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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1925. E. C. MILLER FAMILY PRESIDENT COOUDGE AGAIN ASKS FOR GOLDEN RULE OBSERVANCE U. 0. GRADUATES MAY NOW TEACH IN CALIFORNIA iy -3- r-ri All Ten Children. With Their Families Gather Harvey Miller Place. Oregon School Placed on Parity With University of California and Stanford University. iwnrnmnwftiW' PAGE FOUR Your Fall HatVhich Will You Have? f? - . J 1 I .. JMkw i i w v IX,. .v&a i A rare ocr ion. indrcd, wri the rjiihMMif fif the fnmiiy of E. C. Mil- kr at the Harvey MiUvr place florin rat of Lexington on Sunday in reunion of the Miller famiiy. The ten children, all living, were present, with their children, also one niece and her family, beside tome mviUic irue!. particular friends of the fam iry. Rev. E. C. Alford arid wife of the Methodist Community church at Heppner, ho have been intimate fnends of the family for more than twenty years, mere among these lat ter a- specially invited guests. The reunion was a spiendid success, and a number of the children travelled far tc be preent and enjoy the splen did feast nd flow of soul. Those present were: The father, E. C. Miller, of Salem; A. F. Beards ley and wife, Cora Miller Beardsley, a:.d daughter Coralee: Edwin Harvey Miller, Clara Miller, Florence Miller. Karl Miller and wife, Edith tRair.ey) Miller: John J. Miller and wife, Lor- ena Wricht Miller; Bertha Miller. Ed ward Miller and wife. Galena Miller, and daughter Delma; Marlowe Miller. Merle Miller; J. E. Edland and wife. Marion E. Edland, and daughter Mar ion; J. 0. Turner, Virginia E. Tur ner, E. C. Alford and Ethel M. Al ford. The daughter, Florence, who has been enfaped as assistant to the pas tor of the Methodist church at Spring field, UU end now returned to Bloom ington, 111., was borne for the occa sion. She was toast mistress, and the hour after dinner was given to speeches and reminiscences, and then Mr. Miller, standing as a patriarch at the head of the table addressed the children as follows: "Dear Children: I have looked for ward to this occasion for a long time. This is the first time in many years we have all been together at one time. 1 know it has meant a sacrifice for us to meet together at this time, but the pride and pleasure I take in having you all with me, sure ly makes me more grateful to God for His protecting care and guid ance, "There are few families that num ber as many as we, who have been left together as father and children. There was only a short time of nine teen months that the twelve of us were permitted to live together. The one we all loved most, left us. It should be with devout reverence that we all stand in silence before her likeness here. iThe company rose and stood at attention before the por trait) I want you to pledge your selves to follow in the way she start ed your little feet and hearts to go. (A prayer of dedication was offered.) "But I am not unmindful of the fact that you older girls took up the duty your mother was called to leave You were truly MOTHER to the younger children, and a comfort to me. In a few years each one began to take up your own responsibilities. Ton have learned life is fraught with disappointments, and sometimes with bereavements. But think of the honey bee. Do as she does. She is always working at the right time, and gathers only the sweets. So gather out of life only that which makes happy. 'Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shait say, I have no pleasure in them.' Eccl. 12:1. "We are want to recall many little incidents of our home life some hu morous, some serious some very serious, perhaps, to your bodies. Well, I must say it always hurt me more than it did you- I never could quite see the full force of the saying. 'spare the rod and spoil the child.' but it was always a pleasure for me to work and provide for you. It al ways did me good to see you eome to the table with a healthy appetite. The food was not always what I should liked to hare given you. bat it al ways seemed to agree with you. Da vid said, 'I have been young and grown old, but I have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor their seed hegging bread So all the way our Divine Father has led the way, and provided. As I look back today there are some things that I regret. I always wanted to be a good father to you but I can see many points where I have utterly failed; but I shall think we are to be judged by our mo tives instead of by the deeds. This, it is possible and very probable, is the last time we shall be together as we are today. We regret the absence of mother this day who has taken the place of your mother. So my wish for you all if, as Jesus prayed when he was about to be taken away, fJno. 17:15) 'I pray not that thou shouldst Uke them out of the world, but that thou shouldnt keep them from evil. , . r Sanctify them through the truth; thy word is truth. And for their sakes 1 sanctify myself that they alfo may be sanctified through the truth.' I do not pray for you my children alone, but for all of your? that shall come after you. "So let us all live that when the roll is called up yonder we will be there to spend our endess eternity in the pretence of the Lord where there is fullness of joy. My best wish for each of you is a very useful and happy life here, and then Life Eter nal at God's right hand." Contributed. Fresident Coolidge, in a letter to Near East Relief, endroses plans for the third observance of Golden Rule Sunday on December 6. In giving his endorsement the Pres dent acknowledged the receipt of re ports showing that last year fifty countries observed the day and that sixty-five are expected to participate this year. The President aided in this observance. The purpose of the day is to promote international good will, in general, and specifically to focus attention upon the needs of war and famine orphans in the Near East. On Golden Rule Sunday people are asked to serve the menu of a Near East Relief orphanage in their homes nd then to contribute as their means permit to relief work among the chil dren. The President's letter follows: "The reports of the observance of International Golden Rule Sunday last year in fifty countries, and its far-reaching results in the training of orphans in the Near East have been of great interest to me. This expres sion of brotherhood inevitably has a beneficial influence upon those who give as well as those who receive. "As practical help is the best pression of friendship, I feel that the aid which we may give out of our, prosperity to those impoverished by war may be of the irtmost value in the promotion of international good will. The consistent observance of Golden Rule Sunday cannot but help to bring about the application of the Golden Rule itself to the misunder standings of nations and of individ uals. 'I earnestly hope that the voluntary observance of this day may become increasingly prevalent in the homes of America and throughout the world." University of Oregon, Eugene, September 9. The work of the Uni versity of Oregon in the training of secondary school teachers will qual ify graduates for instructorships in the high schools of California on the same basis as those who receive the necessary prescribed training in Stanford University or the University of California, according to an an nouncement made here today. The acceptance of Oregon degrees for certification in California schools on a parity with the southern state's own higher institutions of learning ia regarded as signal recognition of the work here, according to the Ore gon administrative committee. Ore gon officials received notice of the new ruling from the California Btate department of education. Oregon students who desire to qualify for California teaching posi tions will take five years of collegiate work, as high school teachers in Cal ifornia must have the master's, as well as the bachelor's degree. A still further equalization of : scholarship standards among the University of Oregon, Stanford, and California will be brought about this fall by the refusal of the Eugene in stitution to admit to the freshman class any non-resident student who is not qualified for admission to the state university of his own state. To date, forty of the forty-three rejections of non-residents who have filed their credentials with the Uni versity of Oregon for admission to the fall term, have been due to this rule. The rule was adopted by the faculty because it was found that non-residents in the past who made mediocre or poor records were stu dents who could not have been ad mitted to full standing in the lead ing institution of their own state. Despite the $150 non-resident fee, number of out-of-state students seek entrance in the educational in stitutions of Oregon. The University of Oregon, to protect its scholastic standards, will enforce the new rule henceforth, although it will mean a reduction in the normal freshman en rollment. Non-residents in question are still eligible to other institutions in the state. JR M T ill' ! Above, three stunning American designed models, two of felt and the third of velvet ' and ribbon. Below, the Paris designed chapeaux, showing the attempt to bring back the picturesque motit. ODD FELLOWS TO BE IN PORTLAND IN BIG NUMBERS BUCKS y()U SALE. Pur bred nd reg iBlered Hamp Bhir and Lincoin yi-arlnigs. All in nrt elait condition. For particulars rail or write, T. f. BOYLEN, Pen rileton, Oregon. ATTENTION CHANGERS. I hnvp at my ranch on Rood Hill, at. out 1000 aacka of fortyfold wheat. If you art inlereiled, eome early for your need. J'rice $1.75 per buahel at ranch. GEO. BURNSIDE. M'OTLIGHT STOLEN. Noticei It ia known who entered 11. y icaraife and removed the apotUirht from my Hupmobila car; if it is re turned there will be nothlnr aaid or done; if not, the party will be prose cuted. MRS. B. r. SWAGGART. FtlK HAIK-li 2-year-old Hamp shire rams; also 1 fresh milch eowa. W. H. Cleveland, phone 8FU Heppner. FOR KM. E Tickling cucumbers; phone Main HQS. Visitors From All Over Country Will Attend Grand Lodge, September 21 to 25. The Odd Fellows of Oregon are to entertain many train loads of eastern visitors at Sovereign Grand Lodge which meets in Portland September 21-25, 1925. Although the gathering will be held in Portland, and the 7,000 members of the Order in that city are directly handling the big conven tion, yet the task falls upon the. whole state and every mmeber of the order is contributing toward the entertain ment fund, which will aggregate near ly $50,000. The city of Portland is contributing $20,000 out of their combined convention fund which wat subscribed early in the year to han dle some sixteen major conventions which were to meet in the city of Portland during the season. The Odd Fellows are one of the largest, if not the largest, fraternal organizations in the world, and this is a world gathering. The Grand Sire of Australasia will be present to represent that section. There will be several thousand from the Prov inces of Canada, where there are many flourishing Odd Fellow lodges. A number of states of the east are sending special train loads, there be ing three special trains from Chicago. One is termed the Odd Fellow Spec ial, and will carry the Grand Sire Herbert A. Thompson, and hia ataff of officers, with a number of the del egates from that part of the country. Another is the Rebekah Special which will convey the President of the Re bekah Assemblies, Myrtle W. Tandy, and some two hundred representatives to the Association of Rebekah As semblies. There will also be a Hoo- sier State Special, conducted by the Odd Fellows of Indiana, and several carloads from Washington, D. C, which ia the home of E. W. Brad ford, Deputy Grand Sire of the Sov ereign Grand Lodge. One of the big eastern delegations will be from the state of Pennsylvania. Pennaylvania has more Odd Fellow Lodgea than any other state in the country. Potts town, Pennsylvania, will aend a car load with much regalia. They have an excellent Degree Staff, and are expecting to carry off the priiei all three degrees of the Encampment branch. The major part, however, of thi membership that will be in attend ance will be from the three atates of Washington, Idaho and Oregon. Ida ho ia sending in a number of degree teams and putting on several floats. They expect to have headquarters in Portland during the big gathering and entertain all visitors and friends in true western apirit In the name of that jurisdiction. Washington which is taking advantage of the place of the gathering of Sovereign Grand Lodge this year, will likely have nearly as many visitors in Port land as the state of Oregon. They have over 60,000 membera of the or der in Washnigton, while Oregon has but 43,000 members. There will be a number of special trains from dif ferent parts of Washington, and at least a half dozen different eounties in Oregon are contempksting charter ing special trains for their mem Ben Tillamook and Clatsop counties were among the first to plan for a special train. However, the great bulk of the members in Oregon and Washing ton will attend by auto. There are five arterial paved highways leading into Portland; two from tne aouth being the East Side and Weat Side highways; the Columbia highway which extends from the Pacific ocean on the west to The Dalles on the east, and ia in excellent condition clear through the east; and the north ern highway which cornea from the Canadian border. from Transcona, Manitoba, which is near Winnipeg. There will also be degree teams from Vancouver, B C, Seattle, Bellingham, and a number of northern cities. Detroit, Michi gan, is sending a Rebekah team with the hope of capturing the first prize in putting on the Rebekah degree. J1ST DIVISION TO MEET. Portland, Ore., Sept. 8 Veterans of hte 91st Division who reside in this city are making great prepara. tions for the Sixth Annual reunion of their old combat organization, which will be held in Portland on Septem ber 25, 26 and 27. Hundreds of men who served with the famous Wild West division, from the state of Cal ifornia, Washington, WTyoming, Ida ho, Utah, Montana, Nevada and Ore gon, are expected to attend. Among the veterans of note who will gather with their comrades are: Major General William H. Johnston, former division commander, and Col. John H. (Gatling Gun) Parker. The three days of the reunion will be featured by banquets and other forms of entertainment. The convention dates have a spec ial significance in that they fall up on the opening days of the great Meu3e-Argonne drive in 1918 when the 91st Division started its offensive and won for itself the record of be ing the first American Unit to take its objective in the first phase of the Argonne and the first to penetrate the Von Hindenburg line. Proving That Hasty Criticism Is Unwise In "My Book of Memory," Youth's Companion tells us, Mr. Silas Hocking, the English novel ist, repeats an amusing story con cerning Dr. W. B. Pope, once a fa mous Wesleyan professor of the ology, and of his son Sam. The son was preparing for the bar. Occasionally he tried his 'prentice hand at preaching the gospel In village chapels. One Sun day morning his father said to him: "Sam, I'm not feeling at all well today. You will have to preach for me this morning." Sam demurred. The father In sisted, and suggested that he had two hours to make a sermon, and if he could not do It In that time he was not fit to be a barrister. Sam went away to the study. Then he wont off to the chapel. Unknown to him, his father fol lowed and found a sent hidden be hind the pulpit. He heard the sermon and then hastened home again. "Well, Snni," said he on his son's return, "I've heard you preach, and a poor thing you have made of it. I thought you could do better than that." "You think the sermon whs not very good?" the son inquired. "Good?" the old man replied. "I think It was one of the worst ser mons I have listened to!" "Well, father," said Sain, "I thought It was a poor thing my self, but I turned over u big pile In your study, and It was the best I could find." wife Has Her Own Way North Do you let your have her own way? West Absolutely. And when It comes to ruin 1 let it rain, and when It wants to snow I let it snow. American Thresheruian. Not Wanted Bobby Mom said our baby came from heaven, but he acts like h came from the other place. Elsie Mebbe that's why thej wouldn't let him stay In heaven. to discussing trie merits of flie vari ous clowns they had seen. Said one, summing up her Impres sions: "But I think I like Mr. Buck best of them all such a nice clow n ! There's nothing vulgar about him he never makes you luugh." Throw Hats at Candidates The word "hetman" Is a title given to the commander In chief of the Cossacks, annually chosen from among their number. The process of selection offers a contrast to the American custom of figuratively throwing one's hat In the ring as a sign of willingness to accept the nomination to office. Among the CossackB It was the custom while In assembly to throw their fur caps at the candidates for whom they voted, and the one receiving the greatest number was declared elected. Baltimore Sun. 17BZGLEYS Belief Seems Justified A Greenville (Me.) newspaper says that It Is a very old Indian tradition that all the bull moose of eastern and northern Maine make Journeys to the west shores of Moosehead lake at the close of the year for the purpose of casting their antlers. "Though the story has passed for fiction among the residents, there are not a few old hunters and woodsmen who believe It, and relate tales about the abundance of moose antlers among the maple woods 25 miles north of this village." Left-Handed Compliment Stories about clowns are In vogue. One concerning Bill Buck, a fa mous clown of half a lifetime ago, would have delighted that artist of the flour paste countenance. Two old ladles, standing In a nneiie for the pit of a theater, fpll as y A A PTE EVERY Probably one reason for the popularity of WRIGLF.VS is that it lasts so long and returns such great dividends for so small an outlay. It keeps teeth clean, breath sweet, appetite keen, digestion good. Fresh and full-flavored always wax -wrapped package In its When you are ready to seed, don't forget the new SUPERIOR DRILL WITH THE ALEMITE OILING SYSTEM We have both the Superior and Kentucky Drills in both disc and hoe, also the Rotary Rod Weedcr, which is sure to get all the weeds. You will surely save money by buying a new drill instead of using an old one that does poor work, and you know it does not pay to plant yur seed on weedy ground. Gilliam & Bisbee WHEAT FARMERS MAY MAKE THEIR DUSTING MACHINE O. A. C. Bulletin Describes Home Made Inexpensive Copper Car bonate Treating Machine. Oregon wheat growers may mako their own machine for dusting seed wheat with copper carbonate for smut, by sending to O. A. C, for ex tension bulletin 381. Dusting has proved much better than the wet method under Oregon conditions, and the dust needs to be put on more thoroughly than can be done by shoveling over the dust and grain. The machine described by the col lege bulletin is made out of a 50 -gallon oil drum or barrel, obtained at a nearby garage or oil station, v ith six feet of water pipe and a few screws, pieces of wood, washers and the like. A farmer with a farm tool house or shop can readily make it all, while any handy man can put it all together but cutting threads for elbows on the pipe, which he can get done at the time he orders the pipe. Two bushels of grain can be treat ed at a time in a machine made from a 50-gallon drum. Treated in thi. way the seed grain may be used im mediately, or stored any length of time till weather or labor conditions make seeding feasible. No grain Is injured, it germinates and grows as well at untreated grain, and no more need be planted than is needed .to make the crop. In liquid treatment that swells the grain and often dam ages the germs, the rate of seeding has to be greater than is needed for a good stand where all the seeds come up. The dust must be made to cover every part of the grain with adequate protection, which means that the dust must be of the right quality and kind, and In the finest form. Only two ounces of copper carbonate dust are needed to each bushel of seed. The dust Is injurious to the lung and should not be breathed. With the college type of machine, from 15 to 40 bushels of seed may be treated in an hour. FOR SALE Good residence prop erty in Heppner. Two-story house, good bam, chicken house, wood shed; A Kebekah degree team Is coming a lots. Terms, Bee Sam Hughes, EE $m$ T ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? T ? ? ? .? ? t ? ? ? ? ? y ? t Y ? ? ? ? ? T ? T . Vanity Cases Used 3000 B. C. Scientific excavations in the ancient city of Kish, so we are told by a news dispatch, shows that women car ried vanity cases forty-nine centuries ago. Why did not the luxuries of that old civilization spread to the rest of the world? Why were the delicate and pleasure-giving things of life buried and hidden away for so many ages? Without the printed word, information could hardly be spread to other countries and the knowledge of events and things could scarcely be preserved. Today, if a bet ler rug is produced in Kurdistan, it is sono advertised for sale in American newspapers. If a better necklace is made in China, a printed advertisement will shortly de scribe it and quote the price on the other side of the globe. Advertising publishes the secrets of good things from one end of America to the other. The newest and best products of forty-eight states are told about, fully and truthfully, wherever the public press is read. Read the advertisements and you keep from being buried like Kish. ? ? ? T ? ? ? T t ADVERTISEMENTS TELL YOU WHAT IS BEST TO BUY WHERE TO GET IT AND WHAT TO PAY FOR IT ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t ? ? ? y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y T y y y y y y y HARVEST SI QALS Bring in a list of sup plies needed for HARVEST and get our prices. Let us have a chance to figure with you. Maybe we can save you money. We have a good line of Harvest SHOES for men and boys. Leather and Canvas Gl o v e s, Oshkosh Overalls and Coveralls. Malcolm D.Clark NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY YOUR 1 LUMBER 1 H Rough lumber, at mill ... $1 5.00 per M Shiplap, at mill $19.00 per M 1 No. 1 Rustic, at mill ... . $30.00 per M 1 No. 2 Rustic, at mill .... $25.00 per M 1 I No. 1 Finish, at mill .... $35.00 per M 1 I No. 2 Finish, at mill .... $30.00 per M g H Flooring, at mill $35.00 per M 1 H Will deliver in truck-load lots of 1500 feet or H more at Heppner for $6.00 per M. 2 16-Inch Pine Wood, at mill, $4.00 Cord 1 Pyle & Grimes I Parkers Mill, Oregon fil