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The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 42, Number 4. . HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APR. 23, 1925. Subscripion $2.00 Per Year "Brother Elks" Well Pre sented and Students Carry Parts Good. MOST OF CAST NEW Player. Who Had Never Ben on the Stage Before Make Few Slips In Good Three-Act Comedy. An almost entirely new cant ap peared before the Heppner publie at the Star theater last evening, when the Juniori of the high tchool pre aented .their play. "Brother Elks," to an appreciative audience. The thea ter wai well filled, and be it laid to the credit of each one of the per former!, their characters were well sustained. But one member of the cast had been before the Heppner public before and if some of them were slightly afflicted with stage fright, or forgot their lines and cues occasionally, they were not to be censured, for these slips were few and far between. The play is comedy practically all the way through, and under the tu torship of Principal Smith and his assistants, the cast was able to bring out the salient points with telling effect, and the audience was convulsed with many a good laugh as the play proceeded. The high school Orchestra fur nished several selections and between acts one and two, Chas. Notson gave a reading which demonstrated his ability along this line, while follow ing act two, Mr. Smith and Miss Kathleen McDaid offered a "vodevli" sketch that brought forth a lusty encore. The audience was well pleased with the evening's entertain ment, and it was shown that some very fine talent ia coming along for future plays of the high school, and the Juniors will be able to fully measure up in thia regard to those of the classes that have gone before. The following ia the cast: Walt Woodward, out of a Job and in love Jim Thimson Judge Evans, old and foolish - - Jack Hynd Jen Eddlngton, in love but ambi tious Anita Hughes Mrs. RadclifTe, a widow with a weakness for Elks Kathleen McDaid Old Martin Young, with two bum ears Charles Notson Maisie Kendall, a flapper, Velma Fell Blanche Kendall, good business woman . Gene Pyle Young Martin Young, in love and desperate John Turner Kendall, all for himself ' Stephen Thompson The Senator, always in a hurry Robert Tash Mayme, a brusque stenographer .... - - Irene Lovgren Ellen, the maid Margaret Prophet MRS. A. E. WRIGHT. Ida J. Knighten was born Novem ber 26, 1866, at Forest Grove, Wash ington county, Oregon, and died at her home near Hardman, April 19. 1925, aged 68 years, 4 months and 25 days. She was married to Anson E. Wright December 29, 1886. Kight children were born to this union, two of whom are deceased Samuel E. and Harley. She leaves her ttusband, An son E. Wright and six children, Clyde G. of Hardman; Mrs. E. E. Rugg, Heppner, Raymond, Hardman, Mrs. W. Clubins, Portland, Nellie and Walter at home, and five grandchildren. She leaves also to mourn her loss six brothers and two sisters, all but one being present at the time of her death. These are Robert, James, Charles, Louis, and Edgar Knighten of Hardman, Fred Knighten of Pen dleton, Mrs. J. H. Uellenbrock of Monument and Mrs. Robert Warren of Benton City, Washington. ' Mrs. Wright was greatly esteemed, for she was a kind neighbor and a good friend. The family loses a lov ing mother, the husband a devoted wife, and the community a friend that will be sorely missed. Funeral services were held at the home on Tuesday at 10:00 a. m., Rev. E. C. Alford of Heppner officiating, and interment was in the Hardman . cemetery in charge of Mistletoe Re bekah lodge No. 25 of Hardman, of which sho was a member. The floral ofTorings were many and beautiful, symbolic of the esteem in which she was held by the community. PORTLAND ATTORNEY SPEAKS. L. D. Mahone, attorney from Port land, was a visitor here over the week end, looking after legal busi ness. Being a man of wide experience and a student of world affairs, Mr. Mahone delivered an address on Sun day evening at the Methodist church that was very interesting. He spoke on Monday afternoon at the high achool and then again Monday eve ning at the church, where he was greeted with a fair sited crowd. His Monday evening address was strict ly along political lines, though it was presumed that he would continue his lina of argument for the business men along similar lines of the talk on Sunday evening. Mr. Mahone, while being well Informed in many ways, brought nothing new to the people in his Monday evening meet ing, as the so-called plain facts and figures were all threshed out In the last national political campaign the country over, and the results of that election would appear to be conclu sive proof that as yet the American people are not ready to follow the lead of the La Follettos, Brookharts, et al. "TORMENT" at Star Thoator to night. You may naturally look for it hereafter, but see this thrilling picture depicting the great Japanese earthquake. Mrs. Anna Spencer arrived home from Portland on Friday. She had been spending several weeks In the city and expects to be here for a short time, SERIOUS DISEASE Preventive Measures Difficult and Precautions Are Necessary to Prevent Its Spreading. , By State Board of Health. The fact that there were four deaths from meningitis in thia atate during the past week makei it neces sary to call the attention of the pub lic to the infectious nature of this highly fatal disease. Preventive measures are' clearly Indicated al though they arc very difficult to carry out. Meningitis has come down to our time through the centuries like many of the other Infections but It was not recognised until 1805, Outbreaks have been reported almost every year in the United States. It ia a very fatal disease as the mortality Is over 60. It was a serious disease in ar my camps during the World War and was second only to pneumonia. Men ingitis has its greatest prevalence in winter and spring. It is a disease of children and young adults. The dis ease is caused by a double round or ganism which occurs in tissue cells and is called on this account the dip lococcus intracellulars meningitidis. There are other forms of meningitis but the epidemic form is always caus ed by this germ. The germs leave the body with the discharges from mouth and nose. In no other disease have carriers been demonstrated in such great numbers in proportion to the number of cases. The disease is transmitted by con tact with a carrier or with a person who has the disease. Individuals de velop into carriers by contact with carriers and they occur usually when there is close contact and bad ventil ation. Carriers can be cleared up by having plenty of fresh air and avoid ing overcrowding. The disease is usually preceded by chills, depression, headache, pain in back and limbs, but suddenness of onset is the most striking featut. There are a number of types of this infection but there are certain car dinal symptoms, fever of sudden on set, general depression with or with out pains In the back and neck, draw ing back of head and delirium or coma. The treatment of the disease consists of an early injection of anti meningococcus serum. We know something about the cause of meningitis and we can guard against this to a certain extent but there are still many unknown fac tors. The baseball game played here with Hardman last Saturday resulted in a score of 1-14 fn favor of Heppner. Hon. L. D. Mahone gave an inter esting and helpful talk to the stu dents of the 8th grade and high school last Monday afternoon. The next baseball game will be played at Heppner between Lexing ton and Heppner high schools, next Saturday. A scheme for pre-vocationat self analysis has been worked out and put in pamphlet form by Mr. Hedrick and as a result some of the seniors are busy this week studying their own peculiar characteristic., to determine whether they have any vocational pos sibilities and if so what they are. So far we have heard no shouts. The rules of the Oregon History Contest, sponsored by the school and the P. T. A. provide that all the pa pers must be in by April 25. The present indications are that there will be a large number of participants. The high school is planning to give another high school smoker soon. The date for primary elections has been set for May 8, Friday. The reg ular election wilt be on the 15th, a week after the primaries. Students who haven't paid their student body tax will not be allowed to vote at either election. BETHEL CHAPEL NOTES. Last Sunday morning members and friends of Bethel Chapel enjoyed a splendid service held by Rev. Jas. N. Pendleton, pastor of the Congrega tional church ef Condon. Bethel Chapel was moat pleasantly surprised Sunday morning by a visit from Mrs. Sorenson, one of its for mer members. Mrs. Sorenson returned to her home in Portland early in the week. Bethel members spent a very happy afternoon last Thursday when they entertained the ladies of both lone and Lexington Congregational auxil iaries. Amusement was offered in various forms, among thein an in teresting contest involving knowledge of the Bible. The result was very gratifying as several had to draw for the prise. The guests were further entertained with musical numberB by Zada Tash, Elna LaunU, Patricia Ma honey and Marjorie Clark, Master Daniel Chinn, Mrs. Edw. Chinn, and Mrs. Cochran. Miss Elizabeth Phelps gave another of her fine whistling numbers, after which all enjoyed the refreshments of the afternoon. WILL HAVE NEW TRUCK. John Wightman went to Portland the past week for the purpose of purchasing a new truck which he will install on the milk route for the Al falfa Lawn Dairy, Since taking over the work of supplying Hoppner folks with milk and cream, Mr. Wightman has been using the milk wagon that served Wightman Bros, for so long previous to their going out of the business several years ago. How ever, John thinks this conveyance is a litlte too slow and he will adopt the more modern way of doing things. The new truck will arrive from Port land this week end and be placed on the route immodintety. Beauty work done every Wednes day and Saturday at Mrs. Curran s Millinery Shoppe. Marcelling a spec ialty. Mrs. Florence Scale Davis. Mrs. Harvey Latin ts is confined to her home in this city, suffering from an Attack of flu, SUCH IS THE FAITH S Y ""S MftM- in Sows Sweet corm iSr . AaDAKKSOFPEAS- ,W. & i AajP YbO MiHT PICK A Pfgg. L ifc' M 71 C0U9K OF CUCUMBER j VgAgg-A fepgEE Worthy Grand Matron To Visit Ruth Chapter Mrs. Mary Alice Burdett, Worthy Grand Matron of Oregon, Order of Eastern Star, will make Ruth Chap ter No. 32 of Heppner an official visit on Wednesday of next week, be ing the evening of the 29th. At thia ftame meeting the chapter will also entertain the members of Jasmine Chapter No. 74 of Arling ton who were to have been here on Friday evening of this week and de layed their coming to be present at the visit of the worthy grand matron. Ruth chapter requests all members to be present at this special meeting and enjoy a good time. Willow Lodge No. 66, I. O. O. F., will be host to the other lodges of the county on Monday evening next, irl celebration of the 105th anniver sary of the order. All the different branches of the order represented in Morrow county will gather for the occasion and a fine time, wi'h an ap propriate program will be had. You will be interested in the ad vertisement of Sam Hughes company in another column. Look it up. Mac C. Biddle is around again after a tussle with a spell of the flu. Your Most Amazing Screen H .ERE'S the great est screen entertain ment ever seen. Over the glorius wil derness trail with the pioneers of '49. Thrill on thrill-Indian fight, buffalo hunt, prairie fire all REAL . And a glowing love story. With Lois Wil son and J. Warren Kerrigan. From the popular novel by Emerson Hough Adapted by Jack Cunningham Yttt,, . OUR last chance to see this great picture for many months, as it is being taken out of service. ill OF MEN- Rood Canyon Folks Given Surprise Party Mr. and Mrs. Littlepage Entertained Before Their Departure for Cor . bett. Oregon, This Week. Mrs. George Burnside and Mrs. Leslie Robinson gave a very pleasant surprise party on Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Littlepage at their Rood Canyon home on Saturday evening. It "was in the nature of a farewell as these people leave this week to make their home at Corbett, Oregon. Dancing was the order of the evening, and a deliciouB lunch, was served at midnight. . Those present were Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. I. Burnside, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashbaugh, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Littlepage and Herman Neilson, Misses Nellie Flynn, -Josephine Forrest, Beulah Batty, Etta Robinson, Violet Saling. Opal Mc Daniel and Thelma Cowdry; Messrs. Marion and Earl Saling, Dale and Percy Bleakman, Harlan and Forest Adame, Kenneth Batty, Kenneth Bum side, Leslie and Marvin Brannon, Al vin McCarty, Elmer Musgrave, Teddy Burnside, Edward Jackson, Lee, Bur ton and Betty Burnside, Richard Wal ker and Charles and Margaret Little page. Contributed. s S it r ii &k i f I "The Covered Wagon" rT A T" HHTTl-l A TT1T" Tursrlnv. HWoCl Otni lllUnXULX day and Thursday AnrSl 28th. 29 r ADULTS 50 Cents By A. B. CHAP1N j Hay Situation Here Is Considered Serious Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, April 13. The hay situation in northern Umatilla and Morrow counties is more serious than is gen erally supposed, according to G. R. Hyslop, professor of farm crops. Pro fessor Hyslop, who recently returned from a visit to this section, reports much of the common alfalfa either killed out entirely or the plants ser iously weakened. Grimm and other hardy varieties survived the winter and are making a satisfactory growth. .Professor Hyslop also attended the nay grade hearings held at Hermlston April 1. Arrangements are under way to hald a hay grading school at O. A. C. this summer to train hay In spectors. Government officials indi cate they will license no one hut com petent inspectors. Latourell Auto Co. delivered two specially constructed Ford trucks to the Standard Oil company .it lone this week. The demand for the light trucks has been good so far this sea son, and it has kept the agency here hustling to get the machines in. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thomson left fo;' Portland on Monday and are spending the week in the city. Adventure! til 31lH .Tfltll Children 25 Cents L Lester Doolittle and W. E. Mikesell, together with Horace Yoakum, will shortly" begin the manufacture of cord wood on the Yoakum place above the Moore mill on Willow creek. They have their outfit ready for operation. Mr. Doolittle will be head sawyer, having rigged op a power saw that will do the work of cutting handily; he will also deliver some of the wood to Heppner in a new Ford truck re cently purchased for the purpose. Yoakum, besides furnishing the pine and fir from his land, will also assist in the work, while Mikesell uses his big team for dragging the logs to the cutting station. The results of the labors of this combination will be the getting out of a fine lot of cord wood for the Heppner market. A party was given Mrs. A. C. Pet teya at lone one day this week in honor of her 70th birthday. The great er number of the guests present were 70 years of age and over, and the elderly ladies were seated at a large table on which was placed the birth day cake, bearing theO candles. The1 party was arranged by the daughters of Mrs. Petteys and several of the guests present were past 80 yeara of age, all In good health and ready to heartily enjoy the festivities of the occasion. Mrs. C. W. McNamer and her mother, Mrs. Rogers, were guests from Heppner. Prof, and Mrs. E. H. Hedrick are receiving the congratulations of their numerous friends over the arrival at their home in this city on Tuesday, April 21st, of an 8-pound daughter. The duties pertaining to school man agement have been resting very light ly upon the shoulders of Prof. Hed rick since the advent of the little daughter. Mother and child are re ported doing well. Guests registered at Hotel Hepp ner during the week were Augusta Melvin, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Cole man, Portland; Walter Ridgeway, Portland; J. E. Gorman, Portland; W. H. Garrett, Portland; W. H. Far- rell, Pendleton; V. A. Kellogg, Port land; F. L. Ballard, Corvallis; John Gilliam, Monument; Fred Le Trace, Monument. Judge Benge, Commissioner Bleak- man and C. L. Sweek went to Pen dleton on Tuesday, where they met Chairman Duby of the state highway commission and consulted with him regarding Htate highway matters in Morrow county, and particularly the completion of the Lena-Vinson gap of the Oregon-Washington road. Heppner lodge of Elks have decid ed to postpone indefinitely the pres entation of their play, "Safety First," announced to be given the latter part of this month. Because of a multi tude of other attractions coming on at this time, it was thought best not to undertake the giving of the play until some later date. A great improvement is noticed in the appearance of streets and alleys, and vacant lots about the city since cleanup day. We have a compara tively clean little city now, ond barr ing the unsightly condition of a rrom- lnent corner or two. present a tidy appearance to the stranger within our gates. John Glasscock was here for a short time on Friday, coming over trom Yakima, Wash., where he has been running his shearing outfit since the 6th of March. Having about com pleted his work there, he is prepar ing to move hia outfit to Montana and was here getting extras for his machines. You will be thrilled with "TOR MENT" at the Star Theater tonight, featuring Owen Moore and Bessie Love. Train robbery, Russian Revo lution and Japanese earthquake. Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Goodman ar rived from Portland on Wednesday evening and will spend a week or more visiting at the home of their son, Dean T. Goodman. Chas. Vaughn returned home last evening from Portland, where he had been spending the past two weeks. His family remained below for a more extended visit. ' Report reaches Heppner that Oliver . Bowman of Monument is critically ill. I suffering with spotted fever, the re-1 suit of a tick bite. ! The new Overland truck for Alfalfa Lawn Dairy was bro-jgit in from Portland Wednesday by Cohn Auto Co, and will be placed into service immediately. They are all getting the craze: even the elderly ladies of the community re lollowing the example of their flapper sisters and getting their hair bobbed. Born To Mr. and Mrs. Oral Hen- riksen of near Heppner on April 22, lyo, an a-pound son. Max Gorfkle, Pendleton hide buyer. was here for several days this week, looking up business. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ayers returned home from a short stay in Portland on Saturday. TO IMPROVE ROAD. According to members of the coun ty court, work will be undertaken soon by the Umatilla and Morrow road crews, to improve the Vinson Heppner link of the John Dy High way. The Umatilla county court has looked over the road and believe thnt substantial improvement can be made in the 14-mile link of unfinish ed highway with very little expense. Owing to the condition of the Colum bia River highway while the crude oil is being applied, much of the traf fic is coming this way. and the im provement in the Vinson-Heppner road will be welcomed by tourists as well as residents of the two counties effected. Piloto Rock Record. REMIT PENALTY AND INTEREST. Penalty and interest on all delin quent taxes for the years 1921, 1922 tind 1923 wlil be remitted to all who pay the delinquencies before the first of May. The sheriff's office has mailed out notices to thia effect by the order of the county court and in accordance with a law pasaed by the last loir is In ture. The penalty on back taxes is 10 per cent and interest amounts to one per cent per month, Under the order payment of the 1921 taxes will amount to a saving of about 40 per cent if made before May 1st, and proportionate saving for other years, Blue Mountain Eagle, Canyon City. AMERICAN LEGION PAYS TRIBUTE TO PERSHING FRIDAY Nation's Notables Will Gather In New York to Honor Leader of America's War Forces. BAKER, DRAIN, WILL SPEAK Written Specially for The Gazette Times By ROBERT FULLER. New York, April 22. A bronie tab let bearing his portrait in has relief will be presented to General John J. Pershing at the Keith-Albee Hippo drome here the evening of April 25th a's a testimonial of the esteem in which he ia held for hia service to the nation. An elaborate ceremonial in which leading talent of the stage and concert hall will depict America's glorious moments, will occupy the presentation. The tablet has been executed by Julio Kilenyi, noted American sculp tor, especially for the American Le gion. Newton D. Baker, secretary of war during the World war, will make the presentation address in behalf of the Legion. The addresses and music of the ceremonial will be broadcast through a nation-wide hook-up of radio sta tions, enabling millions throughout the country to be in the audience. In the Hippodrome itself will be one of the most distinguished gatherings ever assembled to honor an American war hero. Admittance will be by invitation only and acceptances have been received from governors, cabinet members, diplomats, and outstanding figures in the nation's business, pro fessional and military life. One of the most striking of a series ies of tableaux to be presented by stars whose names shine along Broad way, will be ft picturization of the American Legion Endowment Fund for the relief of war orphans and dis abled veterans. More than 100 artists from all branches of the stage will participate in the tableaux. John Philip Sousa will have charge of the band music for the ceremonial. He will direct the United States Ar my Band of Washington, D. C which will be supported by four other army and navy bands. War-time songs will be revived by orchestras from three New York thea tres, the Rivoli, the Rialto, and the Criterion, playing ensemble. At a banquet to precede the Hip podrome exercises, General Pershing, James A. Drain, Commander of the American Legion, and other notables will speak. Commander Drain will tell of the relief work among disabled veterans and orphans of former ser vice men to be accomplished by the American Legion Endowment Fund. The banquet addresses also will be broadcast nationally. W. R. C. Discusses the Coming Memorial Day Rawlins Post No. 23, W. R. C. held their regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon, enjojying the hospitality of Mrs. Clara Mikesell, at which time several matters of business were at tended to. The Corps accepted a proposition from the P. T. A. to assist on their program on the 12th of May, and committees were appointed to ar range for this. It was also voted to offer a prize of two dollars to the eighth grade boy or girl who will best deliver Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Desirous, also that the Flag Law of our state be better understood and more faithfully observed by our citi zens, young and old, the Corps will present a framed copy of the law to Heppner high school, in a proper pub lic ceremony at the next meeting of the P. T. A. Much discussion was had regarding the observance of Memorial Sunday and Memorial Day, resulting in com mittees being appointed to confer ! with the G. A. R., Legion, Boy Scouts j and Girl Reserves, with the idea that j cooperation would help to make a 1 more interesting program. Following1 this, refreshments were served and much interest was shown in topics of i the day which were informally dis-! cussed. j The next meeting is to be at the home of Mrs. W. W. Smead on Wed- ! nesday, May 13, at which time it is expected there will be a good atted ance present to enjoy the program. LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS. Plans for a tea were indefinitely postponed by the American Legion Auxiliary at a meeting held in the Chapel Monday evening, owing to there being several other local events in prospect for that time. It was de cided to conduct a candy sale in the foyer of the Star theater Tuesday night, April 28, at the first showing of "The Covered W agon." There will be some prize boxes included, of particular interest to the children. Members are requested to bring their candy to the Chapel by 5 o'clock on Tuesday, if possible. After the conclusion of business re freshments of ice cream and cake were served. Hostesses for the next Meeting will be Mrs. Spencer Craw ford and Mrs. Taul Gemmell. HEPPNER LOSES TO ARLINGTON. In the second tussle of the sea.-on between the ball teams of Heppner and Arlington, the latter were win ncrs on Sunday in one of the tightest games of the season, Heppner was unable to register a score against their opponents, and Arlington got two men, only, across the home piate for the count. This makes honors even so far between these tennis, a Heppner won the first encounter, plnyed on the home grounds. 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. Mrs. Fred Lucas entertained a num ber of Heppner ladies at bridge last Saturday. A most delightful after noon was spent. By Arthur BrisbaM What Is Interesting? Coolidge Common Sense. The "No-Man" Husband. John D's Grandson. Judge Gary says times ar. all rijht, business is good, and then is no rea son why it shouldn't remain good. The recent slump followed too much speculating, after the election. High finance, and middle class fi nance, ridiculously and unnecessar ily frightened by La Follette's candi dacy, went on a stock gambling de bauch when the danger waa over. The slump is the headache following the debauch. Great is the power of science, which has found a way to prevent death by gas asphyxiation. Oil of red peppers is mixed with the gas in minute, in expensive quantities. While the gas burns you don't notice it But if the gas is turned on unlighted, or there is a leak, the pepper oil, mixing in with the air, causes violent sneezing, forcing you to rush from the house for relief. Simple and sure. Other scientists seeking to find met al alloys that will forever resist cor rosion hope to produce "An automo bile that will never wear out." To day's automobiles answer the des cription pretty well, if you keep them oiled, and give them decent care. Professor Bonnevie, of Oslo Uni versity, says a man need not be so wise after all, in order to known his own father. Paternity can be proved, the pro fessor says, by the resemblance of a child's fingerprints to those of hi. father. Professor Bonnevie, who is a lady, can instantly identify the father of any young baby by the fingerprints. President Coolidge talked good com mon sense on "giving preference to home industry and American work men." Newspaper, say he "defend ed" such preference, but there i. no need for such defense. The duty of a nation, its govern ment and its thief executive- w 4 work for that nation, and for the working people that have created it. The British are not bashful about giving preference to British workers. In every advertisement you read "British Made," or "British Built" Too many Americans brag about the fact that what they offer is "import ed from England." as though there were nothing fit to produce or use in this country. If you MAKE your money in America, SPEND it in America. Miss Nora Bayes' experience com mands respectful attention. Return ing with her fifth husband, she says she is on her first real honeymoon, because this husband is a "NO-MAN." The experienced lady divides hus bands into the weak "VES-MAV and the powerful, manly "NO-MAn!" ine no-man," as you guess, harks back to the cave and knnw. hn tn say "No." A woman likes to be boss ed, says Miss Bayes, and soon get. tired of a "YES-MAN." An interestinc definition nf hm. bands, but there is such a thing as saying "NO" too often. Who knows but No. 6 may be another "YES MAN." John D. Rockefeller, and heir to a great Harvester Trust fortune, is working as a day laborer in a har vester plant sorting out heavy metal castings. 'There s a hero for vou " savs nuh- lic opinion. Men succeed and rule other men by the use of the mental MAIN SPRING. The three greatest rulers of men in history are Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon. None of them started in as a simple soldier in the ranks. Alexander at thirty was ruler of the world. Caesar started in Roman politics, became a soldier, went to Gaul and grew powerful enough to frighten the senate, and he ruled the world, in cluding Rome. Napoleon went to military acad emy, studied and read books, used hia brains, and HE ruled the world To have a son worth while, give him the best chance you car.. First, good health, then education, then a good start. MRS. COl'RTER, ENTERTAINER. Mrs. Belle R. Courter, a graduate in the department of expression at the Arkansaw School for the Blind, will entertain at the Star Theater on Monday, April 27, beginning at eight o'clock. Mrs. Courter is gifted in the art of impersonation. During the evening she will impersonate the following characters: the boy who got even with sis, the little girl who "spilt the beans to the missionary agent," the lisping lover, auntie Doleful, the cheerful visitor. Aunt Nabbie, the much afflict ed old lady; a darky preacher, etc. Another interesting fenturo of the program will be a ghost story, a. told by Mark Twain. Thero will also be several musical numbers, consisting of vocal and piano solos. A program that will please both old and young. Don't miss this opportunity. A good time assured for everybody. Horn -April U2, l'J'io, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hughe, of this city, an H-pound daughter.