e Gazette
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
VOL. 37, XO. 19.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, HBO.
SUBSCRIPTION, 12.00 PER YEAB
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Three Year Old Bon of .Mr. and Mra.
I,, (. Haverstiek Consumed By
Flume When Bunk House Is De
stroyed by Fire. '
Earl, the three year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. G. Haverstiek was burned
to death between 3 and 4 o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon at the Hav
erstiek home on Rhea creek, about
fifteen miles from Heppner.
Eurl was the second of three chil
dren. Mrs. Haverstiek wag attracted to
the scene of the fire by the faint
acrles of the boy. The bunk house,
which had a tent covering was en
gulfed in flames. She made a frantic
effort to get the child and was badly
burned on the hands in her attempt.
Her screams brought the men hur
rying from the fields and they arrived
in time to prevent the fire from
spreading to the houBe.
The floor of the bunk house had
been covered by wheat headings and
a mattress thrown over the top. Here
the harvest men had made their
beds. The night before the catas
trophe, one of the men had carried
some matches into the place and It
Is presumed that the little boy got
possession of these and started a fire
Ir. the bed clothing.
The funeral will be held from the
Christian church in this city Satur
day morning at 10 o'clock. Relatives
will arrive from Belllngham, Wash.,
to attend the services.
New Picture, "Let's Elope"
Teaches Salutary Lessons
Salutary lessons to young brides
who think themselves neglected by
their hard working husbands and who
engage in more or less harmless flir
tations with other men, are embraced
In the development of the story of
"Let's Elope," the new Paramount
starring vehicle of Marguerite Clark,
which wil be presented at the 8tar
theater tonight. The theme ia a fas
cinating one and Its treatment by
producer and star has been guided
by delloacy and taste with superb
effect.
The story Ib based upon Fred Jack
son's successful play, "The Naughty
Wife," which made a big hit In New
York during the season of 1917-18.
The adaptation was made by Kather
i no Heed anil John S. Robertson di
rected. The photography is the work
of Hal Young, who Is generally re
cognized as a wizard with the lens.
The plot deals with a young wife
of an nuthor who believes herself ne
glected and plans to elope with a shallow-brained
young man. How the hus
band lenrns of this and takes a hand
in the subsequent proceedings com
bines to make this one of the greatest
'comedies in which Miss Clark has
been seen In many a day. Miss
Clark wears several stunning gownH
In this picture, all of which will in
terest her women admirers.
One of the strongest companies ev
er assembled in support of Miss Clark
appears In this picture. The cast Is
headed by Frank Mills who plays op
posite to Miss Clark. Gaston Glass
has ii n excellent role and others in
the cast Include Helen Green,
Blanche Standing, George Stevens
and Albert Busby.
Special Assistant Attorney General
Tells of Propaganda That Is Bebig
Put Forth,
Washington Thnt manufacturers
and Jobbers are putting forth propa
ganda In an effort "to stampede ie
tailors and the public. Into a renewed
fictitious demand" for clothing and
thereby force prices higher. Is the
statement made by Howard B. Flgg,
special assistant to the attorney gen
eral In the enforcement of the Lever
law against profiteering.
"Tho department of Justice," said
Mr. Flgg, "is fully advised of the sev
eral phases of this carefully planned
campaign, and It only remains to
fix the personal responsibility before
applying the criminal provisions of
the Lever act."
Mr. Flgg said that the manufac
turers and Jobbers are even going tr
tho length of "guaranteeing the retail
trade against a declining market."
He called attention to the Instances
whom mills have been closed for the
reason, ha charged, of Justifying mar
ket conditions on the plea of under
production. "The closing of mills Is In turn
being used In the price propaganda,"
Mr. Flgg asserted. "The retailor in
turn, then, being threatened with fur
ther curtailment and higher prices if
lie does not accept goods and order
on the present market."
Explosion Arouses Owner in
Time to Save Car from Flames
A i.eavy explosion at the John Pi
per ranch recently was probably all,
that saved A mod PIper'B Dodge car
as well as the garage and other ranch '
buildings from being consumed by
flames. The explosion was heard by
Mrs. Piper about six o'clock in the
morning and other members of the'
family were aroused. Arnold rushed
to the garage In time to find his carj
in flames. The fire had started from
a shorted electric wire, had burn-'
ed the Insulation off the wires, bum-j
ed up a foot board and had spread
to the floor of the garage. The ex-'
plosion was caused when the vacuum
tank blew up. The fire spread from
the tank to the floor. Mr. Piper suc
ceeded In putting out the fire before
it did serlouB damage.
Ferguson's Turkey Red Is
Making Yield of 30 Bushels
It has been said that this Is not a
Turkey Red year In Morrow county,
so O. T. Ferguson, Sand Hollow far
mer, thinks his wheat of that. variety
Ii making an excellent yield at 30
bushels per acre. Mr. Ferguson Is
harvesting his crop with a combine
and the field that has been cut over
resembles a field of shocked hay, as
the straw piles are so large and nu
merous.
Mr. Ferguson brought a sample
of his wheat to town yesterday and
It made a test of 62, the highest test
reported so far this season.
Stephen Basey Injured By
Kick From A Horse
Stephen Basey, 17 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin E. Basey of upper
Willow creek, received a deep wound
in the forehead last Monday when
he was kicked by a horse. The doc
tor found It necessary to take ten
stitches to close the wound. Young
Basey is reported to be improving
nicely.
Esselstyn New Tum-A-Lum
Manager at Lexington Office
Clifford Esselstyn of Echo tg the
new manager of the Lexington yards
of the Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., suc
ceeding D. L. Countryman, who has
resigned to accept a position with
a hardware firm in Nampa, Idaho.
Mr. Esselstyn has had experience In
the lumber business, having been
connected with the Tum-A-Lum yard
In Echo for a number of years.
Clnrks Canyon Farmer Installs Bar
tell Automatic Feeder Boxes Un
loud in Half Minute and Grain Is
Thumgh Separator in Nixty Sec
onds. Wm. H. Padberg, Clarks canyon
farmer, Is getting about as near one
hundred per cent efficiency from his
threshing operations this year as is
possible and its all largely because
Mr. Padberg went up to Dayton, Wn.
Just before harvest started and
bought a Bartell automatic feeder.
With the Bartell It Is possible to
unload a header box in half a minute
and this machine was doing that very
thing as regular as clock-work last
Friday afternoon, when the writer
made a visit out to the Padberg
ranch.
When a man has got 7400 aces
of grain to harvest, it behooves him
to have a system with a mighty big
capacity. Therefore Mr. Padberg has
equipped his lay-out with a 40 inch
Case separator and a Holt 75 cater
pillar engine. The Bartell feeder Is
operated by power from the engine
and Is tied to the separator with a
connecting rod. As the loaded box
drives along side the feeder, a hook
Is fastened on the lower side of tin
box Into a ring in the net on which
the load rests, and a simple pull
of a lever raises and rolls the entire
load over Into the feeder. From
there the grain is automatically fed
into the separator.
Mr. Padberg was operating three
headers and eight boxes In the barley
last week but as soon as the crew
pulls onto the wheat he expects to
add another header and two more
boxes.
The visit to the Padberg ranch
was made by the writer through the
courtesy of County Agent Hunt, who
took some pictures of the threshing
outfit In action.
Mrs. G. T. Harrison of Freeman,
Washington has been visiting for two
weeks with relatives at Hardman and
Heppner. While in this city sho was
a guest at the home of her1 cousin,
Mrs. A. Z. Barnard. Mrs. Harrison
will return home Friday. This is
her first visit to. her old Morrow
county home in five years.
One of the nicest little homes In
Heppner for sale at $2800., Inquire
Gazette-Times office.
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DO YOU 'MEMBER?
he old ball games out in the back lot? The time you used to
have "choosln' up sides." Skinny Stearns and Fat always wanted to
choose up and then the fun would start. Skinny would always claim
that he could get those "three fingers" (he could get three fingers
whero Fat couldn't think of it) "Well a'right then, if you guys get
yer Ins we get the extra man and you can have Porge fer right field."
Porge was usually dragging up In the rear carrying the bats
and the much-coveted mask. Then, after about an hour's arguing
over the sides, the old game would lnally be on and everything going
fine, and Ad Mercer would probably loom up in the background and
that meant pull stakes for another field. Somehow, Ad never did like
to have the fellas run through the potato field after a fly ball out
there In center field. Someone would yell: "Here cames old man
Mercer, we better beat it for' he gets here." Finish ball game.
A feller isn't so awfully particular where he steps when he's
after a ball and there were parts of Ad's potato crop that looked as
though they wouldn't amount to very much, in fact, it didn't amount
to very much. Between the corn silk pu(led off the corn and the rails
from the old rail fence down by the creek that the fellas used to make .
bridges with, Ad used to be kept pretty busy watchin' where the
bunch was. It was a great life eh! fellas.
JOLTED BY
Railroads Meet Wage Increase of Half
Billion Dollars By Increasing Pas
senger and Freight Rates to a Bil
lion and a Half Dollars.
Old man public Is again asked to
foot the bill. But be has been doing
it for so long that he is becoming
"stolid and stunned, a brother to
the ox" as it were, and his added
burdens no longer affect bis benumb
ed soul.
The railroad companies, In order
to meet the recent wage increase of
$600,000,000 have been granted the
right to Increase their freight and
passenger rates to the extent of $1,
600,000,000; passenger rates tak
ing on an increase of 20 per cent
and freight rates on an average of
35 per cent.
These increases will become effect
ive within five days from filing of the
new tariffs and the railroads expect
to have all rates in force before the
first of September.
C. C. Patterson and Family
Will Move to Portland
After making Heppner their home
for twenty years, Judge C. C. Patter
son and family are making prepara
tions to move to Portland. They
expect to take up their residence in
the Rose City by the first of Septem
ber, In order that Mary, young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patterson,
may enter school on the opening date.
Since retiring from the office of
county Judge, Mr. Patterson has been
engaged In the Insurance business,
which he built up to fairly large pro
portions. He has sold his business
to J. A. Waters and Gay M. Ander
son. While the Pattersons expect to re
main In Portland the coming winter,
they may decide to go east to Mr.
Patterson's old home in Pennsylvan
ia at a later date.
Roy B. Brown, who recently open
ed up a pastime at Hardman was in
town Wednesday and reports business
good. He also carries a line of drugs
and his new place is located in the
building formerly occupied by the
Hardman Drug Co.
Mrs. Frankle Luper and two grand
children, Mark and Francis King, left
early this morning on a motor trip to
Portland. Mi's. Luper expects to re
main in the city two or three weeks.
Pictures of Huntington Beach, Cal
ifornia were shown on the screon at
the Star theater last Saturday eve
ning. Huntington Bench has Just
completed a new $100,000 pier at the
water front, has many fine substan
tial business buildings and attractive
residences and apparently has a big
future, The films are sent out by
the commercial club of Huntington
Beach of which Chas. R. Johnson,
formery of this city and lone, la a
member.
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Jonics Dinnen, Gilliam County Sheep
man and Member of Heppner
Lodge of Elks Meets Death in
Tragic Manner.
James Dinnen, young sheepman of
Gilliam county, met death in a tragic
manner last Saturday night at the
James Murtha ranch on Rock creek,
by accidental drowning. This was the
verdict of the coroners Jury.
Young Dinnen in company with
Matt Creegan and Chas. Dinnen had
gone for a plunge in Rock creek, the
swimming pool being one that had
been deepened and improved upon
I by the boys. Creegan and Chas. Din
nen left the hole first and upon look
ing back saw nothing of James.
Creegan immediately made a dive,
locating the body of young Dinnen
but was unable to dislodge it to the
surface. Whether the body was held
to the bottom of the pool by suction
caused by seepage or whether it be
came imbedded in the mud has not
been determined.
The funeral was held in Condon
on Tuesday morning at 10:30 from
St. Catherin's church, service being
conducted by the Fathers Wand of
Condon and Cantwell of Heppner.
Members of the Elk's lodge attended
in a body, a number of Elks from
Heppner being present.
Mr. Dinnen was a very popular
young man. He was quite talented
and a poet of ability. Many local
Elks will remember the recitation of
his poems at the time he was initia
ted Into the lodge here. He was a
member of the Knights of Columbus
and the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Mr. Dinnen is survived by two bro
thers and two sisters, who live in
this country, residents of Gilliam
county and relatives in Ireland.
Among Heppner people who at
tended the funeral were J. G. Doher
ty, M. L. Curran, F. A. McMenamln,
Pat Connell. Pete. Farley, James Far
ley, John Mclntyre, Frank Monahan,
Jas- Sheridan, Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Kenny and James and Joe Kenny.
Misses Sigsbee and Crawford Enter
tained on Wednesday.
Miss Elaine Sigsbee and Miss Mary
Crawford were hostesses on Wednes
day evening at the Crawford home
to nine of their young friends. Misses
Margaret and Katherine West of The
Dalles were the honor guests. The
hours from seven thirty to nine thir
ty were delightfully spent in music
and games. Refreshments of sherbet
and wafers were served. In the guess
ing contest Marjorie Clark won high
honors and Francis King received the
consolation prize. Those present
were Margaret and Katherine West,
Mary Patterson, Francis King, Ele
anor Colin, Bernlce Woodson, Doro
thy Pnttison, Lois Livingstone, Mar
jorie Clark, Elaine Sigsbee and Mary
Crawford.
FOR SALE Several pieces of
good furniture Including piano and
Perfection oil range, almost new. M.
CARVER.
HER FLAT MAY BE
Engineer Lenls Reports That New
Survey Is Obtained at 1230 Feet
Elevation Diversion Damsite Se
lected at Clarno.
Shutler Flat, that level stretch of
country Just south of Arlington, may
be included in the John Day Irriga
tion Project, as Engineer Lewis re
ports that it would be entirely feasi
ble to include that body of land under
the new high line survey wnlrh has
been obtained at an elevation of
1250 feet.
However, before any action is tak
en in this regard, land owners resid
ing on the east side of Willow creek
under the 1250 foot level, will be in
terviewed as to their desire of coming
into the project. The new line sur
vey will add a strip of land from
three to five miles in width, or ap
proximately 10,000 acres to the pro
ject. Engineer Lewis reports that
there Is sufficient water obtainable
for 300,000 acres, which just about
covers the project.
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors at the office of Secretary F.
R. Brown in this city on Tuesday eve
ning, which was attended by director
M. D. Clark, Ed Reitmann, and Mr.
Brown and Mr. Lewis, the contract
ing engineer reported that Clarno had
been selected as the sight for the di
version dam. He estimates that it
will require a dam 250 feet in height
to turn the water at the elevation
now deemed feasible.
In speaking of the Shutler Flat
proposition, Secretary Brown pointed
out that this additional land is of
the best, being of heavy soil and eas
ily developed.
The engineers have been running;
levels on Rock creek during the last
week.
Petitions are now being prepared
for circulation among land owners
who may desire to bring their land
within the district.
F. C. Dillard, assistant to Mr. Lew-
Is in the field survey work wag pre
sent at the meeting. He Is spending
a few days on lower Willow creek
looking over feasible sites tor sup
plementary storage reservoirs.
Schleevoight-Genninder.
John W. Schleevoight and Stena W.
Germinder were married in this city
on Wednesday afternoon at the res
idence of Rev. W. O. Livingstone,
who performed the ceremony. Both
are residents of Morgan.
Wheat Sides Reported.
Some wheat wa9 sold during the
last two or three days, the highest
price paid being $2.08, while another
lot went at an even two dollars. For
several days the wheat market has
been on skids, due It Is said to re
adjustments following the removal
of government control. Growers are
optimistic and believe, that once the
market becomes stabilized, jhe price
will advance to a higher level.
Fords Affected $18.
The new freight rates will add an
increase of $18 to the cost of Ford
cars, according to Chas. H. Latourell,
local representative for Ford sales
and service. Under the Interstate
commerce ruling, the new freight
rates took effect the first of August.
Railroad Will Pay O Per Cent,
Freight traffic manager G. W. Luce
notified shippers all over the South
ern Pacific lines that the company
would hereafter voluntarily pay 6
per cent interest on the amount of
the overcollection in the cases of
overcharge freight claims, on ship
ments made on and after March 1st,
1920. This policy will be followed
whenever the interest amounts to 10
cents or more.
Flier Locklear and Aide Crash in Per.
forming for Movies.
Los Angeles, Aug. 2. Lieutenant
Omar Locklear, noted "stunt" avia
tor, and Lieutenant Milton Elliott,
his aide, were killed tonight when
their plane crashed from a distance
of 1000 feet.
Locklear, who had gained the so
briquet "Daredevil" because of his
many thrilling stunts in the air, was
engaged with Lieutenant Eliott in
performing a feat for a moving pic
ture concern. The accident occurred
in the midst of huge oil tanks in the
La Brea oil field near here.
When 1000 feet high he was given
a signal by the motion picture di
rector and started Into a nose dive.
A battery of searchlights was playing
on the machine and fireworks were
being set off from the plane by Lieu
tenant Elliott. When he had dropped
to within 200 feet of the earth Lock
lear was seen to attempt to straighten
his plane out. He was too low, how
ever, and crashed to the earth.
Locklear's greatest picture, "The
Great Air Robbery," will be shown
at the Star theater In this city on
Saturday, September 4.
FntST CLASS COOK with one or
two helpers, wishes position on ranch.
Mrs. Lydla McCleand. See J. C. O'
Neill at the Central Market,
Dr. D. N. Hayden came In from
Hardman on Wednesday.
Heppner Men Capture Two
Jail Breakers Near Meacham
Two of the six escapes from the
Umatilla county Jail at Pendleton
were captured in the Meacham-Ka-mela
section last Saturday by two
Heppner men, Barney Develin and
John McCartan. 'The captured men
are Richard Patterson and Lewis
Anderson. According to reports, An
derson and Patterson were worn and
haggard when they" came up to the
McCartan and Develin sheep camp
and asked for food. They virtual
ly gave themselves up. The men bad
lived for several days on nothing but
green oats, which they had picked
from the fields on the way from Pen
dleton to the mountains. McCartan
and Develin, who have charge of
Frank Monahan's sheep in the moun
tains, were unarmed when the pair
walked in on them, but nevertheless
they took the guns from the escaped
prisoners while the latter offered no
resistance. McCartan and Develin
will receive $500 each as the reward
offered by Umatilla county for the
capture of Anderson and Patterson.
The men were first lodged In the city
jail at Pendleton but later taken to
the county jail for safe keeping.
Buster, Famous Badger, Will
Have Home in Eastern Park
Buster, the famous badger, that is,
famous locally, will be missed by his
many Heppner friends. He left Wed
nesday morning for his future home
at the Mayo Park in Rochester, Min-f
nesota. Dr. A. D. McMurdo, who had
given Buster a home or many weeks,
shipped the badger a-la-crate and
hereafter the king of diggers will be
on exhibit in Rochester's most fa
mous park. When in Rohcester
drop around and see Buster. He is
all badger and a much beloved pet,
Doc was forced to send him away
after he had shown too much friend
liness for the neighbors' chickens.
The little animal was taken into cap
tivity by Jack O'Neill and became
easily domesticated.
One Job Ed Didn't Do.
While we had Ed Buckman busy
putting in a concrete foundation un
der the yi. H. Cronk residence on
Gale street last week, he was in real
ity enjoying the sights between here
and Omaha. The forms for the con
crete were constructed by J. H. Cox
and the other work was done by Mr.
Cronk and his men.
Ship Fine Steers to Portland.
B. F. Sorenson shipped three car
loads of prime beef steers to the
Portland market Wednesday morn
ing.
Id BE HEAVY
l- iirni Bureau Surveys Show Leading
Fanners Make only Modest Wage
Labor Incomes.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-
vallis, Aug. 4. The cost of produce
is being determined by the farm bu
reaus of Malheur and Sherman coun
ties. "In solving economic problems cost
of production is a fundamental item,"
says the Oregon Farm Bureau Ne
"This has been too generally over
looked in farm economics."
The cost of production survey of
growing alfalfa in Malheur county
showed that most of the money made
by farmers there was on rising land
values. It was found that after al
lowance was made for interest and
normal depreciation of equipment and
other investments, the labor incomes
of more than 60 farmers were only
$1000 a year.
"Considering the size of their in
vestments this labor should have
brought the farmers managers' sal
aries rather than laborers' wages,"
said the News.
The cost of producing wheat in
Sherman county was found to be
about $1.40 a bushel, ranging from
$1.11 to $1.94. This reduces the
labor income of the farmers far below
what it is generally thought to be
by the public.
The project of taking up cost pro
duction work where feasible Is re
commended to the farm bureaus by
the News.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Sunday, August 8, 1020,
Usual services both morning and
evening. Bible shool, well organiz
ed, efficiently conducted, for all
grades, ten o'clock. Communion and
preaching service at 11 o'clock. Sub
ject for the morning sermon will be,
The First Christian Martyr."
In the evening, Christian Endea
vor service will be held at 7 o'clock,
and song service and preaching at
8 o'clock. The evening theme will
be, "Citizenship of the Kingdom."
The public will be cordially wel
comed at nil the services.
W. O. LIVINGSTONE, Minister.
Frank Shlvely, local blacksmith
loft Sunday for Seatte to spend sever
al days visiting with friends.
District Attorney, Returning From
Meeting of State Central Commit
tee at PortJi-ao Sees Success of
Ticket In Nc-Temter Election.
"The nomination ot Senator War
ren G. Harding of Ohio to carry the
banner of the republican party in the
forthcoming elections was one that
will unify the interests of the party
and insure the success of the ticket, '
said S. E. Notson, district attorney
and state central committeeman who
recently returned worn Portland,
where he attended a meeting of the
committee.
"Harding is a strong, clean, forth
right American. He Is American
clear through. There is perhaps no
man in public life today who so
thoroughly typifies the spirit of trui
Americanism. Born of the soil, a
toller from boyhood, he knows the
great mass of the people, the farm
ers, the toilers, as well as the big
men of the country. He knows their
needs and their requirements.
"At heart he is in sympathy with
the masses. In all his long and use-
l-ful public life he has never compro
mised with his duty to the people.
His every vote and his every act have
been for the people.
Intensely Just and fair-minded, he
has weighed judicially the rights ot
each and has never let prejudice in
fluence his decisions.
He has fought consistently for
what he has believed to be the rights
of the people. An analysis of his
vote shows this Judicial side of his
nature. It shows his keen love for
the peope.
When Mr. Harding is elected to
the presidency, he will be every
body's president. The farmer and
the laborer, the banker and the man
ufacturer, the clerk and the capital
ist, the poor man and the rich man,
all will find in Harding the cham
pion ot their just causes.
Harding has been a consistent
supporter .of woman suffrage. His
votes and his influence have been
used alike in the cause that has be
come so important to our women
citizens. 1
"Senator Harding is a practical
man. He believes in the strength of
organized minds and brains acting
in unison. He has been a trenchant
critic of autocratic government. In
all his public acts he has been gov
erned by the wisest connsel he could
get. Like Lincoln, McKinley and oth
er great Republican party chieftains,
he believes In surrounding the exe
cutive with the strongest men avail
able. "Now that pre-convention person
alities are beginning to fade, all the
Republican men of influence feel
that the selection of Harding was the
best the party could make. All of
us feel that we can go out and fight
for Harding's election with a clean
faith in his unalterable Americanism
and his sterling honesty, his unques
tioned ability and his strong party
allegiance.
"Harding and Coolldge, for Home
and Country, is a slogan all good Re
publicans can fight under with com
plete faith in the ultimate success
of their efforts.
"No candidate has made such clear
cut, pronounced stands on the great
issues of this campaign. Warren O.
Harding is the man that can bring
order and happiness out of the chaos
which the inefficiency and autocratic
rule of the Democrats has thrust on
the country."
COUNTY FAIR WILL IT
BE HELD THIS YEAR
At the last regular meeting of the
Morrow County Farm Bureau the
matter ot putting on some kind of an
agricultural fair was taken up. A
committee representing the Fair as
sociation met with the bureau and
after due consideration it was unan
imously decided that, inasmuch as
the plans for an enlarged county fair
bad failed to materialize tor this
year at least. It would be a mistake
at this late date to undertake to put
on a purely agricultural exhibit, such
as is so successfully carried on In var
ious states of the Union. The men
present all felt that as the county had
planned for a real fair there should
be a real fa'lr or no fair. It was there
fore decided to return the money re
ceived for stock and give up the fair
for the present.
A committee was also appointed
to confer with the county court with
a view to providing for a fair nnxt
year when the financial clouds have
somewhat disappeared. This commit
tee met with the court at their reg
ular monthly meeting on Wednesday
and report progress. They will meet
with the court at its next meeting to
work out final plans.
Mrs. T. J. Humphreys and daugh
ters Miss Leta and Evelyn Hum
phreys, returned Wednesday from a
motor trip which took them to Port
land, Iltllsboro, Albany, Forest Grove
and other Willamette valley points.