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Volume 45, Number 39.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Dec. 13, 1928
Subscription $2.00 a Year
WHEAT MEN URGED
10 JOIN El. LEAGUE
Eastern Oregon Meet at
Arlington in February
Cited as Important.
COUNTY MEET FIRST
Luncheon Club Sponsors Get-Together
to Arouse Interest of
Local Growers.
"A conference of extreme Import
ance to wheatmen of eastern Ore
gon will be that of the Eastern Ore
gon Wheat league at Arlington,
February 11, 12 and 13," declared
Chas. W. Smith, county agent, on
his return from the executive com
mittee meeting of the league at
which dates were set and plans
launched with appointment of nec
esBary committees!
On Mr. Smith's recommendation,
as well as that of Chas. Cox, presi
dent of the league, the Heppner
Luncheon club at Its meeting Mon
day declared in favor of a Morrow
county conference to be held pre
vious to the one at Arlington, to
arouse interest in the big sectional
affair. Earl D. Hallock, luncheon
club president, was instructed to
appoint a committee to arrange the
details which will be announced In
the very near future. If. Is thought
this preliminary meeting will prob
ably Include a get-together dinner
at noon followed by an appropriate
program.
"The Eastern Oregon Wheat lea
gue, in its intent, should do for the
farmer what the Oregon Woolgrow
er's association does for the sheep
man," is Mr. Smith's belief. To ac
complish this, however, a more
widespread interest of the wheat
men Is necessary. At the present
time wheat growers have no organ
ization with a wide enough cover
age of membership to put Into ef
fact a program of the size and kind
that is needed, to be of real worth
while service.
In transmitting the dates of the
league conference, with minutes of
the executive committee meeting
and the committees appointed, G.
R. Hyslop, prfoessor of farm crops
at O. S. C, writes: "This will be a
very Important meeting. It Is Im
portant that there be a larger mem
bership in the league. Every wheat
grower in eastern Oregon Bhould
Join and help in the movement to
better wheat growing conditions.
"Committee secretaries and mem
bers should begin assembling data
at once for the committee work."
The minutes of the executive com
mittee meeting, and a list of the
committees, each of which has at
least one member from this coun
ty, follow:
"The olllcers of the Eastern Ore
gon Wheat league met at Arling
ton November 26, upon can of the
secretary, Harry B. Pinkerton, of
Moro.
"With President Charles Cox, of
Heppner, In the chair, It was decid
ed that it was high time for an
other general meeting of the lea
gue and its friends. Numerous sug
gestions were made that there
should be more frequent meetings
and a larger active membership.
"The aid of the Oregon State Ag
ricultural college was solicited in
connection with holding the confer
ence, arranging the program, etc.
"It was decided to hold the con
ference at Arlington Oregon, Febru
ary 11-12-13, 1929.
"After considerable discussion, It
was decided to follow the confer
ence plan of meeting.
"President Cox appointed the fol
lowing committees whose work will
consist of securing as much data as
possible on their respective sub'
jeets previous to the February
meeting.
"Should there be need for addi
tional committees arrangement may
still be made for them. If you
would prefer to work for another
committee, arrangements may be
made by writing Mr. Hyslop, who
will act as general secretary of the
conference and assist the league
secretary."
Committees Named.
Transportation Barge lines,
truck hauling, etc. Chairman: W.
H. Harrah, Pendleton; secretary, F.
L. Ballard, Corvallls; Frank Emer
son, The Dalles; W. S. Powell, Mo
ro; John Withycombe, Arlington; J.
K. Hill, Pendleton; H. B. Davidhlz
er, Joseph; Albert Hunter, La Gran
de; Frank Leonnlg, Haines; Mike
Dukek, Condon; Ward Farrell,
Gateway; L. Barnum, The Dalles;
R. A. Thompson, Heppner.
Production, Tillage, Seed Supply
Chairman: H. B. Pinkerton, Mo
ro; secretary, D. E. Stephens, Moro;
Mrs. Ethel C. Ingals, Dufur; O. E.
Dyer, Mayville; John Hix, Dufur;
George Rodman, Culver; W. C.
Kortje, The Dalles; O. C. Wage
man, Heppner; Earl Hoag, Blalock;
Chas. Gerklng, Pendleton; L. L.
Rogers, Pendleton; J, A. Gaskell,
Imbler; Lloyd Pierce, La Grande;
Lawrence Redding, Eight Mile; Jess
Fleming, Maupln; Raymond Crab
tree, Maupln; Gus Llndstrom, Lex
ington; Swen Lawson, Baker, Box
662.
Warehousing and Intermediate
Credit Chairman: Sam Thompson,
Pendleton; secretary, Dr. M. N. Nel
son, Corvallls; James K. Hill, Pen
dleton; W. H. Ragsdale, Moro; Per
ry Henderson, Madras; Jeff Jones,
Heppner; George Obarr, The Dai-
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Early Pioneer Resident
Passes at Home Here
In the death of Mrs. Julia Matte-
son at her home In this city on
Monday, one of the very early res
idents of the Heppner community
has been called to her reward. Mrs.
Matteson had been ill but a short
time and her death came as a sur
prise to the people of the city,
though she was well along in years.
Funeral services were held at the
Christian church on Wednesday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock, Milton W. Bow
er, pastor, officiating, and Interment
was In Masonic cemetery.
Julia Gaunt Matteson was born
in Daid county, Missouri, in 1850
and came to Oregon in the year
1853, settling with her parents at
Oregon City and was married to
Albert Matteson In Yamhill county
in 1866 and they moved to Morrow
county in 1869, and this community
has been her home continuously
ever since. To them 11 children
were born, eight of whom survive:
Eugene and Harley of Heppner; El
mer of Salmon, Idaho; Adrian of
Susanville, Oregon; Mrs. George
Kirk, Mrs. George Cason of Hepp
ner; Mrs. E. L. Matteson of Gaston,
Oregon; and Mrs. S. J. Kelly of
Ketchikan, Alaska. She also leaves
14 grandchildren and 10 greatgrand
children, besides two brothers, J. W.
Gaunt of Yamhill and John Gaunt
of Heppner and two sisters, Mrs.
Jake Campbell of Chicago, Calif.,
and Mrs. Charles Morris of Walla
Walla.
BEN G. BUSCHKE.
Ben G. Buschke, aged 40, died at
the hospital in Pendleton on Tues
day, following an operation, said to
be for tumors of the stomach. Fun
eral services are being held from
Folson's chapel in Pendleton today.
Mr. Buschke, formerly a resident
of Morrow county, was born in Sa
lina, Kansas, and with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Buschke of Hepp
ner, lived as a young man in the
vicinity of lone and later farmed
north of lone. He has been a res
ident of Umatilla county for the
past four or five years. Surviving
him are his widow and two daugh
ters, his parents and five brothers
and six sisters.
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The annual dinner, usually an
event of Christmas day at the R.
W. Turner home, was this year held
earlier because of the contempla
ted departure of Mr. Turner, head
of the family, who will be away
during that season. Consequently
those of the family residing in this
community were gathered at home
on Sunday, when 17 were present
and enjoyed the feast of good
things. These were Harry Turner
and family, Sam Turnr and fam
ily, Frank W. Turner and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter LaDusire, John
Turner and Miss Fern Engleman
of lone.
In Wednesday's Oregonlan a dis
patch from Vancouver, Wash,, an
nounces the death at Baker, Ore
gon, on Tuesday of William Morse,
father of Roger Morse, formerly of
Heppner and now county agent of
Baker county. The elder Mr. Morse
was on a visit to his son when tak
en ill, and died at St. Elizabeth's
hospital at the age of 75 years. He
Is survived by his widow and his
one son, Roger.
Marion Davies in THE PATSY,
Star theater, Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Stanley Moore Is quite 111
this week, being confined to her
home. There Is much sickness re
ported about Heppner and many
are suffering from what appears to
be influenza, or an aggravated at
tack of la grippe.
LaVerne Van Marter, manager of
Peoples Hardware Co., returned on
Saturday from a business trip to
Portland. While in the city he laid
in more stock for the holiday trade.
Mrs. Dean T. Goodman, Mrs.
Glenn Jones, Mrs. Walter Moore
and Mrs. E. E. Clark were Heppner
ladles forming a motor party that
visited Pendleton on Tuesday.
After spending a week or so here,
looking after business interests,
Jack McCullough departed on Tues
day morning for his home in Port
land.
Frank Turner went to Portland
on Sunday night, where he was
called on business, returning home
on Tuesday.
Marlon Davies In THE PATSY,
Star theater, Sunday and Monday,
Famous "Milk" Tree
Professor Record of the ialc
School of Forestry standing next
to the "milk" or-"cow''.tree he dis
covered In Guatemala, which when
COt into yields rich, creamy white
jubilance, cloeely resernDiing; milk.
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GRAND JURY DISMISSED.
The grand jury, composed of W.
F. Barnett, foreman, R. W. Turner,
E. E. Gilliam, James Higgins, Ralph
Jackson, D. C. Duvall and Alex
Green, after being In session for the
most of the past week and consid
ering many matters brought to
their attention, returned their re
port to Judge Fee on Monday, and
were discharged, it appearing that
there were no further matters to
claim their attention. As a result of
their labors five true bills were
brought in; one against Ralph But
ler, charging assault with a dan
gerous weapon on the person of
Chris Mohler; Lloyd Leathers for
non-support; Weldon Ayers for con
tributing to the delinquency of a
minor; and one secret Indictment
Three not true bills were found.
No report was made concerning
county officials, the administration
of justice and condition of county
jail and county poor house.
Fathers and Sons Hold
Forth Last Evening
Some 50 fathers and sons and
others gathered around the festive
board at the dining hall of the
Christian church on last evening,
as a climax to the efforts put forth
recently to raise funds to back up
the work of the Boy Scouts in this
city. Douglas Hawley, of Walla
Walla, scout executive for the Blue
Mountain council, which takes in
four counties in the state of Wash
ington and Umatilla and Morrow
counties in Oregon, was present,
and the meeting was also attended
by Scout Master Stanley Moore and
his assistant, Philip von Lubken.
The fesat of good things to eat
spread before the company was pre
pared by the Willing Workers of
the church, and to this ample jus
tice was done by both men and
boys. It certainly was a pleasure
to witness the performance of some
of these husky youngsters when
they got their feet under the table,
and there could be no doubt about
their thorough enjoyment of the
feed
The program following consisted
of numerous demonstrations in
scoutcraft by members of the troop,
which were demonstrations of the
useful knowledge the boys are re
quired to acquire. Earl Thomson
gave the demonstrations In first aid,
and Joe Swlndig and Theodore
Thomson did the flag signalling,
Joe giving a message which re
quired the use of ever letter in the
alphabet, and Theodore read it per
fectly. These two boys were for
tunate enough to attend the coun
cil camp last summer, and they
gave short descriptions of the du
ties and pleasures they experienced
there.
Mr. Hawley talked for a short
time on scout work, and outlined
the plans and purposes of the coun
cil camp situated on the Walla Wal
la river, 12 miles above Milton,
where is being developed one of the
finest mountain retreats and camps
for the scout troops anywhere In
the northwest, and he hoped that
it would be possible for many of the
boys of Heppner troop to be there
next season.
Supt Jas. M. Burgess, chairman
of the Heppner scout committee,
made a report on the work just
finished In Heppner, whereby a
sum of money In excess of $300 has
been provided for as an aid to the
scout work this coming year; also
reporting that one of the leading
orders of the city stood ready to
donate cash or would be responsi
ble for the building of a troop cabin
at the mountain camp above Mil
ton. A decision In this matter will
be made later.
Numerous questions were asked
by interested dads of Mr. Hawley
concerning the handling of boys at
the council camp, and touching oth
er features of scout work, all of
which he answered out of his years
or experience as a scout executive.
This meeting demonstrated that
Heppner Is in earnest, and the back
ing of the Boy Scouts is going to
be substantial and permanent.
At this meeting Earl Thomson
and Gay Anderson received their
second class badges. Joe Swlndig
and Theodore Thomson are also
second class scouts, and others will
soon be advanced to this position.
REFORMATIONS REFORMED.
The story of the church from the
day of its establishment in the first
century down to the present time
is as full of Interest as any story
ever told. As full of Interest as any
part of the reformation in which
English speaking peoples played a
great part. This period will be
dealt with in the fifth of the series
at the Church of Christ on Sunday
evening. This service begins at
7:30. Everyone welcome to these
as well as other services.
The morning worship centers
around the observance of the Lord's
supper The theme for discussion
will be, "Stewardship and the Great
Commission." The hour is 10:50.
A great Bible school at 9:45. A
live Christian Endeavor at 6:30.
At Pine City, Bible school at 2 p.
m., preaching at 3 o'clock.
MILTON W. BOWER, Minister.
AH Saints Episcopal Church.
Holy Communion at 7:30. Sunday
school at 9:45. Morning prayer and
sermon at 11.
"Behold I stand at the door and
knock: if any man hear my voice,
and open the door, I will come In
to him, and will sup with him, and
he with Me." Rev. 3:20.
REV. STANLEY MOORE,
Missionary In Charge.
Mrs. J. O. Hager is among those
suffering illness this week, and Is
confined at her home.
All Winter Coats at 25 per cent
off during the month of December.
Curran Hat Shop. tf.
R. W. TURNER GOES
TO VISiT HOLY LAND
Heppner Citizen To Tour
Mediterranean in Long
Journey.
For many years it has been the
dream and ambition of R W. Tur
ner, of this city, to some day make
a visit to that land made prom
inent and sacred to millions of
earth's residents, because of Its
connection with the life and his
tory surrounding the Saviour of
Mankind otherwise designated as
the Holy Land. Mr. Turner has
been these long years a faithful stu
dent of sacred writings, and it has
aroused In him the desire to see
something of that part of the uni
verse. To this end he has been
planning for months on the trip
that he began from Heppner on
Monday night
Of course this journey will have
much of interest for Mr Turner be
sides what he will get out of the
visit to the Holy Land, and the thir
ty days that he will be traveling be
fore taking his departure on the
steamer at New York that takes
him across the ocean, through the
Mediterranean sea and then return,
he will have an interesting trip in
these United States. At Portland
Mr. Turner bought his round-trip
ticket over the Southern Pacific to
New York. He will enjoy many
stop-overs on the journey south and
east, his first being at Salem with
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner, and then
on to Sacramento, Calif., where he
will visit the scenes familiar to him
in his early manhood, and where
old-time friends and relatives re
side at different points in the Sac
ramento valley, then on to Long
Beach, where his son, Loy M. Tur
ner, and wife are living. Some lit
tle time will be spent here before
the journey is resumed east by the
southern route to New Orleans, then
north to Nashville, Tenn., for an
other stop-over and visit to Muscle
Shoals, a point of much Interest be
cause of the great government dam
and nitrate plant built there dur
ing war times From here Mr. Tur
ner goes on to Cincinnati! then to
Baltimore and Washington, D. C,
thence on to New York city.
At the latter point he will take
passags on January 10 on the S. S.
Adriatic, joining a company of
travelers for the Mediterranean
cruise and pilgrimage to the Holy
Land, under the direction of James
Boring's Travel service. This part
of the journey will cover a period
of about 40 days, and many points
of interest will be visited. Stops
will be made at Gibraltar, Algiers,
Nice, Monte Carlo, Athens, Con
stantinople, then on to Jerusalem
and the Holy Land where the pil
grimage will cover a period of many
days, giving time to take in all of
the points of great historic Interest
Alexandria, Egypt, is also on the
itinerary as the return voyage is
begun, and it can be conveniently
arranged to take in a number of
side trips. When Mr. Turner reaches
New York again, he will go north
through a part of Canada to Detroit,
Michigan, for a look In on the great
automobile industry, and then south
through Chicago to St Louis, and
then turn west again, visiting the
home of his birth at Mexico, Mo.,
and Kansas City. Knowing Mr.
Turner as we do, we are sure he
will get a lot out of this trip, which
will cover about 90 days and bring
him home again early In the spring.
MORROW GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Sam and Jack McMillan, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. McMillan of
Lexington, recently underwent op
erations for removal of tonsils un
der local anesthesia.
Miss Beryl Seghers of Portland
was recently operated on for re
moval of tonsils and adenoids.
George Meyer, who recently In
jured his back while working on
the county road, is well enough to
be up and around.
Mrs. A. H. Hendrickson, who has
been confined to her home with
measles, is now out again.
A few of those confined to their
homes with influenza are Mrs. Sam
Lininger, Irma Lovgren, Mrs. B.
Stanley Moore. A number have
been vaccinated with influenza se-
Chas. W. Smith, county agent, is
confined at the Heppner hospital
suffering an attack of influenza, to
which he fell victim to in the last
couple of days. Our sincere hopes
are given for a quick recovery.
Eritabeth Morrow, daughter of
the United States Ambassador to
Mexico, is rumored to be the in
tended, wife of Charles A. Lind
bergh. ' Persistent report sajr that
rf.be has but H. JT ' '
Future Mrs. Lindbergh? J
"RutocastWI Sj-
WILLIAM McDANIEL.
William McDaniel of Clagstone,
Idaho, passed away Wednesday, De
cember 5, at the age of 72 years and
was buried at Spirit Lake, Idaho,
December 8. Mr. McDaniel had
been a resident of Morrow county
for several years but moved to Ida
ho about 18 years ago. He leaves
to mourn his death a widow and
several children, nine grandchil
dren and one great-grandchild, two
brothers, a sister and a host of
friends. The following four chil
dren live In Morrow county: C. H.
McDaniel, J. H. McDaniel, F. E.
McDaniel and Mrs. B. H. Bleak
man; the other three, E. S. Mc
Daniel, F. D. McDaniel and Mrs.
Sidney Lindburg, live in Idaho.
Funeral of Mrs. Redding
Held Here on Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lau
retta Redding, wife of Lawrence
Redding of Eight Mile, whose death
occurred in Portland on Thursday
last, were held at the Christian
church in this city on Saturday af
ternoon, being largely attended by
the friends and neighbors of the
family. The floral offerings were
many and very beautiful, and were
tokens of the esteem in which Mrs.
Redding was held by her many
friends. Burial was in Masonic
cemetery.
Lauretta Scott was born March
18, 1883, in Benton county, Missouri,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
M. Scott, and died In Portland, Ore
gon, December 6, 1928, aged 45
years, 8 months and 18 days. She
was married to Lawrence Redding
at Heppner, on March 2, 1903, and
to this union were born three chil
dren all of whom are living. These
are Anna Alena, aged 22, Marion
Earl, 17 and Boyd Everett, 10. Be
sides the children and her husband
she is survived by her father, T.
M. Scott of Salem, and two sisters,
Mrs. W. L. Copenhaver and Mrs. W.
B. Tucker of Lexington.
Coyote Bait Scarce and
S.O.S. Issued Sheepmen
Harold Dobyns, district supervis
or predatory animal destruction
division of the U. S. Biological sur
vey, In Heppner Tuesday reports
that coyote bait is getting mighty
low, and asks help from those who
can replenish the supply. He points
out that the government provides
no money for purchasing such bait,
leaving it to the sheepmen as those
most vitally interested, to furnish
it. Horses that have surpassed
their usefulness are used largely for
bait, but since quotations of fertil
izer companies have made shipping
of the animals quite attractive, the
number available for bait has dim
inished greatly.
A check is commencing on the
tagged coyotes released last fall,
Mr. Dobyns reported. The first re
port came in from .Jefferson coun
ty where one was killed recently
not two miles from where it was
released last fall. This test is be
ing made to ascertain the migra
tory habits of the coyote. Quite a
complete report of the check will
be released in the near future, Mr.
Dobyns stated. He was in the city
Tuesday in company with Adam
Knoblock, local hunter who has a
fine record with the survey.
Woman's Club Enjoys
Oregon History Meeting
The Woman's club held a very
profitable and enjoyable meeting on
Saturday afternoon at Legion hall,
and the attendance was good. The
club has been interested in the
study of Oregon history, and the
program on Saturday was contin
ued along this line and was very
interesting and instructive. It con
sisted of piano solo by Virginia Dix,
book review on "Early Sea Explor
ers" by Mrs. W. J. Beamer; book
review of "Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion" by Mrs. Arthur McAtee, and
book review of "Magnificent Adven
ture" by Mrs. W. P. Mahnoey.
The next meeting of the club will
be held Wednesday, January 5.
BANNISTER SEES TOMORROW.
He sees the unseen, knows the
unknown, tells the untold. Also
sleight of hand, magic and illusions
-with one of the most astounding
acts ever seen on the stage. See
Bannister tie his assistant in a large
sack, place her in a trunk tightly
rope the trunk and in less than five
seconds the girl is on the stage with
Bannister tightly sacked in the
trunk before your very eyes See
the girl placed in the box with
swords thrust through the box in
every conceivable direction. See
many other remarkable tricks and
illusions. Bannister is coming to
the Star theater tonight and Fri
day, after playing a number of the
largest theaters on the coast.
CARD OF THANKS.
To our friends and neighbors we
express our sincerest thanks for
their kind expressions of sympathy
and many acts of kindness and as
sistance rendered us in our bereave
ment in the death of Lauretta Red
ding; and for the many floral offer
ings.
Lawrence Redding and Family,
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Copenhaver,
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Tucker,
T. M. Scott
Dairy Cows Here's a chance to
get some nice young dairy cows,
cheap. Some milking, some fresh
and some comln? fresh. All hich
testers. See them at my ranch 6
miles east of town. W. P. Hill. 40.
All Winter Coats at 25 per cent
off during the month of December,
Curran Hat Shop. tf.
Court Adjourned Until
The Last of January
Judge Alger Fee was at Heppner
on Monday for the opening of the
regular December term of Circuit
court, but because of sickness in
his family, it was not possible for
him to remain and carry on, so an
adjournment was taken until Fri
day, January 28, when court will
open again, and work on the docket
will be preceded with.
In anticipation of this action on
the part of the court, the jury did
not come in and no Jury cases were
taken up. Some other matters
were -disposed of, however, among
them the hearing of the report of
the grand jury and their dismissal
from further attendance upon this
term of court Applicants for final
naturalization papers were present
and full citizenship was granted to
Robert Lowe, Thomas William
Lowe and Francis McQulrk.
A decree to quiet title was ren
dered in favor of plaintiff In case
of Maud A. Craber, plaintiff vs.
Josephine Johnson, and others, de
fendants. Florence Timmons, plaintiff vs.
Robert Timmons, defendant; de
cree of divorce granted.
Rose Leathers, plaintiff, vs. Lloyd
Leathers, defendants, decree of di
vorce given plaintiff.
Prophet & Brannon, plaintiffs, vs.
Pyle & Grimes, defendants; settled
and dismissed.
Charles Marshall, administrator,
plaintiff, vs. Thomas Brew, defend
ant; judgment entered for plaintiff.
Several parties against whom In
dictments had been returned by the
grand jury were arraigned, and
their cases were set down to be
heard before the Jury when court
is called again at the end of Jan
uary. CAB GOES IN DITCH.
While on his way to town Satur
day, Troy Bogard met with an acci
dent in Porcupine canyon and his
car was turned over on him. For
tunately the car fell over a ditch
which left room enough for Mr.
Bogard to crawl out, but he was
pretty much bruised up, and it will
be some days before he is fully re
covered from the experience. Mr.
Bogard was on his way to Heppner
to attend the funeral of Mrs. L.
Redding.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Mrs. Anzonetta Reasoner, for
many years a resident of the Mon
ument country, died at the home of
her son, Top Reasoner, in The Dal
les during the past week and was
buried at Monument on Sunday.
She was aged 82 years and leaves
her son, Top Reasoner and one
daughter, Mrs. Bud Forrest of Mon
ument She had been a resident of
the Eastern Oregon country for the
last 30 years.
Mrs. F. W. Turner Is In receipt
of word from Monument that her
brother-in-law, L. D. Swick, suffer
ed another stroke of paralysis at
his home on Friday and he is now
in a very critical condition. Mr.
Swick spent some time in Hepp
ner last summer while taking treat
ment, and had pretty well recover
ed from the first stroke he suffered.
Marion Davies In THE PATSY,
Star theater, Sunday and Monday.
Roy Scott drove over from Top
on Wednesday to look after some
business affairs here. He states he
and his family are nicely located
at their new home on the Cochran
ranch and he is well pleased with
the deaLs:
. Lucy Rodgers, school uperintend-
ent elect, and teacher in the grades
of Heppner school, is quite ill at her
home this week. Her place at school
is being filled by Miss Ethel Moore.
For Sale Graham-Paige 5-pass.
sedan; run little over 5000 miles;
cost $$1185, will sell for $875. See
N. D. Bailey at Heppner Farmers
Elevator Co. 39.
Dan Stalter will leave on Satur
day for Portland, where he expects
to spend some two months at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Van
Valkenburg.
Supt Jas. M. Burgess was In Pen
dleton on Saturday where he at
tended a convention of the school
head of the Eastern Oregon district
The next regular meeting of Am
erican Legion Auxiliary will be at
Legion hall on Tuesday evening,
January 18.
Marion Davies in THE PATSY,
Star theater, Sunday and Monday.
Harding's Father Dies
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Dr. George Harding, father of
the late President Harding died of
ttroke of paralysij at Santa Ana,
CaL, at the age of 85, To the last
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Prominent Business Man
and Pioneer Succumbs
to Heart Attack.
The news of the sudden passing
of George C. Aiken at his home in
this city early Sunday evening,
came as a shock to his large circle
of friends, who, while realizing that
he had not been a well man for the
past few years, were not prepared
to hear that he had answered
death's call, as but few were aware
that his affliction had taken a crit
ical turn. Mr. Aiken was about his
place of business as usual on Sat
urday forenoon, but had made
known to those about him that he
did not feel very well, and after
going to the postofflce for some
packages with which he was assist
ed in putting into his car, he return- .
ed to his work, but soon took quite
bad and had to be taken to his
home in the north part of the city.
He did not rally, and the end came
to him peacefully. He had been a
sufferer for some time with heart
trouble.
Funeral services were held at
Masonic hall on Wednesday morn
ing at 10:30 under the auspices of
Heppner Lodge No. 69. Rev. F. R.
Spaulding delivered a short and ap
propriate address and hymns were
sung by a quartette composed of
M. D. Clark, D. T. Goodman, Vaw
ter Crawford and W. O. Dix, with
Mrs. C. L. Sweek at the piano. The
casket was banked about with many
floral pieces, the offerings of friends
and the orders to which Mr. Aiken
belonged, and were tokens of the
esteem in which he was held. Rev.
Stanley Moore assisted with the
lodge ceremonies, the beautiful ser
vice being said at the hall, with
commitment services at the grave.
George Case Aiken was the son
of Dr. Cyrus and Jane Aiken and
was born at Spirits Villie, Califor
nia, May 6, 1861, and died at Hepp
ner, December 9, 1928, aged 67 years,
7 months and 3 days . His boyhood
days were spent in Clinton, Iowa,
coming to Oregon in 1888 and lo
cating in this community, where
for a number of years he was en
gaged in caring for the race ani
mals on the T. J. Matlock farm,
and later coming to Heppner and
engaging in business as one of the
partners in the firm of McAtee &
Aiken.
On June 19, 1922, he was united
in marriage to Miss Lillie Adams
at Heppner, by whom he is surviv
ed, and to this union were born the
following children: Cyrus, of Corpus
Christi, Texas; Mrs. Ella Corder of
Portland; Mrs. Helen Gragg of Sa
lem; Henry and Jared of Portland
and Paul of Heppner. All of the
children were able to be present for
the funeral except Cyrus, who was
on the way but could not reach
here in time. i
For many years Mr. Aiken had
been an active and enthusiastic Ma
son, being a member of Heppner
Lodge No. 69, A. F. & A. M., Hepp
ner Chapter No. 26, R. A. M. of this
city, the Knights Templar at Pen
dleton and Al Kader Temple Mys
tic Shrine at Portland.
Luncheon Club Sponsors
Wheatgrowers' Meeting
At their meeting Monday noon,
the Business Men's Luncheon club
were addressed by Chas. Cox, pres
ident of Eastern Oregon Wheat
growers' league regarding the meet
ing of Morrow county wheatgrow
ers to be held here in January. The
address of Mr. Cox was enthusias
tically received and the club unan
imously agreed to sponsor this
meeting.
The exact date of this meeting
has not been fixed, but plans are
being worked out and announce
ment of the time will be made soon.
The program of the wheat men will
have the hearty endorsement of the
local club, as well as its coopera
tion in making the meeting a suc
cess. The postofflce department, in a
bulletin recently issued, discourages
tne use of non-standard size greet
ing cards and envelopes in the
mails. This practice causes a lot of
grief and delay In the handling of
tne mans especially at the holiday
season, and there is a campaign on
to relieve the postal department of
this burden, in order that- the hand
ling of mails may thus be speeded
up. It is recommended that In no
case should cards or envelopes be
smaller than 2"4 Inches by 4 inches;
and the large size should not be
over 4 Inches by 9 Inches. If this
class of mail should conform closely
in size to the ordinary postal card It
would be ideal.
CARD OF THANKS.
Our sincere thanks are extended
to the many friends and neighbors
who so kindlv assisted I n pvArv wnv
during the Illness and burial of our
muuier, axis. Aioeri maueson, and
for the many beautiful flowers.
The Family.
Art Parker, residing a few miles
down the creek from Heppner, was
driving out from the Hughes ranch
about 11 o'clock last evening and
ran off the bridge into the creek.
HIS PJir Umfl tlirnnH KnMnm mttla
and Mr. Parker received severe
bruises and cuts about the head,
necessitating the attention of a nhv.
sician.