Herald
HEPPNER
Published on
TUESDAY MORNING
Central Oregon gets on and off the
train at Hoppner.
With which is consolidated The lone Bulletin.
A first class newspaper entered at the postoffice at Heppner. Oregon as second-class matter
VOLUME 3
HEPPNER, OREGON, January 80 1917
NUMBER 30
HE FIRE FIGHTING APPARATUS
OF HEPPNER IS 111 BAD CONDITION
The need of an organized fire I wet in places, and plainly shows
department in Heppner, which J that proper care has not been
was so clearly demonstrated taken or it.
last week at the two fires, has
been considerably talked over by
the people of late. The action of
the Herald in giving an account
of t.hn firpc nnrl nffarinrr a. few
. ,. . IThis is very dangerous to the
suggestions for the betterment , , , .
It is joined in poor fashion. The
nibs on the joints are not put
togeather even and are often
left sticking toward the side.
District Attorney S. R. Notson
was a passenger Saturday morn
ing for a three or four days bus
jiness visit in Portland.
! M. L. Case wa called to Glad
stone Saturday, on account of
severe illness of his mother.
Wm. lluylor was a business
visitor for Portland Saturday.
While there Mr. Hay lor expects
to take in the Portland Automo
bile Show.
of the department have been
met in various ways. But the
general opinion seem to be stron
gly in favor of improvement.
Heppner has been lucky in re
gard to fires. It has been a long
time since a really bad fire has
burned here. About twenty. five
years ago, at which lime Hepp
ner had a better fire fighting de
partment than it now has and
equipment then was in about as
good condition, a large building
occupied as a hotel burned to the
ground Several years ago a hot
fire burned in the building i-n
which Phil Cohn's store is locat
ed but it was headed, Two years
ago the roof of the Star Theatre
burned off and considerable dam
age was done to the entire build
ing. These seem to be the worst
fires in Heppner in many years.
Good pressure and two or three
exceptionally good nozzle men
have saved lots of dollars worth
of property in Heppner. But
take into consideration if a fire
would start in the block occupied
by the Heppner Herald, Otto's
Music Store and the Eistern
Hotel. Have a strong south wind
blowing and let the tire get into
the roof. Then let every man who
comes brinfr n, cart as long as
they last aud run all the lines to
the fire. It is possible that they
would be able to confine the tire
Miss Bertha Cason left Satur
day morning for a two weeks
visit in Portland.
Leo Hill, who has been spend
ing several weeks ia Poraland
and in Ariel, Washington, with
relatives, returned home Thurs
day and will begin operating his
auto livery at once.
Billie Hcuth, representative
for Allen and Lewis of Portland,
made his regular visit to Hepp
the latter part of last week.
men noiaiug tne nose coming
from the reel. If a nib caught
on the reel hub, with the cart
under motion, he would be heav
ily thrown. It is impossible to
break most of the joints without
using a wrench. On each of the
carts the hydrant wrench was
snapped to the front frame of
the carts. The only oroper place i
for it is on the hose next to the !
hydrant, connection. On these . story, by J. Stuart BlackweU.
three carts we saw only one good
hydrant wrench. It seems that ! Awake, America! Do We Want AVar?
these wrenches have been lost j .. Go(J made man in his own
at" home made ones provided to i image."
take theiifrplaces. These wren-I Five million men in the flower
ches slip and bruise the brass I of their vigorous young manhood,
tans on the bio- stands Tb Hp. maimed and crippled for life; legless,
Earl Shaue of Arlington, who
has been visiting here for sever
al days, went to Cecil Friday, lie
expects to work there for sever
al weeks.
EVANGELIST FAGAN TAKES EXCEPTION
F
III
Heppner, Oregon awful state of corruption of the
Jan. 26, 1917; lioman Catholic Church that it
To The Editor Herald, I disgusted this moral degenerate?
Dear Sir. j Think of it! A man with a char
terer such as the "Father" con-
Extractfrom the Preface of the
Kindly allow me space in your
valuable columns to make reply
to a letter appearing in your
issue of Jan. 23, in which "Fath
er" O'Rourke takes exception to
a siaieineia niitue vy iuc in usa-
mon at the Christian Church,
and reported in your issue of Jan
16, in which 1 referred to Mart
in Luther as a "Mighty Man of
God." I have no desire for a
newspaper controvercy, but
! since the Father by his insinua-
The result is "The Battle Cry f '8u""' '
rCace." i bitter at tact upon Luther, invites
"The Battle Cry of Peace" is the ; discussion, I accept the invita-
S PICTURE, THE BATTLE Gil! OF
. PEACE TO 8E SHOWN IN HEPPNER
partment has two first-class noz-
armless, blinded, shattered; hopeless-
z!es. At No, 1 station is a good
straight stream nozzle iu good
condition. At the No. 3 station
a straight stream and spray
nozale.is in good condition. This
is the nozzle that was used on
the south side of the Slocum
building. We were mistaken in
our statement last week that the
nozzle would not shut off. The
to one building, but it
flu
jump. Burning shingles would
undoubtedly fly in the wind and
the business section would be
endangerd. With no better orgtm
iz'ition in the fire department
than at present the town would
be in a state of chaos for a day
ly destroyed beyond repair.
Five million more; luckier, perhaps,
than their broken comrades, rotting
in shallow charnel pits or on the war
torn, blood-soaked soil between miles
and miles of hostile trenches.
Ten million men! Half of them
dead, the other half worse than dead.
Five million familes, each burdened
with a helpless human wreck until
death removes the burden.
j Five million more families deprived
, I, -1 iL. 1 l.-.i
. , ., , . . , ,. . i lurever m tne ureauwmner.
mien who handled it simpy did ; , . . . ..
1 f J TPn in wpntv milhnn wnmnn
not understand it. Another j mother, wives, sisters saddens
point in favor of a few trained : suffering, despairing,
men. Millions of children, fatherless; des-
Oue point we want definately j tined to know only a life of crucl
understood. We are not blaming ' hn.r!1.ips- . , . .
1 Millions again peaceful, innocent
any person for this. It seems n0n-combatants-old men, women, lit
to be a condition that exists be-, ue children; starving, homeless, out
cause we have all allowed it to j raged, outcast.
reach this statre Officer Frve i This is Europe's war-tax on human
called on us one day following
the publication of our article last
week, .very wratby, and demand.
ed that certain statements made By crystallizing the scattered e'.e
in our former article be correct-, ments of a great problem it moved
ihut tho rioP..l,1 a nation.
first motion picture to be used to ex
ploit an important, nation-wide propa
ganda. Its object is to bring to the
notice of the greatest number of peo
ple in the shortest possible time the
defcnsclessness of our country; not
only to make the American people
realize our condition as a nation, but
to show them also the conseqences
to which this condition may lead, and
finally to show them how to remedy
this condition.
"The Battle Cry of Peace" is a call
to arms not for war, but for peace.
It will be shown in motion picture
theatres, whools, colleges and in
churches throughout the length and
breadth of this country. It will arouse
in the heart of every American citi
zen a realization of his strict account
ability to his country in time of need.
Scores of or prominent Americans
in army, navy and administrative
circles of our government have con
tributed to this great production. Not
able among its sponsors and endors
ers are Dr. Lyman Abbott, the Hon
orable Lindley M. Garrison, Major
General Leonard Wood and the late
Admiral George Dewey, representing
the church, the slate, the army and
the navy.
tion
tends Luther had, becoming so
disgusted with the corruption
that he finds among his brother
priests, that he undertakes to
clean up the whole thing!
Soon after his visit to Rome
Luther came in contact with
John Tetzel, a seller of indulgen
ces. "The selling of these par
dons had become an organized
part of tin: papal system, money
was largely needed at Rome to
feed the extra vagenee of the
papal court: and its emmiseries
sought elsewhere to raise funds
by the sale of indulgences, as
Ihev were culled, for Mm sinn nf
- One cannot help but ask just ; humanity." Chambers Knc. Art.
what be the motive that prompts , Luther ..Tetze, toJ tho pcople
the father to attact so vigrerosuly that M goon as theh. money
the character of a man who ha I clinked in the bottom of the
been dead for over 350 years; es-; chest the gous of the deceased
pecially, since my statement was . frlenda forthwith went up to
in no way an attact on Komamsm,
nor was the purpose of the ser
mon to extol Luther. Perhaps it
was the same motive that in 142c
prompted the opening of the
heaven." History Christian
Church by Fisher P. 292.
Luther was so struck with the
enormity of this traffic that he
grave of John Wiclif, (who had j determined to stop it. On Oct. ,
been dead for over forty years,) ; 31, 1517, appeared his famous: '
ity during a little over one year.
Once in a generation or so a book
finds its way into history. "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" was a book of this kind.
'Knocking" him. We have in
Business would be stonned and i . . ' .
, ,. , ,", ' ueavored to correct former mis-
1 1 . 1 statements, but
opportunity to go unmolested.
statements, but we are not
'knnrltlntr" Fivo Whpn u-p
The police force, consisting of . ... ,
r ,, , " . have anything to say abont any
one man, would have charge of;
the fire system, and would not
be able to give any police pro
tection. Of course these things
are not liable to happen in Hepp
ner, but they did happen in Sher
will say them in
in no way be
ambigouous. This article is
person we
1 terms that will
Today there is another problem no
less vital to our country's welfare
than the one that inspired Harriet
Beecher Stowe. Sluvery threatened
our unity, today our very existence is
threatened by our defenselcssness.
The solution of the one involved us
in war; the solution of the other will
prevent war.
To bring this great problem home
"The Battle Cry of Teace" will ap
pear in book form simultaneously with
the release of the film, thus for the
first time linking definitely the pub
lication of a work through two dif
ferent media literature and the mo
tion picture.
the burning of his bones and the
casting of his ashes in the Swift.
And this man's chief horsy wat
his contention that. "The Bible li
the only book of authority in re
ligion, and that the people have
a right to study it for them
selves." The Roman Catholic
Ninety Five Theses in which he
denied the power of the pope to
remove any penelties other than
those he had himself imposed;
and affirmed that these do not
reach beyond death. When Pope
Leo heard of Luther's theses and
was urged to punish the author
Church has always stood opposed : he said, '-Brother Martin is a
to the contention of Wiclif. man of fine genius; all that is
I do not accept all the teach- d against him is monkish
ings of Luther, nor do I contend iealousy," Now let me ask who
that his life was always exemr- is right. "Father" O'Rourke who
Inrv 1 am u
illinir tn ndmit that I 5ays Luther was a man of cor-
printed so that all will be infor-ito the millions of American people,
med of the condition of the lire J- Stuart Blackton conceived a great
Hirlilinrr El'Ctum in ItAnnnni' Tf idea.
ldan, Oregon, only a few yeusr , . . . . . To carry out this idea he produced
' , , , ; the people watit it improved It is 1 , . . , . . ,
ago. Sheridan was much better I 1 ' . ;,t wonderful picture; from it he has
u...u ; .i now UP t0 ,ll0t". Ille lh rM i written a wonderful book.
lilt idit'u uuui in nuuniiuii uuu , , , T-,.
, j surgU tnat the Tire Depart-
at times there was a coarser vein
in his character. Never the ks
he was not the bad man that the
"Father's" letter would indi-
! cate. Judged by the stand
' o-rlu nf hiu timo nnd hv the
Kd Moore was in from Butler creek ( characters of those with
whom he associated, who were j
mostly monks and priests, Lu- j
ther was a moral giant, and stood
Tuesday
shingles.
and took out a load of i
Crcsston Maddock will arrive with
in the next few days from the Uni
versity of Oregon, to accept a posi
(ion with the Palace hotel.
nipt heart, coarse, boastful,
spiteful and p'oud: or an infall
ible pope who says he was a
man of fine genius, and all that
'-i said against him is MONK--SII
JELOUSY?
No wonder jelous pnisls ate
ipposed to Luther! No wonder
lis character is -assailed by
Catholic biograpln-rs! Hi sh dge
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M. Luper
He took the facts and statistics in
mnnr hn cnntr:itri-l frnm lo'Hudsnn Mnxim'a "Defenseless Anier-
than ilnppner M today. Twelve po, Department, a chief Bp-! " "round them wove nn absorb-
! pointed by the council, and a few "1K "lory' " ." lne a rcf
' , ... . lourcc of the Vitogrnph Company of
much needed improvements , Am(,rifa nt his comrmim, ,1C trans.
made.
blocks, including the entire bus-i
ness section, was burned to the
ground. The editor of the Herald
in company with Mr. Currir,
who has recently tutered busi
ness here, and who has been D. E. (iillnian made a business
chief of the tire department in visit to lone FrMay.
The Dalles for sewral years; Geo. Choquette, violinist, of the
inspected the apparatus in the Star Tlieat re Orchestra, went to
three central station Thursday. OU-x Friday, to play at the Mask
No 1 station, located at the City ed Ball which w:ts enjoyed there
Hull. 19 equipi-d with one bos.c that night.
cart. It is a racing cart, bouvl.t ... , ... n- Crni r. ,,.
by ttie Heppner Fire Depart- wh() ,ms boen it hQ
ment in l'JUi. it was nevor in
teobed to be used in tire service.
but probably answers the needs!
us well as would any service curt. J. II. Gibbons of Castl
A good hose is on this cart. At ! was in Heppner Thursday.
luted this story into motion pictures
head and shoulders above his ! lammer blows agaim me cor
associates. h'uptions of the pi ii .-.il.oui and
Martin Luther was raised un- j the. power of the pope win
der the teachings of the Roman more than they could stand. The
1 i il k- ..i i i tidrn .other I n vest iir;i ted. the
ft Sunbay morning for the ainoMC -"- -
n,. -,i for the Dractice of law- but ( c- more he became convinced, as
Willamette Valley, They will vis- ' ' 1 jiiatiue oi iav , mam
c. , ., .u it. cided to become a priest, (li s '-vill anybody else who studies
it in Salem with their son Rhea UUI1 lu UUUM"- a i""-l . , . . . ,,, , ., , .
, 'moral degeneracy does not 'he scriptures, that the papacy is
and family. 1 here ls a youngster , n101 ' a ,rf y ... :' ,.. " ' ,.,v,; !, .i, ,w.t!n nf
iw
iiey among jn-iets and
that i'ucli restrictions
I, of l!omanim ) In 1505 he en- .authority, lie opposed the la
parents have seen yet. Followingi01 uomanl--'n,; 1'W,J "L ' . ,,,,. ' , ,tu .
parents have seen yet
this, they will visit in
for a short time with relatives
, rnivwl ttin Anirnstinn rnnvent. lit 't re
i-ortianu r'-"-- .. --- .. . . i , ,
Erfurt where he ' submitted . noweu
... . . .' , ...... .nntierit.lv to all the nenance umL'-vcrc unnatural, tmsaiptmal
icy f.viicci 10 oc gone uooui , . . . i i ,i . ,v . , i . . i ,. ,
I 1 I II- I II II ?1 ' t I I HIUI. Ill- V . "
I wo weeks.
;.1. 1$ Sparks limine, went to lone r
; Friday to vihit friends there.
Rock
Earl Cramer of !5o-irdman. was
h business visitor in this city the
tho station across from the I-Vd-i
ruled church is a cut eqirped '
... i . . ....:, . i
wtina ruouvr uv tt,,er partof Iho woek
teuty years old. from which the
water is not drained, and pruc Mr. and Mrs lien Husehke of
ticnllv of no value whatever in Ine. were in Heppner Thursday
fighting Bre. Tl.o cart at the uj -isnd Friday,
j.erend of Mi'm street acroi j An 1 ro Ko.d. Sr , left Friday
from Stewart's Livery Is a pood mornins for Pendleton, where he
cart and well iop?d. The host- , w, pPnd several days traosac
on a!l three of tne carts is dirty. : t ng hu.ircs
' 1
WINTER FUEL
I rpi
Ktjyyr - ' IM '
! Hodgt
i,..m;iiui.n u-liii-Vi tin. ;imi.ri(,r and I hat they tend to.var'l
of the order imposed upon the I'uptioii among prie.d.-. He took
novices." Perhaps his sojourn ': poution that the Seriptures
in this convent accounts for his ! -ire the supnfne authority in re
"vile tasts." lie was ordained 1 ligion. and showed that the
to the preisthood in 1507, in , Church is built upon Christ ami
which capacity he Ferved for a 't IVtc-r. b- contended for the
number of vears. Why was such ', universal priesthood of believers.
a fellow, "so lustful," and "an j and for justification of faith. AK
nnnnw r.f Chri -.t." c-ves conse-! of these contentioDs arc
1 r.,L.A in Ibo iiri.Utlif.rid of Unm lOIHiosed to
anit'.m :
In 1510 he made a visit to
ome. In referring f his visit
tlie Standard American Ency.,
says, "This journey revealed to
him the irreligion and corrimtii n
j of the clergy at K'rne, urA de
istroyed his reveriinee for th
sanf ititvof the pope." Now ii
it be true, as the "Father" con
directly
the teachings of
lionitttnsin.
I chiioi sir, that n in u. of sm h
f. urles-i (ourav'e, o!' mh h i rea'-ik-s
i of xoi.l, of s'.ch if' lh. pur
po:.e, of .-u.'li Uii a cai i' -d it' t l ity
agait.sl cort i j tion, of Ma li un
"Werving d'-'eriiii'iiitioo to folio-'.'
til" guid-'oee fif tlie S'-ript or. S
and the dictates of his ciiiisijii tire
- ' 1. 1-., llimluli 14 lifi. vi-iri. fit.
in Spokane Spokttman Bv.
'tends, that Luter was "an enemy ilanircre I and h.'wer- thn-ul.-'i-
1 of ("hrst-t;" that he "hl'teil cj with exeninniuiiieatioll liV the
(Jod;" that his heart was "so iron hand .f Home, i-i worthy of
corrupt , so coarse, so hoa.-itful. of the praise, "A tnichly man of
Uo Fpiteful and pro.id ad to re .God."
volt and horrify," then k t me .
'ask, what must have been the Continued on Last Pare