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Volume 45, Number 37. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Nov. 29, 1928 Subscription $2.00 a Year T Mayor Noble Joins in Ask ing Support; Banquet on Wednesday. Saturday, December 1, is Boy j Scout Day In Heppner. ,, On this day every resident of the city will be given an opportunity to contribute to the Boy Scout work. Business houses and professional men of the city will be visited on Friday, and on Saturday the homes will be called on by committees ap pointed by the Boy Scout executive committee. The day was set aside at a meeting of the committee Sun day evening. E. G. Noble, mayor of the city, has cooperated with the executive committee in proclaiming that the day be used In fostering the Scout movement. He says: "Whereas, the Boy Scouts of America have come to be recognized as one of the greatest institutions of citizenship In the United States, and it Is fit ting that the city of Heppner should accord Its boys the opportunity of becoming identified with the organ ization and make It possible for them to receive the greatest bene fit therefrom, therefore, I, E. G. Noble, mayor of the city of Hepp ner, concur with the local executive committee in setting aside Satur day, December 1, to be used In fos tering the Boy Scout work, and I hope that everyone will see fit to give it their generous support." Already identification of the Heppner troop with the Blue Moun tain council Is assured, with most of the $90 required for membership ,the first year being raised through subscriptions of fraternal organiza tions. The Heppner lodge of Elks, in company with the American Le gion and Knights of Pyhtias, have given support to the cause and oth er orders expect to give It favorable consideration as soon as they meet It is strongly desired by the Boy Scout directors and leaders of the city to build a Heppner cabin at the summer camp of the Blue "Mountain council near Milton for use next year. To do this $250 is needed, and it is hoped this amount may be raised by popular subscrip tion, with enough extra to care for . the running expenses of the troop, to buy Insignia, and to pay the expenses of the chief executive of the council on his visits to the local troop every eight or ten weeks. These trips are made for the pur pose of holding a Court of Honor In which each scout is examined in the work and placed in the class to which his advancement entitles -him. Philip von Lubken, high school Instructor, recently joined with Rev. Stanley Moore, In handling the Boy Scout leadership. The execu tive committee consider themselves very fortunate In obtaining such able leadership. While all funds raised will be expended under the direction of the executive commit tee, they feel sure that recommen dations will be made wisely by the scout leaders, and rigid economy Is assured. For the convenience of the com mittees who have undertaken the task of visiting the homes, it is asked that everyone who desires to help the work have their contribu tions ready when called on Satur day. No large sum is being asked from anyone, as those In charge feel that a small amount from everyone with the Interest thus manifested will do much more good than much larger sums from just a few. To bring the work more directly before the men and boys of the city, a banquet is being arranged for next Wednesday evening in the basement of the Christian church to which all men and boys of the city are invited. A nominal cover charge will be made, the Willing Workers of the church being asked to prepare the banquet. Douglas Hawley, chief executive of the Blue Mountain council, will be the principal speaker of the evening, and several demonstrations of scout work by the local troop will also be a part of the program. It is urged that all men and boys inter ested In Boy Scout work, the boys whether scouts or not, attend this banquet. When solicitation is made Satur day it Is hoped to secure the names of those who will attend the ban quet. "Cooperation on every hand will not only assure the financial suc cess of the Boy Scouts In Heppner, but will likewise assure the moral support necessary to make them the great adjunct to our social life which they already are In Innumer able other places over the land," de clares Mr. Burgess. GIVE DINNER PARTY. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Jones and Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Crawford entertain ed at a charming dinner party at the Jones home Monday evening. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gor don, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Gemmell, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Crawford. The dinner, consisting of turkey and all the flxin's was greatly enjoyed. The evening was spent with cards. MASONS ATTENTION. Regular meeting , of Heppner Lodge No. 69 will be held at Mason ic temple Saturday evening. There will be work In the F. C. degree. A large attendance of the members is requested. L. W. BRIGGS, Secretary. BOY SCOUT DAY COMMITTEES Following are the committees appointed to visit the homes of Heppner next Saturday, Dec. 1, in the interest of obtaining funds for Boy Scout work in the city: Jasper Crawford and Frank Turner, all residences north of Willow street, west of Main street and south of Willow creek. F. R. Brown and Howard Mc Duffee, north of Willow creek and south of Hlnton creek bridge. W. W. Smead and Rev. Stan ley Moore, east of Hlnton creek bridge and north of cour-t house. Chas. W. Smith and Paul M. Gemmell, south of court house and east of Chase street Gay M. Anderson and Albert Adkins, west of Chase street and north of Willow street Chas. Thomson and John Hlatt will visit all business houses and professional men of the city tomorrow. Heppner Churches Join In Thanksgiving Service The union Thanksgiving services will be held at 10:30 this morning in the Christian church. A choir composed of singers from the Meth odist, Episcopal and Christian churches will furnish music, and the sermon will be delivered by Rev. F. R. Spaulding, pastor of the Meth odist church. There should be a large attend ance of the people of the Heppner community at these services, to as sist in returning reverent thanks to Jehovah God for his manifold bless ings the past year. CARS COLLIDE ON STREET. The sedan of Mrs. Chas. Furlong of Eight Mile collided with a tour ing car driven by Jim Armstrong, but belonging to Russell Wright, employed In the auto repair shop of Sam Llnlnger, Saturday morning. Mrs. Furlong was driving into town and had made the stop at the Gil Ham & Bisbee corner before enter ing the highway at the Intersection of Main and May streets, and Arm strong was negotiating a turn at the same intersection when Mrs. Fur long started to move on down the street She had killed her engine and was just getting to about the middle of the intersection on the right side of the street when the touring car struck the sedan amid ships. Both machines were dam aged, the sedan having a fender and the running board taken off, and the side of the car somewhat smashed, while the touring car re ceived a completely wrecked front wheel, fender and light The boy admitted he was at fault Mrs. Furlong received some severe bruises in the side by the contact of the cars. CELEBRATE 20th YEAR. Twenty years ago this Thanks giving, M. L. Case and family came to Heppner, starting In the furni ture business here along with W. O. Dix. The business continued for a time under the firm name of Case and Dix, Mr. Dix withdrawing later and Mr. Case continuing the busi ness which has constantly grown until now it can be said that Case Furniture company enjoy a very fine trade, built up on conservative lines. The company is putting on this week a 20th Anniversary sale, and Mr. Case took a rather novel method of making the announce ment to Heppner people. While be ing primarily a furniture dealer, Mr. Case is also raising an abund ance of very fine apples on a tract of Hood River land, and each fam ily of the city was presented with a box of these very excellent red apples, in which was placed a circu lar calling attention to the sale. We are sure the housewives of the com munity are greatly appreciative of this treat from Case Furniture com pany. ATTEND EXECUTIVE MEET. Chas. Cox, president, and Chas. W. Smith, county agent, attended a meeting of the executive committee of the Eastern Oregon Wheat Growers league at Arlington Mon day. Plans were discussed and com mittees appointed to report on mat ters of vital Importance to wheat growers, which will come up at the annual meeting of the league. An nouncement of dates for the meet ing, a roster of committees, and other data concerning the meeting will be given in detail next week. Morrow county has a member on each committee appointed; accord ing to Mr. Smith, as several of the counties represented In the league failed to have representatives at the Arlington meeting and it was not known whom to appoint from these counties. The Arlington meeting was full of enthusiasm, Mr. Smith said, and the annual meeting bids fair to be one of the very most important meetings ever held by the league. GRANGE TO ENTERTAIN. The Rhea Creek Grange Is pre paring a number of one-act plays to be presented at their hall Sat urday evening, Dec. 3. The enter tainment will be presented by all local talent, and promises to be good. The public Is invited to at tend. A hope chest will be given away during the evening. Admission for the entertainment will be 35o and 15c. Gloria Swanson in "Sadie Thomp son," Star Theater Sunday and Monday. Celebrate Anniversary of Father Cantwell's Death On Wednesday, December 5, there will occur a solemn high mass in St Patrick's church at 7:30, for the repose of the soul of Rev. Fa ther Contwell who died In Ireland a year ago on Dec. 3. Rev. Father Cantwell had been the pastor of the church in Heppner for nearly ten years and he was well known throughout the entire Eastern Ore gon region, but especially In Mor row and Gilliam counties. The occasion will be made as sol emn as conditions will permit and invitations have been sent out to the priests of the diocese to assist A very special invitation has been sent to the Right Rev. Joseph F. McGrath, S. T. D Bishop of Boise, Idaho. The anniversary mass has been deferred two days so as to per mit a large gathering of priests for the occasion. The Rev. Thomas J. Brady, pastor of the Catholic church in Heppner,. and who was appointed to the pastorate in suc cession to Rev. Father Thomas J. Cantwell, will celebrate the mass, assisted by Rev. Hugh J. Marshall, pastor of Hood River, and Rev. Father S. Nesdale, O. M. Cap., pas tor of Hermiston. An invitation is extended .to all to attend this ser vice, regardless of church amlia tlons. ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH. First Sunday in Advent, Decem ber 2, 1928. The mass In Heppner next Sun- lay will be at 8:30, preceded by confessions and Holy Communion. The pastor will preach at the mass upon Cursing, Blasphemy and Pro fanity. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will follow this mass. There will be a second mass in Lena on this Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Brosnan at 10:30. A very large congregation greet ed the pastor last Sunday in The Sands. The four weeks preceding Christ mas are known in Church history as Advent, a time of penance and self-restraint and special prayer, in preparation for the coming of Christ on Christmas Day. The four weeks represent the four thousand years between the sin of Adam and Eve and the coming of Christ to redeem the world and establish His Church. This holy season is a clos ed time for marriages, and when a sufllclent warrant arises for a mar riage between Christians, the same may be performed with authoriza tion and always without pomp and show. All Christians are urged to enter into themselves and seriously look to the duty of preparing the way of Christ In their souls, making room for Christ in the "Inns" of their hearts by prayer, penance and the reverent reception of the Sacraments. IjattkBgttitng HROUGHOUT another year the people of Morrow county have enjoyed the blessings of a Bountiful Pro vider. Our harvests while not as large as in other years, have been abundant. After the fashion of those honored Pilgrim fathers, let us give grateful thanks. For, if they could be thankful for what to us would seem a most meager subsistance, should w not, with all the humbleness in our souls, thank God for our many blessings, made largely possible by their industry, fearlessness and self-denial. For ten years the grim, man-hating War God has cast but a faint shadow over this land of plenty. Our homes have been secure, our peace abiding. Pestilence and plague have passed under the scrutiny of an enlightened scientific mind. Time and distance have been diminished to mere fractions since that first landing of the Mayflower at Plymouth. Today members of families from many hundred miles, at a day's notice, may gather at one table for the Thanksgiving feast, while they enjoy programs of music and messages of good cheer produced, mayhap, thousands of miles away. Ancestors of those Pilgrim fathers, who in turn are our ances tors, bequeathed to us through the greatest document of all govern ments, the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." And one of the greatest privileges which we today enjoy is that which, foremost, brought the Pilgrims to America the freedom to worship God according to the individual dictate. That the greatest heights to which any man may rise in this great land are gauged only by his own limitations, has been proven times innumerable." What we now enjoy, let us make secure to our posterity. And more, let us practice thrift, and industry, apply our talents, so that the Thanksgivings that are to come will ever reveal more and more LOCAL NEWS HEMS Mrs. B. G. Sigsbee and Father accompanied by William Brady, Bucknum who was driver of the Sigsbee car, returned on Saturday from a short visit at San Francisco. The journey was made in record time, as the party left Heppner on Sunday previous, but it proved ts be pleasant, and Mrs. Sigsbee had a fine short visit with her daugh ters, the Misses Bernice and Elaine Sigbee. The trip to Frisco was via the Pacific highway and the return over the Redwood nighway and The Dalles-California route. Dr. McMurdo, attending physi cian, states that Everett Kelthley, severely Injured In an automobile accident last week, from which in juries he has since been confined at Heppner hospital, is slowly improv ing. Besides the injuries mention ed in our writeup of last Issue, young Kelthley received a broken right collar bone, and his left arm was paralyzed, and he received body bruises all over. The paraly sis Is gradually leaving the arm and the soreness is being reduced. George Richards, the newly elec ted assessor of Wallowa county, was here from Enterprise on Fri day, calling on Assessor Wells. Mr. Richards was Interested in the sys tem Mr. Wells uses In carrying on the work of his office one of the very best In the state, and he may decide to 'pattern the work of the Wallowa county assessor's office af ter that of the Morrow county as sessor. Gloria Swanson in "Sadie Thomp son," Star . Theater Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Frank Gilliam and daugh ter, Miss Ona Gilliam, returned dur ing the week from a visit at the home of . Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gilliam at Port Angeles, Wash. They re port that Mr. Gilliam has disposed of his business In the Washington city and Is preparing to move to Oakland, Calif., with his family. Frank Turner and family motored to Walla Walla to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with their son, Robert attending Whitman col lege. The young man will have a part In the Chocolate Soldier, opera put on by the college this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Turner will take this In. F. W. Turner and company are making arrangements to i-emove their olllce from the present quar ters In the Hotel Heppner building to the McMurdo building across the street They expect to be In their new location by the 15th of Decem ber. R. E. Allstott, Jr., of Eight Mile was attending to business here on Saturday, disposing of some of his fine Thanksgiving turkeys. Francis Grillln, farmer t Eight Mile, was a visitor in this city on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hayes and son Leland arrived Tuesday eve ning from their home at Joseph and are spending the Thanksgiving holidays at the home of Mrs. Hayes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vawter Crawford. The Women's Missionary society will present a dramatized service at the Christian church, Sunday evening at 7:30. This program will be very interesting and a cordial invitation is extended the public to attend. County Clerk Anderson issued a license to wed to Henry G. Peck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Burton H. Peck of Lexington and Josephine Rowell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rowell of Rhea creek, on Sat urday. Frank Turner returned from Monument on Saturday, bringing the household goods of J. L. Coch ran over to Cecil. He had taken the furniture of Roy Scott to the Cochran place near Top, Oregon. Mrs. Phill Brady, son and daugh ter, arrived Wednesday from Port land to spend Thanksgiving at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Minor. Pat Foley was up from The Dall es on Saturday, looking over his hotel property here. Mr. Foley runs Hotel Dalles, as well as the local hostlery. Roy Missildine departed Satur day for Portland for a Visit over the Thanksgiving holidays with his family, now nicely located in that city. Harlan McCurdy, ranchman of lone, was a visitor In Heppner Sat urday while attending to business affairs. Louis Balsiger, wheat buyer of lone, was transacting business here on Saturday. Special Prices Will Prevail. For our 20th Anniversary Sale, special prices and discounts will prevail on practically the entire stock. In the circulars sent out this week, the impression might be gained that the line of goods dis played therein was all that we were offering at the special low prices. If you contemplate anytmng in house furnishings, come to this sale beginning Saturday, Dec. 1, and ending Saturday evening, Dec. 8. There will be many bargains to In terest you. CASE FURNITURE. JV. K. of P. MEET TUESDAY. Next Tuesday evening will be an important meeting of Doric Lodge No. 20, K. of P., when nomination and election of officers will hold a leading place on the program. F. P. Farnsworth, Chancellor Com mander urges a large turnout of the members. Not having fully recovered from a recent severe attack of the Influ enza, I um tendering my resigna tion as superintendent of the Hepp ner hospital. MRS. L. G. HERREN. Annual Lodge of Sorrow Observed Next Sunday The annual lodge of sorrow of Heppner Lodge No. 358, B. P. O. E. will be held at Elks temple in this city Sunday afternoon, December 2, at 2:30. Rev. B. Stanley Moore oi All Saints Episcopal church of this city will deliver the memorial ad dress and the following is the pro-t gram: Funeral march while members enter Miss Jeanette Turner Opening ceremonies of the lodge Invocation....Rev. B. Stanley Moore Selection High school double quratette Roll call of departed brothers. Solo. "When I Come Home" Harvey Miller Ceremonies of the lodge. Address Rev. B. Stanley Moore Solo, selected Miss Kate Frances Ede Auld Lang Syne- -Lodge and audience Closing ceremonies. Benediction. Urges Larger School Centers for Efficiency University of Oregon, Eugene, Nov. 25. Greater efficiency and economy could be effected in Ore gon schools through a movement for the creation of larger school centers, both for elementary and high schools, and more careful at tention to organization to . elimin ate waste, declared F. L. Stetson, professor of secondary education at the University of Oregon, in a talk before the second school fi nance conference in session on the Eugene campus Saturday. Prof. Stetson's conclusions were given as the result of a survey of costs per capita of students in Ore gon schools and one of the biggest handicaps experienced by Oregon schools is the fact that they are so small. Prof. Stetson presented data showing the cost per pupil in aver age daily attendance in 1495 one room schools of Oregon. He found that the median cost in one-room schools for each pupil, annually, is $86; in the two-room schools, $60; school of 50 to 100 pupils, $50; 100 to 150, $44; 150 to 199, $45, and above 200 pupils, $43. This clearly shows, he pointed out, that the costs are much' higher per capita in smaller schools, and the greatest chance for . economy Ires in consolidations. Prof. Stet son also found that in the small schools there is a lower teaching salary than in the larger, and even at that the costs are greater. The same situation exists in the high schools, Prof. Stetson's study shows, the small schools having high costs. In a group of high schools with less than 10 pupils In attendance, the average cost per student shows a median of $172, and it is found that as the size of schools increases this per capita cost drops. Thus In high schools with between 40 and 50 pupils In attendance, the median is $102. The situation as it stands indi cates that many schools operate at an Inexcusably high cost" Prof. Stetson said. "This is particularly noticeable in the small schools, many of which are maintained pri marily for local and sentimental reasons, and could be consolidated satisfactorily. The consolidation movement is under way, but it is slow, particularly in western Ore gon where conditions make it more advisable. In the small high school the problem of proper courses of study and proper conditions for Instruc tion is a serious one. The survey shows a great disparity in the effi ciency of the organizations, some of them wasting time right and left One of the big things looking tow ard economy would be to set up a reasonable program with a fair teaching load, and establish a sal ary schedule to attract and hold the more professional type of teacher who could work in such an efficient organization." CATHOLIC THANKS SERVICES. The national holiday of Thanks giving will be duly celebrated In the Catholic church today with a high mass and sermon upon the signi ficance of the day to all law-abiding and patriotic citizens of the coun try. The proclamation of His Ex cellency, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States will be carried out to the letter, prayers being off ered for the welfare of the country and the nation, that God may ever guide It safely along the paths of justice and honor. The mass will occur at 8:30, and all may approach the Sacraments. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will close the ceremony. The pastor will speak upon the dangers resulting from trilling with the fundamental law of the country, and caution all to do their utmost In safeguarding the nation from the snares of her ene mies. WHAT IS THE GOSI'EL? It is not a vague term meaning everything or nothing as you please. It has a very definite meaning for the Individual and the world. This will be the subject of discussion at the morning service at the Church of Christ At the evening hour the Women's Missionary society present their pa geant Bible school at 9:45. Christian Endeavor at 6:30. We hope for a large attendance at all services. Services at Pine City at 2 o'clock with preaching at 3. MILTON W. BOWER, Minister. By Arthur Brisbane Good Soup, Good Service. What is a Rich Man? Captain of Your Soul. No Socratic Methods. Chiefs of many hotels competed . New York to see which could make the best soup. Six wise men, including Clarence H. Mackay's French chef, Combes, allotted first prize to E. Alliott That competition means more to human welfare than the average man realizes; more, for instance, than any Olympic competition. Soups contain vitamines and other valuable nourishment and stimulate the flow of digestive fluids. To manufacture good soup and sell a great deal of it is to render public service. Income tax returns show 283 Am ericans with net incomes of $1,000, 000 a year or more. The number has increased by fifty-two in two years. Citizens reporting Incomes of $5,000,000 or more number only TEN. There were fourteen of them in 1926. Once a man with a million was considered rich. To be REALLY rich" now you need $1,000,000 a year. There are several billionaires in existence that modestly refrain from talking about it Many a young person has spout ed: ' It matters not bow strait the gate. How charged with punishment the scroll. I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. The Reverend E. H. Emmett, Congregationalist says those who talk about being "captain of my soul" are only "whistling loudly in the dark," making "an outward noise to cover up an inward fear and disquiet" It is hard to be sure that you are captain of your soul in these mod ernist times. Scientists say you haven't any soul, anyhow, and you don't know where your soul is go ing later, if anywhere, or where the earth itself is going, with the sun dragging it along. However, a man CAN be calm In an emergency, and that's what the poet meant Wliliam McAndrew, who was su perintendent of Chicago schools, leaves for Athens to spend a year studying Socrate's methods of teaching. His plan, may heaven thwart it is to revive the Socrates method in modern schools. Socrates, if Plato describes his method accurately, touched a new peak in boredom. Instead of say ing what he had to say, he went around Robin Hood's barn with questions and answers tiresome be yond measure. Whether or not Socrates was guilty, as alleged, of filling young Greeks with disrespect for the gods, and in spite of the marvelously he roic hemlock drinking episode, you can hardly blame the Athenians for getting rid of him. What modern education needs is moving pictures, with condensed verbal elucidation, not Socratic di alogues. "Ruth, amid the alien corn," would be Interested in three other Ruths, all in American politics. Three women were elected to Con gress, and all three are named Ruth. Ruth McCormick, daughter of the able Mark Hanna, in Illinois; Ruth Bryan, in Florida; Ruth Pratt in New York. All three pos sess intelligence and ability well above the congressional average. If you believe in omens, name your next daughter Ruth. BUDGET MEETING HELD. The election called for School District No. 1 at the Council cham bers on Saturday afteroon for the purpose of passing on the budget for the coming year was the means of bringing out a few of the tax payers and patrons of the district The interest shown in this Import ant matter, however, was not very great, as the total number present would not reach a dozen. Chair man Notson announced the object of the meeting and the proposed budget was read. Upon motion the budget was adopted, and the am ount of money necessary to be rais ed by taxation for the coming year was accepted as $22,340. RADER CASE IX PROGRESS. Jury was selected Wednesday to try Fritz Radcr, indicted last spring for the lmceny of a horse. He was indicted Jointly with W. H. I. Padberg of Heppner. Rader Is being tried separately. Many are attending the trial and subpoenas for nearly 60 witnesses have been Issued and served. Canyon City Eugle. Later report received here Is to the effect that the jury found Rader guilty.