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The Gazette-Times PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 42, Number 41. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 1925. Subscripion $2.00 Per Year 100 Per Cent Attendance Present at Pendleton For Two Days. INSTRUCTORS GOOD Mr. Walker, Superintendent, Praise ' Loyalty of School Force; Resolution Adopted. . Th two-day annual institute of Morrow and Umatilla counties was held in the high school at Pendleton last Monday and Tuesday. There wer 360 teachers present, showing a full attendance from the districts of both counties, with the exception of a few teachers who were 111 and oth ers from joint districts who erident ly were attending Institute in a near er county. In planning the Joint Institute, su perintendents Walker and Yeagor had secured the best speakoia and in structors available in the state to appear before their teachers; and al though they were rather pressed for time by having only two days, they feel highly gratifled with the success of their efforts to make the insti tute profitable. The O. S. T. A. committees from both counties report that they will have the usual 100 membership this year, a fact which shows the true professional spirit of the teachers in the two counties. At the close of the last general session on Tuesday afternoon, the following resolutions offered by the joint resolutions committee were adopted. 1. Be is resolved that we, the teach ers of Morrow and Umatilla counties, being in institute assembled, do here by express our thanks to the citizens and the board of education of the city of Pendleton for the manifold courtesies shown us while in attend ance at this meeting. We also de sire especially to express our thanks to th following: County School Su perintendents Mrs. Helen M. Walker and Mr. J. A. Yeager for arranging this joint institute and for their ef forts on our behalf; the various speakers for the messagea and in spiration they have brought to us; th press and th basinets men of Pendleton for the hearty cooperation they have extended to us. 2. Feeling that the concensus of opinion among the teachers of the two counties is that the work of the bureau of Publio Health should be stressed, we express ourselves in fa vor of greater attention to this im portant phase of our life in the pub lie schools. 8. Realizing the great work the Oregon State Teachers' Association has done for the teachera of the state we wish to go on record as favoring a one hundred per cent membership in that organization by the teachers of both counties; and inasmuch as affiliation with some professional or ganisation marks the progressive teacher, we also wish to announce ourselves in favor of membership on the part of all teachers in the Nation al Educational Association. 4. Feeling that the welfare of the country would be benefitted by the educational bill now pending in Con gress we recommend that this bill be given the hearty and unanimous sup port of all teachers, and that the con gressmen from the various sections of the state be acquainted with the sen timent of the teachera in this respect. 5. We desire to call the attention of all educators as well as all teach ers in the stste to the fact thst no normal schools exist east of the Cas cades; we feel that the educational needs of the state could be better served by means of another normal school, and recommend that, as soon as funds are available, a normal school bs erected in the eastern part of the state. 6. Inasmuch as the Morrow county teachers have made the trip to Pen dleton this year, simple justice would indicate that next year a joint instl tute should be held at Hcppner, and for this reason your committee goes on record as favoring auch a meeting next year. 7. Every member .of the teaching profession not only in this institute but in the state of Oregon as well, has had opportunity to know of the splendid work that Superintendent Churchill has done for education In th state. We, therefore, take this opportunity, near the close of his work, to thank him and to extend our congratulations to him as he enters upon his new labors. Auxiliary Benefit Party Was Pleasing Affair To help provide luxuries and some necessities for th disabled veterans In Hospital 77 In Portland, Heppner unit, American Legion auxiliary, last night conducted one of th nicest social affairs of the season. The party, held in Hotel Hcppner dining room, was attended by nearly a nun dred townspeople, and bridge and five hundred wer the games of the evening. Prize winners for bridge were, ladies first, Mrs. Osmin Hager; gentlemen first, Dr. F. K. Farrlor; ladlos consolation, Mrs. Karl Earns worth; gentlemen consolation, AV. E Moore. In the five hundred Miss Doris McMurdo and Albert Adklns won first and Miss Charlotte Brown and Harvey llnuman received the con solution prizes. Following th piny appropriate re freihments of pumpkin pie and coffee were served. As a result of the party the Iocs auxiliary will have a nice fund to send to th state department for -the purpose of disabled veteran re lief work. MORROW BOY LIVES UP TO PREDICTIONS FEW ye are ago Lexington high school football team had dashing back, who was the terror or neppi.ei' ana other opposing i -4sx learns. 11 was I then predicted mi m tnt Dallas f, W Ward ever went S. t c11bT w jmm $ would make a sr 'j( name for hlm- iNrt ,eif- Tht p"- 4lL ? -"V-s diction has come true. UZZ3ZmuM Dallas is play- UALLAS WARD ing end for the ft (th ting Beavers from Oregon Ag ricultural college. In fact this is his second year in that berth. But not until the Stanford game last Saturday had Dallas been much heard from. Now, since tearing off a 65-yard run after receiving a forward pass in the Stanford game his name ia on the lips of all Pa cific coast fandom. Watch th is former Morrow county boy gol LOCAL NEWS ITEMS J. L. Carter of Portland arrived in Heppner on Wednesday evening and is having a visit with his brother-in- law, Joseph Rector, today. Mr. Car ter is an old-time schoolmaster of uhe eastern Oregon and eastern Washing ton section. When the editor of this paper was a very small kid, Mr. Car ter had charge of the public school at Waitsburg, and he quite well re members what an onery, freckled- faced youngster we were. This is our first meeting in more than 50 years, and we certainly enjoyed the short visit had as it was somewhat like reading a page from ancient history. Mr. Carter was superintendent of Union county in former years and has a daughter living at La Grande, whom he will visit on this trip. Sixteen shooters gathered at the Buschke place on Rhea creek last Thursday afternoon and contended for the fine young beef that was put up as the prize. Chas. La to u re 1 1 won first choice, taking a quarter, and Adam Knoblock got the hide and tallow. Some fine records at shoot ing were made, rifles being used at blind targets. Latourell just cut the edge of the center of the cross on his board under the card. Dr. A. H. Johnston returned Wed nesday evening from a short visit to Portland, being accompanied to the city on Tuesday by Mrs. C. E. Woodson. Stopping off at The Dalles, Dr. Johnston visited his patients at the hospital there, and reports that both Mrs. D. M. Ward and Mrs. Dean Goodman are getting along well, mak- ng rapid improvement Mrs. L. B. Devine is arranging to leave Heppner on Saturday, her des tination being Los Angeles, where she expects to remain for the winter at least, and should she like it there, will make her home permanently in the southern city. Mrs. Devine ex pects to visit at Seattle and Port land for a short time before leaving for the south. Gay M. Anderson and fsmily re turned Tuesday from a visit with relatives at Portland and Vancouver, Wash. Mr. Anderson went down in time to take in the big football game at Portland on Saturday, and he pronounces the Oregon-California scrap an exhibition of football play ing welt worth traveling miles to see. Mr. and Mm. Juke Bortrer of Hood River have been guests during the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tash in this city. E. S. Duran and E. Nordyke were prominent Lexington residents in Heppner on Friday. U V t. r..A I. .nanlinn a, ,Ar1 time in Portland this week, enjoying VIBll WIVI1 IIIVIIUB, Mr. and Mrs. George Krebs were Cecil residents in Hcppner yesterday. Students Get Grades; Juniors Make Candy Report cards were given to all stu dents in the school this week. Mr Smith. Marvin Gemmell and John Turner gave out cards to the high school students Wednesday noon as they passed out to lunch. On acocunt of the games and the institute there will be only one night of football practice this week. This will come on Thursday. The football boys left for Bend last Friday morning at 7:30. There were four cars in the group. A few rooters, mostly girls, gave the team a send-off which made up In volume for what it lacked in numbers. Ethel Moore led the yells. Duck Lee, student manager, has received some paper megaphones which he will give out to rootera in time for the next game here. The Junior class had a candy-making party at the home of Joy Erwin last Thursday. Contrary to cuatom none of the candy was stolen and there was a largo amount for the sale the next day. The Sophomore and Junior English classes have received oopies of the Classics which they are to study. ThtJ Sophomores will read Coleridge's "Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner," and the Juniors Shakespeare's "Julius Caosnr." Strayed away from Pendleton Sheep Co.'a Pint City ranch, 2 bay mare mules, branded B on left shoulder. Liberal reward, Notify H. L. Pear son or Tom Boylen, Jr, STRENGTH OF HEPPNER TEAM SURPRISES BEND Lumberjacks Barely Win With 6-7 Score; Aiken Made Long Run for Heppner's Points. After journeying over 200 miles to the far off city of Bend the day be fore, the Heppner high school foot ball team played the high school of that city to the close score of 6-7 last Saturday, Bend winning by a converted kick for goal. The Hcrfp ner boys made the trip by automo bile, returning home Sunday. According to reports which the boys brought home, Bend was greatly surprised at the strength of their op ponents, and believed themselves for tunate to get the long end of the score. An O. A. C. scout who saw the game Is credited with the state ment that the Heppner team had the most perfect interference he had wit nessed in a high school team this year. Paul Aiken made Heppner's lone touchdown, racing 65 yards to the goal line after recovering a fumbled ball. Many times the locals marched within scoring distance of their op ponent's goal, only to lose the ball on a fumble or intercepted pass,- it is stated. Jim Stout, local half back, is reported to have torn great holes in the Bend line almost every time he took the ball. Two of the locals, Earl Merritt and Leonard Schwarz, were injured, Earl being forced out of the game for this reason. Although Leonard finished the game, it is said he suffered quite serious after ef fects. Heppner's boys believe they should have won the game, but have nothing but praise to offer for the way they were treated at the hands of the Bend school. No return game has been scheduled, but the locals would like to bring the Bend team here to get another try at them. Officers Take Still; Man Is Fined $400 Sheriff McDuffee and W. F. Hos kias, assisted by several other state prohibition officers, located a still near the ranch of Frank McCabe in McDonald canyon this week, and on Wednesday afternoon the equipment for . manufacturing moonshine was brought to Heppner, Mr. McCabe be ing also in charge of the officers. Upon being brought before Justice Cornett, McCabe admitted he had been making some moonshine. He was confronted with a charge of hav ing taken off a run of liquor just prior to the Heppner Rodeo, but he would not admit the ownership of the still csptured by the officers. Up on the plea he made, Justice Cornett assessed a fine of $400 and McCabe was released, the officers deciding not to push the other charges against him providing he desisted from further violation of the Volstead act. H. S. Conference Is Set For Dec. 4 and 5 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oct. 27. Dates for the annual conference of Oregon high school editors, stu dent body presidents and secretaries, when hundreds of tudenU from all parts of the state meet here to dis cuss their problems, have been an nounced for December 4 and 5. Carl Dahl of Portland has been ap pointed general chairman of the sixth annual meeting by Walter Malcolm, siuaeni ooay presiuenv. , Although the program has not been announced, the general meeting of th. three group, will be held, at which time Dean H. D. Sheldon will represent the University faculty an I J Malcolm the students in speeches ot welcome. Then tha groups will ad journ to separate meetings to con sider their individual questions. Round table discussions between students and faculty will feature the editors' conference. Such questions editing high school newspspers and annuals, methods of financing publications, advertising problems, and writing news will be discussed. Experts will give advice on how to manage publications. Organisation methods, debating and athletics, will be outstanding topits for consideration by the Associstion of High School Student Body Officers. Tha program also includes a banquet, style show, a musical and teas. Rhea Luper Is Named To Attend Conference Salem, Oct, 28. Rhea Luper, state engineer, has been delegated by Gov ernor Pierce to attend a conference in Washington, D. C December 11 and 12, called by Ellwood Meade, com missioner of tha reclamation service. Reclamation policies, particularly with reference to western and south em states, will be discussed, and the problem of settlement will be con sidered at length. The government has had a policy of withholding money for develop ment until soma arrangements of state aid in settlement has been made, but dissatisfaction of the states with this policy has led to the calling of the conference. Correspondence be tween Governor Pierca and Dr. Meade rotative to the Warm Springs proj act near Vale, In which Meade want ed a guaranteo of atata aid In set tlement, which waa not definitely promised by Pierce, waa instrumental in tha calling of tha conference For Sale 100 sacks forty fold send wheat; also 3 Lincoln bucks. Alex Green, at ranch, Eight Mile, FOR A CALM AND PEACEFUL OCT. 31st WISCONSIN HAS EFFECTIVE LAW FOR PRODUCTS Department of Markets Has Great Power; Standards and Labels Established by Department. By STATE MARKET AGENT. Wisconsin has th roost comprehen sive standardizing and labelling; law of all states, under which the Depart ment of Markets has the power to establish standards and labels for ANY food or farm product, and it ap plies to all products PACKED in the state. Further, the Department is given a power unparalleled in the legislation of any state, the power to prohibit unfair methods of competi tion in business and to prescribe just methods. In this way it has more power than the federal trade commis sion. Under these laws the state pro duces and markets 70 per cent of the cheese of the whole United States; it has shipped 9,000,000 bushels of potatoes outside the state; it has produced and marketed 60 per cent of the peas of the whole country all under strict grades and labelling. No state in tha Union has such a general standardization act, and in the sev eral court cases the Department has not lost a case. Wisconsin producers not only go as far as private corpor ations, but lead them. They organize for farmer profits. Loose Wheat Guessing. Government estimates placed the wheat crop of western Canada at 875,- 000,000 bushels. Now comes the North western Grain Dealers Association with an estimate of 25,000,000 bush els more an enormous difference. . , , , '"" . - ,P "f . 1. 84.265,000 bushel .. wh.le , last J"" herf.,w" Uta' '578A -- "J- " gon 19,382,000, Idaho 27,976,000 bush els. Big Spud Yield In Oregon Oregon's potato yield this year is reported 83 per cent of normal, with an increase of 1,188,000 bushels over last year, while in the United States this year's production is estimated at over 100,000,000 bushels below 1924 The big decrease is in the far east and the middle west and may not have much effect on the coast. Are Farmers Prospering? Big and little newspapers of the country are in unison proclaiming that prosperity is returning to agri culture and that farmers are now in the position they were before the war. State Market Agent Spencc says that under the present economic system he does not see how it is possible for general prosperous agricultural conditions except for a very small proportion, and that the instances) they cite are special producers, picked : here and there isolated instances of the few who have made money, "High overhead expenses and low returns are what hold the farmers down' says the Market Agent, "and both of these conditions are beyond his con trol. There are profits made on Hour ly all farm products, many of them, but they are nearly all made after they leave the farmers' hands they are made by the middle-handling in terests who fix the prices to both the farmer and consumer. The average farmer today is in about the same position of the small manufacturer, who mnnot compete with the big cor porations, and who has to sell his goods at cost or abandon the plant. COMPLETE9 UNIVERSITY COURSE University of Oregon, Eugene, Oct. 27. One Hcppner student. Miss Eliza beth Phelps, has completed a cor respondence study course in the uni versity. Miss Phelps studied Teach ing Principles, That the people of Oregon are making increasingly good use of the correspondence courses Is indicated by the fact that comple tions of courses thus far in 1925 show a gain of approximately 40 por cent over last year. Wheat Nurseries Are Planted in This County On October 21 and 22 winter grain nurseries were planted by the County Agent and 8. B. Bayles, in charge of nursery work at the Moro Station. These nurseries were put in on the Harry Schriever place northeast of Lexington and on the Lawrence Red ding place at Eight Mile. The same varieties were planted at each place except that fifty special head selec tions of fortyfold were put in in the Eitfiu Mile nursery. In addition to these, next Spring, twenty-three spring wheats, four spring oats, two spring flax and seven varieties of spring barley will be planted. The following is a list of winter wheats planted at each place: Turkey x Bearded Minnesota No. 48; Turkey, Selection 889-5; Argentine (Turkey Red); Turkey, Selection 1571C, pur ple straw; Ridit; two selections of Turkey r Florence; Kharkov; Hybrid 128 x White Odessa; four selections of Hybrid 128 x White Odessa; three selections of white-kerneled Turkey wheat; Eanred; Blackhull; New Turk (beardless Turkey); Kan red x Mar quis; Triplet; Triplet Brown Chaff Selection; Fortyfold. Bluestem, Fed eration, Early Acadia x Hard Feder ation; Fortyfold x Federation; Forty Jenkins Club; Little Club; Hybrid 63; Hybrid 143; Hybrid 128, and four selections of Fortyfold x Hybrid 128. A large number of the above wheats are new wheats, very resistant to smut, some of them having shown ex ceptional promise during the past two years. The following winter barleys were planted in each nursery: White Club, Alaska, two selections of Ten nessee Winter, Pidor, Han River, and two selections of Wisconsin Winter. One of the selections of Wisconsin Winter was obtained from the Ex periment Station at Pullman, Wash ington, the oth'er coming from the Department of Agriculture Experi ment Station at Arlington, Virginia. GRANGE MEETS AT 1RRIGON. Umatilla District Pomona Grange No. 26 met at Irrigon October 17. Sub ordinate granges from Milton, Free- water, Stanfield, Umatilla, Boardman, Irrigon and Rhea Creek were repre sented at the meeting. At the after noon session Governor Walter M. Pierce addressed the meeting on tax ation. Governor Pierce urged farm ers to keep their organisations to gether. He also discussed taxation matters, strongly advocating the state Income tax. A. R. Shumway, repre sentative in the legislature from Umatilla and Morrow counties, and C. J. Hurd, extension marketing spec ialist from the Oregon Agricultural College, spoke briefly on general farm conditions. Seventeen candidates were initiated into Pomona grange at the evening Besslon. Dinner and sup per were served by Irrigon grange. HALLOWE'EN PARTY AT CHl'RCH. A Hallowe'en party will be given on tomorrow, Friday evening, at the parlors of the Christian church, fori the members and friends of the church. The ladies are making prep arations for a good time and expect to mnke this a general got-topether meeting of the church. Members are requested to bring sufficient pump kin pie for themselves, family and one other person. VEUY UliGE ECG DISPLAYED. Win, Huylor has on display in hia window a very large epg. He picked this up while in the country on Sun day, It is from the farm of J. E. Copenhaver of Sand Hollow, waa laid by a S. C. whita tninorca and mea sures around the middle 6 and 7-8 inches and around from end to end, 8 5-8 hiches. Can you beat it? BAZAAK DATE 19 SET. The Willing Workers ot the Chris tian church are preparing to hold their annual basaar and salo of use ful articles of sewtins; and fancy work, and the date set Is Saturdny December (th, at th, church parlors. By A. B. CHAPIN Lexington Takes Athena In Hand Next Sunday On last Sunday at Arlington the Lexington town team defeated the team of the Arlington Athletic club in a good game of football by a score of three to nothing. There were some spectators present from Athena at this game, and after some consul tation they decided that a game was wanted by their team with Lexing ton. This game is arranged to take place on th Lexington field next Sunday afternoon. The Lexington team is a pretty strong aggregation, made up largely of the boys who formerly be longed to the high school team, and it is understood the average weight of the line-up is around 170 pounds. If Athena has anything like as strong a showing, the game on Sunday should be a good one. Good frame building, 20 x 60 for rent; suitable for workshop or stor age. Inquire Gonty Shoe Store. Made in Italy and Algiers in the actual settings of F. MARION CRAWFORD'S Famous Novel You'll laugh, weep and stand up and cheer over Lil lian Gish in this immortal love story of love that was tried in the fires of passion. YOU'LL SEE The' volcano Vesuvius in actual eruption, belching tons of lava over the Italian countryside The bursting of a great reservoir, burying a whole town under an avalanche of water A fight on the desert with hundreds of real Algerian tribesmen and camel riders And the greatest star of the screen in her supreme triumph ! Spectacle, Thrills, Action, Drama, Beauty, Romance. Show starts at 7 :30. STAR THEATER SUNDAY and MONDAY, NOV. 1 & 2 l1lIHIIIIMIIIIt(llltlfllllllllllMIIIIIIUIMIINIllltlllltlMIMHlllttIII ROLLED rincess Corn, Mill Feed, Egg I a Ask tor lJ Brown Warehouse WE DELIVER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. MORAL MAKE A GYPSY MAD; " SHE'LL TELL ALL But First Be Sure You Want to Know the Actual Truth, for the Truth May Hurt. "First, you must cross my palm with silver," the gypy directed. Bax ter dropped some coins into the wo man's hand. Silence pervaded the dismal room. Every eye was on the face of the fortune-teller as she be gan: . "I see a wonderful child, sturdy and strong. I can see this son of yours, MiBter, as a leader of men. Great honor is in store for him, and great wealth. I see him in uniform at the head of many armed men." "That will please his mother," Bax ter said, sniffling. "I see him," continued the gypsy, "as he is n earing thirty. Rich, re spected, admired. He will have many affairs of the heart. I see two dark women, and one two yes, , three fair women.' "That would seem to show that he's going to be a party good-looking sort of a feller, wouldn't it," said Baxter, proudly. "He will grow up to be the image of his father, Mister." The gypsy leaned back in her chair, spreriing her hands in a gesture of finality. . "I see no more," she announced. "Is that all?" Baxter sniffed. "Well, then, I guess you took us all in purty nicely, Queen." Outraged at the insinuation, the gypsy turned on him. "You scoff at me! For that you shall have the truth. All I have told you will come true. But I did not tell you of the end I saw for him. He will swing from the end of a rope for a crime he did not commit." She was now speaking in a shrill voice; her hearers sat open-mouthed, as if unuer a spell that could not be shaken off. "It is all as plain as day. He will never reach the age of thirty. That is the end. I tell the truth. You forced me to do so. I go." Oliver October was tha boy's name. "Oliver October" is the title of the absorbing story in which the forego ing prophecy plays so great a part Begin it in the next issue of the Heppner Gazette Times. It's a George Barr McCutcheon success. CHURCH OF CHRIST. President Coolidge says our great est national need is religion, and a force of five hundred New York busi ness men are waging a church adver tising campaign through the Brookv lyn Eagle urging the pjiblic to attend church as a means of checking the present crime wave. These things emphasize the scriptural call to the house of God. The Heppner Church of Christ in vites the public to its services on each Lord's Day. Gospel themes are considered as related to modern life. Come with us and we will do thee good. Pleasant auditorium, cordial greeting. ALBYN ESSON, Minister. Children 20c, Adults 40c. tlllllllllMltlllUIIMIMll I BARLEY Mash and Baled Hay Flour vou'll like it. Co. 1 wtTttttnttntntTntntta TMslVeek By Arthur Brisbane Greatest of All Wealth. America's Garden Spot. Alfalfa and Freedom. Killers For Hire Scarce. Our crops are worth billiona every year. That's encouraging. In our mines and oil wells are hundreds of billions stored away, and that's en couraging. The unused Water power of this na tion is worth tens of billions, and other tens of billions for irrigation afterward. That's encouraging,, and also the fact that in the atmosphere ' above there are endless billions worth of nitrogen, which ear. be brought down by electrical power. But there is a greater wealth, and its figures more important. One single city, New York, has for the first time in its history MORE THAN ONE MILLION CHILDREN ENROLLED IN ITS PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSES. That is REAL wealth of today, and the real power of the future. Take away these children, and this country, with all its mines, water power and fertile soil, would amount to as little as it did when a few In dians possessed it and spent their time murdering each other. At the Genesee, N. Y.t fair Lieutenant-Governor Lowtnan arranged to ride one mile on the back of a five ton elephant. The farmers doubtless laughed, as they saw 150 pounds of human being carried by 10,000 pounds of elephant. A 10,000-pound elephant will carry on its head one mahout, to guide the big beast, and in the howdah on its back an English gentleman eager to kill a tiger without giving that tiger a chance to kill him. Consider the gap between Kublai Khan and automobile manufacturers who give you for a few dollars a lit tle machine that will carry seven peo ple forty miles an hour, carrying more than its own weight in freight. If our progress in THINKING had equalled our progress in transporta tion, we should be better off than we are. Riding over the desert lands, des tined to be the world's most beauti ful garden, from Colorado to Arizona, you could not resist buying land, hop ing to live there some day, at the end of your mighty dollar hunt in the East. Nothing grows until you irrigate. And when you irrigate EVERYTHING WILL GROW. Do you put fertilizer or lime on Mojave Desert alfalfa? Not an ounce of either. Alfalfa roots go down eighteen feet through soil washed down from mountains made up of lime, minerals and centuries of grow ing and decaying bunch grass, grease wood and sagebrush. You can cut your alfalfa seven times a year for fifteen or twenty years; then plant it again, irrigate it, and Nature does the rest. The soil also produces democracy. Any man with a hundred million dol lars who thinks he. is better than some 'other Americans should go there. He would gather valuable in formation. Going through that country every brown golden hill in the distance more beautiful than any palace or castle, under a magnificent blue sky as big as the country, you care noth ing .for news that comes out of hu man swarms in the East. Your only hope is that the Govern ment will know enough to provide thj flying machines necessary' to take peo ple to that land and to protect it. John Hulburt, official executioner at Sing Sing prison, quits his job af ter killing 140 in the electric chair. For this he has been paid $2l,P00 $150 for each kiHng. Will the retiring executioner ever meet, on the other shore, the 140 that he sent on ahead? If so, wh. t will they say to each other Thank him, very likely. It is difficult to find another execu tioner, because he must be a trained electrician, willing to kill for a liv ing. It should be nrt diru't out IMPOSSIBLE to find such a man in a civilized state. DIES AT CANYON CITY. From the lust issue of the Blue Mountain Eagle at Canyon City we have the information that Enoch Cave died on Sunday. October 1. ant! wan buried on Tuesday following. Serv ices were conducted by Rov. Cower. Deceased was born in Polk county on February 29, 15L He wns d res ident of the Wtlliamette v!ly until about 1H80 when he moved to Hepp ner. He was married to EKzaV,,h Mc Ferrin of Heppner on September 1!', 1890, at Salem, Oregon. They mal their home at Heppner ur tit hr death on May L', IU1H. Four yean later he removed to Grant county where ho made Ms home with Mr. and Mrs. Jchn Ridjfeway of PrairU City. He waa 7.1 years of njre ar-d U survived by three brothers, 1'hill, John and Douglass Cava of Hopewell, OruKv-n. AI X1MAKV TO MEET, The Hi'i'pi;- r I'nit, American ! Ifiun Auxiliary will hnll ite firnt regular me1 tin it m November at lU'thrl chap'' I Muiwlny cvri'HK, Nov. 2. Hostesses for the pvmr will b't Mrs. Alva Jonen and M ri. Waiter Moore,