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Oregon Historical Roclnty Stock Exchange Luildlnj, GAZETTErTB o VOL. 33. NO. 15. HKPPNER, ORp:CiON, JUIA'C, 1916 SL'BSCKIITION, $1.5" PEU YEAR JL SILO IS A GREAT PROFIT BUILDER Farmer Smitlu Is Also Advocate of County Agriculturist North Morrow Produces Fine Potatoes, Every farmer should have one. This Is the belief of C. L. Smith, ag riculturist for the O. W R. Co., in speaking of silos and their benefits to the farmer. Farmer Smith has been instrumental in getting the silo idea started with the farmers of the Northwest. Just now he is'anxiou3 to see this method of putting up for age crops, adopted by Morrow county farmers. Proper ensilage is a profit builder onthe farm and Mr. Smith Illustrates this statement by tellln? what he has actually done In some of his farm expertmentsthings no long er considered experiments because the entire scheme of the silo is built on scientific knowledge. "Why I would have a silo on my farm if nothing more than a hole in the ground," said Farmer Smith. "In fact the first silo I ever had was noth ing more than a hole in the ground. A dutch friend of mine, a farmer In this country was telling me how bad ly he wanted a silo on his place but didn't have the money with which to build It. I happened to know that he had been digging a well. He had gone down agout 30 feet without striking water and had given It up. I suggested to him that he make use of this well, using it for his silo He followed my advice and made enough on that hole In the ground the first year to build a brand new silo." "Every county like Morrow should have a county agriculturist" continu ed Mr. Smith. The county agricul turist's relation to the county is the same as the transformer is to the electric power plant. One of the great problems in this county is Unit of deallug with the ground squirrels. These pests do enough damage to crops here In a year to pay the agri culturist's salary for one hundred years. Under properly organized work the entire county could get rid of this pest, and that is one of the big ideas in having these county agents. They take all these pro blems in hand and work them out." Farmer Smith Is now conducting some dry farm work on the Miller ranch north of Lexington. He has an acre there in potatoes which he is confident will make a bumper yield. In the growing of potatoes, after se lecting the proper seed, cultivation is the whole thing with Farmer Smith. He is not able to be present all the time to supervise the work, but the man he has employed to do the cultivation keeps a record of everything that is done during the day. Mr. Smith has also 40 acres of Yellow Dent corn which is doing fine. A piece of bald barley is also mnkink excellent progress and if he decides to erect a silo down there he will have no trouble in filling it up. PERSONAL MENTION James Bannon, the popular travel ing man. arrived in Heppner yester day in his new Saxon car which he now uses in visiting the various towns In his territory. Mrs. R. J. Vaughn has returned home from Baker, where she has been visiting with relatives. Her sister accompanied her and will spend the summer in Heppner. A new feature' for early rising was recently employed at Canyon City. It was the desire of many young people to be up bright and early for the 4th of July, so they danced all night of the 3rd. ' W. W. Smcad returned last Sun day evening from Portland where he had gone to make arrangements for a float for the Knights of Pythias of Morrow and Gilliam counties at the supreme lodge convention in August. W. W. Beckdolt and family of Hardman were week end visitors at the home of Mrs. Beckdolt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Simpson In this city. Crop conditions in the Hard man section couldn't be better ac cording to Mr. Beckdolt. Harley Adkins, who has been In Ogden, Utah, the past several weeks, returned to Heppner Wednesday eve STATE SUPERINTENDENT ISSUES AN OPEN LETTER TO GLOB MEMBERS State Superintendent of Public In- me a letter. Tell me how many struction has issued an open letter to members you have, and if you have the 338 industrial club members In ?l ?y ,bo en- , .titled "Industrial Club Work of Ore- Morrow county in regard to this gon Boys and Giirrs 1916 we shaU phase of educational work in the pub- send you one copy for each four or lie schools. The industrial club Idea five members, so that they can be originated only a few years ago but PM8ed ""und and all may read it. since its adoption in the state of Ore- Wtishln yo" sucf 8 ln nJlV work and a pleasant and profitable gon, much work has been done and vacation, I remain. many clubs have been organized all over the state. The letter is as fol lows: My Dear Club Members: Now that school has closed, I hope you will not forget your club work, nor fall to hold your club meet Very sincerely yours. J. A. Churchill, Supt. Public Instruction. Heppner Can't Beat lone. Heppner can't beat lone with a lngs regularly. Like everything else club: that l8' with the Present base" in life, you will get out of this Just ball club. The team Journeyed to the what you put into it, and you cannot Egg City last Sunday and for seven afford to form the habit of neglect- innlngs walked away with everything ing or being Indifferent about any- . , . t ... ... . . thin nnWtalro "Whofovo, 1 "c" al P"'"-. worth doing at all is worth doing well." Above all things do not be a "quitter". The success of your club depends upon: The interest and influence of its officers', the interest and loyalty ning. He went on out to the ranch of each member; the holdlngT)f club home on Rhea creek where his wife meetings regularly; the active parti and daughter have been visiting the clpatlon of each member ln the pro last month. Harley may soon take a grams and proceedings of the meet position with a large lumber firm in ings; and in carefully following in- Idaho in the credit department. , structions and doing your best in Cy H. Pruner, representing the n rt mottfir artmtinri tirliaf vmi Art a a Oregon Life Insurance Company, of ' Dnnflnttil Had hnnn ntialrrniri tn 1ia " when our boys should have tightened up, they went woefully to pieces and the lone ball players took home the bacon by the close score of 4 to 3. Fulwider pitched the best game of the season Sunday and with any kind of supoprt would have won easily. Hayes started things going the wrong way in the 8th inning when he spoiled a grounder near third.' Brown was a dark horse for Heppner but failed to show anything startling. He looks everything woU undertake. It does " ual uu- w DU- Portland, has been assigned to the Eastern Oregon district. He was in Heppner this week looking over the territory here. He has not yet decid ed whetller lie will make his head quarters at Pendleton or The Dalles but will probably choose Pendleton. Mr. Pruner is a married man and for merly lived in Salem, where he was in charge of the western division office. E. E. Brosius of Hood River will soon arrive ln Heppner to look after Ore gon Life's business in this county and in the counties of Gilliam and Wheel er. ' value ln the following familiar verse: Both teams had practically the same lineup as on former occasions. "If I were a cobbler, I'd make it Coshow J' "? De"k' cr auu r uiwiuer uiu me miu& iui Heppner. my pride the very best cobbler to be. If I were a tinker, no tinker be sides should mend an old kettle like me. But whether a tinker or whether a lord, whatever my station may be, I'll climb to the top of the tree." Do your best. Have an exhibit, and a project report at your local fair and at the state fair, and help advertise your school and county. Whether you win a prize or not, you will be gaining knowledge and expert- LEXA HOLMKS FKA8KR. Investieation showed that Mr. ence and will be developing qualities! Grider had first shot his wife in the Tragedy at Condon, A very startling tragedy occured in Condon on Thursday morning. At about six o'clock the tenants of the First National Bank were awakened by several revolver shots, and upon entering the apartments of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Grider it was found that both were dead. W-st and head,. and then had killed himself. Both a revolver and rllle were used. A coroner's inquest was held and decided that the act had been done in a fit of temporary insan- of good citizenship. ,.-..,..... ' If as many as half the members of Died, at thejfanilly home near your ciub do all the required work Gooseberry, Ore!, June 27th, I9.1f, and make an exhibit at some fair, Lena Holmes Fraser, aged 32 years, your club will be given a certificate 2 months and 23 days, wife of R. F. of merit signed by the Governor, theijty. raser. President of the Oregon Agricultural Mr. and Mrs. Grider were old resi- Lena Brock Holmes was united in College, The State Leader of Club dents of this county, having lived marriage to R. F. Fraser August 31, Work, the Superintendent of Public here for many years. Mrs. Grider is 1905, to which union they were Instruction and your own County the daughter of W. S. Myers, a pion blessed with three children living, School Superintendent. I am sure eer of this city. Mr. Myers has the Edwin, aged 10 years, Frances, aged your club can do this and that you ' sympathy of the whole community. 8. years, and Baby Bruce, aged 9 will be proud of the achievement, j Condon Times. months. I have heard of your Interest in The remains were laid to vest in your work through the Field Work-! Frank Turner, who recently suf Gooseberry cemetery, Rev. Clarence ers and they as well as I, will be in-: fered the loss of considerable farm Reynolds preaching the funeral ser- terested in hearing from you. If you ' property in a wind and rain storm, vlco. A kind mother and wife, a good have not been holding your meetings has moved his family to town and neighbor and friend has passed to regularly, please call one at once, : they are now living in the Matlock heavenly rest. j read this letter to the club and write : residence on Gale street. 25,000 Knights in Convention. Portland, Oregon, is getting ready to "doll up" again. This time it will be for the entertainment of the Su preme Lodge of the Knights of Pyth ias, which meets in that city August 1 to 10. Portland will be decorated from the water front to the hills ln red, yellow and blue, not the least portion of which will consist of flow ers. Portland has 600 miles of rose hedges from which to cull her decor ations, and which are at the disposal of the visitors. Portland women even supply their visitors with gloves and shears, as well as the rose bushes to work from. . I It is expected that 25,000 Knights of Pythias will attend the convention. The large portion of visitors will be subordinate lodge members who will lie taking their vacations from busi ness. For the entire crowd an elab orate entertainment has , been pre pared. Special trains will begin arriving ln Portland about July 30. These will be carrying Eastern people. Other sections of the Northwest will arrive by special trains in the following two days. Headquarters for the officers of the Supreme Lodge will be at the Hotel Portland, while sessions of that body will be held ln the Masonic Temple. The great State Armory, where 1000 men march and counter march ln comfort, will be the scene of the public receptions. Special committees will meet all trains and secure hotel accomoda tions for all visitors. Auto owners are being urged to drive through to Portland. The trip will be delightful, and the machine will be handy ln making trips over the wonderful scenic boulevards "Vhlch Portland has Just completed. Portland wants you to come. i r Ml hi Mil 1 nte PaA Tie Cult II j- GKOHGE SHERMAN. One day through the primeaval wood -A calf walked home, as good calves should; But made a trail all bent askew, A crooked trail, as all calves do. Since then, two hundred years have fled, And, I infer, the calf is dead, But still he left behind his trail, And thereby hangs my moral tale. The trail was taken up next day By a lone dog that passed that way; And then a wise bellweather sheep Pursued the trail o'er vale and steep And drew the flock behind him, too, As good bellwethers always do. And from that day o'er hill and glade Through these old woods a path was made; And many men wound ln and out And dodged and turned and bent about And uttered words of righteous wrath, Because it was a crooked path. But still they followed do not laugh The first migrations of the calf, And through this winding woodway stalked Because he wobbled when he walked. This forest path became a lane, That bent and turned and turned again; This crooked lane became a road, -Where many a poor horse with his load Toiled on beneath the burning sun, And traveled some three miles in one; And thus, a century and a half, They trod the footsteps of that calf. The years passed on in swiftness flleet; The road became a village street; " And this, before men were aware, A city's crowded thoroughfare; And soon the central street was this, Of a renowned metropolis, And men, two centuries and a half, Trod in the-iootsteps of that calf. Each day, a hundred thousand rout Followed the zig-zag calf about, And o'er this crooked Journey went The traffic of a continent. A hundred thousand men were led By one calf, near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost one hundred years a day; For such a reverence is lent To well-established precedent. , A moral lesson this might teach, Were I ordained and called to preach; For men are prone to go it blind Along the calf paths of the mind, And work away from sun to sun To do what other men have done. They follow in the beaten track, And out and in and forth and back, And still their devious course pursue, To keep the paths that others do; But how the wise old wood gods laugh, Who saw the first primeaval calf; Ah! many things this tale might teach But I am not ordained to preach. PERSONAL MENTION Barney McDevitt of lone was . a Heppner visitor this week. County clerk J. A. Waters took in the celebration at Parkers Mill on the 4th. Jesse and Harry Turner of Sand Hollow were in the city over the week end. Glenn Y. Wells and wife motored out to Parkers Mill for the celebra tion. Sheriff McDutfee attended the cele bration at Parkers Mill on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Huston were in the city yesterday from their farm home on upper Eight Mile. Earl Cronk of lone spent Tuesday evening and Wednesday in this city. He is taking eye treatment from Dr. Haylor. Ben Griffiths has taken the posi tion of freight clerk at the local de pot, succeeding Mr. Douglas, who has gone to- Portland. George T. Pearce, who was confin ed to his home the first of the week with a severe attack of asthma, Is again able to be about. Louis Zigler made a trip to Pendle ton last week in his car. He reports some of the roads very rough as a re sult of the recent wash-outs. Fred Elder left Monday for Wyom ing to spend the summer with his father. He will travel extensively through the southwest before return ing home. LOST I. O. O. F. veteran's jewel, 25 years across front. Finder please leave at this office or notify Milt Max well at Parkers Mill. Liberal re ward. ' Mrs. Frank Stevenson arid daugh ters are over from their home in Washington visiting relatives and friends in this city. Mrs. Stevenson is a daughter of Henry Howard and formerly lived here. Work of repainting the interior of the school building started this mottl ing under the direction of M. J. Brad ford. A new roof will also be put on, the old one havfiig givet more or less trouble since the fire three years ago. Ernest Clark of Lexington ws tak en the first chair in the Patterson and Elder barber shop, and will work there during Fred Elder's absence. He has fitted up housekeeping rooms in the Ashbaugh building on Main street. Milt Maxwell, Parkers Mill post master, was in the city Wednesday. He is advertising for his watch charm a veteran's jewel of the I. O. O. J& lod(;e, which he lost, presumably dur ing the celebration at that place on the 4th. Jos. J. Nys, local attorney, re turned home the last of the week from Portland and other Valley points, where he had been visiting relatives and friends for several weeks. His partner, Glenn Y. Wells, will leave soon on his vacation. Mrs. Frank Nash and children re turned to their home in Pendleton last Saturday after visiting at the home of Mrs. Nash's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Walbridge. Mr. Wal bridge, who has been sick all spring, is now greatly Improved in health. Marshal Phelps, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Phelps of this city, who recently went to Alaska, Is now locat ed at Kennecott, a mining town 150 miles from Valdez. He has a good job and Is enjoying excellent health, according to letters received by his parents here. George Hendry, who recently pur chased the Heppner Bakery from Frank Fuchs, took possession of the place the first of the month and has already made some extensive im provements. The most important change is the interior decorating done by Bradford & Son. Mr. Fuchs and family expect to leave soon for the Willamette Valley on an extended automobile tour. Sloan P. Shutt, for seven years edi tor of the Joseph Herald, has sold that papr to W. C. Black, of Harris burg, Linn county, Oregon. Mr Black, It Is understood, is an exper ienced newspnper man and a native Oregonlan. Mr. Shutt is a brother of E. M. Shutt, formerly of Heppner. He has not yet decided where he will eventually locate, but will remain in Joseph until Fall at least. N. A. Clark, local wood dealer has been busy the past two weeks filling large wood contracts. The school house and the court house are some of the large contracts, while many of the residents are buying in carload lots for winter use. Most of the de liveries consist of slab wood. A new feature of the fuel business ln Heppner will be introduced by Mr. Clark in the form of bricquetts. Mrs. Frank McCabe and her two year old baby boy were drowned ln the flood which hit McDonald canyon last Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Two men and three other children narrowly escaped with their lives. The cloudburst broke about 4 o' clock in the evening just above the McCabe place. At the time Mrs. McCabe her children and the two hir ed men were in the house. Dark clouds had been threatening, and ac cording to Tom Gill, one of the hired men, they had kept a close lookout for water. However, the walL of water, which was about twelve feet high, came so suddenly down the can-' yon that it was only a few feet away when discovered. ' Gill sounded the alarm and grabb ed one of the children, running1 out of the house for higher ground. He stated that the water was up around his neck before he finally got out. The oldest children ran on ahead and Mrs. McCabe was carrying the baby. After getting the child he was carry ing to safety, he turned to help Mrs. McCabe, but she and the baby had disappeared. The body of Mrs. McCabe was later found about four miles below the ranch and that of the baby was re covered six or seven miles below. Mrs. McCabe was 33 years of age and had lived in this country about 14 years. At the time of the flood Mr. Mc Cabe was in this city attending the funeral of Matt Riley. The funeral service was held In this city on Wednesday afternoon from the Catholic church. A large number of friends from over the en tire county were present to pay their last respects to the departed and to cheer and comfort the heart broken family In their sad hour. HOTHERJkNDGHUJI DHQWNEI IN FLOOD Mrs Frank McCabe and Two Year Old Baby Boy Are Swept Away When High Water Visits McDonald Caj non. Nell T)mtprrrsper.t' en'rat ftaya transacting business in Heppner the past week. Ralph Yeager returned the last of the week from an extended visit to, Portland and the Coast cities. A 50,000-bushel grain elevator Is under process of construction at Con don. The elevator will be P7 feet high. ' Several of the farmers were haul-- ing their old cast iron to town this week. There is a fairly good price for junk just now. Mdst of it will probably go into Europe's war sup--piles from this country. Mrs. LeRoy Jones and small son: are visiting Heppner relatives this, week. They have been living at Irri gon the past several months, but ex pect to locate in Aberdeen, Wash. Mr. Jones having already gone to that city. Some excitement was caused last Saturday afternoon when the fire bell rang. Investigation showed that the electric wire in the home of Eliza Ayers on Chase street was smoking. The trouble was evidently caused by a short circuit. No damage re sulted. Percy Hughes was in the city from his ranch on Little Butter creek Mon day. He reports that farms were somewhat damaged there by the re cent heavy rains. This damage con sisted in the main part of loss of re cently cut hay, not yet stacked and the washing out of much fencing. Mr. Hughes is of the opinion that the general result was greatly bene ficial to the farmers. Card of Thanks. We desire to thank our friends for the kindness shown during our recent bereavement, the death of our be loved wfe and mother, also for the many beautiful floral offerings. R. F. FRASER and CHILDREN. THE WEATHER The following is the report of the weather for the past week as given us by Cooperative Observer Frank Gilliam: Temp. ' cj Q 2 "-1 S A i O u M '5 s CO 2- Q Ca n a a j e g 2S 6!5 il M Part Clear 29 65 45 .04 Part Clear 30 70 4S Part Clear 1 75 60 .35 Part Clear 2 63 50 .15 Part Clear 3 67 4S Part Cleap 4 72 41 .Clear