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Or- i -h IM .tr!, ;.! S .. t..ty i'ui'lic Auditorium Gazette-Tim: PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY VOL. 3(1, NO. 89 HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Tilt IISIMV, DKCK.MRKK 23. 1019. SUBSCRIPTION", 2.00 PER YEAR HE E I Census WIU Be Taken Next Month and Citizens Are Asked to Give Every Co-o pern t Urn Count Ten Year Ago Wan Not Thorough The days (or taking the 1920 con sul are near at hand. The Bureau of the Census back in Washington has sent out an appeal to every cltl ten of the land to give his sincere co-operation with the enumerators In order that the work will be well done. Ten years ago in Heppner (the work of taking the census proved not to be well done. In fact after the official enumerators had finished their task, the result of the count did not come up to expectations. The Commercial Club took up the mat' ter and on a recount it was discover ed that some three hundred of our inhabitants had been overlooked The re.count was gratifying to the people of Heppner, but it was the official count that was published nroaucast, giving Heppner a popu lation of lesB than one thousand peo pie. We should avoid a recurrence of this. Our population has undoubted ly Increased a considerable number In a decade. Moreover we are de serving of a thorough count. Tak- ign the census is tedious work and the enumerators have to go up against some difficult problems. Peo ple may be away from home. This necessitates another call, and care must be taken that the same noses are not counted twice. Therefore it is imperative that citizens give their best co-operation and answer all tht questions asked by their enumera tors. It may be that sufficient enumer ators have not been secured to do the work. In any event it presents a live question for the Heppner Com mercial Club and we believe the Club has a right to see to It that the city receives a fair and Impartial census. Itecrord-Chlcftaln Issues Splendid Christmas Number One of the finest special editions ever coming to the Gazette-Times desk arrived last week. It was the 40-pnges Christmas number of the Enterprise Record-Chieftain, of which George P. Cheney is the able editor. The number will be of much value from an historical standpoint, as the events In the growth and de velopment of Enterprise and Wall owa county are given chonolngically. The business men of the progressive city of Enterprise bought llberallj of space In the Record-Chieftain col umns, In order to tell the people of Wallowa county the advantages of doing their ChrlHtmas buying at home. Altogether, the paper is splendid and reflects credit upon both the Record-Chieftain and the people who make up the rapidly growing metropolis of Wallowa coun ty. ASTORIA READER THINKS The following letter has been re ceived from "a friend" at Astoria: Astoria, Ore. Dec. 16, 1919. 634 Commercial 8treet. Heppner Gazette-Times, and friends. In looking over your last week's paper, which is always a welcome vis itor to us people formerly of Hepp. ner, I want to congratulate you on the improvement of your paper. It seems almost like reading the Ore. gonlan. We noticed the announce ments of the big things taking plac at the mouth of the Columbia river, Seaside, Genrhart, good old Astoria. I am mailing under separate cover a booklet which I would like for you to read through. Just some facts a bout this part of Oregon, and if thore are any statements which you doubt for a moment, will be glad to take thorn up with you at any time. We are all wondorfully taken up with this part of Oregon, but have not forgotten the good old wheat fields of Morrow County and some mighty good people of Heppner. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. A READER. WHAT RANCH TO RENT I wish to rent my wheat ranch on Strawberry Flat which I recently purchased of C, A. Moroy and par ties adjoining. The ranch consists of 720 acres of level land. Every acre being good deep tillable soil. There Is abundance of water cen centrally located with the improved methods of farming this locality is proving to be Morrow County's host wheat producing section. A. S. AKEHS. CITY SHOULD HAV THOROUGH UN LIVE CECIL NEWS ITEMS! Wayne Forkner of lower Willow creek, left on Tuesday to join his parents in The Dalles. Roy Stender and Miss Jaunlta uraDtree oi uotneDoys mil were visitors in Cecil on Saturday. John H. Miller of "Boardless Barn left on Tuesday for Milton, where he will visit friends for a few days. Walter Pope of "Sunnyside" and George A. Miller of "Hlghview" were callers at Butterby Flats on Tuesday John Peterson, who 1b working with the highway surveyors speni Sunday with his parentB at the Wil lows. Mr. and Mrs. c, A. Minor are spending a few days at the Last Camp before leaving for their home in Portland. Miss V. M. Hynd and Miss Lizzie Blahm of "Butterby Flats" were the guests of Miss Etta Barnes of Pop lar Grove onThursday. Grovcr Curtis, who has been on the sick list during the past week, able to leave for his home at Grand DalleB, Wash., on Friday. Wm. Matlock of the Hager ranch, who has been looking after his Ce cil Interests during the past week, returned to Heppner Friday. Oeorge A. Miller of "Highview" accompanied by his nelces, the Miss es Johnson of Battleground Wash., were calling In Cecil on Friday. W. 0 Palmateer of Windy Nook was a business man In Cecil on Tues day. He was accompanied by J. E. Crabtree of "Dotheboys Hill." We are pleased to bear that Henry Stender, who waB severely injureo by a kick from one of his horses, is able to be about once more. Eight hundred head of cattle and eight thousand head of sheep are be ing fed around Cecil on the fine al falfa hay for which Cecil vicinity is noted. John Vlckers of Hood River is visiting around Cecil before leav ing for Idaho where he will visit with his daughter for an indefinite period. Jim Whitney andd Ed Comtskey arrived in Cecil with 4,000 head of sheep belonging to Minor & Mat. lock, which will be wintered here. Jim and Ed. have taken up their a bode at the "Dove Cot." We are glad to hear that Neil Nash, young son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nash, who underwent an operation sometime ago, is now able to be up and around, and was brought from Heppner to Ewing last Monday. George D. Anderson, camp tender for Hvnd Bros., left on the local for Heppner. George will resume hit. work for the winter at the nyna Bros, ranch In Sand Hollow. He declares this is the coldest winter we have had in till, (y years. Miss Vivian Logan, whose school is closed on account or tne severe weather, spent Monday and Tuesday with Mrs Weltha Combest at Cecil, leaving on Wednesday for Heppner, where she will spend a few days be fore leaving for her home in Port land. Pete Bevmer of Lexington was In Cecil on Thursday, leaving during the day for Spray, where he will get about 400, head of cattle belonging to Bob Carsner and bring them to Willow creek to be fed for the mar kets. Mr. Carsner has bought Ever ett Logan's hay on Lower Willow creek. The Last Camp" was the scene of a chlvarec on a large and very noisy scale last Wednesday evening. The noise was kept up until George Krebs brought his bride to the door and Invited the crowd In to partake of their hospitality. A very enjoy able evening was spent by the large number of friends present, who all wished the newlyweds every Joy and happiness in their future life. CUMMIXGS WILL HOLD SALE W. E. Cummlngs, who recently sold his wheat farm northwest of Heppner to Frank Akers of lone, is preparing to return to the Willamette Valley, where he and his family re sided before coming here a number of years ago. Mr. Cummlngs will hold a public sale at the ranch, which is known as the old Myers place, on Friday, January 9th, at which time he will dispose of nil his farming machinery and household goods, as well as a number of horses and cows. Since coming to Morrow County, Mr. and Mrs. Cummings have done well and are not leaving here because of any fault of the country. As Mr. Cummlngs said the other day, "I am not saying that I won't return to Morrow County. Wordly Wisdom "Frankly, now, If you had to choose between me and a million, what would you do?" she purred. "I'd take the million. Then you would be easy." NOTICE After January 1, 1020, the pass way from my place on Willow creek across the hill to Hinton will be clos ed. W. T. HILL PEACE The schools of the Morrow County Chapter of the American Red Cross have recieved as unusually interest ing coin set, including the unit silver coin and the smallest copper coin of thirteen great Nations of the world. This set was loaned free by the De. partnient of Junior Red Cross, North western Division, with headquarters in Seattle, for use in the schools. Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte, County Superintendent and Director of the Junior Red Cross for the Morrow County Chapter, has charge of dis tribution of the coins in this com munity, and to her application should be made by schools wishing to bor row the coins. The following coins are represent ed in the set: 1. Austria Krone, Heller. 2. Belgium Franc, Centime. England Shilling, Penny. France Franc, Centime. Germany Mark, Pfenning. Holland Guilder, Cent. Italy Lire, Centesimo. Mexico Peso, Centavo, Norway Ore. Russia Rouple. Spain Peseta. Sweden Krona, Oro. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Switzerland F r a n c, Cen- time. In connection with the German mark It is Interesting to note that this coin, which is normally worth about 24c, has fallen as low as 2c in value, while the pfenning, usually about l,c in value, is now hardly worth more than Indian wampum. From these enemy coins included. the children can understand better the enormous indemnity imposed up on the Central Allies. Money Is an (ntrestlng subject and teachers will find a limitless educa tional resource in this coin collec tion. When the ancient Spartan wanted to buy a sack of flour or something, he had to hitch up a yoke of oxen to haul his money to town for the Spartans used iron money and trousers pockets were quite inade. qiuite to carry enough for important purchases. A hero In a story made the statement that he would go so far West that he couldn't get change for a dollar and so far East that he could get change for a penny. Per tinent to both these observations is the currency of Korea today, where coins are strong by the hundred on grass strings and where it takes nine pounds to be worth about a quarter. HEN X ETT M ATTESON A quiet wedding occurred in this city on Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Matteson, when their daughter Lola was unit ed in marriage to Edgar F. Bennett, a young stockman of this county. The ceremony was performed by Judge Alex Cornett. The young peo ple expect to make their home in Heppner for the present, where they have a host of friends who will wish them well on their Journey through life. FARMER BREAKS LEG Mr. Ferguson, who farms the De vln ranch in Sand Hollow, had the misfortune to receive a broken leg when his horse, which he was riding, fell with him ono day this last week. CN EARTH Mr. Arthur Campbell and Miss Cecile DeVore have been appointed by the student council of the Uni versity of Oregon to represent the Greater Oregon student committee in handling the local end of a $30, 000 campaign the students are start ing to complete the unfinished Wo men's Building on the University campus, and have arrived here to take charge of the work. The state has been divided for the purposes of the campaign into seven districts by the students of the Uni versity, who have taken entire charge of raising the last $30,000 needed to finish the $200,000 building. The district including this county is un der the direction of Lindsay McAr thur of Baker. The Women's Building will house the women's gymnasium, the depart ment of household arts and others of the women's activities on the cam pus. Half of the necessary $200,. 000 must be raised by private sub' scription, the legislature having sup plied $100,000 to match the indiv. idual generosity of citizens of Ore gon. With its enrollment almost doubl ed since its last new building was completed, the University finds its buildings entirely inadequate to han dle the students already there, to say nothing of the large increase cer tain for next fall. The students, aroused to the emergency, have call ed their "Oregon Spirit to the res cue and have organized the present campaign in which they feel confi. dent of success. The Greater Ore gon committee consists of 150 mem bers. THE FEDERATED CHURCH Sunday School, 9:45 a. m. Inter national Lesson, "The Training of Peter and John. Morning service, 11:00. The sermon theme will be chosen with reference to the sacre ment of the Lord's Supper which will be observed. Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m. Topic. "My Next Year better than This." Evening service 7:30. H. A. NOYES. Curd of Thanks. We desire to thank the people of Heppner for their kindness, gener osity and aid received since our re cent, fire. We also wish to express our appreciation to the men who worked so valliuntly in the cold to extinguish the fire. MR. & MRS. CHAS. SWINDIG. The Accepted Time A traveler journeying through the Straddle Ridge region of Arkansas came upon two men prone in combat in the dusty road, the upper gentle man, pounding the 1 o w e r, simil ar to beating a big bass drum, The traveler, feeling for the under dog, resolved to interfere. "It's a shame to strike a man when he is down," he virtuously ohided. "It you knowed the trouble I've hud to get this yore cuss down," re turned lluck Curkclhy, who was iiw Ing the thumping, "you'd shut your mouth and go on about your hy-gosh business." Country Gentleman. i PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS E. L. Mulvaney andd family have moved to The Dalles to reside. Ray Ager and family are spenu ing this week and next in Portland. Ralph Yeager and Sam Turner went to Portland Tuesday to spend the holidays. Ben Buschke, Rhea creek farmer, was transacting business in Heppner on Wednesday. Frank Roberts left on Wednesday for Portland to spend the holidays with his family. Miss Melba Griffiths, popular teach er in the local school, left on Wednes day morning for Corvallis, where she will spendd Christmas with her moth er. Leo Nicholson, prominent Univer sity of Washington student, arrived in Heppner on Tuesday evening and will visit with friends during the holi days. C. M. Sims, assistant cashier of theFarmers & Stockgrowers Nation al Bank, is driving a new Dodge touring car which he recently pur chased through the local agency. The Ladies Guild will hold their social meeting on Wednesday Decem ber 31, in Odd Fellows Hall at 2:16 o'clock. Hostesses are Mrs. W. R. Irwin, Mrs. Fred Case, Mrs. C C. Chick and Mrs. Oscar Borg. Jake Ostin is away from Madras to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents. Since leaving the ser vice, Jake has been helping George Pearce run the Madras Pioneer, Jeff erson county's leading newspaper. Dave Wilson, who helps count the money over at the First National Bank of Pendleton, came over 'to spend Christmas with home folks. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wil son of this city andd a well known and popular product of the local high school. J. M. Spencer, who lives on the R. B. Stanfield ranch, put out four or five ounces of poison and estimated the number of rabbits killed at 1000. The weather is now ideal for rabbit poisoning, and all over the country people are making the best of their opportunity,. Echo News,. Lotus Robinson, Hardman stock man, who was in Heppner Tuesday, says that the snow in the Hardman hills has nearly all melted, with most of the moisture going into the ground. He views the future op. timistically and believes the stock men will now pull through the win ter without serious loss to stock. Chas. R. Johnson, formerly a bus iness man of this city, who is now living at Huntington Beach, Cal., postcards the Gazette-Times that while we were having zero weather and worse, here last week, Hunting ton Bench people were enjoying warm weather, with the thermometer regis, tering 64 on the shady side of the house. Jess and Glen Richards, , well known Butler creek ranchers, lost li head of horses the other day. the animals having been poisoned by eat' ing of alfalfa after it had been mix ed with strychnine and brought by them to their ranch from Stanfield. On arriving here, the boys hustled to the house to get warm. They left the sacks in the vehicle, and on com ing out later to put them away found them torn open and contents par. taken of by the horses that died Hermiston Herald. The Eagle has received the follow ing letter from F. N. Noble, proprie. tor of the Mt. Vernon Hot Springs. He says, "I will drop you a line to let you know that I am at the Mayo liros., institute at Rochester, Minnes ota and have undergone an opera tion. I am on my 9th day and gett ing along fine. I will be glad when I can return home, for I have been a way a month and am anxixous to see some Grant county faces again." Canyon Blue Mountain Eagle. Lawrence G, Shutt is home from Portland spending the holiday sea son with his parents and his sister. Lawrence has spent the past couple of yours selling newspapers and ma gaziness in Los Angeles and Portland and having had several years' prev ious experience as a farmer and dairyman, he now feels that he is equipped to take up a larger and more active line of endeavor and af ter the first of the year he will join his father here in the real estate and insurance business. He will chiefly take charge of the office work. E. C. Heliker, lone farmer, has been a busy man the past two weeks. Mr. lloliker and Ralph Marlatt have been going almost day and night to feed a band of L. V. Gentry's sheep in Eight-Mile canyon this side of Olex to lone when they were caught in the snow storm. In spite of tht severe weather and deep snow, Mr. Heliker says t lie sheep pulled through with but comparative small loss. There still remains in the lono coun try about eight inches of snow which is gradually melting into the ground. Mr. Heliker was in Heppner on bus iness on Tuesday. 1 High Grade Dairy Stock Distributed at Stanfield R. C. Rasmussen, manager of the creamery at Stanfield haa been In strumental In importing 5u head or high grade dairy stock which has been distributed among a dozen far mers at -Stanfield. Fifteen register ed cows and two registered bulls were bought from J. C. Brown of Shedd, Ore., and 11 registered cows and 27 graded cows were purchased from J. C. McConnell. This stock is known to be some of the best in the Willam ette valley and will be of inestimable benefit in buildidng up the local herds. The cost of the stock was $10,000. LENA CATTLEMAN RECOVERING John Brosnan a cattle raiser from Lena, Morrow County, will return to his home tomorrow after having re covered from a recent illness in the hospital here. Mr. Brosnan receiv- word by telephone today that all the snow around Lena has melted and disappeared except in the drifts. He has been here the last month. Pen dleton East Oregonian. 0. A. C. While war conditions brought a- bout an increased interest in agricul ture and caused an unprecedented in flux of students in the school of agri culture total registration 725 en gineering in its various branches leads in popularity at the college. students studying civil, electrical, mechanical, mining, and highway en gineering number 810. Forestry and logging engineering are repres ented by 77 and industrial arts by (25 students. Farm mechanics in the 'school of agriculture which has had an abnormal growth, owes its pres ent popularity to heavy purchases oi tractors and other power machinery i u- 1 . . V. in iuh iasi iwu uy Lurmers Ul the northwest. An increase of approximately 160! per cent in engineering enrollment . , .i. . m-, over registration in the fall of 1916 is largely attributable to the fact! that the importance of engineering in winning the world war is fully reaL'. " ""u "'" ized, points out Dean G. A. Covell of , 1 " . , .... TT the school of engineering. Th . Hill also sold his Heppner res greatest need in Oregon if for high-; enVr PC?p JUSt ? w tj- i First National Ban corner, to W. u'ovf rr (ti nnnro Uaaiiea nr rha a a. ' borate road building program the demand is not supplied. Graduates in other fields of engineering also have no difficulty in obtaining res ponsible positions. Gain in number of students is shown in practically every division and department. The schoo 1 of commerce has 543, home economics 497, pharmacy 154, school of mines S3. In the school of music 35 are registered in the full four year course, while 160, who are majoring in other branches, take incidental in struction in music. The high quality of work being done this year is noticeable. Most of the 2906 students are high school graduates or have been transferred from other colleges or universities. Increase in faculty has been necessi tated by heavy enrollment in some departments, and no pains have been spared in obtaining the best talent available. Men lead women 2070 to 836. The freshman class numbers 1091. The number of applications for state aid for ex-service men sent to Salem for approval is 906. The fed eral board for vocational education has sent 122 rehabilitation men to O.A.C., which is reported to be the largest number assigned to any in. stitution west of the Rocky moun tains. A number of ex-service men here have received scholarships tions among which are three whose expenses are being provided by the supreme council of Knights of Col umbus. That the college has a reputation over the country for efficiency is in dicated by the fact that 129 students now in attendance were transferred from 53 institutions in 21 states and territories. The Universities of Ore gon leads the list of transfers with 23. State universities all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific are represented. Due to lack of rooming facilities at the opening of the school year it is estimated that at least 200 per sons who applied for entrance re turned home or entered other in stitutions. The congested condition was relieved, however, soon after when the S. A. T. C. barracks were converted into a dormitory. With accomodations) for 940 a. dditional students in this building and increased Vooming facilities in Corvallis, it will be possible to care for all persons who desire to register January 5 for the work of the sec ond term. What Is being accomplished at the college under adverse conditions is considered remarkable by persons who are familiar with the situation. More room is needed for class, la boratory and Instructors work and needed badly, it is pointed out. Sev en instructors in one department have been forced through lack of ac comodations to use one room for of fice nnd conference purposes, and tin's is typical of the crowded condi tion in other departments. I M R T WM IIL.II IIIIIIIIIL.I IIUIIU MAIL ROUTE Farmers in Western Part of Coun ty Tire of Long Road to Mar ket and Absence of Mall Service Propose New Road A new Market road is being pro posed by farmers residing In Goose berry and Dry Fork Districts that will shorten the haul to market from S to 15 miles and will offer a bet ter and shorter route . for mall ser vice, say those farmers of that part of the county who have given the matter much study. The new road would follow Dry Fork Canyon to its Junction with Rock creek, thence to the nearest station on the Condon branch of the O. W. R. & N. railroad. Reporta from those having gone over the route claim it can easily be put on a five per cent grade. Such a road, it is contended, would be a great loss to the commercial ra teresta of the county, aa It taps a vast area of Morrow county's best wheat land. On the other hand, bonds have al ready been voted for a road leading from lone into the Gooseberry sec tion, and Gooseberry farmers are getting restless and want the work to start sometime in the Immediate future. They have been without mail service for a number of years. Our farmers on the west are entitled to more consideration and The Gaz- ette.Times would like to see the com mercial bodies of lone and Heppner co-operating in the matter of bet ter roads and a mail service for the Gooseberry and Dry Fork districts. MORE REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS ; w 01l,t ,v .hi " " ... ,. fc , ... . . . , ' . . . s.ut creek, to W. P. Hill, his neighbor, . ... . . ' . . ... '. ' , . , i , : . . . , . .. . .. ,, 'J ls tor 1700- Frank Rasmus andd his brother Orville have made arrangements to establish a cord wood plant in the mountains, consisting of a steam saw, truck and other necessary ma chinery to carry on an extensive bus iness. They aim to supply Heppner with home wood next winter and to get it here in time to avoid the reg ular winter shortage. If they carry out their plans they will supply a long.felt want. Poultry Information Wanted Oregon poultry breeders will fur ther their professional and commer cial interests and promise the poul try industry by sending their names, addresses, name of breeds and nu al and number of breeders, incubator hatching eggs and chicks for sale next spring, to C. S. Brewster, poul try department O.A.C., Corvallis. They are invited to list the number of pullets, bens and cockerels they have for sale. ED AT STATE COLLEGE Oregon Agricuulture College, Cor vallis. Dec. Heppner is represented by five of the 2906 students now reg istered at the college. This Is a new mark in total enrollment an in crease at S6 per cent over the figure for the corresponding period in 1916 and 1917, the last normal school year. Despite the fact that class, laboratory and office room has been at such a premium that every avail, able space in basement and garrett has been utilized, a high standard of efficiency has been maintained. Kenneth Binns, one of Heppner's young men will enter O. A. C, at the beginning of the second term. Mr. Binns, a pressman and assistant fore man of the Gazette-Times of Corvall is will leave his work to take up the study of industrial Journalism. Helen C. Barratt Is studying homo economics, James G. Barratt Is a fresman in agriculture. William V. Crawford is a freshman in pharmacy, and a member of Kappa Psi. Emery Gentry is a freshman in agriculture, and Avil L. Lieuallen, a freshman in agriculture. MADE TRIP TO MISSOURI Mr. and Msr. Harry Turner of Sand Hollow returned last Friday from a trip to Missouri and other middle west states, They report a most enjoyable time, the rvturnbu ing made over the southern route through California. They were ac companied home by Mr. Turner's little daughter Ruth, who has been living with her grandmother at llrowuiiiKton, Missouri,