The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, April 26, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textru-;il society :47-:st. VOL. 34, NO. 5. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1917. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR GAI 1 JCQ iL llVlJkCS MONEY RAISED FDR . Willi SUFFERERS Sleeting Last Friday Night Brought Out Strong and Generous Re. spouse. Fund Will Be Increased. Nearly fifty dollars In cash was raised at the public meeting held In the Opera House last Friday night and steps were taken to perfect an organization for permanent relief work:. Besides the actual cash that was raised, two hundred dollars was pledged by citizens who will contrib ute monthly to the fund over a per ' iod of months. R. F. Hynd of Portland spoke of the work being conducted for war sufferers in the city of Portland, that the organization meets there once ev ery week and there is a continual campaign for raising more money. In the opinion of Mr. Hynd, no one has received greater financial benefits from the war than the farmers. Also, all the present misery and suffering has been brought on account of the war. Therefore, Mr. Hynd believes that the farmers should be appealed to, and once they are approached on the matter, they will contribute lib erally. In order that the matter might be placed before the general public In the proper shape, Mr. Hynd announced that he would pay for the printing of circular letters for every taxpayer in the county and that the Heppner Milling Company would pay the postage for sending the letters out. A committee, of which C. E. Wood son is chairman,' is busy at the pres ent time getting out the circular let ters and those who started the move In this county for permanent relief to the war sufferers believe that their efforts will meet with great Buccess. May Day Program. Following is the program to be given by the grades of the Heppner school on the evening of May 4, 1917, at the Fair Pavilion, beginning at eight o'clock. Maypole Dance First Grade Pollywog Dance Second Grade May Pole Dance Third and Fourth Grades. Flag Song and Dance Fifth Grade Winding of the May Pole"-. Sixth Grade. Song, "The Mermaid" Seventh Grade. "My Irish Jig" Eighth Grade Military Drill The Boys Admission, 25 cents. Church of Chrlnt. Morning subject: "Loving the Brethern.' This is an "eye opener" on this subject. Evening subject: "Are You Paying Your Debt?" Special music. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Thomson were passengers to Portland Tuesday, where they will visit for a few days. P. A. Anderson of the Morrow County Abstract Company, was called ts- Portland on business this morn ing. He expects to return on Sunday. Walter Kllcup, prominent Jones Canyon sheepman, came in from the ranch Tuesday. He was accompanied by George Lund, who has been work ing at the Kllcup ranch for the past few months. Norman Florence, upper Willow creek farmer, brought a load of "gold" to town this week. He de livered a fine lot of Burbank pota toes to the Phelps Grocery Co. BO ARDMAN ITEMS Joe Simmons left for Irrlgon Mon day afternoon. . . , Mrs. Johnson was down from Her mlston Monday looking over the pro ject. Nick Fahr of Portland filed on a homestead. Mrs. Alta Howard' came down from Pendleton Monday to look after the improvement of her land. Frank Brown went to Hermlston Monday. S. C. Mack went to Irrlgon Sun day and brought back his fine driving horse. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Paine and two children, Mrs. Sidney Mack, Miss Clara Voyen and Joe Simmons spent Thursday evening with the Calverts and Dorings. Emmett Callahan has his new home completed and is at home to all his friends. Ballanger and Mack have com pleted a barn on the Ballenger lot. The barn will be used for housing their driving horses. Mf. Cason, a homesteader, is hav ing some tent frames put up to ac comodate him for the time being. L. E. Gottfried and H. E. Hamilton will be here this week inspecting the telephone line. . Prewltt Cox was this week ad vanced to the position of assistant cashier in the First National Bank of Heppner, following the resignation Of S. W. Spencer. Mr. Cox has been connected with Hie bank for a num ber of years as bookkeeper, and his trlends congratulate him on this well deserved promotion. , iiiiCRUITING OFFICER TO EE IN HEPPNER FRIDAY Sergeant E. L. French, U. S. A. recruiting officer, will be in Heppner again on Friday, April 28 and will aeept men between 16 and 40 years of age for infantry, cavalry, artillery, aviation corps and hospital corps. All enlistments made now,-since the declaration of war are made only far the duration of the war. Sergeant French has been spend ing several days in recruiting in the south end of the county. His head quarters are in The Dalles. IONE IS PROSPERING A representative of this paper was In lone on Tuesday for a few hours and was greatly pleased to nSte the evidences of prosperity manifested on every hand in that little city. The work on the new Mason store block is being rapidly pushed and Mr. Ma son will be able to get into his new quarters before many more weeks. This is a splendid building of tile, brick and concrete construction and is Ideally built for the store business. The Rivers garage is also well un der way, but work was abandoned for the time owing to lack of mater ial Mch it seems almost impossible to get on the ground because of the car shortage. These two new struc tures with the I. 0. 0. F. building lately completed, add greatly to the appearance of the north side of Main street. It was also noted that im provements were going on in various portions of the residential district and withal the little city is present ing a very prosperous air. Splendid reports were current, also, of the good crop prospects and the Egg City is apparently "up against" an other year of abundant prosperity, for all of which we are thankful, and heartily join with them in rejoicing over the splendid outlook. y FOR PREPAREDNESS Heppner has heard the call of President Wilson to mobilise every possible resource for national pre paredness and as a result more than one vacant lot heretofore untouched by the plow is feeling the trod of the city farmers and every available hoe Is being mustered Into serivce. If there is a shortage of potatoes and onions in this town next year, it will not be the fault of the Industrial Club workers from the local school, or the fault of their parents . and teachers. The work that has been carried on in this line in the past is bearing good results at this time. The school children who took up the art of gardening, first to attain honors at our county and state fairs, are now able to apply their knowledge to an extremely practical purpose, and they are the best men in the Industrial preparedness army. Dennis McNamee tore down an old building on one of his Main street lots last Fall, but he has decided not to let the land remain idle. It was plowed up this week and will be planted to potatoes and other staple vegetables which will, in their small way, serve In the campaign to bring down the high cost of living. The Gunn lots oh lower Main street have been put under the plow for the first time and Dr. Wlnnard and son Norton will plant this formerly un used land to potatoes. It is unnecessary to state that every back yard is receiving the closest attention from the host of gardeners and if every town in the country does as well as Heppner is doing, the H. C. of L. should begin a rapid descent before long. BUSINESS MEN BUY BALL SUITS FOR HIGH SCHOOL Due to the generosity of a num ber of the business houses of Hepp ner, the Heppner high school base ball team in now clad In new uni forms and as a result the team makes a pleasing appearance on the field. Each firm paid for a suit and the following are those who helped the team out in this respect: Phelps Grocery Co., Humphreys Drug Co., Minor & Co., McAtee & Aiken, First National Bank, Palace Hotel, Case Furniture Co., Heppner Garage, E. G. Noble and Gilliam & Bisbee. ANOTHER CANTATA WILL BE GIVEN Heppner will shortly be5 enter tained by the rendition of the can tata "The Rolling Seasons," which is now in course of preparation under the direction of Mrs. Noyes. The chorus of singers will be busy for the next few weeks cm this new music and hope to have it ready for presen tation to the public of Heppner by the last week In May. Full an nouncement will appear in these col umns later. ' Kenneth Mahoney, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney, arrived this week from Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where he has been attending school, and has taken a position in the First National Bank. Creston Maddock of the Palace ho tel, went to Arlington last Saturday to see his father, who has been in poor health for some time. BIG TRANSACTIONS MORROW COUNTY REAL ESTATE An exchange of two farms valued at 1105,000 each has been reported by the Ralph Ackly Land Co., of Portland. The larger of the two, consisting of 3100, acres, was ac quired from W. B. Swing by A. Hen rickson, a stock farmer of Oakland, Ore. The Ewlng land consists of two parcels, one near Cecil, about 35 miles northwest of Heppner, and the other tract is situated in the moun tains south of this city. The Willow creek ranch near Cecil Is regarded as one of the best alfalfa and stock ranches in this section and contains 300 acres of irrigated land. Two hundred acres are now in alfalfa and 600 acres In wheat and pasture land. The mountain tract will be used by Mr, Henrickson as pasture for about 3000 head of sheep. The capacity of the lower farm is esti mated at from 600 to 800 tons of hay per year more than the sheep will eat. The smaller of the two farms ex changed and taken by W. B. Ewlng for his Morrow county property, con sists of 1750 acres in Douglas coun ty, Oregon. Nine hundred acres of this farm are now under cultivation. The rest is covered with oak timber. Grain and fruits are the principal crops. The farm is on the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad. Mr. Ewlng expects to put - out a large prune orchard and make a fine coun try home of the place. There is now a modern five-room house on the property as well as three large barns and other buildings. BUYS STALTER RANCH ' Casper C. Lleuallen, of Portland, this week closed a deal for the Dan Stalter ranch some seven miles south east of Heppner. This place was owned by H. Taylor Hill and is one of the best ranches in the county. We did not learn the consideration. It is understood that Mr. Lleuallen will farm the place on an extensive scale. Writes of Relief Work. Editor Gazette-Times: ;' I nave been requested by the com mittee having the matter in charge to present to your readers some of the considerations which have led the people of Heppner to undertake or ganized relief for the innocent suf ferers in the war striken parts of the world. The committee referred to Is a vol untary one and Is composed of one representative from each fraternal organization in the town, the princi pal of the High School and the pas tors of the churches. Two public meetings have been held In Heppner at which contributions were received amounting to nearly one hundred dol lars besides monthly pledges reaching nearly or quite two hundred. It is believed that there are many people outside the city not able to at tend such public meetings, especially at this busy season, who. would be glad to add to the funds raised here If the matter were presented to them and they are sure there is a responsi ble and successful means of receciv ing and forwarding their contribu Announcement 'HE PALACE HOTEL MANAGEMENT wishes to announce friends that on and May, 1917, the Hotel Lobby will be in what used to be the Bar Room The entrance will be in the front of the Hotel instead of the corner. The side door will be closed' The Grill Room will have an entrance from the side street so that our patrons can get in and out of the Grill Room without going through the Lobby. PARSON'S ORCHESTRA will furnish mu sic for dinner and supper on above date at which time we would appreciate the opportunity to show the people of Heppner and Morrow Coun ty some of our improvements which we think is a benefit to us and the general public. We extend a cordial invitation to one and all. The Palace By J. MADE III tions. I It was with this thought In mind that Mr. Hynd offered to provide the expense of mailing to every taxpayer in the county an appeal for help. No dbubt there are some to whom the ap peal ; will come who have already jfcjone their bit" through other ave nues, but there are probably others who will be glad to respond to this effort to help the starving multitudes in the pathway of this cruel and hate ful war. The most conspicuous among these distressed peoples who have been caught between the giant powers engaged in the conflict are the Bel gians, the people of Poland, the Ser bians, and the Armenians. We have naturally heard more of the Belgian tragedy than of the others, first, be cause they are nearer to us and also because of the heroic stand which the Belgian people made in defense of their rights as a people when, in dis regard of treaty, the German array invaded their land. Yet their suf ferings, tho indescribably tragic have not been worse than those of ttfe other three nations mentioned above, In the case et the Armenians there has been a systematic attempt on the part of the inhuman Turk to extermi nate them. To what extent the at tempt has been successful will not be fully known until the close of the war. Many thousands of them, how ever, escaped by flight to sections under the protection of the allied troops where they are being assisted by the charity of the Christian peo ples of the world. The people of Serbia have been driven from their land and those who survive are main taining their existence as. best, they can among people already burdened to the limit of endurance by the tress of war. The people of Pol and have been driven hack and forth as first one army and then another, has marched over their land, pillag ing and destroying their homes, corn- Selling the able bodied to join the armed forces ana leaving the help less to shift - for themselves' in a country already shorn of the means fa living. . ( I shall make no attempt to des cribe- the sorrows of these unfortun ate and outraged peoples. To tell the whole truth would be impossible and everyone is more or less famil iar with the facts as they have been presented in the public press from time to time. Wronged without cause and dis tressed beyond our power at this dis tance to appreciate they hold out, in their dispair, to us who have escaped the sorrow which has overwhelmed them, an appeal for human sympa thy and help. While Europe has been passing through fire and flood the people of America have reaped from the disturbed conditions a gold en harvest. The products of our farms, our mines, and our factories have risen to abnormal prices and America has suddenly become the world's banker. Out of our abundance we shall surely minister to their need. A small contribution from many people wil reach an amount proportioned to the need. Up to the present time j the people of the Unitd Stats have to its patrons and after the 4th day of Hotel Co. L. WILKINS, Mgr. W. SPENCER 13 NEW BANK CASHIER S. W. Spencer, who for many years has been connected with the First National Bank of Heppner. being the first assistant cashier of that in stitution during the past two years, has resigned to take the cashiershlD of the Farmers, and Stockgrowers National Bank, a pew institution which will open its doors in Heppner about the first of June. - Although no definite announce ment has been made regarding the new bank, it is understood that it will begin business in temporary quarters and will later nut no ltd own hnllil. ing. Neither has it been announced wno tne otner omcers of the bank wlU be. but rumor ha It that Wm Beymer, former Grant county stock man, is one of the principal stock holders and was instrumental in the organization of the institution. Morrow County Good Roads Associa- tt tlon Committees. The ; following committees have been appointed by the Morrow Coun ty Good Roads Association: Executive: President and Secre tary, ex-offlcio; Jeff Jones, W. G Scott, Jos. Knappenberg. ' ' , Advisory: Art Minor, Cliff Jones, Oscar Keithley, Dr. G. G. Gaunt, W E. Leach, W. T. Campbell, Bert Ma son, G. B. Whitcomb, Jack Hynd, J A. Gibbons, C. C. Paine, Peter Sua bauer, R. F. Fraser, W. E. Wigles- worth, W. D. Newlon, Percy Jarmon, Theo, Anderson, John Olden and Geo, J. Currin. ;' Finance: S. - E. Notson, J. F. Vaughn, C. L. Sweek. PALACE HOTEL WILL ! CELEBRATE W 4TH : .The Palace Hotel management has announced May 4th as the day for observing the event of remodeling the lower floors of that hostelry and elaborate preparations - have been made for the occasion. On and after that date, the hotel lobby will be situated in the room formerly occupied as the bar room and the entrance into the lobby will be from the center of the building on Main street Instead of -the xorner, ju at present. Another feature of the new order of things is the side entrance from the street into the grill room, so that patrons can get in and out of there without going through the lobby, Parson's orchestra of Portland has been engaged to furnish music for dinner' and supper on this day and the management will bend every ef fort to show visitors through the building. In connection with this, 'change M. C. Curran, who has leased the basement, announced the opening of his billiard hall on the same day, Mr. Curran is preparing to entertain all visitors on that day as real guests and he will serve, free to all, coffee, sandwiches, ice cream and cake. Par son's orchestra will furnish music all day. Miss Mabel Darland of Arlington attended the dance in this city last Saturday night. A. S. DuPuy of Portland arrived in the city Sunday to make a busi ness visit of a few days. H. L. McAlister of Lexington was In the ctly Saturday.-- RED CROSS COMMITTEE HAD FIRST MEETING At the public meeting held in the Opera House on Friday evening last to consider the relief work for the European War sufferers, the subject of organizing a chapter of Red Cross was also presented and a committee consisting of the following ladies was appointed to proceed with the mat ter: Mrs. Phill Cohn, Mrs. S. E. Van Vactor, Mrs. S. W. Spencer, Mrj. Vawter Crawford, Mrs. W. P. ..: honey, Mrs. A. E. Btnns, Mr. v. H Herren and Mrs. A. M. Phelps. These ladies met on Wednesday afte-noon at the library building and elected Mrs. Phelps as secretary to take up the correspondence with Red Cross headquarters. They chose as the ter ritory to be embraced in the work of the local chapter, the whole of Mor row county, and as soon as the pre- llralnary-work is completed and the charter arrives, the chapter will be fully organized and ready for work. The ladies look forward to a large Red Cross chapter here and feel greatly encouraged with the splendid interest so far manifested in the work. given less than ten cents each to relieve the appalling want. Every cent given will be forwarded without expense, and if relief ships are des troyed the loss Is in every case cov ered by insurance. The circular let ter which is going out over the coun ty will give further details so that all may know where and how to make their gifts effective. If donors will designate to whom they desire their contributions to go the committee wm see mat tneir wishes are followed out to the letter. H. A. NOYES, For the Committee. LATE NEWS FROM 1 EGG CITY lone Correspondent Tells What Is Taking Place in This Busy Morrow County Town. Quite a number of Lexington la dies attended the convention held at lone last week. i We saw Vawter Crawford of Hepp ner in lone last Tuesday shaking hands with old friends. Mr. Amey, the Holt man, has been around lone several days doing quite a bit of machine business. Mr. Hall, after spending several days down at th Rose city, returned to his home in lone Thursday. We see Tilman Hogue has Joined the ranks of those who drive a real auto. He bought a fine new Reo. ; F. S. Bender made a business trip to Walla Walla last Sunday, return ing to lone the following Wednesday. Beech Haines and wife, who have been over at Tacoma, returned to their home at lone last Sunday eve ning. L. L. McMurray returned from Portland last Tuesday evening, where he had been disposing of a car load of stock. Mrs. John Cochran and Mrs. Arml tage were Heppner visitors last week being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wai ter Cason.. . Gus Wilcox and E. R. Lundell made a business trip to The Dalles last Tuesday, each coming home in a new Reo. .. Providence is certainly smiling on all the good farmers this season. It rains most every night and is fine the following day. Ray Drake' and wife from the Gooseberry country attended the baseball show and dance given at lone last week. Graridma Norton, who has been liv ing down in the Valley for the past several months, returned to lone last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Joe Craig and Mrs. Adams were passengers to Heppner last Monday evening. They returned the following morning. ..' The Odd Fellows have made a new cement walk around their new build ing; "which adds -greatly to the appear-, ance of the building. E. A. Hartwell and family are Hv Ing out on their homestead these balmy days. Mr. Hartwell says this is ideal farming weather. John Cochran, who has been hunt ing coyotes for the government over In Washington the past winter, made a flying visit to lone last Monday. The new carpet that was put down In the Odd Fellows hall last Tuesday is certainly a beauty and one that any organization should be proud of. The Mid-Columbia Convention was held at the Congregational church last Wednesday and Thursday. vThe convention was well attended at all times. Mrs. Armitage, who has been vis iting with relatives in lone for the past several days, returned to her home at North Yakima last Tuesday morning. J. E. HiggB and E. D. Brlstow went out to the John Williams place last Sunday to: see Bally Hayes. They both partook of a good square while out there. O. D. Forbes jitneyed to Arlington last Monday night. He took the train from there to Walla Walla where he is looking into the buying of a cater pillar engine. Dick Sperry and one of his palls went up to the Halvorsen buttes last Sunday and spotted a den of young coyotes. The boys got ten young ones for their efforts. The Worthy Matron of the Eastern S'ar lnrten was a euest of the differ ent members last Tuesday and in the ivninc a s"lpndid fed was served at the close of the session. Mrs. Vicey Sperry and her son F':"ha went up to Heppner last Tues- evening. They will go out from c to John Mclntires where she wl'l conk for several ranch hands. The show and dance given last oi. i f--r v t-f '-is-'-Ml boys was well attended and the music fur- rl?!r?d by Person's orchestra was the good kind that makes old and young want to TPt up on the floor r.nd have a good time. The ball came Dlaved at Goose- "berry last Sunday was a very good game, the score being six to four in Ione's favor. The day was fine and there was a large crowd in attend ance. There were tourty-two auto mobiles at the game. Five carloads of farming machin ery, horses, mules and good people arrived at lone last week from Cali fornia. They will settle near lone and our best wishes go out to these new people who have come here to make our community bigger and bet ter. Miss Dora B. Schilke, Grand Wor thy Matron of O. E. S. of Oregon, visited Ruth chapter on Monday eve ning, when a special session was held. Two candidates were initiated into the order. Miss Schilke went fron here to lone. Percy Garrlgues of Portland Is In the city on a business visit.