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ANDREW ROOD
ISflCCINTIIl
Local Man Dies as Result
of Catching Hand in
Hay Chopper.
BURIAL MADE TODAY
Funeral Services Held by Elks Lodge
This Afternoon; Deceased Was
Native of Morrow County.
The announcement of the sudden
passing of Andrew Rood, Jr., on Tu
esday evening, came as a shock to this
community. Mr. Rood, while at work
with a feed chopper on his farm late
Tuesday afternoon, had the misfor
tune to get his left hand into the
machine and that member was badly
lacerated as a result. The thumh and
third and little finger were taken off
while the other fingers were torn and
lacerated. He was feeding damp hay
into the machine, which was driven
by a Fordson, and the hopper becom
ing clogged, Mr. Rood attempted to
push the hay in with his hand, when
the accident resulted, which proved
to be fatal.
He was immediately rushed to the
office of Dr. McMurdo and while the
injuries were being attended to and
the injured hand cleaned and dressed,
Mr. Rood was placed under an anes
thetic from which he failed to rally
As but few had learned of the acci-
uc.ii., wis ocam or Mr. Koocl came as
a shock to his lelatives and friends.
Funeral services were held this af
ternoon from Elks temple, under the
auspices of Heppner lodge No. 358,
of which he was a member. The beau
tiful service of the order was used,
and a very large concourse of friends
and neighbors turned out to pay their
last tribute of respect. The floral
tffsrings were many and beautiful.
Andrew Rood, Jr., was a native of
Morrow county, born at the old farm
home in Rood canyon. He grew to
manhood here and his home has al
ways been in this community. At the
time of his death he was aged 41
years, 9 months and 2 days. For
many years he has been extensively
engaged in wheatraising on the Rood
lands on Heppner flat, owning a largo
acreage and was considered the largest-operator
in this part of the
county.
He leaves his wife,. Frances Rood,
an aged father, Andrew Rood, two
brothers, Walter and Harry and one
sister, Mrs. Lester Doolittle, besides
a host of friends to mourn his sud
den departure. Ho be.onged to M
sons and Benevolent end Protective
Order of Elks.
Big Wheat Meeting Next Week
Will Discuss Every Phase of
Grain Growing Business.
No Vaccination of Pupils
At the Heppner Schools
To allay the apparent alarm on the
part of many parents, we are author
ized by Superintendent Burgess to
state that there has been no order
issued for the vaccination of pupils
of the Heppner schools.
While there- has been some few
cases of scarlet fever or scarletina
In town, its spread has so far been
checked. In order to determine how
many of the pupils may have been
exposed. Dr. Johnston, city healtn
officer, made some tests the first of
the week in the primary grades and
it was fuond that three of the little
folks may have been exposed, and
these will be isolated awaiting re
sults. A lot of whooping cough, some
measles, and the few cases of scarlet
ina seem to be the extent of the
contagious diseases that have struck
Heppner so far, and the whooping
cough has well run its course, per
mitting many of the children to re
turn to school again.
Export Commission
League To Meet at Moro
County Agent Morse states that one
of the important meetings to be held
at Moro next week, when the wheat
growers conference gathers there,
will be that of the officers of the Ore
gon Export Commission league' which
will be at 7 p. m. on the evening of
the 12th. All Columbia bnsin wheat
growers are invited to be present.
Legislation now pending before
congress relating to marketing of ex
port surplus crops will be considered,
and a financial statement of expen
ditures of the Export Commission
league will be made. The officers feel
that it is very important that Oregon
wheat farmers re-affirm their stand in
connection with the marketing of ex
port surplus crops, and for this rea
son a large attendance at the meeting
is very much desired.
Not necessarily great wheat produc
tion but more economical production
of wheat through better quality and
yield and in accordance with the ex
isting and prospective wheat sunnlv
and demand of the world, is the aim
of the eastern Oregon wheat confer
ence at Moro next week, February 11
to 13. ,
"If decreased production is desir
able at any tirtie the only safe, sane
and economic way to decrease it is
less acreage and not noorer yields."
says D. E. Shephens, superintendent
oi tne Moro branch experiment sta
tion. "Higher acre yields and lower
production costs are the intelligent
way."
The conference will open with a
general sMsion following registra
tion at Hotel Moro Thursday fore
noon. As soon as the various com
mittees are given charge of their
duties and the work of the organiza
tion committee is explained, the con
ference will resolve itself into the
subcommittees to gather and arrange
the data for their reports.
The work of the subcommittees is
expected to take up most of the time
of the conference, which will be re
assembled as a whole on Saturdav to
near and act upon reports. The rec
ommendations accepted, together with :
conclusions, will be compiled later
for publication by the extension ser
vice. The chairman of the conference, F.
B. Ingles of Dufur, and all chairmen
of the subcommittees but one are
wheat producers in close touch with
the situation. Additional information
will be provided by other members of
the committees, and figures on the
very latest world situation will be
supplied by college and federal spec
ialists cooperating in the work.
L. R. Breithaupt of the extension
service and Dr. W. J. SDillman. con.
suiting economist of the federal de
partment of agriculture, will ' bring
information direct from the national
capital for use of the growers in
mapping out their program. The
gathering itself will be near the heH
of wheat production investigations for
eastern uregon the Sherman county
branch experiment station where
H'uuicta vl image ana culture, va
rieties and strains, disease-resistance
ana control, milling qualities and
yield, are in process of solution. It
is a continuation of the state-wide
economic conference inaugurated by
Paul V. Maris, director of the college
extension service, in January, 1924.
II IT IS rOKTHfc LIVING-, x -, '
HERE TO TOE UNFINISHED 1 - , Ufo'
WORK WHICH THEY Vi 7 CvHlllS
"f HAVE THUS FAB SO jf f H ' fAX
08tY ADVANCED " - " V4i
MORROW STUDENTS
SHOW THEIR STUFF
AT STATE COLLEGE
Dallas Ward, Lowell McMillan and
Wilma Leach, of Lexington,
All Receive Honors.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned administrator of the estate
of Mathew Mollahan, deceased, has
filed his final account In the County
Court of the State of Oregon for
Morrow County, and said court has
fixed Monday, the 8th day of Mareh,
1926, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of said day as the time and
the County Court room in the Court
House at Heppner, Oregon, as the
place for hearing objections thereto,
if any there be, and all persons hav
ing objections to said final account
are hereby required to file the same in
suid court on or before the time fixed
for tho hearing thereof.
Dated this 3rd day of February,
1926.
PATRICK MOLLAHAN,
Administrator.
Basketball Tournament
For District Scheduled
The annual tournament of District
No. 2 of the Oregon High School Ath
letic association will be held in Mil-ton-Freewater,
at the McLaughlin
Union high school, February 25-26-27,
following the adoption of resolutions
to that effect by members of the dis
trict directorate who met in Pendle
ton Saturday morning. Supt. James
M. Burgess of Heppner, chairman, and
superintendents Inlow of Pendlelton
and Goodwin of Milton-Freewater
comprise this directorate. The meet
ing was held in the office of Superin
tendent Inlow.
Several changes in the customarv
procedure of the tournam ent were
made, and rules for its conduct drawn
up. The date of the meet was ad
vanced from March to February, with
a three-day instead of a two-dny ses
sion. Basketball will be tho feature
of tho tournament. " '
Important resolutions adopted, be
sides those pertaining to time and
place, were: (1) Any team in District
2 may be admitted bv notifying the
chairman of the directorate (Mr. Bur
gess) not later than February 11, and
any school is entitled to enter an
eight-man team; (2) McLaughlin
Union high school will provide lights,
heat and the use of the gymnasium
without cost; (3) Efforts wiil be made
to procure the services of a compe
tent coach.
On February 13 the committee will
again meet, this time to work out a
definite schedule for the meet and
make final arrangements for it.
P. T. A. Will Hold Their
Regular Meeting Tuesday
The regular meeting of the Patron
Teacher association will be held at
the high school auditorium on Tues
day afternoon, Feb. 9 at 3 o'clock,
at which time the program will be as
follows:
Music by the eighth grade.
Debate "Resolved, That Washing
ton did more for his country than
did Lincoln," by students of sixth and
seventh grades.
Song by high school chorus.
Address "Good Citizenship and
Law Observance," bp Milton W. Bow
er. Song, America.
Tho program will bo followed by
the regular business Bession. Please
accept this su an invitation to come
and enjoy tho P. T. A, program.
NOTICE TO ODDFELLOWS AND
REHEKAIIS.
i All Oddfellows, Rebeknhs and fam
ilies are invited to attend an Old
Time dance for tho benefit of Willow
Lodge No. 86, Heppner, Oregon, on
Saturday, 'February 13th, 1926, at 8
o'clock p. m., I. 0. 0. P. hall. Dance
tickets $1.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis, Feb. 2. Three students two
men ana a gin came to O. A. C. in
the fall term of 1923 from Lexington
high, school. The parents of the two
men were only moderately well-to-do
and could not furnish enough money
to send their young folks through
college. Jobs were forthcoming on
the campus and with the money made
from them, together with money
earned during the summer tho stu
dents have been able to stay at 0. A,
u and are now well along toward the
completion of their collee-e careers
Dallas Ward, star end of 0. A. C.'s
northwest championship football
team, made a straight A average last
term. Ward practiced at least two
nours a day on the football field and
worked during his vacant hours to
earn enough money to help support
mmseii. L,ast year he made his let
ter in both football and baseball and
this year he is on the hnskotk.ll
squad. He is a member of the varsity
w association, Kappa 1'hi Delta, hon
orary fraternity in vocational educa
tion, and Sigma Alpha, honorary in
pnysicai education for men.
A record in newspaper work, a high
scnuiasuc standing, and a class of
nee are the outstanding activities of
Alva McMillan, junior in commerce
rinanciai worries forced McMillan to
stay out of college for three years
after he had finished high school.
Doing janitor work in one of the
buildings relieved him of further
worry during his first year. Persist
ent hard work has brought many hon
ors to McMillan. He is a memhor nf
Sigma Delta Chi, professional journal
istic fraternity, a pledge to Alpha
nHppa rsi national honorary in com
merce, and is a night edito on the
uaily Barometer, student newsnaner.
Wilma Leach, the third member of
the Lexington high school trio, has
attained many honors. During her
iresnman year she was a meinher of
the Waldo hall council and three class
athletic teams. Her BOphomore and
junior years have been filled with ac
tivities. Miss Leach is on the Beaver
staff, is vice president of Waldo hall,
and is a member of Delta Psi Kappa,
honorary in physicnl education for
women. The womens' athletic associa
tion has honored her with two of-
nces. Last year she was manager
and this year is secretary. She is
also a member of the womens varsity
0 association. Through her seven
terms at college Miss Leach has made
a 91 average.
3rd Annual Educationa
Exposition Feb. 19-21
K. OF P. ELECTS OFFICERS.
Doric Lodge No. 20, K. of P. held
thoir regular election of officers on
Tuesday evening and chose Jasper
Crawford, Chancellor Commander;
Ed Clark, Vice Chancollor; Oscar Ed
wards, Keeper of Records and Seal;
Carl Cason, Prolate; Earl Merritt,
Master at Arms; Austin Smith, Inner
Guard; Chas. Jones, Outer Guard;
W. O..Dix, Master of Work; Chas.
Thomson, Master of Exchequer; Alex
Cornctt, Trustee. The installation of
the officers will tako place next Tu
esday evening.
Douglas Fairbanks in his latest and
and best: DON Q, THE SON OF
ZORRO, Stnr Theater Sunday and
Mondny. '
Used sewing machines for sale at
Case Furniture Co.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-
vallis, feb. 2. Representativse from
Heppner high school have been in
vited to attend the third annual ed
ucational exposition at 0. A. C. Feb
ruary 19, 20 and 21. The exposition
is intended to give educational guid
ance to high school students who are
planning to enter institutions of high
er learning.
The college proposes to stimulate
student thinking to the end that more
careful consideration will be given
the selection of a course which the
student plans to pursue, than would
otherwise be the case. Through lec
tures, demonstrations, exhibits and
round table discussions the exposi
tion plans to indicate in a definite way
tne work to which a curriculum leads.
Every school on the campus will be
open for inspection. There will .be
displays of work, activities and ac
complishments of students in the dif
ferent courses. Lectures will be given
by prominent educators from other
institutions. Small group conferences
with professors in the departments
in which the students are most in
terested are expected to guide them
in the selection of courses to which
they are best fitted.
Representatives will be entertained
while on the campus by fraternities
and clubs. Special entertainments
have been arranged for that week-end.
A horse show, athletic events, and
concerts are intended to entertain
between the more serious events.
HICH SCHOOL ITEMS
OPERETTA.
steady practice on the operetta
began last Monday under the super
vision of Miss Denn. The operetta
to be given this year is "The Maid
and the Middy," a very snappy and
humorous musical comedy that has
proved to be a success in other places.
ine cast is as follows:
Billy the Middy, Earl Merritt; Daw-
son the Farmer, Crocket Sprouls; The
Spanish Count, Duck Lee; -Evans, Jim
Thomson; Fitz, Ellis Thomson; Cap
tain Dasher, John Turner; Bounder,
naroid tvans; hlimson, Robert Tash:
Valerie the Maid, Marjorie Clark;
Mrs. Gaily, Pat Mahonev: Alice. Mu
riel Cason; Maud, Louise Thomson:
Phillis, Zaida Tash: ANITA. ????
The operetta will be given about
the hrst week m March.
Sixty new books are being added to
the library by the P. T. A. funds.
Three new book cases have been
added to the library, and Mr. Burgess
is in great hopes of having all their
shelves filled by the end of this se
mester.
Periodicals which have been on the
stand have been removed to the extra
table which has been added for this
purpose. With these improvements,
the library has a more up-to-date ap
pearance, and students have done con-
lderably more reference work.
SPECIAL SERVICES AT ALPINE.
The Alpine church will hold a week
of special services, beginning Mon
day, the 8th, and continuing during
the week. Services will begin prompt
ly at 7:30 and the themes for dis
cussion will be:
Monday The Lord's Day.
Tuesday Zeal for the Spiritual
Life.
Wednesday Distinctive Aspects of
Lhrist s Gospel.
Thursday Many are Called but
Few are Chosen.
Friday The Cross of Christ.
Saturday The Duties of Church
Officers.
We ask the public to take advan
tage of these service?.
WALLACE JONES, Pastor.
Miss Caldwell Tells of Work Un
dertaken and Organizes
Local Program.
Our readers perhaps took notice of
the profusely illustrated article
lno O . . . .
uuuuuy uregonian pertaining
to the work of two young women,
styled as "Modern Pied Pipersses,
Who are now visiting this stcte
the role of exterminators of rats an.
mice in the cities and towns of Ore
gon. Ihese young women are Miss
Helen A. Caldwell of Kentucky an
Miss Anna May Wright of Virginia
xney lacKica tne job with vicor
at nooa Kiver, and are now visitin
tne other mid-Columbia towns, de
termined that the rodents shall go
miss v-aioweu was in Hcnnner Mnn
day and Tuesday and helped to. or
ganize the work hero, while Mi
Wright went to Bend.
Misses Caldwell and Wri?ht hen-nn
their careers as rat exterminators
aDout four and a half years ago i
"ullu111) "a., woere tnev were pm
ployed by the health department. Dur
ing the period of extermination work
they learned how to mix and inn
the barium carbonate of the federal
government effectively. It was there
that the idea of traveling over th
entire land in a kind of Pied Piper
jaunt seized upon them. Receiving
I . . . a
ui eiiuorsemeni or public health ser
vice organizations they started thei
tour, lo date the two girls have
worked in 34 states and the Hawaiian
Islands. They have met with success
wnerever they have worked.
TVa t i .
ii,c f luruiuia usea is: to one
teaspoontul of barium carbonate, mij
three or four teaspoonsful of any or
rt;nn,.. 1 - i ... . .
iu"" rat win eat, such as
meat, cheese, cereals, fruits or veo-.
etables. For positive results mix three
Kinds of food, bait separately and
continue for several nio-hta with
whichever the rats seem to nrefer.
In using poison where fowls or do-
mestic animals may have accesa tn it
place the poisoned bait in a small box
cover with a larger box with holes in
enner side to permit the rodents to
enter. Place these boxes in tho t
runs at night.
Their work has the endorsement nf
tne u. b. Bureau of Health, as well
as the local and state health auth
Hies, and it is under this endorse.
ment tnat they do their work.
opeaKing concerning this wort
Miss Caldwell stated to this nnr
estimates oi tne federal health
serviee places the rat population of
a community at twice that of the hu
man beings, in the Teal rat infested
sections along the rivers. In the in.
terior points like Heppner, this es
timate will not likely hold as the rats
are scarcer here, though it would ap
nao 41 l .
r"' mere are plenty or mice
and other rodents that should be kill
ed off.
By Arthur Brisbane
Local News Items.
ARE YOU HUNGRY?
A good meal will fix you up. Is
It spiritual food you want? "Come
ye, buy and eat; yea corao, buy wine
and milk without money and with
out price." The monhig sermon at
tho Church of Christ will be on the
subject, "Food for the Soul."
At the evening service ' tho sub
ject will be, "Why I Am Not a Camp-
Dellite."
Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30.
Mid-week service Thuri-day at 8 p. m.
MILTON W. BOWER, Pastor.
TIANO MUST BE SOLD.
Will sacrifice fine piano in storage
near here, for immediate sale. Will
give easy terms to an established
home. For full particulars and where
it may be seen, address Portland Mu
sic Co., 277 6th St., Portland, Ore.
Douglas Fnirbnnk.', 1 1 his Intent and
and best: DON Q, THE SON OF
ZOKRO, Star Tluatir Sunday mid
Monday,
FOR SALE Organ in good condi
tion, Inquire this office.
DON Q. SON OF ZORItO. wifh
Douglas Fairbanks, is a bic nicture.
Don't miss it. Star Theater, Sunday
and Monday,
Bruce Spaulding, a member of the
class of '24 of Heppner High, will go
with the Willamette university men's
glee 'club on their two weeks tour
starting February 1. They will give
a program in Arlington in the near
future. While he was here he was
often featured in the operettas and
plays given by the high school. -
Miss Charlotte Br'own. Etn'scoDal
church organizer from Pendleton, was
a guest of the domestic science class
at luncheon last Friday.
lhe Heppnerians held a meetine
ast weeK lor the purpose of discuss-
ng the ileppnerian paper and assign
ing topics to each member. The mem
Dership limit of the society, which
was formerly thirty, was reduced to
twenty-hve.
Officers for all the classes have been
elected for this semester. At a re
cent meeting the seniors elected their
officers as follows: Wm. Bucknum,
president; (..rocKet Sprouls, vice-president;
Lucille McDuffee, secretary;
Robert .Tash, treasurer; C, Lawson,
sergeant-at-arms, and E. Merritt, class
reporter.
The results of the freshman elec
tion were: T. Benge, president; H.
Dovin, vice-president; E. Elder sec
retary; C. Hayes, treasurer; J. Cas
Uel, sergeant-at-arms, and D. Her
in, class reporter.
Each member of the American his
tory class has been given a topic for a
term paper, to be handed in at the
end of this semester. These papers
are expeclcd to cover the topics -hor-oughly
and to be the best efforts of
the students in their school career.
The cover and paper stock for the
Hehisch have been selected. The dum
my copy is being rapidly filled out
and will soon bo ready to visit the
printers. The annual has always
ranked as one of the best yearbooks
in the state. This year the work is
under the supervision of Miss Simp
son, who has had three years of ex
perience on the staff of the Oregana,
University of Oregon annual, Louise
Thomson, editor-in-chief, and How
ard McDuffee, business manager, arc
working vigorously to produce the
best annual in the state and with the
assistance of the other members of
tho staff bid fair to put it over suc
cessfully.
The members of the typing class
W. V. Crawford, with the Reming
ton Cash Register Co, of Portland.
arrived here from Baker on Tuesday
evening to spend a few days with his
family. Mr. Crawford has been giv
en the Eastern Oregon territory for
is company and expects to ba located
Pendleton a little later.
Considerable snow is reported to
ave fallen in the Eight Mile section
on Sunday and Sunday night. Rain
has been general all over the county
and the prospects for mere are good.
Let the moisture come, we need all
we can get.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee (Norma
Fredrick) of Portland, announce the
arrival of a 7 1-2 pound baby daugh
ter on Sunday, January 31. Mrs. Lee
is reported to be getting along fine,
as is also the little daughter.
Douglas Fairbanks in his Intett and
and best: DON Q, THE SON OF
OKKO, Star Theater Sunday and
Monday.
Mrs. annie Rood arrived from
Portland on last evening to be pre
sent today at the funeral of her
nephew, the late Andrew Rood, Jr.
Mrs. E. R. Huston is suffering an
aitacK ot Mu this week which con
fines her to her homo.
To see Douglas Fairbanks use the
California whip in his latest picture
n, au.i ut iUKKU, alone is
worth the price of admission. Star
theater, Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Earl Gordon is visiting this
week wiht her sister, Mrs. Stephens,
in Arlington.
Mrs. W. G. McCnrty is confined to
her home this week by illness.
Ask England.
Good Pay, Good Workers.
Stop, Look, Listen.
140 Deaths, $18,200 Profits
Congress is puzzled by surplus
farm products production. Some reck
less bolsheviks, or at lesat socialists,
suggest that the Government might
interest itself in helping farmers mar-
ket their surplus abroad.
Charles Williams, who oue-ht tu
know something about conservatism,
says: "No; that problem should be
left to farmers without eovernment
help." A two-month-old baby might
be left to put on his own undershirt
"without mommer's help." The far
mers would be as well able to deal
with foreign governments, tinder our
Constitution, or with foreien orob-
lems, as a baby would be to deal with
its own nourishment and clothing.
To learn how farmers can be heln-
ed and surplus products sold at a
profit, they might find out what the
British do with their surplus rubber
products. There is a rubber farm
surplus. And you notice that they
manage to sell it to the United States
at about a dollar a pound, when it
could be sold profitably at thirty cents
a pound. A government that wants
to do a thing can do it.
The railroad trainmen, hundreds of
thousands of faithful workers, ask
for better pay, and ought to get it.
Kailroads, protected by government.
enjoy prosperity. Steadily increasing,
they should divide prosperity with
the men that do the work through the
nights in cold and rain, when those
that collect dividends are asleep.
All Americans, especially business
men and money makers, should de
mand that good workmen get their
fair share of national prosperity.
The rich man can get only hia share
of what the average man has to spend.
Government figures show that from
1920 to 1924, "automobiles killed 60.-
876 men, women and children."
And in 1924 the "death toll" num
bered 15,528.
Calculated to give 'the false and
amaging impression that the auto
mobile in itself is a dangerous, deadly
emon, tnese figures are NOT true to
fact. i
have been working very industriously
trying to gain speed while sustaining
their accuracy. Several students are
showing exceptional ability. Among
these are Orrin Bisbee, Aura Gentry,
Louise Thomson and Lucille Mc
Duffee. The senior, Junior, sophomore and
freshman English classes take turns
in writing news items for the paper
concerning school notes. When a
class's turn comes it is necessarv to
elect an editor and assistant editor
whose duties are to assign topics for
each member of the class to write up
on. This list of topics is posted on
the bulletin board where the students
can put their O.K. 'on the topics as
signed them. The senior class was
the first class to use this system.
Duck Lee and Lucille McDuffee were
editors for the senior class this week.
lhe boys' and girls' basketball
teams each have two games scheduled
for this week. They will play lone
on the home floor on Friday and will
journey to Condon Saturdav where
they will play the Condon high school.
Of the sixty-odd thousand killed
in five years some were the victims
of stupid, reckless or drunken driv
ers, some of incompetents.
The greater number killed were vic
tims of their own carelessness, com
monly described as "jay-walking."
When a man on the railroad track
s killed, nobody blames the locomo
tive or suggests suppressing rail
roads. The signs read, "Stop, look
and listen," and "Keep off the track."
The Colorado River, put to work
and used, will add hundreds of mil
lions yearly to the wealth of the Uni
ted Statse.
It will supply 'several Western
states with more than a million horse
power, and irrigation sufficient to pro-
de food for tens of millions of hu
an beings.
The real wealth and future hanni-
ess of this country will gain from
this single project of science and
constructive statesmanship more ben
efit than it would from finding gold
mines unlimited.
John Hulbert killed 140 human be
ings, his total profit on the killings
being $18,200. His line is not that
of the ordinary holdup man for he is
Sing Sing's public executioner, and
each time he straps a man into the
chair the state pays $130. It seems
easy, $130 for work that lasts half an
hour. But killing causes strain on
the nerves, so Mr. Hulbert retires.
Some one else can have the $130 job.
P. A. Anderson Sells
Abstract Business
P. A. Anderson, who, since Decem
ber, 1916, has been owner of the
Morrow County Abstract company,
has disposed of the business to F.
B. Nickerson of Portland. Mr. Nick-
erson is expected to arrive here to
night, and the business will be turn
ed over to him at once by Mr. Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are prepar
ing to go to Portland where Mr. An
derson will engage in the practice of
law. During his nearly ten years
with the Morrow County Abstract
company, Mr. Anderson has built up
a splendid business. He has proved
himself a very competent and pains
taking man in this line and no doubt
I continue to make good at Port-
land, to which place he and Mrs. An
derson go with the very best wishes
of their many friends here. Mr. Nick.
erson is an experienced man in this
line and comes to Heppner hiirhlv
recommended. He has a wife and
two children of school aeo. and w
bespeak for them a warm welcome
here.
To see Douglas Fairbanks u. t,.
California whip in his latost picture,
DON (j, SON OF ZORRO. alone i.
v.Orth the prico of admission, stm.
Theater, Sunday and Monday.
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