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Volume 44, Number 16.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 14, 1927
Subscription $2.00 a Year
FIRST CAR OF 1927
WHEAT GOES OUT
FROM LEXINGTON
FARMERS PICNIC
AT EIGHT MILE
May Be 1928 Thriller?
By Albert T. Reid
GRAIN NURSERY
Funeral Held Yesterday
for Respected Pioneer
Heppner Resident.
Following an illness of less thun
a week, Mrs. J. C. Kirk was called by
death early Monday morning at her
home in this city. The news came as
a shock to her relatives and many
friends in this community as they
had not realized that she was in so
critical a condition. Her immediate
family were not at the bedside when
the summons came, and her daughter,
Mrs. Emma Jones, who was attending
her mother, was alone with her when
she suddenly expired.
Funeral services were held from
the family residence on Gale street
at 2:00 p. m. Wednesday afternoon,
being largely attended by the people
of this community among whom Mrs.
Kirk had resided for so many years.
The florul offerings were many and
beautiful expressions of the love of
a host of friends. The services were
conducted by Rev. F. R. Spaulding,
pastor of the Methodist Community
church, assisted by Rev. Stanley
Moore of the Episcopal church, and
followed by the beautiful ceremony
of the Rebckahs by San Souci lodge of
this city, of which she had long been
a member.
The funeral sermon by Mr. Spauld
ing was very fitting and appropriate
to the occasion, yet in his tribute to
the character of Mother Kirk he
.aided nothing that had not been
known and recognized these many
years by those of this community
whose privilege it had been to know
her. She was a gentle and loving
wife and mother, and possessed a
noble Christian character. The high
esteem in which she was held in this
community was attested by the very
large number of neighbors and
friends that gathered to witness the
last sad rites.
Mary A. McConnel! was born in
Sheridan county, Missouri, February
7th, I960, and died in Heppner, Ore
gon, July 11, 1927, aged 77 years, 5
months and 4 dnys. She crossed the
plains in 1KG5 in the same emigrant
train with her future husband but
did not make his acquaintance until
after their arrival in Oregon. Her
family settled in Lane county be
tween Junction and Eugene. She was
married to James Crocket Kirk July
19, 1868, and her passing was within a
few days of their 69th wedding anni
versary. The following children were
born to this union: Walter, Emma,
Jennie, William and Erbie. Three of
these children passed on before their
mother, those surviving being Mrs.
Emma Jones, wife of T. J. Jones of
this city, and Erbie Kirk of Wolf
Creek, Oregon. Besides her husband
ahe is also survived by nine grand
children and three great grandchil
dren, and two sisters, Mrs. Alice
Gross of Potlach, Idaho, and Mrs.
George West of Palouse, War.h.
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk moved to Eastern
Oregon in 1871 and settled on Rhea
creek at the mouth of Sanford can
yon, moving to Heppner in 1908,
where they have since resided. She
was a lifelong member of the Metho
dist church.
CARD OF THANKS.
To the many neighbors and friends
who so kindly assisted in every way
during the illness and death of our
beloved wife and mother, for their
many expressions of sympathy and
for the beautiful floral offerings we
desire to extend our deepest thanks;
we also wish to thank the members of
the Rebekah lodge for their assist
ance so generously rendered.
J. C. KIRK AND FAMILY.
Weed Poisoning Causes
Large Loss of Sheep
A loss of sheep estimated to equal
$1000 is reported by J. A. Morgan of
Fossil, who unloaded seven carloads
at the local yards Monday morning.
The sheep were loaded at Shaniko
and unloaded at Arlington for feed
ing. It is thought they ate some
poison weed, as 14 dead were found in
the cars when unloaded. Others died
later and the symptoms were said to
indicate food poisoning. Mr. Morgan
told Conductor Eby that his loss
would be nearly $1000. The sheep
were being taken to range on Rock
creek.
THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
From any standpoint the Day of
Pentecost when the church began was
cne of the greatest dnys In human
history. The subject at the Sunday
morning service at the Church of
Christ will bo "Pentecost."
Christians only have just closed the
greatest convention in recent yenrs
at Turner and the evening hour will
bo given over to a message suggested
by this convention.
MILTON W. BOWER, Minister.
ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. Stanley Moore, missionary in
charge.
Sunday school at 9:45 o'clock.
Come and spend a pleasant, happy
hour with us.
Morning prayer and sermon at 11
o'clock.
"This is the day that the Lord htu
made,
We will rojoice and be glad In It."
Second-hand, 6-ft. Deerlng mower
at a bargain. Peoples Hardware Co.
Turkey Red From L. Marquardt
Farm Shipped by Collins
Warehouse Today.
The first car of the new crop of
wheat is going out today from the
Collins warehouse at Lexington, so
we are informed by the manager,
Ralph Jackson. This wheat is No. 1
Turkey from the Louis Marquardt
farm and is shipped to Mr. Collins at
1 ortland.
Machines are getting busy in the
Lexington country, and several farm
ers have threshed enougn grain to
get fair estimates on the yield, and
from the reports coming in there is
no disappointment expressed by any
of them, but rather they are rejoic
ing over the splendid results of both
yield and quality.
Harry Duvall is threshing Forty
fold, and his average is so far right
at 30 bushels. D. Cox, who is work
ing on an 80-acre field of the same
variety of wheat is getting better
than 35. W. F. Barnett is threshing
Turkey on his place and it is running
25 bushels strong, and the same is
true of the yield on the Louis Mar
quardt place. Edgar Copenhaver is
busy with his machine on the B. S.
Clark place and th ereport is that he
is getting a yield of 30 bushels of
very excellent quality. J. O. Turner
begHn work on his Turkey red field
of 400 acres north of llodsdon school
house Tuesday and it is running 20
bushels strong. This gives some idea
of what the north end will turn out
this season, and the work of harvest
ing is only beginning. By another
week we shall be able to give a more
comprehensive report, as many more
combines will be working. It is un
derstood here that some machines
running over near Butter creek are
getting just as good results but we
were not able to get exact figures as
to how the grain is turning out.
It is expected that the machines will
be in the fields quite generally in
the lone and Morgan sections by the
middle of the coming week, and re
ports from that quarter will be equal
ly as good as what is shown here.
Local Maytag Salesman
Wins Trip to Factory
Ed Clark will leave Tuesday for
Newton, Iowa. He will take a course
cf training ta the Maytag fcatory, the
result of a selling contest that end
ed Saturday night in which he placed
third as Maytag salesman in Morrow
county. Seven hundred salesmen were
in competition in this division and
Clark was among the five who won
the trip. He has been working out
of the Pendleton branch store.
Mr. Clark's success will probably
mean a better position with the com
pany and he may not return to Hepp
ner. He expressed appreciation of
the consideration given him by Mor
row county people.
SHEEPMAN DENIES GUILT.
Jerm O'Connor, Heppner sheepman,
entered a plea of not guilty when he
appeared in the justice court yester
day to answer a charge of obstruct
ing a highway. It is alleged by on
cers that O'Connor drove a band of
sheep over the Pendleton-John Day
highway and dislodged a large amount
of boulders from the banks which fell
on the roadbed. The date for the
trial has not been set. East Oregon
ian. SHEEP TO GO EAST.
Tom Boylen, Echo sheep and wool
buyer, expects to make a large ship
ment of lnmbs, purchased in this
vicinity, from the local yards Mon
day. The shipment will consist of
17 carloads with destination either
Omaha or Chicago. C. W. McNamer
will load five cars for the eastern
market on the 21st.
Dr. Clarke of the Clarke Optical
Co., 304 Salmon. St., Portland, Ore.,
EYE SIGHT SPECIALISTS, will be
in Heppner all day and evening SUN
DAY, JULY 17th, at Hotel Heppner.
SEE HIM ABOUT YOUR EYES. 15-16
LOST Between Chas. Henirich and
Dan Hanshcw places in Sand Hollow
a suitcase containing lady's and
child's clothing, indcr please leave
al this office.
NOTICE OF SALE OF ANIMALS.
Notice is hereby given that H. C.
Robertson has in his possession the
following described horses, to-wit:
One black horse weight about
1400 lbs.;
One grey horse, weight about
1400 lbs.;
that said animals were left at the
livery stable of the undersigned on
June SUh, 1!)27, and that the under
signed has a lien on said animals for
board at the rate of $1,50 per day
from June 9th, 1927, muking a total
of $49.00.
Said animals will be sold on the
23rd day of July, 1927, at the hour
of 10 o'clock A. M. at the front door
of the livery barn belonging to the
undersigned at Heppner, Oregon, for
the purpose of paying said lien for
hoarding said animals, the expense of
keeping said anminls from the date
hereof and the expense of advertise
ment and sale.
Dated this 14th day of July, 1927
11. C. ROBERTSON.
MOTORISTS WARNED
Advice Timely as Work on
O.-W. Highway Nears
Heppner.
Appropriate for Morrow county car
owners comes the following advice
from the State Highway department
and the Oregon State Motor associa
tion relative to driving over freshly
oiled and gravelled roads. The Ore
gon-Washington highway between
lone and Heppner is now being treat
ed to its final coat of asphalt and
gravel. The sweeper cleaned up
Heppner's Main street yesterday and
it was expected the oiler and gravel
would be here today or tomorrow.
Anent the rolling referred to in the
latter part of the warning, it has been
noted that a roller is being used on
the work in this county and the dan
ger of damage to tires may be lessen
ed thereby. The warning follows:
After you have driven over newly
oiled highway and at the end of either
eight or ten miles of oiled highway,
stop and with a screw driver, pen
knife, or what you have, pry out all
bits of crushed gravel that have col
lected on the tires.
Damage to tires has been great and
indignation of motorists correspond
ingly greater, due to cuts wrought by
gravel imbedded in tires, according to
the highway department and motor
association, who have been bombard
ed with calls from all parts of Ore
gon during the past few days.
The exact condition is this: Oiling
of the principnl unpaved highways is
necessary. Spreading of crushed rock
and gravel over the new oil to keep
it from splattering over the under
sides of automobiles is also neces
sary. Hut, the fim of oil that gath
ers over the tires picks up rock and
gravel. After the automobiles have
left the oiled stretch the rock is
ground into the rubber by constant
pressure between the car and high
way, and consequently punctures the
tire. Thus, damage to the tires brings
about indignation of the driver, with
a subsequent recoil upon the highway
department and motor association.
The state highway department have
carried on a series of investigations
to remedy the situation and arrived
at the conclusion that both oil and
p ravel are necessary to the motorist.
The motoiists themselves must keep
the gravel from working into the tires
and that is where the screw driver,
pen knife and what nots enter into
the situation.
This condition is purely temporary
and will only exist while roads are
freshly oiled and only causes trouble
for a few days after the gravel has
been sprend. Were it possible to shut
off the oiled road and eliminate the
necessity of gravel, it would be much
better for the highway department
and for the motorists themselves but
this condition is not always possible
and since it is not, this grievance
must be born as the lesser of two
evils.
Wherever possible the highway de
partment is providing detours so that
the oil and gravel may be avoided.
The highway department is now ex
perimenting with rolling the gravel
alter it is spread over the oil and
should this prove successful, much of
the trouble will be eliminated.
Mrs, Harold Cohn, who has been
under treatment by Dr. Johnston, is
recovering nicely and is again up and
about the house,
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Miss SaVanne Smith, who is con
ducting a summer kindergarten at
the Parish House, reports a satisfac
tory attendance for the first week
and is greatly pleased with the apti
tude of the little ones who range from
3 to 6 years of age. This work is
highly endorsed by the State Board
of Education as it is for.isd that pri
mary pupils entering school who have
had the advantage of kindergarten
find the routine of the school room
less irksome.
John T. Schafer of Salem, who sus
tained injuries when the automobile
he was driving turned over while he
was on his way to Heppner to spend
the Fourth of July with his son, Elvin
Schafer of Freezeout, is well on the
road to recovery, being able to sit
up most of the day at the Heppner
Surgical hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. George West of Pa
louse, Wash., Mrs. Alice Gros3 of Pot
lach, Idaho, and Miss Mary Harris of
Athena were in Heppner on Wednes
day to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Crocket Kirk. Mrs. Gross and Mrs.
West are sisters of Mrs. Kirk and
Miss Harris is a niece.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilkes have re
turned to their home at Athena after
spending two weeks in Heppner, dur
ing which time Mr. ilkes war. a pa
tient in Morrow General hospital.
Mrs. Wilkes is a sister of Mrs. West
fall, superintendent of the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Pearson of Lena
were visitors in the city yesterday
while Jake was having an interview
with the dentist. He expects to cut
his third set of teeth soon. They re
port everything coming along well
in the Butter creek section.
Maurice E. Smead of Portland came
up yesterday for a visit with the
home folk, returning below this
morning. II is mother, Mrs. W. W.
Smead, who received serious injuries
in an automobile accident recently,
is getting along nicely.
Mrs. A. M. Phelps has so far re
covered from her recent injury as
to be up and walk about with the aid
of crutches. Dr. Johnston states that
while no bones were brokn, Mrs.
Phelps suffered severely from muscle
bruises.
Miss Mildred Green, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Green of Eight Mile
underwent a serious threat operation
Monday at Morrow General hospital
in this city. Dr. Johnston reports
that she is doing well at this time.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Keithley of Pen
dleton were in the city on Wednes
day to attend the funeral of the late
Mrs. J. C. Kirk, who for so many
years was a neighbor of Mrs. Keith
ly on Rhea creek.
Tom Kirk, a brother of J. C. Kirk
of this city, arrived here on Wednes
day morning from his home at Junc
tion, Oregon, to be present at the
funeral of Mrs. Kirk held Wednesday
afternoon.
W. C. Lacy was up from his Port
land home on Wednesday to get a
view of the crops on the Lacy farm
in Blackhorse. He was accompanied
by his daughter, Mrs. Elsie Alger.
Ralph Thompson who has been
(,ulte ill at his home on Willow creek
is reported to he recovering, and is
now able to sit up for six hours each
day.
J. C. Womack. feder alroad engineer
nns a patient at the Heppner Surgi
cal hospital for several dnys this
week, suffering an attack of influenza.
Dr. Johnston was called to lone on
Sunday night to attend Mrs. Fred
Nicholson, who was suffering an acute
attack of indigestion.
LINDBERGH PHOTOS
I
Pictures Transmitted Like
Ordinary Messages by
Bartlane System.
While New York still thrilled with
first news that Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh and the "Spirit of St. Louis"
had reached Paris, a motorcycle mes
senger sped from the Western Union
Cable Office at 40 Broad Street, New
York City, to the office of the Pacific
and Atlantic Photos, Inc., with a small
package.
The package contained a roll of pa
per tape, some 350 feet long, five
eights of an inch wide, and perforat
ed cross-wise with a multitude of
tiny holes. x
Less than an hour later, newspapers
were on the streets with actual pho
tographs of Lindbergh and his plane
landing in Le Bourget Aviation Field
outside Paris.
During the days that followed other
cabled photographs were published
pictures of Lindbergh receiving the
plaudits of enthusiastic thousands in
Paris, Brussels and Londor., and still
later there were views of Chamberlin
and Levine in Belin. Similarly, pic
tures of the Lindbergh receptions in
Washington and New York appeared
in European newspapers ony a few
hours after the pictures were taken.
These pictures were actual photo
graphs transmitted over the Atlantic
cables by the Bartlane method, de
veloped by H. G. Bartholomew of the
London Daily Mirror, and Col. M. D.
McFarlone, affiliated with the Pacific
and Atlantic Photos, Inc., New York.
The process is intricate, but in
tensely interesting. It consists es
sentially of the conversion of an or
dinary photograph into a five-unit
telegraph tape, the reproduction of
the photograph from the tape after
the tape signals have been tansmitted
telegraphically.
First, the photograph is printed on
metal sheets in such a manner as to
give tone differentiation. This is ob
tained by making five prints of vary
ing density from the same negative.
These prints consist of conducting
and insulating portions according to
the lights and shades of the original
photograph.
The metal prints are next placed on
a series of rotating cylinders, each
of which has a needle in electrical
contact, much as the needle is in fric
tion contact with the record of a
cylinder-type phonograph. The nee
dles are connected electrically with
a tape perforator such as is used in
automatic telegraphy, and the per
forations made in this tape, as the
cylinders rotate constitute a record of
the picture.
The tape is then delivered to the
Western Union, and is transmitted
exactly as if it were an ordinary cable
message, over the high-speed Per
malloy type cables recently laid in
the Atlantic. The signals are receiv
ed at the distant end of the cable in
the form of a perforated tape identi
cal with the original sending tape.
The received tape is taken to the
Bartlane machine and run through
ttie reproduction apparatus. A high
powered light is projected through
the holes of the moving tape so that
it registers upon a photographic film,
and the picture is built up on the film
in accordance with the record of the
tape. The time required to transmit
a photograph is about 35 minutes, and
the cost is in the neighborhood of
$100.
D. E. Stephens Discusses Varie
ties; Lexington Nursery Also
Visited on Sunday.
Farmers of the county quite gen
erally attended the picnic at the Fred
Akers grove on Eight Mile Saturday
and visited the grain nursery on the
Homer Green place. At the picnic a
fine basket lunch was enjoyed and for
amusement there was a horseshoe
tournament which created no small
amount of interest.
D. E. Stephens, superintendent of
the branch experiment station at
Moro, was present and entertained the
crowd wtih a splendid talk on the
beautifying of the farm homes with
trees that may be secured free from
the forestry department of the Ore
gon Agricultural college.
W. L. Teutsch, assistant county
agent leader, spoke on the relation
ship of the extension work and the
experiment station.
At 2 p. m. all men present went to
the wheat nursery where the different
varieties growing there were dis
cussed by Mr. Stephens. Much in
terest was shown in Regal and Oro,
smut resistant wheats that have been
selected by the experiment station.
When asked what variety growing
in the nursery looked best to them a
large number of farmers selected a
cross between Hybrid No. 128 and
Fortyfold. To have some fun, slips
were handed out to each man present
rnd he was asked to estimate the
yields of Regal and Fortyfold grow
ing side by side near the' nursery. A
careful check will be made on the
yields and results published along
with the name of the man whose esti
mate is closest.
Sunday at 2 p. m. a group of farm
ers assembled at Lexington nursery
cn the Harry Duvall farm, where the
results of nursery and experiment
station work were explained by Mr.
Stephens. Much interest was shown
by this group in -the smut check on
Regal, common Turkey and Hybrid
128. Before planting, the seed of each
was thoroughly covered with smut
spores and planted without being
treated. A careful count of the heads
showed that Hybrid 128 was 98 per
cent smut; common Turkey, 56 per
cent, while Regal, (purple strawed
Turkey) was only 1 per cent smut.
This shows that Regal is very smut
resistant as compared to the two
other varieties commonly grown in
this section.
Cutting of grain from the nurseries
was done this week under the direc
tion of County Agent Smith, and after
it has been threshed at the experi
ment station results will be pubished
Eight Mile People Have
Party at Robison Home
A company of Eight Mile and ex-
Eight Mile people enjoyed a fine time
on Sunday at the mountain home of
Mr. and Mrs. Tyndal Robison. It was
the anniversary of Mr. Robison's
birth and Mrs. Robison arranged the
gathering in part as a celebration of
this event, and also remembering that
it was the wedding day of Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Anderson Eight Mile
neighbors the party included them
and the 30th wedding anniversary of
these good people was also celebrat
ed. A sumptuous dinner was served
nd a general good time had.
Those present were Mr .and Mrs.
Theodore Anderson and daughter
Dorothy; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Becket
and family; Mr. and Mrs. Tyndal Rob
ison, Mr. and Mrs. George Hayden, Mr.
and Mrs. Claud Huston and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Huston and family, Mr.
pnd Mrs. Stacy Roberts, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Shively and Billy Becket, Mrs.
Chas. Furlong and daughters, Messrs.
At and Karl Bergstrom and dive
Huston, Misses Florence and Esther
Bergstrom.
Gymnasium Bids Too
High; Work Not Let
At the meeting of the school board
he past week, bids were opened for
construction of the new auditorium
gymnasium building. But two gen
eral bids were offered, one by T. G.
Denissee of this city and the other
by Geo. F. Reeves of Portland. These
builders each set their mark too high,
and the board was compelled to re
ject their bids, as they did those also
of two Portland firms, one for the
plumbing and heating, and the other
for the electric wiring.
Feeling that it was not possible
to get bids that would come within
the reach of the funds provided, the
board instructed the architect to
make some extensive alterations in
the plans, and when these are rom
pleted, bids will agnin be called for.
The plans as adopted by the board
several weeks ago called for complete
concrete construction, but this is
found to be too expensive, because of
the fact that all materials have to
be shipped in, so it is the plan now,
we are informed, to change the plans
to call for some material of a cheap
er nature, and see where the board
will get off as to figures on construc
tion. STOCK SHIPMENT MADE.
Twelve carloads of prime beef stock
were shipped from Heppner Saturday
night for Portland. The principal
shippers were J. W. lleymer, Emmet
Cochran, R. D. Allstott, C. W. Mc
Namer and Dillard French.
By Arthur Bribne
Mrs. Coolidge. Common
Sense.
Children, Canary Birds.
Polite Gov. Moody.
Real Flying August 1.
Mrs. Coolidge, in South Dakota,
sees women of all kinds, young girls
and grandmothers, wearing knicker
bockers. Mrs. Coolidge respects
them and probably admires their com
mon sense, but she will not wear
knickerbockers. Rubber boots when
she goes fishing and a skirt of reas
onable length- never mind if it gets
wet;
Clothes, as Carlyle shows in "Sar
tor Resartus," make all the difference
between a king in his grandeur and
a "featherless biped."
Two hundred and seven Americans
reported incomes of $1,000,000 a year
or more in 1925.
In 1924 only seventy-five reported
incomes of a millior dollars or over.
Once a man owning a million was
a wonder. Now 207 have a million or
more INCOME and some had fifty
millons of income and a good deal
more through corporation ownership.
And the billion a year income will
arrive before earth's phase of indus
trial feudalism shall pass.
Mrs. Freeman, the unhappy mother
whose husband was killed by an auto
mobile, killed herself and her five
children when told they must go to
an orphan asylum. "Better dead than
without a mother," said the poor wo
man, and went with them.
She was careful to protect two ca
nary birds, putting them where the
deadly gas could not reach them. She
knew that canary birds have a value;
somebody would buy them and treat
them kindly. She knew that children
have no value; that she cou'.d not be
sure that strangers in an asylum
would treat them kindly.
Visiting New York City with a
party of distinguished Texans. wel
comed and looked up to, literally and
in other ways, Governor Moody lis
tens and thinks.
He hears that New York City is the
biggest American factory town, turn
ing out five and a half billion dollars
worth of products a year. Governor
Moody is too polite to mention the
fact that any State he has seen on
his way East, including New York,
could be tucked away in Texas and
not attract much attention. Texas,
alone, intensively cultivated, could
feed every one of the 1,900,000,000 hu
man beings on earth and have room
left to raise cotton.
While Byrd was fiying east across
the Atlantic, and two young Army
men went west across the Pacific, at
110 miles an hour, our interesting
visitor, the comet Pons-Winnecke,
was leaving the earth behind, passing
through various constellations at the
rate of 66,000 miles an hour.
Shall we, tiny creatures, when re
leased from service on this earth,
make some such journey? That
would be more interesting than going
into the ground to stay there.
The VERY DRYS plan a dry ticket
in 1928, if neither party supplies them
with a candidate dry enough.
It would be enlightening to nomin
r.te at least one independent dry. The
result would be instructive. Few
candidates dare defy the dry, few
would want an out and out dry nom
ination. At this moment of flying enthus
iasm, one word of caution is neces
sary, and expert fliers remind you
of it.
Don't go up "just to know how it
feels" unless you know the pilot and
the machine.
There are unsafe machines, plenty
of them, including many bought second-hand
from the United States
government. There are unskilful
pilots and others skilful, but reckless.
Barring dangerously bad weather,
bad pilots and unsafe machines, flying
is now safe. But BE CAREFUL.
Beginning on August 1, air passen
ger service from the Atlantic to the
Pacific is promised, the trip to take
thirty hours.
First will come a straight line air
trip from San Francsico to Chicago,
with transfers to Los Angeles and
Seattle. Then a San Francisco to
New Yo.k air line, with the same
transfers.. Passenger ships will car
ry the mails, and flying will have
started.
FIRE THREATENS GRAIN.
A grass fire of unknown origin oc
curred on the Wightman farm three
miles below Heppner last Thursday
evening, threatening a large field of
grain. Prompt response to the fire
alarm by a large number of firelight
ers kept the tire out of the grain,
however, and no material loss was
sustained. Another grass fire occur
red Tuesday morning on the hill at
the northeast corner of town, which,
being fanned by a moderate wind,
spread over a considerable area be
fore it was put under control.
Tom Boylen of Echo, sheep and
wool buyer, was transacting business
in the city today,