Oregon Historical Society,
Public Auditorium
Volume 45, Number 38.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 1928"
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Contract Let Tuesday;
Two Bridges to be Built
Also By City.
Heppner's water system will be
augmented by a large new reser
voir, the contract being let at a
special meeting of the city council
Tuesday morning to Hartenbower
Brothers Co., of La Grande, on the
bid of $12,295.25. The signed con
tract calls for completion of the
project by March 15 next Construc
tion of two bridges was assured at
the regular meeting Monday night,
when T. G. Denlsse, local contrac
tor, was awarded the contract on a
bid of $4,164.00 for the two. These
will replace present bridges, one
across Hinton creek on Elder street
and the other across Willow creek
on Morgan street Both bridges
will be wood spans on concrete
abutments.
Five bids were received on the
reservoir and three on the bridges.
The reservoir bids, besides the suc
cessful one, were Parker-Schram
Co., of Portland, $15,439.90; A. Rit
chie Co., Baker, $12,905.38; T. G.
Denlsse, Heppner, $12,844.70; C. G.
Hedges, The Dalles, $12,746.35. A
noticeable feature of the reservoir
bids was the closeness of the am
ounts with the exception of one.
L. R. Stockman, hydraulic engi
neer of Baker, has been contracted
with by the city to supervise con
struction of the reservoir. All con
struction work will be under his
constant supervision. Stakes for
excavating have already been laid,
and when the excavating is com
pleted, Mr. Stockman must give his
okeh before further work can be
done. Then, after the forms have
been made, he must again give his
okeh before work can be proceded
with. From then on his office will
have a man on the job constantly,
checking materials and work, and
when the reservoir Is completed It
must again meet his okeh before
the work will be accepted by the
city. Thus, the city has a check on
the quality of the work at all times.
When the reservoir Is put into
use, It Is estimated that pressure
In the mains will be Increased to
from 40 to 45 pounds per foot With
present facilities the pressure at
best Is 25 pounds. Thus, It is hoped,
the new reservoir will be the means
of giving all residents of the city,
those on the hills as well as those
living lower down, a sufficient sup
ply of water for their needs at all
seasons.
The reservoir will be 66 feet In
diameter and 12 feet deep, all re
inforced concrete construction. It
will be located on the hill on the
west side of town just below the
present city fire reserve reservoir.
The outlet of the new reservoir will
be a slight distance above the floor,
thus allowing sediment to settle,
keeping much of It out of the pipes.
There will be another outlet on the
level of the floor, however, so that
the reservoir may be flushed and
cleaned frequently.
Money for the new construction
work will come from the water re
serve fund, now totaling more than
$22,000, with the rest taken from
the yearly budget no bonds or bor
rowed money being needed for the
purpose. The city budget voted No
vember 30, calls for a total of $12,
450 to be raised by taxation for the
coming year.
WILL TOUR THE ORIENT
E. C. Amspoker, operator at the
O. W. R. N. depot Crocket
Sprouls and Jas. Thomson, Jr., are
leaving the first of the coming week
for Seattle, from which point they
will sail on Saturday on the Yoko
hama Mara for the Orient The ves
sel will touch at Vancouver, B. C,
and then go on through northern
waters before taking the sea for Ja
pan. These men expect to be gone
about three months, returning to
Heppner the first of March. They
will have time to spend about a
month touring the Orient, and the
two younger men will no doubt get
a lot out of the trip under the gui
dance of Mr, Amspoker, who has
made this journey several times in
the past few years.
CRAWFORD-SCHWARZ.
A quiet home wedding, coming as
a surprise to friends and relatives
alike, was that of Miss Mary Craw
ford to Leonard R. Schwarz at the
home of the bride's sister, Mrs.
Raymond Ferguson, on Thursday
evening, Nov. 29. Immediately af
ter the wedding the young couple
departed for Pendleton, where they
spent a day, returning to make
their home in the A. L. Cornett
house in this city. ' Leonard is as
sociated with his father in conduct
ing the Central Market being the
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Schwarz, while the bride is the
youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Vawter Crawford.
Wanted! Ambitious, Industrious
person to introduce and supply the
demand for Rawlelgh Household
Products In Gilliam and Morrow
counties and other nearby towns or
rural districts. $150 to $400 a month
or more clear profit Rawlelgh
Methods get business everywhere.
No selling experience required. We
supply products, outfit sales and
service methods everything you
need, Profits Increase every month.
Lowest prices; best values; most
complete service. W. T. Raleigh
Co., Dept. OR-1822, Oakland, Col.
Auxliiary Will Send
Christmas Cheer Boxes
The regular meeting of Heppner
unit American Legion Auxiliary,
was held Tuesday evening, hostess
es being Mrs. Walter E. Moore and
Mrs. Glen C. Jones. Christmas
cheer boxes were planned to be
sent to veterans in Hospital 77 at
Portland. Mrs. Dick Wells, Mrs.
Chas Cox and Mrs. Paul Gemmell
are the committee In charge. Bun
dles of clothing were brought to
the meeting which will be sent to
the Child Welfare department to be
distributed among needy families of
ex-service men. If members or non
members have donations which they
were unable to bring Tuesday, they
may call Mrs. Elsie Cowins, local
child welfare chairman, before Fri
day noon and she will call for them,
or they may be delivered to Legion
hall where they will be packed and
mailed.
The Auxiliary sewing club met
with the Womans Relief Corps last
Wednesday afternoon and made
pneumonia jackets which were sent
to the veterans hospital. The sew
ing club will meet again Wednes
day, Dec. 26. Cash donations have
been received from non-members to
be used for purchasing sewing ma
terial for the sewing department
These donations are greatly appre
ciated. Heppner Lodge of Elks
Honor Memory of Dead
The annual lodge of sorrow of
Heppner Lodge No. 358, B. P. O. E.,
convened Sunday afternoon at 2:30
in the Elks temple, with a large
concourse of members and friends
honoring the brothers who depart
ed into the Great Beyond the past
year. The departed brothers were
K. K. Mahoney, W. R. Cochran, W.
C. Llllard, Phill Cohn, A. B. Coch
ran and L. V. Gentry.
A short and appropriate program
was given, as follows:
Funeral march while members
enter Mrs. Loa Taylor
Opening ceremonies of the lodge.
Invocatlon.Rev. B. Stanley Moore
Selection
High school double quartette
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.
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS.
The seniors and freshmen debat
ed Monday, November 26, on the
question, "Resolved, That Heppner
High school should publish an an
nual." Dorothy Herren, Paul Jones
and Velton Owen upheld the nega
tive for the seniors and Blanche
Howell, Donna Brown and Mary
McDuffee upheld the affirmative for
the freshmen. Both sides brought
forward convincing arguments but
the judges voted in favor of the
negative which was upheld by. the
seniors.
A very enjoyable party was held
at the home of Terrel Benge Fri
day, November 23. Those present
were Misses Rlechel, Bannister,
Margaret Notson, Dorothy Herren,
Vivian Caaon, Velton Owen, Martha
Driscoll and Messrs. Clarence Hay
es, Paul Jones, Harlan Devin, Jam
es Hager, Maurice Edmondson, Ter
rel Benge and Clair Cox. Very novel
games were played after which re
freshments consisting of chocolate
brick ice cream and cake were serv
ed. A student body meeting was call
ed Friday afternoon for the pur
pose of reorganizing the Vigilance
Committee. A committee consisting
of Harlan Devin, Paul Jones and
Fletcher Walker was appointed by
the president to confer with Mr.
Burgess and decide upon certain
powers which are to be expressly
delegated to them. It was also de
cided that the idea which was start
ed last year, that of having a Fri
day afternoon program In the gym,
should be continued this year. The
various classes and organizations
simply take turns In preparing and
giving these programs. Following
is the order in which they will be
given:
Sophomores Dec. 7, freshmen
Dec. 14,. Torch honor society Dec.
21, booster club Jan. 11, juniors
Jan. 18, "H" club Jan. 25, seniors
Feb. 1.
Tuesday, November 27, the jun
iors and sophomores debated on the
question, "Resolved, That Heppner
High school should adopt the honor
system of education." Evelyn Swln
dig, Duane Brown and John Parker
upheld the affirmative for the jun
iors and Joe Swtndig, Marie Kirk
and Jeanette Turner upheld the
negative for the sophomores. This
debate decided that the sophomores
had put forward the champion de
bate team this year. Both the af
firmative and negative arguments
showed much preparation and were
deserving of much praise. The
judges were Mrs. Walker, Mr.
Sweek and Mr. Nys.
Since the close of the football
season the chief topic of discussion
among the boys of Heppner HI has
been basketball, The classes have
all been looking forward to the
interclass games which were plan
ncd earlier in the year, but as we
were unable to have this series be
fore Thanksgiving we will have to
pass it up as we did last year.
The first call for aspirants to the
school team will be Issued next
Power Causes Delay
The time was, in the day of the
hand "typo" and Washington
band press, when nothing much
mattered the paper came out on
time just the same, sometimes.
Nowadays, however, when all ma
chinery in the print shop Is con
trolled by electricity, power Is
necessary to make the wheels
turn.
And so, gentle reader, we ask
you to treat us with compassion
as you receive your Gazette Times
a day late this week. We were
without power the larger portion
of our regular press day, throw
ing us somewhat later than usual.
Vannle In th ritv with elecrtic
ntnvM wont without breakfast this
morning, while others with equal
consternation were put ui a iuob u
nAD,.l.r M,.rv turn whan PV started
to do anything requiring electric
juice, trie power irom uie r-aciuc
Pmua. o n H T.tcrht 'flTnnflTlv'S HnfiB
going off sometime in the wee small
hours of the morning, ana remain
ing off until shortly after 4 o'clock
this afternoon. The trouble was re
ported to be somewhere in the vi
cinity of Wasco, though details of
the trouble were lacking.
L
Mrs. J. T. Seghers and daughter
Beryl, who have been house guests
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. H.
Johnston for a week, departed for
their home In Portland on Satur
day. Mrs. Seghers is a sister-in-law
of Mrs. Johnston, and during
her stay here Miss Beryl had her
tonsils removed.
L. L. Matlock departed for Port
land Wednesday to visit with his
sisters and friends in the ctiy. His
sisters are planning to leave Port
land right away on a trip of some
three months duration that will
take them as far as New South
Wales.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sorber, visit
ors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Gay M. Anderson in this city for
some time, departed this week for
Cape Horn, Wash. They are the
parents of Mrs. Anderson, who ac
companied them as far as Portland.
Miss Viola Brown came home
from Pendleton to spend Thanks
giving with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Orve Brown. She was return
ed to Pendleton on Monday morn
ing by her father, to take up her
school work.
Miss Mildred Clowry has taken
charge of Heppner hospital as head
nurse. A number of needed Im
provements have recently been
made in the hospital, and it will be
competently managed by Miss dow
ry. See "The Patent Leather Kid,"
Sunday-Monday, at the Star thea
ter. Dairy Cows Here's a chance to
get some nice young dairy cows,
cheap. Some milking, some fresh
and some coming fresh. All high
testers. See them at my ranch 6
miles east of town. W. P. Hill. 40.
I.. Van Marter. manaeer of Peo
ples Hardware company, motored
tn Portland on Tuesdav afternoon.
where he was called on business in
connection with his firm.
All Winter Coats at 25 per cent
off during the month of December.
Curran Hat Shop. tf.
Don't forget the bazaar given by
the Willing Workers of the Chris
tian church, Friday, Dec. 7. Will
be held In basement of church and
will open at 2:30.
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Thorn are
enjoying a visit with Mr. Thorn's
aunt, Mrs. Mary E. Long, who ar
rived recently from her home at
Prosser, Wash.
Miss May Groshens, who has been
spending some time visiting with
relatives and friends here, departed
Tuesday for her home in Portland.
Jas. Murtha, prominent sheep
man of Condon, was a visitor here
on Tuesday and reports a pretty
cold weather wave over his way.
Wanted Millions of Jack Rabbit,
domestic rabbit and other raw furs.
Highest prices. Valcauda Fur Co.,
2131 Western Ave., Seattle.
Jack Mulligan, manager of Pen
dleton Music House, was in Hepp
ner for a short time on Tuesday,
while looking after business.
Mrs. Minnie Card, the state pres
ident of the Degree of Honor, Is
here to assist the lodge, and for
inspection night
The Misses Riechel and Fleming,
high school teachers, are off duty
this week, each suffering an attack
of Influenza.
All. Winter Coats at 25 per cent
off during the month of December.
Curran Hat Shop. tf.
Mrs. Earl Gordon departed for
Portland on Tuesday and will spend
a few days visiting In the city.
Pure country sausage at 20c lb,
while it lasts. Try it with your hot
cakes. Central Market
R. E. Allstott Rhea creek ranch
man, was looking after business
here on Wednesday.
Watch for BANNISTER!
week. Mr. Poulson states that he
expects a large turn-out but does
not know what kind of material It
will be.
ITEMS
Oregon Boys Victorious Twice in
National 4'H Club Championship
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Alex Cruickihank, McMinnville, (left) 1927 champion, giving nation?.!
Moiet trophy to Edgar Grimes, Harrisburg, 1928 winner.
Corvailis, Ore. Champions come and champions go, but Oregon
remains the winner again this year in national boys' and girls' club
work honors. Still thrilling with the unprecedented victory last year
when Alex Cruickshank, sophomore at Oregon state college from
McMinnville, won a double national championship, Oregon finds
itself this year as the home of his successor, Edgar Grimes of Har
risburg. Young Grimes, 17, was entered by the state club headquarters in
the extension serviiy here as the outstanding club boy in Oregon to
compete with the other 47 state champions for the Moses trophy
offered to the club boy in the United States showing the best quali
ties of leadership 4n his community and state. He won out over a
contestants, and was awarded the huge silver trophy and a free trl.i
to the national club congress in Chicago.
Grimes has been in club work eight years during which time 1
completed 31 projects and made 178 exhibits at fairs. He led on
club last year and seven this year to 100 percent completion. Friz
in cash livestock and trips won total $2,722 including a $250 heif
given this year by Governor I. L. Patterson to the best dairy c!t .
member In the state. In addition he owns more than $2,000 in liv
stock and has sold $1,250 worth. He finished high school last ycr.
with highest honors and will enter the state college as a freshman i;:
agriculture next year.
Grand Jury Working;
Will Report Monday
The regular December term of
circuit court is set for Monday, De
cember 10. Upon convening of court
Judge Fee will hear the report of
the grand jury which has been in
session all this week, and will lis
ten to the pleas of any persons
against whom true bills have been
returned. It is understood that fol
lowing the arraignments- and the
setting down of cases for future
hearing, Judge Fee will postpone
the term until a later date. This
action is made necessary owing to
the very serious illness of the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fee, now
in a hospital in Portland; and also
by the further fact that Judge Fee
was unable to get another judge to
preside at the December term of
the Morrow county circuit court
As there will be no need of a jury
at this time, all veniremen will not
be required to report for duty at
the court house Monday morning,
but will await further announce
ments. The grand jury is Ralph
Jackson, Alex Green, James Hig
Klns, R. W. Turner, E. Eft Gilliam,
Crocket Duvall and W. T. Barnett
tor in fair condition; or will trade
ROYAL ARCH ELECTS.
Wennner Charjter No. 26. R. A. M..
olaxtoH nfllners for the comine vear
this (Thursday) evening, as follows:
F. E. Farrior, H. f.; n. u. Keiiey,
King; G. C. Aiken, Scribe; Frank
nullum Treasurer: E. R. Huston.
Secretary; Spencer Crawford, P. S.;
A. H. Johnston, K. A. u.; li. M. An
derson, Cap. of Host; C. B. Cox, 3rd
Vale; R. C. Wlghtman, 2nd Vale; J.
J. Wlghtman, 1st Vale; W. E.
Pruyn, Sentinel; H. A. Duncan,
Chaplain, joint installation or tne
Masonic orders will be held on De
cember 21.
All Winter Coats at 25 ter cent
off during the month of December.
Curran Hat Shop. tf.
A. A. McCabe, Rhea creek far
mer was a visitor In Heppner on
Wednesday.
Foster Collins, Hardman ranch
man, was a visitor here on Tues
day on jury duty.
Wlllard Herren and family have
moved into the Jeff Jones property
on Gale street.
See "The Patent Leather Kid,"
Sunday-Monday, at the Star thea
ter. G. L. Bennett wheatralser of Al
pine, was a visitor here Wednesday.
Watch for BANNISTER!
Town Basketball Starts;
Practice on Wednesdays
With a likely looking bunch of
hoopsters turning out Monday and
Wednesday evenings, Heppner hop
es to boast a championship town
basketball team this season. Fran
ces Doherty is managing the team
again this year and desires to line
up a full schedule of games. It is
expected games will be arranged
with Condon, Arlington, lone, Lex
ington and several Umatilla county
teams.
From the boys who made a good
accounting last year, Dan Beighle,
Mitchell Thorn, Paul Aiken, Fran
ces Doherty, Ray Ferguson and
Bill Bucknum are back in suits.
Paul Hisler, last year's high school
star, is expected to be out while
Jack Isom, lanky boy from the Wil
lamette valley where he played at
Brownsville and other places, and
Stanley Reavis, local Pacific Pow
er and Light company cashier, al
so no stranger to the court are
making strong bids for the team.
Wednesday nights at the school
gym have been allotted the boys
for practice. Frances Doherty ur
ges the boys to keep the night in
mind and be out for all practices.
Also any other fellows who would
like to try for a place on the team,
or scrimmage with them, are in
vited to come out
Last Demonstration Meets
Held in County Dec. 13-15
The last of the demonstration
meetings by Miss Lucy A. Case, of
Oregon State college, will be held In
the county as follows: Heppner,
Dec. 13, 10 to 3:30; Lexington, Dec.
14, 10 to 3:30; lone, Dec. 15, 10 to
3:30.
At Heppner and Lexington, a sal
ad demonstration will feature the
morning sessions, with a talk on
the feeding of mothers and children
in the afternoon. lone will be given
a sandwich and school lunch dem
onstration in the morning, with the
afternoon talk on how to eat and
grow thin or fat C. W. Smith,
county agent Is desirous for a good
turnout at the meetings as they are
very worth-while.
County Treasurer Briggs reports
that he is calling all outstanding
Morrow county general fund war
rants up to date, and the county is
out of debt for the first time in
years. He does not expect this con
dition to prevail long, however.
R. J. Carsner, Wheeler county
stockman and state senator, was a
visitor in Heppner today.
One-Act Plays Slated at
Rhea Creek Saturday
Plans are completed for the Rhea
Creek Grange entertainment next
Saturday evening, when three one
act plays will be the headline for
the evening. Local talent it is said,
will be at Its best on this occasion,
admission charges of 35c and 15c
being made and the public cordial
ly Invited to attend. During the eve
ning a beautiful hope chest will be
given away.
lone Grange will present "Friday
for Luck," with the following cast:
James Gosling, an elderly bachelor,
Henry Baker; William Gosling, his
brother and likewise a bachelor, us
car Peterson; Philip Peuton, an av
erage young American, Roy Lieu
allen; Betty Winters, the Gosling
housekeeper, Geneva Pelkey. Scene,
living room of the Gosling cottage;
time, present Time for playing
about 45 minutes.
Featuring F. R. Brown, Ray Ov-
iatt and Chas. Smith, Heppner
members of the Rhea Creek grange,
will be the black-faced comedy, "I
Is Hungry." The play characters
are Boss, a retired livery stable
owner; Bones and Sambo, farmer
employees; Shirlock Holmes, a de
tective and professional dancer; Ez
ra Jones, a professional musician.
Full House" will be the skit of
the Rhea Creek grange, names of
the cast members being withheld,
the play characters being Mrs.
Jinks, lnadlady; Mr. Jinks, her hus
band; Miss Bence, old spinster; Mr.
Chase, plain man; Mr. Case, retired
pill manufacturer, and the maid.
First Touch of Winter
Felt on Thanksgiving
Morrow county residents woke up
Friday morning to gaze upon a
glorious covering of beautiful white
snow that had fallen the night pre
vious. This was the first general
snow of the season, and varied In
depth from an inch in the south
end to a mere covering or tne
ground farther north. By Friday
evening it had disappeared with the
exception of the high places, and
since the weather has settled down
to chilly and colder, the low mean
at Heppner being 10 degrees reach
ed Wednesday night
With the change in the weather
what might be termed an epidemic
of colds and influenza has set in.
with a large number of our people
confined at home for short periods,
and others being kept busy with
their kerchiefs. Aside from this,
and a few frozen car radiators and
pipes, no damage is reported. Wheat
so far has withstood the onslaught
and little fear is felt for it
FORMER RESIDENT DIES.
James K. Simons, who for many
years resided in this city and was
well known here, passed away at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. S.
A. Ingerson, in La Grande on Tues
day, November 27, at the advanced
age of 79 years. He had been a res
ident of La Grande some 10 years,
going from here to that city and
making his home with his daugh
ters, Mrs. Ingerson and Mrs. Phill
Jones.
The body was shipped to Hepp
ner and funeral services were held
In this city on Friday afternoon at
the Methodist church, Rev. F. R.
Spaulding conducting the services,
and burial was in Heppner ceme
tery, where his wife was laid to rest
several years before Mr. Simons de
parted from this city. Accompany
ing the body to Heppner were Mr.
and Mrs. Phill Jones and son, Mr.
and Mrs. S. A. Ingerson, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Ingerson and children,
and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Eby. Mr.
Simons was a brother of the late
J. R. Simon's, Heppner's pioneer
blacksmith.
MRS. L. REDDING PASSES.
Word was received by friends in
Heppner this forenoon from Port
land anonuncing the death at 10:30
of Mrs. Lawrence Redding of Eight
Mile. Mrs. Redding was taken to
the city last week for surgical at
tention, and going to the Portland
Surgical hospital, was operated on
Tuesday morning. Calling friends
here at 10 o'clock this forenoon, Mr.
Redding stated that she was sink
ing, and a half hour later the an
nouncement of her death came.
Mrs. Redding had been ill for the
past year, and was at Hot Lake for
some time last winter, being op
erated on there, but never fully re
covering, and it was found neces
sary to operate again. She is sur
vived by her husband and three
children, these being Earl, Alena
and Boyd. The funeral will be held
at Heppner Saturday afternoon.
THE REFORMED CHURCH.
The fourth address of the series
on Church History deals with the
beginnings of the Reformed church.
The history of this time is very in
teresting and no one unfamiliar
with it is prepared to understand
modern denomlnationalism.
This srevice will be at the usual
hour of 7:30.
The morning worship is at 10:50
and the subject for Sunday is "Liv
ing Epistles."
Bible school wants you at 9:45
and Christian Endeavor at 6:30.
Boys class party this Friday at
7:30.
MILTON W. BOWER, Minister.
THE DEGREE JUVENILES.
The juveniles will meet in Par
ish House, Friday, Dec. 7, as soon
as school is out Secretary.
See "The Patent Leather Kid,"
Sunday-Monday, at the Star thea
ter. Watch for BANNISTER!
FISliSED
Mroe Than $300 Given;
Cabin Assured; Feed
Next Wednesday.
"The Boy Scout drive was emin
ently successful," declares James M.
Burgess, chairman of the executive
committee, who extends the thanks
of the committee and scout leaders
to the people of Heppner for their
wonderful cooperation during the
drive last week-end. "The cabin at
the summer camp of the Blue
Mountain council is assured, as
well as the running expenses of the
troop, and the committee is launch
ing a program looking toward much
progress in Boy Scout work the
coming year."
A total check on the monies re
ceived has not been made to date
as it has not all been turned in,
however, the total will undoubtedly
exceed $300. A donation of $25 was
made by the Masons Saturday night
bringing the total from organiza
tions to $125 with several not yet
heard from. Incomplete returns
from business houses showed $168,
with residential districts contribut
ing about $20.
Especial thanks of the executive
committee is extended to the men
who aided in the solicitation. These
were John Hiatt Earl Hallock, C.
W. Smith, Paul Gemmell, F. R.
Brown, Howard McDuffee, W. W.
Smead, Stanley Moore, Frank Tur
ner and Jasper Crawford.
Owing to circumstances the visit
of Douglas Hawley, executive of the
Blue Mountain council, was delay
ed a week, and the banquet sched
uled for last Wednesday was post
poned till next Wednesday. This
banquet is for all fathers and sons
of the city. It will be held at the
Christian church, and a cover
charge of 60c will be made. The
dinner will be prepared by the Will
ing Workers of the church. Mr.
Hawley will be the principal speak
er, and a Court of Honor will be
held for the purpose of advancing
Scouts in the work. Demonstra
tions of Scout work will also be a
feature of the evening.
The local troop has been given
the name Heppner Troop No. 69,
signifying that it is the 69th organ
ization in the Blue Mountain coun
cil. However, this is not actually
tne case at tne present time, for a
set of numbers has been allowed
each county sufficient to care for
additional troops without the need
of changing existing numbers while
keeping numbers of troops in each
locality in rotation, making super
visory work more simple.
The Heppner troop is under the
leadership of Rev. Stanley Moore
and Philip von Lubken. It meets
every Thursday evening in the Am
erican Legion hall, and interested
persons are welcome at any time
to attend the meetings. With ex
penses now assured as well as a
home at the summer camp, the
leaders are in position to make
more positive plans with the as
surance that they may be carried
out and Boy Scout work in Hepp
ner snouia make great headway.
CAMP-FIRE SPARKS.
The Boys' and Girls' Home in
Portland has sent out their annual
call for aid. The request is espe
cially for canned foods or clothing
tnat might be converted to their
use. A part of the work in collect
ing articles in Heppner will be done
by the Camp-Fire Girls.
The Camp-Fire will start a drive
for clothes as above mentioned, this
coming Saturday.
They themselves are preparing
their own gifts to be put in, but
they are anxious for the support of
the community, that the boxes may
be larger.
This service makes the Christmas
time a real joy, to know that others
are made happy, too. All donations
should be in not later than Decem
ber 20,. that the boxes may be pack
ed and shipped. Superintendent
Burgess has offered his services in
that part of the work.
Christmas spirit is showing it
self in Camp-Fire groups. The girls
are busy with their carrols for
Christmas. Preparations are under
way for a grand council fire of all
groups to be held the last week of
school, just before Christmas.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS ELECT.
Tuesday evening, Doric Lodge No.
20, Knights of Pythias, held their
annual election. OrHcers who will
fill the chairs for the ensuing year
are R. C. Wlghtman, Chancellor
Commander; R. H. Quackenbush,
Vice Chancellor; M. L. Case, Master
of Work; Jasper V. Crawford, K. R.
S.; W. O. Dix, Master of Exchequer;
E. J. Keller, Master of Finance;
Harold Case, Master at Arms;
Richard Peterson, Inner Guard;
Carl Ulrlch, Outer Guard. Charles
Jones was elected trustee for three
years. Following the regular ses
sion, a feed of clams was greatly
enjoyed by the members present
ATTENTION ELKS.
On Thursday, December 13, there
will be an important meeting of
Heppner Lodge No. 358, B. P. O.
Elks. There will be Initiation, smo
ker and feed, and all members are
urged to attend. Secretary. '
MASONS ATTENTION!
Special meeting Heppner Lodge
No. 69, A. F. & A. M., Saturday eve
ning, Dec. 8. Work in two degrees.
Attendance of all members desired.
L. W. Briggs, Secretary.