IONE NEWS (From the lone Independent.) A good sized crowd from lone funded the basket social and dance at Cecil Saturday night last. lone went over the top in the Liberty Loan drive by the time set, as did Morrow county. Good business. Walter Wheatman, the rancher north of town, is contemplating soon building a new residence on his ranch. Mr. Schriving of Walla Walla was in town this week looking after some old accounts due the TLdialum Lumber Co. At present the total enrollment in the lone school is only 120, of .which 30 are in the high school. The attendance is increasing daily. Have you gathered up all your cast-oif clothing and sent it to Red Cross headquarters? h'not, do so at once; the war stTert..., need it. M. F. Cotter went to Poitland Monday, driving ( down in his Reo. He will be gone for sev eral days on business and pleas ure bent. Fra..k 0. Burrell of Portland is ;.r- ' :w.' looking after the finish in., tou"ti':s r.einj put on the Farmers' , V. , dsvator, which was built by r.is coir puny. Frank Engelman wus transact ing business in Portland for sev eral days last week." During his absence R. N. Hymer look- daft-j cnis business interests he e. 0J.car Cochran is slowly v cov ering from the injuries he re reived in the auto accident near Pendleton some days ago, and is again attending to business. C. B. Sperry spent several days last week in Portland, returning Sunday. He reports a complete tie-up in the grain business there on account of the grain-handlers strike. Dr. McMurdo of Ileppner was called in last Sunday to prescribe for C. 'L. O'Neills 2-year-old boy who was taken alarmingly ill the day before. At this writing thc child is some better. The State Council of Defensi has requested the closing of ai. places of business Sundays arc between G p. m. and G a. m. on week days, except on Saturday when the closing hour will bi 'J p. m. Attoi-ney F. A. McMenamin o! Hepiii.r passed urough lone las' Saturday on hid way to the rural districts scouting for Liberty '.oan subscritirs. Needless to say th .t !iv? brought down Burnt big gam j. E. M. Shu't, EUtor Crawford of the Gazotte-Timen and County Agent Brown were a delegation of HeppneriU-s on their wasr to the Cecil Liberty Loan meeting Friday night last who took dinner at Hotel lone. Elmer Cochran. U. S. N. . sta tioned at Seattle, a on o.' Mr. and Mr. Orfcar Cochrun, is dome on a short furlough. Kli.-La Spn rv. another well known lm- U nd a "f Mr. R. C. Sperry, .. a h'li'.n.jte of KlmiT. iMh " : g n"ii af doiff well end jr.; di'lif . d with M-rvicc. Tuesday night and regaled the brethren with a fraternal talk. After adjournment a watermelon lovefeast w'as indulged in and a general good time had. Some of the best brood mares in Morrow county will be sold at the S. J. Ritchie sale next Saturday,- October 5. A number of valuable geldings, cattle, hogs, farm machinery and a large quantity of miscellaneous stuff will also be disposed of. - Miller, "the Regulator" will preside on the auction block and Judge Rob inson will take the money and paper. R. S. Bradley, who ranches in the Eight Mile neighborhood, was in town Friday having repairs to machinery made. Mr. Bracley tol i an Independent reporter that he alone nad harvested a 200 acre crop of wheat with a one man combine and .that it done cleaner work than any other har vester he had yet seen. He thinks this machine will do much to ?u'"p the farm labor problem. Ti. E. Crawford of the Tuma Lumber Co., Walla Walla, been in lone this week in-;' up on the Jordan Sid- r cli : ing elevator, bui! by his com pany and which is ab..ut ready to be turned over in a finished state to the owners. The Tumalum Company has erected many build ings, both public srid private, in r.ii their work has the best of satis- '. '.is section i always give'n faction. Louis Marquard, a young farm er of German antecedents living near Lexington was arrested last Saturday by Corporal Cummings aid Private L. S. Brown of the i..i!it;ry police for seditious talk, and lodged in the Ileppner jail. We understand he was later taken to Portland by order of the Government authorities for ex amination, but what disposition of his case was made we have not been able to learn Ti IE LIBERTY LOAN MEETING l,avt lone turned out en mass last Thursday night to the Libeity Loan meeting at the Rink. Not only that, but thfy subscribed iberally and helped put Ione's iond quota over the top. IL M. Cummins presided and umounced that the exeicise? vould begin tv the Hirirn;' of "America" by th aud'cice. and b-.' grand old song vr.s given a:Ui a vim while pit remJ. -.Unuing. Miss ei.na Lngel- nan of lone followed with a to!o, "What arc You Going to Do i.i tk'.p the Boys," rendered in eh artistic manner, which cured forth much applavjo. Miss Thor- ey, a talented vocn'ist of IJepp ier, also favored the meeting A-ith a patriotic solo which vn well received. F. A. McMenamin w: sthen in-iioduf.-dan 1 made a stirring talk u hich ev l,e 1 round after round of r;!plaiM.'. The way he went ai.. i n-.itu v, r.u, i y cinziTiS who were i-ub-ic! iwii.g their rm ar-ly l';) dollar to t'i" Libeity Ijaii w as not s n .-, an.l we do not d '.bt l.'it tii. t iitutiy ears were i bun iii over I.U ea'i-i ! remarks. LU ii'er.ui.t ' J.- r, lat; of .he t'ar:ili..n Mh-m-'I Ri:h, Uncharged fro:. i . V- o.i ac cirir.t fif wound rec. i.ed in but t'. th.-n too'., the ;', hi d held i c c! h'' : ' '., of ll.e a-n:i- f ,r more than an hour w hi'., ii" rtcittd many per or ai r'-miie Dr. and ",een on a two v. ' t ' .iniericitn Lake. Seu'.ii". .'.'!... nu nd other points. Th-y n t in.ed om ydttvrrfay, after -...v'l'lir.jt -.eir ten in lh'? Univ. r- y (,f ireg.n at Eu.'ne. S. F. r.o"in..n. Grand C due- Jc, a pasant hp"aV-r v. hi in- jr of the i. O. O. F., repr sent-ij,. 4 fnoutl. hum., r into his r i in the Grand Master i.t Oregon, mHrlts to make tin m try enter ..let with the local lo-e last , uir.ir.K. ihcenn-s of tiie war hi an humor- I o is main;' r. y ,irj m-tly i.rdy the iiubt tii ie of t:.e J icture. Mr. EE? ON BUYING They arc not only a Good Investment but ihe Government will the money. Us? i a h t.'-v i t ' t ' : ,V-; . X V . y.yf V V.:l--,:;.V i--": , "v"r" " V :-r .' . . : .. -...'v . n - , ' "... y : fCU IIN0V7 tlie fate of the children cf iciffiuii end Northern France. Protect your ovi d :::dren from a like fate. Our sc-'dhr:, -z:.C.j to f jt? t for them - -o di'j for t: i - - ;:i?,kt the world a (it place for c:.Zi.. jn to itve itif If yo;; can't iiIit, support those who can. r ! 1 " 1 , K f:iy din".'. f 'III 1 zip You 1L.1H AO I. 'IT! ' ' jAii.icnc i ..-.. -..-a ...in : BO Tt i Your Banker V2i3 ' You slow This Spate Contribute! y the Ileppner llemld