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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 39, Number 45.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1923.
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From the Chicago Journal.
With all the eulogizing of Wash
ington which is done at this time of
each year, how many Americans think
of the amazing good fortune which
our nation enjoyed in having such a
leader at such a time? Very few.
Even the ipe ulcers and writers who
praise him most usually regard him
as an ornament of the republic,
when the fact ts that he was one of
the basic causes of the republic.
Without George Washington, the his
tory of the United States and of the
world for the last century and a half
would have been different from what
it has been.
To begin with, Washington was a
great soldier; one of the four or five
greatest that the English-speaking
race has produced and probably the
foremost of them all. His Trenton
and Princeton campaigns were mili
tary masterpieces. His Yorktown
campaign was another masterpiece on
a larger scale. The way in which
he threw hi army across the coun
try and closed in on CornwalliB stood
unrivaled until Napoleon threw his
forces across France and closed in
on the Austrians at Ulm.
Yet perhaps even greater was the
genius which Washington showed in
surviving defeats that the political
anarchy of the colonies made inevita
ble, and keeping together an army un
der conditions in which any other
chieftain must have given way to des
pair. Soul of the Revolution.
Even with Washington to guide,
the Revolution came within a hair's
breadth of defeat. Without his lead
ership, it must have failed altogether.
Doubtless the struggle would have
been renewed at a more opportune
time, but the loss would have been
terrific, not only to America but to
ti e world.
In making a new nation out of the
jarring states, Washington's political
sagacity was as vital as his military
skill in the war. He was as great an
administrator as he had been a sol
dier; and in the beginning he was
the one man whom all factions trust
ed. When he took office, the country
whs bankrupt, chaotic, torn by sec
tional clashes, destitute of any au
thority which could be asserted
against determined opposition. When
he retired to private life, eight years
later, the nation's credit was high,
actional differences had begun to die
away, an attempt at rebellion had
been crushed, the new government
was a going concern. One may doubt
if any one snve Washington eould
have accomplished such results.
His Gifta Many and Varied.
But military and political gifts
alike would have been of less per
manent value to his country, had they
not been guided by a lofty patriotism
for which no words are adequate.
Every observer In Europe and most of
those in America expected Washing
ton to make himself king, in fact If
not in name. In the existing state of
the country, he could have done so
with little difficulty, and been hailed
as a heaven-sent savior.
History shows that any people who
have suffered from anarchy as our
ancestors did in the years 1776 to
1779, will accept the rule of the strong
hand as a refuge. That fact explains
the career of a long succession of
chieftains from Charles Martel to
Porfirio Dins. Even so late as 1800
Aaron Burr said that any one who
secured the Presidency and then gave
It up was a fool. But Burr came too
late. Washington had been President,
and after two terms had stepped down
to the position of a private citizen,
thereby setting a precedent which has
prevailed to this day.
Surely, the fates never were kinder
to any nation than they were to
America, in granting such a man for
leader at the very beginning of its
national life. Washington was not a
political prophet, like Jefferson; he
enunciated no new principles. He
was not a crusader, like Lincoln; it
did not occur to him to devote his
life to the destruction of slavery.
But in the combination of mantis!
genius, administrative skill and un
sullied, unambitious patriotism, he
tands without a peer; and Byron's
irrlm remark that mankind has pro'
duccd but one Washington remains
true.
All the greater and more astound
Ing is our good fortune that he was
born in America.
C. H. Lntouroll returned last eve
ning from a trip to Portland, having
spent the past two weeks in the city
on business. He drove home in the
car of E. E. Clark which was left
in the city when Mr. Clark was down
there recently and had to take the
train home because of the big snow
storm.
John Ritchie, for many years a res
ident of lone, and quite prominent in
that city, passed away at his home
there on Tuesday, following an ill
ness of mnny months duration. He
was burled at lone at 10:00 a. m. to
day.
W'EflT COAST LIKE An ideal in
surnncu service. See T. A. Hughes.
Library Will Remove
To New Quarters Soon
It is the intention of the newly
elected board of malingers of the
Heppner Library to remove the same
In a short time from its present
quarters at the store of Mrs. L. G
Herren to the council chambers up-
slnirs in tho Humphreys building.
Tht is not an Ideal place for the II
brary, but it is the best available nt
present The new board consists of
Mrs. W, P. Muhoney, Mrs. C, L.
Sweek, Mrs, A. L. Aycrs nnd Mrs,
Roy Missfldine, and the latter has
been chosen chairman for the year.
The Junior Red Cross library wi
also be removed from the county su
perintendent's office and placed In
the council chambers, where it can be
looked nftor by the same mnnago
ment with tho Heppner Library,
Says Biblical Prophesy
Seems To Be Fulfilled
While waiting Ave minutes for one
man to "open the gates of the river"
on the bridge that spans the majestic
Willamette, so that boats might pass,
I thought of Nahum's prophecy made
2636 years ago and recorded in chap
ter 2 of the Book of Nahum, verses
8 to 6 inclusive:
The shield of hi mlirhty men ti made
red, and the valient men are In acarlet ;
the chariot shall be with flaming- torchee
in the day of bin preparation, and the tir
tmn shall be terribly ahuken
The chariots shall ra in the street,
they iihall jiutle one against another in the
broad way: they ahall aeem like torch,
they ahall run like lih'htninK.
Hp ahall recount hU worthier: they ahall
stumble in (heir walk; they ahall make
hftKle to the wall thereof, and the defenxe
shall be prepared. "The gate of the river
shall be opened, and the palace ahall be
dissolved."
Truly we have this Biblical phoph
ecy fulfilled today in trains, street
cars and autos. The two former "jus
tie one again Bt the other in the
broad way," "seem like torches of
night" and "run like lightnings"
seme of them even named the "light
ning express." The conductor re
counts his worthies from station to
station to see if they have his tag
piivllege to ride. And often they
nuike haste to the "walla thereof'
lest they fall.
I have never witnessed lights from
airplanes, but they travel of nights
and even make long journeys, even
across the Atlantic. W. H. Gannett,
publisher of "Comfort," of Augusta,
Maine, says he traveled Europe by
airplane. Leaving the United States
lust August he covered six countries,
vix: England, France", Alsace Loraine,
Belgium and Holland in a flight of
2500 miles in about 27 hours. Note
the contrast of six months across the
plains from Missouri here in 1H49.
J. W. OSBORN.
LEXINGTON CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH.
Sunday School 10 a. m.; Preaching
11 a. m., subject, "What the Bible
Teaches About the Devil." Preach-
ng 7:30 p. m., subject, "What the Bi
ble Teaches About the Devil," con
cluded. Junior C. E. 6:30 p. m.. Se
nior C. E., 6:30 p. m. Bible Study,
Wednesday, 7:00 p. m. Ladies Aid,
Wednesday, 2 p. m.
We expect you next Sunday. Three
joined the church last Sunday. Are
you coming in next Sunday?
We arc going to heaven by the Bi
ble route. Are Vou climbing up some
other way?
March 4th I begin a scries of ser
mons on "What the Bible Teaches
About the Holy Spirit." He is the
third person in the Trinity and He is
here to help you now. He comes to
abide with you forever.
Come and hear God's truth not
nine.
D. J. GILLANDERS, Pastor.
Government Trappers
Assigned This County
Elmer Williams, who is in charge
of predatory animal work for the U.
S. Biological Survey in this district,
with headquarters at Pendelton, while
in Heppner on Tuesday, informed this
paper that Morrow county would be
supplied with two government hunt
ers, and that Walter Sullivan, of Pi
lot Rock is now stationed at Irrigon,
where a determined fight is being
wsged against the coyotes, and he
expects H. J. Roosa to arrive here
soon from Bend and work In the But
ter creek section. These men are on
the job in time to protect the sihecn
men during the lambing season which
will be on in full blast before many
weeks more. It is expected that these
men will be able to keep down the
coyote menace to a marked degree.
Appointed Field
Deputy For Sheriff
Walter Mutteson was this week
appointed to be Meld deputy by Sher
iff McDuffee, and his work will be
outside of the office. In speaking to
the G.-T. man concerning the ap
pointment, Mr. Mutteson states that
it will be his purpose to go right
afttr all law violators without fear
or favor, and he will be especially
vigilant in regard to tho violators
of the prohibitory law.
Much of the time for several years
past Mr. Mattcson has acted as dep
uty game warden for this county, and
he is not unacquainted with the du
ties of a pence officer.
Heppner Chapter Royal
Arch Masons Is Visited
Frank M.' Patterson, of Portland,
Grand High Priest of tho Royal Arch
Masons of Oregon,- made an official
visit to Heppner Chapter No. 2(1 last
evening. There was a fair attend
mice of the members present to greet
the grand officer, and at eight o'clock
a banquet was served In the dining
room at Masonic hall, following
which Mr. Patterson gave an inter
esting lecture on tho Royal Arch de
grees which was Instructive and much
appreciated by all present.
The local Standard Oil station is
holding tho trophy cup for tho Walla
Walla district this month. The boys
here feel pretty proud of this, ns it
Is evidence of the fact that they made
the largest percentage of increase in
satos of Red Crown gasoline of any
station within the district for the
month of January, The cup is passed
from place to place as each local sta
tion leads in tho percentage of in
crease in monthly sales of gasoline,
and finally goes to the station thnt
makes the best yearly record. The
cup is on display In the window at
the store of Wm, Hnylor, and is a
trophy well worth working for.
Dr. Fred E. Farrlor returned last
evening from a trip to Pendleton. Ho
had been there attending tho moot
ing of tho Eastern Oregon Dental as
sociation on Tuesdny,
I THIS 'u
. rTEN;,M
Elmer Williams, district supervis
or of the U. S. Geological Survey,
with headquarters at Pendleton, was
in Heppner the first of the week. He
has been supervising the poisoning
of coyotes in the vicinity of Irrigon,
meeting with good success. Mr. Wil
liams does not take much stock in
the story printed in last week's issue
of this paper and copied from the
Canyon City paper, to the effect that
the poisoning of coyotes Is the cause
of rabies, for this is not so, accord
ing to the government investigations.
The poisoning of coyotes has been
going on in this country for more
than 60 years, and it is but of com
paratively recent years that the ani
mals have been affected with rabies.
The removal of the bounty and the
placing in the hands of the govern
ment the killing of predatory animals
will, result In better extermination,
according to Mr. Williams.
County Agent Calkins departed on
Sunday for Spokane. He is interest
ed at the present time in the manu
factur of his machine for dry treat
ment of wheat for smut, wheh a firm
in Spokane is putting out for him.
lie will also remain for a time m the
Washington country, making arrange
ments for the disposal of the ma
chines to the farmers of the wheat
belt. This little machine is begin
ning to take well, as the farmers ari
getting moro interested in the meth
od of dry treatment, and there is a
prospect that the market will grow
quite rapidly for the Calkins ma
chine.
Sheriff McDuffee was taken to Hot,
Lake Wednesday in hopes that the
treatments there will restore him to,
health rapidly. When he left Hepp-j
ner he was a very sick man and it
may be tome time before he is fully
recovered. Gnll stone trouble, with
other complications have caused
him very severe suffering, and for
days he has been unable to take any
nourishment and this has left Mr.
McDuffee in a badly weakened con
dition. He was accompanied to Hot
Lake by Frank Turr.er.
A. M. Edwards, who is drilling a
well at the school house in the De-
vin district, was in Heppner Tuesday.
He is now down better than 160 feet
and no water yet. The cold weather
has laid him off the job during the
paat couple of weeks. According to
Mr. Edwards, more snow fell out in
the vicinity of the base line than
about Heppner. It is now melting
off slowly and the greater portion
of the moisture will be absorbed in
the ground.
In a letter received this week from
C, E. Jones, he states that the New
berg country has been experiencing
a pretty cold snap of weather with
about 6 inches of snow during the
past few weeks. The coldest it got,
however, was 18 degrees above fcero
just one morning and around 26 de
grees above for a week or more. At
the time he wrote it had turned
warmer and the snow was about all
gone.
C. R. Peterson, who farms exten
sively in the Gooseberry section, and
owner of the old Enteb place, was a
viidtor in this city on Tuesday Lots
of mow out his way, but it is going
off gradually and the most of it will
soak into the ground. In that vicin
ity the ground was froaen pretty hard
and this may cause some of the wa
ter to get away.
Born At the maternity home of
Mrs. G. C. Aiken in this city on Feb
ruary Ifrth, 19 28, to Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Snrgent of Gwendolen, Ore
gon, a 10-pound son. The mother
and child are reported to be getting
along well.
Stanley O, Hager and C. M. Dalton
of the equipment department of the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
arrived at Heppner Tuesdny evening
and have been Installing an addition
al section of switchboard in the local
office.
Alva Jones returned Saturday from
a business trip to Portland during
the past week. While in the metrop
olis he took in the convention of the
hardware dealers of the northwest
Mrs. Gladys Reynolds, sister of
Mrs, C. C. Calkins, is visiting here
this week from her home at The
Dalles.
WEST COAST LIFE An ideal in-
j surance service, See T, A. Hughes.
Just What He Needs
Delegation of Women
From Ireland to Make
Visit to Oregon Soon
Mrs. Hanna Sheehy SkefTington,
Miss Lynda Kearns, and Miss Kath
leen Boland, representing the Irish
Woraens' Mission in America, will
arrive in Portland on Sunday, Feb
ruary 25th, according to present
schedule, and will address a public
mass meeting on that evening in Hi
bernia Hall, 340 Russell St., on pres
ent conditions in Ireland.
Mrs. Skeffington, a brilliant orator,
is the widow of Francis Sheehy Skef
fington who was shot without trial by
British military orders in Easter
Week of 1916, will set forth the pres
ent crisis in Ireland and the reasons
leading up to it.
Miss Lynda Kearns, a white cross
nurse, who served in the Irish Re
publican army Bince 1916, will tell
tho story of her actual experiences,
from that period to the present mo
ment. Miss Kathleen Boland, a sister of
the late Harry Boland, who as a mem
ber of Cumann-na-Ban rendered val
uable service to Ireland during the
Black and Tan terror will be the
third speaker.
The delegation to this country in
behalf of the widows and orphans of
the Irish Republican soldiers and as
they are the first official delegation
of women to visit Oregon from Ire
land much interest is centered on
their coming.
Arrangements have been made for
a special conference between the del
egation and all friends of Ireland
throughout Oregon on Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock at the Portland ho
tel and indications are that repre
sentatives from every district will
be present The United Irish Socie
ties of Portland who are in charge of
arrangements extend a cordial invi
tation to all friends to be present at
the conference and mass meeting, on
February 25th.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our thanks to
our many friends for their kindness
and assistance during the illness and
bvrui of our beloved husband and
father, also for the many beautiful
floral offerings.
MRS. SARAH BOOHER.
MRS. NETTIE CROW.
MRS. EFFIE PARKINS.
MRS. SYLVIA BEYMER.
Today is Washington's birthday, a
legal holiday, and the banks and
county offices have been closed, as
well as Uncle Sam's postoffiee. What
a grand an1 glorious feelin' it would
be if all of us could occupy these po
sitions.
Battery Business Taken
Over By Claire Hopper
Claire V. Hopper this week took
over the battery service station busi
ness of Delbert Clabough and will
move his tire repair equipment and
machinery into the building at the
Calmus corner now occupied bv the
battery station. The new business
will be known as the Heppner Tire
& Battery Company.
For the past two years or more,
Mr. Hopper has been engaged in the
tire repair business hero, and also
in handling of different lines of au
tomobile tires. He will continue this
line in connection with the battery
business, and expects to keep Mr,
Clabough in the shop to handle the
latter part of the work.
In thus enlarging his field, Mr.
Hopper expects to be able to better
serve the trade, and he will greatly
enlarge his stock of standard tires
and carry one of the foremost lines
manufactured. We bespeak for him
abundant success in this new venture.
Good Spray Outfits Pay.
New spray outfits will be added to
the equipment of many Oregon or
chards in 1923. The best line of ma
chinery to choos from that has ever
been available to the grower is an
opportunity offered this year by deal
ers in spraying equipment, says the
O. A. C, Experiment station. It is
not profitable to postpone tho pur
chase of additional spray outfits
when the present equipment does not
permit the orchard sprays to be com
pleted rapidly enough for maximum
protection against pests and diseases.
Mr. Ward, the photographer who Is
taking the "Hehisch" pictures this
year has arrived from Pendleton and
begun work.
The Sophomores had a sandwich
sale after school Wednesday night in
order to replenish their treasury.
The Seniors enjoyed a party at the
home of Miss Elizabeth HuBton on
Tuesday, February 20.
The Juniors are putting in some
Intensive practice on their stunts
which are to be given at the Star
theater soon.
A double-header basketball game
bstween Lexington and Heppner will
bp played at the pavilion Friday,
f efiruary 23rd.
The Juniors had a coasting party
last Wednesday night It was rath
er cold and the snow was too deep
for much coasting but the bonfire
was mighty fine for making choco
late over.
The Student Council has been con
sidering the advisability of taking up
an Ellison-White lyceum course for
next year. They decided against sign
ing the contract at present but they
may take it up next fall.
Some new books including a set of
volumes of the Congressional Record
have been added to the school library.
The operetta "In Old Louisiana"
will be put on by the high school In
April,
The first inter-school debate was
held last Friday. The debate was a
triangular one, and the question for
debate was "Resolved that the Fed
eral Government Should Own and
Operate the Railroads." Heppner's
affirmative team, consisting of Retha
Owens and Evelyn Humphreys, met
Hermiston's negative team at Hepp
ner and was defeated by a 2-1 vote of
the judges in Hermiston's favor.
Heppner s negative team, consisting
of Ray McDuffee and Bernice Wood
son, debated Umatilla's affirmative I
team at Umatilla, Heppner's nega
tive team won by a unanimous de
cision. Hermiston is the winner of
this debate, having won from both j
Umatilla and Heppner. Pendleton,
having won from the McLaughlin and
Milton-Freewater high schools, is the
winner of that series. Hermiston
and Pendleton will debate soon and
the winners will represent the dis
trict at the finals.
Willow Branch of C. E.
Union Will Have Rally
The Christian Endeavor societies
of Heppner, Lexington and lone,
composing the Willow Branch Chris
tian kndetfvor Union, will hold a pre-
convention rally on Tuesday evening,
1- ebruary 27th, at the Christian
church in lone, and preparations are
being made for a very interesting pro
gram to be presented at this time.
Each society in the several towns
will take part in a special way on
tho program, and a speaker will be
present from Portland. The rally is
in preparation for the state conven
tion thnt will meet in The Dalles a
little later on, when it is hoped that
there will be a large delegation in at
tendance from the Willow Branch
Union.
Heppner is planning to have a dele
gation of at least 75 from her two
societies at lone on next Tuesday,
and should the other societies along
the branch send like delogatoins the
meeting will be one of enthusiasm
and profit. A luncheon will be served
at the church at 7 o'clock, and this
will bo followed by the program at 8.
Beea Busv If Cold.
Honey bees do not hibernate during
the winter but keep the temperature
of the hive about 67 degrees by mus
cular activity. The colder it is out
side the cluster of bees the warmer
it is inside. As a result, when boes
are not properly protected in the
winter they consume an unnecessary
amount of honey and bee vitality
while they produce an excess of
moisture,
T
(Pendleton Tribune)
Actual construction work on the
McKay creek storage project for irri
gation in Umatilla county, will start
this summer involving the expendi
ture of over a million dollars for the
construction of a dam and ditch, the
dam to be constructed just south of
Pendleton about five miles from the
city limits. The completed storage
dam means supplementary water for
approximately 28,000 acres in Uma
tilla county now under irrigation but
which do not have enough water to
carry the last crops to full growth,
and will give a complete water supply
for some 20,000 additional acres. The
total cost of the project is estimated
at $2,000,000.
Chief Engineer F. E. Weymouth of
the United States reclamation serv
ice will arrive in Pendleton next
week in connection with plans for se
curing the land for the dam.
Thus far no agreement has been
reached between the government and
the owners of the land on McKay
creek needed for the project The
land was appraised by three men of
the west end of the county, but the
McKay creek farmers hold that the
appraisal is too low, and object to
being classed as persons attempting
to hold up the government. These
farmers declare that the appraisal
price is about half of the market val
ue of their lands. Unless agreement
js reached, condemnation proceedings
will be started as the plan is to have
the machinery on the ground before
July.
Work for 400 or 500 men will be
supplied as soon as excavation be
gins. The sum of $363,000 iB now
on hand for the project and the add
ed appropriation of $750,000 has been
passed by congress, thus making a
total appropriation of $1,113,000 for
the year ending July 1, 1924.
The government will handle most
of the work directly and only minor
contracts will be let, according to
Project Manager Schilling of Hermis
ton. Approximately $500,000 will be
spent on labor in the coming year.
Storage capacity of the proposed
dam will be between 70,000 and 75,
000 acre feet of the flood water which
annually comes down McKay creek.
It will be built across the entire val
ley, a distance of about one-half mile
and will be over three and on-half
miles long, according to best reports
now avaiabie.
OBFNJARY.
On Saturday morning, Febuary 10,
1923, the people of Lexington and vi
cinity were indeed shocked when they
learned that B. M. Booher, better
known as "Lank" or "Grandpa Booh
er" had dropped dead in the yard of
his home while doing the morning
chores. B. M. Booher was born Jan.
8, 1849 at Darlington, Montgomery
county, Indiana, and at the time of
his death was 74 years, 1 month and
2 days old. He was married May 29,
1866, to Sarah Johnson and to this
onion were born three daughters,
Mrs. Nettie Crow of Armstrong. B. C;
Mrs. Effie Parkinson, lone, and Mrs.
Sylvia Beymer of Heppner.
In 1869 the Boohers moved to Mon
trose, Mo., where they lived for nine
years, then in 1878 they moved to
Leadville, Colo., staying one year, and
then came west by team and wagon
to Athena, Ore., on July 3, 1880. The
following year they moved to Mor
row county where they have since re
sided. Mr. Booher was one of 12
children. His parents were J. H. and
Julia Booher.
Besides a sorrowing wife and three
daughters. Mr. Booher leaves 13
grandchildren. 8 greatgrandchildren,
6 brothers, Al, Bill and Sam Booher
of Athena, Ore., Charles of Adams,
Ore., George of Coeur de Alene, Ida
ho and Hank of Weston, Ore., be
sides a host of friends and relatives.
Uncle Lank for many years did
dray ing work in Lexington, but of
late years engaged in extensive gar
dening and fruit raising. He was a
neighbor as w-ell as a friend to all
who knew him, and will be greatly
misled in the community where he
lived. To the ones who are bereft
of a loving husband and father, we,
the citizens of Lexington, extend our
heartfelt sympathy, and we pray the
Father of all to soften this, their
great Borrow.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the family residence,
Rev. Gillanders of the Congregation
al church having charge of the ser
vices. CONTRIBUTED BY A FRIEND.
LEXINGTON CHURCH OF CHRIST.
The revival sen-ices are continu
ing this week, but will probably close
on Sunday evening. This has been
a great meeting in spite of unfavor
able weather, sickness and other dif
ficulties. Nine have obeyed their
Lord in Christian Baptism, one came
by letter and more are soon to fol
low. The church has been greatly
strengthened spiritually. There will
be three great services Sunday. The
Bible School at 10, followed by the
morning worship and preaching. A
basket dinner at noon. A service at
2:30 led by Bro. Mortimore. The
Junior C. E. at 6:30, followed by the
Senior C. E. at 6:30, and the evan
gelistic services at 7:30. You may
have a profitable day with us. Come.
E. A. PALMER.
R. F. Woodward, District Plant
Chief, of Portland; M. C. Corson.
Wire Chief of The Dalles, and E. R
Cole, Supervision of Construction
foreman of Portland, all of the Paci
fic Telephone & Telegraph Co., visit
ed Heppner on official business Tues'
day and Wednesday.
C. W. McNamer turned the end
of the week from a trip to Prineville
where ho went to look after a cattle
deal. That country was enshrouded
in snow and Mr. McNsiner found it
a pretty bad time to do any business.
Terril Benge, son o Mr. and Mrs.
R, L, Benge, is laid up at his home in
this city, suffering from a dislocat
ed hip, caused by a fall while skating
on the ice one, day the past week.
Jos. M. Hayes, extensive sheepman
of Big Butter creek, was in the city
over last night.
Further Compensation
For Disabled Veterans
Many beneficiaries of tha U. S. Vet
erans' Bureau will be paid additional
compensation as result of a new rul
ing announced by L. C. Jesseph, Pa
cific Northwest manager of the Bu
reau. The Act of Congress, under which
benefits are disbursed, prevent
awards on account of dependent rela
tives of veterans from being made
effective more than one year prior to
the date when claim for additional
compensation for such dependents
was made. Mr. Jesseph stated many
veterans who had, while in training
under the federal board for vocation
al education, claimed additional ad
ucational training pay for dependents
failed until long afterwards to file
with the Veteran's Bureau or the Bu
reau of War Risk Insurance, any
claim for additional compensation on
account of dependents.
Mr. Jesaeph stated that the new
ruling permits a claim for additional
tra i n i ng pay to be eon strued as a
claim for additional compensation
also, and, if presented on or before
August 9, 1921, to be considered filed
with the Veterans' Bureau as of that
date because the vocational training
records were then placed under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau. Aa a
consequence, Mr. Jesseph explained,
additional compensation for depend
ent relatives may, in a considerable
number of cases, be extended back to
August 9, 1920, and where that ean
legally be done the beneficiaries af
fected will be mailed checks to cover
the additional amounts accrued under
this new interpretation of the law.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Lord's Day, Feb. 25.
George Adam Smith says: "We can
never break God's laws, we can only
break ourselves against them." The
only thing that is worse than a quit
ter is the fellow that never begins.
If you have quit going to church yon
should start again, if you never be
gan you should begin, all for your
interest. Try our services. The Sun
day services are, Bible School at 10
o'clock; a surprise every Sunday;
Bible School choir; Communion and
preaching, with Bpecial music, 11;
Junior Christian Endeavor 3 p. m.;
Senior Christian Endeavor at 6:30,
and song service and preaching at
7:30 Come and worship with us.
LIVINGSTONE.
J. O. Turner departed this morning
for Ritzville, Wash., where he ex
pects to join C. C. Calkins and help
for a few weeks in the selling of the
Calkins dry treatment of smut ma
chine. Frank Turner, who went to
Hot Lake with Sheriff McDuffee, will
meet his brother at Pendleton, and
join the party of Calkins machine
distributor.
Oregon Fund Bill Is
Signed By Governor
Salem, OreM Feb. 21. Governor
Pierce today signed a bill appro
priating $30,000 for the maintenance
of the battleship Oregon in the Port
land harbor during the present bien-
nium. lhere were present in tne
governor's office when the bill was ;
signed a large number of Spanish
American war veterans from Port
land and other parts of the state.
The measure was introduced by the 1
senate committee on military affairs, !
and later was referred to the joint
ways and means committee. The
ways and means committee originally
reported the bill out adversely, with
the result ihat Representative Brow-
nell obtained another hearing before
the committee. The bill then was
reported out favorably, with the vote
standing 9 to 6.
The bill passed the senate almost
without opposition, but was held up
temporarily in the house for the rea
son that it provided for an annual
appropriation of $1500 instead of a
biennial appropriation of $30,000.
Again Representative Brownell went
to bat and had the measure passed
by a substantial majority of the votes
cast.
Adjutant General White announced
tonight that he will go to Seattle
within the next few days to inspect
the battleship preparatory to having
it moved to Portland. Not more than
two attendants will be required to
care for the battleship after it is
anchored in the harbor, it was said
today .
Persons desiring to inspect the bat
tleship, with the exception of school
children and veterans of the various
wars, will be charged a small fee. It
was estimated that these fees will
care for the maintenance of the craft
and that only a small part of the ap
propriation will be necessary.
Eighth Grad Class
Has A Lively Party
The eighth grade class, of which
Lois Livingstone is a member, was
entertained at the Livingstone home
on last Saturday evening by a lively
party. Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Finch,
teachers, together with about 38
members of the class were present,
and there was a fine time spent in
the playing of games and partaking
of a good luncheon, furnished by
members of the class.
Swine Raising Profitable.
Swine raising is generally profit
able, according to 1921 and 1922 re
ports of the United States department
of agriculture, say H. A. Lindgren,
Oregon Agricultural college exten
sion specialist. These reports, from
the corn belt region, show that in
there was an increase of 27 per
cent in the number of litters of fall
pigs farrowed in that region as com
pared with a like report for 1921,
showing an increase of 18 per cent.
The old rule still applies that
when the cost of 616 pounds of corn
is as low as the market price for 100
pounds of pork, live weight, there Is
a tendency toward an increased pro
duction of hogs, but when the cost of
corn is more than the market price
for 100 pounds of pork the production
decreases.
LEI OF ABSENCE
Dear Editor:
My personal business Is going to
demand my individual attention for
the next two or three months so I
have made arrangements for a leava
of absence during which time my
place will be taken by another, whose
name will be announced probably
within the next week. Mr, F. L. Bal
lard states that he has two good men
in mind and I am not sure which man
will come up aa yet.
We have our work pretty well out
lined and my successor can carry
this along in good shape and I will
be in a position to advise him rela
tive to the same at various intervals
as well.
During the coming week wa have
some very good meetings in several
of the communities of Morrow coun
ty. A little later we intend to have
some wheat meetings at which time
Mr. Jackman, Farm Crop Specialist
from Corvallis, and possibly Mr.
Stephens, will be able to attend. We
have our squirrel poison work pretty
well outlined; we plan to mix this
squirrel poison in the various com
munities just aa we did last year with
the farmers furnishing their grain
for bait and we will furnish the poi
son, etc., from our rodent fund. Wa
have some cattle to test for tubercu
losis and a number of copper carbon
ate tests as compared with formalde
hyde and blue stone to check upon
and this work will be taken care of,
together with all the detail work, by
the man who will take my place dur
ing the next two or three months.
No doubt you will be interested In
knowing that in the states of Califor
nia and Washington, who have done
more work with copper carbonate for
the control of smut than we have in
Orgon, a large percentage of the far
mers are using that method of treat
ment. In one of the counties in
Washington where I was the other
day I had the privilege of talking
with bankers and farmers and I
found that ninety per cent of the
wheat in that county was treated
with copper carbonate. A letter
from Professor Mackie of California
indicates that as a result of thous
ands of tests put on there under his
direct supervision they are ready to
definitely recommend copper carbon
ate and that that method of treating
wheat for the control of smut has
been adopted in a third of the wheat
area in the State of California. Be
cause this method of treating is here
to stay, because it means so much to
our wheat farmers and because In
connection with the powder for treat
ing there must be a machine with
which to treat wheat; because I have
developed a machine which is receiv
ing indorsement everywhere and
which is coming into great demand
and because I feel that I can serve
the' farmers of the Northwest in a
greater degree by developing an or
ganixation whereby it will bo possi
ble to furnish these farmers with ma
chines, I have made arrangements for
this leave of absence.
Feeling that I can depend upon the
farmers and business people of the
county to give the man who takes ov
er the work of the office the same
splendid support that I have always
received here, I am yours in the in
terests of agricultural business wel
fare of Morrow county.
C. C. CALKINS, Counts Agent
"BUT HE A INT WENT YIT."
Every little while they tell us that
the horse has got to go:
First the trolley was invented 'cause
the horses went so slow.
And they told us that we'd better
not keep raisin' colts no more,
When the street cars got to moting
that the horses pulled before,
I thot it was all over for old Fan and
Doll and Kit,
S'posed the horse was up and done
for,
"But he aint went yit!"
When the bike craze first got start
ed people told us right away.
As you probably remember, that the
horse had saw his day;
People put away their buggies and
went kitin' 'round on wheels;
There were lots and lots of horses
didn't even earn their meals,
I used to stand and watch 'em with
their bloomers as they flit.
And I thot the horse was goin.
"But he ain't went yit!"
Then they got the horseless carriage,
and they said the horse was done.
And the story's been repeated twenty
times by Edison;
Every time he gets another of his bat
teries to go
He come whoopin' out to tell us that
the horse don't stand a show.
And you'd think to see these chauf
feurs, as they go a-chaufnn , it
Was good-by to Mr. Dobbin,
"But he ain't went yit!"
When the people get to flying in the
air I s'pose they'll say.
As we long have been a-sayin', that
the horse has had his day.
And I s'pose that some old feller just
about like me'll stand
Where it's safe, and watch the homes
haulm stuff across the land;
And he'll maybe think as I do, while
the crowds above him flit,
"Oh, they say the horse is done for,
"But hj ain't went yitl"
Chicago Record-Herald,
All Library Books Are
Called In At Once
The call 1 Issued by the Library
Committee that all books belonging
to the Heppner Librnry and tho Rod
Cro-s Library are to be brought in at
once and delivered at tiie store of
Mrs. L. G. Herrvn, where the library
is located at the present time.
This call is urgent for the re on
that the committee desires to take
an inventory of all the book a, thnt
the present n tat us of the libraries
may be ascertained.
Therefor, all persons In poitu
sion of books belongnig to the llvpp
ner Library or the Red t'rus Libray
will please turn them in that they
may bo in the hands of the commit
tee not later than March 1st,
TUU LIBRARY BOARD.