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Newspaper Page TextJ The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 42, Number 1. ' HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925. Subscripion $2.00 Per Year Eastern Oregon District Well Represented at Meeting Monday. STATE PARTY HERE Program Snappy, and Entertainment Feature Greatly Enjoyed; Drum Corpi Here From Athena. "Th beat conference ever held in the atate," wa the comment of George Griffith, State Commander of the American Legion, Monday eve ning, when the Legion conference here waa drawing to a close. Thia eemed, also, to be the sentiment of the entire atate party aa well as of the 60 post delegates present. The business session of the con ference was held at the Elks' temple beginning at 2:30, and many topics of interest and importance were dis cussed. Particular stress was placed upon the drive, now under way, spon sored by the Legion, for a (5,000,000 endowment fund for the care of the orphana of deceased service men. The state commander urged that this mat ter be given very earnest considera tion by the posts of the state, and that when the quotas for the Oregon posts were given out that each post go over the top without delay. C, L. Sweek, local attorney, on be half of the city of Heppner, wel comed the visitors in a few well cho sen words. Certificates of Meritorious Service, emanating from the National De partment, were distributed to the following posts: Athena-Weston, Ar lington, Echo, Hermiston and Hepp ner. These certificates are awarded because these posts have succeeded in reaching a membership already this year as large as they had at conven tion time, June, of last year. Oregon department now has twenty-three hundred more members thsn were en rolled at this time last year, now having 7600. It ia expected that by July the 10,000 mark will have been reached. Kenneth Cooper, director, of the Portland regional office of the Vet erans', Bureau, was present and pre sented the work of that organization, paying particular attention to recent legislation affecting the interests of the disabled veterans. Under present laws and regulations It is no longer necessary to prove service connection in order to receive treatment for dis abilities at government hospitals, so long as the disabled man can prove that he was in the service, and this is proving of great aid to many ex-service men. Mr. Cooper explained fully the procedure necessary to go through in order to take advantage of the ser vices of the Veterans' Bureau, and urged that all ex-service men avail themselves of those services. Carl Moser, state adjutant, in a short address, outlined the member ship work of the state department and the aims of the depnstment n this regard. Thia trip is Mr. Moser's first into Eastern Oregon, and many, of his remarks were in expression of his amazement at the "great open spaces" In this part of the state, and he said he could hardly believe that many of the Immense ranches they passed could be owned by only one man. Harold Warner of Pendleton, ex ecutive committeeman for Eastern Oregon, presided at the conference. Mr. Warner has been very active in the work of the State Department since its organisation and has an Immense fund of Information and sug gestions, the benefit of which was freely given the delegates present. He is a very efficient presiding officer and each subject was thoroughly cov ered by reason of his direction of the discussion. In all the papers presented by the delegates, service to the community was stressed. It is one of th basic ideas behind tjje American Legion that only through giving aervice to town, state and nation, can the or ganisation take its rightful place in the world, and the record of the posts In this district as brought out at the conference, shows that they are let ting few opportunities pass by to be of service to thejr communities. This work includes such activities as Americanization work with natural ized aliens, care of disabled buddies, assisting the Boy and Girl Scouts, backing up every project which has for its object the bettering of condi tions In the various communities. The record of the posts in Eastern Oregon In this regard is the best In the state, according to the state officers, and it is the Intention that 4Mb record slinll be maintained and extended. Jerry Owen,- editor of tho Pacific Legion, explained the aims and ac complishments of that paper, calling attention to the fiiet that this pncr, the official organ of tho Depsrtmcnt of Oregon, is recognized over the country as being one of tlu best Le gion papers published. Athena-Weston post sent over their drum corps, and this live bunch add ed much to the enjoyment of the oc caaion, Their pep was manifested at all times during the day and they were voted the liveat bunch that had been In Heppner for a long time. Tho banquet at the Elkhorn res taurant at 6:80 was fully enjoyed, and while the tldo of exuberance ran high at times, the fun was clean and wholesome, and here again the local post was highly complimented. To show their apprccfation of the treat ment received 'hero, the visitors chip ped In and made up a fund of about $20 which is to be turned over to the Boy Scouts of Heppnor with the com pliments of the Legion conference. Many amusing talks wore made, and war experiences recalled through song and story. Tho smoker by tho high school, nt which the visitors were guests of the local post, elicited much favorable comment, and the dance at the pavilion finished tho entertain ment for tho dny. Offlcors and members of Heppnor Post sr highly pleased at the suo- BOARDMAN WINS SUNDAY'S GAME Held Scoreless Until Last of Ninth North End Team Rallies and Takes Game From Locals. The first ball game, of the season was played at Boardman on Sunday when Frank Shively's Morrow county team met the Irrigators of that pro ject in a lively encounter that took ten innings to decide the score. In reporting the game to this paper, Mr. Shively states that it was a well fought contest throughout, with ev erything coming the way of the lo cals till the ninth and nothing but goose eggs in the frame for Board man. At the close of the Arst half of the 9th, Heppner had 4 tallies, when the Boardman boys made a- grand rally and tied the score. In the 10th, Heppner failed to make a point and the irrigators put through one more tally, pulling out of the hole with victory. Rochey and Cochran were the Heppner battery, and were backed up by splendid team work. "Ole" Ol son, a high school lad, was in the box for Boardman, and he is reported to be a "comer" and capable of hold ing his own with the best of the amateurs. His team also gave him splendid support. . Arlington will play here on Sunday, and another good game is promised the fans, this being the beginning of the series for the season. GRAND JURY IN SESSION. For the purpose of considering any matters that may be brought before them, the , grand Jury was called to meet at the court house on Wednes day. It is expected that they will put in several days investigating cases that have been brought to their attention. Judge Gilbert W. Phelps Is" here today from Pendleton and taking up such matters in the circuit court as call for his attention, and also clearing up the docket for the coming June term. Mrs. Rose Floreon and baby of Willow creek were visiting friends in Heppner on Tuesday. John L. Jenkins, prominent citizen of Boardman, was transacting busi ness at the court house on Wednes day. ELKS ENTERTAIN. A number of past officers of Hepp ner lodge of Elks entertained at the club rooms on last evening with an "April Fool" party, and all decora tions and items of entertainment were carried out along this line. The party was largely attended by the Elks and their ladies, and much fun waa had. Bridge was played and prizes were awarded .for the ladies to Mrs. Richard Wells and Mrs. Ar-. thur Wheelhouse, and for the gen tlement to J. W. Beymer and H. A. Cohn, the consolation prizes fcolng to Mrs. Dean Goodman and Mr. Storey. Rcfrehsmenta were served. i WILL HOLD VESPER 8ERVICE. The Girl Reserves will hold a ves per service on Easter, April 12th. The program will be given at the Chris tian church at 6:30 p. m., and is in the nature of a union service. A uni ted choir will furnish the singing. The Reserves have been spending the past month in a study of China, and this vesper service comes as a climax to that study. An offering will be laKen in the interest of the work and forwarded to the secretary of the Girl Reserves In China. Press Re porter. JONES-WEBSTER. Mr. Harlan Jones and Miss Vera Webster were married at the Metho dist parsonage in Heppner on Satur day, March 28th, Rev. E. C, Alford officiating. Mr. Jones is resident of Tacoma, Wash., where the newly mar ried couple will make their home. Mrs. Jones has been one of the teach ers in the public school at lone. Her people reside in Yakima, Wash. W. B. Barratt was up from Port land for several days the past week, to see how things looked hereabouts. Billy thought of applying for a job on the Uarratt sheep ranch until he looked things over a little, when he decided to return to Portland. As a matter of fact, in the more than 40 years of his experience as a sheep man and rancher here, he had never seen the range poorer at this time of year, a condition resulting, no doubt, from the December freeze. Things are beginning to look some better now, the recent rains and warmer weather bringing forth the grass again and the hills aro putting on their green, all of which will make the situation look a little brighter when Mr. Barratt visits us again. Heppner people have always beon loted for their abilityws good enter tainers but they beat all previous rec ords Saturday when E. B. Aldrlch of the East Oregonian visited their city. ine convivial Heppnerites entertain ed the august Aldrich so royally that before he recovered he spread a brain storm over the front page of the E. O. ordering the state highway com mission to build a highway imme diately from Pendleton to the Mor row county city by the Vinson route. Aldrlch based his demand for the road on the convenience of transcon tinental auto tourists. Now that he Is looking after tho interests of cross country travolers he ought to boost for tho Wallula cutoff road, which would bo of real value to tourists. Echo News, cess of tho convention, which success is duo largely to the untiring efforts of Paul M. Gemmcll, post commsnder, who dirocted the work of planning and preparing for the conference Many complimonts were showered upon Heppner post. Especial com mendatlon was received because of the swimming pool, which tho visit ors Inspected and which they all stat ed was a fine monument to tho energy and vision of the local organization Most of tho visiting delegations left for home after the dnnco, hut the state party stayed over here Monday night, going down to Hood River Tuesday morning for a conference there that afternoon, TUNING FOR TOURIST TRAILS AGAIN by satterfield LOCAL H ITEMS Bethel Ladies' Missionary society held its regular meeting in the Chap el on Tuesday afternoon. An enjoy able program was given by Mesdames Smead, Fruyn and McNamer, Mrs. Phelps read an Interesting missionary letter from her sister, now traveling in India. Patricia MBhoney favored the ladies with a solo, delightfully rendered. Refrsehments were served by the hostesses, Mesdames Darbee, Chas. Cox, Coffey and Pruyn. The O. E. S. social club held their regular meeting on Saturday after noon at Masonic hall. Bridge was played and a fine social time report ed. Mrs. Calvin Sweek and Mrs. Ar thur McAtee were the prize winners. Mrs. McNamer and Mrs. McDuffee were hostesses and delicious refresh ments were served. Milt Spurlock of Grant county brought in a bunch of fine bob cat and coyote hides the first of the week. They have been on exhibition at var ious places in town and he has dis posed of a number to residents here. Among them are some of the finest coyote pelts we have ever seen. Andrew Donahue, who was badly cut on the leg by barb wire and has been confined to the hospital here for the past two weeks, is reported to be recovering. The cut became badly infected and it was feared he would lose the leg, but that danger seems to be pasesd now. Ed Bucknum has been busy during the week putting in a concrete re taining wall in front of the residence properties of C. L. Sweek and W. E. Pruyn on Morrow hill. With con crete walks in connection it is an added and attractive improvement. Mrs. C. L. Gillilan and little daugh ter, Billie Jean, are visitors here from Condon while the little girl is recov ering from an operation performed Monday for the removal of tonsils and adenoids. The little girl is get ting along well. David Hynd and his sister. Miss An nie Hynd, were visitors in Heppner on Tuesday from their home in Sand Hollow. Miss Hynd just recently re turned from Portland where she spent several weeks with relatives. Mrs. Josie Jones who has been spending a few weeks in Portland, has returned home. Mrs. Jons has purchased the Chas. Jayne residence in northeast Heppner and will imme diately occupy the same. Harvey McAllster drove up from Lexington Wednesday and spent a few hours. The good showers his sec tion has been receiving is helping along the wheat fine. All grain seems' to be coming up well. Many residents of the city and nu merous pupils, of the school have been on the sick list the past week or so, suffering from colds and flu, a slight epidemic of which has struck the community, ' The county court has supervised the cleaning up of the grounds and surroundings of the county poor house, and they are to be congratulat ed for the thoroughness of the job. Mrs. Spencer, who has been slaying with Mrs. R. T. Johnson this winter, left Wednesday for Hoppntr. After visiting with friends in that city she will go on to Portland. Echo News. Twenty acres, . garden, pasture, small house, barn, sheds, 400 hens, wnter In hofse, mile of town, price $1S per acre, terms. Box 38, Hermis ton, Ore. J. W. Docket is up from Portland to look after his interests here. Ho is well pleased with the way tho wheat is coming along on his Eight Mile farm. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wheelhouse and Mr. and Mrs. Storey of Arlington were visitors In this city last evening taking in the social party at the Elks club. Ilnve received a shipment of fine line of coats; expect shipments of dresses and ensemble suits Friday, April ard. Mrs. L. U. Herron. Billy Padberg and Fred Raymond wore leading farmers of Clarks Can yon and Rhea creek doing business In this city on Wednesday, Mrs. Walker Calls Con vention of School Boards A school board convention will be held at the Court House in Heppner, April 14, at 10:30 a. m. The purpose of this convention is to give the officers a better under standing of the needs of the Morrow county schools, and the ways of meet ing these needs, so that the school system of our county will function more satisfactorily. J. A. Churchill, state superinten dent of public instruction, will be here to address us at this time. Dis trict Attorney S. E. Notson and Judge R. L. Benge will also speak. These men will take up such subjects as school management, clerks' records, child labor, compulsory education, and standardization of the elemen tary schools. The special problems of the various school districts will be given careful attention at this meeting. We urge the school directors and clerks to come and put these problems before the convention. Your presence and cooperation are needed to make the schools of Morrow county better. The general public is cordially invited to attend the convention and take part in the discussions. We shall appre ciate the presence at this meeting of any person interested in the schools f Morrow county. HELEN M. WALKER, County Superintendent. A QUESTION OF SERVICE. La Grande Observer. The closing of the government land office in La Grande is not only poor economy but it's poor government policy as well. The action has been taken by virtue of an old statute which provides for closing when the revenue from the office fails to meas ure up to certain standards. That policy and tile executive action that has carried it into effect on the La Grande territory cannot be backed by sound judgment. Government land offices, while they are generally self-supporting, and should be over a considerable Deriod of time, were created for the service they may render citizens and not for any revenue the governmcntlnay or may not receive from them. To trans fer the work of the local land office to The Dalles and consolidate the work of the two offices is supposed to be an economy. Actually it will result in greater expense to those do ing business with the land office be cause their fees, which support the omce, will not be reduced and the time and expense necessary to visit The Dalles is greater. And the office exists for public service. Theoretic ally the business can be done by mail, the government states, but actually this is not true, otherwise one land office at Washington, D. C, would be sufficient for the country. Whether or not the land office can be re-established at La Grande re mains to be seen but the government policy of service ahotud make that ac tion possible. If a strict policy of economy, and that old; , i to super cede one of service, the government faces a program of eliminating half of the small postofflces of the coun try, all rural routes, and most city free delivery. Obviously such action would be absurd and contrary to the wishes of the public to whoso service our nation's officials aro pledged. The same rule should apply to government offices which,control a largo amount of public Innds. ffttfflwmtfflptmuMuuwtttmtanttttBmmnm NEW PRICE ON ROLLED BARLEY RECLEANED SEED BARLEY FLOUR, SALT, POULTRY FEED ' Brown Warehouse Co. Phone 6 13 :miiimtiwitnmnuttiniiiiitiiiiiii;tmiiimitiiiiiit:ni;:tiKi:i EPNEB HI ENS he smokeless smoker promoted by the "H" Club of Heppner high school on March 30 was a decided success in spite of the several matches called off on account of sickness. For a while the promoters were tearing their hair and racing around to get up some last minute matches and their efforts were rewarded when some of the boys from the other towns willingly put on quite a few rounds of exhibition boxing wheih waa well received by the large crowd in attendance. Some of these matches Wesri- "French y" Smith vs. P. Knight, both of Boardman. Todd Brothers of Hermiston. Brashears vs. Eckleberry of lone. George Ritchie of lone vs. Eb. Hughes, of Heppner. Numerous preliminary matches by the younger generation show signs of coming talent in the fistic art. The main event, due to the illness of both Wright and Merritt was changed to the scrap between "Vic" droshens of Heppner and D. Knight of Boardman. The baseball game between Hepp ner and lone high schools at lone last Saturday, ended with the score 9-1 in Ione's favor. A decided lack of practice was shown by our boys both in the large number of fielding errors and the weak batting done. There was also a pronounced lack of discouragement shown. If this latter is any sign there will be a different story to tell about the remaining games to be played in this league. Miss Martin and Miss Fleet hare been absent from school this week for a few days on account of illness. Also a large number of the students have missed school on account of illness, generally believed to be the "flu." FARM JRACT SOLD. A 10-acre trffet of land near Stan tield, owned by Judge G. W. Phelps, has been sold to Frank Peery, a resi dent of Morrow county. Mr. Peery has been living in Heppner. He plans to move onto the land he has pur chased and will make his home there. The sale was made by Wells & Kolth ley. The amount of the considera tion was not made public but it was said to be a satisfactory price. E. O. AUXILIARY TO MEET. The Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion will hold their reg ular meeting at Bethel Chapel on Monday evening, April 6, and all mem bers are urgently requested to be present. MRS. WALTER MOORE, Sec. 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. Miss Thelma Miller, clerk in the store of F. L, Hal wood, has been ill during the past week with the flu. She is reported to be improving. For Sale, 402 acres, known as South Jones Prairie, situate in Blue Mts., 20 miles from Heppner. Address D. C. Wells, Pendleton, Ore. W. R. Wulpole, lending citizen of Irrigon, and one of the oldest settlers on that project, was doing business here on Wednesdny. NOTES FROM STATE MARKET AGENT Know Your Dealer. During the past year many com plaints have come to the State Mar ket Agent from shippers of farm prod ucts, that the dealers have not been at all fair with them, and in many cases no remittances have ever been received. Recently the market agent investigated the case of a farmer in southern Oregon who last November shipped his turkeys to a Portland commission house, and had never re ceived any remittance. In this case the commission house had been out of business for many weeks, the par ties had left the city and nothing could be done. The market agent ad vises shippers to investigate the com mission houses before shipping. There are many reliable firms in the city. And he also advises that shippers take quick action when remittances are not forthcoming after about a week, and that any complaints sent to him will be given prompt investigation. Law Must Be Enforced. Violation of the new potato in spection law is a misdemeanor, and the law makes it the duty of the State Market Agent's department to enforce it. The penalty is from $10 to $100 fine, and 10 days to 30 days imprisonment, or both fine and im prisonment. In lots of 50 pounds or more the potatoes must be graded and the sacks stenciled wtih the grower's name and address. The grade must be stenciled on the sack. In lots of 50 pounds up to 10 tons state inspec tion is not required if the sacks are stenciled and the potatoes graded. Above 10 tons state inspection is re quired. This law applies to all no- rtatoea sold or offered for sale in Ore gon. Growers, buyers, retailers, farm peddlers and others should see that the law is complied with to be safe from prosecution. Seed potatoes do not require further inspection if cer tified to by the O. A. C. Another One That Shines. The grape growers of Yakima, Wn have a co-operative selling aeencv one that works. Members of this as sociation received 90 per cent of the price paid for the grapes think that over you farmers who have had from 25 to 75 per cent held out on you. inis association marketed a crop valued at $46,000 and it cost them but $5,700 to market it. And fur ther, 99 per cent of the season's out put was marketed without a dollar loss, due to efficient packine. e-radinr and shipping. And another amazing inaorsemeni is that within 30 days irom snipment, 75 per cent of the money was in the growers' bands and final settlement was made within 60 days. The moral is that farmers can do for themselves what big money concerns do for themselves, any time cney will get together and be deter mined to run their own business. In telligent handling and economy will make co-operative movements suc cessful. The Canadian Way. The Saskatchewan Co-operative El evator Co., a strictly farmers' organ ization, is fast becoming a powerful factor in Canada. It now has a total of 435 elevators in Saskatchewan own ed and operated by farmers. Shippers Need Protection. Market Agent Spence thinks there should be a state law for the protec tion of the thousands of country shippers who ship their products to the various buyers and commission houses. Any concern can rent a room, advertise in the papers and commence business. And in 30 or 60 days they can be in some far state, with the farmers' money in their pockets. He tninns that a law shou d reeulate these concerns, and they should not be permitted to do business until they have been properly investigated and a license issued to them. ELKS WILL PRESENT COMEDY. "Safety First" is the title of the 3-act comedy that has been cast by Heppner Lodge No. 358, B. P. O. Elks of this city, and is now being pre pared under direction of Mrs. Claire Hopper. The date of the presenta tion of the comedy is not definitely set, but it will be sometime during this month. The county conrt was considering the claim of Boardman-Irrigon for a share of the county fair funds at the session of that body on Wednes day. The north Morrow county fair is recognized as being entitled to sup port from this fund and the Court will doubtless grant it when the ap plication is properly presented. The court also had under consideration the appointment of a bee inspector for the county, on application of res idents of the north end. EASTER SALE. The ladies of the Methodist Com munity churoh will hold their Easter sale of gingham dresses, aprons and food, Saturday, April 4th, at 1:30 p. m at the store of Case Furniture Company. Mr. and Mrs. Chas, J. Anderson and daughter were visitors in this city from their Gooseberry home on Tues day. Tom Boylen, Pendleton sheep buy er, was in Heppner yesterday looking over the sheep situation here. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gibb moved (Wednesday into the Sam Pattlson home in South Heppner. - Ray Taylor, who has been quite ill with the flu, is reported better and able to sit up some now. Lost One package of Curtis arith metic tests. Finder please return to V, . 1 1 . 1 iuiKrei uneny. f-'flU H-ll E C.nnA M...1 rni...,ki. phonopnph; 60 lato records. Har- wwiu . afi-wtiiry oiore. For Sale Registered Berkshire boar. Address Ralph McCormlck, Morgan, Oregon. Morn, on March 27th. to Mr. and Mrs. Claud Knowles of Heppner, an ' 8-IO. dauglitor. DISEASE CARRIER VERY DANGEROUS Germs Often Present After Pa tient Has Fully Recovered ; ' Precautions Necessary. When a person la ill with diphther ia, typhoid fever, smallpox, pnea- monia, or any other infectious illness. instinctively we want to stay away from him to as not to catch the dis ease. Furthermore, it is the duty of the health authorities of the com munity in which yon live to see that no one does go near such a case ex cept the person taking care of the patient. But when the one wbo has had the infections disease gets over his fever, feels like himself again and is able to be about, he naturally re sents being prevented from taking up his usual daily routine and mingling with other people. Oftentimes, how ever, the germs causing certain dis eases persist long after the illness it self is over. This ia especially true of diphtheria and typhoid fever. When thia occurs such a person is called a carrier of the disease. While no longer aick himself he is still capable of giving the disease to oth ers. Before the one who has had diph theria may be released from quaran tine, the rules and regulations of the Oregon State Board of Health require definite laboratory tests of the se cretions of the nose and throat. This rule oftentimes makes the person im patient, bnt it is necessary for the protection of other people. following typhoid fever, the germs of this disease may stay in the gall bladder, multiply in numbers, and be discharged from time to time into the intestines. When this occurs the per son is a great danger to others, es pecially if he is engaged in any oc cupation where milk or other raw food is handled. This typhoid car rier condition may persist for many years even for life although some times an operation on the gall blad der will cure it. It is not always necessary for a per son actually to have had the symp toms of a disease to become a car rier of it. For example, yon may be exposed to a case of diphtheria, but possess enough natural protec tion so that yon do not show any symptoms even though a laboratory test would prove that there are many diphtheria germs in your throat or nose. In such case you may become a carrier and a dangerous one. The danger here is that no one knows of the condition and it is hard to en force the precautions necessary to protect other persons. It is possible to become a carrier of other diseases besides typhoid fever and diphtheria. The best way to guard against becom ing a carrier, or if you are a carrier to guard against spreading disaese to others is to cultivate good habits of personal hygiene. Be particular about washing your hands; keep your fin gers away from your mouth and nose; and cover up each cough or sneeze with your handkerchief; Thera ia a still better way to guard against catching diphtheria, typhoid fever or smallpox. Be immunized against them by your family physician. MOONSHINE EXPLODES. Sheriff McDuffee reports that an explosion of several bottles of moon shine stored in the big safe in his office occurred one day last week. Where the stuff struck the safe it took off all the varnish. The sheriff thinks this nice kind of stuff to take into the human stomach, but it is done. A recent case at Pilot Rock, where a young man died from drink ing moonshine, shows what the stuff will do, yet there are people who will drink it. LEAVING FOR TEXAS. .Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Buffington are leaving soon for Texas to make their home, states the Pendleton East Ore gonian. Mr. Buffington, who has been employed as a deputy sheriff in Uma . tilla county, will go into the oil bus iness at Putnam, Texas. He has rel jatives in that Btate. Mr. and Mrs. - Buffington will be accompanied by their sons, Gail and Glenn Buffington. Ihe trip will be made by auto, two cars being used. The Buffingtons were formerly res idents of this county, making their home at lone for a number of years Before removing to Pendleton. "There is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip." So goes the old saw, and verily we believe this to be true in a print shop. In our writeup of the visitors to the Elks ball and banquet at Condon last issue we tried our best to get a full list of those go ing over from Heppner, wrote it in our account of the event, and lo and behold, when the paper came off the press and it was too late to fix things up, we found that those going over in the C. L. Sweek car were omitted. These were Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sweek, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Rasmus aad D. T. Goodman. Mr. Sweek is exalted ruler and Mr. Rasmus secretary of the lo cal lodge. C. W. McNamer went tn Portland this week with a shipment of a car load of hogs. Roy Campbell, Social Ridge farmer, was doing business here on Saturday. COW TESTING ASSOCIATION. Morrow County Extension Service News.) Last Fall an article was published in this paper Btating that active or ganization of a cow testing associa tion had been started in Umatilla county and the organization would be extended into the north end of Mor row county. Not enough cows were obtained in Umatilla county to justi fy the testing organization so no fur ther work waa done in Morrow coun ty. By using land plaster on potatoes cut for planting several growers on Weston mountain got one-eighth more yield. The treatment is particularly effective in rather damp, cold soils where sprouting is slow, as it seems to preserve the seed pieces, the ex periment station finds. By Arthur Brisbane Waking Up. Again Woman Changes. The Movies Today. Bobbed Hair Headaches. The War Depratment, rubbing its eyes and waking up a little, orders eighty -five flying machines, made in the United States. For ten machines by the Curtiss company $250,000 will be paid, and for seventy-five from the Douglas company $R83,000, about. That's a start and, multiplied by a hundred, it would give the country a good beginning for an air fleet Fortunately Henry Ford and his son Edsel B. Ford are in the aircraft Held. They will let us know what a flying machine ought to cost, and something about the theory that the flying life of an aeroplane engine ia only about 100 hours. The Fords will give you an engine that, without expensive renewal of parts, will fly around the world ten times. They don't believe in an engine as short lived as an ice cream cone. Just as the virtuous complain- that women leave nothing to the imagin ation, they suddenly decide to eover up again. "Dress ia to be more sub tle this season than in other sea sons. That isn't saying much, for there ia nothing subtle about a lady bare backed to her waist in the evening, with a skirt above her knees in the day time. But fashion really means to reform for the moment. Arms that have been naked from the top of the shoulder down, looking in some mottled cases like a butcher shop exhibit, are now to be covered with "so If mysterious veiling." Thanks for that, with or without the mystery. And shawls of brilliant colors, worn "to reveal per sonality," will cover up almost every thing. Thus again we learn that it is al ways darkest before dawn. The wo men go only so far in one direction, then turn around and go the other way; that's their charm. Clothiers gathered in solemn con clave decide that the "real gentle man must have a different necktie for every shirt, thus "demonstrating his artistic taste and his exclusivenesB." Exclusiveness, doubtless, is desirable. But if each young American, for each fancy shirt and necktie that he would like to have, would develop a real working idea, the country would be better off than with every necktie factory working full blast. A man known only by his clothes belongs in the parrot house. Twenty-one years ago about 250, 000 people went once a week to the moving pictures. The price of ad mission, waa actually five cents. Now between seventeen and twenty-two millions go to see the moving pictures regularly, and the prices run up to three dollars a seat. Enterprises grow rapidly in the United States when people become really interested. If your friend has a bad cold, be polite, smile, bow, say "I never saw you looking better," but don't shake hands. That is the advice of Dr. Sundwall, of Michigan University. Influenza is spread by handshaking. You get the germs from your friend's hand, trans fer them to your handkerchief and then to your nose. Handshaking is foolish and archaic, anyhow, as foolish as Indians rub bing noses. Primitive man stretched out his right hand to show there was no knife in it, and to reassure the stranger. That's hardly necessary now. "The shingle headache," or "bobbed hair neuralgia," has arrived, and was inevitable. Silly women, not content to cut their hair short, actually al low the barber to shave the back of the neck, uncovering that part of the body most sensitive to cold, the lit tle hollow at the base of the skull. Cut your hair that way, then motor with your back to the driver, and you have found the short cut to acute neuralgia and pneumonia. At Council Bluffs, Jasper McDonald, negro, twenty-seven years old, pleads guilty to criminal assault, and within an hour is sentenced to life impris onment. That is better than a lynch ing because of the effect on public opinion and respect for law. There is, unfortunately, the possibility of escape. Lamb Feeders Day. (Morrow County Ettetiaton Srvke Kew.) A number of Morrow County far mers attended the Feeder Day Meet ing at the Umatilla Experiment Sta tion, March 20. Lambs which they hnve had on feed for the pant five months there were inspected and the different method of feeding arid gains on the different lots explained. This year work on feeding whs ex plained by H. K. Dean, superinten dent of the Umatilla Station. Koy Bean, superintendent of the Experi ment Station at Prossor, Washington, discussed the results nt the Prosper Station with lamb feeding. Robert Withycombe of Union talkrd on the management of farm flock and Professor E. U Potter, Head of Animal Husbandry Dvpartniont at Corvailis, discussed the relative ifon omic phases of lamb fading, old w feeding, and farm flock. Miss Bess Huddleitun of Lone R ck was a visitor In this city the first of the wuek.