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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE EEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
VOL. 3(1, NO. 40
HEPPNER, OREGON, THX'RSDA", JAM AItY 8, 1920.
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER TK.tR
BID
RECEIVED FOR
CONSTRUCTION
Grist Brothers of Pendleton Low Bid
ders on General Construction of
New Water System Fir
PicTurncd Down
Mutter Still I n.
settled.
Whut kind of a pipe do the people
of the city of Heppner wish installed
In their new gravity water system,
is the question being asked by the
mayor and council.
Bids on pipes and general con
struction work were opened last
night In the Odd Fellows banquet
hall, in an adjourned meeting of the
council. The meeting was carried
to the ball from the council chambers
In anticipation of the large crowd of
interested taxpayers who would at
tend. The anticipations were fulfill
ed. A large number of citizens wei..
on hand, and with the large number
of bidding contractors present, the
hall was well filled.
After the various bids had been
opened, read and tubulated, Mayor
Vaughan suggested that the council
resort to the process of elimination,
in order that the work in hand be ex
pedited. In the matter of general
construction bids, Gciat brothers,
Pendleton contracting firm, were
found to be the lowest bidders for tin
luying of wood pipe. This elimin
ated all other contenders.
Taking up the question of wood
pipe, the argument developed over
merits and demerits of fir pipe as
against redwood. The sentiment was
universally in favor of the redwood
pipe, so this eliminated the two bids
on fir pipe. As there were two bids
on redwood, it was finally decided to
accept the lowest bid, which cunie
under the higher bid by $500, so thus
was the high bidder on the redwood
pipe eliminated.
The two remaiulng bids on pipe
are from the Pacific Coast Culvert &
Flume Co., of Portland and the Walla
Walla Concrete Pipe Co. The coun
cil expects to decide today on the
type of pipe they will use.
It developed that the bid of the
Coast Culvert & Flume Co. was the
lowest received, Insofar as material
Is concerned, but the one construc
tion bid received for the laying of the
"Armco" pipe, was $10,000 higher
than the lowest bid received. Thus
making the total cost of Installing the
Armco pipe considerably higher, and
beyond the city's financial limit.
In passing on the awards of con
tracts, an important feature as set
forth by the council, is the time of
delivery for materials. It Ib planned
to rush the work of laying the pipe,
at the greatest possible speed, and
the city does not desire to have the
work held up on account of delay In
pipe shipments, whatever style is ad
opted. The Concrete Co. we understand,
In the event they receive the Job,
would set up their plant In Heppner,
and the pipe would be manufactured
here. This would mean the employ
ment of a large number of men and
would tend to put Bonie of the money
buck Into circulation here.
However, it is the united ulm of
the mayor and the council to select
the pipe which will give the longest
service for the amount of money ex
pended, and to that end, they are go
ing Into every possible source of In
formation on the subject of pipes.
The matter will be definitely settled
before the end of the week. We are
giving herewith th names of the bid
ders and the amount of each bid.
llils:
(a) Using California Kedwood Pipe
throughout:
Pacific Tank & Plpo Co., $47,251.00
Geist Bros., general con
tract 26,030.50
Extra for coating pipe 1,372.60
Total for complete Job, $74,654.10
Redwood Mfg., Co. $46,692.25
Gelst Bros., general con.
tract 26,030.50
Extra for coating pipe ... 1,330.00
Total for complete Job, $74,052.76
(b)Uslng Fir Pipe:
American Wood Pipe Co., $43,070.88
Gelst Bros., genoral con
tract 26,030.50
Total for complete job, $69,101.38
. (c)Uslng Concrete Pipe Flow
Line:
Walla Walla Concrete Pipe
Co. $27,555.00
Gelst Bros., general con
tract 24,527.50
Pacific Tank and Pipe Co.,
Redwood Plpo coat
ed 17,933.77
Total for complete job, $70,016.27
or using Redwood Mfg. Co. coated
pipe, $69,744.76.
(d)UBlng Armco Iron Pipe:
Coast Culvert & Flumo Co.,
pipe, $42,611.10
J. D. Hanley, general con
tract, - - 34,658.25
Total for complete job, $77,069.35
STATE COMMERCE
MEETING FULL OF
SNAP AND GINGER
"The State Chamber of Commerce
meeting in Portland last week was
certainly full of snap and ginger,"
said F. R. Brown of this city who at
tended as one of the delegates from
the local commercial club.
"There were no long, drawn out
speeches " said Mr. Brown, "none of
the talks extending over thirty min
utes, and it took Secretary Uudson of
the Portlund chamber only 25 min
utes in a stirring talk to outline the
future possibilities ot Oregon's devel
opment. Mr. Dodson pointed out the
efforts which are being made to locate
large eastern manufacturing plants
on tno Pacific coast and more espe
cially Oregon and Portland. Mr.
Dodson also pointed out the vast po
tential water power resources of Ore
gon, showing that the water power
tributary to Portland la ten times
greater than that tributary to San
Francisco and the trading radius even
greater."
Another outstanding feature of ev.
ery speech made at the convention
was tiie fact that every speaker put
irrigation foremost as being the one
greatest factor in Oregon's develop
ment. No local issues were brought
up, all subjects touched upon, hav
ing a bearing on state-wide develop
ment. Jas. Stewart, representative from
Wheeler and Morrow counties who Is
making his headquarters in Portland
as Oregon manager for the Hiram
Johnston presidential canipulgn, In
jected a little mirth Into the meeting
near the close of the lust session,
when he got up and announced that
the people of Oregon could realize
their efforts to get a return of the
$6,000,000 reclamation fund to this
state, by electing a Western man as
president.
Boardman Men Here On Hepp-ner-Boardman
Road.
O. H. Warner, Sam. H. Boardman
and A. W. Cobb, prominent and pro
gressive business men of Boardman,
were in Heppner on Tuesday and
Wednesday of tills week interviewing
ihe county court In regard to the
Ileppner-Boardman highway. Board
mun wants adequate highway con
nection with the county seat and the
south end of the county should act
as a unit in seeing that they get what
they want. It is us much to the In
terest of Heppner that this road be
built, as it is to the interest of
Boardman.
Palace Hotel Probity Hold to M. 8.
Corrigal For $8,500.
The Palace Hotel property at the
corner of Main and May streets was
sold at bankrupt sale In this city on
.Monday to M. S. Corrigal for $8,600.
Two bids were received, J. W. Bey
mer bidding $8,000. The property
went to Mr. Corrigal, as his bid was
considered the best. However, the
sale is subject to the approvul of the
refereo in bankruptcy
Morrow County Men Attend
Walla Walla Convention.
W. H. -Croak, manager and Albert
Adkins, salesman of the local Tum-A-l.um
Lumber Company office, D. L.
Countryman and C. E. Kellogg, man
agers respectively of the Lexington
and lone ofiices, left on Wednesday
lor Walla Walla, where they are at
tending the annual convention of
managers und salesmen of the com
pany this week. Mr. Cronk will re
main over a few days to attend, to
some matters of business.
Fords and Tractors Coining.
Chus. 11. Lulourell, authorized
dculer in Heppner announces that he
expects a shipment of Fords and
Fordson tractors to arrive sometime
(ho lust of this week. People who
are planning their order for next
spring are going to he out of luck on
delivery at that time, according to
word received from Detroit, because
there is now n great surplus of or
ders on lile and the demand will nat
urally grow greater toward the spring
and summer months. Therefore, Mr.
Latouroll admonishes, you had better
lilnee your order now, niid not wait
until spring.
Farm Bureau Meets At Lexington.
Lexington Farm Bureau held its
regular monthly meeting January 3.
The President being absent, the as
sistant president Arthur Gummell
culled the meeting to order. A letter
from county agent L. A. Hunt was
rend and suggestions acted upon.
Mr. Joe Devlno was elected road man
for our district. Mr. Barnet was el
ected to look after orchard work, and
Mr. Albert Trnylor to look aftor ir
rigntlon.
The following program was given:
Song Mrs. J. McMillan
Recitation -Maxlne Devlno
Talk Rev. Wm. Worstell
Song Miss Mao Morris
Talk Rev. M. L. Potelle
Every one hud a good time.
Gr - r - r -
LOCAL CAMPAIGN IS ON
F. A. McMenamln Chairman of Local
Forces Gilliam and Morrow
Quota Is $12,500 and
State Is $100,000.
The drive for raising $10,000,000
for the new Irish Republic by selling
Liberty Loan Bonds, will be under
way on the 17th of January. The
drive will close on the 26th of Jan
uary. Oregon's quota Is placed at
$100,000, announces state chairman,
Dr. Andrew C. Smith of Portland, and
he has appointed F. A. McMenamln of
Heppner as chairman of the organiza
tion in Gilliam and Morrow countiet,.
- Mr. McMenamin has the local or
ganization well under way. For Mor
row county the committee announced
consists of John F. Kenny, John Kil
kenny, Jas. Carty, Father Cantwell,
Pat Connell, and Mike Kenny. For
Gilliam county, John Monahan,
Frank Smith, Jas. Murtha, and Fa
ther J. B. Wand.
To complete the details of the
drive, a rousing mass meeting will be
held in Heppner on unday, January
18, at which time a number of out
side speakers will be present and
plenty of entertainment Is assured for
those attending.
The Irish Republic organization is
made up of 72 per cent of the voting
population of Ireland.
DOES A HEN 81T, OR IS IT A FACT
THAT SHE SETS
Heppner, Ore., Jan. 7 To the Ed
itor Oregoniun: Does a hen sit?
(You bet you) I can bring about a
condition that even roosters will sit,
and the yarn is worth telling. Away
back in 1883 an old Prussian asked
me to make some dumplings. Yes,
I made the dumplings, using baking
powder to leven them. They looked
all right but they were the stickiest
tilings anyone ever tried to eat. Al
most instantaneous every one at the
table had a dumplings fast in his
throat, and say, It was Jolly good fun
to watch the big nosed Prussian tr,
to claw the dumpling out of his
throat, that Is provided you did not
have a dumpling fast In your own
throat. Well, everything finally ter
minated and we got to a point where
we could throw those dumplings out
Into the yard. Before you could say
Juck Robinson, every chicken had t
dumpling fast In his throat, and ev
ery darned chicken (more than 100
roosters and all) wore sitting (not
sit) on their posterior ends, frantic
ally trying to claw the dumplings out
of their throats. What caused these
chickens to sit ought to be clear to
the dullest mind, for if they didn't
sit, they could not use their feet to
dislodge the dumplings and every
darned one of them would choke to
death. Reader, do not be mislead. A
hen sets, she never sits (the Oregon
iun to the contrary) unless she has
eaten some of my dumplings. The
Oregoniun says the Bun sets and dis
appears, such rouen argument, n
you set nu alarm clock, 'floes any part
of It disappear? But that is another
story. Traps of all kinds are set and
where they are not properly Becured
they are dragged away. When a hen
sets on a nest of eggs, Bhe lays on her
breast and abdomen. Nothing can
sit on these parts. The Oregonian
1 said more than one half of the voters
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BIG INCREASE IH TAK
LEVIES FOB COUNTY
State, County, Bond and School Tax
linn Levy I'p and City of
Heppner Tax Payers
Must Meet A 43
Mill Tax.
The high cost of li ing has not
overlooked the operation of district,
town, county and state affairs and
the tax levy in Morrow county will be
higher than in past years. Some dis
tricts have gone in heavily for better
roads and better schools and increas
ed taxation is the normal result.
The taxpayer who resides in Hepp
ner faces a levy of 43 mills. The tax
includes a state tax of 3.6 mills;
county tax of 5.5 mills; general
school tax of 1.2, making a total of
10.3 mills. In addition to this there
is a road tax of 2.5 mills, high school
.7 mills and a special road tax of 16
mills, and special school levy of 14.3.
Boardman Men Will Attend Ir
rigation Congress In
Portland.
S. H. Boardman, god-father of
Morrow county's northern town and
Col. Emmett Callahan, another one ot
Boardmun's leading citizens will
form a part of Morrow county's del
egation to the Irrigation Congress
which mets in Portland the last of
the week.
Local School Opened Monday
For the Home Stretch.
There won't be any more vacation
for Heppner school kids until next
June. The mid-winter holidays have
come to a close and school was re
sumed on Monday after a two weeks
luy off. Professor Boitnott says the
pupils are getting down to good
steady work and everything is run
ning smoothly.
Three of the teachers failed to reg
ister present, when the opening gong
sounded lust Monday morning. Ms
Melba Griffith was detained in Corvul
lis on account of the illness of her
mother, as wag Miss Bebee, who spent
the holidays in Portlund. Miss Da foe
who went to Montana for the Christ
mas season, also fulled to return.
The student body has decided to
cast its lot with the State High School
Debating League and will be in the
same district as Gilliam, Wheeler und
Umatilla counties. The winner from
this district will go to Eugene next
spring during Junior Weekend to
compete for the state championship.
Miss Curran Entertained.
Miss Marie Cumin entertained for
a number of her friends at her home
on Church street lust Thursday even
inrg with a dancing party. About 25
guests were present. Refreshments
were served following the dancing.
of this state were ignorant because
they voted to express their disappro
val to ratifying the negro suffrage
amendment. Here 1 pause until the
Oregoniun starts something else.
HARRY CUMMINGS.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Green at their home in
this city on Friday, January 2.
j Miss Essie Shutt, daughter of Mr.
i-nd Mrs. E. M. Shutt of this city, has
, g'.ne to Portland, where she expects
to remain for several weeks.
J. W. Beymer, president of the
j Farmers & Stockgrowers National
I Bank, who, with Mrs. Beymer is pass
i ing the winter months in Portland,
came up Wednesday evening to spend
i a few days looking after business In
i terests.
County clerk Waters issued a mar
riage license this last week to the
following: William H. Garner and
Lorraine Tafel, residents of north
Morrow with Echo as their post of
fice, and George A. Legler of Hamil
ton and Leona M. Schmidt of Lexing.
ton.
N. Thompsen, a farmer in the Ella
district has not been a resident of
Morrow county very long, but after
renting land here for a year has
reached the decision that this is a
mighty good place In which to live,
so he is making arrangements to buy
some land. He was In Heppner on
business today.
C. S. Burns, of the firm of Burns
S. McDonald, contracting engineers,
is in Heppner this week from Kansas
City, going over the bids received for
construction work and pipes for the
new gravity water system. Mr. Burns
is one of the partners of the firm
which made the preliminary survey,
and drew up the plans and specifica
tions for the system, as well as es
timating the cost for the entire plant.
Basket Ball at Exhibit Hall
Tomorrow Night.
What gives promise of being one
of the fastest and most exciting
games of basket ball ever played in
Heppner, will be staged tomorrow
night, when the Heppner quintet will
meet the fast lone aggregation.
The locals have been practicing
faithfully the past week and feel that
they are in condition and will give a
good account of themselves. Sims,
Anderson, Van Marter and the two
Crawfords will comprise the Hepp
ner five, but up to the present time
the lone team is an unknown quanti
ty.
The game will start promptly at
7:30 o'clock and an admission price
of twenty-five cents will be charged.
All proceeds above expenses will go
into the high school athletic fund.
Miller Is A Good Rider.
Ed Miller rode the goat in the
Elk's lodge in Heppner one night last
week and because he showed such
unusual proficiency in hanging on, a
brother member presented him with
a handsome elk tooth watch charm,
of which Ed is Justly proud. lone
Independent.
Miss Beulah Barker Marries.
. Miss Beulah Barker, for a number
of years a resident of Heppner, where
she attended and later taught school,
was married the last week to Frank
A, Helms of Echo. Mrs. Helms has
been teaching in the Echo schools.
They will live at Echo.
Butter Creek Man Rents Ranch.
J. T. Ayers has leased his Butter
creek farm to J. B. Coxen and Fronk
Ayers for a term of two years. The
hind, which totals about S00 acres in
cludes some that is in alfalfa and
considerable grain land. Mr. Coxen
was formerly a barber in this city,
tut has had considerable farming ex
perience. Sun Simei Kelickuh Lodge Installed
Olllcoi-s Friday.
San Soiici Rebeknh Lodge No. 33,
held installation of officers in their
lodge rooms last Friday evening.
Mrs. Sadie Sigsbee was installing olil
cet and the following officers were in
slalled: N. G., Llnnie Thornton;
Vice X. G., Lillian Turner; Secretary,
Oral Hull; Treasurer. Pearl Chidsey;
Warden, Flossie Barlow; Conductor,
Florence Hughes; I. G., Opal Briggs;
O. G Olive Frye; R. S. to N. G., Myra
Noble; L. S. to N. G., Pearl Wright;
it. S. to V. X. tl., Arvilla llaynie; L.
to V. X. G., Emma Jones; Chap
Ui in, Millie Hood.
A banquet marked the closing
hours of an enjoyable evening.
i lunch at Lexington Has New Piano.
The First Christian church of Lex
ington now has a new piano as the
re; tills of enterprising efforts of
members of the Endeavor Society,
says Rev. Wm. C. Worstell, pastor of
the church, who was in Heppner on
Saturday.
The Endeavorers held a basket so
cial recently, the proceeds amount,
ing to one hundred dollars, a sub
stantial payment on a piano and the
instrument was purchased Saturday
from a lloppner dealer.
Rev. Mr. Worstell announces that
the evangelistic meetings now in pro
gress at the Lexington church, are
meeting with marked success, there
having been, up to Saturday, 12 ad
ditions to the church.
G.-T. CHRISTMAS NUMBER
CAUSE OF COMMENT
FROM TRADE MEMBERS
Compliments are still arriving on
the Christmas number of The Gaz
ette-Times which went out to our
readers on the 18th of December. We
have just received a nice letter from
Mr. F. E. Carr, manager of the Am
erican Type Founders Company In
Portland, in which he says:
"When we received the Christmas
edition of the Gazette-Times which
you were kind enough to send ns, we
thought at first It was a large met.
ropolitan dally and we could hardly
believe our eye9 that a country office
could issue so excellent a Christmab
edition.
"You ought to be highly compli
mented upon the general typography
of the entire paper, particularly the
plendid class of advertising It con
tains. The advertising, to our notion
could not be improved upon, in fact,'
even the advertising in our large met
ropolitan dailies, where they have
every facility for displaying ads In
admirable shape, has nothing on
you." ,
Heppner Gazette-Times Has A Splen-
did Issue.
(From the Enterprise Record-
Chif ftan.)
Of the various Christmas editions
prblished by eastern Oregon newspa
per!: reaching this efflce, none com
pares with that of the Heppner Gar-ette-Times
published by Vawter
Crawford and his son, Spencer Craw
ford. The senior member of the firm,
Vawter Crawford, is a brother of O.
G. Crawford of the Record Chieftan
staff, and there is a feeling in the
two offices that the papers of the two
towns are first cousins.
The Gazette-Times holiday edition
is notable in many respects. Its col
umns are filled with valuable mater
ial of great local value and Its adver
tisements present an lrresistable ar
gument for the people of Morrow
county to shop at home. In a mech
anical way the number is most ad
mirable. Reading matter and adver
tising is set with neatness and artistic
finish, and the press work is perfect.
The cover in three colors, all the pro
duct of the Gazette.Times shop, is
particularly effective.
Morrow county should be proud of
a newspaper equipped and managed
like the Gazette-Times as it is an as
set to the whole community and es
pecially to the large and progressive
business interests of Heppner.
Warns Foreign Governments
That U. S. Is Ready for War
That the United States is ready for
war and that all foreign countries
had better watch out, is the substance
of several letters found in the posses
sion of Charles Anderson, an Insane
man, who was brought to Heppner
the last of the week by Deputy Sher
if Voyen from Boardman. The man
is a stranger here, is about 40 years
of age and admits that he was held
for a time in an asylum in the state
of Washington. Another letter writ
ten by the man is addressed to the
governments of the world and the
Holy God at Medical Lake, Wash.
The letter continues in a most rambl
ing fashion and is evidence that the
writer is in poor mental condition.
He will be committed to the Eastern
Oregon branch asylum at Pendleton.
Anderson worked as a section hand
on the railroad at Boardman the past
few months.
C. ff, B. M. Met On Tuesday at Home
of Mrs. McRoborts.
The C. W. B. M. met at the home
of Mrs. W. T. McRoberts on Gale
street on Tuesday afternoon and a
very Interesting program was given
by Mrs. Anna Keifhley's division. A
large number of the membership was
present. Following the program re
treshments were served.
Stnlter Ranch Sold
E. M. Shutt, whose real estate
sales have averaged about a ranch a
week ever since he resigned the Sher
iffs office, this week negotiated a deal
whereby James H. Gentry, of this
city, had bought the old Dan Stalter
ranch, six miles East of town, from
H. Taylor Hill, of Monmouth. The
farm consists of about 1047 acres
and the consideration was in the
neighborhood f $25,000.
Mr. Gentry's son, Emery has con
cluded to take Mr. Shutt's advice and
stay with his dud on the farm, lett
ing the other fellow seek the profess
ional career while he makes the mon
ey and builds a sure future, so he
and his father aim to bring this fine
ranch up to the highest standard
of improvement and production.
They will take charge of the same
early in the spring.
Lodge Members Watched the Old
Year Pass Out.
The membership of Willow lodgi
Xo. 66 and Kebekah lodge No. 33,
was well represented at the watch
j party at the lodge rooms last Wed
j nesduy evening. The last hours of
I old 1919 were happily spent in games
music and conversation and refresh
i incuts were served.
II IS CITY WATER
AFTER FEBRUARY 1
February First Will Find Town In
Class Having Municipal Water
Works City May Bay Boll,
er To Use As Auxiliary
Tom Hughes Is
Recorder.
The city of Heppner will pass into
the class of towns having municipal
water works the first of February.
On that date, as per contract with the
Heppner Light & Water Company,
the city takes over the water plant
and will thereafter conduct the same.
At the council meeting on Tuesday
evening. Mayor Vaughan and mem
bers of the council nrged Mr. Gate!
of the light and water company, to
continue to furnish water to the city
as in the past, until the new water
system is Installed ,but Mr. Gates is
anxious to be relieved of the water
burden, "the sooner the better." So
in all liklihood, the city will prepare
to run the water business after the
first of the month. Men in the em
ploy of the light and water company
will continue to look after the mat
ter of pumping. Mr. Gates has offer
ed to the city for $700 the boiler
which was formerly used in the old
plant. He estimates that it can be
put in shape for $150, an pointed
out that a new boiler would cost
three or four times the amount which
he offers this boiler for.
Engineer C. S. Burns, ot the firm
of Burns & McDonald, who has been
spending the week in Heppner, sub
stantiated Mr. Gates in the statement
that no matter how good the gravity
supply, there would probably be some
time in the life of the town, when the
wells would have to be resorted to
and that the plant at the wells should
be in shape for operation at any time.
At the regular meeting on Monday
evening, Thomas Hughes was ap.
pointed city recorder to fill the unex
pired term of the late Joseph P. Will
iams. Mr. Hughes immediately qual
ified and took up his duties.
The council voted to appropriate
$25 a month to the Heppner Com
mercial Club, in promoting the gen
eral welfare of the city.
City attorney Nys was instructed
to prepare an ordinance fixing the
license of $15 a year on small trucks
and delivery vehicles and $25 per
year on two ton trucks doing delivery
business in the city.
GazettcTtmes Has Some Free Seeds
For Distribution.
Our subscribers and friends are
hereby notified that we have received
from Washington, D. C. through the
courtesy of Congressman N. J. Sin-
nott, a bag of garden seed, vegetable.
which you are welcome to if you
will call at the Gazette-Times office.
As we have a limited supply only, but
two packages will go to a person, In
order that the seeds will go around.
Call early and get yours before they
are all gone. They are free for the
asking.
Hayes Sells Heppner Ranch.
J. M. Hayes, who recently purchas
ed the F. E. King home and five acre
tract at Riverside, announced today
the sale of 1700 acre ranch south of
Heppner, in Morrow county, to E. F.
Clark of Heppner. The ranch is part
ly in plow land and partly in grazing
hind. For the plow land he received
$45 an acre, for the grazing land,
$12.50 an acre. Mr, Hayes expects
to center his interests in Umatilla
county Pendleton E. O.
Biddock Gets New Post
R. H. Baldock, who has been one
of the chief assistants to District En
gineer M. O. Bennett, of the eastern
Oregon department, state highway
commission, will be transferred to
Baker, effective January 1. He will
have supervision over highway work
in Baker, Malheur and Harney coun
ties with offices in Baker. Another
portion of Mr. Bennett's large dis
trict will be looked after by another
assistant, C. C. Kelly, who will be
sent to The Dalles. His territory will
include Wasco, Sherman, Deschutes,
Crook and Jefferson counties. Mr.
Bennett will retain offices here and
personally supervise the seven coun
ties in this vicinity, including Wheel,
er, Gilliam, Morrow, Grant, Umatilla
and Wallowa. Pendleton E. O.
Mrs. Calkins Passes.
Mrs. Ruth L., wife of John L. Cal
kins, died In lone on Tuesday night
of December 30, 1919, aged 39 years.
Mrs. Calkins, whoso maiden name
was Hague, was a native of Minne
sota, and was married at Spring Val
ley in that state in 1595. In 1903
she came with her husbend to Mor
row county. She was the mother ot
ten children, eight of whom are now
living. Several weeks ago she was
taken to Portland for an opurutlon
for the removal of goitre, which
proved to be of a cancerous nature
and death was the ultimate result.
Funeral services were held In the
lone Baptist church on Friday morn
ing, conducted by Rev. L. K. Dickson
of Portland. Iouo Independent