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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1917.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
WILL HELP TO PULL
oniouion
Morrow County Good Roads Associa
tion la Organiaed Mainly to Edu
cat People to Merita of the
$6,000,000 Koad
Bond BUI.
The Morrow County Good Roads
Association has been Organized to do
' its share In the task of "pulling Ore
gon out of the mud." I
An enthusiastic meeting was held
in the city hall in this city Tuesday
evening, at which time, Roy W. Blt
ner of Pendleton, a member of the
legislative committee who framed the
' bonding bill and a leading good roads
booster, addressed the citizens.
Mr. Rltner-went Into considerable
detail, explaining the various road
legislation which was passed at the
recent legislature and defined clearly
how each measure will work when
put into operation.
The 16,000,000 bonding bill, It
passed by the people at the June
' election, provides that this amount
shall be spent In hard surfacing roads
over the state of Oregon, covering a
period of five years. The State
Highway Commission, which Is thor
oughly competent and impartial, ac
cording to Mr. Ritner, will see to it
that each county will get Its hard
surfacing just as soon as that coun
ty has completed its preliminary
work of grading. All work done by
the county must be according to spe
cifications laid down by the State en
gineer under the instructions of the
State Highway Commission.
Mr. Rltner estimates that the $6,
000,000 will be sufficient-to hard sur
face 600 miles of roadway.
One Important feature brought
out by the representative In his ad
dress was the manner and method by
which the Interest and principal on
the bonds will be met. He put at
ease the mis-gtvtngs of the taxpayers
when he said that none of the money
would necessarily come out of their
pockets. According to the measure
the money will be raised through au
tomobile license fees and the quarter
mill tax which already goes to the
state for road purposes. So there
will be no Increase In taxes front this
source. .
At the conclusion of his address,
Mr. Rltner announced that he would
be glad to answer any questions
bearing on the subject that might be
asked him, and as a result, consider
able discussion was brought out.
R. W. Turner, speaking for the far
mers announced that he did not know
how the majority of the farmers
would vote on the bill. He said that
there were some who were opposed
to the measure and some who favored
it, but he thought in the main, most
of them were like himself, not tho
roughly familiar with the bill, but
wanted the opportunity of studying
and becoming educated. He stated
emphatically that he was for good
roads, the only question being, the
best method by which to get the
roads. -He wanted to feel sure, if he
voted for the bill that Morrow county
would stand In line to get her share
of the money voted.
Harry Cummlngs made a warm
speech in favor of the bond Issue and
stated that If we. got no more than
10 miles of hard surfaced road, then
the "whole business would be worth
all It cost us." He believed that
some good trunk roads will be a
means of reducing freight rates.
S. B. Notson brought outran excel
lent point in favor of the bond Issue
when he quoted government statis
tics showing that the state of Oregon
spent in 1915 on roads, more than
the entire sum involved In the bond
issue. Of that amount, only $2,000,
000 went Into permanent road work
while more than four million dollars
was spent In temporary roads. He
thought this might explain the
wrongs of the present system of road
building In the sate of Oregon.
San VanVactor said: "I have
not given the bond measure much
study, so cannot speak of the merits
of the bill, but I do know that Ore-
gon is falling far behind the other
states In the matter of roads." From
what he had learned of the bond
measure, he believed it was a good
thing and that this Is the time in
which to start doing something.
At the conclusion of the discussion
chairman C. L. Sweek, put the mo
tion before the house for the organf
zation of the Morrow County Good
Roads Association and as a result
S. E. Notson was unamlously elected
president and W. W. Smead was
elected secretary. Forty eight road
boosters became members of the new
organization on the spot and from
now on this county will have ah ac
tive body In the field disseminating
and putting forth publicity matter
pertaining to the road bonding meas
ure. In a few weeks It Is likely that W.
L. Thompson, of Pendleton,; a mem
ber of the State Highway Commission
will meet with the Ideal organization
and further enlighten them upon the
bonding subject. Senator Barrett of
Athena has notified Mr. Notson that
he may come down to talk to the
people of Morrow county.
A full house greeted Mr. Rltner,
and a pleasing feature of the meeting
wa3 the attendance by a large num
ber of women.
Dry Pork.
Fred Esteb is the Droud owner of
a new Ford these days.
Mrs. A. L. Anderson has been visit
ing friends and relatives in Portland
the last ten days.
Leonard Anderson Is now driving
a new Paige, E passenger car around
these days. He purchased It from
A. E. Rivers, the lone agent.
A. E. Rivers, the Paige man ded
livered a 5 passenger Paige car on
Monday to.R. S. Lamoreaux, asst.
Cashier of the Arlington National
Bank. ' . ' :
Frank Toting is the happiest man
in Dry Fork these days, all on ac
count of the stork which left a big
boy with them .last week. Mother
and boy are' reported to be doing fine.
There will be a basket social and
dance at the Dry Fork hall Saturday
evening, April 14, for the benefit of
the Gooseberry baseball team. Music
will be furnished by the Condon 4
plece orchestra. All who buy bas
kets will be given a tree ticket for
the, dance.
, Boardman.
H. C,. Oliver, traffic manager of the
O-W. R. A N. Co., was here Thurs
day looking up our depot facilities.
Moore Bros., O-W. R. ft N. Co.,
contractors are here getting men to
help in putting up a water tank at
Messner. i
Mrs. S. C. Mack left for a awo
week's visit with her parents In Rich
land, Wash.
Richard Johnson of Portland came
Wednesday and is building on his
new homestead. i
J. C. Ballenger returned this morn
ing from a business trip to Hermis
ton. A road meeting was held In the
school house Monday afternoon.
Quite a few from this vicinity and
Castle Rock were there.
Monday evening a meeting was
called to organize a farmers union.
Mr. Brown of Portland was the prin
cipal speaker of the evening.
A school meeting will be called In
Castle Reck next Friday at 1 o'clock
Everyone Interested is invited to at
tend.
PRESIDENT THANKS ELK
FOR THEIR SUPPORT
Exalted Ruler, H. H. Hoffman has
received the folowing communication
from President Wilson in response
to a telegram sent him by Heppner
Lodge Nov 858, B. P. O. Elks.
"The White House, Washington
March 26, 1917
The President thanks you cordial
ly for the good will which prompted
your kind message, which has help
ed to re-assure him and keep him
In heart.
Tumulty."
Secretary.
Five hundred thousand Elks thru
telegrams, have pledged their loyalty
and support to the President and Na
tion. Short Horns for Sale I have two
yearling Shorthorn bulls tor sale.
See animals at my ranch.
GUY BOYER.
Cass Matlock Dies .
At Pendleton Home
Early Settler1 of City and Country
Was Veteran of Indian Wars
In Oregon,
Pendleton Tribune.
Caswell J. Matlock, one of the ear
ly settlers la this county, died at 2:15
this morning at his home, 330 Water
street, after ' an Illness of many
months, during which time he had
hardly left his bed. During the past
three days, the family has felt that
the end was coming and all the mem
bers of the family except Dee, were
at the end.
Mr. Matlock was born May 3, 1837,
In Penton county, Tenn. The family
moved, In 1839 to Dade county, Mo.,
and In the spring of 1853 crossed the
plains, settling in Lane county, Ore
gon. In 1871, Mr. Matlock came to Uma
tilla county where he engaged in the
sheep business Jn the section which
Is now a part of Morrow county. This
ranch he retained until 1905 when
he sold and took over the manage
ment of the Pastime theater here.
He Is a veteran of the Indian Wars
having volunteered as a private in
1855, during the Rogue river war.
He served until the close of the war
the following year. On October,
1860, he was married to Mary A.
Bennett and to them were born six
children; Mary Susannah Matlock,
who died when a child; Lucy Jane
Donaldson of ePndleton; Edward
Lane Matlock, who died in 1913;
Charles DeWitt Matlock of Salmon,
Ida.; Mrs. W. D. Burford of Lewis
ton, Ida., and Caswell Guy Matlock
of Pendleton.
He was the oldest of the eight chil
dren of E. L. and Susannah Matlock,
only two of whom, J. D. Matlock, for
merly mayor of Eugene, and T. J.
Matlock of Heppner, survive.
The funeral was held at 2:30 Tues
day afternoon from the residence,
Bishop Paddock of the Episcopal
church officiating. ;
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LEAVE FOR NAVY
Heppner Young Men Are Responding
Promptly to Call to the Colors
Many More Will Go Later.
This, Thursday, morning was a sad
scene of parting at the local depot,
when lour stalwart young men of
Heppner, three of them high school
Students, bid farewell to relatives and
friends. The young men will go dl
rectly to Portland to take the examin
ations, and If they are successful,
they will go on to San Francisco , to
become recruits In the United States
navy. The boys Who left today were
Cecil Lieuallen, son of Mr, and Mrs.
Frank Lieuallen of Rhea Creek, Ed
gar Copenhaver, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Wm. Copenhaver of Sand Hollow,
Wlllian Wawter Crawford, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Vawte? Crawford of this
city, and Robert J. Hopkins, whose
parents live In Peck, Kansas.. Mr,
Hopkins has been linotype operator
in The Gazette-Times office for the
past year. ' " " !
Many more of our young men have
signified their intentions of going
either into the army or the navy. Joe
Pickett left last Sunday and Lamont
Slocum went Wednesday. Both will
go into the navy.
Last week Linus Judd and Chas.
Ayers, young men who jomed the ar
my last summer and went to Mexico,
left last week to report for duty and
are probably now stationed at Van
couver. YOUNG MAN HURRIES TO
PORTLAND TO ENLIST
Wilbur Slate, a young man who
has been working at the Frank Par
ker ranch below Heppner, came to
the house Wednesday morning and
announced to Mr. Parker that he was
going to join the army, that the
country was In need Of his, Services.
He came to town, and when informed
that he could enlist here, the young
man replied that he did not care to
wait. He paid his own transporta
tion to Portland going down on the
train Wednesday.
LEXINGTON HIGH
WILL PRESENT PLAT
The students of Lexington high
school will present the play, "Farm
Folks at Lexington Friday night.
The entire cast will go to lone Sat
urday evening, where they will again
nut nn tha nhnn
The cast of characters Is taken by
the following students: Arthur
Campbell, Carl Allyn, Merle Saxe,
Teddy Johnson, Wlllian McMillan,
Leona Leach, Nora Shaw, Edna Ban
man, Edith Reaney, Elsie Allyn and
Dona McMillan.
High School Play
Pleases Big Audience
Local School Presented "Home Ties"
Friday Evening at the Opera
House. Proceeds Large.
The play, "Home Ties," given at
the Opera House Friday evening for
the benefit of the high school was a
very successful affair, from the stand
point of the audieuce as well as from
the standpoint of the entertainers.
The receipts, nearly $100, will go into
the school fund for providing some
necessary equipment.
The play was a clever comedy
drama, iu four acts, cleverly acted,
and pleased the audience greatly. The
parts were given out with an idea as
to the fitness of each person for the
part they were to take, and the re
sult showed that good judgment had
been used.
The leading parts were carried by
Norma Frederic as Ruth Winn, the
country girl who had spent some
years in the city; Garnett Barratt as
Martin Winn, Ruth's father; Cecil
Lieuallen as Leonard Everett, a son
of the soil and an old-time sweet
heart of Ruth's who wins out in the
end; Norton Wlnnard at Harold Vin
cent from New York, a city acquain
tance of Ruth's whose suit is unsuc
cessful; Muriel McCarty as Alma
Wayne, a city girl and Ruth's room
mate at boarding school. The minor
parts were taken by Wllletta Potter
as Aunt Melissa, Martin's sister; Ce-
cille Devore as Llndy Jane, an in
quisitive little negro girl who helps
around and pulls many a good laugh,
while she is doing It; Neva Hayes as
Mrs. Poplin, a widow with a pension
and "symptoms"; Earl Gordon as
Josiah Tizzard, an umbrella mender
and one of Mrs. Poplin's symptoms.
No single one on the cast can be
said to stand above the rest, for all
were excellent and handled them
selves as though "to .the manner
born." -
Great credit Is due to Mrs. Lucv
T. Wedding who directed the play,
and her efforts were greatly appre
ciated. Music was furnished between acts
by members of the school and facul
ty.
SCHDO
BOYS
Local, dittos Show They Are Awake
to. Grave National pin is Fred .
: : Bteimur ' Hakes Mroasj Appeal '
' Heppner bad its phtce In the sun
of 'patriotism " last Saturday when
15p..cJtiens (aUtered at the Fair
PartMoB to a great patriotic meeting.
A half hoHdajr and bee declared and
as sv resuff all 'the business houses
were closef " y'1 ."" :
Senator Fresl Bteiwer of Pendleton
waa the chief sneaker of the occasion.
Mr. tteiwer's address was f lied with
oratorical patriotism and he made a
strong lee for the country's prepar
edness. Whea he stated that he would
nevef again vote for a United States
senatbr opposed to preparedness, the
pavlljon 'resounded with ' applause.
He discussed at some length' hie cri
sis Which confronts the government
and ippealed to the young men es
pecially to do their duty.
C. -IE. Woodson and H. A. Noyes of
this city also spoke. Rev. Noyes de
clared that this country has stood all
that It seemed was possible to stand
and he thought it was high time that
the people of the country were stand
ing solidly back of the President to
maintain the Nation's honor. He was
roundly applauded.
"Our fight Is not with the German
people, .but with that crowned head
back of the German people who dic
tates to those German people what
they shall do," said C. E Woodson.
According to Mr. Woodson, Germany
has made plot after plot, which were
ampli reasons for a declaration of
war on the part of the United States.
' aV feature of the meeting was the
attendance of a large body of Lex
ington people, who eame up without
eating dinner, in order that ' they
could arrive in time tor the opening
addrM. Headed by W. G.J3cott and
the Lexington band, the citizens of
that town paraded through the
streets of onr city in true patriotic
fashion. The band music was much
appreciated.
Heppner high school students led
the singing under the supervision of
Miss Marion Long, who presided at
the piano. S. E. Notson acted as
chairman and introduced the speak
ers. He also made a short opening
address which befitted the occasion
Farmers Will Build
$18,000 Elevator
Contract Has Not Yet Been Awarded
But Work on New Structure
Will Begin in Near
Future.
The Heppner Farmers' Union de
cided at the meeting which they held
In the court house Tuesday afternoon
tliat they would build a grain eleva
tor on their property adjoining their
warehouse which will be of one hun
dred thousand bushels capacity. The
elevator will be built of wood mater
ial and the estimated cost Is $18,000.
The plan of the elevator will be
about the same as the concrete ele
vator recently completed at Pendle
ton at a cost of $31,000. The local
farmers had at first dwelt upon the
Idea of a concrete elevator, but when
the cost was considered, the Idea was
dropped and that of a wooden eleva
tor taken up.
Those who have studied the ques
tion say that there are many points
in favor of the concrete elevator, but
local farmers figure the wooden ele
vator will handle present needs'and
will more nearly correspond to the fi
nances in hand. .
A party of farmers, consisting of
W. G. McCarty, H. Fred Tash. Dan
Rice and C. E. Jones went to Condon
today to inspect the Condon grain
elevator.
Theo. Cork Dies In Heppner.
Theo. Cork, for many years a resi
dent of Morrow County, who made
his home in Grant county during
more recent years, died at the Hepp
ner Sanatorium In this city last Sun
day after a brief Illness. The cause
of death was pneumonia. The body
was shipped to Lexington for burial.
Glasses fitted satisfactorily by Dr
Wlnnard, of money refunded. His
prices are reasonable, and he is where
you can always find him. No charge
for testing eyes. tf.
Mrs. C. S. Van Duyn of Spokane is
visiting at the home of her mother,
Mrs. E. J. Ayers. Mrs. Ayers has
been in poor health for some time
past.
Sam Wood, who sells Royal Club,
was In town today. He now travels
In a new Bulck roadster.
Icne News Notes.
Mrs. C. C. Chick and her sister.
Mrs. J. H. Wilt, were passengers for
Portland Wednesday of last week,
where they are vlsltlna friend and
relatives. ',' "
Miss Clark, who lives In the vicinity
of Heppner, came down to visit with
ner mother for a few days. Her
mother la keeping house for Mr.
GiUet
Beech Haines and wife were HeDD-
ner visitors Wednesday of last week,
going up by the stage. '
w. H. cronk and wife motored
over to Condon one day last Week
wnere w. h. had some business mat
ters to attend to. - - --
Spencer Akers from Heppner was
an lone Visitor on Wednesday of last
week. '
Mr. and Mrs. Weatherford and a
daughter from Olex, were la lone one
day last week. .They were the guests
of Mrs: John Cotfhrari. ' '' '
Frank Robinson was a business vis
itor to Portland one day last week,
returning Sunday.
Mrs. Bufflngton returned to Mab
ton, Wash.,' Thursday, after visiting
With her son at lone for several days.
".We saw George Currin of Heppner
on our streets one day last Week. He
was busy shaking hands with his
many friends. ''
Miss Galbreath, one of our popu
lar school teachers, was a Heppner
visitor over last Saturday.
The Doak family from Lexington
were visitors at lone last Sunday, be
ing guests of Mr. and Mrs. Doak of
our town.
Born At the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Winters, on March 30th, a
boy. Mother and child are getting
along nicely.
Earl Morgan, T. M. Benedict, and
W. F. Palmateer jitneyed to Hepp
ner one day last week.
Frank Young, one of our prosper
ous farmers, Is wearing a broad smile
these davs. He received a telegram
one day last week from his wife, who
Is over at Monmouth, stating that he
was the daddy of a fine boy.
Speedy Dryden, Bender's whirl
wind deliveryman, went over to Pen
dleton last Monday for a short visit.
Herb Olden and Jesse Dobyns jit
neyed over to Pendleton last Monday
where Mr. Olden has some business
to attend to.
' Fred! McMurray, who has been up
in the Idaho country for some time,
returned -to- lone -last Monday eve
ning. : -' - -:-
Alfred Rivers delivered a new Paige
car to one of the bankers at Arling
ton a few days ago.
Leonard Carlson is driving a brand
new Paige these days. Better look
a little out now, girls.
Mrs. Frank Holmes, who has been
very sick for several days past, is
somewhat Improved., We hope she
will soon be up and about again.
Walt Puyear is grinning pretty
loud these days. He has a fine new
girl at his home, born April 3rd. Walt
says if she can't fight she will make
a good nurse,
Uncle Joe Osborne of Cecil has pur
chased a fine new Velie car which
will help him get over the many grain
fields he has to look over.
(Continued on page 6)
TO
President W. B. Barratt of the Ore
gon Woolgrowers' Association today
wired the following messages to S.
W. McClure, secretary of the National
Woolgrowers Association and also to
Hon. N. J. Sinnott, Representative of
the Second Oregon District at Wash
ington, D. C.
Hon. N. J. Sinnott, M. C. ,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.
Notify National Defense Committee
that Oregon Woolgrowers have re
solved to act In conjunction with
Committee in every way possible. We
will urge our members to hold their
wool, making the Government a pre
ferred purchaser. We are heart and
hand with everything to aid our coun
try in this, her hour of crisis.
OREGON WOOLGROWERS ASSN.,
W. B. BARRATT, President.
The telegram to Mr. McClure was
substantially the same and is as fol
lows. Mr. S. W. McClure,
Sec. National Woolgrowers Assn.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Have just wired National Defense
Committee through our Congressman
that Oregon Woolgrowers Assn. will
urge its members to hold their wool,
making government preferred pur
chaser. We join with the National
Association in putting forth every ef
fort to serve our country's Interest
first in this, her hour of need.
W. B. BARRATT,
President Oregon Woolgrowers Assn
Death came to one of the infant
sons of F. J. Lucas early Tuesday
morning. The Infant was in the crib
with his twin brother, and when at
tended to a little past midnight,
seemed to be in perfect condition. On
going to the crib at 4 o'clock the
child was found to be dead. In this
sad affliction the family of Mr. Lucas
have the sympathy of the entire community.
ORGANIZED RELIEF
FOR WAR'S WIS
Heppner Organizing to Carry on a
Sustained Work Meeting Sun
day Night Arouses Much
Interest For War
Victims.
The great war in Europe has . been
going on for about two and a half
years and has left in its wake un
told want and suffering among the
non-combatants In various countries
on the continent. ' Organized relief
was undertaken at an early stage ?f
the war in this country, and the peo
ple of Belgium have been the center
of much of the relief work that has
been carried forward! ' We quite well
remember that not long after the be
ginning of the war a meeting was
held In Heppner in behalf of the Bel
gian relief fund, and a considerable
sum of money was forwarded to the
committee as a result. Since then,
so far as we knowf there has been
no effort made to help further along
this line until the meeting on Sun
day evening at the Christian church,
which meeting, by the way was not
largely attended by the citizenship of
this place though those who did come
were well repaid for the time spent
and were enthusiastic in their res
ponse to the invitation given them to
contribute to the relief funds. ' We
have not forgotten, of course that the
war still goes on and that the people
of Belgium, Poland, Armenia,' and -
Servla are literally starving by
the millions, and yet America has
been the great benefactor, finaclally,
of the war, and perhaps because qf
the fact that the war and Its suffer
ers have become to be such com
mon, every-day happlngs, ;we fall
to respond to the call for aid that is
constantly coming to us, and hi a
measure have forgotten the duty we
owe to humanity. .
The meeting on Sunday evening
was planned for the purpose ot call
ing .these things .to our specie at
tention and arouse the proper spirit
of charity In our breasts. Mayor
Notson presided and in a short ad
dress set out the object of the gather
ing. He was followed by Attorney C.
E. Woodson, who, in well chosen
words made a plea for aid for the
war sufferers in Belgium and closed
hts address by making a number of
sensible suggestions as to ways of
saving some dollars for this purpose,
and also impressed the plan of a pro
perly sustained effort from the people
of Heppner, this to be kept up untu
the war closes and beyond that period
it necessary, as it is realized that
the suffering caused by the war win
not end when it ceases.
Pastor MacDonald also spoke upon
Belgium and emphasized the good
points set out by Mr. Woodson. He
was followed by Pastor Noyes, who
spoke more particularly on the needs
of the Armenians and put before the
audience a well authenticated picture
of the terrible conditions that pre
vail In that devasted country the peo
ple of which have been the unpro
tected victims of the "Terrible Turk."
A voluntary contribution was call
ed for and $37.66 raised. This sum
has been considerably Increased by
other money that has been handed iu
and It will be forwarded to the pro
per authorities to be sent on to its
destination in Europe.
To further the idea of organizing
permanent and sustained relief work,
a committee consisting of T. B. Mac
Donald, H. A. Noyes, Vawter Craw
ford, C. E. Woodson and T. E. Chid-
sey was appointed to take steps to
this end. This committee met on
Monday and decided upon a plan of
action which has for its object the
enlistment of the entire community
in this work. All of the churches,
secret societies and benoveleut or
ganizations of the community will be
called upon to appoint a representa
tive from their respective bodies to
form a general relief committee, and
this committee will then come togeth
er and formulate a plan of action.
They are called to meet at the office
of Woodson & Sweek on next Monday
evening at 7:30.
There is .no question as to what
Heppner will do; our people are sym
patic and HBeral and this call will
be met in the right spirit.
Buggy Smashed In Runaway.
The one horse, two seated surrey.
of Mrs. R. W. Snider was badly de
molished in a runaway which occured
on the main street of Heppner Tues
day afternoon. Luckily no one was
in the buggy at the time. While
turning the corner at the power house
the buggy turned over. Then the
horse stopped. Mrs. Snider found
transportation home by the use of a
rig from one of the local stables. She
resides on Willow creek about two
miles this side of Lexington.