. VOLUME 5 HEPPNER, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28. 1919 NUMBER 39 BACK 10 HEPPNER Member of First Draft Contingent is P First Man to Return From Duty in France Alexander Brander, better known to his many friends around Heppner as "Scotty" returned this week from France where he has seen much act ive service for the past 16 months. Mr. Brander was a member of the first draft contingent leaving Hepp ner on September. 18,, 1917, going to Camp Lewis where he remained for a short time and then being trans ferred to Camp Mills. Two months after leaving Heppner he was within range of the big guns in France. At Camp Mills he was assigned to duty with the First Engineers, combatant, and he followed the vicissitudes of that organization from the time he arived on French soil until he was wounded on July 20, last. With his' organization Mr. Brander W saw' active service on three front?, to going direstly to the Verdun front r after his arrival in France and then to the Cantigny front and later to the Marne' f ront where he participat ed in the second battle of the Marne. Mr. Brander received his wound near Soissons on July 20th, last, while engaged in the hazardous! task ,of trying to capture a double track .. railroad from the Huns. The Aiiu-r-leans were compelled to fight in the open and the Germans were literally raining shell upon them. A high ex plosive shell exploded near him. and a fragment of the snell penetrated his back to a depth of two inches. Some idea of the force with which It was traveling may be had from the fact that It pierced his pack before penetrating the flesh. He was taken to a hospital where he remained un til embarking for America. He has aa a aouvernir of his trip the frag ment of shell extracted from his back. Two men were killed and sev en others wounded by the same shell During his time in the hospital Mr. Brander had an opportunity to cb cerve the real working of the Amer ican hospital organizations and he says that one cannot praise too Jiiph- ly the noble worlc being done by tho American women in the Tellef work for the soldiers. The Red Cross and the Salvation Army Lassies aire .come In for a generous share of his praise. Everything that is done by these noble women for the soldievs is done freely while other reHe? or- ganizations charge for any service rendered. U'htin nclraT u-l.nl 1,1,. e-Tt.. nimi ilia IfUlIl'ii were when first going into batt.'e Mr. Brander stated that it was most ly fear. He says that every man who goes under the fierce fire of a Ger man artillery barrage knows lul well the attendant dangers and to sp.y that there is no fear in his ho:.it would not be truthful. He was uu di-r fire constantly from January un til Ju!y wheti his wound retired h.m nio wora "first" played an lm portnnt part in his trip to Frame. He was with the first draft contin gent leaving Heppner; was assUm il to the First Engineers; was with the First Division and wag the ."list man to it-turn to Heppner from over sews. There are two branches of engin-i- ''era in the American service the V'1'" bat ant and the non-combat nut. c'r. Brander wan assigned to t'ie. "combatant engineers and his duileg were Ilia rebuilding and repairing of trenches, the replacing of barbod Wire entanglement In No M;ina LnnJ or the building of machine pun em placement. All iUclv work had to be done undOr cover of darkness. "And believe me, Mutes Mr. Brander, "there were plenty of thrills attach ed to It." When asked why he se lected that branch of service he re plied. "I didn't iH-lwt It. 1 wa as signed to it." When not otherwise engaged the ituibalant engine-:, are uwed as ihwk troops. In their first battle the Firat En gineers were In the trenches 21 da and when finally relieved their re placement regiment was the Fifty first Scotch HlKhlander. who came i-Jht up to the front lines trenches the music of their pipers. livog V "Scotchman, himself, Mr. Brander 'said that no music, before or allien ha ever thrilled hint aa the music of those plpea that morning. "I ma with the detachment." aiild Mr. Biamlcr, "that nude famous the expression 'Heaven, h"U or H obi. kin before Christmas.' and I wa in Ho boken belore Christina. I got y with one of the first detachment of casual after the armistice w Un ed. and left Brett, France, Just tao day before president Wilson arrlvc-i-I came home no the I.evlathlan, the largest ship afloat and had a fine pannage acroM." When asked what hi Impresslor. were regarding the French peopl and their feelings toward American be stated that the French loved the Anierirsns a brothers and deep) reallie tl. great debt f gratitud ! RECENT DEATHS t t ESKELSOX Orville J. Eskelson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eskelson, of Lexington, died at his home at Klamath Falls, Oregon, Monday, January 20, 1919, of influenza, aged 34 years. Deceased was born and raised in Morrow county and was well known here, the family being one of the most prominent in the Lexington neighborhood. He engaged in busi ness at Klamath Falls several yeaib ago and has since made his home in that city. He leaves a widow and five children to mlourn the loss ot a devoted husband and father. . The following tribute to Mr. Es kelson is clipped from the Klamath Falls Herald of January 20th; "Klamath Falls suffered a shock this morning when the news of the death of O. J. Eskelson, prominent furniture dealer and business man became known over the city. Ons of the most proggressive and enter prising of the city's business personel the loss to the community will be a severe one and the shock to his friends is greater as his illness was of very short duration and few knew of it . Pneumonia is given as the cause of his death. Mr. Eskelson has figured prom inently in nearly all the big moves for the advancement of Klamath Falls and was considered one of the leaders In matters of this kind. He served a successful term as president of the Klamath Falls Business Men's Association and was for a long per iod, a director of the Klamath Com mercial Club. He was born on September 7th, 1885 in Leiiington, Morrow Coun'y, Oregon and lived there nearly all of his life until coming to Klamath Fall eight years ago. He has operated a furniture and second hand establishment since com ing to this city. He is survived by a wife and live children and one sister, Mrs-. Robert Wilcox here and a father and mother and seven brothers and sisters at Lexington. The funeral will be held at two o'cock tomorrow at the Whit ock Chapel. It will be of a private nature. The deceased was taken ill We(i nesday and the end came ,t -. o'clock this morning. A host of, warn) friends- here will mourn the pass.ng of Mr. Ks'lfelHon." ,.,v--f---,e. Herman Nellson, well known resl dent of the Hardman country, was a visitor in Heppner during the week and was a pleasant caller at the Her- uld office. Mr. Neilson reports that the flu has about lost its grip In his neighborhood and that everythin is in good shape. the Allies owe America. "When we arrived in France the French were auout ready to quit. They wme beaten and England was no better off and it was not until the Ameri cans begin to arrive in large numbers that the tide of battle was turn and a feeliug of security prevailed In Fiance again. I am sorry my wound forced me out of the game as I Would liked very much to have been wltb the army of occupation. I know tune the American boys are having the One time the American boys are having now and I should certainly like to be there and have my share of it." . Home Idua of the nful toll drkt-n by the Germans In the second ball I J of the Marne may be gleaned from the fact that Mr. Brander' company entered the first d.iy' battle with 2SQ men and out of that number 37 answered roll call that evening Th Germans soon learned to have & most wholesome respect for the Americans aa IB shown by the follow ing statement nude by a captured German officer and which was pub llsbed shortly after In an American p-ipcr In 1' rlii. The German mas quoted as follows: "Yesterday I knew that the Fli Dlvlilon wa oj poslte us and I know we would hnve to put up the hardest fight of the war. The Flrt Divis ion lit wonderful and the German army know it "We did not believe that within five year could the Amerlran de velop a division inch a thl First Division. The work of II Infantry and artillery are worthy of the but armies of the world." Mr. Brander tell the story of hi part In the great world war with an entire lark of affection and whll he deeply jeulUe how clone he came to making the supreme crlflce he nutkea light of it in every way an rinuly wind his story around Heppner and te you how ghid l to get back here. One regret la hie thing to which b rWer In th fact that he within three day Journey to hi former home in Hcc.i land and unable to get a fur lough And he added. 'J know ho deeply disappointed nr nmther will be at not being able to e tne." All th local new. 12 th lletald. ENTERS LOCAL FIELD Big Lumber Concern Buys Githens' Yard and Will Extend Lumber and Fuel Business An important business deal was consumated here last Saturday when representatives- of the Tum-a-Lum Lumber company, with headquarters at Walla Wclla, bought the H. C, Githens' stock of lumber and build ing materials as well as the lot and buildings in which the yard is locat ed. The realty was purchased from j the First National Bank. The ma terial and stock was purchased on an invoice basis. The price of the real estate! was not made public. The fuel business of Albert Williams was also taken over by the company on the same day. H. E. Crawford, chief architect for the company at Walla Walla, W. H. Cronk, district manager of the Hepp ner branch yards and Allen B. Cox, and B. L. Burroughs, of Pendleton, who are also connected with the com pany, were here Saturday closing the deal. N. A. Clark, of this city, has been appointed local yard man ager ,for Heppner. W. H. Cronk, who has so success fully managed the lone yard for sev eral years has been advanced to the position of district manager and will have general supervision of the com pany's yards at Heppner Lexington , I and lone, To a representative of the Herald j yesterday Mr. Cronk stated that the ! old livery barn which is being used j for a lumber and material shed will be remodeled and made over to meot '. the Immediate needs of the company. 1 large and complete line of all kinds of lumber and building mater-! ials will be stocked at once. Ship-1 lie by recognizing Ireland's natton ments are expected to arrive within al status and her right to vlndiea- few days. The fuel end of the business will also be enlarged and close attention will be given to that feature. The Tum-a-Lum company is one of the biggest lumber concerns operat ing in the Inland Empire. The com pany is now operating more than 40 yards In ae many different towns in eastern Oregon and Washington and it Is understood the company is soon tional rights, which she had definlte t.,be re-organized and the capital ; ly nre 'lalmed every generation thiu stock Increased. ' The Tuniea-Lum is I out the era of English usurpation live business organization and its local representatives have to be live wires. W. H. Cronk, ,at lone, and Lew Holmes at Lexington, are fair samples of the Tum-a-Lum; hustler. Mr. Cronk haB built up a big lumber business at lone from practically nothing and Mr. Holmes Is doing the same at Lexington. He has had charge of that yard for only about a year. WHICH HK.I.I'S HEI'I'XKU MOST? "The difference 'twixt the optimist and pessimist Is droll "Tl e ( iitlmiiit sees th) doughnut and the pessimist sees the hole." Old Rhyme Optimist IV remiui wjiiiiiunill neeum id - vade Heppner these days. The air Is filled with rumors abo.;t coming building activity and one contractor Is quoted as having stated that he know personally of mor, than 25 residences that will be built during the coming aunvmer. That's the kind of talk that helps. No commit- nlty wa eer nr.. da better by pessl- mists. It s always belter to boost than to knock. Hi pjner Herald Jan. 21. The 1'i'M.imist The announcement that there wore many contracts let for the constiuc- tlon of residences In the rlty, (Hep pner) whl-h appeared In an Issuo f the Ore,-cnlan the first of the week. la without foundation, whatever, so far a we run learn. Gazette Times Jum.ary 23. MOHKOW COUNTY 1.IBI ItTY LOAN KUB.SC1UITIO.NH Morrow county milwcilbed $277,- 600 to the grand total of IIK.jr.;;;) of the Fourth Liberty Loan In Oie- gun. The number of auhncrlberi n the county was 1.44. The over subscription wa 1.14 per cent. These figuie have Jupt been receiv ed from state headquarter. Th" 1 fflclui ronipllHtlon do not show the quota of nun-banking center. In the newspaper outinle of Fort land fc7,S'l4 lm lie of ., 'j .! In paid and free publicity In aid of the loan. following Is the Mateinent of the roiinnimllle of thl county: lone, quota. 1 1 . 1 20 : Mlbscribeo, 3'.75'i; number of subscription:!, 254. Islington, quota. U,00; sub set 1 bed, 1 1 7. 10; number of aubscrib em. Ill Heppner.. quota. $22.5r,0; 'ib- srrlbed. I22'i.oiio, number of sub scription., I,(i3. Herald only 12 00 a r. NDEPENDENT REPUBLIC People of Emerald Isle Want to Hoe Their Own Row While Irishmen the world over have established a reputation as grer.t jokers it is evident that the matter of freedom and independence for the Emierald Isle is no joke with those of the Irish race who yet re main at home. At a big demonstration in Dublin last Tuesday a Declaration of Inde pendence was read announcing the establishment of an Irish republic and demanding the evacuation of Iie land by the British garrisons. When the congress convened the roll call was made in English. Ir. in cluded all members of the British Parliament elected from Ireland. Many of these men failed to answer to their names when called for the reason that they are in jail on dif ferent charges preferred by the British authorities. The moBt striking feature of the program was the reading of the dec laration of independence. First in Irish, with the delegates stand ing, and artervards nl English and French "Ireand's address to the free nations" was read. t 's concluded with an announce- ment of the 'complete Independence' of the Irish republic against the ar- rogant pretensions of England found- ed in fraud and sustained only by an overwhelming military occupation." The address to free natlcns began: "The nation of Ireland, having her national independence, calls thrown her elected representatives in Par- liament assembled, upon every free nation to support the Irish rept'b- tion at the peace conference." It declared that Ireland was rad -.-ally distinct from England in race, language, customs and traditions. Ireland, it said, ,was one of the movt ancient nations of Europe. She had preserved her national In tegrity and valor Intact through seven centuries of foreign oppre.n'nn i and never had relinquished her mi- 'down to the last glorious resort to arms In 1916.' FOOD AIIMJ.MSUATIOV Mr. Hoover has ordered the mob ilization of the entire machinery of the Food Administration on behalf of the relief of the Armenians. The Armenian situation Is simply desper ate. Four mil ion people are facing Htarvution. line minion live Hun dred thousand must have help within the next thirty days or it will be too late. We have saved these people from the rule of the Turk, and w iLU:il not let them perish. A limit ed amount of grain Is available from the legions around the Black Sea, so that oncy will bring relief for a tim .,.,,,., l,,l.,r fr,wl HMi.it lie i ... ""v-,K"- ' f ou u 8,'e a rouP of "'e hclPl"M ,D11 Bt,'vln eo? e' ePf ,y ln' ra"'". '" wou,u ""'' 1 r IO "lare "ur"" ln'lr tion. Then, without waiting for the ""-ll"ri J",u' r"p to Mr' JnH- J- NrH' at 'l,'!'Pn"r. nni1 tell him how much you will Ive. Bet ti-r than that call hint Uv on the phone, ritill better write a check for tlio Armenian relief ai.d send H to Mr. Nys. Do thla while you have. It In mind, lie liberal. S.WETIIK STAKUMi. S. K. Notion, County Food Administrator. SU F I I I ll II Kill IHNiS I'AVS The Jefferson County, Ind., faun biirei u, through the county agent, has just completed a prof ituhlo :"-lf-fecder demonstration for hug. Ten plus from one litter were fed skmii'i til ii 11 K and allowed to cut at will from a self-feeder containing lnuii, j 1 1 u f r and hominy meal. The pig. were farrowed March I, and w.M on Octoler 22. They made an nveiag" dully gain, from date of birth, of tl 'j'i pound. The total cost of feed was 1200. The weight of the link's al selling time wh 2.I6U pound. 0 u average of 21 1 pound each. The fartn.f received Im fm a hundnd. IJK'i 60 for the i,t, making a 1. t ptotlt of ll't'J 60, or 119 60 per iiei,d KM 'A ITU E. L. Berry ewaned from Deputy .-ih'iilff Walter Cason and the Bak ery but w 'X pi u red at once and will be In the custody of W'na Aycr at th Coutt House nl but will Faint, mmt or ln an)thlng A man will vol.. gaint a thing not beraua be I against the thing but because some one he d'X-sVt Ilk I olnf for the thln. MARRIED Mr. William Ayers and Mrs. Ella Ayers were united in mariage Satur day evening, January 2 5, 1919, at the home of Mr. and Ufrs. J. C. Owen in this city, County Judge W. T. Campbell officiating. Those present at the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Owen, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Winters and Judge Ca.mn.bell. Following the ceremony a sumptu ous wedding supper was served by Mrs. Owen. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ayers will join in best wishes now that then lives and fortunes are re-united. A This is Judge Campbell's first wedding since taking his office and the bridegroom says the judge per- tormed the ceremony with all the dignity of a minister of the gospel. MOHKOW COUNTY Itl'.l) CIIOS.H ' During the past week Morrow County Chapter of the American Red Cross was notifiied that they hnd been honored by being placed on the honor roll at headquarters for their work in knitting, the making of sur gical dressings and refugee garments. iiiey nave gone "over tne top" in each of these lines of work, and the officers of the chapter very -..aturally feel quite proud of the record made. It is quite urgent that the work of making refugee garments go on at a Tapld rate and the help of the ladies who have been sewing is still requir ed, with as many more as can posibly give time to this endeavor. A ship ent of material was received this week from headquarters and another is on the way. The Chapter desires to meet the request to have the first Installment made up aDd ready for shipment by the 15th of February and the last Instalent must be com pleted and ready to go out by h ; first of March. The worlc is very ur gent and the officers of the Morrow County Chapter trust that they will eceive tne usual prompt response from the workers. THK COYOTK IS A l'KHT HIT ITS PFIT IS VALUABLE If the ranchers and sheep growers had their wish, there would be no coyotes in North America. The ranchers and sheep growers think that the only thing coyotes were laade for is to kill cattle hnd sheep, This Is a wrong Impression. The coyote must have some other cull ing in life or the good book "iiiIhs ed fire" when it said "nothing whs made In vain." "My opinion of it," says Mr. A. B. Khuhert, president of A. B. Shubeit, Inc., Chicago, the largest house In the world dealing exclusively In American raw furs, "Is that tlu. coyote Is here to give up the ghost and surrender his pelt to the j fun-i,y Who by the way niaKes good line of the good coyote pelt, but has little use for the poor ones. The belter grades- of coyote are being dressed and dyed md used In Imi tation of fox, and i n account of the great opularity of the animal scarf, coyotes are In strong demand and blinking the highest prices ever The coyote Ih the onl fur-bear.-,-that can be used in imitation or the fox." The poorer gr.uies of coyote are being used for tout linings, lap robe-, etc. The skin Is large and requiii'i but little work It answers tin purpose Seventy-five per cent of the best grade, of the collection of tho coy ote of the northwest ere used In America. Orr mii'iufiieliirem knew j better how to use them and ouidy rs ' lye IIii-mi better than the Kuropo.il-h. , We make better end inure attractive aitleles out of coyote than urn mo il need anywhere. A soil, si I It y coy ote, dressed and dyed, n ml i,,Hde Into mi iililuiiil hi.uf c: ii hardly be l i n- tiliguislied ft im a lux, ei e;.t by . n xpeit, ho tmppeia get alter the coy ote iiml ti.i, ii s inn n us you i.m. an the pteselit K price fu- ttllH a tlclo will pay yuu well fur youi time mid rfoits. WANTIIs Will pay cash fo.' at the llct:iW If. clean cotton rug Office. foil HAI.K o. A. V. and H.m- Min stuck white Leghorn musters. Alio a few of those famous "Ore guns " F. It HIIOWN, Heppner, Ore-on." 3'J-40 I'rintmg Hi 11 1 pleases. The lli-ul.l PARKER & coi,i:mi:ia lUJii.iiiNc,, Portland Dcsiiiitits, I'.ni'iiKiriric, Constructing. Ten years cxcrivncc in reinforced conciclc and Lrick construction. ROY V. WHITEIS, Local Representative FIRE FIEND THREATENS Defective Flue Cause. Fifty Thous and Buslu-ls of Wheat and Other Warehouses in Jeopardy Heppner barely escaped another disastrous fire last Wednesday fore noon when a lively blaze was discov ered in the walls of the office roo:n it the Farmer's Union Elevator in north Heppner. A high south wind was blowing at the time and only early discovery saved manyMWY F early discovery and quick work on the part of the elevotar employes and the fire department, saved heavy losses. Had the flames succeeded in breaking through into the main building it is doubtful if the big structure and nearly 50,000 busbeli of wheat contained therein could have been saved. All of the other warehouses in that district would al so have been placed in joajordy. According to E. R. Huston, mana ger of the elevotar company, the fire undoubtedly started from a defect ive flue. Extruinatlou of the fluo af ter the ft're was extinfiuished, reveal ed that one joint between the bricks next to the side wall of the building; had never been filled with mortar leaving a considerable crack through which fire could easily find its' way to the closely adjoining wood work. The flue was toirn down and a new one built which Mr. Huston feels cer tain is safe. Mr. Huston considers it fortunate that the fire occurred at the time it did. Had it started during the noon, hour or at night when all the em ployes were absent it Is probable the entire warehouse district would have suffered heavy losses. WHEAT. VA1UKTIKS Four year average yields of Al berta red, Kharkov and Argentine wheats as developed at the Moro branch experiment station have ex ceeded the. four year average yield ot the local Turkey wheat by 15 to IS per cent. An increase of 10 per cent of wheat yeild in Sherman county alone would reach about 15,000 bushels annually, says1 the official re port of A. B. Cordley dlrflc.tor of th Oregon exporiiuentstatlon... , . ..4 Local Turkey Is (Be variety Most commonly grown ln the vicinity of Moro. Nine strains, of which the foregoing are three of the mont promising, out yield the local strain.!. Thirteen varieties hav'e out runketl the forty-fold, another popular win ter wheat in the dry farming re gions of Eustern Oregon. The high est yielding varieties have out yield id forty-fold by 0.6 bushels per iicio in a lour year vverage. Investigations of rate of planting show that a rate of two pecks seed ed early In October "will frequently give a thicker stand than an eight peck rate sown late in Novem ber." Also a well cultivated BUie iner fallow wltn a moisture close to the surface requires less seed than a roughly kept, dry suifiice. Under favorable cnndltluns fruiii 3 5 to C puunils per acre are rceummended. Kxperlments at the station I lull -cato that the safest time for sowing Is between October 10 and 25. (let ting a good stand is the inalil thing mill with the s:tme stands little dll Icrcnccs In yields are obtained (101,1 1 ai y f 1 1 k the date. A COIlllECTION Referring to the advance In tele phone rhiii'gcH last week tho Herald WHS ill erior III the Htiitement th:it a "lepuit charge" of 25 renin H niMile when 11 customer fulls to git his pin I y or the party called rcfusm to talk. Aciuidini; to the new ram cud In any case where a "11 pint lin r :' applies the minimum chiu ro Is 1U cents 11 lid the 1..1 iluinui M $2 00. The watchword of the reconHtru't lon pellod rhuilld be science 11 ml guud will. Without guoil will i-eiii-e may produce being rompan I with whom the devil of telle tlienp,. Klaim is a mild inaiiiieied gentleman. Yet good will,, unsuppot i d by sil ence, dlHnapaleif Itself In ft tllth-iil effoit. ItV wonderful how much chill no be camoullageil undr a wkiiu Chin ook wind. BANFIELD 1