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Volume 52, Number 13.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, June 6, 1935.
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LIONS
THE DALLES MEET
Model Luncheon Staged
for State Convention
of Service Clubs.
NOTSON IS SPEAKER
Mrs. Gault, Quartet Sine; Fourteen
Members Attend; Delegates
Remain for Sessions.
Heppner Lions Invaded The Dalles
in force Monday for the staging of
a model luncheon that noon at the
Lions International state conven
tion. Fourteen club members made
the trip with Mrs. J. L. Gault, Mrs.
J. O. Turner and Blaine E. Isom
who assisted with the musical pro
gram. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, presi
dent, presided at the luncheon, and
S. E. Notson, district attorney, de
livered the principal address, using
the club's motto, "Liberty, Intelli
gence, Our Nation's Safety," as his
theme. Mrs. Gault pleased with the
singing of three solo numbers, ac
companied at the piano by Mrs.
Turner; and a quartet, Dr. R. C.
Lawrence, F. W. Turner, Joe Belan
ger and Blaine Isom, dressed as
head waiters, sang a group of num
bers in comedy vein. A flve-minute
skit presenting a boy tap dancer and
a girl interpretative dancer was
offered by the Medford club.
The local delegation wore gold
jungle hats with a purple band
and the inscription '"Heppner"
across the front of the crown.
Others attending were Dr. A. D.
McMurdo, H. O. Tenney, F. B. Nick
erson, Spencer Crawford, Earl Es
kelson, Ray P. Kinne, Henry Aiken,
J. L. Gault, J. J. Wightman and
Jasper Crawford. Mr. Eskelson and
Mr. Nickerson were tailtwisters.
Other luncheon features were a
short greeting from Richard J. Os
enbaugh, vice president of Lions
International, of Denver, Colo., and
auction of District Governor Ted
Gillenwater's hat which went to the
Medford club.
Mr. Bauman, Mr. Nickerson and
Mr. Belanger as delegates, and Mr.
Wightman remained over for the
convention sessions Tuesday. Fath
er Timothy Watson of Tigard was
elected the new district governor,
and next year's convention was vot
ed to go to Newport.
The Dalles proved a genial host,
affording a diversion of entertain
ment for visiting Lions and their
ladies.
ENTERTAIN CLUB.
Maud Hayden and Grace Shoun
entertained the Add-A-Stitch club
yesterday afternoon. Three tables
of Travel were in play. High score
went to Maud Hayden, second high
to Gladys Gentry and low to Bernlce
Bauman. Present besides the host
esses were Kathleen Gentry, Mynn
Albert, Nina Snyder, Zella DuFault,
Mary McCaleb, Emma Garrigues,
Elsie Cowins, Ardrie Gentry, Jessie
Furlong, Gladys Gentry and Ethel
Clark. The regular business session
was held and delicious refreshments
of berry salad, whipped cream and
coffee were served. ,
t " SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN.
Winners of six scholarships to
the 4-H club summer school at Cor
vallis were announced this week.
They are Irene Beamer, Heppner,
sewing; Edna Stephens, Heppner,
canning; Maud and Opal Cool, lone,
for scoring high in agricultural
club; Joe Stephens, Heppner, gar
dening; Clara Mae Dillon, Board
man, cooking. The young folks will
leave for Corvallls next Sunday.
MOTHER PASSES.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Cummings
were called to Pioneer, Wash., Sat
urday by the death of Mr. Cum
mings' mother, Mrs. Otto Cum
mlngs. The Cummings family lived
here several years ago, and Mrs.
Cummings leaves many friends
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart M. Lovett of
Berkeley, Cal arrived last evening
for a visit at the home of Mrs. Lov
ett's sister, Mrs. Spencer Crawford,
and family, and with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Githens. Mr.
Lovett is assistant to the recorder
of the faculties at University of Cal
ifornia: Mr. and Mrs. Lovett and
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are leaving
tomorrow for a two-day trip to Spo
kane. Roy Gentry who has been attend
ing school at Mt. Angel college re
turned home the first of the week.
Rov had a berth cinched on the
college baseball team, but in an In
tramural game just before the sea
son opened he sprained an ankle
and was knocked out of playing la
any of the varsity games.-
Announcement has been made of
the arrival of a baby girl to Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert French, Monday, at
Pendleton, a likely prospect for a
future queenshlp of the Heppner
Rodeo of which her daddy is vice
president. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Buhman ar
rived back In, Heppner the first of
the week from a trip Into Idaho, ex
pecting to go to Portland Bhortly
where Mr. Buhman will attend Uni
versity of Oregon extension sum
mer school.
GRAND JURY GIVES
TWO TRUE BILLS
Judge Sweek Receives Report; To
Open June Term of Circuit
Court Next Monday.
The grand jury for the June term
of circuit court made their report
Friday to Judge C. L. Sweek who
will open the June term next Mon
day. Signed by the jurymen, W. Y.
Ball, Frank Howell, Anson Wright,
W. C. Cox, Orrin Wright, W. I
Blakely and A. A. McCabe, the re
port follows:
"We have been in session three
days since our former report We
have inquired into all matters per
taining to the violation of the crim
inal statutes of the State of Oregon,
committed or triable in Morrow
County, which have been brought
to our attention or of which we had
knowledge, except certain matters
which require further attention on
the part of the officials who are in
position to make the investigations
before such matters can be properly
acted upon.
"We have returned two true bills
and one not true bill.
"We have examined the county
jail and the county house and in
spected the offices connected with
the administration of justice. We
recommend that the county jail be
kept In a more sanitary condition.
We commend the county court for
Installing the system of fire pro
tection, and we recommend, in this
connection that the rubbish and old
papers which have become useless
be removed from the basement and
the lower vaults. We also recom
mend that a metal door be installed
at the entrance of the opening for
the stairway at the rear of the court
house and that the lower vaults be
made more nearly fireproof. We
also recommend that the openings
through the basement walls through
which pipes pass be closed with con
crete or stone and concrete so as
to prevent currents of air from
passing through in case of fire.
We find the records of the offices
of the sheriff and clerk well kept
so far as we are able to determine."
Lexington Pioneer
Dies This Morning
Emanuel Nordyke, 83, pioneer res
ident of the Lexington community,
died this morning at Heppner hos
pital following a 10-day illness. He
was born October 30, 1851, and mar
ried Viola Cochran In this county
in 1876, being one of the earlier
settlers at Lexington where he was
a large property holder. He crossed
the plans in 1851 with his parents
and settled first in the Willamette
valley.
Funeral services will be held from
Phelps Funeral home here tomor
row morning at 10 o'clock with Joel
R. Benton, Christian minister, of
ficiating. Interment will be in Ma
sonic cemetery.
Surviving relatives include one
daughter, Mrs. Belle E. Hampell of
Seattle, Wash., and two sons, Guy
of Kent, Wash., and Roy of Ketch
ikan, Alaska.
LEASES HIDAWAY SPRINGS.
Neil White announces that he has
leased Hidaway springs for five
years and has set the opening for
the season next Sunday. He was in
the city the end of the week, accom
panied by Mrs. White. Road work
now being done between Uklah and
Hidaway will make the resort much
more accessible, Mr. White stated.
RANSOM NOTE LIST HERE.
S. E. Notson, district attorney,
Monday received a mimeographed
list of the numbers of the bills paid
the Weyerhaeuser kidnappers, and
it Is available for reference to any
one who may wish to check his cur
rency. Denominations of $5, $10
and $20 made up the total ransom
of $200,000.
STREET PAVING, SEWER SYSTEM
SOUGHT IN IOO,000 PROGRAM
What do Heppner people think
pf issuing $50,000 In bonds to put
across a $100,000 public improve
ment program? That is the ques
tion asked by Mayor W. W. Smead
who has received word that under
the new public works program the
federal government will make an
outright grant of 45 percent on ap
proved projects while asking the
political subdivision benefitted to
put up 55 percent.
Heppner has already made appli
cation for projects totalling $100,000,
Including street paving, sewerage
system, swimming tank, and city
hall.
Paving would include 24 blocks
of black-top, or all the principal
streets of the city at an estimated
cost of $55,000. The sewerage system
complete with disposal plant would
cost an estimated $41,000, while
$4000 Is the allotted cost of swim
ming tank and city hall. The city
hall project calls for constructing
jail and other Improvement work
in the present city building.
Mayor Smead is confident the Im
provement outlined would do more
toward Improving general living
conditions within the city than any
thing that could be undertaken. The
permanent street Improvement
would practically eliminate dust,
add to traffic convenience and pleas
ure, and add to the city's attractive
ness in large measure. It would
provide much Incentive for residents
to beautify their premises, and
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
At a charming home wedding
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock Miss
Eula McMillan, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. G. McMillan of this city,
became the bride of Mr. Wilbur
Richard Barnhouse, son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. R. Barnhouse of Antone.
The ceremony was read by the
Rev. W. O. Miller of Umatilla at the
home of the bride's parents. Rev.
Miller, an old friend of the family,
officiated at the wedding of the
bride's parents when they were
married in 1902.
The bride was attractively attired
in a traveling suit of blue with white
accessories and wore a corsage of
lilies of the 'valley and rosebuds.
Mrs. Lester White was the bride's
only attendant. She wore a suit of
black and white with a corsage of
violets and rosebuds. Theron Glo
ver of Antone Was best man.
A reception followed the cere
mony. A large wedding cake, dec
orated and with a tiny bride and
groom was a feature of the recep
tion. Mrs. Barnhouse is a graduate of
Lexington high school and of the
Oregon State Normal school at
Monmouth and has been teaching
in the local schools for the past
three years.
The young couple left immediate-
)y for a wedding trip which will
probably take them to Yellowstone
National park. Upon their return
they will make their home at An
tone. Those present were Rev. and Mrs.
W. O. Miller of Umatilla; Mr. and
Mrs. P. R. Barnhouse, Maxine Barn
house and Theron Glover, Antone;
Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Krupke, John
Day; Mrs. Orville Laughlin, Erie
Laughlin, Mary Ann Laughlin and
Bernice Blann, Mitchell; Fred Poin
ter, Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Hill, Miss Juanita Leathers, Miss
Helen Doherty, Miss Ruth Turner,
and Miss Betty Doherty, Heppner;
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. McMillan, Sam,
Wayne and Jack McMillan, Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Warner, Vernon, Ken
neth and Neva Warner, Mr. and
Mrs. George Broadley, Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Slocum, Mr. and Mrs.
Lester White, Mrs. James Leach,
Mrs. Minnie Leach, Miss Opal
Leach, Miss Helen Valentine, Lester
McMillan, Don Pointer and James
Valentine, Lexington.
Dedication of the new Lexington
grange hall, which was to have been
held on June 8, has been postponed
because some of the building ma
terial did not arrive on time and the
hall will not be completed by that
date.
The regular monthly meeting of
the grange will be held on Saturday
evening at the new hall as planned.
All members are urged to attend.
The building committee expects to
have the interior of the hall com
pleted by that time.
The first dance to be given in the
new grange hall will be on Saturday
night, June 15. Music will be fur
nished by Kanounse's dance band.
Notices have been posted around
town announcing the annual school
election to be held on Monday af
ternoon, June 17.
A miscellaneous shower was given
Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Eva Lane, honoring her daugh-er-ln-law,
Mrs. Vester Lane. About
40 guests were present and the hon
oree received many lovely and use
ful gifts. Delicious refreshments
were served at the close of a pleas
ant afternoon.
At the annual meeting of the Lex
ington Farmers Warehouse com
pany which was held Saturday af
ternoon Oral Scott was re-elected
as director. Harry Dlnges was re
appointed as manager for the com
lng year.
Orville Cutsforth made a business
trip to Portland the last of the week.
He was accompanied by Wayne Mc
Millan.
Elmer Hunt spent a few days of
last week In Portland.
Rev. Joel R. Benton, former pas
tor of the Christian church at Hepp-
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would serve as a large Inducement
for people to make homes here.
Before doing permanent street
improvement, it is logical to lay the
sewerage system, as this could be
done at much less cost before pav
ing than after the streets had been
paved. Complete plans and esti
mates for this work are now In the
city files from a survey made by!
L. R. Stockman, Baker ensrineer.
The system proposed by Stock
man would accommodate 1500 pop
ulation, thereby allowing for some
future growth. Because of the nat
ural grade obtainable, the lines
would be self-flushing, requiring no
extra water to operate it. The dis
posal plant with gas heated sludge
digester would be located some dis
tance below town.
Mayor Smead says he can con
ceive of no better opportunity for
the city to get this Improvement
than the present when the federal
government stands ready to bear a
large part of the expense. While
he is loathe to Increase the city's
bonded indebtedness, he believes
the additional bonds could be put
on a basis of repayment linking In
with the present bond retirement
and spreading the retirement over
a long period of years, so that n
excessive burden would not be accu
mulated for any one year.
In case the projects are approved
It is expected the matter will be
handed the electorate to decide, and
Mayor Smead desires that the peo
ple be thinking about it.
OLD TIMER DOES
GOOD CHUCKING
Glenn Hayes Keeps Condon Boys
in Hand for live Innings,
but Forced to Retire.
TEAM STANDINGS
Won Lort Pet.
Fossil 8 0 1.000
Arlington 6 Z .760
Condon 6 S .626
Heppner 2 6 .260
lone ... t 6 .260
lilalock 1 7 .126
Lost Sunday's Results: Condon 16 at
Heppner 6, Arlington 1 at Fossil 18, lone
19 at Blalock 10.
Where the Teams Play Next Sunday:
lone at Heppnec, Arlington at Condon,
Fossil at Blalock.
When a fellow reaches the 50
year mark, he is usually referred to
as a "has been" so far as baseball
playing is concerned. But Glenn
Hayes gave a lie to the usual, Sun
day, by turning in a beautiful ex
hibition of pitching for the first five
innings. In that time he held the
visiting Condon batsmen to six hits
and three runs, while his teammates
came through for four tallies to
lead the scoring 4-3. If the game
had ended there it would have been
the best game seen on the local lot
this season.
An iron man exhibition is a little
too much to expect from a fellow in
his advanced ball-playing years who
has not been working out, however.
The Condon boys got next to Glenn
in the sixth for three hits and two
runs, then in the seventh and eighth
tallied ten more runs before Glenn
turned the chucking over to Rod
Thomson. Rod held the Condon
boys down to one hit, and they
worked in but one more run in the
remaining stretch. The home boys
came through with only two more
runs, one in the eighth and one in
the ninth, and the game ended 16-6.
In both the eigth and ninth in
nings, Heppner opened up with
what looked like real rallies. Fer
guson led off with a single in the
eighth, and Lasich followed with a
triple. But the next three batsmen
were retired by O'Rourke, who kept
things well in hand. In the ninth,
with one away, Thomson singled,
advanced as McRoberts went out
pitcher to first, and scored on Hayes'
single. Ferguson was safe on an
error at first, but Lasich went out
second to first to end it.
lone comes to Heppner next Sun
day in the next to the last round of
the Wheatland series, and the locals
go to Arlington the following week
for the last game Fossil now has
first place honors clinched, with
Condon still having opportunity to
crowd Arlington out of second place.
Box score and summary:
HEPPNER
AB
6
S
4
A. Massey,
c
1
R. Massey,
hvans, 1
Thomson, 2-p
McRoberts, s -..
H. Hayes, m-2
Ferguson, 3 ....
6
. 4
5
. 4
. 6
4
Lasich. r
G. Hayes, p-m
Totals 41 6 12 27 22 6
CONDON
J. Baker, m 4 2 110 0
Hess, 2 6 2 4 8 7 1
McKennon, c ..... .. 4 116 0 0
Ogilby, s 6 2 2 2 0 1
Burns, 1 6 2 2 12 0 1
S. Baker, 8 2 0 0 0 0 1
Ashenfelter, 8 4 110 0 0
Parrish, 1 6 8 2 1 0 0
S. Shacffer, r 6 1 4 2 0 0
O'Rourke, p 5 2 8 0 8 0
Totals 49 16 20 27 16 4
Earned runs, Condon 9, Heppner 8 ; hit
by pitched ball, J. Baker by Thomson, Fer
guson by O'Rourke; first base on balls oil
Hayes 2, Thomson 1, O'Rourke 1 ; struck
out by O'Rourke 5, by Hayes 6, by Thom
son 1 ; two base hits, Hess, Parrish, H.
Hayes ; three base hits. Burns, Lasich.
Heppner umpire, John Miller. Scorer, J.ap
Crawford.
Weyerhaeuser's Friend
Glad for Child's Return
The return of George Weyer
haeuser, 9-year-old kidnapped son
of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Weyerhaeus
er of Tacoma, last Saturday was re
ceived by one person in Heppner
with more than casual Interest.
That person is J. Logle Richardson,
manager of Heppner Abstract com
pany, who as a boy attended school
at Lake Nebogamon, Wis., with the
Weyerhaeuser children, Phillip, Eli
zabeth and Patrick. Elizabeth is
now Mrs. F. Rodman Tltcomb, wife
of the intermediary who paid $200,-
000 to the kidnappers for the child's
return. It was Titcomb's tan Hud
son sedan In which the kidnappers
made their get-away.
Because of his former close ac
quaintanceship with the family,
Richardson kept in close touch with
all the details of the kidnapping
and shared the distress of the par
ents during the child s absence.
PLANT LAWN AT SCHOOL.
Work of planting the school
grounds with lawn seed began Sat
urday under the direction of Ed
ward F. Bloom, superintendent
Blue grass and clover seed are be
ing used. The school administration
is contemplating putting In an in
dividual water system for irrigat
ing the grounds as the lawn will re
quire much more water than has
been used for irrigation In the past.
ATTENDS MOTHER'S FUNERAL
Mrs. J. O. Peterson was called to
Pomcroy, Wash., Friday by the
death of her mother, Mrs. M. L.
Lewis. Mr. Peterson motored to
Pomeroy Sunday, bringing Mrs.
Peterson home.
ALL SAINTS CHURCH.
' Friday Night
Bishop Remington will be
in
Heppner for a service of Confirma
tion on Friday evening, June 7, at
8:00. Everyone is cordially Invited
to be present
I0NE
By MRS. MARGARET BLAKE
A short Children's Day program
was enjoyed after the Sunday school
hour at the Union Sunday school at
the Baptist church last Sunday
morning. At the conclusion of the
service Tommy Everson and Harry
Ring were presented with prizes for
perfect attendance during the school
year. Others who have earned and
will receive similar awards on a
near date are Bobby Everson, Alice
Nichoson, Lois Ring, Donald Bald
win and Joanne Blake.
Mr. and Mrs. John Conway and
infant son departed for Eugene Sat
urday after spending several days
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Smith. Mr. Conway, a brother of
Mrs. Smith, is principal of the high
school at Jordan Valley where he
has accepted a contract to teach
again next year.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Corley and
family went to Portland Sunday.
Harry Ring ia visiting his grand
parents at Stanfleld.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller and
daughter of Irrigon spent Memorial
Day at the Ralph Akers home.
The lone baseball team played
at Blalock last Sunday, winning by
a score of 19 to 10.
The June study meeting of the
Women's Topic club was held at the
home of Mrs. Werner Rietmann on
Saturday afternoon. Eleven mem
bers were present. The book, "100,
000,000 Guinea Pigs," was reviewed.
A discussion of the book and a short
business meeting followed. Refresh
ments were served. Hostesses were
Mrs. M. E. Cotter, Mrs. C. W. Swan
son, Mrs. E. J. Blake and Mrs. Wer
ner Rietmann.
Eva Swanson went to Salem Sun
day to visit her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith drove to
Bonneville last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Feldman an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter Katheryn to Mr. Neil Shuirman
on Saturday, June 1, at Great Falls,
Montana. After a honeymoon trip
east they will be at home at Flint,
Mich.
The Dozen and One 4-H sewing
club met at the home of Helen
Blake last Thursday afternoon. Six
members were present. Work was
outlined by the leader, Mrs. Dean
Engelman, after which refresh
ments were served.
Mrs. Mary Engberg with her son-in-law,
Harold Miller and his moth
er, brother and niece, all of Port
land, stopped at the Carl Allyn
home on Thursday for a short visit
Mrs. Engberg is an aunt of Mrs.
Allyn and the party were enroute
to the Olaf Bergstrom farm in Eight
Mile.
Miss Helen Grabill, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gra
bill, was married to Everett Keith
Jey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Keithley, at the family home on
Monday morning at ten o'clock. The
service was read by Rev. Joseph
Pope of Heppner In the presence of
immediate relatives of the young
couple. Mr. and Mrs. Keithley de
parted at once for a trip to Port
land. '
Mrs. AValter Linn returned to her
home at North Bonneville, Wash.,
last Thursday night.
An appropriate program was pre
sented at Legion hall on Memorial
Day at 2:30 by the Women's Auxil
iary of the American Legion. Read
ings were given by Alice Nichoson
and Catherine Turner. Eugene
Normoyle sang "In Flanders' Feld."
He was accompanied by Miss Min
nie Normoyle. Mrs. Cleo Drake and
Mrs. Earl Blake played a piano duet.
After a vocal duet by Miss Minnie
Normoyle and Eugene Normoyle
the address was delivered by Rev.
Alvin Kleinfeldt, pastor of the
Church of Christ of Heppner.
Pete Linn has gone to North
Bonneville, Wash., where he will
build a house for Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Linn. During his absence Kath
erine Griffith of Morgan will stay
with Mrs. Linn.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Turner and
family went to Boardman Sunday
to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Turner. Mrs. E. H. Turner,
who has been in the hospital for
medical treatment is again home
though she has not shown such Im
provement as her friends and fam
ily could wish.
Mrs. M. Dalzell, representative of
the Boys and Girls Aid Society of
Portland, was a guest at the Park
hotel last week. She took James
Dubendorf who has made his home
with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harris
the past two years, to Bend for a
visit with his brother.
Willard Grabill has returned from
Fossil where he has been working.
Mr. and Mrs. Cole Smith visited
relatives In The Dalles Sunday.
Thelma Jean and Arlene Good
rich of White Salmon, Wash., are
guests of their grandmother, Mrs.
Dale Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Denny spent
the week end at Estacada, During
their absence Mr. and Mrs. H. O.
Ely looked after things at the farm
Friends and relatives of J. H.
Cochran, former resident, were
grieved to learn of his death at his
home in Yakima, Wash., on Friday.
Going over from here to attend last
rites on Monday were Mr. and Mrs.
T. E. Grabill, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund
Brlstow, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Blake,
Mrs. Loren Hale and daughter Mir
iam, Oscar Cochran and "Bud"
Haney.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lundell of Ce
cil were surprised on Sunday when
a group of friends and relatives
called to congratulate them on the
occasion of their thirtieth wedding
anniversary. They were presented
with a chest of silverware. Attend
ing from here were Mr. and Mrs. E.
R. Lundell, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lun
dell, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swanson
(Contnued on Pas Four)
MRS. W. W. SMEAD
EARLY PIONEER
Resident Since 1873 Passes; Saw
Civil War Scenes as Girt; Was
Active In Civic Work.
Last rites for Mrs. W. W. Smead,
beloved pioneer who died at her
home Sunday morning, were held
from All Saints' Episcopal church
at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning with
Rev. B. Stanley Moore of Ontario
officiating, assisted by Rev. Ralph
V. Hinkle of Pendleton. Interment
was in Masonic cemetery. A large
concourse of friends and relatives,
and a profuse floral offering paid
tribute to the fine life which had
experienced through a span of 88
years the strife and unrest of the
Civil war and many of the battles
connected with winning the West.
Mattie Thornton was born near
Sedalia, Missouri, to Mr. and Hiram
T. Thornton, November 30, 1846.
She was married to Joseph E. Glass
cock, at Sedalia, August 28, 1868, and
to this union 11 children were born.
The family came to Oregon and
settled in Morrow county in 1873.
In 1888 she married Wallace W.
Smead at Heppner, and to them
was born one son, Maurice E., now
state manager of Occidental Life
Insurance company at Portland.
Mrs. Smead's father fought with
Abraham Lincoln In the Black
Hawk war of 1831 and 1832. The
family home was in disputed terri
tory near the Mason and Dixon line
at the time of the Civil war, and as
a girl she saw soldiers of both ar
mies commandeer supplies from
their farm, saw her own brothers
go to fight "bushwhackers," and
heard her father read the Emanci
pation Proclamation to their ne
groes. Though told that they were
free, their negroes remained. When
Jesse James operated in their terri
tory, she saw the famous outlaw
water his horse at their watering
trough. Many interesting stories
of these experiences were later told
by Mrs. Smead whose civic activ
ities included work with the Wom
en! Relief corps, W. C. T. U., Epis
copal church, Eastern Star, Daugh
ters of American Revolution, and
Degree of Honor, in all of which
organizatons she held memberiship.
The Smead home was washed away
in the flood of June 14, 1903, and
Mr. and Mrs. Smead narrowly es
caped with their lives.
Surviving are her husband, Wal
lace W. Smead, Heppner, and the
following children: Roy Glasscock,
Mt. Vernon; Mrs. Maud Boyd, Cald
well, Idaho; Mrs. Mabel Piper,
Marshfleld; Mrs. Lena M. White,
Heppner; Frank Glasscock, La
Grande, and Maurice E. Smead,
Portland. All were here for the last
rites excepting Mrs. Piper who vis
ited her mother recently.
Physical Ed and Music
Instructors Elected
Alden Blankenship, U. of W. foot
ball letterman, was elected this
week to fill the vacancy as coach
and physical education instructor
In the Heppner schools following
the resignation of Lawrence Win
ter, and Miss Virginia DaVolt of
Corvallls, O. S. C. graduate and as
sistant instructor in business ad
ministration, was named to fill the
position as commercial and music
instructor left vacant by the resign
nation of Miss Shirlie Brownson.
Blankenship, whose home is Cen
trails. Wash., taught last year at
Ketchikan, Alaska, having had
three years teaching experience
previously at Edmonds, Wash. He
had graduate work at University of
Washington, and is married. Miss
DaVolt an accomplished musician
as well as efficient business admin'
istration instructor, has held a tel
lowshlp in the business administra
tion school at the college last year.
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK.
M. D. Madden, for forty years a
missionary in Japan, will be the
speaker at the Church of Christ to
night (Thursday) following a pot
luck supper at 6 p. m. The month'
ly business meeting of the church
will follow Mr. Madden's talk. The
Osaka Christian Mission was found
ed and carried on by Mr. and Mrs.
Madden. Mr. Madden has been in
the United States for several months
visiting various churches and plans
to sail from Seattle on July 15 for
Japan.
SHEEP OFF TO MONTANA.
J. G. Barratt shipped his sheep
Friday to summer range near
Browning, Mont In the 28 carloads
that made up the special train were
also some Krebs Bros, sheep. Joe
Belanger, county agent accompan
ied Mr. Barratt on the train. He
returned the first of the week in
time to attend the state Lions con
vention at The Dalles while Mr.
Barratt expected to arrive tomor
row. RESERVOIR ROOF RAZED.
A grass fire starting from a -bonfire
at the H. A. Schultz home Tues
day morning caught the wooden
roof on the old city reservoir and It
was completely demolished despite
efforts of firemen who attempted
to combat it with chemicals from
the fire truck. Several acres of ad
jacent grass land was burned over
before the fire died out.
REPAIRS COURTHOUSE WALL.
E. L. Bucknum started work re
pairing the rock wall about the
courthouse grounds the first of the
week. The cement originally placed
between the rocks had become
crumbly, necessitating replacement
of the old cement with new.
WELL TEST SHOWS
IDEOUM SUPPLY
Hope Given That Water
May be Had Without .
Need of Pumping.
PUMP RAISES LEVEL
Discontinuing Use of Creek at Early
Date Hoped For; Council
Combats Fire Hazards.
When the siphon was turned on
from the lower well this morning
the water in both wells dropped.
That in the first well dropped to
a leveLof 4 feet and in the second,
or well in which the siphon Is
located, to 9 feet, Watermaster
Rasmus reported this noon.
Hope of the city again being sup
plied with water from its artesian
wells, and that without the necessity
of pumping, was revealed in a test
of the first artesian well completed
yesterday. This morning the water
was within eight inches of the top
in the first well, and water was
flowing from the second well with
the siphon closed, though the
amount of flow had not been deter
mined.
Creek water has been turned into
the line for the last week while the
test was being made.
The well was first surged by A. M.
Edwards, Lexington well driller, af
ter which the water stood within 6tt
feet of the surface. A turbine pump
was then installed by L. L. Shan
non of Walla Walla, and the water
pumped into an open weir. Pump
ing was started at the rate of 250
gallons a minute, which lowered the
water to 28 feet from the surface.
The flow was then increased to be
tween 400 and 450 gallons a minute,
and the level in the well dropped to
40 feet where it remained for some
20 hours during pumping process.
After running for 26 hours, the
pump was lifted shortly after noon
yesterday, and by 5 o'clock in the
evening the water stood at eight
inches from the top, and it remained
at that point this morning.
Shannon told the council last
night the well was one of the best .
he had ever worked in. Mayor and
councilmen were pleased to learn
that the wells would still amply sup
ply the city's needs. It was said
350 gallons a minute would take
care of the peak load. But they are
going to attempt to get the water
without pumping in order to escape
the increased overhead cost which
pumping would entail.
Additional action to this end was
taken by ordering development of
Kelley spring and several other
springs in the vicinity to ascertain
the possibility of augmenting the
supply from this source. Kelley
spring, at its present flow, will fill
two-inch pipe, it was said. The
city dads expressed determination
to get water from the wells into the
line as soon as possible in order to
discontinue use of creek water en
tirely. The first carload of pipe to be
used in replacing 1 mile of the old
wooden pipe in the transmission line
was shipped out of Portland today,
and- installation will start imme
diately upon arrival. Mayor Smead
himself will supervise the work, ac
cording to action of the council.
To facilitate action on Installing
a pump permanently, if it is deter
mined a pump is needed, Mayor
Smead called a mid-month meeting
for the 17th and ordered J. J. Nys,
city attorney, to prepare a neces
sary ordinance to be acted upon at
that time.
The matter of purchasing a pres
sure tank and pumper for the Are
truck which would eliminate the use
of chemicals was presented by Mark
Merrill, fire chief, and taken under
advisement
Attention was also called by Mer
rill to the existence of many Are
hazards in the city, and Mayor
Smead appointed Councilmen C. W.
McNamer, Jeff Jones and R. B. Fer
guson as a special committee to in
vestigate these. The committee was
authorized to give notice to proper
tyholders on whose property Are
hazards exist, advising them to re
move the hazards and offering co
operation of city fire protection in
so doing.
Mayor Smead served notice upon
Councilman Frank Shively to have
the vacant lot in the rear of his
blacksmith shop cleared of old au-
mobile chassies and other junk.
Favorable reaction was given to
Mayor Smead's proposal to apply
for federal public works funds to
obtain paved streets, sewerage sys
tem, swimming tank, city hall, jail,
and Improvements to the water sys
tem. The mayor stated the gov
ernment's proposition of loaning the
city 55 percent and granting 45 per
cent outright on the cost of such
projects, the loan of 56 percent to
be amortized over a long period at
3 percent interest. Councilmen
agreed that $100,000 should be ap
plied for on this basis.
Officers present included Mayor
Smead, Councilmen McNamer,
Jones, McMurdo, Shively and Fer
guson, Recorder Huston, Water
master Rasmus, Chief of Police
Hayes and Fire Chief Merrill.
NOTICE!
Absolutely no riding of bicycles
on the Bldewalks on Main street will
be allowed. W. W. SMEAD, Mayor.