Ore;:n ii:t.rical Soc't!y, Public Auditorium G HE 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 -1 1MES EXPERT REPORTS ON S 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, in WATER IR 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. Now, They're Coming i OPYftiGMT 1054 ft UTOCAfTW SCBV CO. I I 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 IE IPR 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.