THE HEPPNEK HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON Page Three Tuesday, March 1 8, 1924 giimimiiiiiiimiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiui BROWN MOUSE By HERBERT QUICK nlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllill.llllllillli; . (Copyrieht by The Bobbs-Merrill Company) 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. ontinued) of the office I seek, and I shall great ly appreciate your support in the primary; and for all past favors, I thank you kindly. G. A. BLEAKMAN, Hardman. (Paid Advertisement) (To be Just Like a Printer FOR. COUNTY CLERK To the Republican Voters of Mor 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. 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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. They report things fine in and around Heppner. Arlington Bulle tin. 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. 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