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The GazetteT IME PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 41, Number 33. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 13, 1924. Subscription $2.00 Per Year LEXINGTON TAKES Fire Destroys House LOCAL HEWS ITEMS Legion Puts Across Successful Carnival With All Contents '3 Visitors Make Rush For Touchdown in Early Part of Game. MAY PLAY AGAIN Game on Tuesday Waa Hotly Con tested; Heppner Haa Challenged Lexington Post-Season Game. Football fans of both Lexington and Heppner were out in large num ber! at Gentry field on Armistice Day to witness the tussle between the teams of Lexington Hi and Heppner Hi, and they were treated to one of the best exhibition! of football wit nessed here in many a long day. The teami had each been training hard for this game, and were determined to put their best efforts into the play ing. As is usual with Lexington, they were right up and coming In the early part of the game, and hardly before Heppner realized it, they had put the 'ball across for a touchdown. Iex ington got the breaks of the game, a recovered punt, a penalty of fifteen yards on Heppner, and then a decep tive play on Lexington's part taking them ten yards, and to the touchdown. They failed to convert goal, and the score was 6 to 0. All during the game Heppner's line held like a stone wall, and Lex ington did not make over four first downs against them, while Heppner's backfield played through time after time making from four to fifteen yards. Heppner completed three passes out of four, gaining approxi mately sixty-five yards,. Vet the "jinx" of Lexington was not broken, and the local boys failed to put the ball across the line, and they also failed to hold the game to a 0-0 score. The Heppner fans were disappointed in the outcome, to be sure, but are good sports and are glad that the Lexington high school is walking away with the pennant this season and that the trophy is coming to a Morrow county school. There is a move on to stage a post season game between the teams, and to that end the following challenge has been mailed to Principal Kelly of the Lexington schools. This is evi dence that the Heppner lads are not humiliated by their defeat and arc game to go their victors of Tuesday's contest another round: Heppner hereby challenges Lexing ton to another game of football. Purpose. The game is to be played for the benefit of the student finances of both schools. It will have no bear ing upon the question of state or Upper Columbia League champion ship that has hitherto existed be tween the two schools. Heppner con cedes that to have been won by Lex ington already. Auspices. The game is not to be played under the Oregon State Asso ciation, or Upper Columbia League, but is to be strictly a holiday game between the two towns, as herein provided. Time. The game is to be played on Thanksgiving Day, November 27th, at 2:30 p. m. (Provided, that in case of inclement weather the gui? may, by mutual agreement of tliu two coaches, be postponed until a later date.) Players. Each team will use the same list of players as submitted on the eligibility lists exchanged be tween the two schools for the game of November 11th, and in addition, may add to that Hat one and only one player, said player to be either the coach himself or some bonafide resident of the community whom the coach may name in his stead. (The name of this. player to be submitted to the opposing school at least three days before the game.) Place. The game is to be played either on the Lexington field or on the Heppner field, as Lexington may decide and notify Heppner, at least 10 days before the Thanksgiving date. Guarantee. Heppner agrees to pay Lexington $75.00 if the game Is play ed on the Heppner field, or will ac cept a $76.00 guarantee and play the game on the Lexington field, as Lex ington may elect to do. (Admission charge to be fixed at 60c.) Officials. The home team shall furnish the referee and the visiting team the umpire. The referee shall be a totally disinterested man who is not and has not been a resident of either town or community, and if possible, mutually agreeable to both coaches. The other officials shall be agreed upon by a conference between the coaches. (The expenses of the referee shall be borne by the home team up to $35.00. Any amount above that sum to be borne equally by both schools.) JAMES STOUT, Manager. H. K. FINCH, Coach. OK'd by K. II. HED1UCK. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. Once again, death has visited our order and summoned our beloved brother, Luther Huston, and the gold en gateway to the Eternal City has opened to welcomo him to his home, and as his reward hns received the plaudit, "well done" from the Su preme Ruler; and Whereas, the all-wise and merciful Ruler of the Universe hns called our beloved and respected brother homo, and he having been a true and faith ful member of our beloved order, therefore, bo It Resolved, that San Souci Rcbckah Lodge No. HI), I. O. O. F. In testimony of her loss, drape its charter in mourning for thirty days, and that wo tender to the family of our de ceased brother our sincere condolence in their deep affliction, and that a copy of those, resolutions be sent to the bereaved family, entered upon the records of the lodge, and published in The Gazotto-Times. ELLEN 1UISEICK, R. L. HENCE, A. M. PHELPS, Committee. Fire at the McCullough place on Willow creek last Friday morning completely destroyed the residence and all the contents, just a few arti cles only being saved from the flames. The place was occupied my Mr. and Mrs. Nela Justus who returned to the place that morning from Hepp ner. Upon building a fire in the sitting room stove to warm up the house, Mr. and Mrs. Justus left the house and went out in the field to look after a cow and calf. They had not been gone long when they discov ered the house to be in flames. They rushed back and attempted to get in and save some of the furnishings and other valuables they had, but found their way blocked from nearly every side by the rapid spread of the fire. There was no one else about the premises at the time, so Mr. Justus had to go to a neighbors to get help. The telephone called help from town, and many neighbors rushed to their assistance as rapidly as possible, but too late to help save the house or any part of the contents. All of the household effects were destroyed and a small trunk and a rug off the floor was about all that they were able to get out of the house. With the house, some fifteen cords of wood were also burned. The barns, hay -shed full of hay and a number of other buildings were in close proximity to the residence, but by hard work the fire was kept from these. It is reported that Mr. and Mrs. Justus lost a considerable sum of money in the flames, also. The loss falls pretty heavy on them in the destruction of their household ef fects, and the prpoerty loss falls on the McCullough brothers. There was no insurance on the household goods, and but little an the house. P.T. A. Has Address On Events of State Meeting At the regular meeting of the Pa tron-Teachers association at the high school auditorium on Wednesday af ternoon, the main feature was the address of Mrs. Carl Gillilan, who was a delegate from the local asso ciation and attended the state meet ing recently held at Corvallis. While at this meeting. Mrs. Gillilan became very much enthused with the work, and she prepared her address from the notes taken at that time. She spoke of the work of the state asso ciation, and especially of that part pertaining to child welfare, and her address was such as should have been heard by every parent in the city. The Patron-Teacher association is working along very definite lines of child welfare, and its influence over the state is beginning to be realized as never before. The mcssnge brot by Mrs. Gillilan was well received. Other features on the program were: piano solo by Virginia Dix; dramatization of Health Play by Mrs. Finch's room; clarinet solo by Clarence Erwin and a vocal solo by Mrs. Ray Taylor. The program was followed by a business session, the president, Mrs. Guy Boyer, presiding. Judge Campbell Expresses Appreciation of Support The election is over and the ver dict of the people of Morrow county has been rendered, and while it was not my good fortune to be re-elected, yet I am proud of the splendid vote given me, and I desire to express my appreciation of this support. It shows that I have a very large num ber of loyal friends, who were ap parently appreciative of my efforts to serve the public during the past six years. My honest effort has been to serve the people of Morrow county in the best possible wny, according to the ability that I possessed. Some mis takes were made; this is common to alt mortals, but they were of the head and not of the heart, and I am glad if I have so served as to be thus commended. The people have spoken, and I as a citizen of our great com mon country humbly submit, with no other feeling than that of grateful ness for the strong support that I received. WM. T. CAMPBELL. II. Padberg Home Scene of Dinner Party John H. Padberg of Heppner Flat is not as young as he used to be tho he does look the part, for on Tues day, November 11, 1024, ho passed the fiftieth milestone of his sojourn here, and the occasion wqs mnde a hnppy one at the Padherg home by the serv ing of a big chicken dinner, prepared by Mrs. Padberg and hor assistants. Fried chicken gnloro was prepared, nlong with all the other good things thnt go to mako up a proper repast for an occasion of this sort, and the invited guests hnd but one regret to express the lack of proper capacity to do full justice to the spread. The annual birthday cake wan a white angel cake with pink trim mings. The candles were omitted this time owing to their number as Mrs. Padberg thought John would be tired from his efforts in blowing them all out, but the ago was properly marked in the decorations of the cake. Guests present at tho dinner were Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Padberg and fnm ily, Mr. and Mrs. W II Padberg nnd family, Mr and Mrs. Irwin Padberg and family, Mr, nd Mrs. Oris Pad berg nnd fnmily, Mr. and Mrs. J. IT. Bryson and family, Miss Susie All stott nnd Hazel and Dnrel Podborg, daughters of Mr, and Mrs, Loo Pad berg of lone. Mr. and Mrs. Padberg were prevented from boing present on account of his very serious illness at this time. Ho is under the care of a physicinn at Pendleton and this circumstance nlone prevented him from joining with tho othor relatives on this happy occasion. W. G. Palm at er was here the last of the week from his home near Mor gan to attend to court matters. He reports some Bplendid rains and the grain coming along well, Mr. Pal mateer is putting in a large acreage this season, 800 acres being already sown and about 300 yet to be planted. It is "moke or break" with Wid this coming year. A change was made In the person nel of the proprietorship of the Cen tral Market this week, when E. L. Kirk disposed of his interests to his partner, Harry Seavey, who now be comes the owner of the Heppner Packing Co., the name given the bus iness by the new firm. Frank Harwood, jeweler, spent a few days in Portland this week, going down on Friday and returning Mon day. He was looking after business affairs in the citv and renorts much wet weather prevailing on the other side of the Cascade mountains. The Christian Endeavor society of the Christian church are preparing the comical play "When a Feller Needs a Friend," which they will stage at a date to be announced later. It promises to be one of the main at tractions of the season. Jas. Carty, sheep king of the north end of the county, drove in from Tub Springs today. He spates' that the weather is pretty winterish down Juniper canyon. Hanson Hughes hit out for Port land on Friday and has been spend ing the week in the metropolis on business and pleasure combined. Arthur Wheelhouse, newly elected mayor of Arlington, was among the Masons in Heppner from that city on Monday evening. Billy Swanson, feed store proprie tor of lone, was doing business here today. Pneumonic Plague. State Board of Health. From time immemorial the very mention of plague has struck terror to the hearts oS mankind in practic ally every land and nation of the globe. With the establishment' of international travel the tragedy of plague began. No other disease of man has ever assumed the alarming proportions of this one dread malady that could, when enshrouded in me dieval superstition, decimate one fourth of the entire population of the known world. With the knowledge of the exact cause and most of the factors under lying the mode of transmission, plague has lost its ability to spread death and destruction broadcast; yet until the world con be induced to take certain essential precautions, plague will continue to exist. It is only on the actual eve of an outbreak that the public will demand active meas ures of prevention. Rodent plague has been slumbering along the Pacific Coast for a number of years. The present outbreak of pneumonic plague in Los Angeles emphasizes the fact that plague still exists in this country. The relation between bubonic plague and pneu monic plague presumably dependent on the variation in the characteristics of the race of bacilli concerned in a given outbreak. The black death of the Middle Ages is to be regarded as plague pneumonia. It is highly contagious. The specific cause is the bacillus pestis. Infection is produced by inoculation, inhalation, ingestion or slight mechanical abrasion. Ro dents are the natural reservoirs of plague. Infection spreads from rat to nit by means of the flea. The in fection is caused by the flea bite. Plague always occurs first as an epi zootic among ruts or other rodents and it is usually only as the rat pop ulation is decimated by the ravages of the disease that the rat flea is forced to bite man to obtain food. The ground squirrel acts as a reservoir for the rural spread of infection which may then be tronsmitted to the more domestic rats. Sanitary control of plague, like that of most other communicable dis eases, is concerned first with infect ed human beings and animals. The plague bacillus does not exist long outside of the body and the disease is spread by the discharges. The pre vention of plague consists of a cam paign for the extermination of rats and vermin, and the proper isolation of human cases. Long range preven tive meosures are necessary. All seaport towns having communication with plague countries should exam ine rats caught about wharves and other places, for plague. Plague may slumber in rats, ground squirrels and other rodents for yenrs before human cases occur. Plague can be controlled effectively by measures directed against the rat. Important to Ex-Service Men and Women It is important that all ex-service men and women, who feel that '.hey may bo entitled to compensation un der tho Reed Johnson Bill (World War Veterans Act of PJ24) mako im mediate contact with the locul Chap ter of the American Red Cross. If claim for compensation on ac count of any one of five particular ailments is filed before January 1, lfl2fit the law presumes that the dis ease was contracted during service, carrying with it attendant advantages of compensation allowance. If filed nftcr that dato, service origin will have to be proven. The fivo specilh: ailments men tioned in the law are: a Neuropsychi atry disease, Paralysis Agitans, En coptholltis Lethnrgica (Sleeping Sick ness), Amoebic Dysentery and Tu berculosis, tho latter alone not sub ject to rebuttal. The genernl public is urged to ad viso Morrow County Chapter of the American Red Cross of any ex-norv- iee man or woman, who might bo ell- giblo to the so benefits, so that the services of the organization may bo ufforded thorn. 0 LOADS THAT ARE LIGHT .IPWslfif. Htfc ship.' vj4 JU Local Masonic Lodge Entertains Visitors At Masonic hall on Monday evening the local lodge entertained a large number of visitors from Arlington and lone lodges, at which time a can didate was given the third degree. The work was put on by Arlington's crack team and exemplified in a man ner that was practically faultless. The team is fully costumed for their work and the candidate and members were fully impressed will the great teachings of the order. The Arling ton lodge takes great pride in their work and they have developed a de gree team that is not excelled in the state. Between twenty and twenty-five members of the Arlington lodge, and some twelve or fifteen from lone were present. Following the degree work, the visitors and members of Heppner lodge No. 69 were given a good feed in the banquet hall, and the entire meeting was filled with fra ternal spirit and good fellowship. The Heppner Masons expect to visit Ar lington in a body in the near future, and will return the compliment by putting on the degree work. Duck Hunters Charged With Law Violation Three of Heppner's nimrods, who recently went on a duck hunting ex pedition down Arlington way, were accused by the deputy game warden of having violated the law pertain ing to the shooting of wild geese. The boys were hunting ducks on the island out in the river from Arling ton, and the charge is that they also killed geese on the water. This, the boys do not admit, however, but they were requested to return to Arling ton Wednesday, bringing with them their guns, and have a chance at dis- j proving the claims of the game war den. Friends of the parties in Heppner tope that the boys will not have their guns taken away from them,, and we trust they will be able to put up the prcper alibi. THE GOOD NEWS M iffi jvf : v I ff ST25 shv President Coolidge, In the Presidential clmir hy his own election rights, reading the first election his victory at the polls, Most certainly he was happy. Circuit Court Holds . An Adjourned Session Judge Gilbert W. Phelps and Court Reporter Beckwith came over from Pendleton on Thursday afternoon to attend a short session of the circuit court for Morrow county. Court was held Friday and Saturday, and a num ber of civil and criminal cases dis posed of and the docket cleaned up for the regular term which convenes next month. Cases disposed of at this sitting were as follows: John Keegan vs. Marsh Courtney, settled and dismissed. A. B. Fletcher vs. O'Meara & Gate ly, settled and dismissed. Bristow & Johnson vs. Roy A. Ball, settled and dismissed. L. E. Shelley vs. T. H. Williams; judgment for plaintiff. S. P. Wilson vs Ray, Colvin and Halvorsen; judgment for plaintiff. Oscar Wakefield vs. Mrs. L. G. Her ren, settled and dismissed. Lillian Cochran vs. Emmet Coch ran; decree of divorce granted; plain tiff given judgment for $4000 in gold, residence property in Heppner and ?;(50 additional attorney's fees. M. S. Corrigall vs. E. G. Haverstick, settled and dismissed. State of Oregon vs. Alex Allenbeck and T. R. Ritz; given jail sentence of 1 year and paroled. State of Oregon vs. Guy Hall, pos session of liquor; sentenced to 30 days in county jail. BIG Tl'RKEY SHOOT. A big turkey shoot has been ar ranged to take place at the Fred Ray mond place, 4 miles south of Jordan Siding on Sunday, November 16, 1924. Plenty of big turkeys and geese, all in fine shape, having been fattened on grain. Come and get your turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner. The big shoot of the season. The Christian Endevorers of the Christian church will hold a candy and cooky sale on Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Humphreys Drug Co. store, beginning at 10:30 a. m. Mrs. Jeff Jones departed on Wed nesday of last week for San Leandro, California, where she will visit for a month at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ellis Hendrickson. day rfewspnpcr extra which told of AtTOCTTt Wells Barber Shop Is Robbed of Cash At some time between the closing hour on Saturday night and the open ing for business again on Monday mornnig, the Wells barber shop in the Heppner hotel building was vis ited by some party who helped him self to the money in the cash register. Mr. Wells states that the sum taken was between fifty and sixty dollars. A few checks were in the till, along witn some currency and a quantity of silver. The checks were not taken as the party evidently had no use for anything that might lead to iden tification. The job was so neatly done that Mr. Wells is quite con vinced it was the work of an ex perienced hand. Two doors, only, lead into the shop the one at the front and another at the back leading through into the lobby of the hotel. This latter door was found to be unlocked and it is through this that the thief entered. Xo attempt had been made to force locks on either door, and it is proba ble that the person doing the job might have been in the shop at a late hour Saturday night and saw to it that the door was left unlocked. At any rate, Mr. Wells is out some $50 in cash, and the prospects of locating the thief are quite remote. Morrow County Couple Married at Portland One of the most beautiful weddings of the fall season was solemn icd Saturday evening, Novembr 1, 1924, when Miss Leola Akers became the bride of Carl Alfred Barlow. The ceremony was performed among many mends and relatives at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Ernest E. Yes ka, 2723 S.E. 62nd St., Portland. The Rev. F. R. Sibley of the M. E church officiating The room was tastefully decorated with palms, autumn leaves and many other colorful blossoms. The bride entered on the arm of her father, B. F. Akers, to the strains of Lohengren. Hhe was beautiful in her gown of white crepe meteor and lace, her veil was of silk tulle, caught with bands of orange blossoms. She carried a shower boquet of carna tions, chrysanthemums and lillios of the valley. The bride's sister, Mrs. Howard E. Rohlf, was maid of honor. She wore a gown of shell pink geor gette with French embroidery and carried a boquet of French roses and esypia. Little Dorothy Yeska and Ernestine Rohlf were the flower girls each carrying a basket of pink roses. Floyd Barlow, brother of the groom, acted as best man and Mrs. Floyd Barlow played the wedding march. After the wedding a reception was held and refreshments served. Mr. and Mrs. Burlow are .both for merly of eastern Oregon, and expect to make their home in Portland in the near future. Accidental Marketing Means Poor Marketing The farmer Plows in hope, Plants in faith, Harvests In prayer. And markets by accubnt. Of no successful business could this be said. Manufacturers fix defi nite selling prices before they start converting the raw materials. Mer chants follow a definite pli-.n of cost plus profit. Builders know their prices before a dollar is invested. A few framers moreSthnn a mil lion of them, in factore taking the accident out of marketing. Tobacco growers, cotton growers, and western fruit growers nre included in tho mil lion. Members of the Arizona Pima cotton Growers nro selling their crops on a definite plan with a largo part of tho accident removed. These million farmers know before they plow that they ill receive the season's average price. The Associated Arizona Pro ducer. For Sale Cheap 1(1 disc Kentucky drill. Young's Second-hand Kxr np.nge. Heppner Post So. 87, American Legion are grateful for the measure of success meted out to them in the merchandise carnival held Tuesday evening at the fair pavilion. Good crowds attended both the carnival and dance features, and in the dis posal of the merchandise at the va rious raffles there was keen interest. Six cakes were entered in the cake baking contest, and these were auc tioned off to the highest bidders. Mrs. Jennie Lowe of Cecil was winner of the ten dollar prize, her big Christ mas fruit cake going for the highest sum. The financial returns to the Post, after the payment of all bills, will be around $175. All the merchandise disposed of had been purchased from the Heppner merchants at the retail prices, and the gross receipts of the carnival and dance amounted to over $380. The money raised will assist the Legion boys in caring for some pressing obligations incurred in the construction of the swimming tank. They are duly appreciative of the splendid patronage given the Post on this occasion. Heppner Girl Becomes Bride of Coquille Man A quiet wedding took place Novem ber 1 at Coquille, Oregon, when Miss Marguerite Hisler of this city became the bride of Mr. Ambrose Chapin, Jr. Miss Hisler, who left Heppner at the beginning of the school year and went to Coquille, was a member of the senior class of the high school there and took a very prominent part in student body affairs. Mr. Chapin is the junior member of the firm of A. W. Chapin & Son, one of Co quille's most flourishing business houses. Before coming to Coquille, Mr. Chapin resided at Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Scobey, Montana where he and his father were engaged in the dry goods and grocery business. Mrs, Chapin is formerly of Hepp ner and the only daughter of the late Paul Hisler, respected pioneer of Morrow county. It was while visit ing her cousin, Mrs. E. L. Vinton of Coquille, that the young people met. Mr, and Mrs. Chapin, after a short honeymoon trip, will be at home to their many friends at Coquille. The Heppner friends and schoolmates of Mrs. Chapin extend to them their wishes of a happy and prosperous future. . Hardman News Items. The students of the Hrdman high school cast their votes November 4th, with the following results for president: Coolidge 20, Davis 5, La Follette 3, Johns 1. For the county ticket: Judge, R. L. Benge 11, Wm. T. Campbell 18; commissioner, 4-year term, h. F. Davidson 22, Chs. Dillon 5, commissioner to fill vacancy, G. A. Bleakman 26, T. J. Jones 3; sheriff, W. Y. Ball 12, Geo. McDuffee 17: clerk, Gay M. Anderson 21, W. A. Richardson 7; superintendent of schools, Opal E. Clark 9, Lena Snell Shurte 0, Helen M. Walker 20; cor oner, M. L. Case 24. Earl W. Gordon 5. A dance will be given by the Odd Fellows November 26th. A Thanksgiving program will be given by the grade school. A happening of local interest wci the marriage of Miss Bertha Hayes to Mr. James McDaniel of this city. Miss Hayes is a teacher in the high school. The wedding was a surprise to Hardman folks, as the young couple slipped away quietly and were married at Heppner on November 7th. A community dinner was given in honor of the Hardman candidates, Mrs. Helen M. Walker and George Bleakman. The people of Hardman and vicinity, Rood Canyon and Eight Mile all took part in the affair. A very enjoyable time was had by all and a bountiful dinner was served. A large crowd came together regard less of the inclement weather. Hardman people believe winter has set in. Present weather conditions are such as we should have in Jan uary. The ground is covered with snow and brings to mind thoughts of Christmas and all its joys. The football team journeyed to Boardman for a game on Armistice day with the high school team of that ploce. A LESSON FROM THE ELEC1ION. The Manufacturer. The election of President Coolidgo is the greatest evidence yet offered to prove that the American peopl? think straight on basic questions. The vote for Coolidge was not a vote for the man so much as a vote for sound principles of government. The present vote shows that the American people cannot be stamped ed by professional political practices which seek to cloud the main issue. The election year has also shewn that questions like the tarif and dis cussion of changes in the Constitu tion no longer seriously disturb busi ness and industries as they have done in the past. From the day of the na tional conventions our country has enjoyed confidence and the stimula tion of rising markets. Candidates Davis, Coolidge and La Follette were all highly respected by the people for their ability and sin cerity as political leaders, but all departures from fundamental politic al traditions were bitterly opposed nnd all inclinations to try experi ments at public expense lost the pro ponents public confidence. AM political parties would do well to learn a lesson from tliia election, namely, the voters are able to differ ent into between men and measures and ctm no longor be so easily fooled as some persons think. We will continue to advance along the path wny to success under one flair, governed by n constitution the equal of which has not yet been writ ten, if we forget not the words of j the Great Emancipator, "With Malice By Arthur Brisbane Consider Joe, Chimpanzee Educate the Educator The Sins of the Children Meat Eaters Rule Joe, aged chimpanzee, alleged mem ber of a tribe whence sprang the Caucasian race, has known a mo ment of exaltation. His keeper, as usual, entered th rmr tn :t Joe, just for a change, swung his Knotty DiacK nana round and knocked the keener ipthpIpm with out the open door and walked in the parit. ne stopped to exchange cour tesies with hi frionH Jnhn nn.i eighty-three-year-old park employe. soon ne was on nis way back to the cage. - Learn that when you admire a prizefighter, yoo admire only a poor imitation of a chimpanzee, and a worse imitation of a gorilla, that could beat any twenty prizefighters in forty seconds. Learn also from Joe, the chimpan zee, that freedom depends not on how hard you can IT, but how well you can THINK. Jn tho hmnana rose, knocked down his keeper, and waiaea out oi tne cage, but he did n't know what to DO next "ThT' the rub. An "educator" of Minnesota is ac cused of punishing boys in a high school by causing them to sit in an "electric chair," causing severe burns. In New York state another "educa tor" of the same gorilla type con fessed that he had beaten a little ne gro girl with a rubber hose. It might cure the man with the rubber hose to let him spend half an hour in a closed room with Wills, the negro fighter, the latter also equipped with a piece of rubber hose. Ihe Minnesota educator could be enlightened by a brief stay in a real electric chair, but that would be too drastic, even for that kind of stupid Drutamy. The Government, which found so many billions for the wars of other people in Europe, ought to find a few dollars for building the canals that this country needs. One canal would unite the Lakes and the Mississippi Valley with the Gulf and the Pacific via Panama. Another canal for ships unite the Lake country with the At lantic. "Every big American city a seaport" should be our motto. Within twenty-four hours, a girl of fourteen, scolded by her father, shot herself to death. An eighteen -year-old boy, beaten by his father, killed himself by turning on the gas. Strange that man, said to descend from the "higher apes" or some ani mal like them, should treat his own children with a brutality of which no gorilla, orange-outang or chimpanzee was ever guilty. A man that would .not allow any body to beat his young horse or dog for fear of "breaking its spirit" will break the sensitive spirit of his own child. Modern crime turns an ancient test upside down. In Exodus, 20th chapter, 5th verse, you are told that the iniquity of the fathers is visited upon the children "unto the third and fourth generation." Now the crime of the child Is visit ed upon the father. Albert Loeb, whose son killed the Franks boy, is dead, killed by sorrow and disgrace. That should satisfy the bloodthirsty that demanded "somebody hanged." That unfortunate father died a thousand deaths to atone for his son's hideous crime. Have you noticed how little men seem to think about their souls while they are alive, and how much they think about what will happen to their bodies after they are dead? A corpse left behind is no more important than a pair of wornout shoes thrown aside. Vet men of power, from the Pharaoh that built the first pyramid to millionaire Cone with his concrete grave, have worried about their bodies. The question interesting to one do I go from here?" not "Who is go thinking of death should be, "Where ing to steal my body?" George Bernard Shaw, self-appointed Vice-Regent of Omnipotence, thinks little of moat eaters. He's wrong. He says: "Amite fed on barley have conquered half the world." Perhaps so, but men thnt rat meat RULE THE ENTIRR WORLD. Don't forgt that. Toward None, With Charity for All." Let the public officials in power remember that they are on'y the ser vants of the people and that no polit ical party can sunrive except as it gives a better Rovei nmetit to citi zens who are daily becoming more enlightened on public questions. STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! The Willing Worker of Christian church wlil hold bazaar, ctukt'd f"d and candy sa!e, Wednesday, DerembtT 10th, from two till nine, in churrh basement. They will serve lunch aUo during afternoon and eveniitK. consisting of naiad, sandwiches, cuke and cotlVe. You will find some of the foreign markets then'. Iun't over look this in your Chrntiiias shopping. K. A. Btildock, state engineer, with headquarters at Lu rande, was hare cn ollieiul business for a ahort tim Thursday. Karl L. Bench was a bminea vict or in the city from Loxirigtun today.