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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1917.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
QUOTA
COMPLETE
I'ort.v-Hlx Men Are Certified to Din
triet Board at La Grande. Nine
teen Are Given Discharge on
(round of Supporting De
pendent Relatives,
Morrow county'B quota in the first
call for the selective draft was 41
men. This week the local exemption
board is winding up the business at
tendant to the first call, and after
making certain exemptions for physi
cal disqualifications, claims for sup
port of dependent relatives, aliens
and enlistments, forty-six men have
been certified to as accepted for mil
itary service. Of this forty-six, some
have appealed their claims to the dis
trict board, while others have made
claims for exemption on the ground
that they are engaged in necessary
Industries. It is not known what ac
tion that board will take on the
claims but the local board believes
the number certified to will be suffi
cient to round out the quota of forty
one. Following is a list of those, who
have been accepted for service, those
who have been given discharges and
those who failed for one reason or
another to pass the physical examina
tion: List of those certified to the district
board at La Grande:
Floyd Llw:on Barlow, lone, Ore.
John Hossner, lone, Ore.
Robert Roy Holmes, lone, Ore.
Royal Wakefield, Heppner, Ore.
C'leo Drake, Gooseberry, Ore.
Fred L. McMurray, lone, Ore.
Joe Mason, lone, Ore.
Hugh McNerney, Heppner, Ore.
Otto Rletmann, lone, Ore.
Raymond Howard Turner, lone. Ore
Marvie Lee AvI McRoberts, Heppner
Henry Bernard Gorger, lone, Ore.
Henry Krebs, Heppner, Ore.
William Edward Stoops', lone, Ore.
Walter Guy Cason, lone, Ore.
James Daley, Heppner, Ore.
Henry Ed Peterson, Eight Mile, Ore.
Frank A. Doble, Irrigon, Ore.
William Harley Garner, Echo, Ore.
Riley Jake Juday, Heppner, Ore.
Alva W. Jones, Heppner, Ore.
Henry Clay Woods, lone, Ore.
Lester Vernon Baker, lone, Ore.
McDowell Misslldlne, Heppner, Ore,
Ernest W. Chrlstopherson, Goose
berry, Ore.
Harvey 0. Bauman, Lexington, Ore.
Henry A. Nagl, Heppner, Ore.
Roby L Slmcox, Lexington, Ore.
Rufus Ernest Burroughs, Galax, Va.
Johnnie C. Morris, Lexington, Ore.
Frank T. Perry, Lena, Ore.
Henry E. Van Dyke, Lexington, Ore
Smith J, Towne, Lexington, Ore.
John Elmer Pomeroy, Lexington, Ore
George Layton Cason, Heppner, Ore.
Sterling Fryrear, Heppner, Ore.
John William Martin, Morgan, Ore
Alexander Brander, Echo, Ore.
John B. Calmus, Heppner, Ore.
Frank E. Cronan,, lone, Ore.
John M. Gamblll, lone, Ore,
l!en G. Buschke, Lexington, Ore.
Thomas E. Sheridan, Lena, Ore.
Phillip Brady, Heppner, Ore.
Newton Humphrey Harris, lone, Ore.
Exemption list from local board,
dependencies'.
Walter Moore Eubanks, Lexington
Roy Ashbaugh, Hard man, Ore.
Otto Ruhl, Lexington, Ore.
Michael Reilley (A) Heppner, Ore
Krick W. Larson (A), lone, Ore.
Walter S. Cooke (A), Heppner, Ore.
Frederick Rauch, Echo, Ore.
Robert W. Sperry, lone, Ore.
Merrill E. Doble, Irrigon, Ore.
Edward Nicholas Gonty, Heppner.
John Foley (A), Heppner, Ore.
Arthur Raymond Crawford, Heppner.
Melvin Earl Bundy, Heppner, Ore.
Frank Howell, Hardman, Ore.,
Norman H. Brown, Heppner, Ore.
Pearl Chester Mason; Heppner, Ore.
Harve G. Coxen, Lena, Ore.
Charles Edward Walker, Lexington.
Ralph J. Winter, lone, Ore.
List of persons physically disqual
ified: John Pettlt, Heppner, Ore.
Clarence Reid, Heppner, Ore.
Olaf Johnson, Morgan, Ore.
Lonnie Ritchie, lone, Ore.
John William HIatt, Heppner, Ore.
Cleve E. Adkins, Heppner, Ore.
Kills Rush Minor, Cecil, Ore.
Calvin Gilliam, Heppner, Ore.
Raymond Keith Drake, Gooseberry.
Elmer John Peterson, Gooseberry.
Hugh McMurray, Cecil, Ore.
John F. Freund, Portland, Ore.
Marsh Courtney, Lena, Ore.
Leo Hill, Heppner, Ore.
Sterling McLelland Stiles, lone, Ore.
Walter F. Drum, Parkers Mill, Ore.
Henry Cohn, Heppner, Ore,
Arthur B. Cortwright, lone, Ore.
Patrick O'Brien, Heppner, Ore.
Francis Allen Stapleton, Heppner.
Don Robert Hnylor, Heppner, Ore.
Ernst J. Starkey, Heppner, Ore,
Bert Smith has purchased a new
Dort car.
Mrs. Delia McMillan was visiting
in lone Friday.
Eldred Jefferson was a Heppner
visitor Tuesday. ' ,
Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Beach are visit
ing in Portland this week. ,
Mrs. Carter and boh of Monument
were Lexington visitors Thursday.
Chas. Breashears broke his arm
Wednesday morning while cranking
his Ford.
Several Dort owners have been
having their cars looked over by a
Dort expert.
v L. L. Van Winkle reports that he is
through wheat hauling until some
more is threshed.
Mrs. Grace Frieze and children
of Drain, are visiting friends and rel
atives here this week.
We are glad to hear that W. J. Da
vis is recovering from a bad case of
blood poisoning.
Harry Dinges was suddenly called
to Seattle on account of the illness
of his little daughter, Ruth.
Mrs. Geo. Allyn and daughter were
In Heppner Tuesday. Miss Allyn is
having Dr. Vaughan do some work
on her teeth.
L. M. Oliver bade farewell to his
Lexington frlneds Saturday morning.
He is taking his family to Sandpoint,
Idaho, where they will reside.
Mrs. Nettie Barton left Friday
morning to spend a few weeks with
her husband, who is a member of the
Coast Artillery band at Fort Steph
ens. Miss Edith Reaney is in Heppner
this week visiting relatives and
friends. She reports a very pleasant
time but says "there is no place like
horn."
R. F. Weigel, the Lexington Tum-A-Lum
man, has moved with his fam
ily to Portland. Mr. Lewis Holmes
will attend to the lumber yard in his
absence.
Mrs. J. R. Wilmot, who accom
panied her granddaughter, Miss Dona
McMillan, from Portland Saturday,
is visiting with her daughter, Mrs.
W. P. McMillan. ' - ,;);.-
Miss Grace Hodge, waitress at the
Lane Restaurant, was married in
Boise, Idaho, last week to C. 0. Clum.
Mrs. Clum's friends all wish her a
very happy future.
William McMillan returned from
Portland Saturday evening. When
he went to Portland he was accom
panied by Merle Saxe, but Merle
Joined Uncle Sam's forces and Wil
liam returned alone.
Miss Minnie Burkhart, who return
ed to her home in Portland, was very
pleasantly entertained by three of
ner Lexington friends, the Misses Mc
Mlllan, Reaney and Allyn, on the
Thursday evening before her depar
ture.
THREE ROUNDED UP
AND BOOZE TAKEN
There are three young men from
Spokane in the county jail today as
a result of a raid made on their
rooms in a local hotel this week. A
large quantity of liquor was found In
their possession and taken In chare
by Sheriff McDuffee and deputy Wal
ter I'ason.
TJie men are Will II., Frank and
H. A. Iyser, all brothers. No charge
hasyet been placed against the young
men, but the authorities h ave strnnff
.evidence (hat the liquor was being
sold to local consumers. A fourth
party to the deal is said to have
"squealed" on the bunch. There
seems to be a woman in the case, ac
cording to Sheriff McDuffee. The
three brothers had attempted to put
a block In the fourth member's wheel
of love and he got even by "spilling
the beans.
There was evidence of some hard
liquor' going the rounds last Satur
day and this may be what led to an
Investigation by the officials.
Reports from Spokane stata that
the three men are wanted there by
draft officials.
Garage Installs Machinery.
The Heppner Garage is installlne
a new machine this week that will
add greatly to the efficiency of its
machine shop. It is a press canable
of giving a pressure of four tons and
is used In mashing on gears and other
such mechanical work in the auto re
pair business.
Albert Franklin Palmateer, Morgan.
George A. Groshens, Heppner, Ore.
Henry Earl Warner. Lexington. Ore.
Cleve H. VanSchoIack, Heppner, Ore.
Arthur J. McElligott, lone, Ore.
Foster T. Collins, Hardman, Ore.
Ralph E. Barton, Hennner. Ore.
Fary Elliott, Heppner, Ore.
George Evans, Heppner, Ore.
James M. Whitney, Cecil, Ore.
Frank Morlce Gabler, Heppner, Ore.
MORROW GOUNTY FAIR THREE WEEKS
AWAY -MANY ATTRACTIONS ARE LISTED
Many attractions have been booked
for the Fifth Annual Morrow County
Fair, which will be held In this city
September 13, 14 and 15. Chief
among these, Secretary Smead an
nounces Parson's Novelty Band, con
sisting of men and women who will
render both instrumental and vocal
music." The Hitt Fire-Works Com
pany is another headline attraction
which the board is sure will please
all who are fortunate enough to be
in Heppner on Thursday and Friday
evenings of Fair week. The board
promises something spectacular when
these fire-works are pulled off.
Many prominent people will be vis
itors and speakers at the county fair
this year. Governor Withycombe has
been Invited to attend and the invi
tation has already been accepted by
him. Governor Withycombe will de
liver an address to fair visitors on
Saturday, September 15.. Mrs. Edith
Tozier Wethered of Salem, a mem
ber of the State Fair Board, has been
scured to speak to Morrow county
people. Mrs. Wethered is a live wire
booster and will be present during
LOCAL SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN SEPT. 17
New School Year Will Open With
Course of Domestic Science and
Arts Added. Teachers Xot
Yet All Hired.
The Heppner public schools will
open Monday, September 17. ' From
present indications the enrollment
will be the largest in the hiBtory of
the school. .
A new course has been added. Miss
Struck, a recent graduate of theOreH
gon Agricultural College will have
charge of the department of Domestic
re "? oiruu jiue
highly recommended. She stood high
in her class In school and the local
board feels fortunate in being able
to secure her services.
Returning pupils to high " school
will note other new faces in the fac
ulty, as Miss Marian Long, for the
past few years teacher in commerce
and music, has sent in her resigna
tion. Also Miss Elizabeth Schoen
wald has resigned. It Is rumored
that Dan Cupid has robbed these two
efficient teachers from the local
school. At the present time the suc
cessors of these Wachers hftv not
been named.
There is also a vacancy in the man
ual training department, the one
branch of the school In which the
hand of war is felt directly. Prof. F.
Tammlnier, who had been selected
to fill the place of Pro. Atkinson, has
responded to the call to the colors
and will go to Europe at an early
date.
In the grades all of the teachers
have been hired. The following have
been selected: Miss Ethel Casey,
Heppner; Miss Sophia Burke, Grand
Forks, N. D., Mrs. Ethel Raglan,
Heppner; MJss Mabel Noyes, Hepp
ner; Miss Jessica Suhm, Petersburg,
111.; Mrs. Blanche Watklns, Heppner.
It will be noted that Miss Jessica
Suhm, who had formerly taught in
the local schools, is returning again
this year. This will be welcome news
to faculty, parents and pupils alike,
for Miss Suhm made a record while
here previously, as an efficient teach
er. She was very popular with her
pupils.
Superintendent H. H. Hoffman is
looking forward to another success
ful year, and with the efficient corps
of teachers enlisted, he believes the
past record will be not only upheld
but improved as well.
IONE STOCKMAN
BUYS MT. FARM
J. T. Knappenberg, lone attorney,
has purchased the Ada M. Ayers
property in the Parkers Mill section.
There are 800 acres of this land
and it is mostly covered with timber,
making excellent summer pasture for
cattle and sheep.
Mr. Knappenberg is associated
with A. E. Johnsofl in the raising of
fine cattle and sheep, having a big
ranch just below lone, and the pur
chase of the Ayers property was made
with a view of putting their stock on
the mountain range during the
mer months. The consideration was
not given.
the three days.
Th Fair Board Is glad to make the
announcement that reduced railroad
rates have beef authorizd from Port
land on the west to Pendleton on the
East, including all branch lines, of
one and one third fare for round trip
The Fair this year w ill be patriot
1c in nature, and to that end, the
Fair Board Is asking the coopera
tion of the patroltlc people of Mor
row county to aid in every way to
make the Fifth Annual Fair the best
ever held.
More Concrete Walks For Main Street
It will not be long, from present
Indications until both sides of Main
street will be lined with concrete
i walks the entire length of the street.
j Work will soon commence on prop-
: erties from the Star theatre south to
i the Palace hotel. E. G. Noble will
put in walks in front of his property,
and the Elks have about decided to
'improve their property at this time.
J. L. Wilklns of the Palace hotel is
only waiting for the Elks to make
such a decision before he begins lay
rag the new walks around his hotel.
All Those Drafted Should Hold Them.
. selves In Readiness for
Intitant Duty.
Portland, Or., Aug. 21. Every
drafted man, who has been certified
by his local exemption board as not
i exempted or discharged s.iould keep
himself In Instant readiness to obey
thfl lummnns frnm Vila Innnl hnnrH
made !h a tew dayg caHing iim
to report at a designated time and
;place for mlutary gervice
The mobilisation of the men to be
taken , tne firgt draft from 0regQn
wlu be nandled by the ,ocal e .
Uon board 0f that county,
Wnh h..H ., ho raannns,Ma
the mobilization and entrainment for
tli,e American Lake camp, to which
the Oregon men will be sent, of its
county's full draft quota.
The mobilization of the entire quo
ta will not be made all at once, how
ever. t will take place In four in
stallments.
tne nrst installment of 30 per
cent of the men comprising the draft
quota of each county will be called to
mobilize on September 5
A second installment of 30 per cent
of the quota will be called to the ool
ors on September 19, acocrding to
latest orders of the war department.
The third installment will be called
out on October 3. The remaining 10
per cent will be mobilized as soon
thereafter as possible.
The dates, of course, are subject to
change. The local exemption boards
will select the men to be called up in
each installment and notify them
when and where they are to report.
The notifications to those selected for
the first Installment of 30 per cent
will be sent out in a very few days.
If you are a drafted man, be on the
alert to receive your Instructions.
Failure to receive the notification
will not excuse you if you do not ap
pear, so take care also to see if your
name has been posted at the head
quarters of the board as one of those
ordered to report.
Make it a point of honor to report
at the exact time specified by the
board and to follow instructions to
the letter. And remember that from
the hour designated by the board for
you to report, you are in the military
service of the United States, and sub
ject to military regulations and dis
cipline. In setting the time for you to re
port, the board is acting on a definite
ly arranged schedule, with the
prompt entrainment of the men in
view. Do not disarrange this sched
ule by coming in late.
The board will provide meals and
quarters for you after you arrive at
the place designated for entrainment.
The board is instructed to see that
you take on the train with you only
light hand baggage, or better yet, on
ly a bundle containing necessary toi
let articles and changes of under
clothing. Don't bring a lot of bag
gage with you when you report, for
you will have to leave it behind.
The success of the mobilization de
pends greatly upon your patriotic co
operation. A great deal is left to
sum-.your honor.
Prove yourself a true patriot, wor-
thy of the trust Imnnseri unnn v.in
u MUST 6E
READY TO REPORT
Morgan school begins September 3.
Geo. Whltcomb and cook were mo
toring Sunday.
H. O. Ely is hauling grain to the
Morgan warehouse.
F. M. Broady expects a shortage
in his honey crop this year.
. H. A. Ely and family motored
through Morgan last Sunday.
Mrs. Wid Palmateer and sister
were calling on friends around Mor
gan Tuesday.
E. G. Morgan and family were call
ers at the B. F. Morgan home Sun
day afternoon.
Geo. Whltcomb called at F. M.
Broady's one day last week and
brought home some nice fruit.
Mrs. T. M. Benedict Sr. and daugh
ter, Mrs. H. Haas and granddaughter
"Billie" were Morgan visitors Mon
day. "" .
Geo. N. Ely, accompanied by his
housekeeper, Mrs. Elsickson and Mrs.
Fred Ely were shopping in lone one
day last week.
Geo. N. Ely received a crate of fine
watermelons last week and they were
disposed of so readily that he sent in
another order.
Bert Palmateer drove down to F.
M. Broday's farm Monday and came
back with his car filled with all kinds
of fine fruits and vegetables.
Bert Palmateer and "Toots" Mar
tin, "two of Morgan's best citizens,
took their examination for U. S. sol
diers last week. Bert failed to pass
but "Toots" got by with a good grade.
Young People Married at Vancouver.
Two popular young people of this
section were married at Vancouver
Tuesday, August 14, when Miss Zarah
M. Snell of Arlington became the wife
of Frank J. Hopkins of Heppner.
The young people are well and fa
vorably known here. Mr. Hopkins
only recently came to this city from
lone. He was graduated from the
lone high school and was a prominent
student in the athletic life of the
school. He recently accepted a posi
tion with a firm in this city.
Mrs. Hopkins comes from an old
family of the Arlington country, is a
graduate of the Arlington high school
and a highly accomplished young wo
man. She is a niece of Mrs. Lena
Snell Shurte, school superintendent
of Morrow county.
The young people will make their
home in this city.
Off For France Soon.
Relatives in this city have received
word from Portland to the effect that
Miss Helena Hughes, formerly of
Heppner, who is a trained nurse, will
leave soon for France us a member pf
the Red CjOSB hogpttal eorps.
BURGLAR SEEMINGLY
HAS LOVE FOR MUSIC
There is at least one petty thief in
Heppner who has a love for music.
This was evidenced by a theft from
the residence of J. A. Waters on
Court street last Saturday. During
Mr. Waters' absence, (Mrs. Waters
and son Delmar being at the coast),
someone broke into the house, at
tacked several jars of jam and other
fruit which they found on the pantry
shelf, devoured a box of crackers and
wound up their celebration bv walk
ing off with a perfectly good phono
graph belonging to Mr. Waters' sou
Delmar. The intruder, or intruders.
as the case may be, scattered several
records over the floor, and this was
what first attracted the attention of
the man of the house.
Mr. Waters is of the oninion that
the work was done by children, for
the finger prints on a chair, (Joe ha?
not dusted the furniture since hi
wile went away), were clearly the
marks of children. Joe says lie does
n't care about the crackers and jam
but he would like to have the phono
graph returned. He is offering a sub
stantial reward for information that
will lead to the recovery of the music
box.
Grain Is Milking 20 Bushels.
Graiu on the Vaughn ranch, farm
ed by Pearl Sliamhart, is making 20
bushels per acre, according to Mr.
Sliamhart, who was in town Wednes
day after repairs for his harvester.
Mr. Sliamhart and Tom Arnold are
harvesting their grain together this
year, using a Blewett harvester. The
Blewett is a made-in-Oregon product
being manufactured in Pendleton.
The machine is giving excellent sat
isfaction. LADIES I am Heppner agent for
the Splrrelli corset. See me before
buying. Satisfaction guaranteed.
MRS. H. McATEE KINNEY.
and help you county and state make
the good showing It should make in
carrying out the mobilization.
HEPPNER'S NEW
ELEVATOR FINISHED
Farmers' 101,000-Bushel Capacity
Elevator Is Xow Ready to Re
ceive Grain. Will Revolu
tionize Grain Handling.
Heppner's- new 110,00-bushel ca
pacity elevator is. now completed
with the exception of installing the
separator which has not yet arrived
from Portland. When the separator
arrives, contractor J. W. Johnson will
be ready to turn over to the Heppner
Farmers' Elevator Company the first
structure of its kind ever built in
Morrow county.
The elevator was built at a cost of
approximately $20,000 and is stand
ard in every respect, having modern
equipment throughout. The actual
construction work was in charge of
F. G. Miller, a man who has been
building elevators for the past thirty
years and has witnessed the various
steps of progress that have taken
place In elevator construction during
that time.
"While the idea is prevalent
among some farmers that all the
grain is handled in bulk," said Mr.
Miller, "that is true, but it does not
mean that we cannot take care of any
grain that may come in sacked. It
takes a little longer to dump this
sacked grain for the reason the sacks
must be cut open and emptied. The
sacks are returned to the farmer.
Sacks wil be used some at first, un
doubtedly, until there becomes uni
versal use of the wagon bin and the
grain handled in bulk in every re
spect. This is the real purpose of the
grain elevator; it eliminates the
grain bags and makes for greater effi
ciency in handling throughout."
In explaining the process of opera
tion, Mr. Miller showed a represen
tative of The Gazette-Times recently
just what would take place. The
farmer drives up .into the elevator
with his wagon bin, onto the big
Bcales. Instantly the gross weight of
the grain Is taken, the grain dumped
to the bins and it goes on Its way ..to
the cleaners. From the cleaners it
passes through three pairs of auto
matic scales, on Its way to the var
ious bins in any part of the big build
ing. There are twenty huge bins in the
elevator for the storing of grain. The
process of unloading grain from the
former's wagon bin and the loading
into cars may take place at the same
time. In connection with the eleva
tor system Is a barley roll. Farmers '
may bring in barley, have it rolled
and take it back home with them the
same day, ,
Some of the features of the eleva
tor are included in the two big Alplig
gas engines of 22 horse power each,'
which furnish ample power for fun
nlng all the machinery. In this con
nection there will be installed a com
plete lighting system for the Farm
ers' Warehouse property.
The elevator Is 96 feet In height
from the ground to the tip of the
roof.
A feature of the gas power, is the
reinforced concrete water tank built
by Mr. Johnson. It is housed in a
little building of the same material,
built especially for this purpose.
Another feature of the engine
room is the fact that it is absolutely
fire proof.
The elevator will be able to han
dle 15,000 bushels of grain a day,
loading In and out.
The directors of the Heppner Far
mers' Elevator Co., are C, E. Jones,
R. W. Turner. Robt. Thompson, Os
car Keithley and W. G. McCarty.
Andy Hayes will be in charge of
Hie elevator with Chas Swindfg as
his chief assistant.
Sain Stevens Joined the Marines and
Will Siiou See .uvo Service in
"Xo Man's l.::i.:."
Probably the : Heppner bx' to
see active service under the Stars and
Stripes in France is Sam , Stevens.
Word has been received by his sister,
Mrs. Metzger of Butter creek, that
Sam sailed from an eastern port last
month and is now with the American
forces back of the firing line.
Mr. Stevens joined the marines last
April and at the time of his enlist
ment was a student at the Oregon
State Normal School. He has many
friends in Heppner, having been a
member of the 1916 class of the local
high school.
Many Heppner boys as well, as a
large number from other Morrow
county towns, are now receiving
thorough instruction in the various
branches of the service In different
parts of this country and are being
Instilled with the arts of military
science. A large number are iu tlia
navy, others are in the many
branches of the army.