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AZETTE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 38, No. 49.
IIKITXEK, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1922
Subscription $2.00 Per Year
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EXPERT REPORTS ON
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Heppner, Ore., February 25, 1922.
To the Mayor and City Council of
Heppner:
Having completed the work of ex
pelling the interests of the city on
the books of the Heppner Light and
Water company, for which I was
employed by you I hereby submit the
following report:
Commencing with the'opening of
the new system on November 1st,
1920 and continuing to December
31st, 1921, a period of 14 months.
Water service charges. 115,222.86
Chargei collected 114.849.49
Accounts charged oft .. 15.44
Collection overlooked.... 1.00
Total
114,865.98
Delinquent t J58.9S
Dlsbarstmeats
Labor .. $1,141.15
Balarlea 1,798.00
Equipment and supplies .. .. 921.81
Automobile service 285.28
Pumping 236 hours ... SSs.OO
Sundries ' - 48.88
Total .
..84.744.07
Tald warrant favor 'Walla
Walla Concrete Pipe Co 438.55
Total disbursements 85,177.62
Collections as above Indicated 114,849.49
Collected on former delin
quencies 1 204.60
Total Income : 815,053.99
Dbposltloa of Income
Checks as drawn by company $ 4,248.42
Cash to City Treasurer . 110,805.15
815,068.57
.08
Less error In check balance..
, 116,063.49
Dalance due city .60
116,053.99
1 found a very complete and com
prehensive system of accounting,
very neatly and accurately kept; very
few errors and those of a minor char
acter. I carefully checked each item
from originals with results as above
indicated.
My thanks are due Mrs. Sigsbee
and Mr. Pruyn for their assistance
when required, and also compliment
Mr. Pruyn for the small number of
delinquent accounts charged off as
worthless and recommend that an or
dinance be passed making, poperty
upon which water is used subject to
the water rent. This will assist Mr.
Pruyn in making the loss to the city
still smaller.
Have no other recommendations
to make.
Very respecti fully.
LEON. W. BRIGGS, Expert
Over $500 of the disbursements
above was used to make up deficiency
of contractors on Ditch creek and
other pipe lines leading to town
and cannot be considered an expense
in conducting the water system.
Heppner Lodge of Elks
Elects New Officers
At the regular meeting of Heppner
Lodge No. 358, B. P. O. Elks held on
last Thursday evening, a number of
new members were taken in, and this
ceremony was followed by a banquet
Preceding the initiatory ceremonies
the semi-annual election of officers
was held, the following being chosen :
Dean T. Goodman, exalted ruler; E.
E. Gilliam esteemed leading knight;
L. L. Gilliam, esteemed loyal knight;
Leo Hill, esteemed lecturing knight;
Gay M. Anderson, secretary; Walter
E. Moore, treasurer; Stephen M. Ir
win, tyler; L. E; Bisbee, trustee; C.
B. Cox, delegate to grand lodge and
H. A. Duncan, alternate.
Clerk Waters, Sheriff McDuffee,
Dist. Atty. Notson, Judge Campbell
and L. W. Briggs went over to Pen
dleton on Wednesday to be present
at the meeting of the state tax in
vestigating commission. This body
has been holding meetings at various
points over the state, and this week
invaded Eastern Oregon. The gen
tlemen returned at noon today.
The County Agent Has
Special Coyote Poison
Considerable demand has been
made upon the county agent to pre
pare coyote bait with special coyote
poison which he has recently pro
cured from the u. S. biological sur-
' have been feeding andtaoin hrdaoi
vey. These baits are placed in the
vicinity of carcass upon which the
coyotes have been feeding and can
be taken up at anytime providing
the coyotes do not pick it up. The
use of this tasteless poison has been
the means of killing thousands of
coyotes over the country this year,
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WATER
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JSTORY OF WAR RECITED
Rev. James Malioy, of New Zea
land, who is making a visit in Hepp
ner with his old classmate, Rev. Fa
ther Cantwell, delivered a very in
teresting and instructive address on
the World war at the Star theater
on last Saturday evening. Rev. Mal
ioy was through four years of active
service as a chaplain and took his
share of all the hardships incident
to that station, being severely wound
ed and gassed. His story of the war
is instructive and thrilling. He is
also an earnest supporter of the sol
diers' bonus measure, and never fails
to give this a boost, and Rev. Mal
ioy is traveling over the country
chiefly to help out the disabled and
unemployed ex-service men all that
1 he can, while he himself is on fur
lough and recovering from his injur
ies received in the service.
Local Order of Hibernians
Put on Program Tomorrow
The program to be carried out to
morrow in honor of St. Patrick, by
the Ancient Order of Hibernians, is
expected to conform to the published
announcement of the past week. The
change of time for the giving of the
ball at Hotel Patrick will be noted
this being from Saturday evening to
Friday evening, and the banquet will
be on Saturday evening at the hotel
dining room at 6 :30. Fletcher s or
chestra from Pendleton will furnish
music for the ball, to which the pub
lic is invited. The wearing of the
green is in order for everyone cn
tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eskelson of
Lexington visited in Heppner for a
short time on Saturday. Mr. and
Mrs. Eskelson have been spending
the winter at various points, going
first to Seattle, where they thought
they might like to locate, but chang
ed their minds after being there for
a short time. Some time was also
spent at Klamath Falls and then they
came to Salem, at which place they
have purchased a home and will re
side. They are at the Lexington
ranch now preparing to move their
effects to Salem and expect to re
turn to that city within a few weeks.
Mr. Eskelson and wife are pioneer
residents of the Lexington country
and are successful farmers of that
section. In moving to their new home
at Salem, the best wishes of hosts of
friends will go with them.
Frank Sloan of Stanfied spent
Monday and a part of Tuesday in
Heppner. It is understood in polit
ical circles here that Mr. Sloan is
seeking the nomination for joint sen
ator of Morrow, Umatilla and Union
counties and will be a contestant for
this honor against Colon R. Eberhard
of La Grande, who has served the
district for the past four years, and
aspires to re-election. Mr. Sloan
served in the last legislative session
as representative from Umatilla
county.
Judge Cornett holds busy sessions
of court quite often these days, and
his attention is not given to the
bootlegger. Traffic Inspector Lieu
allen has been drumming up some
business for the judge, and on Thurs
day last sme of the prominent citi
zens from lone were here in re.
sponse to his request. These were
Harley Sperry, A. C. Allison, Ed
Rcitmann and E. P. Ritchie, all
charged with running their cars with'
out the proper yellow license plate
They made proper cash settlement
with the court.
Eddie Chidsey departed on Mon
day for Milwaukee, Wis., where he
will spend two or three months tak-
ing up some special work in North
west College. He left Heppner with
the Stabler sheep shipment going
out to Chicago,
Notice
All Knights and Pythian Sisters.
The Pythian Sisters will give a ban
quet for the Kinghts and their fam
ihes, Tuesday, March 28th at 6:30
p. m. A charge of 75 cents per plate
will be made.
Episcopal Church
There will be services both morn
ing and evening on Sunday, March
19, at the Episcopal church, Rev,
George B. Van Waters, arch deacon
of Eastern Oregon will be in charge
of the services and will preach. The
Sunday school meets promptly at
10 o'clock.
STRAYED
There came to my place several
months ago one bay mare, blaze face,
A or 4 years old, weight about 1200.
Owner may have animal by culling
at ry ranch and paying pa-tuie b'll
and cost of advertising. 2tp.
CHAS. N. JONES, Heppner.
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A deal in real estate of consider
able importance was consummated
the past week, when Henry C. Gay,
pioneer Rhea creek resident dispos
ed of his alfalfa and dairy farm to
R. E. Allstott of Eight Mile. The
consideration is said to be in the
neighborhood of $16,000, and posses
sion passes to Mr. Allstott immedi
ately. This has been the home of Mr.
Gay and family for many long years,
and the place is one of the best im
proved and most productive small
farms on Rhea creek. Mr. Gay ex
pects to find a smaller place, per
haps at Hermiston, where he can
live in comfort for the declining
years and enjoy a little more ease
and relaxation, while Mr, Allstott will
move his family to his new place
and engage in the sheep business.
The Eight Mile farm will be taken
Charge of by his son, so our inform
ant states.
John Pieper informs this paper
that he has put the road all the way
up Pieper canyon in excellent shape
recently. The effect of thawing and
freezing on the road and the melting
of snows caused it to be badly dam
aged in many places. This is now
remedied and the road is again in
good shape, made so by the use of
the road grader. Mr. Pieper was in
the city on Saturday.
First Christian Church
Lord? Day, March 19.
The Big Day: Services beginning
at 10 a. m. and continuing until 9 p.
m. The day will be divided as fol
lows: Bible school at 10, Aeroplane
contest is on, the Blue plane is just
out of Chicago, the Red plane just
entering the city. Communion at 1 1
o'clock, preaching immediately fol
lowing, combined with offering for
the new church. Overflow meeting is
provided for at Star theater Mrs. Liv
ingstone will have charge. Basket
dinner at 12:30, everyone bringing
their own plate, knife, fork, spoon
and cup. At 3 p. m. annual business
meeting of church. 4 p. m. Inter
mediate Christian Endeavor meeting.
Ones Grogan leader. 6:30 Senior
Christian Endeavor will hold a Rail
road meeting, Miss Ailene Sprouls
conductor. 7:30, big sing, and 8
preaching. Come and put in a full
day with us, it will be a great mutual
uplift.
Livingstone.
QUALITY SEED POTATOES
FOR SALE.
Prices f. o. b. Heppner and Lex
ington :
American Wonder, $3.75 per 100.
Rural New Yorkers, $3.75 per 100.
Earliest of All, $4.00 per 100.
All first class graded seed.
E. D. PAXSON,
m9-3t. Box 216, Hood River, Ore.
Federated Church
Preaching at 11 :00 a. m. and 7:30
p. m., March 19. Morning subject:
"The New Birth," John 3:3. Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m., Junior C. E. at
5:00 and Senior C. E, at 6:30 p. m.
E. L, Moore, Pastor.
ELL
RHEA REEK RANCH
Heppner Baseball Promot
ers Are Greatly Encouraged
Those who have in charge the pro
motion of baseball for the coming
season at Heppner, feel greatly ela
ted over the splendid support the
people of Heppner are giving them.
In passing around among the busi
ness men and soliciting numerous
others, a very substantial sum of
money was raised Wednesday to as
sist in getting uniforms and other
equipment for the boys, and also
to aid in the - placing of the bull
grounds at Gentry field in first class
condition. The response was spon
taneous and generous, and the propo
sition of a good local ball team is
being received with enthusiasm.
The boys will need to raise more
money, however, and for this pur
pose tag day is to be observed to
morrow, Friday, and on Saturday
evening a benefit dance is to be giv
en at the pavilion. Be prepared to
buy a tag on St. Patrick's day and
then you can further assist by pur
chasing a ticket for the dance on
Saturday evening.
Pete Shively was in town Satur
day. He has'been at work for some
time with the road crew between
Lexington and lone. The crew is
now moving up this way and will es
tablish camps between Lexington
and Heppner, a crusher being plac
ed in position near the Wightman
place to prepare the covering for the
highway. In the course of a couple
of months the highway from Hepp
ner to Lexington will be in fine shape
with the surfacing completed on the
present contract to the bridge east
of Heppner.
County Rodent Fund
Just Suits Fanners
The farmers over the county have
been mighty well pleased with the
way the rodent fund provided by the
people of the county at the last elec
tion has worked out. Our rabbit cam
paign was a genuine success largely
due to the fact that we had money
with which to buy the poison. In
counties where they do not have a
rodent fund very few men are will
ing to buy the poison and there is a
lack of united effort. We have had
almost unanimous co-operation.
It is working equally well with our
squirrel poison. The poison and
other ingredients outside of the grain
are purchased from this fund. The
fanner brings in his grain which is
poisoned free of charge. Again it
means full co-operation and a suc
cessful campaign.
The sheepmen appreciate the ro
dent fund because it is assisting in
maintaining government hunters and
trappers in this county, responsi
ble for taking an average of 15, or
better, coyotes every month.
A group of fanners in one section
of the county came in last week in
a bunch to make sure that this fund
was to be continued. It was put on
as an experiment and has given such
great satisfaction that they are insist
ent that it be made available in the
future. The fund voted in 1920 will
take care of 1921-1922, and the fund
voted in 1922 will take care of 1923-
24, etc.
T
E
A man giving the name of Jack
Stone was taken before Judge Camp-1
bell Monday afternoon and given a
hearing as to his sanity. He was
examined very closely by Dr. C. C.
Chick, county physieim and Dist.
Atty. S. E. Notson, who pronounced
the man mentally deficient, but not
insane.
Stone is a foreigner, evidently an
Austrian, and was accused of holding
up Pete Farley on the street earlier
in the day and demanding of him
payment of ten dollars, which he
claimed Pete owed him for some
blankets. Pete complied with the re
quest and wrote out a check which
the fellow cashed. From his actions
Farley thought he must be insane,
and had him arrested on this charge.
The case was not proven against
Stone, and so far we believe Pete
is still out the ten.
There was considerable evidence,
also, that Stone had embibed too
freely of moonshine, and just why he
became obsessed with the idea that
Pete had stolen his blankets, Mr.
Farley does not know, though he had
met the fellow last spring while look
ing after a bunch of sheep for John
Kelly at Cecil for a few hours. Stone
had been doing some work with Vic
Groshens at the concrete bridge in
Heppner during the past week.
OF THE ROSE CITY
Joseph W. Osborn of Cecil has
been spending a season in Portland,
and while there he has taken the
time to write out some of his impres
sions of the big city. We present
his letter herewith :
To Mr. Crawford:
Your Gazette-Times occasionally
reaches me by way of Cecil, and it
appears as good news from a far
country." We are at the home of
our sister, Mrs. E. J. Logan. In a
good house with city water, lights,
and other conveniences, including
mail at the gate, 30 paces to a gro
cery, 200 yards to meat market, 75
to the car line with trips about each
six minutes of the day and one hour
at night, to the Union depot and cen
tral parts of the city. Here may be
seen in the streets autos jammed
close to each other, seemingly by the
1000, with public notice' 2 hours
the limit for parking" and on the
sidewalks, people mixing like ants
and bees at their busiest season. Not
only this, but other cars,' buggies,
carts, wagons, busses and trucks go
ing both directions and crowding for
passage, often stopped by a vigil
ant policeman stationed on the thor
oughfare to prevent collisions and
accidents.
Several times as we crossed the
bridge near the center of town this
mass of travel was stopped by one
man while he swings open the gates
of the bridge for boats to pass, then
the gates close and the throng per
mitted to crowd the entire bridge
to its full capacity, which caused me
to cringe as the thought arose of pos-
sible defects in span and bolts but
we crossed over dry shod.
I pause and wonder whence so
many autos crowding the streets eve
nings and mornings, with only two
hours' permit, and so many street
cars from all directions and crowd
ing into the main business sections,
1 glance at the census of 1870, Port
land's population over 7000; 18S0
over 16,000; 1921 she claims over
275,000 a growth few of our cities
enjoy. Yet I wonder how so many
make a living above the cost, and
upkeep of so many costly vehicles in
this extravagant age, and think of
the contrast in ways and business of
mv boyhood in my native Kentucky
home which state derived its name
from the feathered tribe of the gob
bler turkey, and whose renown be
cause of her illustrious sons Wat-
terson, Clay, Lincoln and others, ex
tends as far as the eagle flies. I
viewed the rail splitter's log cabin
and long bedstead at the St. Louis
exposition in 1904 and believe it
would be a good asset for the Port
land 1925 exposition which will pos
sibly have it on exhibition. In the
mountains of Kentucky in the early
50's, instead of the vehicles named
here for freight and conveyances we
made journeys to the neighbors and
log school houses and elsewhere on
barefeet, often limping from stone
bruises caused by coming in contact
with the limestone rock in the path
way. These log school houses would
have a window made by sawing a
' section out of one of the logs and the
j furnishings were rough and uncouth.
ORIER
CHARG
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LOCAL HEWS HAPPEHIKGSROTHERHQOD HAD
"Be not deceived; God is not
mocked; for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap."
Paul. Gal. 6:8. Suggested by
Livingstone.
WANTED A woman for general
housework. Phone 532. tf.
Jas. Carry, extensive sheepman
and rancher of Tub Springs, is in
the city today on business.
Dr. Conder was unexpectedly call
ed east on business and departed on
last Thursday morning. He expects
to return home soon.
The Cash Variety store is putting
on a 19-cent sale for the coming ten
days, and a very large variety of use
ful articles can be bought at this as
tonishingly low price.
G. U. Krebs, of Portland, was in
the city a short time on Saturday.
His sons are on the Minor ranch at
Cecil, and Mr. Krebs was formerly
engaged in ranching on Skinner
creek.
T. W. Cutsforth, who farms the
Maud Pointer place near Lexington,
was in the city for a short time Wed
nesday. Mr. Cutsforth expects to be
a pretty busy man for a few weeks
getting the spring plowing done.
Chas. 0. Porter was in the city
on Thursday last from his home near
Wells Springs. He is an extensive
farmer of that section and reports
that grain is coming along mighty
fine and promises a splendid yield
for the 1922 crop.
Big opportunity for bright, ambi
tious boy to earn lots of money and
prizes after school work, represent
ing The Portland News. The first
boy to write us will be the luckiest
boy in town. The Portland News,
Portland, Ore. Adv. It.
Harvey Young was down to town
Saturday and asked us to put in an
add for him for the sale of a good
milk cow. He no sooner left the re
quest, however, than the cow was
sold. He also has another cow for
sale and the add still holds good.
J. W. Osborn is up from Cecil to
day, looking after matters of busi
ness. He has been living in Portland
for several months, and may decide
to return there and spend the sum
mer,' though he is rather free to go
and come as he pleases these days.
Word received here on Friday by
Mrs. Joe Handy anounced the ser
ious illness of her daughter, Miss
Audra Grogan, at Portland. Mrs.
Handy went to the bedside of her
daughter at once, and later reports
are to the effect that Miss Grogan
is getting better.
R. W. Fletcher, circulation manag
er of the Pendleton Tribune spent
Alonday and Tuesday in this city in
the interests of his paper. Mr. Flet
cher has been a resident of Pendle
ton for some 35 years and during
much of the time has been connected
vith the newspaper game.
Chas. H. Latourell of Latourell
Auto company went to Boardman on
Tuesday. He is putting in a service
station at that point and expects to
have his place of business open to
the public shortly. Mr. Latourell be
lieves that Boardman will be a fine
point for the location of a Ford ser
vice station.
Frank Engleman, merchant of
lone, was a visitor in Heppner on
Tuesday for the first time in many
months. Mr. Engleman has been go
ing through a penod of sickness dur
ing the past year but now seems to
be well on the road to recovery, and
his friends in Heppner are pleased
to note the improvement.
Our volunteer games and sports were
wrestling, footracing, blackman, base
ball, bullpen, blindfold, hide and
seek, puss wants a coner, high jump
run and jump, 3 jumps, half-ham-
mond, anti-over, boys walking on
hands with legs suspended over head,
and on down past rope exercises to
"skinning a cat," etc., all favorable
to robust youth and longevity.
My two sisters and I are here
alone in quiet, each having passed
the allotted time of 3 score years and
ten. Our surroundings are comfort
able, pleasant and convenient, my
sisters each being a good cook with
over 60 years of experience, furnish
me food tempting and healthful, yet
I look back wistfully for weather
and other conditions favoring my re
turn to Eastern Oregon, Missouri or
Kentucky, where I can recross tracks
1 have made, and greet friends that
were left behind.
I will refrain from other state
ments I had thought to give. My
health is better, and 1 have not been
unmindful of Dr. Chick's prescrip
tion and chiropractic and osteopathic
treatments. The two latter being
faintly demonstrated by the gymnas
tics practiced in our youth, and be
fore these schools of the osteopath
and chiropractic were instituted.
Portland, Oregon, Feb. 27, 1922.
REGULAR MEETING
The regular monthly meeting of
the Brothernood at Hotel 1'atncK on
Monday evening was interesting
1 he program consisted of vocal solos
by Coramae Crawtord, Velma Case
and Mrs. Delbert Clabaugh, and a
reading by Miss Quesinberry, and
each performer received a hearty en
core. The usual good eats were serv
ed by the hotel management, and the
attendance of members was good,
though not up to normal.
Following this there was a discus
sion of reconstruction, C. C Calkins
opening in a fine speech, and be
was granted the courtesy of an ex
tension of time in order that all his
points might be presented. His ad
dress showed evidence of careful
preparation, and it as well received.
A. S. Akers followed, and being one
member of the Brotherhood that is
gifted with the talent of putting his
thoughts into verse, he expressed his
views in this rather novel manner,
and his points were well made. Pres
ident Livingstone closed the discus
sion in a short address, pointing out
some of the deplorable conditions ex
isting today and forcibly calling at
tention to the fact that we must get
away from that line of thought that
separates one nation or race of peo
ple from another, all nations have
their rights and their place in the
world, and should be so treated;
when this is the prevailing attitude
then we shall be freed in a large
measure from the menace of wars
and the resulting consequences.
The Brotherhood also passed a mo
tion unanimously endorsing the work
of the county nurse, and favoring the
continuance of her work in the county-
Little Boy Buried.
Little Harvey Walter Drumm,
about 4, died at Canyon City, Satur
day night of pneumonia. He was
only sick for a couple of days. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Drumm of Heppner, who had been
visiting at Mt. Vernon for the past
two months. Mrs. Drumm is a sis
ter of Russel Hogeland of Mt. Ver
non. The body was shipped Tuesday
to Milton for interment. The sym
pathy of friends and the community
is extended to the grief stricken par
ents. Canyon City Eagle.
Richard Peterson and Henry Pet
erson are young farmers of the Eight
Mile and Gooseberry sections. They
were in Heppner Saturday and state
that prospects for a fine yield of
grain out that way were never bet
ter at this time of year. Wheat is
coming on well and there' is' just all
kinds of moisture, both in the ground
and on top, and mud, mud, every
where.
Bride Honored With
Shower at Lexington
Mrs. R. E. White and Miss Edna
Bauman were hostesses presiding
over a shower given at the lodge
hall in Lexington on last Thursday
evening in honor of Mrs. Cecil Scott
Jackson, bride of Ralph Jackson.
Decorations were in pink and white
and the color scheme was carried
out in the refreshments. Mrs. Jack
son was the recipient of many and
beautiful gifts, presented along with
the abundant well-wishes of her
many friends. Those present were:
Mrs. Jessie Frederickson, Mrs. Em
ma Millet Peck, Mrs. Myrtle Reaney
.Mrs. Fannie McMillan, Mrs. Grena
Parker, Mrs. Ursula Holmes, Mrs.
Karl Beach, Mrs. Frank Munkers,
Mrs. Eva Lane, Mrs. Laura Scott,
Mrs. Clothitde Lucas, Mrs. Ethel
Jones, Miss Elizabeth Scoggin, Mrs.
W. 0. Hill, Mrs. F. R. Bennett, Mrs.
Cora Warner, Mrs. G. Broadley, Mrs.
Claud White, Mrs. J. M. White, Mrs.
Ira Lewis, Miss Pearl Sankev, Mrs.
Ola Ward.
Miss Vera Mahoney has returned
to her Heppner home after spend
ing the most of the winter in Port
land. Gilliam & Bisbee Handling
Alfalfa Seed for Farm Bureau
In order to supply the local de
mand for alfalfa seed inquiries have
been placed with seed houses and
seed men over Montana, Idaho and
Oregon. Our best prices on the best
seed compare favorably with the
price obtained by Gilliam and Bis
bee on seed which test 00.5 per cent
pure and all inquiries are being re
ferred to this firm. They are making
a price of 23 cents in sack lots, cash
with purchase.