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Oreenn Hi-torical Society, Vublic Auditorium P A HIT? nnnrnn r ttt j ori? lit!3! I1V1 " ii JL PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 38, No. 52. HEITNEK, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1922. Subscription $2.00 Per Year . . - . - - " ' I : . 1 UMATILLA PLITIC. ARE STILL MUDDLED In writing concerning the political situation in Umatilla county, as ap plied to the legislative ticket, in which Morrow county is considerably interested, the Pendleton Tribune of last Friday has the following: "Polatics in Umatilla county are in more of a jumble than ever be fore. Most of the stir comes from Hcppner where the friends and ad mirers of C. E. Woodson think the Morrow man should represent the joint district in the lower house and be boosted for the speakership. A delegation, headed by Republican County Cental Committee Chairman Smead was in Pendleton Wednesday to further this idea. "Mr. Woodson is not a willing can didate, however. He decided early that he did not care to make the race and assured Elmer Dodd of Hermis ton who was putting out a few feel ers before casting his hat into the ring, that he did not intend to run un der any circumstances. Dodd forth with filed for representative and is backed by many republicans for the place. About a month ago a Wood son boomer, Mr. Henriksen of Cecil, came to Pendleton and purported to have everything lined up for Wood son as speaker. He helped engineer the deal which switched Frank Sloan to the joint senate race and J. T. Hinkle to the race for representative. But, once more, Mr. Woodson per sonally assured Mr. Dodd he would not be a candidate. "Whereupon the Hermiston aspir ant was again strengthened in his in tention to make the race regardless. The latest move, as evidenced here by the delegation- headed by Mr. Smead, is to switch Dodd into the race for representative and leave Woodson a clear field tor joint rep resentative. Local republican lead ers were consulted and the decision was that it was up to Mr. Dodd to decide. Close friends of the Hermis ton man do not look for him to change his plans at this late hour, however. Meanwhile, Frank Sloan has not Jefinitely decided which way to jump. He started out to secure the reelection to the house and then lis tened to Union county and Morrow county talk and consented to take a fling at the senate from the joint district. He has encountered strong support for Eberhard, however, in Umatilla county and many republi cans here did not take kindly to the switch as engineered away from home and Sloan and Hinkle are now in a quandary to know what to do." Mr. Dodd would have no hesitancy in entering the race for one of the representative places on the Umatil la county ticket, provided he did not have to make a three-cornered fight, and thus leave the field clear to Mr. Woodson. Our other local men seek-j ing the nomination for joint repre sentative will step out, providing Mr. Dodd does. So far as we are able to judge, there is no unanimity of sen timent in Morrow county favoring the placing of Frank Sloan on the ticket in opposition to Colon R. Eh .erhard of La Grande. Our people here much prefer the latter gentle man for this place. Federation Wheat Is One of Great Promise It is seldom that one wheat pos sesses so many good characteristics as does Federation wheat. It is a beardless wheat of good quality and ranks usually with Bluestem and Baart, has a stiff straw, not inclined to shattcr.and a stand can be obtain ed very easily, and it is earlier than any of our other spring wheats and has outyielded them from four to five bushels every year that it has been tried in the Columbia basin. To further determine its value C. D. Morey in the Alpine district with his post office at Echo, Claud Finley and Earl Warner of Lexington, James Luper, Ed Rugg, and Oscar Keithley of Heppner, and I. F. Bedsaul at Hardman are all trying this wheat side by side with one or more spring varieties this year. You are going to be interested in this because you frequently find it necessary to seed a spring wheat. Watch these demonstrations. C. C. CALKINS, County Agent. Desires Information Miss Ruth von Nessen desires in formation concerning Graeme von Nessen who was last heard from in Heppner in August, 1921. Informa tion sent to her, care of Herald and Examiner, Market and Madison streets, Chicago, 111., will be appreciated. An enterprising butcher in a little town close to the big city of New York has demonstrated at least to his own satisfaction that the brains he uses in his business better money getters than the brains he sells over the counter. He sells por terhouse steak just like his competi tor, but he sells twice the quantity, and all because he found a way to turn into appreciation the silent pro test of the housewife who always has been resentful at having to pay a high price for the end of the steak which when cooked ordinarily is waste. Sensing this resentment our thinking butcher found a way out. He cut off the end and left the body of the steak thick and compact. Then he put the end through a meat chop per, patted it into an attractive form and made of it an additional tender loin. The effect on the housewife buyers was electrical. Now our friend is known as the butcher who specialized in the best quality of steak and he gets and holds the ma jority trade. Plue the brains to think out the plan he had the brains to carry his idea to local attention through his local newspaper instead of waiting for the slow mouth method of spread ing the news. Hence his financial reward came to him over night. Mix ing brains with merchandise is as necessary to successful trade as mix ing brains with ink is necessary to successful writing. Report received here is to the ef fect that J. F. Vaughn, who has been representing a leading automobile firm in Portland as their field man, will be transferred to The Dalles, where he will take charge of that ter ritory. He expects to move there within a short time. Mrs. Nancy Gentry Was Early Morrow Pioneer Another of the highly respjeted pioneers of Morrow county has been called to her reward in the person of Nancy Ann Gentry, widow of the late Francis M. Gentry. Her death occurred in this city on Saturday, March 25th at the age of 76 years, 1 1 months and 10 days. Her funeral which was largely attended, was held at the Federated church on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. E. L. Moore, pastor, officiating. The very large gathering of friends and neighbors of the fam ily was a fitting testimony of the high esteem in which this estimable pion eer lady was held in this community. The remains were laid to rest beside her husband in the Masonic cemetery and many and beautiful were the floral gifts laid at her bier. Mrs. Gentry was the daughter of Joseph and Eliza Shafer and was born at Crawfordsville, Indiana, April 15, 1845. She was married to Fran cis M. Gentry on May 23, 1863 in Madison county, Iowa, and in 1882 they came to Oregon, settling in Morrow county at the forks of Wil low creek, remaining there for one year and then took up a homestead five miles north of Heppner in the Blackhorse section, where for many years he engaged in farming and stockraising, finally disposing of the place and moving to Heppner, where he died on February 2, 1913. Mrs. Gentry continued to make her home in this city. She is survived by nine children, six sons and three daughters, 27 grandchildren and 17 great grand children. The children are Loren, of Alberta; Elmer, of Colfax, Wash.; Austin, James, L. Vee, and Mack, of Heppner; Mrs. Sarah Ward, of Cas tle Ford, Idaho; Mrs. Ethel Brock, of Portland and Mrs. Mary Parsell, of Whitelash, Montana. All the child ren were present at the funeral ex cept Mrs. Parsell, who was unable to come on account of sickness. Mrs. Gentry is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Mary Tollett, of Thornton, Wn., who was also present, and is the last surviving member of the Shafer fam ily. Mrs. Gentry was a lifelong mem ber of the Baptist church and her de parture from this life is mourned by a host of friends besides the mem bers of her family. She was a noble wife and mother, a true friend and neighbor. Federated Church At the Federated chflrch on Sun day next, the pastor, Rev. E. L. Moore will have for his morning theme, "The Two Doors." Sunday school at 9:45; Junior Endeavor at 5:00 and C. E. at 6:30, and to these services the public will receive a cor dial welcome. WANTED A woman for general housework. Phone 532. tf. The Flowers That Bloom in the Time Now Here For City To Make Spring Clean-Up In another column the mayor and city council make request that the residents and prope.ty owners of t':e city prepare for the spring clean-up. There should really be no necessity for this request, as pride in the city and its surroundings should prompt everyone to get cusy and clean up front and back yards, streets and al ley ways abutting their property, as well as repair the sidewalks and paint up houses and fences. All this, we are sure, our citizens will gladly do, just as far as they are able, and when done, Heppner will be prized as one of the most attractive little cities of the entire state. Read what the an nouncement has to say in this regard, and get everything ready for the city truck on April I Oth, at which time the rubbish, properly boxed and sack ed will be picked up and carried away. POISON PLANT BULLETIN IS READY FOR STOCKMEN Morrow county farmers and stock men who have to put livestock on ranges that carry stock-poisoning plants can now get an experiment station bulletin on methods of pre venting or reducing losses of ani mals by range poisoning. The report was written by William E. Lawrence, who has visited most of the districts of the state where these poisonous plants abound, to study the plants and learn from stockmen the best practices to avoid losses. The re port tells the kinds of plants, where found, how and when they are most poisonous, how to avert or lessen losses, conditions of poisoning, symp toms of poisoning, and as much as possible about remedial treatment after poisoning. Stockmen should apply to their county agent for cop ies. Farmers Disappointed in War Finance Corporation Either the act providing for War Finance corporation or the War Fi nance coporation board is at fault for to-date the farmers of the North west have been unable to secure any financial relief whatever through that organization. The resolution adopt ed at the executive committee meet ing of the Morrow County Farm Bu reau Saturday indicates pretty well the attitude of the farmers of Mor row county as well as the farmers of other sections of Eastern Oregon. County Agent Is Visiting Yakima Yalley This Week C. C. Calkins, county agent, is spending part of the week in the Yakima valley accompanied by Chas. Dillabaugh, president of the Board man farm bureau, and Hugh Grim, president of the Irrigon farm bureau. It is a time when the men on the irrigated farm cannot make a living raising alfalfa hay alone with the( price of alfalfa. The only solution to the problem is diversification andj not only calls for livestock but also calls for some cash crop in the rota-' null which is auapnu iu int. ouu, v.11- matic and market conditions of that section. It is a plan of the commit tee to draw on the experience of the growers in the Yakima valley which is a much older irrigated district. Netted Gem seed potatoes for sale at Phill Cohn warehouse. Adv. 2tp. UL Question of Completing Oregon-Washington Highway Through Gilliam County Ar ouses Body to Action. Dele gation Here from lone and Rhea Siding. The tentative order of the State Highway commission to change the route of the Gilliam county end of the Oregon-Washington highway from the original survey along Wil low creek to Hepprr Junction and placing it out over hills to tap the John Day highway at a point some two or three miles south of Arling ton, caused no small stir among the residents down the creek, and a call came to Heppner to get busy. Presi dent McMenamin of the commercial club was appealed to, and he immed iately issued a call for a meeting which was held at the Hotel Patrick on Tuesday evening to go over the situation. A large attendance of our business men were present, also a delegation from lone and Rhea Sid ing. Mr. Barrett of the highway cimmls sion was present and explained the position of the commission in regard to the matter, also giving the atti tude of Gilliam county court. The latter having gone on record that they would not spend one cent to put the road down the creek, where the people most vitally interested reside, but they would put $15,000 a year for three years into the road if it went over the hills as now proposed. It further developed that the resid ents along the creek would be injur ed by this move, and the change would be no benefit to anyone, ex cept, perhaps to satisfy the desire of the Arlington bunch who have al ways tried to pull the end of the 0. W. highway into their town. A committee consisting of Bert Mason, Oscar Lundell, A. Henriksen and Jack Hynd was appointed to in terview those on the west end of the road who were said to be holding up the road for damages. This com mittee got busy on Wednesday and saw all the lower Willow creek res idents, and their report is that there is now no opposition to the road as at present surveyed, and all damages will be waived. Commissioners Bar ratt and Yeon, with Engineer Nunn, are going over the ground thoroughly today, and the result may be that the change now tentatively made will be revoked and the road allowed to fol low the creek as desired by the peo ple all up and down the line. In support of a ferry across the Columbia river between Boulder, Or egon and Alderdale, Washington, the following resolution was passed: "Be it resolved by the Heppner Commer cial club that we recommend and endorse the ferry across the Colum bia river from Alderdale, Washing ton, to Boulder, Oregon, with proper railroad crossings to reach such landings." A committee of three was autho rized to be appointed by the presi dent to act in conjunction with the farm bureau in putting on the farm er's picnic in Heppner some time in June. This committee will be an nounced later. Johnny Glasscock motoed up from Portland on Tuesday and will remain in Morrow county during the shear ing season. II CLUB HAS GOOD MEETING Spring, Tra-La! Town of Umatilla Would Like to Be County Seat Proposing that a new county be formed out of a portion of the west side of Umatilla and the north end of Morrow counties, the Umatilla Commercial club has passed a reso lution endorsing such a move, recom mending that the new county so form ed would include the towns of Echo, Stanfield, Hermiston, and Umatilla in their home county, and Irrigon and Boardman in Morrow county, with adjoining territory. These people believe that growth in prosperity and population of that part of the west end of Umatilla county and the north end of Morrow county, contained in the Umatilla Irrigation project war rants a separate county government and the Umatillans, who desire to see the home town again designated as a county seat, are now getting busy. The Pendleton Tribune states that prominent west county men called by long distance, following the an nouncement of the resolution, other than Umatilla, washed their hands of the resolution, but admitted that it would possibly be a regretable situa tion. President E. P. Dodd of the Hermiston club declared that he did not believe the proposal would even be discussed at the commercial meet ing in his town on Tuesday and said: "Count me out of that." Long years ago, when Umatilla county was new, the town of Uma tilla enjoyed the distinction of being the county seat, but it was afterwards removed to Pendleton. First Christian Church Lords Day, April 2. God will place Sunday, April 2nd at our disposal, and for its use we must give an account; now for its twenty-four hours of joy and relax ation, let us give him one sixth of the day as rental, two hours worship will do this; let us then pay our hon est obligation to God. Birle school contest is growing ex citing, both sides are uncertain and anxious, be present Sunday at 10 o'clock, and the communion and preaching services will follow at 11 o'clock. Intermediate Christian En deavor at 4 p. m., and Senior Chris tian Endeavor at 6:30. There will be no further evening service, but a union meeting will be held at the Federated church to hear J. J. Hand saker of Portland speak on the Near East Relief. Every one is cordially invited to attend these services. Livingstone. Boardman School Elects Part of Teaching Force The Boardman school has selected P. J. Mulkey, principal of the Arling ton schools during the past six years to succeed Mr. Signs, who after three j years as principal, notified the board recently, that he was not a candidate for re-election. Other teachers en gaged for the next year are H. H. Crawford, Naomi Runner, and Glad ys Price for the high school, and Mrs. Blanche Watkins, Cresentia Glatt, and Guy Lee for the grades. There is one grade position still to be filled. Salaries remain the same as last year, except that of the prin cipal who will start at $2000. Board man Mirror. HEMSTITCHING: I am planning to install a Singer Hemstitching ma chine about April 20, and will be pre pared to do all kinds of hemstitching at the regular rates after that date. Mrs. W. 0 Livingstone. LOCALKEWSHAFPENINES.OFO.OBCHESTRA "For with the heart man believ eth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Rom. 10:9. Suggest ed by Livingstone. Everett Downing and wife depart ed on Wednesday for Wasco, Sher man county, where they will make their home in the future. They have been residents of Morrow county for the past two years and Mr. Downing has been engaged in faming here. Wasco is their former home. Karl L. Beach, of Lexington, ac companied by James Patterson, of Walla Walla, spent a few hours in the city this forenoon. Mr. Patter son is the representative for the Harris Manufacturing Co., and Mr. Beach will represent his company as agent for the Harris combine in this county. Oscar Lundell, one of the leading citizens of the lower Willow creek section, whose home is near Rhea Siding, was up to Heppner on Tues day evening. Mr. Lundell is pretty much worked up over the proposal to move the Willow creek highway out on the flats, away from all settle ment, and making connection with the John Day highway out south of Arlington. He wants it retained on the original survey, just as nearly as possible, that those dwelling along the creek may be accommodated with a good road and be properly served as taxpayers of Gillaim county. With the exception of some two or three residents near the mouth of Willow creek, there is no opposition to giv ing the right of way for this road, and Mr. Lundell feels that they can be won over when they fully realize what the benefits will be. County Superintendent Explains School Cost March 22, 1922, To the Editor: Doubtless you have read the re port of J. A. Churchill, state super intendent of public instruction, pub lished in the Oregonian, March 19, 1922, in which he gives the school population and school expenditures of each county in the state. By comparison you have found that but one other county exceeds Mor row in the cost per pupil and are wondering why this is so. Perhaps the following will ex plain. First: Morrow county has seven standard high schools. Four of these furnish transportation for pupils. This requires nine school wagons. Two of these high schools were stan dardized in 1920, but the initial cost for equipment was charged to the year 1921. The equipment will be sufficient, but with little addition, for several years. Second: Several districts failed to vote for a sinking fund to pay bonded indebtedness, so were oblig ed to levy that tax in addition for other purposes. Third: Failure to allow a suffi cient amount in the budget to cover the 1919-1920 expenditures, made an increased tax for this purpose be sides an amount to cover interest on money borrowed or warrants issued. Fouth: In the matter of attend ance, Morrow county ranks first in the state. This seems to increase the rate per capita but in reality de creases the amount. I shall be glad to show the report of each district to any one who wishes to know more about this mat ter. Very trulv vours, LENA SNELL SHURTE, County School Superintendent. Lexington Church of Christ This Sunday evening we will have something different. The entire'pro gram except the invitation will be in the hands of the Life Work Recruits. A three-fold sermon is to be preach ed by three young people who have never preached before. It is to be a sermon on "The Gospel." (1.) The Facts to be Believed; (2) The Com mands to be Obeyed; (3) The prom ises to be Inherited. You will all en joy hearing this message. A good program is being planned. All other services as usual. Bible school at 10 a. m. and morning sermon at II. Topic: "The Sim of Righteousness." You are not only invited but you will be glad to attend these services. Arthur A. Harriman, Minister. R. W. Voile and wife, who are lo cated on Rhea creek on the farm re cently vacated by Jason Biddle. were in Heppner Saturday. Mr. Voile has purchased this place, together with a portion of the Padberg farm, and will follow dairying and hog raising along with some wheat growing. G i The University of Oregon Symph- uuy uruieMra, now on lis annual spring concert tour, will make its ap pearance in the Star theater at 8 o'clock this evening, with a program upon which five towns have stamped their approval. Audiences have spok en highly and enthusiastically of the work of the orchestra and newspa pers have also been approving in their comments, both upon this trip and former ones. The Roseburg News-Review com ments on the spring concert of the orchestra in that city as follows: "Each number rendered was greet ed with prolonged applause. The special numbers were particularly pleasing, and brought forth as many encores as the performers would stand for." The Eugene Daily Guard spoke in praise of the excellent arrangement of the program in the following terms: "Director Rex Underwood had made up a program of lyric and op eratic numbers that appeared to ap peal instantly to his audience, mainly because they were melodious as well as brilliant. It also made a hit be cause it was presented in a unique fashion with a touch of the comic and the dramatic thrown in for con trast." Alberta Potter, violinist, and Lora Teshner, cellist, the orchestra's solo ists, have been playing with the or chestra for several years and have also had a good deal of experience playing before the public on various other occasions. Miss Teshner has toured the Pacific coast on the Ellison-White Chautauqua circuit as cello soloist with the Thurlow Lieurance Little Symphony orchestra. She has a contract with the Redpath Chautau qua people for this summer. Her work on the Oregon campus this year has gained for her a reputation as a gifted musician. Miss Potter's violin playing has made her a favor ite with audiences wherever she has appeared. The program to be given tonight is of a nature that it will appeal to every lover of music. The first part of the program contains the more serious and dramatic type of music in the form of overtures and several short compositions. Rossini's over ture, "William Tell," and the "Pre lude" (Rachmaninoff) are unusually dramatic and effective. Halvorsen's "March of the Boyards" arouses the most enthusiastic applause from the audience at each concert. The second part of the frogram is made up of various types of music and combinations of performers. A girl's string quartet and a group of girls in another sketch coax forth melodies that are familiar and popu lar everywhere. The University Troubadors furnish the necessary jazz element. This group is made up of six men who are skilled in this art. Roy "Graham, drummer, lends the artistic touch to these num bers and appears also in a solo. After the concert a dance will be given by the Troubadors at the Am erican Legion hall. This dance will be a jitney (10 cents a whirl) dance. Prices for the concert will be 50 and (Continued on Paste Six) Commission Orders Sur vey From Rhea Siding The meeting of the State Highway commission in Portland last week was one of much importance to the entire state and much business was transacted. Advertising for 135 miles of work at an outlay approximately $2,000,000 for April was ordered. Of interest to Morrow county peo ple is the order for a survey on the Oregon-Washington highway, from Rhea siding to a point on the John Day highway about two miles south of Arlington. The original route con tinued from Rhea siding to Heppner Junction, down Willow creek on the Gilliam county side. Because this route seriously cut up a number of alfalfa farms at the mouth of Willow creek and was too expensive when it came to purchasing right of way, the new route is adopted. Gilliam county will construct this piece of road as a market road, on a 50-50 basis with the state. Mayor E. L. Padberg, E. J. Bris tow, Peter Linn, E. R. Lundell and Bert Mason were prominent lone res idents in the city Tuesday to meet with the commercial club and help thresh out the problem arising over the construction of the Gilliam coun ty end of the Oregon-Washington highway. IEREI Ell