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PAGE FIVE THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HHITNEK, OREGON, Till'I.'SDAY, KEH. 10. l'j.'l DEVIN FAMILY FIND VALUABLE OLD BIBLE lluok, Murr Ikia Oar lluodrra Vttlf Irara Old Kuaad Amii Famllf r.t frta in Heart': at Uulivar, MUourL Cherokee (Okla.) MeimenKer. lurlHK vlait this week of M. J. Iievln uf Oregon to Ilia cousin. F. P. Iievln in thi city, the latter learned niurh of hi family hintury heretofore unknown to him. The Oregon man. during hi vlait In Mlaaouri, helped to compile data relating to the Devlin and while there a family Ullile waa un earthed which Rave them valuable in formation. An account of the geneol ogy of thi family taken from a Hol Ivar paper I aa follow. E. C Devln being a brother of K. 1'. of thi city: "K. C. Pevln, presiding Judge of the county court, I preparing a geneology of the Devin family which h intend to hand down to future generation. "Much of hi Information ha been obtained from ome letter he found among hi mother' old paper at R. E. Wollard'", outhwest of Hollar, on Thanksgiving. l'JlH. Mr. Wollard In Judge Iievln youngest lister, and their mother lived with her at tin time of her death. "These letter were written In 1S81 by Hubert I. Devln of North Carolina (cousin of Judge Devln' father) to Al fred Hnrrlson Devln of Dunncgan Spring, (a brother of Judge Devin's father). Robert wa Interested In the family tree and hi letter are full of genealogical lor. "The progenitor of the Devln family In America was William Devln, 8r (They pronounced It Dlvln In thostf day ) lie wa born In Dublin. Ireland In 1724. a descendant of a Huguenot family driven from France by religious persecution. He came to the United States in 1745 or 174, married and set tled In I'lttsylvnnla county, Virginia He wa the father of eleven children. Judge Kevin is a great-greut-grandson of William Devln, 8r. "due of the Senior Devln chuldren was William Dovln, Jr. He served three years during the Revolutionary War. The lllble that he carried In the war 1 now In the possession of Judge Devln. He obtained it from his cousin. Joe Hughes of near l'lcasant Hope, shortly before Chrlsttnns. It wa left at the Hughes home by his grandmoth er. Mrs. Margaret Devln, upon her death. William Devln, Jr., bought the Bi ble from John Vance at Valley Forge In 1778. The lllble was printed in Ed Inburg. Scotland, by Alexander Kln cald. "His Majesty- l'rlnter," In 17GS and I thus H2 years old. It contains the Old and New Testament and the Psalm of David. In metre, newly trans lated and diligently compared with the original text and former translations It I In remarkably good condition Nearly the whole book Is lntnct, and the pages are easily readable. The fly leaves are covered with notations still very distinct, mostly concerning births and marriages in the Devln fam ily. It Is about three and one-half by six Inrhf In slie." f H'iphcr will face a tutul levy t,t mills, which Is going some these pros perous times. j Dr. Louis A'hert Danks, who spoke in llcppner on Tuesday evening on behalf 1 of the Antl-S.iloon league, wan greet-: ed by a large audience at the Christian ' church. The main portion of his ad- diess was directed to the subject of world prohibition, and he slated that in his opinion this miracle would be ac complished within the next ten years. Dr. Hank Is an orator of fine ability and his lecture on Tuesday evening waa well received. The school children had worked up a lot of Interest in the meeting by the contest over the flag which wa to go to the grnde having the largest number In attendance. The fifth grade carried off the laurels with 43 vote, the eighth grade coming In second best. i i . . a. Ta , .ii(- SiL A?, Xcivs of Jleppner Post Xo. 87 American Legion L By R. E. C. I LOCAL I Oscar Keithley, president of the Mor row County Farm Rurcau, was doing business In Heppner on Tuesday. PIE NOCIAIj Morgan, Saturday, Feb 19. given by the Sunday School. Good program. Come and help us eat pie. Horn At the maternity home of Mrs (. C. Aiken in Heppner on Tuesday. Feb. 8. to Mr. and Mrs. W. I- McCaleb. an K-pnuml son. Mother and child arc reported to he doing well. Don't forget to attend (he dance at Morgan Saturday night, February 12 llnnr.lmnn orchestra will furnish the music and supper will be served by MrB E. Carpenter. A good time prom ised to nil who attend. The Legion is finally in its new home and as a result is finding that a great; I deal more interest Is being displayed. The boy turned out pretty well on ( Wednesday and Thursday night to build the new grandstan j We didn't make much noise but no ticed that "Ken" had his family at the hotel while we were working. It Pay la Advertise. A small local Inserted In these col umns last week wanting a woman, or a man and wife to work on ranch, brought to his office no less than 16 inciuirie, and the position was filled In shtirt order. It doe pay to advertise. and It pays to advertise In The Ga-xette-Times every time. LIVE CECIL NEWS ITEMS A nlpnunnt nartv was given at the beautiful country hnme of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph I. Thompson on Willow creek last Friday ovenlng. About 2H of their friends from Heppner were present and the evening was spent In playing cards and dancing. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Engelnmn re turned Inst Tuesday from Tortland where Mr. K. had been receiving treat ment for a long-standing trouble. His itenernl health has greatly Improved and he looks and feels bettor than he hns for a long while Tone lndcpenu cnt. Tllmnn Hngue, who was engaged In farming in the Gooseberry section for nmnv vcars. and who still has some Interests In that section, was a visitor In Heppner for a couple of day the flrst of the week, Mr. Hogue Is con temnlnllng getting hold of a piece of land In the vicinity of Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Devln of Heppner, Oregon, stopped In Cherokee this week for a short visit with their cousin, F. 1 Devln and family. The visitors are enrouto home from a visit to Bolivar, Mo., where they enjoyed several weckR with relatives Cherokee, (Oltla.) Mes senger.. Mr. and Mrs. Pevln arrived homo over a week ago after an absence of about three months during which time they enjoyed a visit with rela tives In Missouri. C. R. Sperry went to Tortland last Wednesday to consult ft specialist ro gardlng hi ailment. Although he had continued to Improve for a week It was thought a chnngo of scone and treat ment would prove beneficial. Ho was accompanied by his daughter Raotrlce and Hob Sperry.-Ione Independent. Report reached Heppner of the death of Mr. Sperry In Portland on Wednes day morning, but we are not In pos session nf further Information at the tjme of going to press. F. R. Rrown, secretnry of the John Dnv Irrigation project, returned from Portland the first of the week whore he had been for sevoral days past. Mrs Hrown, who hns been In Polrlnnd for the past two weeks receiving medical attention, underwent a minor operation and is getting along woll. Sho Is ex pected home within a few days. Just about tlmo for paying .iaxes again. The sheriff's offce have received the roll and the extensions are being mn,i. nv tha first of March the flrst half will be duo, Wa understand It Is th nnlle.v nf the sheriff not to send out .1... .1.1. nr and If you want to what vour taxes are to bo, you will have to wrllo In, when you will bo noiifled. no nronnrod for a shock as the notice will convey the Intelligence ii,nt vnu have tho blgKOst tax to pay ever levied In Morrow comity. Those who reside Inside tho limits of the city Mrs. H. C. Ellis of Ewlng was a Cecil caller on Sunday. Miss Gertie Pettljohn of Morgan was visiting In Cecil on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Henriksen of Ithea were calling on their Cecil friends on Thursday. Mr. J. E. Crabtree and children of Dotheboy's Hill were calling on Cecil friend on Tuesday. Miss Georgia Summers of the Last Camp spent the week end visiting with friend In Arlington. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Winter and family of Shady Dell were Arlington visitors on Thursday. Mr. Haiel Log' and family of Four Mile were visiting with Mrs. Weltha Combest on Saturday. Mrs. Dell Ward of Heppner spent Monday and Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Karl Farnsworth at Rhea. T. W. Wilde of Rroadacres spent a short time in Cecil on his return Jour ney from Arlington, on Saturday. Mrs. Karl Farnsworth and daughter, Miss Helen, left on the local for Port land on Tuesday where they will spend few day. Mr. and Mr. Marlon VanSchoaick and family of Arlington visited with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Krebs at the Last Camp on Sunday. Harold Ahalt. who has been visiting Portland for the last few days, ar rived at Four Mile on Friday and will work for Leon Logan. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd and Mrs. Roy Scott of Huttcrby Flats were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lowe of' the Highway House, Cecil, Sunday. Mr. Hannnh Ahalt who has been I spending several month amongst her friends in California arrived In Cecil. Saturday and will visit her Cecil friends for some time. Hob Thompson of Heppner arrived In Cecil on Tuesday and has got settle! down once more at the Shepherd's Rest and we henr he contemplates giving a dinner party soon to the ladles of Cecil. John MiDevitt from his ranch near lone wns In Cecil on Monday with a large party of ladies who had sur vived the serenade of Saturday night. He remained long enough to see them abonrd tho "local flyer" for unknown parts. The Oregon Hassam Paving Co. of Portland, are very busy unloading their goods at the Cecil depot. They will erect their campB on M. V. Logan's ground and will occupy his cottage Gravelling will commence as Boon as all things are got Into working order. MIsscb A. C. and V. M. Hynd of But torby FlntB and Keith Logan of Fali vlew all spent a few days at their re spective homes during the past week and returned to Heppner on Sunday to resume tholr studies at Heppner high school on Monday. Gilliam & P.isbee are always well rep resented at the smokers Those Turner boys are sure there when it comes to tossing them around Our mayor was there as well as the majority of the council, while Walt Ca son, our genial constable, looked In two or three time during the evening. It la wonderful how that Jone boy gets the stray quarters out of your pockets. If any of John D' local force was absent we didn't know it Did you notice our shower bath on the outh ide ot the building? As usual we were three Jumps be hind the crowd when It came to seating caDaclty. We had some of the old timers with ( us Saturday night, among them being! Hw about a big feed at the hotel Geo. Sperry, Frank Gilliam, John Pat-jome night. terson and Doug. Gurdane. This being We missed the Johnson brother of their flrst appearance at our smoker. Lexington Saturday night. waa their first appearance at our amok era. We want all you old members to gel out and get all the ex-service men Into, the organization. Tell them what we are doing and get their $3. 75 for dues thi year. j That man Vaun of Boardrnan Is a regular cout. Three bouts Saturday two wrestling and one boxing. The boy got quite a kick out of Uncle Jack and his Y. M. C. A. bath towel. We missed Bert Stone and his well known comment. Some wk knocker circulated the re port that we were charging a dollar, but we are still at the old rate 20c, and we feel sorry for the boys who didn't investigate as they missed something. I .As usual several of our member couldn't get away from the ladles, but the married men were all there. Bauman and Valentine called their affair a friendly sparring match. Roy Wakefield say he would hate to see them fight. We missed Wright in action a a boxer, although he and Hall put up an extraordinary wrestling bout for two boys of their age. Harry GroshenB shows up better ev ery time we see him. We are getting Transfer and General Hauling We do a transfer and general hauling business of all kinds. Let us figure with you on that next job. We will -GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. BARNARD & EMRY foire r.-il tdlt'.t in th; lire Vic Kails and Emery G'-r:try two go-getters when it om-s to tn.x.r.st It Jac k O'Neill and Pat Foley ..ur,.l up the affair with a ten-minute exhi bition (hat was fine. Don't forg'-t that the hall ia for Le gion members and that it is a fine place to read and work out on the mat Sei Gurdane, Crego or Phelps for a key. Those Drlscc.ll boys can't be brothers, can they? Wait for our big dance next month. Get a new member this month and don't forget our next amoker. Lexington Christian Endeavor, Will Give Big Minstrel Show. Next Monday evening the people of Lexington and of the surrounding country will witness the biggest an. best minstrel show ever given In Mor row county. The entertainment will consist of several musical selections, ; darky songs, darky dialogues, togethe. with other amusing selection. , The minstrel will be given at the Leach hall, February 14th. The "dark ies" have been very busy for the last few day practicing their part so all those attending this entertainment may be assured a pleasant evening. Come and bring your friends. R. Ma ' First' It is sold at a mod erate price. You save when you buy it Second: It has more than the ordinary leavening strength, therefore, you use less. Third: There are no fail uresit always makes the sweetest, most palatable of foods. Fourth: It is used by mil lions of housewives leading domestic science teachers and cooking experts. .EAT The Question Is Settled DINE WITH US Our New Big Dining Room It not exclusive to transient trade. It's tor the folks ot Heppner First, Last ant All the Time. Give the wife a rest and a treat a Sunday dinner here. SHORT ORDERS, TOO Elkhorn Restaurant Willow Street S A F E T Y 6c sr. mm! ir n n s s. s E R V I C E It Takes solution This matter of saving money. Don't think about it too long just bring along what money you can spare, AND OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT with that. Once you have an account, how ever small, you'll be interested in adding to it. first thing you know it will amount to quite a sum. Then you'll realize what an import ant step you took when you started. Fir National Bank HEPPNER, OREGON The Cecil country wns well repre sented at the meeting of the Johy Pay Irringtion district nt the county seat A. Henriksen, J. Hynd, J. W. Osborn, Leon Logan, Kverett Logan, Zenneth Lognn, J. J. McEntlre nnd several oth ers were among those who were seek ing for sonic enlightenment on the many subjects nf the Irrigation project. Fifth: It is the best Baking Powder that can be produced. Was given highest awards at World's Pure Food Exposition,Chicago;Paris Exposition, Paris, France. Sixth: It contains only such ini,Tedienrs as have been officially approved by the United States Food Authorities. The finest quality Baking Powder at the most economical cost "The Biggest Bargain That Goes into the Kitchen Today." Pound can of Calumet contains full 16 ot. Some baking powders come in 12 oi. instead of 16 ot. cans. Be sure you get a pound when you want it Calumet Nut Cooiri Recipe cup butter, Vi cup sugar, 2 eggs. M cup flour, 1 level tea spoon Calumet Baking Powder, 4 cup chopped nuts, 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Then mix in the regular way. Lower Farm Implement Prices HE BREAK HAS COME. FOR some time prices paid for your farm products have been low. It is but nat ural for you to want lower prices on the farm im plements used in producing your crops. mm Announcement is made by the Oliver Chilled Plow Works of a general price reduction in their lines that brings prices to the basis of 1918. They are first to make this reduction and are taking the loss that the move brings for there has been little re duction in labor or material as their contribution in hastening a return to normal conditions. This is your, opportunity to secure new, up-to-date Oliver quality imple ments that will help you produce a full crop, and get them at a price in line with the reduced prices on your farm products. Peoples Hardware Co. WELL! 1 920 is Gone! And with it our profits as well as yours. The past year has undoubtedly been a hard one for everyone. The farmer and stockman had immense losses, and so did the merchant. WE HAVE TAKEN OURS Every article in the stock has been remarked re gardless of cost, and right down to and below present worth on the markets of the world. Here are a few of our new prices: Calico 15c yd. Ginghams 19c, 25c, 35c Flannelette 19c Outings 19c, 25c, 35c Let's forget 1920 with its troubles and get together and push and push hard for a prosperous 1921. Come in and see what we are doing to make 1921 prosperous for you. Minor & Company "GOOD GOODS' Heppner Oregon lis