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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1915)
n,pnn Historical Society Stock Exchange I3uiklinB- rrn- VOL. 3,2. NO. '27. HEPPNER, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 80, 1915. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR CAZ1 HE MES MORROW Bill HAS FINE LOCATION Space Already Set Aside in Central Location Fur Fall Laud Show. Portland, Sept. 29 (Special) Mor row County's exhibit at the coming Manufacturers' & Land Products Show in Portland will be centrally located In the great exhibit building and the soil products will be viewed by more than 100,000 people, during the eighteen days the exhibition will be open. This is the estmate now made on attendance. It is possible a greater number of visitors will view the exhibits. This year the land show in the state's metropolis will be open on Monday, October 25 and close, mid night, November 13. The Show will not remain open Sundays, and ex hibitors will have an opportunity to renew perishable exhibits twice dur ing its progress. The counties and communities of the sta.te will make the greatest showing in their history at this year's exposition, since the Lewis & Clark Fair of 1905. Space in the industrial section Is now more than 80 per cent filled and practically everything is taken In the land products division. The best county exhibit will be awarded a gold medal and $200 In cash and the second best exhibit will receive a silver medal and $100 in cash. The best displays from each county will be awarded prizes rang ing from $50 to $100. Efforts will be directed towards creating new markets for Oregon pro ducts and consumer and producer will be brought together at the ex position. Masons Let Contract. The contract for excavating for the new Masonic building has been awarded to W. L. Houston. Mr. Houston expects to start work Mon day morning. He would have started sooner but was unable to secure teams. He is now busy building the addition to the Lexington school house. L MEETS IN HEPPNER Listens to Complaint of J. Terry Con. tier Against The Oregon-Wash-ington Railroad & Xuvigu ' tion Company. The state railroad commission of Oregon, with commissioner Frank J. Miller in charge, conducted a hearing at the court house In this city on Tuesday. The hearing was the result of a petition filed some time ago by J Perry Conder, said petition contain ing the signatures of 400 Morrow county citizens. Mr. Conder presented his side . of the case and attorney A. C. Spen cer, assisted by Sam E. Van Vactor and Frank H. Robinson, represented the railroad company. This was the second hearing held here in less than a year in which local parties asked for additional train service of the Heppner branch. In the first instance Mr. Conder as chairman of the trans portation committee from the Hepp ner Commercial Club, was thS mov ing force in getting the recognition of the commission. The result of the first hearing was that there was not sufficient evidence produced in the complaint to warrant additional ser vice. The hearing on Tuesday took up the greater part of the day, Mr. Con der Introducing as evidence dozens of statements signed by residents of the different sections of the county, resl dents whose personal opinion was to the effect that additional train ser vice would be of great demand. Some of them thought additional service an absolute necessity. A few wit nesses were called by both sides, and it was necessary to Bubpoena some of Mr. Conder's witnesses in order to get them into court. The entire hearing was marked by the lack of In terest taken by the citizens of the county, there being at no time more than two dozen people In the court room, not including those conducting the hearing. Fined $20. J. L. Wilklns, proprietor of the Palace hotel, was fined $20 the fore part of the week, after a complaint had been placed by Sheriff Geo. Mc Duffee. The complaint charged the management with permitting a wom an to enter the bar room on the eve ning of September IS. The fine was promptly paid. Home Theater Increases Seating Ca pacity. With the addition of a balcony fourteen feet long across the front end of the Home theater the seating capacity will be increased by fifty. This is an improvement which Edgar B. Ayers will add to his show house, work having been started. The bal cony will be reached from stairs to be constructed on the Inside near the left front entrance. Mr. Ayers is providing further to the comfort and convenience of his patrons by in stalling a ventilating system which will supply the house with fresh air at all times. Work of repapering and painting the interior and ex terior of the Home will start this week. These improvements are the result of some progressive ideas which Mr. Ayers has had under con sideration for some time and when completed will give Heppner a show house of which we may well be proud. nn L I J. H. Stanley Was Pioneer Educator of Oregon At One Time Super intendent of Schools of Mor row County. J. H. Stanley, pioneer educator of Oregon, died at his home in Port land last Saturday night. Mr. Stan ley had been ill about four months. Born in Missouri in 1858, Mr. Stanley received his grammar and high school education in his native state, and came to Oregon in 1877. He taught school for a while in Mar lon county, and then attended Christ ian College at Monmouth. After he graduated from that institution he was made principal of the public schools at Weston. He also served in the schools of Umatilla county. Professor Stanley was superinten dent of schools In Morrow county for several years and also served In the capacity of principal in the Heppner schoolb. After leaving here . Mr. Stanley took up pedagogical study for a year In Washington, D. C. He held the prlnclpalship of the public schools at Hillsboro and during his term of office there was also superin tendent of the Yamhill county schools. The deceased is survived by a wife and five children. The children are: Francis Stan ley, Panama; Clifford Stanley, Port land; Mrs. Roy Bleeker, New York; Alice Stanley and Mrs. Sydney Crys ler, Portland. Mr. Stanley is sur vived by six brothers: Professor Geo. Stanley, Tacoina; Dr. D. T. Stanley, Texas; Charley Stanley, Seattle; A. B. Stanley, Central Point; Fred Stan ley, St. Louis; and J. B. Stanley, Rochester. The funeral was held Tuesday af ternoon In Portland from the under taking parlors of J. P. Finley & Son. The Knights of Pythias had charge of the services at the grave, Mr. Stan ley having been a member of that order. WARDEN MINTO SHOT BY ESCAPED CONVICT Harry P. Minto, warden of the Ore gon State Penitentiary, was shot and Instantly killed shortly before mid night Monday, by Otto Hooker, an es caped convict. i The tragedy occurred two miles north of Albany where the man had been trailed. Minto got out of his automobile and was beating the brush when the convict shot him through the head. Hooker was seen at Jefferson early In the day and Marshal Benson at tempted to arrest him. The convict allowed Benson to come close to him and then grabbed the officer's gun. The men fought and tumbled Into the street. Hooker pressed the gun close to Benson's body and fired. The bullet entered the collarbone and ranged downward and Benson gave up the fight. He was taken to the Albang hospital. It is thought that he will recover. Warden Minto, who had always said that he would not send his men where he would not go himself, got out of his automobile and started toward Hooker. Minto was accom panied by Walter Johnson, a guard of the penitentiary. When Minto was shot Johnson fired six shots at the convict but none of them took ef fect. Johnson was the only person with Minto at the time., Later Hooker was shot by patrol man A. L. Long of Portland, while Hooker was In hiding In Albany. The escaped convict died from the re sult of the wound. Hooker was not considered a really bad man. He was sent up from Uma-1 tllla county about a year ago, after pleading guilty to attempted robbery. ARTESIAN WELL GUSHES FORTH ON R. B. RICE FARM ON STRAWBERRY W. D. NEWLON STRIKES FLOW WHICH GIVES PROMISE OF 600 GALLONS PER MINUTE MEANS MUCH FOR MORROW COUNTY. An artesian well flowing 250 gal lons per minute is the result of days of drilling by W. D. Newlon on the R. B. Rice farm in the Strawberry section 16 miles north of Heppner. Although no measurement as to the exact depth of the well has as yet been taken, it Is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 600 feet. Mr. Newlon states that owing to leaks in casing, which is only temporary, only a small portion of the water now comes to the surface. After the well is properly cased it is estimated that the flow will be increased to at least 600 gallons per minute. Can you imagine a dry land farm er in north Morrow county out with hoe and shovel, working desperately to keep the water from flooding his premises and undermining house and barn? This is just exactly what Mr. Rice has been up against the past few days, since the new well was un capped. Not suspecting anything of this nature to result from the well drilling, naturally he was unprepared to cane for all the water. Mr. Rice has excellent land on his place which will be made highly productive by the tapping of this underground stream of water. It there is one man in the entire county who has had a hobby, you might call it a hobby, for any man who accomplishes things worth while in this old world usually has a hob by, it is W. D. Newlon. Since com ing to this section some three years ago he has been laughed at and call ed a dreamer, and all because of the fact that he saw possibilities of ar tesian wells In this county and more particularly in the dry land section of the county known at "the banana belt." Upon his arrival here, Mr. Newlon purchased land in north Mor row and through -the aid and advice of Mrs. W. D. Newlon began to work out the proposition of artesian well water. As he says, "I started it as an experiment and hired the drilling done, but soon found that the ex perience would come to me at a cheaper rate by going into the drill ing business myself." Hence, Mr. Newlon became an expert well drill er and his tremendous success has resulted, not from guesswork, but from the study of geological condi tions as they axist in Morrow county. The proof is the 28 wells he has drill ed since going into the business. There was not a well whica produced less than 7000 gallons per day. Hut the results from the drilling on the Rice farm have in a way vindicated Mr. Newlon, for the most persistent knocker must cease his hammering after taking a look at this beautiful stream of water gushing out of the ground from that eight Inch pipe. Some might consider the contract between Mr. Rice and Mr. Newlon as being unique inasmuch as Mr, Newlon took all the chances. He guaranteed to produce a well suffi cient for irirgation purposes or was to receive no pay for his work of drill ing. It was a lucky day for Mr. Rice when he met Mr. Newlon and we might add that it was a lucky day for botli when they got together on this well drilling proposition. This is the second well Mr. Newlon has drilled on the Rice farm, and he is confident that the first well will give a strong flow above the ground as soon as it is encased. The water now rises to Scriver-Farris Lectures, The Scriver-Farris lecture study course is attracting much attention. On account of being more centrally located, the evening lectures have been changed from the high school auditorium to thi Christian church. Last night Mr. Scrlver spoke to a large audience on "That Boy." This lecture should be heard by every par ent and teacher of boys. Tonight, (Thursday) his subject will be "The City of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." The closing lecture on Friday night will be "Where is God?". Mrs. Farris is greeted by a large audience of women each afternoon at 2:30. If the women of Heppner who are not attending realized the value of Mrs. Farris' studies, the house would not hold the audience. John Vaughn Buys Property. John F. Vaughn, of Vaughn & Sons, hardware, has purchased the residence property of Clyde Brock on Baltimore street. This is consid ered one of the finest houses in Hepp ner. Mr. Brock will move his family to lone just as soon as he can secure a house there. within a few inches of the surface. There can be no doubt that Mr. New- ion's success has added thousands of dollars value to Mr. Rice's 1100 acre farm. This remarkable development of artesian water will be of direct benefit to every property owner in Morrow county. It is bound to in crease land values, but today the homeseeker has the opportunity of a lifetime to buy land in this vicinity as low as $15 an acre. Under water it will increase in value ten fold, and the lesson taught by the artesian dis tricts of Walla Walia, North Yakima and other places; should be a warn ing to the man who would locate In a country where he can own his own home. Does it now seem visionary for one to predict that land values will be without the reach of the man with moderate means or little or no capital within the next decade? As Good as the Walla Walla Wells. Several Heppner business men went out yesterday to see the new well and their most skeptical ideas were completely overcome by what they saw. Here are some of thir ex pressions and views on the artesian well: T. J. Mahoney, Cashier ot First National Bank: "One of the biggest things that ever happened to Morrow county. . The fact that artesian water has been discovered should interest others and should Interest capital in land that has heretofore been con sidered unproductive. The land in this section under water, Is the best in the entire country. Land values are bound to rise. I have lived in the greatest artesian well section in this country, South Dakota, and I believe that this well is as good as the average in that section. Also the wells of Vf Walla Walla, valley, in my opinion, are no better than this one. Mr. Newlon should be given all due credit. He has opened our eyes." Frank Gilliam, of Gilliam & Bis- bee: "Its wonderful. Its the great est thing that has ever happened to Morrow county and will do more for its ultimate development than any other enterprise, bar none." M. D. Clark, of Minor & Co.: "It will make all entirely different coun try out of that section. Rapid de velopment must necessarily follow." Many people are planning on a trip Sunday to the Rice farm, where they will see this wonderful stream ot water. Mr. Newlon will be there in the afternoon to answer any and all questions. Since there will be at least two weeks more before the well' will be completed, this wil be the only opportunity visitors will have to see the water in its present state. High .School Holds Elections, On Friday afternoon last the stu dent body of Heppner high school held the first semester elections of officers for the student body and lit erary society. In the student body election Thomas Hughes was given the position of president, Norton Winnard, vice-president; Margaret Crawford, secretary and Edward Clark, treasurer. David Wilson was made president of the literary socie ty. Earl Gordon, vice-president; Nor ma Frederick, secretary-treasurer and Mrs. Wedding, critic. Because of the Increased student body the literary society bids fair to be above the ordinary this year. Miss Long Surprised. On Monday evening Miss Marion Long, dean of the commercial depart ment and instructor in music at the local high school, was tendered a surprise party by the students of the school, the occasion being Miss Long's steenth birthday. The parlor of the Federated church was the scene of the jollification and practic ally the entire student body and fac ulty were in attendance. The early part of the evening was taken up with various games, not the least of which was a giand march led by student body president, "Rube Hughes and the guest of honor. Re freshments were served and the party broke up after Indulging in school yells and songs. Heppner Will Have Hand. R. A. Redifer, who spent several weeks in Heppner the past summer looking over the field with a view of organizing a band in this city, has decided that there Is a fine oppor tunity for such an organization here. Mr. Redifer left Albany last Monday by auto with his family and they ex pect to locate in Heppner permanent ly. He is also bringing with him a good trap drummer he says. Much Interest In High School Com mercial Department. Much interest in being manifested in the Commercial department at the high school this year. The number enrolled in this department is prac tically the same as last year. The standard of work Is being raised. Typewriting is offered to those only who are taking the commercial course or own a typewriter at home. The entire work is made as business like as possible. A banker is chosen for the year and Just now there is much rivalry among the students for the position. Hauls Crop Willi Twelve Horses. Arthur Foster drives a '12-horse team transporting the grain from the Stephenson ranch to Condon. . He uses three wagons and hauls 140 sacks each trip. He has about 2000 sacks to haul. Condon Time3. E I, Was Formerly Resident of Heppner Succumbs to Operation and Leaves a Husband and Three Sinull Children. The following account of the fu neral of Mrs. Eugene Jones, who died in Lewistown, Montana, on Septem ber 15, from effects of an operation for an abcess is taken from a Lewis town paper: The funeral of the 'late Mrs. Eu gene Jones of Grass Range, who died at the hospital here Wednesday morning, was held yesterday after noon from Creel's untertaking par lors, the services being conducted by Rev. E. L. Kechley. The pallbearers were: James L. Martin, Charles J. Marshall, Grant Robinson, J. B. Riteh, George C. Ber ry and Judge Roy El Ayers. The decedent was born 25 years ago in Oregon. She came to Fergus county with her husband and three children, who survive her, from Heppner, Ore., and located near Grass Range. Mr. Jones is the foreman on the Charters ranch near Grass Range. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have resided in this county for about seven months past, and during their short residence here have made many close friends, who are shocked to hear of Mrs. Jones' early death. Mrs. Jones was an adopted daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Andrews, former residents of Heppner, who now make their home in Portland, and she will be remembered by her many friends here as Ruth Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. Jones lived in Portland for a time before going trf'Montana. The news of her sudden death comes as a shock to her friends and relatives. She had been ill for about a month before the operation and lived but a day after. The funeral and burial took place at Lewistown. Besides the heartbroken husband, she leaves three small children, a girl and two boys. MINOR BROTHERS MAKE BIG SHEEP SHIPMENT Minor Brothers made one of the largest deliveries of spring lambs that has been recorded for some time. The delivery was made to J. Blllings by, of the Knolin Commission Co., of Chicago, as a result of a contract made last spring. The contract price paid for these sheep was $3.87 per head. Although this is considerably under the present market price, it was considered very good at the time of the contract six months ago. The shipment was made from the Hepp ner yards yesterday morning, it re quiring 23 double-deck cars and 10 singles to carry the stock. They were billed to Ontario. Christian Church Notes. "The Use and Abuse of Money" will be the theme of the morning dis course next Sunday. In the evening the topic will be "Heartfelt Relig ion." The regular prayer meeting which was dismissed this week on account of the special lectures will be held as usual next week on Thursday eve ning. The official board of the church will meet in the pastor's study Mon day evening at 7:30. Duck Season Opens. October 1 brings the open season for geese and ducks and will remain open until January 15. The Federated Church. Preaching at the Federated church next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. W. B. SMITH, Pastor. LOST One brindle English grey hound. Finder will please notify Gay Anderson, owner. tf. OREGON EXHIBITS M Oregon Fresh Fruits Expressions of ; Bring 'raise. Many Oregon Building, Panama-Pacific Exposition, Sept 29. Oregon fresh fruit Is causing the thousands of vis itors, and Californians in particular, to sit up and take notice. Southern Oregon peaches, eight to the yard, are absolutely beyond the compre hension of Californians, and those who imagined that the Sebastopol country raised the only magnificent Granenstein apples got a terrific jar when they looked upon the big dis play sent in by the Coquille Valley Fruit Growers' Association at Myr tle Point, Coos county. And when it comes to other varieties of apples, Hood River Winter Bananas, a five box display by Gus Miller, is as beau tiful as any human' ever looked at. Of splendid size, perfect in contour, and colored beyond the imagination of any not seeing them, these apples have caused experts in the Horticul tural building to pick them up and examine them closely to determine whether they are the rea! thing. Mil ler is the Hood River man who won the grand sweepstakes at the Pacific Land Products Show last year. Even Eastern Oregon has been getting in an excellent showing of peaches, a great quantity of beautifully colored specimens coming from L. G. Willis at Brogan, Malheur county. But it has taken Southern Oregon -Jackson county to clean up everything on pears. There has be?n a steady flow of pears from that section, all of superb fruit, and it is confidently expected that this fruit is going to land the coveted award for Southern Oregon. The only other pears in this class have come from Mosier, a sin gle shipment of excellent D Anjous from the East Hood River Company. Southern Oregon also boasts of the first shipment of Newtown apples. A five-box display is beautiful. As some may not know, the new New towns are green In color, a glorious green, while the ripened fruit is a beautiful golden yellow. The new fruit is now on display beside the old, and it is difficult to convince the visitors that the two apples are the same. sThe old fruit has been off the trees a ytear now, and it is absolutely remarkable that it suffers so little in comparison with the new fruit. It is generally conceded here that Ore gon fruit can not not be excelled for keeping quality. Medal on Display. There now hangs in the Oregon section at the Palace of Horticulture an eighteen inch orange ribbon with a large rosette at the top and gold braid at the bottom, gold lettering, a silver medal, and a score of names above pretentious titles, proclaiming that the Oregon horticultural exhibit is the "best' most complete, and most attractive installataion" at the P. P. I. E. Each of the nine exhibit pal aces has one of these ribbons, and it . hangs at the best exhibit in that par ticular palace. This is the highest honor that can be awarded, and in the case of Uiegon this award moans more than to any other, for Oregon landed this coveted ribbon with what is, in comparison, an almost insignif icant exhibit in point of size. The actual fact is that Oregon sent the least here with which to make an ex hibit; and but for the Ingenuity in making the very most of the least, Oregon would have geen lost in the shuffle. As it is, Oregonians pass along and very properly swell up and push out their chests, but they ought to go home prepared to insist that Oregon should never again put it up to a chief of Horticulture to make a winning exhibit with so little co-op eration as v.as given to make this one. Hood River and the Rogue Riv er valleys have really done it all so far as horticulture is concerned. The Willamette valley has an insignificant showing though it grows some of the finest fruit to be found on the coast. The Umpqua Valley, especially favor ed for fruit, sent nothing, and the offerings from other sections than the two named have been insignifi cant in quantity and usually in gen eral worth yet they grow such fine fruit. But "we should worry" the ribbon hangs there and all Oregon gets the benefit. The award was made some time ago, but the ribbon just now delivered. How About It. 13 Loganberry juice made out of Loganberries? Is the Willamette Valley producing loganberries or is it producing Phenomenal berries in dis guise? Or is it the reverse? In any( event, can a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Luther Burbank, who knows more about berries, cacti, potatoes and flowers, than the origin al Inventor, says the Willamette Vai- (Contluued on Page 6)