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HEPPNER, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1918
Number 27
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Germany Accepts Mies Terms
Armistice Is Signed Thursday
J Germany has accepted the terms j
I laid down by President Wilson and
k the Allied governments and signed
I an armistice. Just bef ere the sign
. ing of the agreement American troop
f. blade a fierce drive ad drove the
enemy from Sedan.
,) When the news reached Heppner
the little old town went wild. An
impromptu celebration was , staged
and old-timers say that never before
in the towns history did so much
noise tear loose .without warning.
'Whistles, bells six-shooters, auto
i horns and the vocal organs of men
women and children blended in one
tremendus din and if New York or
i ' :
I Let's Make This True in Heppner
Paris had any thing on Heppner it
was simply because they were bigger
towns.
A parade of men women and child
ren, big and little old and young for
med on Wain street while an auto pa
rade took possession of the sidewalks.
All the powder in town was requisi
tioned and blasts so heavy as to
smash widows in residences were set
off Nothing mattered, however,
only the one fact that the Hun had
acknowledged defeat and was ready
to quit. The day and evening will
long be remembered as th biggest
thing of the kind in Heppners hist
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RECENT DEATHS
i ROOD Edward Rood, former
repgnt of this city and a highly re-
s' '. pioneer of Morrow county,
i w. assed away at his home in
! Portland last Friday morning, was
''I a native of Norway, where he was
born January 22, 1843. He came
to America with his parents when
. only seven years old, the family set
' tling in Wisconsin where the subject
of this sketch grew to manhood.
When just past his 19th birth
day he enlisted in the Union army
and took part In the stirring drama
of the civil war. He was in the
battles of Winchester and Antetiam
' and was seriously wounded. After
recovering from his wounds he re
turned to his command and took
fait in all the engagements of
Sternum's army on his famous
march through Georgia and the
Caiolinas. lie came to Ovegcn in
1873 and cne. year later settled in
Morrow oihinty, whore he engagiHl
in the y-t.Ck busiintiss. Ho was mar
ried r.t Blue Springs, ?.lo., to Miss
Lentia Joiinrm, who with their on
ly daughter lost her life in the
Heppner flood in 1903. He was
again married to Miss Fannie O.
Canton at Walla Walla, Wash. .July
9, 1906.
Andrew Rood of this city Is a
' twin brother, and John Rood of Ap
pleton, Mo., also survives. The
three brothers enjoyed a re-union
at the Natinal G. A. R. Encampment
tn Portland last summer. An older
brother, Louis, died at Hlllsboro,
Ore., about eight years ago.
The funeral was held at Heppner
last Sunday morning, the services
being conducted by the Masonic
order, of which the deceased was a
respected member. Rev. Noyes was
the officiating minister.
SWEEPS THE CITY
At the municipal election held
Tuesday the ticket which was named
and sponsored by the women of the
city was elected by heavy majorities.
When the ladies went out and named
a ticket and then announced that it
would be triumphantly elected they
not only gave evidence that they
meant what they said but that also
and furthermore, they knew what
they were talking about. The most ;
mystifying feature of this rather i
unique campaign to the old time pol-:
iti'-ianv.TS that never, perhaps, in the
history of Heppner were the ladies
known to do as little talking for the
period of ten days, that is, in public.
What was said in the privacy of their
homes may not h-3 divulged here as
that would brt raying family fee
rets and tins writer, alter pome 2b
years experience in mat ters' domestic
knows better than to do that. Any
way the won' en won in a walk and
made no particular fuss about it
either.
Following is the vote cast for each
candidate, the first named being el
ected. In the case of councilmen
the first three named were elected:
Mayor Vaughn, 213; Smead, 128
Councilmen iBeymer 247; Sweek
243; Tash 186; Kenny 161; Hughes
134.
Recorder Williams 186; Cox 153.
Treasurer Briggs, 289.
Mrs. Alex Wilson died at her
home at Board man Saturday, Novem
ber 2, 1918, at the age of 26 years.
Deceased was born In County Lat
rim, Ireland, and came to Victoria B
C. sonte eight years ago where she
resided for six years. She was mar
ried to Alex Wilson, of Heppner, In
New York about two years ago since
which time they have been living at
Boardman. Besides her husband
and an eleven months old daughter,
she is survived by her parents, one
brother and one sister In Ireland
two sisters at Victoria, B. C, two sis
tern in New York and one brother In
t''niy in France, and one sister,
largaret Dennis, of Heppner.
.is funeral was held in Heppner
Monday Rev. H. A. Noyes officiating.
Interment was In Ma.fonlc cemetery,
Wanted First-rial's woman cook
for country home. Kitchen r.nd 11 v
Init room for cook detached from
house, permanent situation for
right nurtv. Addrf. ir call John
Kilkenny, H'wrnr, ('rema. l'hon
27.1-1. 2'tf
In a certain city dwell three men. And by
accident of birth one of them is a Catholic and
one is a Protestant and one is a jew.
For thirty years they have engaged in busi
ness side by side, and the Catholic has not dealt
with the Protestant; and" the Catholic and the
Protestant have had no dealings with the Jew.
"What is he to me?" each man 'has said.
"He is not of my faith; I will avoid him."
So for- thirty yeahs they have dwelt together,
strangers in a friendly world.' 1
Then came the shadow of a fearful war.
And out of those three homes three boys went
forth alone. Three fathers waited heart-worn
for the letters from over there.
"There " are Soldiers of Friendliness over
here," the boys wrote home. "They bring us
chocolate, and motion pictures, and baseball,
and good lectures; and the memory of mother
and of God." '
"Help these friendly agencies when you have
the chance," each boy wrote holme.
So it happened that the three fathers found
themselves working shoulder to shoulder in a
great campaign for funds.
Not as a Catholic and a Pratestant and a
Jew but as good citizens united in a common
cause.
And as they worked they came to know each
other, and they were ashamed that for so many
years they had been strangers side by side.
"Surely this is, one of the compensations of
war," they said, "that in our deeper love for
our boys we have learned a new respect for one
another."
So a new spirit was born into that city. As
though in its heart it had discovered something
and whose faith and creed is love.
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Election Day Passes Quietly
Unusually Light Ballot is Cast
Cut little interest was shown in the Churchill, 966; Inez Lusk, 94.
state and county election Tuesday Com. Labor C. H. Gram, 900;
and a light vote was- cast. But lit- August Niknla, 92.
tie more than 50 per cent of the Com. Pub. Service John E. John
qualified electors of the county ! son, 98 ; Fred A. Williams, 911.
rued out to exercise their fran
chise.
On the state ticket voters stuck '
pretty closely to party lines, there
being but small variation in the vote
on candidates where the three par
ties were represented.
On the county ticket there was
hut one contest, that of sheriff. E.
M. Shutt, Republican, received 625
vote and H. C. Githens, Democrat,
received 506. Mr. cihutt served sev
eral terms in the same office In the
past and the voters indicated pretty
strongly that they approved of his
past official record.
Following is the vote In full in
this county:
U. S. Senator (rhort term) Mar
tha A. Bean, 150; Fred W. Mulkey,
807.
U. S. Senator (regular term)
Chas. L. McNeary, 734; Albert
Slaughter, 68; Oswold West, 379.
Congress Jas. H. Graham, 314;
N. ,T. Sinnot, 744; H. Wnrmholtz, 52.
Governor Waltr M. Pierce, 352;
B. F. Ramp, 49; James Wtthycombe
764.
State Treasurer O. P. Hoff, 716;
David P. Mason, 302; Pauline Sears,
76
ftipvcnp Court IT. . Evnnst. 32;
0. A. Johns. 854.
A1rvTK"f nno''M Ocorro ?.T.
Brown. Sir.; E. L. Cannon. 110.
S"!-t. Public Instruction J. A.
j Water Superintendent Geo. T.
j Cochran, 8S5; A. E. McFarland,109.
! Judge Circuit Court G.eo W.
Phelps 060.
; State Senator Norborne Berke-
357; Colon R. Eberhard, 655.
Legislature' C. E. Woodson, 976.
COUNTY TICKET
Judge Win. T. Campbell, 923.
Commissioner G. A. Bleakman,
839.
Sheriff H. C. Githens, 606; E.
M. Shutt, 625.
Clerk J. A. Waters, 1054.
Treasurer T. J. Humphreys,877.
Assessor J. J. Wells, 956.
Surveyor Loy M. Turner, 943.
Coroner M. L. Cas, 947.
PRECINCT
Justice A. L. Cornett, 280; C. C.
Patterson, 119.
Constable Victor Groshens, 368.
MEASURES
Normal School Yes, 323; No, 425
Children's Home Yes, 334; No,
343.
Rogue River Fish Bill Yes, 215;
No, 333.
Willamette Fish Bill Yes, 219;
No. 293.
Pelimiuent Tax Bill Yen327; No.
349.
j " Local Publication Bill Yes 212;
, No. 327.
! To increase Taxes Yes, 206; No,
: -100.
DWELLING GUTTED BY FIRE
School Ma'am Calls UK aUmun's lliull
KAISER BILL'S FUTURE STATE
Fire gutted the residence occupied
by Mrs. Handy on the East side Tues
day evening, destroying most of the
contents and badly damaging the
house. ,
Quick response on the part of Fire
Chief Curren and his efficient force
of fire fighters soon extinguished the
blaie and prevented further dam
age. Mrs. Handy and family hnd
stfiHed to move to another part of
town Tuesday evening and had the
piano and a few other artlclees
moved, but the reft of her furniture,
clothing, etc., was destroyed. No
Ore had been In the house since
morning. It Is said, nnd Mrs. Handy
can In no wny account for the cause
Ralph Benge had the place rented
Bnd was to have moved in on Wed-
John Klnsmnn, formerly in the meat
business here owned the property.
THANKS HIH I ltlKMm
I nm dffply grMi-ful to every on"
of my loyal frfncln for their HUpport
In TuordavH election. It Ih vrry ein-
tlfylnrr to h.-ve this n-pi-weil xprK
lon of cin(!(!( n'p und ("term.
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Wilhelm, behold the hand that penned the writing on the wall,
Which the mighty king of Babylon saw In dreams before his fall.
Behold the same mysterious hand appearing In the west
Demanding from thy blood-drenched soul surrender It's request.
Surrender all to those on earth whose curses you have earned,
Surrender all to him, above whOB holy laws you've spurned,. .
And make your peace, as best you can, to htm below called Satan,
For neither heaven, earth nor hell will claim you as relation.
Stop; ponder on those million souls with blood-stained garments wet.
Then as'k yourself, within your heart, why all this blood was Jet.
Be honest with yourself, for once admit you were mistaken.
When you set out to win the, world you overlooked this nation.
Consult again your horoscope, see If your stars read right.
Or if perchance It does record your dwindling power and might;
Or, like your withered, hand and arm that dangles from your frame.
Fed by the blood ?throbs from a heart that's withered as your brain.
And then again when on your couch In fancied dreams of dread
That heaven and earth have panted away, sea given up Its dead.
That mothers, sisters, wives and babes have come forth from the waves,
And husbands, brothers, sons of these have risen from their graves.
Will then your mighty power sustain? Will then your Gott stand fast?
Or will the God of honest men renounce you at the last?
And break the fetters that have bound your people la relation
To any German Gott or king 'bove any other nation?
And then at last, when all la o'er and you stand at the bar.
Will mutilated bodies rise, reminding you of war?
And when the Muster anks of you account to him to give.
You answer, "Lord, I have denied to these the right to live,
"I heeded not thy counsel when on earth, In Inncunte mild,
You likened this, thy kingdom, to an Innorent, loving child.
My thoughts were all lor worldly lm-1, the one thing I desired.
And never thouvht where much is given that much will bu lequired.
"For forty years I pondered well, and mighty weapons wrought,
To br ,ilt-tliP power of ni'llons im my one hikI only ihoiii'M.
nd win n in war loids, flushed with gun. with hymn of hat", and maiii
For Moorl i;inl H.Kiihres ; i cat I sank Hid LumUuiiH.
When tiii'l torpedo plefied the. waves, through lliiit 1'nnt l it resimnded
Then I el i -1 1 j i i I nm nai(l my fate, nml oir llw wold i "-.on . .
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lleit Bleakman of Harduiitn took
a (Iyer iu potatoes this season plant
ing several acres of the tubers to
help feed the world while the war
lasts. It is said that his crop is the
best ever grow n In that part of the
county several of them weighing as
much as twenty pounds.
When digging time come, how
ever, llert was up against ii ior
help being unable to hire men or
boys to help with the work. It so
happens that Hurdman has as prin
cipal of her schools a little lady from
Nebraska who weighs almost 100
pounds and to her Mr. Bleak ni an
was telling the troubles of the
potato buHlness. "I'll help , you
dig your potatoes," the little school
ma'am told hlui. "Aw," replied
Bert, "You couldn't dig potatoes'."
Try me," was the answer. "I'll
give you four-bits a sack for all the
spuds you dig," was Bert's reply,
thinking to run a bluff on the lady
It's a bargain," was the answer and
the neiit Saturday morning the lady
appeared at the potato Held rlud In
overalls and armed with a business
looking hoe and when quitting time
came that evening she hud dug and
sucked 14 sucks of potatoes. She
likewise collected seven dollars In
coin before she went home.
Mr. Illeakinun Is well sutihlled
with the deal for he nays that as
noon as woul went out that the pi in
i jiii 1 of Hatilimin school rould make
log money dli.gltur pot aloes; every
vniioiin nm! gnl got u pair of over
nils it ml n line iiii'l Mi ink him for a
J'.ll. His .i I .t ' Mi - Hie all In the III
la r ii'.uly fm imitkit now and J i
Hi:t.. Ivlwaril A. Notwin, Battery I),
127th Field Artillery, A. K.''rT
writes from somewhere in Kngli'tid
that he arrived "over there" safe a .d
sound and is in tine spirits. His
ship was in the great storm in which
the Otranto was lost. The crew
thought they were lost but the cap
tain said, "Stand by the ship." They
missed the rocks by about ten min
utes' run. The English love the
American Soldiers. One old man
called them "The glorious Africans."
Lach soldier was given a fac-slniilo
of an autographic letter from King
George In which the king speaks
very ai precliitlngly of the American
MildlerB. The railway curs are so
small und so many other things are
diminutive that an American is apt
to think that It Is one huge toy house
he Is In. The boys all hope they are
ovcrr in time to take part in the final
grand smash of autocracy.
Vl TOItY KOYrt AMI (illtlX. . .
The big drive for the United War
Work activities will begin Nov. 11.
Do not think that the prospects for
peace makes-this drive unnecessary.
If the fighting should stop it will bo
months before the boys ran be dlwh-
argid. During that time there will
be more need, If any difference, than
now for the work of the United War
Work organizations. F.very boy and
eve.y girl will want to share In the
work. The plan Ih to secure one
million boys who will pledge them
selves to "earn und give" at leat.t
$ j 0(1 each to this work. The ,liln
will ilo nil they nm. .Many of tho
boy and girls will tm' aide to give
mine than Ki.imi, hut many iiinit i nn
not do Hint much. Any amount
Will Ije aeii pteil. II ml eveiy liililrih
lltor Will he enrolled na a nieitiber.
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