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self near an opponent who is passing
or shooting for goal this player may
do one of three things; /. He may
throw his body OF arms in front of
the opponent in an effort to block or
interrupt the pass OF shot after it has
left the hands of opponent; 2. He
may strike the ball from the opon-
ent'S hands providing the blow hits
the ball only; 8. He may lay hold of
the ball in an attempt to wreSt it
from opponents grasp. A careful
reading of the rules will show, it is
believed, that any other action or
play is impossible. The instant the
player lays his arm or hand across
the opponents arms, or makes body
contact with opponent, he has CON-
mitted a foul. Consider the matter
of guarding from behind, 1t is prac-
tically impossible for any player to
guard from behind without body con-
tact. And yet the practice is con-
Stantly followed by players with no
reproof from officials. A recognition
of the meaning of the personal foul
would do much to improve the quail
ity Of play. If every referee would
call his teams together before each
game and tell them that their guard
ing was to be limited to the three
methods mentioned above we would
have a new and far more interesting
game of basketball.
The best official the writer has had
the chance of observing in action is
Ralph Coleman of 0. A. C. Mr..
Coleman officiated at the state tourn-
ament at Salem last year. If he
was to officiate at some of the games
in this section he would throw all of
the members of both teams off the
court for personal fouling before the
first half was completed. Estimating
roughly after one or two attempts to
keep count during contest the writ
er judges that an average of fifty or
sixty fouls are committed during an
ordinary basketball game as we now
play it. Only about one in FIVE of
these is called and sometimes not
one in ten.
Basketball is fast developing into
a great high school and college sport
In popularity and interest it promises
to approach football. Some of our
big universities are playing to crowds
OF ten thousand or more and the size
of the crowds is frequently limited
only by the seating capacity. Bas-
ketball used to present yearly def
cit which was met by the profits from
football Now it is regarded as a
money-maker. If the game is to de-
velop to its best in our smaller high
schools we must make a closer study
of the application and enforcement
Of its rules.
Yours truly,
|. w. HEARD.
Hepner High School,
February 28, 1922.
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MORROW COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
Foreign Advertising Representative
The AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION

A number Of cities in the east have
established their free soup kitchens.
Back in the early nineues We re-
member the free soup kitchens. And
often within a stones throw of the
free soup kitchen was an eating Kit
chen where one could climb on a
high stool and get good meal for
a FIVE cent piece. For that FIVE cents
one got a big piece of steak, pota-
toes, bread and coffee and onions for
desert The trouble in those days
was to get the FIVE cent piece. If
ones pride hindered him from 60
ing to the free soup house or the
Salvation Army barracks he could 60
into some of the big saloons and get
free bowl of soup with big stack
of bread with a big platter piled high
with sliced onions. Those were the
days when the people went through
hard times. Now, if a man joins
the soup line he feels that at least
he ought to be well dressed. The
old time tramp and the hundreds who
used to hang around the big beer
joints are gone. We have seen a
regiment of Coxy's army on the
march and seen them in camp, when
each carried his tomato can and took
his portion of soup out of one of the
big kettles. Those we're the good old
DAYS of hard times. And they were
hard, Up to date there has been no
hard times compared with the early
nineties. 1t was then that the gener-
al bankrupt act was passed to super
cede the insolvency law of the state,
and the bankrupt courts were the
busiest court on the job. 1t is true
that times have been hard and many
men suffered loss, but when it comes
10 the hard times that have been eX-
perienced in this country, the present
crisis would not even be a curtain
raiser. Wait until a FIVE cent piece
gets to be as big as the harvest moon
and as hard to find as the needle in
the haystack and then we will be get
ting back to the days of 1890, You
can rest assured that in those days
only comparatively few could have
afforded to ride in thousand dollar
car if such thing was possible and
there would have been a mighty few
on the road burning up 40 and so
cent gas. We do not believe that we
will ever experience such a condition
again and we certainly hope never TO
see again the time when a man can
get meal for FIVE cent piece
Canyon City Eagle.
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French & Co. Bank At
The Dalles Is Closed

The banking house of French and
Company at The Dalles closed its
doors last Thursday morning, and
has been in the hands of the state
banking department since. This is
the oldest banking institution in
Eastern Oregon and throughout the
long years of its existence it has
stood out as one Of the financial Glib
raltars Of the Northwest, and wealth
cred many a financial storm success
fully.
The bank is now in charge of O.
| B. Robertson, state bank examiner
The private fortunes Of the French
family, amounting in the aggregate
to more than $50O,o00, will be
thrown in the breach to prevent loss
to depositors, and Mr.. Robertson is
sues the following statement con-
cerning the reopening Of the bank:
Under ordinary circumstances |
would hesitate in my official capacity
to make a statement such as | shall
now make pertaining to the French &
Co., bankers, but do not consider
this case an ordinary one. firmly
and sincerely believe that this insti-
tuition will reopen for business with
in period Of ten to Is days and
perhaps sooner.
q base my conclusions on the fact
that the stockholders Of the bank
represent heavy financial interests
in other lines, and they have turned
over to me outside assets aggregating
approximately onehalf million dol
lars with instructions that | nego-
tiate a loan against these assets in
a sufficient sum to liquidate all Of
the slow and doubtful paper under
criticism by the state banking de-
partment. There is nothing to pre-
vent putting the institution in first
class shape on the securities to which
| have above referred, and feel
quite positive it can be done.
1t is really a pleasure to me to
state that the French families arc
willing and anxious to sacrifice their
private fortunes for the purpose of
preventing loss to their depositors.
In view of their attitude in the mat
ter feel that the depositors should
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-02

they receive and pass the ball. Good
basketball is always thus played
whether the game adopted by the
coach is long-paSS, shOrt-paSS or a
combination of these two as is now
becoming more general with the big
teams, However, instead of a game
characterized by rapid shifting of
players and swift passing ruShes,
ending in a shot for goal, We see
contests in which there is an excess
,of mass play, wrestling between
players, holding hacking, charging,
end rolling about on the floor after
the ball. Basketball games, all too
frequently, are changed into football
games, We often hear discussions
of the relative weight of basketball
teams as if that had anything to do
with the matter, The physical quail
ties that make a basketball player
are speed, height, stiffness, stam-
ina and ability to pass and shoot
accurately. The instant one man
starts to use his weight in a basket
ball game he commits foul.
There are several reasons for this
lack of good basketball play in north
central Oregon. One is the size OF
the courts. Basketball cannot be
properly played on court much less
than so by 70 feet in size and 60 by
I so feet is still better, and the ceiling
should be high. 1t is true that the of.
fetal rules provide for a smaller area
but the result of playing on small
courts is a maximum of overguard.
ing. A basketball team must have
a chance to maneuver. A slow, hea,
IVY, strong team will find il easier tC
win over fast team skilled in the
rudimentS of the game when the con.
test is played on small court. Only
one or two steps need be taken be.
fore a man is covered Gymnasiums
are now largely constructed for bas
ketball but architects and schoo
boards pretty generally fail to realize
the desirability Of a large court.
But there is another reason fol-
cur lack of fast basketball, namely
! the manner in which the referee:
and other officials handle the games
Possibly we cannot change the court:
but We can change methods of refer
eeing. In many instances there is
a lamentable lack Of knowledge OIL
the rules covering fouling and a lack
of capacity to see the fouls and cal
them. Some officials like to see
teams rough it. They feel that callins
fouls simply slows up the game. Suct
men have never appreciated basket
ball at its best. Basketball is fal
more interesting game both for spec
tators and players when there is {
maximum of open passing and shoot
ing movement and minimum Of
wrestling.
The official basketball rules arr
explicit in the matter of persona
fouling, When a player finds him
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-02
BASKETBALL REFEREE|NG
Editors Please Copy.
Editor Gazette Times,
Heppner, Oregon,

Sir:
The following letter is written in
the hope that it will be read by ref
erees, coaches and players of basket
ball in this section of the state. In
sofar as they find the matter of in
terest to their readers other editors
are requested to give space to the
letter in their columns and to use
the caption Editors Please Copy" in
order to insure wide circulation.
This letter is not written with a
feeling of resentment against any
other referee or team. And there is
no wish to give the impression that
Heppner teams are at present more
free from the practice of fouling
in basketball than are other teams.
The writer is simply convinced
that in this section OF the state bas-
ketball is not being played as it
should be played if the highest devel-
opment of play are considered. The
game should be characterized by bull
let-like passing and by rapid criss-
crossing of players on the court as
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refrain from making permanent
barking connections in other quar-
tiers, for after this bank reopenS with
the bad and doubtful assets elimi-
mated, it will be an institution thor
OCghly worthy of the support and
patronage of its old clients"
20, B. ROBERTSON,
State Bank Examiner. -
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-02

Let the farmer keep his weather
eye open when he considers taking
advantage Of legislation aimed at
greatly enlarging his borrowing ca
paciy. The adage Beware the
Greeks Bearing Gifts may not fit
the situation with a nicely, but it may
be well to remember that borrowed
money is easily squandered while
that earned by the sweat of the brow
usually is carefully. conserved. Re-
lief must be afforded of course, and
it will be afforded, because if the
nations prosperity is not to be dang
ercusly checked the expansion of far
mer credit is inevitable. However,
washing all the confusing technical
fly specks off the picture and looking
at ii through plain horse sense glass
es the farmer never will have a cent
of money lent to him except it be on
security that is unquestionable, leg
lsIation or no legislation, and when
money is borrowed there is establish
ed a lien on the farmers production
and correspondingly a cetain domin-
alton Of distribution and the funda-
mentals Of business management.
Care must be taken that the financial
interests do not get TOO strong a grip
on the agricultural group Of our Am
erican life. II is obvious that farm
ers, particularly stock raisers cannot
operate on short time loans but they
should be cautious if opportunity is
presented to them to get money with
such ease that its value will be lost
10 sight II is easy to drift down the
stream, but there must be day Of
reckoning always a day Of account
ing and settling up. The role of
domination must be played by the
farmer, not by the fnancier.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-02

It's looking better for the sheep
industry. Hoorayl Some Of the sheep
men may save part Of their invest
ment yet. Most Of the Oregon sheep
men are either broke or badly
bent, and it means everything to
them if conditions permanently i'm
prove.-Oregon Voter.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-02

Operating executives Of a great
railroad system feel responsibility
for the lives and safety of all pass
engers. The degree to which they
feel this responsibility is hard TO
realize except by those who are as
sociated with them and watch them
grow old under the strain. These
operating executives do their utmost
to hasten the installation of every
safety device, and are limited in this
regard only by the funds that are
available for capital expenditure. The
Public Service Commission feeling
no such responsibility and meanwhile
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-02

Saturday-pa and me went down
town to watch & lissen at the prade
& evy | witch walked past pa TUX
a look then LATED. Finely pa got
sore & sed he wood bust sum body
on there noses if they kept on that
away, Finely | looked up above
his he'd & there was sine hung up
s. it sed Unfurnished Room For Rent
& that's what was the cause of the
laffing.
Sunday-when pa started in to
shine his shoes ma sed 60 out in
the shed. when he lit his pipe she
sed go out doris. Finely he put on
his hat & went out & ma sed Where
you going & he answered & replyed
| am going down to the crick & spit.
Monday-The teecher asst of the
girls if she had ever TUX Percentage
& she sed she was exposed to it but
never ketched it. Got a slap for
snickering.
Tuesday-ma had Co. this evning
witch is reglar Gossip. Pa sed Less
me & you go out in the shed the only
nice things that woman ever says is
about her own self.
Wednesday-are skool studies is
getting harder evry day. Had to stay
in tonite because when the teecher
asst me what was Referendum |
sed it was sum thing you shoot off
of the 4th of July to sellabrate | got
caught in the rane. also in lie
beings | sed | stayed to help the
teecher clean up the skool. Pa new
diffrent.
Thursday-I CESS Jane is peaved
with me agen. think will let her
go forever this time. She sung the
Love nest to me & then asst me if |
thot she ever cud do anything with
her voice & told her they was a lot
of money in being a auctioneer.
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nome Sne SEQ Sne mad
all ways herd that mar
RACES witch was on Fri
day was unlucky. Pa
sed he reckon they was
he sed he diddent see
why they shud ought to
be any diffrent frum
other marriages. ma sed
WHAT. What also sed
|. because | diddent un-
derStand what he ment.
So while they was De-
cideing it out | tux the
dog & We went up to
Iakes house and chased
the cat.
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Slat' s Diary.
By Ross FARQUHAR

Friddy-ma went to a wedding
this after p. m. & when she cum
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
VERDICT FOR
] MRS. DUNCAN

NEW BRUNSWICK, May 12-
Mrs. Jane NJ. DUNCAN. of Wood
bridge, won a district court action
heard before Judge Freeman Wood
bridge here yesterday afternoon and
obtained a judgment of $500 against
her brother-in-law. Bernard S.
DUNCAN. The action was institut-
ed torecover the sum alleged to be
due the estate of Mrs. unigan's hus-
kand, Thomas +. DUNCAN. for rent
- Of a farm occupied by the brother
- law. The dates mentioned in the
acs were April l, 1921 to April /,
t922.
Mrs. unigan is ~executrix and sole
Hgatee of her husbands estate and
Rer contention was that she was en-
filled to rental for the forty-four
tcre farm lying between Woodbridge
And Metuchen. The brother-in-law
~eontended that he a part owner in
Die farm because it had been left
10 the two brothers by the father.
He has occupied the farm since
1904 tt is said that money trou-
bles have been the cause of dissen-
Hon in the family for SOME time and
That just previous to Thomas Dun
Gan's death a conference was ar
ranged in an effort to reach an
agreement. Edmund Hayes repre-
bented Mrs. DUNCAN and Ephraim
Gutter the defendant.
~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
LOCAL GUNNERS
| IN BIC SHOOT

Perth Amboy will be well repre-
oented at the big shoot which will
Be held tomorrow morning and aft
rnoon at the range of the Arrow
cad Rod and Gun Club in Plain
Held. The invitation handicap indi-
&idual shoot will commence at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning, the first
prize in this event being a Durant
3ouring car valued at $1,000. Second
prize is a Winchester trapshooting
run and cash prites will be given to
pne out of every five gunners, these
brizes amounting to the entry fee or
more. A first prize of SITS will be
awarded the five-man team making
The best scores and 1925 will be the
second prize.
The gunners will have until 2
o'clock in the afternoon to COM
mence their shooting in the indi-
&1dual event. Nc new entries will be
permitted after that hour. 1t is ex-
pected $50 or 200 trapshooters will
be entered in the shoot which is one
of the biggest held in New Jersey
4his year. The Perth Amboy gun
hers stand a good chance of winning
some o fthe prizes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
Our Books

We want you to become a regular customer Of ours
open a charge account, select what you want from the bar
gains we are offering today-no matter how low the price you
can have your purchases charged and delivered whenever and
wherever you want them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
PRIZE
! WINNING ESSAY
Second Prize Cleanup Week
Essay Printed Today More
s. Tomorrow

The essay of why Perth Amboy
Should Have a Cleanup Week"
which was awarded second prize,
two dollars and a half in gold. by
the committee of three judges select
Cd by the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company is printed herewith.
The essay was written by Miss Clev-
cnger. a freshman in the local high
school. Yesterday the winning essay,
written by Miss Rose Splitter. also
freshmen, was published. To-
morrow the two essays which the
dges gave honorable mention will
published.
Following is the essay which was
awarded second prize:
Did you ever stop to think why
the prominent cities of the United
States are prominent? Why is It
THAT their population increases each
year? Is 1t because of the large in
dustries which are there? This is
probably the reason, but the better
glass of people would o live in cit
tes even though there were many
factories there unless there were
other attractions also. Would men
FAKE their families to live in a dirty
u~nhealthful city? Certainly not. 1t
naust be then that the healthfulness
Of q city or the cleanliness of a city
ere the things upon which its prog
vtss depends. Why not. If this be
the case, keep our city clean SC that
u will attract a good class of people?
This is not a hard thing to do,
II everyone does their part. We want
Perth Amboy to be grouped with the
cleanest and best cities of the coun-
try so let's each m do his best to
Improve the healthfulness and at
Effectiveness of Perth Amboy.
Remember that it is the little
things in life which count"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
BIC MINSTREL
lat WOODBRIDGE

0wOODBRIDGE, May 1.-THE
fourth annual minstrel show by the
dramatic society of st. James church
will be held in the No. IL school au-
ditorium, Monday night, at $3.50
O'clock. Under the direction of Jack
Bird. of Perth Amboy, the cast is
being whipped into shape, and the
Committee in charge is of the opin-
Ton that this show will be the best
ever run in thi svicinity.
Following the show, there will be
dancing to music furnished by Sam
Tonghini's Sterling Six orchestra.
This orchestra will also furnish the
music for the show. Tickets are
ielling and may be procured from
my member of the committee. of
which Thomas A.. Cody is chairman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
Defer Sentence

NEW BRUNSWICK. May IA
Paul Kiralyhegy. of this city, editor
6f a Hungarian paper. who was
/ound guilty of criminel libel, was
Up for sentence today. but inasmuch
another indictment has been re-
Turned against him on a similar
charge. the court decided not to
sentence him until the other indict-
nent has been disposed Of. The
complaining witness In the second
kase i IN Europe>
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-16
Women's New Silk Hose IT5

Semi-fashioned silk fiber hose OF
unusually good quality; colors are
black, brown, navy, gray and
white; double heel and toe; all
sizes. Special for Saturday only at
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-16

Well made of good quality heavy
blue denim; triple stitched; cut
full and roomy: union made. Elk
cellent workmanship. Special Sat
urday. 1925 Per Suit
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These well-known brands are made
Of the best quality white-back blue
denim. Every garment shows the
mark Of superior workmanship. EX-
ira sizes 10 per cent additional.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-04
WHY AN EXPRESS COMPANY?

The application which is being made to the In
terstate Commerce commission for increases in ex-
press rates prompts a revivaltof the question as to
why an express company is necessary
. 1t is quite certain that the functions now, per-
formed by the express company must be performed
by somebody. Provision must be made for the for
warding of relatively small and costly shipments
requiring rapid carriage and prompt delivery. But
there is no reason in the nature of things why this
service should MOT be performed directly by the
railroad company as a part of its regular business,
rather than being turned over to a separate agency.
In any event the carrying service must be per-
formed by the railway company. Cars and motive
powers must be provided for it, and the express
business is carried over the same tracks that &C
~cornmodate other classes of shipment. The dupli-
cation of agencies has in not a few cases in the past
been used for the double purpose of. milking the
public and defrauding minority holders of railway
stocks. In such cases certain groups within a rail-
way company have organized express companies
unfavorable to the road and highly advantageous
to the express company. The fat profits made by
the express company remained in the hands of
its favored owners, while the earnings on the rail-
way stocks shrank to negligible proportions.
Under modern methods of regulation it is be-
leved that most of this particular form of abuserhas
been abated. But there still remains the fact that
for the performance of the two classes, of service
we. have divisions which do not appear necessary or
logical, and which there is reason to believe are
needlessly expensive.