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Volume 39, Number 33. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1922. Subscription $2.00 Per Year
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T ELECTl
Thli W Surely (he Cuw ia (he
Nation-Wide Election of November
7th, According to Robert E. Smith,
of Lumberman Truit Co, Portland
Eliminating superficial causes and
coming right "down to cases," the
forces which determine the outcome
of any nation-wide election are econ
omic. Of specific units which com
pose the country in its entirty, this
may not be true in Oregon, for In
stance, economic causes did not con
trol the result but the underlying
causes of the discontent and rest
lessness which found vent on No
vember 7th in electing a "different"
Congress were surely economic. This
is true whether, as some maintain,
the vote cast was due to popular dis
pleasure over the failure of Congress
to reduce taxes and expenditures, or
whether it is really a nation-wide de
mand for an adequate readjustment
of the inequalities of life. Great
newspapers of both parties, Republi
can and Democratic, have made com
ments on the election which are fee
ble and inadequate alike; however,
these are purely political and pre
tend to nothing else. For Instance,
the New York Tribune calls it "A
great popular blunder," while the
World describes it as "A triumph of
liberalism." The fallacy prevails that
the candidates who are elected "ride
to success on the crest of a wave of
popularity" but as a matter of fact
personalities play only subordinate
parts in general elections. A man
who is candidate for an office for
two successive terms may for the first
term receive overwhelming majorit
ies and for the second be as over
whelmingly defeated. The personal
ity in both cases is the same. Of
this Mr. Wilson is the most promin
ent example. Whether really respon
sible or not, the "powers that be"
are credited with responsibility for
prevailing conditions and elections
register popular satlsfactoln or dis
satisfaction with them. In times of
depression and deflation, the masses,
who as a rule know nothing of econ
omics, are "forninst the govern
ment, and they register this fact on
election day. Conversely, in times of
prosperity, the government already In
power is upheld and continued by the
voters, and receives credit for pre
vailing conditions whether it deserves
it or not.
Balance of Tower Favor Radicals.
The new Congress will not con
vene until next March, but from the
nature of the new members, predic
tions are freely, and doubtless with
some accuracy, being made as to leg
islation which it will undertake. The
balance of power will be in favor of
the radical element and therefore
the legislation will in all probability
have a radical tendency. The farm
bloc has been immensely strengthen
ed and much legislation for the re
lief of the farmer will be attempted,
among them a modification of the
transportation act tending to favor
the farmer, the shipper and the la
borer; heavier taxes upon wealth and
capital with special favors for agri
culture and labor; and amendments
to' the Federal Reserve Act which
would prevent conservative control
of credits as exercised by the Board
in 1918-1920, satisfying the popular de
mand from the agricultural sections
for monetary inflation, and provide
the farmer with such large credits
that he would be enabled to hold his
crops for higher prices. Besides
such measures as these, a soldiers'
bonus bill, payable in cash or its
equivalent, even if the funds have to
he borrowed, is expected to be brot
forward for action. Conservatives in
Congress there will still be, however,
and they can be depended upon to use
all the parliamentary skill at their
command to block and defeat such
legislation.
Political and Financial Quietude.
A period of three months and long
er will intervene before this Congress
convenes, and a winter of domestic
quitude, political and financial, seems
therefore to be indicated. Perhaps
we cannot make better use of the
Interval than employing 'it In study
ing conditions in Europe and trying
to formulate some plan for its relief
and rehabilitation, which appears
such a hopeless and impossible task.
European Affairs to Front.
One after another, several Euro
pean countries hnve taken their turns
during the last few weeks in occupy
ing for the moment the place of
greatest prominence in world affairs.
In England, the Lloyd George minis
try was overthrown and the Conser
vative party put Into power; in Italy,
the Facta government was overthrown
by the Fascist! and a virtual dictator
ship established; and in Turkey the
Ottoman Empire was overthrown, the
Sultan dethroned and Constantinople
seised by the followers of Mustapha
Kemal Pasha. Should, however, even
a fortnight pass without the over
throw of an important government
or even one of the nortoriously un
stable smaller powers, food for news
and discussion will not be wanting,
for Germany, the reparations and the
vanishing mark we have with us al
ways, and as subjects for discussion,
they are inexhaustible. The Berlin
parley of the Reparations Commission
was a failure. Germany has made no
detlnite plans for payment and noth
ing came of the plans of the experts
to create a two-year moratorium and
to stabilize the mark at 3500 to the
dollar by borrowing 500,000,000 gold
murks and usnig an equal amount of
the Roichbank gold. The resignation
of the Wlrth cabinet seems to have
made no appreciable alteration In the
outlook. Conferences and parleys,
howover, if they do nothing else, do
gradually permit the settling and
crystallsntion of idoas, and perhaps
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Going, Growing, Glowing
MEN'S CLASS '
Federated Church
Good Interest-p-GOME
Million Christians In
Northern Asia Mi
nor Cry to Be Saved
Another human tragedy that prom
ises to rival the Smyrna fir is devel
oping in northern Asia Minor. The
tide of quarter of a million Chris
tian inhabitants is sweeping In full
flood to the fringes of the Black sea
and the Mediterranean.
The refugees are clamoring to be
saved. The American naval base at
Constantinople is deluges with S. O.
8. calls from the flotilla of destroy
ers patrolling the Mediterranean and
Black sea coast of Asia Minor, which
are crowded with Christians fleeing
from the Turk.
Appeals com from every part of
Anatolia, where whole Christian com
munities are migrating and where the
American near east relief is working
heroically to overcome almost insup
rabl obstacles, including the remov
al of orphan for great distances to
the sea.
Cryptic radiographs rceived today
indicated that "a critical situation
was developing -with surprising sud
denness; the whole interior is blan
keted with snow, adding immeasur
ably to the misery of the refugees."
A destroyer relayed a dramatic ap
peal to the near east relief at Con
stantinople from James H. Crutcher
of Tuscaloose, Ala,, at Samsun, "Can
you take a thousand mountain chil
dren? If not it means their end."
One from the destroyer Lawrence
came from Americans at Trebiiond,
declaring: "We cannot hold up evac
uation of Trebizond orphans much
longer. We are overwhelmed by ar
rivals from the Interior. Instruct
immediately."
From Mediterranean coastal towns
came moving pleas for succor from
tens of thousands of orphans.
Charles Thurber, of Manchester,
N. H sent a message: "Must have
50,000 Turkish pounds to buy bread
for ten thousand destitute orphans
and adults crowding Sivas. The sit
uation is becoming worse hourly. Un
less additional funds and transpor
tation are provided immediately
thousands will perish."
SENATOR RITNER ACTING AS
GOVERNOR FOR NEXT MONTH
Senator Roy W. Rltner is governor
oro-tem of Oregon by virtue of being
president of the senate, in the ab
sence of Governor Ben W. Olcott who
is attending a meeting of governors
in West Virginia.
Senator Rltner will remain In Pen
dleton until the caucus of senators is
held here to determine future action
of the selection of the new senate
president some time this week, and
then will go to Salem to take active
charge of the state's affairs. Among
his duties will be the consideration of
the state budget for the- next two
years. Pendleton Tribune.
Ladle Bazaar.
The ladle of the Christian Church
will hold their Bazaar on the ground
floor of the Odd Fellows building on
December 8 and 9. In connection
with this they will serve lunches
throughout the two days.
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS
of the Christian Church will serve
chili, doughnuts and coffee every
Saturday in the Peoples Hardware
store. Your patronage is solicited.
Mrs. Henry Blackman
Dies at San Francisco
The news of the death of Mrs.
Henry Blackman at San Francisco
on last Sunday morning, was received
by telegram here on Monday morning
by Phill Cohn. Mrs. Blackman pass
ed away at a hospital in that city af
ter a few days of illness, though she
had been In poor neaitn lor a num
ber of years past,
Mrs. Blackman, sister of the late
Henry Heppncr, for whom this town
Is named, was a resident of this city
for a great many years, and her
family of three sons was reared here.
With her husband, Henry Blackman,
she came to this city in 1882 and re
sided here continuously for a period
of more than twenty years, enjoying
the friendship and esteem of the en
tire community.
Since leaving here a number of
years ago Mrs. Blackman has made
her home in Portland and San Fran
cisco, but frequently visited at the
home of her nephew, Phill Cohn, in
this city. She was past 63 years of
age, and is survived by her husband,
Henry Blackman, of San Francisco,
and her sons, Heppner of New York
City; Leo, of Valparaiso, Chili, and
Abe of San Francisco. The funeral
was held in San Francisco Tuesday.
There was a dearth of turkeys on
the market in Heppnr this Thanks
giving, and people have had to rustle
to got the ncessary bird for Thanks
giving dinner. Ustfally there is an
abundance of turkeys to be had on
the Heppner market, but this season
seems to be an exception. Perhaps
the price has not been quite high
enough to suit the producer, and he
s keeping ni buds at home for a
bettei' market, expecting to be rid of
them along about the Christmas hol
idays. Turkeys have been cheaper
on the Portland market this season
than for a number of years past.
Professor E. H. Hedrick, superin
tendent, and Irving Mather, princi
pal of the Heppner schools, depart
ed yesterday afternoon, their des
tination being Portland and other
valley points. After spending the
Thanksgiving holidays with the home
folks, they will return in time for
their duties at the school on Monday.
The Heppner-Arlington stage makes
it quite handy for folks gettnig out
to Portland, and other points both
east and west, as night trains can be
taken and a lot of time saved.
Anthony J, Fritz, representing a
savings and loan association of Port'
land, has been spending several days
In Heppner this week.
Heppner schools closed for Thanks'
giving holidays and studies will be
resumed again on Monday.
Last Tuesday night the Junior
class held a Thanksgiving banquet
at the school house, the dinner being
cooked by the girls of the class in
the domestic science kitchen. The
dining room was beautifully decorat
ed with crepe paper symbolic of the
season . In the center of th table
was a large orange-colored horn of
plenty filled with fruit. The only
light was furnished by candles col
ored in Thanksgiving shades. Miss
Frasier, class advisor, was present
as ehaperone. The wonderful dinner
was enjoyed by all those present and
perhaps it was a good thing that a
few pies disappeared or the Juniors
might have had the stomach ache.
As it was, that necessary part of a
Thanksgiving dinner was left to those
who so kindly relieved the class of
a few pie. '
Next Mondav a mock trial will be
given In tUe civics class, the cas Do
ing a moonshine charge against Reid
Buseick. The trial will be held in
regular court manner.
The Freshman flag pole has been
put up and soon the scrap will be
gin. The pole is 140 feet high and if
the Freshies themselves ever get their
pennnnt up It is doubtful if any of
the Sophs and Juniors can get it
down.
Next Saturday, December 2, Burk-
hart and Company, novelty enter
tainers, will put on an entertainment.
They are high class entertainers and
everyone should attend. The enter
tainment will be at the school house
at 8 p. m.
A preliminary debate tryout was
held Monday night when eight pupils
tried out before the judges, Mr. Hed
rick, Miss Fleet and Miss Chambers.
A final tryout in front of the stu
dent body will be held soon and the
final decision will be made and the
team announced.
An amendment is now being con
sidered by the Student Association
pertaining to the granting of letter.
It provides that letters shall be
granted for debate as well a athlet
ics. It also provides that when any
student has earned three letters he
shall bo given an II H. S. monogram.
This amendment to the constitution
will be voted on at the next Student
Association meeting.
The yell contest has been extended
for two weeks longer by action of the
Student Association. This is due to
the fact that poetic genius along the
line of yells hasn't got into proper
working order as yet.
The fat and jolly sheriff, the sher
iff who has the reputation of being
the most jovial officer in the U. S.;
do you want to see him? You will if
you attend the grade operetta Dec. 22.
A debate is being given m the so
cial problems class on the question,
Resolved, that the government
should set a minimum wage limit."
The debate has not been finished as
yet.
On the Jmaay afternoon before
the Christmas holidays, the high
school will return to juvenile days
by having a Christmas tree and all
kinds of nuts and candy as we used
to have "When you and I were young.
Maggie." We hope It will remind
the dignified (?) Seniors that they
were once young so that they will
have more sympathy with the silly
Freshies.
There will be two days of Thanks
giving vacation this week, Thursday
and Friday. An extra day to get over
the effects is always needed.
The girls basket ball teams are be
ing organized this week and next
Monday after school two games will
be plnyed, one between the eighth
grade and the Froshmen and one be
tween the Sophomores and Juniors.
Wednesday evening the Seniors had
a candy pull at the home of Miss
Frances Parker. With that and the
stomach ache from Thankkgiving
dinner, too will we ever see them
again?
School Enjoy Community Dinner.
The school in District No. 38, where
Mrs. Frank Turner of thi city Is
teaching, gave a community dinner
yesterday at the Bchoolhouse, the
tables being spread at 1 o'clock, and
the patrons of the school were there
in force with proper apptltes and a
a disposition to enjoy the good pro
gram put on by the pupils following
the feast. Mrs. Shurte, supcrinten
dent, went down from Heppner as an
invited guest,
"The Kick'Off"
Cars Badly Smashed
In Highway Collision
A rather lucky termination of an
accident between two autos on Satur
day evening resulted from the collis
ion of the Ford of Hugh Berry and
the Maxwell of Fred Lyster on the
highway near the Charley Valentine
ranch.
The Ford was on the way in to
Heppner from Pendleton and besides
Mr. Berry the car was occupied by
Ray Oviatt, who was riding in front
with Berry, and Floyd Mattison, in
the back seat Mr. Lyster was in his
car alone and was returning to the
road camp from Heppner.
It is stated that the Maxwell had
no light except a spot light and when
the car met it was not possible for
the driver of the Ford to tell Just
which side of the road the other ear
was taking. On the ohter hand, it is
contended that the Ford was taking
the middle of the road, did not dim
the lights, and the result was two
badly smashed machines, but for
tunately no one seriously injured.
The occupants of the Ford escaped
without a scratch, Oviatt being
thrown clear and Berry and Matti
son caught under the machine. Lys
ter did not fare quite so well a he
received a number of cuts and abras
ions about the face that required
patching up. Both machines are re
ported to be wrecks, and it is a mys
tery how all the men escaped serious,
if not fatal, injuries.
Dry Fighter Optimistic
Pussyfoot Say Wet Are Squealing
Like Pig Under Gate.
Boston. W. E. (Pussyfoot) John
son tell thi in the Christian Her
ald:
For some months a considerable
section of the American population
has been "seeing red" in respect to
the national dry policy and the Vol
stead act. Not much ia said against
the 18th amendment, but much is
said against its enforcement. The
thirsty are willing that we have a
dry" law, provided it is not inforced
It is the growing efficiency of the
enforcement of the law that provokes
excitement and causes the so-called
wet element to squeal with all the
pathetic ardor of a pig caught under
a gate. The squeal is entertaining
but not important. The fact that the
Volstead act gate has caught the al
coholic pig explains this emotional
outburst of explosive speech.
Any honest statistical comparison
of arrests for drunkenness invariably
shows an enormous decrease of drink
arrests since prohibition was adopt
ed when compared with any of the
recent ' wet years.
Under the license system there
was developed a very lucrative busi
ness known as "jag cures," concerns
stablished for the treatment and
cure of inebriates. With the excep
tion of a dozen or so philantrophic
concerns, these establishments were
on a purely commercial basis. Un
der the license system there grew up
65 Neely institutes, about 200 Kcely
Institutes and enough of Oppenheim-
er and other institutes to make the
total something above 300.
Less than three years of prohibi
tion has resulted in closing practic
ally every one of these. In six
months of correspondence and effort,
aided by the Scientific Temperance
Federation of Boston, I have been
able to learn of less than hnlf a
dozen remaining and these are prac
tically denuded of patients. These
300 enterprises were not closed by
law or by public opinion. They ac
complished much good in their way.
They were closed simply and solely
because less than three years of pro
hibition had so reduced th number
of inberiatcs that their operation
was no longer profitable, No flood
rolief is needed in Saharra and no
provisions are required against dust
storm on the open sea.
This town was visited by a little
sunshine yesterday, the first for a
good many days, and the rays of Old
Sol brought cheer out of the gloom
of fog that has been hanging over
the city.
Mr. Emmett Cochran returned
home from Stanfield on Monday, af
ter several days spent in that city
visiting with friends.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
A banquet that was greatly enjoyed
especially by the ladies, was given
by the men of the Federatd church at
th church dining room on last Fri
day evening. The entire spread was
prepared and served by the men of
the church, and they proved that they
knew how to-do the job up brown. In
connection with the supper a very fine
entertainment was given in the audi
torium, participated in by numerous
members of the church and Sunday
school, the entire event being one
that will be long remembered by all
who attended. Mrs. Woodson, on be
half of the women, thanked the men
of the church for their splendid ban
quet. . Mrs. John E. Maxwell arrived at
Heppner on Monday evening from
Seattle, Wash., where she had been
for three weeks, waiting on her
Bother, who suffered a severe stroke
of paralysis, when Mrs. Maxwell
left Seattle Sunday morning, her
mother was very much improved. Mr.
and Mrs. Maxwell, who left Heppner
early last summer for Oakland, Cal
ifornia, are now getting nicely lo
cated in their new home, having open
ed up in the confectionery business
on a good corner in one of the best
sections of the city. Mrs. Maxwell,
after a short visit with friends here,
will return to Oakland on Sunday.
A license to wed was granted on
Saturday last by County Clerk Wat
ers to Chas. O. Osmin and Mrs.
Maud eBabcock, both of this city.
The couple were married on the same
day, Rev. W. O. Livingstone officiat
ing'. They will continue to make their
home in this county, where Mr. Os
min, who is a son ft Albert Osmin of
Heppner, has resided all his life. Mrs.
Osmin arrived here early in the sum
mer from New York state.
J. H. Bush, formerly of this city,
who is now located at Alsea, Oregon,
has engaged in the grocery business
in that place, just recently opening
up there with a fine line of goods,
with which he combines the hand
ling of bay and grain and dairy feeds
of all kinds. He is meeting with
success in the business, of which bis
friends here will be glad to learn.
Walt Kilcup was able to get into
town over the Jones Hill road from
his farm down Jones Canyon Wed
nesday. It is pretty tough sledding
over that thoroughfare just at pres
ent, and will likely be so for the re
mainder of the winter, unless a hard
freeze should come, in which event
traveling will be easier for the peo
ple from out Lena way.
Dr. Derflinger, who was in Morrow
county the past week making t. b.
examinations of dairy cattle, was
called home on Saturday evening by
an accident to one of the members
of his family. He expects to return
soon, however, to resume the work,
and those wishing to have tests made
should inform County Agent Calkins.
Heppner Elks will hold their lodge
of Borrow on next Sunday afternoon
at the Elks Temple in this city. Hon.
Bruce Dennis of La Grande, will be
the orator of the occasion, and Hepp
ner people will be given a worth
while message at his hands, for Mr.
Dennis is a public speaker of some
note.
John T. Kirk writes us from lone
that he has discarded crutches and
his flat wheel will be OK in a short
time, providing he does not get it
punctured again. Mr. Kirk had the
misfortune to step on a nail while in
Heppner a week or more ago, and this
was the cause of his flat wheel.
Jack Knox is taking a few days off
and came to town from the Hynd
ranch, where he chaperones a band
of sheep, that he might have a few
days of recreation among his friends
in the city. He will return to his
labors after the Thanksgiving noli
days.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Matlock of this
city are rejoicing over the arrival
of a daughter at their home on Fri
day, November 24th, the young lady
weighing 11V4 pounds. Mother and
child reported to be doing well.
Miss Helen V. Smith of the Cash
Variety Store, made a business trip
to Portland this week, going down on
Sunday and returning Tuesday eve'
nlng.
Mrs. Florence Bennett, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kirk of lone, is
visiting with her parents in that city,
Fantastic Jules Verne
Novel Suhject of New
European Spectacle
Recent months have seen many
European productions on American
screens. The newest is "The Isle of
Zords," a picturized version of Jules
Verne novel, "Mathias Sandorf,'
produced in France by Louis Nalpas
and distributed here by Pathe.
Jules Verne was the great French
master of fantastic romance. His
thrilling stories, "Around the World
in Eighty Days," "A Journey to the
Center of the Earth," "From the
Earth to the Moon," "Twenty Thou
sand Leagues Under the Sea," "Mich
ael Strogoff," and all others, written
years ago, forecast modern scientific
inventions and discoveries then un
heard of. They furnished our fathers
and grandfathers with the action lit
erature of the day. Even today there
js not a public library in the country
that doe not supply a demand for
the Verne novels, and the readers are
children as well as grown-ups.
In "The Isle of Zorda," Verne was
at his best. He told the- stroy of
Mathias Sandorf, the patriot, who lost
all for the cause of freedom; who dis
appeared for twenty years, and then
appeared as the mystery man from
the mystery "Isle of Zorda." He brot
vengeance and retribution with him
and the manner in which he "squared
things" with his betrayers jrill stand
for all time unique in the annals of
literature.
The tremendous action, thrill and
suspense are laid in a semi-Oriental
setting that is as rich in atmosphere
as a tale from the Arabian Nights,
as colorful as a .Maxfield Parrish
painting, as thrilling as a melodrama.
"The Isle of Zorda" is the feature at
traction at the Star Theatre Satur
day. With which will be shown a
Felix comedy and Pathe Review.
Grand Worthy Matron to Make
Ruth Chapter Visit.
Ruth Chapter No. 32, Order Eastern
Star will receive an official visit
from the Grand Worthy Matron, Mrs.
Ida Castner on Friday evening, De
cember 8th. This visit will be right
after her return from the East, where
at Washington, D. C, Mrs. Castner
attended the national convention of
the order. The members of Ruth
Chapter are advised to keep this an
nouncement in mind, that there may
be a full attendance on the occasion
of the visit of the Worthy Grand
Matron.
Dan P. Smythe Very III.
Dan Smythe, prominent Pendleton
man, is seriously ill in Chicago,
states the Pendleton East Oregon
ian. Earl P. Tulloch, a member of
the firm of Tulloch & Smythe, left
on Saturday for Chicago and Mr.
Smyth' brother, Gus Smyth, of Ar
lington, left Monday night Mr.
Smythe has been ill for some time
and during the past few days his con
dition has been critical. Mrs. Smythe
is with him in Chicago.
Through the Emerald, U. of O.
daily publication, the announcement
is made of the engagement of Nor
ton Winnard, son of Dr. and Mrs. N.
E. Winnard, formerly of this city.
The bride is to be Miss Louise Davis,
an Oregon graduate of the class of
1919. Mr. Winnard graduated from
the University last year, and is now
student at Harvard University,
medical department.
Deep Human Story
Besides Big Thrills
Chamberlain Novel "Home" Convert
ed to Screen by Gasnier for
R-C Pictures.
Besides a number of the most thrill
ing scenes ever flashed on the screen,
including a flood that sweeps a vil
lage to destruction, "The Call of
Home," an R-C production being
shown at the Star Theatre Monday
and Tuesday, presents a story of
deep human interest that will appeal
to all classes of theatregoers.
The story briefly is as follows:
Two boys, Gerry Lansing and Alan
Wayne, are brought up together at
Red Hill, the summer home of their
people. Gerry, who has wealth, be
comes a futile, high-living, conven
tional repetition of the man of his
class, following the traditions of his
family, and falling into a lethargy of
effortless living. He marries Alix, a
beautiful, frivolous woman whom he
soon ceases to interest.
Alan plays fast and loose with his
guardian's money (which he supposes
is his own) and wins the affection of
the many women who please bis
fancy. Alan always has fascinated
Alix, and they drift from flirtation
to infatuation. Gerry grows jealous
and Alix leaves him to go to Alan.
She changes her mind before the
train starts, however, and goes home.
Gerry, supposing that Alan and Alix
have eloped, takes a ship for Per-
nambuco, leaving no trace of Ins
whereabouts. There he becomes en
tangled with a Spanish girl, who res
cues him when he is flung from his
canoe, and they settle down to the
crude life of the wilderness. A great
flood carries away Gerry's ditch and
drowns Margorita, the Spanish girl,
just as Gerry has met Alan, hnlf dead
of fever when the latter is brought
into the hut in which Gerry is living
with some outcasts. From Alan he
learns that Alix is blameless and has
become the mother of his son.
It is a big theme, handled with
power and with a touch that stirs
deep emotion. ,
FOR SALE Eden Electric Wash
ing Machine. Good condition. Cheap.
Phone 843. It.
County Clerk Waters left late
Tuesday afternoon by auto stage for
Arlington, where he would take the
train for Portland to spend Thanks
giving with Mrs. Waters and Deimar.
He will return home the end of the
week.
County Bible School
Convention, Lexington
One of the best Bible School eon'
ventions ever held in Morrow eounty
was held in Lexington on Tuesday of
this week. The attendance was good
and the interest the very best, and
the program one of unusual merit.
Those from a distance who partici
pated in the program were Mis Par
ker of Portland, State Secretary of
Bible School Work, and Mr. Abe Ben'
nett of Eugene, Field Secretary for
the Eugene Bible University. In har
mony with the change in name of the
state bible school organization, th
county organization nam, wa chang
ed from Association to Council.
Henceforth, it will be known as the
Morrow County Sunday School Coun
cil. A very interesting feature was
a debate in the evening carried out
by a group of young people. It was.
Resolved, that it ia more necessary
for the adult to attend Bible School
than it is for the young people to at
tend the preaching service. The de
bate wa decided unanimously in fa
vor of the affirmative. Those partici
pating were: on the affirmative,
Frances Parker of Heppner, George
Tucker of Lexington and Miss Schriv
er of lone. Negative, J. P. Fenwick
of lone, Cecil Warner of Lexington
and Charles O'Neil of lone.
The officers elected for the coming
year were, Karl Beach of Lexington,
President; C. C. Calkins of Heppner,
Vice-President, and Cecil Warner of
Lexington, Secretary and Treasurer.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Lord' Day, December 3.
O. W. Holme says: "The great
thing is not so much where we are,
but what direction we are moving."
"Jesus is the way of truth and life."
At the church services we obtain the
guidance that we must have. Bible
School 10 A. M, followed by Com
munion Service and illustrated ser
mon to boys and girls, and incident
ally to older people a welL- Every
one is invited. Junior Christian En
deavor at 3 p. m. (note the change in
hour), Senior Endeavor at 6:30 and
Preaching at 7:30. We shall be glad
to have you come and worship with
us. . LIVINGSTONE.
Percy. Jannon and E. O. Neill were
Butter creek ranchers doing business
in Heppner on Wednesday. They re
port considerable foggy weather out
their way for the past ten day or ao.
First Thanksgiving Proclamation
It is ordered yt ye 11th day of December
throughout this jurisdiction shall be sett
apart for a day of Thanksgiving to Almigh
ty God for His great and victorious mercyes
to or dreare native countrye for ye comfort
able and sasonable supplying us with mod
erate showers and His mercy in with draw
ing His afflicting hand from us.
-BY THE GOVERNOR.
The First Thanksgiving Celebration
Plymouth, December 11, 1611
Our corn did prove well; and, God be
praised, we had a good increase of Indian
corn. Our harvest being gotten in, our
Governor sent four men on fowling, that
so we might, after a special manner rejoice
together after we had gathered the fruit of
our labors. Many of the Indians came
amongst us, and among the rest their great
est king, Massasoit, with some ninety men
whom for three days we entertained or
feasted. Edward Winslow.
Governor Olcott's 1922 Proclamation
In accordance with annual custom and following the
suggestion of the president of the United States Oregon
will again lay aside her busy cares for a day to render
thanks for the munificent blessings bestowed by an om
niscient creator.
For all those blessings, for our prosperity, for our re
sources, for our rugged and our bewitching scenery, for
brave and true hearts in men and women, freely may
we pour our full mete of thanks, as God has been bounti
ful, indeed.
But may we also ask that this be a day of peace and
forgiveness. That it may be a day on which the people
set aside forever any ill-timed rancor, if any such exist.
That the people of the state may remember above all
that all are brothers and sisters, fellow Americans. That
they may remember the true spirit of America gushes
from a spring deeper than the superficial flow of faction
alism or shallow feud.
May it be a day of thanksgiving on which we all raise
our voices in unison, remembering the time-honored in
junction that we read the same Bible and worship the
same God.
Hours of tribulation and trial are sure to fall upon a
people torn asunder by strife and dissention. Our dem
ocracy was cradled in the belief and nurtured in the
thought that all men are created equal and given the in
alienable right to worship God as their own conscience
might dictate. Every nation that has strayed from that
doctrine has been split on the rock of destruction or has
toiled its weary way through centuries of blood, travail
and tears.
We are at the cross-roads. To the right stands an
America, imperishable upon the rock of eternal truth.
To the left lies an America bleeding, torn by strife and
dissention. May the God of our fathers preserve us from
pursuing the left-hand turning.
Firm in the belief that our people may throw aside the
cause for strife and stand firm, united in common pa
triotism, and that this will be a Thanksgiving day when
a common voice raises itself to reach the ears of our
common creator, I, Ben W. Olcott, by virtue oi' the
authority in me vested as governor of the slate of Ore
gon, hereby do proclaim and declare Thursday, Novem
ber 3, A. D., 1922, as Thanksgiving day within the state
of Oregon
And may it bring years of contentment, happiness and
harmony.
CROSS FI HIS 1-
IDI
Farmers and Federal Grain Inspec
tor Attack Method of J. W.
Chare a. Admitted He Worked for
Exporter at Time ef Grading.
(Pendleton Tribure)
Out of a fight over the nropoaal of
the grain inspection division to the
department of agriculture to revoke
the license of R. C. Snyder, deputy
state grain inspector of Washington
at Seattle, for alleged violation of the
federal grain inspection law, ha
leaked the news that a similar charge
has been preferred in this state
against Chief Grain Inspector J. W.
Church, and that although there ha
been a determined move to keep the
matter from the public, it i likely
that a new grain inspector at Port
land will be named.
Inspector Church i believed by
farmers of this section to be a grain
dealers' man and not impartial on the
question of grain grading. Two-third
of th grain shipped from this terri
tory has been docked about 3 cents
per bushel for smut and smutting
charge and the concrete case upon
which it i proposed to revoke hi
license, is that while docking the
farmers for smut he allowed an entire
shipload on the Great City to clear
from Portland with the same wheat,
uneleaned, aa smutless grain.
Throughout the year, which is the
first in which the exporters have been
compelled to ahip under federal
grades as well aa buying under these
grades, profits of th exporter have
been cut to legitimate return accord
ing to local farmer. Formerly the
exporter bought under the federal
grade from the farmers and then
shipped on the Portland type sample,
s lower grade, thus making big mon
ey. While the federal grain inspectors
are primarily concerned with the en
forcement of the federal grades on ex
port, by the state inspector operat
ing under the public service commis
sion by federal license, local fanners
are more concrned with the dockage
on the grain here. It is the conten
tion of the farmer that if the grain
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