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Historic A. Volume 43, Number 27. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 1926 Subscription $2.00 a Year wtmmx IN SPITE OF COLD Largest Crowd in History Present at Saturday's Performance. TROUB IS CHAMPION Colfax, Wash, Man Takes Bucking Laurels; Races Spectacular Feature Xast Day. Braving the coldest spell this fall the largest crowd in Henpner Rodeo history surrounded the big arena on Saturday to witness the wind-up of the fifth annual presentation of the show. The thermometer hovered near the freezing point Thursday and Fri day and though Old Sol's face beamed brightly all day Saturday, a cold northeast wind put an edge to the atmosphere that made spectators but ton overcoats close under their chins and caused many to huddle up in In dian blankets besides. The cold kept many away from the arena on Thurs day and Friday, but on Saturday they came anyway, and it is estimated more than 2500 people witnessed the Saturday performance. Campbell's American band from Portland was on hand the second day and helped in livening things up. The C. F. Zeiger shows were here for the whole occasion and did their bit toward furnishing amusement with merry-go-round, glider, ferris wheel, concessions and shows. The band al so furnished the orchestra for the dunces at the pavilion each evening, which proved big drawing cards. Miss Eva Wilcox of Lexington, queen of the Rodeo, headed the big parade on Friday and Saturday, at tended by her sister Miss Dorsi Wil cox and Miss Kidhryn Bisbeo of Heppncr. Miss Wilcox was charming in her colorful cowgirl . togs, and showed herself to be perfecty at home in the saddle on her big white horse. She is a true American type girl, and a worthy product of the farm. Short ly after the Rodeo Miss Wilcox will go to Oregon Agricutural college to tnke advantage of a Union Pacific scholarship which she won in girls' club work. Financially, it is believed the Ro deo was a success, though receipts were but a trifle more than last year with expenses considerably larger. More than $4000 was taken in from all sources. The show picked up as the crowds increased, and the final performance was snappier than any previous ex hibition, besides events on the whole being much above par. Spectators, though chilly and restless during the lulls, were engrossed in the exhibi tion and displayed eagerness and ex pectancy for new events as the show progressed. This spirit prevailed un til the bucking finals were announced, which served to climax the Rodeo in grand style, the crowd forgetting it self and the. cold entirely to cheer their favorite buckaroos. Bert Troub won the bucking cham pionship with one of the most spec tacular riding exhibitions of the three days, riding Ben Bolt to the finish. Though Ben Bolt sun-fished, lunged, twisted and dived and did most every thing a real bad horse could be ex pected to do, just as if he had saved everything he had for this final bout, Bert rode him, and scratched him some. But many say it wasn't as pretty a ride at that as the ride Bert made the day before on Black Dia mond, said to be the toughest bucker of the lot. Anyway,, both rides to gether showed Bert to be champion ship timber, and there could be little doubt of his earning the laurels. Troub, who hails from Colfax, Wash., nt all times showed himself to be a clean contender, and made a good im pression on the crowd. Some dissatisfaction was expressed over the second choice made by the judges, John Kenny, Howard Lane and Art Seale, however. They named Red Shepard of Cheyenne, Wyo., for second place, and Kenneth Depew of Ukiah for third place. These were the only ones left in the finals to re ceive citation as the other contest ants bit the dust. Fred Nichols was dumped by Bluebird and Jack Terry left the top deck of Colored Boy, both these horses bucking at worst form. Shepard rode Rim Rock easily when he refused to do his stuff, after he had got most of his bucking out dur ing the saddling process, while Depew had rather tropical going on Black Diamond's surging back, not having much time to rake him for want of staying up. He did some beautiful riding all told and many spectators believed he should have been more favored by the judges. Lloyd Matteson qualified for the finals but was refused a chance to ride on acocunt of being hurt in the semi-finals. He went off the back of Roan Gurdane after the gun was Bhot and was run over by a pick-up horse. Jack Terry was also crippled, getting a foot broken the first day, but rode through to the finals just the same. He hobbled up to his horse in the finals on crutches, as he had done on Friday, and in the semi-finals on Sat urday, displaying an unlimited amount of grit. Twenty-fivo cowboys entered the list for the bucking contests the first dny, the largest number ever to ride at the Heppner Rodeo. This number was cut to 14 for the second day, and 12 buckaroos got into the semi-finals. A large number of those disqualified were thrown. The races were all close Saturday, making them spectacular, and the Morrow county derby especially thrill- Registration Books Will Close Saturday, Oct. 2 Attention of the residents of Mor row county who have failed to regis ter, or renew their registration, is called to the fact that the books will be closed on Saturday, October 2nd. A survey of the lists reveals the fact that many have failed to attend to this duty, and when it comes time to vote, large numbers of these peo ple will be wanting to cast their bal lots, and -this will necessitate a lot of trouble for the election boards, as well as take up valuable time. Why not attend to it now and be pre pared. You will have to hurry for the time is very limited. LOST A bunch of about 12 keys. Finder return to this office. Reward. Dependable dressmaking done in your own home. P. O. Box 5D8, Hepp ner. 27-29. Mrs. Tony Garland and young son departed for their home at Cuprum, Idaho, on Sunday, being taken as far at Pendleton by Glenn Jones, Mrs. Garland was a guest for a cuuple of weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jones. Soph-Frosh Field Day Comes Off Tomorrow Soph-Frosh field day is a new event instituted at Heppner high school to take place at Rodeo field tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. On this occa sion the freshmen and sophomore classes will mix it in a series of ath letic events to determine whether the freshmen shall be allowed to place their pennant on the wall of the high school auditorium. This event takes the place of the old pole fight that was conducted for a like purpose, and the freshmen must win to gain the desired privilege. Townspeople, who are invited to at tend, will be made aware of the meet by a noise parade to be staged pre ceding the program at the field. Both boys and girls of the two classes will take part, the events including the following: tug of war, bag rush, field marking race in which each class will mark half of the gridiron, crab race, and grrls' relay race. Scoring will be on the point system by competent judgeB. FIRST GAME OF SEASON. The first high school football game of the season in Heppner will be played at Rodeo field on Saturday, October 9, at 2:30. Coach Johnson has a promising bunch of proteges and the townspeople are asked to lend their utmost support. ZANE GREY'S "THE VANISHING AMERICAN" at the Star Theater Sun day and Monday. Don't miss it. ed the stands. Red Boy, entered by Lonnie Copenhaver and jockeyed by Albert Lawson, copped the derby race and $100 first prize money. Red Boy is a Morfow county horse, being owned and bred by B. F. SwaEirart. Arden Gilliland's prize racer came in second and another horse entered by Copenhaver took third place. The derby was a new feature of this year's show and there were four entries. The wind-up of the three-day relay race was probably the most spectac ular part of this event. White and Gilliland ran a dead heat most of the the way with Copenhaver sticking close to their heels. Gilliland, how ever, had considerable edge on the time the previous days and won the event. Time for the three days was Gilliland 11:09V4, White and Depew 11:29Vi, Copenhaver 12:14 2-6. Co penhaver was a close runner-up until the second day when in the second lnp his horse, jockeyed by Clinton Hnrpcr, hit White's pony at the send off, dumping both pony and Harper, crippling both, and preventing them from continuing the race. Copenha ver was forced to run his third horse two laps at a great loss of time. Close time was made' in the pony express race, another three-day event. Arden Gilliland took first in this also, with Copenhavcr's string placing sec ond. Time for three days: Gilliland 6:474, Copenhaver 6:60 3-5, White and Depew 7:00H. One of the most thrilling events of the three days was the Roman race, run by Neil White and Kenneth De pew, both of Ukiah, Friday and Sat urday. White lost out on Friday when his horses spread, causing him to fall. But on Saturday their teams ran a dead heat all the way without mis hap. In this race each rider runs two horses, while guiding them from a standing position, with one foot on each horse's back. " Results of the other events follow: Saddle Horse Race First day: L. Copenhaver 1st, ti. Swaggart 2nd: second day: Reaney 1st, L. Copenha ver 2nd; third day: Copenhaver 1st, Buck radberg 2nd. Calf Roping Time first day: Jack Barber 24 2-3, Tony Vey 50 2-6, Shan iko Red 63; second day: Joe Kenny 61, Tony Vey 63, Geo. Attebury 53tt; third day: Joe Kenny 45, Shaniko Red 46H, Chuck Jennings 60. Boys' Pony Race First day: Co penhaver 1st, Neil White 2nd; sec ond day: Reaney 1st, Copenhaver 2nd; third day: Uilliland 1st, Copenhaver 2nd. Mule Riding--First day: Depew 1st, Joe Roub 2nd; second day: Stubby Johnson 1st, Joe Roub 2nd; third day, Johnson 1st, Depew 2nd. Steer and Bull Riding First day: Bert Troub 1st, Bobby Dyer and Jim Casey 2nd; second day: Stubby John son 1st, Bareback Riding Kenneth Depew first all three dnys. Steer Maverick Race First two days only: Tony Vey and Joe Kenny winners. Quick Change Race Last two days only: Kenneth Depew 1st, Emery Moore 2nd both dnys. Chariot Race J. E. Keyes winner of three day event. LENHIM ROAD TO BE SURFACED State Commision Author izes Advertising for October Let. GRADING IS FINISHED Commissioners Bleakman and David' son Attend Meeting in Portland on Behalf of County. The completion of the Oregon Washington highway is now in sight. Contractor Wallace, who has been pushing the work of grading at a rapid rate since beginning on the job la;,t fall, reports to this paper that he has finished his work, and the job has been accepted by Division En gineer Smith, this formality being gone through with on Tuesday. Mr. Wallace further states 'hat the road is .now open to travel by the public am' all barriers have been removed. Touching this matter, good news comes from the meetin.i at Portland on Tuesday of the state highway commission. This meeting was at tended by members of our county court, commissioners Bleakman and Davidson, and action was taken look ing to the advertising of bida for the sui facing of this gap from Jones hill to Vinson, the work to begin just as soon as the contract is awarded, to be done at the meeting of the commission in October, While this is a little late, perhaps about two months behind what it should be, it is nevertheless gratifying to Morrow county people to know that there is to be no extended delay. It had been feared that the commission uiuld not be able to put this work ahead on the calendar as far as this, and that it might be a year, at liast, Before the surfacing was undertaken. At the meeting Tuesday ".here was action taken on the closing of gaps elsewhere, and it will not Le long iuw until work under way on these man highways will be completed onJ ail gaps closed. Th.s is the policy of the commission, and they are car rying it out rar.idlv. Harry Turner Named Champion Sack Sewer Twelve throwers of the flat needle vied for honors in the preliminaries of the sack sewing contest, a feature of the Morrow County Wool and Giain show, on Friday. Of this num ber six sewed in the finals Saturday. Harry Turner was declared the best all-round sewer with Chas. Ritchie crowding him hard. Glen Ball of lone placed third. The contestants filled and sewed five sacks in the preliminaries and ten in the finals. They were scored oil the point system, as follows: time ?G, workmanship 35, weight 20 and cleanness 10, making a possible score of 100. Turner's score was 86, Rit chie's 84 and Ball's 80 2-3. On the second day there was but 4-5 of a second difference between Turner's and Ritchie's time, the former's time teing 7:54 and the latter's 7:64:. Runners up were A. P. Parker, less than 1 per cent below Ball, OUie Fer guson and Bert Troub, champion buckaroo at the Rodeo. Furnished house for rent. Inquire at this office. YESTERDAY AND TODAY LAtY C(?oSSIN" AWTOCASTBru. Wool and Grain Show Has Good Representation A large number of farmers entered exhibits at the Morrow County Wool and Grain show held during the Ro deo, furnishing a good example of the grades and quality of the wool and grain raised in this locality. B. B. Bayles, of the Moro experiment station judged the wheat, and Her bert Bentley, representative of the Pacific Cooperative Wood Growers, judged the wool. A number of the prize wheat exhibits have been held over to display at Portland at the grain show to be held in connection with the Pacific International Liwe Stock exposition next month. Owing to the lack of exhibits in the coarse wool class, a separate classi fication was made of buck fleeces. Re suits of the judging will be published next week. Supt. Walker Takes Boys And Girls to State Fair Mrs. Helen M. Walker, county school superintendent, departed the first of the week for Salem, where she goes with the boys and girls of Morrow county who were winners in the club work. From Heppner, Mrs. Walker took Rodney Thomson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thomson, who won first prize at the North Morrow County fair on his exhibits of garden products there by winning a trip to the State fair. We did not get the names of the other boys and girls making up the I-arty. FATHER DIES AT THE DALLES. Mrs. Hanson Hughea was called to The Dalles on Friday afternoon in answer to word announcing the grave illness of her father, Nicholas Hoff man. Mr. Hoffman, who was ill at a hospital in The Dalles, underwent an operation, and following this he suf fered a stroke of paralysis and death resulted on Sunday. He was past 82 years of age, was a Civil War veteran, and had been a resident of The Dalles for about 25 years. His funeral is being held at The Dalles this after noon. RALLY DAY! RALLY DAY! One hundred and fifty wanted in the Bible School on Sunday! Is it possible? Easiest thing in the world. How? Every member of the church and school present. And listen I We are not started yet. If every member were present and brought a friend we would snow that goal so far un der we would be ashamed of it. Can we do it? Sure, if we want to. And do not forget that we are all to have our pictures taken at the close of Sunday school. - Be in on it. The morning preaching service will combine the Junior congregation with the regular service and the pas tor will give an illustrated sermon. The evening sermon will be "Sav ing Ourselves." MILTON W. BOWER, Minister. Ralph Floreon of Willow creeli was brought to Heppner Surgical hos pital on Tuesday, suffering from high blood pressure and kidney trouble. He was taken quite ill at his home, and the bursting of a blood vessel has caused temporary paralysis of one arm. While quite sick at present, his physician, Dr. McMurdo, is hope ful that he may be straightened out before many days. . ' Miss Odile Groshen has been a guest this week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McCul lough. Miss Groshen has a position with the big store of Meier & Frank in Portland, and returned to the city today with Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Ander son, whom she accompanied to Heppner. The regular meeting of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary will be held at headquarters on Monday evening, Oc tober 4th. Hostesses are Mrs. Ben Buschke and Mrs. James Cowins. Members will please bring old clothes donations for the Child Welfare com mittee. The lucky number on the quilt donated to the Auxiliary by Mrs. Ben Buschke, was drawn by Mrs Lorena Buschke, who turned it back It was then sold for $8.50 to the highest bidder, Miss Alma Devin be ing the purchaser. The proceeds from this quilt were around $30.00. ZANE GREY'S "THE VANISHING AMERICAN" at the Star Theater Sun day and Monday. Don't miss it. C. W. McNamer, who has been 111 for the past two weeks, suffering an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, is reported to be getting better, tho not yet able to be at his place of bus iness. Mr. McNamer, who is chair man of the Heppner Rodeo committee, got out of bed to attend the perform ances of Friday and Saturday, though he was scarcely able to be about. W. B. Ward and family are depart ing this week for Perma, Mont., where they will locate. Until recent ly they have been farming on the John Day river. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are the parents of Dallas Ward, 0. A. C. football star, and Mr. Ward is quite proud of his son's achieve ments. R. Randall of Portland has opened a wholesale produce establishment in Heppner in the Edward's cafe build ing on upper Main street. Mr. Ran dall brings his produce in from out side points by truck, the most if it coming from the Yakima valley. He expects to be located permanently in this city. John Hanna of Hinton creek severe ly injured his back Sunday, when he fell off a haystack and landed on a wagon wheel, the contact tearing some of the muscles of the back loose. Fortunately there was no fracture. Dr. Johnston reports that he will be unable to work for some days yet. Mrs. Dean T. Goodman has been removed from the hospital at The Dalles to Portland, and Mr. Goodman is in receipt of word this week that she is improving in health quite rapidly, all of which is good news to the many friends in this city. ZANE GREY'S "THE VANISHING AMERICAN" at the Star Theater Sun day and Monday. Don't miss it. Basil Bookhouser, young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brookhouser, was taken ill Sunday with acute appendi citis and operated on at Morrow Gen eral hospital Sunday evening by Dr. Johnston. He is reported to be get ting along nicely. Robert Burnside, a patient at Mor row General hospital in this city, where he recently underwent an op eration for appendicitis, has been re leased and returned to his home near Kardman. Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Crawford of Morgan, under went a minor operation for the re moval of a tumor of the neck last Thursday, Dr. Johnston of this city attending. ZANE GREY'S "THE VANISHING AMERICAN" at the Star Theater Sun day and Monday. Don't miss it. Robert Lowe, who was recently op erated on for a severe case of appen dicitis, was able to return to his home at Cecil this week from Morrow General hospital in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Barratt and two children departed this morning for Portland for a visit at the home of Mr. Barratt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Barratt, for a week. By A. B. CHAP1N Pleasant Surprise Given Mr. and Mrs. Bergstrom Friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Erik Bergstrom surprised them at their Gooseberry home on Sunday August 26, to tender them a farewell party. Mr. and Mrs. Bergstrom ex pect to depart soon to make their home in Portland. Everybody brougt boxes and baskets loaded with grod things to eat and there was more fried chicken than could possibly be oaten; salads of all kinds, both fruit and vegetable, not to mention 27 dif ferent cakes. Coffee was served, too, besides escalloped potatoes, baked beans and other good things too nu merous to mention. After dinner some pitched horse shoes while others played other out door games. Mr. and Mrs. Bergstrom were very much surprised but seemed glad to see everyone as they probably wouidn t have had another opportun ity of seeing many of those present. hveryone had a good time and the af ternoon passed all too quickly. They finally departed for their homes after bidding the Bergstrom's goodby and wishing them many happy years in their new home. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Erik Bergstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Bergstrom, Mr. and Mrs. - lheodore Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Redding and Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Johnson and Charles, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Zinter and Irene, Mr. and Mrs. Tilman Hogue, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bergstrom and family, Mrs. J. H. Cochran, Mrs. Hilda Johnson, Mrs. A. Anderson, Mrs. Frank Ander son and Frank and Louise, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lundell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Warfield, Vergil Esteb, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Peterson. Aagodt C. Frigaard, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Lovgren and family, Myrtle Eng strom, Lydia Anderson, Mr and Mrs. Henry Peterson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Carlson and family, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Drake and family, Ed win Esteb, Bernard Carlson, Ed Berg strom, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Robison, Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Anderson, William Bergstrom, O. C. Bergstrom, C. V. Bergstrom, Al Bergstrom, A. B. Cochran and son, Carl Bergstrom, John Bergstrom, Coral Johnson, Es ther Bergstrom and Florence Berg strom. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Mrs. Elmer Griffith is quite ill at her home in lone, and under the care of a trained nurse. Mrs. Griffith is suffering an attack of pleural pneu monia, and a baby daughter was born to her on Sept. 25th. Her physician, Dr. McMurdo, reports Mrs. Griffith getting along as well as could be ex pected, buo in s very ssrious condi tion. Doris Young, aged three, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Young of Pine City, has been confined at the Heppner Surgical hospital for the past two weeks. The child is suf fering from tuberculosis of the brain and is seriously ill, having been sick tor the past six weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hynd of Cecil are made exceedingly sad over the still birth of an 8-lb. son at Heppner Surgical hospital in this city on Tues day, Sept. 28th. The sympathy of the community is extended to the young couple in this affliction. Lloyd Matteson, one of the riders pi the events at the Rodeo, who was thrown from his horse on Saturday, received a couple of broken ribs on the right side, and had his wrist badly sprained. His hurts kept him from riding in the finals. Tho Mtsaeo Fnrpnp. Cason and Ber- nice Sigsbee were driven to Portland on Sundav hv Carl Cason. and tomor row will sail for San Francisco. Miss Sigsbee will enter business college in that city, and Miss cason goes io nna employment. Mio. Onnt Rriirco arrived home on Wednesday from Los Angeles, where she hnq been snendin? a vacation of two months and a half. She will re sume her place at the local telephone exchange tomorrow. Hp MrMnrHn rpnnrs the arrival of an 8ft-lb. daughter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bryant on Sept. 20, at their home in Black Horse. Ernest Cannon of Hardman was doing business in the city today. GRAND JURY REPORT. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT Of THE STATE OF OREGON FOR MOR ROW COUNTY. In the Matter of the Report of the Grand Jury. To the Honorable D. R. Parker, Judge of the above entitled Court: We, the undersigned, duly empan eled as grand jurors for the present term of the above ertitled Court, re spectively report as follows: We have been in session two days since our former report. We have returned four true bills and two not true bills. We have inquired into all viola tions of the statutes of the Sti.te of Oregon pertaining to criminal mat ters, which have been brought to our attention or of which we had know ledge. There are some matters pend ing which cannot be disposed of at this time, but which we expect to consider at a later date when fur ther evidence may bo available. Since we have accomplished all that seems possible to accomplish at this time, we beg to be excused until such time as the Court may deem it ad visable that we meet for the consid eration of matters which we should investigate. Dated this 28th day of September, U'26. T. J. JONES, Foreman. J. O. TURNER. A. P. PARKER. ARTHUR YKRGENS. E. E. HEI.IKER. FRANK MONAHAN. E. H. TURNER. By Arthur Brisbane Dempsey and Milton. Movies as Salesmen. Do You Want a Bison? Sweeping the Heavens. A sympathetic editorial writer be wails the fact that Jack Dempsey got 14,000 times what Milton got for writing "Paradise Lost." On the other hand, Milton probably would rather write "Paradise Lost" for $70 than beat Tunney for $1,000, 000. Abraham Lincoln would rather have written his Gettysburg speech for nothing than beat Tunney and Dempsey both. Some things to soma men are more important even than cash. The outside world resents United ted States domination of moving pic tures. Those pictures are marvelous salesmen, selling in all lands Amer ican clothing, automobiles, furniture, lamps, and especially the American idea of comfortable living. Six of the Indian princes that share with the British taxation of their sub jects offer $5,000,000 to help British films displace American films. As Mr. Mellon said when somebody offered him $70,000,000 cash for his oil company: "That isn't enough." You can't make moving pictures with dollars only, any more than you can sing high C with dollars. You must know how. It is said automobiles keen half th voters away from the polls, and "ab sentee balloting" is suggested. Also. "Golf keens men awav from the churches." The remedv is tn thaIta nnlltiVa interesting as motoring, religion as interesting as coif. With Hnrv Wl Beecher in a big church, or Billy Sun day in a revival tent, the caddies, not the clergymen, would complain. Philosophers from many countries gathered in Cambridge, Massachu setts, tell the world, "Materialistic theories cannot explain the marvels of the living world." Materialism cannot explain any thing for the reason, amone others. that there is no such thing as mat ter. Reduce solid steel or floatinir feather to the so-called ultimate at om. Examine the atom and you find a small solar system like our own, the nucleus for sun, little electrons flying around it for planets. Matter s only particles of electric enerrv. And no one knows what that is. A scientist said. "T hv wanl tv, heavens with my telescope and find no trace or ijod." A dissector of the human bodv said. "T havA mn. all through the human brain, and find no irace oi tnougnt, soul or mind. ivevertheless, thought, soul and mind do exist in that little univr we call the brain. A greater mind ex ists SOMEWHERE in that greater brain, THE UNIVERSE. Senator Carawav nf Arlrnnana want. the United States to dig up and bring to America the bodies of 30.000 Amer ican soldiers buried on French soil. He savs EuroDeana hate u so In. tensely that he saw insulting lines scribbled on the white crosses above the graves of our soldiers. The dead soldiers would say, "It was the biggest kind of joke when we were taken from our homes, shipped across the sea to die in a war not our own, and to lie here dead, killed in the quarrels of European high finance and royalty. "One more joke, that of hatred, can't make any difference. Let us lie in peace' What man WANTS to do, he can do. A little while ago the noble bison was dying out everybody had said farewell to him. Now the Government, with herds of bison on its hands, offers you a vigorous live bison for $85, that you couldn't have bought for (5,000 a little while ago. W. R. C. ENJOY SOCIAL. Honoring Mrs. John Her, one of their faithful members, who has been ill for so long and in the sanitarium at Hot Lake, the Womens Relief Corps held a social meeting in the American Legion quarters on the 22 inst. Mrs. Her was gladly wel comed back again, and the corps members all expressed their delight in having her present on this occa sion, and to know that she is in reas on ably good health again. The hos tesses, Mesdames Wm. LeTrace and D. E. Gilman, served refreshments of ice cream, cake and coffee, and the af ternoon was greatly enjoyed by all. FREE CONCERT POSTPONED. The complimentary concert on the new Brunswick musical instrument, announced to be given at Star Thea ter on this, Thursday, evening, has been postponed to Wednesday eve ning, Oct. 6. A dance at the Elks' hall, in which the instrument will be used, will follow the concert, for Elks end their ladies. A small fee of 25 cents will be charged for the dance. NOTICE TO PUBLIC. Notice is hereby given that after October 1, the mail order window at the Postoffice in Heppner, Oregon, will close at 5:30 p. m. W. W. SMEAD, Postmaster.