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VOLUME 5
HEPPNER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918
NUMBER 12
Contributors to the Relief Fund)
The following 1b the list cf sub
scribers to the fund for the relief
of the Heppner fire sufferers. The
total amount raised was $2454.00,
and we are Informed by the commit
tee In charge that the entire amount
has been disbursed. Eight parties
received the sura of $200, five the
sum of $100 and seven the sum of
$50. The list of those receiving aid
is in the hands of the committee, and
anyone interested can see the same,
but owning to the fact that a number
of those accepting aid desire no pub
licity, the committee have decided to
withhold the names of all those re
ceiving aid.
In justice to the committee in
charge it is only due them to say
that they did the best they could to
hand out the aid where it was need
ed, and if there were any who should
have been helped, the cases did not
come to their attention. The list of
donors isas followa:
FlrBt National Bank, $200; J. W.
Beymer, $50; Farmers & Stockgrow
ers Bank, $100; S. W. Spencer, $25;
W. B. Barratt, $100; Mrs. W. B.'
Barratt, $10; Geo J. Currln, $25;
Andy Rood, Sr., $60; M. D. Clark,
$25; A. D. McMurdo, $50; PatUraon
fc Son, $25; John Kilkenny, $50;
Victor Wlglesworth, $10; A. L. Cor
nett, $10; Paul Webb, $50, Vaughn
& Sons, $25; Guy Boyer, $10; K. A.
Brown, $5; Gurdane & Sou, $25;
W. C. Cason, $3; Farmers Elevator
Co., $25; W. G. McCarty, $5; Joe
Hayes, $100; Emmet Cochran, $25;
F. Gunster, $10; Wm. Wilson, $5,
J. E. Maxwell, $5; Hoy V. Whiteig,
$5; Morrow County Creamery, $5;
W. C. Cox, $2; Wm. Haylor, $5; J.
M. Hayes, $10; Hall & Ager, $10;
Miles Martin, $20; Clarence Scrivner,
$5; W. T. Mcltoborts, $5; Henry
Schwartz, $5; S. P. Hunnawalt, $2;
Vaughn & Butler, $10; W. R. Irwin,
$25; Bruce Kelley, $25; J. C. Kirk,
$20; Mr. Reed, $2.50; W. A. Hayes,
$5; Henry Scherzlngor, $5; Thom
son Bros., $50; Martin Held, $20;
Jeff N'eal, $5; John Her, $2; H.
Tash, $1; J. H. Frad, $5; Welh
Bros, $5; Cash, $15; K. F. Wiglci
worth, $50; Pat Healy. $10; V. A.
RlchardBon, $5; N. E. Wlunard, $5');
Thos. Urennan, $5; Mrs. Mciu:e,
$100; H. C. Glthens, $10; H. C. Ash
baugh, $5; Matlock & Gentry, $50;
Peoples Hardware Co., $25; Elmer
Btaman, $10; F. M. Bayless, $10;
H. Yokum, $1; J. D. Moyer, $1; E.
L. Chlm, $5; Mrs. Luper, $5; E. G
Noble, $25; Henry Blacknian, $10;
Mrs. Blacknian, $10; W. S. Thomp
on, $5; Leo Jinn, $5; D. E. Gil
man, $50; U. F. Doherty, $5; J. A.
Waters, $10; Morrow County, $200;
E. M. Shutt, $11 ; Andrew Keaney.
$25; A. Z. Barnard, $5; Austin
Dovln, $5; Charley Jones, $5; Vtt
French, $10; Phlll Colin, $50; Mrs.
('ohn, $50; O. E. FarnKWorth. $10:
Robt. Allstntt. $5; J. P. Williams.
$2.60; T. J. Humphrey!. $25; 8. E.
Notion, $10; Dell Ward. $10; An
drew Rood, Jr., $100; H. E. Storm.
$5; W. O. Dayles. $10; Malcolm
Church. $2; M. S. Corrluall, $100
Total, $2454.00.
lU-turn From IItrn Trl.
F. A. MrMonamln, Pat Ward and
John MrNamoa, have returned from
an extended buMnom trip through
Michigan and Wisconsin where they
went to look over the rourre of
that country from the itwkman'n
itandpolnt. While their plana are
n ..l yet sufficiently devulopcij to make
any public announcement they found
lot of rood country and were en
erally oll pleaned with tlii-lr trip
Mr, McNamee alio vllt"d bin father
ad other relative, at I l old home at
Iiekalb, IllnoU. He ityi the rrp
all thrnuih the MlnM-Mwd valley and
tlie middle wet are marvolou tx-lrig
prl.apt the riro,t ovor knon In
t!.t prolific K-rtlon.
Glenn Jone. one of t'nrle Sm'i
bp lookine klo, arrUn v )i,ur
vet (ik f 't;i Mum Inland on a Jo.
day furlouih during mMrh ho will
aUt In liiritlr,g the tig liat
crop on the Jonet ra'h en Rhea
creek.
Notice to Herald Subscribers
Persons in the lone, Morgan
and Cecil country who wish to
settle their subscription accounts
with the Heppner Herald may do
so by calling at the Independent
office which is now the lone
office of the Herald, where such
payments will bo promptly cred
ited and receipted for. ' Our sub
scription accounts is allwe had
left after the fire and we will ap
preciate early settlement of same.
S. A. PATTISON.
Leaves Nature Beauties to Suing
Scythe.
J. H. Gemmell, an old resident of
Morrow county, who has recently cast
his lot with the Tumalo irrigation
project near Bend, came in Tuesday
evening to assist his son with his har
vest. The Gemmell ranch smith of
town was in the path of the heavy
storm last week and a lot of fine
wheat was knocked -down by the
wind and heavy rain to such an ex
tent that the combine cannot success
fully harvest it. Mr. Gemmell, the
elder, who, in his youth learned to
swing the scythe among the banks
and braes of bonny Scotland, pro
poses to save that portion of the crop
by the old fashioned, "armstrong"
method, two dollar wheat being a
commodity not to be sneezed at in
these war times.
Mr. Gemmell has a fine tract of
land in the Tumalo project end he
says It is one of the finest and rich
est spost In Oregon. Properly handl
ed under irrigation tho Boll is won
derfully productive and the people
are prosperous and happy. Mr. Gem
mell gives a vivid description of the
beautiful scenic view from his place
and regrets that he is not able to re
produce on canvass the grandeur of
the snow-capped peaks, the majestic
pines and the sparkling streams
which delight his eye each day.
Ben McMullan, who left Heppner
with the contingent of uly 6th, left
Portland Tuesday morning for Camp
McDowell, California.
In tho list of new subscribers and
renewals published last week the
iame of Tom Lowe, Cecil's good
looking and efficient postmaster, was
Inadvertently omitted. Mr. Lowe was
one of the first to come through with
a subscript ion remittance after the
lire i.nd while the coming was good
pegged hip credit up to September 1,
1921. A good sport and n0 slacker
Is Tom Lowe,
T. J. Merrill, former principal of
the Heppner schools, now cattle and
wheat ranching In the Hardman
country, was In town Wednesday
grunting his many friends and saying
nice things to them. Mr. Merrill is a
live wire right down thel Ine and con
tinues to keep In touch with educa
tlonal matters as a member of the
school board In Ills district.
Alonzo T. Merrlll.o f Monument,
was In Heppner Wednesday evening
and left for Portland Thursday morn
Inr; where he has enlisted In the mer
'br...t marine branch of the American
nn-v. He expected to be sent to So
ittle where he may soon become a
part of the Pacific fleet service which
may bo nectary to take rare of the
innounred campaign of American
ind Japancx troops n Siberia and
llUHHla.
CECIL ITIMS
John Ewirif t ime In from Tort
land Sunday sml will spend hi
vacation helpin Jack Hynd put
up his second crnpof alfalfa hay.
lilies A. ( Hynd and M. H.
Lowe visittd with Mra, Henrik.
Sunday.
Onfar Lund!!, of the Willows,
was Ocil caller Sunday.
We Urvlemtand there wm a
treat 3mI ol damage done to the
alfalfa and wheat crops ,y the
torm which red ovtr Cecil
Monday. J. . Mi;r retorts
his ai a total Km. J. ('rabtree,
partial Ion. W. 0. r,!m.tfer!
total Ion. Between tr.(i0 ar.d
J 10.000 of crops was totally de
stroyed and several buildings had
their roofs removed on Walter
Winslow's and Henry Vander
vort's place near lone which is
rented by H. A. Edmonds, some
where near 600 acres was in
whuat and all ready to harvest.
Mr. Winnlow estimates that the
crop would have yielded 30 bush
els to the acre.
Cecil Ahalt, who has been
spending a few days in Portland,
returned Tuesday and is now
working on the Minor ranch with
the second crop of alfalfa.
Jean Fairhurst and S. M. Mor
gan were business callers in Ce
cil Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and
Mrs. Bearis and son, of Wasco,
were Cecil visitors Tuesday on
their way to Boardman. Mr
Johnson reports Rood wheat crops
in snerman county this year.
Mrs. Hannah Ahalt returned
from Sherwood Wednesday to
visit with her friends in and
around Cecil.
Peter Bauernfiend. left Cecil
for the McDuffy Springs Thurs
day.
Dock Yak and his 348 from
lone, accompanied bv Rov SLend-
er, passed through Cecil Sunday.
Ed Melton, who ia still work.
ing in lone, spent the week end
with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Nash.
Charles Russia, of Toluma
county, Cal., came in on Monday
to spend the summer with his
uncle, Walter Pope.
J. J. Mclntire waa a visitor in
lone Monday and witnessed the
storm there.
Miss Ruth May left MooJay
for Wasco.
Olaf Johnson, of Morgan, was
down Willow Creek as far as Ce
cil looking for a water tank
which had washed away during
the storm.
Fred and George Ely and J. E.
Surensen were down Willow Fri
day hunting Olaf Johnson, who
had missed the train at the Junc
tion and got loston his way home.
Mrs. Ben Barnes visited wiOi
Mrs. A. E. Nacb Thursday.
Geo. MeDufi'y was visitinir in
and around Cecil Friday, finding
tverything O. K.
Geo. Miller and son were do
ing business in Arlington Friday.
J. II. Franklin and Miss Violet
Hynd returned to Butterby Flats
Friday from Pendleton.
Geo. W. Wilson of Butterby
Flats was a Heppner visitor Fri
day.
S. M. Morgan, Mm. H. Aha't.
Mr. and Mrs. l!od Loaan and
family left for Toppenish by car
Saturday.
Jack Hynd, Mrs. T. II. I)we
and Master Ja -kie Hynd autoed
to Sand Hullo Saturday, re
turning Sunday.
Mrs. Bennett arH MiH rjeorg'a
Summers vii:. 'l with Mrs ti n
Barnes Satur :y.
A ruaior wss rurent eitfrJry
that Gern-.any hal ma le a'o'.b'.r
petee proposition to the allier,
this time tbreusa Spain. If the
rjnor is crrct it is likely rimi
lar to h r farmer peace propose!
all In favor of Grrmsny. The
feet is there will be no peare un
til Ormnny leys down and takes
what is Cuming toe.tr.
ENDS ONE NOISE OF CITIES
Invention of Philadelphia Man Does
Away With Racket When Cars
Cross Intersection.
The problem of suppressing the
noise and shock of the street car In
passing over nn Intersection bus been
uttneked lu a novel milliner by n Phil
adelphia Inventor, Snmuel It. Meeker,
who accomplishes the object without
the use of any of the moving and In
terlocking parts which characterize
most of the Inventions for this pur
pose, and without making nny great
changes In the design of the crossing
Itself. The latter Is constructed In
one piece or unit, and nt u point slight
ly In advance of the Intersection of the
mil sections.
Each rail section Is formed with the
face of the rail cut nway In an Incline
which allows the weight of the vehicle
to pass from the base of tho wheel to
the flange on which It continues for a
few feet, until tho wheels have passed
entirely over the Intersection, when the
weight of the car again passes to the
base of the wheel. This change Is so
gradually accomplished that It Is not
noticeable to the passengers and the
car passes over the crossing without
Jolt or noise. The latter Is a matter
of great Importance to persons living
In the vicinity of such Intersections,
for the pounding of the cars over them
tit night comprises a serious unnoy-ance.
America's First Steel Ralls.
In lSffii, us an experiment, the North
Chicago Itolllng Mill company manu
factured six Bessemer steel rails from
steel produced at Wyandotte, Mich.
They were the first mude In America,
the modest beginning of a great In
dustry. A New York mill, using ma
terial turned out at Troy, made fur
ther experiments, and In JSCJ the
Cambria company begun to roll Bes
semer steel rails ns u regular business,
says an exchange. The first rails of
this type were made and used In Eng
land. They were Introduced Into
America by the Pennsylvania railroad,
which, In 1 S.-.ri. Imported and put Into
service KkJ tons of steel rails. The
price paid was J?lfiO gold per ton.
equivalent In Civil war times to $'JO!i
In American currency. These rails
were made of crucible slecl and con
tained n lilh percentage of carbon,
rendering tle-m brittle. For this ren
con many hrol.o during the n xt win
ter; lint despite this fact th" rnll.vr)
company placed orders for large ijmin
tltles In Client Britain, paying from
t?.o to I KZU) KM j,r tn.
Conserve Surplus Food.
laereasci! .!i.ntlijj of vegetnliles tl.ls
Tear almost certainly will in, an an Im
precedei,. d jl, , ,,f n kn,lM f f,.,,.,!,
vegetables.
This will mean plentiful supplies for
rummer t.-bleH and n liir-e surplus.
TU:( Htirpli; ;, to u-eCul to Anier
leri, Inn t be ( on:.-: veiI,
It imi't be i iiiin. il, dried, bllned or
stored In lb" homen of America.
1'"' ceincrved food meant that the
home will be more nearly elf sustain
li.g iind that the burden on transporta
tion Will be lightened.
Woiin n who have never cniioeil
should i:ov l.:.r:i how; women who
know bow ihoii d prepar" to do inoie.
fulled .''ires I ii pi rtit-nt of Agrl-
Package Ccodt Expntive.
That pad; age gomls lire inore expel.
Mve than goods bought In bulk lc
fhown III ii chart of ci.mpari.Hw' food
Values recently pn),p.,. - . ,-.,-.
idiouH that canoed pencil, s co t ihrei
tliiK'i hi much as dried penihei, mi.!
tlie food value In calorie Ik three
time grenter In the dried than In th"
c-ihiied variety. faun.. I p.,rl. and
I. I h Cist iiliollt tube in In i I per
unit of food mine n dr. d Iimih, "1 lie
canned g..(,i nn ready f .r Inon. illnle
tr- n ml tin. dried r. j .j If .re ,n,Mi,n,
but to .i M,,, .re-!. . re.,. bo;
the cost of Ihliig th, u,. fuel ttr.f worth
Uiilntf Into oimldfrullou.
Not Daegerou.
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Wert With nny lp,- l ,. j
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Up Con dd. nihil, fourii
CUPID NOT IN THIS DEAL
One Case of Courtship That Was Con
ducted Along the Strictest of
Business Lines.
Everything ,wus strictly business
with August Rlnnick. A sign on his
desk said : "This is my busy day," and
a sign above his desk said: "There art)
a quarter of a million words In tho
English language. Be brief."
He regarded his ollice force merely
as muchines of varying degrees of ef
ficiency, and it was therefore several
months before he realized the luscious
physiognomy and many virtues of Miss
Perch, his stenographer.
But, with August ltiunick, to think
was to act, and, the very afternoon on
which he tlnally realized, he summoned
Miss Perch Into his ollice.
"Miss Perch," he said, "take a let
ter." And he dictated as follows:
"My dear Miss Terch : It has lately
come to my attention that you are a
young woman of exceptional iuchtl em
bellishments, mental endowment t,a;l
moral elllclency. The limited time ui
my command will not penult me many
details, but I may mention that slnco
you have been In my employ I have
never yet seen you masticating chlda
commonly known us gum or apply
ing powder to your nose (an organ
whose extreme delicacy of contour unit
pleasing abbreviation much impressed
me). In short, my dear Miss Perch, the
Idea has come to me to endeavor to In
duce you to have your surname legally
changed to ltiunick in brief, to be
come my wife. I will cheerfully give
you n day to think this matter over,
and shall be pleased to bear from you
at your leisure. Very trnly, A. Kinnlck."
In the next day's mall he received
the following reply: "Mr. August Iiln
lilck: Hear Sir: In reply to yours of
the 30th Inst., would say that I am oth
erwise engaged. Very truly, Therly
Perch." Exchange.
QUAINT OLD INDIAN COINS
8o Adulterated That They Were Not
Even Accepted In England aa
Value In Metal.
In IflflS the Independent state of Hy
derabad, lmiiu, obtained u modern mint
and called In the coins that had been
current up till that time. The old mint
of Hyderabad was little more than a
eoppersmllirs shop in which scrap cop
per of all sorts was melted up, ham
mered into plates, cut up Into very
rough approximations of one tola In
weight, and slumped between dies, one
of which was In the anvil and the oth
er In a toll held ii, tongs, a blow from
a sledge hammer made the Impression.
There was no regularity In shape,
weight or stumping, nor was the metal
unltorm in (juullty.
The mint could not furnish supplier
fust enough, and licenses were Issued
to coppersmiths to assist In production.
Naturally, the Kcleiitlllc American
slates, iionlheiiseil persons began to
liinnufnctiire, nml adulteration with
leud whs so flagrant that when several
ton of these coin were sent to Eng
land a old nietnl they wen- returned
on account of (.r Impurity n W1.r
tlnally Worked up Into bran f,,r local
consumption. A "dub," If held In the
fliiini' of a spirit lamp, would before It
reached fei heat m-iI to dlsehnrgll
very line Jet resembling mercury; the
lend. Inning reached It fusing point,
burst from th pp. r with a force u.
diluting a very high Internal pressure.
Cuard Your Breath.
"A man' breath," day popular Hrt.
eiee Monthly, ", open ii betrayer of
Secret. II,,. I, ,y 1V), I,,.,.,, ,)tjt ),,,
sitting up v h a ch-li friend, but
I Win II bo reach. hi. mi. ,ls loving wife
I at once open up her buttery of re-
pronche.
"Now rorno the new that two In
ventor In ),.. ,,i. Ark., liny.. Jolnt
I ly Invent. I n l.r. i.th g-mr-l of n in-w
patli rn. It Is M.ld to be i lli. lent, tint
hot In th nniiiie r yon wer il, Inking
, of. It i, tended to protect i, nttN,
biirb.-r mid li.i-i Inn from tnlml
li.it th" rtn Ind. ii br. utli of their pn
! tletit or pnlroi,. H ronl of n
mull cimcd i.,i . of ui,,). plnn.d
ao to cover tho iioMrll and In l. In
poniiion tiy n spring clip grtpjitng th
t'lirtltlori wnll of tin. ti'.x. on th In
ld. Many d; ii urn rtireetiy com
i,imlciit... throuyli the li.hnlntlon of
tainted dir. mil n d.lo of tt,t kind
ahoiihl l,o a bono r. f.
f.lo who ro cnp. p ,. .y the iintur.i
lit their dutle. to t.o in , prmlitT
lty to Uiom whom tber aervn."
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