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Volume 46, Number 4.
HEPPNER, OPvEGON, THURSDAY, Apr. 11, 1929
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6E0RGEW
SPERRY
Heart Failure Cause of
Sudden Death; Funeral
Largely Attended.
Sudden death from heart failure
came to George W. Sperry at his
home In this city on Saturday fore
noon a little past 10 o'clock. He had
not been well for a few weeks prior
to this time, but on this morning
was feeling unusually well, and
while Mrs. Sperry and their grand
son, j,ewis bperry, were doing some
work in the yard back of the house,
he came to the door and spoke to
them about bringing In some wood,
returning to the sitting room, where
he was Immediately seized by a
heart attack and died instantly,
having fallen to the floor, In which
position he was found when Lewis
came in with the wood. Mr. Sperry
was about town the day before and
greeting friends he met on the
street In his happy way, and ap
peared to be as well as usual. His
sudden passing was a shock to his
family and their many friends in
the community.
Funeral services, . held at the
Methodist church on Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock, were largely at
tended, not only by the people of
this city and community, but by
many relatives and friends from the
outside. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful, expressions of
the esteem In which Mr. Sperry was
held. Rev. F. R. Spauldnig, pastor
of the church, was assisted by Rev.
Earl Cochran of Salem, a nephew of
the deceased. Mr. Spaulding deliv
ered the funeral discourse, which
was appropriate and uplifting. It
had been the request of Mr. Sperry
that his nephew have a part in the
services when he should be called,
and he did so by singing two hymns
and following Mr. Spaulding with
a short discourse in which he re
viewed to some extent the history
of the Sperry family in Oregon. The
services at the grave were in charge
of Willow Lodge No. 66, I. O. O. F.,
of which he had long been a mem
ber and in which order he held of
fice at the time of his death. The
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs attend
ed the service In a body, and with
a large number of friends and rel
atives accompanied the remains to
the Masonic cemetery where they
were laid away.
George Washington Sperry was a
native son of Oregon, and his entire
life was spent in this state, the
greater portion of it In Morrow
county. He was born on the Sperry
donation land claim, about four
miles from Brownsville in Linn
county, June 11, 1853, and died at
his home In Heppner on Saturday,
April 6, 1929, aged 75 years, 9
monhts and 26 days. His parents
were Rev. William and Cynthia
Sperry, pioneers of the Willamette
valley, who crossed the plains to
this state by ox team In the year
1851. Their family consisted of six
sons and six daughters. Mr. Sperry
was a pioneer Baptist minister of
the Willamette valley, and promin
ent in the early history of that part
of the Btate. George received his
early training in the schools of his
home county and at Oregon State
college, this being gained under
conditions of the strictest economy.
He came to Eastern Oregon first in
the fall of 1871, spending two years
on Butter creek and Willow creek
In what was then Umatilla county,
teaching terms of school at Vinson
and at the Thomas Ayers place on
Big Butter creek. Returning then
to the Willamette valley, he was, on
December 23, 1873, married to Mary
J. Penland, and to this union two
children were born, Lulu, wife of
Albert Rca of this city, and Francis
Marion, who died October 7, 1900.
Mr. Sperry returned to Morrow
county in 1875 and for a time his
family lived at the Headquarters
ranch of William Penland on Balm
fork, southeast of Heppner. In the
winter of 1883 they moved on to a
homestead in Sand Hollow, the
place now being owned by Hynd
Bros., and lived there for a period
of five years, then moving to Lex
ington, where they resided until
1897, when they came to Heppner,
making their home In this city since
that time.
He followed the sheep and stock
business many long years and nu
rnerous seasons had charge of the
trailing of sheep from this county
to the eastern markets. In the year
1909 he took charge of the business
of the late Mrs. Jane Penland,
which he conducted for some time,
later going Into the sheep Industry
for himself, retiring from active
business in the fall of 1918 to enjoy
the fruits of his labor In his declln
Ing years.
He is survived by his widow,
Mary Jane Sperry, his daughter,
Mrs. Albert Rca of Heppner and
three grandchildren and three
greatgrandchildren. Of the six bro
thers, he Is the last to pass on, and
but three sisters are now living,
these being Mrs. Caroline Cochraan,
Mrs. Alice Weatherford and Mrs.
Addie Wood, all of Portland.
At the age of 14 years Mr. Sperry
joined the Baptist church, In which
communion he remained until mov-
Ing to Heppner, when he Joined the
Methodist church, South. He had
long been a member of the Odd Fel
lows and took an active part In the
work of Willow Lodge No. 66, of
Heppner. The long years he lived
ONE HONEST PERSON
FOUND IN WORLD
Did someone say there's not
one honest person left In the
world ?
If so, they should consult Mrs.
Pearl Warthern, daughter of Mrs.
Martin Stewart, who arrived re
cently to make her home In Hepp
ner. Mrs. Warthern's husband died
a short time ago in Portland.
Straightening up her affairs, she
packed her household goods, ship
ping them to Heppner, herself
taking the train.
On arriving here, Mrs. War
thern discovered she had lost her
purse, containing the bill of lad
ing for her household goods and
some sixty dollars in cash. She
notified the railroad company and
a check-up failed to reveal the
purse.
Her joy can be imagined when
she received a letter from Mrs.
B. Gaines, Boise, Idaho, who stat
ed that she picked the purse up
from the train floor, and would
forward It as soon as notified of
Mrs. Warthern's permanent ad
dress. The purse arrived Sunday
morning, with everything inside
it just as Mrs. Warthern had left
it
Passing through Heppner Mon
day forenoon, en route to La Grande
from their home at Corvallis, were
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Woodcock. Mr.
Woodcock, who is vice president
and cashier of the First National
bank at Corvallis, was going to La
Grande to attend the meeting of
Masonic orders there this week.
They had stopped over at lone for
a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Harris, Mrs. Woodcock and
Mr. Harris being relatives. One
time, many years ago, Mark visited
Heppner with the band from O. A.
C, of which organization he was
one of the chief musicians.
As indicating the return to trac
tor farming in this county, is the
fact that during the past 14 months
Peoples Hardware company of this
city have sold 20 John Deere trac
tors that are now being used on as
many different farms. Many others
have purchased different types of
machines and are finding them the
proper implement for doing their
plowing, cultivating and seeding,
more economical than horse power,
nd in the case of dry farming"
the work is done quicker and when
It should be done to conserve the
moisture.
Mrs. Frank Turner reports that
their son, Bobby, a student at Whit
man college, Walla Walla, has made
the varsity baseball team and is
playing short stop. Owing to games
scheduled for the spring season he
will not be able to make his con
templated visit to the hmoe folks at
vacation time.
Paul M. Gemmell has purchased
the Interest of Harold Cohn In the
business of Cohn Auto company,
and has become sole proprietor. Mr.
Cohn will devote his time to the
sheep business in which he has
become quite extensively engaged
during the past year.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will hold their regular meeting Tu
esday, April 16 at Legion, hall. Hos
tesses will be Mary E. Azcuenaza
and Mrs. Marlin Gramse.
The American Legion Auxiliary
announce a dance at Elk's hall on
Friday evening, May 3rd. Music
will be furnished by Blue Devil or
chestra of The Dalles.
Supt. Jas. M. Burgess and Mrs.
Burgess returned on Sunday from
a visit to Portland. They went to
the city on Thursday afternoon last.
Rev. Charles Cason and wife of
Lone Rock were here on Tuesday
to attend the funeral of Mr. Cason's
uncle, George W. Sperry.
The Women s Foreign Missionary
society of the Methodist church will
meet at the church parlors on Tu
esday, April 16, at 2:30.
Mrs. J. G. Clouston and baby son,
from Pendleton, are visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. P. Devin of this city.
Degree Juvenile Team
Performs at The Dalles
The Juvenile team of the Degree
of Honor was taken to The Dalles
yesterday, where the state meeting
of the Degree of Honor in session
this week. The team consists of
Eileen Kenny, president; Margaret
Sprinkel, past president; Theodore
Thomson, vice president; Helen
Doherty, second vice president
Phyllis Jane Pollock and Marie
Barton, veil ushers; Frank Ander
son, Irene Beamer, Billy Thomson,
Pearl Barton, Ted McMurdo and
Alice Bieakman, flag bearers.
Delegates attending the state
meeting of the Degree of Honor
Protective association and repre
senting the Heppner camp, accom
panied the juvenile team. These
were Mrs. Geo. Moore, Mrs. W. J,
Beamer, Mrs. Lillle Aiken and Mrs,
Hilda Anderson. The company re
turned yesterday evening.
See "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN,"
Star Theater, Sunday and Monday.
In Morrow county were largely
years of hard work that were fin
ally rewarded by success, and
through all he was ever known as
an honorable and upright citizen of
the community.
Mrs. Edward Adkins
Funeral Held Monday
Funeral services were held at the
Methodist church. In this city on
Monday afternoon at 2:30 for Mrs.
Edward Adkins, whose death oc
curred at the family home in this
city at 2:30 o'clock on Saturday,
April 6. Rev. Stanley Moore offi
ciated, being assisted by Rev. F. R.
Spaulding, with interment at Ma
sonic cemetery. Many friends at
tended the services and there were
many beautiful floral offerings.
Since October 11, 1924, Mrs. Ad
kins had been a continuous suffer
er. She met with an automobile ac
cident on that day in which two
vertebrae were crushed, and the
best skill of physicians failed to
bring any relief. During all of this
time she was patient and uncom
plaining. Mrs. Adkins was born at Kelso,
Wash., Sept. 21, 1889, and at the
time of her death was 39 years, six
months and 15 days of age. She
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Pointer. On April 12th, 1924,
she was married to Edward Adkins
of this city at Dayton, Wash., since
which time they have lived here
and at Portland. She is survived
by her husband, Edward Adkins, a
son by a former marriage, William
V. Whitson now serving in the U.
S. Marine corps and located at Bre
merton, Wash. The son was pre
sent for the funeral but failed to
reach Heppner in time to see his
mother before she passed away.
Other relatives are three sisters
and "two brothers: Mrs. Daisy Flip-
pin of Ranier, Oregon; Harry Poin
ter of Yamhill, Oregon; Mrs. Lena
Gregg, Miss Pearly Pointer and
Herbert Pointer, all of Portland.
Dennis Spillane Was an
Early Settler in County
Following an illness of several
weeks, during which time he was
confined at Heppner hospital, Den
nis Spillane, a pioneer resident of
Heppner, died at 1:15 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon at the age of 77
years. He suffered from a compli
cation of ailments, brought on by
the approach of old age. Mr. Spil
lane was a native of Milltown, Ker
ry County, Ireland, and he came to
America when quite a young man,
living for many years in California
from which state he came to Ore
gbn, settling on a homestead and
accumulating quite a body of land
on lower Heppner flat. He follow
ed farming for years, but has made
his home in Heppner for the past
25 years, living in his little home
just north of the depot. He has no
relatives here, but several nephews
reside In New York and New Jer
sey. Funeral services will be held
from St. Patrick's Catholic church
Friday, at 10 a. m., Rev. Thomas J.
Brady officiating.
NEW FOREST RANGER HERE.
F. B. Wheymer arrived at Hepp
ner on Monday from Dayton, Wn,
where for some time he has been
located as district ranger yon the
Touchet division of the Wenaha na
tional forest He comes to Hepp
ner to take the place of George
Clark, who has been on this division
of the Umatilla national forest for
the past several years, and who is
leaving Immediately to take the
place of Mr. Wheymer at Dayton.
Mr. Wheymer has been in the for
est service for many years and
comes to Heppner highly recom
mended as a very efficient man. He
has a family of wife and six chil
dren but they will not arrive here
until after school closes at Dayton,
as two of the children will graduate
from high school there this spring.
While Mr. Clark goes to the new
field Immediately to take up his
work, his family will not follow
until the close of school here, as
he does not wish to disturb the
school relationship of his children
this late In the year. Mr. Clark Is
leaving Heppner with regrets, as he
has made many friends in this
community and found the people
here wonderfully fine folk to deal
with in every way. The best wishes
of all go with him to the new field.
RESERVOIR NEARLY DONE.
Concrete on the new reservoir for
Heppner's city water works was all
poured yesterday in the completion
of the roof. Owing to the very long
spell of bad weather during Janu
ary and February, the contractors,
Hartenbower Bros., of The Dalles,
were unable to get the job done in
the time specified, but the council
was lenient, and an extension until
the 15th of April was granted. H.
B. Mumford, foreman on the job,
and In charge of the powder work,
thinks that all the work will be
completed now by the time required
The taking down of forms under
the roof, the leveling off and filling
in around the big tank, will soon
be accomplished, and we believe
that when the job Is turned over
to the city It will be in ship shape.
The work appears to one not alto
gether familiar with that kind of
engineering and construction,
being almost perfect. The big tub
will hold a lot of water when it is
full, and is a fine addition to the
city water system.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Sunday school at 9:45. There will
oe no services at the church this
Sunday due to the fact that Rev
Stanley Moore will be attending the
episcopal convocation to be held at
St. htephen s church. Baker.
The Women's Auxiliary will meet
in tne parish house Thursday. Anril
11 at 2:30 o'clock for the usual bus
iness meeting.
REV. STANLEY MOORE,
Mlsslonary-ln-Chargo.
SPEAKING MEET
School Declamatory Con
test to Draw Many
Outside People.
Saturday, Heppner will be the
mecca for mnay pupils of the
schools of the county to take part
in the fourth annual Morrow Coun
ty All-School Declamatory contest
The contest this year bids fair to
be even larger than last year's, de
clares Jas. M. Burgess, local super
intendent of schools and president
of the declamatory league.
Beginning at 2 o'clock in the af
ternoon the two divisions tf the
grade school will compete, with the
lower grades coming first. The con
tests will close near the dinner hour
and a recess period taken before
the high school contest, slated to
start at 7 in the evening.
Entry lists which have been rap-
Idly swelling the past few days, will
close tomorrow evening, says Mr.
Judges, whose names are being
withheld, have been procured by
Lucy E. Rodgers, county superin
tendent, who assures they will be
thoroughly competent and impar
tial.
The date for the Morrow-Uma
tilla inter-county contest, in which
the winners in the county contest
here Saturday will participate, has
been definitely set for April 19, the
next Friday immediately following
the local meet This contest will
be held in Pendleton and it is ex
pected to be an attraction of con
siderable magnitude.
Admission price for the local
meet has been set at 50c for each
session. While the meet is a non
profit undertaking, the expenses of
putting it on are considerable. Gold
and silver medals are given first
and second winners in each divis
ion, and are no little item of cost
says Mr. Burgess, but are believed
practicable in that they give con
testants something materially worth
while to work for. Expenses of out
side people to judge the contest are
also borne by receipts of the meet
BOARDMAN
On Easter Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Cooney went to Umatilla for
8 o'clock church services. From
there they went to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Cooney where
breakfast was served. This has
been a custom of the Cooneys for
years on Easter. Those present
were Mr. and Ms. Jack Kennedy,
Emmet Cooney and family and L.
C. Cooney and family. At two o'
clock the same day the same per
sons with the addition of Mr. and
Mrs. W. Kennedy, Sr., enjoyed a
most elaborate dinner at the home
of W. E. Kennedy, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Camp depart
ed Saturday for their home in Be-
ment, 111., after a two weeks visit
at the home of Mrs. Camp's sister,
Mrs. J. R. Johnson, and family.
Several Boardman folks attended
the dance at Hermiston Saturday
night
C. C. Calkins and son Dwight
were overnight visitors at the C. S.
Calkins home Friday night going
on to Corvallis on Saturday. Mrs.
C. S. Calkins and son Oscar have
been in Corvallis for the past three
weeks.
Lew Estes who lives on the
Hatch place was called to Pendle
ton Saturday to attend the funeral
services of his brother Charles, who
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Want Swimming Pool;
Ask Council to Help
The Parent Teachers association
at its meeting Tuesday afternoon
adopted resolutions addressed, to
the American Legion and the city
council, requesting the former to
open the swimming tank this sum
mer, and asking the latter to give
it their support and assistance.
Mrs. Rodgers gave a very prac
tical talk on Manual Training and
she with Mrs. Mahoney and Mr.
Von Lubken were appointed,
lay the proposition of Its installa
tion in the Heppner school before
the school board.
The next meeting of the P. T. A.
will be a social one, Tuesday eve
ning, May 14, at the Parish house.
WHERE THEY PLAY
Followinir la the Wheatland Baseball
League schedule fur the remainder of
the season:
April 14 Heppner at Condon, Arling
ton at lone. Fossil at Wasco.
April SI Wasco at Heppner, lone at
Fossil. Arlington at Condon.
April SB Heppner at Wasco, Fossil
at lone. Arlington at Condon.
May 6 Arlington at Heppner, lone at
Condon. Wasco at Fossil.
May 13 -Condon at Heppner, lone at
Wasco, Fossil at Arlington.
May 19 Heppner at Fossil, Condon
at lone, Arlington at Wasco.
May 36 Fossil at Heppner, lone at
Arlington, Wasco at Condon.
May 30 Heppner at Arlington, Wasco
at lone. Fossil at Condon.
Jun S Heppner at lone, Condon at
Wasco, Arlington at Fossil.
June 9 lone at Heppner, Condon at
Fossil. Wasco at Arlington.
June 16 Heppner at Condon, Arling
ton lit lone. Fossil at Wasco.
June 83 Wasco at Heppner, lone at
Fossil. Condon at Arlington.
June 30 Heppner at Wasco, Fossil
at lone, Arlington at Condon.
July 7 Arlington at Heppner, lone
at Condon, Wasco at Fossil.
Judge Campbell Recites
Some Ancient History
While on a visit to Portland the
first of the week, Judge W. T.
Campbell felt reminiscent, and to
the writer of the "Those Who
Come and Go" column of the Ore
gonlan, recited some ancient his
tory in these- words:
"We wouldn't go back to the old
days, for Portland is closer to us
now than Arlington was then," said
Judge W. T. Campbell of Heppner,
at the Imperial. "In the old days
it used to take us every minute of
daylight on a September day to
make two trips to Lexington from
the ranch, seven miles away. Each
load consisted of 40 sacks, or 80
for the day's work. Well, I can
now take a small truck and trailer
and in a few hours transport 400
sacks of wheat to Lexington. That
demonstrates what good roads can
do, and what they mean to a farm
ing community. It wasn't the mud,
so much in our section, as the dust
The dust, because the soil was so
light, boiled up under the feet of
the horses and was raised by the
wagon until a driver could scarcely
see. Now we have a good, level
road, oiled and in first-class repair.
Last winter when we had a couple
of feet of snow the highway crews
were out in a jiffy and had the road
open all the time. When I went
into that country, in 1886, and up
to the- time the modern roads were
constructed a snow like that would
have held us up for days, and a
trip to Arlington was an adven
ture. Yet for a time, when the
road program was under way, there
were many farmers who could not
see what was coming, and they
thought the advocates of the road
program were crazy and were
spending money extravagantly. Now
they can realize the improvement
All the state roads have been com
pleted in our county, but our sys
tem will never be perfected until
the Spray-Heppner road is con
structed. This is not a state road,
but the work on it has been done
by the county and forest service.
There is still a considerable gap
that would connect from Spokane
to Walla Walla, Pendleton, Hepp
ner to Spray, on the John Day
highway, then a short stretch would
make a connection to the Ochoco
highway, near Mitchell, which
would lead to Prineville and Red
mond and carry traffic over the
Mackenzie to the Pacific highway."
Seniors Present Play
at Alpine Meeting
The senior class of Heppner high
school put on a play in connection
with the farm bureau meeting at
Alpine Saturday night They were
accompanied by quite a delegation
of professional and business men
and county officials to give demon
strations that these people are sol
idly behind any agricultural pro
gram that is worth while. The
county agent, C. W. Smith, was
scheduled to give the main address
of the evening. His subject on the
program was, "Achievement of the
Eastern Oregon Wheat League."
He discussed in particular water
transportation, the McNary bill,
weed control, control of plant dis
eases, insects, perennial and nox
ious weeds and general crop insur
ance. About two hundred people were
present and the people of Heppner
took down a treat of ice cream
while the Alpine people furnished
coffee and cake and the social hour
was held in the basement of the
school building. Everyone pro
nounced the meeting a success from
educational and social standpoints.
It was decided to have Mr. Ritner,
president of the Eastern Oregon
Wheat League to speak at the next
meeting on May 4.
ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH.
Rev. Thomas J. Brady, pastor.
Next Sunday will be the second
Sunday after Easter and the mass
in Heppner will be at 8:30, preceded
by confessions for people who live
outside of Heppner. Confessions
for people in Heppner will be heard
on Saturday evening at 7 o'clock
only.
Immediately after the mass in
Heppner the pastor will go to lone
for a second mass at 10:30 in the
home of Mr. J. P. O'Meara.
The church to be erected shortly
In Boardman will be called Saint
Mary's, and the pastor expects to
have it finished in the month of
May. It will be built a short dis
tance from the school in Boardman.
It will be of stone. The plans have
been drawn by the pastor who will
supervise the construction. Parish
ioners there will donate their labor
to the church. The seating capacity
of the church will be for seventy
people, with three small rooms in
the rear for vestry, office, and bed
room. Mr. Newton Gaby will do
the stone work.
R. W. TURNER TELLS OF TRIP.
Bro. Turner has just concluded
his long trip in this and foreign
countries and has many interesting
things to tell. He will bring his
mementoes of the trip to the church
on Sunday night tell some of his
experiences and answer any ques
tions any should care to ask. The
pastor will give a short talk on
"The Lands of the Bible." These
things wll occur at the regular eve
ning hour of worship (7:30) at the
Church of Christ
The morning sermon will be "Liv
ing The New Testament Life of
Faith."
Bible school meets at 9:45. Chris
tian Endeavor at 7:30.
Let us remember it Is the Lord's
Day!
MILTON W. BOWER, Minister.
LOCAL MAN RANKS
HIGH AS SPEAKER
When Mitchell Thorn, local Pa
cific Power and Light manager,
entered the company's public
speaking contest and took part In
the first elimination contest at
The Dalles, March 27, he was un
conscious of the fact that he pos
sessed any ability as an orator.
He was most agreeably surprised
when the judges awarded him
first honors in a field of 22 con
testants. This was the division
contest.
At Walla Walla on Friday he
represented his district at the con
test between the company's eight
district winners, who had been
picked from the 125 employees
taking part in the preliminary
contests. Again he had no thought
of winning, thinking only of do
ing the best he could. And again
the judges gave him first place,
entitling him to represent the
whole Pacific Power & Light Co.
at a contest to be held later in
Seattle to decide the Pacific
Northwest championship.
May the best man win and
more power to Mr. Thorn,
Mrs. Phoebe Burkhart of Eugene
and Mrs. Polly Cody of Bend,
daughters of the late E. G. Sperry,
came to Heppner on Tuesday to
attend the funeral of their uncle,
the late George W. Sperry. These
ladies formerly lived in this com
munity, Mrs. Burkhart being the
wife of the late R. C. Wills and Mrs.
Cody was formerly Mrs. Nat Hale.
The ladles returned to their respec
tive homes following the funeral
services.
Roy Cochran, formerly of this
city, and lone, was here on Tues
day to attend the funeral of Geo.
Sperry. He came up from Port
land, where he now makes his home
with his father and brother, Wm.
Cochran and Rev. Earl Cochran, the
former coming from his home at
Brownsville and the latter from Sa
lem where he is a Baptist minis
ter. They returned on Tuesday eve
ning after the funeral.
Cecil Lieuallen received a fine
bull calf from Weiser, Idaho, this
morning. The animal is three
months of age, and comes from one
of the finest herds of registered Hol-
steins in that State. Mr. Lieuallen
already has six head of registered
Holstein cows on his place on Rhea
creek, and It is his intention to build
up a fine herd. He has been spend
ing several days here from his home
at Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wood of Port
land came to Heppner on Monday
to be present for the funeral of
George Sperry. They were accom
panied by Mrs. Caroline Cochran,
also of Portland, the women being
sisters of Mrs. Sperry. Mr. and
Mrs. Wood were residents of Arling
ton for many years where he was
engaged in the mercantile business.
James Penland of Kelso, Wash.,
arrived Sunday evening to be with
his sister, Mrs. Mary Sperry, and
to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law,
the late George Sperry.
Other relatives arriving on Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. Clay Wood of
Eugene, son-in-law and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rea.
Mark Weatherford, attorney of
Albany, Oregon, and a nephew of
the late Geo. W. Sperry, arrived at
Heppner Monday evening to be pre
sent at the funeral services of his
uncle on Tuesday. He was accom
panied to this city by Mrs. Phoebe
Burkhart of Eugene, a niece of Mr.
Sperry's.
Miss Bess Huddleston, who has
been spending the winter in Port
land in company with her brother,
J. B. Huddleston, was visiting
friends in the city Saturday.
Samuel E. Notson, district attor
ney, and W. T. Campbell returned
home on Tuesday from Portland,
where they spent a day or so on
business.
Clyde Wright, ranchman living
at the mouth of McKinney creek,
was looking after business here yes
terday afternoon.
A. C. Pettys, who farms near
lone, was not favorably impressed
with the weather while in town
Saturday.
Heppner Near Top With
Two Weeks of Shoot Left
Adam Knoblock, Dr. A. D. Mc
Murdo and L. Van Marter com
posed the local team in the Ore
gonian state telegraphic trapshoot
ing tournament Sunday. The first
named turned in a perfect string of
25 with the other two shooting 24
each, making a team score of 73.
This was sutficient to defeat Birch
Creek and Monitor, two of the op
ponents for the day, though Baker
with a 24 topped the locals.
With only two Sundays of the
tournament remaining Heppner
Rod and Gun club remains near
the head in the percentage column,
and Is fairly assured a place among
the first ten teams to participate
in the shoot-off match. L. Van
Marter still holds a fairly secure
lead for the Latourell cup.
Next Sunday Heppner's oppon
ents are Helix, Huntington and
Wasco, with Portland, Eugene and
La Grande to be met the next week
in the final lap.
Mr. Toole, baker from Wasco,
In the city for a short time Sunday
with his family, was a guest of the
club.
LOCALS TAKE IE
4 TO
Fast Game Played in Spite
of Cold; Fair Crowd
Attends.
Despite the cold day which greet
ed the opening of the Wheatland
Baseball league season at Heppner
Sunday, those who braved the ele
ments at Rodeo field were treated
to a mid-season exhibition of the
national game. The locals took off
at the head of the percentage col
umn by defeating lone 4-0.
It was, indeed, a good-performing
crew that Manager Ray Ferguson
placed on the field, outfitted in the
snappy new uniforms, and one not
strange In appearance to fans of
former years. "Ducky" Drake, re
ceived by Clair LaMear, showed all
the form that has given them a rep
utation in the "bushes."
Air-tight fielding on the part of
the locals was responsible for keep
ing the lone boys from realizing on
their five hits, two of which on two
occasions were grouped. The vis
itors best chance to score was frus
trated In the ninth when Werner
Rietmann was cut off at home on
attempting to score from second
on Ford's single.
Heppner's first scores came in the
second inning. Drake reached first
when R. Lundell Juggled his bound
er, scoring on Aiken's three-bagger,
Aiken In turn scored when Riet
mann preferred to send Gentry's
grounder to first Pitcher Ford set
tled accounts by striking out the
next two batters. The next Inning
with two gone, Van Marter clouted
a double and scored on La Mear's
hit the latter being thrown out at
second. "Bus" Gentry made the
final score in the fourth, when with
two gone he clouted a double and
scored on Cason's line drive.
Young Ritchie, who covered the
center pasture for the visitors, was
the disappointment of the locals,
getting credit for five put-outs, all
clean catches, three of which rob
bed "Mitch" Thorn of as many hard
clouts. Frank Lundell, lone first
sacker, was responsible for the only
double play of the game, when he
stabbed Van Marter's hard drive in
the fifth and threw DeVaney out at
second, thus cutting off a threat
ened rally.
Heppner B R H O A E
Thorn, 1
0 110 0
0 0 0 4 0
11110
0 18 2 0
1 0 2 8 0
113 0 0
119 10
0 12 10
0 0 10 0
4 6 27 17 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 15 0 0
0 2 12 0
0 1 0 11 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 6 2 1
0 0 10 3 0
0 12 0 2
0 0 0 1 0
0 5 24 19 3
DeVaney, a
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
Van Marter,
LaMear, c ..
Drake, p
Aiken, m
Gentry, 1 .
Cason, 3
Bieakman, r
29
4
.4
lone
Davidson, s
Ritchie, m
W. Rietmann, 3
Ford, p
.4
.4
Drake, 1
3
4
F. Lundell, 1 .
Wallace, c
4
3
3
33
R. Lundell, 2 .
Engleman, r .
Summary Earned runs, Heppner
three base hits.'Aiken; firsts base
on balls, off Drake 1, off Ford 1;
left on bases, Heppner 3, lone 7;
first base on errors, Heppner 2; two
base hits Gentry, Van Marter, Riet
mann; struck ovft by Drake 6, by
Ford 10; hit by pitcher, DeVaney.
Heppner journies to Condon next
Sunday for their second game.
Wasco defeated Arlington In the
opener at Arlington Sunday 7-5,
while the game scheduled between
Fossil and Condon at Fossil was
postponed because of snow.
Pendleton Odd Fellows
Attend Special Meeting
Some forty or more members of
Pendleton lodge of Odd Fellows,
bringing along with them their de
gree team and lodge band, were in
Heppner on Saturday evening, at
which time the various lodges of
Morrow county, as well as the lodge
at Echo had representatives pre
sent, the total number at the gath
ering being about 150.
Pendleton's degree team put on
the work, and ten candidates were
initiated and given the first degree;
some of these had been initiated In
their home lodges and received the
first degree here. Besides those
from Pendleton and Echo, members
were present from Hardman, Lex
ington, lone and Morgan and Wil
low Lodge No. 66 of Heppner was
host to a fine gathering of brothers
who enjoyed the ceremonies, the
big feed and good social time.
Miss Ina Scrlvner, home econo
mist, will be at the Heppner office
of the Pacific Power & Light com
pany April 15 and 16 to conduct a
coffee demonstration, using the elec
trical percolator on which the com
pany is offering a special this month.
For the remainder of the month of
April, the local office will have hot
coffee on tap for all who care to
sample It.
CAM) OF THANKS.
We take this means of expressing
our thanks to the friends and neigh
bors who so kindly assisted us dur
ing the Illness and death, of our
beloved wife and mother; also for
the beautiful floral offerings.
Edward E. Adkins and family.
W. V. Whitson.