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ON DECEMBER 1B-23
The object of the Red Cross
Christmas Roll Call is to enroll every
person in the United States as a
member of the American Red Cross.
The primary purpose of tha cam
paign is not money, but membership,
the registration in terms of active
participation of the spirit of our na
tion in the greatest humantarian or
ganization the world has ever known
We want to bind together every man
and woman in America by a common
bond of brotherhood and sisterhood
in an organization whose sympathies
and efforts are are as; universal as
human suffering and need. We want
to marshal the spiritual force of this
great nation and give that force ex
pression through the American Red
Cross.
The time selected for this worthy
work is the week of Dec. 16-23. It
is peculiarly appropriate that the
Roll Call be had during the Christ
mas season. With a splendid vic
tory attained and the dawn of peace
at hand, the ingathering of all our
people in this great altrustic order
serves at once as a fitting climax to
our achievments and a fitting thank
offering for the guidance that has
led us to them.
During the above period every
man and woman in Morrow county
will be asked to join the Red Cross.
If you are already a member you will
be asked to renew your membership
for 1919, if not a member you will
be asked to take a 1919 membership
as your first. No children, but only
adults will be solicited. The mem
bership fee will be $1, the same as in
former years. Of this amount 50
cents will go to your local chapter
and 50 cents to the National organi
zation.
Every district of the county will
be organized and canvassed by com
petent workers. Every member will
be given a 1919 button, every home
will receive a service flag with small
crosses to express the number of
members or absent ones enrolled in
the army or navy.
universal membership is the key
note of the campaign. This thought
is expressed in the language of our
president, "I summon you to comrad
ship."
To our absent boys, to the valor
ous allies by whose side they have
fought, we want to send a message
on Christmas eve; the message that
the American nation stands solidly
behind the Red Cross, the great
mother, who never faltered or failed
them even In their greatest extremi
ty. Join the Red Cross. Make
unanimous.
C. E. WOODSON,
County Chairman Red Cross Roll
' Call.
FIRS FOR CHRISTMAS TREES
Thousands of Balsam Supplied by
New England to Cities of
East and Midwest.
Most of the tinsel-covered trees that ;
are set up each Christmas season in
the homos of Boston, New York and
Philadelphia, it has been found, are
balsam firs, and many of the selected ,
specimens are even shipped compara
tively long distances from their places '
of growth to Chicago and the cities
of the middle West.
While the balsam fir is popular as
a Christmas tree on aeconnt of Its
symmetrical and practically perfect
conical shape, it is in growing demand
for a variety of uses. Its white,
straight-grained wood has come to be
used more and more in the manufoc
facture of toys that hang from the
branches of its younger fellows and
from the branches of the other ever
greens that are widely used In many
parts of the country.
The wood of the balsam fir is used
to a large extent, also, in the manu
facture of excelsior, of which thou
sands of tons are used each holiday
season for the packing of gifts that
are sent by express and mail. The
balsam fir is the source, too, of the
wood from which are made many of
the food containers, such as fruit
baskets and butter boxes, in which
materials for the Christmas dinner
are brought to the market, the taste-
lessness of the wood making it unsur
passed for such uses. Finally, the
balsam fir is being Increasingly used
for the manufacture of paper, and
this, wrapped around thousands of
holiday packages, adds still another
chapter to the list of the tree's almost
indispensable usefulness as a factor
In Christinas observances.
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CHRISTMAS
EPIGRAMS
IT It is a wise Santa who
keeps his whiskers away
from the candles. '
Better broken toys than
broken hearts.
1f Never look a gift in the
price tag.
Many a man puts on long
white whiskers and thinks he
looks like Santa Claus when
he looks more like a goat
and perhaps he is.
f One thing they missed dur
ing the Spanish Inquisition
Christmas cigars!
If Shopping done in time is
the noblest work of woman!
A Christmas gift by any
other name doesn't cost half
as much.
U A gift in the hand is worth
two in the postoffice.
Many a man gets a girl
under the mistletoe only to
find himself, a little later,
under her thumb.
A pound of steak to a poor
man is worth a ton of holi
day greetings.
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TAKE this mothod of extending my
heartiest Holiday Greetings to all my
friends and patrons and to wish for
each and erery one of you a most Mer
ry Christmas and a very Happy and
Prosperous New Year.
Trusting that the New Year will bring
much good to Heppner and to all of her
people. Respectfully,
CW-BOWSRSTiieSkeMan
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From War to Peace Time
The changes neceisary to pats
. through this period may tax
the patience and peraeverence
of all of ui. But let's not alter
our pre-peace habits in living
and working too sudJenly, but
permit the change lo take place
automatically.
Otherwise, the Farmers &
Stockgrowers National aJ
viet"Full Steam Ahead."
Farmers & Stockgrowers
National Bank
In the Christmas
Handicap
Mere Man Describes How
Friend Wife Wins by
an Eyelash
HERE Is no use tn my going
home tonight," observed the
tnll, sad man as he pushed
the dice box from him and
accepted the consolation ci
gar which the tobacconist
vouchsafed him.
"There will be nothing do
ing the way of eats. My
wife hasn't time to cook. She's enter
ed in the Christmas handicap. Yon talk
about the six-day races where fellows
ride around and around until they
drop dead or go nuts! Why, the
Chrlstmns handicap has that kind of
an endurance race skun a mllel
"My wife gives one hundred and
eleven presents on December 24 and
25. The nice Is between her and
Christmas, and, believe me, Christmas
Is coming along pretty fast when It
conies to the Inst lap of the race dur
ing December. Hut my wife Is coining
along pretty rapidly, too. Take It
from me, those needles of hers click
Fo fast that they sound like fifty rev
olutions to the minute, and she hits
on nil six, too, and Rhe leaves a string
of pink and blue double bowknots, ku
telets, plcos and fourets In the wake
fy or those needles that would astonish
youi
l "Tick, tick,' says the clock, and
itlckerty, tlckrrty, tick, tick,' says the
ji . needle and there's rmlr of emhrold-
red socks, nn embroidered hanriker-
chief or a foot towel, a sweater, a cap,
I a dolly, a lnmp shade, a photo holder
or most any old thing.
"Klngo! It's December 221 Bingo,
' needles and crochet hooks and the tat
ting shuttles, leaving a string of gnr-
i merits In their wake.
np on the cal-
bang! r.lpp! go the
needles, the paint brushes, the brand-
, lug Irons and the stencils. And swish,
f swlsb! on comes the scenery, (he me-miL-rlo,
or whatever she lias to
evolve.
"December Ct swlnei Into the
stretch. Now ("lrNtniiiM Is here.
Tin y approach the wire.
"Xiiw, I i!.n't I; now wln-llier lnv wife
tins viirl; il nil nllit or tint, but she
lins br-nii'lit Iht Mrlng pretty well up
nbrenif n( tii" tlneM. ',ut sunn of
linn,. Ti"intH bnve to be ibllvi-riil.
My wife grabs ti m rn!f ui nf tb !:i mid
starts nut to d'-ler tlntn. Nnm of
tln tn Is f tihbi il yet, h'lt hbe rnl"b n
tU' m nil the ny.
"fbitii.', clung! gos the street car.
Bm r.-z! gnrs tin- current imd nwny
we got I'.ut bib, bib, bub go the file
Nblng toiiehes on Ibe presi'iits. My
wife nrrlvea at a place where a pre
cut In to "be ih-llvered and ring" the
li. II. I'.lp, blp, l.li. blp go the ti.cll. -s.
l ive yards tn make and the nmld Is
on ibe way lo the dMir.
"Creak-k! The servant opens the
d'Kir. ?Wi h! the pri-M-nt Is roinpb t
el. Thud! My lfe drops It Into tin
tioT. 8Mi, In g'' iny wlf.'s can),
and rsttle, on g'x-s soirie liull r.-l
wrapping pnpi-r and my wife wins by
nn yi lsh :
The advantage of early Christmas shopping are daily
emphasized by the
made from my com
er you propose giv
piece of Jewelry, a
mond, mounted La
Ring, you will find
reasonable prices.
Everyone realizes the popularity and practicalness of
the Wrist Watch. We are agents for the celebrated
many selections
plete stock. Wheth
ing an inexpensive
Watch or a Dia-i
vallier, Bar Pin or
them here at most
"GRUtH" WHICH
Complete Stocks of Silverware, Cut Glass, Fountain Pens, Nut
Bowls, Cassorels, Umbrellas. SHOP EARLY.
OSCAR BORG,
JEWELER AND
OPTOMETRIST
Day of All Days.
Merry Christmas! may It find f0
Gay with all the best ot cheer;
Joy come your way to remind you
Of the Una ot aU the year.
No Apology Needed.
Never apologize for a Christmas
gift. Never say it Is cheaper than
what you would have liked to give,
or not as pretty as you thought It, or
anything of the sort. A Christmas gift
Is supposed to be an expression of
good will. If there Is kindness enough
back of the giving, no apology Is necessary.
If We Give Ourselves.
Christmas is not a day or a sea'
son, but a condition of heart and
mind. If we love otir neighbors a
ourselves; If in our riches we are
poor in spirit and In onr poverty w?
are rich In grace; if our charltj
vnunteth not Itself, but 6uffereth and
Is kind; If when onr brother asks fl
loaf we give ourselves Instead; It
each day dawns In opportunity nnrl
sets In achievement however small
then every day Is Christ's day und
Christinas Is always near.
Chrlstmaa Bells. :
.There are' some feetWalft Ilk
birthdays, for example, which affect
a single family ; others, like national!
holidays embrace the nation; and!
some there are which girdle the en-l
tire globe. But Christmas Day lifts!
at one leap a line of connection be-
tween earth and heaven. If there be)
ono duy on earth on which above an
other the gates of heaven aA more
widely opened, it is the day when JoyJ
bells ring tn memory of the 'blrthJ
of the Babe of Bethlehem. This Is th
day of the Christmas bells I Bishop
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PUBLIC
SALE
i i "December 23 Jumps
'' endiir, and whizz.! bang
Fair Grounds
Heppner, Dec. 14, 1918
Beginning at 1 P. M. sharp the Farmers' Exchange will sell at
public auciion the following: ,
2i0 or mure bred Kwih In miii;,1
bunds.
2 twii-yiiir -obi MiiN-h, unbroki'ii.
jenr old Miilin, brolu ii to
wink, w- U-bl 1 1 00.
I li-;nii I jvar nld.Miilen, luoki'ii
fi ttf.M;.
I'l brad wink lniM"K. 3 to 8 y-;rs.
1.', wtoiicil I'Ikk.
I llriiod Sows.
ISO puiiii'l Hon.
1 .", In n yi mi lliii; J im k Cattle.
1 intia ( null Milk Cows that bavo
1 in iin'ii,i ut Mm row County
t 'l i i l iei y t lo. i,it t. tit a.nli.
MH Kalilillig Mill.
ij In root Van lit tin t dlfc Iirlll,
One In-lit ii.u k .
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J At Chrittr.a, be merry ari'I ?
thankful withal o
And feast thy poor neigh- o
5 bori, the great with q
o the rpa!l.
O Thomas Luster.
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Here is a chance to get that small band of Bred Ewes for the
ranch. Do you want pure bred cattle? Investigate our plan.
Everything sold without reserve on usual terms; $10 and under,
cash; balance six months at 8 per cent on approved notes.
FARMERS' EXCHANGE of the INLAND EMPIRE
Roberts Building, Heppner
F. A. McMENAMIN. Auctioneer, Heppner, Ore.
F. R. BROWN, Mgr. and Clerk