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Orecon Historic! Society, public Auditorium - The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 41, Number 52. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAR. 26, 1925. Subscripion $2.00 Per Year ELKS AND LADIES C r WHEN DAD WAS. A BOY ii uui.rcnu.UL BY SATTERFIELD ENJOY FINE TIME 5 EE NEXT ill OF Through Traffic Small Because of Vinson Lena Gap. REST OF ROAD GOOD Pendleton People Boosting (or Com pletion o( Orefon-Wuhlnfton Highway In This County. By E. B. ALDRICH in Monday's E. 0. Heppner ! now losing out on a grand opportunity to have a place in the aun. With oiling operation! un der way on the Oregon trail between Pendleton and Boardman all through traffic would now be paining through Heppner over the Oregon-Washington highway were it not for the uncom pleted gap between Vinton and Lena in Morrow county. From end to end that highway ia now complete save for that 14 mile gap. With the high way finished much regular travel would follow the Heppner route for it is not much farther than the other way and the Heppner route offers ad vantages that with many offset the in creased distance. Heppner business men and cpunty officials are aware of the loss they auffcr through the unimproved Vin- aon-Lena gap. Heppner has always been pocketed" is the way they ex press it. The finishing of the Ore gon-Washington highway will end that difficulty for Heppner will then be virtually on a main transcontin ental highway. Of tha unbuilt section of road three or four miles is in Umatilla county and the remainder in Morrow coun ty. The Umatilla county officials say they can make the improvement and will do so any time Morrow county and tha state are ready. The state highway commission has been saying that Morrow county delays the work through lack of funds. On Saturday County Judge Benge of Morrow county, in conversation with the writer and George C. Baer, aeeretary of the Pendleton Commer cial association, said that Morrow county has a plan that will be pre sented to the state highway commis sion next month. Ha thinks the idea is one that will be 'acceptable and will bring results. Let us hope so. At present both eountiea and all those who travel by motor lose much through the fact an otherwise wonderful driveway has 14 miles of bad going road at present Vinaon-Lena Road Not Impassable. However, the unimproved road be tween Vinson and Lena Is not as bad as some people think. When we left Pendleton Saturday morning we were told by local people and by a Pilot Rocker to go through Echo even though we had to take the Stage Gulch road to Echo. We did It and the trip to Heppner that way took three and a half hours. At Heppner we djscovered that the road between Lena and Vinson could be negotiated so we returned that way. We made the trip home in two and a half hours and Will M. Peterson who did the driving is a careful pilot. The road between Lena and Vinson Is rough but at no place If it impassable. From Heppner to Lena the highway la ma cadamised and from Vinson, on east Butter creek, to Pendleton the ma cadam is in perfect condition. Morrow County Not Downhearted. "One hundred per cent" is the way Morrow county people respond when you asked how much wheat was frox en out. Out of a total of 126,000 acres in fall aeeded wheat 120,000 acres froie out All this wheat with the ex ception of about 20,000 acres has been or is being resedeed. Tha people are not -discouraged and like Umatilla county folk are facing the difficulty In good spirit State loans aggre gating about $65,000 are being se cured, chiefly by farmers near lone and Lexington. The Heppner banks are said to be handling their own people as the banks in Umatilla coun ty are doing. Assessor's Office Up-to-date. The trip Saturday was occasioned by the fact Mr. Peterson had to rep resent an eastern client at a foreclo sure sale at 2 o'clock at the Morrow county court homo. Mr. Baer and tha writer went along for the trip and James Johns, Sr., to brag about the work of tha assessor of Morrow coun ty, Jake Wells. Mr. Johns says the Morrow assessor Is the only official of that kind in the state who keeps his records up so that one needing information can obtain It without tak ing a week off. They have a book In the assessor's office that shows all property listed. Transfers are kept up to date and If a man's bam burns down or something else happens that fact is set down. Mr. Johns says that were he a member of the legislature he would Introduce a bill to make Jake Wells the state assessor. Dean Goodman Haa Garage. Dean Goodman, former Pendleton Ian and son of A. J. Goodman, one time local hardware dealer, has the main garage In Heppner and is doing a good business, On Saturday Dean and others of the Heppner elite were preparing to drive to Condon for an Elks dance that evening. The Hepp ner lodge of Elks has a membership from three counties and gives dances occasionally in the other towns. They are looking forward to the time when Heppner and Pendleton will be brought closer together by the finish ing of the highway between Vinson and Lena. When the roadway la completed tho towns will be only an hour and a half or two hours apart, Thon when Judo . Phelps and Colonel Bockwlth go to Heppner to hold court they Jan run over in the morning after breakfast and return in tha evening if they wish. It will be an easy drive when that time comes and there will prob ably be a bus lint between tho two placet, v Twenty Cars in Caravan to Con don Saturday; Banquet and Dance by Condon Members. Dean Goodman wai director of the caravan of to me twenty or more ears of Elks and their ladies from this city who journeyed to Condon on Sat urday evening to take in the big Elks dance and entertainment there, spon sored by members of Heppner Lodge No. 358 residing in Condon and vicin ity. He reports to this 'paper that there was a very large attendance of Elks from over the district coming under the jurisdiction of Heppner and composed of Morrow, Wheeler, Gil liam and northern Grant counties, it being safe to say there were repre sentatives there from practically ev ery town in the territory mentioned. Everything that could be wished for was provided for the comfort and en tertainment of the visitors and Con don gave them a royal good time. The banquet was served by M. B. Haines at Hotel Condon and was up to the standard always maintained by him. Carsvfrom Heppner were Gay M. Andesson and wife and L. E. Bisbee and wife; Bert Stone and wife; Claude Cox and wife; Leonard Gil Ham and wife And Arthur McAtce and wife; John J. Kelly and Emil Grosh ens; K. K. Mahoney, W. A. Richard son and Claire Hopper and wife; Joe Kenny and Henry Aiken and wife; E. J. Starkey and wife; J. Kilkenny and family; Ralph Thompson and wifie and W. H. Cleveland and wife; L. Van Marter and wife; Frank Turner and family; Henry Conn; Martin Reid and wife and Andrew Olson and wife; Chas. Bell and Miss Florence Ca son; Garnet Barratt and wife and Miss Thelma Miller; H. A. Duncan, Miss Johnnie Fleet and Miss Anabel Denn;H. D. McCurdy and wife; Em ery Gentry and Cecil Lieuallen; J. G. Cowins. Besides these, there were three cars fVom lone and four cars from Arlington that joined the cara van at OI ex. DAIRY HERDS ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH Larger Herds Mean Economies in Handling Product With Larger Returns to the Dairyman. By ED. II. WEBSTER. "Dairy herds should be increased In sise. The minimum dairy herd should be ten cows: and for more (-mieal production the number could be safe ly increased to more than 25." This statement is taken from the report of the Dairy Committee of the Oregon Agricultural economic Con ference held a year ago at Corvallis, ; Oregon, and ia deserving of thought ful consideration by every man en gcged in dairying. There is still another angle to this. Every cream ery man of experience knows that it costs just as much overhead, book keeping expense, and general field service to handle 100 Ave-cow dairies, as it does to handle 100 twenty-five cow dairica. He also knowa that the best cream comes from the larger dairiea and this is no reflection on the care given by the small dairies. It is because of conditions in hand ling small lots of cream that make it so difficult to get it to the creamery in the best condition. The same principle holds true on the farm. The farmer will put in, in proportion to the site of the herd, very much more time per cow or pound of buttcrfat produced with 6 cows than he will with 10 or 25 cows. From this it will be seen that it costs more on the farm and in the creamery to handle butterfat from a small herd of less than 10 cows, and that one of the Important factors in decreasing costs of production on the farm and securing a better price for butterfat it by increasing the aiie of the dairy herds. When this important matter has been talked over with dairymen, many have snid that they don't have the time to milk and care for more than 4 or 6 cowa. They would like to keep more, they have the pasture and the feed but the time required to milk is tha chief thing that prevents them Improved dairy equipment la rap idly changing this condition. The modern milking machine ia a success. It is making it possible for many men to increase their herds from a non profitable, more-or-less-of-a-nulsnncc side line, to a profitable part of their farming operations. It has taken many yeara to perfect the milking machine. The progress ive American fanner has long desired practical milker. With thia as surcd, there are hundreds of farmers n the Northwest that should put on from 6 to 16 more cows and turn a lot of waste feed and human enorgy into milk and cream checks. The advice of the Dairy Committee should be well taken for if it Is, it will add many thousands of dollars of ncome, with practically no additional expense, to the dairyman's receipts. "H- CI.UB SMOKER MONDAY. There will be an "H" Club smoker hen next Monday. It promises to ue a good one. Don't forget the lone vs. Heppner baseball gams to be played at lone Saturday. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to extend our sincere thanks to the friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us in our re- cent bereavement and for the many beautiful floral offerings. JESSE J. WELLS and FAMILY. O, A. McMillan, II . W. Lovelnnd. J P. Cramlall, H. G. Bolton, tt. L. Good win, Win, Badger, M. M. Pago, Port land, B. H. King and wife, F. B. Hart lett, Seattle, and P. T. Roberts, The Dulles, were salesmen In the city during the weok whose nnmea ap poared on the register at Hotel Hepp ner. Art you going? "Safety First," Cause of Influenza Is Not Definitely Known State Board of Health. While we do not think there Is cause for serious alarm, there is no question that influenza is more preva lent than it has been for some time in Oregon. Reports from other parts of the United States show that there are many cases of the disease. Not withstanding the great amount of study that has been devoted to influ enza, we are still unable to prescribe measures for its complete control. It is impossible1 to classify this dis ease properly until more studies have been made by the clinical bacteriologist- As a result of the absence of exact diagnostic criteria, influenza is today diagnostic Bcrop basket into which has been thrown the odds and ends n the way of minor infections which the bacteriologist is not yet ready to help the clinician classify with pre cision. The cause of the epidemic, or of the supposedly existing sporad ic influenza is not surely known. We are as far as ever from conclusive knowledge as to the source of influ- nza. There is undoubtedly some connec- ion between the common cold and in fluenza. There seem to be cases of common cold which are almost indis tinguishable clinically, and the bac teriological findings in the nose and throat of influenza sulTerers and per sons having a common cold are, as far as the evidence goes, practically the same. The preventive measures are practically the same. These infections are spread by crowding, artificial heating, soiled handkerchiefs, soiled hands, promis cuous Bpitung, and imperfectly cleaned and unsterilizcd eating and drinking utensils. PREVENT INFLUENZA BY: 1, Keeping away from places that are crowded. 2. Plenty of sleep; sleep with an abundance of fresh air. 3. Careful diet; eat in moderation. 4. Warm feet and dry clothes; avoid chilling. 6. Keeping fingers out of mouth and washing hands before eating. If sick, keep away from others un til cured! NEW X-RAY MACHINE INSTALLED. Dr. A. D. McMurdo has jus recent ly installed one of the very latest x ray machines the Wappler which arrived direct from the factory in New York a week or more ago. IJhis machine is the very latest thing out in this line and is a fine addition to the doctor's office equipment. Here tofore it has been considered neceB- snry in getting accurate x-ray pic tures, to travel to Portland. That will not be necessary now as the very best pictures of this nature can be secured by this new machine. CARD OF THANKS. Wo wish to thank the friends and neighbors who kindly assisted ub in every way posaiblo during our recent bereavement. MR. and MRS. LLYOD LEATHERS. Twenty acres unimproved, for young horses; good soil; under new McKay creek reservoir. Also 40 acres partly Improved for wheat and tock ranch. E. P. Dodd, Hermiston, Ore, Twenty acres, garden, pasture, small house, barn, sheds, 400 hens, wnter in house, mile of town, price $125 per acre, terms. Box 38, Hermis ton, Ore. Dan 11 tin whew, Sand Hollow farm cr, was quite seriously injured on Friday when the team he wns driving to a plow ran awny. He is reported to have received a couple of broken ribs, besides internal injuries. -Jns. Gleeson of the state flro mar shal's office, was here from Portland on Thursday last, looking after the duties of his office. He was a guest at Hotel Heppner while in the city. B. F. Hamilton, Arlington sheep man, was a visitor in this- city on Friday last, E FORM BALL CLUB Strong Home Talent Team Will Result From the Combination. F. SIIIVELY MANAGER Rietmann Boys, Rockey, Van Marter, Anderson and Aiken Among Play ers Listed; First Game Sunday. The approach of the baseball sea son started the agitation for organ izing a team at Heppner and also brought about negotiations between this town and lone on the formation of a club that would include the leading players of both places. Dur ing the past week this talk took on form and shone, when the two places got together; and the result is the completion of arrangements that will mean one of the strongest baseball aggregations the county has yet had, and a team will be in the field ready to meet all comers. It will be such a team as will need no bolstering up from the outside and can receive the united support of the public of both Heppner and lone. Frank Shively is to be the manager again this season, and he tells this paper that it will not be the policy of the organization to call upon the business men of the towns for finan cial backing. The arrangement that has been made will not necessitate a money guarantee for the importation of players, so the gate receipts will be depended upon to support all games. The list of players includes the fol lowing: Arch Cochran, P. M. Rochey, Dutch Rietmann, Werner Rietmann, Victor Rietmann, Cleo Drake, Gay An derson, L. Van Marter, Paul Aiken and Herman Hill. It is stated that Rochey is getting his arm back in good shape and that ha will be able to go in the box with his' old-time pep, so there is going to be no difficulty in the way of hav ing a strong battery, and with the field to draw from the backing will be all that can be desired. The pros pect for a good season of ball playing therefore about the best that has been presented the fans in this neck of the woods for many a long season. Boardman, Condon and Arlington are well orgnnized and each of these places will have strong aggregations this year. An introductory gam will be played on Sunday next be tween the Morrow County Club and Boardman, at Boardman, and we shall be ablev to announce the season's schedule shortly. PAINTING UP. Several store fronts in the city are receiving new coats of paint, and the slogan of "clean up and puint up" seems to be taking hold of our folks. There is many a residence In this town that would be greatly improved by the application of some paint, and now is a mighty good time to do it. Dale Jones of Colvillo, Wash., wus a visitor in Heppner over Sunday, stopping at Hotel Heppner. NEW PRICE ON ROLLED BARLEY mJmimimiiummmm sssssaaia.aa.ssssasi sa iasBaaasssssa sssasssSB RECLEANED SEED BARLEY FLOUR, SALT, POULTRY FEED Brown Warehouse Co. Phone 613 MIKN TIME- Demonstrates Star Car On Cemetery Grade M. K. Long, Pendleton automobile dealer, was in the city on Monday, having with him a Star touring car which he uses as a demonstrator. Trying out the car on cemetery hill Monday forenoon, he demonstrated its ability to take that climb to the top and over, on high. The little car never hesitated in the least in making the climb, which is considered one of the hardest hills hereabouts. Mr. Long is visiting different towns in this section at this time as a part of the campaign the Star people are putting on to demonstrate the pulling power of their machine, and the chal lenge is out to other cars of this class to meet the test. Vaughn A Goodman are Heppner agents for this car. Mr. Long said that the first time he demonstrated a car in Heppner he was driving a two-cylinder Max well, and the people here thought heJ had a wonderful machine because he was able to go up the cemetery hill in low. At that time there was only one car owned in Heppner, a one-cylinder Oldsmobile belonging to Ben Patterson. The Patterson car was not able to make the hill unassisted and when Mr. Long's car went over the top, local people thought he pos sessed the very finest vehicle that could be made. Wheat .And Prosperity. Every major business depression in the United States since the Civil War has been ended only when the buying power of the farmer has re covered. This buying power has us ually been exemplified by wheat. Al though in 1923 there was a partial recovery, largely because of building activity, a tiny depression developed in the middle of 1924, according to the Educational Director of the In vestment Bankers Association of America. The country did not Bhow a permanent recovery from the se vere slump of 1920 until' the price of wheat began to go up in 1924. During the Civil War wheat sold as high as $3 a bushel. It slumped in the depression of 1873 and 1879. In 1879 bad weather ruined England's crop. American farmers exported huge quantity of wheat at good prices and the hard times of 1873 to 1879 were ended. A good American crop in 1880 sold profitably. Five years of prosperity followed. In the depression of 1893 to 1896 wheat sold at 63 cents a bushel in 1896. That year the East Indian crop failed. Wheat went to 94 cents by November. In 1897 the United States had another good crop and good prices because of the shortages in France and the Danube valley. Wheat and the buying power of the farmer ended the depression of 1893-1896. This time prosperity lasted ten years. The 1924 rise in wheat came at the psychological moment to settle pros perity in the saddle, and the question now arises; "If prosperity is here, what are you going to do about i.V That's a vital question for every man and woman. Are you going to invest your savings in the honest, substan tial, wealth-producing activities of tho country and help make prosperity permanent or are you going to in dulge, in losing gnniblea in get-rich- quick ventures, promoted by atran gers. Colorful Operetta Given by High School Re ceives Praise. THEME IS CHINESE Pupils Show Evidence of Excellent Training; Finch and Schwarz Entertain Between Acta. A full house greeted the presenta tion of the musical comedy, "Crimson Eyebrows," by the pupils of the high school at Star theater on Tuesday af ternoon and evening, and the large crowds were fully repaid by the splen did rendition of the operetta. The preparation of the play had been going on for several weeks under the direction of Miss Annabel Denn, teacher of music, and the successful presentation was the outcome of a lot of hard work on the part of both pu pils and director. Miss Denn carried the musical score on the piano and that part of the program wag up to the standard of excellence that rules in all her work on this instrument. The high school orchestra also fur nished a number of selections, show ing that they, also, are making ad vancement along musical lines. Be tween acts one and two, Messrs. Finch and Schwarz did some lively tumbling on the mat that brought forth hearty applause from the audience. For amateurs these gentlemen Are getting on well, and should be leading fea tures in future entertainments. The financial results were very satisfac tory and after the expense of the operetta has been Bettled, there will be a handsome sum left. A delightful feature was the cos tumes of the performers. These had all been worked out to present the proper Chinese effect and added much to the charm of the entertainment. The stage settings were also Chinese. Of course, as the scene was to rep resent the emperor's palace garden in Peking, China, of several hundred years ago, it was proper to give the oriental touch, and this was brought out well. We are sure that we ex press the general opinion of the au dience when we say that Crimson Eye brows was so well presented in evgry feature as to place it far to the front among the many fine events, both mu sical and theatrical, that have been given In Heppner for many seasons. The entire cast did themselves proud and the individual and ensemble work of the performers was excellent. A short synopsis of the comedy presents Wang, a usurperer emperor, who fears that he will lose his throne to Ting Ling, the rightful ruler, and he plots to marry her to one of his fellow conspirators, who is instruct ed to make way with her. Wang is a crafty fellow and cleverly plays up on Ting Ling's imagination by telling her that Star Eye, the court astrol oger, has read in a previous exist ence that she was Venus and be loved by Neptune, and that Neptune now on the way to claim her as his bride. However, Ting Ling meets Fanchong, leader of the Crimson Eye brows, and believing him to be Nep tune, falls in love with him, Hing Lee, a spy of Fanchong's, learned of Wang's conspiracy, warns his general and all ends happily. Princess Ting Ling, daughter of the former emperor, was the character carried by Edna Vaughn, who did her part in such a dainty but natural way as to immediately win the hearts of the audience. She had a pretty heavy role to carry, both in singing, lines and acting, but failed at no point. She was beautifully costumed and presented the appearance of a real princess. Near the last of the performance Edna was presented with a beautiful boquet, sent by her fath er from Portland, and this brought forth a round of applause from the udience in approval. The incident nearly took the young lady off her feet for a moment, coming as a com plete surprise. The three conspirators. Wang Mang, Star Eye and Neptune, were the fun makers in the comedy. Crocket Sprouls, Earl Merritt and Duck Lee held up these characters and did not fail to create plenty of merriment; while they deserved hanging, all right, they were able to escape thru the goodness of Princess Ting Ling, and they won the approval of the audience in a way that would do cred it to veterans. - Other members of the cast were Ah Me, cousin of Ting Ling, Mary Farley; Old Buddha, Marjorie Clark: Fanchong, leader of the Crimson Eye brows, Austin Smith; Hing Lee, spy of Fanchongs and officer of court, Harold Becket. Lach of these char acters was well sustained and added to this was the strong chorus of Chinese maidens and soldiers com posed of Luola Benge, Cecelia Kenny, Gene Pyle, Mary Crawford, Kathleen McDaid, Mae Kilkenny, Margaret Smith, Grace Buschke, Letha Hintt, Ethel Moore, Leita Barlow, Louise Thomson, Kenneth Merritt, Bobby Turner, Jack Hynd, John Turner, Harold Erwin, Ellis Thomson, Ken neth Oviatt. What is "Safety First"? .J, G. Claugsten, forest ranger, who has been spending the winter at Pen dleton, has returned to his duties here. He will spend the season at the office in Heppner and at the rang er station near Parkers Mill. L. C. Davis, brakeman on the Hepp ner branch, and Miss Florence Scale of Arlington were married on Tues day of this week at Vancouver, Wn according to information furnished this paper. EASTER SALE. The ladies of the Methodist Com munity church will hold their Easter sale of gingham dresses, aprons and food, Saturday, April 4th, at 1:30 p m., at the store of CaBe Furniture Company. Look out? "Safety First." By Arthur Brisbane Above the Knees, Please. 20 Million Feet a Day. Salmon but Not Children. An Old Bible. Paris rulers of fash ion say to women all over the world: "Wear your skirti above your knees and paint your ears red." And the pathetic fact Is that mil lions of women will wear skirts Bo short as to be silly, and paint their ears red without loss of time. Also the eyelids are to be stained dark brown or blue, the eyelashes eurled, and the inside of the nostrils stained bright red. The short skirt, in reason, ia sensi ble, a step toward common aense, and away from microbes. Red ears, when natural, indicate good blood condi tion. But for women to wear skirts that would look foolish on a child, paint artificial health on their ears, curl their lashes and color their eye lids, that seems too much. However, back of it all there is divine wisdom, undoubtedly. Woman ia on her way to some grand destiny. Let us ob serve and admire, but not criticize. We can estimate the wealth under ground in this country. The Barland Oil Company strikes a new oil well in its Colorado territory. The roar of the gas, rushing out, twenty mil lion feet a day, can be heard six miles. If gas were worth one dollar a thousand, which is called "a cheap, confiscatory price," how much would that well yield in money? And the wealth in the ground is perhaps less than the wealth in the air. Floating above every farm, wait ing to be taken out and used, is enough nitrogen to fertilize many such farms. We buy nitrogen hauled all the way from South America, and there are billions of tons of it above our heads. And what is the wealth below the waters of the oceans, seas and lakes, that cover the greatre part of the earth? Here and there, along the Pacific Coast, you see oil wells out in the ocean. Men .fentually will explore the ocean s bed, as they sow explore Alaska, or Africa, and give to the farms, from the air, the nitrogen they need. Henry Ford would do it now, if he had Muscle Shoals. The Supreme Court decides that the game and fish act is constitution al. The National Government there fore has power, where game and fi3h are concerned, to protect the interests of the people. The Monterey Fish Product Com pany must now discdntinue turning into fertilizer fish fit for human food. What about an act that would pre vent exploiters of child labor turning young lives into dividends and grind ing up children into profits? Isn't that worse than grinding good salmon into fertilizer? The Supreme Court was not able to uphold the constitutionality of an act to protect children, although cer tain so-called "radical" justices on that bench did uphold it. However, our highest court does find a way to protect fish and game. About a Hundred years ago, in a Vermont log cabin, a young mother read to her children old Bible stones about the whale that swallowed Jon- ah, Elijah and his chariot of fire, and vine rebuke. That mother was poor and all her people were poor, and ours was a young and poor nation then. The old Bible from that log cabin, carefully wrapped up, was taken to the broad platform before the Cap itol. With his hand on that Bible, Calvin Coolidge was sworn to do his duty as President of the United States. He is the grandson of the New England woman that owned the Bible, 100 years ago. This is the land of opportunity and growth. What will it be in years to come, if the 112.000,000 now here work as hard and hopefully as men and women did in the days of Calvin Coolidge's grand mother? BLAME IS OURS. This paper owes an apology to our Alpine correspondent for leaving out part of the report on the play of the 14th in st. The fault is ours, but as sometimes happens in all well reg ulated newspaper shops, the make-up man has more type for the paper than he has room, and this was one of those occasions; the make-up man just used his discretion and chopped off when the space ran out, to the disadvantage of the item in question. We woud be glad to have those in terested "lay off" on the correspond ent, and take their vengeance on the editor, whose shoulders are broad, when the right opportunity presents itself. Besides, we are used to it, and rather enjoy the experience. Jerry says: "Safety First." Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Akers drove up from Portland the first of the week and are spending several days in the city looking after property in terests. Mrs. Tlllie Duncan returned from Portlond the first of the week. She has decided to go into dressmaking and will be located in the Flower apartments. Many Delegates Expected From Eastern Oregon Posts In District. MEETING IMPORTANT State Commander, Adjutant and Rep resentative of Veteran' Bares a Expected to be Present. Heppner Post No. 87, American Le gion is rapidly completing prepara tions for entertaining the district conference of that organization in Heppner next Monday. This is one of a series of conferences being held over the, state and it is expected that there will be a large representation from the posts in the district which includes five counties, Umatilla, Gil liam, Grant, Wheeler and Morrow. State Commander Griffith and State Adjutant Moser are expected, as well as a representative of the Veterans Bureau. The state officers will out line the work of theeonferenca and tell of the aims and accomplishments of the Legion, and it is expected that particular stress will be put upon the national movement inaugurated by the Legion for an endowment fund to care for the orphans of ex-soldiers. The representative of the Veterans' Bureau will be here to look into and take action upon any eases in the dis trict comingunder the jurisdiction of the bureau. Harold Warner of Pen dleton, member of the state executive committee and active in the affairs of the state department, will also be here. Hermiston, Echo and Stanfield have notified Paul M. Gammell, commander of the local post, that they will send at least ten delegates apiece and other towns are expected to do nearly as welL at least one car full coming from the other towns. The Elks' club has been secured for the meeting of the conference which will start early in the after noon and continue until 6:30, when the visitors will be guests of the local post at a banquet at Elkhorn restaur ant. . The high school smoker and a big danee at the pavilion are also in cluded in the program. L Some pretty heavy frosts during the week. - Some fear is entertained for the safety of the fruit, especially the early varieties, such as apricots and peaches, which stand a chance of being injured. Superintendent Hedrick was ab- . sent several days this week, on a visit to Med ford, where he will have the superintendeney of schools the com ing year. He returned home last evening. W. R. McCracken of Salem, who looks after the affairs of the State Industrial Accident commission, was a Heppner visitor the last of the week, and registered at Hotel Hepp ner. J. N. Luper departed on Monday for Hubbard4, Oregon, where he is en gaged in farm nig. He had been here for a couple of weeks while reseeding a part of his Heppner Flat farm. For Rent To right party, good residence property in Heppner; or will sell at reasonable price on easy terms. Write Mrs. P. O'Rourke, 2012 2nd St., La Grande, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Luttrell were visitors here on Tuesday and Wednes day from their home at Grass Valley. They vere guests at the home of Mr. ( and Mrs. M. D. Clark. w R Webber teUor and cleaner (of The Daiie9, waB in this city the fifst of the week atoppjn(r at Hotel lHeppner while soliciting business for i , , . . r. vt iison ana several mmucr of his crew are here from Pendleton, being engaged in some repair work on the highway between Heppner and Lexington. Mrs. Eugene Penland has been ill at her home in this city for the past week or more and confined to her bed. She is suffering from appendi citis. J. W. Hansell and M. M. Evans were residents of Freewater registered at Hotel Heppner on Tuesday while look ing after business in this city. R. G. Gilbert, a traveling man from La Grande, was in Heppner on Tues day interviewing the trade. He was registered at Hotel Heppner. Mr. L. G. Herren wishes to an nounce that she has received a ship ment of Blair hats; also a shipment of California Sport hats. For Sale. 402 acres, known as South Jones Prairie, situate in Blue Mu., 20 miles from Heppner. Address D. C. Wells, Pendleton, Ore. Miss Ula Smith of Portland arrived at Heppner the first of the week to take a place in the office of Woodson & Sweek as stenographer. D. E. Clnrk, traveling freight agent of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., was in tho city on Monday looking after busi ness for his company. Mr. ard Mn. IVail Howell of Hard man are the proud purents of a 9-lb. daughter, born to them on Saturday, March 2lst. The advert isument of Latouretl Auto Co. in another column containi an announcement of interest. Louk it up. FOR SALE Good used Columbia phonograph; 50 Into record. Hair wood's Jewelry Store. G. E. Huddleston, rancher of Lona Rock, wan duing busmen hvrt Friduy. Women rt-port tut a powor wahr cuts down tn time required to do the washing, frni sW hours to two hour. A prensur ecoi'ke r reduces the time of watching food two-thirds, buaid cut ting down the fujl bill ontt-half.