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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1927.
THE HEPPNERIAN
Published Weekly by the Students of Heppner High School
Editor-in-Chief Joy Erwin
Assistant Editor Mae Doherty
Business Manager Kenneth Oviatt
Ueporters:
Girls' Sports Mae Groshens
Boys' Sports Gene Doherty
Social Louise Thomson
Activities John Conder
Personals Reta Crawford
Grades Letha Hiatt
Jokes Ellis Thomson
State Superintendent to Speak.
Superintendent Burgess has been
able to secure State Superintendent
a, Schools, Charles Howard of Salem,
to deliver the address at the eom
rrtpcement exercises, May 20th. We
are quite fortunate indeed to be hb!e
to have such a noted person to com
pliment the seniors on their achieve
ment and to send them on to higher
and greater aspirations. Mr. Howard
is a forceful speaker, and has pro
duced much of worth for the cause of
education in Oregon. He was former
ly Fuperinteniient of schools at Marsh
field, Oregon.
Mr. Burgess is personally acquaint
ed with Mr. Howard, both men attend
ing Stanford University at the same
time. Since that time, they have been
associated in various enterprises of
the state.
Coinciding with the commencement
address here, Ur. Ilwaid will deliver
or.e at Fossil. He will also inspect
the schools of the county, as much as
opportunity affords.
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Seniors Have Dress-up Day.
What caused all that noise emitted
from the school house Tuesday? Well,
it was nothing but the frolicking se
niors. It seems they're always doing
something to get a kick out of life.
They took us back to the famous old
days of '49, back to their childhood
days. They even had a coon, a real
one, too, and cowboys and cowgirls,
not to mention Charley Chaplin.
It is a tradition of the senior class
of Heppner high to have one day of
the year set aside for dress-up day,
and this was it.
Seventh Grade News.
Bernice Stoneman, Irene Hiatt and
Lola Hiatt are absent from school
because of scarlet fever.
The seventh grade pupils are pre
paring for the declamatory contest,
to be held this spring. Everyone in
the class is entering the preliminar
ies.
The seventh B finished their weath
er charts Monday. They have" been
keeping these charts lor a month.
Physical training starts again this
week. Many are anxious to begin.
Baseball Bug Bites Many.
Spring is here to stay if the weath
er man pays any attention to the
baseball fans. The boys have started
tossing the old apple around the va
cant lots and side streets. Although
Heppner didn t do much in basketball
she is going in strong for baseball, as
there are quite a few of last year's
lettermen back this year. Heppner
is depending on Howard Evans to
hold down the position behind the
bat, but the other end of the battery
is, up in the air although there are
two or three men trying for the po
sition. The rest of the field will have
veteran material: Paul Hisler, Har
old Erwin, Gene Doherty, Gerald Slo
cum. Bob Turner, and by all appear
ances there will be a larger turnout
of new men than there has been for
some time.
Owing to the short high school
baseball season there will only be
four games played by Heppner. The
first game will be played at Lexing
ton April 8, the next at lone April IB;
the Teturn game with lone will be
played at Heppner April 22, and with
Lexington at Heppner April 28.
The grade school boys are also get
ting up a team and if they go at base
ball like they did at football and
basketball they will give a good ac
count of themselves.
CROAKS.
Miss Miller: "What are the dif
ferent ages of history?"
Joe Swindig: "The stone age, the
bronze age, and the iron age."
"What age are we living in now?"
"The hard-boiled age."
Due to obvious reasons names in
the following have been omitted.
Teacher: "Can you tell me how
matches are made?"
Pupil: "No, ma'am. But I don't
blame you for wanting to know."
"Why?"
"W hy, Mother says you've been try
ing to make one ever since you came."
At last perpetual motion has been
found. Harold Erwin says: "Doors
are made out of trees, trees grow out
of doors."
o
Several volumes have been added
to our library, of which probably the
most valuable are Earnest Thompson
Seton's "Library of Pioneering and
Woodcraft," of which there are six
volumes. These books are the finest
in print for Boy Scouts and such
things. There are also some volumes
on Mythology.
The general science class has just
finished term papers on different
scientific subjects.
Grade Honor Roll.
The Honor Roll for the six weeks
ending February 25th: Eighth grade,
Richard Walker, Mary Thomson, Don
na BrOR-n, Evelyn Schulz, Katherinc
Farnsworth, Frances White, Thelma
Cowdrey, Marjorie Happold, Florence
French and Gay Anderson.
Seventh grade: Faye Prock.
Sixth grade: Tommy Hottman,
Marvin Morgan, Curtis Thomson,
James Farley, Doris Cox, Mary Dris
coll, Alfred Ayers, Veryl Brown, Earl
Hottman, Lewis Sperry, Marie Scriv
ner. ';'hird grade: Vioia Kirk, Helen
Farnsworth, William McCaleb, Olivia
Baldwin, Edith Marie Barlow, James
Farley, Lamowne Cox and Elizabeth
Vance.
Second grade: Elsie Crimp, Zelma
Carner, Norma McFerrin, Such Green,
Katiiryn Parker, June Kirk. Nina Cox,
Edward Buhn, Billy Clark, Raymond
He.nrich, Vernon Knowles, Levi West-fall.
First grade: Daniel Chinn, Robert
Clark, Peter Farley, Irena McFerrin,
Norma Scrivner.
Grammar School Baseball Started.
The grade school boys met Monday
evening to discuss baseball prospects
and elected Alex Ulrich captain. Reg
ular practice started Wednesday. Mr.
Smith is well pleased with the turn
out and says that there will be a first
and second and possibly a third team.
Two who have shown promise as pit
cher are Roy Gentry and Alex Ulrich.
Elmer Hake, Orrin Furlong, James
Farley and Bruce Gibb are candidates
for catcher. First baseman will be
James McNamee. Other infielders
are Clarence Erwin, John McNamee,
Faye Prock, Oral Wright and Gay
Anderson. Outfielders are Albert
Lawson, Lyle Cowdrey, James Fur
long, Billie Cox and Earl Thomson.
The schedule has not been made out
yet but the team expects to play lone,
Lexington and Condon.
o
The civics class has just finished a
paper on the History of the American
Government and has started another
paper on "The Advisability of Having
Six on the Jury Instead of Twelve."
o
Last Tuesday the Biology class was
shown slides of glaciers, earthquakes,
storms, mountains, rivers and oil
fields. This is supplementary to their
study. The American History class
will soon have slides also.
o
In shorthand the pupils have been
divided into groups representing em
ployer and employe taking and giving
dictation.
safe disposal of such waste as might
endai.ger the public health. The in
stitutiou of such measures as will pre
vent the occurrence or spread of com
municable diseases, including quaran
tine, isolation and immunization, also
fall, naturally within the duties of the
health department. In the face of
an epidemic even compulsory immun
ization is justified. These are all
things over which the individual has
little or no control except immuniza
tion. Does a citizen's responsibility cease
with the things over which he as an
individual, has no control? The en
forcement of quarantine and similar
sanitary measures will tend to main
tain public health at its present level
and will prevent further deteriora
tion; but it will not, to any appre
ciable extent, improve its present
status. Public health endeavors to
day include not only the prevention of
disease but also the building up of
robust health. To bring about any
progressive and permanent improve
ment in public health there must be
a cours for school children in the
fundamental prniciples, of good
health. There must also be a greater
acceptance and practice of prenatal
care, and regular expert attention
for well babies. Regular dental care,
a well balanced diet, exercise in di
rect sunlight, periodic physical ex
amination for young and old, and the
principles of personal hygiene includ
ing regular hours for sleeping and
eating will bring about a permanent
improvement in public health.
With the exception of the course in
health for school children, which ob
viously must be supplied by the com
munity, these health factors are con
trolled by the individual. The diffi
culty has been and is that the people
as a whole are not sufficiently well
acquainted with the real benefits to
Predatory Animals.
(Extension Service News)
During the years 1925 and 1926
County and Federal predatory animal
hunters have worked a total of 1845tt
days in Morrow County. During that
time they had turned in the skins or
scalps of 966 coyotes, 17 bobcats, and
4 badgers. A total of approximately
17,000 poison baits were placed at the
stations for the purpose of killing
coyotes. A large number of coyotes
which were killed are never found.
The following paragraph from a let
ter from Stanley G. Jewett, of the
Biological Survey, shows that under
the hunter system approximately one
fourth as much money is being spent
in the State of Oregon as was spent
under the bounty system previously.
"The question is continually aris
ing as to the advantages or disadvan
tages of the salaried-hunter system
over the old bounty system. This
miich can be said: During the past
two years, approximately $77,000.00
has been expended in the State of
Oregon for predatory animal control
under the hunter system. During the
last biennium in which bounty was
in vogue, the taxpayers of the State
of Oregon paid out $285,000.00 in
bounties. These figures are on file in
the Secretary of State's office at Sa
lem. Cost per animal does not enter
into the argument. Under the bounty
system, skins were trafficked in from
not only the states bordering Oregon
but as far away as Nebraska and on
c other hand the salaried hunter is
kept under supervision and each and
every coyote caught can be definitely
located. Hunters are placed where
they can be of the most benefit to the
livestock, poultry and game interests.
Where animals are abundant, hunters
have been maintained in the field who
took skins which after being sold
brought in funds in considerable ex
cess of the hunters' salaries. In other
words, work has been maintained at
a profit in furs, while on the other
hand where animals are usually
scarce or an individual coyote has
attained habits of great destructive
ness to flocks, the cost of catching
this animal has been considerable."
Federation Wheats.
The County Agent still runs onto
occasional misunderstandings of the
two Federation wheats. Federation,
commonly called soft Federation and
Hard Federation, are both spring
wheats. Hard Federation is very ten
der and will stand very little cold
weather, but about as winter hardy as
Baart. Federation ig about as winter
hardy as Bluestem.
The yields of these two varieties of
spring planted wheat have been the
source of much argument among
wheat farmers. It is much easier to
get a good stand of Federation than
Hard Federation. Consequently, the
spring seeding of Hard Federation
should be heavier than of Federation.
Eight years' results, from 1918 ta
1925 inclusive, at the Moro Experi
ment Station, give an average yield
of 27 bushels per acre from Federa
tion and 26.4 bushels from Hard Fed
eration. In recent years out of the
eight. Hard Federation slightly out
yielded Federation. In the other five
years Federation was the heavier
yielder, the greatest difference being
in 1923 when Federation out-yielded
Hard Federation by four and a half
bushels per acre.
Squirrel Poison.
Squirrel poison has been mixed and
is being distributed by the County
Agent to the following stores in the
county. The poison is being put up
in 30-cent and 60-cent sized bags.
Poison in this material is furnished
from the County Rodent Fund and
the only charge that is made is for
the oats and bags. Under standard
prices, if put out on a cost basis, the
same sized sacks would cost $1,20 and
$2.50. It can be obtained from the
following places:
Morgan Store, Morgan.
Bert Mason, lone.
Karl Beach, Lexington.
Eight Mile Store, Eight Mile.
Hardman Cash Store, Hardman.
County Agent's Office, Heppner.
SEED POTATOES.
Following the same system that has
been used for several years, the Coun
ty Agent, in cooperation with the
County Court, is bringing in a small
lot of certified seed potatoes. Those
ordered at the present time are all
Irish Cobblers, which are considered
the best early potatoes that we can
grow in Morrow County. It is certi
fied seed from Minnesota and will be
in shortly after the first of March.
Farmers wishing some of these pota
toes should get their order in at once
as the supply is rather limited.
Trees Available to Oregon
Farmers.
Under authority of Section four of
the Clarke-McNary law, forest tree
stock is being produced at the Oregon
Forest Nursery at the College, for
distribution among the ranchers of
the State. This planting stock may
be used for woodlot, shelter belt, and
roadside planting. It cannot be used
for ornamental purposes.
The following stock is now avail
able for distribution: Green Ash,
Box Elder, Russian Olive, Russian
Mulberry, Black Walnut, Honey Lo
cust, Black Locust.
With the exception of the Black
Locust, the stock is two-year old stuff,
averaging three feet in height. The
Black Locust is one-year old stock
about eighteen inches high. Except
the Black Walnut, this material is
especially suited to planting in East-
ern Oregon. All species will do well
in Western Oregon.
This planting stock may be had at
the cost of transportation from Cor
vallis. Since the material is limited
in amount, individual applications
should not exceed 1,500 trees. The
stock should be planted as soon as the
ground can be worked. The trees
should be spaced about five feet apart
and thinned when they begin to crowd
each other.
Applications for stock should be
directed to the county agent or to
George W. Peavey, School of Forest
ry, Corvallis, Oregon. Planting di
rections will be sent to each applicant.
Public Responsibility
In Conserving Health
From State Board of Health.
Health departments must be re
sponsible for the safety and purity
of water and food supplies and the
AUCTIONEER
E. J. KELLER
The man who made the reasonable
price.
LEXINTON, OREGON
HAVE NO FEAR
of, having your teeth extracted.
Take
GAS
Inexpensive.
No Shock No Pain
From five to ten minutes com
pletes operation.
DR. R. B. ROBBINS
Pendleton, Ore.
INVITATION
DANCE
RHEA CREEK GRANGE HALL
Saturday - March 12
For all Grangers and their friends having
invitations.
Non-Grangers without cards not admitted.
They're
on Their
Way-
WHAT thrill and uncer
tainty face the newly
weds as they start this lap of
life's way together. An
aura of charm hovers over
the selection of a home, and
dreams and hopes are burld
ed high all of which may
come down on the happy
couple's heads with one fell
crash if wify's first meal
doesn't please hubby.
But Mrs. Newlywed isn't
worried for she has already
made arrangements for the
eats at
Hiatt & Dix
Just phone MAIN 1072
We Delivre.
GILLIAM
&
BISBEE
Our inventory shows an
over stock of
Sperry's Mill Run
Linseed Oil Meal
Alfalfa Meal
which will be sold at re
duced prices.
Machinery and repairs
for all kinds of farm
work.
We Have It, Will Get It, or It
is Not Made.
GILLIAM & BISBEE
HEPPNER, ORE.
be derived from scientific advice on
these subjects. The State Board of
Health is attempting to create a
a greater demand for scientific ad
vice on how to keep well and healthy.
Eventually it is hoped that citizens
will assist the health department not
only in preventing disease but in
building up robust health through
scientific advice on proper habits of
living.
WANTED To buy 2 gentle, large,
young cows. Shorthorns preferred.
No Jerseys. If you write me, give
price and place. J, A. Douglas, Hepp
ner, Oregon. BO.
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Heppner, Lexington, ' lone
PRINCESS
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Always the same satisfactory
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Ask for PRINCESS Flour
Certified Spring Rye
Poultry Feed
Rolled Barley
Brown Warehouse Co.
Phones: Warehouse 643, Residence 644
BOY'S SHIRTS
for
Work
Dress
and
Play
These shirts are of the finest and long-wearing materials
full-fashioned to prevent ripping extra sewed to stand the strain
and the wear and tear of work and play.
The yen be had in plain colors or mixed. Every shirt guaranteed
color fast in sun or tub.
Mothers will be wise to buy a number of these fine shirts be
cause of quality and price. Also Boys' Corduroy Trousers.
Malcolm D. Clark
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