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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
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Dry Treatment Is Best
According to Experts
HERE ON MONDAY
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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
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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.
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