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HEPI'NEK, OREGON, OCTOBER 21, 1015.
.SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 I'KR YEAR
YOUNG ii DIES
1 URIES
Andrew A. Stamp Receives Mortal
Wound From Pitch Fork in Pe
culiar Manner.
Andrew A. Stamp, Bon of A. H.
Stump, a Morrow county pioneer,
died at the Heppner Sanatorium in
this city about 3 o'clock Wednesday
morning from injuries received last
Sunday afternoon.
The accident which resulted in the
young man's death, came about in a
peculiar manner, Mr. Stamp, with
his hired man, was hauling straw
from a stack on the Dutton place just
west of town. In starting up the
team he used a pitch fork to prod
one of the horses. In some way the
horse kicked back and sent the fork
flying in the air. One of the tines of
the fork struck young Stamp in the
neck and pierced his wind pipe. The
frightened man ran down into town
and was immediately rushed to the
hospital, where everything possible
was done for him. It was thought at
first that his condition was not ser
ious, but severe complications took
place and the injured man grew
steadily weaker until deatli came to
bis relief. His father, A. H. Stamp,
bis brother, Roy and three sisters,
Luella and Grace Stamp and Mrs.
John Gates, were at the bedside when
death came.
The funeral service is being held
from the Federated church this af
ternoon, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. W. D. Smith and interment will
take place in the Masonic cemetery.
The young man was 21 years of age
last May.
Andrew Stamp was a native son
of Morrow county, and a young man
of sterling worth. About a year ago,
in partnership with his brother, Roy,
lie rented the Dutton land west of
town and was engaged in farming
that land at the time of his deatli.
Horn To Mr. and Mrs. John Bush,
a ten -pound girl, October 15. Both
mother and child are doing well.
PHIL BATES WiLL AD-
IE
Philip S. Rates, the Portland pub
lisher and horsier, will represent the
Portland Chamber of Commerce at
the good roads meeting In lone to
morrow afternoon. It is safe to pre
dict that Mr. Hates will come well
loaded with enthusiasm which he
will inject into the local good roads
boosters.
A committee has been busy the
past week telling the taxpayers of
the four districts of the Willow creek
road about the meeting and of the
proposed method which may be used
in raising the funds to carry out the
good roads idea as it pertains to this
particular section of Morrow county
highway. A goodly number of liepp
ner business men are planning to nt
tend the meeting in lone tomorrow.
RESOLUTIONS OK CDMHH.KXCK,
At a regular meeting of Heppncr
Lodge No. 69, A. F. & A. M., held in
their temple on the Kith day of Oc
tober, 1915, the following resolu
tions were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, i hastentaoineatlonaoin
WHEREAS, It lias pleased the Al
mighty Ruler ot the Universe to re
move from our midst our beloved
brother, Clyde Brock, who for so
many years had been a true and faith
ful member of this Lodge, and an up
right and God-fearing citizen of this
community, and,
WHEREAS, It is but just and fit
ting that due recognition of his name
and virtues be had, therefore be it
RESOLVED By Heppner Lodge,
No. 69, A. F. & A. M that while we
bow in humble submission to the will
of that One before whom all Masons
bend their knees in reverence, we do
not the less mourn the loss of this
brother who has been taken from us.
His labors are ended here below but
we trust that he has entered upon the
higher and nobler life which can only
be reached through the portals of
death.
RESOLVED That we deeply sym
pathize with the family of our de
ceased brother in their afflictions and
commend them to that One who is
able to comfort and sustain the wid
ow and orphan and uphold them in
the hour of trouble.
RESOLVED That those resolutions
be spread on the records of Heppner
Lodge No. 69, A. F. & A. M. and a
copy be transmitted to the family of
our deceased brother and to the
newspapers of Heppner.
FRANK GILLIAM,
VAWTER CRAWFORD,
; S. W. SPENCER,
s Committee,
Hi'i Mortgage Filed.
One of the largest chattel mort
gages to go on record for some time
in Morrow county was the one filed
tills week by the Portland Cattle
Loan Company of Portland with
County Clerk Waters. The loan is for
$104,000 to Stanfield Brothers, exe
cuted by R. N. Stanfield. Stanfields,
who are rated with the largest deal
ers in stock in the Northwest, gave
25,000 head of sheep for collateral on
this loan. The sheep are listed from
the three states of Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho.
Mr. Swaggart Sells Itelay Horses.
B. F. Swaggart was in the city
from his ranch north of Heppner Sat
urday. He informs us that he has
Just recently disposed of his fine
string of relay horses for $2000. Mr.
Swaggart says these horses will be
used by the purchasers for polo
games. He is of the opinion that the
thoroughbred horse is rapidly com
ing back into favor and so long as lie
is in the stock business he w ill raise
no other kind of horses but thorough
breds. The State Forestry office desires to
present each school in Morrow coun
ty with au excellent map of the State
of Oregon. It is 72 x 54 inches in
size. It is a map that sells for $5.00.
If the teacher, clerk or a director of
anya school district will call at the
county superintendent's office, one
of these maps may be obtained for
that district. These maps will be a
valuable addition to the equipment
of the schools.
Dr. Isabel Sedgwick, the I. O. O. F.
Building.
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
The Morrow County children's ex
hibit at the State Fair was accorded
third place. If we could have known
a little earlier on the closing day of
the county fair that the exhibit might
be sent, we could have sent the com
plete exhibit. There is very little
doubt that we would have taken sec
ond place in the Eastern Oregon di
vision. State Supt. Churchill has prepared
"A Suggested Course in Bible Study"
for the use of pupils outside of
school. However, pupils of the high
schools, who complete the course and
take the examinations prepared by
the State Superintendent, will receive
credit toward graduation. The
amount of credit which may be so
earned lias not been announced. In
the introduction, Mr. ( hurchill says:
"A knowledge of the Bible is an
essential element in a good education
and though one may not ha interested
in It as a manual of devotion, he
should be familiar with it as a liter
ature and a history."
The course is wholly elective.
Copies of the outline may bo obtained
upon application to the State Super
intendent. Prof. Sykes, of the Agricultural
College iias been in the county a few
days, consulting with the county
court In regard to the destruction of
the rabbits which have been destroy
ing so much grain, alfalfa, garden
produce, and range. He suggests
that the problem he attacked by the
classes in biology in our high schools.
Dr. Hodge, of the State University,
last year made a similar suggestion.
Here Is an opportunity for our high
school students to solve a vital prob
lem at lirst hand.
"DU BARRY" AT THE HOME
Mrs. Ltslie Carter, who plays the
lead In George Kleine's beautiful six
part film "Du Barry", from the fa
mous play, wears a number of ex
pensive gowns that are sure to attract
comment by the feminine portion of
the audience. The total value of
three of these dresses exceeds twenty-two
hundred dollars, and as they
were all purchased in Europe where,
we are told, laces and brocades grow
luxuriantly in their wild, native state,
it is difficult to say what would be
their cost In New York City.
The gown worn by Mrs. Carter in
the scene where she is introduced at
Court, is a jewel-brocaded creation
trimmed with fourteen ornaments.
This gown was designed at the fash
ionable Worth establishment in Paris
and cost 7500 francs, of $1500 in
American money. This is by far the
most elaborate costume ever seen in
a motion picture, yet to masculine
eyes it's intrinsic value remains a
shrouded, inpenetrable mystery.
The entire production is charac
terized by a lavish expenditure of
money and a close attention to de
tails which makes it an extra-ordinary
example of the modem tendency
toward the beautiful and representa
tive in pictures.
"Du Barry" opens at the Home
Theater on Friday, tomorrow, night
and shows again Saturday night.
Born This week to Mr. and Mrs.
Jas. Farley, in this city, a seven
pound son,
IFARMER3 PARTICIPATE
Three hundred pe-pie from lone,
Morgan and Cecil and country trib
utary to these towns gathered at the
Pete Benson farm eight miles north
of lone last Sunday and conducted a
raid on the rabbits which resulted in
the slaughter of nearly 700 of these
pests.
The drive lasted about two hours,
everybody using clubs to dispose o
the animals after they had been herd
ed Into the corral which had been
constructed for the drive. Whit Pal
mateer, of Morgan, had charge of the
drive.
The corral was constructed at the
mouth of a canyon and wings made
of wire netting were stretched out
for a considerable distance on eacli
HIGH SHU S PLAY
A3T03
Heppner and Lexington Clash in Even
Contest. Scores by Goals From
Field Feature of Game.
It was an interesting contest, that
football game last Saturday afternoon
on the local gridiron when Heppner
and Lexington high school football
teams met in the first game of the
year. The overconfidence of the lo
cal team soon gave way to uncertain
ty, and before the last quarter came,
Heppner was found fighting desper
ately to keep the enemy out of their
territory.
Lexington made the first score in
the first quarter, when Campbell
succeeded in dropping the ball over
the bar from within the 30-yard
zone. It was a beautiful kick, but a
freak at that, since the ball passed
between the legs of an opposing play
er as it rose from the ground. The
first half of the game was character
ized by the aggressive playing of the
visitors, with Miller, Campbell and
Munkers carrying the ball for good
yardage. The home team didn't conk
to until the last quarter, when they
startled their opponents and thrilled
the crowd by pulling some forward
passes for good gains. Smith, of
Heppner tied the score in this quarter
when lie booted the ball over for
three points.
Hayes, at quarter, was taken out.
early in the game as a result of in
juries. Smith, Judd, Ingram, Slo
cum, Hughes and Wattenburger
showed up best for Heppner and
"Painless" Parker also performed
stellar work. For Lexington, Camp
bell, Miller, bunkers and Aubrey
did effective playing.
One of the largest crowds that has
attended a football game in Heppner
since the big championship days,
fifteen years ago, witnessed the con
test. Arthur Crawford as referee, M. E.
Hood as umpire and Loy Turner as
head linesman, were the officials. In
speaking of the scoring after the
game,' umpire Rood said: "both
scores might be termed as flukes, in
asmuch as the first score was a freak
and the last one should have been
blocked beyond question. It was a
good game though and both teams
displayed excellent sportsmanship
throughout."
Chicago Dry One Day in Seven.
No more open saloons on Sunday
in the city of Chicago! Mayor Thomp
son's order directing that the 7,152
saloons of the city shall comply with
the law on the statute books of Ill
inois for half a century is the sen
sation of the hour. Commenting on
the "closed door," the Chicago Her
ald says: "The driest dry-as-dust
'dry' would never have suspected it.
The dampest 'wet' would have bet his
last drink that the thing was impos
sible. The neutral citizen wouldn't
have believed it it George Washing
ton reincarnated had given him
an inside tip." The Tribune pertin
ently points out that the signifi
cance of the mayor's acton "js in lis
indication of the growth of temper
ance sentiment a phenomenon ob
servable throughout the country."
The W. C. T. U. delegates to the
national convention, leaving Chicago
for Seattle the day after the issuing
of the order, gave three rousing
cheers for "William Hale Thompson,
the only mayor of Chicago who ever
had nerve enough to enforce the
law."
"I am no reformer," says Mayor
Thompson. "This proposition has
nothing to do with whether I am wet
or dry. When the corporation coun
sel said the law was valid I had to
enforce it under my oath of office."
Georgo Meade, who resides near
Lexington, was transacting business
in this city yesterday.
GAME
IN RABBIT DRIVE
side. The drivers formed in two
squads and advanced on the hills
toward the corral. After the drive,
the hungry participants were given
a big lunch by Mr. Benson, and the
day was made one of joy as well as
one of profit.
Residents of that section will ask
the county court for a small appro
priation with which to buy enough
material to greatly enlarge the corral
and extend the wings and conduct an
other big drive in about two weeks.
Rabbits are becoming a real menace
to the welfare of farmers In the north
end of the county, and it is believed
that these drives will result in ma
terially reducing the damage done
each year from this source.
E-
FITS FROM ILL
Says Echo People Should lie Interest,
ed in New District Which is Soon
to be Formed West of That City.
(From the Echo News.)
It was with no little surprise and
satisfaction that I saw a real stream
of pure, clear water spouting out of
the new artesian well about twenty
eight miles southeast of Echo last
Sunday. I started out Sunday morn
ing skeptical and the nearer I ap
proached Mr. Rice's ranch the more
I felt that It surely must have been
all a mistake. A big flow of pure
water on that old flat seemed impos
sible to me after seeing it go through
so many dry dusty months. But it
Is there and every resident there has
good cause for rejoicing.
Some may be dreaming dreams too
large for realization, but nevertheless
a new day has dawned for the north
end of Morrow county. The well at
the present time is flowing about
what is known as ten miner's inches
of water. It is estimated that such
a stream of water will irrigate ten
acres of land running ten hours a
day three days a week, so by proper
ly storing the flow in a reservoir
forty or fifty acres could easily be
handled at the present time.
The well, however, is only cased
a few feet at the present time and
much water is being lost throupgli
the upper strata of rofk. Mr. New
Ion promises to double the flow be
fore he quits, and if staying with it
has anything to do in producing re
sults, results are sure to come.
And now let credit be given to Mr.
and Mrs. Newlon for the way they
have stuck to the job through thick
and thin. In spite of lossing tools,
indifference, and often opposition,
they have succeeded in their great
purpose. Not only that but they
have gotten a great reward.
People of Echo should be inter
ested and give their support to the
new irrigation district soon to be
formed west of Echo, for plans are
already laid for several more wells.
EARL II .
Entertains With lMrthday Pavty.
Joseph P. Williams, city recorder
and a pioneer of Heppner commemor
ated his 79th birthday anniversary
last Thursday evening at the Talace
hotel grille with an elaborate dinner.
The party was made up largely of
Mr. Williams' young lady friends and
those gathered at the festivities were
Harold Colin and Mr. Williams and
the Misses Mary Farnsworth, Ruth
Van Vactor, Sybil Hager, Lula and
Lela Campbell, Josephine Cameron,
Vivian Cox, and Josephine Richard
son. The dinner was served in courses
and Mr. Williams proved himself to
be an entertaining host.
Special Services at the Christian
Church.
Special meetings are in progress at
the Christian Church. Minister
llandsaker has preached each night
this week. Beginning tonight
(Thursday) and continuing over Sun
day, C. F. Swander, secretary of the
Oregon Christian Missionary Society,
will preach. There will be no ser
vices on Saturday night. The local
minister will continue the revival ser
vices next week.
There has been an excellent in
terest this week, the audiences grow
ing nightly.
That Sunday school contest between
Heppner, Baker, LaGrande and Pen
dleton, is developing some speed.
Baker seems to lead us all a little
thus far. Our report of 147 present
last Sunday looked good, but 200
next Sunday would look better.
The Kappa Sigma Pi boys will meet
in their club room Saturday evening.
FOR SALE 3000 Posts (In town)
10c each. PHELPS GROCERY CO.
WRITER SEES BEN
Kennedy Wins Match.
Jack Kennrdy, the popular Her
miston mat man, won his handicap
match from Chas. Rentrop, the Euro
pean wrestler, at the Fair pavilion
last Saturday ri'rht. According to
the agreement, Rentrop was to dis
pose of his opponent in two falls in
one hour. The best he could appar
ently do was to put Kennedy on his
back once in that length of time. It
took the European thirty-nine min
utes to throw his man, but at the end
of the hour he almost had Kennedy's
shoulders touching the mat for the
second time.
Kennedy was the favorite of the
large crowd and his plucky aggres
sive work brought forth hearty ap
plause from the audience many times.
His work of squirming out of difficult
and dangerous positions was the fea
ture of the meet. The winner took
all the gate receipts, according to
the agreement made before the
match. Both men were nearly equal
in weight, according to L. K. Harlan,
the promoter, since Kennedy weighed
in at 160 and his opponent at 161.
Rentrop appeared heavier than Ken
nedy by several pounds. The two
men will meet again in a finish match
two best out of three in .this city in
about two weeks.
New Walks on Gale Stieet.
The property owners on Gale
street between Church and Water
have decided to replace the old wood
en walks with those of concrete.
Work has already started in tearing
out the old side walks. The princi
pal property owners along this side of
the. block are A. M. Slocum, W. G.
McCarty, J. A. Patterson and Mrs.
Rebecca Penland.
HIGH SCHOOL PARAGRAPHS
Loren Mikesell.
The Freshman class have scored a
hit in the history of the old H. S.
They are the first class to adopt a
constitution and by-laws.
The girls basketball team of the
grades began practice last night.
They have secured Miss Oma Bennett
as coach.
It is dangerous to be safe around
the Chemistry laboratory this year.
Hydrogen seems to be their mortal
enemy.
What do yon know about the ral
ly? Who said the Rooks couldn't
build a fire? I guess those present
can testify that some combustion was
taking place. The gigantic pile of
miscellaneous articles of every dis
cription was lighted by the president
of the student body. The pile was
well saturated with oil so in a few
seconds the surrounding territory
was as light as day. Lively, en
thusiastic speeches were made by the
faculty and several members of the
student body. Following this every
body serpentined around the fire.
Bingo and other games were played
until a late hour when all dispersed
to their various homes, saying that
the first rally of 1915 was the best
ever.
Our first attempt at publishing a
high school Annual was made last
year. The Hehisch of last year was
a thing the student body was proud
of, but it is our intentions to make
it larger and better this year. The
staff will consist of, editor-in-chief,
David Wilson; assistant editor, Vaw-
ter Crawford; business manager, Nor
ton Winnard; advertising manager,
Thomas Hughes; sporting editor,
Stephen Irwin: assistant business
manager, Earl Gordon, society editor
Isabel Wilson; literary editor, Pearl
Letrace.
The school board has ordered a
row of new seats. These will have
to be installed to accomodate the
large number of higli school students
this year.
The male quartet lias elected Chas.
Barlow to fill the position of first
tenor. He fills the vacancy caused
by the graduation of Harley Adkins.
Ileppner's first game of the sea
son resulted is a score of 3 to 3. It
was as evenly matched, well fought
game from start to finish. When the
whistle blew, ending the first half
the score was 3 to 0 in favor of Lex
ington. The visitors managed to
score a drop kick. During the last
half Heppner whipped up and got
a place kick to their credit, thereby
evening up the score. More inter
est is being taken in athletics this
year and a large crowd attended the
game.
Money For Hitler Road.
The county court has allowed the
additional expense of S600 for the
Ritttr-Heppner road. The work will
be in charge of Commissioner Put
man. The Middle Fork bridge at
Ititter also gets an additional appro
priation of $400, warrants also to be
drawn by Mr. Putman. Canyon City
Eagle.
Max and Robert Buschke and Miss
Anna Buschke, of Rhea creek, were
Saturday evening visitors in this city.
75 cords wood, $2.50. 3000 posts
4c each. Near Slocum Mill. Haul
them yourself.
PHELPS GROCERY CO.
CIRCUIT COURT IN
SPECIAL SESSION
Judge Phelps Disposes of Criminal
and Civil Cases. Court Will
Convene in Regular Session
November 8th.
Judge G. W. Phelps came over
from Pendleton last night and re
ceived the report of the grand jury
and dismissed that body from further
fluty. In a short session, Paul Mar
tin, of lone, pleaded guilty to a
charge of attempted rape. He was
sentenced to a term in the state pen
itentiary of from one to five years.
Several young men were held on a
charge of gambling. They pleaded
guilty and this morning were fined
$50 apiece. Those held on the charge
were George Cook, Alfred Matteson,
Bird Crisman and Fred Teague.
Henry Scott and George H. Meade,
who were charged with the larceny
of a calf last summer from Mrs. Mary
Palmer, pleaded guilty and were sen
tenced to serve a term of from one
to ten yeajs in the state penitentiary.
Meade is just a boy, 21 years old and
Scott has a wife and five children.
Chas. Hams, charged with simple
assault on his brother near Hardman
last Summer, entered a plea of guilty.
Inasmuch as the district attorney
stated that first reports of this shoot
ing had been greatly exaggerated and
that there was no evidence to prove
that Hams intended to harm his
brother, other than to scare him, the
Judge was inclined to be lenient. He
gave the young man a fine of $50 and
costs and sentenced him to the coun
ty jail for one year. Hams admitted
he was drunk at the time ot the
trouble, so the Judge paroled him
from the jail sentence on th condi
tion that he let whiskey alone for a
year.
Among other cases that will come
up today are those of the State of
Oregon vs. Brooks Davis and the
State of Oregon vs. Victor Groshen.
The case of the State of Oregon vs.
P. J. Quinn will be taken up at the
regular term of court when it con
venes on the Sth day of November.
Several divorce cases were disposed
of today.
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DUTD IH,U H milt
Two young men of LaGrande, W.
M. Peare and Roy R. Rice, passed
through Heppner yesterday on their
way to Portland. They are walking
every step of the way and the bag
gage which they are carrying on their
backs does not exceed fifteen pounds
in weight. They arrived in this city
about 11 o'clock in the morning and
put up at a local hotel long enough to
get a batli and something to eat.
These young men are not walking
the overland trip on a wager or any
thing of that kind, but are walking
to Portland out of the pure love for
walking as Mr. Peare said. They left
LaGrande last Sunday morning at 10:
15 and they expect to arrive in Port
land Saturday evening or Sunday
morning. The route they have cho
sen brings them through the towns
of Meacham, Pilot Rock, Heppner,
Lexington, lone, Olex and The Dalles.
After coming onto the Columbia river
they intend to complete the trip over
the Columbia Highway. The boys
state that from LaGrande to Meach
am they encountered some very poor
roads, but that the roads between
Pilot Rock and Heppner are in very
good condition. Beyond being foot
sore, the boys have suffered but little
and they say they are greatly enjoy
ing the trip. They will go back to
LaGrande on the train.
DR. BOYDEN GOES EAST
Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Boyden left at
shortly after noon today over the
Northern Pacific for an extended trip
east, during which time Dr. Boyden
will attend clinics in various cities.
They go to Boston first, where Dr.
Boyden will attend the clinical con
gress of surgeons of the world, the
same gathering which lie attended
last year in London. This is the sec
ond annual conference of this distin
guished association. At the conclu
sion of the sessions. Dr. Boyden will
be one of the members to attend the
American college of surgeons which
also meets at Boston. He was
elected to this medical college last
year but was prevented from attend
ing the sessions at that time. Dr.
and Mrs. Boyden will then visit other
eastern cities and expect to be away
from Pendleton about two months.
E. O.