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The New York herald., 1922-04-09

r N the winter when the trees on the
mountains are bare and when the
roads are impossible the seasonable
environment is not encouraging to moon
shine activity, but the moonshiners are
active nevertheless. Then 1t is not so diff
ficult for the revenue officers who patrol
the hills of Tennessee, Virginia and Ken
tucky-"the moonshine belt"-to find the
settings Of the stills. 1t would seem that
the bad roads would prevent the officers
patrolling the hills, but the fact Is that
they are not to be stopped by any natural
barriers short OF death itself What the
severity OF winter does hamper is distri-
button OF the liquor. Since the automobile
Is the principal instrument OF distribution
the thick mud OF the clay roads makes II
scarcely possible for the branch OF the in.
dustry which has to do with the transport
ing OF the liquor from the hills TO be free
in their work.
But the moonshiners are busy, neverthe-
less. Over the scrawny, unclad plant life
OF the hills in winter-mere silhouettes of
the framework Of the forests-the thin wisp
OF white smoke floats out and the officers
mount their horses and start out on the
trail. The officers are busy in winter, but
the summer with them Is a period OF
frantic effort.
The moonshine made In winter Is gen.
orally OF good quality-at any rate OF bet.
ter quality than that distilled In summer.
In the summer the mash is scarcely given
time to ferment and the liquor has no age.
II Is taken from the watts to the market,
and II 1t Is not wholly raw and II Il has
enough kick to bear up the reputation
OF moonshine 1t is because II has been
"doctored" That is, the new lIauor IL
given age by the addition Of foreign mat.
ter, usually most injurious
But that made In winter has time 10 fer.
ment and age. II IL mellow when in early
summer II comes down from the noun.
tains. And 1t comes down in a cataractic
food.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Moonshiners Wife Weary.
Of the Strain and Work

Finley Minton was as relentless and
conscienceless a moonshiner as ever lived.
His wife was work-weary and faded and
worn, and meek and submissive. She was
without ambition, for his houting bearing
had destroyed all hope in her heart for
his reformation. She accepted life because
she had It. Bertha Thomas was her sister.
She lived In an ugly shanty on beautiful
hillside overlooking a rushing little tribu-
tary to the Holston River. Her home was
with her sister and her brother-in-law.
She was primitive she was uneducated; I;
her environment from birth had been just
such as II was in the evening last Novem-
ber when Fin Minton told two of his friends
OF Buds and Berthas courtship.
Minton, a neighbor, also addicted to
moonshining, and man from Bristol, In
whom they both had confidence, sat in
Minton's cabin before a blazing wood fire.
Minton was In the center OF the tri-
pointed arc, his feet, encased In clay
stained boots, held stiffly before the flame
lie was muddy from the frazzles Of his
corduroy breeches TO the topmost strand
OF his uncombed hair. He was keen
faced man. He had the appearance of
a degenerated student. As a matter of
fact he was handsome. but for man to
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Squadron' of Raiders Scours Mountains,
Braving Dangers Little Realized Beyond
the Hius---Bitter Conflicts Expected With the
Conzing of Sun1n1er--- Women Aid Husbands

have told him that would
have brought on everlast-
ing enmity.
He took two stout drinks
from the black-topped jug
half hidden under the rude
bed and at once began to
radiate amicability. He
became talkative and be-
gan on his favorite sub
ject;
"Yes, sir, there's places
women's all right, and
there's places they amt.
Now, maybe I'm maxim a
little whisky round here
somewhere, and maybe l
amt. But If I am l amt
amin to take no women
in as pardners. You al
ways ends in a mess If
you do; l amt never
knowed it to fail. If l am
runnin' a still my wife
amt goin' to know where
/ got it. And If some dern
deputy sheriff comes round
tryin' to stick his nose in
my business and wantin' to
show off his new badge,
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

AS the floods sweep down from the melt
ing SHOWS of the peaks of northern noun
tains 80 does the torrent of moonshine
come down from the southern hills in
unabatingly through the summer.
The thick foliage offers effective con-
cealment for the stills. The smoke Is
broken and smothered in the tree tops.
The officers find their work tripled. The
'bootleggers" in the towns are over sup
piled. The price of moonshine goes down.
The nights are filled with rushing auto
mobiles. The hillsides are dotted with
new stills. The warfare's intensity in
creases. The Federal and county officials
fight the moonshiners mercilessly. The
death and casualty lists OF both sides show
tremendous increases. The war between
the law and the mountain legions is
really summer war.
Summer Time of Death
For Many in Mountains
with the opening OF summer II is prob
able that killings will be almost daily
occurrences. The operators of the stills
and their assistants VIII be as alert as
they will be busy. The women and chill
dren will be called into service. Last
summer many instances were found
where the stills were run by women and
youths while the men were engaged In
getting the "revenuers" of tho trail or in
holding raiding parties at bay.
In the winter a stranger can wander
about certain sections Of the mountain
country unmolested. In the summer one
cannot. The stranger must pass dozens
and dozens OF casual pickets In the course
OF stroll through the mountains. In
variably the mountaineer asks one ques-
tion of the foreigner:
Stranger. what might yo' business be?"
And the wise one hastens to state his
business. Even so. he is certain to be
watched until he takes his leave from the
hills.
AS general thing the mountain women
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

the moonshining tendencies WNzsM
of their men. It Is not un-
common for them to help In e
the operation of the stills. It
is not unheard Of that they
have fought the "revenuers'
In aid of their husbands and
sons and brothers. Now and
then a woman, lying In ambush, shoots
and kills a raiding officer who, with
his companions, has managed to flush a
still in the process of run" But that
il only an occasional occurrence, it II ac-
counted poor headwork for when such
treachery Is met with the raiding officers
are not unlikely to take immediate re-
prisal. II woman in hiding shoots one
of the despised "revenuers" the chances
are she will lose a husband.
The fact is that most of the maon-
sinners put little confidence In their women
and tell them nothing of their business.
They consider a woman undependable and
likely to make critical mistakes. The late
Finley Minton, who was killed in quarrel
with his brother-in-law last January,
moonshining philosopher of the mountains,
expressed the bearing OF the mountaineers
toward their women folk rather well.
Women" he once said, "aint got no
business foolin' with liquor. In the first
place they blab too much, and they amt
got the right kind of nerve. amt sayin'
a woman amt got the nerve, for some OF
them have got nerve; but 1t just amt the
kind that goes with maxim liquor. The
sight of sheriff scares 'em plumb daffy."
Fin Minton was one of the most pictur-
esque of mountaineers. He was a philoso-
pher indeed and was conscious OF the fact.
He Is the one Of whom 1t was told In
the first article of this series that he
spent several weeks of the winter in
Florida, fishing Later in this article he
will be quoted and his views regarding
women will be enlarged on, for II must
be conceded that his ideas and ideals are
most typical of the mountains. The
romance OF his sister-in-law. Bertha
Thomas, and Bud Mercer, prosperous
young moonshiner, is an interesting mar
rative and is illustrative of the feeling
of some of the mountain women on the
moonshining question.
1t has been said that the mountain
their men. That is: they know in most
cases that their husbands and sons and
sweethearts are moonshining, and they
have no great objections. They aid as
best they can when they are allowed to
aid. When the moonshiners, who have
prospered so we'll that they have auto
mobiles OF their own, are occupied with
taking their product to town the women
watch over the paraphernalia, and In case
"revenuer" comes too perilously near
they hasten to hide the watts and coils
under the waters of the creek--submerging,
by the way, is a principal method OF con-
cealment of the apparatus.
1t is no less than natural that the women
should be in sympathy with their moon
shining men folk. Successful and undis-
turbed moonshining means prosperity
suck prosperity as was never dreamed Of
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

by the mountain people before the coming
OF prohibition. Prosperity means comforts.
It means store clothes and finery and
more tasty food than pork, corn bread
and gravy, which was the uniform fare OF
the mountaineer's household before the
name of volstead flashed to the horizon.
Prosperity means an automobile-and an
automobile is the highest earthly luxury
to the mind of the woman of the hills. Once
the aristocrat was the owner of a ram
shackle wagon and a scrawny nag; now
horses and their vehicles are the emblems
of poverty.
! But women are alike everywhere. Moon
shining Is dangerous, and back in the heart
eof every woman OF the mountains there
turks the hope that some day In the far
Il off future her husband or her sweetheart
may have enough money set aside to leave
the hills and settle on a fertile farm near
the town and the railroad-in the valley
This lurking sentiment Is accompanied by
a deep loyalty, and together these two
qualities move the woman to anxiously
countenance her mans moonshining pre-
rogative.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
Hibernians Play Old
Country Foot Ball

As one of the features of amuse-
ment on Friday, there was a game of
soccer football between teams chos-
en- from the Hibernians, and it was
well attended as well as being inter.
esting and exciting.
St. Patrick's day was quietly but
fittingly observed in Heppner, the US
ual services being held at the Cath
olic church during the day, with a
meeting of the Hibernians in |. O.
0. F. hall.
Members of the Order of Hibern.
ians and their families enjoyed a
banquet on Saturday evening at Ho.
tel Patrick and closed the celebration
in a fitting manner a
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
PART Of HEPPNER'S
TEACHERS ELECTED

At meeting of the school board
held recently, a partial list of teach
ers for the coming year was elected
from the corps now teaching, These
are Edna Turner, primay; Blanche
Fahy, part of the first and second
grades; Opal E. Clark, second grade
Elizabeth Dix, third grade; Margare,
Cason, fourth grade; Addie Quesin-
berry, fifth grade; Blanche Jordan,
sixth grade; Gladys Turner, seventh
grade; Rita Norris, domestic science
and art; Lorena Palmateer, English
Bernice Hopper, music.
In order to meet the reduction in
the budget covering the item for
teachers, authorized by the taxpay-
ers, the board has found it necessary
to revise the scale Of wages, down.
ward, and it has also decided to
abandon the opportunity ROOM for
the coming year, thus reducing the
corps Of teachers by one.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
U. S. Government Makes
Urgent Call For Auditors

The recent examination for this
position failed to provide a sufficient
number of eligibles and it is neces-
sary to hold the examination again on
May 3 TO fill vacancies in position of
auditor in the Income Tax Unit, Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue, throughout
the United States, at entrance sal
aries ranging from $500 to $4,000
a year, inclusive.
Qualified persons are urgently re-
quested to take this examination.
For further information and applica-
ton blank apply to the local secre-
tary, Board Of Civil Service Exam
liners, at any first or second class
postoffice, or to the secretary, 18th
U. S. Civil Service District, 303 Post
Office Building, Seattle, Washington,
in time to arrange for the exal ina
ton of the applicant.
c. W. PAINE,
District Secretary
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
Heppner Man Graduates
From Practipedic School

E, N. Comfy of the Comfy Shoe
store of this city has recently grad
uated and received his certificate
from the American School of Prac
tipedics, of Chicago.
Mr.. Comfy states that Practipedics
is the knowledge of extending foot
comfort in the shoe store through
scientific methods of shoe fitting ant
the intelligent use of the famous
foot comfort appliances invented by
DR.. Vim. Scholl.
Mr.. Comfy is quite enthusiastic
over his completion Of this course
and It will now be his ambition tc
send every customer out of his store
with comfortable feet, in neat, stylish
shoes. This will be special service
rendered the customers Of the Gonty
Shoe store.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
First Christian Church
Lords Day, March 26.

We had great day last Sunday
packed house, fine dinner, and raised
$6S35 for the new church, this with
the $500 insurance money to be
given TO this fund makes a total of
$685., with which to begin our work.
The work of rebuilding will begin
as soon as the plans are completed
The Bible school Airplane race is
becoming interesting, The blue plane
is within three hundred miles of San
Francisco, the red plane is coming
six hundred miles behind. She plans
to pass the blue plane Sunday, Great
day expected, come and be with us.
Bible school 10, Communion and
preaching at II, intermediate Chris
tian Endeayor 4, Senior Christian
Endeavor $50, song service and
preaching at 7:30. Come and meet
with us, you will enjoy it.
LIVINGSTONE.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
LOCAL BOY PLAYS IN
j. OF D. ORCHESTRA

Arthur Campbell, of this city, is
playing bass clarinet in the Univer-
sity of Oregon symphony orchestra,
which will appear at the Star theater
Thursday evening, March 80, under
the direction of Rex Underwood.
Art" as he is familiarly bnown, is
the librarian Of the orchestra, and
is in charge of the housing of the
musicians on the trip.
This is the first time the orches-
ira has toured the eastern part of
the state. This organization will
come here directly from Pendleton
where it is also TO appear Its itin-
erary includes beside Pendleton and
Heppner, The Dalles, La Grande,
Hood River, two Willamette valley
towns and probably Portland.
The program is to contain besides
the numbers by the full orchestra,
solos and feature combinations. Two
soloists are carried by the orchestra.
Lora Teshner, cello soloist who for
merly travelled with the Turlow Lieu
rance Little Symphony orchestra as
the cello soloist and Alberta Potter,
the violin solosist. This is Miss Pot
ter's third year as violin soloist of
the orchestra. She is a member of
the faculty of the university school
of music in the capacity of violin in.
structor.
Negotiations are under way to give
dance after the concert under the
auspices of the American Legion
The music is to be furnished by the
orchestra'S ten-piece Jazz band.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23

WANTED-A woman for general
housewOrk. Phone 532. If.
Bom-At Hardman on March 18th
to Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Stoneman, a
y IL pound son.
Edward Rietmann, extensive far
mer of the lone section was a visitor
in this city on Tuesday.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. George F.
Cross, residing IL miles northeast
of lone, on Sunday, March 10, a
son.
Mrs. ]. D. French and sons John
and Herbert we're visitors in the city
on Friday from their home on Big
Butter creek.
LOST = Female Lewellyn bird
dog, white with blue and brown
spots. Reward if returned to A. C.
Crowell, Heppner.
Martin Benin Of the Ella section
was in Heppner on Tuesday, max
ing final proof on his homestead be-
fore Clerk Waters.
BAKERY SALE and White Ele-
phant sale at the Christian church
building Saturday afternoon and eve
ming. Don't fail to patronize it. Tas-
ty things to eat; useful things to use.
Come and see the display.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
Lexington Church of Christ

All regular church services as us
ual. Bible school, at 10 o'clock. Reg
ular classes for everybody. The
Lords Supper and preaching at If.
Junior Endeavor at $50 p, m; Sen
ior Christian Endeavor at I; evening
sermon at s. Morning sermon, "The
Greatest Book in the World" Eve
ming sermon, "A Fools Paradise. "
Remember that the Lord has told us
to forsake not the assembling of our
selves together (Heb, 1925. We
give you a hearty invitation to at
tend our services.
ARTHUR A. HARTMAN, Minister,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
Jack Stone, Released Last
Week, Arrested for Assault

Jack Stone, who was last week
dismissed from custody of the Off
GERS on a charge of insanity, was lat
er arrested on a charge of assault,
and on a hearing before Judge Cor
nett on Saturday was given SEN
tence of ten days in jail. The judge
agreed to remit half OF this if the
man would return the money he held
Farley up for, but this proposition
did not suit Stone and he is serving
out the sentence in the county jail.
Farley has to acknowledge that he
was separated from his ten dollars
in a pretty clever manner, and here
after will keep his check book in his
pocket when he is approached by
someone with a brickbat in his hand
whom he considers insane,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
TRACTOR SCHOOL IN
STRUCT|VE TO MANY

According u the Medford Mail-Tri-
bune, a most instructive tractor
school was held in that city March
10 and II, and we are informed by
Chas. H. Latourell, of the Latourell
Auto Co., of this city, that a sim
liar school will be put on at Pendle-
ton on Tuesday and Wednesday Of
next week, March % and 20. The
school will be held at the sales rooms
of the Simpson Auto Co., in that city,
and all those interested in further
particulars should see Mr.. Latourell
at his garage in Heppner and receive
full information.
The Medford paper says:
The school is joint production
of the Ford Motor Co., the Standard
Oil Co., the Oliver Chilled Plow Co.,
the American Seeding Machine Co.,
and the Oregon Agricultural college,
each with an especially trained rep
resentative present. The most sur
prising part of the school is that there
are no trade names mentioned and
nothing offered for sale.
In explaining the origin of the
school ]. D. Jordan, assistant mana
ger Of the Ford Motor company at
Portland, said, "Mr. Ford has stated
that the farmers costs Of production
are too close to their selling prices
to permit of reasonable margin Of
pofit. With this in mind this school
was started. Calling together the
FIVE largest manufacturers in the field
of power farming we are offering you
the benefit Of their experiences and
extensive study on costs simply with
the thought that it may be possible to
clear up the little troubles and there
by assist the farmers to cut their
costs of production"
The first nights program at Pen
dleton will open with a talk on igni-
ton and carburetion by c. E. Allison
of the Ford Motor company, with an
engine set up and running on the
floor. His practical talk will leave
small doubt that much expense can
be eliminated through a better know
ledge of troubles how TO locate them
and how to correct the minor ones in
the field. William Munro, fabrication
expert of the Standard Oil company,
will then give a talk on fabrication,
explaining the workings Of combus-
ton engine and the necessity of oil.
Other speakers for the second
night will include Chas. w. Harrison
of the Oliver Chilled Plow works, in
a talk on blowing, discirg and culti-
waiting; Fred S. Serviss, special rep
resentative of the American Seeding
Machinery company on seeding, seed
bed and Yields, Professor W. 6.
Gilmore, in charge of the farm mech
anics division of the 0, A. c. on pow
er farming and the part the college
plays; c. C. Calkins, county agent,
n the extension work and the yeas
program,
A feature Of the school IS motion
pictures showing inside workings of
Henry Ford's plant at River Rouge,
covering coke manufacture, blast fur
mace and production.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23

John Kilkenny has added to his
real estate holdings by taking over
the two Butter creek ranches of C.
P. Bowman, Of Santa Monica, Calf,
The deal was closed the past week
and Mr. Kilkenny will take immedi-
ate possession of the ranches.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given that the un.
dersigned have been iu!y appointed by
the County Court of Morrow County
Oregon, Joint administrators and admin
lstratrix of the Estate Of Silas A
Wright, deceased, and have accepted
such trust. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
and required to present the same, with
vouchers and duly verified as by law re.
quired to us at the office Of our attor.
neys, Woodson and Sweok In Heppner
Oregon, within six months from tn,
date hereof.
Dated and first published March 23
1922.
MARTHA ]. WRIGHT,
FRANK GILLIAN,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23

Eugene Freeland, who is here to-
day to attend the funeral Of his fa-
ther, E. L. Freeland, has been with
the state highway department and
working in southern Oregon. He will
continue with the highway depart
ment and have work in other parts
of the state. Eugene is native of
Heppner.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-23
JUDGE LOWELL WILL
NOT Be CANDIDATE
(Pendleton Tribune)

Not desiring to submit his name
to the people of Oregon for the rep
ublican nomination for governor as
he has been urged to do Judge Ste
phen A. Lowell of Pendleton in let
ter to the Tribune sets forth that the
candidates chosen will most likely be
elected because of religious belief or
racial condition. He does not wish
TO be subjected to such a test and
states that he has no sympathy with
either religious bigotry or racial pref
udices.
Judge Lowell's letter follows:
March IS, 1922.
Editor Morning Tribune,
"Pendleton, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
six weeks investigation has unde-
ceived me as to the gubernatorial
situation in Oregon. Early in Febru-
AIRY gave to the public a tentative
platform in the full expectation OF
becoming a candidate for chief eX-
ecutive of the state, and in the belief
that the issues of the campaign were
TO be economic, industrial and moral.
am now convinced that the primary
election, two months from tomorrow,
and the general election in Novens-
Der will probably be determined up
on the age old conflict of race and re-
ligion. Neither the ability, person
ality nor the attitude Of candidates
upon state problems, are likely to re-
ceive controlling consideration at the
polls.
Il am a Protestant in religious
faith, descended from ancestors who
came to New England in the 18th
century. | believe that can properly
claim to be an hundred per cent
American, but | have no sympathy
with either religious bigotry or racial
prejudices. Whether man be Prot
estant, Catholic, Hebrew, Mohamme-
dan, Braham or Confucian depends
chiefly upon the environment of his
childhood. For the place Of his birth
or the color of his skin he is not re-
sponsible.
The people who are injecting
these exotic issues into the campaign
are assuming censorious authority
which belongs to no individual, no
secret society. They are compelling
those factors in our population whose
race or religion they attack, to meet
organization by organization, to act
together for the protection OF their
civil rights and the prerogatlves OF
their citizenship. The result is that
in the more densely populated coun-
ties there exists already sub-surface
fire of sectarian passion and racial
antagonism, which bids fair to CON-
pass the entire state, increasing in
volume and vehemence until the fun
damental interests of the public are
overshadowed and forgotten.
Il would deem it a distinguished
honor to be governor of Oregon and
believe that at this juncture could
render valuable service to the COM
monwealth, but am accustomed to