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Th leppner Gazette, established Mareh 30, 1888. Tha leppaar Timaa established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February li, 1912
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TO THE
EDITOR . . .
To The Editor:
It was a wonderful surprise
when Ed and Eleanor Gonty and
two sons dropped In to see us a
couple of weeks ago. We love to
have Heppner people knock at
our door. There are several old
time Heppner people living in
Castle Rock.
The death of Leslie Matlock
has brought to my mind that
most of the second generation
pioneers have passed over the
great divide, such as Billy Cow
ins, Art and Oscar Minor, Frank
and Orve Rasmus and all five
of Henry Johnson's sons. I had
began to think that maybe I was
the oldest living person born
within the city limits of Heppner,
of pioneer parents. Then, I
thought of the story told to me
a few years ago by a person llv
ing in Heppner, that out-ranks
me by almost five years. If there
are any others still living that
are older, I would like to hear
from them direct or through this
paper. Here is her story:
One soft lovely spring on the
first day of April, 1880 there ar
rived in the thriving little city
of Heppner, a heavily loaded wa
gon, drawn by four very tired
horses. In this wagon was a
woman and two children, age
ten and eight years. Just ahead
of the wagon rode stalwart
young doctor, the husband and
father of the little family.
They had been doing very well
In the little town of Junction
City, Oregon, but the doctor had
heard of a wonderful new coun
try somewhere in Eastern Ore
gon. He was told there was a
vast territory there with no doct
or within sixty miles of a little
city called Heppner in what was
then part of Umatilla county, but
later in 1887 to become the coun
ty seat of Morrow county.
Lewis Francis Shipley was
born in Miller county, Missouri,
July 28, 181-1. He came to Monroe,
Oregon as a young man, then
moved to Junction City, about
ten miles away. As a young man
he attended the first medical
school west of the Rocky moun
tains, called the Willamette Uni
versity, located In the State Capi
tol at Salem, Oregon. He gradu-(the eldest daughter of Mr and
ated from that school in the Mrs James L Yeager, and the sis
fourth class in medicine ever to Iter of Mrs Burton Peck and O M
be graduated there. Then he' Yeager. She was about 9 years
went back to his home town and old. Shortly after the dlptheria
STAR
THEATER
Thurs., FrL, Sat, July 31. Aug.
1. 2
The Big Beat
Gogi Grant, William Reynolds
and many more. PLUS
Escape From Red
Rock
Brian Donlevy
Sun., Mon.. Aug. 3. 4
Merry Andrew
With Danny Kaye, Pier An
geli. Sunday 4, 6 and 8
Tues Wed.. Aug. 5, 6
Spanish Affair
With Richard Klley, Carmen
Sevllla
on to Heppner. His name was a
legend among the Indians at
Junction City for his famous In
dian cures. But about eleven
years before this he married Sar
ah Emily Williamson, and in
Junction his first two children
were born: Frances Marlon, born
in 1870 and Jay W born in 1872.
His only daughter, Charlotte,
born the first of August, 1880.
Both the sons died, but the dau
ghter still lives in Heppner.
The first few days the family
stayed with Mrs Hyram Clark
who lived a few miles below
town. The two women were old
friends back In Junction City.
The doctor was the first licensed
doctor in Heppner, though he
was not the first doctor there.
Dr Shobe beat him there by sev
eral years, but he was never li
censed. Dr Shipley had shipped
their furniture by river boat to
Umatilla Landing, where he hir
ed a man and team and wagon
to freight them on;to their desti
nation. Leaving the little family safe
at the Clark ranch, the doctor
mounted his horse which he had
purchased at Umatilla Landing,
and went on up to see what the
new town looked like. The very
first man he met was a young
man by the name of Hank Scher-
zinger, who was working for Pap
Slmonds in his blacksmith shop.
This shop was on part of the
property now occupied by the
Fulleton garage. Later on in life,
Hank married the doctor's dau
ghter, Lottie.
He looked around to find a
place to move into, and finally
located a small house way up at
the south end of Main street, near
where the old Gazette building
stood. A little later, this house
was sold to Henry Heppner, the
founder of the town, and moved
to its present location at West
Center street. This house In later
years was owned by M L Case
and occupied by Gus Nickander.
Mr Heppner bought the house
for his sister and husband, the
Henry Blackman's who were to
come to Heppner a little later.
Mr Blackman later became Hepp
ner's first mayor. Their rented
house being sold out from under
them, the doctor looked around
and found a two and a half acre
place at the far upper end of
the railroad track, now occupied
by the Morrow County Grain
grower's warehouse and elevator.
There was a small house on the
property and was owned by Har
rison Hale. Later that same year
outbreak, the town and county
were ravaged with small pox and
a number of our people died
from' that.
Dr Lewis Francis Shipley pass
ed away September 18, 1898 at
the age of 54. Mrs Shipley out
lived the doctor by 25 years,
leaving this vale of tears and
passing on to her well deserved
rest on January 26, 1923. Their
only daughter, Charlotte, still re
sides In Heppner in the house
once occupied by Judge Dutton,
located on West Center street.
Part of this house was the very
first school house ever built in
Heppner, and used to stand right
where Wm McCaleb and Dr Wag
ner's Clinic buildings now stand.
O M Yeager
Castle Rock, Wn
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From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
To The Editor:
I am sending a clipping from
the Condon Globe-Times about
Gene Spray to inform you to the
facts that Mr Spray was a native
to our city. It so happens that
he and his parents moved over
on the John Day river and start
ed the town that is now known
as Spray, Oregon. To your desire,
complete information can be ob
tained from Oscar Breeding of;
Lexington.
Also, I wish to say that I cer
tainly enjoy seeing those old-
time photos of Heppner that you
print from time to time. If you
t would like to add a few more
pictures to your publication, be
sure to see some of Jim Cowan's
collections. He has a two-way
picture of Main street that I
think will out-do the early date1
1895 that you published last
March 13th. .
Yours truly,
Stanley Minor
P. S.
Correction: The People's Hard
ware did not burn In the 1918 ,
fire. It was a much later date.
Ed Bennett was clerking there
at the time.
With our fair only four weeks
away, It Is time for everyone to
be thinking about the exhibits
that they are going to make.
Now is the time for selecting a
good bale of hay from the second
cutting for exhibit. Since we have
been having good haying wea
ther through this crop, it would
be easy to select a bale that con
tains fine stemmed, green and
leafy alfalfa. Besides alfalfa
there are lots provided for grass
legume mix and grain hay in
bales as well as bundles of grain
hay. Those who are proud of
their baling job can compete In
the class for the best bale of hay
judged on conformation only.
There, of course, Is a provision
for the best sheaf of any hay.
Those farmers who have joined
the popular trend of ensilage ma
king will want to gather a sam
ple of their best ensilage for ex
hibit The exhibit consists of five
pounds exhibited in a plastic
bag. Though it might be a little
late for some of our farmers,
whlth the early harvest, we
should have a lot of grain ex
hibits with the bumper crop har
vested this year. There are class
es for wheat grain, wheat sheav
es, barley, oats, rye, field corn
and a collection of grain. Those
who have finished harvesting
can surely find an area along
the edge of the field or a skip1
In the harvesting where they can
gather some sheaves. These are
only a few of the suggestions,
check your premium list and
plan to exhibit. Remember a
good healthy fair can be sup
ported only by many exhibits.
Word has just been received
from the Union county agent's
office that the limited available
seed from increase of the winter
barley variety, Alpine, is going
fast. Those who might be inter
ested in getting a start in this
new winter-hardy variety which
has performed quite well in the
limited time it has been grown
in Oregon should contact the
county agent's office at La
Grande or this office.
During the past few weeks we
have had a few inquiries at this
office regarding gasoline tax re
funds. Claims for refund of fed
eral tax on gasoline used on
farm can be filed now for the
past fiscal year. Refund forms
were mailed to all farmers who
filed an anDlieation in 1957.
Those who have not received
their application can get forms
from the District Office of the
Internal Revenue Service. We
have a limited supply In this
office also. Regulations are the
same as last year.
Another of the many recom
mendations made by the various
committees of the Morrow County
Town and Country Planning con
ference was put in effect this
month. The recommendation
from the sheep sub-committee of
the livestock committee recom
mended that due to the Increas
ing build-up of coyote numbers
resulting in greater sheep loss
es that an additional coyote trap
per should be employed In the
county this year. The U S Fish
and Wildlife Service in cooper
ation with the Morrow county
court have provided funds and
have transferred Joe Baltrinos,
former trapper, here to this area.
Mr Baltrinos has been trapper
in Crook county since leaving
here eight years ago. Before this
he had spent 11 years in the
county trapping so is well ac
quainted with the county and
should be of great value in help
ing to keep down predators. He
and Carl McDaniel have divided
the county, each to be responsi
ble for their area.
Recently announced by the
State Department of Agriculture
was that all dairy counties in
Western Oregon are now certified
as modified Brucellosis free
areas. In addition to these dairy
counties certification was com
pleted by the end of June for
the Warm Springs Indian Reser
vation, as well as Clakamas, De
schutes, Grant, Lane, Linn. Union
and Wasco counties.
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, juiY 3
1953
Further loyalty was shown
when they chose "Oregon Wheat
uuutw wiiunicr lesson It's
Home Agent" Tn sense to use wh
Everyone is interested In out
door living in the west. In fact,
I feel rather naked when I tell
people I don't own a sleeping
bag! Whether it's rugged out
door camping or just broiling
steaks in the back yard, every,
one wants to know how to pre
pare food out-of-doors. The wo
men chose the lesson on "bar
becuing," so that, come next
summer, they would be prepared
for all this outdoor fun!
"Chats With Your
By ESTHER KIRMIS
Try this little quiz. ....
1. Why Is our County called
Morrow county?
2. Where did your town get it's
name?
3. What ""was the date of the
Heppner flood?
4. Who was the "Paul Revere"
of the Heppner flood?
5. What town In Morrow county
was an overnight stage stop In
the early days? ,
6. What Is Oregon's third lar
gest industry?
7. Why is the year 1959 im
portant in Oregon?
Can you answer them? I can't
now but by the time another year
rolls around I hope to know the
answers to these above quest
ions and a little bit more.
We sprung this little quiz on
th Morrow county program
planners when they met for their
annual meeting at Lexington
r.ranee hall last Wednesday to
plan the extension units program
for the year.
Interest is running high these
days in Oregon history, because
you all well know that Oregon
is celebrating Its centennial in
1959 and we expect a lot of
tourists to come to Oregon (Ore
gon's third largest industry-by
the way) to help us celebrate.
Morrow county extension units
are not going to be "caught nap
ping" so the planners decided to
put, "Know Your Oregon" in their
yearly program.
Another topic chosen which
seems to fill a need for many
persons is "Holiday Fun" which
is going to be composite of small
gifts that can be made in a
short time as corsages, felt work,
etc. The ladies of the county
committee have volunteered,
(with a little arm twisting) to
Continued on page v
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THIRTY YEARS AGO
From the files of the
Gazette-Times
August 2, 1928
Mr and Mrs O G Crawford ar
rived from Joseph on Wednes
day aiternoon and are visiting
with the Heppner relatives.
A large fire on the east branch
of Sand Hollow, set by the elect
rical storm Thursday evening,
the doctor bought another two burned over two sections of land
and a half acre tract adjoining
from Press Looney, a very early
settler who afterward platted
most of the northern part of town
Into what is known as the Loon
ey Addition to the city of Hepp
ner. The Shipley's landscaped
this whole tract, and up to the
time of the great flood of 1903,
was one of the show places of
Heppner.
The doctor's practice extended
on the Mike Kenny and W B
Barratt and Son ranches before
it was put under control.
From the "50 Years Ago" col
umn in Tuesday's Oregonian, we
learn: "J W Reddington and
Frank Parker, two of Generals
Grant's scouts, arrived at Mai
heur City with dispatches. They
rode all night, making 70 miles
! in seven hours." Reddington is
as far as Umatilla Landing, and remembered by pioneers as one
In the year of 1882-3 he had to ' of the early editors of the Hepp-
quarantine the whole village for ner Gazette while Col Parker was
typhoid fever. Then in the year 1 the founder and editor for many
1889 or there-a-bouts Heppner I years of the Walla Walla States-
had a bad epidemic of dlptheria man.
and a number of young children 1
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