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T! ii. '; ( HI H HI- VOL. 33 NO. 34 HEPrNER, OREGON, TIIRUSDAY, NOVEMBER, 16, 191fi SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAS NEW CITIZENS GET THEIR PAPERS Circuit Court Was In Session First of the Week and Cleaned Up Docket Paroles Are Grant I ed. Pendleton Mill Gets Twenty Thousand Order 1 IE I KILLED NEAR IE Pendleton, Ore. A $20,000 order for Pendleton Indian blankets cloth has been placed with the Pendleton Woolen Mills by the Northern Pacific Joseph O'Bryan Fatally Injured When SUNDAY sen L ASSOCIATION MEETS Five new citizens of the United States took the oath of allegience be fore Judge G. W. Phelps of the Cir cuit court In this city this week. Those who were successful in their examinations for final papers were Henrv Pliess. of Germany: James Whitney, Ireland, Wm. Henry Instone of England; Wm. Henry Whitley of Ireland and James McCabe of Ire land. Henry Hazzard of Portland conducted the examination. Several other applicants for final papers fail ed to receive them for one reason or another. Upon the recommendation of the District attorney and tne grand jury, Judge Phelps granted a parole to John Star, who was held for the lar ceny of a horse from John Marshall. Star has proven to the officials that he has some real manhood In him, and through the leniency of the sher iff, has been working in harvest all summer. He has a wife and six child ren in Oregon City. Should Star vio late any conditions of the parole, he will have to meet the sentence of from one to ten years in the pententary. In the matter of the State of Ore gon vs. L. L. Carroll, who was In dicted by the grand jury upon two charges of cattle stealing, the de fendant pleaded guilty and was sen Company which will make suits from the cloth for members of its marching club which will be in the big parades of the annual carnival of winter sports in St. Paul. The order was placed personally by C. C. Kyle of St. Paul, superintendent of the general office building. In all 8500 yards of best grade In dian robe material was ordered. It will make 2500 suits. Mr. Kyle re ports that after the company decided to make suits out of the famous In- Loaded Wheat Wugon Turns Over on Him. Recent Rains Have Improved Roads. - ) Three Day Henioa Opens i lone Friday Evening Program Will Be Concluded la This City Sunday. Joseph O'Bryan a young man in the employ of Richard McMElllgott, met with an accident on Tuesday tore noon, which resulted in his death at the home of L. D. Hale, in this place, pn Wednesday at 10:30. The young dian robe cloth the membership of the; man was engaged in hauling wheat marching club suddenly jumped from' for Mr . McElligott, driving a six 500 to 1500 and has been growing ever since. Strayed or Stolen. Notice is hereby given that one black yearling mare colt branded A on right stifle, has strayed away or began to run. been stolen from the Lotus Robinson he turned into the bank sharply with ranch on the middle fork of Rock j the result that he was thrown from creek. A liberal reward is offered 'the seat and a number of sacks of horse team to trail wagons. He was coming down the grade about four and a half miles southwest of town when the brake on the trailer failed to hold and allowed the wagons to push against the horses and the team Thinking to stop them for information that will lead to the recovery of the above described ani mal. Notify Lotus Robinson or Ho ward Anderson, Eight Mile, Ore. I E E A large delegation or members from Portland Lodge No. 142 B. P. O. E. will come to Heppner on either tenced to the penitentiary to serve a,December 16 or 23rd. The exact term of from one to ten years. His ap-1 date nag not yet t,een Qectded upon. The Elk's Band of thirty pieces will also be here and will hold a big con cert In the opera house in the even ing. The public is Invited to the con cert, for which an admission charge will be made. After the concert a nllcation for parole noted, J. P. Flynn was given a sentence of from one to five years in the peni tentiary after pleading guilty to ob taining money under false pretenses. He was indictcecd by the grand jury. Flynn made application for parole but ti.i AnnSaA Ha wrote a check on the FirBt National Bank or nepp-1 ' ner to Thomson Bros. In payment for r Heppner Lodge of Elks has been a suit of clothes. He had no account conducting a Bpeclal membership with the bank. campaign and they will have twenty A large number of civil cases were ior twenty five candidates lined up for disposed of at this term of court. the work on this special occasion. Other arrangements for a general good time are being perfected by the commltte in charge. The committee consists of Dr. H. T. Allison, J. L. Wilklns and Harry Duncan. A fare of one and a third is tne FUEL SHORTAGE WILL FORGE PRICE UPWARD wheat with the front end of the wi gon were turned over on him. Chas Wynn was driving the wagon in front of him and he with some others rush ed to his assistance, taking O'Bryan out from under the load and caring for him the best that they could until help was summoned from town. Er nest Lundell rushed out to the scene of the accident and the boy was hur ried to town. No physician being here at the time, Dr. Chick being ah sent on a case near Arlington, a sum' mons was sent to Heppner and Dr Allison responded. Upon his arrival it was found that O'Bryan had sus tained fatal injuries. His back was broken just below his Bhoulders, the left thigh fractured and his collar bone broken, besides there were other minor injuries. Dr. Allison satisfied himself that nothing could be done and returned to Heppner. After this the young man was removed to the home of Loren Hale where he was cared for by Miss Mabel McElligott, trained nurse. When Dr. Chick re turned late Tuesday evening, he also made a thorough examination of the young man's injuries and found that nothing could he done for uira. He seemed to be litterally broken to pieces from th! weight of the load that fell on him. During all this time however, the boy did not lose onsclousness and seemed to fully rea lize that his end was near. He was made as comfortable as possible, and the end came Wednesday morning as stated above. Young O'Brvau has no He came to Quar 7:45 8:00 8:20 The annual convention of the Mor row County Sunday School Associa tion will be held in lone and Heppner the last of this week. The program will open In lone Friday evening and will be concluded in the Christian church in this city on Saturday and Sunday. The program la as follows: Friday Evening, November 27, 7:30 Opening services. Selection by Male tette. Teaching missions in the Sun day School. Member of the lone Con gregational Sunday School, Music The Primary Department. Mrs. C. W. Reynolds. Address. Rev. C. A. Phipps, Secre tary of Sunday School Work In Oregon. Saturday Morning, November St (Christian Church, Heppner.) 1(5:00 Devotional Service led by Rev. J. L. Jones Reports from Schools of County. Discussions of the Problems Confronting the Sunday ScnooL Our Blue Ribbon and What it Means. By County Se cretary. 11:00 Appointment of Committees Introductions. Assignment of Delegates. Saturday Afternoon. Song Service. Devotions, Rev. C. W. Reynolds How train the Child in Giving f Rev. J. L. Jones. Discussion. . - anaer Makes Peculiar Sale of Farm Property J. A. Osborn, a wheat farmer near Lexington, made a peculiar sale of his farm the past week. Mr. Osborn sold his ranch to Marsh White of Lex ington, but reserved one acre and his house for himself. The ranch consists of one quarter section of land. Mr. Osborn did not care to sell himself out of house and home so he kept one acre of good old Morrow county soil upon which to live. The price Mr. White paid for the land was in the neighborhood of $4800. Thirty dol lars an acre would indicate that land values are rising in that section of Morrow county. 10:15 10:30 11:00 1:45 1:00 :20 Washington, Nov. 14. -With prac tically the whole country suffering from a cold wave that will rapidly grow worse instead of better, accord ing to the weather bureau, the worst fuel shortage in nine years was an nounced today, making prospects ser ious for communities lacking coal. The actual shortage November 1, was 108,010 tons, according to the American Railway Association. Au gust 1 there was a surplus ol 90,008 tons. Railroads today advised the Interstate Commerce Commission special rate which the O. W. R. & N. Co.. has agreed to make, providing !. ., voa .,,,., hfirfi there will be fifty or more visitors. th,8 country trom Pendleton and From present indications, uie num ber will exceed this by far. Joint Meeting of Socie ties Was A Success The Ladles of the Missionary Socie ties of the South Methodist, The Fed erated and Christian Churches met in the parlors of the Christian Church afternoon. The following worked a while with one of the wheat teams of Irvin Wilkes, later going to work for Mr. McElligott. His rela tives live near Portland, it is un derstood, and arrangements for the ' funeral are awaiting the arrival of his mother. Wm. Doherty and his mother de parted Wednesday for Jenny, Califor nia, a little city near Stockton, where they expect to remain for the winter, Mr. Doherty contemplates locating permanently in California, but he is not positive that he will do so. as he 2:35 2:40 2:55 3:00 3:30 3:40 7:30 7:50 8:15 A Good Record. F. W. Burns of Condon who set out a large number of trees and shrubs in Heppner last spring announces that not more than one per cent failed to survive. Mr. Burns spent the greater part of his life in the East where he was engaged extensively in andscape gardening, growing trees and other plants. He says he Is gett- ng acclimated here now and knows pretty well what will do well here nd what won't. His work here peaks for itself. CLUB WILL ENTER II SHEEPMEN Visiting Woolgrowers Will Be Treat ed To Banquet and Genuine Heppner Hospitality Dur ing Woolgroners Convention. WOMAN IS CALLED When the Wia 1 Growers of the State of Oregon meet in Heppner in their annual convention next mouth, they will be treated to a big banquet by the Heppner Commercial Club and genuine Heppner hospitality w'K be the order of the two day's session. The eniertainmeui ci-inmittee of the Club were given instructions at he Club meeting .Monday evening and they will start wjrit at once to make the Wool Growers' convention in this city one that will linger long and pleasant in thtir memory. W. B Barratt, president of the Oregon Woolgrowers' Association was on hand to tell the Club of the Asso ciation's plans for the convention. However, the entertaining part of the program will be left entirely in the hands of the Club's committe. Mem bers of the committee are Dr. R. J. Vaughn, C. L. Sweek and Oscar Borg. Other members of the state associa tion who were pr-sent and spoke' about the coming convention, were, T. J. Mahoney and Mike Kenney. Emmet Cochran and J. G. Doherty were also present. A representative of the Ellison White Chautauqua Bureau, Miss R. T. Kitsinger was also present and took up with the Club the proposition Mrs. Pearl Cox, wife of Grover C. Cox passed away at her home in this city last Monday evening about 11 o'clock. She had been suffering con tinuously for several days and death, of holding a Chautauqua in Heppner slnnn hrnneht her relief. She was i sometime next summer. After some i j -i .. . i j .t.nna rnuoi mey nave iimuBe-""""""",,,,, onj ont0rtalnlnB nroeram was ihlnV. . lot nf Mnrrnv i-nnntv. &nd renderea Dy tne laaies oi me reumm- measures to meet the enormous A Am m n A By the wholesale swapping of coal society: pho,nH cars! long demanded by railroad men nals - Mr Phelp as solving the problem, it Is hoped to greatly relieve the situation. Mrs. Guy Boyer. Vocal Solo Miss Thorley The price per ton on coal has al- Pen Pictures from our New Mexican ready advanced one dollar, now sell- i Mission Fields Miss Sybil Hager ing at $11. According to N. A. Clark, Reading Mrs. Berwick local dealer, the rise upward has only Vocal Music Quartette just begun and he predicts that coal Mrs. Wlnnard, Miss Thorley, Miss will be selling here before the winter j Long, Miss Sybil Hager. Is over from $14 to $15 per ton. He The social hour and refreshments attributes the rising price to the facts were enjoyed by all. Another union quoted in the above article. was planned for February 27. Social Dance OPERA HOUSE, HEPPNER, FRI DAY, NOVEMBER 1 7 PENDLETON ORCHESTRA WILL FURNISH THE MUSIC THIS ORCHESTRA WILL ALSO GIVE A DANCE IN THE STAR THEATER IN IONE ON SATURDAY EVENING Good Music Means a Good Time fe&s done well since locating here some three or four years ago. He farm ed the A. B. Grover place the past season and had a fine crop. Ed Buschke and family moved this week to their new farm in the Eight Mile country, he recently purchased the John L. Jenkins farm in that lo cality. The place vacated by Mr. Buschke has been leased by M. H. Gillette from the Oregon-Dakota Co. Algott W. Lundell of Gooseberry, who recently purchased the Jake Young ranch is making arrangements to move onto the same with his fam ily. He has been farming his fathers home place together with his brother Emll. E. R. Lundell and M. R. Morgan went to The Dalles on Thursday and returned Friday evening, bringing up a couple of Reos, one for Mr. Morgan and the other for disposition to some man who will take it off his hands. Some cold weather in these parts and those who were getting some seeding done have been compelled to lay off awaiting a thaw. The freeze has put the roads in fine shape and wheat is rolling In lively. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sallng of Pendleton were visitors in lone over Sunday, being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Cronan. . They were accompanied by Earl Slmonton and Frank Kribs. Mrs. T. L. Doman, of Lexington, vi sited at the home of Mrs. Cynthia Walker on Thursday of last week. Mrs. V. Crawford has been spend ing the past week visiting; with her family at Heppner. Rev. C. B. Bailey, of The Dalles, The organised adult class as a Force In the Small Town, S. E. Notson. Discussion. Responsibility of the Teacher to Win the Child For 'Christ. Rev. C. W. Rey nolds. Discussion. Some suggestions for Elemen tal Work in the Small School. Mrs. A. M. Phelps assisted by children of the Heppner Federated Sun day School. Discussion. Business session. Reports of Committees. Election of Officers and other business. Saturday Evening. Praise Service led by Rev. T. B. McDonald. Address of the County Presi dent, Rev. J. L. Jones. Music. Address, "The Watchword of the Age." Rev. C. A. Phipps. Sunday Afternoon. ' Praise and Devotions led by Rev. Lee Sadler. How the Town School can help the Country Schools. Rev. T. B. McDonald. Preparedness in Sunday School Work. Rev. R. H. Lewelling. Special Music Address, "The Harvest Field." Sunday Evening. Song Service. Devotions led by Rev. R. H. Lewelling. Address from Selected Sub Ject. Rev. C. A. Phipps. The offlclers of the Morrow county Sunday School Association are: Rev. J. L. Jones of lone, President; S. E. Notson of Heppner Vice president and Mrs. C, E. Woodson of Heppner, secretary-treasurer. Schools from all over the County will send delegates to the convention. 26 years of age. Pearl Penland Cox was born in the state of Washington on March 12, 1890, being the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Penland. She came to Morrow county with her parents while a small girl and most of her life was spent in Heppner, whre she attended school.. She was married In 1912 to Grover Cox and they had on ly recently purchased a home on Wil low street Mrs. Cox had been In delicate health for several years and ; the loving care of her husband made her short stay on Earth the more pleasant than it might otherwise have been. The funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon from the Federat ed church under the direction of Rev. R. H. Lewelling, who preached the funeral sermon. The deceased is survived by her husband and mother ' 25,000 for two years from the Mrs. Rebecca Penland, sister Stella Oregon and Washington has and two brothers, William and Gene. Deen asKea- anQ lne sum 01 ior iwo years nas ueeu usiteu iruui 2:30 2:50 3:10 3:30 7:30 8:00 discussion of the subject, It was Anal ly put to a vote and the sentiment of the Club was against holding the Chautauqua here next year. It ap peared that the Ellison-White people demanded an absolute guarantee of some $1100 or $1200 for the sale of tickets and the Club did. not feel in clined to recommend if to the citizens of Heppner under that condition. A letter from the Portland Cham ber of Commerce was read by Secre tary Smead referring to the Pacific Northwest Tourist's Association. After some discussion the matter was turned over to the Publicity Com mittee by President Phelps. The Northwest Tourist's Association is an organization that has been formed to advertise and sell the scenic beau ties of the Pacific Northwest. To carry on their work, an appropriation Complete Election Returns of Morrow County 5 COLD AN D THE WOMAN i MIUJAM FOX PROOlKTiONl (Continued on page tour) 1 ! srmi Complete election returns from all precincts In Morrow county show the following totals for each candi date and measure voted for. For presidential electors: Butler 761, Cottell 748, Keady 743, North 745, Wilson 747; Coshow 814, Han- ey 830, Neff 819, Sheehan 822, Ste venson 814; Coe 26. Pennington 28, Sheak 25, Swope 27, Walker 24; Burgholzer 90, Johnson 92, McCone 93. Nickula 91, Tipton 91; Caiianan For representative of the ina Congressional district, Barkley 179, Sinnott 929; Secretary of State, can non 182. Olcott 1100; Supreme Court Judge, Bright 259, Burnett 745, Hos- mer 180. Moore 624, Oliver zza Dairy and Food Commissioner, Mc- Klnnon 178, Mickle 931. Pudho ser vice Commissioner, Corey 949, Start 228. Representative, R. N. Stanfleld 897. District Attorney, S. E. Notson 1145. County Commissioner, E. L. prthere 1195. For Sheriff, Jeff Jones 441, Geo. McDuffee 1090 rmmtv Clerk. J. A. waters ma. For Treasurer, Hanson Hughes 679 Thos. J. Humphreys 887. School SiiDerintendent, Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte, 1314. Surveyor L. M. tur ner 1249. Coroner M. L. Case, 1190 Single Item Veto amendment 721 yes. 4la no. amp iu mcuiiihuu 520 yes, 551 no. Negro and mulatto suffrage amendment, 494 yes, 718 ng. Full rental value land tax and home- makers' loan fund amendment, 221 M l . .. 1 yes, 91 no. renuieiuu nununi school. 618 yes, 638 no. Anti-com pulsory vaccination bill, 525 yes, 641 no. Bill repealing and abolishing Sunday closing law, 601 yes, 682 no. Permitting manufacture and regulat ed sale of four per cent malt liquors, 396 yes, 960 no. Prohibition amend ment forbidding Importation of in toxicating liquors for beverage pur poses, 889 yes, 516 no. Rural cred its amendment, 624 yes, 477 no. State wide tax limitation amendment 627 yes, 609 no. British Columbia. The State legis lature, which soon meets In Salem will be presented with petitions ask ng for the appropriation in this state. The road committee made its re port and announced that road straw- ing was getting was getting under way good when the rains came. This made further strawing unnecessary. EVIL MEETINGS IN HEPPNER Rev. A. P. Lowrey of Fort horth, Texas will begin a series of revival meetings at the South Methodist church in this city on December 3. Mrs. Lowrey will be with him and have charge of them usic. Rev. Mr. Lowrey is one of the greatest eveu gelists west of the Mississippi river, say those who have been in close touch with his work.