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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 39, No. 4. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1922. Subscription $2.00 Per Year
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A ball team representing the Peo
ples' Warehouse, general mercantile
firm of Pendleton, won over the local
nine Sunday by the close score of 1 1
to 12. As was the case in the game
the previous Sunday at lone, Van
Marter's ball tossers got off to a bad
start, the visitors getting two scores
to their none in the first inning and
6 to 0 in the second. The locals
came back hard in the third round,
however, and held them 0 to 0, and
from then on ran in 1 1 tallies to the
mercantile boys' 4, making the last
few innings much more interesting
to local fans.
Many excuses may be heard for
Heppner's bad start but the reason
generally accepted is that they did
not get down to playing ball till the
game was half over. Broughton, who
started in the pitcher's box for Hepp
ner, pitched good ball, according to
many fans, allowing the visitors only
five hits. Several innings he struck
them out in I, 2, 3 order. Moeller
was substituted for Broughton in the
sixth and succeeded in holding the
visitors to a very few hits. Harrison
Elliot, who received for Heppner,
deserves commendable mention for
the good work he did. Especially so,
as it was his first game this season
with practically no practice.
Neither team played anything like
stellar ball, say witnesses of the
game, although it is conceded that
Heppner has the best team and
would have won if it had not been
for their bum start. The Pendleton
boys were good sports and the best
of feeling prevailed throughout the!
entire game. Umpire Heard's deci
sions were taken without a frown by
either side.
The line-up was:
Pendleton Heppner
Kennard p Broughton
Hedley c Elliot
Peters 1st McLoughlin
Burey 2nd Van Marter
Stevens 3rd Witcraft
Snyder, J ss Hopkins
Sylners If Peterson
Allen cf Anderson
Sylners rf Bushay
Substitutions: Pendleton Ulrich
for Kennard; Kennard for Allen.
Heppner Moeller for Broughton;
Broughton for Peterson.
First Christian Church
April 30, 1922.
God will give you Sunday, April
30 for opportunity, improvement, in
vestment; it will be a wonderful gift,
a great inheritance. What are you
planning to do with it? Play base
ball, go auto riding, picnicing, or look
after your spiritual needs? Now can
didly, what should you do? Think
this through, and you will be at the
church services. You are invited to
be with us. Bible school 10, Com
munion and preaching II, Intermed
iate C. E. 4, Senior C. E. 6:30, song
and preaching service 7:30. Let us
greet you at the church, oee sketch
of proposed new Christian church
building in Humphreys Drug store
window. Livingstone.
W. O. Hill, cashier'of Lexington
State bank, was doing business at
Heppner on Friday afternoon.
PARTIES AT ROAD CAMP
ENGAGE IN FREE-FOR-ALL1
District Attorney Notson was call
ed to lone on Monday to represent
the State in a trial before Judge Rob
inson, growing out of a free for all
"scrap" which took place at the Jor
dan Siding road camp on Saturday.
Parties to the affair were Adolph
Heidler, local foreman for Warren
Construction company and Chas.
Conner and his wife, who have been
in charge of the camp kitchen. Con
ner was accused by Heidler of mak
ing some derogatory remark concern
ing him, and when called to account
a row precipitated and in the mixup
both Heidler and Conner received
badly disfigured countenances. Con
ner is a small man and was no match
physically, for Heidler, so he called
for help and his wife came to his as
sistance with a short iron poker,
which Heidler wrested from her and
biffed Conner over the head; then
Mrs. C. grabbed up a short shovel,
and witnesses stated that she waded
into the game in good shape, but it
was hard to tell which of the men re-
ceived the most punishment at her
hands, hut she delivered the goods in
a vigorous and effective manner. The
hearing was had before Judge Robin
son at lone, and a number of witness
es were examined. The judge thought
that Heidler had received pretty se
vere punishment, though being the
aeeressor, and he assessed a fine of
SUNDAY S BALLGAM
PENDLETON
$10.
Too many farmers wait for what
they call ideal conditions before they
start their seeding operations. Care
ful investigations reveal the fact that
very few farmers who seeded early
last fall in Morrow county haven't
anything to regret. Poor stands are
found most usually to be a result of
late seeding or winter killing of
bluestem. In order to check on ex
periences elsewhere the county agent
has taken the pains to investigate the
conditions in Sherman county this
spring and finds that the early seed
ing is far ahead of the late seeding
there.
The matter was also taken up with
D. E. Stephens, superintendent ot
the Moro Experiment station, to
learn what their experience from the
station had been the past season. Mr.
Stephens is conducting an experi
ment on the date of seeding by sow
ing wheat at two-week intervals be
ginning with September 12th. While
the September 12th seeding was a
little bit too early for best results,
September 26th and October I Oth
dates of seeding have given the best
stands up to date. Mr. Stephens also
states that it has been his experience
in the past that the best yields ha 1
been obtained from the wheat seeded
prior, to October 20th, which will
mean that the average farmer will
have to begin his seeding approxim
ately two weeks prior to that time.
Federated Church.
There will be the usual services
at the Federated church on Sunday,
April 30: Sunday school at 9:45;
preaching at 1 1 :30, by Bishop R. J.
Cook, of Helena, Montana; Junior
Endeavor at 5; Senior Endeavor at
6:30, followed by preaching at 7:30.
Come, worship with us; you will en
joy every service.
E. L. Moore, Pastor.
Bluestem Is Not Winter Hardy
Bluestem is a true spring wheat
therefore it cannot be expected to
withstand severe winters. Many
fields of bluestem have winter-killed
the past year and many others ar
supporting a very poor stand, many
cf which have been thickened up by
spring seeding.
Bluestem has its advantages in
that it is a milling wheat which is
in demand and in that it has given
exceptionally good yields in some
sections of this county, however,
many of these advantages can be out
weighed by the disadvantage of win
ter killing. Many fanners have stat
ed that they expect to sow a true
winter wheat from now mi tmd such
action is worthy of consideration.
In some sections Hybrid 12S will
yield along with bluestem, in others
Turkey-red can be substituted.
The advantage of a true winter
wheat certainly shows up in pra;tic
ally every section of the county this
year.
You will thoroughly enjoy the de
lightful May Breakfast the Christian
Endeavorers will serve at Odd Fel
lows hall, Friday morning, May 5,
from 6 to 9 a. m. Try it out.
Father P. J. O'Rourke, pastor of
the Catholic church at The Dalles,
was a visitor in Heppner for a few
days this week. He was formerly
pastor of the church here, and has
many friends in this parish.
Jobs Are Plentiful But Men
Are Scarce Says Agency Head
Jobs are plentiful in Pendleton, not
men, according to J. Applegate, man
ager of the local Pioneer Employ
ment Co., office at 115 E. Webb St.
He has calls for many more men
than he can supply and has shipped
several hundred out of Portland to
fill road construction jobs within the
past few months. Mr. Applegate has
just closed with the contractors in
charge of the Arlington highway
construction project whereby he fur
nishes all laborers therefor.
With the establishment of the Pio
neer Employment office here, Pen
dleton has taken on added prestige
as a distributing point for labor in
eastern Oregon. Mr. Applegate has
been here since last September and
has firmly established his business.
He is associated in business with O.
A. Burley, general manager of the
Pioneer Employment Co. of Port
land, with which office the local man
is co-operating. Pendleton Tribune.
Get Clothing1 Ready.
The clothing for the Near East
sufferers should be gotten ready,
Chairman Notson informs us that
arrangements for gathering up the
clothing will be made and the col
lecting done early in May. If you
have any cast-off clothing that can
be used by the sufferers of the Near
East, get it ready.
Ex-Army Chaplain Dies Here
As a Result of Shell Shock
Rev. James Malloy, a guest at the
home of Father Cantwell, pastor of
the local Catholic church, for the
past month, died in this city on Wed
nesday night last, after an illness of
about a week, the cause of death be
ing shell shock, from which the rev
erend gentleman had been a sufferer
since his service as chaplain in the
World War.
Father Malloy came to Heppner a
little more than a month ago to visit
with his former schoolmate, Father
Cantwell. He was traveling in this
country in an effort to regain his
health, and in the meantime deliver
ing lectures on the war and boosting
for the soldiers' bonus measure. He
was a i.ative of Ireland, but his home
was in New Zealand, and at the
breaking out of the World War he
returned to England and entered the
service as an army chaplain, contin
uing throughout the war. He was
in many of the big battles in Bel
gium and France, and was with the
army at the Dardenelles and in Meso
potamia; was -wounded severely sev
eral times, gassed, and his nervous
svstem badly wrecked by shell shock.
His efforts at restoration proved fu
tile, however, and death resulted
from this breakdown.
The remains were taken to The
Dalles on Tuesday, where burial was
made on Wednesday, he having no
immediate relatives in this country so
far as could be ascertained.
Neighbors of Woodcraft Ea-
tertain Woodnei Brothers
Maple Circle, Neighbors of Wood
craft entertained the brothers, of
Woodcraft, together with husbands
and wives at I. 0. 0. F. hall on last
Thursday evening. A chief feature
of the evening was the big banquet
that followed the rendition of a
splendid program. The program was
under the guidance of Mrs. Emmet
Cochran, and was enjoyed by about
150 people. It was as follows:
Salute: "The Flag" and flag drill
Mrs. Young at piano ; honor guards,
Mrs. Boyd, captain, Mesdames
Richardson, Fell, Ferguson, Hoot
man, Cason, Stevenson, Stapleton,
and Adkins.
Song Mrs. Neva Clabough
Butterfly dance Betty Irwin
Reading Miss Grey
Song Mrs. Marie Cochran
Whistling solo, Miss Elizabeth Phelps
Reading Miss Quesinberry
Song Delbert Clabough
Piano solo Mrs. Loa Taylor
Dance Dorothy Herren
Song Mrs. Emmet Cochran
Grand March Mrs. E. J. Starkey
County Treasurer's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that all reg
istered Morrow County Warrants on
the General Fund, up to and includ
ing September 30, 1921, will be paid
upon presentation at my office on
May 10th, on which date all interest
ceases on said warrants.
T. J. Humphreys, Treasurer.
Walter Duncan was in the city a
few days the first of the week, com
ing over from Condon, where he now
has a good position with the Barker
estate company, and where he ex
pects to remain indefinitely. (
F. M. Griffin came up from lone
on Tuesday evening and remained
over Wednesday to attend the I. 0.
0. F. anniversary celebration.
Questions of the Day
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Willow Lodge No. 66, I. O. 0. F.
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NIVERSARY PROGRAM
of this city, celebrated the 103rd an-,
niversary of the order on Wednes-;.n(t
day, beginning with a meeting or tne .
lodge at 3 p. m., and received an offi
cial visit from Grand Marshal M. L.
Watts of Athena.
Owing to the fact that the people
over the county are so busy just at
this time with spring wirk the sea
son being backward and it being nec
essary that plowing and seeding be
rushed4he attendance from lodges
over the county was not large. Yet
there were 150 or more representa
tives of the various branches of the
order sat down to the banquet in the
dining hall at the shpffefhour in the
evenine. inis feature or me pro-
eram was one long to be rememberea
because of the great abundance of
the fine eats spread out before the
three-linkers and their families.
At 8 o'clock the popular program,
to which the public was invited, was
presented to a crowd of about 250
fodge members and friends. This
proeram was of a high order and
greatly enjoyed, each individual num
ber being rendered in excellent style,
and all performers doing themselves
much credit. The program render
ed was as follows:
Ritualistic exercise! (anniversary)
by Lodge
Piano solos Mrs. Loa Taylor
Reading Miss Addie Quesinberry
Whistling solo, Miss Elizabeth Phelps
Address ...M. L. watts
Grand Master of Grand Lodge
of Oregon
Vocal solo
Mrs. Helen Walker of Lexington
Address, "Odd Fellows and Odd
fellowship" S. E. Notson
Indian Club exercises
Miss Ina Moore
Deputy Grand Master Bowman was
scheduled for an address, but a tel
egram received shortly before lodge
opened, announced that he was nec
essarily detained at home.
May Breakfast and Bazaar.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Christian church are planning to
hold a May Breakfast on May 5, fol
lowed by a bazaar and baby show
on May 6. Funds for their pledge
to new church
Don't forget we have hardwood.
All sizes. Suitable for making
hitches. Peoples Hardware Co.
SERVING AT
HOTEL
PATRICK
EVERY
SUNDAY
Chicken for Dinner
from 12 to 2 P. M.
Chicken for Supper
from 6 to 8 P. M.
CARTOON SHOWING RELATIVE
IMPORTANCE OF QUESTIONS OF
THE DAY
" COfV(ttMT PUB. AWTOtAWE-K CO-
Heppner Boy With Winning
Debate Team of Willamette
In the Portland Telegram of Sat
urday evening appears the picture of
'the Willamette University debating
team. composed of Robert Littler,
Salem; Sheldon Sackett, Sheridan,
Robert Notson. Heooner. with
me following comment:
"Willamette University's three
men debate team has just passed
through the debate season undefeat
ed. The team won a two to one de
cision over the University of Red
lands, Cal., and a unanimous deci
sion over the University of Denver.
They elicited the highest praise from
the veteran University of Redlands
team, which had not been defeated
for two years. The University of
Denver team lost only one debate
this season, that the Willamette.
Robert Notson, of Heppner, Ore.,
Sheldon Sackett, of Sheridan, Ore.,
and Robert Littler, of Salem, Ore.,
make up the team. Sackett, a sen
ior, is a three year man in debate.
Notson, a member of the team last
year, is a sophomore, while Littler
is a freshman from Salem high's
championship team of 1921."
The Heppner folks are proud of
their representative on this team and
extend hearty congratulations to the
winners.
Mrs. Walter Cason went to The
Dalles on Monday for a visit at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. John F.
Vaughn.
Residence In East Heppner
Completely Destroyed by Fire
The residence in east Heppner, be
longing to Frank Monahan and locat
ed on the place formerly occupied by
the J. W. Cowins soda works at the
Murphy spring, was totally destroyed
by fire on Saturday afternoon, the
house was occupied by the families
of Ross Langdon, forest ranger, and
John V. Vegas, an employee of Sam
Lininger's auto repair shop. The
fire spread so rapidly, and was so far
away from town that it could not be
reached by the chemical engine, and
but little of the effects belonging to
the families was saved. Some bed.
ding and other household articles be-
longing to Mr. Langdon were saved
but the Vegas household effects were
a total loss. No insurance on either
house or contents was carried.
Miss Lulu Hager is visitng with the
Dr. J. W. McFall family in Pendle
ton, and will later accompany them
on an auto trip through California
expecting to leave about May first
and spending the summer touring in
the south.
Boardman Cows Tested.
The cows on the Boardman pro
ject will be tested for tuberculosis
beginning with Monday of next
week. These cows are tested by a
veterinarian from the State Vetenn-
arian's office free of charge. It is
up to the county agent to make all
preliminary arrangements and get
thf veterinarian out to the different
farms.
The state and federal government
help to bear the loss of the animals
which react from the tuberculin test.
A number of members of Willow
Lodce No. 66, 1. 0. O. F. motored to
lone Monday evening and attended
a special meeting of lone lodge to
greet grand officers of the order.
Experienced woman wants steady
work on ranch. Phone 27F25. a6tf.
LOCAL NEWS HAPPENINGS
"For with the heart man believ
eth unto righteousness; and with
the mouth confession is made unto
salvation." Horn. 10:9. Suggest
ed by Livingstone.
Frank Turner and his shearing
crew went down to the M. S. Corri-
gall ranch on Butter creek yester
day, and today begun the shearing of
the Corngall sheep. It has taken
some time to get a shearing crew to
gether, owing to a controversy on be
tween shearers and owners as to
price; and there has also been some
other features entering into the mat
ter concerning just who and how the
shearing of many bands was to be fi
nanced. The agreed price of 10
cents per head, fixed last January,
seems to not suit some of the union
shearers, and they have been want
ing more and asking for 12 cents,
claiming that the advance in the
price of wool and sheep justifies
their receiving more pay for shear
ing. Mr. Turner anticipates that he
will have no further trouble in get
ting men for the run of the season,
now that the start has been made.
Henry J. Simmons, editor and pro
prietor of the Fossil Journal, and
school superintendent of Wheeler
county, was a visitor in Heppner on
Tuesday. Mr. Simmons came over
to interview Prof. Curfman, of lone,
regarding the superintendency of the
Fossil schools for the coming year,
and having business at Heppner, he
spent a few hours in this city. We
acknowledge a very pleasant call
from him.
Bishop R. J. Cook, of Helena,
Montana, has been a visitor in Hepp
ner all this week, at the home of his
son, Capt. J. W. Cook, local agent
of the Standard Oil company. Bishop
Cook is at the head of the Methodist
church in Montana, where he has
been located for years, and is cred
ited with having done a great work in
that state. He expects to return
home the first of the coming week.
J. S. Carter and wife went to Pen
dleton Saturday, where Mr. Carter
expects to undergo an operation for
mastoid trouble. He has been a con
stant sufferer from this trouble for
the past three or four months, but
was not considered to be in a fit con
dition, physically, to undertake a ma
jor operation.
Air. and Mrs. Rhea Luper and Mr,
and Mrs. Albert T. King arrived from
Portland Tuesday night, being called
here by the sudden death of Mrs.
Frankie Luper, mother of Mrs. King
and Rhea Luper. Mrs. King and hus
band reside at Portland and Mr. and
Mrs. Luper reside in Salem.
Joe Potter, who lived in Morrow
county for many years, and was well
known here a dozen years or more
ago, is visiting in Heppner and con
templates making his home here
again. Since leaving Heppner, Joe
has lived for the greater part of the
time at Walla Walla.
Roy Ashbaueh of Hardman return
ed from Portland on Monday with
his little son who has been under the
care of a physician in the city for the
past month. An operation was per
formed on the lad s head, and he is
now getting along well.
Sheriff Geo. McDuffee is in Pen
dleton this week, an interested spec
tator at the trial of Charles Von Der-
ahe, charged with the murder of Matt
Jepson. This trial, which is proceed
ing before Judge Phelps, is attract
ing large attention.
Gilliam County End of High
way Located by Commission
County Judge L. E. Fowler and
county commissioner Sherman Wade
returned last night from Portland
A'fcere they wre in conference Wed
nesday with 'he state highway com
missioners over road matters in the
Icwt r end of the county, when it was
finally decided to locate the Oreeon-
as-hington highway in Gilliam unm
ty down Willow creek, along the foot
of the bluffs. The original survey
through the creek bottom cut up
several alfalfa fields, making the
right-of-way costly to the county
Re-locating the route near the bluffs
saves this cost to the county, as the
commission so located it with the un
derstanding that all claims for right-of-way
damages will be waived.
This probably disposes of the pro
posal to locate the O.-VV. highway
from Rhea Siding to a point on the
John Day highway south of Arling
ton. The settlement of the matter
as agreed upon at Wednesday's con
ference appears to be satisfactory to
all concerned to the Willow creek
people, to Arlington, to Morrow
county, and to the Gilliam county
court. Condon Globe-Times.
FOR SALE Two-man
Inquire this office.
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Mrs. Frankie Luper, for years en-
1 gaged in the millinery business in
this city, and well known throughout
this section, was found dead in her
apartments at the rear of the millin
ery store on Tuesday morning, at
about 9 o'clock, death evidently com
ing to her during the latter part of
the night, and she must have expired
some seven or eight hours before
discovery.
Occupying the apartment with
Mrs. Luper, but in a separate bed
room, her milliner, Miss Osil Grey,
states that she and Mrs. Luper re
tired at about the same hour and the
latter was in the best of spirits and
seemed to be well. Mrs. Luper had
been having nightmares and on pre
vious occasions Miss Grey had arous
ed her from the attack, and it was
probably from One of these spells
that Mrs. Luper passed away, as Miss
Grey heard her making a slight noise
in the night and hearing nothing
more she did not get to her bedside.
Miss Grey overslept and it was near
ly 9 o'clock Tuesday morning when
she entered the room of Mrs. Luper
and noticed she was still in bed. Go
ing to her she found her dead and
gave the alarm.
The death of Mrs. Luper came as
a severe shock to her relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Luper was born in Oregon,
on her father's donation land claim
in Lane county, near Eugene. She
was the daughter of Catherine Mill
iron and Elijah Whitfield Rhea, and
at the time of her death was aged
62 years. Her early life was spent
in Lane county and with her grand
parents, as her mother died when she
was but two years old. She was mar
ried on January 11, 1882 to James N.
Luper, and together they made their
home on a farm near Irving, Lane
county, where their two children,
Leta and Rhea were born.
Mrs. Luper and husband came to
Morrow county in 1900, and the sum
mer of 1903 she opened up a millin
ery store in this city, in which busi
ness she was quite successful and
eventually she became the owner of
the building where she had her store,
as well as a nice piece of residence
property in the eastern part of town.
She is survived by her husband,
James N. Luper, her daughter, Mrs.
Alfred T. King of Portland, and son,
Rhea Luper, of Salem, besides the
following brothers and sisters: C. A.
Rhea of this county, T. A. and J. P.
Rhea of Hillsboro, Oregon; Mrs.
Eliza Brackett and Mrs. Lillian Pies
of Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Pete Mc
Carter of Vancouver, B. C; Mrs.
Andrew Tillard of Douglass, Wyo
ming; Mrs. Ada Wyatt of Santa
Cruz, Calif.; Mrs. Nellie Barnard,
and Mrs. Estella Veatch of Fossil,
Oregon.
Funeral services were held at the
Masonic temple this afternoon, Rev.
W. 0. Livingstone delivering a short
address, and the other services at
the hall and at the grave being in
charge of Ruth Chapter No. 32, Or
der Eastern Star, of which the de
ceased had been a prominent mem
ber for years. She was also a mem
ber of the Rebekahs and the Neigh
bors of Woodcraft.
MOST OFWOOLATHEPP
NER PASSES TO BUYERS
There has been some lively sell
ing of wool at Heppner this week by
the Morrow county producers, and
we are informed that on Monday and
Tuesday the most of the present sea
son's clip was contracted, the price
paid being 30 cents, or thereabouts.
The clips represented by Arhtur Mi
nor, both fine and coarse, brought
the 30 cent price straight through,
we understand, and but little wool
was taken over at a less price. One
dollar per fleece was advanced on
the contracts, and Phill Cohn was
the principal buyer.
Mrs. Dr. Hayden died at her home
in Monument on Tuesday night,
death being caused by cancer from
which she had been a sufferer for
many months. The remains were
brought to Hardman for burial, the
funeral being held there today and
Mrs. W. 0. Livingstone of this city
conducting the services. Mrs. Hay
den was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Win. Ingram of Hardman, and
is survived by her husband, who is
a practicing physician at Monument,
her father and mother and several
sisters and brothers.
Mrs. Emma Smith, mother of Mrs.
W. O. Livingstone, departed for Can
yon City, Colo., on Tuesday morning,
and will spend a few months visiting
vith a daughter residing there.
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