The Gaz:
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 38, No. 1.
IIEPPNER OREGON, THURSDAY, AI'UIL 7, 1921.
Subscription $2.00 Per Year
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SIDE OF CO. COURT
GIVEN TAXPAYERS
A 1'artlHl H t-tly tu lutMlioB Halard (
Milling at loutv T Fliturrn Are
The taxpayers meeting held at lone
ten days ak'u haH been the subject of
' much Interest ami comment. We had
Intended giving even a fuller account
than appeared In our last IsBtie. but
at thin time ileem it unnecessary, as
the account printed gave a general Idea
of what , the citizens were trylnn to
get at.
We believe, however, that the Im
pression gathered that the majority of
the sentiment wan against high taxes,
or was directed against that phae of
the question exclusively, was largely
erroneous. There wan much talk, nec
cnatily, nguiiiNl excessive taxation,
and the burden of high taxes watt
Htresned very much, but we would ga
ther after all that the greatest com
plaint was directed at the extravaRant
waste of the tax money paid In. This
ban hftn the burden of all complaints'
that have come to this otlice for the!
pant er or more. Just how true and
well founded they are, remains to be ',
proven upon proper Investigation. The
coutuy court has been, and is. the sub
ject of severe criticinm. and they arc
entitled to have their side of the ques !
tlon presented as fully as possible. In
this connection L. A. Hunt has com
piled some facta which are net forth1
In a letter to liert Mason, of lone, anil1
Judge Campbell feels that tt Is a fair
statement of the court's position at 1
this time
The Hunt leMer is as follows;
l OMt of llhen I reek Itnail.
Cuast Culvejt A- Klunie Co.,
for culverts $1.L'S4 &J
State Highway I'nmmission, for j
powder SSfii?'
Surveying . , IMK l.r. j
Standard t'il Co, gasoline, etc .. 4 7 " S 7
Urixtow & .Inhnson, groceries. 3.'.157i
Bert Mason, sundry supplies ... 3 1! f . 4 4
Tum-A-Lum Lbr. Co 24.n:
Tii-State Terminal Co., 125!Hj
Accident Insurance lM.!9j
Central Meat Market. lone Htfi.Tfi !
Labor 6.4M 6s I
j
TOTAL $1M!5 r.4
"You will hear in mind that the total
amount which hits been expended In a
little over fllf,"0ft. The items are small
Items thut cannot he classified under
the above head. There are on file now
all the labor vouchers showing the
man who worker), the time he worked,
the wages for which ho worked, and
this Is signed by the foreman In charge
of the work, which will all have to be
gone through In satisfy you, I think
an t exactly h"v the money hud been
expended
"I have been informed that a large
amount "f money was spent In drilling
holes near I.ee Tad berg's place, and
that ihewe holes are plugged and ready
to be shot but have not yet been shot.
"The culverts which were bought for
the market road will probably be used
there, hut if not they will stand as a
credit to the road.
"The powder which was bought to
use on the road has not all been useM
n this market mad. some of It bus
been borrowed for other roads nnd Mr.
McCaleh staled that he had the figures
ns to how mm h was to be returnen
from other sources to till out the supply
but he is out of town and 1 am unable
to lie! the exaet nmount.
"There is one Item which I question
ed a little bit, (he cost of repairing the
ruler-pillar hits been r harped to the
market rond at lone, while I thought
that it should have been charged to
the Tone-flooseberry road. Thnt Is n
distinction without a difference, ns It
is nil done In the same locality, and
if n nmi-hine is out of order It must he
repaired. However, I have been In
formed thnt the much hie was some
what out of order when it arrived on
the fiooseherry hill and that the repairs
"whirl should have been charged to
Willow creek were carried on down and
char tied to lone hill, nnd therefore
Ihey felt that It was right to curry the
repair work which might really belong
to the Tone hilt over to Hhea creek,
and it has been done accordingly. This
Is not a large Item and Is a distinction
ns stated before without any real merit
of difference.
"Mr. Harlow stated that you were
rather noxious to have a statement
covering the figures thnt T had sub
mitted nt the lone meeting. T do not
know what you want hut T have select
ed what seems to be the figures cover
ing the point of -contention.
"The taxes collected In Morrow coun
tv for last year for all purposes wns
fKtl.T.I? SO, compared to the taxes col
lected for this year of $rl4,fiS0.fiit. The
people themselves have Increased the
tax levy almost fiO per cent within the
last year, ns the records show:
State taxes paid In 1919. $34. MS. 71 .
State taxes paid In 1I20, $r.n,rifiR.2S.
State (axes paid In 1 fl 21 , fl04.RlR.nn.
Increase In special school tax, $11,
(1.10.00 "This Is not evenly distributed till
over the county, but may be ascertained
by examining the list of special taxes
levied In school districts ns shown on
I he assessor's certificate. Irrigation
tax levy, $100,000.00.
"The reason for the Increase of state
taxes Is of course practically beyond
the authority of the county, as It wan
practically all voted nt the last election,
when a 4 1-2 mill increase was mnde In
stnte laxos by the vote of the people
themselves. Tt Is generally understood
of course, Hint no tax authority In the
county has nny control over state taxes,
as this Is fixed by the state tax commis
sion and state tax levying bodies.
"The irrigation levy for approximate
ly $100,000, shows $711,000 of this In the
Tohn Pay Irrigation district, some $21,
000 being In the west extension nnd
Iho Westland irrigation district.
(Continued on Page 8.)
Dr. Van Waters to Give Course '
of Interesting Lectures Here
Itev. George It. Van Waters will be in j
Heppner on Sunday, and In the morn-j
ing he will hold services at the Epis
copal church In this city. Beginning!
on Sunday evening, lr. Van Waters
w ill give his series of lectures on the j
subject, "The Sacred Literature of the (
ld Testament in the Light of Modern
Scholarship and Genetic Psychology.";
These lectures are to be given in the
dining room at Patrick hotel and will
continue each night until ami including
Thursday evening, April 14, and will
begin promptly at lit o'clock each even
ing. The public In cordially Invited to
attend these lectures and admission
will be free.
Ir. Van Waters has delivered these
lectures In different parts of the state
and the press speaks highly of them.
From the Morning democrat, of Baker,
under the date of Feb. 9, we have the
following:
"The lecture given last night by Br.
George It. Van Waters at the library
auditorium, was well attended by an
enthusiastic audience. Dr. Van Waters
has been delivering a series of lectures
on the development of modern religion,
all of his material being substantiated
by modern scholars."
The Kvenirig Herald, Klamath Falls,
of Feb. 3: "Archdeacon Van Waters ad
dressed a capacity congregation In the
(hid Fellows hall last night, his lecture
entitled The old Testament In the
Light of Modern Scholarship' being
handled by him with directness and
learness that stamped him as an au
thority upon the subject he discussed."
Brotherhood Luncheon
Monday Evening Next
The regular monthly meeting of the
Brotherhood will be held nt Patrick
hotel on next Monday evening at the
'our of fi 4.r, with the usual luncheon
r .he dining room of the hotel.
on this occasion the question for
discussion will be, How Can we Make
forrow County More Attractive for
Home and Community Development.
The subject will be introduced by F.
It. Prown and L. A. Hunt as princi
pals, with c. A. Minor and Fred Tash
as seconds.
Other features of entertainment will
be music by high school quartette,
Scotch songs by Mr. and Mrs. Glhbs
and selections by the band.
Therf should be a full attendance of
he membership at this meeting.
Alpine and Wells Spring Far
mers Are to Hold Rabbit Drive
The farmers of the Wells Spring and
Alpine farm bureaus are going to hold
a rabbit drive in Juniper canyon on
April 17th. This will be an opportun
ity for the people of Morrow county
who have not had the fun of attending
i real rabbit drive for sometime to
get some real sport.
IVtails of the affair will be publish
ed later but it can be taken for grant
ed that when Mr. Poe and his associates
from Alpine get their heads together
to put on the real affair they can be
trusted.
Everybody in the county Is invited
to attend and real sport guaranteed.
Lay your plans accordingly.
.Tames Zureher, nt torney from Stan
fleld, was in Heppner on Wednesday on
legal business, remaining over until
thin morning.
Soc ial dance nt Klks temple Saturday
evening, April 9 A fine time promised
Klfcs and their ladies.
A "battle royal" was fought last
Saturday when the Lexington high
hareball team met the Heppner high
baseball team on Heppner's dlnmond.
The Heppner team started off In the
lead, running in two tallies the first
inning. The Lexington team then scor
ed one tally nnd the score finally ran
up to a totnl of 4 to 2 In favor of Hepp
ner. Here it rested for several innings
either team being put out as fast as
they came in.
Tniring the Intter part of tho game
both teams began working harder nnd
the score at the end of the ninth In
ning stood at fi to 5 favorable to Hepp
ner. The Lexington team will play their
next game with the Condon team at
Lexington April 1fi. Come out nnd sup
port your home team.
Tho Lexington schools have sent
$7.78 to the Chinese relief fund, nnd
contributions nre still coming In.
A Parent-Teachers association was
orr.nnlzed at Lexington March 2 with
W. o, Hill ns president nnd Mrs. Maude
Pointer ns vice-president. This asso
ciation has been organized for tho nnr
pn;:e of securing tho co-operation of
the parents, teachers and students of
the school and should be supported
by all who have the Interest of the
school nt heart.
The coming of the smnll-pox has
somewhat hindered the development of
the Thespian club play which was to
hive been given nt an early dal In
April. However, the principals in the
play have been hard nt work nnd hope
to render this piny nt a near date. The
cast of characters Is at follows:
.lack Montgomery Pallas Ward
Jerry Arnold Karl Ward.
Mabel Montgomery Olndystlne Davis.
Miss Harrington Prldger
Peulah Tucker.
Virginia Prldger Lovenn Kendall,
Zullcka. the Turkish girl
Mabel Pldens.
Mary Ann O'Finnerty Kathryn Sloeum,
Mr. McNutt, n detective
Elmo McMillan.
Ahott Hen Mocha, the terrible Turk...
George Tucker.
Elmer Flannel Herman Hill
LOOKS LIKE A
In the National City Hank of Chicago
financial letter for April first. 1921, la
set out quite fully an address recently
delivered by the president of that bank.
David H. Korsan, and the views ex
pressed therein appeal to us as being
so full of common sense and optimism,
that we print it in full, trusting that
our readers will give the same the
careful reading It deserves.
The present industrial situation is
the worst that this country has exper
ienced in many years. The so-called
panics of 1 M3 and 1907 were not so
disastrous because the reversal was
neither so severe nor so sudden. ThiB
time we fell from the heights of seem
ing prosperity to the depths of depres
sion almost over night. The wave of
great volume, high prices and unpre
cedented profits broke, and we were
confronted with an industrial panic
In whlrh buying almost ceased, cancel
lations of former orders were numer
ous, prices melted, and profits gave
place to losses. In the last few months
of 1920 many business concerns not
only lost the profits of many preceding
months, but in some cases of many pre
ceding years. This was due to the fact
that while all expected a reversal
sometime, most men were too close to
their own business, too pressed with
unfilled orders, and too burdened with
the difficulty of procuring raw mater
ials to be able to sense the hour of the
approaching change. As a rule, there
fore, they were caught with heavy
inventories to be written down, and
corresponding heavy indebtedness to
tie arranged with their bankers. Fol
lowed the passing of dividends, the
cutting of overhead expense, the cessa
tion of unfinished new building, the
discharging of employes all of which
were necessary to the life of the par
ticular business, but harmful to the
general situation by curtailing the
general buying power.
Agricultural Sltimtlon
As one half of our population lives
by agriculture, the situation in thnt
sphere of labor is fundamental. The
Industrial conditions Just described
were preceded, or accompanied, by a
shrinkage in the value of last year's
crops estimated at $5,nno.nno,000 and
live stock suffered a corresponding de-
The
icn as
some staples such ns cotton, and wool
became merely nominal, nnd the stuff
was practically unsalable on a large
scale, in many states speculation In
land had been a natural concomitant
of the high prices for farm products,
and ns such transactions usually In
volve a small cash payment nnd time
obligntions for the balance of the pur
chase price, the country districts and
the. country banks found themselves
when the crash came, with more hope
lessly "frozen credits" than the cit
ies. Foreign Klfitntlon
In former periods of depression we
could sell largely to Kurope nnd lean
on her for financial support, but now
Kurope hangs like a nillstone about
our necks owing us billons on which
she is yet unable to pay the Interest,
and prevented from buying freely from
us by her post-war political confusion,
her financial Inflation, and the conse
quent break -down of her exchanges.
Who Is to Illume f
In a discussion of this kind the facts
must he faced. Katurnlly, the man
on the street asks how such facts are
possible In the richest country In the
world, nnd who is to blnme. If he
rends a labor paper he will be told
Unit the whole thing Is a conspiracy
on the part of capital nnd particular
ly "Wall Street" to break the unions.
If be reads the magazine nrtlcles of
some professor of political economy, ho
will be told that the banks and par
ticularly the Federal Reserve Hoard
-are to blame for allowing such ex
pansion of credit nnd curency that
prices soared and the Inevitable crash
followed. If "Wall Street" Is to blame
It must have used Its supposed power
ns Sainson used his not only to des
troy his enemies but himself for If
anyone Is walking the floor these
nights It Is "Wall Street" whore all
the business troubles of this country
come to a head; and If the bankers
are to blnme, they now find themselves
partners In numerous enterprises the
condition of which gives them grave
com ern. Tho truth is thnt no one
was to blnme. Pnrnllel conditions ex
ist In all countries. We, and the so-
(Contlnued on Tnge 8.)
WET SPRING
There has during the last two months
been a great deal of speculation and
misunderstanding as to the effect of
the National Farm Bureau committee
of seventeen report on the handling
of grain. This committee spent about
160,000 In travel, gathering the opin
ion of experts, gathering statistics on
transportation and other matters, and
necessarily Its report was listened to
with a great deal of Interest.
At the meeting of the Tri-State Farm
Dureau at Spokane last week W. O Ec
karti, chairman of this committee, gave
a very clear and lucid explanation of
the operation of this plan and his ex
planation was received jvlth a great '
deal of favorable comment
There have been several mis-statements
regarding the actual signing up
of wheat In the middle vest and Mr,
Eckharti cleared this up very com
pletely by stating: first, nU me farm
ers of Kansas are not signing up half
of their wheat as reported in the prese
but are actually signing up all their
wheat, not only all the wheat but all
the grain grown by the farmers of
Kansas on a five-year contract, also on
practically the same contract that we
are using here. Second: that there is
a decided sentiment among all the
wheat producers of the middle states
supporting the same kind of plans that
we are using In the northwest.
There are two very clearly defined
reasnos why the Saplro plan, so-called,
which is being used in the west, was
not entirely approved by the Farm Bu
reau committee. The first of these rea
sons Is that there Is a great deal of
danger that the article 22 of the Clay
ton amendment to the Sherman Anti
Trust law may he declared unconstitu
tional, and If It should be then farmers
and farmers' organizations must come
under the application of this law and
the western contract would then be
lin solos of Miss Margaret Phelps, who
danger Is overcome through the con
tract drawn up by the national organi
zation, and if any difficulty did arise
the western organizations could easily
take refuge behind their contract. The'
second reason Is that the contract sign
ed up by the farmers in the middle
states include all the grain grown by
the farmer for a five year period. The
reason for this Is quite apparent. The
stale of Illinois has marketed as much
as 100,000,000 bushels of wheat but
when the price of corn Is high the
amount of wheat marketed runs down
ns low as fifty million. The pooling
of corn is not considered practical be
cause of the danger of corn heating In
the elevator.
Mr. Eckhartz stated that It was his
opinion that the whole committee were
strongly In favor of the western pool
ing plan so far as wheat was concern
ed, and that all the wheat men that
ho had come In contact with were
strong for this feature and that the
application of the contract presented
by the committee of seventeen will be
in every essential detail the same as
the application of the same contract
In the west.
It Is true that each farmer will have
the privilege of signing trfi his grain
direct with the association or signing
it up with the local elevator compan
ies, which may or may not have the
right to state when the sale shall be
made through the agency, but every
bit of grain signed up must go through
the same agency, and a strong effort
shall be mnde to give to the central
agency the control of the date of sell
ing of the grain when tho contract Is
signed by the grower.
The western plnn calls for simply
a central agency for the western dis
trict. The national plnn is different
from this iti that It calls for a national
sales agency to hnve charge of the na
tional soiling of grain and through
which all district agencies, such ns we
would have In the northwest, would co
operate. Tn addition to the selling agency the
national plan enl's for a national fin
ance corporation to finance the grain
trade exclusively. This will be ono of
the greatest corporations ever created
being a 1 00,000.000 corporation, which
will be financed by the farmers them
selves. It has been pointed out that
Ibis will mean a hundred dollars from!
one out of every six farmers In tht,
1'nlted Slates. No farmer will be com
pelled to take this stock but through
the middle states there are many far
mers who have a considerable amount
(Continued on Pago 8.)
I
llrppnrr (.reel. Slnsrra Milk as) Over
"on Anillrare at Hick Srkool Aatllt
orlum. Concert in Snrrrufnl.
The t'nlverslty of Oregon Girls Glee
club was greeted by an overflow aud
ience on Friday evening when they ap
peared In concert at the high school
auditorium. In fact, Heppner was only
Ix-hind Pendleton and La Orande In the
measure of attendance, and the big
auditorium at the school building was
r.ot sufficient to hold the crowd that
preyed for admittance, and many hau
to stand in the entrance ways.
The club Is composed of 22 young
ladies from the university, the pick of
the best musical talent attending there.
They have been under the training of
Professor Leland A. Coon, director of
the department of music, who accom
panied them on their tour, and their
Ifinery took In the cities of Hlllsboro,
Hood River, Enterprise. Baker, La
Orande, Pendleton and Heppner.
Every number on the program,
whether it was ensemble, quartette,
solo or Instrumental, was greeted with
hearty applause and enthusiastic en
cores by the audience. Heppner folks
were especially delighted with the vlo
solos of Miss Margaret Phelps, whom
we have a right to claim as a native
daughter, and the management of the
club will graciously pardon the ex
cessive enthusiasm manifested In her
behalf because of this fact, and It was
also a Just recognition of the splendid
ability shown by Miss Phelps as an
artist on her chosen Instrument. Miss
Imogene Letcher, the pianist and ac
companist Is also a very talented mu
sician and her work was greatly en
Joyed. The sketch." 'When the Clock
Strikes Twelve," which was presented
besides the musical numbers, Is an ar
rangement of Miss Letcher's, and in
this she gave evidence of possessing
other talents than that for music alone.
Each musical number on the program
stood out well and presented Its own
'points of excellence. The club Is com
posed of a very high class of talent,
and Its work Is evidence of the splen
did training they have received at the
hands of Professor Coon. They are
under the management of Miss Laura
Rand on this tour, and the reception
given the club by the Heppner. people
was very gratifying to both Instructor
and manager.
Oscar Borg Leaves for
New Home at Missoula
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Borg departed
this morning for their new home at
Missoula. Montona. where Mr. Borg will
enter Into a partnership In the Jewelry
business with his brother, Frank Borg.
During the week the Borgs have
been complimented by several social
events. They were guests of honor at
a dinner party at the Patrick hotel on
Thursday evening last, those In the
company being Mesdames C. L. Sweek,
IV R. ratterson. George Thomson. E.
E. Clark. Fred Lucas. Dean Goodman.
Messrs. Harry Duncan and J. F. Cook.
On last evening at Masonic hall Mr.
Borg was tendered a farewell recep
tion by members of Heppner Chapter
No. 21. R. A. M.. on which occasion the
regrets of the Masonic brethren were
extended tn Mr. Borg because of his
leave-taking, and wishing him God
speed on his Journey and abundant
prosperity in the new home.
Mr. Borg was born and raised In
Heppner. has grown to manhood here
and for a number of years past has
enjoyed a splendid business in this
city, nnd his moving away is with keen
regret on his part, though he Is con
vinced that from a business standpoint
he is taking the praper step. He finds
it not an easy thing to thus part with
lifelong friends nnd associates, and he
was made to feel on his leave-taking
with the Masonic brethren last eve
ning, that he has many genuine and
true friends In Heppner. Having al
ways been a very faithful member of
the Masonic fraternity in Heppner he
will be keenly missed from the councils
of that order.
Mrs. Borg Is also a native of this
section, where she has always resided,
nnd she departs leaving a large circle
of friends, nnd all Join in wishing Mr.
and Mrs. Borg the best of success In
a material way and trust that they
may find and make numerous friends
In their new home.
A Delightful Knstor Service.
The Christian church of Lexington Is
still very much alive. Easter Sunday
was a big day for them. In the morn
ing Rev. W. C. Worstell preached a fine
sermon on the subject. "Christ Is Ris
en." This service was well attended.
After the morning services, an egg
hunt was arranged for the young peo
ple. At noontime a big basket dinner
was prepared and served in the church.
At 7:30 the young people met for a
short session of the Christian Endeav
or society. The congregation at this
meeting was the largest one In attend
ance for a long time. US people being
present. Immediately following this
service an Interesting Easter program
was rendered. This consisted of sever
al musical selections, a drill by the
little folks, a short play by the young
people, and a beautiful pantomime by
the young ladles of the church. An
offering for the Old Folks Home and
for the Orphanage was taken up.
I-A II II OF THANKS.
We beg to take this opportunity of
extending to the citizens of Heppner
our sincere thanks for tho many kind
nesses tendered us during our time of
stress in our sad bereavement occa
sloned by the untimely death of our be
loved father and brother, Mr. James
W. Craig. We also highly appreciate
the thoughtfulness In procuring the
floral offering.
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Drucker.
Thomas Craig.
Robertson Is Appointed
to Good State
Job.
The state banking board at a meet
ing in Halem on We-lnesoay night con
firmed the appointment of O. R. Rob
ertson of this city as state bark exam
iner. The appointment was made by
Frank Krarnwell, state superintendent
of hanks.
Mr. Robertson's many friends in
eastern Oregon will be glad to hear of
his appointment to this position, as it
Is one of Importance and carries with
it & substantial salary. For a number
of years O. li. was cashier of the First ;
National bank .t this city, and rnet
with the greateHt success in conducting j
its affairs. His banking experience;
and knowledge of conditions all over
Oregon make him an ideal man for,thei
post to which he was appointed, as it!
is one that requires careful and ma-j
ture Judgment and the highest Integ
rity. Mr. Robertson served this district,
comprising Sherman, Gilliam and
Wheeler counties as a member of the i
senate In the last session of the legis- I
lature. Cpon accepting the position of
bank examiner he automatically re
tired as a member of the senate and his
successor will be appointed by the gov
ernor.
Mr. Robertson left Condon Tuesday
evening to go to Salem and get into
the harness of his new work. He has
been In correspondence with the bank
ing department for some time, and ex
pects to be sent back into eastern Ore
gon to make an examination of several
of the state banks this side of the
mountains. In all, there are nearly 200
state banks In Oregon. Condon Globe
Times. Find. Poor Cattle Market.
Matt T. Hughes shipped two cars of
"beef cattle down to Portland the past
week and found the market pretty bad
ly off upon his arrival there. The yards
were full, and the best offer Mr.
Hughes could get for his prime stuff
was $7.65. He forwarded one car to
Seattle, where market conditions were
no better. This stuff cost Mr. Hughes
9 cents when he bought it last fall,
and after feeding all winter and sell
ing on a basis of $7.65 and $7.35, he
can't figure much profit on his hay
crop. However, Mr. Hughes Is taking
his luss as a good sport and going
ahead jUBt as though things had turn
ed out better.
Sam Hughe Co. Spreading Oat.
The Sam Hughes company have tak
en oyer the room recently vacated by
Oscar Borg in the Masonic building,
and will occupy the same with their
dry goods department, which is rapid
ly growing. This will nlvo them a
goodly amount of additional room In
which to do business and practically
doubles their floor space, something
much needed in their expanding busi
ness. Christian Churches of County
Are to Meet at Lexington
On Monday, April 11. there is to be
an all-day meeting of the three Christ
ian churches of Morrow county at the
church in Lexington. On this date rep
resentatives from Heppner, lone and
Lexington will gather for the purpose
of discussing the work of the church
in the county. A feature will be a big
basket dinner and there will be morn
ing, afternoon and evening services.
It is desired that each church have just
as large a delegation present at the
meeting as possible.
Baneltnll Game Here Sunday.
On next Sunday afternoon there will
be a game of baseball on the Gentry
field at Heppner, between the Eight
Mile nnd Heppner teams. The game
will be called at 3 o'clock, and is the
first game of the season between the
town team and visitors. It should prove
to be an interesting contest.
City council met in regular session
on Monday evening last with Mayor
Noble and all members of the council
present.
But few matters, aside from the al
lowing of bills, came up for considera
tion. The report of Treasurer Briggs
for the first quarter of the year was
presented, examined and approved. The
monthly report nnd financial statement
of the water committee was also ac
cepted. Ordinance Xo. 209 was read third
time and passed This ordinance per
tains to pastimes and permits these
places of amusement to be opened to
the usual games from I p. m. to 12 p.
m. on Sundays.
Ordinance N'o. 210 was Introduced and
read first time by title. This ordinance
repeals ordinances 120 and 121, regu
lating pastimes.
Ordinance N'o. 211 providing for the
vacating of n certain portion of Wil
low street in Mt, Vernon addition, upon
the petition of W. Claude Cox. was pre
sented and read first time by title.
The following bills against the city
were o. k.'d by the finance committee,
and upon proper motion were allowed
and ordered paid.
Heppner Light & Water Co $l"S.3i
J. W. Kritsch 6.nt
l-ee Sloeum 5.00
Case Bus Tfr. Co 2 75
J. B. Calmus 12 49
L. Van Mat ter 5 n0 !
Jos. J, Ny 25 no '
T. J. Humphreys 10.00 '
A. H. Currier SV001
Ed Breslin IT. 00 I
A. 7. Barnard 133 2' ,
T. G, Penissee 54.12'
Heppner Garage .. 1 2Ti
Heppner Herald T 4 s
W. C. Cason 100 00
U W. Briggs 20 00 :
Or. McMurdo M no
J. A. Batterson ISO. 00
HAY COMMIS
S10NERSVSIT HERE
.formal Meeting Held nail Willow
rrrk Hoad Il4auefl. Kantrr Ore
gon Trip KlBiaatd Montla?.
Commissioners R. A. Booth and W. H
Parratt, accompanied by Assistant State
Kngtrieer Kelly, made a short visit to
Heppner on Friday last, and owing to
tar trouble, remained over until Sat
urday forenoon, when they continued
on to Pendleton.
In order that the business men of
the city might meet with the commis
sioners and talk over the road situation
as it pertains to Morrow county, a
meeting was called by the commercial
club Friday evening, but upon arrival
of the commissioners here it was de
cided to forego this meeting and al
low the commissioners to have a little
recreation and some much needed rest
from official duties. An Informal ga
thering of a few of the business men
was therefore held at the First Nation
al bank and the road situation gone
over In a hurried manner. The prin
cipal topic was the completion of the
Willow creek highway. Having Just
driven over this route, the commis
sioners were In position to know Just
what was needed. After having the
fact impressed upon them that the
amount of money appropriated for this
highway to do the grading from the
Gilliam county line to Heppner had
fallen short about $40,000, owing en
tirely to the incompetence of the en
gineers placed on the Job by the state,
the commissioners took the matter un
der advisement and It will be known
a little later as to Just what attitude
they will assume In regard to the clos
ing up of the gap that now exists In
the grading from Lexington to Hepp
ner. As to the placing of tho Heppner-Hardman-Spray
road on the highway
map there was nothing said at this
time.
Messrs. Booth and Barratt went on
to Pendleton Saturday and from there
they went to Wallowa county, getting
through the eastern Oregon visit tn
time to be in Portland for the meeting
of the commission on Tuesday. Mr.
Yeon was with them as far as Sherman
county but had to return to Portland
on Friday, so did not come on to Hepp
ner as waa expected.
Patron-Teachers Association
to Meet Tuesday Afternoon
The Patron-Teachers association will
meet on next Tuesday afternoon at
3:30 at the high school auditorium, at
which time the following program will
be rendered:
A dramatized reading lesson by the
second grade.
Music by the high school.
Dramatization by parts of "Tale of
Two Cities" by the sophomore English
class.
This meeting will be of importance,
because of the nomination of officers
for the ensuing year, and it is greatly
desired that there be a full attendance
of the membership. At thiB meeting
also, will be awarded the picture that
ha? been the object of lively interest
between the different grades during
the year. The question of the disposi
tion of the funds received from the ly
ceum course will also be up for set
tlement at this meeting.
The Patron-Tteachers association Is
greatly appreciative of the splendid
spirit manifested by Mr. Sigsbee in re
gard to the division of the funds, as
out of the surplus received he turned
over to them better than $70, or almost
double wh:ti he kept, when it wis the
umtet star. I'nir that the profits would
be shared or a 50-50 basis.
Reports Prog rem.
Dan S, Barlow, who is signing up
grain crowers for the farmers' pool,
was in town Wednesday Mr. Barlow
tells us the movement is mee'ine with
greater success than was expected and
that Morrow county will siicn up more
than SO per cent of Its wheat growers.
Indeed, in one section of the county
$9 per cent of the growers signed the
contract.
Mr. B. also says the feeling against
the extravagance in road building with
Its consequent raise In taxes is intense,
and much indignation is also shown
against those responsible for the raise
in salaries of certain county officers
by the legislature when the same was
voted down by a large majority at the
late election. What is done cannot be
undone, but action to make those
amenable regret their connection with
these wrongs will undoubtedly be tak
en. lone Independent.
Christian Kndeavor llanquet.
Friday evening last a banquet was
given by the Christian Kndeavor so
ciety of the Christian church at Lex
1 tic ton. in honor of the voting men who
took part iti the minstrel show recent
ly given under the auspices of thin
society at Lexington, and which w.t
repeated at lone. The han.juet tabb--were
spread with a kireat quantity "f
cood things to eat, and this; was fal
lowed by a social time 1 uiritm the
evening the company was :ilso enter
tained bv an address of S t Hum
bert of Spokane, who delivered a talk
especially to the your p''"pb. whkh
was much enjo ed.
Will exv har.ge well improved f n rm of
Crt acres, near Portland, and pnv dif
ference f r stok ratn h growing alfal
fa Iti vicinitv of Heppner John Ker
Kuson, Gei'linger bldg . Portland. Ore
For the social datwe hv the Klks at
the'! temple in Saturday evening th?ie
will be i;Md music and a go tlnirt
for members of the order and their
ladies and families. Come.
At Klks temple Saturday evening
there will b. a dan e for Klks and their
ladies only Good rmisle.