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HEITNER, OltKGON, OCTOBER 7. 1915.
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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."