The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-25
CLUB WILL AID IN.
TERROR STAGE LINE
Strenuous Action Will Be
Taken To Retain Hard
man-MOnument Route.

The regular meeting of the Com
mercial Club was held atfthe l. o. o.
F. hall on Friday evening and the
attendance was not large.
Some important measures were up
for consideration, among them Icing
the report Of the committee appoint
ed to interview the city council with
reference to procuring the public
feed yard for fair purposes and a
city park. The report Of this COM
mittee was very satisfactory, show
ing as 1t did that what the Club de-
sired was being secured. The lots
wanted by the Fair Board have been
contracted for from the city at an
annual rental of $40 for five years;
this rental to be applied on the pur-
chase price of the feed lot property,
which is $500, when the Fair Board
are ready at the end of five years to
take the property over. In exchange
for the present feed lot, other lots
are to be purchased from T. ]. Mat
lock on Chase street, and these have
been contracted for. One of these
lots to be paid for by the Fair Board
and the other to be purchased by the
citizens Of Heppner. The report of
this committee was accepted and the
committee continued as there is still
business for them to transact in con
nection with the completion of this
lot contract.
A communication from M. C. Mer-
rill of Monument, concerning the
Heppner- Monument stage route, was
read. This route has been discon-
tinued between Monument and Hard
man and all mail from here to that
point, and from there to here has to
60 by way of Baker and causes much
inconvenience. The people on the
other end Of the line feel this incon-
venience very much as Heppner is
their natural outside trading and
shipping point. To get this matter
taken up in proper shape a commit
tee consisting of w. T. Goulder, DR..
Christensen and o. G. Crawford was
appointed, and it will be their duty
to call the attention of the proper
authorities to the condition and see
If the route cannot be speedily re-
stored. Postmaster Richardson was
requested to act with and assist this
committee, and he consented to do so
A proposition to provide for the
payment Of the purchase price of the
Matlock lot was suggested by Frank
Gillian and this will be placed be-
fore the City Council for their ap.
proval or rejection. Should the
idea of Mr.. Gillian prevail, the citi
zens will be relieved of the burden OF
providing $3.50 for this purpose.
The committee having in charge
this Heppner-M Monument stage route
had meeting on Wednesday evening
at s o'clock at the office of Secretar.
Goulder. This meeting was attend
ed by number of our citizens ant
several men from Monument whit
happened to be in the city at tn,
time. Quick action is desired, ant
having this in mind the committee il
getting out petitions to be signed VI
by all the residents of Heppner ant
Monument as we'll as the people re
siding along the route. These will
be forwarded to our congressmel
with the request that they take VI
the matter with the department a
once. In the meantime every bust
ness man of these towns and othe
influential citizens are urged t.
write personal letters to our senator
and representatives in congress urg
ing the Importance of re-establishin
the Heppner-Monument stage route
The people here and at Monumen
are thoroughly aroused over thi
question and by taking these step
there is no doubt that the route vii
be restored.
Miss Elizabeth Mahoney, Of Bor