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The Gazette-Times
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
VOL. 37, NO. 8.
HEI'I'N'ER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, KKJO.
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER TEAR
ALL DRIVES FOR MONEY
Local Commercial lWxly Held Meet
ing on Wednesday Evening De
l-Men to (Jo After Mall Routes
Will Make Hnul Spurt on Fair
Funds Drive.
Hereafter, members of the Hepp-
ner Cummeclal Club will not donate
money to any cause which has not
been endorsed by the Club through
its Investigating committee. The
committee named by president Chas.
Thomson at the meeting of the Club
on Wednesday evening consists of W.
P. Mahoney, C. E Woodson and M.
D. Clark.
It's one drive after another in
Heppner, and Heppner Is in a pecu
liar situation today. Re-building Is
taking a lot of money. The hotel and
the Elks building have called fn h
a lot of dollars from the community
pot, to say nothing of the dollars that
have been required In private enter
prise. All of this following the drain
of wax-time demands for money and
the drives still coming on, have forc
ed the town to the limit. Civic im
provements, for water and streetB.
the carrying on of Bchool work at a
greatly Increased cost and the hun
dred and one items that go toward
keeping up' the high cost of living,
have taken nothing from the burden.
Thut Is one reason why Mr. Mahoney
suggested that such a committee be
appointed. Hereafter, only the wor
thy causes will receive the endorse
ment of the club.
The club has suggested that the
Morrow County Fair Association ex
tend the time for payment of the last
half of the amount due on fair stock
In the new organization. Therefore
half of the amount subscribed will
be due at the date of subscription
and the balance, given in the form
of a note without Interest until after
maturity will be due on May 1, 1921.
Under the plan for financing the
new fair association, Heppner is to
raise one-half of the total amount of
stock. It was first planned to pro
ceed under a $25,000 capitalization.
It is now apparent that the fair will
start working on half that amount,
leaving much of the building and im
proving of grounds to be made next
year.
New Rural Routes Discussed.
Rural free delivery routes running
out of Heppner were discussed and
finally referred back to the standing
committee, and It is likely that some
action will be taken at once to see
what can be done toward establishing
a route running out of Heppner,
down Willow creek, across Rhea
creek, through the Liberty and Eight
Mile sections and back Into town.
An agitation has been on for some
time to get free express delivery for
Heppner. The question has come up
before anil the express company has
turned the matter down on the plea
that there was not sufficient business
to Justify free delivery. Sam Hughes
was made chairman of a committee
1,'st night to again take up the mat
ter. The club voted to co-operate (with
the Farm Bureau In making the Far
mers' Picnic a success. It was also
voted to provide entertainment for
outside people who would be In
Heppner on Saturday to attend the
wool meeting. The entertalnmenl
committee consisting of H. A. Dun
can, R. J. Vaughan and M. L. Case
was given authority to proceed with
plans for proper entertainment.
Humor, Pathos and Sentiment
Abound in "Little Women"
Filled with humor, pathos and del
icate sentiment, "Littlo Women," the
f'imous novel by Louisa M. Alcott,
'which has been plcturized and releas
ed as a Parumount-Artcraft special
picture, will be shown at the Star
theater Friday. This will be an ev
ent In which every woman and child
In the city, and men too, for that
matter, who have read this Immortal
story, will be intensely Interested.
It Is a lavender scented picture of
Nelw England during the days of the
Civil War, and Its numerous home
touches, Its bits of romance and its
gentle pathos are bb effective in the
photoplay as they were in the pages
of Miss Alcott's wonderful book.
One follows the career of Meg, Jo,
Beth and Amy with solicitude and
one laughs when they are Joyful and
weeps Iwhen sorrow overtakes them.
Who does not recall Jo's sublime and
usoless sacrifice when she sells her
hair to provide money for her moth
er's trip to Washington where her
husband lies seriously 111? Who can
rofraln from weeping nt the pathetic
death of Beth, nor marvel at the
wealth of love which bound the girls
to "Marmee" and father and to one
another?
This Bplendid photoplay Is of unus
ual hlHtorlc interest Inasmuch as the
scenes were filmed In nnd about the
home of Miss Alcott in Concord,
Mass., Iwhere she wrote "Little Wo
men." Evory attention was paid to
the dotalls of production by Hurley
Knoles, the director, and Rene Guls
sart, the photographor. The four
little women are portrayed-by Isabel
Lamon, Dorthy Bernard, Lillian Hall
and Florence Fllnn. .Kate Lester,
Julia Hurley, George Kelson, Con-
rad Nelson, Hnry Hull and Lynn Cordllla LeTrace, Miss Florence Cn
Hammond also are In the cast, son and Miss Anna Cork,
Heppner Hotel Company Holds
Election Building Progresses
The Heppner Hotel company held
its stockholders' meeting one evening
last week in the office of Woodson ft
Sweek. The following directors were
elected: W. P. Mahoney, J. W. Bey
mer, J. F. Vaughn, Jack Hynd and
Chas. Thomson. Mr. Thomson," a
new member of the directorate, suc
ceeds R. F. Wigglesworth, who has
resigned.
The directors met on Tuesday ev
ening and chose the folloing officers:
John F. Vaughn, president; Chas.
Thomson, vice president; C. L.
Sweek, secretary. With the excep
tion of Mr. Thomson, the officers re
main the same as formerly. Mr.
Thomson takes the place of Mr. Wig
glesworth. A committee was appointed to
place the remaining $8000 worth of
stock. This stock has been pledged
by 20 stockholders of the company.
Secretary Sweek says that a num
ber of hotel men have sent In inquir
ies regarding the lease on the new
building and it is likely that this
will be definitely settled before many
more days. Contractor Traver has
announced that the hotel will be
complete about July 1.
Fence Should Be Repaired at Once.
The pasture adjoining the .Masonic
cemetery has been thrown open for
the use of the town cow, and we are
reminded that last summer a fire de
stroyed a portion of the cemetery
fence and the Bame has never been
repaired. Some of the best bunch
grass In existence Is inside the ceni-
Letery, around the graves, and or
course this Is just where bossle likes
best to browse. The result Is thut
a number of graves are being tramp-
:-d up, some of them in a shameless
manner, and It is a disgrace. Before
utiv further damage is aone, uie
fence should be repaired and the cat
tle shut out. It Is hard enough to
make the cemetery look as It should,
'without having a lot of town cows
running at large there and mussing
up what has been done.
TEMS OF INTEREST
Dr. A. K. Higgs, at one time a
practicing physician of Heppner,
made a brief business visit here this
week. Dr. Higgs just recently return
ed from Siberia, where he held a
captain's commission and had charge
of an army hospital. He is again
located In Portland.
Dr. D. N. Hayden, recently of
llardmun, hus opened offices in Hepp
ner over the Patterson & Son drug
store and will be permanently locat
ed in this city.
We understand that Dr. 11. T. Alli
son, rormerly of tills city who nas
been living at Amity, has taken over
Dr. Harold Bean's practice here and
will return to Heppner to again take
up his residence.
The young son of Lon McCabe of
lone Iwas brought to Heppner last
Sunday morning for surgical aid.
The boy was wounded in the leg as
a result of the accidental discharge
of a .22 rifle. Dr. Cchlck attended
In in, and his condition is said to be
Improving.
A young man by the name of Earl
Murray was brought to Heppner
Wednerday, suffering from a factur-
ed leg, received when thrown under
the wheel of a plow. He la, under
the care of Dr. Chick.
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Bean left last
Thursday for Portland, where the?
will make their home. D, Bean Is
leaving a good practice here in order
to become associated with Dr. Law
rence Selling, a noted specialist of
the Hose City. The best wishes of
their many Heppner friends accom
pany Dr. olid Mrs. Bean to their new
home.
B. S. Clark, well known farmer of
the Strawberry section, spent Wed
nesday afternoon in Heppner.
Mike Marshal, Boardman sheep
man, spent the last ot t lie week in
Heppner on business matters.
STRAYED
From my Khea creek ranch, ono
4 year old steer, durk red and white
spotted. Right ear cropped nnd left
ear uniler-sloppod. Branded END or
lazy H on left ribs and right hip. Al
so ono red heifer 3 years old with
same brand and mark. Reward. No
tify E. 0. llnverstick, Heppner.
Mrs, Cochran Entertains.
There was an Informal gathering
of former Monument people nt the
nine of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Coch-
and on last Thursday evening, at
which time a number of those who
formerly lived In Grant comity were
brought together for a social even
ing. Mrs. Cochran served refresh
ments and a genuine good time was
had. Those entertained on this occa
sion nt the Cochran home were Mrs.
John Cason, Mr, and Mrs. Wm.
Straight, Mr. and 'Mrs. Ud Furns
worth, Mr. nnd Mrs, Henry Welch,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Patterson, Mr.
and Mrs. L. V. Clentry, Mr. nnd Mrs.
Harvey Merrill of Monument, Miss
OR FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
"Via -ha'
Farm Bureau Is Host to Growers at
Meeting Marketing Problems
Will lk' Discussil State Associa
tion Officers Here.
Heppner will be a mecca for a
large number of wool growers, buy
ers and men interested in the sheep
Industry, on Saturday afternoon.
The meeting has been called by
the Morrow County Farm Bureau
and Is the third of a series of meet
ings to be held In the last two or
three weeks by Oregon Wool Grow
ers. The first meeting was held In
Pendleton, which resulted in a com
mittee being appointed to confer
with wool buyers and others connect
ed with the marketing end of the
game, in Portland.
Saturday's meeting will find Jay
H. Dobbin, president of the Oregon
Woolgrowers' Association In attend
ance, as well as Mac Hoke, secretary
of the association. T. J, Mahoney
of the Columbia Basin Wool Ware
house, representatives from the Port
land Wool Warehouse and Kosh
land's as well as marketing experts
from the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, will also be here. Prominent
wool growers from Umatilla and
other counties have signified their
intention of being among those pre
sent.
The wool growers are interested
primarily In a better method of mar
keting wool, but other problems of
vital interest to the industry will al
so be discussed. It Is not unlikely
that present wool auctions in the var
ious country centers of production
will he done away with entirely and
Portland made the wool center of
the Northwest.
The Saturday meeting will be held
in the Odd Fellows Hall and the
Heppner Commercial Club Iwill pro
vide entertainment for the visitors.
Heppner Batted Fossil
Pitcher Out of the Box
When Heppner high boys got their
bnttlng eye working last Saturday
afternoon on the local diamond, they
started something which resulted In
a marathon race for our boys and a
complete rout for Fossil. As a re
sult, Cooper was yanked from the
tox, but Morris, who replaced him
could not stem the tide of battle, and
Heppner just went on, running In
one score after another. This all
happened Iwell along in the ganit,
for the first inning or two, things did
not promise so well for Heppner,
Fossil taking the lead frm the start.
The local boys demonstrated one
thing In their victory over Fossil Sat
urday, and that Is, they can play ball
when once they get going and they
should give lone that long promised
drubbing when the two tennis meet
in thoir next encounter. P. A. An
derson gave excellent satisfaction as
umpire.
Good Dairy Cows in Morrow
County
Fred Hoiks of Irrigon, Oregon had
the good fortune to secure one cow
at the Boardman sale, which had In
a very short space of time demon
strated the fact that she has pro
duced enough fat to justify a certi
ficate of rogister of merit. Fred
Local Organization Gets Ready For
Annual Picnic Committees on
Wool Marketing Reported at the
Saturday Meeting,
The executive committee of the
Morrow County Farm Bureau real
izes that the Institutions of higher ed
ucation in Oregon are facing a crisis.
They realize that unless there is ad
ditional support from the taxpayers
of the state, the university, the ag
ricultural college and the state nor
mal school will not be able to pro
ceed in carrying on the higher edu
cational work of the state In a pro
gressive manner. That is why tht
executive committee went on record
last Saturday afternoon in tehir re
gular monthly meting as favoring the
passing of the higher educational tax
measure as well as the elementary
tax measure. The comittee also en
dorsed the four per cent bonding
bill.
The annual picnic came up for
discussion. This picnic will be held
in Heppner sometime during the
month of June, and the Farm Bureau
has appointed a committee to coop
erate with other organizations to
make the event a success. The com
mittee is R. W. Turner, E. E. Rugg
and Matt T. Hughes. The Farm Bu
reau, Farmers' Union and Heppner
Commercial Club plan to unite in
putting over the picnic.
The committee on wool marketing
which met in Pendleton with grow
ers and later in Portland With both
buyers and growers, made its reports,
which was followed by a lively dis
cussion of the wool situation and the
meeting which will be held In Hepp
ner this coming Saturday.
Church Elects New Pastor.
The First Christian church of this
city has elected W. 0. Livingstone,
of Marion, Kansas, to be pastor of
the congregation for the coming year.
Mr. Livingstone and his wife are
both preachers and Mrs. Livingstone
is expected to arrive in Heppner the
coming week to begin the duties of
their new pastorate, and Mr. Living
stone will come on a little later, after
getting his work properly closed In
his present field of labor.
Juniors Put Over Class
Play To A Full House
The Junior class of the Heppner
high chool put over their class play
"The Arrival of Kitty" in an approv
ed fashion to a full house in the
school auditorium last Saturday ev
ening. For lively uction and inter
esting plot, the play was all that
anyone could ask and the efforts of
the students were rewarded with
hearty applause. Much credit for
the success of the play is due to Miss
es Frease and Dafoe, who coached
the pupils In their work.
Heiks is the proud possessor of this
certificate. Mr. Vornon Jones of Ir
rigon, has two cows which have been
tested by Mr. Reiks and according
to these tests are sure eligible to
register a merits record If the tests
have been official. We anticipate
that, several of the. heifers that were
bought at that time will also prove
to be fully as good as these cows.
These are the kind of foundation
stock that Morrow county surely do-BireB,
Service Men Are Goats
But Find They Can't Thrive
On 0 & C Land Grants at All
Former service men are being
made the goats, while looking for
homesteads on the 0 & C land grants
in southern Oregon, but unlike the
goat of tin can fame, they are finding
that making a living on the rolling
rocn-riDDed lulls of Douglas county
would drive a jack rabbit to suicide.
Bennie Boone, son of Col. Boone
of Lexington, writes from Roseburg
mat mere are a feJw pieces of land
down in that country, but they are
extremely hard to find. He says,
we stayed at one place one night
two of us, at the home of a half-
Dreed. He had lived on this place
for 23 years. When we asked him
what our blji was for the night he
said he only took the weekly Ore
gonian and Was not up much on hotel
prices, but thought $2 apiece would
be plenty. It was." Boone has the
homestead idea out of his head, so
far as the southern part of the state
is concerned, and has gone to work
in the store room for the Southern
Pacific railroad, but there are hun
deds of former service men who are
pouring into that country who arc
not so fortunate. They are victim
ized by real estate men, according
to reports and many of them are re
turning to their eastern homes very
much disgusted. The story of one
of these ex-army boys is given in an
interview tq the Roseburg Review as
follows:
"I pulled into this place in one of
those tourist trains with the side
door coaches," he said, "with a
hunch that I was going to view my
farm and become a prosperous citi
zen witin a few months. The first
person I met was a real estate man.
He told me he had located a number
of men and would like to show me
something I could file on. He said
he had some good rolling land In
mind, so I told him to roll it around
and I'd take a look at It.
"Well he took me out in the sticks
a few million miles, I guess it was
that far; anyhow, we met a man out
there who was coming to vote for
Lincoln this fall, and he took me to
see some land which on the map was
marked level with large graveL The
only level land in the bunch was on
the map and the gravel was the size
of an ordinary house. It would make
a goat seasick to go around some
of them rocks.
"The real estate man told me he
would locate me on that patch of
nowhere for $ 10, and I told him I
wouldn't give him J 10 for the whole
d outfit. So he took me to an
other place. It was marked 'up and
down,' but it was mostly up. A na
tive there told us that a party of
surveyors had been there five years
ago and that there would be a rail
road built soon. He was so 1wild'
he'd have to behogtied for a week
to get him used to a train.
"We looked the land over. It was
so steep we couldn't even find a place
level enough to roll dice on, and if a
man wanted to sleep out there he'd
have to have one of those California
folding cots the kind you anchor to
a tree. If you wanted to keep a
woman on that land you'd have to
find a Mexican senorita and cut her
toe nails short and then take her
shoes away from her.
"A guy told me that a jack rabbit
cpuldn't live on the most of this
grant land, and I told him if he could
show me a piece where a respectable
rattlesnake could live for two weeks
I'd file on it. I hit this town with
$115, but It's gone, and so will I be
by tonight."
His experience is the same as
hundreds of others. There is one
feature which is in favor of Rose
burg. The army taught the men to
retain their good humor in spite of
hardship and disappointments. A
few are sore and "crabby," but the
majority take their loss of time and
money good-naturedly and are going
back home to start over. A few are
biased and refuse to recognize the
advantages to be found in this local
ity, but by far the majority are
charmed with the climate and with
general conditions and quite a num
ber plan on returning. Some are
laying and with the money they had
intended to invest in government
land are buying small tracts of par
tially improved land nnd nre going to
build homes for themselves.
RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE.
Whereas, it has pleased the Su
preme Ruler of the I inverse to
summon from our midst, our belov
ed neighbor, Louretta Yeager, be it.
Resolved, that we, the neighbors
of Maple Circle, No. 259, X. of W.
hereby extend our earnest sympathy
to the bereaved husband and chil
dren of our deceased neighbor, in
their sad affliction. May God's Disss-
vr. rest upon them and may they
loot: to Him for comfort.
liesolved that a copy of these re-
sC'luMons be spread upon the minutes
ot our Circle, a coppy delivered to
he bereaved family and a copy be
given to our city papers for publi
cation.
NOKAH RASMUS,
MAGGIE COX.
ELSIE STEVENSON,
Committee.
Jack McCullough is the proud ow
ner -of a new Premier car which lie
bought this week from McLean A:
Suavely of Pendleton. The car is a
beauty ami is priced at $5000.
First Wool Sales of Sea
son Are Reported Here
Two sales of fine wool by local
growers are reported this week, the
first to take place in Heppner this
season. John Kilkenny has sold his
fine wool clip of 100,000 pounds to
Tom Ross, of Crimmins & Pierce
Boston wool firm. While the price
paid for the Kilkenny wool is not
given out, it is understood to be sev
eral cents over what was paid last
year and Mr. Kilkenny feels that he
has made a good sale. He believes
that it will result in holding up the
market locally and will also have a
tendency to strengthen the sheep
market, which is rather weak at the
present time.
Frank Monahan sold his fine wool
clip to J. W. Beymer, buying for the
Portland W'ool Warehouse, receiving
60 cents per pound. This is nearly
three cents better than the prices re
ceived by Mr. Monahan for hia fine
wool last year.
Bishop Paddock Spoke on
"Education" Here Monday
Bishop Paddock spoke to an at
tentive audience last Monday even
ing in the Episcopal church on the
subject of "Education." The bishop
is a scholarly speaker ami has been
intimately connected with education
al matters in a large way, in his
church work. Special music was
furnished by the choir.
Harvie Young Sells Eight Mile
Ranch to Sherman County Man
Harvie Young has sold his Eight
Mile 960 acre wheat ranch to Roscoe
Sherman county for a consideration
of $31,200. The deal was made
through the E. M. Shutt real estate
office of this city. Mr. Young will
continue to farm the ranch for Mr.
Zeek of Sherman county for a consid
eration of $31,200. The deal was
made through the E. M. Shutt and
R. M. Oviatt real estate offices of
this city. Mr. Young will continue
to farm the ranch for Mr. Zeek for
an Indefinite period ot time and
gets the crop from the ranch this
year.
ERS ARE MID
Morrow County Organization Perfect
ed For Raising Local Quota in
Home Service Program.
Under the direction of county
chairman Lena Snell Shurte, a coun
ty organization i3 now complete for
raising Morrow county's quota in the
Salvation Army Home Service pro
gram. Committees have been ap
pointed in every precinct within the
county.
Following are the committees ap
pointed: Hardman, George Bleak
man and W. H. Ayers; Eight Mile,
E. H. Carpenter, Oscar Keithley,
Theodore Anderson and Ora Adkins;
Gooseberry, Frank Young, Nels Joha
sca, Fred Griflin; lone, Chas. Dovin
and Bert Masou, Lexington, W. O.
Hi!! and W. G. Scott; Hinton creek,
M'jy Boyer and L. V. Gentry; Wil
low creek, Ralph Thompson and I. E.
Kunsman; Rhea creek, Adam Knob
lcck, H. C. Gay and Orain Wright;
Lena, G. E. Ayers, John Brosnan and
Mrs. A. P. Hughes; Cecil, Mrs. T. H.
Lowe, Mrs.- Henry Krebs and Geo.
Miller; Morgan, Fred Ely and B. F.
Morgan; Ella, Ed Reitmann and
John Troedsoa; Alppine, B. P. Doher-
ty and Chas. Melville; Pine City, Ed
Nciil end C. H. Bartholomew; Balm
Fork, Mrs. Frank Winnard and Prew
iit Cox; Irrigon, E. H. Anderson and
Mrs. N. Seaman; Matteson District,
Nels Justus and Clarence Reid;
Poardman, O. H. Warner, M. B.
Signs and J. R. Johnson; Heppner,
Mrs. Dick Wells, Miss Millie Rood
and Mrs. Emmett Cochran; Gentry,
Mrj. R, J. Vaughan and Mrs. C. L.
Sweek; Mount Vernon, upper; Mrs.
Bert Stone and Mrs. John F. Vaughn;
Mount Vernon, lower: Mrs. Tom
Boyd and Mrs. Joseph J. Nys; Mat
teson precinct, Mrs. Paul Gemmell
and Mrs. Stephen Irwin; Social
Ridge, Roy Campbell and Frauk
Munkers; Black Horse, E. M. Hulden
and R. W, Snider.
A Ford Ail.
Fur Sale One Ford car with pis
ton rings, two rear wheels, one front
soring. Has no fenders, seat or
plank. Burns lots of gas. Hard to
crank. Carburetor busted half way
through. Engine missing; hits on
two. -Three years old; four in the
spring. Has shock absorbers and
everything. Radiator busted; sure
does leak. Differentials dry; you can
hear it squeak. Ten spokes missing;
front all bent. Tires blowed out;
ain't worth a cent. Got lots of speed;
will run like the deuce; burns eith
er gas or tobneco jtiico. Tires all off;
beeu run on the rim. A dura good
Ford for the shape it's in. Homer
S. Wilson.
Edward Anyns, field representative
for the llazehvood Creamery com
pany, speut a tow days in Heppner
the last of the week. While here
he enjoyed a visit with Leo Hill, a
chum of boyhood days down on Lew
is river.
LEXINGTON HI SCHOOL
"What Happened to Joni-s" Is Well
Prrwnted Ty Members of Student
Body Well Selected Ctut Sustain
ed Each Character.
Under the auspices of the Thes
pian Club of the Lexington high
school, a large audience which filled
to capacity the fine auditorium of the
high school building on last Friday
evening, was entertained in a highly
gratifying manner with the play,
"What Happened to Jones." Under
the training of Miss Urton, of the
high school faculty, the young people
had their parts perfectly and the
play from beginning to end went
along snappy and without a break.
Some very excellent talent was devel
oped among the students and they
proved themselves equal to the task
undertaken. The following is the
cast:
Ebenezer Goodly, a Professor of
Anatomy Earl Ward
Mrs. Ebenezer Goodly, Ebenezer's
wife Ethel Cummingg
Marjorie, Ebenezer's daughter
Gladystine Davis
Richard Heatherly, engaged to
Marjorie Claude Burchell
Helma, Swedish servant girl
Dora Cutsforth
Cissy, Ebenezer's ward.Wilma Leach
Minerva, Ebenezer's daughter
Mary Duran
Alvinia Starlight, Mrs. Goodly's
sister Luella Cummings
Jones, who travels Herman Hill
Thomas Holder, a policeman
Lewis Allyn
Antony Goodly, D. D., Bishop of
Ballarat Ldwell McMillan
William Bigbee, inmate of the
sanatorium George Tucker
Henry Fuller, Superintendent of
the sanatorium Moses Duran
Lexington is making preparations
to entertain the people at the big
track meet and oratorial contest on
Saturday. The ladies guild ot the
Christian church and the ladies aid
ot the Congregational church are ar
ranging to have places where it will
be convenient to get refreshments
and lunches, the former by a stand
erected at the grounds and the lat
ter at the domestic science room in
the high school building. There will
be sufficient accomodations along
these lines so that it will not be nec
essary for visitors to bring lunches
with them.
The following pupils ot the school
participated in the tryout tor the
oratorical contest on last Saturday
evening, first place being won by
Wilma Leach. Wilma Leach, "Ri
onzl of the Romans;" Earl Ward,
"Eulogy of Lafayette;" Ethel Cum
mings, "Work for Humanity;"
George Tucker, "Cataline'8 De
fense;" Mary Thompson, "The Ex
ecution of Roderigues;" Beulah
Tucker, "Work for Humanity;" Es
ter Nolan, "The Federal Constitu
tion;" Claude Burchell, "The Execu
tion of Roderigues;" Mary Duran,
"Women's Right to Suffrage;"
Blanche Shinn, "A Message to Gra
cia." The annual election ot officers of
the Christian Sunday school took
place last Sunday, the event having
been postponed to this late date ow
ing to the illness ot the pastor. The
newly elected officers and heads of
the various departments are: Ad
ministratrative superintendent, W.
C. Worstell; superintendent, Roy Ty
ler; assistant, W. O. Hill and Hobert
Helms; general secretary, Theodore
McMillan; recording secretary. Ar
chie Nichols; treasurer, Cecil Scott;
superintendent Cradle Roll, Mrs. F.
E. Parker; superintendent of Primary
and Intermediate departments, MiS3
Dona Barnett; superintendent of
Young People's department, Mrs. W.
C. Worstell: superintendent of Adult
department, Jesse White; superinten
dent of Home Department, Mrs. T.
L. Porman: Missionery superinten
dent, Mrs. Lee Reaney; Temperance
superintendent, M. F. Parker; pian
ist, Miss Leona Leach; librarians,
George Tucker and Cedric Reaney;
song leader, Mrs. W. L. Holmes.
Mrs. J. F. McAlister will leave the
coming week on an extended visit at
the home of her sister iu Iowa, near
the city of Des Moines. It has been
many years since Mrs. McAlister left
her old home state, and she now plans
to spend the entire summer there.
She expects to leave for tiie East on
next Tuesday.
S. It. Beach, an uncle of K. L.
Beach, who visited with his relatives
in Lexington for a couple of weeks,
departed on last Tuursday for his
home at Portland.
The gasollne.shortago threatens to
lay off a number of the big tractors
working on the farms about Lexing
ton. It was hoped that a sufficient
supply would arrive by the end of the
week that this would not be neces
sary, however. Tim ground is plow
ing tine now and It the machines can
be kept busy much will bo accom
plished before the dry season arrives.
Dan Haushew of Sand Hollow was
transacting business in Heppner to
day. Dave Wilson made a business trip
into the Cecil country the first of the
week.