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Volume 45, Number 52.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Mar. 14, 1929
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Old Schoolhouse Built Un
der A. W. Wier; Miss
VVier Tells History.
Jeanne Elizabeth Wier, in a com
munication to the editor received
today, touches on a Tlt of Heppner
school history, cited in connection
with the death of her father in 1917
and her mother last March, that will
prove interesting to pioneers of this
section. Miss Wier is with the de
partment of history and political
science, University of Nevada, and
writes as follows from 844 Univer
sity Avenue, Reno:
Mrs. Deila Corson of lone who was
formerly a pupil of father's and mine
at the Heppner high school has written
me that you would be willing to print
something about the death of my moth
er which occurred last March. I am
sending you some material on her life
anu also a copy of the memorial article
wmcn was printed here about my fath
er soon after his death. Father hud
charge 01 the Heppner schoolB during
the early nineties; my sister Eva taught
in the high school for a couple of years,
after which I was there for several
years as assistant Drincinal: mother
had charge of the primary grades for
years, it was unuer my rather
that the schoolhouse on the hill was
erected shortly before I arrived In
Heppner. I wonder It it still stands.
That was my first experience in the
West. The wonderful mountains, the
shut-In canyons, the sage brush and
bunch grass were so new and strange
to mo; altogether it was the beginning
of a new period In my life. How I en
joyed tlie contact with the young peo
ple In the school and In the church. I
still have a framed pastel picture which
the young people's class at the M. E.
church South gave me when I was
teacher of their class. And laid away
in Invendar are many souvenirs given
to father and mother by their pupils in
the public schools. A little leather
bound testament given mother by Ma
bel Leezer was buried with mother. I
wonder If Mabel is still there.
We left Heppner In 1896 because of
the stringency caused by low tariff and
not because we were tired of It. I
hope the place has been prosperous
since then. I should be glad to hear
from any of the old pupils of father
and motiier who may see your article.
Kathcr and mother are buried In Moun
tain View cemetery on the hillside in
Reno with the mountains keeping
watch as they did In Heppner. 1 hope
you will find something of interest In
my enclosures.
JEANNE ELIZABETH WIER.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wier.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wier, who passed
away at Reno at 4:66 A. M.. March 2S)th,
19U8. was born of English parentage
near Akron. Ohio, February 29, 1S40.
When she was twelve years old the
family removed to Iowa by the covered
wagon route through Michigan where
they stopped for several days to rest
the animals and secure fresh food sup
plies althuugh a hogshead full of hams
and another of bacon had been brought
along from the Ohio home. It was with
high hopes that their faces turned tow
ard the newly opened lands in Iowa
and the one regret was the necessity
of leaving a magnliicent hearing or
chard of all kinds of grafted fruit which
had been planted in Ohio by them
selves. When near the Mississippi the
caravan was followed by robbers who
tried without success to steal the horses.
At Rock Island the crossing was made
and the pilgrimage was continued to
Jasper county where friends had al
ready located. There beautiful timber
land was purchased and a hewed log
house was made with mortar filling and
was lathed and plastered inside.
When Mrs. Wier was eighteen her
mother passed away and soon thereaf
ter the family removed to Webster
county near Fort Dodge where land
was purchased at Otho. Here Eliza
beth was the home maker for her fath
er until she met and married James
Rood, a neighbor, after which the
young couple went to a farm of their
own. Mr. Rood enlisted when the ba
by, now Mrs. Clara B. Putnam of Car
rington, North Dakota, was a year old.
He was killed at the battle of Fort De
Rusey not long afterwards. The widow
was preparing to teach when after sev
eral years she was persuaded to give
up the idea of teaching and become the
wife of A. W. Wier who had also served
in the Civil War as a member of a Wisi
ronsln regiment of volunteers. They
, moved to a homestead claim west of
Fort Dodge and there the second child.
Eva A. Wier. was born. Danger from
Indians was so great that after a time
the homestead was deserted and Mr.
Wier returned to his vocation of teach
ing. This took the family to Grlnnell,
Iowa, and later to the northern part of
the state, where Mr. Wier was principal
and superintendent of the Rockwell
schools, the Clear Lake schools and
then county superintendent of the Cer
ro Gordo county schools. Here Mrs.
Wier realized her long cherished ambi
tion to he a teacher and for many years,
even while the children were yet small,
she engaged in I he work of kindergart
niug and primary teaching in both of
which she achieved great success.
From Iowa to Oregon in search of
health for Mr. Wier who had been per
manently weakened by war exposure,
the two went together to (he Heppner
schools, thence after five years to Cen
tral California, where they lived until
eleven years ago when they came to
make their home in Reno. Wherever
they went they endeared themselves to
a large number of friends. Letters of
appreciation from former pupils in va
rious parts of the country attested the
influence which they had left on many
young people. Mr. Wier passed away
in Reno on December 19, 1917, at the
age of seventy-three.
Mrs. Wier had an unusual memory
' and a keen appreciation of life. She
lived through a period of great changes
and saw the substitution of machine
products for hand labor. As a girl she
helped to prepare the wool for the
spinning wheel and the loom when all
the processes of the textile Industry
were covered in the home. Her great
clnciency dates from this early train
ing mid fitted her the better to run the
farm wher her first husband was called
away to war. While she delighted in
telling of the olden times she was even
more deeply Interested in the present,
and to within a few hours of her death
asked to have the newspapers read to
lior. Her love for the finer things In
literature never flagged and her mind
was stored with many beautiful poems
which she recited from her invalid
chair for the pleasure of her friends.
In spite of her lingering Illness the
spirit of youth remained with her to
tlio end and in this respect she was a
marvel to her friends.
Of six children four are still living
nnd the two youngest. Milton and Leslie
It. are buried in the cemetery at Ma
son City, Iowa.
(EDITOR'S NOTE The memorial ar
ticle of which Miss Wlor writes will be
printed In next week's issue.)
FORMER TEACHER
IS FURTHER EXPANSION OF THE SHEEP
BUSINESS IN THIS STATE DESIRABLE ?
From Department of Animal Husbandry
Oregon Agricultural College.
In view of the widespread Inter
est in sheep now manifest, and the
rapid expansion which Is taking
place in that industry, the Depart
ment of Animal Husbandry of the
Oregon Agricultural College has
made a careful study of the situa
tion and has prepared the follow
ing statement of conditions and of
policy.
Oregon now has all the sheep she
can properly feed. Further expan
sion will mean short feed, exhorbit-
ant prices of feed, unthrifty sheep
and eventually financial loss. Pres
ent conditions of the sheep business
in Oregon are excellent. We have
plenty of good sheep, plenty of
feed for normal years, and a strong,
healthy market. The future pros
pect is excellent The only danger
is one which we have the power to
avert. That danger is over expan
sion. Prices of lambs and wool are
very satisfactory, especially com
pared with other agricultural prod
ucts, but the price of breeding ewes
is being pushed up to a figure so
high that interest charges, death
loss, and depreciation make a profit
difficult if not impossible even with
a good market. Futhermore, if the
present rapid expansion of the
sheep business is not checked very
soon we will have more sheep than
we can feed.
Too many have the idea that there
is a lot of money in sheep. All
kinds of people who have never
been in the sheep business are try
ing to buy sheep. It is not the old
experienced sheep man who is ex
panding the business, but the mer
chant, lawyer, banker, and school.
teacher, to say nothing of the small
farmer who has not been too suc
cessful in other lines of agriculture.
These people know little or nothing
of the sheep business but they are
determined to get in the game.
They have been told that a ewe will
produce a gross return of 100.
They have also been told that the
United States does not produce
nearly enough wool to meet domes
tic needs. They do not know that
a ewe must produce a gross return
of 100 if she is to pay for feed
and expenses and interest on in
vestment. They do not know that
it is very diillcult to get 100 gross
return on ewes at current prices.
The other statement that the Uni
ted States docs not produce enough
wool to meet domestic demands
is also true, but it always has been
true. It was just as true in the de
moralized years of 1920-21 as it is
now. It has been true as far back
as we have any statistics on wool
imports and the evidence indicates
that there has never been a time
since the Pilgrims landed at Ply
mouth Rock that we have produced
enough wool for our own use.
If these amateur sheep specula
tors could Injure no one but them
selves the situation would be less
serious, but if they keep on at the
Elks Get-Together at
Fossil Slated April 6
For several years past it has been
the practice of Heppner Lodge No.
358, B. P. O. Elks to hold a get-
together meeting of the member
ship In the early springtime at one
of the cities within the jurisdiction
of the lodge. Last year the meet
ing wns held at Arlington, the mem
bers of Heppner lodge residing in
that vicinity acting as hosts and
giving the visitors a good time.
This year the meeting will be at
Fossil on Saturday, April 6.
The afternoon will be given over
to the initiation of a large class of
candidates, and during this time en
tertainment will be provided for the
visiting ladies. At 6 p. m. the ban
quet will be spread, and this will
be followed by dancing. Secretary
Goodman states that the meeting,
while sponsored by Heppner lodge,
is open to all members of the order
that may be In reach of Fossil and
they are welcome to attend.
CARS IN COLLISION.
A collision of automobiles in
which the new Hupmobile six car
driven by Ed Ziegler of Clem, Ore.,
met the Paige touring of T. H. New-
comb of Portland, near Lena on the
O.-W. highway Tuesday afternoon,
was reported in the city that eve
ning. Mrs. Newcomb was in the car
with her husband while Mr. Ziegler
was traveling alone. Both cars were
badly damaged, though the occu
pants escaped unhurt. Mr. Ziegler
who travels for the Ruby Livestock
company of Portland, took all the
blame, paying Mr. Newcomb $785
damages. Mr. Newcomb travels
for the J. K. Gill company of Port
land, and was on his way to Pendle
ton from Hpepncr when he met the
Ziegler car coming from the oppo
site direction.
NEIGHBORS OF WOODCRAFT.
Neighbors of Woodcraft enjoyed
one of the largest attendances In
their history Monday evening, when
a large class of candidates was in
itiated, and St. Patrick's motif used
in the entertainment features. The
entertainment committee was con
gratulated on the fine St. Patrick's
refreshments. After the Initiation
ceremonies a delightful social hour
was had. Watch theso columns for
announcement of next meeting.
Correspondent.
present rate they will put the price
of ewes, feed, and pasture to figures
that will ruin even our best operat
ors. This was illustrated in 1917-
18-19, when the conservative operat
ors found themselves helpless in
the face of the wild speculation that
was going on all around them. They
were forced to either quit the bus
iness or to pay prices for ewes, feed,
and pasture which they knew to be
ruinous.
The Department of Animal Hus
bandry is not prophesying lower
prices for sheep. The country is
prosperous, and the population is
growing. We should be able to ab
sorb a reasonable Increase in our
lamb crop and wool without diffi
culty. The danger is in the accu
mulation of more breeding ewes
than we can care for. The demor
alization of the sheep market in
1920-21 was not due to the large
lamb crop produced during those
years but to the liquidation of ex
cess breeding stock. Oregon re
duced her stock of sheep 28 in
those two years. For the United
States as a whole the reduction waa
26. Since 1921 Oregon has been
restocking and she now has as
many sheep as she had at the be
ginning of 1920. The only thing
that enables us to feed this large
number of sheep is the fact that the
number of beef cattle in the state
Is low. The normal capacity of the
ranges and pastures of Oregon one
year with another is 2,000,000 sheep
and 500,000 beef cattle. We now
have 2,500,000 sheep but this excess
of sheep is offset by the fact that
we now have only 410,000 beef cat
tle. The present feed situation is.
therefore, satisfactory except for
the unusual winter. We can take
care of the number of sheep we now
have, along with our small supply
of cattle, but we cannot stand an
increase unless we cut down on
some other kind of stock, and we
are not doing that. The liquidation
of beef cattle has been definitely
stopped, and we are now started the
other way. For several years the
number of dairy cattle has been
slowly but steadily and persistently
increasing. The post-war liquida
tion left us with a shortage of stock
and a surplus of feed, hence some
restocking was necessary. Now we
have reached the point where we
have enough. More would be too
many. If we keep our sheep at the
present number the business should
continue prosperous. If we get too
many, we will be right where we
were in 1U20 and 1921. Fortunately
we know what caused the disaster
of those years and how to prevent
it. The situation is in our own
hands.
In view of the facts as herein stat
ed, it is the judgment of the De
partment of Animal Husbandry that
further expansion of the sheep bus
iness in Oregon at the present time
would be unwise.
E. L. POTTER.
O. M. NELSON.
H. A. LINDGREN.
Baseball Bee Starts
Buzzing; Locals Busy
As is usual when that something
in the spring breezes starts a pe
culiar fever in the blood, the
thoughts of many men have turned
to baseball. Following action of
other towns in the vicinity, local
popular acclaim has brought the
local situation to a head with a
meeting being called for tomorrow,
Friday, evening at 7:30 at the Elks
club, when it is hoped to perfect
organization of a local club to again
take part in the Wheatland league.
Other towns already having got
under way are lone, Arlington,
Wasco and Fossil. The latter, not
in the Wheatland league before, has
made known that they desire to
enter their team this year. Dean
T. Goodman, hold-over president of
the league to call the organization
meeting this year, has announced
the meeting to be held at Arlington,
Sunday, March 24, at 3 p. nv.
lone organized on Tuesday, Mar.
5, with Bert Johnson named coach
and manager, and L. E. Dick, secretary-treasurer.
The Initial meeting
of the club was held Sunday on the
high school grounds. They an
nounce a benefit dance to be given
in the near future.
CAR LEAVES GRADE.
While on their wny to Heppner
Wednesday, the car of Fred Rood of
Hlllsboro, left the grade near Cas
cade Locks and was wrecked
against a maple tree some feet
down the bank. Mr. Rood had just
turned out for another car to pass,
and when he attempted to come
back his steering gear did not work
properly and the car shot across the
highway and over the bank. All
that saved the occupants from ser
ious injury and possbile death, was
the landing of the car against the
tree. Riding with Mr. Rood was his
sister, Mrs. T. J. Humphreys of
Heppner, and his daughter, Mrs.
Oscar Humburg. The car had to be
left at Cascade Locks as the front
end was caved in, and the parties.
who were on their way here for the
burial service of Mrs. Fannie Rood,
had to take the stage as far as Ar
lington, at wheh point they were
met by Walter LaDuslre.
Harry Rood came home from
Portland the first of the week,
where he has been spending the
winter months.
COLLEGE GLEESTERS
COiHPIl
Whitman Chorus Will be
Accompanied by Band
and Orchestra.
The Whitman All-College Glee
club, which appears In Heppner on
Monday, April 1, at the school audi
torium, is rapidly putting on the fin
ishing touches in preparation for
its annual tour, which starts April
first. The club has a personnel of
thirty-two students under the per
sonal direction of Howard E. Pratt,
head of the Whitman Conservatory
of Music.
The group this year Is presenting
a more varied program than ever
before, so that patrons may expect
a concert of superior calibre. Not
only will there be high-class musi
cal offerings of a more serious na
ture, but also included in the pres
entation will be many fun features,
such as an act of "Up-to-date Grand
Opera," with its accompanying Rus
sian ballet.
The concert will be given in three
parts, comprising well - ruonded
groups of choral and orchestral
numbers, together with the one-act
opera and the campus symposium,
"Dance of the Activities."
The eighteen-piece Little Symph-
ony orchestra, conducted by Mrs.
Esther Sundquist Bowers, head of
the violin department of the con
servatory, will also present a fea
tured group.
A thirteen piece pep band, which
will appear in assembly programs
as well as in hotel and open air con
certs, is a novel addition to the club
this year.
Music is the only branch of the
fine arts sponsored by Whitman
college, and the fame of its music
department is widespread. Once a
year Whitman college grants its
glee club a two weeks' leave of ab
sence from the campus in order
that other communities in the Pa
cific Northwest may hear and en
joy its programs. Competition for
place on the club is naturally keen
and serves to bring out the best tal
ent of the student body. When the
final selection is made in the late
fall the group is put under the su
pervision of Howard Pratt, director
of the Whitman Conservatory, and
Mra Esther Sundqulwi Bowers,
head of the violin department, and
for three months a rigid schedule
of rehearsals is followed. Under
this expert direction the club ac
quires a proficiency that has gained
for it marked distinction.
Whitman is a co-educational col
lege and the club personnel is about
equally divided between men and
women students. The choral en
semble of thirty-two voices Is su
perb, as is the Campus Little Sym
phony orchestra of eighteen play
ers. Special features are provided
by the club soloists, the two var
sity quartettes, the interpretative
dance trio, and the pep band, while
the hilarious fun of the program Is
vested in the one-act opera which
closes the concert. The Whitman
gleesters will make their bows to
their Heppner audience on Monday
evening, April 1, under the auspices
of the sophomore class of Heppner
high school.
MRS. OLLIE SCHRrVER.
Mrs. OUie Schriver, wife of
Wayne L. Schriver and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Cox of Lexington,
passed away at her late residence,
Curdy apartments, 783 Johnson St,
Portland at 12:30 a. m., Monday,
March 11. Mrs. Schriver had been
living in the city for the past six
months, where she was receiving
medical treatment for tuberculosis,
and had been making a winning
battle for the restoration of her
health up until a few weeks ago,
when she fell a victim to an attack
of influenza. The family received
encouraging reports, however, and
the sudden passing of Mrs. Schriver
came as a severe shock to the rela
tives and friends.
Funeral services were held at
Lexington at 10:30 a. m., Wednes
day, Milton W. Bower, pastor of the
Christian church of Heppner, offi
ciating, and interment was in Hepp
ner cemetery beside the two little
children that had preceded their
mother.
Ollie Cox was born in Lincoln
county, Oregon, March 4, 1900, and
died in Portland, Oregon, March 11,
1929, aged 29 years and 7 days.
When a small child she came to
Morrow county with her parents
and the greater portion of her life
was spent in the Heppner and Lex
ington communities. She was mar
ried to Wayne L. Schriver, son of
C. M. Schriver, on September 27,
1922, and to this union three daugh
ters were born, two of whom pre
ceded their mother to the home be
yond. She is survived by her hus
band, Wayne L. Schriver and little
daughter Carol, her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. O. J. Cox of Lexington;
two sisters and five brothers, these
being Mrs. Gladys Young of Med
ford, Ore.; Mrs. Lena Young of La
Grande, Ore.; Delvin of Longview,
Wash.; Bernard of Night Hawk,
Wash.; Jay A. of Koiudman, Ore.;
Harold J. of Medford, Ore., and
Darroll W. Cox of Longview, Wash.
ABIE'S IRISH ROSK, Star The
ater, Sunday and Monday.-
Talkie picture coming, see Star
Theater ad this week.
Pendleton Minstrels
Get Warm Welcome
Following the old-time minstrel
type of program, the Pendleton
Elks gave a new slant to this type
of entertainment when they appear
ed in the school auditorium last
Thursday evening and received a
warm welcome. Divided into two
parts, the first part of the program
consisted of musical numbers while
the second part was made up of
novelty and feature numbers, end
ing with an ensemble.
Comedy parts were carried in true
minstrel fashion by the six men
made up as negroes, with the as
sistance of the interlocutor, Elmer
H. Storie. In arrangement the 32
men of the chorus in formal dress
were seated in tiers with the inter
locutor on a throne in the center,
and the negro end men seated in
the front row. Those who imitated
near unto perfection their dark
skinned brothers of the southland
were Nat Kimball, Bert Gerard
Buck Buchanan, Dick Lawrence, Ed
Oisen and Elmer Pozegar.
A feature of the evening's enter
tainment, that was not anticipated
was the one-handed accompaniment
at the piano by George Lind. Mr.
Lind had the misfortune of getting
his right hand smashed in an auto
mobile accident on the road over,
but to save the performance manip
ulated the accompaniment with the
other hand, and in such fashion that
had the audience not been told of
the accident, there would have been
few who could have told the stress
under which he was working. Many
compliments have been heard on
the grit and ability of Mr. Lind. Or
chestra numbers before the curtain
and at Intermissions rounded out
the program.
All numbers were heartily ap
plauded, and encores readily forth
coming. Soloists In the first part
were Nathaniel Kimball, Roy Bu
chanan, Rudy Mollner, Elmer Po
zegar, Bobby Mayberry, Fred Don
ert, Richard Lawrence, E. C. Olsen
and Bert Gerard.
Feature numbers of the second
part were Carden and Moens, com
edy acrobats; Harry Lee and Jean
Birlew, a musical duo in which they
made the saxophone and guitar
talk; two special violin numbers by
Mitchell Thorn, accompanied at the
piano by Mrs. C. L. Sweek; specialty
dance, Ira Birlew and Jack Koontz;
harmony trio, Bert Gerard, Brook
Dickson and Ole Olsen.
Following the minst'el, a large
number of local people enjoyed the
dance at the Elks' temple for which
the Rose Grey ballroom orchestra
furnished the music. Heppner
Lodge No. 358, B. P. O. E., was spon
sor of the evening's entertainment.
First Perfect Score
In' Telegraphic Shoot
Heppner Rod and Gun club turn
ed in its first perfect score Sunday
since the start of the Oregonian
state telegraphic trapshooting tour
nament three weeks ago. The three
men going straight on their first
string of 25 birds were Adam Knob
lock, Glen Hayes and A. D. Mc
Murdo. By turning in a 75 the lo
cals tied Halsey and defeated Echo,
70, and Nestucca, 69, their oppon
ents for the day. To date the locals
remain in the 100 per cent column.
A feature of the day's shooting
was the 98 out of 100 turned in by
L. Van Marter, who shot 24 on his
first string, and 24 on his second,
going straight on his last 65 birds.
Chas. Latourell hung up the good
score of 96 out of 100, making a 24
each of his four trips to the traps.
Next Sunday Heppner shoots
against Central Douglas County,
Pendleton-Athena and Bend.
P. T. A. ELECTS.
The Patron-Teachers association
met in the high school auditorium
Tuesday afternoon, electing the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
Mrs. Arthur McAtee, president; W.
R. Poulson, first vice president; Mrs.
W. P. Mahoney, second vice pres
ident; Miss Harriet Case, secretary;
Mrs. J. O. Hager, treasurer. The
new president then took the chair
and routine business was transact
ed and standing committees ap
pointed. In outlining plans for the
year's activities, Mrs. McAtee stress
ed the need of cooperation among
the different organizations in the
town. As a project to begin work
ing for, the addition of manual
training to our school was stressed
as being a wothy undertaking for
the P. T. A. to sponsor. As a near
er objective, it was suggested that
the P. T. A. make a strong endeav
or to prevent a possible loss of the
swimming tank facilities to the
children this summer. Mr. Poulson
was asked to report at the next
meeting as to what the P. T. A.
could do in this regard. Very pleas
ing musical numbers were render
ed under the direction of Miss Ede
by the boys' octette, the girls' oc
tette and by several boys from the
sixth grade, Jeanette Turner ac
companying at the piano.
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
The members of this church and
all others who will are urged to at
tend the usual Lard's Day ser
vices. Bible school, 9:45. At 10:50 Com
munion and sermon, "Living a Life
of Consecration."
Christian Endeavor for the young
folks at 6:30. Song service begins
for the evening service at 7:30. Sub
ject, "Opportunity and Opposition."
MILTON W. BOWER, Minister.
Department President
Visits Local Auxiliary
Mrs. Jessie Kelley of Baker, pres
ident of the state department,
American Legion Auxiliary, made
an official visit to the local unit of
the organization on Monday. In
the afternoon she met with mem
bers of the Heppner unit and at 6:30
was the honor guest at a banquet
and program. The meetings were
held at the Elks' temple.
Mrs. Harriet . Gemmell, district
committeewoman, presided at the
evening program. Musical numbers
were given by Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell
Thorn. Mrs. Kelley spoke on the
purposes of the Auxiliary, and ex
plained clearly that the Legion
Auxiliary was absolutely an unsel
fish organization, its sole purpose
being to care for the families of the
disabled ex-service men. Each year
the organization in Oregon cares
for hundreds of wives and children
who, without this help, would be
destitute. The aim is to give these
children as near a normal chance
for physical well being, education
and recreation as it is humanly pos
sible to do, and Mrs. Kelley was
glad to be able to report that the
Auxiliary had been very successful
in this work.
The work of the Auxiliary is fi
nanced in the main by the sale of
poppies on Decoration Day, and
Mrs. Kelley urged the local unit to
carry out a campaign of education
to bring to the people a realization
of the importance of the poppy sale.
These poppies are made by disabled
ex-service men who receive no other
compensation, and they are paid at
the rate of one cent per poppy, each
man being limited to 350 poppies a
day. To them the work is extreme
ly important, and the proceeds of
the sale are used entirely in car
rying out the Auxiliarys hospital
and child welfare programs.
Mrs. Kelley is a very pleasing and
witty speaker and her talk was well
received. The evening meeting was
attended by members of the Legion
and Auxiliary and some invited
guests.
Wm. Ingram Was an
Early Settler Here
Funeral services were held in the
O. O. F. hall at Hardman on
Monday at 2:00 p. m. for Wm. D.
Ingram who passed away at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Sadie
Austin in Fossil on Friday, March
8th, at the advanced age of 93 years,
1 month and 19 days. Rev. F. R.
Spaulding, pastor of the Methodist
church of Heppner conducted the
services which were very largely
attended by the people of the Hard
man community where Mr. Ingram
lived for many years and was well
known among a large circle of
friends. He had been ill about
three weeks preceding his death,
but up to that time had always
been hale and hearty.
William D. Ingram was born in
Springfield, Clark county, Illinois,
and was a Civil war veteran, hav
ing been one of the early members
of Rawlins Post, G. A. R. of Hepp
ner. He came to Morrow county
more than 40 years ago and settled
on a homestead in the Eight Mile
section and followed wheatraising
for many years and retiring from
farming he moved to Hardman and
made his home there up until about
seven years ago when he went to
Fossil to live with his daughter,
Mrs. Austin. He is survived by six
daughters and two sons, besides 10
grandchildren and two great grand
children. The daughters are Rosa
Lowen and Sadie Austin of Fossil,
Julia Adkins of Kinzua, Ada Met
calf of Portland, Fay Metteer of
Condon and Stella Furlong. Hepp
ner; the sons, Thomas and Gaylord
Ingram of Heppner.
MRS. FANNIE ROOD BURIED.
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Fannie O. Rood were held at Cen
tral Presbyterian church In Port
land at 2:00 p. m. on Tuesday. On
Wednesday the remains were
brought to Heppner and Interment
was made in the Rood lot at Mas
onic cemetery, a large number of
friends attending. The commit
ment services were short, Milton W.
Bower, pastor of the Christian
church, reading scripture and offer
ing prayer, and two hymns being
sung at the graveside by a quar
tette composed of M. D. Clark, Mrs.
E. R. Huston, Mrs. Raymond Fer
guson and Vawter Crawford. Mrs.
Rood died suddenly on the 18th day
of February at sea, being two days
out from New York on a journey to
the Mediterranean, and the body
was returned by steamer to New
York from Gibraltar, arriving at
Portland on Monday. Mrs. T. J.
Humphreys and Mr. and Mrs. Les
ter Doolittle went from Heppner to
attend the funeral services at Port
land. All Saints Episcopal Church.
Holy communion at 7:30 a. m.
Morning Prayer and sermon at 11.
Church school at 9:45. "All the
way3 of a man are clean In his own
eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the
spirits." Prov. 16:2.
Rev. B. Stanley Moore, mission
ary in charge.
James Murtha, Rock creek sheep
man, is looking after business here
today. He had lots of feed and re
ports that his sheep came through
the bad weather In fine shape, and
that range Is beginning to get green
on the Rock creek hills.
TREAT FOR KIDDIES
ESTOH
Manhattan Marionettes to
Stage Show in Auditor
ium at 8:00 o'Clock.
Marionettes! Wooden manikins
that talk and act just like real hu
man beings. Though this type of
entertainment has been highly per
fected by Jean Gros in his Man
hattan Marionette troupe, to per
form in the high school gym-auditorium
tomorrow evening beginning
at 8 o'clock, there is no one go dumb
or so hard-boiled that he can fall
to appreciate the humor of such
a performance.
Thirty little wooden men and wo
men, measuring some two and a
half feet in height, compose the
troupe. These are made to per
form by means of 800 strings oper
ated by Mr. Gros from the rear of
the specially built stage. The stage
and settings are in proportion to the
size of the performers, so that when
one's eyes become accustomed to
the setting he does not realize the
dwarfed proportions, and imagines
he is being entertained by life-sized
entertainers.
Kiddies, of course, get a big thrill
from the entertainment The battle
scenes and little playlets, included
in the one hour and forty-minute
program, will evoke whoops and
hurrahs of glee, making lasting
impressions upon the plastic mind
of youth and leaving pleasant mem
ories to be recalled for years to
come. Thus, the committee spon
soring the number, the final num
ber of the Heppner Community
course for the season, wishes to
stress its importance as entertain
ment for the children, and urges
upon all parents who can possibly
do so, to send the children even
though they find it inconvenient to
attend themselves. Grown - ups,
however, will be pleased with the
entertainment and if they attend
will not begrudge the time or mon
ey spent
The program is so arranged that
there will be parts of special appeal
to adults. Skits from Shakespeare
and other classic authors, will not
only reveal costuming of different
periods very realistically, but will
afford a comparison with real ac
tors and actresses to delight those
who appreciate the legitimate stage
and have witnessed production of
works of the same authors thereon.
Mr. Gros this year brings his mar
ionettes to the coast for the second
season. Their reception was so good
last year that many towns where
they appeared have secured a re
peat performance. Mr. Gros plays
lone tomorrow afternoon in the
school auditorium, and comes on to
Heppner for the performance in
the evening.
Early Fur Trading Is
Woman's Club Subject
The importance of the fur trad
ers to the settlement of the Pacific
Northwest will be the phase of Ore
gon history to be stressed at the
current meeting of the Heppner
Woman's club, to be held this Sat
urday, March 16, at the parish
house, at 2:15 p. m. Although the
meetings are usually held the first
Saturday in each month, the March
meeting was postponed from that
date in order to avoid conflict with
the basketball tournament
Increasing interest is being shown
in these program meetings by mem
bers and others who attend. Any
woman in Heppner or vicinity is
cordially invited to join the club,
which has for its object group study
of subjects in which the members
are interested. Such an organiza
tion can secure books and other
material which would be practically
inaccessible to the individual. The
dues of the club, amounting to only
fifty cents a year, are used chiefly
to defray postage costs In mailing
books to and from the state library
and in securing other study mater
ial. If she does not care to become
a member and patlcipate In the
programs, any woman is welcome
to attend any of the meetings.
Members of the club who are ad
verse to taking active part in the
programs are not required to do so.
The meeting place has been
changed from the Legion hall to the
parish house to provide a setting
where less formality and more
comfort are assured.
Saturday's program will consist
of: Instrumental solo, Virginia Dix;
The Fur Trader's Life." Mrs. Chas.
Latourell; Vocal solo, Mrs. Mitchell
Thorn; "The Fur Trading Com
panies," Mrs. George Thomson.
HARDMAN MILL TO OPEN.
Henry Arbogast and son Elden,
accompanied by L. J. Scott, have
just returned from a flying trip to
Portland where Mr. Arbogast pur
chased a planer and edger and other
equipment to increase the output
of his mill near Hardman the com
ing year. Mr. Scott acting as sales
agent, has disposed of more than
500,000 feet of lumber which he ex
pects to ship during the summer
for Mr. Arbogast Mr. Scott reports
an increased demand for lumber at
very attractive prices, and believes
it will be a good year for the mill
men. The mill now has 500.000 feet
of logs cut ready for operations.