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HEPPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28. II IS.
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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.