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ricri Society-0rep0pubiit0riUm The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 41, Number 4. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APR. 24, 1924. Subscription $2.00 Per Year Take Second Place in League With One Battle Lost. SUNDAY'S SCORE 6-4 Robert! Pitch. Good Ball With IS Strlke-outa; Grouping of Hits Responsible for Tallies. Heppner's baseball tossere won their first game thia season at Ar lington Sunday afternoon. The game wai looaely played, though there ware enough good playa thrown in to keep the spectatora interested. Heppner acored one tally In the first inning and Arlington one in the second. Things were then nip and tuck until tha fifth, when the river boys acored two more,' and led Heppner till the seventh inning, whew Heppner got four men across home plate, thereby gaining a safe lead. Tha locals got one run in the sixth, and Arlington one in the aeventh inning, making tha final score 6-4. Fred Roberts, local twirler, was largely responsible for Heppner's vic tory, pitching the team out of sever al holes and fanning 16 batters in all. Fred was a bit wild Sunday, however, and walked five men besides hitting three. Heppner waa also for tunate in grouping her hita to make them count, and assisted by Arlington errors, was able to acore a good per centage of runnera. Tha fielding of Gay Anderson, vet eran center fielder for the locals, was undoubtedly the prettiest part of the game. - Gay cut off two hita by pull ing down a couple of tough fly balls, and again by grabbing one on the bounce and making a perfect peg to aecond was responsibla for catching the runner off first base. Anderson was also high tally gainer, crossing home plate three timea. He and Con nelly, shortstop, tied for batting hon ors, each knocking a two-bagger and two singles, "Dutch" McPherrin caught for Heppner Sunday, and did a nice job of it. Another new man in the in field lineup waa Ralph Moore, high school player, who held down the aecond aack like a veteran. Connel ly'a pretty fielding and sure pegging from -the short position helped put confidence into the infield bunch, as well as booat the Heppner stock quite a degree. Paul Aiken, who played second the first two games this season, was out of tha game Sunday because of ill ness. He is reported confined to his bed, and may not be able to be with tha team again for aoma time. His presence in the lineup is missed, as he waa showing promise of being one of the best playera Heppner had. Heppner will journey to Condon next Sunday where they will play off the knot for aecond place honors in tha Morrow-Gilliam County league, with the Gilliam county boys. Both teams have won and lost one game, and thla battle should ba a hot one. Tha local boys believe they are going to clean up on Condon, Sunday's batting lineup: Arlington AB H R Elwood 6 0 0 liusted '.. .6 2 2 E. AshenfcJUr .. ..6 2 1 Larmear . . . ..o 2 1 Montague .-. 4 1 0 Creswell 4 1 0 D. Ashenfelter 4 2 0 Beeion ..4 0 0 Bowers 4 0 0 Totals 40 10 4 Heppner AB H R Aiken 6 1 1 Anderson .. 4 8 3 Connelly 4 8 0 Van Marter -.4 1 0 Roberts 4 0 0 McPherrin 4 1 1 Crawford -...4 1 0 Goodman 4 1 0 Moore ............ 4 1 1 Totala 87 12 6 Struck out by Roberts 15, by Bow ers 9; first on balls off Roberta 6, off Bowers 8. I. O. O. F. Will Celebrate Their 105th Anniversary Saturday, April 26, la tha data of tha 105th anniversary of the order of Odd Fellows, and tha occasion will be celebrated by tha varioua subor dlnate lodges and the Rebekaha of Morrow county at the hall of Willow Lodge No. 66 on Saturday evening. Numbers on tha program will con sist of music by tha male quartette from tha lodge at Pilot Rock and Rev. Mr. Head of Iona will deliver tha address. Each subordinate lodge of the county will present a number on the program and a very interest ing time Is anticipated. Following tha program and ceremonies will bs tha serving of light refreshments. I.F.AVE FOR FRANCR. Mr. and Mrs. Will L. Morgan and son left yesterday for New York. Later they will sail for Paris, France, and will remain for an extended so journ with relntlvas of Mrs. Morgan, who is a native of Paris. Mr, and Mrs, Morgan have been residents of Pendleton for tha past three years. Their marrlnge occurred while Mr. Morgan was in aervice during the world war. Tuesday's East Oregon Ian. YOUNG MATLOCK SAVES GAME. In a tight gnmo of ball between Washington and Whitman at Seattle the past week, Orln Matlock, Hnppner boy, saved tha day for tha university nnd broke a 8-8 knot in the eleventh inning by swatting out a long fly to left field with two men on bases, Orin la making good on tha "Husky" nine and in thla gnma holped to keep the "Missionaries" from Walla Walla on tha short end of tha score card. Mr. Barratt Favors A Strong Quarantine Morrow County Sheepman Believe Hoof and Mouth Disease Here Would Destroy Industry. W. B. Barratt of this city, who for yean hat been a leading stockman of this countv. waa quoted in Wed nesday'a Oregon Ian In the "Those Who Come and Go" Column as fol lows: "Oregon must fight the hoof and mouth disease and take every pre caution, no matter how California pleads for concessions. If the epi demic spreads into Oregon then it will wipe out the stock industry in this state. No precauton can be con sidered too drastic to save Oregon," says W. B. Barratt of Heppner, Or., prominent sheepman and former member of the state highway com mission. "I do not believe in sending sympathetic committees to Califor nia. It is a job for the veterinarians. I'm telling you that if the disease enters Oregon it will be the last straw to the cattle industry here, for it will be impossible to combat it. Think what would happen if it got into the summer range in the Blue mountains. There are about 300,000 sheep range in the Blue mountains nd about 50,000 head of cattle. It would be out of the question to quar antine the animals, for they mix around and the result would be that every sheep and every head of cattle would have to be killed. The Blue mountains are only one summer range, but I cite it as a sample of the devastation which would occur if Oregon lets down the bars or takes a sympathetic attitude. Furthermore, if the disease gets into this state Oregon will promptly be given the blame of starting it and even Califor nians will try to shoulder the ill re pute on Oregon." Mr. Barratt reports a wonderful lambing sea b on. He lambed 2400 ewes, getting more than 100 per cent increase. Out of one flock of 800 ewes he had 200 sets of twins and three ewes had triplets. Mr. Barratt is a candidate for the republican nomination for represent ative of the joint district of Morrow and Umatilla counties, and with his knowledge of the stock and agricul tural industries and of highway mat ters should be a valuable member if elected. 'Nothing But the Truth,' Senior Play to Be May 7 Tha Senior play, "Nothnig But the Truth," will be presented on May 7 at the Star theater. Nothing But the Truth" is a three act comedy by James Montgomery dealing with a very unusual situation. Bob Bennett is given $10,000 by his fiancee, Gwendolyn Ralston. She wishes him to invest thia money for her and double it by the end of the week. He agrees to do it. However, it is not easy to double money so quickly even if one is an authority on stocks and the partner of the best stock salesman on wall Street. Con sequently he accepts the only proposi tion ha can think of whereby It can be done. He bets the $10,000 with Mr. Ralston, Gwen's .father. The propo sition is that Bob shall tell the ab solute truth for a whole day. Other wise ha must forfeit the money. Mr. Ralston takes Bob out to his home so ha may better see that he tells a lie. Here Bob gets himself and the family into all kinds of trouble by telling tha absolute truth to every one, even the traffic cop. Mabel and Sabel Jackson, two ul tra-refined vaudeville actresses, near ly decapitate Mr. Ralston, and involve him in terrible difficulties with his wife. But as soon as Bob's twenty-four hours of truth-telling have elapsed, he straightens all matters out and proves himself the hero of an unpre cedented aituation by telling a set of very dexterous Ilea. Don't miss it, at the Star theater, May 7. BETHEL CHAPEL NOTES. Why ba lonesome? Join Bethel family something doing all the time. Sunday school for everybody; ladies' auxiliary; missionary; Wednesday evening Bible study; class pnrties and dinners. And now a ladies' hik ing club. Don't ba lonesome. Those members of Bethel who were unable to attend the party given by Mr. and Mrs. Chinn missed a mighty good time. The annual Easter party was given by the primary department tcachors to the primary children and their parents last Saturday afternoon In the chapel. A short program was given In which Mrs. Phelps, the su perintendent, quoted General Persh ing in emphasizing tho large place the Sunday school fills. Daniel Chinn entertained all present, especially the children, by singing In Chinese. The guests were entertained by games In one room while tables were made ready In adjoining rooms for refresh menta. The tables looked most In vitlng with their pretty decorations of candy chickens, flowers and ice cronm with wafers and coffee. Finally the children were asked to play "fol low the leader" with Mrs. Earl Gil liam and Mrs. Chaa. Cox leading them to a neighboring yard where the search for Lastor candy eggs begnn and ended with rich rownrds for the little guests. The Easter exercises Sunday morn ing were well given by various class es which combined to put on the pro gram consisting of three short plays, Danlol Chinn pleased the audience by singing "Proeious Jewels" In vory sweet, clear voice. Mnny wore disappointed when they learned that Mrs. Chinn was unable to render her solo, on account of a cold. She will sing at the missionary meeting in the chapel next Tuesday afternoon, Have six Inquiries for Morrow Co. wheat and stock ranches. Some tradoi. See F. R. BROWN. 2t. 11 HEADS LEAGUE; MS COM 8-1 Reitmann, Star Third Sacker, Injured; Out for the Season. By out-fielding and out-hitting Con don on their home diamond Sunday afternoon, lone took their opponents to a cleaning to the tune of 8-1. thereby winning Arat place in the newly organized Morrow-Gilliam County league. Each team In the league has now played two games and lone fa the only one with a clean record of wins. Heppner and Condon have each lost a game to the Egg City boys, while both have won over Ar lington, The feature of Sunday'a game was the nearly perfect fielding of the lone players. Only two errors were mark ed up against them in the nine in nings. This added to their ability to place their hits gave them the big edge shown by the acore book. Misfortune struck the Egg City nine for the second time this season when Werner Reitmann, atar third baseman, had the end of the large finger of his right hand mashed off at the first joint by a pump Jack, Monday morning, thereby putting him out of the game for the remainder of the season. Manager Mason an nounces that Bristow, third baseman on the high school team, will replace Reitmann, Roche, Thornton or Ely, another high school boy, will take Bristow's place in right field. This accident added to that of Wal ter Cochran, a broken leg received when he slid into home plate in a game with Boardman two weeks ago, wnicn put mm out for the season, is a serious blow to the Egg City team. Both Cochran and Reitmann were consistent point gainers for their ag gregation. Condon's and lone'a batting record for Sunday follows: Struck out by Clow 7. by Thornton 6. 8 base hit, Drake; 2 base hits, Brown, Chaa. Fitzmaurice, W. Reit mann, D. Reitmann, Drake. Condon AB H R Ortman 4 o 0 R. Fitzmaurice 4 0 0 Brown ...4 1 1 C. Fitzmaurice 4 2 0 Wheir 2 0 0 Wilkina - 8 0 0 Clow 3 0 0 Crawford 2 0 0 Parish 3 0 0 Totals i .....2 3 1 lone AB H R W. Reitmann 5 1 1 Eubanks 5 1 2 Cochran fi 2 2 Drake 4 8 9 Dutch Reitmann 3 11 Bristow 4 10 THEY CAME THEY SAW THEY BOUGHT AND YOU ARE SURE TO FIND GREATER VALUES RIGHT NOW All Farm Implements, Machinery, Hardware, Tools, Etc. ORDERED SOLD "SSI Not What They Are Worth, But For What They Will Bring A Sale that is Giving Honest Reductions FORKS A good, 4-tine Jackson Fork. Usually sells at $2.00 to (2.25 every where. Special $1.49 PAINT A desirable black Roof Paint. Preserves the shinties. Sells regu larly at $1.50 gallon; now 98c Big Tables SALE OF FLORENCE OIL RANGES Two Burner Combustion Florence Oil Range; Economical; Fine Cooking Heat; Roll Regularly at $20 00; Now $ 14.00 OLIVER 16-INCH, J-BOTTOM GANG PLOW-Thcse plows sell at 17B.00. Now is the time for you to ac tually save $56.00 on a plow that will give you per fect service in the field. Special, complete $120.00 DOUBLE DISC HARROW That usually sells at $175.00 complete. A harrow that pulverizes your ground right; at $103.00 PEOPLES Horses Perish in Fire On Jas. Carty Ranch The big barn on the James Carty place at Tub Springs waa totally de stroyed by fire 'late on Wedneaday afternoon Af laat week, and with the consuming of the structure by the flamea some aeven or eight bead of good work horses perished. The barn was also well filled with hay and oth er feed, and practically the entire outfit of barnesa for the ranch went up in the flamea. The origin of the fire la not defin itely known, so Mr. Carty stated, when in town on Saturday, but he is of the opinion that it originated from the throwing down of a lighted match or a cigarette stub. A hired man had just come in 'from the field and put away the horses, going to the house preparatory to the evening meal. Shortly after this the barn was discovered to be on fire and the flames spread ao rapidly that there was no chance to get the horses out. A stiff wind was blowing and it re- quired a very few moments to envelop the entire structure. Nothing eould be done but prevent the flames from spreading to other buildings and the residence. The wind was blowing In the right direction and the spread of the fire was prevented by hard work. Mr. Carty states that he does not mind the loss of the barn so much, but he was distressed over the fate that befell his good work animals and that nothing could be done to save them from perishing in this horrible manner. District 28 Is Planning A New School House Messrs. Earl Morgan and J. A. Tro edson, acting as a committee on be half of the patrons of School District No. 28, north of Morgan, were in Heppner the first of the week looking up plans pertaining to the building of a new achool for their district. They were getting estimates on dif ferent kinds of construction, and they may decide to build of hollow tile with concrete foundation, though the committee will take plenty of time to deliberate and have their plans of building and cost of con struction well - worked out before making a report later to the people of the district. It has been felt for a number of years that the old building in the dis trict needed to be replaced by a bet ter one, but the necessary move in that direction has been slow in shap ing up. These gentlemen feel now that the district will soon have a new, neat and convenient structure, and one that the children will be proud to attend achool in, and it will ba large enough to accommodate the community gatherings aa well. Lewis Vic Reitmann Thornton .4 2 0 .4 2 0 ..4 0 0 Totals 38 11 Grand Saturday SPECIAL GRANITEYVARE 10c On SATURDAY, APRIL 26, we will sell to the first 100 customers making a purchase of $2.00 or over in any department your choice of Graniteware, such as Buckets, Roasters, Dish Pans, etc., for the small sum of 10c. I PIECE TO FAMILY OR CUSTOMER of 5c, 10c, 15c, 25c, 50c, MANY USEFUL ARTICLES FOR THE HOME S-Burner Florence Oil Range with Oven. A real economy stove to operate. Sells regularly at $30.00. Naw $23.95 ALUMINUM Your choice of about 75 pieces of High Grade Aluminum Pana, Mixing Howls. Stew Kettlea. sauce pans, etc All worlh about $1.50 each. Now 89c Wooden Beam Walking Plow Size 10-inch bottom. A plow that sells at $24 regular. To close out $16.50 HARDWARE Young Man Held for Breaking Into Station - A young man, giving his name as Chas. Baylea, waa brought to Heppner on Friday by Sheriff McDuffee and District Attorney Notson from Board man, being charged with the crime of breaking into the station house at Messner a day or so previous and taking therefrom a sum of money, suit of clothes and a pair of socks belonging to the station agent, ao it is alleged. The young man pre sented himself to the station agent the next morning and bought a ticket for Pendleton, using the agent's mon ey to pay for it. When it waa dis covered that the houae had been bro ken into the agent got busy with the Pendelton officials and the boy was taken in when he alighted from the train there. He waa brought back to Messner the next morning, where the Morrow county officiala took him in harge and brought him before Jus tice Godman at Boardman for a pre liminary hearing. He waived exam ination and waa then brought on to Heppner. , The lad claima hia home is Boone ville, Ind., saya he ia 17 years of age, and as soon aa his people can be heard from, hla case will be dis posed of in the juvenile court. He had been beating his way from the east and through California, saying that he was looking for work. 2186 Registered Voters Listed iirMororw County Up to the time of the closing of the registration books for the pri maries, Clerk Anderson reports that the registration lists of Morrow county show a total of 2186 voters registered. Of these, 1467 are males and 719 are females. The registra tion aa to parties is divided as fol lows: Republicans: 1029 men, 476 women: democrats: 351 men. 189 women; pro hibitionists: 6 men, 8 women: so cialists: 29 men, 21 women; miscel laneous: 62 men, 25 womeo. The listings by precincts .presents the following totals: Alpine 64, Boardman 235, Cecil 61, Eight Mile, 63, Gooseberry 37, Hard man 154, Irrigon 90, Lena 76, Lex ington 211, lone 366, Pine City 37, North Heppner 420, South Heppner 372. Hardman comes nearly being unan imous for the republicans, there be ing but 13 voters of other parties registered in that precinct, and but 10 ballots will be required to care for those who have put their names down as democrats. Prohibitionists and socialists will have no represent ation on the ballots at the primary as The percentage of voters is too small to entitle these parties to have tickets in the field. A few good young jacks can be leased for the season, from the East ern Oregon Jack Farm, Lexington, Oregon. 2t. 4-Burner Florence Oil Range. Has Oven. A desirable range for any home. Regular $47.00. Now $30.00 MR. FARMER Why buy sacks to More your wheat? Buy 1000-bushel grain bin. Made from 'Armco Rust-Proof Galvanized Iron. Selling for about 30c on the dollar. Buy now MANDT TRUCK WAGON These wagons sell at $1(10.00 regular. Now is the time to buy and save at $95.00 COMPANY, L SALES HE 5 Conditions Do Not Favor Speculation and Lower Prices Indicated. (Wednesday's Oregonian.) The wool market in this section remains quiet at a time of year when in previous seasons the dealers were anxioas to stimulate supplies. There is nothing in the general situation now to promote speculative buying, though the trade would probably take on wool around 35 centB for good average if growers would consider such a price. Buyers are hoping the lightweight season will open with promise, but have nothing to base their hopes on except the fact that there have been two unsuccessful openings and the third should be more favorable. Some of the Oregon growers have declared their willing ness to accept the market when the wool comes off, but on the whole it looks like a slow and dragging season. The government daily bulletin on Boston market conditions follows: "Although the wool market is quiet, sales in various amounts are being consummated daily. The mills in some instances seem to be shopping for lots that may be available slightly below the market. Although trading recently has shown some recession in many instances, lots of wool s!bo has moved at very firm prices. Pulled wool has shown some activity." Stocks of wool held by the British Australian Wool Realization associa tion on March 1 amounted to only 77,501 bales as compared with 209,559 bales on December 31, 1923, Bays E. A. Foley, the American agricultural commissioner at London. Of this quantity 60,000 bales were Australian and 17,000 bales New Zealand. One half of the Australian wool and the whole of the New Zealand belongs to the British government. The other half of the Australian wool belongs to the British Australian Wool Reali zation association. Locally no wool is being offered, and just when the market will open here is problematical, as the growers and buyers are unable to get together, and the prospects are there will be little competition. No sales have yet been made of the new clip, so far as we have been able to learn. MAY BREAKFAST. The Christian Endeavorers of the Christian church are planning to serve a May Breakfast on Thursday, May 1, beginning 2v6 o'clock. It will be served cafeteria plan. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Olden. Mrs. Harold Dobvns and Mrs. Walter Dobyns and Miss Patricia Dobyns were visitors in Heppner for a short while yesterday. ENAMEL Kyaniie brand floor En namels. A quality product; sells us ually at J1.45 quart; now 79c CHICKEN WIRE, with a 2-in. mesh, v-shape, 160 yards In roll; sells reg ularly at $9.00 roll; now $7.00 75c Goods One 3-Burner Florence Oil Range and oven that has been slightly used. Perfect condition; to close out $17.50 $79.50 HARROWS In either John Deere or Oliver; well-known brands of steel bar, 30-tooth llurrows. Re tails at 12.50 a section. Now $8.95 HEPPNER War Memorial To Be Erected at University Forty-gerea Me Wke Died la World Conflict to Be . Remembered; Alumni Contribate. University of Oregon, April 23. (Special.) To. honor the forty-seven University of Oregon men who died in the World War and. aa a monu ment to the University's war service the alumni plan to build a beautiful War Memorial Court aa the central feature of the new bailding develop ment on the campus at Eugene. The Memorial Court ia part of the alumni campaign to raisa $1,000,000 for new buildings as their part of the $5,000,- 000 gift campaign. The University of Oregon made a splendid record during the World War, a surprisingly large percentage of the University men who enlisted being promoted to officer's rank. Of the 1349 University men who saw ac tive aervice in the army, navy and marine corps, more than 60 per cent rose above the rank of private and more than 40 per cent became com missioned officers. The total number of University of Oregon men and women in uniform was two thousand and thirty-four. Six hundred of these were enlisted in the Student Army Training Corps which was preparing for service at the campus at Eugene at the time the Armistice waa signed. Twelve were officers in the Red Cross and other organizations and forty were women who served aa nur ses, reconstruction aides, canteen workers and officers of the Y. M. C. A, Y. W. C. A. and other war time service organizations. Forty-eight faculty members were in service including many who occu pied important positiona in Washing ton, D. C, in the development of the complex organization of the new ar my. Fifteen University of Oregon men received citationa or decorations for extraordinary bravery in action. They were honored with the Croix de Guerre, the" Distinguished Service Cross and Chevaliers of Crown of Italy. The alumni are erecting the War Memorial Court in apecial honor of the forty-seven University of Oregon men who died in the World War, which are as follows: Ransom Solon Anderson, Portland, Ore.; Ivan E. Bellinger, Salem, Ore.; John David Boost, Portland, Ore.; Irwin G. Brooks, Portland, Ore.; Wil liam Allen Casey, Portland, Ore.; Earl Samuel Cobb, Portland, Ore.; Conrad Cockerline, Estacada, Ore.; George Cook, Portland, Ore.; John Herbert Creech, Aberdeen, Wash.; Roswell eral movement to get the full vote E. Durand, Redmond, Ore.; Walter McCrum Eaton, Redding, Cal.; Ken neth Farley, Portland, Ore.; Luke Allen Farley, Portland, Ore.; Victor Freed; Carl B. Fenton, Dallas, Ore.; Charles A. Guerne, Turner, Ore.; James Brian Gurney, Glide, Ore.; Fred Walter Hummel, Portland, Ore.; Roy Johnson, Gresham, Ore.; Mal colm McLaren Johnstone, Arlington, Wash.; Kenneth Kellems, Eugene, Ore.; John George Kelly, Portland, Ore.; Ffederick Kingsbury, Palo Al to, Cal.; John Erble Kuykendall, Eu gene, Ore.; Dale Douglas Melrose, Caryville, Wis.; Joseph Chester Mill er, Portland, Ore.; William Lou Mill er, Redondo, Cal.; Turner Neil, Port land, Ore.; Emanuel Northup, Mc Minnville, Ore.; Louis Pinkham, Port land, Ore.; Earl Scott Powell, Spring field, Ore.; Frank S. Pratt, Wakefield, Mass.; George Frederick Sanders, Portland, Ore.; James Hill Sargent, Santa Susana, Cal.; Harold A. Sexton, Eugene, Ore.; Robert A. Sherwood, Portland, Ore.; Richard Shisler, Har risburg. Ore.; Sanford Sichel, Port land, Ore.; Richard Riddell Sleight, Portland, Ore.; Robert Claude Still, Milton, Ore.; Herbert Leonard Strong, Portland, Ore.; Robert Gerald Stuart, Medford,- Ore.; Leslie Orland Tooze, Salem, Ore.; Thomas R. Townsend, Portland, Ore.; Glen V. Walter, Mil ton, Ore.; Douglas Holmes Warner. Portland, Ore. The memorial court on the Univer sity of Oregon campus will occupy the end of a great open plaza capa ble of holding 20,000 persons and will be the center for outdoor meet' ings of the student body. It will be beautifully paved and will contain memorial statuary and the ling staffs for the National and University stan dards. CHURCH OF CHRIST. Lard's Day, April 27, 1924. No institution ao cordially wel comes, or so permanently benefits as the church; you are at liberty to make the test. The Bible School be gins at 9:45 and you will be delight ed with it. Communion service at 11, and the preaching service immediate ly following. The sublect of the morning sermon will be, "Divine Pow er Through Human Channels." The Christian Endeavor meeting will be held at 7 o'clock and all the young people should be there to discuss the subject, "Missionary Opportunities." The evening theme for the sermon will be, "Can I Trust My Con science?" We shall be pleased to have ycu worship with us. LIVINGSTONE. MR. AND MRS. CHINN ENTERTAIN. Last Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chinn entertained a large number of friends in their beautiful home on Gale street. The roomi were artistically decorated with carnations and artificial flowers, some of which hung from the wall mouldings in the various rooms. The American and Chinese flags hung above the large arch. General games occupied the interest of the many guests during the entire evening while Mr. and Mrs. Chinn servo d de licious punch and Chinese nuts and candies. Music furnished the enter tainment during the serving of the brick ice cream and wafers later. Th guests departed at a late hour, after spending a most delightful evening, Mrs. Walter Moore, Mrs. E. II. Hedrick and Mrs. C. L. Sweek enter tained delightfully at bridge at the home of Mrs. Sweek on Tuesday af ternoon. Highest honors went to Mrs Hanson Hughes. MC NARY EXPORT BILL ISiDIFi House Committee Makes Change; Report Ex pected Soon. NEW DRAFT BETTER Main Difference In Wording Only, Saya Oregon Senator; Not As sociated With Voift Act. According to a Washington dis patch Tuesday, material modification of the tariff provisions of the Me-Nary-Haugen agricultural export bill was agreed upon by the bona agri cultural committee. A substitute was provided which would rive the president authority to declare embargoes on any agricul tural product or to increase tariff duties when Importations result iu loss to the corporation to be created for tbe marketing abroad of surplus farm products. The substitute In the opinion of committee members provides a more simple and effective method of tariff adjustment than that proposed orig inally in the bill, which would have empowered the secretary of agricul ture to determine what ehangea should be made in tariff rates on farm products and would have au thorized the president to put these changes into effect. The agricultural committee has nearly completed revision of the bill and members predicted the measure probably would be reported before the end of the week. Senator McNary, republican. Ore- gon, said today the new bill which he will introduce as a substitute for the McNary-Haugen bill has no connection with the Voigt measure introduced in the house. He declared hia new bill would only alter in mi nor details the original measure and that the main difference was a change in language. The house agricultural committee had on Monday agreed to the substi tute for the Rubey amendment to this bill which would have eliminated the script provision. The agreement was unanimous. The substitute would leave deter mination of a method of collecting an equalization fee from farmers to the discretion of the export corporation, which would be set up under the bill to market surplus farm products abroad. Committee members said the sub stitute would permit use of script, or a requirement that farmers be paid entirely in cash for their com modities. Farmer C. L. Smith Dies At Portland C. L. (Farmer) Smith, agriculturist for the O.-W. RAN. railroad for the last twenty years, closely associated with the development of agriculture m the Pacific Northwest, died at 6:40 a. m., Monday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred N. CUne, with whom he made his home in Portland. Death resulted from an attack of pneumonia complicated with heart weakness. Mr. Smith was 79 years of age, and for long years had been a very busy man in his chosen field of labor. He was well known in Morrow county and all parts of Eastern Oregon, hav ing visited this county many times in the course of his work with agri culturists, and for a season or two conducting experiments near Lexing ton and at Irrigon. He was a great factor in building up diversified farm ing in this state as well as aiding in a very large measure in improving the general agricultural conditions over the entire state. He took a gen uine interest in the farmers' prob lems and seldom overlooked any meet ing of importance where the ques tions of the agriculturists were being discussed. The introduction of corn growing and the establishment of the silo were two things Mr. Smith put over in Oregon that will stand as an everlasting, monument to his credit. H. B. Money, representing the Har ris Combine company of Walla Walla, was a visitor in this city on Wednes day, accompanied by Karl I. Beach of Lexington, Harris man for Morrow county. Mr. Money has been in the county during the week and travel ing about with Mr. Beach, looking up prospective buyers for his combine harvester. He states that while the grain conditions in the Walla Walla (country were never much better than tins season, yet it has been very cold the past couple of weeks, high winds have prevailed and while at Pomeroy last Friday he experienced one of the worst wind and dust storms that he had ever seen and the wind was cold and cutting. aHIIMItltllH(lllitlM)IIM(IIHIIIIItl(limiMttnilNH'l Notice to Herald Sub ! sc fibers. s In taking over the subscription accounts of the Hvppner Herald, it has been noted that a great number of ex pi fa I ion were being carried. We are not transferring these delinquents to our Hats and : will not place the names there an I lea rrquented to do so. This will i explain why many former sub 3 scribem to the Heppner Herald 1 are not getting The Carette-Tlme ; Instead. All unexpired suhecrlp- tions will be carrlrd out by this I paper; and thone who were our 3 ituhacrlhrra as well a patrons of 1 the other paper, if found paid 1 ahrad on the Herald, will have their time extended with thia pa 3 per to th time found paid for oa the Herald lists. 1limMIHWItlHMItlllltHIHIHHtMHlffMiflMn