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Or?eon Historical Society Stock F.vct'nnco BiiljtrtTi Tim VOL.33. NO. 28 HEPPNER, OREGON, OCTOI'.EB 5, 1916. SUBSCRIPTION, 1.50 PER YEAR iHinrTr Gazette voter 1st pass 1 on 11 measures; November liallot Will Contain Eight Initiative Measures and Three Which Are Referred to the People by the Legislative Assembly. The voters of the State of Oregon will be greeted by eleven proposed 1 constitutional amendments and meas-! ures when they go to the polls on the November election day. Besides there will be a string of candidates to choose. The measures referred to the peo ple by the Legislative Assembly will appear on the ballot in the following manner. Submitted by the Legislature Single Item Veto Ainendnient-An amend ment to Section 15 of Article V of the constitution of the State of Ore gon authorizing the Governor to veto single items in appropriation bills. Vote YES or NO. Submitted by the Legislature Ship Tax Exemption Amendment An amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Oregon exempting from taxation until Jan uary 1st, 1935, except taxes for State purposes only, all ships and vessels of fifty tonB or more capac ity engaged in either passenger or freight coasting or foreign trade, j whose home ports of registration are in the State of Oregon, for the purpose of encouraging registra tion of such vessels in Oregon, which would otherwise register in other states. Vote YES or NO. Submitted by the Legislature Negro and Mulatto Suffrage Amendnient An amendment to the Constitution of the State of Oregon, removing discrimination against the negro and mulatto citizens by repealing Section 6 of Article II thereof, which reads as follows: "No Ne gro, Chinaman or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage," Vote YES or NO. PKOrOSED BY INITIATIVE PETI TION Initiated by Oregon State Federation of Labor, T. H. Burchard, Presi dent; E. J. Stack, Secretary, 302 Oregonian Building, Portland, Ore gon; and the Central Labor Coun cil of Portland and Vicinity, Eu gene E. Smith, President; A. W. Jones, Vice-President; E. J. Stack, Secretary, 162 Second Street, Portland, Oregon. Full . Rental Value Land Tax and Homesteaders' Loan Fund Amendment Purpose A constitutional amendment de claring and defining (a) people's power and right; (b) citizen's right to use of land; (c) public owner ship of land rent; (d) public policy of Oregon: defining (e) the word land" (f) method of appraising land rent; (g)land improvement; providing for (h) levy of perman ent land rent tax; (i) publication of assessment; (J) delinquent tax sale; (k) maintenance of private property rights; (1) separate as sessment of land rent; (m) stand ing timber; (n) assessment and collection of tax; (o) duty of Gov ernor and State Land Board; (p) how personal property and land Improvements may be taxed by vote of people only; (q) distribu tion of revenue from land rent tax; and (r) establishing homemakers" loan fund. Vote YES or NO. Initiated by the Commercial Associa tion of the City of Pendleton, W. E. Brock, President; C. K. Cranston, Secretary. For Pendleton Normal School and Ratifying Location Cer tain State Institutions Purpose To provide for locating a State Nor mal School at Pendleton, Oregon, upon a site to be donated therefor, appropriating $125,000 for build ings and equipment and levying an annual tax of one twenty-fifth of a mill in all property In the state for its maintenance, and ratifying the location of certain state institutions heretofore located away from the State Capital. Vote YES or NO. Initiated by Lora C; Little Antl. Compulsory Vaccination Bill Pur pose To prohibit compulsory vac cination, inoculation and other such treatment for the prevention or cure of contagious or Infectious diseases, and providing a penalty therefor. Vote YES or NO. Initiated by Committee of Indepen dent Retailers Association of Port land, Oregon, Dan Kellaher, Pres ident, 133 Grand Avenue, Port land, Oregon; Ben A. Bellamy, Ex ecutive Committee, 401 Hawthorne ; Avenue, Portland, Oregon; S. S. ' Rich, Executive Committee, 267 J Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon; C. E. Munro, Executive Committee, ' Commercial Club Building, Fort- land, Oregon. Hill Repealing and Abolishing the Sunday Closing Law -Purpose To repeal Section 2125, of Lord's Oregon Laws, which pro hibits the keeping open of any store, shop, grocery, bowling alley, billiard room, or tippling house, for the purpose of labor or traffic, or any place of amusement on Sunday or the Lord's Day, excepting thea ters, drug stores, doctor shops, un dertakers, livery stables, butchers and bakers, under penalty of a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50. Vote YES or NO. Initiated by Equal Rights for Home Industry Committee, C. E. S. Wood, Chairman, 254 Vista Avenue, Port-:ing land, Oregon; C. T. Haas, Secre-I. tary, 206 Stock Exchange Building, , , . Portland, Oregon. - Permitting company s lands painted up and put Manufacture and Regulated Sale In more presentable appearance and Four Per Cent Malt Liquors Pur- iias sent out the material to care for pose To amend Section 36, Ar- at least geven different residences tide I, Oregon Constitution, which wllile out nortll the first of the week prohibits manufacture and sale of Mr Honey gathered in some fine intoxicating liquor, by permitting gampies of dry land corn and for the manufacture of fermented malt i warded a buncn of tne matured ears liquors containing four per cent orito the head of the company m Daic0. less of alcohol, for shipment out- at A part of tne tne corn came side of this state and for sale and ; rom tue Newlon-Smith dry , farm delivery within the state by the! ortheast of Lexington and other sam . manufacturer in original packages pleg were from the Hale ranch -still only, in quantities and under reg- Iartner north and across Sand Hollow ulations which may be provided by , hlch ls now D8mg operated by anoth law. Until otherwise provided such er dry-land enthusiast. This may sales within the state shall be lim- nave been an exceptionally good year ited to the same quantity as may ; for corn owing t0 more moisture than now be imported, but same persons common during the growing season, cannot, within any one period fixed but the gampieg ghown by Mr. Honey by law, both import and buy lo-' funy demonstrated that corn of ex cally. Vote YES or NO. jcellent quality can be raised in that Initiated by Oregon Prohibition State Part of the county wlthout Irrigation Committee, J. P. Newell, Chairman, and Is a crP- A silo will 9 fin-klin Rnilrtine. Portland. Put UP on the Hale Place' 80 Mr- Oregon; J. Sanger Fox, Executive Honey states and the Present owner Secretary, 414 Behnke-Walker contemplates going into dairy stock Building, Portland, OregonPro- Que extensively. The proper treat hlhition Amendment Forbidding nt f tlle 8oil ut that "f with Importation of Intoxicating Liquors to conserva on of moisture will for Beverage Purposes-Purpose- bring about excellent returns and we This is a constitutional amendment ar gratified to note the good results extending the existing constitution- 80 far obtained, al provision, relating to the pro- Lawrence Shutt has "taken to the hibition of the manufacture and j oad" and departed Monday for points sale of intoxicating liquor, by also j on the main line in UmatiHa county prohibiting the importation of in- where he will take up the work of toxicating liquors for beverage pur-soliciting for the Review of Reviews, poses. Vote YES or NO. land also sell toilet articles. Law- Irannfl oflva thov nnlH him nut nf A. inb Initiated by the Oregon Referendum; League: C. E. Spence, Master Ore- gun omit! u.aufic, vy.w" Oregon; J. D. Brown, President, Oregon-Southern-Idaho Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Un ion, Arlington, Oregon; T. H. Bur chard, Ex-President Oregon State Federation of Labor, 829 Eleventh Street North, Portland, Oregon. Rural CiHts Amendment Pur- pose To bond state for not over! two per cent of assessed valuation I of all property therein for "Rural Credits Fund." Bonds from $25.-1 00 to $1000 in series of $50,000, maturing in not over 36 years, In terest four per cent, exempt from taxes. State to loan said fund to owners occupying farm lands, on mortgages not over half land value nor $50 per acre, nor less than $200 nor more than $5000 to one person, small loans preferred. Loans made for: (a) payment for land; (b) purchasing livestock and equipment and making improve ments; (c) satisfying incumbrances Incurred for such purposes, inter est five per cent. Vote YES or NO. Initiated by State Tax Payers' Lea gue, Walter M. Pierce, President, La Grande, Oregon; C. L. Hawley, Vice-President, McCoy, Oregon; J. A. Westerlund, VicePresident, Med ford, Oregon; A. M. LaFollett, Vice President, Salem, Oregon; Robt. E. Smith, Secretary-Treasurer, Rose burg, Oregon. State-Wide Tax and Indebtedness Limitation Am endment Pu rpose Li m i ti n g tax levies of State, County, municipal ity or other taxing power to not more than the total amount levied the last preceding year plus six per centum thereof, except for paying bonded indebtedness and interest thereon, or by vote of people, any increase so voted excluded in de termining subsequent tax; limited power of counties to incur Indebt edness to $5000, either voluntarily or when imposed by law, except to suppress insurrection or repel in vasion, or not over two per cent of assessed valuation for permanent roads on vote of people; and inval idating debts, payments and taxes exceeding such limitations. Vote YES or NO. Wild Cat Once a "Tabby." When a fire warden shot a strange animal on Mount Emily's peak near La Grande and didn't know what it I was but realized it resembled a large house cat, he slew a pet tabby that strayed from a mountain cabin In that .vicinity almost five years ago. In its response to the call of the I wild, It had wintered ten feet of snow escaped coyotes and predatory ani mals, hunters and trappers. The iso lation doubled its size and made It a wild beast. j J. H. Bluemensteln, a mountaineer, Identified the carcass as his lost kitty. Weston Leader. 0 IN I01E COUNTRY Oregon-Dakota Land Company Will Make Improvements. Other News Notes From Our lone Writer. W. F. Honey of the Oregon-Dakota Land Company has been in lone dur- the past week. He is arranging llQ0 tha , ,,,, t. ' . f diRI)ORed 0, tll mllk herd, and he just has to do something. iThniieh hnrtlv handlcaDDed on ac- count of his rg lit, Lawrence is a hustler and we tre satisfied, he will sue-)-! tuli) no.v vft-.iure A. M. Zlnk has closed his run with the thresher in his neighborhood north of lone and has pulled in his machine. Al states that he met with a lot of trouble in getting grain through the machine because of the hrge amount of mustard in the straw. This pest made a lot of extra work for the threshers in different sections hereabout. H. C. Schumann arrived from Pen dleton the first of the week and has taken a permanent position in the store of Bert Mason. Mr. Schumann was formerly with Alexander's De partment Stores in Pendleton, is a man of much experience in his line, and will have charge of the dry goods department of the Mason store. His family will join him later. Lloyd E. Gandy, an attorney of Spokane, was in lone over Sunday looking after some realty holdings he has here. He is the owner of what is known as the Turner place about twelve miles north of lone. Mr. Gandy is a prominent citizen of Spokane and was a candidate before the late primaries there for congress man. Bob Hopkins and Art Crawford were lone visitors Sunday. The for mer was able to return home on Sun day evening, but the later was detain ed until Monday afternoon, presuma bly on account of being unable to raise the wherewith to pay transpor tation charges on the local. The family of A. Millard are new arrivals from Benton county and will become permanent residents of lone, living in town for the winter. They have rented what ls known as the St. Clair place from the Oregon Dakota Land Company and will become farmers of Morrow county. Mrs. E.' R. Lundell is suffering the fracture of an ankle, the result of slipping while attempting to get a way from an unruly milk cow one evening last week. The injury will keep her confined for some time to her home, Chas. Devln was In town Wednes day. He has finished his threshing and will now proceed to get the bal ance of his wheat crop down to the station. He is well pleased with re sults this season and starts a new year with Increased vigor. McEntlre Bros., sheepman of the Cecil country, are negotiating for a black of three sections of the Oregon Dakota Land Company holdings some sixteen miles north of lone, which land they wish to purchase for sheep range, (Continued on Page Five), ER E Chas. W. Fulton of Portland Will Be in Heppner On Monday Erei.'n., October 16 On Behalf oi the Can didacy of Mr. Hughes. Fill SENATOR TO AO 'The first big gun of the presiden-itlon read as follows: Since there is tial campaign in Heppner will be no Lyceum course this year the pro fired on the night of October 16, un-jfessors thought it would be a good j , , . , ., , , 'plan for each high school to prepare der the marksmanship of the local r . ... .. , an evenings entertainment and pre Republican County Central Commit- gent one night in each of the town3 tee. On this night, Hon. Chas. W. Do this say two or three times during Fulton, former United States Senator from Oregon will address the people of Morrow County. , A big rally is being arranged for that date and everyone is extended a cordial invitation by the committee . , . to be present. o indication of the popularity of Charles E. Hughes for president is found in the tremendous demand for Hughes buttons. This demand has been so much greater than anticipat ed that it has been impossible to sup ply them. - Jn a letter to Worth Harvey, secre tary of the Cottage Grove Hughes club, Edward D. Baldwin, secretary of the state committee, writes: "Yours of September 14, request ing buttons at hand. The same press ing demand exists all over the state. "The national committee decided to allow only 5000 buttons to each congressional district in the United States, which would entitle us to 15,- 000 as our quota. We succeeded in getting them to send us 25,000, which lasted only four days. We tried to get 25,000 more but were flatly re fused. "Our committee has ordered made in Portland and paid for 20,000 but tons and we are entirely cleaned out. This makes "45,000 which have been distributed in Oregon." Cottage iMe Sentinel. - -- , The local Hughes Alliance will meet tomorrow night (Friday) at the city council chambers, at which time detailed arrangements for the big rally of the 16th will be made. A full attendance of the membership is urged for this meeting. Itunyan Gets Prison Term. Charles E. Runyan, well known cowboy, who was indicted by the last grand Jury on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, this morn ing withdrew his plea of not guilty, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary from six months to ten years. He made application for parole and was given ten days in which to prepare petitions in support of the same. Runyan last June shot George Spearman, a colored cowboy, at a round-up held on McKay creek by the Indians. There had been bad blood between the two and, when the col ored man called the other a "sheep- herder," Runyan drew his .44 re volver and fired. The bullet passed clear through Spearman's body, pene trating the liver in its passage. He was brought to the local hospital and surprised even his physicians by re covering. Runyan's plea of guilty makes It probable that the fall term of court will pass without a single criminal case up for trial, something that has not happened in many years. There is one other case, that of Jesse Goff, charged with dynamiting fish, pend ing, but It is doubtful if it will be ready If defendant decides to stand trial. Pendleton E. O. Runyan is well known here, where he did considerable riding for al ocal cattleman about two years ago. He is a broncho buster of some note and rode a few wild ones at the 1914 4th of July celebration in lone. ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT IN WHICH TO REGISTER Time In which to register for the November election is nearly gone. The books in the county clerk's office will nose on Saturday evening, Oc tober 7th. If registration is an In dicatlon of the vote which will be cast the election in this county will be a quiet one. There are many citizens who have not registered and unless they avail themselves of the oppor tunity presented in the remaining two days, they will be unable to partici pate n the election. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Wednesday was a day of events in the high school. The day starting out with reports from Garnett Barrett and Edgar Copenhaver who attended the State Fair at Salem last week. The reports were very good, and we take it that the boys had a very good time. The next event of the day was a student-body meeting right after noon. The main question before the students was whether the proposition talked over by Mr. Hoffman and the professors of lone and Lexington, should be accepted or not. The ques- the winter. The question was de bated for quite a while and it was finally decided to accept the proposi tion. At this meeting the students also elected a yell leader and a sec retary for the Athletic Association. I Miss Muriel McCarty was secretary of I the Athletic Association but she L,.,,,t u ,.. ,.. k ,,., ed in her resignation. The ones elected were, Jared Aiken, yell lead er and Vawter Crawford, secretary of the Athletic Association. The last event of the day was a bug hunt by the Biology class. The students, in this class went over in Black Horse canyon where they got many good specimens among them a live snake, a couple of lizards and a scorpion. They also enjoyed a little lunch, pre- .Pared by the girls, while there. On Friday of last week there wa3 a student-body meeting for the pur pose of seeing whether the student body should have a constitution and by-laws or not, and it was decided that the presidents of the different classes should get together and draw up the same. At this meeting it was also decided that on Friday, Oct. 6, there should be a student-body party the main purpose of which is for the students to get acquainted. The foot ball showing is very good at present, and we have promise of a very good team. Our old man Hughes is back on the job again this year and we expect him to do some tall line plunging this year. Lieuallen, Nic holson and Peterson are three more promising men we have this year. There were only two days of school last week on -account of the teachers,' institute, which was held the first of the week. This gave the students a rest which they didn't especially need but which was appreciated just the same. Max Rogers an old stundent of Heppner high went to Seaside where he will attend school this winter. We are very sorry to lose him. The forges have arrived for the manual training department and we expect the boys taking this work will be busy before long. Wednesday morning a 19 stared the students in the face from the roof of the old school house. We wonder what this means. NORTHWEST QUITS Few Issues, and Those of Small Size, Are to Be Submitted to Voters. Doubtless because of the prevail ing belief that it would be unwise further to sketch the credit of the people, there will be fewer proposals to issue bonds submitted at the gen eral election next month in Oregon and Washington than fir several years past. Heretofore in this state it has been the practise at nearly every election to vote on the question of issuing bonds, either municipal, county or port district, until the ag gregate of bonded Indebtedness has reached enormous proportions and the yearly autlay for interest totals millions of dollars, reflected in a con siderable tax on every property owner and indirectly on every inhabitant of the non-txpaying class. In Oregon, so far as is generally known at this time, the only taxpay ing districts which will vote on pro posals to issue bonds will be Wheeler county, for $S0,000 of bonds for per manent highways and the city of Mc- Minnville $90,000 for acquiring an additional supply of water from mountain sources. In Washington, however, the dis position to Incur large additional bonded indebtedness is evident in the proposals tobe voted upon at the general election November 7, when the city of Spokane will decide whether to borrow $1,000,000 for purchasing Bltec and erecting school buildings and the city of Seattle will determine on the issuing, of $3,000, 000 for waterworks purposes. Walla Walla will vote on whether to issue $338,000 on bonds to take up out standing city warrants. In this case the city's debt will not be increased. PAIS LAUD III ONE YEAR Extreme Season Is Shown in Heppner Section, Where Crops Are Aided by Rains. (Oregon Journal.) Land that cost but $10 per acre and the first crop gave forth value four to six times the cost of the land is the latest freak in the agricultural world. Rich bottom lands near Heppner formerly used for grazing, have been urned into wheat this year, according to John Beckett, who has just re turned from the harvest fields and is on his way to the University of Ore gon. "It is virgin land," said Mr. Beckett. "And due to the late rains, the first wheat crop is averaging be tween 40 and 50 bushels to the acre. Harvesting is only half over on ac count of the late season." The Becketts, who own acreage near Heppner, recently bought halt a section of the land at $10 per acre. The result of sowing wheat is sur prising, according to Becket. The ex ceptional yield was due to the late rains, but the trial has resulted in many ranchers buying more land for wheat raising. J. Jones, who is rais ing oats in the same section, cut one acre for measurement, and the crop went 80 bushels to the acre. The land from which the oats was taken was also some of the cheapest bottom lands formerly used for grazing. Kirk-Devin. Merle Kirk and Miss Altha Devln were married in this city last Thurs day and left at once for a week's honeymoon visit in Portland. Mr. Kirk is a prosperous young farmer in the Sand Hollow country and the bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Devln of this city. She grad uated from the Heppner high school In the class of 1916, being one of the popular students while attending that institution. The young people were given an enthusiastic welcome upon their return to this city Wednesday. They will make their home on Mr. Kirk's Sand Hollow farm. Winners of 1910 Round-Cp. World's Championship Cowboys' Bucking Contest. First Jackson Sundown, Nespelem, Wash. Second Rufus Rollens, Tulsa, Ok lahoma. Third Broncho Bob Hall, Inde pendence, Ore. Bulldogging; First Frank Mc Carroll, Pendleton, Ore. Second Henry Warren, Victor, Mont. Third John Rick, Cheyene, Wyo. Cowgirls' Bucking. First Katie Wilkes, Miles City, Montana. Second Peggy Warren, Victor, Montana. Third Eloise Hastings, Cheyene, Wyoming. Steer Roping. First George Wier, Monument, N. M. Second Ed McCarty, Chugwater, Wyoming. Third C. A. Byers, Mulhall, Okla. Fourth D. E. Clark, Portland, Or. Pony Express. First Floyd Ir win, Cheyene, Wyo. Second Allen Drumheller, Walla Walla, Wash. J!J Third D. Zedicar, Boise, Idaho. Cowgirls' Relay. First Mabel De Long, Walla Walla, Wash. Second Bertha Blanchett, Pen dleton, Ore. Third Katie Wilkes, Miles City, Mont. n Cowboys' Relay. Forst Allen Drumheller, Walla Walla, Wash. Second Bob Liehe, Cheyene, Wyo. Third D. Zedicar, Boise, Idaho. Lytle Wins Damage Suit. Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterinorian and formerly of Pendleton, was win ner in the $50,000 libel suit brougth against him by George R. Mokel for an alleged defamatory letter written by Dr. Lytle. The jury in Portland yesterday found for the state veteri narian after being out an houd and ten minutes. A charge in the letter to which Mokel objected was that the writer had knowledge of Mokel's dealing in tubercular cattle. Mokel was nominated for postmaster of North Portland and he alleges Lytle's letter was a part of the campaign against him. The case was decided by stipulation by 11 jurors, one of the jurors having been excused because he was a seven day Adventlst and did not wish to act on Saturday.- Pendleton E. O,