Historical Society,
feette
Sewer
Volume 45, Number 12.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, June 7, 1928.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
IN LARGE NUMBERS
Registration Exceeds All
Expectations; Grange
Has Big Meet.
p I C N I C IS FEATURE
Rev. F. R. Spauldlng Tells of Old
Time Day In Address; C. A.
Minor Pays Tribtue.
Reaching beyond all expectations
of the committee In charge, was the
registration of Morrow county pio
neers for the reunion on Friday,
one of the events featuring the
chautauqua season. A total num
bering 241 had placed their names
on the roll, and It was gratifying
to note that a large number of
these were from the outside, for
mer residents of the county now
living elsewhere, who were attract
ed to the old home town by the
opportunity offered to meet and
greet former friends and acquaint
ances. The day will long be re
membered by many who were priv
ileged to gather here on Friday
last, and it is the hope of this paper
that this reunion of Morrow pio
neers will be an annual event that
will become more and more Inter
esting as time goes on.
The program opened promptly
with several selections rendered by
Fletchers orchestra of Pendleton.
Invocation was by Rev. Stanley
Moore, then the Legion Auxiliary
trio, consisting of Mesdames Fergu
son, Smith and Gemmell.wlth Mrs.
Walter Moore at the piano, sang
"Oregon Pioneers." C. A. Minor
then read his original poem, which
was appropriate totheoccasion and
was received by the audience with
enthusiasm. This poem, together
with a jrtiotograph arranged by Mr.
Minor reproducing the picture of
pioneers that hangs in the court
house and also the ancient home of
the Minor family on Rhea creek,
was furnished by the committee in
suflicient numbers that each family
represented on the roll of pioneers
would be given a copy as a souve
nir of the reunion. Following Mr.
Minor the trio led In singing one
of the old songs, and Miss Theresa
Mors, chautauqua manager, gave a
humorous reading, and then anoth
er one of the old time songs, led
by the trio.
Rev. F. R. Spauldlng gave the
address to the pioneers. He is one
of the original pioneers of Oregon,
born in what was once the Oregon
territory, but now the state of
Washington, but early in life com
ing across the line-and making this
state his home much of the time
since, and no small portion of that
period had been spent in this East
ern Oregon section, where Mr.
Spaulding met up with pioneer con
ditions which he described In an
entertaining manner.- The work of
a pioneer minister of the. gospel
took him into some of the real "wild
west" communities and there were
many of his listeners present Fri
day that could testify to the cor
rectness of many statements made.
The address of Mr. Spauldlng car
ried many back to the years when
this part of Oregon was the real
frontier, and no small number had
their memories refreshed as to
some stirring events and outstand
ing characters of that time that is
now a memory only. '
The program closed at the tent
with the song, "Old Oregon For
ever," and benediction by Milton
W. Bower.
A picnic dinner was spread at the
fair pavilion and this was enjoyed
by a large company of pioneers and
friends. A special section was pro
vided at the chautauqua perform
ances for the guests of the day, and
it goes without saying that all the
old-timers had a splendid day of it,
greatly enjoying the programs and
the fellowship resulting from this
opportunity of getting together and
talking over events pertaining to
the early settlement of Morrow
county.
Saturday was Grange Day, and
the program was in charge of Mor
row County Pomona Orange. It
was one of the interesting features
of Saturday's entertainment, and
members of the grange were here
from all over the county, though the
attendance was not as large as had
been anticipated. A. R. Shumway,
master of Umatilla county Pomona
was the principal speaker, and he
brought a cheering and Instructive
message. Numbers on the program
were furnished by different granges
and a general good time was had,
climaxed by a dinner at the fair
pavilion.
But a partial list of the registra
tion of pioneers was published In
last Issue, so we are giving the full
( list this week. The first column
gives year of coming to Oregon
and the second when coming to
Morrow county.
To To
Ore. County
P. R. Spauldlng 1803 1890
Mrs. M. Ai Spauldlng 1886 1923
Oscar Keithley 1883 1894
Mrs. Oscar Keithley 1880 18H3
Mrs. S. A. Eateb 1861 1883
Eph Eskelson 1883 1882
Mrs. Rosa Eskelson .1883 1883
Leon W. BrlgK" 1868 1873
Hannah F. Brlggs 1880 1880
E. C. Walkins 1870 1876
8. P. Devln , 1884 1886
H. G. Noble 1871 1873
Hanson Hughes 1884 1896
Sam Hughes 1884 1896
Artie M. Conder 1886 1886
J. L, Yeager 1884 1884
John Her 1869 1887
PIONEER DIES AT PENDLETON
T. D. Matthews, pioneer resident
of Umatilla and Morrow counties,
died at his home in Pendleton early
Sunday morning and his funeral
was held in that city on Tuesday
afternoon. Death was the result of
complications due to old age, his
last serious illness beginning about
February 15 of this year when he
suffered his fourth paralytic stroke.
T. D. Matthews was a native of Mis
souri, born in Lafayette county, that
state, on November 24, 1849, and at
the time of death was 79 years of
age. He came to Pendleton in 1882
and for many years was engaged In
the sheep business In Morrow coun
ty, his ranch being at Pine City. He
retired from this business In 1913
and moved to Pendleton where he
has since resided with his family.
He was an active Mason for many
years and was a member of Hepp
ner Lodge No. 69, and also of Hepp
ner Chapter No. 26, R. A. M. He Is
survived by his widow and four
daughters.
First Reading Had of
Radio, Parking Acts
An hour parking limit on Main
street is recommended by an ord
inance introduced at council meet
ing Monday evening for its first
reading. Another ordinance com
ing up for first reading was one
Intended to regulate and insofar as
possible eliminate radio interfer
ence in the city. These ordinances
will come up for two more readings
before they are passed or rejected,
and they may in the meantime be
amended.
It is the sentiment of the city
fathers that something needs to be
done about parking on Main street
in order to protect merchants'
rights In handling their trade. There
are times on busy days when it
puts merchants to a great incon
venience to have cars parked any
considerable time in front of their
places of business, as it causes coun
try customers to have to park at
a distance and their orders have to
be carried farther. Whether or not
the ordinance as it now stands is
just what is needed they are not
just certain. It is calculated to
eliminate the parking nuisance in
the most equitable and convenient
way, the object in no way being
that of copying larger cities whose
problems in this regard are much
more serious. '
Morrow' General Hospital News.
Geroge Hawkes of lone met with
an accident Saturday while plow
ing on the Frank Mason ranch on
Rhea creek. He was walking be
side the plow when It struck a rock,
jumped and struck him in the right
leg above the ankle. The x-ray
revealed a fracture above the ankle
which was reduced by Dr. Johnston
and the leg placed In a cast which
he will have to wear for eight
weeks.
Harry Hayes, who recently lost
some Angers in a woodsaw, has left
the hospital.
Francis" Parker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank 3. Parker, was op
erated on Saturday for the removal
of her tonsils under local anesthe
sia. Richard Peterson underwent a
minor operation Friday for removal
of a growth on his neck.
Miss Irma Carmichael of Lexing
ton has been ill the past few days
with tonsilitls.
F. W. Voile Is III at his homestead
in the mountains above the Hamil
ton ranch with dropsy, .kidney, and
heart disease.
Bobby Cochran, son of Archie
Cechran of lone, fell and cut his
lip Monday, which necessitated
medical attention.
Raymond Butler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Butler of Rhea creek,
fell and cut his leg on a piece of
broken glass, Monday. He was
brought to the hospital where it
was found necessary to take some
stitches to close the wound.
Mrs. John Iler 1872 1887
Mrs. M. L. Case 1876 1909
E. R. Huston 1866 1906
Mrs. E. R. Huston 1887- 1906
E. L. Young 1887 1887
D. B. Stalter 1879 1881
J. C. Ball .. ...1873 1877
Mrs. M. P. Ball 1873 1877
Ellen B. Bennett .'. 1853 1873
Mrs. W. O. Minor 1884 1884
W. G. McCarty 1882 1883
Mrs. W. G. McCarty 1882 1883
Mrs. Ed Hunt 1881 1881
Ed Hunt 1882 1882
Sam J. Hughes 1878 1888
Susie A. Hughes 1888 1888
R. W. Turner .'. 1884 1886
May Turner 1885 1886
P. P. Farnsworth . 1874 1876
C. A. Rhea 1862 1864
Mrs. S. A. Wright ...... 1875 1879
Sylva Shaner Devln 1876 1876
J. A. Adams , 1875 1876
Katie Mlnert .1883 1886
Anna Natter .'. 1876 1882
Mary J. Hughes 1884 1896
Florence Hughes Paul 1884 1896
Dennis Splllane 1882 1882
Melissa Marlatt 1876 1876
Mrs. E. F, Day 1879 1879
Mrs. Ellen Buseick 1879 1879
Mrs. Laura Adams ..........1884 1884
Mrs. Carrie Vaughn 1882 1883
J. W. Vaughan 1872 1886
M. R. Morgan 1880 1882
Laura T. Drlskell 1882 1895
Henry Howell 1876 1876
Mattle Adklns 1880 1880
Rose B. Howell 1870 1880
A. E. Wright A.....1860 1872
Joseph J. Hughes ..1886 1886
Mary Henly 1883 . 1883
C. W. Valentine 1882 1882
Marlr Alice Adkins 1857 1876
Mrs. M. J. Huston 1872 1894
John E. Johnson 1871 1878
W. W. Smead 1867 1880
Mrs. W. W. Smead ...1873 1880
L. J. Scott 1884 1927
O. C. Stephens 1881 1881
J. E. Stevens 1881 1881
Arthur Stevens 1881 1881
John Allen .1 1883 1883
Mrs. E. F. Campbell .....1879 1879
L. M. Hager 1880 1880
Michael Kenny .:.....1879 1879
Frank Gilliam 1854 1870
Mrs. Frank Gilliam 1865 1872
Chas. E. Ebl 1882 1882
Crocket Kirk 1865 1870
Lillian C. Turner 1884 1898
Frank W. Turner 1885 1885
Geo. W, Sperry . 1863 1871
(Continued on Pas Six)
LOCAL NEWS' ITEMS
Bert Kane was a victim of an ac
cident at the Ferguson Chevrolet
company garage on Saturday when
he was caught between tne wall
and a moving car. One leg was
badly injured and Mr. Kane has
been a patient since at Morrow
General hospital where he Is un
dergoing repairs. The leg Injured
was the one Mr. Kane had so badly
hurt when he was tangled up in a
caterpillar engine about two years
ago, and from which injuries he has
not yet fully recovered. The car
was being towed Into the garage
when it swerved and Mr. Kane was
caught, causing a severe cut on the
leg and other bruises about the
body.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hall of Cen-'
tralia, accompanied by Mrs. Hall's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cypert
of Tacoma, arrived here Thursday
evening for a visit of two weeks at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Parker of Heppner flat Mr. and
Mrs. Cypert, old time residents of
Lexington, were glad to be here for
the reunion of pioneers on Friday
and enjoyed meeting many of the
old time friends. On the return
home they will visit a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cypert at Walla
Walla.
An airplane arrived here just af
ter noon on Sunday, and the ma
chine was quite busy the balance of
the day and the forenoon f Mon
day taking up passengers. The ride
was enjoyed by a very large num
ber of the Heppner folks at a price
of $3.50 per, and nearly every trip
over and around the city the plane
carried two passengers, the pilot of
the machine reaping a pretty good
harvest in coin of the realm. He
departed Monday afternoon for
Portland.
Mrs. Wm. Lawson and Mr. and
Mrs. Shadowltz of Moro, were here
Wednesday making arrangements
to have the body of the late Wm.
Lawson removed to Moro for inter
ment in the cemetery there. Mr.
Shadowltz is a distant relative of
Lawson, his family being the only
relatives of the deceased residing in
the west Mrs. Lawson has been
visiting at Moro since the burial of
her husband here, and she is now
arranging to go to Iowa to reside.
J. A. Patterson arrived home Fri
day from a visit of three weeks with
his son, B. R. Patterson and wife at
their home in South Pasadena, Cal.
During his stay In the south, Mr.
Patterson enjoyed a trip to various
points of interest with his son and
daughter, they making an automo
bile trip to San Diego, Tia Juana,
Imperial valley and other points, all
of which Mr. Patterson greatly en
joyed. Dr. A. H. Johnston motored to
Portland Monday night and return
ed on Tuesday with his mother,
Mrs. Arabella Johnston, who has
been quite ill for some time. Mrs.
Johnston, who is now a guest at
the home of her son and wife, will
soon enter Morrow General hospital
for a course of treatments which it
is hoped will prove beneficial to her
health.
Douglas Fairbanks as THE GAU-
CHO, Star theater, Sunday-Monday.
I nere win be an excursion of far
mers of Morrow county to visit the
experiment station at Moro on June
17. All those desiring to go and
not having transportation, should!
get In touch with County Agent
Smith at Heppner. The outline of
the Itinerary will be published In
this paper next week.
Mrs. Minnie Card, state president
of Degree of Honor will arrive in
Heppner Monday, June 11, to assist
the local lodge for a week. There
will be an open meeting on Wed
nesday evening for all members and
Interested friends. A short program
will be presented and refreshments
served.
A license to wed was issued by
Clerk Anderson on Saturday to Ned
M. Carr and Jessie Fay Wiles,
young people of lone. The mar
riage occurred at the home of the
bride's mother, Mrs. Hester Wiles,
on Saturday evening.
Dr. and Mrs. Fred E. Farrior
and their son Freddie drove to The
Dalles on Sunday, where Mrs. Far
rior and son were met by friends
and went on to Portland. They ex
pect to spend several weeks in the
city.
James N. Luper is spending a few
days here from his home in the
Willamette valley. He came up for
Decoration Day, being accompanied
by his daughter, Mrs. Leta King of
Portland, who was here for a day
only.
Mrs. Ida Dutton, who spent a
Lcouple of weeks at Heppner, return
ed the first or the week to her home
at Portland, going by way of Pen
dleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doollttle re
turned home the past week from a
visit of some two weeks at Portland
and other points in the Willamette
valley.
Mrs. E. R. Lovell, sister of Mrs.
T. A. Hughes, arrived at Heppner
from her Portland home on Satur
day for a visit at the Hughes home
here.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stephens
of Arlington were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs, Earl Gordon
on Sunday.
BOY.SCOUT8.
There will be a Scotlt meeting in
the Legion hall this evening at T
o'clock. All Scouts and those who
want to be Scouts are requested to
be present. Come prepared to let
us know whether you can attend
the Scout camp at Mil ton-Free wat
er this summer. The cost of two
weeks camp in a real live Scout
camp with seventy other real live
Scouts is only $11. You ought to
take advantage of this opportunity.
HEPPNER TAKES
10 BALL GAMES
Indians, Arlington Defeat
ed; Condon Tops List;
Umatilla Still In.
WHEATLAND LEAGUE
BTajromos
i w
Condon ...6
Heppner ....-.4
Wasco .. . 4
lone -... ,.-...4
Pet.
.750
.500
.600
.500
.375
.375
Arlington .... 3
Umatilla
ailllHIIIIIHIHIItlllliniMIIIHIIIMIMmiHHIIIIIIIIUflllHIUr.
XiUt outlay's Basalts i
Arlington 6 at Heppner 10: Umatilla
1 at lone 6; Wasco S at Condon 4.
Where the Teams Flay Haxt Sunday!
Condon at Heppner, Umatilla at
Wasco, lone at Arlington.
Windy, chilly weather was proba
bly responsible in large part for
keeping down the attendance at the
baseball games, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday at Rodeo field. The
crowds were not large but in spite
of this fact some good games were
played. The best exhibition as the
score, 3-2, would Indicate was that
on Friday when Heppner drubbed
the fast Umatilla Indian aggrega-'
tion. Saturday Arlington and Hepp
ner had played to A 10-10 draw
when the game was called in the
middle of the tenth Inning. The
league game Sunday was taken by
Heppner from Arlington, 10-6.
By winning their game Sunday
against Wasco, Condon seems to be
perfectly secure at the top of the
league, and in order for Heppner to
stand a chance she must win her
two remaining games while Condon
would have to lose both of hers. If
this should happen Heppner would
be in a tie for first place honors.
Condon defeated Wasco 4-3, while
lone dumped Umatilla into the cel
lar,. 6-1.
Umatilla is still with the fold,
having decided to forget their dif
ference with ' the league directors
and play out the schedule. It is
said they have benched Mr. Blake
ly, alleged to have been the source
of much of the quibbling, and will
continue to play in the interests of
good baseball.
Sunday s game here was rather a
hectic affair. Heppner started their
time at bat in the first inning by
running in the first our batsmen.
All told a total of eight club-swing-ers
faced Pitcher Montague before
this little melee was over, three hits,
a walk and a passed ball being re
sponsible. Their next run came in
the third when Drake, who was
made a present of first base on
balls, scored on Thorn's double
sacker. Then again in the fourth
the locals went wild for a total of
five runs with five hitters confront
ing Mr. Montague before he was
relieved by Husted, who in turn
was faced by five more before the
scoring bee was stopped. Altogeth
er the locals gleaned five safe bin
gles which, combined with two er
rors, accounted for the tallies.
This was all of Heppner's Scoring,
and it looked like Arlington was
going to repeat their performance
of the day before In the eighth in
ning when three hits, on a triple
by Shortstop Fisk, and a fielding
error gave them three runs before
they were stopped. In this frame
on the previous day, the visitors
ran in five tallies to overcome Hepp
ner s lead of 9-5, and but for a
scratched run In the ninth Hepp
ner would have lost the game. On
Sunday Arlington had but three
runs when the rally occurred, and
the additional three was not en
ough to catch the home boys.
Drake allowed the visitors 10 hits
and struck-out nine. Montague al
lowed seven hits, three walks and
struck-out one batter. Six hits were
gleaned off Husted, and he struck-
out two.
Pitcher Drake won his own game
against the Indians Friday. He
made all three of Heppner s tallies,
one via a home run blow over the
center field fence, in connection
with which he pitched his best
game qf the season. The game ran
11 innings, score being 2-all at the
end of the ninth. The deciding tally
was made by Drake, who made first
on a single and scored on Erwln's
two-base hit The Indian scoring
was done in the first Inning. Bettles
was on first through an infield er
ror when Flrstbaseman Elk knock
ed a homer over the left field fence.
Saturday, Heppner's protege pit
cher, Hank Robertson, who finished
a successful season for the high
school, was started in the box, and
pitched a bang-up game Until the
eighth, when he was relieved by
Schroeder who finished the inning.
Wick Parrlsh, Arlington chucker,
was relieved by Montague in the
sixth during a Heppner rally.
Sundays box score:
HEPPNER B R H O A E
Anderson, m ........5 2 2
0 0
Van Marter, 3 .....4 3 1
La Mear, c . .5 3 3
Drake, p ..... 4 3 3
6 4
9 0
0 12
8 0
0 0
Erwln. 1 ...6 0 3
Thorn, 1 6 1 8
Hoskins, r ...6 0 1
Hlsler. s . 4 0 0
10 0
4 3 1
(Jason, s ..4 0 1
0 1
0
41 10 14 27 20 4
ARLINGTON
BR HO A E
Douglass, c .....6 0
Husted, 3 A p 5 1
Fisk. a 5 1
0 4
3 1
3 1
Parrlsh, 1 6 1 0 14 0
bailing, m 4 1
Spath, I 2 1
Wetherell, 1 ...... 3 0
McDonald, 2 4 1
Groat, r 4 0
Montaitue. D 4 0
3 1
1 0
0 0
1 1
3 1
0 1
40 6 10 34 10
Umpires: Nickerton and Pyle.
LOCAL NEWS HEMS
Mrs. Leonard Barr, Miss Edna
Vaughn and Miss Mary Crawford
motored to Portland on Friday, Mrs.
Barr taking her daughter to the
city where she will have employ'
ment in the store of the Bartholo
mew company. Mrs. Barr and Miss
Crawford returned .home Sunday.
J. W. Becket and family were up
from their Partland home on Fri
day, joining in the celebration of
Pioneer Day during Chautauqua.
Mr. Becket was one df the real pio
neers of the Heppner country, and
for many years was a leading farm
er of Eight Mile. His home has
been in Portland for the past 12 or
15 years, since retiring from active
farm work.
Harold Rippee, son of Mrs. Chris
Brown, arrived here on Saturday
morning direct from Honolulu,
where he is stationed with the U. S.
army. He is on furlough and took
the opportunity to visit his mother
and other relatives at Heppner, it
having been some eleven years
since he saw his mother last His
coming at this time was a complete
surprise to the folks here. A daugh
ter of Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Frank Gen
try, arrived on Sunday from Kan
sas City, being met at Pendleton by
Mr. ana Mrs. Brown, and the fam
ily is now enjoying a reunion.
Wm. Pedro of Cecil, who is in a
hospital at Pendleton recovering
from injuries received the end of
the week in an automobile accident
is reported to be much improved
and should be able to return home
before many days. In coming down
Franklin hill grade on his way
home from Pendleton, Pedro ran
into a band of sheep, and in order
to avoid killing some of them, veer
ed to one side and his car struck
the rock wall beside the grade,, the
results being disastrous to him in
the way of severe cuts and bruises.
Mrs A. TT TnhnBfnn lUVs
Gordon and Mrs. C. W. McNamer
have been chosen as delegates from
Ruth Chapter No. 32, O. E. S., to
the grand chapter meeting in Port
land next week. The grand chapter
will be in session from Monday un
til Thursday, inclusive, and we un
derstand a number of members of
Ruth chapter will attend, besides
trie reinilftrlv phnaen rialotrafaa Tk
local chapter will hold its regular
uieeung on rnaay evening, at
Which time It. nrnnhur nf nantlot.
will be initiated.
A recent real estate deal In Hepp
ner was the purchase of the Githens
property from Mrs. Millie O'Rourke
"i uranae, Dy u. uisDee. This
property is now occupied by the
family of W. O. Dix, who have pur
chased from Geo. W. Dykstra the
residence occupied by R. A. Thomp
son and fflmilV Wa llnHiii.atonJ
that the latter family will move into
me w. d. carrau property when
the same is vacated hv J fi ptarratt
and family.
Lexington Farmers Warehouse
COmDanV held their annual mWin
on Saturday at which time W. H.
i-auoerg ana ttoy Campbell were
elected directors, and the general
report of the business transacted
for the year was made. This report
Showed that the rnmnanv narl An
Joyed a good business the past year.
r 1 . . n -
ir. una jurs. spencer Crawford
and the boys departed early this
mornin? on a trin hv antn tn Ttarira-
ley, Calif., where they will enjoy a
vioit ui sume two weeKS at tne
home of Mrs. Crawfnrn" naranfa
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Githens, and
witn the family of Arthur Craw
ford, brother of Spencer.
A reunion of the J. R. Cypert
family is planned to take place '-at
the home Of n HniKrhtav nf nr,ri
Mrs. Cypert In Walla Walla on Sun-
uay. mr. ana Mrs. cypert Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Hall and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank E. Parker and family will
go from Heppner for the event.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Blahm
and Mrs. Henry Blahm came over
from their home at Walla Walla
Thursday to be in attendance at the
Dloneer reunion her nn FrMnv
They greatly enjoyed meeting with
urn umuy irienas or rormer aays.
John H. Haves wna amnntr th
pioneers from the outside who en-
juyea x-ioneer uay nere on Friday.
Mr. HflVPS XVaR a VOW oarlv nlnnAA.
of this part of the state. He has
Deen visiting since with his son,
Joe.
Mr. and Ufa .Tnhn nioeannnl.
. - . v....
came up from their Portland home
on Sunday for a visit at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Smead. They
expect to go on to Caldwell, Idaho,
for a visit with other relatives.
Mrs. Rachel Evans, slater nf M
Wm. Wilson, arrived here on Fri
day from her home at Renton, Wn.,
And Will Visit fnr n Wool f (an flava
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson.
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHURCH
IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS.
WHO? The Sunday school chil
dren, members and friends of the
Heppner Church of Christ
WHEN? Next Sunday morning,
June tenth. Meet as near 8:30 as
possible.
WHERE? Meet at the church
and not later than nine o'clock pro
ceed up Willow creek. If you are
late come right on up the creek.
The party will be easy to find.
WHAT TO BRING. 1. The REDS
who lost out In the contest are to
bring a treat 2. Everybody bring
a car and the entire family. 3. A
basket dinner. 4. A utensil for
water. 5. A capacity for whole
some enjoyment
WHAT WE WILL DO. Have
Sunday school and church. If pos
sible second service and Christian
Endeavor.
ALTOGETHER. Let us make It
big!
MILTON W. BOWER, Minister.
LEXINGTON NEWS.
Ranchers along the creek are
quite busy haying, and those who
have their' hay down are hoping it
will not rain for a few days, while
the wheat farmers are watching
the grain dry up and are wishing
for rain. 'The weather man is up
against a hard job, trying to please
everybody.
Mrs. Riley Munkers is enjoying a
pleasant visit with three of her
daughters who are here from Port
land.
Doris Wilcox left on Tuesday's
train to attend the six weeks' short
course at Corvallis. She expects to
take cooking, sewing and work
along the line of domestic science.
Quite a number of the Lexington
ladies attended the electric cooking
school conducted by Miss Rose
Mary Kennedy at the parish house
in Heppner. They report the les
sons interesting and instructive.
Mrs. Earl Eskelson and children
are at Salem for a visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford
Green, who are quite ill. Mr. and
Mrs. Green were formerly residents
of. Lexington, residing here a num
ber of years before going to Salem
Because so many of the Lexington
folks attended chautauqua at Hepp
ner Saturday night the picture
show was postponed until Monday
night
Laurence Palmer has completed
his new house on the creek and
Mose Spencer has rented the place
and moved in.
Sheepmen May Get on
Summer Range Early
George Clark, forest ranger, gives
out the word that ajl sheepmen
with early allotments, starting June
15, may get permission to put their
sheep on the range in the Umatilla
National forest immediately by ap
plying at his office. This permission
is granted owing to the forward
growing conditions on the range
brought about by the dry season.
Mr. Clark returned the end of the
week from Frasler Ranger station
where he attended a meeting. May
28 to 30, of rangers and officials of
the Umatilla National forest Hepp
ner and Ukiah divisions. Present
from the Pendleton office were
Rangers Irwin, Moncreith, Thomas
and Clauston. Douglas Ingram,
grazing specialist from the Portland
office who has been making a tour
of the local district was also pre
sent Mr. Ingram passed through
Heppner Saturday evening on his
return to Portland.
On his way to Heppner from the
meeting, Mr. Clark saw three deer
grazing at the edge of the timber
near Ukiah in the middle of the
day. It is his opinion that both
deer and elk are on the increase in
his territory.
HEPPNER HOSPITAL.
Ernest Cannon of Hardman, was
able to leave Heppner hospital to
day, following an operation on his
throat Monday.
Mrs. Joe Moyer of Boardman un
derwent a major operation at Hepp
ner hospital today, and at this time
is reported to be doing well by
her physician, Dr. McMurdo. 1
Jake Young, of Eight Mile, was
brought in to the Heppner hospital
June 6th, suffering with neuritis.
Mrs. A. D. McMurdo Is confined
to her bed, suffering with complica
tions of Influenza.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Case return
ed the end of the week from Port
land, where they had been for a
short time while Mr. Case was com
pleting his work before the examin
ing board and receiving his certifi
cate as a practicing embalmer. Mr.
Case is now a fully qualified under
taker and embalmer under the laws
of Oregon.
LOSES FINGERS AT MILL.
A. R. Reld, proprietor of Hepp
ner planing mill, was the victim of
a serious accident on Friday, re
sulting in the loss of two fingers
and a badly lacerated hand. He was
making some adjustments on the
pony planer, having the knives
blocked with a small piece of board,
when the machine took a turn. The
fingers were not struck by the
planer bit directly, but must have
been hit bjr the piece of wood, as
uiey were literally mashed off. Mr.
Reid is improving from the injuries
which were very painful.
J. O. PETERSON MARRIED.
J. O. Peterson, popular young jew
eler and watchmaker of this city,
was married Sunday at Pomeroy,
Wash., to Miss Bertha Lewis of
that place. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson
arrived in Heppner Sunday evening
and will make their home here.
Mr. Peterson, who purchased the
Buhn jewelry store here a few
months ago, was located at Pomeroy
oerore coming here, and It was at
that time the romaqce started which
culminated in this happy way.
Friends of Mr. Peterson have been
busy extending their best wishes
this week.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Sunday school at 9:45 o'clock.
Come out and get in the Bible spell
down in the junior department The
primary department will continue
their Sunday school sessions separ
ate from the junior department this
summer.
Celebration of the Lord's Supper
and sermon at 11 o'clock.
"Come unto Me, all ye that travail
snd are heavy laden, and I will re
fresh you." Matt xi, 28.
Attorney Jas. A. Fee and Al Hen
rlksen were here from Pendleton
yesterday, looking after business af
fairs of the latter pertaining to
lands in this county.
Hon. J. W. Morrow returned to
Portland on Friday, after spending
several days in this city.
BIG TENT DRAWS
LARGE CROWDS
Fine Talent Leaves Last
ing Cheer With Four
Day Program.
CONTRACT SIGNED
Same System to be Followed In
Next Year's Chautauqua;
Larger Tent Promised.
Icuih Williams plays with shocks.
But he received the shock of all
shocks at his scientific performance
at the Morrow County Chautauqua
Friday afternoon and evening.
Mr. Williams had learned that the
chautauqua at Heppner was being
put on "free." From his previous
experiences with this type of chau
tauqua, he looked forward with
forebodings to his appearance here.
His worst audiences had been those
of free chautauquas. He was not
surprised at the large number who
greeted him. This he expected. The
shock most pleasant came in the
fine attentiveness of his Heppner
audiences. And so it was with all
the talent to appear here. In con
sequence Heppner audiences receiv
ed the very best they had.
Mr. Williams couldn't get over his
shock. He confided his experience
to F. R, Brown, president of the lo
cal association. The question which
naturally arose was, "where s the
difference?" Miss Theresa Mors,
chautauqua superintendent came to
the rescue with an answer that
seemed correct The reserved seats
placed those most interested in the
success of the entertainment in the
conspicuous fore ground. The be
haviour of this body of people pre
dominated in the audience; not to
cast reflections on any other part
as even those on the sidelines and
outside the tent were most consid
erate and attentive.
This came as a revelation to the
officers of the local association, who
thus learned that the reserved seat
problem that had given them so
much grief, had really proved a
blessing in disguise for the success
of the chautauqua.
Reserved seats at the .Morrow
county chautauqua are now & fix
ture, and next year when the big
tent comes every subscriber will be
entitled to one reserved seat ticket
for each $2.50 of his donation.
Which means there will be at least
412 reserved seats, there having been
already subscribed $1,030.50, The
contract for next year's chautauqua
signed Monday, calls for a tent that
will seat half again as many people
as the tent used this year. The
Morrow County Chautauqua asso
ciation is a permanent organiza
tion, and Gay M. Anderson was
elected as director at the Saturday
evening meeting to succeed Rev.
Stanley Moore, retiring director.
New officers will be elected by the
board of directors and plans for
next year s entertainment made at
an early date. It is almost certain
that the pioneers reunion will be
retained as a permanent feature of
the chautauqua as the initial reun
ion met with such hearty support
and welcome. '
A conservative estimate placed
the Saturday evening chautauqua
attendance at 1500 people. This was
the largest crowd in attendance,
though at every program the tent
was filled to overflowing, and sets
a new attendance record for this
type of entertainment in Heppner.
A count made of the people leaving
the tent by the main entrance after
the Saturday night performance
showed 1000 and easily half again
this, many left by the sides, is the
report of Mr. Brown, the president
Miss Theresa Mors was the su
perintendent in charge, and Miss
Sherky had charge of the junior
work. The junior chautauqua was
very largely attended and the enthu
siasm of the kiddies revealed the
complete success of this part of the
work. The kiddies gathered at 9
o'clock each morning for games and
play, supervised by Miss Sherky.
Saturday morning they took their
pets, which they displayed in a
dress parade through Main street
Such a motley array of animal life
one never knew existed within the
confines of the city, and the hilarity
caused did the heart good to exper
ience. On Sunday afternoon Miss
Sherky took the children on a pic
nic up Willow creek that was a real
source of joy for the many who took
part
Applesauce, a comedy drama of
American home life, made a big
hit with the large audience as the
Initial program Thursday night and
left a lasting welcome for the Pol
lard players in Heppner. The
good, wholesome comedy contained
In the play was put across in ex
cellent manner by the talented per
formers, "Bob" Pollard In one of the
most important roles, especially
winning the lasting friendship of
the audience.
Friday the Ben Nak players and
Louis Williams split the bill both
afternoon and evening in two of the
most versatile and attractive pro
grams of the four days. The Ben
Naks with two artists, an accom
plished lady violinist and reader,
and a gentleman pianist featured
classical and popular music with
some novel stunts and humorous
readings. Mr. Willams demonstrat
ed some chemical and electrical phe-
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