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A first class newspaper entered at the poetoffice at Heppner. 0 retro n as second-class matter
HEPPNER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 14. 1918.
NUMBER 6
VOLUME 5.
Herald
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FINE VIEW OF ECLIPSE
Everybody in Heppner either
spent 10 cents for a bit of smoked
glass last Saturday or smudged
their fingers smoking a piece of
window pane for use during the
eclipse and then didn't need to
use it. Shortly after the first
contact light clouds veiled the
sun and for awhile the orb of day
was completely hidden, but just
before the period of totality the
clouds lightened to just the right
degree so that the phenomena
could be observed pertectly with
out the use of smoked glass
Heppner -being in the middle of
the strip of totality the sun was
completely hiddan for the space
of almost two minutes and a
weird darkness come rapidly on.
bringing with it a rather spooky
feeling.
The screen of light clouds so
veiled the sun that the eclipse
could be observed with the naked
eye, and a much better view was
possible than otherwise.
When the sun began to reap
pear the light was brilliant and
during the period of totality the
fringe of colored lights around
the edges were particularly beau
tiful. During the eclipse what ap
peared to be a heavy rajn cloud
hung low in the west and the in
dications for a much needed rain
were excellent. It seemed to be
mostly camouflage, however, for
no sooner had the sun resumed
business than the cloud vanished
Jake Osten Receives Commission
C. J. Osten was in town Sat
urday and reported to the Her
ald that he had received a tele
gram from his son Jake Osten
saj ing that his commission as a
second lieutenant had arrived
and he was now rated as a com
missioned officer.
Lieut. Osteu is now stationed
at Atlanta. Ga , and is specializ
ing there in study of gas, gas
bombs, etc.. and has been doing
laboratory work along that line
ever since being transferred
from San Antonio. He may be
detailed as an instructor in the
use of gas. as that is a subject
the Americans require careful
instruction in before going up
against first line conditions.
Proclamation
This war will not be won until
every man, woman ana cmia in
the United States gets into the
fight. We have got to sacrifice
until it hurts and then some more.
We have got to make the win
ning of this war our personal
business and quit trying to shove
it off onto the other fellow. We
who cannot fight in the trenches
must fight at home. We have
got to quit thinking about how
much we can make out of the
war and devote our time to figur
ing how much we can give up in
order to win Win we must
Buy no unnecessary articles,
practice the strictest economy
Unnecessary buying means that
you are competing with the gov
ernment for labor and material
Invest your savings in War
Savings Stamps.
The President of the United
States has called on the people of
the nation to indicate their self
denial by pledging themselves on
June 28th to purchase War Sav
ings Stamps for the remainder of
the year.
Oregon is asked to buy $17.
500,000 of these stamps. Morrow
county has not failed yet and
ought not to fail in this.
In order that the citizens of
this city may not fall behind oth
er communities in responding to
the call, I hereby proclaim Fri
day, June 28, a3 War Savings
Day for the City of Heppner,
upon which day all persons shall
give their pledges for the War
Savings Stamps at such time and
places and in such manner as
may be appointed by C. S. Jack
son, the war savings director for
Oregon, acting under authority
of the Secretary of the Treasury,
and pursuant to the proclamation
of the President of the United
States.
Given under my hand and seal
this 10th day of June, 1818.
W. W. Smead, Mayor.
WILL RE-EXAMINE
FORTY-SEVEN HEW MEN
Forty-seven Morrow county
boys who have reached their am
jority since June 5, 1917, have
registered with the local regis
tration board within the past
week and are now subject to
military service barring disqual
ification by the physical tests.
Names and addresses follow:
Heppner Kenneth K. Maho
ney, Fred Bradford, Wilbur
Browning, James G. Cowins,
Arthur Henry Smith, William M.
Kirk, Wm. L Copeohaven, John
W. Krebs. Thomas Jackson
Sprinkle, Aloys H. May, Robert
Emmett Hughes, Peter Joseph
McEntire, J. Spencer Crawford,
Earl W. Gordon, Thomas A
Hughes, Lynn Rufus Hale. 10.
Lexington Walter I r v i n
Meade, Hobart Jackson Johnson,
William Allen Duran. James Fall
Bridges, Arnold Grover Pieper,
Ola Crage McCormick, Luther
Ashinhust. 7.
lone Lee Land, Warren Henry
Stander, Everett LeNoyne Zink,
James Leroy Howell, Jess Agee,
Roy Edmund Ball, Philip Jack
son. Charles Elmer Cochran.
Harold Warren Dobyns, Victor
Reitmann, Oscar G. Bergs trom,
Bernal Roland Bowley. V2. j
HardmaD Claire Frederick
Ashbaugb, Archie L. Salirg,
Isaac Nelson Knighton. 3.
Eightmile Ruben Anderson,
Ray Young. 2.
Echo Leslie Mills, Tom Moll
ahon. 2.
Lena Nelson James Taylor.
Morgan Forest Edmonds
Irrigon Walter Wyla'nd Cald
well. Milwaukee Conrad Nathaniel
Sandstrom.
Providence, R. I. Albert Au
gustus Wilbur.
ISTRATl
Wedded Near Parkers Mill
Hardman Boy Drowns in Texas
A telegram received by A. Z
Barnard Monday morning from
San Antonio, Texas, announced
the accidental death by drown,
ing of his half brother, Arthur
Chapel, at a training camp near
that city. The drowning occured
Sunday, but no details were giv
en. The young man was a son
of Heory Chapel, of Hardman.
He entered the army last fall and
has been stationed at different
training camps in Texas since
that time.
The body is being brougbthere
for burial and upon lt arrival
the funeral will be held at Hard,
nan.
Aquiet wedding was solemnized
near Parkers Mill Monday, June
3.1918, when Miss Annie Mur
phy, of Steubenville, Ohio, be
came the bride of Mr. William
Hill, of this county. Father P.
J. O' Rourke, of this city, spoke
the words which made two hearts
throb as one and Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Buckrum and her son Ed
win, of this city, who were pre
sent as guests, acted as attend
ants during the ceremony.
The wedding was the culmina
tion of a romance which begao
several years ago in Montana
where the young people met and
became acquainted. Later, how
ever, they left that state. Miss
Murphy returning to her home!
at Steubenville and Mr. Hill com
ing to Morrow county. Corre
spoodence, however, kept the
mutual admiration alive until
that little rascal, Cupid, always
alert for such an opening, got io
bis work with the result as above
slated. Following the ceremony
the wedding party partook sf a
sumpnos dinner at the Paiktr
Mill hotel.
Mr. Hill is In the government
U. S. Appraising R, R. Lands
John E. Aitcheson.of Portland,
who is in the employ of the U. S.
government, was here during
the week looking up and apprais
ing all real estate in the county
belonging to railroad companies.
The government, it appears, is
gathering a mass of information
regarding the actual assets of the
railroad companies and should
the complete nationalization of
the railroads seem desirable at
the end of the war the govern
ment will ho in a position to act
intelligently in tin; matter.
Instructions have been receiv
ed from military department of
the Oregon Adjutant General's
office by the Local Exemption
board and the Legal Advisory
Board to proceed at once with a
careful examination of the ques
tinnaires and records of all men
formerly placed in Class 2, A and
B; Class 3, ABandC; Class 4, A
The Provost Marshal General
advises that thousands of regis
trants are now in Class 4 who
should be in class 2 or class 1
Government appeal agents must
present all the fads ascertained
to the local board for the pur
pose of obtain' ng quick action
and they are directed to appeal
every case where the re classifi
cation is not convincingly cor.
rect.
According to the instruction
circular sent out the information
is given that in this state "there
are a few Boards which show a
gross Class 1 percentage above
15 per cent but below 20 per cent,
and quitT a number of Boards
which show a gross Class 1 per
centage above 20 per cent but
below 28 seven-tenths percent."
The inlerence is thai the latter
per centage is what was expect
ed of Class 1 men f roiii the gross
registration. It is of interest to
Morrow county people to know
that the Morrow county board
shows a gross per centage of 2B
and three-tenths per cent.
The circular of instructions
makes an urgent demand for the
utmost expedition in beginning
and carrying through this work,
and closes by saying: "There
has been no time in the history
of the nation when as much de
pended upon the energetic and
intelligent completion of duties
assigned to individuals."
Crops Not Badly Damaged Yet
. According to County Agent
Brown who made a trip through
the lower San d Hollow. Lexing
ton, lone, Gooseberry and Eight
mile sections Tuesday on his re
turn from Pendleton and as a re
stlt of his observations gave the
Herald the opinion that so far the
wheat crop in Morrow county
was not materially injured at
that time and that a good rain
within five days from that date,
or by next Sunday, will assure a
good crop. While some spots in
many fields observed are burned
they are almost always shallow
soil spots which are expected to
burn almost every year. Many
fields observed, Mr. Brown says,
will make a fair crop without a
drop more rain but with out rain
and particually if the hot weather
continues and should be accom
panied by hot east winds the
bulk of the crop will be ruined.
T
Good Times in Grant County
Harry McKaey, who is engag
ed in the stock business in Grant
county near Hitter, was in town
on business Tuesday. Mr. Mc
Kaey reports times good in
Grant county in both the stock
and mining sections. The pro
duction of chrome ore is a big
business thero this summer,
some mines turning out ore to
the value of $UM) per day for
each man employed. Mr. Mc
Kaey served four years in the
navy some time ago and he is
rather anxious for the govern
ment to raise the draft age to 40
years so that he will have to go
and he declares that if trouble
should develop between this
country and Mexico he will go
anyway.
E HARVEST
WAGE SCALE FIXED
County Agent Brown and a
number of wheat growers of the
county returned from Pendleton
Tuesday after attending the har
vest wage conference held in
that city.
Mr. Brown reports that a ten
tative wage scale of from 13 to
$9 was fixed as a basis for har
vest wages. Driving two-horse
header boxes on level ground
will be considered in the $3 class,
while four. horse drivers will be
rated as $4 men. Loaders and
tackers are rated at $4 and sep
arator tenders at $8.
These prices however, Mr.
Brown points out, are only ten
tative and are not to be consid.
ered as either the maximum or
the minimum harvest wage, but
will be varied to suit individual
needs and conditions. Mr. Brown
is of the opinion that the scale, as
fixed, represents an advance of
about 15 per cent over last sea-
sou's average.
Two labor delegates from Gil
liam county were present at the
conference but all other wheat
growing counties were without
labor representatives,
Mr. Brown reports that crops
on the lighter lands in Umatilla
county are very badly damaged
from the hot, dry weather, par-
ticulai lyaround Pilot Rock, where
they are practically ruined.
Will Ship Sheep to Idaho
John Kilkenny, the prominent
sheepman of lliiiton creek, fin
ished shearing Monday and says
that his real troubles are just
I now commencing gelling his
sheep to the summer range. Un
able to secure range for all of
his bands in the Oregon n serves
Mr. Kilkenny was obliged lo
lease range in north Idaho and
will ship three bands there at
once. The sheep will bo shipped
lo Stites, Idaho, and driven from
I here back to the mouutain range.
Royal Arch Team Visits Condon
Under a special dispensation
from the (J rand Master the de
gree team of the Royal Arch De
gree chapter went to Condon
Saturday to confer the degree on
a number of candidates in thai
city. The party consisted of
Frank Gilliam, O-scar Borg, C. K.
Woodson. W. P, Mahoney, Win
Itarratt, George I'urrin. Tom
lirennan ami lit- Gil hens. They
returned Sunday ami toport hav.
ing had a splendid trip The
wheal fields along the Way were
somewhat mixed, some good.
some medium uud some not very
promising.
Girls' Conference a Success.
Girls of the teen age who held
a conference hare last week
which continued over Friday,
I Saturday and Sunday, report a
most successful meeting A
number of visiting girls from
Moro.The Dalles and other points
were present and were enter
tained by the Heppner girls with
a banquet at the Federated
church Friday evening, and with
oilier forms of entertainment
The visitors were also entertain
ed during their visit, in a number
of hospitable 1 1 J it 1 1 1 hollies.
The visitors left Monday morn
ing on the I rain.
Obituary !
Mrs. Nora Page died suddenly;
at her home near Monument
Draftees Leave on the 25th
Luther Huston, who lot hi
home in the recent fire is not go
ing to he sea red out of that neigh
borhood by a little thing like a
J A Waters received a tele-1 and to show his faith ,,, that
Vic i roshens, who has charge
of lb,, inch work on the new
county grade being made on the
Koch crcel hill. was in town Sun
d.iy after supplies, lie reports
the work going ahead satisfac
torily and says il u perhaps the
hot lest place in Morrow county.
The wolk is on the side of an al
most pet pend icill.l r rock bill IT
witli no shade any w here within
b Kvcn I he camp tents are
about midnight Yc.inesm.y, .way ( M m ux.ay .,w,.,, - - , (,V(.
2. She was born in Fratnling-1 draft contingent will leave June' " y "'" r ' ' ,v . llMIH ,,,,,,
ham. England, on Apr,.,.. 17.. 'Kth instead of on the 24th, .s .. J-; u; 1 U ham, ..f . .
.daughter of Mr- and Mrs ('has, previously announced- IJjM "r . h. ... ...
Capon. In 18'J she married Wm. ,.... ..i., ;u ....... ,i...:,ui,i.. oualnv of sining steel.
1 I" "'I ' jl ' J ' 1 " 1 "
State Police Captain Hen
Capt Williams, in charge of the
State Police for Eastern Oregon,
inspected the Homeguards last
evening and was highly pleased
with their work. He will have
50 men east of The Dalles, with
hondmiarters at Pendleton, to
page, who died at iM-y, Eng.. tigmn uraoe tiams. mis HBB
in 18'Ji. In 1KD7 Mra. Page, with -rie hth grade examination
her children, came to .Monument, i ux h,,(i this4 wCC(i the work
where a sister. Mrs. II. A. up- being in charge of Mrs. Blanche
per had been living for some VYatkins, teacher in the primary
years. .I.yartment.
Mrs. Page leaves four children, ',
Fred M. Fay and Mrs. Margaret! Last Sunday was the tln.t real
Klder live at Monument, and Mrs. ; scorcher" of the season and the
May Gribble who lives at Oregon! heat was rather more than most
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Black
man, former pioneer residctilsof
Heppner, now living in San Fran
Cisco, arrived Sunday evening
and are the guests of their rela
tive, Mr and Mrs Phil Culm.
fur IWO or thrte weeks, Thev
huve a host of friend m Moi ion
Foreit Service and bit duties I riiv cM ; u survived bv of us cared 'or. Considerable I county who are always gnet to
omI I Uepn him In the mountians .,-.. i ,,..1,..,., ,.f ! live mi net v was feared for the wheat ! ureet ihem on 1 hen mm mil horn.
lien McMull.ni left Thursday
for tin! high mountains in Grant
county where he will spend tin)
summer looking after the spirit.
II il welfare nf K baud of John K'll
Uenny's sheep, Mrs. McMullell
w il aecomp.iuv her husband mi
the I lip and Ibi')' expect lospcnd
a pleasant Kuminer in tli" high
.I'liludes tthete he-cold Water,
honeymoon will be spent.
Cakt Salt
Ladies of St. Patrick's parish
will hold a cake tale at Humph
and property
the different counties, and will
call on the Homeguards for as
sistance when necessary Sixty
men were present at drill last
evtning.
during the summer where the in Krglttn(, an ,.. Ml, .((tm crop b,.l tho wind being from coming." for the 111.,. Kmans g.o. ,,.,,,, , , ,.,., . .,.,
.... ' ... ! . I I. I 1 I... i lit. ul. i. lit. tl I lfi:t I MMt'lill
Canron and a sister Mrs. . A. 'he west it did noi oamage veg .m v i , "
T''J. , M., m the'in 1 1. poncr and amoeg e,, -r . . I,e, r psl ell, e and tie,
l lipper, live in .iloieiMM in. , ..
Mrs. Page had been a member ' northeast generally does. Mny( pie.
of the Lp'iMcopal ih'in h since ' I leppnerites drove to H.h tnoun j
childhood. She wa4 respected ' Ums duting the day and souKht WAN I LD At ui t-
.oken of bv all the relief from lh lorrunty in un- c.m.m ann no e,,.-.... -. ..
h.i''e besidij some ice ('"i ranch for Iniiiiy ! i- ?i
p-r day. board ate' t n I'hone
... 1 1 . .
The fu-cral ncmcm were con-, "
J.i J th. I i. il,,, IV. ..I, i lei-;. I c li in the ii.citdow brook all " ' "
.n Ann! .( M,,i,n.uht I.V F. A. d.l V ll I dlsllCt! ftll llliftl t I ' t W I
Andrews, minister of the lep. ei Mdl July i. i"J
r.r Christian rhiirch. IVoutseu.
rev's drug store Saturday, June and well fj
nf life l Don't fortret lbs time. Klsce community, wnose
IW (.,vt..v - --- - - . , . - i i- I.. ',..t.l ...l.m ki.rinir
cattpred amontt snd excellent tbaoce to secure , ko' oui io im- iti- -
sympathy 'oohng
one of the finest cakes ever baked
or your Sunday dinner.
We Produce Printing that Pleases
at the Herald Shop
Kent ill I htl h,ld Jul)' I'h. T.lh
F.njoy ' cl (pth Hi PatUi rS Mill lie
ijs I i-otiiforUbln s. wi II.m patriotic.
j 1 1 i ti I w ill he. p tin ill posted on
jail the i... As i,f Mining' county
'I'll lllg I lie Ml 1 1 , llier,
I Ail Ibli'lel son, 1,1 I 'i luces
and l.osstid corsets, leguUily
p. i. i d at II "l to I'HUI,
; no on oale at greatly reduced
pi ins Fall, mil make your se
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