.
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