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The GazetteTi mes PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY T Exhibition Will Be Held During Rodeo, Septem ber 24, 25 and 26. CASH PRIZES LISTED winning Exhibits Will Be Sent to Northwest Hay and Grain Show In Portland Next. November. The Morrow County Grain Show to be held at Heppner during the three day of the Rodeo, September 24, 25 and 20, will be the first irrain exhibit held in Morrow county since the dis continuance of the county fair sev eral years ago. Cash prizes are be ing offered by the county for all mar ket classes and all varieties being grown In the county. The show will be held under the management of a committee consist ins; of Charles Swindig, Charles B. Cox and L. Van Marter, working with the County Agent Exhibits will be in tiuanel lots and arrangements are being made for the prixe' wheat to be sent to the Northwest Hay and Grain Show at Portland in November. All grain will be returned to the exhib itors or sold as they may direct. Arrangements are being made by the County Agent to clean grain for the show and farmers wishing to ex hibit are requested to pick out a sack of their best grain and leave it with the County Agent as oarly as possi ble. Grain to be cleaned should be brought in not later than September 22. The following are rules and reg ulations of the show: All grain shown must have been grown in 1926. En tries must be made and the exhibit In place not later than three o'clock September 24. Exhibits must be left until five o'clock, September 26th. Wheat may be entered in both the market classes and the variety spec ials. One of the fenturcs of the show will be an exhibit sent over from the Moro Experiment station by Super intendent Stephens. Threshed sam ples of grain grown in the Morrow county nurseries showing the relative quality of grains grown side by side this year, will also be shown. The following is the premium list offered for the ahow: Market Classes. 1st 2nd 3rd Hard White $3.00 12.00 $1.00 Soft White 3.00 2.00 1.00 Hard Red Winter 8.00 2.00 1.00 Northern Spring 8.00 2.00 1.00 Western White 8.00 2.00 1.00 Variety Specials Hybrid 128 .. 8.00 2.00 1.00 Turkey Red 3.00 2.00 1.00 Fortyfold ..... 3.00 2.00 1.00 Bluestem . 3.00 2.00 1.00 Federation 8.00 2.00 1.00 Hard Federation . 3.00 2.00 1.00 Baart 8.00 2.00 1.00 Red Chaff 8.00 2.00 1.00 Marquis 8.00 3.00 1.00 Jenkins Club 8.00 2.00 1.00 Sweepstakes $5.00 Barley Any hulled variety . $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 Rye, any variety 3.00 2.00 1.00 CAR AND TRUCK BADLY DAMAGED IN COLLISION Ford Coupe of Pete Spehr and Ford Truck of Carl Ulrich Mix Near Lexington Monday. A collision between a Ford coupe and a Ford truck on the highway this side of Lexington early Monday morn. ing worked havoc with the two ma- chines. Pete Spehr was driving the coupe and was on his return to Was- ; Carl Ulrich was in the truck, ae companied by his wife, and they were returning to Heppner from a trip down the line, having but a few boxes of fruit on their truck. The accident occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Mr. Ulrich states that he had stop ped the truck and was standing on his side of the highway when the coupe approached at a high rale of speed and strnck his machine, wreck ing the front end completely. The coupe recevied serious injuries also, and was put out of commission with smashed front and wheels. The breaking of glass cut up the face of Mr. Spehr somewhat and he was bruised rather badly, but had no ser ious injuries. MrB. L'urich received some scratches, only, from the break ing of the windshield on the truck. Spehr claims that the Ulrich machine had no lights and he was not able to see it in time to avoid the crash, though the collision occurred on the open straight-away this side of Lexington. Delivers New Busses to Lena, Boardman Schools National Forest News From Gurdane District By S. R. WOODS. The estern route road crew has completed about three miles of much needed road on Swale creek and are now working between Linger Longer and Ditch creek ranger station. This latter work is on a cooperative basis between the Forest Service and Mor row county. When this stretch is completed it will make a good, easy grade, dirt rond rrom I'kiah westward to connect with the Hcppncr-Rittcr road and thence southwestward al most to Tupper ranger station. The Potamus trail has been extend ed from the crossing of the Gurdane trail southeastward to the stock driveway near Potamus creek. E. O. Neill and Elmer A I boo have each driven over it with a car and pro nounce it a "good trail." The stock driveway from Ellis creek to Hitch creek, a distance of ten miles, has been cleared of brush and logs to a width of twenty feet. This will facilitate the movements of sheep over the driveway and will bo a good fire break. A total of one hundred and sixteen fires have been reported to Dispatch er Cuiirk at Ukiah. Lookoutmun Will Hill at Madison Butto and Don Church nt Arbuckle mountain have located eight fires that wore from fifty to over sixty miles away, and the location work proved to be accurate. J. M, Mann, Forest Service Super intendent of Construction and II. E. Vincent, Deputy Supervisor, spent a few days in this district last week on inspections and gathering data for future work. ' Miss Lulu Hager, accompanied by her niece, Miss Jnne Leach, returned from the coast at Rocknway on Sun day. Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Leach drove over from Pendleton the same day and met their dnughtcr here, re turning home In the evening after enjoying a short visit at the home of Dr. nl Mrs. A. D. MrMurdo. Chas. Latourell drove up from The Dalles the end of the week with couple of busses, one for the Board man school, and the other to be used by the Lena district in the transpor tation of pupils to Heppner high school. The Boardman bus is a big one I veritable passenger car, and will-ac comodate from 40 to 45 pupils. The cost of the Boardman bus is $1940, it has a Wayne body on Ford truck chassis, with windows on either side, storm proof, comfortable seats, warmed, etc., and the north end dis trict contemplates the purchase of another bus of the same type. The Una bus is the same but has a seat ing capacity about half that of the Boardman vehicle. Mr. Latourell drove one of the busses into Hepp ner and Mrs. Latourell the other, and after the lights were properly adjust ed here, the machines were delivered to the respective districts. GET CAUGHT IN STORI. Johnnie Hiatt and R. H. Quacken bush experienced a pretty rough time of it when caught in the waterspout while going down Basey canyon Mon day evening. They were obliged to abandon their car, which they turned out of the road against the bank, and take to the hill. For a half hour or so the pelting of the rain and hail on them while they were hugging the brow of a hill was about all they could stand, and the break in the storm was mighty welcome. Sheets of water rolled off the hills and it was no small job to hold their foot ing and keep from being washed into the canyon. A thorough soaking was the result, and on Tuesday they dug the car out of the mud that had ac cumulated over the running boards. Chicken coops, henhouses and some small buildings were washed away at different places along Rhea creek in that vicinity and the road down Ba sey canyon was pretty badly damaged, but not to the extent that it is en tirely impassable, and can be put in shape with a little work. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Becket turned home on Monday evenin These young people were married on sunaay down the line, the bride be ing mis Linda Taylor of this city. coin are lormer atudents of Hepp. ner high school, Mr. Becket graduat ing with the class of '25. and a rath er informal reception was given them during the evening by a bunch ineir lormer schoolmates, automo biles being pressed into service the newly weds being made to ridi Dehind one of the machines trailer. Mr. and Mrs. Becket make their home in this city for th present, at least. Mrs. A. D. McMurdo and children returned from Rockaway beach on inursday evening last, havinir en. joyed an outing of several weeks at that popular resort. Dr. McMurdo was at the coast for a couple of weeks Dut returned home ahead of the fam ny. E. J. Gllstrap, field representative of the Eugene Bible University, was ueppner over Sunday. In the morning he addressed the congrega tion at the Christian chruch. deliv ering a splendid Bermon on education A number of Heppner's hunters are in the mountains today. Their ob ject is to stake out a few buck deer which they will go after a little la terproviding some one else does not take them in first. C. W. McNamer returned from Port- and on Tuesday. He went below with three cars of cattle, and found the market there pretty good the first or the week. Mrs. J. C. Kirk has been quite ill at her home in this city for several days past. She is reported much bet ter at this time. She was suffering an attack or pleurisy. A. M. Markham was in the citv over me weex end rrom his home at Free water. He was looking after his land interests here. R. M. Robinson and wife of Arling ton were guests at Hotel Heppner on Wednesday. Mr. Robinson is a sheep ouycr. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Griffith of lone are the proud parents of a 10-pound son, born to them on September 1st. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. French were visitors in the city on Wednesday irom tneir Dome at Gurdane. Mrs. Chester Darbee is confined to her home by sickness, suffering an attack of neuritis. For Sale Nine head of Shropshire rams, two-year-olds. Call Roy Neill, Pine City. Ore. Mike Marshall, sheepman of the Boardman country, was a visitor here yesterday. Born To Mr. and Mrs. Kemper Snow of this city, a son, on Septem ber 2nd. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1925 HEAVY SHOWERS VISIT PORTIONS OF THIS COUNTY Subscripion $2.00 Per Year ATTENTION LADIES Display of full line of ladies' suits, coats and dresses. TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, SEIT. 15th and 18th. fl'RRAV MILLINERY SHOPPE. Some Damage Done to Alfalfa Fields and Train Is Held Up by Washout of Track. Many showers have fallen over the larger portion of Morrow county since Sunday afternoon, and in many cases they rea"ned the proportions of cloud bursts. Both Sunday and Mon day very heavy downpours occurred at Heppner and vicinity, and the lit tle streams tributary to Willow (.reek were filled bank full. With the rain there was much hail, but no serious damage was done about the city. It is reported that some of the alfalfa fields at the mouths of the draws leading into Willow creek received a pretty heavy coating of mud, some bridges were washed out, and in places slight damage was done to roads. The heaviest downpour, reaching the diminsions of a cloud burst, is reported to have fallen in the vicinity of Sanford and BaBey canyons to the south of Heppner on Rhea creek. This storm hit about 5:30 in the af ternoon and was very severe for the space of half an hour or more, much rock and debris being washed down and Rhea creek filled bank full and to overflowing at a number of points. At the Jeff Jones place, and also at the ranch of Willard Herren the wa ter did some damage and the hail was banked up pretty well. Another heavy shower fell in south of lone, and at Morgan and Cecil. The railroad track was covered with mud at Morgan ano Cecil and the branch train was held up there on Tuesday. However, the mail was brought up there and transferred to the Heppner train which returned on time in the evening. The rain is quite Denehcial, and had it been general II over the county the farmers could get busy right away with their fall seeding. CITY GRATEFUL FOR SEVICES RENDERED THERE was a very generous response to the call for help ia cleaning up the lots on Main street Vt edneaday, and aa evidence of the good work that waa done, attention is now called to that part of the city, where the rubbish and debris left by the recent fire had become an eyesore; a very thor ough job was done. To all business houses, pro fessional men and others who helped in thia work, the gratitude of the city is extended. Especially should our thanka be expressed to Frank Turner, Jeff Jones, Heppner Light & Water Co. and Union Oil Co., who furnished their tucks for carrying away the rubbish; their assistance waa a big factor in get ting the lota cleaned up, and was a demonstration of splendid gen erosity on their part. Main street now presents a much better appearance, due to the vol untary services of those responsi ble for this work. We thank yon, heartily. HEPPNER CITY COUNCIL. By E. G. NOBLE, Mayor. T ACREAGE 10 BE B! Present Intentions Ind cate Increase of 9.7 Over Last Year. 1925 YIELD 12 BUSHELS Dalles Band Secured To Play For the Rodeo this week, charge OUT AFTER DEER. Shorty Shaver, M. E. Cotter. E. 1. Bristow, Judge Robinson and Ernest Lundell composed a party of lone nimrods going through Heppner yes terday on their way to the mountains. They were supplied with plenty of salt, and other ammunition and ex pected to bombard the redevou of the buck deer early today, the open ing of the deer season. Getting on the ground early, these gentlemen expect catch the deer before they are awake and will doubtless return home ith their quota of the game. Mrs. Laura F. Adkins came down from Milton this week to look after er land holdings here. She is tak- g over the farm on Eight Mile sold 1. U. Goodman. Mr. Goodman and family will move to Walla Walla to side. While in The Dalles Chas, Latourell, having some of the entertainment features of the coming Heppner Rodeo, se cured the services of the band of that city for our show. The band con sists of seventeen pieces, and they also have a good orchestra which is to furnish the music for the dances at the Fair pavilion to be put on each ngiht of the Rodeo. Other entertainment features for the Rodeo are in charge of W. W. Smead, and he will be able to make some definite announcements by next issue of The Gazette-Times. METHODIST COMMUNITY CHURCH E. C. ALFORD, Pastor. Mrs. Rambo, representing the Near East Relief, will address the audience at the Methodist Community church on next Sunday night. Mrs. Rambo with her husband spent a number of years in missionary work in India, and in 1919 went to Asia Minor to assist in the Relief work. The rela tion of their personal experiences in that work promises to be exceedingly fine. It is hoped that we may have at least lantern slides to illustrate their experiences, and possibly films 4so. We trust w may have a full attendance upon th's service. The regular preaching service will be held at the eleven o'clock hour, with Sunday school at 9:46. Wel come to all. Average Yield This Year Lowest Since 1904; Exportable Surplus Probable Next Year Saya U. S. Report, The recent survey of the 192S crop prospects, made by the United Statei Department of Agriculture, brings forth the following report: The Domestic Situation. If present Intentions are carried out'and average yields are secured the production of both Soft and Hard winter wheats next year will be con. siderably in excess of probable do mestic requirements and place both these classes of wheat on a world market basis. The present favorabl market position of wheat producers is largely due to the fact that our market is now on approximately domestic basis. Reports received from many thous ands of farmers throughout the win ter wheat belt in August indicated an intended increase of 9.7 in the acre age of winter wheat to be sown th fall compared with the acreage sown last ran, which was 6.5 greater than tne area sown in the fall of 1923 If these intentions are carried out the total sown acreage this fall will be in the neighborhood of 46.400,000 acres. With average abandonment and average yields this would pro dues a winter wheat crop about 40 greater than was harvested in 1925 Last fall 42,317,000 acres were sown to winter wheat but only 32,813,000 acres were left for harvest, there having been an abandonment of 22.5 the highest on record with the ex ception of 1916 when 28.9 of the planted acreage was abandoned. The indicated intended sowing this fall is 38.2 per cent greater than the pre-war (1909-1913) average annual fall sowing; it is 8.1 par cent more than the average annual fall sowing ror the years 1914-1918, and 3.5 per cent greater than the average annual fall sowing for the years 1919-1923. The yield reported for 1925 of 12.7 bushels per acre is the lowest since 1904 but even with this yield s har vested acreage of 40,424,000 acres would yield 613,000,000 bushels, or 23 per cent more wheat than was har vested thrs year. In 1924 a yie)i of 16.2 bushels was secured. If a yield equivalent to this were secured next year on the 40,424,000 acres it would (Continued on Page Four) WILL HOLD AUCTION SALE. T. 0. Goodman of Kiirht Mile is ad vertising an auction sale of horses, farm machinery and household goods at his place 154 miles south of the Eight Mile postofflco. The sale will begin promptly at 1:30 p. m. on next Inursday, Sept, 17, and it will bo good chance to get bargains, as the stuff offered Is all first class, and will go cheap for cash. See the ad vertisement in this issue. ANNOUM'H MARRIAGE. Mrs. Conser Adkins returned home from Portland on Friday last and Tuesday morning reopened the But ter creek school that she taught lost year. Mrs. Adkins, formerly Miss Retha Owen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Crede Owen of Heppner, and a graduate of Heppner high school. class of '23, was populnr both as a student and teacher. The marriage of Mr. Adkins and Miss Owen has been kept a matter of secret for sev eral months, and but just recently announced to their friends. The wedding took place at Walla Walla on March 28, where the ceremony was performed by Rev. S. E. Smythe. Mr. Adkins is the youngest son of Mrs. Mattie Adkins of this city and since June has been In Portland, where he was joined in July by Mrs. Adkins, who then went on to Monmouth for the session of summer school at the tato normal, returning to Portlnnd after completing the course, where they took apartments and nnnounced their marriage. Hoppner friends of the young people extend their congratulations. For Hale A Victrola and 76 rec ords. Call Main 623. ,ttKimim:nnmmmmimmmtanmmimsuMttmmsK:mm:m SEED RYE Will Arrive This Week You will find the PUK E and QUALITY both right for YOUR WINTER'S SUPPLY OF FLOUR Brown Warehouse Co. WE DELIVER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. ttmmtmtmtttttmmsmtntmmittmmtmd THE .Road Bond Elect ion WILL BE HELD Monday, Sept. 4th IT IS extremely important that every voter in Morrow Coun ty get to the polls and express his or her preference in the mat ter at issue. The women voters are especially urged to vote for they are vitally concerned in the roads proposition. WW FFAIL1TO1 MR. AND MRS. T. H LOWE SELL STORE WILL LEAVE CECIL Prominent Cecil Residents Came to Morrow County 12 Years Ago From England. T. H. Lowe of Cecil, postmaster and merchant of that place for the past eleven years, has disposed of his business there to Roy Scott of Freexe out, who will take charge of the place about the end of September, when Mr. and Mrs. Lowe expect to take their departure from Cecil and Mor row county, going to Portland for the time being while looking for an other location. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lowe have been prominent figures at Cecil since lo cating there, always active in every good work. Their departure from the county will be regretted by a large circle of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe, with their family, came to Heppner rrom Durham, England, arriving here October 22u.d, 1913, to loin the broth ers 01 Mrs. Lowe, Messrs. Jack, Wil liam, David and Charles Hynd, and after spending some time at the Hynd Brothers ranch in Sand Hollow, they purchased the store at Cecil on March 1st, 1914, and have since resided there and conducted this business. Mr. Lowe was registrar for Cecil precinct for several years and did quite a bit of recruiting work dur ing the war, finally, in October, 1917, not being able to resist the patriotic call to the service of his homeland, he enlisted in the Canadian armv and was sent to Victoria, B. C, How ever, owing to defective hearing, Mr. Lowe was not accepted for active ser vice and later on returned home. He was honored on the occasion of his departure by a special train going to iecu irom Heppner, carrying some iou people, who wished him God speed and gave him a big send off the evening before his departure for V ictoria. While a resident of the countv. Mr. Lowe has always been enthusiastic over good roads. He helped in the construction of the highway up Wil- ow creek and for three years served under the State Highway commission as inspector on the Oregon-Washington highway from the Columbia riv er to Jones Hill, and he expresses lmself as being very proud of this road. Mrs. Lowe has been correspondent of this paper at Cecil for many years and never a week passed during that time but her items of personal and general news of that community ap peared in our columns, and we nave been glad to count both Mr. and Mrs. Lowe aaamong our warmest friends. While regretting their departure from our county, we shall be glad to know of their pleasant location else where and wish them every success for the future. Thiswa By Arthur Brisbane When Is Man Old? Washing Machine Progress. $1,000 For Each of Ua. Rolling Them Down. WHEN is a man old? A Civil War veteran of Illinois. aged 88, is told by tha Jude-e that a man 88 "has no business to ret mar. ried." A Pennsylvania man of ninetr-one settles property on his children, then marries a woman of 45, who saya her new husband is "old in years only." jaeoo wettler. Swiss embroiderer. only seventy-four years old, shot him self, saying life wasn't worth while at that age. When he is forsaken, withered and shaken, what can an old man do but die?" Some men are as old at fifty aa anybody can be. Moltka at ninety was younger than many of tha junior officers that stood in stiff respect about him. A man is old when his mind stops working along new lines. The people of America have abont doubled their incomes in a few years. The cash that Americans earn, or re ceive from investments, renta, from inherited property, etc., is not far from ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOI, LARS A YEAR, almost a thousand dollars for every man, woman, and child. For every 100 homes in the United States there are 29 washing machines. That shows progress and room for more progress. The family without a washing ma chine, unless the washing be "eent out," proves that some woman ia con demned to needless slavery. An electric washing machine and wringer, costing a few cents a day for current, makes of washing an amusement instead of hard work- It makes it possible in a lars-e family, with a busy mother, for the growing boys and girls to do the greater part of the week's washine and relieve the mother. HYSICAL TESTS GIVEN OREGON SCHOOL PUPILS New Law Now In Effect; Parents May Object; High School Pupils Are Exempt. The 1925 legislature enacted a new w, which is now in effect in all public schools, providing for the physical examination of pupils. The following is a copy of the new law, mien is anown as Chapter 27, Gen ral Laws of Oregon, 1925: Section 1 The state superintendent puouc Instruction shall provide, prepare, or cause to be prepared Dianns or other supplies for the ex- ammaiton of all children attending me elementary public schools of the state of Oregon, for the purpose of determining defects of vision, hear ing, breathing, dentition or other ex ternal obvious physical defects which will prevent or interfere with the normal education of the child. He shall provide, prepare or cause to be prepared necessary instruction for the use of the tests, blanks, records and other supplies and shall furnish same to the elementary schools of the state. Section 2 The superintendent, principal or teacher in every elemen tary public school of the state shall, during the first month of the school year make the examinations or tests provided for in section 1 of this act in such manner as shall be required j oy me state superintendent of public instruction and prepare the same up on the blanks furnished and make i written report thereof to the state superintendent of public instruction. Section 3 The supreintendent. principal or teacher shall report any physical defects of any child under his supervision to the parent or guar- aian as soon as such defect or de fects are apparent to observation or revealed by examination or test: nro. vided, that any blank, record or other form or method employed to com municate knowledge of any defects to any parent or guardian shall, with out further direction, simnlv state that such defects are apparent. Section 4 Any parent or guardian may object in writing to the super intendent, principal or teacher against tne examination of his or her child or ward and such pupil shall be ex empt from any examination or test for or on account of any physical de fect or noncontagious disease. BAYS II VLVORSEN LAN D. H. J. Reed, recently from Portland. has purchased 1900 acres of land from Mat Halvorsen, lying in the vi cinity of "Matt's Butte" and south east of lone. We did not learn the consideration. Mr. Reed will take immediate possession of the land and become a resident of Morrow county, where he feels the opportunities for success in this line are just as good if not better than In any other oart of the northwest. American ladies, it appears, enter tain Parisians by wearing their stockings rolled down, showing all of cne Knee and part of the leg bare, be low a short skirt. Such women would represent tha United States more usefully at home in front of American wash tubs with their sleeves rolled up instead of having their stockings rolled down in Paris. But there is a hygienic value In bare knees. All Esquimau women, even in the coldest Arctic weather, arrange for an opening at about tha knee to let the air in. If they didn't do that they would die for lack of oxygen. Weak fish will find it hard to sur vive in the automobile endurance con test. One big company announced an other cut in prices yesterday, mak ing the fourth cut in a year. The highest engineering skill and business ability are devoted to giving the public high grade automobilea at the lowest prices. That's valuable work. When will commercial genius show the same energy in cutting the nriee of food "delivered?" A scientist says that the vonnr neo- ple of today have become "motor car wise." By instinct they avoid auto mobiles and adapt themselves to traf fic. Older people seem unable to learn. Even chickens and dogs art learn ing something. They stay out of the road and are killed less freauentlv than they once were. It would be good news if the vounr people of the generation would be whiskey wise" in addition to being motor car wise. During the next few years there will be more young people killed by whiskey than old people killed by automobiles. A plague of butterflies, causing mo tor engines to become overheated, bv clogging the radiators, suggests a gruesome possibility. If the insect tribes with their hor rible fertility, should get out of con trol, they could fill the sir, destroy all vegetation, starve, suffocate and devour the human race and all other animals. Nature fortunately attends to these things. Even the Insect plagues of Egypt sent to punish sin did not kill all Egyptians. Rhea Creek Grange To Meet Next Sunday The Rhea Creek Crango is to hold its meeting next Sunday. Sent. 12. The members will gather about noon and a basket dinner will be served. This part of the program Is to be un der the direction of Mrs. O. C. Steph ens and the Home Economies Club. The regular business meeting will follow directly after the noon re freshments and will be followed by a program under the direction of Mr. Keta Oviatt, lecturer of the Orange. A number of members of the Board- man Cirunge will be In attndunre and ill asssit on the program. County Agent Morse and Chas, Wiiklandor, master of the Umatilla District Po mona Crange, will speak, and Sam T. Shell, one of the oldest Orange or ganizers in the Northwest, Is also ex pected 0 he present.
