miles the
freighters say, but which were clip
ped off very quickly after reachiqg
the Grant county line, by the unceas
ing and regular chugging of that
world-renowned little Ford engine. I
might say that between Parkers Mill
and Monument there is some very fine
timber; especially on the Sam Coch
ran place, where we stopped to get a
drink. There on the outskirts of the
big meadow back of the house, are
the big pines which seem to be all of
uniform size and whose branches ap
pear to have been trimmed up about
50 feet, and taken in connection with
the large field of tasseled corn to the
left of the meadow It makes a very
Impressive picture, especially to the
bunchgrasser of the pioneer type.
But let us proceed' on our journey
to Catlow Valley. In passing I will
say for the benefit of those who have
never visited Monument, that it is a
nice little burg on the John Day river
with two or three stores, post office,
big new two-story hall building, etc.,
and situated in the midst of the
roughest country of Oregon.
Proceeding on our journey from
Monument, after replenishing our
supply of gasoline, to the tune of 35c.
per gallon, we passed through the
small burg of Hamilton, at the edge
of a little, beautiful rolling valley,
thence on about two miles we passed
the little clump of trees where Oliver
Snyder was killed; which thrust
Grant county into a great fever of
excitement, and you know the rest.
A little further on, after entering the
little valley called Round Basin, we
left the Long Creek road and turned
to the right and crossed Round Ba
sin, a distance of about a mile. On
climbing the ridge beyond there we
encountered the only car trouble on
the trip. After assisting up the hill
Mr. Gibbons, the Castle Rock school
teacher who was bound for the Blue
Mountain Springs beyond John Day
City, with his family and the family
of Mitt Leathers, we attempted to
crank the engine, and lo and behold
she was stuck. Fred, not yet having
received his diploma in the school of
Forddom, is not able to diagnose all
cases peculiar to that branch of lo
comotion, and as for myself, my edu
cation along that line does not reach
farther than the rudiments pertaining
to the ailments of a Case nud their
alleviation. But as luck would have
it, we picked up a passenger at Mon
ument who wished to be conveyed
to John Day, and who, by the way, is
the son-in-law of our friend Dan Stal
ter, of Mayflower fame, who seems to
have specialized in Fordology, who
held a short consultation with Mr.
Gibbons, and after injecting a little
antitoxin here, and adjusting a
thumbscrew there, which was beyond
the comprehension of myself and
Fred, too, (judging from the expres
sion on his face) the crank was given
a quick turn with an air of confidence
and we were off. A few miles farther
through the timber we came down a
long slope Into Fox Valley. This is
a valley about ten miles across. It
seems to be a prosperout little sec
tion with a number of fine fields of
grain; It Is well watered and a fine
AKERS
stock country. Going up out of the
Valley Into the timber we soon found
ourselves sailing down the long Pig
eon Wing grade onto Beech creek,
past the station called Mt. Rest
Home. A little ways beyond the sta
tion the road forks, and I will say
for the benefit of those who might
be going to the John Day country,
that one should stay on the Beech
creek road that leads down to Mt.
Vernon. It is several miles farther,
but a good road. The road straight
across is miserable, as we found out
when we went over, and we almost
Imagined we were in some parts of
Morrow county. We arrived in John
Day after dark, of course, but never
theless safe and sound, a distance of
80 miles from Parkers Mill, but by
th way of Mt. Vernon which is down
the river nine miles from John Day,
about 85 miles.
The thing that attracts one's atten
tion the most in the vicinity of John
Day and Canyon City, which is up a
canyon about three miles to the south
is the heaps of washed gravel made
In an early day by the rugged miners
who succeeded in unlocking the
earth's treasury and escaping with
many millions in gold. A Portland
company is now building a dredge
and will soon be ready to dredge the
creek bottom between John Day and
Canyon City, and it Is thought an im
mense amount of gold will be ob
tained. ' I started in to take you to Catlow
Valley, but It seems I am not pro
gressing very fast.
, Leaving John Day we went south
up Canyon creek through Canyon
City, which is a small burg, hardly a
third as large as John Day. Leaving
Cannon creek several . miles , above
Canyon City we passed through a
long stretch of fine timber and enter
ed Bear Valley; a very high valley
about five miles across with a post
office near the center called Seneca.
Bear Valley Is the head of the Sllvies
river which flows for many miles
down past Burns and into Harney
Lake. Leaving Bear Valley we enter
er the timber again and after several
miles we came down Into Sllvies Val
ley, which is about ten miles long by
one and a half miles wide. A few
miles farther we passed through
Trout Valley. A little valley about
three by two miles. Going up a long
grade out of Trout Valley, which is
about 23 miles from Burns, we came
into the timber again and left the
timber about 16 miles north of Burns.
There the scenery changed. The great
Harney Valley, about fifty miles in
dimensions, stretched out before us,
while far to the southwest could be
seen Harney lake in which no crea
ture ever lived because of the min
eral it contains; even the ducks and
geese never light on its surface.
Malheur lake could also be seen in
the southeastern part of the valley.
It is a fresh water lake, with the Sll
vies river emptying into it from the
north and the Blltzen river from the
south. Burns, which is a pretty little
place of about 1200 inhabitants, is
the county seat of Harney County
and about 50 miles from a railroad.
After eating dinner at Burns, we went
out east about five miles to the ex
perimental farm. We spent a while
viewing the different grains and veg
etables, and saw at first hand the ef
fect of all the different modes of
planting and cultivation. It can easi
ly be seen what features relative to
obtaining a good crop to avoid, and
what to adopt. And it might be well
to say right here that the citizens of
Morrow county should not rest until
they have obtained an up-to-date ex
perimental farm. There are a great
many thousand acres in Harney Val
ley that are sub-Irrigated, on the
greater portion of which wild grass
grows very thick and tall and is cut
for hay. One big company seems to
own the most of it. The most of the
valley contains big sage brush and
after being cleared seems to raise
good grain. For several miles back
from the lakes It Is more or less
swampy, and a considerable portion
of It contains quite a bit of alkali. In
tills alkali district there is another ex
perimental farm, and it can readily
be seen that grain and alfalfa can be
grown successfully. We left the ex
perimental farm near Burns and went
out to Lawen, a little town of one
store and a few residences in the eas
tern part of the valley about 20 miles
from Burns. From there we went to
Narrows which is 22 miles from Law
en and the same distance from Burns
by a direct road, which road we took
on our return trip. Narrows, which
comprises one store, hotel and saloon,
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MORROW TEACHERS AT
OREGONSUMMERSCH00L
Mrs. Wedding and Miss Wallen At
tend School at Eugene.
Among the Morrow county stud
ents at the University of Oregon Sum
mer School are Ella B. Wallen and
Mrs. Lucy T. Wedding. Miss Wal
len's course includes Matnematics,
Physical and Social Hygiene, and
Gymnastics. Mrs. Wedding is tak
ing work in History of Education and
working for the M. A. degree. On
August 5, Mrs. Wedding was grant
ed her M. A. degree, having success
fully passed the required examina
tion. The Summer School this year is
larger than ever before, and the Stud
ent Body is remarkable in several
respects. In the first place, there
are half again as many men as wo
men. This Is very unusual in sum
mer schools, which are, as a general
thing, composed to a very large ex
tent of women teachers. The men
at the Oregon Summer School this
year are, many of them in the prime
of life. Acocrdlng to Dr. Schafer,
director of the school, their average
age is probably thirty years or more.
They Include numerous county and
city superintendents and high and
consolidated school principals who
are working for higher degrees and
to advance themselves in their pro
fession. Some Fine Attrac
tions At The Star
Two splendid attractions are book
ed for the Star Theater the coming
week. Manager Sparks has arranged
to present to the Heppner public a
series of attractions from The Fam
ous Players, constituting what is call
ed the Paramount Program. The first
attraction is "Clothes," a five-act fea
ture. This comes Monday and Tues
day, August 16 and 17. "Clothes" Is
Grace George's greatest Buccess, writ
ten by Chanulng Pollock, and stars
Charlotte Ives and House Peters.
Another attraction for Friday and
Saturday, August 20 and 21, will be
Peterson & Vierra's Hawaiian Attrac
tions; a vocal and instrumental con
cert, and presenting the Hawaiian
playlet, "The Flower of Love." This
company is composed of some eight
or ten people and their program is
of the highest class.
Find A Good Country.
During the past week Fred Tash
and Spencer Akers made a trip by
auto into Southern Harney county,
their objective point being the Cat
low Valley. This section is .now be
ing rapidly settled up by homestead
ers, and both Akers and Tash are im
pressed with its prospects. Elsewhere
in this issue Mr. Akers has a full
description of the trip, and it will pay
you to read it.
Church Notice.
Elizabeth Ware, county evangelist,
will hold a week's meeting at the
Matteson school house in south Mor
row county, beginning Saturday, Aug
ust 14.
GETTING GRAIN EXHIBITS
READY FOR NEXT FAIR
Secretary Smead and Force Busy at
Pavilion Tills Week.
Secretary Smead of the Fair Board
assisted by several others, is busy
this week in getting a lot of his grain
samples ready. He is working at the
pavilion and has a machine which he
uses to make up the grain sheafs that
does the work rapidly and well. He
expects to have the bulk of the sheaf
grain exhibits gathered and arranged
within a few days, and in the mean
time, should there be any extra fine
samples to be had, the Secretary will
appreciate having his attention called
to them, or better still, he would be
glad to have them brought in. After
the sheaves are made up, the work of
placing them about the pavilion will
be undertaken and all this prelimin
ary labor finished before the big rush
is on with the other exhibits. Pre
mium books are now finished and
ready for distribution and they will
be sent out immediately.
8 a. m. to 5 p. m., August 27 and
28 we will demonstrate the cleaniiiK
power of Wilson's Silverware Clean
er. Be sure to bring some pieces of
silverware that are badly tarnished.
We will clean them free of charge In
30 seconds. Yours for clean silver
ware. hau.uk.
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Schoick, of Ar
lington, is visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Slo
cura in this city.
SUPERVISOR d
DER MAKES REPORT
Umatilla National Forest Makes Good
Showing For Year. Vsed Most
ly For Stock Range. Few
8)iecial Permits Issued.
The annual report of the Umatilla
National Forest covering business
done in the period from July 1, 1914,
to June 30, 1915, is evidence that
the resources of the Forest are pret
ty generally used.
It shows that there were 2M miles
of road constructed, 12 miles of tele
phone lines, twe lookout towers for
fire observation, one cabin for ran
gers' teadquarters and storage of
Government property, and four miles
of fencing to enclose pastures on
ranger stations, according to the re
port. Five special-use permits were is
sued, covering various uses of the
Forest, such as drift fences and tele
phone lines.
There were 153 grazing permits
issued for cattle and horses, covering
9354 head, and 44 permits for sheep
totalling 60,519 head.
An analysis of these figures by
grade shows that 91 permits for cat
tle and horses were issued for from 1
to 40 head; 30 for from 41 to 100;
19 for from 101 to 200; and 9 for
over 200 for each permit.
For sheep eight permits were is
sued for under 1000 head; 34 for.
from 1001 to 2500; and two for over
4000 head each.
One hundred thirty-seven crossing
permits were issued, covering 28 cat
tle, 210 hogs, and 207,999 sheep.
On account of private lands and
cooperative permits. 10 were issued
covering 459 cattle, 5 horses and 4,
550 sheep.
There has been constructed by the
Forest Service to date, nine miles of
road, 37 of trails, and 160 of tele
phone lines. There are 19 miles of
drift fence and 15 miles of fencing
around ranger stations. Ten cabins
for .rangers' use and storage of Gov
ernment property have been built. To
assist in range management, 16 wa
tering troughs have been constructed
on the range by the Forest Service
besides others placed by progressive
and enterprising stockmen. There
are 818 acres of pasture enclosed un
der five permits.
The Forest Service is continually
improving the National Forests, mak
ing them useful to the people, and
the aunual report shows that the in
terests of the people are closely allied
to the Umatilla National Forest.
The Forest Service has just issued
a map of the Umatilla National For
est, showing the roads, trails, tele
phone lines, etc., and with directions
to tourists and campers.
This map may be had free of
charge on application to the Forest
Supervisor, Pendleton, Oregon.
Game Birds Are
Liberated Here
This week the State Game Warden
has liberated on Willow creek some
three dozen Chinese pheasants which
adds to the slowly increasing number
of these birds in this section. For a
good many years past there has been
an endeavor to get game birds plant
ed in this county, and while climatic
conditions and everything else would
seems to be conducive to their rapid
propagation, yet the progress is slow.
owing no doubt, to their being mo
lested by the so-called sportsman who
is always willing to kill anything that
comes to sight. Attention is called
to the fact that the penalty for kill
ing these birds is a fine of $50 and it
is the intention of the Heppner Rod
and Gun Club to see that the law is
rigidly enforced. If the birds are let
alone, for a few seasons they will be
come plentiful here.
A Fine Sample of Blue Ktem.
A fine sample of Blue Stem wheat
was left at the office of Heppner Mill
ing Co. Saturday by Chas. Burchell.
of Lexington. Mr. Burcliell had ju.--t
finished threshing and his returns are
20 bushels to the acre. Ti e grain
tests No. 1 and Is of fine quality, be
ing an excellent milling wheat.
J. L. Miller, traveling passenger
agent of the O-W. R. & N. Co., is
spending the day in Heppner.
Rev. C. W. Reynolds, of lone, will
fill the pulpit at the Christian church
In Heppner, both morning and eve
ning, Sunday, August 29. Rev.
Handsaker, the pastor, will return
from his vacation and resume his
labors with the church the first Sun
day in September.
M. S. Maxwell, the Parkers Mill
merchant was a visitor In Heppner
Tuesday.