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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
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I Gin Sell Your
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If you wish to sell, give me
full yarticulars in first letter
W. D. NEWLON
Lexington, Oregon
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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
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Zerolene is the oil for your
car.
For sale by dealers everywhere
and at our Service Stations.
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Yours rery truly.
TH PES?LES3 CCKPA5T
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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
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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.