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Oregon Hlstoi'Iral Society Stock Exchange Building. The Times M H VOL. 32. NO. 44. HEPPNER, OREGON. JANUARY 27, 1916. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER VK R il IRK FOR ROUTE Grant County People vHold Meeting t and Adopt Resolutions Favor- lng Support o( Stage Her ': vice Between Monument ' and Hardmun. The Heppner Commercial Club is In receipt of the following letter tell ing of a meeting which the citizens of Monument and vicinity held lu that city to discuss the Hardmnn Monument mail route, which is soon to be re-established, ; At a mass meeting of the citizens of Monument and vicinity held on Friday, January 21st, 1916, at the mercantile store of F. W. Cupper In Monument, Edward E. Keeney war appointed chairman and Elizabeth Murphy, secretary, by acclamation. The chairman stated that the ob ject of the meeting was to get the sentiment regarding the establish ment and support 01 a tn-weeKiy mail service between Monument and Hardman, upon which the govern ment had requested bids; further stating that the business people of Heppner had asked the co-operation nd moral support of this section of the country by patronage, etc., of the service. After animated discussion it was moved by Emmet Cochran, seconded and carried that a committee be ap pointed by the chairman to draft proper resolutions, voicing the sen timent of those present In the matter, and Emmet Cochran, F. W. Cupper and R. J..Carsner were appointed and upon being called to order, the fol lowing resolution was submitted. Monument, Ore., fan. 21, 1916. BE IT RESOLVED, That the citi zens of Monument at a meeting held at Cupper's store on above date, WHEREAS, the government rec ompence for carrying the mail from Hardman, Ore., to Monument, Ore., 'for the service, we, therefore, pledge our moral and business support to the operator of the mail line. Signed EMMET COCHRAN, , F. W. CUPPER, R. J. CARSNER, Committee. Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the resolution was adopted as read. Upon motion made, seconded and fnrrlorl tlio nerrptftrv wnn instructed to send a copy of the minutes of thin meeting to J. L. Wilkins, president of the Commeicial Club of Heppner.' Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried the meeting adjourned, Signed E. C. KEENEY;- Chairman. ELIZABETH MURPHY, Secretary. New Schedule F.ffects Hermiston Very Little. Commencing Sunday morning the Coyote cut-off was put into service by the O-W, R. & N. It has been some thing like 15 years since the railroad officials drat started surveys for the cut-off. Even after the line was graded, completion was delayed a year. The cut-off saves about 11 miles in distance and some very bad grades and curves, which Is import ant for the heavy through trains. So far as Hermiston is concerned we have practically as good as be fore. Train No. 19, formerly passing here at 6 a. m., was the only thing asked for that was not granted. This would have made traveling to Port land much more convenient and ex press shipments went out on it large ly. As the new schedule now stands we have the motor both ways as for merly, also the local. In addition to this we have the early morning train from Portland. Outgoing and incoming east and west mail service is the same as for merly, while a letter will now reach Spokane 11 hours earlier. The night mall train from the east carries our mail to Arlington where It is trans ferred to No. 6 and brought back at a. m., together with Portland mail. Everything mailed after the morn ing local and before the afternoon local Is taken by the latter to Pen dleton and placed on the proper train. The motor" In the evening takes the last mail to Umatilla where it is placed on the trains to or from Spokane. By connecting with the train to Spokane mall will reach that city at 7 a. m. the following morn ing where formerly it was not deliv ered until 6 p. m. of the following day, thus saving 11 hours which In reality meant 24 hours because of reaching there at night. Hermiston Herald. We' are glad to report that Mrs. Ann Minor Is much improved at this time. Her trouble was the out growth of a bad attack of neuralgia. Her daughter, Mrs. Delia Hallock, of Portland, Is now with her. MONUMENT PEOPLE MAN SUPPOSED LOST BRINGS HOME FORD Probably the greatest excite ment that has occurred in lone since the time Dick Turpln be came lost while hunting rabbits in the Juniper canyon couutry, was oca('uioned in that city last week when Rev. Clarence Rey nolds, who had started out on a similar expedition failed to come home until a searching party had been organized to look for the missing man. It was then that the missing hunter appeared on the streets of the city driving Dr. Chlck'g Ford car. Starting out on foot, with gun in hand, Clarence had come upon the doctor's car, stranded several days before in a snow bank. Mr. Reynolds decided he would tide back to town and after four hours of persistent cranking, his labors were rewarded as aforesaid, and the searching party im mediately disbanded. . ENTERTAINMENT PLEASES The Wells Entertainers presented the fourth number of the Lyceum course to a large audience last eve ning at the High school auditorium, and to say they made a decided "hit" would be putting it very mildly in deed. The program consisted of songs, readings and dramatic sketches and in each part of the pro gram this versatile couple demon strated their extraordinary ability. The first part of the program was taken up with duets and solos and called forth from the audience much applause and appreciation. Mr. Wells possesses a very pleasing bass voice while Mrs. Wells has a good soprano voice and the combination was ex cellent, while In the solo work each performed to a good advantage. In the rer.dlngs and monologues they made an impression which will not soon be forgotten.. Mrs. Wells gave her clipping of the book "Pollyanna" and made many friends for the little homeless girl and her "glad game," and Mr. Wells presented several pop ular pieces which took well with the appreciative listeners. . There were several songs given in costume and these pleased the younger people In the audience particularly. The two dramatic sketches pre sented showed the Wells Entertainers possessed dramatic ability on a par with anything seen in this city for a long time. On a whole the program was ex cellent and worthy of a much larger company of artists and the large au dience seemed more than satisfied with the treat they received. L The following are the officers of Doric Lodge No. 20, Knights of Py thias, for the ensuing term; Chan cellor Commander, Loy M. Turner; Vice-Chancellor, J. A. Waters; Prel ate, M. L. Case; Master of the Work, D. M. Ward; Keeper of Records and Seal, O. G. Crawford; Master of Fi nance, Fred Tash; Master of Ex chequer, Chas. Thomson; Master at Arms, R. N. Crawford; Inner Guard, A. R. Crawford; .Outer Guard, F. N. Christensen. The Knights are preparing for their annual memorial meeting which this year will take place on the 15th of February. A very Important fea tiirn nf thin meeting will he the nres- ! entatlon of veterans' jewels to seVen members who have belonged to the order for twenty-five years or long er. An appropriate program is being arranged in which the Grand Chan cellor, Wlllard L. Marks, of Albany, and the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, Walter G. Gleeson, of Port land, will participate. Plans are also being laid for a spread. Whether or not this will eclipse former efforts of hDorlc No. 20, can not now be predict ed, as the Knights have a valuable reputation, to. sustain, but certain it is that the feed will be up to standard which will mean much to those who are fortunate enough to be present. Those entitled to jewels are, Phlll Cohn, W. B. Barratt and J. W. Cow ins, of Heppner; Vawter. Crawford,, of lone; J. R. Simons and E. R. Hun lock, of Portland; and Sterling Keith ley, of Napa, California. It is hoped that all of the recipients may be present on this occasion, but owing to the distance some of them would have to travel the ' presenting . will probably be confined to the brothers residing at Heppner and- nearby points. HAVE YOU REGiSTEREDHHERE IS AN OFFICIAL REGISTRAR IN YOUR PBEGINGT Have you registered yet? Ten chances to one you have not, as only a very few voters of the county have. County clerk Waters has appointed official registrars in the following precincts: Lexington, W. G. Scott; North and South lone, F. H. Robin son, C. B. Sperry and Joseph T. Knappenberg; Castle Rock, J. A. Gibbons; Dairy, Geo. Bleakman; Par kers Mill, M. S. Maxwell; Irrigon, W. R. Walpole; Cecil. M. V. Logan j lad T IT Tn,ua I In registering electors, the card Index system is now used and the new law requires everybody to reg ister. The registration is permanent until you move 'out of a precinct or fail to vote for two years, or that Is. a change of precinct or a failure to vote for two years requires a new registration. Th registration books will remain ''open until April 19th, one month before primary election. In the instructions issued by th9 clerk, under the new law, only full American citizens are entitled to a vote. All aliens who may have been ' LIVE NEWS FROM Born To Mr. and Mrs. H. Strange of near lone, Jan. 24, 1916, a daugh ter. . Born At the home of Mrs. M. Jordan, In lone, January 26th, 1916, to the wife of Howard Lane, of Lex ington, a son. Mr. H. Dean, who has been so very 111 at his home in lone for the past three weeks, is reported to be slowly recovering. M. Z. Blddle came down from Hardman on Wednesday and Is visit ing at the home of his brother, H. G., on Rhea ereek. ; John Olden returned on Tuesday from a stay of ten days in Hlllsboro where he was called by the serious illness of his father, M. A. Olden. Rev. E. J. Starkey, Of Grass Valley, Is holding a week-end meeting at the Baptist church in lone, services being conducted in the afternoons and at night. Rev. Starkey Is in charge of the congregaton here as pastor, and his appointments were for the second, fourth and fifth Sundays. Owing to snowbound trains he was unable to reach Iono until Monday evening, and his congregation were disappointed in his forced absence from the church on that day. Clarence Reynolds, pastor of the Christian church,' was called to Lex ington on Tuesday to conduct the funeral of the infant of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Reany. The child died on Monday from an attack of pneumon ia. It was six weeks old. The wedding of Miss Audrey Wool- ery and Dr. John B. Dye took place at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. A. E. Johnson this, Thursday, morn ing. Rev. J. L. Jones performed the marriage service The y"oung people left on the morning train for Port land, where they will spend a week before going to their new home at Sunnyside, Wrash. The numerous friends of the young people wish them much happiness In this new re lationship and bespeak for them abundant prosperity in their new home. A mysterious disease is afflicting the hogs of the Lower Eight Mile section, and A. A. McCabe reports the loss of about halt of his band of 34 porkers to date. H. V. Smouse Is also a small looser, several head of fat swine having died on his place from the same disease. So tar as Mr. Mcabe is able to learn, the dis ease among his hogs is similar to that which caused so much Iosb in the county six years ago. Bert Mason, merchant of this city, departed this morning for Hot Lake Sanatorium, where he will sojourn for a period of ten days or two weeks and partake of the beneficial baths. He has been suffering much of late with rlwmatisni and. hopes to be greatly relieved by indulging in me baths of that famous health resort. Mesdames J. H. Franklin and Jack Hvnd.' of Cecil, were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bris- tow for a couple of days the last of the week, returning to their homes on Sunday morning. No complaints are heard in this soctlon because of the winter. A covering of about five inches of snow lies on the ground, this falling when the froBt was all out, and the tem perature has not been sufficiently cold to freeze the ground. Moisture a'plenty Is coming and being taken permitted to vote heretofore on the strength of their first papers will not be permitted to do so hereafter. A woman, if married, must give her husband's name and where he was born. If she marries a foreigner who has not had his final papers, she loses her vote until such time as her husband can get his final papers. On the other hand, If a foreign woman marries an American citizen, Bhe takes his naturalization and is en titled to vote. . ' ; . : ( Each native born elector will be required to give his or her parents' names in full. -; As under the old law, electors may be sworn In, but the swearing must be done by one of the judges of the election and not by a notary public as heretofore. Wheat Sold at Pendleton. At Pendleton last Saturday, 100, 00Q 'bushels . of wheat were sold at prices around the dollar mark. It is reported that there yet remains 1, 000,000 bushels of wheat In Uma tilla county to be sold. IRE IE COONTR! up and bumper crops for the fall of 1916 are in prospect. The mask ball on Friday evening last, given under the auspices of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, was a pronounced success and great ly enjoyed by the large attendance. There were numerous fine costumes, and many that were on the comical order. Miss Delia Davidson and Wayne Sperry . were awarded the prize for the best sustained charac ters. Good music for the occasion was furnished by Prof. Davis' or chestra, ' .i Miss ftis Ganger, daughter of Mrs. C. E. Shaver, visited at the home of her parents in lone yesterday. Miss Ganger makes her home in Heppner. ' ' "Grandma" Dean Passes. Mrs. H. Dean was called to her reward on Sunday, Jan. 23, after an illness of some three weeks. Death resulted from a complication of la grippo and pneumonia, coupled with the infirmities of old age. Funeral services were held at nine o'clock Tuesday morning in the Baptist church, Rev. E. J. Starkey, pastor, officiating, and a mixed quartette fur nished the music. The funeral was largely attended, the deceased being held In high esteem by the people of this community. Interment was in the family burying ground at the Dean farm west of Morgan. Phebe Ann Best was born in Slier1 idan county, Missouri, March 8th, 1842, and died at her home in lone, Oregon, January 23, 1916, being 75 years, 10 months and 15 days of age. She was married first to Wallace But ner, in the State of Missouri, and to this union three children were born, one of whom still HveV Wallace But ner died of a fever during the Civil War. Her second marriage was with Hazel Dean on August 17th, 1865, at Sheridan, Missouri and to this union seven children were born, six of these now living. They areMrs. Louisa Van Orsdall and Mrs. Nancy Mat thews, of Pendleton, Oregon; Thos. J. Dean, of Morgan, Oregon; Mrs. Belle Engelman, of lone; Mrs. Flor ence Mackey, of Olympia, Wash., and David Dean of Castlewood,. S. D. Mrs. Alice Butner Sanders, a daugh ter by her first marriage, resides at Pittsburg, Kansas. When their children were all small, Mr, and Mrs. Dean crossed the plains by team and settled on a farm In Gilliam county, Oregon, in 1882, and made this place their home until five years ago, when they moved to lone. They own at the present time one of the best wheat farms of this section, this place being located about 11 miles northwest of lone and just across the line in Gilliam county, The couple becoming old, they retired from the active duties of farm life and have been living comfortably iu their little home in lone, having ac quired a neat compe'once and still having the Income of the farm to rely upon. Grandma Dean, as she was affec tionately called by all of her friends, became a Christian at the age of 18 years and was a faithful member of the Baptist church during all her life. ' She was a faithful wife and a loving mother, and a well respected and beloved citizen of this commun ity. She has passed to her well- earned reward, leaving behind her faithful husband, who has been a pa tient sufferer by her side during the last weeks of her journey here. j HEPPNER MAN NEW WOOIMN SECRETARY Osmin Hager, of this city, has been appointed secretary of the Oregon Woolgrowers Asso ciation to succeed John G. Hoke of Medical Springs, who has held the office for the past sev eral years. Mr. Hager took up . his duties in this office the first of the year. Mr. Hager was engaged in the sheep business for several years, although of more recent date he has retired from ranch life and has been making his. home in Heppner. He is thor oughly equipped to handle the business of the woolgrowers which comes through his of fice, since he Is very familiar with the conditions pertaining to the sheep Industry. HIGHSCHOOL PARAGRAPHS Loren Mikesell. With the opening of school Mon day morning the new semester began. It is up to us to make this year a failure or a success In the next four and a half months. With the addition of mechanical drafting, the schedule for this semes ter will remain practically the same as last. A new plan for the selecting of student body, literary and athletic officers will be tried at this time. A student wanting any of these offices is supposed to make stump speeches stating his platform and his qualifi cations for the office. Last Saturday night our boys' bas ketball team went to lone; but the God of victory was with the lone team. They managed to get the long end of the 19 to 47 score. The literary program will be given Friday afternoon, beginning at 2:20. The public Is cordially Invited to at tend. - The Freshman English class began the study of "The Sketch-book" this week, while the Sophomores are studying "The Idyls of the King." Coyotes Are Bold. Made ravenous by winter, coyotes in this county are reported 'to be coming boldly into the outlying farm yards and carrying off poultry and small animals. They are also at tacking cattle and sheep. Harry Say- ers of Gibbon reports the loss of 15 pigs in the last week and has organ ized a coyote drive to kill off some of the animals. Reports are that seven have been seen in one pack. Echo News. E 15 DES TROYED BY FLAMES The farm house of George Glass on the old Basey farm in Clarks Canyon was completely destroyed by fire about 10 o'clock last Saturday morn ing. The fire, starting in the kitchen, gained such rapid headway that Mr. Glass and his family were barely able to escape the names without injury. The cause of the fire is unknown. All the contents of the house, in cluding enough provisions to last a year, were burned with the house. One daughter, it is reported, in an upstairs room succeeded in escaping from the building only after her clothing has been partly burned from her body. Mr. Glass and his family have been living on the Basey place about a year. Exposition Name Changed. ' The scope of the San Diego Exposi tion has been Increased so greatly for 1916 that the directors have found it necessary to change the name to read "Panama-California International Ex position." Canada, Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Brazil, The Netherlands, and Switzerland, are in stalling big displays the greater part of them brought from the San Francisco Exposition. Other features of the beautiful Exposition have been enlarged so that the dedication of the new Exposition, March 15, is more than a matter of form. Farmers Meeting Postponed. The annual meeting of the Farm ers' Union of Morrow County which was to have been held at the court house last Saturday, has been post poned until Saturday, February 5 The reason given for the postpon ment is that severe weather of last week did not permit the attendance of a representative number of the membership. COHIMS BEST II HISTPRY National Woolgrowers Conve x I Salt Lake. Favor Establis? ment of Non-Partisan Tariff Boanl Will Fight Foot and Moufi Disease. ' " " r The 52nd Annual Convention of the National Woolgrowers Assicia tion surpassed any meeting the asso ciation has ever held, according to the report brought back to th's city by W. B. Barratt, president -f the Oregon Woolgrowers Association, who was in attendance at the con vention. The attendance was near the 1000 mark. The address delivered by the Na tional president, F. J. Haenbarth, dealt with the forest reserves ques tion, the enactment of the 640-acre homestead bill, foreign Imports and disease, predatory animals, Inter state regulations and shipping and conditions affecting the woolgrower generally. The convention was also addressed by Professor F. R. Mar shall, of Washington, D. C, on "My Observations in Australia." This ad dress told of the six weeks study which Prof. Marshall had made of conditions In Australia of the cli mate and management, the type of sheep, shearing and wool soiling, the marketing of sheep and labor and wases. Other addresses were deliv ered by F. A. Ellenwood of Red Bluff, California and Will 0. Barnes, assistant Forester, of Washington, D. C. Resolutions adopted by the Asso elation urgently petition Congress to amend the existing tariff laws on sugar, wool, meats and other pro ducts through a non-partisan tariff hoard. Wool growing In this coun try is declining, according to the res olution, through the free and unlim ited competition with cheaper for eign labor. Other resolutions wore passed urging the department of ag riculture to immediately promulgate regulations requiring that all wool and other animal products, imported from countries in which foot and mouth or other dangerous animal diseases prevail, be thoroughly ster ilized before admirsion to this coun try. The association would exclude all of certain products if it were found that they could not be steril ized. It was further resolved that this disinfection should be taken up in the different states through their livestock sanitary loaiils. Resolu tions were passed asking fiockmas- ters to destroy predatory animals and Congress will be petitioned to appropriate $500,000 to bo used by the Biological Survey in the eradica tion of predatory animals. Congress urged to enact such legislation as will enable the Secretary of the In terior to classify the remaining pub lic domain into lands suitable for crop production and lands suitable only for grazing. lone Grammar Hoys Too Much For Heppner. ' The fast basket ball quintet rep resenting the lone Grammar school played the local boys off their feet in a game at the rink last Friday night. The Heppner players showed a woeful lack of team wok, while on the other hand the Egg City boys ex celled in passing. A return game will be played in lone in the near future. The lone team was accompanied to this city by Clarence Reynolds, who also officiated as referee at the game. Industrial Club to Give Program. The Morrow County Metropolis Industrial Club will give their next program in the High School audi torium on Friday, January 4. The program will be as follows: Business. Call to order. Minutes. Roll call answered by teachers and Current Events by buys of Miss Casey's room. Piano solo Virginia Currin Recitation Cordilla Letrace Five Minute Talks, Oral Parker, Ev elyn Humphreys. Recitation.UVhen My Teacher Smiles at Me.. Elaine Sigsbee Vocal solo ' Herman Hill Play A Half-Hour in Holland.' Pupils of Miss Casey's Room Piano solo Charlotte Winnard Catholic Church Services. Sunday, January 30, 1916. First Mass at lone, 8 a. m. Second Mass at Juniper, 11 a. m. Evening Devotions at Heppner, 7:30 p. m. M. Z. Biddle was in the city Tues day from Hardman, where, until re cently he was engaged in the mer cantile business. He has sold His in terest in the store of Prophet & Bld dle to his partner, W, P. Prophet.