The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-31

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three miles in circumference and which
encirles the main part of the CITY.
This brands it as very different from
any other city. The boulevard is be-
ing maosdamized and now is close to
completion. i.
The Worlds Automobile mind is
being conferred at present on this per-
feet circle boulevard as a speedway.
In fact all arrangements have been
made for an automobile meet on Sep
tember ninth, Admission Day. $l6,-
600. 0G have been raised for prizes and
some trophies have been put up.
Great interest is being taken by all
of the cities around about and all are
in great expectancy that the world 8
sDeed record will be broken on this
track. Barney Oldfeld and other
national speeders have driven over the
course and have declared it to be an
ideal speedway.
You see that we have some excite
ment ahead of us, but not such risky
road-race excitement as that of the
Fourth of July race from Los Angeles
to Sacramento.
am very thankful. however. that
we live three blocks off of the Boule-
ward. In Santa Monica, we lived
only one-half of a block from the race
course and the noise of the practising
for several mornings aud then of the
race all day, nearly drove us mad.
Corona has good schools, churches,
a fine new City Hall with an auto fire
engine, nice City Park in its in
fancy lovely homes and nU saloons.
The people are very cungenial peo-
ple to live among.
Next conference, which meets at
Long Beach the first week in October,
| believe, we close our second year
here and expect to be returned for our
third year. Our church has men,
bership now of almost five hundred
and a fine graded Sunday school with
an average attendance of two hundred
and sixty three. We have nice lot
of young people in our League. Not
long go the League gave banquet at
which sixty young folks we're placed.
Our ladies have three good societies.
Last May our Woman's Foreign Miss
ionary Society entertained the San
Diego District Convention Of that
Society and had very gracious time.
The Brotherhood, too, is flourish
ing organization. They had a "lawn
party" in the early spring and as
result from that party, the church
grounds are now beautified by lovely
green lawn. They worked hard for
it. The children, too have their
society and take great interest in it.
Last fall the parsonage was trans
formed into modern home which we,
of coulse greatly enjoy and appreciate.
The winter has been very busy
and prosperous one in the history of
the church AMI consequently very
busy and profitable for US. The sum
mer davs promise as much activity as
those of the winter.
Just now Mr.. Wentworth and | are
taking life easy for the space of about
three weeks. We are on our vsca
tion, visiting friends in Berkley, Oak
land, San Francisco, Pasadena, Long
Beach and Los Angeles. This is the
first time since we took our bridal |
tour that we have taken a trip by
ourselves.
Since being here have had the
delightful pleasure of calling on two
If my Heppner school chums, Mis-.
Jennie McCarter and Mrs. Lutte
Young, both now of Oakland The !
irst time since my wedding that | bad
seen any of nv Heppner school
friends. 1t seemed good and recalled
many fond recollections Do you
wonder that feel young once again,
md am thinking of home and girlhood
friends? We first planned trip far
her north to visit Eugene, Portland
ind Heppner, bat our time and purse
became limited.
The other day we were over to visit
he Worlds Fair grounds. One build
ng is completed. The Machinery
Hall is up in frame. 1t is a high
building composed of eight million
eet of lumber and eight thousand
ons of bolts; is one thousand feet
ong, three hundred feet wide and
bout one hundred and fifty feet high.
There are two thousand men at work
low and in two. weeks. there will be six
housand at work and sixteen new
started. The information
vas given to us by one of the head
nen on the grounds. 1t certainly
will pay YOU to commence now to save
ID your money to visit San Francisco
nd San Diego in 1915.
This was my first visit to San
francisco since 1900, when a party
my parents, Miss Anna Bal
niger, Mrs. Albert Slocum and my