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I) f PAGE SIX HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930. IONE MRS. JEJTNIE E. UcMXJKRAT. Correspondent A meeting of the North lone Im provement club wa held Friday af ternoon, July 11, at the home of Mrs. Clifford Chrlstopherson. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Victor Rietmann, president, and Mrs. Edward Rietmann, secretary. Mrs. Henry Gorger gave a very in teresting paper upon the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Mrs. Edw. Rietmann gave a description of the French prisons, located on three Is lands Just off the coast of French Guiana. It was decided to study the life and works of Sir Conan Doyle at the next meeting. After the business meeting a social hour was held during which lemonade and cookies were served. Those present were Mrs. Clifford Chrls topherson, Mrs. Fred Mankin, Mrs. Henry Gorger, Mrs. Victor Riet mann, Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs. Edw. Rietmann. The North lone Improvement club is a recent organization having for its purpose the development of intellectual and social life of Its members. It was formed June 20 at the home of Mrs. Edw. Rietmann. Two meetings are held each month, one in the afternoon and one In the evening. The afternoon meetings are given over to study of different topics, chosen by a committee. The evening meetings are mainly social The members are mostly younger married women. New members are chosen by ballot and must live north of lone. The next meeting of the club will be July 25 at the ranch home of Mrs. Victor Rietmann. Last week Mr. and Mrs. Sam War field moved to La Cross, Wash., where Mr. Warfield has charge of a warehouse owned by the Pacific Coast Elevator company. The O. W. R. & N. inspection car, having as passengers J. P. O'Brien, general manager, H. E. Lounsbury, general freight agent, S. A. Hering, car service agent, A. Buckley, su perintendent, and other officials, visited lone last week. The new wheat crop is rapidly being moved into the elevators and warehouses. It seems to be the gen eral opinion that the average yield is around fifteen bushels to the acre. Considerable old wheat is moving along the line. Mr. Balsiger reports that Balfour-Guthrie company has recently shipped eighteen cars from Heppner, Lexington and lone. Officers were installed by lone lodge No. 135, I. O. O. F., recently. Ted Troge, district deputy grand master, was the installing officer. They follow: Frank Lundell, past noble grand; Richard Lundell, no ble grand; William McDonald, vice grand; Lee Howell, secretary; E. J. Bristow, treasurer; Ture Peterson, R. S. N. G.; George Ely, L. S. N. G.; Lowell Clark, warden; Wallace Mat thews, conductor; W. W. Head, chaplain; John Clark, R. S. V. G.; Jack Whitesides, L. S. V. G.; Ted Troge, L G.; E. R. Lundell, O. G.; Will Clark, R. S. S.; Charles O'Con ner, L. S. S. Bunchgrass Rebekah lodge held its semi-annual installation of offi cers for the new term commencing July 1 on last Thursday evening, with Miss Lucile Bristow, district deputy, acting as installing officer. The following were placed in office: Mrs. Ruth Lundell, past noble grand; Mrs. Amy Sperry, noble grand; Mrs. Elvena Beezley, vice grand; Mrs. Lena Lundell, secre tary; Mrs. Etta Bristow, treasurer; Mr3. Delia McCurdy, R. S. N. G.; Mrs. Luvisa Louy, L. S. N. G.; Miss Lucile Bristow, warden; Mrs. Har riet Brown, conductor; Mrs. Ruby Roberts, chaplain; Mrs. Vida Heli ker, R. S. V. G.; Mrs. Etta Howell, L. S. V. G.; Miss Fern Engelman, I. G.; Mrs. Ida Fletcher, O. G.; Mrs. Gladys Drake, musician. T. E. Grabil has been re-hired as janitor for the school house for the next school year. Mrs. Loula Jones of Chickasha, Okla., arrived in lone Saturday, and is a guest at the home of her bro ther, J. W. Howk. Mr. Howk met his sister in Arlington. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jewell and two children drove over from Pasco on Wednesday of last week. The following day they left for a two weeks' visit at the home of Mrs. Jewell's sister, Mrs. Gus Read, at Newport. From lone they were accompanied by Mrs. Jewell's mo ther, Mrs. Alice McNabb. A. M. Zink recently suffered a broken foot While recuperating he is at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ernest Heliker. Mrs. Willard Blake has been en joying a short visit with her cousin, George McPherrin of Fort Scott, Kan., whom she had not seen for forty years. Mrs. Kenneth Blake and children are at the home of her parents at Grants Pass. Mrs. Blake has been in poor health for some time, and she is in hopes the southern Ore gon climate will benefit her. Mrs. Carl Brown returned from a trip to Twin Falls, Idaho, where she was called by the illness of her mother. When she returned to her home her mother accompanied her, going from here to Portland for medical attention. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Gunzel of Freewater were recent business vis itors In the lone district The first car load of the 1930 wheat left lone Tuesday night The consignment consisted of three cars and was raised by Lee Beckner and Henry Gorger. Norman Swanson who recently returned from the military training camp at Vancouver, Wash., has a position in the office of his father, J. E. Swanson. Mrs. J. C. Vandusen and son Lyle of Richmond, Cal., Is in Morrow county for a visit with relatives and friends. She and her son, in com pany with Cecil Farrens who has been spending the summer here, spent a pleasant week or more In the mountains with Mrs. Vandus- en's father, Willard Farrens where he has his sheep on range. She is also visiting her mother In lone and her sister, Mrs. Martin Bauarn. felnd at Morgan. She expect to return to California about the first of August and on the return trip will be accompanied by her niece. Cecil Farrens. The Vanduseni are former Morrow county residents. An eight and one-half pound boy was born July 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ball. The mother and babe are being cared for at the home of Mrs. Willard Farrens on Second street The religious services In Pente costal mission closed Sunday night and in response to a telegram. Rev. and Mrs. Dollarhlde departed Mon day for Enumclaw, Wash., where they hold a regular pastorate. As Edw. Rietmann was moving his combine to the field to start harvesting his wheat and as he was passing up a steep hill, the leveling device broke, letting the heavy ma chine topple over. Only slight dam age was done to the machinery, but his work of harvesting was delayed several days. Miss Fern Engelman visited in Portland briefly last week, going down on Friday and returning Sun day. The friends will be glad to know that D. H. Grabil, who has been in the Heppner hospital for several weeks, Is now so far recovered as to be able to return home. The middle of last week J. H. Bryson and son, Bert Bryson, of Riley, Kan., arrived In lone and are guests in the home of the elder Mr. Bryson's son, John. Mr. Bry son Sr. is 81 years old but states that he enjoyed the auto trip from his home town to lone. He and his son who resides in our town had not seen each other for 25 years. Needless to say, the reunion was a happy one. Construction work is well under way on the Shell Oil plant which is being built in upper lone on land recently purchased from George Frank. Mrs. Bert Mason and two sons, Dorr and Junior, motored to Walla Walla Sunday. Dorr returned to lone at once, but Mrs. Mason and Junior will accompany Mrs. Mason's sister, Mrs. Chas. Dezell, on a two weeks' outing to the lakes near Spokane. Mrs. Emil Swanson, Garland Swanson and F. A. Lundell drove to Salem on Thursday of last week. Here they were joined by Mrs. El mo McMillan and small daughter and all went to Vancouver, Wash., to witness the closing exercises of the citizens military training camp, of which Norman Swanson was a member. Mrs. McMillan and daugh ter accompanied the party on the return to lone. In the final tests in rifle firing at C. M. T. C. at Vancouver our two representatives, Swanson and Ma son, won distinction, Swanson re ceiving a rating as an expert rifle man and Mason as sharpshooter. Mrs. Etta Shippey went to Port land last week for a visit with her daughter, Florence Shippey. She made the trip with Mrs. Emil Swan son and party. Mrs. Hiram Werst and two chil dren of Clarkston, Wash., are here visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. Emily McMurray. MARE FAT PORK OF IT. Feed the surplus wheat to the hogs is the sage advice offered to grain growers by the president of the Portland Union stockyards, backed by the following alleged facts: The Northwest has a surplus of wheat on hand, along with other grain growing sections of the na tion. Prices are low. The North west does not produce pork enough to supply its own people. Hogs are being shipped In from the middle west to supply the demand. Prices for hogs are good. Wheat is splen did feed for hogs. Wheat transform ed into pork is worth nearly twice what it is in the sack. ililllllliilllllllllllMlllilllitlllllllllllllllllltl; Free Air 3miiiiittJiiiniiMiiitii iiimiiiiimiiiimiiihiimim: A COLUMN OF FUN AND FACTS (Edited by Dean T. Goodman from his private sanctum down at the Hepp ner Garage.) CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE. The American farmer, In 1925, ac cording to the Missouri College of Agriculture, cultivated 33 acres per man, as compared to 164 acres by the farmer in Scotland, 94 in Eng land, 8 in France, 6 in Germany and 4 in Italy. The production of grain per man in the grain growing sec tion of the United States has in creased from 12,000 pounds in 1870 to 25,000 pounds in 1925. The aver age wool fleece in 1800 was 2Vi pounds; now it is nearly 7 pounds. bell home was especially enjoyed,! since Mr. Gordon and Mr. Campbell were schoolmates In Heppner High school. Mr. Campbell has been with the rubber company for five years, and in his research work has con tributed three Improvements to the rubber products industry that have been utilized by his company. A visit to Ellis island was of es pecial educational value, according to Mr. Gordon, and they were for tunate in being there just after a large passenger ship had docked. In Philadelphia the Gordon's saw Rich ard E. Byrd, the explorer, as he left the train at the central station, and later heard him speak at Indepen dence hall. From a reserved seat in the galleries they saw and heard both divisions of congress in action, and it waa Mr. Gordon's opinion that a great deal of taxpayers' mon ey was wasted in the time they were there. The view from the porch of Mount Vernon across the Potomac was accredited as being the most beautiful In his experience. "Why they do It I don't know," he assert ed, "but in Atlantic City everybody just walks up and down Board walk." He and Mrs. Gordon were down town in Atlantic City but twice, the rest of the time being spent at their hotel and on Board Walk, he said. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon were In Cincinnati the day nineteen people died from the heat, and Mr. Gordon was quite certain for awhile that he would be the twentieth. He was, however, much impressed with the beauty of Cleveland and averred thai either it or Akron would be the city of his choice of all that were visited, were he to choose any one for permanent residence. When LOST At artesian well July 4th, large brown leather lady's purse. Will Identify and pay suitable re ward if left at Gazette Times office. Hats, sold regularly up to $8.00, now X while they last. Curran Hat Shop. 18tf, 'GLOBE TROTTERS' REPORT TO LIONS (Continued from First Page.) July 24, 1930 HOWDY MEN What's the use of trying to keep the house neat while your wife is away on a vacation? No matter how clean it is, she's bound to say on her return, "GRA CIOUS, WHAT A MESS." There's no pleasing a wife. She will even kick if she finds a two weeks accumulation of cigar ashes carefully swept behind the radiator. You can't see any ruins by traveling in America, but you can come home and look at your bank account AND THEN THERE IS THE CONSOLING FACT THAT IF YOU DO HAPPEN TO NEED TIRES OUR WORLD-FAMOUS GOOD YEARS CAN BE HAD WITHOUT STRAINING THE BANK AC COUNT MUCH MORE. A cowboy ordered a steak in a Broadway restaurant It came to him rare very rare. "Take that steak back and cook it" he thundered. "It is cooked," snapped the waiter. "Cooked hell!" exclaimed the pun cher. "I have seen cows hurt worse than that get well." The old fashioned woman who used to wear a veil for protection against the sun's rays now has a girl who lies on the beach all day trying to get tanned. 9 m w DIPPY DIALOGUE "Do you know what happens to little boys who swear?" "Yeah, they grow up to be golf ers. ..."I'm giving you the cold dope," said the nurse, as she poured out the cough medicine. And we're giving you the hot dope when we say that you should pat ronize our greasing department DICK WELLS IS TRYING TO MAKE A GOOD RECORD. HE IS TRYING TO GO 21 DAYS WITH OUT ASKING A MAN IF HE WANTS A MASSAGE AND TONIC WHEN HE COMES IN FOR A SHAVE. And we are trying to make a record this month, on new GOODYEAR TIRE customers. Business is good and It looks like all sales records would fall. Gushing Gertrude says that some men have a den and others growl all over the house. Gay Anderson dropped Into head quarters the other day. We are al ways glad to see Gay. His remarks often set us to thinking. He dropped this one and we 11 pass it on to you, Gay says that twenty years ago the girls didn't think of doing the things they do today. That's why they did' n't do them. NOMORE. Vaughn & Goodman (HEPPNEB OABAQE) "When Quality ana Bnrto Meat" vivid portrayal from the speaker. At Akron, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon vis ited for two days with Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Campbell. Mr. Campbell is a chemist with the Goodrich Rub ber company, and through hi3 con nection the Gordons were conducted throughout the company's plant At Akron, also, was viewed the world's largest dirigible balloon under con struction by the Goodyear Rubber company. The visit at the Camp- Buy Seiberling Tires and forget your tire expense for a year. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT Greasing, Washing Polishing Promptly done COHN Auto Co. Phone 62 Denver was reached on the return, he found there was some error in the handling of his credentials as delegate to the Lions International convention, and as both he and Mrs. Gordon were becoming weary from their journey and anxious to get home, they did not stay. On arriv ing home Mr. Gordon found notifi cation of a convention committee appointment awaiting him. Time was not sufficient to allow presentation of all the program scheduled, and President Sweek an nounced that the Heppner-Spray road report following recent visit of the state engineer would be on the docket for next week. M 53 4& S3 !, 33 $3 &1 fife Announcement iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii With the First of August my offices will be located in the Gilman Building on Willow Street oppositet the Gazette Times office, and in the quarters now occupied by Dr. J. L. Callaway. 835 m 3 8$ NOTICE To Bank Depositors ( Adjustment of Balance Minimums The ever increasing standards of service and facilities pro vided to meet present day banking requirements have necessitated an adjustment of balance minimums and service charges. The schedule herewith, effective August 25, 1930, is based upon a comprehensive survey of modern banking practice throughout the United States. s SERVICE CHARGE ON CHECKING ACCOUNTS . A monthly service charge of fifty cents (50c) shall be made on any checking account where a minimum balance falls below fifty dollars ($50.00) providing there have been any withdrawals on the account during the preceeding month. The first charge will be made on August 25th, 1930, and will be governed by the bal ance maintained after July 25th, 1930. SERVICE CHARGE ON RETURNED CHECKS Where checks create an overdraft or are returned for in sufficient funds or for being post-dated, a charge of twenty-five cents shall be made to the drawers' account by the Bank. This charge is to cover messenger service and bookkeeping costs in volved in handling returned checks. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HEPPNER FARMERS & ST0CKGR0WERS NATIONAL BANK of Heppner Ml as Si m JEW 8& fcj 0818 Dr. C. W. Barr DENTIST Now in Case Apartment Bldg., Entrance on Center Street Thk Pacific Telephone And Telechaph Company The wise motorist telephones ahead At the day's end, on your motor trip, will you reach clean, comfortable quarters that have been prepared and held ready for you? The wise motorist telephones ahead, then travels along as swiftly or as leis urely as he pleases. Telephone frequently homeward. It will keep your mind al rest con cerning family or business mat ters; and it will set the minds of others at rest concerning you. m. D. Clark Hiatt & Dix II COMMUNITY PROSPERITY IS IN YOUR HANDS- THINK! Will the money you spend f o r food this week-end stay in local circulation where at least a part of it may be returned to you? It will if you patronize an independent store such as the Red & White. "QUALITY ALWAYS HIGHER THAN PRICE" Saturday & Monday (July 26th and 28th) Red & White Super-Specials ii WE BESEBVE THE BIGHT TO LIMIT QUA1TTITIEB R&W Coffee Pkg. 39c Serv-us Coffee S 45c FRUIT PECTIN 12-oz. Bottles, 2 for. 49c SALAD DRESSING Pints 24c French Dressing 8-oz. Bottle 20c QUAKER PUFFED WHEAT & QUAKER PUFFED RICE I Package of Each Both for 31c Serv-us PEACHES 2 Cans (22s) THE OWNER SERVES ( 51c WHEATIES Off 2Pkgs... 4eC Bluing or Ammonia 4 AA Pint Bottles, 2 for J. JC Corn or Gloss Starch l AA 1-lb. Pkgs.,2for IcfC TEASPOON TEA 1-4 lb. Pkg AOiZ Alpine MILK 07 3 Cans (Tall) 4 f C R&W Asparagus Tipsff? 2 Cans (2s) tltfC R&W Oval Sardines QOn 3 Cans OmZ THE BUYER SAVES to