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Volume 42, Number 47. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1926 Subscription $2.00 a Year Heppner Undefeated In State Trap Shoot Sidelights On the Conference By A. B. CHAPIN IMsWeelt FEBRUARY 22, 1732 its uh Boy, Eastern Oregon Wheat League Outgrowth of Meeting at Moro. TALK OF ALL PHASES Five Separate Group Discussed Many Angles of Industry; Full Report Will be Made. Three days of intensive study and deliberation over the one subject of wheat ended at Moro Saturday when the 250 wheat growers and scores of other representatives of agencies con cerned adjourned the sessions of the wheat growers economic conference, It is too soon even for those in charge to estimate the ultimate value of this conference sponsored by the extension service of Oregon Agricul tural college, though the purpose of arriving at conclusions representing the combined thought and information of all elements in the wheat situa tion was accomplished. Reports covering 80 typewritten pages were adopted on world supply and demand, wheat handling and mar keting, farm management, tillage and production, and 'finance and credit. These will now be compiled and print ed by the college for the use of every interested person. i As a by-product of the conference, there was organised the "Eastern Or egon Wheat League" one of the pur poses of which is to Bee that the value of the conference is not lost through lack of its findings being carried to the people. Membership in the new organiza tion extends over the 11 principal wheat counties in this section of the state. Officers elected were: presi dent, F. B. Ingels, Dufur; vice-president, Charles B. Cox, Heppner; and secretary-treasurer, Harry B. Pinker ton, Moro. With the creation of the new body which is to be both protec tive and constructive, the Wheat Ex port League w'as dissolved in its fa vor. An executive committeeman from each of the 11 counties was cho sen, J. 0. Turner being the Morrow county member. Great interest was manifest in the work of the wheat handling commit tee. Its sessions being largely at tended by those interested in grading, inspection, freight rates, and related questions. A more equitable system of discounts was advocated by this group, while the state inspection ser vice got a clean bill of health after complaints were thoroughly aired. All facts on these and scores of other subjects considered by this and the other four groups will be included in the printed report of the conference which will be ready for free distribu tion in about six weeks, by the' col lege. Twenty-three tillage and production practices were agreed upon us being the best for this territory by growers in the tillage committee who also agreed that high acre yields 'are nec essary in keeping production' coats down. Some of these rules, still fur ther "boiled down" than as placed in the report are as follows: Stubble should never be, burned in the fall and should be turned under where possible; disking stubble ground in the fall usually reduces yield, though spring disking pays if late plowing is necessary; plowing 6 to 8 inches deep is more profitable than deeper plowing; harrowing should follow plowing within a week or ten days; spring wheat should al ways be sown early; best varieties for winter are hybrid 128, turkey red and fortyfold, and for spring, federa- , tion, hard federation, and early baart, depending on locality. The farm management group decid ed that sidelines of sheep, hogs, poul try and cattle are practical and prof itable on those wheat farms where waste feeds are available, where there is land not suitable for wheat, and where there is labor available for handling the side line. It also gives warning of an impending shortage of work horses and mules unless raising of colts is resumed on a larger scale The world supply and demand group obtained the passage of a resolution asking' a revision of grain freight rates to make them compare with those in Canada, in spite of objections of railroad men present who said government subsidy and contract was responsible for the low - Canadian rates. The finance and credit group advocated among other things, use of the federal intermediate credit bank to obtain lower interest rates on crop loans. The lambing season is now on in full blast at Cecil and near Heppner Junction, where the mild weather con ditions and plenty of good alfalfa hay maKe early mm Ding practical, in bands of Krebs Bros., R. A. Thomp son, Hynd Bros., at "Cecil, and Jess Deos at Willows are each making snlendid lambing and the average will be high. Up Willow creek towards lone, the bands of Ellis Minor are now beginning the season with a fine showing. Because of the newspaper men's conference being held at Eugene Frl day and Saturday of this week, the G: T. is out a little early, our force leaving ealy this morning for the col lege city to take in the meeting. Spencer Crawford, foreman, and Jas per Crawford, machine operator, ac companied by their sister, Miss Mary Crawford, compose the G. T. party. ' To' date the Heppner Rod and Gun club stands undefeated in the state telegraphic shoot being conducted by the Portland Oregonian. Last Sun day the locals vanquished Astoria and Bend, the first by a score of 73 72 and the latter .73-67, and again tied with Roseburg. ' Hillsboro, Salem, Eugene and Coquille have the other undefeated teams, with whom Hepp ner is tied for top honors. Perfect scores of 75 were turned in last Sun day by Salem, Eugene and Portland. The shooters making the local team were L. Van Marter, making the only perfect score to date for the locals, 25; Lou Bisbee, 24, and Gay Ander son, 24. Other scores made at the local traps Sunday were C. H. Latourell 23, Frank Shively 23, Adam Knoblock 23, A. D. McMurdo 22, L. A. Doolittle 22, Chas. Vaughn 21, A. Bowker 21, B. P. Stone 19, A. Olson 18, E. E. Clark 18, 1. V. Crawford 18, L. L. Gilliam 17, K. K. Mahoney 16, B. Gaunt 16, Harry Dun can 13. , , Next Sunday the locals shoot against Corvallis, besides ain con testing a tie with Roseburg. Scarlet Fever Present Among Children of City Dr. A. H. Johnston, county health officer, is authority for the statement that scarlet fever is present in this city, and that there are now a num ber of cases under quarantine. It is true that these cases have not been vey severe, but the health officer feels that all precaution should be exer cised just the same, as malignant cases can easily develop. His warning is given at this time that all parents may watch their children closely for fever, sore throat and rash, or other symptoms of the disease. Should more cases develop, it will be necessary to close the schools, and it is hoped that the prop er care on the part of those nfflicted as well as all others will make this step unnecessary. STRAND BAND HERE MARCH 3. One of the features of the appear ance of Koy Uorr and his atrand Band here at the Star theatre Wed nesday, March 3, will be the ballad singing of, Edwin B. Rivers, soloist with this well-known group of musi cians on their present triumphant Pa cific coast tour. Rivers, while not possessed of a big, booming voice, nor claiming to be a second Caruso, is nevertheless gifted with a pleasing personality nd a happy knack of "selling his songs which always makes his worn pleasant addition to the melody making of these syncopators. Jazz numbers and ballads alike will be rendered by this youthful tenor when the Strand organisation appears here. While the band itself has a delightful roundelay of classics, sym phonic jazz, and real '.'red-hot blues blowing" to purvey. Their. engagement at the Star thea tre promises to be one of the musical treats of the season in this city and Manager Sigsbee is to be congratu lated on his having booked this splen did aggregation. The band will also give a dance after the show in the Elks hall. AUTO TURNS TURTLE. Mr.-and Mrs. Will Kirk met with an accidit on Sunday evening which, fortunately, did not result very ser iously to either of them, Mr. Kirk had a call to go down the highway below Rhea Siding to aid the stage of O. H. McPherrin which was in reed of a new tire from the Cohn Auto Co. Taking a Ford car from the garage, Mr. Kirk and wife pro ceeded down the highway. It was dark, and on going as far as Rhea Siding and not running onto the stage, Mr. Kirk concluded he must have missed the stage, and in turning about went over the -edge of the highway. The car turned over in the ditch, pinning the occupants undrcneath, in which position they had to remain for about an hour and a half before re lief reached them. Neither were ser iously hurt, though Mr. Kirk had to remain in bed for a day because of Injuries to his back. The car was held by a barbed wire fence on which it struck and kept from settling down, otherwise the results might have been far more serious. . FAILING LifiHTS CAUSE ACCIDENT Willie McDaid of Juniper Canyon was prhned under an overturned car about five miles west of Echo on the Butter Creek highway Feb. 6th, but through the efforts of Dan Doherty was released without serious injuries. Doherty was driving when the lights suddenly went out, causing the car to swerve from the road and upset. Doherty crawled out through the top, but he had to lift the car to release his companion. He walked to Echo and secured medical aid for McDaid. Echo News, . Saturday Matinee at Star Theater; "THE GREAT LOVE," the story of a man, a girl and an elephant. Funnier than a 3-ring circus. Pictures start at 2:30. Mrs. C. N. Jones had the misfortune to slip and full while descending some steps at the Jones home on Monday afternoon, and fell in such a manner that; her right leg was broken just above the ankle, She was hurried to the office of Dr. McMurdo, who re duced the fracture. Saturday Matinee at Star Theater "THE GREAT LOVE," the story of a man, a girl and an elephant. Funnier than a 3-ring circus. Pictures start at 2:30. flASSA WASH N TOM UH (JR6AT Biff POUNCIN' PoY Missus wary say she ffwiws ' CALL WW SAWS-e An' AH RECKON FROMlU'WAY HE HOLLArt.rlE SWINE crROW UP AtBH VH fflWERAL ROLLING SEA AND SAILOR LORE, ECHO OF MAID AND MIDDY High School Operetta Cast Rapid ly. Perfecting Parts For Coming Performance. "O they sing of a life at sea With the salt winds blowing free, And the waters blue And a lively crew " One can almost taste the saltOf the sea by just listening to the mem bers of the cast of the high school operetta "The Maid and the Middy" as they practice their songs and lines each afternoon and evening in the assembly hall. While quite different from last year's musical comedy "Crimson Eye brows," "The Maid and the Middy" leaves nothing to be desired in the way of a most enjoyable presentation of this sort. Sea songs and sea ways are always fascinating even to the most confirmed "landlubber," and this particular assortment is quite in a class by itself among melodies of the'1 briny. There is an unmistakable echo of the rolling main and tropical isles, though the actual scene'of the stoTy is ao near home as a modern Ameri can boat club on racing day. Each'of the rather large number of characters has a distinctive part to play, and each seems to be aware of the fact and hence is showing up un usually well as an exponent of that type. Duck Lee as the Spanish count, Crocket Sprouls as Dawson, the farm er, and Marjorie Clark and Earl Mcr ritt an the title roles are especially good. And of course one must not. forget Anita. The complete cast is: Billy, the middy, attached to the Dreadnought," Earl Merritt; Daw son, retired farmer, Crocket Sprouls; the count, a Spanish gentleman, Duck Lee; Evans, master of ceremonies at the boat club, Jim Thomson; Fitz, of the boat club's house committee, El lis Thomson; Captain Dasher, in com mand of the ship, John Turner; Boun der, champion oarsman of the club, Harold Evans; Young Slimsqn, as thin as his name, Bob Tash; a boat club attendant, Gerald Slocum; Valerie Vane, the maid, Marjorie Clark; Mrs. Gaily, an attractive widow, Patricia Mahoney; Alice, Maud and Phyllis friends of Valerie, Muriel Cason, Louise Thomson, and Zaida Tash; and Anita, the cause of the trouble, one might almost say the heroine of the play, V?V. Miss Denn and Mr. Smith are coach ing the songs and lines and direct ing the whole presentation. Mrs. Ha old Cohn has charge of the dancing and Miss Miller of the costumes. K. OF P. INSTALL OFFICERS. The newly elected officers of Doric lodge No. 20, Knights of Pythias of thiB city, were duly installed at the meeting of the lodge Tuesday night. Those installed were: Jasper Craw ford, Chancellor Commander; Edw, Clark, Vice Chancellor; Earl Merritt, Master at Arms; Carl Cason, Prelate; W; O. Dix, Master of Work; O. O. Ed wards, Keeper of Records and Seal and Master of Finance; Charles Thomson, Master of Exchequer; Aus tin Smith, Inner Guard; Johnny Hiatt, Outer Guard. The lodge also voted to celebrate its 62nd anniversary which occurs February 19, on the evening of March 2. This will be at open meeting with a program and ban quet, and all Knights and their ladies are invited. 0. B, Robertson, state bank exam iner, was a visitor in Heppner for a short time Wednesday, while attend ing to offlflal business, P. T. A. Will Serve Chicken Dinner Mar. 3 The Patron-Teacher association is arranging to serve a big chicken din ner at Hotel Heppner dining room on the evening of Wednesday, March 3rd. . This meeting, besides being one for the purpose of raising some much needed funds 'or the work of the as sociation, will also take the place of the customary yearly evening gath ering of the P. T. A., planned for the bringing together of the daddies and others interested, but whose work is such that they are prevented from having a part in the regular after noon meetings. This will give them the opportunity to meet' in a social way and enjoy the program along with two vital forces cooperating for the very best educational program for the boys and girls of this school district the parents and teachers. The subject for March is "Physical Education," the importance of which s apparent to all. That our facilities for such training are almost wholly lacking, and what we may do . to rem edy this situation, will be discussed by our local orntors, over'a. fine chick en dinner, served by our efficient do mestic science instructor, Miss Mil- er. and her capable corps of assist ants, the high school girls and boys. This is a community aiTair. The en tire community is contributing this dinner so let us make it a success. Hold this date open, March 3rd, 6:15 rc, Press Correspondent. MARY D. McHALEY. Mary D. (Gibson) McHaley was born in the state of Missouri, and when just baby came to Oregon with her parents who crossed the nlains in 1848 and settled in the Wil lamette va ev near turner, wneren Mrs. McHaley was reared and grew to , womanhood. She was married to James H. McHaley in May, 1868, at the age of 20, and they came to East ern Oregon a little later and settled on Three Mile creek in Wasco coun ty, south of The Dalls. About the vear 1874 they removed to Grant county where Mr. McII. ley settled on homestead near Monument, tnis place being the present home of Jheir adopted son, Dempsey Boyer. Here they followed stocuraising lor many years, Mr. Mcli uey becoming one of the most extensive sneep anu cattle ranchers of Gr.-.nt county, and during which time he preatly extend ed his land ownings. It was some 35 years ago when they purchsacd property in Heppner, but they did not take up iheir residence here permanently until a few years after that, and this rity was their home until the death of Mr. McHaley on the 23rd day of February, 1913, Mrs. McHaley then made her home for the greater part of the time at rou land and Turner, and during the past two years or more h.ia lived at Sa lem, which city was her home at the time of her death on Feb. J3, 1926. To Mr. and Mrs. McHaley two sons were born. These died in infancy. An adented daughter, Amy, passed away at the family home in this city in February. 1919. Funeral services for Mrs. McHaley were held st the grave here at 10:30 on Saturduy morning. Milton W. Bower, pastor of the Christian church officiated, and the remaina were laid to rest beside the loved ones who had passed on before. EYE SPECIALIST FEB. 24TH. Dr. Clarke will be in Heppner all day and evening, Wednesday, Feb. 24th, at the Hotel Heppner. Those having eye trouble should see him. Clarke & Strum Optical Co., Mer- I chants Trust Building, Portland, Ore, s Active" campaigning for the sale of the Hehisch will be begun by the end of the week by several student body live-wires who have been organized into a flying squadron to take advance orders for the copies. A deposit will be required to reserve a copy of the yearbook, and only copies ordered and partly paid for in advance will be printed. This plan haB been adopted to insure the financial success of the book. Members of the sales commit tee are Earl Ayers, Marjorie Clark, Aura Gentry, Zaida Tash, Joe Bros- nan, Terrel Benge, Dorothy Herren, Mary Case and Howard McDuffee. The person selling the greatest number will receive an enviable reward. A basketball tournament will be held' February 25, 26 and 27 at Mil-ton-Freewater, with lone, Pendleton, Hermiston, Adams, McLaughlin, Ath ena, Helix, Echo, Weston, Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Stanfield and Lexington taking part. Heppner will be unable to send contestants this year because of the depleted condition of the stu dent body treasury. The winner of the tournament will be decided by a process of elimina tion. Coach Bohler of Washington State college will referee the games. B. R. Finch of Heppner will be as sistant coach. A new librarian has been selected to fill the first period in the morning. As freshmen were the only ones hav ing this period vacant, Roderick Thomson was chosen as alternate for Irene Peck by Margaret Prophet, head librarian, to fill the position. Fire drill practico has been held in the high school every afternoon that the weather has been favorable. The first time the student body officially tried the new device more than ten minutes passed between the time the first student left and the last one re turned. The second time they were all down in a little over four minutes, and the last time slightly more than three minutes were needed. The en tire student body stands and disap pears down the "hopper" by rows. As soon as the ground is reached each person hurries back up via the stairs. In honor of Washington's birthday school will be dismsised at noon Mon day, following an address to be given Monday morning in the assembly by S. E. Notson, chairman of the school board. The "Heppnerian," official organ of the Heppnerian literary society, will be off the "press" again this week, and copies will be on sale st Gordon's confectionery Friday at one o'clock, and at the Star theater before and after the show Friday night. Five cents is the sum required in exchange for 'the latest news of town and school. A commercial club was organized this week by the boys of the book keeping class. Their first meeting was held Friday, Duck Lee acting as chairman. A Basketball game was played be twecn the Heppner and Lexington high school girls' team February 12. The score was 30 to 2 in favor of Lexington. The following girls made the trip to Lexington: Hazel McDaid Margaret Prophet, Shirley Prophet, Mary Ritchie, Joy Erwin, Irene Lov grcn, Aura Gentry. Edmund Bristow refereed. Lexington won the boys' gome also. The next g;ime will be the boys' contest with Arlington Sat urday night. February 20, on the home floor. Born, at The Dalles hospital on Feb, 12, 1926, to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Freund of that city, a 6 14 -pound daughter Mib. Freund was formerly Miss Ids Stevenson of this city. Banker W. P. Mahoney spent Thurs day and Friday at Moro in attendance on the wheat conference. Going with him from here were Judge Benge, C. N. Jones and John H. Padberg, prom inent wheat raisers of this locality, who also took an active part in the deliberations of the conference. Dwight Misner, extensive producer of wheat in the lone section was ac companied to the wheat conference at Moro the past week by A. A. McCabe of Rhea creek who, besides being a successful wheat grower, is now ven turing into the sheep game. These men took a lot of interest in the pro ceedings at Moro, Mr. Misner being called upon to explain his process of horse farming, which he does with big teams of horses, accomplishing what others undertake with large tractors. George N. Peck and W. H. Padberg were Lexington whoatraisers tnat took in the Moro meeting last week. While Billy could not get up and make a public address before his group, he could tell them how it was done, because he has had years of large experience in dry land farming in this county and it has been valu able. Both Peck and Padberg came away from the conference singing its praises, stating that their only re gret was that more of their neigh bors could not take the time' to at tend such a valuable meeting. Chas. Cox, Jeff Jones and O. C. Wageman took in every bit of the Moro wheat conference. -Cox and Wageman spent the most of their time with the group on farm management, while Mr. Jones was a factor in the finance and credit group. Charley was also honored in being chosen vice-president of he Eastern Oregon Wheat league. Mr. Cox' has been somewhat prominent in graingrowers' meetings and organizations, and he found numerous friends and acquaint ances at Moro.'. J. O. Turner and Harvey Miller took time off to take in the confer ence and spent the entire three days at Moro. Mr. Turner will serve as Morrow county's representative on the board of directors of the newly formed league. These men both ex press themselves as well pleased with the entire proceedings and feel that the time taken from their work was well spent. Roger Morse, county agent, had a prominent place in all the delibera tions of the farm management group of which he was secretary, and a for mer Morrow county farmer, E. M. Hulden, was chairman. Prof. H. D Seudder and R. S. Besse of the farm management department of 0. A. C. were also very efficient assistants and leaders in the discussions in this group,, which the editor of this paper chose to attend while at the confer ence. The vast amount of data that the college has been gathering for several years past was made use of by the professors from 0. A. C. and as was the case in the various groups. this data was found very useful in getting at the bottom of things. Be sides t V. Crawford . from Heppner, Chas. Erwin' of lone went along with Mr. Morse and spent his time with the tillage and production group, of which he was a member, along with Dwight Misner.. It was not possible for one to attend each group meeting, so the group in which one was most interested was the one that claimed his attention. While at Moro the editor of this paper enjoyed fraternizing with Edi tor Ireland of the Sherman County Observer, and Editor Currey of the Arlington Bulletin, each taking a lit tie, time off from the conference to talk shop and renew acquaintance. It had been a good many years since we met Mr. Ireland in the state press association meeting in Portland. On Thursday evening at the Moro theater the citizens of Sherman coun ty and the visiting members of the wheat conference were entertained and enlightened by a splendid address by W. J. Spillman, consulting econo mist of the United States Department of Agriculture, on the subject "The World Wheat Situation and the Amer ican Farmer." Dr. Spillman is a very entertaining speaKer and nis subject was well handled. He has within the past year studied, the sit uation of the wheatgrower in the Northwest and the benefits of this study were handed out to the farm ers of his audienc who did not fail to get from the address much that will prove of profit. Dr. Spillman re mained until the close of the confer ence and made talks before the var ious groups, though his special work was with the group considering the world supply and demand. Friday evening was given over to Governor Pierce, who delivered Ms address on Lincoln and was greeted with a packed house. The governor is especially good when handling this subject and he held the audience in closest attention while he recited the events of the life of the Great Eman cipator. Mr. Pierce has a happy way of taking hold of an audience, and the address was punctuated by numerous rounds of applause as he brought to the minds of his henrera the many outstanding choracteristics in the life of Lincoln. As a student of history, Governor Pierce stands in the front rank, and no one can fail to be inter ested when he delivers this Lincoln address, wherein he not only displays his ability as an orator, but has per fect memory of the chronological events in the life of the man that he characterized as "The Greatest American." Snturdav Matinee at Star Theater; "THE GREAT LOVE," the story of a man, avirl and an elephant. Funnier than a J-riug circus. Pictures start at 2:30. By Arthur Brisbane. Eating Hard Coal. Heaviest Baby Lamb. Poodles. 2 and 4 Legs. Bur bank an Infidel? Failure of another effort to end the coal strike brings coal so much nearer to control by the Government. Coal under ground is owned by individuals -only through public cdnsent Every thing that represents absolute public necessity (air, water, coal, railroads) must naturally be subject to public control. Mine owners are said by union leaders to be forcing a practical lockout. The unions brought tiouble on themselves in the beginning by defiant refusal of arbitration. Unions and owners are working here as they have done in England toward Government control of mines. It will come in England before long. . It will come here eventually. The people will not forever consent to shiver, while "capital and labor" fight about the terms on which the people may have heat. . The heaviest new born lamb on record arrives on the farm of Robert Magee in Michigan, weighing fourteen pounds. The new born cub of a 500-pound bear weighs only a few ounces, and the mother is usually sound asleep, in late winter, when her baby Is born. Why should nature inflict on deli cate human mothers infants weighing twelve pounds and more? , An Italian doctor believes that the right diet for the mother would make the new baby much lighter and stronger and child birth much easier. The fattest, heaviest baby is not necessarily the best v . Profits on the Pennsylvania Rail road for one year reach a "peak," for all time, more than $100,000,000. This, and increasing railroad prof its everywhere, should gain a friendly hearing and better pay for railroad workers. To raise the pay of millions of men , would cost hundreds of millions year. But that is the scale we are now geared up to, nationally, and the hundreds of millions would be poured back into general prosperity, the rail roads getting their share. Husbands are gradually losing their ancient "rights." The marriage ser vice no longer makes woman promise to obey. English law no longer per mits a man to beat his wife "with a stick no bigger around than his thumb." A Russian husband no long er beats his wife gently on their mar riage day to prove that he is boss. And now a wife gets her divorce with cash alimony simply because the hus band, during the past eight years, has had a way of calling her in the morn ing by throwing cold water on her as she lay in bed at 1. An occasional, not frequent beating, added to the ef fect of the cold water. An expert says poodles and other lap dogs "go mad" oftener than dogs that take more exercise. Another ex pert, friendly to poodles, says that isn't so. One thing IS certain, HU MAN poodles, petted and pampered by inherited money, go mad, or lose their balance much more quickly than those that work for a living. See the di vorce and "high class" crime news in your daily newspapers. Luther Burbank in a San Francisco pulpit gives more information con cerning his Views on a Supreme Be ing. He says he is an infidel, but believes in God. Of course he doesn't KNOW that he is an infidel, and he can't tell whether he believes in God qr not. "Belief" is a word used com monly to describe a mental habit. As to the existence of a Supreme Being, the belief of individuals from Thales to the Mahatma Gandhi, is about as important as the beliefs of so many hoptoads speculating on the nature, power and purposes of a pass ing nirnlan. WA rinn t vpn know positively that we exist, and haven't the vaguest idea how or WHY we ex- st. Our abstract speculations are foolish, but we can't help trying. METHODIST COMMUNITY CHURCH In the absence of the pastor, E. C. Alford, who is at Fossil assisting Rev. Oscar Payne in revival services, the pulpit of the Methodist Community church will be filled next Sunday by Rev. Graham of Hermiston, Anyone without a church home, and "strang ers within our gates" will find a cordial welcome to all our services. Fresh fancy box candy. Gordon's. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: We have used a Case Combined Harvester for the past three years and cut approximately two thousand acres, and are well pleased with the performance of the Case. We have only expended about twenty dollars for repairs during this time and it is ready to start next year's cutting. It does a clean job of threshing and puts it all in the sack. We have been well satisfied with the Case machine in every way. adv. Signed, JEF JONES ft SON.