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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 42, Number 12. - HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUN. 18, 1925. Subscripion $2.00 Per Year
Court met In regular slon at tb
Court House in Heppner, County of
Morrow, Oregon, on Wednesday, the
3rd day of June, 1925, with all offi
cers present except Commissioner L.
P. Davidson, when the following pro
ceedings were had, to-wit:
Court read the viewera' report in
the matter of rond vacntioji petition
of B. B. Helms and others and re
ferred the same to the District At
torney. Court granted Dance Hall License
to Geo. Mitchell of Boardman.
The petition for street vacation
of L. H. Frederickson of Irrigon was
continued for the term.
Court accepted the bid of J. 0. Ha
ger for 80 cords of wood for the
Court House at J6.85 per cord.
The following bills were allowed
nnd ordered paid, viz.:
First National Bank, Roads .. ..4'S.46
Arlington Bank, Roads 16.47
Bank of lone, Roads hl.ii
Farmers at Btockgrowera Na
tional Bank, Roads 592.9(1
A. Rood, Sr., Poor 6.00
W. P. Prophet, Poor 5.26
1. 8. Beckwith, Circuit Court 10.00
W. M. Ayers, Circuit Court .... .00
State Highway Com, Spl. 2 .... 82.00
C. H. Bartholomew, Spl. 5 121.47
Clayton Aycrs, Spl. 6 8.97
W. L. McCaleb, Salary 16.66
T. Warren, No. 20 ...... 12.82
Heppner Mach'. Shop, General 8.00
C. V. Hopper, No. 20 11.83
W. M. Ayers, No. 6 4.00
J. W. Kirschner, General 95.00
W. O. Bayless, General 62.90
Elmer Hucknum, No. 8 3.00
Joe Devine, No. 8 . 8.00
E. J. Keller, No. 8 4.00
W. H, Padberg, No. 8 .. 93.82
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., Gen. 33.55
Vaughn A Goodman, General 1.96
Peoples Hardware Co., General 4.00
Martin Reld, General 86.60
Ferguson Bros., General . 4.50
Road Builders Co., General .... 530.00
W. L. McCalbe, General 8.20
L .L, Slocum, General 10.00
C. H. Latourell, General .......... .85
E. E. Rugg, No. 20 8.87
Gilliam & Bisbee, No. 20 43.70
W. W. Smead, Sheriff 45.00
C. B. Orai, Sealer 11.69
A. D. McMurdo. Physician 10.00
I.ydia Ritchie, Widow Pension 10.00
Rebecca Knight, Wid. Pension 82.50
Dorothy Patterson, Wid. Pen. 10.00
Millie Haney, Widow Pension 10.00
M. E. Zochert, Wid. Pension 10.00
Mrs. N. S. Hall, Poor 25.00
Ida Fletcher, Poor 16.00
John Kirk, Poor 30.00
Lillian Cochran, Poor 8.00
S. E. Notson, County Court .... 20.00
G. A. Bteakman, County Court 31 AO
R. L. Benge, County Court 21.20
H. M. Walker, Superintendent 67.00
Glass A Prudhomme, Office .... 89.46
A. E. Perry, Watermaster 64.64
Gaiette-Times, Office 39.70
Heppner Light Co., Ct. House 46.69
Pac. Tel. A Tel. Co., Cur. Ex 33.32
Irwin-Hodson Co., County Ct. 4.60
Humphreys Drug Co., CL Hse. 11.94
M. D. Clark, Court House 6.00
Gilliam A Bisbee, Court House 26.96
C. E. VanWinkle, Juvenile ...... 6.45
Geo. McDuffee, Sheriff - 85.18
W. L. Matteson, Sheriff 16.00
Wheat Nursery Meet
ing Saturday, June 27
On Saturday, June 27, there will be
a farmers' meeting at the wheat nur
sery on the market road northeast
of Lexington, The meeting will start
at 2:00 p, m. and the different wheat
and other graina will be inspected.
In this nursery this year there are
winter wheats planted the 16th of
February with spring wheats and
barlies planted February 27, March
11 and March 25. Also five varieties
each of field peas and flax. There is
still much misunderstanding regard
ing the federation wheats. Hard fed
eration is a strictly spring wheat and
is not at all winter hardy. Federa
tion, from which hard federation was
selected, is a spring wheat of about
the same winter hardiness as blue-
stem. The difference in these two
wheats will be shown at the narsery.
A ropresentativo of the Moro Exper
iment station will be present.
On the following day, Sundny, June
2ft, there will be a trip to thj experi
ment 9t.ition at Moro, The round trip
to the station can be made easily in
one day this year, leaving early in
the morning, arriving at Moro in
time for dinner and coming home that
evening. This .reduces the time nec
essary to be away from the farm, and
the expense of making the trip.
IONE SUCCESSFUL.
The lone team was winner of the
ball game on the lone field last Sun
day against Condon, the visitors be
ing shut out in a hotly contested
game. The score as reported to us
stood 9 to 0. Roche was in the box
for lone and held tight to the end of
the game.
Officers from Heppner were called
out to the E. J. Merrill place near
Hardmna this morning to investigate
the burning of a stnek of hay. The
stack appeared to have been fired in
some mysterious way late yesterday
evening, and after hard fighting on
the part of Mr, Morrill and family and
W. W. Bechdolt, the Are was finally
put out and kopt from spreading to
other stacks and property near by.
The officers were unable to got a
satisfactory clue as to the perpotrat
or of the deed, or whether or not the
fire waa of Incendiary origin, and how
it got started is a mystery,
Mrs. Ellen Busoick and son Reld
departed on Friday for an extended
trip through the Willamette Valley,
remaining ovor at Portland for this
week to take In the Rose Show.
Mr, and Mrs, C. W. McNnmer are
now the owners of a now sedan, which
Mrs, McNnmer will no doubt learn
to drlvo.
Horso pnslure for rent. Telephone
7F11, Heppner. II. V. Coxen.
PURE WATER NOT
ALWAYS FOUND
IN CLEAR SPRING
Surface Seepage Often Contains
Typhoid and Other Germs;
Pure Supply Needed.
State Board of Health.
The beautiful, clear, bubbling
spring or the stagnant pool which
is apt to be the more dangerous?
Contrary to what we usually think,
it is the former. Many a "healthy,
good-tasting" spring water, which
waa highly esteemed in the neighbor
hood, and which was even bottled for
shipment, has been found to be con
taminated and a prolftic spreader of
intestinal diseases, such as typhoid
fever and dysentery. The stagnant
pool, on the other hand, tho it may
contain plant life which might give
us a slight upset, is not likely to be
the vehicle of the diseases aforemen
tioned. This, for the reason that dur
ing the weeks that the water remains
stagnant, disease germs starve to
death. Most disease germs cannot
live long outside the body, being ad
apted to only a parasitic life. In
fact, one method of purifying city
waters is by "impounding," or stor
ing the water in large reservoirs, for
weeks, so that germs such as those of
dysentery and typhoid die off.
These germs live In human bodies,
and are cast off thru the excretions.
Where these come into contact with
water or food taken into the body,
they have an excellent chance of
gaining a foothold and producing an
other case of sickness. They are
more apt to get into springs and shal
low wells than any other water sup
ply by seeping from a deposit of
waste thru a crack in the soil, or by
being washed hi by heavy rains.
There Is no such thing as a spring
which, once infected with typhoid
germs, retains this infection indefi
nitely. But often there is a contin
ual pollution of a spring from a con
stant supply of the germs such as an
insanitary outhouse.
To test water, we examine it to see
whether those germs are present
which are always found in human
waste. If they are, the source is pol
luted. Tho it may not at the mo
ment contain germs producing dis
ease, it may at any time do so, and
is therefore a potential disease
spreader. City water supplies have means of
procuring pure water, or of making
it pure. Smaller supplies often use
the chlorine method, which is perfect
ly safe, relatively cheap and does not
require expensive installations. Eith
er a minute quantity of the gas is
used directly, or small amounts of
bleaching powder are added; the lat
ter recalling the "chlorine bags" used
by the army during the war (which
incidentally prevented a lot of sick
ness). When camping, ft is best not to
take any chances on the purity of
our water supplies. Unless we are
absolutely sure that the water has
been thoroughly tented, and fs under
competent supervision, it is best to
boil all of it that goes into our
mouths. Bringing water to a boil
kills all Hhe harmful bacteria that are
apt to be in it. It also makes the wa
ter taste "flat"; but this can be rem
edied by shaking or stirring it ener
getically after it has cooled.
Each year many persona, living in
cities where typhoid has been prac
tically wiped out, return from their
vacations with a cane which they
picked up thru carelessness and lack
of proper precautions,
Boys Will Attend The
Citizens Training Camp
Several young men from Heppner
are leaving today for Camp Lewis,
Washington, where they will attend
the citizens' training camp for 30
days.
The boys going from here aro Jas.
Thomson, Vawter Parker, Merle Beek
et, Dick Wightman, Gerald Slocum
and Jack Hynd. They will gain ex
perience that will do them lot of
good, besides enjoying a vacation.
CARD OF THANKS.
The children and grandchildren
wish to extend their sincore thanks
to those who helped at the funeral of
John A. Moyer at Lexington on Fri
day, June 12.
ERNEST MOYER AND FAMILY.
FRANK MOYEU AND FAMILY.
JOSEPH MOYER AND FAMILY.
Radio station of Jim Archer caught
the report at noon of the death this
morning at Washington, D. C, of
Senator Robert La Fol otte. Scnntor
La Follette had been sock for a short
time but later reports in the papers
seemed to indicate he was mending.
At the same time Mr. Archer also
learned that Amundsen nnd hia party
had returned to their headquarters
at apitienbergen,. but did not say
whether they had been successful in
reaching the north pole. The full
report will doubtless appear in the
big dallies that have been publishing
the story thus far of this expedition.
An interesting account was given
in Sunday's Orcgonian of the celebra
tion last week at their home at Gresh-
am, Oregon, of tho golden wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George
J. Currin, formerly residents of
Heppner. In conjunction with this
celebration there was a family re
union with all the members of the
family and a number of grandchil
dren present. Attending from Hepp
ner waa their daughter, Mrs, W. P
Cox.
Clerk Anderson today issued
marriage license to Ora L. Bartow
and Anna Bernice THlson, young peo
ple of the Jordan ftutte section.
Peoples Hardware Co. of this city
report a good trade during hte pnst
week on combine harvesters, mowing
machines, etc. Our folks aro getting
rondy for tho big harvest.
Carl Cason Is now the proud pos
sessor of a new Ford coupe.
LOCAL H HEMS
W. F. Barnett reports that the grain
prospects are holding good in the
Lexington country; barley is begin
ning to turn and he expects that the
wheat harvest will be about as early
as in ordinary seasons, regardless of
the fact that so many were required
to reseed. Mr. Barnett also states
that their store, so badly damaged by
the recent flood at Lexington, is about
restored to its former order. He was
a visitor in Heppner for a short time
Tuesday.
The cars of Clarence Med lock and
Ben Cox mixed on the street at Lex
ington Sunday afternoon and the
Med lock car was seriously damaged.
His little daughter also received se
vere cuts about the head by being
thrown into the windshield and sev
eral stitches were necessary. Mrs.
Hedlock was also considerably shaken
up. Mr. Cox seemed perfectly willing
to assume the blame for the collision,
and gladly settled the damages out
of court.
Leon W. Briggs, county treasurer,
underwent an operation for appendi
citis at the Heppner Surgical hospi
tal on Tuesday forenoon. He had
been suffering from the trouble for
some time and an operation was re
sorted to. Mr. Briggs is reported to
be' getting along nicely and in due
course of time should be able to take
up his duties at the court house.
Frank Puroell, state evangelist for
Oregon of the Christian church,
preached both morning and evening
at the church here on last Sunday.
He has been secured as a supply pas
tor for the summer and services will
continue to be held regularly until
a new pastor is located.
Henry Pieper and family were re
cent vsiitors at the home of John
Pieper, east of Lexington, spending
a couple of days here from their home
st Freewater. Mr. Pieper was for
merly a resident of this county, own
ing the place now farmed by J. O.
Turner.
Bert Stone boasts of a pullet that
he thinks is a world beater. At the
age of 8 months and eleven days this
pullet laid her first egg, and he be
lieves the record in this regard is at
3H months. The pullet is an Ancona
and promises to be a famous egg pro
ducer. Ferguson Brothers have this week
disposed of a couple of .Chevrolet
cars to Heppner folks. David A. Wil
son purchased a sedan and Elmer Mat
teson a touring car. The boys have
several other prospects for sales of
this popular light car here.
Margaret French, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. i. French ia taking in
the festivities of the Rose Carnival
at Portland this week, and enjoying
visit with her sisters now residing
in the city. She departed for Port
land on Monday. -
Prof. B. R. Finch and wife and
Leonard Schwarz returned to Hepp
ner Monday after spending a few
weeks in traveling about over East
ern and Central Oregon. They en
joyed a fine outing and had some
good fishing.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. "Hughes of
Portland are the proud parents of a
baby daughter, Patricia Yvonne, born
at St. Vincent's hospital In that city
May 29th. Heppner friends of
Mr. Hughes extend congratulation a.
Misses Margaret and Bernice Wood
son have arrived home for the sum
mer vacation, the former from the
University at Eugene, and the latter j
from Portland, where she has been a j
student at Su Mary's academy. !
Chas. Stanton drove over from his
home at Walla Walla on Tuesday. He
is pleased greatly with the crop out
look here and states that his section
of Washington will also have a bump
er crop to harvest this season.
F. R. Brown departed for Portland
Saturday night, being called to the
city as a witness in the suit of Law
yer Finn against the John Day Irri
gation district, being heard -in the
circuit court there this week.
LOST, Strayed or Stolen, from my
place nine miles southwest of Hepp
ner, heavy brown mare, S-year-old,
lazy B brand on right shoulder; last
seen near Lexington. A. B. Fletcher,
Heppner, Phone 13F11.
Clarence Warren, a young man of
the Gooseberry section, underwent an
eperntion at the Heppner &urguil
hospital on Sunday for appendicitis.
He is reported as getting along well.
John P, Hughes of this city and
Mrs. Emma Zcuska of Pendleton were
united in marriage in that city on
June 7th, They will make their home
on the Hughes farm west of Heppner.
. W. O. Allison drove over to Hepp
ner from his home nea Ukiah on
Friday and after spending a few days
here wont on to Portland where he
expects to visit until the first of July.
Report has reached here of the
death recently, in San Francisco, of
John Maxwell, formerly engaged in
the candy business In this city. We
did not learn the cause of death.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Merrill of Mon
ument have been in tho city for a
day or two, bringing their young son
here for a slight operation. Mr. Mer
rill Is postmaster at Monument,
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Book
man, Saturday, June 1.1, an 8-pound
son. The young man has been given
the name of Charles Marvin, and both
mother and son are doing well.
Mrs. Muttie Adkins returned home
the first of the week from a fort
night's visit nt the home of her dnugh
ter, Mrs. Fred Elder, in The Dalles.
Miss Leorn Devin arrived home on
Wednesday from Monmouth, She has
boon attending the stata normal at
that place during the pnst year.
FOUND A pair of saddle bags,
Owner can get same nt O. C. Step
hens place near Hnrdmnn.
FOR BALK Some 22 head of pigs;
inquire of Pyte & Grimes, Parkers
Mill.
Local School Paper
Receives Recognition
Oregon Agricultural College,. Cor
vallis, June 16. The Hehiseh, the
Heppner high school annual, was giv
en honorable mention in the third
annual conteat conducted by the Ore
gon State chapter of Sigma Delta Chi,
professional Journalistic fraternity.
The Clarion, Salem high school, and
the Toka, Grants Pass high sffiool,
were awarded silver loving cups for
winning first place.
The contest is conducted in two
divisions, the first for larger high
schools, and the second for those hav
ing fewer than 860 students. The
Clarion will keep its prize perman
ently, having won it three consecu
tive times.
Competition was keen, with a large
number of annuala submitted. An
nuals were judged on originality,
make-up, content, printing and en
graving, and cover.
Honorable mention waa given the
following:
High schools of 360 or more regis
trationThe Steelhead, The Dalle;
the Post, Franklin high school of
Portland; the Eugenian, Eugene; the
Poly Tech, Benson Polytechnic high
school of Portland; and the Chintim
ini, Corvallis.
High schools of leas than 360 regis
tration Munhinotu, Gresham; the
Oregon Trail, McLoughlin Union high
school, Milton-Freewater; the Mahis
can, Marshlield; the Laurel, Coquille;
and the Hehiseh, Heppner.
The Hehiseh was printed and bound
by The Gaiette-Times.
John A. Moyer Funeral
Is Held At Lexington
The funeral of John A, Moyer, for
mer resident of this county and a
Civil War veteran, was held at Lex
ington on last Friday, Rev. Wallace
Jones, pastor of the Christian church
at that place, officiating.
Mr. Moyer died at the home of his
son, Joseph E. Moyer, near Sileti, Or
egon, on Wednesday, June 10th, after
a short illness. He had just arrived
there a day or so before from Cali
fornia, and was taken suddenly ill,
death following quickly. The remains
were brought to Lexington for burial
beside his wife who passed away on
the 2nd day of July, 1912.
Mr. Moyer was bron at Greenville,
Tenn., Jan. 12, 1840. He was a vet
eran of the Civil War, fighting on the
side of the Union, and for many
years waa a member of Rawlins Post,
G. A. R. of this city. He came to
Lexington during the early nineties,
and for many yeara was engaged in
tannic in the Blackhorse section. He
is survived by his three sons, Ernest
Moyer of Heppner, Frank Moyer of
Klamath Falls and Joseph Moyer of
Siletz, Oregon, all being present at
the burial of their father. Mr, Moyer
had been living the most of the time
for the past few years at the veter
ans' home in Napa county, California,
and spending the winter seasons near
San Diego.
PROF. HEDRICK DEPARTS.
Prof. E. H. Hedrick and family left
Heppner on Tuesday for Medford,
their new home. Mr. Hedrick, who
has had charge of the Heppner school
for the past three years as superin
tendent, will assume the duties of
this office in the larger field at Med
ford, and the very best wishes of
scores of friends here go with Mr.
and Mrs. Hedrick in their new field.
Norma Talmadge
IN
Ashes ofVengeance
H. B. Somerville's glowing romance of
France in the Sixteenth Century an age
old feud a searing hatred a noble in
bondage to his enemy through a debt of hon
or the challenge of a woman's scorn and,
out of bondage, an all-consuming love.
Never a dull or uninteresting moment
situations teeming with emotional and dra
matic action follow in rapid succession, ev
ery situation a thrlil. Massive settings, gor
geous costuming, thousands of extras give
a spectacular background to this delightful
love story.
STAR THEATER
Sun.-Mon., June 21-22
20 and" 30 Cents
Rtnttnuummn
INTERESTING PRICE ON NEW
BARLEY BAGS
Rolled Barley and Seed Oats
Brown Warehouse Co.
WE DELIVER WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
Vacation Bible School
Will Close This Week
With the end of this week the va
cation Bible school, conducted for
the past fifteen. days by Mrs. C. E.
Woodson and her corps of workers,
will be brought to a close. The dem
onstration exercises, which will con
sist of a presentation of the work
just as it has been carried on, will
be beid on Sunday evening at the
Christian church, at which time may
be noted what success the promoters
have had in the work.
The vacation school has been very
successful from every standpoint this
season, and there are those who re
gret that it is not to continue longer.
The departments have been under
competent leaders and included kin
dergarten, primary, intermediate and
junior work, with an enrollment of
about SO. The sessions have been
held in the basement at the Christian
church, which is quite well equipped
for work of this nature. Mr. Alford
also -instructed a class of boys in
manual training work, and they have
had a good time building useful ar
ticles of furniture, bird houses, etc.
A number of the girls have enjoyed
basket weaving under the direction of
Mrs. Case, and the hours have been
spent in the gaining of useful know
ledge in general and Bible instruc
tion in particular. The work has
been enjoyed by both pupils and in
structors, and the Vacation Bible
school has ceased to be an experiment
here, having reached the stage of per
manency with increased attendance
and the promise of a fixture in the
community of an institution that will
aid greatly in directing the minds of
the children in the direction they
should be. We congratulate the work
ers on the success they are making
of the vacation Bible school.
Herald Plant Shipped
to Falls City, Oregon
Phlll Cohn, who had charge of the
Herald printing plant for the cred
itors of S. A. Pattison, former pub
lisher, has disposed of the outfit to
George M. Cole, a publisher at Falls
City; Oregon, and on Monday the out
fit was taken to the depot and shipped
to the Willamette Valley town to be
used by Mr. Cole in getting out his
paper.
Mr. Cole was here for three days,
superintending the packing of the
plant for shipment, and Harry John
son did the crating. The building
where the plant has been located
since it was installed by Mr. Pattison
after the big fire of 1918, is on the
property of Dr. McMurdo and will
dovKess be turned to some other
use, though it is of flimsy construc
tion and was built for temporary use
only.
BOYS DO FINE WORK.
I wish personally to commend the
boys who have been members of the
Manual Training class of the Daily
Vacation Bible school. I could not
ask for greater fidelity than these
boys have shown. They have done ex
cellent work, and out of it will come
insight and an nicentive for life. I
will conduct a hike with all the boys
who will join us, on next Monday.
Each one provide lunch. We will
leave my house at eight o'clock. Bring
your air gun. Target practice will
be one feature. MR. ALFORD.
Anyone wishing information about
the "Women of the Ku Klux Klan"
write Box 127, lone, Ore.
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Little Interest Shown
In Annual School Meet
The annual school meeting held on
Monday afternoon failed to create any
particular amount of interest, -however
thirteen taxpayers of the dis
trict turned out.
Mrs. Ealor B. Huston was re-elected
director to serve three years and
Vawter Crawford was chosen clerk.
The report of the clerk covering the
past year shows the district to be in
good financial condition. There was
some discussion concerning the at
titude teachers should be asked to
take in regard to social affairs in so
far as these activities interfere with
their giving their best services to the
school. Gay M. Anderson received
some support for director, but the
sentiment expressed was in favor of
having at least one woman serve on
the school board.
Harvest Wage Scale for
1925 Same as in 1924
A District Harvest Wage Confer
ence was held at Arlington Saturday,
June 13, when a minimum wage scale
for transient labor was adopted. This
meeting followed county meetings in
three of the four counties represent
ed. Delegates were present from
Wasco, Gilliam, Morrow and Umatil
la counties. After a thorough dis
cussion, the same scale as used last
year was adopted.
The following delegates were pres
ent at the meeting: Albert S. Rob
erts, C. Kortge, J. S. Fraley, The
Dalles; T. R. Hampton, Fred Ben
nion, Pendleton; Simeon Hix, L. J.
Daniels, Dufur; O. T. Ferguson, Wil
liam Padberg, Heppner; Earl Warner,
Earl Eskelson, Lexington; Perry
Johnson, N. C. Wolcott, Condon; Mr.
Clark, M. E. Moore, Arlington.
The following is the scale adopted:
COMBINES Sack sewers, $3.50 ;
drivers, $3.60; header tenders, (2.50;
separator ' tenders, $5; Caterpillar
drivers, $5; straw haulers, $2.50;
cooks up to ten men, $2; water buck
and roustabout, (2.50; sack jig, (3;
picking up sacks. (1.25 per 100; bulk
drivers, (3.
STATIONARY Derrick drivers, (2;
box drivers with nets, (2; box drivers
without nets, (2.50; loaders, (3; saak
sewers, (3.50; header punchers, (4;
hoe downs, (2.50; engineers, $4; sep
arator tenders, (5.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
O. C. Stephens and family are down
from their ranch near the head of
Mc Kinney creek today. Everything
is looking good up that way at pres
ent, with fine crop prospects.
Miss Lucille McDuffee underwent
an operation for the removal of ton
sils and a gathering in the ear at
Hot Lake sanitarium on Monday. She
is reported to be doing well.
There will be a meeting of those
interested in the re-organization of
the Tri-State Terminal Co., to be held
at Pendleton tomorrow. Several from
this section will attend.
Miss-Mary Clark, who has been at
tending the University of Oregon at
Eugene for the past year, returned
home on Saturday and will spend her
summer vacation here.
C. C. Calkins and family were in
the city for a short time on Monday
from their homet Spokane. Mr. Cal
kins was called here to look after
some business matters.
We have three 2nd-hand mowers In
fair condition; just the thing to use
for cutting around your grain fields.
A bargain to you. PEOPLES HARD
WARE COMPANY.
Miss Rachael Scherainger, who for
the past year has been a student at
O. A. C, returned home this week
from Corvallis and will spend the
summer here.
Mrs. Alva Jones departed for Port
land on Sunday to spend a week or
so visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. W. V. Crawford, and enjoy the
Rose Festival.
Miss Donna Brown, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. R. Brown of this city, is
visiting her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. T. Brown, Rose City Park,
Portland.
Bub Clark and his crew of shearers
departed the first of the week fori
Montana, where they expect to be for
about two months in the shearing
game.
Mr. and Mrs. A, L. Ayers, accom
panied by Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte,
motored to Protland on Thursday last
to spend a few days in the city.
Mrs. Vivian Kane, public accountant
is here and has charge of the work
of auditing the accounts of the va
rious school clerks of the county.
on Wednesday from their home at
weiscr lor a visit at ttie atanneid
ranch on Rhea creek.
Sheriff McDuffee, accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Lucile, motored
to Hot Lake the first of the week to
spend a few days.
Percy Hughes and Waldo Vincent
of Heppner were among out of town
people in Milton this week. Milton
Eagle.
Mrs. Geo. F. Cook of Bellingham,
Wash., is a visitor at the home of
her mother, Mrs. W. 0. Minor, in this
city.
FOR SALE A two-man Deering
combine, at my ranch 4 miles north
of Lexington, Chas. A, Marquardt.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sweek are spend
ing the week in Portland, driving
down to the city on Sunday.
Mrs. Nettie Flower has returned
from a short visit with friends at
Top, Oregon.
LOSTA SOxSH FUk tire, Sunday
evening. Finder please leave at this
office.
Anyone wanting blucgrass pasture
for bucks, call on C. A. Minor.
WORLD'S WHEAT
SUPPLY WILL BE
SHORT IN FALL
Winter Crop in U. S. 100,000,000
Bushels Short of Last Year;
Spring Crop Looks Good.
State Market Agent Dept.
The world's wheat bins will be more
empty by the time the eoming har
vest commences in the south than at
any time during the past 75 years,
so the government states. Owing to
winter injury the fall crop in the
United States is only expected to
reach 445,000,000 bushels, compared
with 590,000,000 last year. On the
other hand spring wheat both in this
country and Canada is in excellent
condition, and if favorable weather
conditions prevail, the yield of spring
wheat in North America will be large.
Present prospects are for fair prices.
No Debts and a Reserve,
The Producers Co-operative Pack
ing Co. of Salem handled about one
and a quarter million pounds of fruit
last year, prunes, blackberries, lo
ganberries, gooseberries, raspberries,
cherries, pears and plums. The com
pany has a modern plant, no debts,
and a reserve fund of $10,490.
After Law Violators.
The various state potato inspectors
have been checking up on some of the
grocery stores in the counties out
side "bf Portland, and several cases of
plain violation of the new potato law
have been reported, mostly the mis
branding of stock by the growers and
the ignoring of the sack branding.
In each case the matter has been
taken up with the individual, and the
cases are pending. The legislature
put the enforcement of the law up to
the State Inspection Department, and
State Market Agent C. E. Spence
states that he believes when the
growers and dealers appreciate that
compliance with the law will be for
the benefit of all concerned, there
will be little trouble with violations.
Crop Prospects Are Splendid.
Prospects are for big crops all over
Oregon. Abundant rains in May all
over the state gave all crop a splen
did stand. Central Oregon had more
rainfall in May than it has had for
years, everything m the Willamette
valley is looking fine. The potato
crop promises an abundant yield.
Popular Young People
Married at Cecil Monday
A wedding of more than passing
note took place at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Hynd, Butterby Flats,
Cecil, at 10 o'clock a. m. last Monday
when their daughter Violet was uni
ted in marriage to Mr. Cecil L. Lieu
allen. Bishop William P. Remington
of the Episcopal church performing
the ceremony. The wedding took
place under the shade of the big trees
just outside the residence and in the
presence of a company of about fifty
relatives and friends. Following the
ceremony the wedding'breakfast was
spread and an hour or more was spent
in a general good social time, follow
ing which adieus were said to the
newly weds and they departed on a
short honeymoon trip.
The bride is the second daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Hynd, a graduate of
the 1923 class of Heppner high school
and very popular among the younger
set here. Mr. Lieuailen is also a
Heppner boy, residing here for many
years, and a student of our high
school before entering the service of
Uncle Sam in the navy during the
war. He is at present in the employ
of the State of Oregon as a highway
traffic officer with headquarters at
Pendleton, and the young people will
make their home in that city.
RAISES BEAUTIFUL ROSES.
Mrs. D. S, Barlow of Rhea creek
has a very line rose garden and raises
many fine specimens of this beauti
ful flower. We are able to testify to
this from the evidence left at the G.
T. office on Saturday. This beautiful
boquet contained not only a number
of specimens of very choice roses,
but some fine carnations and sweet
pinks, all of which grow proliticnlly in
the flower garden of Mrs. Barlow.
We are grateful to the lady for this
remembrance.
Grange to be Organized
At Rhea Creek Monday
Beginning at 10:00 o'clock in the
forenoon of Monday, June 29th, and
continuing throughout the day, there
will be a meeting of the fnrmers in
the vicinity of the Rhea creek school
house near the Rugg place, for the
purpose of organizing the Grange.
W. R. Gekeler of La Grande, state
organ iter, will be present. All far
mers in that vicinity, or within reach
of the Rhea creek schoolhouse are in
vited to be present. Bring your
lunch baskets, as there is to be a
picnic dinner and a general good time
aside from the business in tinnd.
WINS CASE AT HEPPNKR.
Sam E. Van Vactor, local attorney,
returned Wednesday evening fr m
attending a term of circuit court at
Heppner, his former home. Mc Van
Vactor was called to the Morrow
county seat to defend an auto park
owner in a personal damage ce, in
which the plaintiff asked for a large
amount on account of injuries alleg
ed to have been received while camp
ing in the defendant's park, duj to n
board flying up and striking her, The
defendant won the case, tho jury d
nying any damages on the first bnl
lot. The Dalles Optimist.
EVANS-HANEY.
Earl Evans and Millie Haney, both
residents of the Heppner community.
odist parsonage on Saturday evening
last, Kev. c. v. Aiiora, me pastor
performing the ceremony.
By Arthur Brisbane
Do You Bet? Then Read.
41 Acres of Iiujjs,
If You Love Your Child.
Women After 50.
Federal income tax officials Inves
tigating "hand bookmakers" discover
a bookmaker who deposits between
$16,000,000 and $19,000,000 a year in
Cincinnati banks.
A bookmaker can deposit only what
the little betting fools lose. Let
them think it over.
A zoological garden for insects on
ly, and occupying forty-one acres,
will furnish a national object lesson.
It will show the good done by some
insects, the harm done by others.
Without insects, for instance, there
would be no blackberries.
Without bumble bees, as the Aus
tralians discovered, with amazement,
you cannot have clover for the sheep.
It would be easy to destroy all the in
sects in an orchard, but if you did
that you would ruin the fruit crop.
With insects, as with other animals,
the dangerous kinds are in a minor
ity. But the dangerous ones are very
dangerous.
The insect zoological garden is
much more important to human be
ings now than the old fashioned kind.
Man's dangerous enemies aro no long
er the wolves, lions, catamounts and
snakes. Where wolves at their worst
might kill BOO people in a year, one
little demon of a microscopic life, the
colon bacillus, carrying with it Asiat
is. cholera, will d is troy millions of
lives.
German scientists, fighting conta
gious diseases, adopt this motto:
"Don't let your children be kissed by
strangers."
A better motto would be: Dont
let your children be kissed by ANY
BODY," Kissing children that do not be
long to you is offensive and danger
ous stupidity, and that applies to poli
ticians and all others.
You need not be diseased to be a
carrier of disease. Tour own system
may resist germs that would be fatal
planted on the delicate mucous mem
brane of a child.
The automobile industry is now
greatest in the United States, total
ling more than $3,163,000,000. The
steel industry comes second, about
$100,000,000 behind the automobile.
Third comes the business of slaugh
tering and selling animals, more than
$500,000,000 behind steel. We hava
reached the age of billions, our first
ten industries being above the billion
mark.
This 'is to be a great automobile
year. April produced 420.373 cars.
May is expected to go 20,000 higher.
If you believe that every man's
death is fixed in advance, this inter
ests you. William Frie, working un
derground in Missouri, might have
said that, with all its disadvantages,
working in a mine at least kept you
safe from lightning. But lightning
struck the steam boiler at the top t-f
the mine shaft, knocking over Roy
Fenix, followed a steam pipe 15) feet
into the ground and k;lled Frie.
"No man can escape hi3 fate," t-ays
a German proverb, and superstition
which has frequently stimulated tour
age, has carried on the theory.
The ancient gentleman, warned by
the oracle that he would be killed by
a house falling on him. did not save
himself by sleeping out of doors. A
flying eagle dropped a huge turtle,
crushing the man's head. The turtle
shell was its house.
Miss Rose Maretta, in private life
Mrs. Gerber, and a grandmother sixty-six
years old, recovering from a
long illness, returns to bareback and
trapeze work in the circus.
A woman should bo healthier at
sixty-six than at any younger age,
says this determined grandmother,
and she is right.
Women have one advantage, with
all the hardships that have followed
tnem since tne episode oi tne appie
and the snake.
Once they pass fifty their chaneo
of long life is much better than that
of a man past fifty. For thia there
are several reasons, the most import
ant, that they behave themselves and
thus give themselves a chance io live.
Many old men don t do that.
DR. CLARKE, EYE SPECIALIST.
Dr. Clarke, of the Clarke-Stram Op
tical Co.. Washington St., Port
land, will be in Heppner all day and
evening, Thursday, June 18th, at the
Hotel Hepner. Huve him examine
your eyes. Examination free.
Hudson Super-Si touring in fine
condition, value $150, to swap for
livestock, farm machinery. If in
terested write P. Si'.kworth, ParkiUlt,
Oregon.
FOR SALE--2.V) Hollywood white
loghorn hens; very fine stock, 1 Jer
sey bull, 2 years oh), Go. Hnrik
sen, Willows, Ore. (Phone Cecil.)
WANTED -Middle-aged woman to
cook on ranch; ait Hummer Job; $10
per month. AJdress Box 1H0, lone.
Ore.
LOST-Mnn'fl high topped w-k
shoe, size 7, hcl torn loose. C. N.
Jones, phone &F13.
Henpner Transfer Company, oftVo
ut Baldwin's Second Hand Store.
Phone Main H?..