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HEPPNER, OREGON, tJiUHSDAY, MARCH 29, 191
VOL. 34, NO. 1.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
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TO BE ORGANIZED
Morrow County Will Work for tlie
Passage of the $6,000,000 Bond
ing Issue-Representative Rit
ner Will Address Meeting.
Good roads advocates from all ov
er Morrow county will gather in
Heppner on Tuesday, April 3rd to
organize the Morrow County Good
Roads Club. The primary object of
tills club will be to work for the pas
sage of the $6,000,000 road bonding
bill which will be voted upon by the
people st the special election on June
4th. ,
The meeting is the result of the
Arork done by the joint committee of
the Heppner Commercial Club and
the Farmers' Union. B. E. Notson
acting as chairman of the committee,
has succeeded in getting some good
speakers for the occasion. Roy W.
Ritner of Pendleton, representative
at the last legislature who was large
ly responsible for the bonding act,
has notified Mr. Notson that he will
be on hand for the meeting Tuesday.
He also announces' that he is bring
ing with him Judge G. W. Phelps and
Senator Fred Steiwer, two other ar
dent boosters tor the bonding meas
ure. It may be possible that . W. L.
Thompson, a member of the State
Highway Commission, will be present
also. At least that is his intention
if he is not called to Portland to at
tend a special meeting of the Com
mission. . ;
Sentiment throughout Morrow
county regarding the bonding nieas
ure has not yet beeu thoroughly felt
out, although it is believed, that once
the bill is understood there will be no
opposition to it. It is pointed out
that some of those most bitterly op
posed to road bonding in the past
liave given their support to this bill,
once they understood It. An instance
may be quoted from Umatilla county.
In the county road bonding measure
' there last year, no one worked hard
er against the passage of that bill
than Senator Barrett. Yet Senator
Barrett was one of the framers of the
present bill and Is working as hard
as anyone for Its passage.
High School Notes.
The English calsses this week have
been writing poetry. The . work
showed some rare talent.
'The Physical Geography class
made a volcano the other day, and
everybody Is ready to be blown up at
any minute.
The play "Home Ties" Is to be pre
sented at the Opera House by the
high school students tomorrow (Fri
day) night. The admission Is 25c
for children and 35c for adults. This
is a very moderate price for this high
class entertainment and everybody
should take advantage of the bargain.
The cast of characters is as follows:
Aunt Melissa, Martin's sister
Willetta Potter
Llndy Jcne, who "helps around"
Cecille DeVore
Mrs. Poplin, a widow with a pen
sion and "symptoms"--Neva Hayes
Joslah Tizzard, umberella mender
Earl Gordon
Ruth Winn, Martin's daughter...
Norma Frederic
Martin Winn, with memories of the
past I Garnet lis r rat t
' Leonard Everett, a son of the soil
... Cecil Lleuallen
Alma Wayne, a city girl..
Muriel McCarty
Harold ,Vtnclnt, from New York
City Norton Winnard
Synopsis
Act X, An afternoon in June, be
tween five and six o'clock. The home
coming.
Act II One month later. Visitors
from the city.
Act III An evening the next
week. The party.
Act IV The following January.
' "Home Sweet Home."
Patriotism has been running high
-at the high school this week. Some
of the students, In fact, are ready to
' join the Navy when they can get their
, parents to consent, which is no easy
matter.
The baseball and tennis fans are
getting impatient waiting for the
weather to clear up.
Missionary Societies Changes Date of
Meeting.
Owing to the fact that the Patriotic
Meeting will be held on Saturday,
March 31, the regular day set for the
meeting of the Federated Missionary
Society, the date has been advanced
to Tuesday, April 3, The meeting
will be held In the parlors of the Fed
erated church, according to the re
port of Mrs. Edwin D. Brown.
ROD
MOST ECONOMICAL USE
OF IRRIGATION WATER
Alurli Has Been Learned of Amount
Required By Means of Many Tests.
Corvallls, Ore., Mar, 28. Too lit
tle water In Irrigation results In loss
from crop shortage, while too much
appropriates water that might have
been profitably used somewhere else
and may actually damage the soil so
seriously that it will no longer pro
duce profitably. Water should be
applied in a manner that utilizes
every acre-Inch of rainfall and each
supplementary inch of Irrigation pro
vided. During the last two years experi
ments to determine the exact amount
of Irrigation have been conducted
on 232 tracts of Oregon farms situat
ed In 12 leading Irrigation districts,
by the 0. A. C. Experiment Ststion
and the U. S. Division of Irrigation.
The results, said by Prof. W. L. Pow
ers, who directed the tests to be of
great value to irrigation farmers,
have been published In Station Bul
letin 140, Economical Uses of Ir
rigation Water.
In the field tests from which the
data were secured the fields were
divided into three sub-stations each
one of which was given the amount
of Irrigation thought by the owner to j
be most profitable, another some-
thing more and the other something
less than the amount. By measur
ing volumes of water and comparing
values of crops, fairly accurate con
clusions of the most profitable a
mount of water for various soil types
and different crops were shown.
The bulletin In which results are
published are free to cltzens of Ore
gon. W. S. Bowen, district manager of
the Oregon Life Insurance Company,
is spending several days in Heppner
and vicinity in the interest of the
company. Mr. Bowen is an insurance
man of many years eyperlence and
has been with Oregon Life ever since
it was organized.
Paul Gemmell and Dan Mclntyre
returned from Bend the last of the
week where they had gone some time
ago. They report that Bend is not
quite as lively now at It was a few
months agOj- They weitt-oH to Pend
leton the first of the week.
An addition Is being built on the
northwest corner of the Christian
church and the new room will be
used for Sunday school purposes.
Rev. T. B. McDonald and Tom Chid
sey are doing the work.
J. A. Blahnik
Rock citizen was
Tuesduy.
prominent Lone
a Heppner visitor
HOUSE CAT SHOWS
SIGNS OF RABIES
Dr. I. U. Temp'e and family were
this morning considerably excited by
the strange antics of their house
cat which occupied the back porch
and displayed such symptoms of
madness that the family feared to
approach It. E. F. Averlll, Inspector
of the biological survey, was called
and, with the assistance of the doc
tor, finally succeeded In Imprisoning
the feline in a barrel. There it will
bp held for observation and, should it
dovelop the rabies as It Is feared, It
will be killed. In that event the Pas
teur treatment will probably be giv
en to the girl employed at the Temple
home as she was bitten by the cat on
Sunday. The cat also bit the Temple
dog, It Is believed. For a time this
morning the cat stationed itself be
fore the door of the house and mani
fested such a desire to attack all mov
ing objects that the family was forced
to enter and leave the house by a
window. Pendleton E. 0.
HEPPNER BOY JOINS
THE ARMY IN SALEM
Lee Notson, the oldest son ot S. E.
Notson of this city has joined the
Oregon National Guard at Salem and
had already entered Into active train
ing, according to a letter received
by Mr. Notson this week.
Young Notson, before his enlist
ment had been attending the Willa
mette University In the Capitol City.
A large number of his schoolmates
also enlisted.
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT
THAT THE BUSINESS MEN OF
CITY OF HEPPNER CLOSE
THEIR PLACES OF BUSINESS ON
SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1917,
FROM ONE O'CLOCK P. M, TO
FOUR O'CLOCK P. M. DURING
THE PATRIOTIC MEETING TO BE
HELD AT THE FAIR PAVILION.
N. 8. i WHETSTONE,
Commander G. A. R.
8. E. NOTSON,
Mayor.
C. Ii. 8WEKK,
President Commercial Club.
A Patriotic!
Appropriate Ceremonies Will Be Held in the
Fair Pavilion in the Afternoon And
Addresses Will Be Made By
Leading Citizens.
lion on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p. m. v
The Grand Army veterans and the Spanish-American
war boys who have been largely instrumental in calling
this meeting, will gather at the corner of the Palace hotel
about 1 o'clock and led by the fife and drum corps, will
" march in a body to the Pavilioi. They wlil be followed
by the school children.
The stores and other business houses of Heppner will
be closed' on Saturday afternoon and every able bodied
citizen in the town will be expected to be present at this
patriotic gathering, at least it is the desire of those in
charge of the meeting to have everyone present.
The Program Will Be As Follows:
Opening Address by S. E. Notson, presiding.
Song " America ',' by High School students.
Address Proniinen outside speaker.
Song Led by High School students, "Columbia The
Gem of the Ocean" - '
Address by C. E. Woodson.. ,
Song led by the High School students ' 'Hail Columbia ' '
Address by Rev. H. A. Noyes
Conclusion "Star Spangled Banner."
The audience Avill join in the singing of all the songs.
LOCAL LODGE PLEDGES
SUPPORT TO PRESIDENT
Heppner Lodge No. 358, of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks has endorsed the stand taken
by President Wilson in the present
National crisis by adopting resolu
tions which have been transmitted to
Washington D. C. The following
is the telegram sent to the President
on last Friday by H. H. Hoffman,
Exalted Ruler:
Heppner, Oregon,
March 23, 1917
To Woodrow Wilson, President,
Washington, D. C.
I have the pleasure of transmitt
ing to you the following resolutions
adopted by Heppner Lodge, Number
Three Hundred Fifty Eight, Benevo
lent and Protective Order of Elks.
Respectfully yours,
H. H. HOFFMAN.
"WHEREAS a most grave Interna
tional crisis now confronts the Unit
ed States, and the President has and
is employing such measures as are
at his command to uphold and main
tain the integrity of the Nation and
the sacred rights of humanity against
the ruthless hand of the despoiler.
Therefore, be It resolved by Hepp-
uer Lodge, Number Three Hundred
Fifty Eight ot the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, that we do
most sincerely endorse (he President
in his patriotic American course of
action, and we do individually and
collectively pledge him our support
in his heroic efforts to preserve to
the peoples of the Earth those rights
and privileges so long recognized by
the law of nations.
And it is further resolved, that
these resolutions be spread upon the
minutes of the Lodge and a copy
of the same transmitted to Woodrow
Wilson, president of the United Stat-
68 1
' . H. H. HOFFMAN
Exalted Ruler
W. P. COX
SAM E. VAN VACTOR
Committee."
Danger to America Seen.
New York, March 27. Rear-Admiral
Bradley A. Fiske, United States
Navy, retired, In an address that he
said had been approved by Secretary
of Navy Daniels, declared here to
night "if Germany is beaten, our
whole danger will pass away for the
present, but the chances seem even
that she will not be beaten." t
"Perhaps a few people will dispute
the statement," he said, "that the
chances are at least even that when
the treaty Is signed Grmany would
send her fleet to this side."
Rally Day.
Saturday will be Patriotism Day
in Heppner, a fitting climax to the .
observance of Patriotic Week. The
object of the meeting is to arouse the
patriotic Spirit of our people and to
this end, the men, women and child
ren of Heppner and adjoining coun
tryside wUl gather at the Fair Pavi
PEKDLETON MEN HELD
UP BY BAD WIND STORM
"Campaigning through the mud in
Serbia has nothing at all on a drive
through the sands on the old Immi
grant road near Cecil in the face of a
blinding storm," says the Pendleton
Tribune. "This is the conclusion of
Robert Simpson, of the Simpson Auto
Company. He went with a rescue
party Saturday to rescue T. J. Tobin
and E. Hall, who were driving new
Fords up from The Dalles to Pendle
ton and got stuck In the sand drifts.
"The party was found and extricat
ed at 2 a. m. Sunday morning and
towed 19 miles into Echo. The
sand, blown by a terrific wind, forced
itself into the engines of the cars
until they refused to work properly.
The sand banked itself in heaps, in
drifts, making It almost Impossible
for the drivers to walk.
To add another chapter to the ex
citement the steamboat J. N. Teal
from Portland, with 14 more Fords
aboard for the same company, got
submarined by a rock, which forced
her to put the cars ashore at Irrigon.
"The rescued and rescuers went
down In a body and drove them up.
Only six were brought here, the re
mainder being distributed to Her
miston and Echo. And finally the
entire party came here and they ad
mit that they slept the 'sleep of the
just. "
Official Argument Filed.
Chairman W. A. Wood has filed the
formal argument in favor of the $6
000,000 road bonding issue. It oc
cupies six pages of the official pam
phlet, in addition to two pages set
ting forth the map ot the designated
highways.
Amortization tables, showing that
the interest and principal on the
bonds will be met from the mlllage
tax and the auto license fees, are set
forth and demonstrate that in addi
tion there will be balances each year
for Btate roads without any Increase
In general taxation.
From the Grange argument favor
ing the state bonding measure in
1912, the following Is quoted: "Bus
iness Men and Farmer, Producer and
Consumer, vote for the Grange Meas
ures, for you one and all are Inter
ested in the development ot the state;
that can never be accomplished with
out the construction of good, perman
ent roads, built economically- and
scientifically. Spence, Shaw, Leedy,
Mason, Committee, Oregon State
Grange." (Page 101, 1912 State
Pamphlet.)
RIGHT SPRAYING SHOWN
IN FOUR NEW BULLETINS
Right Materials, Times And Methods
Told by Specialists At O. A. t
O. A. C, Corvallls, Ore., Marc"j 8.
To give Oregon orcnardists in brief
form successful methods in combat
ting pests and diseases with the right
materials at the right time and used
in the right way, four spraying bul
letins have just been issued by the
Oregon Agricultural College Exten
sion Service. Since It is already
time to apply the first of the Bprays
recommended, growers are notified
that they may secure any or all of
these bulletins Immediately. The
series is as follows:
Spraying apples and pears, No.
193; Spraying prunes and plums,
No. 194; Spraying peaches, No. 195;
and Spraying cherries, No. 196.
"Spraying alms to kill the pest or
parasite by bitting it with the pro
per solution when it is unprotected.
or to coat the susceptible parts of the
tree or fruit with a killing substance
so that fungicide or pest can make
its attack at no point not suitably
protected with a poisonous material"
says the apple and pear bulletin.
That Is what each number of the
series tells how to do for the parti
cular kind of tree for which it was
written.
The spray tables are new and dif
ferent from any heretofore published
on spraying, so far as known.' They
yield more information in clearer
form and less space than any other.
They show what to spray for, what
with, at what time, and how to ap
ply the spray. They likewise show
at a glance how to dilute for requir
ed strengths and how to combine for
two or more troubles. Illustrations
show stage of bud, leaf and fruit de
velopment at which applications are
made.
Since spraying is often the differ
ence between a profitable and an un
profitable crop, these little eolumns
may mean a great deal to growers.
Publisher Is Sued.
In the name of Dennis McNamee,
suit was brought against L. K. Har
lan ot Pilot Rock, yesterday after
noon by a number of creditors and
attachment papers were served. The
claims incorporated in the complaint
are as follows: McNamee note for
$100, Dave McAtee and George Aiken
note for $100, Minor & Co., Heppner
$30 on account, Ida Warnock, Hepp
ner, $127.99 rental, and Henry
Schwarz $59.75 on account. Raley
and Raley are attorneys for the plain
tiff. Pendleton East Oregonlan.
FIVE BILLION LOAN BY
THE U. S. POSSIBLE
New York The United States, the
treasure house of the world, would
be able to loan the allies the stagger
ing sum of five billion without notice
ably effecting the financial situation,
the official of one of the largest bank
ing houses recently announced. This
country is in shape to loan the allies
five times the national debt. He be
lieves the gold in the United atates is
the power to end the war.
"The wealth of the United States si
estimated at two hundred billions,"
said the banker. "A loan of five bil
lions is only two and one half per
cent of the resources. A loan of this
size would be regarded in banking
circles as peace insurance."
With the talk of the huge loan.
bankers are mobilizing their resour
ces in preparation to unloose 'the
power of money if the need arizes.
Bankers say the loan would take the
form of unlimited credit for ships
munitions and foodsuffs, leaving the
money in the United States.
Stars and Stripes Replace Picture of
Kaiser at Spokane.
Spokane, Wn. The portraits of
Kaiser Wilhelm and all German no
tables, together with German flags.
are today being taken from the walls
of Turner Hall, according to an an
nouncement of Dr. E. T. Richter,
president of the Deutsche Gesell-
schaft, the big German society of Spo-
kane, representing 2500 Germans.
"These portraits and flags are to be
replaced by the Stars and Stripes,"
said Dr. Richter.
The work of taking them from the
walls of Turner Hall began this morn
ing, March 27.
"There are 300 active members of
the Deutsche Gesellschaft in Spokane,
and I believe that every one of these
deplores the action of the German
government in its announcement of
unrestricted submarine warfare.
"I dare say that every one of the
2500 Germans in Spokane who have
taken out naturalization papers will
stand behind the President. They
have come to this country to make
their homes and rear their children,
and I believe that, to a man, they will
uphold the Constitution of the United
States.
"I believe that practically all of the
IN AND
I
I. O. O. P. Hall Scene of Pleasant Dia-
ner Party Tuesday Night When
Members of Federated Sun
day School Enjoy Hospi
tality of Men Folks.
The I. O. O. F. Hall was the scene
ot an enjoyable dinner party last
Tuesday evening at 6:30 when the
ladies and girls of the Federated
Sunday School were banquetedby the
men and boys of that organization.
The menu, although not an ex
tensive one, was thoroughly prepar
ed by the host of chefs, cooks, and
coffee brewers. H. A. Noyes, Nor
ton Winnard and . Wn, Robb were
general supervisors and under them
worked an army of men from the
finance committee down to the police
force. ;
The menu consisted of Clatsop
Nectar, Sea Fruit, Made in Heppner,
Good If You Like It, Weight Reduc
ers Assorted, Maxwell's perfections
and Caracol. As these misleading
names imply, there was some April
fooling In the way some of .the de
lectables had been prepared. For
Instance, those delicious looking ec
lairs were found to be under the cho
colate coating, a tough filling of card
board. The entire affair was greatly
enjoyed by the large number pre
sent. There were 105 ladles .and
girls seated at the table and the
balance of the 175 were made up of
the men folks.
A side feature of the affair was
the observance of S. E. Notson's 50th
birthday. A large birthday cake a
dorned the table and on the cake
were fifty candles. . For some reason
or another, this cake was never cut,
but there was a general rumor go
ing around the table that the cake
under the icing was mostly excelsior.
However, this rumor was not fully
developed. Probably Chief Chef
Smead and his cohorts know more
Chief Chef Smead was ably as
sisted in preparing the dinner by
F. M. Atkinson, F. N. Frye, W. E.
Pruyn and Alex Green. The table
committee was headed by Earl Gor
don and at the first table the wait
resses were David Wilson, R. M.
Neill, O. Parker, H. Aiken and Laur
ence Wilklns. C. Corder, Alton
Hayes, Orain Wright. E. Gordon and
A. Rue were at the second table and
E. Clark, L. Nicholson, E. Gentry.
C. Adkins and T. McCraw were "the
hash slingers" at the last table. An
Iron clad rule of the evening was
that no waiter I'ould accept a tip.
The coffee brewers were M. Ia
Case, J. T. Mitchell and N. A. Clark.
J. O. Hager was chairman of the
dessert dispensers and he was ably
assisted by Cieo. McDuffee, F. E.
Parker, A. W. Raglan, Ralph John--
son and Walter Cason.
The reception committee, or the
Glad Hand Artists were C. E. Wood
son, E. H. Hall, H. C. Johnson, Rev.
Noyes, Norton Winnard, S. E. Not
son and N. E. Winnard.
The water boys and dish washers
were on the Job every minute and in
case of disturbances, which we are
glad to say, were nil, the diplomatic
service was maintained under the
head of Chi;f H. Vance. His cohorts
were E. D. Brown, L. W. Briggs, J.
C. Kirk, A. Baird and Mai Church,
jailor.
Germans in the United States are
sorry to sen the action of the German
government in regard to submarine
warfare, whether they are natural
ized or not. In Spokane there are
3000 unnaturalized Germans, and I
know that these are sorry to hear
that Germany Is to carry on such war
fare." Our Citizens Gladly Respond.
At the meeting on Monday evening,
a committee consisting of O. E.
Farnsworth and N. S. Whetstone was
appointed to interview our business
men and request that the national
emblem be displayed a all business
houses. It is gratifying to note that
the response was immediate and
unanimous. The flag is also display
ed from almost every residence In the
town as well as from the public build
ings, and the city presents a holiday
apeparance and well represents the
unanimous patriotic sentiment of the
people. ' Heppner folks believe In
showing their colors: we are nil loy
al citizens in this neck 'o the woods.
F. L. Kent of Portland was In the
city Wednesday. Mr. Kent was for
merly with the Oregon Agricultural
College where he headed the depart
ment ot dairying. Since leaving the
college, he has been engaged In the
creamery business but, at the present
time is in the employ of the United
States government.
BANOUE
LADIES