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VOL. 33. NO. 7.
HEPPNER, OREGON. MAY 11, 1 )!(.
SUBSCRIPTION. 1.50 PER YEAR
FAKESGHEMESWILL
NOW BE CENSORED
Commercial Club Has Live Meeting.
Endorse liuselmll and Takes Steps
to Provide Kentertainment
For Farmers Annual
Picnic.
Hereafter all promotion schemes,
advertising schemes and solicitors
for money for any public purposes
must pass the rigid investigation of
the executive committee of the Hepp
ner Commercial Club. This was de
cided at the regular meeting of the
club Monday evening.
The club voted to donate $6.00 to
the Vista monument fund.
A communication for the Salem
Commercial Club was read which
asked for the local club to re-consider
its former action In regard to the
making of state text books. The
communication was ordered placed
on file without any further action.
A communication was read from
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
In regard to weekly road reports.
This was referred to the publicity
committee.
D. K. Haylor was appointed to a
place on the publicity committee to
succeed L. K. Harlan who has moved
away.
A letter from O. Laugaard giving
the report of the work done at the
National Irrigation Congress was
read.
Under new business A. M. Phelps
"was unanimously chosen president of
the club to fill out the unexpired
term of J. L. Wilkins who recently
resigned.
Bill for a new minute book was
allowed.
A motion was passed endorsing the
proposed baseball team and the club
promised such assistance as the in
dividual members are able to give.
George Pearce has the matter in
hand.
The annual picnic of the Morrow
County aFrmers Union will he held
at the Morrow County Fair grounds
In thlB city this year, therefore the
club will ask the City of Heppner to
furnish music and entertainment.
The matter was referred to the en
tertainment committee.
USOMC TEMPLE DEO-
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For more than thirty-five years
Heppner Lodge No. 69, A. F. & A.
M. had Its home irt the wooden struc
ture at the southwest corner of Main
and Willow streets, and with that old
home is associated scores of fond rec
ollections and hundreds of pleasant
associations. It was here that Hepp
ner Lodge grew and prospered, reach
ing the point in Its history that made
it necessary to seek better and more
commodious surroundings. Like the
things of this world, the old home
hud served its day and generation and
was called to give place to the march
of progress and the demands of the
times.
There now stands on this corner
the beautiful brick and stono edi
fice, illustrated in these columns last
week and which was on Saturday eve
ning last, in the presence of more
than two hundred Masons and their
wives, appropriately dedicated to the
Supreme Architect of the Universe
and the service of humanity.
This new structure has heen fully
described heretofore, has been thrown
open to the inspection of the people
of this vicinity and they have pro
nounced it good; splendidly ar
ranged and elegantly furnished and
appointed for the purpose it is to
serve, namely: A home for the Ma
sonic bodies of Heppner. And this
Is hot all. The structure is a beau
tiful ornament to the city and marks
the beginning of a new era of pro
gress In Heppner. Its construction
being modern and up-to-date, it em
bodies the latest ideas In the making
of a lodge home.
The dedication services, arranged
under the supervision of the building
committee, Messrs. T. J. Mahoney,
Oscar Borg and W. E. Pruyn, were
conducted by Deputy .Grand Master
Will Moore, of Pendleton. He was
assisted' by members of Heppner
Lodge No. 69, lone Lodge No. 120
and Condon Lodge, the officers being
as follows:
Will Moore, of Pendleton, Deputy
Grand Master of Oregon, for the
Grand Master.
T. J. Mahoney, of Heppner, Depu
ty Grand Master.
Joseph M. Hayes, Worshipful Mas
ter of Heppner lodge.
Oscar Borg, Grand Senior Warden.
H. T. Allison, Grand Junior War
den. W. R. Irwin, Grand Secretary.
L. W. Briggs, Grand Treasurer.
CHARLES B. MOORES.
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Who is seeking the Republi
can nomination for Sec
retary of State.
Vawter Crawford, Grand Chaplain.
Sam E. Van Vactor, Grand Orator.
Thos. Brennan, Grand Senior Dea
con. W. H. Cronk, of lone, Grand Junior
Deacon.
W. T. McNabb, of lone, Grand Sen
ior Steward.
S. E. Moore, of lone, Grand Junior
Steward.
George J. Currin, Grand Standar;'
Bearer.
Will Cook, of Condon, Grand
Sword Bearer.
C. E. Woodson, Grand Marshal.
Frank Gilliam, Grand Pursuivant.
Hugh CuTrln, Grand Tyler.
Architect C. C. ftoubins, of Port
land, was present also, and assisted
the Grand Master in the ceremonies
of dedication.
The services were simple, yet very
impressive, and to the great majority
of those present was a scene never
before witnessed and much interest
was manifested in the beautiful cere
mony. The dedication was closed by
the Grand Orator, Sam E. Van Vac
tor, In a short address which we shall
not attempt to eulogize as our words
could not do Mr. Van Vactor justice,
but have decided to give a verbaim
report of it that all our readers can
j have the pleasure of reading what
the more fortunato in attendance up
on the ceremonies were privileged to
hear.
The dedication was followed by a
splendid spread in the beautiful din
ing hall. This was prepared and
served by the ladies of Ruth Chapter
No. 32, O. E. S., and when this is
announced about all that is necessary
to say has been said. The tables were
arranged to scat 120, and were filled
once and a half.
Heppner Lodge received its char
ter June 12, 1878 and is now 38
years of age. Of its long list of
members, but one Is living now that
j has been a member during this per
i iod. Frank Gilliam was not a char
j ter member of the lodge, but was one
of the very first initiates and has
I been a constant attendant during all
, these years, being a faithful and re
j liable member. Mr. Gilliam no
; doubt recalled many pleasant memor
i ies on this occasion, and he must also
I have reflected on the years that are
passed away and recalled to his mind
a large number of the old members
of the order who have passed to the
beyond, but who, had they been pres
ent at this service, would have made
the pleasure of the event perhaps
greater. We can recall many of the
old guard who would have had great
I pleasure, indeed, in this service and
joined heartily in trie rejoicing of
i the brethern of Heppner Lodge No.
, 69 in the consummation of the hope
that had been entertained for so
many years past.
WOOL SALEDATES ARE SET
Wool sale dates for eastern Oregon
have been announced by the Oregon
j Woolgrowers' association. The dates
(extend from June IS to June 28 and
are set for all of the principal wool
centers of eastern Oregon. The fol
lowing are the dates announced;
Juntura, June 12.
Riverside, June 12.
Vale, June 14.
Ontario, June 14.
Pilot Rock, June 15.
Pendleton, June 15.
Heppner, June 17.
Condon, June 19.
Shanlko, June 21.
Hunt's Ferry, June 22.
Bend, June 23. i
Redmond, June 23.
Madras, June 24.
Joseph, Juno 26. "
Enterprise, June 26. "
Baker, June 28.
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m E. VA8VAGT0R DELIVERS ORATION II 10 highschoclparagraphs
NEW TEMPLE 18 DEDICATED TO GOO AND HUMANITY 1
We publish herewith in full the ity I do so without fear of Just con
dedicatory oration delivered by Sadf tradiction.
E Van Vactor of this citv in Hip npr f WaS a man calIed Christ wh
van vactor oi tnis city m the new apeared upon earth with a divine
Masonic temple last Saturday eve- message to mankind teaching to the
ning:
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To dedicate to God and humanity?
a structure wnerem is taugnt ana lm-i - Yet if Masonic tradition is to be
pressed the lessons f faith, charity.) accepted as to the origin and exist
pa riotism and brotherly love; the ence of the order long before his iad-
K0MrU5: thehtth,"khlng j I1 here' masonrr "Id been di SSem
better and nob er thoughts; the set-f inating these vital precepts of the
ting of higher ideals and aspirations lowly Nazarine, and thus through the
is no new thing among men and Ma- centuries, hand in hand with the
sons, and we tonight in our feeble church of God, Masonry has marched
way are but emulating the dedication down the corridor of time " the
of the first temple ever erected to, heart beat of humanity, numbering
God by the grea law giver of Israel,, among its votaries without fear and
descended from he oins of David. -without favor the high and the low,
And as that structure, stable land, the rich and the poor? the Prince and
mark of free masonry, perhaps the, the peasant, all meeting upon the
most wonderful the world has ever 8quare and nartlni unnn tho wi
u ,..s., .u,
mensions glittering brilliant and
beautiful in its appointments, stand-
ing proudly upon the hill in Jeruv
rest upon its stately columns, was
erected and dedicated by divine com-
mand of the great architect of the
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ed.
.
As brightest rays of sunshine are
sometimes dimmed with floatingi
.uuiemmsB nuseu vwui yam, bo ui
some of you, my brothers, on Mi; . . ; , T' 1,7"'.
triumphal occasion come feelings tpl?fBm",h" iivedth wltho"' he
akin to sadness, perhaps, a mmw,Z2t lJZ?tVb"???mfm
l name es. while few resist, many fall mark-
'The Va-T of'the old lodge room. Uff'T8 of
Homely its furnishings, dull and . f"' X Zal " " w
plain its walls, yet round its sacred , i J J n S 3Vf
altar cluster fondes:, dearest most , ?,ntained lnK,th?, brea6ft " acl1 fnd
cherished recollections. If.11 ''ere noble thoughts and aspira-
Tl.Pre first l.rnko lirmn the vlalm, ', tl0nS but awaiting the touch of a
I tne dazzling lights of masonry,
! cleansing the soul with its irradia
. tions of virgin purity.
I There were given and received the
I sacred precepts and lessons that have
I enabled you to victorously meet and
. conquer life's adversities, life's Bor
rows and life's tragedies.
There were received the Impres
sions that make for the happier and
j higher life. Lessons that if received
! and heeded by all would make a
world without bloodshed, without
crime and without poverty.
There in manhood's early dawn
you clasped hands with brothers
brave and true, ready, willing and
eager to take up the cause of the
opprest, give to the needy and render
assistance to the less fortunate, men
i who confidntly trod the avenues of
life, whose faces bore no blush of
. shame, no secret fear of deeds untold,
unknown; men who nave now passed
on before, fearlessly embarking upon
the seas of eternity in that unnamed,
mysterious craft that knows no re
turn. j Ah! the old lodge room with its
sacred associations, hallowed though
it be, deserted and silent it stands.
I No more shall Its walls echo the
I voice of the master directing the
craftsmen in their labors, the solemn
beautiful and impressive vows of the
apprentice, or his voice lifted in ex
haltation as he attains to the sub
lime degree of a master Mason.
Like all things material its pur
pose is served, its usefullness ended
and it has yielded to the ever cease
less tramp of time and the inexor
able laws of progression.
While you would that the spindle
of time could turn backward with a
return of the boundless strength and
confidence of manhood's young bloom
that you might enjoy and live it
again, God in his Infinite wisdom has
decreed that man's sojourn here shall
, be brief.
j That today shall never repeat itself
i and that the purple rays of evening's
t setting sun on the western hilltop is
but yesterday's lingering farewell
. kiss for all eternity,
j That that which today is man's
, most cherished possession and high
I est achievement, shall tomorrow be
, long to the ages.
This spacious structure, the con
struction of which in its simplicity
and solidity, standing upon its ad
manttne foundation is Indeed typical
! of the order of freemasonry, solid as
I the rock of ages, proclaiming unto
the world the intensified devotion of
its builders.
Their deep, underlying faith in the
cause of masonry, the cause of right
eousness, the cause of Christianity,
, and the wellfare of humanity.
When I say the cause of Christian-
FARMERS, BUSINESS
The Heppner Commercial Club at its last meeting unanimously
passed a resolution that will be of great benefit to our business men
and others as well. That any advertising solicitor, promoter, or so
licitor for financial aid of any kind must first obtain the O. K. of
the Executive Committee before their proposiions will he considered
by the Club members.
We ask that each member Insist that the official O. K. be obtained
before considering or committing yourself to any scheme that may
be presented. By all working together on this matter, no worthy
cause or plan will be turned down, but on the other hand, our cit
izens will be materially helped financially and otherwise. Just send
the next onet o Secy W. W. Smead for Information as to how to pro
ceed. Also the citizens are requested to use every effort to promote the
sale of Willow Brand Butter, In preference to other brands. And
to discourage the making and selling of country butter, but to per
suade that it is better for all concerned for the farmers to sell their
cream ot our creomery. HEPPNKIt COMEKCI L CLUB.
v" """u oi peace, numu-
"-y charity, brotherly love and fidel-
ity to God and to oneself
ception of the arch tect, the skillful
construction of the workmen and the
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of freemaTory hat "sands torch.!
acier, virtue ana integrity with its
. wonderful influence, always for good
we are filled with revenance and ad
miration for those who have gone l
targVnd',eft t0 M PriCeleSS
neatn tnis dome the same sweet
truths wll oft be told.
i Not all worthy perhaps but who
i.on .,,,
( Since the creation of man he has
, Wn tho tarrot . . fot .
brother's hand, the word, the smile
that would cause to spring forth a
new resolve, a higher aim.
The dedication of this Hall to vir
tue and universal Benevolence by the
Most Worshipful Grand Master this
erening in the name of the Supreme
and eternal God, the grand architect
of Heaven and earth, is deeply im
pressive and imposes upon each and
every Mason a most solemn and bind
ing duty.
That this ceremony and these ser
vices shall prove no idle mockery, no
empty waste of words, no pagan in
cantation; That we shall not only
practice that virtue here but in the
daily walks of life wherever dispers
ed. That brotherhood may indeed
become universal throughout the
world. That we shall bend our ener
gies and use our best endeavors that
strife, greed and avarice among men
and nations shall cease.
That peace and happiness may
reign on earth and endure forever.
That the brave men who have died
in the cause of humanity, in the
cause of justice, the cause of right;
That he who wore the crown of
thorns on the cross at Calvary shall
not have lived, shall not have suffer
ed, shall no.t have died in vain.
That he who lives in the land of
the frozen North shall enjoy the same
blessings and receive the same reward
as he who dwells in a sunny clime.
That each and every man as he ap
proaches the going down of the sun of
life, as the lights burn dim and low,
may feel like one who has completed
a joyful pilgrimage, who after tra
versing the desert plains with the oc
casional illumination of the oasis,
passed through the darkened valleys,
over storm-swept mountain ranges,
in the beauteous calm of morning's
dawn emerges on the lofty mountain
top and as he looks upon nature's
wonders outspreadbefore him, is
bowed with a hush of gladness, and
reverently proclaims there is a God
and God is good.
And tonight, my brothers, to these
things, we dedicate, we consecrate
this temple.
Not to masonry as contained with
in the narrow confines of these four
walls of brick and stone.
Not to those of us alone who are
asembled here, but to the generations
that are yet to come, to the world, to
God, and humanity.
And may you, through whose devo
tion and sacrifice has been builded
this temple of Justice and fraternity,
say in the langunge of Solomon, son
of David, chosen of God, to rule over
the people of Israel and build unto
the Lord a House of Worship:
"I have surely built thee a house
to dwell in, a settled place for thee to
abide in forever."
MEN ATTENTION
W. Pearl LeTrace.
The graduating class will give the
play "Which One Won?" on Friday
evening, in the school auditorium.
It is a three-act play, lively and up-to-date.
The characters of the play
are as follows:
Mehitabel Sawyer, excessively neat.
Oma Bennett.
Jonathan Sawyer Her husband
Henry Peterson
Lizzy Perkins A neighbor
Cornelia Johnson.
Adolphus Perkins Her husband
Loren Mikesell.
Martha Curtis A widow
Altha Devin.
Dick Curtis ...Her son
Cecil Lieuallen. -...
Rodney Stone-Choleric and unscrup
ulous. Charles Barlow.
Margery Stone His daughter
Muriel McCarty.
Susan Taylor Margery's cousin
Pearl LeTrace.
William Green Susan's admirer
David Wilson.
Eli Grant The sheriff
. Stephen Irwin.
Toddy Jackson A colored Boy
Earl Gordon.
Mary Maid of the Stone residence
Sylvia Severance.
Jane maid of the Sawyer residence
Marcla Winnard.
The curtain rises at 8 o'clock.
General admission 35c; children
25c.
Typewriting Test..
The first typewriting test for May
was given the 10th. Hanna Wilson
leads on the Remington typewriter
with 35 words per minute. Kennon
Smith made an average of 34 words
per minute and Oma Bennett 32
words per minute.
On the Underwood Hanna Wilson
is ahead with 46 words per minute.
Kennon Smith is next with 41 and
Florence Ralston made an average
of 39 words per minute. They are
second-year students.
Isabel Wilson made 28 words per
minute, Kenneth Binns 27 and Mar
garet Crawford 26 words per minute.
They are first-year students.
The Bacculaureate sermon will be
preached in the high' school auditor
ium next Sunday, at 8 p. m.
Moving Pictures Shown to School.
Mr. William L. Finley, the state
Biologist, showed a collection of films
to the school on Tuesday afternoon.
These pictures were taken by Mr.
Finley in different parts of Oregon.
They pictured the wild animal life
of Oregon, the fishing in the Willam
ette river, and bird life of eastern
Oregon. These pictures were very in
vesting and helpful to the school, es
pecially the pictures of the birds.
The boys and girls of Portland were
shown carrying bird houses to the
nearby forests and nailing them in
the trees. The song birds of Oregon
are being protected more each year
by the small children.
Track Meet.
The first annual interclass track
meet will be held by the Heppner
high school on the depot grounds Sat
urday afternoon at 1 o'clock. This
will be an interesting fete. The four
classes are competing in fifteen dif
ferent athletic stunts. There will bo
a four team relay. No admission will
be charged. Come and enter into the
enthusiasm with the rest of the peo
ple. Tennis.
Six of the high school girls are try
ing out for the tennis tournament.
Owing to the weather conditions, the
amount of practice has been small.
It will not be known until next week
who the winner will be. They are
playing both doubles and singles.
The players are Hanna Wilson, Neva
Hayes, Daisy Barlow, Laurannah
Groshen, Cecil DeVore and Ethel
Smith.
T. D. Mathews, pioneer Butter
creek farmer and stockman who now
makes his home in Pendleton,' came
over from that city last Saturday and
attended the dedication services at
the Masonic temple.
Dr. Allison Moves.
Dr. H. T. Allison has moved his
office from the Gunn building into
rooms 1 and 2 in the Odd Fellows
building, quarters formerly occupied
by the forest service. The rooms
have been re-papered and thorough-,
ly renovated. He now has one of
the best appointed offices in the city.
No Services at Federated Church.
There will be no services at the
Federated church next Sunday night
on account cf the Baccalaureate ser
vice at the high school. However, at
11 a. m. there will be "Mothers Day"
services. The pastor will be assisted
by the Endeavor Society. Boys and
men are asked to escort their moth
ers to church and those who have no
mother here, come in honor of her.
Those who have cars will please help
to bring those who cannot walk.
Mothers with babies are iuvlted to
bring them.
GiRCUIT COURT
HASSHORTSESS
Only One Case by Tri:il Jnrj Grand
Jury Makes Report And is Dis- ,
missed Until November Term.
All cases on the docket for the May
term of circuit court were disposed
of in short order, court convening on
Monday morning and adjourning on
Tuesday evening. The greater part
of this time was taken up with the
Ward-McKimmey trial, the only case
coming before a jury. This was a
case wherein D. M. .Ward was sueing
W. S. McKimniey for damages in
curred, Ward alleges, through an in
junction which McKimmey had filed,
prohibiting Ward from selling his
wheat when the price was up. Ward
asked for general and punitive dam
ages. He alleged that McKimmey
had brought the injunction through
malicious purposes. Ward had farm
the McKimmey land on the shares
and the damage suit was the out
growth of their dealings. The Jury
returned a verdict for the plaintiff in
the sum of $750. Ward had asied
for $1500. The jury trying this case
consisted of W. E. Pruyn, foreman;
O. E. Johnson, Guy L. Hadley, O. L.
Forbes, E. P. Jarmon, Jim Knighten,
A. P. Parker, M. H. Bates, Oscar
Keithley, Carl Her, E. O. Neill and
Ralph Beckett. Woodson & Sweek
were attorneys for plaintiff and John
Gavin of The Dalles appeared for the
defendant.
Many other cases which would
have come up at this time were set
tled out of court and dismissed.
The new grand jury consisting of
E. M. Shutt, foreman; C. W. Booher,
Guy Boyer, N. M. Johnson, W. H.
Padberg, H. L. McAlister and Paul
Webb, reported to the court after be
ing out only a short time. They had
nothing to report and were dismissed
from further duty until the Novem
ber term.
Judge Phelps will return to Hepp
ner June 8, when he will pass on nat
uralization cases. Other court mat
terswill b attended to on June 9th.
FISH iD GIE PIC
TURES m HEBE
Pictures of Oregon game life were
shown at the Star theater on Tuesday
evening under the supervision of
state game warden Carl Shoemaker
and under the auspices of the Morrow
County Rod and Gun Club. Mr.
Shoemaker recently put the pictures
on in Pendleton and he was accom
panied to Heppner from that city
by Marion Jack, who is a member of
the state game and fish commission.
These pictures were taken under
the direction of W. L. Finley, state
biologist and many of them were tak
en under great difficulty. Especially
is this true of antelope scenes in
southeastern Oregon. The antelope
is a very cautious and suspicious aui
mal and for that reason it was neces
sary for the picture man to use a mic
roscopic lense. Pictures of the ante
lopes shown by the game commission
is the only herd in the Btate at tha
present time. Mr. Shoemaker stat
ed that antelope were very numerous
in this part of the state at one time,
more so than deer are at the present
time.
Local sportsmen were especially in
terested in the pictures of the state
game farm at Corvalli. It is 'here
that thousands of China pheasants
are raised every year and the dif
ferent methods which are used in
bringing these birds up to the time of
liberation are interesting to see.
The fish industry is given prominence
in these films, showing how the fish
commission is saving thousands of
fish every year in the propagation
of the specie under the proper condi
tions. The salmon fishing scenes at
Oregon City are especially worthy of
mention.
in showing these pictures over tho
state, Mr. Shoemaker is endeavoring
to increase the favor of public senti
ment on the side of our fish and
game. In his lectures and picture
talks he explains the workings
of the commission, its aim and desire
for theutmost co-operation from the
public. He says the organization of
roda nd gun clubs in the counties ov
er the state is helping the commission
very much in building up awide sen
timent for the protection of the fish
urd game. Thoso who missed see
ing these pictures Tuesday evening
overlooked a rare treat. Tne pic
tures were shown free of charge to
the school pupils of Heppner at the
theater on Tuesday afternoon.
Christian Church.
Subjects of sermons for Sunday,
May 14: Morning, "The Mathemat
ical Christian." Evening, "How a
King Lost His Crown."