Ore.on Historical Socletf.
Public Auditorium
The Gazette-Tim:
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 38, No. 9
IIEPPXER OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1921.
Subscription $2.00 Per Year
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Two I nil. fur (trading Hrrurrd by Tela
oa Hide Just $4 l,ru Teaa
Made bjr Morrow Uual)v Work to
llrgla Promptly. (ommlanloa to
llullil llriilcrs la llrpparr.
Oximta and Harrington were the suc
cessful bidders for the. work of gri.d
liiK two units of the ureg-on-Waahii.g-toii
highway in Morrow county. Hie
uoiiiruciH Kuiu let to thcin by the high
way commission ut Us mcclilis In Port
land the past neck upon liie following
bids hems opened: Lexiiigion-lfeppiicr
unit, (.'.l.b'ji; and liuppuei -Jones Illll
unit, lo.ita. Morrow county aUu sub
mitted bnls on this work front Lexing
ton tu Heppner, the tlgurts submitted
by Judge Campbell being lil.SOU, or
Just H rnuie than mat of the success
ful bidders.
These bids are considered to be very
reasonable and ate quite satisfactory
to bulb the commission and the county
court. Work will be commenced light
away and the Job of grading is to be
completed by the llrst of .September.
It Is presumed that camps will be lo
cated at ileppner, and that as a result
things will liven up here somewhat.
As lieppner s part of the results to
accrue from co-operation with the slate
highway commission, there can cer
tainly he no complaint. In the con
struction of the macadam through the
city, which Is on the line of the O.-W.
highway and made a part thereof, the
city has spent tho sum of US, 000. Tills
Is to be matched by the commission
and will be spent In the construction
of three bridges within the city limits,
the changing of the highway from a
point Just east of the Farmers Elevator
warehouse directly uciuss Ihe Mi Haley
propel ty to connect at the head of
Main slreet and thence up Main street
to connect with the macadam at the
hospital corner. One bridge, 4) feet
wide on solid conciele abuttmenls In
to be built over Willow creek on May
street at a cost of 17500; another at the
head of .Main street which will cost
I3MMI and another over lllnton creek
to cost J17S0. The balance of cost over
IUiiiio for this work will be borne 50
60 by the slate and city. The elty Is
also to secure the triangular piece of
land lying north of the hlgnway on the
Mcllaley property and to maintain this
as a park and tourists' camping (round,
which Is to be known as Mcllaley Park.
This Is the program as now laid out,
so wo are informed by Commissioner
Barratt, who returned home from Port
land yesterday.
Frail Girl Decoys
International Plotters
"The Message of the Mouse," by Mr.
and Mrs. George Randolph Chester,
with Anita Stewart as the star, which
will he shown at Ihe Slar theater on
Wednesday ami Thursday, June II and .
Is a startling revealment of the splen
did work of the United States Secret
Service is doing In running down those
who would work against the country's
welfare, Ilnlla,n Varrle. the master
mind of a Bubtle plot that sought this
country's undoing through tho merch
ant marine, had established a spy sys
tem whose tentacles reached Into the
soul of our government. Hut between
his love of a patriotic Amrlcan girl and
tho watchfulness of the secret service,
his plnnB went awry.
The girl, on the olhor hand, not only
fought against his unasked love, but
put her frail form between him nnd tho
wrong he would hnve done her country.
"Tho Message of tho Mouse" Is a dram
atic romnnce of International intrigue
presenting Anita Stewart In tho lead
ing role.
la Former Years.
We are perhaps going through times
of stress in Morrow county at the pre
sent, hut then there have been other
times whon things wero not so rosy,
For Instance, ninny may remember that
back in the 'sd's there was a period
of time when business, depression exist
ed and prices were low and there was
little sale for what the stockman and
farmer produced at any price. We
picked up an old Heppner Gnuette, or
rather the copy was handed us by one
of our friends who had picked It tip,
tho Issue being of June 111, 1895, and
hero are some of the things we noted:
Tho schonl hoard met In special ses
sion for the purpose of hiring a prin
cipal of the school nnd his asatai
ants. The principal was chosen and
his salary fixed at 100 per month. He
was given three assistants and these
each received $50 per month. Among
tho assistant teachers chosen at this
time wero Addlo Jones and Addle Con
lee. The Janitor of the school build
ing had been receiving the magnificent
salnry of $25 per month, and this was
reduced to $20.
The market quotations on wheat at
Heppner at that time ranged from 8(1
to 40 cents', flour wns selling at $2.40
per barrel; mutton sheep going at $1.60
to $1.7li per head while stock Bheop
were bringing only $1 to $1.50; wool
was B to 8 cents and beeves were Bell
ing from $2 25 to $2.50; butter, per roll,
25 and 40 cents and eggs 8 cents a
doxen.
Distillate Is Arriving;.
Wo are Informed that the locnl Stan
dord Oil station Is now receiving' regu
lar shipments of distillate, and the
prospects are that this compnny will
he nblo to care for the wants of tho
farmers In (his line this season. Last
year It was found necessary to make
shipments from California, and this was
done through the agency of the Farm
Bureau organisation of Morrow county,
but this year this extra work and In
convenience ran be avoided hy getting
the product direct from (ho locnl sta
tion of tho Standard, If prosent Indi
cations hold good.
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Annie Hynd
Elmer Peterson
Helta Neel
IS CALLED BY DEATH
For the past year and a half, Fred A.
Case had been a constant sufferer from
an Incurable malady, during which
lime he was seldom free from the se -
verest pain, and through all of which i
he bore up as a man of courage and!
strong will. By nature a man cheerful
of disposition, he maintained this char
acteristic right to the last, though
many long weary months of suffering
had greatly emaciated his form and
left him a helpless victim of an Incur-
able disease.
At his home in this city on Saturday.
May !S, 1S21, the final call came toi
Fred Alherton Case, and his many
friends In this community were grlcv-l
ed to learn that he had passed to the
beyond.
Funeral services were held from the
Federated church on Tuesday afternoon,
Uev. E. I -Moore pastor, omclatlng.
and Interment wns In Masonic remet
ery. The services wero largely at
lended, the Ordar of Eastern Star at
tending; In a bodv, nnd there wero many
beautiful flowil offerings.
Fred Alherton Case was a native of
Iowa, having been born at Mochnnlcs
vllle In that slato on August 14, 1871.
and was aged 50 years, 9 months and
14 dayB.
With his parents he came to Oregon
In early manhood and his home hap
been made at different points in the
northwest since. With his family he
came to Heppner about four years ago.
for a time working for his brother.
M. Tj. Case, here, nnd later going Into
the express nnd transfer business
which he followed until ho became 111.
'. Ho Is survived by his widow, May F.
Case, son Donald and daughter Velma.
Hesldes these, he Is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Mary Case of tllndstone;
three sisters, Miss Minnie Case, of
illadstono, Miss Harriett Case and Mrs.
Case Vann, of Portland; two brothers.
M. Ij. Case of Heppner nnd George Case
of Mormot, Oregon.
Mr. Cnsc belonged to the Masonic
and Yeoman lodges, holding his mem
bership In tho former order In St.
Juhn's lodge of Seattle, Wash., and for
many years he was orgnnlier In the
slato of Washington for the Yeoman
lodge, and we understand held a policy
of Insurance In this order.
J. It Jackson TrnricN Hnnch.
A deal was closed here this week
through the real estate agency of E.
M. Shutt In which J. R. Jackson has
traded his 900-acre wheat ranch, on
Social Ulrige, near Lexington, to J, S.
'Harbison, for tho latter's 820-ncro farm,
two miles from Wlllnmlna, In Yamhill
county. Mr. Jackson reserves his pre
sent crop of wheat, about 550 acres,
also his personnl property, nnd posses
sion of both the ranches will bo sur
rendered November -1st. The Jackson
place wns put In at the'rate of $45 per
acre. .
Mrs. Fannlo Rood, of Portland, is
spending the week at Hoppner. Be
fore returning homo, she expects to
visit lone, In the vicinity of which
place she has some large land holdings.
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Audra Grogan
Edward Chldsey
j Commencement Exercises j
At Pine City School!
The graduation exercises of the Tine' Tne Juniors and Seniors of Heppner
City high school were held at the,hiKh spho"l presented In a very cred
schoolhouse there on last Friday eve- 'table manner, Indeed, the comedy play,
nlng and a number of people from '"Mrs- Tmple's Telegram," at the Star
leppner were In attendance. The ad-!
mess to tne class was made by S. E.
Notson of this city, and others going
ul w"n mm were L Hunt, who
'urnlslle1 transportation, Mrs. Shurte,
""' "1,u ,10' " Moore.
Three students of the school were pre
sented with diplomas of graduation,
these being Mary Bartholomew, Stella
Carlson and Louis Carlson, and the fol
lowing Is the program as carried out
In detail:
March, enter Seniors nnd speakers
Invocation Rev. s. M. Mathes
Song, "When Friendly Night Is Come"
Oration. "Self-neverance. Self-Know-
leilge. Self-Control. These Three
Alone Lead Life to Sovereign j
Heights" Mary Bartholomew
Orallnn, "Education" Louis Carlson
Orallon, "Friendship" Stella Carlson
Song, "Graduation Song"
Class Poem Louis Cnrlsoi
Class Will Stella Carlson
Class Prophecy Mary Bartholomew
Address Mr. K. E. Notson
Presentation of Awards of Attend
ance Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte
Song, "The Call to Action"
Presentation of Diplomas
Prof. W. L. Suddarth
The Pine City school has been under
the supervision of Prof. W. L. Sud
darth during the past year, who has
brought It to a very successful close.
Prof. Suddarth and wife have been re
tained In the school for the coining
year.
At the close of the progrnm, the
Heppner folks, accompanied by Mrs
Mnry Bartholomew, started on the re
turn trip home and when out about
three or four miles from Putter creek,
a wheel came off the car and It wns
very late at night when Heppner was
reached. This was after a walk had
been made back to the Chas. Bartholo
mew place for another car. Barring
this mishap, however, the visitors en
Joyed their visit to Pino City very much
and speak highly of the splendid pro
gram that was put on by tho school.
KIUST (HHISTIAV CHI'IICH.
Sunday, Jnne S. 1021.
I'sunl services In morning at regular
hours. Blblo achool, preaching and
Communion. Christian Endeavor ser
vice at 7 p. m. and Children's Day ser
vice following nl S o'clock. Everyone
Is welcome at all public services. We
can be of material help. Come nnd wor
ship with us. LIVINGSTONE.
Mr. nnd Mrs. H. D. Conovor, of Walts
burg, Wash., accompanied by their two
granddaughters, Lucile and Happy
Roberta, visited at the home of Vawter
Crawford In this city for a couple of
days this week whllo on their way to
Bend, where their daughter, Mrs. Lot
tlo (Roberts) Humphreys, now resides.
Mr. and Mrs. Conovor and their family
formerly resided at Heppner and Mr.
Conover was engagod ln tho transfer
and wood and coal business here.
Mrs. Pauline Quald came up from
Portlnnd on Tuesday and is spending
a week here looking after her Interests.
HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL
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'Mrs. Temple's Telegram"
Well Presented By Students
theater on last Thursday evening.
Ow ing to the fact that there were a
number of other gathering. In the clty,baU team defeate, Condon ,n a hard
imi mat omul,, int) Humence ai ine
theater was not as large as It should
have been but this did not dampen the
enlhusinsm of the players nor detract:
In
i,,e lea,. , ,pmu renoi-
tinn of every part by the members of
tho cast.
Violet Merritt. as Mrs Temnle. had
the leading role and wns well .hi. tolwere offering odds on their team up
sustain It, while Ted Young, who as
Frank Fuller In the cast also Imperson
ated for a time John Brown, kept up
a lively string of chatter that kept the
lauchter as well as being
be means of saving himself and hll"er' i runs were maae' ana lnen 11 was
Mend. Mr. Temnle. from more serlo,,.
dlillrulty. The other members of the
f.ist wore: Ellis Irwin, Jack Temple;
Ailene Sprouls, Mrs. Fuller; Oren Hill,
Wlgson, the butler; Annie Hynd, Mrs.
John Brown; Pearl Hall, Mrs. Tmple's
sister; Paul McDuffea, Captain Shnrpe;
Eil ward Chldsey, John Brown. These
each sustained their parts well and
a. bled their part to making "Mrs. Tem
ple's Telegram" a complete success.
Between acls, "The Love Nest," from
Ihe musical comedy, "Mary," was sung
liy Velma Case. Marv Clark. Viol.t
Hyid. Cora Mae Crawford, Bcrnice
Sigshee nnd Leola Bennett and the
Misses Case, Clark and Bennett present
ed, by request, their Scotch song and
dunce.
A matinee performance was presented
in the afternoon and this was well at
tended by the school children.
Al Ilenrlksen of Cecil, Morrow coun
ty, was an Enterprise visitor a few
days the past week. Mr. Henrlksen la
one of the big stockmen of Morrow
county, owning a large alfalfa farm at
O'cil and vnlunble hay and range land
in the mountains south of Heppner.
This was his llrst visit to the Wallowa
country nnd he was greatly surprised
to find such a well developed section.
From such advertising as he had seen
of the county, Mr. Henrlksen said he
had gained the Impression thnt Wal
lowa was the town of the valley and
Enterprise was a wide mark In the
road, nnd he was pleasantly surprised
to find here a progressive little city
with handsome public buildings and
paved streets. He praised the scenery
and the nice farm homes, but was a lit
tle disappointed In the alfnlfa fields.
Around Cecil they speak of alfalfa In
capital letters. While the alfalfa crop
here Is Just getting nicely started, the
mowing machines are busy cutting the
first crop at Cecil nnd before snow files
again probably three or four more cut-
i tings will be made. Enterprise Roc-
ord-Chleftaln.
Wool Market Opening
The sheepmen nre considerably In
terested In the fact that the buyers are
really offering to buy wool. For a long
time they wouldn't even look at a
fleece. Buyers report thnt this year's
clip Is above the nverage In quality and
while the price Is low they are still of
fering from 14 to 18 cents. No sheep
man so far as we know has yet sold.
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Edward Toung
Pearl Hall
CONDON TAKES FIRST:
Heppner fans were made to rejoice
on Monday afternoon when the home
. fought game' 7 t0 S' Th "tor'r had
, been somewhat different on Sunday,
and the bunch from Condon did up the
j locals 2 to 9. This naturally made
them feel like they had everything
their own way, and the Condon backers
till the time the first Inning ended. At
the beginning on Monday, Condon was
the first up and the sluggers from the
Wheat City were unable to mark up
anything on the scoreboard. For Hepp-
a cate of n0 score for elInr li 'or I
several innings, when along about the!
seventh. Condon secured 2 on errors
by Heppner, but the home team had
In the meantime put the mark up to 5
and conlinued to hold tight to the end.
allowing but one more count for the
visitors while they put across two more
and ended the game with the first half
of the ninth.
Good hall was played both days and
the gale receipts were boosted by the
large attendance both Sunday and
Monday.
other games are being arranged!
which will be announced later.
On .Tune 1st Jas. Hart retired from
the management of Hotel Patrick,
which position he has filled since the
hotel opened for business the first of
January. Roy F. Van Slyke, of Port
land, a man who has had experience ln
the hotel business, succeeds Mr. Hart,
he having arrived here with his wife
on Friday last. Owing to his wide ac
quaintance with the people of Heppner
and the travelling public, Mr. Hart has
been a popular manager of the hotel
and his large number of friends here
will regret to learn that he has severed
his connections with the hotel. He has
not yet decided Just where he will lo
cate but expects to remain at Heppner
for a time and take a needed rest
E. Benefiel of Irrlgon was a visitor
n Heppner Wednesday, in the early
history of Morrow county Mr. Benefiel
was located on a farm out northeast
of Lexington, his place being a portion
of the W. F. Barnctt farm at the pre
sent time. He retired from farming
here a good many years ago. For the
past few years he has been contracting
on the state highways and was here
yesterday to seo obout getting a sub
contract from Messrs. Oxman and Har
rington.
E. J. Merrill, who runs one of the
best farms In the vicinity of Hardman,
was In Heppner for a couple of days
this week on business. Ed says that
there was some pretty nippy weather
out his way a couple of nights last
week ond some of the early vegetables
were made to suffer. The frost also
had turned some of the grain fields a
little brown on the road In from Hard-
man but Mr. Merrill thinks no very
serious damage was done.
UMATILLA FOREST NEWS
Two camps of four to six men each
have been established on the Five Mil
fence construction project and the
j work is being rigorously pushed. It
i now appears that the whole fifteen
miles will be completed In time to be
, of service this season.
! Charles McDevltt and Charles Ely
are preparing to build about three
' miles of fence alone; the forest boun
jdary In the Hall canyon region. Yhls
will serve as a connecting link be
tween the Five Mile fence and other
'private fence and will almost complete
ly enclose the Five Mile cattle range on
' the north. This fence, like the Five
' Mile, has been proposed for a couple
of years but owing to scarcity of help
and high costs actual construction has
t' n delayed till no.
Copious warm rains lasting nearly
two weeks have covered the entire wes
tern division of the forest The snow
was reduced rapidly and others state
' that they never knew the roads and
' trails to be more boggy. At both con
struction camps on the Five Mile fence
complaint was made of the difficulty en
' countered In moving supplies and fence
' material. Wagons were displaced by
pack animals but trouble was still ex
perienced. All the creeks are carrying
good sized streams of water but In this
region, owing to the fact that all of the
Gurdane district Is densely timbered,
there are no floods, nor erosion. All of
the streams are clear.
Archie McCampbell, government hunt
er, has established headquarters In 'he
Gurdane district where he Is learnlnr
the country, putting out traps and pre
paring for an active season. Mr. Mc
Campbell Is quite a successful hunter
and trapper and we are glad to wel
come him. For the month of April he
ranked second highest In number of
cats and coyotes taken In the biology
survey district embracing Oregon and
Washington.
The range In the lower altitudes is
reported to be the best In years. Re
ports from the North Fork of the John
Day are especially good. In the higher
elevations the season is late but the
prospects are excellent
Bob Cullck. cattle man of Lena,
brought a wagon load of salt to the
Five Mile range To dodge the soft
viiund he attempted to return home
by way of Arbuckle but found the road
to be blocked with snow. He returned
home by way of Ellis ranger station
and Matlock hill.
A person visiting the construction
camps on the Five Mile fence project
would get the Impression that wlmpua,
booglehugs and sidehill gougers were
to be seen and heard In the pole Jun-
! gles and around the swampy meadows
i In the vicinities of Matlock prairies and
Squaw Flat They are reported to be
come much more aggressive as evening
approaches. During and Immediately
after heavy rains while the ground Is
soft and miry the boogle-hugs hunt
with great persistency In hopes of And
ing a victim mud-bound. The sidehill
gougers are supplied with three short
legs and three long legs which adopts
them to sidehill locomotion. A man
pursued by a sidehill gouger should
make a dash for level ground. But In
his haste he must remember to steer
clear of mud holes where he might bog
U7. n and fail a victim to the urusliln
embrace of a boogle-hug. At all times
he should keep a sharp "weather eye'
lest he should be Impaled upon a long
barbed, spear-like tail and be borne
away by a swift-winged wtmpus of the
air.
DON'T TAKE A CHANCE with your
camp fire. PUT IT OUT.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS for
POSTMASTER, Government Clerk,
Railway Mall. Men. women, 1 to 5.
For free particulars, write Raymond
Terry (former Civil Service Examiner),
ioo Continental Bldg Washington. D.
c.
Pat Foley, owner of Hotel Patrick, Is
up from The Danes mis weea. mr.
Foley als0 runs , leadlng hote, ln hl.
home city.
The "Mayor" of Cecil has returned,
thanks to the efforts of his patient,
hardy and sure-footed quadruped on
which he was mounted. The peaceful
valley was aroused from its slumbers
by the return of the "Village Constable
John" riding on a goat Where can
our "Deputy Mayor" be during these
troublesome times.
Farm Help Available.
An opportunity to get farm help from
the list of disabled ex-service men Is
now open to the Oregon farmer. The
men are being educated by the gov
ernment and are required to take farm
experience In practical farm work
along the lines of their specialties
horticulture, farm crops, dairy, animal
and poultry husbandry, and general
farming. Since wages are paid by the
government the farmers getting the
men have to provide only board and
room, together with the opporunlty tb
get real training in their specialties.
Some farmers find it profitable to pay
a bonus for high quality work. Far
mers wanting this help may write o J.
Ivan Stewart supervising officer of the
federal board at Corvallls.
C. Melville, farmer of the north Sand
Hollow section, was doing business In
Heppner today. He reports a fine out-
lookf or the crops In his part of the
country.
Mrs. Julia Mettler, of La Grande,
spent Saturday and Sunday ln Heppner
visiting with friends and old-tlms ac
quaintances. She returned home on
Monday.
Mrs. Margaret Jones and daughter.
Miss Stella, arrived from Portland on
Saturday to participate in the Decora
tion Pay services and to make a short
visit with friends here.
Egbert Young was an Eight Mile far
mer In Heppner on Monday. Mr. Young
Is looking forward to an abundant
wheat harvest this season and renders
a flue report regarding growing crops
in the Eight Mile wheat belt
DECORATION DAY IS
FITTINGLY OBSERVED
Maer Take Part la Parade aad Marea
ta CeaeieTy Seaaol Call Irea a ad
Prateraltlea Are la liar. MoMfer
Head Are Hoaored.
Decoration Day was very fittingly
'.bterved at Heppner. The largest
gathering of citisens that ever came
together ln the city for that purpose
Joined with the Grand Army of the Re
public and the Womens Relief Corps,
and at 9:00 a. m. a parade was form
ed at the fair grounds which reached
past several blocks. This was headed
by the few remaining Grand Army vet
erans In autoa and escorted by sol
diers and sailors of the world war,
members of the American Legion, and
followed by the members of the Relief
Corps, also ln autoa Some 300 school
children, each bearing a flag, was a
striking feature In the parade, and then
there was a fine showing by the frat
ernal orders of the Knights of Pythias,'
Pythian Sisters. Odd Fellows and Elks.
The procession marched to the ceme
tery, where the beautiful memorial ser
vice of the Womens Relief Corps was
held about the monument erected and
dedicated by that order to the unknown
dead of past wars.
The Pythian Sisters also held an Im
pressive decoration service about the
grave of one of their departed, and the
members of the Knights of Pythias also
held their beautiful memorial service
which was quite Impressively deliver
ed. It Is worthy of note that there was
an almost universal decoration of the
graves at the cemetery, all grave of
soldiers, and members of the orders of
Elks, L O. O. F. and Knights of Pythias
being specially marked and flowers laid
thereon.
Returning to the fair pavilion the
further program of the day was car
ried out The main feature of this was
the address of Hon.J. D. Stevens of
"Portland. The speaker, a Grand Army
Veteran, held the audience ln close at
tention for an hour and delivered an
oration highly patriotic and Instruct
ive. The strong plea was made for
the proper observance of Memorial Day,
the speaker urging that this be a day
sacred and apart from Ine usual avoca
tions and pleasures and one that is held
sacred by all regardless of creed or pol
itics, that the nation's dead may he
properly honored. In fact, the speak
er stated, a movement la now under
way to have all sports on that day pro
hibited by legislative enactment He
was gratified to note the splendid In
terest taken In the day by Heppner1
citisens and hoped to see this Interest
grow.
The Boy Scouts were presented with
a beautiful flag, the gift to them by
the ladles of the Womens Relief Corps,
Mrs. D. E. Gilman making the presen
tation address which was beautiful and
impressive. This was responded to by
W. O. Livingstone, scout master, and
It la sure the gift is greatly appreciated
by the Boy Scouts.
The program was arranged and the
day's exercises were under the super
vision of the Womens Relief Corps, and
their president expressed their sincere
appreciation of the splendid manner in
which all responded. All business
houses of the city closed for the day,
and there was a general and genuine
spirit of honor to our departed dead
prevailing.
Many Things Happen in
Movies Not in Script
In the fight between Roy Stewart as
Bob Burton and Harry Van Meter the
villain, newest drama of Western life,
"The Lone Hand" at the Star theater
Monday and Tuesday, June and 7.
"The Lone Hand" star unintentionally
scored a real knock-out
The two men had been fighting In a
lonely desert cabin when the villain
launched a final thrust Stewart wait
ed and an uppercut, swung from the
hip, caught the villain flush in the face.
Down he went blood spurting from his
nose, and although this was not in the
script the director was thoroughly sat
isfied. In fact all were contented, with
the exception of Van Meter.
Vaiatllla Cooaty Hanks Approve Oregaa
Grata Growere Plan
When the National Grain Growers
committee was In the west U. U Bur
dick, a member of the committee, visit
ed Pendleton, talked the matter over
with a number of banks and two of
the banks issued letters stating that
they could conceive In no way In which
the Oregon Grain drawers contract
could affect a farmers relation with the
bankers. These letters have been re
ported at various meetings. A careful
canvass of the situation has failed to
reveal that any Umatilla banker has ln
any way opposed the Oregon Grain
Grower. Many of them state that It Is
a first class thing and will really im
prove the farmer's credit with their
Institution.
Oregon Wool (iruwera Offer tu Advaaee
Moaey
A letter from the management of the
Oregon Wool Growers state thnt they
are prepared to advance to their mem
bers as much as a dollar per fleece on
an average quality of wool. The organ
isation is practically on top and Is
making satisfactory progress. We be
lieve that any farmer who is having
difficulty to obtain some money on his
wool clips should very properly Inves
tigate this, as we believe them to be
a reliable firm.
Slga-t'p Caoipalaa Coatlunra
The Oregon Grain Growers are punn
ing their campaign at the present time
in Umatilla county, as well ai In Wash
ington and Clackarmi.1 rnuni.e, also in
the Willamette valley At the pies.nt
time there are 3, U 1 1 . ft buiiheU signed
up, almost an even four million Of
this Morrow county has 1.035. 1 HI bmh
ela We are stilt on the long end of
the double-tree.