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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.