Ulrica mwmx Volume 45, Number 52. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Mar. 14, 1929 Subscription $2.00 a Year OF OF 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.