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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.
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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
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