THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1S25.
PAGE THREE
CECIL
It U a good many yean sine 1 first
began to write the local news of out
little community. The time has come
when I shall not be able to do ao any
longer, as we are leaving here ahort
ly. I cannot begin to thank all my
numerous friends personally for the
many kindnesses they have always
shown myself and family. I now
wish to thank them sincerely through
your paper. I have endeavored to
stick to the truth in all my reports
and tried also to hurt no one's feel
ings in any way. If I have failed in
those respects all 1 can say is that I
did my best. ! shall pass out of your
county and always shall carry the
pleasant remembrances of the kind
nesses shown to myself and family
since coming into your midst, strang
ers in a strange land, aome twelve
years ago. Adieu and good wishes
to all.
MRS. JENNY LOWE.
Miss Minnie H. Lowe of Cecil end
friend, Miss Bernice Ystad of Astoria
who have been attending summer
school at Monmouth arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lowe and
will visit a few days before leaving
for their respective schools at Astoria
and Hanks where they are engaged to
teach for the coming school year.
W. G. Palmaleer of Windynook who
has finished up his harvest and also
the hauling of his wheat, left on Sat
urday morning to visit for a few days
with his family who are residing at
Jasper. W. rope or Hillside accom
panied W. G. as far as Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Davidson and
daughter and Miss Ada Wilbanks left
for their homes in Vernonia on Sat'
unlay after spending their vacation
with Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Chandler at
Willow creek ranch.
Mrs. Grimes and children of Irri
gon have taken up their residence
at the schoolhouse. Mrs. Grimes be
gins her duties as teacher at Cecil
school on Monday.
Oral Henrikscn of the Moore ranch
near Lexington and Clifford Henrik
scn of Riverside, Pendleton, were
calling on their friends in the Cecil
vicinity on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Spillman and
family from their ranch near the Wil
lows were visiting with Hi. and Mrs.
K. A. Fanshiers in Four Mile on
Wednesday.
Miss Annie C. Hynd of Butterty
Flats arrived in Cecil on Monday af
ter spending a few days with friends
in Salem, Portland, Hood River and
Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mcdlock of Rock
cliffe and Mrs. H. J. Strceter and
daughter Miss Opal of Cecil were call
ing on friends in the Morgan district
on Friday.
Dwight Misner of Daybreak ranch
near Cecil and Arthur Turner of
Cuckoo Flats were passcngen on the
local on Saturday on their way to
Portland.
Shorty Shaver, well driller of lone,
was inspecting the water supply on
Fridiiy at Hillside, where he had re
cently completed a well for Walter
Pope.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Krcbs and sons
of the Last Camp left on Wednesday
to spend a few days with friends in
Garibaldi, Portland and other points.
Miss Gladys Medlock returned to
her home at Hockcliffe near Cecil af
ter spending a work or two with
friends in Walla Walla.
Jack Hynd and son Jack were ac
companied by Misses Minnie H. Lowe
and Bernice Ystad when calling in
Heppner on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lieuallen of
Pendleton spent a few hours on Mon
day with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd
at Butterby Flats.
Clare Calkins, formerly of Cecil
but now living at Hermiston, was a
caller among his old friends around
Cecil on Monday.
Mrs. H. V. Tyler was a Heppner
visitor on Wednesday from Rhea Sid
ing while having her daughter Hazel's
tonsils removed.
W. V. Pedro of Ewing left on Fri
dnv for his Hamilton ranch above
Heppner where he will remain for a
day or two.
Frank Madden of Portland arrived
In Cecil on Saturday and will visit
with Mr. and Mrs. T. 11. Lowe for a
few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Havcrcost
Bnd son of Rhea Siding were visiting
friends in Cecil on Sunday.
P. Everett of Wasco is visiting his
sister Mrs. L. L. Funk at the Curtlss
cottage.
R. E. Duncan of Busy Bee ranch
was doing business in Arlington on
Sunday.
Iat Lady's' small closed case El
gin gold watch, with crack In dial;
shield engratcd on back of case. Val
uable as keepsake. $10 reward. In
quire at this office.
ORPHANS GIVE VIVID PORTRAYAL
OF CHILDHOOD'S EMPTY BOWL
IN SUFFERING NEAR EAST LANDS
Sste.S Alt M '4 v fit ri'.'j J,
3iw
ma
In mute appeal for further Ameri
can aid. which rescued them from
Rturv&tion, five hundred boys at a
Near East Relief orphanage in Syria,
framed thia empty bowl to symbolize
their need.
All of these children have been
feathered up during the past eipht
yeara by American workers of the
Near East Relief. Many of them were
found in semi-wild state roaming the
rough countryside of Turkey and
were brought to more settled regions
when the relief organization evacu
ated that country after the Smyrna
disaster.
Approximately 35,000 children are
now being cared for by the Near East
Relief in its orphanages and under its
supervision in private homes. More
than one hundred thousand children
are in the refugee camps who are in
need of help now denied them by lack
of funds.
An international effort to focus at
tention on the needs of childhood in
the Near Eaitt Relief will be made on
Golden Rule Sunday, December 6th.
FIGHTING FOR
THE NORTHWEST
Florida Ire
(Editorial in Pendleton East Ore
gonian) If any project la worthy of con
struction by the federal government
in the near future the Umatilla rap
ids project should be. There are fa
vorable featurea that will count tre
mendously in favor of settlers if the
project is built. We have a low alti
tude and a long growing season, which
means much. On each side of the
river there ia railroad already in
operation. The rates are low because
there is a water grade and the terri
tory is competitive. Big markets are
not far away and markets are neces
sary to successful agriculture. Good
crops are of little value if they can
not be marketed successfully.
The power feature of the project
however, ia what gives it pre-emin
ence. It is of wonderful advantage
to a project to have electric power.
The big federal projects that are
meeting with the most success and
have the least trouble are those that
have power development along with
irrigation. The Salt River project in
Arizona is one of them. The sale of
surplus power reduces reclamation
costs, but that is not all of the story.
When you provide cheap electricity
for the home and the farm you do
much to eliminate human hardship.
When home is heated by electricity,
the cooking done electrically and
much of the work inside of the home
and out you provide a situation that
makes a higher order of civilization
possible. People can succeed under
such conditions when they could not
succeed otherwise. A project with
cheap power at hand becomes a liter
al paradise compared with one having
no power. It is no wonder then that
the director of the reclamation ser
vice thinks the rapids project may
prove attractive. It is not surprising
a furhter study is being made with
particular attention to the economic
features of the project. If a project
of this character and its location is
not attractive and feasible where
could one go to find a project that Is
worth building? Are we to build pro
jects where the altitude is high,
where transportation is Inadequate or
wholly lacking and where there is
no cheap electricity and then pass up
the truly golden opportunity thnt pre
sents itself along the Columbia?
Another feature ajiout the rapids
project that appeals strongly is that
the land adjoins land already re
claimed by the federal government.
The pioneering work has been done.
There is an experiment station at
Hermiston that deals with soil and
other problems and has mapped out a
route for settlers to follow. There
Is 20 years of experience back of that
program. The settlers themselves
through aid from the county agent
and other experts have done much
tuwards working out marketing pnb
lems. Bankers and reclamation ..In
cials have all learned what can be
done and what ahould not be under
taken. All thia experience, which is
of tremendous importance, is at hand
and available for the set'l'"' on the
new land to be reclaimed. It means
n effect the enlargement of an exist
ing project, not the building of a
new project with all the difficulties
and grief that usually accompany new
enterprises of this sort.
A beautiful thing about the rapids
project ia that the benefits will be
so widespread. It is directly In line
with the program for Tiver improve
ment which must be followed out
some day. Then the power supply is
so great and the cost of power de
velonment so low that the entire
northwest comes Into thp gnme. It
is not a local project at all. It is a
tri-state affair. The inland empire
country will gain immensely by hav
ing this power development yet no
more than will distant citiea like
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. The
officials of Seattle see the Columbia
river as their future big source of
power and their vision is correct.
The Columbia is the future big source
of power for Portland also. Coulmbia
river development will some day make
Portland a great city. In connection
with this project there Is no sectional
conflict, no conflict with private lee-
trie interests or with anything else, j
It ia project from which all may
gain.
Now that the Columbia basin pro
ject baa been officially classed as not
suitable for present day development
the situation calls for a united, deter
mined effort in behalf of the Umatilla
rapids project. This project is feas
ible and there need be no delay. It
is an impressive project and the offi
cials who inquire into its merits ad
mit its great possibilities. We can
make a much stronger showing, how
ever, if the powerful civic forces of
the northwest really get back of the
enterprise. The officials of the Uma
tilla rapids association, working vol
untarily for the public good and with
no personal interests at stake, do all
they can and they have succeeded
quite well thus far. Yet they need
help. They are battling for Oregon,
and the entire northwest. They are
fighting for what ia plainly the larg
est and the most important construc
tion project west of the Mississippi
river. It is time for the people of
the northwest to assert themselves
earnestly if they are to rise to their
responsibilities.
NOTICE OF SALE OF ANIMALS.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, by virtue of the statutes
of the Stat of Oregon, hae taken up
the hereinafter described animals
found running at large on his prem
ises In Morrow County, Oregon, and
that he will on Saturday, September
26, 1925, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day, at his
place on Rhea creek, twelve miles
west of Heppner, in said county, sell
at public sale to the highest bidder
for cash in hand, the following de
scribed animala:
One black mare, 9 or 10 years old,
no brands, wire cut scar on left front
foot, star in forehead and weight
about 1100;
One brown mare, branded U plus
on left stifle, 10 or 12 years old,
weight 1100.
weight about 700, no visible brands,
One black mule, 2 or 3 yeara old,
wire cut scar on left hind leg; unless
the said animals are redeemed by
the owner or owners thereof.
D. S. BARLOW.
Wanted Woman or girl for gen
eral housework. Good wages. Write
or phone Pat Ward, Sixprong, Wash.
Bargains In Drills
I have VAN BRUNT and KEN
TUCKY DRILLS, slightly dam
aged by flood water at BARGAIN
PRICES.
KARL L. BEACH
LEXINGTON, ORE.
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('"""'ViMiMsasaasawss
Mm. Gertrude Seltx of La Belle,
Fla., I" a woman of action. When
her husband took May Lawrence
riiling the followed them in an
other car. While hubby left camp
to fetch water, Mrs. Seitz hand
School Days
Are Here
N'
Now is the time to
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for your winter
needs
TUM-A-LUM
LUMBER CO.
Heppner, Lexington, Inn
OW is the time
to get your boy
fitted up with one
of our Oregon City
Woolen Mills All
Wool, Two Pants
Suits; they look well
after one year of
wear.
Thomson Brothers
Fourth Annual
HEPPNER
oJin fin ngu n
G U J U J u
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Heppner, Oregon
SEPTEMBER
24-5-6
Bucking Content -:- Steer Roping
FasT; Racing of All Kinds
Many Special Entertainment and.
Amusement Features
Good Prizes for All Events
All School Children Admitted to
Grounds Free on Friday, the 25th
Morrow County Grain Show
Cash Prizes for Threshed Samples of Commer
cially Grown Grain and Variety Specials.
The Rodeo Grounds Will Be In
Better Condition Than Ever Be
fore, and Plans Are Made to In
sure the Comfort of the Spectators
& Dance Each Night
cuffed the affinity, took her to
town end had her arrested.