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Volume 43, Number 2.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APR. 8, 1926
Subscription $2.00 a Year
POMONA
(i HERE
Charter Membership of 65
Enlisted; Wicklander
Put at Head.
BIG MEN TAKE PART
Governor Pierce, State Master Palml
ter, Market Agent Spenee, and
Others Were on Program.
Friday was a day of much activity
on the part of the members of the
Grange organisations of Morrow coun
ty, and many members from the var
ious locals were gathered at Hepp-
ner for the purpose of organizing the
Pomona Grange the county associa
tion, which is made up of the mem
bership of the different locals.
Beginning at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, the entire Jay was occupied
in the completion of the county or
ganization and the big public meeting
at Elks hall, where in the afternoon
the public gathered to hear a number
of speakers who had been Invited to
be here and entertain the people. The
noon hour was given over to the big
banquet, served in the dining room
of Hotel Heppner. This feature was
under the supervision of Rhea Creek
Grange, and as host for the occasion
they proved a complete success. There
was plenty of good eats both for the
noon meal and for an evening meal as
well, and this part of the program
was indeed very popular. Some short
and witty talks were made at the
call of Orain Wright, toastmaster,
and thoBe responding were Governor
Pierce, Mr. Palmiter, master of the
state Grange, Mr. Spence, state mar
ket agent, Mr. Shumway, republican
candidate for U. S. Senator, Mr.
Tooze, republican candidate for state
superintendent of schools, and Mr
Sweek of this city. Several of these
men were on the program to deliver
the addresses of the afternoon, but
the chief feature of that meeting was
the address of Governor Pierce, who
was heard with close attention as he
presented his pica for tax reform
and gave out his platform for state
government. Mr. Shumway also cre
ated interest In his campaign by out
lining the principles for which he
stands as a candidate for U. S. sena
tor, and it was manifest that he had
no small following among the farm
ers of this county. Mr. Tooze held
forth on educational matters to the
edification of the audience, while Mr.
Spence and Mr. Palmiter dwelt for a
short time on other subjects of in
terest to the grangers.
The completion of the Pomona or
ganization and installation of newly
elected officers, all of which had been
carried on under the direction of
W. R. Gekeler of La Grande, deputy
master of the Oregon State Grange,
followed the meeting at Elks hall.
The new Pomona starts with a char
ter membership of some 65 members,
and it is expected that this will be
increased to a considerable extent.
Sickness in various quarters prevent
ed many from attending and also in
terfered with some of the numbers
on the program.
Officers chosen are: Chas. Wick
lander of Greenfield Grange, Board
man, Master; W. F. Wright, Iirigon,
Overseer; C. M. Nizer, Boardman,
Lecturer; Ray Wright, Rhea Ci'eck,
Steward; Mrs. Mary Lundell, Willow,
Chaplain; 0. E. Wright, Rhea Creek,
Treasurer; Walter H. Switcher, Rhea
Creek, Secretary; Mrs. A. W,. Lundell,
Dry Fork, Ceres; Mrs. Bert Knight,
Irrigon, Pomona; Mrs. C. H. Wick
lander, Boardman, Flora; Mrs. Ray
Wright, Rhea Creek, Lady Assistant
Steward; Jeff Jones, Rhea Creek,
Chas. Dlllabaugh, Boardman, Mrs.
Grace Tyler, Willows, Executive
Committee.
A by-laws committee, to draft by
laws for the county organization, was
appointed, the members named being
Chas. Wicklander, 0. E. Wright and
Mrs. Lyle Saling.
Before adjournment, resolutions
were passed expressing thanks and
appreciation to the Heppner Elks for
the use of their hall, to Mrs. Rogers
of Hotel Heppner for the dining room
and kitchen and equipment that she
so kindly offered, and to all others
who in any way assisted in making
the meeting the success that it prov
ed to be.
Roger Morse, county agent, was
named chairman of the agricultural
committee, and the other members
will be named by him and published
later.
SMOKER SATURDAY NIGHT.
Under the management of Russell
Wright of Lexington a smoker will
be staged Saturday night at the
Heppner basketball pavilion. This
smoker is given as a benefit for the
Lexington Athletic elub and tho card
contains a number of events that
promise plenty of excitement. The
main event is a 6-round go between
Harold Ahalt, 142 pounds, lone, and
Pete Knight, 160 pounds, Irrigon;
semi-final, 4 rounds, Earl Merritt,
Heppner and Perry Bartlemae, lone;
wrestling, 15 minutes or one fall,
Judge Carmichael, Lexington and
Austin Smith, Heppner. Prelimin
aries will consist of 3-minute rounds
between Crocket Sprouts and Pat
Nolan; Laurence Copenhaver and
Onez Parker; Bill Grogan and George
Ritchie, as well as several other fast
matches. This is going to be one of
the very best cards of the season, so
the promoters say, and as stated be
fore, there is promise of plenty of
excitement.
40-CENT TAX LEVY
MADE BY JOHN
DAY DIRECTORS
froDaoie Amount Necessary to
Clean Up Debts and Retire
Warrants of District.
Accepting the figures of Mr. Pfaeg-
ing, expert accountant of the North
ern Pacific Railway, as being an
proximately correct, the directors of
the John Day Irrigation district, at
their meeting held in this city on
Tuesday evening, passed a resolution
fixing an assessment of 40 cents per
acre on the lands within the district
for the purpose of cleaning up the
warrants outstanding and caring for
other items of indebtedness against
the district.
This meeting was attended by the
full board of directors, Art Wheel
house of Arlington, C. A. Minor and
M. D. Clark of Heppner. S. E. Van
Vactor of The Dalles, attorney for
the dsitrict, and C. L. Sweek, secre
tary, were also present. Besides the
levying of an assessment, other mat
ters were discussed pertaining to the
welfare of the district.
We are informed that the Board
figures that the assessment of forty
cens will be more than ample for all
needs, providing there is a general
payment of the taxes, and whatever
excess there is will be refunded, and
this may reach 10 cents per acre. The
40-cent levy will also be sufficient to
reimburse all those who have hereto
fore paid the full 50 cents that was
charged in taxes against the lands
of the district, to the extent of at
least 20 cents on the acre, thus equal
izing the taxation.
Secretay Sweek was authorized to
notify the tax officers of the counties
of Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla of
the levy that the same might be ex
tended on the rolls.
Celebration of Fourth
Planned by Ball Club
Heppner will celebrate the 4th of
July this year if plans being made
by her town baseball organization
successfully materialize. The base
ball boys with Leonard Barr as man
ager are already setting the stage,
and report conditions favorable for
one of the best celebrations in local
annals.
Full celebration particulars will be
given out at a later date, it is an
nounced, but so far the boys have
promise of games for each of the two
cays it is planned to celebrate, from
Manager Wilson of the Wasco aggre
gation. Wasco has one of the strong
est nines in the Mid-Columbia league
and should be a strong contender for
the pennant, and with the local boys
at their best by our nation's bithday,
it is believed the games will be a
strong attraction. Wilson also prom
ised a big delegation from his city
to paticipate in the events for the two
daya, according to Mr. Barr.
Jesse Kirk Was Early
Pioneer of This County
Death came to Jesse Kirk at the
home of his son, Will Kirk in this
city on Sunday afternoon at 4:30.
Mr. Kirk had been a victim of paral
ysis for a number of years and this
caused his final breakdown, death
coming as a result of several days
of suffering. Funeral services were
held at the Chistian church on Tues
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, Milton W.
Bower, pastor, delivering a short ad
dress, and burial was in Masonic
cemetery.
Jesse Kirk was born in Adair coun
ty, Missouri, on April 22, 1851, being
the son of Charles S. and Caroline
Kirk. The entire family crossed the
plains by ox teams in 1865, consum
ing six months in this journey from
Missouri to the Willamette valley
and settled in Lane county. In 1880
the family moved to Umatilla county,
settling on Rhea creek. He later took
up a homestead and for many years
resided in the Rhea creek section,
following farming and stock raising.
He was married May 17, 1884, to Me
lissa Hanby, and of this union the
following children survive: J. E. Kirk
of Orting, Wash.; Mrs. Margaret L.
Sandberg of Portland; Mrs. Millie R.
O'Rourke of La Grande and Will Kirk
of Heppner. He is also survived by
three brothers and three sisters, John
Kirk and James Kirk of Heppner,
George Kirk of Huniman, Mrs. Fan
nie Howard, Mrs. Zulie Lee, of Junc
tion City and Mrs. Lydia Baker of
Joseph, Oregon. There are also 17
grandchildren. Mrs. Kirk died In
the Heppner flood of June 14, 1903,
and following her death- Mr. Kirk
made his home for the most part with
his children and other relatives. It
was some four or five years ago that
he suffered the stroke of paralysis
that finally resulted In his death. He
was 74 years of age, lacking a few
days, at the time of his death, and
was one of the early pioneer settlers
of this section.
PATRON-TEACHERS MEETING.
The Patron-Teacher association will
meet at 3 o'clock in the high school
auditorium on Tuesday, April 13, at
which time a large attendance is de
sired. The important business of
electing officers for the coming year
will be up, and then the following
interesting program will be offered:
Music, junior orchestra; exercises,
Mrs. Turner's room; song, Miss Thel
ma Miller; "Where the Home Fails,"
subject of discourse by Rev. Oscar
Payne of Fossil; Scotch songs, by re
quest, Mrs. Gibb.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Frank Mason was in from the farm
a short time today. He thinks there
was never a better crop prospect in
hiB section than at the present time
and looks for an abundant harvest.
If this should happen, the flat at Lex
ington will hardly be large enough to
hold the sacks of grain that will be
brought in.
A young son of Matt Halvorsen, of
lone was kicked by a horse Tuesday
evening. He was hurried to Hepp
ner where the injuries were attended
to by Dr. McMurdo. The kick caus
ed a severe wound to the boy's fore
head, but were not found to be ser
ious.
Miss Henryetta Lawrence, who has
been a patient at the Morrow General
hospital for the past three weeks, suf
fering an attack of pneumonia, was
able to return home today. Miss
Lawence expects to Teturn to her
school work the first of the week.
Miss Charlotte Newhouse and Miss
Thelma Miller, high school teachers,
drove to The Dalles Friday, where
Miss Newhouse spent the week end
with her family. Miss Miller went on
to Portland to spend the Easter holi
day at her home.
Harvey McAllister, sage of Lexing
ton, was doing some business here
yesterday. Harvey is boosting for his
old Spanish war buddy, Jay Upton,
for governor. He knows that Upton
is a good man and will help him all
he can.
George Huntington Curry, editor of
Arlington Bulletin, was a visitor here
Tuesday evening, being an interested
attendant at the meeting of the
board of directors of the John Day
Irrigation district.
Mrs. C. H. Botts and Mrs. V. L,
Warren, who have been patients at
the Heppner Surgical hospital, were
able to return to their homes at
Gooseberry on Sunday.
Mrs. P. A. Anderson of Porrtiand is
spending the week here with her
mother, Mrs. E. F. Campbell. Mrs
Campbell has been quite ill for the
past two weeks but is now greatly
improved.
Found, on road loading out of Hepp
ner south of depot, a Tip Top watch
with buckskin chain attached. Own
er can get same at this office by pay
ing for this notice.
An 8 1-2 pound daughter arrived at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Krebs of Cecil on Saturday, April 3,
1926. Dr. McMurdo reports all con
cerned getting along fine.
John Holton has returned to his
home after spending several days at
the Morrow General hospital, recov
ering from an attack of tonsilitis.
W. H. Instone of Lena spent a few
hours in Heppner on Saturday. He
reports everything coming along
mignty fine out his way.
Charley Bartholomew was in from
his Butter creek ranch yesterday, hav
ing some business before the county
court.
Mrs. Dean T. Goodman has returned
home after two weeks convalescing at
the Morrow General hospital.
Mrs. J. D. Wilmoth of Hitter is ill
at the Morrow General hospital in
this city.
Dan C. Doherty was in from Lena
Tuesday and reports everything com
ing along fine out that way.
Legion and Auxiliary
Lease New Quarters,
The American Legion and the Aux
iliary have recently leased the up
stairs rooms in the McMurdo building
on Main street, and have established
their headquarters there. The Aux
iliary held their first meeting in the
new quarters on Monday evening, and
on Tuesday the Legion boys dedica
ted the headquarters barracks by
holding their first meeting of the
present month there.
The quarters consists of three
rooms, two of which serve as a meet-
ng place and the other as a kitchen
and dining room.
The Auxiliary members gave a mis
cellaneous shower and many useful
articles were presented for equip
ping the new quarters. About 48
dozen cookies were donated by the
members and forwarded to Veterans
hospital No. 77 at Portland for the
disabled veterans. The sale of tickets
on the scarf made by one of the dis
abled veterans of this hospital is
progressing nicely. AH members
having tickets are requested to re
port to Mrs. Morse.
The District Auxiliary conference
was held at Moro, March 30, the lo
cal unit being represented by Mes
dames Arthur McAtee, D. A. Wilson,
and A. H. Johnston. The ladies re
port a very interesting and enjoyable
meeting.
Girl Reserves Hold
Installation of Officers
New officers for the Girl Reserves
were elected at their meeting on
Wednesday, March 81, and at the reg
ular meeting yesterday they were
duly installed. The new officers are:
President, Daisy Albec; vice presi
dent, Zella McFerrin; treasurer, Ruth
Missildine; secretary, Alyce Cason;
musician, Virginia Dix; reporter,
Maudie Brashier and her assistants
are Mary Beamer and Anna McDaid.
The Reserves have planned a picnic
for April 10, and are looking forward
to a good time.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express our thanks
and sincere appreciation to the neigh
bors and friends who so kindly as
sisted us In every way in the hours
of our bereavement, and at the burial
of our father, Jesse Kirk.
WM. KIRK AND FAMILY.
MRS. MARGARET SANDBERG.
J. E. KIRK.
MRS. MILLIE O'ROURKE.
FRED E. KIDDLE
TO RUN AGAINST
SENATOR TAYLOR
Union County Man Seeks Repub
lican Nomination; Ex-Service
Man and Miller.
, Fred E. Kiddle of Island City, Union
county, has formally entered the race
for the republican nomination for
state senator, according to announce
ment made today. From present in
dications Mr. Kiddle will have the re
publican nomination and will run this
fall against Senator H. J. Taylor of
Umatilla county, present incumbent,
and who has filed for the democratic
nomination. The following statement
as to Mr. Kiddle's qualifications and
record was released for publication
Friday by Harold Warner, Pendleton
Attorney.
Mr. Kiddle has been actively en
caged in the flour milling and grain
business for the past ten years and
is the son of a former state senator
and member of the state highway
commission, the late E. E. Kiddle, one
of the pioneers of this section. He
was born and raised in Eastern Ore
gon, was graduated from the Univer
sity of Oregon and attended the Uni
versity of Cambridge, England, fol
lowing the war. He ia a World War
veteran and served 14 months in
France. Mr. Kiddle has been extreme
ly active and prominent in American
Legion work in the state and nation.
was state commander of the Legion
in 1923-24, and is one of the most
popular and best known ex-service
men in Oregon."
The formal statement given out by
Mr. Kiddle is as follows:
'I have no present intention to pro
pose any new bills. I have no special
interests to serve, and no personal
hobbies to further. I am firmly con
vinced that administrative efficiency
is impaired, the cost of government
unduly increased, proper respect for
law diminished, and the difficulties of
enforcement officers aggravated by the
present number and complexity of our
statutes. The problems of living and
of business are now made more nu
merous and burdensome by too much
legsilation, regulation and taxation.
My vote will be cast only for those
bills which tend to promote business
efficiency consistent with economy.
I prefer the directness and simplicity
of natural and economic law rather
than the confusion and uncertainty
of expensive experimental legislation.
1 will at all times s,;ek to promote
the business-like administration of
state affairs."
Heppner Drops Game
To Boardman, 3 to 4
Although Heppner played a winning
game at Boardman last Sunday after
noon, she was forced to take the small
end of the 3-4 score. Her boys
clapped off a dozen hits off pitcher
Keyes wh,ich netted her three earned
luns, while Boardman scratched only
one earned run, with but four clean
smacks off Bill Hoskins, local twirler.
Heppner's infield with "Stick"
Woods on first base, Leonard Barr at
the keystone position, Paul Aiken
at short and Carl Cason at third,
worked the smoothest yet this sea
son, and only three errors were chalk
ed against them. Pitcher Hoskins
was Buffering from an injured lee
which prevented him throwing two
men out at home plate on easy
chances though he cut a man off at
first each time. Little need was found
for the Heppner outfielders as only
two balls were hit over the infield.
one for a hit into right, and the other
was pulled in by Gene Ferguson in
center.
Four 1 ocals batted .500 per cent
Sunday: Finch, center field and catch
er; Aiken, Cason and Crawford, left
field. Cason scored two of the three
runs while Finch scored the other.
Clarence Moore received behind the
bat until replaced by Finch, and
Bus" Gentry of Lexington took car."
of the right field pasture.
After intensive practice the past
week, tho locals aie looking stronger
than ever and with the addition of
Raymond Ferguson on second base,
they believe they are now in position
to grab off a majority of future games.
No game has yet been scheduled for
the coming Sunday, but there is a
possibility that the locals may meet
either Helix, Echo, Pendleton or Fos-
il.
BURNSIDE-AI.LSTOTT.
The marriage of Miss Gladys P. All-
stott to Mr. Robert I. Burnsido was
solemnized at the Methodist parson
age In this city on Saturday, April 3,
at 2:80 p. m Rev. E. C. Alford, pastor,
omciating. Mrs. Archie Padberg was
maid of honor and Mr. Padberg was
best man. The following day, Easter
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Allstott,
parents of the bride, entertained the
immediate relatives of both bride and
bridegroom with a big dinner at the
Allstott home on Rhea creek. A hap
py incident reported was the pres
ence of three other daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Allstott with their husbands,
who have all been married within the
past year.
Fred Roberts, pitcher for lone has
been spending Bevernl days in Hepp
ner this week. Fred pitched for
Heppner two years ago when he made
a reputation for himself in these
parts. He was unfortunate in losing
his first game with the Egg City boys
against the Cayuse Indians, 7-6. How
ever, he expects to redeem himself
Sunday when lone goes to Arlington
n their first game in the Tri-County
league series.
The six-weeks' quizzes will be given
this week. After the grades are re
corded the percentage of each clasB
and the whole school will be averaged
as usual. The result will be published
at a later date.
The senior class has taken up the
study of modern poetry. The class
has been divided into several groups
and each group was assigned an auth
or to make a report on. The follow
ing authors are listed under the sev
eral groups: Vachel Lindsay, Alan
beeger, Alfred Noyes. Wilfred W
Gibson, and selections from "A Little
Book of Modern Verse," will also be
given.
Baseball practiae was held hut three
nights last week on account of the
rain. A meeting was called Thurs
day evening after school by the coach
for the purpose of electing a captain
for the team. Crocket Sprout vas
elected to this office and William
Bucknum was appointed manager.
One inning of the game with Ar
lington was played here Saturday, but
on account of the steady downpour
of ram the game had to be postponed
until a future date. The score stood
4 to 4 when the game was stopped.
Work on the Hehisch has been pro
gressing at a fast rate and all the ma
terial is now at the printers. The
annual this year will be the same size
as last year but will be of different
color and will also have a different
arrangement. The seniors put in
most of their time last week on their
class wills and prophecies and both
juniors and seniors have been doing
much literary work in order to get the
annual out on record time. It will be
out this year on about the fifteenth
of May.
On Friday the Heppnerian Literary
society gave their annual banquet in
honor of the basketball teams. Toasts
were given by the coach and members
of the teams. All those present re
ported that there was lots to eat and
a great deal of fun. Aura Gentry was
loasimist-ress, ana toasts were re
sponded to by Mr. Burgess, Mr. Smith
and r.arl Merritt.
A carnival to be given by tho Ju
nior class in the near future, will be
the means of financing the annual
junior-senior banquet.
The Arion Literary society had a
hot hamburger sale Thursday at noon
and again after school. The purpose
ot tnese sales is to get money for
the treasury to help pay some of the
expenses of having the Arion picture
in the annual. The sandwiches are
made of buns and hamburger which
was cooked in the domestic science
kitchen and served while hot. This
s the first sale of this kind to be
tried in Heppner high, although many
candy sales have been conducted.
The members of the physics class
have been definitely assigned topics
for a term paper and have made ar
rangements as to what kind of paper
they will use so that every student
will have the same kind. The subject
matter covered by these papers will
be electricity, sound, light, and me
chanical appliances.
The warm weather has got the best
of the members of the tennis club
and now they ars poing ai it like ants.
The completion of the court will be
the latter part of the week. The en
rollment of racket artists is just
about the same as last year's. Those
having already signed up are: Mar-
jorie Clark, Patricia Mahoney, Mar
vin Wightman, Mary Case, Audrey
Beamer, John Turner, Mary Ritchie,
Terrel Benge, Ethel Moore, Stanley
Minor, Jorn Farley, Duck Lee, Charlie
Hirl, and Wm. Bucknum.
Neighbors Attend To ,
Job of Putting in Grain
E. L. Young of Eight Mile is very
grateful to a bunch of his neighbors
who came in and did the work of
seeding 100 acres of grain for him.
Mrs. Young suffered a slight stroke
of paralysis on the 9th of March and
was rendered helpless, making it nec
essary for Mr. Young to abandon his
farm work and look after her. This
lie did, with the assistance of many
of the neighbors, but it left his seed
ing undone.
It was necessary to bring Mrs.
Young to Heppner for treatment, so
on the 23rd of March, 8 or 10 of the
neighbors with teams, discs and drills,
moved on to the Young farm and
seeded the 100 acres, all enjoying at
noon time a fine meal that they had
brought with them. Mr. Young is
not just quite able to fully express
his appreciation of this kind neigh
borly act, as it was indeed a full
manifestation of the proverb that "a
friend in need is a friend indeed."
He reports that Mrs. Young seems to
be improving under the treatments
and is somewhat better.
METHODIST COMMUNITY CHURCH
Rev. S. A. Danford, who as evan
gelist is conducting services this week
at the Methodist Community church,
will conduct the services on Sunday.
Anyone who has attended the services
through the week knows that Dr.
Danford is an entertaining speaker.
He is far more than that. His themes
are well chosen, and are rich in good
things for mind and heart. Who
should not have interest in the deeper
things of life? You are invited to
corns and get good out of the meet
ings. Rev. Oscar Payne, pastor of
the Methodist church of Fossil, has
charge of the music. We hope that
ho may be with us for the young peo
ple's devotional service Sunday night
to lead in the service.
E. C. ALFORD, Pastor.
Wanted at once, unencumbered
housekeeper for ranch; all-year job,
widower's home; four adults; to have
full charge; prefer middle aged wom
an; references; state wages expect
ed. Address M. J. B., Gen. Del., lone.
ROY RITNER NOW
HAS OPPONENT
FOR LEGISLATURE
T. P. Gilliland, Ex-Judge of Uma
tilla County, to Seek Nomin
ation for Representative. .
Announcment is made this week of
the entrance into the race for joint
representative from Morrow and Uma
tilla counties of T. P. Gilliland of
Pliot Rock, who will oppoBe Roy W.
Ritner of Pendleton for the republi
can nomination. This is the state
ment made through the columns ot
the Pendleton East Oregonian of
Tuesday. Mr. Gilliland was for many
years county judge of Umatilla coun
ty and has also served on the board
of county commissioners, and the race
for the nomination in the republican
primaries promises to be a spirited
one. . In his formal announcement.
Judge Gilliland says:
"In offering myself as a candidate
for representative in the 22nd Repre
sentative District of Oregon, com
prising Morrow and Umatilla coun
ties, for the nomination on the Re
publican ticket, I deem it my d-ity to
inform the republican voters how I
stand on the most important issues
seeking solution in the minds r,f the
people at this time.
"I believe in an income tax law
that will relieve the farm and live
stock interests of the state from the
crushing burden their property now
bears.
'I believe in the enforcement of
the prohibition law and the enactment
of any new laws that will make the
enforcement of said law simpler and
more effective.
"I shall stand for fewer laws
the statute books and shall labor to
make those we need more effective
and of such a nature that they may
be more easily understood by the com
mon people.
"As long as the Pendleton Round-
Up is conducted in an orderly man
ner and the proper precaution taken
in handling the livestock used in the
staging, in the future as I believe has
been done in the past, I shall support
it. I am opposed to the enactment
of any law that will in any manner
hamper the Pendleton Bhow.
'I stand, as I always have in my
official capacity, for the greatest de
gree of economy in State and County
government, and the careful handling
of the peoples' money in all public
matters."
Knights and Masons to
Cross Bats on Monday
According to arrangements of the
managers of the Knights of Pythias
and Masons ball teams, after the Ma
sons accepted the challenge issued by
the Knights last week, the teams will
clash in a five-inning fray on Gentry
field at 5 o'clock Monday evening. Tlu
Masons are keeping their line-up
pretty much in the dark, but they
promise to have plenty of material
on hand to give their opponents a
good drubbing. The K. of P. lineup
will be the same as announced last
week with the addition of one or two
dark horses.
Definite arrangements have not
been completed, but it is believed
there will be no admission charge for
this game. This does not mean that it
will not be worth seeing, however, and
it is believed fans will find it worth
taking time off to see.
Former Lexington Man
Dies at Walla Walla
The death of Frank Evans, formerly
a resident of the Lexington section,
and for many years a prominent and
successful farmer of this county, died
at the local hospital in Walla Walla
on March 29, 1926, following an ill
ness of several months. He is sur
vived by his wife and one son, John
J. Evans, also three brothers, Marion
Evans of Heppner, Jefferson Evans of
Walla Walla and Fred Evans of Free-
water, besides a host of friends.
Frank Evans was born in Roxbury,
Ohio, December 24, 1874, and when a
small boy came west with his parents,
locating at Freewater, Oregon, living
there for three yeais, when they
moved to Lexington, Oregon, where
the deceased continued to reside un
til May, 1919, when, with his wife and
son he moved to Walla Walla and
made that city his homo until his
decease. He was engaged in farming
for many years in this county, being
associated with his brother, Jefferson
Evans, and the Evans brothers were
considered as being among the most
successful wheatraisers of this coun
ty. Upon moving to Walla Walla they
disposed of their land holdings here,
and for several, years past he had
retired from active work along this
line.
He was a member of the Christian
church and aso of the Artisan lodge.
The funeral was held from the Chris
tian church at Walla Walla and burial
was in Mountain View cemetery at
that city.
THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS.
Are you perfectly happy? I doubt
it. Do you believe happiness Is at
tainable or that it is only an illusion?
What is happiness anyway and how
may we expect to attain it? "The
Search for Happiness" is the subject
of the sermon at the Church of Christ
on Sunday evening. The morning
subject is "Heavenly Visions."
We hope that the Bible school will
have a full turn out. Also the two
Christian Endeavor societit-s.
MILTON W. BOWER, Minuter.
SCHOOLS TO MATCH
ORATORICALTALENT
Plans for County Declam
atory Meet in Heppner
Now Being Formed
AWARDS TO WINNERS
Three Classifications, Oratorical, Dra
matic and Humorous, to be Made;
Tentative Rules Are Given.
Practically all the schools in the
county have signified their intention
of entering students in the declama
tory contest to be held in Heppner on
or about May 1. One or two schools
have not yet been heard from, but
most of those who responded to the
invitation responded in the affirma
tive, expressing themselves as feel
ing that the project would fill a real
need in the county, a need for a defi
nite form of incentive to better work
in oratory and public speaking.
The idea for the meet was formu
lated by Supeintendents Skeen of
lone and Burgess of Heppner, and
they have assumed responsibility for
conducting the contest, drawing up
rules, etc.
All schools and all entries from the
schools are to be subject to the same
regulations. Three divisions accord
ing to subjet matter have been ar
ranged. Division A will consist of or
atorical, Division B of dramatic, and
Division C of humorous selections.
Each high school is entitled to one
contestant in each of the three divis
ions. In addition to the classification ac
cording to the nature of the speech
itself, there will be groupings ac
cording to the lengths of the speeches.
Classes A. B. and C will have a max
imum of 1500 words; Class D, 1000
words; Class E, 600. Each grade
school district in the county is privil
eged to enter two contestants in each
of the five foregoing classes one of
these contestants to give a humorous
selection and the other an oratorical
selection.
Lots will be drawn to assign to each
speaker his place on the program,
and results of this drawing will be
strictly adhered to, the only excep
tion being failure of a contestant to
appear,
Judges, three in number, will con
sist of disinterested persons from
outside the county, who will base
their judgment on a scale of 60 per
cent for interpretation of the subject,
25 per cent for voice and stage pres
ence, and 25 per cent for pronuncia
tion and enunciation.
A gold medal is to be awarded the
winner of each division of the con
test, and to the school winning first
and second places either a pennant or
a cup will be given. In determining
the winner of this, each first place
made by a student of that school shall
count five points toward his school'!
account, and each second place will
count three points.
To make the conetst entirely fair
and give each entrant an equal ad-
vantage with every other, judges will '
be instructed not to take into consid
eation the stage setting or make-up
of any contestant
More definite details as to the time
and place of the meet will be an
nounced at a later date, since they
are at present only tentative.
Elks WiU Act as Hosts
For Scout Investiture
Parents and interested friend-i of
the members of Boy Scout Troop No.
1 of Heppner, will be guests of the
ioral troop at the investiture service
to be held the evening of Wednes
day, April 14, at the fclks lemple,
when all those scouts who have passed
the Tenderfoot examinations will be
advanced in rank in the scout order.
Preceding the investiture services
proper, which will be accompanied by
a program of musical numbers and
spcial features, members of the local
lodge of Elks will be hosts at a feed
and entertainment, for the pleasure
of the scouts only. After that is over
the parents and friends are to be wel
comed, and the services will follow
very shortly. As for the investiture
ritual itself there can be no doubt
that it is worth seeing and hearing.
On this occasion no effort will be
spared to make the ceremony impres
sive and significant to each scout as
well as to the guests. Members of
the advisory committee, consisting of
Chas. Thomson, Harold Cohn and J.
M. Burgess will each have a part in
the service.
Troop No. 1 is having all the fun of
growing without the discomfort of
"growing pains." New names are be
ing added to the roster from time to
time, as more boys become interested
in the work of the group. Recently
Heppner scouts have had the oppor
tunity of hearing several extremely
interesting and instructive talks by
townspeople. Dr. Johnston addressed
the boys on first aid at one meeting,
and at another Mr. Finch showed them
how to tie all sorts of useful knots.
Wigwagging signals was the subject
of another illustrated talk by Mr,
Finch. M. W. Bower, pastor of the
Christian chuch, is scoutmaster.
WANTED I want farms for cash
buyers. Describe, give price. J. Stie
vcr, Dept. 10A, Wabash, Minn. 2-4
Seed potatoes and dry land corn
seed for sale. E. W. Moyer, Httppner.
Baldwin, the carpenter, will take
out of town jobs.
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