HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1926.
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OFFICERS
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FDR DOVERY KILLERS
Posse from Four Counties
Invades Grant County
Seeking Evaders.
(Condon Globe-Times.) 1
Eight-jen officers, detectives and re
porters returned from Grnt county
yesterday morning about two o'clock
after a futile attempt to locate and
apprehend two murderers named
Smith and Hart, who are wanted at
Kelso, Washington, for the murder of
Thos. Dovery, editor of ono'of the
Kelso newspapers, about a yt.a ago.
Detectives working on the case re
ceived information from several dif
ferent sources, all indicating that
Smith and Hart were hiding out in
the wilds of Grant county, with a
gang of moonshiners, though at one
stage of the game it was believed
they were in this county near Lone
Rock or across the line in Morrow
county.
The indications of their presence
in Grant county of the men wanted
were so strong that Sheriff Dunbar
of Kelso, Deputy Sheriff Studebaker
of the same place, Deputy Sheriff
Stokes of Pendleton, Sheriff McDuffee
oi Morrow county, Deputy Sheriff
Hoskins of Hcppncr, Ed Cantrill, de
tective, a reporter from Kelso, an
other from Longview, Deputy Sheriff
Potter of this county, and nine other
officers invaded Grant county, but no
truce of the men wanted could be
found.
Some attribute their failure to the
supposed affiliation of the men with
Grant county moonshiners who are
said to be operating in the fossil beds
in the Dayville country, to which lo
ci tion they are supposed to have re
cently moved.
It is intimated that those who know
the whereabouts of the alleged crim
inals would not give information that
would also involve the moonshiners.
Others believe the whole Btory of
Smith and Hart's hiding in Grant
county an idle tale a false clue.
Still others declare that Smith only
this week mailed a letter from that
county and that his presence there
is certain. Another story snys that
the wife of one of the moonhiners
i:. the source of the information that
led the officials on the wild goose
chase.
The party were equipped for trou
ble if the murderers and their hosts
had been encountered all the offi
cers being heavily armed the re
porters being armed with long pen
cils and cameras. Two blood hounds
completed the equipment.
While none of the returning officers
will talk for publication, it has beer
learned from other sources that some
of the party consider the whole nffair
a false lead, but others of the officers
believe they were double-crossed at
Dayville.
ALPINE
(Contributed by Alpine High School.)
There will be an all-day meeting
and a dinner on Easter, April 4, at
the Alpine school house. Several
churches of the county are planning
on having delegates attend this meet
ing. A fitting program will be given
and all who wish to attend are cor
dially invited to do so.
J. H. McPaniel returned home
from work Friday and expects to be
gin on the Hynds ranch soon.
Mr. and Mr. C. Melville were vis
itors in Pendleton Saturday.
Mrs. G. L. Bennett and son returned
from Portland after nltending the
funeral of Mrs. Bennett's fnther.
The last Farm Bureau meeting this
spring will be held here next Satur
day, April 3. An unusually good pro
gram will be given. Also a pie social
will follow the progrnm. Everybody
should bring a pie.
the distribution of a good milk low in
bacterial count. Safe milk prevails
only where the public is interested in
seeking a clearer knowledge of its
supply and where a local system of
milk control with state supervision
has been established successfully.
When the producer and consumer
of milk unite in their efforts to safe
guatft public health through a regular
scoring of milk for public informa
tion, then and only then will the dairy
industry within that locality be placed
on a paying business basis and will
the children be drinking enough
"Milk for Health."
EGGS DIRECT 10
RISE
MILK.
It is profitable for any community
to stimulate and encourage the dairy
industry. Where this vast industry
is established on a scientific business
basis the community prospers and
health flourishes.
Dr. E. V. McCollum, School of Hy
giene and Public Health, Johns Hop
kins University, who has for more
than a decade been giving to the
world a newer knowledge of nutrition
has said: "The people who have
achieved; who have become large,
strong, vigorous people; who have re
duced their infant mortality; who
have the best trades in the world;
who have an appreciation for art, lit
erature and music; who are progress
ivc in science and in every activity of
human intellect, are the people who
have used liberal amounts of milk
and its products."
Quito universally the PCOplo of 11B
tions agree on the importance of milk
In 11. n rliot f nil of US.
In 1924 the money value of milk
produced in the United States at tne
fnrm mnR morn than the total farm
value of the cotton, the wheat and the
potato crops. There was produced
in 11124 fifty billion quarts of milk.
Picture all this milk put into ten gnl
lon cans standing in a lino side by
side. Thus plnced you will have
enough ten gallon cans filled with
milk to go eleven times around the
enrth.
Dairying is a gigantic Industry and
America is one of the leading dairy
countries in the world. The climate
and green fields of this state place it
among the foremost dairy states of
our country.
Federal and state laws demand cer
tain requirements for tho production
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of clcun and sale mux, sucn as uv..i
thy, clean cows, henlthy, clenn hand
lers of milk products, clean sanitary
utensils and containers, and imme
diate refrigeration of all products of
the dairy.
Cool nights, cool spring water, and
splendid roads for rapid transporta
tion, in Oregon are all conducivo to
From State Market Agent's Office.
The far east is as alive to co-operative
developments as the west and
many experiments are being tried out
in the New England stales. The
Maine Poultry Producers association
has started retail sales routes out of
I ortlnnd, Lynn and Portsmouth, N.
H., selling association cgs direct to
consumers in cartons. The manager
states the undertaking is working out
successfully and that o;her retail
routes are contemplated. This plan
entirely eliminates ths commission
msn and the retailers, and oy divi;ng
the saving of these middle profits and
expenses between the association and
the consumer it is expected there
will be greater consumption, because
of lower prices to consumers, while
the association will at the same time
get higher prices.
Certified Seed Potatoes.
The State Market Agent's office has
had many inquiries as to where certi
fied seed potatoes may be had, theie
being a scarcity of stock this spring.
Many county agents report seed in
their counties has been entirely sold
out. County Agent 0. T. McWhorter
of Hillsboro reports the following far
mers in that -county having certified
seed fur sale: Groner & Rockwell,
Hiilsboro, Rt. 3, 300 sacks; W. E.
Peters, Sherwood, Rt. 3, 200 sacks;
Frank Peters, Sherwood, Rt. 3, 70
sucks; John Fisher, Sherwood, Rt. 3,
100 sacks; Glenn and Clarence Kirk-
patrick, Sherwood, Rt. 3, 40 sacks;
Otto Dross, Sherwood, Rt. 3, 60 sacks;
John Loftis, Banks, Rt. 3, 15 sacks.
The following have standard grade
seed for sale: Otto Bross, Sherwood,
Rt. 3, 200 sacks; H. J. Valentine,
Beaverton, Rt 3, 300 sacks.
Hog Production at Low Ebb.
Marked decreases in hog production
during the past six years in practic
ally all sections of the United States,
with the exception of the corn belt,
are shown in figureB compiled by the
Department of Agriculture. Hog
raising looks safe for some time.
The One Big Problem.
The condition of agriculture today
is the one outstanding question of
the nation, thinks C. E. Spence, State
Market Agent, and he says it is now
receiving the serious attention of the
business world. Heads of big indus
tries realize that the present indus
trial prosperity cannot long continue
when more than forty million people
engaged in farm work can only pur
chase absolute necessities. Bankers
throughout the nation are uneasy over
the situation and railroads are out-
poken that something must be done
to bring farming up to a level with
other industries.
At a recent luncheon of the Snoho
mish Ad Club of Snohomish, Wash.,
Frederick Benz, agricultural agent of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, blunt
ly told his audience: "Unless the peo
ple wake up and help the American
farmer, our civilization will go down
as has Rome, Babylon, Greece and
other nations of the past."
Mr. Benz stated that since 1920
farm valuations have dwindled from
an average of $100 an acre to $15 a
shrinkage of 85 and he snid either
the American people must solve the
farm problem or it would de-solve the
country; that we have built up an
empire of industrial industries which
gives an inner circle what it wants
but denies protection to one third of
the population; which forces the far
mer to sell his produce at less than
the wholesale price and compels him
to pny the highest retail price for
everything he has to purchase; that
those who labor on the farm twelve
hours a day, three hundred and sixty
days in the year, receive only 90 cents
a piece,' per year, after their keep.
IDLE!
IRRIGON
Officials Sign Endorse
ment Without Regard
to Party Lines.
An endorsement by all local city
and county elective officials of the
candidacy of Fred Steiwer for the
republican nomination for United
States senator has been given and is
released for publication by the Stei
wer campaign committee.
The endorsement follows:
"We, the undersigned elective of
ficers of Umatilla county and Pendle
ton, unanimously endorse the candi
dacy of our friend and neighbor Fred
erick Steiwer for the United States
senate. We recommend him to the
electorate of Oregon as a man of
honesty, integrity, ability and respon
sibility. "In his private life he has been
upright, clean and considerate, while
in his public life he has been sound,
constructive and faithful to his trust.
We have seen him administer the of
fice of district attorney of Umatilla
county fearlessly and impartially.
"We have followed him as the cham
pion of constructive legislation and
law enforcement when he served us
in the state senate. We admired him
when he resigned his seat in the
state senate, waived his exemption
and served his country at the front
during the World War.
,"We feel that it is only proper
that the people of Oregon should
know, from those who are intimately
acquainted with Mr. Steiwer, of the
high regard in which he is held in
the community in which he lives.
"He is a conscientious public ser
vant who gives hi3 constituents the
full measure of his time and ability.
Fred Steiwer is a thorough man,
ciean, able and just and would be a
credit to the people of Oregon in the
United States senate."
This endorsement was signed by
the following: Gilbert W. Phelps,
circuit judge; R. E. Bean, county
commissioner; J. O. Hales, county
commissioner; I. M. Schannep, coun
ty judge; Norborne Berkeley, justice
of peace; C. C. Procbstel, district at
torney; R. T. Cookingham, sheriff; R.
T. Brown, county clerk; C. E. Graham,
county recorder; R. O. Hawks, county
assessor; Herman H. DeHart, county
treasurer; James A. Fee, mayor of
Pendleton; J. H. Gwin, C. G. Matlock,
L. J. McAtee, E. M. Temple, H. W.
Ireland, Guy H. Johnson and H. J.
Mann, city councilmen; T. B. Gur
dane, chief of police; W. E. Ringold,
fire chief, C. Z. Randall, city at
torney; Thomas FitzGerald, city re
corder and H. E. Inlow, superinten
dent of city schools.
W ANTED STOCK TO PASTURE.
I have 15,000 acres of grazing land
in the Rittcr and Long Creek dis
tricts and would like to get stock to
pasture; plenty of water and good
care; could handle one band of dry
sheep. Cuttle at $1.00 per head per
month. Apply to Al Johnson, Ritter,
Oregon. 1-2
FOR SALE J. I. Case combine;
1023 model; good condition. Price,
fU00.no. F. Burroughs, lone, Ore.
DINING DE LUXE
We have bent every effort
toward one goal to develop
a restaurant where patrons
would look upon dining as
an event of pleasure. We
believe we have succeeded.
Merchants Lunch
Every Day
Thirty-five cents
ELKHORN
RESTAURANT
ED CHINN, Prop.
Why the Hurry, Men?
Stop in Your Home Town. Look Around.
We have
Poultry and Dairy Feeds
to meet all requirements.
STEAM ROLLED BARLEY
RIGHT PRICES REAL SERVICE
Lexington Farmers
Warehouse
LEXINGTON, OREGON
The school will give an entertain
ment on pril 17th, the special feature
being the play, "The Old Maids' Con
vention." A small admission will be
charged for the creation of a fund
with which to defray the expenses of
the school picnic at the end of the
school term.
At the Grange social last Saturday
evening everyone seemed to say "Trip
it as we go, on the light fantastic
toe" and "Let joy be unconfined."
What grand and glorious times we
do hayel
Amnog the Pendleton visitors over
the week end were, Gertrude Gray
beal, the Rands, Mrs. Retta Allen,
and Miss Bradford.
Mrs. Thomas S. Jones and Freda Z.
Seaman were Portland visitors Satur
day.
A reconciliation has been made be
tween two local freshman girls who
had been at swords points for some
time. It is figured that the senior
class had quite a hand in acting as a
board of arbitration. Peace be unto
thee, dear sisters.
The Co-operative Producers Asso
ciation met at the school house on
Wednesday afternoon this week.
That's nothing. The Consumers
League meets three times every day
in the dining room of every home in
this community.
The school band has been invited
to play at Heppner for the Pomona
Grange parade led by Governor Pierce
and other prominent men. The band
also is to play for the afternoon pro
gram. Quite a number from here
will attend the meeting.
The revival meetings held this week
are being quite well attended. Rev.
Rice, who has charge, is an eloquent
and forceful speaker.
Central Market
C W. McNAMER, Proprietor
FRESH AND CURED MEATS, FISH
AND POULTRY
Call us when you have anything in our
line to sell.
Phone Main 652
Heppner Tailoring Shop
Now located
in our quarters on lower Main Street.
CUSTOM TAILORING
CLEANING :-: PRESSING
also
Full line of Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Ready Made Suits.
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ess
As Time Goes On
AO YEARS ago this news
paper was born to Hepp
ner and named the Gazette.
Time passed. Sixteen years ago it
came under the present management.
Since then the Heppner Times and
Heppner Herald were absorbed by it
all looking to its upbuilding that
Heppner and Morrow county might
be better served thereby. Many of
our readers who have witnessed the
struggles and growth of this paper
appreciate its present status.
Today is our 43rd birthday.
We believe we have kept step with
the progress of the community in
which we live.
The past is gone.
Today we are looking forward to
a brighter, happier, and more pros
perous tomorrow, not only for Hepp
ner and Morrow county, but for this
paper as well. For
We Will Continue to
Serve
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