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c- " The Gazette-Time rjUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY VOL. 37, NO. 1. HKI'PNKK, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL I, 1920. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 TER TEAR Rhea Luper Daring Coyote Steals Pup I Too Many Egg Hunters and Not Enough Easter Gunnies From Mother Dog Kills It Ithea Iuer, Assistant State Engineer Will Heck Nomination on Republi can Ticket Believe One Member Should Uc Civil Kngiicer. Believing that at least one member of the public aervloe commission should be a civil engineer, a technic ally equipped man, Rhea Luper, son of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Luper of Heppner, has announced that he will seek the republican nomination from the Eastern Oregon district. Mr. Luper has a host of friends throughout the district who are pleased to learn that he bai decided to enter the race and they are daily pledging him their Bupport. At the present time Mr. Luper is assistant state engineer under Percy Cupper at Salem. Mr. Luper has been In the employ of the state in one capacity or an other ever since graduating from the Oregon Agricultural College several years ago. His boyhood days were largely spent In Heppner, where he attended school, graduating from both the grammar and high schools in this city. His Iwlfe, who Is a most charming young woman, is a native Heppner girl, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Potter. The Eastern Oregon district Is re presented on the commission at the present time by H. H. Corey, one time resident of Baker county. Mr. Corey has not yet filed his candidacy, but It is pretty well understood that he will be a candidate for re-election. Strong support has been pledged to Mr. Luper in many of the larger counties of the district and bis friends are going out to make him a winner. His slogan is "Put a qual ified engineer on the commission." In announcing his candidacy Mr. Lu per sots forth the following ideals and principles: I am a candidate for the republi can nomination for Public Service Commissioner for the Eastern Ore gon district and I believe that as a technically trained man I can be of particular service to the people" of Eastern Oregon in that position. For years I have held the opinion that at least one member of the Com mission should be a qualified Civil Engineer. In the valuation of Rail ways and other public utilities and the regulation of rates, practices and service, the Commission is almost en tirely dependent on the advice of ex pert engineers and on a correct anal ysis of engineering data In arriving at a fair and just decision. At the present time the work of the Commission Is Beriously hampered be cause the force of Engineers is not sufficient to obtain the necessary en-' glneerlng data with promptness. I was raised on an Eastern Oregon ranch, received my education in the Heppner Schools and my engineering training in the Oregon Agricultural College. During the past ten years I have engaged In the practice of Civil and Irrigation Engineering in Eastern Oregon and my work as an Assistant State Engineer and as Epglnoer for the State Water Bgard has given me an Intimate acquaintance with the people of Eastern Oregon and their problems. If I am nominated and elected, I twill act with equal fairness to the public and public utilities alike, be lieving that the welfare of one is not Independent of the other. I will not tolerate any unjust rates or regulations on the part of any rail road, telephone, express, cloctric, wa ter or irrigation company or any other public utility and it will bo my aim to see that a sufficient number of cars are provided for the transporta tion of Eastern Oregon products. I will also endeavor to reorganize the department, coordinating the work of the various employees so as to secure the highest efficiency of the force and prompt and satisfactory re sults to the public. RHEA LUPER, Assistant State Engineer. STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Look out for the truck. Help us clean up the back yards and the front yards. The city, at no small expense, is going to have the city truck gather your rubbish, gnrbnge, etc., on "clean up days." They will haul all your rubbish gratlB, but do not expect them to clean up for you. Do your part, and put all rubbish In boxes, barrels and sacks, and have it easy of access for the truck man. Heppner is rising, like the Phoenix bird from her ashes We have the assurance of an ade quate water supply. Let us get busy and be ready for It. SANITARY COMMITTEE CIVIC CLUB PARENT-TEACHERS ASS'N. Joe Slums and Leonard Wingleld have been building a largo Irrigation ditch on the John Day river 8 miles below Monument. The ditch Is four miles long, nnd will be completed by May first, according to Mr. Slums, who was In Heppner this week on business. Mr. Slums returned to Monument on Wednesday. V V 1 k t- t Who Announces Cnmliibicy for Public Service CoimniNsioncr. W. H. t'ronk, manager of the Tura-A-Lum Lumber Co. yards on the Heppner branch, visited Walla Walla the first of the week, going over on Sunday and returning on Tuesday. He faced one of the worst wind lind sand storms he ever experienced on his return trip. He (was accompanied by ('has. Devin of lone. Lee Cantwell is able to be around once more after recovering from the effects of tMo broken ribs. Local Water Situation Is Not Considered Serious by Forester That farmers of the Willow creek valley and other valleys coming down from this side of the Blue mountains will not be seriously handicapped by water shortage 'through the summer months, is the opinion of C. L. Keith ley, of the local office, Umatilla Na tional Forest. At the present time there Is four feat of snow on the head of Ditch creek, according to Mr. Kelthley and he firmly believes there rwill be as much water as in the average past years. Fully 18 Inches of snow have fallen in the Ditch creek basin since the last record was reported. The snow has packed hard, has more olsture than the snow of 1915. Compared with that year, which (was not bad, Mr. Keithley says chances for ample water for the coming sea son are Indeed good. SILAGE STOCK FEED ESSENTIAL TO PROFIT Valuable Pointers Gleaned By Stock men at Iji Grande Feeding Scool Lat Week. Stockmen must cut ddwn their herds and must use silage for feed It the stock business is to flourish, ac cording to facts brought out at the Eastern Oregon Feeders convention held last week at La Grande. It was pointed out at the conven tion that a stockman cannot make money if he must buy hay and feed on the present basis, but he can claim profits if he raises his own feed, which could not otherwise be market ed to advantage. The use of silage was urged as a means of cutting down expenses. Various lots of cattle Iwere shown at the Union Experiment station to prove the value of silage feeding. Ac curate records showed that hay alone used as feed, cost 35 cents a day, and that the cost per pound of gain was 37 cents. Chopped alfalfa hay gave an aveage Increased gain of 23 per cent over long hay. Hay nnd Silage Best. Hay and silage, it was demonstrat ed, are best for feed. The cost is 36 1-2 cents a day, with the cost of In creased weight 19 cents a pound. George Dickson, well knotwn Prine vllle stockman, told of the use of 1000 tons of silage a year. He said that he utilized much waste material that would otherwise not have been used. He compared this with two years ago Iwhen he spent $12,000 for 1600 head of cattle. This year he bought less than a carload of grain and considers the cattle are In better shape than when fattened by the old method. Wallowa county stockmen an nounced at the convention that they will build 200 silos and will use sun flowers for silngo. They confirm the statement that Bteers can be fattened on hay and silage at about one-half the cost of hay alone and less than half the cost of hny and grain. The suggestions as to feeding and cutting down herds (were offered as a means of combatting future low prices for cattle. The market at pre sent 1b poor because there Is no export to other countries and because last summers' drought cnused the flutter ing of the market earjy In the season A third factor which caused lo prices was the fact that the govorn mnnt placed army supplies on the market. J. B. Sparks, Condon theater man was in the city Tuesday on business. TtriCMAS a- ' '''"iM'Mtt Mrs. loretta Yeager Died At Her Home In This City Lout Sunday Night Had Lived In Heppner 38 Years. Mrs. Loretta Yeager, wife of James L. Yeager, passed away at her home in this city about 11 o'clock last Sun day night, following injuries receiv ed" several days before In an automo bile accident. Mr. and Mrs. Yeager were on their way to Washington to make a visit to their son, when they met with an accident to their car while near the R. W. Turner ranch In Sand Hollow. Mrs. Yeager did not appear to be ser iously hurt at that time, but upon reaching Pendleton, her condition be came iworse and she was taken to a hospital there. As she Improved, the doctor permitted her to be brought to her home here, where she rallied for a few days and then rap Idly weakened. The deceased was a native of the state of Ohio, spent her childhood days in Illinois, where she married and came to Oregon soon after. Mr. and Mrs. Yeager came to Heppner 38 years ago and had resided here ever since. Mrs. Yeager was a prominent lodge worker and active in the Baptist church, of tahieh she had been a member for many years. Sne was a member of the Rebekah, Neighbors of Woodcraft and Degree of Honor lodges, as well as the Women's Relief Corps. Surviving her are her husband and five children, Mrs. Myra F. Peck of Heppner, Ora and Ralph Yeager of Clarkson, Wash., Itarvey of Portland and Walter of Oakland, California. The funeral will probably be held on Saturday morning, although com plete arrangements have been held up, pending a reply from Walter, who purser on the S. S. President, be tween Seattle and San Diego. Churches of County to Hold Conference At Heppner This paper Is requested by Rev. J. C. Hall, pastor of the Congregational churches of lone and Lexington, to announce a conference of all the churches of the county at Heppner on Friday, April 9th. This conference is called on behalf of the Intercburch World movement, and outside speak ers, representing the State organiza tion, and possibly one speaker of the National organization will be present to present this great movement to the church people. Ministers In charge of the campaign are Rev. G. H. Young, Albany; Rev. C. W. Rey nolds, Corvallis; Rev. W. J. Luscomb, Ontario and Rev. S. Earl Dubuis of Portland. Speakers for the confer ence will be announced in our next issue. This conference will be In the In terests of promoting the Intercburch World movement in this county. A survey of the religious situation here has already been made, and the churches entering Into this movement will doubtless be called upon tD start their campaign of fund raising which is thf- foremoBt part of the program at the present time. To become more fully enlightened on the objects of the Interchurch World movement, members of the various churches of this county should not fail to attend this conference. Ladies Guild Will Be Entertained at Bridge at Odd Fellows Hall The Ladies' Guild will be enter tained at the Odd Fellows Hall on Thursday afternoon of April 8, at 2:15 o'clock. Hostesses for the occa sion are Mesdnnies S. E. Van Vnctor W. E. Pruyn, J. A. Patterson and Clyde Wells. WHAT THE WOULD WAR 1)11) TO HIGHER EDUCATION The World War piled on bur dens that made, the universities stagger. It enlarged their scope, Intensified their work, whipped up their speed. It made prices Jump month after month. The experience of every family in Oregon is exactly the experience of the State University, Agricul tural College and Normal School. The World War also taught hun dreds of thousands of men the wonderful value of a college edu cation. When they had won the war, these men hurried to school. At the University and the Agri cultural College are nearly 1500 of them. They (were thrice wel come, but they made mainten ance costs take another big jump. The high schools sent up big classes. University, College and Normal School now have 5400 students.Joint Alumni Relief Association for Higher Education In Oregon. , ; . New Pipe Arrives Tor Gravity Water System Redwood pipe, which will be used for three miles of Heppner's new gravity water system, began arriving this week from Oakland, California. The pipe being delivered by truck to the trench line just above town. The Walla Walla Concrete Pipe company, wlch has the main contract for sup plying pipe to the city, is now manu facturing concrete pipe at their plant near the depot in this city and it is being delivered along the line by Har ry Selby, who has the hauling con tract. E. L. Kirk Buys Red Front Stable From Willis Stewart E. L. Kirk this week bought the Red Front Livery Stable on upper Main street from Willis Stewart and will take immediate possession. We understand the consideration was for $7000. Mr. Stewart had been in bus iness at the Siiine location for nearly tlwenty years and lias built up a good trade. Mr. Kirk formerly engaged in farming in tills county, but more re cently had been living at Pendleton. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kirk, well known people of this city. lone Elks Are Hosts At Big Benefit Ball The lone Elks are hosts to a big benefit dance which will be held in their city on Friday evening, April 9th. Extensive preparations are be ing made to entertain a large crowd. A five piece jazz orchestra from Pen dleton has been engaged to furnish the music and they are said to be a live bunch. It was the idea of the management to get the best orchestra possible for this occasion and they be lieve they have succeeded. It Is safe to say that Heppner will be well re presented at the affair. Everybody in the Pacific NortWwest has been cor dially invited to attend. 'Slats' Diary" Will Take You Back to Boyhood Days Remember your boyhood days, men? Sure you do or you have a poor memory. Well, your memory will be freshened after reading "Slats' Diary" which appears on our editorial page for tlte first time to day and will continue as a regular feature there, each week. You will like Slats from the start, or we miss our guess. He is a regular boy and his diary Is written in true boy fashion. Fair Directors Decide That No Inter est Will Be Charged on Notes Giv en In Payment For Stock Several Districts Going Strong. Liberty bonds will be accepted as cash without discount by the direct ors of the Morrow County Fair Asso ciation in payment for stock. This was decided at a meeting of the board held in this city on Tuesday after noon. In other words, a Liberty bond is good tor one hundred cents on the dollar. The point came up af ter a large number of people had of fered Liberty bonds in payment for the stock. The board considers that It can afford to carry the bonds until they reach par. It was also decided that where notes are given In payment of fifty per cent of rfre"ltock"purcHirsed' Interest will be charged. The notes will mature November 1, without in terest. The city of Heppner is putting up a high priced touring cartwhich will go to the person holding the lucky tick et. These tickets wlil be given with every $50 share of stock. The more shares you buy the better chance you ill have to iwin this popular touring oar. M. D. Clark, chairman of the sell ing committee, reports that the cam paign in the country is well under way and that Morgan has already reached her quota. The quota was pledged by Fred J. Ely, who brought word to Heppner that his district was fo the big fair strong, and that their quota had been provided for. Among the directors who have re ported are C. H. Dillabough of Board man, H. C. Grim, Irrigon, T. D. Will iams of Hardman and E. E Rugg of Rhea Creek. They all report splendid progress and expect to have their quotas raised shortly after the first of April. The campaign will be under headway good and strong in Hepp ner by next week. Knights Will Hold District Convention On April Sixth Doric Lodge No. 20, of Heppner (will act as host to a large number of visiting members next Tuesday ev ening, April 6, when the district con vention, Knights of Pythias will be held here. Grand Chancellor Julien Hurley of Vale and Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, Walter G. Gleeson of Portland, will both be here. A large class will receive initiation in the third rank. The Condon lodge has notified District Deputy W. W. !c,.i.if1 thsit a l.-irtre delecation will come over for the event. Mrs. Harold C. Bean Hostess To Ladies Guild on Thursday The Ladles Guild was entertained on last Thursday afternoon at the home ofMrs. Harold C. Bean. Assist ine hostesses were Mrs. Hanson Hughes. Mrs. Ralph Crego and Miss Jenny Black. The decorations were daffodils The afternoon was spent in sewing and a cuessing contest. Guests were Mrs. George Thomson, Mrs. S. W. Snencer. Mrs. J. F. Vaughn, Mrs. B F. Butler, Mrs. P. A. Anderson, Mrs. M. D. Clark, Mrs. Phill Cohn, Mrs. W. R. Irwin, Mrs. C. L. Sweek, Mrs .1. F. Lucas. Mrs. Ralph Crego, Mrs Hanson Hughes, Mrs. L. E. Bisbee, and the Misses Mary Farnsworth and Jenny Black. The Misses Velma Case and Mary Clark entertained with a duet. Tea and cinnamon toast were served. Mrs. M. J. Klinger of Dufur and Mrs. J. Ranisby of Ashland are here visiting with their niece, Mrs. Luther Huston, A most unusual scene was witness ed by R. W. Turner on his Sand Hol low ranch recently, in which he, two coyote a female dog and her pop aU took leading parti. Mr. Turner twai oat on the hills building drop pens, preparatory for the lambing season. He waa accom panied by one of bis dogi and ber young pup. Mr. Turner was busy with his work when suddenly hi at tention was attracted "by a fierce growl from the mother dog, Iwho was dashing up the hill by this time. It was then that Mr. Turner saw the cause of the commotion. A big, sleek coyote was coming straight down the hill at high speed. He (track the mother dog full speed ahead and sent her rolling down the hill Without slowing up to any appreciable degree, the coyote rushed up to within a few feet of Mr. Turner, grabbed the young pup in his teeth and started back up the hill. Things happened rapidly. Mr. Tur ner picked up a pitchfork which was laying handily by and started after the kidnapper. By the time the coy ote got to the top of the hill, the sheepman evidently appeared so men acingly near, that the pup was drop ped. Here the coyote was joined by another of his specie and they quick ly disappeared from sight over the hill. The pup was dead when Mr. Turner picked him up. v Hardman Young Woman Dies In Condon After Operation Mrs. Elva E. Cbapln, 31 years ot age, died in Condon on Monday, March-22, while undergoing an oper ation at a hospital there. The body Iwas taken to Hardman for burial, tbe funeral being held at that place the following Saturday. Services were conducted by Hardman Rebek ah lodge, of which order the deceased had been a member. She was also a member ot the Christian church. Elva Coats Chapin was born at Eight Mile, Oregon, a daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Oilbert D. Coats, on May 6, 1889. She had spent practically her entire life in Morrow county. She leaves a son, Leon, 6 years ot age and is also survived by her parents and three brothers, Henry Coats ot Dal las, Oregon, and Jess and Claude Coats ot Heppner. Ill Many Farmers Facing Problem of Patting In Grain Again Wheat Failed to Come for Different Rea sons Other Items of Interest from That Vicinity. From various causes, much of the fall seeding in the Lexington (wheat belt failed to come forth at the pro per season, and as a result it is nec essary that much re-seeding be done. This is a condition that seldom hap pens in that part of the country and it will doubtless he the means of cut ting the yield this season. J. F. Mc Millan states that on his place, fol lowing his usual custom of good cul tivation, he apparently overdid the matter for this particular season, and harrowed his fall grain a little too much just after it had come up well. The harrowing left the grain in such condition that it did not get well root ed again before the freezing (weather set in the latter part of October, and so the grain died. Other grain did not get through the ground owing to its baking badly and leaving the sur face too hard for the grain to get through and the seed rotted. Per haps similar conditions prevailed with numerous other farmers, at any rate, they are facing the problem of getting more seed into the ground, and so much spring seeding necessar ily means a short crop, unless the cli matic conditions later in the season should turn out to be ideal. The backward weather at this time Is also working against successful re-seeding and much of the grain is going into the ground a little too late for the host results. Jos. Devine is completing some very extensive improvements to his farm residence property. H e has put in full basement, installed water, heating and electric lights, and now has a very modern and convenient home, an indication that some degree of prosperity has been the portion of Mr. and Mrs. Devine during the past few years. E. C. Miller, who olwns an extensive farm northeast of Lexington, is en joying a visit from his brother. Rev. John Miller and wife, ot Illinois. Rev. Mr. Miller came to Oregon some time ago and has been visiting at the home of his brother In Salem, and together they came up to Mor row county for a visit with other members of the C. E. Miller family. Mr. and Mrs. Miller expect to return shortly to their eastern home. M. D. Tucker & Son have opened up a store for the handling ot paper and paints and now have a fairly good stock Installed in the Carty building on the corner east ot the Arthur Foster of Clyde, N. D. Will Hpeak at lone Tomorrow After noon and at Heppner In the Even ing. National publications like "The Country Gentleman," "Literary Di gest," etc., have repeatedly told the romance of the Non-Partisan League in North Dakota. But the first time that Oregon folks have had an oppor tunity of hearing the story first hand was when Arthur Foster related it re cently at a luncheon of the Portland Press Club. Mr. Foster is a North Dakota far mer, temporarily living in Oregon. He and a friend were the only two farmers in an entire township who refused to join the League. He tells ot the manner in which farmers fell for the argument and promises of so licitors, how the League captured th Republican party and elected state officers, a legislature and even a Su preme Court, pledged to do the bid ding of its leaders. He tells of the millions which twent into a chain of farmers' stores and of the establish ment of country and city newspapers controlled by the League; of the se cret caucus which controlled the leg islature and of the legislation which it passed. Finally he tells of the state-owned utilities which were founded and the resulting increase of taxation Iwhlch was the undoing of the Sociaistic plan of this farmers or ganization. Arthur Foster twill speak in lone tomorrow (Friday) afternoon and will appear in Heppner In the evening of the same day. Evey farmer in Morrow county is urged to hear Mr. Foster speak. Speaking here will be held at the Odd Fellows Hall at 7:30. Lena Snell Shurte Announces For School Superintendent In another column ot The Gazette Times will be found the announce ment of Lena Snell Shurte, who seeks the republican nomination tor county school superintendent. Mrs. Shurte is on her last year of a successful term in this office and the people ot Morrow -ounty may feel fortunate that she has decided to take the office for another four years. postoffice. Tucker & Son are contrac tors and builders, also. Jos. Burgoyne, who has been very seriously ill, is reported to be slowly recovering. Mr. Burgoyne took dawn several weeks ago with the flu and his physician had a hard time fight ing off pneumonia. The sickness has left him in a very weakened condi tion and his recovery is slow. Rev. J. C. Hall, pastor ot the Con gregational church, preached at Lex ington on last Sunday, and the com ing Sunday twill occupy the pulpit ot his church in lone, where he makes his home. Mr. and Mrs. Hall spent a few days the first of the week vis iting with people ot Lexington, and accompanied Mrs. Maude Pointer to Heppner on Monday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Hall is a very pleasant gentle man and is highly spoken of as a minister. Easter Sunday is to be observed by special services at the churches In Lexington. In the forenoon at the usual hour the Congregational Sun day school will render a program ot recitations and song, in which the pu pils of the school have the leading part, and this service (will be follow ed at once by the regular services ot the church, when an Easter sermon will be delivered by Rev. John Miller. At the Christian church at 11:00 a. m., Wm. C. Worstell, the pastor, will deliver a short Easter address, and at 2:30 p. m. the Sunday Bchool will put on their program. Much prepar ation has been made to get up these Easter programs and the Sunday schools should be encouraged by large audiences at both services. The Christian Endeavor society of the Congregational church have ar ranged a social which will be given at the church on the evening of Ap ril 2nd. It twill be "A Millinery Open ing," and a right good time is In pros pect The new residence of Earl Warner Is completed and the family have moved in and taken possession. This is a beautiful home and one ot the best In the county. A crew of surveyors connected with the O. W. R. & N. Co., Is now camped at Lexington and doing some work which it is surmised will have to do with a relocation ot sidetracks and stock chutes at the depot. All these Improvements are on the north side ot the main line now, and recent purchasers ot lots from the Penland estate will shut off access to the stock pens on that side when they fence up their property. This will force the company to use their right of way on the south Bide of the depot, where the most of a 200-foot strip lies. J. F. McMillan has added to hU land holdings by the recent purchase of the Wlllard Blake quarter, lying Just west of his hill farm. Mr. Mo mlllan is now plowing this h.ml using a, tractor which he recently added to his farm equipment. This gives Mr. McMillan about 1200 acres ot good farming land.