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The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE" BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 40, Number 6. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1923. Subscription $2.00 Per Year Heppner Takes Game Columbia Highway Us COURT DISCUSSES From Umatilla 5, to 2 ed by Neolithic Man Spring Cartoonettes HIGH SCHOOL NOTES TO JOIN KU KLUX Pendleton Speaker Makes Clear Purposes of Order. NO OFFENSE GIVEN Large Representative Audience la Criterion of Intereat of Local People. With a frank, deliberate manner and In deep tonal that carried con viction, the Rev. W. A. Gressman, pastor of the First Christian church of Pendleton, upheld the Ku Klux Klan before a representative gathering- of Heppner citizens laitt Friday night in the Odd Fellows hall. After opening the meeting with a prayer, the speaker turned and pointed to the three links of the I. O. 0. F. on the wall behind him, and pledged that all he had to say would adhere to the principles for which this emblem stands, Faith, Love and Truth. "It is not my purpose in coming here to run down any element, or cause any hard feelings in any way," declared Rev. Gressman. "I shall go right into the heart of things, first disclosing the true workings of the Klan, and then exposing the opposi tion to it." Following this declara tion, he immediately sailed into the subject at hand. His long, lean frame stretched to its full six feet, four; his eyes anspping earnestness and sin cerity through hia glasses, and a friendly smile continuously playing around his hard, straight mouth, the apeaker made an imposing figure of appeal. Klan Started at Atlanta. The inspiration of reviving the old Ku Klan had been in the mind of the originator of the present order for a great many years, but It was not till 1U15 that this man, Colonel Wil liam Joseph Simmons, made his plans known to a number of former mem bers of the old Klan, who joined with him in establishing the new organi zation at Atlanta, Ga. The first char ter was received from the state of Georgia, December 4, 1915. These are the preliminary steps of organi sation as set forth in the lecture. "The purpose of organizing the Klan at this time wss to combat the great flood of lawlessness that spread the entire country, by assisting offi cers in law enforcement," continued the speaker. "Then was no idea then, and there never has been any idea, of the Klan to take the law into its own hands, regardless of many reports to the contrary. "It's fundamental principle is to uphold Americanism under the con atitution. Any act against the con stitution is against the principles of the Klan, and no man will be upheld by tht Klan in any such deed. When ever the Klsn learns of an unlawful act committed by any member, that member is immediately banished from the order, and the Klan is one of the first agencies to assist In his just punishment under the law." This was the first enlightening disclosure made by Rev, Gressman of the Klan's operations. White Supremacy Eiplalnrd. The speaker then outlined the ob jects snd purposes of the Klan In full, which in summarized form are as fol lows: To cultivate and promote real pa triotism toward our civil government; to practice an honorable clanishness toward each other; to exemplify a practical benevolence; to shield the sanctity of the home and the chas tity of womanhood; to maintain white supremacy; to teach and faith fully Inculcate high spiritual phil osophy through an exalted ritualism. and by a practical devotedness to con serve, protect and maintain the dls tinctive institutions, rights, privil eges and ideals of a pure American Ism. One bone of contention stressed J especially by Rev. Gressman, that of white supremacy, was defended as follows: "in upholding the piinoplc of white supremacy the Klun does not mean to dominate other rai-es, or I in any way keep them frcn progivis- lug. It means only to present i?; termarriage, that the strain may be kept pure." He said that other races by imitation and emulation are priv ileged to reach the same plane as the white race without admixtures there with. In referring to the negro ques tion he quoted Booker T. Washington, saying that "in their social relations the whites and blacks should be as far apart as the fingers on his hand when extended, but that In their gov ernmental relations they should be as close together as the fingers on his hand when closed." This teaching tallies exactly with that of the Klan, according to the speaker. Opposition Revealed. In lftying bare the opposition to the Klan, Kev. Gressman said that it could be very well explained by the throe terms, misconception, mlsappre henslon and misrepresentation. Due to the fact that the Kmn h not been seeking publicity for itself, practical ly all newspaper comment has been opposed to It, he said. However, with all the newspaper "hullabaloo," he challenged, no one can find an In stance where the Klan has ever been found guilty of a misdemeanor or any unlawful act in any court. Also, the Klan thrives on criticism, which only a good thing can do, he asserted. These he gave as the greatest evi dence that the Klan is here to stay, In answering the charge that the Klan is only a truoble-maker, the speaker declared that it was the op position and not the Klan that was doing the trouble making, citing as proof articles from organs of those most prominent In lighting the Man He further declared "the Klan is not 'antl' anything. It 1 not anti-Jew, but pro-Gentile; not anti-negro, but pro-white; not anti-Catholic, but pro, Protestant." and defined the differ- once between the terms "and" and "pro." In doing this ha further em phasized the fact that the Klan was not organized to combat any single Blustery Weather and Loose Ball Feature Sunday's Game on Gentry Field In their second game of the season the Umatilla all-home-talent ball team went down to defeat, 6-2, at the handa of the locals Sunday after noon on Gentry field. Wind and con sequent dust made it impossible for either team to play exceptional ball, but in spite of this a very good show ing was made. Heppner atarted the scoring by chasing in one tally in the first in ning, and led their opponents till the end. Broughton, pitcher for Heppner, had a sore arm and was not going his best. He was switched to the field in the eighth and Dallas Ward covered the mound the last two innings. Uma tilla's pitcher had an off-day also, thus evening up this department of the game. The Heppner lads were somewhat stronger with the stick, however, which gave them an advan tage. Umatilla made their two scores one at a time in the fourth and ninth in nings. Several car loads of Umatilla boosters accompanied the team and kept up their end of the rooting. Mather and Ulbright filled the umpir ing positions. Heppner plays the Egg City team at lone next Sunday. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. Vawter Crawford and Mrs. S. W. Spencer arrived in Hepp ner lent evening in the Spencer car, from Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Craw ford spent ten days in the Willamette valley visiting in Eugene and Port land. Mr. Spencer was unable to make the trip here by car, and left Portland on the train Wednesday for Hot Lake, where he will take treat ment for some time at the hands of Dr. Phy. Mrs. Spencer will stay here for a while to await developments in Mr. Spencer's condition. Believing there is a demand for such a business in Heppner, I have opened a SECOND HAND STORE. I will buy furniture, tooU, imple ments, etc., and can supply you with almost anything you may need. If you have anything about the place you do not need, bring It in. HAR VEY YOUNG. Dan Stalter went out to Hardman Tuesday to set up a tombstone. He did the work for L. Monterestelli, who is laid up at his home in Pendle ton with rheumatism. Mr. Stalter says that Mr. Monterestelli has been very ill with the rheumatism all win ter, and his condition it unimproved. Mrs. E. L. Vinton and mother-in-law, Mrs. M. E. Vinton, of Coquille, arrived in Heppner Tuesday evening for a visit at the home of the young er Mrs. Vinton's mother, Mrs. Jack McCullough, and sister, Miss Odile Groshens. The Heppner postoffice will be ad vanced to second class rating on July fi rat, accordi ng to word given out this week by Postmaster Smead. Commissioner L. P. Davidson of lone, is in town this week in attend ance upon the May session of county court. B. F. Swaggart was doing business in town today, from his Swaggart Ruttei ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Minor and chil dren were lone visitors in Heppner Sunday. Frank Griffin was in town from his ranch on Eight Mile the first of the week. John Kenny and famliy were in town yesterday from their ranch near Lena. Wm. Kummerland was in the city today from his Heppner flat ranch. Debate Is Quartet of Double Coincidence Is truth stranger than fiction? The four girla who made up the debate team in the Oregon-Washington de bate last night sny so. In the first place the two girls who formed the Oregon team were freshmen and mem- hern of the same house, Alpha Delta Pi. A few days ago it was learned that both of the Washington debaters were also Alpha Delta. Hut that is nothing compared to further coincidences which were re vealed, lne uregon girls were Mar garet Woodson and Mildred Bateman. The Washington girls were Margaret Kamps and Mildred Jewell. The Ore gon Margaret is a freshman and a journalism major and her colleague Mildred a dramatics major. The Washington Margaret is also a fresh man and a journalism major and the Mildred from Washington is a dra matics major. The similarity does not end there, however, for when Margaret met Margaret and When Mildred met Mil dred, brunette met brunette and blond met blond. Oregon Dally Em erald. HIHHOP REMINGTON VISITS. Bishop W. P. Remington, recently .ippointed bishop of the eastori Ore gon diocese of the Episcopal church, made hia first visit to this city in official capacity last Saturday and Sunday, Ho was accorded an informal reception ut the W. R. Irwin home Saturday evening, when he was greet ed by a large number of local people. Capacity audiences filled the church at the Sunday services. EXTENDS LUMBER BUSINESS. Martin Reid has installed a com plete line of lumber and other build ing materials at Lexington, in addi tion to his Heppner business. His stock there is in charge of M D. Tuck er and is located in the building for merly occupied by the livery stable. element, and that any clash that does take place is but incidental to the basic purpose of upholding "liberty under the constitution," for the pur pose of fostering a higher and broad er Americanism, Jus. Carter la the organizer of the Klan for Morrow county and assisted Kev. Gressman in the meeting Friday night. 7:.. ) VxjVA. I A Man Found Insane By County Court Tuesday While in lone Monday Sheriff Mc DutTee picked up a man whose sanity seemed questionable, and brought him up to Heppner. E. H. Eyerly, the man in question, was brought before a session of county court Tuesday af ternoon and committed to the aByluro at Pendlton. He was taken over Wed nesday evening. Mr. McDuffee says the man is a very bright appearing young fellow, but seems to be cracked on the sub ject of writing. On questioning him, it was found that he had been in an automobile accident not very long ago, and was laid out unconscious for two weeks. The belief is held that he is suffering from a concus sion and that he will recover with proper treatment which will be ad ministered him at the hospital. Majority Morrow High Teachers From U. of 0. University of Oregon, April 29. One-fourth of the teachers employed in the standard high schools of Mor row county are graduates of the Uni versity of Oregon according to a re port made by the local Appointment Bureau. The list, six in number, follows: Heppner E. H. Hedrick, superin tendent, teacher training, Latin; Janet Frasier, history, economics. Irrigon C. F. Grover, principal; Clara E. Corrigan. lone J. Clifton Tucker, principal. bookkeeping, teacher training, ath- etics; Genevieve Tillotson, mathe matics, French. Forest News Notes of Gurdane District The snow stakes recorded about half as much snow in the mountains the last of April as they did a month earlier. On the head of Big Butter creek snow remains only in heavy timber and in protected places. At the stake on the head of Ditch creek the snow had decreased from forty inches to twenty-two during the month. Along the Heppner-Ritter road from the coal mines to the sum mit the depth is from two to three feet and is packed and heavy. The ground is not frozen and the bulk of the moisture is going into the toil, with a promise of a good grazing sea son. Grass along the foot hills is the best in many seasons. Rangers Groom, Woods and Clis- by have the telephone line main tained up Willow creek as far as the Van Vactor summer home. As fast as the snow permits all of the lines leading into the Forest will be re paired. WIND EXPOSES SKULL. The district attorney's office ia in possession of an old human skull which was sent to Pendleton recently from Boardman by Harry Payson who found it .in the sand not far from there. The skull had been left ex posed after a windstorm when a high wind had blown away the sand cov ering. C. Z. Randall holds to the be- 11 that the skull is what remains of some old Indian. The cheek bones are very high, and other markings indicate that the skull is that of an Indian. The relic will be sent to the office of the district attorney In Mor row county for any investigation that office may wish to make, Mr. Randall stated today. E. O. HEARS GOVERNOR PIERCE. S. E, Notson and eon Charles re turrned home from Portland Satur day night. Mr. Notson attended the laying of the cornerstone of the new Odd Fellows temple while in the city besides taking in addresses by Gov ernor Pierce and Mayor Baker. He also had Charles' eyes examined by a specialist, who attributed the cause of their weakness to throat trouble, for which Charles underwent an op eration at the hands of Dr. Higgs, VINTON PASSES EXAM. E. L. Vinton, of Coquille, who was engineer on the Willow creek high way at Cecil three years ago, and who married Miss Lorraine Groshens of this city, received word recently that he successfully passed the examina tion of the federal bureau of roads According to word received here. Pass ing this examination necessitates a high preparation of education and ex perience, states the report. L U CECIL NEWS ITEMS Roy Hurst, accompanied by Misses Georgia Summers, Isabel Sommer feldt and Herb Sommerfeldt of Port land arrived at the Last Camp on Saturday where they visited for a few days, returning to the city Tues day. Miss Nellie Doney who has been visiting with Hynd Bros, at Rose Lawn, arrived in Cecil on Thursday where she will visit for a few days. Geo. Wilson of Butterby Flats vis ited at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wilson in Heppner Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Jean K. Porter, county school superintendent of Gilliam county vis ited the Rhea and Four Mile schools on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Warfield of lone were calling at the home of J, W. Osbom on Wednesday. Mrs. Geo. Noble and son Johnnie of Rhea Siding were business call ers in Cecil on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chandler of Willow creek ranch were Heppner callers on Wednesday. Mrs. Iva Browning of Wasco is visiting for a few days with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Funk. Jack Hynd and Alf Shaw of Butter by Flats, spent Wednesday and Thurs day in Heppner. Henry Streeter and Chas. D, Sen nett of Cecil were Arlington callers on Saturday. Mrs. Mary Halferty of Four Mile Bpent the week visiting with relatives in Portland. Elvin Miller of High view ranch Mason We are offering MASON CORD TIRES which were purchased before the advance at these prices as long as our present stock lasts: 30x3 IT Fabric a $8.50 30x3 1-2 Cord, Regular $11.50 30x3 1-2 Cord, Oversize $13.00 31x4 S.S.Cord $23.70 32 x 4 Cord $25.00 33 x 4 Cord $25.50 34 x 4 Cord $26.00 32x41-2 Cord $31.00 33x41-2 Cord $32.50 34x41-2 Cord $33.50 "35x4 1-2 f Cord 1 $34j(r HEPPNER TIRE & BATTERY CO. Formerly C. V. HOPPER TIRE SHOP and BATTERY ELECTRIC SERVICE STAT'N vou'op rw tup v BeEvwttty should hevtccn- - ED SOUTH TEN A Small Boy Is Drowned Near Heppner Junction Wjhile playing around an irrigat ing ditch at his home three miles above Heppner Junction, Devert, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Kopt, fell in the water and was drowned. As the lad bad been sick most of the winter and was not very strong, it is the belief of the doctor th&i the shock of the cold had as much to do with his death as did suffocation by the water. Mr. Kopt is employed by the War ren Construction company, and mov ed his family from Heppner to the new home only last Sunday. The body was brought to Heppner Monday evening and interment was held from the Christian church, Tu esday afternoon. Rev. W. O. Living stone officiating. C. E. PARTY AT PARKERS. C, E., Saturday evening, 6 o'clock, Parker's lawn; camp fire, weiner roast, rally. Address by state offi eei. Great time." Alt C. E.'t invited. transacted business in Heppner on Thursday. Miss Annie Hynd of Butterby Flats spent a few days in Heppner during the week. Mrs. K. Farnsworth of Rhea Siding was a business caller in Cecil on Saturday. Cecil was well represented at the lone dance held in the auditorium on Saturday. Mrs. Geo. Perry and daughter, Miss Crystal, autoed to Heppner on Fri day. W. G. Palmateer of Windynook was a Cecil caller on Wednesday. Henry Krebs of the Last Camp was a Heppner caller on Tuesday. Cords THE TREASURE HUNTERS" HIGH SCHOOL OPERETTA, ON MAY 8TH 'The Treasure Hunters," a comic operetta in two acts will be put on Tuesday, May 8th, with the following east: Tom Blake (Julian Benevente) a young American Inventor Alvin Boyd Blake's Assistant Pirates: Pedro Earl Merritt Hasim Austin Smith Sunga John Turner Perok Crocket Sprouls J. Winner Luce, an American capi talist Philip Mahoney Madeline Luce, his daughter - Velma Case Cortlandt Van Pressy, Madeline's fiance -J. Elmer Bucknum Mrs. Witherspoon, Van Pre say's aunt Hazel Anderson Jimmy Squabs, A master diver Paul Aiken Seraphina Squabs, wife of Jimmy Marguerite Hisler Arafura, daughter of Datto of Ho cus Pocus Helene Curran Commander Boomday, of Cruiser Oklahoma . Stanley Peterson Daisy Boomday, his daughter. Leo la Bennett Manuel Mandalay, Governor of Ho cus Pocus Harold Case Dozy, his housekeeper Luola Benge Donna Isabella Dorothy Hill Donna Olivia Violet Hynd Donna Marguerita Willetta Barratt Donna Felipa Gene Pyle Donna Gregoria Anita Hughes Donna Floriana Mary Crawford Beverley Norton, of U. S. State De partment Carl Cason There are also choruses of brown men, U. S. Marines, and natives of Hocus Pocus. Don't forget the date, Tuesday, May 8th, at the Star theater. Did you ever see a real, honest-to-goodness comedy old maid? See the queen of them all. Miss Loganberry, in "And Home Came Ted!" At a meeting of the Student Body last Friday plans were made for the high school picnic which is to be on the last Thursday of school. The present plan is to go to the Hamilton ranch country. Some very instructive slides on im migration were shown to the civics class last Friday. Womens Relief Corps Has Enjoyable Meeting Rawlins Post, No. 23, Womens Re lief Corps, held their regular meet ing on Wednesday, April 25, with a good attendance. After the business session a program commemorating a number of April anniversaries was enjoyed. This patriotic order makes a spec ialty of carefully observing all im portant events in American history. In this instance the battle of Lexing ton in 1775, the battle of Shiloh. 1862, and many incidents in the life of General Grant were noticed and the patriotic music added much to the in terest of the occasion. Pendleton Dokies Will Put On Public Drill A representation of Pendleton Dokies will be In Heppner Tuesday evening to put on a public drill on Main street Dokie regalia will be displayed to add to the attractiveness of the performance. The drill will take place between five and six p. m. Immediately after the public per formance a big dinner for all K. of P. s and ladies will be spread in the lodge hall and following this all will gather for a general good time. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Lord's Day, May 6. Our meeting is moving along splen didly; fine audiences and splendid in terest; 33 additions to date and many others planning to come. Brother Ross is preaching great sermons; their music is excellent. We are planning for 200 at Bible School next Lord's Day; come and add one to make that number. All-day services Sunday: basket dinner in our fine new basement; afternoon and eve ning services. Brother Ross' subject for the morning will be, "The Church Beautiful' and for Sunday evening, "The Goodness of God." Don't for get the hours of service: Bible School 9:45, Communion and preaching 11, basket dinner 12, afternoon meeting 2:30, C. E. at 6 and concert, song service and preaching at 7. You are cordially invited to be with us. LIVINGSTONE. LEXINGTON CHURCH OF CHRIST. Next Sunday will be another great day for the church. We will meet at the church for the regular morn ing services, and then go with our dinners to Heppner. We will join with them in the "feast" of good things, physical and spiritual. We will be with them for the afternoon and evening services. Our services begin with the Bible School at 10. Communion and preach ing at 11. Sermon subject "The Faith ful Servant." No evening service. All urged to be present at the morn ing service. If you have a car and room for others, take a load with you to Heppner. We will have a great time together. The Wednesday evening service is still being conducted in a splendid way by members of the Gospel Team at 8 o clock. E. A. TALMER ELKS ELECT SECRETARY. Orve Rasmus was elected secre tary of the local Elks lodge, last Thursday evening, to succeed Gay M. Anderson. Mr. Anderson resigned the position upon his appointment as county clerk a month ago. P. T. A. MEETING. The regular rarent-Teachers asso ciation meeting will be held Tuesday, May 8, at the high school auditorium. There will be a short musical pro gram, besides an important business meeting and election of officers. MISS BLANCHE FAHY, Sec. Dr. Hodge Makes Interesting Geolog ical Study; Ancient Man Went from West to East University of Oregon. May 2. (Special.) Neolithic man used the natural highway of the Columbia river gap in spreading fan-like over the North American continent from the North Pacific elopes, in the opin ion of Dr. Edwin T. Hodge, professor of geology at the University of Ore gon. After crossing the Bering straits from Asia, the first races in North America moved southward from Alas ka, explained Dr. Hodge. These tribes of hunters followed the fertile coastal regions as far south as the Klamath mountains in Oregon. The high Siskiyous prevented further movement southward. t Following the tasteful salmon, and pressed onward by growing numbers and the "Eastward, urge," the ances tors of the Indians found in America by the explorers entered the plateaus of Oregon and Washington, said the geologist Then enticed by the rov ing herds of bison which dwelt on the plateaus, the Neolithic men grad ually moved eastward along the Snake river country of Idaho, thence through the open ranges of Wyoming onto the Great Plains. From here they deployed eastward to all parts of the American continent. In an article. "The Ancient Men of Oregon," written by Dr. Hodge re cently, he pictures the paleontologi cal events which led up to the meet ing of the white man and Indian in Oregon. "The white man who began to arrive from Europe on the Pacific coast in 1741 had the same origin as the Oregon Indian, but along a differ ent line of descent. They are broth ers, and like brothers they have so treated each other1 one with hospi tality nad the other with a sense of superiority and greed." Writing about the Albany mounds, Dr. Hodge made this statement: There interrred lies the mute evi dence of the story of kindred broth ers, separated by 600,000 years who finally in their last sleep laid down in peace together." Many Oregon Teachers Graduates of U. of O. University of Oregon, Eugene, May About one-sixth of the instruc tors in the standard high schools of the state are Oregon graduates ac cording to a survey made of the offi cial report in the 1922-1923 teachers' directory. There is at least one grad uate teaching in every county in the state and a total of 292 in the 36 counties. In Multnomah there are 70 Oregon alumni engaged in high school work. Lane county is second in the list with &&, of whom 19 are teaching Eugene. Other counties having more than ten are Clatsop, 17; Mar ion, 15; Coos, Linn and Jackson, 14 each; Duglas 13, and Umatilla, 12. Wasco, Polk and Clackamas each have seven; Morrow, Klamath, Baker and Yamhill six each; Benton, four, and Gilliam, three. The counties em ploying two each are Harney, Lincoln, Sherman, Union, Washington and Wheeler, while the following coun ties are recorded with one each: Cur ry, Crook, Grant, Hood River, Mal heur and Wallowa. CALKINS IN PENDLETON. C. C. Calkins was county agent of orrow county up until about one month ago when he left Heppner to go to Spokane There he is in active charge of the Calkins Machine Co. which is manufacturing and distrib uting the machine invented by Mr. Calkins for the cleaning and dry treatment of seed grain in one oper ation. Demand for the machine is very keen, he declares. Machines made by the company are being used in demonstrations in many sections of the Northwest. One was on exhi bition here last fall at the Northwest Grain and Hay show. Mr. Calkins was a visitor in Pendleton today. Saturday's E. O. LEXINGTON P. T. A. MEETS. Lexington Parent-Teachers' Asso ciation will meet Tuesday evening, May 8, at 7:30 o'clock at Leach Hall. New officers will be elected for the coming year. The following program will be given: 1 set of slides "Childred of Other Lands." 1 set of slides "Going to Church Around the World. 2 reels of films "Come Clean." Everybody is cordially invited. A collection will be taken to pay post age on films and slides. MRS. F. R. BENNETT, Pres. WORTHY PATRON ELECTED. Dean Goodman was elected worthy patron of the O. E. S. at the regular meeting of Ruth chapter Friday night He succeeds J. A. Waters, who has moved to Portland. Mrs. Beatrice Penland was elected to the position of associate conductress to succeed Mrs. Oma Scrivner who has also gone to Portland to live. Appointive offi ces were filled as follows: Mrs. Mc Murdo, Ruth; Mrs. Ada Ayers, Mar tha; Mrs. Pruyn, chaplain. All new officers were installed into office at the meeting, after which refresh ments were served. STARTS WORK ON HOUSE. Harry Johnson started building op erations Tuesday on a house for J as. Cowins. The house will be located in the south end of town near the Heppner Ice and Soda works. Neighbors of Wood craft, Maple Circle 259, will hold a win dow sale at Humph reys Drug Store on Saturday, May 5th. Right-of-Way and Other Problems Hold Up Construction DOG FEES WANTED Sheriff Ordered to Collect License; Session Held Over Till Today to Complete Business The Heppner hill road course and obtaining of right-of-way were the chief matters under consideration of the county court, which is continu ing its May session over today. Two courses to the corner of the Hendrix place are being considered, and one of these will have to be decided upon and right-of-way obtained, before construction work can be carried this way from that point, said Judge Campbell today. District Attorney S. E. Notson and Commissioner R. L. Benge obtained right-of-way through the Hendrix ranch, which makes it possible for the work to be carried on from the point where the crusher is now lo cated, on the Heppner corner of the Hendrix place to the top of Cason canyon, according to Judge Camp bell. The crusher was started today and with a mile of road ready to re ceive the crushed rock, this part of the road work will be pushed rap idly. Two Courses Considered. The part of the Heppner hill road which has been definitely decided upon, stated Mr. Campbell, Is from Heppner nearly to the top of the hill. This course from the concrete bridge above town is on the opposite side of the canyon from that on which the road is located at present. The part under dispute, is from the top of Sanford canyon to the corner of the Hendrix place. Between these points is where the two courses are under consideration. The course first considered turns to the left from near the head of the canyon, making a semi-circle around the hill, connecting up with the Rhea creek road, then going due west to the Hendrix corner. The other course which is probably the most plausible one, according to Judge Campbell. turns to the right from the point first mentioned, through the Gemmell farm and on around the hill to the Hendrix corner. Before the last course can be taken up, however, it is necessary for the court to provide a way for Rhea creek people to con nect up with the new road. The whole matter is a bad mix-up, says the Judge, and it may be some time before it is straightened out. Cleveland Has Claim. Another matter of considerable im portance, which arose from the pre senting of a bill of some feOO to the court by W. H. Cleveland, for des truction of sheep by dogs, was that of collecting dog licenses and taxes. Such claims as that of Mr. Cleveland should come out of this fund, said Judge Campbell, but to data there has been practically none of this money paid in. In consequence the court ordered Sheriff McDuffee to get busy and see if he could get dog owners of the county to liquidate. The state dog license is $1, and ft penalty of $10 a month for every month delinquent, is the charge dog owners must pay, is the word given out. E. F. Day Passes at Home in Portland E. F. Day, for many years a prom inent citizen of Morrow county, but whose home has been at Portland for the past twenty years or more, died at his home in that city on last eve ning, May 2nd. after a lingering ill ness. Mr. Day is well known in Heppner. He was a pioneer resident and sheep rancher of this county and accumu lated a large fortune here, his land holdings being very extensive at one time. His funeral is to be held at Portland on Saturday afternoon. LOCAL GIRL DEBATES. University of Oregon, Eugene, April 26. Margaret H. Woodson, a fresh man in the university from Heppner is a member of the womens' debating team. The women's affirmative team, composed of Miss Woodson and Mil dred Bateman, won by a 3-1 decision over the women's negative team from the University of Washington at Eu gene tonight on the question, "Re solved that the constitution of the United States should be so amended as to give Congress the power to reg ulate marriage and divorce. Prof. C. D. Thorpe, the university debate coach, declares that the team worked up some very interesting and peppy arguments and gave the Wash ington women a stiff tight. All coaches agree that the affirmative team has shown unusual progress and success. Miss Woodson, a major in journal ism, is a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. WILL LEAVE FOR MINES. Dan Stalter, veteran miner of the Greenhorn district, who has been spending the winter in Heppner, ex pects to leave for his New Eldorado mine within a week or ten daya, or as soon hs it is possible to get across the Ditch creek prairies. Dan reports that the vein of ore which if no being worked conUins a trace of platinum, and expect it to become more pronounced an the mine goes deeper. He says they h ive a good lot of ore now ready f)t shipment, which will be made soon after lie arrives. ENDEAVORKRS TO THE DALLES. The Federated snd Chrintam church societies of Christian Endeavor were represented at the siat convention in The Dalles last Friday, tm'urday and Sunday. Reid Huseick, Vawter Parker and Mrs. Peibert Clabough represented the Christ inn socio ty, while Harold Case and Harold Bckt were delegates from the Fedorated society. The young people returned home the fi rat of the wuek.