The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, February 13, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe ETTE- VOL. 83, SO. 4(1. HKI'IWKIt. (IKE., THIRSDAY, KKHRUARY 13, 1919. 61 BSCRIPTIOX, $2.00 PER TEAR 10 BOOST FOR CIVIC IMPROVEMENT Organization Perfected With Object In View of .Making Heppner More Attract! vp. ' With the highly commendable idea in view of making Heppner more beautiful and thus a better town to live In, a mcu.ing was tailed of the women rr t ci; to meet with Mayor Vauhgn on Wednesday even ing at the Council rooms. In re npon.se to the reiuest of the Mayor a number of the leading ladies were present and an organization was launched with the election of Ada M. Ayers as president, Carrie Vaugh an, vice president and Sylvia Wells secretary-treasurer. Mayor Vaughn acted cs temporary chairman of the meeting and brought up the matters he lias had in mind for some time, touching betterments for the city and stated ' how he thought an organization of the wo men would be the means of bringing these things about. The Mayor also stated that it was his intention to offer prizes for displays of flowers and shrubs to be made each year at the county fair for a series of years, the object being to stimulate the growing of (lowers and plants in the homes and' on the grounds of the citizens. As stated by the Mayor, there will be numerous questions about various Improvements coming up that the women are particularly Interested In putting over, and their sense of the fitness of things makes them particularly qualified to take hold of the job. Others addressed the meeting on the subject of similar organizations elsewhere, and what they had ac complished, and there was no small amount of enthusiasm and Interest manifested. The ladies will begin at once the work of Interesting all the women of the town to become members of the organization and the work of making Heppner beautiful will be taken up in earnest. The Mayor gave the ladies much encouragement in regard to the water situation, stating, that while he felt an additional supply of water could not now be had for the coming sum mer, yet the steps were being taken to secure this by at least another season, and he could guarantee that what was wanted in this direction would be forthcoming, though the Job was a big one. With an organization of this1- na ture, working in conjunction with the city' government, it is expected that the library will soon be re established on a good footing, and made better than ever. This move will receive hearty support. The ladles will use their Influence in getting a lot of new sidewalks built, backyards and alleys will be cleaned up, and in fact there Is no end to the good things for Heppner that we may confidently look forward to. This paper received an Interesting letter this week from Robert Hop kins, formerly employed in this office and now in the service of Uncle Sam. Bob Is on the U. S. Duncan which is at present in Cuban waters. We take it from the tone of the letter that he would just as soon be relieved from the service and re turn to civil life, now that the war Is over. However, Bob, If Old Man HIndy gets too foxy over on the bor der line, you may see some real ex citement yet. The MaBonic Lodge of lone, in con junction with the ladles of the East ern Star of that place, have planned to give a grand ball at lone on the ovenlng of Friday, February 21st. All arrangements had been com pleted for giving this ball on Decem ber 21st, last, but owing to the flu It had to be abandoned. A grand time is promised everybody on this occasion. Oaunty Soils Property. The property of the county at lh rear of the Star theater, where the road machinery and tools have bean stored, has been sold to Vaughn &. Sons and Just as soon as the same is vacated by the county, they expect to work over the buildings and premises and make a store room for new and second hand automobiles and other vehicles. The county la arranging to have a new building put up on the lots purchased last week at the Fair Grounds. This will be a dual purpose building, so con structed as to be of use for shelter ing stock when the fair is In pro gress, and at which time the most of the machinery will be out on the roads at work, Plant are being drawn for this work and the county will soon be ready to ask for bids on the material necessary for the construction. COMMERCIAL CLUB REVIVED The'Iieppner Commercial Club has been revived and by the clectidh of new officers and the adaption of new I methods of operation it is hoped j s rxft things needful for the com- munity may be accomplished. In espouse to a call issued by the retiring president and secretary, ..testers. C. L. Sweek and W. W. .-'.mead, a goodly number of citizens . nine tjgeilier on Friday evening lost, at which time President Sweek and Secretary Smead made thtir final reports .and announced their entire willingness to reiire from the lesponsibllltles of office In connection with the Club. The Secretary-Treas urer reported that the Club, had a perfectly clean slate so far as any money belonging to the organization was concerned, and there appeared to be nothing in the way of startinc oif with a new board of officers and committees. The election was pro ceeded with and W. P. Mahonev was crosen as president, P. A.-Anderson, vice president and 8. A. Pattison, ecretary-treasurer. Following the election the Club acted upon the suggestion and motion of C. L. Sweek that the chair man of each committee with the three officers constitute the executive committee, which Is empowered to meet for the purpose of transuding; business for the Club. A motion also empowered the executive com mittee to revise the bylaws to con form to the present needs of the Club. A new deparure in regard to the memberships was also adopted, and in the future there will be no dues. What money the Club will have to have will be raised by other means. The appointment of committees by the president will be announced later. ATTENTION BOYS. All boys betweeu the ages of 16 and 20, whether in school or not, who wish to join the Boys' Working Reserve, may do so before Feb. 15th. D. W. BOITNOTT,. Enrolling Officer. Mrs. Frank Turner states that her aister, Mrs. L. Sweek, of Monument, who was so seriously injured about five weeks ago, is recovering very slowly, and as yet she is unable to get abr.ut. Her recovery seems to be gradual, however, and it is expected that in due course of time she wl" be well again. SEPTEMBER II, 12, 13 The Morrow County Fair Board, consisting of Oscar Keithly of Eight Mile, Ike Howard, of lone, F. R. Brown and Mrs. Shurte of Heppner, at a meeting in Heppner last Satur day elected Oscar Keithly, President and F. R. Brown, Secretary for the coming year. Mrs. Shurte was ap pointed Superintendent of the Club exhibit, Miss Edith Thorley, Superin tendent of the Domestic Science and Art Department. The new board has taken up the work of making the 1919 Morrow County Fair a winner and have an nounced that it will be up to the people to say whether or not this Is the last County Fair to be held here. They have arranged a special knock er's class open only to those who spend as much time working for th success of the Fair as the members of the Fair Board. If you know now that you are going to have a kick coming next Fall and want to enjoy that kick get busy now and boost. The premium lists will be mailed about March 1. If you have sugges tions to make the Board wants thorn. Special prizes are to be offered for Individual farm, com munity and special exhibits. There Is only one way to make our Fair a success. Plan now, talk for it all the time, work for It all summer, and bring your best exhibit Septem ber 11. F. R. BUOWN, Secretary Morrow nntttttaaaaaathhh Sec. Morrow County Faif Board Makes Several Car Sales. Mrs. Albert Bowker reports the sale of several cars this week. Dr. Chick was the purchasor of a Dodge Roadster, Ed Hunt received a new 5-passenger Bulck touring car, th Tum-A-Lum Co. are the purchasers of a new Ford touring car and Mor row County has purchased a Ford roadster which will be at the dis posal of the newly appointed road master In the prosecution of his labors about the county. Heppner Qarage has the agency for several of these standard cars and the prospects for business seem to be picking up. TWl WAY full i A ill mm i H.r O O OnXX 7A- B'l A IB t ill f l L ENT5 At the Council meeting held last Thursday, S. G. McMillan was ap pointed councilman to 'fill the vacancy caused by the refusal of W. E. Pointer to accept the office. W. P. McMillan was appointed Recorder to fill the vacancy caused by H. L. McAlister refusing to accept that office. It was ordered that Arcade Street be graded, and H. E. Warner is now at work with his tractor and the County grader. This street is low ground and in wet weather Is always in bad condition. The crew is making a wonderful improvement on tills street, it is intended to have other streets graded at this time. The council will order several sidewalks to be built. A committee was appointed to in vestigate and report on the cost of a proposed extension of D Street. This extension would run east past the school house and connect with the County Road on the hill above Tom Nichols.' house. This would -give a direct level road to the warehouses, and would save all wheat teams pulling down into town and back up the hill to the warehouses. This road should have been built on this line at the time the town was laid out. Henry Schwarz of Heppner was In Lexington on business this week. R. H. Lane went to Pilot Rock last Monday to buy a load of beef cattle. W. C. Worstell, pastor of the Christian Church, preached at lone last Sunday. Mrs. Jeff Jones, and Mrs. Ellis Hendrlcson visited with Mrs. W. 0. Hill, one day last week. Arthur Beymer was called to Port land last week, having received word that Mrs. Beymer was sick. Ray White Is visiting with his parents, having been stationed at the Bremerton Navy Yard for the past year. W. J. Davis has returned from a two months visit to his old home In Michigan. He reports a very mild winter, so far In the Eastern states. Marshall Hooper, Assistant Super intendent of Banks, was In Lexing ton last Thursday, and made a regular examination of the Lexing ton State Bank. John Denny is a new arrival from Monmouth, Oregon. He has leased a part of the Newlon ranch, north east of Lexington, and will engage la wheat farming. Mrs. W. P. Scrlvner has purchased from W, T. McRoberts, 60 feet front age on Gale street immediately in the rear of the Scrlvner property on Main street. Thjs will give an outlet to her property and room to care for their blacksmithlng business. IT MOST BE Vsi ! mm iw wr 9 V: 'ft i Ml The ext number of the Ellison White i.yceum course will be pre sented at the High School Auditor ium Wednesday night, February 26. On account of the hanging up of everything during the influenza epidemic It has made it impossible for the lyceum company to furnish the numbers first sigued for and in stead are' furnishing substitute num ber to complete the schedule. Tlvj number which will be presented February 26th is the Ionian Serena ders, a company consisting of four young women who sing, read ami play skilfully both in ensemble and Individual selections. The price of admission has not been definitely decided upon but will probably be 75c for adults and 35c for children and students. Everybody should attend this number as It will be a rare treat. After having been closed down for five weeks during the flu ban school has been running again for a couple of weeks. The students were all a little blue at first because of the prospects of not being able'to com plete the year's work, but when told by the heads of the Institution that It was possible for everyone to make their credits if an excess of energy was applied, everybody has been "digging in" and the failures this year will probably be below what they are in normal times. The High School basket ball quin tet played the Town Team a fast game of basket ball last evening, but the town boys were a little too much for the less experienced basket tossers of the school as is shown by the uneven score of 16 to 6. After practicing a bit more, however, we firmly believe we shall have a fair team and are now arranging for some outside gamrs. The schedule will be announced as soon as com pleted. Two girls teams of the Hiith School, the Submarines and the Cruisers as they were named, put on a basket tossing exposition to com plete a double header. This game was hard fought from start to finish but the Subs, getting off with a pretty good lead, were able to keep the upper hand throughout the game and the final score showed 12 to S in their favor. The girls ore taking a great interest in basket ball and will play more games for the benefit of the public later. Lincoln's Birthday was appropri ately remembered at the High School yesterday afternoon when Mr. S. E. Notson made the students of the upper grammar grades and the High School a short address on "Patriot ism." His speech was short but to the point and the students could well profit by his examples set forth. KOU SALE Two Deering com bines with engines. Terms reason able. DOAK BROS., lone, Ore tl3-4t. TO HAVE FINE SHOW BUILDING: Portland, Feb. 10. Leading live stock men from Oregon, Idaho, , Washington and Jlnitaiia, relent ing many iriHions of dollars worth of pure bred and rane stock, were in conference here and adopted der-ite plans for a half million dollar exposition building. A suit able home is wanted for the annual Show and sales of the Pacific Inter national Livestock Exposition. A structure covering approximately ten acres of ground, with all thor oughly modern facilities for the showman and snectatnr ta nin.j ;The buildfng will be erected this ! summer and a big show held this fall, November 15-22. Those in terested in the livestock industry will head the subscription lfsts. The annual exhibition, now in its ninth year, will draw attendance from as far East as the Mississippi River and exhibits of livestock of all kinds from the entire Pacific Slope. Taking pr.rt In the conference were the following, who are directors of the Pacific International Livestock Exposition: i'rank Brown, President, Carlton, Oregon; William Pollman, Vice President, Baker; F. M. Rothroc);, Spokane; A. D. Dunn, Wapato; w! B. Ayer, Portland; C. L. Hawloy, in-Coy; J. N. Burgess, Pilot Rock; Thos. Carmichael, Gaston; Ed Carey, Carlton; C. C. Berkeley, Hay CreeK; George Dickson, Prineville; Ei Schoel, Suver; W. K. Newell, N. C. Maris, A. C. Ruby, Portland; H. C. Brown, Portland; F. A. Kosar, Rickreall, Ray Fox, Lyons. Will Have Engineer Here. We are informed that the City Council have employed a civil en gineer to go ever the ground of the proposed pipe line from the timber to Heppner. The gentleman will be here during the coming week and represents a firm of engineers of Kansas City. His firm is now carry ing on seme work in Idaho and from there the engineer , will come to Heppner. With a view, also, of getting expert opinion on the con tract between the city and Mr. Gates, a copy of that instrument has been In the hands of a prominent attor ney in Portland for the past three weeks and it is expected that a decision from him will be forthcom ing most any day. INTERESTED IN HE JOHN DAY PROJECT F. R. Brown, of this city, is In receipt of a letter of recent date from Hon. N. J. Slnnott, concerning the John Day irrigation project, in which he says: "I had a talk yesterday morning with Director Davis concerning the state and government co-operative report upon the John Day Irrigation project. The director Informed me that he had been investigating all the various irrigation projects re ferred to in the different co-operative reports and that he was of the opinion that the John Day project was a very expensive one. I shall bo glad to submit to the director of the Reclamation Service any data or information you may have not set forth in the co-operative report. "However, I would suggest that if possible your district send to Wash ington your engineer or some one thoroughly familiar with the project from an engineering standpoint and lot him take up the matter in person with the director of the Reclamalon Service. This has been done by those Interested lu irrigation along the Deschutes river and In Malheur county, Oregon. "In case the appropriation for one hundred million dollars for homes for returning soldiers passes as urg ed by Secretary Lane succeeds it is his intention to choose one or two projects in each arid land state. He says that he will choose the most feasible projects. While I would be glad to submit any data in favor of your project I could not do this with the force and Intelligence that your engineer or some one thoroughly conversant with the project could do. I am daily receiving letters from prospective projects In Oregon and am advising them all whenever it is possible to send an engineer to Washington and take up the matter in person with the department. "In these hearings 1 shall be glad to rondor any service that I can to your project as well as other pro jects called to my attention. It will be two weeks possibly before the Appropriation Committee decides whether or not it will favor the above appropriation. "If I can be. of any further service in this matter let me know." WOULD RESERVE HAL HEUBIM BIRDS The Attempt t Those Who Would Commercialize This Natural lii-eedinsj CimuwI Should Be Defeated. J House Bill 376, now before th Legislature, wculd be the means of prese-ving to the United States and the State of Oregon, the fural breeding grounds and wild fowl reserve of Malheur Lake lntrM. are working at present that would destroy this and commercialize the lands covered by the waters of the ial:e, by drainage. The bill now be fore the legislature is a step to pre vent this, and we gladly give space to the following letter of Slate Biologist Finley: Portland, February 8, 1919. Editor, The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon. ' i Dear Sir: Theodore Roosevelt was the most far-sighted President this country ever had in saving our wild birds tr. m extermination. He said that v ild birds were absolutely nf-epwanr to future agricultural development in the United Spates, because they are the natural check upon Insects and other pests that take $800,000, 000 annual toll from the farmers. He 'saw Uie complete extermina tion of the myriads of wild pigeons of eistern North America, because these birds were net protected on ilieir breeding grounds. The com mon people were thus deprived of a food supply. August 18, 1908, President Roose velt issued a special proclamation creating Malheur Lako as a Federal Wild Bird Reservation. It Is re cognized a3 the greatest wild bird: refuge in North America. It is one of our greatest memorials to Theo dore Roosevelt. Promoters under the guise of in creasing agricultural land in Harney county, have a lobby at Salem to drain this alkaline lake and use tba alkali-crusted soil to lure new set tlers to Oregon. Their completed plans to destroy Malheur Lako Res ervation are now before the State Land Board for action. The Department of Agriculture at Washington has had charge of this area and since 1908, has paid war dens to protect it. Oregon is mor ally bound not to commit the com mercial crime of destroying It. Malheur Lake Reservation is a wonderful as Crater Lake, Mt. Hood or the Columbia Highway. It is an asset to Oregon and the United States as one of the last great wild fowl nurseries. I appeal to you and to your read- ers to helD US nass House Rill 37fi ceding Jurisdiction of Malheur Lake, to the Government and letting it continue its charge. Governor Wlthycombe recommended this in his message to the legislature. Oregon is a great out-of-door state and as such is attracting people from all over the United States. It any of your readers are Interested, I should be glad to hear from thenu Sincerely, WILLIAM L. FINLEY, State Biologist Dennix McNaniee Plans New Building. The construction of a substantial new building on- his lots at the southwest corner of Main and May streets is announced by Dennis Mc Namee. According to the plans drawn by Contractor Denlsse th building will be of concrete, witii pressed Brick facings, two stories and cover the entire lot. It will con tain all modern conveniences of steam heat, hot and cold water in each department, and the construc tion cost is placed at $32,000. The idea of Mr. McNaniee is to put up a strictly modern department house,, something Heppner lias needed for a long time. Thus the work of re building the burnt district is being planned, and before many months that part of our little city will havi taken on a greatly improved appear ance. Mr. McNaniee is to be con gratulated on his eutorprise. Harold Crawford chief architect of Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., came in from Walla Walla on Wednesday. Mr. Crawford, In answer to request, has made tentative drawings for the new hotel building going up on the Slociim corner, and he will present complete drawings and blue prints for the Inspection of the promoters. We understand the hotel company are quite well pleased with the,; plans proposed by Mr. Crawford. i Frank Turner, J. W. Beyme and Louis Pearson, all victims of rheurua tism, are at Hot Lake Sanitarium, where they are taking the boObath: and finding relief for their sufferings.