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0reTubJuiUon The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 41, Number 19 HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 7, 1924. Subscription $2.00 Tcr Year BIO PATTErSDN LARGE FOREST AREAS CLOSED IVE This Week HEARIN THINGS AT LOCUST VALLEY 1 SCHOOL WILL SIT Light Machine Leaves the Highway, Causing In stant Death. MACHINE WRECKED Young Man Wu Native Son of Hepp ner, Was a Fine Mechanic and Had Inventive Genlu. Baird Patterson wai instantly kill ed about seven o'clock Monday eve ning when the light racing bug he was driving left the highway on the curve just this aide of the Joe Rec tor house and some three miles east of the city. Baird was in the car clone when the accident happened, and it was apparent from the badly wrecked condition of the machine and the manner it left the road, that he was driving at an excessive rate of speed when negotiating the curve. Af ter leaving the highway the machine stiuck the fence below, a barbed wire and hog wire structure, and several posts were broken off. Evidently the car did not turn over, and the most plauiibie theory seems to be that one of the fence posts struck the young man on the head. His scalp was torn half off and the back part of the skull mushed by coming in contact with something other than a part of the automobile. There wag also a deep cut over the right temple. Wheels on the car were broken, the tires all torn off and it was otherwise badty demolished, yet the spotlight on the fmnt above the cowl was intact and could be used for light when the body was taken up by Undertaker Case. A little past six o'clock on Monday evening, Charles Bell and Baird went out in the bug, which belongs to Bell, for a drive up the Hinton creek high way, going out about as far as the Kilkenny place. On the return and about the Rector place, Hell, who was driving, lost his hat. The machine was stopped and he climbed out for the hat, when Patterson took the wheel and drove on down to near the L. V. Gentry place and turned and drove back. Mr. Bell states that he aaw the car leave the highway on the turn but there wna such a cloud of dust that it was not possible to see just what happened. He rushed to the aid of Patterson, but found that he was apparently dead. Rushing to the telephone he called Dr. McMurdo, who, upon examination, pronounced that death had been instantaneous. Coroner Case then took charge of the body and brought it to the morgue at the Case undertaking establUh ment. A coroner's jury was empanelled and after going into all the facts concerning the accident rendered the verdict to the effect that death was due to the automobile accident. The car is one that young Bell had built into a racing bug. It was very light but capable of attaining high speed. It is said that when driven at a high rate of speed the bug would not hold the road, and it was consid ered unsafe to attempt to maintain excessive speed for any distance. There seems to be little doubt in the minds of those who investigated the accident that Patterson, though an excellent driver, had let the car out to a point where he lost control, and when it left the highway it was going too fast to be halted before being wrecked. The death of Baird Patterson in this tragic manner was a shock to the community. He had just returned to Heppner from Boardman and ac cepted a position with Sam Lininger in the Cohn Auto Co. machine shop; and was happy to be back to the home j town again and near his mother, whose welfare was ever hia first thought and consideration, and the future was bright. But in the twin kling of an eye this is all changed. It is a sad and lamentable ending for one who possessed much of prom ise. Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock this morning from the Epis copal church, Rev. W. O. Livingstone officiating, and the remains were laid to rest in the Masonic cemetery. The ceremonies were attended by a large number of the friends of the family. Hnird Glover Patterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Patterson, was bom in this city September 30, 1104, and died August 4, 1024, being 19 years, 10 months and 4 days of age. On De cember 24, 102.1, he was united In marriage in the city of Pendleton to Miss Dorothy Kingslcy Hill of Hepp ner, daughter of Mrs. Eugene Pen land, Rev. Lock wood of the Episcopal church of Pendleton, officiating. Several years ago he united with the Episcopal church of this city, of which he was a member at the time of his death. " Bnird was a popular boy among his friends, and thoroughly devoted to his work, that of an automobile me chanic. He was expert in mechanics for one of his age, and posseaaed in ventive talent. Had he lived there is little doubt but that he would have become more than ordinarily profi cient in the work he had chosen. He was clean, ambitious, industrious, a dutiful son and affectionate young husband, and possessed the promise of a worthy and useful citizen. He leaves to mourn his loss, his widow, parents, and one brother and sister. His father is absent, spending a few months in the enst at his old Pennsylvania home, too far removed to be present on the sad occasion of the boy's funeral, $250.00 REWARD. Stolen from my ranch near Rittor In the early spring, one bay maro, weight about 1100 lbs., white spot in forehead, branded A on left stifle; one bald-faced sorrel horse, weight about 1150, white spota around eyes, branded LR connected on loft shoul der. I will pay $10.00 reward for the recovery of each of these animals and $200.00 for evidence leading to the conviction of the culprits taking them. L. F, KESING, Hitter, Ore. Nine National Forests Now Have Closed "Areas; Greatest Fire Danger Is Still Ahead. Closing of additional areas on the Mt. Hood and Whitman National For ests has just been authorised by Dis trict Forester Geo. H. Cecil of Port land. This action was taken at the request of the supervisors of these two forests. The area c rosed on the Mt Hood embraces the upper watersheds of Badger and Little Badger creeks, ly ing east of Mt. Hood. The Whitman closing order covers all or parts of the following drainages lying within the national forest: Granite Creek; North fork of the John Day River; the north drainage of Desolation Creek; Chicken Creek; West Chicken Creek; and the drainage of Beaver Creek within the boundary of the La Grande city watershed. On account of the extreme fire dan ger and the number of man-caused fires these areas are closed to camp fires, smoking and the use of matches, according to the report. Under the instructions of the District Forester no permita will be issued for travel ling on these areas. There are now closed areas in nine of the national forests of Oregon and Washington. The Chelan in Washington is entirely closed, except at designated camp grounds, and the Deschutes in Oregon is entirely cIob ed to smoking. Nine watersheds on the Whitman, nine on the Umatilla and two on the Cascade, all in Ore gon, are closed. In Washington, in addition to the Chelan, one watershed on the Mt. Baker, three on the Col ville, the Lewis river watershed on the Columbia, as well at the entire east side of the Columbia, except Mt. Adams above the 6,000 ft. elevation are affected by the closing orders. On the Mt. Hood two watersheds and the Larch mountain regions are clos ed. "According to past forest fire his tory, much of the worst part of the fire season is still ahead of us' said Mr. Cecil, in discussing the closing orders. "While we are glad to have campers avail themselves of the rec reational use of the forests, and wel come the careful campers, we cannot overlook the fact that our first re sponsibility is to protect the forests from destruction. So in order to keep out the careless and the thought less, who are responsible for a great many of our fires, we are forced to issue these closing orders for areas of extreme fire hazard. "If each careful camper," he added, "would make it a point to enlist Ave other people to assist in forest fire prevention we might in time eliminate most of these man-caused fires, which are causing so much trouble at pres ent." Mr. Cecil also suggested that trav ellers communicate with local forest supervisors before planning a trip into national forest areas. Camp fire permits are required for all areas in side the national forests, and infor mation on fires and new closing or ders may also be obtained. General information is given out at the Dis trict office at Portland, but permits are issued only through the forest supervisors and rangers. BARLEY NEGLECTED AS CROP IN OREGON The growing of barley In Oregon should be increased according to Ore gon Experiment Station Bulletin No. 204 and a corresponding reduction made in the usual acreage sown to spring oats and spring wheat. On the three Branch Experiment Stations in Eastern Oregon spring barley conoiderably outyielded sprng wheat and oats. Statistics collected by the United States Department of Agriculture also show spring barley to be more productive than either spring wheat or oats in all counties of Oregon. Live stock men know that barley s a very satisfactory feed and can generally be substituted for oats, with profit, In a ration for dairy cows or horses. Most eastern Oregon far mers are aware of this and are grow ing much more barley than oats but western Oregon farmers, according to the figures quoted in this bulletin, have apparently not yet realised the fact that barley, if given the same chance, will yield about 40 per cent more grain thnn oats. In fact the actual farm yield of barley in west ern Oregon has been just 40 per cent more than that of oats during the past five years. Barley too has con siderably less hull than oats and s higher than oats in digestible nutri ents Based on pre-war average prices (1005-1914) the acre value of barley in western Oregon was (4.00 more than that of oats. Are Oregon farm era losing about a half million dol lars annually by not substituting bar ley for part of the present large acre age in oats and spring wheat? In Station Bulletin No. 204 recom mendations are made as to the best varieties of spring barley to grow in different sections in eastern Oregon both for dry and irrigated land, as determined by long-time experiments on the three Branch Stations. Mar- iout and Peruvian have been the bert dry land barleys. Under irrigation Trebi has given highest yields. WILLING WORKERS TO MEET, The Willing Workers of the Christ- fan church will meet In the church parlors at two-thirty o'clock tomor row (Friday) afternoon. All the la dies of the church are urged to be present. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Boyer rarlved on Sunday from their ranch near Ham ilton in Grant county. It has been vrcy dry over that way, states Mr. Boyer, and he thinks that crops are much better In this part of the coun try. Mrs. J. W. Johnstone departed this week for Bolso, Idaho, where she will visit for some time at the home of her mother. Grain Marketing Combine Starts Opcrtions on August First. GRAY SILVER HEAD Terminal Facilities Taken Over In Ten Principal Cities By Largest Co-Operative Association. According to the Weekly News Let ter of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Grain Marketing Com pany, heralded as the largest co-operative marketing organization for far mers yet projected began functioning on August first at Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, New York, Buffalo, Nor folk, Fort Worth, Galveston, Minne apolis and Milwaukee. On that date the Grain Marketing Company took over the terminal facilities of each of these markets and started handling grain in its own name. Other mar kets will be opened soon, is the in formation given out in the News Let ter. Since Monday, July 28, the Grain Marketing Company has been func tioning, but its business has been handled in the name of the companies whose properties are being taken over and the actual turn over was made on August first. The officers of the company are: Gray Silver of Martinsburg, W .Va., president; Harry L. Keefe, Walthill, Nebr., 1st vice-president; G. M. Dyer, Spencer, Iowa, 2nd vice-president; John W. Cloverdale, Ames, Iowa, secretary-treasurer. An executive com mittee of five members and board of directors of fifteen members was also chosen, and the by-laws covering in detail the purpose of the company were also adopted. Following the adoption of the by-laws the company went to the task of drawing up the contract which will cover the pur chase of the properties of the Ar mour Grain Company, Rosenbaum Grain Corporation, Rosenbaum Bro thers, J. C. Shaffer & Co., and Davis-Noland-Merrill Grain Company. It is understood that this contract has not yet been completed, but the financing provisions have been made public. The rapidity of the organization of the Grain Marketing Company has been so great that many of the de tails of the organization are not yet generally understood. This lack of understanding has given rise to much misinformed criticism. This has called forth a statement from J. W. Cloverdale, secretary-treasurer of the new company, in which, among other things, he said: "The interests of the farmers will be protected, and there is no possi bility of the farmers being charged an excessive price. Much misinformation has been broadcast about the amount of money which the new Grain Marketing Com-1 pany is to pay for the elevators and terminal facilities owned by the five j companies. We are following the us- j ua), sane business procedure in arriv-1 ing at the value. Those who have said ! how much we will pay for the physi- j cal assets and leaseholds know more i than we do ourselves, for the whole1 matter is still to be determined. Our i agreement with the companies gives us every opportunity to go intimate ly into the situation and have the properties valued by competent ap praisers, taking into consideration depreciation and the value of the properties to the new going company. If our estimate of a fair market val ue, as finally worked out, is not ac cepted by the vendors then they se lect an appraiser, and we do likewise; the two choose a third. These three appraisers, it is agreed, will endeavor to arrive at a fair market value of the properties. "They will take into consideration the reproduction cost of the proper ties as are required by the present or prospective business of the Grain Marketing Company, less a reason able depreciation and giving any proper consideration to the value of the use of such properties as part of the business of the going-concerns engaged in the business of marketing grain. The appraisers may eliminate from the list of properties thos to tally obsolete or useless in connec tion with the marketing of grain. In fixing the value of the properties, the appraisers will not make any extra allowances upon account of any sup posed advantages arising from the operation of the Grain Company us compared with operation by the ven dors. Thus the interests of the farmer-purchasers will be entirely safe guarded in the matter of appraisals and valuations." It Is understood that appraismcnt of this property, as described by Mr. Coverdale, will cover some months and that while this is going on the company will use the properties, pay ing a fair rental for them. Another statement issued this week which helps to paint the picture of the possibilities in this newest co operation, was made by Gray Silver, president of the organization. Mr. Silver said; "The Grain Marketing Company will be producer owned and con trolled let there be no mistake about that. Every step taken in the long consideration given to the important matter of providing the farmer with his own marketing machinery has been carefully prepared for by pa tient examination and the close scru tiny of far-seeing men of ability and shrewdness, whose lire work has been farming, and who have had exper ience in business and the law. The result is an organization that will withstand test from any quarter. The Board of Directors which has been elected is made up solely of farmers and all of them are inspired by but one purpose service for the farm- era. "The Grain Marketing Company has been incorporated under the Illi nois Co-operative Marketing Act, The Act is specific in Its requirement that any corporation formed under its pro (Continued on Page Four.) - c- :i .en Former Local Teacher Is Married at Spokane Miss Blanche Fahy, who was for merly a teacher in the Heppner local schools, was recently married at Spokane. The fortunate young man is Mr. Harry Herrick, a lawyer of Miles City, Montana The wedding occurred on the 28th of July at the First Methodist church in Spokane, and the young couple will spend their honeymoon in California, going south by water from Seattle, returning to their home at Miles City by way of Salt Lake about the 20th of August. The numerous friends of Mrs. Her rick in Heppner extend congratula tions. - - - - -1 Tillamook to Entertain Elks 1924 Convention Tillamook, Ore., Aug. 8. The B. P. O. Elks convention In Tillamook, August 14, 15 and 16, promises to be the largest ever held in Oregon since the announcement that by arrange ments with the National Guard thru Captain J. E. Shearer of company K of Tillamook, all the equipment such as tents, blankets and cots, needed to provide for convenience of dele gates will be provided. The local committee on housing headed by Rollie W. Watson, plans to have tents pitched in rows in all the vacant lots near the festival grounds with space between tents for the vis itors' cars. This will be a convenience for the guests as all their personal equipment will be together. In or der to prevent loss or theft local boys in company K, who won the Oregon ian cup for the best National Guard company in the state last year, have been engaged to patrol the grounds. These arrangements have been de clared by the state officers adequate for any crowd that may attend. In addition to the National Guard equip ment all private homes in the city have been solicited for available room and the response has been hear ty on the part of the townspeople. The entertainment will include four deep sea fishing trips a day with boats under the supervision of local men who willact as life guards; two dances each night during the con vention, one for Elks and another for the public; a big street parade with several bands; clam digging ex peditions every morning to the clam flats near the old ship yards; a ro deo with two carloads of steers and horses; a carnival and a bathing beauties contest. A trap shoot for Elks fa one of the big features for delegates. Many cash prizes and trophies are to be awarded and letters received from state lodges show that nearly every lodge will be represented by a team. Portland is sending seven teams. One of the biggest features of the three day program will be the clam bake and salmon barbecue. All the food but coffee will be Tillamook products. The committee experts to feed 4000 persons over a period c-f several hours. This will be free for everyone whether Elks or not and will be held just east of town in the fair grounds. The clam bake and barbecue will be Saturday noon. Two 400 lb, Tilla mook cheeses have been secured which will be a year old when cut. The committee plans to make 400 gallons of coffee in a cheese factory vat, boiling the coffee with live steam as is done on ocean vessels. 30,000 Tillamook bay clams have been con tracted for, 1000 pounds of dressed salmon, and 9000 buns. Mrs. Lutie Dcnsmore of San Fran cisco fs a guest at the homo of her mother, Mrs. O. E. Farnsworth. Mrs. Oensmore arrived Sunday on her re turn from the east, and expects to spend at least a month in Heppner, Miss Margaret Crawford accompan ied the Arhtur Crawford family as far as Portland on Wednesday where she will spend a few weeks at the home of W. V. Crawford. Wtllard Bassett, the Boy Tenor, at Star Theater tonight. i LOCAL H ITEMS Wm. Hendricks, who was in town the first of the week and made this office a call, states that the harvest will soon be over In Morrow county, from all present Indications. Harvest was early here this season, the yield light, and it looks to him like there would be little more threshing to be done after the present month is past a eondition that has never before prevailed, so far as his experience (roes, and that extends far back of the period when the breaking up of the lands and the raising of wheat pagan in Morrow" cosnty. Mr. Hen dricks also reports a second crop of grasshoppers coming on, and the pests are doing a lot of damage to alfalfa fields along Khea creek in his vicin ity. Two crops of grasshoppers in one season is rather rubbing it in, he thinks. Lowell Twitchell was in Heppner on Wednesday, coming over from Pendleton. For the past two years Mr. Twitchell and family have resided in Los Angeles, where he engaged in the meat business. He returned to Pendleton from Southern California las: week, and will now be content to make bis home in Oregon in the fu ture Mr. Twitchell itates that peo ple are coming to Los Angeles in large numbers but they are getting out just as fast as they possibly can, conditions being very bad there and the entire section being much over done. Ralph Benge and Lester Doolittle made a trip to the Greenhorns in Grant county, returning the end of the week. They picked huckleberries in the high mountains, and also en joyed some fine fishing in Desolation lake. Many of the water courses are drying up over that way, and it is feared the sheepmen will have to bring their flocks in quite early un less rains should set in soon. The situation is getting serious, and Mr. Benge states it is one of the driest seasons ever experienced in the moun tain sections. John T. Kirk returned home today from a visit of a couple of weeks at the home of John Bush, his son-in-law, at Vernonia, Oregon. He was accompanied by Mrs. Kirk and Bon, who remained below for a few days. Mrs. Kirk was expecting to visit with an uncle residing at Seattle. While away the Kirks visited several of the seaside resorts along the Oregon coast and John reports a pretty gay time, Sam Lininger, who has been in charge of the machine shop at the garage of Jason Biddle in lone for the past year, took charge of the ma chine shop in the Cohn Auto Co. ear- age on the first of the month, coming back to his first love. Mr. Lininger was chief mechanic In charge of this shop when the Cohn garage was opened. He is a first class man in this line of work and needs no in troduction to the Heppner folks. Conductor Ebi has been laid off the job for some time while recovering from injuries received from unload ing iron at the Lexington station. A heavy piece of iron fell on his right foot and he was laid up for a spell. Being about recovered, he expects to be back on the job in another day or two. Miss Belva Danielson, of Sacramen to, California, is visiting at the home of R. W. Turner and other relatives in Heppner, expecting to spend her vacation of two weeks in this city. She accompanied her grandmother, Mrs. Martha Wood, who Is a cousin of Mr. Turner. Andrew Patterson came over from Bonrdman on Wednesday in response to the news of the accident which caused the death of his brother, Baird Patterson. Andrew is engaged by the state In running a sprinkler on a part of the Columbia highway. Peaches For Sale Early Crawford, Elbertaa, and Muirs. Crawfords are ready now. $1.36 per box, prepaid. A. E, Anderson, The Dalles, R, 1. v vcmi v-ar i tun 1924 Wheat Crop of Uma tilla Estimated 3,500,000 The 1924 wheat crop of Umatilla county will not exceed 3,500,000 bu shels, according to the estimate of Henry W. Collins. The estimate, he declared, is based on receipts already made and yields that have been se cured, says the East Oregonian of Tuesday. "Those parts of the county that were hurt worst have harvested a very light crop," he said, "and even in the belt that has been most fa vored, there have been many disap poirtments over the crop that has gone into the sack." Some of the big outfits, including Perringer's and Frank Curl's, pulled their machines into the sheds today, and many fanners completed their harvest last week. The end of thiB week will see the conclusion of prac tically all the grain harvest, except on bench land in the foothills, ac cording to Mr. Collins. Construction of New Live Stock Pavilion Is Started Portland, Aug. 5. Construction of the new pavilion for the Pacific In ternational Live Stock Exposition has been started on the site of the old building, which was destroyed by fire recently. The structure is being built by Grant Smith and company, and must be turned over completed to the directors by October 25, as the livestock show opens November first. The new pavilion will be 3400 by 200 feet, with a seating capacity of 7000. and will ccst $350,000, the amount of insurance carried on the burned building. Many Man-Caused Fires Reported This Season A total of six hundred and fifty-; four forest fires have been reported so far this season on the National Forests of Oregon and Washington, according to figures for the period ending July 20, just compiled in the office of the District Forester, Port land, Oregon. One hundred and thirty-two of these fires were caused by smokers, and one hundred and one by campers, a total of two hundred and thirty three from these two causes, the re port states. Seventy-nine fires are attributed to brush burning and lum bering. Three hundred and ninety eight of the fires were man-caused, and therefore should have been pre vented, it is said. To date fifty-seven convictions for violations of the fire laws have been reported to the District Office. These fires are estimated to hare covered a total of 15,314 acres of Na tional Forest land, 4.198 acres of pri vate land inside National Forest boundaries, and 13,372 acres of pri vate land outside and adjacent to Na tional Forest boundaries. Forest officers point out that these figures are for National Forest ter ritory, and do not cover the state as a whole. National Forests are, as a rule, in the higher mountainous country where the greatest hazards come from the camper, the smoker, and lightning fires. In the lower por tions of the two states," it is said, the hazard from loggres and brush-burning fires is greater, some of the more serious fires starting from these causes. Many of such fires are said to start from old smouldering snags or slashings which are thought to be safe, and abandoned. Instructions to Forest Service em ployees issued this year require that no fire on National Forest land is to be abandoned until the last apparent spark la out. Mr. and Mrs. Enh Eskelson and daughter, Miss Gladys Benge, and niece, Miss Luola Benge, returned during the week from a stay of eight days at Lehman springs, where they enjoyed a fine outing. Br Arthur Brisbane A Three-Word Speech. Farmer's Day. Cream for Railroads. Wall Street's Trinity. John W. Davis means to hold the short speech record, a wise, almost pioua resolution. He will "accept" his nomination fn only four thousand words of talk. Great moderation and self-control, you say. Yet in thirty-one verses of the first and two verses of the second chapters of Genesis the Bible de scribes the creation of earth and ev erything on it. And the whole thing, including the rest on the seventh day, is told in about ONE thousand words. For brevity and beauty, candidates, editors, and especially advertisement writers should study the Bible, espec ially Genesis, Job, Isaiah, and the Sermon on the Mount. Any Presi dential candidate might make an ac ceptance speech pleasing to 19 in 100 in three words, as follows: Men Above Dollars." Salesmen are pouring into the Northwest farming districts to sell goods that stores will soon be sell ing, thanks to high prices for wheat. Stocks are going up, especially nil road stocks. That has importance for everybody. It means that intelligent observers see good times ahead. Railroads seem to be the "lambs" of our Government, and it remem bers the injunction "Feed my lambs." Recently, when the farmer was practically bankrupt, doiens of banks in the Northwest closing their doors, etc., it was suggested that railroads might reduce freight rates, at least on farm products. But with wheat going up, the In terstate Commerce Commission says the value of farm crops will increase a thousand million dollars this year. Therefore, NO reduction in freight rates. The cream, off the top, must go to the railroads. Suppose the farmers, for a change. are getting a decent price for their crops. The question involved is: Are the railroads charging too much? not what is the farm making. Groat and fashionable Trinity Pro testant Episcopal Church standing at the top of Wall Srteet, publishes this report: Last year's income, $2,148,681. Present assets of that little band of followers of the lowly Nazarene, $13,329,053. You note, "Carried to renewal ac count, $186,762." The young man (see Matthew, 19th Chapter) that "went away sorrow ful" after being told, "Sell that thou hast and give to the poor," probably sits in Trinity's congregation, if there is anything in the reincarnation theo ry. Think of one Episcopal church keeping on hand thirteen millions of undivided assets, while scores of the Episcopalian clergy, miserably under- paid, struggle to make ends meet. The world hears with amazement of two French fliers setting up a new "duration mark," staying up 37 hours 6 minutes 10 seconds. Put this clip ping away for your great-grandchildren. They will see a round a world machine, coming down perhaps once a year for complete overhauling, land ing passengers from smaller machines above Paris, London, Yokohama, Bom bay, New York. "All out" And the trip all the way around will be made in twenty-four hours only 1,000 miles an hour. There NEVER comes a time when a human being is of "no use to the world." The Greek philosopher, ninety years old, that killed himself because he stumbled on leaving his class, made a mistake. He should have said: I may stumble, but 1 shall go on teach ing." Everyone can be valuable to the world by setting an example of cour age and endurance. The other day in New York a young woman lay in a hospital with both her legs amputated. That was the price she paid for giving birth to a child. SHE might have said, "The world has nothing more for me, What she did say was, "I am delighted to lose both my legs, if I must, as long as I have my baby." That's worth a good deal to the world. LEASES JONES RANCH. Wm Instone, who for many years has been ranching on Butter creek, has taken a lease of several years on the Henry Jones ranch, which has been run for several years past by the Sheridan estate. Mr. Instone is one of the successful stockmen of the Lena section, and the Jones ranch being ideally located for carrying on the stock business, he will doubtless succeed well in the larger endeavor. Mrs. Margaret Jones has been at Heppner for several weeks making disposal of the ranch, and she ex pects shortly to return to her home in Portland. Furnished House For Rent at Lex ington W. P. McMillan residence, 8 rooms, alt modern conveniences. Pre ferably to family wishing to keep boarders, for at least 10 months. Must rent by Sept. I. 2t Full Corps of Teachers Secured and Vacation Will Soon Be Ov er. LARGE ENROLLMENT Sereral New Instructors gecared and Fall Work Expected to Start With Record Attendant of Pupils. The summer vacation Reason for the boy, and girls will soon be at an end, and then it will be back to the work in the school room, for every thing will be in read mm for the opening of Heppner', schools on Mon day, September 8. Word received from Superintendent Hedrick this week la to the effect that he has fin ished hia summer course at the Uni versity of Oregon in Eugene, and af ter a vacation of a couple of weeks or so in the southern part of the state, he will return to Heppner about the oth of this month in order to have everything in readiness for the open ing of the fall term of school. From all present indications there will be a larger enrollment this fall than on former occasions and a ca pacity attendance throughout the school year is in anticipation. The full teaching force has been secured and each department will have at its head thoroughly competent instruct ors. In the high school the work will be in charge of Prof. E. H. Hedrick as superintendent; Charles Glen Smith, principal; Anabel Denn, mu sic; Hazel Martin, . domestic science and art; Johnnie F. Fleet, commer cial, and Josephine Kirtley, English and History. Misa Denn, of course, will supervise the music of the entire school, and from all reports she is possessed of qualifications of a very high order. The grades will be in charge of Breynton R. Finch, Lorena Wright, Gertrude Davies, Opal E. Clark, Elisabeth Dix. Amy E. Finch, Harriett Case and Edna Turner, all having been employed in the school the past year with the exception of Miss Case. Dee Matlock Freed By Idaho Coroner's Jury Salmon, Ida., July 30. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide in the case f Dee M.itork, who was said to have killed William C. Daniels, a neighboring rancher near Tendoy, as the result of a feud. It was stated at the inquest that Dan iels came upon Matlock armed, tut that Matlock managed to fire fir.t, killing Daniels with a bullet from a high powered rifle. The tragedy oc curred July 16. Dee Matlock ia well known in Pen dleton where he formerly resided. He also lived in Heppner for a number of years. A brother of Heppner and C. G. Matlock of Pendleton recently left for Idaho after word was receiv ed of the tragedy in which the for mer Pendletonian figured. Local residents have recalled that Matlock has figured in other shoot ing cases during his life. Rumors of the tragedy have been current here for some time, but no definite infor mation could be secured on the case until today. Pendleton E. O. SPRING WHEAT IN EASTERN OREGON Spring wheat is the second cereal in importance in the counties of Ore gon east of the Cascades. According to figures given in Oregon Station Bulletin No. 204, the average acreage in spring wheat in the 18 counties of Eastern Oregon for the past five years was nearly 200.000. or about one third of the total number of acres in winter wheat. Although outranked in total acreage and production by winter wheat in Eastern Oregon, more spring wheat than winter wheat was grown during the past five years in the following counties: Baker, Crook. Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Union and Wallowa. The big winter wheat producing counties are Umatilla, Sherman, Morrow, Was co and Gilliam. In some counties, like Union, the number of acres devoted to growing spring wheat and winter wheat is about equally divided. This natur ally raises the question as to just where and under what conditions should spring grain be grown in pref erence to winter wheat? The results of the experiments on the branch Stations and the experience of farm ers show that winter wheat is a more productive dry-land crop to grow af ter a season of fallow. When grown on irrigated land, spring wheat fn Eastern Oregon generally outyields winter wheat. When grown after an other crop without an intervening fal low period, spring wheat also i. as productive on the average as winter wheat. CHURCH OF CHRIST. Lord's Day, AuKut 10, 9'U. Thy word is the lamp unto my feet and a light unto my pathwity." No man can make sutiafitctuiy pro gress in darkness. It is the business of the church to reflect thut iitfht. Come and get its bent tit, lliblo School at tf:45, Communion and preaching service 11 o'clock. Christ ian Endeavor at 7 and Uw union preaching service at tliu Methodist church at 8 p. m. The thtrme of th morning sermon will be: "What Is Wcrldlinoss?" and that of th eve ning. "The Christ Via w point." You will receive a cordial wvlcutna at ail of thee service. LIVINGSTONE. Willard Uassett, th Hoy Tvrior, at Star Theater tonight.