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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNEIt, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1925. PAGE THREE Th executive com m itte of the Morrow County Rod Cross met with Mr. Cochran on tho evening of Jan ury 4, at which time a dp Da t ion of $:i5 was made for the relief of the family of John Grey at Morgan. The result of the eighth annual roll call was the toUl of $281 Of this sum $106,50 was sent to headquarters, the home chapter retaining $176.50. A nurse has been employed to help care for the Gray children and the latent reports are to the effect that the two older children are rapidly recovering but that the younger one, about two years of age, is not doing so well. The crises is passed however, and the attending physician has hopes that the little one will not be seriously affected as a result of the disease. The children are suffering from in fantile paralysis. Being very conta gious, a strict quarantine is being maintained that the disease may be readily stamped out. The Red Cross will cooperate in every way possible, and Dr. Walker of lone, who is hand ling this case, will use every precau tion to prevent its spread. Philomath correspondence in Ben ton Independent: Last Monday eve ning Philomath and community were shocked when a message was received by George Bennett telling of the death of his son. Prof. Frank R. Ben nett, who was the principal of the schools at Klamath Falls. He passed away on the operation table where a major operation for the removal of gall stones was being performed. The many friends of the family mourn with them in their sorrow....M..Mr. Frank Bennett and daughter Joyce have returned to Klamath Falls where Mrs. Bennett is employed in the schools and where Mibi Joyce will resume her studies in the high school. Charley Furlong states that it is no fun digging out about a mile of water pipe to get it thawed so the water will run again. This was his experience at the Eight Mile farm during several days of the past week, as the recent cold snap sent the frost down to a depth that caught the pipes and blocked the flow. As to the dam age to wheat In Eight Mile, he thinks it is nil at present, though no one can tell very well until a warmer spell of weather comes. In his dig ging through the field he found no grain that he considered to be dam aged by the freese. Mr. Furlong was a visitor here on Saturday, Lowell Twitchell is now located with the Heppner Packing Co. as the man at the block. He began his work there on the 5th, taking the place of Graver Swaggart who has been assist ing Mr. Kirk for some time. V,r. Twitchell has had some 15 years ex peiience in the butcher business and has become thoroughly proficient in the meat cutter's art. He was for merly with the Pendleton Packing Co., for whom he worked for several years but was more recently engaged in the running of a market in Los An geles. Frank F raters visited in town for a short time on Tuesday. He states that there Is no doubt but that some damage has been done the wheat in his part of the Eight Mile section, but at present the indications seem to be that it is slight. He does not like the present weather conditions of thawing and freezing and feels that more actual damage will result from this than occurred from the sub sero weather of two weeks or more ago. The following item is of interest to many Heppner people: A quiet wedding took place at the parsonage of the Christian church in Hood River on December 24, 1924, when Charles Church of Dee and Misb Al ma Rogers of ML Hood were married. Rev. W, 0. Livingstone officiated. The bridegroom is a native son of Hepp ner, and the young people will make their home on the Church farm near Dee, Oregon. The marriage of Walter J. Evans and Eiteila Harren was solemnized at the home of C. F. Trimble, pastor of the Christian church in this city on Tuesday evening, January 6, Mr. Trimble officiating. The young peo ple will make their home on the Evans farm bolow Heppner on Wil low creek. Emmet Cochran, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cochran came in from Monument on Monday. Emmet came over to attend the annual meet ing of the Farmers A Stockgrowers National bank, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cochran are enjoying a vjisit at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Frank Turner. Wilson Award This Week's Cross Word Puzzle By MAGDALENE TICK Th erosa-word puiiU thi. week by Magdalene Tuck ia a time limit tent. Thia puule ahould be worked in not lesa than aeven minutea. There are only two aeven letter worda and two five letter worda, and not a hard or difficult word in th whole puule. There ia no need of a dictionary aa all you will have to do ia wrinkle your brow and think a bit. Equip now with a wau-h and pencil and aee how far you can break the record of aeven min utea. Kor every minute under the preacribed time mark youraelf a plu which meana youra ia better than the average intelligence. F'r inatance, if you can work it in live minutea, instead of the allowed aeven minutea, your intelligence ia plua two. On your mark. Get aet. GO! Anawer next week. i a 3 4 r-g s 3 7 " a y -fe Z IT J I J "56 17 HORIZONTAL 1. A male member of the family. 3. Not the truth. 6. Egyptian Sun God. 6. A mineral. 8. To perform. 10. Name of shrubbery. 11. Governess of the family. 13. One that pays the bills. 14. Genius. 15. A number. 16. A point of the compass ab.). 19. The owner of Spark Plug. 20. A fattening product, 22. Exclamation. 24. To enlarge. 25. Verb. 26. Something that lives in water. 27. To keep from starving. VERTICAL 1. Bleet. 2. Long ag o. 3. A metal. 4. A man's nickname. 5. A love pact. 7. A state (ab.). 9. Fruit (plural). Judge R. L. Benge and Commission ers G. A. Illeakman and L. P. David son, with Road master McCalcb, are at Portland attending the meeting of the state highway commission this week. The commission met on Tues day. While in the city they will also attend the convention of the judges and commissioners of the state, meet ing Wednesday and today. They were accompanied by Wm. T. Campbell, re tiring county judge of this county. The ladies of Bethel Chapel held their usual Tuesday afternoon meet ing at the chapel building this week. Those present were Mesdames Phelps, Mahoney, Pruyn, Aiken, McNamer, Anderson, Chinn, Clark, Cochran, Ca son, Patterson, Barton. The ladies report that the final receipts of their recent bazaar amounted to $214. Hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs. Mahoney and Mrs. Pruyn. Mrs. Emile Kelley is quite feeble these days and hardly able to be about, her smiling face and pleasant greetings being missed by her many friends who hope that she will be able to get around ajmin soon. 12. Part of the verb "to be." 13. Small stone (ab.). 17. Not written. 18. To walk through water, 21. Editor (ab.). 23. A pronoun. 25. That thing. Answer to last week's puzzle. u suMpnAMt-T H l o pJj Ton MP R o T BLJ5 Nl O Q P A e mpMrNc "a Tvj PIE E LTjeTjH I L J cHde Np EIE l L BUS A t Lis OS A T E NIJM T SUV M staeDextr1 A Mrs. Cochran thinks she has quite a weather barometer at her house, is the person of Nigger, her big black cat The antics of Niggr prior to a storm are an indication that the change will come in a day or two. The "indicator" was working on Monday and the storm arrived Tuesday after noon. Some cats are very intelligent. Dillard French was in the city Tuesday from the Gurdane farm. He was interested as a stockholder and director in the annual meeting of the Farmers Stockgrowers National bank. Mr. French also seems to be wintering quite well. C. E. Woodson has been spending several days in Portland and Eugene. At the latter place he attended a meeting of the board of regents of the University of Oregon, of which he is a member. P. A. Anderson returned home the end of the week from Aberdeen, S. D., where he was called by the fatal illness of his mother. He is again busy at his office in the court house. The regular meetings of the Red Cross are heid at the home of Mrs. Lillian Cochran on the first Monday of each month, at 7:00 p. m. Every Red Cross member is welcome. Mrs. P. A. Anderson returned on Saturday from The Dalles where she was with her sister, Mrs. Wilis Mc Carty during the holiday season and enjoyed a very pleasant visit. The dance at Hotel Heppner on Sat urday evening was a very enjoyable affair, according to reports of those present. There was an attendance of about 75. Vera Pearson of Butter creek was doing business in the city on Tuesday, Mrs. Anna Knnrr anent th WM-It. end at Heppner, enjoying a visit with her many fnenda and relatives. She is living at Echo this winter. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Avers are visit ing with relatives in Portland. NOTICE OP STOCKHOLDERS ANNUAL MEETING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Heppner Mining Company will be. held at the office of the First National Bank fn Heppner, Oregon, on the second Tuesday in February, 1925, being the 10th day of February, 1925, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day. This meeting is for the purpose of electing officers and for the transaction of such other business as may appear. D. B. STALTER, President, J. O. HAGER, Secretary. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, January 10, 1925. NOTICE is hereby given that Anni Williams, of Heppner, Oregon, who, on February 18, 1920, made Addition al Homestead Entry, Act 2-19-09, No. 020176, for NE4 NEK, Section 20, Township 1 South, Range 27 East, Williamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final Proof, to establish claim to the land above des cribed, before United States Commis sioner, at Heppner, Oregon, ou the 20th day of February, 1925. Claimant names as witnesses: Ottis T. Ferguson, Sam J. Turner, Oliver Austin Devin, Snowden Kite, all of Heppner, Oregon. CARL G. HELM, Register. NOTICE Ttt CREDITORS. Notice iB hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed by the County Court of the Stat of Oregon ' for the County of Morrow, adminis- t Ira tor of the Estate of Luther Hus ton, deceased, and has duly qualified. All persons having claims against the said estate must present them to me, duty verified as by law required, at the office of Woodson A 8 week, at torneys, at Heppner, Oregon, on or before six months from the date of first publication of thia notice. Date of first publication January 15, 1925. CLAUD HUSTON, Administrator. May Be MrsDempsey. Estelle Taylor, of Phila.. whose application for divorce from her ranking husband has been ap proved. Her engagement to Cham pion Jack Dempsey had virtually oeen acknowledged when it became Mrs. Helen M. Walker, newly elect ed county school superintendent, took charge of her office the past week and is becoming familiar with her du ties. Mrs, Walker arrived home from Salem on Wednesday of last week, having been in the capital city to at tend the meeting of superintendents, and also to assist in the marking of examination papers in the office of State Supt. Churchill. Judge Harvey Young has now lo cated his office in the council cham bers, where he will preside over such matters as may be brought before him. He recently disposed of his second-hand business to Andrew Baldwin and expects to augment his salary as J. P. by engaging in some other line not in conflict with his of ficial duties. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinette and daughter, Loon a, have left for their home in Heppner, Ore. Mrs. Robinette -and Leona have been with her slaters, Mrs. Ralph Wade and Mrs. llora Coleman, for several months. Peoria cor. in Benton Independent. Big Reductions m Ladies and Childrens COATS Come in and get our prices Thomson Brothers Butlcrick Design 5830 Viscount Cecil of England, now In the United States, last week re. celved the first award made by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation in the cause of world peace. 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And MOST FOLKS SHOP WHERE THEY ARE INVITED TO SHOP. s A F E T Y & .IgMiflna.': ssi 8 E R V I c E A New Year Mortal man is annually inspired with the advent of a New Year. It is human nature and it is good. For many it has marked a turning point for better times. A little keen study of such lives soon discloses the secret of success. It is en ergy, plus will-to-achieve, plus modera tion in daily living, plus a saving of part of that acquired. In this civilization, money is our method of exchange. The man with a bank account is a better workman be cause his mind is free to achieve and en joy better things. You know the truth of these state ments. Why don't you resolve now to make 1925 a more successful year? This Institution is willing and anxious to assist and serve you. Fir National Bank HEPPNER, OREGON Maxwell Chrysler Automobiles Fisk Tires and Satisfactory and Well Known Atwater-Kent Radio Sets. GASOLINE, OILS and GREASE Guaranteed Automobile Electricians and General Repair Shop. CITY GARAGE WALTER L. LA DUSIRE, Prop. GENERATORS STARTERS, MAGNETOS OVERHAULED Vulcanizing U. S. TIRES Willard Batteries GAS, OILS, GREASE HEPPNER TIRE & BATTERY SHOP C. V. HOPPER