OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITORIUM
PORTLAND. ORE.
Volume 47, Number 27.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 1930
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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1.
3 MILES OF PIPE
LINE TO B
ERELI
Stretch of City Main From
Well to Floreon Place
to be Improved.
COST ESTIMATE $9000
Purchase of Eight-Inch Cast Iron
Pipe Sanctioned; Engineer
Tamblyn Makes Report.
Work of replacing 1.3 miles of
the old concrete pipe of the main
carrying the city water supply from
the artesian well at the forks of
Willow creek will be started soon,
according to action taken by the
city council at its mid-month meet
ing Monday evening. Eight-inch cast
iron pipe will be used to replace the
old pipe. The stretch to be relaid
reaches from the Intake at the con
nection with the well to what is
commonly known as the "Butcher
Bill" barn on the Floreon place.
In addition to the 1.3 miles, an
other stretch of 150 feet where the
line goes through a marshy section
near the creek, will be relaid. This
stretch has causesd much trouble,
due to roots growing Into the pipe.
Committee Report Okeyed
The action was taken following
the report of the committee ap
pointed at the previous meeting to
make Investigation and recommen
dations as to the nature and extent
of this work which the city may
undertake at the present time.
Councilmen on the committee ap
pointed to work in conjunction with
the watermaster are C. L. Sweek,
Gay M. Andersn and Jeff Jones.
Chairman Sweek reported for the
committee. Councilman Claude
Cox moved that the report of the
committee be accepted and that 8
lnch cast iron pipe be purchased.
The motion was passed unanimous
ly. On estimates arrived at by the
committee the contemplated work
will cost $9000. Investigation of the
city finances determined that this
amount was the limit which may be
used for this purpose at present.
Harry Tamblyn, county engineer,
who had been Instructed by the
committee to prepare a report on
the carrying capacity of pipe of
different materials and dimensions,
furnished expert data on which the
committee's action was taken. The
pipe selected, according to Mr. Tam
blyn's report will carry more than
the total flow of the well. Under
the head now existing, eight-Inch
cast Iron pipe when new may be
expected to carry 750,000 gallons in
24 hours, he said. The flow of the
well is 690,000 gallons per 24 hours.
While the friction head will increase
with erosion of the pipe, there will
never be a time while it still gives
service that it will not accommo
date an amount of water equal to
the present flow of the well.
Pipe Held Sufficient
Mr. Tamblyn said that eight-Inch
cast iron pipe would accommodate
the flow as far as the chlorinatlon
plant on the Monahan place just
above the city but from there to the
reservoir he recommended 10-inch
pipe because of the Increased fric
tion head encountered hi the rise
to the reservoir.
Present at the meeting were May
or W. G. McCarty, Councilmen C.
L. Sweek, Jeff Jones, Claude Cox,
Gay M. Anderson, and Recorder E.
R. Huston.
Football Season Opens
For H. II. S. October 3
If present plans materialize Hepp
ner high school will open the 1930
football season on the home grid,
October 3, playing a fraternity team
from Whitman college, Walla Wal
la. Other games scheduled include
contests with Lexington, Hermlston,
Arlington, and Condon high schools.
Hermlston high school will appear
here Armistice day.
Negotiations are under way for a
game with lone but so far none has
been scheduled. No league was
formed for football among the
schools formerly represented in the
Upper Columbia Athletic league,
this year, due to the shortage of
time for scheduling outside games.
The schedule arranged by Heppner
high school follows:
Oct. 3 Tentative game with fra
ternity team from Whitman college.
Oct. 10 Lexington at Lexington.
Oct. 17 Hermlston at Hermlston.
Oct. 24 -Arlington at Heppner.
Oct. 31 Condon at Condon.
Nov. 11 Hermlston at Heppner.
HEALTH OFFICER VISITS.
Dr. A. B. Gray, county health of
ficer, accompanied by his assistant,
r. A. Pickwlth. with Miss Edith
Stallard, county nurse, made a visit
to the school at Boardman on Tues
day, and put the pupils there
through physical examinations. He
reports the children of the school In
excellent health and a little above
the average In physical condition,
TO JUDGE AT FAIR.
C. W. Smith county agent, will be
In Fossil tomorrow and Saturday
to judge the livestock and farm
crops exhibits at the Wheeler coun
ty fair,
Registered purebred Hampshire
bucks for sale, J, C. Swift, Hepp
ner. 27-30p
RAPIDS PROJECT
CHANCES CITED
Congrwwman Butler Says River
Development Coming, But With
Cost to Taxpayer.
"Development of the Columbia
river may be looked for, said R. R.
Butler of The Dalles, representative
of this district in congress, in the
city yesterday on a tour of his dis
trict. "However, there Is no such
thing as water power development
without cost to the taxpayer."
Prospects are bright at the pre
sent time for obtaining congression
al sanction of the Umatilla Rapids
project, Mr. Butler believes, but be
fore the project can be put across it
must have the support of the admin
istration. An adverse report on it
is known to be in the hands of the
secretary of the interior, but this
may not be a serious obstacle If
the presidential okeh is given.
When and if congressional sanc
tion is given, the project may not
then be a certainty. An appropria
tion of funds is necessary before
actual construction work can com
mence. To show that obtaining of
appropriations Is not so easy, and
that Uncle Sam does use a good
deal of business judgment in spend
ing his money, Mr. Butler cited the
case of the Boulder Dam project
which hung fire for some forty
years, and an appropriation for its
construction was finally obtained
only after the signing of contracts
by the city of Los Angeles to use
an amount of the power generated
sufficient to guarantee successful
operation of the project
Mr. Butler believes that sufficient
evidence has so far been prepared
to establish before congress the
feasibility of the Umatilla Rapids
project The government has al
ready expended $60,000 in obtaining
this data. He also believes that the
surrounding territory will afford an
outlet for the power generated, and
that when the time comes for ob
taining appropriation for Its con
struction, it will be possible to ob
tain the required documentary evi
dence to establish the fact
I0NE
By JENNIE E. McMURRAT.
A quiet home wedding was cele
brated Thursday morning, Septem
ber 11, at the Lee Beckner home,
when Miss Bertha Humerick of
Jacksonville, Florida, became the
bride of Mr. Tilghman Beckner of
Athena. Only the immediate mem
bers of the Lee Beckner family were
present when the vows were ex
changed. The simple but impres
sive service of the Congregational
church was read, Rev. W. W. Head
of the lone Congregational church
officiating. The service was read at
10 o clock and at noon a delicious
family dinner was served. After a
short visit here Mr. and Mrs. Beck
ner took their departure for Athena
where they will make their home on
a farm operated by Mr. Beckner.
The many friends here will be
glad to know that Mrs. George Rit
chie who recently underwent an
operation in a Portland hospital Is
so far recovered that she will be
able to return to her home at 693
Marshal street this week.
Last week when Willard Miller
was making a drive from Pullman,
Wash., to Klamath Falls, he stop
ped over In lone for a brief visit
with his sister, Mrs. Willard Blake.
Huston Bryson who had been at
Dillard working In the cantaloupe
harvest spent part of last week vis
iting relatives in Portland.
Mrs. Glen Ball of Morgan was
taken to the Heppner hospital for
treatment on Wedesday of last
week. At last reports she was much
Improved.
All cars were headed towards the
mountains on Saturday and Sunday.
More than the usual number of
hunters seem to be answering the
call of the hunting season. A party
made up of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Nelson and Bert Botts left on Tues
day for the Fox valley country to
spend a week or more. Marshall
and Clinton Jackson, Fred Ritchie
and Jack Whitesldes departed on
Saturday, hoping to get in a day of
fishing before the deer season open
ed. Others going from here were
Misners and Manklns, C. A. Nel
son, C. F. Bergstrom, T. E. Peter
son, L. N. Rlggs, James Warfleld,
Harry Smith, L. J. Dempsey, H. O.
Kincaid, Louis Buschke, Ernest
Lundell, Richard Lundell, M. E. Cot
ter, Bert Mason, Elmer Griffith,
Rood Eckleberry, Roy Lleuallen,
John Kreba, Earl Morgan, Dale
Ray, "Shorty" Feller, William Law-
ton, George Cochran and Louis Ber
gevln. Many others will go later.
The weather conditions are Ideal
and those who claim to know, re
port an abundance of deer.
While endeavoring to get In con
dition for the hunting season one
of the brothers removed a moun
tain of weeds from the grounds
around the Masonic hall, which
greatly Improved the appearance of
the place.
W. Murdock who resides near
Spray was a business visitor on the
Fred McMurray ranch Saturday.
Mrs. E. J. Bristow and daughter
Lucile returned last week from e
pleasant visit with relatives in Bak
er. E. J. Bristow and family wore
week-end visitors In Walla Walla.
Mrs. Harriet Brown and Miss Hll-
degarde Williams were among those
who attended the fair at Boardman
Saturday.
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MEASURES ON
BALLOT NOV. 4TH
Cabinet Type Government
Cuts Elective Offices
Down to Three.
WOULD TAX INCOME
Printed Pamphlets With Measures
and Arguments to be Mailed
Voters by October 25.
Thirteen proposed constitutional
amendments and measures will oc
cupy the attention of the voters at
the coming general election of No
vember 4th, seven of which were re
ferred by the 1929 legislative assem
bly, two by referendum petition and
four by initiative petition of the
people. The printed pamphlets, con
taining these measures with argu
ments filed for or against the same,
the law requires shall be mailed to
each registered voter in the state
on or before October 25, 1930, the
tenth day prior to the general elec
tion. Of those referred by the legisla
ture, Senate Joint Resolution No. 16
proposing a state cabinet form of
government is probably the most
widely discussed, providing for but
three elective offices and creating
nine state departments or subdi
visions under the control of the
governor. Under a companion res
olution a committee is already
studying the subject of administra
tive reorganization and will report
its findings and recommendations
to the 1931 legislative assembly for
the information of that body in the
event the constitutional amendment
is approved by the voters. The in
come tax bill and the bill providing
for two additional circuit judges
for Multnomah county, submitted
by the referendum are also creat
ing their share of public interest
The thirteen proposed constitu
tional amendments and measures,
with titles as they will appear on
the ballot, follow:
Referred to the People by
Legislative Assembly.
"Repeal of state payment of Irri
gation and drainage district inter
est" Purpose: To repeal article
Xl-b of the state constitution,
which now provides for the Issu
ance and sale of state bonds and the
payment, with the money received
therefrom, of the Interest on bonds
issued by irrigation and drainage
districts, for the first five years af
ter such bonds are issued; the dis
tricts to repay the state after the
district bonds are paid off.
"State cabinet form of govern
ment constitutional amendment
Purpose: To amend the state con
stitution to provide that the only
executive and administrative state
officers elected by the people shall
be governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer, all other heads of
executive and administrative de
partments to be appointed by the
governor with consent of the sen
ate; to create the following state
departments: agriculture, labor and
Industry, financial administration,
commerce, education, public works
and domain, health and public wel
fare, police and military affairs, le
gal affairs; to abolish all other ex
ecutive and administrative offices,
boards and commissions, and trans
fer all their powers, duties, obliga
tions, etc., to such new departments.
"Bonus loan constitutional am
endment" Purpose: To extend the
privilege of securing state loans un
der the soldiers' bonus law to resi
dents of Oregon who served any
time in the Spanish-American war
or in the Philippine Insurrection, or
the Boxer rebellion in China, also
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DR. GRAY HAS ASSISTANT.
Dr. A. B. Gray has added to his
force and will now have for his
assistant, Mr. C. A. Pickwlth, who
arrived here recently from El Cen-
tro, Calif., accompanied by Mrs.
Pickwlth. Mr. Plckwith is a male
nurse and technician and Mrs. Plck
with is a graduate nurse. In this
association Dr. Gray will have as
sistance in his practice of a man
who has had two years work in the
navy hospital, and an additional
two years in the service of the navy
on board ship as technician and
X-ray specialist and he should
prove to be of much value to the
doctor in his hospital work.
METHODIST CHURCH.
On Sunday morning Miss Lillian
Allingcr will tell about her trip to
the World's Christian Endeavor
convention at Berlin, and also of
her trip through Scotland, England,
Holland, Switzerland and France
with the Endeavor delegates before
reaching Berlin. From 14,000 to 16,
000 young people attended the con
vention and this will be a rare op
portunity to hear the story of this
great meeting. Two weeks from
Sunday she will review the Passion
Play. Everyone cordially invited to
these services.
Sunday school at 9:45; Miss Al
llnger at the 11 o'clock service; 7
p. m., Epworth League; 8 p. m.,
gospel message, "A Prison Scene
at Midnight"
GLEN P, WHITE, Pastor.
For Sale 402 acres summer range
known as South Jones nrnlrln Mr
Henry Jones, 399 E. 16th St. N.,
RAT PROBLEM
SAID SERIOUS
Many Inquiries Reach County
Agent; Very Destructive; Poi
soning Methods Told.
By C. W. SMITH, County Agent
The house or wharf rat is without
a doubt the most destructive animal
known and if the numerous inquir
ies coming to the county agent's
office regarding their control is an
indlcation.of the number in Morrow
county, it is badly infested with
these animals. For centuries rats
have lived in or about human hab
itations and have developed an as
tonishing ability to adapt them
selves to all conditions. It has been
estimated that the annual loss In
the United States due to their dep
redations is more than $200,000,000.
The people of Oregon and Morrow
county evidently have contributed
their share to this amount From
20 to 30 inquiries are made each
month at the local extension work
er's office asking for methods of
poisoning this pest Because rats
have lived so near human beings,
cats and dogs, they have developed
a cunningness that is hard to com
bat and which makes them all the
more difficult to destroy.
The brown rat begins breeding at
3 or 4 months of age and where
food Is abundant breeds from 60 to
100 times a year, averaging in some
parts of the United States eight to
the litter, so the increase Is very
rapid.
Wasted food products, killed chic
kens, cut grain sacks, honey comb
ed basements and cellars are just
a few results of the activities of
the rat.
The poisoning of the rat: Al
though hungry rats will eat any
thing, poisoning has been a big
problem in the past due to the fact
that when putting out poison in the
runways of the rats, cats, dogs, and
sometimes irresponsible people were
poisoned. "K. R. O." or "Red
Squill," a rat poison which has been
recently perfected, makes it possi
ble to poison the rat when in or
around the farm buildings. K. R.
O. (Kills Rats Only) does just that;
therefore it can be placed in or
about the buildings without danger
to pets or humans.
When poisoning rats all available
food must be removed because It Is
almost impossible to poison rats
when they have an abundance of
food on every hand. The best meth
od of poisoning is to cover a slice
of bread with peanut butter and cut
this in small pieces. Sprinkle the
pieces with K. R. O. until it has a
bright color and place In the run
ways of places where rats usually
are found. All old baits should be
destroyed before they become dry
and unpalatable and fresh ones put
in their place. Sometimes it will
be found necessary to change the
bait used because the rat may be
come wise to the process and
change of bait will get the desired
results.
Formation of Health
Group Object of Visit
Homer A. Chamberlain, director
of public Information of Oregon
Tuberculosis association, is In Hepp
ner today and expects to spend at
least a week In Morrow county,
during which time he plans to get
under way the formation of a Mor
row County Public Health associa
tion. The formation of such an asso
ciation has been discussed with a
number of prominent people of the
county, Interested in matters of
public health and the physical wel
fare of school children. The plan
meets with their approval and it
also has the support of Miss Edith
Stallard, county health nurse, says
Mr. Chamberlain.
By the formation of such an asso
ciation it is expected the county
will benefit, inasmuch as a portion
of the funds raised from the sale
of Christmas seals will be held here
for local health work, the associa
tion acting as disbursing agent The
services of staff members of the
state association will continue to
be available to the county, he says,
following formation of the local
group.
Arrangements are being made for
Mr. Chamberlain to speak before a
number of granges and other or
ganization while here. He will ap
pear before the Lions club Monday,
at a joint meeting of Lexington and
Willows granges Saturday evening,
and at Rhea Creek grange Sunday
afternoon. The type of work be
ing carried on by similar associa
tions in 22 other counties of the
state will be explained. The pur
pose of these organizations Is to
increase the effectiveness and scope
of the county health work through
the efforts and Interests of volun
teer workers.
A few days aro still open on the
visitor's schedule and any organiza
tion Interested in having him ap
pear before them may get In touch
with Miss Stallard, county nurse, at
the court house, who Is making ar
rangements for the talks.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. B. Stanley Moore, mlssion-ary-ln-chorge.
Holy communion at
8 o'clock. Church school at 9:45
sharp. Morning prayer and sermon
at 11. Young Peoples Fellowship
at 6.
"Ye are our epistle written In our
hearts, known and read by all men."
-II Cor, 3:2.
It's In the air- join the crowds to
see SWING HIGH star theater,
Sunday-Monday.
NORTH IRROW
BETTER! EVER
Exhibits Shown From All
Parts of County; Many
Go to Boardman.
4-H CLUBS GROWING
Demonstrations by Boys and Girls,
And Displays are Feature;
Entertainment Provided.
By MRS. A. T. HEREIM.
Well, folks, the fair is over for
another year and we can all draw
a big sigh of relief. There were the
usual heartburnings over prizes
that go with every fair, the usual
unlimited amount of work, but this
year there were a number of un
usual features. The Juvenile Grange
booths were a new departure and
brought much comment The prizes
for these were given by the Pomo
na, with Boardman first and Rhea
Creek second. The health work
was also new this year, and was
most interesting. Neil Shuirman,
athletic coach at Heppner scored
the boys and girls in this group,
which was open to any club mem
ber. They were scored on posture,
with over 30 entries, and when
scores were counted, Helen Mead
received first, Lorraine Dillabough
second and Lavern Baker third, all
from Boardman. A posture parade
followed. Many of the mothers
smiled over the great chagrin of
the boys and girls when they learn
ed that they must wear their bath
ing suits and the boys their over
alls for most of them had worn
as few clothes all summer as a
native Hawaiian, and a few of the
boys refused to enter.
The boys and girls who were ex
amined the first of August for the
health contest were given their sec
ond examination Saturday by Dr.
McMurdo and were scored accord
ing to the improvement shown in
that time. Miss Stallard stated that
they were a bit too late in starting
this contest but entries will be
made earlier next year. Clayton
Shane received the highest score
with Edna Lovgren of Eight Mile
second, and Elsie Wilson of Board-
man third.
The list of winners in the 4-H
club section will be published next
week.
There were only two Grange
booths, Willows and Greenfield of
Boardman with the latter getting
first and Willows second. Mr. Poul
son said that both booths were wor
thy of entry at the state fair. Both
were well balanced, well arranged
and had many varieties of farm
products entered.
The Ladies Aid and the Home
Economics club served dinner both
days with Mrs. D. W. Miller, Mrs.
H. E. Bates and Mrs. Ray Brown
as chairmen from the two organiza
tions. Mrs. Coats was unable to be
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Woman's Study Club
Has Enjoyable Meeting
One of the important social af
fairs of the season was a dinner
given Wednesday evening, Sept 10,
by the Woman s Study club at the
beautiful country home of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Jones. During the din
ner hour a musical program was
given by Mrs. William Poulson, Mrs.
Frank Turner, Mrs. Walter Moore
and Mrs. J. O. Turner.
After the business meeting, an
hour was spent socially. There
were about forty ladies present
Assisting the hostess were Mrs.
Dooley, Mrs. C. W. McNamer, Mrs.
Arthur McAtee, Mrs. Hollis Bull,
Mrs. Fred Lucas, Mrs. Bert Mason,
Mrs. Walter Moore and Miss Phyl
lis Jane Jones. The next regular
meeting of the club will be held on
Saturday, October 4.
HEPPNER BOY WINS PRIZE.
Gordon Bucknum is In receipt of
a check of $25 from the manufac
turers of Sun Freeze brick Ice
cream, the second prize offered by
them In a contest covering the
states of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho for the greatest number of
words compiled from the letters in
Sun Freeze Brick." Gordon work
ed for some time on the contest, and
his list comprised more than 15,000
words. There were a large number
of contestants and Mr. Bucknum is
feeling pretty proud of the fact that
he gathered in the second prize.
DEGREE OF HONOR NOTICES.
The Degree of Honor will hold Its
first meeting of the fall Tuesday,
Sept. 23, at 8 o'clock in Odd Fellows
hall. There will be Initiation and
refreshments. All members are urg
ed to be present Clara Beamer,
Sec.
The Juvenile Degree of Honor
will resume regular meetings, after
having spent the summer with pie
nlcs, by entertaining mothers with
a supper Tuesday evening, Sept. 23,
at 5:30, Odd Fellows hall. They
will begin regular club work for
the winter. Nora Moore, juvenile
leader.
LAMBS SHIPPED.
B. W. Kocnekamp of La Balm,
Wash., shipped 770 ewes from the
local stock yards Monday, through
the F. S. Parker feed yards. The
sheep were purchased locally.
FOREST ARIDITY
STUMPS HUNTERS
Deer Plentiful But Hordes of
Nimrodg Not Making Kill
Of Past Yean.
Favored, indeed, is he who gets
ms duck uiese days, say deer hunt
ers who are returning in large num
bers empty handed from the chase.
Some say the deer just aren't, but
older heads say it's the weather.
Timber's too dry, sound carries bad,
"ie scent or the nimrod is eas
ier to detect There's plenty of deer,
they say.
That's the condition
and may account for the greatly de
creasea number of kills reported.
So far, the sight of a buck slung on
the fende 19 np hllmnorff nf a pq. la
more or less of a curiosity, though
ii was expected rrom the rush made
tO the timhpr a How np tivr, hafn
the season opened, that the sight
wuuiq De more common than ever.
About half of the masculine pop
ulation along with several of the
fairer sex, were missing from the
city on opening day, and Saturday
and Sunday a string of outside cars
carrying red -capped occupants,
passed through to the timbered
hinterland.
Not all who have returned were
emntv hndpH Twn Kitir
weighed in at the Peoples Hardware
tumpany in tne contest being con
ducted by that firm were killed by
Roy Coxen, and C. R. Winslow of
The Dalles. The first weighed 177
pounds, the latter 239. J. L Han
na is reDorted tn have Rlaln o 1n
pounder, while Paul Gemmell is also
nsiea among uie lavored. Another
buck was accounted for by the par
ty or which Mr. Hanna was a mem
ber, including D. Cox and sons D.
Jr., Ben and Percy, and Bill Mays.
Amone Hennner husinpa.q men
who have been hunting so far are
u. van marter, ur. A. D. McMiydo,
L. E. Bisbee, L. L. and E. E. Gil
liam, Jas. Cash, Russell Pratt
Leonard Schwarz, Mark Merrill,
D. A. Wilson, Gene Ferguson, Frank
Shively, Charles Vaughn, Gay M.
Anderson and C. L. Sweek. These
are known to have been in quest of
deer, while some of these and others
have taken advantage of the bird
hunting as well.
Frosh-Soph Class Mix
Tomorrow Afternoon
According to an established cus
tom, entering freshmen of Heppner
high school each year must prove
their superiority over the sopho
mores in order to gain the right to
choose their own class colors; and
If they fail, they must be repre
sented by a green pennant hung in
the assembly hall. As a means of
proving the valor of wearers of the
green an inter-class mix is staged
in which boys and girls of the two
classes vie in a number of athletic
events. The event this year Is
scheduled for 2:30 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Among the events are races of
various kinds a tug-of-war, and
most important of all a grid-iron
marking race, for it is by means of
the latter that the football field Is
put in preparation for the season.
Each event counts so many points,
and the winning side is decided by
computation of points taken by
each.
TEACHERS GIVEN RECEPTION.
The faculty of Heppner school
was tendered a reception on Tues
day evening from 8 to 9:30 o'clock
at the parish house, the affair be
ing directed by the Parent Teacher
association and largely attended by
friends and patrons of the school.
Following an introduction of the
teachers and their reception by the
gathering, a short musical program
was enjoyed. This consisted of a
piano solo by Mrs. J. O. Turner;
vocal duct by the Misses Mary and
Patricia Monahan, Mrs. W. E.
Moore accompanying; instrument
al solos by Harold Buhman, accom
panied by Mrs. W. R. Poulson; vo
cal solo, Miss Wood, with Mrs.
Poulson at piano, and solos by Lau
rel Beach of Lexington, who was
accompanied by Miss Helen Falcon
er. A social hour followed during
which light refreshments of cider
and cookies were served by the lad
ies of the P. T. A.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Dick Wells was accidentally shot
Sunday while hunting in company
with Jim Cash, and reported to the
doctor's office for the removal of a
number of blrdshot from various
parts of his anatomy. The men
were hunting on opposite sides of
a draw, and were at a distance
which they later determined to be
150 yards apart, when Mr. Cash dis
charged his shotgun and Mr. Wells
was hit. Both men were amazed at
the shot carrying so far, and though
Mr. Wells did not appreciate being
struck by the shot he does not con
sider Mr. Cash to be blamed for
carelessness. His Injury was not
serious.
IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
D. E. Gllman received bruises
when his car overturned Friday
morning in making the turn from
the Oregon-Washington highway
onto the Columbia River highway
at Heppner Junction on his way
to the North Morrow County fair
at Boardman. Just before negotia
ting the turn, Mr. Gllman reached
for his watch, losing momentary
control of the car and resulting in
the accident Though he drove the
car on to Boardmun, since return
ing home, he has been Incapacitat
ed as a result of the accident
iTSOIil DELIVERS
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Constitution Day Observ
ed; Democracy Said on
Test in the U. S.
COURTS BACKBONE
State Cabinet System is Diverting
Toward Monarchy; Laurel Beach
Entertains Lions With Songs.
"The United States' form of gov
ernment is still in the test stage. . .
Ever a tendency toward monarchy.
. . . Our system of government will
have failed when public confidence
in our courts is lost" These are
some of the highlights of the Con
stitution day address of S. E. Not
son before the Heppner Lions club
at its Monday luncheon.
Mr. Notson pointed out that the
constitution was not a pure inven
tion by its framers, but more the
outgrowth of governmental tests of
past ages. That it has endured thus
far with only 19 amendments ten
of which are known as the "Bill of
Rights," passed shortly after the
constitution's adoption to secure to
the people certain inalienable rights
beyond the realm of all government
is evidence of the wisdom of the
document's authors.
Not Pure Democracy
"Our system of government is not
a pure democracy. A pure democ
racy contemplates that, each indi
vidual citizen may have a direct say
in the way he is governed. Early
colonial governments came near be
ing democracies, for there nearly
equal say was had by all in the com
munity gatherings. That the writ
ers of the constitution did not have
in mind a pure democracy is evi
denced by the provision of equal
representation by states in the sen
ate and by the manner provided
for the election of the president 1
through the electoral college." Mr.
Notson cited how the tendency tow
ard a more democratic form of
government has since been shown
through taking election of senators
and presidential electors away from
the state legislatures and giving this
power to the people.
While the English unwritten con
stitution is more flexible than the
written constitution of the United
States, and some Englishmen call
our constitution the "frozen law,"
Mr. Notson considers our system
preferable. It is not subject to the
rapid change that England's is be
cause of the difficult manner pro
vided for amending it two-thirds
majority in congress and three-
four.ths majority of the state legis
latures and hence the merit of any
change in it must be well founded
before such change can be brought
about
Court System Unique
The monarchic trend in this coun
try is evidenced at the present time
through the cabinet form of gov
ernment which will be voted cm by
the people of Oregon at the Novem
ber election, he said. Here again a
tendency is shown to place more
power in the hands of one man. Mr.
Notson said he believed a monarchy
to be the best form of government
when a man of large capacity, hav
ing at heart the interests of all the
people, is at the head. That it does
not always work out this way is
evidenced by the recent action of a
governor at the head of a cabinet ,
system. This governor was accost
ed by a traffic officer in his state
for speeding. Whereupon he in
formed the traffic officer that he, as
governor, was head of the traffic
department and would drive as he
chose.
The United States system of
courts comes near being a pure in
vention, Mr. Notson said, as nothing
just like it before existed though the
principles involved had been recog
nized before. The courts are the
backbone of our nation, he quoted
a German jurist whom he heard at
the convention of the American Bar
association In Memphis, Tenn., last
year, as saying. And when public
confidence in these is lost, our gov
ernment will have failed. That our
judges are not- expected to be In
fallible is evidenced by the provis
ion for impeachment by our state
constitution. But that the majority
of the men selected to sit on the
bench are men of high standing and
ability is also shown by the disuse
of this provision.
Beach Well Received
Each new election brings tests of
our government Now only a cen
tury and a half old, our constitu
tion is a new thing measured by the
life of governments. It is constant
ly on trial, and time alone will tell
of its success or failure.
Laurel Beach, son of Mr. and Mrs.
K. L. Beach of Lexington, a student
last year in the Chicago Conserva
tory of Music and last summer on
the Elllson-Whlte Chautauqua plat
form, obliged with several vocal
selections which received hearty en
core. Miss Helen Falconer, Lexing
ton high school teacher, accompan
ied him at the piano. Mr. Beach
was given a standing invitation to
appear before the club, by Chas.
Smith, vice president, presiding in
absence of C. L. Sweek, president
SWING HIGH romance of the
Big Top, Star theater, Sunday-Monday.
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