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Oreenn Historical Society, Public Auditorium The Caz ETTE-TIMES PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 39, Number 13. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY G, 1922. ' Subscription $2.00 Per Year ROBERT SPERBYJONE Speeding Car of Oscar Bergstrom Turn Turtle on Highway, Wayne Sperry Alio Badly Injured and Car Owner in Hospital. Funeral of Robert Sper ry Held at Ion Tuesday Morning. The turning over of the Dodge road ster of Oscar Bergstrom on the Willow creek highway at a point opposite the farm residence ot Ellis Minor at about 8 o'clock Saturday evening, resulted in the instant death of Robert Sperry and the serious injury of his cousin, Wayne Sperry of lone, with slight injuries to the owner and driver of the car. The accident was the direct result of reckless speeding on the highway. The party had just left lone, their destina tion being Arlington. Bergstrom and Wayne Sperry had just driven down to lone from Heppner, making the distance, i in so minutes, so it is stated By tnose who overheard their remarks to this ef fect, and they had put everybody else off the road between the two points. On arriving at lone they were joined by Bob Sperry who wished to go to Arling ton to take a train into Portland. The other boys were to meet some young ladies at Arlington and return with the expressed intention of attending the cel ebration at Parkers Mill. Starting out, it is asserted the boys were going to make a record drive to Arlington, ex pecting to arrive there in 35 minutes. On reaching a point near the Minor res idence the car swerved front the road and in turning it back again the front wheels were evidently turned too abruptly, one wheel went down and the car turned over from the momentum at least three times for a distance of more than 100 feet before coming to a stop. Bob Sperry was caught by the weight of th car and was literally smashed to pieces, his death being instantaneous Wayne Sperry was picked up uncon scious, suffering cuts, scalp wounds, a broken arm and leg, while Bergstrom es caped with minor injuries, but has since been confined in a hospital at Heppner, a nervous wreck from his experience. The car was a total wreck. Bob Sperry was found to be dead when reached by Ellis Minor, the first party to reach the wreck. Physicians were called and Drs. Walker of lone and Chick of Heppner immediately respond ed. They took charge of Wayne Sperry and It took them two hours to sew up his scalp and dress his other injuries. He was taken to a hospital at Portland on Sunday and it is reported that he is doing quite well. The coroner thought it unnecessary to hold an inquest over the remains of Robert Sperry and his body was immediately prepared for bur ial by Undertaker Hyatt of the Case Furniture Co., of Heppner. Th funeral of Robert Sperry was held at lone on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, under the auspices of Heppner Lodge No. 3B8, B. P. O. Elks, of which he was a member, Rev. W. O. Living atone, of this city, delivering the funeral address. The services were very largely attended by the people of lone and vi cinity, Bob being a native son of that town and a resident there all his life, and greatly esteemed by all. He was the eldest son of Reuben and Luvisa Sperry and was especially popular among the younger people of the community, was a fin athlete and classed as on of the best ball players in Eastern Oregon. His sudden death cast a gloom over the entire community. It may be thnt this sad and terrible accident will prove a warning to those inclined to speeding and reckless driv ing on the highways; and It may not, for people seem slow to learn and there is a mania on th part of many to "burn up the road" regardless of danger to life and limb. Just what the authorities will do in regard to this case, has not been made public. COMMERCIAL CLUB TO MEET TOMORROW W are informed by President Mc Menamin of the Heppner Commercial club, that there will be a meeting of the club at 8 o'clock tomorrow, Friday, evening at Hotel Patrick, and it is the urgent request thnt there be just as full an attendance as possible. Some im portant questions, that need immediate attention will be brought up and other matters engaging the minds of the club members should be laid aside for the time that these can be looked after. Heppner should not forget that her commercial club can do a lot of good work for the town and there should be an awakening out of the state of como in which th organization has lapsed. Be at the hotel promptly at 8 tomorrow evening. How About That MAGNETO iriTiiTnn'T.i!ir::'.ri "f i " "Bibw: , " " .i aai.ii am '.j .u.a On Your Tractor or Combine? If it needs repairs, we are at your service. We will go to the ranch and do the work or you can have it attended to in the shop. WE GUARANTEE ALL OUR WORK Battery Electric Ser vice Station Heppner Oregon Tax on Admission Must Be Paid By July 31 "Foreign and domestic corporations, tobacco manufacturers, theaters and other amusement resorts where charge for admission is made, bowling alleys, pool and billiard halls and passenger au tomobiles for hir must pay their an nual tax for th fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, on or before July 31," announ ces Clyde G. Huntley, collector of In ternal revenue. "Failure to pay these taxes during the current month will subject delinquent taxpayers to a pen alty of 25 per cent of th amount of taxes." Foreign corporations are required to pay a tax equivalent to $1 for each $1, 000 of the average amount of capital em ployed in the transaction of their busi ness during the preceding year ending June 30, 1922. Th tax on domestic cor porations amounts to $1 of so much of the fair average value of their capital stock for the preceding year as is in excess of $5000. In estimating th value of capital stock, the surplus and undi vided profits must be included. Following are th miscellaneous occu pational taxes: brokers, $50; pawnbrok ers, $100; ship brokers, $50; custom house brokers, $50; proprietors of thea ters, museums and concert halls where a charge for admission Is made, having a seating capacity of not more than 250, shall pay a tax of $50; having a seating capacity of more than 250 and not ex ceeding 500, 100; having a seating ca pacity of more than 500 and not exceed ing 800, f 150; having a seating capacity of more than 800, $200. Circus proprietors are required to pay a tax of $100; proprietors of bowling alleys and billiard rooms are required to pay $10 for each alley or table; pro prietors of shooting galleries, $20; pro prietors of riding academies ,$100. Persons carrying on the business of operating or renting passenger automo biles for hir are required to pay $10 'or each such automobile having a seat ing capacity of more than two and not more than seven, and $20 for each such automobile having a seating capacity of more than seven. Mrs. E. L. Vinton, Miss Odile Groshen and Miss Annie Doherty made up a par ty going, over to Lehman Springs early Monday to spend a holiday. They re turned on Wednesday, having visited Ukiah where they took in a part of the program of the big celebration put on there. A large crowd was in attendance and everyone seemed to be enjoying the festivities immensely. Going over, the ladies passed through Pilot Rock and were informed that the thermometer registered 111 in the Bhade there on Monday. It was very cool and pleasant lit Lehman Springs . GETS SEVERE CUT ON FOOT WITH CAMP AXE Ray Taylor suffered a very severe cut on the foot with a camp axe last Sunday morning, and his little outing in the mountains came to a sudden end. With Ills wife and Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Briggs he had left early Sunday morning' for the mountains near the Duran cabin, and on arriving there about 6 o'clock he was preparing some wood for the ens'p fire, using a small camp axe. Sti iking a knot the axe was caused to glance and utruck his foot, cutting a bad cuih along the inside of the instep, going right to the bone. Mrs. Briggs bound up the in jur od member and they immediately re turned to Heppner where the services of a physician were had. It took several iititches to draw the wound together and the injury has been properly mending. The fishing trip that Mr. Taylor had plnnned for Sunday was nipped in the bud but he will make up for it some other time. Jack Mulligan and C. V. Hopper got in yesterday from Portland where they spent a few days. They took a run up to Salem Tuesday. The Fourth was pretty quiet in Portland, and the heat whs intense. The population beat it out of town for the cool retreats just SB fast as possible. When the thermometer gets up to 95 in Portland, people really suffer with the heat. Mrs. John H. Pieper was a caller at this office while in the city yesterday af ternoon from the Pieper farm. Harvest will commence with them the coming week, the hay being put up preparatory to starting the combine. Owing to a break in the water main up Willow creek at a point between the Kelly and Florence places, the city was caused to be without an adequate water supply for a dny or so the first of the week. Manager Pruyn has had a force of men on the job and the damage is being repaired. In the meantime water users should conserve the supply that the city may not be short in case of an emergency. Tom Healy, young son of Mike Healy underwent an operation for the removal of adenoids and tonsils by Dr. McMurdo the past week and was soon able to re turn home. The lad had been a sufferer from this trouble for some time. Senator Stanfield Makes Heppner a Short Visit Senator Robert N. Stanfield was call ed to Heppner for a short time on Mon day to attend to some business affairs. Being In town for a couple of hours only, he had no time for political mat ters. The senator haa been home for some time, looking after his extensive livestock interests and he will now hurry back to Washington and become absorbed again with his official duties, expecting to leave for th capitol on the fith. Accompanying Senator Stanfield was Al Roberts, formerly of this city and late chief of police of Pendleton, Mr. Roberts spent his few hours in the city in looking up a number of old time friends; and John Fleming, extensive livestock buyer of Portland. The gentle men were driven over from Pendleton by D, B. Wafte. They found It hot here, it being the warmest day so far record ed for the season in Heppner, but when they left Pendleton about 10 a. m. it seemed to be warmer than It was her, Women Best Students At University of Oregon UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, July . Sixty-three students of the eighteen hundred registered during the spring term received no grade below Two in any subject. Of these 34 are women and 29 men a record which appears to give the women the lead in high scholar ship during the term. The greater part of the special and general scholarship honors announced at commencement, however, based on one and two years' work, were carried off by the male stu dents. Of the undergraduate students, several received no grade lower than 1, the top mark, under the Oregon system which rates the best work 1 and so on down to 6 for failure. The average grade is somewhere between 3 and 4. The highest total number of hours (term credits) of 1 made by any gradu ate was made by Edgar Blood of Port land, a junior in business administra tion. Miss Wave Lesley, another junior, living in Eugene, followed closely with 17 hours L Miss Emily Veaiio of Port land, senior in English literature, re ceived 9 hours honors and 4 hours 1. (Honors are not granted for work be low the grade of 2.) Arthur Rosebraugh of Salem, a junior, received 12 hours 1, with his grade in one three-hour class not yet reported. The junior class has the largest num ber of students, 30, who did not fall be low 2 in any subject; the seniors are next with 20, the freshmen have 7, and the sophomores 6. M. D, Clark is in receipt of informa tion from Now York that Bishop Pad dock is confined to a hospital in that city suffering from a nervous break down. He is reported to be improving and will soon be able to return to his work in Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Irwin and son Billy left Sunday morning by auto for Rockaway beach. Mr. Irwin will spend his two weeks of vacation there and the family will remain for the sum mer. Is Very Proud of His New Garage Building E. Nordyke was in the city for a short time Monday. He has recently built a concrete garage in Lexington, the ma chine shop of which has been leased to Messrs. Kelly and Jordan, and Mr. Nor dyke states that the boys are a busy The building is not entirely completed bunch and having all they can attend to. according to the plans that Mr. Nordyke i adopted, but he is working along at it and in due course of time will have ev erything as he wants it, The garago is situated on C street, about a block back from the highway and is easy of access. Messrs. Kelly and Jordan have their machine Bhop quite . well equipped at present and are in po- j sltion to serve the automobile owners promptly and satisfactorily. Mr. Nordyke is especially proud of his gasoline service station. A large tank on the hill above the garage feeds j through a visible gasoline dispensing : system, and you see what you buy the only complete system of this kind in the state. Look for the sign, Venturi Gar age. Party of Grcsham People Visit at Cleveland Home A hnppy party of people from Gresh im arrived at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cleveland just east of Heppner on Sunday and remained over the Fourth. They were all former neighbors of the Clevelanris and drove up over the high way to have a visit and take a look at Morrow county. Those making up the party were Dr. H, V. Adix and wife and two children, Dr. W. J. Ott and wife and two children, B. W. Thorne, wife and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Miller. They wore a jolly bunch of folks and just had the time of their lives at the Cleveland home, leaving on the return trip yesterday afternoon. ' Mr. and Mrs. Miller are old time friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. Henriksen of Cecil, who came up and took them out to the Hamilton ranch Tuesday. Mr, Miller is cashier of Bank of Gresham. This is his first trip into Morrow county and tho ride out over the hills revealed to him something of tho wonderful re sources we havo, Noting the big wheat elevators as he came along up Willow creek, he was led to wonder where the Btulf came from to fill them, and after seeing the extent of the wheat produc ing section, he is left to wonder no more. Our Healthy Baby SUCH A 5 " Xf Ti S Oregon Senator Here on Brief Business Trip Telia of Filibustering. Bonus Bill to Pass. Administration Backs Smith-McXary Bill. Business Much Better. (Pendleton Tribune.) One of the greatest political filibus tering moves of a party of any time is being displayed by the democratic sena tors at Washington at the present, ac cording to Senator Robert N. Stanfield who stopped in this city last night for a short visit. "The hands of the sena tors are tied by the minority group in the senate so that it Is. impossible for us to do anything at present. The deadlock over the tariff bill in the senate is whol ly the fault of the damocratic party, as the republican senaAin are ready and have been for' some time to vote on the schedules. "The democratic minority in the Ben ate is attempting to cast discredit on the present administration by making the delay disheartening to the American public. It is impossible for the senate to secure unanimous consent to a vote on the tariff or even to force a cloture, the two thirds rule," the senator declar ed. "The blame for the inaction at Washington rests not with the republi can administration but with the demo cratic senators," the senator stated with emphasis. Out of about 4000 schedules on the tariff, only 1200 have been agreed upon and the others are tied up tight over the refusal of the minority to allow a vote, according to Senator Stanfield. "Unless there are some patriotic demo cratic senators who put consideration of people as a whole over party politics, there will be no relief or action until after election. At the present time, we can do little," the senator said. "On the soldiers' bjnus bill, I will say that I personally am wholeheartedly in favor of adjusted compensation for those who served the flag, and that I be lieve that this administration is commit ted to its passage, regardless of the means of financing it, which must neces sarily come later. I do not believe that the president will veto this bill when it is passed by the senate, even if a sales tax measure be not incorporated. The pledge was given and the pledge must be fulfilled. We must keep the faith." That the administration is favorable to the Smith-McNary bill was the opin ion of Senator Stanfield, who loudly praised the work of Senator McNary in its behalf. "I do not believe that this bill will be passed this session of con gress, but I do believe that it will be taken up and passed at th next ses sion." Business conditions indicate a revival nation-wide in scope in the opinion of the Oregon senator, who has been in the west for some time on government and personal business. Already the effects of the emergency tariff are apparent in this section he said. The emergency tariff was largely sponsored by Senator Gooding of Idaho and Senator Stanfield. "As soon as the public becomes fully aware of the political work of the dem ocratic senators in Washington, and this deadlock is broken, the nation will see a big improvement in business, stimula ted by the necessary protective tariff," Senator Stanfield declared. Following a brief stop in Oregon cit ies east of Pendleton, and a day in Boise Senator Stanfield will return to Wash ington. Yesterday he visited Heppner and other points where he has business interests and reports that th sheep in dustry is again coming into its own. Bert Peck Ships Fine Pig to Alderdale, Washington Bert Teck shipped out a fine 8-months old Jersey Red boar Monday morning, the animal going to tho ranch of Mc Monamin and Ward at Alderdale, Wash. The animal weighs 290 pounds now and gives promlso of being a record breaker when he reaches maturity. Bert raises a good many fine pigs now, his stock coming from the Dillabaugh pens at Bourdmnn. Miss Marv Duran. graduate of Lexing ton high school, class of 21, who has j been attending college at Philomath during the past year, returned home on Saturday to spend the summer vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Duran, Supreme Court Turns Down Plea of Slayers Attorney for Rathie and Kirby Will Make One More Effort to Prevent Execution. Portland, July 4. Unsuccessful in his attempt to get a writ of error from the United States supreme court to stay the execution of John Rathie and Elvin D. Kirby, slayers of Sheriff Taylor of Pen dleton, Charles W. Garland returned from Washington, D. C, yesterday. He said he would make one more effort to get federal judges here to issue an in junction restraining the warden from hanging the pair as scheduled for Fri day, July 7. It was two years ago that Sheriff Tay lor was shot down in an attempt to stop a jail-break in which Rathie and Kirby were ringleaders. A dispatch from Salem to the Oregon ian under date of July 4, states that John Rathie, who, with Elvin Kirby, aliaa James Owens, will be hanged in the state penitentiary here Friday for the murder of Sheriff Taylor of Uma tilla county in 1920, has accepted the Catholic faith, according to anonunce ment by prison officials today. For the past week both Rathie and Kirby have been visited by the prison chaplains daily. Penitentiary officials said arrange ments for the hangings had been com pleted, with the exception of sending out the invitations. These will be mailed tomorrow. Both Rathie and Kirby ap peared cheerful today. They conversed with prison officials and spent several hours reading the newspapers. It was said today that Rathie had directed that his body be sent to his relatives in Idaho for burial. The hangings are scheduled for 8 o'clock in the morning. Warden Lewis announced that only persons authorized by law would be admitted to the execu tion chamber. Circus Draws Big Crowd To Town Last Saturday Howe's Circus and Van Amebrg's wild animals appeared in Heppner last Sat urday for two performances, and were the means of drawing a large crowd to the city. In fact, there had not been so many automobiles parked on the streets before for many a day, and the occasion was apparently much enjoyed by the most of the folks, regardless of the heat. The circus tent was filled to capacity in the afternoon and in the main the performance was good. The trained an imals seemed to be the chief attraction, and some of these were quite good, though better performances by horses, ponies and dogs have been put on here several times before. The cage of six big African lions appeared as the best attraction on the program, as they had the appearance, at least, of being very ferocious. One feature was noticeable by its absense, and that was the acro batic performance that usually accom panies a first class circus. There was a fair representation of "camp followers" and some few games were going on around the tents of a questionable order, but nothing to what has appeared heretofore in this line. We heard of one fellow who says that he was relieved of his pocketbook. cash and all, but how much this set him back we did not learn. Tho day was hot and under the circus tent in the middle of the afternoon there was no chance to be particularly comfortable, and the heat seemed to have the effect of checking the enthus iasm and pep of both performers and audience. But we all saw the elephant, took Johnny to the show, bought a few toy baloons and pink lemonades and enme away happy, ready to be taken in again when the next big show conies along. It's great for tho children. County Agent Calkins arrived last eve ning with his car of Shetland ponies, re cently purchased from J. B. Stump of Monmouth. He took Mr. Stump's entire band, 25 ill all, and he will have no dif ficulty in disposing of all the animals he wishes to sell, as there is a strong de mand for the ponies here. WANTED Position as cook during harvest season by competent young wo man; will take place at ranch house or cook wagon. Inquire this office. Mrs. Jumes Crnig of Lexington, who was under caro of the doctor and under went an operation nt Heppner Surgical hospital two weeks ago, was able to re turn home Tuesday, we are informed by Dr. McMurdo, her physician. Teachers Majority in U. of 0. Summer School UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, July 6. More than 75 per cent of th 334 stu dents enrolled in the Eugene branch of the University of Oregon summer ses sion are school superintendents and teachers, according to the figures in th registrar's office, which show that 250 are engaged in some form of school work. Th Principals' club, made up of principals and superintendents, has nearly seventy members, including rep resentatives from most of th large towns of the state. Th total enroll ment, in Portland and Eugene, is now more than 800, with th prospect that me aou mark will be reached or passed by the late registrants. Graduate students enrolled number 80, and more than twice as many upper division courses for third and fourth- year studentB and graduates. r taken than lower division for freshmen and sophomores. This is accounted for by me administration, largely, by th greater number of teachers and gradu ates enrolled than usual. "There is a notable unity of purpose on the part of the members of th ses sion, and a lack of interest In athletics," said Dean Colin V. Dyment, director of the summer term on the campus, "and an effort to do seriously the graduate work, in many cases with the view of obtaining a master's degree." Most of the undergraduate summer work is being done in Portland this year, and many of those enrolled there are regular University student and those preparing to enter in the fall. Live Cecil Items of Interest Ruth May who attends high school In Portland arrived in Cecil on Sunday and will spend her vacation with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. May of Lone Mar ranch. Miss Pearl Edmonds of Morgan, Miss Mildred Henriksen of Strawberry ranch and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Perry visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd and son Jack of Butterby Flats left on Saturday for The Pines, Ukiah, where they will Bpend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Chaa. Hynd. Geo. Krebs, Herman Havacost, Tunis Snyder, all of The Last Camp, left on Wednesday for Skinner creek where they will spend the next ten days. Herbert Hynd, accompanied by the Misses Annie and Violet Hynd were the guests of Miss Mildred Henriksen of Strawberry ranch on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Duncan of the Busy Be ranch are enjoying a visit from Mr. Duncan, Sr., of Colorado, who may settle here for the winter. Mrs. H. Logan and son Billy left on the local Wednesday and will visit with Mrs. F. Buchanan in lone for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Z. Logan of Cecil left on Wednesday for Portland where they will spend a few days with friends. Ray Halferty of Shady Dell left on Saturday for Hood River where he will spend the Fourth with friends. John McEntire of Killarney is the ow ner of a new Ford car so is real busy on the highway these days. Misses Georgia Summers, Elma Rufe ner and Doris Logan were callers in Morgan on Sunday evening. Jack Hynd of Butterby Flats arrived home on Thursday from the county seat, sporting a fine new Buick. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Noble of Rhea Sid ing visited with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hen riksen on Thursday. Miss Violet Hynd of Butterby Flats spent a few days in the county aeat looking up friends. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Malloy and family of Morgan were Cecil callers on Tues day. Lester Goodrich and T. B. Wilds of Morgan were Cecil callers on Friday. Franklin Ely of Morgan was looking up his Cecil friends on Sunday. E. Logan and J. W. Osborn were coun ty seat visitors on Thursday. Attornev C I. .Sweelc was called to Spokane this week on businses. He was expected home last evening. Dexter Is Defeated in 3rd Round by Fitzmaurice Considerable interest was manifested in the boxing contest at Parkers Mill on Wednesday between Jake Dexter of Heppner and Charley Fitzmaurice of Condon, who were advertised for a ten round go with the gloves. While Dexter was the heavier man of the two by 30 pounds, Fitzmaurice manifested the greater skill and knocked the Heppner man out in the 3rd round. The contest was witnessed by a fair sized crowd, and the opinion seems to he that the Condon man is far superior to Dexter in skill. E. C. Ashbaugh, formerly of this city but for many years a resident of Port land, was here yesterday. He travels in the interests of the Portland Credit Mens association. J. B. Carmichacl Is Hurt When Wagon Turns Over Word was received here this morning to the effect that J. B. Carmichael of Lexington was quite severely injured late Wednesday afternoon when thrown from a wagon loaded with hay. at the Summer ploce on the creek a couple of miles below town. When Mr. Carmichael realized that the load was going over, and that he might be thrown against the tines of a pitchfork that had been carelessly stuck in the load with the tines up, ho made a jump and landed on his back against a tree stump. He was badly injured in the back, and at this time it is not known just how se vere the injuries may prove. He was carried home and Dr. Chick was called from Heppner to minister to him. It is hoped by his family and friends that Mr. Carmichael's Injuries may not prove to ho so serious as present indications would suggest, but his ac;u is somewhat a handicap and it may bo some time be fore he fully recovers. Isaac Howard, prominent lone resi dent was doing business in Heppner yesterday. ID U1ERS IE CEIsSUfiED BY BARBATT Tying L'p of Market Road Moaey by Court Decision Affects Tea or More Counties of State. Work or Snail Group of Obstractionlsts, Say Mem ber of Commission. W. B. Barratt returned homo from s meeting of th stat highway commis sion in Portland th first of th week. Mr. Barratt had th opportunity to ex press to the Polk eounty road wrangler who have succeeded in tying up market road funds over the state by court de cisions, Just what h thought of their petty local quarrels. Mr. Barratt Is quoted by th Oregonian regarding his attitude toward this matter, but states that the Portland paper did not give all that he said. In the course of its report of doings of th highway commission, the Oregonian has the following: Road work in about ten counties Is be ing held up and eounties inconvenienced because of Polk county, or rather be cause of a small group of th obstruc tionists In the town of Independence. This statement was made direct to th Polk eounty court yesterday by mem bers of the state highway commission. The road obstructionists Id Polk county, not content with blocking com pletion of the west sid highway through the courts, have "gummed-up the road gam in many other counties through attacking the agreement of th Polk eounty court to contribute market road funds on the unfinished stat high way in that county. Market road money was about all the court had and th ob structionists went to court and a deci sion was obtained from Circuit Judge Kelly to the effect that market road funds cannot be placed on stat high ways. Nearly a dozen counties havo been so placing market road funds and, in view of Judge Kelly's decision, this road work must stop. As soon as possible the commission will try to get a decision from th su preme court. The development has brought a shower of criticism against Polk county as a whole, although mem bers of the county court, with som heat, denied yesterday that they wer responsible and declared th whol af fair was the work of a few individuals. "Morrow county," exclaimed W. B. Barratt, of the highway commission, "has spent more moaey on 35 mile of macadam road than you peopla want to pay for a first class highway clear through your Polk county. Morrow has spent $265,000 on these 36 miles and Tuesday it took ma two hours to drive over it. We want an outlet to th Col umbia river highway, but job people of Polk are holding us up." "It isn't true," interrupted Judge Robertson of Polk county. "No, it is a few individual in our county," added a Polk county commis sioner. "And now," continued Commissioner Barratt, "you want the state to pay your road for you yon want other counties to be deprived of aid and much needed roads in order that you may have hard surfaced pavement for nothing. It would be robbing counties in eastern Oregon and western Oregon. I, for on, won't stand for it. You're not fair and you're not asking for anything fair. Ton voted bonds and never sold a dollar's worth. You voted your bonds for mar ket roads and not for the highway. If the state paved your highway and you haven't sold your bonds, what would prevent you from cancelling the bond issue and getting a road system for nothing?" At the former meeting of th commis sion with the Polk county court th commission tried to have (25,000 turned over toward constructing bridges on th highway and (40,000 in bonds, th com mission saying that it would us th bond money on some section In th county, possibly near the Benton coun ty line. Somehow the delegation misun derstood the commission and had an idea that if the $65,000 was turned over the commission would finish paving through the county and ask for no more funds. It was when this idea was ex pressed that Commissioner Barratt opened up. Chairman Booth gave assurance that, so far as the county court was concern ed, the commission and court have been on good terms and have tried to find some way out of the tangle in Polk. One agreement was reached, at least. Judge Robertson promised to pay th state $27,000 due on the Dallas-Salem road, of which sum $14,000 is to be paid July 5h and $13,000 August 10th. The west side highway must now wait. explained Chairman Booth, until a de cision on market road funds is reached in the supreme court. P. J. Gallagher, representing the Mal heur county court, asked for a new inter-state bridge at Ontario, across the Snake river, Judge Wade of Coos coun ty requested the improvement of th Coquille-Bandon road. Judge Smith, of Lake county made a request for th Lakeview- Drews Valley road. No action was taken on these re quests, as th highway commission in tends visiting these points within a short time. The commission will leav Portland July 3 with the intention of covering the entire road system of Btato highways. While in the mountains Tuesday T. J. Humphreys ran onto a fine buck deer near the mill. The animal did not seem to be in the least excited and slowly trotted away so that all the company got a good look at him. He was a fin speci men, about two years old, and Tom says he appeared to fully recognize th fact that it was closed season and no one was packing a gun for him. Notice of Removal. We have removed our offices from the Masonic Building to th rear of the First National Bank Building and will hereafter b found in th latter location. WOODSON SWEEK.