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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
MORE COWS SELL
FOR HIGH PRICES
Aged Cow Brings $500 and Heifer Un-
der Two Years Sells for S610-
Two-Day Sale Closes.

At the two. day sale of Holstein- Erie
sian cattle which came to an end last
night at the pavilion of the Purebred
Live Stock Sales Co. sc animals, includ-
ing several day-old calves, had been dis
posed for Sl3,550, or an average of about
S205. The heaviest buyer of the sale was
Spencer Miner of Barre, who bid off l6
head for 1895.
The Lawson Holding Co. of Lagrange
vile, n. Y, paid 81 ,6S5 for three head.
which included the highest priced ami
NAL of the sale, four year cow con-
signed by Paul L. McNiff of Littleton,
Mass, for which it paid $780, Some of the
other buyers were E. w. Turner of South
Hadley, Mass, two head for 81 ,lS0; An
tonic Ceoles of South Hadley, Mass, four
head for Sl,045; Miner & White of Cole
rain, Mass, five head for S775; Edward
L. Young of Gorham, Me-, two for $4O0;
w. E. Tucker of Barre, two head for S345 !;
Thomas F. Martin & Son of Stafford
prings, Conn, one animal for S345.
In the afternoon sale yesterday COW
IL years old consigned by John Arfmann
of Midletown, n. Y, was bought by E.
w. Turner of South Hadley, Mass, for
500, which was the second highest price
in the two days, while heifer one year
and 10 months old from the same herd
brought s6l0, the purchaser being d. E
Parmelee of Durham, Conn. Three of the
animals bought at the afternoon sale by
Spencer Miner were a two-year- old COW
a fve-year old COW, and a nine months.
old bull calf, all from the Arfmann herd
The prices paid were $40, $685., and $445
respectively. Osterman & Garland oi
Wamesit, Mass, paid $3.50 for a nine
months-old bull from the Arfmann herd.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
TODAY'S STORM is
WINTERS WORST
Over Nine Inches of Snow Had Fallen
at 13o-Schools Closed for After
noon-Trolley Running.

Snow which began falling about Z
O'Clock this morning had reached a
depth of over nine inches at 1.30
o clock. with all indications of much
more to come, while the report of the
Washington weather bureau predicted
snow throughout the day and tomor-
row. A brisk northeast wind accom-
panied the snowfall, which already has
reached blizzard proportions. 1t is the
severest storm of the winter.
At 11.30 o'clock the fire alarm sig.
nal was sounded for no afternoon ses-
sions in the schools. The Brattleborc
Business Institute also decided to hold
no evening session today.
While the morning southbound trains
were running very close to schedule
the northbound trains today have beer
from an hour and a half to two hour,
late Trolley service has been main
tanned throughout the day, although bu
! one car has been running on account o.
a small fire in one of the cars this morn
! ing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
ALL ATLANTIC COAST
SNOW BOUND; SWEPT
BY DESTRUCTIVE GALE

age to docks and cottages along the
shore.
Three fremen were knocked off an
extension ladder by waves while they
were trying to rescue two men and a
woman on the roof of a hotel which
was washed from its foundation at
Rockaway Beach. Four hotels, hun
dreds of feet of the board walk and
many amusement pavilions were washed
into the sea or seriously damaged by
the waves
Much damage was done at Coney
Island. Waves destroyed bath houses
valued at $4,000 Nearly 100 bunga
lows were washed from their founda
tions at Coney Island and the water
was three feet deep on the main thor
oughfare.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Centre Congregational Church
Mission Study Courses.

The courses to be given in the
Church School of Missions, which
starts Feb. 13, are as follows:
Adnlts-World Facts and America s
Responsibility, by Patton. IS cents. A
great book. A Crusade of Compassion,
by Allen and Mason, 35 cents. The
book presents forcefully the immediate
medical needs of the women and chill
dren of other lands. Christian Ameri-
canization-A task for the churches,
by Brooks, 40 cents. A timely book
dealing with the problems of making
America Christian.
Young people II and up-Ministers
of Mercy, by Franklin, so cents. A
volume of biographies of medical mis-
sionares of compelling interest.
Young people 13 to 16-Followine
the Clean, by Haseltine. A book OF
Pilgrim history and ideals for the pres
ent.
Jnior boys and girls Nook. by Sites
35 cents The true story of a Chinese
boy, his home, school life and friends.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
GREy'S TREATY
LETTER A SURPRISE,
President Without Advance
Information of Its
Publication
NO PROTEST
SENT TO ENGLAND
Flat Denial BY Secretary Lansing -
Government Feels Tt Should Have
Been Advised Before Letter Was
Made Public.

WASHINGTON, Feb. s. - Various
intimations and reports that President
Wilson might have known in advance
of the contents of Viscount Grey's re-
cent letter on the status of the peace
treaty were met by administration of
fcials today with the statement that,
while they did not care to assume the
position of denying them there was
no foundation in fact for such con.
clusions.
There were indications that the gov
ernment here rather was inclined to
feel that the President should have
pressions before they were published
White House officials said that the
President all during his illness has been
receiving communications in writing
and that diplomats were not pre-.
vented from intercourse with him al
though it might not be personal in
terview.
Viscount Grey, writing as a private
citizen, expressed approval of tht
Lodge reservations and reminded tht
British public that membership in the
league of nations was wide departur,
from the prior policies of the American
government.
Secretary Lansing said that pub
| lished reports that the American gov
ernment had sent a letter of protest t,
the British government regarding tn
| Grey letter were without the slightes
foundation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

Horace P. Ennis and James F. Leahy
have enlisted at the local navy recruit
ing station, postofice building, and
were sent to the training station at
Newport. R. l., for course of instruc-
tion in general electricity. Upon COM
pleting their course of instruction they
viii be transferred to the Atlantic fleet.
A meeting of the board of trade
will be held in the rooms at 7.30 O'Clock
tomorrow night, when Lewis H. Allen
representative of the Fred T. Ley Co
of Springfield, Mass, will speak on
housing conditions and win offer a
solution of the problem of shortage
of tenements. The Ley Company built
Camp Devens. They also put up II.
story steel building in New York in 2f
days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Additions to Bill of Particu-
lars in Thompson
Fund Case
ATTORNEY COMMENTS
ON WILL DESTROYED
Says if Trustees Would Spend What
They Should Here Difference Would
Equal Each Year Value Of ANY
House Likely to Be willed to Town.

! As in the case of all the developments
in the movement to oust Richards NJ.
Bradley as a trustee of the Thomas
Thompson estate, much interest has been
shown in the published statement of the
Associated Charities containing resolu-
tion that there was no hostility between
the organization and the trustees, also
that a will executed by Brattleboro
person had been destroyed because of the
litigation over the Thompson estate. The
will, it was stated, bequeathed to the
town furnished house and nucleus for
an endowment to maintain it, to be used
as place where needy sewing women
might be nursed after leaving the hos
pital, also as home for aged women not
aving sufficient means to enter the Home
for the Aged.
4 Concerning the resolution adopted by
the Associated Charities it is stated that
the action does not correctly represent
the sentiment of all the individual mem
bers of the organization toward the ad-
ministration of the Thompson estate.
As to the action of the Brattleboro
person in destroying the will mentioned,
the attorneys for the petitioners for the
removal of Mr.. Bradley regret that any
body should take that attitude, but do
not consider that the development is
detrimental to their cause.
One of the attorneys, in discussing the
matter, said: IF the trustees would
spend in Brattleboro the money which
: they ought to spend here, the difference
: between that sum and what they are now
spending here would be equivalent in
i value every year to that of any house
which anyone would be likely to will to
S the town."
e In compliance with the ruling of the
n supreme judicial court of Massachusetts
s that the petitioners for Mr.. Bradley's
: removal might file additional particulars
t as requested by the trustees, the counsel
f for the petitioners have filed certain ad,
i ditional names and dates.
Further answering the interrogatory
of the trustees as to the approximate
dates and to whom rules and regulations
have been stated by Trustee Bradley anc
his agents, which it is claimed the trust
ees said they would be guided by in Civ
ing aid from the Thompson fund, the pc
titioners give these names: Mrs. Adai
:, Anderson. Mrs. Edith Buxton, Miss Jun'
q Nash, Mrs. Ida Stafford, Mrs. Flora Scot
= Patterson, Mrs. Mary Paro, Mrs. Fre'
Heyer, Mrs. Ida 0'Brien, Nora Grady
! Susie Miner, Mrs. George Shuman, Emma
: Trombley, Mrs. S. E. Miner.
v To the question asking to whom tn
lie trustees caused it to be made know
* that they would not furnish relief t
n, benefciaries in cases which did not fal
o. under their rules, the petitioners Civ
m these additional names: Mrs. Id
a O'Brien,, Mrs. S. Z. Miner tabout
ge years ago), Mrs. Frank Rose, Mrs. Lou
1t ise Goddard and Mrs Fred Heyer.
2 The petitioners have filed motion t
26
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Storm In New England.

BOSTON, Feb. 5-A northeast biz
zard, the velocity of which ran from
SO to 81 miles an hour sput southern
New England under seven inches of
snow before noon today. The storm
was the worst of the season, but its
effect was not so serious as other
storms because of moderate tempera-
lures. Transportation services were
showed under Weather bureau officials
said the snowfall would continue to-
night. The storm showed in most of
the south shore cities and towns.
Trains on the New Haven railroad
were stopped at Braintree by the snow
and at East Weymouth two trains
were stalled behind a snowdrift which
they could not pierce. Trolley service
was dead south of Quincy School.
were closed and industrial plants il
many instances closed or ran on cur
tailed schedules because operatives
were unable to get to work.
Wireless reports from ships in Mas
sachusetts bay said the storm was Sc
we're with the wind blowing 80 miles
an hour. The Norumbega, new steam
er on her way from Portsmouth, n. H
to Norfolk attempted to run for thi
harbor for shelter, but later reporte'
that she had been forced to anchor il
the bay. Another steamer inwar
bound found refuge in Harvardstow.
| harbor.
There were no morning trains fror
Boston and the up trains moved onl
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
WILL BUILD GARAGE
ON ELLIOT STREET
Fred A. Betterley Secures Brick House
West of the Abbott Building and
Will Tear it Down.

Fred A Betterley, Overland auto
mobile agent, has sold his two tenement
house on Canal street, with private
garage, to Attorney Frank E. Barber
taking in exchange the brick house next
west of the Abbott building on Elliot
street which has been used as dry
cleaning establishment. The sale was
made through John L. Howard's real
estate agency.
| Mr.. Betterley will tear down the ole
house and erect a brick garage on the
lot the coming spring and will move hi
| agency there His public garage OF
| Canal street may be made over into :
| house.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
STREET CAR MOTOR
SETS CAR ON FIRE
Automobile Fire Truck Responds to
Still Alarm from Pine Street Car
Barn This Morning.

A still alarm called the automobile
fire truck to the Pine street car barn
about 9 O'Clock this morning to ex-
tinguish fire in the floor of one of the
street ears. Motorman W. J. Hawkins
discovered fire in the woodwork over
the motor when at the corner of Pine
and Central streets and ran the car
back on to the siding at the car barn,
where he endeavored to put out the
fire with snow Being unsuccessful the
fire department was called. 1t is be-
lieved the fire was caused by the re-
sistance of the motor, which had been
working hard to drive the car through
| the snow Since that time only one cal
has been running, but regular trips have
| been made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Universalist Church

Thursday Feb. 5, to 12 p. M
Jubilee Bazaar, 10th annual fair and fes-
tival Festival hall. Grabs, fancy
work and aprons, flowers and candy
Chicken pie supper to 7.30; entertain
ment by Miss Esther O'Neil, singer
of southern songs and southerner by
birth, 430 and o. CLOCK; dancing with
music by Leitsinger's orchestra from
$50 to 12 O'Clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Red Mems S Hall

Thursday. Feb. 5. Pocahontas
council will hold a social. Wignall s
pupils will furnish entertainment, fol-
lowed by dancing. Everybody cordially
invited.
Friday, Feb. 6, p. m.-Special meet.
ing of Quonekticut Tribe, No. 2, Imp'd
o. R. M. Adoption degree.
Dance Saturday night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
BACK ON THE JOB.
Striking Freight Handlers at Boston
Returned to Work Today.

BOSTON, Feb. s. Freight handlers
at the Boston & Maine and Boston &
Albany railroad terminals and docks
here who struck week ago returned to
work today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Masonic Temple

Thursday, Feb. 5. = Stated assem-
bly, of Connecticut Valley Council, R.
and S. n.
Thursday, Feb. 5.-Bowling by teams
G and f.
Friday, Feb. 6.-Teams d and E. will
bowl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
THE WEATHER.
now Tonight and Friday-Strong North
east Winds

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The weather
forecast: Probably snow tonight and
Friday with slowly rising temperature
Fresh, possibly strong, northeast winds
ON the coast.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Odd Fellows Temple

Thursday evening, Feb. S. - Regular
meeting of Canton Palestine, No. 8.
Friday, Feb. 5.-There viii be bowl
ing match between teams A and I.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05

A Serbian boy, seventeen years old,
recently walked 1000 miles from Pet
rograd to Belgrade to see his mother.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
An Aristocratic Vegetable.
(Keene Sentinel. }

Cabbage at 800 ton makes it dish
only for the working class.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05

Hotels at Rockaway Beach
Washed Into Sea or Dam
aged by Waves-Trolleys
and Railroads Blocked BY
Heavy Snow Fall-Hun-
dred Bungalows Washed
from Foundations at CO.
ney Island
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05

Continued on Page 81
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-07-01
One Sixth of States
Quota for Budget Raised

Approximately $15,OOO.OO or one
sixth of the states quota outside of
Portland has been subscribed toward
the budget sought by the Oregon
State Chamber of Commerce in its
expansion movement.
Springfield, Marshfield and Bend
were the three first towns to go lover
the top" in the order named, in rails
ing their quota. Other towns that
have subscribed their quotas are
Eugene, Newport, Redmond, Madras
and Jefferson county, and Maupin.
Madras quota was raised in less than
twenty-four hours.
c. E. Roush, Chairman of the Mad
ras and Jefferson county committee,
in letter to President Charles Hall
of the Oregon State Chamber of COM
merce, reporting the success of the
Madras and Jefferson county can
vass, said:
This section of the state is great
ly interested in raising the Greater
Oregon fund, and we want to see ev-
cry other section of the state support
this movement heartily. This applies
especially to Portland. Portland has
great opportunity at this time to
prove to the outlying sections of Ore.
gon, which comprise her trade ter
ritory, that she is willing and ready
to reciprocate in the solution of our
problems, and We don't expect her to
fail"
The intensive canvass is now in
progress at Prineville, Coquille, Myr-
tie Point, klamath Falls, Lakeview,
Wallowa, Elgin, Lebanon, and Wap-
initia.
1t is scheduled to begin in the fol.
lowing towns during the week OF
June 2Sth: Cottage Grove, Ashland,
Brownsville, Harrisburg, Bandon,
Gardiner, Newberg, McMinnville,
Sheridan, LaGrande, Wasco and Nc
rO,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-07-01

L. NJ. Shut and r. NJ. Oviatt this
week closed a deal wherein John
Wiidanen has sold his lower ranch,
kndwn as the Currin or Tooze land,
consisting OF 147l acres, to Henry
Smouse, for consideration OF $751;
$40. The purchase price includes the
of the 470-acre crop of wheat and
the section of summerfallow on the
place. Mr.. Smouse will take charge
of the place In time to do his harvest
ing. He has been renting the NJ. X.
Morgan farm south Of lone the past
twelve years. which farm has recent
ly been sold to pendleton party.
His new home when properly brought
back to its normal production will
be one Of the finest near-in ranches
in the county. Mr.. Wiidanen will
now devote his entire time to his
upper Eight Mile farm, the old
Vaughn place.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-07-01
MOUNTAINS CALL MANY
ON NATIONS BIRTHDAY
Ritter, Parkers Mil and Lexington
VIII Draw Crowds-Heppner and
Ritter Will Join in Program-Ban
Games at Parkers and Many Sports
Feature Lexington's Entertain
ment.

With this uncomfortable weather
prevailing, the mountains will prove
an attractive place for many Heppner
people on the third, fourth and fifth
of July. The stores Of the city will
all be closed on Saturday and the fol-
lowing Monday, being a legal holi-
day, will find the banks and many of
the offices closed. This will give bus
inessmen, clerks and other employees
an outing that would not be gained
otherwise.
Under the stirring leadership of
the local commercial club, lot OF
people have signifed their intention
of attending the Ritter celebration.
Ritter is making preparations for oui
entertainment, ana for fear that whae
they have win not prove sufficient,
they have asked Heppner to furnish
a part of the program. S. E. Notson,
chairman OF the local committee has
this in charge and it is safe to say
that Heppner's part Of the program
will be up to standard.
At Parkers Mill where large num-
ber Of celebrators always go. moth
ing is being left undone for the
amusement and entertainment Of
guests. Excellent camping grounds
are provided. Base ball games all
three days will be feature Of this
years celebration.
The refreshing shade of upper Will
low creek will be the scene Of more
than one picnic party and number
of persons who do not feel Like max
ing the long trip from home willsgo
up to local camping grounds for the
day.
At Lexington there will be horse
racing, a bucking contest, foot races
and tug of war. Substantial cash
prizes are being offered in all events.
In the pony races first prize of
$3.50 and a second Of $3.50 will be
given. The winners in the saddle
horse race will get SIS and SO and
the first prize in the free for all Is
$40 while the second draws s12.50.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-07-01
IN THE WEEKS NEWS

L. L. Jakes and son of lone were
business visitors in Heppner We'd
nesday afternoon.
S. E. Moore, prominent lone bust.
ness man, spent few hours in Hepp'
ner on Wednesday.
Emmett Carpenter, the Eight Mile
postmaster and merchant, was here
on Wednesday.
Mrs. ]. j. Cans and daughter, Miss
Francis Cans of Uniontown, Wash.
are spending a couple Of weeks at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. John
son in this city.
Mrs. Henry Kerber of st. Joseph
Mo-, is here to spend the summer
with her son, Albert Kerber, neal
Lexington. She arrived Saturday
with Mrs. Duvall.
George j. Currin, former promin
ent citizen of Morrow county, arrived
in Heppner on Wednesday from hi:
Gresham home and will spend sew
eral days visiting with relatives ant
friends and looking after business in
terests.
Emmett Hughes, who has beef
gaining pharmaceutical knowledge a
the Oregon Agricultural college, re
turned to Heppner Tuesday and vii
spend the summer months in thi
vicinity. He expects to return to Cor
Wallis in the fall to complete hi
course.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Gregg returned
Tuesday from Portland, where the,
attended the Shriners convention
They had no more than reached tn
Rose City than Mr.. Gregg was ap
pointed to a committee position t
help care for Al Kader's guests, AM
thus was kept busy throughout tn
week.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-07-01
WILL GIVE TOURISTS
STRAIGHT ROAD DOPE
Heppner Commercial Club Will Go
Fifty-Fifty With Hermiston Club
In Getting Unbiased Opinion on
East and West Roads Across Nor
row and Umatilla.

Suppose you, gentle reader, were
a. tourist from a far land and had
arrived at the John Day on your way
to Pendleton Through published re-
ports emanating from Hermiston you
were inveigled to take the left hand
road from McDonald's Ferry, the low
or sand country through by Hermis-
ton to Pendleton. And as you met
the griefs attending such highway,
you very likely would not have high
regard for somebody's opinion on
what constituted a good road. Thru
lthis bum steer" you overlooked the
best road to Pendleton. Had you
but known, you very easily could
have taken the road to the right,
which is indeed the right road. This
would have taken you by the way of
Olex up through Eight Mile to Hepp-
ner and on to Pendleton.
Therefore in order to get wide
spread publicity as to real road con-
dtions, the Heppner Commercial
Club has made the following propo-
sition to the Hermiston Commercial
Club, which, If put in effect, will
give the public the benefit of an un-
biased opinion,
Heppner, Oregon, June %, 1920.
To the Automobile Editor, Ore
gonian;
The attention of the Heppner Com
mercial Club has been called to a let
ter published in the automobile Sec
tion of the Oregonian of June goth
from the Hermiston Commercial Club
in which the writer, MIR, F, V. Prime,
takes issue with a letter written by
Mr.. d. T. Goodman, of this city, and
published in your issue Of June 18th,
wherein he recommended taking the
right hand turn after crossing Nc
Donald's Ferry, when travelling east
ward thence though Olex, Eight Mile,
Heppner, Pilot Rock and Pendleton,
In Mr.. Primes letter this route
was enormously referred to as "the
Old Oregon Trail" which passes
through the sand county some ten or
fifteen miles north of the route out
lined by Mr.. Goodman.
The people of Heppner are no more
desirous of deceiying motorists than
are the people of Hermiston and in
writing this letter the Heppner Com.
mercial Club is actuated only by q
desire to see that tourists and other
travellers who come through this sec,
tion of the country follow the best
and most practical route.
In order that the travelling public
may have an authoritative source Of
information by which to be guided in
choosing route through this sec
tion of the state, the Heppner Com
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-07-01
Joseph Conner Called.

Joseph Conner, Civil war veter-
an and native of Iowa, aged "A years,
passed away at the Moore hos
pital in this city early Monday morn
ing following an operation. He had
not been in good health for several
months. Mr.. Conner, while little is
known of his early life, spent several
years in California. He was mem.
Der of Doric Lodge No.20, knights OF
Pythias, and this lodge conducted the
services at the grave in Masonic Gem
etery. The funeral was conducted
from the First Christian church on
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
Rev. W. o. Livingstone delivering the
sermon. The deceased was a hall
brother Of George W. Dykstra of this
city.