TEE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1918
'64 WEDDING BELLS
BRjTTfSH SUBJECTS
REALTY DEALS1917
MANY EARLY PION
EERS WERE GALLED
' i W STILL ENLIST
16 PAST YEAR
i PASSED I
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Paire Eieht
The wedding bells rang many
times in Morrow county during the
year 1917, and the year closing Dec
ember 31 easily leads all others for
the number of marriage licenses dis
postd of by "Cupid" Joe Waters at
the county clerk "s office. The total
of licenses issued is 64 and Septem
her is the banner mouth for wedd
incs. in spite of the heavy rush at
Christmas time.
January.
Arthur R. Crawford to Ceclle Sylva
John Alex Hunt to Edna Ardilia
Helms.
Pat Healy to Margaret Lennon.
February
Roy A. Campbell to May A. Sever
ance. Chas. Renoe to Irma Phillips.
John Kilkenny to Lotta Russell.
R. J. Juday to Mildred Hughea.
Calvin Gilliam to Ora Etna Glass.
March.
Harvey McRoberts to Stella McDan-
HeI
Willard Ray Blake to Doris Wilt.
H. C. Wood to Mary Mae Rea.
Wm. Arthur Ashfaihurst to Gladys
Swank.
Lee Sprinkel to Clara Bayless.
April.
Alonzo D. Reid to Ida M, Wright.
Geo. Chester Macy to Wilhelmlna
Macy.
Lester Ingram to May Robinson.
Chas. Barlow to Blanche Akers.
Forest Rhinhart to Iva Dinwiddle.
Jas. Morgan to Nellie Kelley.
Jas. E. Berry to Carrie McCoy.
W. A. Thomas to Myra Thomas.
May.
Jesse 0. Turner to Virginia Crawford.
Otis Biddle to Lula Williamson.
June.
Guy M. Corey to Edith E. Doble.
Loy M. Turner to Ella Mae Cce.
O. C. Stephens to Ruth C. Rue.
Albert Smith to Etta A. Cork.
Ernest L. Christensen to Helen Bau
man. Thos. Hansen to Elizabeth Ross.
Wm. D. Brooks to Vena Wooley.
Walter C. Barton to Nettie Davis.
George N. Perry to Elva C. Roberts.
Elbert Ray Young to Lena Cox.
Joe M. Woods to Elsie May Emry.
Chas. W. Ranck to Emma Clark.
July.
Chas. H. McDaniel to Golda M. Ros-
sen.
R. N. Hymer to Bessie Kidd.
Elias P. Bowman to Edith Morey.
Clyde Scrivner to Libby Bishop.
August.
G. H. Tupper to Reine Otea.
Pete Nelsotf to Lessie Hacker.
September.
Barney Old field to Carrie Ward.
Roy E. Ball to Luda Jakes.
Ivar Nelson to Lula R. Maxwell.
Ezra Adkins to Julia Ellen Ingrum.
James H. Helms to Catherine Long.
Ed. F. Messinger to Oma Itrowu.
Frederic L. Griffin to Villetta Pot
ter. Harlan MeCurdy to Delli Davidson.
Louis Wucker to Mabel A Pert man.
A. A. Finley to Daisy Shoemaker.
Chas. H. Furlong to Minnie Cradick.
John B. Kenney to Elizabeth Furlong.
October.
Harley Wright to Lula M. Gaunt.
Jos. West to Dorothy Howell.
Roy T. Cochran to Marie Cason.
Geo. W. Duncan to Ruana Schriever.
N. H. Flemerling to Anna Buschke.
Xoveniber.
Harley W. Sprouls to Gladys Keeney.
J.E. Higgs to Nina C. Kerr.
Harry Lindsay to Pearl L. Hansley.
Richard R. Turpln to Carrie Hulburt.
Earl E. Hunt to Mildred Arietta Call.
December.
W. J. Martin to Florence E. Babbitt.
Smith Dodson to Nettie Brashears.
Luther Huston to M. J. Edmundson.
Wm. Lee McCaleb to Mary E. Mor
gan. O. E. Wright to Willa Pearl LeTrace.
Clair Ashbaugh to Fay Kirk.
Tom C. Johnson to Lula Lundstrom.
Phillip Griffin to Bernice Huston.
Ture. E. Peterson to Eva Crawford.
Percy Cr Cox to Jessie Mead.
P. A. Anderson to Lela Clare Camp
bell. WILL HOLD JOINT MEKTIXfJ
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The increased demand for farm
products at advanced prices has re
sulted in the organization of several
irrigation districts in Southern and
Eastern Oregon the past year and
many thousands of acres for which
water has been previously provided
have been cleared, leveled and put
into crops. On the Klamath project
alone some 5,000 acres have been
added to the food producing area the
past year. The land on that project
is being filed upon almost as fast as
the water is ready.
The Oregon State Drainage Asso
ciation is to meet January 2 to 5 in
connection with Farmers' Week.
Professor E. R. Jones, of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, will be one of the
principal speakers. Professor Jones
is one of the leading drainage author
ities in the United States and made
good in a big way when he was here
two years ago. W. G. Sloan, Drain
age Engineer of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture and many other prom
inent speakers in the Northwest will
appear on the program.
Lieutenant J. I. Simpson of the Ir
ish Fusiliers of Canada, is now in
charge of the British and Canadian
Recruiting Office, Third and Oak
Streets, Portland, Captain J. V. Car
ter having returned to duty In Can
ada.
Lieutenant Simpson wants all Brit
ish and Canadian subjects to know
that they can still enlist as volunteers
but that the time is not far distant
when his privilege will be wihdrawu
and they will be conscripted. All
British and Canadian subjects are
therefore urged to call on or com
municate with him at his office at the
corner of Third and Oak streets,
Portland.
He particularly wants Englishmen
to join English Regiments, Scotch
men to join Scotch Regiments, Irish
men to join Irish Regiments, Welsh
men to join Welsh Regiments, and
Canadians to join the Canadian Ex
piditionary Force, but volunteers
have the choice of joining either ar
my. , :
Although (be United "States Re
cruiting Offices -no longer take re
cruits voluntarily, who have register
ed, the British and Canadian Recruit
ing Mission can accept all Blrtlsh and
Canadian subjects between the ages
of 18 and 45 and In certain branches
up to 56, provided the man has only
his first papers or no papers at all.
American citizens cannot be enlisted.
Why not start the New Year well by
joining the British Armjr or the Can
adian Expeditionary Force, and help
end the war in 1918?
The need for men to reinforce the
depleted British Armies was never
more urgent than at the present mo
ment. Especially is the call sent out
to men with the following trades be
tween the ages of 19 and 56:
Blacksmiths (not farriers), Caulk
ers, Drillers, (Shipyard), Heavy Tim-
bermen, Pile Drivers, Platers and
Platers. Helpers, Quarrymen and
Miners, Boatbullders, Carpenters,
Riggers, Rivetters and Mates, Seamen
Shipwrights, Ship Frame Benders,
Shipyard Machinists, Stevedores and
Marine Engineers, (Steam).
These men are needed for dnty
with the Inland Water Transport
Branch of the Royal Engineers on the
canals of France and in Mesopotamia.
Recruits qualified as "Millwrights,
Sawyers, Sawfilers, Setters, Doggers,
Edgermen and Engineers are also ur
gently needed for the Forestry Corps
of the Canadian Expeditionary
Force. Ages 19 to 48.
There is also a demand for Car
penters, Bricklayers, Tinsmiths,
Blacksmiths, Plumbers, and skilled
laborers for duty with the Canadian
Engineers, age 19 to 45.
To those who have dependents a
liberal separation allowance is paid
by the Government, and where this is
not sufficient a further grant will be
made by the British Patriotic Fund
of Oregon.
OREGON FIRST TO
FILL DRAFT QUOTA
Portland, Ore., Dec. 31 Except
to fill vacancies in calls already made
no more men will be drafted from
Oregon or other states before Febru
ary 1,5. As all questionnaires will be
completed before that date, this will
give men taken hereafter, except such
few as may be needed prior to Febru
ary 15" to fill vacancies, the advantage
of the new classification system.
Very few men would have been ta
ken from Oregon in any event prior
to the next draft, which it is now an
nounced. will not be earlier than Feb
ruary 15. This is one of only 10 sta
tes that have already filled their quo
tas in the first draft, barring a few
vacancies caused by rejections at the
training camps.
Future draft quotas are to be fill
ed first from Classl, comprising men
without dependants. They will be
drafted from deferred classifications
only when Class 1 Is exhausted, thus
making it necessary to go to the next
class for enough men to fill up the
quota.
An exception to this will be made
in the case of experts and men highly
skilled in agriculture or industries.
It is announced that the Government
soon will call for a large number of
men of this special class. They will
be taken as needed for such special
work from whatever classification
they may have been granted.
A limited number of officers not
now in active service, and retired offi
cers of the Oregon National Guard,
who are physically fit and between
the ages of 23 and 47, are eligible
for enlistment as privates first class
for attendance at the next Officer's
Training Camps, which begin Janu
uary 15. Official word to this effect
has just been received by John M.
Williams, Acting Adjutant General,
from the Cheif of the Bureau of Mili
tia Affairs at Washington, with the
request that it be given publicity.
Applications for the camps by such
officers must be approved by the Bu
reau. Those qualifying at the camps,
which will be held in Southern Calif
ornia and the Southern States, will
receive commissions.
" The year 1917 was a record break
er for realty deals in Morrow county,
transactions during the past twelvt
months putting this county in the
million dollar mark. Some of the
more important are herewith noted
Spencer Akers to Wm. Padberg,
Heppner Flat ranch, sold at $25 per
acre. Considered one of the best
wheat ranches in the county.
John Padberg, of Heppner Flat,
purchased the Adkins ranch in t!ie
same section. This r&nch, which
entirely given over to wheat raising
corsists of 4 SO acres.
I : e Oregon ; akota Land Co., thru
VV. D. Newloi, disposed of lV.Ofp
a. res of their healings to various par
ties for a total ror.f ideratioa of $ I U
COt. This waj the aeconf. largest
(.i a) of the' year.
Dan Hanshew sol his Black Horse
wheat -ranch to Edgar Stevens of
Portland for 125,000. The ranch
consists of 500 acres.
Harvey Young of Eight Mile
bought the E. R. Huston ranch in the
same section, consisting of 960 acres,
for a consideration of $28,800.
L. E. McBee sold his Skinner creek
ranch and all Its equipment for J 100,
000 through Ray V. Logan of La
Grande. This was the third largest
deal of the 1917 season. There are
7300 acres In this ranch.
The largest deal of the season was
made by the Earl Edwards Land Co.
when they sold their immense tim
ber holdings in this county to Albert
Hlrsheime'r of La Crosse, Wiscon
sin for a total of $500,000. The
Earl Edwards holdings amounted to
22.000 acres of fine timber land.
R. J. Carsner of Spray bought the
Wm. Hendrix mountain ranch con
sisting or izuu acres, mostly graz
ing land for $10,500.
F...M. Parker bought the Henry
Blahm ranch on Willow creek and
later sold it to Arthur Parker.
Ralph Benge purchased the Moun
tain Valley Stock Farm below Hepp
ner from W. O. Minor.
C. C. Rhea sold his Rhea creek hol
dings to Wm. Padberg.
Sam McCollough bought the. N. F,
Lawson ranch of 528 acres on Balm
Fork for $18,000.
McCollough Bros, sold their Wil
low creek holdings above Heppner to
Martin & Kunsman of Moro for $90,
000. There were 5700 acres.
The Heppner Farmers' Elevator
Co. bought out the interests of the
Heppner Milling Company for $12,-
500. . . . 1.
CITY TREASURER
ADAMS SAYS THIS
In announcing my candidacy for
the office of State Treasurer I am
pledging myself to a programme of
economy not alone in that office but
In state institutions coming under the
State Board of Control of which the
State Treasuurer is a member. In
making this pledge I call attention
to the economy and efficiency which
have prevailed during my term as
City Treasurer of Portland.
The State is the principal money
expending agency In Oregon and Sta
'e Institutions are big factors in the
.otal amounts collected each year
'rom the taxpaying public. Economy
an come only with efficiency and to
he problem of efficiency I pledge my
arnest attention if elected.
The nation is at war and the pub
lic Is subject to a heavy financial
drain from many necessary sources
The debts which have to be contract
ed now must be met in the future, so
ihe necessity of strict economy in
state affairs will be more essential in
he next few years than it is now.
The public must be' relieved of all
unnecessary burdens In order thai
every iota of strength may be applied
where if is Imperative that It be ap
plied at this time.
Economy may be practiced in many
ways in state affairs. I favor a pro
gramme of expenditures based on
"absolute necessities only." Im
provements and expenditures that
can wait should wait and will wait
wherever it is within my power to
make them wait. I favor the state
promoting and aiding agricultural
development. This being of special
Importance at this time it should
have the close attention of state offi
cials. I aim to represent all sections of
the state, not any particular portion.
I point to my record as City Treas-j
urer of Portland for a period of six
years as a sufficient statement of my
qualifications for the State position.
DR. TURNER
Eye Specialist of Portland
will be at Palace Hotel
HEPPNER
WEDNESDAY & THURS
DAY, JANUARY 16-17
IN IONE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15
A number of Morrow county pion
eers, some of them who had moved
away to other places, where called to
their reward duriug the y.ear just
past.
Mrs. Hannora Stevenson, wife of
Andy J. Stevenson of Heppner, died
early In the year. Mrs. Stevenson
was born in Ireland and came to Mor
row county in 1878.
Another pioneer taken by the grim
reaper was John Wlllard Rasmus,
who died April 6th. Mr. Rasmus
was a native of Copenhagen, Den
mark, coming to America when a
small lad of six years, lie located
in Morrow' county in 1886 ami was
63 years of age at the time' of his de
mise.'
Mrs. W. T. Matlock passed away
at her home in Portland April 16th
Mrs. Matlock had made her home in
Heppner .for many years as well as at
Lone Rock. She was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown,
William , Hughes, pioneer farmer
and stockman of Morrow county?dig'd
at his home in Portland in- May. Mr.
Hughes was born in Ireland apd came
to Morrow county In 1878. ;
Frank Habelt was a familiar fleure
in Morrow ciunty railroad circles for
many years. He lost his Mi in
train wreck near Morgan last May,
Although a native of Austria, Mr. Ha
oen was at all times 100 per cent
American and left a host of friends
to mourn his departure. .
S. P. Garrigues was called sudden
ly last May at his home in Portland
He had been a prominent business
man in Heppner for a long number
of years, having established a hard
ware store in Heppner in 1895, He
also held a number of positions of
public trust.
Justus L. Simpson, Civil War vet
eran, joined the innumerable host on
the other side, when he departed this
life at his Heppner home July 2. Mr,
Simpson was a native of the state of
New York, being born in 1837. He
came to Morrow county 12 years ago
with his wife, who now survives
him.
The saddest blow to the city of
Lexington came last July, when death
called her most prominent and belov
ed business, man, W. E. Leach. Mr
Leach was a native Oregonlan, com
ng to Lexington from Western Ore
gon when but a lad of 11 years. He
had been engaged In the mercantile
business in Lexington for years and
took a leading part in the upbuilding
of the Lexington country.
William Preston Scrivner was born
at Harrisburg, Linn county, Oregon,
and had been a resident of Morrow
county for 29 years. During a quar
ter of a century, Mr. Scrivner was
actively engaged in business in Hepp
ner and was prominent in church and
fraternal circles. He passed from
this earth on Sunday, September 23
George Perry, a pioneer stockman
f the Lone Rock section, passed a-
way in Heppner Oct. 13. , He was 65
years of age. Mr. Perry was born In
Ireland, coming to this country when
small boy. Locating on Rock
reek, he built up a big business in
heep and cattle.
One of the earliest pioneers of Mor
row county was Mrs. Jane Penland
who died at her home in Lexington
recently. Mrs. Penland came to this
county 58 years ago and at one time
er husband, Wm. Penland, was the
largest land owner and stockman in
this part of Oregon. She was born
in Iowa in 1843.
Another sturdy pioneer of the Ore
gon country and more particularly
Morrow county was Robert Matteson,
who was born in Illinois in 183(j
Mr. Matteson died in Heppner recent
ly at the age If 81 years. . Mr. Matte
son was a pioneer in every sense of
the word.
Eliza J. Ayers died In Heppner
Nov. 29, at the age of 81 years. She
came out west from Iowa in 1848,
when the ox team was in general use
as a means for transportation. Mrs
Ayers was among the earliest settl
ers here.
John Rogers Simons was In busi
ness in Heppner for 25 years, mov
ing to Portland a few years ago to
spend his remaining days. He died
in that city In the early part of De
cember. Mr. Simons was a native
of West Virginia and was 82 years
old at the time of his death.
Thos. E. Sheridan Receives Honor
able DlHcliarjte from Army.
Thos. E. Sheridan returned to
Heppner last Sunday evening from
Camp Lewis, having received his hon
orable discharge from the United
States Army. Mr. Sheridan had been
In poor health since entering upon
his military duties and his condition
would not stand the strain of mill
, tary drill.
I A short time ago a wild rumor was
! afloat that Tomie had been picked up
in Portland as a deserter. How
! ever this rumor was run to earth fin
ally and It developed that he had
transgressed the laws of the military
, camp, inasmuch as he had gone with
jout the confines of the camp zone
I without getting the necessary permit.
! His honorable discharge at this time
j is proof enough that Mr. Sheridan is
I still in good standing with his Uncle
Sam.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Bill 11 Hp
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cAt the beginning of
this New Year
Th
First
Bank of
wishes for all of its customers and
friends another year of Prosperity
and Good Cheer, and thanks all
for the splendid support rendered
in the past.
Q o
HARVEY G. STARKWEATHER
Harvey G. Starkweather, who has
announced his candidacy for govern
or, is a native son of Oregon of a
pioneer family. Wm. A. Starkweath
er, his father, came to Oregon via
California gold mines in 1850 his
mother by the Oregon Trail in 1846.
The father was prominent in Ore
gon political history, having served
in several sessions of the territorial
legislature, in the Constitutions
Convention in 1857 and in several
sessions of the state legislature. His
last service being in the state senate,
the session of 1882. From 1861 to
1865 he was register of the U. S. land
office at Oregon City.
Harvey G. Starkweather, who is
the youngest of three sons, was born
49 years ago in Clackamas county
near where he now resides. Though
having only the meagre advantages
afforded by the pioneer schools ho
became prominent as an educator.
For fourteen years he was active In
public school work, and during a part
of that time served as county school
uperlntendent for Clackamas county
and also as city superintendent and
principal of the high school at La
Grande, Oregon.
At the present time he is a mem
ber of the local school board in his
home district, also a member of the
county educational board for Clack
amas county and a member of the
board of regents for normal schools
of the state.
He was a member of the commls-
tionaL
Heppner
sion which drafted the original Work
man's Compensation act. Was also
appointed upon the recommendation
of the Oregon State Grange, as a
member of the U. S. Rural Credits
commission which visited several Eu
ropean countries and investigated
that subject. The report of this com
mission, Senate document No. 214, of
the year 1913, was the basis for the
Federal Farm Loan act.
During the agitation for the recent
Good Roads .Act Mr. Starkweather
took an active part in the campaign
for bonds, both In the eastern and
western parts of the state.
For several years past, Mr. Stark
weather has been the member of the
Democratic State Central Committee
for Clackamas county. During the
past two years he has been the chair
man of the Democratic County Com
mittee. At a recent meeting of the farm
ers of Clackamas county, Mr. Stark
weather was elected chairman of an
organization to co-operate with the
county agricultural agent to increase
the farm production of the county.
Although born and raised and hav
ing lived on a farm practically all his
life, his business activities are by no
means confined to farming. He has
extensive property interests through
out the state, and maintains an office
In the Broadway building in Portland
in which property he Is Interested.
Fraternal Affiliations.
MASONS Multnomah lodge No.
1, Oregon City. Ore. Worthy Patron
Pioneer Chapter No. 28. O. E. S. Or
egon City, Ore. Scottish Rite and
Shrine, Portland, Ore.
I. O. O. F. Oswego Lodge No. 93.
Oswego, Ore.
B. P. O. E. Oregon City.
K. & L. of S. Klrkpatric Council,
Portland, Oregon.
GRANGE Mllwaukie Grange No.
268, Mllwaukie, Oregon.
LANG SYNE SOCIETY Portland.
COMMERCIAL CLUB and LIVE
WIRES Oregon City, Ore.
Mr. Cuninilngg Explains.
I offer the following explanation to
those who came to Mr. Spark's thea
ter to hear me play the violin.
My purpose was to entertain the
patrons of the theater with some gen
uine Missouri fiddling. Mr. Sparks
told me to play only when the picture
man played, and to stop when he
stopped. As a matter of fact I could
not possibly get started until after
the picture man had finished, with
out any understanding of the nature
of the play or any practice. It was
utterly impossible for anyone to do
what Mr. Sparks required of me, and
I want to say right here that nobody
knew this better than Mr. Sparks
knew it and I can't understand whv
Mr. Sparks would treat me so badly,
Very truly yours,
, HARRY CUMMINGS. ;