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PAGE TWO HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1928. The Fumble Family oid Faithful. By Dunkie KJCW TUAT TWE- STEM MAT K vVv,v , . SEASON IS CLOS& AT HAND, V& AGTIST FELT IT UlS DUTV TO MAKE- ; CS A FfrW SUGGESTION? FOB POP fe'V XT Xv H ' - UJ IIMHIllll VELL. FOLKS, tMTVI ALL DU CE-SPECTQ TO TUE AGTI9T, JUST TUB SAME ITWINK I'LL 3TICK TO THE OLD F-EOOCA, IT'S MOBE BECOMING BOARDMAN (Continued from Flnt Face) school and return again In the fall. Mrs. Gillespie will attend summer school, probably in Idaho. She is having eighth grade exams this week. Mr. King plans to attend U. of O. and his wife and family will visit with her parents at Gear hart Miss Henry left Sunday for her home in Athena. This has been the most successful school year in the history of Boardman. C. A. Howard, state superintendent gave Supt Marschat a splendid tribute Friday evening and told the people how fortunate they were in having a scientific school man at the head of their school system. Mr. and Mrs. Brice Dillabough and family are' moving into the house next to the teachers' cottage which they now own, having traded some Portland property for It with J. T. Healey. Dillaboughs have liv ed in the teachers' cottage the past year. Geo. Agee spent a week visiting at the home of his cousin, Jim Agee and his brother Clem Agee, at Heppner, Morgan and Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Y. P. Rutherford were pleased to have their grand children, Mrs. C. W. Walker of Mill City, Ore., Estel Blanle of the same place and Mrs. C. O. Blaine of The Dalles, with them for several days visit last week. Mrs. W. H. Mefford and Mrs. Ed Barlow motored to Condon on Thursday and visited over night at the Albert Mncomber home. Mrs. Macomber and baby came home with them and remained till after commencement Her brother Rus sell was one of the graduates. A. T. Herelm went to The Dalles Thursday to consult a physician. He has been ill for the past year with prolapsus of the stomach. Nellie Messenger came home for the week end from Pendleton where she is employed. Mrs. Jay Cox and children came up Friday from Rufus to attend commencement and visit at the Barlow home. Clarence Berger jwas here from Oregon City to see his son Robert graduate from high school Friday. Superintendent and Mrs. C. A. Howard1 of Salem were guests at the L. E. Marschat home during their stay in Boardman. Mr. Fagg was a luncheon guest Wednesday at the Flickinger home. He returned to his home at Gear hart on Saturday, after a pleasant fortnight visit with his daughter, Mrs. W. O. King and family. Mrs. L. W .Michael and two chil dren of Portland, Mrs. J. H. John son of Wasco and Deibert Johnson of Portland all came up Thursday for commencement and were guests at the J. R. Johnson home. A letter from the county agent statSs that calcium arsenate dusted on the corn silk will kill the ear worm which devastates corn crops here so badly and he would like to have an effort made to use it so that better corn could be displayed at the fair this fall. It is true that wormy corn is not a very good ad vertising medium. Let's try -t, any how. J. C. Ballcnger expects to move his fertilizer plant to Prineville shortly where they will grind sheep guano for the Portland Seed com pany and other seed houses. Mrs. Baljenger will visit at Wasco for a time and then go to Seaside for the summer. The freshman and sophomore classes gave a most delightful par ty Saturday night for the eighth grade graduates and the senior class. The party was given at the school and was thoroughly enjoy ed as a fitting climax to the school year. Mrs. M. L. Morgan and sons Bob by and Billy came Sunday from Richmond, Calif., for a vsiit with her mother, Mis. H. H. Weston. Mrs. F. A. Fortier has been on the sick list for the past week. Mrs. Ray Brown and daughter Mabel, Helen Chaffee and Carol Kennedy had a pleasant picnic Sun day at Willow creek where Mr. Brown is working on the crusher. Mrs. W. A. Price and son Billie shopped in Pendleton on Monday. Mrs. H. H. Weston invited the Home Economics club to meet with her Wednesday, May 9, honoring Mr. Western's birthday. A sumptu ous luncheon was enjoyed by all. The club meets ntxt week with Mrs. Paul Smith. R. C. Mitchell is expected home this week from Klickitat where he has been employed at the carpenter trade for the past two months. Esther Imus leaves Wednesday night for Pullman, Wn., and thence to Campim, Canada, where she will visit her ' sister, Mrs. Davies, and possibly find employment. Chas. Wicklander has been under the weather this week. A number of local people have started raising rabbits as a side line and that it has been a profit able line Is shown by the returns that C. H. Dillabough has received. He started In the rabbit game a year ago. last March with one Chin chilla buck and three does. Up to the present time he has shipped over $200 worth of rabbits and has 42 more which he is shipping this week, has 12S little ones, 25 bred does and three fine bucks. Mr. Dil labough has a contract with the Stahl Outdoor Enterprise company, at Holmes Park, Mo., and finds them a splendid concern with which to deal. One shipment of 16 rab bits brought him $69.50; another shipment of 10 brought him $44.70. Mr. Dillabough has ducks, turkeys, rabbits, bees and chickens to care for so his leisure time is pretty well occupied. A recent S.O.S. let ter asked for more does, offering as high as $10 each for the best A recent visit to the Hendricks' Auto camp, known on the maps as "Town's Auto Camp," proved most interesting. The camp is located 2 1-2 miles west of Boardman on the Columbia highway in a shady grove where a few years ago was trackless sagebrush. Mr. Hen dricks opened his camp Ave years ago and each year has added many improvements. At present he nas nine cabins, some with one bed and others with two beds In them. Each cabin contalrs a stove. springs and mattress, table, with fuel furnished. There is a fair siz ed community kitchen, but this is not much used so early In the sea son. Every cabin was spotlessly clean and well cared for. There is more call for the double cabins than the single, as the cars average about four to the party. This num ber varies greatly from the lone driver to the Portland man who stopped there one night with his wife and ten children. He was driv ing an Oldsmobile sedan and It was matter of Machiavellian skill to so adjust the ten progeny that all would fit In properly. A store and gas station both of which do a thriv ing business are part of the neces sary equipment. Hot and cold show- kH' ft fc 4ff JfH it tjfa t It t - f f nite. am. - ifr fe ijnlp ilSSf 3 ijj? ijiip Snfe mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi Start It I his Issue ! mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi " w mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi m- A thrilling, gripping mys tery story, by a noted Oregon author! I, laundry trays, a fine Kohler lighting plant a well 82 feet deep which supplies water for the camp, all add to the comfort of the weary traveler. -The tourist of the past year drives a better class car tnan did the one five years ago, although the little ol' Ford still predomin ates. . Each driver Is required to give almost a family history when he stops for the night His name, license number, his home town, his destination and the number in the party being asked. One of the most interesting fea tures which is not common to most auto camps is the Iron cage contain ing two black bears, 2 years of age, which Mr. Hendricks purchased in Washington when they were cubs. The antics of the bears surely are amusing to both young and old, as they turn on the wagon wheel set in the cage, bathe in their small pool or devour peanuts and candy given them by tourists. Tom's camp makes an ideal picnic place and Mr. Hendricks has very kindly made the offer to the people of Boardman to make use of it for a picnic place at any time, for fam ily picnics or organizations or groups, free of charge. Ed Rietmann and two sons and Walter Rietmann of the wheat country were guests Sunday at the Gross home for dinner as were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Imus and two daughters. Alec Wilson spent a couple of days at Heppner last week. T. E. Broyles and family motor ed to Olex Sunday. Abe Hanson, the well driller spent the week end at Goldendale. He plans to drill on the Kelly ranch soon. Milton Shane has this place rented. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kintzley, Mrs. Walker and daughter and Clyde Wristen and wife spent Sunday at the Y. P. Rutherford home. Eldon Wilson started to work on the highway this week. Pete Farley has moved some of his sheep to the island below Caxtle Rock. Geo. Shane and wife of Arlington spent Sunday at the Robert Wilson home. Gladys Wilson has gone to the P. J. Doherty home to work until school opens. She worked there last summer. Miss Frances Spike of Echo is the newly elected teacher of home economics who will succeed Miss Ethel Beoughcr who has so capably handled the position the past three years. Miss Spike comes withvsplen did recommendations nad is well qualified to handle the position. She has been teaching at Dallas. . She is an O. A. C graduate. Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Swogger and children will leave this field Jun 1 and will probably go to Dayvllle and Mt Vernon over in the John Day country. Swoggers have been here for the past three years and have many friends who are fcorry to have them leave. Rev. Rabenberg, who has been pastor of the church at Clatsop Plains near Astoria will probably succeed Rev. 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