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VOL. 32. NO.
IIKITXEli, OKEUON, OCTOIJKU i's, 1015.
SCIiSCIill'TIOX, 1..'0 PER YEA It
HE ROAD MEET-
SUCCESS
Proposal for Special Election to Vote
5-Mill Tax Carries by Vole
of 33 to 21.
On Friday afternoon last an en
tliusiastic meeting was held In the
hull at lone, over which Joseph T,
Knappenherg presided, and which
was addressed by numerous citizens
The meeting had been called in the
interest of the proposed improve
nients to the road leading down Wil
low creek from Heppner, through
Lexington and lone and on to the
Gilliam county line. It is proposed
that, In order to carry on the work
funds be provided by the tliree road
districts affected through the levying
of a five-mill tax. It was stated by
the presiding officer that all the mon
ey thus raised would be applied to
this particular road, and in the dis
cussion that followed it was shown
that the mills of county road tax
could all be applied to the roads in
the districts leading down to the
creek road.
The principal speaker cf the oc
casion was Phillip S. Bates, of Port
land, sent as the special representa
tive of the Portland Chamber of Com
merce, who addressed the meeting In
a general way on the benefits of good
highways. His address was logical
and well received, being full of facts
well stated.
Following the address of Mr.
Hates, the meeting was declared open
fur general discussion, and different
parties took advantage of the oppor
tunity to air their ideas of what
should be done.
It is estimated that the work of Im
provement will cost $20,000. The
five-mill tax on the districts will pay
this and should put the road in good
permanent shape. The understanding
we gathered from the statements
made at this meeting is that the foad
is to be graded but no attempt made
to put on hard surfacing, rather de
pending on strawing and working in
of weeds in the roail bed most of the
way to make It substantial.
It developed at this hearing that
there will be some opposition offered
to voting the extra millage at this
time because of the tight financial
condition of many of the farmers.
However, upon a vote being taken,
the sentiment predominated in favor
of calling the election and letting the
people have their say at that time as
to whether they will assume this ad
ditional burden of vaxation during
the coming yuer.
Following Mr. Hates, S. E. Notson
made a short address in support of
the proposition, lie was followed by
V. E. Leach and A. Keaney of Lex
ington, both of whom expressed
themselves as in favor of the pro
posed improvements and anxious to
have the work proceed at once. Ir.
O'Sullivan, of Morgan, was not op
posed to the road Improvement, but
does not favor the route selected on
the west end of the road, as it leaves
himself and his neighbors too far
from the improved highway, and they
are interested In getting their crops
to the station. J. T. Knappenherg,
Vawter Crawford and A. 10. Johnson
also spoke favoring the improvement,
and each of these gentlemen would
be glad to see the work proceed at
once. This was also the sentiment
of J. L. Wilklns, who was prepared
with a good bunch of figures to back
up his argument,
Glenn Burroughs, of Rhea creek,
spoke at some length In answer to the
speakers that had favored the work.
He took a stand against the proposed
improvements at this time, and did
not favor spending this amount of
money on the proposed road, as the
farmers stood In need of much work
on the roads leading to the railroad,
and many of them did not have to
haul up and down Willow creek at
all. Mr. Burroughs seemed to ex
press the sentiment of quite a num
ber present, and did not feel that
many of the farmers were in position
to assume this burden at this time.
While Mr. Burroughs presented some
good argument along this lino, he
was frank to admit that the roads of
the county were bad, and he was
lacking in this, that he offered no
better solution for the difficulty than
the one proposed.
Mr. Wilcox, of Lexington, fol
lowed Mr. Burroughs in support of
tlie movement, stating that he was
not particular where the work of
good roads began, so It was started.
Naturally he favored the improve
ment on the creek road as he lived
on that road, but the idea with him
is to get started on this permanent
road work some place and some time,
and he felt that now was the proper
time and he would support the prop
osition. E. L. Padberg, as county commis
sioner, was anxious to have the peo
ple express themselves on this road
problem, and stood ready to carry out
their wishes. Individually, he fa
vored taking up the work at once on
the Willow creek road and making
this a good piece of highway, feeling
that it would be a stimulous to bet
ter work all over the county.
M. R. Morgan, of lone, did not fa
vor the tax at this time. He has no
objections to good roads as a princi
ple, but feels that much money has
been spent and wasted on roads, and
yet no improvement. He would not
feel so bad about the matter if he
was assured that there was really to
be some good accomplished on the
Willow creek road, and the highway
between lone and Heppner put in
good shape.
Upon the question being put to a
vote, the sentiment prevailed in favor
of holding the elections in the various
districts to decide the question of the
tax.
As stated in the beginning, the
meeting was enthusiastic, and result
ed in bringing out a fine gathering
of the citizens of lone and vicinity.
Revival at the Christian Church.
The Revival at the Christian
Church continues with growing in
terest. There will be services each
night this week and next.
A meeting of special interest is
announced for Friday night. Minis
ter Handsaker will preach a serjnon
of special interest to the young peo
ple. His subject will be: "Sowing
and Reaping Wild Oats." The Jun
ior choir, under the direction of Mrs.
O. G. Crawford will sing a special
number at this service. There will
be special music at each service.
Sunday evening there will be a
half hour service beginning at 7:30
led by the senior and junior choirs
combined.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to thank our many
friends for their kind assistance dur
ing the hours of our bereavement
through the loss of our son and bro
ther, Andrew A. Stamp.
A. H. STAMP AND CHILDREN.
HIGH SCHOOL PARAGRAPHS
Loren Mikesell.
The first social function of the sea-1
son, in which the entire student body
will participate, will be a Hallow'een
party next Saturday night.
The Senior english class is studying
Transcendentalism this week, while
the Juniors have begun "the age of
Elizabeth." The other enRlish class
es are studying grammar. The U.
S. History class is studying the Rev
olution. The. friends and patrons of
the school are invited to come and
hear recitations upon subjects which
might Interest them.
Henry Peterson became a high
school student last week and Ruth
Howard and Luella Stamp enrolled
as members of the Sophomore class
this week. There are now S4 stu
dents enrolled.
The Freshman class had the mis
fortune to lose one of its members
this week. Leo Nickolson has gone
to North Yakima to join his father.
At a special class meeting Cecil Ste
phens was elected to succeed Leo as
president of the Freshman class.
We wish to thank the football boys
for the splendid game played last
Saturday, lone received some sur
prise when the touchdown was made
in three minutes. Your line held like
a stone wall when it became neces
sary to hold the little boys down at
the Egg City. Taking everything in
to consideration the score of 6 to 6
looks good. Prof. Motley states that
since last Saturday's game, footbifll
seems to be on the bum. Nickolson,
the center, has left town; Copenhav
er, the other available center, meets
with parental objection; Wright
states that he will be unable to play
any more and Micheau is going away,
so the team is losing several good
players.
The girls are taking lots of inter
est in basket ball. They have two
good teams.
The walls of the auditorium have
been looking rather bare with only
three pennants representing the
school. Great was our amazement
Tuesday morning upon seeing the
walls graced by a new pennant. The
colors are black and brown. The
pennant has the Innocent look of be
ing one of the latest creations from
Paris.
The next literary program will be
given November the twelfth and at
that time the following numbers will
be presented :
Piano duet, Loa Briggs, Cecile Devore
Essay, "Harmful Insects"
Garnet Barratt
Reading Emery Gentry
Solo Thomas Hughes
Essay, "America's Red Cross in
Europe" Muriel McCarty
Current Events Kenneth Binns
Original Story Elverda Winnnrd
School Taper. Elra Hayes and Samuel
Stephens,
Song Girls Glee Club
FOR RUNT Good pasture, by day
or month. At head of Rhea creek,
18 miles from Heppner. Inquire at
this office. lm.
GONGRESSMAH SIOTT VISITS HEPPNER
Congressman N. J. Sinnott, of the
second Oregon district, arrived in
Heppner yesterday afternoon from
Stanfield. and was kept busy the bal
ance of the day meeting his many
friends. In the evening Mr. Sinnott
met with several of the business men
and talked over the Monument mail
route situation. Mr. Sinnot has prom
ised to do all in his power to see that
this route is restored to Heppner.
The district which Mr. Sinnott
represents In the halls of Congress is
larger than thf; State of Pennsylvania,
but he has been traveling over a
large part of it during the past few
weeks. His trip to date has taken
him over 2500 miles, the most part
of it being the roughest section of
the state. Mr. Sinnott travels by auto
most of the time. Before returning
to Washington he will spend some
time in Wasco and Crook counties.
"I am striving to get better acquaint
ed with my constituency," said Mr.
Sinnott, "and I am finding that I have
a mighty large field to get over.
OF IDE SEASON
lone and Heppner School Teams Bat-
tie to a (t to CI Score on tljf Egg
City Gridiron Last Sat
urday. The second tie score of the Mor
row County Interscholastic League
lootball season tame about last Sat
urday at lone after the Egg City boys
had battled through four long quar
ters unable to take the lead.
After tlie 3 to 3 score at Heppner
last Saturday a week ago, when the
Lexington high school team came so
near to defeating the local team,
lone was doped to win by a large
margin when they clashed with
Heppner, inasmuch as they had taken
the Lexington huskies into camp in
the first game by tlie big score of 39
to 12. Consequently tlie large crowd
at lone was taken completely off their
feet Saturday when Coach Motley's
green team received the hall on the
first kickoff and marched down the
held for a touchdown a very few min
utes after the game started. Hughes
of Heppner was easily the star of the
game. His getting away for large
gains through a broken field caused
more than one sensation.
Tlie two teams were very evenly
matched and both displayed weakness
in defensive playing. Both sides
worked the forward pass several
times successfully and on two occa
sions Heppner got away for large
gains on this style of play.
Heppner showed great resistance
powers in the last half of the game
when the lone boys had crowded
them back to within four yards of
their own goal line. The Heppner
line held like a stoju wall and their
opponents finally lost the ball on
downs. It was here that halfback
Hayes, of Heppner, received a severe
injury to his nose while tackling
"Fat" Blake, the heavy charger of
the lone team. Other men who did
stellar work for lone were "Rusty"
Cochran, Earl and Roy Blake. Smith,
Wnttetilmrger, Hughes, Wright and
Nickolson showed up best for Hepp
ner, although McCraw, Judd, Parker,
Sloeum and Iugruni did yeoman work
on the line.
Heppner and lone will clash again
at Heppner on the 13th of November.
Robert Sperry as referee and Ar
thur Crawford as umpire served as
officials for the game.
The Federated Church.
The regular service at the Feder
ated church are as follows:
Preaching every Sunday, 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
Federated Sunday School every
Sunday 9:45 a. m.
Federated Young People's Meeting
every Sunday 6:30 p. m.
Federated Missionary Society the
last Tuesday in each month.
Prayer meeting every Thursday at
7:30 p. m.
Federated Ladies Aid meets the
2nd Tuesday in every month, 2:30
p. m.
A hearty welcome is extended to
all.
W. B. SMITH, Pastor.
Parsonage next door to the church.
We always pay
than any other life insurance
doing business in Oregon.
a strong point of
A. L. MILLS
Prkiidknt
SECOND TIE GAME
L. SAMUEL
GlNIRAl MANAOIR
LYCEUM COURSE NOV. 16
The winter lyceum course of the
Ellison-White Bureau opens at the
high school auditorium in this city
on November 16. The first number
will fce presented by the Oxford Com
pany in song and drama. Season
tickets- are already on sale. The
course, like that of last year, is be
ing presented to the Heppner public
under the auspices of the Heppner
high school.
Other numbers on the course will
Include Albert Edgar Wlggam, the
apostle of efficiency; the Orioles,
musical entertainers; the Wells En
tertainers and Harry W. Arnold, lec
turer. From the list of talent this
year, the lyceum gives promise of
being the best ever brought to this
city.
Wm. R. Fletcher went to Portland
last Saturday morning.
ON SPECIAL LEVI
Jfovember 19 Is Set as the Date When
Tax Levy for Road Improvement
Will lie Voted on In Heppner,
ICvington and lone.
As a result of the good roads
meeting in lone last Saturday, tax
payers in the three road districts
comprising Heppner, Leixngton and
lone, will gather in their respective
towns on November 19 to decide
whether or not a special tax of 5 mills
shall be levied for the purpose of
building a graded road from Heppner
down Willow creek to the Gilliam
county lijie.
Notices are now being posted call
ing attention of the taxpayers to the
meeting. The districts that will be
Silected by this special election are
Nos. 1, 12 and 16.
Good roads enthusiasts of Heppner
are arranging for a meeting with the
citizens of TMlot Rock in that city in
the near future. At that time, if
present plans materialize, represen
tatives of the Pendleton Commercial
Association will be present and he
road siuation as elects communica
tion between UmatiUa and Morrow
counties will be thoroughly dis
cussed. Morrow County Sunday School Con
vention.
The Morrow county Sunday School
convention will be held at the Feder
ated church in Heppner, Friday, No
vember 5.
The program is as follows:
FRIDAY MORNING.
10:00 Devotional. Rev. W. B. Smith
10:20 "Teacher Training"
Rev. J. L. Jones.
10:40 Discussion.
11:00 Round Table.
Rev. C. A. Phipps.
11:30 Appointment of committees.
Assignment of delegates.
Adjournment.
AFTERNOON.
1:30 Song Service.
Mrs. O. G. Crawford.
1.45 Symposium. "The Opening
Service of the Sunday
School" A. M. Phelps
1.55 Dlscusison.
2.10 Music in the Sunday School.
Mrs. C. E. Woodson.
2.20 Discussion.
2:30 How to Teach Missions in the
Sunday School.
Rev. S. T. Powell.
2.40 Discussion.
2.50 The Social Side of the Sun
day School.
Mrs. T. S. Handsaker.
3:00 Discussion.
2: 00 Requirements for a Standard
Sunday School.
Rev. G. A.. Phipps.
3:40 Business session.
EVENING.
7:30 Song and Praise.
Rev. T. S. Handsaker.
S: 00 "The Newest Thing In Sun
day School."
Rev. C. A. Phipps.
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4c each. Near Slocuni Mill. Haul
them, yourself
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LOCAL AOINT
TAXPAYERS TO VOTE
New Jury I,i-t Drawn.
The following list of jurors lias
been empaneled for the November
term of the Circuit Court for Mor
row county:
A. A. Agee. Ii n. farmer; Urban
E. Baker, Cecil, tanner; Clias. Book
man, Heppner, farmer; Eph Eskel
son, Lexington, farmer; L. W. Briggs,
Heppner, bookkeeper; S. P..Devin,
Heppner, farmer: B. P. Bleakman,
Hardnian. farmer; J. S. Young, Eight
Mile, farmer; Ed Dtiran, Lexington,
farmer; W. E. Walbridge, Heppner,
fruit inspector; T. M. Benedict, Ce
cil, farmer; G. M. Akers, Gooseberry,
farmer; H. W. Anderson, Eight Mile,
Eight Mile, farmer; W. R. Irwin,
Heppner, merchant; Hugh C. Currin,
Lena, farmer; B. C. Miller, Irrigon,
farmer; Wm. T. Campbell, Lexing
ton; farmer; Stephen A. Barlow,
farmer; C. R. Peterson. Gooseberrv.
farmer; Edward Gonty, Heppner,
merchant; L. M. Davis, Irrigon, far
mer; John D. Bauman, Lexington,
farmer; J. H. Allen, Hardnian, far
mer;, R. A. Thompson, Heppner, far
mer; Chris P. Brown, Heppner, far
mer; George Stephenson, Heppner,
laborer; William Hynd, Heppner,
fanner; Richard Hogeland, Hard
man, farmer; Thos. Morgan, Hepp
ner, retired; M. S. Corrigall, Alpine,
banker; T. L. Dorman, Lexington,
farmer.
The Boys' Conference.
A meeting of unusual interest to
the Sunday School boys and young
men of Heppner and vicinity will be
held here Nov. 6 and 7. It Is ex
pected that a goodly number of boys
will be here from outside points to
take part in the conference.
Rev. C. A. Phipps, General Secre
tary of the Sunday School forces of
Oregon will be present and direct the
activities of the meeting.
The program will be given mostly
by the boys. One of the big features
of the convention will be the banquet
on Saturday evening of the meeting.
The boys will be expected to bring
their fathers to this feed.
The following committees have
been appointed:
Reception Kenneth Binns, Jasper
Crawford, Paul Gemmell, Norton
Winnard, Kennoh Smith, David Wil
son.
Entertainments Mrs. Vance, Mrs.
Patterson, Virginia Crawford, Leta
Humphreys. , -
Banquet Miss Lulu Hager, Mrs.
E. D. Brown, Mrs. E. G. Slocum,
Mrs. Malcolm Church, Mrs. T. J.
Humphreys, Mrs. Cora Vaughn, Mrs.
W. O. Hill, Mrs. Epa Ward, A. S.
Akers, M. L. Case.
The program will be announced
next week.
Oeiiimell-Haef.
Walter Gemmell and Josephine
Haef were married the first of the
week and left Monday morning for
Portland. These young people are
employed at the Palace hotel. Mr.
Gemmell is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Gemmell, and has held the posi
tion as clerk fct the hotel for some
time. The young people were given a
royal sendoff at the depot by their
friends. They will make their home
in this city upon their return.
City Street Improvement.
Some extensive street improvement
is being made at tlie extreme east end
of Baltimore street. Here the grade
up tlie hill past the school building
is being filled in with dirt and rock.
The fill extends from the bridge to
half way up the hill and when com
pleted will reduce the grade mater
ially. The city will soon construct
a stone retaining wall on the south
side of the street and later concrete
walks will lead up to those adjoining
the school grounds.
Return From Trip East.
Chas. Thomson and family return
ed Monday evening from a visit of
several weeks with relatives in the
East. They visited in Missouri with
Mrs. Thomson's folks and with a sis
ter of Mr. Thomson residing in Chi
cago. They report a very enjoyable
trip.
Prices Reduced.
Having just received a lot of the
season's newest and best millinery,
all trimmed hate will go on sale Fri
day at greatly reduced prices. The
sale will continue through next w eek.
While looking at the hats ask to see
the Victor style book. Get my prices
on real human hair and don't forget
to be fitted in a real Gossard corset.
MRS. L. G. HERliEN.
Willard Herren, deputy sheriff, ac
companied by J. R. McCraw, city
marshal of Heppner, took Paul Mar
tin and Henry Scott to the state peni
tin and Scott both pleacfc'd guilty at
the special term of circuit court, Mar
tin on a charge of attempted rape and
Scott on the charge of the larceny of
a calf. Young Mead, who was im
plicated with Scott, was parolled by
Judge Phelps owing to his age.
FOR SALE 3000 Posts (In town)
10c each. PHELPS GROCERY CO.
Dr. Isabel Sedgwick, the I, 0. O. F.
Building.
OREGON DAY IS
OCTOBER THIRTIETH
All Oregoiiians at 'Frisco Will Par
ticipate in Celebration at Exposi
tion on That Day.
October 30th is the day set aside
as the Oregon Day at the Panama In
ternational Exposition in San Fran
cisco. On that day at the Exposition
all Oregonians will be active partici
pants in observing the celebration of
the Webb-foot state.
On the morning of this day, Gov
ernor Withyconibe of Oregon will be
given a military escort from the St.
Francis hotel to the Fair grounds.
The ceremonies will begin at the Ore
gon building at 12:30 In the after
noon, participated in by Governors
Withycombe and Johnson, Mayor
Rolfe and President Moore of the Ex
position. Governor Withycombe and
party will be feted at a banquet on
November 1st in the California build
ing. AX OBITUARY.
Josiah Thomas Boothby, who was
taken to Portland for an operation
for cancer, passed away Monday at 1
p. m., and The Dalles lost one of her
most respected and valuable citizens.
Mr. Boothby was 59 years of age. For
many years he had been a resident of
this city. In 1898 he was married
to Lily May Hayden and from this
union there were born three children,
Thomas Josiah, aged 16; Kenneth
Sterl, aged 9; and Harold Glen, aged
7. The names of hi3 stepchildren
are, Marion Horner of Oakland, Cal.,
Mrs. Ceola Helger of Sheridan, Ore..
Harry Horner of Kent, Ore., and
Clyde Horner of The Dalles; also two
grandchildren, children of Mrs. Hel
ger. Mr. Boothby also leaves to
mourn his loss a brother, John, and,
his stepmother of Lexington. Ore.
Mr. Boothby was a man who loved
his family and always labored dili
gently to provide for them and make
his home a happy one. He made no
distinction between his own children
and his stepchildren, but seemed to
possess that rare spirit that made
hini love those about him and made
them all love him. Good cheer and
sympathy was felt wherever Thomas
Boothby was. Ke was a good hus
band and loss is felt keenly by those
who love him so dearly.
All The Dalles sympathize deeply
with the family in their bereavement.
The funeral services were conduct
ed from the Christian church, the
Kev. Leon L. Myers officiating. The
Dalles WTeekly Cronicle.
OREGON LIFE MAKES
Last Monday a check for $3000
was delivered to Miss Luella Stamp
of this city by Robert H. Young,
agent for the Oregon Life Insurance
Company. The check was payment
in full amount for the policy which
Andrew A. Stamp took out with that
company only a few months before
his death. Miss Stamp was made
beneticiary in the policy.
One feature of the paid policy is
that Mr. Stamp took out the insur
ance only after much persuasion, the
company taking his note for the first
premium. Mr. Stamp had stated
many times that his one great ambi
tion was to send li i s sister to college
to prepare herself for teaching. The
$3000 which she receives on his life
insurance policy will now enable her
to carry out his ambition.
ESTRAY.
Estrayed to my place on Eight
Mile about six weeks ago, one small
brown mare mule, sweenied in both
shoulders, about three years old.
Branded J. M. on left stifle. Owner
may have same by proving ownership
and paying expenses incurred in keep
ing mule.
TOM ARNOLD,
tf. Eight Mile, Oregon.
FISH FISH FISH.
All kinds of fish, crabs, clams and
oysters at the People's Cash Market.
Best bacon in the city for the least
price, all home cured. The Dutch
Butcher can supply your every want
in the meat line. Give him a call and
yeave your order. "We strive to
please" is our motto. tf.
FOU SALE A Columbia phono
graph and one dozen of the latest
dance records. Same may be bought
cheap if taken at once. Inquire at
this office.
STRAYED From my slaughter
house three miles south of Hepp
ner, a light red steer calf. Reward
will be paid by me for return of this
animal.
HENRY SCHWARZ.