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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 1932
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SCHOOLS CLOSED
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General Absences Cause
Action by Board of
Directors.
FLU VICTIMS MANY
Teachers and PupUs Afflicted; 130
Absent Monday Morning; Time
To be Made Up in Spring
Heppner is passing through a
siege of influenza and colds that is ;
missing scarcely a family in tne
community at the present time.
This epidemic is not of a severe na
ture and few, if any, cases are real
ly serious, yet it has been sufficient
to raise Cain with the situation at
the school house. Resulting from
this condition, Dr. A. D. McMurdo,
city health officer, closed the schools
for this week following convening
Monday morning. This brought the
matter directly to the attention of
the school board, and upon investi
gation, they decided to continue the
holiday until after the usual mid
winter vacation, and should condi
tions be Improved school will re
open on the 3rd of January. This
will depend, of course, on what the
health situation is at that time.
Superintendent Edward F. Bloom
states that the time lost on account
of this extra vacation will be made
jup on the end of the spring term.
At the opening of school Monday
forenoon it was noted that 130 pu
pils were absent. Many more failed
to appear at the calling of Bchool
in the afternoon, and we are in
formed by Supt. Bloom that per
haps half of those In school at tho
time should have been at home, as
they were suffering from severe
colds and fever. A number of the
teachers were also afflicted and
scarcely able to attend to their
work. The school board felt that
there was nothing else to do but to
close down at this time when the
sub-zero weather was making it
harder to combat the situation.
One bright feature of the situation
is that the enforced closing will be
a fuel saver, as it takes a lot of coal
to keep the big buildings comfort
able under present weather condi
tions. Many of the teachers have gone
to their homes and will remain
away until after the holidays, and
others are planning to leave for a
part of the Christmas and New
Year vacation.
LOCAL NEWS
At the P. S. Parker and John
Wlghtman farms this week the in
fluenza has been getting In its work.
Mrs. Parker, Katherine and John
were the first victims, aHu now Mr.
Parker, his mother, and the hired
man, John Bellenbrock, are having
their tussle. Mrs. Wightman, An
na. Marvin and Bob Wightman are
laid up in the latter home, but the
milk route is being kept going by
John Wightman and Claude Gra
ham. Just about every family in
the community has from one to a
half dozen victims, and we suggest
that it is about time for someone
to call a "holiday:' this affliction
Is becoming so unanimous that
soon there will be a dearth of well
folks to take care of the 111.
County officials In Portland this
week attending various conventions
are Judge W. T. Campbell and Com
missioners George Peck and G. A.
Bleakman, the meeting of county
judges and county commissioners;
Gay Anderson, the state gathering
of county clerks, and C. J. D. Bau
man, sheriffs' convention; Harry
Tamblyn is also In the metropolis,
there being a meeting of county en
gineers going on. Growing out of
these conventions there will be a
number of matters of legislation to
be presented at the oncoming meet
ing of the state legislature.
So far as this paper has been able
to ascertain, last Thursday night
was the coldest of the season to
date, when 14 below zero1 was reach
ed, according to the government
thermometer at the home of Frank
Gilliam. It was colder up Hinton
creek and at the D. O. Justus ranch
the record was 20 below, while
south at Parkers Mill and beyond,
26 degrees below zero waa recorded.
Mrs. J. D. Cash has returned
home from Walla Walla where she
was called on account of the illness
of her mother. She was accompan
ied to Heppner by her sister, Mrs.
Geo. H. Bailey, who, after a visit
of a few days here departed Mon
day for her home at Cottage Grove.
Miss Lillle Alllnger returned on
Monday from Hood River where
she went to visit with her mother,
Mrs. Chas. Allinger of lone, who Is
being treated at a hospital there
for a badly Infected foot. Mrs. Al
llnger Is stilt in a serious condition,
Frank A, McMenamln and Mr,
Morris, attorneys from Portland,
were In Heppner Monday to attend
court. Mr. McMenamln was Inter
ested in the case of State vs. Har-
per and LaLonde, and Mr. Morris
was his attorney.
J, L. Jenkins who came over from
Boardman Monday for Jury duty,
was taken suddenly very ill at the
lodging house of Alex Wilson Mon-
day night. He is a victim of the
UNTIL
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prevailing flu.
IONE
JENNIE E. MCMURRAY.
Cats as well as children Bhould
be taught not to put pins and
needles in their mouths. Last week
Mrs. I. R. Robinson's pet cat swal
lowed a threaded needle. When
Mrs. Robinson saw what was about
to happen she hastened to the cat's
assistance, but only witnessed the
needle pass, eye first, down the cat's
throat In a short time the thread
too had disappeared. To date pussy
is alive and happy and apparently
In the best of health.
Winter has reigned supreme in
lone since last Wednesday when
the temperature without much
warning, dropped to twelve below
zero. Needless to say the cold
played havoc with water pipes, au
tomobile radiators, etc. During the
day the cold has been little less se
vere, but each night the mercury
seeks a below zero mark. Farmerp
are worried about the wheat with
no blanket of snow to protect it
from the cold.
Those from lone who attended
the fellowship meeting held last
week at Pentecostal assemly hall in
Heppner report a most enjoyable
time, and from Mrs. Ray Barnett
we get the following program of
the afternoon and evening session:
In the afternoon the song service
was led by L. L. Carlson of La
Grande; testimony meeting led by
Miss Pauline Taylor (colored) from
Stanfleld; sermon by E. H. Davis
of Freewater. Evening meeting
song service by a brother from
Pendleton; testimony by Grace
Trumbell of Stanfleld; sermon by
C. C. Douglas of Walla Walla, his
text being "As it was in the days
of Noah." C. C. Douglas (Presby
ter) was in charge of the whole
service. Dinner and supper were
served in the tabernacle, cafeteria
style. A full house was In attend
ance. Last week Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Timm enjoyed a visit with old
friends, Mr. and Mrs. George Rel
ber of Prosser, Wash.
lone begins to take on a Christ
masy look. The stores and garage
windows are being decorated and
A. E. Stefani brought In a whole
load of beautiful Christmas trees
the first of the week.
Dinner guests at the Bert Mason
home last Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Werner Rietmann, north side
farmers.
Saturday evening, Mrs. Roy
Brown, assisted by her daughter,
Mrs. Harold Guilland, entertained
guests at a bridge party. Those en
joying the evening were Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Lundell, Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Har
lan McCurdy, Mr. and Mrs. George
E. Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Corley, Mr. and Mrs. Martin E.
Cotter, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mason,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake, Mr. Guil
land, and Mr. Brown who drove
over from the country home near
Stanfleld. High scores were made
by Mrs. Ernest Lundell and Bert
Mason; low by Mrs. C. W. Swan
son and George E. Tucker. At a
late hour refreshments of butter
scotch pie and coffee were served.
Mrs. Harlan McCurdy and Mrs.
Carl Feldman were joint hostesses
at a bridge party Friday afternoon
at the McCurdy apartment in the
Harris; building. Five tables of
bridge were at play. Mrs. Roy
Lleuallen won high honors and
Mrs. Walter Corley low.
At ten o'clock Wednesday eve
ning of last week Garland Swanson
discovered Are on the roof of the
Mary Ball house now occupied by
the Earl Morgan family. The blaze
was extinguished before much dam
age was done.
A large crowd was In attendance
at the Masonic dinner served last
Wednesday evening at Masonic hall.
Following the dinner the regular
lodge meeting was held at which
time the officers for 1933 were elect
ed. They are Dwight Mlsner, W,
M.; Walter Dobyns, S. W.; Carl
Feldman, J. W.; Laxton McMurray,
treasurer, and George N. Ely, sec
retary. After lodge the gentlemen
joined the ladies in the dining room
and dancing and cards were enjoy
ed until a late hour.
Mrs. Charley Allinger who some
time ago underwent a foot opera
tion, is much Improved, though not
yet able to leave the Hood River
hospital. Her daughter, Miss Lillie
Allinger, who has been staying in
Hood River to be near her mother,
returned Saturday to her work In
the Farmers & Stockgrowers Na
tional bank in Heppner.
Mrs. Elisha Sperry Is substitute
teacher In the third and fourth
grade room, the regular teacher,
Mrs. Elmer Baldwin, being 111 with
influenza.
A great many of our people are
111 with colds and "flu," and many
pupils are out of school.
Hal Ely, Phil Griffin, Nelson
Johnson, Frank Young and Emil
Carlson were men from this part
of the county who were in Heppner
Monday on jury duty.
When A. E. Stefani returned on
Sunday from Portland he was ac
companied by George Wlllamson
who will have charge of the service
pump at the Owl garage on Main
street.
Joe Stefani also came up from
the metropolis Sunday and Is at
the home of his brother, A. E. On
Monday Joe made a trip to Pendle
ton to visit his uncle, Frak Stefani,
who Is quite 111.
J. W. Howk, our genial station
agent, is spending ten days In Port
land with Mrs. Howk who Is a guest
at the home of her brother, Fred
Griffith.
During Mr. Howk's absence Mrs.
Marie Morris of Centralla, Wash.,
Is supply agent at the depot. Mrs,
Morris was a week-end guest of Mr,
and Mrs. Merle Miller In Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs, John Osteen are the
HEPPNER-SPRAY
WORK STOPPED
Wheeler County Protest Delay on
Road Work and Asks for Con
tinuation; Seek Aid Here.
Because of the exceedingly cold
weather and the consequent inabil
ity of the contractor and crews on
the Heppner-Spray road to accom
plish their work and make any pro
gress, the camps have been closed
and operations suspended until
spring. This is by order of the gov
ernment engineer who visited the
work during the past week. It is
understood that there will be no
further attempt to spread the sur
facing until the frost is out of the
ground, and this may not be the
condition before the middle of April
or first of May. The thermometer
reached 26 degrees beow at the road
camp this snap, and this tied ev
erything up.
Because of the emergency work
this job was furnishing, there is
much dissatisfaction expressed, es
pecially over in Wheeler county,
where the officials were banking on
this work to help out during the
winter months. These people have
sent to Portland the following pro
test, addressed to W. H. Lynch,
district engineer, bureau of pub
lic roads:
"We desire to protest the delay
of the past three months, and the
closing down of the Nyberg job
Heppner-Spray road this being the
only available labor for Wheeler
county's needy. Contractor on job
practically three months less than
one hundred yards of rock spread,
with very few Morrow and Wheeler
emergency relief laborers employed.
"We urgently request that work
continue and that our needy relief
laborers be recognized on this
emergency relief contract."
The protest was signed by the
present , county court, the newly
elected county judge and commis
sioner, the county relief committee
and the Spray relief committee.
The Morrow county emergency
relief committee and the county
court have been asked to join with
Wheeler county, but as Judge
Campbell Is absent in Portand this
week, and he is the chairman of
the committee, it has not been pos
sible to get their reaction to the
proposal. We know that very few
Morrow county people have so far
been engaged oh this job, and to
date it has not been the means of
furnishing any appreciable amount
of emergency relief.
However, we understand that the
powers above are set to have the
work closed, giving as their reason
that under existing weather condi
tions it will be impossible to carry'
on the work on any other than a
purey charitable basis, and if this
is done the money appropriated
will not come anywhere near com
pleting the job.
Arlington Tax Meeting
Undergoes a Change
In last weeks' issue of the Ga
zette Times announcement was
made under direction of Chas. W.
Smith, secretary of the Eastern
Oregon Wheat league, of a meeting
of legislators from this part of the
state at Arlington this coming Sat
urday. This meeting was for the
purpose of discussing with the leg
islators the program of the league.
However, at this time it has de
veloped that invitations have gone
out from Wm. Ragsdale of Moro
urging the legislators to meet with
a large number of other citizens;
the invitation setting forth the ob
ject of the meeting will be to form
a tax conservation league for the
eastern Oregon district. Accord
ing to information received here
today, there will be a large gather
ing at Arlington Saturday, to which
everyone Is Invited.
NOTICE.
To patrons of the Heppner post
office: Commencing December 10,
all outgoing mail must be In the
office by 5:30 p. m otherwise It will
be held for the next mail. Our work
in the office has increased to such
an extent that we are compelled to
enforce this rule. Your cooperation
In this will be very much appre
ciated. W. W. SMEAD, Postmaster.
proud parents of an eight-pound
son born Friday, December 9, at
the home of Mrs. Maggie Hunt in
Heppner. Mrs. Osteen before her
marriage was Miss Thelma Forbes
of lone. The Osteens make their
home at Cherryville, Ore.
Miss Crystal Sparks who for
some time has been housekeeper
on the Fred McMurray ranch on
Willow creek, Is spending the win
ter In Heppner with her two broth
ers.
The presentation of the high
school play, "Wheres' Grandma,
which was to have been given De
cember 22, has been posponed until
January 27, because so many of the
members of the cast are ill. El
wayne Lleuallen who has one of
the leading parts is very ill with
tonsilitls.
Tuesday night Locust chapter
No. 119, O. E. S., elected the follow
ing officers for the year 1933: Grace
Mlsner, Worthy Matron; Dwight
Mlsner, Worthy Patron; Oral Feld
man, Associate Matron; George
Krebs, Associate Patron; Ruth B.
Mason, secretary; Clara Howk,
treasurer; Ruby Roberts, Conduct
ress, and Viola Lleuallen, Associate
Conductress. The Eastern Star
and Masons will hold joint lnstalla
tlon Wednesday evening, December
21,
KEEP GOOD WORK
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Local Dentist Addresses
Lions Club Monday;
Leaving Soon.
JOIN IN RELIEF MOVE
Case Heads Committee to Cooper
ate in Distribution of Christmas
Cheer; Song History Given.
"Heppner Is the best town in the
best state In the best country In the
world,' was the substance of the
talk by Dr. C. W. Barr, local dentist
who is leaving this city soon to re
turn to his former home at Astoria.
The speaker expressed his regret at
the conditions which made it nec
essary for him to leave Heppner,
and stated his inability to dispose
of his Astoria property made the
move unavoidable. Dr. Barr had
been asked to speak on the subject
"How to Keep Heppner on the
Map,' but said he was unable to
see any better way to accomplish
this than by following the way now
started. "I have never seen a town
with a better spirit of cooperation
and less of the spirit of factional
ism and petty jealousy than is
found in Heppner, and a continua
tion of that cooperation will be a
great help to the town," the speak
er said.
Dr. Barr made a strong plea for
the support of the schools and oth
er religious, fraternal and educa
tional institutions, and compliment
ed the Lions club highly for the
work it was doing. He stated the
most important product of the com
munity was composed of the boys
and girls who will be the citizens of
tomorrow.
Following out the plan of the pro
gram committee to make use of tal
ent from the high school, Miss Vio
la Brown gave the club a short but
interesting account of the history
of the national anthem, "America,"
the centennial anniversary of which
is being celebrated this year.
A synopsis of Miss Brown's talk
follows: "The song 'America,'
was first sung in public on July 4,
1832. 'America' was written by
Rev. Samuel Francis srmlih.. After
graduating from Harvard, Rev.
Smith studied theology at Andover.
Here at the age of twenty-five he
wrote 'America.' The circum
stances which led to his writing the
song were these:
"In 1831 William C. Woodbrldge,
a noted New York educator, went
to Germany to see how the schools
were conducted and to find mater
ial which could be used in the
schools of the United States. He
learned that music is a fundament
al factor both in the home and In
the school. Consequently, he brot
back some German school song
books. He gave these books to
Lowell Mason, a talented musician,
and a pioneer in the introduction of
music in the Boston schools, and
told him to find any material that
could be used in the American
schools.
"Mr. Mason, unable to read Ger
man, gave the books to Rev. Smith
and told him to translate the songs
or to write suitable words for the
music. One dreary day in Febru
ary, Rev. Smith was looking thru
one of the books when he came up
on a song whose tune was simple
and which could be adapted very
well to childrens choirs. Rev,
Smith looked at the words of the
song and saw that they were pa
triotic. He decided to write words
to fit the tune. He started to write
and within a half hour had written
the song.
"He put the song away and near
ly forgot about It until a week la
ter. He sent the song to Mr. Ma
son. The following Fourth of July
he was greatly surprised when the
song was sung at a children's cel
ebration.
"The original manuscript is treas
ured by the Harvard university. It
was given to the university In 1914
by the son of Rev. Smith.
"There have been numerous dis
putes as to the origin of the song.
The most celebrated national an-
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TO HAVE JOINT INSTALLATION
Ruth Chapter No. 32, O. E. S. held
annual election of officers Friday
evening. Gertrude Parker was cho
sen worthy matron, Enlor Huston,
associate matron; Earl W. Gordon,
patron; Russell Pratt, associate
patron; Harriett Gemmell, secre
tary; Nellie Anderson, treasurer;
Hazel Vaughn, conductress, and
Lena Cox, associate conductress.
These, with the appointive officers,
will be inducted Into office Tuesday,
December 27, at joint Installation
ceremonies of Ruth Chapter and
Heppner Lodge No. 69. Preceding
the ceremonies, a dinner will be
served at 6 o'clock to members of
the two orders. The installation
date had originally been set for
Saturday, December 17, but on ac
count of the prevalent Illness It was
deemed advisable to postpone It un
til the later date.
Mike Kenny has been spending
the week In town, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. William Buck
num. He reports cold weather at
the ranch, with the thermometer
ranging about the same as at Hepp
ner, and no snow covering the
range.
WHEAT PASTURE
TRIAL REPORTED
Morrow County Experiment Con
ducted on Van Schoaick Ranch
By State Extension Service.
To determine the value of an acre
of green wheat as a pasture crop
for sheep was the object of a field
trial conducted by the State College
Extension service, under the direc
tion of Chas. W. Smith, county ag
ent, in Morrow county on the Cleve
Van Schoaick farm near Heppner.
There were 81 ewes in the trial
with their lamb crop of 116 head.
These were turned on green wheat
pasture June 9th. The wheat at
this time was about a foot high and
carried a leafy growth. The ewes
and lambs were pastured on a small
area at first, and as the feed was
eaten down the fence was moved
back, , giving them fresh feed as
rapidly as they ate it down. They
were kept on this pasture until all
the lambs were sold. The lambs
were sorted out and marketed as
fast as they were finished.
The wheat, of course, matured be
fore the last lambs were finished.
During the first part of July, the
lambs developed scours and went
back for a few days. Just what
caused the scours was not deter
mined. The wheat was in the soft
dough stage at that time, and also
they broke into an alfalfa field at
this time.
The ewes and lambs were weigh
ed when the trial began and at in
tervals during the season and at
the conclusion of the test The
gain was computed at the market
price and this was checked against
the yield, and the net income from
the remainder of the field of wheat
which was harvested in the usual
manner. The average yield per
acre on the harvested wheat was
18.4 bushels.
The lambs gained 2356 pounds
and the ewes 624.5 pounds, while on
the wheat which was made on 15
acres of wheat, the market value of
the gains was $89.08 from the 15
acres, or $5.98 per acre. The net
return from the harvested wheat in
the same field was $3.90 per acre.
In this case, the harvesting of the
wheat with his sheep returned the
owner $2.04, or 52 per cent more net
than where he harvested in the us
ual mannr.
The gain in weight put on by the
lambs was 157 pounds per acre of
wheat; in addition to this, the ewes
gained better than 41 pounds per
acre, making a total of 198 pounds
gain for both the ewes and lambs.
The advisability of using wheat
for this purpose will hinge entirely
on the relative market values of
wheat and lambs.
Declamatory Contest
Called Off This Year
The board of teachers having in
charge arranging for the annual
declamatory contest for Morrow
county, met Saturday at the office
of Lucy E. Rodgers, county school
superintendent After going over
conditions very carefully, it was
decided to abandon the contest for
this year, and this interesting ac
tivity of the schools will be passed
up. It is understood that the con
test will not be permanently aban
doned, but conditions are against
it this year.
This action was taken by the ex
ecutive board, composed of heads
of the town schools and two rural
teachers selected at large.
OBITUARY.
Bessie May Warren passed away
at her home In Gilliam county, Fri
day, Dec. 9th, at 10:30 p. m., after
an illness of five weeks. She was
born naer Milan, Mo., May 17, 1885,
and at the time of her death was
aged 47 years, 6 months and 22
days. Mrs. Warren came to Ore
gon 26 years ago, residing in and
near Condon during this time. She
had been a sufferer from diabetes
for seven years, and bedfast for
the past five weeks. In her pass
ing she leaves her husband, Perry
Warren, a daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Rice, two
grandaughters, Peggy Dean and.
Arlene Rice, also two sisters, Mrs.
Albert High of Condon and Chloe
Dalzell of Missouri, one brother,
Alfred Dalzell of Thermopolls, Wy
oming, and many other relatives
and friends.
Precious darling, thou hast left us,
Left us, yes, forever more;
But we hope to meet our loved one
On that bright and happy shore,
Lonely the house and sad our hours
Since our dear one has gone;
But oh! a brighter home than ours
In heaven is now thine own.
Contributed
DR. BARR RETIRES.
Dr. C. W. Barr, dentist, is retir
ing from the Heppner field and will
return to his home at Astoria the
coming week. He has disposed of
his business and equipment to Dr,
J. H. McCrady and the latter will
move from his quarters in the I. O
O. F. building to the rooms In the
Gilman building occupied by Dr,
Barr. Dr. Barr has spent three
years in this community and has
enjoyed a good practice. His home
being at Astoria, however, he de
sires to get back to the coast and
may engage In his profession at
some point nearer to his home and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Barratt re
turned home from Portland last
evening, They spent a week in the
city attending the woolgrowers con
ventions and visiting relatives.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
There will be regular services at
the Christian church Sunday morn
ing. Mr. Sias expects to be absent
at lone, but in his absence a ser
mon will be presented by Mrs. Sias.
A Christmas pageant is being
prepared to be given at the church
Friday evening, December 23rd. A
rally is contemplated over Christ
mas week, when the two sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Sias, who are both
ministers and singers, expect to be
here with their families to visit at
the parsonage. Services were dis
pensed with at Pine City last Sun
day night on account of the ex
treme temperature, hut Mr. Sias
expects to preach there again the
coming Sunday night
At a joint meeting of Lexington
and Willows Granges at Lexington
Saturday evening the newly electr
ed officers of both Granges were in
stalled. Charles Wicklander, dis
trict deputy state master, was the
installing officer. Mr. Wicklander
was assisted in the installation by
Clarence Bauman, Karl Miller and
Mrs. Harry Dinges. Mrs. Harvey
Bauman was elected as lecturer
and Mrs. S. J. Devine as chaplain
to fill the places left vacant by the
resignation of the ones who were
elected to those offices at a previous
meeting. Preceding the installa
tion the ladies of Lexington Grange
served a six-o'clock supper and af
ter the meeting a social hour was
enjoyed by all.
The Grange dance scheduled tor
last Saturday night was called off
on account of the illness of several
members of the orchestra which
had been engaged to play.
Austin Swerington of Walla Wal
la was a guest at the Ed Burchell
home Thursday night
Lexington H. E. clb met Thurs
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
John Miller. On acocunt of the
severely cold weather most of the
members were unable to be pres
ent, nevertheless a delightful after
noon was spent by those who were
able to be out The chief event of
the afternoon was a doll making
contest in which Mrs. Laura Scott
was adjudged the winner. Mrs.
Pearl Gentry won the prize in an
other contest which was held dur
ing the afternoon. Mrs. Miller
served delicious refreshments to
the following guests: Mrs. Pearl
Gentry, Mrs. Laura Scott, Mrs. Le
na Kelly, Mrs. Bertha Dinges and
Mrs. Beulah Nichols.
The P. T. A. will hold its regular
monthly business meeting Monday
evening, December 19 at the school
house. All patrons are urged to at
tend. " -'
C. D. Ashbaugh, district mana
ger of the Pacific Telephone & Tel
egraph company, with headquar
ters at The Dalles, was a visitor at
the local telephone exchange Wed
nesday. On Thursday evening Mr. ana
Mrs. Orville Cutsforth entertained
the following friends at their pleas
ant country home: Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Cle-
tus Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Nichols, Miss Betsy Asher, George
Gillis and Don Pointer. Mr. and
Mrs. Cutsforth proved themselves
to be genial hosts and their friends
greatly enjoyed the evening spent
in their home.
Virginia Swendig of Heppner Is
visiting at the Roy Johnson home.
Joe Bond, who has been visiting
at the W. B. Tucker home on Black
Horse, returned to Portland Fri
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Wilcox and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilcox left
Thursday morning for Salem where
they will visit with relatives. They
were accompanied by Joseph Es-
kelson of Salem who has been vis
iting with relatives here for several
weeks.
Work on the Christmas program
which Is to be given by the school
Thursday evening, December 22, is
progressing rapidly. There Is to
be a Christmas tree with candy and
nuts for the kiddies.
J. W. Smith, Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company lineman of The
Dalles, was a business visitor at
the local telephone office Tuesday.
Mr. Smith was for several years
the lineman for this district but
was transferred to The Dalles a
few months ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Oral Scott of Black
Horse are at Mrs. Herren's hospital
in Heppner where they are under
going treatment for an attack of
influenza.
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JAMES ANDERSON BURIED.
Funeral services for the late Jas
Anderson, whose death occurred
the early part of last week at the
home of W. V. Pedro on Willow
creek, were held at the Case Mor
tuary Saturday. Rev. Robert Bry-
mer, Methodist evangelist, was in
charge of the services and a quar
tet sang. Burial followed In Hepp
ner cemetery. An attempt was
made to locate relatives of Mr. An
derson, without success.
The ladies of the Christian Mis
sionary society are arranging their
annual Christmas box to be sen
to the Old People's home, and they
ask that all those wishing to con
tribute leave their articles at Hus
ton's grocery store, or at the church
so that they may be forwarded not
later than next Monday. Stockings,
toweling, soap, outing flannel, bed
linens, etc., are needed articles. Mrs.
Chaffe and Mrs. Beamer compose
the committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Emll Groshens re
turned home the first of the week
from a stay of several days in Port
land, during which time Mr. Grosh
ens took in the meetings of tho wool
men.
SESSION OF CIRCUIT
COURT A BRIEF 0IIE
Judge Parker of Condon
Presides; Judge Sweek
111 at Pendleton.
GRAND JURY DRAWN
Trial of Lum Gordon Before Jury
Results in Acquittal; Few Oili
er Cases Disposed of.
The regular term of circuit court
for Morrow county was opened at
the court house Monday morning.
Owing to the illnes of Judge Calvin
Sweek, who was compelled to re
main at his Pendleton home, Judge
D. R. Parker of Condon presided.
John Beckwith, veteran court re
porter, was present, and the other
officers on hand were Clerk Ander
son and Sheriff Bauman. The bus
iness of the session was disposed of
the first day, at least as much of
the docket was cared for as was
ready for action at this time, and
the jurymen were allowed to return
to their homes.
In the case of State of Oregon
vs. Lum Gordon, charged with op
erating a still in violation of the
prohibition laws: Trial by jury com
posed of G. C. Jones, John Healy, P.
S. Griffin, Julian Rauch, A. F.
Young, J. G. Doherty, H. O. Ely,
Raymond Ferguson, C. E. Carlson,
J. L. Jenkins, H. C. Happold and
C. A. Kane. State represented by
S. E. Notson, district attorney, and
defendant by P. W. Mahoney. Ver
dict of acquittal turned in.
State of Oregon vs. Jack Harper
and Jack LaLonde; R. F. Wiggles
worth prosecuting witness. Case
returned to grand jury for further
investigation.
State of Oregon vs. Jack Slater;
continued for term. Defendant re
ported to be seriously ill in hospital
at Klamath Falls and not able to
appear in court at this time.
Elsie M. Beach, plaintiff, vs. Har
ry Duvall; action in replevin; con
tinued.
The following men compose the
newly chosen grand jury: S. J. De-
vine, foreman; R. H. Quackenbush,
R. K. Drake, W. H. Ayers, Cllve
Huston, J. H. McDanlel, C. G.
Wright - - - -
If able, Judge Sweek is expected
to be here next Monday, at which
time other matters at issue will be
heard. The inclement weather
made the holding of court at this
time rather uncomfortable and it
Is hoped the promised moderation
will have arrived by the first of the
coming week.
LOCAL NEWS
Fred Akers and Tilman Hogue
represented their respective sec
tions in Heppner the first of the
week. There being no snow cover
ing the wheat fields at Eight Mile
and Gooseberry, these gentlemen
are fearful of the results to grain.
Fall grain had a beautiful start over
the county and it is to be hoped no
reseedlng will be necessary. Orville
Cutsforth of Lexington has tested
some of his grain since the freezeup
and finds it killed. He has 2000
acres which was all up in good
shape, and he is sure that much
reseeding will be necessary. He
was getting seed wheat here the
first of the week.
Mrs. L. G. Herren has received
word that her daughter, Dorothy,
who was recently graduated from
the nureses training school of the
Los Angeles General hospital, left
that city December 12th. After
short visits in San Francisco with
Mrs. Kenneth Withers, who was
formerly Miss Eva Herren of this
city, and in Portland with Mrs. Al
Frazier and Mrs. M. Ayers, Miss
Herren will arrive in Heppner next
Tuesday and will be associated
with her mother in conducting the
General hospital here,
The Methodist Missionary society
will hold its regular meeting next
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the
parsonage. Hostesses for the occa
sion will be Mrs. Henry Taylor,
Mrs. Sam Hughes and the Misses
Lucille and Louise Moyer.
Because of the severe sub-zero
weather, the revival at the Meth
odist church conducted by Rev.
Robert Brymer closed Sunday eve
ning. The evangelist will depart
for his home at Portland next week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney re
turned home the first of the week
from Portland. They were in the
city attending the sessions of the
national and state woolgrowers as
sociations. Mrs. Mabel Piper departed Mon
day for her home at Marshfleld. She
had been spending some two weeks
at the home of her mother, Mrs. W.
W. Smead.
Jasper Crawford, of the G. T.
force, Is kept at home this week
with an attack of flu not serious
ly ill, but better off by staying in.
Ed Bennett chief clerk at Peo
ples Hardware, Is laid up at his
home In east Heppner, a victim of
Influenza,
A. E. Burkenblne of the Heppner
Market, is a flu victim this week
and is confined at home.
For Rent B-room furnished
house, $12.50. Phone 1272, city.