NEVER BEFORE in the History of the Am erican people has the Food situation equaled the present. LOCAL AND PERSONAL' WHY NOT HELP by raising your own veg-etables? ! WE HAVE THE SEEDS. Phelps Grocery Co. THE HORN PASTIME. SOFT DRINKS, CANDIES, FRUITS, NUTS, TOBACCOS AND CIGARS. A Quiet Resort where men may meet their friends and discuss the News of the day. VICTOR GROSHENS, Proprietor. HEPPNER : : : OREGON. I Make a Specialty of Plate Glass, Burglar and Automobile Insurance Also write all kinds of Surety Bonds ' REAL ESTATE 1 expect a number of land buyers here, If you want to sell your farm or ranch, list it with me. "No Trespassing" signs at the Herald office. 4fHf Alex Warren was in town from Hard man Friday. W B. Ewing. of Cecil, was in thp city Wednesday. Mrs Fred Camp was in from Sand Hollow Saturday. Sherman Shaw was a Cecil visitor during the week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Adkins were Heppner visitors Saturday. Roy Cochran was in the city from lone during the week. Bernard Pohr. of Ihirdiuuu. was in the city on business last ; Friday. ? I Hulless and beardless scud barley for sale, B. F. Swaggart, Lexington. Oregon. fild Carl Smiih, Jim McMullen, and Bill Griftith were here from Arlington Wednesday. Jarnes Johns and son, of Pen dleton, were business visitors iu Heppner Tuesday. Hugh Stautield, of the well known firm of Stanfleld Bros , was in Heppner Tuesday. II. L. "Pat" McAHster, well known Lexington citizen was a visitor here last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rhea, prominent Rhea creek ranchers, were in the city Sunday. Baled Hay and Grain for sale at White Front Barn. VV. T. McRoborts. Clifford Si mm s and wife, of Eugene, are iu Heppker visiting her sisters, Mrs. A. D. McMur do and tbo Misses Sybil and Lulu Hager. Dr. Gaunt was a Hard man visitor who registered at the Palace Friday. Not gone or going but here to stay. Permanently located at Heppner, Oregon. Dr. D. R. Haylor. 4tf Members of the Episcopal guild held a pleasant meeting at the home of Mrs. Pruyne on Thursday of last week. Frank Elliott, of Lena, passed through Heppner the Drst of the on his way to Portland where ho went to meet Mrs. Elliott who has boon sojourning in California during tho winter for the benefit of her health. FOR SALE Twelve good work mules; also some good work horses. SPRING IlliS ,veek T. NOW IS THE TIME to be think ing of the Dresses you will need for the warm weather. Do your shop ping and sewing while it is cool don't wait for the warm days to come and then rush to do it. Come in and look at our line of dainty Spring Goods-Lawns in stripes checks, floral and many other patterns. Dainty Voiles, Pongees and Crepes of all kinds. Sport stripes and checks. Don't forget the Flaxons; every la-, dy knows their value. Buy NOW while stock is complete. MINOR & COMPANY Dry Goods Department It is reported hero that the Oregon-Dakota Land Company is about to close a deal for some "000 acres of their holdings in tho north part of tho county. W. D. Newlon, the well known realty denier, of Lexington, is said to bo handling the deal. J. T, Rue, a well known stock S.p tViPP nnimuk nt I man of Monument, was a busi. Roy V. Whiteis Heppner, Ore. Economic Vtcm redness!! 1 he Inst c.soniial i eijuii emcnt in time of war is that the people shall have loud. Wifli woild conditions BS flt prwtt tlii r untry r annul nfloid to allow the food sup ply for the coining o.r to hp determined by the ordinary inlhiencox allotting production. I he w hi'le woi Id is lute nl food supplies, and dependent upon llie i r p id HH7. The held t I.urope are poorly tended and scantily feitilied. with the r Milt that a short crop ix nliradv foreshadowed. Our own winter wheat crop ix unproiniNiin'. The piice ol loud tin eai depends upon the effort of the next l w weeks; lheie should he general compre hension that I ho hi s;1t pine ol t' r past winter have been due tc failure to ktoh and stoie enough (ood last summer. The Mine expeiieiue will be repeated next winter, per haps nioie srvrtrlv. unless production it increased and intensified. I'ativ at te ol tillable soil should he utilized, every available pound ol lertilicr used to enrich the Innd, garden cultivation should )c resorted to as never before, to meet the serious com' which this country, in com mon with other countri , fanr(i for this year. Our entire industrial situation may be disorganized by high prices for food, and the outlook demands the molt serious attention of our people. The First National Bank HllTNTR, OIU.C.ON my place. GUY BOYER, Hepp-'ncss visitor in Heppner Thurs ner, Ore. lGtf. I day. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cypertl Not gone or going but hero to and daughter, of Walla Walla.! stay. Permanently located at were the guests of Mrs. Frank i Heppner, Oeegon. Dr. I). R. Parker during the week. 1 Haylor, eye specialist, 4tf I. l Richardson, well known Ralph Bengc, uf Walla Walla, Standard Oil representative. w;ls lt business visitor here dur was hero during the week with ing the week, a crew off nine salesmen looking ; has Stanton, of Walla Walla, after tho interests of that cr rril,. ,.ci,i,..,t h J p nation. business visitor during the 2 Lor For S.U.K Uoud rosi. Week. ; 'donee lot on router Street, Hepp. J tier. T0 X tO'.l. (Jet busy hihI , ipiani a guruon. ivisy payments business visitor iu II, mmer dur -i Apply to Arthur Smith. Kf illB Uie Wl,iu. j Two more Heppner b,ys loft Klun .norland was in town Wednesday ...orning for tho Ua.V, cauvou the other J ! Portland recruiting ofticos. Tiny j IV - , were n uiru near ami uon nil J ; ltibber. both well known young J 'men who expect to enlist iu 2 j Troop A. cavalry service. J ; NOTICE A boy's bicycle was I taken from in front of the l'l. J ace. hotel Saturday evening, , Match III. Suitable reward ui.d Artie Brown was a business visitor in Heppner last Satur day. He told a Herald reporter that the big bull elk which he and Mose Wright saw recently on Rhea creek had evidently been chased by dogs. The men were within -50 yards of the animal when they first discover ed it. William Sanders and wife came in Tuesday from tho Black Butte country. They will visit fo'r a few days in Heppner before re turning to the mill. Mrs. S. A. Pattison and child ren arrived from Castle Rock, Washington. Ihursday evening to look after the domestic affairs of the Herald man. The family will occupy the Ms. Ayers house on upper Main street. STATEMENT OF THE OWN-. ERSHIP, MANAGEMENT. CIR CULATION, ETC., required by the act of Congress of August 24, 1012, of Heppner Herald pub lished weekly at Heppner, Ore gon, for April 1, 1JJ17. State of Oregon, County of Morrow, I Before nie, a Notary Public, in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared S. A. Pattison, who, having been duly sworn according to law, de sposes and says that he is the editor and publisher of the Hepp ner Herald, and that the follow ing is, to the best of his know ledge and belief, a true state ment of the ownership, manage ment, (and if a daily paper, the circulation), tc, of the afore said publication for the date shown in the above caption, re- 1 Mrs. McMurdo and Mrs. Alhu Thompson, a well know n : Osmaii Ilager entertained alargeliruiml by the Act of August 21, Butter crick rancher, was a party at bridge Thursday after- 11)12. embodied in section 41.?. noon at the home of Mrs. Hager. j Postal Laws and Regulations, About forty ladies were present. 1 to wit: A head line in the Castle Rock. : That 11,0 nani" a"(1 addresses (Wash.) Independent reads:' of tlu C(lltor ani1 publisher is "Still Found Near Toledo." IS- A- I'attison. Heppner, Ore. Sam K. Van Vaehn- returned; We wondered what it was that' I,u owwr A. Pattison, Wednesday from a buinoss trip lis still found near Toledo but neppnci, wregop. upon reading farther discovered , that it was a "moonshine still" . and therefore concluded that it . was whiskey which is still found m ar Toledo. . no iuestions asked if lotunud Z to the owner. Lawrence Williii.s. to Poiidioii ii and L it I rands. Mr. uiul Mrs .lack llynd Hoibeit llyud and T. II Love of Cecil, wore Hoppiicr isitor Wcdiiesd;iv K. M Mattes, hi and Waiter! A case was on trial before Drum were Heppner visitors ! .Justice Cornett Tuesday iu 2 Arthur F. Hall. .John A Wil. from Black Butte ostoiday. J which trouble between Kd Mar. luins. and Arthur C. Mattix n. They icpoit i ..usulei .o sumv , tin and Harold Ahalt, mid to of Lexington, were in Heppner vt on the giuiii.d in llTe ft ot-! havo arisen over a hoi so trade, 2 Monday on land businov hills. was aired. Mirlin was charged i Mtko Kowelh who recently! Walter Brum came iu from i w,ll 1,10 ""lawful taking of a ,,rM, i ., i .... . i .. i i iim-tr Unit.. Timr,,l.e i ,i t..l.. ! cuu f lorn Alialthis defonsebc m I I V X. J II V4 UM'I 111 I'll It' L , wiuvii " - mm- j J it . Wilcox farm. wa in tho city graph to l,i 5 on tomtitem MonJv. Stantiol l an I lhe known mortgagers are M. O. Clark ami Florence Har lan. S. A. PATTISON. Sworn to and subscribed before mo this 1st day of April, 1!)17. Sam. E. Van Vactok, Notary Publ'c for Oregon. Silas Harris was a Parkers Mill visitor iu ll ppuer during the ween. A COOD POSITION :nr.at Echo ln" 111111 " looK lllC 8un ln 8011 l'ieewit-r that defense fearing that otherwise fan lo had by an .mbitiou i The first lssu of the Mad nix l,u',r 'l,1"'r " ' rilll- '" Pioneer, under tho nianagomeiit J- W- Va;hiin. a former busi. of (leorgo T. Petree. formerly ness man rf Hoppiicr. now re. of the Herald, bun been received, siding ut Parker Mill wa in ll is creditable Issue featuring town Thursday the Faster eon. and U, ap j LtT Fi'tt Svt 1-Coe.d rei piretitty well patroniod by local donee lot t n Center strtot. Hep. nuxines houses. The It.-raM pnor. Txl ".' Cot busy and ihe Mr Pearce unbound- d j plant a garden. F.-V piymont-i suecrsx in hi now gold ' Apply to Arthur u:i:n ltf it might be used against him The defendant was discharged. As Psr st H'd Co. "WmiM nu say ttit-jr msirU-.l fir li r?' "Ni: IM ar ttint Hint Ix what Hk-t lliinutit they inarrlisl fi)r." In-trult Vre t'rr.x. Tlio Ut, uf timny are ruliifl It th fnta! error Hint Hi mot one por,- 1' tihMO i nititx. young nun or young lady in tho fluid of railway or commercial telegraphy. Since the pa-sage of the eight hour Uw by Con. Kress, it l as created a big dc. manJ fcr telegraph operators. Positions paying from ?7.". to per month, with n.auy ihancex for advancement. It wid jny you to write R-i.U'ay Telegraphy Institute of Portland. Oregon, for f ill puU 'il u p). '