Oreeon Historical Society
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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.
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A LARGE. NUMBER OF RED CROSS
PLEDGES ARE STILL UNPAID.
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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
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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.