THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1923.
PAGE THREE
Heppner's Heritage
At the meeting of the Brotherhood
on Monday evening of lest week, C.
A. Minor read the following original
composition on the subject. It took
ao well that we have been requested
to give it publicity, many of our read
en who were present on t'.e occasion
desiring to preserve it.
Heppner's heritage! That is a
queer subject; at least that is the
way it appears to me. But you know
on this earth, dear John, all is queer
but me and thee, and snmutimes 1
think and feel that thure is not a
shadow of a doubt but that time, ton,
are queer, but the good Lord don't let
you find it out,
fteppner's heritage! What gifts
God gave her did you ever stop to
think of them: Forests of timber,
soil and water, (none better) and
above all He gave her men. You say
they shirked their burden did not
even collect interest on the debt. I
say, had you dared say that to one of
them, you would be fighting yet.
Like the city man, when first he
moves up on the farm feathers
bright and new, he sees not the work
that took you years to perform, but
starts in all anew; plows the ground,
plants the corn; floods come, hoppers
toowhat a pity. He gets a mort
gage on the farm, (sells the cows)
and lights out for the city.
Heppner's heritage! Land, water,
air, and above all God's right arm for
a pillar. We used not the city man at
all except when we required some
thing for a filler; and for that he was
not much good, for when the rains
descended and the floods came, he
was too soft and spungy for the place,
and we had to build all over again.
February, eighteen hundred eighty
seven. If my memory serves me right,
Heppner's heritage was somewhat
strengthened she won the county
fight. Iexington contested the elec
tion, said Heppner the ballot box did
stuff and pad, but one thing I always
have been told, they both counted all
the votes they had.
A house of cards on shifting sand,
a rickety court house on railroad
land; if there is one here tonight that
has heard that before, will they please
stand? That was Heppner's heritage
at laast (in glaring letters) that is
what the papers said. But as the poet
well has said, let the dead past bury
the dead.
She laid her cards (face up) on the
table, secured the soil, made mortar
of the sand, and from that heritage
then so humble, we have the court
house of today superb, grand. It's
not the sudden burst of wattr but
the constant drip that wears the
stone away; its not the work of a
single year, but many, that made
Heppner the town it is today.
i remember when a little child,
long before Heppner became the coun
ty seat, of seeing the cowboys run,
stark naked, up and down the then
giursy street. I speak this not to her
shame (it was her heritage), Just the
western way, and we can never tell
results of a hard fought battle till
the smoke has cleared away.
Yet It's not the smoke or roaring of
the battle that the adversary so fears
and shuns, but rather the ball that
hits the mark, or more still, the men
that stand behind the guns. God nev
er built a city, never placed a silver
spoon in Heppnera mouth may lat
er: If not. remember Job: naked he
came and naked he went; could her
reward be greater?
The flood mowed a swath through
our fair city, then the lire's awful
nn came, but like the tide of an
angry sea, we only gave up ground
and took It back again. The rocks
you find along the ocean's way are
always smoother closer to the shore,
and the men you place bemna tn
guna today must be men, yes, even to
the core.
The rrass that grows on the Hepp
ner hills, on which the sheep and
cattle do so thrive, producing a steady
stream of flowing gold that helps to
keep us all alive except when the
Democrats gain the power those are
the days we fear and shun but light
soon returns, when the planet passes
that lingered between us and the sun.
The papers toll us to raise more
hoes, so as to pay the mortgage when
it's due; but take my advice, don't
try it twice or they will take the hogs
and the ranch too. We cannot pro
duce nine cent pork have tried It
many, many times always lose; It's
like gutting fifty cents for the hide
and paying ten dollars for the snoes.
Oft do we hear the cities call hogs
more hogs, that's the way to make
your money. I say: If they want to
heln us ao to save, pour out their gas,
fill their cars with honey; you know
the snake keeps writhing and a twist
ing long, long after It is dead, and
we can writhe and twist all wo please,
but the hog, at the price we get, can
be fed.
Hennner mav have Inherited some
hogs at the start, I cannot say; I do
not know; but if she did, they long
since have gone to the city where an
the hogs do go. Heppner don't want
your hogs can't raise them for that
money, 1 said that before. The good
book says they are unclean, ana m
such unclean thing can enter Hepp
n,r'i itnnr.
The hotel father built and run, well
part of it is gone, the rest Is Just tn.
same, onlv 1 notice, when I get m:
glasses on, the sign In front does not
apell his name. But one thing father
taught me, and his teachings I have
not forgot: he said a man was jum
. hir. whether he added D D. or M
IV nntn his name or not.
w.ll to the other buildings,
there are now msny more, all much
Mirirnt- Drnvn from which Heppner I
reaping her reward, all from those lit
tle eri our fathers had sown. M
father, too. helped to plant the seed
nl Inv the corner stone, then a wav
ing field of grain. Ho paid her all he
pwed, and when the books are opene
there will be a credit to his name.
Timber, virgin forests even at her
door snru.ee. fir. tamarack ana pin
manimnlh monarch of the forest,
manv now have grown old facing
lira's decline. Giant sentinels
ihn. mountains, standing unmolested
and yet she slumbers, lhe leei u
would measure and gold it would
bring; figures are but lost In num
bers, Lumbor for our homes, slabs for
fuel; the time is rlpo; its now past
the eleventh hour; Heppner must get
busy get the tlmbors sawed, sell the
lumber It's all In her power. It's
her heritage she has the bull by the
horns and a down hill pull; so get
busy boys and the bark will fly: her
hopper will soon be full.
The littlo stream that rises fur up
on the mountain, glides along and
runs Into another. United now they
flow away; still farther down the hill
they come up to their brother. They
all loin hands together now mingle
and intermingle, like a child at play,
come on to thier mother, who in still
er beda does lay.
The mother now hasrown old In
years, yet you could scarce believe,
she is so spry; at times she really
rune and leaps, like in youth, that's
when her branches are high. The
mother has led a restless life, and in
those narrow confines cannot content
ed be; so she crawls and creeps along
to Join her sister, and onward they
flow to the aea.
You say this water is Heppner's
heritage; yes, that is true. You say
on it she haa a copper; I claim its
only corn that matures before the
frost that is .worth storing in the
hopper. The copper you place upon
a card, only alters or changes the con
dition of the bet, and the water after
it haa reached the ocean, don't help
much to get the alfalfa wet.
The water that flows by Heppner's
door, it's hers, of that there is not a
shadow of a doubt; but the gold that
lies buried in the earth don't amount
to much if you don't dig it out. Hepp
ner has the right to conserve that
water, build a dam, and this she
should do. God has paid her all He
owes, He does not have to build a dam
and He is not going to.
Heppner has done many things:
she whipped no, only helped to whip
the Dutch; she can build that dam,
can conserve that water, or ehe
wouldn't amount to much. She will
build that dam, conserve that water
and help to put it at the fanner's
door. He will then pay the interest
so long due her, and as time passes,
pay more and more.
The alfalfa that grows up and down
our creeks where the wild rye grass
used to grow; where cattle lived till
spring time, and then died, because
they didn't have a show. Not so to
day; we count the cattle, measure up
the hay, allow plenty, some to spare,
nd when all is said and done. Mapp
er always comes in for her share.
The grain that grows up on the mils
here grass did grow and horses did
run wild, is Heppner s neniage loaay
statistics say it is her most wealthy
child; she has many other children,
(though not so wealthy) tney nolo a
ace in her heart rye, oata and oar-
ey she dearly loves, and corn like the
others, to her shares Its part.
I love to watch the mother ewe, as
she crops the green from the land
the grass she needs ana loves
early the grass that belongs to our
Jncle Sam. 1 love to watch her in
the snrine- time, as she stops and loit
ers just behind the band, and licks
her fresh born babe, the lamb, yet too
young to rise and stand.
The sheep that graie on tne nepp-
ner hills, on which wool of the finest
fibre grows, from which is made the
loth that makes the suit we wear lor
our clothes. The clothes help to keep
the body warm, the mutton helps to
fill the larder, and Heppner always
gets its share, because we can work
little harder.
The little school house, the first
that Heppner had, where I went when
voune: where Otis Patterson licked
e, because I swore when 1 lell over
waeon tongue. Well, It's gone, but
ust across the creek not ao very far,
there now does stand a more substan
tial building it is Heppner's school
ouse, superb, grand.
Heppner, fair city of the West, we
grew up together, l anew you irom
the stait; and will not leu me inmgs
that we havo done, because you can-
ot take your part. I loath to sneak
of those old days; but you know you
s well as I run wild; but the boy sel-
om sinks so low but what hla own
mother will claim the child.
I have loved you always that is.
llowing time for knowledge after
birth, and when you were but a vil
lage, I though you the biggest city
on this earth. I have always tried to
do my duty tried to aid you from
the very start; now for a spell I must
hift the burden, but you know where
to find my heart.
Heppner's heritage land, water, air
but the flag that floats above them Is
great as ill. Thousands upon
thousands. ' countleHS numbers, are
but waiting upon her call. Remember
Washington and Lincoln, who for vic
tory, freedom fought not for greed
of eold. That is the motto on which
you were built; that's the motto tnai
Heppner does uphold.
Look well to that nag boys, tne oio.
er cannot stand the strain; you must
bear the brunt Allow it not to be
trailed or trampled on, but waived on
hWh. and always at the front. Play
the irame sauare. boys, seek not fame;
special privileges are a curse, mey
come dear. Remember the motto on
which you were built Lincoln s moi-
tn when he was living here.
The ood book well has said the
Lord giveth, and likewise taketh It
away. Heppner a neniage i ju,.
what we make it vour work and my
work from day to day. God made this
Arth and Dlaced it in our hands and
left the rest for us to do; ana n we
H.t not that wh ch Is her reward,
we will be held to account, me and
you.
CARD OK THANKS.
To the irood ncoole of Heppner who
so kindly assisted us during the ill
ness and death of our Deiovea wne
and mothor, we wish to extend our
sincere thanks. Your kindness and
sympathy will always be remembered.
UKOKUK . UISOMUl.
W. M. SMITH.
GEORGE SMITH.
RAY TAYLOR AND WIFE.
t'ltltens Work Road.
A combination of cltitons and busi
ness men are busy this week making
a good and passable road to wells
Snrinirs. We are told that the brush
will be cut alongside the road in prep
aration for a pipe line to the oil well
to be drilled at the springs ana pe in
readiness when oil is struck Uoard
mnn Mirror.
Jamei Mollahan was among thote
celebrating St. I'ntrick'i day in Hepp
ner on buturday. He is on of tht
ex-hervic boyi who had tome real
experience acroai the water and feeli
that he has done hit ah a re when it
cornea to helping fight Europe, bat
tlci. It appears to him that matters
are far from being settled over there
yet and the great war may have only
been the beginning of a far greater
conflict that may be necessary to put
the old world right. However, like
all the rest of us, Mr. Mollahan hopes
that this condition may be avoided.
We acknowledge a pleasant call from :
him Saturday, and enjoyed the re-;
cital of some of his experiences while
wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam.
A. M. Zlnlc, accompanid by hii
dauichter, Mrs. Ernest Heliker, was
up from lone for a short time on Sat
urday. Mr, Zink but recently returned
from Portland, where he has been
much of the winter under the care
of a physician, and states that he is
quit a improved in health. He re
ceived a kick on the leg from a horse
a few days since, and it just now able
to bo walking around again. No bones
were broken.
F. D. Cox brought in a fine bunch
of hams and bacon on Saturday. He
ib an expert hand in the meat curing
game and his product is quickly dis
posed of. Mrs. Cox, who was recent
ly operated on for appendicitis at the
Heppner Surgical hospital, returned
to the farm, being accompanied by
her daughter, Mrs. Li ah Wat kins, who
will assist with the work until her
mother regains her strength,
Ralph Fin ley states that there was
certainly some wind down in his neck
o' woods on Friday and it was a
question for a time, seemingly,
whether there would be anything left.
However, since the big blow is over,
he thinks better weather conditions
will prevail, and the banana belt will
begin to blossom into real Bpring at
tire. He was in the city Saturday to
look after business affairs.
Vic Groshens is preparing to go to
Fossil with his working tools, where
he will soon begin work on the new
atone hotel to be built there. The
Fossil .hotel burned not long since,
and it is to be replaced with a sand
atone structure, the building material
to be taken from the stone quarry at
Fossil. Mr. Groshena states that it
will require the entire summer to
finish the new hotel.
Jess Beardaley and wife, who spent
several days last week at the home of
Mrs. Beardsley's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. S locum, of Lexington, were
in Heppner on Thursday evening last
ufid enjoyed the program and banquet
of the W. 0. W. and Neighbors of
Woodcraft at I. 0. 0. F. hall. They
departed for their home at The Dalles
on Friday.
Jas. Carty and son were in the city
the end of the week from the big
Rheep ranch at Tub Springs. Lamb
ing is now on at the Carty place and
a good pe rce n tage i w being mane,
Range conditions are not of tha beat,
Mr. Carty states, owing to the cold,
backward spring, but he expects that
this will improve rapidly from now
on.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Latoruell ara In
Board man this week supervising the
service station and the new garage
being built. Mrs. Irene Sprague, an
old friend of the Latourells, has come
from Lake county and will be in
charge of the soft drinks and Ice
cream department of the service sta
tion. Board man Mirror.
Herman Neilson, Rood Canyon far
mer, was in the city Monday to at
tend to his tax account. He states
that grain is coming along fine out in
the Hantaan section tl.ii spring and
looks forward to a good crop. Grain
his Dart of the county suffered
from cold and frost during April last
year and Mr. Neilson hopes for better
conditions this season.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Sloe urn came up
from Lexington on Thursday evening
last and enjoyed the entertainment of
the Woodman orders at the I. O. O. F.
hall. They enjoyed a visit during the
past week from their son, Lamont,
and his wife from The Dalles.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Deeg, who are
teaching the school at Pine City this
year, were visitors in Heppner Sat
urday, remaining over until aunaay
afternoon. These good people are
making a splendid school in District
No. 26, from all reports that reach
this paper.
Ben F. Thomas, who farms In the
Eight Mile section, was a visitor in
Heppner on Saturday. Like many
others of his locality, Mr. Thomas
would be glad to aee the weather
warm up a bit and vegetation begin
to grow.
John Kirk of lone went out to the
Nels Justus ranch Monday, where he
will be busy for some days, tagging
a band of ewes for Mr. Justus. From
there he expects to go to Rhea Siding
and perforin a similar job for Mc En
tire Bros.
Wm. Lowen and wife of Hardman
were visitors in this city on Friday
last.
You want lower
motoring coat
than laat year.
Put your car on
Silvertowne
that' one (are
way.
MARTIN REID
HEPPNER, "OREGON
Vest inns
Gilliam & Bisbee's
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A full car load of Poul
try supplies just arrived.
Anything and every
thing for the chicken in
stock.
A flash light on a dark
night is a necessity. None
better than the Winches
ter. We have all styles and
sizes.
Who said the roosters
were crowing and the
hens cackling over the
Poultry Supplies to be had
at Gilliam & Bisbee.
Water turns the wheel.
Money turns the business.
We have the business it
don't turn. Creditors
please take notice.
Gilliam & Bisbee
iucky
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THE .eml-flat
tread of the new
Goodyear Cord Tire
with the beveled All
Weather Tread
means moother
running. IU new
improved rubber
compound meant
longer mileage. Its
heavier sidewall re
sists rut and curb
wear.The reinforced
blocks of Its beveled
tread mean a pro
tected carcass, its
low price and our
service mean economy.
16 colors!
Clortre W. Dykitra retained from
Peruana and valley paints on Friday.
He sunt a short time visiting with
his sons Charles at Oregon City and
Arthur at Halsey and also visited old
friends in Yamhill county.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rokinett of
Heppner, motored to Boardman Fri
day, bringinic with them Mrs. L. M.
Hadley of Hardman, and mother of
Glenn R. Hadley. boardman Mirror.
llr. and Mrs. 1. H. Wilt came over
from their home at Grass Valley on
Sunday to be at the bedside of Mrs.
Wilt s Ei,ter, Mrs. C. C. Chick, who is
very seriously ill.
Uncle Silas Harris got down from
his ranch near Parkers Mill on Mon
day. It was the time of his annual
pilurimage to the sheriff's office to
settle his taxes.
Mrs. Rosa Richardson was among
the Heppner residents who spent yes
terday in Pendleton shopping. Sun
day Pendleton Tribune.
Harry Duncan spent several days
In Portland last week where he went
to consult with an eye specialist and
have glasses fitted.
Among out of town visitors in the
city yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. W.
P. Mahoney from Heppner. Sunday
Pendleton Tribune.
Richard Peterson, who farms ex
tensively in the Gooseberry section,
was a business visitor here on Satur
day last.
John Turley came In from Baker on
Thursday last and is spending a short
time here visiting with relatives and
friends.
Harry Myers, representing the Ore
gon City Woolen Mills, was calling
on tne Hfppner trade Saturday.
Woodcraft Have A Social
And Good Entertainment
The Woodcraft orders of Heppner,
both men and ladies, had a very de
lightful entertainment on last Thurs
day evening at I. O. O. F. hall. It
was the time of the annual get-together
of the W. O. W. and Neigh
bors of Woodcraft, and the families
and friends were there in force and
preparations for their proper enter
tainment had been made.
There waa ahort musical and lit
erary program in which Mesdames J.
0. Turner, Roy Missildine and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Turner, and Miss
Elaine Sigsbee had part, and this was
followed by a little playlet, consum
ing about twenty minutes of time,
presented in an excellent manner by
Mesdames Ferguson, Stapleton, Rob
inett and Crowley. This was a fea
ture of the evening that was greatly
enjoyed. Following the program
was a fine feed of clams with many
other good things, and a general good
social time.
Tilman Hogue, of Gooseberry, was
attending to business matters in this
city on Saturday.
-Inquire this
Work Mules For Sale-office.
Legal Guarantee Giveru
IVo nmtd of Knif do pain continue work.
Ak to tee Gle-onia Pile Treatment.
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