The Gazette-Times
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 41, Number 3. ; HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APR 17, 1924. Subscription $2.00 Per Year
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IS ODDER OF WEEK
Pastime and Newspaper
Seek New Fields of
Endeavor.
BIG SALE TO BE HELD
People's Hardware Company Dlipoeee
of Stock; Grocery and Mill,
inerjr Chance Hand.
Two Heppner buainaaa flrma quit
and two change hand, in a shake-up
of losal business Arms the largest in
years, according to snnouncement
msds this week. The Heppner Her
ald published its last Issue Tuesday,
and Gurdane and Son, pastime, will
elose its doors here the last of April.
John Hiatt took over the Cash and
Carry Grocery from U G. Drake on
Tuesday, and Mrs. M. L. Curran and
daughter Marie wilt conduct the mill
inery business of Mrs. Julia M. Clark
after the first of June. One new
business, thst of a beauty parlor,
was opened by a Mrs. Johnson from
Portland at Hotel Heppner yesterday.
Another big feature in the business
world of Heppner is a big aale at
People's Hardware company which
starts Ssturday and continues for one
week. The entire stock of hard
ware of this firm will be closed out
at a great reduction in prices and a
reorganization of the firm is contem
plated, according to the management.
Circulars distributed this week an
nounce that an entire stock of new
and different goods will replace those
now on their shelves.
Following are notations of changes
as brought to the attention of the
Gaiette-Times this week.
HEPPNER HERALD SUSPENDS.
With its issue of Tuesday, Arpil 15,
the Heppner Herald passed out. The
paper had been published here for a
period of ten years, being established
in April, 1914, by Leslie Harlan, and
under the management of S. A. Pat
tison as publisher and proprietor for
the past seven years. The struggle
for its maintenance in a Held none
too large for one paper, haa been
rather tragic, and its passing at this
time, is only a matter in the course
of human events that is bound to
come to any line of business in an
overdone field of endeavor.
Mr. Pattison, in his announcement,
states t
"With this issue ths Heppner Her
ald ceases to exist as aa Individual
newspaper, a deal having been eon
aumated by which Vawter and Spen
cer Crawford of the Gasette-Times
take over the good will and subscrip
tion list of ths Herald. From this
date all subscription accounts due
on the Herald list will be payable to
the Gasette-Times and all subscrip
tions paid in advance will be carried
out for the time paid with the Gas-etta-Timss."
This states the situation as it per
tains to the obligations of the Ga-
(ette-Times. Mr. Pattison retains his
printing plant and outfit, to dispose
of the same and have it moved away
from Heppner, agreeing not to sell
the same to anyone who contemplates
starting up again In this Held, and to
retire from the game here entirely.
He is having the shop dismantled and
machinery and materials used in con
nection Iwth the publishing of the
Herald will be sold just as soon aa
possible.
We understand that Mr. Pattison
has a very good offer of a position
In the newspaper business in his
old home state of Pennsylvania, near
Pittsburgh, and he will leave for the
east the coming week. Mrs, Pattison
and Miss Dorothea will remain here
until the close of school.
So far as this paper is concerned
we have no promises to make. We
have the equipment, and have here
tofore demonstrated our ability to
care for the needs of the community
in the line of publishing and print
ing, and there is no need of any
change in policy.
GURDANE ft SON TO LEAVE.
After being in business in Hepp
ner since 1914, Doug Gurdane and his
son, Berl, doing business as Gurdane
and Son, have decided to quit busi
ness here and will remove their fix-
turea and stock to Bend. The pastime
here will be closed the last of this
month, and Mr. Gurdane states that
they will immediately open for bust
ness In their new location, the store
building being ready for them by the
first of May,
They expect to have a central lo
cation at Bend, next door to the the
ater of 0. M. Whittington, another
old-time Heppner resident, Messrs,
Gurdane were at Bend during the
early part of last week and made
arrangements for a building and clos
ed a lease and they expect to have a
very fine place in which to do bual
ness when alterations ara completed
and many new fixtures Installed, The
store they occupy here will be vacant,
for a time at least, as thera is no
one ready to move into the building.
DRAKE SELLS CASH A CARRY,
L. G. Drake this week closed a deal
disposing of the Cash and Carry gro
cery in the Odd Fellows building to
J. W. Hiatt. Mr, Hiatt, who haa been
manager of the Peoples Hardware
company for the past six or eight
months, is taking charge of the bus!
ness at once, Mr. Drake retiring on
the 16th. Mr. Hiatt has been engaged
In merchandising in this city for lev.
eral years, is a home production, an
we bespeak for him success in hi
new venture. Mr. Drake and his wife.
who have conducted the business for
the past year, are young people wh
have made many frionds during thai
stay in Heppner, and they wish them
success in whatever undertaking
awaits them In the future,
In reitrlng from business in Hcpp
ner, Mr. Drake wishes to say to th
people of this community that he p
predates the nice business thoy have
given him during the year, and
hopes that ths ssms courtesies and
10th Wedding Day
Remembered by Party
Hon ef Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Oldea
at Fall-view, Scene of Delight
ful Occasion.
On Saturday evening, April 6, the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Olden
at Falrview was the scene of a de
lightful party in commemoration of
their tenth wedding anniversary and
tendered them by about 120 of their
neighbors and friends.
The evening waa spent in playing
games and there were number of
very exciting contests in which prises
were given. Those who were the
winners of prises were Miss Ethel
Nolan, Mr. Victor Peterson, Miss Vera
Engleman, Mr, Ora Barlow, Mrs. Lee
Howell and Mrs. Walter Becket. In
voting contest for the homliest man
and the best looking lady in the
house, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Olden
were awarded prizes.
At 10:30, to the strains of a beau
tiful wedding march, played by Miss
Ruby Engleman, the wedding proces
sion begsn. Mr. and Mra. Olden led,
attended by Mr. and Mra. John M.
Lundy as best man and bridesmaid,
Ora Barlow as father of the bride
nd Miss Vera Engleman, flower girl.
They marched to the parlor which
was decorated with peach blossoms,
and the marriage ceremony was per
formed in a solemn manner by
Judge Biz" Engleman. The bride
looked charming in a gown of real
lace over peach blossom satin and
carried a bouquet of yellow daffodils.
The judge pronounced them man and
wife for another ten years we did
ot learn whether he kissed the bride
but presume this part of his duty
waa well performed, and then Mr. and
Mrs. Olden, the "newly weds,' re
ceived the congratulations of their
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Olden will leave soon
for an extended wedding trip. They
received many fine and useful pre
sents of aluminum ware. At 12:80
delicious refreshments were served,
and during the entire evening the
party waa enlivened by much music
which was furnished by Miss Gene
Hall, the Misses Ruby and Vera En
gleman and Mr. Walter Dobyns. The
party broke up at 2 o'clock, all wish-
ng Mr. and Mrs. Olden much joy and
ong years of happy, prosperous life,
promising to be present at their gol
den wedding anniversary.
JOHNNY BECKET TO
VISIT HIS OLD HOME
On the sport page of the Oregonian
of Wednesdsy, is a very interesting
write-up of Johnny Becket, by L. H.
Gregory, sporting editor of "'at pa-,
per. Mr, Becket and his wife and
young son, John, Jr., are visiting
Portlsnd with his parents, Mr.
and Mra. J. W. Becket, and we under
stand it is their intention to make
Heppner, the old home town of Mr.
Becket, a visit before his furlough
xpires. He is with the United States
Marines and will report for duty at
Mare Island. Mr. Gregory gives a
abort history of Johnny's football
career, and from the write-up we
take the following:
Fate picked up Johnny Becket and
hoisted him Into the marine corps
and a military career. He had no
more intention of becoming a mar
ine officer than he had of farming
prior to the outbreak of the war in
1917.
"But when the United States got
into it, Becket rushed to a recruiting
office in May, 1917, and enlisted as s
private. They sent him to Mare Is
land and assigned him that fall to
play football. Hugo Bezdok came
down from Oregon and coached the
boys a month and they beat the army
team In the service game at Pasadena.
"Next football aeason Johnny
Becket was overseas in France. He'd
won a lieutenantcy by this time and
found that he liked the service so
well that when the war ended he
concluded to stay with it. He gained
early promotion to first lieutenant
and now, with seven years in the
corps, likes the life better than ever.
'It's a great career for any young
fellow,' said Becket yesterday. 'There
are plenty of hard knocka in it, but
there is fun and excitement, too, and
an expert at esprit de corps that
makes you proud to be a marine. If
there's trouble anywhere the marines
get first whack. at it always'."
EA8TER OBSERVED AT CHURCH.
The Easter program at the Chris
tian church will be distributed
throughout the day, preceding the
regular aervices, and in the evening
the beautiful pantomime, O ion
Haste," will be given. You will en
joy this arrangement, and the appro
priate numbers closing the program.
Archdeacon Goldle will be at Hepp
ner on Sunday and will bold aervices
at the Episcopal church at the usual
morning hour.
consideration will be extended to Mr.
Hiatt, his successor. Mr. Drake Is
not prepared to say Juat what he
will do, but expects to take a little
time to look around, and may engage
in this sama line of business in some
other Eastern Oregon town. He has
nothing but expressiona of good will
for the people of Heppner and vl
clnlty.
MRS. CLARK BELLS MILLINERY.
We are Informed that Mrs. Julia
Clark has disposed of her millinery
business to Mrs. Mike Curran and
her daughter, Miss Mario, who will
not take possession of the same, how
ever, until the first of June.
BEAUTY SHOPPE.
Mrs. Johnson, formerly of the Blue
Bird Beauty Shoppe of Portland, ar
rived In this city on Wednesday and
will operate a beauty parlor here.
Mrs. Johnson comes highly recom
mended, and will be prepared to give
bar patrons the best of service In
manicuring, marcelling, hair-bobbing
and curling, facial massage, scalp
treatments, children's hair trimming
and curling, etc. She will open her
shop Saturday, April 19th, and will
be permanently located in Hotel
Heppner.
jL- - OF COURSE
I S OWE THAT
Echo Hotel Destroyed
By Fire Tuesday A. M.
A heavy loss was caused at Echo
early Tuesday morning by a fire that
completely destroyed the Hotel Echo
and all the furniture in the house,
a amall apartment house and a cot
tage. A nearby tire ahop waa also
damaged and an adjoining building
was barely saved, according to the
account given in Tuesday's East Ore
gonian. The fire started in the hotel build
ing, and its cause is unknown. The
flames were seen a little before 4
o'clock by a brakeman in a passing
train who turned in the alarm. The
hotel was burned to the ground, and
all the furniture was lost. The wind
carried the Are across Bridge street
and caused the loss of the apartment
house, owned by the Wind River Lum
ber company.
The hotel was a 40-room structure
. d-wae ""rued by J. S. Warwick of
Brownsville. It recently changed
hands for a reported price of $11,000,
and the insurance on the building
was $5000. A lease on the structure
waa held by R. M. Pederson and P.
Juul who operated the hostlery. They
valued their furniture at $3,500, but
it is reported to have been inade
quately insured.
Only heroic work on the part of
the fire company and citizens pre
vented the fire from consuming the
entire section of town near the hotel.
LEAVES FOR PENNSYLVANIA.
Andrew Baird, who has been spend
ing the past four months at Heppner,
visiting with his daughters, Mrs. C.
C. Patterson and Mrs. J. O. Hager,
departed for bis home at Edenberg,
Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Accom
panying him was C. C. Patterson, who
is going to his old home state to re
main, having decided to take advan
tage of the opportunity offered to
make the trip in charge of his father-in-law.
Mr. Patterson haa been an in
valid for many years and practically
helpless, but of late he seemed to be
In position to help himself to some
extent and he felt able to the task
of traveling across the continent Mr.
Baird and Mr. Patterson were taken
to Arlington by Mrs. Hager and Mrs.
Patterson, where they took No. 18,
and will have no change of cars until
reaching Chicago, and from there
they will go on to the home of Mr.
Baird without change. Mra. Patterson
and Miss Mary expect to follow later
CHAUTAUQUA DATES SET.
The dates for Heppner's Chautau
qua have been set for June 80 to July
(th. Inclusive. Coming at the time it
doea, the Chautauqua will no doubt
draw much heavier patronage than in
former years. There is some talk,
also, that Heppner will put on a 4th
of July celebration thia year, but
there haa been no definite move in
that direction.
KLANSMEN VISIT CHURCH.
About 20 robed Klansmen from
Heppner and Lexington attended the
meeting of the Baptist church in
lone on Sunday evening, and listen
ed to a splendid discourse, delivered
by Rev. E. A. Johnson, the pastor.
Upon leaving the Klansmen presented
the preacher with a purse contain
ing about $25, aa a compliment for
the good work he is doing.
NOTICE TO ROYAL ARCH MASONS.
A regulra convocation of Heppner
Chapter No. 26, R. A. M., will be held
on Thursday evening,
April 17th. There will be
work in the Mark Master
degree and all companions
are requested to attend If
possible, By order of the
H, P.
HANSON HUGHES, Secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Cutsforth of
Lexnlgton, were visitors in this city
on Monday. Mr. Cutsforth was fear
ful that the freeze of Sunday night
might prove Injurious to the fruit.
Ice of considerable thickness was
frozen at the Cutsforth home.
Bacon, Eggs and not Biscuits with
other good things will be served by
the Christian Endeavorera Saturday
morning, April 19, in Christian
church. Eat with them.
Mr, and Mrs. Halleck Stange were
in this city Tuesday from their home
at Idna,
WAITING
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Barratt depart
ed the first of the week for Portland
and Willamette valley points, expect
ing to be absent for about two weeks.
Mr. Barratt expected to attend the
unveiling of the Booth monument
"The Circuit Rider," which takes
place at Salem during the week, and
will later go to Roseburg to attend
the dedication ceremonies by the
state highway commission of the new
bridge juBt completed near that city
on the Pacific highway, and which
has been named "Booth Bridge" in
honor of R. A. Booth, who was so
long a member of the commission. Mr.
Barratt states that this is the finest
structure of the kind yet built by the
state and he is proud to know that it
is given the name, of Booth, and
will stand for all time to come as a
monument to the good service ren
dered the state in its highway pro
gram by Robert A. Booth.
The local high school ball team en
gaged the Pine City huskies in a
game on Gentry field Wednesday af
ternoon, the latter going down to
defeat in a game that was rather
remarkable for the big figures on the
score board. The weather conditions
were not conducive to lively ball
playing and seemed to hsve a rather
depressing effect on both teams.
Roy Neill, sheepman and alfalfa
raiser of Big Butter creek was in
the city Wednesday from his home
near Pine City. Some pretty crimpy
weather haa been the experience of
the people of that neighborhood dur
ing the week. Mr. Neill is getting
ready for shearing, and states that
the flocks of Tom Boylen are being
shorn at the Pine City plant.
Friends of Uncle Crocket Kirk will
be glad to know that he Is steadily
gaining in strength and shows some
improvement each day and his family
feel much encouraged at the progress
toward recovery that he is making.
Mr. Kirk is able to be up quite a
good deal each day and he is glad
to have his friends call in and see
him.
Hal Ely and R. E. Harbison, prom
inent Morgan citizens, were in the
city on Saturday. These gentlemen
had expected to hear Mayor Baker
speak on Saturday evening, it having
been announced that he would be in
Heppner on that date, and were a
little disappointed to learn that he
had cancelled his date here.
Mrs. Robert McMurtry, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, E. S. Duran of Lex
ington, departed for her home at
Philomath early in the week after
visit of three weeks at the home
of her parenta. Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Murtry contemplate moving to Salem
soon where he will have work at his
trade of an electrician.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Moore are home
from Portland, where Mr. Moore was
confined in a hospital for several
weeks while recovering from a very
serious surgical operation. He is rap
idly gaining in strength but it will
doubtless be some little time yet be
fore he is fully recovered.
Waldo Vincent, Lena postmaster
and merchant, was In town Tuesday,
The cold snap has hit his section
pretty strong and there were heavy
frosts Monday and Tuesday nights.
Mr. Vincent was of the opinion that
little damage resulted to growing
vegetation, however.
County Agent Morse went out to
the sheep ranch of Davidson and Mc-
Curdy at Gooseberry today, to ar
range for the purchase of a bunch
of lambs that will be turned over to
the boy's and girl's club at Irrigon.
Bethel Chapel will have special
Easter aervices on Sunday at 9:45.
An attractive program has been pre
pared for these services and there
will be a solo by Mrs, Edward Chinn,
and one by her son Daniel,
Fishermen out for the first day
of the open season roport fine catches
of trout. The fish seem plentiful and
no doubh better catches will be re
ported as the water clears up.
Jason Biddle and Ike Howard, two
of Ione's prominent citizens, were
in this city Tuesday.
Dr. D. R. Haylor, eye specialist, in
HSppner April 80-21-22.
Begins Shearing and
Wool Yield Is Good
Frank Turner began the shearing
season on Saturday last with the
flocks of Mike Marshal at Castle
Rock. He was up to town yesterday
and states that his crew has finished
with the Marshall sheep and are now
at the M. S. Corrigall place on But
ter creek.
Mr, Turner's outfit consists of ten
machines and he is working a full
crew. He states that the wool clip
Is extra fine this season owing to the
mild winter, and the clip will be
heavy. Just now the weather con
ditions are not the best, but Mr. Tur
ner states that it is about what can
be expected at the starting of the
shearing and it is little different from
every other season in his experience.
Methodist Sunday School
To Put on Easter Pageant
Next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock,
at the Methodist Community church
the high school and intermediate
classes of the Sunday school will
present "The Dawning," a pageant
of the resurrection. This is one of
the best portrayals of the incidents
of the resurrection morning, and
those presenting it have given it
careful study and preparation. You
will not be disappointed.
HEPPNER HI WINS OVER CONDON.
So far this season, the local high
school has been the top notcher in
every ball contest they have engaged
OnSaturday the team from Con
don met their defeat on Gentry field
a fairly well played and evenly
matched contest, the score being 8-7.
Some rather costly errors were made
on both sides, the long end of the
bumbles' going to the credit of
the locals, who were fortunate enough
to get away with the favors tendered
them by Condon and marked up the
tallies on the score card ahead of
their rivals. Had the good playing
that marked the last few innings been
maintained throughout, there would
have been less regrets on the part
of players and fans alike. Heppner
meets up with lone again the end of
the week and they hope to defeat that
team once more, which will give them
the lead for the pennant.
GLENN A KIRK CALLED BY DEATH.
Gtenna Mae Kirk, eldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Kirk, died at
the home of her parents in this city
at 8:30 o'clock this morning, follow
ing sn illness of some four weeks
duration. She was taken ill first
with influenza and measles, this later
developing into a sceptic sore throat
from which death resulted. All that
it was possible for human hands to
do was done by the attending physi
cian, parents and friends to bring
relief, but the ailment was such that
it did not yield to treatment.
Glenna was 15 years, 7 months and
19 days of age and in her second year
at high school. She was the eldest
child of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk. Just
blooming into young womanhood, her
death comes as a severe affliction to
her family and a shock to her many
young friends and schoolmates. Fun
eral arrangements have been made
for Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock,
at the Methodist Community church,
Rev. F. R. Spaulding, pastor, officiat
ing. She was a member of the Meth
odist church and Sunday school in
this city.
Four other children of the family
are all down in bed with measles at
this time but It is reported that they
ara doing well and are not suffering
any complications.
Olaf Bergstrom, extensive farmer
and wheatraiser of the Eight Mile
section was a visitor here on Tues
day. He was not altogether well
pleased with the cold and freez
ing weather that hit his country the
first of the week and was hoping that
it would soon pass.
Chas. H. Erwln, who farms a large
tract of wheat land out south of
lone, was doing business in Heppner
Tuesday. He reports a pretty cold
snap out his way but no apparent
damage done by the freezing.
Mrs. Emmet Cochran returned on
Friday from a stay of several weeks
at Hot Lake. Oregon, where she re
celved treatment.
379 CANDIDATES FILE
WITH SEC. OP STATE
Republicans Represented
By 276 While 103 Are
Democrats.
Of the 879 eandiadtes for office of
one kind and another to be elected
at the primary election in May who
have filed their declarations at Salem,
276 are republicans and 103 are dem
ocrata. There are five candidates for the
office of U. S. senator on the repub
lican side, with four contenders in
the democratic race. The republican
candidates include George L. Baker,
K. K. Kubli, H. H. Stallard and Eu
gene E. Smith, all of Portland, and
C. L, McNary, incumbent, of Salem.
The democrats seeking this office are
W. H. Strayer of Baker, Milton A.
Miller and Will S. King of Portland
and George Mansfield of Prospect.
Republican candidates for repre
sentative in congress in the 2d dis
trict are George T. Cochran of La
Grande and N. J. Sinnott, incumbent,
of The Dalles. The democratic can
didates in thia district are James
Hravey Graham of Baker, Ralph W.
Swagler of Ontario and B. F. Wilson
of Union.
Three republican candidates have
filed for state treasurer. They are
Frank Sever of Portland, Thomas B.
Kay of Salem, and E. R. Campbell of
Portland. Jefferson Myers, incum
bent, is the democratic candidate for
this office.
H. H. Corey and Robert Service,
both of Baker, are the republican
candidates for public service com
missioner from the eastern Oregon
district. The democratic candidate is
J. D. Brown of Willows.
Hiram W. Johnson of San Francisco
and Calvin Coolidge of Washington
are the republican candidates for
president of the United States at the
Oregon primaries. William Gibbs
McAdoo is the only democratic aspir
ant for this honor.
Republican candidates for vice-
president in Oregon are William
Grant Webster of New York, Elwood
Washington of Hammond, Ind., Frank
Lowden of Illinois, H. N. Northrup
and George L. Berry of TenesBee is
the democratic candidate for vice
president of the Oregon primary bal
lot S. D. Peterson of Milton is acandi-
date for republican delegate at large
to the republican national convention.
In the aecond congressional district
W. O. Staver of Pilot Rock and Roy
W. Kitner of Pendleton are listed
among those seeking election as del
egates to the republican national con
vention. Judge Gilbert W. Phelps seeks the
republican nomination as circuit
judge in the sixth judicial district.
Samuel E. Notson is the republican
candidate for district attorney of
Morrow county.
Republican candidates for represen
tative from the twenty-second district
Umatilla and Morrow counties, are
A. R. Shumway of Milton, and W. B.
Barratt, Heppner.
Delegates to national democratic
convention from the second district
include William M. Peterson of Pen
dleton and Charles E. Carter of Free
water. Puts Out Poison for
Rabbits at Irrigon
County Agent Morse was at Irrigon
on last Sunday and he and nig asist-
ants spread poison for rabbits along
about twelve miles of the bank of the
upper irrigation canal. Mr. Morse
used the cedar stick method and it
is said to be one of the best plans
yet devised for getting the pests. The
rabbits are very fond of the cedar.
The sticks are dipped in the poison
and stuck into the ground, the rab
bits taking to it like a young kitten
to a saucer of warm milk, and the
results are many dead bunnies. Mr.
Morse states that on next Sunday he
will visit the Board man district and
place a lot of the poison sticks along
their irrigation canal.
Squirrel poisoning campaigns are
also being aranged and much poison
has been prepared by the County
Agent to be distributed and used for
this purpose. While at Hard man
early in the week Mr. Morse left a
supply of poison for that section
at the Colliver Cash store where it
can be secured by those needing it.
Falconer Opposes Ship
ment California Wool
I am opposed to the shipment into
Oregon of California wool, whether
it comes from a district that is un
affected with the foot and mouth dis
ease or not,H Fred W. Falconer, presi
dent of the Oregon Wool Growers
association declared today. "The
movement of wool from California
while disease prevails there consti
tutes a menace to the livestock in
terests of Oregon, and I am of the
opinion that no restrictions that Ore
gon can make will be too strict and
that at best we will have little enough
protection.
The effects of foot and mouth dis
ease in this state, if it should be
carried into Oregon, would be ruinous
to the livestock interests, Mr. Fal
coner declared. The sheep and cattle
men of Idaho are keenly on the
alert to prevent the spred of the
disease In that state, he said. East
Oregonian.
W. B. Barratt and Son have con
tracted to deliver to Tom Boylen of
Pendleton, late in the summer, 2000
head of mixed lambs, the price being
10 cents. Mr, Barratt reports a very
successful lambing season and a high
percentage of increase.
County Road Master McCaleb is
still confined at home by sickness.
He was feeling some better and got
out to look after soma road business,
the result being that he had to re
tire to his bed again.
By Arthur Brisbane
Hangman Retires.
Lincoln's Poenj.
Strong Women.
Nature's Wonders.
John Ellis, England's hangman, re
tires from business, giving no reason.
He hanged Roger Casement and Edith
Thompson, the last woman hanged in
Great Britain.
Ellis was paid fifty shillings, about
(12.50, each time he hanged a human
being. That was for the hanging.
They paid him fifty shillings more
"for good conduct.
"Good conduct meant that he must
stay out of drinking saloons at the
place of execution before and after
the hanging. Thia made him lose
money; in the old days public houses
would pay the hangman to stand at
their bar.
The more he drank the more the
hangman talked, the more he talked,
the more terrible became his stories
of the groaning, begging, pleading or
"game indifference" of the men
around whose necks he fastened the
rope.
If you think hanging or other cap
ital punishment necessary "to fright
en criminals," devote a moment's
thought to Ellis, the British hang
man.
If a crowd rushed to see him. buy
him free drinks, and listened to his
tales of horror, do you think hanging
really prevents crime 7
It does not. on the contrary, it
stimulates crime, by stimulating ad
miration for the criminal.
The J. Pierpont Morgan collection
of valuable mss. exhibited to the pub
lic include a poem, "The Bear Hunt,"
by Abraham Lincoln, and this is how
it begins:
A wild bear chase didst never see?
Then hast thou lived in vain
Thy richest bump of glorious glee.
Lies desert in thy brain.
Here you learn that it Is possible
to be a great man and a very bad
poet.
This is a prosperous country, worth
defending. Last week 1,500,000 stock
holders received little envelopes con
taining more than $250,000,000. If
you didn't get any of the dividend
envelopes don't waste time envying
or hating those that got them. Save
your money, invest it, and you can
get dividends also. Except for the
very unfortunate there is no need to
stay really poor in this country.
Mr, Albee, who collects strange
things and shows them, brings from
Italy the strongest woman in the
world. She can sustain the weight
of a two-ton elephant, and allow
men on horseback to ride over a
bridge of which the weight rests
upon her.
In old days, such a lady would
have been courted by many.
She might have been that Amazon
queen, who told Alexander the Great
that she would like to be the mother
of his children, a message followed
by an interesting meeting. Alexan
I der having sent the only reply that
polite man could send being
bachelor at the time.
What became of the result of that
meeting? Who knows but that this
powerful Italian woman may be the
descendant of Alexander the Great?
Now, however, a child moving an
electric switch could raise a thous
and times the weight of that two-ton
elephant. Mere muscle doesn't count
any more. But strong women, not able
to lift elephants, but with good strong
bodies free from nicotine, alcohol.
late hours and general foolishness,
are as important as ever they were.
Upon them depends the brain of
the next generation and future civil
ization. Nature is "wonderful." There are
birds like animals, animals like birds.
The strangeness of creation is inex
haustible. The University of Pennsyl
vania sends an expedition to catch
hoazm, bird that breaks stones
with its beak, swims like a duck, flies
like a bat. The same expeditoin will
look also for a "Bel'bird. ' Instead of
singing it tinkles like a bell.
There are snakes that swallow their
young to protect them, then let them
out again. There is a lady toad that
lays her eggs on the back of her hus
band, who hops around cheerfully in
the sunlight hatching the load. Na
ture really is wonderful.
What we actually SEE we FEEL.
One State in March reports 124 killed
by automobiles. "That is TERRIBLE,
we must do something about it"
In the year 200,000 mothers die In
childbirth, because they are neglec
ted. Nobody gets much excited about
that.
Cancer and tuberculosis kill their
tens of thousands. All that we take
for granted.
County Court Holds
Short Session Yesterday
An adjourned session of the county
court was held yesterday at which
time the designation of the paper to
publish the delinquent tax summons
was made. Tho Gazette-Timse was
designated to perform this service.
Some other minor matters were tak
en up, following which there was a
meeting of the District Boundary
Board.
EI
,8-3
First League Game Here
Brings Out Team's
Weaknesses.
ARLINGTON IS NEXT
Sunday Heppner Plays River Boys,
Who Lost to Condon This Week;
Teams Tied for Second.
lone defeated Heppner. 8-3. in the
first game of the Morrow-Gilliam
County Baseball league on the local
diamond last Sunday afternoon, be
fore a large crowd of fans. A rain
in the morning had put the ground
in good shape, and though the after
noon was chilly, it was not altogether
er unpleasant, and with the excep
tion of a few "blow-up" the game
was a good exhibition of the national
sport.
Aiter holding lone scoreless In the
first inning, Heppner went to bat, and
succeeded in marking up one tally,
Connelly, left fielder, crossed home
plate on an error after gaining first
base on a single and stealing second
and third. This ended the scoring
for the locals until the eighth, how
ever, and in between times the Egg
City boys had run up a total of 8
markers.
The nice mound work of both
Thornton for lone and Roberts for
Heppner. which was the blsr feature
of the game, did much toward even-
ing things up, only six hits being ob
tained off Thornton and nine off
Roberts, while each had nine strike
outs to his credit. Neither walked a
batter. Thornton, however, had the
better support, and thus it was the
score came to be so one-sided.
Both teams were held scoreless in
the second inning, but when the third
rolled around lone began to soak the
"rawhide" and tallied three men, all
earned runs. Four hits did the trick,
a single by Lewis, two-bagger by En
banks and two more singles by W.
Rietmann and A. Cochran.
The fourth inning was a scoreless
one, but the fifth was fatal for the
locals, when a group of errors and
two hits netted the visitors a couple
more runs, V. Rietmann and Thorn
ton scoring. Rietmann, the first man
at bat, made a drive which waa
fumbled and he gained first and sec
ond on an overthrow at first. Then
Thornton fanned, but gained first
when the catcher dropped the ball
and made an overthrow at first. Riet
mann went down to third and in an
attempt to cut him off an overthrow
was made at third which allowed
him to score. Thornton was then
brought home by a two-bagger by
Eu banks. A stop was finally put to
the "baloon ascention" when Eubanks
was caught off the base at second,
and Connelly in left field caught two
fly balls.
It took the locals some time to get
their heads after this disaster, and
they allowed another score to slip
in in the sixth on errors. Things
tightened up in the seventh again
and neither team scored. Then in
the eighth Heppner had her Inning.
Paul Aiken started it with the long
est drive of the day, landing him on
the third sack. Roberts gained first
on a grounder and overthrow, and
Aiken scored. Roberts then stole
second, and a single by King scored
him. Pitcher Thornton put the jinx
on things, however, when with one
gone he landed the next two batters
by himself.
Another little affair somewhat like
the fifth took place in the last inning,
and two more lone men slipped thru
the claws of the locals, Eubanks and
Thornton again. Heppner then came
up for the last attempt, which prov
ed futile. Crawford, first up, landed
a single, but was unable to score
when the next three men took the
count.
Bert Johnson, lone, re fe reed the
game, and everything went off In a
clean and sportsmanlike manner.
Heppner plays her next game at
Arlington, Sunday. Arlington was
defeated at Condon this week, and
should not prove a strong opponent
unless their team has been strength
ened in the meantime.
Heppner
AB R H
"Spec" Aiken, 1 4 0 0
King, c
Connelly, If
Van Marter, 3 .
Anderson, cf
Crawford, ss
Parker, rf
P. Aiken, 2
.4
4
4
-.4
..2
4
4
Roberts, p ........
Moore, rf
Totals 38 8 8
lone
AB R H
Eubanks, ss 5 2 4
W. Rietmann, 3 5 1 1
A. Cochran, cf 5 0 1
Drake, If 5 0 0
Dutch Rietmann, 1 . 5 0 0
Bristow, rf 5 1 1
Lewis, c - -. 5 1 1
V. Rietmann, 2 - 4 1 1
Thornton, p 4 2 1
Totals 43 8
FIRST CIU'RCH OF CHRIST.
Lord's Day, April 20. 1924.
Rather than an obligation to a
deeper spirituality, Easter has degen
erated into an occasion fur the dis
play of finery. May the good Lord
help us! "Be not anxious for your
body, what ye shall put on." Our
Easter program will be distributed
throughout the day, wtihout disturb
ing the regular services, cloning with
a delightful pantomime In the eve
ning; you will enjoy this arrange
ment. Bible school at 9:45, follow
ed by Communion and preaching iif
vice at 11 o'clock. The Christian En.
deavor service will be held at 7 o'
clock and the evening preaching ser
vice at 8, The themes for the day's
sermons will be: morning, "Tho Light
of the Tomb," and evening, "The
Risen Life." You are Invited to wor
ship with us on this great day.