'Oregon Historical Society
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VOL. 33, XO. 52.
HF.PI'XEIt, ORLGOX, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, lSMft.
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.0O PER YEAR
A strong delegation of represen
tative members of Heppner Commer
cial Club WKiit to lone im lust Friday
evening, tiie purpose being to inter
est the people of that community in
both the Oregon Slaie Chamber of
Commerce and good roads fur Mor
row county. A crowd of i hr 's rep
resentative citizens were gotten to
gether and H. M. Cummins presided.
He called on V. W. Smead to present
the Chamber cf Commerce, which he
did In an explicit manner, and made
it easy for the committee to gather
in tlielr full quota of membarships
for lone in a very few minutes, when
tin y got to that part of the program.
Mr. Woodson was then called on to
talk some about the road program,
and after his clear presentation of
this question und showing Lao need
of bonding the county In order that a
nutticien I'ind niiht be created
from which we could expect to
match dollars wlih the State and
Government in their road program,
the question of bonding was put and
adopted by the lone people un
animously. In fact their enthusiasm
is abundant and genuine, and they
were for getting the question up at
just as early a dale us possible. The
lone people will also move to get
their Commercial Club going again
and thus be In position to, unite upon
all questions coming up that are for
the betterment of their little city
and Its surroundings'. At the close
of the meeting tlio quota of mem
berships, 19 we believe, was Imme
diately subscribed and we have
not learned how many more, thus
putting lone over the top in good
s-hape in the drive for the Stale
Chamber of Commerce.
Enjoy Splendid Hocbil Time.
A splendid social time was had at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
M. widen -t Falrvtew last Saturday
evening, the occasion being the 49th
bithday of Mr. Olden and the 5th
birthday ot little Margaret Becket,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Becket, and the families Joined In
celebration of these events. One of
the features of the occasion was the
bitrthday cakes, one of which was
trimmed with 49 candles and the
other with five candles, the former
being an Immense piece of culinary
architecture about 24 Inches long
and 8 Inches high, while the latter
was an immense angel cake and both
were pronounced delicious by the
130 people present. A very pleasant
social time was had, as is always the
case when the people of the neigh
borhood gathered at the Olden home.
Xew County Agent to be on Job Soon.
F. L. Ballard, of 0. A. C, was here
over Friday last. Mr. Ballard Is As
sistant State Leader of County
Agents, and we are informed by F.
R. Brown, the retiring agent for Mor
row county, that a new man has beeu
secured to take his place, and that
his appoinment will soon be made by
the county court. Mr. Ballard has
the territory of Eastern Oregon and
there are a number of vacancies in
the office of county agent of different
counties yet to be supplied, and it is
not easy to get the men.
The marriage of Mr. John E.
MacAnally to Miss Lelia Ruth Bang
ham was solemnized at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson in this
city on last Sunday evening, March
23, at 7:00 o'clock, F. A. Andrews,
officiating. The wedding was a quiet
one, not even the closest friends of
the contracting parties being wise to
what happened, and it was late the
next day before the event became
generally known td their friends.
Mrs. MacAnally is one of the teach
ers in the Heppner school and l
groom Is operator at the ' depot,
which position he has held for
several months past. The newly
weds plan to take their honeymoon
trip at the close of school. Just at
present they are busy receiving the
congratulations of their many
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Barlow came up
from their homen ear Oregon City
last week and are having a visit with
thoir sons ond daughters in this
county. They have been making
their home for the past two years in
the Willamette Valley and like it
there very much. Mr. Barlow says
they are getting good roads now in
Clackamas county and he is pleased
to note that Morrow county is be
ginning to move In that direction.
Norton Wlnnard and Arthur
Campbell arrived from Eugene on
Sunday last and are spending the
week in Heppner, having received a
short vacation from their studies at
U. of 0. They will return to Eugene
on Sunday.
Makes OilUial Visit.
Mrs. Mabel Sett lomeier of Wood
Inirn, Uiaurt Worthy Ms Iron of
the Ord r of Eastern Star of Oregon,
made Ruth Chapter No. 32 of this
iiy cm oiikial visit on last evening.
She was greeted by a very large
turnout of members of the order
here and the time was taken up in
exemplifying the work. Mrs. Settle-
meier visited the lone lodge on Tues
day evening. Following the lod'e
ceremonies here the members and
visitors eujoyed a feast of good
things in the banquet room. Visitors
from lone ledge were Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Cummins, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Wilt, Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Cronk,
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Moore, Mrs. Wil
lard Blake and Mrs. T. B. Buffing
ton. While in Heppner Mrs. Settle
meier was a guest at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Ayers.
OF
Bill BE HERE
Portland, Oregon, March 26. A
train laden with all kinds of relics
and souvenirs of the war is to visit
Heppner at an early date, accord
ing to announcement of Victory
Liberty loan officials. The train is
to be officially designated as "The
Trophy Special" and is to make a
complete tour of the state, making
stops at all points reached by rail
road. The object is to give tho people
of Oregon an opportunity to see war
instruments and ' implements of
which they have often read but
have never seen. At tha places
visited the train will be open to all
visitors and the exhibits will be ex
plained by competent attendants ac
companying the train.
The tour of the train will be made
under the auspices of the Victory
Liberty loan, which will be the fifth
and last loan. The loan drive opens
on April 21.
The exhibits will be furnished by
the war department. Word has
been received at the Portland head
quarters of tho loan committee that
the relics have already been shipped
but owing to the uncertainty of their
arrival the committee' is unable at
this time to set a definite schedule
for tho train. This will be arranged
as soon as possible and due an
nouncement will be made.
The train will consist of two flat
cars, bearing the bigger relics, such
as guns and equipment, and one ex
hibit car carrying the smaller relics
and souvenirs.
A list of some of the exhibits is as
follows: French baby tank, German
minewerfer and howitzers, German
Albatross motor, German field guns,
trench motars, gun limbers, air-
Diane motors and parts, parts of
Zeppelins, barbed wire used at Ver
dun, machine guns, uniforms of all
nations, noise bombs, star shells.
Found vast Climate Here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cummins of
lone enjoyed a short visit the past
week from some old-time Dakota
friends, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Babb and
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Babb, of
Wakonda, S. D. These people, who
have been making a tour of the west,
came to the coast via the southern
route, spending some time in South
ern California, as well as at other
points on the way north.They reached
lone, where they remained for
several days, and were frank in
stating that they had found the
most delightful weather conditions
here of any point they had visited on
the entire trip. They were well
pleased with this part of the country.
Mr. Hnider Sells Farm.
A deal was completed the past
week through the agency of the
Farmers Exchange of this city,
whereby Cllve Huston of Eight Mile
takes over the 560-acre farm tf R.
W. Snider In Sour Dough canyon
just east of C. W. Valentine's farm
and known as the Perry Chandler
place. This is considered a fine
piece of farm land, and we under
stand that Mr. Snider made a very
satisfactory sale. , He has been on
the place for the past three years.
San ford E. Clark and Mrs. Melissa
Marlatt, both old-time residents of
this county, wero married at the
home of Mrs. Marlatt in this city on
Saturday evening, March 22, Frank
A. Andrews, pastor of the Christian
church officiating.
Capt. C. A. Smith, engineer in the
employ of the Burns & McDonald
people who have the contract to
make surveys for Heppner's pro
posed now water system, Is here and
engaged at present in making an
estimate on the old water plant.
As soon as this' is finished, the work
of running the survey for the con
duit line from the mountains to
town will be undertaken. Burns &
McDonald are under contract to
have this work finished by the
middle of May.
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Former Heppner Resident, Now Liv
ing at Kelso, Wash., Tells About
His Present Location.
Gazette-Times, Heppner. N
Dear Friends :-
A few lines to let you hear from
me. Just at this time the flowers are
beginning to bloom and we are re
minded that spring has arrived and
the tiller of the soil is beginning to
get busy. Already many gardens are
made and the grass is from two to
six inches high.
Kelso is a flourishing little town
of about 2000 population. Located
here are three saw mills, one box
factory and two shingle mills. The
Crescent Shingle Co. is putting up a
large mill this side of the river
which they expect to have completed
In about three months. Besides the
city has two banks, two hotels, three
garages, four dry goods stores, seven
groceries, two hardware stores, two
second hand stores, two so-called 15
cent stores, two drug stcres, two
butcher shops and five churches.
The railroad here Is double tracked
and Is used by three different com
panles and we have twelve passenger
trains per day.
Many lumbering camps are located
near this city and lumbering is car
ried on here extensively. Wages run
from $3.50 to $7.00 per day. The
country is also well adapted to
dairying. Some bottom land lying
between Kelso and the Columbia Is
being diked and will become very
valuable, and while being located in
the midst of these favorable sur
roundings, Kelso is also the home of
the smelt fishing industry and great
quantities of these fish are marketed
from here. Two fishermen went out
the other day and after 40 minutes
work they caught 30 boxes of smelt,
making 1500 pounds of fish, I
know this sounds rather fishy but the
men are here to prove my statement,
see them.
Respectfully,
W. E. HIATT.
Kelso, Wash.. March 17. 1919.
We can not vouch for the great
quantity of smelt they gather at
Kelso, but we can testify to their
quality, as Mr. Hiatt remembered us
with a fine lot of the fish which ar
rived here on Thursday evening last,
fresh from the Kelso fishing banks.
Mr. Hiatt will please accept our
thanks for the fine treat. Ed.
Geti Another Car of Fords.
Heppner Garage Is having a pretty
hard time of it keeping up with the
demand for Ford cars. They re
ceived another car load this week,
direct from the factory, and these are
being assembled and will soon be
ready for delivery. Mrs. Bowker
states that they will not last long.
Attend Doings of 1). O. K. Ks.
Chas. Thomson, R. N. Crawford,
Herbert Drlskell, Emniett Jones and
N. F. Lawson meandered across the
sands to The Dalles on last Saturday
to be present at the initiation of a
large class into the mysteries of the
"Dokeys" at that city on Saturday
evening. Messrs. Drlskell, Jones and
Lawson were candidates. The gentle
men arrived home late on Sunday
afternoon and report having had
just all kinds of fun.
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OELCOIIGHIH
II GREAT" SUCCESS
Local Dealer Returns From Dayton,
Ohio, Where He Attended
Meeting.
Charles Vaughn, the local repre
sentative for Delco-Llght, the electric
light and power plant for farm
homes, has Just returned; from Day
ton, Ohio, where he spent hut week
attending the Third Annual Oelco
Ufeht Convention. la tpeaMng of
his convention experience Mr.
Vaughn said:
"There were nearly ono t&ouand
Delco-Llght men In attendance-, which
made Jt the largest commemaJ. con
vention ever held in Dayton. And it
proved, too, to be the most enthu
siastic and successful convention in
the history of The Domestic En
gineering Company, makers of Deko
ijigui. ine uayton note Is were
crowded to the limit with the Delco
Light men who came from all parts
or the United States and even from
most of the larger foreign countries.
All meetings wero held in Memorial
Hall which has a seating capacity of
about twenty-fiTe hundred. And
meals as well were served there for
the entire convention body. .
"On the main floor of the eooven
tlon hall were exhibits prepared by
the different departments of the com
pany. The engineering, sales, adver
using, foreign, service, treasurer's
and other departments ail had com
plete displays of the work they are
doing in the home organization.
"In the basement of the hall was
the necessary show. Here were dis
played about five thousand electrical
appliances used in connection with
the Delco-Llght plant. Lighting
fixtures of all kinds were shown in a
large room built and decorated
especially for that purpose. 2a the
regular display booths over one hun
dred manufacturers were represented
and the articles shown included all
electrical applicances to the farm
home. This part of the convention
in itself constituted the largest
electrical show ever given in Dayton.
"R. H, Grant, general manager of
the Domestic Engineering Company,
opened the convention with an ad
dress which radiated the enthusiasm
that was to characterize the conven
tion from start to finish. The award
ing of prizes to winners of the various
sales contests of 1918 and a trip
through the new Delco-Light factory
at Dayton made up the first days
program and this was followed by
two days of close study of the prob
lems and plans of the organization
by the whole convention body. On
the last day the delegates, one thous
and strong, paraded through the
streets of Dayton. Tho parade was
followed by a banquet at the Hotel
Miami, where the crowd was so
large that it was overflowed from
the ball room to the grill. There
were talks by officials of theccrapany
and by some of the delegates. The
principal speaker of the evening was
Hon. James M. Cox, Governor of
Ohio. I
"The Delco-Light convention Just
completed is remarkable, not merely
ou account of its slio, bnt as evidence
of the growth of the Delco-Light
organization. The first Delco-Light
convention only a few years ago
numbered less than a hundred del
egates. The one Just closed was at-
21 W'f si
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Ok J-ViriMls Meet in Sand Hollmv.
Tlie home of Hynd Urotherf in
Sajiii Hollow was the- scene of a!
unusual coincidence on Sunday,
March 16th, as roportfd tu thU
pa;;r by Mrs. Jennie Lowe of Cecil.
After an absence of more than 25
years, the following people, aii form
er school chums in Arthur, Outari i,
Canada, were brought together: Mrs.
W. JJ. I'ruyn of Htppner, Mrs. T. H.
Loire, (late of Durham, England),
Mhss Black, of Arthur, Canada, Chas.
Thomson, of Heppnsr, Ed Ilristow,
ot lone, Miss Blanche Bristow of
Vancouver, B. C, W. G. Hynd, David
Hynd and Miss Annie Hynft of Rose
Lawn, Sand Hollow. The meeting
was rather unexpected and it is
nesdless to say that the old-time
fr:oi.ds spent a most enjoyable afternoon.
Dr. Louise Kichter will be a big
factor in helping the women of Hepp
ner in tlie fight against the social
evil in Oregon when she speaks to
.be women and girls of the city on
Saturday at 8:00 p. m. in High
School Auditorium.
There are now very few persons
in Oregon who do not know of the
splendid health record of this state.
In tlie first million draftees, while
the average state sent thir.y vener
eal ly diseased men per thousand into
ihe fcervice and tho state with the
highest percentage sent clghty-nlne
per thousand, Oregon sent less than
six per thousand.
This wonderful record has been
made possible by the splendid co
operation of tlie people cf Oregon
during the past seven years in edu
cational propaganda tor cler.n young
manhood and womanhood.
There Is no fact connected with
tbe war of which Oregonians may
feel more Justly proud than of this
record of her manhood and of the
foresight that made such a result
possible.
Bnt with our pride comes a great
sense of duty the duty to keep
Oregon in the proud position she
holds to keep her standing as a
beacon to tho rest of the world in its
struggle for clean living.
the .Federal Government and
other states are now realizing the
; terrible drain upon economic re
sources, health and morals resulting
from the social evil and are. taking
up the fight against its ravages.
Oregon must continue to show them
the way and it is upon the mothers
ot the Btate that this duty principally
falls.
We must, if we are to continue
the fisht effectively, have an edu
rated parenthood to give to the
young the information that every
boy and girl should have. One
generation of parents knowing their
duty and having the confidence of
their children would do much to
eliminate the red plague from our
state.
It is hoped that every mother and
every woman interested in under
standing herself or her children will
hear Dr. Richter while she is here
Dr. Richter is a physician with
twenty-throe years practise. She
has been specially prepared by the
War Department to bring her mes
sage to women and girls and she
speaks under the auspices if the
Oregon Social Hygiene Society.
There will be no admission charge
to the lecture and no collection will
be taken.
Gets Artesian Flow.
Report reaches this office that our
good friend, Dick Johnson, formerly
a resident of Heppner Flat, but who
has been located at Boardman for
the past couple of years or more,
where ho is developing an irrigated
tract, has struck artesian water on
his place. He has just finished a
well at a depth of 95 feet and the
water gushes out at the top a dis
tance of fifteen feet from the
ground, giving sufficient force for
piping water throughout his house.
This is a piece of good fortune on
the part of Mr. Johnson and also
opens up further and greater possi
bilities for the Boardman district.
tended by nearly one thousand. The
reason for this growth lies not merely
in good business methods but more
particularly in the fact that through
taking elieap, safe and reliable elec
tric service to tho farm home, Delco-
Light supplies the greatest single
need of the rural community. The
Intense rural Interest in this matter
was indicated by the presence at the
convention of the editors of manv of
the leading farm naners of
America.
"Of course the convention was
marked by great celebration of the
growth experienced in 1918, but by
far tho more outstanding feature
was the preparation of pirns for an
even greater growth during the year
to come.
METHODIST 0RG1IZA
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TIOH TO HELP 5TH LOAM
Portland, Ore., March 24 Tne
services of the entire Methodist
centenary organization, together
with 17,000 Methodist pastors and
75,000 Methodist minute men, were
pledged to the government to put
over the Victory Liberty loan at a
session of the National centenary
committee which has just ended at
C)lumbus, 0., according to a state
ment here by Dr. Charle3 S. Bowen,
executive secretary for the north
west for the $105,000,000 centenary
movement, who with his associate,
Dr. A. L. Howarth, returned from
Columbus today.
Not to put any obstacle in the way
of tho government, the Methodist
intensive financial drive was post
poned until May 18-25, in order to
give precedence to the Victory loan.
The Methodists also placed them
selves on record against any con
flicting conventions during the loan
drive.
"Wherever regular services or
special centenary meetings are held
in local communities, opportunity is
to be given to the loan committee
to present the loan campaign and to
sell bonds," said Dr. Bowen.
"The centenary publicity depart
ment is to get behind the Liberty
loan tooth and nail.
"The Methodist press is to strain
every effort to promote the loan.
A special edition of Missiles, the
organ of the Methodist five-minute
men, is to be issued at once and the
minute men's services are tendered
to the government.
"Throughout the northwest, we
shall bend every effort to make tbe
Victory loan campaign ours just as
much as if it were the Methodist
centenary drive.
"Every area secretary from the
20 areas of the centenary were
present. There was unanimous ap
proval of the plan.
"Christianity and Methodism are
heartily behind the loan. Our
churches are open for presentation
of the loan. Our organization is
ready to be used for the loan.
"I suppose this is the first time
any great religious movement has
been turned over bodily to the gov
ernment. "This means that 4,000,000
Methodists will get behii'.d the
Victory loan even with greater en
thusiasm than they might have
originally planned."
Secretary Glass was advised at
once of the action of the Methodist
Centenary, Dr. Bowen said.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Sarah A. Scott died at her
home In Lone Rock, Sunday, March
16, 1919, aged 62 years, 11 months
and 16 days.
Sarah A. Perry was born in
County Tyrone, Ireland, March 31.
1856. She was the youngest of ten
children and came to the United.
States with her parents when seven
years of age.
She was married to Henry Perry.
Sept. 1, 1872, at Pittsburgh, Pa,
To this union were born seven
children, two of whom died in
infancy. Her husband did Dec.
19, 1888. On July 29, 1891 she
was married to Wm. J. Bradfleld.
To this union were born two child
ren. She came to Oregon with her
family In 1893 and settled at Lone
Rock. On April 5, 1907 she was
married to Nathaniel Scott at Lone
Rock, who passed away Nov. 16.
U'lC.
When a young womon she be
came a member cf the United Pres
byterian church and ever since lived
a good Christian life.
She leaves to mourn her loss.
seven children and eight grandchild
ren, besides numerous other rel
atives and friends.
Mrs. Mary Barker, an honored
pioneer of the Butter creek and Echo
sections, died at the home of her
daughter, Miss Beulah Barker in
Echo early on Wednesday. Funeral
services will be held at Echo on.
Saturday at 11:00 o'clock.
Xew I'IuiiiImt Arrives.
Alex Gibbs arrived from Pendle
ton this week and has accepted a
position as plumber with the firm of
Gilliam & Bisbee. Mr. Gibbs is a
man of long experience in this line,
having worked for eight years with
the firm of O'Sliea Brothers in Port
land and for the past two years he
has beeu working at Pendleton. Mr.
Gibbs learned his trade in Scotland.
Frank Hayes and wife of Pendle
ton were in Heppner Saturday, mak
ing a visit to his brother, Andy
Hayes, and other relatives in this
city.