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atte Volume 44, Number 41. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Dec. 29, 1927 Subscription $2.00 a Year IS E Friends Here Recommend Hickman Captor as Real Hero. When Cecil ("Buck") Lieuallen aided in the capture of William Ed ward Hickman, Lot Angeles kidnap per and confessed slayer of Marian Parker, near Echo last Thursday af ternoon, hia name was broadcast far and wide as a hero. Buck is consid ered by friends here as a Heppner boy, having spent a large portion of his younger days here and graduat ing with tha class of 1919 from Hepp ner High school. That he is made of the kind of metal to justify all that is said about him, will be readily testified to by his former associates here. In his Heppner school davs. Buck easily had the name of being the most daring and courageous of his set. He loved the game of football and held a steady berth at guard on the high school team. In boxing and wrest ling he held his own with the best, and nothing delighted him more than to get astride a bucking bronc for recreation. The old school house is weir re membered by all the older folks of Heppner, and the belfry that creaked and groaned and threatened to top ple off whenever the wind blew. On top the belfry there stood a flag pole, weather-beaten, woodpecker eaten, and withal quite rotten in the fall of 1916. Then, as a freshman, Lieuallen climbed that pole and tacked the flag of his class near the very top. It waved there until the weather alone effected its disappear ance, for Buck was the only one who had the nerve to put it there, and no other dared the climb to remove It. Pendleton people, too, learned of his grit, when, soon after going to Pendleton in the service of the state traffic department. Buck showed them he could ride. "No Name" was a Round-Up outlaw who had success- fully dumped all comers at the show the fall previous and had a very bad name. Buck didn't think they made 'em too tough, and to prove it, after being out of the saddle for several years, he climbed atop her and rode her. After this ride he was coaxed to enter the bucking contest at the next Round-Up, but was thrown. He then came to tha Hepp ner Rodeo where he came near meet ing his end, when he went off the back and under a big horse that land ed with his front feet on Buck's jaw. He lost a few teeth and received a broken jaw bone, otherwise emerg ing unchanged except to declare he was through with bucking broncs. Buck enlisted in the navy in 1917, receiving his honorable discharge at the close of the war. He has an en viable record with the state traffic -department, in whose service he has been promoted from a regular officer to sergeant in charge of a consider able territory. Heppner people are glad it was his opportunity to get a chance at Hickman, and they confi , dently believe it would have made no difference to Buck if Hickman had have been a big six-foot, two-gun man; he would have brought him in just the same, or died in the attempt. That is what they think of him here. And, whether he gets not a penny or many thousand dollars reward for the deed, he will be "Buck" just the same when he comes to Heppner. RELATES A LITTLE HISTORY. Our fellow townsman, Mike Kenny, was a visitor in Portland the past week. Mike has never been much on the gad about since cpming to this section nearly 60 years ago, and his visits to Oregon's metropolis have been few and far between. In these later years, however, he has been free to run around a little, take ioutomo bfle trips 'occasionally, and so he de cided to spend the holidays in the big city. To the man who writes the "Come and Go" column in the Ore gonain, Mr. Kenny has related a lit tle history that will prove interesting to his numerous friends at Heppner and vicinity. "John Kelly was a good friend," began Mike Kenny, a pioneer of Mor row county, who is in Portland with relatives for the holidays. "Maybe you remember him? He was in the steamship business here in 1879 and died a number of years ago. When I came over from Ireland I met Kelly at the steamer dock. I hadn't much money in my purse and he sent me to a hotel in a hack over a planked street it must have been First street and I remember the water would swish up between the planks up to the floor of tha hack. Then Mr. Kelly gave me $26 to go by bopt to Umatilla, where I got a Job tend ing sheep. I was about the first Irish man 'to land in that country. The country is now full of Irish and Scotch, all of whom wept into sheep, mostly starting as herders. Out of my first month's pay I repaid Kelly. In those days, as the sheep business grew, most men were broke, for the men were constantly buying more land for range, and it kept them poor and worried. I finally got an Interest in a band and later went on my own hook, and 1 bought land until I ac cumulated all I wanted.. I find that I worried more when I was young than I do now, for it was always a strug gle." Mr. Kenny's ranch is about IB miles from Heppner, In the Butter creek district, and now he runs enough sheep to pay expenses, and sees his boys coming along in the business. "It has been a good year in Morrow county," he says, "with good crops and all, and the people there are very well off much better than in many other places." HEPPNER BUCK HAS CHIC Unit Installs Officers; Committees Appointed The regular meeting of Heppner Unit, American Legion auxiliary, was held at Legion headquarters on last Thursday evening, with 19 members present Two of the members, Mrs. Chas. Smith and Mrs, George Clark were reported ill at the time, and the sec retary was instructed to send a Christmas card in tha name of the unit to Mrs. Smith at her mother's home in Spokane, and a basket of fruit to Mrs. Clark. Installation of the newly chosen officers took place, with Mrs. McAtee, past president, acting as installing officer and inducting the following into' their respective offices: presi dent, Harriett Gemmell; vice presi dent, Lucile Wilson; 2nd vice pres ident, May Gilliam; secretary and treasurer, Helen Cohn; historian, Clara Flory; chaplain, Rosa Phelps; sergeant at' arms, Lera Crawford. Following the installation, Georgia Moore was presented with a past president's pin. Chairmen of com mittees were announced as follows: hospital, Hanna Jones; chlida' wel-1 fare, Bernice Bauman; copy, Clara Flory; music, Georgia Moore; publi city, Helen Cohn; legislative, Flor ence. Jones; guardianship, Carolyn Johnston; Americanization, Elizabeth Phelps; memorial, Lucile McAtee; Fidac, Lera Crawford; membership, Grace Buschke; gold star, Salina Bauman; unit activities, Sylvia Wells; co-operation, Pearl Ramsey; emblem,, Elsie Cowins. Mrs. McAtee gave a very excellent talk on citizenship. This was the first of a series of papers we are to have on Americanization. The hos tesses were Mrs, McAtee and Mrs. Kane. The Christmas tree and grab ;bag were enjoyed very much. The next regular meeting will be held January 3, and the hostesses for this occasion will be Hanna Jones nad Carolyn Johnston. Local Pioneers' Meeting and Chautauqua Features The putting on of a free Chautau qua, in connection with which will be a reunion of the pioneers of Morrow county, are features for the early f H,- . 1GOQ TU. former h, been alread arranged for k ,l . and the working out of the pioneer reunion program will be gotten un der way immediately. These features are something that can be looked for ward to by the residents of this com munity with pleasure. ' A meeting of the Chautauqua com mittee and signers of the guarantee is called for tomorrow, Friday eve ning, at 7:30 at the council chambers. Everyone on the list should be pres ent at this meeting in order that the organization may be completed. Come out and help get the machinery in order. BROTHER DIES AT WALLA WALLA Word received late Saturday eve ning by Mrs. James Gentry announc ed the passing of her brother, Char les Duncan, at Walla Walla. Mrs. Gentry was unable to go to the fun eral, which was held in Walla Walla on Tuesday, but her son, Emery and daughter, Aura, went over from Hepp ner. Mr. and Mrs. Gentry were at Walla Walla on Friday to see Mr. Duncan, and on the return home Mrs. Gentry received injuries that made it impossible for her to leave home. Mr. Duncan was her only brother. SOME THINGS TO FORGET. The new year is upon us and is a new challenge for the best that is in us. If we are to give our best it must be in harmony with the will of God. At the Church of Christ we are to .get the impetus for the New Year at our all day meeting on Sun day. Wo are asking that everyone bring their dinner and we will eat together at the church and in the afternoon we will have our annual business meeting. The morning sermon will be, "For ward." The message for the eve ning will be, "Some Thnigs to For get." MD.TON W. BOWER, Minister. Mrs. Ellen Buaeick left for Port land on Friday to spend the holiday season visiting with her sister, Mrs. E. F. Day. Union Pacific Gives Club Awards To County Champions at College Boys' and girls' club members who win $100 college scholarships by making highest county records along the lines of the Union Pa cific .railroad are presented with the money at a banquet after they actually register at the state college. Three such winners were recent ly rewarded in Corvallis where representatives of the company enter tained them and former winners now in college. Shown in the pic ture are, seated, from left: Russell McKennon, Union county; Thomas Nordstrom, Clatsop; Ma Johnston, Clatsop; C. C. Gignoux, system supervisor of agriculture; Cecil King, Deschutes, and Eva Wilcox, Morrow, just awarded scholarships; and Roy Woodside, Wasco county. Standing: H. C Seymour, state club leader; J. H. O'Neill, traveling passenger agent; Mrs. Seymour, 'Archie Riekola, Clatsop; and Howard Hansene, Deschutes, third to receive the latest awards. 1928 10 SEEK Standardized Designs Ex pected to Make Note Raisers Task Difficult. Written Specially for Heppner Gazette Times By ROBERT FULLER Through Autocaster Service. Washington, D. C, December 27. The year 1928 will mark the first change In size of paper money since 1861 . For months the Bureau of Engrav ing and Printing, the greatest print shop in the world, will be busy mak ing new and smaller $1 bills so that upon some fixed day next fall they may be issued simultaneously throughout the country and the old ones retired at one swoop, to be re deemed, upon demand. Notes of other denominations will be printed and put in circulation probably in 1929. The new notes will be 6 6-16 by 2 11-16 inches wherqas the notes now in circulation are 7 7-16 by 3 1-8 in ches. By the change the Government expects to save $2,000,000 annually. The reduction in size of the bills is expected to increase the capacity of the Bureau of Engraving and Print ing by 60 per cent because twelve of the smaller notes can be printed at one impression upon the same press which now prints but eight. Through the change in size the bills will be made more convenient to handle and will also be more durable. The new notes will slip into a bill fold or pocket, it is claimed, without creasing or folding, and for this rea son are expected to have a much longer life than those now in use, The life of the average bill now is not more than six or seven jnonths, treasury officials say. Folding is one of the chief items cutting short the life of paper money. Designs on the bills are also to be standardized. Many designs now ap pear on the different denominations and the various kinds of notes. Wash ington's portrait, for example, ap pears both on the $1 and some $20 bills. Treasury officials pointy out that tnrougn standardizing tne designs the new notes cannot be so easily "raised to higher denominations by the crooked gentry who make this their business. In addition to the standardized designs on the new pa per money there will be a relation between the portrait on the face and the engraving on the back, except in the cases of the $1 bill and those above $100. On the face of the new $1 bill will be the portrait of Washington and on the back will be the word "ONE" in large letters. On the $2 bill will be a portrait of Jefferson with an engraving of Monticello, his home, on the back. Lincoln's portrait will be on the face of the $6 bill with the Lincoln memorial for the back. Hamilton's portrait will appear on the face of the $10 bill and the Treasury build ing on the back. For the face of the $20 bill Grover Cleveland's portrait has been chosen, with the White House for the back. Grant's portrait will be on the face of the $50 bill, Benjamin Eranklin'a on the $100, McKinley's on the $500, Jackson's on the $1,000, Madison's on the $5,000, and Chase's on the $10,000. All the designs have been approved although some may be changed later. No retirement of money-making machinery will be necessitated by the change, it is said. SNOW FALLS TODAY. Nearly an inch of snow fell in Heppner this morning in a few hours. A light flurry continues to descend this afternoon with prospects good for a real covering. Reports from other points are that more or less the same condition prevails over the county. Widespread County Publicity Aim of Big Special Edition of This Paper to be Put Out Soon At Heppner and throughout this county we have as great oppor tunities to offer the prospective settler or investor as has any locality in Oregon or the entire West. We are as yet really in our infancy. We will continue to grow. We know these facts to be true. But our knowing them it not enough. Let the outside world know the truth about our country and the same outside world will not be slow to settle and invest here. BIG BOOSTER EDITION SOON The Heppner Gazette Times represents this country and its peo ple and will ever stand for those things that make for progress and further development. To this end we are plannine to beein the new rnn k.. tt: Tl - uy sewing neppner ana morrow county to the world. We will soon issue an elaborate edition of this paper which will by phase of the life here in such a iiko wnose nanus a copy may fall can not help but be well impressed In particular will much space be devoted to our aericultural ad. vantages. Agriculture is the backbone of the nation. Citi th.t nave wen developed agricultural to grow ana prosper, buch a city BOOST FOR HEPPNER In undertaking a venture of outset assume a great deal of additional expense, in materials cuts photos, special writers, and labor, iics me means ana tnat we can depend on the public-spirited men and women of this locality to extend every cooperation in this worth v. ..., .,v.,i ,U, uic uuvancing venture we an have something in .m wum LuuMiuuie memseives a more copies of this issue go to the copies will be printed which will part of our obligation, to prospective settlers, outside chambers of commerce and other points. Grade School Operetta At Lexington Pleases One of the most entertaining eve nings the people of Lexington have had the opportunity of enjoying in a long while was on fharsday of last week when Miss Helen Richolson, suprevisor of music, put on the grade operetta. The operetta was entitled "The Night Before Christmas." The stig: was fittingly decorated with a fire place, tree and evergreens, and a snow scene in the back through which Miss Spirit of Christmas appeared, and the effect was beautiful. The leading characters were Rose Thorn burg, Spirit of Christmas; Kenneth Thornburg, Santa Cluas; Erma Lane, Diana; Lucile Hill, Aurora Borealis; Beryl Anderson, Floral; Jack McMil lan, Jack Frost; Grace Burchell, Health; Beulah Eskelson, Miss Syn tax; Lester Cox, Man in the Moon. The choruses were composed of pu pils of the 6th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades, all of whom showed that they had been carefully trained. Their voices were good and the effect was pleasing. Special credit should be given Miss Richolson for the splendid manner in which she put the whole affair over. This is her first year as a teacher but she is proving herself very worthy as an instructor in mu sic . Preceding the operetta the pupils from Miss Vail's room gave a very clever Christmas dance. They were dressed in green and red costumes and did themselves proud on the stage. School will open again at Lexing ton on Jan. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston spent the holidays at Beaverton with their parents; Miss Richolson went to Centralia, Wash.; Miss Gingrich to Portland; Mr. Wynd to Eugene and Miss Vail to Baker, while Mrs. Tur ner remained with her family at Heppner. FUNERAL LARGELY ATTENDED. The funeral of Kenneth K. Mahoney at Elks' temple on last Saturday af ternoon was very largely attended by the friends of the family and de ceased. A short eulogy was deliver ed by Rev. Stanley Moore of the Epis copal church, and a quartet composed of Harvey Miller, Mrs. W. E. Moore, Mrs. C. J. Walker and M. D. Clark sang, with Mrs. Ray Taylor at the piano. The services at the grave were in charge of the Elks lodge. Kenneth K. Mahoney was born in Watertown, South Dakota, January 25, 1897. Ho lived in Watertown un til about nine years old, when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney, moved to Bonners Ferry, Idaho. In Bonners Ferry he lived and went to school from 1906 until 1917. In 1917 wheh Mr. and Mrs. Mahoney came to Heppner, he came with them. Al most from the first he has been as sociated with the First National bank of Heppner, at first in the lower cler ical positions and gradually working up until in 1923 he was appointed as sistant cashier of the bank. This position he held at the time of his death. Mr. Mahoney was widely known and liked in Heppner and Eastern Oregon, and had been a mem ber of the Elks lodge for a number of yours. Ho is1 survived bv his wife. Josephine, by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney, and by the fol lowing brothers and sisters: Vera, of Seattle, Mrs. Doris Ball of Heppner, Mrs. Kathleen Mather of Prairie City, Phillip W., who is a student at the University of Washington, and Patricia. special illustrated and descriptive word and picture describe evP way that the reader of other parts areas tributary must ever continue is Heppner. AND MORROW COUNTY this magnitude we of course at the but we believe that the end justi- or our mutual interests. In this common. Let every man, woman committee of one to see that one or outside. Several thousand extra be distributed through this office as SI Dr. Johnston reports that the cr- let fever situation at Pine City is unaer complete control, and to dote there has been no spread of the dis ease. He innoculated 26 children of that vicinity, some of whom came to his omce at Heppner but the great er numner in their homes. The health officer believes that there is now no danger of the disease spreading in that locality and the school should be able to resume work shortly after the holidays. Mrs. Henry Schwarz received the sad intelligence this week of the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wm. Heisler, who was killed in an auto mobile accident near Fresno, Calif., on December 21st. Her funeral was held on the 23rd. Mrs. Heisler is survived by her husband and four small children. The family resided at Heppner a few years ago. Walter Ritzert, who some ten days ago was seriously injured when the car he was driving turned over, is reported to be getting along quite well by his physician, Dr. McMurdo. Mr. Ritzert suffered a partial break of the neck, one of the vertebra hav ing slipped to a point where it would have taken but a little more to have made a complete job. Mrs. Lewis Cason, who has been spending a week with her husband at the farm of her father, Chas. Oa ten, accompanied by their little daughter, Betty, is returning to her duties as an instructor in the state normal school at Ashland. Mrs. Ca son came in from the country today and will depart for Ashland tonight. Mrs. W. H. Goom, a recent arrival here from Walla Walla, is reported quite ill with tuberculosis at her home in the northwest part of the city. The husband of Mrs. Goom is similarly afflicted and a patient in the veterans' hospital at Walla Walla. Earl Thornburg, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thornburg of Lexing ton, was operated on at Morrow Gen eral hospital this morning for re moval of tonsils and adenoids at the hands of Dr. Johnston. Lish Watkins, pioneer resident of Heppner and vicinity, who has beer quite ill at his home in this city from pneumonia, is slowly recover ing according to the report of his physician, Dr. McMurdo. Lotus Robison came in from his mountain home Wednesday and re mained over today. He reports suite a little snow out his way, and pre dicts that the present storm will bring more. Dr. McMurdo announces the birth of a 10-pound daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peterson of lone, an Dec. 23rd, at the maternity home of Mrs. G. C. Aiken in this city. Ward Graves, farmer of lone, was a visitor here today. Mr. Graves re ported that there was not quite as much snow in that part of the county as at Heppner. Dr. Johnston reports the arrival of a 7H -pound daughter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Tucker in Blackhorso on Thursday, Dec. 22nd. Opal Pettyjohn of Morgan under went an operation at the office of Dr. McMurdo on Tuesday, under local anesthesia, for removal of tonsils. Mrs. Shirley Straight and baby daughter were able to return to their home from Morrow General hospital on Sunday last. For sale or trade, two young milk goats, fresh in spring. Box 65, Hepp ner, Ore. 41. Former Heppner Man Marries Portland Girl Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Hill, ac companied by Mr. Hill's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hill of Lexington, drove up from Portland on Monday, and they expect to spend their honey moon at the groom's former home. Mr. and Mrs. Hill were visitors in Heppner on Tuesday, where Mr. Hill formerly resided, and more recently filled the place as deputy in the of fice of Gay M. Anderson, county cleric. ltie marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hill was an event of Christmas eve, and from Portland Telegram we nave this account: At a beautiful Christmas eve wed ding at Rose City Park Communitv church, Miss Blanche L. Tavlor. aaugnter of Mrs. Martha L. Taylor, became the bride of Herman H. Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hill. The bridal music included "O Promise Me, played on the chimes by Mrs. J. W. McMichael; singing of "At Dawning" by Dr. McMichael and the wedding march rendered by Mrs. Mc Michael on the organ. Dr. Donald MacCIuer officiated at the ceremony, The church was decorated with holly wreama and sprays. The bride, who was given in mar riage by her uncle, Kenneth E. Cole man, was lovely in a wedding gown of white satin made on straight lines and with a long skirt. A wreath of orange blossoms held her veil in place end she carried butterfly roses, lines or the valley and white bou vardia in a shower bouquet. The maid of honor, Miss Merle Scott, wore yellow satin and tulle and a ribbon roll of tulle in a matching shade with a yellow rose at one side. The frocks of the bridesmaids, Miss Frances Whittnn and Miss Helen Winslow, were of chiffon and they wore ribbon roles to match. Miss Whitten was in orchid and Miss Win slow :n yellow. All the attendants carried arm bouquets of Ophelia, Col umbia and Russell roses. The two little flower girls Lucile Hill, sister of the bridegroom, and Margaret George, cousin of the bride, had geor gette frocks in yellow and pink, re spectively, and wore wreaths of rose buds. They carried baskets of vio lets. Leonard Taylor, brother of the bride, and Loran Harris were the ushers. Carrol Morrison, uncle of the bridegroom, acted as best man. Following the ceremony, a recep tion was held at the home of the bride for relatives and the wedding party. Presiding at the supper table were Mrs. Herbert L. George and Mrs. Edson G. Burke, aunts of the bride. Assisting them in serving were the Misses Jean and Ruth MacCluer. Cora Johnson, Lorna Hansen, Evelyn SchafTer and Silvia Schultz and Mrs. Alta Taber. Mr. and Mrs. Hill will go to Lex ington, Ore., to visit Mr. Hill's par ents on their wedding trip. They will make their home in Portland. Pay Your Dog License Now and Avoid Fine Time is drawing near when those who have failed to pay their dog li censes will be called upon to pay a fine, and this will be adding to the burden of the dog owner. Concern ing this matter we have the infor mation from the office of the district attorney as follows: In response to a presentment bv the grand jury, Judge Fee has ruled that persons who have dogs upon which license should be paid in 1927, may pay the double fee any time af ter delinquency and before January l, 198. I hose who have not taken out the license required by law be fore the end of the year are liable to the fine provided by the statute. It is cheaper to take out the license than to pay the fine. IRRIGON HAS PROGRAM. A delightful musical program fea tured the Christmas celebration at the Irrigon school house on the eve ning of December 23rd. The program was opened by the twenty-piece be ginners band which played three short numbers. This was its first public appearance since it was or ganized this fall. Next on the pro gram was a baritone solo, "The Holy City," sung by Mr. Maaske. The whole school then took part in a clever Christmas operetta en titled "The Capture of Santa Claus." This proved a delightful hour's en tertainment and was thoroughly en joyed by the large crowd present. All the teachers deserve a great deal of credit for the line work displayed by the pupils in the evening's pro gram. DESTROY EVIDENCE OF DEBT. The Endeavor society of the Chris tian church has been laboring under a burden of debt for some time, con tracted when they purchased 'a piano for their room in the church. The total debt was $325 and a consider able portion of this sum remained unpaid at the beginning of the year 1927. They now rejoice that the en tire load has been lifted, and feoling so good over the relief, they cele brated on Tuesday evening with a party at the church, and one import ant item on the program was the burning of the evidence of the debt. Another feature was the entertain ment of the alumni of the high school, many members of which ar1 home for the holidays. LEGION OFFICERS FOR 1928. Heppner Post No. 87, American Le gion, recently elected officers for the year, and the date of installation has been set for Monday, January 23-d. The new officers are; Commander, C, J. D. Bauman; vice-commander, W. E. Moore; finance officer, Alva Jones; adjutant, Chas. W. Smith; chaplain, Jas. Burgess; sergeant at arms. Loy al Parker. y Arthur Brisbane Liiidbergh Needed. Thinking Comes First. Back 5,000 Years. About Flood Relief. Lindbergh, world's champion flyer, landed in Mexico City, notifies the world that young men in this coun try know how to fly, in spite of the fact that their Government does not yet realize the importance of flying. The United States Government ought to enlist the services of Lind bergh to instruct American fliers and enlighten those responsible for our air defense. If another war ever comes it will seem very extraordinary to future historians, writing of American cities bombed and gassed. tnar the richest cities in the world should have gone along without ade quate air defense. Not one of our cities' is protected today by anything out - distance. Coast defense (runs and battleships are obsolete, anti-aircraft guns absolutely inefficient. We spend $800,000,000 a year for "de fense" and have none. The United States Gypsum Com pany, with offices in twenty cities and twenty-two mines and mills in fiften states, has this good idea: all headquarters managers devote two hours, from 9 to 11 a. m., to "concen tration." They allow no interruption except in emergencies. From 11 to they see subordinates and busi ness visitors generally. Each man ager has at least two hours a day for real thinking. John D. Rockefeller had that idea many years ago. One of hig local managers, pointing proudly to a desk loaded down with papers, said to him. A lot of detail, but I shall get through it all by night." Mr. Rocke feller, quoting that, said to his di rectors, "I want all important man agers in our organization to ait with their feet upon clear desks, thinking how they can make more money for Standard Oil." They made it, with KocKefellers direction, and now he spends it usefully, fighting disease and ignorance. To get ahead, remem ber that thinking comes first. The rest is secondary. Learned professors in the Univer sity of Southern California say that slang, within reason, is " good. It makes students select their, express ions instead of using them automat ically. To call your friend a "dim bulb" is better than saying to your brother "Thou fool," and it means the same. Use of slang "makes a dent in the brain" and causes thought says one professor. It also takes the place of thought, but that is too long an argument. Britain is sending a commission to India headed by Sir John Simon to see about helping India toward self government. The help should have begun 6,000 years back. How can you give self government to a people in whose literature the word liberty does not appear in 6.000 years, to millions who believe that little girls eight and nine years old should be married to middle aged men and that when the old husband dies the young woman should be burned alive with the husband's mis erable corpse? That's a long way from self government. The President recommends a ten year plan for Mississippi Valley flood prevention, involving $296,100,000. Altogether $25,000,000 would be spent the first year and $30,000,000 a year thereafter. Why not spend every year as much as can be spent wisely to hurry the work rather than risk, in the course of ten years, another flood that might cost in destruction more than the total appropriaion? Secretary Mellon could borrow the money for three per cent, if he could n't take it out of the surplus. Haste is important: floods don't wait. Last August the stock market broke when President Coolidge's first "do not choose" came out, and a few days ago that foolish market broke again because the President said he meant it. What frightens gentle stock brokers and speculators? Do they think Hoover, Lowden or Dawes would declare war on Patagonia, abandon the gold standard, suspend the writ of habeas corpus, close fac tories, stop the rainfall and destroy crops? Mr. Coolidge is a good Pres ident, wisely allowing those that know how to run the country's bus iness to run it. Other good men are ready to do the same. The wise will not choose to sell their stocks be cause Mr. Coolidge does not choose to run. SPECIAL LIBRARY MEETING. A special meeting of the Heppner Public Library association has been called by the president for next Thursday evening, at the council chambers, 7:30 sharp. It is desired that all members possible attend, as several important matters will bo dis cussed, including plans for a library benefit scheduled tentatively for some time in March. Election of of ficers will also be had. 6