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Gazette
VOL. 34, NO. 13.
M'BEESELLS OUT mass meeting Friday BIG DRIVE IS SfARTETTOlAISE liveioIbIesIjo mm"
Skinner Creek Sheep and Cattle Man
Disposes of His 7300 Acres to
LaCrande Man. Goes to
Hot Lake 1'or Health.
L. E. McBee sold his extensive
lioldnlgs In the upper Skinner creek
section this week to La Grande par
ties. The deal is said to have involv
ed $100,000 in cash. Mr. McBee sold
everything he owned, Including the
7300 acres of land and all stock and
equipment. Ray M. Logan of La
Grande made the deal.
Mr. McBee formerly engaged In
the growing of alfalfa and cattle In
the Cecil country until about two
years ago, when by a trade, he ac
quired the Skinner creek property
from C. A. Minor. The deal at that
time involved $70,000, so Mr. McBee
bag made a clean $30,000 in two
years in the land alone, to say noth
ing of the $20,000 worth of wool
which he has not yet sold.
Mr. McBee has been suffering for
some time from rheumatism and it is
probably due to this that he has dis
posed of his holdings here. He left
the first of the week for Hot Lake
sanatorium, where he will take
course of treatments for the benefit
of his health. '
JOY SEEKERS TAKE
MOUNTAIN TRIP
. A crowd of Joy seekers hired the
carry-all motor bus driven by Lee
Cantwell on Thursday last for a trip
to the mountains Those making the
trip were Miss Case, sister of M. L
Case of this city, who has been visit-
itlng at the Case home, Mary Case,
Miss Janet Noyes, Miss Ager, Miss
Neva Chidsey, Masters Neil, Ariel and
Bruce MacDonald, Mrs. Katie Wa
ters, Mrs. Henry Vance, Mrs. E. D
Brown, Miss Anna Forbes, Delmar
Waters, Gladys Brown, Lovllle Lu
cas, Mrs. N. E. Winnard, Mrs. T. B
, MacDonald, Elizabeth Phelps, Char
lotte Winnard and Turner MacDon
ald, with Mr. Cantwell aB driver. The
weather and scenery at this time of
the year is glorious. Its worth the
trip Just to climb the hill at the
right of the forks and view the gor
geous wild flower garden on its
slopes. As a fishing trip it was not
successful, Mrs. Waters being the
only lucky angler, but as a recrea
tion the crowd recommend this fun
and also recommend Mr. Cantwell
as a careful overseer of such an ex
pedition.
11 PROVE OF VALUE
O. A. C. Experiment Station, Cor-
vallis, June 21. A new bulletin
dealing with important farming ques
tions in Eastern and Central Oregon,
has just been written by D. E. Steph
ens, superintendent of the branch
station at Moro, and C. E. Hilll, sci
entitle assistant, and issued by the
O. A. C. Station at Corvallis. The
bulletin records results of experi
ments to determine the best crop va
rieties, improvement of crops, the
most profitable crop rotations for the
Eastern Oregon dry uplands, and the
best methods of oultivation for pro
ducing wheat under the summer-fallow
system.
The experiments were under way
for several years, but for the last two
years much more work than formerly
could be done by cooperation of the
o dicers of the O. A. C. Station and of
the U. S. offices of crop and cereal
investigations lent. Valuable data
was assembled on climatic conditions,
winter and spring wheats, barley,
oats, emmer and spelt, acre-value of
crops, field peas, alfalfa, sweet clover,
vetch, grasses, corn and potatoes, till
age practices, crop rotations, and
trials by farmers. Each of these sub
jects is considered in detail in the
main text and also recapitulated in a
summary. The bulletin consists of
48 pages with numerous tables and
Illustrations.
' Molstrue investigations showed
that from a free water surface as
much water will be evaporated in the
single month of July as falls during
the entire year. The control inves
tigations proved that the precipita
tion is adequate to the production of
excellent crops when proper systems
of farming are followed.
Copies of the bulletin are free on
request. Address the request to
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis, Oregon.-
At the meeting of the City Council,
Monday evening, it was decided to
hold a mass meeting of the citizens
of Heppner to consider the proposi
ton of taking steps to pave the prin
cipal streets of the city. It is hoped
that the citizens will attend this
meeting and express themselves free
ly upon this subject. The city offi
cials are willing to make such street
improvements as the people are will
ing to pay for. Let us meet together
in the spirit of cooperation and try to
solve the problem. The meeting will
be held at the city hall at 8 o'clock
Friday evening, June 22nd.
S. E. NOTSON, Mayor.
Brooks-Wooley.
A quiet little wedding took place
at the home of the Christian minis
ter, Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock,
Turner B. MacDonald officiating.
The bride waB Miss Vena Wooley,
beloved by her many friends for her
sweetness of character and disposi
tion. The groom was Mr. Willlan
Brooks, a well respected young man
of the community. Only the most
Intimate friends were present at the
ceremony, but the well wishes of
many others follow these young peo
ple to their new home, which for the
present will be at Slocum's mill. Both
are Christians of pleasing disposi
tion and are industrious. We be
speak for them a very happy future.
- Stalter Goes to Mayflower Mine.
Dan B. Stalter left Heppner Tues
day afternoon for the Mayflower
mines in the Greenhorn mountains.
Mr. Stalter is president and mana
ger of the Heppner Mining Company,
owners of the Mayflower group and
he spends several months out of each
year there superintending develop
ment work. Work has been held
back later this year than usual, ow
ing to the lateness of the season, but
Mr. Stalter Is hoping that conditions
will permit a longer stay in the fall.
A large amount of development work
has been outlined by Mr. Stalter for
the summer's work and he expects to
make a creditable sho w tugr Austin
will be hii postefnee address.
Newton "250" Some Shooter.
Oscar Borg has bought a new high
power rifle and it is some gun. A
Newton "256" they call it. Recently
Oscar took out two of his friends,
Prof. Hoffman and C. E. Woodson,
both expert gun men, to show off the
excellent qualities of "256." A good
opportunity presented itself when a
bold coyote came into view not more
than fifty yards distant and present
ed itself as a broadside target for
Mr. Borg and his new gun. Oscar
took careful aim by resting on the
radiator of the car, but two shots
failed to bring down the coyote, who
romped away as though he had never
been within a thousand miles of
"256."
However another opportunity soon
came In the form of a badger. Six
shots from Oscar's new powerful
rifle succeeded in mangling the fore
feet of the badger until he could no
longer dig, and in order to put the
animal Out of his misery, it was
necessary for Mr. Woodson to kill
him with a club.
Mr. Borg's friends are of the opin
ion that he has a good gun and they
have made all sorts of offers to de-,
prlve him of It.
Lee's Surrender to Grant, in "The Birth
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1917.
19,000 HERE FOR RED CROSS IRK
The big drive to raise nine thous
and dollars in Morrow county for the
Red Cross work, to help in raising
Oregon's quota of $600,000 during
Red Cross week, has been started by
the Morrow County chapter. The lo
cal society has opened up quarters in
the First National Bank building and
the committee consisting of M. D.
Clark, C. E. Woodson, S. E. Notson,
J. A. Waters and, W. P. Mahoney are
the executives in charge of outlining
the program for the drive.
For the Red Cross Campaign the
county will be divided into thirteen
Districts. Each District will have a
District captain, who will select a
team of five men to work with him.
On Sunday, the 24th, speakers will
be sent to the different Districts, If
possible.
On Monday, the 25th, the teams
will cover the entire county in a1
whirlwind campaign for subscrip-
tlons.
The Districts and teams follow:
HARDMAN Comprising Parkers
Mill, Rood Canyon, McKinney Creek,
Spring Hollow.
faprlng Hollow. Captain, Dr. George
Gaunt.
EIGHT ' MILE Comprising Hale
Ridge, Eight Mile Center, Liberty,
Fairview, Gooseberry. Captain, E.
R. Huston.
ikkiuun, ana surrounding coun-
try. Captain, W. R. Walpole.
BOARDMAN, and surrounding
couniry. captain, s. h. tjoardman.
LEXINGTON, DIST. NO. 1, Com-
prising Willow Creek to P. O. Borg
place, Lower Social Ridge, Lower
Willow Creek to Jordan Siding. Cap-
tain, W. E. Leach.
LEXINGTON, DIST. NO. 2, com-
prising one half the town, country
north of Lexington, Hodsdon School
( House, Strawberry, Juniper Canyon
G- Scott-
east to Finley's place. Captain, W.
I0NE. DIST NO. 1, comprising
town north of Main street, Ella, Well
; Springs, Territory east of Willow
creeK ina willow creek to County
DR. WINNARD WRITES
FROM "WINDY CITY"
Chicago, 111., June 14. 1917.
Dear Editor:
We are once more in the "Windy
City" but for once the weather is
fine. When my last letter was writ
ten Dr. Chick and the writer were en
joying the greatest medical meeting
it has ever been our privilege to at
tend. There were present six or
seven thousand medical men and wo
men from all parts of- the United
States. The papers read and the dis
cussions of the papers were intense
ly interesting and instructive. Many
of the subjects were illustrated by
the use of slides. They were used in
connection with the paper read by Dr.
Sherman of Pittsburg, Pa., in ex
plaining the new treatment of infect
ed wounds and burns.
Dr. Sherman has spent six months
In the hospitals of France and has
fully mastered the technique of the
new treatment. Some prominent
physicians have discredited the treat
ment, but it is either from jealousy
or ignorance. The pictures showed
many cases of the soldiers so badly
mangled that death or loss of limbs
(Continued on page four)
line. Captain E. J. Brlstow.
IONE, DIST. NO. 2, comprising
town south of Main street, Willow
creek td Jordan Siding, Rhea creek
to Lum Rhea place, All west of creek
to county line. Captain, W. H. Cronk.
HEPPNER. DIST. NO. 1, Heppner
west of Chase and south of May,
Heppner Flats, Rhea creek from J. C.
Ktrk place to Lum Rhea place, Social
Ridge, Clark's Canyon above Joe Es-
kelson place. Captain, C. A. Minor.
HEPPNER, DIST. NO. 2, Heppner
north of May and west of Main St.,
Lower Willow creek to P. O. Borg
place, Lower Heppner Flat. Captain,
Phill Cobn
HEPPNER, DIST. NO. 3, Hepp
ner north of May and east of Main
sts., Hinton creek, Sand Hollow down
to Hynd Brothers, Black Horse. Cap
tain, W. B. Barrratt.
HEPPNER, DIST. NO. 4, Heppner
south of May and east of Chase sts.,
Upper Willow creek, Balm Fork,
Rhea creek from J. C. Kirk place to
head. Captain, James G. Thomson.
PINE CITY, comprising Little
Butter creek, Big Butter creek, Low-
er Sand- Hollow below Hynd place.
Captain, J. D. French.
MRS. VICTOR T. WIGLESWORTH
Mrs. Victor T. Wiglesworth, wife
of the young Butter creek sheepman,
passed away at the Heppner Sana
torium In this city Wednesday eve
nlng following an operation for ap-
pendicitis. The young woman had
been suffering from a complication
of other diseases and had not been
In good health for some time.
Maude Irvine Wiglesworth was a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ir-
vine of Echo and was at the time of
death but 23 years of age. She is
survived in her immediate family
by a sorrowing husband and two
small children, the youngest of which
Js a baby one year of age.
The funeral will be held from the
Pine City church Friday afternoon at
'clock and burial will take place
- in Tile Butter creek cemetery. -
DR. GUNSTER, HEPPNER.
IS STALLION INSPECTOR
I We are in receipt of the follow
ing letter from the State Stallion
Registration Board announcing the
appointment of Dr. M. A. Gunster of
this city as stallion inspector for
Morrow county.
Corvallis, Ore., June 18, 1917.
The Heppner Gazette-Times,
Heppner, Oregon.
Gentlemen:
Dr. F. Gunster, D. V. M., has been
appointed by the Stallion Registra
tion Board as stallion inspector for
Morrow county. Dr. Gunster is a
graduate of the San Francisco Vet
erinary College. He has practiced
here in Corvallis for three years and
his patrons have been very well
pleased with his results. Dr. Lytle,
State Veterinarian, strongly recom
mends Dr. Gunster and we feel sure
that he will make a very good man
for the place. He will not only ac
tually inspect stallions for licenses,
but he will be a general information
man and representative of the Stal
lion Registration Board.
Very truly yours,
Stallion Registration Board,
A. E. RICHARDS, Secretary.
of a Nation."
Aaron Peterson and son Henry
were In the city for a few hours
Tuesday from the Peterson home in
the Gooseberry section.
H. W. Hicks, traveling passenger
agent for the O.-W. R. & N. Co.,
spent Wednesday in Heppner on an
official visit
Miss Ethel Casey, who recently un
derwent an operation in Pendleton
for appendicitis, is reported to be
recovering rapidly from the ordeal.
Chas. J. Lay, representing the
Royal Typewriter Company, spent
Tuesday in this city In looking after
business. Mr. Lay makes his head
quarters at Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Loy M, Turner have
returned from a short trip to Baker
and have taken up their residence for
the summer in the Turner home on
the north end of Main street.
In a letter to friends in Heppner,
Hymen "Ted" Bear, who formerly
served as clerk at the Palace hotel,
says that he is leaving Ft. McDowell,
Calif., In a few days for "somewhere
In the East." Hymen is enlisted in
the "army.
Mrs. J. H. Gemmell states that her
son Paul Is now stationed at the Mare
Island Navy Tard where he is doing
guard duty. He expects, however,
to be put on a ship at any time. The
young man says he likes the navy
life fine thus far.
A. R. Hawkinson, representative of
the Northwest Auto Co., of Portland,
has been spending a few days In this
city on business. One of his cars,
the Cole "8," has just been placed
with an agency In Heppner. Harold
Cohn will handle the car here.
Misses Muriel McCarty and Marcia
Winnard, two of Heppner's popular
young ladies, spent several days in
Portland last week, during the Rose
Festival. Miss Winnard went on to
Monmouth where she will attend the
summer session of the State Normal
School. ,
Geo. D. Anaerson, accompanied
by Willie Lowe, both of Cecil, was
In Heppner this week making prep
arations tfl'teaWwItir the Hynd -brothers
sheep in the high mountains.
Their postoffice address will be Gran
ite. Mr. Anderson says it will take
about 13 days to trail the sheep into
the mountains this year.
Professor Hamlton H. Hoffman,
superintendent of Heppner schools,
left this city Wednesday for an ex
tended eastern trip. During his trip
he will visit the principal eastern cit
ies and will represent Heppner Lodge
No. 358, B. P. O. E., In the annual
convention which will be held next
month in Boston. Prof. Hoffman ex
pects to return to Heppner about the
middle of August.
E. A. Beals, former district wea
ther observer at Portland and recent
ly transferred to California, will con
tinue; in charge of the. livestocck
warning service in Oregon and will
endeavor to have the service con
tinued and extended, according to a
letter from Mr. Beals to Supervisor
Cryder of the Umatilla forest. Mr,
Beals writes that he will try to in
troduce a similar service into Nevada
and California.
Paul Hisler and Emll Groshens
returned the first of the week. from
Portland, driving back Mr. Hisler's
new Ford car. Paul knocked about
over the country considerably dur
ing his trip and he returns home
fully convinced that he has the best
garden between this city and Port
land. Paul has quite a reputation as
a gardener, although he has spent
the greater part of his time since
coming to this country in running
sheep.
J C. Olive, traveling freight agent,
for the O.-W. R. & N. Co., was in
Heppner last Friday interviewing
our business men on the matter of
the proposed freight rates increase
which his company has under con
sideration at the present time. Mr.
Oliver states that cost of operating
its lines in tli proper manner.
100 per cent and unless freight rates
are increased In proportion, the com
pany will not be able to maintain
ts lines in the proper manner.
As a result of an article appearing
in these columns last week, relating
to a deal made between Harold Cohn
and John Sheridan over some sheep
and a late model Oldsmobile; Mr
Cohn made a similar sale to Ray M.
Logan, a realty dealer of La Grande
who was in Heppner this week. Mr.
Logan read the article in this paper
and It just occurred to him that he
might get a car on similar terms.
He had a hundred head of sheep
which he had acquired through a
deal only a few days before. He
made a satisfactory trade with Mr.
Cohn and took his car home this
week. Mr. Cohn now has two hun
dred and one head of sheep which
he has taken in through trades of
this nature.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
AT HEPPNER SALE
Growers Refu.se Meagre Offers of
Buyers in Initial Sale of Season.
Only Six Offers Made. Pilot
Rock Sale Successful.
Not a single clip was sold at the
public sale held In this city last Fri
day. Because it was the inital sale
of the season, the buyers evidently
did not wish to start off by boosting
the market too strong, so they kept
within certain low limits. Local
growers were not at all satisfied with
the prices offered and they refused
to let go, although they were offered
all the way from 52 to 66 cents. Only
six clips were put up for sale. A
large part of the wool from this sec
tion has not yet been removed from
the sheeps' backs.
However, the sale at Pilot Rock,
just following the fiasco here, was
more successful, better prices being
offered all the way around. Three
hundred thousand pounds, or the en- ,
tire Pilot Rock clip was disposed of
at prices ranging from 68 to 61 cents.
This practically cleans up all the wool
In that section.
LOCAL AUTO HAS SER
IOUS TIME ON HIGHWAY
Andy Rood's Buick roadster met
with a serious accident on the Col
umbia Highway last week, while Mr.
Rood and a party of friends were en
route to Portland. The accident oc
curred near Mitchell's point on one
of the most dangerous turns of the
road. Mr. Rood was driving at a
lively rate and did not negotiate the
turn. The car plunged off the high
way into a fence and those who were
there Bay it was nothing short of a
miracle that the car and, its occu
pants were not hurled to death In the
valley some- 400 feet below. - Mr.
Rood had the car taken into Portland
for repairs. The others in the car
at the time were Mrs. George Hendry
and her sister, Miss Muriel Cason
of this city.
i miss Bessy K. Barry, editor of the
Long Creek Ranger, spent Saturday
in Heppner on a brief visit. She was
accompanied from the Interior city
by Olin Hayes, formerly of this city
but who now drives the auto stage
between Ukiah and Long Creek.
Miss Berry paid this office a visit
while in town and was much inter
ested in viewing our equipment.
SPEAKERS TO IKE
The following speakers have been
enlisted to speak at the various
towns and communities in this coun
ty next Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m.
Hardman, S. E. Notson; Cecil, Rev.
J. L. Jones; Liberty, Rev. T. B. Mac
Donald; Lena, C. L. Sweek; Pine
City, Mrs. Lena Shurte; Lexington,
Rev. H. A. Noyes; lone, Father O'
Rourke; Irrigon, J. T. Knappenberg;
Boardman to be arranged later. It
is probable that the same speaker
will go up from Irrigon to talk before
the people of Boardman.
People from the surrounding dis
tricts are urged to attend the meet
ings for it is in this manner that the
1 ul chapter will be able to put the
taninaicn before the uihlie. Hepp
ner people are beine ursred to attend
these outside meetings wherever
possible.
Sunday evening at 8 p. in., b. front
of the Courf House in I' .ier, Rev.
H. A. Noyes and S. " an Vactor
will deliver ringin .ul dresses upon
the needs of the Red Cross.
N. A. ( lark Sprains Shoulder.
N. A. Clark of this city received
painful injury in the form of a
sprained right shoulder Wednesday.
The accident occurred at the railroad
yards when Mr. Clark was climbing
from the door of a box car. His feet
slipped and in falling he grabbed
with one arm to hold himself. His
entire weight on his arm in such a
position caused the painful results.
Tom Ross. Echo wool buyer for
Crimmins & Pierce, of Boston, is in
the city today looking up some
the local clips.
Henry Schwarz of the Peoples
Cash Market has purchased a Ford
wheh he will use in conjunction with
his business. ,sLdm