HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, August 7, 1958
EARLY-DAY HEPPNER HISTORY IS
REMEMBERED BY FORMER RESIDENT
A few weeks ago The Oregon
lan carried a story about Hepp
ner's connection with Owen Wis-
ter, the author of The Virginian
Mention was made that possibly
some of Heppner's citizens of the
1900's were represented In the
book.
Below Is a portion of a letter
received this week by Mrs Frank
S Parker of Heppner from her
brother Garfield Crawford of
Arlington, Texas. Mr Crawford,
formery was connected with the
old Gazette at the time WIster
was here and during the reign
of John Watermelon Reddlngton,
one of the paper's best-known
early day editors. The letter was
not written with the idea that
it would be published, but Mrs
Parker felt It might be of In
terest to many. It relates many
Interesting points of early day
Heppner history that has prob
ably been forgotten by many.
Dear . . .
In the mall Saturday came a
letter from Alberta Informing us
that their trip back to Hood RI
ver had been Interesting and sat
lsfactory. We enjoyed having
them the very short time they
were with us. They were a dir
ect tie-up to our past In the Blue
Mountain foothills of the Hepp
ner country. We did discuss
many of the old timers, but
neither Vawter or any of his
family could, go back to the
1890's and the turn of the cen
tury, the days when I was cir
culating in and about Heppner.
Well, Alberta enclosed a clipp
ing from the Oregonlan of July
6, giving a bit of history involv
ing the late Owen Wister, who
wrote the Virginian, the late Col
John Watermelon Reddlngton
and some other characters of the
1900 era. You will recall that
I was Reddlngton's assistant edl
tor, shop foreman, pressman and
roustabout. I knew Owen Wister
quite well. He spent considerable
time questioning me relative to
some notable pioneers as , he
made the Gazette office his head
quarters I was available for con
versation. A couple of times there
was a three way conversation be
tween Wister, Reddlngton and
myself. This was because my
connection with Eastern Oregon
dated back to the era of Gazette
ownership by the Patterson Pub
lishing Company, Otis Patterson,
president and Alvah Patterson
secretary treasurer. I knew
ranchers and country merchants
all the way from Heppner to
Cunyon City and picked up a
vast amount of lore from such
acquaintances. The old Gazette
had many subscribers through
out Grant, Morrow and other
nearby counties and published
two columns of brands, for a fee
of course. Otis Patterson and Al
vah bought the Gazette from
Reddington. Patterson came to
Heppner from Waitsburg, where
he had been principle of the pub
lic schools. It was In Waitsburg
that Otis and our brother, Vaw
ter became friends, so when he
acquired the Gazette, he immed
iately got Vawter to give up his
job on the Waitsburg Times and
take over foremanshlp of the
Gazette, published Tuesday and
Friday. Heppner was a fast step
ping town. It had one saloon for
every 100 citizens, a Northern
Methodist, A Southern Methodist
and a Baptist church. . . On the
hill enroute to the cemetery was
a Roman Catholic Mission being
served by a missionary priest,
now and then. The Christian
church did not come Into being
until later. A few other hardy
souls kept pegging away until
they were able to move out of
the Old Garrlgues Opera House
and to a church building of their
own, on the property where It
now stands, but not the same
building. The Christian church
grew rapidly. The Baptist church,
like the old pioneer Foster
Adams and one of Its corner
stones, faded out and became
Heppner history. But It Is of
Owen Wister and Reddlngton I
want to write at this time.
John Watermelon Reddlngton,
the Watermelon assumed by
Reddlngton, was a character,
and I might add a very fine
character. He carved his illus
trations out of hard wood. He
preserved the wooden cuts of
"Cut Mouth Joe" and other fict
ional characters and when he
came back to Heppner and as
sumed publishing of the Gazette
rewrote brief yarns about the
Judging Standards
Given for Fair
And Show Flowers
(This Is the third of a series
of articles prepared by members
split calyx; late or Improper dis
Duaaing; crooked stems; poor
carnage of flowers; wilting or
tendency to "go to sleep."
Chrysanthemums
General considerations: Color,
i - j ..Mv..vuii, ouuoiaijvc, oicrm anu
of the lone Garden Club on the lage. (Split or crush stems be-
proper preparation or flowers for
display In flower shows or fairs.
This article was prepared by Mrs
Edith Nichoson.)
The following are standards
for Judging horticultural class
es of specific gardel flowers.
Asters
General considerations: color.
size, form, depth and substance.
Merits: large size; regular out
line; deep bloom; pure colors;
freshness; one bloom to each
long, stiff stem; clean foliage.
Faults: Fading and wilting:
secondary blooms or late dis
budding; not at best stage of
development; Irregular or un
symmetrical blooms; too few
rays In double varieties; short
stems; poor foliage.
Carnations
General considerations: Color,
size, stem, substance, fragrance.)
Merits: Purity of color and
fore placing In lukewarm wa
ter.)
Merits: Full size; bright color;
firm substance; freshness; depth
In the individual blooms; heal
thy foliage. Form according to
type.
Faults: Blotched, streaked or
otherwise poor color; underde
veloped centers; hollow centers;
shallow blooms; outer rays faded
or wilted; poor condition, weak
stems.
Cosmos
General considerations: Color,
size, form, stem and substance.
Merits: Bright, clear color:
large sized broad petals, circular
outline; firm substance,
Faults: Small, irregular
blooms; wilting, short stems,
Dahlias
General considerations: Color,
substance, form, stem and fol
iage, condition. (Immediately
r. ... . -
clearness of markings; broad aner cutting place one inch of
petals; regular hemispherical M?m ,n omnS water ior one
form: unsplit calvx: strone fra-; minute- then Place ,n lukewarm
erance: stiff, straleht stems: iwater'
freshness. ' Merlts: Good size for type;
Faults:' Faded, diill colors; well' brifht' clear colors- markings
Hpfinpd marklntrs. if nnv Wreo. and shadings, freshness; form
subjects and reprinted the cuts uiar rorrn. misshapen petals; re&uIar or irregular according to
In the Gazette. Reddlngton had
fought In the Bannock wars and
other tribal engagements and up
to the day of his death in the
Old Soldiers Home at Sawtell,
California, drew an Indian War
Veterans pension. Heppner
Blackman, now deceased and I
often visited Reddlngton In the
hospital at Sawtell. In his last
days he was kept under an oxy
gen tent and on one of our last
visits the old warrior poked his
head out of the tent to say: "Hell,
boys, I had better tents than this
thing when on the trail of the
Injuns." Wister used to show up
at the Gazette every morning
around 7 o'clock. He would tuck
a wad of "copy paper", news
print, Into his coat pocket and
head for the Morrow Pasture and
take up a seat above the wooden
mill race at the bend of Willow
creek at the Junction of Balm
Fork, where he could see not only
up Willow creek, but down Wil
low creek for many miles. Down
those canyons came ranchers,
cowboys, sheep herders, and
and long trains of freighters. Up
and down the trails banged and
bumped stage coaches spreading
out over the country to as far
as Malheur. The big line was to
Canyon City stopping at Hard-
man, Parkers Mill, Monument,
Longcreek, Prairie City and Can
yon City. I staged that line all
the way to Burns, where I once
edited and published the Harney
County News for the Republican
party. The other paper in Burns
was a Democratic sheet, so the
Republicans had to have a repre
sentative publication in Harney
county. Judge Gate of Portland
was a candidate for Senator. He
was defeated. His brother Will
Cate got me to go to Burns. Wis
ter gathered a lot of Western
lore sitting on the Morrow Hill
above Heppner. I could see the
Heppner effect upon his charac
ters in the Virginian. Josephine
Mahoney was a little girl in pig
tails. Martin Anderson was a
studious young immigrant work
ing at the Palace Hotel and at
tending public school and O M
type; center well developed be-
ifore outer rays fade.
Yeager was a young lad working Faults: Dull, impure colors;
around his father's furniture
store and a student, when Wister ded outer rays; form poor for
visited Heppner and John Water- type; not disbudded,
melon Reddlngton. . . A few years Gladiolus
back when Kitty and I visited General considerations: Color,
friends and relatives in the 0rm of spike and florets, place
Northwest we routed ourselves ment of florets, proportion of
back to Texas via Goldendale, open flowers to buds.
Pasco, Wenatchee, Spo k a n e , j Merits: Large, shapely flow
across Northern Idaho into Mon- ers; well proportioned spike;
tana and down through Yellow- large number of florets open;
stone Park. Going south out of good substance; long spike; flor
the park to Colorado we stopped ets attractively arranged accord
at interesting spots. One hotel ing to type,
had an Owen Wister memorial! Faults! rllmv tranenoront
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in ua wuuy anu pjacucany an nowers; too few blooms open;
of the Western Wyoming towns withered lower florets; crooked
ciaimeu wisier as meir own. At sd kes: too wiriVIv sptmratori
unc aiup i meu m uiaim mm ior florets; too crowded; poor flor
Heppner, but the Wyoming na- et form; weather stains; insect
lives wuuiu nave none oi my lnlurv: hrulqp"?
cnuuer. wisier was ineir exciu
slve property.
Justice and
Municipal Courts
Carl Richard Myers Jr, distur
bing the peace, $10.
Jerry Buschke, violation of ba
sic rule, posted $30 bail, hear
ing later.
Patrick H Powers, assault and
battery, $50 fine. Also parole vio
lation from state of Washington,
returned to officers of that state.
Kefmeth Allen Jones, posses
sion of alcoholic liquor, $15 fine.
Lindsay J Kincald, reckless
driving, $50 fine and drivers li
cense suspended for 6 months.
Lawrence William Schoonover,
excessive motor noise, $11 fine.
Earl LeRoy Miller, violation of
basic rule, $25 fine.
Paul Junior Willard, driving
motor vehicle while license sus
pended, two days in Jail (sus
pended), $50 fine and right to
drive motor vehicle suspended
for one year.
Patricia Claire Painter, no op
erator's license, $lo fine.
Jerry Jackson Pulley, angling
prohibited methods, $25 fine.
Vernon L Block, driving while
license suspended, $100 fine and
right to drive motor vehicle sus
pended until Feb 18, 1960.
Jack McTimpey, illegal U turn,
$5 fine.
Jerry L Adams, speeding, $10
fine.
John L Piper, speeding, $25
fine.
WRONG CREDIT GIVEN
Last week's Gazette-Times
story about the six Korean or
phan children being brought to
new homes in Morrow county
erroneously stated that they were
obtained independently of Har
ry Holt, Creswell farmer who
has found American homes for
many of the youngsters. The Rev
Bill Collier, pastor of the lone
Baptist, church made the trip
to Korea with Holt and located
the six babies, but adoption pro
ceedings were cleared through
Holt's agency, it was stated.
Local News In Brief
Mrs W C McCarty of The Dal.
les and Mr and Mrs P A Ander
son of Portland visited Mrs B
G SIgsbee and other friends and
relatives in Heppner Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Ambrose Chapin
returned last Wednesday from a
trip to Seattle where they were
Joined by their daughter, Mrs
Clayton Slyter, and family for
some fishing at Point-No-Paint.
Mike Sylvester returned to Hepp
ner with his grandparents for
a visit
Emit Groshens returned from
Portland Wednesday. He was ac
companled by his nephew Larry
Vinton who will remain for a
while.
Mr and Mrs Orville Miles of
Baker were weekend guests of
Mr and Mrs LaVerne Van Mar
ter Jr. Mr Miles is the newly ap
pointed Elks District Deputy
Grand Exalted Ruler for Oregon
Northeast succeeding on August
first to the position formerly held
by Van Marter.
The Paul Webb family spent
the first of the week at Wallowa.
Mr and Mrs Charles Colley of
Lexington had as their guests
last week, Mrs Arden Ellinson
of Auburn, Washington. Mrs Col
ley and Mrs Ellison were school
mates. On Sunday Willard Mar
shall of Hermiston and Mr and
Mrs Bob Parr of Madras were
callers at the Colley home.
Mr and Mrs Bill McCaleb and
family of Roseburg were in Hep
pner this week visiting relatives
and friends.
Mrs Tom Wilson and Mrs W
M Fisher spent several days the
first of the week in Portland.
Dr and Mrs Robert W Pelffer
and daughter Carolyn and his
niece, Shirley Johnson left Wed
nesday for Eugene to visit his
parents, Mr and Mrs Carl R
Pfelffer. They will return this
weekend.
Mrs Fannie Simpson and her
brother, Fred Monk of Post Falls,
Idaho visited last Thursday and
Friday with Mrs W M Fisher at
the Tom Wilson home.
Mr and Mrs James J Farley
and daughters are vacationing
at the Oregon coast and in Portland.
Mr and Mrs John Pfeiffer and
Julie and Johnny left Tuesday
for Dee Lake in Canada where
they will spend their vacation
fishing.
Mr and Mrs Al Lamb and
Wayne visited relatives in Sa
lem over the weekend. Other
relatives from Kansas were there
also.
Mr and Mrs Robert Dobbs and
family have returned from a
week's vacation spent at the
Oregon coast. En route home
they- attended a family reunion
In Portland Sunday.
Raymond Walker has been
home on furlough from Navy
service in the Philipines.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Meyers of
Almagordo, N Mex and their
four children have been visiting
here over the past weekend at
the home of Mr and Mrs Avery
Taylor.
Enjoy THE LONG, HOT SUM
MER in cool comfort at the
Star Theater, Sunday and Mon
day. Same author, Same pro
ducer, same magnificent en
tertainment as "Peyton Place."
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PflNWEY ' Fair & Rodeo
Aua.26-31
HOSPITAL NEWS
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Mr and Mrs Gene Hazelhurst Dale Gene Copley, Condon, an
(Kay Valentine) of Spokane, 8 H 5' oz girl born August
Washington are the parents of a ; named undy Gene,
lb 8 oz boy born July 31. He
has been named James Harry.
Grandparents are Mr and Mrs
Patients Edward N Rico, Kin-
zua, dismissed; Robert Ordway,
Spray, dismissed; Jack Smith,
James Valentine of Heppner. Mrs' Condon, dismissed; Viola Hyatt,
Valentine returned Tuesday from Kinzua, dismissed; Helen Mabe,
Spokane where she has been forlFossi' dismissed; Sadie Sigsbee,
a week and Linda Valentine will Heppner; Barbara Blake, Hepp-
leave Tuesday to visit for a week;ner dismissed; Joyce Way, Hep
in Spokane.
RETURNS FROM CONVENTION
Miss Leta Humpherys, Mrs
Clara B Gertson and Mrs Pearl
Devine returned the end of last
week after attending the conven
tion of the American Federation
of Soroptlmist Clubs at Huston,
Texas.
They left early in July and
went by way of the Grand Can
yon to Huston. After the con
vention they took a tour into
Mexico visiting Mexico City and
as far south as Acapulco, and
they returned home by way of
southern New Mexico and Ari
zona, going to San Diego, Los
Angeles and Reno.
pner; Krvie Bennett, Heppner;
New't O'Harra, Lexington; Ger
ald Howard, lone, dismissed;
Ted Harris, Fossil, dismissed;
Neil Harris, Fossil, dismissed;
Thomas Gonty, Heppner; Delia
Sandlln, Kimberly; Mitzie Peck,
Heppner; Lulu Hanna, Heppner;
Jeanette Ledbetter, Heppner, dls.
missed; Alex Hunt, Lexington;
Juanita Brock, Kinzua; Michael
S Zimmerman, Fossil.
LEAVE ON VACATION
Rev and Mrs Charles Knox and
family left this week for a three
week's vacation at Santa Cruz,
California. Conducting Sunday
Services at the Heppner Christ
ian church during his absence
will be Ted Yammamori, a stu
dent at Northwest Christian col
lege on August 10, Rev Earl Sow
ard on August 17, and Phyllis
Nolan on Sunday, August 24.
BREAKS ARM
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WITH HARVEST OVER (OR NEARLY SO)
BRING YOUR TRUCKS TO US NOW FOR
Tire Remapping
WHILE THEY ARE STILL LICENSED
Why not bring your trucks in right now that harvest is
over for many of you and your trucks are still licensed
and let us do any necessary tire repairing or recapping.
We are able to care for your needs much more promptly
now, and you'll have your equipment ready to go when
you want it.
VACATIONING?
Let Us Safety-Check Your Car Tires Before You Start
PASSENGER TIRE FULL CAPS $8.95 To $14.25
THE
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Phone 6-9481
Mrs Grace Nickerson who is
visiting at the home of her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr and
Mrs Francis Nickerson in Eu
gene, fell Sunday and broke her have been spending the nast sev
right arm, she will not be able eral weeks at the Kirk Robinson
to come nome lor at least tnree Ranch.
weeks.
MRS ROBINSON IS
GUEST OF SAGE RIDERS i
I
Mrs Donald Robinson was a
special guest of the Umatlila
Sage Riders on their overnight
ride last weekend. Competent
truck driver that she is, Merlyn
used her own truck to haul a
load of horses about 35 miles
to Bingham Springs, where the
Sage Riders saddled up and took
to the winding trails over the
mountains. The Umatilla river
rushing far below watched the
horses scramble over cliffs and
brush to top ridges and descend
on Langdon Lake. Lush Target
Meadows was the camping
grounds. A cook had been sent
ahead to prepare the evening
meal and a cowboy breakfastl
next morning.
aiso maKing tne ride were!
Jacklyn and Micheal Broun who I
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ALL SAINTS
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev Wilbur Layton will con-
ATTENDS REUNION
Mr and Mrs N D Bailey will1
be away over the weekend at
tending the ninth annual reun-
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duct communion services at All ion of her family. They will meet
Saints Episcopal church Sunday,
August 10 at 8:00 and 10:30 am,
NAMED MUSIC HEAD
Marvin Earl Soward, son of
Mr and Mrs Earl Soward of
Heppner, has been appointed
music director of the First Me
thodist church at Austin, Texas.
The church is the third largest
Methodist parish in Texas and
has a membership of 3500 per
sons.
her six sisters and one brother
and their families for a picnic
at Avaion Park between Portland
and Newberg.
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