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VOLUME 4.
HEPPNER, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 29. 1918.
NUMBER 47
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AT PALACE HOTEL
INCOME TAX MAN
A cunningly contrived plot to
tap the till at the Palace hotel
was frustrated at 1:30 this morn
ing by the failure of night clerk
Fred Nitchman to act just as the
would-be robbers figured that he
might.
About 1:30 a call bell from a
room on the third floor rung in
the office and Mr. Nitchman
started to answer it, but on pass
ing the corridor leading from the
lobby to a door opening to the
rear of the barber shop, he hap
pened to glance that way and
and saw a man peering through
-. the glass door. He turned back
to the desk to secure a gun and
before he could reach the door
the man had made his get-away.
Investigation revealed that some
one had been on the third floor
and had scattered the bedding,
mattresses, etc., from two beds
into the hall, knotted the sheets
around the railing surrounding
the air shaft and otherwise dis
arranged things on that floor.
Entrance to the upper story had
been made by means of a ladder
to the top of the brick storage
room, a stap ladder from that
roof to the second story porch
and to the third story porch by
the iron fire escape.
The scheme seems to have been
to call the night clerk to the
third floor by the call bell and
during his absence from the of
fice the man at the back door
would enter the office, tap the
cash register and make good his
escape. Strong suspicion points
to two or three young men and it
is possible some arrests will be
made within a day or two.
Joseph E. Tuttle, federal cus
toms agent, arrived in Heppner
Wednesday presumably to assist
citizens liable to the income tax
in making out their reports but
judging from expressions which
have reached the Herald the
gentleman has not made much of
a hit with the people with whom
he has come in contact but has
succeeded in arousing considera
ble feeling because of alleged lack
of courtesy in his dealings with
them. Sheepmen, farmers and
businessmen are complaining
and, it is said, a protest has been
made to Milton A. Miller, collec
tor of internal revenue at Port
land, regarding Mr. Tuttle's
methods in handling the matter
here.
Morrow county people are not
slackers and are willing to, and
have done their part in this nat
ional crisis in a manner of which
they are not ashamed and they
are entitled to helpful advice and
asisstance from representatives
of the government, who are paid
from the puolic funds for ren
dering such service, in solving
the knotty problems involved in
the income tax, rather than to
be treated as disloyal tax dodg
ers and slackers.
It is said that many heavy tax
payers will refuse to deal with
Mr. Tuttle but will employ attor
neys to assist in making their
reports and send them indirect.
Drafted Boys to Leave Sunday
Walter Matteson. of Heppner,
and Fred W. Griffiths, of lone,
will leave Sunuay morning fi r
American Lake. They will be
joined at Portland by Henry Lee
son and Lewis M. Billings the
four making up the first quota of
the county for the second selec
tive draft.
George Carter, wh Is being
held in the county jail as a de
serter, will be sent to Portland
under guard of these boys to be
turned over to the military au
thorities at Vancouver Barracks
Red Cross Notes
What is the matter with the
matter with the women of Hepp
ner? Patriotism is lacking. Some
are giving so much of their time
and others have no time to give.
The boys have given their time
and risking their lives for their
country, why should we stay at
home and say we have no time.
Come out and do your part on
Wednesday and Friday after
noons at the Red Cross work
rooms-
The Red Cros3 w ishes to thank
Patterson & Son for their dona
tion of scissors.
Anyone having pieces of old
galatca dinims or other dark,
heavy w ash material please leave
at Red Cross headquarters for
the Juniors to work on knicker
bockers for the French and Belgians.
LEXINGTON ITEMS
Mrs. Arthur Parker and sis
ter, Miss Edith Reaney, return
ed to their home after a pleasant
visit in Portland.
Miss Leona Leach is home
again after her vacation in the
Rose City.
A birthday reception was giv
en Mrs. McAlister Tuesday aft-
ernooa by the ladies of the town
in honor of her 71st birthday.
Tea and cake were served and
all report a good time.
Ben Crow received some se.
vere burns when he attempted to
burn a brush pile tire by jump
ing on top of the brush. In some
manner bis feel became entangl
ed and he fell face downward.
severely burning his face and
hands, as there was more fire at
the bottom of the pile thau he
thought.
Earl Estes of Portland is visit
ing his aunt, Mrs. Claud While
Notice to Cu&omers
These are indeed trying times, not only for our Na
tion, but for each individual as well. We are repeatedly
called on to show our loyalty in many and various ways.
The most serious problems now confront us as a
nation and as individuals as a result of our entrance in
to tbe greatest world conflict in history. These problems
must be patriotically met and solved with a view to as
little disarrangmeut of conditions as possible.
In the stress of the existing circumstances the
Grocers and Merchants are facing grave problems of
their own. The recommendations of the Emergency
Board of the Council of National Deteuse advise that all
stores should prepare to operate with smaller forces
and less equipment, and that delivery expenses be cur
tailed as much as possible. The Food Administration
advises that they have under contemplation the licens
ing of approximately two-thirds-of the items usually
handled by the grocer, that the sale price to the con
sumer will necessarily bo restricted to a small margin
of profit. i '
The cost of merchandise has advanced to such an
extent that it now takes over 100 per cent more money
to carry the same stock than it did in pre-war times.
The wholesalers, however willing, are unable to
furnish goods for an indefinite time and have made
their terms 15 to 30 days, instead of 30 to 90 days, as
before. In view of the facts above mentioned, it be
comes necessary for us to adjust our terms to our cus
tomers to conform with the changed conditions.
It has, consequently, been unanimously resolved,
That on and after April 1st, 1918, wo will continue to
extend a limited credit to those who have formerly been
accorded this privilege in the past, but will positively
be limited to 30 days. This means that, the bills for the
proceeding month are duo and payable on the first of
the following month. You will ulso be allowed 10 days
grace in which to settle in full, after which the amount
will became delinquent, and positively no further credit
can be extended. In order that each one nifty be treat
ed with perfect fairness this rule' will be strictly ad
hered to regardless of w hom it, may concern.
Also, beginning with thtrsfun'.rle. the DELIVERY,
of merchandise will he reduced to two (2) deliveries
per day; ene each in the morning and afternoon.
Please bear these new rules in mind and make your
arrangements accordingly, as we positively cannot de
viate from them in any respect,
Thanking you for your highly appreciated favors of
the past, and by fair and square treatment in the future,
still to meiit a share at, least of your business, and
promising that this new arrangement will help us that
we may help you in icducing the present high cost of
living us much as possible, we beg to remain.
Sincerely yours,
Minor & Co.
Thomson Bros.
Sam Hughes Co.
Phelps Grocery Co.
FARMERS FORM
T
Following the meeting of the
Morrow County Agricultural
Council a series of community
meetings was arranged and de
finite plans for the complete or
ganization of each community
were outlined. In co operation
with Mrs. Shurte, county school
superintendent, meetings were
held at Eightmile, Cecil. Board
man, lone, Irrigon, llardman
and Pine City. At these meet
ings the purpose and plan of or
ganization was outlined and the
community urged to form a per
manent committee.
At Boardman a committee con
sisting of Mr. Alesworth, repre
senting the Boys' and Girls'
Club work; Mr. Gibbons, repre
senling the Farmers' Union, and
Mr. Boardman and Mr. Hatch,
representing the farmers at
large, met and mapped out a
program of work which includes
the organization of a dairy asso
ciation, demonstrations in grow
ing corn, and a campaign to con
trol rabbits.
The Pine City committee is
composed of R. F. Wiirglesworth
as chairman, Clias. Bartholomew
and Mr. Neill representing the
farmers, Mr. Jarinan and Mrs
Carlson representing club work
aud Mrs Wigglesworth and Mrs.
Bartholomew representing the
ladies. A meeting of the com
mittee will be held in the near
future to plan some co-operative
work in that community.
The committees in other com
m unities visited were named and
will be.anu jiinced ius soon as J,li'l
, : ; i .. a i .... T
ui au i iitt mil a i i- i;wui piyi u. 1J l?ei,
iugs are scheduled for sections
riot yet visited.
Students Will Give Operetta
The popular operetta. ' Polish.
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Ben Swaggart has recently i ,
i r. i I members of the. Alb etic associa-
purcnased a large new Oldmo ...
bile car r'"n M'" ,""''r ""'
... , ,, , direction of Mi..s Augusta It iker.
Miss Muriel Reade, of Round, i , , ,i.,kli...
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Anril .'I ul mi ii in. A (')ill-
Mis. Reade recently l wi hU(
in the afternoon at - '". I'M-af
up, Mont., is here visiting the
Aliens
lost her mother by death
We tee Col. Boon around on
crutches. Mr. Boon recently
hurt his ankle when he slid down
an embankment whoa going
home in the dark.
Mrs. Kdoa Coxen and little son
went to Heppner Tuesday even.
log on the train.
David llynd of Roe Lawn saj,.
ranch. Hand Hollow, was in town . Winifred
Wednesday. jMitliccnt.
A get together tvnrial will be '; Mrs Gabble
given at the Congreg itional I Mr. Gabble
fair promises to he tin" and
should be libern'.ly pt ruin;: 'd
The prices are - and '" cents
for the matinee arid .') cent -, for
the evening perfm mame,
CAST OK ClIMiM TI.K.'i
Uncle Rob Garnett I'.arratl
Mrs. O'Brien I .-a
Neva O.i.U-y
Cordilla l.aira
Mr. and Mrs. K. McMillan and
Mis. LcikV of Lexington, were
business visitors here yesterday.
As Mr. McMillan was about
to stop his car en Willow street
near the Roberts building his
brakes failed to bold and his nnt-
chuiH performed the rather
ama.ing stunt of climbing to the
()ofa wood pih) keveral feel in
height, w here it came to a stop
w ithout dairago. Mr. McMillan
is doubtful whether he jould r
pi at the act without serious con-siquences.
HARDMAN HAPPENINGS
Mrs. I let I io Smitl. was horn
to Sanford and Adeline Howell
in Oregon City Oct. lMi,"i,and
died Tuesday, March at the
home of her brother, Joe Howell,
after a lingering illness of sev
oral weeks before death came as
a relief to her sufferings, which
she hole with great patience.
She was married to Rex Terrier,
now deceased, at ireeon City
Uct,. L.I, pm,i, ihiiI to this union
were born live child ren llarrie,
deceased; Addie, Pearl, Ethel
and Arthur. She leaves also to
in on r i) tier loss her inoi her. M rs.
Adeline Howell, a.id seven broth
ers and two sisters. She was
murrii d to John Smith, of Ham i
1 1 1 ill . Apt ll II. I '. I 1, w ho Still I
survives her. 1 1 t body was 1'nitcd ( 'out radio
i
Harold A. Rands, traffic sur
vey engineer for the Port of
Portland Commission, was a vis
itor iu Heppner last Friday in the
interest of Columbia river trans
portation as it relates to Morrow
county freight conditions.
Mr. Rand is working for the
organization of port districts
along the Columbia for the pur
pose of providing docks, ware
houses, elevators, etc., by means
of which heavy freight, both in
coming and outgoing, could be
diverted from the railroad with
its heavy freight charges, to the
water route, which would be able
to offer much more attractive
rates to shippers.
With this end in view Mr.
Rands points out that,, with the
completion of a paved highway
through Morrow county as now
contemplated, the county organ
ized as a port district with a suit
able dock and other net ded fa
cilities at Heppner Junction,
freight from the interior could
be handled by heavy trucks to
dock and there reshipped by boat
to tidewater at a very consid
erable saving over present cost.
This method would not only
effect a saving to shippers, pro
ducers and consumers, but it
would also materially assist in
relieving the present car short
age aud thus aid the government
in overcoming the congestion of
food stuffs, war material, etc., so
urgently needed in Europe, there
by becoming an important factor
in winning the war.
The Open River- Association,
which was organized several
years ago for the purpose of
building a portage railroad
around the Celilo rupids aud to
operate boat lines on the upper
and lower river, it is said, have
a consiiioi abb; fund on band
which will !;n used to co-operato
with different port districts along
llie Columbia in inaugurating
and carrying forward this work.
W. J Manner and J. A Smith,
prominent residents of the Bia
lock section in Gilliam county,
are officers of the old open river
association and, should Morrow
county decido to undertake the
oi gam. tlii in of a port district,
would, no doubt, eo.operalu in the
win k.
Getting Ready (or Business
George Jensen, foruniii follho
I :., has a
opening a
laid to r est in i ln 1 I ) l I'' ci in- crew of men ul wo! k
e'ery March ; ipiarry just across lliuion creek
Mis Grace Itossen mid Miss !"" '" el I house, from
Josephine Cuiiiiors attended lhcrt''ich will betaken out most or
inrcnt. teacher in. cling in Ihe 'l.e maleinl lor I h c pi i-sent
lleppner l.itfh school Saturday I Mr eel iinpioeini.,t
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Attention! Attention!
A meeting w ill lie hell in the
council chamber Tuesday even
ing, April 21. at 8 o'clock for the
purpose of organizing a company
of Home Guards. All able-bodied
citizens ore requested to be pres
ent Sam E Van Vaclok.
Chm. County Council of Defense
church Friday evening. April 5.
at 7 o'clock. A picnic dinner will
be terved All member and
friend of tbe different depirt
menu of tbe cburcb ire cordial
ly invited.
Martha
Nick
i-anti' tte Now-.
Hall
Te, Young
Cecil.- 1 Yore
Kenneth Rons
and
Chorus of S'lnboiiiH't Gil
Overall Bo;..-.
Dan Stuller returned Sunday
evening from an extended visit
with bis daughter at Payette,
j l laho, ami with other old friends
in the ( iii of the Mountains
slate. Burihg the six weeks be
pent there Mr Salter Visited
1',','ise, Nam (ui. Caldwell and oth
er towns and was much im
pressed with the great develop
ineiit of that country since his
list visit there koine years
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JITNEY bCRVlCE. Call I
Wood and Coal
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jitney for upecinl tram trip ur'ord Wo.1 ho I SU' Wood
any other rvic. dy or night. ! IVase order at Ihnpl.rey
Dy phone Mai o 1"'.' Night phone 1 1'g .tore or phone i".''-'
Main:::. LeCWill. Htf'V.uf l.u R. i. i i..
afternoon.
Miss Rutli Krookhou-ers visit
cd in Ib ppner Saturday.
Mrs J, W. Stevens returind
Monday from a weeks' visit with
her daughter, .dost'ecele.
Mrs C. M llidley has been
on the sirk list, but at piesenl is
in neb iin proved
Master Kills W viand returned
Tuesday from a weeks' visit wit!.
Ins grandmother, Mrs Jay lie-
III. of Heppner.
Mrs Berth Sioiieniaii and
llllle (laughter lieimceor I.OII"
R ick spent a few ilavs last week
visiting her parents 111 town. Mr,
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Monday and reports thesheipi Horn, on ..i.ir. i. to m r and
doing nicely. Mr. Kilkenny tat. ! M'. HohV lV..l..'i,. mi .,.,.iihi
ready has more than :'" young i 1 M' tle r and child .km re.
I nubs at ,U rar ch and the fine. ! I'"''"1 "'" ''
-pring wea'her Is all that could j Mrs ha Wland visited 111
h" desired for the joungtcr. 1 to a ii Tin s la) .
Tin- base
of lb basaltic rock bluff Is being
Miiated up preparatory todriv
ing a tunnel or ' covole hole"
buck into the I, lull f,ii a ''ist.ime
of TiH feet or inoie.w here ll cham
ber w ill be excavated In bold n
ton of I, lin k blasting owdcr.
Win n this shot is explode I it is
expected almost i -nough mm k
will lie loosened and broken up
til com 1 1 1 -1 a. the j,ili
The ground I. as hUii been lev
eled and made ready for tlm
crusher and bunkers, which will
b.i installed us soon as tin? crush,
er arrives A crusher larger
than the one owiedby the coiin.
ly will )e biouglil in fioin Poll,
land and when nine underway
Ihe work Will be p'1-.hed to com
I lift II III
M r Jensen think . it w ill bo a
ciii.ple of Weeks Jet he fur g rad
ing and prepinng the streets for
the lima lam w ul be commented.