eppner Volume 42, Number 32. HEPPNER, OPwEGON, THURSDAY, NOV, 5. 1925 Subscription $2.00 a Year IE. IS UID TO REST Prominent Heppner Law yer Died in Portland On Monday. HAD BRIGHT CAREER Wu Member of University Board of Regents, a Former Representative and Prominent In Local Affairs C. E. Woodson, prominent citizen of Heppner and a leading attorney here for many years, answered death's call at St. Vincent's hospital in Fort land on Monday evening at 7:20, fol lowing an Illness of something over a year, but which did not take a really serious turn until within the last few months. Death was the result of in ternal complications arising out of the general breakdown in his health during the past year. Mr. Woodson had been a resident of Heppner for nearly twenty-five years, coming here as a young man shortly following his graduation as a lawyer at. the University of Ore gon. During all the years of his res- Idence in this city he had enjoyed a splendid law practice and was quite successful in business affairs. He was prominent in all matters pertain ing to the welfare of the community and stood high as a cititen. At the time of his death, Mr. Woodson was one of the regents of the University of Oregon, an institution that was always his pride and for which he gave much time and attention in all its affairs. He was also a member of the board of education of this city, and had served many years as a di rector and clerk of the district at various times. Mr. Woodson was weH known over the state, and especially through the Eastern Oregon section. He served in the legislative assembly of 1921 as Joint representative of Morrow and Umatilla counties and was accredited with being one of the very hardest workers in that body, being at the head of the judiciary committee In the house. It is stated that the hard work Mr. Woodson did at this session of the legislature was in a large measure responsible for his break down In health, for since that time his friends noted a decline which he ap peared unabl eto overcome, htough there was never any complaint on his part. The appointment of Mr. Woodson as one of the regents of the Univer sity was made by Governor Olcott, and he served faithfully in that po sition, helping greatly In the shaping of the policies that have brought the university to the front in recent years. A number of years ago he formed a partnership in the law bus iness here with Calvin I.. Sweek, and the law firm of Woodson 4 Sweek has continued since with an ever increas intr clientile. Mrs. Ida I). WodBOn, the widow, and two daughters, Margaret and Bornlco, survive. The latter are students at the University of Oregon. Funeral services were held at the Finley chap cl In Portland on Wednesday fore noon, with commitment services at the Portland crcamntorium following. A number of the friends of Mr. Wood son from this city wore present at the funeral. Wo hope to give a more extended obituary in our next Issue. Lexington and lone Play to 6 to 6 Tie A fnat football game was played between Lexington and lone high school on tho Lexington gridiron last Saturday afternoon, in which neither team wns able to emerge the victor. In the first half it looked like Lexington's game, they kept the bail in lone territory moot of the time and bad the long end of the score at mid-game, 6-0, Jn the sec ond half, however, lone cam back with ft series of line bucks whloh carried the ball across, and from then on the game was Hp and tuck, Neither side kicked goal, according to the referee's decision, Both teams showed signs fo good coaching and few bobbles were made. Next Saturday the fast, light lone team will come to Heppner and from the atuff they showed at Lexington they ought to make things interest ing for the locals. hi mi i HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR PLAY FULL OF LAUGHS "Hold That Line, Jimmy" Will Be Presented by Local Students at Star Next Monday. Something especially good in the way of comedy is promised for next Monday afternoon and evening when the senior class of the high schoul will present "Hold That Line, Jimmy,'" a modern farce in three acts, each of which is funnier than the preceding one, at the Star theater here. The plot, which is distinctly dif ferent and clever, deals with the complications which 'arise from the circumstance of having an extreme ly unaggressive president at the head of an equally aggressive college. How this president, Jimmy Graham, as played by Jim Thomson, changes his ideas and tactics and becomes quite in keeping with the spirit tf the school is what makes the play inter esting. That is, it's one of the things that make it interesting. There are several, not the least of which is the work of Margaret Prophet as Ara bella Washington, oeok of the col lege, who attempts to cure the "in feloctty zootex" of the president and at the same time to convince the world at large that football is a gambling device of the deepest dye. Arabella is irrestible, and her part alone will be worth traveling a long way to see. Other members of the cast, all of whom play their roles well, are Crock et Sprouls, as Jerry Travis, a friend of Graham's and very different from him in temperment; Nellie Babcock as .Shirley Allen, niece pf Jasper AU len, president of the school board; John Turner as Allen himself; Earl Merritt as Chubby, captain of the football team whose whole world re-. ; volves around the energetic Marjie, ; played by Velma Fell; and Flossie, : the champion candy-consumer of the ; nchool, portrayed by Irene Lovgren. ! Almost all of these have appeared be : fore in high school theatricals in ! which they have done very good work, i Coaching of the play has been in i the hands of Mr. Smith and Miss I Denn, who have been training the members of the cast for several weeks. The matinee will be at 2:30 and the evening performance is scheduled to start at 8 o'clock. The high school orhcestra will give selection before the play as well -as between acts. In addition there will probably be a fea ture number. STATE AWARDS LENA-VINSON GAP ROAD CONTRACT Good Figures Are Obtained, and Work is Expected to Begin Immediately. At Portland on the 28th, the state highway commission awarded the contracts for the completion of the grading of the Lenn-Vinson gap in the Oregon-Washington highway. The entire distance to be graded is 15.1 miles and the contracts let in two units. Unit number 1 to John Hamp shire of Grants Pass, for $84,460, in Morrow county, and unit number two to Philbrick and Nicholson of Ta- coma, their bid being $31,809.40. It is understood that there was some clow competition in the bidding. From what we have been able to learn, preparations to begin the work promptly are now being made, and that within thirty days required by the terms of the contract, astual con structlon work will be under way and the grading completed by late sum mer of ll'zK. work has progressed nicely in securing of the right-of-way by the Morrow county court, and little difficulty is anticipated In this respect. Books, Good and Bad Subject P.T.A. Meet A subject of much Interest will be up for discussion at the next regular meeting of the Patron-Teacher asso ciation at the high school auditorium on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock. The question of good books, bad books' and clean magailnes will be prominent on the program, and there should be a large attendance present to get the benefit of tho presentation of this Important matter, The program as outlined for this meeting follows! Music Piano solo, Margaret Notson The 4th grade will present a sketch, "Of tho Making of Books There la No Endj Both Good and Had," pre sented by Mrs, Brnmer, followed by 3 mlmito discussion by Mis, r, K Drown and Prof. Smith, "Wherein Shall Our Schools Have a Hetter Library; How Should Wo Mnke Use of State Library," Supt, Burgess, "How Shall We Eneourngo Our Local Book Dealers to Curry Wholesome Hooks," Mrs, Boamor, "How Spcui'O the Elimination of Vic- iuoa Magaalnes From Our Ncwa Stands," Mrs, McDuffoe, "Report of Stnlo Convention on Na tional Bettocr Book Weik," Mrs, Bengt, Music. MRS, BEAMEU, Chairman pro tern. Johnnie Mclntiie, Skinner creek stockman, is not well pleased with weather conditions. The all has been too dry for sheep to prosper and the range will not likely improve this late in the season. Mr. Mclntire was for many months during the past year a sick man but is now greatly improved and will soon be restored to his former good health. Ir. and Mrs. C. H,' Bartholomew were Pine City folks in the city on Wednesday. They were interested in the proceedings before the county court during the discussion of road matters pertaining to their part of the county, Wednesday afternoon. Miss Sara Kilkenny, daugutoi of John Kilkenny of Hinton creek, who was recently operated on at St. Vin cent's hospital in Portland, is re ported to be getting along nicely. Miss Kilkenny has been in the hos pital for some time. LEXINGTON Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Helms left on ; Thursday of the past week for a atay in Portland. , i Mr. and Mrs. A. B. U. Damson ol i Boise, Idaho, were visitors at Turn- I A-Lum yard on Thursday last. Sunday afternoon a large crowd ; from Lexington and surrounding towns witnessed the football game on thd local field between Lexing-ton town team and Athena town team. ; Coach Adams of lone was referee. It proved a hard fought game, the teams bemt evenly matched, sev eral time-out periods were called for players on each side and no score was made by either team. Lexington will play Athena a return game on Athena's field next Sunday. R. A. Thompson of Heppner was at visitor at Gerald White's chicken farm last week. On Friday evening last the ladies of the Congregational church grave a moat pleasing Hallowe'en entertain ment. From six until eight o'clock supper was served In the basement rooms of the parsonage. Hero a large number of guests interchanged cour tesies for an hour or so over their tea-cups and later, in the handsomely decorated parsonage living rooms en joyed an evening of genuine Hallow e'en merriment. W. L. La Duslre, Chrysler dealer of Heppner, brought Mrs. Turner to her school duties in Lexington on Wednesday. . Mrs. Turner was unable to start her car. Lexington grammar school team played Ione's football team Saturday morning on Lexington field and won by a score of 20 to 7. Russell Wright was referee. Ione's team showed good players but lacked tho strength of Lexington. Two of Ione's men, Dan Head and Johnnie Eubanks, met with injuries. However, they are not considered serious. Bert Morey made a 97-yard run for Lexington and with Laurel Rhul shared honors as a star player, Chas. Burchell, former Lexington rancher, is here from Corvallis for a visit at the home of his brother, Ed Burchell. Lawrence McAllister of Starbuck. Wash., visited his cousins, Ray and Harvey McAllister during the past week. " On Friday evening at Lexington g5'mnasium the three upper high school classes entertained the fresh man class, faculty, board of educa tion and their wives at a delightful Hallowe'en party. During the eve ning the young freshmen were in itiated by upper classmen, which was followed by a general celebration by all, and enjoyable refreshments. On Saturday evening at the Christ- inn church parsomige, Rev. and Mrs. Wallace Jones entertained a number of their friends at a delightful par ty. The living rooms with their Hnl- lowe'en decorations, loaned an at mosphere of mystery to the occasion while Rev. and Mrs, Jones In pleasing style led the guests through series of unique entertainments. Dainty re freshments were served at a late hour and when the guests said goodnight they felt that only good witches are (Continued on Page Six) Lexington Town Team Holds Touted Athenans A rather slow game of football was that lost Sunday afternoon at Lex ington In which neither Lexington town team nor Athena town team were able to score, though on a few occasions considerable signs of bril liancy were shown. Athena came to Lexington believing themselves good enough to tackle Whitman college, with whom they ar trying to arrange a game, and consequently had the Morrow county lads pretty muoh wor ried. However, at no time during the game wns Lexington incapable of coping with the Umatilla team, as they seemingly held them at will, Outntnnding for Lexington was the line plunging of Paul Nichols, full back, former Lexington high school star, who went through the lines on .. . -- -- - -1 j mmmmBmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm m ssssMBSjsnMasmMBMa 1. I f ' : t A VX 4, Armistice Day 1925 r I Tribute to America's world-war dead ia solemn ceremonies wlU mark Armistice Day NoTember H thru out the land. Upper Flowers, the perfect tribute; center, Secretary of War, Davis; President Coolidge and Secretary of Navy Wilbar at grave of unknown soldier at Arlington, W. V a. cemetery. Lower Guard at flower-bank crypt of War-President Wilson- at St. Albans Cathedral. Washington, Locals Clean Boardman; Sophomores Get Pennant Heppner won an easy victory from Boardman last Friday in the annual Heppner-Boardman football contest,. The score was 39-0 in Heppner's fa vor. Nine ears of players and rooters made the trip to Boardman for the game, although second at ting men made up most of the personnel of the Heppner team. One of the play ers on the opposing side sustained an injury to his foot. A gay new orange and white pen nant, the property , of tho sophomore class, now adorns the assembly room wall. It replaces the small green one that has so far represented the class because of the defeat in last year's pennant scrap. With the close of the football sea son approaching, Heppner high has three more games to play. The first of these will be fought on Gentry field at 2:30 Saturday, against the Iono team. Armistice day Heppner and Lexington will clash at Lexing ton and the final game will be with Wasco Thanksgiving day at Wasco. In respect to tho memory of Hon. C. E. Woodson, for many years a member of the Heppner school board and always a loyal worker in the in terests of the school, there were no classes on Wednesday. Stereopticon slides from the Uni versity of Oregon Kxtension division were shown to the biology and geo graphy classes last week. Forms of life, glaciers and volcanoes were some of the subjects depicted by the slides. With the date for the presenta tion very near, members of the cast of the senior play, "Hold That Line, Jimmy," have been working on it at every available time. There is a rehearsal each evening in addition to those arranged at other hours. BAZAAR DATE IS SET. The Willing Workers of the Chris tian church are preparing to hold their annual bunzar and sale of use ful articles of sewing and fancy work, and the date set is Saturday December (Hit, at tho church parlors. several occasions for from five to ten yards, in a game where line plunges never netted many gains, Russell Wright and Louie AUyn, backs, and Gerald While, end, showed up strong on the Lexington defensive, A large crowd of Heppner and lone fans witnessed the game. Arthur Erwin, who farms ex ten-1 lively in the Jordan Butte section, was doing business here today. Like many of his neighbors, Mr. Erwin would be pleased to see some good rains come right now. His grain is up well but begins to need moisture to keep it growing. District Attorney 8. E. Not con went to Portland on Tuesday to be p.-esent at the funeral services for the late C. E. Woodson, held ,n that city on Wednesday. K. L. Beach of Lexington present ed the claims of his city for an ex tension of the Lexington-Jarmon market road before the meeting of the county court on Wednesday af ternoon. Mrs. Percy Jarmon. Clyde G. Wright and C. H. Erwin are sitting with the county court today and helping with the making of the budget for the com ing year. t . Mr. and Mrs. Charley Shnver of lone are visitors here today. Mr. Shaver follows the business of well boring in his part of the county and numerous good wells scattered over the farms of the north end are the result of his labois of the past sev eral years. Mr. and Mrs. Noel Dobyns of lone were visitors in this city on Monday. These newlyweds are now located on the Herbert Olden ranch in Fairview. Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Crawford ar rived from Portland last evening. They wiil visit with relatives in this city for n short time before Mr. Crawford returns to hia work in the city. Ed Neill, sheepman of Butter creek, was a visitor in this city on Tuesday. FLOUR PRICES CP. Attention is called to the raise in prices of flour by Brown Warehouse Co. In their advertisement on an other page Quotations are $8.00 per single barrel; 3-barrel lots or more, $7.75. These prices should be for single barrel, $8.80; 3 barrels or more, J.8.60 per barrel. WANTED To pasture about 60 head of good horses for winter. Will feed when necessary. O. T. Fergu son & Son, Heppner. Orchard pick apples, Rome Beauty and Winter Banana, $1.25 per sack. See G. M. Anderson. OLIVER OCTOBER" By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE (W. N. U. SERVICE) CHAPTER I Oliver. Born in October. OLIVER OCTOBER BAXTER, Jr., was born in the town of Rumley on a vile October day in 1890. Rumley people were divided in their excitement over this event and the arrival of a band of gypsies, camped on the edge of the swamp below the Baxter house, Oliver's parents were prominent in tho commercial, social and spiritual life of the town. His father was the proprietor of the hardware store and a prominent member of the Presby terian church, and a leader in the lo cal lodge of Odd Fellows. His moth er, Mary Baxter, a comely, capable young woman, was beloved by all. No finer "youngun" than Oliver October had ever been born, according to Mrs. Serepta Grimes, and Seropta ws on authority on babies. It was she who took command of Oliver, his mother and his father, the house tiself, and all that therein was. j As the story of Oliver October real-1 ly begins at seven o'clock in the eve ning of his birthday, we will open the narrative with Mr. Joseph Sikes, Mr. Baxter's old and trusted friend, ho vering in solitary gloom over the base burner in the sitting room of Baxter's house. He was interrupted in his gloomy meditations by the slamming of the kitchen door.v is brow grew dark. This was no time to be slam ming doors. Rushing to open the door, he was confronted by a pair of total strang ers a tall man with short black whiskers and a frail little woman with red, wind-smitten checks. "I am Oliver Baxter's sister," an nounced the woman, "and this is my husband, Mr. Ciooch. We drove all the way over here from Hopkinsville to take charge of things for my brother." "Well, I guess if you are his sister you'd better come into tho sitting room and take your things off, said Mr. Sikes, lending the way. Mrs. Gooch, having divosted herself of coat, scarf, bonnet and overshoes, straightened her hair before the look ing glass, while her husband surveyed the room with the disdainful air of one used to much better things. Gooch typified prospcity of the meaner kind. Over in Hopkinsville he was considered the richest and the stingiest man in town. He was what is commonly died a "tax shark," de riving a lucrative and obnoxious in- DISTRICT MEET WILL BE HERE ON SATURDAY Rebekahs of District No. 20, Com prising Lodges of County, s Plan Inspiring Time. A convention of the Rebekah lodges of Morrow county, comprising Hard man, Morgan, lone, Lexington and Heppner, will meet in Heppner on Saturday afternoon, November 7, at 1:30 at I. O. O. F. hall, with San Souci lodge No. 33 acting as hostess. The lodges of this county form Dv trict No. 20, and it is expected that the Various points will be well rep resented. . Dora N. Sexton of The Dalles, vice president of the Rebekah Assembly of Oregon, will be a guest of honor on this occasion, and will be cn in spiration to the gathering. A ban quet is scheduled to be served at 6 o'clock in the evening, and this fea ture will be one of the enjoyable items on the program. The following program will be giv en: 1. Music by McMillan orchestra. 2. AddreBs, Rev. W. W. Head of lone. 3. Reading Mrs. Rogtr Morse. 4. Vocal Solo Mrs. Helen Walker. 5. Reading Beth Bleakman. 6. Piano Solo, Miss Helen Fredericson The members of San Souci lodge are requested to be present at the-j regular meeting on Friday evening, the 6th, as at this time matters per taining to the district convention will be discussed and final arrangements made for the entertainment of the guests. Mis. Sexton will also be pre sent at this meeting, and the mem bers should be there to welcome her. Legion Boys Sponsor Armistice Day Dance Heppner Post No. 87, American Le gion, will sponsor a big Armistice Day dance at the Fair pavilion Arm istice night, according to plans laid at the Legion meeting Tuesday eve ning. No preparations were made for an Armistice Day program, it being decided time did not allow for ade quate preparation. The Armistice dance will be a straight $1 mix, and the Legion boys extend an hearty invitation to the public, promising the usual good time for which their dances are noted. At the present time the legion 6nances are nil, it ia stated, and the proceeds of this dance will b applied toward the post's annual local Christmas cheer fund which has been a feature of its activities for the last three years. Dr. A. H. Johnston reports the birth of an 8-lb. son to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Raef of Blackhorse at the ma ternity home of Mrs. Aiken in this city on Tuesday, November 3rd. come through his practice of buying up real estate at tax sales and holding it until it was redeemed by the hard pressed owner, or, as it happened in many instances, acquired the prop erty under a provsiion of the state law then in poeration, whereby after a prescribed lapse of time he was en abled to secure a tax deed in his own name. No one, not even his fellow church members, had ever been known to get the better of him. "1 shall take charge here," Mrs. Gooch announced to Mr. Sikes. "Is this the way upstairs?" Mr. Sikes nodded. "But if I was you," he said, "I'd ask Serepty lirimes before I took charge here." "I will soon get rid of Mrs. Grimes, said she, tossing her head. As she started to leave the room, a loud knocking at the front door rose above the howl of the wind. Sikes, resuming his office as master of cere monies, pushed his way past Mrs. Gooch and opened the door to admit a woman and two men. Tho first to enter the sitting room was a tall man wearing a thin black overcoat and high silk hat. This was Rev. Herbert Sage, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Rumley. The lady was his wife. The other member ,of the trio, a fat, red-faced, jolly looking man of indeterminate age, was Silas Link, the undertaker, upholsterer and delivery man of Rumley. "Reverend" Sage was a good-looking young man of thirty, threadbare and a trifle wan, with kindly brown eyes set deep under a broad, intel lectual brow. His wife was, surpris ingly enough, a handsome, dashing young woman. She was tall, willowy and startling. She wore a sealskin coat at least it looked like seal with sleeves that ballooned grandly at the shoulders; rather stunning coral earrings made up of graduated globes and a slinky satin skirt of black. "Good evening, Mr. Sikes," she drawled, as she scuffled past him into the sitting room. "Nice, balmy weather to be born in, isn't it?" Mr. Sikes, taken unawares, forgot himself so far as to wink at the par son, and hen, in some confusion stammered: "St-step right in, Mrs. Snge and hiivo a chnir. Let me make you acquainted with Oliver's sister, from Hopkinsville, Mrs. Gooch. Mr. Link, Mrs. Gooch. And this is Oliver's (Continued on Pair, Three) UtisWeelt By Arthur Brisbane No More Obey. No, to Atheism. Russia Thinking. Bear Tooth Necklace. The Protestant Episcopal Church House of Bishops definitely removes obey" from the marriage ceremony. Many marriedjadies had already re moved it from the routine of daily life, common sense telling them that if marriage is not an equal partner ship, it isn't much. The old idea about women is dying out not too soon. British husbands no longer are allowed by law to beat their wives with a stick "no thicker than the thumb." The French nn- 1 written law gave fathers authority over their children, according to Wes termarck on the theory that the child was the property of the mother, and the mother was the property of the father. The Moors, according to the same Westermarck (see "Origin and De velopment of Moral Ideas"), believed that old men became saints and old women witches. Breach of promise cases prove that old men become foolish android wo men have to be very patient. In New Tork City, a group of fool ish young men seek to charter a cor poration to encourage atheism, and "destroy the power of church and clergy." Quite a programme, but the judge wouldn't let it go through. In Russia, on the other hand, a delegation of orthodox priests and bishops begged the Government "for an equal civil status with citizens of the Soviet State." The priests asked he right to Dub- lish religious literature and have for their children (priests of the Greek Church marry) the same education as is given to the children of the peas ants. I he Russian Government said NO. Russian women also show intelli gence fighting an atetmpt to reduce the marriage age for girls below six teen, declaring that a girl at sixteen is "only a baby." She is more than that, but it is foolish to let her mar ry younger than sixteen. The right law would be no raarrige under twen ty. The mother gives to the child health, strength, plus moral charac ter, and many other good qualities. She should wait until strength and health are fully developed. A man contributes to the child character and intelligence, if he has any. He should wait until both are fully developed, say until thirty among the mentally poorer sort; fif ty as Plato suggested among the really intelligent. At Eyiies, in France, has been found, made of teeth from the cave bear, a necklace 25,000 years old. Pas sion for adornment is aa strong as it ever was. Twenty-five thousand years ago cave women pulled teeth from a dead bear to hang something shiny round their necks. Now pearl divers go "all naked to the hungry sharks" to bring up more expensive necklaces. An estimable lady, just dead in New York state, leaves a collection of jewelry worth literally millions of dollars. It couldn't make her look a day younger or any more beautiful. But, as with the lady that owned the cave bear teeth necklace, the "urge" was there. Scientists investigating the alleged transmutation of mercury into gold by a German chemist say the thing has not been done. Gold basis of currency will not be threatened until some genius finds a way to extract gold from the waters of the ocean as they roll through the English Channel, or out of the Bay of Fundy. Every ton of sea water contains fifty milligrams of gold. Not much, from a ton, but a good deal if you could get it all. There are on earth about one quintiilion three hundred and eighty quadrillion tons of sea water, containing about sixty-nine trillion tons of gold. Or one hundred and one thousand two hundred pounds of solid gold for each of the one bil lion five hundred million men, women and children on earth. If each of us owned nothing but his share of gold that is in the oceans he would be worth (13,000.000, How ever, if any man asks you to invest in a plan to get gold from the ocean, arrest him. CHl'RCH OF CHRIST. The people of Heppner are invited to the services at this church on onch returning Lord's Day. We are here on business for the King. Cul tivation of the spiritual nature Is a public service appreciated by our na tional leaders. You are invited to a pleasant audi torium, a cordial greeting, gospel in struction and a Christian career. ALBYN ESSON. Minister. HEMSTITCHING done at the Cur ran Hut Shoppe; also a nice line of art goods. ,