The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, February 28, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text' im'-.I.c Av.iUtcrium The MES VOI. 34, XO. 48 HEPPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28. II IS. 81B8CRIPTIOX, $1.50 PKR YKAB THREE NEW ELEVA TORS COUNTY Jordan Siding, lone and McNabb Will Tut t Concrete Struct urea In Time To Receive New 1 Grain (o. lone was the center of proposed building activities Tuesday when County Agent Brown met with' three different representations of Morrow county farmers who will begin soon the construction of concrete eleve- tors for the reception of the 1918 grain crop. The new companies outlining plans for elevators are the Jordan Eleva tor Company, corporation papers of which will be filed this week, the Wll son Siding Storage and Elevator Company and the Farmers Elevator Company of lone. The new Jordan Elevator Company was the first to complete the details of organization and they have fully decided to erect a concrete elevator of 100,000 bushels capacity at an es timated cost of $35,000. The dire. torate, which will be re-elected after the new corporation's papers have been filed, consists of Dan Barlow, Laxton McMurray, French Burr oughs, Lee Padberg and Robert All stott. The Jordan farmers will ob tain property from the old Jordan Warehouse ft Storage Company for the new elevator and work will com mence just as soon as all details have been arranged and the material can be put on the ground. , Although the Farmers Elevator Company of lone has not completed their organization, it is their inten tion to discontinue the old warehouse company. In speaking of the plans which these farmers have for their elevator, County Agent Brown said they were the best that he has ever seen. They expect to have the eleva tor completed in time to handle the new crop. This structure will also be of 100,000 bushels capacity and Five Aliens Registered. Five aliens have registered with Postmaster Richardson under the terms of the alien enemy registra tion act. They are: John Piper, far mer of Lexington, who is a native of Germany; Peter Radmanovitch, sec tion foreman; A. Sachter, farmer of Heppner; George Broadantish, sec tlon laborer and Louis Varnay of Ce cil, all Austrians. Each registrant furnished four photographs of him self and left finger and thumb prints with the postmaster, all of which have been sent to the Department of Justice at Washington. Building New Garage. Martin Reid, .local dealer for the Chandler automobile, Is building a commodious garage on bis Main street property, work being started this week. Mr. Reid has a carload of Chandlers on the way for Spring delivery. Town BoysToo Much For Hi School Lads The Heppner High School basket ball team went down to defeat before the heavier town team in a fast con test at the Fair Pavilion last Friday night. The game resulted in a score of 40 to 14. The town team started off with a rush, a fast pass from Sims to Craw ford making for two points shortly after the first toss up. While the score would indicate a one-siaea game, such was not the case, as the town boys had to put up a hard fight and were forced to the limit all the time. The school team showed streaks of brilliancy at times and their team work came to the surface only later to be squelched by their heavier and equally as fast opponents. A good sized crowd witnessed the game. The proceeds amounting to nearly twenty dollars, were turned over to the Junior Kea cross, n Is likely the two teams will, meet again in the near future. The teams lined up in the follow lng manner: TOWN HIGH SCHOOL HEPPNER STREETS 11 BE STREETSTARTSftTOSGEJ laid down by tba state highway de partment. City officials have U view the problem of ultimate paring and the base will be laid accordingly. The Hibernian Division of Heppner la planning on having a patriotic cel ebration in Heppner on Satarday ev ening March ICth. Tba place of Uie meeting and the program will be an nounced later. At the last meeting of the Hibernians it was anaahaonsly carried that 50 per cent of the pro ceeds of this meeting he given to the Red Cross and 50 per cent to the Knights of Columbus War Fund. The Heppner City Council signed up a contract Tuesday with A. J. Wel ton, a Portland contractor for the im provement of certain streets of the city. The improvements as outlined will involve the expenditure of $ 19,000 and the specifications call for a com pressed surface of crushed rock and macadam finish. Mr. Welton and the city of Hepp ner will co-operate in the street work and he has made a guarantee that the cost will not exceed 76 cents pet square yard. He expects to have a force of men at work no later than next Tuesday, starting with the pre liminary grading. The city will start the improve ment work beginning at the town li mits on Hinton creek and around back of the high school past the flour mill on Court street, the macadam will be until Chase street is J.' S. Young aad daughter Fey re turned Monday from a visit of three weeks at Portland and Sonhtrra Ore gon. Mr. Yonng took Us daughter The width of to Portland for medical attention and 22 feet wide it was believed for a time that it reached and would be necessary for the girl to un- from there to Main street a full width dergo an operation. Her health has of the street will receive the surfac-, improved greatly and the operation the cost will be about the same as O'Rourke-Wilson r.f. Kenny that of the Jordan Elevator Com pany. The McNabb Siding farmers have prepared to build their 30,000 bush el elevator by extending their capital stock. For SaleA few more young sows bred for March. AIbo some fresh milk cows. Phone 48F21, W. P. HILL. Van Marter Anderson Sims A. Crawford c. Rogers l.g. Nicholson r.g. Bill Crawford l.f. Jap Crawford Bookman -Carroll. " Charles J. Bookman and Louise Carroll were married In this city Wednesday evening by Recorder J. P. Williams. Both are residents of Heppner. HEPPNER BAKERY WHERE PURITY AND QUALITY COUNT FRESH BREAD. PIES. COOKIES. DOUGHNUTS. ETC. BAKED EVERY DAY Special Attention Given Orders for Partiet FRESH CANDY EVERY DA Y. WE MAKE IT AND USE NOTHING BUT PUREST INGREDIENTS C. W. BOWLING, PROP. Ladies desiring new suits, Coats or Dresses, Waists, Petticoats or Corsets should call early and inspect these new styles. The new models are beautiful and the prices are right. Made-to-Measure, Man-Tailored or Eeady-to-Wear Garments from the Victor Ladies' Tailor ing Co., of Chicago, or from Leibes' well-known establishment in Portland. Come in and let me show you the new styles and give me the size, color and style wanted. All goods sent on approval. Mrs. L G. HERREN MAY STREET, HEPPNER lng. The macadam will be put on Main street from the corner begin ning at the First National Bank and thence North to the corner of Balti more street. Here the width will be cut to 22 feet again proceeding west to Gale street and down Galo street across the concrete bridge to Linden street and thence to the city limits, connecting with the survey of the State Highway. The city of Heppner has on hand for the work $14,000 and the bal ance will be taken care of by the Is suing of city warrants. Warrants can be issued up to $15,000 and the city council believes that $10,000 will handle the present situation and leave sufficient to take care of run ning expenses and cost of other street improvements which they have mapped out. In all, Heppner will spend $22,000 on streets this year. The plans for the new improve ments were gone over by Btate high way engineers and all the 'work will be done according to specifications has been avoided. While away, they visited with relatives at Hedford. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Fortner of Ket tle Falls, Wash., are guests at the home of Mrs. Fortner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lucas of this city. Mr. Fortner is a farmer ia the Ket tie Falls country and formerly lived in Wasco county, where two of his brothers are prominently identified with the banking fraternity. Mrs. Fortner was formerly Miss Thelma Lucas. In arranging for street improve ment this week, the city government was greatly helped in their proceed ings by R. H. Baldock of the State Highway department Mr. Baldock and his corps of engineers are now located at the court house, where they are proceeding with their office work after completing the surrey for the state highway through Morrow county. They will be here for sever al weeks.' NEW WHEAT WILL BE TESTED BY 10NE FARMERS Over Twelve Thousand Bushels Will Be Sown This Spring in Thai Vicinity. Over twelve thousand bushels of Early Baart wheat will have been sown in the lone section by the time Spring seeding is over, according to L. A. Doak, who has been interested in getting this new variety of wheat introduced in the light land section of Morrow county. In connection with C. B. Sperry, warehouseman of lone, Mr. Doak has imported from the State of Washing ton 9 car loads of this grain and it has all been delivered to farmers about lone and is being seeded as ra pidly now as weather conditions will permit. Early Baart wheat has been raised very successfully In Franklin and Ad ams counties, Washington for the past four or five' years and was the wheat that has put that section on Its feet and made the most of the far mers there independent. It has also been successfully raised on the light er lands in Umatilla county, and Mr. Doak is of the opinion that it will prove a great lift to the North end of Morrow county, where the condi tions of climate and soil are similar to the sections where the grain has proven so great a producer. Doak brothers will have in about 760 acres of this wheat, out of a to tal of 1200 acres sown, and they are expecting great results from the new variety. Some of this wheat was pro duced in Morrow county last season, and the lowest yield per acre was seventeen bushelB. This was along side of other varieties that gave a yield of seven and eight bushels. The ! wheat stands high In the market and it results are obtained here anything like what they have been where the wheat has been produced for several years past, twenty bushels to the acre will be considered a low yield for this season as the conditions for good crops are far aheed of what they were last year. Early Baart Is a rapid growing grain, is hardy and matures early, getting ahead of the weeds and hot winds. It promises great results for this section. Odd Fellows Went to Pendleton. A number of Heppner Odd Fellows went over to Pendleton last Saturday to attend the Umatilla County Con vention of Odd Fellows. In the party were W. E. Mlkesell, Hanson Hughes, S. P. Devln, J. O. Archer and F. N. Frye. They report having a splendid time. , THTT PERCENT RE SPOND TO FARU SURVEY Morrow County Low m Farm Bar- vey. Bulk Handling of Grain Considered by Fanners. The latest returns from J. W. Bre wer, State Farm Help Specialist, show that less than thirty per cent of the farmers of Morrow county have filled ia and returned their ques tionnaires on the labor and crop con anions in this county. This work was handled through the schools and the blanks returned direct to Port land so we have no way of knowing where the returns are incomplete. If the teacher has not given you a blank see her and find out why. If she has and you have not yet return' ed it send it direct to the county agent at once. If the teacher in your district has no blank write or see the county agent and help get a line on the needs of Morrow county so that you can truly say that you have done your best to support the Government and help carry out the war program as efficiently as possible. These blanks will be filed in the office of the county agent and used as a basis for supplying the labor needs of this county. Mr. F. L. Ballard of the Bureau of markets accompanied the County ag ent to lone Tuesday where meetings were held with committees from Jor dan Siding, lone and McNabb Siding for the purpose of completing the or ganization of Farmers Elevator Com panies. The articles of Icorporation have been filed for all three and com mittees are busy studying plans for building. F. R. BROWN, County Agent. rive n?nls, many people Have been mailing reuers aaaressed to the soldiers in France by stamping with a three cent stamp. Postmaster Richardson would remind them that tha Dostisre required for all letters going to Eu rope is five cents. In cases where me sender is known, the letter Is re turnd to him for the additional nos tage and where unknown, the letter is held at the other end and the pos tage is tnen paid by the party re ceiving the letter. Mr. Richardso adds that a number of people also seem to have forgotten that first class postage on all letters Is now three cents Instead of two BIG RANCH DEAL E AT CECIL 8pencer Crawford returned Mon day from Portland, where he went three weeks ago for an operation on his left foot. The operation was suc cessful and he is now on the road to rapid recovery. Many Volunteers For Public Service Reserve Practically every mechanic In Mor row county has enrolled for the Pub lic Service Reserve in the recent campaign. These patriotic men have responded to the call for volunteers rgardtess, many of them, of their aee and present business connentinna Much credit for this splendid show ing is due to "Pat" Crow, who gave liberally of his time and service In the work of listing these men for In dustrial war work. A total of 48 In the county responded and of this number 5 were from lone, 6 from Lexington and the other 37 from Heppner. The following communication has been received regarding the cam paign, from M. D. Clark, secretary of the State Council of Defense for Mor row county. Heppner, Oregon, Feb. 27, 1918. Editor Gazette-Times: The State Council of Defense for Morrow County desires to thank the patriotic men who volunteered for the Public Service Reserve In the-re cent campaign,' as well as the enroll ing agents .throughout tba County, and especially Is credit due Mr. N. E. Crow who gave his time and excep tional ability to this worthy cause, making a personal canvsaB, and who by his individual efforts enrolled thirty-seven of the forty-eight mem bers from Morrow County. State Council of Defense for Mor row County, by M. D. CLARK, Secretary. MAD Henriksen Buys Out H. 8. Ewing 540 Acres of Fine Hay Land Stock and All. Equip, nient Included. Morrow County Agricultural Council to Be Organized. A meeting of representative farm ers from every district In the county Is to be held In Heppner Saturday, Mar. 9, at 10:30 a. m. Tills meeing is called for the pur pose of considering labor, seed and other county problems, and to plan a program of work for the county agent for the balance 'of the year. At the meeting of the'councll an ex ecutive committee for the county will be elected. They will direct the work and advise the county agent so j.hat the important county problems may be taken care of In a definite systematic way. This is the final step in the mobilization of the farm ers of Morrow couuty under the plan suggested by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and Is a call for Mor row county to do her best in an or ganized way. Wheat Price Is Fixed Through the latest action of Food Administrator Herbert C. Hoover, farmers of the Northwest will re ceive 15 cents per bushel more for their wheat this year than they re ceived last year. It is estimated that In placing the Northwest on a parity with Chicago by securing reduced ocean freight rates, Mr. Hoover has saved the far mers of this section $9,000,000. Reduction of water freights to $3.50 a ton for wheat and $6 a ton for flour is Interpreted to mean that a complete understanding has been reached whereby the Northwest gro wers will not now have to endure discriminations heretofore complain ed of. The new wheat price has been pla ced at $2.20 per bushel. Good dairy cows for sale. Wtnnard. Frank A deal was closed in Heppner Tu esday whereby A. Henriksen of Cecil becomes the owner of the H. S. Ew ing ranch on lower Willow creek. The farm 'consists of 540 acres of fine hay land and Joins the Henrik sen' ranch on two sides. Tho price paid was $18,500. By the terms of sale Mr. Henrik sen takes possession of the place at once, getting all the stock and equip ment on tne place. Mr. Ewine has not decided where he will locate, but Is leaving Morrow county for the pre sent at least. He will visit for a time in the Willamette Valley. with his latest purchase. Mr. Hen riksen becomes the owner of the Iar-" gest 'individual ranch on Willow creek and it is estimated that even tually the place will be producing mvu tons of alfalfa hay each year. His total holdings on the creek now amount to 1390 acres and in addition to this he also owns 2600 acres of mountain land situated 14 mile south of Heppner. In his farming operations, Mr. Henriksen is assisted by his two sons, Oral and Clifford. Mr. Henriksen came to Morrow county from Oakland, Oregon, only a short time ago, when he bought out W. B. Ewing at Cecil. In the short time he has been here, he has be come one of the county's biggest boosters and ranks at the top among 'the progressive farmers and stock men. "There are great opportunities for this country up here," said Mr. Henriksen, "and I am anxious to see more people come into the county and take advantage of them. The more settlers we get in here on our lands the faster the country will de velop." - Mr. JJearlksen has shown his faith in the future of Morrow county by his Investments in real estate here, his latest purchase making his total investments run close to the hundred thousand dollar mark. RALPH WILLIAM BECKET. Ralph William Becket was born at Weston, Oregon, July 25, 1882, and died at St. Margarets Hospital, Kan sas City, Kansas, February 8, 1918. At the time of his death he was a student at the Sweeney Automobile School In Kansas City, having gone there last November for that purpose and would have finished school in one .week more. His death which was due to spinal menengitis came after four days of illness during which time he was entirely uncon cious. Ralph was well known in Morrow county, having lived here most of his life, and has hosts of friends both in Morrow and Gilliam counties who will be sorry to hear of his death. He leaves to mourn his death a wife and three sons, Harold, Murl and Blllie, also his father and moth er, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Becket of Portland, Oregon, and two sisters and three brothers: Mary Becket of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Theodore An derson of Eight Mile and Walter and Charlie Becket of Eight Mile and Johnle Becket of the U. S. Marines, Mare Island, California. HEPPNER GUN CLUB DEFEATS WALLACE IDAHO EMPIRE TRAP SHOOT WARMING With better weather prevailing last Sunday than the week before the Heppner Gun Club members made better scores at their traps and suc ceeded In making a total uf 120 points against their opponents, Wal lace, Idaho. Wallace scored 115 last Sunday. A feature of the day's shoot ing was the perfect score made by Ernest Clark, who broke the first 25 birds straight. Those who shot in the final squad were E. Clark, 25; S. W. Spencer, 24; A. Bowker, 24; Mrs. Bowker, 23 and Ed Adklns, 24. Following is the result of last Sun day's shoot. Events.., ..25 25 25 25 Dr. McMurdo A. Bowker S. W. Spencer Mrs. Bowker B. Patterson Dr. Vaughan O. Borg Stone -Van Marter Ed Adklns E. Clark H. Duncan F. Roberts Pearson 22 20 23 20 24 23 23 24 22 21 23 21 22 17 22 21 22 13 20 14 21 14 22 17 15 24 19 17 25 21 20 20 13 THE STANDING OF THE TEAMS. Pendleton Kellogg Sunnystde Wenatchee Wallace Colfax-Pal. Yakima , Heppner Oroville Spokane - 2 Next Sunday the local club will shoot against tba North Yakima club. The Inland Empire Trap Shoot which is being conducted by the Spo kesman Review, is arousing consid erable Interest throughout the Northwest. Won Lost Pet. Av. 2 0 1000 116 2 0 1000 114.5 1 1 500 114.5 1 1 600 111.6 1 1 600 161.6 1 1 500 115.5 1 1 600 119.5 1 1 600 115.5 0 2 000 93.5 0 2 000 107 Holmes is a Busy Man. L. W. Holmes, Tum-A-Lum man at Lexington was iu Heppner today arranging for some printing for a cit. Patricks Red Cross dance to be held in that city, Monday March 18. Be tween the Red Cross and the Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. Mr. Holmes avers ho is a very busy man.