THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER. OREGON
PAGE FIVE
PLANS FOB HOTEL ACCEPTED
PLAN TO MAKE A ROAD DRAG
Illustration Show an Implement
Which la Simple and Inexpensive
x Tough Wood Beat
Cffl( Prepared by the United States Depaft
ame) , ment of Agriculture.)
.7 The accompanying illustration shows
a typical design for a road drag, which
is very simple and inexpensive. The
design contemplates the use of an ordi
nary log of timber, such as may be
readily obtained in almost every local
ity. The log should be about 7 or 8
inches In diameter and from 6 to 8 feet
long, and should preferably be of hard,
tough wood which will not decay very
rapidly when exposed to the weather.
White oak, burr fak, chestnut, cedar,
hickory, walnut, or any similar wood
may be satisfactorily used, provided
that it is well seasoned before the
drag is put Into use. Railroad ties
'have been frequently used for this
purpose and possess the advantage
that they are already cut to about the
right length. In selecting the tie,
however, cure should bo exercised to
see that it is of sound wood and of
the proper size.
The drag Is made by splitting or
daKsawlng the log into two equal semi
pop cylinders, which are then framed to
gether in the manner shown in the
illustration. The better of 'the two
pieces should form the front runner
of the drag, because It is the one sub
jected to the greater wear. Moreover,
while the front runner should always
be placed with the face forward, it is
claimed by many that better results
may be obtained by having the round
part of the back runner go forward In
order to Increase the smearing action
of the drag. The two runners are
usually spaced from about 30 Inches
to 36 Inches apnrt, and are connected
in ladder fashion by means of cross
slakes or rungs.
The ends of the rungs are ordinarily
fitted Into 2-ini;h auger holes, bored In
the runners, and are securely held in
place by means of end. wedges. The
uuger holes are so arranged that the
runners, when framed together, will
be displaced in a longitudinal direc
tion with respect to each other. The
object of this displacement, or offset
as It Is usually termed. Is to make the
:ids of the front and back runners
follow approximately the same line on
the road while the drag Is in oper
ation. The amount of displacement,
therefore, should depend on the amount
of skew necessary to make the drag
empty Itself. Hut since this skew va
ries with the condition of the road
surfacg, the proper offset to he given
to runners cannot be definitely fixed.
Under ordinary conditions nn offset
of from about 12 Inches to about 10
Inches will prove sailsfactory.
In order to make It easy for a man
to stand upon the drag and to shift his
weight properly when dragging over
a hnrd surface, the drag should be
provided with two 1-Inch boards paral
lel to the runners and nailed down to
The building committee of the
Heppner Hotel Association definite
ly accepted the tentative plans sub
mitted by John V. Bennes, architect
of Portland, last Saturday and ac
cording to a statement made by Mr.
Bennes to the Herald, bids for con
struction will he asked for as soon
as tie working plans and specifica
tions can be .completed. This, Mr.
Bennes thinks will be about the mid
dle of July.
The new hostelry will be 61x126
feet, three ttcrles high and of press
ed white brick construction.
A commodious lobby 37x38 feet Is
provided for on the ground floor j
back of which will .be . the dining
room 38x53 feet. A roomy kitchen
with co'.d storage In connection ad
joins the kitchen and at the extreme
rear Beveral sample .rooms are pro
vided. A cosy laides parlor opens off
the main lobby.
The second and third floors will
be occupied-entirely by guest cham
bers of which there will be about 50,
30 of vhich will have private baths.
The building is so arranged that
every room will be an outside room.
The construction will be first class
throughout and the appointments
will be strictly modern.
The estimated cost of the building
exclusive of furishings is $80,000.
SVRPIUSK
PAUTY FOR
O'ROVRKE
MISS
About $0 friends and admirers of
Miss Peggy O'Rourke gave her a
farewell party Monday evening on
the eve of her departure for her old
home in Ireland. The affair was a
plcarant surprise to Miss O'Rourke
and will furnish many a pleasant
memory of Heppner and Heppner
friends after reaching 'her old home
in the Emerald Isle.
Miss Peggy O'Rourke expects to
leave tomorrow morning for New
York from whence she will-sail, on
July 19th for her old home In Ire
land. Miss O'Rourkke has been a
resident of Heppner for several years
at the home of her uncle, Rev. Fath
er P. J. O'Rourke, and in that time
she has endeared herself to a wide
circle of friends. Miss O'Rourke Is a
vocalist of marked ability and a par
ticular favorite with the Heppner
public. Her plans for the future are
not definite but she may return to
Heppner after a year's visit nt her
old home.
territory (laughter) and who seems
to dominate the Peace Conference.
The League of Nations was drawn up
under John's supervision, and we are
assured by the most veracious au
thority, the Northcliffe press and Its
American satelites, that the League
of Nations is going to stop all war. In
fact, ladies and gentlemen, it looks
as If we are going to have a Jilessed
millenium when the lion will lie
down with the lamb but God help
the lamb (laughter and applause.)
Now there is about one-fifth of the
world's territory in the possession of
that philanthropic gentleman, John,
and Article Ten has been put In the
League of Nations so that that terri
tory may be preserved to that most
beneficent Institution, that veritable
Lady Bountiful, the English Empire;
and they want us Americans to stand
up for the sake of humanity and
guarantee that to John. They have
freed the Arabians and Roumanians
and I won't talk about the Slavs, be
cause Tom Mannix talked enough
about them (laughter) : and they
have freed nearly every nation on
eartjjt'hat wasn't under English
domination; don't foget that But
never a word was said of Ireland in
the Peace Conference; never a word.
In fact, one might say the sign was
over the door of the Peace Confer
ence, "No Irish need apply." (Laugh
ter and applause)
We have gathered here this even
ing from different sections of the
state, from the bunch grass as well
as the valley, and we are going to see
What Ireland will apply: and not
a'.iine will she apply but she will be'
heard. Our claims will be heard. '
And we are going to give sympathy.
But we are not going to stop at
sympathy, though. (Applause) No,
no. We are going to put our hands
right down in aw pockets and dig
up for the cause of Ireland, because
sympathy never won anything. You
want something back of it; you want
the dollars back of it; and we are
going to do that ladies and gentle
menput the dollars back of the
sympathy. Aud we do that for three
purposes; one Is to defeat the dam
nable propaganda of the English
press In this country; the second is
to assure our representatives In con
gress and the senate that we have
Interest in seeing that self-determination
Is given Ireland. (Applause)
And the third is to put guns in the
hands of men in Ireland if necess
ary. (Applause and cheers)
Talk is nil right but talk never got
anywhere. We want action. And,
nlnd you, men and women, brothers
and sisters in the Irish cause, Amer-
A TIP OX COOKING PEAS
ImKud of libelling peas by hand.
inrov,- uijiii, pons and all, inlo a
IcjIMa (f rjuilint,' wntrr, after wash
ng and discarding any spoiled ones.
':'in the ure Vne the pods a ill
ri " ti t :?, vhile the peas
will slay at '' ,rm of the k.i
fie. I'phh rork :M "ey have a fine
fluvo:- iind ran N' ili'u.ued and cream
?d afterward If wished.
United States has not a good word to
say for Ireland nor the delegation in
Paris has not a good word to say for
Ireland after that. Where is the
gratitude? Where is the love of lib
erty? If there is love of liberty In
the hearts of any man or woman, if
there is good, red blood flowing in
your veins, you want to see justice
done to all small nations, Ireland in
cluded. (Applause)A nd my friends,
with the help of God, and the other
aid, which will be the Mnds of
Irishmen, we will see that justice
will be done. We will see It. The
Irish people themselves have deter
mined what they want. Seventyfive
per cent of the people of Ireland say
they want independence, absolute in
dependence. No home rule none of
that kind of thing. That Is dead and
buried, thanK God for it. (Laughter
and applause) I will say a good re
quiem over that. That Is dead and
burled. We don't want anything of
that kind at all; we want Independ
ence. We want what Lincoln said
was the government: "The govern
ment ot the people," he said,' "for
the people, and by the people." (Ap
inauaej ana rresiaent Wilson on
uecoration Day in Paris said the
same thing, but clothed In different
words when he said, "The people
are in the saddle." There is Ireland's
case in a nutshell. The people are go
ing to be in the saddle and we are
going to pull old John off of that
horse that he has been riding on so
long. (Applause and laughter.)
Old John Bull has been trying to
ride us to death. We will pull him
down and sin'k him. (Applause and
laughter) We will pull him off the
horse and we are going to take the
saddle. That is what we are going to
do.
You have heard of that Missouri
farmer that went to ride his horse,
didn't you? He had a rather spirited
animal and he got up on his back
I d'in't believe that fellow ever ap
peared in Pendleton though and
the horse kicked around, and In
kicking around he finally got one of
his hind feet up In the saddle; so
the farmer looked around and he
said, "Well, I guess If you are go
ing to get up I will get down?"
(Laughter) You see what is going
to happen. John is going to get down
' (Laughle; ), and Ireland is going to
get up in that saddle and ride. That
is what "u men and women are go
ing to '!o, put Ireland In the saddle,
ami verify the words of President
, Wilson, put liiem into action In re
i gsird lo Ireland. (I thank you. (Ap-
plau"e.)
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Once in motion, the beginning of a worth
while habit is established and it will require
grcaterinfluence to keep you frofu laying up
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HEPPNER, OREGON
Typical Design of Split-Log Drag.
the rungs. These boards should bo
about 8 Inches wide and their length
xtmuld be slightly lew than that of
the runners of the drag. '
The chain by nieiuin of which th
lima: Is drawn should tie about 8 feet
lonx nnd Its links should be made
of thrce-flKhths-lnch steel. On light
tirngs two inire innin may lie u."i
lor this purpose.
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nl.ovo described, without inetnt-rutllnff ,,
edjies or other modillriillons, have been j A
very satisfactorily uwl when- the con- 1 1
illtlons Here favorable. It Is ev'denl, ' ; ,
however, thiit such drses are rnVetlvo
only on comparatively soft road sur
faces, and to diminish Ibis llmlfiillon
and also lo Increase the life of Urn
lisg It I very deslrnhle In provldfl
metal-rutting edge fur the fnmt run
ner. An excellent edge of this kind
may lie ninde from a sirlp of Iron or
steel about one-fourth lnh llibk and
about four Imheo wide, and even old
wbkod tires or wnnvmt trader blsdea
hsvo be'0 very satisfactory.
lea owes a great deal to Ireland, and
I am not ashamed to say tonight
standing here before you. When
America needed men to light her bat-
ties never were the Irish slackers,
i The Irishman loves to fight; you
'know t"iat (Laughter and applause) ;
i and especially If It is against Kng
j land. And when the war of the Rev
olution was fought a largo part of
i Washington's men were Irish; and
I It was saucy Jack Harry, from Wex
ford, the adjoining county from
Read The Herald for alUthe news. w!,cre 1 0!,mP t,,al 101,1 ,,,e En,,Hh
I where to get oir. And then in 1812
i we know- wtmt Mactionniich flirt In
IATIUH O'P.Otl'.KK'K AIIII:SS ,u ,, .... ,. ,,
ii.-.,, fin,. rt nimi ,i ,n,,i,
did down In New Orleans. That Is
somthlng to look bark to. And
when the call went nut to fight
ag.tins Me; ico, the Irish were there
Hg.iin Kelly, Ilmk and Shea. And
when the civil war eatne and that
fraternal fight, Irishmen fought
at.ainU Irishmen In those days and
the hills of Fredericksburg were
covered with Irish bloofl. America
, found that she needed them then
1 anil Ihey responded nobly to her rail.
And tiien when the Spanish war
came, uaaln Chc.v volunteered. And
I In the last war 1 need not ti ll yon
you know It too well what Irlhh-
j men did. (Applause.) And yt ladles
and gentlemen, the President of the
BIG
AT IKISII COXVKXHOX
I'ollowlng Ik the address delivered
it the I went Irhh convention In
Portland fcy Lev. Kathei P. J.
O'Rourke. of this rlty, as taken by
a r.tonoKianher as deliver d and pub
lished in the Catholic Sentinel:
Mr. Chairman. Iteverend Fathers,
friends and well-wishers of Ireland:
For the past five month a number
of experts have gulheied together In
Paris engaged in a very delicate snd
very difilcult operation the piddl
ing up of the world. Theie Is an as
tute and philanthroplcal gen'leman,
by t'lie name of John Bull (laughter)
who Is Indeed an expel t at adding
r-' rr rc rc rc r r .rc r-: :
Mr. Farmer Take
Warning
GOOD R0A0S ARE NECESSITY
Add t Joy and Comfort of Country
nd City Llfo National Prob
Um for Ivorybody.
Good road will add to Iho fy and
mmfort of country llfo and rtty llf.
They arc public neeeoaltjf. The prob
lem I a tuwnshlp problem, rotinty
problem, mate problem. osMooal
(.fotilem fr won end wnnwti of ill Mt
nnd Indii'irtsl life. It deervc
ItlllH DMtJrnt!HI.
Art- vou I
The Almanac predicts hail next week?
properly protected with
Good Insurance
for your grain crops? At the present hih prices
if grains you cannot afford to have your fields
destroyed. IJctter sec me at once.
My Hates are Reasonable and my Service is the
Ue'st that can le obtained.
RoyV.Whiteis
OLD KELIA3LE INSURANCE MAN
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The Annual Tanners I'icnic for all of Morrow County will he held at the
Morrow County Fair Grounds
Saturday, June 21st
All Day Meeting
l'i i-ininciit speakers will he pic
fin "The Tanners of Today.",
pcriinent Station, will speak on
liia Ijasin "
eiil. lion. J. I), l'.ioun. of Portland, will speak
Superintendent I'.. I). Stephens, of Moro Kx
"Whrat Farming and Soil Culture in the Colum
A First Class Orchestra Will
Fnrnish Music
I5itf Fine I'aket Dinner. Hitf Splendid Program,
eryhody cordially invitee! to he present.
I'.ig Klcgant Time. Ev-
I'.rinn a Hig Uaskct, a P.itf Appetite and a liig Laugh.
See Bills For Complete Announcement