The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, March 11, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV. The Gaz PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY VOL. 3(1, NO. 48. HI'.IT.NKK, OKKGOX, THURSDAY, MAIM H 11, 1920. 81 BHCRimOX, f2.00 Pint YEAR ETTE-Tl MANY BOOSTERS AT Heppner Commercial Club Wan Host I.iwt Thurxduy Evening When Many Prominent SH-akers Were Heard John Day Project Main Theme for Dlacusxlon. One hundred or more men had their feet under the banquet table In the Odd Fellows Hull last Thursday evening, when Toastniastcr Maboney, who Is uIbo president of the Heppner Commercial Club, arose and announc ed the purpose of the gathering and introduced the first speaker of the evening, Sain. E. Van Vactor, well known local attorney. Mr. Van Vac tor was eloquent in his address of welcome. The speech making Iwas In pro gress only after the banqueters had eaten to their satisfaction of the bountiful dinner which was spread for the occasion by Mrs. M. L. Cur ran. Irrigation and more particularly the John Day Project was the main theme of the evening and there were present a large number of irrigators to speak from first hand experience. Messrs. Cobb, Larsen and Boardmnn from Boardman and Messrs. Olass- gow and Wadsworth from Irrigon are men who have been living In Mor row county's irrigable section the last several years and truly they can speak as those having gone through the pioneer stage of the Irrigation game. The banqueters Iwere favored with the presence of George Quayle, secre tary of the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Quayle spoke on a number of topics but especially em phasized the importance of the John bay Project and told his audience that the directors of the project could look to the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce for support and coopera tion at all times. Mr. Quayle outlined briefly the many projects which the state cham ber is bark of, denned In well chosen words the essentials of a successful! commercial club and cited instance' after Instance where successful meth ods have made cities and where the' wrong methods employed had spelled disaster for communities. Mr. Quayle called up a few things to the attention of the local club which twill probably be acted upon. He laid stress upon the Importance of, an airplane landing field. Another, big feature for a town is a public camping ground. Mr. Quayle pre dicts the largest tourist travel thru the state thlB year we have- ever had and the town which is equipped with camping facilities will be the town getting the most benefit from that travel. C. C. Clark, president of the board of directors of the John Day Irriga tion Dlstirt delivered a splendid ad dress on Irrigation. Mr. Clark brot forth In a clear manner the Westward progress of the empire and showed what an Important bearing on that progress, Irrigation had. He was fol lowed by Mr. Davis, a reclamation en gineer of Hormlston who has been closely Identified with the John Day Project from the very beginning and i he told of the great possibilities of the proJect""nml of the approximate cost of delivering the water to the land. This cost la placed at the pre snnt time at $129 per ac,re. F. A. McMenamin, who has served the district as attorney, mentioned the favorable attention given the John Day Project by the State Irri gation Congress In Portland and pointed out the fact that big business men of that city gnve up hours of their time to learn of this vast irriga tion undertaking, Iwhlle home people were sleeping, and had but a handful of people at the Congress to represent a proposition which will mean tho re CLUB BANQUET Announcement We Have the Agency In Morrow County for the United States Truck and now have in this territory a 2 ton truck for imme' diatc delivery. Our headquarters are in Heppner at the Uni versal Garage, where interested parties may see this truck U. S. Trucks in 1 1-2, 2, 3, 4 and 6 Ton Capacities Fear & Jennings claiming of 300,000 acres of land. Water Is to be taken out of the John Day river near Dayvllle and brot across country south ot Condon at the head ot Thirty-mile creek. While there is a vast area included under the project, it does not touch as tar south as many supposed. The south ern line crosses Sand Hollow at the John Kilkenny ranch and proceeds in an eastherly direction to the Colum bia river. The course ot the ditch twas outlined by Secretary F. R. Brown of the Project and It was the first time that many had ever heard of the gen eral plan of the project. Many local speakers were also heard. Mayor Vaughan made a fefw brief remarks on the livestock situa tion, Bob Carsner, the Wheeler coun ty politician kept the hall in an up roar for several minutes by his wit and humor, E. M. Shutt spoke from the standpoint of the realestate deal er, and C. E. Woodson spoke briefly. L. A. Hunt, county agent, spoke for the Morrow County Farm Bureau. The Heppner Band, under the di rection of Professor James Austin, made its first public appearance on this occasion and was quite well re ceived. The Club members, nearly all of them, expressed their Individu al appreciation of the band's work. New Truck Agency Here. A new truck agency has been es tablished in Heppner during the past week. Fear & Jennings of Portland have taken the agency for the United States truck In Morrow county and they will make their headquarters In Heppner at the Universal Garage. H. D. Fear arrived In Heppner the first of the week Iwith one of the trucks of 2-ton capacity, equipped with pneumatic tires. McCullough-Groshen. Jack McCullough, well known re tired stockman, and Mrs. Helen Gro shen, both highly respected people of this city were hnlted in marriage at the home of the brides brother, Paul Hlsler, on Tuesday afternoon; Judge Alex Cornett officiating. Only Imme diate relatives of the contracting par ties were present. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Cullough left at once for Portland, where they will spend ahveek. Upon returning to Heppner they will make their home In the residence on Balt imore street recently purchased by Mr. McCullough from J. H. Cox. Wedding at IMnc City. George A. Legler, of Grant coun ty and Leona M. Schmidt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schmidt, of Rand Hollow, were married at Pine City Friday. Feb. 2th, at 2 p. m. Only a few relatives were present nt the ceremony, which was perform ed by S. M. Mathes, at the parsonage. Ralph Corrigal acted as best man and Viola Schmidt as bridesmaid. A supper was served at the Schmidt home that evening, and the couple started Saturday for their home in Grant county. Echo News. J. H. Cox Buys Residence Property. J. H. Cox, who recently sold his residence property on the hill at the went end of Baltimore street, hns pur chased from M. L. Case, a residence situated on the west "side of Jones street. mini OBSERVE SI. PATRICK'S St. Patrick's Day, which is the 17th of March, falls on Wednesday this yenr, and the day will be observed by local Irish, Tho Ancient Order of Hibernians will attend Mass at St. Patrick's church at 9 a. m. They will meet in Odd FelWws Hall and march In a body to the church. The A. O. H. will hold initiation at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and a big banquet will be spread at 6 o'clock In the evening, at which time a mus ical program will be given. E L South End City Will Krect $25,000 Structure, the First Exclusive High School In the County Raw Rail Team Is Being Organized. bids are being called for in the er ection of a new $25,000 high school building at Hardman, the first exclu sive high school structure to be erect ed in Morrow county. This is prima facie evidence that the Hardman com- jmunity is forging to the front in a progressive manner. The board of school directors has employed a faculty of extraordinary qualifications and ability for the com ing year, which is evidence that they gave a liberal salary. At a basket social, which was held on March 5, $112 was raised to fi nance a base ball team and the high school students are to give a play In the near future to raise fundB to equip a tennis court. Teams Are Grading on Mor row Home-Site Addition A crew of men with teams began grading for the new streets in Mor row's Home-site addition to this city on Tuesday morning and from pre sent indications, this tract will soon be laid off into streets and lots. Guy Hoyer's teams are doing the work and graders and scrapers are being used in tearing down certain portions of the hill. Something Wrong. A sale bill bearing the signature of "Will Quit Work" has been going the rounds of the press and purports to be a Missouri auction sale, giving evi dence of what queer combinations can be made by a printer (who is suf fering from the effects of a night out and badly pies the galley. The bill announcing the sale includes the fol lowing list: "Twenty-five good cows, broke to work; 41 head of cultivators, coming in soon; 10 head of shoveling boars, with scoops by side; 8 piano mares; 120 rods canvass belting, better than new; De Laval cow, with ice cream at tachment; McCormirk binder, in foal; Poland-China bobsled, due to farrolw in April; 14 head of chickens, with grass-seed attachment, in good working order; 2 J. I. C. riding heif ers, good as new; spraying outfit, can he ridden or driven by children; 15 billy goats, 40 bushels capacity, with spraying nozzle and other attach ments; many other articles too nu merous to mention, which I expect to get nt night between now and date of sale." IIS G. E. RALLY AT Next Sunday, March 14, is Chris tian Endeavor Rally Day at Lexing ton and delegates from all over the county will be there. A number of outside speakers will also be present. Some of the numbers Iwhlch will ap pear on the program are as follows: Male quartet, a number of solos, a number of duets, song by ladles' quartet, marimbo solo, reports on C. 10. convention by Union president and assistant, readings, chorus, orchestra, I.ook-Out Committee work by Union officer, refreshments served to all at 5:30 p. m., social hour everybody meets everybody else, model C. E. meeting at 7 o'clock lead by Mr. My ers tho Union president. The nftemoon sessions of the con vention will be held In tho Congrega tional church and the evening ses sions In the Christian church. HARDMAN TO III SCI STILL A FEW CBYIHS HEEDS Islington Farm Bureau Holds Im portant Meeting. On the 6th of March the Farm Bu reau met at Lexington under the head of the local president, S. L. Ste phens, and considered a great many important projects including the north and south road from Lexing ton to Boardman, the sack situation and the orchard control. After tak ing up a number ot these the head of the department of Farm Manage ment, Prof. R. V. Gunn of Corvallis, gave a good discussion of the Farm Record book and the methods a farm er should employ for taking care of his income tax. This was apprectat- n A Kw all -.(.nan. n,A . .- I expressed a desire to begin keeping ! better records. These records are to be had at the County Agent's office. Father Visiting Here, Sherman Wakefield Is enjoying a visit from his father, Milton Wake field, whose home is in Jasper county, Illinois. The elder Wakefield arriv ed here the past week, accompanied by his brother, Thomas Wakefield, of Fresno, California, vho had been on a visit to the home of his broiut. in Illinois, and together the two gen tlemen came to Heppner on the re turn of Thomas Wakefield to his home in California. Milton Wakefield was 75 years of age on Sunday last, and a bounteous dinner was spread at the Wakefield home in this city in his honor, on which occasion there were present four generations of the family. A most pleasant time was had by all. It is the Intention of Mr. Wakefield to spend at least a couple of months visiting with his people here. Thom as Wakefield departed for his Fresno home on Monday. Sells Two More Farms. Among the recent sales of land made by E. M. Shutt, two deals of considerable importance were con summated the-past week. The first was the sale of the H. L. Frazier land, known as the C. T. Walker farm, con sisting of 960 acres, in the lone wheat belt, to George Hildehrand, a wealthy wheat farmer ot Sherman county. The new owner hns made arrange ments to go onto the place soon with tractors and give it the kind ot plow ing it has needed for many years. The second deal was the sale of the George Fridley section, on Social Ridge, to B. G. Buschke, of this coun ty, which has been farmed for the past fifteen years by Clifford Frid ley, son of the former owner. Mr. Buschke at present is running the Lawson place, south of Heppner. Howl Side Big Success. The public sale at the Walter Rood ranch on Heppner Flat last Satur day was a big success in every way. A large crowd of farmers were on hand to greet Auctioneer McMena min and clerk Brown and the bid ding was brisk from the very start. No other ranch in Morrow county was nny better equipped than Mr. Hood's and it was this equipment which found a ready sale. The horses also sold well, averaging a lit tle better than $200 per team. Mr. Rood has bought a stock ranch south of Hardman from Emll John son and expects to move there at once, where he will become actively engaged In the stock business. Misses Buschke Entertain B. A. B. Club. Misses Millie and Martha Buschke entertained the B. A. B. club at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buschke on May street last Thursday evening. The club was organized sometime in January and weekly meetings have been held on Thurs days at the homes of the different members, since. Those present were Misses Uuby and Violet Corrigal, Lor raine and Odile Groshens, Cyrene Lleuallen, Sadie Huddleston and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buschke. Misses Audra Grogan and Ruth Huddleston nre also members of the club but were unable to be present on account of sickness. Each member is provid ed with a small gold safety pin, whlcu Is the club's emblem. LEFT MORROW MAY JOIN RACING ASSOCIATION Irtcal Fair Offered Opportunity to Join Northwest Circuit Would Mean Better Horses and Better Livestock Exhibits Club Will Act The Morrow County Fair Associa tion, under its enlarged program. j could become a member ot the North Pacific Racing Asociation and hold its annual show under the rules and re gulations as well as the dates, as set forth by the Racing Association. W. W. Smead, who was In Portland last week, had the pleasure of meeting A. H. Lea, who is president of the North Pacific Racing Association as well as the secretary of the Oregon State Fair Board. Mr. Lea Informed him that the asssociation would be pleased to have the local association come into the circuit. He said the week of September 13-18 Is now open and that Morrow could have the first opportunity of signing up for those dates, providing quick action is taken. Mr. Lea pointed out several of the advantages to be obtained from being joined up with the big circuit. The best racing stock in the Northwest makes all of the fairs in the clrtuit and the same horses which are enter ed at Salem would appear in Hepp ner, and under the new program much ot the high class livestock shown at the state fair would also be shown here. A meeting of the Com mercial Club will probably be called for Friday night to speed up the work of getting the new Fair association under way. Patron-Teachers Held Re ception Friday Evening The officers of the Patron-Teachers Association held a reception for the teachers and friends of the school in the girls' play room in the basement of the school last Friday evening. Many friends and patrons of the school called during the course of the evening and were entertained with a musical program. The affair was greatly enjoyed by everyone and reflects much credit upon Mrs. C. E. Woodson and Mrs. Frank W. Turner, president and vice president respect ively of the Association. Dennis McXamee Buys the Wilson Hotel. Dennis McNamee of this city has bought the Wilson hotel on Main street from William Wilson and took possession the first ot March. Mr. Wilson will retire from active husi ness life but will continue to make his home here. Cooked Food Sale. The Ithmlel Class of the Federated Sunday School will hold a sale of cakes, pies and other eats Saturday, March 13, from 10 to 12, at Cases Furniture store. Walter P. Bell, a brother ot Mrs. Chas. H. Latourell of this city, arriv ed in Heppner Wednesday evening from Portland. He drove up in a Ford truck and took just a day to make the trip. Mr. Bell Is a mechan ic and will take a position with Mr. Latourell In the garage here. St. Patrick's Ball nt Fair Pavilion. A big dance and a good time Is assured to all who attend the St. Pat rick's Ball In the Fair Pavilion on Wednesday evening, March 17. Good music will be provided. All ladies and gentlemen are cordially Invited. JOHN J. KELLY, JAMES KENNY, JAMES MOLLAHAN, JOSEPH KENNY. BERNARD WARD, Committee. Opal Whitely, Who Wrote "The Story of Opal" Well Known Here Opal Whiteley, who's story ap peared In the Atlantic Monthly under the title of "The Story ot Opal" caus ing widespread comment. Is quite well known In Heppner. Miss Whiteley spent the summer here a few years ago, being 16 years ot age at that time. The article of Miss Wbiteley's has attracted much attention and es pecially here In Oregon where she spent most of her life before going east to school. In the story she de nies her parentage and says that she 'was taken trom her real parents when a very small child. Her relatives are inclined to the belief that Opal Is giv en to a vivid Imagination and that her diary, from which the story Is taken, is not entirely based on fact. Regardless of the assertion made in the story, Miss Whiteley Is given credit for having produced a remark able work. She Is a naturalist of ability and is considered a prodigy. All of her time, while here, was spent in going over the fields and hills and into the mountains, studying birds and flowers, and she was considered a poor companion for the average child who has no Interest In such things. She seemed to be entirely wrapped up in her study of nature. Miss Whiteley's home Is at Sagl- nahv, 20 miles south of Eugene where her father, her brothers and sisters and her grandmother live. Her mo ther is dead. Pine City School Will Give Musical Entertainment On Friday, March 19, a musical en tertainment will be given by Miss Stiles and her pupils at the Pine City school on Butter creek. The program will be followed by a basket supper, the proceeds of iwhlch will be used to apply on an organ. The public has been issued a cordial Invitation to at tend. 3-Day Institute At Boardman Ends Boardman, Or., March 9. A three day Institute under direction of the Boardman community schools In co operation with County Agricultural Agent L. A. Hunt was finished here Saturday. One hundred people at tended the classes In farm crops, farm accounting and dairying, and home economics. Features of the last day were an Oregon products dinner and a school entertainment in the even ing. At the dinner A. G. Clark, manager of the Oregon Manufacturers' associa tion, was the principal speaker. Oth er speakers were E. H. Anderson, principal of schools of Irrigon, and E. F. Williams, Portland, architect of the new building. Resolutions were adopted favoring the millage tax for the support of state institutions of higher learning, the increase of teachers' salaries and the levying of a county tax for rodent control. LODGE Will OBSERVE Doric Lodge No. 20, Knights of Pythias will observe In an appropri ate manner the anniversary of the founding of the order, on Tuesday evening, March 16, in I. O. O. F. Hall. The program will begin at 8 o'clock and all Knights and their ladies are cordially invited. It has been definitely decided to hold the district convention of the lodge in this city on April 6. At that time there will be delegates present from Condon, Arlington and lone. Grand Chancellor Julien Hurley of Vale and Walter G. Gleeson, Grand Keeper of Records and Seal will be here. Better Shoes for Men That's what tho O'DONNELL SHOES are. They wear loneor ami look bettor. You will rind them in till the standard lasts and patterns here. Work shoes or dress shoes we ean till your wants here and repair that old shoe for you. NEW SHOES S0LD-0LD SHOES SOLED We give special attention to mail orders in otir re pair department. Satisfaction guaranteed. C. M BOWERS SHOE SHOP Main Street Heppner, Ore. SCHOOL BOARDS TO MEET ON SATURDAY First Convention ot Directors and I llerks Is Called uj County SSuprr lntendcnt Sliurte to Discuss Prob lems Vital to Education in County. The first convention ot clerks and directors of school boards ever held in Morrow county, will take place In this city on Saturday. County super intendent Lena Snell Shurte, has Is sued invitations to every school board member In the county and It la ex pected that a large representation ot the educational Interests will be pre sent when the program opens. The program will open at 9 o'clock with music selected by Miss Dafoe, ot the Heppner high school. This wiU be followed by introductory remarks by the county school superintendent A general discussion ot 'State Ele mentary School Fund Tax" will be handled by Hon. C. E. Woodson, E. R. Curfman, principal ot the lone schools and District Attorney S. E. N'otson. Higher Educational Tax is a sub ject which will be presented by Pro fessor Rolien Dickerson of the Lex ington schools and D. W. Bottnott of Heppner will talk on "The Teacher Problem." The Inadequacy of present salaries paid to teachers twill be brought be fore the convention by Arthur L. Lar sen ot Boardman, who will speak on "Teacher's Salary from a Grade Tea cher's Standpoint." The afternoon session wiU open with music, followed by an address ot M. B. Signs, principal of the Board- man school on "Room and Board for Teachers." Other subjects ot discus sion will be thrift education and the Curtiss' test. GOOD SEED WHEAT for sale. Early Baart and Bluestem In a limit ed amount. F. R. Brown, Heppner. Louis King To Alaska. Louis King, who has been in the district forester's office In Portland the past three years, will leave today for Ketchikan, where he will be con nected with Alaskan forestry work. He will act as district fiscal agent tor the Tongas forest. Oregonlan. Mr. King was with the Heppner office of the Umatilla forest, when Mr. Cryder first came to this city. Sheep Wanted A band of young ewes after shear ing. Write H. J. Colman, Omak, Wn. Women of the East In War Melting Pot "The great War, as we already see, is going to work a revolution in the status of women all over the world, and Its most Interesting phase will be in Japan, to my thinking," said Fan nie Ward, the star of "A Japanese Nightingale," the first of Pathe's Extra-Selected Star Photoplays, to be shdwn at the Star theater on Friday. Miss Ward has given much time to the study of the artistic and social spirit of Nippon long before the story of Onato Watana was selected as a medium of her art; and, when this had been arranged, she began an in tensive research. She has a consider able library on the subject and her home is beautified by many rare Jap anese art specimens and fabrics. "Of old has been established the doctrine for the man and the doctrine for the woman," she continued. "Bushldo, characterized as 'the bouI of Japan,' is the masculine code, a moral teaching which preaches sub mission of authority for one's over lord, the self-sacrifice of all private Interests, whether of self or family, to the common weal. It is the mor ale of self-sacrifice.