The gazette-times., August 28, 1919, Image 1

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
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VOL. 30, No. 23.
HKPPXKK, OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 28, 1919.
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COURT CONFIRMS
PROJECT
ELECTION
Judge and Commissioners Meet unJ
Also Discuss Present Highway Sit
uation AMU Mwt Willi Com
mission In Portliuid Next
Month.
The County Court met last Monday
attemoon in Judge Campbell's office
In the court house and officially con
tinued the election of directors and
desire to organize under the Jolu
Day Project. The election was held
at Cecil last Saturday and was car
ried unanimously, 61 votes being cast
In favor of organizing an irrigation
district. The directors elected to the
board are C. C. Clark of Arlington
for Gilliam county and John Kilkenny
of fund Hollow and M. D. Clark of
!leppner for Morrow county. The
court made their order for the organ
izing of the district.
The county court and their attor
neys are still a little puzzled as to
what turn the highway situation will
take as pertuins to the Willow creek
roiid. Bonds of $125,00 were voted
tor this particular 39 miles of road
between Heppner and the Gilliam
county line. The amount voted was
on estimates furnished by the high
way engineers and Mr. Thompson of
the Commission. Yet when the ten
der was made by the county to the
Commission In Portland recently.
Judge Campbell and Attorney C. E.
Woodson were informed that the
amount was short by about $30,000
of what the road would cost and the
only thing that could be done would
bo to cut the mileage.
The County Court has a desire to
build the entire road, once they start,
and believe that the matter will be
worked out satisfactorily once they
get bids for what the work may be
done. The bids have not yet been
asked for, because there is some
technicality over the right-of-way
wnlch has yet to be straightened out
with the railroad company.
The bonds for the Willow creek
highway have not yet been Bold, and
anyone who thinks that Morrow
county has been paying interest on
the proposed bonds can disabuse their
minds atjince. The bonds will be
put on sale just as soon as other pre
liminary details have been completed.
After the road meeting In Portland,
Wednesday, September 3, there will
probably be something more definite
to report.
Fast Driving Makes Good
Roads Bad. Motorists
Asked To Have A Heart
"Have a heart" and save the roadB.
This Is a slogan that might well go
out to locul motorists who are In
clined to cut loose and break a few
speed records on our macadam roads
as well as breaking up an otherwise
smooth and firm surface on the high
way. lly contrasting the surface of the
macadam road wlthlnUhe city limits,
where the spued is helWrlown to some.
where within reason, to the same road
out of the city limits, one can see at
a glance what rapid driving is doing
to the macadam. It seems as tho the
county court is powerless to prevent
speeding on the country roads where
it is possible to speed, so the court Is
asking autoists to cooperate with
them in helping to keep the roads in
good condition, by driving at a more
moderate rate of speed. When the
rains come the roads will become firm
and will pack, but until that time the
roads must pass through a critical
ouriod. The roads are all right If
Judgment is used by those who ride
on them.
Dr. Ralph C. Swinburne Back
To His Practice In Seattle
After nearly two years with the
Dental Corps, U. S. Naval Reserve
Force, Dr. R. C. Swinburne, formerly
of Heppner and still an extensive pro
perty owner here, has returned to
Seattle, where he will resume his
dontal practice. Dr. Swinburne will
specialize in oral surgery, according
to the Senttlo Star and his new office
Is located at 70B Broadway( In the
Dr. Lampson office building. In the
Navy Dr. Swinburne won a lleuten
ant's commission,
RENTS FARM AND WILL
MOVE TO CALIFORNIA
Frank Frates has rented his Eight
Mile farm to Harry Aubrey of Wasco
und will leave In the near future with
his family flr California. Mr. Au
brey Is a cousin of Joe Beatty( anoth
er well known Eight Mile farmer.
Largest County ltond Issue.
St. Louis County, Minn., by a vote
of about 9 to 1, carried on July 1 a
proposition for the Issuance of road
bonds lo the amount of $7,600,000.
This Is the largost Bum ever votod
or set aside for road building by any
county in the United States. The
socond largest was that of Dullas
County, Texas, voted R few weeks
ago of $6,600,000.
LONG CREEK WOMAN
DIES IN PORTLAND
Mrs. Marie Steach Smlth wife of
Carl Smith of Long Creek, died Aug
ust 21, at the Good Samaritan Hos
pital in Portland. Funeral services
were held at Long Creek. Mrs. Smith
formerly attended Jefferson High In
Portland and also Heppner High
school. Later Mrs. Smith taught
school and did newspaper work in
Grant county. She is survived by
her husband, her baby daughter,
Marie, her father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Steach of Long Creek,
three sisters, Mrs. Delia Cohoe, Mrs.
Crystal Constantino, and Miss Alta
Steach, and three brothers, Clair,
Dean and Maurice.
Rents Hynd Property.
W. H. Cronk, local manager of the
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Compuny has
rented the Jack Hynd property on the
schoolhouse flat and will move his
family here from lone.
Piano Dealer Here.
John A. Uooney, representing the
Schwan Piano Co., of Portland, spent
few days In Heppner this week. He
left for Pendleton today. Mr. Rooney
has an ad In another column of this
paper which offers some excellent
values to prospective piano buyers.
Heppner Party Has Accident
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Knny and party
were here yesterday, geuing meir
car repaired, as it sustained some
damages when they went off a narrow
grade in Vinson canyon, between
Heppner and Pilot Rock. The men
drove back to Heppner yesterday
afternoon, while Mrs. Kenny and a
companion continued their trip north
by train. Pendleton ribunc.
Sailor Returns From Service.
Cecil Lieuallen, boq of 'Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Lieuallen of Rhea creek,
returned to Heppner Wednesday af
ter serving two years in the United
States Navy, most of which time was
spent in doing convoy duty forth and
back across the Atlantic. Mr. Lieu
allen was a popular student of the
local high school at the time of hie,
enlistment.
Knight Of The Grip Is Poet.
'Twas He Who Wrote The
, Poem ' ' The Heppner Ride 1 '
Heppner was fuvored this week by
a visit from a mau who presents the
successful combination of traveling
man, orator and poet. He Is no other
than Thomas Murray Spencer, the
poct-luureate of Montana. And while
he is referred to as Montana s poet
laureate, Oregon might Just as well
have claimed a share in the honor;
for It was in Oregon that .Mr. Spencer
first wrote some of his best poems.
However, Oregonians were slower to
recognize the truo value of the man
So he went to Montana and soon be
came famous by immortalizing land
marks and early settlements in the
north state.
Thomas Murray Spencer was the
man who wrote "The Heppner Ride,"
a poem which bo graphically de
scribed the ride of Leslie Matlock and
liruce Kellcy in their wild dash down
the valley to warn the people of the
Hood. Mr. Spencer had traveled
through this territory for a number
of years prior to the Heppner flood
and wns therefore quite well ac
quainted with local conditions.
Mr. Spencer has been a "knight of
the grip" most of his life and Is quite
widely known among traveling men.
Ills first attempt at verse writing was
made when he was 17 years of age.
It was a medal contest. Having an
inspiration to write at night, he
penned the verse which lifted the
medal but It was broadly hinted the
poetry was not original, but the col
lege authorities admitted they could
not find a duplicate. This unkindness
throttled the ambition of young Spen
cer and killed for 30 years a bud that
promised to develop Into a real flower
from the standpoint of verse writing.
For many years Mr. Spencer's tal
ents were given over to oratory and
his speeches wore delivered In behalf
of the traveling men of the United
States. It was through his oratorical
powers that he landed the convention
of the Travelers' Protective Associa
tion at Peoria In 1894 for Portland.
He did It alone and single handed
after addressing the delegates from
34 states.
One of Mr. Spencer's poems which
has attracted widespread attention Is
"The Manly Prayer" and it has passed
the gauntlet of literary criticism and
la still going strong, us four verses
are as follows:
The Manly Prayer.
The Master loves the manly man
Who God-like In his Image made,
Commanding all things and who can
Assert the right the Master gave.
Ho has no need for earthly shrino,
Hemmed in by superstitious creed,
But Moses-like he seeks to climb
The heights to be with God indoed.
All decked In fragrancy of bloom,
That shames the censor's scented
air
God's sunlight will dlspol the gloom
That wraps the soul In honest
prayer, i
With arms unllfted manly prayer
Will ever reach a gracious God,
And nobler souls will welcome there
The One who trods as Moses trod.
"THE CAT CAME BACK"
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Rooms for Teachers and High
School Pupils Are Wanted
The scarcity of housing facilities
in Heppner at the present time makes
it more imperative than ever that
extra effort be put forth to find
rooms for teachers and high school
pupils who will be coming into Hepp
ner within the next few weeks. Prof.
I). W. Boitnott is asking for the co
operation of the people of the town
in this respect,' and he further asks
that everyone having rooms to spare
will kindly list them with him. The
housing, situation gives promise of
(.rowing more acute as the weeks go
by and unless some new dwellings
arise in Heppner soon, a serious con
dition will exist which will do untold
harm to the city.
Creamery Makes Improvements.
Extensive interior improvements
are being made to their building this
v.'eek by the Morrow County Cream
ery. New wans are replacing me
(dd ones and after this will come new
paper and fresh paint, adding ma
terially to the appearance of the
pk.ee.
Announcement
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To the People of Heppner and Surrounding
Territory:
We arc pleased lo announce Hint we are now the established agency in
this district for
SHERMAN-CLAY & COMPANY
and will handle their pianos and the celebrated pianola. Among the
many high grade pianos which we represent are the
Steiritvay and Weber
We have just received a shipment o
player.
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Ten Thousand Dollars For
Best Round-Up Performers
Pendleton, Ore., Aug. 27. Ten
thousand dollars, cash, trophies and
entrance money have keen announced
in prizes for the tenth annual Round
Up at Pendleton, Sept. 18, 19 and 20,
Tre money will be divided among 19
events.
Prizes of $900 are up for both the
cowboys' and cowgirls' relay rices.
The cowboys' bucking contest carries
$750 in money and a $360 prize sad-
die to the winner, while the steer.
roping contest carries $700 and also
a prize saddle to the winner. The
steer bulldogging contest purse is
$650 and a division of the $10 en
trance money charged each contest
ant. The cowgirls' bucking contest car
ries $200 and a saddle for the win
ner, as well as other trophies. The
Indian pony relay race is for $200,
the pony express race for $326 and
various other events such as the In
dian race for thoroughbreds, squaw
race, war bonnet race, wild horse
race and others for $105 each.
Purses alone total $5,600.
pianos, including the Aeolian
We will be pleaset
to demonstrate.
Catalogue will be mailed on
Patterson &
Local Agents
NEW SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
ARRIVES AT LEXINGTON
Rollien Dickerson, the new prin
cipal of the Lexington schools, arriv
ed In that city last Saturday from
Roseburg, preparatory to taking up
, his work for the coming year. The
Lexington schools bad planned to
open on September 1 but owing to
a shortness of teachers the directors
have postponed the opening until
the 7th and hope to have a full corps
of instructors lined up by that date.
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Visited Here From Yakima.
Mrs. R. A. Thompson of Heppner
recently enjoyed a visit from Mrs.
Wo. Lowden, Mrs. Henry Morrison,
sisters, Mrs. W. C. Brown, mother
and Mrs. S. J. Scott, grandmother,
and also Mrs. Ross, from North Yak
ima.
Buys Sprinkle Property.
S. A . Pattison bought the Le
Sprinkle residence property last week
and will take immediate possession.
The property is located in the south
enl of town. We understand Mr.
Pattison paid $1060 for the place.
The Sprinkles have gone to Portland
to reside .
Butter Scoring September 1.
The August butter scoring contest
has been postponed to September 1.
This is the last contest before the
state fair, where the next will be con
ducted. Creamerymen who intend to
exhibit cubes are invited by V. D.
Chappell to send samples to the agri
cultural college by September 1 and
get a line on their product and how
to get it in best shape.
Entertained For Friend.
Miss Leta Humphreys entertained
on Tuesday afternoon for her hou-e
guest, Miss Louise Nimmo of Albany,
at the Humphreys home on Water
street, by asking in a few friends.
The afternoon, was pleasantly spent
by the young women, who brougM
i their fancy work along.- Refresh.
inents of ice cream and cake were
I served. Those present were Mrs. E.
I R. Huston, Mrs. C. C. Haynie, Mrs,
Jesse O. Turner, Miss Melba H. Grif
fiths, Miss- Millie Rood, Miss Lera
i Githens, Miss Louise Nimmo and Miss
Lta Humphreys.
AMTTf.H cftT mpno
, ATTENTION SOLDIERS,
SAILORS AND MARINES
All ex-soldiers, sailors and mar
ines are requested to meet at the
Fair pavilion on Sunday, September
7th (first Sunday in September) to
arrange for parade and other features
of Soldiers and Sailors Day at the
Morrow County Fair.
OREGON STATE FAIR
Salem, September 22-27. Splen
did agricultural, livestock and indus
trial exhibits, high class amusements,
a superb racing card, bigger and bet
ter than ever.
A. H. LEA, Secretary, Salem, Ore.
request.
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SEPT. 1IIH
Former soldiers, sailors and mar
ines from every section the the state
of Oregon will gather in Portland on
September 17 and 18 for the first
state convention of The American
Legion, the national organization of
men who fought in the great war.
Sessions wilfcbe opened at the public
auditorium at 2:30 on the afternoon
of the 17th with an address by Theo
dore Roosevelt, who, with George A.
Wb'te of Portland, is credited with
the conception In Paris of the organ
izaiion of former service men.
Roosevelt refused at the national
caucus at St. Louis to accept the of
fice of national chairman but is a
member of the Joint execntlTe com
mittee of which 17 members were
selected at St. Louis and 17 at Paris.
Election of state officers and the
naming of delegates to the national
convention of the American Legion
at Minneapolis, November 10, 11 and
12 will be the chief object of the
convention in Portland. There will
be accredited delegates from every
post of the American Legion in tne
state there are now 31 but tne
meeting will be opened to all mem
bers of the organization.
Through its legislative committee
in Washington, The American Legion,
representing 3,000 local organiza
tions of American veterans of the
Great War, will give its active sup
port to the Johnson bill In Congress
which calls for the deportation of un
desirable aliens and denies readmls-
sion to deported enemy aliens. This
bill has already been passed in the
House and Is now before the Senate
Committee on Naturalization and Im
migration. Under Its provisions en
emy aliens who have been Interned at
Fort McPherson, Ga., and other con
centration camps may be sent out of
the country.
Failure of Congress to require
alien slackers to serve in the recent
war will constitute one of the black
est pages in the history of America's
war preparations, according to an
article on "The Sacred Alien Slacker
by Representative Roscoe C. McCul-
lough of Ohio in the current issue of
"The American Legion Weekly.
Star Theater Will Locate
Temporarily In Otto Build
ing On Upper Main Street
The Star theater will prepare to
move next week into the Otto build
ing on Main street. Since the old
theater building at the corner of
Main aud Willow streets was torn
down to make room for the new hotel
the Star has held forth to its patrons
in the exhibit pavilion at the Fair
Grounds. Now that the time ap
proaches when the exhibit pavilion
must be given over to the Fair, the
Star must move again.
Manager Sparks had hoped to be
in a permanent location before this,
but he has" been waiting for quarters
in one of the new buildings that
gives promise of rising in the near
future. He has taken a lease of one
year on the quarters obtained from
Mr. Otte, which are in the same build
ing and join the Otto music store.
By making a few alterations, the
theater will have a seating space of
28 by 72 feet, so will be able to pro
vide for the patronage with conven
ience. The Star is putting on a big spec
ial program for the next few weeks
which will include some of the big
gest releases in filmdom. Mary Pick
ford is coming Sunday, August 31, in
"Romance of the Redwoods." Mon
day and Tuesday, Sept. 1 and 2, Dus
tin Farnum in "The Virginian."
Pauline Frederick in "Bella Donna,"
Thursday, Sept. 4, and the same night
Fatty Arbuckle will make you laugh
in that big comedy, "A Reckless
Romeo." Gladys Brockwell in
"Gambling in Souls," Friday, Sept. 5.
Dougluss Fairbanks, "The Modern
Muskuteer," Saturday. Sept. 6. Mit
chell Lewis in "The Sign Invisible,"
Sunday, Sept. 7, and on Monday,
Sept. S, Chas. Hay will be here in
"The Family Skeleton." Sept. 10,
Dorothy Phillips in "The Heart of
Humanity." Sept. 9, Tom Mix in
'Cupid's Round-Vp." Sept 11,
"Mickey, the funniest show on
earth. Sept. 20, Blanche Sweet in
"The Unpardonable' Sin." Oct. 4
Mary Pickford in "Daddy Longlegs."
liOxinnton Briefs.
Mrs. Noil White aud son Vivian
of Lexington have returned home
!"friim n tun wpelfQ visit with hpr nftr-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Waid, of
Stanfield. Mr. and Mrs. White will
spend the week-end In Portland and
will be accompanied by Mrs. J. M.
White aud son.
Gerald White, Earl Ward and
Clifford Thomas went to Hood River
the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Waid and son
Vernon of Stanfield, formerly of Lex
ington, are spending some of these
warm days at Seaside.
Prompt Action Saves Daughter's Life.
Spokane, Wash. A six year old
daughter of J. A. Frasier, of Oro-
ville, was bitten by a rattlesnake that
coiled on the door step. The mother
gashed the wound with a butcher
I' knife, placed a tourniquet above the
, cut, and saved the child's life.
BOARDMAN
RRIGQN
FORGING AHEAD FAST
Heppner Business Men Made Visit
There Last Week and Find An
Abnndance of Prosperity.
Dairying Will Lead.
Morrow county's irrigation pro
ject in the north is the finest thing
of its kind in the West," said W.
(Maude Cox. Heppner business man.
'upon returning from a visit to Irri-
gon and Boardman last week in com
pany with County Agent L. A. Hunt
and W. P. Mahoney, cashier of the
First National Bank.
Why, I was certainly surprised
to find such a fine country over
there," continued Mr. Cox. "Those
level fields of alfalfa around Board
man were a revelation to me, and
fruit, why up there at Irrlgon every
Dlace we stopped we were lea witn
all the peaches and melons we could
get away with."
The men were primarily Interested
in the dairy situation at Boardman
and Irrlgon, as this industry prom
ises to become of great magnitude in
a few years. Already hundreds of
tons of alfalfa are being produced
and as the project enlarges this pro
duction, of course, will be Increased.
The idea now among the Irrigon-
Boardman people is to get in more
cows and In this they will have the
cooperation of the county agent, Mr.
Cox and Mr. Mahoney. Already large
shipments of batterfat are being
made to the local creamery from the
Boardman neighborhood.
The visitors found every farmer
under the project doing well. In
fact, there is not a single instance
where a farmer has failed to meet
his payments on the place. Prosper
ity over there Is genuine and of
course all of the irrigationists are
happy and contented. However, they
all express the desire tor a good road
connecting them with Heppner.
Messrs. Hunt, Mahoney and Cox
were treated to a fine chicken dinner
at the borne of John Jenkins on Sun
day and also sampled some of the
fine water from the artesian well of
J. R. Johnson.
Traveled 1800 Miles.
S. W. Spencer Dr. R. J. Vaughan,
Thos. Brennan and Leslie Matlock,
who went to Klamath Falls to attend
the Elks' convention, made quite an
extensive auto trip, covering 1800
miles before returning to Heppner
the last of the week. They motored
down into California while in the
south and before returning home,
took in a large part of the country
of Southeastern Oregon.
Fine Peaches at Irrlgon.
The Gazette-Times received two
boxes of delicious Elberta peaches
from F. H. Rieks, the pioneer orch
ardtst at Irrlgon, last Friday evening.
We can't say that we ever ate any
peaches that tasted better and we
will say that we have eaten a good
many that came from Shasta county
that didn't taste half as good. When
it comes to growing fruits, melons
and vegetables, the world can take
a back seat to our thriving commun
ity in the center of irrigation out
there along the Columbia. Mr. Rieks
produces the goods.
Injured Man Improves.
M. H. Gillette, who was seriously
injured in an accident on the local
branch of the O-W. R. & N. railroad
two weeks ago, and his wife was
killed, is , slowly recovering at the
local hospital. Mr. Gillette remem
bers nothing of the accident. . All he
recalls 'et, is putting on his coat be
fore leaving home that morning.
Former Heppner Woman Visits.
Mrs. Ray Hyland of Eugene was a
guest last week at the home of Mr.
ind Mrs. J. A. Waters in this city.
The Waters and Mrs. Hyland were
friends in lone a number of years
ago. Later Mr. and Mrs. Hyland
moved to Heppner, where he was in
charge of one of the departments of
Marquardsen's store. Hr. Mylund
died in Eugene last winter during the
flu epidemic. Mrs. Hyland left on
Saturday for Pendleton.
Variety of Koads Traveled.
Vmatilla, Morrow and Gilliam
counties present all the variety of
highways one could desire, H. V.
Wagner, of the Vmatilla Flour &
Grain Co., says. Mr. Wagner return
ed last night from a five-day trip to
Vmatilla, Arlington, Heppner, Vkiali
and Pilot Rock, making a circuitous
trip of 350 miles. Some of the new
river highway below Vmatilla is in
fine shape, he reports, while at other
places detours through soft saud are
necessary. Hough roads were en
countered between Heppner and Pilot
Rock but in spite of these obstacles,
tourist travel seen was the heaviest
ever.- Pendleton E. O
Xew Zerolenr Hoostcr Arrives.
A son weighing 8 4 pounds arrived
at the homo of Mr. and Mr. Geo. W.
Milholland in this eclty on Wednes
day evening. Mr. Milholland Is the
local agent for the Standard Oil
Company.
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