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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
VOL. 87, NO. 27.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY", SEPTEMBER, 80, 1920.
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER TEAR
THE
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WILLI CREEK IAD
WILL BE GRAVELED
Member of County Court Hare Sue
cental Meeting With Commission
Members Regarding Surfacing of
Willow Creek-Heppner Highway
For Twenty.Flve Miles.
Twenty-live miles of the Heppner
Willow Creek grade will be protect
ed by graveling. This was the de
cision reached by the state highway
commission of Oregon In session on
Tuesday after they bad gone over
the Morrow county highway situation
with Judge W. T. Campbell, E. L.
Pad berg and 0. A. Bleakman. The
court was accompanied by District
Attorney S E. Notson."
In all likllhood, the new grade will
be protected from the Gilliam county
line to Lexington. It Is estlmatod
that the grading work will not pro
ceed beyond Lexington this year.
Contractor Oskar Huber has made
. a good showing on the work thus far,
long stretches of grading having been
done, while a considerable portion of
the rock work, where the grade cuts
through solid rock has be'en deferred
until the last.
The meeting of the commission In
Portland this week resulted in much
good. Road work in nine counties
was agreed upon and road work in
three counties was taken under con
sideration. A pledge was made to
buifcl Crater Lake road from Trail
to Agate, 16 feet wide.
Definite action on the proposed
Wallula cutoff was postponed until
November. Considerable opposition
to this cutoff has been presented by
Umatilla county people, who aver It
is a move to divert trade from Pen
dleton In favor of Walla Walla.
Two million dollars in road bonds
were sold for $1,822,202 which
shows an improvement over the bond
market In August.
Cheap Money Means No Money.
"The passage of the five per cent
interest measure would mean not
cheap money, as some people are apt
to believe, but no money," said F. I.
Gollehur of Portland, In speaking to
The Gazette-Times editor recently.
Mr. Goolehur is a student of all tux
matters and was in Heppner repre
senting the State Taxpayers' League.
"Bankers wll not lend their money
locally for five per cent when they
can get eight per cent In other states,"
said Mr. Oollehor. "The capital that
buys your stock and your grain and
your other products will be forced
out of the state. It is not the bank
er, directly, that will be hurt by the
passage of the bill, so much as the
stockman, the farmer, the manufac
turer, or the producer generally. Of
course, In the end, the banker will be
hurt, for what hurts the country,
will, In the end, hurt the banker."
Mr. Gollehur spoke of the effect
3the passage of this bill would have on
road building, pointing out that the
contractor would not be uble to float
a loan with which to carry on the
work and that road bond Issue
would go begging so far as local cap
ital might be concerned.
"It is just as remarkable and rea
sonable to try to legislate the price
of pork, as to try to legislate the
price of money both are alike con
trolled by supply and demand," said
Gollehur in conclusion.
Listen,
Friends
There isn't a thing
in our business that
w value as much
the good will of our
old friends. And we
always remember that
our new friends of
today will b old ones
tomorrow.
This is the ont place
to come for real bat
tery service. We sell
the Still Better Wtl
Urd Battery with
Threaded Rubber In
Inwlatton the kind
elected by 136 manu
facturers of cars and
truck.
BATTERY ELECTRIC
STATION
J. W. Frltsch
Phono Main 8!1
Heppner
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Eoardman Man Is President
of Hay Growers Association
At the meeting of the Columbia
Valley Hay Growers Association held
In Hermiston on Wednesday, A. L.
Larsen of Boardman was chosen
president. Other officers of this new
ly organized co-operative concern
are Don Campbell, secretary and
Captain Dobler, vice-president. The
two latter are both Hermiston al
falfa growers.
County Agent Hunt, who was pres
ent at the meeting, said It was most
enthusiastic, there being sixty farm
era of the ten communities of the
Umatilla project present. Boardman
and Irrlgon were represented with
Htrong delegations. Among the com
munities taking membership in the
new organization are Boardman,
Hermiston, Irrlgon, Columbia, Stan
field, Echo, Butter Creek Meadows,
and Umatilla.
It is the aim of the organization to
Rtubillze production and the market
ing of baled hay.
Delightful Story of Love and
War Is "Secret Service."
Famous Oillctte Hiiccc-ns Finely Pic
turiwd and Admirably Cast.
A delicate and delightful love
story Is contained In William Gil
lette's drama, "Secret Service,"
scenurlzed by Beulah Marie Dix, di
rected by Hugh Ford and released
as a Paramount-Arteraft special pic
ture. It will be seen at the Star
Theater Friday and will repay a visit
to the showhouso, because it reminds
one of the most striking dramas ever
written and In screen form should
duplicate the success of its stage
career. Major Robert Warwick Is
cast for the roll made famous by the
author.
The love element is characterized
by that charming chivalry and beau
ty of the old South. There never
has been a period In the history of
America when men were more chival
rous and women more delicately
charming; nor a place, perhaps,
where these qualities were more in
evidence than In the states below the
Mason-Dixon line.
Wanda Hawley is Edith Varney
with whom Lewis Dumont, as Cap
tain Thorne, falls In love. The entire
cast is wonderfully well selected.
For suspense, the story of this play
cannot be excelled. William Gillette
Ib a recognized muster of stage tech
nlque and the mechanics of the stage
but he has also a real literary skill
"You can see what is coming,
said Cashier W. 0. Hill of the Lex
ington State Bank, who was a Wed
nesday business visitor here, after
taking a trip over the paved highway
from Pendleton to Walla Walla. "It
will only he a matter of a short time
until good roads will be the rule
throughout Oregon." Mr. Hill
spoke optimistically of the highway
situation In Morrow county and says
he is glad to hear thnt the highway
commission Is considering the pav
'ng of the Willow creek and Colum
bia highways In this county at an
early date.
HOW TO PI T IT OVER SHOWN
IN "Pl'TIXO IT OVER"
In "Putting It Over" a new Para
mount picture starring Bryant Wash
burn, which will be shown nt thi
Star theatre next Sunday, the Btar
shows the value of persistent appli
cation as a moans of getting results.
Ho plays the role of a young rube
who goes to the city to make his
mark In life.
He meets Mary, the girl, but he
is a little doubtful as to whether she
likes him well enough or not, so
tells her that lie makes fifty dol
lars a week. The truth Is that he
ony makes ten ns a soda clerk in
one of a large chain of stores. His
landlady takes a sudden notion thnt
he must pay up his back rent and
refuses to lot him enter Ills room
until he hands over the money, of
which he is sadly In need. The
hardest blow of all comes when his
boss politely informs him that "on
account of slack business during the
winter season we'll have .to dispense
with your services for, a while."
Hut there is no yellow In Buddy's
mnk-up. He didn't lie down and
give up. The dearest girl in the
world had already agreed to marry
him and he must make fifty a week,
and make It quick.
How he did It forms nno of the
delightful nnd highly entertaining
pictures that has been produced for
some time. Donald Crisp was the di
rector and 0. Edward Schoenbaum
did the photography. The story was
written by George Weston. The sup
portng cast Includes Shirley Mason,
Adele Farrlngton, Winifred Green
wood and others.
Chas. Erwln, extensive wheat far
mer of the Iono section was n visitor
In Heppner Wednesday, accompanied
by his young son.
Ticket Files For City Election.
A ticket has been lied with county
clerk Waters for the Heppner city
election which will be held on Novem
ber 2nd. Oscar Bnrg heads the ticket.
for mayor, with M. D. Clark, Cling.
Thomson nnd L. K. Illsbee for coun-
cllmon and Tom Hughes and Alex
Cornott, for recorder, nnd L. W.
Brlgga for treasurer.
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IN
NMIONSIRAW VOTE
Method Which Foretold Election of
Wilson in 1010 Favors Repulilinin
Nominee Now. .
senator warren j. Harding, re
publican candidate for president of
the United States is leading his op
ponent, Gov. James M. Cox by two to
one in the nation-wide straw vote
which is being conducted by 8000
Hexall drug stores throughout the
country. Patterson & Son, local Uex-
all 'Btore In this city, is receiving
daily bulletins showing the progress
of the vote.
This same method was used by the
Hexall stores in 1916 when the straw
vote foretold the election of Woodrow
Wilson. It has been said that there
is nothing In a straw vote, but when
one takes into consideration that the
8000 Rexall stores cover every sec
tion of the country like so many vot
ing booths, it can be realized that the
straw vote method will register pub
lic sentiment very nearly correct.
To date In the Rexall straw vote
Senator Harding has 61,103 votes to
Gov. Cox's 25,003, in the northern,
western and middle westerri states,
while In the south Gov. Cox, Is leading
with 17.016 votes to Senator Hard
ing's 10,494. The republican nomi
nee has a total of 361 electoral votes
to 150 for his democratic opponent.
Two hundred and sixty-six electoral
votes are necessary to elect.
One hundred three thousand, six
hundred and twenty four votes have
been cast in the straw vote to date
Customers of the many Rexall stores
cast their votes .and those votes are
forwarded daily by telegraph to the
United Drug Company at Boston. Of
course care Is taken that each cus
tomer gets but one vote.
AS YE SOW, SO SHALL YE REAP.
J. Hatleld Illako , millionaire
promoter of big real estate deals, had
risen from the ranks of the county
fair-ground "shell-game" operators.
Throughout his entire carrer there
had been but one thought uppermost
in this man's mind, the welfare of his
little motherless girl. Misguided
though his methods may have been,
devious the ways in which he amassed
i fortune, yet there was at least one
pure thought and motive behind those
methods. 'In his early days he had
known poverty and destitution, at
tendant upon the haphazard life of
the fair-ground, and he determined
that his daughter should never know
hunger nor want.
But In all of his schemings and
plotting and plnnnlngs, the ex-"shell
same expert Had failed to make due
allowance for the natural workings of
the law of compensation, and so the
inevitable happened: the gambler
reaped as he had sown, having for
years "sat In darkness, with his heart
bound in Iron and his soul imprisoned
behind gates of brass!"
It is an enthralllngly Interesting
storywhich Is contained In "Gates of
Brass," the new Frank Koenan pro
duction In five parts which Manager
Slgsbee will .present at the Star
Theatre on Saturday and of which
the foregoing is a very brief outline.
The Civic Club of Heppner, which
has accomplished better things for
the city, will resume regular meet
ings for the winter when the first
get-together of the season will be
held on Friday afternoon at 3:30 in
the Council chambers. Mrs. A.. L.
Ayers, president of the Club is urg
ing the attendance of every member
and non-member Interested, to bo'
present, as Important matters will be
discussed.
Jay Saltzman, inspector for the
state of Oregon, in the motor vehicle
department, has been spending a few
days In Morrow county observing how
the people are coming up to the re
quirements of motor vehicle laws. It
appears that a large number of auto-
Ists have fulled to get tholr chauff
eur's license yet.
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Mrs. Handy Seriously In,
jured In Auto Accident
On Way to Pendleton
Mrs. J. D. Handy of this city re
ceived serious injuries last week
while enroute to Pendleton to attend
the Round-Up. From reports reach
ing Heppner, the accident occurred
to the car in which Mrs. Handy was
riding, near the Round-Up city and
she was taken to the hospital there,
where her injuries were attended.
Late reports state that Mrs. Handy
is recovering satisfactorily.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyndall Robison are
visitors in Heppner today from Eight
Mile home.
R. J. Caroner, southend stockman,
is spending a few days in Heppner
this week.
Mrs. Ollie Cox is here from Klam
niath' Falls on a visit to her mother,
Mrs. Robison and other relatives.
LOST On road uo!woen Sand
Hollow and Heppner, brown beaver
sailor hat. Reward if left at Mrs.
Martin Reid's. Phone Main 564.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo reports the ar
rival of an eight pound daughter at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Gabler of Monument, September 27.
Sheriff McDufTee and Judge Cor
nett were called toLexingtotf on Tues
day on a case which involved the
theft of 22 sacks of wheat from Carl
Marquardt. The wheat was recover
ed.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fritsch and
son returned Tuesday from Spokane,
where they spent a pleasant week
visiting with relatives and friends,
The Fritsch family formerly lived In
Spokane.
B. G. Sigsbee of the Star Theater
went to Portland e first of the
week to make a visit with a brother
who has been living in China for sev
eral years and whom Mr. Slgsbee has
not seen for many moons. He re
turned home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Potter of Sea
side were visiting with Heppner rel
atives the first of the weeR. Mr.
Potter formerly owned extensive far
ming and stock Interests in Wheeler
county, near Spray, and represented
his district in the state legislature.
Don Case returned the first of the
week from Portland, where he spent
a few days on business. We under
sold Mr. Case placed his order for
an Oldsmobile delivery truck while
in the metropolis nnd will use the
machine in his general delivery busi
ness here.
Sixty to seventy per cent of the
Lexington wheat crop is now in the
market, according to the estimate
made on Tueslay by Jos. Burgoyne.
veteran warehouseman and miller of
that place. . The warehouses are
rapidly filling and overflowing, ow
ing tb slow shipments being made.
This is due Mr. Burgoyne says to the
fact that very little wheat has yet
been sold. This time last year he
estimates that from forty to fifty
carloads had been shipped from his
warehouse, whereas, for the same
period this year but 18 cars have
gono out.
J. O. Allstott, Oklahoma stock
lmin, dropped into Heppner the last
of the week to make a brief visit with
his brothers. Robert and Dell All
stott. Mr. Allstott was a resident
of Morrow county a few years ago,
when he startled the natives by
launching forth Into the goat busi
ness. Mr. Allstott had several hun
dred head of goats grazing on the
ranges near Hardnian nnd got them
in fciir shape to market. Shipping
into Kansas City he hit a weak mar
ket and rather lost his nerve so far
ns raising goats here was concerned.
However, Mr. Allstott, still has a
warm spot in his heart for Morrow
eounlv and mny decide to return here
to locate permanently after he dis
poses of his "longhorned critters"
down south.
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Ex-Service Men Will Put On Four
Days Street Carnival and Big
Dunce to Build Up Membership.
"BooBt the Legion" la the slogan
adopted by active workers in Hepp
ner in an attempt to build up the
local post of the American Legion
and in their efforts they are solicit
ing the support of all loyal citizens.
The boys are putting on a whirl
wind membership campaign and dur
ing the second week of October, or
the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th to be more
explicit, are the dates upon which
will be held the big street carnival
and high jinks. The boys will stage
some big dances each evening in the
fair pavilion and are confident that
they will build up a surplus for the
treasury of the local post. They
want all the boys who were In the
service to come in and take mem
bership in the local post, in orde
that a real live organisation may
i maintained.
In speaking of the carnival co.n
pany, R. B. Crego, one of the more
active members of Heppner Post,
said that it in one of the best on tnc
rmj and 'he people can be assuied
that it. will be well worth taking in.
Keep the dates in mind, October
6th, 7th, 8th and 9th.
Clothing for the Armenians.
The people are again asked to con
tribute used clothing for the suffer
ing Armenians! The Junior Red
Cross members will call for the bund
les, Friday evening, October 1, just
after school. Place your bundles on
your front porch where they may be
easily seen. The bundles will be
taken to the Council Chambers for
packing.
People outside of Heppner may
prefer to send in their contributions
by parcel post. If so, direct the
packages to Near East Relief Com
mittee, 606 Stock Exchange Build
ing, Portland. All clothing must
reach Portland not later than October
10th.
If you do not have something in
the clothing line to give, you may de
sire to help by giving a little money.
Jt will require some money to pay the
freight on the boxes of clothing. If
you wish to contribute money, hand
it or send it to Mr. Jos. J. Nys, Treas
urer. Reception for Teachers.
A pleasant evening was spent by
teachers and patrons of the local
school in the high school building on
Wednesday evening, the affair being
gven as a reception for the teachers.
Members ot the patron-teachera asso
ciation were sponsors for the recep
tion. Slugs Now Troublesome,
Garden slugs are serious pests of
truck crops, ornamentals, small
fruits, field crops and greenhouse
plants. They are especially trouble
some In wet weather periods of early
autumn. The O. A. C. Experiment
station bulletin, "The grey garden
slug" will tell you how to control
them. Copy free.
Firft Christian Church
Rally Day
Services
Sunday, October 3
10 A.M. 7:30 P.M.
verybody Invited
Livingstone, Minister
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Former Heppner Bandmaster
13 Now Located at Condon
Heppner's loss is Condon's gain
this time, for Professor James Aus
tin, who resigned- here a few donths
ago as leader of the local band, baa
accented a similar nosltlon with the
Wheat City Cornet Band of Condon.
Condon has been without a band
for a number of years but there are a
number of old players there which
may be used as a nucleus around
which a strong organization may be
built.
The Condon Globe-Times says that
in addition to the town band it in
probable that a high school band and
also a high school girls' orchestra
will be organized. The boys of the
city band claim that there will be a
good Condon band on the streets on
Armistice Day to help out the celebra
tion to be staged by the American
Legion.
Archie Bechdolt Seriously
Hurt When Kicked By Horse
Archie Bechdolt, son of W, W.
Bechdolt, both of whom are employ
ed on the county road work on the
lone-Gooseberry grade, while riding
a horse without saddle or bridle was
thrown and kicked In the face, when
the horse bucked, says the lone Inde
pendent. The young man's iniuriea
included a deep incision on the left
cheek which penetrated the bony
structures into the left nostril, which
necessitated six stitches to close nn.
There was also a punctured wound
through the skin over the left eye.
The cartilage over the left ear was
broken and the Bkln lacerated, which
also had to be closed ud with several
stitches. The patient is recovering
at the lone hotel.
Heppner Boy Chosen Presi
dent Willamette U. Freshman
Robert Notson. son of Mr. and Mrs
S. E. Notson of this citv van the una.
nlmous choice of his classmates for
president of the freshman class at
Willamette University when the elec
tion was held there last week. Young
Notson graduated last year from the
balem high school, where he took a
prominent part in student activities
and is well and favorably known in'
Salem. During high school davs
Notson followed his journalistic lean
ings and was editor of the Clarion.
school paper, during his senior year.
His first experience as a "printers'
devil" was gained here in the office
of The Gazette-Times.
Hermiston Hog and Dairy
Show October 8th and 9th
The Hermiston Hog and Dairy
Show will he beld this year on Octo
ber 8th and 9th. One thousand dol
lars will be distributed to growers
of pure bred stock of Umatilla coun
ty and a record attendance is expect
ed. The Hermiston Hog and Dairy
Show is an institution of a permanent
nature and has done much to encour
age the raising of better livestock In
this section.
Wiidanen Buys Ranch.
J. W. Wiidanen, who is the owner
of the old Frank Vaughn ranch on
Upper Eight Mile, added 960 acres
to his holdings last week, by pur
chasing the former Harvey Young
ranch from Roscoe Zeek, at a consid
eration of $36 per acre, inclding 325
acres of summerfallow. Mr. Wiid
anen recently sold his large wheat
ranch near Jordan Siding to Henry
Smouse. All these deals have been
handled through the real estate agen
cies of E. M. Shutt and R. M. Oviatt.
Albert Kerber Will Hold Sale.
Albert Kerber, north Lexington
farmer, who sold his ranch a few
months ago for the highest price per
acre yet received for Morrow county
farm land, is preparing to hold a big
public auction sale at the ranch 3H
miles northeast of Lexington on
Thursday, October 7. E. E. Miller,
the lone auctioneer, will have charge
of the sale and a large number of
horses, cows, and farm machinery
will be sold. There will be a free
lunch at noon. For complete list of
stuff see Mr. Kerber's advertisement
in another coumn of The Gazette
Times. Dlvore Case Filed,
A divorce case went on record this
week In which Evangeline McMillan
asks that the bonds of matrimony be
tween herself and John F. McMillan
be severed, that she be given the cus
tody of their two children and that a
property settlement be made. She
alleges cruel and inhuman treatment.
F. A. McMenamin of He.ppner is her
attorney. Mr. McMillan is a promin
ent wheat farmer of Lexington.
"SHEPHERD OF THE KILLS"
Harold Bell Wright's great novel
"Shepherd of the Hills" the story ot
all the big hearted mountain folks,
will come to life on the screen of
the Star theatre tonight when a film
version of the famous story will be
shown here for the first time. The
production is In ten reels and forms
an evening's entertainment of excep
tional Interest.
LIGHT COMPANY ASKS
FOR 25 PER CENT RAISE
Friday, October 8, b Day Bet By Pub
lic Service Commission for Hear
ing, Company Claims to Be Los
ing Money Now.
The Heppner Light k Water Com
pany has petitioned the public service
commission of Oregon for autrority
to increase Its rates for electric
"Juice." The commission has set
Friday, the 8th day of October as the
time and the court house in Heppner
as the place for hearing the applica
tion. The new rates in Heppner would
be a 25 per cent increase over the
rates now charged, according to the
application as presented to the corn
by H. V. Gates, president of the com
pany. The figures presented by Mr. Gates
show that the company has had a los
ing proposition on its bands and that
the company has been able to meet
its obligations only through volun
tary assessment of the stockholders,
but that now the limit has been
reached, and that unless a raise is
granted by the commission, the com
pany will be forced to suspend opera
tions. Meter rates now charged by the
company are as follows: First 7
kilowatt hours or less per month,
11.40.
Next 13 kilowatt hours per month,
.20 per KW.
Next 20 kilowatt hours per month.
.15 per K. W. H.
All over 40 kilowatt hours per
month .15 per K. W. H.
These rates are for residence light
ing, and include small domestic heat
ing and power devices.
For commercial lighting the rates
are as follows:
First 7 kilowatt hours or less per
month, (1.40.
Next 23 kilowatt hours per month,
.20 per K. W. H.
Next 30 kilowatt hours per month,
.15 per K. W. H.
All over frOkilowatt hours pet
month, .10 per K. W. H.
This includes fans and other phase
motor driven apparatus under 1 H.
P. connected to lighting circuit.
Power rates follow:
First 30 hours per K. W. of de
mnd per month, .10 pek K. W. S.
'Next 30 hours per K. W. per month
.08 per K. W. H.
All over 60 hours per K. W. of de
mand per month, .06.
Federal Bank Head Talks
On Automobile Industry
Wide circulated reports that the
Federal Reserve Board had classed
automobiles with "non-essentials"
and ordered member banks to restrict
the financing of automobile accounts
were emphatically denied by Gov.
William P. G. Harding at the meet
ing in Cleveland of credit and ad
vertising sections of the Motor ana
Accessory Manufacturers Association.
The unmistakabe terms used by
Gov. Harding in denying erroneous
reports will have a most beneficial
effect upon the automobile industry,
says the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co.
Now that the exact attitude of the
reserve board has been clearly stated
the industry can go ahead without
being hampered by unwarranted re
strictions. "Nothing has been done by the
Federal Reserve Board," said Gov.
Harding, "that reflects in any man
ner upon One of the greatest indus
tries in the country. It would be a
serious thing for any body of men to
attack or attempt to destroy a busi
ness as firmly rooted and having as
many elements of essentiality as the
automotive industry. So far as the
Federal Reserve Board is concerned,
no such attempts have been or will
be made."
Mr. Harding said that the dissem
ination of the reports that the board
had ruled against the industry were
probably due to the natural reluct
ance of some bankers to s.1y no to an
applicant for credit when it might
mean the loss of an account. On in
vestigation, he said, It had been
found that many bankers had fol
lowed the lines of least resistance
and had "passed the buck" to the
Federal Reserve Board.
Although Gov. Harding said that
"conservatism" would be the order of
the day for some time to come, he as
sured the association of the nation's
sound and healthy condition.
"Business generally is looking for
ward," he said. ,"I feel that we are
on a much firmer foundation than
we were seven or eight months ago.
The country is recovering from the
lnte era of extravagance. Wo must
keep our heads and do business along
safe and conservative lines and every
thing will turn out all right.
FOR SALE Vulcan plow In good
condition. Price $100 cash. Address
Glenn Young, Heppner, Ore. tf.
Christian Science Services.
Sundays, 11:00 a. m., I. O. O.
F.
Hall.
Testimonial meetings, Wednesday
evening, 8 o'clock, at Qone Slocum
residence. Everyone welcome.