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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1917)
Fage Fcmr THE QAZETTE-TTME& HEPPNER. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1917. JOHN ROGERS SIMONS jP mzms Pathe Pathephone Features Reasons why you should Own this Perfect Instrument. It has the sweetest tone. It has by far the most artistic effect of any musi cal instrument. It gives the most natural sound reproduction. It plays all makes of disc records perfectly. ' It uses a genuine, round, highly polished, per manent Sapphire Ball when playing Pathe Discs. This Pathe Sapphire never wears , out and does not injure the surface of the record. - It is made with an all-wood Sound Chamber, amplifying the music in the fullest manner. It has by far the most superior record repertory in the world, comprising selections record ed in every musical center. Its Pathe Discs are all double-faced including all operatic selections. It has a perfect Tone-Control device for expres sion and volume. IN PLAYING PATHE DISCS THERE ARE NO NEEDLES TO CHANGE NO METAL POINTS TO DIG INTO AND RUIN THE SURFACE OF THE RECORDS Case Furniture Company HUH Consult DR. TURNER Eye Specialist of Portland at Palace Hotel, Heppner Wednesday and Thursday, December 12 and 13. In lone Friday, Dec. 14. Don't ask for "bread." Say HOL SUM bread. For gale at Sam Hughes Company. LOST Between the Alfalfa Lawn Dairy and the depot, one attachable air pump. Finder leave at this office. Tells of Biggest Naval Programme Ever Undertaken Anywhere, Washington, Dec. 11 One single '. printed page constitutes the annual ' report, made public today, of Rear Admiral David W. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Construction and Re ' pair, although that officer is carrying 1 out the largest naval building pro- gramme ever entered upon by any nation. More than 800 vessels are under construction, from dreadnaughts and battle cruisers of a size never before contemplated to submarine chasers designed, built and sent abroad Im mediately after the declaration of war. In some cases a year has been saved in the construction of destroy ers. Vessels not expected for delivery until late in 1918 are today In actual service in European waters. Billions of dollars are Involved In the con tracts, yet the report Bays only that all building facilities are being used and exceptional measures to acceler ate construction of certain types have been taken. "These measures are producing re sults" Arimlrnl Tnvlnt onnMiiriaa summarizing his gigantic task in what is probably the briefest report ever made by a Government bureau. Fourteen inches of snow at the coal mines in Willow creek basin is the re port of parties visiting there this week. The snow does not reach down the creek very far and there is none at all at the Slocum mill. Tom M. Arnold, Eight Mile farmer, was transacting business in Heppner today. He reports farming conditions good in his section. j John Rogers Simons was born in I Braxton county, West Virginia, No vember 30, 1835. and died at the L t O. O. F. Home in Portland, Oregon, December 6, 1917. at the advanced age of 82 years and 5 days. When but a lad, nine years of age, he moved to Piatt county, Missouri, with his parents and grew to man hood In that state. He began learn ing the blacksmith's trade in 1849, and he followed this occupation prin cipally during his long life, a trade which he mastered thoroughly in all its. details. ... On August, J 2, 18$ 1. he was uni ted In marriage to Martha M. Wells, and to thjs union seven children were born; Only three of these lived to be men and women. These were Mrs. Stella Roberts, who perished in the Heppner flood of 1903; Egbert Lee Simons of near La Center, Wn., and Mrs. Hallie Kirk, wife of John T. Kirk, of Heppner. Mrs. Simons died March 3, 1905. Mr. Simons moved from Missouri to California In 1876, and located In the blacksmithing business at Cedar ville, Modock county. He continued to live at Cedarville until the spring of 1882, when he moved to Wood river, Idaho, following teaming and blacksmithing for about two years and removed to Heppner ir "M, es tablishing himself in the b s '"h-: ing and wagonmaking busines; !.--- and followed his trade for 25 y.s.u in this community. He served as mayor of Heppner at the time the city was bonded for the construction of waterworks. He took a lot o pride in city affairs and served the town well in his capacity of mayor. He filled no other public offices in this community. He ran once for county judge but was not successful. During all of his long residence in this community, John R. Simons was a good citizen. He was a man of very strong convictions and was pretty hot tempered, a fault which he always acknowledged and a against strongly. He made many characteristic that he guarded fast friends in this county and was always true to them. The only surviving members of his family are Egbert L. Simons and Mrs. Hallie Kirk. For the past eight or ten years Mr. Simons has been living at the I. O. O. F. home in Portland, where he was tenderly cared for in his declining years, and where he passed away quietly on Wednesday night last. Funeral services were held at the Federated church in Heppner on Sunday under the aus pices of Willow Lodge No. 66, I. O. O. F., of which he had long been a member, and his body was consigned to its last resting place in the Ma sonic cemetery by his brother mem bers along side the grave of his de parted wife, the beautiful burial ser vice of the order being used. The services at the church were largely attended and Rev. H. A. Noyes deliv ered the funeral discourse. Your Xmas Store I IPVEJ 5 Usd Ladies' Black, Tan and Brown calf, vk New Military Heel. Just received $5.00 to $8.50 Men's Koko Russian calf with Brown buck top. Tan and Black. Neolin or leather sole. $4.50 to $9.00 No wet feet with our Childs' Rubber Wanwnd Stoancr Boots. Just the thing to keep them Healthy and Happy E. N. GONTY, SHOE STORE Secretary Will Go As Guest of Woolgrowers An unprecedented honor accorded any secretary of the Oregon Wool growers' Association, is that tendered to J. 0. Hager, of this city, who will leave the first of the year for Salt Lake City to attend the annual meet ing of the National Woolgrowers' As sociation. Secretary Hager goes as a guest of the Oregon Woolgrowers' Association in recognition of the excellent service he has rendered that organization during the past two years. Mr. Ha ger is now serving his third term in the secretarial capacity. At the recent convention in The Dalles, the secretary's report showed the associatinn to be in such a heal thy thriving condition that Mr. Ha ger's salary was increased to $600 a year. Among other Heppner sheepmen who have signified their intention of attending the national convention are C. A. Minor, John Kilkenny, Pat Connell, L. V. Oentry, W. B. Barratt, Frank Monahan, John Sheridan and Jack Hynd. i Jewelery, The Most Pleasing and Last- ! ing of All Gifts. jAVE YOTJ ever given jewelry the' IJjj consideration that it deserves as a field for the selection of Christmas gifts? Every member of the family can be satisfied and wholly pleased by the choice of something in jewelry mother, father, sweetheart, brother, sister, or friend no niatter who you have in mind you will be certain to delight them if your gift is jewelry. Make Your Selections Early. OSCAR BORG mmzmmxm mm wm Pi HKs War Relief BALL TTEPPNER LODGE NO. 358, 1 1 B. P. O. E. will give a Grand Ball at the FAIR PAVILION in Heppner, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3 1 St, 1 9 1 7, the pro ceeds to be devoted to war dis tress relief. COMMITTEES: General Committee in Charge Sam E. Van Vactor, S. W. Spencer and Oscar Borg. Master of Ceremonies: Exalted Ruler, II. II. Hoffman. Decoration: Gay M. Anderson, Harry Duncan, Fred Lucas Charles Cox and Andrew Rood, Jr. Reception and Entertainment: Mrs. Oscar Borg, Mrs. R. J. Vaughn, Mrs. Charles Cox, Mrs. Frank Monahan, Mrs. John Healy, Mrs. A. Bowker, J. T. Knappenberg, R, J. Vnughan, O. B. Robertson, Judge D. R. Parker, and Glen Graves. Refreshments: Ladies of the Red Cross. Floor Managers: Orve Rasmus, W. A. Richardson, John Kenny, Bert Stone, John Vaughn, Lester Wade, and Robert Sperry. Finance: S. W. Spencer. TICKETS, $2.50. EVERYONE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND. General Committee in Charge This Bluebird Feature will be on the program at the Star theater Sat urday only. I Food Investigation Gets Under Way. Washington, Dec. 11. A sweeping investigation of dishonest food spec ulators has been undertaken by the federal trade commission. The In vestigation was begun today under direction of Victor Murdock at the re quest of Herbert Hoover. Evidence secured by the commission will be turned over to the department of Jus tice. Dishonest wholesale and retail merchants and food brokers have ' been criminally responsible in no! small measure for the shortages in tnarnr fneiai 11 ffa and Aananlnlln A muilj 1UUUUIUWO, U1IU CD y C s I f 1 1 Jf kJl mounting prices or perishables, the food administration said today. Man Born In Oregon 08 lrear Ago Dies. Salem, Or., Dec. 11 H. A. John son, born in Oregon 68 years ago, died at his home in Salem yesterday afternoon, leaving a widow, live chil dren, three brothers and one sister. He had been a resident of Salem for 28 years. His parents crossed the plains from Illinois to Oregon in 1849, and he was born near Jefferson March 3, 1849. Up to his last illness he was engaged in the Insurance bus iness. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from Rigdon's chapel.
