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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 38, Number 41.
HEI'PXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1922.
Subscription $2.00 Per Year
E. P. DODD WOULD.ilTHlSFAMimiEEDSHELP
LOCAL KEWSHAPPEHINGS SHEEP MEN PLAN
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While he has not officially an
nounced himself for the place, E. P.
Dodd, of Hermiston, writes this pa
per that he will soon declare his in
tention of seeking the nomination at
the May primaries for joint represen
tative for Morrow and Umatilla
counties in the Oregon legislature.
We are advised by Mr. Dodd that he
has fully made up his mind to enter
the race for this ottice, now that he
has been assured that Mr. Woodson
of this city, who has held the place
for the past four years, has declared
he will not run again.
Mr. Dodd is in the real estate and
investment business at Hermiston
and has been connected with the in
terests and unbuilding of that part of
Umailla county for many years, and
is very conversant with the needs of
Morrow and Umatilla counties. He
was a member of 1919 regular ses
sion and the 1920 special session of
the legislature, and on both occa
sions proved his worth as a legislator.
Because of this experience he is con
sidered to be proper material for this
important place.
Being interested largely in the
promotion of irrigation and owning
a large farm in the Hermiston dis
trict which is under that reclamation
project, Mr. Dodd has been placed
in charge of important business con
nected with irrigation development
in his section of the state and in
cluding both Umatilla and Morrow
counties. In the summer of 1919 he
was sent by the commercial club of
Pendleton and the communities of
the irrigation districts to Washing
ton D. C, to assist in bringing about
the construcion of the McKay creek
storage reservoir, and soon after the
project was approved by the Recla
mation Service and now appropria
tions have been made for its con
struction. Having lived near the border of
the two counties for the past 15
years, and prior to that date having
been editor of the Pendleton Tribune
for a period of 9 years, as well as
serving the commercial club of his
home city of Hermiston for the per
iod of 9 years past, Mr. Dodd is not
lacking in his opportunity of knowing
the needs of his section as well as
having the ability to work for them.
He is much interested in the devel
opment of both the farming and live
stock industries, and feels that he
can assure the people of Morrow
county that their entire interests will
be well looked after should he be
chosen to represent them in the com
ing session of the legislature as joint
representative from Umatilla and
Morrow.
So far as this paper has heard no
mention of anyone for this place
from our" own county. Mr. Woodson
has declared that he feels he has
done his full duty by his fellow citi
zens both here and in Umatilla by
standing for this office at two elec
tions and serving them as a legisla
tor, a place, by the way, that he has
so well filled, and in which he has
set so high a mark that it will be no
easy task for another to take his
place, so the field is now an open one.
Heretofore, Umatilla county folks
have conceded the joint representa
tive to this county, as this is all that
we do have, and for our part we
should be glad to see a strong man
from this county put forth. How
ever, if this is not done, we can see
no reason just now for not support
ing Mr. Dodd as a man so situated as
to be in harmony with what the great
majority of the people over this way
desire in the way of legislation.
First Christian Church.
Lord's Day, Jan. 22.
Our meetings under the leadership
of Evangelists Harman and Gates is
starting out splendidly. There is
something of vital importance in
these meetings for you, come and get
it: see Gates in action and get the
messages of his splendid songs;
catch the inspiration of Harman's
great sermons. There's a big wel
come for you. Every evening at 7:30
except Monday evening.
Sunday will be a great day, come
and be with us and help make it such.
Bible School 10 o'clock, Commun
ion and Preaching at 1 1 o'clock, ser
mon by Mr. Harman. Our great
Christian Endeavor 6:30 and Song
Service at 7:30, led by Mr. Gates,
followed by preaching by Mr. Har
man. A most cordial welcome awaits
you. Livingstone, Minister,
At the Federatcr church Sunday:
Sunday school 9:45 and preaching
at 1 1 :00 a. m.; Junior C. E. at 5:30
and C. E. at 6:30, followed by ser
mon at 7:30. E.L. Moore, Pastor. .
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A call is sent out by the local Red
Cross chapter, asking that there be
immediate donation of articles of
clothing for a woman and three small
children, one of them a baby, six or
seven months old. These people are
very worthy and they need imme
diate help, and the Red Cross is mak
ing this appeal in this manner just
!now rather than waiting to have ar
' tides of clothing made up. Any gar
I ments that you may have that can be
' used in this emergency, please leave
with M. D. Clark at the store of
Minor & Co.
W. R. C. Installs Officers.
I Ada M. Ayers, Instituting and In
stalling officer, officiated at the in
1 stallation of the newly elected officers
!of Rawlins Post No. 23, W. R. C. of
j Heppner on last Wednesday after
' noon, being assisted by Mrs. Emeline
Kelly, conductress. Following the in-
1 stallation, there was a presentation
I of a gift to Mrs. Ayers from the Post
'in appreciation of her services and
this was followed by a luncheon and
t social hour. The officers installed
jwere: Mrs. Bertha Drew Gilman,
president; Mrs. Bessie Campbell,
senior vice-president; Mrs. Rita Ov
iatt, junior vice-president ; Mrs. Mat
tie Smead, secretary; Mrs. Olive
Frye, treasurer; Mrs. Clara Mikesell,
chaplain; Mrs. Lola Bennett, conduct
or; Mrs. Leatha Smith, guard; Mrs.
Amy McFerrin, assistant guard; Mrs.
Mary Notson, patriotic instructor;
Mrs. Emeline Kelley, press corres
pondent; Mrs. Harriet Mahoney, mu
sician; Mrs. Anna Hart, Mrs. Ellen
Buseick and Mrs. Myrtle Aiken, color
bearers.
Fondant Best Bee Feed Now.
Any feeding of bees at this time
of year should be with soft candy or
fondant rather than syrup as it is
easier to feed, is more economical,
and keeps down moisture in the hive.
A good formula for bee fondant is:
Granulated sugar 12 pounds
Liquid glucose I'j pounds
Water ...l4 quarts
Cream of tartar )4 teaspoonful
Heat the water and stir in sugar
slowly until dissolved. Add the glu'
cose, boil, and then add cream of tar
tar. Remove and stir until thick
enough to pour into molds.
Ruth Chapter 32, 0. E. S.,
Installs Officers For 1922
At a regular meeting of Ruth
Chapter No. 32, Order of Eastern
Star, held at Masonic hall on Friday
evening, the following newly elected
officers for the ensuing year were in
stalled by Mrs. Henrietta Cohn:
Rosa Richardson, worthy matron;
J. A. Waters, worthy patron; Elva
Moore, associate matron; Pearl
Sweek, conductress; Eppa Ward, as
sociate conductress; May Case, sec
retary; Anna Spencer, treasurer;
Lera Crawford, Ada; Imogene Wells,
Ruth; Elizabeth Dix, Esther; Beat
rice Penland, Martha; Elaor Huston,
Electa; E. R. Huston, sentinel. Im
mediately preceding the installation
a class of six new members was in
itiated. A splendid feed in the ban
quet hall at 6:30 put everyone in the
best of humor for the full enjoyment
of the ceremonies of the evening.
Rev. W. O. Livingstone was sad
dened by the receipt of news from
Marion, Kansas, on last evening to
the effect that the beautiful church
building of the Christian church
there was destroyed by fire on Sun
day morning. Just before coming to
Heppner Mr. Livingtone was pastor
of the Marion church, being located
there for three years, and he was
their leader in the work of building
this beautiful and useful church edi
fice. The letters he received were
written while the building was burn
ing, and indicated that the structure
would be totally destroyed.
Evangelist Walter E. Harman and
P. O. Gates began a series of revival
meetings at the Christian church on
Sunday. They arrived here from
Nez Perce, Idaho, where they closed
a very successful meeting the week
before. Mr. Harman is a very strong
preacher, while Mr. Gates is a splen
did leader of song, and the services
are creating much interest.
Arthur Wheelhouse, of Arlington,
one of the directors of the John Day
Irrigation district, was in Heppner
over Monday evening to attend a
meeting of the board and assist in
canvassing the vote cast at the recent
election of the district. The returns
showed C. A. Minor of Heppner to
be practically unanimously elected as
a director of the district, S. H. Board-
man, who was not a candidate for
the place, receiving a few votes.
Will Assist Local People In
Making Income Tax Returns
Under date of January 13th, Clyde
C. Huntley, Collector of Internal
Revenue at Portland, has sent out
the following notice to the public:
The time has again arrived for the
making out of your income tax re
turns. The law provides that all re
turns must be in the office of the Col
lector of Internal Revenue at Port
land, on or before March 1 5th, 1922.
Those failing to comply with the law
are subject to heavy penalties.
All taxpayers are urged to make
out their returns at once, thereby
avoiding the rush of the last hour.
For the purpose of assisting tax
payers of Morrow county in making
up their income tax return for 1921,
Deputy Collector C. M. Williams of
the internal revenue office, will be
at the following named places on the
dates given :
Heppner, court oouse, Feb. 21 to
Feb. 25, 1922.
lone, Feb. 27 and 28. 1922.
For any information you may de
sire in preparing your statement,
please call upon the deputy collector
on the dates herein named.
EMILY JANE BIRD.
At the advanced age of 84 years,
Emily Jane Bird was called to her
reward at the home of Mrs. Gentry,
her sister-in-law, in this city on Wed
nesday night, January 11, 1922, after
an illness of but a few days. Her
demise was from an attack of heart
trouble and the end came suddenly.
Mrs. Bird had been visiting with rela
tives in this city for a couple of
weeks, coming up from her home at
Portland and she had been enjoying
the best of health till the time of this
illness.
Mrs. Bird lived in Heppner for
several years, going from here to
Portland about eight years ago. Dur
ing her stay in this city she made a
great many friends who will ever re
member her as a woman of strong
Christian character and possessed of
very many excellent qualities. She
leaves two sisters in this city, Mrs.
Mary Barton and Mrs. Sarah Brown;
a sister at Seaside, Oregon, Mrs.
Lucy Harrington, a sister at Talmo,
Kansas, Mrs. Nancy Atchinson and
a brother at Winterset, Iowa, W. W.
Gentry.
Emily Jane Bird was born in Put
nam county, Indiana, in the year
1837 and died in Heppner, Oregon,
January II, 1922, aged 74 years, 1
month and 18 days. When but 9
years of age she moved with her par
ents to the state of Missouri, and af
ter a residence there of five years the
family removed to Winterset, Iowa.
Here she grew to womanhood and in
1858 was united in marriage to Isaac
Bird, and from this union four chil
dren were born, three passing away
many years ago, and one son now
survives.
Mrs. Bird lived a widow for 54
years. She was an efficient and
faithful member of the Christian
church for 52 years and a great many
years of her life were given over to
the work of the church at Des
Moines, Iowa.
She came to Oregon in 1905 and
made her home at Heppner and
Portland ever since. She was one
of a family of 11 children, hve ot
whom are still living, the youngest,
Mrs. Sarah Brown, of this city, be
ing 74 years of age.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Christian church in Heppner
on Friday afternoon, Rev. W. 0.
Livingstone delivering an address
based upon her favorite portion of
scripture, the 23rd Psalm. Inter
ment was in Masonic cemetery.
Another community jack rabbit
drive was staged in Sand Hollow
near the Kilkenny house Saturday
which was most successful. 4500
rabbits were killed and thrown out of
the killing pens in about three hours.
Another drive will be staged there
Wednesday, January 18th beginning
at II o'clock.
The Sand Hollow people ask the
cooperation of the Heppner, lone
and Lexington people in these drives.
They are meeting at the Kilkenny
house where free coffee is served at
noon. People attending should bring
sandwiches to help In making up the
lunch.
In the two drives put on there thus
far 6500 rabbits fcjtve been taken.
The last drive- was much more suc
cessful because the approaches to
the pens were reconstructed and bet
ter team work maintained.
The lone hunt is arousing much
interest in that section and the army
is growing because of frequent en
listments. Many are the volunteers
that are offering their daily efforts,
which means great will be the
slaughter and keen the struggle be
tween the Misner and Walker teams.
In order to prevent rabbits from
Butter creek from repopulating the
Sand Hollow country just as soon as
the snow is over the Morrow county
people stand ready to go over and
put on drives over on the creek. Ar
rangements have already been start
ed to that end and if fulfilled there
will be one drive some time this
week where the rabbits are thicker
it is claimed than they are in even
the thickest places in the county.
County Agent Calkins and Biologi
cal Assistant, R. T. Jackson, are
working on Butter creek the first of
the week on this proposition.
MORGAN FARM BUREAU
HOLDS ALL-DAY SESSION
Morgan Farm Bureau held an all
day meeting last Friday which was
attended by some 75 people. D. E.
Stephens discussed wheat varieties
and more particularly the fanning
practices which give the greatest
wheat yields under Columbia basin
conditions. With the aid of charts
Mr. Stephens gave the most instruc
tive talk listened to in this section.
Mr. Sephens is on the Farmers Week
program for lone, Lexington and
Heppner early in February.
County Agent Calkins discussed
the Farm Bureau program at the re
quest of the local president, H. C.
Witztel. The Morgan people see the
advantage of a live working Farm
Bureau and are already planning for
another all-day meeting when poul
try will be the subject of the day.
For Elks and Their Ladies Only.
An informal dance at Elks' building
on Saturday evening, January 21st.
NOTICK TO CREDITORS.
Notice Is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been appointed by the
County Court ot the State of Oregon
for Morrow County, as Executrix of the
Last Will and Testament of Ora E. Ad
kins. deceased.
AH persons having: claims apainst the
estate of said Ora 13. Adkins, deceased,
must present thorn to me properly ver
ified as required by law, at the office
of Woodson & Sweek, my attorneys, at
Heppner, Orejron, before the expiration
of six months from the date of first
publication of this notice.
Pate of first publication, January 19,
19!2. LAURA P. ADKINS.
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Prominent Mining Men At
Corvallis on January 21st
Prominent mining men of Oregon
will attend the annual meeting of the
Oregon chapter of the American In
stitute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers at 0. A. C, January 21.
Faculty and students of the school
of mines will entertain the visitors
and a good representation from the
57 members of the chapter in the
state is expected.
The institute will lunch with the
Corvallis chapter of A. A. E. and
H. M. Parks, director of the Oregon
'state bureau of mines will address the
j combined meeting on "Geology in
I Relation to Engineering." Mr. Parks
was formerly dean of the 0. A. C.
school of mines.
Business meeting will be held at
2:30 to elect officers. Discussion of
the bill to revise federal mining laws
will be led by W. B. Dennis, A. M.
Swartly, and Dean C. E. Newton.
An inspection trip of the campus
will follow and dinner will be had in
the home economics building at 6 :30.
The Latourell Team Wins
. Second Big Rabbit Shoot
In the big rabbit shoot last Sun
day between the teams of J. W. Cook
and C. H. Latourell, the latter team
was winner, and it will be up to the
Standard Oil bunch to furnish the
eats as a result. Time and place for
this part of the program has not yet
bten decided, but one thing has been
decided in regard thereto, and that is
that the ladies of the participants
ere not to be left out. The arrange
ments for the feed will include them
this time.
The boys found the hunting very
poor on Sunday. The snow had be
come badly crusted and the game
was wary and constantly on the move
to get out of the way of the shooters,
and the sum total of bunnies slain
was not up to the record of the prev
ious week by more than half; Lat
ourell's team totalling 1072 and
Cook's 864.
The individual scores made were:
Latourell 138, Patterson 44, Robin
ette 142, Noble 35, Bisbee 123, Stone
52, Letrace 109, Adkins 95, Bell 65,
Farrior 72, Cohn 56, Bennett 73,
Gremba 56, Anderson 113, Keenan
22.
Vaughn 96, Sweek 26, Doolittle
75, VanMarter 103, E. Gilliam 84,
Beamer 22, Ward 53, C. Gilliam 66,
Turner 54, L. Gilliam 1 13.
Horace Yoakum returned Tuesday
from a visit of a month with relatives
residing at Dallas and Perrydale,
Oregon. He left mild weather in the
Valley and finds the cold snap here
a little uncomfortable. Mr. Yoakum
states that he will resume the work
of opening up the coal vein on his
Willow creek place in the spring,
and feels quite confident that good
coal will be uncovered, and that in
abundance.
Mr. ana Mrs. Atwood E. Hall of
this city are the proud parents of an
8i7-pound daughter, born to them on
January 12th. The little girl has been
given the name of Ella May, and both
mother and child are doing well un
der the care of Dr. McMurdo. Earl,
however, is not expected to recover.
Mrs. Ernest Heabler, of Aberdeen,
Wash., daughter of Mrs. W. B. Jenks,
of this city, made a visit to her rela
tives here the past week, enjoying a
small family reunion. She was ac
companied by Miss Heabler of Pen
sacola, Florida. The ladies departed
on Tuesday.
"Come now, and let us reason
together, saith the Lord: Though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they
be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool." Isaiah 1:18. Suggest
ed by Evangelist Harman.
Wanted Woman to do hou f' t toe sheepmen to the ef
keeping on farm for bachelor. In- !ec ,hatJhe annual meetin wlfU be
quire at this office 2t iheld ,n HePPner on Saturday, Janu-
,. , lary 28th, beginning at 10 o'clock.
Dr. McMurdo reports the arrival; There will be at least one good
of an 8i2.pound son at the home of 'address in the morning, perhaps a
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mead of Lex- dutch lunch at the hotel together at
ington, on January I3th. n0on, another short address after
Mrs. Karl Farnsworth of Rhea Sid- noon and the transaction of consid
ing was a week-end visitor at the ! erable business which will be of in-
home of her sister Mrs. D. M. Ward
jin this city. She returned home on
I Monday.
r r c;i,0. r .t. for this year will be given attention.
f;.Sf?"LP.?B!:Repseittivcs of the different
Star theater, returned from Portland
Monday, accompanied by his daugh
ter, Miss Bernice. They spent the
past week in the city.
F. C. Oxman, who had the contract j Wool Growers, will be present, and
of grading on the Willow creek high- we are depending on R. A. Ward,
way from Lexington to Jones Hill, manager of the Pacific Wool Grow
was in the city over Sunday. Hiscal Assistant, R. T. Jackson, were
contract was finished some time ago. i event if possible.
Some pretty cold weather is report-1 Pass ,he word on for evefy sheeP
ed from Parkers Mill this week, thejman shou,d be Present
thermometer registering 32 degrees j -below
zero there on Tuesday night. ' We are informed by district rang
The government thermometer at!er- C. R. Langdon of Heppner, that
Heppner registered 13 degrees be-' aU applications for permits to graze
low. stock on the forest reserves should
irt, u i u- .'be in the office of the forest super
John H Lewis, chief engineer of vi John c KunS) at Pendleton 00
the John Day Irrigation district, was or b;fJore Feb m2
mPPnTT Tr ;y,CTgUPrLangdon has blank applications at
from Portland to attend a meeting ; of his ffice here and . .
the directors on Monday night. It is ; them bm m event
understood that Mr. Lewis ,s working be tQ the' . J aU those
on a proposition to compromise with who , t0 t 0 the reserve for
he directors, looking to a cancella- Le summer t06 have their a lica.
tion of h contract with the dictnet. tions in promptIy as suggested, oteh
A large number of young people erwise there will be small chance of
from Heppner were the guests of getting on the reserve at all.
Cecil Lieuallen at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lieual
len on Rhea creek Saturday evening.
The young people were taken out to
the Lieuallen home in a big hay rack
and the evening was very pleasantly
spent in the playing of numerous
games and the eating of sumptuous
refreshments.
HEPPNER HI LIFE
Edited By JUNIOR ENGLISH CLASS
Where Are You Going to Be ground tunnels thru which the ne
January 20th? j 8roes went from the South."
At the Double-Header, of Course! 71 J0 for JaP"
' ' j The harvester was invented by
Next Friday, January 20, there will Erickson."
be a girls' and boys' basketball game i
at the basketball hall, Heppner vs. j NEWS ITEMS,
lone. Ths admission will be 25 and ! Those students who were exempt
50 cents. The first game will be ed in all their subjects are as follows :
called promptly at seven-thirty and Byron Johnson anl Victor Lovgren,
the hall will be comfortably heated, j Freshmen ; Bernice Woodson, Sopno-
more; Evelyn Humphreys, Reliance
Doughnut League. : Moore, and Ray McDuffee, Juniors;
Junior Doughnut Lsague basket- Margaret Woodson, Senior. Many
ball has been dropped owing to its sighs.of relief were heard Friday af
effect upon the scholarship of a num- ternoon from those who were not so
ber of the grade school boys who fortunate, when all examinations
have been playing, and who seem to were finished,
have lost interest in everything ex-! ,r ,
cept basketball. The following are ' Vehr,a Case was elected president
the final averages of the teams of of the Jun,or class last Wednesday,
the Senior and Junior leagues: I The Domestic Science class has
Senior League
W L Pet.
4 0 1000
Bronchos ...
Team 2 0
3 0000
2 337
;
2 778
4 600
6 250 1
8 200 j
Eagles
Junior League
Bear Cats
Bees
Boneheads ....
Graybacks ....
Four men have been dropped from
the high school basketball squad on
account of scholastic standing and
four new men have been added. The
following are the members of the
squad at present: P. McDuffee, Cla
bough, Witcraft, R. McDuffee, Ma
honey, Wright, Irwin, Cason, Bu
seick, Doherty.
Heppner High Calendar.
Jan. 18. Semester grades out.
Jan. 20. Basketball game, Hepp
ner vs. lone, at Heppner.
Feb. 11. Basketball game, Lex
ington vs. Heppner.
reo. 4. Basketball game, lone
vs. Heppner.
March 3. Basketball game, Lex
ington vs. Heppner.
Startling Discoveries From Exam
ination Papers.
Mr. James has announced the fol
lowing information given by the
American History class which might
be of interest to everyone, especially
those interested in current events:
"Mutsu is the name of a Japanese
delegate to the arms conference."
"Underground railways are under-
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An all day meeting of the sheep
men of the county is planned, and
John Kilkenny, president of the Mor
row County Wool Growers associa
tion has asked the County Agent to
teres to every sheep man in the
! county. Among other things the
(question of price of shearing sheep
shearing outfits will be present as
well as large sheep men from Gil-
liam and Umatilla counties.
Mack Hoke, secretary of the State
El
Something near a foot of snow cov
ers the ground in the Morgan section
and the, people down that way have
been experiencing some real winter '
weather during the past couple of
weeks. The heavy covering of snow
is fine protection to the fall sown .
wheat.
'taken up a new problem, serving
soup and cocoa to the grade children
who bring their lunches and stay in
school at noon. The youngsters are
serve soup one day and cocoa the
next and it only costs them a small
sum for each dish. A card is given
them each month which is punched
by the teacher every day they are
served.
The Juniors waited anxiously all
day Monday and treated Miss Pal
mateer extra nice. Why? She
hadn't corrected their examination
papers!
The civics classes this week are
making a special study of Japan. The
last issue of the Literary Digest gave
special notice to Japan and many in
teresting things are being learned.
Solid geometry, taught by Miss
Moore, and an Economics course, by
Mr. James, are new subjects this se
mester. An operetta, which will be pre-
sented by the high school chorus in
the near future, is being selected by
Mrs. Hopper.
"Don't ask embarassing questions"
is an answer frequently heard when
someone asks how many exams you
have passed.
Because of the weather last Fri
day afternoon the doughnut league
was unable to have their pictures tak
en. The Juniors and Miss Palmateer,
class adviser, decided to have a lit-
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