THE G AZETTE-TDtES, HEPPVER, OREGON, THCRBDAY, MARCH 20, 1919.
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THE GAZET 1 E-IIMES
The Heppner Gaxette, Established
March 30. 1SS3
The I!eipner Times, Established
November IS. 1S97.
Consolidated February 15. 191!.
Published every Thursday morning by
Vawter Craword and Spencer Crawford
and entered at the Postofflce at Hepp
ner. Oregon, as second-class matter.
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MOKKOW COI NTY OFFICIAL PAPER
MORROW COVXTVS ROAD PRO
GRAM. County Judge Cump'oell has for a
time past been is some doubt as to
just what was the ii.jper procedure
in getting the county started off tn
its road program. The former court
had put $19,000 of money into the
paving of the ro:(l between Heppner
and Lexington and it was expected
that this would be returned in cash,
and that work down the line uiiglu
thus be continued and more grading
done this Spring. The Judge had
worried oyer this item a lot, and
finally he concluded the best thing
to do, after having written the com
mission and getting no satisfaction,
was to go to Pendleton and take the
matter up with Hon. W. L. Thomp
son, acting chairman of the commis
sion, and thresh it out. With this
end in view, he invited Messrs. C. E.
Woodson, W. 0. Mnor, Vawter Craw
ford, F. R. Brown aud Commissioner
p. A. Bleakman to accompany him to
Pendleton cn Saturday and assist in
putting the claim of Morrow county
before the commissioner. This was
done, and our delegation learned a
number of things to the benefit of
themselves and the county at large.
We had been informed on many
points in regard to highway work by
Jas. F. Stewart in the meeting last
week, and were prepared to get down
to business in the short time allotted
by Mr. Thompson, and it is only nec
essary to state at this time that if
Judge Campbell had any doubts as
to the proper attitude to be assumed
by the County Court in reference to
bonding the county for road funds,
these doubts have been everlastingly
removed and he uow sees his way,
clear.
This paper is fully convinced from
what we have learned during the past
two weeks that but one thing can be
done by our people in this road mat
ter: bond the county and get just as
large a sum of money as this proceed
ing will permit. There is no use to
go up to the State Highway Commis
sion with empty hands; we will get
nothing and will thus be shut out
from participating in the splendid
road program that is being prepared.
It will be our purpose to keep our
readers informed the very best we
can in regard to the progress of the
bonding measure in this county. At
this time there is a splendid senti
ment in favor of going the limit. Ws
have a fine example in the election
recently held by our sister couuiy,
Umatilla, whose people have gone in
for bonds by a vote of 9 to 1, ami
they are now getting lined out for
their share of the state funds, though
not a single bond has yet been dis
posed of. There can be no doubt
' about what Morrow county will do,
and the preparing, of petitions and
the calling of a special election
should progress just as rapidly as
possible. No argument is required
to convince the people that they need
good roads. It should require but
little argument to convince them that
the way to get what we want is to
go after it and put up the money. The
state is going to do its full share
THE STATE CHAMHKR OF COM
MERCE, The drive for Morrow County's
quota of memberships in the Oregon
State Chamber of Commerce is on
this week ond should be closed up in
proper time. As was stated last week
Mr. Scott of Lexington took over Lex
ington's quota and guaranteed it,
while 27 business men of Heppner
stood for the portion to be raised
hero. There should and will be no
question of reaching our entire quota.
Alter reviewing the plans and pur
poses of this organization, Mr. Sidney
B. Vincent, writing in the Oregon Re
tailers Journal of February, 1919,
makes this statement:
"The State Chamber of Commerce
functions very much as any city com
mercial organization, except that the
scope of its activities are so much
ereater. and in many respects per
bans even more important than city
commercial associations. The Oregon
State Chamber of Commerce was
brought into life for one prime ob-
ifict the creation of a unity or sen
timent for all tilings beneficial to the
Stale of Oregon. That is the whole
strii-v in a few words.
"The State Chamber can demand
and obtain cooperation in all matters
nf wide interest: it can secure proper
lesrinlation upon matters pertaining
to state development; it can secure
the further extension of our goou
roads system; it can take up irriga
tion matters and cooperate with the
Irrigation Congress; it can assist In
the development of Oregon's logged
off and bun ed-over lands; it can in
fluence railway extensions and assist
in the solution of land settlement
problems; it can build up markets;
It can assist the dairyman, the farm-
" uv.d the hor'.i.'u'.iui'ist ; it can assist
in the solution of development prob
.enis uvuiiar to particular seciinus
f the state as well as those affecting
the state generally. It can work for
all the state all the time, and perform
these functions for all Oregon, just
as any live Chamber of Commerce
works for its home city. It can unite
the Interests of Eastern Oregon,
Western Oregon, Southern Oregon,
and Central Oregon, and, in so doing,
will produce results which will jus
tify its name. And I firmly beliove It
will do these things, and more. There
are no limits to the beneficial results
which may be obtained."
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AX EXAMPLE OF CO-OPERATIOX.
As an object lesson Is co-operatiou
on the part of the State Highway
Commission in road building we call
attention to the work now under way
across the north end of the county
on the Columbia Highway.
Morrow county put in $19,000 for
hardsurfacing last year, and then our
Court also turned over what funds
Districts 1 and 2, of the north end,
had, amounting to $22,000, making
a total cf $41,000. To complete the
Highway through the north end of
the county will require the possible
expenditure on the part of the State
Highway Commission of about $150,
000 more. This is the way the Com
mission is co-operafing and shows
what can be expected for other work
in the county when we have worked
out our program and are ready to
co-operate further with them.
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St. Patrick's Muile Enjoyable Season
In Heppner,
The annual celebration of St.
Patrick's season was made an en
joyable occasion in Heppner, and
many were the citizens of Celtic ex
traction gathered in Heppner on Sat
urday, Sunday and Monday to en
gage in the various exercises. The
program had in the main been ar
ranged under the auspices of the
Hibernians and a special program
was given on Saturday evening at the
High School Auditorium, the main
feature of which was an able address
by Thos. Mannix, of Portland. Mr.
Geo. C. Hennesy, also of Portland
was present. This premier entertain
er remained over until the close of
the festivities on Monday evening and
Injected fun and merriment into all
the various meetings. Local talent
assisted, also on the program Satur
day evening. Special services for
the Hibernians were held at the
Catholic church Sunday and Monday
forenoon. Monday afternoon was
given over to the field sports at the
Monahan farm. Rugby football was
played and there was footracing and
a general good time, all of the
festivities closing with a big banquet,
prepared and served by Mrs. Mike
Curran at the banquet room in I. O.
O. F. hall, thus fittingly closing a
season of real pleasure and profit,
in which the traditions of Ireland
were fully sustained.
a platform cf boards on the weeuVr
and he considered it perfectly saf
for the children to be riding on, ano
consequently was nrrt apprehensive
that an accident might happen 't;
one of the little tots. The first tha:
he knew that anything was wroiu
was the apparent chocking of the
weeder, and stopping to examine
found that the child was missing
In some unaccountable manner slit
had been drawn under the machine
and her neck broken. There were
no other marks or scratches on the
body except a slight abrasion on one
leg, which might indicate that the
little one had been letting her feet
drag on the ground and was In this
manner pulled under the weeder.
Mr. and Mrs. Gammell were pros
trated with grief over the sad ac
cident and It comes to them as a very
great shock, indeed. The little girl
was buried at Lexington on Friday,
W. C. Worstell, pastor of the Chris
tian church, officiating.
Morrow County to Rond.
Vawter Crawford, publisher of the
Gazette-Times at Heppner, who Is
here today with a delegation from
Morrow county says that a special
election will be held soon for the
purpose of voting bonds for good
roads in Morrow county. It is pro
posed to bond the county to the limit,
$300,000. Good roads enthusiasts in
Morrow county are much encouraged
over the road bonds vote in Umatilla
county. Saturday's E. O.
GOING DRY!!
George Marlatt and wife, of
Jefferson, Oregon, accompanied by
their daughter, Mrs. Eva Dumas,
arrived at Heppner on Sunday to be
present at the funeral of the late J.
W. Marlatt.
Child Accidentally Killed.
A very sad accident occurred at
the farm of Arthur Gammell near
Lexington on last Thursday after
noon, wren the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gammell met her
death. Little Willa May, aged 3
years, 10 months and 10 days, was
riding, with another little sister
along with Mr. Gammell on a Walla
Walla weeder while he was at work
in the field. Mr. Gammell had made
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