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Historical Society. teette Volume 43, Number 16. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 15, 1926 Subscription $2.00 a Year E PURCHASES BUCKERS Cowboy Taming Line-Up Stronger Than Ever; New Race Feature. " Everything Is being done to make this year's Rodeo a record-breaker, according to C. W. McNamer, chair man of the Heppner Rodeo commit tee. And it Is his belief that when September 2S-4-6 roils 'round the best line-up of talent in the history of the show will be on hand. Chairman McNamer 'this week ar ranged for the purchase of three of the best buckers in last year's Rodeo from Jack French, the owner and champion in last year's bucking con test. These horses are Bluebird, Miss Heppner and Butter Creek. To aug ment the already formidable array of bucking talent, Mr. McNamer has also secured the privilege of using some of the worst outlaws of the Pendleton Round-Up association. Albert Peterson, Uklah showman, has already promised to be on hand again this year with his good string of horses, and says the Ukiah boys will be hot after Rodoe honors this fall. The Peterson relay string has placed first several times at past Ro deo". The race track will be graded In the near future and the racing fea ture promsies to be the best ever.' Better prizes have been provided for the Rodeo this year, which it Is expected will cause hotter competition than heretofore. The first prize of fered In the bucking contst Is $125, with a second prize fo 60, and a third prize of $40. A new feature n the program, be lieved to be a strong drawing card, is the Morrow county derby. This race to be held on Saturday only will be a free for all, and the first prize offered of $100 should draw much of the fastest horseflesh in this part of the country. Second and third prizes are $50 and $25 respectively. Events and prize money are now ar ranged and anyone desiring informa tion is requested to get in touch with Mr. McNamer. INSTALLING NEW SCALES. The Farmers Elevator company of this city are installing new grain scales this week. The scales are from the Fairbanks people and known as the Fairbanks hopper scales, having a capacity of 800 bushels and up to 18 000 pounds. They do away with the old system of weighing by drafts of so many sacks at a time, and the grain is dumped into the hopper as it comes in, the weight being stamped on a ticket. The weighing is then done up at the end of the day. The new scales will help a lot in expedit ing business when grain is coming in lively at the elevator. NO UNION SERVICES. Union services were held on last Sunday morning at the auto camp grounds, Rev. E. C. Alford delivering the discourse to the small number that gathered. Members of the Meth odist and Christian churches joined in this service, and it was announced that on next Sunday morning at the same place, union services of these two . congregations would be held again. This has been changed, how ever, and the churches will hold forth at their respective places of worship instead. Union Endeavor services will be held at the Christian church in the evening. SHOULDER FRACTURED. Martin Lovgren is suffering from a fractured right shoulder, the result of being struck by a falling piece of iron white at work on his windmill last Friday. The injuries are quite pain ful, and had his head received the impact of the iron instead of the shoulder, the injury might easily have been much more serious. Dr. Mc Murdo reports him as getting along all right. BENEFIT WINDOW SALE. A sale of good things to eat will be held at the Humphreys Drug company store on Saturday, beginning about 10 a. m. The food for this sale is do I a ted by those who are Interested In helping (o raise some funds for the benefit of Miss Lorena Palmateer. Donations to the sale should be lib eral and the response of the Hepp ner people generous on this occasion. AFFLICTED WITH SPOTTED FEVER Bert Cason of Lone Rock was brought to Condon Monday to consult a physician. It was found that he had spotted fever (tick fevre) which he had apparently contracted in the Mon ument country where he had been working and where infected ticks have caused numerous cases in past years. Condon Globe-Times, CARE OF THE EYES. Dr. Ciarke of the Clarke Optical Co., Merchants Trust Building, Port land, will be in Heppner for the day and evening, Monday, July 19th, at the Hotel Heppner. See him about your eyes; the examination is free. Ralph Butler, recent purchaser of the Henriksen ranch below Heppner, sprained his left knee and ankle when he was thrown from a buckrake this morning. Dr. McMurdo, who reduced the sprain, reports Mr. Butler will be laid up for several days, The x-ray revealed no fractures. Dr. Johnston reports the arrival of an 8-lb. girl at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Ward Graves, who reside six miles northeast of Lexington, Elbert Cox, who was operated on for hernia by Dr. Johnston on uJne 80, has returned to his home from Morrow General hospital. A Great Golfer It took Bobby Jones 12 years to break into national title holding ranks but now at 24 he is recognized as one of the greatest golfers in the world. He was battling for his third title last week in the U. S. Open at Columbus, O. already holding the U. S. Amateur and the British Open. Photo as he arrived from England with his new title. Tough Gang Invades Heppner-Takes Loot Combination Condon-Arlington-lone Team Trounces Locals In 11-Frame Fracas. Ball fans at Rodeo field last Sunday were dished out one of the best treats of the season, when a combination Condon-lone-Arlington team took an 11-inning clash from the local lads 3-2. The weather was hot yea, the weather man said the hottest day ever recorded in Heppner which may be offered as an alibi for the fumbling and misguaging of the ball on occa sion i It was a tough game for the locals, which was bound to be from the for midable array of ball tossers which graced the field for the opposition. The veteran Condon battery, "Kew r.ie" Clow and Charlie Fitzmaurice, formed the backbone. Then there were the two Ashenfelter boys from Arlington who played ball in the i ticks when Noah was rigging up the ark, and two Wheelhouse boys from the same place. From lone were Arch Cochran and Werner Rietmann, con ceded to be the best little .old third baseman west of the Rockies, which to round out with Pern Brown and Wick Parrish, veteran Condon field ing combination, made up a tough crew, indeed. But along about the ninth inning they didn't appear too rough at that. Then Heppner had tied the score 2-all and appeared to have a little the best of the hot-wather endurance contest. Heppner's heavy sticks failed to pro duce in the tenth, however, and the stuff was off. , It was a pitcher's battle from the turn-loose. "Kewpie" and Keough were both benefitted by the penetrat ing rays of the sun and their arms were in great shape. Each allowed but five hits, and Clow struck out 18 to Keough's 12, which, as we heard it remarked, was altogether too many strikeouts. Nothing happened to speak of until the fourth round. Then Big Charley Fitz upset the dope. He lifted one of Mr. Keough's fast balls high up into the blue and trotted around to third when it was misjudged by Frank Gen try in centerfield, and went home on Rietmann's blow. That's all there was to that round. Condon scored again in the sixth on a two-bagger by D. Ashenfelter, single by Rietmann and overthrow at home by Bus Gentry, who took Frank Gentry's place in the mid-field lot, Cochran of lone made the winning run in the eleventh, sub stituting for D. Ashenfelter. Heppner's two runs came in the eighth when the wrecking-crew came up. Finch was hit by a pitched ball and scored on Robert's three-base blow. Then Roberts got home on Van Martcr's single. None out when An derson came up and hit into a double play. Hill fanned, ending the rally. Nickerson and Mercer umpired. Jack McGinnis scored. Heppner will play next Sunday at Condon. CONDITIONS IMPROVING. State Prohibition Chief William Levcns was here yesterday. He says that he has every reason to believe that liquor violations are improving. Not as fast as ho personally would like to see them but the change is for the better. The best help that the service has had has been from con sumcrs; the good citizen who has fin ally realized that he must do his part and who quietly deserted the ranks of violators. That is the result of edu cation, and comes slowly, but is most effective when it does come. Chasing and arresting rough-necks is just tern porary relief, for it is when tho con sumer no longer buys that prohibition enforcement improves. The time will come in every community when the bootlegger will be regarded like any other criminal. Canyon City Eagle FOR SALE. Two thousand-acre ranch, Okanogan county, Wash. 130 acres Irrigable from fresh water lake, mostly under sixty-foot lift. Balanco timbered grazing land and joins Government re serve. Ideal for sheep as they in crease over 100 and come out of these reserves weighing ninety lbs. Price of $20,000 would include a transmission line run to lake if do sired for pumping purposes, otherwise price would be lass the cost of run ning this line about four miles. If in terested, write or see E. G. VERNON, Chelan Falls, Wash. 8t. 1826 WQDL CLIP OF OREGGN NEARLY ALL IN HANDS OF DEALERS OR WAREHOOSEMEN (Wednesday's This year's Oregon wool clip is pretty generally in the hands of deal rs or in Portland warehouses, ac cording to Hugh Sproat, secretary of the Oregon Woolgrowers association whose headquarters are in this city. Not more than a million pounds of the 18 million pound clip this year is still in the hands of the grower, he believes. Average price received for the clip this year was around 30 cents a pound to the grower. The lamb crop, according to Mr. Sproat has been very good due to the open winter, excellent condition of the. ewes and to the lack of storms during the lambing season. At pres ent the price of the lambs is around 14 cents a pound he said, with indica tions that it may strengthen to some extent. Lmabs, however, are lighter this year due to the dry condition of the ranges. Best ranges at this time, said Mr. Sproat, to be found in the state are probably the Umatilla corner of the Umatilla national forest with part SWIMMING. State Board of Health. This is the season when swimming takes its place as the leading out-of-door sport. Swimming is the most healthful and by 'far the most re freshing of sports. Few person.), how ever, attempt to acquaint themselves with the sanitary environment of the water in which they swim. When in doubt, it is a wise rule to stay out of the water. Swimming places in streams should not be exposed to the discharge of raw sewage. The pres ence of garbage, refuse or waste is evidence of contamination sufficiently great to warrant the exclusion of bathers. The water in artificial pools should be kept as pure as possible by filtra tion, sterilization and change, or by a combination of these processes. Every person should refrain from en tering the water when he is not well. A common cold, a skin eruption, an inflammation of the eye, ear, nose or throat, or fever should be sufficient to deter a person from entering a swimming place. When a swimmer comes to a reali zation that the prevention is a matter of mutual concern, just that soon will pink eye, sinus infection, and other disagreeable and serious infections be greatly reduced in number. The prac tice of spitting into the water is rep rehensible. Care should be taken not to pass water into or out of the mouth or swallow the fluid less intestinal infection occur. It is well for both men and women to wear rubber caps which will prevent the entrance of water into the ears. This simple pre caution may prevent inflammation M the middle ear. It is best not to enter the water when overheated. Failure to observe this rule may cause cramp. Then too it is unwise to swim until two hours after eating. Every one who swims should know how to pro tect himself while in the water, and also be familiar with life saving meth ods. Diving in shallow water, unnec essarily long swims beyond reach of assistance, and swimming beneath ob jects are acts of poor judgment. Swimming is a sport to be encouraged because of its value as exercise and diversion. A casual swimmer soon discovers unused muscles and finds himself breathing more deeply than has been his custom. It is an exer cise not limited to age, being avail THE MID-SEASON BASEBALL SITUATION NATIONAL.! . ' ' " , " .' iT- A TGMT AT Both EHV9 amp teace im the muddle . I LEAGUE Peace at Both East Oregonian) of -the Whitman forest. Rains would do very little good to the ranges at this time, they have dried up too much to be helped materially. Idaho growers this spring realized probably the best price of all for their lambs. They had n unusually early lambing season and were en abled to place lambs on practically a bare market. Price realized was around $13.50 a lamb net to the grow er for some of the best stock. The predatory animal problem is being pretty well solved in Oregon, according to Mr. Sproat, and in many instances there was little if any loss in lambs from killings by predatory animals. Credit for the excellent con dition and scarcity of predatory ani mals in Oregon is due to the work of Stanley Jewett, of the U. S. Biological survey department with headquarters in Portland, he said. Mr. Jewett, he asserted, has don excellent work and Is worthy of high praise for the work that has been done. Predatory ani mals used to cost the woolgrowers 10 to 15 per cent of their lamb crops. able to the elderly as well as to the young. Provided you have no organic impairment, i reacts well to the hardy exercise of the bowels. To the mentally and physically tired swimming acts as an exterminator of fatigue products, planting in their stead a feeling of well-being and ex hileration. It is distinctly a sport worth cultivating. ' W.O.W. Meet at Corvallis July 24th, to Draw Many Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis. July 13.& The Woodmen of the World state convention at Cor vallis July 24 is expected to draw 2000 persons from 25 camps. Repre sentatives will also be here from other states in the northwest. E. P. Mar 'in, district head consul for Oregon, Washington and Idaho, will bead the convention assisted by E. O. Royal, .j cisincc manager, ine garnering win by in the two gymnasiums and on the campus. Initiation and degree work, inspec tion of the college campus and build ings, swimming, athletic sports and a basket lunch are included on the program. Salem is sending a team which will put on the initiatory work. A team from Silverttoi "will have charge of the degree exercises. Fancy drilling will be featured by the Dallas team. PASTOR NOT HERE SUNDAY. According to word received from Milton W. Bower, pastor of the Chris tain church, he will not be able to ar rive home in time for services on Sunday next. He reports that he en joyed the convention greatly at Tur ner and has been visiting with his people at Corvallis. The services at the church Sunday will all be held in the downstairs room where it will be much cooler. Bible school at 10 a. m., followed by communion. The endeavor meeting in the evening will he a union service with the young peo ple of the Christian church and Meth odist church joining. CELEBRATE SILVER WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Roberts of this city are celebrating their silver wed ding anniversary today. Twenty-five years ago Mr. and Mrs. Roberts drove to Heppner by team and buggy from Hardman, were married and returned home. They believe they are as young today as they were then. ends amp a fWT ik the middle-. California-Oregon Touring on Increase The tide of summer recreation and touring from California north into Oregon, Washington and British Co lumbia has already become large and promises much to exceed that of any former year. Tourists who cross the continent to California are more and more learning that a motor trip along the entire Pacific Coast offers more of enjoyment and scenic beauties and wonders than are found along any of the routes across the continent, says the Oregon State Motor association. This knowledge is increasing travel up and down the coast by eastern tourists. Our own people are learn ing of the enjoyment of such a trip, and the number of Californians who motor north in the summer time is increasing. Also more who live in the Pacific Northwest are using the great connecting artery of the Pacific high way to enjoy the beauties and com forts of California. The Oregon Highway Commission made a traffic census June 16 at the key point at Grants Pass, where the Pacific highway is joined by the Red wood highway. This census showed u total of 4419 cars passing that point that day, of which 3670 were on the Pacific highway and 749 on the Red wood highway. Of these cars, 723 bore licenses of states other than Ore gon, 542 of them on the Pacific high way and 186 on the Redwood highway. Of the total of 728 foreign cars 642 bore California licenses, showing the importance of California travel to the states of the north. This north and south travel along the yrhole Pacific Coast will undoubtedly be stimulated by the new movement for joint pub licity of all the coast states. How this summer traffic compares with winter travel is shown by the census taken by the California High way Commission Jnauary 18 and 19 last where the two highways cross the state line between California and Ore gon. This showed for the two days a total of 656 cars, of which 61 were on the Redwood and 595 on the Pacific, which is the only real winter route. Much of this winter travel is of north ern cars going and returning from California. O.A.C. Womans Building Fills Long Felt Need Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, July 13. A gymnasium large enough to accomodate all co-ed sports, together with quarters for women's physical education organizations, and offices for instructors has been looked forward to at O. A. C. for many years. This dream is being realized with the completion of the new women's build ing. This building, 152 by 265 feet, is large enough to accomodate present needs and future growth for some time. The entrance resembles a large cave with high, groined or arched ceiling supported by pillars. Oak col umns support the side walls of the entrance and mahogany beams decbr ate the ceiling of another room. A suite for reading and lounging is pro vided. French doors divide these rooms so committee meetings will not interfere with others. A kitchenete where light dinner or luncheon may be prepared is included in this suite. HARVEST BALL. Good music, to be furnished by the Broadway Novelty orchestra, will be the striking feature of the harvest ball Saturday evening, July 17, at lair Pavilion, Heppner. This orches tra furnished music during the cele bration and won praise for its ex cellence. A good time is promised those who attend the dance Saturday evening. By A. B. CHAPIN Boy or Girl? VTOCAfTCI a Several aristocratic mammas of Wentworth-by-the-Sea, N. EL, ob jected to the rough way the good looking swimming instructor han dled their daughters during their lessons. The "maje" instructor turned out to be the famous Aileen Riggin with a boyish bob. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Word received by friends here is to the effect that Norton Winnard, son of Dr. and Mrs. N. E. Winnard, is quite ill in the Eugene hospital, suf fering an infection resulting from an operation on his nose. Norton, who has graduated as a doctor, has been getting experience as an intern in the hospital in Eugene, which will com plete his educational qualifications as a full fledged physician. His present illness is quite critical. Frank Turner has recently purchas ed a big truck which he is using in hauling wheat to the city. The truck is being driven at present by B. R. Finch and the grain from the Sam Turner fields is being brought to the warehouse here as rapidly as it is threshed. It is reported that Mr. Turner is getting a fine yield. Mrs. Walter Moore is recovering from the effects of an operation this week for the removal of tonsils. Wal ter has been enjoying the recreation of housekeeper and nurse during Mrs. Moore's illness and has proven his ability to "carry on" in a manner that should secure him permanent em ployment. Dr. McMurdo was called to Lexing ton one day this week to minister to Andrew Jones, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Jones, who, in a fall, caught his left leg on a nail, cutting a gash some six inches long on the side of the calf. The cut re quired several stitches to close it up. Mr. and Mrs. John Glasscock ar rived here late yesterday for a visit at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mat tie Smesd. They were returning from Montana and a visit to the Yellow stone National Park, following the close of the shearing season in which Mr. Glasscock was engaged. A very painful accident happened on Saturday last to the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hayes of Butter creek, who had a finger taken off un der a rocking chair. Dr. McMurdo was called to attend the injuries of the baby. Miss Charlotte Winnard, graduate this year of the University of Oregon, will go east the latter part of Sep tember, so she writes friends here, to take up the study of nursing at New York. She will specialize in work with children. Ben Buschke has taken over the lease on the Shobe land some three miles south of Heppner, from Walter Rood, the latter giving up the place and moving to town. The land is the property of Mrs. Pauline Quaid of Portland. E. G. Vernon and family of Chelan Falls, Wash., who are touring the country for a week or so, are visitors in Heppner today. Mr. Vernon is in the real estate business in the Wash ington city and while on this trip is combining business with pleasure. Bob Allstott, Rhea creek ranchman, was in the city Wednesday. Thresh ing is now on in full blast on the Eight Mile farm of Mr. Allstott, but he had no figures to give out as to yield. Little Betty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Adkins, who has been ill at the Morrow General hospital, was able to return to her home this week although still under insulin treat ment for diabetes. Charley Valentine has just finished the threshing of his grain crop, and while we did not get any figures it is understood that he has a good yield nd is well satisfied with results. Justin Gadal, working for Chas. Hemrich of Sand Hollow, is at the Heppner Surgical hospital, suffering from an attack of neuritis. He is re ported to be improving. Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Cannon of near Hardman were in the city Sat urday, bringing their little daughter to the office of Dr. McMurdo who re moved her tonsils. Born, Monday, July 12, at their heme in Sanford canyon, to Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Van Schoaick, a 11-lb. son. Dr. McMurdo reports mother and child doing well. Postmaster Smead has been taking u little recreation in the Blue moun tains this week, looking after his huckleberry crop and doing a little fishing. Miss Rosetta Fletcher of lone, who was operated on at the Morrow Gen eral hospital two weeks ago for ap pendicitis, was able to be out this week. By Arthur Brisbane Mr. Eastman's Lion. He'll Catch Fish. David Danced, Perhaps. $1,000 An Hour? George Eastman of Rochester, hunt ing big game in Africa, has killed his first lion, eight feet long. Doubtless Mr. Eastman pushed the trigger, and the lion did the rest. How would you make that lion un derstand how a man could travel from Rochester, across the Atlantic Ocean, -down to the lion country, jut to shoot him? If it were an atheistic lion it would say, "You are talking non sense. There is no such thing as George Eastman. All is accident." President Coolidge, on his vacation, will fish in a lake where, men tell him there are no fish. For President Coo lidge no such body of water exists. If he fishes, he will catch fish; And if fish are scarce, he will have more time to think. Taking fish off the hook is an annoying interruption of thought. The President muH do -hard thinking with wheat and cotton farmers. North and South, fighting each other and nothing '-done for the farmer." The President will not fish with fancy "flies," but with genuine worms, such as he used to dig up in Vermont or pull out of their ground with his fingers after a rain years ago. Congressmen are going home to rest and learn what their constituents think. Like husbands going home late, they are thinking up a convincing story. They have cut more than $350,000, 000 off the national tax load. That's GOOD. They tried their best to make this country join the World Court, and be come subject to its decisions. That's BAD, and more Senators will know it soon and stay home. Congress collected some of tha money that Europe owes us. That's GOOD. It is as well we did not try to collect all, as we might not have got anything. Congress appropriated $150,000,000 to be spent in five years on aviation. That SOUNDS all right, but there isn't any American aviation worth speaking of, and that's BAD. Dancing masters "bar the Charles ton," but won't succeed in driving out that wild dance. It is probably like that David danced before the Ark. It enables the dancer to express frenzied emotions for which words can't be found. Dancing originally was all wild, as among American Indians or African savages. Primitive man desiring to "express himself," danced himself in to exhaustion. Then came brief control, stately minuet, waltz, jerky polka, quadrille. There is no personality or expression in them. The Charleston, allowing youth to throw up both legs and arms at once, will stay until our craving for "self expression" shall have been satisfied. Roy D. Finch, New York's able State Engineer, shows that neglect to har ness the St. Lawrence costs New York State 10.000,000 tons of coal every year. Waste does not disturb the American people. Congress sits close to the Potomac's rushing rapids, every day wasting power enough to light all Government buildings and half of Washington. In a sixty-mile race yesterday aer oplanes beat carrier pigeons by three minutes. One hundred years ago, stage coaches raced against steam lo comotives, and locomotives won by a narrow margin. The margin is now wider. Those living will see aerop'anes fly ing around this earth 25,000 miles in 48 hours. A Chicago lady, in a hurry to get home, commandeered a Pennsy'vania Railroad special train, just as Kub'a Khan decreed his state'y pleasure. It cost some $7,037.50. The lady, paying for 125 tickets at $65.30 each saved six hours. How many are there in the world whose time is worth $1 000 an hour. Many, fortunately, but most of them haven't got $1,000 jn hour. John Louy of lone who suffered a badly mashed finger while at work with the county rock crusher two weeks ago, is able to work again. REWARD! The City of Heppner will pay reward to anyone furnishing in formation leading to the arrest and conviction of any person mo lesting the water dam of said city located on Ditch creek, or tres passing on the water reserve. Such trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Heppner City Council, By E. G. NOBLE, Mayor.