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HEPPNER, OLiEUON. MARCH 23, 1916.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
CASES I Cf
COURTARESETTLED
Judge Gilbert W. Phelps Passes on
Civil Cases W. P. Cox Ah ai ded
Judgment Against Morrow
County.
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Several cases In tbe circuit court
were disposed of on Tuesday by Judge
Gilbert W. Phelps, who came over
from Pendleton. Tuesday was also
regular citizenship day, but none of
the would-be citizens appeared. The
following civil cases were disposed
of:
S. P. Garrigues vs. C. A. Miller, C.
D. Huston and Stacy Roberts De
fault and judgment
A A Cole, Wm. Slusher and A. B.
Thomson, trustees, vs. John Mclntire.
Demurrer filed.
W. P. Scrlvner vs. Sherman Wake
field. Judgment for plaintiff.
Matter of John H Padbefg to reg
ister title, vs. Joseph Midzunl et al.
Joseph J. Nys appointed to examine
title.
D. M. Ward vs. W. S. McKimmey.
Defendant's demurrer overruled and
given 20 days la which to further
plead. -
Heppner Light ft Water Co. vs. J.
B. Sparks. Dismissed.
A. M. Markham vs. A. K. Higgs, et
al. Default against all defendants
except John C. Neill and Mrs. John
C. Neill.
0. E. Farnsworth vs. Peter Wil
liams and Pat Williams. Plaintiff
ordered to produce books Bhowing
various accounts, for Inspection of
defendants.
N. A. Clark vs. James M. Orr. De
fault entered against defendant.
W. Jt. Cochran vs. John Slater and
Henry Holgate. Decree entered.
W. P. Cox vs. Morrow county.
Plaintiff awarded Judgment in the
sum of $367. C6 together with costs
amounting to $15.
J. C. Kirk vs. E. T. C. Grotkopp
and 0. E. Farnsworth. Sale of prop
erty of defendants ratified, approved
and confirmed.
Hessle McAtee vs. Ti. A. McAtee.
Decree entered dissolving the bonds
of matrimony heretofore existing and
the name of Hessie Kinney restored
to plaintiff.
Court removed the guardianship of
Norma Fdererlck, who has now ar
rived at legal age.
Cicjclists Find Good ltonds and Bail.
E. Telfer and J. C. Jone8 of Port
land passed through Heppner last
Monday on their way to Spokane.
The men are making the trip the en
tire distance on bicycles. They are
following the route of the Columbia
highway and the Blue Trail. No real
rough, roads were encountered, aver
the cyclists, all the way out of Port
land, until they reached Olex. Mr.
Jones stated that the roads between
OlfX and Heppner pimply bucked the
saddle off of his bicycle. The men
carry a complete camping outfit
which weighs forty pounds on each
bicycle. They expect to travel far
ther east during the summer.
Minor & Co. Make Improvements.
Minor & Co. are making some im
provements to their store this week,
anions; which is the Installation of a
modern lavatory in the rear of the
men's furnishings department.
' Elks Will Entertain With Party.
A program committee from the lo
cal lodge of Elks Is planning a pro
gram and a general good time a week
from Saturday night. All Elks and
their ladles, especially, are requested
to be present.
H. H. flliSHEIlD
At ft recent meeting of the school
hoard ol District No. 1, H. H. Hoff
man was by the unanimous vote of
that body elected to serve for- an
other year In his present position as
superintendent of the Heppner
schools.
In taking this action the board
fwels that they could do no better
During the superintendency of Prof,
Hoffman, the local school has made
a remarkable development and
through the tireless work of the man
at the helm the local high school has
been standardized, thereby gaining
the reputation of being the tirst Stan
dnrd high school in the county as
well as taking rank with the best
high schools of the state. Another
feature of the school's development
since t he administration or rroi
Hoffman is the big Increase In the
number of pupils enrolled. We are
nf our school and should
thank the school board for the effi
cient manner In which they are di
recting its course of progress.
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
By Supt. S. E. Notson.
Prof. H. C. Seymour, State Agent
for the Industrial Club work, has no
tified me that the enrollment for the
club work must be complete by April
15. Now, If any teacher who has not
received the project sheets and en
rollment blanks, or If any pupil who
has not enrolled in the project work,
will let me know I will have the prop
er blanks sent to them. If they pre
fer, they may write direct to Mr.
Seymour, at Corvallis. Only those
who are enrolled In the project work
may compete for the project prizes.
Farmer C. L. Smith, of the O-W.
R. & N. Co., will furnish seed corn
tor whatever amount of land club
members may desire to plant If they
will send me their names and the
amount of land to be planted and
agree to keep a record of all work
done as per the rules of the club
work. Those who have enrolled or
Intend to enroll in the corn club work
should send In this Information at
once.
In District No. 2, Miss Minnie Dav
enport Is the teacher. The enroll
ment Is 13. The pupils are doing
good work. There is talk of building
a new schoolhouse this summer. This
would, no doubt, be appreciated by
the pupils and teacher.
In District No. 24 the enrollment
is 13. Mrs. Jessie Kelly Is still at
the helm. New deBks will be pur
chased soon. A closed water jar has
been ordered. A new encyclopedia
has been added to the library. The
writer was present at the opening of
school In the afternoon, and the pu
plls did some enthusiastic singing.
The school in District No. 48 has
been under the direction of LeRoy
Jones. This school has an enroll
ment of six all boys. New adjust
able desks have been provided for
the pupils. The school has been held
In a residence, but a schoolhouse will
be built In the spring. I noted that
a can of water is kept on the stove to
furnlHh moisture for the atmosphere.
This is done in Diatrict No. 24 also.
Let me again call attention to the
danger of pupils coming in from play
on these warm spring days and sit
ting down in a direct draft. The
pupil had better suffer a little dis
comfort for a little while than to run
the risk of taking a severe cold. A
pupil with a bad cold can not do' the
best work. Health is of prime im
portance. I note, also, that there is
a strong temptation to raise the win
dow shades and let in the sunshine.
Sunshine is a good thing in its place,
but no pupil should be permitted to
study with the sunlight falling upon
his book or near enough to annoy the
eyes. ,,
Forest Notes.
Oregon consumes annually over
2,200,000 cords of fuel wood, which,
reduced to board feet, amounts to
over 1,105,000,000 feet.
Oregon produces annually approx
imately 1,610,000,000 board feet of
logs, but consumes over two billion,
or 27 in excess of her log pro
duction. She draws heavily on
Washington for this excess.
Oregon produces approximately 3
and 1-3 million linear feet, but con
sumes only about one-half a million
feet.
The railroads of Oregon consume
over 18,000 hewn ties and the mines
22,000. Oregon also consumes 66,
000 linear feet of round mine mate
rial. Oregon produces over two billion
feet of lumber, .approximately 160
million lath, and 275 million shin
gles. Of this quantity, she consumes
nearly 23 million lath and over 116
million shingles. Of the amount ol
lumber produced, Oregon consumes
19,8 or 411 million board feet, ov
er half of which is used for building
purposes. Nearly half of the build
Ing material, of the lath and of the
shingles, is used in Multnomah and
Clackamas counties.
The Heppner Commercial Club
will hold Its regular meeting at the
city council chambers tomorrow
night. Among other things which
will be discussed will be the secre
tary's salary and the Monument mall
route. The Club will make another
effort to get new bids on contracts for
carrying the mall between Hardman
and Monument. The meeting nights
for the club In the future will be the
first and third Thursdays of each
month.
Catholic Church Services.
First Mass, 8 a. m.
Second Mass, 10:30 a. m.
Christian Doctrine, 11:30 a. m.
Evening Devotions, 7:30 p. m. ,
WANTED TO TRADE One Ford
automobile for team of horses or
cattle. Will sell for cash. Car In
good condition.
CELSUS KEITHLEY.
VOTERS REGISTER
THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN THIS COUNTY
IS PROCEEDING AT A VERY SLOW RATE. MANY
SEEM TO THINK THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT
NECESSARY THIS YEAR. IF YOU HAVE NOT REG
ISTERED SINCE JANUARY 1, 1916, YOU MUST REG
ISTER IF YOU EXPECT TO VOTE IN THE. PRIMARY
ELECTION OR THE GENERAL1 ELECTION. THE
REGISTRATION BOOKS WILL CLOSE FOR THE PRI
MARY ELECTION APRIL 18.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU SHOULD REGISTER
FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION.; IT MAY BE OF VI
TAL IMPORTANCE TO MORROW COUNTY THAT A
LARGE VOTE IS CAST IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
THERE MAY BE A CANDIDATE FOR JOINT REPRE
SENTATIVE FROM THIS COUNTY. IN THAT EVENT
MORROW COUNTY SHOULD GIVE HIM EVERY VOTE
POSSIBLE. IN ANY EVENT, THE PRIMARY ELEC
TION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE GENERAL
ELECTION SO FAR AS YOUR PERSONAL CHOICE
GOES. THEN, IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION, DELE
GATES ARE CHOSEN TO THE NATIONAL CONVEN
TIONS. YOU MAY VOTE YOUR' CHOICE FOR PRES
IDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT IN THE PRIMARY.
YOU SHOULD REGISTER AT ONCE AND VOTE IX
THE PRIMARY ELECTION, MAY 19.
IT'S A LONG, L
Seed Shipped From Heppner to
MGiuimcnt Tours Eastern Ore
gon Enroute.
Its a long way to Monument, our
sister village in Grant county, some
fifty miles In the interior, but in real
ity it is even a greater distance than
that. You see, we have no direct
mall route between th3 city and
Monument, 'hence shipments must
naturally take the only route avail
able, that is by railroad to Baker and
on to John Day oh the Sumpter Val-
lev Hue and thence by stage to Mon
ument. The Heppner Milling Company this
week sent to Emmet Cochran by par
cel post, some 1250 pounds of seed.
The total postage was $27. The seed
for the most part consisted of al
falfa and vetch. There has been some
little noise made n Heppner the last
few months for the re-establishment
of the mall route between this city
and Monument but so far it seems
that the postoffice department in
Washington is unable to do anything
about the matter. In the meantime
we shall have to continue to make
the circuit of the eastern part of the
state so far as getting mail to and
from Monument is concerned.
Students Are Weighing the Earth.
Whitman College, Walla Walla,
Wash., March 21. Physics students
at Whitman college under the direc
tion of Professor B. H. Brown, head
of the department, are this week en
gaged in the task of weighing the
earth. The experiment is being per
formed with the aid of a new weigh
ing machine recently Installed In the
science building.
Althouch the new machine is a
large one and weights used in con
nection with It measure 2000 pounds
apiece, the instrument is so finely
balanced that for accurate results no
one is allowed to walk in even re
mote parts of the , science building
while experiments are being perform
ed. For this reason the earth Is be
ing weighed at night, the doors being
locked and no one beln,g allowed in
the building exoept the students per
forming the experiment and their In
structor.
House Votes Down Plan for Large
Standing Army.
A rising vote of 153 to 82, the
house defeated Kohn's amendment
to the Hay bill for a larger army.
The amendment increased the regu
lar forces to 220,000. The vote was
considered overwhelming evidence
of congressional opposition to a large
standing army.
The senate planned to pass Cham
berlaln's measure doubling the num
ber of West Point cadets selected
from army privates. Tomorrow the
senate will consider Tillman's armor
plate bill. The debate on naval pre
paredness and governmental manu
facture of munitions Is expected to
begin soon. "
W. G. Scott, the Lexington bank
er, spent a few hours in Heppner to
day. Guy Cason, of lone, is visiting in
Heppner today.
uet your cord wood at the Louts
Groshens place on Rhea creek for
$3.50 or at the Hamilton ranch for
2.60. R. H. WEEKS.
CARED FOR, PAY
Six-Year-Old Gene Handsaker
Clears $10 on Four Leghorns
In Less Than Two Years.
.That it pays to keep good hens
and give them good care and atten
tion Is Bhown by the results produced
by Gene Handsaker, the six-year-old
poultry raiser, and son of Mr. and
Mrs. T, S. Handsaker. Gene's flock
consisted originally of( four little
chlcka, presented to him by a friend
in Walla Walla. Later he traded
one i;,.-. the chickens a rooster, for
another hen. To encourage his son
in thrift and industry, Mr. Handsak
er kept a record of the cost of raising
the chickens. Later when the hens
commenced laying, a record of their
production was kept as well as the
returns from the sale of eggs. From
September, 1914 to March, 1916, the
little flock produced, over and above
their cost of keep, $4.0-0. Upon leav
ing Heppner Gene sold his layers for
$6.00, thereby netting a profit of ten
dollars on four hens in less than two
years. A little care and attention did
it. The hens are of the white leg
horn strain.
Pleasant Birthday Surprise Party.
A very pleasant surprise party was
given by Mrs. W. O. Hill ,on Wednes
day evening in honor of her son Her
man, it being his twelfth birthday
After school Herman had gone to
the dentist to have his teeth exam
Ined, and In the meantime the in
vited guests gathered at his home,
and when Herman arrived home he
was greeted by his friends with a
complete surprise.
Herman received many very nice
presents. An hour was spent lu
games and songs. In the game oi
guessing the shadowgraphs, Char
lotte Wlnnard won the girl's prize
and Ellis Irwin the bov's prize. The
guests were then invited to partake"
of the birthday dinner.
Mrs. Jack Littell, of Portland, as-
Mrs. Jack Littell, of oPrtland, as
sisted Mrs. Hill in entertaining.
Those present were: Cleone Andrews,
Mary Clark, Charlotte Wlnnard, Cora
Mae Crawford, Violet Merritt, Eliza
beth Huston, Aileen Sprouls, Law
rence Wllkins, Thomas Mahoney, Jr.,
Roland Humphreys, Edward Chid-
sey, Conrad Johnson and Ellis Irwin
After giving Herman "one to grow
on"' they departed for their homes
declaring they had spent a very
pleasant evening.
A very pleasant surprise was given
to Mrs. George Stevenson at her
home Tuesday evening in honor of
her birthday. The affair was ar
ranged by her daughter, Miss Ida
The evening was pleasantly spent In
playing progressive 500. Mrs. A. M
Sayre sang several songs. Later a
delicious supper was served by Miss
Ida Stevenson, assisted by Miss Edith
Boyd. Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. George Stevenson, Mr. and Mrs
Alfred Mason. Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Drlskell, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dris-
kell, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Boyd, Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Mills, Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Sayre, James Keane and the
Misses Edith Boyd and Ida Steven
son Mrs. Stevenson was the recip
ient of many beautiful gifts.
Henry Schwarz, proprietor of The
Peoples' Cash Market, is again at
the helm and wishes to Inform his
friends and patrons that they will re
ceive his personal attention.
HIGH SCHOOL PARAGRAPHS
W. Pear! LeTrace.
Literary Program of March 17th.
The literary program of last Fri
day was well attended. The pro
gram was rather short owing to sev
eral numbers that had to be left
out. The violin and piano duet by
Cornelia Johnson and Loa Briggs
had to be postponed on account of
a defect In the violin, however, Miss
Briggs played an excellent piano
solo. Mr. Barlow, who was to sing
a solo, caught a slight cold and was
unable to sing. Both these numbers
will be given on the next program,
occurring April 14th.
The debate on the state question
was one of considerable interest. The
deb'ators delivered their points well.
Those on the affirmative were Max
Rogers and Kenneth Binns. They
won the debate by one vote. The neg
ative side was debated by Dale Wat
kins and Jasper Crawford.
A reading by Paul Gammell was
given in the Scotch dialect. It was
a long and rather difficult reading,
but Paul did ample justice to it.
Loye DeVore also gave an excell
ent reading. The delivery of the
piece was fine and showed she had
spent much time In preparing it.
The girls trio sang several se
lections which were pleasing to the
audience. The school sang several
songs which ended the program.
Several letters have been received
by the students of the school from
Thomas Hughes' nurse, who says he
Thomas Hughes' nurse, who says he
has gained 1 pounds the last week,
He expects to be home for the Com
mencement Exercises.
The names of Hannah Wilson,
Oma Bennett, Lena Hughes and Ken
non Smith have been sent to the
Remington Typewriter company to be
awarded the first prize, which con
sists of a pennant. They must make
an average of 25 words per minute
and not more than 10 mistakes. They
are now competing for the second
prize, a card case. The third prize
la a geld medal. The average num
ber of words per minute for the 2nd
and 3rd prizes are 40 and 60. ,
The first and second year pupils of
the bookkeeping class visited the
First National Bank one day this
week to get an insight as to checking
up and closing the books for the
day's business. Mr. Mahoney ex
plained everything to them. This is
a great opportunity for them and
they certainly appreciate what was
told them.
Freshman Party.
The Freshman class gave a very
enjoyable party last Friday eve
ning. The Junior class were the
guests of honor. A number of teach
ers were present. The rooms were
tastefully decorated in green, signi
fying that It was a St. Patrick's Day
party. The Freshman pennant was
hung on the wall In the room where
the games were played and the Jun
ior pennant was hung on the. wall in
the reception room.
The presidents of the Junior and
Freshman classes gave short speeches
and after a few yells for the faculty
and Junior class all went to their
respective homes to dream of the
pleasant evening they had enjoyed.
Owing to the illness of their moth
er, Klra ana ieva nayes nave uui
been able to attend school this week.
The Biology class Is studying bac
teria at the present time. They are
preparing slides of animal tissues
and inoculating a bouillon culture
with germs taken from the teeth
They report this work very interest
ing.
Dr. D. R. Haylor, eye specialist,
of Portland, Ore., with office per
manently located in Heppner, will be
at the hotel Lexington Saturday,
March 25, 1916, with modern instru
ments for examining the eyes. Sat
isfaction guaranteed.
FRAXCIS M. FARREXS.
Francis M. Farrens was born on
Rhea creek, Morrow county, July 13
1871 and died at lone, March 18
1M6.
The funeral was preached at Hard-
man March 20, by Rev. W. B. Smith,
of Heppner, and his body lead to rest
in the I. O. O. F. cemetery near by
Mr. Farrens was never married
and leaves a father, J. F. M. Farrens
brother G. H. and sister Mrs. Ward
of Hardman: brothers R. A., of
Gooseberry, W. H., of Monument; E
L. of Roseburg, Ore.; W. G. of Mo
desto, Calif.; and a sister, Mrs. Clem
ast, of Walla Walla, Wash.
Tliree-Cornered Trade.
A three-cornered trade took place
this week in which Ed Wilcox traded
his Flanders car to Ad Moore for two
lots in Heppner. Mr. Wilcox in turn,
- , traded the two lots to Osmln Hager
1 for the latter's Maxwell car.
ST.
FITTINGLYQBSERVEQ
Women's Auxiliary to A. O. H. Or
ganid. Pleasing Program
Given on Last Thursday
Night.
St. Patrick's Day was very fitting
ly celebrated this year. At each of
the first two masses, the church wag
filled with devout communicants. The
Hibernians, about seventy in num
ber, marched in a body to the 10:30'
o'clock Mass. Father Luke Sheehan,
of Bend, delivered a splendid oration
on the life and work of St. Patrick,
and on the trials the Irish people en
dured In the Penal Days.
The organization of the Ladles'
Auxilliary of the A. O. H. was per
fected In the afternoon. Mrs. Elvers, ,
state president, was the organizer
and was assisted by Mrs. Deery, Mrs.
Hogan, Mrs. George, Miss Marie
Chambers and Miss Anne Whitney.
The officers elected for the new dl-'
vision were Miss M. B. Doyle, pres
ident; Mrs. Bertha Keane, vice pres
ident; Miss Peggy 0Rourke, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Sarah Farley, fi
nancial secretary; Mrs. Anna ' Mc
Naraee, treasurer; Mrs.' B. Kinney,
Mistress-at-Arms; Mrs. K. Bucknum,
Sentinel; and Mrs. Zetta Brosnan,
chairman of standing committee. A
magnificent dinner was served in the
dining room after the meeting had
taken place, and speeches were made
by the visiting and local ladles. A
well deserved tribute was paid those
who planned and carried out with
such success the evening's enter
tainment, After the supper music,
recitation and song passed the hour
until midnight. The audience in
closing the proceedings, with much
fervor sang, "God Save Ireland,"
"My Country 'Tis of Thee,'" "Auld
Lang Syne" and "Good Night La
dies."
On the previous evening, the .en
tertainers of a varied and pleasing
program, were 'greeted at the Star
theater with a crowded house. The
melodies of Erin, by high class local
talent, the entertaining stories by
Oeorge B. Hennessey and the one act
sketch, "The New Reporter," featur
ed the evening.
The program consisted of the fol
lowing:
Why St. Patrick's Day is so Uni
versally Celabrated" P. E. Sullivan
Vocal Solo, "Kathleen Mavourneen"
Mrs. R. J, Vaughn
Recitation "The Fighting Race"
Geo. B. Hennessey
Vocal Solo"The Dear Home Land"
Miss Peggy O'Rourke
Vocal Solo Father George
Piano Solo Selected
Mrs. C. L. Sweek
Vocal Solo "Molly Brannigan"
Geo. B. Hennessey
In the one-act sketch, "The New
Reporter," Miss Doyle, Miss Peggy
O'Rourke, John Kenny, Jas. Wilson,
Jas. F. Sheridan, Pat Mollahan, Wm.
F. O'Rourke and John McNamee par
ticipated. Hie parts were well taken
and Will O'Rourke as the new report
er, was especially good.
Makes Final Proof.
R. H. Steers of Hardman, accom
panied by James H. McDaniel, Chas.
H McDaniel, Ernest K. Wyland and
George McDonald, as witnesses, made
dual proof on his homestead before
U. S. Commissioner C. C. Patterson
in this city Monday.
We have moved our shop to our
new quarters at rear oi Masonic
building. BRADFORD & SON,
"The Village Painters."
HE
GOES INTO THE MOVIES
Heppner Blackman, the only car
toonist the Star-Telegram ever had,
is now located at 1833 North Wilton
Place, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Cal.,
Hep has gone Into the movie pro
ducing business and is connected up
with the big producers of the coun
try. When Ft. Worth lost Hep and his
wife, Mrs. Irene Blackman, It lost
two of the best citizens it ever
claimed. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bluck
nian were interested in charitable
work, and Mrs. Blackman gave con
sderable time, along with her hus
band's money, relieving the needy.
The Star-Telegram lost its best bet
when Hep and the Sunday Sandwich
moved to Los Augeles. Garfield
Crawford in The Critic, Fort Worth,
Texas.
Vic Groshens has just received a
splendid speciman of a bull moose
head, the real thing, as a present
from Edwin Gonty, the Portland tax
idermist. The animal was killed lu
Alaska.