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Volume 44, Number 11.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, June 9, 1927.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
HEPPNER RODEO
DATES SET FOR
SPEAKS TODAY
I0NEHASH0PE0F address liked
HARRY DUNCAN
HELD FOR DEATH
TMsWeelt
TILTING LOCALS
OFF TOP PLACE
SEPTEMBER 22-4
OF IDAHO MAN
"FAMILY UPSTAIRS"
GIVESGOODSENDOFF
Beeks, Raymond B. Tol
bert Also Well Received
At Chautauqua.
BIG TREATS COMING
The Maids 'O Dundee Head Program
Today; Big Play Tomorrow;
Attendance Urged.
Heppner's 1927 Chautauqua was
given a grand send-off Tuesday eve
ning when more than 400 people at
tended the play, "The Family Up
stairs." The heavy rain never damp
ened the spirit of the players or au
dience one whit, and gales of laugh
ter throughout attested the warm
welcome received.
A little inconvenience was encoun
tered in getting the big tent ready
in time, as the tent man of the chau'
tauqua organization failed to show up
on schedule. However, Mrs. Williams,
superintendent, with the close coop
eration of the local committee, got a
local crew on the job and the tent and
seating were all arranged in time for
the first performance. More than
300 folding chairs have been povided
for the convenience of Chautauqua
goers, which with the added benches
make seating room for more than 500,
Yesterday's large audiences were
pleased with the performances of
Beek's Music Land Entertainers and
the address, "The Roots of the Re
public," by Raymond B. Tolbert. In
terest is now reaching white heat and
it is expected "The Maids 'O Dundee"
who will share their program in the
afternoon with F. M. Price's address,
"America in 2927," will be more large
ly greeted than previous perform
ances. The "Maids" have a company
of five beautiful and talented young
ladies, pleasing to look upon, and
more pleasing yet with their varied
Scotch program. Artists on the xylo
phone, saxophone, cornet and piano
are present in the company. All are
good vocalists, and their interprets
tion of the Highland Fling is win
ning, indeed. This is the promise of
the superintendent, whose experience
in past performances with them lead
her to say, "that's putting it mildly."
The address of Mr. Price is not only
unique but full of fruitful knowledge.
He looks into the future of our coun
try, making predictions and almost
prophecies, but which are in fact not
guesswork. His thorough knowledge
ol present economic and social con
ditions qualifies him as a capable ex
ponent of his subject.
Then tomorrow comes another big
day, if anything better than "The
Family Upstairs," advance word prom
ises. It is "Believe Me Xantippe,"
to be given in the evening. The Pol
lard Players give a varied dramatic
program in the afternoon. In four
acts, "Believe Me Xantippe" touches
the heart chords of ail real Ameri
cans. It is primarily a story of ad
venture, reaching from New York to
the far West, but carries with it a
large amount of wholesome comedy.
And Saturday comes a double per
formance by the Loveless Twins
Quartette, a wind-up program to
leave fond, lingering memories of
Chautauqua. Twin brothers married
to twin sisters, all four talented mu
sicians, full of pep and fun who make
lasting friends wherever they go.
They have a record of many successes
in the east and middle west where
they have been prominent in Chau
tauqua work for several years.
The local committee urges every
one to take advantage of these excep
tional entertainment opportunities.
The opening number Tuesday was
everything promised and more. "The
Family Upstairs" won the audience
completely, depicting as it did pres
ent day American characteristics,
perhaps slightly overdrawn for the
comdey effect but nevertheless rec
ognized to a degree in a majority of
American families. There was Willie,
"cake eater" more or less, too smart
to go to school, a bear with the flap
pers, mamma's pet and bane of fath
er's existence, who smokes cigarettes
and spends too muc htime around the
pool hall. His sister, sensible and
good, but too slow in marrying to
suit her mother, who nearly ruins the
girl's life by trying to marry her to
the fellow to whom the girl is already
secretly engaged, causing the en
gagement to be broken. But dad gets
busy and straightens it all out in the
end. The play characterizes a family
of the wage earning class in the city,
who live in a flat.
Mr. and Mrs. William Beek who en
' tertained yesterday afternocm and
evening were versatile to the extreme
in their musical and reading program.
Mr. Beek pleased with his cornet and
banjo numbers, readings and vocal
selections while Mrs. Beek showed
herself to be an artist at the piano.
Their duet work was exceptionaay
good, Mr. Beek's baritone and Mrs.
Beek's soprano harmonizing well.
Full of life and merriment this young
couple made for themselves a lasting
welcome in Heppner.
Raymond B. Tolbert discussed vital
problems of American democracy in
his "Roots of the Republic." He
showed why prohibition is not the
cause of the so-called crime wave;
gave the foreign element In the city,
ruled by political bossism, credit for
undermining our institutions; con
demned New York and other states
who have deflod the United States
constitution In abrogating enforce
ment of the 18th amendment within
their confines; encouraged stricter
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Old Officers and Committees Held
Over; Little Expenditure on
Equipment Needed.
The Heppner Rodeo dates this year
have been set for September 22-23-24,
the week following the Pendleton
Round-Up which occurs the Hth to
17th.
Plans are now being formulatsd for
tne three-day program and C. W. Mc
Namer, president, says little ependl
ture of money will be necessary from
now on to have everything needed for
the best show ever. Already the
track has been graded up and is well
packed, making it faster and safer
than heretofore.
The plans now have in mind fol
lowing much the same program as in
former years with a few alterations
and additions. More stress is to be
laid on the Morrow County Derby,
which will be made a three-quarter
mile event instead of a half mile.
It is believed this will make it a bet
ter race and give opportunity for
more entries. Purse money and en
trance fees will remain much the
same as they were last year.
As the date for election of officers
passed without a meeting, the old
officers and directors were automatic-
lly held over. C. W. McNamer is
president of the association, Leonard
Gilliam, secretary, and Chas. H. Lat-
ourell, V. Gentry and Jack French,
directors.
All the stock and equipment is in
the best of shape, Mr. McNamer de
dares, and the broncs will be round
ed up soon and put through the
paces. From past performances, it
is needless to say the Rodeo bucking
stock is highly capable of caring for
dll comers.
Premium lists will be out as soon
as final arrangements are completed
Morrow Boys to Attend
Vancouver Summer Camp
Morrow county will be represented
at the 1927 Citizen's Military Train
ing camp at Vancouver Barracks,
Washington, by six boys who will re
port to camp on June 17 for a month
of training and recreation. These
boys are Terrel L. Benge, Harlan J.
Devin, Maurice W. Edmondson, and
Clarence W, Hayes of Heppner; Gene
M. Engelman and George 1 Richie,
lone.
The C. M. T. camps are conducted
by the Government under provis'ons
of the National Defense act ar.d aim
to develop citizenship, Americanism,
physical fitness and a sense of respon
sibility and duty of citizenship in the
young men attending.
The purpose of the camps i. not to
make soldiers of the boys attending,
for this could not be done in the brief
thirty day period if it was desired,
and attendance does not bind the
student in any way.
Athletics under the supervsiion of
ex-college athletes, trips to the
beach and nearby places of interest,
military training and general out
door recreation will be the summer's
program at the camp. Vancouver
Barracks is the camp center for the
state of Oregon and the southwestern
counties of Washington.
TRIP TO WONDERLAND WILL
FEATURE 1927 CONVENTION
LaGrande, Ore., June 8. One of the
most Interesting features of the Am
erican Legion cnovention to be held
here July 21-22-23 will be a trip to
Wallowa Lake Wonderland and a
chance for visitors to view Wallowa
Lake and its surrounding beauties.
This trip will be staged on the Sun
day follownig the convention dates
and all who wish to make the trip
will be given the opportunity.
Reservations for rooms are coming
n steadily and from all indications
the attendance here will far exceed
any of the previous conventions. Am
ple housing facilities have been ar
ranged for and all reservations will
be promptly attended to. The railroad
companies have established low rates
and many special trains will be used.
The tourist camps are well equipped
to handle those desiring to camp out
while here and the locul hotels and
private homes are cooperating with
the Legion, so no one need stay away
for fear of a lack of accommodations.
GRANGE SPONSORS CELEBRATION
Orrin Wright and S. Fryrenr were
in the city the first of the week on
business in connection with the cele
bration at Parkers Mill, July 2-3-4,
being sponsored by the Morrow and
Grant county Pomona Granges. A
full three-day program is being lined
up, with especial stress to be laid on
real old-fashioned good time on
the fourth. Though the Granges are
to hold a big closed meeting for in
itiatory purposes, it is wished to make
it perfectly understood thnt the gen
eral public is invited to celebrate
there. A general outline of the pro
gam will be found in an advetisement
another column of this issue.
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
What a deal of confusion there is
in the world over some of the things
that are very plainly taught in the
word of God. A great deal of error
is taught concerning the Holy Spirit
and that is the reason for discussion
at this time. Sunday evening at the
Church of Christ the subject will be
fully gone into.
The morning discussion will deal
with the third chapter of the Ephe
sian letter.
Bible school and Christian En
deavor as usual.
MILTON W. BOWER, Minister.
F. M. PRICE
Who speaks at Chautauqua this af
ternoon on "America in 2927."
More Wool Sales Here
Bring Good Prices
Good prices have been received for
wool at Heppnerduring the week, and
several sheepmen have disposed of
their clips, the highest price being
80 3-4 cents. A number of buyers
have been on the field for several
days, and with the sales closed there
remains but about 25 per cent of the
Morrow wool clip to be disposed of.
Pat Connell, O'Connor Bros., D. O.
Justus received 30 l-2c; Barney P,
Doherty, 27 l-2c; Bob Thompson,
30 3-4c, and Dan C. Doherty, 30c.
Buyers here were J. A. Funk, repre
senting Hollowell, Jones & Donald;
Jack Stanfleld, E. J. Burke & Co.,
and Alex Livingstone.
COHN-KILKENNY.
Henry Cohn and Miss Zara Kil
kenny stole a march on their many
Heppner friends on Friday last and
were quietly married at Baker, Ore.,
according to report here the first
of the week. Though the couple were
In Heppner on Sunday no public an
nouncement of the wedding was made,
and many friehds were left only to
conjecture. Mr. and Mrs. Cohn were
reported to be spending some time
in Portland this week, and it was ex
pected they would return the last of
the week. Miss Kilkenny is a prom
inent member of Heppner's younger
set, being a daughter of John Kil
kenny, extensive Morrow county
sheep raiser, and Mr. Cohn is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Phill Cohn of Hepp
ner and Portland, and also is en
gaged in the sheep business here.
This paper joins their many friends
in extending best wishes.
IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK.
A party of young people in the
Chrysler touring car driven by Ste
phen Thompson came to grief shortly
before 8 o'clock Thursday evening,
when the car hit the blocking fence
on the highway below town near the
Hughes farm. In the car besides
Thompson were Shirley Elder, Eliza
beth Elder and Virginia Cason.
Though all four passengers were
thrown through the top of the car,
tearing it completely out, only slight
injuries were sustained. The block
ade was placed by the state highway
department while repairing a bridge,
and though danger signals had been
placed at intervals to its approach.
these failed to warn the party. The
car was side-tracked into the ditch,
i.nd not badly damaged considering
the impact.
WINS TRAP TROPHY.
Chas. H. Latourell returned to
Heppner the first of the week after
attending two big trap shoots at Eu
gene and Seattle. In the miss and
out event of the Pacific Divisional
shoot at Eugene Mr. Latourell held
high gun, winning a beautiful loving
up, trophy for the event. In Seattle
he broke 99 out of 100 birds in the
registered championship event, but
never participated in the finals as
they moved him from class B to class
A in competition with Frank Troeh
and other champion clay bird shots.
If he had been left in class B, Mr.
Latourell believes he stood a good
chance of winning the cup.
ENTERTAIN AT LEXINGTON.
The E. J. Evans home, one mile
from Lexington, was the scene of a
very gay party on last Friday eve
ning, when the Misses Gwendolyn Ev
ans and Erma Duvall entertained,
honoring Miss Margaret Kirk of Free-
water,
The evening was spent in playing
games and dancing. At midnight re
freshments were served by the host
esses. The guests present were: Misses
Helen Valentine, Mae Gentry, Eva
and Dorris Wilcox, Alice Palmer,
Ruth Dinges, Eva Padberg, Mary Slo-
cum, Marie Hreshesrs, Beryl and Ora
Anderson, Eula McMillan, and Mar
garet Kirk; and Messrs, James Leach,
Vester Lane, Marion and Elmer Pal
mer, Edward Keller, Raymond, Paul,
and Benjamin Miller, Edward Bur-
chell, Roy Quackenbush, Laurel Ruhl,
Charles Wilcox, Emmett Kuns, and
Wayne McMillan.
SWIMMING POOL OPEN.
The Legion Bwimming pool is now
open and the past few warm days has
been doing a large business. Chas.
Ayers has charge of the tank this
year. It was expected the tank would
be opened by the middle of May, but
because of the continued cool weath
er it was found necessary to postpone
the opening.
Two Games In County Will Be
Hotly Contested; Each
Won Sunday.
League Standings
Won Lost Pet.
Heppner 8 1 .889
lone 3 .667
Condon , S 6 .333
Arlington 6 .333
As the wind-up of the Morrow-Gilliam
County Baseball league season
nears, attention is centering on the
two Heppner-Ione games, the first to
be played next Sunday at lone and
the other the following week here.
Heppner's only other game, the one
at Condon, will end the league sched
ule.
lone has been stepping along pretty
lively the last few games, taking ev
erything into camp, even Heppner in
the non-league Memorial Day game
when she threw a good scare into the
locals. The way things now stand, if
lone succeeds in winning th
mainder of her games and Heppner
loses the last three, lone will edge
out on top by a one-game lead. But
if Heppner wins from Condon, which
is probable, and loses the two to lone.
the two clubs will be tied.
That's the dope leading lone to be
lieve she has a good chance for the
pennant, but Heppner is not resting
on her past laurels. The locals know
they have tough opposition in the
Egg City bunch and are not prone to
underestimate them. In the two for
mer games between the two clubs,
Heppner nosed out by only a close
margin, and the boys know they must
scrap to keep their heads up.
Last bunday both Heppner and lone
had easy games, the locals winning
from Arlington 7-1 and lone defeat
ing Condon 14-2. "Ione's lineup was
bolstered by three new players, the
pitcher, "Rip" Collins of Longview,
and two outfielders who looked
mighty good. It is probable these
players will be used against Heppner
next Sunday.
Rain so far this week has prevent
ed practice here and it is expected
tne noys may start a ltitle slow Sun
day. They will be at themselves be
fore the game's over, it is hoped, and
1 give a good account of them
selves. v"
The Heppner-Arlington box score:
Heppner AB R H PO A E
Cason, 1 3 1
Aiken, r 4
Anderson, m 6
Drake, p 6
Van Marter, 2 4
LaMear, c 6
C. Cason, 3 3
Hoskins, 1 5
Erwin, a ., 5
1 14
0 0
2 7
1 0
11 27
Totals 40
Arlington
Ortman, 2 3
Blackburn, s 4
Solvester, m 2
Wheelhouse, 1 4
Douglas, c 4
Parish, p 4
Husted, 3 4
Myers, 1 .. 4
McDonald, r 3
Totals 33
6 27 10
Struck out by Parrish 12, by Drake
13; first base on balls off Parish 6.
off Drake 2.
Morrow Wheat Fields
Drenched With Rain
Yes, it was a million dollar rain for
sure. Begining Tuesday evening and
asting till well on toward noon Wed
nesday, the rain came part of the time
n torrents, but generally a steady
downpour, and the wheat fields of the
county were thoroughly drenched.
Thousands of bushels have been added
the prospective yield and there
would seem to be nothing to prevent
the maturing of the biggest crop in
the history of the county. The total
rainfall for the week has been near
2 inches.
We just received our portion of the
heavy rain that came all over the
state, and it was one time that Mor
row county was not overlooked by
the weather man. There was some
thunder and lightning at times, but
the electrical storm here was nothing
compared to what it was in many
parts, according to reports.
THREE WEEKS LEFT
FOR REINSTATING
GOV'T. INSURANCE
AlTENTION of ex-service men
Is called to the fact that the time
for reinstatement of Government
War Risk Insurance will be up on
July 1st. All ex-service men who
have not reinstated their Govern
ment insurance should do so at
once. Information and blanks
may be secured from Spencer
Crawford, commander, or P. M.
Gemmell, adjutant, of Heppner
Post No. 87, American Legion, The
former may be found at the Ga
zette Times office and the latter
at Cohn Auto Co. This service will
he gladly given any veteran wheth
er a member of the Legion or not.
The best endorsement of the
government Insurance ia the fact
that all the major insurance com
panies have Instructed their rep
resentatives to urge upon all who
are entitled to It, to reinstate their
Government policies.
Do not delay. The time it short.
REINSTATE NOW I
1 Mj
RAYMOND B. TOLBERT
Whose address at Chautauqua last
night made a good impression.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Mrs. Claud White and daughter
LaVerne of north Sand Hollow were
in Heppner for a short time Monday.
LaVerne White and Johnnie Moore,
both pupils of the Pine City school,
have been chosen to represent the
boys and girls club and attend the
summer club school at O. A. C. be
ginning next week. This session will
last for three weeks, and Mrs. White
will accompany the children to Cor
vallis. Mrs. White also makes report
of splendid crop conditions in their
locality and a lot of grain will be pro
duced there this season.
Mrs. Florence Paul returned to
Heppner from Portland on Saturday
and has been busy getting the Sam
Hughes residence ready for the fam
ily. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes will arrive
little later. Six months ago the
Sara Hughes company sold out their
business at Heppner and going to
Portland Sam bought a business in
one part of the city and Hanson in
another. They have both sold out
and will return to Heppner and will
likely engage in business here again.
Arthur T. E. McCoy, age 17, was
committed to the reform school at
Salem on Friday. He was brought
into juvenile court on charges of pil
fering, and when Judge Benge had
fully investigated the case he thought
the proper place for the lad was in
the state institution, to which place
he was taken on Saturday by Sheriff
McDuffee. McCoy drifted into Hepp
ner from Aberdeen, Wash., some
weeks ago and had been working for
L. V. Gentry.
Harold Cohn, district committee
man of the American Legion, Depart
ment of Oregon, attended a meeting
of the committee in Portland Satur
day. On Sunday, in company with
other state officers, Mr. Cohn went
to Pendleton where a new post was
instituted. The entire membership
of the new post is composed of Indian
ex-service men of the Umatilla res
ervation, and as far as is known this
is the first all-Indian post in the
United States.
T. J. Humphreys departed for Eu
gene and other Willamette valley
points this morning. At Eugene he
will attend the graduation exercises
at the University of Oregon, Miss Ev
elyn Humphreys being a member of
the graduating class. While away he
will be relieved in the prescription
department at Humphreys Drug store
by E. C. Brown, a registered pharm
cist of Hillsboro and old time friend
of Mr. Humphreys.
B. S. Clark of Sand Hollow was a
visitor in the city on Monday. Edgar
Copenhaver is farming the wheat
lend on the Clark place and the pros
pects are just right for a heavy yield.
Mr. Clark himself is engaged in the
milking of several head of good
cows, raising chickens and pigs, and
finds the business profitable. He
markets his butterfat at Heppner.
Bert Palmateer, Morgan wheat
raiser, was here for a short time on
Tuesday. Mr. Palmateer reports that
his prospects for a bumper crop are
the finest in the 30 years of his
farming experience in the Morgan
section. The crop in that part of the
county is practically made now, and
the weather conditions have been
ideal for its development.
O. M. Whittington, theater man of
Bend, spent a couple of dnys at Hepp-1
ner and Eight Mile the first of the
week, coming over with Dr. Ben Ty
ler, eyeglass specialist, who spent
Tuesday and Wednesday at the Buhn
store. Mr. Tyler is a former Morrow
county boy, being a resident for
many years of the Lexington section.
O. T. Ferguson, who made a trip
over the north end of Morrow county
the first of the week, reports that en
tire section as giving promise of a
bumper yield of grain. Many fields
should yield 30 to 35 bushels from
present outlook, and Mr. Ferguson
thinks it will be the greatest crop
the north end has ever produced.
Mrs. Jess Hall states that she has
been quite successful in her venture
in chicken raising this spring. Out
of 1500 eggs hatched she was able to
raise more than 1300 chicks and the
weather conditions of the early spring
were not what they should have been
either. Mr. and Mrs. Hull are on the
Hurry Rood place on Heppner flat.
Mrs. C. L. Keithley of Pendleton,
spent Sunday and Monday in this city
enjoying a visit with friends. She
accompanied her nephew, Ralph Gil
liam who was here in the interests of
the company he is representing, the
Dickson Accounting company. Ralph's
headquarters are at La Grande.
Car Handle Serves as Clew Lead
ing to Arrest; Man Hit
on Columbia Highway.
What proved to be a fatal accident
occurred on the highway west of The
Dalles last Monday night and some
party was charged with being a "hit
and run driver." The man was picked
up towards morning and hurried to
the hospital in The Dalles where he
died in the afternoon without gaining
consciousness.
Officers immediately got busy, hav
ing as their clew the handle off a car.
and by Thursday evening had traced
the owner as Harry Duncan of this
city.
Mr. Duncan returned home on Mon
day evening from a visit to Eugene,
and it was shortly after dark that he
passed the point where the man was
picked up, but it had not occurred to
him that anything out of the way
had happened, though on Tuesday
morning he discovered that the han
die to the right hand door of hii
Buick coupe was gone and he could
not account for it. He immediately
toon steps to order another handle
through Vaughn & Goodman and the
order went in to the Howard Automo
bile company at Portland, who had
been informed to look out for just
such a contingency. Officers arrived
here from The Dalles late Thursday
evening and charged Mr. Duncan with
being responsible for the accident
that had caused the death of the
man found on the highway, and he
was taken to The Dalles Friday where
a preliminary examination was held
and he was bound over to the grand
jury in the sum of $5000. Bail was
promptly furnished, as a number of
Heppner friends had gone along to
assist Mr. Duncan in every way they
could.
The arrest of Mr. Duncan came as
a shock, not only to himself, but to
his large circle of friends in this
city, all of whom realize that Harry
would never have struck a man down
on the highway and then ran off and
left him. When he heard what had
happened, and that the man had pass
ed away from his injuries, Mr. Dun
can was completely overcome. His
case will be heard later at The Dalles.
The following is a report of the acci
dent as carried by the Optimist of
The Dalles:
An unidentified man, thought to be
Frank Black oJUKlockman, Idaho, died
Tuesday afternoon at The Dalles hos
pital, the victim of a hit and run
driver. Black, if he is definitely iden
tified as that, was found early Tues
day morning by Chief of Police Frank
Heater and Deputies George Scherrer
and Hans Blaser, lying at the foot
of a steep, rocky bank on the Colum
bia river highway about a quarter
of a mile west of the Chenowith creek
bridge. This was almost the exact
spot where E. M. Hill of Dufur was
crowded from the grade and killed
about three years ago.
When the man was found he was
unconscious. Blood had flowed freely
from a froctured skull and had dried
on his head and face. He was breath
ing heavily when Dr. Taylor of The
Dalles hospital arrived and rushed
him to the city.
It was the opinion of officers and
attending physicians that the man
had been hit sometime late Monday
night or early Tuesday morning. Near
the scene of the accident, the handle
of a sedan door was found, and close
to the body, a pack, containing a few
clothes was discovered. The victim,
evidently had been walking towards
Portland on the highway at the time
he was struck. In the meantime state
traffic officers are trying to locate the
driver of the machine.
The only clew to the injured man's
identity is a sales slip, on which had
been written the name Frank Black
and the address of Klockman, Idaho.
He is thought to be about 35 years
of age.
Regular June Term of
Circuit Court Monday
The regular June term of circuit
court for Morrow county will be con
vened at the court house on next
Monday morning, with Judge Parker
of Condon presiding. It had been ar
ranged for Judge Parker to take
charge of this term in place of Judge
Phelps, so Judge Fee, the new ap
pointee, prevailed upon him to act
as the court at Pendleton was taking
all of his time at present.
Clerk Anderson states that the
docket is not very long, and the pros
pects are for a very short session.
There will be a few cases to try, and
unless the grand jury should create
further business the term will be
over in a few days.
ALPINE FARM BUREAU MEETING.
A meeting of the Alpine Farm Bu
reau was held on Saturday. June 4, at
the Alpine schoolhouse. A large
crowd was in attendance and a very
interesting musical program was giv
en. County Agent Charles W. Smith
attended and outlined his program of
work in this community for the com
itig year. Several Heppner people
were present and contributed much
to the success of the meeting. Af'er
the business meeting and program
all present adjourned to the basement
of the schoolhouse where they were
served with sandwiches, cake and cof
fee. The next meeting of the Farm
Bureau will be held on Saturday eve
ning, July 2.
JUST ARRIVED
A shipment of mid-summer hats
and dresses at The Curran Hat Shop.
Arthur. Brisbane.
Lindbergh and Columbus.
A Wonderful Motor.
No Jumping.
Lungs too Good.
By the way, fathes and mothers,
sad because their sons lack college
education, will observe that Lindbergh
went to no university, and his prep
school" was a plow on his father's
farm. He was a solitary boy, think
ing, enjoying danger and new things.
Robert Westover, a garage owner in
Montana, who once hired Lindbergh
to make parachute jumps, says, "I
don't think he was lonesome on that
trip. Slim Lindbergh was a peculiar
guy. He did not care for company or
any excitement, except daring stuff.
Everything he had he carried with
him, helmet, goggles and toothbrush
stuffed in the big pockets of his
overalls."
Lindbergh's difficulty now will be
to find something worth doing that
will not kill him.
Lindbergh proves that deeds of dar
ing "mad-cap audacity" seeming reck
less at the time, are of great, perman
ent value. It was called reckless
'oily when Columbus made his trans
atlantic "hop" in the opposite di
rection. Cool heads told him he
would fall over the edge of the ocean
and his cew wanted to turn back.
Fulton's experiment with steam, and
Franklin's with the kite, Beemed fool
ish. Congressmen that voted to spend
money on Government experiments
with telegraph messages were beaten
for re-election. The voters had no
use" for a Congressman that would
vote to waste money.
Lindbergh's feat will find an echo
in the next Congress. It will occur
to some Congressmen that if one
man, all alone, could fly from here to
Europe, some thousands might fly
from Europe or Asia here, and be
less welcome than Lindbergh was in
Paris.
The record shows that Lindbergh's
Wright motor used less than twelve
gallons of gasoline per hour of flying
and did better than 100 miles an
hour. At twenty cents a gallon that
means about $81 worth of gasoline.
plus twenty gallons of oil. Not ex
pensive for a trip to Paris.
Anybody who doubts that airplanes
will carry passengers across the ocean
for less than $50, "all daylight route,"
has little confidence in human ingen
uity. Statistics show this country's in
come in 1926 totalled seventy-eight
billion, six hundred and forty-nine
million dollars, from all sources
the ditch digger's wages, the coupon
cutter's toil.
That means $671 for every man,
woman and child, or $1,805.37 for
tvery person engaged in earning
money.
Professor Nash, teacher of phys
ical education in New York Univer
sity, justly criticises violent exercise
for young girls.
To permit competition for girls in
hurdle races, high jumping, broad
jumping, etc., is a crime against the
girls now, and against the future gen
eration. Girls were not made to JUMP. They
were made for motherhood, and
should be taught to respect and pro
tect their complicated machinery.
In the Fall "medicinal whiskey"
bourbon and rye, made of corn and
"ye, will be manufactured under su
pervision of the Treasury Department.
No whiskey should be suggested for
medicinal purposes. If doctors say
rlcohol is necessary, they should use
brandy made of grapes. Many pois
ons are in grain whiskey, even care
fully made. Real brandy is free from
poisonous oils and other poisons, un
less you call pure alcohol a poison.
Wood alcohol is deadly, potato al
cohol is very poisonous, grain alcohol
less poisonous, grape alcohol safest.
Those that sent threatening letters
concerning the Sacco end Vamctti
case to Governor Fuller did not frigh
ten the Governor. He rejects the sug
gestion of a commission to review the
Sacco and Vanzetti case, saying that
the responsibility is his. The Gov
ernor cannot delegate his authority.
The law provides that the decision
must be made by him.
Governor Fuller will do his own
investigating and his own deciding.
Consumptives will be interested to
learn that physical work, even "hard
work" in reason, is beneficial, not
harmful, except in extreme cases.
Consumptives often have lungs that
might be called "too good," the lung
area being so great that the heart
finds difficulty in pumping an ade
quate blood supply. Exercise in mod
eration strengthens the heart, helps
the patient.
LEGION EXPRESSES THANKS.
Heppner Post No. 87, American Le
gion, wishes to express their thanks
to the people of Heppner for the pat
ronage of the Mississippi flood bene
fit show. And especially do they ap
preciate the courtesy and generosity
of B. G. Sigsbee, manager of Star
Theater.
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