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Volume 5
HEPPNER, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1918
Number 24
REALTY
A real estate deal of considera
ble magnitude was consumated this
week when Matt Hughes, the well
known stockman, closed a deal with
his father, John Hughes, for the
purchase of the latter's fine ranch
near Heppner. The place contains
176 5 acres and the price paid was
$50,000. The ranch includes aj
large amount of fine wheat land as ;
well as creek bottom, and pasturage j
a,nd is considered one of the finest
ranches in the county. Mr. I
Hughes' brother, Joe Hughes, will
operate the wheat farm end of the
business, while Matt will continue
to give his attention principally to '
the stock business. He will con
tinue to operate his 3500-ucre
stock ranch on Rock creek where
he is now running 350 head of cat
tle ar; well as a band of s;;ieo:.
Mr. Hughes will move UIu family
from the Kock cree'K ranch to his
recent purchr.se within a couple of
weeks.
Jacob i-V.itl of lUis city La.; s&M
his -ISC'-acio wheat ranch on J:ii.ck
lior.3 io O. ;:. and Yii::a: ooU lev
a ccrk'.oratuJi; of ?21,000. The
Seatc brolho: a ac veil, U-iewu favn.
evs of tliat section- and have no
doubt made a r-plendid buy. Mr.
Frad leceived an initial payment of
$1000 to bind the bargain pending
the examination of abstracts, etc.,
and the sum was immediately invest
ed in a block of Morrow county's
quota of the Fo;.rth Liberty Loan.
An additir.a! payment of $5,000,00
which he will 'receive when the deal
is closed will go into the same flood,
safe invrtAment.
:r. Frad spyr
might get more interest for his mon
ey if inverted in other ;.oe-:.Hicx,l:i'.t
th.'.t Liberty Lor.d.3 are good enough
so long a: Uncle Sam need:; the
mone;'.
Roy V. Whlteis, Heppner's well
known realty broker, reports the
sale of the V. C. Lacey ranch at
the head of Dlackhorse toD. M. Hul
den and Dr. Brurer of Portland.
The place contains 665 acres and the'
consideration was $28,250. Messrs.
Hulden and Brurer are the same
parties who recently purchased the
Dan Hanshcw ranch on Elackhorse.
Mr. Whlteis la expecting a client
to arrive in a few days who Is In the
market for a good, big stock
ranch.
OREGON FUEL NEWS.
Fred J. Holmes, Siate Fuel Ad
ministrator, advises that notices
which have been sent ut to Oie
gou gasoline und coal oil dealers
forbidding the sale of oil between
6 p. m. and 6 a. in. did not come
from Ids office. "Until such orders
ure lucuoo," says .r. Holmes, "deal
ers ore tree to do as they choose In
the matter."
"It is not known who Is responsi
ble for these notices," continues
Mr. Holmes. "In some caws they
seem to be purely local. In other
cases dealers for one company re
ceive notices while others do nt."
To liu'ct the coal idiorUge Fuel
Administrator Gar!! -11 has ord'-icd
an Incri MSf of Ifi p'-r c.-rt from
nil bituminous mlm-i and fi 1-" r
ci r:t from the an'liracite min-'S nvrr
Lint y'-r'e p!od:i"f ion.
ADVANCED OPTICAL
KNOWLEDGE.
used in conjunction with
the best scientific imtru
menti and many yer'
practical experience, as
sure you perfect glasses,
ease and comfort
OSCAR BORG
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
HEPPNER, OREGON
TEXAS FLYER DOWNS
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First Lieut. Edmund G. Chamber
lain, Marine corps aviator, wlio was
recommended for the Victoria Cross
and 1 lie Congressional Medal of Honor,
the highest awards of two nations, for
downing seven German planes while
on n visit flight with a Krltish air
squadron. He dispersed u company
of Huns with n machine gun while
landing, took one prisoner and car
ried back u wounded French officer.
Chamberlain luiils from San Antonio,
Tex., and is a graduate of Princeton
and Texas universities.
POSTAGE C? LABOR
A careful LUrv;y of t'.'.i
situation c.iricJ eve in
counties c'f the :.tr.U oU
owing intercr.tin'5 fr.tir a
'.ii
::tv
t"
ive
- the f :!:
I has hi 1',
cd to bring to the attention of tii
draft boards and federal auhoriilet.
. the seriousness of the labor situa
tion from the farmers standpoint.
' The same situation is ako found in
the war industries.
I The 1918 crop was eceded and
! hai vested with little or no lots en
! account of labor shortage but me:);'
1 men who helped during the soupoi:
have already been called and practi
cally every county It- facing a reduc
tion In crop for the coming year un
less great care is used in making er
emptlons. The sheep men are suf
county on account of the experienc
ed herders bein? taken. Cattle men
and wheut farnrers in the larger
wheat belts are very little better off.
In other wort's farmers have been
I nble to g"t by under conditions of
the past jut face s more serloes sit
uation for the coming year.
Five Kr.stcrn Oregon counties re
port r. vlrl.ile shortage at this lime
of 102 farm laboreis and 1"1 s'wl;
nn'ii. In these same, counties
R.f.oO acres of 1: nil sre reported Idle
for the lack of help to get the rioi
' planti d.
f To ol'.set this shortage
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Hindi' no rl ilm for
fa i iiii"- for w ho ii 1 1.
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i rii' li'dp has
cxi'imt inn, th"
i: .m )iui- In '-n
wotkltu submit tin- fa 'If. to
tin.
eoun.y agent who (or an! the
claim to the dittitcl advis-ir t'ltctter
with a n t a t -jn t of tin- labor dilu
tion and sin h tiTof.ii tidatlon a th.
eao inuy w tr::n.
JI'NIOIt ItEI) CItO.-S ATTENTION
Srb'xil rldblfn and ottiei. hnilni
fruit pits, rut sbillf. etc., on lind
fur thi lioil Onus r- I i-qiiti.i In
tiling or '-ni IIh'Iii to the wrh'iul fi.
pTint''tid' nt off ire, n rhip-mnt
III hf tiiailf soon I ' r . f i .
have pil and mnn"t i'in-r mh
hoiild notify th li"ilff or srbi
ninTint'-ml' nt ho will transe to
bav aaiue brought In.
Oregon's record in the Liberty
Loan drives would hr.ve been im
possible without the splendid co-operation
of the newspapers of the
state. This statement was made re
cently by one of the state loan ex
ecutives. It is a tribute to the
press of Oregon that is deserved.
The Red Cross drives, the Y. M.
C. A. and Salvation Army campaigns
and the Knights of Columbus drives
have all depended, in the last analy-
eis upon the wholehearted and vol
untary support of the press of Ore
gon. This support has been freely
given from the start, without any
thought cr expect: tion of payment
foi the hundreds and hundreds f
columns of advertising and publicity
donated.
"When lie lienors are apportion
ed for the v.laninr; of the world
v.'rr," said a hh" roan of the nation
recenlly, "the newspapers of the
country will receive deserved recog
nition." IV.T.ai.s the general public does
"' it i:ne,v thr.t Congress has' made
no provision for the paid use oi ad
vertising and loan drives. Nor
have the newspapers of the country
a:;': d for remuneration. Loyilly
they have responded in generous
fashion and given the:r news col
umns and cditoiial pages to the pro
pagation of a great cause.
Tvtte, it has been expensive bur.i
ncr.s to carry out the government':;
'.viilie.; in advertising bend hales
and other war activities. Like the
-U'.'ct in tl:a t'.';:'...c!:e, the Oregon
i .; .)', ha:-, heeded trie romjnnnd of i
('''vnti y and "carried on" in a j s'
ni.i;;nev that ha:: turned the eves of! "I will
' v.'.i. nation
upon this state. "Ore-
en First'
has bseoiue a national
r.egnn.
-s'Oi' have lilt country editors fin
ished their work. There are otner
:vej coming, thcie are endlesy du-
tit 3 abend, and until the great day ; son's paper attended the recent : wt'('K ave a llHt simple preen u
v. hen the Stars and Stripes shall ', ry etlnir of the state sssoclation but : tI",,H to l",l ve"t this disease, such as
float, in llerlin. the mess of firnmrn to date Mr. Jacksn has not then '"''"tlg crowds, keeping the bodily
will be on the Job for Uncle Sam,
wl'iiom a whimper.
Opeiating a news plant Is expci-
Liio procedure In these days of high'
vageiy and cxpomdve stock and n,e -
ihanlsm. With the additional ex-
penFO of handliiiR government pub-
llclty, the margin of profit Is cut
clear to the bone. Puner bus rinuh-
led In price, ink has trebled, printers
wages have soared to the clouds,
and yet the country editor is serving
the people of his eommunity p.t the
same old price.
Now comes Editor Jackson of the
Vm I lu nil .1 rnirnnl with n n I n 1 1 In H i'a
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bill to readjust the legal -ate sched-
mi-. ii. .n i ' i iius ii.-.n riiuiiiuiii
fired by the state ei.''rliifur an Hint
the countiy publbller run 'hiiiy ro
moie thnn five cents per liM. Jack
ion, who has trbd for y-ais to dic
tate to the pre.is of Oregon, wllhoilt
'erult i, now would bo Hid the coun
try iditor out of !iii:!:i:'s hi tiic
li' 11: t i ruidal hour In iln biioiv of
cm lit : y
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I'.ywird. The
I ' I'll i;i!i. ii.!i d by tin' I ft: I h 1 u -tun;
it In fair to tl." propli- of the
net", a tnl fair to the tounliy editor
who Is git ing blK hint efforts to help
tin- rmi rniiK tit nt this time. Jin k
ion's liioll, under the clirum
fianiin, l giotdy .elfiBh. Ills tii'
tin ions plan w ill throt'le th piesn
of t)i- Mate nt a rturlsl tlm whin
tin' pre rannot rarty further b'li
i1"n, Li t tin- voters regM r in
e:h.,(llic "NO" til th" lliei.sile
b'-arlnii the C. f. larknun I '!
murk,
Th pre.ir of firetron sliouM Ii
allowed to live. This Is all It k,
L'ttl" Mime. Kathleen. Maiy nd
I'atilrha Mntinlian. daiit'titem of Mr
nri'l Mn, frank Motiahsn. bate en
trei t. TllO'liaa B'h'el.iy at Con
don and will upend the winter there
M'. and Mt. Monaban t'Hilt them
our to Condon weT( o.
SEEMS "SHEERED"
Somewhat amusing is the position
of outraged virtue cssumed by Kai
ser C. S. Jacksn, high priest of the
single tar; in Oregon, who accuses
the country newspapers of abusing
him because of the measures
which he has initiated to do away
with the publication of the delin
quent tax list and to decrease the
fee for legal pubications.
Because of the fact the editor of
the Sentinal, who is secretary of the
Williamette Valley Editorial associ
ation, wrote Mr. Jackson on Febru
ary 26 asking him to appear before
that orgar.izationfor the express
purpose of discussing his proposed
measures, which letter Kaiser Jack
son haughtily ignored. The letter
was as follows:
"I understand that you prone::-.'
to put a measure upon the ballet to
lower the lepil rate for country
newspapers, as well as one chaninp;
the manner of advertising dolin
quent taxes. I do not know what 1. s
caused your uncalled-for interest in
the country papers nor what your
object may be in meddling in a
thing like the legal rate which lim
its the rale so that a newspaper
cannot overcharge but leaves a pa
per free to go as low as it pleases,
but whatever your reason may be
anu no matter what may be the
S'irce of your animus, I want to ar
range to have you appear at either a
meeting of the Willamette Valley
Editorial association or at a meet
ing of the stale association to ad
dress the editors upon these subjects
If we are wrong we want to know it.
If you
ire wrong, we may tell you
do whatever I can to
commodate you as to dates and
would li'lte a reply by return mail
to the effect that you will make an
effort to be present at one meeting
or the other."
Other repiesentatives of Mr. Jack-
j tbe editor of the Sentinel a reason j
j 'or not wishing to rr.eet, the country
newspaper men fare to lae-
The most plausible uplnmition
'l 'hat kaiser Jiitksnn Is U. w- j
a to adopt th Migiiestion.know- :
Ing that he would be badly worsted
because of harlnR almost no v rru-
. went for his side of the
After having had this opportunity
to face the editors, Jackson's rhaj-ge
of abuse at this tunc wmw lth
mighty bad gnx-e.
In connection with Jaii.Hi.ir., le-K-l
rate I. II,, Editor Hcd- recalls ti
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v Mph . m4.nl rll), h T.., rn.(h( mul Uimu
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atei J.uli son's ni.n rdny, At
tnrncT Hiip.'oiiil, ri presented Jack
son thTc. Hi mlmltted that the
1 ' V :i 1 rule bill ws a good one and n
be piwf of legislation. "If you
wl'l bIIot our delinquent tax list bill
to gn through without a tl' lit, I
will go heroic tliti- committee which
Is ciitiildi't Ing your bill mul t-Il l !!:
t'-,-l II lh n" of tUe 'n it pi' i''"i of
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II ';:' biid I. Hid" the Kli'l.-iie nt ij.10-r-d
a'oe.. IMiletitly ll.lliklm; a
inn!" was In slrbt, II. t'ood ii linlilid
lb" fart. The i n umlKec was tiiio'i-
Iflieil by ,. Hdlllih'lon llll'l Hie e-
t.il hale bill w as liniii) diat dy
poiti d out fawitably,
Ttila law, wblili Jaik oti's bii
Iboilfed reptewtllaIHe mil e ml'iiil
ted to be one of the bet pieces fit
leillatliin ever piopofd to a ei;.
tuli.l'ire, in now ' iM up In ridicule
'iy the man v im once endoiei H
The voters would will to ret at
the reanon for sm-h !nconiiency.
foll.ilfe drove Seniine.
M s. A. '!. IleVote has Opened
In "inahlnii parlots in th" N" I
run: i n if limine. Kudu' waniink'
fti.l ra woik ahoiil.1 rail at tuom
H 2ir
REAR ADMIRAL GLEAVES
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by
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, com
mander of cruiser and transport force
of the Uniled Slates Atlantic fleet.
Our navy is doing line work in guard
ing Cue uninterrupted How of Ameri
'can troops to France. Not one trans
port bound for France has been sunk
by a Roche submarine, and that la
something that nil true Americans may
well be pmud of.
FEARING Tl
'FLU'
Heppner schools have been closi'd
all week because of the epidemic
of Spanish influenza which has not
struck (own yet. Church and lodge
.tm
n 1 ail
social
gat he
ing"1
a:e alro under the ban and the an
nut'l .Morrow County Tc ichi rs' Insti
tute was (alleeil et'. Mi e'ng that
the town was closed hi cause then
was no cases of the "il :" in r-igld.
some logicians might argue that
when a few cases are recorded It will
open up again.
, The Red Cross Bulletin of last
functions regular, cleanliness, etc.,
closing with the most Important of
tall: "Above all avoid foiling or
, spreading fear of the disease;"
which is not half bad advice at that.
DRAFT HOARD LEADS STATE
A mart In County Clerk Water's
iifrtcft cm which is kept an accurate
drilly aceount of tbe progress of the
woi'k or the Mirrow County Draft
Bon ril. shows that this county leads
1 the Htate In renulls aecomillslied In
j putting through the work of taking
1 care of the 18-45 draft,
j Similar charts ure displayed In
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t- I to send dally reports' in In headquar
ters t Portland rbowlni' progress.
Mnirow bus the luibil of Uuding
the state In nearly evei ) t lung con
in did with war wik and ts limbing
a ncoid of which eti'iy cltlzi-n may
be pi mid.
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I K fpiiKi' III Hie llepalteil lienis
lui'lllioll Illl. I l.f Ids lllitlrllii: t-n 'II t r
In be of nivlie In bis oilntiy. Tin
i huicli choir, under the direr Hon of
i Matle Hiiiiiiiii is, supplyed inn
"ic for the service.
Joe llswk, O. W. It. N. ar i ol
al lone; II. J. O'Nell, rattaite man
arid 11. A. I'oe of the name rlly.wet
lleppiieir vMlors Monday laklim the
IiIivhIiuI examination for Milmlliin
to th" lil-; naiiio of InintlnK the Hun
They iipurt everythlriK lovely In
lohe, whkh tiny all derate to be
tin. ii..i town of its in'-he on
eat Itl.
After November 1 ill ln subcrli
lion pll.e of Ihe e, aid Will be
I2'ni per year. I'tlor Id that dale
.1 -' II roes at II .Vi. II' U' t pay
up for a few yeaia In advance at tin
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Arrangements are proceeding sat
isfactorily for the opening of the
United War Work campaign which
will open at 6:15 p. in., Mon
day, November 11, 1918 and will con
tinue without interruption until
9 p. m. Monday, November 18, 1918.
During this period the gigantic sum
of $$170,500,000.00, of which Ore
gon is asked Tj contribute $770,000
and Morrow county quota has been
fixed at $6,750.00.
M. D. Clark, wdio has been appoin
ted chairman for this county is al
itr.Oy j etting his campaign 'iigan
ized and he is confident that the
county will do its part in this great
work without hesitation.
est evc.'v letter received from
oiuie.' boy in France has words,
;,;'.'.:. ;' for Lome or all of the great
animations which are helping to
tak
t . a
:ve of the boys while in the
or rest camps, horpiials or
treai lies.
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l.ie money you
to liiis fund will
penny v ill do its
o::d cheer, eom
i t soli", to the sol-
'.via
part
foi I,
diera
peruana lite
"over there.'
VI. o annual of the Red Cross Chap
ter for the election of a board of
directors will be held at the Masonic
hail Wednesday, October 23rd at
b:U0 p. m.
GOGGLES ARE URGED
It Is Said That Many Blind Men Ar8
Needlessly So.
Of 100,000 blind persons In the
United States there are fit) per cent
who are needlessly so, according to In
formation received by the Utah stnta
Industrial commission from the na
tiomil safely council. For that rea
son the commission, In prosecuting Its
safety campaign, Is urging upon work
ers that goggles or other forms of
glasses be worn when the eyes nre
exposed to danger by Hying splln
ters or particles of metal.
Estimates made by the national
safety council show thnt annually In
the United Stales about 30.1X10 work
ers nre killed and approximately
2,(Kin.(HiO Injured. This menus thut
imo Is killed In every 1I minutes and
one Injured in each 10 seconds.
LARGE POTASH DEPOSITS
Experts, After Careful Search, Found
Them In Saskatchewan.
Following careful examination of
certain mineral products found In the
dried up lied of an old lake near Kwift
Current, Snsk., by Prof. 1). McLaren of
the Saskatchewan university, a&
rioiineement tins been made (hut Im
mense deposits of potash, sodium, sul
phate and epsoin salts have been Ice
catiil. Expert engineers have been
n 1 1 eil In by n group of Saskatchewan
men who have tiled claims on tbe old
lake bed, and In their opinion millions
of tons of useful mineral deposits are
available for the use of the alllel
without (lie necessity of deep mining.
The minerals run be removed by
fdciiin Miiivcls and the ton layers an
already beliiK removed.
SOLVES LABOR PROBLEM
A Bachelor Emplr.ya Only Women Oil
Hia Ranch.
f'lirtN Hurl, n joiintr riimlier who
lives m ar h'till r, Minn., leu been
himdiin; :i( Ha. mmi i.i..ver bill alnl
Ihe t'eiila'.i of farm lnlior. Th. re'l
II fe I
II. ;i corps of fiirm lielpi r . Ni t
one I . i trill l.
Mi- Ida Ilia!,. !y rides tin' Hit.v'i r
mid Hie reaper iiii'l bus i biir-i' of t!i
Important min blin ry, Mie Is an ex
pert. 'need lioriewoimiii. Mrs, Iittli)
ell, ii yoiiiu; war brl'le, uml MU
ranees Hart, sinter of the Ihiks, han
dle the l.iiek rb'H. Hurt follows tlietri
itoliiK tho atartlnit. Meiinwbiti', tin)
W(,i-.i,n ciM.k ImNis aim lina thn lianl
st Job In the out lit.
I'.y the way, Hurt Is n barhelor.
RODENTS ARE BOLD
Snatch Food from Hands of Plcnlck
rs In Callfomls.
Kills, ti ijk'" sbii ruts, huiidriils of
them, huv" taken Up their reildene
loliK thn Ores! Illifhway from Un
CliHl' t to th CHIT tioUMt in Kan Kraa
risen. Serift. I'ut M'8e, ll'ilden flat
park animal ois-rt, advances the the
ory thut th" ruts mind have nuns here
In aoirm overwaa vessel.
Ho bold have tin relents laxtiroe
thai they freipiiiitly run up to plo
lib kera on lbs beach and mio b fisxl
from tie Ir liantla.
Tii problem of UterildlllltllK them
la one that U tiii UiuUl cuucvro t'l
tint lt"' ttf