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Volume 43, Number 18.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 29, 1926.
Subscription $2.00 a Year,
Of
Young Harvard Student
Dies in Eugene Shortly
After Graduation.
WAS REARED HERE
Friends and Neighbors Join Family
In Mourning Untimely Departure
of Talented Young Han.
Dr. Norton E. Winnard died last
Saturday at the Eugene hospital, in
Eugene, Oregon, from an attack of
typhoid fever. He had returned to
his Eugene home but a short time
previously, having been graduated in
June from Harvard medical school.
Norton was the son of Dr. and Mrs.
N. E. Winnard of Eugene, and was
widely known in Heppner where the
Winnards lived for many years and
Norton" spent his boyhood days.
Shortly after Norton returned to
Eugene he underwent a minor opera
tion for nasal trouble, and when he
became seriously ill it was at first
thought his sickness was caused 'by
infection of the wound. Later diagno
sis revealed, however, that he had
contracted typhoid fever. His father
was relieved to learn that typhoid
germs rather than blood poisoning re
sulting from wound Infection, wis the
cause of the trouble, as he iicheved
the consequences would be less se
vere. He was unable to measure Nor
ton's resistive powers, however,
though knowing Norton was weakened
physically by months of hard work i:t
school The extent of this weakness
was evidenced as he gradually lost
ground in the fight against the dis
ease, and the chance that his father
had hoped for when the true nature
of the malady was learned, faded
away.
Norton received his public school
education in Heppner, standing al
ways at the head of his class in both
the grade and high school! He was
promoted at mid-year from the third
to the fourth grade in recognition of
his learning ability. In high school
he was ever prominent in activities
and scholarship, holding the highest
offices obtainable in both class and
student body. He was graduated with
the class of 1918. Similar achieve
ments marked his career at the Uni
versity of Oregon where he was vice
president of the associated students
in 1921-22, and at the Harvard medl
ral school where he was graduated
with honors. He was to have left this
fall for New York to enter his intern
rhip at the Bellevue hospital, an en
viable position among graduate doc
tors. Norton leaves a wide circle of
friends here who mourn his loss and
extend sympathy to the bereaved fam
ily. His death marks the passing of a
thorough gentleman and scholar,
nhose life was nipped in the blossom
of usefulness. . .
IN LOVING MEMORY OF NORTON.
(Contributed by the neighbors at
Heppner.)
Norton Winnard, only son of Dr.
and Mrs. N. E. Winnard, was born in
Albany, Oregon, in the year 1900, and
passed away at his father's hospital
in Eugene, Saturday, July 24, 1926, be
ing just twenty-six years of age at
the time of his death.
iVhen a very small boy ho came to
Heppner with his parents, where the
Doctor was engaged in his practice
for a number of years. Thus Norton
spent the greater part of his boy
hood in our midst. He not only re
ceived his public school education
here but was graduated from our high
school in the class of 1918 with hon
ors due one so brilliant and worthy
as he. The following autumn he en
tered the University of Oregon, the
family moving to Eugene at the end
of the first semester in order to be
with him.
It was the Doctor's and Mrs. Win
nard's desire to have their boy study
medicine, and that became his major
subject. At Eugene there wasn t a
young man on the campus more pop
ularly known that Norton. In 1921-22
he was vice-president of the student
body in which class he completed his
university course. Tho following year
he entered Harvard university and
finished his study there in June of
this year.
He came home after graduation to
spend the vacation with his devoted
parents and sister at Eugene, plan
ning to return to New York with his
tibter Charlotte in August where he
was to take up practice in a large
hospital and she to enter training as
a child nurse.
About two weeks ago he became ill
and after a careful diagnosis it was
decided that he had developed a se
vere attack of typhoid fever, nnd ev
erything that human hands and skill
could do was done to restore him to
health. Death enme, however, late
Saturday evening and the whole com
munity here Is grieved since" receiv
ing the sad news on Sunday.
Surely God loves a shining star
Bueii as Norton has always been, As
a boy he was polite, courteous and
ever ready to lend assistance. He was
thoroughly pntriotic, prizing highly
his grandfathers Civil war musket.
His one regret when the United States
entered the World War was that he
vr.s not old enough to enlist Both
he and Charlotte were very popular
among young and old here. After en
tering the university Norton returned
to Heppner on various occasions and
he was never too busy to run in the
back doors at the old neighborhood
and say, "How are our old frionds?",
and tell us about his dear mother, He
FIGHT PLAN TO
GIVE MONEY
"TO COUNTIES
Increased Share of Vehicle Li
cense Returns Meets With
Disfavor in Portland.
(Oregonian.)
A plan to increase by 25 per cent
the returns to the counties from the
state motor vehicle license fund, ad
vocated by Judge C. P. Barnard of
Lane county, has been met with dis
favor in the Automobile Dealers' asso
ciation of Portland. The association
reaffirming its plea for no tampering
with the Oregon automobile license
and gasoline fee, has gone on record
as opposing the plan, which calls for
a 50 per cent return to the counties
instead of the present 25 per cent.
Judge Barnard s plan also provides
that the amount of any county can be
limited to $1,000,006. This, members
of the Portland association felt, was
aimed at Multnomah county.
"Our objections to htis plan are
many," Ralph. J. Stahli, secretary,
stated. "The principal one. however.
is that we feel that the motorists who
put up the money are getting the
most highway for the dollar through
the state highway commission's ex
penditure of this fund.
"It is our firm conviction that with
the state spending the money, and do
ing things in a large way, the results
for each dollar will be greater than
we can ever expect through the coun
ties.
"Road building is an exacting sci
ence, and it would not be reasonable
to presume that the counties would
have the same talent available as the
state highway commission. Inspection
of some of the county roads in the
Willamette valley and what we hear
of the present situation in some
southern Oregon counties would seem
to substantiate our beliefs.
As long as results are what they
are we think it would be very poor
policy to tamper with a plan that is
so generally satisfactory and is giv
ing the people of Oregon a large per
centage of the highway dollar right
jn the road."
CARS IN COLLISION.
Two automobile collisions were re
ported on tho streets of Heppner on
Monday, tarly Monday morning a
ar driven by Chance Standish hit the
Ford touring car driven by Mrs. C. B.
Ebi at the intersection of Main and
Willow streets. The Ebi car, going
north on Main street, made the turn
west on Willow, and was hiton the
rear fender by the Standish car com
ing from the opposite direction on
Main. Mr. Standish says he did not
see the other car until too late to
miss it, and admitted himself to be
at fault. Damages to the amount of
'16 were paid by Standish.
Monday afternoon a Ford truck
loaded with wheat and driven by Avi
McRoberts and a Ford touring car
driven by Wayne Neil of Monument
came to grief on Heppner hill grade
hear the power house. McRoberts
vas coming down the grade and
claims he had the right of way and
was on his side of the road; Neil was
going out and the truck driver
thought he was going to take the turn
leading up the street but Instead
turned Into the highway and the re
sult was that they came together.
Touring car and truck both received
some damage to windshields, fenders
and lamps and the wheat rack with
its load was knocked from the truck
to the road bed and but one sack of
wheat bursted.
Besides the driver of the car there
were several other parties riding in
the machine, but no one was injured.
BABY DAUGHTER DIES.
Little Joan, 4-months-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Schriver,
passed away at their home at Cor-
vallis and the remains were brought
lo Heppner for burial, arriving here
on rriday evening, and short commit
ment services were held at the grave.
ihe infant was taken sick while Mrs.
Schriver was on a visit with her par
outs, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Cox, at Lex
irgton, the illness being whooping
cough which developed into pneumo
nia. Thinking the baby was getting
along well enough that they could re
turn home they departed a short time
since, but little Joan did not get bet
ter and death was the result. The
young parents have the sincere sym
pathy of many friends here and at
Lexington.
WILL GO TO. ALASKA.
E. R. Huston of this city is in re-
ceipt of word that his son, Dr. John
Huston of Seattle has received the ap
pointment as head of the government
hospital at Juneau, Alaska, and he will
sail from Seattle with Mrs. Huston
on the 7th of August, expecting in the
meantime to make a short visit with
his parents here. Dr. Huston has been
with the government hospital at Seat
tle for some time, and the knowledge
gained there has qualified him to take
the responsible position to which he
has been appointed by the Interior de
partment, Mrs. Huston, who is a
trained nurse, will also have a posi
tion in the hospital.
Dalles non-irrigated peaches and
Italian prunes will be ready for can
ning In about one week. Elberta
peaches R5c per box, or 80c in lots of
five boxes or more. Italian prunes 3c
per pounds. Grapes of all kinds.
Prices f. o. b. The Dalles. Write J. J.
Fleck, The Dalles, Ore.
is not only missed among his follow
studentB but all of us here at Hepp
rcr are sad, indeed, and wish we could
do something for his heart-broken
mother, father and sister.
Grading Lena-Vinson Gap
Will Soon Be Completed
The work of grading the Lena-Vin-son
gap of the Heppner-Pendleton
highway has been moving along Tap
idly and it is reported by officials at
the court house that the job of the
contractors will soon be completed.
The work has been progressing from
both ends toward the middle and it ia
expected that another few weeks will
bring the two sections together.
Believing that the best interests of
both the couny and state will be serv
ed by getting the crushed rock on the
trade as soon as possible. Judge
Benge went to Portland Tuesday to
be present at the regular monthly
meeting of the state highway commis
sion and put the matter up to them,
with the hope that they will be will
ing to cooperate on this work now
and call for bids. Should this be
done, the work of putting on the
crushed rock and finishing the ma
cadam will be completed during the
fall and winter, and the grade, which
much of the way would be badly dam
aged by lack of covering, will be pre
served. The couny court is of he
opinion that nothing will be gained
by letting the work hang over until
next spring or the following fall; the
damage to the grade will be too great.
$50,000 Lamb Sales.
Reported This Week
Twenty-three car loads of lambs,
purchased here last week, were
shipped to Omaha and Chicago Sun
day. The total price paid for the
shipment was reported around $50,-
C00. Mixed prime and feeder lambs
were included in the lot, the prime
stuff going direct to the Chicago mar
ket while the feeder lambs were billed
to Omaha.
The principal sellers were C. A. and
Ellis Minor, Bob Thompson, Mahoney
and Kelly, and Mahoney and Gen
try. This sale cleans up pretty well
the market lambs in the county at
present, said C. A. Minor. Those sell
ing are quite satisfied with the price
paid. Since this sale the market has
taken a considerable slump, dropping
off as much as a dollar on both prime
and feeder stuff.
Dallas Ward Makes High
Average at State School
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis, July 27. Dallas Ward of Lex
ington, considered one of. O. A. C.'s
best athletes, made a scholastic aver
age of 94 last school year. The aver
age for the men students was 83.16
compared with 83.47 for tho men par
ticipating in athletics, a report just
completed shows.
Ward is considered one of the best
ends on the football team that haa
ever attended O. A. C. He also played
baseball and basketball.
Lettermen in the different sports
for the college year just finished
maintain a better scholastic average
than the other men students. Basket
ball lettermen take the lead with an
average of 88.80. Next come the
trackmen, followed by the tennis play
ers, baseballers, swimmers, football
men and wrestlers. Six athletes made
letter awards in more than one sport.
Grades made by the men during the
term in which they are out for a cer
tain sport do not vary to any great
extent with grades made in the other
terms. The reports showa in some
cases that the athlete makes better
grades while he is participating in
some form of competition. In other
cases the average for all three terms
of the year is the same, and in sev
eral cases the report shows men
dropping off in grades while out for
athletics. ,
- THE ANNUAL SIGHT SEEING TRIP ; BvA.b.chapin
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OF
AT KELSO OUTLINED
Self -Confessed Partner of
Slayer Tells of Their
Actions After Crime
Tuesday's Oregonian.
John W. Owens, confessed accom
plice in the murder ef Thomas J.
Dovery, Kelso editor, who was killed
the night of June 19, 1925, presented
a calm exterior during his short stay
in Portland yesterday while enroute
to Kelso. That he was not the actual
killer of Dovery, and that thj murder
was the result of the failure of Ow
ens and his companion, Frank T. Hart,
to rob the editor with a revolver, were
the two chief contentions of a long,
signed statement issued by the re
cused man. He said the revolver vas
discharged when Hart struck Dovery
over the head with it.
There was no political motive, nor
were there any political aspects to the
murder of Dovery, Owens, who uses
the alias of John W. Smith declared,
bearing"out the contention of -uke
May, criminologist, who worked on
the case for a considerable length of
time. May, after a thorough investi
gation, named Owens and Hart as the
probable murderers of tin editor.
This was in October, 1925. Sine; then
the search has been carried on for the
two in all sections of the country.
Owens was apprehended in St. Louis.
Hart is still at large.
Owens Implicates Himself.
Owens, by the confession he made
yesterday, implicates himself as well
as Hart, and a charge of first degree
murder probably will be placed
against him, Kelso and Cowlitz coun
ty officials stated.
Owens' confession, if it be true, and
officials who will prosecute the man
believe him to be speaking the truth,
clears up the haze of political strife
and controversy that has hung like
smoke from a smudge fire over Kelso
sinoe the killing. The confession also
clears several men who have been ac
cused, either directly or indirectly,
of implication in the murder.
Quiet, but noticeably nervous be
neath the calm exterior be attempted
to display, Owens had little to say
yesterday. The statement, which he
signed in the presence of Hite Iinus,
prosecuting attorney of Kelso, was
made to Clark Studebaker, sheriff at
Kelso at the time of the murder, and
who was appointed special deputy for
the purpose of returning Owens to
Kelso, and to Archie Leonard, Port
land police inspector, while en route
to Portland.
Gun Furnishes Only Clew.
The gun that killed Dovery, an an-
ftique .41 caliber single-action revol
ver, was the only clue upon which in
vestigators had to work after the
murder. The gun was found 40 feet
from the body of the murdered man.
The gun," it developed, had been se
cured in Portland by Owens from
"Bill" Thompson, former jail ac
quaintance of Qwen, for the purpose
of holding up the gasoline car carry
ing the Long-Bell Lumber company's
payroll to Rjyderwood. But they need
ed money and went out to rob some
one. The first man they met was Dov
ery, who resisted and was killed.
Mrs. Tom Omera of lone is a pa
tient at the Heppner Surgical hospital
where she is receiving medical treat
ment by Dr. McMurdo.
Fresh cow for sale W. 1. Cleve
land, phone 811, Heppner.
Grass and Timber Fire
Brought Under Control
Walter Matteson, who was in the
city yesterday, reports that the grass
and timber fire that has been burn
ing for the past week on the east side
of Skinner fork on the land of Frank
Wilkinson, is now under control and
will be put out entirely within a few
days, providing it does not break out
afresh.
The fire started on last Wednesday
afternoon a short distance west of the
Wm. Plies cabin on Willow creek, and
a strong south wind carried it into
the dry grass rapidly. Matteson could
not get as much help as was needed,
and it took a lot of strenuous work to
get the fire under control. The shift
ing of the wind, which during the
most of the time was blowing at a
30-mile gait, prevented the fire from
getting onto the premises of Jem
O'Connor on Skinner creek, where the
damage would have been very severe.
About 1200 acres were burned over,
some 400 acres being in the timber
where a lot of valuable trees were
destroyed. This is the first fire of con
sequence reported in the Morrow
county timber belt this season.
Wasco Contributes
Win to Local String
Heppner added another game to her
long list of wins when she defeated
Wasco on the home lot Sunday, 2-0.
The game was featured by the scar
city of bingles, Heppner getting bu
four while Wasco had to be content
with two. This might not be surpris
ing, however, when the heavers are
taken into consideration. Keough
was working for the locals while Fred
Roberts, erstwhile moundsman with
the home crew, pitched for the oppo
sition. Keough held up the good reputa
tion he had already established, while
Fred had blood in his eye. He had
just been released by Manager Barr,
and while bearing no ill feeling, he
wanted that worthy to know he still
knew his stuff. One of his main feats
was giving Mr. Van Marter the 1-2-3
count, the first time Van has fanned
in some 16 odd games.
But as well as Freddie pitched he
was responsible for the lose. In the
third inning a wild pitch and an over
throw by him allowed Heppner two
lbns, that, combined with singles by
Hill and Keough.
In spite of the fact that the locals
made three errors, two by Bus Gentry
and one by Van Marter, not one Was
co man reached second base. A bit
remarkable when their lineup is con
sidered. Werner Rietmann, who has
been playing third for three or four
different teams against Heppner this
season, held down that sack. Cleo
Drake, Wick Parrish and Wheelhouse
were their veteran outfielders. Weed
man on first base, Wells on second,
and Wlison at shortstop, rounded out
th infiled. Roberts and Douglass
made up the battery.
For Heppner the lineup was the
same old thing, except that Carl Ca
son was back at his old berth on third,
and Bristow of lone was out in cen
lerfield. The other boys were Keough
and Hoskins, battery; Finch, rf, Aiken
If, B. Gentry 1st, Van Marter 2nd, and
Iiill ss.
Arlington will be the next con
tender to meet Heppner. The game
is called for 2:30 Sunday at Rodeo
field.
The mill of the Heppner Lumber
and Shingle company up Rhea creek
is transporting its output to the city
l y means of big White lumber trucks.
These trucks are immense in size and
capable of handling a large output.
One seen in the city this week was
labeled No. 3.
FEATURE SERVICE
BEGUN BY TEXAS
WOMAN WRITER
News Column by Kitty Barry
Crawford Has Backing of
Woman's Organizations.
Fort Worth, Texas, July 26. Kitty
Barry Crawford, Texas news writer,
has announced the opening September
1 of a news colunVn for women in
daily papers featuring the business
and working argles of the life of wo
men in American homes. She left
July 15 for Chicago, New York, and
Washington, where she will get into
touch with national women's organi
zations and other news sources of in
terest to home-keeping women.
Mrs. Crawford is the wife of Gar
field Crawford, brother of the editor
of Heppner Gazette Times.
Mrs. Crawford has a long record as
a i ews writer in Texas and other
states. She is known best for her
work in civic and charitable crusades
and has re-entered club life to help
in the movement started in national
women's organizations to secure bet
ter features for women in newspapers.
Mrs. Crawford is a charter member
of the Woman's Club of Fort Worth.
She is chairman of publicity and mem
ber at large of the executive commit
tee of the Fort Worth Garden Club.
She is a member of both the Wom
an's Club and the Music Club of Fort
Pierce, Florida, where she spends a
1 ortion of her year. She belongs to
a neighborhood church and teaches
a Sunday school class in her home
city. And most importantly in her
scheme to build a successful life, she
has a family and house and garden of
her own and does all her professional
work in her home studio.
"Women want to see real women's
rews in their home papers," Mrs.
Crawford said recently. "The big
club, civic and church national or
ganizations, in which they work and
collect and spend hundreds of thous
ands of dollars annually get little
play in our public prints. Working
programs of these organizations and
national movements in which women
are interested get too scant recogni
tion in news columns. Yet women
everywhere hunger for this informa
tion. They should have the inspira
tion and sense of achievement this
news will afford them."
Mrs. Crawford has a plan, endorsed
by an important committee of a rep
resentative woman's organization for
endeavoring to discover the types of
news women want to see in -the papers
that come into their homes every day.
She hopes to assist in putting this
plan into operation next winter..
GETS SPRAINED WRIST AND ARM.
George Evans, while working with a
combine in the Blackhorse section
Friday, came near breaking his arm.
He was cranking the engine on the
machine when the crank broke, throw
ing his arm against the belt and en
gine, causing both arm and wrist to
be badly sprained. An x-ray examin
ation by Dr. Johnston revealed no
bones broken, but Mr. Evans was left
with a pretty sore arm just the same.
L
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice were In
town from their farm north of I-ex-ington
Wednesday. They have cut
their wheat crop and have it the
stack ready for the thresher w! ich
begins work at their place on Monday.
Mr. Rice states that the crop will be
light but of excellent quality. The
April hot spell was just a little too
much for the grain in his locality.
Frank Glasscock was in the city
yesterday from Lexington. Harvest
ing is completed and the grain all in
the warehouse at Lexington from the
Geo. and Gus McMillan ranch where
Frank works. The yield ran from 12
to 16 bushels to the acre and the
wheat was of excellent quality. The
McMillans have hiked off to the moun
tains to enjoy a vacation.
According to Wednesday's East Or
cginian, Bruce Prater, son of Mr. and
Mrs. I. N. Prater of Pendleton and
formerly of Heppner, was operated on
Tuesday by the Mayos, at Rochester,
Minn. The operation, which was on
the spine proved even more serious
than was expected and the condition
of the patient is critical. Mrs. Prater
is with her son.
Mrs. R. M. Akers and members of
her family have arrived home at lone
from Sierra Madera, Calif., where she
Las been on account of her health for
the past year. She is much improved
by the stay in Southern California.
Another American Legion dance is
scheduled for next Saturday night at
Heppner's best ball room in the Elks'
temple. The Broadway Novelty or
chestra from Arlington will furnish
the music. Everyone la invited.
At the maternity home of Mrs. G.
C. Aiken in this city on Friday, July
L3rd, an 8 H - lb. daughter was born to
.dr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt of Lexing-
on. Dr. McMurdo reports mother and
child doing well.
Master Donald Jones, son of Mr.
ard Mrs. Alva Jones of this city, had
his tonsils removed at the office of
Dr. McMurdo this morning.
Hanson Hughes will leave for Port
land in the morning to take in Buy
ers Week as representative of the
Sam Hughes company.
Miss Gertrude Pettyjohn of Morgan
underwent an operation at the hands
of Dr. McMurdo on Saturday for the
removal of her tonsils.
By Arthur BrUbanc
San Francisco's Plan
How Many Children?
A Rockefeller Rule .
5 Billion Electric Hours
Dr. Abbot, of the Smithsonian In
stitute, in 30 years' study, discovers
that the heat given off by the son va
ries greatly from day to day and year
to year. The remarkable thing is that
sending its rays through more than
90,000,000 miles of ether at absolute
zero, the sun has kept us warm enough
to live for at least 500,000 years. One
cosmic freeze would wipe us out.
There is no big and no little in
science. Dr. Abbott spent 80 years
studying the sun, which is a million
times as big as our earth. Darwin
spent thirty years studying the earth
worm, half the size of your little fin
der, but longer, getting information ar
to the creation of our fertile toil.
San Francisco citizens develop
scientific philanthropy. A meeting
called by Messrs. Morrill, Fleisch-
hacker, Shoup, Crocker and Miller dis
cussed plans for making money useful
to the community. These men are in
cluded in a group of fourteen worth
more than $100,000,000, and determin
ed to use their money wisely for pub
lic purposes, charity, science and edu
cation. They are studying the Rocke
feller and other foundations, each will
give what he can to a central fund
and they intend that the money be
used efficiently.
That is an improvement on the an
cient method, when each of, the four
teen would have led a selfish, self-indulgent
life, and then, separately, at
the last moment, would have given
money as a bribe to Providence in the
hope of escaping hell and gaining
paradise. The best way to achieve
that result is to give to other men.
The Lord docs not need money.
John H. Hanlon, of Chicago, tolls
the national government he intends
to get married and wants "any liter
ature on the Government's ideal
about marriage, particularly the aize
cf the family tho Government wants
one to have."
The ideal family is as many chil
dren as the MOTHER wants, and can
take care of, and every mother should
be allowed to decide for herself how
many.
The size of the family is the moth
er's business, not the Government's
business.
John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. wins an
will not allow his children to have
their pictures in the newspapers. He
doesn't Want them to "fpAl Imnnrtanf
before they have done anything worth
wnne. rie doesn't even want , his
children to know that they are very
rich which also is very wise.
One of Mr. Rockefeller's children,
asked to contribute $50 to some wor
thy purpose, said, quite sincerely:
They must think we are Vanderbilts."
That innocent child doesn't know
that her father and grandfather could
buy the whole Vanderbilt family ev
ery little'while, and not know the dif
ference. Sometimes Uncle Sam makes mon
ey. The big sugar men of the United
States formed a "sugar equalization
board" to control prices in the war.
The Government put in $5,000,000, and
yesterday received from that board,
which ceases to exist, a check for
$11,000,000, making a total of $41,000,
000 profit for the Government on its
investmept of $5,000,000.
Let there be light and power, is the
motto of New York City. That one
American community uses five billion
kilowatt hours of electricity every
year, more than the total amount de
veloped by all the generating plants
in Greece, Denmark, Latavia, Jugo
slavia, Poland, Hungary, Norway, Ru
mania, lurkey, Switzerland, Sweden
and the Netherlands. Those twelve
countries have 109,000,000 population,
nearly twenty times the population of
New York City almost the popula
tion of the United States.
The people's use of electric power
and telephone is the measure of its
prosperity and enterprise, if not ac
tually a measure of civilization.
C. M. SCRIVNER TAKES BRIDE.
Coming somewhat as a surprise to
Heppner friends was the announce
ment of the marriage at Pendleton
on Friday last of Clarence M. Scriv
ner of this city to Mrs. Lena A. Abel,
recently of Portland, who has been
housekeeper for Mr. Scrivner. Ob
taining a license here on Friday, they
journeyed to Pendleton and were mar
ried by Judge Schannep of Umatilla
county. Mr. Scrivner is a prominent
business man of this city, and Mrs.
Scrivner is a sister of Mrs. John
Skuzeski of this place. The newly
weds have been busy receiving con
gratulations of friends upon their re
turn from Pendleton.
Laurence Beach, eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Leach of Lexington
was working with the gasoline engine
i n a combine at the Fred Lucas place
Monday morning. In attempting to
crank the machine it kicked back with
much force, striking him on the jaw.
L'oth sides of the jawbone were brok
en. He was broucht to HenDimr nd
Dr. McMurdo attended the injuries.