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The Gazette-Times
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 40, Number 34. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 1923 Subscription $2.00 Per Year
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HOW TO PREVENT
PARTIAL REPORT
OF COUNTY NURSE
LOCAL HS ITEMS
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AT 3:30 P.M. THANKSGIVING DAY
CATCHING A COLD
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Staff of Life Costs Nearly
As Much Now As
During War.
PEOPLE MUST UNITE
Cooperation Alone Cftn Effect Saving
to Consumer and Profit for
Farmer, Sayi S pence.
Br C. E. Sl'ENCE, Stat. Market Agent
The wheat grower gets $4.65 for
the wheat in a barrel of flour and the
consumer pays from $22.00 to $30.00
for the bread made out of that barrel
of flour, so stated Dr. C. J. Smith of
Portland in a speech at Denver, where
he represented Governor Pierce at
the wheat conference.
Dr. Smith stated that the bakers'
association had a tight monopoly on
flour buying, under which the wheat
grower and bread retailer received
but a small margin of the big spread
and the consumer paid an exhorbit
ant price for the loaf, "The Bakers'
Association today buys 80 per cent
of the flour manufactured," stated Dr.
Smith, "and under the high retail
price the farmer could and should
be paid $2 per bushel for his wheat."
During the war, when the govern
ment fixed the price of wheat at $2.20
in Oregon and $2.30 in Chicago, the
price of bread was practically the
same as now, when wheat growers are
receiving about 80 cents per bushel
in eastern Oregon. It Is another plain
illustration of combination power
fixing prices at both ends, the rem
edy for which is a combination by pro
ducers and consumers greater than
the private monopolies. When pro
ducers are organized in sufficient
strength to fix and maintain their
own price on wheat, determined on
the coat of production, and the retail
ers in organized strength refuse to
pay exhorbitant prolils for bread,
then will both producers and con
sumers benefit and the state be more
prosperous.
The government reports that it has
received reports from 1400 farmers'
associations in this country; that 92
per cent of them are incorporated;
that 54 per cent of them pay stock
divfdends; that 65 per cent pay pat
ronage dividends; that 795 associa
tions reported a total membership of
112,846, an average of 142 members
to an association; that 332 associa
tions reporting in 1913 gave the av
erage amount of buslnesi done as
$67,159 and 698 associations report
ing for 1&22 gave the average busi
ness done as $147,634. Steadily the
co-operative organizations are in
creasing in amount of business and
in numbers, and it la but a matter
of time when producers will be strong
enough to control their own produc
tion and their own markets.
The state market agent, in co-operation
with the federal department,
is holding demonstration meetings in
various potato raining sections of the
state, where grading under the new
law is taught and explanations given
to growers and shippers. The compul
sory grading and inspection law has
been in force less than three months,
but it is working out far more rapid
ly than was anticipated and there is
a general attitude to observe its pro
visions by both growers and shippers.
Requests for information and ad
vice on starting or building up co
operative organizations come to the
state market master from many sec
tions of the state, which indicate that
the farmers reailxe hat they must
organize and control their products
and marketing if they are to con
tinue production. Twenty-nine per
cent of all the employed workers of
the United States are employed in
agricluture, and it fs of the greatest
importance to the welfare of the
whole nation that farm production
shall prosper in order that nearly
every other industry of the country
may thrive. No city in an agricul
tural state can permanently flourish
unless the surrounding country proa
pers. This fact is now being recog
nized by the business heads of the
cities and the various commercial or
ganizations are working on co-opera
tive plans, and are raising large
funds, to help the farmers to get
living profit from their crops.
Knights of This District
- Have Enjoyable Meeting
A district convention of the
Knights of Pythias was held at the
castle hall of Doric Lodge No, 20 on
Tuesday evening, attended by mem
bers from Arlington and Lone Rock
lodges, and quite a number of visit
ing Knights in the city from other
pointB over the state.
Grand Chancellor Ilarrick of Till'
mook, accompanied by Past Grand
Chancellor Ilnrdisty of Seaside, were
present, the latter coming In the
place of Grand Keeper of Records
and Seal Gleason, who, on acocunt of
sickness, could not be present. The
grand officers gave stirring addresses
on the order and following the meet
Ing there was a big clam feed, great
ly enjoyed by more than 60 Knights
who were present.
It had been expected that a delega
tion would also be present from Con
don, the other lodge in the district,
but no one appeared from that city,
McNABB WAREHOUSE FALLS,
Loaded down by" 15,000 sacks of
wheat, the 50x60 warehouse at Mc
Nabb fell down Thursday a distance
of 6 feet. Some 2000 sacks will havo
to be taken care of. Cost of repairs
Is estimated at about $3000. lone
lndcpendont.
Mrs. Fred Runs of Lexington vis
Ited this city on Monday. Mr. and
Mrs, Kuns have recently moved on
to the Hcrfvner ranch southwest of
lone, where they expect to be -for the
winter.
Common Affliction Not Caused
By Drafts, Contrary to Popu
lar Belief; Germ Disease.
From SUtc Board of He<h.
Where did you get that cold? Win
ter duyi are here, and with them
come, the u.ul crop of cold. .ruf
fling, coughing, and meeting. If you
wiih to be convinced of thi. juit
make a visit to any of the churches,
school., theatres, moving picture
shows, or any publie assembly, and
notice how many people are afflicted
with colds. This is not the fault
of the season however. Contrary to
the popular idea colds are not caught
from drafts, cold air, open windows,
or wet feet. Cold air doe. not cause
a cold .0 long as you are protected
with warm clothing and are breath
ing fresh air. It is a well known fact
that Arctic explorers never have
colds until they get back to civil
ization. The engineers and firemen
on th. railroads are not the one. who
catch cold, but the passenger. In the
train. Colds are a germ disease.
Cold, are therefore preventable, and
are not at all necessary either in
winter or summer.
The air passages of a normal In
dividual are generally flooded with
germs of all kinds, but these do not
thrive unless they are planted on
favorable soil. The mucous mem
branes of the respiratory tract, are
provided with natural defence, by
which germs are thrown off and de
stroyed. The dry stuffy air of steam
heated apartments and public build
ings is especially harmful. The con
vected heat from steam heated apart
ment, and public buildings i. found
to be more trying on the mucous
membrane, than the radiated heat
from open fireplaces.
How then can we avoid taking cold?
A correct idea of the cause of colds
on the part of the laity is necessary
in order to avoid them. Never allow
your room, or apartments to De
come over-heated and stuffy. Avoid
U crowded, congested, stuffy, and
over-heated places. Children with
colds should not be allowed to go to
school. Strict observance of. the
rules of personal hygiene will gener-
lly prevent the catching of colds.
Person, with infected tonsils or ade
noid, should h.ve them removed, as
they are frequently important factors
n predisposing of colds. Cougli and
sneeze in your handkerchief and do
not spread your cold.
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Truck Runs Amuck,
Driver Badly Injured
The Ford truck of August Lovgren
acted up on Sunday, and as a result
Mr. Lovgren received some pretty
severe injuries. He had started from
his farm to go to the home of his
brother. Gene Lovgren, and on start-
ng down the grade into Dry Fork,
he made a shift in gears to hold the
machine without having to use his
brakes too freely. The gears did not
take hold, and the truck got under
such lively motion that he could not
stop its progress. It was then up to
him to keep the critter on the grade
and look for a soft place to land. He
discovered this place after having
gone for about a half mile; it was i
rock bluff just off the road, and Mr.
Lovgren reasoned that the machine
would have to stop If he headed in
that direction The going was fine,
but the stopping was not so pleasant,
and August was knocked out for some
little time did not know just how
long, ad there was no one about to
render assistance. Coming to, how
ever, he took an inventory of his in
juries, found that he was able to
move, and after a glance at the truck
to see what might be left of ft, he
pulled out for assistance.
Mr. Lovgren was fortunate enough
to land where the dirt was soft, and
aside from a badly sprained hand,
and the loss of some skin on his face
and neck and a number of bruises
about the body, he got out of the
mixup rather luckily. He came to
town on Monday and had his injuries
dressed, and has since been resting
at the home of his brother, F. M. Lov
gren tn this city.
The truck had one front wheel and
the windshield smashed, and Mr. Lov
gren had an experience that he does
not care to repeat.
Heppner Is Trounced
By Walla Walla High
Heppner High school suffered an
overwhelming defeat at the hands of
Walla Walla High school, on the lat
ler'a gridiron last Saturday. The
Anal score was 87-0.
No alibis are made by the locals.
They say the Walla Walla team was
so much heavier, and better trained
that there was no stopping them.
Heppner was within scoring distance
of the opponent's goal only once,
when after a series of line bucks and
forward passes, they carried the ball
to Walla Walla's 8-yard line. Here
they lost the ball on a fumble and
their only chance of scoring was past.
The boys report a most enjoyable
trip, and feel lucky to get home with
out serious Injury,
LETTERS CARRIED RIG POSTAGE.
When It comes to putting on the
postage, letters from Germany and
Austria can make a fine showing. At
torney C. E. Woodson received the
past week two letters one mailed
from Berlin and the other from Vi
enna. The stamps on the former,
while but three in number, carried
the sum of 15,000,000 marks, while
the latter had stamps representing
2000 kronen or crowns. Formerly the
crown represented in American mon
ey so moth Ing like 20 cents and i
mark about 25 cents. This postage
gives some idea of the depreciation
of the currency of these two coun
tries. The stamps were turned over
to Frank Gilliam by Mr. Woodaon to
be added to his extensive collection
WELL
MA(?Y
THAT WAS
A 6OO0
DINNER
Alright j
City's Budget Receives
Approval of Commission
A Six Per Cent Increase Allowed For
Street Improvements; No
Other Changes Made.
The budget of the city of Heppner
has been approved by the tax conser
vation commission as presented, with
the exception that an increase of six
per cent was added for the purpose
of raising some additional funds to
assist in the building of the road out
of the south part of the city. This
had been requested of the commission
when it was found that it would be
necessary to have additional funds
for this road improvement. The fol
lowing ip a summary:
Amoun' to be raised by tax
ation, budget of 1923....... $13,446.78
6 Increase asked on bud-
' et of 1924, granted , 808.58
(14,253.58
Budget of 1924, estimated
amount to be raised by
taxation $13,875.00
On account of road building
out of south part of town,
to connect with new coun
ty road, an incraese of 6
wag asked of the tax com
mission over 1923 budget;
granted; total to be added 378.68
(14,253.58
Will Retire from the
Farm for Awhile
Joe Devine, who has been one of
the successful farmers of the Lex
ington section for many years, has
concluded that he will take a lay
off from the game for a time, and
he has leased his farm for a year
to Ed Kelly. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have
moved on to the place and taken
charge, and Mr, Devine will ramble
around for a season, looking up some
suitable line of endeavor in the
meantime. The ranch is rented com
pletely furnished, and Joe think that
if he does not find a job that is just
to his liking, he can come back to
the farm after a year and continue
in a game that he does know,
The Devine farm is one of the very
best places In the county. It has
been well developed and brought to
a high state of poduction through the
efforts of its owner. Good residence,
fine barn and abundant outbuildings
and machinery sheds, with everything
conveniently arranged, make it
ideal place to reside, and Mr. and
Mrs. Kelly will doubtless do well
there under the arrangements that
they have made with Mr. Devine.
HAVE AUTO ACCIDENT.
Borl Gurdane and Glenn Jones left
Heppner Friday evening for Port
land and Eugene in Berl'g car, to take
in the Oregon-Aggie ball game. O n
their way to Eugene Saturday morn
ing they met witha mishap which
put the car up for repairs. About
nine miles north of salem while in
line behind two other cars they came
upon a woman on the highway buying
from a peddler. All three cars were
forced to pull into the middle of the
road to miss the woman, when a big
stage came around a curve just
ahead. The lead cars were able to
see the stage and miss it, but Mr.
Gurdane's view was obstructed until
too late to pull clear. The stage hit
the front left fender and wheel
knocking the car from the road and
doing enough damage to put it out of
running order. Mr. Gurdnne had the
car towed to Salem for repairs, and
the two men caught a train into Eu
gene, getting there in time for the
big game.
END OF FINGER REMOVED,
Vivian Brown, who operates the
engine that runs the big rock crusher
out on Heppner Flat, was making
some adjustments about the machine
Monday forenoon, A Ioobb glove on
his right hand became entangled tn
the gears and his hand was drawn in
with the result that the index finger
was shortened nearly an inch, and
his thumb and second finger badly
lacerate). Hi injuries were proper
ly dressed by a Heppner physician
and Mr. Brown expects to be back on
the job again in a few days,
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1'' MOBE XN BE HBREfl I F
CECIL NEWS HEMS
Geo. Krebs of Portland arrived in
Cecil on Saturday and will visit with
his sons at The Last Camp for a few
days.
J. J. AHyn who has been visiting
lone spent a short time in Cecil
during the week before leaving for
his home in Oak Grove,
Roy Wirth, truck driver for the
state highway, left Cecil on Sunday
to begin work on Jones hill.
Miss Violet Hynd of Heppner spent
the week-end visiting her parents at
Butterby Flats.
Mrs. Geo. Krebs and sons were vis
iting with Mrs. Jack Hynd on Satur
day. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McEntire and
children of Ki Harney were calling on
their Cecil friends on Sunday.
W. E. Ahalt and son Bill of lone
were visiting at the home of W. A.
Thomas near Cecil on Sunday and
discussing the days that are gone
forever.
Cecil was well represented at the
American Legion dance held in lone
on Saturday evening. Everyone re
ported a good time.
Miss" Ester Logan, student of lone
High school spent the week-end with
mother, Mrs. Hazel Logan, at
Four Mile.
Frank Connor of The Last Camp
was taking in the Bights of Pendle
ton during the week-end and is now
working hard after his rest. He is
singing night and day some new song
he learned in the Round-Up city,
but we have not been quick enough
to catch the words.
Geo. Brandes, who has been hav
ing a long and glorious vacation,
returned to Butterby Flats on Wed
nesday and is into hard work once
more among Hynd Bros, sheep, while
W. Lowe has his holiday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. May of Lone
Star ranch were calling on Mrs. Geo.
Krebs at The Last Camp on Tuesday.
Johan Thomsen of Ella was in Ce
cil on Sunday to meet his wife and
children who returned on the local
from Portland where they had been
visiting friends.
Geo, A. Melton of Pilot Rock ar
rived in Cecil on Tuesday and visited
11 his old friends before returning
home.
Miss Annie C. Lowe left on Tues
day for Rose Lawn, Sand Hollow,
where she will visit with her uncles,
Hynd Bros., for some time.
Cecil was well represented on
Monday evening at the gospel meet
ing held in Morgan school house.
Elder A. C, Martin of Portland will
hold meetings in Morgan for two
weeks.
Miss Violet Ledford, teacher of Ce
cil school, left on Thursday for Port
land where she will marry J. C. Kel
say of Grass Valley. Their many
friends extend their congratulations
and good wishes.
R. E. Duncan of Busy Bee ranch
has just finished straining the last
of his honey from his famous apiary
and has left for Boardman with Mr.
and Mrs. Muller and family, to whom
he has rented his Boardman land.
W. H. Chandler and sons of Willow
Creek ranch are busy grading on the
county roads. W. H. is now county
supervisor for this district.
It must be true, for George said it
himself, Geo. D. Anderson (who has
worked long and faithfully for a great
many years for Hynd Bros., promin
ent Morrow county stockmen) is hav
ing a vacation, and when asked where
he was going, he said Pendleton
"And what are you going to do
there?" He then replied, "Get mar
ried. Don't think Haasler will beat
me to it either." Congratulations
are offered to George by all hi
friends,
RED CROSS DRIVE PROGRESSING
The Red Cross drive In Morrow
county, started this week, is now in
full swing and will continue for an
other week, according to Mrs. Emmet
Cochran, chnirman of the local chap
ter. So far returns have been com
ing in slowly from the outside and no
definite check can be made. Con
tributlons in Heppner have been quite
liberal, and prospects are that the
city will carry its part of the drive
strong.
Nearly 150,000 Cars
In Oregon This Year
Secretary of State Issues Auto Sta
tistics; Morrow County Shows
872 Cars Registered.
Up to October 31, 1923, there were
registered and licensed in Oregon
560 motor vehicle dealers, 13,824
chauffeurs. 258,381 motor vehicle op
erators, 3,101 motorcycles, 148,999
passenger and commercial cars of
less than one ton capacity, and 13,201
trucks and trailers, from which the
total license fees aggregated $4,031,
141.92. The fees, less administrative
expenses, are distributed one-fourth
to the counties from which the regis
trations are received and three-
fourths to the State Highway fund
for the prosecution of road work
tfcrofrhttt th state, generally.
The distribution of the 1923 regis
trations up to October 31, 1923, show
that in Morrow County there were
licensed 5 motor vehicle dealers, 93
chauffeurs, 1500 motor vehicle opera
tors, 12 motorcycles, 872 passenger
cars, 2 busses and stages, 17 commer
cial cars of less than one ton capac
ity, 101 trucks of from one to five
tons capacity, or a total of 992 li
censed passenger and commercial ve
hicles. During 1922 there was a to
tal of 925 passenger and commercial
motor vehicles licensed in Morrow
county.
Between September 15, 1922, and
September 15, 1923, of the receipts
from motor vehicle licenses and fees
$967,492.19 was distributed to the
counties of the state, and there was
turned over or transferred to the
State Highway fund $2,902,476,56
during (hat period. Morrow countys
share of the foregoing allotment to
the counties was $6,610.33.
Jury Panel Drawn For
December Term Court
For the December term of circuit
court, which opens at the court house
m this city on December 10th, the fol
lowing list of jurors have been drawn:
Claude Cox, Heppner; J. F. McMil
lan, Lexington; J. S. Baldwin, Lex
ington; Mattie Gentry, Heppner; Os
car O. Edwards, Heppner; Lulu Ha-
ger, Heppner; Adam Blahm, Heppner;
G. A. Farrens, Hardman; K. L. Beach,
Lexington; W. E. Bullard, lone; S. A.
Pattison, Heppner; A. J. Chaffee,
Heppner; Otto Rietmann, lone; W.
H, Stewart, Boardman; Al Henrik
sen, Heppner; W. S. Smith, lone;
W. W. Brannon, Hardman; W. W
Bechdolt, Hardman; Ruth Mason
lone; Ed Duran, Lexington; R. E.
Duncan, Cecil; George Evans, Hepp
ner; George N. ' Peck, Lexington;
Mary Adams, Hardman; Lillian Bal-
siger, lone; Clothtlde Lucas, Lexing
ton; E. R. Huston, Heppner; A. A.
McCabe, lone; George M. Allyn, Lex
ington; Luther Huston, Heppner; E.
H. Kellogg, Heppner.
American Wheat Growers
Start New Organization
Portland, Oregon, Nov. 28. Organi
nation work in the wheat growing
states of the Mississippi Valley has
just been started for the winter by
the American Wheat Growers Asso
ciated, under the leadership of tin
National Wheat Growers Vdvisory
Committee.
This committee, consisting of Ex
Governor Lowden of Illinois, Ber
nard Baruch of New York, Judge
Bingham of Louisville, Aaron Sapiro,
and other leading men of the Middle
West, are guaranteeing the organize
tion expenses of the campaign. They
are opening the campaign for mem
bership in Kansas, Indiana, Nebraska,
and Colorado at this time. Fifty per
cent of the wheat In each state is the
goal to be obtained before active op
orations will begin and it is expected
that this mark will be reached before
the next harvest. Organization work
is at the present time being carried
on by the American Wheat Growers
in other states along the Canadian
border.
Mrs. E. McPherrin of Athena spent
several days at Heppner the past
week, the guest of her son and wife
Mr. and Mrs, O. H. McPherrin. She
returned to her home on Monday,
Eight Months' Work Done This
Year; School Children Show
Decided Improvement.
The following is a partial report of
the work done by the County Nurse,
Mrs. Lulu Johnson, during 1923:
Because of the shortage of funds,
work was done for only eight months,
two months being taken off duty dur
ing the summer and the work being
discontinued November 1st.
Instruction in Home Hygiene Care
of the sick was given each week to
the Girl Scouts of Heppner and Lex
ington until July.
Many calls were made and much
help given the Juvenile Court but
such cases being confidential, no pub
lic report is made either of them or
the Social Service cases.
Due to the cooperation of the med
ical men of the county, many physical
defects of the school children have
been corrected, thus making it pos
sible for them to do better work in
school as well as to insure better
health in the future. The pupils in
all the tthools in the county with
the ex'iption of two, were weighed,
measured and given an individual
physical inspection at least once,
and when possible a re-inspection was
made and in the town schools the
hildren were re-weighed each month,
thus increasing their interest in be-
ng up to normal.
Following is a partial record of
work done, including calls of instruc
tion, investigation, nursing:
Number of Visits Made.
General 897
Tuberculosis 16
Child Welfare . 136
Pre-natal 29
Maternity 58
Social Service .. 124
Others ..... 141
Total Calls Made 592
Number of schools visited 39
Visited Schools, times . 120
Pupils weighed and measured .... 966
Pupils inspected - ... 1320
Pupils 10 underweight 40
Notes to Parents 343
Visits to Homes 70
Class-room Talks 88
Defects Found.
Hearing 67, Ears 97, Tonsils 395,
Vision 123, Eyes 14, Nasal Breath
ing 68, Teeth 336, Glands 72, Skin 13,
Others 15. Old defects corrected 168.
In the inspection of the school this
fall I find the children in much bet
ter condition than last year and all
interested in keeping physically fit.
Respectfully submitted,
LULU JOHNSON, R. G.
Contentions Made
On County Budget
Hearing of tax levying bodies by
the Morrow County Tax Supervising
and Conservation commission were
started last Friday. The main hear
ing on that day was that of the bud
get for Morrow county. beveral
terns passed by the county court were
contested and considerable discus
sion pro and con on maintaining the
positions of county agent, county
health nurse and county road master
was had. No decision will be made on
the budget until after the first of
December.
Those representing the farming in
terests at the hearing were very
much in favor of maintaining the
county agent's office, while the op
position came mostly from town in
terests. The fight on the roadmaster
and county health nurse was made
from the standpoint that the offices
are not accomplishing enough to jus
tify their existence.
There has been no fight on any of
the smaller budgets, and they are be
ing passed as presented by the levy
ing bodies. Hearings of the budgets
of the cities of Heppner, lone and
Lexington were also had on Friday
and alt passed as presented. Thi
hearings will continue up to and in
cluding Saturday, December 1.
Local Elks Will Observe
Annual Memorial Sunday
Heppner Lodge No. 358, B. P. O. E.,
ill observe their Memorial Sunday
on December 2nd. The service will
begin at 2:30 in the afternoon and
the following program will be given:
Voluntary, while members enter....
Miss Mary Clark
Vocal Solo Mrs. Chester Darbee
Opening ceremonies of the lodge.
Opening ode.
Prayer Mrs. W. O. Livingstone
Piano Solo Miss Mary Clark
Thanatopsis" Miss Luola Benge
Address Rev. W. O, Livingstone
Vocal Solo Harvey Miller
Closing ceremonies of the lodge.
Doxology,
Benediction Mrs. W. O. Livingstone
DRILLING OPERATIONS ARE
RESUMED AT HERMISTON
A. A. Durand Starts Contract on Oil
Well.
(Herminton Herald)
A. A. Dumnd of Walla Walla start
ed drilling operations for oil at the
well near this city last Wednesday.
Mr. Durand is drillng under contract
awarded hm by the Northeastern Or
egon Oil Exploration Company some
time ago.
Under the contract a well for 2000
feet, or until gas or oil Is discovered,
must be drilled by the contractor,
Mr; Durand is a driller of much ex
perience, owning six large drilling
machines. He has drilled in the oil
regions and is familiar with the dif
erent formations and stratas. The
directors feel highly pleased with
having closed the contract with him
as it will give the assurance of
thorough test of the local structure.
Heavier tools will be used and a dou
ble shift put on which will make drill
ing more rapid. At present the struc
ture drilled through is hard basalt
rock, the drills going down about live
feet a day,
S. W. Meadows and wife of Port
land were her on Friday to attend
the funeral of the late S. W. Mead
ows, his father. Wilford was one of
the Heppner boys who served in Un
cle Sam's navy during the war. He
received injuries that caused him to
lose one of his legs, but by wearing
an artif cial 'eg he does not presin
the appearance of being very badly
crippled, and he is able to hold down
a good job in the city and makes a
livlihood.j Mr. and Mrs. Meadows
returned home on Saturday.
Charley Valentine of Sourdough
canyon recently enjoyed a trip to the
Willamette valley, going as far south
as Eugene and returning through
Yamhill and Washington counties.
This is the first time he had visited
the great valley in all his years of
residence in Oregon. It looked good
to him in many ways, but he is con
vinced that our part of the state is
the best after all. He found that it
was very dry in the valley sections,
they having received far less rain
apparently this fall than this part
of the state.
The Elks club of this city was the
scene of a bridge party on Wednes
day afternoon of last week, Mesdames
George Thomson, E. E. Clark and L.
E. Van Marter being the hostesses,
and entertainment was had for 45
ladies. Honors went to Mrs. W. R.
Irwin, Mrs. Chas. B. Cox and Mra. M.
L. Curran, the consolation prize to
Mrs. J. J. Nys. For the occasion the
club rooms were beautifully and ap
propriately decorated.
Mrs. French Burroughs of Jordan
Siding has raised a fine bunch of
turkeys this season some 200 of
them, which she is marketing at the
Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons.
Mr. Burroughs is one of the county s
most successful poultry raisers, and in
looking after her turkeys this year
she herded them on the hills and
warded off the encroachments of
coyotes. She produced a very fine
flock of birds.
Gunnar Lindhe, successful farmer
of the Alpine district, was a visitor
in this city on Friday. Mr. Lindhe
reports that the grain out that way
is certainly getting a fine start for
the fall. Should a big snow come
later and lay on, the prospects for a
heavy yield will be almost insured.
Mr. Lindhe farms the Clark place and
also has a place of his own a mile or
two distant on Sand Hollow.
Gay M. Anderson and Roger Morse,
accompanied by their families, mo
tored over to Irrigon on Sunday and
took in the big turkey shoot. Mrs.
Morse, for her skill, gathered in
fine turkey, but other members of
the party took ducks and chickens.
The shoot was well attended and the
promoters realized a fine sum to be
applied aivihelorat irrie Jva schcuie
for Irrigon
Mrs. Ida M. Pyle was down from
Parkers Mill on Friday. She states
that if the rain does not let up pret
ty soon, it will be necessary to lay
off coming to town for the winter, as
in many places the roads are just
about impassable now. No snow has
appeared in that vicinity yet.
Francis Griffin of Eight Mile was
looking after business affairs here
on Tuesday. He has recently taken
charge of the Chas. Stanton place,
formerly farmed by Ralph Adkins,
and found plenty of work to keep
him busy getting the summerfallow
weeded and put in grain.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Redding of Eight
Mile were shopping in the city on
Friday. Lawrence says that the con
tinuous showers of ram are making
it rather hard getting about out his
way with the jitney, but it is cer
tainly doing the grain a lot of good.
The Central Market has a very neat
display, commemorating the season.
Manager Swaggart thought so much
of it he had Artist Sigsbee take a
photo, in order that it might be prop
erly preserved. The display of meat
and fowl is certainly well gotten up.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Adams of Hard-
man, were visitors in Heppner on
Friday. Mr. Adams is recovering
quite rapidly from the injuries he
received recently, when he suffered
broken collarbone by being thrown
from a horse.
Suffering from a severe attack of
sciatic rheumatism, Sam Turner was
taken to Hot Lake this morning where
it is hoped that he will get immediate
relief from the treatments adminis
tered at that health resort.
Jake Young and wife of Aloah, Ore
gon, spent a few days here the past
week, visiting with relatives and look
ing after business affairs. They re
turned home the first of the week.
Mrs. Emma Smth, mother of Mrs.
W. O. Livingstone, arrived home on
Monday evening from Canyon City.
Colorado, where she has been living
with a daughter for the past year.
W. S. Raker, who for many years
has represented the Northwestern
Life of Milwaukee, was here from
his Portland home on Friday, look
ing up prospects.
Mrs, Ralph Akers of lone spent a
few days in this city, a guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Living
stone. THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Lord's Day, December 2, 1923,
What would life, property or busi
ness be without the church? Are
you giving the church a square deal?
If not you should; come and worship
with us in our church home, next
Lord's Day. The ladies of the church
will have charge of the morning ser
vice; a splendid program is being
prepared, Hnd the address will be
made by Mrs. Livingstone. There
will be special music. This is at 11
o'clock; preceding this at 9:45 be
gins our Bible School session. Come
and see what our school teaches, and
what it is doing.
One of the finest Christian En
deavor societies in the state meets at
6:30 in our Endeavor parlor. This is
the statement made by visitors who
know; there's still room for more
Shirley Prophet will lead on Lord's
Day evening; you should be present.
The theme for the evening sermon
will be, "What Does Redemption
Mean?" You are invited to join us
in worship on the Lord's Day,
LIVINGSTONE.
PhmIa X iin in (
of Arthur nnthniui
Cheap Transportation,
Cryptaesthesia Saves Wo
man.
Fight, Mr. Singh.
Boss Murphy Will Learn.
The air giant ZR-1, bigger than the
biggest steamship, uses less than a
gallon of gasoline per mile In her
Sight of 2,200 miles. A big ocean
steamer would need two tons of coal
to one gallon of gas for a giant flyer.
That shows the difference in power
needed to push aside light air and
heavy water and it tells you how
cheaply men will travel in years to
come if they get rid of that "all the
traffic will bear" slogan. It is quite
probable that in future one day's
work will earn the actual cost of a
flight around the world.
Professor Richet of the French
Academy of Medicine says woman po
ssesses a faculty, called "Cryptaethe
aia." That's a scientific name for
intuition, woman's strange power to
judge character at a glance, her abil
ity to tell truth from falsehood.
"Cryptaesthesia' is older than the
French Academy of Medicine, older
than the pyramids. Woman prac
ticed that faculty a hundred thou
sand years ago, when their husbands
came wandering in late from the cave
across the valley. It's their one safe
guard. A baby kangaroo born in the Chi
cago Zoo is an inch long, about as
wide as a lead pencil, and weighed
nine grains. Once born, it climbs
into its mother's pouch and stays
there seven months, while its hind
legs grow strong.
A giant grizzly bear has a baby
smaller than a kitten. Nature is hard
on women. But science will fix that
one of these days.
St Nihal Singh, one of 300,000.000
Asiatics ruled in India by a few
Englishmen thousands of miles away,
has a grievance. When family mem
bers of the British Empire meet,
Canada, Australia and other colonies
of European stock are represented
by elected delegates. India's vast
crowd Is represented by men selected
by Englishmen.
As usual, the trouble is within, it a
the same if you lack force in yourself
some outside force will ru!o you.
Among the 300,000,000 Asiatics of In
dia there dwell 100.000 Englishmen
and they rule the 300,000,000, although
they are outnumbered 3000 to one.
Could Mr. Singh imagine one English
man keeping down 3,000 Irishmen. In
these days you only get justice vhcn
yor tight for it. Even then it is
slow.
In five thousand years, India has
written millions of different books.
And in all those books the word
"Liberty" does not once appear.
That's the trouble with India. Some
day a man will come along, not a
Ghandi, trying to fight Manchester
with a spinning wheel, but some per
son of mixed race with thick hairy
wrists, coarse hands, short stubby,
fingers. He'll let India eiect her dele
gates to the British Empire's family
reunion.
William Pastorio is in jail for
throwing a cat out of the window,
and the Supreme Court says it is un
constitutional to pass a law that
would prevent driving thousands of
young children into mills and fac
tories. Write that on your tablets.
We can protect cats, not children.
Charles F. Murphy, who demands
a wet plank in the Democratic plat
form for 1924, "was firing a shot at
McAdoo's ambition." according to po
litical reporters. McAdoo will wel
come such shooting. Before 1924
ends each candidate will be trying to
prove himself dryer than the others.
World's Largest Grower
Joins Cooperative Group
Portland, Oregon, Nov. 28. Thom
as V. Campbell of Hardin, Montana,
who grew 45,000 bushels of wheat
this year and enjoys the reputation
of being the largest wheat grower in
the world, has become a member of
the National Wheat Growers Advi
sory committee. This committee, un
der the leadership of ex Governor
Lowden and Aaron Sapiro, is active
ly working in expanding the organiza
tion of the American Wheut Grow
ers Associated, of which the Ortgoii
Cooperative Grain Growers U a U'iK,
so that they will contol at least 0
per cent of the wheat west of tnc
Mississippi river this coming year.
Mr. Campbell says that he has been
waiting for 25 ypars for the forma
tion of a big national wheat poo!,
and that he is firmly convinced that
the only wsiy in which the whtut
growing industry can be improved is
by the establishment of a strong co
operative marketing system controll
ed by the growers.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our apprecia
tion for the kindly aautunc and
sympathy tendered by our old frlwiuU
and neighbors of Heppner during our
recent bereavement.
Mrs. S. W. Meadows and Family.
N. W. Boyd and wife of Oakland,
California, wt-re here over Friday to
attend the funeral of Samuel W.
Meadows. Mrs. Boyd was formerly
Miss Rena M?adow of thin city. Mr.
Boyd Is engugmt in the automobile
business in Oakland, handling the
Willys-Overland line.