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    Volume 42, Number 34.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Nov. 19, 1925
Subscription $2.00 a Year
HEPPNER SPRAY ROAD
BE
Commissioner Bleakman
, Convinced That Now
. Is Time to Act.
WANTS COOPERATION
Hardman Man Thinks Heppner Should
Assist Him at December Meeting
of State Highway Commission.
Editor Gazette Times:
Facing the possibility of being ac
cused of crankiness on the question
of the Heppner-Spray road, I am ven
turing again to call attention to the
importance of getting prompt action
on thia matter.
To the people of my community, the
completion of the Heppner-Hardman
market road is of primary importance,
and thia is a part of the link that will
ultimately connect us up with the
John Day highway near Spray. There
fore It seems proper to keep ham
mering away at one of the moBt im
portant pieces of highway construc
tion now before the people of Mor
row county.
It has been my privilege to attend
a number of meetings of the state
highway commission and to talk with
the commissioners and the men in
charge of the Bureau of Public Roads
of the forest service concerning the
connection between Hardman and
Spray. The last time I was down at
Portland, which was at the meeting
of the state highway commission
when the question of completion of
the Lena-Vinson gap in the O.-W.
highway was before them, I took oc
casion to call the commission's at
tention to the fact that I was not
through with them yet, although they
intimated that the completion of the
Oregon-Washington highway would
now possibly be all that Morrow coun
ty would ask for, I frankly stated to
Mr. Duby and the other members that
it was not all; that I wanted some
action' on this Heppner-Spray road
looking to getting it on the map. The
commissioners then" asked that I visit
the forest office and se what they
had to aay. I did this and made
plain to them that Morrow county
had already spent $76,000 on this
road leading out from Heppner; 11
miles are now hard surfaced and four
miles more graded. I thought it
time for some cooperation that the
road might be put on the map and
then the work of building be carried
on to completion just as rapidly as
possible. Phil Dater, engineer in
charge of this work for the forest
service seemed agreeable to this, and
the result was that an arrangement
has been made for the meeting of the
forest officials with the state high
way commission at their December
meeting, when it is possible some
very definite steps for getting this
road on the map will be taken
I am desirous of attending this
meeting, and expect to do so, with the
Idea in mind of pushing the mntter
just as hard as possible. I want
some assistance, and 1 think it is up
to the commercial club and business
interests of Heppner to also have a
delegation there. I have noted that
those counties getting what they
want from the highway commission
for other parts of the state, are al
ways on hand with a good delegation
of representative business men, and
it has a good effect. Just tho date
of this meeting I can not give at Iris
time, but will make this known Just
as soon as I can, and in ample time
for the Heppner business men to get
together and select a good live com
mittee to go to Portland to work with
me in getting this Hoppner-Spruy
road on the map, After that It will
not be a great while before the ac
tual construction of this important
link will be undertaken, I am sure.
O. A. BLEAKMAN.
SEAL SALE STARTS SOON.
Throughout the state of Oregon
preliminary work In setting up an
organization for the eighteenth an
nual sale of Christmas Seals, is going
on with fine interest and enthusiasm
that insures a successful sale, re
ports Supt. Jas. M. Burgess, who has
been named chairman of the local
seal sale.
A total of $50,000 worth of the gay
stickers with which to ornament
ChriBtmas letters and packages, will
go on sale simultaneously in all sec
tions of the state right after Thanks
giving and the sale will continue un
til Christmas eve. The seals sell at
a penny apiece and through this
means the entire work of the Oregon
Tuberculosis Association in its fight
against tuberculosis Is financed.
GIVEN SURPRISE PARTY.
The SOth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Eph Eskelson of Mead
ow Brook Farm was the occasion of
a very pleasant surprise, party, put
over on them through, the efforts of
their daughter, Miss Gladys Benge,
who was visiting at the Eskelson home
over the week end. Some SIS neigh
bors and friends gathered there Sat
urday afternoon, and the surprise on
Mr, and Mrs, Eskelson was complote.
A very pleasant afternoon was spent
in social intercourse and the playing
of games, followed by refreshments
broyght in by tlfe guests. To state
that Mr. and Mrs, Eskoluon were
greatly pleased In bolng thus rcmcm
be roil by their friends, Is expressing
It mildly. ,
PIT Oil IP
DATES SET FOR
EASTERN OREGON
WHEAT MEETING
Moro Favored as Location for
. Economic Conference Which
Will Be Held in February.
Dates for the all eastern Oregon
economic conference on wheat have
been set for February 11, 12 and 13
by officials of the Oregon Agricul
tural College extension service and.
experiment station, who, with lead
ing farmers, are sponsoring the plan.
Decision to hold such a conference
was reached recently at a meeting in
Portland attended by college officials
and county agents from all grain
growing counties east of the moun
tains. As problems connected with
wheat raising ore fairly uniform in
the counties in tha district it was
thought that a joint conference this
winter would be opportune.
Place of meeting and details of the
conference are tentative pending fur
ther conferences with leading wheat
raisers throughout the district, the
advice of whom will be followed closu-
ly. Preliminary plans call for five
subcommittees, each headed by a
wheat raiser, to consider the ques
tion of world supply and demand,
farm management and land utiliza
tion, finance and credit: grading,
handling and transportation; tillage
and production practices.
Moro is favored by many as the log
ical meeting place for the conference,
though the opinions of more gowers
will be sought before this matter is
settled. E. R. Jackman, farm crops
specialist in tho extension service
and one of the men most familiar
with wheat growing conditions, will
spend the next two months in the
district concerned consulting with
growers and holding preliminary
meetings in preparation for the cen
tral conference.
All 16 counties east of the moun
tains will be represented in the con
ference according to present plans.
as all have wheat areas of more or
less importance.
High School Journalists
To Hear Newspapermen
University of Oregon, Eugene, Nov.
18. Two Oregon newspapermen will
appear among others on the program
of the high school editors meeting
of the general high school conference
to be held here December 4 and 6.
Marshal Dana, associate editor of
the Oregon Journal, will talk on "Ed
iting and Editor."
Arne Rae, of the Tillamook Herald
will speak on advertising.
Approximately BOO high school stu
dents are expected to attend the con
ferences, which arc divided into four
sections, one for girls, one for student
body presidents, one for editors, and
one for faculty advisors.
ROAD CAMPS BEING SET UP.
The contractors of the Morrorw
county unit of the Lena-Vinson gap
are now busy setting up their road
camps at the foot of Franklin hill on
the John. Brosnan place. They are
making substantial camps of lumber
and expect soon to be ready. for actual
construction work. While attention
will be directed principally to the
rock work, it is understood that grad
ing will also be pushed, as the high
way commission is anxious to have
as much of the road bed completed
this winter as possible. Their desire
is to be able to put on the surfacing
at an early date in the spring.
Lon P. Corbett, newly appointed
Red Cross fiield representative, ar
rived at Heppner on Tuesday and
spent Wednesdny hero on an official
visit to the Morrow county chapter.
Mr. Corbett also addressed a meeting
while here in the interests of the
work in the Northwest. Just prior to
coming to Heppner, Mr. Corbett had
been attending Red Cross regional
conferences in Bend, Eugene, and Ta
coma, Wash. While in this city he
assisted Mrs. Lillian Ccohran, local
chairman, in the plans for the annual
roll call which is now on.
Beautiful and Rich
Most of us would be satisfied
with either, but little Patricia
Mounlbatten, shown here with her
mother, Lady Mounlbatten, has
both, a Reputed to be the richest
baby In the world, the future heir
ess Of the $100,000,000 estate of
her great grandfather, Sir Ernest
CftaaaU.
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Grand Master, I. O. O. F.
Makes Official Visit Here
Henry Young of Hermiston, grand
master of Odd Fellows of Oregon,
made an official visit to the lodges
of Morrow county which met with
Willow Lodge No. 66 last evening.
Ho was accompanied by Mr. Steele
of Pendleton, who is the grand mar
shal, and both gentlemen were greet
ed by better than 100 members of the
order from tha various lodges in the
county.
Grand Master Young delivered a
splendid address and held the close
attention of his hearers for an hour
and a quarter, presenting the virtues
of Oddfellowship from a little differ
ent angle than is the hnbit of lodge
leaders generally. It is stated by
those attending that they did not
realize Mr. Young had spoken so long,
because of the interest creattd in
what the speaker had to say. Mr.
Steele also spoke briefly. A short
musical program was enjoyed and the
meeting closed in an appropriate man
ner at the banquet table.
LQCALH ITEMS
Mrs. Woodson states that Bhe is
well pleased with the manner in
which her household goods have been
taken off her hands. All of the most
expensive furniture is sold, and much
of the other equipment. Because of
the ready sale of her property here,
Mrs. Woodson thinks she will be able
to leave Heppner the coming week.
Rhea Luper, state engineer, passed
through Heppner yesterday on his re
turn home from a business trip to
Umatilla county. Here he picked up
his father, James Luper, who came
in on Tuesday to look after matters
of business. Mr. Luper, Sr., is run
ning the farm of his daughter, Mrs.
King, at Hubbard.
Clarence Scrivner and Max Buschke
returned Tuesday evening from their
trip to California. The boys also
took in Tia Juana, Mexico, while
south, and called on Roy Wakefield
at Fresno. The weather was so cold
at Los Angeles that our Eastern Ore
gon warm weather seem smighty good.
D. A. Wilson and Alva Jones re
turned Wednesday evening from
Portland, where they spent several
days. Mr. Jones consulted with phy
sicians while in the city, as he has
been somewhat indisposed for the
past few months, but nothing serious
developed from the diagnosis.
George Burnside and J. N. Batty
were Rood Canyon farmers doing bus
iness at Heppner on Wednesday. Mr.
Batty states that the grain in that
locality is coming along very well,
as they have had sufficient moisture
to keep it growing.
Professional demonstration of THE
CHARLESTON, by The Duddacks,
with THE DUFFIELD COMEDIANS.
Sec Star Theater ad on last page.
Rhea Luper, state engineer, who
was in the city for a short timo on
Wednesday on official business, states
that he will leave for Washington, D.
C, soon, where he will spend some
time in the interests of the Oregon
reclamation projects.
Jas. S. Stewart, representative of
the State Land Board, was in Hepp
ner for a couple of days this week,
looking after matters in which the
state board is interested. He left
this morning for other points.
The ladies of the Methodist com
munity church will have their bazaar
and cooked food sale on Saturday,
Dec. 12, in the basement of the
church. Many attractive and useful
articles will be on display.
A week of live-wire entertainment.
See the DUFFIELD COMEDIANS at
Star Theater, week beginning Mon
day, Nov. 23. See ad on last page.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will hold their annual bazaar Tues
day, Dec. 1st, at Bethel chnpel. Many
beautiful articles will be on sale.
Come and do your Christmas shop
ping early.
Heppner nimrods are now enjoying
some good wild goose hunting down
the line in the vicinity of Arlington.
Their efforts are meeting with some
success.
Mrs. W. G. McCarty departed Fri
day last for The Dalles whore she is
enjoying a visit at the home of her
son, Willis McCarty.
Phlll Cohn is up from hla Portland
home looking after business inter
ests here.
There will be a social dance at the
Elks temple Saturday evening, No
vember 21.
Born In this city November 17,
r.125, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Taylor, a
9-lb. son.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carsner of
Spray were visitors in Heppner yes
terday. ' THE DUFFIELD COMEDIANS are
coming. See Star Theater ad on last
page.
TURKEY SHOOT HERE SUNDAY.
Art Parker has announced that he
will hold a turkey shoot at Heppner
on hunday. The shoot will be at the
grounds of the Heppner Rod A Gun
Club and he promises that .many fine
birds will bo put up. At his placo
west of town last Sunday quite a num
ber attended the shoot he pulled off,
but owing to the very blustery weath
er it was not the success that he had
expected,
LEXINGTON WINS
FROM ATHENA IN
HARD FOUGHT GO
Drop Kick in Second Quarter
Proves Winning Score for
Morrow County Men.
(Pendleton East Oregonian)
The Lexington Giants defeated the
Athena town team in Round-Pp park
Sunday afternoon by the score of 3-0.
A drop kick from the educated toe of
Louis Allyn, Giant half back just be
fore the end of the half proved to be
the only score of a hard fought foot
ball game.
Both teams played some good foot
ball in spots and tha game was en
joyed by the large crowd that gather-ed-in
the Round-Up grounds for the
affair.
Despite a rainy morning the field
was in good condition and fairly fast
and the weather was perfect for foot
ball. The winners appeared to outweigh
Athena by a slight margin but the
two elevens were matched to a degree
of evenness seldom seen in a grid en
counter. The teams played the same
kind of football, line smashing with
an occasional end run or forward pass
to liven things up a bit. Lexington
displayed a slight superiority in the
passing end of the game but at that
their overhead play came near losing
the game for them. Late in the third
quarter some "bad breaks and some
good football gave Lexington the ball
in Athena territory. A forward pass
from Nichols to White put the ball
on Athena's eight yard line. With
four downs to make eight yards the
Lexington field general elected to
forward pass. His heave fell into the
arms of Snider, Athena left half, who
raced the length of the field for an
apparent touchdown which however
did not count when referee Franks
of Whitman, ruled that the quarter
was over before the play had started.
It was a lucky decision for Lexington
for the whistles that sounded blew
just as the ball fell into Snider's
arms, which would, in ordinary prac
tice, insure the completion of the
play.
In one of the closing plays, Herman
Geissell, Athena left half, was badly
injured and had to be taken from the
game, beveral other men were in
jured in the play but Geissell's hurt
was belived to b the most serious.
A feature of the pis was the bril
liant work of Lee Bannister, Athena's
right end who repeatedly, while he
was in the contest, stopped Lexing
ton's plays in their incipiency or
crashed them as they sought to come
around has end.
For the most part Harden of the
losing team played a great game and
some of his punts were exceptionally
fine.
Lexington's town team will play
The Dalles Sunday on the latter's
field.
School Started at O.A.C.
For Hay Inspectors
A training school for hay inspect
ors for the northwest and Pacific
coast is to be established srt O. A. C,
through the cooperation of D"on A. B.
Cordley for the school of agriculture
and the state experiment station and
the federal hay investigation division.
Standards for the inspection and
grading of hay have been recently for
mulated by the department of agri
culture. To apply these standards inspectors
must be carefully trained, says Pro
fessor C. C. Ruth of the form crops
department, just returned from a
three-weeks national hay grading
school at Kansas City. Professor
Ruth was the only man from the Pa
cific coast states to attend the Kansas
City school, conducted by E. C. Par
ker of the United States department
of agriculture.
Inspectors from Utah, Colorado,
Texas, and Kansas were in attendance
as well as representatives from the
state colleges of Iowa, Nebraska, Ok
lahoma, Minnesota, and Oregon. They
were trained for the purpose of ac
quainting farmers, hay shippers, and
dealers of their states in the princi
ples of federal hay standards and in
spection. STAR THEATER
Thurs. & Fri., Nov. 19-20
RIN-TIN-TIN, the wonder dog, in
"THE LIGHTHOUSE
BY THE SEA"
adapted from Owen Davis' strong
play of sea adventure, with Louise
Fazenda and Wm. Collier, Jr.
Into the arms and into the hearts
of the picturesque keeper of an
Atlantic Coast light, living alone
with his devoted daughter, "Old Man
Devil Sea," in stormy rage has cast
two wonderful protectors. One a
youth to fill the daughter's heart with
happiness, the other a wonderful dog
to give his life, if need be, for those
he soon learns to love.
VIllLans plot, disaster threatens,
fighting and planning must be done.
Battles rage, rum boats are chased.
THE LIGHTHOUSE BY THE SEA
is frankly melodramatic. It will make
you grip the arms of your theater
chair.
A body of ateel, a loyal heart, and
wonderful understanding made RIN-TIN-TIN
hero of this tale of mm
runners and romance.
Auxiliary Raises, Fund
For Veterans' Benefit
About fifty dollars was cleared by
the local unit, American Legion Aux
iliary, at their benefit card party
Oct. 28th. The auxiliary greatly ap
preciates the ready response and sup
port given the project by the people
of the community and gives assurance
that the money will be wisely spent
for the comfort of our disabled vet
erans and their families. Many piti
ful stories of brave struggles of mo
thers to clothe their children and
keep them in school while the soldier
father is sick, are brought to our at
tention. The Child Welfare Commit
tee of the Auxiliary in Portland is
doing wonderful work with the lim
ited means at its command, its funds
consisting of donations from the
units throughout the state and the
annual sale of poppies. Its activities
range from helping with the rent,
supplying groceries and distributing
clothing to securing medical attention
for mothers and children. The fath
ers in the hospital at least got shel
ter, food and care. Their families
are not always so fortunate. Hepp
ner unit recently sent over one hun
dred pounds of clothing to the com
mittee to be distributed among these
people. In the letter of thanks re
ceived we were told that nearly all of
it had been put to immediate use.
With the twenty-five dollars which
we recently sent to the hospital and
with five dollars contributed by an
other unit one bedside table and elev
en bedside rugs were bought, the
Meier & Frank company giving a
generous discount on the rugs on
learning of their ultimate purpose.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D- Bauman have
generously given a box of apples to
be sent to the hospital and a box of
jelly and jam donated by members at
the last meeting has been prepared
for shipment.
Several of the high school bovs.
members of the football team, made
the trip to Eugene to attend the Ore-
gon-O. A. C. game Saturday, and to
look over the Eugene and Corvallis
campusses. Those who went were
Crocket Sprouls, John Turner, Jim
Thomson, Eugene Doherty, Leonard
Schwarz, Harold Erwin, Elmer Buck-
num, Stephen Thompson and Paul
Aiken.
Irene Lovgren, member of the sen
ior class, is out of school with an
attack of whooping cough.
With staff apponitments complet
ed, the year's work on the Hehisch,
Heppner high's annual, is" being
mapped out. Cover and book papers
have been looked over, although no
definite selection of either has been
made.
The positions on the staff and the
persons who will fill them are: as
sistant editor, Orrin Bisbee; joke ed
itor, Duck Lee; snapshot editor, Shir
ley Prophet; boys' athletics, Eugene
Doherty; grils' athletics, Irene Lov
gren; society editor, Lucile McDuf
fee; music and drama editor, Ruth
Furlong; and literary editor, Louise
Thomson.
A very large and extremely worth
while collection of books has been
added to the library through the gen
erosity of Mrs. Woodson, wife of the
late Hon. C. E. Woodson. Moot of
the other books in the library are
being recatalogued and rearranged
according to the duodecimal system
in use in the majority of libraries.
The library staff is handling the work
during vacant periods and after school
hours. Vi ith the rearrangement the
confusion occasioned by, the lack of
systematic order will be prevented.
New volumes received at the first of
the year have already been numbered
and put in circulation.
Only one more game remains on
this year's football calendar. That
is the Heppner-Wasco clash sched
uled for Thanksgiving day on Wasco's
gridiron. Practice workouts for this
game are being held now. It is proba
ble that several cars of Heppner root
ers will drive to Wssco to see the
last game of the season.
Debating' is nlanned as one of the
main activities of Heppner high this
vear. To this end all four Enelish
classes will be organized as debating
squads. At first debates will be held
between two teams chosen from the
same English class. Thpsn will he
followed by interclass meets when the
outstanding debaters of each r.nglish
class will meet those of each other
class. Finally a team will be nicked
to represent the entire high school in
contests with other schools.
YOUNG DAUGHTER DIES.
Edith, the twolvc-year-old doughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Frank of
Iona, died early Monday morning at
the home of her parents in that city,
and the funeral was held on Tuesday
afternoon with interment in the lone
cemetery. The child was taken sud
denly very 111 with an attack of ton
si 1 it is on Sunday and complications
set in which caused death on Mon
dny morning. The sudden passing of
the little girl came as a great shock
to her parents, and in this sad hour
they have the sincere sympathy of
the entire community.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner and Miss
Mary Crawford returned on Sunday
from their trip to Eugene where, on
Saturday, they enjoyed the big foot
ball game, and also had a pleasant
visit with friends they met thore.
Thanksgiving services are announc
ed for 10:30 a. m., at the Christian
church next Thursday. It is expected
Archdeacon Creasoy will deliver the
address.
MEASLES COMMON
IN THIS STATE
Lack of Proper Precautions Given as
Cause of Prevalence of
Thia Disease.
By State Board of Health.
Why is measles so common in Ore
gon? Largely because of our as
sumption that it is of minor import
ance, an inevitable accompaniment of
childhood. We carelessly expose well
children, and fail to isolate sick ones
promptly enough.
Is the disease itself serious:? Yes,
and its complications, secondary In
fections are more so.
What are some of the complica
tions? Broncho-pneumonia, eye and
ear infection and lowered physical
resistance predisposing to tuberculo
sis. Is there a protective vaccine or ser
um? No, which makes the avoidance
of infection ever mone important.
At what time of year should we es
pecially guard against measles? From
the opening of school in the fall un
til late spring.
What age group 13 affected? More
than 70 per cent of deaths occur be
fore 5 years.
How is measles spread? By contact
with the discharges of an infected
person or with articles contaminated
by him. Discharges from the throat,
nose and mouth are extremely-dangerous.
'
At what stage of the disease is it
communicable? During the early
stages, sometimes before it is pos
sible to recognize the disease. This
makes control difficult.
What is the incubation period? The
length of time that elapses between
the entrance of the germ into the
body and the development of symp
toms. It varies from 7 to 21 days.
What are the first symptoms?
Those of a catarrhal cold. The eyes
are unusually sensitive to light.
When a child presents such symp
toms what is the safest thing to do?
Promptly isolate him until the exact
nature of the illness is determined.
This is always a wise course and
doubly so if there have been any
cases of measles in the community.
How can we prevent measles epi
demics in schools? By the school
teacher watching the chlidren closely
for the symptoms of a cold whenever
there is a case of measles in the
neighborhood.
What should be done with a child
showing suspicious symptoms? He
should be excluded from school, iso
lated, and a physician called.
Are the children from an infected
household allowed in school? The
ones who have not had measles should
be excluded.
Why should measles be reported to
the health officer? Because it is the
duty of every law-abiding citizen to
report all communicable diseases in
order that susceptible children may
be given adequate protection.
0. A. C.'s Victory Over
U. ofO. Dearly Bought
Corvallis, Ore., Nov. 16. Saturday's
24 tp 13 victory over the University
of Oregon eleven was not without its
cost to the Oregon Aggies, as Ward,
first string end, and Denman, half,
were sent to the hospital with in
juries upon their return to Corvallis.
How long they will be out has not
been determined, but fans are hoping
they will be in condition for the Ida
ho game next Saturday. Coach Schiss
ler ordered light practice today, as a
start toward preparation for the Ida
ho mix.
A triumphal procession led by Dr.
J. N. R. Belt, venerable Argie mascot,
nd President Kerr, formed today in
accordance with long established cus
tom and marched to Mary's river
where Dr. Bell threw his hat into the
river in celebration of the O. A. C.
victory over the University of Oregon.
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Bible School, communion service,
preaching and Christian Endeavor on
next Sunday at usual hours. State
Secretary C. F. Swander of Portland
wlil be the speaker morning and eve
ning. Come, let us go to the house
of the Lord.
ALBYN ESSON, Minister.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Clark of Eight
Mile are visitors in the city today.
Recognize Him?
JKyrocACTS.
"Your face is familiar". That s
what they all say to Chief Two
Guns White Calf, who posed for
the Indian head on your five cent
pieces. He recently attended tlm
first Grand Pow-Wow of Indian
Tribes in Seattle, Wash.
By Arthur Brisbane
No Third Term.
8 Hours in 45 Minutes.
Faith and Disease.
His Gods in Vain.
James Hamilton Lewis, always pic
turesque, but sometimes inaccurate,
says the Republican nomination fight
in 1928 will be between Secretary
Hoover and Vice-President Dawes.
He says the "two-term tradition es
tablished by Washington will not
break down."
Mr. Lewis is just 100 per cent
wrong in two ways. There isn't any
question of a two term tradition.
Mr. Coolidge has been elected by
the people ONCE, and it j the elec
tion, not the accident of a Presiden
tial death, that counts. Unless we
have very bad times in America be
tween now and 1928, and we shall
NOT have them, the nomination and
election of President Coolidge are as
certain as anything can be.
Moving pictures compress a great
deal of work and effort into a short
period of "seeing."
Will Hays says the average eight-,
hour day of film work, actors, act
resses, directors, working hard for
eight hours, produce THREE-QUARTERS
OF A MINUTE of actual film
display.
In one big picture, soon to be re
leased, a sixty-five acre field was cov
ered with a "set" costing $300,000,
and it represented in all jut six
minutes of moving picture entertain
ment. This compressing of hard work is
not new. Montesquieu devoted more
than twenty years of intense re
search and study to the production of
his two small volumes, "The Spirit
of Laws."
Darwin, over a period of thirty
years, gathered information about
earthworms, and their contribution
to the earth's fertility, that you may
read in a few minutes.
Fortunately, and most important,
moving pictures when the best use
is made of them will compress ED
UCATION, as they now compress ac
tion. It will be literally possible through
moving pictures to teach a child in
three-quarters of an hour, and to
teach well, thoroughly and PERMAN
ENTLY, more than the child can
learn under proper methods in a
dozen school days of eight hours,
spent indoors at a time when tha 1
child ought to be out in the sun
shine. .
In politics we used to fight about
slavery, then about tariff and the full
dinner pail. Those issues are worn
out, and, as Mr. Robert Barry says,
political fights now are centered on
alcohol and religion. These issues
will pass away, but men always will
have something to divide them.
The reverend Seldon T. Delany says
faith helps disease, as it undoubtedly
does, and gives a scientific explana
tion. Faith inspires beneficial emo
tions; they cause in the body "chem
ical changes thai banish disease."
The Reverend Francis J. Hall con
nects suffering with the will of God,
and says sickness is sometimes good
for you. When people are well, they
lack useful warnings that sickness
gives. Science and religion are draw
ing together.
Conductors and trainmen in tha
West want moro money, an increase
of $25,000,000 a year. To say it will
horrify the conservative mind, yet if
the increase in pay be granted con
servatives and everybody else will be
better off. All that the big man can
possibly get is what the little man
has to spend.
Let him who thinks low wages
mean prosperity for the big man start
something in China. He will find
men and women to work for a few
cents a day, but he won't build any
greut fortune. Good wages are to
a nation's prosperity, from top to bot
tom, what irrigation is to the na
tion's crops.
After years of talk and careful han
dling of article from Tut-ankh-am-en's
tomb, the third sarcophagus, with
its layers of gold and wings of god
desses, is reached, with pictures of
the god Osiris, tho vulture goddess,
Nezkhebet, and the serpent goddess,
Butu, painted on the outsido. Soon
the face of the young Pharoah, dried
and shrunken through thousands of
years of waiting, will be looked upon
by men of this day.
All those gods and goddesses
could not save him from that. But
perhaps they helped him to the Egyp.
tian heaven.
WOODCRAFT WILL HAVE SOCIAL.
Following the regular lodge meet
ing at I. U. O. F. hall on next Mon
day evening, of Maple Circle, Neigh
bora of Woodcraft, a special program
will bo given. Following this there
will bo a general social hour and re
freshments will be served. It Is
hoped there will be a large attend
ance of the membership.