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VOL. 33. NO. 11.
HEPPNER, OREGON, JUNE 8, 1916.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
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HEPPNER LOSES
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Midst Wind and Dust Egg City
Puts Over Four Runs To VUI
( tors One Condon Will Play
Hei-e Next Sunday.
In one of the worst dust storms cf
the year, Heppner and lone met In
the second game of tne season on the
Egg city diamond last Sunday after
noon. A large number of fans ac
companied the local team on their
voyage of conquest and revenge, but
after the dust had settled Just as Neal
was called out at first, in the first
chapter of the ninth inning, the hopes
of fan and team alike were routed.
The score stood lone 4, Heppner 1.
One of the features of the game
was the fact that in spit of the
scoring there was not an earned run.
Chrlstensen, playing third was the
only man completing the circuit tor
Heppner. -
Sperry, pitching for Tone, struck
out 7 men while Fulwider retired
only one by this method., There
were few hits on either side and both
twlrlers were given good support
Gamblll In left field for Heppner.
spoiled home run for lone by pull
lng down a high one in the first inn
ing. The catch was a 'spectacular
one in that it seemed an Impossible
one to get.
The batting honors were pretty
evenly divided among the heavy hitt
ing Ionites. W. Reitmann( Braker
and A. Cochran tied tor first place
in this respect. For Heppner, Neal
and Lewis did about the only elam
lng that was recorded by the score
keeper.
Ralph Hymer, former manager of
Mun'B Tigers, officiated as umpire and
his decisions met with approval from
both sides in spite of the fact that
it was almost impossible to see the
ball at times, so thick was the dust.
Next Sunday, Condon will meet the
Hepner team in this city. Manager
; Pearce. announces that practically the
same line up will be used In this game
"that met lone last Sunday. "A good
crowd Is expected and considerable
Interest Is being taken in the coming
event.
Frank Turner and Ed Wilcox com
Dieted the shearing season in this
section this week. tor. Wilcox com
pleted the season at the Joe Hayes
ranch on Butter creek and Mr. Tur
ner finished up at the Frank Winnard
ranch Wednesday. These men have
leased one of their plants to a party
who will do some shearing near Fos-
sil. They had a very successful sea
son.
Jeff Jones took out a wagon load of
hog wire fencing to his Rhea creek
ranch Wednesday.
FOR SALF Four hundred' acres
prairie and timber land, known as
the South Jones Prairie. Mrs. Henry
Jones, 321 14th St., Portland, Ore,
lm.
IN SESSION AT 8 MILE
The middle Oregon association of
Baptists is in session this week at
Eight Mile. They have set up their
tabernacle at the ; Robert Allstott
farm and up to Wednesday evening
about sixty delegates from outside
points had arrived tor the session.
The association opened its meeting
Wednesday morning and will con
tlnue until Sundy evening. They have
Issued a general invitation to the peo
pie of Morrow county to attend their
meetings. Among the visiting preach-
era are O. W. Reynolds of Silver
Lake, Oregon, R. Y. Blalock of Till
amook, T. J. Simmons of Eugene,
Rev. Cook of Gateway, Oregon, Rev,
Brown and Rev. Wright from Califor
nia and several others. Most of tlfe
delegates came to the convention by
auto. It has not yet been decided
where the association will meet next
year. Last year Fossil entertained
the delegates.
Roy Hunt received severe bruises
about the head and neck last Satur
day when he was run over by the
heavy delivery wagon of the Heppner
Milling Company. Mr. Hunt had
stepped .out on the dash board, pre
paring to Jump to the ground, when
the horses suddenly backed up. He
was thrown to the ground under the
wagon tongue. This frightened the
horses and they started to run. The
wagon, which fortunately was not
loaded at the time, passed over his
neck. That Mr. Hunt escaped wlth-
out more serious injuries Is remark
able. '
DIE
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Personal Happenings.
T.
G. Denlssee spent Sunday , in
lone.
Jos. Eskelson, Clark's caynon far
mer was in the city Monday.
Fred Esteb and wife of Goosberry
were Saturday visitors in Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Hughes were
in the city Monday from their Leua
home.
Rev. Clarence Reynolds and wlfeT
of lone, spent Wednesday evening in
this city on business.
Gus Wilcox and Ernest Lundell,
of lone were in Heppner for a few
hours last Monday.
Emit and Hary Groshen were pas
sengers to Portland Tuesday to at
tend the rose show.
Mrs. Mary A. Bartholomew is a vis
itor at the Portland Rose Festival
show this week.
Fish on Friday and dressed chicken
Saturday for the Sunday dinner at
the Peoples' Cash Market.
Theodore Anderson well known
Eight Mile farmer, was a business
visitor in the city Saturday."
A large number of local people
went to lone Sunday to see the ball
game between that city and Heppner.
R. J. Carsner and family were In
the city the first of the week from
their Wheeler county home near
Spray.
Mrs. Hanson Hughes returned last
night from The Dalles, where she has
been visiting with relatives and
friends.
Ben Griffiths of Carlton has ar
rived in the city to spend the summer
with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mr.
John Patterson.
Mrs. Martin Reid and daughter
Lois visited with Mrs. Reld's mother,
Mrs. Pickett at the Lexington hotel
Monday afternoon.
Rev. Geo. B. Van Waters of Port
land will hold services at the Episco
pal church in this city next Sunday,
both morning and evening.
The Endeavor societies of Hepp
ner will hold a union service Sunday
evening, June 11, 1916, at 7:00 p. m.,
in the Federated church. Everybody
cordially invited to attend.
The Christian Woman's Board )f
Missions auxllliary met at the home
of Mrs. Akers Tuesday afternoon.
About 30 were present and the pro
gram, conducted by Mrs. Waters, was
an Interesting and instructive one.
Jeff Jones has purchased the Bap
tist church property at the corner of
Gale and Baltimore strets. He will
dispose of the church building and
will soon begin preparations for
building a modern residence on the
lot.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Stevens and
niece, Mrs. Esther Turner, motored
to Heppner last Friday to attend the
commencement exercises of the Hepp
ner high school. Mrs. Turner's sis
ter, Cornelia Johnson, graduated
while she Is yet sixteen with the hon
ors of her class Condon Globe.-
Miss Opal Whltely, well known la
nature study circles throughout the
state, will arrive this week to con
duct summer classes in nature work
in our community. This will be a
rare opportunity for our young people
to learn a source of joy and pleasure
in life that can never be taken away
from them.
The G. A. R. members surprised
Turner B. MacDonald with a gift in
appreciation of his services on Me
morial Sunday. The gold piece was
presented by Comrade Simpson with
a beautiful expression of their appre
ciation, which is treasured even more
highly by the one who received It
than the gift itself.
A very pleasant birthday dinner
was given last Thursday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nelll, in honor of
Mrs. Mary Wattenburger, Mrs. Neill's
mother. This occasion was the 79th
birthday of Mrs. Wattenburger.
Those present were Will Wattenbur
ger and family, of Echo; A. E. Wat
tenburger of Pine City; Walter Ely
and family of Portland, and E. Ely
and family of Boise, Idaho. Pine
City correspondent in Echo News,
George Hendry, head chef at the
Palace hotel for the past year, has
purchased the Heppner Bakery from
Frank Fuchs and will take possession
the 1st of July. Mr. Hendry has had
much previous experience in the bak
ery business and Is prepared to give
the Heppner public complete satisfac
tion. Mr. Fuchs Is retiring from busi
ness, but will continue to make this
city their home. Mr. and Mrs. Fuchs
and two boys, Will and George, are
planning a trip to the Valley some
time this summer.
Church of Christ. ,
Subject of morning sermon Sun
day: "Joy in Tribulation."
Evening: "All These Things."
TURNER B. MacDONALD, Pastor.
THIRD ANNUAL FARMERS' PICNIC IN
HEPPNER SATURDAY JUNE SEVENTEENTH
The third annual picnic of the Mor-j
row County Farmers' Union will be
held at the fair grounds in this city
on Saturday, the seventeeth day of
June. This was the decision arrived:
at by the members of the local union
at their moctlng laot Saturday after
noon. It had been known every
since the last picnic that Heppner
was to entertain this year but the de-;
finite date had never been annouced.
Members of the local union have
charge of the program and are now
NOT FIT FOR MARKET
Method of Preserving Eggs
Is
for
Rome Consumption Only,
uy tiyman h. uonen, in uregon j
Journal.
While eggs in waterglass are con
sidered good, there is no demand at
all for them in the markets.
Many farmers who 'have put up
eggs in waterglass during : recent
years and have afterwards shipped
them to thewholesale markets, have
discovered to their dismay that there
i practically no sale for them except
at extreme low prices. Even then
there Is little call for them.
Many country Interests have tried
to ship eggs to market that have
been put up in waterglass and have
said nothing regarding this to the
wholesaler. Seemingly, the country'
shipper wanted to see whether he
could market this stock as freshly
laid eggs, but every wholesaler knew
instantly that the stock was not fresh.
In all of the city wholesale hous?
they employ one or more men whoso
duty is to "candle" eggs carefully,
to grade them according to quality.
An expert candler will Instantly dis
cover Just what the supplies are.
In fact so many cases of eggs are
handled in a single day along the
street that even the express men
know by lifting the cases whether the
stock is of extra quality.
If the weight is light, they know
a once that either the case has not
been fully packed, the eggs of small
size, or simply not fresh. Eggs lose
weight In keeping, therefore It is idle
for anyone to try to "put one over"
on the wholesaler.
Last fall there was much complaint
from some country shippers because
they did not secure top prices for
their eggs. The wholesalers were
forced to explain to each of them
that the eggs did not come up to
standard or had gone through a pro
cess for keeping them. I personally
know of the shipment of 10 cases of
eggs from one country shipper dur
ing the winter when eggs were scarce,
who does not ship more than two or
three cases at a time -when supplies
are plentiful. This one fact was alone
sufficient to cause the city receiver
to believe that something was wrong
with the shipment. He quickly dis
covered that the stock was water-
glassed, although the shipper had no
tified him that he was sending him
10 cases of fresh stuff.
THOMAS QCAID.
Thomas Quald, Morrow eounty pio
neer who died In Portland on May 28,
was born In Ireland on the 8th day of
November, 1842. He left home at the
age of 16, coming to the United
States and first went to Marysville,
California, where he worked on a
farm. Later he went to Boise City,
Idaho, and took charge of a pack
.train which he soon acquired and ran
as his own. Later Mr. Quald came to
Oregon and started in the cattle busi
ness near La Grande. It was here
that he met J. L. Morrow, for whom
this county was named, and in com
pany with "Uncle Jack" as he was fa
miliarly known, Mr. Quald came to
this section and took up a homestead.
This was In 1868, or thereabouts. He
soon purchased the George Stansbury
farm and with the aid of Mr. Morrow,
T. W. Ayers, Henry Heppner and oth
ers, platted the town of Heppner. For
many years following' he was a lead
ing factor in the unbuilding of Hepp
ner and Morrow county. Mr. Quald
was one of the promoters who started
and completed the Palace hotel. He
served on tne city council ana wok
an active part in the management of
city affairs. Mr. Quald went In strong
for the sheep business, and is credited
as a
successful sheepetaointaoinoln
busy working out the details. Prom-!
lnent speakers will be present, among ,
them will be J. D. Brown state presl-1
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' v. mil animus iur nit) en-
tertainment of all visitors will also
be presented, such as foot racing and
and other sports.
The feature of the day will be the !
big basket dinner to be held at noon
In the fair grounds. Every body Is j
asked to bring a well filled basket 1
and take part In the big spread at j
that time.
Watch this paper for the official ,
program next week.
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Many Egg City People Go to PorU
laud Rose Show.
Mr. Mose Gambill of Heppner and
Miss Ethel Sperry of lone, were .iniet-
ly married at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Sperry,
in this city on Sunday last, Rev. J. 1..
Jones officiating. The bride is the
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Sperry, a graduate of lone High
school and a favorite among the
younger set of the town. The wed
ding was a quiet affair, particular
friends of the bride, only, being pres
ent, besides the members of her own
family. The young poeple '"111 make
their home In Heppner, wuare Mr.
Gambill is employed.
' Mrs. M. Jordan and Jesse Jordan
leave this week for Grangervllle,
Idaho, Where they go on a visit to
Volney Rays. The trip will be made
In Mrs. Jordan's new Ford, and she
will be absent for some time. It is
Mr. Jordan's intention to remain in
the Idaho country.
' Another consignment of Gypsies
passed through lone yesterday. They
Arrived on Tuesdayvenlng and re-,
raained in town long enough to im
press our people with the fact that
t!.ey are a lot of bums, and withal a
nuisance to any community which
they happen to Infest. The caravan
moved on Wednesday.
Mrs. Beulah Burlinghame and two
children, of Mabton, Wash., were
guests the past yeek at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bufflngton. Mrs.
Burlinghame is a cousin of Mrs. Buf
flngton. She returned home on Sat
urday, going by way of Pendleton,
where she expected to visit with
friends for a few days.
The C. W. B. M. met on Friday af
ternoon last at the country home of
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Forbes, two miles
out of town. It was well attended
and there was an Interesting pro
gram. Officers were elected as fol
lows: Mrs. C. W. Reynolds, presi
dent; Mrs. M. R. Morgan, vice-president;
Mrs. Chas. Ritchie, secretary;
Mrs. F. Engelman, treasurer.
O. M. Conover and wife and son
Vernon, of Waltsburg, Wash., were
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
V. Crawford on Sunday. Mr. Con
over is a cousin of Mr. Crawford's,
and he and his family were on their
way to Portland and the Willamette
Valley. They continued their jour
ney on Monday.
Chas. Sperry was called to Center
ville, Wash., Tuesday on account of
the death of a young son of his broth-
as being the man who introduced that
industry into this county. He was
a successful sheep man and up to the
time of his death still owned consid
erable land in this county.
Mr. Quald was a charter member of
Peppner Masonic Lodge, having been
a Mason for more than fifty years. He
was also a member of the Knights of
Pythias. Thirteen years ago, Mr,
Quald and his family moved to Port
land, having retired from active busi
ness. He was burled In Lone Fir ceme
tery in Portland last Thursday. He
leaves his wife, Pauline Quald, and a
daughter. Mrs. Katherine Hofen of
San Francisco. Dr. Luther Dyott
conducted the service and Imperial
Lodge of Masons No. 159 gave the
Masonic rites.
J. L. Yeager has been called to his
home In Kansas by the death of his
father. He will remain in the mid
dle west until the estate Is settled
up.
Miss Blanche Minor, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Minor, has return
ed to her home in this city after
spending the winter in Portland,
wnere she attended school,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. LeTrace spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Wilcox at Jordan Siding.
er, Ralph Sperry. The boy, aged
about ten years, was playing with
others in an elevator and falling some
distance to the floor struck on his
head with fillfftMant tnron in fmah hlu '
skull. The accident occurred on Sun
day and the lad was immediately
I rushed to The Dalles for surgical
treatment ?ut 0,8 iife could not 66
8aved ?nd he died 0no Monday- Th,e
man' friend8 ' Mp' Sftl"l, he? 1
greatly sympathize with him in his
sorrow,
Many of the fields to the north of
lone are badly Infested with Jim Hill
mustard, so-called. - It has only been
in the past two or three years that
this weed pest has shown up in this
section, but it has spread very fast
and our farmers now have a time in
getting rid of it. The vacant lands
and the lanes along the county roads
are so badly infested at present that
there seems to be small hope of the
wheat raisers doing anything to rid
their fields of the weed as they will
be seeded from the roads and vacant
lands.
French Burroughs is making good
use of his jitney as an adjunct to hist
farm appliances. He has purchased
a trailer and In this he can place his
crates of eggs and ?ans as usual, with
other produce for the market and
brings them to town in good order.
The trailer does not cost a great deal
and we look for more or our farmers
now that they are using autos so
generally, to adopt this convenience
as it would add much to the service-
ableness of their machines.
J. S. Williams departed Tuesday
with a bunch of cattle for the Willam
ette Valley. Mr. Williams -recently
traded his Morrow county farm for
property near Brownsville and he
was taking his stock down there. He
expects to return here at harvest
time to care for the crop on his place
as in the trade he retained this year a
crop and will be here to see that It is
harvested.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Howard visited
for a day at the home of their son,
Isaac, of this place, departing for
their Portland home on Monday. They
had been called to Morrow county on
account of the death of Mrs. Clyde
Boston, who was as dear to Mr. and
MrB. Howard as one of their own
children. They were very sad over
her departure.
Mrs. J. H. Bryson and son, Huston,
were passengers to Portland Sifhday
to spend the week enjoying the fes
tivities of the Rose Festival. They
we'r accompanld by Miss Dalles Per
were accompanied by Miss Dalles Per
kins who had been visiting for a week
at the Bryson home, and who was re
turning to her home in Portland.
The ball game between lone and
Heppner teams on Sunday last was In
teresting and well played, notwith
standing the bad weather. There was
so much dust and sand flying most of
the time during the game that it was
next to Impossible ot get up the usual
amount of enthusiasm. The score
stood one to four in Ione's favor.
W. H. Cronk.and wife and S. E
Moore and wife left by auto Sunday
morning. Their destination was Al
bany where Mr. Moore and Mr. Cronk
will attend the Masonic grand lodge
in session there this week. They also
expect to visit Portland on their re
turn home, getting there in time to
take in part of the Rose show.
Miss Doris Wilt departed for Port
land Sunday to attend the grand
lodge of Eastern Star as a delegate
from Locust Chapter of this place.
Frank Engelman went down to
Portland Tuesday to see what was
happening in that burg during the
days of the Rose show.
W. F. Honey, accompanied bv his
son, John K. Honey, ot Greshain,
have been In lone during the past
week looking after the interests of
the Oregon-Dakota Land Company.
The senior Mr. Honey is one of the
members of this company. They have
just recently had a new well sunk on
one of their properties here, the farm
now occupied by Ed Buschke. The
work was done by Fred Ntchoson,
who secured a fine flow of water at a
depth of 120 feet, and Mr. Honey Is
arranging to have another well bored.
The Oregon-Dakota people are begin
ning to grasp the idea of progress and
will make considerable improvements
on their holdings here, for all ot
which the people of this end of the
county should be very thankful. We
would not criticise these people be
yond what others deserve also, but It
is a fact that cannot be disputed, that
this part of Morrow county suffers
much from the land owner who simp
ly buys up lands here for speculative'
purposes, and who is not willing to
spend some of his money in keeping
the lands cultivated and improved.
Thousands of acres of splendid wheat
lands are now grown up to weeds and
have become a menace to' those farms
adjoining and are causing their own
ers no end ot annoyance and work in
keeping their fields clean. When the
time arrives that these idle acres are
again put under cultivation a great
source of revenue will have been op
ened up and what is now a serious
(Continued on page two.)
TABOO IS PLACED
ON BOARD WALKS
City Council Will Amend Ordinance
And Prohibit Building Board
Walks On Gale And Inter
vening Streets.
There will be no more board
walks on Gale street and intervening
streets after the present city ordin
ance pertaining to building permits
for sidewalks has been amended. Tbe
council decided to amend the present
ordinance, which at this time In
cludes only Main street and after the
amendment has been made, it will be
unlawful to replace any board walks
on Gale street or any streets crossing
Gale, with board walks, or to con
struct new board walks where there
are none at the present time. ' The
amendment was suggested by coun
cilman McCarty. In taking this
course, the council to striving to fol
low out their program of civic im
provement and they are of the opin
ion that concrete walks fill an im
portant place In this program.
The council decided to appropriate
(35 to the fund which will be used in
fuming the waters of Ditch creek in
to the Willow creek channel. The
matter was fully explained by C. A.
Minor, who Is acting as chairman of
a committee from the Heppner Com
mercial Club in raising the money
and putting the ditch through. .It
means (nuch to the city of Heppner if
this water is diverted into the Willow
creek channel for it assures us of
running water' the whole year
through. It will also be a great boon
to creek farmers who depend upon ir
rigation for crop Insurance. Nearly
enough money has now been sub
scribed to put the ditch through in
proper form.
A railing will be constructed along
the banks of Willow creek where the
old Gale street bridge formerly stood.
The old street has never been closed
at this point and was considered of
some menace to travelers who might
not be acquainted with our streets.
The following bills against the city
were audited and ordered paid: v
J. P.- Williams, salaryj-?..i 85.09
Freeman Frye, salary ; 75. 00
Sharpening pick.
.25
9.83
2.00
L. W. Briggs, stamps and gal- ,
ary '
Henry Johnson, repair to safe
Geo. Cook, labor with team.
Osmin Hager, lab'r with team
26.50
21.50
Standard Oil Co., oil : 467.39
O-W. R. & N. Co. demurrage 8.00
J. J. Nys, Dexter suit 26.00
Vaughn & Sons, cur. ex . 1.35
E. G. Noble, license tags.. 1.50
Heppner Farmers' Union,
coal 10.00
W. F. Brookhouser, labor 19.50
A. Z. Barnard, drayage .25
Standard Oil Co., oil 465.03
Heppner L. & W. Co., cur. ex. 145.40
Ed Breslin, labor ; 8.75
Heppner Herald, pub. notice .90
Gazette-Times, printing and 1
publishing ; . 13.40
George J. Currin and son Hugh of
this city has purchased the Douglass
Belts sheep ranch, consisting of
2240 acres on Birch creek In Uma
tilla county, for a cash consideration
of between $30,000 and $35,000.
The deal Includes 2000 head of sheep
and equipment. The ranch is con
sidered one of the best in this section.
At one time the Currlns were the
largest sheep operators in Morrow
county, owning about 20,000 acres
betwen Hinton and Little Butter
creeks. They sold out about two
years ago to John Kilkenny. Mr.
Curin will take charge of the ranch
and his father will continue to make
his home in this city.
Tom Sheridan of Lena was a busi
ness visitor in Heppner Wednesday.
Roy Whitels returned Wednesday
from an extensive buslnes trip Into
Grant county.
THE WEATHER
The following Is the report of the
weather forthe past week as given us
by Cooperative Observer Frank Gilliam:
Temp.
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31 68 34 Clear
1 62 44 ,012 Part Clear
2 72 34 Clear
3 79 44 Clear
4 71 49 Clear
5 66 38 Clear