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The Gazette-Times
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 40, Number 31. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 1923. Subscription 2.00 Per Yesr
COOPERATION TO
L BE
Lexington Doped to
Win Saturday's Game
11E TAX BILL IN
OUR PRAYER THAT WE MAY NEVER FORCET
SETTLE UNREST
E
Nearly Three-Quarters of
Mile of Grade Inside
of City Limits.
COST TO BE OVER $6000
Will Make Easy Outlet to Heppner
Flat; County Will Uae Their
Equipment and Do Work.
At tha meeting of the city council
on Monday evening maps and speci
fication! of the new grade out of
Heppner to join the Heppner-Hard-man
market road at the city limits,
were presented by County Surveyor
Ki runner, together with his estimate
of the probable cost of construction.
Afetr going over the matter thorough,
ly, the council accepted the same un
animously and took the necessary
preliminary steps to get the work
done.
The survey covers approximately
3000 feet, the starting point being at
the intersection of Main and May
streets at the Gilliam A Bisbee cor
ner. At a point where the rock bluff
projects into Main street the grade
wilt begin to take to the hill and the
line of the street will be followed to
the west, making the ascent to the
city limits on a Ave per cent grade.
Some of the way the work will be in
rock and pretty heavy, but the sur
veyor is of the opinion that his esti
mates are Ubreal enough to take care
of this. Another item of extra ex
pense will be the long haul of crush
ed rock from the quarry, all of which
is taken into consideration in the es
timates. The county has offered the
use of all machinery necessary to do
the road building and to do the work
at actual cost, as they realize the
splendid benefit the new grade will
be. The fact is that this piece of
road Improvement is long past due,
and whether or not the city can build
it for the price estimated Is not the
question to be raised now, In the view
of the council, as well as all others
informed, as this is the link that com
pletes the present unit of the Hepp-ner-Hardman
market road, and makes
that road a practical utility for the
city. So It seems that the financial
end of the proportion will not be al
lowed to stand In the way and all ar
rangements for the early starting of
the work will be promptly completed.
For long years it has been neces
sary to climb a 10 per cent grade to
got out of Heppner to the south and
the worst part of the road getting In
to the city from that direction has
been right in town. The state high
way department has doubtless been
deterred from doing much toward
helping in the work of getting a good
road built between this city and
Httrdman, and beyond, because of the
condition of the grade inside the city,
a.ul this will be a big step toward
getting some much needed help touch
ing the Hardman-Spray cut off when
that proposition comes up in the fu
ture. This Is an important piece of road
improvement on the part of the city
and It is to be hoped that there will
be no unnecessary delay in getting it
under construction.
Monument Scene of Fa
tal Shooting on Saturday
Claud A mom Slayer of Carl Minkler,
l Oiargnl With First
Drirres Murdrr.
Monument, Oregon, waa the actne
of a fatal shooting affray on laat
Saturday evening when Claud Amoi
ahot and killed Carl Minkler, In an
Altercation between the two men.
At Canyon City on Monday, Amoi
was bound over to the grand jury on
a charge of first degree murder and
his bond fixed at i5000. In the pre
liminary hearing Amos testified that
he fired in self defense.
At an inquest held after the killing
witnesses testified that the two men
had been on bad terms for a long time
and that the shooting occurred when
they met In front of the new hall at
Monument. Minkler was said to have
been the aggressor in the quarrel that
followed.
The shooting was done with a .22
calibre rifle. The bullet pierced Mln
kler's left hand and then entered the
body to the right of the heart. The
wounded man ran about 80 yards to
the Gabler garage and felt dead.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST.
November 11, 192S.
It la your privilege to test the sat
isfaction of spiritual food: come and
worship with us on next Lord's Day
and be fed. The Dible School meets
at 9:45 o'clock, followed by the Com.
munion Service and preaching at 11
The subject of the morning sermon
will be, "Our Declaration of Depend
ence." The Christian Endeavorera
will meet at 6:30 and Elaine Sigsbee
will lead the meeting. Theae meet.
ings are great and no young person
In the community can afford to miss
them. The evening preaching service
la at 7:30 and the theme for the eve
nlng sermon will bo, "Do I Pay My
Honest Debts?" We shall be glad
to have you worship with ua in our
new church home,
LIVINGSTONE!.
HOME POINTERS.
(From O, A. C. Experiment Station.)
Dishes needed In the kitchen are
most conveniently stored nar the
nlnce of fllllnp, as plnttora and veit
etnble dishes. Only such china or
silver as needed in dining room
should be stored there. Why take the
dlshos to the dining room to atore
then after washing If they must be
brought to kitchen again before aerv-
ing the next meal. Ua your head
and save your heeli,
Senator Brookart, Returning From
Europe, Says Movement
Gaining There.
Rr C. E. 8PENCE, Stat Market Agent.
Smith W. Brookart, Republican U.
S. Senator from Iowa, who recently
returned from Europe, where as a del
egate from the Co-operative League
of America, he attended the Interna
tional eo-operative congress, says
that he believes that the co-opera
tive movement, rightly handled, can
ettle the unrest of the world. He
aaya it ia the "only constructive idea
that has survived the war," and that
it la having a wonderful growth and
results In Europe.
The Senator states that the co-oper
atives absolutely dominate Poland;
that the plana are so earefully and
thoroughly worked out that the eapi
taliata have no place In them; that
they have riven up the fight to con
trol producta and prices, and that
they are content to loan their money
to the co-operativea.
Of Denmark he said the great pack
ing industry is controlled by co-operative
organizationa of farmera and
consumera, and that the system ia far
more efficient than the packing trusts
of this country. He said the country
practically a co-operative repub
lic
Of the movement in Great Britain
i says that country "can practic
ally supply every want the modern
civilized man can require," and that
Germany has even a greater mem
bership than Great Britain, and that
up to the time of recent internal
upheavals, the movement was making
tremendous progress.
In Russia he said thirty per cent
of the faetoriea, stores and the in
dustries of the nation were in control
of co-operatives and that the volume
of business Is six times greater (In
gold) than before the war.
The United States has been very
low in taking up the co-operative
movement, but the aerioua condition
of agriculture during the past three
yeara is arousing farmers to the ne
cessity of some meana of relief, and
the co-operative movement aeems to
be the one hope in sight. Consumers,
alao, are casting about for a meana to
lower cost of living and are agitating
organizations to co-operate with far
mera with the purpose of getting food
products more direct and at lower
prices.
The Department of Agriculture
states that two million people left the
farma last year because they could
not make a living, and thousands
more would no doubt have left if they
had been able to have sold or rented
their land.
A country cannot be generally
prosperous unless its greatest indus
try, food production, is prosperous.
This is an age of combination and
price fixing and agriculture must
huve a part in the aystem or it must
continue to be the deflstion "goat"
of the nation. It ia not labor when
the farmers are ready to organize.
The depression of the past two years
chould soon have them ready.
r.y group strength farmera can con
trol their industry in the same way
that manufacturers control theira.
Through organization they can regu-
ate production, control distribution.
determine prices. They can reform
the middle handling system and con
trol It. By co-operation with retail-
era and consumers they can get their
producta to the consumers at greatly
reduced expenses, thereby getting a
profit for themselves based on cost of
production, and at the same time hold
retail prices down to where there
will be normal consumption. When
farmers are ready these conditions
can and will be brought about.
Morrow County I. O. O. F.
To Hold Joint Meetings
Following out the plan of last sea-
eon, the Odd Fellows lodges of Mor
row county will hold a series of joint
meetings In which all the lodges will
participate. The schedule for these
meetings has been arranged as fol
lows:
Hardman, Saturday evening, No
vember 10; Heppner, Wednesday eve
ning, December 6; Lexington, Thurs
day evening, January 10; lone, Sat
urday evening, February 2; Morgan,
Thursday evening, February 21.
lh work of exemplifying the var
ious degrees of the order will be han
dled by the lodges aa follows: Mor
gan, initlatoin; lone, 1st; Lexington,
2nd, and Heppner, 3rd.
These joint meetings proved of
much interest last year and it ia ex
pected that the coming series will be
equally as good, if not better.
Mrs. Lillic Cohn Dies
at Los Angeles, Calif
Mrs. Lillie Cohn of Pendleton, who
waa for a great many years before
going to that city a resident of Hepp
ner, died In Loa Angelea on Friday
last, iter death occurred shortly af'
ter she had reached that city, where
she had gone to spend the winter In
the hopes that her health would be
benefitted, On the way to California
Mrs. Cohn took a very aevere cold and
the fact that ahe had been an invalid
for a number of yeara mado it Impos
sible for her to overcome its effects,
Mrs. Cohn was 51 yeara of age at
the time of her death. She ia sur
vived by her daughter, Mrs. Gladys
Phelps, her aged mother, Mrs. Reu,
and a brother, Albert Rea, all of Pen
dleton, and one sister residing In Ar
izona. She was a member of the
Circle and the Rebekaha. Mrs, Cohn
waa buried In Portland on Mondny
laat, where the body had been ship
ped lor Interment. -
For a number of yeara previous to
leaving Heppner Mra. Cohn was en
gaged in the millinery business here,
and she enjoyed the esteem of a very
large circle of friends in this city
For Carpet and Rug Weaving, call
or write Mra. Wm. Drlacoll, Box 213,
Heppner, Oregon.
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LOCAL K ITEMS
The Morrow County Tax Commis
sion, consisting of W. G. McCarty,
Lee Padberg and Chas. B. Cox, met
on Friday at the court house and or
ganized by electing Mr. McCarty as
chairman and selecting La Verne Van
Marter as secretary. In order that
the budgets might all be in and that
some necessary books and blanks se-
ured before operations of the com
mission actually begin, a postpone
ment was taken until Monday next,
the 12th, when the commission will
get down to business.
A. L. Larson has traded his ranch
the East End, ctl'ed Grmlntim
Homestead, to Mr. Calkins of Leban-
Oregon, for a ranch down there.
Mr. Calkins is the father of C. C.
Calkins, our former county agent.
Mr. Calkins and wife came up Tues
day night to look things over and the
Larsens plan to leave as soon as they
can dispose of their stock Board
man Mirror.
Ross Giger and wife and young son
are visitors in Heppner, coming up
from their Portland home yesterday.
Ross is employed with the Mack
Truck company at Portland and was
n the city looking after business for
his firm.
The ladies missionary society of
the Christian church will hold a spec
ial meeting in the Endeavor room at
the church at 7:30 this evening. There
will be a good program followed by
refreshments.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will hold a food sale at the store of
Sam Hughes Co. on the morning of
Saturday, November 17th, and will
greatly appreciate the patronage of
the public.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Helms of Lex
ington were visitors here on Wednes
day. Mr. Helms has finished up his
fall work and has his summerfallow
all seeded, the grain coming along
well.
Mr. and Mrs. John M, Spencer and
daughter. Miss Bernice Spencer are
up from their Butter creek farm to
day for a short visit with Heppner
relatives.
L. P. Davidson came up from lone
i Wednesday to be present at the
regular term of county court, now in
session.
J. G. Thomson, of the firm of Thom
son Bros., left for Portland on Wed
noday to be absent for a few days on
business.
Milton R. Morgan and wife of lone
spent a few houra In this city on
Wednesday.
DAVID PRESLEY DIES SUDDENLY
The very sudden death of David
Presley, s pioneer resident of the
Butter creek section, occurred last
Thursday in the mountains at the
T nines Brown place beyond Freezeout.
Mr. Preftley, who was at work for Mrs.
T. J. Mntlock, was banking out wood
at the time. Feeling badly, when he
reached the Brown place, he tied the
horses and (rot off the wagon, sitting
down beside a small building and ex
pired in a few minutes, his death be
ing caused apparently by appoplcxy.
and there wob no sign of a struggle.
He was discovered in this condition
shortly afterwards by Mrs. Brown,
who notified her husband and the
word was sent to the outside. Mr.
Presley had been ailing for a number
of days, but kept at work, though
hardly able to get about.
Mr. Presley was a native Or soman
having been horn In Benton county
January G, 1HT.8, and was 6E years, 9
months and 2fl days old at the tfme
of his death. He had lived the most
of his life In this county, principally
at Butter creek. He married Miss
Julia Ferguson of Heppner and to
this union two children were born, a
son and daughtor. Elmer, the son,
who served an enlistment in the navy
during the war, died at the govern-
ment hospital in Denver about two
years ago; the daughter, Mrs. Nellie
Harris, of Heppner, survives. The
mother passed away when the chil
dren were small.
Funeral services for Mr. Presley
wore hold at the Methodist church in
this city on Sunday afternoon, con
ducted by the pastor, Rov, Spaulding.
Dr. D. R, Haylor, eye specialist, will
be at Heppner, two days only Mon
day and Tuesday, Nov. 19 and 20,
nicely.
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County Agents' Service
Meets General Approval
All Oregon Counties But One Now
Have Agenta Budget Support
Item; Two Added.
All the county courta in counties
carrying on agricultural extension
ork through county agents, with a
single exception, have made provision
for continuation of the county pro
gram by including appropiiationa in
the budgets recently made up, and in
addition Grant county included the
item for the first time, and Clacka
mas county where the cbrty funds
were provided by privat aubsceJn
tion haa restored the item to the blffl
gijt. The single exception waa Linn
county where difficulty hi s been ex
perienced in securing county funds
for this work many timea and where
for three yeara at one time the farm
era raised the necessary money by
private aubscription.
Outstanding work of the year which
has contributed to the general ap
preciation of the service haa been the
establishment of recirculation sys
tems in prune dryers in western Ore
gon, reducing drying costa, work in
connection with the dairy industry,
and a constructive attack on the mar
keting problem. In Deschutes county
the application of sulphur, first con
ducted by the county agricultural
agent, has increased yields 40 per
cent, reports representative farmers
and business men.
I0NE NEWS ITEMS
Mrs. Leon a Holmes, wife of Frank
Holmes, passed away at their home
in Portland Sunday, October 21, and
was laid to rest in the Mt. Scott cem
etery, Tuesday, Oct. 23. Mrs. Holmes
was a resident of Morrow county for
a number of years. They farmed in
the Gooseberry country, later moving
into lone, where they lived until a
few years ago when they moved to
Portland where they have since re
sided. Mrs. Holmes had been in poor
health for several years and nothing
had been spared for her comfort.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lininger arrived
Tuesday from Portland. Mr. Linin
ger has rented the shop of the lone
Garage where he will soon be locat
ed. They are moving their household
effects into the apartments over the
printing office. We are glad to wel
come Mr. and Mrs. Lininger to our
little town.
Chas. O'Neill, who has been with
the lone Garage since H. J. Biddle
opened it up last June, will leave
soon for California where he goes
to look for another location. We ate
sorry to have them leave lone as they
have lived here a number of years.
A number of friends of Mrs. Mary
Hale gave her a pleasant surprise
Monday afternoon, it being her 78th
birthday. The afternoon waa spent
in visiting and refreshments were
served. May she live to enjoy many
more such pleasant surprises.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchanon moved
into the Blake property on Second
street this week. Mr. Buchanon has
disposed of his ranch above lone to
Antone Holup, of Scio, Ore. who has
taken possession.
Henry Clark who was operated on
for appendicitis a week ago last Fri
day was able to be brought home
Monday afternoon. He la improving
rapidly and will soon be out again.
Mrs. Elmer Griffith has been confln
ed to her bed for the past several
days with an attack of pleuresy but
is improving and we hope to see her
up again soon.
Lewis Jackson, who has been haul
ing wheat in lone vicinity, departed
Monday for California. He intends
returning to Morrow county if crops
are good.
The small son of Chas. O'Neill was
operated on Monday afternoon by Dr,
Walker and is reported to be doing
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell left
Monday morning for Portland to take
in the stock show.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Engleman were in
lone Sunday afternoon.
Ed Keller was a visitor In lone on
Tuesday.
For Sale
ally new,
Anderson.
Heating stove, practlc-
Price $16. See Gay M
Wen
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CECIL HEWS ITEMS
Mr. and Mra. A. Troedson from
their ranch near lone were calling
at Busy Bee ranch on Wednesday for
tome ox R. E. Duncan a famous Cecil
honey. Al also was heard ordering
dinner for himself on election day
at Cecil. Asked what the harry was:
Answer, "Want to be ahead of 'Wid,'
the famed 'eat and get fat' champion
of Morrow county.
Archdeacon Goldie of Cove held a
service in Cecil hall on Wednesday
evening. Between twenty and thirty
people turned out to hear the very
impressive address given by the Arch
deacon. Archdeacon Goldie was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lowe
daring hit stay in Cecil.
Walter Pope and party of gentle
men from Cecil visited the pie social
at Morgan on Saturday and helped
sJI the Sunday school funds by
buying several pies during the eve
ning. Miss CleU Palmateer of Windynook
was busy on Saturday helping her
father haul wheat to Cecil warehouse.
Miss Cleta was driving eight horses
and two wagons laden with wheat.
J. E. Crab tree and family of Doth-
eboys Hill, have retired from wheat
farming and have moved to the Falk
ner place where they intend to ran
a poultry ranch.
Martin Bauernfiend, obliging store
keeper, etc., of Morgan, waa called to
Cecil several times during the week
to repair cars which had broken down
on the highway.
Several trucks, graders, etc., arriv
ed in Cecil on Saturday and have
started work on the highway, repair
ing the state road between county line
and Heppner.
Leon Logan of Four Mile was in
Arlington on Thursday to meet his
sister Olive from Portland, who will
visit friends in Morrow county for a
few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Henriksen of
Strawberry ranch entertained a large
party of young people to dinner on
Sunday, J. E. Kelsay being the guest
of honor.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Barnett, accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Dean
and daughter, from Four Mile, were
calling in the Cecil vicinity on Sun
day. Mr, and Mrs. Osear Lundell and
also Mr. and Mrs. G rover Curtis a of
Rhea Siding were in lone on Tuesday
night attendnig the masquerade ball
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Funk and daugh
ter Miss Geraldine returned to Cecil
on Tuesday after spending several
daya in Portland
Mrs. M. V. Logan of The Willows
left on Saturday for Portland where
she will visit with her daughter for
several weeks.
E. W. Erickson and J. C. Kelsay of
Grass Valley were visiting friends on
Willow creek during the week-end,
, Boardman, equipment inspector
for the state highways, made a short
stay in Cecil on Wednesday.
S. Edwards, prominent citixen of
Morgan, was calling on hia Cecil
frienda on Wednesday.
Miss Ester Logan, student of lone
high school, spent the wek-end with
friends in Four Mile.
Mrs. R. E, Duncan of Busy Bee
ranch was visiting Mrs. J. J. McEntire
of Killamey Monday.
Miss Annie C. Hynd was calling on
Mra. Geo. Krebs at The Last Camp on
Thursday.
Mrs. Alf Shaw was visiting at But-
terby Flats for the week-end.
The regular meeting of Ruth Chap
ter No. 82, 0. E. S., will be held at
Masonic hall on tomorrow evening,
at which time there will be initiatory
ceremonies, followed by a spread of
good eats in the dining room. The oc
casion should call forth a large at
tendance of the members of the order.
The public should keep in mind the
fact that the Ladies of the Christian
Church will hold their annual Ba-
saar in the church parlors on Decern
ber 7 and 8. A splendid supply of th
usual bataar goods will be found,
and an opportunity afforded for good
bargains. Remember the date Is De
cember 7 and 8.
Local Patron-Teacher As
sociation Offers Silver
Cup as Prize.
DEBATE RULES MADE
Inlter-Clasa Conteata at High School
E i petted to Arouac Interest
Among Students.
Debating has been taken up ai a
part of the work in all English classes
and It la expected that some very
good material will be developed.
Heppner High school is again en
rolled for the state contest and is
hoping to be able to place teams in
the field. Only one of the old debat
ers, Bernice Woodson, is in school,
which leaves plenty of room for new
debaters to find placet on the teams
that are to be chosen to represent
the school. For the first teries of
state debate, Heppner will be pitted
against other high schools in the
Umatilla District which comprises
the counties of Wheeler, Gilliam,
Morrow and Umatilla. Mr. Hedrtck
ia again the director of the district.
To encourage debating in the local
school the Patron Teacher Associa
tion, at its last meeting, voted to give
a silver loving cup to the winners of
series of interclasa debates. The
cup is to be awarded each year in
accordance with the following rules:
HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL PATRON-
TEACHERS CUP FOR INTER
CLASS DEBATING.
The Heppotrr Patron-Teacher Association
off en to the Heppner High school students
a silver loving cup to be awarded each year
for proficiency in debating, beginning with I
the school year 1923-1924. i
The cup will be awarded! to that class.
freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, which 1
declared the winner in the aeries of in-
ter-claaa debates for the year, in accordance
with the following- rules. .
The cup will remain in the trophy cabinet
of the high school. The names of the win
ning members of the team, together with
their class and year shall be engraved upon
it.
THE CONTESTS j
1. Each of the four classes will enter 1
two teams of two men each, (both affirms-.
tive and negative.)
2. If it shall happen that two or four
classes enter competition for the trophy,
they shall be matched in dual debate; if
three of the classes enter, they shall be
matched in triangular debate as the prin
cipal may arrange.
1 In case all four classes enter, they shall
be paired as follows : freshmen versus soph
omores, juniors versus seniors. The win
ning teams in the first series shall be
matched against each other in a second
series of debate. The contest will be decid-
on the percentage basis, (number of
judges votes received.
DEBATERS.
1. The debaters must be bonaflde mem
bers of the class they represent
COACHES
1. Each class is free to choose its own
coach. The coach may be a teacher or
some one outside of school, approved by
the principal
THE QUESTION.
1. The Question to be debated shall be
submitted by the principal of the high
school The same question Bhall be used in
both series of the interclass debates.
THE JUDGES.
1. In all interclass debates the negative
team shall submit to the opposing affirma
tive team a list of nine persons suitable
for judges. From this lift the affirmative
team will select three. These will be the
judges for the debate
2. During the progress of the debate the
judges shall sit apart from one another.
They shall take into consideration argu
ment, rebuttal and effectiveness and shall
base their decisions on the merits of the
debate and not on the merits of the ques
tion. Each judge shall, at the conclusion of
the contest and without consultation with
any other judge write on a card, "affirma
tive or "negative, seal it in an envelope
and deliver it to the presiding officer who
open the envelopes in sight of the
two leaders and announce the decision to
the audience.
RULES GOVERNING THE CONTEST
I. The teams that shall be chosen to rep
sent any class shall be selected on the
basis of tryouts among the members of the
class. The class coach shall make the
selections.
2. At all contests the debaters shall be
separated from the audience and shall re
ceive no coaching during the prgoreas of
the debate.
I. The time and order of the speeches
shall be as follows:
First speaker, affirmative, fifteen minutes
introduction and direct argument.
First speaker, negative, fifteen minutes.
direct argument and refutation.
Second speaker, affirmative, fifteen min
utes, direct argument and refutation.
Second speaker, negative, fifteen minutes.
direct argument and refutation.
Closer, negative, six minutes, rebuttal
and summary.
Closer, affirmative, six minutes, rebuttal
and summary.
. The closer on the affirmative must be
the first speaker on the affirmative so that
the judges may have an opportunity to
grade him on rebuttal.
6. No new argument will be allowed in
either of the last two speeches.
e. There will be no cheering or demon
stration during the the time while any de
bater fa speaking. The presiding officer
shall make this announcement befon: the
debate begins and see that it is enfj-.ed.
7. Each class shall appoint a time keeper.
These shall sit directly in front of the de
baters and shall enforce the time limit.
They shall give such warning as the leader
of each team shall direct.
TIME OF DEBATES
1. All debates shall be held bet'vren Oc
tober 1st and May 1st of each yenr, accord
ing to a schedule to be arranged by the
principal of the high school.
PROTE8TS AND APPEALS.
1. Protests and appeals shall he decided
by the executive committee of the Patron
Teacher Association.
CHANGES IN THE RULES.
1. The Patron Teacher Association, thru
Its executive committee, reserves the right
to change the above rules whenever it shall
appear for the best interests of the promo
tion of debate, or to withdraw the award
entirely; provided that any changes made
In the rules shall not be effect ire until the
following year and that no withdrawal of
the award can be made after it has been
once actually won by a class.
The seniors had a bonfire party on
Skinner creek last Friday night, a
large number of the class attending.
The entertainment was of a decid
edly varied nature, all of it being
voluntary on the part of the perform
ers. Con Ad kin s deserves the palm
for the most naive and entertaining,
stunt.
The eats but what's tha use of
describing them! They're all gone
anyway.
This week has been designated as
pep week in preparation for the Lex-ington-Heppner
game. Yell practice
it held every day under the able tead
erahip of Kathleen McDaid and Duk
Heppscr, la Top-Seaaoa Form, Is Op
timistic a ad Promises Their
Nelrhbora Hard Scrap.
The bigjrest game on tha local high
school football calendar, and the one
that will decide the ehampionahip of
Morrow and Gilliam counties, will be
fought between Heppner and Lexing
ton at the Wheat City Saturday af
ternoon. Both teama are contenders
for the laurela. Lexington haa the
edge on Heppner by having won three
straight games and losing none, while
Heppner haa won two of .her games
and tied one. Heppner and Wasco
played to a tie, and Lexington gars
the Sherman eounty lads a bad drub
bing, beating them by a score of 39-0.
The dope, then, ia much in faror of
Heppnera opponents.
But the local lads predict an upset
ting of the dope Saturday. They ad
mit Lexington's strength and consid
er ber a formidable enemy, but the
Heppner warriors are not afraid of
defeat as they are now in top-aeason
form and working fine. Aa a aample
of what may happen this year, one
of Heppner'a line plungers cited the
incident of last year'a game. Lex
ington was doped to beat Heppner
60-0, by comparative scores of pre
vious games, but were barely able to
edge out by 13-6. The dope was up
set, although Heppner waa unable to
win. Thia year, the boys predict, the
dope will be upset a lot worse, and
they believe Lexington won't be on
the big end of the final result either.
Anyway, the game promises to be a
fight to the finish, and Heppner peo
ple are urged to migrate to Lexington
for Saturday afternoon if they want
to see a red hot pigskin combat.
Body of Jack Woodard
Brought Here for Burial
Suffering from ill health. Jack
Woodard, formerly of this city, but
who has for a number of yeara past
been engaged in the sheep business
near Nyssa. Oregon, left hia home
stead some three weeks ago, and waa
later found dead out in the hills
from Nyssa on the Idaho side of the
Snake river, having shot himself in
the head with a shot gun. Despon
dency over his physical condition was
undoubtedly the cause for his act.
His father, John Woodard, and a
brother, Chauncey Woodard. reside
at Hermiston, and upon being noti
fied of the disappearance of the
young man, instituted search for
him, and friends and brothers of the
I. O. O. F. lodge of which he was a
member also began a search a few
daya after Mr. Woodard waa report
ed missing, but the body was not
found until the end of the paat week.
The remains were brought to Hepp
ner for interment, arriving here on
Monday evening. The funeral was
held at the grave at once, the ser
vices being in charge of Willow
Lodge, I. O. O. F., of thia city.
Charles (Jack) Woodard, was born
near this city and at the time of hia
death was aged 43 years. He grew
up in this vicinity and was well
known here. He is survived by his
father, John Woodard. one brother,
Chauncey Woodard of Hermiston, and
a sister, Mrs. Fanny Jonea of Hous
ton, Texas.
It is stated that Mr. Woodard was
in fairly good financial circumstances
having but recently disposed of his
band of sheep, end quite a sum of
money was found to be to his credit
in the bank at Nyssa.
Foot Ball Team Is
Treated to Chicken
W. E. Bell of Hotel Heppner gave
the high school football squad and
their coach, Irving Mather, a rare
treat on Tuesday evening, when be
nvited them to be present at the ho
tel dining room and partake of a fine
chicken dinner. One place where !
the boys shine is at the table and
every fellow present bucked the line
for a touchdown when he tackled the
many good things Mr. Bell had pro
vided for their delectation on this
occasion, and there was no manifest
evidence that one of them was lack
ing in ability to perform his full part
to the complete satisfaction of the
inner man. If Mr. Bell acted as ref
eree on this occasion, we are sure no
man of the foot ball squad was pen
alized because of failure to observe
any of the rules of the game. The
boys are highly appreciative of the
splendid manner in which they were
entertained by the genial proprietor
of Hotel Heppner.
Eastern Oregon Boy
Sings at Gladstone
Harold Case was the soloist at the
First Baptist Church of Gladstone
on Sunday. Mr. Case has a fine bari
tone voice of unusual quality. Mr.
Case is a son of Leroy Case of Hepp
ner, Oregon, and a nephew and pupil
of Mrs. Mary Adele Case Vann.
Oregon City Banner-Courier.
FOR SALE -80 sacks of spring seed
rye; 2c per pound. John Olden, Hepp
ner. Lee and everything is propitious for
a victory over Lexington.
Debate is about to begin now, some
excellent material having arrived
from the state library. The question
for debate in the Umatilla district is
"Resolved: That the United States
should recognise the soviet govern
ment of Russia. Heppner Hi hopes
to put out a winning Warn thia year
and put the home town on the map
in debating circles.
The popular play. "Clarence,' by
Booth Tarkington, will be put on by
the student body before Christmas.
This play is a "corker" being even
more of a success on the stage than
it was on the screen. Under Mrs.
Hopper s efficient training it is sure
to be a success.
Duck Lee from Portland and Jay
and Harold Erwtn of lone are new
students registered the past week.
Behind But 443 Votes Ac
cording to Latest
Reports.
BEATEN IN COUNTY
First Returns Indicated the Measure
Voted Down by A bo at 500.; Vote
Light Throughout the State.
If th vote In Morrow eounty on
the income tax referendum is an In
dication of the Interest manifested
over the state, there has been an ex
ceedingly light vote east. Thia would
seem to be true, according to tha
latest available reports and at thia
time the ayes and nayes are running
a neck and neck race, with the latter
but a few hundred ahead, and al) the
counties not yet heard from. In Mor
row county the measure lost by a
vote of 287 for and 427 against. The
farmera did not take much interest
and failed to turn out in large num
bers, and It would seem that those re
siding in the town were indifferent
The two Heppner precincts should
have polled a larger vote than waa
cast in the entire county, bat the
ratio here was about what it waa ev
erywhere.
Multnomah county cast the heaviest
vote and the tax measure waa downed
there by a majority of 11,938. From
this morning's Oregon ian, we have
the following, which la the latest
returns reported at Heppner:
With only 190 precincts outstand
ing out of a total of 1768 in the state,
the vote on the income tax law ia:
Yes 64374, no 55,317. Lead against
bill, 443.
The vote ia complete in 18 of the
36 counties
The unreported precincts are in tha
following counties: : Baker 12; Co
lumbia 1, Curry 6, Douglas 32, Gilliam
11, Grant 20, Harney, 17, Jackson 7.
Jefferson 1, Klamath 22, Lake 2, Lin
coln 19, Malheur 25, Marion 2, Uma
tilla 3, Union 1, Wallowa 2, and
Wheeler 7.
The general trend of the voting.
which may or may not be borne out
by the missing counties, is opposed to
the law in the following counties.
Columbia, Gilliam, Klamath, Lake.
The vote is so far close in the follow
ing counties in which precincts are
still unreported: Douglas, Grant,
Jackson, Malheur.
The vote already reported in the
following incomplete counties trends
for the bill in the late returns: Ba
ker, Jefferson, Lincoln, Marion, Har
ney, Umatilla, Union, V allowa.
Wheeler.
Belated returns on Tuesday's elec
tion, coming almost wholly from
country precincts where sentiment
was strong for the income tax, have
already cut down the majority that
was indicated against the measure
Tuesday night by about one-half and
have thrown the result in doubt.
Blister Rust Campaign
Reaches Eastern Oregon
Children Asked to Help Locate Dis
ease of White Pine, and Black
Currant Hosts,
The third white pine blister rust
educational campaign conducted by
the federal and state plant patholo
gists ani the school children is un
der way in Oregon. This Is tha tint
time the campaign for eradication of
the disease so fatal to white pine has
teen put on In eastern Oregon.
"It was hoped that only the west
ern part of the state would be in
vaded by the forest disease," said L.
N. Gooding, in charge of the gov
ernment's share of the campaign, "but
large areas in Washington and south
ern Canada in climatic situations
similar to that of eastern Oregon
have become infected, showing that
the disease will spread under favor
able conditions. Wa shall have to car
ry the campaign into the eastern Or
egon regions and do what we can to
eradicate the cultivated black cur
rants through which the disease
spreads from pine to pine."
Investigations have shown that the
rust will spread from pine to black
currants for a distance of 160 miles.
Hence so long as there are black cur
rants near white pine forests, and
diseased pines within a radius of 150
miles the currants are likely to be
come infected and carry the dread dis
ease to the pine trees.
The fast rate of travel indicates
the need for getting the black cur
rants out of Oregon in a hurry.
School officers are cooperating and
will instruct the children in locating
tha black currants and assist in locat
ing any disease if present
After the plantings are located the
owners will be asked to cooperate
with the forest forces In destroying
them. The county agents will also
assist in looking after this work of
cleaning out the disease bearers.
Already 60 per cent of the 30,000
known plants have been dug out
REGULAR MEETING P. T. A.
The regular meeting of the Patron
Teachers association will be held Tu
esday, November 13 at 3 p. m. In the
high school auditorium.
An interesting program is to be
given, consisting of music by the high
school male quartet; song and play
let by the third grade and short talks
by Mrs. Lillie Turner and Mr. Hiffnb
on tha picture show, t
There will be a nursery provided
for, whereby the children will be tak
en care of during the meeting.
All patrons and friends are urged
to be present and help make the meet
ing a most successful one.
Mrs. C. F.. Woodson, Pres.
Mrs. Opal E. Clark, Hecy.
Office on Main street for rent; In
F.levator building. See Msrvls Young.