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HIE GAZETTE-TIME PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 39, Number 18. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 3, 1922. Subscription $2.00 Per Year 11 DAY DIRECTORS REJECT LEWIS DEFER Many Interested Parties Attend Meeting of Board of Directors of John Day Irrigation District Tuesday Night Three Important Resolutions Adopted. A meeting of the board of directors of the John Day Irrigation district was held at the office of Woodson and Sweek In thia city on Tuesday evening, the meeting being called for the purpose of considering a proposition of compromise between the district and John H. Lewis, engineer In charge of work of the dis trict. Directors Wheelhouse of Arling ton and Clark of Heppner were present, was also their attorney, S. E. Van Vector and Secretary Sweek. Attending the meeting were a large number of the land owners in the district and the heaviest taxpayers, among them being Jas. Carty, Hynd Bros., Smythe Bros., and others, who were instructed to speak on behalf of numerous other interested parties who were unable to attend the meeting. The proposition of Mr. Lewis, being the chief topic for consideration, it was taken op first. It is as follows: "To the Board of Directors, "John Day Irrigation District. "Gentlemen: "After talking the matter over with your attorney, I have decided to submit herewith merely as an offer of compro mise, and not to be construed otherwise, the very minimum which could be ac cepted in adjustment of the John Day controversy recently decided by the eourt, which offer is conditioned upon the completion of the information here tofore collected and the preparation of a Anal report based thereon for filing with your district, also that your dis trict will protect me against any far ther costs or losses incident to this liti gation, or the collection of the money for warranta aa issued. The completion of the report was referred to in the court's findings, and I would like to make it of credit to myself as well as to the district. It would seem a great waste of funds not to put this information in convenient shape for filing and future reference. "Having heretofore expended approx imately $29,000 on account of this pro ject, exclusive of any salary or profit to me for the two years of time that I have been connected with this work, it seems only fair that this amount should be psid. In addition to this my own time and profit on the job should far more than cover the work done under the supplemental contract and to cover my attorney's fee in this litigation which was unexpectedly forced upon me. Furthermore some $8,200 in warrants hsve been sold by me without recourse which were not included in the $20,000 allowed by the court. The proceeds from these warrants have gone into the work. As these warrants bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from September 12, 1920, this interest should also be allowed to the date when new warrants are registered. I am pri marily influenced at this time to submit the very minimum as a basis for settle ment, in order that these warrant hold ers may be relieved of further anxiety due to further litigation. "Therefore I will accept as full set tlement for all work rendered the John Day Irrigation district on account of contracts of John H. Lewis or Lewis A Clark, with such district, for engineer ing work, the following warrants of your district, bearing A per cent inter est, which warrants are In addition to the $20,000 allowed by the court: B warrants of $1 000 each $6,000 4 warrants of $500 each 2,000 1 warrant of $700 700 1 warrant of $.100 300 1 warrant of sufficient amount to cover Interest at 6 per cent on $8 200 from September 12, 1920 to dnte of registration of the above mentioned new warrants to be issued, which interest is estimated 1.000 Legal expenses unpaid warrant... 6,000 To complete maps and information as heretofore collected, prepare final report with estimate of cost including suitable index maps and Illustrations 8,000 Total of new warrants, $17,000 plus interest as above mentioned, say $18,000 "This offer was made verbally to your attorney with the understanding that I could have your decision thereon prior to the time allowed for appeal in this case, which upon my return, I find to be less than I had anticipated. As some question may come up not anticipated in this letter, it may be best for me to at tend your meeting. This I will gladly do if it can be held this week, and notified by phone prior thereto, "Very truly yours, "JOHN H. LEWIS." Upon the reading of this proposition from Mr. Lewis, consideration of the same was had no further than the first paragraph, for the reason that the direc tors could not agree to that portion stat ing "That your district will protect me against any further costs or losses in cident to this litigation, or the collection of the money for warrants as issued." This the board could not do, and upon a thorough discussion of the point in question by all present, it was unani mously agreed that the proposition of Mr, Lewis for compromise on the basis presented be rejected. Other matters coming up for settle ment were presented to the meeting in the form of resolutions. Three of these were presented. The first has to do with the assessment levied against the lands within the district, and was upon the motion of M. D, Clark and duly seconded as follows: "Whereas, a former board of directors adopted a budget amounting to about One Hundred and Twelve Thousand Dol lars ($112,000) and ordored an assess ment of Fifty Cents per acre on all the privately owned land in the district to raise said sum, and Whereas, the land owners commenced a suit against the John Day Irrigation district and others for the purpose of cancelling said assessment and the In debtedness for which it wbs levied, and "Whereas, the Circuit Court of Mor row County has rendered a decision can- Former Pendleton Girl Now French Countess An Imposing legs! document drawn I up recently in Broadway law office in New York ia the modern glass slipper which makea an American girl who I once lived in Portland, Pendleton and ' Seattle and who waa wife No. 1 in a Se attle bigamy ease in 1913 a twentieth century Cinderella. ) The slipper or. rather the document which was certified and approved in the surrogate'! court transforms Claudia Windsor Tartoue, daughter of Hra. R. Bengue Barnett of Portland, and wife j of Pierre Tartoue, famous portrait pain-' ter into the Countess de Rampan and ' Countess de Chanquetol. Mme. Tartoue il officially adopted as a daughter of I the Countess Clarel de Toequeville de Rampan de Chanquetol, after a friend-1 rtiip of years. Claudia Windsor Tartoue went to Se attle in 1912 from Portland and Pendle ton, as the wife of George John Busch, who represented himself as the heir to the millions of Adolphus Busch, St. Louis brewer. Mrs. Busch'e beauty at tracted attention and she was voted per sonally charming. After a time they 'eft Seattle for the East. A year passed and Busch returned to Seattle alone, explaining that he had been divorced. lie represented that he 'lad extensive business interests in Brit ish Columbia. In June, 1913, he eloped with Dorothy M. Meyer, 20, daughter of Mrs. J. H. Meyer of Seattle, one who was known in music circles. Mrs. Meyer was distressed over the secret wedding at Victoria, B. C, and at her request a recond ceremony waa performed in Se attle;, June 26, 1913, at the German Luth eran church and the couple departed on a five-months' honeymoon that was to end in San Diego. Two months after hteir departure Mrs. Claudia Windsor Busch appeared in Se attle again, making Inquiry for her hus band, and the investigation subsequently resulted in Mrs. Meyer filing a charge of bigamy against her son-in-law. Report came that the couple were on their way to Argentine. Early in 1920, Claudia Windsor mar ried Pieirc Tortoue, French portrait ar tist who was in America painting por '.raits of distinguished men and women, and in January, 1921, filed suit for di vorce. It Is not mentioned in the New 1'ork report of the filing of the docu ment that is to make her a countess whether her petition for divorce from Tartoue was ever prosecuted. East Or cgonian. Maternity Nursing will go to home. Mrs. M. L. Oney, Heppner. St. celling all of said indebtedness except about Twenty-Two Thousand Dollars ($22,000) and in addition has cancelled about Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($48,000) of the indebtedness accruing since said levy was made: and "Whereas, under the said decision there is not now outstanding against the District in excess of Twenty-Two or Twenty-Three Thousand Dollars ($22, 000 or $23,000); and "Whereas, the land owners have ap pealed from the Court decision and seek to have the indebtedness further reduc ed; and "Whereas, the Court believed it was without power to cancel the said levy of Fifty Cents per acre, notwithstanding the indebtedness intended to be paid thereby was largely cancelled; and "Whereas, there is no necessity for the collection of said levy of Fifty Cents per acre and it would work a great hard ship on the land holders to pay the same and many of them may not be able to pay it; therefore "Be it resolved that the said levy of Fifty Cents per acre be cancelled by the Board and the County Assessor be in structed to strike it from the tax rolls and the Sheriff and all other county offi cers retrain from the collection thereof. "But It is the sense of the Board that when the Supreme Court shall have pass ed on the appeal of said litigation and the amount which the Directors will owe has been determined another levy will be made sufficient to pay said indebted ness and to satisfy the just claims of all creditors of the district." The resolution passed. Resolution No. 2 is as follows: "Whereas, the indebtedness evidenced by many outstanding district warrants is in litigation; and "Whereas, there is much uncertainty as to what warrants will ultimately be held valid and what Invalid, therefore "Be it resolved that the county treas urer be instructed not to pay any Dis trict warranta until the legal status thereof has been finally determined and he is advised by the Board what war rants Bhould be paid from the funds of the District." This resolution offered by M. D. Clark was unanimously carried. The third resolution touches upon the proposal to make an appeal to the su preme court of the State of Oregon, from the derision of the lower court in the suit of the Northern Pacific Rail way company and others, against the John Day Irrigation district, C. C. Clark and others, and is as follows: "Whereas, a notice of pretended ap peal to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon in the case of the Northern Pacific Railway company, et al, vs. C. C. Clark, et al., has been filed by Mr. F Jl. McMenamin and Mr. C. H. Finn pre tending to act as attorneys for the Dis trict; and "Whereas, the Board has heretofore discharged said attorneys as attorneys for the District and have employed Mr. S. E. Van Vactor as its attorney; and "Whereas, the District does not desire to appeal from said Court decision, "Now therefore be it resolved, that Mr. S. E. Van Vactor, attorney for the Board take such steps as may be neces sary to dismiss said pretended appeal." Upon motion this resolution was pass ed. The district having refused to con sider the compromise proposition of Mr. Lewis, it is presumed that he will per fect his appeal from the decision of the Circuit Court of Morrow county as handed down by Judge Phelps, and will endeavor to force the payment of his claims in this manner. There was much interest manifested In the proceedings at the meeting Tues dny evening, and whllp there was not a great number of the land owners with in the district present, these were well represented, and those who attended had authority to act for a much larger num ber who were unable to be present. Whose T0BEATWHEAT8H0W High Quality Milling Wheat to Compete In Northwest Grain Hay Show at Pendleton This Fall. (Pendleton E. O.) Grain growers of Morrow county will be here strong with exhibits for the Northwest Hay and Grain show, accord ing to a statement from C C. Calkins, county agent, in a letter to Fred Ben nion. Calkins has made a request for 100 extra premium lists to be sent out to leading growers in his county. Mor row county farmers will send 60 bags of wheat which will weigh 100 pounds esch, Calikns says. Samples of wheat grown near Lexing ton and lone this year have been dis played here, and quite a lot of this wheat has been purchased by local mill ers for milling purposes. It is said to be of unusually high gluten content this season. The varieties in which Morrow county excells are Turkey Red, Hybrid, Hard Federation, Forty-Fold and Early Baart. Farmers from Morrow county last 'year got in on some of the high money at the show. Burton H. Peck of Hepp ner won first for certified Turkey Red, ind his exhibit placed ninth in the Tur key Red class. This was considered to be a good showing In the stiff competi tion furnished by the Montana growers with their toppy Turkey Red grain. C. E. Carlson of lone placed eighth in the common white class with an exhibit of Forty-Fold. In the Forty-Fold class, this exhibit took first prize. The best bale of hay in the show came Trom Morrow county. Charles Wick 'ander of Boardman was the grower of the hay. It was then sent to the Inter national Grain and Hay show at Chicago where it was the only bale of commer cial hay, and it won seventh place there. One carload of the baled hay used to build the show last year came from Boardman. B. C. Mitchell, A. L. Dllla bough, H. II. Westman and R. Wasmer, all of Boardman, also placed for hay prizes last year. The show management pays freight on all grnin entries of 100 pounds. This exhibit is then cleaned and recleaned and one bushel is used for show pur poses. The Burplus above the bushel is sold and pays for the freight and the cleaning expenses. State Health Officer at Boardman on August 9 Dr. Estelle Ford Warner, head of the Bureau of Child Hygiene of the State Board of Health, will be at Boardman on August 9th. Dr. Warner will hold a free clinic for pre-school children and babies and it is urged that all parents have their children there if it is possi ble to do so. It is expected that Dr. Warner will be in Heppner at a later date, possibly some time in October. A young man named Norton was brought to the office of Dr. McMurdo Tuesduy evening from the road camp of Moore & Anderson, suffering injuries to his right knee which had been pier ced by a large iron hook. The injuries were dressed and the boy returned to camp, expecting to be ready to resume work in a few days. His home is at Portland. Horner Hunts History. J. B. Horner, professor of history at O. A. C, has been made director of his torical research in Oregon. Professor Horner has uncovered many incidents of rare historical value, some of which have been published in his history of Oregon, and others in the public press. One item of historical interest was lo cating old Fort Hoskins, built by Phil Sheridan of civil war fame, near the present town of Hoskins and not, as gov ernment war records report on the Sileti 20 miles west of there. Professor Hor ner hopes to enlist the aid of old set tlers and others in digging up and re cording items likely otherwise to be permanently lost. Summer Picnic Is Teachers Institute Will Be Held in October This Year We are informed by Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte, school superintendent, that the teachers institute for Morrow county will be held earlier this season than for merly, the dates now being set for Octo ber 16, 17 and 18. The superintendent is already working on her program for this event, and ex pects to have very excellent talent pro sent soma of the best in the state, in fact, and she looks forward to a suc cessful institute for the teachers of the county. . O. A. C. FARM POINTERS Silage is an insurance against a long winter and short hay crop, as well as an economical feed for sheep and cattle. The full value of the silo was felt in the late hard winter with hay out of sight. The Union experiment station has found that a combination of hay and silage produces twice the daily gains at half the cost of hay alone. When ants become troublesome whole colonies may be destroyed by mixing a teaspoonful of tartar emetic with a ta blespoonful of honey, spreading it on a piece of bread and placing this bait in the path of the ants. They carry por tions of the poisoned honey to their young as well as eat of it themselves. Aphis on cabbage and kale plants are particularly bad this year in many parts of Oregon. Black leaf-40 diluted ac cording to directions on the package will clean them out when properly applied. A good soap suds rather than clear water will assist in spreading the solu tion, making it more effective and econ omical of labor and material. Deputy Game Warden Here. E. Albee, whose home for the most part is at Pendleton, but who may be liv ing almost anywhere over his district, for he is a deputy game warden, has been sent to this county to remain for a time and look out for those who may be inclined to violate the game laws of the state. It is understood that Mr. Al bee will be in this part of his district for the remainder of the summer, mak ing frequent visits to the mountains, and there is no telling when he may bob up and demand that you show that hunting or fishing license. It is well to go prepared if you expect to hunt or fish, and you might keep posted as to times and seasons as well. In fact, you should be well tagged, for there is the forest service man to look out for too, and he says you must have a permit to camp within the domains of the forest reserve and build fires. Too Hot at Ritter. John Parkins, who lives over in the Ritter country, but who is at the present time making a visit at the home of his cousin, Andrew Reaney at Lexington, states that it is just a little too hot over that way at present. The thermometer has been registering 112 in the shade over there and the heat is just a little more than he can stand. Mr. Parkins will remain here for some time, and while visiting at the Reaney home he is helping with the hay harvest. He came to Heppner yesterday with Mr. Reaney, who was in quest of laborers to work in his hay fields, He found help very scarce. The family of S. A. Pattison are so journing in the mountains in the vicin ity of Ditch creek, where they will re main until the heated term has broken and living down here in the valley is a little more tolerable, They went up yesterday and have joined the Heppner colony now enjoying the cool shade and the mountain air. A. K. Smythe. extensive sheepman and landowner of Gilliam county, who oper ates near Arlington, was in Heppner over Tuesday night and attended the meeting of tho John Day Irrigation dis trict officers and landowners. Much of the Smythe holdings lie within the boun daries of the district. Miss Dorothy Hill, daughter of Mrs. Eugene Penland, who has been visiting at the home of her grandmother in Portland for a couple of months, return ed to her Heppner home on Saturday. This? IS. CLABDUGH DIES ATPORTLANDHOSPITAL Ulceration of Stomach Causes Death of Wife of Heppner Business Man. Burial at Kansas Home. Mrs. I. R. Clabough died at St. Vin cents hospital in Portland on last Fri day evening at 8:15, at which institution she had been for several weeks under care of physicians who were treating her for goiter. Her health had been poor for several years, and on this ac count the family moved about to various points in the hopes that change of cli mate and altitude might prove benefi cial. They had been living in Heppner for more htan a year, and two months ago Mrs. Clabough was taken to Port land to receive treatment for goiter and heart trouble. Recently there developed other complications, and the physicians thought an operation for appendicitis was necessary, and this they decided to perform on last Friday morning. Mrs. Clabough took suddenly very ill early in the morning, and word was sent to Heppner, Mr. Clabough leaving immedi ately, and reached her side about ten minutes before she passed away. A post mortem examination was held by the physicians to determine the cause of death, and it was found that she had ulceration of the stomach, the ulcer had broken, causing the severe sickness and this with her weakened heart brought about her death. The body was prepared for shipment to Kansas for Burial, going to Flora, their Kansas home, Tuesday, in charge of Mr. Clabough, who was joined at Ar lington by all the other members of the family excepting Delbert, the eldest son, who remains at Heppner with the busi ness owned by himself and father. Mrs. Sylvia Clabough was a native of Kansas and aged about 41 years at tile time of her death. She is survived by her husband, I. R. Clabough and six sons, Delbert, James, Richard, George. John and Norman. She was a talented woman, and though her stay in Heppner was one of comparative short duration, yet she won many friends here and their sincere sympathy is extended to the father and boys in the sad bereave ment. The family expect to remain at Flora where Mr, Clabough owns a good farm. Man Caught in Combine Cylinder Dies at Condon A dispatch to the Oregonian from Condon under date of August 1, gives the following report fo the violent death of W. H. Colwell, a Portland ranch oper ator: W. H. Colwell of 335 North Tenth street, Portland, Or., 66 years old, died at the local hospital early this morning. Death was the result of being caught in the cylinder of a horse-drawn combine on the ranch of Frank Lewis at Mik kalo, about 20 miles from Condon. Mr. Colwell had interests with Mr. Lewis and was assisting him with harvest, hav ing charge of the separator, and in going about his work slipped and fell in the rapidly moving cylinder. One leg was ground to a pulp, and from where he lay he directed his release, having the men hitch the horses to the rear of the combine and reverse the machine and in that way free him. He showed a re markable grit and courage in directing his release. He was brought to Condon and placed in a hospital, where one leg was amputated in an effort to save his life. Mr. Colwell was well known in east ern Oregon, having settled in Lone Rock about 1876, and was a pioneer stock man of that place. Later he lived in Ar lington and of recent years in Portland. Besides his widow he leaves a sister, Mrs. Salter of Tacoma; a brother, James Colwell of Seattle, and three daughters, Mrs. Christensen of Troutdale, Mrs. Black of North Carolina and Mrs. Pom eroy of Portland. Burial will be in Port land. He was a member of the Masonic order, Knights of Pythias and Artisans. John Brosnan, Butter creek stockman, was a visitor in the city today. Local Boys See Accident When Echo Man Is Hurt While driving into The Dalles on last Thursday afternoon, Baird Patterson ar,d Alvin Boyd of this city were wit nesses to the accident that happened to H. D. McCarty of Echo. The boys state that McCarty, whom they did not know, had apparently lost control of his car, when he was near Seufert'ts. and it went over the bank. They came upon him at the side of the road but had no sooner driven past than he came up be hind and they drove to one side to let him pass, and they noted he was making about 25 miles per hour, the ear going from one side of the road to the other like the steering wheel might be broke, finally going into the ditch in plain view of the boys who were right behind. They rushed to his assistance and found him sitting in the seat and pinned down by the top of the car. They attempted to move him to their car to take him to The Dalles, but were prevented from doing so by the railroad bridge watch man who had arrived on the scene by this time, so the boys hurried on to The Dalles and had an ambulance come after the injured man. From The Dalles Optimist we take the following account of the accident: H. D. McCarty of Echo was driving to The Dalles yesterday afternoon, when his car left the road near Seufert's can nery, turning over and McCarty will probably not recover, according to the physician in charge. The watchman at the railroad bridge saw the accident and telephoned to The Dalles for an ambu lance. According to the watchman, McCarty was apparently driving about 35 miles per hour, when the car, a Ford roadster, struck the soft gravel, causing the wheels to turn out of the road. The car went over a four foot embankment, ran about 20 feet and then turned over. A gash from the right eye to the back, of the head with the scalp torn loose and a fracture of the base of the skull were the worst injuries. The car was badly wrecked. The ambulance was rushed to the scene of the accident and the injured man brought to the local hospital. The serious injuries to the head make re covery doubtful, Dr. Renter said last night. McCarty is 56 years of age and was traveling alone. Dobyns Treats 'em Rough. Harold Dobyns, government' trapper, who returned Saturday from Ukiah where he has been for the past 10 days recuperating from the effects of poison oak, with which he has been bothered during this summer, left today for Mea cham. During the fiscal year ending June 30, Dobyns killed 210 predatory animals, he reports. This number does not include porcupines, badgers and oth er animals of this sort. Of the preda tory animals six were bears, nine were bob cats and 195 coyotes, 29 of which were puppies, and the remainder adult coyotes. Dobyns made the second high est record in the state during the year, one Malheur county man securing more catches. Dobyns worked a shorter time than his rival for honors, however, and this accounts for some of the difference in the size of their catches. East Ore gonian. U. S. Officer Inspects. C. W. Pugsley, assistant secretary of agriculture for the United States, is vis iting some agricultural districts of Ore gon this week in company with Paul V. Maris, director of O. A. C. service, and C. J. Mcintosh, agricultural writer for the college. The diversified districts of Clackamas, Marion, Linn, Benton and Lane counties, the McKenzie timber belt. Bend lumber region, great central Ore gon livestock lone, and the dry wheat farm lands of the Columbia basin, are being studied by the federal officers and college men. Charley Repass was in from the Wm. Hendrix ranch on Rhea creek Wednes day. He is stopping out there for a while and helping Bill through hay har vest, being the French chef at the Hon drit place and pu'.ling together tne eats for the force around the place. Inciden tally, he was looking for a man o. two tj work at haying while here and found there were none to be had. Roy Neill was in the city a short time yesterday from his ranch on Big Butter creek above Pine City. Ho ii iu- v ir tie midt of putting up his second croo of alfalfa and is getting a croud crop. He states that he had no trouble in getting hands this season but he had to go to Pendleton for them. Mrs. Elsie Stevenson recei'.'d word yesterday of the very serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Thos. Driskell of Pen dleton. Mrs. Driskell received serious injuries from a fall about three weeks ago and has been bedridden ever since. Mrs. Stevenson departed at once for Pendleton. Mrs. Leta King, who has been visiting at the home of her father, J. N. Luper for a week, left for her home at Port land on Sunday, being driven to The Dalles by her son, Mart King. She was accompanied by her two children, Fran cis and Norton. Chas. Chick, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chick of this city, returned home on Wednesday from the University of Oregon, where he has been a student for the past year. He will spend his vacation season here. District Attorney Notson has been confined to his home for the past week, a pretty sick man and under the care of a physician. At the present time he is reported to be much improved. Jim Yeager and Wallace Smead left Town yesterday morning for camp at Ditch creek. They are out for huckle berries and seem to know just where they are to be found. Attorney S. E. Van Vactor came up from The Dalles on Monday, and on Tuesday attended a meeting of the di rectors and others of the John Day Ir rigation district. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Humphreys return ed home Monday from their vacation of about three weeks, spent at Hillsboro and other points in the Willamette valley. INITIAL STEPS TAKEN TO PUT ON ROUND-UP Heppner People la Favor of Wild West Show Thia Fill. Will Probably Ba Held at Same Tine Tractor Caravaa Visita Heppner. . At a meeting on Tuesday evening, held at council chambers, the Initial steps were taken to put on a round-up for Heppner this fall. The meeting waa well attended by business men and eitltens of the town interested in the matter, and after considerable discussion a commit tee on arrangements was appointed by W ,W. Smead, who acted as chairman. This committee consists of C. W. Me Namer, chairman, L. V. Gentry and C. H. Latourell. This committee will take the preliminary steps in the enterprise, such as figuring on dates, getting talent and finding out what the expenses nec essary to putting on a creditable show will amount to, and after this ia done, to call another meeting, make their re port and await instructions. There was considerable enthusiasm manifested in regard to thia proposition and this points to its ultimate success. The coming of the tractor ears ran to Heppner at the same time that it is pro posed to stage the round-up, will add an important feature to the occasion and be a strong drawing card, that will in no way interfere with carrying out the round-up program. In fact it should assist much in drawing a erowd to the city at the time. When the report of the committee on arrangements shall have been turned in, it can be pretty definitely stated aa to how much money will be required to properly guarantee the success of the undertaking. The opinion expressed at the meeting was to the effect that it would require some thing like $1500 from the citiiens and business men of the community, and if the enterprise is handled as it ahould be, it should be made to pay out and repay any amount that ia put up aa a guarantee. It is proposed to put oa three-day program, and the date will likely be about a week following the round-up at Pendleton, though thia ia a matter to be decided upon Investigation and report of the committee on arrange ments. A Boa Is Bora. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Henrickson at the home of Mrs. Hen rickson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jones, in this city on Wednesday, Aug ust 2. The young man weighed 10 pounds : and Dr. Chick reporte both mother and baby doing well. Grandpa Jonea is all up in the air over the advent of thia, bis first grandchild but he ia expected to get down to earth again in due season. We Wonder If This Is Former Heppner Boy The Oregonian of yesterday contain ed a telegram from C re swell under date of August 1, stating that John Elder of Mosier was killed at the Creswell cross ing that afternoon by the Shasta lim ited. A freight train waa standing on the passing track on the west aids of the main track, and Mr. Elder, with Mr. Lister of Albany, was eoming east in an automobile. The flagman of the freight train stopped their car and the men got out. Elder then started across the track and was struck by the train. The body was taken to Eugene. The men had been looking at a ranch west of town. John Elder, formerly of this place, brother of Mrs. David Wilson, has been iving in the vicinity of Mosier, but his relatives here have not been able to earn whether he was the man killed at Creswell. They had no knowledge of his being in that vicinity recently. Up to the time of going to press, Mr. Wilson has been trying to locate his brother-in-law, but without success. Jim Carty was up from his Tub Springs ranch a couple of days this week, being interested in the meeting of the board of directors of the John Day Irrigation district. Frank Sloan and Hugh Stanfield, stock men of Stanfield, Oregon, were in the city a day or so the first of the week, being interested in the purchasing of some sheep. Mack Clark and Will Ball of Minor and Co, departed Wednesday morning for their vacation which they expect to spend at Lehman Springs in the Blue mountains. Commissioners Bleakman and David son were on the job at the court house Wednesday, looking after the business of the regular August term of county court, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Akers and Mrs. Chas. Barlow and daughter Edith Marie left by auto on Monday, going to Port land where they expect to spend a week. Miss Helen Barratt, O. A. C. student, arrived home Saturday to spend her summer vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Barratt in this city. TURKEY RED WHEAT Karko Tur key Red wheat; test 99.76 pure. For sale at ranch or will deliver. F. E. MASON, Lexington, Ore. St. Dr. D. R. Haylor, eye specialist, was in the city for a few days the first of the week fitting up a large number of our people with "new eyes." F. L. Harwood, local jeweler, returned Wednesday evening from a short busi ness trip to Portland. He went to the city on Monday. FOR SALE Hi horsepower Ottowa wood saw, practically new. Price $100 cash. See machine at Peoples Hardware Co. Adv. t. Miss Rubina Corrigall left for a two weeks vacation Saturday, expecting to spend the time at Seaside and othor points. Attorney F. A. McMenamin departed Tueiday nfternoon for Portland, to be absent for a few days on business mat ters. Four good work horses for sale. See Frank S. Parker below depot, Heppner. Phone 50F3. Miss Florence Cason left for Rock way Sunday morning for a vacation of two weeks.