If PAGE FOUR THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1924. President Told of Good Roads Hopes : ' . .A . - . - vs . V. Merob?ra of the U. S. Good Roads Association from the south and wpit, caile-i upon President Coolidpe to tell of their hopes and aims. He wan urped to attend the national convention at Alberquerque, New Mexico this year and meat personally President Obregon of Mexico who has accoptwl. CECIL NEWS ITEMS H. 0. E!y nd Bert Palmateer, prom inent farmer of the Morgan district, ktid several other leading lights of that town made a hurried call in Cecil on Sunday on their return from the Odd Fellows convention which they attended hi!e in Pendleton on Sat urday, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomson and Bons and Mrs. Wm. Beymer of Hepp ner, who had been visiting in the Rof City, ftpent a few hours with Mr. and Mr. Jack Hynd at Butterby Flats when they returned to Heppner on Sunday. Mr. and Mm. Fred Pettyjohn and twin eon of Morgan, were calling on Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Krebs and twin ions on Monday at the Last Camp, and no need to say a lively time was enjoyed by ail the wee boys. C. D. Pennett of Portland arrived at the Willows a few days Bgo and will visit with his son-in-law, Mel ville Logan, for a few weeks before leaving for his annual trip to his gold mine at Helena, Montana. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd of Butter by Fiats and Mr. and Mrs. Oral Hen riksen and daughters of Ewinfr, and Geo. Krehs of the Last Camp were all visiting at the county seat during the week. Mr. and Mrs, T. W. May of Lone Star ranch left for The Dalles on Wednesday. Mr. May, who has been ailing for some time, will be under the care of his doctor for some weeks. Mrs. R. A. Thompson and children of Heppner wt're visiting with Mrs. Geo. Krebs at the Last Camp Sunday while R. A. was among his men at the Shepherds Rest. Congratulation are extended to Mr. and Mrs. R. U. Tyler on the ar rival of a fine bouncing boy on Feb. 27th. Dr. McMurdo of Heppner was in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Farnsworth have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mm. Karl Farnsworth for a few days before returning to their ranch near Monument, Will Thomson of Los Angeles vis ited his old frined? in Cecil on Mon day before leaving for Heppner where he will epend a short time with his brother. C. Henriksen of Portland, accom panied by his son Peter of Walla Walla, made a short stay in Cecil on Sunday before leaving for Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Everett and pnrty of friends spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs, L. L. Funk before lea zing for thetr homes in Wasco. Wilfred Cecil, who has been work ing for J. W. 0 shorn at Fairview ranch for a short time, left on Sat urday for Heppner. Mrs. John Gray and children of Shady Dell were visiting with Mrs. Geo. Hardesty at Morgan on Satur day, Mrs, Jack Hynd and daughter, Miss Annie and niece, Mrs. Roy Scott, were calling on Mrs. Geo. Krebs Monday. Mrs. Geo. Krebs and sons, accom panied by Miss Annie C. Lowe, were calling at liutterby Flats on Friday. Mrs. J. C. KeUay and friends from Gn.it Valley were calling in Ccil vicinity on Friday. E. Eaicomb, the obliging p-j(ma-ttr of Morgan, was calling in Cecil on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mc Entire of Kil lamey were visitors in Arlington on Saturday. R. W. Morse, county agent, was calling on the farmers on Willow on Friday. HOME POINTERS. (O. A-, C. Home Economics Dept.) Boi! cabbage in an uncovered kettle taking rare to have the kitchen win dow open a few inches both top and bottom, and the odor will be very alight. Celery tups make a very ornamental tarnish, and are delicious when chopped up in salad. They may also be dried and rubbed to a powder, to be saved for use in seasoning soups and stews, A wire hair brash is the best im plement for removing thread and hairs from the brush of the carpet weeper. Prevent cheese from moulding by wrapping it in a cloth wrung from vinegar. Repeat as often as the cloth becomes dry. The chocolate which is usually wasted by sticking to the container in which it is melted can be saved by greasing the pan thoroughly before putting in the chocolate. Keep an apple in the cake box to keep the cake from drying, changing it whenever it becomes withered or shows signs of decay. To remove chocolate atains from fabrics soak for half an hour in strong cold borax water, pour boiling water through the stain, and wash in the usual manner. Sponge with chlo roform when the stains are on non washable fabrics. COUNTY UNIT PLAN SUCCESS IN CROOK Continued from I'&ve One.) ter.tion to the exterior of the build ingssurfacing and painting. In the future we will continue to nifike improvements in the fences, barns, and water supply. In other words, we have organized our work so as to do some specific line of im provement each summer. So far. we have spoken mostly of the physical side of the work. Never theless we have been just as keen to bring the educational side of the schools up to a higher standard. In the early stages of the new plan, we worked out a county course of study to correlate with the state course of study. Time and space will allow mention of only one brance Reading. However, I will say that we have pre pared systematic outlines for review in nearly all the upper grade subjects in connection with the graded course. In reading, we are working on the basis that if the child learns to read and interpret all in the first four grades he will be able to take care of himself in the succeeding grades. In harmony with that thought we are getting wonderful results with the following assignment: First Grade: Phonic work, two prim ers and five first readers. Second Grade: Review phonics, one first reader, seven second readers. Third Grade: Apply phonics, five third readers. Fourth Grade: Review phonics, five fourth readers. In the fifth grade, aa they are be ginning to take up other subjects which require extensvie reading, we require only two readers, and follow the requirements of the State Coarse of Study m the other grades. We ask the parents to purchase the books required by the state course. The additional books are purchased by the central board and loaned to the children. By this method we know that all the children will have the books in their hands on the day assigned to begin a new reader. Under the County Unit plan all schools begin the same day, just as all schools would do in a city system. The county course makes the same monthly assignment for ail schools, so that should a child move from one part of the county to another there would be no embarassment on ac count of subject matter already cov. ered. We cannot have good schools with out good teachers. Under this plan the central board has the opportunity to make an extensive research into the qualifications of new appointees. It has been the practice of the super intendent to make many more visita tions than would be possible under the old plan. The teachers are re quired at the end of each month to fill out a form designating the work covered during the month. The excel lent beginning already made plainly indicates that the rank and file of the teaching force is far nuperior to the old haphazard method of selecting whomsoever came along. The schools show it; the uniform zeal to follow the state and county course shows it. In conclusion it might be truthfully said that the county unit plan of school administration has, during the past years, proved itself a decided success. What is the matter? There has not been in sight for more than a month a single atarving nation for us to save. This will never do. One, Two, Three, Fighting Roosevelt Faces Young Twi.lv III has taken up boxing- at Washington' "and he') a ili anyi tha instructor. Arranged her with photos of daddy Tlo. It and giand-datidy T. R. ha runs tru to form. NEWS LETTER FROM THE MARKET AGENT What happens to a country, state or private business that buys more than it sells? Anyone can answer this question. Now face this one: In one year this country sold f27,- 336,000 of dairy products and in the same period bought S36.0OO.00O. We bought of other countries over eight and a half millions of'do'.lars more than we sold. Was there a dollar's; worth of this $86,000,000 stock we bought that could not have been pro- j duced at home? Of hides we sold $4,905,000 and we bought $113,917,000, yet the hides the i farmer has to sell are hardly worth bringing to market because of the low price, while shoes and all leather! goods bring the highest prices. j Eggs, we sell eight and a half mil lion dollars' worth abroad and then buy back six and a half million dol- j lars worth, and thousands hen- neries have been forced to quit busi- ! ness during the last three years. i And so on, a long schedule could be quoted. What a ridiculous system, what needless waste, work, expense and middle profitsshipping our so called "surplus stocks" to Europe and bringing back about as much of the same stocks, Over-production," we hear of this condition on every hand. Perhaps it is under-consumption caused by the high expense of joy-riding our pro ducts to Europe and bringing like ones home again. But be it either, would it not be a good idea to so in crease the tariff on these products that imports cannot come in here and take the markets away from Ameri can farmers? There is a vast difference between the living and wage standards of the United States and every country of Europe, Asia and Africa. Since the war the differences have increased. This country simply cannot compete with other nations and their low pro duction costs. The present tariff schedules are of little effect in keep ing out products that undersell us. The tariff on beef is 3 cents per pound. Of what benefit is that to the Oregon stockmen who are going broke every day? The tariff on eggs is 8 cents, yet almost $7,000,000 of Chinese and other foreign products get by and help to put the poultryman out of business. Suppose that the $36,000, 000 worth of dairy products that are brought in here to compete with American farmers did not come in? Would net there be a market for $36, 000.000 more of the dairy products of Americans? The absurdity of shipping millions of dollars worth of our agricultural products abroad each year to get rid of our "surplus" and then bringing back nearly the same amount of like cheap European products, should be apparent to anyone who will study ex port and imnort schedules. What American agriculture needs now is protection against the foreign countries that can beat us in the cost of production, and elimination of much of the legion of middle interests and profiteers between the farm and the retail store. The middle man has no interest in that all crops are mar keted. He is far more interested in having the supply greater than the demand, so that he can use the condi tion to break the price to the produc er. He doesn't want this country to absorb "over-production," he doesn't want the demand for any commodity exhausted. He plays both ends against the producer and consumer. With foreign agricultural products shut out and the middle man squeezed out, both the producer and consumer would greatly benefit. POLITICAL SlDKLh.HTS. WALTER A. RICHARDSON an nounces in this issue that he wilt be a candidate at the coming primar ies for county clerk sul-ject to the will of the democratic voters. Mr. Richardson is net likely to have any opposition in his own party and will receive the nomination. To date Gay M. Anderson is the only republican aspirant and no one else seems anx ious to get into the fray. Judge Campbell may yet be induced to stand for reelection, and he is boing strong ly urged to get into the running, his friends contending that he has made a worthy record and should be re warded by another term. Just what he may decide to do has not yet de veloped. Mr. Benge will not likely have any opposition for the demo cratic nomination, and should Judge Campbell get in the race, the contest for the republican honors will lay be tween him and G. A. Bleakman of Hardman. Mr. Bleakman served for four years on the court, is conversant with the duties, and we imagine that the race between him and Mr. Camp bell would be close enough to be in teresting and perhaps about all the excitement that we will have in the local political situation. BUSINESS MEN AID WHEAT EXPORT BILL Wednesday's Oregon ian. Portland business interests, which have formerly given the McNary Haugen bill for relief of the wheat growers a Derfunctory support only, rallied strongly to the measure yes terday and at once set under way a determined drive to bring the whole west to the support of the proposal and thereby aid grain producers of the country. The decision followed a two-day meeting that ended yesterday after noon at the Chamber of Commerce Portland business men gathered to meet the group of eastern Oregon wheat raisers who form the director ate of the Oregon export commission formed in connection with the bill. F. B. Incels of Dufur. vice-Dresident. i headed the visitors, who met with 60 representative men of affairs of this city. F. E. Andrews, president of the ' chamber, presided. A strong committee, with Edward Ehrman chairman, was named to di rect a strong, aggressive drive thru out the west for the McNary-Haugen CUT FLOWERS. We take orders for flowersr any time of the year and forward all such orders direct to city florists to be filled at market prices from such flowers as are available and of course have to take such flowers as are to be had at the prevailing prices. We charge our patrons no commission; only phone, mail, express and cartage as the case may be. Often we can phone several orders at once and bunch expenses and cartage as well as boxing charges with quite a saving to our patrons. But we do not quote definite prices on flowers as we can not foretell exact market conditions. Your orders always given our care ful attention and we believe we usual ly save our patrons some expense. Yours for courteous service, CASE FURNITURE CO. SEED WHEAT For sale, at my ranch, Eight Mile, at $1.00 per bu 90 sacks Hard Federation certified seed wheat. L. REDDING. - Johnny Mclntire was down from th R lei fin P fanr-Vi nn FrLkv U- i. just getting over a siege of grip which nas naa tne entire family on the sick list for a week or more. A 7-pound daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Littlepage, who reside near Hardman, on Thursday, Fehruary 28. Dr. Johnston attending. The Teapot Shrug 1 ' ,A 7 , 1 iC -V Vi ' Ft x r Batcom Slcmp, Secretary to th Preaident, waa happy aa he cam from tha Senate committee grilling into Naval oil leases. Slemp aaid ha'adviaed Fall and McLean, to "male a clean breaat" when ha law them in Florida. bill. Other nemtwra an O. W. Meilka, K.th.n Strauu, O. C. Calhoun, Juliut Meier, Edward Neustadter, Frank Kerr, John liill, Ralph Brarkett. Geo rp. Lawrecne, Jr., Georn Youne and P. C. Pattenon. Strong Argamenta Preaented. In preienlinr their ease to the chamber delegation, the wheat men numbering a score, made a very strong argument. They said that un less some ray of hope lightens the skies for tha grain farmers, they will leave tha farms this summer and fall in great numbers and seek employ ment in other occupations. Bankers in the group said mauv have already pulled up stakes and aero turning their farms over to the mortgage companies that held .claims against them. Wheat farmers, it was said, were going deeper into debt and the outlook was of the gloomiest. It was declared the McNary-Hau gen bill was the only hope that prom ised practical relief and that It was supported by the farm interests of tha country. The appeal was made to the chamber and to Portland, it was aaid, because other means of en listing aid had been tried and there remained the request for Portland, if interested in state development, as it must be in its own interest, to eome to the aid of tha fanner on a prac tical basis. Bnslneaa Men Pledge Aid. Business men who had felt, hither to, that the problem did not affect them directly were convinced other wise and promisad to do everything possible in support of tha relief meas ure. It was directed at tbe meeting that General Manager Dodson at once tel egraph Senator McNary advising him of the large meeting and its decision to put on an aggressive drive for far mer aid and that three Portland bus iness men desire to visit Washington in behalf of the bill and asking the most opportune time for the showing they wish to make. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Mayor Bert Mason of lone was do ing business here on Monday. He was piiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiuniiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiti: Job for Kiss IE I Margaretta Pratt, 17. of Kanua City, (Mo.) High School, dared her teacner, . ti. uamon, to kiss her. Be did. lightly, ih taye, and-e-loat his xb. Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted The most modern and scien tific instruments used in the diagnosis of eye trouble. Office Phone Main 1164 Residence East 8206 Evenings and Sunday by Appointment. Dr. Arthur J. King OPTICAL SPECIALIST 327 Morgan Blilg. (Broadway and Washington) Portland, Oregon Gilliam & Bisbee's j& Column j& A car of Poultry Sup plies just arrived. Any thing and everything for the Hen. o Lots of mill feed and Dr. Hess' stock tonic for your live stock. Sheep dip and lice exter minator and other reme dies for livestock and poul try. o Our spring stock of sin gle trees, lead bars, wag on tongues, plain beams, handles, clevises, etc., just arrived. Gilliam & Bisbee EVERYTHING IN Hardware - Implements We have it, will get it or it is not made. Cash & Carry Store WILL GIVE FREE ONE CAN OF EITHER GOLD BAR TOMATOES, SWEET POTATOES OR PUMPKIN with each purchase of 1 0 cans of assorted Gold Bar canned goods during CANNED GOODS WEEK, MARCH i-8 L. G. DRAKE, Prop. ODD FELLOWS BUILDING iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinimiiiiiiiiiiiimn; accompanied te tba city by P. P. Hauler, editor of the Independent Sam Clark will leave this week for Medford and other points in Southern Oregon, where ha eipects to visit for awhile with old-time friends. FOR SALE Registered Du roe -Jersey boar. Also aome White Leghorn cockerels, Hansen's 260-egg strain. A. G. PIEPKR, Lexington, Ore. Mrs. J. H. Col baa been quiU ill at her home in this city during the past week. At last reports aha was slightly improved. John T. Kirk was In town from his Willow creek place, and reporta that lambing is on there, with all condi tions ideal. For Sale Portable typewriter, good as new; a bargain. Phone 734, or call at Gazette-Times office. !!!!IUIIII!llllllllllll!lllll!lllllllilllll!!lll!l!llllllllllllllllll!llllllllllll!IIIIIIIII A Real Bargain 880 Acres, comprising 550 acres of good plow land and 330 acres of good grass land. This place is a producer with good marketing facilities. $11,000 SEE L. VAN MARTER Heppner, Oregon REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Money to Loan on First Class Securities fli A Business VMtout ; j i i- l Printing Is Like a Man Without Clothes Let us supply your business with the proper dress of print ed matter letter heads, envel opes,' cards, statements, plac ards, envelope stuffers, etc. The Gazette-Times MUSIC We cater to the very latest in Records and Sheet Music GENNETT RECORDS are one month to six weeks in advance of others. This is creating such a demand that they are fast becoming the most popular record on sale. New Releases Every Thursday. HAVE YOU HEARD "HAVANA" Spend a few of your liesure moments in our delightful music room. HARWOOD'S Odd Fellows Building Main 1062 Heppner, Oregon SolTieyVotedfor"TH" The quesiton in the Graham home was whether it was to be TH-rift or D-rift. The vote was for TH-rift after Mrs. G. presented it thusly: "Are we content to drift along with no prepara tion for the future? "Or, are we thriftly going to save money for the future? "A bank account will help us meet possible mis fortune without a qualm, "And when opportunity knocks it will make it possible for us to take full advantage. "Now what do you say, shall it be thrift or drift?" This bank helps people save by paying 4 percent interest on saving accounts. Start yours today. Farmers & Stockgrowers National Heppner flank 0reKon Star Theater THURSDAY and FRIDAY, MARCH 6 & 7 JACK HOLT in "NOBODY'S MONEY" ALSO EDNA MURPHY in "HER DANGEROUS PATH" Also PATHE NEWS WEEKLY SATURDAY, MARCH 8 LITTLE ANN in "THE GREATEST MENACE" Also "FELIX OUT OF LUCK" SUNDAY and MONDAY, MARCH 9 & 10 LEATRICE JOY in "JAVA HEAD" Also Comedy, "THE WHOLE TRUTH" TUESDAY, MARCH 11-One Day Only SPECIAL CAST in "THE QUEEN OF SIN" In spite of the title a picture well worth seeing. The splendor of Sodom and Gomor rah are reproduced, and the destruction of those cities for their wickedness is realistic ally pictured. Also "FIGHTING BLOOD" Because of the High School Play on Wed nesday these pictures will be shown ONE DAY ONLY