The Gazette-Times
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 1923.
Subscription $2.00 Per Year
Volume 40, Number 27.
USE DRY TREATMENT
Copper Carbonate Method
Coming Into Favor
in North End.
L. II. S. WINS GAME
Arlington U Defeated in Rough and
Tumble Football Dual; Other
Wheat City Items.
That the farmers of the Lexington
country are quite generally using the
copper carbonate method of treat
ment of wheat for smut prevention, is
demonstrated from the fact that W.
F. Bamett & Co., merchants, have
already disposed of 1500 pounds of
the material to the farmers round
about. This method was used to
some extent the past year and this
season it will be thoroughly tested
out and its efficiency as a remedy
for smut given a complete tryout. Mr.
Harnett, who is extensively engaged
in wheat raising, thinks well of the
treatment and believes that it will
become the popular treatment among
the farmers.
Pastor Palmer of the Christian
church is to preach his farewell ser
mons to the Lexington congregation
on Sunday, and with his family will
leave the first of the week for his
new pastorate at Coquille, Oregon
During the stay of Mr. Palmer and
his family in Lexington, they have
made many warm friends, and their
departure is regretted. He has been
the pastor of the church for the past
year.
Lexington high school football team
tied into Arlington on Saturday and
were victors in a score of 19 to 0. The
boys brought home evidence of a
rough and tumble conflict, and are
loud in their condemnation of the
manner of play put up by the Arling
ton fellows. Carmichael, one of the
Lexington team, seemed a particular
target for the rough stuff, and he was
carried off the field in an -unconscious
state and for a time it was thought
his neck was broken. Other players
received cuts on their faces, bruised
arras and legs and presented the ap-1
pearance of having been through a
sure-enough battle. They expressed
themselves as being anything but
pleased with the style of sportsman
ship manifested on the part of Ar
lington, but staU that it would do
their friends good to see what hap
pened to at least a uart of the Ar
lington bunch when it was learned
thai they were determined to use un
fair methods of playing.
Quite heavy rains prevailed during
the pant week over the Lexington
wheat belt and just as fast as possi
ble the farmers are getting busy with
their seeding.
The warehouses along the railroad
track are filling to overflowing with
grain and there is prospect that
much may have to be piled outside,
regardless of the fact that shipments
are going out steadily.
The house on the Miller place, oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miller, was
totally destroyed by fire, together
with all its contents at 7:30 Wed
nesday morning. Near the house was
the cellar and smoke house and this
wai also consumed by the flames. Mr.
Miller was Just getting ready to go
to the field to work and Mrs. Miller
was out with him near the barn
when she smelted rags burning. Rush
ing to the house she found an entire
room in blaze, the fire advancing so
far that it was impossible to put it
out with the meager water supply at
hand. It was not learned whether
insurance was carried on the prop
erty which is owned by Mr. Miller's
father who resides in Salem.
Hermsn Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. 0. Hill, who is attending O. A. C,
has been pledged to Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity at Corvallis.
Elderly Woman Ends
Life in Waters of Creek
Mm. Ella It. Young, Evidently De
apondent, Secka End of Troublea
by Drowning
This community wni shocked on
learning of the death of Mra. Ella B.
Young, whoae body waa removed from
the watera of Willow creek after 9
o'clock on Tuesday evening, following
aevoral hours of search made for her
when It had been aacertained that ahe
waa missing from the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. WesthofT aince about
5 o'clock.
Mra. Young, who was the mother
of Mrs. WesthotT, very evidently took
he1 own life by throwing herself into
Witlr.w crock otr the foot bridge near
the Harry Cummings pumping plant.
When the body was discovered it had
been lodged just above the dam
across the creek a few hundred feet
below the bridge. Parties crossing
the foot bridge between 6 and 6 o'
clock had noticed what appeared to
be a woman's henvy cloak Boating on
the water, but did not stop to make
inspection. This later became the
clue that led to the discovery of the
body. Mr. WesthofT made the dis
covery, and assisted by Coroner Case
and others It was removed from tha
water and taken to the undertaking
panora of Case Furniture company.
M Young was aged 60 ycarB, 4
nin ths and 9 days. She has made
h :t homo here lor several years, tha
most of the time with Mr. and Mrs.
Wostholf, and waa known to have
recently made an attempt to destroy
horsolf by the use of chloroform,
and had spelli of extreme despon
doncy. IlnsidoB her daughter here
she is survived by a son residing In
l'alm Beach, Florida.
The funeral will be held at the
Methodist church on Friday after
noon at 2, Rev. E, R. Spaulding, pas
tor, officiating.
ORGANIZATION IS
FARMER'S HOPE
Producers and Consumers Must
Get Together and Equalize
Prices For Results.
Br C. E. 8PENCE. State Market Asent,
729 Court House, Portland.
When tha consumer can buy farm
products somewhere near the price
tha farmer geta for them, then will
one of the big hold backa to agricul
ture ba removed. This can be brought
about when producers and consumers
organise and bring it about.
The present condition of many
profits to all producta before they
reach the home, ia resulting in a big
so-called over-production. High re-
tail priest are narrowing the market
on many producta to the wealthy
claaa, and there are not enough in
this class to anywhere near take the
output. This is especially true on
fruits of all kinds, melons, apples,
etc. The homes will not buy at the
retail prices asked.
Recently a large auto truck with
extension side rack waa driven down
Fourth street, in Portland, fully
loaded with fruit and food that the
public would not pay the high retail
prices for, and rather than sell the
products at prlcea consumers would
pay, the big load was destroyed.
There were watermelons, cantaloupes,
crates of oranges, hundreds of loaves
of bread, bushels of peaches and
peara. These went to the dump, while
hundreds of Portland families went
without fruit.
A alice of melon in a restaurant
will coat mora than the raiser re
ceived for the whole melon. An ear
of corn will cost about what the gar
dener received for a dozen ears. Ap
ples rot on the ground a half dozen
miles outside of Portland because of
low price, while the retail price in
the city ia so high that the worker's
family will not buy them. Thousands
of tons of berries rotted on the vines
in the Willamette valley this season
because there was no market for them
while thousands of families refused
to can them for winter use because
of the high retail price, and the ex
horbitant price of augar.
It will not be a serious undertaking
to get farm producta from the raiser
to the retailer wtih practically one
handling, when farmers, retailers and
consumers get together and go at it
right, and it would seem this action
will be necessary before there can
be a natural consumption, fair mar
ket demand and prices satisfactory
to both raiser and eater. There need
not a pound of farm products be de
nied a market if they could be gotten
to the consumer at a price he could
afford to pay.
In middle west states the aame con
ditions prevail and the people are
changing them. Farmers have or
ganized co-operative selling agencies
in localities, where all products of
like kinds are sold from the one place.
Retailers are cooperating with the
selling agencies and having the pro
ducts delivered direct to their stores
and standi by auto truck service, en
tirely eliminating all middle service.
As these movements are worked out
auccessfully, the plana will spread.
The new potato grading and inspec
tion law is working out very satis
factorily, both growers and shippers
generally being in hearty accord with
the act and complying with its pro
visions. The matter of obtaining sack
stencils for small grower who sells
a few sacks to retailers, haa been the
occasion of many inquiries to the
market office Stencils cut from heavy
pars fine paper may ba had at cost by
applying to G. L. Hyslop, marketing
department of the O. A. C, Corvallis,
Oregon.
RAILROAD MEN VISIT HEPPNER.
W. H. Gould, assistant superintend
ent and II. W. Hicks, traveling pas
senger agent of the O.-W. R. & N. Co.,
with office! in Portland, were visit
ors In Heppner on-the last of the
week. These gentlemen have been
making a tour of the country tribu
tary to their branch lines in Morrow,
Gilliam and Sherman counties, with a
view to getting the aentiment of the
people with reference to discontinu
ing the Sunday tralna on the Hepp
ner, Condon and Shanlko branches.
They assert that these trains are be
ing operated at an actual loss to the
company and there appears no way
to recover on this loss except to
abandon the Sundny train service.
Just what the sentiment hero is in
regard to tha matter, we have not
learned. Shippers of stock desiring
to get in on the Monday market at
Portland would aeem to be the class
more particularly affected. They find
the Sunday train works well for them
in this regard.
CURFEW NOTICE.
By the laws of the City of Hepp
ner, all children under tne age 01
16 years are not allowed on the
streets of the city after 8 o'clock p.
m., unless accompanied by parents or
guardian. This law is not being com
plied with, but it is my determination
to see that is it strictly enforced
hereafter. As the city has no bell to
ring, the hour will be marked by the
town clock.
Parents should cooperate with the
city authorities in carrying out the
intent of the curfew ordinnnce. My
attention has been called to some
very scrrious matters that have hap
pened in the city lately, laid to the
door of n'inors who are running on
the streets after hours.
The marshal haa strict orders to
deul with all infractions of this or
dinance. If parents desire to keep
their children out of trouble, let
them ring the curfew at home, and
koep tho boys and girls in after 8
o'clock p. m. The town clocK will
Ifovorn ths hour.
E. G. NOBLE, Mayor.
E. II. Kellogg was In from Rhea
creek Tuosday. Ed is a breeder of
fine Jersey stock, and in another col
umn he Is advertising somo of this
stock for sale. Look it up.
Attorney C. U Swcok Is now sport
ing a beautiful '24 Bulck touring car
which he purchased from salesman
Dean Goodman of tho Heppner gar
age this week. "
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Len Gilliam was the victim of the
storm which occurred in tha moun
tains on Sunday where he, with his
two brothers. Earl and Clint and
Lester Doo little had gone on a deer
hunt. Tbe men became separated
during the day, and tha storm com
ing on Len was not able to keep his
bearings and failed to come into
camp. He remained out over night,
kept comfortable by a good fire built
between two small fir trees, and hiked
on early the next morning, finally
corrfing out at the Joe Hayes place
on Butter creek, somewhat tired from
a walk of about 16 miles, but feeling
no other discomforts from his ex
perience. Word was sent Into town
of his whereabouts, but not before a
party or two had been organixed here
to go out and look him up, as it was
feared that he might have met with
omt accident
Miss Janet Frasfer, teacher of Eng
lish in Heppner high school has been
compelled to tender her resignation.
Miss Frasier was very seriously in
jured in an automobile accident at
Eugene early in the summer, and on
this account she could not be here
for the opening of school. It was
thought that she would be sufficiently
restored to health to take up her
work with the beginning of the sec
ond school month, but this she finds
impossible, and hence her resignation.
It is reported that Miss Frasier has
lost her speech as a result of the in
juries to her throat, but her physi
cian has hopes that this may be re
stored in time. A successor to Miss
Frasier has not yet been secured.
Joe Hughes was quite seriously in
jured on Wednesday afternoon in a
runaway near the depot grounds. He
was delivering a load of wheat at the
warehouse when his team was fright
ened by another that was running
away, and Mr. Hughes was crowded
off the highway and thrown in such
a manner that a wheel of the loaded
wagon passed over his body. He was
taken to the Heppner hospital where
he is receiving medical attention. It
is feared that Mr. Hughes has re
ceived serious internal injuries.
R. E. Doty, who has been manager
of the btandard Oil company here
for several months past, has been
transferred to a station near Fresno,
Calif., and left today for his new
field. The order to go came rather
suddenly to Mr. Doty and left him no
time to express his good byes to his
numerous friends in this city. If any
of the Beppner folks ever come his
way down couth, Mr. Doty wants them
to be sure and look him up. His suc
cessor here has not been named yet.
Pete Prophet got in from his hunt
ing trip on Tuesday. He states that
the report that he was lost in the
mountains was all a mistake; it was
his wickee-up that waa lost The
storm was severe out there, and Pete
admits htat there was a short time
when he lost his bearings and did
not know just where he was. He was
accompanied on the trip by Mr. Van
Etta, a traveling man from Portland
and his nephew, Louis Pyle, and their
hunt was fruitless.
Nels Johnson, of Gooseberry, was
a Heppner visitor on Wednesday, com-
ng to Heppner in his car from Port
land, where he has been for several
weeks under the care of Dr. Kistner,
who performed a very serious and
delicate operation on Mr. Johnson's
nose and relieved him of a trouble
that he had been suffering from for
more than a year past
John Olden is in town from his
Rhea creek ranch today. He found
it rather difficult getting by some
places on the road to town, owing to
the deposit of rocks and boulders at
different points along the highway.
He states that the rain was pretty
heavy at his place during the than
der storm that passed across the
county last night.
L. E. Bisbee, while in the moun
tains on Monday, accompanied by
Orve Rasmus and others who had
gone out to take up the search for
Len Gilliam, reported lost, succeeded
in bagging a fine buck deer. The ani
mal was brought to town and carved
up by Mr. Rasmus, and the friends
of uBfz" have been enjoying a treat
to venison.
Lloyd McFerrin of this city and
Miss Leona Dausner of Umatilla coun
ty were united in marriage on Wed
nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Allan McFerrin, Rev. W. O. Living
stone of the Christian church per
forming the ceremony. The young
people expect to make their home in
Heppner.
The rrceman property in this city
has been disposed of to Mr. Isom of
Monument, who will soon occupy the
same with his family. Pete Prophet,
who has been living there, will move
into the Mrs. Johnson property on
Main street, formerly occupied by Dr.
Conder.
W. H. Instone was in from his Lena
ranch on Wednesday and states his
part of the county has been thor
oughly soaked with rain, the grass
is coming fine and the hills are green
Mr, Instone was limping, caused by
his horse falling on him, while rid
ing the range a few days ago.
W. E. Hiatt and wife are visiting
in the city this week with their
daughter, Mrs. Owen French, and son,
John Hiatt. They are Just back from
a trip to Walla Walla, where they
visited with other relatives and
friends. Their home is at Kelso,
Wash.
J. W. Beckct came up from his
Portland home the end of the week
and has been engaged in some farm
ing operations out on the Eight Mile
place, expecting to spend about ten
days in looking after business affairs
here.
Charles Barlow went to Portland
the first of the week to re pre en
Doric Lodge No. 20, K. of P. at the
grand lodge in session there. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Barlow, wh
will visit with relativea in the city,
Chnrley Latourell enjoyed some
fine duck shooting on Monday at hi
duck preserve near Boardman. H
bagged 18 of the birds Mid hii
friends here have been enjoyln
feasts since that time.
John T. Kirk has taken to ranch
life again. He has rented the Dexter
place on Willow creek and was busy
moving out there this week.
Postmaster Smead Is laid up
home this week, suffering from th
prevalent epidemic of colds that ii
going about,
GOVERNOR RECALL
IS NOT ON BALLOT
Announcement Comes Out from
Headquarters that Petition
Will Not Be Filed.
The recall of Walter M. Pierce as
governor of Oregon, has apparently
palled; been placed on ice, as it were,
and word now comes out of Portland
headquarters of the recall ers that for
a time, at least, we shall have to
await developments, as it seems def
initely decided that, even though en
ough signers should be secured to
the recall petitions, the question will
not be placed upon the ballot for the
special election called to vote on the
income tax measure, November 6.
From the Oregonian of Tuseday we
have the following signed statement
from the headquarters of the recall
era: The recall committee in session in
the office of A. E. Campbell at noon
today feels very much elated re
garding the turn of affairs In the
administration of the state. The
demanding of the resignation of War
den Johnson Smith of the peniten
tiary has proved conclusively that
the indictment of the recallers has
been substantiated.
The Btate administration through
its police force has seen fit in sev
eral cases to hamper the signature
getters of the recall petitions by ar
resting and barring from the state
fair grounds men who were soliciting
people from throughout the state,
The committee construes that Gov
ernor Pierce was cognizant of the
doings, as one of the petitioners was
heralded before him after his arrest
in Salem. Notwithstanding the atti
tude, which was very antagonistic to
a statute which is on the books which
permits a committee to go to the el
ectors of the state in asking for the
recall of its official, the committee
were sincere in their desire to have
the people of the state pass on the
governor's unfitness. One of the
charges has by the governor's qwn
action been substantiated, but,
there has been some criticism of the
recall committee in which they have
been unjustly accused of starting this
recall as a subterfuge to hamper the
governor in his desire to give the
voters an opportunity to pass on his
ncome tax measure, which he drove
through the legislature with admin-
strati ve power.
The committee feels at this time
that it will suspend the soliciting
of petitions in order to permit the
governor to go to the people with his
measure on the income tax, the same
people that the recall committee nec
essarily had to go to to obtain the
ignatures. The committee feels that
there is no class of people on earth
that believe in the spirit of fair play
more than the voters of this glorious
country, so we are hereby serving
notice on the governor that he can
rely that there will be no recall pe
titions filed for the election in No
vember. The committee wish at this time
to say to the voters that they will
ave an opportunity to vote on the
recall; neither are they giving out
whether they are over the number or
under the number, but feeling that
the governor should be permtited as
the chief executive of the state to
explain his views and the benefits of
the income tax, if there are any, and
the committee unanimously vote that
this is merely a mark of respect to
the office that he now holds.
RECALL COMMITTEE,
Walter G. Smith, Secretary.
'atron-Teachers Hold
First Business Meeting
The regular meeting of the P. T. A.
was held Tuesday aftenoon in the
High School auditorium with a good
attendance.
The following excellent program
was given: A song by Miss Davies,
who kindly responded to an encore.
This being Fire Prevention week, the
numbers given by the pupils pertain
ed to that subject. Winnifred Thorn
son gave a recitation and this was
followed by a mock trial by Mrs.
Finch b grade. All offenders were ac
quitted by the jury excepting Care
lessness. The last number was
reading by Miss Christ,
The meeting then proceeded to the
transaction of business.- The first
item to be considered was that of
sending a delegate to the Btate con
vention which will meet at Medford
October 28-25. This matter was tabl
ed for lack of available candidate,
Mrs. Boyer brought before the
meeting a proposed plan for providing
drinking fountains on the play ground
at an estimated cost of (50 for two.
The association decided to install
them in the near future.
Mr. Hedrick then addressed the
meeting about his plans for awaken
ing an interest in debating and speak
ing. He would like to see the same
interest in this activity as in athlet
ics, and as an incentive he proposed
giving a cup to the winning team and
offered to meet half the expense of it
himself. Plans along this line will
be worked out more fully later.
The president, Mrs. Woodson, gave
notice that at the next meeting a vote
would be taken on changing the time
when dues should be paid. The ob
ject of this change is to make avail
able the funds that would come in
during the year.
The work of the P. T. A. for the
coming year will be carried
through the following committees:
membership, publicity, civic, finance
and child welfare. Slips of paper
were passed through the audience and
all were asked to write their firs
and second choice for the committee
on which they would like to serve,
The object is to have every membe
an active member. The prosiden
stated that the P, T, A, was now th
only organization of a civic nature in
the town and expressed the hope that
as a community we would rally to
its support and do much good work
this coming year.
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE.
Mr, and Mrs. M. fc. Cotter of Tone
were visitors in Heppner for a short
time yesterday.
Waseo-Ueppner Clash.
Heppner's first football game wan
played with Wasco at Wasco last Sat
urday. The boys left at 6:00 in the morn
ing in the midst of a heavy nin
storm. However, the rain could not
dampen their ardor nor that of the
few backers who were out to see them
off, and they left with a regular fight
spirit.
Two break downs on the way de
layed the team at Arlington, and the
game did not begin until late on ac
count of the failure of the team to
show up at the scheduled time.
The whistle blew about 3:00 o'clock.
Heppner received the ball and in two
minutes had it on their opponent's
twenty yard line. Aiken made a wide
end run for fifteen of the twenty re
maining yards, but the referee
brought the team back to the twenty
yard line and penalized our boys five
yards for "off side."
The breaks of the game seemed to
be for Wasco and she received the
ball on "downs." The Heppner boys
then settled down and held them,
again receiving the ball. Heppner
proceeded to plow through them, and
at the end of the first quarter was on
their eight yard line.
When the team was moved to the
other side of the field they were up
against a hill, which made playing
very difficult. Wasco again received
the ball on downs but not before
Heppner put it up to their two yard
line. Wasco punted to our team and
it was run back to their forty yard
line. However, the half ended with
the two teams still fighting back and
forth in Wasco's territory.
Going back in the third, the odds
seemed to be for Heppner when the
Wasco quarterback intercepted a pass
and ran for thirty or forty yards. The
next play was bum and they went
thru on an off-tackle buck for forty
yards and a touchdown. They failed
to kick goal.
In the last ten minutes of play,
Heppner ran the ball up to Wasco's
ten yard line four times. With one
minute to go and only one more play
possible, Brick Hall received the ball
from the quarterback and went over
the line for a touchdown with ten
seconds left. Heppner also missed
the try for goal, making the score a
tie, 6 to 6.
It was wonderful work on the part
of Heppner's team, playing under
such handicaps as it was. It was due
to the real fight spirit on the part of
the boys and the excellent training
given them by Coach Mather. The
H. S. is very proud of her team and
Heppner itself should be.
Paul Aiken was elected captain of
the football team and Austin Smith
business manager.
A literary society was organized
last week by alt those interested in
such work. As yet it has no name
or constitution, but committees have
been appointed to attend to these
things. Mr. Hedrick was elected crit-
s and the officers are:
President, Bernice Woodson; vice-
president, Charles Notson; secretary,
Dorothy Pattison; treasurer, Harold
Becket.
Different activities along education-
1 lines will be taken up in the so-
ety.
The contest between the Barney
Googles and Spark Plugs has closed.
The Spark Plugs won, having obtain-
d twenty-three subscriptions to the
Barney Googles' 11. The total for
the school was $17.
A student body meeting was held
last Friday, at which reports were
given by the committees on orchestra
and literary societies. It was arrang
ed to have a rally, which came off
with great success that evening.
U. of O. vs. Whitman,
Pendleton, Oct. 19th
Football fans of Eastern Oregon
are much interested in the coming
attle between the University of Ore
gon and Whitman College football
teams, which will meet in Pendleton
at Round-Up Park, on October 19th.
Both teams seem to be of about equal
calibre, and Coach Borleskie of Whit
man College and Coach -"Shy" Hunt-
ngton of Oregon both concede that it
will be one of the best games of ths
season. Last year Oregon was able to
defeat the Missionaries by the narrow
margin of 6 to 3, and this year the
sons of Marcus Whitman are deter
mined to even up scores.
Last year this game, which is the
only collegiate football game to be
played in Eastern Oregon this sea
son, attracted 6000 people to Pen
dleton, and the crowd this year, with
good roads snd special railroad fares,
gives evidence of being by far the
nrgest which ever witnessed a sport-
ng event in this part of the country.
RECEPTION GIVEN PASTOR.
About 100 of the members and
friends of the Methodist church in
this city gathered at the church on
Friday evening to tender their new
pnrttor, Rev. F. R. Spaulding and his
family a reception and a hearty
welcome to his new charge. Mus
ical numbers were a strong feature
of the entertainment, and M. L. Case
delivered the address of welcome
which was responded to in a pleas
ing manner by Mr. Spaulding. A so
cial hour then followed, the climax
of which was refreshments of cake
nnd coffee.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
Farm consisting of 6-10, located in
the Blackhorae country, known as the
Lacy farm. 275 acres in summerfal-
low now ready to sow to grain. If
Interested, address W. C. LACY,
Heppner, Oregon. It.
W. A. Wilcox, accompanied by Mrs.
Wilcox and the Misses Mabry and
Virginia Currin, all of Grosham, are
visiting this week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. I Cox. They ar
rived here on Friday for a stay of
ten days.
W. P. Mahoney, of the First Na
tional bank, returned on Tuesday
from a business trip to Portland.
HOT LUNCHES IN
RURAL SCHOOLS
Usual School Lunch Does Not
Contain Proper Foods; Hot
Lunches Needed.
Br FREDERICK D. STRICKER, II. D.,
Orca-on State Board of Health.
Time was when this business of hot
lunches in schools was considered a
fad or experiment. This time has
now changed. In most schools the
children bring their lunches from
home. These are not only cold and
unpalatable, but in many cases are
far from being suitable to the needs
of growing children. The hot lunch
is not intended to substitute the reg
ular box lunch, but to supplement it.
In our city schools the hot lunch plan
has already demonstrated its value
and is being generally adopted. The
advantages to the city child are that
he is enabled to get a hot lunch at
school for a few pennies, and ia also
enabled to get the proper kind of
nourishment, instead of candy and
lollipops bought over the counter.
In the rural districts the need of
hot lunches is even greater than in
the cities. Many children come for
a distance and have to walk to school.
In order to be on time they must
rise early, eat a poorly prepared
breakfast hastily, and set out to
school. Their lunch is cold and un
palatable, and the only satisfactory
meal they get is the evening meal
Undernourishment, malnutrition, and
inefficiency are the results.
With a little tact and ingenuity on
the part of the teacher, however, the
necessary equipment for a hot lunch
may be secured. If the school board
or some civic association will not
purchase it, it may be securd by do
n at i on . T h e re a re severs 1 m eth od s
for securing the food supply for hot
lunches. In some cases the school '.
board or some civic organization fur-:
nishes the money. Usually it is found
necessary for the patrons of the
school to furnish the food supply.
Each pupil or family may volunteer
to furnish the lunch for one day, or a
certain item of the lunch for each
day. Cocoa, chocolate, soups, stews,
custards, chowder, and puddings are
especially adapted for hot school
lunches. "The School Lunch," Ore
gon Agricultural College Bulletin No.
222, contains many helpful sugges
tions on the subject of the hot lunch.
In rural schools, where there is of
ten no course in domestic science, the
hot lunch offers a means of teaching
the children many lessons in regard to
cooking, and the relative values of
foods. In schools where hot lunches
have been served the following results
have been obtained. (1) Pupils are
enabled to do better work in -the af
ternoon. (2) More interest is mani
fested in school work. (3) Oppor
tunity is offered for the teaching of
practical hygiene and sanitation. (4)
A better balanced diet is obtained for
the school children. (G) Pupils are
taught to take more time for eating
and digesting their food. (6) Oppor
tunity is offered for the teaching of
neatness and better table manners.
(7) A general improvement is ob
tained in nutrition and efficiency of
the pupils.
Does your school serve hot lunches?
If not, NOW is the time to start.
Wheat Nurseries Contain
New Turkey Red Wheat
Wheat nurseries are benig planted
this week by County Agent Morse on
the Lawrence Redding farm in Eight
Mile and on the Troy Bogard farm
north of lone. These nurseries are
being put out in cooperatoin with the
Moro experiment station and will con
tain approximately 400 rows includ
ing many of the leading varieties
that have been tested out and grown
at the station, all of the smut resist
ing wheats that have been found and
number of smut treatment tests.
A feature of this year's nurseries
are selections or. a wnite grained
Turkey Red wheat. If the yield of
this wheat is satisfactory it will be
of considerable importance in thi:
section as it will have all advantages
of Turkey and will sell on a parity
with other white wheats.
These nurseries give an opportun
ity for the local farmers to become
acquainted with many of the varieties
of wheat, some of which may prove
profitable and also gives data as to
yields and habits of growth under
the varying conditions of Eastern Or
egon.
Thunder Storm Visits
The Heppner Section
This section was visited by a rather
heavy thunder storm last night, and
big shower of rain followed. The
storm lasted for an hour or more, and
from information received here this
forenoon It reached the proportion:
of a waterspout in several sections.
A big lot of water came down Black-
horse canyon and flooded some of
the buildings in its wake at Lexing
ton, though no damage of a seriou
nature resulted. At several places
along the highway it is reported th
waters ran over the grade and on the
market road near the mouth of Rhea
crook heavy boulders were washed in
to the middle of the road. The rai
seems to have been heavy in th
south and west portions of the coun
ty.
ON JOB 21 YEARS.
Wm. Ayers has been on the job con
tinuously as janitor for the past 21
years. During this time he has kept
the boilers in the furnace room in re
pair, looked after the plumbing
other repairs about the building and
proved himself a faithful servan
We are led to remark, also, thnt Bill
has never received any boost in sal
ary at any time, and during all th
times when others were receiving a
vances in wages, he pegged away for
the same compensation and we opine
that he also saved the county man;
dollars In the costs of necessary re
pnirs thnt he was able to manual
He should he entitled to the reward
that comes to the faithful servant.
TmiUgeek
Five Years and Changes.
Power at the Mine.
Thanks to Mr. Eastman.
Bad Advertising.
Five years ago this month more
than 400,000 United States soldiers
began the drive on the Argonne. Sev
enteen thousand were killed, many
wounded, in fighting that stretched
along a forty-mile front.
Soon after that the war was over.
Five years ago. and the soldiers,
to whom excited and frightened big
pocketbooks promised the moon and
stars, have not yet received a penny
of the pitifully small bonus that rep
resents the dwindling down of all
the gratitude. .
There's a plan to simplify the coal
problem. Railroads won't like it
no more coal to carry. Middlemen will
detest it.
The idea is change the coal into el
ectric torrent at the mine.
Electricity carries itself over the
wires, with no bumping of freight
car, no flat wheels, no loading and
unloading. Instead of buying coal,
changing it into power and heat five
hundred or a thousand miles from the
mine, skilled labor at the mines would
change coal into electricity to be
used for heat, light, power, wherever
wai.ted. That will come in time.
It ought to come now.
Thanks to Mr. Eastman, of Roches
ter, and the wide, wide world, this
country sees efficient and thorough
evelopment of the musical talent.
To help a nation in music is to help
it intellectually. Music and intellect
are sisters. Music arouses the brain,
refreshes and stimulates it, as noth
ing else can do. Music is the only
stimulant that has no "next day" of
let down and reaction.
Mr. Eastman's school of music in
the University of Rochester brings
to the city and to the students of
music the best musicians of the
world, and provides musical genius
with a magnificent setting in a beau
tiful opera house, given to the city
by Mr. Eastman ana paying finan
cial profit to no one.
Young people from all over the
United States win scholarships that
give them free teaching and $1,000
year for living expenses.
Thus, one man's success finds ex
pression in a way that benefits an en
tire nation.
The government has sold the heart
of Muscle Shoals plant to a corpora
tion, and that ends Henry Ford s at
tempt to get the great water power.
It ends also the possibility of his
carrying out the promise to give the
farmers cheap fertilizer and it gives
Ford and the farmers permanent pos
session of a very good complaint
if they want to use it in politics.
The Rev. Arthur Wilde, Sweden-
borgian, says the Garden of Eden
was a state of mind. So is every
thing else, including happiness and
misery. Epictetus, deformed, and a
lave, was happy. Croesus, rolling in
gold, miserable, worried. Nothing is
real. All wealth, gold, diamonds, the
sun and stars, our own bodies rep
resent nothing more solid than elec
trons and orotons, made of negative
and positive electricity, locked up in
atoms that vary in construction, ac
cording to the element composed.
The elements are interchangeable.
Mutter has no existence, mind and
its states are the only real things,
the real universe. There is no big,
no little, no beginning, no end. In
fact, it's all quite confusing.
Mussolini decides to sell advertis
ing space on postage stamps.
It will not be good publicity. Ad
vertising on street car transfers, tri
ed, is found not worth while. Ad
vertising on postage stamps will be
worth even less.
The person putting on the stamp
won't look at, much lesa read, the
advertising.
Advertising ia valuable only when
put where people want to see it, when
they have leisure to read it. The
best advertising is in newspapers.
Repitition ia reputation.
Carnarvon's brother Is dead, more
food for superstition. The other Car
narvon, who dug into the tomb of
Tutankhamen, died naturally. Some
insect bite produced blood poisoning.
The Carnarvon brother said, when
his brother opened the tomb, "Some
thing dreadful will surely happen to
our family." He died naturally, like
his brother, from complications fol
lowing an operation. Still, the su
perstitoius will believe that a Phar
aoh, turned to dust, reaches out with
his curse throughout thirty-five hun
dred years.
In tha rhilippinee. General Wood
ia using the army to fight locusts
that eat the crops. That's the kind
of war that armies SHOULD make,
and tha only kind that they will make
when the earth becomes civilized.
Government flying machines now
are spraying forests to protect treee
from pests. In France, Hying ma
chines replant denuded mountains.
That work will go on when war, as
a killing trade, will have been long
forgotten,
NOTICE.
To the people of Heppner and vl
clnity: The Hotel Heppner dining
room will be under our own manage
ment beginning Oct. 16th. We will
serve flrst-clase meals at reasonable
prices, and Invite your patronage. Ev
erybody welcome.
W. E. BELL, Prop.
LMEBCEM
T. OCT. 14TH
Attention Will Be Called
Especially to Prohi
bition Law.
GOVERNOR APPEALS
Chief Execntlve Urgee All Citizena
to Support Officers in Law En
forcement Efforts.
Upon the request of the Anti-Sa
loon League of Oregon and the Wo
men', Christian Temperance Union
the week beginning Sunday, October
14th, will be designated as Law Ob
servance and Law Enforcement Week,
Ministers throughout the state have
been requested to preach upon lomc
aspect of Law Enforcement and it is
stated that practically every minis
ter in the state will devote a part or
all of the aermon to this topic on the
above date.
Mr. Herwig, Superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League of Oregon, speak
ing for all the organizations, givea
out the following interview:
This call is issued in recognition
of the tremendous propaganda which
ia being carried on to nullify prohi
bition and to discredit all law. It ia
a clarion call to those who believe in
prohibition but who with the passage
of the Eighteenth Amendment and the
enactment of the Volstead law felt
that the fight waa over and lost ac
tive interest.
"Realizing that this inactivity and
apathy has resulted in an apparent
growth of liquor sentiment and in a
non-observance of the enfocement
act not only by state officials and
bootleggers but also by men and wo
men who relaw-abiding in every
other way ia the reason for law en
forcement work, with the idea of re
covering the morale of the moral and
Christian forces upon the Prohibition
issue.
"The problem involved is the con
stitution versus personal liberty or
the mob versus law. It calls on mor
al and Christian forces and religious
organization to magnify the import
ance of good citizenship in the ob
servance of all law but specially the
Prohibition law. It is our conviction
that the sentiment for law observ
ance when mobilized in co-operation
with Federal, State and Municipal
officials can make the Prohibition law,
aa effective as any other and answer
forever whether or not the American
form of government ia failure."
The object of this campaign is to
create a whole-hearted sentiment in
favor of observing the Prohibition
lawa aa well as all laws and the ef
fective enforcement of all laws.
Governor Make, AppeaL
Governor Pierce, in furtherance of
the Law Enforcement Week idea, haa
issued the following:
"The Oregon legislature at ita last
se8sion enacted,drastic laws for the
enforcement of prohibition. It creat
ed the office of Prohibition Commis
sioner. It haa taken time to organize
the forces but in the six months last
past there have been 197 arrests, 182
convictions, and a total amount of
$51.ii57.&4 in fines, 8,505 days in the
county jails for the violation of the
law. Twenty-four stills and sixteen
automobilea have been confiscated.
"I find that the strongest deterrent
for violators of the prohibition law
is a jail sentence. Almost without
exception, I have, as Govenor, refused
executive clemency to those justly
tried and sentenced for the violation
of the prohibition act.
"Alcoholic liquors clog the brain
and prevent the God-given right of
human beings to think. It is more
necessary now to use our intellect aa
human beings than ever before. It ia
an age of machinery which men can-
not aafely direct on the roads and
elsewhere unless the brain is clear,
I What America demands today is an
active brain, freed from the effect of
j alcoholic liquor, because America
i stands at the head of the world in
almost every human activity.
I ask the churches of the State
and every lover of law and order to
recognize the week commencing Oc-
toberr 14, 1923, as LAW ENFOKCn
MENT WEEK, and to make Oregon in
that week, as well as every other
week, the driest state in the Union.
Would urge upon the ministers of
the State to preach on 'Law Enforce
ment' in one of the services Sunday,
October 14th, thus helping to create
a public conscience in favor of Law
and Order.
As Governor of the State of Ore
gon I ask all law-abiding citizens to
support the law enforcement omcers
of their community.
WALTER M. PIERCE,
"Governor."
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Lord's Day, October 14.
The church is the best friend of
mankind. To the man who prizes
sanity. peacefulness. pure-mlnded-
ness, happiness and longevity, she is
necessity, lou are invited to co
operate with and enjoy such an In
stitution, ours is the New Testament
Church. Bible school at 9:45, Mrs.
Livingstone, superintendent; Com
munion and preaching at 11 o'clock,
sermon theme, "Scriptural Evangel
ism." Junior and Intermediate Chris
tian Endeavor at 4 p. m., and Senior
Chriatian Endeavor at 6:30, Vawter
Parker, leader. Preaching and song
service at 7:30. The sermon theme
will be tha fourth of the aeries bo
ing delivered by the pastor each
Lord's Day evening, and the subject
will be, "Is God's Presence Discern
ible on the Earth?" Yuu will lind a
most cordial welcome at all tho r
vice,. LIVINGSTONE.
W. E. Hiatt, who lias been visiting
for several days at the home of his
son Jay, who resides on the George
Vinson place on Butter creek, states
that Mrs. Hiatt Is the proud possessor
of about 100 line turkeys that will be
in prime shape fur the Thanksgiving
season. Ho thinks lie nvr saw a
finer bunch of turkeys anywhere.