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Ji ill .J A PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 39, Number 37. ' HEPPNER, OREGON, TH URSDAY, DEC. 28, 1922. Subscription $2.00 Per Year JUSTICE IIP HS Gil to Get Together on Our Forest Problems "The Glorious Fool" Is a Comedy Romance Art Minor Remembers PROSPECTS FOB 16- Greatest Of Them All Friends With Calendar E 15 The Operetta, Trial of Santa CUu" u Presented bjr Heppner Grammar School, Well Received by Large Audience. Just about seventy puplta of the Hcppner grammar school composed the cast of characters and made up the choruses for the presentation of the operetta, "The Trial of Santa Cleus," at the high school auditor ium on last Thursday evening, and the pupils were encouraged by a very Ane audience, who in return were en tertained splendidly by the fine pres entation of the seasonable playlet. The operetta was put on under the direction of Mrs. Hopper, head of the musical department of the school, who was ably assisted by Misses Gladys Turner and Blanch Fahy, and Mifis Bernice Woodson as ac companist. The cast of characters was com posed of eleven boys and girls as follows: Sheriff, . Ellis Thomson; judge, Jerald 81ocum; state'a attor ney, Onis Grogan; assistant state's attorney, Bobby Turner; would-be-foreman, Clair Cox; Mr. Grumpy, Oren Bisbee; Grandpa Grumpy, Har old Evans; Sooty Jack, Kenneth Ov iatt; Moon Man, John Turner; Santa Claus, Crocket Sproula; Uncle Sam, John Conder; counsel for defense, Nellie Babcock; clerk, Mae Grosh ens; January, Edna Vaughn; July, Kathleen Monahan; April, Elinor Cohn; March, Velma Huston; Mrs. Grumpy, Lois Livingstone; Grandma Grumpy, Glenna Kirk; Little Girl, Thelma Starkey; Columbia. Marjor ie Clark; North Star Lady, Aura Gentry. Rejected jurymen and witnesses; Terril Benge, Harlan Devin, Clair Cox, Patricia Mahoney, Mary Farley, Ethel Moore, Reta Crawford, Louise Thomson, Shirley Prophet, Louis Le trace, Harry Oliver, Laurence Case, Mary Ritchie, Vivian Canon, Margar et Notson, Ronghild Franzen, Martha Driscoll and Zaida Tash. The montha of the yean January, Edna Vaughn; February, Lola Moore; March, Velma Huston; April, Elinor Cohn;May Letha Hiatt; June, Elvira Lee; July, Kathleen Monahan; Aug ust, Veyrl Crowell; September, Lu etic Driscoll; October, Mildred Green; November, Margaret Smith; Decem ber, Genevieve Gorger. Chorus of children: Thelma Star key, Virginia Dix, Nolan Turner, Mary Monahan, Vivian Cox, John Franzen, Clementine Groshens, Mary Kinney, Vernon Brown, Evelyn Swindlg, Hester Lawson, Harry Wells, Roderick Thomson, Duane Brown. Grumpy family; Betty Irwin, Ruth Turner, Billia Pickens, Donna Brown, Marjorie Happold, Bruce Gibbs, Ros nnna Farley, Margaret Farley. The manner in which the entire program was carried out is evidence of the fact that the children were all well trained, and each performed the part assigned to perfection, there be ing no hesitancy and the little folks putting into the play the necessary action to givs it character. ' It would be impossible to single out all the characters for special mention, but we are sure that nothing of this na ture has heretofore been presented that gave greater satisfaction to audience and those who had the train ing of the children in charge. The operetta can be pronounced a com plete success. The proceeds amount ed to better than $140. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH - Lord's Day, Dec SI. Try this as a New Years resolution, and test of your will power: Re solve to attend church ten Sundays In succession, come what may. Then mark yourself ten for each Sunday you succeed in carrying out your re solution. If you can earn 100 in ten weeks your will power is sufficient to enable you to make a success in life. Start in with our services next Lord's day. Bible school at 10 A. M.; Communion and preaching at 11 o'clock; Junior Endeavor at 3 P. M.J Senior Endeavor at 6:30 and song service and preaching at 7:30. You will be heartily welcomed. LIVINGSTONE. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere gratitude to our friends and neighbors and to the Rcbekah lodge for their untiring assistance during the recent illness and death of our child. MR. and MRS. RAYMOND STEERS and FAMILY. C. E. Jones is here from his home at Newberg, arriving on Wednesday. He expects to spend several days in Hippncr, looking after business In terests. The last visit Mr. Jones made to Hcppner was three years ago and it was followed by a big snow storm. This time he sent better weather ahead. X Sannwj T ? ? ? ? y ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t t t ? ? T t Come ye folks of the vil lage And ye folks of the coun try, too, And dance the dance of New Year's, The last of twenty-two. o Y worth : That which is starting is worth a fitting finish. Dance a finish to the Holidays. SAT. DEC. 30th FAIR PAVILION Hcppner Mothers and Dads Invited " y t ? y t Y 9 to 12 $1.10 January Schedule An- nounced Next Week i X Lumbermen, timber owners, state forest officials and others are being asked to give thought and construc tive suggestions to the forest pro blems of ths Douglas fir region of the Northwest in an appeal just issued by District Forester Geo. H. Cecil's of fice in Portland. A preliminary draft of s statement of fundamentals of the forest problem has been drawn up by local forest officers and sent out to other interested agencies of Oregon and Washington. This tentative draft is technically called "minimum sil vicultural requirements;" in plain English, the least things to be done in order to insure continuous timber production on forest lands of the Northwest. Firs prevention during logging, "firs-proofing" cut-over land, end protection from fire after logging are the key notes of this report. The aim of the get-together ia to decide on the essential measures necessary to keep forest land in the Douglas fir region productive of forest crops after the virgin timber ia removed. This is a subject which has been dis cussed considerably during ths past year in forestry and lumbering cir cles, as a result of the proposal of Colonel W. B. Greely of the Forest Service to make a study for each re gion of the country of the "minimum silvicultural requirments" necessary for reasonably succegiul continuous forest productions. This study has been undertaken co operatively by the Forest Service, State Foresters, Lumberman's or ganisation, forest protective organ isations and the like in the hope of embodying in the report the best thought of all those interested in this topic. The first draft of the report i for the Douglas fir region has just Been prepared by Thornton T. Munged of the Forest Service, and copies have just been sent to some twenty live cooperating organiiationa and individuals in Oregon and Washing ton for their review and criticism. Upon the basis of these criticisms a revised statement will be prepared and then g'ven general circulation. This report is concerned only with the ateps that must be taken in the woods to secure the continuous pro duction of forest crops and is not con cerned with the economic readjust ments and legislative enactmens that may be necessary to carry out these forestry measures, foresters say. It is brought out very clearly that to se cure reforestation by natural means in the Douglas fir region is a very simple matter, that no radical change in present methods is necessary and that by adding but a few cents per thousand board foot to the cost of logging a new crop of young trees is practically assured. Foresters say that perhaps nowhere in the country is the problem of natural reforesta tion so simple as In this western Or egon and Washington country, un less it be in the redwood region. A greater part of the report is devoted to a discussion of fire protection dur ing and after logging, for fire is the great enemy of reforestation now. Very much better fire prevention, especially on logged-over lands which should be growing up to new crops, than is now practiced ia urged. It is the first essential of forestry here in the Northwest the statement says. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR STAR ROUTE CONTRACT POSTED Postmaster Smead this week re ceived from Washington D. C. the ad vertisements for proposals to carry letter mail and paper mail oniy, on the new star route between Heppner and Arlington, and should the de partment receive bids that will jus tify doing so, they will no doubt es tablish the new route as petitioned for. Any necessary information concern ing this route and the requirements of the department, can be obtained from Postmaster Smead. RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE Hall of Ruth Chapter No. 32, Order of Eastern Star. Whereas it has-pleased cur Heaven ly Father to summon to her Eternal Home our beloved sister, Fannie Blackman, who was always a faithful and devoted member of Ruth Chapter No. 32, Order of the Eastern Star; ona of its Past Matrons and ever ready to do all in her power for the welfare of the chapter. Her beautiful rendition of the work and pleasant associations in the meetings of the Chapter shall ever be remembered. Be it resolved: That we bow In humble submission to the will of the Omnipotent and extend to the be reaved family our heartfelt sympathy, that we drape our charter in mourn ing for a period of 30 days in memory of our departed sister; that a copy of these resolutions be spread on the minutes of the chapter, a copy be sent to the family and one to the press for publication. REBECCA PATTERSON, LERA CRAWFORD, SPENCER CRAWFORD, Committee. W. A. McCarty, a prominent farmer of Hardman, was down to Heppner on Saturday. He states that the snow did not drift much in his part of the country but the chinook has taken most of it away. Miss Leta Humphreys and her bro ther Roland arrived home Saturday from Eugene to spend the holidays with their pareiits, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Humphreys. They are students at the U. of 0. Little Anabelle Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turner under went an operation on Tuesday for the removal of tonsils and adenoids, from which ordeal she is recovering nicely, Pat Douglas, who has been spend ing some time with friends at Hepp ner, departed on Wednesday for On tario, Oregon, where hs expects to get work for the balance of the win ter,"' Miss Norma Frederick, cashier in the local telephone office, is back on the job again after an enforced ab sence of several weeks, recovering from an operation for appendicitis. CERTAIN LV V N . Mt JLAD TO HAVE W WITH , ' V - Extension Division Reaches Many Farms Proposal to Consolidate All Extension Work In Order to Economize and Increase Efficiency. Washington. Deo. 20. Notwith standing the Department of Agricul ture saved and turned back to the Treasury more than (2,000,000 out of the money allotted it last year, Secretary Wallace is looking for ad ditional ways to economize in his de partment without affecting the qual ity of the service. In his budget re quests for this year he has indicated a desire to coordinate all of the ex tension work done by the Department of Agriculture into one bureau. This would result in the elimination of three bureaus now in existence, the elimination of a number of employes and increased efficiency in the work. In discussing the various forms of extension work in which the depart ment cooperates with the numerous states, Secretary Wallace points out that about 4,000 persons are now em ployed. Agricultural agents are em ployed in about 2,100 counties, home demonstration agents in 800 counties and club agents in 200 counties. In addition, there are 750 district agents and specialists in the preparation of subject matter who cooperate with the extension workers. It is estimated 'hat through the extension personnel the department comes in contact with about 2,500,000 farm homes. Tho 4 J 1,000 boyi end girls enrolled in cjo work jeport products valued at more th.m $7,000, 000. Of the field scents, 272 are colored and work to uid negro farm ers. About $7,000,000 of federal money was spent for evt!nsijn vurk luring the past year, to which was added about $9,700,000 of state money. Other agencies used in diffusing information, according to the Secre tary's report, are bulletins, pamphlets and periodicals, motion pictures, ex hibits at state and district fairs, and mimeographed material distributed to the press. According to Secretary Wallace's annual report, the Depart ment distributed in the last year nearly 34,000,000 copies of various bulletins, pamphlets, etc. In addition to the publicity matter sent to the newspapers and handled in the form of bulletins and circulars, the department has a division which handles moving pictures. The de partment now has a total of 547 reels for distribution; 21 old films have been revised and brought up to date, and 33 new films have been completed. Work is now progressing on 28 films on new subjects. These pictures are circulated by county agents, ex tension workers and through the public schools. It is estimated these Alms were seen last year by four to Ave million people. The department also has a series of exhibits which are displayed at fairs. Last year these exhibits were at 60 fairs, at which the total at tendance was more than 4,000,000. These figures give some idea of the tremendous number of people that are reached every year by the acti vities of the department. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Devin- and daughter were in the city on Satur day from their home out west of lone Mr. Devin reported that but little snow had gone off the hills in his neighborhood, the chinook not strik ing there as soon as it did up this way, and it wbb a pretty hard chore getting down to the highway at lone, Jos. B. Snyder departed on Monday for Missouri, where he expects to be a couple of weeks or so, visiting at the old home with his father who is quite old and growing feeble. It has been five or six years since Mr. Snyder visited with his home folks. George White, who has one of the best wheat farms in the Lexington section, was in Hcppner Saturday. He reported that most af the frost is out of the ground as a result of the worm spell, but lots of snow hang ing around in the big drifts. Miss Gladys Turner, teacher in Heppner schools is in Portland this week to spend the holidays. She de parted on Friday afternoon. Elmer Peterson came in from Eu gene on Sunday to spend the holidays with the home folks. He is attend- j ing the U, of 0, this winter, While riding up the highway Mon day morning on horseback and lead ing another horse, Pat Brady of lone was ran into by J. J. Kelly, who was driving a car. The result was that both horses received broken legs and had to be killed, while Pat'escaped uninjured. Just how the accident hap pned, we were not informed, but that Mr. Brady got out uninjured is rather a remarkable circumstance. Mr. and Mrs. Tindal Robinson, of Hardman, were visitors in this city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner spent several days of the holiday season with the families of R. W. Turner and V. Crawford in Heppner. A visit to the ranch Wednesday revealed to Mr. Turner the fact that the mild weather had brought about good working conditions out his way, and that farmers were getting into the Aelds again with their plows, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Amort arrived from the Wiiliamette valley on Sat urday and are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Patterson. Mrs. Amort was formerly Miss Melba Griffiths of this city, and is a neice of Mrs. Patterson. Their home is at Philomath, where Mr. Amort is at work as an engineer in the state highway department. Miss Coramae Crawford departed this morning -for Joseph, Oregon, where she will spend a month or six weeks at the home of her uncle, O. G. Crawford, and assist in the work of getting out the Joseph Herald as operator of the linotype. Sickness in Mr. Crawford's family made it necessary to secure outside help. Miss Lorena Falmateer, for two years teacher of English in Heppner schools, arrived Tuesday afternoon from Spokane for a short visit with friends here. Miss Palmateer teaches in the school at Hillyard, a suburb of Spokane. She is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Missil dine. Miss Helen V. Smith, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Matthews, went to Roseburg on Sunday to spend the holiday week at the home of their people residing in that city. Mrs. W. A. Richardson has been looking after the store of Miss Smith in her absence. W. B. Tucker of Lexington spent a short time in thia city Wednesday. He thinks that the recent big snow has been of great benefit to the grow ing crops, and reports wheat on his Blacxhorse farm looking fine and the hills turning green with the growing grass. Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald of Hat'dmnn were in Heppner Friday. Mr. McDonald was called to the city to make final proof on his additional homcsteud, which he made before Clerk waters, his witnesses being Raymond Steers and W. D. McCarty. Misa Babe Mathews, formerly stenogrupher in the office of F. A. McMenamin in thia city, returned to Portland on Monday after a visit of a week with friends in Heppner. She js now employed in the offices of the O. W. R. & N. Co. in Portland. A silver tea will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Livingstone on Thursday evening, Dec. 28 in- connec tion with the regular weekly Bible study and prayer meeting. The pro ceeds of this tea will be given to the Chinese mission in Portland. Miss Vera Muhoney was home from Seattle, where she is attending busi ness college, to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney. She returned to Seattle this morning. Harry Duncan left for Portland on Sunday, to be absent for a couple of weeks or so, looking after business and enjoying a little vacation. FOOD SALE The Willing Workers of theChristian church will hold their monthly food sale on Saturday at Humphreys Drug Store. Superintendent Lena Snell Shurte is in Portland this week attending the meting of the state teachers as sociation. Clerk J, A. Waters was a passeng er for Portland on Sunday to spend the holidays with his wife and son. Mat Halvorsen, a leading farmer of iono, was in this city on Friday, looking after business affairs. Walt Smith, real estate and insur ance man of lone, was doing business in Heppner on Tuesday.. HE MOST POPULAR. MEMBER. OF THIS FAMOUS FAMILY " WITH US AGAIN. East and West to Settle Football Championship Toledo, Ohio, and Corvallis, Oregon, High Schools Will Scrap It Out On New Years' Day. East may be east and west be west as the poet said, but "Never the twain shall meet" is a mistake. The east will meet the west in a national high school football championship game at Corvallis on New Year's day. The Toledo, Ohio, school will be the east in this struggle, and Cor vallis high the west The Toledo team has triumphed over the "far east" America and the mid-west, and three years ago played a tie game with the Aberdeen, Wash., school. Corvallis has won the championship of th Willamette valley three times in till last four years, and won all its games this year with a ttotal of 282 points to 7 by all its opponents combined. Toledo managers elected this team because they consider Cor vallis representative of foo'ball at its best on the coast, becavi they could use the agricultural college field, stadium, armory and gymna sium, because they wanted to strike as near the center of population as possible, and because, their coach, being an old Whitman grad, they wanted to keep as close to Walla Walla as possible. The college stadium and covered bleachers, built by the students, will seat 10,000 persons, and if that is not enough the open bleachers will care for half as many more. The armory, to be used for practice, is almost large enough to play a reg ulation football game in. The gymnasium with its showers and great swimming pool will serve the health and pleasure of the east erners. A $5000 guarantee fund was put up by the Corvallis business men. Many thousands of spectators from Port land and the rest of the state are ex pected to witness this east-west test. Family of M. J. Devin Held Reunion Monday The home of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Devin in this city was the scene of a family reunion on Christmas day, when all the children were together to enjoy the festivities. The interior of the home was appropriately and beautifully decorated in evergreens and flowers suitable to the occasion and the large table in the dining room was burdened with an elaborate spread of the good things that had been provided for the satisfaction of the inner man. Around this festive board were gathered all the members of the family, together with sons-in-law and grandchildren, and the event was made a very happy one indeed. The total number seated about the table was twenty-two, and this is the .first time in 19 years that the family have all been together. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Devin, the following were prsent: Austin Devin, Heppner; Mr. and Mrs. Claire Wal ton and daughters Irene and Alene of Yakima, Wash.; Mr, and Mrs. Mack C. Smith and children, Austin and Margaret of Heppner; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest K. Wyland and children, Ellis and bins of Hardman; Mr, and Mrs. Oral M. Scott of Heppner; Mr. and Mrs. Merle N. Kirk and daughter Evelyn of Heppner; Mrs. Dessa Cop enhaver and daughter Otillia of Heppner. This reunion is considered quite un usuul as there has been no deaths in the entire family, either of children or grandchildren. As a remembrance of the occasion, Mr. and Mrs. Devin were presented with a beautiful man tle clock and bible, the gift of the children, which were handed to them by tha two grandsons with pleasing nnd appropriate remarks. Mra. E. N. Crawford was a passen ger for Portland on Saturday, whre she expected to spend the Christmas and then go on to Astoria for a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. G. Atherton. Margaret and Katherine West, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Tom West of The Dalles, are the guesta this week at the horns of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Putterson of this city. Mary Roberta Rinehart, Famous American Author, Writes Charm ing aad Entertaining Story. Whether they know it or not, all authors write about themselves or their friends. Mary Roberta Ripe hart, who wrote the story of ths new Goldwyn photoplay, "The Glorious Fool," which will come to the Star theatre Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 1 and 2, knew intimately the source from which her story came. Ia her youth, Mrs. Rinehart was a hospital nurse; and no doubt the part of the pretty probationer, played by Helens Chadwick, was suggested by some lovely nurse the auhtoreas had known. The story begins with the marriage of an inexperienced probationer to a private client who is on the point of death. The patient is desirous of cheating his vulturous relatives of his fabulous fortune; and the poor, wrack led nurse consents to the mar riage only when she feels that her patient will not die content unless she acquiesces in his wishes. But the man gets well uncomfortably well. And what is more, knows that he is in love with his nurse. Then hospital politics come into play. The little nurse is transferred to a maternity ward, where her iym pathies again eause her to do some thing that nurses simply don't do. And when it appears that she is about to be dismissed, that she has been a complete failure, fortune takes a turn and shows her many things she never guessed were in its wheels. The rich patient in the ease is played delightfully by Richard Dix. Mrs. Rinehart has expressed her pleasure at the excellent production and the consummate direction given "The Glorious Fool" by E. Mason Hopper. Under his guidance, the pic ture is a sweet romance with many tense moments that dissolve into happy events. LEXINGTON CHURCH OF CHRIST. The services last Sunday were at tended with a large and appreciative audience. The evening Christmas services were well rendered and many high compliments were paid on it. Some saying it has been the best ever given. The offering taken for Near East Relief amounted to over 147. Like wise men of old they broght their gitts to the King. All are invited back again next Sun day to Bible school at 10:00 and preaching services at 11:00 and 7:30. Two vital messages for your consid eration. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 Revival services begin Jan. 21. E. A. PALMER, Pastor. CARD OF THANKS We wish to publicly express our appreciation of the many expressions of good will and fraternity shown in the great number of tokens sent to us at the Christmas tide, by both the people of lone and Heppner and com munities. We are placed under ad ditional obligation to better serve, because of this expression of real 'ilendship. THE LIVINGSTONES. MASONIC LODGES INSTALL Installation of officers for Heppner Lodge No. 69, F. & A. M., and Hepp ner Chapter No. 26, R. A. M., was held at Masonic hall ou Saturday evening and following the ceremonies a luncheon was enjoyed by all of the members of the order present. The Blue Lodge officers for the en suing year ere P. M. Gammell, W.M.; Spencer Crawford, S. W.; J. J. Wight man, J. W.; L. W. Briggs, Sec; Frank Gilliam, Treasurer; Clarenes Bauman, S. D.; F. E. Farrior, J. D.; Harve Bauman, S. S.; Robert Wight- mnn, J. S.; A. L. Ayers, Tyler. The Chapter: W. B. Barratt, H. P.; Thos. Brennan, King; John Her, Scribe; Harry Duncan, C. of H.j Clarence Bauman, P. S.; P. M. Gem- mell, Sec; J. A. Patterson, Treasurer; J. A. Waters, R. A. C; F. E. Farrior, lt Veil; B. B. Kelly, 2nd Veil; Geo. I Aikr-r, 3rd Veil; J. J. Wightman, I Sent i n-1. OBITUARY Abigal A. Mead was born in Vermil lion Co., III., Sept. 16, 1851; died at the home of her brother, George R. W. Mead, near Lexington, Oregon, Dec 20, 1922, aged 71 years, 2 months and 4 days. She was united in marriage to Rob ert Van Horn, November, 20, 1873, at Brownington, Mo. To this union were born seven children, six daughters, and one son. Those preceeding her are her husband, Robert Van Horn, who died Sept 26, 1914, and three daughters, Mrs. Stella May Morgan who died May 2, 1915; another dau ghter who died in infancy Sept.13, 1879, and Abbie Van Horn who died June 12 1895. Those left to mourn her loss are her four children, Mrs. Silas Rosa of Eskridge, Kansas; Mrs. Elroy Whitlock of Hamilton, Colo.; Elbert R. Van Horn of Hamilton, Col orado and Mrs. James G. King of Los Angeles, California. Also a sister, Emma McRoberts of Adrian, Mo., and a brother, George R. W. Mead of Lex ington, Oregon. She united with the Third Christ ian Church of Topcka, Kansas about 29 years ago. The funeral services were conducted from the Lexington Christian Church, Tuesday, Dec. 26 at 2:00 P. M., by E. A. Palmer and the remains laid to rest in the Lexington cemetery. STRAYED OR STOLEN One black stallion colt, 2 yeara old the coming spring; branded JF on right shoulder, one white foot; missed from pasture at Wm. Hendrix place about Aug. 1, 1922. Notify GUY L. BARLOW, Heppner, phone 23F41. Deputy Cownty Clerk Anderson is sued a license to wed today to Leon ard H. Rill and Miss Ninon Huston, both of Eight Mile. Miss Huston is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Huston, prominent residents of that section. T. J. Matlock was taken to Port land on Monday, where he will under go an operation. Mr, Matlock has been in quite poor health for some time past He was accompanied by Mrs. Matlock. The many friends of C. A. Minor, In this city, wen remembered this week by receiving from him cal endar of original design. Os the upper right hand corner of the plaque ia placed photographic copy of tha picture made a number of years ago by Mike Galloway, en titled "Pioneers and Pioneer Stock men of Morrow County, Or," and un derneath this a Beat little calendar tab. The reproduction of the picture of the pioneers is a valuable prise, and to add to the worth of the cal endar are the following lines, writ ten sometime sines by Mr. Minor: On yonder wall there hangs a picture, somewhat faded by the passing of the yeara. Called "Morrow County Stockmen, Morrow County Pioneer and Pion eers." Oft when the day of toil was over, I have looked at it and thought and thought: Who would be the ona to tell that story, though I was much ths younger of the lot. Those pioneers who left their fath ers' homes; their native sod; from man had lived apart; They biased the way to a land an trod,' and there with nature lived heart to heart In a little cabin built of logs, chinked in, and with sod and dirt covered o'er; A fireplace for a stove, ona sliding window; and oft they used the earth for a floor. There amongst those hills and val leys where surveyors' stakes wen never stuck or 4tnown; When the owl did hoot and tha coy ote wailed; that's when the pion eer built his home. A home it was, tho of ths rudest sort, built from nature's rough unfinish ed store; But no man was a stranger there the latch string always hung out aide tha door. Gone ia the bunch grass that bowed and bent like fields of grain before the northern wind; Gone an the Indian caravans and their ponies that is, the pinto and the spotted kind; Gone an the prairie schooners the oxen that so slowly trailed them from east to west; Gone an the flint locks, the powder horn, and all those things our fa thers loved best Oh, how those pioneers they would weep; ths life blood quicken in their veins, Could they see those bleak and bar ren hillsides; Oh, those grainiess, barnn, barren plains. Weep not for things past and gene, but bid tha cowboy and things of his day adieu; For when the latch string it was sev ered, the West and ths spirit of the West went too. God, remember those pioneen when they come, those men that won the blue, the gray; They numbered three score and ten then; with but less than twenty hen today; And in a few mora years, they who shaped the way whenby others reached wealth and fame, Will be known hen nj more, but be stilled like their pictures in the frame. Those bodies once so supple are stirr er now their train is backing on the track. It will not be long till they will all be gone, and they an not a-coming back. And at night when the woods grow dim and the owl does hoot and the coyote wails. Thinkl Did the golden moments ever come to those that eleand the way and made the trails? C. A. Minor. FEDERATED CRURCH Sunday School 9:46 A. M. Sermon 11 A. M., 7:30 P. M. Christian Endeavor 6:30 P. M. Last Sunday our hearts were all made glad in seeing eleven come for ward to unite with the church. Two more came accepting Christ as their Savior at the evening service. We are looking for more to unite with us next Sunday who were not able to be with us last Sunday. The church was seated to its capa city last Sunday evening and the pro gram was well rendered. Our christian young people proved they possessed Christ on Christmas Day going out into homes of shut-ins and holding short services that brot joy to the hearts of many. Next Sunday following the morn ing message we will rmember our Lord who died for us by holding the Communion Service. New Years Day, three o'clock in the afternoon we will hold an annual meeting. Reports will be made by all tha various church organisations. Other business of importance will be conducted at this time. There will be a basket lunch about 6:30 and at 7 o'clock there will be a musical pro gram. All members of the church and others who are interested we urge to be present Don't forget the evangelistic service next Sunday night 7:30. Let us come praying for and expecting to see many accept Christ as their Saviour. J. R. L. HASLAM, Pastor. PADBERG ALLSTOTT The announcement of the marriage of Misa Gladys Irene Allstott, daught er of Del. Allstott of Clarks canyon to Mr. William Henry Irvin Padberg, which occured in Heppner or Wed nesday morning, December 27th, 1922, waa received by the many friends of the contracting parties this week. The bridegroom is the son nf Mr. and Mrs. Wm. II. Padberg, siso of Clarka Canyon, and is a rising young farmer of this section, and Mrs. Pad berg is the oldest daughter of Mr. Del R. Allstott The wedding took place at Hotel Heppner in this city early Wednesday morning, Judge Alex Cor nett performing the ceremony, Im mediately following which the young people departed by automobile for Portland to spend their honeymoon. John H, Padberg and wife, of Hep pner Flat were callers in this city on Saturday, doing holiday shopping. New Year' Statement aad Reeasse of Agriealtaral CaadiUoas and Prospecta From Secretary of Agri saltan Wallace. Twelve months ago most of tha six million farmers of tha United States wen starting on the long hard climb out of the vallev of economic depression. They have not yet at tained the heights which an bathed In the grateful sunshine of prosper ity. Some, indeed, have fallen by tha way. Others an still in the valley. Nevertheless, as we stop a bit and look backward we can sea that very considerable ground haa been gained by the great majority, and wa can enter the New Year with nnewed hope and with that courage which eomes from the realisation that wa an really making progress. A year ago, when speaking of tha prospects for farming in 1922, I said that while then was no reason to ex pect boom times for tha farmer in the near futon, then was promise of better times, both for the farmer and for those whose business is largely dependent upon him. Ths year has brought fulfilment of that promise. Speaking generally, times an better, much better, than a year ago, both for agriculture and for industry. Crops have been good, on tha whole. Prices of the vjor crops an mostly considerably higher. While then has been a corresponding ad vance in tha prices of things the far mer must buy, the total sum which farmers will receive for the crops of this year is grester by a billion and a half dollars or more than that which they received for the crops of last year. This will certainly mean bet ter times on the farm, and farm folks will be able to ease np a little on tha grinding economy they wen forced to practice the preceding year. The labor cost of producing the erops of 1922 was still further re duced. Then were soauj substantial reductions in freight rates. Much helpful legislation has been enacted and mora will be this winter. In terest rates an lower and the endit strain has been eased. This has mads it possible for many farmers who wen rather heavily involved to re fund their obligations and get them selves in condition to win through. Then an still some dark spots. In some sections weather conditions wen unfavorable, erops wen short, and farmers in these sections an having a very hard time of it Fnight rates an still too high, especially for those who muat pay for a long haul to market Taxes an high, but this is largely due to the increase in local taxes, over which the farmers themselves must exercise control. There has been gratifying growth in farmers' cooperative marketing associations, and more of them an being organized on a sound business basis. Aside from thz help which has been given ly legislation and by adminis tration Lftifities, strong economic forces an at work to restore a mora normal relation between agriculture and other industries. The peril in the agricultural de pression is more keenly realized by other groups than ever before, and on every hand a sincen desin is be ing evidenced to do what can be done safely to help the farmer better his condition. Everything considered, we have good reason to expect still better things for agriculture in the year 1923. LITTLE DAUGHTER DIES AT HARDMAN HOME. June Elvina, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Steers of Hardman, passed away at her home at that place on the 19th of December, after an illness of long duration. She was aged 2 years, 10 months and 1 day. Her funeral was held on Thur day last, the 21st and burial was in the Hardman cemetery. Mrs. John Hadley, neighbor and friend of the family conducting the services, aud the remains being followed to their last resting place by a large number of sympathizing friend. Hm People Of Creat Pictura rfTchernoff A seer of mystic visions which would have seemed mad, had the; not bewa So trnet a seer, too, iota tha utur moat 1athe of ' hearts, Yoa will haow him from Hetro't THE FOUR HORSEMEN Of the Apocalypse A Rex Ingram Production From the novel by Biases Ibaoaa Adapted by June Malhls AT STAR THEATER, W KIM. ISM OA AND THURSDAY, JANUARY -