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PAGE FOUR THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1923. Batter Creek Valley News Idaai h W C't H SiW rritor't N.i. -Bwaus ( puk-' 1lk4 IT '" I" ' . th IMi 4i4 r't aprar failinir to mill urtil i had th lP" off Ui prs on Wrdntsday ("nltif l Tha basketball " arrived. Thay r f tfc liiol 'yi and de air. Tha ba.anl.all team will play the Hr-t rm of the asaon arait.st Oho en ret. 14. The fame bef-ina at S:OC o'elock. Srhool now dismisses at S:S0. It was decided tn shorten the noon re ess hour to SO minutes o that stu denla traveling a distance mipht reach home before dark. The atudent body Tine City Pie jem at their rcfrular meeting elect ed Earl Ayera as cheer leader. The thankafivinr propram was well attended, tho the weather Wednesday erenini was of a rainy nature. Bas keta were old hy the shadow method following the rendition of the proa-ram and netted the ium of $10S.4S. Miss Beulah Moore brought the hifrh- ast orice. her ahadow eoir.g for fs.SO It proved a Tery popular way of dis posing of the baskets. The -TkankfCivine Tarty," a play rut on by Tommy Spricpins (Robert Jarmon) and his friends Ned Winters (Charley Uel. Wsry wattenberfe and his mother iiat nifht. Opal Jar mon. was well attended by folkl who had seen hte invitation that Tommy and Ned tacked up on their front gate. When the boy, saw the queer rir stripping at their house, it looked like there wou.d be no one but girla at their party. Wash Jones, the wit ty niprer Bud Youngi, stopped to at thanksgiving dinner; later came the three bootblacks from Kcho, Earl Ayera, Roy Jarmon and John Carl son, who entertained by ainging a song. Hans Fimpledorfer tlrwin Howard) aaid he "never eat nothing for one whole day," 'cause he knew he could get filled up here for sure. Barney Google, impersonated by Heini Huebner, was one of the chr- artere well liked, especially when he shimmied with his costumed nose and Inter fell in love with the Irish maid, Nora, acted by Edyth McCarthy. The second intermediate room all dressed up as Pilgrima, the boyi car rying guns and aang a Ilignm aong. Oleu Neill, dressed as a little boy, sani a song 'Pretty Curia." Earl Wattenberger talked about a pumpkin and instructed how to cut and light one for Thanksgiving. General Newa. 7 T rhi&holm and daughter Barbara- of Pendleton visited at the. home of Mr. and Mrs. A. r.. nation bercer and Mrs, E. O. Neill. Governor Pierce and his engineer in rielec-ation insnected the Teel ir rigation project on Tuesday, Novem ber 20th. Charles Bartholomew and dsnghter Fay and Vra. R. T. Johnson of Echo returned from Portland Sunday eve ning. They brought back two Fords, a coupe and a aedan, for the Echo garage. H. Kuska, hunting early Sunday morning, killed a large coyote. It had caused considerable trouble in the neighborhood. Mr. Kuska found it feeding on a goose in the creek between Bartholomews and Pattersons, Tom Boylen, Jr., a formr atudent of the University of Oregon, accom panied by his wife, motored to Eu gene to sea the U. of O. and O. A. C. football game. "Haunted Valley" By Herbert Robinson Adapted from the Patheserial by Frank Leon Smith Copyright by Pathe Exchange, Inc. ATTENTION. For the convenience of the people of Morrow county they should know that there is an x-ray machine in Keppner, located in the Masonic building. It is not necessary for any one to go to the expense of a trip out of the county to get an x-ray picture. Adv. lit. CHRISTMAS EATS. One hundred boxes of Hood River apples at $1.00 per box. First come. first served at Case Furniture Co. apple house. Phone 862. Hardman News Items The first basketball game of the season for the Hardman High school boys will be played with Condon next Saturday night on the Hardman floor. The P. T. A. of Hardman will give a party in the high school auritorium Friday evening, December 7. Noses will be auctioned off to obtain part ners for refreshments. Everyone is invited to come. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Ayers, Mrs. W. H. Ayers, and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Rob inson attended the get-together meet ing of the I 0. O. F. at Heppner, last n ednesday night. J. J. McDonald, who was hurt re ctntly, is greatly improved and eble to move about. EAT CHICKEN SITPER Friday evening at the Christian Church lia- xaar; served cafeteria plan. Why sleep on a poor bed when you can buy a forty pound felt mattress for 18.50. The CASE FURNITURE CO, it. CLUB SANDWICHES, consisting of roast been, brown gravy, mashed po tatoes and bread, with pie ani cof fee, for 35c Saturday noon and eve ning, at the Christian Church Bataar. CHAPTER X Fetteks or Fah-ubb At the home of Ruth Ranger, Eugene Craig was in earnest con versation with Dmr.y. The girl had been injured by the water wheel and was upstairs under the care of a nurse. Craig had escaped from the perilous predicament uninjured. "It's all my fault, Mr. Craig," Dinny Wailed. 'Mallinson gave the girl a revolver and told her she would find you at the dam. I did my best to warn you. If I had only been on the job Miss Ranger would not have been hurt." At that moment, Henry Mallinson entered the room "I'm on to your dirty tricks, .Mallinson," Craig almost shouted, 'and from now on it's a fight to the finis1 He approached the man nicnacir.gly. The doctor, seeing a struggle was aboLt to take place, interfered. "You must be quiet," he warned. "Miss Rather is out of danger, but she must not be disturbed. And, under no circumstances will she be per mitted to taik business fer at least two weeks." Maiiinson was highly elated at the doctor's orders. If they were enforced, the dam at Lost River could not be completed and Ruth would have to live up to her agree ment. Mallinson immediately hunted up the nurse. "It would be worth your while to carry out the doctor's orders," he said, Handing the nurse a large sized' bill, "particularly in regard to that Craig man." Whiie the days slipped by and Ruth was convalescing, she became more and more resdess over prog ress at the dam. She wondered why Craig or Weatherby had not gotten in touch with her. She had no suspicions of th; work c-f Mallin son, and was ignorant of the fact that no;es had been withheld repeat edly from Craig and hei vice president. If Craig had his worries there was also another party in our drama that shared them with him. Vivian Oelamar loved Mallinson madly, and as tne days slipped by, she saw kuth would be lorced to marry the man she loved, unless something came to a head immediately. Vivian determined to lend her assistance to Ruth to do something that would keep Mallinson from marrying the girl. Consequently, she sought Dinny and explained that he would have Jo get access to Ruth and find out who the money should be received from at the completion of the dam. Ruth had virtually been a prisoner and was out of touch with every body connected with her project. By strategy Dinny managed to climb in a window and toss a note to the girl. His eflorts were re warded by the information that he must seek a Mr. Crawford, for whom the dam was being construct ed, ar,d have him at the Ranger home the next morning. In i few days Eugene Craig had accomplished the impossible. The Lost River Dam was completed on achedule time. The important move next, however, was to get the check from Crawford and pay Mal linson bai;k the money loaned. Otherwise Ruth would lose every thing - Haunted Valley and Craig for she had pledged herself in mar riage to Mallinson should she fail to repay the million. A bronze slab was brought in bearing the following inscription: "Lost kiver Dam Designed and Constructed For The Crawford Power and Electric Co. By Ranger, Inc . Ennineers." "Hung it up on the dam, boys!" Craig shouted jubilantly. "It's all over now but trie cheerine. Meanwhile, Mallinson was doing all in Ins power to prevent the final ravmrnt. His last precaution was to phone the nurse and instruct her to admit no one to si-e the patient (..inseqiiemly, when Mr. Craw ford arrived, he discovered that it was impossible to see Miss Ranger. Aa he was about to leave the house Dinny appeared on the scene and explained the importance of his visit The youngster then outlined a rln for the man to gain access to the patient. Dinny planned to fall downstairs, and in the confus ion, Crawford was to slip into the mom. Dlnnv's acrobat scheme worked like a charm, and the head of the Oawfutd plan) alto showed consid erable agility in slipping by the nurses and entering the room. A look of glad surprise passed over the girl's face as she beheld her client. "Mr. Crawford," she began, powerful enemies have tried to pre vent me from paying a million dol lar loan, and 1 am relying on your check to beat them. I wouldn't ask this favor, I can assure you, if it were not necessary." "Yon are a plucky girl, Miss Ranger, Crawford answered, "and you can count on me to the limit. I'll inspect the dam at once, and if things are satisfactory I will per sonally place in your hands, before noon, our check for one million dollars." Unfortunately, this was over heard by the nurse, who was amazed when she heard Crawford's voice in the sick-room. She lost no time in calling Mallinson and informing him what had happened. The latter was thunderstruck by the news. He thought rapidly and then began to make his plans for intercepting Crawford and the million dollar check. Eleven o'clock had arrived, and by that time Crawford had com pleted his inspecion of the dam and given his O. K. to all the construc tion work, much to the joy of Craig. Then both of them lost no time in climbine into fau.-fnrH' m..k: .h.viu uiaiuujc to bring the check to Ruth Ranger. jiicoiioiiuc, nuin, aespite the nurses protests, had gone to her office, and with Weatherby anxi ously awaited the arrival of the check. Mallinson, too, "waited in his own office, hoping that the check would not arrive at the specified time. Craig and Crawford were speed ing toward the city when suddenly two horsemen sprang out from a ClumD Of bushes alnna th rr.A aA ordered them to stop. The car only apecueo raster, witn the horsemen in pursuit. Several shots rang out, one of them puncturing a rear tire. Another shot bored a hole through the gasoline tank. Suddenly the car, due to the punctured tire, swerved and collided with a tele phone pole. Crawford was knock ed unconscious, and Craig, seeing the horseman was tact ar.rrr.r. .tMicu in me injurea man s pocket ou urew out nis wallet containin tne cfteck. "Now 111 take care of you!" Craig shouted grimly, as the horse man drew up. The fight lasted bul a moment, as the cowboy was no match for Craig. Without hesitating, the latter anrttno- nn th kq-L- UI. - r -- -i. uabM vii ilia attacker a horse and headed for the city. It an hflnnenerf that ttu mnA. cycle policemen suddenly appeared uu me accne me cowoov rusned uo to them and informed thm thai the disappearing Craig has stolen wt"i'ui money aim men riagen away on his horse. Both police men started after Craie at full speed. Meanwhile, Ruth and Weatherby were anxiouslv awaitins the arrival of Craig and Crawford with thi cneck. I he silence was broken by the office clock striking twelve the fatal hour. Ruth heard approaching footsteps. "Thank Cod!" she exclaimed, "It's Crawford!" But it was not Crawford. Henry Mallinson smilingly entered the office. "I am sorry you could'nt make the payment on the loan, Ruth," he smiled, "but I am entirely satisfied with the security." The girl could scarcely believe that she had failed. Her thoughts were interrupted by the ring of ha telephone. "This is police headquarters," I voice said. "We've got a party here who calls himself Craig. We caught him as he was getting away with I check for a million dollars made out to you." "Ye Yes!" Ruth answered hope lessly, and weakly hung up the re ceiver. "As as a Ranger," she said, turning to Mallinson, "I keep my word. Haunted Vallev li Vours and anA 1 will tnarrv vmi Aa she finished, Ruth thought of Eugene Cmio a man she had thought aha could trust. It was too much for her. With a sob, she dropped her head In her arms and sank down on tne nest netore ner. (To bt continued) It Builds Strength Just the remedy to aid II the system in throwing off catarrhal wastes, help the functional organs, restore digestion and bring back the perfect balance. I Pe-ru-na meets the need which we all feel at this season of the year. Ill Sold Everywhere Tablets or Liquid I 1 1 tew NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEET1NU. Notice ia hereby given that there will be a meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Hepp ner, Oregon, on the second Tuesday in January, 1924, (January 8th, 1924). between the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., of aaid data for tha purpose of electing directors and for the trans action of such business as may legal ly come before the meeting. W. E. MOORE, Cashier. Dated thia 6th day of December, 9?3. For Sale Rhode Island Red roost ers. Good stock. C. F. HEM RICH, Heppner. 2tp. Keep your eye on Haylor's window, To know how good a cigarette really can be made you must try LUCKY STRIKE 'IT'S TOASTED EVERY sensible driver knows that a skidding car is an extreme peril. That's why so many sensible drivers see to it that their cars have the benefit of the powerful, slip less, non-skid trac tion of the Goodyear All-Weather Tread. That famous tread is your best insur ance of safe, efficient and economical tire performance. A Goodyear Servic Station Daalart ate tall and rtcom tnand tha naw Goody aar Cord with tha bacalad All' Waathar Traad and bark thorn up with ttandard Goodyear Service Heppner Garage OOODYEAR FOR SALE. A thoroughbred barred rock rooster. STANLEY MINOR .0. A. C. Short Courses Intensive nraftivtu Inetrurtioa In agricul tural specialtM varying from on wek to sti wfk aa folluwe : 4mt1 Arricultur Jan. 1 kUrra 1 Horticulture -Jan. t-March IV I Dairy Manufacturing Jan. T-Feb. t I HerdtmeB and Cow 1tM... Jan t-Jut It 1 Farm Mechanic. Tractor. Truck, etc - Jan. t March 1 Farm Mechanics (one wkr Kefe. 18-Kcb 23 Third Annual Canner'a School Feb. 4-Feb. IS Land Clarification and Appraisal. ..Jaa. 7 -J an. It) Africa Haral Ecanamic Cenferene .. Jan. Jl-Jan. Ul For further information regarding any I oourM addrcaa Th REGISTRAR OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CorvallU, Oregon. STAR THEATRE, TOMORROW NIGHT Apples Spitzenbergs and Winter Apples, Newtowns and Ortleys, for cooking and eating, at HOOD RIVER B. 80c A BOX F. O. B. HOOD RIVER CASH WITH ORDER L. CLARK, ROUTE 1, BOX 88 Hood River, Oregon A New Body Type THE iUClOr SEDAN F.O.B. DETROIT $ 590 FULLY EQUIPPED The Tudor Sedan is a distinctly new Ford body type, admirably designed for harmony of exterior appearance and excell ence of interior comfort and convenience. At $590, its price is lower than any sedan ever put on the American market. Wide doors, folding front seats, well spaced interior, dark brown broadcloth upholstery and attractive trimmings give it indivi duality, comfort and con venience. See this exceptionally de sirable new Ford product in Ford showrooms. Thit car cam b obtained on the For J WttUrf Purchast Plan. LATOURELL AUTO CO. A Guarantee IS PLACED'ON EVERY ARTICLE IN OUR STORE TO BE EXACTLY AS REPRESENTED If it is Solid Gold, we will tell you, and tell you just as quickly if it is Gold Filled. Quite often a god filled article wears bet ter. Why and when should an article be gold filled? Let us guide your purchases in regard to this. Headquarters for CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS IN JEWELRY AND MUSIC HARWOOD'S The Store With a Guarantee Heppner, Oregon Phone Main 1 062 gwiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiMiim:iiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiMiiimmummmmnmtttnmi; IlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUlllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllU 3 A. M. EDWARDS I WELL DRILLER, Box 14, Lexington, Ore. Up-to-date traction drilling outfit, equipped for all sizes of hole 5 and depths. Write for contract and terms. Can furnish you S CHALLENGE SELF-OILING WINDMILL all steel. Light Running, Simple, Strong, Durable. riiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiur; CHRISTMAS IS ONLY THREE WEEKS AWAY You will want to have your order for GREETING CARDS filled soon, and of course you will want the nicest cards procurable. The G.-T. line this year is unusually fine, and the prices will indeed surprise you, for they cost no more with printing and envelopes than you usually pay for the cards alone. Our assortment is going fast. You would better get your order in at once. The GAZETTE-TIMES THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREEN EST IN THE NEXT FIELD ! I It usually is far easier to interest, people in an oil well in Canada or a gold mine in Alaska than in safe and sound operations here in Heppner. Yet virtually every well-to-do family in this community made its money through local activities, right here where they could examine all detail and watch developments. Don't be looking far afield for opportun ities. They are roght here in this town ev ery day. The person with available funds is the person who can take opportunity by the forelock and realize a happy content ment. We are in position to serve you, whether it's in investment or the method to save and be in position to extend your ac tivities. Farmers & Stockgrowers. National Bank Heppne, Oregon WE GIVE TO OUR CUSTOMERS The Best and Largest Assortment of Meats in Morrow County. The Lowest Prices Possible. what more can we do? Central market G. B. SWAGGART YOUR PATRONAGE WE SOLICIT SSI Wl ra " w itfj mm imh ma iwa m m wa wm wi ma wq vit w v Cash & Carry Store CHRISTMAS WILL SOON BE HERE Headquarters for your Christmas Candies and Nuts ALSO A FULL LINE OF OTHER GOOD THINGS TO EAT AT REASONABLE PRICES L. G. DRAKE, Prop. ODD FELLOWS BUILDING Star Theater THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 ALICE CALHOUN in "QUEEN OF MOULIN ROUGE" The story of a line alley girl's transformation into a lady, and Alice Calhoun certainly does herself proud in this play. See it! Also Larry Semon in "The Rent Collector," A SIDESPL1TTER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 HELENE CHADWICK in "THE SIN FLOOD" A story of that weakness of human nature which makes people, when danger is present, feel sorry for the wrongs thy have done to their felow men, but forget all about their good intentions when the danger is past. How peo ple of various types act in the face of death. Also , Ruth Roland in 10th Episode of "HAUNTED VALLEY" and Pathe News Weekly SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 DOUGLAS McLEAN in "BELL BOY 13" While a story of a different type than "the Hottentot," if you enjoyed Douglas McLean in that picture, see this one. You will leave with your face wreathed in smiles. Also "THE EX-KAISER" Picture of the would-be world ruler in his exile. The only pictures of him in his solitude. Made unbeknown to him. And PATHE REVIEW Screen magazine, educational and entertaining. SUNDAY AND MONDAY, DEC. 9 AND 10 WILLIAM DUNCAN in "THE MAN OF MIGHT" All the thrills of a complete serial in six reels. The fast est picture you will ever see. Also Comedy "Don't Flirt" TUES. AND WEDS., DECEMBER 11 & 12 MARY WYNN in "THE VOW OF VENGEANCE" A WESTERN STORY. Tenth Round of "FIGHTING BLOOD"