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,1 Srcto'-Ti GA Time HE n in a PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Subscription $2.00 Per Year Volume 38, No. 7. HEPPNEB OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 1021. BROTHERHOOD EN TERTAINS LADIES Muodajr Evening Marked hr t lorn of HrKMuitiH for the Year. The l.arilit. Weir Preaenl In Komi and Enjoyed Lnaraeun and Program. Nearly one hundred of the member of the Brotherhood with their wlwtt and awevthvartR gathered tit Hotel Pat rick on Monday evening to enjoy the luncheon und concluding program for the Reason. It was "Indies' night" and the better -halves and aweut hearts of the Brotherhood were there in force and greatly enjoyed themselves. The LualnfMS session was gone through with immediately after the conclusion of the luncheon, tho main feature of this part of the program be ing the report hy the committee on nomination of otHccrn for the coming year. The committee report was ac cepted und the following officers were duly elected as presented In the com mittee's report: W. O. Livingstone, president; F. It. Itrown, vice president; Howard M. Jarnes, secretary and L. L. Gilliam, treasurer. lti Die absence of President James, 8. K. Not son acted as chairman for the evening, and made a short address of welcome to the ladies, which was responded to In a very clever manner by Mrs. V. (. Livingstone, who ex pressed the delight of the ladles In be ing allowed to meet with the gentlemen of the Brotherhood at least onne during the year. Musical numbers were ren dered by Miss Kelina Kngleman of lone and Coramae Crawford, Mrs. J. O. Tur ner accompanist. The beautiful bo queta of roses that adorrud the tnbles wero voted to the performers as an ap preciation of their part In tho program The ladles were each provided with fc white and red carnation and a sprig ot fern, Die program committee thus ex pressing their delight at tlie presence of the women on this occasion. A splendid feature of the program was the rending of M. L. Case whyjias here tofore demo tist rated his ability along this line before the Heppner public. There was some disappointment re garding the discussion of the question for the evening, as some members on this part of the program fulled to re spond. The subject of "What Subjects Can Ho Mont Profitably Discussed bv the Hrotherhood." was Introduced bv ' W. W. Smead, who confined his remark to but two subjects, tho main one of which was, "What does a citizen owe to his community." Mr. Hmenri thought - this would be a tine subject for discus sion before tlie Hrotherhood when It resumed its meetiiiKS again In the fall, and tie augmented several angles from which it might be presented to the profit of all. He further suggested that some of the political questions of a non-partisan nature, such as tlie direct primary nnd the Initiative and referen dum, miKht also be ftoue Into. These laws of our political system have been In effect In Oregon for a rum her of years, and the speaker would like to have them discussed to bring out their weaknesses as well as their virtues. So In future meetings of theHrotherhood, some ;f these pi actical subjects will doubtless be handled. W. O. Livingstone then took Up the further presentation of subjects that might be siiKKCHted to future program committees and help them In their work. He mentioned those; of inter national, national, state, county and lo cal importance and cataloKUed a large number that could he drawn on with profit, Mr. Livingstone a I so took up time that was allotted t others who failed to appear, and his address wac livened with pointed and amusing anec dotes that brought forth much applaufe and IntiKhter, leaving all In tho best of humor. The meeting was a splendid success, and being the lust of the season il fully Justified nil expectations. Meet ings of the Hrotherhood will be resum ed again in the fall. Kill Si' CHItmiAN (lit IK It. Sunday, May 22. The morning service will open with the Ulble Bchool at 10 o'clock, this will be followed by Communion at eleven o'clock und then preaching service. Tiu morning themo will be, "Tho Great Lib erator." The evening service begins at seven o'clock with tho Christian Kudeavor servlce, followed Immediately at eight o'clock by the song and preaching ser vice. Tho evening theme will be, "The World's (irealest Power." Everyone In cordially invited und will receive u kindly Christian wel come. Come and worship with us. W. O. LIVTNCSTONK, Minister. Woodcraft Probe Interests. Local members of the Neighbors of Woodcraft are evincing interest in the probe of the order which has for Us purpose the establishment of the or ganization on a firmer basis as to Its actuary features. Insurance Com missioners Hurher and Fishhack of Oregon and Washington recently con ducted a hearing and investigation of the order In Portland and it Is declar ed that while the order is solvent now, Its constitution must be revised and brought up to date lo avert futuro dif ficulty In payment of death claims. Il is reported Hint Mrs. C. C, Van Orn dall, grand guardian, and Mrs. Hertha fluinner' Leach, grand banker, have had several clashes regarding; the hearing. Mrs. Van Orsdall, who is a former Pen dleton woman, collapsed after the hear ing and would make no public state ment. Kast Oregonlan. Mrs. V. O. Livingstone will deliver the address to the Nth grade graduates of the lone school, in that city on to morrow evening. Mr. Livingstone de livered the baccalaureate sermon to the high school graduates there on last Sunday evening. Chas, Thomson, Fred Tush, Joe Wat ers, Chas. Hwlndlf? nnd H. H. Kelly were among Heppner K. of P.'s that attend ed the district convention at Arlington on Saturday last. They report a good time, "Mrs. Temple's Telegram" To Be Presented on May 27 The Junior-Senior play, "Mrs. Tem ple's Telegram," will be presented at the Star theater, Thursday evening, May i. A matinee will be given for the school children, admission 23 cents. In the evening the prices will be 75 and 50 cents. This play Is a very clever comedy centered about a telegram which a Jealous wife sends to the fictitious ad dress given by her husband. He has been out all night and invents an alibi. Ills friend, Fuller, agrees to imperson ale "Brown" and teach the wife a les son. When both the real Brown and his wife turn up, the comedy Is on In deed. Come and see how they straight ened things out. The cast is an exceptionally good one, and they promise you the best high school play of the year. Those who take part are: Frank Fuller Ted Young Jack Temple, the husband... .Gills Irwin Mrs. Temple, the jealous wife Violet Merrltt Mrs. John Brown, 'a perfect lady,".... Annie Hynd Mr. John Brown, a hairdresser's as sistant I'M ward Chidsey Mrs. Fuller ....AUene Sprouts Captain Sharpe Paul McDuffee I'orothy, Mrs. Temple's sinter Pearl Hall Wigson, the voluble butler... Oren Hill IMO MKMOKIAL NKKVH KS ON f St I4 V, IAV 2. I'nion memorial services will be held on Sunday, May I2!Uh, at the Federated church, with the pastor, Uev. K. L. Moore, officiating. The services will be at 11:00 a. m., and all patriotic orders and citizens of the community are cor dially Invited to attend. H AWL1N3 Ft 1ST NO. 31. C. A. R Thornton DlHuoMea of (Parage Interests. Ira Thornton, who has been connect ed with the Heppner Oarage Machine Shop for the past year or two, has dis posed of his Interests In that business to Floyd Marshall, and Mr. Thornton and family will go to Portland to re side. Paring his stay In Heppner, Mr. Thornton has enjoyed a good business and has made many friends here, who all Join In wishing himself and wife success in their new location. Word was received by B. O. Sigsbee this week announcing the death at his home In Vancouver. B. C, on Saturday, May Hth. of S. J Wing, who was for merly en k fined in the furniture busi ness In Heppner ami is well known here. He leaves a wife and one son. Mr. Wing had been sick for a long time. He was e imaged in the furni ture business at Vancouver. TO ENTERTAIN ELKS The Annual Heeling of Ansm'tnlton of Klks to (,u to t oasl ttj August IS, HI, anil 20, 11121. The annual meeting of the Stale As sociation of Klks w ill be held in Marsh -tield, Oregon, August IS. 11, 20, lldl. ind the preparations being made are elaborate, taking in all the natural ad vantages that Coos county has to en tertain visitors. There is no doubt but that this convention will be the biggest thing Coos county has ever attempted. More than TtoOO are expected to attend. Warships, hydroplanes, water sports, ocean trips, baseball, shooting matches, ind many other events will enliven the three days. The Klks of Marshtleld have a beau "'ul home that was built at a cost of about one hundred thousand dollars and It is the center of the activities of preparation for the convention. One of the special features will be a sea food dinner at the ocean when it is expected that the entire delegation of visitors will be fed on the delicacies of the bay and sea. This dinner alone, it Is estimated will cost about three thousand dollars. Tho Coquille valley IOIKh will give another dinner of dairy foods, and there will be an abundance of all the good things that are neces sary to make the meeting the most successful ever held in Oregon. Arrested as Deaerter from Camp l.cnia. Acting upon instruction received from Sheriff Morris of Taeoma, Marshal Cason arrested Cyrus Zimmerman, alias Harry Ford, on Tuesday and he was given over to the care of Sheriff Mc Duffee, awaiting the arrival of author ities from the Washington city. Zim merman Is charged with being n desert er from tho IT. S. army at Camp Lewis, and la further charged with the theft of a motor cycle, which machine he had in his possession when arrested, anil which lie had tried to dispose of to Chuck Bell of this city. Zimmerman came to Heppner with tho carnival and from the description furnished our offi cers had no trouble recognizing him. Lexington HI Wins Another Shut-Out. The Wheat City boys were again vic torious when they shut out Wheeler County HI by a score of 7 to 0. This was one of tho best games of the sea son. Oarrctt in the box for Lexington held the visitors to one hit, while the local boys got ten hits from the Fossil pitcher. Oarrott's good pitching to gether with the excellent support which he received at all times, won the game for Lexington, ' The Lexington team hns made an ex cellent showing this season, having made a record of three shut-out games. A game Is scheduled for May 2fith between Hill Military Academy and Lexington III. This promises to be the best game of the season. Everyone should see this game. Tho Commencement exercises of the Lexington High School will be held Friday, May 20th, nt (ho high school auditorium. Those graduating this year nre: Earl Ward, Mary Durnn, OladlHtlne Pavis, Moses Duran and linymond McCormlck. The nnnual Is Just, nbotit ready for circulation. Seo tho circulation man ager and place your order early, The price this year will be ninety cents. NOW WHAT? 1 mi f WELL. HE WASN'T HAPPY A fes ,-jA -J UNTIL I GOT ANW AMD Sggl 53. fK'rj , NOW HE CANT A SsfyT John Krebs ofThe Last Camp made a hurried trip to lone on Wednesday. Mr. and Mr. A. E. Walt of Tentvllle paid the county seat a vlst on Sun day. Carl Youiit one of lone'a prominent grain buyers was doing business in Ce cil on Thursday. Mi'ml.'imes Knlpfel. Johnson, Myers anil Jlannum, all of Tentville. paid the Kgg City a visit on Thursday. Melville Logan from his ranch near The Willows was a busy man in the Cecil vicinity on Tuesday. Mr. and Mis. Zenneth Logan of Moun tain View ranch spent the week-end at their cottage at Cecil. John liirch, carpenter for the Oregon Uassam Paving company spent the week-end In Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Scott who have been spending a few days in Heppner, returned to Butterby Fiats on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Knlpfel and family of Tentville, Cecil, spent Saturday and Sunday visiting friends in Pendleton. Miss Olive Logan arrived In Cecil from Portland on Saturday nnd will spend tlie summer at the home of her brother Leon at Four Mile. J. II. Franklin returned on Monday to his home In Heppner after spending a few days amongst his old friends around Cecil. Mrs. J. H. Gorton and Mr. and Mrs. llanit'sty and daughter, Miss Eudoro, of Morgan were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Streeter on Sunday at Cecil. Miss Mildred Duncan of. BuBy Bee' ranch, accompanied by Miss M. Ellis of Kwlng wero callers in Cecil on Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Brady were calling on their friends around Cecil on Sunday before leaving for their home ne.'ir lone. Several fine bands of sheep belonging to Smythe Bros, passed through Cecil during the week on their way to their summer range. Herbert Hynd of Butterby Flats left on the local on Wednesday for Port land where ho will spend hiB vacation before hay harvest begins on Willow creek. Joe Marcus who haa been working on" tho r alrview rancn ror several months left on the local on Wednesday for Portland where he will visit for some time. Mrs. llaiel Logan and children ac companied by her mother, Mrs. Hannah Ahalt, of Watsonvllle, California, were calling on their Cecil friends oti Satur day, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchanan and fam ily from their ranch near lone made a short call in Cecil on Sunday before taking In the Ashing picnic held at While's drove near The Willows on Sunday. Mrs. K. H. llannum arrlvd In Cecil trou- Portland on WediiOaiW: and will riniilo nt The Shepherd s Best duiing the summer while her husband Is work ing for Oregon Hnssam Paving com pany on the Mghwav Mr. and Mrs. C. Van Scholack and family of Cottage Grove visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Krebs at The Last Camp on Wednesday and Thursday be fore leaving for Heppner whore they Intend to visit at the ranch of Mr. Cleve Van Scholack for some time. Ceo. A. Miller Is a busy man working on the county roads. Warren and Roy Slender of Seldomsecn are assisting (loo. to raise the sand. With the Ore gon Hassani Paving company hard at work on the stale roads and the county men at work, too, nothing can be seen around Cecil but sand flying In all di rections, especially when the wind comes along at the same time. Com missioners Yeon and Barratt, State Kn gineer Unblock and District Engineer Smith were overlooking tho work done on the state road from the county line to Cecil, on Thursday. Mrs. Lucy T. Wedding, who was for merly teacher of English in Heppner high school, has returned to Heppner and contemplates remaining hero for the summer. Mrs. Wedding, owing to III health, has been compelled to retire from teaching for the time, being. She Is making her homo with Mrs. L. O. Ilerren for the present, and her numer ous friends in this city are hoping for her early restoration to health. Mra. Wedding was teaching tho school at Reedsport, Orgon when she took sick Steers can be finished at half the cost per pound by the use of ensilage. This fact has been determined at the Union Station in Union county., Every week after April 10th that summer fallow In the Columbia basin 1b left unplowed, reduces the yield of the following crop of wheat an average of one bushel pr acre for each week of delay. Thia fact has been determined beyond question by the Sherman County Experiment Station at Moro. Does it pay to chop alfalfa hay .for steers In Eastern Oregon? Does It pay to build shelter for win tering lambs in Eastern Oregon? Does It pay to harrow fall wheat in the spring? Dpes It pay to grow green crops to plow under on the light Irrigated soils of Eastern Oregon' Irrigated districts? Definite conclusions on these ques tions also have been reached on the different branch experiment stations in Eastern Oregon. Tba changing eeonoulc situation bringing about serious conditions In Eastern Oregon is causing an unpre cedented demand for fundamental facts In connection with agricultural prac tice in this part of the state. In order that county agents of East ern Oregon may have first-hand Infor mation on these facts to pass on to the many farmers asking for It, a few days in the early part of the week of May Hth have been set aside for the purpose of visiting different stations. Assembling at La Grande, Monday, May 16th, county agents accompanied by Professors Potter and Hyslop of the Oregon Agricultural college, will visit the Union Station where extensive feed ing tests are being carried on to deter mine the value of different kinds of silage, the value of chopping hay and other feeding practices and wintering methods. At Union many variety testa of forage crops are also In progress. Results at Union are In general appli cable over more than half the area of Eastern Oregon. At Hermlston methods of handling irrigated soils will be studied. At Moro, In Sherman county, severnl results have established certain fun damental facts in connection with wheat varieties and summer fallow har rowing, methods which are applicable In most parts of Eastern Oregon where wheat la grown according to dry land practices. Two days will be passed in Sherman county. State Hlghnaj Engineer Here. Engineer Herbert Nunn, of the state highway commission, and head of that department, accompanied by C. B. Mc CullouRh, who Is engineer of bridge for the commission, was In Heppner over Tuesday evening and spent most of Wednesday here. These gentlemen were going over the Oregon-Washington highway In the vicinity of Heppner and making an Inspection. of the work done as well as looking over the ground that Is included In now con tracts recently let by the commission. Work on the Hinton creek section to Jones hill will be commenced shorth and the grading of the Lexington Heppner section will not be lotig de layed. Mr. Nunn feels that Morrow county has been pretty well treated by the commission, and we are incllnec to think he Is right. There might be a few more things we would like to ask of them, but our folks are natur ally modest, so we will forego fur ther requests Just at the present. The engineers were accompanied over a part of the road work hereabouts by Commissioner Barratt, who Is having a short rest from tho active duties of the highway commission and Improv ing his time by renewing acquaintance with his family. Rhea Luper, who is connected with the State Engineer's office at Salem, and who Is in charge of the work of supervision of irrigation work,, arriv ed in Heppner on Saturday and remain ed over until yesterday, visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mra Jas. Luper. He went on to Pendleton Wednesday and will continue his work of Inspec tion In Eastern Oregon from that point LOST On road between rondleton and Parkers Mill, a suit case. Will pay $5.00 reward for return of same to this office. 2t. Myron Huston, a young son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Guy Huston of Eight Mile, was thrown from his horse on Monday and suffered a fracture of one of tho hones In his elbow. The boy was brought to town and received atten tion at the hands of Dr. McMurdo and Is now reported to be doing well. REANEY Fill!. IEX- From YarlooM Tarts of the Country Come All Mm her of Pi on err Fam ily to t.nther Oner More at tbe Par ental Home. The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. An drew Reaney, Just west of Lexfngton, was tho Bcene on Sunday last of a very hanpy reunion when all members of the family gathered once more about the hearthstone of their parents and exper ienced the Joys that come to those of blood relationship. The Reaney home is situated Just one mile west of Lexington and Sunday, May 15th had been set apart by Mr. and Mrs. Reaney for this happy event It was the largest gathering of the fam ily that has been held for many years, and long before noon, the children and grandchildren began gathering In from all parts of the country. The big yard, under the comfortable shade of the spreading branches of the trees was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and here at high noon the guests were served to all manner of appetizing luxuries, spread out before them on a large table. At this time Father Andrew Reaney delivered an address suitable to the occasion, and thlB was responded to by Lee Reaney, while the members of the family arose in honor of their parents. After the dinner young and old took part in old and new fashioned games. There was Instrumental music and the singing of religious songs and all was greatly enjoyed. Miss Dorothy Miller of Portland and others rendered the music of the day. E. R. Carpenter of Arlington was present and photograph ed the crowd and made some family group pictures. At 6:30 the evening lunch was served, and until a late hour there was the giving of toasts and a general Bocial good time, when conveyances arriving from Hepprter reminded them that all such happy times must end. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Reaney are pioneer residents of the Lexington'Bec tion having resided there for the past thirty-nine years. They came to Mor row county from Umatilla county, hav ing originally locating on a farm there near Athena when they come to Eas tern Oregon from the Willamette val ley. Mr. Reaney came to Oregon In Hfi2 with his parents, crossing th plains in a train containing 171 wag ons. During this Journey much hard ship was met and overcome. m There was attacks by hostile Indians, the pil fering of stock and belongings of the emigrants and Just before they reach ed their destination In the Willamette the most of their stock perished, and when the family of Mr. Reaney was met by relatives who had preceded them and came to their rescue from Salem, It was indeed a happy time. The most of the Reaney family was born at Lexington, and all members of fhe family grew up there. Mr. and Mrs. Reaney have gone through the hard ships of pioneering, and all of the vlssl tudes incident to conquering of a new country have fallen to their lot, yet they have come through all right and are now enjoying the comforts to which their long years of toil and labor entitle them. They have a splendid farm near Lexington, nnd a fine home, and this reunion of the family is one of the happiest events of tffeir entire lifetime. The children present on this occasion were their two sons and seven daughters the entire family, and members of their families as follows: Mr. and Mrs. E, L. Reaney and sons of Lexington: Mr. rfnd Mrs. J. S. Raid win and family of Heppner: Mrs. S. E. Lee and son of Houston, Texas; Mrs. N. S. Phelps and daughter of Myrtle Point, Oregon; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Luntsford and family of Heppner; Mr. Lawrence K. Reaney and children of Lexington; Mr, and Mrs. E. P. Parker of Heppner; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bud den and family of Lexington; Mr. and Mrs, Earl Miller of Lexington. Frank Reaney, brother r Andrew Reaney, of Soap Lake. Was., Harvey Parkins, a cousin of Mr. Reaney and his family of lone; Mrs. Dora Harder, a niece of Mrs. Reaney, and children of Milton; Miss Dorothy Miller and Mas ter Allen Wright of Portland, and Grandpa and Orandma Rooher, close friends of the family for the past forty years and neighbors at Lexington for many years past, were other guests present to enjoy the reunion. Decoration Hay Services. Upon the invitation of Mayor Noble a number of citizens met at the council chambers on last Thursday evening and formulated plans for the proper obser vance of Decoration Day, May SO. Com mittees were appointed to look after certain details and a general plan of observance of the day was mapped out. The forenoon services will be started by a parade at liVOtV, composed of O. A. R., W. R. C. and other orders and societies of the city, including the school children. The march will be to the cemetery, where the W. U. C. wih "have charge of the ceremonies of decor ation. In the afternoon there will be a meeting at the pavilion to be address ed by Hon. J, D. Stevens of Portland, a member of the 0. A. R. and a speauer of prominence. V. Crawford, Mrs. Frank Turner, Mrs. Chester Daiboo and W. O. Dix are the committee on music for the occasion, and this is expected to be a prominent feature of tho afternoon mooting, nnd at this meeting there will also be a flag presentation by the Hoy Scouts. Final announcements will ap pear in nxt week's issue of the papers. FF.DKH ATF.D t HI Ht II. There will bo preaching In tho Fed orated church next Sunday morning at 11:00 and also at 8:00 In tho evening. Sunday school at ?:" a. m. and Young People's C. K. meeting at 7:00 p. m. The prayer meeting is on Thursday evening at M We extend a hearty welcome to the people of Heppner and surrounding country to attend any or all of our ser vices. Short sermons and good singing. Come with us and we will strive to do you good. E. L. MOORE, Pastor. Hardman Sunday School Enjoys A Fine Picnic (Communicated) On Sunday, May 15. the Hardman Sunday school held a picnic on Rock creek. This was the happy endlnj? of n very suceenoful Sunday school, which was instituted last fall through the eJTorts of Miss Minnie B. 8plcer and Mrs. Ora Wyland of this place, combin ed with those of L. A. Hunt, W. O. Liv ingstone, S. E, Notson and numerous other Christian workers of Heppner. There were forty-seven present, who passed the time by playing games, friendly visitation, and devouring: a very sumptuous dinner. As the principal workers arte leaving it was thought best to discontinue the Sunday school until school opens next fall. Especial thanks are due to the Misses Minnie and Florence Splcer for their assistance In the work. The whole com munity regreta their leaving and In years to come the results of lessons In purity and character given by these ladies will stand as a monument that will never crumble. Mr. Emmett L. Ayer showed bli sterling worth and generosity by furn ishing transportation to and from the picnic, hence thanks are due htm. To Hold Window Sale. The ladies aid society of the Feder ated church will hole, a Bale of cooked and uncooked food on Saturday, May !1. The sale will be Open at 2:00 o'clock In the afternoon and the "food will be on display In the window at the Case Furniture Co. store. Good Rains In Lexl&stoa SectloM. The past week has witnessed a splen did rainfall all over Morrow county, and the wheat growing sections have been especially favored. Will Barnett was up from Lexington for a short time yesterday and he reports that his part of the country has been well wet up and the grain, both fall and spring seeding, has been greatly benefitted. Grain Is now heading out and the damp weather will cause It to fill well, and the rain could not have come at a bet ter time for the spring grain, of which a considerable amount haa been sown in that district. H. D. Green. Eight Mile farmer, was In Heppner Saturday. Arling-ton to Plar Heppner Here Sunday. At the Heppner ball grounds on Sun day there will be another battle be tweeen Arlington and Heppner. The 'wo teams are In excellent shape snc a good game of ball la promised; In fact It should be equal to, If not better than the game played'at Arlington last Sunday, and it took 13 innings to decide that. Ball fans of Heppner and vicin ity should turn out and give the home team a boost TESTS AID 10 FARMERS One piece of work by the Umatilla county agent saved 282 Umatilla county wheat ranchers 121,724.57 least year in money In addition to a greater saving in time, stagnation of business and pos sible crop loss. This Important economy wa brought about through ordering cooperatively twenty-seven tank carloads of distillate from California for use In tractors and trucks. With harvest coming on, Uma tilla caunty farmers found that distil late was off the market In the North west and they would probably have to turn to gasoline for fuel. There was also a serious gasoline shortage and the situation looked bad. The county agent, however, located a supply of distillate in California and as a result twenty-seven carloads were broupht to the county. The total cost was $47,337.33. The same amount of gasoline would have cost 169,081.90. All the Umatilla county banks coop erated In financing the shipment and not a cent of loss was Incurred. Other nearby counties did some of the work on a smaller scale. The Sherman county agent handled seven carloads of dstlllate, saving the farmers approx imately $5000. In Morrow county five carloads were brought In saving more than $4000. One carload of distillate was brought to Union county at a crit ical time. Four carloads were shipped Into Wasco county as a result of coopera tion between the county Farmers' Union and County Agent E. R. Jack man. "It is difficult to estimate the saving on this shipment," says County Agent Jackman. "Most of the men would have been compelled to burn gasoline which would cost them $2400 above the price of the distillate. In addition they could only buy a barrel or two at a time and often could got none at all. Some farmers could only obtain gasoline by shipping their drums sixty-five miles and their return was often delayed for many days. This delay during harvest would have made continuous work impossible. One of tin1 gasoline dealers here says that had it not been for the distillate few auto mobiles would have been running dur ing the harvest season." K:stern Oregon county agentB In many counties nre working on the same project this year. Over 50 Per Cent of State Highways Completed Work of construction of tho roads on the state highway map has been pro gressing well, and now better than 50 percent of the mileage Is completed. Something over 4000 mile- are on the highway map, and of this 2200 miles Is completed In either pavement or ma cadam, so Commissioner Harratt stated Pave- Mock and ment llravel 72 2 269 0 . 105.3 130.6 1, 1S21 ...177 5 399.6 27, 1921 10 I) 80.5 187. 5 480 1 Held over from U20 Contracted to May 1, 1921.. To bo awarded May 2ti and Work dime during 1920 (for comparison) HEPPNER AND AK LINGTDN TANGLE Fm Extra Iaalngs Sewm; Oi Arlington Deriding Tally. Score 2 tn 3 at Bui of Mnth. Muter Work ( Twirlers Solyan nnd Montague Fea ture nt Game. Last 8unday the Heppner baseball team, under the management of Dave Wilson, journeyed to Arlington, where, midst the thick of wind and sand, they battled the team of the Gilliam county town to a standstill. The game started shortly after 2:30, and from then till nearly t:00 the battle waxed on with both sides playing air-tight ball. Hepp ner scored her first tally at the turn loose, when Elliot, her star third sacker, crossed home plate on an error of the Arlington catcher after having gained first on a neat little single, stealing second, and making third on a sacrifice. Only a half dozen men of both sides were able to gain first base from then on till the sixth inning when Heppner squeezed in another run, and two Ar lington men crossed home plate. The score remained a tie then until Arling ton ran In the deciding score In th 13th. The outstanding feature of the game was the master twirling of Solyan for Heppner and Montague for Arlington. Little choice can be had between the work of these two men. Both have a knack of putting the ball Just where the batter Is unable to connect with It. as well as never getting themselves into a hole. Neither walked a man Sunday's game, and both struck out a goodly number of the batsmen who faced them. However, the work of these two moundsmen did not excell that of many other players. Hargett Heppner"s key stone sacker, caught a By ball which appeared impossible to field. The fly was knocked over the first baseman's head well Into right field, and Hargett received the ball into his outstretched hands while running at full speed, which was travelling some, if the word of spectators be true. Elliot, at third for Heppner, also made a couple of plays which would be considered star ball in any league, scooping up two red hot grounders and making a perfect throw to first each time. Griffin, be hind the bat held up Solyan In good shape, and showed his worth at the bat by getting two, fine hits and reaching home for Heppner's second score. Aikea and Boardman. at first and short re spectively for Heppner, likewise played big league ball. Gay Anderson played his usual stellar game In center field, and chalked up a couple of hits to his credit. The other outfield positions were occupied by Greenwood, in right, and Crawford, In left field. Next Sunday Arlington comes here, and Manager Wilson states that they are going to get an awful drubbing. Anyway it promises to be a good game, as the result of last Sunday's contest shows the teams to be very evenly matched; so whether you are a baseball enthusiast or not It will be worth your time and money to witness this game. If you are not a fan already, it is more than likely this game will make one of you. Turn out and show the home team you are interested in seeing them win. Both learns will use the same line up that was used last Sunday, and with a weeks practice all men will be In fine condition. H. M. Olden and wife, extensive far mers of Fairvlew, were visitors in Heppner on Monday. Have you a suitable residence build ing lot to trade for a Ford car? See Chaa Latourell, city. tf. Automobile Three Are Getting Better, One of the noteworthy features re garding the manufacture of auiuu. bile tires in this tountry is the fact that during the last five yearB tires have improved so greatly in quality that the average number of tires used on an automobile during a 'year has dropped from five to considerably un der four. This drop has come, too, in the face of an increase in winter driving so large as to be a vital element in the calculation. Many cars now operate 12 months In the year but In spite of this Increased period of service, the aver age nnnual consumption of tires per car has steadily fallen. With the return to normal times and with money less plentiful, car owners are certain to watch their expense bills more closey. The exercise of only a moderate degree of care by the car owners will lift the average mileage secured from tires to a point many thousands of miles above any hitherto reached. So far as known, the best record ever made on a set of four tires was that of a Boston merchant who got 39,152 miles on a set of United States Royal Cords. He attributed this phe nomlnal record to the care given to the tires -by his chauffeur. .to this paper this week. Tl.e commis sioners have Just finished an inspection of the highways of the state, with the exception of a few miles in one of tho Willamette valley counties and this, U is expected, they will view before tho meeting at the end of the month. As a matter of comparison, we pre sent the following table from the one of the State Highway Engineer, which shows the mileages of work under con tract May 1. 1 y 2 1 , and comparing amount with work done during 1920: Total 2.17 2 573 4 111.2 317 1 34S.4 925.5 911 HI 439.5 1 544. 1 J