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PAGE FOUR HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927. ifirpjittrr (Bmtttt Simrs THE HErPNKR GAZETTE. Established March 30, THE HEPPNER TIMES, Established Novmbeer IS, 1897, CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 16, 1912. Published every Thursday morning by VAWTER AND SPENCER CRAWFORD and entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as second-class matter. ADVERTISING RATES GIVEN ON APPLICATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year . (2.0 1.00 .76 .00 Three Months . Single Copies MORROW COUNTY'S OFFICIAL PAPER Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Brought Plague. CHINA right now is in the lime light. Every day we pick up the papers we see what new de velopments have taken place in that country. Yet few people seem to realize that in early days China played an innocent though tragic part in the life of the people of the Columbia River Basin. Across the Columbia River formerly ex isted a natural bridge, which the Indians termed the "Bridge of the Gods." On one occsaion the In dians of this locality traveled down the Columbia River and to their surprise they saw in the riv er a strange foreign vessel in which all of the crew had perish ed excepting one small child. The natives looted this vessel and found strange silken garments and hangings, the like of which they had never seen before. Unfor tunately, these garments and silk en draperies contained death it self, for this vessel was a Chinese junk which had been blown by winds and currents into the Co lumbia River and members of the crew had died of the dread bu bonic plague and through these looted riches the bubonic plague was introduced into our own Ore gon with the result that many of the Indians perished with the fa tal disease before it finally died out. This event took place some years before the final destruction of the Bridge of the Gods, which resulted through an earthquake, but which in the annals of the In dians, simply fulfilled a prophecy that the Bridge of the Gods would be destroyed when the Indians' power would leave him and the pale face would take possession of the land. In connection with the Ameri can Legion State Convention which will be held in La Grande on July 21-22-23 this year the de struction of the Bridge of the Gods will be shown as part of the pyrotechnic drama to be present ed by the Hitt Fireworks Company of Seattle. Appreciated. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE, with his unerring instinct for the thought and sentiment of . the American people is right in call ing on private contributoins to meet the cost of the generous re lief to Mississippi Valley flood suf ferers. His prompt decision and quick action in this vital moment has met the situation to date and it will meet it. To do this great work promptly without calling Congress in special session is an No MailIoday O. Lawrence Hawthorne She stood in line a long, long time' Before the moment came For her to face the window bars And tell the clerk her name. Still hopeful, yet with eyes that ached. She saw him 'shake his head. There ought to be a letter here; Please look once more!" she said. "No mail today!" Oh, what a stab Of heartache or despair Is often felt by one who hears Those words! For everywhere In city, village, on the farm Folks ask and wait and pray For letters that will never come. "No mail for you today!" IHTVB ',, I f Perhaps there is a heart that longs To hear a wnrrl from vmi! (Perhaps your letter is among W Those sadlv overdue. Why don't you for someone "I knew there should be mail for me! At last my letter came!" mumi IUMl.vrii.TB Br,Frank Crane Says I ' liMH mt ' YOU SHOULD MAKE A WILL THE Mercantile Trust Company of Baltimore has issued a little booklet called Studies in Wills. This book is not for sale, but is distributed among interested parties. The making of a will is. a very old idea. It is the effort of a man to impose his desires upon his followers after he is dead. Sir Rider Haggard once wrote a story called Mr. Meeson's Will In it the young heroine who was shipwrecked on a desert island allowed a will to be tattooed across her back on the skin in the absence of paper parchment. When she returned to civ ilization she learned that the will required the filing of the orig inal document in court. Touched by the spectacle of beauty in distress, however, the registrar allowed a photograph of the will to be filed and the girl went happily away. Ptolemy the 13th of Egypt borrowed a lot of money and in order to protect his creditors made a will appointing the Roman Republic as his heir, thus bringing his dynasty to a close with his own decease. When he died the Romans acknowledged the genuineness of the will, but contented themselves with "seizing, by virtue of the document, as much of the private fortune of the testator as they could lay hands on." The law in regard to wills is pretty thoroughly fixed, but it takes a lawyer to understand it. It behooves every one to consult an attorney and make his will and make it law proof. It is a good plan to name a Trust Company as one's executor because such a company is exper ienced and cannot die. This plan avoids much unnecessary liti gation and saves the legatee from danger through unscrupulous stock promoters. Every one should make a will and put his property in the hands of a Trust Company to administer. Then there would be less unnecessary litigation in regard to various testaments. act of leadership of first rank and has honored America in the eyes of all the world. The amount of the subscription has been kept elastic to meet the need. The emergency has been met with a promptness realizable in no other way. The calling of Congress in special session is a slow and cum brous process. He who gives promptly gives twice. 'Abundant relief given by American skill and ready generosity has come to the sufferers before the slow formal ities' of assembling Congress could be set in motion. England Looks Us Over. ENGLISH investigators have had an eye-opener in a study of industrial conditions in this country, and have discovered, greatly to their amazement, how general is the use of electricity in the United States. After spend ing three months in the United States and Canada, a commission discovered enough that was new to them to issue an illuminating report upon their return. "The great electrical development has benefitted many industries, includ ing iron and steel and engineer ing," says the report, "and large scale manufacture has been stim ulated by the great development in the interconnection and inter change of electric power which is available at a low cost. This has been made possible by the policy of the electrical industry in cen tralizing power houses, connect ing transmission lines and distri bution systems, and standardizing equipment so as to make the most effective use of power. A gener ating system which has a surplus of power can relieve the load on another generating system thru the interconnection, and break down of one station is insured against. The industries of the country are thus provided with a make it possible to exclaim: dependable and an efficient serv ice of power at low cost." The commission ascertained that the primary horsepower installed in manufacturing establishments, including motors run with pur chased electric current, has stead ily increased from 22,290,899 horsepower in 1914 to 33,094228 horsepower in 1923. "It is com mon for modest homes to be in stalled with electricity," says the report, "and this has in turn con tributed to the great development of electrical appliances for do mestic use, such as electric irons, washing machines and vacuum cleaners." Advertising Lowers Costs N' EWSPAPER advertising in America cost $235,000,000 last year, a gain of $15,000,000 over the previous year. It has been argued that adver tising is so much waste, so much added unnecessarily to the cost of the articles sold. In one sense, it is true; if the sales could be made without it, the prices could be just that much less to the con sumer. But the world buys only on in formation. It travels because it knows where to go, what it can see, how much it will cost. It builds new houses because it reads how other people build and live and enjoy. It dresses in new fab ncs because these come to its reading eyes. It is many times cheaper to get all this information by reading than in any other man ner. I he world would settle down into a jumble of ignorant, un kempt, leave-me-alone provincial units, but for what it reads in the advertising columns. Accidents. nrMie word accident by derivation J. means something which "falls across." Falls across what? Why, some orderly procedure! Acci dent implies an order violated. If there were no order in the world there would be no accidents, for all events would then be equally casual. Order implies purpose. A bad adventure is one contrary to order and purpose. It results in an accident. Cross a street ab sent-mindedly and in violation of the order of traffic. You wake up in the ambulance. T!:a?s a bad adventure, according to the Na tional Safety Council. Your troubles will not "grow" if you quit telling them to others. The man who always has an ax to grnid seldom if ever makes the chips fly. It is said that woman has no sense of humor, that she cannot take a joke. After looking at some of their husbands we know dif ferently. PINE CITY TO GRADUATE FIVE. Thursday evening, May 12, five sen iors of Pine City high school will be be graduated at commencement exer cises to be held at the schoolhouse. Members of the graduating class are Otin McCarty, Jr., Mary E. Watten burger, Frank E. Carlson, Shirley A. Jarmon and Robert E. Jarmon. Diplomas of graduation from the grade school will be given the same evening to Neva Neill, Earl Watten burger and Earnest Dumond. Echo News. Horses For Sale, several head broke to work, others unbroken. Will take in exchange a car, sheep, cattle, or cash. Phone 6F2, or call jack Ayers, Lena, Oregon. 6-7 Honest At Least Mary went to a fortune teller the other day and asked him when was the best time to get married. Well, lie took one look at her and advised her to grab the first chance. Good Intent ' "Give me a sentence with the word vicious." "Ye gods and little vicious." You've Heard Them Bill (just back from Klondike) Some of the guys get on my nerves. They try to pin me down and ask me exactly how much I really made up there. Fillie And what do you tell them? 0 No Spake Anglish (At the Zoo) By George! that elephant looks just like Mary's beau. Big Boy Why, is that a nice thing to say? Other Aw, he can't understand what I said. Just Like a Woman She (after a bitter fight) Well, the only thing left to do is to divide this house in two, you can have one side and I'll take the other. He That suits me, what side shall I have? She You can have the outside. I'll take the inside. Yes'ir Suz Fact "I've just had a harrowing exper ience." "Did you?" "Yeah I was working on a farm and broke up some land." The Difference There are a number of nickel cigars on the market. The trouble is that they charge fifteen cents for them. Even Exchange "Excuse this bit of sarcasm," said Smith to Jones, "but I must say you are an infamous liar and scoundrel!" "Pardon this bit of irony," said Jones to Smith as he knecked him over with a peker. If We Had Some Ham Country School-teacher (on a coun try school-teacher's salary) "If each child will bring an egg to school to morrow I will show you how Colum bus made one stand on end. And if you cannot get an egg, why just bring a piece of ham!" High grade piano in vicinity of Heppner can be bought on small monthly payments. For particulars write PENDLETON MUSIC HOUSE, Pendleton, Oregon. 4-7 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been duly appointed by the County Court of Morrow County, Oregon, administrator of the estate of Patrick Brady, deceased, and all persons having claims against the es tate of said deceased are hereby re quired to present the same with proper vouchers to me at the law office of Jos. J. Nys, at Heppner, Ore gon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated this 6th day of May, 1927. LAURENCE BRADY, Administrator, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR MOR ROW COUNTY. J. E. Berry, Plaintiff,) vs. ) Clarence Reid and Viola) M. Reid, his wife; M.) G. Stonebrink and Ma-)SUMMONS thilda A. Stonebrink, his) wife; A. J. Wilkinson;) O. E. Ryder; and E.) Snyder, Defendants.) To M. G. Stonebrink and Mathilda A, Stonebrink, his wife, defendants: IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: You are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint hied against you in the above entitled suit within six weeks from the date of first publication of this summon) if published, or from the date of ser vice upon you if personally served without the State of Oregon, and if you fail to appear and answer for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief prayed for in his complaint, which is as follows, to-wit: That the plaintiff have judg ment against Clarence Reid and Viola M. Reid, his wife, for the sum of $1234.77 with interest at the rate of 8 per annum from March 23, 1925; the further sum of $200 attorney's fees and the plaintiff's costs and dis bursements in this suit; that the plaintiff's mortgage securing the above mentioned sums be foreclosed and the lands described in plaintiff's mortgage and herein described as fol lows, to-wit: ' The Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 5; The Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 4; the Northeast quarter and the Northeast quarter of the South east quarter of Section 8; the West half of the Weit half and the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 9. All in Towni-hip f South, Range 27, E. W. M., in Morrow County, State of Oregon, be sold to satisfy the plaintiff's judg ment, including costs and attorney's fee and accruing costs of sale, and that each of the defendants in this suit be foreclosed of all right, title or interest in and to the real prop erty herein described, save the stat utory right of redemption, and for such other and further relief as to the court may seem meet and equit able. This summons is published by vir tue of an order of the Honorable R. L. Benge, Judge of the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, made and entered on the 4th day of May, 1927, in which order it was provided that this summons be published in the Heppner Gazette Times for the period of six weeks. The date of first publication of this summons is May 5th, 1927. C. L. SWEEK, Attorney for the Plaintiff. Address: Heppner, Oregon. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR MOR ROW COUNTY. In the Matter of the Estate of Levi Carroll, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed execu tor of the Last Will and Testament of Levi Carroll, deceased, and has quali fied as the law directs. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present the same to me at the store of Robert Balcomb in Irrigon, Oregon, with proper vouchers within six months from the date hereof. Dated this 5th day of May, 1927. SALVAN T. CARROLL, Executor. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has filed his final account as administrator of the estate of Louis Paldanius, deceased, and that the County Court of the State of Ore gon for Morrow County has fixed Monday, the 6th day of June, 1927, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the fore noon of said day, as the time, and the County Court Room in the Court House at Heppner, Oregon, as the place, of hearing and settlement of said final account. Objections to said final account must be filed on or be fore said date. S. E. NOTSON, Administrator. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. Notice is hereby given that by vir tue of an execution and order of sale, issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, to me directed, and dated Ap ril 25th, 1927, in that certain suit in said court wherein I. L. Patterson, Thos. B. Kay and Sam A. Kozer, con stituting the State Land Board of the .State of Oregon, recovered judgment against Glenn A. Ball and Lydia M. Ball, his wife, for the sum of $760 with interest at the rate of 6 per cent j.er annum from February 9, 1925; 'he further sum of $100 attorneys fees and costs and disbursements in the sum of $15. Said Court also on said date entsred a decree for the foreclosure of the plaintiff's mort gage and sale of the hereinafter de cribed real property I will, on the 28th day of May, 1927, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. of said day at the front door of the County Court house in Heppner, Oregon, of fer for sale and sell to the highes' bidder for cash in hand, all of the following described real property in Morrow County, State of Oregon, to- wit: The Northwest quarter of Sec tion 10 in Township 3 South, Range 23 E. W. M. or so much of said real property as may be necessary to satisfy the plain tiff's judgment, including costs, at torney's fees, and accruing costs of sale. Dated and first published April 28th, 1927. GEORGE McDUFFEE, bheriff of Morrow County, Oregon NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned executrix of the estate of Frances J. Gordon, deceased, has filed her final account as such executrix end that the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County has appointed Saturday, the 21st day of May, 1927, at the hour of 10 o' clock in the forenoon of said day as the time and the County Court Room in the Court House at Heppner, Ore, gon, as the place of hearing and settlement of said final account. Ob jections to said final account must be fild on or before said date. BESSIE J. THOMSON, Executrix. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, administratrix of the estate of R. A. Farrens, deceased, and that she has duly qualified as such by filing her bond and oath of office. All persons having claims i.eainst said estate must present them to me, duly verified as required by law, at the office fo C. L. Sweek in Heppner, Oregon, on or before six months from the date of first publi cation hereof. Date of first publication April 14, 1927. FANNIE H. FARRENS, Administratrix of the Estate of R. A. Farrens, deceased. SHERIFF'S SALE. Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of a writ of Execution issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, in and for the Coun ty of Morrow under the seal thereof, and to me directed and delivered up on a Judgment and decree rendered and entered in said Court on the 1st (lay of May, 1927, in favor of B. P. Doherty and Catherine Doherty as plaintiffs and against William Hueb ner, Hannah Heubner, and Jerome E. Perry, as defendants whereby the plaintiffs did recover a personal de cree against the defendants William Huebner, and Hannah Huebner, his wife, for the sum of $3000.00, with in terest thereon at the rate of 7 per annum from February 6, 1926, and the further sum of $200.00, attorney's fees and for costs and disbursements taxed at $19.00, and whereby it was decreed that the mortgage dated July 15, 1924, executed by William Hueb ner, and Hannah Huebner, his wife, to plaintiffs upon the following de scribed real property in Morrow County, Oregon, to-wit: the North half of the South half of Section 15 in Township One North of Range 26 E. W. M., which mortgage waR re corded on the 15th day of July, 1924, at page 127 of Book 33 of the records of Mortgages in the office of the County Clerk of Morrow County, Ore gon, should be foreclosed, and the said real property sold by the Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon, to satisfy said judgment and all costR; there fore I will, on the 4th day of June, 1927, on Saturday at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon of that day, at the front door of the Court House in the City of Heppner, Morrow Coun ty, Oregon, sell all the right, title, in terest and estate which the said de fendants, and all persons claiming and to claim by, through or under them, or any of them, had on the 15th day of July, 1924, or since then have had, or now have, in and to the above described real property and every part thereof, at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand, the proceeds of such sale to be applied in satisfaction of said execution and all costs. Dated this 4th day of May, A. D., 1927. GEO. McDUFFEE, Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon. First publication May 6, 1927. Last publication June 2, 1927. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned, administrator of the es tate ef John C. McEntire, deceased, will on the 14th day of May, 1927, at the office of C. L. Sweek in Heppner, Morrow County, State of Oregon, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. of said day, offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand all of the following described real property situated in Morrow County, State of Oregon, to wit: The Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of the South west Quarter of Section 26, in Township 3 South, Range 27, E. W. M. This sale is made under and in pur suance of a license and order of sale grunted, made and entered by Honor able R. L. Benge, Judge of the County Court of Morrow County, State of Oregon, on the 2nd day of March, li'27, in the matter of the estate of John C. McEntire, deceased, and such tale will be made subject to confirma tion by said Court. R. A. THOMPSON, Administrator of the estate of John C. McEntire, deceased. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT. Notice is hereby given that Mary E. Coats', administratrix of the Es tate of G. D. Coats, deceased, has filed her final account with the Coun ty Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County and that said Court has set as the time and place for the settlement of said final account, May 14, 1927, at the hour of eleven o'clock A. M, in the Court room of said Court i.i Heppner, Oregon. Anyone having objections to said final account must file same on or be fore said date. MARY E. COATS, Administratrix of the Estate of G. D. Coats, Deceased. Date of first publication, April 14, 1927. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT. Notice is hereby given that Ora Belle Edwards, administratrix, and R. A. Thompson, administrator of the es tate of Oscar O. Edwards, deceased, have filed their final account with the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, and that said Court has set as the time and place for the settlement of said account. May 14, 1927, at the hour of 10:30 o'clock A. M., in the Court room of said Court in Heppner, Oregon. Any one having objections to said Final Account muFt file the same on or be fore said date. Date of first publication, April 14 1927. ORA BELLE EDWARDS, Administratrix. R. A. THOMPSON, Administrator. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT. Notice is hereby given that Arthur bmith, administrator of the estate of John Hughes, deceased, has filed his final account in the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrrow County, and said Court has set as the time and place of settlement of said iccount, May 14, 1927, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M., in the Court room of the said Court in Heppner, Oregon Any one having objections to said final account must file the same on or befoie said date. Date of first publication, April 14, 1927. ARTHUR SMITH, Administrator. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR MOR ROW COUNTY. Mary A. Hein, Plaintiff,) vs. )SUMMONS C. E. Hein, Defendant.) To C. E. Hein, defendant: IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled suit within six weeks from the date of first publication of this summons, if published, or from the date of service cf this summons upon you, if person ally served without the State of Ore gon: and if you fail to appear and answer, for want thereof, the plain tiff will apply to the court for the re lief prayed for in her complaint, which is as follows, to wit: That plaintiff have judgment f.gainst you for the sum of $1500.00 with interest thereon at the rate of 6 per annum from December 11, 1923; the further sum of $150.00 at torney's fees, and her costs and dis bursements in this suit; that the fol lowing described real property in Morrow County, State of Oregon, to wit: an undivided two-thitds of the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 18, in Township 4 North, Range 26 E W. M., be or dered sold to satisfy the - plaintiff's judgment and cost of sale, in accord Mice with the decree of this court made and entered on the 11th day of December, 1923, in divorce proceed ings wherein Mary A. Hein was plain tiff, and C. E. Hein and Henry Day ton were defendants; that by virtue of said decree, the plaintiff's claim be declared a lien upon said real property, and the said real property he ordered sold to satisfy said plain tiff's lien. THIS SUMMONS is published by virtue of an order of the Hon. R. L. Benge, County Judge of Morrow County, State of Oregon, made and entered on the 4th day of April, 1927, which order provided that this sum mons bo published in the Heppner Gazetto Times for a period of six weeks, and date of first publication is April 7, 1927, C. L. SWEEK, Attorney for Plaintiff. Address: Horpner, Oregon. i AUCTIONEER E. J. KELLER The man who made the reasonable j price. LEXINTON, OREGON VVM. BROOKIIOUSER Painting Paperhanging Interior Decorating Leave orders at Peoples Hardware Company E. H. BUHN "Bridget, what in the world is my wrist watch doing in the soup?" "Sure mum, ye towld me ter put a little toime in it and that's the littlest one Oi cud foind." DR. A. H. JOHNSTON Physician and Surgeon Graduate Nurse Assistant I. O. O. F. Building Phones: Office, Main 933; Res. 492 Heppner, Oregon GLENN Y. WELLS Attorney at Law 600 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. , Portland, Oregon Phone Broadway 4254 DR. P. E. FARRIOR DENTI8T X-Ray Diagnosis I. O. O. F. Building Heppner, Oregon Frank A. McMenamin LAWYER Phone ATwater 561S 1014 Northwestern Bank Bldg. PORTLAND, OREGON Res. GArfield 1949 A. D. McMURDO, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon C. L. SWEEK AT TORNEY-AT-LAW Offices in First National Rank Building Heppner, Oregon MORROW GENERAL HOSPITAL Surgical, Medical, Maternity Caaea Wards, and private rooms. Rates Reasonable. Mrs. Zena Westfall, Graduate Nurse, Superintendent. A. H. Johnston, M. D. Physi-cian-in-Charge. Phone Main 322 Heppner, Or. S. E. NOTSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office In Court ouse Heppner, Oregon DR. J. PERRY CONDKR, PhraUian-in-Chara Mn. Willard Her ran, Supartntandant. Trained, OradnaU Nnm Alwari in At tendance Dar or Night. Phona Main 01 for Doctor Comlar or tha Hoaalul. MATERNITY HOME MRS. G. C. AIKEN Private Rooms. Special Care. Same Prices to All. Phone 976 Heppner, Ore. AUCTIONEER Farm and Personal Property Salai a Specialty. "The Man Who Talks to Beat the Band" G. L. BENNETT, Lexington, Ore. C. J. WALKER LAWYER and Notary Public Odd Fellows Building Heppner Oregon Maternity Hospital Wards and Private Rooms. Rates Reasonable, Mrs. Zena Westfall, Graduate NurBe Phone Main 322 Heppner, Ore. C. A. MINOR FIRE, AUTO AND LIFE INSURANCE Old Line Companiea. Real Estate. Heppner, Oregon JOS. J. NYS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Roberts Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon