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The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 40, Number 38. HEPPNER, OREGON, TH URSDAY, DEC. 27, 1923. Subscription $2.00 Per Year 15 Lively Interest Shown By People In Affairs of Christmastide. PROSPERITY SMILES Holiday Trade Reported Good; All Kfddlea of the City Treated Bountifully. Old Santa has visited Heppner, de pleted his sack, and journeyed back to the Norhtland. The cheer and good will he left behind him, however, will continue to sojourn with us for many months to come, and probably will not be entirely extinct when the time for his next visit arrives. A very jolly holday season U the order here. In spite of our much touted hard tiroes, Heppner merchants report a bigger Christmas trade this year than last, and everything points to a loosening tendency. Everyone has had a Christmas, and the kiddies especially have been well treated. The public Christmas spirit was started at 6:30 Sunday evening when the American Legion treated all Heppner children under 12 years to a public tree in the intersection on the hotel corner. Kiddies were there In large numbers, and each received a bag of candy, an orange and a rub ber ball, The Heppner High school orchestra furnished music for the occasion, and Mr. Douglas, pioneer of the Oregon country, acted the part of Santa Claui. Christmas Eve was the time set for church entertainments and all the churches were largely attended at this time. At the Christian church an af ternoon indoor picnic and tree was held for the children, and in the eve ning a very pretty Christmas paiiio mlme, The Nativity," was presented before the congregation and many friends of the church. A White Christmas was the order of the day at the Methodist Community church, the proceeds of which were given to the Near East Relief. Here a pleasing program was held in the morning, followed by a treat for the children in the evening. Bethel Chapel held Christmas exercises, and gave the kiddies a treat Monday evening. A dance was given by the Kodeo committee Monday night in the Fair pavilion, for the purpose of raising funds for the boya who were in jured while taking part in the show last fall. This affair waa well tup ported and the committee reports that a liberal sum will be turned over to the boya. Not the least at traction of the holiday season was "Dr. Jack," a Harold Lloyd special, at the Star theatre. Not even stand ing room was left when the picture had its first showing Christmas night. Baby Tumbles Into Base ment and Fractures Jaw Edward Chlnn, Jr., son of Ed Chinn, proprietor of the Elkhorn rsetaursnt, was quite badly injured yesterday forenoon when he fell down the stairs Into the basement at the Chinn resi dence on Gale street. The door to the basement had been left open and the baby, who crawls, made for the opening, following hia older brother, and before he could be stopped, had fallen down. He struck on the edge of a box at the foot of the stairs with sufficient force that hia lower jaw bone waa broken in the middle and a couple of new .teeth jarred loose. Dr. McMurdo was called and Axed the little fellow up. The baby is about ten months old. HARDMAN NEWS ITEMS. The Hardman public was treated to a Christmas program here on Christmas Eve, given by the children of the community. After the program every child received box of Christ mas candy. The Chriatmas committee takes this opportunity to thank those who contributed to the Christmas fund. The dance and supper given by the mothers of high school students was financial success. The evening pro ceeds were (102.65, which will be used as a payment on the graphonola which was purchased this year. A big New Year's dance will be given in Hardman on Monday, Dec 81. Supper will be served at the hotel. Good music will be furnished and It is expected that the dance will be attended by the largest crowd Hardman has seen this winter, to dance the old year out and the new year In, MR. SUDDARTH INJURED. Mrs. W. L. Suddarth, who teaches In the Pine City school on Butter creek, received word Thursday morn Ins that her husband had fallen from the running board of his auto near Arlington and crushed his skull. Mr. Suddarth has been attending the Mon mouth normal, and accompanied by Miss Clarke of Athena, and Miss Mayberry of Milton, waa coming home for the holidays. A few miles west of Arlington, a knock was detected In the ear with the result that Mr. Hud darth asked Miss Clarke to drive while he got on the running board to try to find the trouble, when ho suddenly fell with the above named result. Echo correspondent, Last Ur- egonlnn. Heppner Merchants Greet You. In looking over this issue of The Gatette-Tlmes be sure not to over look the greetings of Heppner mor chants which are extended to you. It affords us a great deal of pleasure to present their greetings to you in the Dleasing form in which they appear, and we are sure you will be accorded equal pleasure from reading them Miss Mary Notaon, a toachor In the school at Falls City, Oregon, is spend ing the holiday season in Heppner at the nome or ner parents, mr. anu Mrs, 8. IS. Notion, OFFICERS EXECUTE MANY OLD SOLDIERS The solemn rites are over. The fishes are fed and Morrow county's accumulation of booze for the past year has been properly disposed of. The sheriff's office now starts the new year with an empty cellar, ready to receive auch Illicit liquor as njay come into Its possession. It teemed too bad, too, when one noticed the expression of sorrow on the mourner's facet as the sol diers were executed one by one. Yes, they were smashed against the rocks, and their fiery blood trickled into, and was swallowed up, by the waters of Willow creek to be car ried on Into the majestic Columbia, where mayhap at some later date, the red-bellied salmon may "get on a cheap Saturday evening drunk. When all was over tjie mourners breathed a deep sigh probably of regret that they were thus cheated out of even one little nip and all remained for just a moment to sniff the aroma, then paced slowly away. The event occurred Monday af ternoon, when in due course of yearly house-cleaning in the sher iff's office, the accumulated booze, the relic of many raids, came to be disposed of. The stuff was taken to the court house concrete bridge, and there made away with as above described under the supervision of Sheriff McDuffee, Deputy Cox and Marshal Devin, Two ten gallon kegs of moonshine, together with some hundred bottles .of the same stuff, were included in the destroyed In toxicants. Offer Special Course For Land Appraisers Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- vallis, Ore. (Special.) A lack of men trained to appraise and classify farm hinds has been felt by H. Ash-1 ley Ely, vice-president of a federal farm loan agency, the Portland Joint Stock Land bank. The aupervisor of federal appraisers for the pacific coast has also proved a meana of having more men especially trained for eval uating farm lands. To supply special training of this sort A. B. Cordley, dean of the school of agriculture has included a course land classification and appraisal n the winter ahort course from Jan uary 7 to 12. This land appraising course will be given for five days of the regular short course period which tests from January 2 to March 19. The appatsal course aims to develop a clearer understanding of the prin cipala and methods of agricultural and valuation for the federal land banks, or mortgage loan companies, bond houses dealing in irrigation and agricultural bonds, and all others in terested in land values. The program will be under four main divisions of soil, farm, and en terprise appraisals, and the econom ics of appraisal. Valuation will be based on the varioua matters which affect the farm such as the income of the farm and its relation to the total value of the farm, its organiza tion and management, and the rela tion of the major activities of the different typea of farms. Important in the valuation of land s the physical quality of the land and the ehance of improvement of the soil when needed. Field exercises will be given in the identification and judging of the various types of soils. In the economic section land val ue tendencies and prices of land from 1850 to 1924 will be discussed. All economic features such as the rela tion of market conditions to land orth will be included. State Wool Growers To Convene at Pendleton The 28th Annual Convention of the Oregon Wool Growers association ill be held in Pendleton, January 2Rth, 29th, and 30th, announces Mac Hoke, secretary. Coming right after the national convention, the Oregon meeting will be able to secure sev eral speakers of national prominence. F. R. Marshall, national secretary; Dr. W. S. McCIure, who 4s now in Washington, D. C, working in the interests of the woo) growers; Forest Reserve officials; representatives from other state's associations; rail road, marketing and financial lead ers; and experiment station, college, and livestock sanitation authorities will be present. An invitation has been extended to the Agricultural College to hold the final session of the State Live stock Economic Conference as a part of the convention. The Pendleton Commercial associa tion has agreed to stage an entertain ment and banquet that will surpass if possible all previous affairs. Wool Growers planning on attend ing the National Convention at Salt Lake should write Mac Hoke for res ervations on a special car leaving Oregon on Number 18 January 20, The announcement that forest re serve grazing foes will be greatly increased in 1025 la bound to bring a big attendance and create lively sessions at both Salt Lake and Pi dleton. TO KILL MAGPIES. A successful method of killing mag pies is described by Fred Peterson government trapper. To each pound of tallow take 1-4 teaspoonful of pow dered strychnine. Melt the' tallow, being careful not to heat It, put in the strychnine and stir until it Ir evenly mixed. Then pour Into pans until about 1-4 Inch deep. Ah the mixture cools and begins to harden, with a table knife, cut Into 1-4 inch squares. When codt and hard, scrape it out of the pans and it will readily break into 1-4 inch cubes. Scatter the cubes plentifully around car casses or other places frequented by magpies, Mr. Peterson says that lard or other fats may be used but that tallow la best. The county agents will furnish strychnine at cost. By this method no strychnine gets tnto the bones of carcasses where It may be ft menace for years. S. R. Woods, Forest Ranger, Uklah, Oregon, Tb fc ' iv.l tUfVsa 'J- - yau 'T AS UUA,U if jfj fc ' LOCAL K ITEMS Andrew Neel was over from his Lone Rock home and spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Heppner. Mr. Neel s iruch interested in getting the oad between Lone Rock and Hepp- nrr in good repair again, ss he would e.ijoy coming here much often r thai. flees. Coming out to Condon and on to Arlington and then up Willow ereek to get here is too much of a trip to make except when abEoiu-'c'y necessary. He is glad to know that an effort will be made to place the Heppner-Lone Rock road in good shape in the spring, and when this Is done our city can expect a renewal of its trade relations with the Lone Rock section, according to Mr. Neel. Karl L. Beach and son are in the city today from their home at Lex ington. Mr. Reach states that Christ mas festivities passed off nicely in his town and the season was very gen erally observed by appropriate pro grams at the churches and plenty of big dinners in the homes. Sheriff McDuffee and son Paul, who went to Salem the first of last week to deliver a bunch of prisoners into the keeping of the warden of the state penitentiary, returned home on Friday. Paul has resumed his duties; as bookkeeper in the First National i bank. 1 C. J. Anderson and son of lone were visitors here today. Mr. Ander son is interested in finding a renter for the George Parman wheat ranch in the Gooseberry country. He re ports that good winter weather still prevails in the lone country. W. B. Tucker was in the city on Saturday from his Blacknorse home. having been released from quarantine. Several members of his family were sick with dipthcria but all had re covered and the quarantine was lift ed. Mr. and Mrs, Spencer Akers de parted for Porltand Wednesday, ex pecting to spend a few days of the Christmas and New Year's season with relatives. Miss Alma Akers re turned to the city with her parents. Miss Ceclle Stevens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stevens of near Hardman, arrived home the end of the week to spend the holidays with her people. She is teaching at Grande Ronde, Polk county. T. M. Arnold was in town Saturday from Kight Mite. He and his family are moving to Hood River where Mr. Arnold has secured work and where they expect to make their home in the future. Dr. C. C. Chick departed on Fri day for The Dulles, and from there he expected to go to Eugene to spend a part of the holiday season with his son, Charles, who is a student at U of O. Philip Mahoney, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mnhoney, arrived home Sunday and Is spending the holidays here. Philip Is attending the Univer sity of Washington at Seattle this er. Miss Ruth Tash arrived homo Fri day from Monmouth, where she is attending the State Normal, and will spend the we 11 days with her parents Mr, and Mrs. Fred Tash. CARTOON REVIEW OF " poo? ftjMj dsmniu Many Turkeys Given By .Local Gun Club The trap shoot of the Heppner Rod and Gun club at Gentry field last Sunday is proclaimed a Buccess. The men who had the affair in charge were well pleased with the turn-out and receipts were quite large. Many turkeys were given away as prises. There were no exceptional scores made Sunday, and quite a few per sona who had never shot blue rocks before tried it for the first time. Bert Bowker did the best shooting of the day, knocking sixteen straight birds in a practice squad. Adam Knoblock got 8 out of 10, while LaVerne Van Marter and Dr. A. D. McMurdo got 8 out of 10 each. A reorganization meeting of the club will be held in a short time, when many new members will be re ceived. Returns Good From Rodeo Benefit Dance The dance given at the fair pavilion on Monday evening by the Rodeo directors for the purpose of raising funds to assist the three young men who were injured during the last Rodeo, was a success financially, and wc are informed that there will be a handsome check for each of the in jured boys something that will no doubt be much appreciated by them. BOY GETS LEG BROKEN. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Palmer of Lexington were in the city yesterday with their son Elmer, whom they brought to the office of Dr. McMurdo to have his leg put in a plaster cast. Elmer was trying a few days ago to demonstrate his ability as a rider of wild animals. The object of his ef forts was a young colt, and the lat ter had the best of the game, as the boy was thrown with sufficient force to break his leg at the ankle and it wiil be some time before he is ready to tackle a similar job again. The break is healing quite well and Elmer will be about on crutches in a few dpys. MASONIC JOINT INSTALLATION. The Masonic bodies of Heppner held joint installation of officers on Friday evening. The installation cer emonies followed a big banquet that was served in the dining hall at 6:00 p. m at which time some 150 members and friends of the Heppner lodges and visitors to about 40 from outside, were fed. Mrs, Pearl Sweek was installing officer for Ruth Chap ter, O. E. S., Paul Gemmell officiated for the Blue Lodge and W. B. Bar ratt for Heppner Chapter, R. A. M, The ceremonies passed off in an ef ficient manner and the evening's en tertainment was greatly enjoyed by all v ho attended. CHEESE FACTORY CLOSES. The Board man cheese factory was forced to close down for lack of local support, states the Boardman Mirror. The farmers would not sell milk en ough to the factory to make It a pay ing proposition. This la unfortunate because the project could so well sup port a cheese factory and already Boardman cheese was liked wherever it was eaten. 1923 W. A. Thomas of Dotheboys hill was a Cecil visitor on Friday. W. A. got tired of living: ft free and easy life in lone and has sold his city residence to W. E. Ahalt, Sr., of lone. W. A, has rented several hundred acres of summer fallow to Wid Pal ms tee r. Wid and friend Walter Pope have returned from their vacations and are now busy seeding Wid's rent ed land. "Mac" Smith had his hand severely cut on Thursday afternoon while working at The Last Camp, and was rushed off to Heppner where his doc tor attended to his wound. Eight stitches were required. We hope Mac will soon be with us again for no sooner had he left than we had a slight cover of snow on Friday, December 21. E. Partlow of Boardman and a large crew of men arrived in Cecil on Thursday and are now baling hay ready for shipping out from Cecil. F. Bellinger of Hermiston who bought four hundred tons of hay from Krebs Bros., is the party who is having the hay baled and snipped out. Robert Lowe arrived in Cecil on Thursday. His friend Donald Resler accompanied him from Portland. These young gentlemen are having a "grand and glorious" holiday before returning to their studies at the Benson Polytechnic in January. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Deos of Pleasant View ranch near The WiUows were visitors in Heppner on Thursday, i'he illness of their daughter caused a trip to Heppner to consult their doc tor. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis White of As toria arrived in Cecil on Tuesday and will visit the parents of Mrs. White at Lone Star ranch. Mrs. White 1 was formerly Miss Ruth May. j R. E. Duncan of Busy Bee ranch is the busiest man on Willow creek. R. E. is delivering honey as fast as possible nad rabbit orders are begin ning to rush in as well. Dwlght Misner of Daybreak ranch is doing the sights of Portland and also spinning yarns of his hunting tour in Canada, where he had fine sport for several weeks. The state highway men who are re pairing the state road have now mov ed their camp to Rhea Siding and will commence work on the lower end of the road at once. Peter Bauernfiend arrived in Cecil on Tuesday after spending a day or two In Heppner, Pete declares Cecil weather is hard to beat at this time of the year. Al Henrikscn from the More ranch, accompanied by George Neu ner, Jr., leading attorney of Rose burg, made a short call in Cecil on Saturday. W. Lowe and Geo. W. Wilson ar rived at Buttcrby Flats on Sunday with it targe band of sheep belonging to Hynd Bros., which will winter at Cecil. Mrs, H. J. Streeter and daughter Miss Opal accompanied Mrs. G. Cline to Heppner on Thursday where they spent the day visiting friends. W. G. Hynd from Hynd Bros, ranch jn Sand Hollow, was visiting Hynd How Oregon Potato Law Is Working Out By C. E. 8PENCK, Stat Market Agent. 721 Court House, Portland. No stronger argument for standard ization and shipping point inspection could be made than the following let ter from the U. S. Department of Agriculture of California to R. L. Ringer of the same department in Portland: Ban Francisco, Cal., Dec. 5, 1923. For the past several years Oregon potatoes have been considered the poorest potato and the riskiest "bet" of any stock used on the San Fran cisco market. Several years ago they were in fairly good demand until, through years of diminishing quality, they could not be used unless re ceived on consignment. Fancy California Burbanks, from the San Joaquin River delta1 lands, have always commanded the highest prices here, but this year the Oregon Burbank is running them a close sec ond. California stock, special packs, are bringing $2.00 per cwt. as top price, and the Oregon tuber "as is' is selling at $1.90 with a strong mar ket and an increasing demand, one that if the quality is maintained will surpass any potato. As a comparison of values and grad ing, the Washington and Idaho po tatoes, which have always been in good demand here, are repacked upon arrival and put in first class condi tion. The highest prices realized on them, to the jobber, is $1.60 per cwt. There is not a dealer who has not at some time or another expressed enthusiasm regarding the Oregon quality this year. J. C. HANSEN, Assistant in Marketing. State-federal shipping point inspec tion will soon be demanded by ship pers and large growers generally, on fruits, vegetables, potatoes, grain and other commodities. The demand is rapidly spreading over the states. It Is a form of insurance; it guarantees standard products; it aids f. o. b. sales; it is the shippers' protection in state and federal courts and it guarantees the highest market prices. One of Portland's large potato ship pers recently asked, inspection of carload from the state market agent. The inspector found the stock was not up to the grade and he graded them as No. 2- The shipper then re sorted the car, culled out all that wag not No. 1, and then shipped the car to San Francisco. He reports thai he received a higher price for the sorted potatoes than he would have received for the whole car; saved considerable on freight charges and that the buyers wrote him to mke further shipments of the same qual ity. Farmers Marketing Program. In place of the usual Farmers' Week at the O. A. C, there will be held an agricultural economic confer ence in January, 21 to 25, to take up t-nd work out a comprehensive pro gram of production and market' tig. The best minds of the state will bt present and it is hoped that a line of action may be determined that will help the fanners out of their pres ent serious condition. BETHEL CHAPEL ACTIVITIES. Last Sunday morning Rev. Edwards of Walla Walla benefited and pleased an appreciative audience at Bethel Chapel. He preached a Christmas ser mon, answering the interrogation, "Where Is Christmas?" In the af ternoon he took a picture of the Chapel building and some of its mem bers. Sunday evening several members met in one of the homes to listen to the splendid radio demonstration by Maurice Frye. They were not disappointed, for they heard almost the entire service of the Seattle Pres byterian church, of which Rev. M. A. Matthews, is pastor. Bethel Sunday School and many of their friends enjoyed the program given by the children and a few adults on Christmas Eve. The children were made especially happy by the appear ance of good old Santa, who distrib uted bountiful treats. After the close of the gathering, one of the teachers was honored with a beautiful gift from the ladies of Bethel Chapel. It was only one of several tokens of love given to various members during the last few months in appreciation of loyal service. The Wednesday evening Bible class is continuing its interest every week; and although its members are not working for school credit given by the State Board of Education for this course, they cordially invite any who may care to do so, to join the class for credit. Bethel family was delighted to have Miss Elizabeth Phelps home again last Sunday in the day's ser vices, and to play the piano which Bethel has recently purchased. They will regret when the end of the hol iday season takes her back to her university duties. Bros. Cecil ranch at Butterby Flats on Saturday and Sunday. Miss A. C. Hynd of Butterby Flats accompanied by E. W. Erickson of Grass Valley were visiting in Hepp ner on Sunday evening. John Krebs of The Last Camp left on the local on Saturday for Port land where he will visit friends for a few days. Max Gorfkle of the Eastern Hide and Junk company is doing a rush ing business on Willow creek this week. Martin Bauernfiend, the accommo dating store keeper and car doctor of Morgan was calling in Cecil on Tues day. The Mayor was absent from Cecil several days during the week, but peace reigned during hia absence. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. May of Li Star ranch were calling on friends in Cecil on Monday. J. J. McEntire of Killarney was doing business in Cecil on Monday tar I Morgan of Hroadacres was doing business in Cecil on Friday. Oral Henriksen of Ewing was county seat visitor on Saturday. First Game of Locals Is Lost to Stanfield In their first game of the season Heppner High school was defeated by Stanfield High school on the borne floor last Friday evening, 21 to 16. The Stanfield lads took the lead thu out the game, although Heppner took few spurts and nearly tied them once or twice. The visitors outplayed the locals in the passing department of the game, and thus kept the ball in their pos session a large part of the time. Heppner made a better average in scoring from number of shots tried, but because of Stanfield's team work, their shots were comparatively few and far between. "Brick" Hall, center for the locals, was high point man on his team and played an all-round good game. Doherty, forward, and Stout, guard, also did good work. Heppner show ed a weakness in the fundamentals of the game, which should be over come with a few more practices, and from the showing made Friday should put up mighty stiff competition in all further games. Heppner's lineup Friday was: Hall, center; Duck Lee and Doherty, for wards; Stout and Moore, guards. Coach Mather made several substi tutions, using Elmer Bucknum, Ed Bell, and Vic Groshens for part of the play. Hunters Going After Coyotes With Poison R. F. Jackson of the U. S. Biological Survey, spent the past week in Mor row county, going over the predatory animal situation with the government trappers here. In order that the work of ridding the eounty of the coyote pest might be done more readi ly, Mr. Jackson has appointed Adam Knoblock as an additional hunter for this section, and he will work out of Heppner. This makes four hunters now at work in Morrow county, and they are reporting much success in trapping and killing predatory ani mals, so we are informed by County Agent Morse. Mr. Morse states further, that there has been much success in the poisoning of the coyote. For this purpose, aged and decrepit horses have been furnished, and the poison stations established at many points where the animals could be reached without endangering domesticated animals or dogs. Warnings and post ing of where the poison stations are located have been duly given to far mers and stock men, and Mr. Morse states that there has been but very few instances reported where sheep dogs have got hold of the poison baits. - Farm Bureau Meeting Is Set for January 5 A program that will interest all the farmers in the county is being ar ranged for the annual meeting of the Morrow County Farm Bureau, which will be held in the Odd Fellow's hall at Heppner, beginning at 10 a. nu January 6. While the details of the program have not all been arranged, acceptances have been received from Prof. E. L. Potter, head of the animal husbandry department at the Oregon Agricultural college, and E. R. Jack man, extension farm crop specialist, of Corvallis. Professor Potter is one of the best informed men in the state of Oregon on livestock matters, and will discuss some of the economic phases of stock raising, as relates to the wool grower. Mr. Jackman is well known in this sction of the country, having visited the county a number of times in regard to the wheat pro gram that has been carried out the past few years. He will speak at the meeting on, "More Economical Pro duction of Wheat." Arrangements are also being made for several musical numbers, and the annual business meeting of the Farm Bureau will be at this time. Dinner will be served in the hall. Wool Growers Will Have Special Car at Pendleton When train No. 18 on the O.-W. R. & N. leaves Pendleton January 20. it will have an extra car attached which will be provided to carry wool men of the eastern part of the state to the national convention of wool growers which will be held in Salt Lake City January 22. 23 and 24, states the Pen dleton East Oregonian. The meeting is expected to prove one of the most interesting and im portant in the history of the asso ciation, due to the fact that the sec retary of agriculture has asked for a material increase in the fees charged for grazing on the national forests. Reservations for berths in the special car may be made with Mac Hoke, sec retary of the Oregon Wool Growers association, at Pendleton. THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. Lord's Day, December 30, 1923. Good-bye, 1923. One of the worst failures awaiting us for 1924 is the failure to improve over 1923; we have this within our power; the Church will help you in a wonderful way to do this. The services on next Lord's Day will be made attactive and help ful, and you are cordially invited to be with us. Bible School at 9:4a Communion and preaching at 11, Christian Endeavor at 6:30 and the evening preaching at 7:30. We shall be delighted to see you. LIVINGSTONE. A. W. LUNPELL LEAVING. A. W. Lundell, local musician and for the past three years director of the boys' band of this city, is leaving for Astoria to take charge of the municipal band there. Tomorrow at 1 p. m. band concert will be gi 'n at the cxirner of Main and Alta streets by the boys, complimentary to Mr Lundell. The boys in the band had no knowledge of band instruments until Mr. Lundell took charge of the organisation. He has developed their musical talent until the band is one which is appreciated by local people and which has won praise. East Oregonian. . S.J " Thisjyeek of Arthur BrubaM What Labor Would Do. Harding as Decoration. We're Doing Well. Germany's Small Change. Labor may rule the British Em pire. Lloyd George says Labor has the right to show what it can do. It won the recent election. Ram say Macdonald, head of the Labor Party, would be Prime Minister. He tells of Labor Party plans. First, it would tax the wealth, not the income. That is only child's play. It would take a piece out of every fortune above $25,000. The bigger the fortune, the bigger the piece taken. Small fortunes would lose 1 per cent of principal, big fortunes 50 per cent. Two or three men in Amer ica would lose in one lump hundreds of millions if we had that here. The capital tax will be taken gradually, to avoid destroying values by forced sales. That is something for our big men to think about, prayerfully. Whether the experiment would work well no man can say. The no madic Tartars, driving cattle with them, cut pieces off the living ani mals as they went along. That was ft capital tax on the animal, but not good for cattle in the long run. If Labor came to power it would avoid many things that it now plans and tolerate many things that it now hates. To run a nation, and keep the complicated machine going, is not easy. It is especially dangerous to in terfere prematurely with selfishness, which stimulates- energy and accom plishment. o The Republicans are planning con vention decorations for the great pub lic hall in Cleveland. American nags, with pictures of Washington, Lin coln and Harding, are suggested. Things happen suddenly. How little President Harding imagined ft little while ago that he would be only ft decoration for the 1924 convention. President Coolidge baa released, with unconditional pardons, all the remaining thirty political war prison ers. That s common sense, although it will annoy certain "national secur ity" gentlemen who have found pa triotism a great help in graft and profiteering. The men re 'eased by the President were, some of them, fools; others were utalanced men tally; others were men or character and courage. Not ore had actually done anything. In everj ca.se the "crime" was verba'. AU other na tions have released :uch prisoners. The President of Germany has his salary cut to $70 J a yrar. Ambassa dors get $1,750. Guards employed by the government rail road b $150 ft year, 'woe to the vanquished," especially financial woe. England has given up temporarily the scheme to fortify Singapore. That's the first result probably of the Labor victory in the last election. Recent study of cancer shows the vicious growth within the body to be a separate existence, stimulated by its own excretions, and growing with the furious energy of embryonic life. Cutting out or destroying with X rays of radium is the only cure now. Bit a way may be found to check growth and bring about cancer de- strvetion by scientific control of s",thti'nuU,in ,"b'tance,1: c"n- the wrong place, a body within the btdy. La Follette says, "There is little in the Coolidge message to satisfy the mass of American people." One thing however, satisfies many of the Amer ican people, and that is Mr. Coolide's intention to leave well enough alono. La Hire, fighting the bear, prayed the Lord, "I don't ask you to help La Hire, I only ask you not to help the bear." Many Americans will be quite con tent if nothing happen to interfere with their present condition, and Mr. Coolidge represents th. policy non-interference. Germany prints notes for one bil lion and five billion marks each, rnot appropriately decorating them with thistles and thorns. The note for ono billion, which would have been worth two hundred and fifty million dol srs before the war, will be a si -1 or sn.ail change." o Miss Muskrat, an Indian tcirl of the Cherokee tribe, had luncheon wit!i President Coolidge and hi wife at the White House, and talktd Amer ican common sense. "We don't want any government-providence looking after us. We want a chance with oth er Americans. We don't want to be k?it in our 'original state of savag ery' for tourists and artuts to look at us, and slushy sentimentalists and writers to write about us." An able young Indian woman U Mtsi Muskrat, of Mount Holyoke Col lege. SAYS WIFE DESERTED HIM, Harve McRoberts has brought unit for divorce in the circuit court against his wife, Stella My M: Rob erts. The couple wot a mat rit-d at Heppner in 1917, according to the complaint and have thfd chililn-u, The plaintiff claim thut hi wife deserted him. Ho now has their chil dren and ak ttio court to nwd custody to him. Kitluy, Ral-y 4 Mi wer and H. J. Warnwr rn-ejtit th plaintiff in the suit. - Kat UrgoriUn.
