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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
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WHEN DAD WAS. A BOY
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BY SATTERFIELD
ENJOY FINE TIME
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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
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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.