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Volume 43, Number 49.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY,. Mar. 3, 1927.
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Home Brewed Vaudeville
Mar. 8, Has Imposing
Lineup of Talent.
ALL TASTES SUITED
Comedy, Drama, Dancing, Athletic
Acta, All Billed; Matinee
May be Given.
Well, we've got the dope at last.
Those in charge of the home talent
vaudeville at the Star theater March
8 have given their consent to tell all
about it. So here goes:
The curtain will rise promptly at
8 o'clock displaying a folk dance un
der the auspices of the ladies of the
Eastern Star. We can't Bay to be
sure, but we have seen a bunch of
youngsters acting queerly of late and
have a pretty good hunch they have
something to do with it. Anyway,
you may be Bure it will be good.
Eastern Star is also sponsor for a
solo dance in which Virginia Cleve
land will portray the Glow Worm.
Our folks are well acquainted with
Miss Virginia's terpsichorean inter
pretations, of which too much praise
cannot be given.
it seems to be - device of many pro
gram arrangers to leave the best til
the last. Which looks to be the case
in this instance. The Elks have this
position reserved for a Minstrelsy.
Knowing, as we believer everyone
does, the capacity for entertaining the
rJks have, little more need be said
about their number. They won't be
without competition for honors, how
ever, as the American Legion Auxil
iary is preparing something billed as
"HATS???" that we hear is going
to separate the roof from the rafters.
The ladies are maintaining such pro
found secrecy that it has been impos
sible even for the Gazette Times star
reporter to glean the facts, but it is
certain to be a "wow."
Two individual presentations that
hold such promise the management
dared not deny the public the oppor
luntiy of getting in on thim, will be
given by Crocket Sproula and Mrs.
Alex Gibb. The first named will do
some "Grand Opery" stuff, while Mrs.
Gibb will oblige with some rare Scot
iafl ballads. These numbers are cer
tain to please, the manngament prom
ises. Then the Rhea Creek Grange is
coming to town to display some high
ly tcuted 'dramatic talent in a skit
entitled "Mock Wedding." If it is
anything like some of the weddings
wc nave heard tell about it may De a
mockery, indeed. Anyway, that wed
ding stuff always makes a hit. We
suppose, probably, the Neighbors of
Woodcraft skit would fit in well ae
a seqi'el to the presentaion of the
grangers. Their number is called
"Joint Home Owners." Another act
deplctirg some of the sad realities of
life.
The Rebeccas are "pulling" a dark
rorse. The name of a beautiful danc
er is withheld, who will give a Rus
sian dancing interpretation. Whether
of the old regime or the present Bol
sneviki, we are not prepared to say.
Shi will also give a gypsy dance. The
brother order of I. 0. 0. F. will be
represented with a whistling solo by
Miss Elizabeth Phelps. Miss Phelps
has previously established herself as
a fine entertainer in this line before
Heppner audiences.
No vaudeville is complete without
exhibition of physical skill. Witness
the juggleis, trapeze performers,
tumblers, and whatnots, billed for any
Orpheum showing. This part of the
library show has been placed in ca
pable hands, Clarence and Harvey
liauman consenting to do a tumbling
act. These men are adept at physical
performances and will claim their
share of encores. Their stunt is
sponsored by the Masons and Ameri
can Legion.
Just what the K. of P. lot are up to
we wouln't try to make a guess. But
from the performers they have pro
duced, we are a little suspicious. Two
Eds with the handles of Keller and
Clark are scheduled to pull "A Queer
Deal." How queer it will be, you'll
have to wait and see. But if anyone
can pull anything queer, these two
uhould be able to do it.
These make twelve acts in all, and
cover Such a range of enertainment
possibilities that no one can afford to
miss it. Reserved seats are being
placed on sale for 75 cents, while gen
eral admission prices are 50 and 25
cents. A stupendous show at popular
prices.
A matinee with a somewhat modi
fied program may be given Saturday
afternoon for which a small admis
sion charge will be made. It all de
pends on how many of the perform
ers wish to take advantage of the op
portunity to get set to the stage,
This will be an opportunity for
Heppner people to get a slant at their
neighbors that seldom presents itself
And all told it will be a jolly home
alTair for i worthy cause, deserving
of the support of everyone. Proceeds
eo to the Heppner Public Library
association, sponsors of the vaude
ville. TO MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS.
Doric Lodge No. 20, Knights of
Pythias, will meet every other week
instead of every week, according to
action taken Tuesday evening. The
meeting nights will be the first and
third Tuesdays of each month. The
next regular meeting will be March
15. All members are urged to keep
the d ites in mind.
HEPPNER PHONE
SERVICE EXTENDS
ACROSS ATLANTIC
Conversation With European Rel
atives and Friends Comes
High, However.
Heppner folk may now talk to rela
tives across the Atlantic as trans-Atlantic
telephone connection was es
tablished to the Pacific coast at the
close of last week.
Official greetings were scheduled to
be spoken to London Saturday from
executives of The Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company al; Portland,
Seattle, San Francisco and Los An
geles. From any telephone connecting
with a Long Distance office of the Pa
cific system it will be possible to
place a call for London, GlasgQw, or
elsewhere in the Island Kingdom,
The rate in this zone, which in
cludes Washington, Oregon, Califor
nia, Nevada and Arizona, will be $87
for the initial three-minute period
and additional $29 for each added
minute up to the time limit of twelve.
One of the interesting things about
conversation across this country and
the Atlantic will be the emphasis
placed on the difference in time.
When one is talking here at 9 in he
morning the person in London will be
listening at 6 in the afternoon. When
the London business man begins at
1:30 p. m. in his office to address
some one in this city, it will be 5:30
a. m., Pacific time.
For the present the regular period
for trans-Atlantic connection is con
fined to the hours from 5 a. m., to 10
a. m., Pacific time. This corresponds
to 1:30 p. m. to 6 p. m. in London and
8:30 a. m. to 1 p. m. in New York.
The restriction is caused by radio
transmission conditions at the pres
ent stage of the development of fa
cilities. "
Ralph Thompson Home
Scene of Pleasant Party
A delightful evening was spent at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Thompson last Thursday evening at a
party given in honor of the host's
birthday. It came as a complete sur
prise to him. Among those present
were Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Johnston,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cox,Mr. and Mrs.
Wendle Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Gar
net Barratt, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Swcek,
Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Farrior, Mr. and
Mrs. Roger Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Wells, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Stone, Mr.
and Mrs. L. Van Marter, Mrs. Harold
Cohn, Mrs. Gay Anderson and Harry
Duncan.
The evening was spent playing
bridge, the honors going to Mrs.
Wells and Mr. Stone. Much merri
ment was afforded through the gifts
bestowed upon the host.
Electric Co. Secures lone
and Lexington Franchise
G. C. Sawyer, district manager of
the Sherman Electric company, with
W. E. Pruyn, local manager, visited
ione and Lexingon on Tuesday. At
the former place he closed up the
transaction with the city for the
transfer of the Ione distributing plant
over to his company, and he also se
cured from the city of Ione a 60-year
franchise for doing business within
the limits of that city. Coming on to
Lexington, a similar franchise was
secured there, and this leaves noth
ing more to be attained in that di
rection for the company within the
boundaries of Morrow county.
Work is progressing along the line
from DeMoss Springs, from which
point the surveyors are now locating
the line coming to Condon. The se
curing of right-of-way is progressing,
end Mr. Sawyer states thai actual
.vork of setting ooles and stringing
wires on the first lap of their line to
Condon should be under way within
thirty days. When this starts there
will be no interruption in construction
of the line to Heppner.
District Convention of
I.O.O.F. at Echo Saturday
Rcid Buseick, noble grand of Wil
low Lodge No. 68, I. O. O. F., and a
number of other members of the or -
der from Heppner were in attendance
ni the district convention of Morrow
and Umatilla Odd Fellows held at
Echo on Saturday. There were some
r.00 or more members of the various
lodges of ihe district present, and the
convention was pronounced a most
successful one and greatly enjoyed
by those going from here. A dinner
and banquet were features, while
addresses were made by V. T. Jack
son, grand master of Oregon, Rev.
Guy L. Drill and S, F. Bowman of
Pendleton.
The Stanfield degree team won the
competition with other degree teams
in initiatory work, this being a fea
ture of the annual conventions. Free
water degree team won the special
prize in a contest with the Pendleton
team for second degree work. Wes
ton was chosen as the place of the
meeting for next year.
Dr. McMurdo was called to th
home of Adrain Engclman, southwest
of lone, on Monday to attend Mr. En-
gelman who suffered injuries by be
ing thrown from a disc while at work
in the field. Ho had a couple of ribs
fractured and received a number of
minor cuts on the body as a result of
being dragged by the machine for
some distance.
Republican Destiny in 1928 May
Hinge on Result of Wei-Dry Debate
Written Specially for Gazette Times
By ROBERT FULLER
Through Autocaster Service.
Regardless of the politics that may,
or may not be involved in the Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler-Senator Bor
ah debate before the Roosevelt Club
at Boston on April 8, the nation is go
ing to be treated to a very interest
ing discussion by two able statesmen
which may perhaps result in estab
lishment of a preliminary lining-up
of sentiment or factions in the Re
publican party as to whether or not
the prohibition question is to be a
national convention problem next
year.
Senator Borah's quick throwing
down of the gauntlet to Dr. Butler,
and the letter's equally quick accept
ance of the challenge to debate the
prohibition enforcement question,
brings together two party leaders,
both qualified to ably present their
side of the question in a masterful
manner.
Senator Borah's place in the party
councils is well known. Now, as for
many years, he is a factor which the
party cannot afford to ignore. It
should be remembered that he was
President Coolidge's first choice for
vice-president running mate in 1924.
He refused it; would have none of it;
but had his say in the Cleveland con
vention and today is always consult
ed by party leaders on all questions
of importance.
While the Idaho Senator needs no
introduction to newspaper readers.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, of Co
lumbia University, New York, is quite
often left out of the picture, as to
his place in party councils.
No less person than Mark Sullivan,
highly respected Washington poliitcal
writer, says of Dr. Butler: "Dr. But
ler is no mere case of a university
president taking an amateur fling in
politics. He knows Republican poli
tics high and low and with a minute
ness that arrests attention. He keeps
in touch with party leaders and work
ers all over the country. He has been
for many years, and may yet turn
out to be very powerful in the Re
publican national organization."
Dr. Butler has been in attendance
at Republican National Conventions
since 1880. At that first convention
h? was not a delegate, but a newspa
per correspondent. However, he was
a delegate at the 1880 convention and
also to six of the nine conventions
since then. It has been forgotten
generally by the public that Dr. But
ler was vice-presidential running
mate with William Howard Taft in
1912. This came about through the
sudden death of James S. Sherman,
who had been nominated at Chicago.
The Republican leaders then named
Dr. Butler to fill out the ticket.
As to the scheduled debate with
Senator Borah, Dr. Butler states
mply: "I am ready to discuss the
attempt to enforce national prohibi
tion by constitutional amendment.
The Federal Constitution was defaced
and deformed by the addition of the
Eighteenth Amendment and its pas
sage affteted the beginning of a revo
lution in the American form of Fed
eral government. Tins :s the funda
mental reason vvhy the attempt to
control the liquor traffic by these
means has failed."
Legion Boys to Meet
In Big Dance Hall
In looking forward to he 1927 Le
gion convention, the La Grande Post
is making many preparations. One
of these was the leasing and remod
cling of what was once the best dance
hall in Eastern Oregon. In late years
this hall had been used for various
purposes from the meeting place of
lodges to a skating rink and had been
allowed to run down
Now the Legion has leased it, and
spent a lot of time and considerable
money in making it attractive once
more. The floor has been resanded
and new decorations put up, and it
now is one of the recreation centers
of La Grande.
The Legion gives two public dances
a week there and they are always a
success. Wrestline and boxincr bouts
1 have been held there; theatricals,
and other forms of entertainment as
well are common. And it will be the
main convention hall during the com
ing big show when all Legionaires,
their wives and the Auxiliary mem
bers gather from over the State at
the 1927 convention. After the busi
ness programs of the day are over,
the chairs will be folded up and it
will be the biggest of the three dnnce
halls in use for the famous "Battle
of '27" on July 21-22-23
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS.
The regular meeting of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary was held on
Tuesday evening, March 1st, with 20
members piesent. At this time the
piano purchased by the unit and post
was dedicated, the members all gath
ering around it for the singing of the
unit song. Two recent applicants
for membership to the auxiliary are
Mrs. Henry W. Krebs and Mrs, Wm
Instone. We hope to initinte these
ladies nt an early date. We were glad
to receive Mrs. Ramsay into our unit,
!;he having transferred her member
ship from the auxiliary at Goldondule
Wash. After the business meeting
the members were served with de
lightful refreshments by the host
esses, the Mesdames Cowins.
Secretary,
Dr. Butler DEBATE Sen. Borah
The nation at large, Republican
with interest the reaction of sentiment following the debate between
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and
April 8 on Prohibition enforcement. Dr. Butler's recent statements
about President Coolidge's third term hopes; the importance of facing
the wet and dry issue; and things in general about his party, brought
Senator Borah jnlo the picture, with a challenge for debate.
endleton and Heppner
Debate on Re-Schedule
The affirmative debating etam from
Pendleton high school will meet the
egative team of Heppner high school
ere tomorrow evening in a second
attempt at elimination in the district
igh school debating tournament.
The district winners will debate at
the state tournament to be held later
t Eugene.
A reschedule was made necessary
because of a double tie last week. Mc
Laughlin and Pendleton high affirma-
ives each won 3-0 in their clash, as
did the Hermiston and Heppner affir
mative teams. Consequently no choice
could be made. McLaughlin and Her
miston will debate at tire, amnie time
Heppner meets Pendleton, the affirm
ative teams traveling. The winners
f these two matches will be pitted
gainst each otner and the district
championship thus determined.
Margaret Not3on and Marvin Gem-
mell will go to Pendleton as Hepp
ner's affirmative representatives,
while Marjorie Clark and Orrin Bis
bee will uphold the negative side of
the question at home. The same ques
tion is to be discussed as before, Re
solved, that the cabinet sysem of
sate government should be adopted in
Oregon. .
An admission of 10 and 25 cents
will be charged to help defray neces
sary expenses in carrying on the de
bates. It is urged that a large turn
out greet the debaters tomorrow eve-
ing to lend zest to the occasion.
Ccnsiderable information on a per-
iiicnt question o. the day may be
had us well.
Mother of Fred Lucas
Dies at Oakland, Calif.
Mrs. John T. Lucas, mother of Fred
Lucas of Lexington, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Addle Knight,
in Oakland, Calif., on February 20,
1927, where she had gone for a visit,
and hoping to benefit her health by a
stay of some time in the south.
Funeral services were held at The
Dalles on Sunday, Feb. 27th, from the
Crandall chapel, Rev. David L. Kratz,
pastor of the Church of Christ offi
ciating. Emma Lhznbeth Olds was born on
February 4, 1853, at Cincinnati, O.,
and with her parents moved to Fort
Scott, Kansas, in 1801. where she re
sided until 1875. On January 1, 1871
she was united in marriage with John
Thomas Lucas at Fort Scott, and in
1875 moved to California. They came
to the Dalles in 18 18 and later set
tied on a homestead in Washington,
seven miles from The Dalles,
Klickitat county, where they resided
until 188R, when they removed to Cen
terville, Wash., nnd in 1893 returned
to the homestead at Granddalles. In
the fall of 1897 they moved to Wasco,
Oregon, where Mrs. Lucas continued
to live.
Her husband passed away on Aug
ust 10, 1904, at Toi l land, and she
passed this life on February 20, 1927
at the home of her daughter, Mrs,
Addie Knight at Oakland, Calif, af
trr a short illness, being 74 years and
16 days of age.
To this union were born ten chil
dren, eight of whom survive. They
are F. J. Lucas, Lexington, Ore.; G. F.
Lucas, Yuma, Arizona, L, R. Lucas,
Ccntralia,, Wash., Mrs. Mary Craw
ford, Urnnddnllcs, Wash., Mrs. Addie
Knight, Onklnnd, Calif., Mrs. Lucile
Curvy, Portland, Ore., L. J. Lucas
and Mrs. Annabel Fortner, Wasco, Or
egon; besides thirteen grandchildren
and four great grandchildren. Two
sisters, Mrs. Lucy Sandine, Portland,
ar.d Mrs. Addie Cauthrine, Detroit,
Mich., also survive.
Interment was in the family plot
at I. O. O. F. cemetery, The Dalles.
Mrs. Jjiicus had many friends in Mor
row county, as she often visited here,
and she was a very tighly respected
citizen ill her homo community of
Wasco.
leaders in particular, will watch
Senator William A. Borah at Boston
MOVIE CAMERA MEN SHOOT
FARM SCENES IN COUNTY
Eric Mayell of the Fox News, Se
attle, and Chas. Piper of the Oregon
Pictorial Review, representing the
state chamber of commerce, from
Portland, were in the county yester
day for the purpose of taking some
plowing scenes. Wet weather pre
vented plows getting into the fields,
however, and they were unable to get
the pictures wanted. They did get a
few views, though, among which was
a shot at Dwight Misner's plowing
team, at his ranch out from Ione.
Roger W. Morse, county agent, con
ducted the gentlemen on their shoot
ing tour.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. A. L. Florence of Willow creek
who was very sick during the past
week with influenza, is reported to be
much improved and well on the road
to lecovery at the present time. Dr.
Mc'.durdo reports that the flu epidemic
this vicinity seems to be about
ov-:-r and his patients are all getting
out ai;r.in.
Rev. Ora C. Wright and wife of
Portland arrived at Heppner on Sat
urday and have been visiting during
the week with their daughter, Miss
Esther Wright teacher of music in
the Heppner schools. Dr. Wright is
executive secretary and superinten
dent of Baptist missions in Oregon,
Mrs. Lawrence Redding of Eight
Mile was taken quite sick at her home
on Tuesday, suffering from an attack
of stomach trouble. It was necessary
to call a physician from Heppner to
give her relief.
Mrs. Clark Stevens of near Bard-
mun has been quite ill during the past
week, suffering a severe attack of ton-
silitis.. Her physician. Dr. McMurdo,
reports her as greatly improved at
present.
Dr. A. H. Johnston returned on
Tuesday evening from Condon where
he had been called as a witness on be
half of the defense in the case of
State of Oregon vs. Henry Bauer.
The illing Workers of the Chris
tian church will conduct a dinner and
apron sale nt the parlors of the
church Friday evening, March 11, be
ginning at 5 o'clock.
Mrs. Jeff Jones, w-ho has been quite
ill at her home ni this city for the
past two weeks, is reported greatly
improved at this time and well on the
road to recovery.
Some mild cases of scarlet fever
arc reported in Heppner this week.
Louise Langdon and Opal Stapleton
are two victims now under quaran
tine. Chris Henrickson of Cecil was a
visitor in the city on Monday coming
up to consult with a physician, as he
lias been in rather poor health of late,
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Adams of Hard
.vii.n are the proud parents of on 8-lb.
daughter, born to them on February
2.h, Dr. McMurdo attending.
Mrs. Herman Carr who has been
ill at the Morrow General hospital
has returned to her home.
Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Heliker of Ione
were visitors in Heppner for a short
ti'r-e on Wednesday.
C. H. Bartholomew, Tine City resi
dent, was transacting business in
Heppner yesterday.
FINCH BOXING AT I-. OF O.
University of Oregon, Eugene, Feb.
2S. Breynton R. Finch of Heppner
is one of the outstanding men on the
boxing teom this year, announces
Coach Davis.
Finch, who weighs 145 pounds, re
cently finished three years of service
in the navy, where he did a great deal
of boxing for recreation. He is show
ing particular promise and will be
hard to beat in his weight class, ac
cording to the coach.
UNION" MISSIONARY MEETING.
A union missionary meeting of all
of the missionary societies of the
city will be held at All Saints' Epis
copal church on Friday, March 4th, at
2:110 in the afternoon. This is the
aunu il prayer service nnd a program
si.iialili to the occasion has been pre
pared by a committee made up of
meivbeiv. of the several societies. AU
ladies of the city are cordially in
vited to be present and enjoy this
meeting.
May Close Forest If
Greater Care is Not
Taken With Campf ire
Rangers and Officials Consider
Ways and Means of Cutting
Number of Fires.
East Orgeonian.
Unless greater care is taken with
fires in the Umatilla national forest
the area will be closed during the
high fire hazard season to tourists
and travelers in the forest, it was
decided at a conference of Umatilla
national forest officials and rangers
held in this city.
, During the latter part of last week
forest rangers and officials he"ld a
conference at the forest headquarters
here at which time cause of the 97
fires on the forest during 1926 were
analyzed. Of this number 47 were
caused by man they discovered, which
is entirely too high and indicates con
siderable carelessness in the forests
by campers and others.
The general opinion among offi
cials and rangers was that if this
condition showed no tendency to les
sen during the 1927 season steps must
be taken to guard the forest and as a
last resort there could be nothing
else to do but forbid tourists the use
of the forest during the time of jear
when there is greatest danger of fires.
Forest officials declared that this
was the last thing they wished to do
but if conditions continue as they
have they would be forced to take
this action.
As much as possible is being done
to educate the user of the forest to
cuard against the. danger through
carelessness with camp fires, lighted
cigarettes and cigar stubs and law
enforcement is being used to as large
an extent as possible, but without
noticeable decrease in the number
of fires.
Astoria and Toledo
Beat by Locals Sunday
Heppner Rod and Gun club downed
her two opponents in the second
stretch of the Oregonian state trap
shooting tournament last Sunday. Her
team made up of Lester Doolittle, Dr.
A. D. McMurdo and Chas. Latourell,
hung up individual scores of 24 each.
making a total of 72 against 69 for
Astoria and 66 for Toledo. This win
puts Heppner in second division of
the percentage column with .750. Her
opponents next Sunday will be Echo
and Hood River.
As an incentive for better shooting
among its memuers the local club or
dered five sweaters to be awarded to
the five men whose names appear
most often in the team shoot, and
who will represent Heppner in the
s!ioot-off if she finishes in first divis
ion. These sweaters have been or
dered with a pad on the shoulder and
silhouette jackrabbit on the back
of each, to be used especially for
shooting.
Has Visit With Father
In Southern California
Commissioner L. P. Davidson of
Ione was on the job with the county
court in Heppner Wednesday. He re
ports a big rain all of Tuesday night,
and it was keeping it up when he
left home Wednesday morning, and
there is no lack of moisture this year
in the Ione country.
Mr. Daviason reports an enjoyable
visit with his father during the fere
part of February at Sawtelle, Calif.
Accompanied by his two sisters, Mrs.
New Madden of Hermiston and Mrs.
John Glasscock of Portland, Mr. Da
vidson drove to the Southern Califor
nia city in his car, and with their
father they enjoyed the celebration
of his 9Cth birthday. Mr. Davidson
reports his father enjoying the best
of health. They did not get caught
in the freshets that visited that part
i)f California and mane the round trip
without any inconvenience whatever,
having no trouble getting through the
mountains in northern California and
southern Oregon.
Irrigon Church Folks
to Have Basket Dinner
An all-day meeting is planned by
the Christian church at Irrigon for
this coming Sunday, March 6h. The
Sunday school will meet at the regu
lar hour, 10:00 a. m to be followed
by oraise, communion and preaching
service. All are invited to bring din
ner and join in the fellowship of a
basket dinner at the noon hour. At
3:00 p. m., Guy L. Drill, vice-president
of the state board, will preach
and the evening will be given over to
the usual Endeavor service, with
preaching following.
Word from Mr. Drill is to the ef
fect that he will bring members of
the orchestra from his church at Pen
dleton and with players from Hepp
ner and Alpine, and others that may
bring instruments, a splendid orches
rra can be formed for the occasion.
Tins should bo a great day for the
t lunch at Irrigon, and an invitation
is extended to members of the sur
rounding towns to come and join in
this fellowship. Arrangements are
being perfected for the holding of
regular services at this point.
P. T. A. TO MEET.
The Patron-Teachers' association
will meet at the high school next
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Miss
Fredreckson's room has charge of the
pupils part of the program.
TMsWeelt
By Arthur BrUbane
Horses Will Go.
Babe Ruth and Milton.
Fat Girls Not Wanted.
A Killer at Eleven.
William Durland, president of a
great riding school, retiring, says the
automobile will never replace the sad
dle horse. Nevertheless, the saddle
horse will vanish, and be only a mem
ory to children of today's children.
When the musket came in, men
thought it couldn't take the place of
bow and arrow. And, of course, it
couldn't replace the hawk that rode
out on its owner's wrist and flew up
to bring down the game bird.
The horse will linger on farms for
a whiie and then disappear, as farm
ing becomes really selenitic. The
work that requires three hundred
days of the farmer's time now, will
he done in about forty days or less.
And the "horse" will be a machine.
un by gas, electricity or wireless
power.
Many good investments in this
world for those that hang on. When
Edward Fitzgerald published his
translation of the Rubaiyat, that first
edition sold for one penny in Eng
land. Last week J. F. Drake paid
$3,200 for a copy. - - -
When John Bunyan s "Pilgrim'a
Progress" was first published, wise
book people said, "Only servants will
buy a book like that." One of the
copies, originally sold for two pence,
is worth thousands of dollars now.
Of 118,000,000 Americans, only 3,-
000,000 own stocks or bonds. This
small number of stockholders, esti
mated by the American Bankers' As
sociation, is encouraging to broken
and those that have good stocks and
bonds for sale. 1
Wages are high, money is piling up
in the savings banks, millions that
own no stocks COULD own them, if
proper inducements as to return and
safety were offered.
Tf von lilrp miracle, consider this.
Peter Kraus. sailor on a freight shin
in mid-ocean, drove narticles of iron
into his right eye while using a drill,
and suffered agonies. Far away, Dr.
Francis, ship's surgeon, picked up by
radio, details of the sailor's trouble.
He sent wireless directions, ordering'
them to stop using cocaine, telling
them how to make a magnet. The
magnet extracted the iron particles
instantlv. sain stonned. the man went
back to work.
Mr. Bureert. bachelor member of
a very "old family" in Ohio, leaves
money to build a home for girls be
tween the ages of sixteen and twenty
eight, of small stature, bright, ambit
ious and good to look at. Fat girla
are not to be admitted."
That will was made by a foolish
bachelor. Younp irirls oupht to be
reasonably fat, with tissue and energy
stored up lor tneir duty as motners.
Girls of the skeleton type have barely
enough energy for tnemselves, to say
iiotning oi a lamiiy.
What counts is not how you start,
bu how you finish. Years ago, a boy
named Bamburger took a job at $4
a week to run errands; glad to get
the job, glad to run. It was a start.
Now, to his $22,000,000 dry goods
plant in Newark he builds on a $10,-
000,000 addition. And men from big
ger cities go to Newark to study his
ways of running a business.
The thoughtless may point out that
Babe Ruth gets, in one year, for hit
ting that ball about a thousand times
as much as Milton got for writing
"Paradise Lost." That is no argu
ment. For one American that wants
to read "Paradise Lost" at least a
million want to see Babe Ruth play
baseball.
An eleven-year-old boy, Michael
Ponraskow, ran away from home af
ter a beating, killed a shopkeeper in
an attempted holdup, and is wonder
ing what will be done with him. It
is said that he cannot be treated as
a youthful delinquent, because he re
fuses to say that he is sorry he com
mitted the murder. A childish reas
on, for lack of repentance is only one
more proof of youthful delinquency.
In any case, the boy will not be
executed, even if put on trial for
murder. Capital punishment survives,
but killing children is no longer part
of "civilization.
BAUER ACQUITTED.
Henry Bauer of this city whose
trial on a statutory offense ended in
Judge Tarker's court at Condon yes
terday, was acquitted, according to
word received here this morning. Tak
ing of evidence for the prosecution
was started Tuesday afternoon in this
case for which a change of venue was
granted from Morrow to the the Gil
liam county court. Other cases of a
similar nature were dismissed, it was
said.
Wm. Hendrix was in town Wednei
d.iy to attend to matters of business.
He lb not fully recovered yet from the
elTtcts of the serious operation he un
derwent a few months ago, and has a
fcoud deal of trouble in getting about.
Mrs. Robert Burnside and baby
have returned home from the Mor
row General hospital.