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Newspaper Page TextOreeon Historical Society 207-2St. Gazette-I MES II II 11 II VOL. 34, NO. 21. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1917. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR 26 CLAIM EXEMPT- I AFT Fifty-Two Men of Morrow Comity Puss Satisfactory Physical Examination. Twenty-six men have filed claims for exemption on the grounds of de pendencies, before the Morrow coun ty exemption board. The exemptions will be passd upon wivnin three days after the expiratlou of the 10 days time limit for filing claims. The board examined a total of 71 men and of this number 19 were physically unfit and four were aliens. Of the total 82 men called for the first draft, 8 were examined else where and 3 have already enlisted. - The board has called up a list of forty more men to undergo the ex amination for the first draft. Just what number of this will be used will depend upon the number of exemp tions that will be made. We are pub lishing a complete list of these men in another column of The Gazette Times. Made a Good Shot. Heppner can boast of a few good rifle experts among the women and one of them is Mrs. E. G. Noble. One day laBt week, in company with Mr. Noble, she was riding on the up per Willow creek road near C. A. Minor's ranch. They saw a coyote off about 75 yards. Mr. Noble stopped the car and his wife took up the .22 special. With deliberate aim she brought down Mr. Coyote.. She re ceived the bounty from the court as her reward. HKD CROSS MAKES EXPLA NATION OF ITS ATTITUDE Many questions have arisen as to the attitude of the American Red Cross toward Germans wounded on the battle field, and also toward Americans of German origin affiliat ing themselves with Red Cross hospi tal units going abroad. To make clear the attitude of the Red Cross, Henry P. Davison Chairman of the War Council, authorizes the follow ing statement: When war was declared between the United States and Germany, the neutrality of the American , Red Cross of course ended automatically The American Red Cross can co-operate only behind the lines of the armies of the United States and its allies. But the Red Cross knows no such thing as the nationality of a wound ed man. Any wounded enemy turned over to the care of the American Red Cross will receive as kindly treat ment as any friend. The Red Cross will not only extend , eveny aid and comfort to the armies of America and Its allies, but it will assist in every possible way the sick, wounded and afflicted among the civilian populations among our allied countries. This is in conform ity with the practice of the Red Cross Society In every eountry. As to the policy of the Red Cross in this country toward those of Ger man origin: The Red Cross knows no difference and makes no distinction between any American citizen. Insofar as base hospital units are concerned, the Red Cross equips and enlists the personnel of those to be sent to Europe to operate not only with our own armies but with those of our allies. Once enlisted and mus tered into service, these units become part of the Army of the United States and there is of course no discrimin ation by the Red Cross or the Ameri can Army against and loyal Ameri can citizen no mutter of what nation al origin. Our allies in Europe, however, have requested the American State Department not to permit persons born in enemy countries, or of par ents born in an enemy country, to travel as civilians In any of the Al lied countries. Representations, how ever, have been made by the Red Cross, which it Is hoped will ulti mately prove effective, whereby loyal American citizens on Red Cross ser vice, may be exempted from this rule, no matter what the country of their origin. The Rod Cross wants it clearly un derstood that it welcomes the co-operation of every loyal American, and that it does not regard that loyalty as measured by the country of his or igin. FOR SALE Good land miles form Castle Rock, sec. 29-4-24, near water and rail transportation. Ar tesian wells three miles north and some south also. Water within 25 feet of surface on this section. Land 15 to $18 per acre; terms. Address owner, A. B. M White Bldg., Seat tle, Wash, LEXINGTON BREEZES. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith were Lex ington visitors Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barnett and daughter Miss Dona and Mrs. Fannie Parker left Wednesday for the coast. They expect to be gone for two or three weeks. Miss Grace Hodge Is spending the latter part of the week with friends at Boise, Idaho. Miss Bertha Miller Is spending the week with Marie Cason. Loyal Parker and Arthur Schriever left the latter part of the week for Portland, where they expect to join the navy. Mr. and Mrs. Herrell left last Wed nesday for Portland. Mrs. Herrell will be remembered " as Gertrude Beymer. W. J. Davis Is sick at his home on Black Horse. While working, he got a few splinters in his hands which caused blood poisoning. Mrs. C. T. Davis has returned homo from the mountains to spend a few weeks. Mr. Davis has recently pur chased the Pointer property in the eastern part of town. Mrs. E. A. Beymer left Wedenes day for her home in Portland. Miss Marie Cason and Bertha Mil ler spent Tuesday evening In Hepp ner, aUendlng the Carnival. W. K. Corson returned Saturday from his trip to Portland. While there lie represented Burgoyne's store at Buyers' Week. W. T. Campbell and family re turned home the latter part of the week from their auto trip through southern Oregon. H. E. Warner has recently pur chased the new bungalow of Jas. Saxe. If called to army service, he expects to move his family there dur ing his absence. Is Installing New Thresher. R. W. Turner of Sand Hollow has been busy the past week installing a new threshing machine at his place. The new rig will be run by a gasoline engine and should be ready for turn ing out the grain this week. Mr. Tur ner has a lot of good grain on his own farm besides- the machine will be used in threshing the crops of his sons Harry and Jesse. NEWSPAPERS GET MOST OF BUSINESS Commercial Experts Say They Are Best Salesmen. An Interesting lecture on retail merchandising was given at the Chamber of Commerce in Eugene re cently, when W. H. Farley, expert lecturer of the National Cash Regis- ted company, told of the causes for loss In retail business, and how they could be remedied. More than 50 merchants and salespeople were pres ent. Stereopticon slides and motion pictures were used throughout the lecture by Mr. Farley to emphasize the various points. Particular emphasis was laid on the value of newspaper advertising to the retail merchant In the lecture Mr. Farley said in part: "More peo ple can be reached oftener and at less expense by newspaper adver tising than by any other medium But don't spend a few dollars adver tising, and then say advertising does n't pay. Make advertising a contin uous policy of your store, and you will not be disappointed with re sults." The proper method of pre paring newspaper advertisements was shown by Mr. Farley. Man Held on Wife-Beating Charge. Frank Elliott of Butter creek was bound over to the grand jury this week by district attorney S. E. Not son on a charge of beating his wife. He has been placed under $1500 bonds. ' While the specific charge against Elliott is that of assault, it is alleged that he also drew a gun on Mrs. El liott beside making dire threats against his brother-in-law Waldo Vin cent and Mrs. Vincent. Elliott has pleaded guilty to the charges against him and told the dis trict attorney that he (Elliott) "had made a fool of himself." Returns From East. - -Prof. H. H. Hoffman, superinten dent of Heppner schools and Exalted Ruler of Heppner Lodge No. 358, B. P. O. E., returned home Tuesday from an extensive eastern trip. Prof. Hoffman left Heppner several weeks ago to attend the annual convention of Elks in Boston. While in the East he paid a visit to his old horns In Ohio. He announces that he had an enjoyable trip, barring the severe hot weather on the Atlantic seaboard. f7 3MOTECE2 a a A LARGE. NUMBER OF RED CROSS PLEDGES ARE STILL UNPAID. in Those who were patriotic enough to pledge their financial support to the grand work car ried on by the Red Cross organization, are earn estly requested to make the payments pledged. Wherever possible, payment should be made IN FULL at this time for the total amount pledged. '' '.'': . Simply mail your check, or a money order, to the First National Bank, Heppner, Ore., with a slip saying "for Red Cross," and the payment will be applied to your pledge and receipt mailed to you. 15 OF FLAMES Business Section of Town Wiped Out In Blaze That Does Damage to Extent of 9200,000. Reports from 'Baker indicate that Sumpter, the pioneer mining town of that section, suffered a disastrous fire last Monday, In which two min ers are believed to have lost their lives and the loss in property .wjll reach $200,000. The fire started from a defective flue in a hotel there It Is believed. Fire fighters worked for hours striv ing to check the flames and help was sent from Baker. Among those re ported burned out are the Baird Grocery, Basche Hardware Co., Co lumbia Hotel, Capitol Hotel, C. P. Holley Harness Shop, Hub Clothing Co., Sumpter Drug Co., Sumpter Gar age, Whlted's Cash Market, J. E. Hayden, grocery; Blue Mountain American newspaper plant, Curtis Haley's livery, A. E. Dagny, soft' drink parlor and lodging house; Electric theatre and Sumpter Opera House, Del Fox, blacksmith shop; Pacific Telephone and Telegraph of fice, Walter Jamison's billiard par lor, Whitman National Forest office, F. P. McDevitt & Co., dry goods; Methodist Episcopal church, New Sumpter Meat Co., Sumpter postof flce, Rodgers and Frates, soft drink parlors, St. Paul's Episcopal church, G. Harry Wilson, jeweler; Eagle's Hall and Masonic Temple. Later reports state that no lives were lost but that the fire lofes will cpme near to $300,000 with hut littlp insurance. Ruth Roland Coming New Serial "The SUITER Lb vty ml, Mmt- JJCENE FROA" C! I PATHE'S'" 110 AMERICANS READY FOR CAMP First Draft Contingent Could Move at Once if Transportation k Were Available, Washington, D. C. Two hundred thousand physically perfect Ameri can men are ready for the first mob ilization day, Septemebr 5. Accord ing to reports to Provost Marshal General Crowder, the September 5 Jtingqitt jeould move tomorrow if transportation racmties were avail able. It Is believed the full quota of 687,000 men will be accepted and willing to serve before the end of this month. With America's first draft army due in camp by the first week in Oc tober, the second increment prooa bly 750,000 will not be called for duty until next snrine or summer. In all probability it was learned today. u win be called up for examination Immediately after the hrsi unit Is completed, however, in some dis tricts this examination is going on. Training officers for the national army already have been drawn from reserve camps and some regular ar my majors and other officers will go too. Many noncommissioned officers from the regular and national guard armies will assist. It will be impossible, aceordine to indications now, to get the first na- tonal army into condition for ser vice before next spring or summer. tomorrow was to have beeun en trapment of guard troops for south ern camps. Construction work, how ever, has been slow and these forces will be delayed from two to four weeks getting under way. Many of these will see service in France this fall. to Star Theatre in Neglected Wife." "The Woman Alone" 1 THE NEGLECTED WIFF PRODUCED By BALBOA Mrs. Hendricks and daughter Har riett, who have been viaiting our worthy postmistress, Mrs. Holbrook, for" some time, returned to Portland last Friday. Mrs. Ben Morgan's mother, sister and aunt are visiting her at her home. Mrs. Earl Morgan spent last Friday with her sister, Mrs. H. O. Ely. Geo. N. Ely, Morgan's accomodat ing warehouseman, tested T. M. Bene dict's wheat and reports the test at 56. This is the best so far that he has been able to test. Geo. Whitsomb has his Tin Lizzie home at present. Dode Benedict took his govern ment examination for a soldier on the tenth. He graded 98. Dode is proud of his high standing Geo. Whltcomb and cook were out motoring Sunday. Mr. Holbrook is helping Mr. Swan- son with his wheat. Geo. N. Ely took Olaf Johnson to Heppner Thursday to take his gov ernment examination for the draft. Mrs. Elsickson, Mr. Ely's housekeep er, accompanied them. Mrs. T. M. Benedict, Jr., was in Morgan Friday. J. Y. Gibson and Mrs. Hulburt were in Morgan Sunday. Bert Palmateer was in Morgan Monday on business. Miss Ruble Tomlin is visiting old friends in Morgan and vicinity. Fred Ely, who Is harvesting in the Gooseberry country, visited his fam ily Sunday in Morgan. Wm. Palmateer expects to start his thresher in a few days. J. Y, Gibson and helper Tobie Wiles, are hauling wheat to the Mor gan warehouse, COYOTE AND DOG, CAUGHT IN TRAP, FIGHT TO DEATH Trapper Finds Body of Dog Eaten, but Adversary, Too, Dead. An unsolved mystery of the desert is contained In a trapper's report, Just received from Cecil to thrlocal biological survey office. He tells of setting two traps along side of each other and later visiting them to find a dog and a coyote to have been caught, and the former eaten by the latter, that In turn died. How the animals were caught, no one knows. There Is only supposi tion. Probably, the dog first fell into the clutches of the trap. The coyote might have seen him there and, com ing for a good meal, himself was caught. It is a good theory that after this there was a fight to the death taking place in which the coyote won out and then ate his adversary. But his next meal might have been post poned longer than nature would stand for, and so he too died. Pen dleton Tribune. WOMEN AUTOISTS HAVE A WAY OF USING THEIR BRAINS IN TIMES OF ROADSIDE TROUBLE Women appear to be especially adapted to driving automobiles. Mor-I row county has her full share of ladyj motorists and every one of them han-1 die a car as well as the best drivers ; of the opposite sex. j An illustration of this point is j brought out by a little episode occur-' ring a short time ago to Mrs. Albe.'l Bowker, who is now making a Loin of the south. Mrs. Bowker dues con siderable driving for her husband, and was recently called to the vicin ity of Hardman to bring in a broken down car. It was dark when the call came, but Mrs. Bowker started out nevertheless. Within a few miles pf her destination Mrs. Bowker met with misfortune in having a puncture In one of the front wheels. Blithe ly she stepped out of the car and pre pared to' mend the trouble. Hut up on opening the tool box she found the jack had been left at home. Uow to raise the front wlieen off the ground would have been a puzzle to many but not so with this fair driver. Her first thought was that she might be able to llnd an axe or a shovel on a near-by ranch and by blocking up the front axle she would be able to dig down under the wheel. A search revealed the fact that if there was an implement such as she was seeking, it was well kept out of sight from every passer by. So she was forced to give up the first idea. She noticed a big wagon in the barn yard and an idea struck her. She drove the car into the barn yard and ran up onto ths tongue of the wagon PLENTY OF LABuR CROPS Xo Difficulty Anticipated Over Short age in Fileds; Strikes Help in Situation. Salem, Or., Aug. 14. The labor situation in connection with the grain harvest is well in hand, with no se rious shortage appearing in any dis trict. This is the information conveyed by telegram from State Labor Com missioner O. P. Hoff to A. Cami netti, commissioner general of the United States employment service at Washington in reply to a query. Commissioner Caminetti inquired as to the status of farm labor con ditions in Oregon, and asked if the United States employment service might be of aid. Commissioner Hoff replied as follows: "Thunks for klsdly proffer of as employ.aent bureau of Portland and United States employment service with this department, the labor situa tion, so far as grain harvest is con cerned, is well In hand with no se rious shortage appearing in any dis trict at the present time. "Owing to conditions of crops, ranging from 60 to 80 per cent of average in Eastern and Western Ore gon; the disposition of farmers to go into the fields and exchange labor with their neighbors, and shifting of organized labor, on strike in some in dustries, to farming and other classes of labor pending settlement of dis putes, serious shortage anticipated some weeks ago has not materialized and harvest Is progressing under fa vorable, though somewhat short handed circumstances. "Thanke for kindly proffer of as sistance, with cooperation already existing with Portland branch of the United States service, I believe situa tion as regards prunes, nops, apples, pears, etc., will be safely tided over." STAR THEATER WILL BE REMODELED BY OWNER The Star Theater will be remodel ed and according to plans drawn up by the owner of the building, Mrs. Geo. D. Fell of Pendleton, Heppner will have an up to date picture thea ter when the work is completed. It is the intentiou of the owner to build an extension of fifteen feet on the rear of the present building, thereby allowing for a greater seating capacity and permitting interior changes in the theater that are ned ed at the present time. The balcony -will be altered, new seats will be installed and the inside of the building will be completely renovated and made over. WALL PAPER BUYERS ATTEN TION, 1010 BARGAINS. Assortment never better. Nearly entire line at last years prices. Case Furniture Co. head on with sufficient force to lift the front of the car from the ground and leave the wheels free. It was an easy matter then to fix the puncture. Anyoue would have known how to mend that little hole in the tube, but who would have ever thought of driving up on that wagon tongue. It only goes to show that be women would use their brains to the best advantage iii a pinch. Many a man wtfuld have left the car there on the road until morning, or until hetp arrived. Grain N .Turnin i,ut Well. Henry Blalim ! i,., finished thresh ing for the season and reports that his grain turned out quite well con sidering the season. From ten acres on the flat near the house, Mr. Blahm got 211 sacks of bluestem, weighing 140 pounds to the sack. His grain on the hill made better than IS bushels to the acre. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Szcpanek and two daughters of Echo were in Hepp ner Wednesday and Thursday. They have been spending a few weeks in the mountains south of Heppner and had an enjoyable vacation. Mr. Sze panek reports conditions good on his ranch in the Echo section, and he raised over 100 tons of hay that will he fed to his cattle this winter. A new postoilice will soon be establish ed at the Szepanek ranch and resi dents of that section will have im proved mail service. At the present time they are served by rural routa from Echo.