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Historic. The Gazette-Times Published weekly and devoted to the best interests of morrow county Volume 41, Number 23. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1924. Subscription $2.00 Per Year EARL WIGLESWORTH SCHOOL TO OPEN E Dry Treatment Is Best According to Experts HERE ON MONDAY P Despondency Said to Be Cause of Young Man - . Taking Life. IN COUNTY ON VISIT Hid Arrived t Pettyjohn Ranch the Day Prcrtona; Funeral Today Near Old Butter Creek Home. Earl Wlgleiworth, who for many ytara wn engaged in aheep railing and ranching on Butter creek, fatally hot himaelf at the home of Fay Pet tyjohn, his brother-in-law at Morgan early Tuesday morning. He used a 32-calibre revolver and the ahot from the gun entered the right temple, paaaing directly through hia head and coming out on the left aide. Death waa not inatantaneoua, but he ling ered until late in the evening, ex piring about 12 hours after the shoot ing. The motive for the act la not clear ly establinhed, but is thought by rela tives to be the result of despondency over financial matters. His bank book showed him to have a balance of just one cent in the bank, and in his pocketbook there waa three pennies. Mr. Wiglenworth met with financial reverses following the deflation after the war and was not able to cope with the losses he sustained. The lands he owned on Butter creek were taken for debts and he left this coun ty and went to The Dalles, getting a small place on Mill creek. With his family he came to Morgan on Monday and was visiting at the home of Mr. Pettyjohn. Getting up early Tuesday morning he apparently went to hia car, Vhere he had the gun that he used, took it from a burlap sack, spread the aack on the ground and laid down on it, firing the ahot into his brain which ended his life. The car waa parked a little distance from the house under the trees, and Mrs. Wig lesworth, who was in the house, heard the ahot, as did also Mr. Petty john who was attending to the milk ing a short distance away. When Mr. Pettyjohn returned to the house, Mrs. Wiglesworth made inquiry about the shooting and asked for Earl. It developed at this time, so the state ment shows, that Mrs. Wiglesworth had no knowledge that her husband possessed a weapon, and Pettyjohn supposed he had taken hia gun to ahoot at a rabbit. Finding, however, that he had not done this, their sus picions were aroused and they began a search, which soon ended in thri finding of Mr. Wiglesworth lying along side the ear on the opopsitc side from the house. Mr. Pettyjohn immediately rushed to lone for the doctor and upon the physician reaching the side of Mr. Wiglesworth he announced that the wound was fatal, and death followed at here stated. Coroner Case and Sheriff McDufTee went to Morgan, and upon making a close examination of the facta pre aented, it was determined that an inquest was not necessary. The re mains were brought to Heppner Tu esday night by Mr. Case and prepared for burial. The funeral will be held today at 2:00 p. m., eervices to be at the Pleasant Point school house on Butter creek and burial in the Pleasant Point cemetery nearby. Mr. Wiglesworth leavea a wife and aaveral children, besides father and mother and other relatlvea to mourn hla sudden taking away. It ia un derstood that hia family ia protected by $5000 life Insurance, but Just what interest they may have acquired in the property at The Dalles is not known. Ferry at Boulder to Pass into New Hands A change in the ownership of the ferry across the Columbia from Boul der, Oregon, to Alderdate, Wash., has been effected, A. B. Strait disposing of what Interests he had in the ferry to Messrs. Smith and Hogue of Ste venson, Wash. These gentlemen have been here for ft couple of days con ferring with the county court, being accompanied by Wm. Warner of Al derdale, merchant at that place, who has always taken quite an Interest in the Boulder ferry, and took steps to have the franchise of Mr. Strait cancelled. They made ft successful deal with Mr. Strait, who consented to the cancellation of hia franchise, and today our county court granted ft franchise to Smith and Hogue, who will soon have ft new boat in operation across the river. Mr. Hogue will have charge of the ferry and considerable Improvement will be made in the approaches to the ferry on both the north and south sides of the river, and from now on the traveling public can be Assured that they can get over the river at Boul der. Mr. Warner, who is in touch with the situation, believes that ultimately this ferry will be on the line of a highway reaching from the British Columbia line through Central Wash ington ond Central Oregon to Cal ifornia. For this reason ha is anx ious that the connection from Hepp ner to Spray with the John Day high way be made, and hopes that tho time is not far off when this can be done, He says our people will soon hear more about this north and south road through Washington and its bearing upon our tourist travel. Absolutely. Doctor: "Are you sure you are es poclally careful to keep this disease from spreading to your other chil dron?" Mrs. Blank. "Oh, yes, indeed, doc tor. I bought a sanitary drinking cup and I'm making every last one of them use it. All In Readiness for Beginning of Year's Work; Full Corps of Teachers on Hand. Heppner schools will open on Mon day, everything1 being in readiness for this important event. For the past month Janitor Driscoll and his force have been eelaning up the build ing and p rem iiea and U la in ship shape for the reception of teachers and pupils. The school will be in charge of Prof. E. H. Hedrick as superinten dent, and ha will have for his corps of teachers the following: Chariei Glenn Smith, principal; Miss Johnnie Fleet, Miss Josephine Ktrtley, Miss Hazel Martin, high school; Miss Annabel Denn, music; Breynton R. Finch. Lore n a Wright, Opal E. Clark, Elizabeth Dix, Amy E. Finch, Gertrude Davies, Harriett Case and Edna Turner, grades. Interest in the school promises to be good this year and there will be many new faces among the pupils. Those who have been preparing to come to town to take advantage of the educational advantages offered are getting in, and the vacant houses 2nd rooms will soon be filled. Every thing points to a very successful year. Many students who were graduated from the high school last year are preparing to enter higher institu tions of learning, some going to U. of O. and O. A. C. while others are expecting to attend the U. of W. at Seattle. These schools all open for registration at the end of this month. Watson Delivered Over to Umatilla Officers D. A.Watson, who has been taking the "rest cure" at the county bastile in Heppner for the past four months, awaiting the decision of our officers as to whether he could be tried here on a criminal charge in connection wiht the big land deal he attempted to put over when he "purchased" the Hamilton ranch from Al Henriksen, was on Saturday last turned over to the Umatilla county officers. He is to be tried there on the charge of ob taining money by falBe pretenses, ac cording to the information given out here. After the "purchase" of the big ranch here, Watson beat it out and at Pendleton purchased a big touring car, giving his check for it, but never taking the car. He wrote several other checks and obtained some mon ey in exchange for the paper that was found on presentation to be worth less. Checks were deposited in the bank here, drawn on a bank in Cal ifornia and by communication with the California bank it was found he had no money there. For a few days, however, Watson went on a considerable spree of high .finances, but is reported to have made little out of it for himself and no one was caused any severe loss by reason of his operations. It was finally decided that the Heppner authorities could not hold him so he is now to face the charge against him in Umatilla county. During the four months that Watson was in the Morrow county jail he seemed to enjoy himself, be ing well fed and privileged to take plenty of healthful exercise. He is a man apparently 75 years of age. WRIGHT-MILLER. The marriage of Miss Lore n a Wright, teacher In Heppner schools, to Mr. John Milter, young farmer of the Lexington neighborhood, occurred at the home of the bride's mother in Portland on Monday evening, Septem ber 1. Harvey Miller, brother of the bridegroom, attended from this coun ty and acted as best man. The cere mony was performed in the presence of a number of relatives and friends. Mr, and Mrs. Miller departed on a honeymoon trip to Crater Lake and expect to arrive here the end of the week. The will make their home on the Miller farm northeast of Lexing ton. R. F. Wiglesworth and wife, father and mother of Earl Wiglesworth, were called to Heppner from their home near Oregon City by the tragic death of their son. Mr. Wigltytworth was formerly extensively engaged in stock raising on Butter creek in this county. See Mrs. Herren's fall opening ad in another column. The Prince is Here The Prince of Wales, younR man of many falls from horses, arrived In New York last week, lunched with President Cooliilire on Satur day, and is now being lionized by N. Y. society as ho attends the international polo matches on Long I laud. Federation Twins Lead In Eight Mile Nursery Check Up. D. E. STEPHENS. To get accurate and reliable infor mation as a basis for a correct ans wer to this important question, two grain nuraeriea were grown in Mor row county this year. One waa on Troy Bogard'a farm near lone and one on Lawrence Redding'a farm at Eight Mile. More thna 30 winter wheat and 20 spring wheat varieties were grown at each place in addition to quite a dumber of barley and oat varieties. The nurseries were han dled by the county agent and the Moro Experiment atation and will be continued for several years. The results for one year, though interesting, should not by any means be taken too seriously or as final, because it requires several year's trial under carefully controlled con ditions to be able to pick out, with certainty, the best wheat for any lo cality from a large group of fairly hih-yielding varieties. The twelve highest-yielding winter wheats In the lone nursery were as follows: (Acre yields in bushels of the highest-yielding winter wheat vari eties grown in the nursery near lone, Oregon.) Rank Variety Acre yields in bushels. 1 White Turkey 6896-3-6 24 3 2 Pacific Bluestem - 24.3 3 White Odessa 4666 23.7 4 Triplet 23.6 6 Brown Glume Triplet No. 4 21.2 6 Hybrid 128 20.6 7 Jenkin 20.0 8 Martin ...... 19.6 9 Khrakov - - 190 10 Mosida 18.8 U Sherman 18.7 12 Turkey, 1671C Purple 18.6 In the nursery near lone 'two wheats, Bluestem and "White Turkey" tied for first place. Bluestem, a spring variety, has been grown in this sectoin for many years from fall sowing and is appamtly a high yield er when it comes through the winter without injury. The White Turkey is a promising new Moro station se lection from a hybrid originally made at the Kansas experiment station. The wheat resembles Turkey when growing but the kernels are hard and white. This variety also gives high yields at several other nurseries in different counties of Eastern Oregon and if it continues to perform satis factorily It will be increased and dis tributed. White Odessa, the third wheat in the list, is one of the new smut-resistant varieties developed by the Moro station. It is a besrmess, white soft-kemeled, late-maturing variety, and a true winter wheat. It and the purplc-atrawed Turkey, 1571C, seem to be two of the highest-yielding var ieties of the smut-resistant group. Sherman, also, has been a high yield ing smut-resitant wheat, but it does not appear to possess quite so many desirable qualities as the other two varieties. The fourth variety, Triplet, a win ter wheat produced by the Washing ton Experiment station, was a high yielder in each of the six grain nur series in Eastern Oregon in 1924. In southern Sherman county, where con siderable Triplet is grown by far mers, its yield this year on the whole was disappointing. In most instances it was outyielded by both Forty-fold and Turkey. In previous years in this section it has produced higher yields than the other two varieties. Triplet ia a high-yielding wheat, because it has a softer kernel and is not con sidered as desirable a millilng wheat as Turkey. The Moro station's brown-glumed selection from Triplet appears to be as high a yielder as Triplet. In addition to having brown chaff it has a shorter straw and a much harder kernel than Triplet. Hybrid 128 produced a very satis factory yield at lone. It yielded one bushel more than Kharkov, and con siderably more than Forty-fold, which did not place in the 12 highest yield ing wheats. Ita yield was 16.4 bush els per acre. The Eight Mile Nursery. The most striking feature of the results obtained at the Eight Mile nursery waa the apparent superiority of Federation and the high yield ob tained from a number of fall-sown spring wheat varieties. Of the ten highest yielding wheats, six were spring varieties. The four winter wheats were Triplet, which ranked third In yield, Hybrid 128 which ranked aeventh, Mosida which ranked eighth and Kanred which ranked ninth. (Acre yield in bushels of the, high est yielding winter wheats in the Eight Mile nursery.) Rank Variety Acre yield in bushels. 1 Federation 46.8 2 Major 41.8 3 Triplet - 40.8 4 Pacific Bluestem 37.4 6 Onas 37.8 6 Red Chaff 37.3 7 Hybrid. 128 36.9 8 Mosida 86.3 9 Knnred : 84.4 10 Canberra 32. In most sections of Eastern Oregon it is not considered good practice to sow spring wheat in the fall. There appear to be a few exceptions to this rule, however, and it seems that some localities in Morrow county are included in these exceptions. With the yields about equal, a good winter wheat ia much preferred over a spring variety for fall sowing, be cause of less danger of yields being reduced by winter killing or late spring frosts. In soma localities in the Pacific Northwest, Bluestem, Jen- kin and Red Chaff have been for many years grown for full sowing. Results obtained in parts of Umatilla county from fall sown Federation, I variety distributed by the Moro sta- tlon, indicate that it is llkoly to re place both Jenkin and Red Chaff, two spring wheats quite widely grown (Continued on Page Four.) THE BEST OF FRIENDS MUST PART ' ' : - b H Pptt Sana Nursery Yield Check Shows New Factors Fall Sown Spring Wheats Make Good Held In Eight Mile Plots; Smut Registers Show Up Well. R. W. MORSE. In the article by D. E. Stephens, superintendent of the Moro Experi ment station, printed in another col umn, on the results obtained in the Morrow county nurseries this year attention is particularly called to the high yielding qualities of the fall sown spring wheats in the Eight Mile nursery. As a result of the work in this nursery, the county agent has secured a email quantity of certified Federation seed wheat from Umatilla county which will be tried out in one to two-acre plots in the southern part of the county. As a result of the tests and nursery work In the northern section of the county it is not believed that this variety will yield satisfactorily except In the higher altitudes and heavier lands of the county. In these higher eleva tions Federation shows considerable promise because of the fact that dur ing extremely cold weather this sec tion of the county usually has a good protective covering of snow and the soil is better suited to this variety than the lighter soil in the northern part of the county. One point that has a considerable bearing on the high yields of the spring varieties in the Eight Mile nursery this year is found In the notes taken in the nursery during the year. Five varieties that yielded the heaviest were Federation, Major, Bluestem, Onas and Canberra. They were the earliest maturing varieties in the nursery. All headed out at least a week before any other part of the winter varieties headed. This allowed them to escape from part of the later hot weather which probably cut down the yields on most of the true winter wheats. In the lone nur sery there wag particularly no win ter killing of these varieties, but due to their earliness, they were in jured by the heavy frosts in the lat ter part of April and the extreme hot winds of the first three days of May more than the later maturing varieties. This is also believed to be the reason that the Hybrid 128 out-yielded Turkey Red In many of the fields in the northern part of the county. Farmers are urged to consider carefully before changing from one variety to another as al ways more or less field mixtures are obtained due to volunteer wheat. DAGGETT-CAMPBELL. At the home of the bride's mother in Portland at 8:00 o'clock p. m., Monday, September 1st, occurred the marriage of Miss Wanda Daggett to Mr. Arthur Campbell of Heppner, Rev, Bowman, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Portland, per forming the ceremony In the presence of a Urge gathering of friends and relatives. MIbb Mary Clark of Hepp ner played the wedding march, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were stu dents together at the U. of O. for four years, and the past year, while Mr, Campbell was teaching in the college at Iowa City, Mrs. Campbell was a teacher at Ames College. The bridegroom is the son of Judge and Mrs. W. T. Campbell of this city, and a boy the community is proud of. He and hia wife have the same posi tions for the coming year In the Iowa schools and departed for the east on Wednesday morning, going by way of Seattle to Vancouver and then on by the Canadian Pacific to Winnipeg and then south to their destination. Attending the marriage from Hepp ne were Judge and Mrs. W. T. Camp bell, Mrs. Wm. Crow and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keene and Misa Mary Clnrk. A raid made on Hotel Heppner one night his week by the officers result ed in landing several parties on boose charges. On appearing in the office of Justice Cornett Tuesday they en tered a plea of not guilty and will have a hearing on the charges later. LOCAL US ITEMS I A. B. Strait and wife came to Heppner on Wednesday evening, Mr. Strait being interested in the pro ceedings concerning the ferry at Boulder. He has been residing for several months at Tacoma where he had work, having been compelled to close down the ferry until such time as he could comply with the govern ment regulations. The boat that Mr. Strait was using required him to em ploy at least three men in its oper ation, and it did not pay to do this, so according to his statement he tied up the boat and was out to get mon ey to build a smaller craft that could be operated at less expense. In the meantime other parties are seeking to get a franchise for the operation of the ferry at this point. Iitppner nimrods were out in force on Monday to get their work in on the deer herds at the very beginning of the open season. The very dry wenther, however, seemed to work in favor of the deer, and so far as we have learned Willard Hrren was the only Heppner hunter, who succeeded in getting a buck of those going out from town. All the hunters, however, were not out for deer, and quite a number were successful in bagging their limit of mountain pheasants. John Spencer returned Thursday from Hot Lake. He has recovered from the effects of his recent oper ation so as to be able to gef about, although still very weak. Mr. Spen cer was operated on for stomach trouble three weeks ago. Echo News. Miss Alma Devin, cashier for the telephone company, departed this morning on her vacation. At Bridal Veil she expects to join Miss Neva Hayes and the young ladies will visit different points of interest while va cationing together. Mrs. W. A. Richardson was a pass enger out for Pendleton this morn ing. At that point she will join Mrs. Josie Jones on a trip to Spokane, and other points in Eastern Washington for a visit with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Will Ball and Mr. and Mrs. Orve Rasmus returned from IaI man Springs on Wednesday. Tak ing advantage of the open season for deer, Mr. Ball was successful in land ii.fr a buck. Eddie Chidsey and other members of the state engineers office have been located at Heppner to take up some work here. They have opened offices in the Gilman building. There will be services at the Epis copal church in this city at 11:00 o'clock a. m. next Sunday, Archdeacon Goldie being here at that time. Elisabeth Phelps will organize a music class September 1st for the coming term. See or phone her at her home. Phone Main 775. FOR ..CHRISTMAS Start your Christmas gifts early. New line of art goods at the Needlecraft Shop; also D. M. C. threads. Mrs. M, L. Curran wishes to an nounce an early showing of fall hats Saturday, September 6th, also a new shipment of sweaters. It. Agnes Ayers and Jack Holt in THE MARRIAGE MAKER and Ben Turpin in "The Pitfalls of a Big City," STAR THEATER, tonight. For Rent Three rooms and bath; furnished or partly furnished; one block east of postoftke. Nettie Flower. House to Rent 7 rooms with bath; will rent either furnished or unfur nished. Inquire this office. Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Farrlor departed for Portland on Wednesday for a short sojourn in the city. Opening Saturday, Sept. 6th, Fall Styles in Millinery and Ready-to-Wear. Mrs. L. G. Herren. J. F. Deofl, pioneer stockman of Willows, was doing business here on Wednesday. No Open Season On China Pheasants Here Amendment of Law Necessary That County May Be Included; Com mission No Power to Act. Heretofore it has been the practice of the State Game Commission to declare an open season on such game aa in their discretion seemed to be plentiful enough to demand it, and in line with this policy, Morrow county sportsmen have been granted a short time in which to shoot Chinese phea sants. This game has become quite plentiful here and is multiplying rap idly, and it was anticipated that much good shooting could be indulg ed in at the usual time this fall. This, however, cannot be, according to the following ruling received the first of the week by Deputy Warden Albee of this city, who will be compelled to act accordingly: "There shall be no open season on Chinese Pheasants in Game District No. .2, except in Union, Umatilla, Ba ker, Grant, Malheur and Wallowa counties, where the open season shall be from the first Sunday in October to the second Sunday in October, both dates inclusive. Bag limit, five of such birds in any one day, or ten during any seven consecutive days; provided, that not more than two fe male Chinese Pheasants may be kill ed in any seven consecutive days; provided, further that in Hood River and Wasco counties the open season shall be from November 1 to Novem ber 10, both dates inclusive. Bag lim it, in Hood River and Wasco c mnties, same as for other counties in Game District No. 2 where there is an open season." This shuts out any shooting of Chi nese Pheasants in Morrow county, though there is an abundance of the game here now and the birds should be thinned out. Sportsmen interest ed will have to move to get the law in this connection amended at the coming session of the legislature, as the Attorney General is holding to the provisions of the game law of 1921, which made no provision for declaring an open season on the Chi nese Pheasants in this county, and that official holds that the Game Com mission is not authorized in declar ing an open Beason other than spe cifically provided for in the law, re gardless of what the existing condi tions as to the abundance of the game might be. In other words, the commission cannot exercise their judgment in the matter. TO CLOSE PASTORATE HERE. Rev. F. R. Spaulding, who has been pastor of the Methodist community church tn this city during the past year will close his work with the church on Sunday. A business meet ing of the church was held on Tues day evening and this was followed by a dinner and good social time. Mr. Spaulding and wife expect to leave Heppner the coming week, go ing to Med ford to attend conference. The pulpit will be filled by appoint ment of the conference, but it is not known now who the new man will be. Mr. Spaulding's new field of labor will also be given him by the confer ence, but wherever he goes the large circle of friends he has made since coming to Heppner will wish him abundant success. MAY DRILL FOR OIL. Morrow county people north of Lexington are becoming interested In oil p ros pec ts t h e re. It is re ported that thousands of acres of land are being leased to the Portland syndi cate, which will drill for oil near Well Springs, 8 miles north of Lex ington. John Louy, a Morrow county fanner is said to be interested in the plan. People of Eight Mile in this county are ivlso talking and thinking oil, Yenr ago it was believed that oil might be found there, and of late the idea has come up again, and it would not be strange if the theory wre tested out soon. Condon Globe Times. O. A. C. Expert Saya Virtue of Cop per Carbonate Proven; Give Rules for Using Machine. R. W. MORSE. Up until the past year the use of copper carbonate and the- control of wheat smut hat been considered more or less of an experiment. Upon con sideration of the results obtained in Oregon, Washington, and California for the past four years it has be come definitely decided by agricultur ists and farmers that this method is beyond the experimental stage. A few timely observations on methods of treatment for wheat smut are not out of place. No treatment improp erly used, controls smut effectivoiir. This means good material improperly applied. Many farmers are using home-made treating machines. If these machine thoroughly coat tho seed with copper carbonate dust, they are as effective as the commercial machines. Suggestions made by Pro fessor Hyslop of Corvallis regarding the use of treating machines follows : 1. Some folks run the treating ma chine ao fast (too many revolutions per minute) that the grain is held to the outside of the drum by cen trifugal force and does not tumble over the baffle boards and properly mix. It is necessary, therefore, to run these machines at the prescribed speed. 2. Some block up the end of the machine where the grain enters, which gives to omuch slope and the grain goes through too fast, failing to get properly coated with the dust 3. Some people have used as high as four to six ounces of copper car bonate per bushel, and even this ex cessive quantity has not made up for faulty operation. The seed when put into the drill where so much haa been used contains too much dust, which often clogs the feed shells of the drills and breakerage results. The principal breakerage occurs when the machines are started in the morning after the dust has "set" over night. In general the following precau tions should be taken: 1. Use fine copper carbonate dust of good quality. 2. Thoroughly clean the wheat to remove smut balls before treating. 9. Avoid seed having heavy or grea sy smut over the seed. 4. Run through the treater Blowly enough that thorough coating is se cured with two ounces to the bushel of copper carbonate. 5. Start the drills carefully if any dust has accumulated in the seed box. 6. Cut the rate of seeding at least 25 per cent under the accustomed seeding, using the wet treatment. 7. Den't breathe the dust, either In treating or at sowing time. Christian Minister Com pletes Four Year's Service Rev. W. O. Livingstone, who has been pastor of the Christian church of this city for nearly four and a half years, preached his farewell sermons to the congregation on Sunday, and on Monday departed for Hood River, his new field of labor. The family moved to Hood River the last of July and are located in the parsonage of the church in that city. Mrs. Liv ingstone took charge of the work un til the arrival of her husband on the field. On Friday evening, during the meeting of the Boy Scouts at the church, members of the church and friends gathered to tender a farewell to Mr. Livingstone and to express re grets that he was closing his work in the city and wished him abundant success in the Hood River field. Dur ing the pastorate of Mr. Livingstone here the church has prospered and the community has felt the benefit of his labors along moral and religious lines. He made a large circle of friends who really regret his departure. A fire destroyed the old church building and this necessitated the putting on of a program calling for the con struction of a new house of worship a much bigger and better home for the church. This was all planned and carried to completion under the direction of the pastor with the hear ty cooperation of church and com munity and both church and pastor were made happy in this achievement. There was added to the community a building that it is proud of and a workshop that the church itself will use and appreciate more fullly as the years go by. Mr. Livingstone had a big part in this work and to him much credit is due. Many others will also remember for years the good work he haa done in connection with the Boy Scout troop and these fellows will miss their scout master, whoso place will not be easy to fill. May success attend Mr. Livingstone in his new field. Mr. Bleakman Appointed To Place as Commissioner By action of Judge Campbell and Commissioner Davidson yesterday, G. A. Bleakman of Hard man was ap pointed a member of the court to fill the place made vacant by the resig nation of R. L. Benge. A very strong petition, containing signers from practically all parts of the county was presented on behalf of Mr. Bleak man, and he was the only applicant for the appointment that was before the court. Talk of other men was made, and It had been expected that a few names would be presented, but no others appeared. Mr. Bleakman is not without ex perience on the county court, having served a full Urm as county commis sioner, and there is no doubt but that nis appointment at this time is one of the best thnt could have been made. Mr. Bleiikman will serve until the first of the year, unless the deci sion of the voters this fall shall have made It necessary for him to go on for Another four years. Room for rent, with or without board; also steiuly boarders wanted. Mrs, Duncan, Oilman building. It By Arthur BrisbaiM Bull Markets. Future Transportation. The Dawes Plan. Of What Would You Think? Wheat prices jump In wild bull market. That headline waa predicted In this column a long time ago. Yoa read it yesterday and yoa will read more like it May wheat" sells above $1.40 in Chicago. One dollar and fifty rent wheat isn't far off. And that is not bad news for Calvin Coolidge. As for corn, its high price means wealth for farmers lucky enough to raise any, and high eoat for the meat that is fed on it. Steel common above 110, corn worth more than $1 a bushel on the farm, twenty cents more than that In Chicago; wheat for delivery next May selling at $1.40, stocks crawling up so that brokers, afraid to buy, rub their eyes saying to themselves. 'It can't be real." SOMEBODY thinks there is a boom coming. Lieutenant Donald Phillips flew 1,300 miles from Texas to Ohio. Yoa may say, "That's nothing, everybody does it." But notice the size of the flying machine, called "Aloaette," spread of wings IS feet, total weight including motor, 480 pounds. That machine does 20 miles on a gallon of gas, goes 105 miles an hour, and could take a traveling mas from New York to Chicago in hoars. across the continent In 30 hoars. Alouette" could be stored on an "up per shelf" of a garage, the earth ear below, flying car above. - Next width wilt be cut from the wings, weight taken from the en gine, speed more than doubled. And the individual transportation prob lem will be solved. The Dawes plan will have Its trial and the world will see what happens. Germany gets four yeras to pre pare big reparation payments expect ed to amount to 6o0, 000,000 annu ally. We thought it pretty big when we built the Panama Canal in several years. Germany will pay those that conquered her enuogh to build three .Panama Canals every year, if this plan goes through. What books would yoa take to a desert island? What would yoa do if yoa knew you had only one more year to live? What would yoa do if you had twenty million dollars? Helen Stein, intelligent young secretary of Nathan Straus, replied to that last question, "I'd go crazy." Those are old questions. Here is a new one, based on the experience of three Italian mountain climbers, that, held by a rope, hung for five hours over a mountain precipice, waiting to be saved. What would yoa THINK about hanging for five hoars below the edge of a precipice? Would you review your sins and mistakes, vowing bet ter conduct, if spared, or would yon just HANG OVER THE PRECIPICE? We are all hanging over the edge of one steep precipice, called death. A great majority of us "just hang" and think about it very little. What story of lonliness, despair and, perhaps, jealousy, lies back of a dreadful murder and attempted sui cide reported from Lindsey, Ontario? A mother twenty-eight yers old, in her husband's absence, erected an im provised gallows, on which she hang ed her two children aged seven and eight. She then cut her throat, and was found bleeding to death by her own husband when he returned to their lonely, isolated farm from "a visit to the city.M After she had hanged the children, the mother dressed them in their best clothes and laid them out Then she cut her throat She may get well. The woman said nothing but "they are dead, when her husband questioned her. Reading about that may by com parison comfort some who think they have serious troubles. FOREST FIRE ON RHEA CREEK. A forest fire at the head of Rhea creek had burned over about three hundred acres on Tuesday, according to the report brought in by R. A. Thompson, who took out a load of fire fighters from Heppner on Tues day evening. At the time Mr. Thomp son was in, the fire was out of con trol and threatened to become very bad. According to reports reaching town on Wednesday, however, it was under control and no further danger of its spreading was anticipated. The summer has been a very dry one in the timber but Morrow county has. been quite fortunate in passing the season thus far without a serious fire. MASONS ATTENTION. A regular meeting of He,jpner Lodge No. 69, A. F. A A. M , will be held Saturday evening, Sep A tember 6; work in the M, 4 M. degree. Visiting breth Jp ren wulcome. By order of the W. M. L. W. BRIGGS, Secretary. STRAYED From Barn.y Ward's pasture, on bay mara, branded sir ela D on right hip, with bay colt; brown horse, branded reverse t. Fin dor notify Th Uaiette-Tlmea ar Peoples Hardware Co. S