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OPT"" IH tnrl.ai Snooty, Public Auditorium GAZETTE' PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY VOL. 80, NO. 81. HEPIWEIt, OREGON, THVHS1MY, OCTOBER 80, 1019. si use uin ion. ri y.-a THE IFlES IH EADERWILL m in PORTLAND Frank Monahan $10.00 IJohn Healy 10.00 ijohn Kilkenny 25.00 B. P. Doherty S.00 Mike Doherty 25.00 Pcto O'Neil , 25.00 John O'Rourke 60.00 I Hugh O'Kourke 60.00 1 Eanion Io Vnlera Will Be Greeted By Sons of Erin. Local Men Give to Reception Fund. Ireland's right to free and Inde pendent nationhood will be voiced by the chosen president ot the Irish Re public, Eamon de Valera, in Portland municipal Auditorium Saturday even ing, November 15. The Oregon state de Valera reception comni.ttee has opened headquarters in room 204, Imperial Hotel, Portland. Arrange ments are being made from this cen ter to givo II r. do Valera an enthu siastic welcome upon his arrival. Many of the principal streets will be decorated in honor of the visit of the Irish executive, and a representative parade will cover the down town dis trict. For this purpose tuuds are needed from friends of Ireland's cause and are being promptly ac knowledged. Thomas Mannix is chairman of the reception committee and .Miss Kathleen O'Urennan secre tary. Mr. de Valera is a man of magnet ic personality, an eloquent speaker, a mathmatieian who has been honor ed by Dublin university and otne. institutions of higher learning, and u linguist who is master of half a doz en different languages. Ho is that rare combination of scholar, practical statesman and devoted patriot, whose presentation of the justice of Ire land's cause to the citizens of 0.3gon on November 15 Is looked forward to with eagerness. A largo deputation Is expected to go from this commui -Ity, and If enough names are for warded to tho committee head quarters In Portland, a special train will be scheduled. Accompanying Mr. de Valera will be Frank P. Walsh, chairman of tin Amerlccan commission on Irish inde pendence and former chairman ;f rht national war labor board, of which former president William II. Taft was a member. President do Valera Is makini; one of the longest speaking t.iur ever undertaken In this country. He open ed In Philadelphia October 1 with an address In Independence Hall, and is scheduled to give his last address in his swing around the circle in Nor folk, Va. December 18. Primarily the purposes of the tour are to appeal to Americans for recog nition of the Irish. Republic and to lay the foundation for the J 10, 000, 000 Irish Republican loan drive, which will later be inaugurated under the auspices of tho American com mission on Irish Independence. Mr. do Valera expects to speak In virtually every Important city In the country. He comes to Portland on November 14 from Seattle and Ta coma. After remaining In this city two days he leaves for a big meeting In San Francisco. Besides the Audi torium meeting, arrangements are being made for a banquet and a pub lic reception. Other members of tho do Valera party besides Frank P. Walsh arc Henry J. Roland, member of Dail Elreann ( Irish parliament), who Is secretary of tho Sinn Fein organiza tion, and Sean Nunan, do Valera'f private secretary. Roth these men, as well as dcValera fought as repub llcans In tho Easter week revolution of 1916, and since then have spent most of their time In British prisons Nunan was in the company command ed by Patrick Pearse, first presidonl of the Irish republic. It hold the general postofflce of Dublin against the British forces for eight days. Iloland was among those sentenced to death by British, court-martial his sentence was afterward commut ed to llfo Imprisonment and later his release was effected. He and a companion succeeded last January in effecting tho escape of President do Valera from Lincoln prison, England. Last year when the Sinn Foin or ganization was again rounded up, Roland successfully avoided tho vig ilance of the British police and mili tary In Ireland, all the while living there and actively directing the Sinn Felnn movement. Ho was the direc tor of tho election campaign las! November and Docembor, which re siitnd in a victory for the Sinn Foin and tho eloction of 73 Sinn Fein par liamentary candidates by the votes of three fourths of the Irish pooplo, men ond women. A citizen committee Is being or ganized to receive Presldont de Va lera upon Ills arrival In Portland. Decorations displaying the Stars and Slrines nnd the flag of tho Irish Re public will adorn many well known business houses. The contributors from Heppnor to tho reception fund Includo: Rev. T. J. Cantwell $ 26.00 F. A. McMenamin .10.00 John McNamce 10.00 Pat Ward... 10.00 John McNcrney 6.00 John ,F. Kenny 6.00 James J. Doherty 5.00 James Mollahnn 10. On Pat Mollahan- 6.00 Pat Ilenly 10.00 Pat Conncll 20,00 Fetor Farley 10.00 The Ladies Guild Entertains. The Ladies Guild held their so cial meeting in the Odd Fellows Hall on Thursday , Oct. 23. Hostesses were Mrs. M. D. Clark; Mrs. J. W. Beymer, Mrs. Chester Darbee and Mrs. D. M. Ward. Those present were Mesdames S. W. Spencer, J. F. Lucas, W. R. Irwin, A. L. Ayers, J. O. Hager, Roy T. Cochran, Earle Gil liam, Pliill Cohn, 8. E. Van Vactor, Joseph Nys, F. A. McMenamin, S. A. Pattlsnn, L. E. Bisbee, Clyde Wells, W. A. Wilcox, Hanson Hughes, B. F. Butler, P. A. Anderson, J. F. Vaughn, C. C. Chick, Charles Vaughn, R. J. Vaughan, H. C. Bean, Dean T. Good nun, C. L. Sweek, E. M. Hulden, Fred Case, Chester Darbee, D. M. Ward, J. W. Beymer, M. D. Clarkjtf iss Mary Farnsworth, Miss Nora Hughes. Mrs. Guy Boyer called during the after noon. Dainty refreshments, sugges tive of Hallow'ccn, were served. High honors went to Mrs. Hanson Hughes and Mrs. Fred Case. Canipflic Girls Met. The Campflre Girls had a cere monial meeting at the home of Miss Mary Clark on Friday evening. After the usual procedure, light refresh ments were served and everyone en Joyed a good time. Those present besides the hostess were Misses Wil letta Barratt, Ruth Tash, Ethel Mike sell, Florence Cason, Margaret Wood son, Evelyn Humphreys, Velnia Hall, lteinice S.gsbee, Elizabeth Huston, Olive Botcn, Francis Parker, Retha Owens, and Miss Belle Slate. The Campfirc Girls have been or ganized for about a year under the guardianship of Miss Slate. Owing to the flu vacation they were unable to carry out their program last year, but they are going to do more than aver this year to make up for It. Mup'.c Circle Elects Officers. At the regular meeting of Maple Circle No. 259, Neighbors of Wood craft last Monday evening1 the fol lowing officers were elected: Past Guardian Neighbor, Nora Moore; Guardian Neighbor, Frankie Luper; Advisor, Kate Swlndig; Clerk, Rosa Richardson; Banker, Cora Crawford; Magician, Glen Cul ,ck; Attendant, Margaret Cox; In ler Sentinel, Polly Church; Outer Sentinel, Luella McCarty; Captain if the Guards, Lulu Handy; Musi cian, Irene Johnson; Managers. Elsie Stevenson, Polly Church and uella McCarty; Installing Officer, liisie Stevenson. Installation of iffirers will take place on Jan. 12, 1920. I 'Vf f ' 1 w lili BOABDMAN JERSEY IE BIG SUCCESS North Morrow Farmers Bur Regis tered and High Grade Cows. I Local Bank Assists in Bring I leg In the Stock. I IN MEMORIAL CAMPAIGN ARE VOTED 230 T0 16 JOE BATTY ADDS TO HIS EIGHT MILE HOLDINGS Up until last Saturday Joe Batty owned one good ranch on Eight Mile, .s'ow he owns two. He closed a deal ast week with Ray Young whereby he becomes the owner of the J. S. Young ranch of 1000 acres. Mr. Young is busy at the present time Mauling hia wheat, but expects to lo cato on another ranch. Morrow county is lagging far be hind the other counties of the state in raising her quota for the Roosevelt Memorial Fund. Three hundred dol lars is Morrow's share of tribute to the great American, but today a lit tle more than one hundred dollars have been received by Chairman j- A. McMenamin. The greater part of this amount, nearly all of it in fact, has come out of Heppner. The stud ents of the high Bchool solicited cine evening for a few hours and turned in nearly eighty dollars. Only one school In the county h is reported. That honor goes to Mrs. Carrie Becket and her pupils Ir. the Eight Mile school. It Is expected thpt other schools will make an qup.l!y good showing within the next few days. There Is no question about Morrow county raising her quota, according to chairman McMenamin, although he is of the opinion that every citizen should come promptly to the realiza tion of what Theodore Roosevelt's Americanism has meant for this coun try, and show proper appreciation, however small the donation may be. Heppner will have water. That was definitely decided by an ovr whelming vote last Saturday, when 230 citizens cast their ballot favoring a bonding issue. There were oppos ed to the issue, 16. The voting started at 8 o'clock in the morning and the polls were open until S o'clock in the evening. John Hughes and W. G. McCarty wi-.rn judges and Mrs. Anna Spencer, Mrs. Hanson Hughes and D. W. Boitnott, clerks of the election board. This means that work will soon start on a gravity water system for the city, the city taking over the plant of the Heppner Light & Water Com pany. Engineers of the firm of Burns & McDonald, who have been here going over the final surveys, have returned to Kansas City to work out tho details of the final plans. Mrs. C. R. Feldman of lone was calling in Heppner today and left her order for The Gazette-Times. The Feldmans are new people In Morrow county, having formerly lived in Cali fornia. They are located on the old Seymour Wilson place near lone. Ralph Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Johnson, is here on a brief visit, accompanied by his youngest ion. Mr. Johnson Is on his way to his home In Walla Walla after mak ing a business trip to Salem. The house with which Mr. Johnson is con nected In Walla Walla Is opening up a branch house In Salem and Mr. Johnson will move to the Oregon cap itol to take charge, Dr. McMurdb and W. W. Smead re turned the last of the week from ihelr hunting trip, the doctor bolng successful in bagging a fine buck. Mr. Smead returned to the timber Wednesday In company with C. L. Keithly, to try his luck. Otto Robinett 'Is snld to be the champion deer slayer of this neck o' ,ho foods. He is well acquainted with the mountains and took a party it Heppner nimrods out over the hills 'ho other day. As a result they re turned with venison. F. R. Brown, Leo Hill nnd Mr. Ovlatt were In the party. E. L. Kirk, who recently moved to Pendleton, whore ho purchased prop erty, has sold his town holdings there to Mr. nnd Mrs. George W. Swaggart of this city. Mr. Kirk is now on a deal for the purchase of some Uma tilla county farm land. H. B. Lambly, traveling represen tative In this tcritory for the Oood year Tire & Rubbor Company, Is call ing on Heppnor merchants today. The Cohn-McRoberts Auto Garage I James Austen arrived the first of is undergoing some interior changes the week from Prineville and will or this week. Harry Johnson Is con- ganlze a band here. Mr. Austen in structing some new stock and supply ready has several members In a class rooms for the company. , which he will instruct. Jess Hall, who recently moved with Mrs. Hall to Hermlston, arrived In Hoppner Wednesday to Bpend a few days on busines. j Barney F. Doherty, Sand Hollow sheepman, Is a business visitor In Heppner today. R. D. Allstott, Rhea creek sheep man, has sold his lambs and bought 2000 head of ewes. Walter S. Smith, realty man of lone, was a visitor here today, THE NEW COP ON THE BEAT fj fST j The coming dairy center of the Northwest received a good boost on Its way this week when a sale of reg istered and grade Jersey cows was held at Boardman on Monday. j The sale was well attended, all of the cows brought better than list prices and as a result, farmers from Irrigon and Boardman have some of . the best blooded Jersey stock in the state. The cows were brought here from the Willamette Valley last week by County Agent Hunt, Fred Reiks ' of Irrigon and F. Mulkey of Board- . man, through the cooperation and assistance of the First National Bank j of Heppner. j The sale on Monday was in charge of Brown & McMenamin and the First National Bank. Following are the : sales made: j Registered Jerseys Carnation j Wild Rose of Oregonjrom J. W. Ex- on, 1230 to C. C. Paine; Carnation I Verna of Oregon from J. W. Exon to J. W. Craig. $185; Miss Gertis An- gelo from John Yoder to J. R. John son, $185; Fernas Lodema from John Yoder to J. W. Craig, $195; from N. H. Smith Winona Spotsie Figgis to I. Skoubo, $330; from N. H. Smith, Blusters Lady Jane to F. Reiks, $385; from N. H. Smith, Lauras Adelia to F. Reiks, $385; from Sam Weiss, Goldies Elkhorn Price, to Ver non. Jones, $270; from Sam Weiss, Lacerole Belle, to J. W. Craig, $180; from B. C. Altman, Fussy Fern.' Ladybug, to F. Reiks, $500; from Sam Wiess, Jully Niobe, to J. R. Johnson, $400;- from B. C. Altman, Eurybia Golden Delight, to Vercoi Jones, $300; from B. C. Altman, Irenes Princess Jacoba, to Leslie Packard; from B. C. Altman, Daffo dil of Oak Lane, to C. C. Paine, $175; from B. C. Altman, Eclipse of Oak Lane, to H. B. Howard, $300. Grade Jerseys T. E. . Hendricks, $90; Ed Hall. $155; J. W. Craig, $135; Leslie Packard, $260; J. W. Craig, $96; J. W. Craig, $145; G. B. Cummins, $65; J. R. Johnson, $170; W. W. Bechdolt. $140; J. W. Craig, $170; Wm. Brown, $135; E. K. Mul key, $160; Mr. Kirtchner, $105; J. W. Craig, $140. Attending the sale from Heppner were John Wightman, L. A. Hunt, S. A. Pattison, W. Claude Cox, W. P. Mahoney, F. R. Brown and F. A. McMenamin. HI SCHOOL NOTES FIRST PRESIDENTIAL IS CANDIDATE The Philomath ian Literary Society has been practicing for the past week on a good lively play, to be given November 7th at 7:30 p. m. If you have any ailment or trouble Mllcs iolndetcr Wash- come ana see Dr. cure-AU. iii Ington Will Seek G. O. P. Xomi. nation Announces Attitude Upon Vital Questions of the Day. you follow his advice you will soon be cured. A small admission fee of 10 cents will be charged. We expect a good atendance at our first literary program. The Patron-Teachers 'Association mt last Friday afternoon at 3:30, in the High School Auditorium for the purpose of electing officers. The fol lowing were elected: President, Mrs. C. E. Woodson; Vice President, Mrs. F. W. Turner; Secretary, Mrs. A. M. Phelps; Treas urer, Mrs. W. B. Barratt. The next meeting will be a social meeting. It will be held November 28th at the High School. All parents are cordially invited to be present. Watch the papers for the program. The High School has been doing Its bit by canvassing the town for money for the Rosevelt Memorial. The amount collected for the fund was tne iaw jn his person and property; '9-0. tue safeguarding of the general wel- I fare of our people by keeping the LEXINGTON" HIGH SCHOOL NOTES ' government at all times under their The students of the Lexington on control, both as against any high school recently organized a! special class at home, and as against Student Body Association and are ; any foreign power or combination of prepared for a busy year. The fol-1 powers; and the active use by the lowing officers were elected: Earl government, in the sphere of its ac Ward, president; Opal Leach, sec- tion, of the full powers of the nation retary and Gladystine Davis, treasur- to protect every citizen, of whatever er. A new constitution and by-laws station he may be, both at home or were drawn up and adopted at the in a foreign land, or on the sea, from last meeting. I unlawful injury to his person or li: Another presidential election will soon be with us. Miles Poindexter, United States Senator from the state ot Washington, is the first avowed candidate of any party to announce his intention of going after the toga which Woodrow Wilson has been wearing the past several years. Mr. Poindexter will seek the Republican nomination to the highest office in the land. In his opening statement Senator Poindexter says: "This government was founded on the principles that no special class should control. The absolute security of every man under The attendance has been almost perfect and our number is growing.. All the students are well pleased with ' their teachers and are getting along nicely. I property by any individual or special class, or by any foreign power." The Washington senator, in his statement of policy, denounces threats of labor leaders to tie up the railroads as "government by terror We are glad to report that our f0r a special class," and declares that former teacher, Miss Urton of Cali- the government must be made sup- fomia will be back with us the first reme to both capital and labor, of next month. She has been cou- thougH insisting that the just claims fined to the hospital since August as 0f labor should be recognized. Communism, Senator Poindexter declared, is inconsistent with the ves- a result of a serious accident. The Thespian Club is busy arrang- g for the first program, which is ted rights of the labarer to his wages to be given soon. Poet's Ancestors Were Among Earliest American Settlers ELKS HAVE CHARGE OF ARMISTICE DAY DANCE The Heppner Lodge of Elks have taken charge ot the Armistice Day dance, which will be held on the eve ning of November 11 at the Fair Pa vilion. The dancing will be free to all ex-service men, including soldiers, sailors and marines. Governor Olcott has proclaimed Armistice Day in Oregon a legal holiday. Treating of international matters, the platform remarks that "the process ot making a 'supreme sacrifice' of America and of 'joining our fortunes with fortunes of men everywhere' should be stopped." In making his statement of prin- Tuomas Murray Silencer, poet, or- ciples, Senator Poindexter asserted ator and traveling man, is a combiu that his announcement ot policy iation of Scotch, Irish and English, makes It necesary for the republican ' t'hn first f..i--ii,,f rxt Cnanna.i niMinna noHnnfll rnni'Cntinn In 1Q9ft In st.mrl to America landed at East Haddain, by his platform should he be chosen Connecticut in 1623. They d.d not as the party's standard bearer, come over in the Mayflower, but, as Mr. Spencer says, "they had a boat of their own." It was not long until the Spencer family was overcome with the do sire ot branching out in their land holdings, so they bought tiie Mo hawk valley in New York state from the Indians. Mr. Spencer's one big regret now is that his ancestors per mitted the land to get away trum them. It would be worth millions to day. Mr. Spencer is the only business man in his family in two hundred FOR SMUT PREVENTION Blue Stone Method is Better, Says H. P. Barss of O. A. C. Herbert Driskell, local carpenter, has been confined to his home the past few days with an attack ot la grippe. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Sperry have returned from a trip to Portland. Mrs. Sperry's health is but little improved. Chas. H. Latourell returned last week from Corbett, where he had gone to look after his potato crop. Mr. Latourell says he is expecting the arrival of a shipment of new Fords within the next few days. Ed Winters has sold his Interest in the Heppner Delivery Company to Phlll Jones, who has become associat ed in the business with Jeff Beymer. We understand Mr. Winters is going on to a farm near Hardman. 3eo. Milholland, local agent for the Standard Oil and W. L. McCaleb, county road master, left Wednesday for the mountains on a deer hunt. They went over into the Ditch creek country. Andrew Patterson has opened up an automobile repair shop in the Martin Reid building on lower Main street and is enjoying a nice patron age. Besides the repair work, ho handles a couple of tire agencies. Farmers should think twice before mixing sulphur with seed at the time years, a number of the family being of planting to prevent smut In grain, prominent jurists in New York state, i believes H. P. Barss, professor of However, he is getting back into the ' botany and plant pathology at the professional class rapidly, as his poet-j Agricultural College. A California' ry is being recognized throughout the j sulphur company Is urging use of sui country. Pliur for this purpose asserting that It's some American family, as Is'" nas evidence of its effectiveness, shown by a bit of history which Sulphur as a means of smut con brings to light the fact that Thomas trol has not been given experimental Murray Spencer's great grandfather trials in Oregon or ia any part of the fought in the Revolutionary war and northwest in the knowledge of Prot was present at Burgoyne's surrender, essor Barss. In most cases the treat His grandfather fought in the Mexi- ment would be a failure in Oregon, can war and both Mr. Spencer and although It might prove a success in his father participated in the Civil certain parts of California, he thinks. War. Growers ure warned against coming Mr. Spencer travels for the well to the conclusion that because in known firm of Mason Ehrman Com- some instances this method seems to pany of Portland and spent last Sat-, have produced favorable results in urday in Heppner. He sells more ci-. California the treatment would be a gars, probably, than any other man 1 success in Oregon. Nothing is more reliable than the old blue stone method followed by the lime bath for control of wheat lone Red Cross Elects. smut," says Professor Barss. "Es- The lone auxiliary of the Morrow pecially as the cool weather appru- Oounty Red Cross Chapter have elect- aches this method should take prece- ed the following new officers: Mrs. dence over the formaldehyde method Laxton McMurray, chairman; Mrs. because ot definite knowledge that Bert Mason, vice-chairman; F. L. formaldehyde is not quite so effective Christensen, treasurer; Margaret in cold as in warm weather and also Jones-, secretary, and Ike Howard, results in a tendency on the part of on the road in this territory, in spite of his 72 years. director. seedlings to be somewhat weaker when conditions for prompt germina tion do not exist. "Blue stone alone is not recom mended as it produces serious germi nation Injury unless followed by lime bath. With this, however, tiie Operation Was Success. Mrs. Tom Boyd, who recently re turned to her home here after spend ing the summer months in the mid die West, underwent a successful op jeration at Mayo .Brothers hospital at method is satisfactory. The presence I Rochester for the removal of a coitro. of a slight blue stone deposit on tiii XOTICE OK Aff.M'AL MEETING. ' n was a m.ist kelicate operation, but grains seems to protect against at Notice Is hereby given to all mem- the only means of permanent relief, tack of soil fungi which sometimes bers of the Morrow County Red Cross so she returns home in good health, late in the season aro active in cauv Chapter that the annual election of and high spirits. j ing the seeds to rot in the so:! wiu-.-o said Chapter will be held on Tuesday 'germination is slow." evening Nov. 4, 1919 in the council Frank Mover left this morning fori chambers in the Roberts building. AH his home ut Merrill, Oregon, utter j Mrs. Delia Hallock and son Sidney, members are requested and urged to spending several days here looking accompanied by Mrs. Haliock's nuu li ne present to participate in the elec- after business interests. Mr. Moyer er, Mrs. E. Minor, arrived Monday tion and such other business as may come before the meeting, Dated this 29th day of Octobo 1919. MRS. ANNA SPENCER, President, By MARY FARNS WORTH, Secretary. I r. just closing up a deal whereby he transfers his farm property to U. M. ilulden. Mr, Hulden took an opiion on tuo Moyer ranch early in the sum- i mer. It is one of the best ranches iu j'lie Black Horse section. Two furnished apartments rent. Phone Main 7S2. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson of for Eight Mile were Heppner visitors on Wednesday. from Portland to make a visit with Heppner relatives and friends. S.d ney spent the past two years In the United States Navy and saw consid erable service in tho Asiatics. For Rent Room with bath, suit able for ludy. Can bo arranged Tir housekeeping. lmiuiro at Gazette Times office.