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Itopet itette Volume 44, Number 51. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Mar. 8, 1928. Subscription $2.00 a Year CITY DADS DISCUSS VITAL PROBLEMS New Street Grader, Fire Truck, Water Meters In View. Realizing that much of the value of their recent investment In street Improvement will be lost If main tenance Is not provided, the city council at Its meeting Monday eve ning was of the mind that the city should have a grader of its own to use for this purpose. Members of the council will look Into the matter and if found at all practicable they will purchase a power driven ma chine. This was but one of Beveral matters of importance under discus sion. W. E. Pruyn, superintendent of the water department, reported his investigation on the advisability of metering the water supply, his opln- ion which met with the corrobora tion of all, being that this Is the only just, equitable and businesslike method of dispensing the water. The main drawback at the present time is the expense of installation which, according to Mr. Pruyn's es timate would exceed $4000. The matter will be gone into further, and findings on this as well as other matters will be presented at a spe cial meeting of the council on Mon day evening, March 19. That the city should have a better truck to haul its Are fighting equip ment was also the concensus of opinion,-and steps will be taken to see what can be done. It Is known that the old sprinkler has passed its period of usefulness, and the city dads may purchase a new truck to haul the fire fighting apparatus and convert the old fire truck Into a sprinkler. As all the projects in sight would aggregate a considerable invest ment, it is probable that all may not be undertaken immediately, the council having in mind the supply ing of the most crying needs first, or so much as can be done with funds available. , G. L. Corey, representing the Sherman Electric company, was present and discussed tie making of a new city lighting contract The city will make a considerable saving on its light bill, due to the new ser vice. A contract running for a per iod of three, five or ten years was asked by Mr. Corey, lower rates be ing grunted for the longer terms of years. Little objection was seen to making a ten year contract to ob tain the best rate, and the contract will probably be drawn up in this form to be presented-later for sign ing. A saving of some $200 a year may be made on city lights, depend ing on the size of lamps wanted, and the term of the contract Hepp ner is getting the same rate as other cities supplied by the Pacific Power and Light company. The regular routine of business was also transacted at the meeting. DISPOSES OF BUSINESS HERE. E. H. Buhn, who has been en gaged in the jewelry business at Heppner during the past two years, has disposed of his business to J. O. Peterson of Pomeroy, Wash., who took possession on Monday. Mr. Peterson comes to Heppner well rec ommended as a watchmaker and re pair man, having been in the em ploy of a jewelry firm in Pomeroy for the past three years or so. Mr. Buhn reluctantly leaves Heppner, where he and Mrs. Buhn have made numerous friends during their so journ of two years, but he was en abled to better his business rela tionship by taking the management of the large jewelry establishment of his brother at Boise, Idaho, In which he purchased an interest, hence the change at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Buhn and their son Ed ward will leave the coming week for Boise, where the best wishes of their Heppner friends go with them. TOWN PLAYS LAST, GAME. The Heppner boys' and girls' town basketball teams closed the season with a double header In the local gymnasium with the respective teams of Lexington Friday night The Heppner girls were defeated by a large margin In a rather loosely played game, while the home boys took the narrow margin of one point over their opponents In a game that bleonged to either side until the last whistle. The score was 23-22. Dohcrty led the scoring for Heppner, while Lane and Nich ols performed outstandingly for the visitois. ATTENTION II. P. O. ELKS. Deputy District Grand Exalted Ruler Grabb of Baker is In the city today and will meet with Heppner Lodge No. 358 at their temple to night A feed will be served fol lowing the lodge session, and a big attendance of members is desired. watiAM ro p.mi The Wortdr Greatest Motion Picture WWt WXM STAR THEATER, SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, MARCH 11-12-13 Camp Fire Girls Present Entertainment Mar. 20 The Camp Fire Girls will present a varied program In the school gymnasium, Tuesday evening, Mar. 20. The main number will be a play, "The Call of the Wohelo," with folk dances and music between the acts. Through the program it will be attempted to give the public an idea of the nature of Camp Fire Girl work. The proceeds will go towards the payment of the ceremonial robes for each of 40 members. Each girl is earning money to pay fpr half the cost of her robe, the other half to be paid for out of the proceeds of the entertainment This is the last big expense for the present memDershlp. For the expenses up to now the girls in various wavs have earned about $80.00. At this time the three organizations have cleared all bills, up to the ceremon ial regalia. -Neither can the organ ization go any further until this Is secured. The Camp Fire organization is asking a hearty support This can be shown by buying tickets for this program, when you are given a chance to buy. Two Go Straight at Local Traps Sunday Frank Shively and A. D. McMur do, making the team for the first time this season In the Oregonian State Telegraphic Trapshooting tournament, both turned In perfect scores on their first 25 birds at the local traps Sunday. H. E. Warner was the third member of the team with 24. In this, the third round of the shoot, Heppner failed to make a perfect score for the first time. Its score of 74 for the team, however, was sufficient to defeat the teams they were shooting against on that day. These were Enterprise and Echo, each shooting 73, and Halsey with 68. Heppner, undefeated, still stays at the head of the percentage column. Interest was livelv at the traps, there being the largest turn out yet this season. Father Brady Attends Consecration at Baker Rev. Thomas J. Brady, pastor of the Catholic church here, left last Sunday afternoon by auto to attend the consecration of Rt Rev. Edw. J. Kelly, the bishop-elect of Boise. The consecration took place en Tuesday, March 6, at 10 o'clock, in the cathe dral of St. Francis, Baker, Oregon, with Rt Rev. Joseph F. McGrath, D. D., of Baker, the consecrator. Nine bishops and two archbishops, and also one hundred and flftv priests from all parts of the north west attended the impressive cere mony. Rt Rev. Edw. J. Kelly Is a native Oregonian, born in The Dalles some thirty-seven years ago, and he is the first native priest that has ever been made a bishop. On Thursday, March 8, Rt. Rev. Bishop Kelly was solemnly Installed as bishop of Boise in the cathedral of St John, in Boise, Idaho. BLIND CAR DRIVER COMING. Ali-DIri, the blind-folded car driv er who created a sensation in Port land, The Dalles and Pendleton, where he appeared last season, is expected to be in Heppner April 5, 6 and 7, and will show at the Star theater, was the announcement made by his manager, W. H. Hart man, who was In this city on Fri day. All-Din will drive through the streets of Heppner, accompanied by a committee of prominent citizens, including the mayor, using a Pon tlac sedan furnished for the occa sion by Ferguson. Motor Co., at high speed, dodging traffic as tho he were in perfect possession of his eyesight. Watch for further an nouncements. RHEA CREEK. Sterling Fryrear has recently bought the Bayless farm on Rhea creek and will take posesssion about the first of April. Sunday the Rhea Creek Grange held Its monthly all day meeting at which our school superintendent, Mrs. Walker, and two others took their final degrees. The Home Ec onomics committee will meet on Thursday of this week to clean and make improvements In the old school house which the Grange bought for a kitchen. PLAY WELL RECEIVED. A cast composed of Heppner peo plo who presented "A Prairie Rose" at Condon Friday evening, was roy ally received, according to reports brought back by Mrs. Helen M. Wal ker, manager. They were greeted by a well filled house and tho ap plause throughout was evidence that the play went over pretty largely on its own merits since cast mem bers were not so well known there as here. It was sponsored by the American Legion. vs D. T. Goodman of Heppner Gar age motored to Portland on Friday, taking the car of Charley Jones down for repairs, it having recently been damaged In a turn-over. Mr. Goodman was accompanied to' the city by Mrs. Doolittle, who has been spending the winter at Heppner, visiting with her son, Lester Doo little and family. She returned to her home at Cottage Grove. Mr. Goodman returned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hayes drove over from their home at Joseph on Friday and Mrs. Hayes will spend a month visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vawter Crawford. They were accompanied by O. G. Crawford, editor of the Joseph Herald, who enjoyed a cou ple of days visiting with relatives and friends here. The gentlemen returned to Joseph on Sunday. Dr. Samuel H. Tyler of Bend 6pent Monday and Tuesday at Hepp ner, being at the Buhn jewelry store where he received a number of pa tients requiring new glasses and having old ones refitted. Dr. Tyler has been unable to make his regu lar visits here for some months, owing to illness, during which time he was in the veterans' hospital at Tacoma. "The Call of the Wohelo," March 20, school auditorium. Honoring Mrs. E. H. Buhn, who with her husband and son Edward will be leaving this week for their new home at Boise, Mrs. O. B. Flory and Mrs. J as. M. Burgess gave a party at the Flory home on Monday afternoon, during which bridge was played. Three tables were in play and honors went to Mrs. A. H. John ston and Mrs. Paul M. Gemmell. While waiting on a customer at Heppner Garage on Thursday Chas. Vaughn suffered a severe burn of the right wrist and arm when he lifted the cap from a boiling radia tor. The hot steam that escaDed did the work, and Mr. Vaughn Kas nad a pretty sore arm since, the burn causing several large blisters. Bert Johnson and Ed Rietmann of lone were here on Wednesday, interviewing the Morrow county court regarding a road out their way. They report their grain com ing along fine, having sown wlnttr wheat in the fall, It has not suffered from freezing weather. Mrs. Nat Shaw of Clarks canyon was quite severely Injured on Mon day when she suffered a fall at her home. She was brought to the office cf Dr. McMurdo where an x-ray ex amination revealed that no bones were broken, though her side was badly bruised. Ruth Chapter, O. E. S., will hold its regular meetnig on tomorrow, Friday, evening, at which time there will be degree work, and a large attendance of members is re quested. A special meeting of Heppner Lodge No. 69, A. F. & A. M., is call ed for Saturday evening at Masonic hall, at which time there will be work In the E. A. degree. Frank, the young son of Mrs. Hil da Anderson, is confined to his home suffering a severe attack of influ enza. Dr. McMurdo reports that he is slowly recovering. Oral Henriksen was a visitor here on Monday. Mr. Henriksen now resides at Hormiston, where he Is located on an irrigated tract and hopes to do well. Winifred Thomson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thomson, is 111 in bed with flu, but expects to be up soon, states her physician, Dr. John ston. The American Legion Auxiliary glee club will meet with Mrs. Wal ter Moore on Thursday evening next, at 7:30. Chas. Thomson departed this morning for Portland to be absent for a day or two attending to bus iness. Mrs. Frank Lovell of Portland is a guest this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hughes in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mason of lone were in the city on Monday evening to take in the show at the Star the ater. J. H. Scott, state market road en gineer, was looking after affairs of his office here on Friday and Satur day. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY The regular meeting of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary was held in Legion hall Tuesday evening with thirteen members present The va rious committees reported. The hos pital committee gave out terry cloth to be hemmed for Hopltal 77. A very interesting paper, "Fidac," was given by Mrs. Lera Crawford. The Campflre girls' play Is to be pre sented March 20th, our regular meeting night, so our next meeting will be held March 21 when we hope to have with us Mrs. Shesley, dis trict committee representative. Mrs. O. B. Flory won the kitty. Mrs. Dick Wells and Mrs. Glenn Jones were hostesses. Members please bring your gift for the kitty to our next meeting. Secretary. P. T. A. NEXT TUESDAY. The March meeting of the Hepp ner P. T. A. will be held next Tues day afternoon at the usual hour In the gym-auditorium of the high school. On this occasion a good program will be offered, featuring the following. Entertainment, direction of Miss Wilson, pupils of First grade. Book Review, Mrs. Geo. Thomson. Reading, Mrs. Paul Gemmell. Humane Education, Miss Harriet Case. . Vocal Solo, Mrs. Ray Taylor. Heppner Country Club Improves Golf Course With the rearrangement of Hepp- ner's nine-hole golf course, the building of new greens and tees and fixing up of the greens, the game nere nas Deen given a new Impetus. Already several applications have been received for membership In the Heppner Country club, and Sun day found a large number enjoying the sport on the hill just east of town. Frank Harwood has been in charge of improving the course and It now presents the best appearance it has at any time since its incep tion, to do away wun much of the rough ground, badger holes and sagebrush that before took much of the pleasure out of the game, the entire course has been made on the east side of the canyon and on the upper slope of the hill, what was formerly a hay field being used for greens and fairways to supplant the first four holes which are outside the territory now used. Though the course has been shortened some 500 yards, it still affords opportunity for plenty of exercise, with a par three or four on most of the holes, and par 33 for the course. Greens have all been leveled and white pole markers placed at each, easily visible from the tees. The tees have been raised and smoothed up, giving a level footing in teeing off. And though probably not as attractive as many metropolitan courses, it is a source of pleasure and recreation for many Heppner people. TICK FEVER. From State Board of Health. Every year Rocky Mountain spotted fever makes its appearance In certain mountain districts of Easterh Oregon. Last year there were reported twenty-six cases and seven deaths. The disease Is con tracted from the bite of a tick known as Dermacentor venustus. In Oregon, the months of April, Many and June show the greatest number of cases. Cases have been reported as early as February and as late as September. The casual traveler may avoid the disease by not entering the brush or tall grass Infected with ticks. Those, however, who must expose themselves should make frequent inspection of the body, or at least twice a day for ticks. The tick is slow to attach itself and usually re mains attached for a short period before beginning the act of feeding. The United States Public Health Service is now supplying a vaccine for the prevention, oJ this disease. , A United supply of experimental vaccine against Rocky Mountain spotted fever may be obtained free of charge by writing to the U. S. Public Health Service, Hamilton Montana. In Montana and Idaho, about 2.- 600 people have been given this vac cine with very good results. During 1925, 1926, and 1927, there were 14 cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, with 12 deaths, in the Bitter Root Valley, Montana. Consider ing only individuals over 18 years of age, there were 11 cases and 11 deaths. During the same period and in the same area among vaccin ated individuals (about 1600) there were eight cases with onlv one death. These eight cases were all adulU except one. One was a man past 60 years of age, and the only individual past 50 years of age who has ever recovered from Infection contracted in this area. In Idaho equally good results have been obtained among sheepherders whose occupation exposes them to greater danger of contracting the infection than the average individ ual. The degree and the duration of protection varies widely with the in dividual, and it is therefore recom mended that those in exposed occu pations take the prophylactic each spring. The vaccine is of no value in treatment, and vaccination should be completed at least 10 days before exposure to tick bites- WILL GO FOR PRISONER. Sheriff McDuffee will depart in a day or so for Boise, Idaho, with the requisition of Governor Patterson for the approval of the state officials of Idaho, and authorizing him to bring back to Heppner, Harvey Graves, wanted here for the crime of jail breaking. Graves is at pres ent in the county jail at Coeur d' Alene, where he is completing a sen tence of 90 days on conviction of violation of the prohibition law, and his time will be up just about as Sheriff McDuffee arrives, and Graves will be brought here to an swer the charge against him. He will be remembered as the man who was convicted here about two years ago of purloining wool from Henry Krebs on Willow creek. BOB CARSNER. Hon. R. J. Carsner, State Senator from the 18lh District, comprising Sherman, Gilliam and Wheeler counties, was a recent visitor In this city and while here intimated to his friends that he would probably be a candidate for reelection this year. It is to be hoped that he runE and that he Is returned to the Sen ate. Bob Carsner has served both in the House and Senate, and his rec ord is one ot constructive, sane ac tivity. During the sessions he has attended he has made friends of his associates, and won their respect and consideration by his sound, practical Ideas. He is In the stock business, is a real farmer, and his viewpoint is always of value. The Dalles Optimist Orrln Wright and wife made a flying trip to Condon and back on Wednesday Inst. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Dr. McMurdo visited Pendleton on Sunday, going over after Mrs. McMurdo who had been spending tne week with relatives in that city. His son Theodore accompanied him and on the way over became quite ill, coming down with a severe at tack of flu. Dr. McMurdo left the boy In the hospital, where he is be ing cared for, and Mrs. McMurdo remained with him until Wednes day, when she returned home. Gus Williamson, who has been with the Bob Thompson lambing nanus at Cecil for several weeks, was in Heppner a couple of days the first of the week and has now gone to the Lum Rhea place on Rhea creek, where Mr. Thompson has another camp and is lambing a bunch of 1300 head of ewes. Gus reports a very successful lambing at tne uecu camp. County court was in regular monthly session at the court rooms on Wednesday, and had sufficient business to keep them on the job today for a part of the time at least A number of road matters came up for consideration, and there was other business of importance, a full report of which we will have next week. Harold Mason of Portland, repre senting a business firm of the city, was a visitor here on Wednesday. Harold was also interested In get ting a few of the Swaggart fine horses lined up for Portland busi ness men, the result of the boost given the Eastern Oregon Stock Farm by the special edition of the Gazette Times. "The Call of the Wohelo," March 20, school auditorium. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm D. Clark went to Portland on Sunday and have spent the most of the week In the city. They went down to meet Marjurie, who is a member of the U. of O. glee club, which gave a con cert at Masonic temple in Portland on Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are expected home tomorrow. Anson Wright and son Walter were in the city on Saturday from the Wright ranch near Hardman Lambing has been proceeding in good shape at the Wright place for several weeks, and more than 2000 ewes have lambed, the older ones now being removed to the ranch in the mountains. Bobby Turner, who was with the basketball team attending the tour nament at Milton the past week end, contracted a severe cold and is now down with a serious case of pneumonia which promises to keep him confined at home for some time. Glen Young, Eight Mile farmer, who was in the city on. Tuesday, re ports the grain in his section as coming along all right, no apparent damage being done to any of the varieties sown last fall. Phil Cohn was up from his Port land home for a couple of days this week, returning on Sunday with his son, Harold, who drove to the city on business. Harold returned home on Tuesday.' D. J. Butcher, district manager of the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company, with offices at The Dalles, was a visitor here the first of the week. Luther Ashinhust who has been ill at the Morrow General hospital from a lung hemorrhage, was able to return to his home on Sunday. The Epworth League program, which was scheduled to be given on March 9th, has been postponed un til Friday evening, March 16th. Mrs. Gay M. Anderson returned home on ..Tuesday from a visit of several days with relatives at Port land and Vancouver, Wash. J. L. Tanksley, confined at the Morrow General hospital with pleuro-pericarditis, is reported to day as greatly improved. County Agent Smith drove to Boardman today, where he will at tend a meeting of the producers of that ssction this evening. Os Gentry, quite ill for a week at Morrow General hospital, was re leased on Sunday and returned to his home near Lena. Rev. Stanley Moore is up and about again after a week or more of Influenza, which kept him con fined to his home. Mr. and' Mrs. N- Thomsen of Gooseberry, were visitors in Hepp ner for a short time on Saturday. Fred McMurray, lone potato raiser, was attending to business in this city on Saturday. Ed Musgrave, Rhea creek farmer was a Saturday visitor in Heppner. YAKIMA SHERIFF HERE. Sheriff L. D. Luce of Yakima county, Washington, was a visitor here during the week, coming over after E. M. Graven, arrested by Sheriff McDuffee and wanted at Yakima for the alleged crime of forgery. Sheriff Luce is an old tim er of this section of Oregon, his home being in Grant county for many years, where he grew up, and at one time he was deputy under the late Sheriff Newt Livingstone of that county. He often visited Heppner those days on business, but this is his first visit here since 1896, and of course the town did not look natural to him. He was loud in his praise of the good roads he found leading to Heppner at this time. CHAPTER MASONS TO MEET. Heppner Chapter No. 26, R. A. M., will be busy the coming week con ferring degrees. They will meet on Wednesday for the M. E.M. degree, and on Thursday evening the Royal Arch degree will be conferred on the team, following which there will be refreshments. Surfacing Progresses on Lexington-Jarmon Road Work of spreading crushed rock on the uncompleted portion of the Lexington-Jarmon market road was begun on Monday, and will continue until the remaining portion of the road is surfaced, which will com plete the gap of 13 miles to the Percy Jarmon place on Butter creek, where the road joins up with the Echo-Butter creek market road. There were some slight changes made in the original survey on this part of the road, but it follows gen erally the original line mapped out lor it and passes through a fine stretch of farming country. It will be in shape now for the farmers out that way to get their crops into tne warehouse at Lexington much easier than heretofore and that point should receive much more wheat from the north Sand Hollow country than formerly. Besides this, a splendid road for travel thru the county and on to the Columbia highway at Echo will have been built and should prove a conven ience to the tourist Dairy Specialist Here Next Tuesday Evening N. C. Jamison, dairy specialist of uregon state college, will be In Heppner Tuesday evening, and will be the main speaker at a meeting to ae neia in me council chambers at 8 o'clock. Wednesday afternoon Mr. Jamison will hold a similar meeting at Irrigon and the same evening one at Boardman. Mr. Jomison comes loaded with information for every dairyman or prospective dairyman In the coun ty," declared C. W. Smith, county agent, in announcing his coming. various pnases of the industry will be discussed, stressing. the care and management of the dairy cow for greater production, most suitable feedB and diseases common to the locality." Mr. Jamison, who had a large part in organizing the Umatilla dairy record association employing iun time tester and with which two Morrow county dairymen are associated, is recognized as one of the leading authorities on dairying in the state, and by virtue of his close connection with the industry in eastern Uregon, is probably the best versed on conditions in this section of any specialist If you are facing any difficult problems with your dairy herd, It would be well to bring them to Mr. Jamison at this meeting. K. of P. District Meet Set For Next Tuesday A district convention of the order of Knights of Pythias will be held in Heppner next Tuesday evening, March 13, according to announce ment of W. W. Smead, district dep uty Grand Chancellor. Represen tatives are expected from the Ar lington and Condon lodges and a big time is planned for the evening. ine main feature of entertain ment will be work in the second and third ranks. It is expected a representative of the grand lodge will also be present During the evening the festive board will be set and it is promised every knight who can attend will be royally en tertained. Other district conven tions announced are one at Arling ton March 19, and one at Condon April 3. FATHER DIES AT PORTLAND. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Missildine and daughters Ruth and Margaret were called to Portland the middle of last week by the serious illness of Mrs. Mlssildine's father, John A. Mc Quinn. The death of Mr. McQuinn occurred at his home, 41 East 8th street, Portland, on Friday, and the funeral was held in that city on Monday afternoon under Masonic auspices. Mr. McQuinn was a sur veyor and civil engineer by profes sion and was a graduate of the Uni- ersity of Oregon in 1879. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. P. G. Jones of Tacoma, Wash., and Mrs. Lizzie M. Brown of Seaside, and one daughter, Mrs. Sylvia Missil dine of Heppner. Photo shows: Captain Malcolm Campbell, British ace, just after he established a new world's speed record. He drove his huge Napier Blue Bird Special over the hard beach course at Daytona Beach, Fla., at an average speed of 207 miles an hour,. .breaking all records. New Speed Champion 4 $ I lis SET FOR APRIL 22-28 Fire Eradication and Re habilitation Education Aim of Observance. President Coolidge has issued the following proclamation, setting the dates for Forest Week as April 22 to 28: For several years a special week has been set apart for public discus sion of our forests and of what must be done to safeguard and restore them. Among the agencies making for progress in this direction, American Forest Week has proved its usefulness and I am glad to pro claim it again and to announce that Canada is again concurrently ob serving a similar week. The rehabilitation of our forests demands first of all that the forest fire evil be suppressed. Many of the forested states, with the coop eration of timberland owners, have undertaken organized protection against forest fires; and in recent years, under the Clarke-McNary law, the Federal Government has given its support to the movement This great cooperative enterprise must be extended and strengthened until every forested county in the United States is safeguarded against forest tires. But we are still far from the goal of complete protection. Every year, on the average, 80,000 fires scourge our woodlands, steadily undermin ing their vitality. For this bad sit uation, the blame falls equally on us all. Public agencies rarely pro vide adequate protection against fire, the timberland owner is too often indifferent to his property, the forest worker is too often ne glectful of the future forest the average citizen is too often careless with fire in the woods. We must all gain such respect for the forest that its destruction through indif- , ference of carelessness shall be un thinkable. We cannot permanently abuse our forests with impunity. The soil is the ultimate source of all our wealth and of life itself. One-fourth of our American sotl is best suited for forests. Much of this land is already idle. More of it is being made idle by destructive logging and fire. Yet we cannot safely per mit forest land to lie fallow .and useless any more than we can per mit our farms and factories to lie idle. To make our vast empire of for est land fully productive of con tinuous crops of timber will have momentous consequences in our na tional life. It will give agriculture the advantage of a new and valu able crop. It will afford permanent employment to millions of men in the forest industries. It will fur nish traffic for our railroads. It will maintain foreign and domestic commerce. It will restore our for ests as conservers of soil and water. and as givers of health and pleasure to our people. We already have made a begin ning in forest renewal; but the task is stupendous, and we should per mit no satisfaction over what has been done to blind us to the magni tude of what remains to be done. NOW, THEREFORE, I, CALVIN COOLIDGE, President of the Uni ted States of America, do hereby esignate and set aside as American Forest Week the week beginning April 22 and ending April 28, in this year of 1928. I recommend to the Governors of the various States that , they also designate this week for special observance by all our peo ple; and that where practicable and not in conflict with law or custom, Arbor Day be observed during the course of the same week. I urge that during that week all citizens and appropriate organizations in cluding public officials, legislators, business organizations, educators, editors, clergymen, landowners, and others give thought to the preser vation and wise use of our forests, to the end that energetic forest pol icies will be adopted in all commun- ties. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this 24th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of American the one hundred and fifty-second. CALVIN COOLIDGE. By the President: FRANK B. KELLOGG, Secretary of State. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Lexington State Bank has passed Into voluntary liquidation and that all persons having claims against said Bank should file said claims with Karl L. Beach, at his office In Lexington, Oregon. l!y order of the Stockholders. Dated at Lexington, Oregon, March 6, 1928. KARL L. BEACH, Liquidating Agent and Trustee for Stockholders. CARD OF THANKS. I wish to express my deepest ap preciation to Drs. McMurdo, Gaunt and Howard, and nurses, Mrs. Ras mus and Miss Clowry, for their ex pert treatment which has enabled me to be about after my serious Ill ness since Jan. 16; and I wish to thank the many friends, especially the Rebekahs, for their kindness and sympathy, and beautiful gifts of flowers. WM. HENDRIX.
