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VOL. 32. NO. 44.
HEPPNER, OREGON. JANUARY 27, 1916.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER VK R
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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.
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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.