Tuesday, June 17, 1919
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
PAGE THREE
VAS TURNING GUT
GUNS BY MILLION
United States Producing Arms at
High Speed When Fight
ing Ended.
AFTERNOON FROCK OF SATIN RQYAL GLORIES
WORK OF WINNING THE WAR
""History of Rifle Production Shows
Great Record Many Tanks Under
Construction When Armistice
' Came Pistols Efficient.
Washington, D. C Machine guns
mid small arms produced by the mil
lions, ammunition turned out by the
billions of rounds and tanks built by
thousands when . the armistice ended
hostilities, furnish the subject of chap
ters just made public ef the war de
partment's history of the "material"
side of winning the war.
Tn regard to machine gun production,
about which such a hot controversy
waged In congress as a result of the
failure of the American army to adopt
for standard general use the Lewis
weapon used successfully abroad, the
report says manufacturing facilities
for machine guns in this country were
dajnuch more limited in extent than the
pojiubllc had any notion of when the
t .' United States entered the war or to
day, and that there were at the out
break of the war only two factories
wnicn were actually producing ma
chine guns In any quantity at all.
Dearth of Aircraft Guns.
The report says there was great
dearth of heavy machine guns for air
craft work, to be synchronized with
propellers. The Browning aircraft gun
would have met the requirements, but
it would be a long time before it could
be produced In qunntlty. In seeking
n stop gap weapon until the Browning
could be ready, the ordnance depart
ment, by "one of those surprising and
nlmost accidental successes" some
times encountered, found that a modi
fied Martin gun which could be quick
ly produced met all requirements.
The work of the Brownings is de
clared to have been spectacular as
compared with any existing wenpons
of this character. Up to November 11
the production of Browning rifles was
52,238, a majority of which were In
France. In addition 29,0p0 Chauchat
guns had been purchased, so that
enough light automatic rifles were on
nana to supply lw divisions, or an
army of 3,500,000 men. In the snme
time 41,804 heavy Brownings and
enough Vickers guns had been pro
duced to make, with the Ilotchklss
weapons purchased from the French,
a total of 54,027 of this type, or
enough to equip 200 divisions, or an
iirmy of 7,000,000.
Other production struggles described
Include items varying in size from
trench knives to the 45-ton Mark VIII
tanks of British design, of which 1,500
were being constructed In co-operation
with the British arid 1,450 additional
wholly by American enterprise.
On November 11 64 tanks of the
French six-ton type had been delivered
and by January 81 of this year 291.
Of these six were shipped abroad.
Orders for 1,000 Mark I tight tanks
were canceled as were orders for 15,
015 three-ton tanks, 15 of which had
been completed on November 11.
The history of the rifle production,
Including all of the considerations
A Ll.k , - . - Aft.- - -t .1 .t. .1
vwiiiih iru iu iue tiuimuii v& iiiv niaui-
nrdlsed British Enfield weapon for
Amerlcnn use, also Is fully outtined.
The department states that It sees no
reason now to change Its view that the
wisest course was that which was fol
li, lowed. The total rifle prodnctlon In
ot the United States from the beginning
of the war up to November 9, 1018,
wss 2.506.807, of which little more
than 300,000 were Springfield rifles.
Pistols ef U. 8. Type Valuable.
Considerable attention It devoted to
the production of automatic pistols
nnd revolvers for ths troops. Euro
ties n countries failed to appreciate the
value of Inrge caliber, hard hitting
weapon of the American type and the
chief use of pistols and revolvers la
Europesn armies had been as orna
ments for officers' uniforms. It Is said,
rather than for active lighting.
With the standard army automatic
It It stated, "any average soldier with
versge training ran hit what he
shoots at. In almost the first skirmish
It proved Its sucrlor usefulness In
trench fighting. Hurti Incidents as
A that of the single American soldier
.J who dispersed or killed a whole squad
, . of German bayoneteers which had sur
rounded him struck the enemy with
fnar of Tsnkee prowess With the
pistol."
TO REBUILD CORTEZ PALACE
Femeut Mexican structure, 400 Yetrt
Old, Hat " Allowed te Fail
Into Ruin.
New Torkv The pslsr of Cnrtet, III
the suburbs of Coyoscsn. Is to he r
mnt ratted hi the government end
nmmA a museum fof relics of the
Hnanlah meanest.
The structure. 400 years old. bss
tn allowed to fall Into ruin. In
the courtyard sr anHnt trees, under
which llman fort and his fsmlllsrt
wee wont to r-t. Thee are hnn
tired of years older em-trot
Lultiilng llsrlf.
T i .I'M! !iff' '"t to t! ' I-i'
HU la rl d.oil'tioa.
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SS' 'v T V'faB Wesl.rn Nelrner I'rilnn
Yanks Anxiously Ask "When Do
We Get Eats?"
'Z Mexicans Think Rebel $ I
;tj Chief Burst His Coffin : f
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'! Chnutln, Mexico. Legends at- W 1
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This frock of brown satin, simply
made Into an afternoon outfit, ac
quires charm by rows of cords. It Is
suggested as a practical, all-round costume.
GLITTER AND GLISTEN FADS
Bead Embroideries and Paillettes, Tu
nics of Gorgeous Brocades, and
Fringes and Tassels.
This Is a season of glitter and glis
ten so far as evening frocks are con
cerned. Bead embroideries and pail
lettes, tunics made of gorgeous bro
cades, which show silver and gold de
signs on shot backgrounds of gauze or
crepe, fringes everywhere, and, of
course, tassels. It Is an ultrasuraptu
ous year, bufnot unduly extravagant,
because brocaded tunics can be easily
made at home, and then need not run
Into more than two yard of material
at most. If you happen to see a rem
nant of .rich broche silk metallic de
signs on a dark or black ground pos
sess yourself of It. If it Is not long
enough to make the whole of an eve
ning tunic It will certainly make a
splendid border, with bands for the
corsage and nrmholes, of one made of
chiffon or voile de sole. In putting on
hem of metallic brocade one ought
to Introduce a little hand embroid
eryfeather stitching or something
of that sort. This gives the garment
the desirable air of being "a creation."
Only Statue That Interests Soldiers It
Statue of Liberty In New
York Harbor.
Paris. Standing amid the glories of
the royal prist of France, in the park
at Versailles, an American doughboy
thirst into this apostrophe:
"Say, pal, where do you get eats
around these diggln's?"
American fighting men In leave par
ties led by trained guides from the
Paris headquarters of the Young Men's
Christian association war work coun
cil may be seen everywhere In Paris
and Its environs, enjoying the monu
ments of the old regime and of the
empire In a truly American fashion,
which does not prevent the associa
tion of the great palace of Louis XIV
and "chow."
"Looks like a decnyed church," was
the deliberate estimate of another boy
In khaki as he stood before the Hotel
des Invalides. Then he went inside
nnd became enthusiastic over the mar
ble railing about the tomb of Napoleon
because It was so "white" and hadn't
a flaw.
. One of them emerged from the In
valides and grew almost poetic about
the yellow light coming through the
stained glass windows above Napo
leon's casket. Then he caught him
self, and almost blushed. In the next
breath he called the Court des Inva
lides the "souvenir parlor of the
armies of France." When he saw
tiuynemer's airplane and learned what
it was, he maintained a reverential si
lence of more than a mjnute before
he began to determine its "make."
Perhaps the reactions from Ver
sailles nre the most Illuminating.
Halting at the Fountain of Neptune,
a doughboy enst his eye nppr'nislngly
down the vista of the park.
"Gee," he said, "there must be two
miles of fountains."
Best of all, apparently, the soldiers
like to go nnd sit on the banks of
the Seine watching the river traffic,
The one-fourth size Statue of Lib
erty presented to Paris by the Ameri
can colonics watches over them here.
But even it is the subject of frank
criticism.
"Huh," said one of the critics. "It
doesn't look as good as the old girl
will look when we steam into New
York harbor."
V
ready are beginning to spring up $
among the superstitious and lg- J
norant regarding Einillano Zap- J
ata, the rebel chief who met
death here on April 10. In an
attempt to preserve the bandit's $ i
body as long as possible to give i
ine greatest number or bis fol
lowers a chance to see It, It
was packed In Ice, In the ab
sence of embalming fluids. The
Ice burst the sides and top of
the flimsy coffin and gave rise
-to superstitious tales that the
"Attlla of the South," as Zap
ata was called, was not really
dead, but had burst his coffin
and escaped.
MAKES HIM POSE AS GUEST
San : Francisco Husband Gets Tired
of Notions of Artistic
Wife.
San Francisco. Because his wife
believed she was destined to be a
prima donna and made hlra pose as a
guest in his own nome, Jacob Flower
man, Insurance man, was granted a
divorce here.
Flowermnn said his wife contended
singer to be popular must be single.
Therefore they lived together secret
ly. When guests came he said he
ent out the back way and later was
admitted at the front door like any
other guest.
Finally, he says, he got tired of this
deception and sent his wife back East.
BRITISH UNHEALTHY AS RACE
LOOR CUSHION THE LATEST
Contrivance la Covered With Woven
Rugs May be Used for
Porch er Lawn.
No cheap rug goes so well with ma
hogany furniture at doea a rag rug,
especially In bedroom. Indeed some
clever young women, setting out In
housekeeping In attractive houses,
with white enameled woodwork and
good mahogany furniture, old and
new, have , decided to start out with
rng nigs In their living rooms, to re
place them later on probably by more
pretentious nigs. But the rag rugs
are especially good In an Interior In
which original or reproduced colonial
mahogany Is used. But the latest
thing Is not the rag rug, attractive as
that la In Its springtime guise. The
latest thing Is the floor cushion, cov
ered with woven rugs. This fnbrlc,
with whkh the cushions are covered.
Is Identical with that of the rug. It
Is simply formed Into a cover for
nig cushion ana then is used as
floor cushion or for the porch or lawn,
I'snally there Is a plain center section,
with a band of floral design at each
end.
Analysis of Reports of Medical Boards
Shows Deplorable Condition.-
London. The analysis of the reports
of the medical boards who dealt with
recruits shows a deplorable condition
of national health.
A summary which Is more or less
typical of the whole can be quoted
as an example.
Out of nine men examined three
were nt for service and were good
lives ; two were more or less unfit, but
able to do something; four represented
wreckage of one kind or another, some
of It hopeless, most of It preventable.
As far as the tables have so far been
completed the average Is as follows:
Fit, average for country, 8fl; London,
28; Scotland, 44 J. Wales; 40. Impos-
tlblcHaverage for country, 10; London,
12 ; Scotland, 8 ; Wales, 7.
THIEF STEALS FROM COPS
Takes Leaded Revolver From
Policeman and Sheet From
Another.
One
WADCO COrFEE
'It's .certainly good."
In 2, 3 and 5 ound tins.
Sam Hughes
Company
Distributors,
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Heppner, Oregon,
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Heppner Oregon
Give the Youngsters
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Helping the Boys and Girls of Heppner get the
habit of making frequent trips to the Savings
Department of the Farmers' & Stockgrowers
National Bank is better than bequeathing them
a fortune. With the thrift habit once establish
ed they will be prepared to make their own way.
The Bank for all ages and sizes of People
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Office Patterson'! Drug Store
Heppner Oregon
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Philadelphia. To steal a police
man's shoes and then swipe another
"cop's" loaded revolver is what Bam
nel Smith put over in Lllanercb, a
suburb of this city.
Smith broke Into the home of Sam
uel Love, a policeman, at Lllanercb
while Love and his family were sleep
ing, pocketed Love's revolver and
quietly evacuated the premises.
A short time Inter Roy Jenkins, an
other policeman of the village, espied
man acting auspiciously. The man
was csrrylng Plr of perfectly good
shoes In his hand and keeping In the
shadows. Jenkins arrested him. The
shoes blong-d to the patrolman.
DRESSES OF YELLOW VELVET
Rich Garment Carries Most Plsatlng
Contrast In Its Facings ef
Orchid Velvet.
A dress of yellow velvet carries an
t-xqulslte rontrsxt In Its factnes of
orchid velvet. Ths neck Is cut deeply
square In front erd Is Invisibly wired
to stand vp In the back, where the
orchid tones display themselves against
the skin of the throat and neck. The
bmllce of Uils dress It cut kimono
sioeve and Is tight at the waistline
like basque. The elbow-length
sleeves are faced with orchid velvet
The flowers at the girdle tine are
msde tut taffeta la shsdM of msuve,
orange, pale yellow and purple. Tb
flowert are s lovely part of Uie cos
tume because evtry color ems to an
swer either to the errhld or the yellow
v4vt of the gmn. The skirt of this
picturesque ml'l is drsped slightly
Ms, mi s to swing tightly around th
'.t. Tlir a facing if orchid tHvH
!ilrssts with the yellow folia of Um
.it.
Tfb for Artificial Dog.
Wheeling, W. Va. Squire A. A. Mln
der has decided thm the law In Wheel
Ing doea not discriminate between nat
ural and artificial dogs and James Hei
era, a music dealer, wat ordered to
purchase a tub and place It on the
neck of an'artlfldal dog that be bu
lUndlug la U window.
SAM E. VAN VACTOR
ATTORXEY-AT-LAW.
Heppner Oregon
F. A. McMENAMIN
LAWYER
Roberts Dtdg. Heppner, Ore.
Office Phone Main 643
Residence Phone Main 6S
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INSURANCE
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Heppner Oregon
DR. J. L. CALLOWAY
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Graduate American School of Osteo
pathy, Klrksvllla, Mo., under found
or of the Science, Dr. A. T. Still.
Office at O. W. 8waggert residence
Hours 10 to 12 2 to C. Phone 42
Reduce Expenses
Hy buying now. Look at these prices; good only
while stock lasts.
Glass Tumblers, set $ .25
Flour Sifters 20
Fruit Press 20
Dishes less than cost. F.namelware below nor
mal price. 12 foot Linoleum less than wholesale
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