The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, October 07, 1915, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOrocon Historical r Stock 'Exchange Building. Gazette-Times il "XT IT II H H -XL JUL J,, 11 VOL. 32. NO. HEITNER, OltKGON, OCTOBER 7. 1915. suusciiirTiox. $1.50 im:h v i ; it LEV! II SPECIAL HO TAX lone Citizens Will Meet With Court In That City on 22nd of This Month to Discuss Ways and Means. The citizens of the lone road dis- trlct will meet In lone on Friday, the 22nd day of October at 1 o'clock, . with the Morrow County Court to dis cuss ways and means for raising money for their part of the new road which will be constructed between that city and Heppner. Many good road boosters from Heppner and Lex ington are planning to attend. The method which Is favored by the coun ty court is that of voting a special district tax. Judge Patterson esti mates that the cost of building this road as previously planned to the county line, will be In the neighbor hood of $30,000 and since state aid will come only through the counties agreeing to build a hard surface road there is no hope of assistance at this time from that source. The estimated cost of the new road to lone is placed at $20,000. J. L. Wilkins has been furnished a list of names of the taxpayers re elding in the three districts and it is Ills intention to Interview each one personally or by letter and thereby get the sentiment of the majority ae to their views on holding an election for the purpose of voting a special district tax. It is estimated that a 5 mill tax will raise the needed amount. In the plan local men are working out, it will be possible for anyone to give In labor the amount of tax as sessed. All the work of road building when once started, will be let by con tract, is the Idea of Judge Patterson and from past experience he believes this the more satisfactory method. Most of the farmers between Hepp ner and Lexington are very anxious to commence the work at once, but the County Court wished to have suf ficient funds when they start to com plete Morrow county's main traveled highway to lone. Oscar Borg made a business trip to Portland Sunday. HIGH SCHOOL PARAGRAPHS Loren Mlkesell. Representatives from the Heppner, lone and Lexington high schools met at. Lexington last Saturday to arrange an athletic schedule for the present school year. A tentative schedule for football was arranged as follows: lone at Lexington, October 9; Lex ington at Heppner, October 16; Heppner at lone, October 23; Hepp ner at Lexington, October 30; Lex ington at lone, November 6; lone at Heppner, November 13. The basket ball schedule of six games is being arranged by lone. Heppner is arranging the base ball schedule, which will also consist of six games. The tennis tournament is to be held at Lexington and the track meet at Heppner. Arrangements were made for the expenses of the various teams. Ar thur Crawford and Emery Hiatt of Heppner, M. E. Rood and Chas. Poin ter of Lexington, and Brown and Fayne Coshow of lone were chosen as officials for football. Two trophies, one for football and one for basketball will be put up by the association. These pennants are to become the permanent property of any school winning two successive years. Prof. Motley, the delegate from Heppner, advocated a system of ele glblltty similar to the one agreed to by Heppner and lone last year, name ly, extended age limit. lone, however, having no one in school over twenty yeas old, could not see the advantage of these terms, so negotiations hung at this point. The Heppner high school athletic association held a meeting-yesterday to reconsider the matter and finally arrived at the con clusion that they would sustain their former decision even If it were neces sary to bring in outside teams to do 80. Only one or two more seats remain vacant In the high school auditorium and several new students Intend to enroll next week. The girls met Tuesday evening and organized their basket ball team. Prof. Motley was elected coach, Altha Devin captain, and the following signed up as players: Ethel Smith, Ceclle Devore, Loye Devore, Neva Hayes, Ceclle Stephens, Marcla Win nard, Evelyn Shipley, Muriel Mc carty, Loa Brlggs, Alma Akers, Laurranah Groshens, Altha Devln, Gladys Wattenburger and Flossie Barlow. . WOULD FOOTBALL OUTLOOK BAD The outlook for a good high school i football team whir.h seemed so prom ising at the beginning of the year, has been growing steadily more gloomy , and the climax was reached last Tuesday evening, when one man turned out for pra tint-. The failure of several mm of, last year's squad, who were exported to return this year together with the inexperience and lack of weight cf this year's squad make high school football stock seem a poor investment. Clarence Scrivner and Ed Clark, both of whom will average 190 lbs., and who would probably have been permanent fixtures at tackle, will possibly be out of the game, due to the facts that the former meets par ental objection, and the latter can not arrange for practice at the hours at which it is held. McCraw, (162 lbs.) who was working at guard, is out of the game with a ruptured mus cle 'in the upper portion of his leg. Aiken (132 lbs.) at tackle is also on the sick list with a wrenched knee. David Wilson, (134 lbs.), who was trying out at end, is out of the game for the season with a weak ankle. His place was filled tonight by Edgar Copenhaver (135 lbs.), who Is play ing his first season at the game. Sev eral other members of the squad are suffering from minor injuries but to the observer, the worst difficulty did not seem to be as much the physical condition of the men as the spirit with which they went at It. Over all there was an atmosphere of listless ness and disinterest, many of the men walking thru the signals. In regard to the method of play, the old defence of nine men on the line of scrimmage seems a little out of date in view of the recent move for open play. The direct pass which was used at the beginning of the sea son is to be discarded In favor of the more simple pass of renter to quar terback to man carrying' ball. The only Illuminating feature of the whole practice was the excellent pass ing of some of the players. The very long forward pass, almost parallel to the line of scrimmage, which was used by the Oregon colleges last year, la to be a feature of the Heppner of fence this year, and in this depart-1 ment alone do they display any spec ial ability. WILL HAVE MORE EXHIBITS THAN LEWIS&CLARKE FAIR Manufacturers' & Lund Products Show Will Have Kxhihits From Nearly Every County. 23 Have Taken Hooths. Portland, Oct. 7. (Special) Ore gon's display of soil products at the Manufacturers' & Land Products Show to open here October 25, will be greater than at the Lewis & Clarke Fair of 1905. Already more than twenty counties of the state have space at the expo sition and by the time the exhibition throws open its doors, it is expected twenty-five out of the thirty-five Ore gon counties will have attractive dis plays. Counties to make displays, booths for which had been reserved to Oc tober 4, were Morrow, Polk, Hood River, Malheur, Marion, I'matilla, Klamath, W,asco, Crook, Clackamas Baker, Columbia, Multnomah, Union, Linn, Wallowa, Jackson, Washing ton, Lincoln and Wheeler. The various Oregon counties to ex hibit at Portland, several being prize winners at the recent State Fair, are going after the gold medal and prize of $200 for the best county display. The second best exhibit In this class will receive a silver medal and $100 in cash. The best exhibits from each county will receive from $50 to $100. Individual farm exhibits will re ceive first and second prizes of $50 and $25 in cash, or the choice of wa ter tanks or grain bins. This year the most artistic apple display re ceives a gold medal and $100 In cash. Apples will be judged In ten and five box lots with prizes of $5 and $3 per box. Pears will be judged In half boxes with a first prize of $5 and a second prize of $3. Onions will re ceive first and second prizes of $10 and $5 and potatoes will be judged in thirty pound lots with first prize of $5 and second prize of $3. Assorted grains will receive awards as will Northwestern grown nuts, evaporated apples and vegetables. The largest squash will receive $5 In cash. L. K. Stinson Suicide. L. R. Stinson, of Salem,' for a num ber of years Grand Keeper of Rec ords and Seal of the Knights of Py thias lodge for Oregon, took his own life at his home near that city Tues day evening. Worry and despond ency over business matters is given as the reason for the act. He had many friends all over the state of Oregon and had visited Heppner at different times on official business. 1 450 PEOPLE CELEBRATE AT THE RICE ARTESIAN WELL ON SUNDAY O-W. R. & N. OFFICIALS TAKE PART IN CERE MONIESMR. AND MRS. NEWLON CROWNED WATER KING AND QUEEN OF COUNTY. "Every well like this is worth $100,000 to Morrow county and will produce water sufficient to irrigate C40 acres of land." Thus spoke Farmer C. L. Smith, agricultural ex pert of the Oregon-Washington Rail road & Navigation Co., to the 450 people who were assembled at the Newlon artesian well on the R. B. Rice farm last Sunday to celebrate in fitting manner the discovery of this wonderful flow of water. Water enough to irrigate 640 acres of land explained Mr. Smith, doesn't mean sufficient water to literally flood that many acres, but it does mean suffi cient water to produce an abundance of crops. Farmer Smith paid a high tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Newlon, for their perseverance which finally re sulted in their opening up this well, and in glowing terms described what this dry land section of the county will now become with the arrival of irrigating facilties. Mr. Smith stated that he had been very close to the Newlons in their work, the past two years and had on different occasions visited them during the progress of their work and had always held the same opinion as they, that the water was there; all there needed to be dune was to open it up. "This is the best thing that has ever been done tor Morrow county," concluded Far mer Smith, "and the good which will result in the next ten years will be tenfold." Wm. McMurray, general passenger agent of the O-W. R. & N. Co., had charge of the ceremonies for the day and acted in the capacity of chair man. Mr. McMurray said that the telegram from J. B. Huddleston to the Portland office, telling of the dis covery of artesian water In Morrow county was the best news that had come into that office In many a day. That this company has not been slow in realizing the value which will re sult to themselves as well as to the country, is shown by the fact that four of their biggest men were pres ent Sunday to participate in the cel ebration. H. E. Lounsbury, general greight agent for the company was Introduced to the celebrationists, fol lowing the address of Mr. Smith and told of the relation of the railroad to the people, showing that the progress and prosperity of both depend large ly upon what can be produced from uie sou. iius naturally reverted back j two and to hear him sing one would to the well, which was all the time , surely think him many years young gushing forth, thereby giving food for er. Despite the fact that he was suf- tnougnt ana enthusiasm to the speak- ers. As Farmer Smith said, "the well COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES The Governor has designated Octo ber 9 as Fire Prevention Day. All schools are urged to devote a part of the day to the study of methods of preventing fires. This study should include the prevention of forest fires. Every teacher should write to Sec retary of State Olcott, Salem, for a copy of the new blue book for the school library. This book contains much valuable Information, and there should be a copy In every school li brary. The book will be sent free. Considering the season, the club workers made an excellent showing at the county fair. The clubs should begin planning for the next year's work. We hope to have Mr. Maris with us sometime this fall. We will not be so late In getting under way the club work. However, we should not wait for Mr. Maris to come, but begin at once. Mr. Maris thinks that more attention should be given to the canning project. We had some fine exhibits along this line this year, but we can do better next year. It is to be hoped that more attention will be given to the poultry club work. When we remember that in the year 1914 Oregon produced 19,- 000,000 bushels of wheat which was worth at the prevailing prices $18, 500,000.00, we think that grain rais ing has some relation to our prosper ity, and so It has. But when we re member that In 1914 the Oregon hen produced 130,000,000 dozen eggs, which were worth $26,000,000.00, we may justly conclude that the poul try business amounts -to something. And when we add to this the $24, 580,000.00 from the sale of poultry, we see that wheat Is only a "side Is sue" In our prosperity as a state. No part of the State Is more suitable for the poultry business than Is this county. Not only that, but this is a line of work well suited to both boys and girls. The sewing and mechan ical lines of work will undoubtedly receive much attention this year, Just a word as to motive, While speaks for Itself." At the conclusion of the ceremon ies, Mr. and Mrs. Newlon were fitting ly crowned sage brush water king and queen of Morrow county, and were then given nine rahs, lead by Mr, McMurray and voiciferously In dulged In by all present. Mr. Mc Murray then read a poem entitled "The Man Who Sticks" and dedicated it to W. D. Newlon. The Man Who Sticks. (By Charles Barrett.) The man who sticks has this lesson , learned: Success don't come by chance it's earned By pounding away; for good hard knocks Will make stepping stones of the stumbling blocks. He knows in lis heart that he cannot fail, That no Ill-fortune can make him quail While his will is strong and his cour age high, B'or he's always good for another try He doesn't believe he's held down by the boss t It's work, and not favor, that "gets across." So his motto is this: "What another man Has been able to handle, I surely can." For the man who sticks has the sense to see He can make himself what he wants to be If he'll oft with his coat and pitch right in Why, the man who sticks, can't help but win. "That's Newlon." Mrsnnhnard Entertains. A most enjoyable time was spent by a number of friends of Dr. and Mrs. N. E. Winnard at their home last evening, the party being in hon or of Mrs. Winnard's father, H. P, Goodman, who is visiting his rel atives in Heppner. The affair was largely musical, It being Mrs. Win nard's desire that the music loving people of the city have an opportun ity to meet her father and hear him sing, and that he might likewise hear Heppner's talent. Mr. Goodman is bale and hearty at the age of seveutv- fering from a cold, he sang more than any of the younger guests. He has a very rare sweet tenor voice which has mellowed with age. Mr. Good man served as drummer boy in the civil war. He had his drum on hand at the party last night and played many of the stirring steps that urged the boys of '61 on to battle. At a late hour refreshments consisting of sherbet and wafers were served, after which the guests departed. Those present were: H. P. Goodman, Whitewater, Wis consin; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Minor, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hill, Mr. and Mrs A M Phelps, Mr and Mrs. O. G. Crawford, Mrs. L. N. Christensen, Mrs E. R. Huston, Mrs. L. K. Harlan, Miss Marion Long, Miss Virginia Crawford, Dr. F. N. Christensen, Dr. and Mrs. Winnard. Sell Hardman Property. Doric Lodge No. 20, Knights of Pythias, sold their lot in Hardman this week to Prophet & Blddle, mer chants in that town. It Is understood that these men will erect a substan tial! store building on the newly ac quired property in the near future. The price paid for the lot was $125. The building ' which formerly stood on this property was destroyed by fire several months ago and the local lodge received $400 insurance. it is not possible at this stage of our industrial club work to eliminate the premium feature, we should not stress that feature too much. If the prize Is over emphasized, only the few will attempt ' the work. We should emphasize the educational val ue of the work. Some of the work may be made to pay liberally in its products, but after all the learning "to do" Is the best pay. Even those who have made an honest effort and think they have failed should be en couraged by the thought that they have at least learned by the effort. When the winners of the trip to the State Fair return and write up their accounts of the trip and their exper iences at the camp, there will be a wave of enthusiasm conceruiug the work. We should take advantage of this and beglu planning for the fu- ture. BRIDGE BONDS ACCEPTED: The city council met In regular session at the city l.all on Monday evening, with councilmen Darratt, Hager, Kirk and Minor present and Mayor Smead and councilmen Currin and Cornett absent. The saloon licenses for the quar ter were granted upon the motion of Hager, seconded by Kirk. The mayor and recorder were au thorized to execute a deed in favor of Minor & Co. conveying title to lot 4, block 15, Stansbury's addition to the town (now city) of Heppner, ex cept a strip 2 feet wide on the north side of said lot and 8 feet off rear end of said lot. This is the lot recently traded by the city for the corner lot where the city hall now stands. The bonds for Chas. C. Huber, who has the contract for building the city bridge across Willow creek at the lower end of Gale street, was ap proved and accepted. The marshal's and- recorder's re ports were submitted and approved as was the treasurer's report for the quarter ending June 30. The following bills were audited and ordered paid: Roy Worrell, labor $ 4.50 Ed Breslin, labor 5.50 J. R. McCraw 8.70 Harry Archer, labor.. 11.10 Albert Williams, labor .. 1.55 Andy Cook, labor 4.50 Morton Anthiss, labor 1.20 Geo. Cook, labor 2.40 Allen McFerrin, labor 2.00 Ralph Yeager, labor 7.50 Wilfred Cecil, labor 8.70 A. Z. Barnard, dray 1.25 O. M. Yeager, bridge 4.00 Reid Bros, lumber 46.28 O-W. R. & N. Co., freight.. .86 A. G. Long, fire tools 32.00 Record Pub. Co 3.85 Vaughn & Sons, repairs 6.40 E. R. Olin labor 6.00 J. R. McCraw, salary 85.00 Wade Laidlaw, labor ; . 10.80 C. L. Grogan, salary 60.00 J. P. Williams, salary 35.00 L. W. Briggs, salary....... 8.33 A. D. McMurdo, Balary 30.00 S. E. Notson, City Atty 25.00 J. H. Cox, moving building.. 75.00 Wm. F. Hoskins of Echo, was In Heppner Monday. -.. SUDANGRASSMAKESGOOD CROP (IN DRY LAND FARM A. B. Strait, West of lone. Demon- startes That There Are Other Good Crops For This Sec tion liesides Wheat. A. B. Strait, who farms on the old ft. Clair ranch, 9 miles west of lone, has been conducting an experiment farm all his own the past three years and from his experiments has arrived at the conclusion that the dry land sections of this county will produce excellent Sudan grass. Not only will this grass grow in abundance, but winter vetch, Egyptian corn, Feder etta grass and the Tepeary bean will do as well. "I believe Sudan grass will pro duce two tons to the acre per year," said Mr. Strait in a recent interview, it will produce from two to three crops every year and affords excellent pasture after the grass is cut off. This grass has proven to me that it will withstand severe frosts. Some of the grass from seeds planted in March was an inch and a half high when the late frosts came in May, freezing the water in the troughs on the place to a depth of fully an eighth of an inch, yet this grass was not damaged a particle." That Sudan grass makes a rapid growth, is shown by the fact that it made a growth of 29 inches in 21 days after the first cutting. Mr. Strait asserts that this remarkable grass will mature a hay crop in 70 days. Mr. Strait has tried out. the Feder- etta grass and has had good success. He recommends this grain and fod der crop very highly. Winter vetch and Egyptian corn also do well. Mr. Strait, in preparing his land for corn planting, states that he harrowed it Ive times prior to sowing and the re sults were that he raised corn over five feet high. That was last year, and although there was more mois ture, he is of the opinion that good results may be obtained any year if the land is properly farmed. His re sults this year were not as good, be cause, as he says, he didn't have time to farm all his land and farm it well. Anyone desiring to see some of the results of Mr. Strait's experimenting, may see a fine specimen of Sudan grass, which is on display at the Gazette-Times office. He also has some excellent seed for sale to those who would give this grass a trial. Mr. Strait plans to have enough seed from these new crops to supply the local demand. His postofiice address is lone. PI VHC nRHPY 10 ULIUL UliUtm 10 SIB M IE Had Recently Taken Posit-on With Hank of lone. Mind Thought to Have llecn Deranged Resided Here 14 Years. Clyde Brock, for 14 years a resi dent of Heppner, during which time he had held a position with the First National Bank in this city, shot and killed himself in the Eank of lone last Sunday afternoon about 12:30. Mr. Brock, who took up his new du ties with the Eank of lone the first of the month, had SDent Saturday evening with his family In this city and returned to lone Sunday morn ing to check over the books and talk over some matters with Mr. J. E. Cronan, president of the bank. At noon, Mr. Cronan left him, to go out to lunch, Mr. Brock having declared that he did not feel like eat ing anything. Upon his return to the bank about thirty minutes later, Mr. Cronan found him lying on the floor in the back room of the bank in a dying condition. He shot himself through the head with a .38 caliber revolver. He lived only a few min utes after Mr. Cronan's arrival. Mr. Brock had resigned his posi tion with the bank here on "September 2, to accept the eashlership of the Bank of lone, and the new position was considered a promotion. That he had been worrying a gr?at deal lately and had become very despon dent, was known only by those who were closest to him. His leaving Heppner after so long a residence here, the selling of his home and leaving old associations, seemed to have unhinged his mind and his rash act it attributed to worry over theso things. His books at the First Na tional were audited prior to his leav ing Heppner, and they were found to be in excellent condition. His own personal affairs, according to those who knew, were said to be in the best of shape. Mr. Brock had not yet moved his family to lone for the reason that he could not secure a house, and he was making preparation to move in to the John Vaughn house iu west Heppner, which house he secured in a deal connected with the selling of his own property to Mr. Vaughn. Clyde Brock was a native of Kan sas, but removed with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Casius Brock, to Sa lem, Ore., when he was a boy. He went thfcugh the public school of that city and later completed a bus iness course. His early bank train ing began when he took a position with the Capitol National Bank of Salem, and made a fine record there for efficiency as a bookkeeper. Leaving Salem, he came to Hepp ner and accepted a similar position in the First National Bank of Hepp ner. Six years ago he was promoted to the position of assistant cashier. Mr. Brock married Miss Lena Reid, daughter of Professor and Mrs. D. V. S. Reid, In 1907. Besides his widow he leaves two small children, both girls. Mr. Brock was an earnest and active member of the Christian church in this city and was also a member of I. O. O. F. and Masonic fraternal orders. The funeral of the deceased was held at the Brock residence Monday afternoon, Rev. T. S. Ilandsaker, pas tor of the First Christian church, having charge of the services. The yard was filed with friends who came to pay their last respects to the de partd aned to cheer and comfort the bereaved family. The body was shipped to Salem for burial. MORROW TAKES SECOND W. W. Smead, who had charge of the Morrow county exhibit at the State Fair, writes that Morrow coun ty took second place this year for ag ricultural exhibits in the Eastern Oregon division. Morrow county went up against the real thing this year, writes Mr. Smead, in the com petition from Union county, which was awarded first honors. He says the Union county exhibit was made up largely of stuff from the experi ment station there, and consequently had some fine exhibits. Mr. Smead is of the opinion that another year will see some special rulings regard ing the entry of products from the experiment farms entered among the general exhibits from any one county Christian Chinch Services. Rev. T. S. Handsaker, the pastor, will preach at the Christian church next Sunday, and in the morning his subject, of discourse will be "Seeking the Old Paths." The subject for the evening sermou will be, "Heartfelt Religion."