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GAZETTE b.E I Ji AlVliC, VOL, 33, NO. 40 HE1TNER, OKEGON, THURSDAY DECEMBER, 28, 191 6 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAB DEALER WRTES OF v. K. Irwin Describes Visit To Great Willys-Overland Conven tion at Toledo. W. It. Irwin, Willys-Overland deal er in this city, who was one of the 6,000 dealers visiting the great To ledo plant iu connection with the im mense convention which was held there, recounts his experiences in this entertaiuing letter to the editor: Some action! Nothing was ever so impressive as our tour of the great plant thai turns out Willys-Overland cars. Our pullnians all parked in the company's yards. There was room enough, for there are seven and three quarters miles of track within the plant. Each man got a card containing a picture of Mr. Willys and an auto graphed message of welcome from him. Next thing I knew we vere up on the steps of the stunning new ad ministration building getting photo graphed. Slovators shot up to the company's own restaurant on the sixth floor. There we had a corking breakfast. At each plate was a copy of the live Willys-Overland house organ "The Starter." It mapped our day's pro gram. Then started our tour of the plant. Our guides were carefully picked men. They knew the plant from end to end, and the parties were small so that each member of the party could have his questions answered. Nobody ought to try to .(ell Willys Overland' without knowing this plant. You can't grip the immensity of the proposition till you do. It Is no piker business. $25,000,000 are tied up in land, buildings and machinery, not to say a word about the stock of parts and raw material. - From the roof of the wonderful ad ministration building, which stands out like a state capita!, you get a panorama of the plant. You can then readily believe that it occupies 103 acres, with 4,486,680 square feet of floor space In daily use and a production capacity of 1000 cars per day. You can appreciate t(je growth from 250 employes in 1908 to 17, 300 in 1916. 1,000 persons, more than the en tire manufacturing force of many a company, work in the administration building alone. This structure, 375 feet long, has every facility for rapid work, including dictaphones, its own telegraph and telephone system and a mall handling department that does about everything but write the let ters. 388 persons can be fed In the res taurant at one time. But this is nothing to what one hits when you cross Into the shops. It is a whirl of action, yet all is sys tem. Parts by the untold thousands are here, with a value into the millions of dollars. There are lines of motors II never saw so many crank shafs to gether. Our guide said 6,000 I'd have believed 60,000 There is stock in bins, stock in yards, stock along the walls, con nectlng rods, frames, fenders, mud guards, hoods, rims springs, axles, torsin tubes, transmission gear, shnfs, brake parts, steering rods, pe dais it is an unending procession. Every thirty days sees ar. average of 1000 tons of steel come in. It is handled by a magnetic crane that enables two men to do a work that formerly required thirty. There are amazing machines. The toggle press, for example, held us all. This monster with its pres sure of 1000 tons, shapes cold steel like cardboard. A piece of metal fed to it comes out as a side frame. It can make 2000 of these In an eight hour day. Other machines stamp out radiator shells, fenders, cowl dashes and doors. You take off your hat to the drop forging machines. Down comes the hammer, and the fiery piece of iron Is beaten Into shape. The complete drop forging ofthe front can be ac complished with one heat. Every kind of part requiring strength was dropforged while we looked on, axles, crank shafts, brake assembly rods, brake and coptrol rods, spring shackles, gear blanks and brake rod sectors. We saw the company's accurate jystem of die making. It calls for a special workman on each detail. One works on the shaper, another on the plane and a third on die sinking. The multiple spindle drill in one RECENT EAST operation drills all the holes in the front axle. This Is a guarantee that ' (Continued on page three.) - , v v ;i fer HEPPNER HIGH DEFEATS LEXINGTON HIGH 26-11 10 to 4 and 26 to 11 were the scor es marked on the score card last Fri day evening when the Lexington high school girls' and boys' basket ball teams played Heppner high aggrega tions. The first score was the re sult of the girls' game and Lexington claimed the long end. The visitors outplayed the local girls in nearly every department and their team work and accuracy in shooting bas kets were responsible for their vic tory. Heppner carried away the big end of the score in the boys' game and showed much Improvement since the game with Ione'two weeks ago. Bar- ratt took the center position, Hughes, the first string man, being on the sick list. Nlckolson and Crawford, at forward showed up to good advantage and Peterson and Brown, at guard, held the Lexington forwards down to only a few baskets. For Lexngton, Johnson, at forward played the stellar role and to him can be credited the lion's share of the visitor's points. Karl Beach of Lexington refereed and Wm. O'Rourke of Heppner um pired the boys game. David Wilson acted as umpire for the girls and Mr. Beach refereed. After the games the visitors were guests of the local high school at an Informal reception at the high school building. Born Thursday morning to Dr. and Mrs. Leonard R. Purkey, an eight pound daughter. Mother and child are doing nicely. Harry Archer is recovering from the effects of a large carbuncle which had adorned the back of his neck for some time. BOAHOMAX. The Christmas tree in the school house was a marked success. Mrs. S. H. Boardman and Mrs. O. H. War ner had prepared a very nice program and had the school house very prettily decorated. There were 32 present and there was a treat for everyone. Mrs. O. A. Paine went to Pendleton Sunday to visit over the holidays. E. W. Mack came over from Her miston Sunday. Gladys and Elden Paine went to Pendleton Wednesday to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phelps. J. C. Ballenger and wife go to Was co Thursday to spend the holidays with Mrs. Ballenger's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Murchie. O. H. Warner is moving his barn and house on his Tots near his new livery barn and will soon be comfor tably located. Church of Christ. M. Howard Fagan and wife open evengellstic services at will the Christian church Sunday. Mr. Fagan will preach at the morn ing hour. In the evening his subject will be: "If Jesus Christ is not the Son of God, who Is he?" Those who have doubts on this subject are especially invited to be present. These metlngs will continue (or some time. If you attend you will be both pleased and profited. FOR SALE About 600 tons of al falfa hay, 2000 sacks of barley. Feed lots and mangers ready to feed beef cattle. Ranch ISmilea south I west of Echo. C. P. Bowman, Echo, Ore. 4t 11 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fagan The Fagans will be gin series of evangelistic meetings at the Christ an Church next Sun day, December 31. 4, U.-0. IS LIKELY IN 1926 Average Annual Kate of Increase Has Been 10 Per Cent For The Last 12 Years. University of Oregon, Eugene, Dec. 25. If the University of Oregon grows for the next ten years at the average rate of the last twelve years its enrollment for the college year'of 1926-27 will be 4,500. The average rate of annual In crease in the residence registration at Eugene for the last twelve years has been 16 per cent. This average increase has been ex perienced in spite of the loss of the engineering schools, which however, only temporarily retarded the rale of growth. The Increase this year over the cor responding date last year is 18 per cent. The percentage of increase has been larger during the later portion than during ti.e earlier portion of the twelve year period. No reason is seen at the 'Jnwj.'siw why the per centage ahral'i get any smaller for the next ten y:jars. An attendance of 4500 would give the University of Oregon an enroll ment equivalent to the present en rollments of such well-known Amer ican institutions as Ohio State Uni versity, University of Missouri, Uni versity of Nebraska, Syracuse Uni versity and Northwestern University of Evanston. Only a few American universities have now a larger enroll ment. Non-residence enrollments have been growing much more rapidly than merely 16 per cent per annum: The correspondence-study enroll ment is now 675, an increase of 150 per cent In two years. The extension class enrollment is now 1694, an in crease of about 333 per cent In two years. The estimated attendance at extension lectures for tills college year Is 74,000, an Increase of about 20 per cent. Increase In the class room facilities of Deady halt, the orginal building on the campus; construction of John son hall, the new administration and classromm building; of the architec ture building; and of the new educat ion building, have made it possible to provide room for the added stu dents. To meet the continued in crease, however, a continued building program will be necessary. GRAND LEAP YEAR BALL Opera House Heppner DECEMBER 30th Bowkers Orchestra Tickets $1.10 Dancers Only Allowed to Lower Floor 4 . i j I ... ie4 - L10 L The First National Bank contem plates extensive Improvements to their building at the corner of May and streets. The interior will be re novated, the partition between the present bank quarters and Sam Hugh es Co., will be removed and the entire building will be utilized for banking purposes. r Immediately after the first of the year the Sam Hughes Co. will remove their grocery to the Masonic building Where they will occupy the large cor ner room. In order to accomodate their up-to-date stock a partition at the rear of the room will be removed so their store room will include the Office room just to the rear, and an eMalor will be installed to facillate the moving of merchandise to and from the basement. Rival Is For Ed Wright. Dispatches from Salem indicate that Ed Wright county clerk of Union county, probably will become secre tary of the Public Service Commission after the first of the year. The posi tion is now held by Edward Ostrad er. Mr. Ostrander will remain on the commission as an examiner, a position held before H. H. Corey, then secretary, became a member of the Commission. Mr. Wright, who resides In La Grande, was a candidate for the Re publican nomination against Mr. Corey before the last primaries. At the time, it was understood he had made statement that in the event Mr. Corey was defeated, he would use his influence to retain Mr. Corey as sec retary. The selection of Mr. Wright has been hanging fire pending action by the next legislature. The secretary's position pays $2000 per year. Poultryman Goes To Dayton Show. W. Claude Cox, local poultryman raising the White Wyandotte strain of chickens, left Tuesday for Dayton Washington, where he is attending the annual poultry show this week. Mr. Cox took sixteen of his finest birds and will have them entered to compete for the prizes offered. Congressman N. J. Sinnott has re ceived notice from the Department of Agriculture that he has been allow ed a . limited number of packages of alfalfa, field pea, millet, sudan grass and white clover seed. Because of the very limited supply on hand this year the rule has been made that on'y one pack?i;e of seeds can be sent to a person. Those wishing a package of ihe s??da should write to Contj-essniaa Sinnott for the same at once beforfl the supply if. exhausted. The seed will be maile:! directly from. the Departments ware house, and will be accompanied by a circular giving full instructions for culture of the crop. The department has also decided that no seed will be sent out later than March first. There has been great difficulty in securing some of the seeds this year and for that reason only the follow ing number of packages could be al lotted to the Second District of Ore gon. 70 four pound pkgs, Kansas grown alfalfa seed, 200 four pound packages of improved variety field pea, 50 four pound packages of Kursk millet seed, 100 one pound pack ages of Sudan grass seed, and 40 two pound packages of white clover seed. Requests will be transmitted to the department by Congressman Sinnott In the order in which they are sent in. It will be a case of "first come first served" as long as they last. -Ml t S , i'f C - i A " v." ! . " , , 1 4 "i IONE BREVITIES The lone High School and grades i'.ad an enjoyable time on last Friday afternoon and evening, when they celebrated the Christmas season. In lie different grades gitts had been prepared for all and there was much pleasure manifest on the part of the youngsters in giving and receiving. An entertainment was prepared for the evening, in which many of the pupils took part; some interesting films were run and this was followed by a basket social. The baskets were sold to the highest and best bid der and they all brought good prices. The money raised at this entertain ment was a goodly sum and goes to help pay for the new piano recently installed in the auditorium. Locus Chapter O.E. S., of lone held their election on Tuesday of last week and chose the following officers for the ensuing year. Ruth Mason, Worthy Matron; T. B. Buffington, Worthy Patron; Grace Chick, Con ductress; Ida Moore, Associate Con ductress; F. L, Christenson, Treasur er and Cythia Walker, Secretary. These, together with the appointive officers, will be Installed at the regul ar meeting of the Chapter, the se cond Tuesday of January. The marriage of Dr. Albert Hennig to Miss Jessie Miller was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Miller, in lone on Christmas day. A-, Rev. J. L. Jones, pastor of the Congregational church, officiated. The young people depart ed for Portland Wednesday morning on their honeymoon, and they may decide to locate somewhere in that vi cinity. The best wishes of their numerous friends here go with them, lone Lodge No. 120, Masons, held their annual election of officers on last Wednesday evening when the fol lowing were chosen: W. T. McNabb, Worshipful Master; T. B. Buffington, Senor Warden; W. H. Cronk, Junior Warden; O. B. Barlow, Secretary, C. C. Chick, Treasurer and A. E. Johnson, Trustee. These with the appointive officers, were regularly In stalled at the meeting ol the Lodge oh last evening. ' ' Milt and Tom Downing were pas sengers for Hood River on Wednes day, The former returning to his home there and the latter going down for a short visit and to join his family who have been visiting there for some two weeks past. While here, Milt disposed of his halt section of land in the Fairview district to H. V. Smouse, who will farm the tract a long with what he has charge of now for M. R. Morgan. Rev. J. L. Jones reports the mar riage at Lexington on Saturday even ing, Dec. 23rd of Henry Munkers, and Mrs. Cora Sherer. The wedding was at the home of the groom's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Munkers, and was a very quiet affair. The ceremony, which was performed by Mr. Jones, was followed by a sumD tuous wedding supper. Henry Erskine, a recent arrival in lone, and who resides on the St. Clair place, was thrown from his hack by a run-a-way team on Christmas morning, and suffered a broken leg. He was taken to the home of his father-in-law, Mr. Millard, where he was properly attended byDr. Chick and is now doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Prof, and Mrs. L. A. Doak and E. A. Doak spent Christmas with the family of Stephen Doak at Lexington where they enjoyed themselves great ly. They were accompanied by Mrs. C. W. Reynolds, who went on to Hepner Tuesday to visit friends for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. O'Sullivan of Cecil were passengers enroute to Heppner Saturday evening to do some Christmas shopping. These people are quite busy at present baling hay, and Wm. says they are having the time of their lives in keeping men on the job. Everybody too prosperous to want work. J. L. Kincaid and wife were pas sengers to Pendleton on Saturday to spend the Christmas holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Warren. They took with them a big fat tur key to be offered as a sacrifice at the Christmas dinner and they were anti cipating a very enjoyable visit with their daughter and family. Mrs. -R. F. Wllmot and daughter, Miss Kittle, were down from Lexing ton yesterday for a short visit with lone friends. They have been up from Portland for the past two weeks, visiting at the home of Mrs. W. P. Millan. O. J. Williamson and three child ren were outgoing passengers Fri day, their destination being McMinn ville where Mr. Williamson has a sis ter living whom he has not seen for many years. They well return after the holidays. Frank Munkers of Lexington Is re-, ported to be confined to his home, FORTY CENTWOOL PREDICTED 11917 Secretary McCluie Writes letter To I'lesidcnt of the Orcnn Wool growers' Association. That woolgrowcrs of the North west will recei.e as high as forty -cuts for their 1017 wool clip is the . p.nkn of W. B. Harratt, president of .lie Oregon Woolgrovcrs' Associa tion. Mr. Barratt advises against t lias a tendency to cause a break in .he market. fie basts his conten--ions in part from the following letter .vhich he recently received from S. W. McClure, secretary of the National Voolgrowers Association. Mr. W. B. Barratt, Hepner, Oregon Dear Mr. Barratt: The Wood Live Stock Company of Spencer, Idaho have sold their clip at 35 cents, with ten cents down. This clip is part fine and part cross clip, and they sold it iox three cents under the market. Here in Utah a great deal of wool is sold at from 30 to 34 cents. Heavy short fine wools have sold at 31 cents and the better fine wools up to 34 cents; 27 cents has taken much of the fine wool in Mevada, but it was all sold under its actual market value. Some of the wools that were consigned last Spring have been sold in Boston, so as to net the owners in Idaho and Wyom ing 37 cer ts. (Signed) S. W. McCLURE. Secretary. LOSTA light brown fur neck piece between South Methodist church and postoffice. Finder please leave at this office. suffering quite severe injuries caus ed by the kick of a horse. No bones bruised up. ,. Mrs,. C. A.. Jjowreturned.irom.i Heppner Tuesday where she had' been to visit her grandson, Nolan Page, who Is In the nospital there. The boy was not doing quite so well at this time but hopes for his early recovery are entertained. Paul Rietman Is constructing a large barn, 50 x 90 feet, on his farm to shelter his work animals. Ow ing to the severe weather just at pre sent, he has been compelled to aban don the building for better weather. Mrs. Dora Chick, mother of our Dr. C. C. Chick, and Misslsadora Chick, a niece, are spending the holidays at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Chick in lone. The ladies are residents of Vancouver, Wash. Miss Beatrice Sperry has been quite sick the past week at her home n lone, suffering from a severe attack of the grippe. She is reported to be much better at this writing. R. K. Drake departed for Salem yesterday where he will join his wife in a visit of a few days with the home folks. Mrs. Drake went down last week. The different Sunday schools of lone held appropriate Christmas ser vices on Saturday evening last, and gladdened the hearts of the children with suitable gifts and treats. - Business has been very brisk at the local express during the past week, in anticipation of a long, dry spell. Soon the little parcels from Califor nia will cease to arrive. R. M. Hymer and F. H. Robinson were among the outgoing passengers on Saturday, their destination being Portland where they will remain for holiday week. Mrs. Ellis Minor and little daugh tre, of Cecil were on their way to Heppner by Saturday's train to vis it during the holidays with the hom folks. Mrs. Delia Corson and son went to Goldendale on Sunday and will visit for the week at the honi's of. Mrs. Corson's sister. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sparks were down from Heppner and spent Christ mas day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shaver. H. Dean was a passenger for Pend leton Friday to remain over the holi days, visiting with his children re siding there. J. A. Williams and wife are en joying Christmas season visiting with the parents of Mr. Williams at Port land. Mrs. Cytha Walker spent Christ mas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Waters in Heppner. A new son is a recent arrival at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Johnson of near lone. An S pound son was born on Thurs- day last to Mil and Mrs. Carl Yount.