Oregon Historic Soo!r(t.
The GazetiCTimes
VOL. 34, NO. ,32,
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1917
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
WRITES ABOUT EX
PERIENCE IN ARMY
Lexington Boy, With American Ex.
pedltionary Force, Sends Local
.V " Man Interesting Account
-' ? 'I ' t of Experiences. v
W. M. McAllster, of Lexington, now
in France, nas written tne louowing
interest-Ins: teter to Dr. N. E. Wlnnard
of this city. It Is Indeed an Interest
ing account of the experiences ot an
American soldier In France, as tar as
the censor will allow It to be, and the
places marked with stars Show where
the censor has taken out parts of the
message.'- - ;.!
i . Sunny France. 9-J7-17.
Dr., N. E. Wlnnard, : . Z .
Heppner,' Oregon, U. 8. A.
Dear 8lr: ;--v
. As it nas Been almost two montns
8lnoe I left the States tor France I
will, try and write you a few lines and
tell you of my travels, but it will be
very oriei as our man goes mrougn
the censorship and we are cautioned
to be very careful what we write and
how we write. But I wilt try and not
say anything I shouldn't, yet I expect
quite a bit ot it will be cut out.
Our stay at the training camp on
the western coast was short but all
the time we were there we were quite
buBy drilling, excepting at first; all
ot us were new at the business and
therefore it was rather light work.
' But as time passed the famous
word "Co. E. Fall In!" could be
heard quite frequently and so fre
quently the last 3 weeks we were
there we were "falling in" and "fall
ing out" in our dreams. From the
time reveille blew at 5:45 In tn
morning until taps was blown at 10
p. m, was one continual round of
pleasure to some but not to others
then It was go to your bunk, go to
, bed and not a sound was to be heard
or the tap sergeant would be around
looking for fatigue men the next day,
and the busy night owl was the one
that generally got It.
Keeping quiet was pretty soft for
some, however, after ten hours of
hard , drilling provided you don't
lie on your back, as some guys in the
tent and the ones close by don't wait
for taps to quit blowing, until they
start theirs, and tis lovely music un
til a shoe flies thru the air and goes
'l.ln"
ifor a while at the camp we were
taking practice marcnes rrom one
mile to Ave miles a day and upon be
ing Issued new army shoes, which are
quite different from the shoes tn civil
lite, many of us were somewhat foot
sore by having our shoes too large
which was requested by the captain
in order to have them large enough
for wool sox In the winter which is
a long ways off (then June) and upon
going down a hill, every corner of the
shoe was filled, and the consequences
were our feet swelled until now the
shoes are a good fit. Numbers of them
look like mud scows.
To most of us it seemed like we
were victims of professional fad
dists. The second Issue, the regiment,
which consisted ot about 1100 men,
used their own judgment in the sizes
ot shoes and now a-e quite satisfied.
In the meantime it was drill, drill,
drill, and about all could be heard
was the top sergeant's voice, but not
gentle, "Fall In" and after an hour's
drill, 'twould be "Fall out." aooui
ten minutes would pass and those
words would be shouted thru the air
again.
Many a time we met ourselves go
ing to and from our tents.
But the location ot this camp was
great and up to the present time I
have been In about a dozen different
training camps and the boys who are
there In training should be satisfied
for it cannot be excelled.
The last two weeks of our stay
there we were all very anxious for
the good word to move, and all were
prepared in half an hours notice, but
it never came until July 31 and there
was one continual uproar until 12:40
p. m., August 1, when we left.
The Washington National Guard
escorted all the companies to the
train with their band and on the de
parture ot each section (3 In all)
they played, the well known airs,
while the great crowd was cheering
and bidding their fiends and sweet
hearts their last "farewell and good
byes." -
a nur lournev had started we
passed through many important cit
ies and if it wasn't too late in the
night, we were always met with a
. . .1 a warm vatanHnn .
large iniwu miu a . v .
Quite a number ot place where
. we stopped we were treated to fruits,
candles, cigars, etc. by the young la
dles which was very nice nad was ap
preciated by all. .
,Our first welcome was received at
Milwaukee, Wis., which Is almost un
descrlbable, but was great.
About this time we were ordered to
stop nt a rest camp which was a very
nice place to stop, but our only shel
ter was our shelter (dog) tents, and
the rain gave them a good test for it
did rain. Here we stopped a couple
ot days and then proceeded on pur
Journey. Chicago was viewed from
the train and other large cities, and
our only liberty we had was at Roch
ester, N. Y., but only for about 30
minutes, but we made use of it, for
we certainly did' a lot of scouting tn
that length ot time. : '
. v A few days, later we sailed from a
U. 8. tort for Europe and while on
the sea not very many "fed the fish"
as It was very nice and, calm, and the
weather was fine.' .
While on the trip I saw several in
foresting sights that I can't mention,
but ill say I saw the
Every wave that broke and along
side the ship for a distance bf 60 to
100 foet 'twas Just almost like
This may sound kind of fishy but yet
'tis true, c - . ,V '
Well, after a number of days we
landed somewhere in England where
we were camped for a few days for
a rest, and "believe me" It was a
welcome one, for all were in need of
it , While there I had the pleasure
of visiting the great city of London,
but only for a short time as my time
was limited, yet I saw quite s num
ber of sights, such as the House of
Parliament, London Bridge, the Tow.
er, subways etc., and a fairly good
drink ot beer, 'which I suppose you
know very little about, but have
heard of it. ...
In America they have the "bar
tender," but in England it is a fair
lady, known as the "bar maid."
After leaving England we started
to venture farther Into Europe and
started out into the which
was a very , yery few
of the boys refused not to get sick
and it made things bad for all. I was
Included in this sick bunch for it was
the worst we had on our trip.
On the we landed in France,
all glad to set foot on land once
more and to know that we had set
foot' on soil that we had longed and
looked for, so we went into quarters
for a rest and soon left for a differ
ent locality, .
Though the part ot Franch thru
which we traveled (by train) looked
very nice and grain looked good, at
a glance a person could see that la
bor was short and things could stand
more care.
Teh country looked nice and" yet
things seemed to be In progress more
than we Would think for, and besides
there are other countries that are
worse off than France places that
I have seen for myself.
After a short trip on the cars we
came to a stop and unloaded our
worthy belongings and marched to
an encampment where we are at pres
ent, and proceeded to rest for a while.
This vicinity is vry much like Ore
gon, both the Valley and Eastern
Oregon. Rain and sunshine and at
present the days are warm and the
nights are cool. The past week or ten
days It has been very warm and oc
casionally has the appearance ot rain
in the sky.
Here the main Industry seems to be
grape raising as the vineyards are In
all directions and the manufacturing
ot wine is with the grapes. There
fore wine is plentiful to drink as ev
erybody drinks it, from the child up
to the older persons. We say that
it "flows as free as water," which it
almost does.
In the States It would not be al
lowed, but here 'tis a common occur
ance almost every hour in the day to
see a youngster going up the street
towards home with a bottle of wln-.
in one hand and a loaf of bread in the
pther, also women as well. Here,
wine is the national drink while In
America It 4s water. Wine is sold
here in every place from the small
fruit stand to the largest department
stores, so you see it can be bought al
most any place and can be bought tor
1 franc a quart (19 cents In U. S.
money) where the same wine would
cost about $1.60 to $2.50 per quart.
Champagne, the best, can be bought
for 4 francs per quart, (about 73c
U. S. money) where In the States It
would cost at least $5 per quart and
up.
Up to the present time I have not
been able to visit Paris but when the
opportunity comes I shall not miss It,
for the pleasure will be too great to
pass up, but have visited quite a few
of the smaller places In this vicinity
and there are some that are worth
the time spent to see them.
Well, as this is about all that I
have to say for this time, I will close,
and hoping to hear from you soon I
will bid you goodnight, (In French
bon-wee) and hoping to return to
the States In the near future, with
best regards to all friends, I remain,
Yours truly,
W. M. McALISTER,
Co. E, 18th Engineers Rail
way, U. S. Army, P. O. No.
705. Via New York, A. E. F.
France.
P. S. ;My address is welcome to
all and if any friends wish to write
I would be glad to hear from them
as news Ib very scarce in this country
and only comes to us by letters.
American smoking tobacco la at a
premium In this ocuntry.
MORROW COUNTY OVER REACHES HER
QUOTA III DRIVE FOR UBEUI
- After a Week ot strenuous effort all
along tile line, Morrow county closed
her campaign ior the Second Liberty
Loan at midnight Saturday evening,
with a grand total of $161,600 to her
credit.
There' was a seeming lack ot inter
est on the part of our citlzenzship In
the early stagee of the campaign.
This, was no doubt due to the fact
that it was late when the actual work
of gathering in the subscriptions was
begun.: The early part bf the cam.
oaten was rather HfKlmu tn u I
a lot of might hard work on th n !
of the Morrow County Committee to
get tne machinery in motion, but
when thev did. a whirlwind flnioh ...
made! and It was thoroughly demon
strated that our people lack nothing
in patriotism. They certainly., re
sponded nobly and the subscriptions
thoroughly represent the entire clti
senship of the county.
The last public meeting of the cam
paign was held In Heppner on Satur
day evening when a large audience
was addressed at the Opera House by
Bishop Robert E. Paddock nf Port
land. It there had been any laggards
BOYS WRITE CONCERN-
ING UFE WITH MARINES
Mrs. Nels Justus is in receipt of an
interesting letter from her two broth
ers, Neal and Jas. Brown, who are
now serving with the Marines ot Un
cle Sam. One of the boys enlisted
from'LaGrande and the other from
Utah, Not so long ago they were
transfered from the Mare Island
training station near San Francisco
to Atlantio waters, and this 'letter is
an interesting account of the trip.
While the boys are not known here
personally we are glad to give ex
tracts from the Jejtef and know that
they will "prove of Interest to o.
readers who are all glad to get word
from any ot the boys In the service.
The letter is dated at Quantico,
Va., Oct. 16, 1917.
"Dear Sister and Brother: Guess
you had begun to think that Jim and
I had forgotten you, but not so. We
have been aboard a transport tor the
last 23 days. Left Mare Island on
Sept. 18 and after laying in San Fran
cisco harbor for three days we put to 1
sea but knew nothing of where we1
were going until we reached Balboa,
Panama, right in the mouth of the
canal. We started through the canal
on the 3rd of October at 7:30 and
passed the last locks by 1:30. It was
a. fine trip all the way through. Go-1
ing in the locks on the Pacific side, i
the first one raises you 65 feet and
the second one 35 feet, and when you
pass out on the Atlantic side you are '
lowered In the same manner. I
"We passed five foreign ships and
one English steamer was loaded with
women. We thought they were go
ing to Jump overboard and follow us;
they shouted and waved as long as
we could hear or see them.
"We got liberty in Colon tor eight
hours. We took in the town and saw
some awful sights. There were 600
Marines on board and you can imag
ine what excitement they would
cause. It was very warm there and
the people wore Just enough clothes
to keep off the flies, and even the files
apparently did not bother some of
them as they wore no clothes at all.
"We sailed on the 3rd and anchor
ed In Hampton Roads on the 10th.
There we saw all kinds of sea going
ships and part of the Atlantic fleet,
which was great. Sailing up Chesa
peake Bay into the Potomac river we
ancltored on the evening of the 11th i
and waited for tugs until the morn
ing of the 13th, when we were taken
on up the river to Quantico, Va. Will
be here about three weeks I think.
"There are between 6000 and 8000
Marines here and we have hardly got
straightened around yet, so have not
taken In much of the country. We
are gojng to see Washington, D. C,
Saturday, providing wb get liberty.
"The scenery here Is fine. All
kinds of nuts and trees grow right In
our back yard, and it is a pleasant
place to be. Having been busy writ
ing all evening, will ring oft for to
night. Hoping you are all well, we
remain, your loving brothers,
NEAL AND JIM,
108th Co., 8th Regiment."
N WORK HORSES FOR SALE.
I have several spans of good work
hprsos to sell; geldings and mares;
some good young stock, all broke;
no wire cuts or blemishes. Sell tor
cash or good bankable notes.
lmo. F. E. MASON, Lexington.
Did you try HOLSUM Bread? For
sale at Sam Hughes Co.
t this time, the Bishon certainlv
-oM them up and succeeded la swell
ing Ae subscriptions to a large ex
tent.' He minced no words and his
entire address was emphasized by so
lar plexus blows for patriotism and
support or the Wat; - -The
different banks of the county
report having cared lor, the follow
lag amounts: ., , , ,. . V
Bank of lone.-...l'.....$ $7,600.00
uexnttod Bute Bant..' Imoo.oo
First Nitlnnat. tUnhrinr onn nn
F. B. National Heppner lo!600.00
Total I I Sim nn
Morrow 'county's quota was $140,-
ooo if we have been correctly in
formed. Aa to th!A hnWAH Iharm
seeaa to be some question, attUt has
need given at high as $270,000. The
former future is the one fernlahMi
Chairman Mahoney by the committee
in rprtiana and is undoubtedly cor
rect, ana. tnis snows that pur quota
was raised by a handsome margin. "
Morrow county has done well on
this , Second Liberty Loan, and she
wllll be found: backing the Govern
ment to the limit in all demands of
the future. .,
ARMY Y. 1L C A. Will
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT
The National War Council of the
Young Mien's Christian Associations
of the United States are entering up
on a campaign to raise a fund of
$35,000,000. Morrow county is ask
ed to furnish $3000 of this fund, and
the campaign IU be made dating
from Nov. uth to 19th. Two ub
scriptions of $190 each have already
been secured, these being by W. B.
Barrett and First National .Bank of
Heppner.'
i On Sunday last, WL A. Dillon, pi
VaBeeuvet, Wash., Y. T. C. A. Sec
rotary in eharge of army work, was
in Heppner. In the morning be ad
dressed a large audience at the Chris
tian church, and in the evening he
spoke at the Federated church in be
half of the work of the Y. M. C. A. in
the war and amoh our soldier boys.
In the afternoOn of (he same day Mr.
Dillon called together a number of
the representative citizens of the
town who met at the Palace hotel and
formulated a committee to have
charge ot the campaign in this coun
ty: This committee consists of M. D.
Clark, chairman, C. E. Woodson, A.
M. Phelps, Sam Hughes, W. B. Bar
ratt, Vawter Crawford and C. A. Mi
nor. The plain of campaign will be
along the lines of the Red Cross drive
and there should be no difficulty
whatever In reaching the desired
amount. Full plans of the campaign
will no doubt be worked out and all
sub committees arranged for an
nouncement in next week's issue of
the county papers.
In order that our people may know
the great Importance of supporting
this work, we give herewith a sum
mary ot what the National War Work
Council is undertaking.
The Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation is on a war basis. America's
entrance into the Great War meant
millions of our boys in training
camps in this country or at the front
"somewhere in France." Parents at
once inevitably raised the question
"Who will keep the home ties from
braking when our sons join the ool-
rrs?"
The Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation of the United States volun
teered for this service. They as
sumed this tremendous responsibility
with confidence because of their not
ably successful experience with our
troops on the Mexican border, because
of the heroic Interest of their many
friendsly supporters, because of the
eagerness with which government of
ficials cooperate, and because there
seems to be a supreme opportunity to
render Christian service.
When the break with Germany
came, Dr. John R. Mott, General Sec
retary of the International Commit
tee of Young Men's Christian Asso
ciations, immediately communicated
with the President and tendered him
the support and cooperation of tlio
Associations. Through the swift co
operation of city and state organiza
tions the entire movement was quick
ly under way.
A National War Work Council,
composed of leading citizens, was or
ganized to direct the Association pro
gram among enlisted men. This
"War Department" of the Associa
tion has erected hundreds of large
buildings centers of friendliness
providing physical, educational, so
cial and religious activities for our
own troops wherever they are, and is
1 . J .. 1. Ti t n i
yet 10 uu bu ivr mo r itui.ii, uussmu
WOOL GROWERS TO MEET AT
THE DALLEH, DEC. 6 AXD 7
President W. B. Barratt of the
State Wool Growers' Association, in-
rorms this paper that he is now busy,
In conjunction with Secretary
In getting: ud the croeram and mat
ing all arrangements for the meeting
oi me Association at The Dalles on
December and 7. Mr nrratt i.
hoping to make, this one of the most
successful gatherings ot the wool
growers ever held in this statu. mH
he is hard at work to bring this
aoout. He win be in position to mak.
more complete announcements in re
gard to this meeting in the near fu
ture. " -
! THEATRE ANNOUNCEMENT,
To the Patrons of the Star Theatre:
The war has hit the motion picture
theatres very hard and a large per
centage of the smaller houses will no
doubt be driven cut of businees.
There Is the tax on seating capacity,
ranging from $25 to $100.. There Is
the new tax on admissions; there is
the War Income Tat and the surtax
on profits. In addition to these ex
traordinary burdens ef taxation, ev
ery single thing needed for the mo
tion picture entertainment has gone
up .In price. The cost ot raw stock
has Increased, the cost of production
has increased, the operating expenses
have increased. - Labor costs more
than ever and this is becoming
scarcer and more expensive all the
time. The management of this thea
tre proposes to meet its obligations
to the Government cheerfully and
conscientiously. In order to be able
to do this we must either get more
patronage or higher prices. While the
serials on Thursday and Friday am
doing a nice business and Saturday
and Sunday Just fair, Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday are just about
paying expenses, very often even fall
ing short of that. So in order to
avoid If possible raising the prices, as
Is being done everywhere else we ask
you to give us your cooperation by
attending the show more times each
week and heln us build nn a better
business on the first three days of the
week without taking any away from
the other four davs. Thin we believe
can be don by changing one of the
serials to Tuesday and Wednesday.
This we decided on after a long hesi
tation and only when it became ab
solutely necessary if we wanted to
stay in business.
So, commencing Thursday Nov. 1st
the admission will be, children 9
cents and 1 cent for Uncle Sam;
adults 18 cents and 2 cents for Un
cle Sam, and this meaj. s 7 days in
the week, excepting specials. It is
up to you.
STAR THEATRE,
By J. B. Sparks, Manager.
PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM.
The people who have signed the
pledges to conserve food are demon
strating practical patriotism. The
elimination of waste and the substi
tution of other food stuffs for wheat,
meat," sugar and fats mean vastly
more than most of us fully aprpectate.
The school children of Oregon have
undertaken to secure the pledges.
The reports that are coming in from
the districts of this county indicate
that several districts will secure 100
per cent of the families on the pledge.
Several more districts will have 95
per cent. The time for closing the
campaign has been extended to Nov.
4. If by chance nobody has presented
you 'with a pledge card by Friday,
Nov. 2, please notify the executive
committee by telephone. If possible,
or by mall, and a card will be sent to
you. You want your school district
to rank among the best. If you do
not live in a school district, as is the
case with a few families, be sure to
let the committee know. Bachelors
who maintain a kitchen are Included
in this campaign.
Let us be practical in our patriot
ism. We can help our country by
conserving food. We can also help
our allies and the neutral countries.
If any of the colored membership
cards are not given out, the solicitors
are urged to return them to the"chali
man. We are short on these cards,
and must save every one not used.
Send In your reports as Boon as you
have completed the canvass, to S. E.
Notson, chairman.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
and Italian soldiers.
President Wilson not only issued a
general order giving the Young Men's
Christian Association a recognized
standing in the Army and Nayy, but
he also expressed to the National
War Work Council, his estimate of
the "very high value" of the work of
the Association in behalf of the en
listed men.'
Since then much has been accom
plished. Millions of dollars, have
been raised and wisely spent. Mill
Ions of soldiers have felt the home
touch and have had their manhood
safeguarded. And the end is not yet.
In fact, the greatest possibilities of
service for the Red Triangle undoubt
edly are ahead,
INTERESTING NEWS
FROM HIGH SCHOOL
Xext Literary I'ogram Nov. 9. Foot
Ball Game With lone Week
From Saturday.
Among the men on the next draft
list, which is to leave Hennner on No..
vember 2nd, Js a former high school
HHriant IT n-A . .
son was bid farewell bv the students
of the high school last Tuesday. We
are certainly sorry tn ea him Uan
us but at the same time we are win
ot the fact that he Is going in behalf
ol the most honorable cause for
which it has even been the lot of man
to fight. Mr. Peterson realizes this
fact, as he -made it known to the atn.
dents, and says he will do all in his
power to helo make this old world at
ours "safe for Democracy." We are
sure tnat the hearts of all the stu
dents Will be With him nvrv mrtmnnt
of the time from when he leaves un
til he is brought back safe again,
from the noise and horrible sufferine
of the battlefield, with the knowledge
that he helped to put down the most
terrible ot the enemies of humanity.
that fearful demon, Prussian Mili
tarism.- -
The students are still pushing the
Hoover campaign and still expect a
100 record before through with It.
There are now three families within
the city limits which have not signed
pledges, and committees have been
working in the outlying districts. So
far no trouble whatever has been met
with in getting the out-of-town peo
ple to sign. . The next work in a pa
triotic line which the students expect
to take up is the work for the Army
Y. M. C. A. What the students ex
pect to do in this line will be an
nounced later.
By Neva Hayes.
The first literary program of the
school year was given by the Ciceron
ian Socitay, Friday, October 26.
November 9th Is the datq set for
the progam of the Philomathian So
ciety. The following program will
be given :
Song by School , "America"
Essay, "The Work of Y. M. C. A. in
Army and Navy" Loo Nicholson
Piano Solo, "Loves Consolation," by
Spaulding Eulalla Butler
Debate, "Resolved: That the Gov
ernment should have complete con
trol of railroads during time of
war." .
'Affirmative: Cecil Stevens, Dale
Watklns.
Negative: Loye DeVore, Ken
neth Binns.
Piano, Violin and Clarenet Trio, 'The
Symphony as a Selection of Roll
ing Seasons," Bernlce Githens, Ar
thur Campbell, Elizazbeth Phelps..
Reading Josephine Woolery
Dialogue, "The Unburled Woman."
Characters:
Mrs. Talket.Odlle Groshens
Mrs. Pokabout.Charlotte Hall
Mrs. Goround.-Audra Grogan
Mr. Bright Alton Hayes
H. H. S. regrets losing Miss Wat-
tenburger from our ranks. Miss
Gladys will be ntlssed In all lines ot
work, however, we wish her well In
her new location and hope she will
return to us again.
The 10th of November Is being
looked upon as a very important date
in the history, of H. H. S., this being
the day set for the first football game
of the season, when Heppner High
meets lone High in battle.
To assure the people of our com
munity that Heppner High has the
same spirit of loyalty as shown be
fore, "Rooter's Caps" of the beauti
ful High School colors, purple and
gold, are being made. The Sopho
more girls kindly consented to make
the caps after the cloth was pur
chased. October 26 was quite an important
date, especially for the Freshies, this
being the date of their first school
party In H. H. S. All report a very
enjoyable time. We have heard a
few things about a mysterious choco
late cake, but think they were Just
seeing, dark objects and were a little
worried over getting home safely.
We were glad to see our friend Ole
Peterson at school yesterday after
noon. Being a graduate of the class
of 1917, Ole has not been with us this
year. He will leave In a few days to
join the colors and wherever he may
be, In the training camps or in the
trenches our thoughts will be of hiir
and with him and our prayers for hi
safe return. He favored the student
body Tuesday morning with a heart
to heart talk. A pocket booklet ot
snap-shots aud high school activities
will be presented to Ole as a remem
brance from the students of Heppner
High.