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Society. Volume 44, Number 20. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 1927 Subscription $2.00 a Year El Miss Katherine Bisbee to Reign; 'Bob' Fletcher Comes With Band. FEATURES ADDED Bulldogging and Pack Race Are New Events; Bluebird Missed from Local Bucking String. C. W. McNamer, president of the Heppner Rodeo association, announces full arrangements for the 1927 Bhow, to be held September 22-23-24, rapid ly drawing to a head. Miss Kathrine Bisbee of this city was this week chosen queen. The R. W. Fletcher band of Pendleton was contracted, as was also the French Amusement com pany. Queen Katherine was an attendant of Queen Eva last year, and proved very popular in the role. She is an accomplished young horselady, being renowned locally for her skill. The choice of the committee is expected to meet wide favor, and the regime of Queen Katherine should prove one cf the happiest in Heppner Rodeo his tory, according to plans now nearly completed. "Bob" Fletcher needs no introduc tion to Morrow county folk, as his popular "Round-Up" orchestra has flayed for dances in different parts of the county on many occasions. He will bring his orchestra and a 16 piece band to furnish music at the i rounds and dances, the contract hav ing been signed this week. The French Amusement company will bring twenty concessions and four rides to help Rodeo visitors enjoy a real festival fete. The program for the show itself is now completed, with bulldogging and pack races added to former events. The old bucking string, acknowledged one of the best in the west, will be on hand with one exception. Blue bird, who bucked in every Rodeo final before, has bucked his last, having been run into a barbed wire fence in his summer pasture, ruining him for future performance. Plenty of tough buckers are left, however, and - the bucking contest rhould equal and surpass former years, Mr. McNamer declares. Calves !:ave already been obtained for the calf roping, and real long horn, bull bogging steers will be on hand when tne show opens. The bulldogging will replace the steer roping of former years. To make the race even more cxrit in;r, the Morrow County Derby has been lengthened to three heats, in steuu cf the former two. l;iis race takes place on Saturday the 24th, and tho 100 first prize is expected to en tice many of the fastest three-quarter ponies from miles around. Other races vill Include chariot, pony cx P'?b3, quick change, Roman, pony and saddie horse races. Mule tnd bare back riding will help give variety as well. The dirt track was banked and grad ed this Bpring and should be in the best of shape. In fact everything p-ints to a successful Bhow, accord ing to the president. World Record Believed Made on Misner Farm Twenty-two hundred acres of grain makes a pretty big field, and prepar ing this much land for seeding and putting in the crops is not a small job, and when it is done by just two people, it is a record to be proud of. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Misner did this Job. They plowed the ground, cared for the summerfallow, and planted the seed for this season's big crop, doing all the work in connec tion therewith, as well as looking af ter other chores about the ranch, and had no hired help until harvest time, and Mr. Misner believes they have es tablished a world's record and chal lenges all comers to beat it. The sys tem used on the Misner ranch has been fully explained before, and it was through this organization that they were enabled to accomplish the great amount of work required in bringing the crop to maturity. DESPONDENT MAN SUICIDE The funeral of Alfred Crampe, aged ebout 25 years, was held on Tuesday afternoon from the undertaking par lors of Case Furniture company, Rev. F. R. Spaulding, pastor of the Meth odist community church, conducting a short service at the grave. The young man was a stranger here and had been at work for a short time for Chas. Erwin on Hinton creek. He evidently became despondent while there, and the fore part ef last week made an attempt to destroy himself by falling under the wheels of a heavy laden wagon. Failing this, he was brought to town and his slight in juries treated by a physician, after which the man secured a room at the Bucknum rooming house. About noon Thursday last, he killed himself by shooting, using a .22 calibre rifle, the Bhot entoring his forehead. Coroner Case took charge of the body when it was discovered about throe o'clock, and did not consider an inquest nec essary. The body was held until Monday, awaiting word from his rela tives who live at Elmore, Minn. THE YANKEE CLIPPER, the "Cov ered Wagon" of the sea. Star Theater, Sunday and Monday. 0 It has frequently been charged that the publie schools of Oregon are suf fering through lack of support on ac count of the sale of the school lands early In the history of the state, and at inadequate prices. We are fre quently reminded that the State of Washington pursued a more business like policy by holding their lands and leasing them, so that today they have a public school fund many times the size of the Oregon school fund. How ever, this is a matter of ancient his tory. It is too late to get the lands back. Through the Portland papers we learn that sand and gravel companies operating in Portland are petitioning the State Land Board to reduce the royalty on gravel, and to allow them to take sand for nothing. The Legis lature in 1920 passed a law under which sand and gravel may be re moved from navigable streams pro vided the person taking the sand and gravel pays the state a royalty there for. This law requires that this roy alty be put in the irreducible school fund, so that, we understand, this produces an income of from $30,000 to f50,000 per year, and in time would in a small way, make up for some of the money Oregon lost by improvl dently selling its school lands. We also learn that these gravel companies have been taking the Co lumbia River sand and paying nothing tor it, and now are asking the Land Board to charge them little or noth ing for what they have taken, and let them continue taking the state's sand and gravel at a nominal charge. The state has been collecting ten cents per yard for the gravel which tne gravel companies have renorted. It is obvious that the state has not kept a close check on affairs, other wise these gravel companies would not have taken Columbia River sand for seven years and paid nothing for it, without the state bringing suit to collect the royalty. We hear a lot about the depleted condition of the state treasury. We know that taxes are intolerably high; we also know that the interest on the irreducible school fund helps to main tain the public school system. We rise to inquire why should the State Land Board show a leniency toward these gravel companies which would result in a direct loss to the public school children, and a burden to the tax payers. Let us hope that the State Land Board will, in deciding this matter, bear in mind the rights of the tax payers and the school chil dren, and compel these concerns who have grown fat in handling state sand and gravel, to make proper restitu tion to the state for the material al leady taken, and charge them a reas onable price for what is taken in the future. Most of the sand and gravel is used in Portland, but all of the sand and gravel in navigable streams belongs to the state, and is the heritage of all of the people in Oregon, and is not the private affair of the few gravel companies in Portland. Every parent and every school child is interested iu this matter, and we hope our of ficers at Salem will do their duty in 'his important matter. Aged Lady Dies Suddenly At Home This Morning Mrs. Virginia Matteson died sud denly at her home near the depot in this city at about 6:30 this morning, being the victim of a Btroke of par alysis. Mrs. Matteson was aged about 73 years, and is the widow of the late Robert Matteson. With her at the time was her brother-in-law, Alfred Matteson, who has been making his home there recently. Mrs. Matteson had arisen and started a fire in the cookstove, when she was suddenly stricken and passed away in a very few minutes before medical assist ance arrived. Mrs. Matteson was a respected pio neer woman of this section, having resided here for many years. Her maiden name was Virginia Triplet. She is survived by the following chil dren: Robert, Edgar A., Walter and Newton Matteson of Heppner, and Mrs..Viola Gabler of Monument. Fu n6ral arrangements had not been made at the time of going to press. Smut Explosion Destroys T h re s h e r at Padberg's The big stationery threshing ma chine on the W. H. Padberg ranch in Clark's canyon was totally de stroyed by fire on Thursday after roon last. The fire was caused by an explosion of Bmut, and by heroic work of all hands present the flames were kept from spreading to the sack ;l wheat and getting into the uncut grain. The explosion came without any warning and was very severe, ye. none of the men workl.ig about the machine was injured. Mr. Padberg came to town Imme diately and secured a couple of com bines and the work of gathering the crnin is moving along aj though noth ing had happened to prevent, GET YOUR FIRE PERMITS. Fjiest Ranger Clnrk asks us to call attention of those who go to the mountains, that they should have their permits from the forest depart ment to build camp fires. For the convenience of the Hoppnor people and others going through this city to the timbered area, these permits can be had from the office of County Agent binith, where there is always a sup ply on hand. They can also be ob tained at the ranger stations and the Arbuckle lookout station. Whether jou intend camping in the Umatilla forest or on private lands located within the boundaries of the forest, you should have tho fire permits. EDITORIAL Just Dying of Curwsity L E. R. Huston is in receipt of a let ter today from a bonding company informing him that he had been ap pointed justice of the peace. This, however, is the only word Mr. Huston has received regarding the matter. He was recommended to Governor Patterson for appointment to the place made vacant by death of Win. Ayers, and his official notification will no doubt be forthcoming within day or so, providing the bonding tompany has the right "hunch." Mrs. W. F. Barnett of Lexington met with an accident while getting out of a car on Friday last, her arm being Injured. Not getting over the hurt, she was brought to Heppner on Tuesday and an x-ray picture taken by Dr. McMurdo revealed one of the bones broken. The injured arm was r.plinted and the break should heal in due course of time. Allen J. Olson, in charge of con struction of the new gymnasium building for Heppner school, arrived from Portland on Tuesday and im mediately put a force of men at work preparing the ground for the founda tion work. Mr. Olson expects con struction to move along rapidly, as he agrees to have the building completed inside of ten weeks. Frank Frates and Fred Akers were in for a few repairs to their thresher tins afternoon. Harvest is moving jk.ng fine in the Eight Mile section und all reports are to the effect that the grain is turning out better than early estimates. The Frates grain made 23 bushels and is good quality. Dr. A. H. Johnston was elected piesident of the Eastern Oregon Med ical association for the coming year at a meeting of the association held at Wallowa lake last week-end. He reports a profitabe meeting and a line time at the lake resort. Mr. and Mrs. W, P. Mahoney and their daughter, Miss Patricia, return ed home from a visit to Portland on Saturday. W. P. was laid up for a few days suffering a spell of ptomaine poisoning. He was able to be at the bank on Wednesday. Mrs. R. L. Bcnge returned home on Monday from a visit of a week or more at the home of her father, See Driskell, in Newberg. Mr. Driskell is in very poor health, and Mrs. Benge reports that his condition is not im proved. John Hughes had the thumb and two fingers of his right hand crushed on Wednesday when a header box he was working with fell on the digits. His injuries were attended by Dr. McMurdo. Little Donald Robinson of near Hardman, who has been suffering bloodpoisoning in one of his fingers, reported by Dr. McMurdo to be getting along nicely and quite well re covered. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hughes are vis iting here for a short time. They came over from their home at Uma pine on Wednesday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Good- lich of Lexington. Thursdov. August 4, a 10-pound girl, at Morrow Gen eral hospital. 1 THE YANKEE CLIPPER, blazing the trail of the commercial high seas, Star Theater, Sunday and Monday. O'NEILL GIVEN $250 BOND. J. J. O'Neill, arrested for intrud ing Bt the Harry Davis home last week, was given $260 bail before R. L. Benge, county judge, on Thursday, when he waived investigation. Fail ing to furnish bond, he is soiournlnir in the county jail, awaiting action of the grand jury. jijif jlll ' HENKVFOKD I jjji l I ' : I ! PLAN ROOM I II OPTIMISM IS A NEEDED TONIC. (Bend Bulletin) "I wish that Bomeone from Bend could take a trip through Jefferson and Morrow and Sherman and Wasco counties and catch the spirit of op timism from the farmers in that wheat belt, and then come back and translate that spirit into print so that the people of Bend could catch i'. too." A friend of ours was talking on his return from just such a trip as he described. It was evident that he had caught the spirit. Really, there is no reason why Bend should not catch it from the farmers of Jefferson and Morrow and Sherman and Wasco counties. They are wheat raising counties, it is true, but is is a troism that the lumber demand, especially the demand for pine lumber, has agricultural pros perity as one of its most important factors. There is just such prosperity in the offing, not merely in Oregon, but in tne middle west wheat belt as well. Crop conditions are the best in years, and should be reflected in industrial conditions in the northwest. Econ omically, too, Bend is basically sound. Advtiso financial occurrences of the spring have been weathered in a most inspiring manner happenings which would have meant business par alysis in many communities. Now Bend is on the up grade again. We are not a worshipper at the shrine of the unreasonably cheerful Poilyanna, but we can see that thee is, in Bend and the surrounding country, a great deal to be sincerely cheerful over. Perhaps a little dose of the wheat farmers' optimism would be just the thing in the way of a mid summer tonic. Our friend assures us that if this prescription is fol lowed the Bend community will have tne old pep back by fall. ENJOYING POOR HEALTH. The above is a descriptive phrase which is true enough of some folks. It wlil also be the subject of the eve ning sermon at the Church of Christ. In the morning the subject for dis cussion will be "Peter." Remember that Bible school begins at 8:30 during August. It worked fine last Sunday. Be there and stay for the church service which follows without dismissal. Christian Endeavor at 8 o'clock. MILTON W. BOWER, Minister. Service We have added a-new driveway and un loading platform so we can give you real service. Deliver your wheat to us no delays and your weights ready as soon as your load is off. We are in the market with a good price for your grain. Brown Warehouse Co. Phones: Warehouse 643, Residence 644 -By Albert T. Reid Body of Dr. Huston Is Recovered From Yukon E. R. Huston received word this week that the body of his son, Dr. John Huston, who was drowned on July 16th in the lower Yukon river, Alaska, was recovered on tne 26th, Just ten days following the accident, and burial was at Mountain Village, ten miles up the river from the point where the drowning occurred. No communication other than tele trams announcing the death of Dr. Huston and the finding of his body nas been received, though Mr. Huston is daily expecting letters now giving me particulars of the accident. Wool and Grain Show Scheduled Next Month Morrow county will have one of the largest, if not the largest, wheat crop in the history of the county. When ever a county can produce grain of ouality in large amounts the world fhould know about it. According to all reports Morrow county wheat is the best quality wheat grown in the state. What better way is there of proving to the outsiders what can be done than by showing the produce. Now that we have the crop let's ad vertise the fact by supporting the Grain and Wool show that is to be held in conjunction with the Rodeo. Last year a sample of grain from this county took first in its class at the Land Products Show in Portland. It can be done again. Save the best sack of grain that you harvest, clean it down to a bushel and exhibit it at the show. Anyone not having equipment to clean grain can make arrangements at the Coun ty Agent's office to have it cleaned. Peveral sacks of grain and a number of fleeces have already been booked. Samples winning first and second money at Heppner will be sent to the Pacific International at Portland. Remember the sack sewing contest. Sixty dollars in prizes. Premium list will be published later. Oral Scott suffered severe burns on his arm Tuesday, hot water from the combine radiator boiling over on him when he removed the radiator cap. He came to town for treatment. Contract Awarded For New School Building At, a meeting of the school board on Friday evening bids were opened for the construction of the new audi torium-gymnasium for School District No. 1, at which time prpoosals were received from three contractors for the general construction work. Th board was agreeably surprised to find that there was a great reduction in the price over that of some three weeks ago, when they were compelled to reject all bids offered. The successful bidder was Geo. F. Reeves of Portland, represented at the meeting by Allen J. Olson, his bid being $20,200. T. G. Denisse of Heppner was next with an offering of $20,878, while the bid of Lee R. Cooke of Eugene was for $23,488. 5 here were no bids on plumbing and wiring and these items were absorbed by Mr. Reeves for an additional $3000 which was added to his contract. The contract was duly executed and work is to begin on construction imme. diately. The plans call for concrete construction throughout, and there were but slight alterations in the or iginal drawings and specifications. Pendleton Show to Have Fine Talent This Year Pendleton, Ore., Aug. 10. The fin est array of talent ever assembled in the Pendleton Round-Up will be here for events of track and arena at the coming show, September 14, 15, 16 and 17. There will be the famed Drumhel- ler outfit, George Drumheller bring ing his speedy racehorses and skilled liders from Walla Walla; the Irwin and McCarty aggregations and many otner performers who have won hon ors all over the United States. With McCarty will come Chester Byers, trick roper; Carl Arnold, Phil Voder, Ben Jomison, Billie Wilkinson, uicit ijnelton, Bob Crosby. Norman Cowan, Paddy Ryan, Bob Askins. Geo. weir and f red Lowry; a man's relay string, two women's relay strings; a pony express string; a Roman race entry; entries for all the flat races and one or more entries for the derby. iiwm will have similar entries, as well as Sam Garrett, trick roper; three trick riders, five or more steer ropers, three bulldoggers and three tronc riders. Pendleton has this year chosen a real cowgirl for queen of the Western Epic. She is pretty Mabel Strickland,! popular with Round-Up crowds not arlp for her unquestioned skill as a ridei and steer roper (she is the only woman steer roper in the world) but for her beauty and charm. She is a dainty bit of femininity and her slender figure belies the strength she shew!, in her handling of steers and hcises. Livestock which has already ar rived for the Round-Up i-icludei twu big carloads of the wildest Mexican fleers. The buckers will be here by August lo. Brown Warehouse Builds New Platform for Wheat Brown Warehouse company has completed a new platform, replacing the old one, which will be used ex clusively for the handling of contract wheat. A new driveway facilitates unloading at the platform and the wheat is moved ropidly onto the cars. Ihe warehouse loaded out four cars last week and are now loading on their fourth for this week. With the slight price jump of last v. eek this company bought upwards zu.ooo bushels, the number one grade selling for $1.15 at Heppner. Other local buyers were also busy, and a little flurry of selling took place. With the price decline, selling has slowed up, though the Brown company reported a buy of some 8,000 bushels the first of the week. TRUCK TURN'S TURTLE. While making the turn in the high way near the schoolhouse yesterday afternoon, the truck of T. G. Denisse turned turtle and it was by the great est good fortune that Mr. Denisse es caped serious injury and possible death. Striking the soft gravel on the shoulder of the highway, a front wheel broke down and the truck flopped over bottom side up and the driver was caught in the cab, which proved of sufficient strength to pre vent the weight of the machnie from coming down on his body. Workmen on the grounds at the schoolhouse rushed to his assistance and turned the machine right side up, finding Mr. Denisse had escaped injury entirely. The cab on the truck was pretty well smashed and the steering wheel brok en, but Denisse came up smiling and still puffing his cigar, apparently not the least excited over his experience. INSTALLS NEW MACHINE. A Diathermy electrical machine, re cently perfected nad placed on the market, has been installed in the of lice of Dr. McMurdo, taking the place of the machine formerly used by the doctor in his practice here. This ma chine was under process of perfection in Germany at the outbreak of the war, and was not completed until the close of the world conflict. Dr. Mc murdo made the purchase when at the Northwest Medical association meet ing at Boise, recently. It is highly beneficial in the treatment of such diseases as pneumonia and neuritis and has been the means of reducing to a minimum the mortality rate in the former ailment, Charley Jones has finished com bining his grain which hus turned out well. His federation wheat made better than 30 bushels, and the forty fold threshed out something over twenty. BiisWeek Z2k y Arthur Brisbane The Average Farmer. Know Yourself, Add 10 Years. An Expensive Spanking. O.H. Kahn,Wise Father. How would you like to be the aver age American farmer? Hia farm ia 315 acres. His investment $16,308. His average net return for 1926 was $1,133. He could make more money than that driving a street car, getting "egu- tar sleep, not worrying about weather, Itme horses, sick cows, rust on wheat, bugs on potatoes, blight in the or chards, etc. The puzzling question it why la a farmer? More important to millions of Americans, cotton has gone to a new high price for this year, three times on three consecutive days. When cotton, not long ago, sold at half today's price, this writer said to Mr. Clarence Dillon, ingenius New York financier: "Buy yourself plenty of cotton and you will make a great deal of money." Dr. Sherman, of Columbia Univer sity, shows that man's "vital years" can be increased by the right diet. thciency can begin earlier and last longer if men eat enough of the right nings. Chemistry applied to diet will soon add ten years to the work ing period of human life. Mrs. Aimee Semnle McPherson. whose conversion of sinners proves her inspired, fights as well as she converts. Her former choir leader, Mr. Nichols, says: "Confess what really happened when you were sup posed to be kidnaped." Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson replies: "I told the truth, walked in the light, and you are only looking for advertising, which you need." There is nothing ike courage to take you through. Mrs. Aimee has it. In Washington. Mrs. Fader snanked her three-year-old son, Bruce, because ne would climb the White House iron fence. During the spanking her S3.000 diamond bracelet flew off and was lost. Bruce saw the bracelet in the air but, busy with his spanking, said nothing. Whipping children causes greater loss than that of any bracelet, when it de stroys the child's affection and respect for parents. Another American, Lieutenant C. C. Champion, Jr., of the Navy, sets another flying' mark. He is believed to have broken the world's altitude record. He fought a temperature 90 degrees t below zero and his plane caught fire. An ambulance rushed to meet him, found him grinning instead of dead as was expected. Our atmosphere is 500 miles high, or deep, so thin at the top that a feather would not float in it How high up will men go? Will they be astronomers looking through thinner air at the universe outside of us? Lieutenant Champion's estimated altitude of 47,000 feet is questioned. He says he will go up again and higher. Mr. Chamberlin, Atlantic flier, tries something new in commercial shipping-aviation. In a little sport bi plane he flew from the deck of the steamship Leviathan, showing how passenger and mail transportation can be speeded up by flying from big ships as they near port. Soon flying machines will cross the ocean more safely than boats do now and in one-fourth of the time. Then a combination steamship and plane will seem strange, but it is a useful transition now. A wise father lets his son do what he wants, within reason, for what a boy wants to do is usually what he can do best. One of his boys liked music and wanted to lead a jazz band. Mr. Kahn said: "Go ahead and lead it." He kucw the jazz band fit would not last long. Now, young Mr. Kahn, nineteen years old, has taken to flying, ia hia own pilot, and skillful. That does not make his father and mother sleep more soundly, probably, but Mr, Kahn ays: "Go ahead and fly." If more Americans with money woud let their boys fly as thousands of normal American boys would like to fly this country would soon lead the world in aviation. RUN OVER BY COMBINE. George Chandler, a young man working with one of the combines at Ihe ranch of W. H. Padberg, was run over by the machine Wednesday fore noon. He was doing some oiling un der the combine as it stopped, and the driver misunderstood the signal and started the team. A wheel passed over both of Chandler's legs and it was thought they were broken, as his pain was very severe. The man was im mediately brought to the office of Dr. McMurdo and an x-ray picutre taken. This revealed no broken bones, but both legs were badly bruised and the injuries caused much pain. 8