TIIE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1917.
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See These Cars
Five Passenger, six cylinder 45
horsepower - - - $1220.00
Five passenger, four cylinder,
35 horsepower - - $795.00
These prices are F. O. B. Heppner
ALBERT BOWKER, Local Agent
All Buicks have the Delco lighting and starting system.
, There is none better.
THE
Farmers & Stockgrowers
Natoinal Bank of Heppner
Do a General Banking
Business
Foreign Exchange bought and sold
Letters of Credit and Travelers Checks sold
4 per cent, paid on time and I
savings accounts
BUICK DESIGN
BUICK VALVE-IN-HEAD POWER
The lightness of the Buick Valve-in-Head motor and
not the enthusiasm of its salesmen has made the Buick
conspicuous for leadership. ,
This new four has a Buick Valve-in Head motor (with
electric starter) which develops thirty-five horse power
on brake test and is so reliable for rugged service that no
eulogy is necessary among "men who know Buick."
Its lines are beautiful. Finish and color are exception
al. Deep, tufted black genuine leather upholstery. Cov
ered floor and running board, with aluminum bindings,
give a trimness of appearance that is peculiarly Buick.
Body, hood, fenders and running gear are painted a
glossy, long-wearing black; wheels are black with white
stripes. Times 31x4 inches.
SEE THE BABY BUICK AT THE HEPPNER GARAGE
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FOOD CONSERVATION
AND FIRE WASTE
What The Preservation of
Food Supplies Means
to TheJJ. S.
Anyono witfc average powers of ob
servation who travels at the present
time over any portion of the Pacific
Coast, will note young men clad in the
now familiar khaki uniform, with
rifles over their shoulders, watching the
approaches to every bridge and tuane
of any importance or strategical value.
These troops are on duty day and night
for the purpose of safeguarding the
Nation's railway communications, so
important in the present crisis. The
same precaution will also be seen at
all prominent shipbnilding and manu
facturing plants which are working in
the interest of the United States. All
of these steps are taken to prevent
any interruption in the . campaign of
preparedness in which the country is
engaged in the meeting the stern issues
of the war.
The guarding of these various pram
ises has been brought about through
the National Board of Defense, which
has also under consideration the thor
ough extension of this system of pro
tection to all warehouses and other
depots where the food supplies of the
country are kept in storage. Many
of these warehouses, however, particu
larly in the States of Washington, Ore
gon and Idaho, are situated at isolated
points, and as the National Board and
various State Councils of Defense can
not perfect plans for the guarding of
these premises, it becomes the patriotic
duty,of every American citizen to lend
his aid and to "do his bit" towards
rendering the food supplies in his
neighborhood Immune from danger.
Fire Waste and Foci Supplies.
One of the great problems presented
to the Board of National Defense in
the care and preservation of the food
supplies of the United States is the
fact that the fire waste of this country
is so greatly in excess of that of any
other nation. Statistics covering a 20
year period conclusively show that the
per capita fire cost in the United
States is over seven times that of the
nation with which we are at present
engaged in war, and that to every man
woman and child in this country there
is a tax of $2.51 each year as compared
with a per capita cost of only 35 cents
in Germany. The statement has been
made, and it remains incapable of suc
cessful contradiction, that if the same
wastage by fire existed in Germany as
in this country,' the consequent loss and
destruction of food supplies would have
been so great that Germany long sinct
would have been compelled to sue foi
peace.
With this fact before ns, it is easy
to realize that unless we change oui
methods and overcome our habits ot
carelessness this great Nation faces
the Berious danger of defeat through a
fault which common sense and caution
on the part of each individual citizen
could easily prevent.
Pacific Coast Especially Favored.
Nature has been peculiarly kind tf
those who reside on this Coast. W
have few adverse weather conditions
to contend with, and all out people live
under such comparatively easy and fa
vorable surroundings as to beget habits
of carelessness and indifference toward)
the ordinary hazards of fire. Undei
normal conditions these habits might
be fraught with a danger easily ignored
and with few results of vital signifi
cance, but in the present crisis and
need for the preservation of all food
supplies, these same habits of careless
ness and indifference can quickly as
sume the importance of a National
catastrophe.
That Federal and State officials are
beginning to realize the magnitude ot
this danger is evidenced by the fact
that in many of the States a special
course of education is Ving given tt
the school children by fire prevention
experts, who point out the dangers re
suiting from the careless handling ot
matches, the accumulation of litter and
rubbish in basements, woodhouses, at
tics and storerooms, lack of care in tin
use of coal oil and gasoline, the hang
ing of electric cords over nails, and
the numerous other habits of careless
ness that almost universally prevail in
every household. Kven one of tht
school superintendents had the need ot
cleanliness forcibly brought to his at
tention by his young daughters whe
had listened to a lecture on fire pre
vention at the afternoon session of tht
school and who took him down iuto
their basement and stood watch ovei
him while he cleaned up the rubbish
which he had carelcBsly allowed to ac
cumulate, while a perfect wave ol
chimney cleaning swept over one of tht
cities of the State caused by a state
tnent to the school children that theii
"houses were in danger of catching
fire if the chimneys had not been
cleaned within a year."
The Farmer's Responsibility.
Above practically all other occupa
tions, the eyes of the Nation turn to
wards the farmer, the great prodncci
of food supplies, and to the farmer and
fruit grower the necessity is urgent
of using every means to protect and
preserve their products. Tt is a seriom
misfortune, from the personal point ol
view, to see the fruits of years ot
labor swept away by fire, but when
to this is coupled the greater and mor
dominant loss to the country in tin
destruction of food supplies, the re
sponsibility of taking every precaution
against fire becomes doubly imperative
In the great grain growing section!
of the Pacific States the menace cf Art
taring the summer time always exists
nd this menace is intensified in the
majority of rural districts by the ab
sence of regular fire departments and
ether fire fighting oganizations. The
farmer, therefore, is necessarily thrown
upon his own resources for the means
of preservation, and upon him rests the
double responsibility of first eliminat
ing all possible fire hazards and also of
having fire extinguishing apparatus
ready for immediate use should a fire
occur.
Precautions Against Fire,
Dry grass along the roadsides and
In the pasture fields is a serious menace
to a ripe crop of grain. A spark from
a match or passing train or emitted
from the exhaust of an automobile en
gine, or a lighted cigarette or eigar
stub thrown carelessly aside, can easily
start a fire which, with surroundings
favoring its spreading, will result in
incalculable loss and destroy a quan
tity of grain sufficient to furnish an
entire community with food. Where
conditions permit, furrows should be
plowed between the grass and the grain.
If this is not possible, the grass should
be mowed close enough to afford
check to the spreading of fire.
A New Hazard.
A comparatively new danger to grain
(elds is white-hot carbon discharged
from the exhausts of tractors when
pulling up hill or through a heavy part
of the crop. Every exhaust should be
protected by a fine wire screen, which
should be renewed at least once a
month, as the heut becomes so intense
as to quickly destroy its effectiveness.
When the grain has been threshed
and piled in the field, it should be pro
tected by a sufficient number of fur
rows to prevent its destruction from the
burning of stubble.
Danger From Threshers.
The time of one of the great dangers
to grain and grain fields in ,the North
west is during the threshing season
and is caused by careless methods in
threshing and piling the threshed grain
too near to the straw stacks. Every
threshing machine hy the very reason
of its operations collects a certain
amount of smut or -dust, which is high
ly inflammable and subject to explo
sion, and the farmer should insist that
before a threshing machine commences
operations on his settings the machine
be thoroughly cleaned out, flues exam
ined and water tanks kept full. If
possible, the straw stacks should be re
moved every night, but where this is
not possible then under no circum
stances should the threshed grain be
piled so close to the thresher or the
straw stacks that the burning of either
would endanger the grain. Every
threshing machine owner or operator
should be required to have a good sized
chemical tank with its equipment to
immediately extinguish small (ires. ,
If not sufficiently cured, and whether
baled or loose, hay will tfencnite gases
which are susceptible of spontaneous
combustion unless the barn is suffi
ciently ventilated to carry off these
gases. Every particule of dry grass
and all litter and rubbish should bo
removed from barnyards and from all
buildings on the farm. Under no cir
cumstances should smoking or the use
of matches be permitted around barn
buildings, while candles or any othei
open flame should be strictly prohib
itcd and only closed lanterns or elec
trie pocket flaFiilights allowed in 01
around barns carrying any quantity ol
hay.
Fighting Fles.
The great difference between tht
trained fire department and the volun
teer organization is the fact that an
experienced fireman knows exactly
what to do in answering an alarm of
fire and has his apparatus and equip
ment in such condition as to give the
best service in the shortest possible
time. Even a volunteer organization,
however, is better than none at all, and
the farmers in every community should
immediately organize and secure fire
fighting apparatus for the purpose of
fire protection and to extinguish any
fire that may happen in their section,
Every such community should select
the necessary number of men to act as
chiefs and to take charge of the forces
fighting a fire. These chiefs could ar
range for certain signals and alarms to
be given to denote fire in any locality,
and also where shovels, wet sacks, chem
ical- extinguishers and other apparatus
and utensils are to be 6btriined at the
shortest notice.
Water in many cases is not available,
but a chemical fire extinguisher, with
which each farmer should be provided,
will accomplish more in putting out a
fire which has not assumed large pro
portions, than any other means.
Where the district will permit, an
automobile w motor truck can b
equipped with chemical tanks, and these
will proe more effective than river
water improperly or nnskillfully ap
plied. In several sections of the State
this has lready been done, and th;se
machines, so equipped, have demon
strated great efficiency.
The Vital Hour.
This is the hour of patriotism, In
which the entire strength of the Na
tion is needed to ward off the danger
which threatens our home and country.
Never in history has the grave question
of the waste and loss arising from
preventable fires assumed such serious
importance as at the present ' time
Every pound of fruit, and every ounce
of foodstuffs saved from the ravages
of fire becomes an added sourco of
strength and supportMor those who are
10 gallantly fighting to restore the
pea?o of the world. It is, therefore,
the urgent and imperative duty of ev
ory citizen to consecrate his utmost
effort, both in his individual and com
munal capacity, towards the elimina
tion of the fire hazard and conserva
tion of the Nation's food supplies.
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Phone Residence Heppner, Oregon
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MITCHELL
Mitchell Motor and Service Co., Seattle
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considerably lower while using Zero-kne."
BUICK
J. D. Lauppe, Sacramento
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lubricant for Buick automobiles."
DODGE
H. 0. Harrison Co., San Francisco
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MAXWELL
CuyW Lee, Oakland
"Zerolene has given us perfect
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