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Volume 50, Number 37.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Nov. 23, 1933
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Walter F. Meier Recalls
First Notice of City
on Official Visit.
BUSINESS IS BETTER
General Upward Trend Noted on
23,000-Mile Trip; Effect of Nil A
Uncertain; Stay Here Short
Walter F. Meier, grand exalted
ruler of the Benevolent and Protec
tive Order of Elks, made a brief
-official visit to Heppner lodge 358
yesterday morning at 8 o'clock. It
was the first time in Its 36 years of
existence that Heppner lodge had
been honored by a visit from the
highest official of Elkdom, and he
was greeted by a large representa
tion of members of the order.
Mr. Meier's visit here was decided
upon after reaching Pendleton last
evening, where he aJdressed a large
group of Elks from that city, aug
mented by representatives of Wal
la Walla, LaGrande and Heppner
lodges. Due to the short time al
lotted in which to give notice of
the local meeting, many members
were not contacted in time to per
mit their attendance, for which
many regrets have been expressed.
Goes to The Dalles.
Mr. Meier arrived In Heppner
shortly after 7:30 in company with
Charles Bradley of Portland, depu
ty grand exalted ruler for Oregon
north. The visitors had breakfast
at the Lucas Place before meeting
the members at the hall, and de
parted at 9 o'clock for The Dalles
and a noon meeting. The day's
schedule also included a meeting at
Hood River at 2.30, and an evening
meeting at Vancouver, Wash.
On the present trJp Mr. Meier is
headed for his home in Seattle af
ter covering a distance of 23,000
miles in the last three months and
visiting more than 150 lodges.
The grand exalted ruler said he
was pleased last evening when he
learned at Pendleton that Heppner
could be worked into his itinerary,
for an incident in his life had im
pressed the city indelibly on his
mind. It was on June 15, 1903, in
the vicinity of Hood River while
en route by train on his first trip
to the west coast that he read in
the daily papers of the cloudburst
that had struck at Heppner the day
before with such devastating effect.
In the years since this was the first
opportunity afforded him to visit
the city.
Mr. Meier's recent trip has taken
him over much of the United States
and has given him the opportunity
to study conditions inside and out
side of lodge work. His impressions
gained lead him to believe that bus
iness conditions generally are im
proving. In New England the lum
ber mills on every hand are either
operating br preparing to start op
erations. Near Omaha in the mid
dle west he counted six eastbound
freight trains to one westbound. A
railroad executive In Omaha told
hhu that this particular railroad's
business on the same date the year
previous had run behind some $300,
000. To that date this year the road
had shown a profit of $700,000, or a
gain of $1,000,000 within the year.
These were cited as just a few ex
amples of the upward trend.
Cites Economic Trend.
In lodge work, too, the effects
are being felt, he said. Evidence
was given in the Grand Exalted
Ruler's Armistice Day class, at
wlch time 768 lodges simultaneous
ly inducted a total of 8,003 new
members.
He said that the agricultural dis
tricts have probably not shown as
much improvement as have the in
dustrial centers. This he accounted
for by the lack of demand for raw
materials because of the large sur
pluses on hand that would be used
up before stocks are replenished.
The public buys the finished prod
uct, he explained. The public is
now buying more and factories are
increasing outputs, using up the
surplus of raw materials on hand.
It is but a matter of time till these
stocks will need to be replenished,
and then agriculture will feel the
effects of improvement to a greater
extent.
Mr. Meier was unable to say just
what effect the NRA is having In
the recovery movement. He rather
doubted, from indications generally,
that the NRA is speeding recovery,
There is much to indicate that It
may rather be slowing the process.
He looked upon this, however, as
being a good thing, believing that
a gradual Improvement with more
lasting effects Is better for the coun
try than a skyrocketing prosperity
based on speculation.
At the breakfast table Mr. Meier
remarked that the hills crossed
coming to Heppner from Pendle
ton had an appealing type of rug
ged beauty. Asked what, if any,
section of the country he was re
minded by these hills, he said,
"eastern Oregon." There is no oth
er section just like It, as it ap
pealed to him.
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Credit Corporations to be
Talked at Portland Meet
A meeting of livestock men has
been called by Herman Oliver, pres
ident of the Oregon Cattle and
Horse Raisers association, to be
held at the Imperial hotel in Port
land at 10 o'clock next Saturday
morning. All livestock men inter
ested in the formation of agricul
tural credit associations are urged
to attend, as the discussion will
center around the organization of
such associations.
J. M. Stewart, regional organizer
for the Pacific northwest, will out
line the formation of the associa
tions, and it is expected to adopt
a policy as to whether or not the
organization shall be by large as
sociations or by counties, and whe
ther separate associations will be
organized to handle the different
type loans such as livestock, wheat
and other crops, and barnyard
loans. California has taken the
lead in the organization of such
associations. It has been divided
into three districts with authoriza
tion for the establishment of 25 dif
ferent associations.
Anyone from this county wishing
to attend the meeting is asked to
leave word at the county agent's
office where transportation arrange
ments are being made. A repre
sentative group deserves to attend,
the county agent says.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
Mrs. Omar C. Luttrell passed
away early Monday morning fol
following a prolonged illness.
Anna Elizabeth Dickey, daughter
of Will and Mary Dickey, was born
August 28, 1877, in While Pine,
Tenn., and died at her home in
Lexington, Oregon, November 20,
1933, at the age of 56 years, 2
months and 22 days. Her early life
was spent in and near Knoxville,
Tenn., where she was a member of
the Emerald Avenue Methodist
church.
In 1905 she was married to Omar
C. Luttrell of Knoxville, Tenn. La
ter, in 1910, she accompanied her
husband to Oregon. For several
years they made their home near
Lexington, and in 1917 they moved
to Joseph, Oregon, where they re
mained for several years. Later
the family residence was moved to
Grass Valley and thence to Moro.
About four years ago the family
returned to Lexington where the
deceased spent her last days.
Besides her husband she Is sur
vived by her mother, Mrs. Mary
Ann Allen of Enid, Oklahoma, and
six daughters: Mrs. Dona Hill, Ru
fus; Mrs. Lois Snively, Celilo; Ed
na Luttrell, Tualatin, and Ruth,
Faye and Fern Luttrell, Lexington.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Christian church in Lexing
ton at 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon, with Rev. Charles A. Sias,
pastor of the church, officiating.
The flowers were many and es
pecially lovely. Harvey Miller sang
a beautiful solo and a quartet com
posed of Harvey Miller, Mrs. Trlna
Parker, Miss Dona Barnett and
John Miller, sang two impressive
numbers. Miss Eula McMillan was
at the piano.
Mrs. Luttrell was highly esteemed
in the community as a devoted wife
and mother and a kindly neighbor,
and in her passing the sympathy of
a large circle of friends is extended
to the bereaved family.
The "Old Curiosity Shop," spon
sored by the ladies of the Chris
tian church on Wednesday evening
was a decided success. Many in
teresting curios and antiques were
on display and many lovely quilts,
both old and new. The following
interesting program was presented:
Piano dUet, Mrs. George Gillls and
Mrs. Harvey Bauman; reading, Mr.
Sias; vocal duet, Mrs. Trina Par
ker and Mrs. George Gillls; vocal
solo, John Miller; vocal solo, Mrs.
James H. Williams; musical read
ing, Miss Edna Rauch; vocal solo,
Miss Gertrude Tichenor; piano so
lo, Miss Eula McMillan; vocal solo,
Ed Miller, with guitar accompani
ment. The smoker held at Lexington
Saturday night was a success if
success can be measured by the
satisfied looks on the patrons' faces
as they left. The school was sat
isfied, too, for the proceeds were
greater than the outlay. The pur
pose of the smoker was to make
enough money to buy a wrestling
and tumbling mat for gymnasium
work. About half the amount was
raised. The events were as fol
lows: Ellwyn Peck and Kenneth
Palmer wrestled to a draw; the
boxing bout between Harding
smitn and Clayton Davis was called
a draw also; Finley and Frank
Glbbs, brothers, boxed to a draw.
Don Allstott won a decision over
Johnny Farris In a hotly contested
bout. Lavern Wright of Lexington
and Francis Nlckerson of Heppner
wrestled hard for the championship
of their weight In these two towns.
The boys were too catty to be
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INSTRUCTOR RESIGNS.
James T. Lumley, Instructor in
mathematics and science in the
Heppner schools for the last two
years and a half, resigned his po
sition the first of the week, and
with his family will leave shortly
for The Dalles where he has accept
ed a similar position. Mr. Lumley
has made an enviable reputation In
his work with the school here, and
his loss will be felt in musical cir
cles In which he was quite activo
The Lumleys have made a host of
friends whose well wishes accom
pany them to their new field,
TAXPAYERS' VOTE
FAVORS
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Budget Passed 74 to 12
After Thorough Dis
cussion of Items.
BARLOW NEW CLERK
Vawter Crawford Resigns After 21
Years of Service; Closing Schools
Would Save Only $7000 Said.
The amended budget for school
district No. One, presented in lieu
of the budget voted down two
weeks before, was passed at the
budget meeting Monday afternoon
by a vote of 74 to 12. Thus did
Heppner taxpayers arise to the oc
casion of keeping the city schools
open, though at an increase of but
6 percent instead of 47 percent over
last year's levy the larger increase
being that proposed by the defeat
ed budget.
The reduction in the proposed
amount to be levied, made entirely
in the item of proposed expendi
tures for warrent indebtedness,
was explained by Spencer Craw
ford, member of the budget com
mittee. Instead of levying for the
entire amount of outstanding war
rant indebtedness and including an
estimated amount to be received
from delinquent taxes as an offset,
as was done in the former budget,
Mr. Crawford explained that the
new budget committee had ignored
any monies to be received from de
linquent taxes entirely and had in
cluded in the warrant item an
amount which it believed would
cover a certain amount of uncol
lec table delinquent tax and such
outstanding warrants as had not
been previously levied for. It was
pointed out that the action in no
way lessened the security behind
outstanding warrants or such war
rants as might further be issued.
Those who attended the meeting
were much impressed by the pres
entation of Garnet Barratt, board
member, who gave figures to show
that closing of the schools would In
fact save the district only $7000. He
showed that of the total estimated
expenditures of $29,000, $16,900
comes from cash on hand at begin
ning of the year, from school funds
and tuition monies aside from the
special district tax, and that of the
remaining $22,000 to be raised by
taxation, some $15,000 to cover debt
service was required to be levied,
budget or no budget, so that actu
ally the taxpayers were out of pock
et only an additional $7000 to keep
th5 schools running this year.
in the item-by-item discussion of
the budget, a few restrictions in
operating costs were proposed, but
full discussion revealed that these
expenses had been cut as low as
practicable to keep the schools up
to standard, and the budget was
finally passed without changing the
amount of any item from that pro
posed. The recent resignation of Vawter
Crawford as district clerk called
for a special election of a clerk to
be held In connection with the bud
get meeting, and Charles Barlow
being the sole nominee was duly
elected. Mr. Crawford resigned the
clerkship after 21 years of service,
and he would have served 22 years
had he completed the present term.
Mrs. Turner's Pupils
Presented in Recital
On Friday evening at her home,
Mrs. J. O. Turner presented a num
ber of her piano pupils in recital
before the parents and many friends
or the performers. Those of the
class taking part In the recital were
Jean Turner, Marylou Ferguson,
Marianne Corley, Peggy Tamblyn,
Donald Baker, Buddy Blakely,
Jeanette Blakely, Evelyn Kirk, Sy
bil Howell, Dorothy Howell, Dean
Goodman, Kathryn Parker, Irene
Beamer and Marjorle Parker. Mrs.
Edward F. Bloom assisted by two
numbers on the program, "Who Is
Sylvia" and "Night Wanderer's
Song," by Schubert, wtih Mrs. Tur
ner as accompanist. Refreshments
or punch and wafers were served,
and Mrs. Turner was assisted by
Mesdames Sam Turner, E. F. Bloom
and Ray Ferguson.
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ROAD WORK STARTS SOON.
G. D. Dennis, field superintendent
ior &exton-L,ooncy and company,
successful bidders on the Hardman
Rock creek sector of the Heppner
Spray road, arrived in Heppner the
first of the week to make prepara
tions for startine work immnrilnto.
ly. Machinery for the work has
started to arrive, and a drawing of
names from the registration lists
at the court house was made the
first of the week for men to rin the
work. More names will be drawn
as the work progresses, Mr. Dennis
saia.
WHEAT CONTRACTS SHIPFE
ED.
Work of completing the allot
ment contracts under the wheat
production control nlan la hpl
rounded up and the contracts are
being sent to Washington as fast
aa possible, announces Chas. W.
Smith, county agent. It is hoped
that the checks covering the first
benefit -payments will be received
before Christmas,
Schools Upheld Before
Lions at Luncheon Meet
That most every department of
government should be abandoned
before giving up the schools is the
belief of Judge C. L. Sweek as ex
pressed before the Lions club at its
Monday noon luncheon. Judge
Sweek was guest of honor, being
given the chair of the presiding of
ficer by Dr. A. D. McMurdo, presi
dent, the chair once held for more
than a year by Mr. Sweek when he
was the club s second president.
Judge Sweek's talk was given in
response to an invitation for an ex
pression of his opinion on the Hepp
ner school situation, the main topic
for discussion inspired by the bud
get meeting of Monday afternoon.
He was not fully informed aa to the
issues in the local situation, but in
a general way upheld the schools
as the foundation stone of demo
cracy, asserting- that It was the
state's solemn duty to educate its
children.
S. E. Notson brought out the
point that public schools are a
safeguard to property of the com
munity generally, and that proper
tyholders, whether or not they have
children in school, enjoy the protec
tion afforded by and many of the
benefits derived from the operation
of the schools; therefore property
holders generally should be obligat
ed to support them. He said it
is only too true that people pay for
education of the children whether
the education is received or not, for
failing in providing an education
leads to increased delinquency,
greater costs for correction and in
roads upon property, which in the
ultimate is more dear than the
costs of proper education.
Spencer Crawford briefly explain
ed the action of the budget com
mittee in working over the propos
ed budget.
The Lions were pleased to receive
Mrs. Jas. H. Williams of Lexington,
who sang two solos beautifully, ac
companied by Mrs. George Gillis,
also of Lexington. Guests besides
Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Gillis in
cluded Mr. Williams, superintend
ent of the Lexington schools; C. C.
Mclntyre, assistant district attor
ney of Umatilla county; S. J. De-
vine, Lexington, and Dwight Mis-
ner, lone.
Lexington High School
To Present Play, 18th
The senior clas9 of T.pvinp-tnn
hgih school will present its annual
play on Fridav the 24th at R n. m.
This year the "Man From No-
wnere was selected, it la & tnree-
act comedy which contains Just
enough mystery to insure lively in
terest down to the last moment of
the play.
Rodnev. a voune strane-er drifts
into town under questionable cir
cumstances. Mrs. Craddock, board
ing house proprietor, allows him to
stay there temDorarllv. strnruro
things happen. Complications en
sue. toaney gets into a peck of
trouble, and then but that
be telling the story. Come and see
now it turns out. Admission 15, 25
and 35 cents.
The characters are n. fnllnwa-
Rodney Baxter, Alfred Van Winkle;
Anne joyce, Erma Lane; Eunice
Prive, David Burchell; Dora Pry,
Tillie Nelson; Mrs. Craddock, Hel
en iiresnears; Hilda, Rose Thorn
burg; Mr. Graydon, Garland
ThomDson: Henrv Wnlf Tov Mc
Millan; Professor Holmes, Vester
mornburg; Mr. Cox, Vivian White.
Postmaster Announces
New Ruling for Mailing
Effective tonight there will be no
more mail accepted at the depot,
and the hours for mailing have
been extended at the postofflce to
accommodate the Heppner public,
announces W. W. Smead, postmas
ter. The closing time for mail at the
postofflce will be 9 p. m. every day
except Saturday, when the closing
time will be 7:45. The earlier clos
ing time on Saturday is necessitated
by the earlier leaving time of the
train on that day.
The office will close for all other
business at 6 p. m. each day. There
will be no sale of stamps or any
other business after that hour. Ow
ing to the fact that there is no ap
propriation for the overtime re
quired for this service, the patrons
of the office are asked by Mr. Smead
to cooperate as far as possible by
getting their mail to the office by
6 p. m.
NEWLYWEDS CIIARIVARIED.
Mr, and Mrs. Claude Buschke,
who returned the first of the week
from a short wedding trip, were
given a charivari party at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Buschke, Tu
esday evening. The bride, nee Miss
Margaret Becket, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Becket, and bride
groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Buschke, are popular Eight Mile
young folks. Enjoyable refresh
ments were served and the evening
was spent In dancing. Present
were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Becket
and son, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Becket
and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Mlsner, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Ander
son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Parker
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert
Cox. Mr. and Mrs. CUve Huston
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hayes, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Bucknum, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Bucknum, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Evans and son, Miss Gladys Cason,
Miss Gertrude Doherty, Mrs. Ruby
Matteson, Mrs. W. A. Hayes, Miss
Inez Hayes, William Buschke, Mar
lon Oviatt, James Farley, James
Furlong, Jr., Gay Anderson, Jr.,
Billy Becket, Walter Evans, Tommy
Hottanan.
COMMITTEES WORK
01 WHEAT MATTERS
Many Angles Offered for
Discussion at Moro,
Secretary Shows.
CREDIT IS SHIFTED
Regional Credit Corporation Out;
Taxation Trend, River Trans
portation Are Cited.
The various committees appoint
ed for the Eastern Oregon Wheat
league meeting at Moro December
8 and 9 are swinging into action re
ports Chas. W. Smith, secretary of
the league.
The taxation committee with J.
B. Adams of Moro as chairman and
Mac Hoke of Pendleton as vice
chairman, has had a preliminary
meeting and is gathering informa
tion about taxation and legislative
problems. Definite recommenda
tions will be made about all the
points of the governor's unemployed
relief committee and definite rec
ommendations will be made to leg
islators from the Columbia basin
district. This" group has certain
taxation convictions, including the
very certain one that eventually lo
cal taxes must be partially met by
indirect taxes such as income and
sales taxes, thereby lifting part of
the load from real estate.
The transportation committee
with L. J. Kelly of The Dalles as
chairman and John Withycombe of
Arlington as vice-chairman, will
discuss new developments on the
Columbia river. Many people do
not know that boat loads of wheat
are moving down the Columbia
river every day now and have for
some weeks. How to extend and
safeguard this boat movement of
wheat with its resultant lower
freight rates is a problem which
looms large in the minds of wheat
growers.
The committee dealing with
wheat handling, warehousing, etc.,
with H. D. Proudfoot of Wasco as
chairman and Earl Hoag of Bla
lock as vice-chairman, has perhaps
as its biggest problem, new condi
tions In wheat marketing. With
the program of the administration
going into effect to reduce wheat
acreage, a determined national ef
fort is under way to eventually re
duce wheat production to a domes
tic basis. If this happens, we must
sell wheat from this section to the
rest of the United States by water
transportation from Portland. This
means different varieties and dif
ferent methods, because all present
varieties are suitable for export but
are not always suitable for United
States use in large quantities. Ef
forts are being made to get prom
inent Pacific coast millers to dis
cuss this problem.
The remaining committee, the
one on farm finance, with Chas.
Harth of The Dalles as chairman
and H. B. Pinkerton of Moro as
vice-chairman, will have plenty of
problems because farm financing
has almost entirely changed in this
district from a country bank basis
to the utilization of huge national
credit organizations which are re
ceiving so much publicity at the
present time. How to most effec
tively use these organizations will
be up for discussion. The federal
Government has made it possible
for farmers to set up production
credit associations and leading
wheat farmers thinking about these
are hesitating between local asso
ciations in each county or one large
one in the Columbia basin with
headquarters at some central point
in eastern Oregon. At the meet
ing in Spokane last Thursday, it
was definitely stated that the Re
gional Agricultural Credit corpor
ation which has been loaning
money to farmers for production
purposes would be done away with
and that it would be up to the
farmers to form production credit
associations under the new regula
tions if they wanted outside finan
cial assistance. The Commission
ers' Loan and the Home Loan which
the government has made avail
able, whereby farmers and others
can ask for an adjustment on their
debts and get this type of loan,
should be given serious considera
tion by all eastern Oregon wheat
farmers as It might help them in
getting their business on a sound
financial basis.
In addtiion to these committee
discussions there will be talks given
before the entire meeting on the
wheat production control plan, the
new farm finance setup, cooperative
buying of gasoline, oils, mixed feeds,
lumber, fuel, machinery, etc., sub
sidized wheat exporting, new de
velopments In experimental work,
Columbia river navigation and new
conditions under which Pacific
northwest wheat must be sold.
Watch this paper for the detailed
program in the near future.
GOES TO SALEM.
J. O. Turner, representative for
the 22nd district, left Heppner last
Friday for Salem to be on hand for
the organization caucus prepara
tory to the opening of the special
session of the legislature Monday
morning. Mr. Turner has assign
ments on the railroad and transpor
tation, agriculture, and revision of
laws committees in the house,
Federal Money Available
For School Repair Work
The civil works program through
which $400,000,000 of federal funds
are to be spent Immediately for em
ployment offers an opportunity to
put school buildings and school
grounds in good repair without an
outlay of school district funds, ac
cording to word received by Mrs.
Lucy E. Rodgers, county school
superintendent It should be un
derstood that this does not cover
new construction, but may cover
such maters as the painting of the
buildings, repair, including repair
of rooms, Inside painting and kal
somining, repair of fences and Im
provement of grounds.
In each county the projects to be
carried out under the civil works
program will be determined by the
county relief committee which has
also been designated aa the com
mittee in charge of the civil works
program. School boards whose i
buildings are in need of repairs of
a general nature as suggested above
mcgu ui juipruveiiieni, snuuia imme
diately place their project in writ
ing in the hands of the county re
lief committee.
A telegram received from C. A.
Howard, superintendent of public
instruction, this morning says that
applications must be made imme
diately. They should be placed in
the hands of the county judge.
I0NE
By MARGARET BLAKE
Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Balsiger,
Alfred Balsiger. Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Keller and Mr. and Mrs. N. Thomp
son represented the local Congre
gational church at the annual vis
itation of the Mid Columbia Con
ference of Congregational churches
at Condon on Monday, November
20. State Supt Harrison of Port
land and pastors of the churches at
The Dalles, Hood River and Milton
Freewater were in attendance and
many inspirational addresses were
given. A supper was served at six
oclock. Meetings were held in both
the afternoon and evening.
Miss Gladys Breshears and Miss
Margaret Crawford were chosen
captains of the townswomen's vol
leyball club at a recent meeting.
The two have chosen their respec
tive teams from the group that play
and a series of games will be played
with the team winning the most
to be entertained in some way to be
decided by the losers. It was also
voted to collect a small fee from
each member to cover the cost of
light3 used and other incidentals.
A good deal of interest has been
taken in the game and since it can
be played by most any number of
contestants the invitation still
stands open for anyone interested
to attend. The meetings are held
each Monday and Wednesday eve
ning at the high school gym.
A. A. Disque of Portland, turkey
grader for Swift & Co., arrived in
town Tuesday evening to be on hand
at the lone Cash market on Wed
nesday to receive turkeys. This
station received 1500 pounds of tur
keys on the 10th of this month and
4000 pounds last week. So far the
price has been about the same or a
little less than that of last year.
P. J. Linn has been giving the
Morgan building, occupied by the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
and the grain office of Elmer Grif
fith, a nice new coat of paint
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Watts who
have lived on the creek a mile be
low town the past two years have
moved to The Dalles where they
formerly lived. Mr. Keithley is
living on the place they have just
vacated.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin drove
to Walla Walla Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Ward mo
tored to The Dalles Saturday.
Mrs. Bert Mason and Mrs. H. D.
McCurdy were joint hostesses to
the Women's Topic club last Satur
day evening in the dining room of
the Masonic nail. The evening was
spent playing bridge with Mrs. W.
R, Corley and C. W. Swanson win-
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REVIVAL AT METHODIST
CHURCH.
Our revival meeting is in progress
and we earnestly hope we will have
your prayers and the support of
your presence, so long as the meet
ing shall continue. We invite you,
regardless of your church affilia
tions, to come up to the help of the
Lord against the mighty. Have
you loved ones for whom you have
been praying? Urge them to come
with you to the services and by the
I help of the Lord' we will try to do
them good.
The special music each service is
very fine and we are quite anxious
to have you share it with us. Ser
vices each evening of the week ex
cept Saturday at 7:30. Joseph
Pope, Pastor.
O. E. S. TO MEET.
The regular meeting of Order of
Eastern Star at the Masonic hall
tomorrow evening will feature the
last of the monthly programs, to be
staged In the nature of a' surprise
program. All members of the or
der, regardless of their dues stand
ing, are urged to attend, according
to announcement by Mrs. F. E.
Parker, worthy matron.
GRAND JURY BUSY.
Judge C. L. Sweek Monday swore
in the grand jury to Investigate the
criminal matters which may come
to trial before the December term
of circuit court Composing the
jury, still in session today, are S.
J. Devlne, foreman; Charles Becket,
W. H. Ayers, R. H. Quackenbush,
Clyde G. Wright and CUve Hunton.
JONATHAN G. BALL
SERVED WITH G.A.R.
War Veteran Carries Scar
of Chicamaugua to 89
Year Mark.
CAME HERE IN 1877
Much of 70 Tears Since Service
Spent in Morrow County; Peace
ful End Comes in Portland.
A soldier with the Grand Army
of the Republic, whose passing left
another vacancy in the meagre
remnants of the blue-clad ranks that
helped Lincoln make America safe
for democracy, was laid to rest in
Heppner Masonic cemetery Mon
day morning. He was Jonathan C.
Ball, company F, 113th Ohio vol
unteer Infantry, who survived al
most mortal Injury at Chicamaugua
to hand over to Heppner post,
American Legion, the flag of Raw
lins post, G. A. R., when he be
came one of the three surviving
members a few years ago.
Though he shed blood at Chica
maugua in 1863, lying exposed for
two nights and a day, a strong
heart carried the soldier in blue
through 70 years to die peacefully
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Grace Flesher, in Portland last Sat
urday, about noon.
Funeral rites were held at the
Methodist church here at 10 o'clock
Monday morning, Rev. Joseph
Pope, pastor, officiating. Pallbear
ers were members of Heppner post,
American Legion. The services
were attended by many friends of
the family, and the floral tributes
were profuse.
The large G. A. R. flag of which
Mr. Ball had been custodian for so
long and which he had given the
American Legion for safe keeping,
could not be used to honor him, for
it had been consumed in the fire of
two years ago which razed the Le
gion quarters.
A host of former neighbors and
friends, with the remaining mem
bers of his family, were at the
graveside when he was laid to rest
with solemn commitment by the
minister in charge. Taps were
sounded by Lamoyne Cox.
Jonathan C. Ball was bom in Co
lumbus, Ohio, April 23, 1844, tfll
Aaron P. and Harriet Jeffries Ball,
both natives of England who first
settled in New Jersey. He died in
Portland, Oregon, November 18,
1933, being aged 89 years, 6 months
and 26 days.
Mr. Ball came to Heppner with
his family in July, 1877, settling on
Balm fork of Willow creek. In the
Indian wars of 1878 the family
sought refuge with other residents
of the vicinity within an encamp
ment on the banks of Willow creek
in Heppner. In 1888 the family
moved to Heppner, where Mr. and
Mrs. Ball resided until 1930 when
Mrs. Ball passed away on June 25.
Shortly thereafter Mr. Ball moved
to Portland to make his home with
his daughter, returning to Heppner
at Intervals for visits with his son
and with friends.
It was on August 22, 1862, that
young Jonathan C. Ball answered
President Lincoln's call for volun
teers to safeguard the union against
secession and slavery. He joined
company F, 113th Ohio volunteer
infantry at Camp Chase where he
drilled with the troops for two
months before leaving for Camp
Denison and on to Louisville where
the winter was spent guarding sup
ply lines in Kentucky.
In March, 1863, his division was
moved by way of the Ohio and
Cumberland rivers to Franklin,
Tenn. After helping in the con
struction of a fort there for a time,
the Ohio troopers were .called into
the battle of Chicamaugua. They
proceeded as rapidly as possible to
Ringgold, Ga and the battlefield
which made General George H.
Thomas famous was reached about
noon on September 20.
It was In this battle on Septem
ber 20 that Mr. Ball was struck by
a minnie ball in the left leg and
lay wounded on the battlefield until
the 23rd, unattended, the dead and
wounded his sole companions. He
subsisted for the time on a scant
supply of food from his haversack
and a single canteen of water. The
Confederates picked him up on the
third day, taking him to a hospital,
and he was later paroled to the
Union lines and placed in a hospi
tal. Though his recovery was com
plete, the wound left him with a
crooked leg that served through the
remainder of his life as a mute re
minder of the sacrifice made for his
country.
After spending six months In the
Union hospital, Mr. Ball was hon
orably .discharged from further ser
vice, and after returning to Ohio he
wedded Margaret P. Yerkes on Oc
tober 6, 1870.
The family came to Oregon by
way of San Francisco in 1873, set
tling first near Scappoose, where
they resided until July, 1877, when
they came to Heppner by team.
In his long residence in Heppner,
Mr. Ball was a conservative builder,
a true neighbor and friend to all
who knew him. He was a charter
member of Rawlins post, O. A. R.
of Heppner; one of the guiding
lights throughout its existence, and
one of the three remaining members
when the charter was relinquished,
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