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HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1923
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University of Oregon, Eugene,
Ore., July 14 (Special). Reform
in the rural school system, the weak
link in the chain of American educa
tion, is necessary if the public schools
are to attain the results expected of
them, William J. Cooper, superin
tendent of schools in Fresno, Cal.,
declared this morning in an address
before the summer session assembly
on the subject "Why the Public
School?"
The why of the public school in
Mr. Cooper's opinion is to inculcate
the ideas of democracy and effective
citizenship and to unify the nation's
culture.
"The main defect in the American
public school now," said Air. Cooper,
"is that the child in the rural dis
trict has not the educational oppor
tunity of the city child. You can
easily see this by simply taking a
look at some of the buildings to
which rural children are sent."
Short terms, poor building facili
ties, inexperienced teaching staffs,
all contribute to the inefficiency of
the rural school, according to the
speaker. He quoted statistics show
ing that the city child receives edu
cation for a much longer period of
each year than the child in the rural
district does. Figures quoted from
Kentucky, selected as a typical and
not exceptional case, indicated that
in the first eight years of schooling
there was available for the child in
the city district a total of 72 months
of school against an average of 43
in the country. "This," said Mr.
Cooper, "makes it necessary either
for the rural child to do one-third
more work in the time he is in
school or to remain in school for one
third more years. Few are able to
do either one or the other."
Figures quoted from recent edu
cational research indicated that of
native-born whites ten years old or
over, 30,000,000 live in cities and an
equal number in the country. The
number of illiterates of the 30,000,
000 in the cities was given at 21 1,000
or seven-tenths of one per cent, while
in the country districts the number
was 1,031,000, making the percent
age of illiteracy 3.4 per cent or
nearly five times as high. In the case
of the negroes, illiteracy ranged from
13.4 per cent in the city to 28.5 per
cent in the country.
The amount of wealth back of each
child in the public schools is a fac
tor according to Mr. Cooper, and
serves to explain much of the in
equality of educational facilities be
tween city and country.
"The answer to the problem," said
Mr. Cooper in conclusion, "is the
spreading of the burden of school
support over the state as a unit to
raise the money where the wealth
is and spend it where the children
are. Then you may have equal op
portunity for every American child."
The policy of state support for
schools should be carried out, be
lieves Mr. Cooper, in spite of the
influence of large corporations mak
,ing big profits in outlying counties
having few children, who protest
against being taxed for the education
of children in other districts.
Nailing A Lie.
Quite frequently in I. W. W. pub
lications agitating the release of the
Centralia murderers you will find
the assertion that the judge who pre
sided at the trial has since declared
that he is convinced that there has
been a miscarriage of justice. This
can best be answered by the follow
ing quotation from a letter received
bv the Legion from Judge John M.
Wilson of the Superior Court of
Thursten County, Washington:
"About a year ago I received a
communication from Elmer Smith,
who was one of the defendants, en
closing a resolution passed by some
Seattle organization and requesting
me to use my influence toward the
release of these defendants from the
penitentiary This, of course, I ig
nored. I have paid little attention
to the matter and it is needless to
sav I have made no statement that
I believed justice had miscarried.
At the time of the trial 1 was fully
satisfied of the guilt of these de
fendants and have had no reason at
any time since to change my mind."
Peter Curran will spend the sum
mer at Galena, Oregon, where he
will look after the supply end of
some of the Kilkenny sheep camps.
I Installation Ceremonies At
Heppner Oddfellows Lodge
Last Wednesday night was the
date of the semi-annual installation
of officers at Willow Lodge, No. 66,
I. O. O. F. when a good sized crowd
of members were present.
The following officers were instal
led: Sherman Shaw, N. G.; D. 0. Jus
us, V. G.; A. M. Phelps, secretary;
J. L. Yeager, treasurer; Adam Knob
lock, warden; M. J. Devin, conduc
tor; J. C. Kirk, chaplain; Albert Ad
kins, R. S. N. G.; O. M. Scott, L. S.
N. G.; G. W. Sperry, R. S. V. G.;
D. C. Gurdane, L. S. V. G.; A. Z.
Barnard, warden.
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Announcement has been received
here of the marriage at Nez Perce,
Idaho, on July 3, of Miss Frances M.
Laird, to Mr. George W. Mills, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Mills, of Ka
miah. The bride is well known in
Lewiston's younger set. She gradu
ated from the Lewiston high school
with the class of 1921 and later spent
one year studying at the state nor
mal. Mr. Mills, who is a grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. George Swaggart,
former residents of Heppner, also
graduated from the Lewiston high
school with the class of 1921 and la
ter fitted himself for a business ca
reer with a course at a business col
lege. Mr. Mills is a native son of Hepp
ner and will be remembered by many
bovhood friends.
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E. H. Harbison, grain buyer of
Morgan, was doing business in Ce
cil on Saturday.
Miss Olive Logan of Portland re
turned from Heppner on Saturday
and spent the week-end with Mrs.
Weltha Combest at Cecil.
J. W. Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Streeter of Cecil, were taking in the
sights of the county seat on Friday.
Mr. Sherard and family of The
Willows were calling in Cecil on
Sunday.
Misses Doris Logan of Heppner
and Ester Logan of lone were the
guests of Miss Georgia Summers at
The Last Camp for a few days be
fore leaving for their respective
homes on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Van Schoiack
and family made a short stay on Sun
day at The Last Camp on their re
turn from Cottage Grove where they
spent their vacation before starting
harvest on their ranch at Balm Fork.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Barnard and
daughter, Miss Loye, of Lexington,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Franklin of
Milton were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Lowe at Cecil on Sun
day. Mrs. H. V. Tyler of Rhea Siding
was visiting Mrs. Jack Hynl at But
terby Flats on Monday, also meeting
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Franklin who werR
the guests of Mrs. Hynd during their
stay in Cecil while calling on their
friends.
Misses Annie C. Lowe and Violet
Hynd accompanied by Mrs. Alfred
Shaw were calling on their friends
in lone on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oral Henriksen and
daughters of Ewing, were visiting in
Heppner on Monday.
Geo. Henriksen of Strawberry
ranch left on Monday for Portland
where he will visit for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Weber who have
been visiting with their daughter,
Mrs. Geo. Henriksen, at Strawberry
ranch for some time, left on Wed
nesday for their home in Canby.
Miss Elsie Huff of Portland is
spending her vacation with her sis
ter, Mrs. Oral Henriksen at Ewing.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lundell and
family accompanied by Misses Elsie
Huff of Portland and Blanche Gro
shens of Heppner were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lindstrom at
their home near lone on Wednesday.
Messrs E. W. Erickson of Grass
Valley and Albert Miller of Heppner,
also Misses Bernice Githens and
jThelma Miller of Heppner and Mil-
dred Henriksen of Strawberry ranch
i were the guests of Mrs. Jack Hynd
! of Butterby Flats on Sunday.
I Mrs. J. E. Crabtree and son of
PENDLETON MAN HELD
FORTHER OFAUTO TIRE
Cecil Ledgett, who gives his ad
dress as Pendleton, is being held in
the county jail in default of $500
bail on the charge of stealing an
auto tire and rim at Rose Lawn
ranch in Sand Hollow.
Ledgett and three other young
men it appears, stopped at the ranch
a few days ago and asked if they
could buy an auto tire. No one was
at the house at the time but Miss
Hynd and she told the men to see
her brothers who were working in
the hayfield. Instead of going to the
field, so it is said, Ledgett went to
the garage and helped himself to the
spare tire and rim from the Hynd
car and drove on to Heppner. Sher
iff McDuffee was notified and soon
picked the men up and lodged them
in jail and they were given a hear
ing before Justice Cornett. Two of
the men were dischargd and Ledgett
was bound over as above stated while
the other man was held for the Uma
tilla county authorities on another
charge.
Morrow County Picnic
Is Postponed Again
As sometimes happens in Portland,
it rained Saturday, July 7, the day
the Morrow County Reunion associa
tion was to have held its annual pic
nic at Laurelhurst Park in Portland,
and of necessity it was again post-'
poned.
After duly consulting the weather
man, the executive committee have
set Saturday afternoon, July 1st, for
this annual event.
We have the promise) of good
weather on that date and with the
additional assurance afforded in the
tradition that "the third time is the
charm," it is confidently expected
that the attendance will be large and
the event will be an unprecedented
success.
N. C. MARIS, Secretary.
Women of Woodcraft Will
Visit Union Convention
A party of Heppner ladies, mem
bers of the Women of Woodcraft ex
pect to go to Union next Thursday
to attend a convention of that order
to be held there. Delegates from
the local camp who expect to make
the trip are Mesdames W. A. Rich
ardson, Vawter Crawford, L. W.
Briggs, Chas. Swindig, W. H. Her
ren, and 0. T. Ferguson.
The guard team from the local
camp will also make the trip and will
take part in the team floor work con
test at the convention.
Lester Gemmell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Gemmell, who recently
underwent an operation for appen
dicitis at Heppner Surgical hospital,
is reported by Dr. McMurdo to be
recovering nicely.
Dotheboys Hill were visiting with
Mrs. H. J. Streeter on Saturday.
R. Balcomb, the genial postmaster
of Morgan, was calling on W. H.
Chandler at Willow creek ranch on
Wednesday.
Jack Hynd returned to his farm
on Thursday after touring around the
county for a week with his daughter,
Miss Annie, who has stayed over in
Ukiah at Hynd Bros, ranch The
Pines.
Krebs Bros, and their man left
Cecil on Wednesday for their ranch
above Heppner and are busy putting
up their hay.
Oscar Chandler of Willow creek
ranch, left on Saturday with his
Fordson tractor for the harvest fields
near lone where he will work during
harvest.
Heat registered in the shade at
Cecil store Friday, July 13th, 102
degrees at noon. A heavy sand
and wind storm visited Cecil about
7:30 p. m. the same day. Saturday,
July 14 at noon heat 104 in the shade.
Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Logan and son
Gene of the Willows and friend Sid
ney Willmott of Portland were vis
iting with Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Street
er on Friday.
The low price of wheat may have
caused the birds of the air to dis
agree and to send a delegation to
pans unknown to investigate mat
ters. We presume in sympathy with
the wheat men and in search of
wheat worth eating at a higher fig
ure, is the reason of three wild geese
passing over Cecil on Tuesday, July
10th, and four more passing over the
next day.
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HELD NEXT SUNDAY P.M.
Twenty or more twisting, bucking
cayuses will be tried out at Gentry
Field next Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock as to their fitness to have a
place at the coming Rodeo meet in
September.
It is said there will be plenty of
excitement and the boys who do the
riding will need to watch their ps and
qs if they stay put.
The county is being scoured for
real outlaws for the Rodeo and with
such success that the tryout Sunday
will have plenty of thrills.
A small fee of 25 cents admission
charge will be made to provide a
purse to pay the riders, and Vee Gen
try, who is managnig the affair, says
the fellows will sure earn their mon
ey. This will be better than any ball
game and all admirers of wild west
stuff will want front seats.
Morrow Pupils Win Prizes
In Dental Essay Contest
Grace Louise Buschke, of District
No. 3, Rhea creek; and Earling
Thompson, of District No. 16, Ella,
have been awarded cash prizes of
$10 each for essays written on the
importance of the care of the teeth.
The awards were made by the state
board of dental examiners and the
Morrow county pupils were selected
as prize winners out of more than
ten thousand contestants in the state.
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Mrs. T. B. Buffington of Pendleton
was a visitor in lone the first of the
week, the guest of Mrs. Bert Mason.
Miss Lovely Warfield is visiting
in Pasco, Wash., with her sister, Mrs.
Edna Puyear.
A number of farmers have begun
harvesting. Dwight Misner was the
first to deliver wheat at the ware
house. Miss Clara Linn has resigned her
position at Bert Mason's. Miss Vera
Engleman will be her successor.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wright return
ed Sunday from a brief honeymoon
trip and are now living in the John
Cochran house. Mr. Wright is em
ployed at the Bank of lone.
Saurday was the hottest day of the
Saturday was the hottest day of the
stood at 102 degrees.
Mrs. Bert Mason motored to Port
land last week. She was accompan
ied by her two sons, her mother, Mrs.
Godfrey nad Mrs. W. T. McNabb and
Mrs. T. B. Buffington.
Mrs. Earl Blake is visiting in Ida
ho with her parents, the Rev. and
Mrs. J. L. Jones. She was accom
panied by her sister, Miss Gwendo
lyn Jones, who has been a student at
Washington university for the past
year.
Mrs. Delia Corson is enjoying a
visit from her son Eldred.
The Rev. Hiram Sabin has moved
his family to lone. They are occu
pying rooms in the basement of the
Christian church.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Griffith visit
ed on Butter creek last Sunday with
the C. H. Bartholomew family.
Miss Zelma Engleman is visiting
with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Engleman.
Mrs. Holmes Holeman and little
daughter of N. Yakima are visiting
Mrs. Holeman's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Cochran.
Special music Sunday, 11 a. m.; 7: 45
p. m. Federated Church. Come.
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Local Fishermen Return
From East Lake Trip
Judge and Mrs. Campbell, Arthur
Campbell and Stanley Minor re
turned Sunday evening from East
Lake where they spent several days
enjoying some of the best fishing
sport of their lives. Stanley, al
though the youngest one in the par
ty caught the biggest fish, his prize
being so big it took two men to land
it. The party got more fish than
they could dispose of and the weath
er was too warm to bring them home.
"East Lake is certainly the home of
the big fellows," says Arthur Camp
belll. "We heard stories of Eastern
Brook having been caught there that
weighed 32 pounds but we didn't see
any quite that size."
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HELD ENJOYABLE PICNIC
One of the most pleasant social
events of the summer was the picnic
held last Thursday afternoon on the
lawn at Mrs. Frye's home by mem
bers of Bethel Chapel Sunday School.
About 75 persons were present and
all report having had a most delight
ful time.
There was music and a program
and various games and stunts but,
according to A. M. Phelps and W. 0.
Dix the chicken dinner had every
thing else on the program faded.
Bethel Sunday school, which meets
regularly in the rooms formerly oc
cupied by the Elkhorn restaurant, is
said to be growing and much interest
is being shown in the Bible study
classes and other branches of the
work.
Extension Service Is
Preparing For Conference
On the occasion of a recent trip
to Washington, D. C, arrangements
were made by Paul V. Maris, direct
or of the college extension service,
whereby special assistance from the
United States Department of Agri
culture will became available to Or
egon in analyzing the agricultural
industry in this state. This work will
fit into plans now going forward at
the college in preparation for the
agricultural economic conference to
be held here the third week in next
January.
Through V. N. Valgreen, in charge
of the division of agricultural finance
for the Department of Agriculture,
the extension service will secure the
services of a specialist who will con
fer with certain cooperative growers
associations that have requested as
sistance in the development of fi
nances for plans they are asked to
adopt by the Federated Fruit and
Vegetable Growers' association, a
national selling agency with which
they are affiliated.
Armed with national and interna
tional statistics bearing on the pro
duction of crops that can be grown
commercially in Oregon, Mr. E. Mer
ritt of the States Relations Service
of the department of agriculture, has
arrived in Corvallis to assist the Ex
tension Service in a county by coun
ty anaylsis of crop production in the
state.
Clyde Witcraft, well known bas
ket and baseball player, who has
been spending several months in wes
tern Oregon has returned to Hepp
ner for the summer.
HONESTMEATS
Morrow County Meats for Morrow
County People
Get our Prices on Hams, Bacon, Lard
We want to handle your Harvest Trade
The Central Market
G. B. SWAGGART
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COUNTY COURT HOLDS
REGULAR JULY SESSION
County Court met in regular ses
sion at the court house in Heppner,
Oregon, on Thursday, the 5th day of
July, 1923, at 10 o'clock a. m. with
all officers present: When among
others the following proceedings
were had, to-wit:
The court took up the matter of
the various claims against the Coun
ty and being fully advised allowed,
rejected or continued the same as
per notations on the face of the
claim.
Court ordered the transfer from
Special 2 funds to the General Road
fund the sum of $33.19 same being
the amount formerly transferred
from the General Road fund to take
care of an overdraft on Special 2
fund.
Court ordered the Clerk to give
notice of cancellation of all uncalled
for warrants issued prior to July 1,
1916 same to be cancelled if not
called for in sixty days from July 1,
1923.
Umatilla County, insane ....$ 5.00
C. B. Orai, sealer 13.80
C. C. Chick, physician 10.00
S. Shaw, overseer 25.00
Daisy Becket, Wid. Pen 25.00
Sadie Morey, Wid. Pen 17.50
Rebecca Knight, Wid. Pen. 40.00
Amy D. McFerrin, W. Pen. 17.50
Lydia Ritchie, Wid. Pen 17.50
F. J. Gordon, Poor 25.00
Ida Fletcher, Poor 15.00
Jesse Kirk, Poor 30.00
Andy Cook, Poor 30.00
Dick Lahue, Poor 25.00
A. E. Perry, Watermaster .. 16.84
W. W. Smead, Cur. Ex 11.51
Paul McDuffee, Salary 64.00
Dalton Add. Mach. Co., Ct.
House 200.00
Red Cross, Nurse , 250.00 ,
Heppner Herald, Office 14.90
Glass-Prudhomme, Office .. 9.80
Bushong & Co., Office 72.6!)
A. L. Cornett, Just. Ct 20.19
Ed Huston, et al, Just. Ct. 12.00
Phil Brady, et al, Cir. Ct. 135.00
Lena Shurte, Supt 18.00
Heppner Elevator Co., Ct.
House 30.00
Thomson Bros., Ct. House.. 7.73
Heppner Lt. & W. Co., Ct.
House 73.90
Case Furniture Co., Ct.
House 1.75
Emanuel Hospital, Poor .... 120.00
Mrs M. Jordan, Poor 23.59
Underwood Typewriter Co.,
Ct. House 65.00
A. D. McMurdo, Insane 5.00
L. D. Neill, Watermaster .... 15.00
R. L. Benge, County Court 10.00
L. P. Davidson, Co. Ct 36.00
County Agent, Co. Agent .... 225.00
Martin Ried, Ct. House .... 1.68
Gilliam & Bisbee, Ct. Use. 25.51
W. T. Campbell, Co. Ct. .. 20.00
Geo. McDuffee, Prohi 39.00
Howard Cooper Co., Gen.
Road 2,065.34
Ed. Breslin, Wood Cont. .. 708.75
B. P. Stone, Dog 10.50
U. S. Reclamation, West.
Extension 1,300.00
A. E. McFarland, West. Ex. 9.00
C. E. Glasgow, West Ex 78.00
J. McCoy, Market Road 136.00
Pyle & Grimes, Market Rd. 24.00
Watt Shipp Co., Market Rd. 33.98
Humphreys Drug Co., Mkt.
Road 26.17
State Acci. Com., Roads ... 109.10
Max Deweese, Spl. 2 26.91
Jack Ayers, 17 21.72
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