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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-10
NEGROES BUILDING THEATRE
Dunbar, at Broad and Lombard
Streets, First Of Chain

A $3.50, 900 theatre is being erected
on the southwest corner of Broad and
Lombard streets for the exclusive use
of negroes. 1t is to be called the Dun =
bar Theatre and is the first of chain
of theatres which the Dunbar Amuse
ment Company, organized by negroes
in this and other cities, is to extend
to several cities of the country.
e. G. Brown. negro real estate
dealer, with offices at 427 South Broad
street, is president of the company.
Emmett J. Scott, who was secretary
to Secretary of War Baker, is said to
be the secretary of the company. Mr..
Brown yesterday was in New York,
where he leased for the company the
Lafayette Theatre, which for some time
has produced plays acted by negro
players for negro audiences.
Andrew Stevens, a negro broker, who
has offices with r. G. Brown. is an
other of the Philadelphia promoters
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-10
INDEPENDENTS AIM
At UNITED ACTION
All Factions Confer Today on
Meeting In August to Name
Candidates
TO PRESENT SOLID FRONT

Definite plans for a general confer.
ence Of nil tho ;ndenendent forcos In
a.. .,.. =. t., .,.. , -
"' ""'," "'a'', "'' anu ''"e.
candidates VIII DC named, are expected
TO De maze to-day at joint meeting OF
'hree re- committees
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G,h,a - oha;.,n oUd Pan,,h;ann
a1,;...n aa".,;..aa ' anu hnaSnl W. Sea-
sonotor Auanstrs - Do;T r.
Tbe conforence w;i, he hc,d tb;s ,fter.
,oon l., tha To,rn Noot;nn hoodnror
ters. Fifteenth street below Chestnut.
Indenendent leaders bel;eve several
clubs and business organizations inter ..
evted in oood government will send rem
resentotives n todav,S meeting
While plaps for the general confer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-10
Hunt on for Missing Man

No clue has been found to the where
abouts of William J. Corbe, who left his
boarding place at 400 South Fifty fifth
street. on the morning Of June 30. His
father. who lives in Fast Palestine, o.,
has come here to assist in the search
The mother of the young mamie is
twenty -three-is i'll, and her condition
is aggravated by her distress over hel
sons disappearance. When he left hi
boarding house Mr.. Corbe. who is in th
automobile business, wore a straw hat
gray suit and brown shoes. He i
of medium height, has dark hair, an,
il smooth shaven.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-10
NEW MISSIONARY NAMED
ouakertown Girl viii Sail for Japan
Next Month

ouakertown Girl VIII Sail for Japan
Next Month
Miss Elizabeth Zetty, of Quakertown,
will sail for Japan next month, to
engage in missionary work among the
japanese, under the auspices of the
Reformed Church.
Miss Getty, who received her appoint
ment at the meeting of the General
Synod at Altoona last year, is a grad
uate of the Bethany Home, Womelsdorf,
Berks county. and of the Allentown
College for Women. She also spent a
year at the Mission School, at Hart
ford. Conn.
Her support has been underwritten
by the Young Peoples Society of Salem
Reformed congregation, Allentown.
Miss Zetty's mother resides near
Quakertown. Four missionaries from
Quakertown are already serving in ia
pan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-10

right now!
q Hot waves and sui $
try weather are the rule
this time of year. He is,
a wise man who is
ready to meet them
when they come. It's,
the old philosophy over
and over again of the,
value of the ounce Off
prevention.
" We have made up
some thousand trop-
ical-weight Suits fort
men to bring comfort
in the hot days to all =
who appreciate the joys
of dressing conforms
ably to the tempera-
ture. NJ
g.
G And we have been
selling them like hot 8.
cakes. f
q More men than ever /,
before have crowded :
our floors when they.
mercury hit the high /,
spots-and more men :
than ever before have !,
Dressed the enterprise Z
and foresight which
have made life worth,i
living under the torrid
conditions that used to !,
put SO manyo out of COM i
missicn. i
s.
q And the beauty of it 2
all is that from these,
volum i n Gus assort-E
ments of ours you can
get anything you want
in the way of color,
shade, design, pattern !,
or model.
g You can get Palm !
Beach, Mohair, Breez- i
we've suits in Oxfords, !,
in blacks with twills
and stripes, almost any n
shade of gray, or soft
browns, greens, mix !
lures, ecrus or cream r
Colors.
q You can get conser- :
vative two-button mod !
els or smart one-button :
Suits, with or without ..
the lap-seam waist and
vertical pockets.
q And the price is al :
most negligible-bearse
no comparison to the
comfort of feel and Of Z
looks as we'll as the saw
ing on a woolen or WORT
sted suit of clothes.
$3.50, SIS, $lS, $40 |
Closed S p. M.
PERRY &COI|
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-10
FOUND DEAD IN BED
Daniel CummIns Was Department
Store Fire Marshal

Daniel Cummins. for fourteen years
fire marshal at the Strawbridge &
Clothier store, was found dead in bed
today at his home. 1919 G street. He
was fifty nine years old.
Mr.. Cummins went to bed about mid e
night apparently in good health and
was found dead at 2 a. m. Heart dis
case was said to have been the cause.
Mr.. Cummins, a native Philadelphia,
is survived by his wife and five children.
Margaret. Thomas, Daniel, Frances and
Mary. He was member of the Knights
of Columbus, Holy Name Society and
the Strawbridge & Clothier chorus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-10
REDS ATTACK RUMANlA
Hungarian Troops Withdraw From
czeeho .Slovak Front

bucharest, Rumania, July 1O.-(By
A. P.)-Hungarian Bolshevik troops,
which were withdrawn from the Czecho-
Sloyak front on orders from the peace
conference, have attacked Rumanian
forces on the Thesis river, according to
reports from Transylvania, which say
that the fighting continues.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Ten Thousand Dollars For
Best Round Up Performers

Pendleton, Ore., Aug. 27.-Ten
thousand dollars, cash, trophies and
entrance money have been announced
in prizes for the tenth annual Round
Up at Pendleton, Sept. Is, 10 and 90,
Ire money will be divided among 19
events.
Prizes of $500 are up for both the
cowboys and cowgirls' relay races.
The cowboys bucking contest carries
$3.50 in money and a $3.50 prize sad
die to the winner, while the steer
roping contest carries $500 and also
a prize saddle to the winner. The
steer bulldogging contest purse is
$3.50 and a division of the $40 en-
trance money charged each contest
ant.
The cowgirls' bucking contest car
ries 5000 and a saddle for the win
ner, as we'll as other trophies. The
Indian pony relay race is for 5000
the pony express race for 1926 and
various other events such as the In
dian race for thoroughbreds, squaw
race, war bonnet race, wild horse
race and others for $105 each
Purses alone total $500.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Fast Driving Makes Good
Roads Bad Motorists
Asked To Have A Heart

Have a heart" and save the roads.
This is a slogan that might well go
out to local motorists who are in
clned to cut loose and break few
speed records on our macadam roads
as well as breaking up an otherwise
smooth and firm surface on the high
way.
BY contrasting the surface of the
macadam road withiljhe city limits
where the speed is heNfown to some
where within reason, to the same road
out of the city limits, one can see at
a glance what rapid driving is doing
to the macadam. 1t seems as tho the
county court is powerless to prevent
speeding on the country roads where
it is possible to speed. so the court Is
asking autoists to cooperate with
them in helping to keep the roads in
good condition, by driving at more
moderate rate of speed. When the
rains come the roads will become firm
and will pack, but until that time the
roads must pass through a critical
period. The roads are all right il
judgment is used by those who ride
on them.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Rooms for Teachers and High
School Pupils Are Wanted

The scarcity of housing facilities
in Heppner at the present time makes
it more imperative than ever that
extra effort be put forth to find
rooms for teachers and high school
pupils who will be coming into Hepp-
ner within the next few weeks. Prof.
D. w. Boitnott is asking for the CO.
operation of the people of the town
in this respect, and he further asks
that everyone having rooms to spare
will kindly list them with him. The
housing situation gives promise of
growing more acute as the weeks go
by and unless some new dwellings
arise in Heppner soon, serious con-
dition will exist which will do untold
harm to the city.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Lexington Briefs.

Mrs. Neil White and son Vivian
of Lexington have returned home
from 8 two weeks visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Waid, of
Stanfeld, Mr.. and Mrs. White will
spend the weekend in Portland and
will be accompanied by Mrs. ]. NJ,
White and son.
Gerald White. Earl Ward and
Clifford Thomas went to Hood River
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Waid and son
Vernon Of Stanfield, formerly of Lex
ington, are spending some of these
warm days at Seaside.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
BOARDMAN- AN-IRRIGON
FORGING AHEAD FAST
Heppner Business Men Made visit
There Last Week and Find An
Abundance OF Prosperity.
Dairying VIII Lead.

Morrow county's irrigation pro-
ject in the north is the finest thing
of its kind in the West" said w.
Claude Cox, Heppner business man,
upon returning from visit to Irri-
gon and Boardman last week in com
pany with County Agent L. A. Hunt
and W. P. Mahoney, cashier OF the
First National Bank.
why, l was certainly surprised
to find such a fine country over
there" continued Mr.. Cox. Those
level fields of alfalfa around Board
man we're a revelation to me, and
fruit, why up there at Irrigon every
place we stopped we we're fed with
all the peaches and melons we could
get away with"
The men were primarily interested
in the dairy situation at Boardman
and Irrigon, as this industry prom
ises to become of great magnitude in
few years. Already hundreds OF
tons of alfalfa are being produced
and as the project enlarges this pro-
duction, of course, will be increased.
The idea now among the Irrigon-
Boardman people is to get in more
COWS and in this they will have the
cooperation Of the county agent. Mr.,
Cox and Mr.. Mahoney. Already large
shipments of butterfat are being
made to the local creamery from the
Boardman neighborhood.
The visitors found every farmer
under the project doing well. In
fact, there is not a single instance
where a farmer has failed to meet
his payments on the place. Prosper
ity over there is genuine and Of
course all of the irrigationists are
happy and contented. However, they
all express the desire for good road
connecting them with Heppner.
Messrs. Hunt, Mahoney and Cox
were treated to a fine chicken dinner
at the home of John Jenkins on Sun
day and also sampled some Of the
fine water from the artesian we'll OF
III. r. Johnson.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Henpner Party Has Accident

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Kenny and party
we're here yesterday, getting their
car repaired, as it sustained some
damages when they went off a narrow
grade in Vinson canyon, between
Heppner and Pilot Rock. The men
drove back to Heppner yesterday
afternoon, while Mrs. Kenny and a
companion continued their trip north
by train.-Pendleton Sribune.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Star Theater Will Locate
Temporarily In Otto Build
ing On Upper Main Street

The Star theater will prepare to
move next week into the Otto build
ing on Main street. Since the old
theater building at the corner of
Main and Willow streets was torn
down to make room for the new hotel
the Star has held forth to its patrons
in the exhibit pavilion at the Fair
Grounds. Now that the time ap-
proaches when the exhibit pavilion
must be given over to the Fair, the
Star must move again.
Manager Sparks had hoped to be
in a permanent location before this,
but he has been waiting for quarters
in one of the new buildings that
gives promise of rising in the near
future. He has taken a lease of one
year on the quarters obtained from
Mr.. Otto, which are in the same build
ing and join the Otto music store,
By making a few alterations, the
theater will have seating space of
2S by 72 feet, so will be able to pro-
vide for the patronage with conven-
ience.
The Star is putting on big spec
ial program for the next few weeks
which will include some of the big
gest releases in filmdom. Mary Pick
ford is coming Sunday, August 81, in
Romance of the Redwoods." Mon
day and Tuesday, Sept. l and 2, Dus-
tin Farnum in THE Virginian." F"
Pauline Frederick in Bella Donna,
Thursday, Sept. 4, and the same night
Fatty Arbuckle will make you laugh
in that big comedy, "A Reckless
Romeo" Gladys Brockwell in
Gambling in Souls" Friday, Sept. 5,
Douglass Fairbanks, THE Modern
Muskateer," Saturday, Sept. 6. Nit
chell Lewis in The Sign Invisible, u
Sunday, Sept, Z, and on Monday,
Sept. s, Chas. Ray will be here in
The Family Skeleton. Sept. TO-
Dorothy Phillips in The Heart OF
Humanity" Sept. 9, Tom Mix in
"Cupid's Roundup" Sept IL
"Mickey,N the funniest show on
earth. Sept. 20, Blanche Sweet in
The objectionable Sin" Oct. 4
Mary Pickford in Daddy Longlegs.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
LEGION CONVENTION IN
PORTLAND SEPT. nth

Former soldiers, sailors and mar
ines from every section the the state
Of Oregon will gather in Portland on
September II and IS for the first
state convention Of The American
Legion, the national organization OF
men who fought in the great war.
Sessions wilhbe opened at the public
auditorium at 2:30 on the afternoon
Of the 18th with an address by Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who, with George A.
White OF Portland, is credited with
the conception in Paris Of the organ
ization of former service men.
Roosevelt refused at the national
caucus at st. Louis to accept the Of
fee Of national chairman but is a
member Of the joint executive COM
mittee OF which II members were
selected at St. Louis and II at Paris.
Election of state officers and the
naming of delegates to the national
convention of the American Legion
at Minneapolis, November 10, IL and
12 will be the chief object OF the
convention in Portland. There will
be accredited delegates from every
post Of the American Legion in the
state-there are now 31-but the
meeting will be opened to all mem
bers of the organization.
Through its legislative committee
in Washington, The American Legion,
representing 1900 local organiza-
tions OF American veterans Of the
Great War, will give its active sup
port to the Johnson bill in Congress
which calls for the deportation OF un.
desirable aliens and denies readmis-
sion to deported enemy aliens. This
bill has already been passed in the
House and is now before the Senate
Committee on Naturalization and I'm
migration. Under its provisions en-
envy aliens who have been interned al
Fort Mcpherson, Ca, and other con
centration camps may be sent out o1
the country.
Failure of Congress to require
alien slackers to serve in the recen
war will constitute one Of the black
, est pages in the history of America
war preparations, according to ar
article on 1.-THE Sacred Alien Stacker
by Representative Roscoe C. McCul
| Tough of Ohio in the current issue o
; "The American Legion Weekly"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
LONG CREEK WOMAN
DIES IN PORTLAND

Mrs. Marie Steach Smith wife Of
Carl Smith of Long Greek, died Aug
ust 81, at the Good Samaritan Hos
pital in Portland. Funeral services
were held at Long Creek. Mrs. Smith
formerly attended jefferson High in
Portland and also Heppner High
school. Later Mrs Smith taught
school and did newspaper work in
Grant county. She is survived by
her husband, her baby daughter,
Marie, her father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. A. Steach Of Long Greek,
three sisters, Mrs. Della Cohoe, Mrs.
Crystal Constantine, and Miss Alta
Steach. and three brothers, Clair,
Dean and Maurice.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Fine Peaches at Irrigon.

The Gazette-Tmes received two
boxes Of delicious Elberta peaches
from F. H. Rieks, the pioneer orch
ardist at Irrigon, last Friday evening.
We can't say that we ever ate any
peaches that tasted better and we
will say that we have eaten a good
many that came from Shasta county
that didn't taste half as good. When
it comes to growing fruits, melons
and vegetables, the world can take
back seat to our thriving commun-
ity in the center of irrigation out
there along the Columbia. Mr.. Rieks
produces the goods.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Variety of Roads Travelled.

Umatilla, Morrow and Gillian
counties present all the variety Of
highways one could desire, II. W,
Wagner, of the Umatilla Flour &
Grain Co., says. Mr.. Wagner return
ed last night from tiye-day trip to
Umatilla, Arlington, Heppner, Ukiah
and Pilot Rock, making circuitous
trip of $50 miles. Some Of the new
river highway below Umatilla is In
fine shape, he reports. while at other
places detours through soft sand are
necessary. Rough roads were en-
countered between Heppner and Pilot
Rock but in spite Of these obstacles,
tourist travel seen was the heaviest
ever. -Pendleton Il, o
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Sailor Returns From Service.

Cecil Lieuallen, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Lieuallen of Rhea creek,
returned to Heppner Wednesday af-
ter serving two years in the United
States Navy, most of which time was
spent in doing convoy duty forth and
back across the Atlantic. Mr.. Lieu
allen was a popular student Of the
local high school at the time of his
enlistment.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Injured Man Improves.

NJ. H. Gillette, who was seriously
injured in an accident on the local
branch of the O-W. R. & N. railroad
two weeks ago, and his wife was
killed, is slowly recovering at the
local hospital Mr.. Gillette remem-
bers nothing of the accident. All he
recalls Yet, is putting on his coat be-
fore leaving home that morning.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28

Mrs. Ray Hyland of Eugene was a
guest last week at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. A. Waters in this city.
The Waters and Mrs. Hyland were
friends in lone a number Of years
ago. Later Mr.. and Mrs. Hyland
moved to Heppner. where he was in
charge of one of the departments Of
Marquardsen' store. Hr. Myland
died in Eugene last winter during the
flu epidemic. Mrs. Hyland left on
Saturday for Pendleton.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28

st. Louis County, Mimi, by a vote
of about 8 to /, carried on July l a
proposition for the issuance of road
bonds to the amount of $7,5OO,oOO.
This is the largest sum ever voted
or set aside for road building by any
county in the United States. the
second largest was that Of Dallas
County, Texas. voted few weeks
ago of $6,500,000.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Travelled 1900 Miles.

S. W. Spencer. DR.. R. J. Vaughan,
Thos. Brennan and Leslie Matlock,
who went to klamath Falls to attend
the Elks' convention, made quite an
extensive auto trip, covering 1900
miles before returning to Heppner
the last of the week. They motored
down into California while in the
south and before returning home,
took in a large part of the country
of Southeastern Oregon.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
HEPPNER OREGON THURSDAY AUGUST 2s, 1919
NEW SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
ARRIVES AT LEXINGTON

Rollien Diekerson, the new prin-
cipal of the Lexington schools, arriv-
ed in that city laA Saturday from
Roseburg, preparatory to taking up
his work for the coming year. The
Lexington schools had planned to
open on September / but owing to
a shortness of teachers the directors
have postponed the opening until
the 7th and hope to have a full corps
of instructors lined up by that date.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28

Miss Leta Humphreys entertained
on Tuesday afternoon for her house
guest, Miss Louise Nimflo of Albany,
at the Humphreys home on Water
street, by asking in few friends.
The afternoon was pleasantly spent
by the young women, who brought
their fancy work along. Refresh
ments of ice cream and cake were
served. Those present were Mrs. L
r. Huston, Mrs. c. C. Haynie, Mrs
Jesse o. Turner, Miss Melba H. Grif-
fiths, Miss Millie Rood, Miss Lera
Citizens, Miss Louise Nimmo and Miss
Leta Humphreys.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28
Knight Of The Grip Is Poet.
Twas He Who Wrote The
Poem "The Heppner Ride

Heppner was favored this week by
visit from a man who presents the
successful combination Of travelling
man. orator and poet. He is no other
than Thomas Murray Spencer, the
poet laureate of Montana. And while
he is referred to as Montana's poet
laureate, Oregon might just as well
have claimed a share in the honor;
for il was in Oregon that Mr.. Spencer
first wrote some of his best poems
However, Oregonians were slower to
recognize the true value of the man.
SO he went to Montana and soon be-
came famous by immortalizng land
marks and early settlements in the
north state.
Thomas Murray Spencer was the
man who wrote THE Heppner Ride,
poem which so graphically de-
scribed the ride OF Leslie Matlock and
Bruce Kelley in their wild dash down
the valley to warn the people of the
flood. Mr.. Spencer had travelled
| through this territory for a number
of years prior to the Heppner food
and was therefore quite well ac-
quainted with local conditions.
Mr.. Spencer has been knight of
the grip" most of his life and is quite
widely known among travelling men.
| His first attempt at verse writing was
made when he was II years of age.
1t was medal contest. Having an
inspiration to write at night, he
penned the verse which lifted the
medal but it was broadly limited the
poetry was not original, but the col
lege authorities admitted they could
not find duplicate. This unkindness
throttled the ambition of young Spen-
Ger and killed for 80 years bud that
promised to develop into real flower
from the standpoint of verse writing.
For many years Mr.. Spencers tai
ents we're given over to oratory and
his speeches we're delivered in behalf
of the travelling men Of the United
States. 1t was through his oratorical
powers that he landed the convention
Of the Travellers Protective Associa-
tion at Peoria in 1894 for Portland.
He did it alone and single handed
after addressing the delegates from
"a states.
One Of Mr.. Spencer's poems which
has attracted widespread attention is
"The Manly Prayer" and 1t has passed
the gauntlet of literary criticism and
is still going strong. It's four verses
are as follows:
The Manly Prayer.
The Master loves the manly man
Who God-like in his image made,
Commanding all things and who can
Assert the right the Master gave.
He has no need for earthly shrine,
Hemmed in by superstitious creed,
But Moses-like he seeks to climb
The heights to be with God indeed,
All decked in fragrancy Of bloom,
That shames the censor's scented
air
Gods sunlight will dispel the gloom
That wraps the soul in honest
prayer.
J With arms unified manly prayer
, viii ever reach gracious God,
, And nobler souls will welcome there
The One who trods as Moses trod.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-08-28

The August butter scoring contest
has been postponed to September l.
This is the last contest before the
state fair, where the next will be con-
Quoted. Creamerymen who intend to
exhibit cubes are invited by V. D.
Chappell to send samples to the agri-
cultural college by September l and
get line on their product and how
to get it in best shape.