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The Gaze its riiTT airr 8L I JLMJi3 PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 37, Number 48. IIEPPXER OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1921. Subscription $2.00 Per Year New Commercial Club Sec Some Former Heppnerites Get Taken In For Law Breaking retary Is Being Kept Busy AWAITING THEIR CUE WEAREASKEDTQAID :270REG0NC0UNTIES ; HAVE CO. AGT. WORK Hi OF CIA Meeting Held la llepimrr Last Friday at Dinner Hour, Kaduraea the 11. mad Commltteea Avyolnted There are &0,UU0,Uit million ycuple facing starvation in the province of ShantuKn, China, and of thin number l&.OOU.Ouu are sure to petLsh with huu ger before aid can now to gotten lo them. 11. II. Junes of Forest Grove, who was In Hepnner In the Interests of the Near East and Chinese relief, mtt with about forty of lieupner'a outline 3d men around the dinner table at the Hotel Heppner on Friday last, and (ire vented the claims of the sufferers in the Chinese province of KhantuiiK. who. because of three yeara of crop failures and continuous drouth were now in a terrible condition of starvation. Mr. Jones was the principal speaker of the occasion and told of the thousands that have alrendy perished there, how the wells and streams have become pot luted with dead bodies of those who were destroying themselves to escape the terrible death of starvation, and Impressed all his hearers with the great Importance of getting help to them In the shape of money and food stuffs Just as soon as posnible. He fully explained the plan being worked out In all the counties where he had been so far. The economic side of the, question was also presented by Mr. Jones. He stated that money would not be need ed by the Chinese for there was noth ing there for them to buy with it. Foodstuffs, and especially wheat, would fill the need to the Kfttest extent and this would be the means of stimulating the wheat market of Oregon. Shan tung province has always been one of the best markets for our products, and the Importance of helping them at this time would help In estnbliHhing our fu ture there from a marketing stand point. China Is the friend of America In the Far Fast and helping (hem now would only cement v this friendship, which in the future may be needed. This relief work is carried on In con junction with the Near Kant relief, and John J. Handsaker, wjio has had chargo of that work In Oregon will continue at the head of the joint relief work This is to be divided on a 50-K0 basis, to be handled by the present organiza tion with the addition of other work ers, 8. E. Notson acted as chairman of the meeting Friday, and after hearing Mr. Jones, It was moved that the plan pro posed be adopted, which wns done, ami the following committees appointed: Publicity, S. K. Notson. S. A. ratti son and Va wter Crawford, On plan.;, Hoy V. Whit Is. J. W. Frltarh and A R Akers. The Farm Tlureau has been asked to asnlHt in this work, find full plans for getting the relief together should be announced early the coming week. Elk Ladies Will Give High Class Entertainment Mar. 8 On iho evening of March 8th, the ladles of Heppner Lodge No. 3TH, H. I. O. E. will give their entertainment tit Elks temple. You have been looking forward to this and awaiting the an nouncement of the dale. The enter tainment is given for the purpose of raising funds with which to purchase dishes and equipment for the kitchen and dining room. A general admission of 60 cents with 5 cents war tax will he charged and the public of Heppner is invited. The ladies will act as ushers and will be specially costumed for the occasion. Jason liiildle, Hhea creek wheatrais er, was doing business In Heppner on Saturday. ROSELTH KNAPP BREED, HUMORIST-ENTERTAINER, IS NEXT LYCEUM NUMBER Koselth Knapp Iirood, Jloston's not ed humorist, Is one of lyceum's most popular entertainers. She presents n enrefully arranged program of mono- loguos, character sketches and short stories. She Is a clever Interpreter and possesses a finished art which de lights at all times. She is more thnn a reader! rather is she an Interpreter of real people in real life. Her "types" J are distinctive, and you marvel at tier gifted character Impersonations. Her work is an art made so through yenrs of earnest study and successful pint form experience. Last Number on Lyceum ("ourae, nt the NT A It TIIKATI'.II, IIF.ITNK.H FRIDAY, MARCH 4th J. W. Fritsch, the newly-elected sec retary of Heppner Commercial club, has been pretty busy this week In re ceiving and answering telegrams con ceining various matters in which the community In Interested. He was call ed tp by President Jay Dobbin of the Oregon Woolgrowers, to get off a tele gram to President Wilson, urging his endorsement of the emergency tariff bill, and this Joseph did after taking the matter up with a number of our woolgrowers. The telegram reads aB follows: "President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C, Citirens of Oregon urgently request that you approve Tar iff Hill. Uve stock and fanning In dustry practically bankrupt under present conditions." Mr. Fritsch also bad to take up a matter with the state legislature, and immediately after the meeting at the hotel on Friday, he telegraphed Heppner's endorsment of th Near East and Chinese Relief pro gram to Chairman Handsaker at Port land. Joe says he Is going to keep Heppner on the may all the time, and will not overlook an opportunity for publicity. Heppner Debates Stanfield for District Championship The deciding contest for the district championship In the interscholastic de bates will be held between the Heppner high school teams and the Stanfield high school on March 6th. The negative team of Stanfield comes to Heppner on this date and our nega tive team goes to the Umatilla city. This being for the final district de cision, it is expected thut the repre sentatives of both schools will put up the best fight they have in them, and we shall hope to see the local teams curry off the laurels. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ciego spent a few days in The Dalles during' the past euk, visiting with relatives. They returned home on Sunday. Miss Josephine Woolery, formerly of this city, is among the recent gradu ates fiom Lincoln high school In Port land, in Miss Woolery's class were 90 pupils, 20 of whom passed the mid-winter exams and received their diplomas of graduation. HER TORTRAIT REALLY "SPEAKING LIKENESS" ItoHelttt Knapp 1 1 reed Is True ArtlsK la Hecrrsling Living Tnes-To t prpar Here Noon. -At l;tnt, the traditional "speaking likeness" as a living thing. The artist is Koselth Knapp Breed, who comes to Heppner and will appear at the Slar theater on Friday evening March i. The portrait Is of one of those real people in real life whose fads and foibles nnd fancies give a tang of humor to a day that is other wise dull. The "speaking likeness" Is in truth Miss Mreed as she, with the i a re ait of a portrayalist extraordin ary, makes those character types hu man, living, speaking things thru the medium of her own charming person ality. Her program is made up of such por traits in monologues, stories, and Im personations. A keen and shrewd ob server of life she has created almost a new art in the vivid, yet natural harneter of her pictures of lots of folks you know. "Hoston's humorist" Ihey cull her, because she loves to lighten the world with laughter, but she possesses as well as her extraor- linary dry wit and humor a dramatic power which can plumb the depths of xperience In those moments of ten sion which lend to a laughing cllnrUx and happy relief. Henry Johnson Dies at Salem: Was Old Pioneer of This City Wont was received here Wednesday announcing the death of Henry John son in Salem. Mr. Johnson had been very sick for nnmo time past nnd was taken to Salem, where he was undor the care of a specialist, who treated Mr. Johnson for hardening: of the ar teries. All that could be done, how ever, was powerless to prevent the re sults of the trouble which caused other complications from which Mr. Johnson died. He was past 76 years of age and had been n very activo man all his life, only retiring from hard work a fe.v months ngo when It became evident (hnt his trouble was fnst growing un him. Mr. Johnson lived In this city many years and was one of the early settlei-H here. engaging In the trnde of carpenter. His funeral will bo held In this city on Sunday afternoon, next. H. YV. Turner spent a few days nt Hot ljke last week, where he went with his son, Frank. While there he indulged In a hot hath or two and per formed a few pnmks in the gymnnslum Just to show the fellows there that he was yet aide to "chin the bar" ns In the days of his youth. One thing he forgot, however, was that the big swinging rings he was performing with obeyed the Inws of gravitation nnd when he released himself with a flour ish expressive of "I told you so" one oT these rings enme back and biffed him on the .month nnd he soon presented the nppearnneo of a man that might have been In a mill with Jack Hemp soy, or some other punching artist. Hob chinned the pole twenty-five times, however, nnd Is entitled to be classes among those who are nblo to come bark, though enrrying a burden of 60 years. tVOTU'l: TO IMHKHMWS. Tho Hibernians will hold a special meeting at T. (. O. F. hall In this city on the afternoon of Sunday, March 6th. This Is a very Important meeting n)r! all Hibernians should be present. JAMES MOM.AHAN, President. P. A. McMENAMIN, Secretary. SUII FILED TO CONTEST A suit has been filed In the circuit court to contest the recent election held In the John Day irrigation dis trict. The BUit is filed by S. E. Van Vactor and Woodson & Sweek, attor neys representing the land owners anl is in the nature of a contest of the election of C. C. Clark and Kd Rlet mann as directors. Al Henriksen of Cecil, a taxpayer in the district, brings the suit against C. C. Clark, M. D. Clark and Kd Kietmann as directors of the district, and the suit is based upon the grounds that they as such directors failed to properly canvas the ballots cast in the election for C. A. Minor and A. Wheelhouse, candidates for direct ors and who received a large majority of the votes cast. This suit will settle the controversy that has arisen over the action of the directors in main taining that so far as Minor and Wheelhouse were concerned there ha.l been no election, as they had not been properly nominated, and In taking this view, and retaining Messrs. Clark and Kietmann In office, the directors have been held In error. Heppner's Library Is Badly In Need of Books and Money Now that the Heppner library is open to the public six days of the week. It is found that books cannot be supplied. The Indies are planning to make a canvas of the city and are asking that all those who have hooks that they have read and are now through with, will not wait to be railed upon but will send In the books immediately, deliv ering them to Mrs. U a. Herren. librar ian. Each family of the city is also asked to make a donation of at least 25 cents to help along the work nnd en able the association to meet Its bills There is not a very great deal of ex pense nnd the association Is carrying Its work in a very economical way. However, the Income Is also quite meager and this assistance at the pres ent time Is badly needed. Send In your books, along with the donation now nnd do not wait for the committee to call on you, and all assistance In this matter will be thankfully received and greatly appreciated. The cause Is worthy. Local Hibernians Will Duly " Observe St. Patrick's Day The Ancient Order of Hibernians are preparing to properly nfrd appropriate- observe St. Patricks day. .vtarcn i,. i this city. They are planning to have big banquet at the Heppner Hotel nt hich time the members of the order and many Invited guests will be gathered about the festive board. Judge u n'Arcv of Salem Is coming to speak nnd Judge Under of The Pnllcs 111 Ikely be present also as one or me raters of the occasion. ir,,n,,ulnir the hnnciuet will be an ap propriate program of music and this 111 be followed by a dance in tne nin- iiiw room of the hotel. Ilrnrcoll Stnr ia Head. K,,ie broccoli shinned from Itose- burg to Portland has been Inferior and difficult to move at any price, accord log to statements recently published several Portland newspapers. "The main broccoli crop has not be gun to head and what is being cut now from ono single strain wmcn nns not been widely planted nnd much of which is producing small heads," says ofessor llouiiuet of the departmeu. vegetable gardening nt O. A. C. in lf.fiiiHe o f this nrodm'ing section, "ft .in nt leant U dnvs or two weeks before the best broccoli Is fairly under way. this time depending entirely on future weather conditions." Mr. snd Mrs. W. V. Lultrell, of Kn- ternrlso have been visiting during the1 past week at the homo of Mr. and Mrs I D. Clark In this city. Mrs. Lultrell a sister of Mrs. Clark nnd mother of Miss (lladys Lane, bookkeeper nt the Farmers & Ptockgrowers National I Hank. The Kobekaha of San Soucl lodge wish to state that the banquet they are giving Is to be on Saturday evening. Fobruary 2f. to Odd Fellows, only, with lunch nt midnight. No refreshments on Friday evening. Heppner HI added one more winning to her percentage column Friday, the lsth. when she met and defeated the fast Condon HI aggregation. This puts Heppner 111 in line for the basketball tournament to be held at Salem during March. The game started off with a zip and continued at full Bpeed until the half was up. Condon had an edge on the home boys in this half and emerged with a point lead, the half ending 6-5. The Heppner boys could' not solve the passing of the visitors during this half. IJetween halves Coach Heard gave the boys Instructions and instilled some flght Into the quintet. The Heppner hoys started to score and never let up until the game was finished, ending 2S-S in our favor. The guarding of Ferguson and Chldsey featured this half while the basket shooting of Aiken and I'eterson was of varsity calibre. Ior Condon Weir played a good, con sistent game. Professor Rogers of Condon ref eree,! and Anderson umpired. Time keepers, Shirk of Condon and Case of Heppner. Condon S Weir, f. 6; U. Hardy, f; C. Hardy, c. 2; S. Hardy, g; A. John son. g. Heppner 2S Aiken, f, 17; McDuffee, f, 2; Peterson, c S; Ferguson, g; Chid sey, g. Mr. Shirk, principal of the Condon high school, was well pleased with the treatment received while here, and spoke highly of our new hotel. Howell, forward, was out on account of a sprained h:uid, but will make the trip to Hermiston. Heppner Hi quintet goes to Hermls ton Friday, and meets that team which is undefeated. Those making the trip are. Young, Irwin, McPuffee, Howell, Aiken, Peterson, Ferguson and Chid sev. Tho light opera to be given March 11 i under Miss Dafoe's leadership will be the biggest attraction of the school year. The opera, "Love Pirates From Hawaii," has scored tremendous suc cesses wherever plnyed and should make a big hit here. Miss Pafoe is an instructor of no mean ability and has selected the best talent available for the opera. The funds will go to the student body which is surely In need at present, nnd your patronage Is want ed. Protects Shippers In Rail road Overcharge Claims In order to protect .shippers from the operation of the Statute of Limitations. (5. W. Luce, Freight Traffic. Manager of the Southern Pacific company today In structed Southern Pacific agents to ad vise shippers nnd consignees in their territories thut according to the law department of the United States Rail road Administration, all claims, even for straight overcharges, arising from transactions during the period of Fed eral control of the railroads, must be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission before March I, 1321. The necessity for filing of overcharge claims with the Commission before March 1 next, lies in the fact that un der section 20 tl, paragraph (c) of the Transportation Act of 1020, the Juris diction of the Interstate Commerce Commission to award reparation as to shipments moving during Federal con trol, is specifically limited to one year after the termination of Federal con trol, and that consequently in any case where it miht be necessary to secure a refund, the Commission would be barred from jurisdiction unless such claim had previously been duly reen tered with it on or before February 2S, rrii;Hvi'F.i cm it it. Christian Kndenvor meets 6:30 Sun day evening. Topic: "What one thing can 1 do to push our C. K. up a notch toward success." rhilip Mahoney, lender. We have a Mg new plan In view for the year. Come nnd welcome. C. N. Frldley of Lexington wns brought to Heppner the latter part of the week and was confined at tho Moore hospital for a few days, fearing a re turn of his sickness from which ho suf fered last spring. He wns able to be out after n day or so nnd has returned home. County Agent Hunt advises this pa per that the farmers of the count are rapidly endorsing the plan of the Ore gon Cooperative Grain Growers asso ciation and the contract Is being quite generally signed up. The educational meetings held over the county during the past week resulted In much good, and lively interest has been manifested After the holding of meetings In va rious parts of the county, a committee was sent out to canvas the farmers and give them the opportunity of signing up the contract. This committee con sisted of Pan Barlow, Eight Mile, D. M. Ward, Heppner; Rufus Snider, Lex Ington; K. E. Hugg, Hhea creek; Erneat Heliker, Morgan; Howard Anderson, Eight Mile; C. R. Peterson, Gooseberry; Joe Devlne, Lexington. The entire bushelage for Morrow county is 7.'0,000, and of this amount fully two-thirds has already been se cured. It Is expected that the full quota will be reached, and any farmer desiring to put his name to a contract will see any of the above mentioned men, or may find contracts at the of fice of County Agent Hunt In Heppner. Big County Rock Crusher Goes to Pieces on Rhea Road Judge Campbell reports that the big rock crusher Just recently placed at Jordan Siding to prepare rock for sur facing the market road from the Siding to the concrete bridge on Rhea creek, went to smash on them Just as they were getting under headway and had crushed sufficient rock to spread a mile of road. The break to the machine has put It out of commission entirely and It will have to be replaced by an other before the work can continue. It was doing very excellent work but ap pears to be of too light construction for the hard rock of this section. This break-down Is a serious disappoint ment to Judge Campbell as things were in fine shape to get the piece of road surfaced on record time. Verily the county has its troubles, also. Kenneth Mahoney, who suffered a broken leg last Thursday afternoon when his Jitney was overturned on the corner of Main and May streets, is re ported to be getting along well, con sidering the seriousness of the casv F. H. Grenba was in the Ford with Mr. Mahoney at the time, and he escaped with some severe bruises which kept him laid ip for a day or two. The break in Mr. Mahoney's leg is between the knee and hip and it will take some time for it to properly mend. The boys consider that after all they g-ot out lucky, as the car turned completely over them, and Grenba could not get out until the machine was lifted off. Mahoney was able to free himself be fore help arrived, though he was the worst hurt of the two. Curtis Vaun Gets Two Falls Out of Johnson In 7 Minutes Curtis Vaun, local wrestler, who went to Condon on Saturday for a wrestling match with Vill Johnson of that city, took just 7 minutes to get two falls out of his opponent. The first fall was se cured in three minutes and the second In four minutes. Vaun accomplishing this feat by what is known as the am roll hold, a feature Johnson was appar ently a stranger to, Johnson weighs 170 and Vaun 155. Vaun will wrestle with Glen Hadley at the Star theater in Heppner on Fri day night. Just after the show and the boys should be greeted with a large house. The match promises to be a tieht one. Vaun states that he also has a match coming up at Lewiston in a short time, arrangements for which are now helng made, but he does not vet know who he is to meet there. LADIES, ATTENTION. T wi.h to thank you for your liberal patronage for the New Bone corset (the best corset made) the past year, and will appreciate your orders the coming year. MRS, M. L. ONET, Agent. FAHH POINTERS. Asparagus is valuable in the farm garden because of Its earliness of bearing Inthe spring, certainty of pro duction, and the comparative small amount of care that it takes, Now Is the season to be looking for plants so that they may be In the ground by April. How to plant this crop and care for it is found in a circular on as paragus obtainable from the college exchange. Hens will not do well when fed on a straight grain ration as grain does not supply the various elements of food necessary in producing eggs. The con tinued use of a straight grain ration not only results in poor egg produc tlon. hut In digestive disorders as well. A ration should have grain and ground feeds. A dusting powder for vegetable in sects composed of arsenate of leau. tobacco dust, nnd sulphur was distrib uted last year by the experiment sta tion. Reports received recently show the powder to bo of value in checking ravages of Insects. IVtails concerning the material for this powder can be ob tained from tho department of vegeta ble gardening at Oregon Agricultural College. Legion Boys Will Give An other Smoker Saturday Eve The boys of Heppner Host, American Legion, will give another ono of their smokers on Saturday night at their room In the old Gilliam & Hlsbee building. There will be a good pro gram nnd the usual amount of fun and entertainment can be looked for. The following Is an account recently published m a Lander. Wyoming, pa per, which a friend has handed ua Aa it is illustrative of the measures being used In that state to enforce the laws, and as it also involves some people who formerly resided in this section, we are giving it space. The article appears under the caption, "Housecleantng at Shoshoni," and is as follows: Pursuant to the preparation of about twenty-five warrants and search war rants as a result of a collection of evi dence in possession of the office of the county and proseceutlng attorne... Sheriff Lurch and seven deputies In vaded the Monte Carlo of Fremont county and restored the original name of Shoshoni to that habitation. All of the places of public resort were 'visited by the sheriff and his dep uties, all gambling paraphernalia and devices of law violators were taken ac cording to the command of the search warrants, which finally revealed a half box-car load of gambling devices and furnishings, and about eight gallons of intoxicating liquor. About twenty-flve persons were arrested, brought to Lan der and placed in the county Jail among whom were Clarence Woodard, F-ed Candle, Herman Schrader, Frank Fisher. John Brady, George Heard, Carl E. LaGouk, Joe Weber, Clarence Smith, and William Tracy, the marshal of Sho shent Those arrested were arraigned Wed nesday before Clement R. Wells, act ing as committing magistrate, and most of them were released on bonds fixed at $.'00 to $2,000, according: to the number of counts. The above results amount to a con summation of several months of evi dence had from federal men, state pro hibition officers and the ShereifTs office. Sheriff Rurch and Prosecuting Attor ney Mtchels co-operating, declare that they are going to enforce the laws of the state with a view of making the several towns of the county fit places to live in. The people of Fremont county have strongly indicated that they want the laws enforced, hence the laws shall- be enforced, regardless of that vainglorious minority that loudly emit curb-stone philosophy against the constituted authority. The capacities of the penitentiaries and the jails have somewhat lessened that same minority to a considerable extent of late. OREGON GRAIN GROWERS ORGANIZE WATER TIGHT Sprrialiiit Saj Marketing A(man( -lvra Movrmmt Stability Doal m Men Approve. Oregon Agricultural College, Feb. 21 The Oregon Cooperative Grain Growers' organization was made state wide since wheat is produced in nearly every county, explains Dr. Hector Mac pherson, head of the bureau of markets at the state college. Its marketing agreement and its membership limited to owners and renters of land on whicU wheat is grown, are pointed out as strong features. "The marketing agreement has rais ed the cooperative movement to a posi tion of stability that commands the re spect of the most hard-headed business men," Dr. Macpherson declares. 'It has taken the cooperative idea from a posi tion in which it was a by-word signi fying all that is uncertain and ineffi cient, and has raised it to a status that makes private handling of farm pro duce look like a piker and a pigmy In comparison." The weakness of former attempts are said to lie in the credulity and lack of enterprise of members. A few members would yield to tempting offers of pri vate enterprises, which were thus able to take away the association business until the association went bankrupt The market contract is called Iron clad and ties up every member lo do his entire business through the association for a term of years. The costs of all legal action to enforce contract must be borne by the member seeking to break it. ,rVheat growers make up the mem bership, compose the board of directors, and control the management," says Dr. Macpherson. "This is as it should be There is no rhyme or reason for admit ting banks or duck aimers or berry growers Into a wheat growers' market ing association." Mrs. W. E. Walbrl.lse, who now makes her home In Pendleton, was called to Heppner on account of the death of her son-in-law, Henry C. Ash b.iugh, and has teen spending the week with her daughter. In giving an ai count of the death of Mr. Ashbaugh in last week's Issue, we failed to state that he had been a sufferer from dia betis for the past six years. He ha.l put up a hard fight against the ravages of the disease but was ont able to over come it. Recently he developed a car buncle on the back of his neck which so debilitated him that It brought on the diabetic corns, from which Mr. Ash baugh die.1. This is not an unusual termination of the dread disease, dla betis. as local aillictions, such as boils, carbuncles, gangrene, etc., only In crease the pc-ison mid the svstem in i's weakened condition is unable to throw it off. Mrs. Walbridge stales that Mr. Ashbaugh was never known to com plain on account of his trouble, was always cheerful and ever hopeful that he might ultimately overcome the dis ease. rrnilli'ton I Shut Out. Because they had members of their debating team over at Stnntleid to hear a debate in which tho Siantleld team took part, rendlcton h;is been eliminat ed from the state debating league. This was considered unsportsmanlike and l'endleton has been penalized as a con sequence. This leaves Heppner anl Siantleld to settle the contest in this district as to which school will appear in tho tlnals at Kugene. J. It. Cox is reported lo be quite 111 at his home In this city, sti'Yenng from an attack of la grippe nnd its complications. I ( rook la I.atrat to F.alUt Tarkrr, MrNladra aad Hiillbaach Apaolat aseata Aaaooeed. Oregon Agricultural College, Feb. 21. With the addition of Crook county to the county agent group Oregon now has 2? of her 34 counties heading up their agricultural work under the coun ty agent system. The following ap pointments are announced by Paul V Maris, director of extension: William B. Tucker, agent of Ada cuunty. Idaho, haa been made county agent of Crook. He waa reared on an Illinois farm, is a gradute of tho Illi noise university, and haa farmed, taught school and served aa agent in Idaho for II years. He is ranked aa one of the three best agenta in Idahc Elvin W. McMindes. a farm-reared man who was graduated from O. A. C. haa been made agent of Clatsop coun. ty. Since graduation he haa been farming for himself or others, at ono time being connected with the Eaatern Oregon branch experiment station. Frederick C. Hollbaugh. farmer of Rogue River valley, has been named as assistant county agent of Jackson His boyhood waa passed on a Pennsyl vania farm, and for five yeara ho. waa in the cattle businesa in Montana and eastern Oregon. He haa been running his own farm for eight yeara. All these men are married, all have had special training and farm exper ience, and all are mature men. The county agent system Is the cen ter around which the farm bureau or ganization of agriculture, now aweep ing the entire country aa well aa Ore gon, Is built. Xot merely better pro duction of farm produce but better farm life and farm business are includ ed in the aims. ' Morrow County Has Two In Agricultural Dept. at O.A.C. Morrow county haa had two agricul tural representatives in tho school of agriculture for the first and second trems of the school year. The total enrollment of the college for tho two terms Is 3524 and of this number 881 are agricultural studenta The federal vocational board of edu cation haa 200 rehabilitation men en rolled for agricultural work. The lar ger portion of these ex-service men are from Oregon homes. Two of the l)0 are from Morrow county, which constitutes Morrow s entire list of ag ricultural students at the college. Tho rehabilitation men have 4 seniors, 4 juniors, 10 sophomores, 6 freshmen, 39 specials and 13" vocationala. History has proven many times that a people without education, or with In sufficient education, soon lose posses sion of their most valuable natural re sources to better educated and more skilled leaders from without. F.nln produced before the great war i. times as much per capita a year as did Rus sia; she has more than three tim. much education. Floyd L. Barlow, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Barlow of Heppner is a voca tional student in agriculture and Glen E. Carpenter, son of .Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Carpenter of Lower Bridge is a fresh man. Word received from Frank Turner, who Is sojourning at Hot Lake and taking sweat baths for his rheumatism, is to the effect that he Is now improv ing rapidly and expects to bo released in a few days so that he may return home. Mrs. W. p. Mahoney has been spend ing the week at Seattle, visiting with her daughter, Miss Vera, who I. nt. lending the University of Washington. E. E. Ueaman, who was taken to the Moore hospital a couple of weeks ago. is about town again, having recovered from his illness. J. H. olden, leading farmer of the Khe.t creek country, was in Heppner for a short time on Saturday. HUFF OKPHINUTOX eggs for sale, H per setting, at section house, Icne, regon. FKA.NK STEVEH. tfn W. R. Irwin of Minor at Co., Is con lined to his home in this city, suffering an attack of erysipelas. W AVI i:d -- Woman to take charge of house on ranch. Inquire this offlce. TUIT IPIU.WIYUIIV. Hy A. S AKEKS. Hark, you tillers of the soil. Stop one minute from jour toil. List to those who wish to waken Your dormant might, and save your bacon. '.'ruanize. and stand as one. Assert uur rights and never run; Trust oiir leader in the right. And soon will vntory hove in sight. 'nit.M we stand, together all, I'ivnle.l. were doomed to have a fall. Instill this fact Into our noodle, And be a lnii and n.'t a poodle. rgaiiire. and do it How. And watch oilr a-ivei s.u y how. Too long we've lorn ooitent to sow. To plow, to .. iiltia;. to mow. And hand III,' pi, needs unto those Who now are t.'cog'n.i, foes. Hut Willi Die strength that we can muster We'll take a st.ind like fler.eral Custer. We'll hurt a li..inii cooperation-- Anion the e.imid.os of the nation. And hen Hie ami.ko Is gone, w hy then We II lake a peek Into the den. T" .o-e tho awful hao- wrought Ity just a little bit of thought. Although we fall, well try our hjn I U po. ilug wheat tliioughout the land. l:d with a wild feroHoiM Mhout. We'll put the middle man to rout. And when we soil our wheat, how nice To gam at last a living prlcw. -J