THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Tuesday, March 4. 194
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LOCAL NEWS
"Mr. Bob," Junior Class play,
March 20th. It will be good.
W. B. Barratt and PhlU Cohn
drove to Portland Thursday for a
few days' visit.
Mrs. Paul Gammell loft Sunday
morning for South Dakota where she
will spend a month visiting relatives.
"Mr. Bob," Junior Class play,
March 20th. It will be good.
Mrs. J. C. Bell, who has been con
lined to her bed for some time, ia
reported improving.
A pleasant meeting of the ladies'
auxiliary of the Episcopal church was
held at the home of Mrs. W. B. Bar
ratt Thursday afternoon.
Lee Tadberg, former county com
missioner, and P. P. Hasaler, editor
of the lone Independent, were visit
ors from the Egg City yesterday.
Dr. McMurdo reports the advent of
a son at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.
V. Tyler, near Cecil, last Wednesday
morning. The new arrival weighed,
9 pounds and la, doing fine.
John T. Kirk was in town Satur
day from upper Willow creek where
he says everything is looking fine,
Mr. Kirk has started lambing and is
making a fine percentage of husky
lambs.
Archdeacon Goldie was here Sun
day and held morning service at All
Saints church. Announcement was
lmLilc Ihat reirular services will be
held' here on the first and third Sun
days of each month.
Mrs. John Kilkenny returned Fri
day from Condon vtiere she visited
a. few days with her mother, Mrs.
'Kalo Russell, and her Bisters,
Mrs. John Monahan and Mrs. Frank
Maddock.
"Mr. Bob," Junior Class play,
March 20th. It will be good.
Dr. Johnston reports the advent of
a fine daughter at the homo of Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Littlepage, near
Hardman, last Thursday. The little
stranger weighed 7 i pounds and all
are doing fine.
The two Crewdnon boys who were
placed in Jail last week on a charge
of larceny were given a hearing
Thursday. IUchard, the elder, , was
held In the sum of $500 bail and
Torn was released on his own recog
nizance. : 1 ,'llif'
Bert Mason, merchant of lone, was
in town Monday on business before
the probate court. Mr. Mason says
tlmp are pretty good in lone, his
cash business last month being the
best he has had since 1920. Mr. Ma
son thinks tills hard times talk is
largely a matter of habit and
mighty poor habit to get into.
Little Miss Edna Gammell and her
brother, Floyd Gammell, were pleas
ant visitors at tli,e Herald office
Monday afternoon, when they were
much interested In watching the
operation of the Intertype machine,
Edna was also Interested in the big
press and waa invited to come in this
afternoon and watch the actual
printing operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Archlo Ball, who
have been upending the winter In Se
attle, reurnnd from that city Wed
nesday and are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney. Miss
Vera Mahoney, who Is employed with
an abstract company in the sound
city, accompanied them and la spend
ing a vacation with her parents.
Ed Rugg, well kuown farmer of
Ilhea creek, was in town Monday and
while hero let It leak out that he is
about try most successful weather
prophet in this part Of the country.
Mr. Uugg claims that he forecasted
early in (ho faH that w,e would have
a mild winter and a fine, warm, early
spring and the bet still goes without
coppering.
Dr. McMurdo waH called to Alder-
dale, Washington, Tuesday afternoon
lo attend to the injuries of two men
who went over the grade In their car
while on their way to Phil Brady's
B'lieep camp to work through lamb
ing. The car rolled down a steep
. embankment more than 30 feet and
was smashed. The men remained In
the car and, strange to say, were not
seriously Injured.
The leap year ball given last Fri
day evening Bt Elks' temple by the
ladles was ouo of the very best ever
held in Uie Elks' building according
to tliOHC who were present. A large
truwd waui present aud the music waa
Kood. For ouco the uieu were lu tlia
minority au4 It Is said the poor fel
lows were almost "danced to death
latere Uti final number."
S. E. Nyitson returned Wednesday
from htii old borne In Iowa, where ho
was called couple of weeks earlier
by tht? deMh of his aed mother. Mr.
Notson says farmers In the Hawk
eye state ar complaining of hard
times about as they are in Morrow
county, but iuont of them are getting
by without facing foreclosure. Corn
prices have, been fairly good there
but bogs and cattle are still un prof
itable to Uio producers.
SHIPS I
By MOLLIE MATHER
(, 1324, Western Newspaper Union.)
rpHE conductor came through the
QUEEN OF MIAMI FETE
trnln exnluinlna rhat a heavy drift
of suow along the tracks had caused
the delay. The snow had been unusual
ly heavy, coming suddenly In great
sheets, blown by a driving wind. But
the passengers were not alarmed; the
diner would supply their need of food,
and the cars were warm and comfort
able. Janey, closing her magazine, looked
through the window down a country
rond. She thought It would be refresh
ing to walk that white sunny way, and
her fur coat was warm. So she re
placed the small dark hat on her wavy
hair and stepped briskly from the
platform.
Now, as she walked the white sunny
way she was thinking, ruefully, that
there would be no one to welcome her
back to the small apartment no one
to give a smiling word. Mother had
always awaited her homecomings
eagerly, father following with his
quiet but loving welcome. The rooms
above the music store would be quite
empty, echoing their loneliness. With
her customary happy spirit Janey
turned from somber reflections to a
thought of cheer. "I'll find some red
mountain-ash berries," she deter
mined. Janey found the mountain-ash ber
ries; she had glimpsed the drooping
tree from afar. A tloek of winter
hungry birds vanished, chattering at
her approach. Janey was not very
tall; she hud to reach to touch the
lowest limb mid then could not quite
make it. A pleasing voice accosted
her "May I assist you?", the voice
asked, aud the owner of the voice
raised easily his strong arm to her
aid. She sloml, a branch in her hand,
stripping from It tendrils of scarlet
bloom. The man readied for more,
lie smiled clown at Janey. "They are
cheery In this white coldness," he said.
"Were you detained in the train? 1
thhught so. I, too, decided upon a
country walk."
Janey smiled In turn her thanks.
She liked the frank brown eyes of this
obliging stranger; liked the breadth of
his manly shoulders and the natural
ourtesy of his manner. They retraced
their steps carward.
The young man had come on from
the cousin's city, where Janey nna
been stopping, and conversation proved
that he knew, In a business way, the
cousin's husband. The- young man's
name was Bruce Cary, and civil en
gineering his trade; this came In nat
ural confidence, as the long walk
brought them together, and the fact
of Janey's city residence was also
communicated. "I could not keep up
my old home, you know," sho told
Bruce 'Cary, "with the number of mu
sic pupils one may find In a small
town."
It did not occur to either that confi
dences given freely to Btrangera "was
far from their custom. Simply, and
unaccountably, each realized the oth
er's true and comforting Interest.
Janey bud read somewhere that love
was like that you felt that you had
known the loved one Indefinitely.
The man, helping her up the train
steps, relaxed his assisting arm with
strange regret. And when he asked
the pleasure of sharing her car seat
during the rest of the Journey Janey
gave consent Joyfully.
Bruce Gary's Journey did not end
with Juney's destination; he told her
this, regret In the tone that so pleased
her. "Sometime," he begged, bending
closer, "you will let me stop over to
see you In the little music studio that
Is your home?"
Janey shook her head. "It has been
very delightful, meeting this way," she
suld. "I, at leas, have passed a
happy hour. But after all, we are
strangers to each other, going our sep
arate ways. If, as time passes, my
work Is happier for the memory of
this winter afternoon, If the red ber
ries bring recollection of your kind
ness, your sympathetic understanding
to me, why, that will be enough."
Janey smiled wistfully Into the
euger eyes regarding her.
"Please," she begged, "do not try to
persuade me otherwise. It will be
better so. 'Ships,' you know, 'that
puss "
The man repeated slowly, "Then
darkness again, and a silence.' I think
not that, my little friend. However,
now, your way. Uood-by until we
meet again."
The cold apartment was cold and
desolate. Even the crimson berries
and the glowing lamp could not re
lieve the gloom. Janey touched the
piano keys ; a minor chord mocked
her. "I suppose," sW told herself
tremulously, "this Is the 'darkness and
the silence,' "
The days went on. It was Inexplic
able how one voice, newly learned,
could haunt with thrilling cadence;
how the glance of one pair t dark
eyee could eoilpse all ejrw Uuil had
been before ia memory.
Jauey twrued treu the red berries
one evening to respond to a tup at
studio door. Bruce Cary stood there;
Ills aiuile confident la greeting.
"There are snips," be remarked, aa
he followed her Into the lamplight,
"thut travel aide by aide through star
light, Uirough many rosy dawns Into
the safe harbor of--love. Janey, have
you mlsnod me enough to know that
you must live your life as my wife?"
"It Is all very hard to believe this
dream come true," she told him nftoi
n time. "But oh, Bruce, my dear,
won't we always bless that friendly
drift f uiui "
"Mr. Bob," Junior Class play,
March 20th. It will be good.
Mrs. Bartholomew, who has been
visiting relatives at Estacada and
other points in western Oregon, has
returned home and says the Heppner
climate is the one in the world for
her.
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Tuesday and Wednesday. March A and
ALL STAR CAST
in
"Rupert of Hentzau"
Miss Olga Ennmorado, daughter of
General M. Enamorado, consul gen
eral for Cuba to the United States,
was chosen "Queen of Beauty" for
the New Year's Fruit and Flower
festival at Miami, Fla. Miss Enam
orado is here shown gathering some
of the fruit for the festival.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahon(ey, who
have been suffering from an afltack
of flu and have been confined to
their room for a couple of weeks, arc
reported improving. Mr. Mahoney
was able to sit up for a while today.
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What is the Value of
the Railroads?
Also COMEDY
1,380,000,000
570,000,000
5OO,OOO,000
500,000,000
7,000,000,000
400,000 Miles of Track; at only $25,- $10,000,000,000
000 a Mile
The Department of Agriculture
estimates that the average cost of
a mile of improved highway to
day, is anoui ao,uuu. j
00,000 locomotives at only $20,000
each !
Locomotives cost an average of
about 160,000. .
2,400,000 Freight Cars at Only $1,- 2-400,000,000
000 each
The averag cost of a freight car
today is about $2,500. ;
57,000 Passenger-Train Cars at only
$10,000 each
All steel- passenger-train cars now
coat from 130,000 to $35,000 each
Materials and Supplies
Railroads have to keep on hand
millions of, tons of coal, rails, ties,
spikes, and all other material re
quired in maintenance and opera
tion.
Working Capital
50,000 Stations and Terminals,
Yards, Signals, Roundhouses,
Shops, Machinery, Water Supply,
Power Plants, Elevators, Docks,
Coal Pits, and all other Items. In-
' eluding administration
In over 1,000 cities and towns,
stations and terminal facilities
cost over a million dollars apiece.
The shops and machinery engaged
in t'.ie repair of equipment consti
tute an enrmous Industry in
themselves, omploying nearly
4 00,000 men.
'.' fct above property is believe I to
be worth Tuily $10,000,000 000.
and tould not be duplicated f r
anywhere near that amount today.
This Totals
And a valuation recognising all
the elements of value assured
to the ordinary property-owner
would be far in excess of this
amount.
The tentative minimum valuation of the railroads at the end
of 1919 waa found by the Interstate Commerce Commission
to be $t8,lMH,WM),(MM). ' This valuation was based mainly on
cost of labor, materials, equipment, etc., on June SO, 1914. The
subsequent Investment from January 1, 1920, to December 81,
192S, brings tlys Interstate Commerce Commission yaluatlon
for rate-making purposes as of December 81, 1J28, P to about
$81.200,000,000.,
Each reader can Judge for himself the fairneaa erf the con
tention that the Interstate Commerce Commission valuation
should be reduced by from $7,000,00.0fl to 1,00,000,09.
Such a confiscation of values would In effect be) a denial to the
railroads of their chief means of keeping pace with the devel
opment of the country.
Fair recognition of railroad property valaea U eosemial for
adequate earning power a"d credit for further expansion.
C. R. GRAY,
Omaha. Nebraska ' President.
February 1, 1924.
Union pacific System
"GOOD DEEDS"
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Thursday and Friday, March 6 and 7:
JACK HOLT
"NOBODY'S MONEY"
EDNA MURP H Y
in
4 'Her Dangerous Path"
Also
PATHE NEWS WEEKLY
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Sautrday, March 8:
Little Ann
In
"The Greatest Menace"
Also -
"Felix Out of Luck"
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Sunday and Monday, March 9 and 10:
LEA TRICE JOY
in
"JAVA HEAD"
ALSO COMEDY
"The Whole Truth"
$22,350,000,000
Cold Weather Comforts
When the weather is cold and stormy, what is better
than a comfortable club-room, a cue at billiards, a
hand at whist, a good cigar r a delicious hot drink?
All these
Pastimes and Creature Comforts
may be found at
Curran & Barrs
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The House of Welcome and Good, Cheer
Elks' Building
i
Heppner, Ore.
Sigsbee Studio
Is now open and prepared to take
first-class Photographs
B. G. SIGSBEE
PHOTOGRAPHER
Located on Main Street Opposite Star Theatre, Hfppner
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