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County Correspondence
IONE INKLINGS
The smell of burning trasb
piles is a good indication that
Spring is not far away.
Farmers are very busy with
their work which has been held
up on account of the bad weath
er the last two weeks.
Mr. Blake has Dnished plow
ing for Mr. Nelson and moved
his caterpillar engine and outfit
west of town, where ho will
plow until the ground is iu shape
to work up in his own fields.
The foundation for the new
garage was started last week
and the building will be com
pleted as rapidly as possible.
The bricklayers are almost
through on the Mason store and
much of the carpenter work has
been done.
lone has had ten cars to load
out with wheat the past week.
All the grain piled out will soon
be cared for.
C. F. French has moved his
family in from the Strawberry
neighborhood and is working on
the Mason store.
Mr. Dodsou and son, Mans
Geld. were out in the Saucl Hol-
on his new farm.
1 1 The Willamette Glee Club was
I j here the last of the week. More
of this class of entertainmeut
I would be o goo3 thing for this (
loaded several or any other town
the first of the
low country, Sunday.
Jordan Sidin
cars of wheat
weok.
James Thomas, from north
east of Lexington, was an lone
visitor receutly.
Mr. Sachter, who live? about
WILLOW CREEK ITEMS
My Companion
For a Day
By ETHEL HOLMES
Mr. and Mrs. Krebs and
daughter, Margaret, returned
recently from Portlaud, where
they have spent tho greater part
four miles above Heppuer, was of the winter.
in lone una day the past week. Spring plowing has nut beeti
Mr. Sachter is buyiug a few j 6lartGj i .i,is district and tho
milk cows to help supply cream ! farmers aro beginning to ques-
for the popular Willow braud
butter. More farmers could
profitably do likewise,
Oue of the bauds around the
Mason store found an uncashed
check in the mortar box a few
mornings ago. It had evidently
been carried there by the high
wind of the night before. Some
one must have been out in the
gale.
Mr. Swanson took his tractor
out to the fields the first of the
week to disk for Spring grain,
Mr. Thompson moved out to
his ranch northeast of town last
tiou th weather man.s integrity.
Good old St. Patrick was giv
en full consideration at the home
j In the leafy month of .Tun?, 1914, I
I was making a peilosi riaii tour through
1 Switzerland, and when I emerged' from
there it was over the heights lying on
1 the west. Standing on an eminence I
i was looking down upou France spread
: out before me when, glancing aside. I
saw a young woman sitting before an
I easel sketching. She turned her face.
( and, seeing a woman standing near
her, she smiled. I went to her and
' looked at her picture.
I sat down on the (.'round near her,
. and w hile she remained on her sketch.
tug stool and. worked we chatted. I
Dorikoys In TrouMrt.
Tlie stranger in Guayaquil, iu Kona
Uor, at' ome remarks one very curi
ous feature of lis life and general ap
pea ranee. We are used lo seeing nets
over our horse In the summer, hut
sui li an out lit as Is required by tlm
donkeys in the tropica strikes the
si ranger as ludicrous The donkeys
tire numerous In th city and are used
for all maimer of hmd purposes, from
baskets of fruit to the carcasses of
butcher's meat. In the morning a
j string of them may be seen trotting
I through the streets with a load of
, fresh, meat from the slaughter house,
1 which is situated outside the town.
The donkeys are all provided wj;h cov.
; crliigs around I he fore legs, like or
dinary trousers, and wiih a protection
! over tho ears against ilie mosquitoes.
The Guayaquil donkey presents a
j most comical appearance Iu trousers,
especially If his garment Is embroider
I ed, as It sometimes Is.
, m i. , t l, i itiiviui'itMi mieu-si. nor in uie 1 1 ieu
or waiter urosoy ou me nigot oi SlatC(lf bllt s!le (,M
not appear to ad-
Marcn h by a good crowa oi , mire our institutions.
enthusiastic dancers. Promptly
at 9:30 feet and music were in
motiou and the merry gliders
glided until the wee small hours
of the morning. To the oldtim.
ers. many nappy .yesterdays
were recalled, when Mr. Crosby
had entertained them in most
delightful fashiou. To the young
the music and serene happiness
of the present was enough, it
was nnlv tlm lio-ht, iii;nrinr over
week. lie has just completed a the eastern horizon that warned
fine large two.story house aad bbe cvlebrators that it was time
has a good barn in course of j to "o borne. -
ouuuing, auu wnon ins well is
fiuished he will be well sturtcd
Quality, Service
& Sanitation
1
Our Fresh Meats are the best in the City. Our
Extension Cooling Plant assures Fresh Sweet
Meat at all times.
If you'are eating our Hams and Bacon you
know how good they are. If you ' are not we are
both losing. Phone us your orders, wc guarantee
entire satisfaction.
I Never beforo bus the uuivers
jal wind been so directed lo the
I soil aud its resourcefulness limn
at present; nevor before has the
question of agriculture been so
agitated as now. The soil must
be brought up to its full pro.
ductiveness or there is apt to be
a still greater shrinkage in our
granorit'S. Tho lime has come
j when the fanner must be taught
I how to farm, and how can he bo
taught except he have a touch
er who is an agriculturist? And
If we are to be taught and profit
by the teaching we must co-op.
erate and develop our social an
well us our personal mUuit1. Iso
liiliou brings ignorance. Wc
need a county agriculturist.
Mr. A. Florence, who under-
City Heat k Co
J mm Co.
"You aro n notion of individual."
she sn kl, "and there is nothing to weld
you. Many races aro represented
among you, and the people of each race
stand together nud keep up their na
tional traditions. If a war should
break out between any too nations
hero Hie icople ot each iu America
would come back to light . for the fa
therland, even those who had been
bo.rn on American soil."
"You arc mistaken," I replied, "Our
foreigners aro glad to escape the dis
advantages of a monarchical form of
government. They become naturalized,
and that makes them American clti
zens."
"Lei a war come In Europe," contin
ued tho artist, "imd you will see.''
"You prefer-an emperor?'.'
"Yes, we (icruinn are one people un
der one head. We have I ho most cfll
cicnt form of government."
I asked her where she was going, and
she said that she intended sketching
along the French border northward.
She described the scenery northward
as attractive, aud since 1 was wander
ing at will I concluded to go a part of
(he way with her. She received Ihe an
nouncement coldly, but. when I added
that I would take the Hist good road I
came to down Into France she seemed
i better pleased.
So we proceeded northward together.
she stopping now and again to sketch.
Her pictures were very singular, in
deed, they were rather, It seemed to
me, the groundwork for pictures, aud
when I told her that 1 did not under
stand them sho told me that they were
memoranda from which pictures would
be painted on her return to her home In
Berlin.
Vib kept together till evening, when
we carofl to a hotel where we asked for
rooms. We were told that, there was
but one room vacant, and If we cared
to accept It together we might do so.
My companion expressed herself as
Poor Economy.
l'robuhly the poorest cconomv Iu the
world Is to buy tilings you don't want
In order to make acquaintances yon
don't need.--Galveston News.
Mr. and Mrs. L. ft. Duck
worth arrived in Heppner, Sat
urday evening, from Preiser,
Washington, looking for a loca
tion. Mr. Duckworth was en
gaged In the kbeep business in
Moutun-a for u number of years,
iand after a few years sient in
Western Washin.gt.ou in the mud
aud rain, thuy are dvlighted to
be back in tliu good old bunch
grass country. They may de
cide to locate permanently in
Morrow county.
.1. T. Kirk, of Mliu;lboi'MJ, wa,s
iu (lie city, Saturday, looking
n'ter business odds and ends.
Mr. Ivirk is one of Morrow coun
ty's pioneer citizens aud is oti
of our best known stockmen arid
fanner.
Baled Hay and Grain for said
at White Front Barn.
W. T. McRnberts.
J. H. COX I
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER :
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Firtt (las Work Only. I
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DR. H. J. VAUGHAN ''"4
DENTIST
Waled in Oddfellow's
Uuilding
; rcrmanently
HEPPNER,
OUEGON
Johnson Bros., Props.
went an operatiou at a Portland
hospitul recently, is doing nice-, "hle ,n the '''""' Hl"1 1 8,60
ly and will soon bo fully recov- j rost K out for my passport," 1
1 ered. said to her when we were going to bed.
I ,, , , .,. . i "A stranger In Europe without a pass
Haby Lutfcuii I Inrcnco litis be-1 p t ,3 H fls ,,, ,.,.. Al, ,
come the life of the community. I pnt mr t,n,,polt mlfM. niy pmWi
' ' When I awoke the next moii'ilng niul
No one thing will give so much
pleasure to so many people
for so long a time as a
COLUMBIA GRAFONQLA
You can get them here on
the same terms, for
same money as
anywhere
Heppner Herald $1.50 a year.
WATER PORTERS OF QUITO.
1 looked toward the other bed it wss va
cant. Nor were my companion's i lothrs
iu sight. Her sketching materials, too, j
wele gone. I got out of bed and went
lo tho door. It was oi l;ed from (lie In
side. Turning to a window, I noticed
that a few feet beneath It was a shed
It occurred to me Ihat my artlxt friend
had gone out by the window and de-
Eetiador, assemble every morning the ' trended from tho roof of the shed.
city's aguadores. These water porters Whs she a thief? I opened my bag.
differ from the less energetic ones of where I kept my money. The fund
some South American cities In carry- ; were there. I counted Ihom, and tmne
lug their jars upon their bsi ks instead ; were mli-slug. Ilclieved. I dressed my
of on the backs of mules. Their earth- 1 self and put my hand under my pillow
en Jars are deep, have a wide niotilh 1 for my passport. It wss gone.
The Funny Way Thsy Have In Dslivsr.
2 . ing Thtir Liquid Load.
About a fountain Iu oue of (lie prill
Jlclpal S'piares ot tjulto. the capital of
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Our Job Department it now
in competent hands and we
are prepared to do Commer
cial Printing of nil kinds in
a manner to please the moat
particular people. Give u
a tiinl order and become a
satisfied customer.
Oscar R. Otto
'i Go to
tat:3t3CJ3:':':'3a',
GILLIAM & BISBEB
am) hold about forty pints.
The porter carries it on his shoulder
fastened with leather straps, lie never
detaches himself from his Jar oil her to :
(111 It or to transfer Its contents to
that of his customer.
He turns his ha k to the fountain so
j that tho Jar comes under one of the
Jets of waler and listens to the sound
of tho water in the Jar, and his ear Is
J so well trained that hn alwsys walks
I away at the enact moment when It is
' tilled to the brim.
Arriving it the Iioii of a ciixioiiier,
1 he goes to the liou-hold Jar, makes a
I deep bow and tlisappesrs behind a tor
rent of water. Foreigners can uever
receive without laughing the visit of
their agusdor. tlm repe-ifnl Utile iiisii
who bows to one behind the catatK't
of water. Angeles Times
OLDEST MAP IN THE WORLD.
For Your
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Harvest Supplies
Oils, Greases, Belting
Lace Leather, etc.
Wc will eive you the quality
and the price that will command
your patronage, otherwise we
do not iook for it
3 "We have got it-will get it or it isn't made"
1 GILLIAM & BISOEE
Prsvts That Postal Routes Wsro
Usod In Abraham' Tims.
I'osfal routes of H,." jenr ago,
when the psnel po.t and the In ulst
big library already had been In t
Islema at lea1' st yesis. sie shown
on the worlds oldet map. a Iressuic
that was dlemeied among the Mppur
tablrtu In Ihe tnsmn of the t nlw i
lty of rrnns.th aula by r. Kteplieii
lsncdoii. the oileiilallst from Ojfoid
imUeisiiy. r. I.angdon i-on-iOered
the n'Sp lio i.uly the oldest, but tlm
l.a.t ntkMOktl llial haa i-iiiha 1olti.
r; : from aiitbpilty.
b 'silo tefor the time of Abfsham,
l th map shows coinpiiheni' nr.
S ' y ef th region about lb tempi "f
B f Nippur and In4h at that the loonti v
t J was nndr high i "f lnt nlT
u ' 'iilivatjnn fsns'o er numeroun and
a srtd boih f-ir Irrigation and trsn
g i H"rls'oo. 'I bev ta th ms rita.
ed a tag hss t-eii found for a bt
of tv.nk " "r IPerarv ll lts snt froin
lh lllirary of th Mt-pnr tempi to
town ioit sit miles distant, Ki'irup.
pk. Accordlnf () llsbtbuiisii tradi
tion, N'nah lived at tins town and built
th ark theif. Th tsj a usl abo'it
I was glad that my i ash Imd been I
spared Instead of my pnpoit. I could (
get on without Ihe one, though I might ' i
neecl It sorely, , ut let without the !
other. I'.ut what did the girl riant with
It? I'or my fcfe I could dlvlno no res- !
sou for her stealing It. Sbn was going
back to Iterlin lo work up her sket.-lics,
and surely In her onn count ry sho
needed no pspoit, epeelly one be
longing to another.
(oilng to a lull lor lo do a bit of
prinking before descending to break
fast, my Imago reminded me slightly of
tlm thief. Then I remembered that tsv
were both about the mine height and
build, boll) blonds and bolh blue eyed,
though she was of lighter hair and e.ies
than I. Nevertheless, I could not divine-
why she should want my papoil.
The (list gun fired by the (iennniis a
few weeks later foreed the reasmi Into
my stupid bialn. Tli border between
Ktsie and tiermsiii nas a boii.el for
; sides on both spies 'Ibis gill was
doutitlexs a spy for the Herman got em
inent, rhewas laying down memoranda
In lb shape of a btil for pb lure, of
tho topography of tlm ground ou the
j t"rete'h bonier.
Hot hrfote the war o-ne. I s-rv i-t
I again. I had put up at a bou l near tin
ierinan bonier and look a seat In lb"
dining r'H'in for supi-ei At a table
1 near by sat th gill who bs l stolen up
paHirt. If she saw and re.-ogoiyed
me, n'll'll li) ( i . I h . -t did, slie ni;iio
tallied her f"iianbnily srf'-eih
i It was within my ixer lo send loo
to a foiitt, (lotsntv to death All
I had to do wss lo dmo'inr per tsd
I been !! lo Infli't upon ber s s ill
li punishment for stealing mr ss
port I woild hsie d"t' so, but lo rsoe
hr to ta trfsted as a pv wss Iw
Bineh for me I am sn Anierkan anl
had no lnttet In the military prob
lem! between Frsne and Ormsev, so
t permitted tor to s:k nut "f th din
Uif room nnmoic-.ied
When t fni'hed my supt-er I akf 1
th landlord, dr riblni her, w her stm
via. It tall that li had J ist left
th houjs.
Prices Right
Promptness
Appreciation
and
Good Work
sre what we uuaranlrt. Can
anyone do more?
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and will he rnlfirued and
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n lot ill paper v'uh will lie a
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