OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Volume 50, Number 10.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, May 17, -934
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LETS LOCALS DOWN
17-All Tie Broken by Um
atilla to Win 20-17 in
Hectic League Game.
SCORING SPREE SEEN
Heppner Off to Big Lead in Fifth
With Seven Hits and as Many
Buns Off Pitcher Blakely.
TEAM STANDINGS
Won Lost Pet.
lone - 4 1 .800
Arlington 4 1 .800
Umatilla 8 2 .600
FoBnil t. - 2 3' .400
Heppner 1 4 .200
Condon 1 " 4 .200
I, ant Sunday'! Reaulta:
Umatilla 20 at Heppner 17 ; FoBsil 3 at
lone 4 ; Condon 10 at Arlington 20.
Where the teama play next Sunday:
Heppner ut Arlington, lone at Condon.
Fosnil at Umatilla.
Umatilla staged a ninth inning
rout on the local field Sunday to
plunk Heppner heavily into the
cellar to the tune of 20-17 in one of
the most hectic ball games of the
Wheatland league season. The
game was tied up at 17-all when
the visitors rallied in the final inn
ing for their leading margin. In all
fans were given three and a half
hours of hilarious entertainment,
for which the tally sheet shows a
hundred times at bat, a total of 37
runs, 36 hits and 18 errors, all of
which were about equally divided
between the two teams.
An error and three hits off Ray
Massey gave the visitors a lead of
four runs in the first. inning. An
other hit and some more errors
netted them one more in the sec
ond. The locals worked in a lone
tally in the first time up on Roy
Gentry's first double sacker he
clouted out three of them all told,
besides a single and a pass in six
times up. Then the whole Heppner
batting order confronted Umatilla's
Mr. Brown in the next Inning as the
home boys took the lead with five
more markers. Neither side scored
in the third, but Umatilla chased in
four men in their part of the fourth
to again take a ahort-lifed lead, as
Heppner tied it up with three more
tallies in their part of the inning.
In the interim, Umatilla's Mr.
Blakely who played ball with Hepp
ner back in 1912, succeeded Mr.
Brown on the mound. And it looked
like Heppner had the game nicely
packed away on ice as the home
boys landed on him for seven hits
and as many runs in the fifth. In
the interim also, Massey retired
from the mound for the ideals and
Beach did a bit of chucking until
he was forced to leave the game to
make a singing date at Pendleton,
and Manager Merrill sent Bob Ro
sencrans in for the last third of the
seventh and on out. It was off
Beach and Rosencrans that the vis
itors picked up five markers in the
seventh, and they knocked Rosen
crans over for three more in the
eighth to tie the score. Brown went
back on the mound for the visitors
after Blakely had gotten into so
much difficulty and held Heppner
scoreless the last two Innings after
they had picked up a lone marker
in the seventh. Then came the
Umatilla rout in th ninth.
Arlington who dumped Condon
into the cellar with Heppner last
Sunday, 20-10, and who thus split
top-place honors with lone, will be
Heppner's opponents next Sunday
on the river sand lot. lone took
Fossil in the last round, 4-3, in n
nicely played game.
Box score and summary:
HEl'l'NKR
Crawford, 1
Kurchvll. 1
Gentry, 2
Thomson, r-m
Lieuallcn, fl
A. Massey, c-8
Merrill, 8
Turner, m-1
Heach, 1-p ......
Konencrand, p
K. Miwwey, p ....
11. MHey, 8-c
Hayes, r
Cummings
All K H O A E
2 110 0 0
4 2 2 8 0 0
.6 4 4 1 2 1
6 2 8 1 1 0
6 0 0 3 2 8
6 117 0 2
2 10 10 1
6 1 8 4 0 0
4 118 8 1
1 0 0 0 2 0
1110 8 1
4 110 3 1
4 2 2 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0
Totala
.60 17 IB 27 13 10
UMATILLA
Ostrom, r-l-a
Shem'ley, e
Middlesdorf, m
Kendler, 1
lllakely, 8-p- ..,
Walpole, I
Hone, 8-1
Longhorn, 1-r ...
lirown, p-s
Totals
6 4 2 2 0 0
7 8 1 6 2 1
6 2 1 4 0 1
6 3 3 16 0 0
6 3 4 1 6 0
6 12 16 1
6 0 2 0 1 4
4 110 0 0
6 3 1 0 6 1
60 20 17 27 19 8
Earned runs, Umatilla 6, Heppner 13 ;
bases on balls off Massey 8, oft Heach 1,
olr lirown 2 i hit by pitched ball, Longhorn
by Itosencrans, Turner by lilnkely ; struck
out by Hlakely 2, by lirown 8, by Massey
8, by Heach 2, by Rosencrans 2 ; three base
hit, Hlakely; two base hits, Ostrom 2,
Middlesdorf, Walpole, Hurchell, Gentry 8,
Thomson 2, A. Massey, Turner, II. Massey,
K. Massey, Umpires J. Miller and Doyle;
HCorer, Wm. McKoberts, Jr.
RUNS STRIKE GAUNTLET.
Cornet Green, local truck opera
tor, had an Interesting experience
last week on delivering a truck
load of wool at the docks in Port
land. The stevedores' strike had
just begun and he didn't quite know
what it was all about, so when
pickets attempted to stop him, he
stepped on the gas and went on
through. He got rid of his load and
made It back through the line of
pickets, but has discontinued haul
ing since till the strike is settled.
Howard Lane of Lexington was held
up with a load of wool by the strik
ers, Green reports.
ill!
32 Attend Fire School;
Forest Personnel Named
The annual fire school held at
Bull Prairie was well attended by
the field force of the Ukiah and
Heppner districts of the Umatilla
National forest, reports F. F. Weh
meyer, local supervisor. Neophytes
for this year were Harold Gentry,
Victor Johnson, George Jewell,
Steven Wehmeyer and Donald Mar
tin. All others were men with sev
eral years of experience, and they
were given advanced training and
field problems. Thirty-two were in
attendance and the evenings were
devoted to conferences on fire law
enforcement and public relations
duties.
This, year's personnel for the
Heppner district follows: Don C.
Rohn, Walla Walla, Madison butte
lookout, central dispatcher; Charles-
B. Wilcox, Lexington, Ellis ranger
station, fireman; Clarence B. Bis
bee, Spray, Tamarack lookout, fireman-lookout;
Loyal R. Parker,
Heppner, Wheeler Point lookout,
fireman-lookout; Henry R. Fries,
Summerville, Ellis ranger station,
administrative assistant; Bert P.
Bleakman, Heppner, Ditch Creek
guard station, fireman; Marion R.
Saling, Hardman, Bull Prairie guard
station, lookout-fireman; Kenneth
P. Bleakman, Hardman, Tupper
guard station, fireman; Myles M.
Mulligan, Heppner, Arbuckle look
out; Ethel Bleakman, Hardman,
Tupper guard station, telephone
operator.
Emergency forces: Joe Swendig,
Heppner, Red Hill lookout; Max
Buschke, Hardman, Potamus look
out; Harold Gentry, Heppner, Ant
Hill lookout; Victor Johnson, Hard
man, Grassy Butte lookout.
State forest service: R. P. Par
rish, Fossil, Rancheria patrolman;
M. J. Campbell, Fossil, Dairy lookout-patrolman;
Herman Emhke,
Bald Mountain patrolman; Elmer
Shields, Long Creek, Parkers Mill
patrolman; R. E. Lofton, Court
Rock patrolman; Herman Rosen
baum, Dale, Case Ranch patrolman;
Arthur Gilliland, Ukiah, Ukiah pa
trolman. Cooperative crews: Lester Ras
mussen, Heppner, straw boss 10
men; Carl Leathers, Hardman,
straw boss 5 men; Ralph Reads,
Kimberley, straw boss 5 men; Carl
C. Coleman, Kinzua, foreman 10 to
50 men.
Ted Ferguson Injured
When Truck Hits Car
The collision of a heavy logging
truck, driven by Robert Kaer of
Portland, with the Gene Fereguson
sedan at the intersection of Main
and Center streets Sunday evening
resulted in injuries to "Ted" Fregu
son, 6 years old, and considerable
damage to the Ferguson sar. Ted
(Charles Edward) received several
deep cuts about his face from glass
broken from a rear door window.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and baby
daughter were riding in the front
seat and Ted was in the back seat
alone. The others escaped unin
jured. Mr. Ferguson was making a U
turn at the intersection as the truck
came up, unnoticed, behind him.
The truck fornt bumper caught the
rear bumper of the Ferguson car,
smashing in the fender. When both
vehicles came to a stop, the truck
and trailer were almost wrapped
around the car. Ted was taken im
mediately to the doctor's office, and
several stitches were taken to close
the wounds. He is now doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Latourell
returned Friday evening last from
a fishing jaunt down on the coast
near Tillamook. Besides a big bas
ketful of cut-throat trout caught
on the Big Nestucca river, Char
lie reports landing a couple of fine
salmon, the larger of the two weigh
ing 39 pounds. "And what a battle
those big boys put up on the end of
a line," he opined. Charlie's Tilla
mook friends, who hunt here each
fall, were counting the days till the
opening of the deer season. They
had it figured at exactly four
months and five days.
Phil Higgins was in town yester
day from the farm home in the
Lena district.
Morrow County
Much Under
That Morrow county would gain
much by the passage of the sales
tax was pointed out by C. P. Strain
in his visit here last week. Mr.
Strain, former assessor of Umatilla
county and known as father of the
sales tax in Oregon, compiled fig
ures to show Just how the benefits
would be reaped.
He pointed out that the sales tax,
on sound estimates, will yield $4,
000,000. To raise this amount by
property tax on Oregon's assessed
valuation of $958,000,000 would re
quire a four mill tax and a little
over.
Proceeds from the sales tax go
one-fourth Into county school funds
on the basis of valuation, Morrow
county with a valuation of $12,378,
808, would thus receive $12,378.80, an
amount almost sufficient to replace
the 2-mill property tax now levied,
or $10 for each of the 1423 children
enumerated in the county school
census. The levy now required is
$14,230.
For the 69 teachers employed In
the county the districts would draw
an additional amount of $400 for
each teacher, or $27,600. The total
of these two sums is $39,978, or the
0. S. C. ANNOUNCES
SUMMER PROGRAM
Six-Weeks Session from June 18 to
July 27 Will Offer 146 Courses
in Ten Schools.
One of the most comprehensive
lists of summer session opportun
ities at Oregon State college in the
history of the work has been out
lined by Dean M. Ellwood Smith,
director of the session, starting
June 18 and continuing to July 27.
A total of 146 courses in 10 different
schools and departments will be of
fered this year.
Courses in the school of educa
tion for high school teachers will,
as usual, share the place of most
importance with those in home ec
onomics and industrial arts. Sev
eral visiting specialists have been
arranged for in these fields.
The school of science now located
on the O. S. C. campus in close
proximity to the technical schools
of applied science, is developing a
more important summer session
schedule this year, say9 Dean, Smith.
Aside from classes in all the major
departments on the campus, will
be a summer field geology camp in
the Ochoco region of eastern Ore
gon. The department of secretarial
science is offering courses in typing
and stenography, while several
courses in business administration
will also be available. The non
technical service department will
offer a number of courses this sum
mer in arts and letters, social sci
ence, journalism, music, physical
education for men and women, and
the various subdivisions of these
general groupings.
Summer session instruction has
some important advantages over
the work in the regular terms, says
Dean Smith, as classes are usually
smaller and are taught for the most
part by department heads or other
high ranking professors.
As no out-of-state fees are charg
ed in the summer, the session an
nually draws large numbers of stu
dents, particularly school teachers,
from other states, who come to Or
egon to combine summer study with
their vacation period. No better
contacts for spreading the word of
this state's scenic, economic and
educational advantages can be
made, say many leaders interested
in Oregon's development.
Early Morrow Settler,
Alaska Judge, Honored
H. B. LeFevre, early settler of
the Camas prairie district in Mor
row county and godfather to an ad
joining prairie which bears his
name, is now a judge in Juneau,
Alaska, where he is president of the
local bar association. A communi
cation received this week from Col.
J. W. Redington, pioneer "Gazet"
editor, contained a clipping telling
of a trbute paid Judge LeFevre by
the Juneau Bar association in rec
ognition of his seventy-fifth birth
day on April 7 last. Under that
date the "Daily Alaska Empire"
told of the tribute as follows:
"The Juneau Bar association to
day, at its daily luncheon meeting
at Bailey's cafe, honored its presi
dent, Judge H. B. LeFevre, with a
surprise in commemoration of his
seventy-fifth birthday. Twenty
three members of the local bar par
ticipated in the event.
"Tributes to Judge LeFevre were
paid by Federal Judge George F.
Alexander, Judge James Wicker
sham, former delegate to congress
and one-time federal judge in the
territory, J. A. Hellenthal and R. E.
Robertson.
"Mr. Robertson on behalf of the
association, presented Judge Le
Fevre with a handsome fountain
pen desk set, Grover C. Winn func
tioned in his usual witty style as
toastmaster, and he and Mr. Rob
ertson led the gathering in singing
'Happy Birthday to You'."
In his communication to the Ga
zette Times, Colonel Redington has
attributed to Judge LeFevre a large
part in the fight which located the
Morrow county seat at Heppner.
Would Gain
Sales Tax Plan
total amount to come to Morrow
county in event the sales tax passes.
The amount which would be re
ceived from the sales tax represents
a per capita Income of $8 for every
man, woman and child in the coun
ty, and nearly $35 for each of the
1144 pupils enrolled In the schools
of the county.
The sales tax money would be
collected for the state by the mer
chants and utility companies where
the money is spent, most of which
occurs in the big trade centers. It
will come from tourists and from
buyers ail over Oregon's trade ter
ritory. So many things are exempt from
the tax that small farmers and
working men and women will sel
dom have to pay more than fifty
cents a month tax on what they
spend. From such small contribu
tions, added to those big spenders
among the rich and highly paid
there will result enough cash to as
sure us that all of our boys and
girls can be kept In school during
full school terms, and that school
warrants not now saleable, or sale
able only at heavy discounts, can be
sold at par; and that $4,000,000 will
be lifted from the property tax rolls.
BUT
0 GRADUATE
25 NEXT THURSDAY
Judge Sweek to Deliver
Commencement Speech:
Baccalaureate Sunday
CLOSING DAYS BUSY
Junior-Senior Banquet Held Satur
day; Senior Assembly Slated for
Monday; Name Cup Winner.
Twenty-five graduates of Hepp
ner high school will receive diplo
mas at commencement exercises in
the gym-auditorium next Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock. Judge Calvin
L. Sweek of Pendleton, a former
member of the local school board,
will deliver the commencement ad
dress. :
The school is now in the throes of
closing activities which began with
the annual junior-senior banquet
at the Christian church Saturday
evening. Next Monday afternoon
Senior Assembly will be held in
the high school ; assembly room
when due honors will be paid by
undergraduates and instructors.
Baccalaureate services will be held
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock in the
gym-auditorium with Joel R. Ben
ton, Christian minister, delivering
the address.
Commencement for the class of
1934 marks the successful comple
tion of the high school curricula by
the 25 members who are: Frank
Anderson, Rachel Anglin, Harold
R. Ayers, Owen N. Bleakman,
Reese Burkenbine, Kathleen Cun
ningham, Ralph Currin, Mary Dris
coll, LeRoy Gentry, Marvin M. Mor
gan, Miriam Moyer, Florence Moy
er, Gustaf E. Nikander, Francis By
ron Nickerson, Marion Oviatt, Alice
Bleakman Peterson, Claire Phelan,
Anson E. Rugg, George W. Starr,
George William Thomson, Curtis
Thomson, Anabel M. Turner, Ar
min Chester Wihlon, Beth Isabelle
Wright and Harold A. Wright.
With commencement the class
will tuck away memories of high
school days replete with associa
tions of its motto, "Sail On'; its col
ors, orange and silver, and its flow
er, red rosebuds-memories and
associations that have helped to for
tify them for the life they are com
mencing. One of the brightest
spots of the year, commencement
touches a responsive chord in the
heart of a sympathetic community,
which will reap its share of pleas
ure by sharing the hopes, the joys,
the expectations and the ambitions
of exuberant youth crossing one of
the important goals of life.
With its message of wisdom from
a qualified speaker, with its resplen
dent flowers giving appropriate fra
grance to ' the occasion, with its
beautiful music, its issuance of di
plomas signifying successful ac
complishment, and still other
awards signifying outstanding ac
complishments on the part of some,
commencement instills the heart of
the graduate and the heart of the
community with a colorful, aesthet
ic, appealing pride.
This year again one of the cere
monies of commencement will be
the award of the Norton Winnard
Memorial cup, sponsored by the
class of 1918, given to the senior
boy or girl who has been adjudged
to best exemplify the high qualities
of character, citizenship, scholar
ship and activity displayed by the
one in whose honor the cup was
founded. The name of the recip
ient is not revealed until the eve
ning of commencement.
Jas. G. Thomson, Jr., Will
Head Elks Lodge for Year
J. G. Thomson, Jr., was elected
to the post of exalted ruler for the
ensuing year at the regular meet
ing of Heppner Lodge 358, B. P. O.
Elks last Thursday evening. He
will succeed J. O. Turner, retiring
exalted ruler. Installation of the
new officers will be held in June.
Other officers named were:
Raymond Ferguson, esteemed
leadipg knight; Jasper V. Craw
ford, esteemed loyal knight; Harry
Tamblyn, esteemed lecturing
knight; Dean T. Goodman, secre
tary; Frank Turner, treasurer; L.
E. Bisbee, trustee reelected to serve
with Gay M. Anderson and Chas. B.
Cox; Clinton Rohrer, tyler; J. O.
Turner, alternate delegate to grand
lodge.
SHIP SHEEP TO MONTANA.
The first movement of sheep from
Morrow county to summer range in
Montana occurred this week, with
Tom Beymer shipping from the lo
cal yards Tuesday night and Krebs
Bros, loading out from Castle Rock
on Monday. Other sheepmen will
ship later. An estimated 100 car
loads of sheep from this county
will go to the Montana section thru
contract with the Northern Pa
cific railroad.
EXAMINER HERE SATURDAY.
C. M. Bentley, examiner of oper
ators and chauffeurs from the office
of P. J. Stadelman, secretary of
State, will be at the courthouse In
Heppner next Saturday, the 19th,
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. All those
wishing permits or licenses to drive
cars should get in touch with Mr.
Bentley at this time.
ARGUES RECOVERY
ON FOREST LANDS
Bleakman Tells Lions Government
Should Compensate County;
Kiver Meeting Reported.
Recompense to Morrow county
for the one-fourth of its area re
tained by the federal government as
national forest, and which is not
taxable for local governmental pur
poses, was advocated by G. A.
Bleakman before the Lions club
Monday noon luncheon. Mr. Bleak
man believed the federal govern
ment has set a precedent in recom
pensing counties for lands held as
Oiegon-California land grants, and
that there should be no distinction
between these lands and the land
retained as national forests. Jis
considered a large proportion of
the county's natural wealth to be
held by the federal government and
that the county is entitled to some
compensation.
Mr. Bleakman urged that con
gressmen and senators be contact
ed in this behalf, in presenting a
short talk on forest cooperation and
the value of forest work in the
county. He had it on authority of
F. F. Wehmeyer, local supervisor,
that the national forest in this dis
trict now supports 105 families.
Forest users may be of much help
in maintaining and conserving for
est resources by observing the sim
ple rules put out by the service.
Mr. Bleakman stressed the smoking
rule, which prohibits smoking while
traveling through the forest, the
rules for putting out campflres (the
last spark should be extinguished
on leaving camp at any time); the
leaving of a clean camp, and coop
eration with forest employees by
immediately reporting any fires
which may be discovered.
S. E. Notson, who with C. J. D.
Bauman attended the annual meet
ing of the Inland Waterways asso
ciation at Walla Walla Saturday, re
ported a successful meeting, and
urged attendance by all persons in
terested at the hearing to be held at
The Dalles May 31 in behalf of sea
locks at Bonneville. He reported
that Major Williams, one of the
engineers in attendance at Walla
Walla, was taken on a trip through
the adjacent wheat country and
was much impressed with the po
tential tonnage evidenced for river
shipment. Folks of the district
have contributed quite liberally to
financial support of the associa
tion's program, he said, though
more money is needed.
Much time of the meeting was
given over to nomination of officers
for the coming year. Election will
be held the first meeting in June.
The club was favored by a vocal
duet sung by Mrs. Crocket Sprouls
and Mrs. Hubert Gaily, with Mrs. J.
O. Turner accompanist H. C. Gith
ens of Berkeley, Cal., and David
Hynd were introduced as guests.
Business Firms Urged
To Get New Blue Eagle
Oregon business firms which have
not yet made application to the
state NRA compliance, division for
code blue eagles will find themselves
the object of unfair discrimination
on the part of the buying public un
less they make immediate arrange
ments to secure the new recovery
insignia, it was dclared today by
Edgar Freed, state NRA compli
ance director.
Application cards to be filled out
by employers have already been dis
tributed. These should be mailed to
the state NRA office, as indicated
on the cards, and the new blue eagle
will then be' forwarded.
The importance of making an
early application for the revised in
signia was stressed by the state
compliance director, who pointed
out that the national recovery ad
ministration is planning a nation
wide campaign of education and
public Information designed to aid
those firms which display the new
emblems. Firms which are entitled
to the code insignia, and have ne
glected making application for their
emblems will not share these bener
fits unless they secure and display
the code eagles to inform the buy
ing public of their continued coop
eration with the recovery program.
Firms which failed to secure ap
plication forms for the code eagle
may obtain blanks at any postof
flce. The state NRA office, 407 Park
Building, Portland, also has a sup
ply of the application cards which
will be forwarded to any applicant
on request.
"The importance of making im
mediate application for the code in
signia denoting continued compli
ance with the fair competition codes
cannot be stressed too strongly,"
said Mr. Freed. "The responsibil
ity for securing these new emblems
rests on the employer. As the buy
ing public will be urged to deal only
with those firms which are paying
decent living wages and are observ
ing the fair trade code provisions,
it is important that all business
men entitled to these code eagles
secure them to protect their firms
against public belief that they are
not complying because they fail to
display the new Insignia."
Applications for code eagles are
carefully checked at the state NRA
oilice and only those firms which
are able to show they are comply
ing with the codes are given the new
blue eagles.
To Trade 16 - horse combine
hitch, 2 large Zerk guns, 1 good
used wagon, for cattle or hogs. Or
ville Cutsforth, Lexington. 10-11
Sam E. Van Vactor Dies;
Long Prominent Here
Sam E. Van Vactor, for twenty
years a leading attorney and prom
inent citizen of Heppner, died Sun
day night at his home in The Dalles
following a lingering illness. Since
leaving Heppner Mr. Van Vactor
had practiced law in The Dalles for
ten years in partnership with the
late R. R. Butler, Oregon congress
man, before retiring a year ago be
cause of ill health. Funeral services,
held at The Dalles Tuesday, were
attended by several old-time Hepp
ner friends.
Sam Ellis Van Vactor was born
at Goldendale, Wash., 62 years ago.
He was admitted to the Oregon bar
in 1895, and practiced law for a
short time at The Dalles before
going to Condon where he practiced
for four years before coming to
Heppner. In his twenty years of
practice here, Mr. Van Vactor was
prominently identified with the
civic and fraternal life of the com
munity, serving as mayor as well
as in other offices. He made an
enviable record as an attorney, and
his services as a public orator were
much in demand. The children re
ceived much of their public school
education here and two, Grace and
Ruth, are graduates, of Heppner
high school.
He is survived by his widow and
four children, Sam E. Van Vactor,
Jr., attorney of The Dalles; Mrs.
Grace Minor of Hilda, Mo.; Mrs.
Ruth Rietmann of lone, and Miss
Mary Van Vactor of The Dalles. A
host of friends here join in ex
tending sympathy to the bereft
family.
Working on Extension of
Rhea Creek Market Road
The county road crew is now
busy with the work of grading the
upper end of the Rhea creek mar
ket road from the Fred Hoskins
place to where the road intersects
Hardman market road at the mouth
of McKinney creek. For the most
part the road is being graded near
er the foot of the hills and will get
away from the bottom where so
much trouble has been encountered
by the overflow from irrigation
ditches.
This road has a lot of travel and
the improvement of this section has
been needed badly and will prove of
much benefit to the residents, up and
down the creek.
Tales of Old Times
BY J. W. REDINGTON
pioneer editor of the "Gazet" writing
from National Military Home,
California.
IN ITS INFANCY.
In the early days of the Gazet,
when it was struggling to get on its
financial feet, there were many vol
unteers who helped it out, and aid
ed it in pulling through. Captain
LeFevre, who put the rox in Rock
Creek, toted Lone Rock down to its
present permanent location, and
was a pioneer of pioneers, used to
send in columns of very readable
remarx from his vast district, and
came over and did brilliant work
on the staff on several occasions.
And good old Tom Morgan would
bring in items of news, and was one
of the most cheerful men on earth.
When his hearty laugh rang out
down the street, you could hear it
away up the street Some one
claimed that blackberries would not
grow around Heppner, so he sent
to Walla Walla for a bunch of
sprouts, and made every one of
them flourish, and of the first fruit
they yielded, he brought a generous
box to the Gazet shop.
Many men used to come in from
miles around to Henry Blackman's
store, and Henry would always take
the trouble to walk up to the Gazet
shop and tell us all the news that
they brought in. He was one of the
main props of the Gazet in its in
fancy. And when Jim Depew came
in from the Hardman country he
always brought a hatfull of items.
And when J. L. Morrow & Son's
store was invaded by outside trad
ers, Will Morrow always made notes
of their sayings for the Gazet Tom
Ayers often met his old neighbors
in from Butter creek, and told us
what they told him, and when the
choice apples he raised were rapid
ly ripening, he never neglected to
bring a big basket of them to the
Gazet office. Then there was Jim
Neville, who told us all about the
new wells -being sunk, and Dick
Neville used to tell thrillers about
when he crossed the isthmus with
the old 14th Batallion of Regulars,
and when the barefootted ragamuf
fin Panama army fell in behind the
14th to act as rear-escort across the
isthmus, the 14th turned on them
and ran them into the salt sea
waves. It was beneath the dignity
of the American soldiers to have
Imitation Greaser soldiers parading
around them.
Cash Mallory and his assistant
druggist, Dr. Harley Fell, used to
corral many items for the Gazet,
and Theron Fell always had a batch
of sheep and wool news. Price and
Al. Florence told us about the cattle
on the range, and Lum Rhea told
us of tha mountain news broueht in
hv hiq nmnv oama-tenders. Jerrv
Nunan worked for Jim Rhea, who
was one of the best men in the
country, and he often gave Jerry a
week's vacation, which Jerry spent
in helping edit the Gazet. He wrote
some real good stories, and one of
his poems about a sheepherder hav
ing his cabin robbed, was a gem,
and well worth the wide quoting
that it received. Frank Snow and
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11111 AT HAND
FOR ELECTIfll DAY
North Heppner to Vote at
Shively's; Other Poll
ing Places Same.
VOTING TO BE LIGHT
Brown, Dunne Visit; Sales Tax Fate
Doubtful; Campagin Causes Lit
tle Stir; Snell Strong.
The zero hour for the May pri
mary campaign will come at mid
night tonight, when with all guns
silenced the fate of candidates and
measures will be left to marking of
ballots which begins at 8 o'clock in
the morning. The voting will con
tinue until 8 o'clock tomorrow night
places will be the same as former
ly used with the exception of that
In Morrow county all voting
in North Heppner precinct The
Peoples Hardware company build
ing formerly used having been
razed by fire, the voting booths here
have been moved to the Frank
Shively display rooms.
Little additional impetus has been
given to the campaign here as the
zero hour nears. The withdrawal
of E. P. Dodd and Charles Hall
from the governor's race in the re
publican ranks has caused little
comment, and there has been little
to indicate that any of the remain
ing candidates will hold .an advan
tage. In the campaign, only two of
the candidates have made personal
calls here. Senator Brown, the Ger-
vais farmer, made two public ap
pearances in the county, one before
the Heppner Lions club and the
other before Willows grange. The
other, Senator Dunne, passed rath
er hurriedly through Heppner last
Sunday, leaving a number of win
dow placards in his wake to Indi
cate that he picked up a few sup
porters. Some boosters have been
busy for Holman, McAlexander and
Lonergan, the remaining candi
dates, but no definite swing to any
of the candidates is indicated.
Among the democrats Martin ap
pears to have a definite advantage
over Mahoney.
Only one development of note
has taken place in the campaign
for local offices. That was the an
nouncement of Raymond H. Tur
ner of lone as a write-in candidate
for the democratic nomination for
county treasurer.
With the exception of the two re
publican gubernatorial candidates
mentioned, this county has been
given a rather clean bill of health
by political aspirants. One other,
J. M. Richards of Stanfield, repub
lican for state senator, however,
has appeared before local granges.
He is opposed by R E. Bean of
Freewater, Umatilla county com
missioner. Jack Allen, Pendleton
mayor, is sole democrat for the post
Not enough stir has been created
to indicate any advantage in the
republican congressional duel be
tween Judge Graham of Malheur
county and Senator Upton of Bend,
one of whom will attempt to un
seat Congressman Pierce, democrat,
in the fall.
At all times the governor's race
and the sales tax have been upper
most in political talk. In the fight
against the tax, Ray Gill, state
grange master, has twice invaded
the county and has made a deep
impression each time, while the vis
itation of C. P. Strain, advocate of
the tax, caused a comparatively
lesser ripple. Indications point to
a dubious fate for the school re
lief measure.
In the republican secretary of
state race, Earl W. Snell of Arling
ton will be given a big majority
over his opponent Carl Abrams,
with Snell's many personal friends
here taking the lead in an active
campaign.
It is doubtful if the campagin in
any instance has created unusual
stir enough to causei a large turn
out at the polls, and in all probabil
ity the vote will be light'
ATTENDS SORORITY MEET.
Miss Audrey Beymer of Heppner
was one of 14 members of Zeta Tau
Alpha, women's living organization
at University of Oregon, who at
tended the Kappa province conven
tion held in Seattle last week end.
Miss Beymer was pilot for one of
the cars making the trip. Besides
regular business sessions and com
mittee meetings the chapter enter
tained with a luncheon and ban
quet on Saturday followed by a for
mal ball at the Washington Athletic
club.
AUNT DIES IN PORTLAND.
Mrs. Earl Gordon received word
the first of the week of the death
of an aunt Mrs. Nellie Montgom
ery, in Portland on Saturday. Fu
neral services were announced for
Tuesday. Mrs. Montgomery had
been seriously ill for some time, and
Mrs. Gordon visited her when In
Portland recently. Mrs. Eppa Ward
of lone is a cousin of Mrs. Mont
gomery's. S. E. Notson and Mrs. Lucy Rod
gers were among Heppnerites In
attendance at the graduation exer
cises In lone last evening.
Gold fish and aquariums at Gordon's.