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Oregon tlHU.rVal SoM.tr. public Auditorium Gazette-tme PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Subscription $2.00 Per Year Volume 37, Number 45. IIEI'PXEK OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1921. The JOHN DAY LAND OWN ERS MEET DIRECTORS Vmlr lleirmrnttlon rf TIkmc Hiving KoIiIIukm Within rrupoiicil I'rujevt (atbrr at Hrtpnrr Turndajr Kvmlng. 1 'rot rat Afllim uf lloartl of Director ua litHTDl Klrt'tlun. The llourd uf Directum uf the John luy IrriK alum Diutrtul mut in regular monthly at'saiun at their utlice In Hepp ner on Tuuisday evening, all m ember being present. After some routine busmeni. whs at tended to, the meeting wuh transferred to the dining room of the new hotel, where it was continued until a late htur. A .urge number of land ownera within the district, In response to a call Bunt out, were present in town to meet with the directors, and Manager Hart of the hotel kindly opened up the big dining room for the uue of thin meeting. An it wus apparent that questions of a personal nature were to come up, Chairman Clark was relieved of the re HpoiiHibllity of presiding further and J. 1'. Cornier was elected from the floor to take chaiK", and F. It. Itrown was rlionen to act uh Hecretary. IS. A. i'oe, of lone, tipeaklng on be half of the land owners, stated that the object of the meeting wan to get infor mation; the land ow net s desired to have a statement from C. C. Clark, as to things done by the board of direct ots; by what authority they had pro ceeded to levy a t0-cent tax on the land in the district, and why they had pro ceeded as they had with regard to the recent election, etc., and the stutement of Mr. Tot; seemed to sound the key note of what the land owners were get ting at. This same sentiment was ex pressed by a few others, and Mr. Clark then gave some account of his steward ship ami answered numerous questions put to him concerning various steps that had been taken by the board of directors since the formation of the district. Mr. Clai k statement was made in response to a motion presented by J. V. Osborn of Cecil, and others taking an active part in the questions asked were J as. Carty, perhaps the heaviest land owner in the district out side of the Northern i'acitlc liailroad Co., Al Henrlksen of Cecil and Kam K Van Vactor of Heppner. Mr. Lewis, engineer on the project, explained some of the matters pertain ing to the boundaries of the district. showing from his maps where the pres ent high line runs, approximately, the location of the dam site on the John lay river at diversion point as well as wheie storage reservoirs will be placed, and explained the basis on which the assessment to cover the preliminary work was made. Numerous questions were al sprung on Mr. Lewis, all of which, so far as they pertained to hi end of the work, he answered in a cour teous manner, if not always clear to the party making inquiry. The question having arisen over the action taken by the directors regard iug the recent election, in which they held that Messrs. Minor nnd Wheel house had not been regularly nominal ed as provided by the law governing an elet'tlnti under the irrigation statute, Mr, Clark called on the attorney of the board. K. A. McMeuamln, to reply to this, which he did by reading the two sections of the law covering, and ex plaining why he advised the action taken. S. K. Van Vactor, speaking on behalf of the land owners, made reply to Mr McMenaiiiin, contending that the law- made provision for the writing in of the names of candidates to he voted for, thus properly nominating them and that the American privilege of voting for whom he pleased could not be de nied any citizen having the right to vote under our laws and that the ac tion of the directors would be carried1 to the highest courts for settlement. The remarks of Mr. Van Vactor seemed to strike a very responsive chord In the minds of a large number present, and he was loudly cheered. J. 1). lirtmn, of 1'ortland, who owns a large tract of land in the district, nnd who will be called upon to give up almtit two thousand dollars as his por tion of the nsHcssment, was called on. Mr. Urown stated that for a number of years he had been opposed to taking hold of the John Day project; It ap peared to he so monumental an under taking and Us ultimate acceptance by the Rovernnient seemed so far removed as to mako It impractical and a useless expenditure of time nnd money on the part of those who would be callea iiy on to bear the preliminary expense However, he had changed his views of late, after learning of the prospects of gutting prompt action on the part of the government, nnd he was now a con slstent and persistent advocate of put ting the project over nnd was willing to do all he could nlong this lino, urg ing all to unite with this end In view. Mr. Urown also staled that he felt the election of the new directors had been rgulear nnd thought they should hnve been seated, ns ho could not perceive of any man holng denied the right to vote for whom he pleased at any eec tion held under our laws. C. II. Plllabnugh of Hoardman made a short talk and plead for harmony among the promotors of the John Dny project, nnd this sentiment was ex pressed by several other speakers, S. H. Hoardman being chief among these. The representatives present from Itonrdnmn are Imbued with Just one dominant Idea, and that Is that the' big project Rhnuld be built and they are willing nnd ready to do everything pos sible that this might he accomplished They apeak from actual knowledge of what Irrigation means and their hearts are In It. Tho meeting continued on until ahout midnight, when a motion to adjourn wns put and carried. Whether or not the object for which the land owners had been called together wns accom plished, we nre not prepared to say. No doubt nil were Impressed with the fnct that It wns not tho desire of any to block the progress of flip pro joe t. The sentiment wns frequently expressed that nothing should be done that would INDIVIDUAL OR FIRM TO PUT UP SILVER CUP At the meeting rjf the executive com mittee of the Morrow County Athletic ! Association held in Heppner on last Saturday afternoon, It was decided that any Individual or Arm would be per mitted to put up the silver cup. This applies to any Individual or Ann within the county, and the cup will be known by the name of the firm or individual that sponsors it Applicants may take the matter up with any principal of a town school in the county. Attention is called to the .report of the executive committee which appears In another column of this paper and for which we are indebted to i'rof. E. H. Curfman, superintendent of the lone schools. Ink School, to Debate. The first of a Berles of debates to be conducted according to the rules of the Interscholastlc debate league, will take lace between the Heppner and lone high schools on Wednesday, February 9th. Question for discussion will be "The Principle of the Open Shop Should be Adopted In American Industries.' The affirmative wllf be upheld by Audra Grogan and Margaret Woodson, the egatlve by Roland Humphreys and El mer Peterson. Humphreys and Peter son go to lone, where tlfey will meet the affirmative team of the lone Bchool, and lone will send two members to Heppner to uphold the negative for their school. The judges at Heppner will be W. O. Scott, Karl L. Reach and Miss Dona Harnett of Lexington. Be ing members of the State Debating Lea gue, this In the first of the series to be arried on in this county. The winners In tills debate will be elected to meet other teams from the district. Pro fessor James states that the debate will le open to the public and would be pleased to have a largo attendance on next Wednesday evening at the high school auditorium. Two Candidates Out For the Heppner Postoffice Position The Heppner postoffice will be one of the plumbs to be handed out to some worthy republican at Heppner as soon as the term of Poslmaster Richardson expires. At the present time there are two candidates In the field those being Marshall Phelps and W. W. Smead. Mr. Smead was formerly postmaster and served the people of Heppner for two terms under the last tenure of a re publican president while Marshall is an ix-servlce man, graduate of Heppner high school and an all-round fine young fellow, and we understand has the barking of the Legion boys for the place. Mr. Phelps was circulating his petition during the week nnd It has re ceived numerous signatures. I ommrri-lnk Club Has IMnnrr Tonight Heppner Commercial Club will gather about the table tonight at Hotel St. Patrick, where a feast of good things will be spread. The object of the ga thering Is to listen to the report of the delegates who recently attended the Irrigation Congress in Portland. Be. Hides this, It will also be a general get together meeting of the club. The ban cpiet Is called for 7:00 o'clock sharp. Civic Culb Fleet. OIHcrrn. The Civic Club have chosen their now officers tho coming year and are pre paring to enter a new era of activity. The officers chosen are: Mrs. C. W Shurte. president-, Mrs. 8. A. Pattison, vice-president; Mrs. D. E. Oilman, sec roiarv-treasurer. The next meeting of the club will bo tomorrow, Friday af ternoon, February 4, nt the council (handlers, nt 2:30. This Is to be a busi ness meeting and all members should plan to be present. Four Heppner Student, at I', of O, Four students from Heppner are at tending the University of Oregon; Ar thur W. Campbell, Ccclle F. Devore, l.oyo L. levnrc nnd Rose Helen Kllken Music, English, Literature and Chemistry are the subjects in which thev are majoring and an avornge grade of 3 was obtained by them In the first term examinations. Three Is a shade higher than the nvernge of the unlver slty which lies between three and four. Ur. Louis Albert Hanks will be at the Christian church In Heppner on Tuesday evening. February 8th. Dr. Hnnks comes In tho interests of the Anti-Saloon League, Is a very Interest Ing and noted speaker, and should have a largo henring. prove detrimental, yet a large majority of the land owners seem to be dissatis- lled with tho proceedings concerning the levying of the tax and the recent election, nnd what took place Tuesday evening was to be considered as a pro lest on their part of tho proceedings in these particulars. On behalf of the llroctors, Mr. Clark stated that ho was glad to have the opportunity of coming before so many of the land owners, and would luivo been glad to have met them on previous occasions In such a meet. Ing as they were then having. As one speaker remarked, after having ex plained that ho had been through the organization struggles of several Irrl gallon projects: "An irrigation pro Ject is much like a child: It suffers from the Ills of childhood; children must have tho measles, whooping cough, scarlet fever, etc.,' and this district would have to pass through these trials. It would ultimately come out all right, Hefore the meeting was adjourned, it was suggested that the present mom hers of tho board of directors, whose terms had expired, should resign nnd allow the newly elected men to qualify A motion to tills effect was made but did not get before the house for notion. Chairman Condor held a steady hand over the meeting nnd gave all a chance to be heard In an orderly manner, niul while there wns somo Inclination at mudsllnglng, in the mnln nil passed off decorously and there Is no doubt that the coming together of the land owners and tho directors at tills time was good thing for the future of the pro Joot. EYES TESTED - YOU READ fj-N. ATHLETIC MEET AND K The executive committee for the Mor row County Athletic Association met at the Court House in Heppner last Satur day and made final arrangements for holding the annual county meet in lone. Various detail work was assigned to members of the committee. All public schools in Morrow county constitute the membership of this As sociation, The Association is under the control of an executive committee con- istlng of the County School Superin tendent and the principal of each of the following schools: Hoardman, Irrigon, lone, Hardman, Heppner, Lexington and Mne City. However, any teacher from any school in the county has a right to attend any meeting of the executive committee and speak and vote on any subject before the committee. The rules of the Association require that all money coming into the posses sion of the Association shall be placed in one general fund, and that all claims igainst the Association must be ap proved by the executive committee be fore being paid from this fund. If there should be more than 1200 remaining in the general fund, after all clainifl against the Association have been paid nt the annual meeting held in connec tion with the county meet such surplus over $200 shall be distributed among the Bchools of the county in direct pro portion to the number of contestants up to 25 from each district, who took part in the meet. All money distributed to the schools by the Association must be used for athletics or library purposes. The annual oratorical and declama tory contest will be held in lone Friday, May 13th at 8:00 p. m. This contest consists of four divisions. The A ami 11 divisions Include high school students only. The C division Includes the pu pils of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. The I) division Includes (he pupils of the first four grades. The selections In the A division must be ora tions, nnd in all other divisions the se lections must he recitations. Each speaker must furnish the County School Superintendent with four typewritten pies of bis selection before the first day of April. In case more than one contestant has the same selection the Superintendent to accept the one first received. The orations In the A divis ion must not be more than 1250 words in length: the recitations in the B di vision must not bo more than 1200 words; In the C division, 1000 words; in H "Ml Is limit. The first prize in each division Is a gold medal, and the second prise Is a silver medal. The Judges must he from outside the county. The annual field and track meet con sists of two separate contests, for the grades nnd high schools. The grade pupils are divided Into two divisions. Hoys weighing 110 pounds or more and girls weighing 100 pounds or more arc- in division A. Boys weighing leas than 110 pounds and girls weighing less than 100 pounds are In division 11. The high school students are In two separate di visions, one. for tho boys and the other for the girls. The school district winning the high est number of points in the high school events will be awarded ft silver cup. The Individual winners In both grade nnd high school meets will be awarded suitable printed ribbons. The elementary grades of any school dlstrlct receiving the highest number, of points shall he counted victorious In tho Grndo Field nnd xrarK .Meet "ntl shall be awarded a suitable pennant. Spnulcllng'a Athletic Rules constitute a guide In conducting all athletic con - tests. Tho Rules nnd Regulations in , tl). (,puntv foei toward this new move resrect to eligibility of high school ; . Tnna Bttonrtlnir the Moro meet- conlestnnts nre tho same ns those of the Oregon Stale Hign scnooi Ainieiic Assooiatlon. FIHST I'HHISTI.W 1'HrlU'II, Sunday, February 8. Bible School nt ten a. tn followed by Communion nnd preaching service. The morning theme will be "Faith ns a Practical Asset." Tho evening servicos will consist of tho Chrlstlnn Endeavor nt 6:30, Song Service nnd preaching by tho pastor at 7:30. Tho evening themo will be "Hopes nnd Possibilities of Young Womanhood." Reserved seats for young people. Everyono Is cor dially invited to all of these sorvices. LIVINGSTONE, Minister. ATTENTION B. P. 0. E. Informal MAKIH'KIt ADM Dunce at Klka Temple Snturdny. Felirunry Flks and their Indira only. 12. FREE An Interesting meeting of the Mor iow County Farm Bureau was held here last Saturday the program being in the nature of a "school," at which competent instructors gave Interesting talks on subjects of Interest to mem bers of the bureau. Twenty-eight farmers were in atten dance, and the close attention given to the program indicated that interest in bureau work la growing, in the county. K. B. Fitta gave a most interesting talk on dairying, during which he stat cTT that the dairy cow will produce live times the amount of food from a ton of Kay than any other animal, while leav ing sufficient fertilizer to maintain fer tility of the soil that produced the hay.1 Mr. Fitls pointed out that pure bred cows are much superior to poor grades, and urged that all dairymen should Im prove their herds as rapidly as possible by introducing pure-bred sires. Following his address Mr. Fltts an swered many questions of interest ask ed by his hearers. W. S. Carpenter, special demonstra tion agent from the extension depart ment at O. A. C, spoke on grain grow ing In Eastern Oregon in connection with which he used a chart showing the result of four years of discing and not discing wheat land. If the ground Is plowed early while moist discing is not necessary, Mr. Carpenter stated, l.ut if not possible to plow early disc ing is Important to kill weeds and con serve the moisture. Another chart was shown regarding early and late plow ing. Ground plowed before April 1 produced 14.5 bushels per acre, while similar ground plowed In June pro duced only S.S bushels. Mr. Carpenter i'lso answered a number of interesting oiiestlons. n. V. Ciunn gave an interesting talk on the Importance of farm accounts, Mating that often the wife or one of the older children take pride In keeping i'P the accounting once a week or so. The speaker also urged the Importance of transacting all business through tho bank, paying all bills with checks, thus keeping a record of every item. Mr. r.unn also gave ft blackboard il lustration of the proper way of estl mating the actual cost of a bushel of wheat. At the business meeting following the school work It was moved and car ried thnt the bureau appropriate $50 for publicity purposes In circulating and advertising the Oregon cooperative grain growers contract. - it wns also ordered by a vote of the meeting that County Agent Hunt be granted a leave of absence from Mor row county of one month to assist in organising nnd putting over the co-operative marketing project Morrow County Fanners At tended Grain Meeting at Moro A meeting of the Oregon Cooperative Grain Growers association was held at Moro In Sherman county on last Satur day, and a number of our farmers, and others Interested were present The farmers of that county signed up to de liver their grain to the association for the coming six years, and some 800.000 bushels were listed. It Is expected that nmnv more of the Sherman county far- ' , ..,, tn nnd (hat tne hulk of I )))8 Krnin pver th(,re wm eventually be I handled through the association. A moetlnK wm he neia Heppner soon ' for ()lR nme, rn,0SB, Ht which time it , .,, ,)e nscertalned how the farmers of from Trapper were W. D. Hayden f 1e T,..st,lte Terminal Co.,' Andy Rood, D. M. Ward, Howard Anderson U, w. Snyder nnd L. A. Hunt. Joe De vine of Lexington was also In attend ance. Saturday C. H. McDanlel and Mary Hartley, both of the Gooseberry section, secured a marriage license from County Clerk Sturglll, and were united In mar riage at the residence of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. D. Weed the same dny, Rev. C. H Ncllor officiating. Condon Globo-Tlmos. CAlin OF THANKS. Wo take this means of thanking the many friends In Heppner who so kindly assisted us nt the funeral nnd burial of our husband and father, James M Hayes, and for the many beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. James M. Hayes and Family. The School Board Convention of Mor row county was called January 29, 1921, by the County School Superintendent, Mrs. Shurte, who acted aa chairman. The meeting was called at nine o'clock. Mrs. Sylvia Missildlne waa ap pointed secretary. E. H. Anderson led the opening singing followed by H. M. James. Mr. James' talk was both in teresting and Instructive. He brought out clearly and urged upon the mem bers the importance of proper lighting, ventilation, heating, sanitation and ade quate school supplies. He also brought out the advantages of having an at tractive school room, some form of music as well as an emergency cheat in case of accidents, and soap and towels, preferably paper ones. F. R. Bennett then addressed the con vention briefly on the subject of ath letics for rural schools urging the Im portance of physical education for girls as well as boys, the advantage gained by the development of team play and called attention to the County School Meet to be held in lone. Mrs. C. E. Woodson, President of the Heppner Patron-Teachers Association. urged the formation of similar asso ciations in all school districts. Such an association would look after a board ing place for the teacher and encourage social life in the community. It would arouse Interest in the school and would see to Improvements in the school. Mrs. Shurte spoke briefly on the ad vantages of hot and attractive lunches for pupils and the first session was die. missed. . The afternoon session opened with Binging led by Mrs. Lillian Turner. This was followed with singing by eight girls from the Heppner high school di rected by Miss Dafoe. Mr. Notson then spoke interestingly on the influence of good pictures and nlay-ground apparatus. He urged the great Importance of reading and of having an abundance of good books for the schools. He closed with a strong appeal for the teaching of love for and loyalty to the flag. A flag should oe floating from a mast on every school building in the county. The law pro vides for such and it should be there every day, the weather permitting. H. C. Seymour spoke on standardiza tion of schools and urged the formation of thrift clubs. Here a fifteen minute recess was call ed. Following the intermission M. u. Signs spoke on Community Service and Organization. Mr Signs showed clearly what such service meant to a commun ity and how various organizations could bo federated. E. R. Curfman urged the Importance of prompt and accurate reports from teachers and clerks. On account of the lateness of the hour it was decided that the addresses of E. H. Andrseon and H. C. Seymour be published. In this way those Import ant papers would reach more people and be of more service to all. The report of the Resolution Com mittee was then read and adopted and the meeting adjourned. Following are the names of those present: H. C. Seymour, Club Leader, O. A. C. Extension Division, Corvallis; Howard M. James, Supt. Heppner Schools, Mrs. Frank Turner, Heppner, Mrs. Mary Bartholomew, Heppner, Dr. J. Perry Conder, Heppner, A. W. Dykstra, Dist. 42, Heppner, C. M. Rugg., Dist. 6, Hepp ner: Adam Blahm, Dist 3S, Heppner Chris Brown, Dist. 38, Heppner; Sylva Missildlne, Dist. 17. Heppner; S. E. Not son, Heppner; M. R. Morgan, lone, E. J Bristow, lone, I. L. Howard. lone, C. H Erwln, Dist. 30, lone; E. R. Curfman, Sunt lone schools; M. B. Signs, Supt, Ronrdman schools: A. J. Hedger, teach er Manual Training, Boardman; E. H Anderson, Supt. Irrigon schools, Mrs. M. B. Slgns.Irrlgon. W. L. Suddarth, Supt. Pine City schools, Mrs. W. L. Sud darth, F. R. Bennett Supt. Lexington schools; Chas. Bartholomew. Dist. 26. Echo: Mrs. Chns. Bartholomew, E. O, Nelll, Dist. 26. Echo: M. R. Ball, Dist. !s. Morgan: Fred Pettijohn, Dist. 28, Morgan; W. C. Crawford, Dist .8, Mor- J. A. Troedson. ll'st. zs, Morgan. B. F. Morgan, Dist. 5, Morgan; n. k,. Wltzell. Dist. 5, Morgan; B. H. Peck, Dist. 3, Heppner. Miss Blanche Powe.k Dist. 3, Heppner, Mrs. C. L. Woodson, Heppner. Report of the Resolution Commlltee. 1. Resolved, That this convention hereby express Its thanks to Miss Da- foe, Mrs. Frank Turner, and the glru who furnished music for our pleasure, to Mrs. Woodson of tho Heppner Patron-teachers Association, to the super intendent of tho Heppner schools for courtesies, to the school hoarti of Hepp ner for the use of tho Heppner school building, to the Janitor of tho building for his services, to Mrs. Missildlne and to all others who aided In making this convention a success: ;. Resolved, That tho salary of the Countv School Superintendent should be made adequate to the Importance of thnt office: 3. Resolved. That this Convention Is not In favor of any measure that will reduce in any way tho present Income to the state and county school funds. 4. Resolved. That w e approve the an nual School Board Convention nnd rec ommended that it be called In the month of January. S. Resolved, Thnt we approve tho minimum salary schedule adopted last year, viz.: $1200.00 nnd that this sched ule be In force for the coming school year. M. R. MORG AN, B. F. MORGAN, SYLVA MISSILD1NE, HOWARD M. JAMES. ADAM BLAHM. E. H. ANDERSON. Committee. Adopted by unanimous voto of mem bers present. V3. H. ANDERSON, Secretary Resolutions Committee. DR. D. N. HAYDEN IN GILLIAM COUNTY JAIL Fornrr Hraldrnt of Hardmaa UrW At loauoa la Lira of Ball at Five Uuadrra Dollars. Dr. L. .V. Iiayden, formerly of Hard-1 man, but for the past mouth a resident of Arlington, is now languishing in the county jail in tins city. From all re ports the doctor has been trying to break into Jail for some time past. Monday Ur. Hayden and Mrs. Han nau Det.n, a former resident of Hard man, were arrested in Arlington ano taken before Justice of the Peace 11. VY. Lang, chained with lewd cohabita tion. Preliminary hearing was waived and the doctor was bound over under liuo bond to await the action of the grand jury, while Mrs. Deen was al lowed to go on her own recognizance. District Attorney Keinke made the trip to Arlington to prosecute the case. Doth of the parties to the case resid ed at Hardman for some time, and Mrs. Deen and her husband were recently di vorced, the husband being given the care of their four little children. He had allowed the mother to have charge of one of them, but recently heard of the conditions at Arlington and the ar rest was the result of his activities. Dr. Hayden had only been at Arling ton for a short time, but is well known here and all over this part of the state. He has the reputation of being a man of considerable ability, and has per formed several successful operations in this city. But for some time past he has been on the black list of the local doctors on account of his irresponsi bility. At one time it is said that the officers in Morrow county went to Hardman after him in order to exam ine him as to his sanity. He happened to be out of town. Dr. Hayden Increases the population of the Jail to four, the largest number that has been there for many years. He may have to remain there until the June term of court, as there is no grand jury at the present time, and he has never been indicted. Condon Globe Times. Five Mile Cattle & Horse As sociation Hold Annual Meet The Five Mile Cattle and HorBS As sociation held a regular meeting last Saturday at the Charles McDevitt ranch at Gurdane. The meeting was well attended by members from all sec tions tributary to the Five Mile range. Lena, Gurdane, Pilot Rock- and Uklah were represented. S. R. Woods, forest ranger at Gurdane, represented the Forest Service. Albert Peterson, gov ernment hunter of Ukiah, and Mr. Wil liams of tho Biological Survey with headquarters in Portland, were present Several important topics effecting the local live stock industry were taken up and ably discussed. The Herd Law for Umatilla county claimed considerable attention. There seemed to be some question as to its application to private lands inside the Umatilla forest Even forest officers do not appear to know how it will effect privately owned land inside the National Forest boundaries. Morrow county stockmen stated that a Herd Law has been in operation In Morrow county for several years and the manner In which it is enforced has won the approval of all stockmen and ranchers. The Five Mile drift fence separating the cattle range from the sheep allot ments In the Gurdane District of the Liralilla National Forest was ncain taken up. This project was favorably acted upon by the Association ayear ago, money was raised and bids asked on construction of twelve miles of new fence but no bids were received. The proposition is still open nnd it is ex pected that some bids will yet be re ceived. At any rate the Association wm push the work to completion this year. It was also decided to give a general overhauling to the old drift fence ex tending from Squaw Flat north across Five Mile creek to the Forest boun dary, a distance of three miles. This will make a total of fifteen miles of fence to be constructed on the Five Mile range this year. Besides the three miles of wire on the old fence, there Is sufflclnt material at Ellis Ranger Sta tion for twenty miles of three strand fence. It was decided that beginning with the season of 1922 only registered bulls of the beef breed would be allowed on the Five Mile range. The plnce of annual meeting was changed from Pilot Rock to Gurdane, the latter place being much more cen trally located and the date to be the first Saturday In November. The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, J. D. French. Ourdane: Vioe-rresident. A. 0. Buholts, Pilot Rock: Secretary -Treas urer, John Brosnan, Lena; Advisory Board, rhil Hlggins. Lena. R. A. Cu lick. Lena. Walter Ellis, Uklah. Clare Sturdivant, Uklah. Lexington High School Notes. My R. Mc. The Lexington girls basketball team met the Ior.e team last Saturday In fast gnmo on the lone floor. Tho Lex ington girls were greatly handicapped in the game on account of the slippery floor In lonc's hall. At the end of the first half, tho score stood 5 to 0 in fa vor of lone. The Lexington girls ral lied in tho last hnlf and by fast play ing managed to run their score up. Although tho Lexington team played a very good game, the lono team had cained tho advantage and won the game by a score of 10 to 5. Kntertnlnment roatponed. The Patron - Teachers Association, through Its committee appointed for the purpose, had planned to pu: on an entertainment nt tho tilsh school audi torlum Wednesday evening, but owlmr to unavoidable circumstances this had to be postponed ludetlneltely. Pioneer Mork.saan and Farmer Pan nt Hla Home Im t'rnuleloa t-'Mnerat nt ffrppaer on Snadaj la Largely A I - trndc-d by f'r.enda of Family. James M. Haye.-, ho formetiy lived in Heppner, and wi,o fur many years a as engaged in fannii.g and atockrais ing in this count), in wu.ai bua.uviia tie was bucceasf ui and piopumd, passed away at his home in pei.die.lon, uieofi. on Uhumday, January J r, lJl, aged 0 years. .Mr. liuea had been in ill health for a few yeais past, and his death at this time was not altogether unlooked for, yet the announcement came as a shock to the many menus of the fam ily in Heppner, where he had been well Known for so many years. Funeial services lor the deceased were held at the Christian church in Heppner on Sunday afiernonn last at 2. yo o'clock. Rev. W. u. Livingstone delivering the funeral discourse to an audience that filled the church to ca pacity. James M. Hayes was born In Lane county, Oregon, January 24, 1&59, the son of William Jefferson and Sarah Hayes, who were early pioneers and came across the plains to the Willam ette valley in 1551 from Missouri. In H77 he came to Morrow counly, which was at that time a part of Umatilla county, and settled on Rhea creek, on the place now owned by Henry Scher- zlnper. Later, in conjunction with the late George Conser, Mr. Hayes pur chased the Rush land on Rhea creek and engaged extensively in farming and stockraising. Later Mr. Conser re tired from the firm and Mr. Hayes con tinued to run the place until about four years ago, whfen he sold out and re tired to Heppner to live, he being com pelled in a large measure to take this step on account of falling health. About two years ago, Mr. Hayes moved with his family to Pendleton, where they now reside. Mr. Hayes was married to Nancy B. Hayes in Lane County, March 4, 1888. To them were born the following chil dren, all of which, with their mother, survive; Glenn H. Hayes, Rose Viola Kirk, Roxie A. Sperry, William A. Hayes, Lola A. Hayes, James Hayes, Jr., and Inez Hayes. A GROUND-HOG PARTY. Mrs. J. G. Johnson and Mrs. George N. Peck entertained on Saturday, Jan uary 29, with an interesting "ground hog party" at the Peck home in Clark's canyon, two and a half miles south of Lexington. The event was in honor of Clinton Kenneth Peck's second birth day. Upon arriving guests were required to register after which they were pre sented with minature "ground hogs." symbolic of the occasion, which en titled them to participate in the games anil contests which followed. The rooms were artistically decorated with "ground'"' hogs" of various sizes and shapes. The early part of the afternoon was given to music and appropriate games, after which stories were told for the benefit of the little "ground hogs" by Mrs. F. R. Bennett, which were greatly appreciated by both the grown-ups and the children. A two-course luncheon was served at which Mas'r Kenneth presided, cut ting the birthday cake. Those who as- ted the hostsses were Mrs. rranK Munkers, Mrs. Ed Burchell and Mrs T. L. Dorman. The following children and their mo thers were present: Ldward and mine Hurchell. Norma and Chester Christen- son, Kenneth Palmer, Edward and Mil dred Hunt Lyle Allyn, Florence and Iris Frederickson, Vivian Neil White. Fred and Harriett Pointer, Lester and Marvin Cox, Grace and Doris Burchell. James Hascell Peck and Patricia and Louis Holmes. Others present were Mrs. L. H. Zicler, Miss Myrtle Lay. Mrs. j M, White. Mrs. T. L Dorman, Mrs. Karl Beach. Mrs. Frank Munkers. Mrs. Delia McMillan. Mis. F. R. Bennett Mrs. Wm. Worstell. Mrs. W. C. Scott, Mrs. Millard F. Parker. Mrs. Burton II. Peck of Heppner and Joce and Alice Palmer. Master Kenneth received many pretty and useful presents. Turn Hume Mill Down. That the parochial school is grad ually giving way to the public schools In the favor of the people of the state Is evidenced by a report compiled by at taches of the state superintendent of instruction office and considered by the senate committee on education in its hearing on bills nv.v before the legis lature barring religious garb in all In stitutions of learning In tho state. The report shows that in 1918, 1163 children attended p.irochial schools In ten tow ns in the Mat, and that In 1I9. 1135 attended the same p -houls. This would Indicate that tho popularity of such schools with cliildien li lessening, based upon the do-.Tease of 30 pupils in that time, and it was considered In this light by tiio cor.mittce when they recommended Indefinite postponement of the Hume bill calling for prohlbl tion of weaving religious garb by teachers. The committee held that If the trend of events itidi, ato those lnstl tutions are losing favor and that legis lation to hasten lblr flight might be regarded aa persecution an 1 would hnve an opposite effect to that Intended. The report also showed that one less teach er was engaged in tho schools In 1919 than In I'M -Oregon Voter. ('has " Conner, extensive farmer and land ow ner of the west "I ! of Mor row countv, and who has some lands within the John Day project, wan at ths meclill of irrigatioiilsts In Hoppnsr Tuesday ovenlirg. ELKS INFORMAL MI1IIH IHII11 II tM H, Halunlnr. lain, for Klka anil Ihrlr Indira only. Kry l.oriy nml iiinnk.