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Tuesday, March n, 1924 THE HEPPNEK HERALD, HEPPNER. URIiWJN Page Three BROWN MOUSE By HERBERT QUICK fniiiiiiiiuiiimiiiiimiiiimiiiii. milium? (Copyright by The Bobbs-Merril Company) CHAPTER XX Theory and Practice. Superintendent Jennie sat at her desk in no very satisfactory frnmt of mind. In tlie (irst pliice the court was Ito convene on the following Monday, jso that her one-room ofIHe wns not to jl.e hers for a few days. To Wilbur :Smythe, who did her the honor of call ing occasionally, she remarked that i if they didn't soon build Hie new .courthouse so as to give her such ac commodations as her office really needed, "they might take their old lofflce so there!" j "Fair woman," said Wlllmr, as he (creased his F'rince Albeit in a part ins (bow, "should adorn the home!" j "Bosh!" sneered Jennie, rather i pleased, all the same, "suppose she (isn't fair, and hasn't any home!" j Tills question of adorning a home (was no nearer settlement with Jennie than it had ever been, though In creasingly a matter of speculation. There were two or three men rather icood catches, too who. If thev I vumuiitgt'U UUL '.Willi lilt lany of them? This Is what Jennie lasked her paper-weight as she placed I it" on a pile of unfinished examination papers. And the paper-weight echoed !"not a thing out of the ordinary I" And then, said Jennie, "Well, you little j simpleton, who and what are you so lout of the ordinary that you should jsneer at Wilbur Smythe and Beckman iFIfleld and such men?" And echo an (swered, '"What?" and then the mail- I carrier came In. j Down near the bottom of the pile (She found this letter, signed by a I southern state superintendent ol j schools, but dated at Klrkvllle, ills souri : "I am a member of a party of south ern educators state superintendents In the main en tour of the country to see what we can find of an instruc tive nature In rural school work Professor Withers of Ames suggests that we visit your schools, and especial ly the rural school taught by a young man named Irwin, and I wonder If yon will be free on next Monday morning, If we come to your office, to direct us to the place? If you could accompany us on t lie trip, and perhaps show us some of your other excellent schools, we should be honored and pleased." And then came the shock a party of state officials were coining Into the county to study Jim Irwin's school They would never come to study Wit bur Smythe's law practice never tiie world or her work as county superintendent never! and Jim was getting seventy-five dollars a month and had a mother to support. But there could be no doubt that there was something to Jim the man was on of the ordinary. And wasuVt that just (what she hnd heon lookinn for in her uuuu r Jennie wired to her southerner for the number of his party, and secured automobiles for the trip. She sent note to Jim Irwin telling of the prospective visitation. She would show all concerned that she could do some 'things, anyhow, and she would send these people on with a good Impres slon of her county. She was glad of the automobiles the next Monday morning, when at nine- thirty the train discharged upon her a dozen very alert, very up-to-date, very inquisitive southerners, male and female, most of whom seemed to have left their "r's" in the gulf region. was eleven when the party parked their machines before the schoolhouse door. "There are visitors here before us, said Jennie. "Seems rather like an educational shrine," said Doctor Brathwayt of Mississippi. "How does he accommo date so many visitors in that small ediflcer "I am not aware," said Jennie, "that he has been in the bablt of re ceiving so very many from outside the district. Weil, shall we go In?" Once Inside, Jennie fell a queer re turn of her old aversion to Jim 1 methods the aversion which had caused her to criticize him so sharply Ion the occasion of her first visit. The Season for the return of the feeling lan In tl,a fan that fh0 wnrK PO flff Oil was the same sort, but of" a more in- J tense character. It was so utterly Un like a school as Jennie understood the word, that she glanced back at the group of educators with a little blush. The school was In a sort of uproar. Not that uproar of boredom and mis chief of which most of us have famil iar memories, but a sort of eager up roar, in which every child was In tensely interested in the same thing; and did little rustling things because iof this Interest; something like the hum at a football game or a dog fight. ! On one side of the desk stood Jim ! Irwin, and facing him was a smooth stranger or tne oio-msmoneo iigntnuig-rod-ngent type the shallower and lax- er sort of salesman of the kind whose sole business is to get signatures on the dotted line, and let some one else the rest. In short, he was a closer." Standing back of him in evident dis tress was Mr. Cornelius Bonner, and grouped nbout were Columbus Brown. B. Hamm, Ezra Bronson, A. - B. "iilcott and two or three others from outside the Woodruff district. With envelopes In their hands and the light of battle in their eyes stood Newton Bronson, Raymond Slmms, Bettina Hansen, Mary Smith and Angle Tal cott, the boys filled with delight, the girls rather frightened at being en gaged in something like a debate with the salesman. As the latest-coming visitors moved forward, they heard the schoolmaster finishing his passage at arms with the "iou should not feel exasperated at us, Mr. Cai-nilclmel," snid he In tones of the most complete respect, "for what our figures show. You are un fortunate In the business proposition you offer this community. That Is ail Even these children have Ihe facts tr prove that the creamery outfit yov offer Is not worth within two thousand dollars of what you ask for it, and that It Is very doubtful If it is the sort of outfit we should need." "I'll bet you a thousand dollars " began Cnrmlchael hotly, when Jim waved him down. "Not with me," said Jim. "Tour friend, Mr. Bonner, there, knows what chonce there is for you to bet even a thousand cents with me. Besides, we know our facts, In this school. We've been working on them for a long time." "Bet your life we have I" inter polated Newton Bronson. "Before we finish," said Jim, "Iwant to thank you gentlemen for bringing in Mr. Cnrmlchael. We have been reading up on the literature of the crenmerv nroinoter nnri It to n aucnve 01 goou. "He's off three or four points on the average overrun in the Wisconsin co ops," said Newton. "And we thought," said Mary Smith, "that we'd need more cows than he said to keep up a creamery of our own." "Oh," replied Jim, "but we mustn't expect Mr. Carmlchael to know the subject as well as we do, children. He makes a practice of talking mostly to people who know nothing about it and he tuiks very well. All in favor of thanking Mr. Carmlchael please say Aye.' " (To be continued) POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS VOli COUJiTY JUDGE To the Voters of Morrow County: I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of County Judge on the democratic ticket, at the pri mary nominating election, Friday, May 16, 1924. .. R. L. BENGE. 45-3 INFORMATION WANTED entitled cause and Court, on or be- allowed, and to the payment of the Kenneth Peterson. 14 years old. fnro eiv ila fm His Aata nt tlrat atnrreo-rite sum of 116. GOO. 00. tocreth- left Portland on Friday, February , . ... t ,;t ,K ..,, w 29th, and was last seen at ii uu ul """""""i - " ' - Dallas. One man was told by the on r before Wednesday, the 16tn ot t per cent per annum rrom juiy boy that he intended to go to Pr-nuie. day of April, 1924, and, if you fail 3U, 1918, less me sum or iuuu.uu to so appear and answer the Com- raid thereon on Dec. 10, 1921, and plaint of the plaintiff herein, fox for such other and further relief as want thereof the plaintiff1 will apply may be just and eqv.Hable. to the Court for the relief prayed for This summons is served upon you in Plaintiff's Complaint herein, to- by publication thereof once a week ton, and he told another that he In tended to go to Bend, expressing dis couragement and readiness to come home. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pet,erson, 190 Fourteenth street, have not heard from him since he was seen by the agent at The Dalles 3tatien Saturday, March 1st, and ifa worried and anxious to learn his whereabouts. If anyone knows of the! the defendant, John J. Kelly, in the wit: for six consecutive weeks in the For Judgment and Decree against Heppner Herald, a weekly newspaper whereabouts of this boy, the parents will appreciate, their communicating with them at once by wire at their expense. He left Portland in company with Albert Butler, age 16, and this boy is very noticeable on account of large scar on his right jaw. However, thty may have parted company. Kenneth Peterson wore a light green coat and had a green flannel shirt and a light striped shirt,' either sum of $16,600.00, together with in terest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum from tle 30th day of July, 1918, less the sum of $1, 000.00 paid thereon on December 10th, 1921, and for the further sum of $1,500.00 attorneys' fees, and for plaintiff's costs and disbursements of said suit; that a certain contract, FOK SHERIFF I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Sheriff, sub ject to the will of the Republican voters, at the Primary Election to be held in May, 1924. GEORGE McDUFFEE. (Paid Advertisement) FOR COUNTY CLERK To the Republican Voters of Mor row County: I hereby announce that I will he a candidate for the nomination for County Clerk at the Primary Election to be held May 16, 1924. GAY M. ANDERSON. (Incumbent) (Paid Advertisement) of which he may be wearing, cm du-1 'particularly described in said Com- FOR COUNTY JUDGE To the Republicans of Morrow County: I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination at your hands for the office of County Judge at the primary election in May, 1924. My experience of many years as County Commissioner makes me conversant with the duties of the office I seek, and I shall great ly appreciate your support in the primary; and for all past favors, thank you kindly. G. A. BLEAKMAN, Hard man. (Paid Advertisement) roy breeches, putt,ees and black shoes ana a light cap. He has blue eyos, light brown hair and a fair complex, ion; is five feet five inches tail and weighs 110 pounds. J. A. PETERSON. LAGRANDK MAX FAVORS COUNTY UNIT SYSTEM A. C. Hampton, superintendent of the LaGvande schools, has written Superintendent Shurtc the following regarding the county unit system: "The school district as an admin istrative and taxing unit, ha3 proven to be inadequate. It is manifestly unfair when we consider that in one district that happens to have a hich valuation the children are given the best of advantages, while in another district in the same county th3 peo ple cannot give their children a s;noci school. The only solution is to make the county the unit, both for taxation and administration to the end thai the resources of the whole 'count may be put behiiV. the education of every boy and girl in the county; and that the administration may be made more efficient by centralizing tr:e control in one board for the county the same as is now followed in our cities. -i.'C3i A. C. HAMPTON, "Superintendent, "LaGrande Schools in "I'll Bet You a Thousand Dollar,1 Cried Carmlchael Hotly. very nne ming to nave one in the flesh with whom to to demonstrate. If Mr. Carmlchael will allow me to say so." Carmlchael looked at Bomier, made an expressive motion with his head toward the door, and turned as if to leave. "Well," said he, "I can do plenty of business with real men. If you want to make the deal I offer you, and 1 can show you from the statistics I've got at the hotel that It's a special deal just to get started in tills part of the state, and carries a thousand dollars of cut In price to you let's leave these children and this he school ma'am and get something done." "I can't allow you to depart," said Jim more gently than before, "without thanking you for the very excellent talk you gave us on the advantage of the co-operative creamery over the centrallzer. We In this school believe In the co-operative creamery, and If we can get rid of you, Mr. Carmlchael, without buying your equipment, I think vour work here may he pro- FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of County Commission er for Morrow county subject to the will of the Republican voters at the coming primary election to be held on the 16 th day of May, 1921. 46-3 " L. J. DAVIDSON, (Paid Advertisement) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF STATE OF OREGON For Morrow County THE ;)(-.uj SUMMONS Lawrence A. Perry, ;lv ft..; Plaintiff, TS John J. Kelly, P. T. Murphy, Eugene Moli- tor, Mary E. Gorman! and G. V. Gorman, 1 Defendants, TO P. T. MURPHY, EUGENE MOLI- TOR and Q, W. GORMAN, of the above named defendants: IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON:- You, and each of you are hereby required to appear and answer the Complaint of the plain tiff filed against you in the above plaint, and made and entered into on the 30th day of July, 1918, be tween the defendant, Mary E. Perry, now Mary E. Gorman, and the de fendant, John J. Kelly, be decreed to be a real property mortgage lien upon the lands described therein, to-wit: The NWI4 of Section 19; the SM of tlyj S of Section 20; the SWM. of SW',4 of Section 21; the NE of NW of Sec tion 28; all of Section 29, ex cept the N of NE14 ; the S of N, and N of NE of Section 30; the SEof NW14, the SW of NE hi , the N of SEVt, and SE of SE of Section 31; the E, the NVi of NWVi, SW of NW14, S of SW Vi and NW of SW of Sec. 32, in Twp. 4, S., R. 24, E. W. M., In Morrow County, Ore gon, and the SE of NE of Section 25, Twp. 4 South, Range 23, E. W. M., in Gilliam County, Oregon. That the de scription therein, and said con tract, be reformed so as to in clude therein the SE of NWA, and NE of SW14 of Sec. 32, and SWft of SE and S of SW14 of Sec. 31, In Twp. 4, S., Range 24, and to exclude therefrom the NE4 of SE4 of Section 31, in Twp. 4, S., R. 24, all E. W. M. That as so reformed said mortgage be foreclosed and said land sold, as upon execution, and as by law pro vided, and that the said defendants, and each and aU of them, be barred from all right, title or interest or claim in or to said premises, ex cept the statutory right to redeem, and that the money arising from said sale be applied to the payment of the costs and disbursements of said suit to the payment of the attorneys' fees of general circulation in Morrow County, Oregon, published at Hepp ner, by Order of the Hon. Gilbert V. Phelps, Circuit Judse of tho above entitled Court, made and en tered 011 the 29 th day of February, 1924, and the date of the first pub- ication hereof is Tuesday, the 4th day of March, 1924, and the date of the last publication hereof will bo the 15th day of April, 1924. VAN VACTOR & BUTLER, Attorneys for Tlaintiff. Residence and Postoffice Ad dress: The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon. 45-51 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON For Morrow County Cecilo M. Dempsey, Plaintiff. 1 vs SUMMONS Thomas V. Dempsey, Defendant. IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: You are hereby re quired to appear and answer the plaintiff's complaint filed herein, against you in the above entitled court and cause, within six weeks from the date of the fir.jt publication of this summons; and if you fall to appear and answer said complaint, for want thereof the plaintiff will ap ply to the Court for the relief prayed for in her complaint, which is as fol lows, to wit: That the bonds of mat rimony now and heretofore existing between the plaintiff and the defen dant be dissolved and forever held for naught, and that the plaintiff have an absolute divorce from, the defendant. This summons is served upon you by publication thereof for the period of six weeks ln the Heppner Herald, a wee'kly newspaper of general circu lation, printed and published at H,eppncr, Oregon, by order of Hon. W. T. Campbell, County Judge of Morrow County, Sta,te of Oregon, made and entered on the 3rd day ot March, 1924. The date of first publication ia March 4, 1924. WOODSON A SWEEK, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Address: Heppiyr, Oregon. 45-51 FOR COUNTY CI. ERK I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination for County Clerk for Morrow county, Oregon, on the Democratic ticket, subjecj to the well of the Democrat ic voters at the primary election to be held May 16, 1924. 46-3 W. A. RICHARDSON. (Paid Advertisement) FOR COUNTY JUDGE To the Republican Voters of Mor row County: I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for the nomination for County Judge, at the primary election, to be held May 16th, 1924. During my term, my policy has been to obtain efficiency In public service, with economy and fairness. If nominated and elected, I pledge the same in the future. Wm. T. CAMPBELL, Incumbent. (Paid Advertisement) Thomson Bros. OUR STORE is head- quarters for seasonable Qmerchandise. ' We can feed and clothe the whole family from soup to nuts and from hats to shoes See our line of Suits and Overcoats for Men and Boys Good Words About ': "p p p p The conclusions of a threeyears investigation by Pro essor Prcscott, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy, are summed up as follows : 1 Coffee is an efficient, harmless stimulant Its quality depends on how it is made The professor says: "Coffee promotes heart action mildly, increases the power of concentration in mental ef fort and increases the power to do muscular work and is therefore an aid to sustained brain work. .It has no de" pressive after effects and is not habit forming." How's that for a "clean bill" for coffee? 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