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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1927.
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up the event and be boosters for it.
The general opinion is that the an
nual affair will help bring the state
of Oregon to the front in track activities.
"Very fine opportunity for us to
assist in building up track in high
schools of the state, remarked W. A.
Kearns, director of athletics at 0. A.
C. 'This is h branch of sport where
the benefits to the individual are of
such outstanding value that we can
not possibly let the interest die."
$250 ESSAY CONTEST
OPEN TO STUDENTS
Concerned over the increase that
took place in 1926 compared with 1925
in the number of highway grade cross
ing accidents and believing that more
care should be exercised by all those
crossing railroad tracks, the Ameri
can Railway Association today an
nounced plans for a nation-wide es
say citest among school and college
students with three cash prizes of
$250 each, to be awarded the authors
of essays containing an outstanding,
readily available suggestion for pre
enting such accident.
One prize of $250 will be awarded
by the American Railway Association
for the best essay by a grammar
school student, a similar prize for the
best essay by high school student and
a like amount for the best essay by a
college student.
Under the rules prescribed by the
.association, the subject of the essay
is to be "Cross Crossing Cautiously"
and each essay is to be limited to 250
words.
The essays must be terse, logical
and constructive and must stress the
need lor greater rare in approaching
t.nd passing over railroad crossings.
The essays are to be sent to J. C.
Caviston, Secretary of the Safety
Section of the American Railway As
sociation at 30 Vesey street, New
York City, by not later than June 1.
Three persons of national reputation
to be selected later will act as judges.
Under the plan, class teachers in
both grammar and high schools will
select the best essays from their
classes and transmit thein to their
princpial who will then select the best
one from that school and send it to
the superintendent of schools for the
county or an equivalent officer. The
county superintendent will then se
lect the best essay written by a gram
mar student and the best one written
by a high school student in his coun
ty and will transmit them to the
Amencan Railway association. Col
leges may follow the same procedure
except that each college or university,
through its proper officer, may select
one essay and transmit direct to the
association.
. In 1926, there were 5,921 highway
grade crossing accidents in which 2,
492 persons were killed and 6,991 in
jured. In 1925, there were 5,479 ac
cidents in which 2,206 persons were
killed and 6,555 injured. Owing to
the increase that is constantly taking
place in the number of automobiles
in use, the hazard from such acci
dents is annually becoming greater.
Only through the co-operation of the
j.ublic and the railroads can a reduc
tion in such accidents be brought
about, in view of the fact that the
complete elimination of highway
grade crossings is impossible, not
on'y because of the time that would
be involved but also because of the
prohibitive cost which ultimately
falls on the public.
Used Furniture bought, exchanged
or repaired.. We pay a fair price for
what we buv. and eive an honest value
in what we sell. We try to give our
patrons all we can for a dollar. That
is why we have taken the agency for
Lowe Brothers Paint. CASE FURNI
TURE COMPANY.
Land Settlement Prospect
In Eastern Oregon Good
Looking forward to more intensive
activity in Land Settlement in East
ern Oregon, W. G. Ide, manager of
the Oregon State Chamber of Com
merce, has just completed a trip of
ten days throughout the northeast
part of the state.
At ' La Grande, Mr. Ide addressed
the Realty Board and also a regional
meeting of the chambers of com
merce. He participated also in en
thusiastic conferences at Enterprise,
Wallowa, Vale, Ontario, Baker and
The Dalles, where an enlivened in
terest was manifest in land settle
ment work for the coming year.
The Government has already begun
work on the Vale Irrigation project,
two large dredges being in operation.
The first units are expected to be
completed this season. This project
is now ready for some new settlers.
The Owyhee project was also inspect
ed by Mr. Ide in company with W. H.
Doohttle of Ontario. The farmers in
the districts around Vale and On
tario are feeling most optimistic for
1927. Their crop prospects are ex
cellent and there is general improve
ment throughout the entire district.
The cooperative creamery located at
Payette, which serves this district,
shipped 3,000,000 pounds of butter in
1926, mostly to the Los Angeles mar
ket, paying to the producers an av
erage of 48c per pound for butter,
bringing about a million and a half
dollars to the dairymen during the
year.
Hermiston was included in the itin
erary, conferences being held here
with the business men and the coun
ty agent who are cooperating. With
the abundance of water from the Mc
Kay Creek reservoir, the irrigation
districts around Hermiston, Irrigon
and Boardrnan will be wonderfully
supplied with water for the entire
season. Wheat conditions ih Umatilla
county are the best in a number of
years, according to Mr. Ide.
High Schools to Vie at
Corvallis Track Meet
Omfffin Agricultural Colleee. Cor
vallis. Arrangements for the first
annaul Oregon interscholastic track
and field meet to be run off here May
14 have just been completed by uarl
A. Lodell. eeneral manager. Mr. Lo-
dell met with representatives of Ore
gon and Portland high school athletic
associations where differences as to
eligibility rules were adjusted and an
agreeable date decided upon.
The annual event will be on the
recond Saturday of each May. This
date is early in the season but was
considered the most suitable as it
will take care of all schools through
out the state, in the opinion of the
athletic officials.
Schools will be elegible for compe
tition under the rules of the Oregon
or Portland high school athletic as
sociations. The same rules will gov
ern this meet as govern the associa
tion contests.
"I think this annual track meet will
be great for athletics in the north
west," said M. H. Butler, Oregon Ag
gie track coach and trainer. "It will
be the cause of developing many more
men. Competition is what is re-
quired to bring out the best in the
boys."
High school officials throughout the
state are very much in favor of such
a meet and sent word through their
lepresentatives that they would back
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Low Grades Force 53
Out of the University
University of Oregon, Eugene, Mar.
29. Fifty-three students were ex
pelled from the University for failure
to meet the minimum scholastic stan
dards during the winter term, Carl
ton E. Spencer, registrar, announced
today. Of this number 49 were men
and four were women.
The number of flunkers is compar
atively small, Mr. Spencer said, be
cause of the probation system under
which poor students are given a sec
ond chance. The personnel committee
gives special attention to weak stud
ents, and many are warned in time
to improve their work or else with
draw before the end of the term, he
explained.
Last fall term 72 were flunked out,
and in the winter term of last year
41. The number on probation this
fall was 120, and it is expected this
number will be smaller for the spring
term which has just started.
NOTED PSYCHOLOGIST TO TEACH.
University of Oregon, Eugene, Kar.
9. Two of the foremost psycholo
gists in America, Adam R. Gilliland,
professor of psychology at North-
western University, and Franklin S.
bearing, professor of psychology at
Ohio Wesleyan, will teach classes in
the University of Oregon 1927 sum
mer session, June 20 to July 29. .Gil
liland will be in Eugene, and Fearing
will instruct at Portland. Professor
Gilliland received his master of arts
degree from the University of Ohio,
and his doctor's degree from the Uni
versity of Chicago. At one time he
was professor of psychology at La
fayette University, and during the
war served in the psychology depart
ment of the U. S. army. Mr. Fearing
leceived both his degrees from Ice
land Stanford University. Since
graduation he has done research work
in the field of physiological psychol
ogy. Fearing has published consid
erable work on reflexes and equilibrium.
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19, 26; May 3, 10, 17, 24 ami 31. A
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books order. Custom hatching at one
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THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MARCH 31 APRIL 1 :
MARY PICKF0RD in "SPARROWS"
See Mary Pickford as the ray of sunshine in a desolate marsh; the wee guardian of the greatest
family of kids that ever touched your heart. She leads them through lots of fun and lots of trouble
to a finish that will thrill you as you have never been thrilled.
Also Monte Bunks in THE WILD GOOSE CHASE, two reel comedy, and THE ACE OF SPADES.
CHILDREN 20c ADULTS 40c
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SATURDAY, APRIL 2:
Clair Windsor and Owen Moore in ..' "MONEY TALKS"
An ocean of fun on a sea of laughs. Thrills are what this picture has nohting else but. Laughs
tumble over one another. The hilarious tale of a spendthrift who made an amazing comeback.
Also P1PEROCK GOES WILD, two reel western comedy.
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SUNDAY AND MONDAY, APRIL 3 AND 4:
Harrison Ford and Phyllis Haver in "THE NERVOUS WRECK"
Your children will shriek
Your mother-in-law will guffaw-
A feast of fun for the whole darned family.
You'll laugh
Your wife will giggle
When you see this Riotous, Rampant, Hilarious, Hectic, Christie Laugh-SpaHm, based upon the
Sensational Comedy Stuge Success which had the whole counrty roaring a few years ago.
HERE'S A GLOOM CHASER DE LUXE THAT WILL MAKE ALL OF YOUR TROUBLES RUN AWAY
AND HIDE. , Also WHY GEORGE, two reel comedy.
Children 20c Adults 40c.
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Tuesday, April 5 HIGH SCHOOL OPERETTA
Wednesday, April 6 A FREE SHOW
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NEXT WEEK:
Jack Holt in THE ANCIENT HIGHWAY, by
James Oliver Curwood.
Priscilla Dean in BIRDS OF PREY. i
Guston Glass and Wanda Hawlcy in THE MID
NIGHT LIMITED.
Conway Tearle in MOULDERS OF MEN.
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