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TAGE TWA THK GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER. ORE.. THURSDAY, MAY 3. 1917, Hardware Is all the name implies and nothing more. Some hardware is better than ether. That depends. We carry complete lines of Hard ware in the best known and more widely advertised lines. Vaughn & Sons Hardware Dealers BORROW CO. CREAM ERY ELEGTS OFFICERS The stockholders of the Morrow County Creamery held their annual meeting at the office of Woodson & Sweek in this city on Saturday, April 21. At that time, new officers and board of directors were elected. A. M. Phelps was elected president and chairman of the board of directors. Other officers elected were John Bosh, Tice president and W. Claude Cox, secretary and treasurer. The directors tor the ensuing year are John Bush, A, M.a Phelps, Han son Hughes, W, Q. McCarty and W. Claude Cos. Hereafter the 1oard of directors will meet once each month. The report read" at the regular meeting shows the creamery to be in good condition.. Plans were dlsscused for the future operation of the com pany's business. SPENCER AKERS BUYS LAND NORTH OF IONE Ford THE UNIVERSAL CAR In the scale of advancing business costs, Ford travel continues the same positive economy. City and country salesmen, manufacturers, merchants, professional men every demand for motor car transportation is satisfied in the Ford car at about two cents a mile to operate and maintain. Over 1,750,000 Ford cars are making performance and profits every day. Runabout $345, Touring Car $360, Coupelet $505, Town Car $595, Sedan $645 all f. o. b. Detroit. Place your order now. WAllEIR-WimiSHBUECa J. O. RASMUS, Mgr. Sales Room in Yeager Blbg., Main St X X t X X X X x X I Gin Sell Your Land Quickly If you wish to sell, give me full yarticulars in first letter W. D. NEWLON Lexington, Oregon x Fred Ashbaugh was down from his Hardman ranch on Saturday. He -will soon have the machinery in stalled and open up the saw mill on the Allen place at Toll Rock. The machinery has arrived at Heppner and Mr. Ashbaugh will arrange to take It to his mountain ranch juBt as soon as possible. There is a fine bunch of good saw timber on the Al len place and the starting of this new mill there will place on the mar ket some very excellent lumber. Mr. Ashbaugh contemplates doing saw ing only, and will not turn out any dressed lumber, at least for the present. : Spencer Akers of this city, who a few weeks ago, sold his Heppner flat ranch to Wm. H. Padberg, has pur chased 320 acres of land, commonly known as the Airhart land, north of lone from the Vermont Loan & Trust Co. ' The price paid for the land has not been made public, but it Is un derstood that it was held at $8 per acre. Mr. Akers will farm the land thor oughly and it is his intention to rent some land adjoining, probably a sec tion, and farm on a fairly large scale He has a man employed at the present time on his new ranch sowing the acreage! to barley. ; Chas. : Rqid farmed the place the past two years. RHEA CREEK TRANSAC TION INVOLVES $10,000 . A deal made the past week in the transfer of real estate on Rhea creek involves ten thousand dollars. . Wil son Bayless has sold his diversified farm to Glenn Hayes. The farm is considered one of the. best of its kind In the county. THE ARMY CUTWORM MAY INVADE OREGON Specimens of the dreaded Western army cutworms were received this week from Western Washington by A. L. Lovett, etomologist of the O. A. C. Experiment Station. While he hopes that this is simply a spordatic out-break, growers throughout East ern and Western Oregon are urged to keep a careful lookout for this ser ious pest. The caterpillar is in ap pearance like any ordinary cutworm caterpillar a soft, mottled, grayish- brown caterpillar, about one inch in length at this time. They move in hordes and destroy all green vegeta tion in their pathway, and where present in sufficient numbers, can de vastate great areas of the small grain, alfalfa and truck crops. Natural barriers prove a check to their progress. Plowing a furrow at right angles to their course of travel and later dragging a small log up and down the furrow to prepare a dust mulch, will stop them. They will drop into the furrow and are unable to crawl up the sides. The standard poison bran mash is also effective, when broadcasted over the ground along their course of travel. Any suspected caterpillars found should be sent to the Experiment Station at Corvallis, for identification, so that it will be possible to act in time to prevent any serious losses from this pest. GRANT COUNTY BOYS ENLIST IN THE ARMY Seven stalwart young Grant county hoys passed through Heppner the last of the week on their way to Port land to enlist In the United States Ar my. They were: Bard Crissman, Birt Lafton, Huston Lisly, W. A. Din widdee, E. B. Cahoe, and Cedric Scharff. The young men were brought over from Monument by Sam Cochran, who lives near that city. The Federated Church. Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. We have classes for every age, 14 In all. and ranging from the "Tiny Tots" to gray-headed men and women, and for each the Word has a worth-while message. There is a warm welcome for you. Theme of the morning sermon, "None Other Name." There will be no preaching service in the evening. Christian Endeavor 6:80. Topic, "Boy Dreamers as World Builders." Leader, Pearl LaTrace. H. A. NOTES, Pastor. Chas. Devia Gets Fine Flow of Water One of Wilburn's well drills has just finished a good well for Chas, Devin on Dry Ridge securing a strong flow of water which came up 223 feet in the hole and could not be lowered Mr. Devln has a fine modern home and is one of the most prosperous farmers of his section of the country, He has never been able to stock his farm tp its full capacity before, ow ing to a lack of water, this new well ) will supply in abundance. Condon Times. or .... , TECHNICAL OEPARTME 0Tt NT BULLETIN "UMBCJt CO 1TJ, BECAUSE Zerolene is correctly refined from asphalt-base cruce.it mam tains its lubricating body and value at cylinder heat, thus forming a perfect pis ton seal, reducing friction, and enabling the motor to develop its maximum power. ... Zerolene is the oil for your car. For sale by dealers everywhere and at our Service Stations. STANDARD OIL COMPANY . lCUfornU) II SB. I 22 tM3t0 b90oa8trtte4 v brand of oil mi. Yours rery truly. TH PES?LES3 CCKPA5T J LIVESTOCK HIT BY THE LATE' SEASON NOTICE. ..The Opening of the new Palace Hotel lobby and the Palace Billiard Parlors will be postponed and the date will be advertised later, for the MMimn ttini. fllir illinpnvpnxinlu npD i - . ..... , - ' ' ... uiiunuuou. PALACE HOTEL CO., By 3, L. Wilklns. PALACE BILLIARD PARLOUS, By M. L. Curran. Livestock conditions in the Nation al Forest regions of Washington are good, with a fairly high lambing av erage, according to reports received by District Forester George H. Cecil, Portland, Oregon. In Oregon stock conditions are below normal in the National Forest regions. This is due to the unusually long feeding season. In many sections the hay is entirely used up. In the Deschutes country, near the Fremont National Forest, the upper John Day country, and in Baker county, Oregon, will occur the se verest losses on account of late sea son and hay shortage. Most cattle in Oregon and Washington have not through the winter in rather poor condition. To meet the emergency which ex ists, the Supervisors of the National Forests in Oregon and Washington have been authorized to open them j to livestock which Is short of feed earlier than the usual date, whenever it can be done without material in Jury to the early grasses. The For est Service will make every, effort to aid the stockman in saving their ani mals from starvation. Forest Service reports show that severe weather conditions are causing heavy losses of cattle and sheep in the northern Rocky Mountain region. Because of unusually deep snow, con tinued storms, and the late spring, the supply of feed in most of the re gion has been practically exhausted. Hay is now selling at twenty dollars to forty dollars a ton and it is al most Impossible to get even at these prices. The loss of Bheep in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Nevada will, it is feared, be unusually heavy. Well posted stockmen estimate that it may reach 20 per cent. It is stated that the sheep are generally in poor condition and many of the bands which came through the winter with out losses are now beginning to suf fer. A light lamb and wool crop is anticipated for the whole Rocky Mountain region. ' All indications are that the cattle men have been equally hard hit. In parts of Idaho, Montane and Wyom ing, unusually severe losses are In prospect. No reliable figures are ob tainable from Northern Nevada and Utah, but all reports agree that the number of livestock will be greatly reduced in those sections also. . The fact that .supplies of grain and hay have been almost exhausted and the spring ranges are generally cov ered with snow, leads experienced stockmen to fear that many more animals will die before the situation is relieved by warm weather. In some regions the snow Is so deep that hay cannot be hauled to the starving stock except on hand drawn sleds. LUMBER IS NOT HIGH RECENT RELIABLE STATISTICS SHOW THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO BUILD. IF YOU HAVE BEEN LABORING UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT LUMBER IS HIGH, WE INVITE YOU TO CAREFUL LY STUDY THE FOLLOWING: Church of Christ. Subject of morning sermon: "A Day of Good Tidings." Evening subject. "Dives and La zarus." The time of the evening service is changedVfrom 7:30 to 8 o'clock. The Endeavor service begins at 7. PERCENTAG Copper Metals (26 grades) Wheat Beans Gasoline Corn Hogs '. Oats Lumber , Labor OF INCREASE SINCE 1914. 114 . .mar. 94 -74 -67 -50 -43 -22 15 to 18 -12 to 15 If You Are Ever Going to Build, No Better Opportunity in Your Life Will Ever Come Than Right Now. Take a look at the above statistics and you will immediately begin to realize why LABOR and LUMBER make up from 3-4 to 9-10 of the total cost of your building. Both are at a comparatively low level. Lumber right now is BELOW NORMAL. Don't Be Fooled into Believing that Lumber is Either "Scarce" or "High." It Is neither! It never could be bought to better advantage than right now. Our guaranteed material saving plans are prepared by expert architects. We can fit youd Ideal building to your pocket book. , The Tum-A-Lum Method Does It ! The present LOW LEVEL cannot be maintained long. Exports are practically shut off now but as soon as the war ends, billions of feet will be demanded by every warring nation ATwONCE. The cost of building will naturally GO UP in the U. S. and will probably reach a HIGH point for years, while the reconstruction in Europe is taking place. Don't Wait For the High Point! ;y Build now while it Is possible to build cheaply, even if you have to sell when the high point comes. - . ' This is The Year to Build, and the Earlier in the Year you Buy the More You Will Save. Thousands of buyers have lost money by not buying in January or February. Get in now while the price is still low. TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. DON'T SAY "LUMBER" SAY ''TUM-A-LUMBER" Piano Tuning and Repairing. I wish to announce that hereafter I will make regular trips to Heppner and vicinity to tune and repair pianos and player pianos and remove mars or piano cases. I solicit your work and point to my former work in this community and an experience of 27 years in the business as an assurance to you of the quality of service I can give to you. Rates reasonable. HOWARD S. SOULE. Leave orders Humphreys Drug Co. Reference Virginia Crawford, Pianist. C. Guy Wakefield, Piano Dealer. A 19 2t.