SOCIETY
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Volume 48, Number 30.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1931.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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MAYOR TO WELCOME
CLUBBERS TO CITY
Exhibit Judging First on
Fair Program Set
For Saturday.
MANY PRIZES GIVEN
Six Summer School Scholarships
To be Awarded; School and
Grange to Serve Cocoa.
The Morrow County 4-H Club fair
and annual Morrow County Wool
and Grain show will open at the
county fair pavilion at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning with judging of
the sewing, cooking and handiwork
exhibits by Miss Helen Cowgill,
judging of poultry, sheep and calves
by L. J. Allen, judging of grains by
J. Foster Martin, and Judging of
wool by H. A. Lindgren, all judges
being from Oregon State college.
At noon those bringing -lunches
will be served hot chocolate by the
Heppner school and Rhea Creek
grange cooperating.
The parade, in which clubs par
ticipating will march in groups
identified by a banner or other in
signia, will start at 1 o'clock, head
ed by the Heppner school band.
Immediately following the parade
W. G. McCarty, mayor, will wel
come the clubbers to Heppner in an
address at the pavilion, W. P. Ma
honey, vice-president of the First
National bank, will follow with an
address, "4-H Club Work and the
Bankers." Mr. Mahoney Is "Key"
banker for Morrow county, named
by the Oregon Bankers association
to assist in the promotion of better
agricultural practices The remain
der "of the afternoon will be taken
up by judging of demonstrations,
making of awards, and music. The
Heppner school band will play.
Besides scholarships to be award
ed, one in sheep club work by the
Farmers & Stockgrowers National
bank, one in calf club work by the
First National bank, and four by
Morrow county, a number of special
prizes will be given. The scholar
. ships are $15 each to send the recip
ients to the annual 4-H club sum
mer school at Corvallls.
Special prizes include: To win
ner in calf showmanship contest,
one sack of calf meal by Heppner
Trading company; for best pen
poultry, one sack poultry chow by
Heppner Trading ' company; for
best calf, one sack calf meal by
Heppner Farmers Elevator com
pany; for winner in sheep show
manship, a pocket knife by Purina
mills; for best cooking exhibit,
glass bridge set by Pacific Power
& Light company; for best sewing
H exhibit, $2.50 worth of dress ma
terial by J. C. Penney company;
for winning demonstration team,
$2.50 in merchandise each to be
awarded by Peoples Hardware com
pany and Gilliam & Bisbee.
Plans for the fair and wool and
grain show have progressed well
and give promise of many worth
while exhibits and demonstrations.
Nearly al of the 30 clubs in the
county will be represented, and
nearly 300 clubbers are expected,
said C. W. Smith, manager, this
morning. '
Heppner Warriors Beat
Lexington, Pilot Rock
Heppner high school football
warriors hit their stride in a prac
tice game with Lexington which
they won 13-0, and reached on out
to envelop the heavy lads of Pilot
Rock to. the tune of 6-0 yesterday
afternoon. Yesterday's battle was
hard-fought, and except for a
blocked punt by Jimmie Furlong,
Heppner center, the locals might
not have scored. Good gains were
made by F. Jones and O. Furlong,
half backs, while Roy Gentry,
quarter, did good engineering.' R.
Forgey, left tackle, made himself
conspicuous among linemen, both
in tackling and Interference work.
Heppner's next game is a week
from Saturday at Athena, and the
next home game is two weeks from
Friday with Arlington.
The boys lined up as follows
against Pilot Rock:
M. Morgan, left end; R. Forgey,
left tackle; L. Cowdry, left guard;
J. Furlong, center; H. Ayers, right
guard; R. Benton, right tackle; M.
Jones, right end; R. Gentry, quar
ter; F. Jones, right half; O. Fur
Jong, left half; C, Thomson, full
back.
W. R. Poulson was referee, and
Dr. Smith of Pilot Rock, head lines-
ATTEND CONFERENCE.
Rev. Glen P, White, Mrs. White,
Mrs. L. W. Briggs, Miss Opal Brlggs
. and Mrs. Pete Curran went to The
Dalles Monday to attend a confer
ence in behalf of evangelism. Bert
Smith, head of the men s movement
in the Methodlst'ohurch. and repre-
sentatlves of twenty-two different
Interdenominational groups were
present Professor Mongel, super
intendent of the high school at Cal
cutta, India, was one of the speak
ers. ATTENTION ELKS.
Owing to Library benefit enter-
talnment tonight (Thursday),
Heppner lodge No. 358, B. P, O. E,
will hold Its regular meeting tomor
row (Friday) night, Oct. 9. Garnet
Barratt, E. R.
Adventure Lends Spice
To Life of Engineer
In Charge Spray Road
Construction Camp Little City;
Good Grade on Route Scenic;
Government to Build Park.
How would you like to jump into
the cold bay off the Alaskan coast
with a big Kodlak bear right at
your heels? That would be adven
ture, you'd say. Maybe that's one
of the things that makes a govern
ment engineer like his job, even
though at times he be up to the eyer
brows in trigonomtry, volumetric
equations and multifarious details
connected with supervising the
building of a highway.
It was while doing his four-year
stretch with the department in Al
aska that C. G. Norris, Bureau of
Public Roads engineer, showed his
heels to Mr. Bear or, to be exact,
Mrs. Bear, as it' turned out to be
a "she." His party was passing by
boat alongside the island from
which the largest of carnivorous
beasts gets its name, when one of
the animals was seen munching sal-
monberries. Mr. Norris went ashore,
and without being seen sneaked up
behind a tree a short distance from
Mrs. Bear. Being a sportsman, he
wished to take no undue advantage
of her, so stepped out in full view
some thirty feet away. Levelling
his firearm he shot Mrs. Bear full
in the flank. Whereupon she im
mediately reared up on her hind
feet and emitted a loud growl. The
hunter thereupon unloaded his gun
into her topdeck and midships, but
with each successive shot she wag
ged her head and kept coming, a
wicked fire in her eyes. That's
when Mr. Norris showed his heels
and plunged into the bay.
Yes, he killed the bear. Investi
gation revealed that any one of the
six shots should have proved fatal.
And it was the largest bear killed
In Alaska that year. But was he
scared?
Had it not been for a buddy with
artistic ability, this stotjr might not
have been told. With 'Mr. Norris
in Alaska was a brother engineer
who drew pictures. Mr. Norris
cherishes the possession of some of
his buddys handiwork; so much
so that he displays them on the
walls of his workshop out at the
construction camp on the Heppner
Spray road. Anyone wants to
know who the artist is, when he
sees a good picture. And when he
learns it was a buddy in Alaska,
the natural thing to exclaim is,
Oh, were you in Alaska!" And the
natural question is, "Did you ever
see a Kodiak bear?" That's how
Mr. Norris' buddy is responsible for
your learning the story.
It probably isn't right to say con
struction camp. For that isn't at
all the impression one receives on
a visit to the field headquarters of
Mr. Norris and the present home of
the Cochran Construction company
and employees. It is in many re
spects a little city a neat, clean
little city," with dwellings built of
fragrant new pine boards; with
friendly neighbors, and laughing
children playing in the streets. It
has a population of more than 50
people, a machine shop, a servloe
station, a restaurant and a water
system.
At least that much niters into the
mind of one sitting for a few mo
ments on the step in front of the '
engineer's office, while filling the
lungs with sweet mountain air and
enjoying the bright sunlight, the
invigorating effect of whose direct
violet rays heightens anticipation
of a promised venison feed.
The machine shop is a dandy
with compressed air driven mach
ines, and it is kept busy sharpen
ing bits for the two big steam-shov
els Whose almost human maneuvers
have already eaten two-thirds of
the way through the 4.4 miles of
road now under construction.- A
wee Btretch of the imagination is
the service station, but as gas and
oil are served from two large bar
rels, the need Is surely filled." The
restaurant Is not for public service,
but its appealing appearance enti
tles it to a more worthy name than
that of mess hall. A large raised
tank at the side of the restaurant
into which water Is pumped from
the spring, does service' for a water
system.
Out comes a whlte-aproned chef
and sounds the triangle. Men whose
appetite has been whetted to a
sharp edge by hard work in the op
en are not long in responding. As
the lucious venison Is devoured, the
thought of more of the same thing
is uppermost as the conversation
turns to the hunt, an everyday oc
currence for some men of the camp
whose situation in the woods af
fords exceptional opportunity.
It is firoinsr to keen the pnnatrnp.
tlon crew humping to complete
their work before snow flies, as the
construction is all very heavy rock
work. The grade in 16-foot stand
ard, and though a 8 percent pitch
is Dermltted. there Is little whlnh
exceeds 4.8 percent. When the pre
sent 4.4 miles Is cornnleteri. It will
connect the 6-mlle macadamized
stretch down Haystack canyon with
the 6.2 miles of grade completed
this summer. The 5.2 miles con
nects with the 9-mile macadamized
srtetch down Chapin creek to Rock
creek, leaving a 6-mlle gap to Hard
man, which so far has been only
preliminarily surveyed by Morrow
county, A good grade exists down
Hardman hill to McKlnney creek,
tnougn it is narrow, and the 4 miles
down McKlnney creek Is being
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SHERIFF WOUNDED
IN RAID ON STILL
Accidental Shot Lodges In Thigh;
John Akei-s Arrested and Big.
Plant Confiscated. '
Clarence Bauman, county sheriff,
was shot in a raid on a moonshine
still on Butter creek at 5 o'clock
Friday morning, when the gun of
his companion, S. P. Devin, city
marshal, was accidentally discharg
ed.. The bullet glanced from the
gun in Bauman's right Kip pocket,
lodging in the flesh of his right
thigh. A local physician removed
the bullet on their return to Hepp
ner a few hours later, and the sher
iff was not prevented from attend
ing to his regular duties.
Sheriff Bauman, Marshal Devin
and F. A. McMahon, state police
man, went to the site of the still,
situated in a draw entirely sur
rounded by brush, and Bauman was
talking to John Akers, found with
the outfit, when Akers made a dash
for the brush. Bauman took after
him, and in following through the
dense brush was forced to get down
on hands and knees. He had just
grabbed Akers by the legs when
Devin, who followed along the slope
above them, tripped in the dim light
over a tree growing parallel with
the top of the ground across his
path, and grabbed some upright
branches of the tree in an effort to
save himself from a fall, and in do
ing so his gun was discharged, with
the bullet hitting Bauman.
As soon as he could recover his
balance, the marshal descended to
the side of his ally, and finding Ak
ers apparently in the act of strik
ing Baumari, he ordered the man to
throw up his hands. After the fug
itive was secured in handcuffs, he
asked the sheriff if he was hit. The
sheriff said he thought he felt some
thing hit him. Examination re
vealed the wound bleeding profuse
ly.' It was necessary for the men
to make a long, steep climb to
reach the car, and Bauman made
the climb unassisted.
Akers was placed in jail, but la
ter released on furnishing $1000
bond. The still, including a 50-gal-lon
brass boiler and large coil and
about ten gallons of finished prod
uct, were confiscated.
Library Benefit Expected
To Draw Big Audience
Folks who have been looking for
ward to Library Stunt Nite with
keen expectation since the first an
nouncmeent two weeks ago, are ex
pected to furnish a capacity house
when the curtain rises on the en
tertainment at 8 o'clock this eve
ning. Everything has run smoothly for
the presentation of the benefit per
formance, said Paul Menegat, man
ager, with fine cooperation received
from the various organizations of
the city who will provide a wide
diversity of good entertainment.
While the school auditorium holds
600 people comfortably, and one
seat is as good as another, it may
not be amiss to be on hand early,
Paul said as a last minute re
minder. Miss Morris to Address
Public Health Meeting
Miss Henrietta Morris, from the
Oregon Tuberculosis association,
will speak on "Mental Health," at a
meeting of the Morrow County Pub
lic Health association to be held at
8 o'clock tomorrow evening at the
library, according to the announce
ment made by Mrs. Lucy E. Rod
gers, county school superintendent
Miss Morris is in Heppner to at
tend the county institute being held
today and tomorrow. ,
The public Is not only welcome
to hear Miss Morris, but an urgent
Invitation is given everyone to at
tend, said Mrs. Rodgers.
DIGS UP RELIC.
Samuel E. Notson, district attor
ney, 13 quite a hand to. hang onto
souvenirs, and he brought to this
otllce yesterday forenoon a copy of
the official ballot for the City of
Lexington for the election held
June 1, 1903. This was the first
election to be held by the newly
oTganized municipality, and the list
of ofllcers placed on the ballot were
S. E. Notson for mayor, W. F. Bar
nett, E. D. McMillan, W. R. Munk
ers, R. J. Hill for councilmen;- W.
B. McAlister for recorder, and J.
S. Boothby for treasurer. We un
derstand these were the officials
chosen to pilot the affairs of the
little city. It may be that many in
Lexington at the present time can
not recall the town's first officials,
but we have them here that mem
ories may be refreshened. .
DATE SET FOR REUNION.
Those having in charge .the ar
rangements for the annual reunion
of Morrow county pioneers at Lex
ington have fixed the date for that
event for Saturday, o'ctober 24. Pre
parations are moving forward for
the proper entertainment of the
pioneers, and the full program will
appear In a later issue of the Gaz
ette Times.
SURVEY CREW HERE.
C. G, Norris and his surveying
crew rrom tne Meppner-apray road
camn are stavlne In Hennmr fnr a
few days while running an eleva
tion line from the bench mark at
the court bouse, for the purpose of
fixing the elevation on the brass
government markers along the
neppner-spray road. .
BACK HITTER ROAD
AS PRIMARY ROUTE
Lions Believe it Feasible
Project on Which to
Ask Emergency Aid.
RED CROSS ASKS AID
State Secretary Tells of Relief
Work While Laying Plans for
. Roll Call Next Month.
Endorsement of the Heppner-
Ritter road as a primary state
route was made by the Heppner
Lions club at its Monday luncheon,
following presentation of the mat
ter by W. P. Mahoney, chairman of
the ' Morrow County Emergency
Employment committee appointed
by Governor Meier Speaking be
fore the club also were Mrs W. P.
Mahoney, chairman of the Morrow
County chapter, and Mrs. Maxwell,
secretary of the state chapter,
American Red Cross, who thanked
the club for its past support of roll
calls and enlisted its help in behalf
of the next call to he made between
Armistice Day and Thanksgiving.
Mr. Mahoney cited the Heppher
Ritter road, which would connect
the Oregon-Washington highway at
Heppner with the John Day North
and South road at Ritter, as the
most plausible road with which to
make a bid for Morrow county's
portion of the $2,500,000 to be spent
by the state highway commission
for emergency employment this
winter. The money is to be expend
ed on primary roads only, hence it
will be necessary to get the route
placed on the state highway map in
order for it to benefit from this
emergency fund. Mr. Mahoney be
lieved this might be possible at the
next session of the legislature, or at
least that nothing would be .lost by
asking.-
Road Decided Best
Decision upon the Heppner-Rit-
ter road was made by the emergen
cy employment committee after go
ing over the entire road situation in
the county with members of the
county court and others well in
formed on the situation. It ap
peared the logical road upon which
to center efforts as practically all
other important roads of the coun
ty were already well constructed or
their construction seemed assured
from other sources.
There is certain to be quite a de
mand for emergency employment
relief in Morrow county this win
ter, Mr. Mahoney said.
The Lions voted to send their
good roads committee chairman,
Al Rankin, to the next meeting of
the state highway commission to
present the cause of the Heppner
Ritter road. It was said to be im
portant from an economic stand
point locally because of tapping a
large body of timber from which
lumber and fuel are obtained, and
from a state standpoint as a con
necting link between two major
highways.
In asking support for the Ameri
can Red Cross, Mrs. Maxwell cited
its importance as a relief agency
which is being depended upon by
President Hoover to help meet such
contingencies' as may arise the com
ing winter, It being the only relief
agency recognized by the national
government The Red Cross itself
is supported wholly by the annual
membership roll call, and asks for
help from the public but once a
year. Dollar memberships are pre
ferred, she said.
Explains Special Drives,
In cases such as the drive for
funds to relieve suffering in the
drouth-stricken area last year, all
the money raised goes to the peo
ple for whom it is raised, she said,
and not to the) Red Cross Such
drives are sometimes necessary
when contingencies arise too large
to handle from the immediate funds
of the association, but while spon
sored by the Red Cross, every cent
of the money goes for the purpose
for which, it is asked.
Mrs. Maxwell cited work which
has been done by both the local and
national Red Cross, including swim
ming instruction which was instru
mental last year in teaching some
80,000 persons to care for them
selves in an emergency situation in
the water. Eight thousand persons
in the United States lost their lives
by drownkig last year, she said.
Such is an ewimple of the way the
Red Cross meets an emergency be
fore it arises. Mrs. Maxwell con
sidered a dollar membership in the
Red Cross the most worth-while in
vestment anyone could make.
CLOTHING, FRl'lT WANTED.
The executive committee of As
sociated Charities announces that
it has made arrangements with B.
R. Patterson, manager of Patter
son & Son drug store, to store food
and clothing to be used this winter.
A special request Is made for chil
dren's under-clothing and canned
fruit, and anyone having donations
to make may leave them at the
Patterson & Son store.
$5 and $6 Permanent Wave
Special, this week and next week.
Chapin Beauty Shop, phone 1112.
Lexington Grange is giving a pub
lic dance at Leach hall In Lexing
ton on Saturday evening, October
17, and a good time is promised all
who will attend.
TO INVESTIGATE
FIRE BUILDINGS
Water Rates, Bridge Plans and
Street Work Have Attention
of City Council.
The city council Monday night
left the matter of repair or disposal
of fire damaged buildings on Main
street with the Are and water com
mittee, composed of councilmen
Shively, Cox and Bisbee. The ac
tion was taken under the city or
dinance, 'cited by City Attorney
Nys, that any building in the re
stricted district that has been dam
aged fifty per cent by fire must be
removed. H. A. Schultz, bakery
proprietor asked if he might be
permitted to repair his building,
and it was left in the hands of the
committee to decide whether or not
the building had been damaged fif
ty percent
The former committee on water
meter rates was reappointed by
Mayor McCarty to make a further
study of the situation .with a view
to revising the rates now in effect.
In order to meet a situation facing
the water department, the council
voted as a temporary measure to
charge apartment houses on the
basis of a minimum of $1.50 for the
first thousand gallons per each
apartment, with the regular sched
ule to apply for amounts in excess
of 1000 gallons. Councilmen An
derson, Goodman and Jones com
pose the rate committee.
Plans for a proposed bridge
across Willow creek on Cross street
to replace the bridge now closed
were presented to the council and
after discussion were tabled await
ing estimated cost of construction.
The council did not feel justified
in adopting the plans and advertis
ing for bids until they had an idea
of how much the bridge should cost
It was doubted whether the cost
could be withstood at present with
only $1080 remaining of the amount
budgeted for streets and bridges
for the current year. I
It was said that there are streets
which need grading, and the coun
cil ordered that the old fire truck
be inspected for the possibility of
its being used to pull the grader.
The work might be done more
cheaply with it than with hired
horses, it was thought ,
Other business included payment
of current expense bills, reading of
watermaster's report for month of
August, and reading of the treasur
er s quarterly report
SERVICE BODIES
INSTALL OFFICERS
Paul Marble and Helen Cohn Head
Legion and Auxiliary; Drive
For Members Now On.
Installation of officers and an
nouncement of plans for a big
membership drive were the main
features of business at the joint
meeting Tuesday evening of Hepp
ner post and Auxiliary, American
Legion, held at Legion hall. Paul
Marble was installed as command
er of the legion, and Helen Cohn
as president of the auxiliary. Other
officers inducted were: Legion
Walter Moore, vice-commander;
Harry Tamblyn, adjutant and fin
ance officer; John Lawther, ser-
geant-at-arms; Wm. Poulson, chap
lain. Auxiliary Lera Crawford,
first vice-president; Ethel Smith,
second vice-president; Helen Cash,
secretary and treasurer; Sybil
Wells, historian. Jack Barron, dis
trict commander, of Pendleton, and
Harriet Gemmell, past district
committeewoman, were installing
officers.
Appointive officers and commit
tee chairmen for the two organ-
izations were announced as fol
lows: Legion service officer, Wal
ter Moore; trophies and awards,
John Lawther; publicity and his
torian, Harry Tamblyn; member
ship, J. D. Cash; hospitalization,
Chas. W. Smith; aviation, Glenn
Jones; land, Elmer Hunt; Boy
Scout, Earl Gilliam; legislation, El
bert Cox; Americanization, Chas.
W. Smith; child welfare, Wm. R.
Poulson; finance, Richard Wells;
community service, Spencer Craw
ford; highway safety, Clarence
Bauman. Auxiliary hospital, An
na Bayless; child welfare, Helen
Chrlstenson; membership, Cyrene
Barratt; poppy, Lera Crawford;
poppy poster, Lenore Poulson; com
munity service, Lucy Rodgers; unit
activities, Luclle McAtee; legisla
tion, constitution and by-laws, Vir
ginia Turner; music, Georgia
Moore; publicity, Helen Cash; edu
cation of war orphans, May Gil-
Ham; national defense, Ruth Tam
blyn; Americanism and Fidac,
Harriet Gemmell.
Preceding the business meeting a
dinner was served and musical
program enjoyed. Appearing on
the program were Ben Chrisman,
vocal solos; Lenore Poulson and
Virginia Turner, piano duet; Har
riet Gemmell, reading.
The membership drive now un
der way was stressed as being of
the utmost importance, partly be
cause of the holding of the nation
al convention In Portland next year,
and partly because of the need to
take care of the unemployed ser
vice men. All members were urg
ed to exert themselves to the limit
that the full quota of members may
be obtained.
" Mr. Barron made a short talk
concerning Legion activities. He
was accompanied to Heppner by
Rulon E. Smith, adjutant of Pen
dleton post, and W. M. Mims, mem
bershlp chairman of Pendleton.
Andrew Baird, 82, Dies;
Burial in Pennsylvania
Andrew Baird, 82, father of Mrs.
Blanche Patterson and Mrs. Osmin
Hager of this eitv died
from a heart attack at the Hager
nome urmay morning. Funeral
services were held at the Case chap
el at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
the remains being taken immediate
ly to Pendleton for shipment to
Newcastle, Penn., his old home, for
burial. Mrs. Patterson accompan
ied the body. ,
Though suffering for some time
from the infirmati
age, Mr. Baird was apparently feel
ing quiLe wen up to the time or the
heart attach. As was his custom
when his health Dermltted h
ed down town after his mail the
day before, and had the usual
friendly greeting for his friends.
Mr. Baird returned to Heppner
from Newcastle ahout a vpar a trn
after making an extended visit of
several montns in the east first
coming here about three years ago
to make hi3 home with his daugh
ters following the death of his wife.
During his short sojourn in Hepp
ner he made a host of friends. He
was a 50-year member of the
Knights of Pythias lodge, held
membership in the I. O. O. F. lodge
for nearly as long, and was a life
time member of the Methodist
church. I
He was born Marrh 12 isun at
Mt. Jackson, Pennsylvania, and
was unuea in marriage December
5, 1S72, with Harriet Elizabeth
Burk, at Hillsville. Pa. Th oii
viving children are Mrs. Blanche
Patterson and Mrs
of Heppner, and Mrs. Ethel Karh-
ler oi Newcastle, Pa.
Rev. Glen P. White, minister of
the Methodist church. rnrt th hit
uary service in the presence of the
irienas assemoied to pay last trib
ute before the body was taken
away. The bier was banked with
many beautiful flowers.
Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall
To Appear Here Monday
Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall. ' presi
dent of the University of Oregon,
win address a group of Oregon
dads, mothers and alumnt next
Monday evening at the Episcopal
parish house. He will be accom
panied by Burt Brown Barker, vice
president of the University, and
Mrs. F. W. Bond of Pendleton, pres
ident of the Oregon Mothers asso-
lation.
The meeting will be In the nature
of a 6:30 o'clock dinner, and tick
ets will be sold by the committee
in charge of arrangements, headed
by Mrs. W. P. Mahoney, president
of the local Oregon Mothers. All
Oregon mothers, dads and alumni
are urged to attend.
The local Oregon Mothers club
was organized at a similar meet
ing last year, when President Hall
brought the message of the univer
sity to Heppner.
Superintendent Howard
At Institute Tomorrow
Morrow county teachers institute
got off to a good start at the
school house in Heppner this morn
ing, with all instructors present
said Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county
school superintendent Among the
leading instructors appearing on
the program today and tomorrow
is Dr. Francis Curtis, professor of
psychology at the University of
Michigan.
C. A. Howard, state superinten
dent of schools, will be here tomor
row, addressing the institute at 10:-
30 tomorrow morning, and at 2:30
in the afternoon he will lead a
round-table discussion for members
of boards of education in the coun
ty. STAR PROGRAM CHANGED.
Owing to a new booking contract
B. G. Sigsbee, manager of the Star
theater, has announced some en
forced changes in the program of
pictures announced for the month.
Tomorrow and Saturday "Under
Suspicion," a thrill drama of the
Northwest "Mounties," will be the
attraction. "Politics" will be shown
Sunday and Monday as previously
scheduled. Another change occurs
next Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday
with the showing of "Scotland
lard," a dramatic thriler Next
week "The Brat" will not be shown
as formerly advertised, and replac
ing it will be Richard Barthelmess
in "The Last Flight." "Young as
You Feel," advertised for October
25-26, will be replaced by "The Star
Witness," with Chick Sale and Wal
ter Huston.
BUSINESS WOMEN MEET.
The Business and Professional
Womens club met on Monday eve
ning at the Parish house, at which
time the president, Mrs. Poulson,
gave a report of the state conven
tion which she attended in Salem.
Projects to be taken up for the
coming year were discussed, and
this will bo entirely of a local na
ture. Mrs. W. P. Mahoney was ap
pointed on the charity committee
to represent the club on the general
committee of the city. Dinner was
served and a social hour enjoyed.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Poulson.
MOUNTAIN ROADS GOOD.
The Jackson hill, Hinton creek
and Coal Mine hills into the moun
tains are all in good condition at
present, says W. L. McCaleb, road
master, who says now is an oppor
tune time for those needing fuel
to avail themselves of the oppor
tunity to get wood out of the moun
tains. Don't miss POLITICS at Star
Theater Sunday and Monday.
STEIWER DEFENDS
AMERICAN IDEALS
Correction of Faults, Not
Radicalism, Seen as
Today's Need.
SPEAKS TO GRANGE
System of Federal Agencies and
Foundations Rapped; Advocates
Surtax for Property Relief.
While there has never been of
fered a satisfactory substitute for
the American system of "private
property," there are evils in the
system that should be eradicated.
Frederick Steiwer, junior United
States senator from Oregon, told
the Pomona grange assemblage In
the American Legion hall at lone
Saturday afternoon. Under fire by
senator bteiwer were the provis
ions of government allowing huge
fortunes, some hundreds of mil
lions of dollars, to be forever per
petuated in the form of foundations,
and the existence of so-called fed
eral agencies which have no guar
antee of government behind them.
In commenting upon the present
business depression, the senator
said he was glad to note a general
popular attitude of confidence and
a "tightening of the belt" by the
American people to see the sltua-'
tlon through. Now, as was the case
in the World War, patriotism is be
ing shown, and that without any
idea of deserting the ideals of
Americanism, founded primarily on
the right of "personal property,"
termed by its enemies, "capitalism."
Socialism Failure,
The only substitute for the Amer
ican system of personal property
is state socialism, the complete fail
ure of which to the mind of Sena
tor Steiwer is being written in the
pages of history by Russia. Like
the abuses cited in the American
system, state socialism is made for
the people and not by them. It
places government above every
thing, even God Almighty.
Declaring that he was aware of
running the risk of being called a
Populist and a deserter of his par
ty, the senator favored the surtax
as a means of relieving the load of
taxation on personal property, be
lieving the government justified in
taking a larger share of big estates
than it now does.
He believed it just to allow ev
ery man the privilege of accumu
lating property to the extent of his
ability, and to leave a sufficient
amount to his immediate posterity.
tsut he could see nothing right In
keeping large amassed fortunes to
gether forever, "held in the dead
man's grip," as Is now permitted by
tne forming of foundations. The
people from whom the money was
taken to make these fortunes are
entitled to consideration, he said.
Not Campaign Talk.
Speaking among friends, and
neighbors, himself having farmed
and practiced law In Umatilla coun
ty from where he went to the na
tional legislative halls, and In an
"off-year" so-called by politicians
because no campaign is in prog
ress, the senator felt free to discuss
national issues without injection of
"politics." In an off-year, he said,
he found democrats to be almost
as patriotic as republicans.
Because .of its large public do
main, its several reclamation proj
ects, and other government-applied
lunctions, Oregon is probably in
closer touch with the national gov
ernment than any other state of the
union, and because of this fact the
people here feel more keenly about
government over-lords than do the
people of the east where the na
tional government Is further re
moved. Thus, the injustice is felt
more readily of such agencies as
the Federal Land bank, which is
nothing more than a private stock
company formed for the purpose of
loaning money and not doing a gen
eral banking business, and which
has no government guarantee be
hind it, and other government agen
cies which treat as underlnigs the
people whom they are supposed to
serve.
Convinced that relief is needed
from abuses of government but
with no idea of deserting American
ideals, Senator Steiwer declared he
was going to Washington this fall
determined to do his bit toward
correction.
Shoots at Buck, Kills Doe:
Meat Turned to Charity
Chas. Dykstra, Morrow county
deputy sheriff and sportsman, re
ported to a local state policeman
the unintentional killing of a doe
while hunting at Linger Longer
near Ditch creek Sunday. Mr.
Dvkstra was huntlnc with a iuiv
members of which verified his state
ment that he was aiming at a buck
which he overshot, killing the doe
behind. Mr. Dykstra drove more
than 40 miles after night to report
the offense, and returned In com
pany with the state policeman to
dress out the meat which on au
thority from Chas. H. McClees,
chief at Portland, was distributed
among needy families.
This is an example of the cooper
ation being given by sportsmen to
the new Btato police at Heppner,
the state officer said, In apprecia
tion of the attitude shown by Mr.
Dykstra.