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GA FTf mTm jfry1 ry . wen m-w ee ic3 i K 1 U ii llji 1 MvlJiS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 39, Number 34. , HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 7, 1922. Subscription $2.00 Per Year iiTi-ime Indication! Now Point to Early Ad vertising of Star Route for Bids. Suggestions Made la Letter of 4th AaaUtant Poatmaater General. While there hat been no move ai yet to call for bida on the carrying of mail over the Willow Creek High way on what ii designated aa the Arlington-Heppner Star Route, the matter la moving along and haa the attention of the poatofflce depart ment at Washington. We are informed by Poatmaater Smead that he ia getting some pretty good estimates aa to what the cost of this service will be, and feela that when bids are called for such figures will be presented to the de partment thut they will be justified in establishing the new service for the delivery of first class mail and newspapers to Heppner and all way points along route. Postmaster Smead thia week re ceived the following letter from H. H. Billing, fourth assistant postmaster general, containing suggestions that the department has to offer: Washington, D. C. November 27, 1922 The Postmaster, Heppner, Ore. My Dear Sir: With reference to the establish ment of a star route from Arlington to your office by way of Cecil, Morgan, lone and Lexington, it seema quite evident that the best arrangement of the daily service which you seek would be for the carrier to leave Arlington as early as possible after the arrival of trains Nos. t and 25. It is noted that under the schedule of the bua company which you for warded the driver does not leave Arlington until :00 A. M. and he arrives at Heppner about noon. The return trip at 4:00 P. M., shown in the schedule of the bus company, would do very well, but there appears to be no -postal necessity for two round trips a day, since the trains provide morning dispatch, from Heppner and an afternoon receipt. .If you can give assurance that a suitable bid is obtainable under a schedule calling for departure from Arlington early in the" morning and from Heppner at 4:00 P. M, we would be willing to issue an adver tisement for such service. It may be that you can induce the bus company to change its schedule so as to leave Arlington at 7:00 A. M., which would bring the mail to your office about 10:00 A. M. Or it might be that you can find some person who would be willing to submit a bid undor a schedule requiring the carr ier to leave Arlington on receipt of mail from trains Nos. S and 24, with the understanding that he would take the mail from the station. Undei such arrangement mail would be de livered at your office about 8:00 A. M. It is believed, however, that the most feasible plan would be to induce the bus company to fix their hour of leaving Arlington at 7:00 A. M. nnd stute the lowest amount for which they are willing to perform aeven round trips a week under a schedule similar to the one outlined above. On receipt of your reply the matter will be given further consideration. Respectfully yours, H. H. BILLING, Fourth Assistant Polstmaster Gen'l. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH DECEMBER 10, 1922. The Church service is not a con vention, so don't send delegates but let the whole family be in attendance; if it Is good for one member of the family it is good for all. Come out Sunday and hear Mrs. Livingstone, who will preach both morning and evening In the absence of the pastor. Bible School at 10, Communion and preaching at tl, Junior C. E. at 3, Senior C. E. at 6:30, preaching again at 7:30. Are you watching the splendid pro gress of the new church building? Go look at it, and see what we are go ing to have. LIVINGSTONE. Little Son Dies of Pneumonia. John Ellis, aged 1 year, 8 months and 26 days, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Parker, died at the home of his parents on the Carmlchael farm northeast of Lexington Friday, after a short Illness with pneumonia. Funeral Bcrviccs were held ii Lexing ton on Sunday, Rev. Gillanders, past or of the Congregational church offic iating, and the remains of the little boy were tenderly laid to rest in the I. O. O. F. cemetry at thst place. The parents are grief st.,i:ken and heart broken over the pan:nR of tht bright little boy from thalr home, and In their sad bereavement they have the sympathy of the entire com munity. t Gray Winter Hlta Heppner. Heppner is experiencing real win ter weather this week. It began snowing here in earnest on Saturday evening and during the night there was a fall of about 6 inches. This has been added to steadily since by umirts of anowlnir until now there is well nigh a foot of the beautiful, with more coming. The weatner nas been just cold enough so that the anow has not melted. It has fallen on unfrozen ground and we learn that all over the wheat fields there is about the aame amount as at Hepp ner, all of which Is mighty good for the growing crop, insuring protec tion from freezing as well as a lot of moisture. Reports are that the storm is auite general over the Ore gon and Washington country, and we may have a repetition of what was experienced early last winter. No aero weather has been reported here yet. Look up the adv. of closing out sale of Wm. Haylor, page o, tnis Issue, Goino, Growing, Glowino MEN'S CLASS Federated Church Good Interest COME Burkhart & Co., Novelty Entertainers, Were Here A fair sited audience greeted Burk hart k Co novelty entertainers, at the high school auditorium on Sat urday night, when these people ap peared in Heppner under the aus pices of the Patron-Teachra associa tion. The company is composed of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Burkhart and Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Mullikin, and they present a real novelty entertainment. Both Mrs. Burkhart and Mrs. Mulli kin, who are sisters, perform well on the piano, and Mrs. Burkhart is a ventriloquist of much ability and this part of her entertainment was well received. Mr. Burkhart Is a whistler who must be put In the professional class, and he gave a rare exhibition of imitating birds and solos with piano accompaniment. Mr. Mullikin ia a cornetist and ren dered a number of difficult aoloa on that instrument, of which he is a master. Mr. Mullikin ii also a band leader of much experience, and with his family would like to be located in some good town where they aeed a band. He will be ready to take hold of work of this kind immediate ly after the first of the year, as be is giving up work on the road at that time. His wife is also teacher of piano, and it may be suggested that they would be pretty good people to induce to locate in Heppner, aa both a band leader and piano teacher are needed here. Anyone interested in taking up this matter with Mr. Mul likin can reach him at Forest Grove, Oregon, their present place of resi dence. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. To the Patrona of the Heppner Post- office: Christmas and holiday season is fast approaching, and the postoffict force desires to give you the best ser vice possible. We cannot do this without your cooperation. Mail your packages aa early aa con venient, and also during the week be fore Christmas to try to mail all your packages between the hours of 0 a. m. and 4 p. m. If you will do this we can get by with much less confusion and mistakes will be very much less liable to occur. We only have from 7 to 7:30 a. m. to get the mail postmarked and out for tht train, and to snow us under with par cels at that time makes it almost im possible for you to get the service to which you are entitled and which we desire to give you. Respectfully yours, W. W. SMEAD, P. M. and the Office Force. U. of 0. Extension Ser vice Used By Many UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu gene, Dec. 4 Approximately 182,000 persons have been reached by the visual instruction service of the Un iversity of Oregon Extension Divi sion thus far this year, according to a report made by Earl Kilpatrick, director. Two hundred communities in Oregon now use the slide service of the Division, many of them regularly, while tl eommunitiea make use of the film service. Rural schools and communities are making use of the slide service more generally each year", said Director Kilpatrick, "and this is one of the most valuable of pedagogical helps that have been made available to the rural schools in recent years." The slide library of the Extension Division has been gradually built up since 1816, so that only a few of the extension divisions of American un iversities have better or larger lib-, raries. Classes in the Portland Circle giv en under the direction of the Exten sion Service has proved very profit able. Four thousand eighty-two Read ing Circle papers have been read during the year 1D21-1922. During the past ten months the University has arranged for the appearance of many speakers at community meetings and gatherings, teachers institutes and commencements. Thia service has reached more than 50,000 persons. according to Director Kilpatrick's re port. lone PostolBce Is Robbed. Word reached Heppner early Tues day morning that the postofflce at lone had been burglarised during Monday night and robbed of some $220 in cash and stamps. Word was sent to the sheriff's office at Hepp ner, but both Sheriff McDuffee and Deputy Chidsey were absent on busi ness connected with the office, snow bound out in the hills in the north end of the county, and did not get the word until Wednesday after din ner when they returned to town. Whether any clues as to the perpe trators of the crime have been found, we are unable to state at this time, Regular P. T. A. Meeting Tuesday Afternoon Next The regular meting of the Patron- Teachers association will be held in the assembly room at the high school on December 12, 8:30 p. m. The pro gram is as follows: Song, Coramae Crawford. Exercise, Mrs. Dix's room. Discussion "Moral Rights of Chil dren" led by Mr. Hedrick and fol lowed by Mesdames Notson, Ilerrcn and Finch. BLANCHE FAHY, Secretary. Little Boy Gets Leg Broken Chester Gemmcll and family of Helix, have been visiting with their relatives in this city during the week, coming over to spend Thanks giving with the parents of Mr. Gem mell, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gemmell. On Friday, while visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jones, their little son, Ronald, while riding a Shetland pony belonging to the Jones children, received a broken leg when the pony fell on him. The lad has since been laid up at the home of Paul Gemmell In this city while the process of repairs to his Injuries has been going on, thus delaying the return of his parents to their home at Helix. '-:;LSa 1 I LAPI6S AND 6C4TS t 9, CHQI5W6 SHOPPER WILL NOV. L -5 STSj 0'N U't f DO HIS ANNUAL HOUD.NI TWIST f CD" Td 9 1 1 TOU THINK. HE WILL &VER. V; S 'm ee himself but jusy M m 'i Lg' j There were five honor students in Heppner High School during the last six weeks'. Bernice Woodson, Fran ces Parker, Siguard Franaen, Har old Beckett and Elizabeth Huston. Honor students are those who earn all "A" grades or from 84 to 100. Re port cards were given out Wednes day afternoon. The H Club came to life again last week and elected Alvin Boyd, presi dent; Ray McDuffee, vice-president and treasurer, and Francis Doherty, secretary. A committee haa been appointed to draw up the constitu tion. Basketball practice seme to be in full swing now, altho all classes have not elected a captain. Monday night the Junior girla played the Sopho more girls, the Juniors being the winners. Tuesday night the Junior boys won a game with the Frosh and the seventh grade won from the 8th. The Seniors spent a very enpoy- able evening pulling taffy at the home of Velma Case on November 29. The Sophomores have scheduled a coasting party next Friday night. From the present outlook, they cer tainly will have snow enough) Jurymen Selected for Buaeick Case. Haiel Anderson, Kathleen Ma- honey, Rachael Scherzinger, Blanche Groshens, Clara Phelps and Myra Wells were selected as the jury for the Buseick trial in Civica class last Wednesday. Buseick was accused of operating a still which was found on his ranch outside of Heppner on Oc tober 13, 1922. Mr. S. E. Notson visited court Wed nesday morning and offered many suggestions as to the procedure. The selection of the jurymen was very humorous, their occupations varying from a spiritualist to a missionary from China. The trial will probably continue the remainder of the week. Fxtpnsinna have been built on both sides of assembly staee for the grade operetta, "The Trial of Santa Claus." Practice has been progressing very rapidly. FARM REMINDERS In pruning the orchard, brambles, or ornamentals it is well to watch carefully for small waxy rings of eggs on the twigs. These are the eggs of the tent caterpillar, a defoliating worm that promises to be unusually abundant next season. Remove and destroy twigs containing such egg masses whenever found. -O. A. C. Exp. station. Tomato mosaic, uncontrolled, may cause the complete loss of the crop. depending on the temperature and season of the year. If thia disease appears, immediately remove all di seased plants and fumigate the green house with nicotine or dust all the plants thoroughly with nicotine dust to get rid of all aphida which may carry the disease from plant to plant. O. A. C. Exp. station. Storage rots of potatoes may be checked by holding down the tem perature by ventilation and by allow ing the entrance of cold air and keep ing out warm air. Double-walled bins with false slatted floors and walls to hold the potatoes off the main wall and floor are advisable. Never pile potatoes in storage more than six feet deep if placed in loose piles. O. A. C. Exp. station. Peaches may be sprayed for peach leaf curl any time between December 1, and February 1. Bordeaux mixture 6-6-50, properly made at home, is much superior to lime sulfur or the ready mixed commercial Bordeaux for thia purpose. Every twig and bud must be covered to Insure complete protection from this disease. The first favorable stretch of weather should be utilized for this job. 0. A, C. Exp. Btation. THR BAZAAR The bazaar given by the ladies of the Christian Church will be held on Friday and Saturday in the building recently vacated by Minor & Co- All kinds of fancy work will be for sale, also delightful lunches. Pay them a call, Miss Janet Noyes, who was former ly a resident of this city, spent the thanksgiving holidays here, a guest at the home of Mr, and Mrs. James Gentry. Her home la at Sunnyside, Wash. The Grand Finale Lexington High School Present Comedy The comedy play, "Too Much Mo- ther-in-Law," will be presented to the Lexington public by the high school on Friday evening, December 18. In connection with the play there will be good orchestra music and a splendid evening's entertain ment is promised. Reserved seats will be 75 cents and general admis sion 35c and 15c. The cast is com posed of the following high school pupils. Professor John B. Wise, a poor married man .Lester White Dr. Mathew Graham, a country phy sician : Elmo McMillan Billy Blake, a popular college boy Dallas Ward Jupiter Jackson, a black trump . Clarence Carnuchael Mrs. Iona Ford, some mother-in- law Beulah Tucker Zoie, the charming daughter Wilma Leach June -Graham, a little Freshman.... Maxine Gentry Rosalind Wilson, a college report er ....Ruth Stephens The above cast ii sufficient guar antee that the entertainment will be up to the high standard mantained by the Lexington high school. HARMAN HIGH SCHOOL Monument was unable to come to play basket ball Friday December 1st, so Lonerock consented to play. Hard man Hi was victorious with a score of 23 to 14. One of the Lonerock players got his arm thrown out of place and as they had no substitute he finished the game with one hand. Hardman Hi will play Lonerock Hi a game of basket ball at Lonerock Saturday, December the 9th. Harland Adams has been elected yell leader to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gaylord Ingram. All the students are back in school after Thanksgivings vacation except Alice Keithley who is suffering from a severe cold. The Sophomores and Freshmen had a contest to see which could have the best attendance. The Freshmen won a box of candy for having the best attendance. Cooperative Marketing Is Better Coordinated Better to take some of the kinks out of the farm marketing problems the Oregon Cooperative council has revised its constitution and enlarged its membership roll, which now in cludes the following: Oregon Farm Bureau federation George H. Mansfield, Portland, Presi dent; Oregon State Grange C. E. Spence, Oregon City, master; Farm era' union A. R. Shumway, Milton, president; Oregon Cooperative Wheat Growers A R. Shumway, president; T. H. West, The Dalles, public direct- ; A. H. Lee, Portland, manager; Oregon Growers' Cooperative associa tionKenneth Miller, Sheridan, presi dent; R. C. Paulus, Salem manager; Pacific Cooperative Poultry Producers F. C. Schroeder, Portland, president E. J. Dixon, Portland, manager; Pacific Cooperative Wool Growers F. W. Herrin, Ashland, president; C. J. Hurd, Corvallis, public director; R. W. Ward, Portland, manager; Oregon Cooperative Hay Growers F. W. Jewett, Hermiston, president; L. A, Hunt, Hermiston, manager; Fred Bennion, Pendleton, public dir ector; Oregon State Bankers' associa tion C. D. Rorer, Eugene, president; Agricultural committee, Portland Chamber of Commerce E. E. Faville, Portland, chairman; Bureau of Mar kets, Oregon Agricultural college Hector Macpherson, Corvallis, direct or; Extension service, Oregon Agric ultural college Paul V. Haris, Cor vallis, director. The cooperative council will help coordinate the activities of the coop erative markting associations it repre sents, educate the public in the aims and methods of the movment, con sider the advisability of establishing new cooperative marketing concerns, and promote favorable legislation and transportation. The six organizatlona now active in the cooperative markting field comprise about one-eighth of the to tal Oregon farmers. .UTOOfiTET. LOCAL K ITEMS The Red Cross Roll Call drive clos ed on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 30, and Mrs. Emmett Cochran, chairman. states that the returns are coming in very slowly, but few districts having as yet reported. She would be pleased " all those having roll call funds wuu.d report immediately and turn in their money so that re ports can be sent to headquarters. It will also have a bearing on the matt er of what support will be necessary from the county to sustain the pub lic health nurse. As matters stand now. Morrow County Chapter does not known just how far they will be able to go in their support of the nurse. Francis Jones, wife and two little daughters, accompanied by his m rher Mrs. Chas. Jones, all of Pasco, drove to Hi'ppner Thursday last They were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Parker until Sunday. Mrs. Jones is a sister of Mrs. Parker and the edi tor of this paper, and the visitors had an enjoyable time with their relatives here. Coming from Pasco to Heppner is not a very great chore these Unies, the trip being made eas ily in five hours. Crossing the new bridge from Pasco to Kennewick there is a good road to Umatilla, where the ferry is taken to the Columbia High way, and thence across country to Heppner. John M. Spencer and family of Low er Butter Creek, came up to Heppner Thanksgiving morning and had dinn er with the family of V. Crawford, remaining over until Saturday, visit ing S. W. Spencer and wife. Mr. Spenc er has charge of the Ralph Stanfield ranch, where he has been for the past eight or nine years. It is one of the big alfalfa producers near the mouth of Butter creek, and this winter the hay will all be fed at the ranch, several bands of sheep belonging to F. W. Falconer now being cared for there , where they will remain until after the lambing season. Ben Moore, well known at Heppner where he has resided much of the time for the past ten years, died at the government hospital at Vancou ver, WTash., early in the week and was buried at that place on Tuesday. Ben was a veteran of the World War and a sufferer from a serious chronic trouble for which he was operated on at the hospital, and death followed the operation. Pastor Haslam of the Federated church, went to Notus, Idaho, a former pastorate, where he conducts Thanksgiving services and remained over Sunday. Union Thanksgiving services were held in this city at the Federated church at 10:30 a. m Thursday, W. O. Livingstone, pastor of the Christian church, delivering the address. Mrs. J. E. Maxwell of Oakland, Calif., who has been visiting at Hepp ner during the past week, was de layed in her departure for home ow ing to illness. She had contemplated going south on Sunday. Her father Mr, Montgomery, will return to Oak land with her, expecting to make his home there. A picked team of football players from Heppner went to Lexington on Thanksgiving and engaged the husk ies of that city in a game. The hon ors all went to Lexington, as the home boys were unable to get any thing out of it but bruises and sort heads. The game was a good one, at that. Miss Virginia Barlow, who for sev eral years has been head clerk in the Heppner postofflce, has resigned her position and this week departed for Portland, where, we understand she will accept a position in the establish ment of Montgomery Ward 4 Co. Circuit court for the regular Dec ember term will convene at the court house in this city on Monday, Judge Gilbert w. Phelps of Pendleton, pre siding. There is quite an accumula tion of buslnesa on the docket. The Gonty Cash Shoe Store la dis playing some fine Christmas presen tation packages of ladies silk hose- just the thing for a present for "Her." See advertisement. Haylor is announcing a sweeping closing out sale. Look up his adv. on page 6, FOR SALE White Leghorn pul lets. See Harvie Young, Heppner, "Poverty of Riches" Is A True-to-Life Story Photoplay Version ef Leroy Scott's Story, "The Mother," Admirably Acted by All-Star Cast L'a der Direction of B. Barker The new Goidwyn picture coming to the Star Theatre, for Monday and Tuesday ia the Reginald Barker pro duction, "Poverty of Riches," a photo play version of Leroy Scott's story, "The Mother." It is a simple tale of two families, life-long friends, and the joys and sorrows that their dif ferent attitude toward the facta of life brings. One of the young hus bands is ambitious for power beyond all thought of rearing a family. Al though he and his wife love children, he is always afraid that he cannot give them every luxury that he miss ed in his youth. Their friends do not wait until they become wealthy in order to find their happiness. They find it in their youth in their love for each other and for their children. In "Poverty of Riches," the devel opment of the two families ia traced side by side, and the real joya of the less financially successful family is poignantly contrasted with the hol low aatisfactions that follow upon the business success of their friends. It is noteworthy that in this picture the tragic note was not side-stepped to make a conventional happy ending; for, as in life, the time comes when the wealthy husband feels that he can afford to have children. But it is too late; and the irony of following the false God of gold instead of the true guide of love is brought home to him with overwhelming power. The picture is told simply and straightforwardly. It is splendidly put together and shows the excellent direction of Reginald Barker. More over, an all-star cast that lives up to that description, gives a faultless performance. Leatrice Joy and Louise Lovely are the two young wives; Richard Dix and John Bowers, their husbands. So excellent an actress as Irene Rich plays for the first time the minor role of an old lady. Other well known players in the east are DeWitt Jennings, Dave Winter, Roy Laidlow, John Cossar, Frankie Lee, Dorothy Hughes and a kindergarten of delightful children. Resolutions Passed By the County Sunday School Convention. We, your committee on resolutions, beg leave to submit the following: Be it resolved. That we express our thanks to the committee that has brought the dead convention to life again, and also that our thanks be extended to this church for use of fieir church building and to the ladies of the Convention for their splendid basket dinner and further Be it resolved, that we endorse the rigid enforcement of the 18th Amend ment and further That we stand for purer ideals of living for Sunday School workers; eleminating dancing, card playing, picture shows, and the use of narcot ics and further Be it resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be published in the Coun ty papers and that a copy ba aent to every Sunday School Superintendent in the County with a request that he read it to his teachers. Chairman, KARL S. BEACH Secretary, MRS. M. R. BALL W. R. STORMS. Cooperative Farmers Met Here Saturday About 30 farmers from all over the county, members of the Oregon Grain Growers association, met at the council chambers in Heppner on Sat urday afternoon last for a business session, and to discusB their prob lems. Delegates to the state meeting, Howard Anderson and R. L. Benge, were advised at this meeting of the desires of the members here, and when they left for Portland early in the week they were loaded up pretty much on what the local far mers had to say regarding affairs in general of the association. After all was said, however, the association was sustained and there was no disposition on the part of any to move for disorganization. The opinion prevailed that all the wheat- raisers of the county should be brot into the association if possible; those outside are getting the benefits of whatever advantages the association members enjoy in the way of increase in price for grain, and they should help in sharing the burdens. This was the view expressed by some, at least. The meeting was quite lively, and the results will no doubt be the better understanding of members re garding their association. Sam Notson, who is reputed to be somewhat of a whaather prophet, states to us that from all indications in and about Heppner, Morrow county should look for a considerable fall of snow. This prediction was made on Tuesday, after it had been snow ing the most of Sunday and Monady, and the beautiful was still coming down until eight inches or more had piled up. We consider Sam to be one of the greatest weather "profits" in this neck o' the woods Lum Gordon, Bill Stewart and the Heppner Herald not excepted. W. O. Livingstone, pastor of the Christian church, was a passenger for Portland Monday, where he goes to attend the Northwest Parliment of the ministers of the church being held in that city this week. He does not expect :o return home until after Sunday, and his pulpit will be filled by Mrs. Livingstone - both morning and evening at I. O. O. F. hall. Ray Rogers, who has had charge of the haberdashery department of Minor & Co. for a number of years, has resigned his position and tired from the store the first of the month. Just what he will do has not yet been made known, but a young man of his ability should not be long out of employment. Thoroughbred Bronze Turkey Toms. 10.00 each. Pullets 86.00. MRS. CORA BURROUGHS, lone, Oregon. December Brotherhood Meeting Next Monday A very interesting and profitable program is being prepared for the Brotherhood meeting on next Mon day evening at 6:45 at Hotel Hepp ner, at which hour the usual lunch eon will be served. This will be fol lowed by such program aa the com mittee of arrangements has prepared and the question of the benefits to be derived from the Umatilla Rapids power project will be discussed. We are informed that Judge G. W. Phelps of Pendleton, who is president of the association that ia pushing the project, will attend the meeting and present the subject. He is well informed on the matter, ia a good speaker, and there should be a large attendance of both members and friends of the Brotherhood to hear Judge Phelps, an duke part in the program. Mrs. Nels Justus, who recently un derwent an operation for appendici tis, is reported by her physician. Dr. McMurdo, to be doing well and she will soon be able to return home. The bazaar at Peoples Hardware Co. store by the Willing Workers will offer many nice things for sale for Christmas. Light lunches will also be served. Miss Wilma Leach and Miss Maxine Gentry, two charming young ladies of Lexington, were visitors in Hepp ner for a short time on Tuesday, do ing shopping. Vawter Crawford, Jr, departed for Portland this morning, where be ex pects to find work. Mrs. Crawford will join him shortly after the first of the year. Miss Helen V. Smith is enjoying a visit from her sister, Mrs. Grace Matthews, of Roseburg, who contem plates remaining in the city for a month. . On page 5 you will find the an nouncement of the closing out sale of Wm. Haylor. Attend the bazaar Friday and Sat urday. Lots of pretty things on sale for Christmas. At Peoples Hardware Co. store. Born To Mr. and Mrs. Norman Florence on Willow creek, on Novem ber 23rd, a daughter. "Some girla' faces ain't worth the skin they are painted on." Public Health Nurse Should Be Retained ' For tht past two years the Morrow County Chapter of the Red Cross has maintained a public health nurse for the county. During this time, we believe that the worth of the nurse has been fully established, as she has gone about the schools of the county and the various communities doing her work. In the meantime the people have been able to learn for themselves just what office the county nurse per forms, and in the main they are hop ing that her work will be continued the coming year. In order to do this it will be neces sary for the Red Cross Chapter to hare assistance, and the County Court has been petitioned to place an item in the budget calling for the funds necessary to maintain the work of the public health nurse here the coming year, the idea being, aa we understand it, to assist the Red Cross with what they will be lacking in funds, the exact amount of which we are not at this time apprised. It will not be a very large amount, in all events, and we are quite sure that the benefits derived from the work of the nurse in the schools alone, will well repay all that it is going to cost in taxes. Her work tends very large ly to prevent disease and ailments of children, that later on may he the cause of large expense to parents or the state; her work is also of great assistance to the juvenile court of the county, and many are the cases that have been well and successfully handled by the nurse that the officials could not approach in a way to get the best results. No doubt, because of creating furth er tax burden, this budget item will be opposed, but we believe that this opposition should not come until after very thorough investigation of the benefits that come from the office of the public health nurse. The best con ditions condurieve to health of chil dren in the schools and homes, and in the prevention of sickness and epidemics, though they do cost some money in taxes, should be provided, for this policy is the cheapest in the long run, and the children are entitl ed to all that they receive along this line. Sister of W. W. Smead Dies at Ona, California Postmaster Smead received the sad intelligence of the death, after a short illness, of his sister, Mrs. Et ta E. Coffey, at her home in Ona, California. She was ill but a few days with pneumonia, and passed away on Friday, November 24th, be ing just past 50 years of age. Mr. Smead was unable to attend the funeral, owing to the duties of his office, and the absence of part of his help at the time. Mrs. Coffey was quite well known to many here, having resided in this city for a number of months 4 years ago, and engaging in business here with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Raglin. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to thsnk all those who so kindly assisted us and extended sym pathy during the illness and death of our beloved John Ellis Parker; also for the many beautiful floral offer ings. MR. AND MRS. J. T. PARKER MR. AND MRS. ED BURCHELL John T. Kirk, of lone, has been in Heppner a few days this week, getting about by the use of a cane. ELKS HOLD ill The I'saal Interfiling P rot-ran Cir ca Sunday Afternoon la Honor ef Departed Brothers. Hon. Brace Deanls Is Speaker. Hon. Bruce Dennis of La Grande was the speaker at Elks temple Sun day afternoon when Heppner Lodge No. 358 held their annual lodge of sorrow and memorial services. Mr. Dennis is an orator of ability and is often called on to deliver addresses of this nature. He was in hia best form Sunday, when he took a rather divergent path from the set form of memorial address, feeling that it was not necessary to launch into any detailed history of the order and what it stands for. He touched upon present day tendencies and perils as he called them, showing that "in tolerance" was fast becoming a na tional peril. Elks were urged to study all these problems now confronting oi. Another peril the speaker touch ed upon was the breaking down of home life in America, and this was to be regretted. In the main he held up high ideals to be followed, and urg ed his lodge brothers to be leaders along all lines of uplift. A number of members of Heppner lodge have passed during the year, and the roll call revealed the follow ing: E. L. Freeland, The Dalles; Louis Pearson, Salt Lake; Robert W. Sperry, lone; J. B. Natter and James Kenny of Heppner. The program, besides the address, was as follows: Voluntary, Mrs. Walter Moore. Solo, "Vale," Miss Velma Case Opening ceremonies of lodge. Prsyer, W. O. Livingstone. Piano duet, "Stabat Mate," Mrs. Soy Missildine, Mrs. Walter Moore. "Thanatopsis," Miss Violet Merritt. Closing ceremonies of the lodge. Benediction, W. O. Livingstone. TURKEY SHOOTING. There is to be a turkey shoot at the Harve Coxen ranch, 20 miles northeast of Heppner, December 16. Lunch at noon. Twin Sons Are Born. Mr. and Mrs. George Krebs of Cecil are the proud parents of twin sons, born to them this morning at the maternity home of Mrs. G. C. Aiken in this city. The boys are healthy fellows and weighed 7 pounds apiece. and Daddy Krebs feels just wonder ful over this presentation of a dou ble portion of precious humanity, Jeff McFerrin, who has been in Portland for several months receiv ing medical attention, was brought home on Tnesdsy, being in a very critical condition. His recovery can not be expected. Mrs. McFerrin was , called to Portland a short time ago on account of the illness of her hus band, and she returned home with him. Laters-Mr. McFerrin died at his home in this city early this after noon. Funeral arrangements were not announced as we went to prras. The Willing Workers of the Chris- ian church will hold their bazaar on Friday and Saturday, December 8 and 9. The bazaar will be held at the store of the Peoples Hardware Co.. instead of in I. O. 0. F. building, aa announced elsewhere, the inclement weather making this change neces-v sary. Mr. Duncan, brother of Mrs. Jas. Gentry, was brought to thia city a short time ago, suffering a very se vere attack of pleurisy of more than a month's duration. He was cared for at the Heppner Surgical Hospi tal and is now able to be out and feeling quite well. Frank Turner got in late Tuesday evening from The Dalles with one of the latest models Maxwell touring car. He met up with a lot of snow drifts in getting across the hills to Willow creek from Arlington, and says there is lots of snow all down the line. Marshall Phelps came home on Sun day evening. He has been at Anchor age, Alaska for the past several months, but winter coming on every thing closed down, and he considered himself better off to hit for the states. He will be here for some time. All members of the county court were gathered in regular session at the court he use yesterday, confronted with a lage volume of business, loday being "budget day" the court will be required to remain in session for that meeting. The big snow of the week has made it hard for the stage tines to make close connections. The track can be broken on the way down in the morning, but it is all filled again by evening and the traveling is pret ty tough. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bothwell, of Maupin, Or egon, at the home of Mrs. Bothwetl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cowins, in this city on November 26. Mrs. Bothwell was formerly Miss Vera Cowins. Howard Anderson and R. L. Benge were passengers for Portland on Sun day, as delegates from the Morrow County Wheatgrowers association to the convention of the stute coopera tive association held in the city this week. Miss Katherin Frieze, formerly teacher of domestic science in the Heppner schools, was a guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Hopper over the Thanksgiving holidays. Miss Frieze is teaching at Pendleton this year. C. C. Calkins, county agent, and Dr. J. P. Cornier were out at Alpine on Saturday evening, where they at tended another of those interesting meetings of the Alpine Farm Bu reau. Mrs. J. L. McCoy who has been quite ill for a couple of weeks at her home near the court house, is report ed to be well now, but her hunband has taken sick w'.'li an attack of the grip.