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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 39, Number 10. " HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1922. Subscription $2.00 Per Year
FARMERSANDTOWNS -
INI HAY
Morrow county farmers are en
joying a vacation here today while
fraternizing with the townspeople at
the annual Morrow county picnic.
Store houses of the city are closed
for the afternoon while everyone' is
enjoying the balmy June breezes at
the Gentry ball field, where the af
ternoon's program is being staged.
A large audience was present at
the fair pavilion to receive the mus
ical and oratorical entertainment
which featured the morning's pro
gram. F. A. McMenamin, president
of the commercial club, delivered the
address of welcome. E. M. Hulden
told "Why We Are Here," and S. F.
Wilson, vice president and manager
of Bankers Discount company and
H. Ashley Ely, secretary of the Oregon-Washington
Joint Stock Land
bank, explained the benefits to be
derived by the farmers from their
respective organizations. The musi
cal numbers were well received.
At noon everyone gathered at the
pavilion again to partake of a boun
teous basket dinner. Good "eats"
and good-fellowship, as evidenced by
broad smiles and bright laughter,
was the order of the noon hour,
while rapidly disappearing vituals
gradually overcame famishing appe
tites. This afternoon rival sections of
the county are struggling for supre
macy in tug-of-war contests, baseball
game and other physical sports dear
to the brawny farmer. Several amus
ing stunts such as a greased pig con
test for boys, potato race on horse
back and relay race between the
Sandard Oil force and the First Na
tional bank gang are also scheduled
to entertain the picknickers. At 9
o'clock this evening a dance at the
pavilion where all can trip the "light
fantastic toe" till the midnight hour,
will conclude the good time of the
day.
A Number of Teachers Are
Writing For Their Certificates
The semi-annual teachers exam
ination is being held this week at
the auditorium in the high school
building, and is in charge of Mrs. C.
W. McNamer, who is assisting Su
perintendent Shurte. These teachers
are writing for county and state cer
tificates, and among those taking the
examination are Mrs. Frank W. Tur
ner and Mrs. Ethel Ashbaugh of
Heppner; Mabel Smith, Blanche
Turner and Earl Brown of lone.
These began on Wednesday, and
Mrs. Shurte looks for several others
to be in before the examination
closes to write on special subjects.
Phil Hirl, Lena stockman, was in
Heppner on Tuesday.
NEW ZEALAND PIANIST
TO PLAY AT CHAUTAUQUA
Guy Marrlner Will Bo Heard With
Noted Artist Trio.
fluy Marrlner, plnnlst with the
Steelmnn-Marrlner-Taylor Trio, which
Is to be one of the muslral delight
of Chautauqua, Is a young New Zea
land artist who made his Initial bow
before the American audiences Inst
year In a series of brilliant concert
ippearanceB before western audiences.
Bo great was his success that he has
been engaged for a long Chautauqua
lour this season, and local people will
have an opportunity of enjoying the
rare musical gifts of this young per
former. He has already won fur him
lelf an enviable reputation as Bn art
1st In New Zealand and Australia,
where he has appenred In concerts In
jinny of the leading cities, He is an
irtlst of rnre musical attainment,
ivhose career will be watched with
jreat Interest by musical critics and
others who have had un opportunity
f bearing him.
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EXISGTON MAS MARRIED
The mariage of August Edward
Miller, young farmer of Lexington to
Miss Galena 0. Campbell of Pen
dleton, was solemnized at the Pres
byterian manse in Pendleton on Wed
nesday, June 7, 1922, at I o'clock p.
m., kev. George Clark Officiating.
Ihe bride was attended by her sis
ter, Mrs. Maud Montgomery and W.
S. Campbell, uncle of the bride, was
best man. Mr. and Mrs. Miller, af
ter a short honeymoon, are now at
home to their frien.ls on the farm
near Lexington, where Mr. Miller is
engaged in wheatraising.
Prof. James Osten, who had
charge of the Heppner band a year
ago last winter, and who has been
residing in Pendleton since leaving
hire, came over Tuesday for a short
visit. He has been teaching private
classes in Pendleton and at present
is out on his summer vacation.
Chautauqua Contest
There is a spirit of rivalry between
the different houses selling season
tickets for the Chautauqua. This is
taking the form of a contest, to close
Saturday evening, June 17. If you
have not bought your tickets or had
them reserved, decide to help out
one of the contestants and have your
tickets reserved at once. Also, sug
gest to your friends that they boost
your contestant by making their res
ervations. You may pay for your
tickets at any time before noon of
the opening day, if you have them
reserved. You will save money by
purchasing a season ticket and at the
same time you will assist the local
committee more than you would if
you bought single admission tickets
for every number. A season ticket
costs just one-third as much as the
single admissions would cost if you
attend every session. If you attend
the evening sessions only, you will
save $2.00 by buying a season ticket.
The three big evening programs
cost just as much as a season ticket.
Call up one of the sellers and re
serve your tickets at once.
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take better care of your records?
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H. Ashley Ely, who is secretary
of the Oregon-Washington Joint
Stock Land bank, just opened for
business in Portland, is here today
to attend the farmers picnic. Mr.
Ely states that the bank is now
ready to accept loans which may be
made to run for a period of 33 years,
if desired, and he took time to ex
plain its workings fully to all those
interested.
Ellis Hendrickson arrived on Wed
nesday evening from San Francisco,
Calif., for a visit with Mrs. Hen
drickson, who has been spending a
couple of months at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jones in
this city.
Peter Curran will leave for the
summer range over in the mountains
near Whitney, Oregon, on Saturday,
where he will have sheep on good
feed for the summer.
FOR SALE Shetland ponies of
good size, excellent quality, and dis
position from colts to five years old.
C. C. Calkins.
Joseph Sibley, who raises wheat
on a farm out north of Lexington,
is on the job at the court house this
week as a juror.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rietmann,
prominent residents of the lone sec
tion, were visitors in this city on
Saturday.
Good work horses for sale. In
quire of A. Henriksen, Cecil, Ore
gon. Or will trade for cattle or
sheep. tf.
Guy Huston and family, of Eight
Mile, spent a few hours in this city
on Tuesday, motoring in from their
farm.
F. H. Robinson, lone attorney,
was in the city on Monday for the
opening of the June term of circuit
court.
J. S. Beckwith is over from his
home at Pendleton this week, filling
his station as official court reporter.
R. J. Carsner delivered a band of
ewes to Tom Boylen here this week
for shtpment to the Idaho ranges.
Ralph Akers, one of the leading
merchants of lone, is serving as a
juror in circuit court this week.
The
Much Road And Telephone
Work Being Done In Forest
The telephone lines of the dist
rict are in good repair, except the
line on Willow creek leading to
Heppner. About eight miles of
heavy maintenance work on this line
is yet to be done.
The road westward from Ukiah
has been cleared of logs as far as
Ditch creek. The bridge on Pole
creek has been wrecked by the high
water and a new bridge will proba
bly be put in in the near future. Will
Troxel of Gurdane has been placed
on road work and will assist the for
est officers in getting the roads and
trails open for the fire season.
Fred Casteel has begun his duties
as Salter on the Five Mile cattle
range. He was shown over the range
by Ranger Woods. Mr. Casteel was
well pleased with the range and ex
pressed his appreciation of the roads
and trails and the ease with which
the cattle range may be covered. Be
sides salting about fifteen hundred
head of cattle he has fourteen miles
of drift fence to maintain.
A. D. Hileman of Gurdane has
been awarded the contract to con
struct two miles of driftf ence along
the forest boundary in Hall canyon.
This will be an extension to the Five
Mile drift fence and will eventually
be connected up with other fence
to the westward and prevent the cat
tle from drifting from the Five Mile
range. This piece of fence is the
result of cooperation by the forest
service, the Five Mile Cattle asso
ciation and Charles McDevitt. The
cost of material and construction will
be about $225 per mile. Mr. Hile
man expects to begin construction
at once.
School In District No. 3
Now Fully Standardized
Mrs. Shurte reports that the school
in District No. 3, the Peck district,
was, by the energetic work of the
teacher, Miss Margaret McDevitt,
fully standardized this year, and has
received its certificate. This is the
only standardized rural school in the
county at present and Miss McDevitt
worked hard to bring about this re
sult. She got her full 95 per cent
in attendance, and all the other re
quirements were met in a like man
ner, and the teacher is very proud
of the work accomplished.
Tilden Williams, who owns a
ranch in the Rood canyon neighor-
hood, was doing business in Heppner
yesterday. As a result of the heavy
downpour of rain in that part of the
county on Friday much of the road
down Rood canyon has been elimin
ated and the county will be compell
ed to expend a lot of money in work
ing it over. Both the Rood canyon
and Hail ridge sections received a
good soaking and it is reported that
the fields were pretty badly washed
in many places. The general results
for the crops are good, however.
County Agent Calkins returned
home Tuesday evening from attend
ing a meeting of county agents at
the Mora experiment station. Ha
states that everything in that section
is in fine shape for a demonstration
to the farmers of Morrow county
when they go over there on the 24th.
Mr. Calkins hopes to have a large
number of business men of the
county accompany the excursion to
Mora and take the trip with the far
mers through the wheat growing sections.
Railroad Invalid
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CT. HAS F
Judge D. E. Parker, of Condon,
Presiding Numerous Cases
Settled and Dismissed Car
ty Damage Suit Takes Up
Most of Three Days.
The regular June term of Circuit
Court for Morrow county convened
at the court house in Heppner on
Monday morning, with Judge D. R.
Parker, of Condon, presiding.
The docket was not very lengthy
but several cases of importance were
at issue and set down for trial. On
calling the docket, a number of other
cases were found to have been set
tled out of court and they were dis
missed. The first case to come on for hear
ing, to be tried before a jury, was
that of Jas. Carty vs. F. A. McMena
min and Patrick Ward, an action for
damages and the recovery of money
paid on contract for lease of range
lands in the vicinity of Goldendale,
Wash. Messrs. Woodson and Sweek
appeared for the plaintiff and the
defendants were represented by G.
H. Fenn of La Grande and F. A. Mc
Menamin of Heppner. The case
went to trial on Monday, and the
taking of testimony lasted through
3ut Monday and Tuesday, a number
of witnesses being examined, and it
was submitted to the jury Wednes
day forenoon. After deliberating a
few hours the jury returned its ver
dict, finding for the plaintiff in the
sum of $1875.80. The sum sued
for was a little less than $3000.
A similar action was that of James
Farley vs. McMenamin and Ward.
In this case permission was given
to file an amended complaint,
Messrs. S. E. Van Vactor and R. R.
Butler representing the plaintiff and
Fenn and McMenamin the defend
ants. Case is set down for trial first
day of next regular term.
Other cases disposed of were:
Cecil C. Sargent vs. Chas. M.
Wagner; settled and dismissed.
First National Bank of Condon vs.
Columbia Trading Co., et al.; set
tled and dismissed.
D. M. Ward vs. J. E. Craber; set
tled and dismissed.
H. L. Boardman vs. A. M. Zink;
demurrer overruled; 15 days to ans
wer. J. E. Gentry vs. Jason Biddle; de
murrer overruled; 20 days to ans
wer. G. E. Steele vs. Carl Calkins, et
al.; passed pending settlement.
L. W. Weeks and C. L. Berry vs.
C. R. Peterson; demurrer with
drawn; defendant given 20 days to
answer.
Bank of lone vs. Leonard Doug
lass; default and judgment and or
der of sale of attached property.
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. vs.
Leonard Douglass; default and judg
ment and order to sell attached prop
erty.
Harry T. Ayers vs. Frank Ayers,
et al.; settled and dismissed.
Peoples Warehouse Co. vs. Arthur
A. Finley; dismissed without preju
dice. Raymond Steers vs. J. E. Craber;
settled and dismissed.
E. H. Kellogg vs. Frank Gilliam,
trustee of estate of J. E. Craber, et
al,; settled and dismissed.
Amanda Potter vs. Curtis C. Rhea,
et al.; dismissed without prejudice
W. 0. Minor and R. A. Thomp'
son vs. Asa L. Young; settled and
dismissed.
State of Oregon vs. Lapthorn ; lar
ceny; arraigned; to plead at 10 o'-
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I DOCKET
Work On Willow Creek High
way Gap Delayed Indefinitely
Commissioner W. B. Barratt re
turned from Portland Saturday
where he had been during the week
attending the June meeting of the
state highway commission.
Mr. Barratt is very much disap
pointed that the work of grading and
surfacing the gap in Gilliam county
on the Oregon-Washington highway
that would connect us up with the
Columbia highway at Heppner Junc
tion is now indefinitely delayed, ow
ing to the recent ruling of Judge
Kelly making it impossible to apply
market road money on a state high
way. The contract for this work had
been let to the Warren Construction
company and would have been push
ed to completion by the first of the
year. The road had been designated
as a market road by Gilliam county,
but this was subsequent to its being
named as a sate highway, and Mr.
Barratt states that there is no chance
under the present state of affairs to
go ahead. It is his opinion that a
test case will be made of this particu
lar piece of road construction and
the same taken to the supreme court
for its decision.
0. E. Johnson, an extensive ranch
er of Hardman, was a business visit
or in Heppner on Tuesday.
WANTED Heppner residence
property. Inquire this office. tf.
clock today.
Marymerrill vs. H. H. Merrill ; to
be tried today.
Grand Jury Report.
In the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon for Morrow County.
We, the undersigned, duly empan
eled as the Grand Jury for the June
term, 1922, of the above entitled
court, respectfully report as follows :
We have been in session three
days, and have inquired into all mat
ters pertaining to violation of the
laws of the State of Oregon, which
have been brought to our attention,
or of which we had knowledge.
We have found two true bills and
one not true bill.
We have investigated the offices
of the County Clerk and the Sher
iff, and find that the offices are in
charge of competent and courteous
officials. The records of said offices
so far as we are able to ascertain,
are accurately and carefully kept.
We inspected the county jail, and
beg to recommend that the jail be
kept, if possible, in a more sanitary
condition. We also recommend the
City of Heppner be not permitted to
confine city prisoners in the county
jail unless the said city pays suffi
cient rental therefor to enable the
county to meet the additional ex
pense occasioned by the use of the
county jail by the city. We also re
commend that the jail be remodeled,
at the earliest convenient date, so
as to provide suitable quarters for
women prisoners, if any such there
should be.
Having finished our labors at this
time, we beg to be excused until
such time as the court may deem
proper.
FRED AKERS, Foreman,
HARRIET G. ROBISON,
ROBERT GEMMELL,
OTTO RUHL,
MERLE N. KIRK,
A. M. MOORE,
JOSEPH PRINGLE.
Whereupon the court excused the
Grand Jury for the term.
Two cases will be on trial today,
but it is not thought they will con
sume much time, and it appears that
the work of the term will likely be
completed by this evening.
LOCAL NEWS HAPPEKINGS
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cronk were
visiting friends at lone and Heppner
tor a tew days this week, coming up
from Hood niver in their car on Sat
urday. 'Ihey were accompanied by
jiir. and Mrs. Jacob Bortzer, former
residents of Morrow county, now re
siuuij at Hood hiver, who visited at
cne home of their daughter, Mrs.
Fred lash while spending several'
days in Heppner. Mr. and Mrs.
Cronk, who have been residing at
Hood Kiver for the past year are1
arranging to move to Portland, and
will go to the city when they return
from this visit, where Mr. Cronk will
go into business.
J. R. Johnson of Boardman tame
over Monday and has been doing
jury duty this week. Mr. Joohnson
is one of the successful producers
on the project and has been a hay
raiser mere tor a number of years.
He has his first cutting of alfalfa
down and would have been glad to
remain at home and get it in the
stack, but had to give up some time
to one of the necessary duties of cit
izenship. The first cutting at Board
man will not be as good as in form
er seasons, owing no doubt to the
backward spring.
E. M. Shutt and wife and son
Lawrence departed Sunday morning
on their journey to Los Angeles,
Calif., where they expect to make
their home in the future. They are
traveling by car and it may be sev
eral weeks before they reach their
destination as they expect to make
the trip by easy stages. Mr. Shutt
states that he expects to return to
Heppner again in the fall, having
business interests here, but he plans
to establish a home at or near Los!
Angeles and go into business there.
A very heavy rain visited the sec
tion just about Heppner and extend
ing due north, falling heaviest at
the head of Sourdough canyon and
on the divide between that canyon
and Blackhorse about the middle of
Sunday afternoon. Quite heavy
flood of water ran down Sourdough
canyon and some of the smaller
draws leading to Wilkiw creek. No
serious damage is reported. At
Heppner there was quite a heavy
hail storm, but it lasted only a few
minutes.
Martin Johnson and family of Til
lamook are visiting at the home of
his parents in this city this week, ar
riving here by auto. Martin has
been teaching manual training in the
Tillamook high school for the past
tour years. It has been 9 1-2 years
since he was in Heppner last, and he
admits that he hardly recognizes the
old town at all, the change has been
so great. Mr. Johnson will continue
his work in the Tillamook schools
we coming year.
At the Federated church on Sun
day, June 18, there will be Sunday
school and preaching service in the
morning and the Endeavor services
in the afternoon at 5 and 7, but noi
evening preaching' services.
E. L. Moore, Pastor.
Mrs. C. W. McNamer and Mrs.
Lucy T. Wedding have been engaged
a few days this week at the office
of Superintendent Shurte in examin
ing the papers of the eighth grade
pupils.
Fred Akers of Eight Mile is serv
ing on the grand jury this week. He
finds it necessary to go home of eve
nings and return in the morning in
order to get the chores done on the
farm a pretty strenuous job.
The way the watch repair board
is filling up at the new jewelry store
in the I. 0. 0. F. building, Mr. Har
wood is having a chance to try out
his speed. Adv.
Peter Linn, who is engaged in the
warehouse business at lone, is serv
ing the public this week as a juror
in circuit court.
Don't forget we have hardwood.
All sizes. Suitable for making
hitches. Peoples Hardware Co.
George Bumside of Hardman has
been spending the week in Hepp
ner serving as a petit juror.
A. M. Moore of lone is doing jury-
duty in Heppner this week, a mem
ber of the grand jury.
Miss Velma Case is visiting this
week with her friend, Miss Rita Fer
guson in Pendleton.
0. D. Forbes, prominent resident
of lone, is doing jury duty in Hepp
ner this week.
John Brosnan, Butter creek ranch
man, was attending court in Hepp
ner yesterday.
Lawrence Redding, wheatgrower
of Eight Mile, was a visitor in Hepp
ner Monday.
Experienced woman wants work
on ranch; full charge. Inquire this
office. 3tp
Percy Hughes and wife of Butter
creek were Monday visitors in this
city.
WANTED 500 dozen fresh eggs
at Heppner Bakery. tf.
JOHN J. KELLY LOSES
SHEEPINHAfLSTORM
The storm of Friday afternoon is
reported to have done great damage
to the roads in Buttermilk and
Sweetmilk canyons, and property
owners along Kock creek in that vi
cinity were wused to suffer loss.
This was especially true of John J.
Kelly, owner of the George Perry
place. The storm broke there with
much fury, rain and hail coming
down in torrents and raising the
creek running through the place.
Sheep on the hill were scattered by
the storm and washed into the creek
channel and the loss has been vari
ously reported, from 200 to 475 head.
All the bucks were drowned in the
flood waters and 200 or more of the
ewes. Mr. Kelly's wool was out of
reach of the water but it struck the
house with suiheient force to move
it about. Mr. Kelly's loss amounts
to several thousand dollars.
Rains have been general all over
the eastern Oregon counties during
the past week and damage from wa
ter spouts and cloudbursts is report
ed from many sections. Rain at Can
yon City interfered greatly with the
success of the big celebration there
at the end of the week but that is
compensated for in a large measure
by the benefits to growing grain and
hay crops. The Morrow county grain
belt has been greatly benefitted ar.l
hundreds of thousands of dollars
added to the prospective yield. Cool
er weather since is also beneficial.
First Christian Church
Lords Day, June 18.
You are personally invited to be
with us at our services beginning at
10 a. m. with Bible school, followed
by Communion and preaching and
closing with Christian Endeavor and
song service and preaching at 7 and
8 p. m. Remember the invitation.
Livingstone.
Church Here Will Entertain
Convention Next Summer
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Livingstone
returned Monday evening from El
gin where they attended the Eastern
Oregon convention of the Christian
church, held in that city on Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. An
invitation was extended to the con
vention by Mr. Livingstone on be
half of the Christian church of
Heppner, asking that the convention
e held here next June, and it was
iccepted. The church will be meet-
n in their new building at that time
iccording to present plans, and will
"ie in position to handle the conven
tion nicely. The convention re-el
ected Mr. Livingstone president of
the Eastern Oregon organization for
the third consecutive quarter. Mr.
and Mrs. Livingstone greatly enjoy
ed the convention and the hospital
ity accorded them by the Elgin
people.
Chas. Barlow suffered the frac
ture of his little finger on the right
hand Saturday evening, while at
work at Latourell Auto Co. garage.
He was assisting Chuck Bell in re
moving a wheel from a car and re
ceived a blow from a sledge ham
mer that Chuck had intended for the
hub of the wheel. The inury was
painful for a time but Charley is
well over it now.
Fire Destroys Warren Resi
dence At Boardman Friday
Fire destroyed a small frame resi
dence near the business section of
Boardman at noon on Friday. The
building was owned by H. E. Warren
of the Boardman Trading Co. store.
With Mr. Warren were his father
and son and the elder Mr. Warren
was cooking over an oil stove when
food boiling over caused a fire, ignit
ing the walls. All the personal prop
erty of the three gentlemen as well
as the furniture was a total loss.
Surrounding property was saved by
bucket brigades, as Boardman has
no fire fighting apparatus at present.
County Treasurer's Notice
Notice is hereby given that all
General Fun J Morrow County War
rants registered up to and including
Novemper 7, 1921, will be paid upon
presentation at my office on June 26.
1922. Interest on said warrants
ceases after this date.
T. J. Humphreys,
County Treasurer.
0. H. Warner, prominent resident
of Boardman is attending court in
Heppner this week.