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Ore207n2StStOriCaI S0Cl6t7 Gazette HE VOL. 34, NO. 3. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1917 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR MES i co. ri SEPTEMBER 13-4-5 Will You Be Ready With Your Exhib its More Serial Cash Prizes WiU Be Offered. W. W. SMEAD, Secretary. -The Filth Annual Morrow County Fair to be held this year on Septem ber 13-14-15 will be the best ever held it the people do. their part. We must have your cooperataion to the fullest extent to make the Fair what it should be. The Fair Board can assure the people that the amuse ments will be up-to-date and first class. However, we cannot Insure the exhibits without the cooperation of the entire people of Morrow county. Now Is the time to plan what you are going to have in the way of veg etables and other agricultural pro ducts. The Chas. H. Lilly Company of Seattle offer a special cash prize of $10 for the best exhibit of farm and garden products raised from Lilly seeds. This is worth working for. The Board will give a number of special prizes this season for the best exhibit of potatoes and onions. These prizes will be awarded strictly from their adaptability to the soils oi Mor row county. A written statement must accompany each- exhibit show ing when they were planted, when dug, estimated yield per acre, their keeping ability and all other informa tion that will be of value to prospec tive growers of these varieties. We are going to specialize this year on those vegetables that we can grow to perfection in this county and yet are shipping in car loads each , year and paying two prices. Morrow coun ty can produce all the vegetables it uses and more if the people will take the trouble to plant and care for them while they are growing. We all squeal about the high cost of living but do not try very hard to find why the cost is so high, or what we could do to lower the cost. No country in the world can raise better potatoes, onions, cabbage, car rots, beets and other vegetables of this kind than can grow in Morrow county. Yet we pay thousands of dollars in freight to the railroad and . express . companies and - thousands more to growers in other parts of the country for stuff that we can grow at home, getting it fresh from the farms Whose fault is it? Can the fault be overcome? If so, how? For the best answer to the above questions the Board will pay a special cash prize of $5. All articles are to be in the hands of the Board not later than Stant 1 9. Tin vnn lrnnw nf nnvthlnv that in your opinion would help make the Fair better, more instructive and of more value to the people. If you do, put it in writing and mall it to the Secretary and the same will have the careful consideration of the Board. Lets' make the Fair what it has al ways been the best county fair in Oregon. It is the people's Fair and it will be Just what they want it to be. JAY VALE DROWNED IN MISSOURI RIVER S. W. Spencer of this city received a telegram Monday morning bringing the sad news of the death of Jay Vale In the Missouri river near Blsmark, N. D. The telegram, which was sent by Mrs. Vale, stated that the accident occurred while Mr. Vale was attempt rng to cross the river in a boat. The river was being dragged, but up to the time of sending the telegram, the body had not been recovered. Mr. Vale was formerly at the head of the dry goods department at Mi nor & Co. It was while he made his hpme in this city that he was married to Miss Ella Ayers. After leaving Heppner, they lived tor a time at La Center, Wash. They had been living in Blsmark during the past two years. Since the above was written, the body has been recovered and the fun eral was held at Blsmark Wednesday. Although the family lives In Blsmark Mr. Vale had been traveling out of Minneapolis for an automobile con cern. Committed to Asylum. Chris Weinshenck was this week adjudged Insane and was ordered committed to the Eastern Oregon branch asylum at Pendleton. He will be taken to that place upon the ar rival of an attendant from that in stitution. Mr. Weinshenck has been a famil iar figure about Heppner for a num ber of years and was always consider ed a good worker and much in de mand as a farm hand. However, his notions of late .aroused the author ities to take proper steps and upon examination he was pronounced to be in a decidedly unbalanced frame of mind. He is a native of Sweden. School Teacher Acquitted. Reports from .Salem state that Sup erintendent of Public Instruction, J. A. Churchill has upheld the decision of County Superintendent Shurte rel ative to the charges made against W. H. Grant, teacher in school district No. 8. Mr. Grant had been charged with making undue attentions to a 16-year-old school girl. Superintend ent Churchill, after making a thor ough investigation, reported the charges groundless. , MQRRQV CHILDREN HAVE PART IN PREPAREDNESS PLAN Heppner, Oregon, April 9, 1917. Dear Boys and Girls: Now is the time for every boy and girl in Morrow county, and particu larly those of the Industrial Clubs who have taken up the Garden Pro ject, to get busy. The Food Supply is of as great im portance as any phase of preparedness for the National Crisis which we are now facing. At present we have a shortage of foods, and prices are high. Since we have entered into this war our obligation to furnish food to the allied nations will be greatly Increased. I wish we might plan a campaign for this community, deter mine the amount of ground available and the number of persons who may be enlisted to put it to its best use. l'he Oregon Agricultural College has prepared a special series of pham phiets on poultry keeping, vegetable gardening, the economical use of foods, which will be available to the people of the State. They will be glad to send a supply of these publi cations upon receipt of evidence that this work is being efficiently organ ized in the community. Show your patriotism by planting a garden. Plenty of free seed at this office.' Yours truly, LENA SNELL SHURTE, County School Superintendent. TURNER STARTS SHEAR ING PLANTS THIS WEEK Frank W. Turner, the veteran sheep shearer, will start his shearing plants this week. The first crew, which will operate under his super vision, will begin work at the Jas. Carty ranch at Tub Springs and will consist of eight men. The second plant, owned and operated by Mr. Turner, will be in charge of W. C. Sullivan, the man who holds- the Northwest record in the point of number of sheep sheared iu one day Mr. Sullivan has sheared something over three hundred sheep in a single day. His plant will soon be in oper ation at the headquarters ranch south of Heppner. Mr. Turner is looking forward to a very successful season JOHN PADBERG BUYS 480-ACRE WHEAT FARM John H. Padberg, an extensive wheat farmer living west of Hepp ner, has purchased the Adklns ranch which is east of the Padberg home place.. The ranch consists of 480 acres and is considered one of the best wheat producers in that section. It is about five miles west of Heppner. The purchase was made from Ed Ad kins but we did not learn the consid eration involved. EASTER SINGERS GREET ED BY LARGE AUDIENCE The rendition of the Easter can tata, "Easter Angels," at the Feder ated church on, Sunday evening was greeted by an overflowing house. The music was rendered under the di rection ot Mrs. H. A. Noyes who han dled the chorus in fine style and brought out the effects of the chor uses in a way that proves her to be a good interpreter of this class of mu sic. The solos were all good and the cantata was greatly enjoyed by the listeners. We understand that Mrs. Noyes will take up the work of pre paring another cantata of a similar nature which will be given in the near future, and, we will be glad to announce this as a fact. ' Heppner has a lot of good talent that should be developed, and the organization of a chorus of singers that would be pre pared to render good music on all oc casions would be a fine thing, in deed. No reason at all why a place of this size should not have a splen didly developed bunch of singers, trained in ensemble work, and we be lieve Mrs. Noyes is well qualified to take charge and bring the chorus up to a high state of efficiency. MORGAN NEWS. Miss Irene Douglas qt Willows was . a Morgan visitor last week. Mrs. Holbrook's sister and daugh ter of Portland spent a few days with her. A bunch of people of Morgan mo tored over to Mr. Newlon's artesian wells last Sunday. There were about 40 in the party. C. H. Veghte of Ashland has pur chased a Bullock Creeper gasoline engine. He has moved it on to his ranch and is ready to go to work. He has 800 acres to plow. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Troedson cele brated their silver wedding one day last week. There were over 60 rela tives and friends present. Mr. and Mrs. Troedson received many valu able presents. Franklin Ely and Harvey Smith, two school, boys ot Morgan, got on their ponies Monday and went out on the hills to eat their dinner. When they came back they brought with them 8 little coyotes. There will be a big educational meeting held at the Morgan school house Monday night, April the 16th. Mrs. Shurte, of Heppner, and Mr. Pittman of the State Normal school, will be present. Everybody is in vited. PREMIER WHITE WYANDOTTE eggs for hatching, $1.60 per 15 eggs. Sweepstake winners at Dayton, Wash, and Moscow, Idaho. W. CLAUD COX, Heppner, Ore.' GQUNTYGQURTASKS SURVEYOFHIGHWAY Estimates on Cost of Construction Are Also Asked For Court Looks With Favor on Present Bond iNsue. The court of Morrow county has written to Engineer Bennett, of the State department of highway engin eering, asking him to make a survey of the proposed highway from the Umatilla county line to the Gilliam county line through Morrow county. Mr. Bennett and his crew are now working out from Pilot Rock and will soon be in Morrow ocunty. Ac cording to the map of the proposed highways affected by the $6,000,000 bonding issue, two of these roads will pass through this county. The one going up the Columbia river in the north end of the county has already been surveyed. The court will also ask for esti mates on the cost of building the base for the Pilot Rock-Heppner road. If the outlay for preliminary construc tion is not too great, work will com mence in the near future, providing the bonding bill passes at the special June election. Engineer Bennett has made the statement that the cost of preparing the highway through this county for hard surfacing should be at the minimum, for the reason of soil adaptability to road building and the close proximity of all the neces sary material. County Judge Patterson has here tofore been opposed to the bonding idea, but looks with -some favor upon the present issue. - However, he is of the opinion that a more unified sys tem of road construction should be adopted by the state highway com mission. He does not believe that the real permanent road has yet been built and looks to the concrete road as solving the problem. The cost of the concrete road, he believes, would not make it practical as yet.. He is la favor of building the highway if the cost does not prove to be too great in proportion to the benefits to be derived. ; Commissioner Currin is enthusias tic for better roads and at a recent meeting held in this city made the statement that the court sood ready to cooperate as tar as possible in building a permanent road tf own Wil low creek to the Gilliam county line. HEPPNER YOUNG PEO . PLE ARE MARRIED A quiet wedding was solemnized at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Akers in this city Sunday morning when their daughter Blanche became the wife of Chas. Barlow. The cere mony was performed by Rev. T. B. MacDonald of the First Christian church and only the immediate rela tives were present. Mr. Barlow is an industrious young man ot this city and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barlow ot Rhea creek. Both young people have a host of friends who will wish them well on the Journey through life. They left immediately after the wedd ing for a honeymoon trip to Pendle ton and other points. They will make their" home in this city. Another wedding of some surprise to his many friends was that of Les ter Ingram on Tuesday evening to Miss Fay Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Robinson of Joseph, Oregon. The ceremony occurred at the office of Recorder J. P. Williams. Mr. Ingram, who is a native of the Willamette Valley, has been making his home in Heppner during the past two years and attending the local high school most of that time. At present he holds a position with the Palace hotel and the newlyweds will make their home here. Card of Thanks. To those who so kindly assisted us during our recent bereavement we 'desire to extend our sincere thanks. - ' J. F. LUCAS AND FAMILY. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank all those who so willingly assisted during the last ill ness and the burial of our beloved husband and father; especially do we express our sincere appreciation to the members of the Masonic order for their kindness and assistance in the performance ot the last sad rites at the grave. Mrs. Mary Etta Rasmus and Family. FARMERS I pay $4.00 per ton for old iron delivered at warehouse in Heppner. Want your old rags and Junk. Buy and sell second hand fur niture; pay highest market price for hides and pelts; old rags 75c per 100 pounds. GEO. W. VERDOT, at Second Hand Store, Heppner. The family of S. A. Pattlson will arrive today from Castle Rock, Wn., to take up their residence in this city. They will live in the Ayers house on upper Main street. Jas. Kirk came down from his ranch on upper Willow creek today to transact business. Frank Engleman, H. B. Haines and wife and Irwin Wilkes ot lone were Heppner visitors today. R. H. Weeks ot the Hamilton ranch was in the city Wednesday. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM IONE SECTION Rev. J. L. Jonea of this place held services in Lexington last Sunday. We see Bert Barlow driving a brand new Reo these days. We guess the Ford will get a rest now. i L. P. Davidson, who has been down to Portland for several days, returned to lone last Sunday evening. Frank Hall, formerly a partner In the lone butcher shop, was a passen ger to Portland last Sunday. i Ray Beezeley started back to his Old home in Colorado last Tuesday. We wish him a pleasant trip. t, Algott Londell succumbed to an attack of Fordttts one day this week and bought one from his brother. Herb Olden and Jesse Dobyns, who spent several days over at Pendleton last week, returned home last Friday. Mrs. J. H. Wilt and Mrs. C. C. Chick returned to lone last Wednes day from a week's visit in Portland. Claus Johnson was a Heppner vis itor last Tuesday. We understand Claus is contemplating buying a new car. Mrs. i. A. Klehn. Mrs. Mitchell and Harlan McCnrdy motored ap to Heppner last Monday in Mr. Kiehn's car. , Frank Hopkins sold bis Ford this Week to Frank Fox, who expects to drive around a good deal this sum mer. Gus Wilcox is busier than a nailer these days baling hay, and I tell you they are making hay while the sun shines. Frank H. Robinson and Walt Smith were Lexington visitors last week, going up to attend to some business matters. ; That young Pierce Arrow of Ray Beezeley's had a new shaft put in it last week and yon should have seen it qulvver. . . E. R. Lnndell was a passenger to The Dalles last Friday morning. He returned the same day, bridging back a new Reo. , Speedy Dryden, who has been up to Walla Walla getting a few days of much needed rest,' returned to his Old duties Thursday. V The Christian Endeavor gave a social at the skating rink last Friday night. Everyone present spent a Tery enjoyable evening. Some rain we had last week. A few more of those showers and a little stiarm -weather mixed with - it - will make the farmers smile. Frank Hopkins went down to Ar lington last Tuesday, where he will look around for a few days and get acquainted with the city. Mr. Bailey and wife from The Dalles came in on the train Saturday and Mr. Bailey filled the pulpit at the Baptist church last Sunday. Mrs. Alfred Rivers, who has been visiting in Portland with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Carlson, returned to lone Wednesday of last week. Mrs. J. W. Osborne, also Henry Streeter and family were in lone last Tuesday doing some shopping. They came up in Uncle Joe s new car. Mrs. John Louy, formerly of lone, has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. Hopkins of this place for a short time. She returned to her home last Sunday morning. Professor Cossman, who has been teaching in the lone school tor the past year, received a telegram last week calling him to the front. He left on Saturday's train. The Lexington high school gave a play in the skating rink at lone last Saturday night. There was not a large crowd but the play was pulled oft in good style anyway. The first base ball game of the season was played at lone last Sun day, when Fairview and lone locked horns for nine innings. The score wag 5 to 8 in Ione's favor. Grant Olden and family' were Heppner visitors last Tuesday... We think Grant has a car fever pretty bad and possibly he got a prescrip tion Milled that will fix him up all right., - , : Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilt, Mr.' and Mrs. Joe Knappenberg, Mr. and Mrs. E. J.' Bristow and family, and Roy Cochrin, attended the Easter services at the-Episcopal church at Heppner last Sunday. Ted Troed, who is working at the French Burroughs ranch, took a stroll up the canyon Sunday before last and found a coyote den. He dug it out in about fifteen minutes and got nine young coyotes. - W. L. Barlow, who has been hob bling about on a cane for several days suffering with rheumatism, , has thrown the cane away and gone back to the ranch. He is feeling so much better that we expect to hear of him raising cane when he gets out there. Master Ed Bristow had a birthday last Monday evening. He gave a par ty for thirty-two of his little play mates both boys and girls and the young fry had a dandy good time playing games. Ice cream and cake were served. Master Ed is ten years old. . About sixty-five of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Troedson's friends and neigh bors gathered at their home last Thursday evening and gave them a splendid surprise. It was their 25th wedding anniversary and they were the recipients ot many useful and valuable presents. Church of Christ. Sermon subjects for Sunday, April 15: Morning, "The Other Cheek." Evening, "The Game of Life." MASS MEETING FOR . 11 RELIEF FUND People of Heppner Will be Asked to Give to Belgian Sufferers. Program Arranged. A mass meeting of the people of Heppner and vicinity will be held at the Opera House, Friday, April 20, at 8 p. m., for the purpose of raising lunas oy popular donation and sub scription for the relief of the starv ing Belgian school children. - In the earlier stages of the war the people of Heppner gave generously to the relief of the Belgian people. Time has only added to their desti tution. To-day there are more than 1,260,000 school children of that country who are dying of starvation. Relief must come to them at once else they perish. Tbruout our land an organized effort is being made to furnish food for these poor, dying cnuaren. Heppner, true to her tra ditions, must help. In the spirit of humanity, she should give as never before. As a nation, America leads the world in wealth. Let it lead in this dark hour of the world's need in charity also. As you love your own dear ones at home, will you not come to this meeting and give what you can towards relieving the suf fering of the homeless, starving children of Belgium? Let no one say "It will be useless; German sub marines will sink the ships." Each ship and its cargo are fully insured. If they be lost, the insurance will buy others. The following program has been arranged for the evening: Song "America" Led by Miss Marion A. Long. Opening Address , Mayor S. E. Notson, presiding Address "The Belgian Situation" Rev. H. A. Noyes. Song "The Flag of '76" Mrs. R. J. Vaughan Address, "The Cry of the Belgian Children" .Father P. J. O'Rourke Song "Battle Cry of Freedom" Miss Peggy O'Rourke Address, "Some Practical Means of Raising Funds to Help the Bel gian Children" C. E.- Woodson Song, "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" Led by Miss Long Collection and Subscription of Money. At this meeting an effort will be made to get an expression from the ladies in regard to organizing a Red Cross Chapter at Heppner. Every body is invited to attend this mass meeting. H. H. HOFFMAN, FATHER O'ROURKE, REV. MacDONALD, Committee on Program. JOHX WILLARD RASMUS. John Willard Rasmus was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 16 1853, and died at Heppner; Oregon April 6, 1917, aged 63 years, t months and 20 days. He came to America when a lad six years of age, landing at New York. After a short stay there his family moved to Deer Lodge, Montana and then to Walla Walla, Wash., where he grew to manhood and received his education At this place Mr. Rasmus took up the stuay or dentistry which profession he followed for a number of years. In 1874 he moved to the Willamette Valley and was there married to Mary Etta Cox, October 7th, 1876 and continued to live there until 1881, when, with his family he moved to Garfield county, Washington and came to Heppner in 1886. . To Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus four children were born. Bertie Ivan, who died in infancy; Frank O. and J. Orville Rasmus and Lucia E. Bonine, all of Heppner, who with the widow, Mary Etta Rasmus, survive. For a number of years after firsi coming to Heppner Mr... Rasmus fol lowed his profession of dentist. He later gave up his practice here, and engaged in the grocery business with the late W. A. Kirk. Later retiring from this business he followed other avocations in Heppner, and was mar shal of the city for a number of years. At the ,tinie of his sickness he wa-j en gaged in operating a small farm on Balm Fork, a couple of miles south east of town. Mr. Rasmus was a cltizan highly respected In this community for his many excellent qualities and his de parture from this life at this time comes as a shock to his many friends and acquaintances here. He was a member of Heppner Lodgs No. 69, A. F. & A. M., and this order had charge' of the funeral services which were held at the grave on Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering of friends who had come to pay this final tribute ot respecc to a departed citizen. Funeral services for the infant son ot Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lucas were held at the Episcopal church on Fri day morning last, conducted by Rev. Geo. B. Van Waters, the remains be ing interred in Masonic cemetery. The sudden death ot Frederick J. Lucas is indeed sad and a severe blow to his parents. He was one of a pair ot twin boys born to Mr. and Mrs. Lucas a little more than three months ago and when called by death waa apparently In perfect health. The cause ot death will remain hid den among those inexplainable things that happen at times during the course of human events. In this bereavement Mr. and Mrs. Lucas have the Bincere sympathy of the entire community. MORGAN PEOPLE CELE BRATE SILVER WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Paul Troedson, good people of the Morgan neighborhood, celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary at their farm home on. Wednesday, April 4th, in a style be fitting the Joyous occasion. A large number of friends and neighbors were invited to the Troedson home and when they were gathered togeth- 1 er it was found that the total num bered 65. A great feast of good things had been prepared and at 6:30 i p. m., the guests were invited to par- take to their full of the bounty spread before them. The remainder of the evening was spent in the en- : Joyment of games and music, the guests departing at a late hour with showers of good wishes upon Mr. and Mrs. Troedson for many happy re- : turns of their wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Troedson were present- 1 ed with numerous appropriate and useful gifts of silver. Those present were: Olaf Berg strom and family, Erik Bergstrom ' and family, Otto Lindstrom and fam ily. Aaron Peterson and wife and son, Ture, Leonard and Manda Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rivers, Emil Swanson and family, C. W. Swanson and family, Johannes Troedson and family, Johan Troedson and family. Alfred Heston, Mrs Ingrid Troed son, Mat -and Victor Stonelake, Olaf- Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Troed- son and Miss Lera Githens. BOARDMAN ITEMS. - w. uuwer returned irom Wasco Sunday. J. R. Johnson visited over Satur- ' day in Wasco. E. P. Dodd was in town Tuesday from Hermiston. Mrs. C. M. Voyen went to Hermis- i ton Friday afternoon. . Next Friday is Arbor Day and T r T . . . planting ot trees will be the order of , the day, - t Wm. Nehr returned Tuesday from 1 Portland, where he spent a week with .;- hla famllv - J. R. Johnson and C. C. Paine at- tended the school meeting at Castle : Rock Friday. . ,j Mrs. Anna McRea of Starbuck is j spending a few doys visiting Mrs. . Sidney Mack. Mr. and Mrs. Mack returned the 3 middle of the week -from a visit to4 Richland, Wash. '"., .4 Mr. and Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Paine;' and S. C. Mack were visitors in Irri gon Friday, going in the Warner car. ' ' C. C. Paine went to Pendleton to '; visit his mother, who will leave for her home in Idaho the last of the ' month. 1 ' v. Emmett Calahan was an incoming ' passenger Tuesday. This Spring he filed on a homestead and will erect a punauie uouse on nis place and oe , ready for the spring work. i CI 4 t . r-. . . . ' uuuun ci cuius fcllB QUUUH OCUUVI gave a verv nice Easter Dr-oemm Th decorations were cleverly arranged. . consisting of sage brush and matri monial vine and white carnations. The Sunday School of the Christ ian church enjoyed a very nice Easter program on last Sunday morning. The children were trained for their parts by Mrs. E. R. Huston and Mrs. W. J. Beamer who have charge of the pri mary classes of the school. The pro gram rendered was appropriate to the occasion. Mrs. R. M. Hart and two children departed Wednesday for Portland, where they go to attend the wedding of Mrs. Hart's sister, Mrs. Blanche Berbant to Mr. Frank Galvin of Port land. Mrs. Hart and the children will remain below for two weeks. Mrs. E. O. Sylva arrived in the city Saturday to visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Crawford. Mrs. Crawford met her mother at Portland. WANTED A good salesman with an automobile to canvass amongst the farmers selling metal grain bins ' and other specialties for handling bulk grain. Good money to be made by live agent. Coast Culvert &.' Flume Co., Portland, Oregon. Jack Hynd and wife and son Her-' bert came up from their home near' Cecil Wednesday. They were accom panied by T. H. Lowe, the Cecil mer chant and postmaster. S. H. Webb and driver were reg istered at the Palace hotel Wednesday' from Astoria. Mr. Webb represents the Warrenton Investment Co., ot As toria. W. B. Ewlng, well known Cecil farmer and stockman, was a Heppner business visitor Thursday. W. W. Cryder, supervisor of the Umatilla National Reserve, came overt from Pendleton Wednesday to con fer with Celsus Keith ly of the local office and to attend to other matters ot business. Ralph Ackley, a prominent real es tate dealer of Portland, arrived In the city Wednesday evening. P. H. Buckholz and wife of Stan- leld were Wednesday visitors in this city. J. M. Morrow, representing the Watts Marble Works of The Dalles, made an official visit to Heppner this week.