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Oregon HUtnrlcal Society,
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VOL. 34, NO. 31.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1917.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
Gazettetimes
REPORT ON ANNUA
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Inniirnn lirrTlllfl evening in this city of Mr. RoyThurs
hBr.HrnS iMlrr 1 1 EM ll ton Cochran and Miss Delia Marie
LnUIILIIU tllLLIIIlU Cason. both of this city. Rev. H. A.
Noyes, pastor of the Federated
Tliree Days Session Interesting To
Murrow County Teachers.
The annual Morrow County Teach- j
era' Institute was held at Heppner,
October 16, 16, 17. The Institute,
under the leadership of the County
Superintendent, Mrs. Shurte, was a
most interesting one. It was well at
tended by teachers throughout the
county. A line of able instructors
was secured, and as some found it
Impossible to be present, their places
were filled by local talent, so that a
complete and instructive program
was enjoyed during the three days of
the Institute.
State Superintendent J. A. Churchill-
was present Tuesday and Wed
nesday, and his words of advice and
encouragement to the teachers were
much appreciated.
A pleasant half hour was spent in
listening to the opening address,
"Welcome," delivered by Rev. H. A.
Noyes. v
An Instructor whose lectures were
much appreciated was Alfred Powers,
of Eugene. The subject, "Squeeztng
Life Out of or Into Literature" was
of special interest to Oregon teachers.
We were fortunate enough to se
cure Mrs. Ruby Shearer Brennan,
former Primary Supervisor of Port
land schools, as an instructor. Her
reading plans and suggestions were
very helpful to the teachers.
Mayor S. E. Notson delivered a
stirring address on"Food Administra
tion," urging the teachers to do their
part toward encouraging the conser-J
vation of food. His talk could not
fail to inspire us with a desire to do
everything within our power to aid
our country during the present strug
gle. The lectures of H. C. Seymour, of
the Agricultural College at Corvallis,
were excedeingly well received. Tues
day evening Mr. Seymour gav a pic
ture lcture which was largely attend
' ed, at the Star theatre.
,Th singing waacarrled on under
the capable and inspiring leadership
of Mrs. H. A. Noyes.
Wednesday morning Dr. N. E. Wln
nard gave a lecture on the care of the
health, with a special reference to
tuberculosis. Dr. Winnard had just
returned from a meeting of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Tubercu
losis, held in Portland and his talk
was very interesting.
Rev. Geo. B. Van Waters delivered
two scholarly addresses which could
not fall to interest, and please. The
subject of his first address was "Evo
lution" and of the second, "Patriot
Ism." During the Institute two delegates
were elected to attend the Oregon
State Teachers Association which
meets In Portland. Mrs. W. L. Sad
darth was chosen to represent the
Morrow county teachers, and the
Northern Morrow County Teachers'
Association elected Miss Clara Voyen
as their representative.
Mr. Jones, founder of the Oregon
Teachers' Monthly, and a well known
and welcomed figure at the institutes
and educational gatherings through
out Oregon, was seriously 111 and
could not be present this year. As
an evidence of their sympathy and
admiration for Mr. Jones, the Mor
row county teachers sent him a tele
gram with a message of good cheer,
and hope for his speedy recovery.
Tuesday evening those who had at
tended the Oregon State Normal at
Monmouth gave a banquet at the Pal
ace hotel with the institute instruct
ors as guests. On Wednesday the
former 0. A. C. and U. of 0. students
who are uow Morrow county teach
ers gave a very delightful luncheon
at the hotel.
The institute was closed Wednes
day evening with a few suggestions
and hints to the teachers by Mrs.
Shurte.
M. OSTEN CASON.
22 CARS OF SHEEP FROM
LOCAL YARDS MONDAY
Twenty-two cars of sheep went out
from the Heppner yards the first of
the week by special train. Of these,
18 decks had been picked up in this
vicinity by Slier & Moreland, of Jo
seph, Oregon, and C. A. Minor sent
out two cars to the same people. Oth
er shippers were L. V. Gentry, 4 cars
of mutton to Portland market and
the Northwest Sheep Co., 4 decks to
The Dalles and 2 decks to Arlington.
This is a new company doing busi
ness in this territory and we did not
get the names of the parties. They
took tkls many sheep off the hands of
Slier & Moreland at this point. Stock
shipments have been quite lively from
the Heppner yards the past two weeks
and we understand that much more is
going out right away.
Cochran-Cason.
Coming as a complete surprise to
their many friends is the announce
ment of the marriage on last Monday
church, officiating.
The contracting parties are both
popular among the younger set qf
Heppner. Mr. Cochran has had charge
of the Phill Cohn warehouse for the
past year and during his short res!-
ucmu uerts una uiauo uiau i iuuo,
and the bride, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Cason, has grown up In
this county, the greater part of her
life being spent In her native city,
lone, and since coming to Heppner
within the past year, she also has
found a warm place In the hearts of
the people. They will make their
home in Heppner and are busy this
week accepting the congratulations
and well wishes of their numerous
friends.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to sincerely thank aU
our friends and neighbors, and the
members of the Masonic and Elks
lodges who so kindly assisted in the
last hours and at the funeral services
of our beloved husband and father.
MARY E. PERRY AND
CHILDREN.
Get Fine Buck Deer.
Chas. Vaughn and his cousin, Mr.
Doolittle, plumber at the store of
Tash & Akers, spent the past week in
the mountains at Uklah, deer hunt
ing. They returned home Saturday,
bringing with them a fine buck which
Mr. Vaughn killed. They greatly en
joyed the outing.
I
u
AND IDE FARMER
By D. F. HOUSTON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
It Is every citizen's duty to pur
chase a Liberty bond it he. is in
position to do so. Every patriot will
regard it as a privilege to participate
in the Liberty Loan. will there
by contribute directly and effectively
to the successful prosecution of the
war which Germany has forced upon
us. The Nation's task is a serious-
one. It intimately touches each of us.
It faces you and me. If we do not
win this war we must prepare our
selves for grave changes in our in
stitutions and to lead a different sort
of lite from that which we had
planned to live from that which our
forefathers died to give us the right
to live. We shall Indefinitely face
the interference of the Prussian auto,
cracy or bear permanently the intol
erable burdens of militarism. To win
this war we must have both men and
money. I know that every farmer
wants to do all In his power for me
Nation in this day of trial. He will
not only labor to produce the neces
sary foodstuffs but will also generous
ly contribute of his means to make it
possible for the men at the front to
achieve victory. I am confident that
the farmers of the land will not per
mit any other class to take the lead
ership in supporting the Government
in this crisis, financially or other
wise. '
We are at war with Germany be
cause Germany made war upon us,
sank our ships, killed our citisens,
and plotted against us while pro
fessing friendship. We were patient
till offenses became so flagrant and
insults so Intolerable that it was
merely a question whether we would
admit that we were no longer a free
nation or accept the challenge of the
war-mad, hypocritical, and mediaeval
Prussian militarists. There was one
choice we could not make we were
Incapable of making. We could not
"choose the path of submission and
suffer the most sacred rights of our
Nation and our people to be ignore
and violated."
We are defending our rights as a
free nation. We are resolved that
there shall be an end of brute force in
international affairs. What Germany's
victory would mean to the world Is
plain. There would be no right ex
cept might, no peace save at the price
of humiliations too bitter to be borne,
Small nations could not exist. There
would be no sanctity to a pledge, or
solemnity to a covenant. With the
dominance of Prussian militarism
the Anglo-Saxon struggle for free in
stitutlons and liberty, persisting from
Runymede to Yorktown, with its
Magna Charta, Its Bill of Rights, and
its Declaration of Independence, will
have been in vain. It is to prevent
this, to defend our rights, and to
make possible an orderly and just
peace in the world that we are at
war. The Nation calls on its citizens
for high and noble service. On some
it calls for. service in the field; on
others for service at home; on all, It
calls for financial support. I am con
fident that the farmers of the Nation
will eagerly respond to the call for
subscriptions to the uoerty L,oan,
First Football Game Will Be riayed
November 20.
The higb school is now In th.
throes of hard study and the interest
in the studies that is now being
shown has never been equaled in the
history of old H. H. S. . In the Do
mestic Art department several new
sewing machines have been installed,
and it now looks as if Heppner High
were in a fair way of turning out
some fair seamstresses. Fair in all
senses of the word. The Domestic
Science department Is also making
great headway in the cooking line.
It now looks as if Heppner High, is
going to do great things in football,
Althongh the team as it now stands
is not very much for beef, it stands
out pretty well for speed, and we are
fairly confident of making a showing
this season. On November the sec
ond we meet the lone eleven on their
home gridiron and we are looking for
a pretty stiff fight, although we be
lieve they can't anymore than exter
minate us, This will be the opening
game of the season and we can tell
better how our team stands after the
eame has been played.
The annual high school rally will
be held on the night of November 1st,
Uvhlch is the night before the lone
game. From the spirit that has been
displayed in everything the hlgu
school has entered Into this year, it
looks as if there was gong to be some'
thing doing on the night of November
1st. The Freshman boys are already
making preparations for gathering
the rally wood.
The student body of Heppner High
took up the proposition of Mr. Hoov
er to get every home in the district
to sign the pledge cards sent out by
the Food Conservation Board. These
cards just asked the people to pledge
to conserve certain articles of food
of which there Is now a shortage, so
as to help the United States in solving
the great food problem which now
confronts it. The town was divided
into districts, and certain students
were assigned these -districts to tan-
vass. It was so arrangtd that each
student had about the same amount
of work to do. And we are very glad
to say at this time that the students
met with grand success, although a
few homes were encountered where
the occupants refused to sign the
pledge. We believe though that they
refused to sign them more through
ignorance than disloyalty to the U. S.
We are hoping to still have a hundred
per cent record before we are through
with the drive.
The program for the literary enter
tainmnt to be given Friday afternoon
by the Ciceronian Literary Society
was printed in last week's issue, so
we do not believe It necessary to print
it again, but we just want to call at
tention to the fact that there is going
to be one, and the public is cordially
invited to attend. The program will
start at 2:20 sharp.
APPEAL TO FARMERSTO
BUY LIBERTY BONDS
J. D. Brown, President of the Far
mer's Union, and C. E. Spence, Mas
ter of the State Grange, have joined
in the following appeal to farmers to
buy Liberty Bonds:
"TO THE FARMERS OF OREGON:
"As one who 1b engaged in agri
culture, you know that out of the soil
comes the basic wealth of the Nation.
THE MEN WHO PRODUCE FOOD
AND BUY LIBERTY BONDS are the
men who will help the boys in the
trenches win this war. The farmer
won the War of Independence. He
was the bulwork of the country in
Lincoln's time. By the farmer is
meant every man who is engaged in
agricultural pursuits.
A large part of the money derived
from tkis Liberty Loan will go direct
ly back to farmers and agricultural
Interests in payment for supplies for
the armies of our country and for
sale to the Allied Governments. -All
the loans made by our Government
to the Allies, are tor the purpose of
enabling them to pay for produce of
the soil and manufactures produced
in this country.
THIS IS A DIRECT APPEAL TO
THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
OF OREGON. We ask you to sub
scribe to the full extent of your abil
ity, persuade your employees and
help them to do the same, and active
ly advocate the sale of the bonds. If
it should happen that you are a
present pushed for cash, go to your
banker and he will assist you to any
extent. Your business Is giving you
a liberal return, and it is nothing less
than your duty to assist the Govern
ment that supplied the land from
I which you largely profit. Get busy
FOR OUR -SOLDIERS
Heppner Red Cross Chapter VU Ac-
: cept Contributions For Christ
i . i, ; S ' mas Cheer.
By Christmas we shall have a
large number of men in France and
600,000 in the cantonments at home.
besides the thousands in our regular
army posts and in the navy, and ev
ery one will be eager to help in giving
them Christmas cheer.
The Red Cross throughout the
country are getting, together Christ
mas packets, and our Chapters' allot
ment is 275. We have been asked to
take up contributions so that in pre
paring each packet they may be as
uniform, as possible.
, - Bed Cross Notes.
Come forward with your contribu
tions tor the Christmas packets.
Leave contributions with Mrs. A. M.
Phelps or at Phelps Grocery Co. store.
A reception tor the seven boys that
leave for the front will be held
Thursday evening, Nov. 1st at the
Fair pavilion. There will be speeches
and music, followed by a dance.
AU who have a flour sack or two to
spare bring them to the M. E. church
South, to hem for dish towels tor the
soldiers.'" '
The Red Cross meets every Friday
afternoon at the M. E. church South
and all are Invited to come and help
sew. ;'?.-:..
TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS,
Having been associated with the
good people of Heppner in a business
way tor the past four years, and dur
ing this time enjoyed a liberal share
of your patronage, I wish to extend
to one and all my sincere thanks and
appreciation. I will, after the first of
the month make Important changes
In my business. Conditions in all
lines of trade are changing rapidly
to a cash baBis and the business man
is compelled to arrange his affairs ac
cordingly. It is not necessary to state
to the public that everything in my
line, feu greatly ad vancedin. price
and 4 am compelled to be in funds to
meet my bills promptly on a cash ba
sis. This being true, it will be neces
sary for me to come to that basis in
ray own business and to ask my pa
trons to assist me along this line. We
must all work together in these times
and I' shall' be glad to go just as far
as is possible to accomodate my pa
trons and I know that you all realize
this. There are many who draw their
wages by the week, and to these we
would be courteous and extend them
time till the end of the week when
their bills should be met promptl,
Kindly cooperate with us. We will do
our part and shall ask a continuation
of your patronage along these lines.
HENRY SCHWARZ,
People's Cash Market, Heppner
Peter Bauernfiend of Cecil passed
through Heppner on Saturday on his
way home from Ritter, where he had
been for the past three months get
ting the benefits of the mineral
springs. He is quite improved
health as a result of his stay at the
health resort and is a booster for the
Ritter hot springs.
as time is short and the allotment
expires on October 27th.
During the last Liberty Loan Cam
paign, realizing that the farmers
livestock men, and others interested
in agricultural pursuits 'at that par
ticular time of the year, were not in
position to subscribe, no direct ap
peal was made at that time to those
engaged in agricultural pursuits to
come to the support of the Govern
ment with their funds. THE GOV
ERNMENT NOW, HOWEVER,
WANTS YOUR SUPPORT. You have
realized prices for everything that
the ground produces and all of the in
terests connected therewith, such as
cattle, sheep, dairying and hogs, be
yond probably your greatest expecta
tions and these prices are due to war
conditions. The Government expects
you to do your share, believing that
the producers will not be found want
ing. YOU ARE ASKED, THERE
FORE, TO ENTER YOUR SUB
SCRIPTION AT ONCE, for as large
an amount of United States Govern
ment 4 Bonds as you can now pay
for or pay for within a reasonable
time, particularly the latter. You
can do this by going directly to your
bank as soon as you receive this let
ter, or If you are in a position where
you cannot get to the bank promptly
fill out an application blank and send
it to your bank by mall, with the re
quest that the bank advance the 2
and chargelt to your account.
Don't let Oregon lag behind the
other states or the producers of Ore
gon tag the rest of the state.
.Very sincerely yours,
J. D. BROWN,
President. Farmers Union.
C. E. SPENCE,
Master, State Grange.
Lowe Reception Big Success.
The reception tendered Mr. T. H.
Lowe at Cecil on last Friday evening
was a grand success. A special train
was run from Heppner and took a
large number of people from this
place, Lexington, lone and Morgan,
who assembled at the Lowe home and
enjoyed the evening in dancing and
other amusements. It was a farewell
party to Mr. Lowe on the eve of his
departure for Portland to enlist in
some branch of the Canadian army,
and fully 250 guests were present.
Music for the dancing was furnished
by Parson's orchestra from Portland
and an elaborate supper was served
the company which had been prepar
ed by Mrs. Lowe and her assistants.
Mr. Lowe' has been a resident of
Cecil during the past four years, was
postmaster there and engaged in gen
eral merchandising, enjoying a good
trade. He had made many friends up
and down the Heppner branch since
coming to Morrow county and these
all joined heartily in rendering him
homage on this occasion, and also in
wishing him God-speed to the front
and a safe return to his family. -
Mr. Lowe had served in the British
artillery and was also Lieutenant
Quartermaster in the Church Lads'
Brigade before coming to America.
He returns in answer to a call from
his home country for the reserves in
America. His family will remain at
Cecil and Mrs. Lowe will conduct the
business, while his daughter, Miss
Annie C. Lowe will be the postmis
tress. Mr. Lowe will no doubt be sent
to France immediately upon his en
listment.
W. G. Scott, leading business man
of Lexington, was In Heppner Satur
day. -
IDE AMERICAN RED
Was opened on Saturday, October 13;
at 106 Fifth Street, Portland.
for the sale of articles of every kind,
to be donated by the people of Ore
gon. The Portland Chapter of the Red
LCross wll manage Jh$. shop,, along
line similar to the "Superfluity
Shops" which have met with such
tremendous success in England and
Canada, Australia and New Zealand,
ever since the beginning of the war.
The object is to provide comforts and
luxuries for American boys on the
fighting lines, both on land and sea.
There will be no expenses connect
ed with running the shop every
thing will be donated rent, fixtures,
labor, auditing and appraising, as
well as the articles for sale. Every
cent of money realized will go direct
ly to the aid and comfort of our sol
diers and sailors.
Here Is a new way for you to help.
Come and buy at. the store. Give ev
erything you can spare to be sold to
some one else. What you don't need
some one else will. Every article
will be appraised, and sold at a rea
sonable price. The shop will take
anything you can give, from houses
and lots to thimbles rugs, china,
silverware, books, laces, toys, furni
ture, andirons, fancy work, candles,
automobiles, jellies, canned veget
ables, bulbs, clean rags to be made
into rugs, etc., etc.
Give the very best and the most
that you can. Wars are lost or won
largely on the spirit of the soldiers.
There is everything in courage and
confidence and nothing saps cour
age so surely as the constant discom
forts of life in the trenches. Help to
provide the little things that mean
so much. A box of cigarettes or a
well- mended sock may do as much to
win a battle as a round of ammuni
tion.
The American Red Cross Shop is
your shop. The comforts it provides
will go to your soldier at the front.
Give him courage of knowing that the
friends at home for whom he is sacri
ficing everything are standing behind
him, ready to do for him all that is
possible. It is worth sacrifice. The
thing you give will bring comfort to
him out of all proportion to the sac
rifice you make.
The shop is open to receive con
tributions. Remember the address
106 Fifth Street. Telephone, Main
382.
Oversubscribes Her Quota.
Our neighboring city, . lone, has
largely oversubscribed her quota of
the Liberty Bonds. One resident of
that city took $30,000 worth, but
there were many other individual sub
scriptions. They believe in backing
up their boys with the coin, and lone
has already furnished a large quota
of material for the army and navy
branches of the service. R. McElli
gott was the heavy bond buyer, not
alone for lone, but for the entire
county.
' J. W. Beynier, president of the Far
mers & Stockgrowers National Bank,
accompanied by Mrs. Beymer, is
spending the week in Portland.
ANOTHER MORROW
PIONEER
PASSES
Mrs. Jane I'enlond Was Resident of
Morrow County 58 Years.
Death claimed another Morrow
county pioneer in the passing of Mrs.
Jane Penland at Lexington on Mon
day, October 22nd.
While not enjoying good health for
several years past, Mrs. Penland had
been sick but a short time prior to
her demise, and death came to, her
peacefully at her home in Lexington.
where she had lived for so many
years. ' '-.
Funeral services were -held in the
, E. church, South, on Wednesday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. H. A.
Noyes of Heppner and attended by a
large concourse of friends and neigh
bors. ' ;
Jane Nordyke was born June 5,
1843, in Jefferson county, Iowa, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aden Nor
dyke. She was married to William
Penland in 1860 and they remained in
Iowa until 1867, during which year
they came West and settled on Wil
low creek where Lexington now
stands, and where Mrs. Penland re
sided until her death. Lexington is
on their original homestead, and Mr,
and Mrs. Penland were actively iden
tified with the early, as well as later
history of that community. Mr. Pen
land died in 1900, leaving to his wid
ow the large estate which they to
gether had accumulated. They en
gaged in farming and stockraising,
Mr. Penland at one time being con
sidered one of the largest sheep own
ers in Eastern Oregon. Following
his death, Mrs. Penland made disposi
tion of some portion of the lands sit
uated in the foothills, but retained
the greater portion of the estate
which she has continued to handle in.
a prosperous way. Mrs. Penland Is"
survived by one brother, Manuel Nor
dyke of Lexington, who with his son,
Guy Nordyke and George W. Sperr
of Heppner have been made execu
tors ot the estate by the terms of the
"-Aunl Jane PenlaneV'M she "war fa .
miliarly known by mil the Lexington
people, was a woman universally
loved and respected in the commun
ity where she had so long lived. She
was quiet and unassuming and a true
friend and neighbor, and as such she
will always be remembered. She gave
no thought to the frivolities of life
but rather turned her time and atten
tion to the serious things and was al
ways industrious and energetic.
Nothing pertaining to the best wel
fare of her community and neighbors
passed her without due consideration
and attention, and it can be truly said
of her that the world was made bet
ter because of her having lived in it
"WOMANHOOD"
g "aoh 'XBpjnjDs n eajBeux 1S
ein 1 UMoqs eq UJ jirj raiB ojj
-jajud eqj jo enn 1 sili
"Womanhood" is the brain child of
former President Roosevelt, who
probably is the greatest advocate of
preparedness in the United States.
More than a year ago Colonel Roose
velt foresaw the dangers to the Uni
ted States through the lassitude ot
its people. He knew something radi
cal was ncessary to arouse them and
to save the country, should It become
embroiled in war.
Colonel Roosevelt, who is a clo&,
personal friend ot Commodore J.
Stuart Blackton, director general of
Greater Vltagraph, suggested to the
widely known motion picture mag
nate that a picture, preaching "pre
paredness" in every foot of film
should be made. The result is "Wo
manhood, the Glory of the Nation."
HIBERNIANS SUBSCRIBE
FOR $250 LIBERTY BONDS
A large and enthusiastic meeting
of Heppner Division, Ancient Order
of Hibernians was held in I. O. O. F.
hall on Sunday, Oct. 21st. Consid
erable business was transacted, the
chief item of which was the pur
chase by the order of $250.00 worth
of Liberty Loan Bonds. It was also
decided at the meeting that the Hi
bernians initiate a large class of can
didates on Sunday, Nov, 18th, and to
this end a committee of arrangements
was appointed, consisting ot Michael
Kenny, Michael Curran and Francis
A. McMenamin. The initiation will
stnrt promptly at 1:30 p. m., and at
7:30 in the evening a banquet will be
served. The committee in charge
have promised to secure a prominent
speaker for the evening from the out
side, and there will also be local tal
ent on the program, and a grand good
time is assured.
J. A. Troedson and wife were vis
itors in Heppner from Morgan on Sat
urday last.