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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-01
LYCEUM COURSE IS
BOOKED FOR HEPPNER
EllisOn-White Bureau Will Present
-Four Pleasing Attractions
Home Talent Will be
L Given.

The Ellison-White Lyceum Bur-
eau of Boise, Idaho, had its secre-
tary, ]. l.. White in this city this
week completing arrangements for
the presentation of their course here
during the next few months.
The first number to appear will
be Elizabeth de Barrie Gill, harpist,
reader and contralto singer. Gener-
al Lew Wallace heard this lady at
Charlottesville, Indiana and said Of
her, After hearing hundreds Of
readers and actresses give selections
from Ben Hur, | had the pleasure
of hearing Elizabeth de Barrie Gill's
rendition of the Chariot Race at
Charlottesville. 1t was done to my
entire satisfaction, and the best |
have ever heard" October 13 will
mark the opening of this course in
our city and Secretary White informs
us that a successful sale Of season
tickets has already been made thus
assuring that the course will be a
financial success.
Other members on the course will
include the Dixie Jubilee Singers.
They are booked for the 3rd of No
vember. A home talent play will be
given in connection with the course
and will probably be staged some
time in January. Professor Maynard
Lee Daggy is booked for the Sth of
February. Professor Daggy is not a
stranger in our town, having appear
ed here three years ago. The last
number of the course will be the
Ionian Serenaders. These ladies do
a great deal of their entertaining
with the accordian, and their music
is said to be of high order.
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has shown great skill in its arrange
ment, while the variety shows what
can be done in the so-called wheat
counties.
From the Journal we take the fol-
lowing: "The invasion tf eastern
Oregon is a new feature CT the fair,
and the display ofp roduc is won
derful. Morrow county scat an ex-
hibit so large that the booth will not
hold nearly all of it. All are non
irrigated products, and they were
not hand-picked, being gathered at
random from the fields"
And the Evening Telegram says:
Morrow county has an exhibit which
is a marvel when 1t is considered the
products were produced without ir-
rigation."
Fair Grounds, Salem, Ore.
V. Crawford, Heppner, Ore.
Morrow county took first, score
80, and Wallowa county second,
score 80. Fine weather and a good
fair.
(Signed) w. W. SMEAD.
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Chronology Of Chief Events In War To Date.

June propaganda eliminates
Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir to Austrian throne and his wife,
July 2SAustra informs Seva her reply repair
ation and unreserved apology unsatisfactory
on serva Troops invade serva
July 29-Russia mobizes.
July 2o-Germany Russia explain mobilization
movements
August Russia Germanys demand and German AM
baador formal Russia France
mobzes informally State of declared between
Germany German Russian srmshes
August 2Two France Russian troops
Germany.
August 3France Germany and formal
declaration
August 4-Great Britain Germany
August Austria formally declares against Russia
August S-Germany and Austria threaten declare war ON
Italy if she persists in neutrality French wins victory
in capture of Altkirch in Asace Swiss frontier.
Vienna asks for his nassnors
China fearing neutrality will be violated appeals powers
for protection
August 11Japan utimatum Germany demanding that
she withdraw ships and evauate China giving
August % to obey demand.
expedonary army landed in Franco
key and Greece mobilize forces.
August 20-German cavalry occupies Brussels.
August 23-Japan declares Germany.
August 24Brussels
in France.
August 25-Namur falls before artillery fire.
August 25Lord Kitchener fixes life of perhaps three
years"
August 2S-Aies battle to save Paris
August 2sBrish fleet victor in fight Heligoland
Germany losing cruisers and torpedoboat destroyers
August 90-Paris decided surburbs.
September 3--French capital o Bordeaux.
September EVERY ble-bodied Briton called arms
September 6Aies will be
consent.
September 9-Germans begin allies
September 1 49, HERMAN army retiring movement
to River Aisne
September 5Germans great battle begins
in earnest
September 19-Rheims bombarded by Germans
September 22Thee British cruisers by
ines; 14OO lost
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HONEYMOON H|KERS"
PASS THROUGH HEPPNER
T. f. Pledger and Wife Have Walked
From Frisco to New York and
Are Now on Their Return
Trip HOme-Nearly Two
Years For the Trip.

The Honeymoon Hikers" as they
are known to the public, but Mr..
and Mrs. T. E. Pledger in private life
were in Heppner this week, on the
last lap of their 1000 mile journey.
They left San Francisco on March
21, 1913, their course taking them
somewhat south through Arizona
and New Mexico. After arriving at
Denver, they went directly east and
walked into New York on the 18th
day of September, i've months after
they had set out from the Golden
Gate city, on their journey to adver-
tise the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
The expenses of the Honeymoon
Hikers" on their eastern trip were
paid by the exposition association,
and the young people made the re-
turn hike pay for itself, by giving
comedy sketches in vaudeville at
the various towns through which
they passed.
Mr.. Pledger and his wife, with
their small dog and little burro,
which carries the entire camping out
fit, including a small tent, departed
from New York City, October l,
1913. They have been nearly year
coming from that city to Heppner,
but Mr.. Pledger says they did not
hurry. spending six weeks in Denver
waiting for the weather to become
settled, and taking a month for a
thorough inspection of the Yellow
stone National Park. They arrived
in Pendleton in time for the Round
Up and were special guests of the
Roundup Association. The young
people were very enthusiastic over
the Pendleton show, and placed it
on the list with the several big at
fractions which they witnessed while
on their trans-continental journey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pledger left San
Francisco Immediately after their
marriage and thence derived the IT,
tie of "The Honeymoon Hikers."
1t was their honeymoon trip, but as
Mr. Piedger says. 1900 miles
through desert country soon puts
the honeymoon on the wane." How
ever" continued the young pedes-
trian, "We have enjoyed our trip
thoroughly although at times, l will
admit, we became somewhat tired of
our bargain" They will attempt to
cross the mountains before winter
sets in, and take their time in walk
ing down the Willamette Valley.
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More PrOgressives Back.

Washington, Sept. 3e-"The result
of the Kansas senatorial primary is
record evidence that this will be
Republican year." said Representa-
tive phil Campbell, of Kansas,
when asked what he thought of the
vote. 1T is particularly good evil
dence that those who voted the Pro-
gressive ticket in 1912 are normally
Republican. There will be a big
slump from the Progressives to the
Republican party this fall and in
1915, not because those who voted
the Progressive ticket in 1912 are
not just as progressive as ever, but
because they have no protest to
make and will vote with the party
to which they feel they belong"
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Deputy Sheriff Loses Man.

Courtesy to prisoner on the part
of Deputy Sheriff Lumsden, who re-
turned yesterday from Cheyenne,
Wyoming, where he had gone to
bring back A. l.. Fenner and Victor
McRosky, two 17-year-old boys
charged with stealing an automobile
belonging to Otto Nelson, was re-
warded with treachery on the part
of McRosky.
McRosky was allowed little
freedom while at Arlington, Or, be-
cause he complained of not feeling
we'll, and took advantage of his op-
portunity to dart from the train as
it started from town. Telegraphic
descriptions have been sent out and
Lumsden has returned to Eastern
Oregon to search for him. Fenner
is being held in the county jail
Journal.
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ONE EDUCATIONAL PERIL
Education That Trains for Personal
Efficiency Alone Tends to Pro-
duce Harmful Type.

University of Oregon, Eugene,
Sept. 29.-The peril of education
that aims solely at efficiency was
pointed out by President P L. Camp
bell in an address to the faulty and
student body at the state universi-
TVS first general assembly. AS many
Of those present had heard "educa-
tion for efficiency" held up as the ul-
innate ideal, the description of the
hidden peril which it contains
brought about some hard thinking
on the part of the audience
Here is President Campbell's ar
gument, in substance:
Education for mere personal eff
cheney tends to produce a type that
aims at personal aggrandizement. 1t
is selfish type; it tries to achieve
its end frequently at the expense of
others. 1t is not a socialized type,
or cooperative one. The education
that produces this type is therefore
failure, since the ideal education
produces a person who aims at eff
cheney, it is true, and consequently
at success but not at efficiency and
success at the expense Of others.
Rather, he seeks the success that
comes to his fellows along with him
self. He is accordingly of the type
that helps to move the world for
ward.
"The type of efficiency for which
the age is calling now," said Presi-
dent Campbell, ''is the one that en-
ables a population to cooperate to-
ward common end, and achieve
that end together, all beneftting
equally. The education that pro-
duces such type must deal largely
with the humanities, and therefore
should avoid any extreme in practi-
cal training. Purely practical train
ing may make successful individual
but frequently it makes him success
full to community detriment. There
the peril lies"
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No More HsPus ut o. A. c.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor

wallis, Oregon, Sept. 29-The Ore
gon Agricultural College student
body at Mondays meeting of the
college council, decided to do away
with all forms of hazing.
Hereafter, it will not even be
"compulsory" for the freshmen to
wear the green cap of servitude
They may continue to do so if they
so vote as body. Otherwise its
curtains for the cap along with
the other hazing stunts.
Expulsion from college is the pen.
atty proposed for violation of the
anti-hazing edict.
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GERMANS EQUIP SHIPS
WITH NEW ORDNANCE
New Gun Placed on Warships Now
in Kiel Canal for Big Battle.

Copenhagen. Sept. 20, via London
Travellers arriving here from the
Kiel canal say that the Germans are
busy placing new ordnance, which
the Krupp works has been expert
menting with for the past two years
on the armored cruisers and dread
noughts.
The canal is described as being
crowded with warships, including
the largest battleships. The arse
nails are busy day and night and long
trains arrive continually with i'm
mense guns for the ships.
The Germans are reported as de-
claring that the whole feet will soon
be ready to fight.
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LEXINGTON.

Mrs. Glenn Davis went to Monu-
ment to visit relatives.
Spencer Akers, of Heppner Flat,
was a Lexington caller Tuesday.
Theo. Cork was Lexington Wis
itor from Monument last week.
Geo. Currin of Heppner, was
transacting business in Lexington
this week.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Cop
Pile, Sept. "a, daughter. All are
doing we'll.
Mr.. w. A. McGee of the Sand
country was transacting busiress in
town Monday.
Walter Johnson returned from
" ALA Walla, where he has been with
his grandmother, Mrs. Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Evans have re-
turned from Milton, where they were
visiting with Mr.. Evans brother.
Mrs Harry Munkers returned from
Newberg after a visit of several
weeks with her parents at that place.
Mrs. Emma McAllister and son,
Welcome, arrived from The Dalles
on the late train Monday evening.
w. R. Cochran, who has recently
opened up his new butcher shop in
lone is delivering meat to Lexington
customers.
Miss Opal Briggs of Heppner, ar
rived Sunday. She has been employ
ed to teach the Social Ridge school
for this year.
Rev. Handsaker of Heppner is con-
ducting a series of Revival meetings
at the Congregational church in this
city.
Mrs. Fannie Mcmillan left Satur-
day morning for Moscow, Idaho, for
a few weeks visit with her mother
and relatives.
Mrs. Ina Nickols has been visit
ing her father, David E, Leach at
Culdesac, Idaho. She returned home
Monday.
Frank Klitz, of Echo, a one-time
resident of this section, was in Lex
ington Saturday shaking hands with
old acquaintance.
From all accounts, the Roundup
was success. Many of our people
attended, going in various ways. Up
to late hour all have been account
ed for.
Saturday found Lexington desert
ed. The special train on Friday took
large number, and the autos took
all the rest who could go, to the
Roundup.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gammell
went to the Valley Thursday morning
where they were called by the death
of Mrs Gammells father who was a
pioneer living near Eugene.
Robert Van Horn, who passed
away at Heppner was inferred in the
Odd Fellows cemetery at Lexington
Tuesday. Rev. j. V. Crawford of
Heppner conducted the funeral SER
vices.
Mrs. w. G.. Scott was called quite
suddenly to Pilot Rock last Friday
on account OF serious illness of her
sister who passed away before she
arrived. The funeral occurred on
Sunday.
Johnny Mcmillan met with an ac-
cident to his auto the other side of
Butter creek, while he was on his
way to the Roundup. Mr.. McMil-
Ian, with the other passengers who
were in the car arrived in Pendleton
in time for the Roundup, and he
expects his car sometime this week.
The rains the past week have been
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-01
Woman Sees Oregon Dry.

Albany, Or, Sept. 29-Mrs. Mary
Harris Armour, of Macon Ga, ad-
dressed an audience of between 400
and 500 for two hours at the AL
bany Armory tonight.
Her subject was statewide pro-
hibition and the audience was APP
preciative. Mrs. Armour was intro
duced by Dr.. Wallace Howe Lee, of
Albany College, until recently dean
of Whitworth College, Tacoma. Nine
local business men sang. Mrs. Ar
mour predicted dry Oregon at the
Forthcoming election by a big ma
jority through the vote of the women
OF this state. She also predicted a
saloonless Nation by 1920, and said
results of elections here would effect
the National cause. She urged pre-
cinct organization
After completing her address the
speaker started to raise a campaign
fund for use in this county against
the liquor traffic More than $500
was subscribed in a few minutes
Both Mrs. Armour and DR.. Wallace
Howe Lee, of this city. predicted
that the state of Washington will go
dry by large majority in November.
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SUPT. NOTSON MAKES
VISIT TO SCHOOLS

On Tuesday | visited the school
In District No. "a, which is under
the direction OF Miss Grace May.
There are 16 pupils enrolled. The
school building has been tastily
painted inside and outside during the
vacation period. The outbuildings
have also been painted. A new
woodshed has been erected. A foot
bridge has been built across the little
canyon from the school grounds to
the barn. The barn is conveniently
arranged to accommodate the horses
of those who ride or drive to school.
Water has been piped from
spring to the corner of the porch,
where a convenient hydrant has been
placed. The pupils have individual
drinking cups. A new blackboard
map of the United States, map of
Oregon, and a new dictionary have
been added to the equipment. The
light is admitted from the left side,
the windows occupying almost the
entire side of the school-room. This
is the best arrangement. The Win
dow shades are the adjustable can
vas shades. They cost little more
to begin with, but are the chapest in
the end. They are of tan color,
which permits soft light to enter
when the shades are drawn to ex-
clude the sunshine. The stove is
surrounded by jacket and the ven
tilation is properly provided for.
This school already has six of the
twelve stars required for registra-
ton as a standard school, and it
lacks but very little of having four
more. Plans have been already
made to secure the full number. If
the percentage of attendance and
minimum of tardiness are achieved,
this will be standard school. The
three features of play apparatus will
soon be installed. A new flag pole
has been erected so the flag can be
displayed as required by the stand
ardization card and the law.
The new course in agriculture will
be distributed to the teachers with
in a few days. This course has been
carefully worked out, but teachers
are expected to adapt it to the local
conditions. The eighth grade exam
ination in agriculture will be based
on this course.
District No. 54 has voted bonds
for the erection of school build
ing. The plans selected call for a
we'll arranged and up-to-date build
ing. This is a new district on the
eastern side of the county in the
"banana belt"
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ROBERT VAN HORN DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Robert Van Horn died at the
home of Amos Misseldine in this
city, on Friday, Sept. 25, 1914. For
the past few years, Mr.. Van Horn has
made his home on Black Horse,
where he tool; up a homestead in
1904. For the last Is months he
has been an invalid, and confined to
his home all the time until death
came to his relief. He had suffered
from a complication of diseases.
Robert Van Horn was born at
Huntly, Illinois, February, Is, 1858.
He lived in that state until he was IS
years of age, and then moved with
his parents to Missouri. On the 2Srd
of November, 1878, he was united
in marriage with Miss Abbie Meade
at Bloomington, Mo. To them were
born six daughters and one son, two
of the daughters died in infancy.
The children who survive him are:
Robert Van Horn, Mrs. Elva Green,
of Meeker, Colorado, Mrs. Stella Nor
gan, of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Hester
Rosa of Eskridge, Kansas and Mrs.
Emma Andis who was with her
father when death came. Besides
his wife and children, Mr.. Van Horn
leaves to mourn his loss a brother
and sister at DuQuoin, Illinois, and
brother at Topeka, Kansas.
Mr.. Van Horn was man of good,
upright, moral life and held in high
esteem by all who knew him.
The funeral was held at Lexington
Tuesday where the remains were in
tered in the |. 0. O. F. cemetery.
The services were conducted by Rev.
J. V. Crawford, of this city.
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The Heppner special to the Pen
dleton Roundup last Friday took
172 Morrow county citizens to the
Umatilla county seat. The number
necessary to insure the special train
was placed at seventy-five, and over
half of this number was made up by
people from lone, Lexington and Ce-
Gil Much credit is due to j. l.. Will
kins and DR.. F. n. Christensen for
the success of the special. The train
was made up of five cars, three
sleepers, chair car and baggage
car. Everyone making the trip re-
turned home speaking enthusiastic
ally of the Roundup, Pendleton, and
the people who had charge of the
excursion trip.
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VIRGINIA GOES DRY
The Old Dominion Tried License for
250 Years and Voted the
State Dry.

On September %. Virginia voted
for statewide prohibition by a ma
jority of almost two to one. Incom-
plete returns give the drys a ma
jority of 32,S25 out of vote of 121,-
1853.
Even the cities gave the drys a
majority of about 1000 votes. Nine
out of ten of the Congressional dis
tricts were carried by the drys.
Virginia has been trying various
systems for regulating the liquor
traffic for $50 years. She has tried
out high license, low license, the dis
pensary, and every imaginable sys-
TEN.
She has tried out local option and
got much benefit from it, but the
lawless liquor men from the license
centers would pour their liquors into
the no-license counties and make all
kinds of trouble and expense for the
tax payers.
The result is that the long-suffer-
ing people arose and voted the whole
state dry They did it because every
system of regulation had failed.
This is peculiarly significant, be-
cause Virginia is one of the most
conservative states in the Union, and
not disposed to get very far away
from established customs.
On November 3 Oregon, Washing
ton, California, Colorado, Ohio and
Arizona vote on the statewide prop
osition. The business of traficking
in the suffering of women and child
ren is getting into mighty close
quarters.
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Three men killed and three bad
ly injured was the result of an au-
tomobile accident in Portland Tues
day evening. the direct result of too
much booze. The drunken driver
was urged by more drunken COM
rades to greater speed, the result
being collision with a street car.
One of the survivors of the accident
is so seriously injured that he will
probably die. Another forcible re-
minder that booze and gasoline will
not mix. 1t is further reported that
motor accidents have averaged one
a day in Portland for the month of
September.
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Miss Mabel Stanley, sister of Mrs.
Fred Tash, of Heppner, and who has
been visiting her relatives here dur
ing the past week, departed Sunday
for Portland.
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Washington, Sept. 29-The river
and harbor bill in the form of a
Senate substitute, carrying only a
general fund of $20,00O,O0O for con-
tinuing the present projects in the
discretion of the War Department,
was passed late today by the House.
1t now needs only the Presidents ap-
proval to become law.
As reported by the Senate commit
tee the bill included appropriations
aggregating $53,00O000, but the fl
ibuster conducted by Senator Burton
resulted in the adoption of the sub
Stitute.
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wesley Smith and
son. of Cove, Ore, passed through
Heppner the first of the week, stop
ping at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Parker over Monday night.
These two families were former
neighbors at Cove. The Smiths are
on their way to California, where
they will spend the winter near the
Mexican border line. They will re-
turn North next May. They are
making the trip in a 1914 Cadillac
and carry their entire camping outfit
with them.
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Of great benefit. Many farmers at
the present time are putting in their
fall grain. Those who have cultivat-
ed their summerfallow for several
years find no difficulty on account of
moisture, as there is enough mois-
ture to insure good early start of
growing grain. Most all grain sown
is Blue Stem.
Mrs. w. B. Barratt and children
returned home Saturday evening
from an extended visit to her old
home in Arbroath, Scotland.