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VOL. 34, NO. 35.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1917.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
A
COUJUGEN'I
Greatly Needed in These Times of
Food Conservation Is Support
ed by County Court.
. One feature of Federal Food Bill
No. One, which was passed by Con
gress during Its recent session, pro
vides for the employment of a county
agricultural agent in every county In
the United States of agricultural im
portance, and further provided for
Federal financial assistance for this
purpose.
W. L. Kadderly, assistant county
agent leader for Oregon, was In Hepp
ner last Sunday and Monday and pre
sented the matter of the employment
of a county agent to the County
Court. It Is the desire of the De
partment of Agriculture to have a
direct representative in each county
iu order that there may be an organi
zation perfected through which the
Government can bring about united
and concerted action on the part of
the six million farmers in the United
States. The county agricultural ag
ent will be the medium through
which the agricultural war program
of the Department of Agriculture will
be put Into effect.
In Oregon these agents will be sup
ported jointly by the counties, state,
and government. In order to establish
one In Morrow county the County
Court has been asked to appropriate
$1500 . for the year 1918. This
amount will be duplicated by the
state and the government will add
another $1000, making a total of
$4000. This money will be used to
pay the salary of a county agricultur
al agent, varying from $1600 to
$1800, and the expenses necessary
for carrying on the work efficiently,
such as equipping an office, purchase
and maintenance of a Ford, steno
graphic assistance, etc.
The County Court in this county
expressed itself as being fovorably In
clined toward the idea and will make
the appropriation provided the farm
ers and stockmen of the county signi
fy their approval of such action.
The following letter from Mr.
Bruce Dennis Director of the State
Council of Defense In Oregon, which
has been received by the office of the
county agent leader In Corvallls says:
"The State Council of Defense
wishes to impress upon you and the
O. A. C. organization once again the
necessity of securing county agents
In the different counties throughout
the state. The last list you sent us
showed several counties having no
agents and as we have previously
mentioned to you, the Council of Na
tional Defense has made direct appeal
to this organization urging and In
sisting that every county In the state
should have its county agent during
this war period. Will you kindly
make another effort in the counties
in which there are now no agents, to
see that competent men are appoint
ed in these positions."
Mr. W. B. Ayer, the Federal Food
Administrator for Oregon, In a letter
dated September 29th says:
"In behalf of the Federal Food Ad
ministrator, Mr. Herbert Hoover, and
as his special representative in Ore
gon, I appeal to the tax payers of the
several counties of the state to sanc
tion and approve the appropriation of
sufficient funds to maintain a county
agricultural agent In each important
agricultural county. In order to have
complete organization of the agricul
tural forces and discharge efficiently
the responsibilities of this office, we
must have special representatives
through which our work can be car
ried on."
Congressman C. N. McArthur, in a
letter dated November 16th states:
"I am extremely hopeful, therefore
that those who have taken the unwise
position of opposing the appointment
of county agents, will recede from
the same and that every county in
Oregon will cooperate to the fullest
extent in this movement."
Congressman N. J. Sinnott, under
the date of November 15th, states:
"Unless tjie various counties in the
state take hold of this matter en
thusiastically, I fear that we will be
greatly handicapped in Congress,
when further legislation along these
lines Is proposed."
The direction of the work of the
county agricultural agent Is vested
In the Extension Service of the Ore
gon Agricultural College, and their
immediate supervision is given to the
state leader of county agents.
"We sincerely hope," stated Mr.
Kadderly, "that the people of Mor
row county will Indicate to their
County Court their approval of this
appropriation, and that they will co
operate with the Department of Agri
culture and the State Agricultural
College In making the work of the
county agricultural agent efficient,
should one be appointed. If the war
program outlined by the government
1s to be effectively applied to this
county It will be necessary to have a
direct representative of the Depart-
SHOULD
HBO JAKES LOCAL
One of he closest and most excit
ing foot-ball games ever witnessed in
Heppner took place on Saturday last
when the Moro football squad took
the Heppner boys' scalps In the close
game of 20 to 19. Heppner started
the scoring in the early part of the
first quarter when they worked three
passes in succession for a touchdown.
The first pass was worked iu a very
slick manner, Nicholson, one of the
back field men, hiding out on the side
line when the ball was put into play
and as soon as the ball was snapped
a long forward pass was made to him
and a large amount of yardage netted
to Heppner as a result. The next
pass was worked in the same manner
when Kenny played the hiding stunt
and very nearly made a touchdown,
being nabbed by a Moro warrior when
nearing the goal. The third pass was
also by the Nicholson-Kenny route,
the ball being passed across the line,
and all Kenny had to do was to touch
It to the ground. Heppner tried
many more passes during the game
with very little success as Moro woke
up to the pass game.
Other scores made by Heppner
were gained by hard line plunging
mostly, although several end runs
and trick plays netted considerable
yardage at intervals. Crawford's line
plunging for Heppner was one of the
features of the game.
For Moro big Ellersly, a 200-lb.
chap, was the backbone of the team
and if it had not been for him Hepp
ner would have encountered an easy
victory, but his line plunging was too
much for the Heppner lads. He re
peatedly went through the Heppner
line for yardage. This alone did not
win the game for Moro though as the
short passes, Ellersly to Searcy,
worked for considerable yardage at
times. Young Searcy had a knack of
pulling the pigskin out of the air
that It was Impossible tor the Hepp
ner boys to account for.
From start to finish it was an excit
ing and hard-fought game, neither
side having the advantage of the oth
er for any length of time, although
Heppuer had the big end of the score
up to the last 20 seconds of play,
when Moro, with a last effort, man
aged ot put the ball over the line for
a touchdown, and after missing goal
the score stood 20 to 19. Another
game is being arranged to be playeo.
at Mo.ro in the near future, probamy
on Thanksgiving if it can be so ar
ranged. On Saturday night after the foot
ball game the students of the High
School held a reception for the Moro
boys. The gathering took place early
In the evening' and after having
speeches from several of those pres
ent, the Moro boys were lined ut
against the wall and asked to give an
account of themselves, after which
light refreshments were served, and a
(Continued on page 8.)
Y. M. C. A. COMMITTEE
EXTENDS THEIR THANKS
The Executive Committee of the
Morrow County War Work Fund of
the Y. M. C. A. desires to express
their deep appreciation of the splen
did showing made by the people of
Morrow County In contributing so
cheerfully and generously for the
moral and physical welfare of our
soldier boys "over there somewhere
in France" as well as on this side of
the Atlantic.
The Committee feels deeply grate
ful to Judge Phelps of Pendleton who
stood sponsor for Morrow County at
the Y. M..C. A. Convention in Port
land, and gave of his time to present
the Y. M. C. A. War Work to the peo
ple of Hippner, Lexington and lone,
the good results being Bhown by the
generous contributions from all three
towns.
To the several speakers who vol
unteered their services in presenting
the War Work throughout the coun.
ty, to the captains of all the teams
and the ladles and gentlemen who
assisted them, to the people who gave
their automobiles, their time and ser
vices to promote the good work, and
to the newspapers who gave without
stint In the matter of publicity.
Our appreciation, however grate
ful, is of little moment as compared
to the satisfaction all must feel in the
realization that they have done their
bit toward "keeping the Home fires
burning" in the breasts of the boys
who are heroically giving their all to
the cause of Humanity.
M. D. CLARK, Chairman.
ment of Agriculture on the ground.
February first of next year Is the time
limit set by the Department for the
establishment of such a representa
tive in every agricultural county in
Oregon. Our office will be very glad
to clear up any questions anyone may
have with respect to the appointment
or duties of this representative."
1 i. C. AJ
Our Quota Is Over Subscribed More Than Five Hun
dred Dollars. Good Reports from All Districts.
Up to the time of going to press,
the returns on the drive of the put
week for Y. M. C. A. War Work funds
from Morrow county continue to
come in, and the result is very grati
fying. This county had been allotted
the sum of $3000 as its part in this
work, and the returns, when all in,
will show that this has been exceeded
by at least $500, if not more. And
the best part ot it is, that this is-all
in cash and ready to be turned ovei
to the State committee with no bother
of collecting future pledges.
The following statement has been
handed us by Chairman M. D. Clark,
and shows what was done in the va
rious communities, to date:
Heppner and vicinity $1,852.40
lone and vicinity 679.00
Lexington and vicinity... 400.00
Eight Mile and vicinity 265.00
Lena and Pine City . 102.00
Hardman and vicinity 46.40
Irrigon and vicinity 108.90
Boardman and vicinity 36.60
Total $3,490.20
The committee at Boardman is still
at work They asked for an exten
sion of time owing to the fact that
the supplies were late in reaching
them anil they had but one day in
which to do the work and get in their
report, and this did not give them'
time to see all their people. At this j
place J. A. Gibbons and C. C. Paine I
are doing the hustling. They Willi
swell Boardman's figures to nearly)
double what is shown here, as they'
do not want to be satisfied with less.
It will be noted from the above re-1
turns, that the towns of. lone, Lex-'
ington and Heppner have each re
sponaea well. This success can no
doubt be attributed In large measure
to the educational work performed
by Judge Phelps while here last I
week. He spoke at these three
places in behalf of the Y. M. C. A.
War Work Fund and made practical
business talks that could not tall but
have a beneficial effect. Fine work
was also performed at lone and Lex-)
ington, the former being in charge of ,
Billy Cronk and if you are at all skep-'
tical as to whether the field was well
worked, take another look at the re
turns above. Mr. Cronk does not
sleep on the job and his work was
well done. At Lexington, W. G. Scott
took the matter in hand and put it
over by himself, and there is no one
that could have handled it better. '
Mr. Scott is especially proud of the
record made by the Lexington school.
He elicited their help and reports
that ot the six teachers ana ninety
pupils ot the school, not one failed to
respond and he has every name on his
honor roll, their total contribution
amounting to $59.23.
This Is a record to be proud of and
this paper hopes to be able to pub
lish the name of every one of these
donors. We are proud of them and
the Y. M. C. A. committee in this
county is proud of them and glad to
make public acknowledgement of
their splendid work.
At Pine City and Lena, the workers
were unfortunate in that the supplies
were not delivered promptly, and a
number of the workers were absent
and did not get an early start. In
this district, also, many of the resi
dents had already given support to
the Knights of Columbus work, but
notwithstanding they also supported
the Y. M. C. A. work voluntarily, as
they were not especially solicited. It
Ilj? Mtfaxnttb (Elfttrdf
Next Sunday will be Home Mission day at the Fed
erated Church. In the morning the Pastor will
speak on
Hork of lUarrua ltimatf
pioneer Missionary to the Indians of Oregon, and we
shall have with us a band of christian Indians who
will take part in the services both morning and eve
ning. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR 6:30 p. m.
Topic "Thanksgiving." Leader, Katheryn Fattison.
PREACHING BY AN INDIAN MINISTER
AT 7:30 p. m.
H. A. NOYES, Fastor.
i WELL IN Ri
ll II FUNDS
transpires also, that quite a number
of the Butter creek residents had con
tributed to the Umatilla county com
mittee before our workers had gotten
around. These conditions were some
ik adverse as to this section, but
their showing is good just the same.
; t is not necessary to make special
mention of the wore done by the
Heppner contingent; what they
turned In peaks louder than words,
and this is true of other parts of the
county as every section "came across"
and they expect to continue to do so.
yin this connection it is not out of
place to state that the work of the
Morrow County Committee will be
made permanent. The great work
to be accomplished by the Y. M. C. A.
with the troops at the various fronts
and in the prison camps is only just
beginning. We quote a telegram re
ceived by Chairman Clark from John
R Mott, general secretary of Y. M.
C. A. War Work:
"Results from this campaign will
hearten our allies, France, Italy, Bel
glum and Great Britain and cheer six
million lonely prisoners. Put forth
united and supreme effort to sweep
far beyond goal. Developments since
our original budget was adopted
make it absolutely essential that we
have far greater sum available. I re
fer first, to the alarming situation on
Eastern and Southern fronts, neces
sitating prompt extension of our ac
tivities in these regions. Secondly,
appeal from French prime minister
that we take charge of 1300 soldiers'
homes for French arms of 4,000,000
men requires for this item alone an
Increase of $3,000,000 In adopted
budret. Thirdly, a confidential re-
qra (rom "other great Ally's ar
'inyTor large help. Fourthly, the re
cent great increase in number of war
prisoners to be served by us, and
fifthly, changes in plans of our own
Government which make it clear that
we will have much more to do for
American troops than contemplated.
May God help us to achieve the im
possible." This gives some idea ot the im
mensity of the job that the Army and
Navy Y. M. C. A. have before them
to accomplish, and is grounds for the
statement that the work now organiz
ed will be made permanent. This
great work must go on and our boys
cared for as they can be through no
other agency while this terrible war
is in progress.
Church of Christ.
Sunday school at 10:00 a. m.
Morning service at 11:00. The
pastor will be absent from this ser
vice at lone where he will preach at
the usual morning hour in the Chris
tian church.
Regular preaching services In the
evening. Subject: "The Millennium,
What It Is, and When to Expect It."
TURNER B. MacDONALD, Pastor
NOTICE.
After December 1, 1917, the price
for halrcutting in Heppner barber
shops will be advanced to 50 cents.
PATTERSON & ELDER
WELLS & WELLS
Heppner, Oregon, Nov. 20, 1917.
T. J. Mahoney, vice-president of
the First National Bank of Heppner,
was in the city on Friday and Satur
day, looking after his business inter
ests here.
L. K. HARLAN DIES AT
ITAL
L. K. Harlan, former publisher of
the Pilot Rock Record, died In the
Grand Rounde hospital at La Grande
on Saturday last after a short illness
with typhoid fever. He had but re
cently disposed of his interests in
Pilot Rock and gone to LaGrande to
take charge of the mechanical de
partment of the Observer and be
came ill a few days after reaching
there. His remains were taken to
Condon on Sunday and the funeral
was held on Monday.
Mr. Harlan had been prominently
enagged in the newspaper business in
Eastern Oregon tor a number of
years. He first came to Morrow coun
ty in the spring ot 1913 and beean
the publishing ot the lone Bulletin.
me following season he established
the Heppner Herald, which paper he
continued to own until disposing of
the same to S. A. Pattison. In the
meantime, he had taken over the Pi
lot Rock Record and was its editor
and publisher for about two years.
Before coming to Morrow county Mr.
Harlan was interested in the Condon
Globe.
Mr. Harlan took much interest In
athletics and was a base ball nlaver
of more than ordinary ability, having
pitched many good games of ball in
Heppner, and also for Pendleton and
Pilot Rock. He was a member ot the
I. O. O. F. order In Heppner.
He leaves a wife and two small
children.
RED CROSS SUPPMY COM
MITTEE PRESENTS REPORT
The committee on supply work of
the Morrow County Red Cross Chap
ter for the months of July, August
and September, beg to submit the fol
lowing report:
Bed spread donated by Mrs. Sher
man Wakefield 1
Wool socks, donated by Mrs. W. B.
Barratt 2 prs.
Hospital bed shirts 4 doz.
Legglns 2 doz.
Table napkins . ....... 4 1-12 4oa.
Wash cloths . 2 doz.
Rags, 1 bundle.
Dish cloths 4 2-3 doz.
Hand towels, donated by Mrs. Kel
ly doz.
Hand towels . . doz.
Muslin bandages, 4-Inch 11 doz.
Muslin bandages, 3-inch 6 doz.
Sponges, 4-inch 32 doz.
Sponges, 3-inch 4 doz.
Sponges, 2-lnch 60 doz.
Sponges, 1-inch 34 doz.
Drains, 2-inch . 2 doz.
Drains, 1-inch 10 doz.
Drains, -lnch 1 doz.
Gauze compressors, 9-in. square
2415 or 201 doz.
Gauze laparotomy pads, 12-ln
square 210 or 17 doz.
Housewives, 174. (Work by lone la
dles.) Money expended and bills allowed:
Minor & Co. $ 44.11
do 1.53
Thomson Bros. 104.78
Bandage roller 3.00
Housewife for pattern .50
F. S. Bender & Co., lone 12.44
Leach Bros. Lexington 2.00
Bert Mason, lone 16.56
W. F. Barnett & Co., Lexing
ton 5.16
A. W. Raglan 7.85
Express, shipment to Seattle
July 31 1.32
Freight (unpaid) Nov. 18 3.12
Martin Reid, for boxes 10.50
Minor & Co., muslin.. .15
Thomson Bros., muslin .15
Total $213.17
Donations used in preparation of
shipment:
Burgoyne & Son, bolt of guaze.
Mrs. C. C. Chick, gauze.
Arthur Smith, repairing locks M. E
church, South.
Prof. Otto, sheet music for Red Cross
Day at Morrow County Fair.
B. G. Sigsbee, negative for Red Cross
work.
Mrs. E. F. Campbell, linen.
Mrs. W. O. Bayless, linen.
Mrs. S. Wakefield, linen.
Mrs. W. E. White, Monument, linen.
The articles enumerated below
were Included In the shipment of Nov.
18 but were not paid for out of the
above amount. Under the direction
of Mrs. R. J. Vaughan:
Gauze compressors, 9-in. square
18 doz.
Gauze compressors, 9-in. square
(by lone ladies) 27 & doz.
Muslin bandages, 4-inch 11 doz.
Muslin bandages, 3-lnch 6 doz.
In justice to the committee who
worked under me, and the ladies of
the county who served early and late
I wish to state that there was no
truth to the report that the work of
the Chapter had been criticized as be
lng Incorrectly done. There are ways
of showing disloyalty to the flag be
sides upholding the Kaiser.
MRS. BINNS,
Chairman of Supply Committee.
HIBERNIANS EN
JOY BIG BANQUET
Heppner Branch A. O. H. Hold Pa
trlotic and Social Session Sun
day Evening.
The Palace hotel was the scene of
one of the finest social and patriotic
gatherings of the season on Sunday
evening last, the event being the ban
quet ot Heppner Branch No. 1, An
cient Order of Hibernians, following
the initiation ot a large class ot new
members into the order at I. O. O. F,
hall earlier in the day. Covers were
laid tor 150 and the big dining
room ot the hotel was filled to ca
pacity, the company being composed
ot the members ot the order and
their wives and sweethearts and a
few invited guests. Manager Wllkins
of the hotel met every need in the
culinary line and the result was all
that could be desired to make that
part of the entertainment a success.
During the progress of the ban
quet music was furnished by a five
piece orchestra, led by Oscar Otto,
while Roy Cochran and Miss Mar-,
garet O'Rourke sang to the delight
of all. ; j .
Following the banquet, under the
leadership of F. A. McMenamln as
toastmaster, a number of stirring
addresses were made. Mr. McMena
mln proved himself equal to the sit
uation he occupied by introducing
each speaker in appropriate and well
chosen words and making the way
easy for him to say his piece.
On behalf of the City of Heppner,
Mayor Notson welcomed the Hiber
nians and assured them that there
was nothing too good for the sons of
Erin in Heppner.
Hon. John R. Murphy of Portland
was the chief speaker of the evening.
While his address was not long, It
was to the point and fairly glistened
with patriotism all the way through. '
Mr. Murphy stated that his father
and his mother were Irish, and he
believed that he was Irish, too, but
through and through he was Ameri
can first and all the time. He paid
a fine tribute to the patriotism of the i
Irish people. They had never failed
this country in former times of pern,
and in our greatest struggle they
were rallying to the flag and stood
ready to fight and to die for Old
Glory. Mr. Murphy Is an orator of
fine ability and his address on this
occasion won a place in the hearts of
the Heppner people who were so for
tunate as to hear him.
Father Butler of Hermiston par
ish was present and was called on by
the toastmaster. In a few well
chosen words he added force to the
patriotic sentiment and called atten
tion to the important place the Irish
people of America must take in the
present world conflict and was proud
to know that their fealty was pledged
to the support of our government.
C. P. A. Lonergan, of Pendleton,
spoke for a few minutes on the im
portance of the war work of the
Knights of Columbus, and explained
the objects to be accomplished by this,
organization in the war zone. This
fund is being liberally supported in
Heppner.
John Kenny, president of the
Heppner A. O. H., was called up, arj
entertained the company with a short
and witty speech, explaining how he
came to be an Irishman. Having
been born and raised right here In
Morrow county, John thought he was
just common United States and it
took a trip to the old country to con
vince him otherwise. He found some
very good people over there and con
cluded it was alright to hitch up to at
least one of them,
Michael Kenny also responded on
behalf of those who had made Ameri
ca their adopted country and he was
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Married at Vancouver.
Mr. Will Kirk and Miss Bertha Ca
sou, both young people of Heppner,
were married at Vancouver, Wash.,
on Saturday, Novembtr 17. Mrs.
Kirk is the oldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Cason of this city and
the groom is a son of Jesse Kirk and
was raised here. The young people
will make their home in Portland for
the present, where Mr. Kirk has em
ployment. We extend hearty con
gratulations. Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank the people of
Heppner and vicinity for their kind
ness and assistance during the death
and burial of our beloved son and
brother, Ray C. Brown. .
Charlotte Brown ond Family.
Has Operation Performed.
Guy Boyer went to Pendleton Sat
urday and on Sunday was operated on
for appendicitis by Drs. F. E. and Guy
Boyden ot that city. He was accom
panied by Mrs. Boyer who returned
home on Monday, leaving her hus
band doing welj.