r, .nlistncal Society.
The Gazette-Times
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 39, Number 37.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 4, 1923.
Subscription $2.00 Per Year
MUST WORK FDR ALL Twenty-Fifth Wedd
BEnEB MARKETING
High School Class Of
1920 Holds Reunion
PIERCE 15 READY
Anniversary Lelebrated
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U. S. Senator Robert N. StanfiVId
Urges People of Entire Pacific
Coast to Iay Aside Jealousies and
Unite In Determined Pull for All
Available Harbors.
In the following short article, Uni
ted States Senator Stanfield of Ore
gon presents facts concerning the
appropriations for the rivers and
htirbors:
The program for river a' d harbor
work as outlined by the Army En
gineer for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1923, calls for an expenditure
of $56,089,410, of which $13,476,280
is required for maintenance and $43,
113,130 for improvements.
The War Department recommend
ed an appropriation by Congress of
$50, 689,410 to carry on the work.
The Budget Bureau cut this and
recommended an appropriation of
$27,600,000.
The Appropriations Committee in
the House have given some consid
eration to these recommendations
and the indications are they will re
port and recommend to the House
the amount named by the Budget Bu
reau. Unless the amount is increased to
approximately $50,000,000 or more we
can not expect much work on ths Pa
cific Coast this year, and all new pro
jects authorized at the last session
of Congress will not even be started.
The btg immediate, natural crop,
now ready for harvest on the Pacific
Blope is our timber. Over half of all
the saw timber in the United States
in in the three stAtes of Washington,
Oregon and California.
The big, rapidly increasing market
for our timber is in the Atlantic
States, where half the population of
the United States live, and are now
being penalized in high construction
costs and exhorbitant rents.
Transcontinental freight rates are
almost prohibitive, being more than
the average value of the lumber on
the cars at western mills and from
$12 to $18 per thousand feet more
than present water rates, which we
may confidently expect to be reduced
as our chain of water transportation
is developed.
This chiii n is now complete with
the one exception of sufficient har
bors on the Pacific coast. The Atlan
tic coast ports have been improved
with millions upon millions of Fed
era! money; the Panama Canal has
justified its construction and opera
tion and great fleets of vessels are
lying idle.
If our western ports were proper
ly developed to receive vessels of
sufficient draft to justify the long
trip, we could reduce the cost of
building material to the eastern con
sumer from $20 to $30 per thousand
feet
This fact must be impressed on the
eastern Congressmen, and when it fs,
we can expect their support of suffi
cient appropriations to carry on the
work.
The people of the entire Pacific
Const must lay snide all jealousies
and community differences, unite, or
organise and with a grim determina
tion fight for the proper improve
ment of ALL available harbors on
the Pacific Coast.
Congressmen are reasonable hu
man beings, and when the facts are
laid before them where they can see
the advantages to the whole country
and particularly to the populous
eastern States, we will have no trou
ble! in getting the necessary appro
priations. One for all and all for one must
be our slogan if we are to win in a
big way.
Strawberries Blooming,
Ripening In January
Blooming and ripening strawberries
in Morrow county in January is a
feautre presented in the garden at
the farm home of E. E, Hugg on Rhea
creek, and evidence of this fact was
today presented at this office by Mrs.
Kugg. A stem containing several
newly formed berries and one fully
matured and ripe was handed us as
proof that the claim could be sub
stantiated. The weather the past ten
days has been quite warm at the
mouth of McKinney creek, where Mr.
Kugg lives, and it has had its effects
on the vines and berry bushes in the
garden. However, indications of
winter prevail out that way just
now. While it rained most of the
night in Heppner, there wns quite a
fall of snow In the foothills, with
about two inches In the Kugg vicin
ity. Mrs. Kugg was accompanied to
the city by her father, A. E. Wright,
of Hnrdman,
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FAIR PAVILION
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Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Chick celebrated
their twenty-fifth wedding anniver
cary on last Friday evening at their
sary in heppner, when a party was
held in their honor. The party was
in the nature of a surprise and wat
planned by their son Charles whose
idea was to get together as many as
possible of his parents' old friends
and associates from lone.
Substantial and dainty refresh
ments had been prepared fur the
event, and there was a regular, good,
old-fashioned time had by all the
guests present.
Mr. and Mrs. Chick were the recip
ients of a beautiful Bilver platter,
besides many other lovely and useful
gifts.
The list of guests present included
Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Livingstone and
daughter Lois of Heppner; Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Engelman, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Clark, Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Morgan,
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Moore, Dr. and
Mrs. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bow
ers, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Davidson, Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Swanson, Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Grif
fith, Mrs. E, J. Bristow, Mr. Corson,
Mrs. Kellar, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. C. W.
Swanson, Mrs. Petteys, Mrs. Fletch
er, Mrs. Dell Ray, all of lone; Mr.
and Mrs. C, W. McNamer, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Canon, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Buschke, Miss Nellie Flynn, of Heppner.
Telephone Company
Holds Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Sand
Hollow Telephone company was held
on last Saturday afternoon in Hepp
ner, at which time a report of the
business of the company for the past
year was presented and the election
of officers was held, the following
being chosen: M. J. Devin, presi
dent; W. G. McCarty, vice-president;
R. W. Turner, secretary; E. S. Duran,
treasurer; O. A. Devin and W. B,
Tucker, linemen; the board of offi
cers with the addition of J. G. Doher
ty and W. B. Barratt constitute the
executive committee.
TOWN IN TEXAS CLAIMS
TO BE 382 YEARS OLD
A tradition which has been hand
ed down through many generations
of West Texas and New Mexican
pioneers has it that the little town of
Ysleta, Tex., eighteen miles south
east of Kl Pat is th oldest a1
ment in the Unitd States.
According to this tradition, Ysleta
was founded in 1540 y Don Fran
cisco Vasquez Coronado, famed
Spanish explorer. This would make
Ysleta twenty-five years older than
St. Augustine, Fla.. which is accred
ited as being the oldest city in this
country.
"Yet there are no official records to
substantiate the theory of Ysleta's
antiquity. It is old, the oldest town
in Texas, no doubt, but its origin is
traceable only as fur back as 1RS2,
authoritatively.
According to t lurch records at
Ysletn, the town was founded by An
tonio O term in, Spanish governor of
Jew Mexico, about the year 1T.H2.
Detroit News.
A large crowd of fans witnessed
the boxing match at the Fair pavil
ion on Monday afternoon, and they
were treated to some real sport in
this line. The main event was he
tween Ahalt of lone and Marcus of
Portland, which ended in a draw at
the end of four rounds. I-ocal boys
furnished the preliminaries, Harry
Turner and Harvey Bauman being
the. chief attraction and putting up a
good exhibition in which Turner
took second money. Other local lads
were Wright and Mead, Conner and
McAHster, Bucknum and White, Hall
and Matteson and Gemmell and Mead.
The Worm Turns.
An engineer was giving evidence
in a case in which a farmer was su
ing a railway company for damages
resulting from the death of a cow
which had been run into by a train.
The farmer's lawyer was heckling
the engineer, and kept reverting to
his pet question, which was:
"Now, tell me, was the cow on the
track?"
At last the engineer became angry
and answered the question:
"Well, if you want me to tell the
real truth, the cow was bathing in
the stream the other side of the
track. But the engine saw, leaped
off the rails, dashed over the bank,
and, landing right on top of the cow,
strangled it to death without a word."
Engineering.
Olcott Has No Regrets
Retiring Executive Expresses Appre
ciation of Confidence and Good
Will of the People.
Salem, Ore,, Jan. 3. "In retiring
from office I deeply appreciate tha
confidence and good will of the peo
ple of Oregon during my 12 years of
public life. I retire with no regrets
and only the best wishes for Governor-elect
Pierce and his administra
tion',' said Governor Olcott today,
addressing the Kotnry club at the
Mnrion hotel.
Governor Olcott continues silent
as to his future plans. He says he
has several things in mind and will
remain in Oregon for at least a few
months. For about two months he
intends to rest and he declared he
would not be about the legislative
halls during the appronching session.
At the conclusion of his address
to the Kntnrians the governor was
warmly eulogized by ThomaH B, Kay,
who long has been associated with
lflr. Olcott in state politics.
"Of nil the men whom I have
known or worked with," said Mr.
Kny, "I never met one for whom I
had such respect and honor na for
Governor Olcott,"
Cartoon Review of 1922
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STATE BUNK OFFI-
Portland Hankers Accused of Accept
ing Deposits When Bank Was
Known Insolvent. Three Former
Officers Charged.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 2. Three for- j
mer officers of the defunct State Bank ;
of Portland, LeRoy D. Walker, presi
dent; Conrad P, Olson, vice-president,
and Anthon Eckern, vise-president,
were arrested yesterday as a
result of secret indictments returned
against them by the county grand
jury Saturday. A fourth officer, E.
T. Growell, also named in the indict
ment, is in California. Friends will
depesit bail tomorrow to prevent
him being returned under guard from
the south.
The four men are jointly charged
in three indictments with receiving
deposits, knowing the bank to be in
solvent. Walker and Eckern are also
charged in one indictment with wil
ful misappropriation of bank funds.
Warrants were Berved formally on
the three men yesterday, but the men
were spared the humiliation of a trip
to jail. They were released by Cir
cuit Judge Tazwell on their own rec
ognizance, until 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning.
The investigation, which resulted
in the indictments, has been under
way for the last three months. The
result was no surprise to the ac
cused men. Walker frankly admit
ted to the deputy sheriff who served
the warrant that he was expecting
such a visitation.
Walker brnnded the charge as
false and stated that he welcomed
an opportunity to disprove them.
Eckern denied criminal responsibil
ity, saying that he knew little of the
management of the bank. Olson,
technically because he was an officer
of the bank, stated that he had lost
the savings of a lifetime, even his
home, and said he expected complete
vindication of any wrongdoing.
"When the cases go to trial," said
Stanley Myers, district attorney, "es
pecially those cases of misapplication
of funds against Walker and Eckern,
the public of Portland will know
why the bank failed, regardless of
the outcome."
The state prosecutor refused to re
view or outline the evidence against
the four bankers, beyond stating that
the state is ready to prove the charge
it has made,
Tho probe was commenced just
three months ago, after charges and
counter charges had been hurled and
several lawsuits had been filed by the
various officials against one another.
Enterprise, Wallowa county, suf
fered a fire on Wednesday morning,
when the City hotel, operated by Mrs.
II. t ook, was destroyed. The Enter
prise State Bank building and the
O, Iv. theater were threatened with
destruction, but the firo was kept
from spreading and doing further
dnm ago.
Morrow county's newly elected offi
cials wore sworn In on Wednesday
and have assumed thir duties. Treas
urer Briggs wiil have his office in
the court house as announced hereto
fore, and all business of the county
will now be dona from that quartor.
Mrs. Brundage Was One
Of Earliest Settlers Here
Mrs. Nancy Brundage, who wsa
called by death at the home of her
granddaughter, Mrs. Robert Owen,
at the head of Rhea creek on last
Thursday night, was one of the very
earliest settlers of the Heppner coun- ,
try. With her husband, E. A. Brun
dage, she came to this part of Ore
gon and settled a mile and a half
east of Heppner on Balm Fork about
42 years ago. With the exception of
two short periods of time, her resi
dence here has been continuous.
Nancy Wallace was born in West
Union, Stephen county, New York,
and was married to E. A. Brundage
in that state on March 25, 1840. She
died on December 28, 1922 at the ad
vanced age of 82 years, 8 months and
2K days. In coming to this country,
she crossed the plains to San Fran
cisco with her husband, and from
there they came to Portland by boat
and thence to Eastern Oregon by the
usual conveyance in vogue at that
time, settling, as stated above, on the
Brundage farm near Heppner, Mr.
Brundage died about 25 years ago.
To them one daughter was born, the
late Mrs. Albert Osmin. Besides her
grandchildren here, the members of
Mr. Osmin's family, she is survived
by two sisters and one brother re
siding in the east. For many years
she has made her home with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Owen, and had
returned from New York state during
the past year, it being her request
that she might spend her last days in
this vicinity, where she had lived so
long.
Her funeral was held from the
Federated church in this city Tues
day afternoon at 2:30, the services
being conducted by the pastor, Rev.
J. R. L. Haslam, and burial was in
Masonic cemetery. Mrs. Brundage
was a life-long member of the Metho
dist church.
Pastime Is Burglarized.
The place of business of Curran
St Rarr in the Elks' building was
forcibly entered during Saturday
night and the cash register relieved
of its contents, amounting to some
f20. Access to the building was
gained through a email window in
the. toilet and then the back door
was forced open from the inside.
1 would appear to be the work of
boys as it would not be possible for
a fair-sized man to have gotten
through so small a window. Officers
are working on the case, hut so far
as we are able to learn, no arrests
have been made.
It is reported here also that some
burglaries have been committed of
late both at Hardman and Parkers
Mill, hut we could not get any par
ticulars. NOTICE.
To Dog Owners: Compliance with
Section 9367, Olson's Orocon Laws,
will be required of all parties having
dogs, after Janunry 1st, 1123.
Penalty as provided for failure to
comply with this law is a fine of $10
for each and every month of the own
er's failure to comply. License may
be had by applying to the County
Clerk.
GEO. McDUFFEE, Sheriff.
Max Crandall, of the firm of Cran
dall and Roberts, public accountants,
has been in Heppner during the past
week, experting the books of the
various county officials.
IMTMIT,
September Was Best Month for Mar
riages in Morrow County, With To
tal Number Less Than For Many
Years. List Given.
Marriages in Morrow county for
the past year were less than for
many years past, and in this respect
Dan Cupid has been a slacker. The
records at the court house show that
just 30 couples launched out on the
sea of matrimony in this county in
1922, and September seems to have
been the banner month. The list of
marriages follows:
January 21, Guy Wagner and Ruth
French.
Febuary 10, Adam J. Knoblock and
Emma C. Fuller.
Feb. 23, Clayton T. Ayers and Ber
tha Ritchie.
Feb. 25, Ralph Jackson and Cecilia
Scott.
March 22, Carl Lacont and Delma
Lamb.
April 10, Richard H. Quackenhush
and Rena Persigeht,
April 16, Loren E. Mikesell and
Gladystine Davis.
April 18, Wm. A. Duncan and Ella
0. Pleiss.
May 9, James F. Honck and Mrs.
Belle McMurray.
May 15, Charles F. Groom and Etta
Groom.
May 27, Walter Lyons and Edna
Bauman.
June 15. James E. Eskelson and
Ethel E. Mikesell.
June 19, Henry Gorger and Sylva
McCarty.
July 1, Burgan Ledbetter and Leta
Nix.
July 28, L. L. Williamson and Helen
Dodd.
September 2, Edward Reitmann and
Ruth Van Vactor.
Sept, 7, Roy E. Bevmer and Gladvs
M. Howell.
Sept. 12, James Stevens and Gracic
Simons.
Sept. 18 Geo. A. Walker and Let
lie Ritchie.
Sept. 27, Walter Rood and Helen
Schunk.
Sept. 23, Wayne L. Sch river and
Ollie Cox.
October 4, William C. Hastings and
Alice McDaniel.
Oct. 5, William M. Cork and Anna
Cork.
Oct. 28, W. V. Crawford and Isabel
Wilson.
November 25, Chas. J. Osmin and
Maude Babcock.
December 19, Hiram A. West and
Blanche McMurrav.
Dec. 2d, W. li. I. Padberg and
Gladys Irene Allstott.
Dec. 28, Leonard H. Rill and Ninon
Huston.
Dec. 30, W. H. Tucker and Cora
Mildred Harrison.
The county court convened in reg
ular session at the court house yes
trday, with Commissioners Davidson
and Benge and Judge Campbell in
attendance, and the usual targe
amount of county business that has
to be attended to on the first of the
year appeared on the docket. Mr.
Benge is the new member of the
court, coming in upon the retirement
of G. A. Bleakman, who was a faith
ful servant of tho people during the
past four years.
Overproduction of Crops is Called
Misnomer. Farm Bloc Is Doing Ha
Part Is Assertion of California
Organizer.
Overproduction of farm yields is a
misnomer, and every time in recent
years when there has seemed to have
been overproduction, there was fam
in somewhere on the earth. What is
wrong is the breaking down of dis
tribution through lack of a compre
hen ive marketing :ystem.
This was the opinion expressed
Tuesday by A. L. Loveiace, ex-man
ager of organization for the Califor
nia farm bureau federation, who was
in Portland and who is interested in
the state development programme
proposed by the Portland Chamber
of Commerce.
Farm Bloc Does Its Part.
"Unquestionably the farm bloc is
doing its part," said Mr. Lovelace,
"to bring about better conditions,
but congress cannot do it all; the
farmer must participate in the move
ment for better conditions. In the
past the farmer has been inclined to
consider the problem a merely local
one, and he has refused to co-operate
even with his local middleman, bank
er and others. He is now coming to
see that all must work together to
solve the questions that confront
him.
"California is farther advanced in
the profitable marketing of its farm
products than any other state in the
union, due chiefly to the fact that
the agriculturists of that state are
well organized and a larger propor
tion of their products are marketed
through co-operative marketing me
thods, and their is also a very close
co-operation between the agricultur
ists and the city bucinc.-s man.
Portland Move Important.
"In its state-wide development pro- 1
gramme, the Portland Chamber of
Commerce is starting a mo?t import
ant move that is certain to be of very
great benefit to the whole state, but
the farmer must not go to sleep at
the switch and expect the chamber
to do it all.
"There is no doubt some needed
legislative relief in Oregon and com
mittees of farmers a'l over the state
should meet with their local cham
bers and the state chamber and work
out a legislative programme that will
be detrimental to rone, but advan
tageous to all the people.
Better Credit Is Needed.
"The farmer needs and must have
a bete m-rl iTCit ?Trtem: He
should have preforentiaJ rates tor
loans for productive purposes over
loans for speculative purposes. The
federal land bank system should be
extended to provide farmers v,:t h
personal credits for such purposes
as buying pure seeds, pure-bred
stock, machinery and equipment.
There should be a revision of the
state and national taxation system
so that the burden may be equalized.
"The California farm bureau has
been instrumental in securing the
enactment of a number of very im
portant laws. One of the most im
portant is the state bonded ware
houseing act. If Oregon has not
such a law, it would be wise to con
sider passing one.
"There is an average of 27 farm
bureau meetings held in California
every night in the week except Sun
day and the total attendance at
these meetings Inst year was more
than 500.000. California has 22 peo
ple to the square mile, Washington
has 16 and Oregon has but 8. Sure
ly there is room for more farmers in
Oregon, and thoy will come if the
state makes it worth their while."
Oregonian.
Farmers Saved by Iians.
Tho American farmer has demon
strated that when properly financed
he can weather the worst economic
storms, the War Finance Corporation
I declared in its annual report sent to
Congress last week. The report set
forth that 41 per cent of the money
advanced to the agricultural indus
try had been repaid, either in ad
vance of maturity or when due.
Advances by the corporation saved
the industry many millions of dol
lars, the report declared, explaining
that the corporation's officers believed
its activity had proved as beneficial
in - the restoration of confidence as
in the actual pouring of cash into
spots where credit was tightest. Vhe
loans had made it possible for thous
ands of farmers to handle their pro
ducts in an orderly fashion it was
added, and the confidence instilled in
them through the knowledge that
money was available acted as a sta
bilizer, the value of which the report
said could not be estimated.
The report added that the gradual
decrease in the number of applica
tions for loans further reflected the
general benefit which the corpora
tion's operations have had on the
agricultural credit situation. Ad
vances totalling $433,447,000 in 37
states had been npproved up to No
vember 30. Of this $1S2,859.000 went
to 4.400 banking institutions, $77.
7tU.000 to 113 livestock loan compan
ies and $172,827,000 to 32 cooperative
marketing associations.
Anson E. Wright, leading farmer
and stockman of Hardman, who was
in the city today looking after bus
iness affairs, states that the open
spell of weather is much appreciat
ed out his way. He is of the opinion
that we will continue to have mild
weather for some time yet, and hopes
for pn open winter. Much moisture
has been going into tho ground as a
consequence of the prevailing rains.
Where Thev Mere.
Chris and John hart been away
from home agimist their mother's
commands and she was waiting for
them with a switch.
"Chris, vare you benn?"
"Mit John."
"John, vare you benn?"
"Mit Chris."
"Var you both benn
"Togedder." Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph,
The annual reunion of the high
school clasg of 1920 was held last
Saturday evening at the dining room
of Hotel Heppner, on which occasion
ten members were able to be present,
and those unable to attend sent greet
ings along with their regrets.
The 1920 class was one of tha larg
er classes graduated from Heppner
high school, and consisted of 13 girls
and 2 boys. Those present on this
occasion were: Mrs. Cyrene (Lieu
alien) Barratt, Margaret Doherty,
Mrs. Neva (Chidsey) Clabough, Etta
Devin, Elizabeth Phelps, Mrs. Erda
' Frad ) Pieper, Alma Devin, Odile
Groshen, Mae French and Everett
Pattison. Absent members of the
class are Mrs. Ruth (Huddleston)
Peterson, Gwendolen Darbee, Edythe
Boyd, Katherine Anderson, Be mice
Githens and Herbert Hynd.
The evening was greatly enjoyed
in the recital of reminiscenses of the
past year and partaking of the ele
gant dinner prepared for the class
by the hotel management. This re
union is an annual event.
Have Slumber Party.
A number of the young lady friends
of Miss Francis Parker were invited
to her home on New Year's eve to
hold a slumber party and to bid
odieu to the old year and welcome
in the new. We are reliably inform
ed that at the midnight hour, the
your.g L dies all hustled out to the
cow barn to witness the cattle kneel
down as the old year passed out, hav
ing been solemnly informed by an
elderly matron that this was the us
ual habit of these animals. However,
the girls found that the kine had
simply retired as usual and were
quietly lying down and munching
their cuds, not caring, seemingly,
that the old year was passing and the
new was just being ushered in.
The guests for the night were the
Misses Helen Wells, Myra Wells, Nel
lie Flynn, Dons Flynn and Mary
Crawford, who enjoyed their slumber
party immensely.
Lane Court Criticized.
Eugene, Ore., Dec. 3. Much dis
satisfaction was expressed today
against the action of the two Lane
commissioners in discharging the
county agricultural agent, the coun
ty health nurse and the rural school
supervisor. Granges have already
called meetings to take action look
ing to the reinstatement of Ira P.
Whitney, county agent, and the
County Health association and other
organizations in Eugene and through
out the county are planning to seek
means whereby the services of the
county health nurse. Miss SlHe
Craighlfl, wif be retained.
The chpmber of commerce of Eu
gene at its meeting last night dis
cussed the action of the commission
ers, but took no official action.
Highway Commission to Meet.
Eugene, Ore., Jan. 3. R. A. Booth,
chairman of the state highway com
mission, stated today that while he
is determined to leave the service of
the state, he will remain on the com
mission until Governor-elect Pierce
is inaugurated.
Chairman Booth said he has called
a special meeting of the commission
for January 5 and that another call
ed meeting will be held in Salem Jan
uary 19 for the purpose of selling
$500,000 in bonds.
Rev. W. 0. Livingstone, pastor of
the Christian church, was a passen
ger out to Portland this morning.
where he goes to attend a meeting of
the state missiorary society. He ex
pects to return on Saturday.
D. L. Hardin, architect for the new
church building, came up from Port
land on Wednesday to spend a day
or so here, looking over the work of
construction as it has so far pro
gressed.
Morgan Folks Enjoy
A New Year's Dance
The people of Morgan and vicinity
enjoyed a fine dance on New Year's
night, which was largely attended by
the people of the surrounding coun
try, and many couples were present
from Heppner and lone. A basket
supper was brought and this was
served at the proper hour, greatly to
the satisfaction of all present.
The music was furnished by the
Morgan orchestra, an organization
recently brought together, and this
feature was one of the leading at
tractions of the evening. The or
chestra is composed of Bob Balcomb,
violin, Martin Bauernfiend. saxa
phone. Ellen Ely, piano, and Franklin
Ely. drums.
Our informant states that there
was nothing to mar the pleasure and
harmony of the occasion, except that
a few young fellows got hold of some
bootleg whiskey, and when this be
gan to work they got a little boister
ous and had to be "sat down
With some folks, there is nothing
that seems to appeal to them as
good time unless they can imbibe
freely of bug juice and then proceed
to make nuisances of themselves.
Some of these offenders were mere
boys, and they were among those go
ing down from Heppner.
The Minister and the Three Dudes.
Senator Knutc Nelson of Minne
sota says three young dudes were
parading the street one Sunday morn
ing. when they met a very old preach
er with flowing white beard, and ap
parently in moderate circumstances.
With a desire to poke fun at the old
gentleman, the first fresh le said
"Hello there Father Abraham." The
second said: "Good morning, Father
Isaac, and the third sang out :
gr'et thee. Father Jacob."
In gentle tones the aged servant
of Uod replied: "I am neither Abra
ham, nor Isaac, nor Jacob, but Saul
the son of Kish, who went forth to
hunt his father's asses; and behold
I have found them."
"Veto Governor" Reputation Not De
sired. Patronage is Problem. So
Many Applicants After Each Job
That Chief It Puzzled.
(Wednesday's Oregonian)
I don't want to be known as a
'veto governor.' I'm willing to give
and take as I've shown I can do in
my legislative record and if I find
I am wrong I am willing to he set
right. I want the boys in the legis
lature to come in and talk things
over with me."
So said Walter M, Pierce while in
Portland yesterday on his way to Sa
lem to take up the responsibilities of
governor. Mr. Pierce was occupying
the room which was used as repub
lican state headquarters at the Im
perial during the recent campaign.
Two months ago that room was full
of republicans lighting to prevent Mr.
Pierce from getting the job of gov
ernor. Yesterday the room was full
of democrats fighting one another to
get the gubernatorial ear long enough
to bespeak a job for themselves.
Clever Policy Adopted.
Mr. Pirce is clever. He has adopt
ed the policy of permitting anyone
and everyone to come in and see him.
This saves him from having any one
hold him in private, for there is safe
ty in numbers.
The governor-elect gave his inter
view on the installment plan a sen
tence or two, then an interruption to
shake hands with some deserving
democrat, and then another para
graph.
"The boys, as Mr. Pierce refers
to the lawmakers who are to be with
him for 40 days, are welcome to come
into the executive office. He is on
friendly terms with the leaders in the
senate and house, which will make
things easier for him. He does not
expect to get all of his ideas written
into the statute books, bat he hopes
to win with some of the biggest of
his ideas.
Compensation Act Favored.
Mr. Pierce believes in the compen
sation act, on which there is to be a
fight, but he says there may be good
reason for amendments which will
improve that law. He would like a
joint committee of the legislature to
delve into the irrigation situation,
for he does not want the credit of
the state jeopardized by too exten
sive backing of the projects, but at
the same time he declares that cen
tral and eastern Oregon must not be
abandoned.
Patronage is a paramount issue
among democrats. Mr. Pierce reit
erated his former statements that he
does not intend making changes un
til after the adjournment of the leg
islature, save when there is necessity
for him to act, and when he acts he
states he will make his appointments
fearlessly. The fact that an appli
cant is a republican will not be a
handicap, providing the republican
is better qualified for the position
sought than a contending democrat.
This proposition of ousting incum
bents and appointing new men is a
task which Mr. Pierce does not relish,
apparently, because there are so many
demands on him for every place.
Sixty After Kirk's Job.
'Sixty men want to succeed Will
Kirk as member of the industrial ac
cident commission," explained Mr.
Pierce. "A lot want Mr. Marshall's
place, and labor people want Marshall
retained, what can 1 do? lhen
there are some people with strong
backing who want to be corporation
commissioner, and Cyril Brownell, re
publican member of the Multnomah
delegation, has powerful backing for
insurance commissioner. And 'so It
goes.
"I do not know what I will do with
the resignations of Booth, Yeon and
Barratt on the highway commission.
I haven't decided whether to accept
all or some of the resignations. I'm
still clinging to my idea of a paid
highway commission. I don't know
whether I can get it through the leg
islature. I'd like to pay men and
have them give every ounce of their
energy and every moment of their
time to the highway work; men who
will pull on a pair of overalls ai.d
crawl under a bridge to see if it has
been well built, or see why water
gets under a pavement.
Available Men Plentiful.
"Now there's Rill Hanley. There
has been talk of him a as highway
commissioner. I couldn't expect Bill
to take a salaried job and get under
the bridge; nor E. B. Aldrich, who is
backed by quite a sentiment, for Al
drich wouldn't give up all his time,
for he'd want to continue writing
editorials. And there is Judge Duhy,
Baker well, the state is full of avail
able men. Some can't be had if it's
a paid commission and others can.
I'll decide on this matter later."
Accompanying Mr. Pierce is M rs.
Pierce and two daughter. They will
constitute the governor's family at
Salem. This morning Mr. Pierce will
go to Salem to look at a house which
he may lease and when the housing
problem is solved he will make his
preparations for his inaugural Mon
day. Dayville Man Is Suicide
Young War Veteran Found With
Bullet in Forehead.
Baker, Ore., Jan. 3 Suicide was th
verdict reached by Grant county oW
cials who tod'ty investigated thu
death Sunday niicht i Alexander
Harper, 2, Dayville resident since a
small boy. Harper's body was found
in his home at Dayville by friends
New Year's day with a pistol bullet
in the head, nnd at tir-i it wm
thought the young world war vuturan
had been murdf ed.
Sheriff Cy Bingham and tht cur
oner of Grant county went from Can
yon City to Dityviile today, hut th.dr
investigation unearthed rii uvuli-ncw
of murder and an ih'jutMt riot
held. Friends f Harper ctu!d imiifn
no motive for fii.t rash aut. llurpur
was unmarried.