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The Washington times., 1914-07-24

Even in the work of an institu.
tion primarily to aid men, the Cen.
trdl Union Mission, women play an
active part.
The aid rendered that organiza.
tion by its Woman's Cooperative
Committee covers a wide. field. II
ranges from the conduct of evan
gelistic services to raising funds
for the installation Of new plumb
ing In the MISSIONS quarters.
The committee represents more
than fifty separate churches, Of
sepen denominations, and hd,
members in other cities than
Washington.
By J. R. HILDEBRAND.
Nearly everyone in Washington
knows OF the work of the Central
Union Mission. Comparatively few
know that much Of this work is
made possible by the efforts Of the
Woman's Cooperative Committee
This auxiliary to the mission per-
forms the service which Its name
suggests. II co-operates in the vari-
GUS departments in both the spiritual
and ministerial work of the mission.
Its members conduct evangelistic
services. carry the message of the
missions needs into fifty churches
Of seven different denominations,
visit the i'll and the needy. follow up
work begun in the missions home.
and now are planning the material
Improvement OF the missions quar-
ters by the installation Of sanitary
plumbing.
The shower baths in the basement
of the mission. for the use Of men
who come In from the streets. repre-
sent an expenditure of $500 by the
women Of the cooperative commit
tee. These women now have $500
In the bank. and need $500 more for
the work Of putting modern plumb
ing throughout the building. This
will afford modern baths for all the
dodgers at the mission. There are
at present no bath tubs for the men
who seek a nights shelter there,
and the toilet facilities are unsani-
tary and inadequate.
Has Out-of-Town Members.
Organized In March. 1910 with but
twenty, members, the cooperative
committee now numbers more than
DO. Some of these are out OF town
members, and New York. Ohio.
Maryland and Montreal are repre-
sented on tho rolls.
The Sunday afternoon and Friday
evening services are in charge of
this committee They have made
these services the most interesting
and helpful ever held at the mis-
SION There Is schedule of
leaders published yearly. and in
charge of this work Is Mrs. w. II.
Ramsey. Assisting her by taking
charge Of the meetings are Mrs. E.
Moores, Mrs. ]. n. Culbertson, Mrs.
George B. Chase, Mrs. A. z. Smith.
Mrs w. c. Biting, Mrs 8. Kookegy.
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Fractional Losses General.

NEW YORK. July 2+-Fra ctionaI
losses were general at the opening OF
the stock market to-day. New Haven
and Union Pacific showed declines of
g., New Haven was quoted IT OLE.
Union Pacific advaEced Z or the sec
ond sale, Which va at l26L. cheSa-
peake and Ohio made a new low level
at q
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THE DIFFUSION OF VICE.

It is altogether too early for
: orseback opinions about the work
ipgs of the Kenyon "red-light" law
or cleaning up the towns morals.
d. hat law has served its first pur-
r0se, of eliminating the long-estab-
shed segregated district. The Sec
ond stage of the development has
heen reached; and there need be no
urprise at it. 1t was forecast. and
5 prospective difficulties were rec
Z gnized, before the law was passed.
In this second stage, the police
HA6 other people find. undesirable
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
Truths By Women Who
Committee of Christ Child So
NllOW ciety Lends Helping Hand
" Foreign Settlement Work

alleviate the undesirable conditions usually surround
ing foreign being made by the Italian Work Commit
tee of Christ Child Society Miss Margaret Gowans chairman,
declares religion and good citizenship demand
given the struggling foreigner ignorant of language
and and often destitute. -
To end settlement house established for the children
Of people northeast Washington There classes in sewing
millinery embroidery lace work. baskety and carpentry
ducted smaller children receive kindergarten training while
library lectures Dances clubs add to the education
and pleasure of boys girls Religious
character building receive special attention.
Gowan pho adds herein interesting details about the
life of these people, also member of the board of
the Christ Society," hapug been active member of that
gauization eighteen The Georgetown Hospital board
of which member likewise benefited by her and
endedpors.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24

March. Brooks Chicago Marine
bhHu ...:':':'.- ........... Seltz
Overture. Light Cavalry. Suppe
Waltz. "Calanthe Holzmann
Solo icorneD Lost Chord Sullivan
Drank Williams)
(al Tickle the Ivorys" HerLar
thI on With the old Love. On
With the New" Klein
"Remick's Hits. No. If'........I.amn.
Intermezzo. "Bosporus'' Lincke
Finale. by the Beautiful Sea-
Carroll
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Difference between the Trinity and
the Potomac is easily explained. Seems
that the banks OF the Trinity are over
flowing the river.
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Amusements.

Columbis-"Mice and Men," 2:l5 and ,:I6 D.
PoIrs-"The Only Son." 2:16 and Sis D. m.
Cosmos-VaudevilIe
Glen Echo-AH Amusements
Chevy Chase Lake-Concert by section OF
Marine Band.
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See that navy captain was "plucked
for being too English. Will probably
be reinstated on his promise to ex-
hibit at the Pncific-Panama Exposi-
ton.
Might while away the sultry after
moons in the office by mailing the
electric fan to the Burroughs adding
machine and threatening to fly across
the Atlantic ocean. same as Lieutenant
Porte Is doing.
Hyattsville wants a bachelor to act
as Judge at their annual baby show.
Aforesaid bach must neither smoke,
chew, drink. keep dogs nor late hours
Orwell, there amt no sucn animal.
After Sir Tommy gets over here.
wouldn't be surprised to hear the New
York Yacht Club decIde he had made
a false start and order him back across
the pond to do 1t all over again.
Sees pity that the man who in
vented the shock absorber Is absolute
ly unable to manipulate the contriv-
ance SO as to intervene between the
fat folks and the hot weather.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
What's on the Program in
Washington
TODAY.
Meetings. evening

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-St. Johns, No. II: Hope No. 20:
Eureka, No I, Royal Arch: Capitol No. IL,
Royal Arch: Takoma. No. L. Eastern Star;
Cathedral. No. II, Eastern Star. and St
Johns, No. B Eastern Star. called of.
knights Of Pythias-Syracusians No 10;
RAthbone-superior, No. %. called off. and
Rathbone Temple, No. 8. Pythian Sisters.
Odd Fellows-Central. No 1: Metropolis No
No. 3. Rebeksh. and Dorcss. No. 4. Re-
beksh
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Concerts Today
By the U. S. Soldiers Home Band
Bandstand, at 4 p. m.
JOHN S. NJ. ZIMMERMAN
Director.

March. The Enterpriser" Lampe
Overture. Peter Schmoll,"
Won Weber
Paraphrase. The Old Oaken
Bucket .............R RolIInsor
Selection. "Amorita' .CzIbuIka
Characteristic, Southern PATROL
Excerpts from The Broken Idol
Van Alstyne
Waltz suite. Loves Proposal"
Tobani
The star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1914-07-24

Advice not to cat too much this kind
o weather is superfluous. ''Hy Kost"
is attending to that.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24

Would like to know whether the COM
mission appointed by Governor Glynn
TO investigate feeble-mindedness will
be known as the feeble-minded commits
sion.
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Tomorrow.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-Cornerstone laying. Northeast Tenn.
pie. $3.50 2. m. and Dawson. No, IS
Odd FelIows-canton Washington No
Patriarchs Militant. drill and rehearsal
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Amusements.

Columbia-''Mice and Men," s:I5 D. m
Coemos-VaudeYilIe.
Glen Echo-An Amusements
Chevy Chase Lake-Concert by section O
Marine Band.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24

It's certain that the ballplayer who
doesn't keep the water bucket COM
pany at night. will keep It company
in the daytime.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
The Silver
Lining
Edited BY ARTHUR BAER.

New Haven suit is not quite so cool
as a Palm Beach.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
Women Visit Sick and Needy,
Cooperating With Mission
Auxiliary Of Central Union Is
Made Up Of Members Of
Fifty Churches Of Seven De-
nominations.

Plan to Improve Building, With
Baths and New Plumbing.
Follow Up Work Of the
Superintendent.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24

"1f Huerta hadn't
beaten them to it,
tn New Haven di-
rectors might have
resigned In favor of
Carbajal."
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
BY the United States Engineer Band,
Mcmillan Park, At 1890 p. m.
FRANK J. WEBER. Lender

March. Grand Entree". King
Overture, 'Ruy Elias"
Mendelssohn- BarthoJdy
Selection, High Jinks". FriniI
(a) Spanish sereaade, la Pal
Oma" MISREPRESENTATION. Yradi.r
IbD Ballet. The Flight of tho
Birds ...........,........... Rice
Solo for baritone. Tramp. Tramp,
Tramp" .....................R Robinson
Corporal Wiblitzhauser.J
Gems from Bohemian Girl" BaIfo
Medley. Popular Hts" Harris
Tango The Dream Ron,iclt
"Star-Spaneled Banner"
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BY the Naval Gun Factory Band,
Navy Yard, at 8 p. m.

ANTONIO CELLO. Director,
The Washington times., 1914-07-24

Mr.. and Mrs Beal r. Howard and
Miss Margaret Howard. after several
Continued on Ninth Page.)
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-18
Sells Mountain Valley Farm

w. 0. Minor this week disposed of
the balance of his Blue Mountain
Stock Farm, with the exception of
few acres, to Gus Wilcox of Heppner.
Mr.. Wilcox will have in the neigh
borhood of 500 acres of alfalfa and
pasture land and is to be congratu-
lated on getting hold of the finest
farm on Willow creek, all things con-
sidered. In disposing of this farm
of over one thousand acres, Mr.. Mi
nor has cut it up in such shape that
there will be six families on the place
to where there was one before, and
no doubt there could be some more
advantageous cutting up of the place
and other families located there and
make good homes. This example
should be followed by others and
the population of our county in
creased in this manner. This deal,
of course has not brought any new
people to the county, but just as soon
as the larger places are put on the
market in this manner outside peo-
pie will be coming in to take hold of
the smaller tracts and make homes
of them.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-18
CROP CONDITIONS IN NORTH MORROW
POINT TOWARD A LARGE YIELD
Sand Country Will Reach High Mark This Year By
Producing 70 Bushel Wheat Crop-Headng Has
Started in Many Fields

A ride on Tuesday over the greater
portion of the wheat belt to the north
of Heppner and Lexington, convinces
us that there will be one of the big
gest yields of grain this season ever
produced in that section. This holds
good as far north as the w. B. Finley
place, and while we have experienced
some pretty warm weather there has
been none that has seriously short
ened the crops out that way, and
grain is now so far advanced that it
is bound to make bumper crop.
Through the courtesy of Banker
T. j. Mahoney we were one of party
consisting of Mr.. Mahoney. M. D.,
Clark and Frank Gillian, making the
trip by auto and getting over lot Of
territory.
We are not going to attempt to
make any i.entized estimates, not
being in possession of the acreage to
be harvested by the individual farm
ers throughout the section visited,
but as it appears at this writing this
portion of the county should make an
average yield Of twenty bushels.
Much of the grain in now ready for
the header, and it was noted that in
few fields the machines were at
work. Heading should be general
throughout the wheat belt on the
north side the coming week.
The Piper and Carmichael fields
are exceptionally fine. They are east
ly 30-bushel crops with every indica-
tion of No. wheat Getting little
farther to the north it was noted that
the grain on the Copenhaver and
Hodsdon places is of exceptional
quality, and what pertains to these
people is also largely true of their
neighbors.
The grain, however, that has been
the subject of the most favorable
comment this season is that or the
places of w. B. Finley and his son
Arthur. These men have been farm
ing in what is generally pronounced
the sand belt of Morrow county
mistaken appelation, however as
they are not in the sand country. The
soil down that way is very light and
1t has been hard problem to get il
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-18
COMMERCIAL CLUB COMMITTEES
ARE DOING EFFECTIVE WORK
Club Will Strive to Get Better Passenger Service on
Local Branch Line-Public Park Site Practically
Assured-Other Suggestions Are Being Carried
Out.

At the special meeting of the Com
mercial Club on Friday evening the
attendance was rather slim though
there was business of importance to
be attended to.
Owing to the illness of President
Smead, Vice-President Notson pre-
sided.
The committee appointed some
time ago to select lyceum course
and to act for the Club read their
report, which was tabled until the
next regular meeting.
The report of the committee ap-
pointed to report to the Club some
of Heppner's needs, and plans for
carrying them out, was read. On
motion it was ordered that the por-
tion of the report appertaining to
the feed lot, city park, filling up un
slightly mud holes and to the un
slightly bill boards be adopted as read
and that a committee of three be
appointed to wait on the City Coun-
Gil and urge these matters and if
possible obtain the feed yard grounds
for city park. A. M. Phelps, l.. X.
Harlan and J. P. Conder were ap-
pointed on this committee. After
the appointment of this committee
the balance of the report was then
adopted. The full report read as
follows:
To the Officers and Members of Hepp-
ner Commercial Club:
We, your committee appointed to
suggest some of the important needs
of Heppner, beg to submit few sug-
gestions which we think of the ut
most Importance, looking to the bet
terment and beautifying of our city,
as follows:
An active and effective campaign
against the fly.
Abolishing of our unsightly bill
boards.
Filling the numerous mud holes.
The abatement of our present feed
lot and the establishment on the
same grounds of city park. With
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-18
FIRST ANNUAL FARMERS
PICNIC ON SATURDAY
Farmer Smith, Renowned Agricultur-
ist of the West VIII be on the
Program for an Interesting
Talk.

Saturday the First Annual Picnic
of the Morrow County Farmers In
ion will be held in the beautiful Lex
ington grove. No efforts have been
spared by the Union to make this
first coming together a complete sue
cess.
A lengthy program has been ar
ranged, consisting of speeches and
special music. A band of twelve
pieces has been engaged to play dur
ing the day, and this alone will be a
pleasant feature of the day. A. r.
Shumway, member of the legislative
committee and j. ID. Brown, state
president, will be present and deliver
addresses.
Farmer Smith, agriculturist for
the O.-W. R. & N. Co., will be on
hand with a wealth of his dry farm
ing material Mr.. Smith has been
heard by many of our people before,
and his next appearance is looked
forward to with much pleasure.
President Huston would like to
have it understood that everybody,
whether farmers, members of the
Union, or what not, are cordially in
vited to attend the picnic, where they
will be given warm welcome. A
big basket dinner will be spread out
under the large shade trees, in the
grove, and everyone is invited to
bring a well filled basket and join
with the crowd in disposing of the
"eats."
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-18
ALBERT LOvCREN PASSES

Carl Albert Lovgren, for many
years a resident of Morrow county
and farmer of the Gooseberry see
ton, died in Portland on Saturday
last, June 13, 1914, of pernicious
anaemia. Mr.. Lovgren had been af-
tiicted for many months and gradual
ly growing worse it was thought wise
to remove him to Portland for med
ical treatment and ne was taken to
that city about three weeks ago. He
was past all relief however and sue
cumbed to his disease after all that
was possible was done for him. The
remains were shipped to Heppner on
Sunday and taken to Hardman for
interment. The funeral was held in
the |. o. O. F. hall at that place at
IL o'clock on Monday and concluded
at the cemetery below Hardman at
p. M, being conducted by the Odd
Fellows of which order he was a
member. Mr.. Lovgren was aged
SO years and months and leaves a
wife and one son, aged about Is
years, to mourn the loss of husband
and father. He also has three broth
ers living in this county.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-18
TWO MEN HELD ON
RUSTL|NG CHARGE
Robert Owens and Earl
Becklund Are Accused
Of Butchering Another
Mans Beet.

On a charge of stealing a COW
which belonged to other parties. Earl
Becklund better known as "Swede',
is in the county jail. and Robert Ow-
ems has been bound over, under
$500 bonds, to appear before the
grand jury.
1t developed in the preliminary
hearing in the case of the State OF
Oregon VS.. Robert Owens, held last
Tuesday morning that Becklund had
delivered a beef to Gong Lane, a To-
cal restaurant man, last Saturday,
the result of a contract between OW-
ems and Lane. Sheriff Evans, who
had had suspicious for some time,
deputized Osmin Hager to take the
back track of the "Swede's" wagon
and learn where the beef had been
butchered and under what circum-
stances.
Hager tracked the "Swede" up
Balm Fork to the Quad ranch and
from there on to the Headquarters
Ranch" Here the tracks led off up
another canyon toward the noun
tains.
Hager finally came to the home
stead of Becklund, where he found
heavy sled, which showed signs OF
having ben recently used. Upon
closer examination, he found on the
sled blood and some tallow. After
| looking around for some time he
came to a place on the ground that
was covered with old decayed wood,
and upon digging down, uncovered
beef hide. Mr.. Hager brought the
hide back to town.
C. A. Minor testified that he was
sure the beef belonged to him mas
much that the ears of the brute con-
tanned his marking. although one
ear had been cut off and was missing.
Also a piece of the hide, at a point
on the hip where the Minor brand
was usually placed, had been cut out.
The testimony of Gong Lane was
the most damaging evidence against
Owens. Lane stated that on prev
ious occasions he had bought beef
from Owens, the "Swede" delivering
it and Owens receiving the money.
this proving to the judge that Owens
and Becklund were working togeth-
err
As soon as Becklund returned to
his open air slaughter house and
found that he had been discovered,
he made a hahty retreat, but was
caught at Echo by the town mar
shall there, who held him until Sher-
iff Evans could go over and bring
him back, which he did on Sunday.
In the preliminary hearing, the
defendant was represented by C. L.
Woodson, and Glenn Y. Wells, Coun-
ty attorney prosecuted for the State,
In default of the $500 bail, Ow-
ems is confined in the county Jail,
not being able as yet to get anyone
to assume so heavy an obligation as
a guarantee of his appearance when
wanted by the grand jury.
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stick and keep their grain from

to stick and keep their grain from
blowing out. This trouble is now
practically overcome after the thor
ough cultivation of several years
past and the working in of the stub
BILE. Mr.. Finley has field of sum-
merfallow consisting of 1000 acres
that he is preparing for fall sowing
This is practically clean of all weeds,
and will be perfectly clean as soon as
he gets over it with his weeders
which are at work every day. The
moisture has been we'll conserved in
this piece of ground and should there
be no more rains this summer there
will be plenty of moisture for early
sowing. He will harvest this season
about 1000 acres of grain. A half
section of this is volunteer and the
balance is on summerfallow ground.
Mr.. Finley says he will have an av-
erage crop of fifteen bushels but we
are inclined to think that his estimate
is low, at least from present indica-
tions. He will begin his harvest Just
as soon as he can get his machinery
into the fields.
1t would seem that Mr.. Finley has
proven his oft-repeated assertion that
he would make a success of raising
wheat on his lands in the banana
belt as he had splendid crop there
last season and this year he will reap
better than ever. 1t is dry country
but the right methods of farming will
conserve the moisture and bring forth
abundant yields of grain.
One thing was noted along the trip
at different intervals, and this was
the unused lands that have been
heretofore farmed but are now being
allowed to grow up in weeds. A lot
of Jim Hill mustard is growing on
these lands as we'll as other foul
weeds that will be a serious menace
to those people who are working hard
at the present time to do good farm
ing and keep their places clean
Some means of getting rid of these
weeds will have to be adopted else
the whole country will become foul
Mr.. Finley expects to get a siding
at point on the Coyote cutoff that
will bring him within eleven miles OF
! Continued on page siX)
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-18
LIVELY INTEREST IN
SCHOOL, ELECTION
w. B. Barratt Chosen Di-
rector and Vawter Craw-
ford Reelected Clerk
l57 Votes Cast.

There was commendable interest
shown in the annual school meeting
on Monday and as result a lively
contest was on in the selection of the
school officers for the coming year.
Two tickets were in the field. w.
B. Barratt and A. M. Phelps ran for
director and Mrs. A. E. Binns and
Vawter Crawford were the candidates
for clerk. 1t developed early in the
day that there was to be something
doing as each candidate had warm
supporters and many OF these got
busy to get the vote out. The voting
began after the organization of the
meeting at 2 p m, and the polls
were kept open until $3.50 that all
might have a chance to get their vote
in. 1t might be remarked here also
that the balloting was not according
to the Australian system, there were
two printed tickets, not of uniform
size and color and this caused some
to be rather humiliated, as it were,
in thus having to make known how
they voted, and they were not to be
blamed for registering kick and
raising their voices in opposition to
the system of voting employed.
The result of the ballot was as fol-
lows: w. B. Barratt, 81; A. M.
Phelps, "A; V. Crawford, "a; Mrs.
Binns, Il.
The report of the clerk presented
at this meeting shows receipts from
all sources during the year of $61,
664.37; expenditures, $57,015.72,
leaving balance on hand of S4,64S.65.
The sale of bonds for school building
purposes and on account of fire loss
sustained to new building is included
in this report. These items should
have been in the report of last year
and would have been but for the fact
that there was a 'hold up" in set
tling with the bonding company and
this was not adjusted until after the
date of the last annual meeting. The
district still has the old school build
ing to dispose Of and there should be
some steps taken to convert this prop
erty into cash.
The expense incurred in running
the school for the year was S13,715.-
is, while the receipts, outside of the
building fund money reported
amounted to s1S,02315. The clerk S
report further shows the expendi-
lures, itcmized, to be as follows.
Paid for teachers wages $500. 90
Paid for fuel and school
supplies .......,...... 1865
Paid for repairs, improving
grounds and janitor work 1219.S0
Paid on principal and inter
est on bonds and warrants 26S0.00
Paid for insurance. .... 26S.0C
Paid for District Clerks sal
ary .................. 150.0C
Iaid for all other purposes 22l.2.
Total. ....... .$13,715.1
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cE. POTTS IS ACQUITTED

Canyon City, Or, June 16-(Spe-
cial. )-Charles Il. Potts tonight was
found not guilty of numbering his
wife, after the jury had been out but
three hours.
No case in years has aroused such
intense interest in court annals here
as the Potts trial, which came to an
end early this evening when Attor-
neys Ackerman, Of Los Angeles, for
the defendant, and Marks for the
state, summarized the testimony be-
fore the Judge charged the jury.
The courtroom was packed again
today.