THE HEPPNEK HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Page Three
Tuesday, March 1 8, 1924
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CHAPTER XXI
' A New Era Dawns.
There was a rousing chorus of
"Aye!" in which Mr. Curmichael, fol
lowed closely by Mr. Bonner, nmde his
exit. B. B. Huiura went forward and
shook Jim's hand slowly aiid con
templatively, as if trying to remember
just what lie should say.
.lames n. irwin, said lie, "you've
saved us from being skinned by the
smoothest grafter that I ever seen."
"Not I," said Jim; "the kind of
school I stand for, Mr. Hanim, will
save you more than that and give
you the broadest culture any school
ever gave. A culture bused on life.
We've been studying life, in this
school the life we all live here In
this district."
"He had a smooth partner, too,'
said (Jolumbus Brown. .Inn looked at
Bonner's little boy in one of the front
seats and shook his head at Columbus
warningly.
"If I hadn't herded 'em In here to
ask you a few questions nbout co
operative creameries," said Mr. Till
cott, "we'd have been stuck they
pretty near had our names. And then
the whole neighborhood would have
been sucked In for about fifty dollars
a name."
"I'd have gone In for two hundred,"
said B. B. llamm.
"May I cail a little meeting here for
a minute, Jim?" asked Ezra Bronson.
"Why, where's he gone?"
"They's some other visitors come
In," said a little girl, pulling her
apron In embarrassment at the teach
er's absence.
Jim had, after what seemed to
Jennie an Interminable while, seen the
county superintendent and her dis
tinguished party, and was now en
gaged In welcoming them and endeav
oring to find them seats quite an Im
possible thing at that particular mo
ment, by the way.
" "Don't mind us, Mr. Irwin," said
Doctor Brathwayt. "This Is the best
.. thing we've seen on our Journeying
Please go on with the proceeding.
That gentleman seems to have In mind
the perfeetln' of some so't of organiza
tion, I'm Intensely interested."
"I'd like to call a little nieetln'
here," said Ezra to the teacher. ''See
ln' we've busted up your urogram so
far, may we fake a little while long
er r
"Certainly." said Jim. "The school
will please come to order."
The pupils took their seats,
straightened their books ami papers,
and were at attention. Doctor Brath
wayt nodded approvingly as if at the
answer to some question in his .mind.
"Children," said Mr. Irwin, "you
may or may not be Inleresled In what
these gentlemen are about to do but
I hope you are. Those who wish may
be members of Mr. Bronson's meeting.
Those who do not prefer to do so may
take up their regular work."
"Gentlemen," said Mr. Bronson to
the remains of Mr. Cannlcliael's
creamery party, "we've been cutting
bait In this neighborhood about long
enough, I'm in favor of fishing, now.
How many here favor building a co
operative creamery If we can get the
farmers In with cows enough to make
It profitable, and the equipment at the
right price?"
Each man held np a hand. .
"Here's one- of our best- fanners not
voting," said Mr. Bronson, Indicating
Itaymond Slmms. "How about you,
Itaymond?"
"Ah reckon paw'H come In," said
Raymond blushingly.
"He will If you say so," said Mr.
Bronson.
Raymond's hand went up amid a rip
ple of applause from the pupils, who
seemed glad to have a voter iu their
ranks.
- "Unanimous I" said Mr. Bronson. "It
Is a vote I Now I'd like to hear a
motion to perfect a permanent or
ganiiatlon to build a crtamery. Mr.
Irwin will jon pleas? act as secretary."
- Jim sal down at the desk and began
making notes. The meeting appointed
committees, fixed upon a time for a
future meeting, threw a collection of
half-dollars on the desk to start a pet
ty cash fund, made the usual Joke
about putting the secretary under
tond, adjourned and dispersed.
"It's a go this time!" said Newton
to Jim.
"I think so," said Jim "with those
men interested. Well, our study of
creameries has given" a great deal of
language work, a good deal of arith
metic, some geography, and finally
saved the people from a swindle.
Bather good work, Raymond!"
"My mother has a delayed luncheon
ready for the party," said Jennie to
Jim. "Please come with us please!"
But Jim demurred, Cettlng off at
this time of day was really out of the
quesutiu a ne wua I'l oe reauy iu snow
the real work of the school in the
afternoon session.
"This has been rather extraor
dinary," said Jim, "but I am very glad
you were here. It shows the utility
of the right sort of work In letter-writ
ing, language, geography and arith
metic in learning things about farming."
It certainly does," said Doctor
Brathwayt. "I wouldn't have missed
It under any consideration; but I'm
certainly sorry for that creamery
shark and his accomplice to be routed
by the Fifth Reader grade In farm
ing !"
The luncheon was rather a wonder
ful affair and Its success was unqual
ified after everybody discovered that
the majority of those In attendance
felt much more at home when calling
it dinner.
"What d'ye think of our schools?"
asked the colonel.
"Well," said Professor Gray, "It's
not fair to Judge, Colonel, on what
must have been rather an extraor
dinary moment In the school's history.
I take It that you don't put on n rep
resentation of 'The Knave Unmasked'
every morning."
"It wns more like a caucus than I've
ever seen it, daddy," said Jennie, "and
less like a school."
"Don't you think," said Doctor
Brathwayt, "that It was less like a
school because It was more like life?
It was life. If I am not mistaken, his
tory of this community was making In
that schoolroom as we entered."
"You're perfectly right, Doctor,"
said the colonel. "Jim's got too big for
the district, and so we're going to en
large the district, und the schoolliouse,
and the teaching force, and the means
of educational grace generally. That's
as sure as can be after what took
place tliis morning."
"He's rather a wonderful person.
to be found In such a position," said
Professor Gray, "or would be in any
region I have visited."
He's a native product," said the
colonel, "but a wonder all the same.
He's a Brown Mouse, you know."
A a V" Doctor Brathwayt was
plainly astonished. And So the colonel
was allowed to tell again the story
of the Dnrhislilre brown mice, and why
he called Jim Irwin one. Doctor
Brathwayt said It was an tnferesting
Mendelian explanation of the appear
ance of such a character as Jim. '.'And
if you are right, Colonel, you'll lose
him one of these days. You can't ex
pect to retain a Caesar, a Napoleon,
or a Lincoln in a rural school, can
you?"
I don't know about that," said the
colonel, "The great opportunity for
such a Brown Mouse may be In this
very school, right now. He'd have as
big an army right here as Socrates
ever had. The Brown Mouse Is the
only Judge of his own proper place."
'1 think," said Mrs. Brathwayt, as
they motored back to the school, "that
your country schoolmaster is rather
terrible. The way he crushed that Mr.
Canuicliael was positively merciless.
Did he know how cruel he was?"
"1 think not," said Jennie. "It was
the truth Hint crushed Mr. Car
miclmel." "But that vote of thanks," said Mrs.
Brathwayt. "Surely that was the bit
terest irony,"
"I wonder If It was," said Jennie.
"No, I am sure It wasn't. He wanted
to leave Hie children thinking as well
as possible of their victim, and es
peeially of Mr. Bonner; and there was
really something in Mr. Carmichael's
talk which could be praised. I have
known Jim Irwin since we were both
children, and I feel sure that If he had
had any Idea that his treatment of
tills man had been unnecessarily cruel,
it would have given him a lot of pain."
"My dear," said Mrs. Brathwayt,
"1 think you are to be congratulated
for having known for a long time a
genius."
' "Thank vou." said Jennie. And Mrs.
niauiuiiyi gave ' ner a gfaiice wiilra '
brought to her cheek another blush;
but of a different sort from the one
provoked by the uproar In the Wood
ruff school.
There could be no doubt now that
Jim was thoroughly wonderful nor
that she, the county superintendent,
was quite as thoroughly a little fool.
She to be put In authority over html
It was too absurd for laughter. For
tunately, she hadn't .hindered him
much but who was to be thanked for
that? Was It owing to any wisdom of
hers? Well,- she had decided In his
favor, In 'those first proceedings to re
voke his certificate. Perhaps that was
as good a thing to remember as wns
to be found in the record.
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ly appreciate your support in the
primary; and for all past favors, I
thank you kindly.
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row County: I hereby announce
that I will be a candidate for the
nomination for County Clerk at the
Primary Election to be held May 16,
1924.
GAY M. ANDERSON.
(Incumbent)
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Cottage Grove Sentinel.
entitled cause and Court, on or be-,allowed, and to the payment of tha
fore eix weeks from the date of first aggregate sum of $16,600.00, togeth-
publicatlon of this Summons, to-wit, er with interest thereon at the rata
on or before Wednesday, the 16th .of 6 per cent per annum from July
day of April, 1924, and, if you fail 30, 1918, less the sum of $1000.00
to so appear and answer the Com- raid thereon on Dec. 10, 1921, and
plaint of the plaintiff herein, for for such other and further relief as
want thereof the plaintiff will apply may bp Just and equitable.
to the Court for the relief prayed forp Tnis summons is served upen you
In Plaintiff's Complaint herein,
wit:-
For Judgment and Decree against Heppner Herald, a weekly newspaper
the defendant, John J. Kelly, in the of general circulation in Morrow
sum of $16,600.00, together with in-' County, Oregon, published at Hepp
terest thereon at the rate of six per. ner, by Order of the Hon. Gilbert
cent per annum from tle 30th day W. Phelps, Circuit Judcre of tha
of July, 1918, less the sum of $1,- above entitled Court, made and en
000.00 paid thereon on December, tered on the 29th day of February,
10th, 1921, and for the further sum 1924, and the date of the first pub-
t" by publication thereof once a week
I for six consecutive weeks In the
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of County Commission
er for Morrow county subject to 1 he j
will of the Republican voter's at the;
coming primary election to be held j
on the 16th day of May, 19 2 1.
46-3 L. J. DAVIDSON.
(Paid Advertisement)
day of March, 1924, and the date of
tle last publication hereof will be
the 15th day of April, 19 24.
VAN VACTOR & BUTLER,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Residence and Postoffice Ad
dress: The Dalles, Wasco
County, Oregon. 45-51
Heppner Contractors in Arlington
FOR COUNTY CI KRK
I hereby announce .myself as a
indidate for the nomination for
County Clerk for Morrow county
Oregon, on the Democratic ticket,
subject 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 Jl'lHJN
To the Republican Votere of Mor
row County: I hereby announce
that I will be a candidate for th,e
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,
1 pledge the same in the future.
Win. T. CAMPBELL,
Incumbent.
(Paid Advertisement)
IN THE CIRCUIT COUNT OP THE
STATE OF OREGON
For Morrow County
Cccile M. Pempsey,
M
Plaintiff.
vs
SUMMONS
Harry Johnson and Walter Dun
can, contractors of Heppner, were
here on Wednesday looking over the
auto park with a view of building a
similar one for the city of Heppner.
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THE
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the nomination for County Judge
of Morrow county, Oregon, on the
Republican ticket, subject to the
will of the Republican voters, at the
primary election to be held May 16,
1924.
M. R. MORGAN.
(Paid Advertisement) ,
SUMMONS
FOR. COUNTY. 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
IX THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
STATE OF OREGON
For Morrow County
i . Plaintiff,
John J. Kelly, P. T,
H V. T. . . T 1 1
tor, Mary E. Gormanl
and G. W. Gorman, l
Defendants
TO P. T. MURPHY, EUGENE MOLI
TOR and G. W. GORMAN, of the
above named defendants:-
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF OREGON:- You, and eaph of you,
are hereby required to appear and
answer the Complaint of the plain
tiff filed against you in the above
' i
of $1,500.00 attorneys' fees, and for lication hereof is Tuesday, the 4th
plaintiff's costs and disbursements
of said suit; that a certain contract,
particularly described in said Com
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 NWU of Section 19; the
S of the S of Section 20;
the SW of SW of Section
21; the NE V of NW14 of Sec
tion 28; all of Section 29, ex
cept the N of NE ; the S
of N, and N of NE of
Section 30; the SEM of NW,
the SWM, of NE Vi , the N of
SE, and SEVi of SE of
Section 31; the E, the N
of NWy4, SWVi of NW'4, S
of SW and NW V of SW of
Sec. 32, in Twp. 4, S., R. 24, E.
W. M., in Morrow County, Ore
gon, and the SEVi of NE4 of
Section 2 5, 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- '
elude therein the SE'A of
NW'i, and NEi of SW4 of
Sec. 32, and SW of SEA and
SV4 of SW1 of Sec. 31, in Twp.
4, S., Range 24, and to exclude
therefrom the NE of SE 14 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 Bald defendants,
and each and aH 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
Thomas V. Dempsey, I
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 iu the above entitled
court and cause, within six weeks
from the date of the first publication
of this summons; and if you fail 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, tha
defendat.
This summons is served upon you
by publication thereof for the period
of six week3 in the Heppner Herald,
a weekly newspaper of general circu
lation, printed and published at
Heppner, Oregon, by order of Hon.'
W. T. Campbell, County Judge ot
Morrow County, State of Oregon,
made and entered on the 3rd day ot
March, 1924.
The date of first publication is.
March 4, 1924.
WOODSON & SWEEK,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Address: Heppner, Oregon. 45-61
FOR 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 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
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