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VOL34'Nai6- : THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNEII, OREGON, THURSD ,,,. . m-. m PPB '
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Clarence E. Forbea Writes letter Ite.
scribing Thrilling Dips and Turns
in Upper Air. Several Iam-uI
Boys Are Encamped at
South Han Antonio.
The following letter has been re
ceived by the editor from Clarence
E. Forbes, formerly of this city, who
is now stationed at Camp Kelly,
South San Antonio, Texas, where he,
along with several thousand other
young fellows, is rapidly becoming
an expert navigator of the upper air.
Camp Kelly, July 4th.
, Friend Art:
Knowing that you and many more
of my Heppner friends are interest
ed in the aviation section of the ar
my, I'm going to tell youabout the
camp in San Antonio which Uncle
Sam intends to make the, largest in
the world. It certainly is a fine loca
tion for the country around hero is as
level as a floor and the climatic con
ditions are ideal for flying.
The aviation field as a whole is
called Camp Kelley. The original
or base camp is a half mile west of
South Antonio or six miles from the
main city, and is composed of three
squadrons, the 3rd, 4th and 5th, each
consisting of 154 men; There Is a
barrack, cook house, bath house and
truck shed for each squadron and
wator is piped throughout the camp
and there are electric lights In each
building, making them quite home
like.
AI of the airplanes except three
are kept here and these three squad
rons have done all the flying so far.
I am proud that I am a member of
the "fighting 5th," not only because
it is considered the best trained and
equipped, but because our captain,
Spatz, Is the best flyer in the bunch.
And believe me, when a fellow gets
hack from a ride with Captain Spatz
he knows that he has been some
where, especially if he does his fa
mous "corkscrew" dive of two or
three thousand feet.
The "provisional" or sub camp is
just across the flying field, south of
us.' It is a city with a population of
5,000 men who are now being or
ganized into squadrons which will be
distributed throughout the country
and trained. Each squadron is divid
ed into three main sections: muchine
siiops, transportation (truck and
motorcycle) and airplane. The air
plane section is divided into crew
of six men each, anu each crew has
a machine to take care of and keep
in flying condition. I have been in a
crew for six weeks and it certainly is
interesting work. In fact, so far our
enlistment has been more like a big
vacation that a state of war. We
quit work at 4 o'clock and have our
evenings, Saturday afternoons and
Sundays off. And the 'war recrea
tion board is doing everything possl-
me Dy way of entertainment to keep
ub nappy. There is a regular pro
gram each week, there are dances
swimming parties, lawn parties and
picnics, club rooms opened and mov
ing pictures, and some of the best
talent on the stage is brought to our
big Y. M. C. A. building for enjoy
ment. Do you wonder that we're
glad we're here? The only thing we
regret is that we didn't Join sooner,
un yes,, 1 ve had my first ride
among the big fleecy clouds in an
"air launch," and believe me Its the
sport of sports; got everything else
Hacked off the map. I can't tell you
Just how it feels, because I never
had any "feelin's" like it before, but
1 can tell you every minute is full of
the kind of thrills that you won't for
get in a day. And you are as safe as
though you were in a big touring
car and safer, because when you're
going fast in a car and something
goes badly wrong, you are apt to hit
some object in a hurry, but when you
are iooo feet or more above the earth
and have trouble, you've got several
minutes in which to straighten out
before you get close enough to hit
anything. With a "dead" motor
these machines will glide forward
six feet while they descend one, so
that with an altitude of 1000 feet
you could coast more than a. mile be
fore you would land.
No, I didn't go with Capt. Spatz,
but the gentleman who took me in
troduced me to everything but the
"tall spin" and that famous "cork
screw" dive. Before we started the
captain asked me if it was my first
trip. I hated to say yes because I
was afraid that he wouldn't do any
"stunts." They seldom do for its apt
to make the "new one" sick, but I
need not have worried about not get
ting them.
I put my helment and goggles on,
cinched up the life belt and we went
speeding along on the ground for
HEPPNER
NOW ARMY AVIATOR
GRAIN BIN MADE HERE
Now that the bulk handling of
grain in Morrow county Is about to i
be universally adopted, many types !
of wagon bins and field bins have!
been introduced into Heppner. A lo-1
eal man, Henry Ashbaugh, has in
vented a wagon bin that bids fair
bfveome popular with farmers- here,
The bin is so constructed that a sim
ple lift at the rear permits the grain
to be unloaded in an instant. The
bin is of good wood construction and
from all appearance quite durable,
Mr. Ashbaugh makes a field bin also
A number of other local dealers
have taken the agency tor grain bins
Hugh C. Githens represents the Stay
Round Perfect Grain Bin and has one
of these on exhibition at his lumber
yard. A feature of this bin, which
made of wood, is the fact that no
nails, wire or screws, steel bands or
anything else of like nature are used
in its construction. A hammer and
block of wood will put the bin up
The pieces are made to fit perfectly
A silo is made in the same manner
which has already proven of great
worth and Mr. Githens says the com
pany manufacturing them cannot
supply the demand at the present
time.
John W. Johnson, contractor, also
has a grain bin, the Johnson grain
bin. It may be seen at the new grain
elevator which Mr. Johnson is now
putting up for the Farmers Union
Warehouse.
about 100 yards, the big 200 horse
power engine roaring like six ma
chine guns and the nine-foot-six pro-
ptllor blowing a hurricane. And then
suddenly the earth began to. drop
away from us and we were flying
One hundred miles an hour is some
speed and the ground directly under
us was simply a blurred streak. As
we climbed higher and higher we had
the sensation of losing speed, but
really were not. From 3500 feet the
earth looked like a big, beautiful
colored map, trees appeared to be
tiny bunches of grass and the river
looked like a small silver thread ly
ing upon its surface. The scene was
made more beautiful by the shadow
of the swiftly moving clouds.
After a few steep "banks" made
by tipping the machine up on edge in
rounding a curve, the captain mad
a couple of quick dips to try me out,
but that didn't bother me any so I
turned my head and grinned, I swear
that is all I did, when quick as a flash
the "old bird" stuck her nose
straight down and the earth came
tearing up to meet us. A-machine
in a "nose dive" attains a speed of
130 miles an hour, so you see we
were "going some."
Gee, I felt like I was in a hundred
high speed elevators all at once
leaving the 49th story for the base
ment with no stops. I felt for a few
seconds like I had lost my stomach
Its the sudden tipping forward and
the first 40 or 50 foot drop that "gets
you" and then, you sort of ease up
inside and enjoy it. That sure was a
thriller, but it was only a starter
compared with what followed.
When I looked around again the
captain was laughing at me; I guess
he thought he had got my goat, but
after this experience I believed that
I could stand anything. I wanted to
loop the loop and so I stuck out my
hand and described a circle in the
air. He nodded, the machine stuck
her nose almost straight up, turned
over on her back, but instead of com
pleting the loop she slid over on her
right side, so that her left wing
pointed up and right down, and while
in that position dropped 60 feet or
more and then righted herself by
turning half over to the left. And
say, I had some more funny feelings
The odd thing about air riding is that
with every change of direction, eith
er sldew'lse, up or down or both, you
get a different sensation so there is
n't much danger of your ride getting
monotonous.
Again the machine went nearly
straight up, turned upside down and
then "pancaked," or settled straight
down while lying on her back, then
flipped over and sailed along as nice
as you please. The last stunt was a
perfect loop-the-loop, the motor was
then throttled and we glided down
to the field In big, easy circles.
I'm wild to go again and I hope
to become a pilot before the war is
over.
There are four other Heppner boys
here, Will Morgan, Mr. Douglass,
Clyde Cox and Rolfe VanBibber and
I believe that they are enjoying ar
my life as well aa I am.
Your friend,
CLARENCE E. FORBES.
5th Aero Squadron,
South San Antonio, Texas.
Lost Between Heppner and Hard-
man, 33 x 4 Silvertown Cord casing
on rim. Finder return to Heppner
Garage. Reward.
Tires and tubes vulcanized. Lat
est design steam vulcanizer. All
work guaranteed and prices reason
able. SHELLY BALDWIN.
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RECAPITULATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND
PLEDGES RECEIVED FOR THE RED
CROSS WAR FUND JUNE 18 TO 25.
Cash Pledges Totals
Hardman and vicinity $ 718.25 $ 629.00 $1347.25
Eight Mile and vicinity... '00.15 256.75 1256.90
Irrigon and vicinity 350.00 none 350.00
Boardman and vicinity... 101.23 43.00 144.23
Lexington and vicinity... 1149.50 1122.50 2272.00
lone and vicinity 1201.60 1046.50 2248.10
Heppner and vicinity.!.. 5784.75 1290.00 7074.75
Lena and Pine City !
and vicinity 835.00 101.50 936.50
INTERESTING NEWS
Victor Wiglesworth, Butter creek
sheepman, was in the city Tuesday.
John J. Kelly, local sheepman, was
a Pendleton visitor the first of the
week.
Erik Bergstrom, Gooseberry wheat
farmer, spent Tuesday in Heppner
on business.
Fred Elder and wife are enjoying
the summer vacation at the sea shore,
staying at Seaside.
W. O. Minor recently purchased an
Oakland touring car from Stephen Ir
win, the local agent.
LOST On upper Willow creek, on
Saturday, July 7, a red sweater. Fin
der please return to this office.
Chas. Royse and son arrived from
Spray on Monday with their clip of
wool. They spent a few days in town
looking after business.
FOR HALF I have for sale 2G
head of big mules, broke to work;
also good work and brood mares.
GUY BOYER, Heppner.
Dr. M. A. Leach of Corvallis ar-
",eu 1,1 l"B W luesaay, oeing sum-
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illness of his brother, W
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Tom F. Boylen, Echo sheepman,
passed through Heppner Wednesday
on his way to Fossil by auto. He was
accompanied by' his daughter, Miss
Peggy
H. V. Gates, of Terrybone, Oregon,
arrived in Heppner on Tuesday eve
ning, and will at once begin prepara
tions for getting fuel into Heppner
from the Heppner coal mines.
Stephen Irwin, son of Mr. and Mrs
W. R. Irwin of this city, left last
Thursday for the middle west, where
he will enter a technical school. Mr.
Irwin will take up electrical engin
eering. Dr. A. D. McMurdo has started op
erations toward the building of his
new residence on Chase street. J. H.
Cox has moved the old house to the
rear of the lot and work on the new
structure will commence at once.
R. F. Hynd, president of the Hepp
ner Milling Company, came up from
Portland the first of the week to at
tend the annual meeting of stockhold
ers of that company and is remaining
over for a few days. The meeting
was held Tuesday.
In a card received the past week by
NEW BANK
, Farmers & Stockgrowers Nat
ional Bank of Heppner
We are prepared to take care of our customers to the
fullest extent and we endeavor in every way
to promote their interests
We Solicit Your Patronage
4 INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
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$11040.48 $4589.25 $15629.73
OF A LOCAL NATURE
the editor, Prof. H. H. Hoffman, who
l now in Boston, stated that he was
then In the quaint old town of Kings
ton, Ont., Canada. Prof. Hoffman is
now attending the annual convention
of Elks in the Hub city.
A. P. Hughes, farmer and stock
man of Little Butter creek, was
transacting business in Heppner
Wednesday.
Oscar Keithley and Lawrence Red
ding were in town the last of the
week to get one of those new two-
men harvesters. Men are scarce for
harvest work this year and these two
farmers believe that they will be able
to harvest their crops with but very
little outside help.
Chas. Talbert, who many years ago
farmed In the Six Dollar canyon,
passed through Heppner, accompan
ied by his wife, and some friends on
Tuesday. They were bound for Wal
la; Walla. Mr. Talbert could not see
mtriu UmHiar - about- Heppner, h
having left here the summer the Psfl-
j ace hotel was built.
Ed Pointer. RnnPrvlm,. nf T.vin,
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ton rof
wu iuaa aisinet, ana the man respon-
sible for so much good work between
Lexington and Heppner, was in the
city Tuesday. Mr. Pointer would like
to see the road between these two
towns receive the finishing touches
of hardsurfacing; it would take but
little work the entire distance to get
ready for this.
W. E. Straight and John Brosnan
of Lena, delivered four cars of prime
beef cattle in Portland Monday. They
found the market fair and are satis
fied with the prices received. Mr.
Straight reports everything very dry
down the line and all crops seem to
be far behind what they are here. In
the Lena district hay crops have been
cut short by the continued dry spell
and Mr. Straight says the stockmen
who have old hay are fortunate, in
deed.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Jamieson and
Tom Craig of near Wells Springs,
were visitors in Heppner on Tuesday.
Mr. Craig has just finished a Eood
well on his place and is now install
ing his pumping outfit. He feels
greatly relieved to have water hanl
ing at an end. Crops will be short
with these people this season, yet
they expect to harvest some good
grain.
LIVE NEWS FROM MORGAN
Geo. Ely motored to lone Tuesday
on business.
J. Y. Gibson has finished unload
ing his combine at Morgan.
Geo. Whitcombe's cook has mads
a Dying trip to Seattle. She will re
turn soon, but w ill probably be de
layed as her trunk is still riding up
and down the line, as the cook ne
glected checking the same.
Geo. Whitcombe is giving a dance
Saturday evening in his hall in hon
or of Miss Juanita Gibson, a U. of O.
student.
H. Holbrook und Geo. Whitcombe
are setting up a combine for Uncle
Paul Troedson.
The wood yard at Morgan Is look
ing deserted. T. M. Benedict has
finished his hauling.
Kick By Horse Breaks Leg.
Stewart Valentine, son of Chas.
Valentine, was kicked by a horse In
the barn lot at the Valentine home
north of Heppner yesterday noon, the
result being a broken leg. While at
tending to the horse after coming In
from work, one of the animals kicked
at him, striking his left leg between
the knee and ankle, breaking the
bone square off. He was brought to
Heppner at once and received proper
surgical attention and Is now doing
well under the care of his physician
at the Heppner Sanatorium.
Attorney Will Locate Here.
Francis McMenamin, young attor
ney of Portland, has about decided to
open up a branch office in this city.
Mr. McMenamin's firm has had con
siderable business In this section the'
past year or two and Heppner, being
centrally located, has been chosen as
the ideal town for their office. Mr.
McMenamin is now here on a busi
ness visit.
Great Battle Scene Coining.
At the Star theater next Sunday
will be shown one of the great pro
ductions of the screen age. This
picture, "The Battle of Gettysburg,"
is a Thos. H. Ince production and
consists of 'six parts. The fact that
it is an Ince doubly assures the worth
of the play. It will be of special in
terest to Civil War veterans.
More Light For Bank.
This week contractor Henry John
son has been busy putting in a new
window on the south side of the Far
mers & Stockgrowers National Bank
building which will make for better
light and ventilation. The masonry
work in connection therewith was
done by Ed Buckman.
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Officers Reserve Committee.
The local committee for military
training in the officers reserve corps
is S. W. Spencer, chairman, W. P.
Mahoney and W. O. Hill. Should
there be any applications from this
vicinity for entry in this arm of the
government military service, it
should be done through these gentle
men who have been constituted a
board at Heppner for the recommen
dation of such applicants.
I. O. O. F. Install Officers.
Willow Lodge No. 69, I. O. O. F
installed the following officers at
their meeting on Wednesday eve
ning: Noble Grand, N. E. Winnard;
Vice-Grand, L. W. Briggs; Secretary,
A. M. Phelps; Treasurer, Hanson
Hughes.
The latest Ford joke: Ed Kellogg
to Oscar Borg, "Well, I understand
some parties succeeded in getting up
to Ditch creek last Sunday."
Oscar "How did they do it?"
Ed "Oh, they were driving Fords
and they just carried the cars over
the rough places."
I have at my place on Rhea creel
(the Jas. Adkins place) one two-yoar-
old steer, brown and white spotted, '
white spot on left shoulder; no marks )
or brands. Owner can have animal
by paying charges against same,
j E. G. HAVERSTICK.
! The three-months-old son of Mr.
j and Mrs. J. D. Moyer died at the
; Moyer home on Black Horse on July
7. Burial took place at the cemetery
in Lexington.
FOR HALE Three year old Hoi
stein bull, pure bred. Will sell at
right price. Write me, or inquire at
my place.
EPH ESKELSON, Lexington, Ore.
Walter Kilcup, well known sheep
man of Jones canyon,-spent Wednes
day in Heppner on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Puyear of
lone were in Heppner for a few hours
on Wednesday.
Mrs. John Woodward of Lena
spent afew days in this city the first
of the week.
Ben Frieze of Lexington was a
Heppner business visitor Wednesday.
GATE OUTSIDE PAVING
A party of Heppner business men
consisting of C. E. Woodson, W. W.
Smead, J. L. Wilkins and W. G. Mc
Carty went to Pendleton and Walla
Walla last week to investigate va
rious kinds of street paving.
At both places they were accorded
a royal welcome and all city officials
were glad to show them over the
streets and explain the pavings used
there and the cost of the same.
These men found bitulithic to be
a form of street paving used there
almost entirely now, as it has proven
to be the best for this section of the
country and cheaper than concrete.
They will have a report to make to
the next mass meeting of citizens
which will probably be held In the
near future.
"Actors All Want to be Fanners,"
Says Robert Edeson.
Actors all aspire to be farmers,
according to Robert Edeson, the star
of "The Light That Failed," pro
duced as a Pathe Gold Rooster Play
from Kipling's celebrated book and
to be shown at the Star Theatre on
Friday and Saturday.
"The Massachusetts and Long Is
land coasts are dotted with actors'
colonies," he said recently. Some of
these homes are pretentious, but
many more are of a humble, even
primitive description. All season
the owners look forward to the vaca
tion spent there. Last summer two
members of a prominent company
hurried from San Francisco to a
charming place on Long Island that
they might spend two weeks in their
'home.'
"Have you ever seen an actress
hotel apartment? One tray of her
trunk is invariably given up to trifles
with which she tries to make believe
and to lend a home touch to her tem
porary quarters. One well-known
star" carries her bed covering, sofa
cushions and favorite pictures with
her.
"Men, of course, are content to
'live in their trunks' while on tour.
But none the less do many of them
often experience a feeing of home
sickness and chant in their dressing,
rooms that old refrain "It's too many
miles from Broadway." To the skep
tical and unthinking this is thought
to be literally Broadway with its all
night cafes and restaurants and its
nearby Lambs' club. Those in the
know realize 'Old Broadway' may
spell a cozy flat in Harlem or a two-
by-four home on Long Island."
When gobert Edeson was on tour
as the star of "Soldiers of Fortune,"
he was interviewed many times.
When asked whether he would have
preferred that "Soldiers of Fortune"
had remained a little longer than
one hundred and fifty nights in New
York, he always said "Yes) I wanted
to plant some more raspberry bushes
on my Long Island farm."
W. E. Leach of Lexington lies very
sick at the Heppner Sanatorium suf
fering with an attack of appendicitis.
Mr. Leach was operated on Saturday
evening and since that time has been
very low. His many friends here and
at Lexington, his home, anxiously
await any news of improvement in
his condition, which at the present
time is considered somewhat im
proved. Building Improved.
During the past week the entire
front of Vaughn & Sons' hardware
store has been remodeled. It now
presents a very pleasing appearance.
Vaughn & Sons will make further
changes soon when they will move
into their new offices in the new Gar
rigucs building just north of their
orner location.
Herbert Clarke, young auto sales
man oi Condon, was in Heppner Sun
day to deliver a new Velie car to Jas.
Sheridan, lie ,us accompanied by
Miss Tula Kingsley. a novalar young
lady of that city.
Mrs. E. C. Muddock of Arlington
arrived in the city Sunday to spend
a few days visiting at the J. L. Wil
kins home.
At The Churches.
The Federated Church.
Supt. Rev. H. O. Perry will hold
service Friday evening.
Sunday School, Sunday morning at
9:45.
Theme of the morning sermon:
"Thou Shalt Not Covet."
Evening, "The Will of God."
Christian Endeavor 7:00 p. ni.
Topic, "What I would do with a
Fortune." Leader, Jeanette Noyes.
11. A. NOYES, Pastor.
Church of Christ.
Subject for Sunday morning, "Sons
of God." Evening "Wisdom of the
Ancients."