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The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 42, Number 15 HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1925. Subscripion $2.00 Per Year Court met in regular KBsion at the" Court Hume in Heppner, Oregon, on Wedneiday, the 1st dajr of July, 1925, with all officer! present, whn were had the following proceedings: Court approved the viewen report in the matter of the road vacation of B. B, Helmt and othrs. The petition of L. H, Frederickion for certain itreeta and alleys to be vacated in Irrigon waa allowed. The following bills were approved and ordered paid: C. B. Baer, Court House $ 12.50 Rose Burnslde, et al, Cir. Ct. 838.50 F. A. Rowell, Audit - 126.00 C. B. Oral. Sealer 12.36 A. J. Chaffee, Overseer 76.00 A. D. McMurdo, Physician 10.00 Lydia Ritchie, Wid. Pen. ..... 10.00 Dorothy Patterson, Wid. Pen. 10.00 Minnie Zochert, Wid. Pen 10.00 Ida Fletcher, Poor 16.00 Jess Kirk, Poor 30.00 R. B. Steers, Poor 20.00 b. A. Bleakman, County Ct, 32.35 L. P. Davidson, County Ct. 32.50 Gaiette-Times, Office ....... 67.10 Kilham Sty. Co., Office 19.60 Geo. McJ)unee, Various 26.10 Glass b Prudhomme, Varioua 233.74 J. J. Wells, Assessor 10.00 H. M. Walker, Supt 14.14 lone Independent, Treasurer 2.10 A. Rood, Poor 6.00 Mrs. J. H. Gentry, Poor 10.00 A. D. McMurdo; Poor 85.00 Klkhorn Restaurant, Poor .... 29.16 T. J. Humphreys, Poor 14.80 Thomson Bros, Court House 7.60 Patterson & Son, Court Hse. 6.80 M. D. Clark, Court House .... .80 Burroughs Mach, Co., Court House 121.00 R. L. Benge, Insane 21.10 F. R. Brown, Insurance 86.00 Ed Gonty, Juvenile 6.60 E. O. Neill, Rebate . 2.23 8. E. Notson, Dist. Atty. 6.00 H. D. McCurdy, No. 14 66.88 E. L. Berry, et al, Coroner .... 61.50 County Agent, Appropriation 1,200.00 W. J. Davis, No .7 6.98 H. I). Ranmussen, No. 18 21.81 Harry Dinges, No. 8 25.26 V. Nixon, No. 18 76.00 C. E. Carlson, No. 9 11.81 State Commission, Roads 46.46 O. Parker, No. 19 132.23 Wes McNabb, No. 9 14.95 C. H. Bartholomew, Spl. 6 .... 107.39 W. L. McCalcb, Salary 166.66 T. J. Humphreys, Gen. Road 2.00 Thomson Bros., Gen. Road .. 6.60 Gazette-Times, Gen. Road 31.10 J. W. Kirschner, Gen. Road.. 90.00 W. O. Bayless, Gen. Road .... 30.60 Vaughn A Goodman, Gen. Rd. 48.11 C. V. Hopper, Gen. Road 91 Ferguson Bros, Gen. Road .... 11.21 Martin Reid, Gen. Road 8.25 W. L. McCalcb, Gen. Road .... 7.72 Willow Creek Mill, No. 18 .... 80.76 A. R. Reid, No. 19 67.60 O. E. Johnson, BH 20 . 20.00 Standard Oil Co., Gen 10.80 STAR THEATER, JULY 1 6 AND 17 (Thursday and Friday Next Week) CHARLEY'S AUNT WITH SYD CHAPLIN 1 HE play made a millionaire of the author. The pic ture will make you richer by a thousand wholesome, hearty laughs. The screen has never before offered so full an evening of hilarious entertainment and care-free fun as Charley's Aunt brings to you. To see it is to laugh and to. laugh is to be happy. You'll lose your cares and worries in the maze of riotous comedy this picture brings to you. You'll climb the ex alted heights of farce with the inimitable Syd and regret the1 homecoming when the film is concluded. SYNOPSIS Charley and Jack were fiercely In love but 4)icy couldn't get the sweet young thnigs alone long enough to propose. So when they learned that "Charley's Aunt from Brazil where the nuts come from" was going to pay them a visit, they gnve three rousing cheers and invited the girls to luncheon. The girls arrived, and so 'did a wire from "Auntie"' saying (he'd bo delnyed. The boys were panic-atrickeh. They knew the girls wouldn't stay without a chapcrone. Then "Babbs" on his way to a play rehearsal dropped In, adorned in curls, bonnet and black taffeta and looking for all the world like a dear little old lady. The boys grabbed him. and hastiy Introduced him as "Charley'a Aunt." Did the girls fall for "Auntie?" We'll say they dldl Then follows a host of embarraaslng situations which mako some of the most hilarious comedy evre shown on the scroen. If you fail to see "Charley's Aunt," you'ro missing the funniest stage farce ever written it "tickled" audiencea of the theatro thirty-three years ago and b,ae been tickling them ever since! It's a scream! NEWSPAPER CRITICISMS "The audience shook and shrieked with laughter. It is a splendid piece of work and the producers deserve great cred it for having filmed this fnrco without the inclusion of a sin gle coarse note. This film will make the whole country roar with lnaghtor and renew the fame of the old farce, New York Times. "The laughing apparatus of this critic, thought perman ently out of order, Is in tip-top shape again and working on all six. There has nevor been a comedy produced In which so much clean and honest humor abounds." Loa Angeles News. 11 'Charley's Aunt'" Is without any shadow of doubt one of the funniest things ever done on tho screen. "Chlrajo News.- Star Theater ADMISSION 25c and 50c NO HOPE HELD FOR RECOVERY OF JUDGE PHELPS Jurist Very Low Following Stroke of Paralysis at Portland First of Week. Little, if any, hope is held out for the recovery of Gilbert W. Phelps circuit judge of this district, who on July 1 suffered a stroke of paraly sis at Portland, where he and Mrs. Phelps are making their temporary home. Word recieved here last evening by friends from Mrs. Phelps stated that there was no improvement in hia con dition and that the Judge was grad ually growing weaker and the end seems to be but a matter of a few days. This news is indeed a shock to the many friends of Judge Phelps and hia family here who have been anxiously looking for news that would be encouraging. Mrs. Phelps it at the bedside of her husband, as is their daughter, Misa Genevieve. Miss Margaret Phelps, who recently went to Chica go to take up the study of music, is enroute to Portland, having been called by the news of her father's illness. Four New Case Com bines Taken to Fields Four new Case combines were taken out from the Peoples Hardware Co. this week, and Manager Van Marter informa this paper that m number more were spoken for, but his firm was unable to get the machines ar the Case people have been sold out since the middle of May. Thoae getting new machines were Chas. Coi, Merle Kirk, Chris Brown and Alvln Casebeer. It looked good to see this new machinery going out into the fields, as for a few seasons here the demand for harvesters has been rather slow. Each of these purchasers will harvest good crops this season, and the handy little com bines with their gasoline engines to run the threshing gear, will help them to get the grain into the sack in good ahape. T. H. Lowe, who helps to keep Cecil on the map, came up to Heppner on Monday to look after business affairs and seek a littk rest away from the strenuous life of his home town. For a place of real quietude, we can rec ommend Heppner these days and Mr. Lowe found nothing here to disturb his peace of mind. Clyde Equipment Co, JR20 12.75 Bank of lone, Roads 190.66 First National Bank, Roads.. 2,114.83 Farmers Nat. Bank, Roads. .. 611.78 Arlington Nat. Bank. Roads 65.42 W. B. Barrat and .family have re turned to the Barratt ranch here from their trip to the Palouae country, and will spend a 'few days at the old home before going on to Portland Mr. Barratt states that the crops throughout the Palouse section are in very excellent condition right now and the promise is for a very abund ant yield. The warm spell of weath er seemed to have no detrimental ef fect on crops up that way and the country presents a beautiful appear ance right now. Jeff French is suffering from a bad eye and it is feared that he may lose the member. Several months ago he got a sliver in the eye but did not pay much attention to it. In the meantime it has become infected and it is necessary for Mr. French to have it treated by a physician, and just now it is rather doubtful if the eye can be saved. The right eye is the one amicted. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Case are here from Vancouver, Wash., expecting to remain for the summer. Mr. Case, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Case of this city, and Miss Gene Pyle, daughter of Mrs. Ida M. Pyle of Par kers Mill, were recently married at Vancouver, taking their friends here by surprise. J. B. Stanfield, Portland wool buyer, is in the rifv. A Ar-nn Ik tha ni-ir-a of wool recently does not make the oners 01 uie buyers of such attrac tion that the local producers wilt let go their clips. We understand the best price offered by Mr. Stanfield was 35 cents. Charley Huston, in from Eight Mile today, states that he will be ready to start his harvest in about two weeks. While the hot weather did some damage out that way and cut the prospective yield short, there will be a good harvest and much wheat threshed. Wm. L. Crowe, a wool buyer of Portland, was here the end of the week, interviewing our wool men. He was accompanied by his wife and they were guests at Hotel Heppner while in the city. Mi.. u...;.t v u . j home from Portland the first of the week after enjoying a visit there of a couple of weeks with relatives, tak- iiik me nusfl onow ana seeing tne sights of the big city. F. H. Watts, monument dealer of The Dalles, is in Hepner this week superintending the installing of some monuments at the cemetery. H. E. Reed, Portland business man, is registered at Hotel Heppner while looking after business affaire here today. Attention Elka Important meeting tonight, Thursday, July 9th. The Gorge and Mt. Hood Shown In Fine Booklet The Union Pacific has ju.it made another valuable contribution to the big library of Oregon literature by the publication of a folder on "The Columbia River Gorge and Mt. Hood." It is in effect a 32-page album of the most elaborate and striking pictorial exhibits of which the photographer's art is capable and carries just enough text to clothe comfortably the heroic and amazing panorama which unrolls itself to the admiring visitor. Perhaps its outstanding feature is the topographical map wrought in natural colors in the central pages. It might almost be described as a view from up in the aky somewhere north of Vancouver, Washington, looking down on the Gorge and Mt. Hood, and reveals with exact and ex quisite detail the entire region which the title comprehends. Nothing of like magnitude and true-to-nature workmanship has ever been attempt ed, and it will prove of inestimable value to all Interested in that famous section of Oregon. Copies will be freely mailed to any address by Wm. McMurray, General Passenger Agent, or any Union Pacific representative. METHODIST COMMUNITY CHURCH ' A unique service will be conducted at the Methodist Community church next Sunday evening, by the members of the Junior League. The Junior Choir will lead the music. The main feature of the service will be the giving of the story, "The Son of a Savage." It is the talc of the re demption to Christianity of an Is land tribe through one of Its savage sons. Encourage the children in their 'efforts, by your presence, and enjoy the service. E. C. ALFORD, Tastor. BEND PICTURE MAN HERE. O. M. Whittington who runs the two moving picture theaters at Bend, Oregon, accompanied by Mrs. Whit tlngton and their duughter, Miss Eva Whittington, were guests over the 4th at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Clark on Eight Mile. They drove over from Bend on Thursday last and on Friday enjoyed looking up old ac quaintances In Heppner. Mr. Whit tlngton for a number of years was engnged In ranching on Rhea creek in this county. He enjoys a fine bus iness at Bend, A CORRECTION. Tho announcement of Indies' days for the swimming pool, made In these columns last issue, was not correct, and they will be as follows: Mon day aflornoons and Wednesday and Friday mornings. The hours will be 1:00 to 6:30 o'clock Monday after noon and 9 to 12 In the forenoon of WcdnosdHy and Friday. Thla should not interfere with the ladles getting out their washing on Monday fore noons. VISITING IN THE EAST. Mrs. Harvey Lnunti and children, Elna and Burdett, departed the past week for a summer's visit at the home of her parents in Somerset, Pa. "WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE" By a. b. chapin BOY IS THROWN FROM HORSE AND DIES AS RESULT Rufus Farrens of Wall Creek -Receives Concussion of Brain In Accident First of Week. Rufus Farrens, age 15, son of Mr. and Mrs, Willard Farrens, residing on Wall creek south of Hardman, died in this city at. noon Wednesday, the result of an accident that happened to him on Tuesday afternoon. The lad was herding: homes near his home and had been riding most of the day, being accompanied by his sister and her husband, but had gone out alone early in the afternoon and there were no witnesses to the acci dent. Near three o'clock the horse came in riderless, and the other mem bers of the family began a search at once, finding the boy some distance from home, unconscious. He was carried in and a call sent to Heppner immediately for a physician. Dr. Johnston went out and brought the boy to town where everything possi ble was done fof him. It was found that his skull was fractured, causing concussion of the brain from which the boy passed away at the hospital at Heppner at about noon yesterday. Family Reunion Held By Lexington People Combining a family reunion and fourth of July celebration, the home of Chas. Gray at Lexington was the scene of a most enjoyable occasion on Saturday last, when it was arrang ed to gather together the members of the Gray family lining in Oregon. There are twelve children in the fam ily, and of this number seven live in this state the other five living in the state of Missouri, where their parents reside. A big dinner was served at 1 o' clock, ice cream being served all thru the afternoon, and a general good time was enjoyed by the entire com pany. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Thompson and family, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Bundy and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Gray and family, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gray and family, Mr; and Mrs. Elmer Hunt, of Lexineton. Mr. and Mrs. John Gray and family of Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Stockard aad family and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ueardorff and family of Hermiston. being the immediate family. Other guests present were Joe Reeves and two sons of Ilormiston. Mrs. J. G. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burchell and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Davis and son James, Ellis Hendrix, Ray Mccormick and Mrs. M. McCormick. of Lexington, and Mrs. Ada Estes and son of Portland. Pole Spehr, who is makini hia home at Wasco these days, came over to Heppner the first of the week and spent a couple of days hero among old friends. Pete was formerly head barber at the Clark shop here. FOR SALE Some 22 head of pigs; inquire of Pyle ' & Grimes, Parkers Mill. mmmmmttmmtmmrnmmmttsmiti SALT $17.00 40c DROP IN FLOUR PRICES. WE NOW HAVE WHOLE-CRACKED AND GROUND CORN. Brown Warehouse Co. WE DELIVER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. amttttttmtttmmmmmmmmmttitmmmtmrotti Warning to the Public. In view of the recent exposure of "diploma mills" throughout the coun try, the State Board of Health and City Health Department take this op portunity to warn the public of the presence of certain persons designat ed as "Doctors" in what they call giving treatments to their patients, which so-cal led "doctors' are not graduates of reputable colleges or medical schools. The attention of this department has been called to the fact that a cer tain person in Heppner, Morrow coun ty, who calls himself a "Doctor" yet has no diploma from any recognized tat-t institution of medicine, osteop athy or any school of the healing arts, nor has such person any license issued by the State to practice any of the healing arts. As there is no existing law at present to prevent any person calling themselves a "doc tor," such persons are allowed to prey on the public and go unprosecuted unless someone is willing to appear against them for grievances which occur. Nor can such a person, or "doctor" legally collect a bill for treatment If fatalities should occur from such a person's treatment, he could be prosecuted to the full ex tent of the law. Such persons are usually crafty enough to call in a physician before a fatality occurs, and if the case is fatal the afflicted one is unfortunately not present to collect his dues. If said "doctor" claimed to be of the profession of medicine, osteopathy, or other licens ed heal.'ng art, then such person coal J be prosecuted accordingly, but they i.re smart enough not to claim qny of the licensed professions, but still are "doctor. Therefore, this Department takes this opportunity to warn the public accordingly that they accept their own risk when taking such treat ments. It is well to ask to see such person's license when applying for treatments. Signed, STATE BOARD OF HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE. CITY HEALTH DEPART MENT. Farmers at Lexington Take Over Warehouse A number of the farmers in the country tributary to Lexington have leased the Joseph Burgoyne ware house and are completing arrange ments to run the same during this season, so we have been reliably in formed. The new arrangement guar antees that this warehouse will be in readiness to handle the grain of (hat section during the oncoming harvest and .take care of all ware house business that may be offered. It is also understood that arrangc ncnts have been made for the hand ling of grain bags, and a" supply of bags will be on sale at the warehouse immediately. The choosing of a man to run the business has not yet been made, but a competent man will be put in charge. AUXILIARY MEETING. Members of the Legion Auxiliary are notified that the next meeting will be held on Monday, July, 13th, at 7:30 p. m., at the home of Mrs. Rich ard Wells. It is requestetd that all bring their thimbles, necdlo and thread. PER TON NEW BARLEY BAGS ittttttiil LOCAL GIRL HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT SUNDAY MORNING Accident Near John Day Fatal to One and Four Are Injured When Car Hits Bridge. Ruth Furlong, student in Heppner high school the past winter, narrow ly escaped death in an automobile accident that occurred aoout 6 o'ciocK on Sunday morning at John Day. Miss Furlong waa riding in the back seat of a Dodge commerc'al car with ten other young folks, return ing home from a party 'hiit had been given up the river, following the cel ebration. Just on entering John Day where the bridge crosses the creek, the car struck the bridge in such a manner as to turn over once and a half, and was badly wrecked. Four or five of the party were injured, Miss Wanda Holgate of John Day, 17 years of age, receiving fatal injuries by having her skull crushed and she died a few hours later. Miss Fur long received injuries to her head and back and had a splinter 3 inches long taken from her head which en tered just above the left eye and ex tended into the cheek. She was at tended to promptly by a physician at John Day and recovered sufficiently from the injuries to come to Hepp ner on Tuesday. Miss Furlong states that she was asleep on the back seat of the car when the accident happen ed, and has no knowledge of just what went wrong. The other people injured are doing well and will all recover. Miss Furlong is the daugh ter of Wm. Furlong and was a mem ber of the sophomore class of high school last year. Miss Holgate was a junior last year in the John Day high school and would have been in the graduating class this coming year. 1 Harvest Soon Under Way In This County By the first of the coming week. harvest will be pretty generally un der way in Morrow county. Some few machines have already started up and many other outfits are getting ready, and it will not be long until tome idea can be formed as to how the yield will turn out. Louis Marquardt of Lexington started up his combine on Tuesday and it is reported that he is getting around IS bushels. Mr. Marquardt farms at the head of Juniper and his grain evidently was not seriously in jured by the late heated spell. Tom Roylen, Jr., of Pine City, has been operating for several days and while his gram is short it is making around six sacks to the acre and is of fine quality. There Is no doubt but what the hot spell of weather beginning some two weeks ago has taken its toll and the average yield over the county has been greatly reduced. A lot of grain will be harvested, nevertheless, and should the price stay up, there will be good returns in money when the crop is turned over. HAS NOSE BROKEN. Walter Luckman of Lena is carry ing his nose in a sting, as it wree, the result of a runaway accident at his place on Tuesday evening. Driv ing a young team that became fright ened at something, Walter was hang ing on to them pretty successfully, when the wagon tongue dropped down and struck the bank along the road and he was pitched headlong for a distance of several feet, landing on his face with disastrous results to hia none. He enme to town and had the member patched up and was able to return to his work at the ranch on Wednesday. B. A. Amy, Holt Manufacturing Co. representative, ia here this wetk frnm The Dalles, being interested In the starting up of a few combine harvest ers about the county. COUNTY AGENT LEADER- WILL ATTEND PICNIC Pre-Harvest Get Together Will Be Held at Wright Bros on Rhea Creek Next Sunday. As announced last week, a farmers' picnic will be held at the Wright Brothers' place an Rhea creek next Sunday, July 12. The date for this event was set before the hot winds hurried harvest and it waa planned as a pre-harvest get-together for far mers of the county. In spite of the fact that harvest is starting in the north end of the county it ia hoped to have a good crowd. The morning program will start at 9:30 with horseshoe games under the supervision of Oscar Keithley and races for the young people in charge of Ed Rugg. A picnic dinner at noon followed by a short speaking program and then a visit to the spring wheat nursery on the Bergstrom Brothers farm at the head of Jackrabbit canyon. F. L. Ballard, county agent leader from Corvallis, will be present and will speak briefly on the results of County Economic Conferences in Or egon. D. E. Stephens, superintendent of the Moro station, is expected to be present. The spring wheat nursery will show practically all of the spring wheats grown in the county this year and & large number of other promis ing varieties. Spring barlies, oats and . field peas are being grown under test in the nursery. Former Heppner Man Drowned at Hermiston A special dispacth to the East Ore gonian from Hermiston under date of July 6, states: "The community picnic held at the Cold Springs reservoir the day of the Fourth was marred by a tragic acci dent when Chauncey Woodward, 30 years old, met his death in the water of the reservoir by drowning. ith other swimmers, Mr. Wood ward waded out following the picnic lunch toward the raft. He could not swim, and when he got in over his depth he sank. In the commotion made by many swimmers it was some little time before his absence was noted, and in the interim he had drowned. "Guy Cook of Pendleton who was fishing at the reservoir in his power boat was enlisted to aid in the search. More than an hour was required be fore grappling hooks caught and brought up the body of the man. Mr. Woodward was unmarried and lived on the diagonal road two miles north west of town with his father and stepmother. Chauncey Woodward was a native Heppner boy, son of John Woodward, and for many years lived here. His mother was drowned at the time of the Heppner flood. Burglars Busy At lone ' During the Past Week According to lone Independent, three burglaries were committed in that little city during the past week. Some heartless wretch entered lone hotel and appropriated a quantity of men and a few items of jewelry, in cluding a watch and elk's tooth charm and Sam Ganger estimates the loss at $100 or more. Another party evi dently was in position to deal with the hide buyer, so he entered the slaughter house of George Ritchie, meat market proprietor and hiked off with about $150 worth of green hides that Mr. Ritchie had in pickle. George thinks he could have done some ef fective shooting had he been about the premises at the time of the rob bery. Then the store of Bert Mason was also entered and a couple of cases of lemons and some other things taken; in fact it is understood that Mr. Mason is still missing ar ticles and the loss will run up into several hundreds of dollars, as a number of articles of wearing ap pare are missing since the visit of the petty thief. pw many prunes and raisins the party or parties got away with, Bert has not reported. Evidently this party was getting ready to serve some circus lemonade at a fourth of July doings somewhere. The Independent states that this is the fourth time in a year that Mr. Mason has contributed in this man ner to the joy of the weak and wick ed. WOOL PRICES HIGHER. Frank Clark, buyer for Hallowell, Jones & Donald of Boston, a big wool company, was in Pendleton last Fri day, states the East Oregonian. He is understood to have made offers for several clip at a price of 88 cents but succeeded in making no pur chases. The sentiment of owners of fine wool clips has strengthened ma terially during the past week or two with the result that growers have raised their valuations on their clips and are now demanding up to 45 cents for their wool. Buyers were in Heppner the first of the week and we understand that Stevenson Bros, of MeKinney creek disposed of their clip at 40 cents. No other sales were recorded, however, and the growers at Heppner are in clined to take the, same view that the Umatilla wool men have of the mar ket situation. NOTICE TO BATHERS. Those suffering from coughs, severe colds of whooping cough should re frain from bathing in the Legion swimming pool, not only for their own good but for tho benefit of oth ers; it is contrary to the rules of the state health department, and such persona will be prohibited from the use of the pool while so afflicted. By order of CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Br Arthur Brisbaa Yes, We Are Very Rich. $5,000 For Guessing. Flying in the Arctic. One Lady Learns. This is a frightfully rich nation. The countries of Europe owe us ten thousand millions and will pay us, including interest. THIRTY THOUSAND MILLIONS in the next 61 years. European debts due to private American purchasers of Europe's ob ligations amount to eight thousand million dollars. These securities, averaging high interest ratea will compel) Europe to pay oar citizens $500,000,000 a year with the prin cipal when due. Old Rome, with her consuls oour- ing in money and slaves from con quered territory, waa not nearly as "well fixed" as Uncle Sam. No won der some of our friends in Europe worry, and ask "Did we fight each other only to make Uncle Sam rich?" Our answer is 'We didn't ask you to fight. Be wiser next time." The American Society for the con trol of Cancer is cheerful. It reports excellent progress. Thousands of lives, now needlessly sacrificed, would be saved, if people were in formed and would keep away from quacks. The society denies the state ment recently made at a convention of doctors that "nobody really knows anything about cancer." "Cancer 'is not contagious or in herited," says the American Society. Take the cancer in the beginning when it is only local. David Cowan, a young Canadian, won $5, 000 for the best essay predict ing the developments in electrical industry between 1920 and 1930. At the end of 1930, the American Super power Corporation will give $10,000 to the essay writer whose predictions come nearest to the truth. Young Cowan knew nothing about electricity, when Bonbright A Co. offered the prize. He used his brain, studied the history of electricity in industry, let his imagination work, and WON. The Moderation League reports that drinking "in the South" has in creased 120 per cent in thirty-four cities, under prohibition. Why pick out the South? There is no more drinking there than else where. In any part of the United States you can drink as much as you like. The only trouble is that what you drink in the way of whiskey is a little worse poison that it used to be. "Why," asks a newspaperman, "do you say it would be less dangerous for the Shenandoah to go to Spits bergen and hunt for Amundson than to go from Lake hurst to Minneapolis and back?" ANSWER; Because at this time of year crossing the Atlantic with the prevailing winds helping, going on to Spitzbergen from England, with the Patoka waiting there as a base, and exploring the Arctic Ocean a few hundred miles north would be simple. It would only mean flying the big Shenandoah in the midsummer cli mate of the Arctic, at no great dis tance from her base. A trip from New York to Minneap olis and return through the zone of midsummer thunderstorms will be sufficiently safe, as helium does not explode or burn. But it would be more dangerous than a trip to Spits bergen and on North at this season. Careful inquiry in restaurants shows that corned beef and cabbage is the favorite food of the American public. Four thousand five hundred and twelve votes behind came the veget able dinner. Nevertheless, corned beef, excellent for those that live by their muscles, is not good for think ers. Any process that makes DECAY difficult also makes DIGESTION DIF FICULT. While your stomach Is struggling with corned beef, or a!t pork, your brain cannot do fts best. One lady, tired of life, killed her self in New York and left iU bet had divorced. She cut of her real husband without n penny, her last letter saying how kind thi first hus band had been to her. Warning to wives as their eyei turn toward divorce. Sometimes you are very well or! and do not renli.e it. OLD TIMER CALLS AT HEITNFR. Charley Mallory. one of the old timers of Heppner, but who hat lived away from the haunts of his youth for the past 2J years, was in th city over Tuesday night last, coming up from his home at Cascade Locks. Thi is the second time Charley hus visit ed Heppner since leaving here and when he met those whom he had known in former years, he was k"pt guessing to place some of them, fur time has wrought its change. While not as young as he used to h-, Mr. Mallory has held up well and U en joying splendid health. For many years he has been following th mil road gtme, but Is now on the retirud list and taking lifo easy, II n wan on his way to Pendleton, Baker nd points in Grunt county for a little visit with those, of hid ucqunlntancu still residing at thee place. Johnnie McMillun of Lexington whh in the city a short time thm font noon. He Is g- Uing ready to hghi his harvest, which ha ntate will b under way by tfaturdny.