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rape Six THE OAZETTE-TIME& HEPPNER, OREGON. THURSO AY, JANUARY 13, 1918. BROWNIE, II0LIDAY Gifts of candy, stationery or dainty toilet lux uries are always welcome, either to others or to yourself, and you will haviiyour tastes interpreted more exactly here than anywhere else we know. A LTHOUGH you have a grandfather's clock in the hall, a Dresden clock on the drawing room mantle and an alarm clock in your bed room, you always wear a watch. You may have other cameras, but you need a Vest Pocket Kodak. You can wear it like a watch. CROM the kindergarten days up, there's wholesome fun for the children, and lasting joy for all the family, in the Kodak and Brownie pictures the children make and Christmas day, with its home pictures, is an excellent time to start. Come in and see our stock of Kodaks and Brownies. There's no obligation. PATTERSON & SON THE aH, STORE IRION BOY DESCRIBES LIFE AT GAMP MILLS Frank A. Dobie Appreciated Red Cross Sweaters In A llliizard Off Long Island Sound. 1 Another Heppner Boy Is At Ameri can University, Mrs. E. Ranck of this city has two sons in the service of our country and we print herewith a letter which she recently received from one of them, who is stationd at American Univer sity, Washington D. C. I American University, Washing ton Dec. 29. My Dear Mother and Sister: I arrived in Washington Thursday 27th. It was a long and tiresome journey. I am stationed in camp at American University, about four miles from the city. The weather here is very cold and today it is snow ing, with a cold northeast wind. I am in Company F, 6th Battalion, 20th Engiueers, American University, Washington, D. C. So when you write, send my letters to this address. Also send me Luther's address, his company numbers and where he is stationed. Wishing you both a happy and pros perous new year, and many of them I am, Your loving son and brother, Willliam Gosney. Buys Land Near Lexington. A deal was closed with the Jane Penland estate of Lexington in this city Saturday, whereby Ben Crowe becomes the owner of 73 acres of land, formerly owned by the late Mrs Penland. The land, most of which is fine bottom land, is situated near the Lexington depot and includes the big grove where all picnics and celebra tions in Lexington are held. The price paid by Mr. Crowe was $3500. Awarded Victoria Cross. Christopher O'Rourke of the Royal Fussiliers has been awarded the Vic toria Cross of Honor for duty per formed on the battlefields of France. Mr. O'Rourke has been wounded sev eral times but is still seeing active service. His original regiment has been badly shot to pieces. Mr. O' Rourke is a brother of Wm. O'Rourke, dry goods clerk at Minor & Co. J. G. Doherty of Black Horse was in the city Saturday. Mr. Doherty received a broken leg in an auto ac cident five months ago and he finds the injury slow in mending. He gets around with the aid of crutches. Ben Anderson arrived home last Friday from Portland where he spent the holidays with his sister, Mrs. Mar tin Johnson. Ben says he came up to get out of the rain but finds he Is just getting into it worse than ever. W. S. Bowen, travelling represen tative of the Oregon Life Insurance Company, spent several days in Hepp ner during the past week. The Gazette-Times is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. M. E. Doble of Ir Tigon from her son Frank, who until reoently was stationed at Camp Mills, Long Island, with the 161st Infantry. Co. A, 161st Inf., Camp Mills, ' Long Island. N. Y Dec. 10, '17. Dear Mother and All: I ' 'Well how are all the folks ,by this time? - I have not heard from you since I last wrote, but will write again anyway. I am still on the job and like it better every day. Its been pretty cold here but "iss Kabibel" the Red Cross gave us mufflers and wristlets and sweaters so we keep quite warm. And our overcoats and outer clothing are also warm. When it is bid wea ther we don't go out anyway. We sure had a taste of real soldiers life night before last. I had just gone with my mess kit for supper and just came back into our squad tent when our tent began to rip, so great was the pressure of the wind upon it. And it was a strong, cold wind too, fresh from the ocean. Our corporal got upon the shoulders of a couple of the boys and started to tie up the can vas when a gust of wind ripped it down and down came Mr. tent. I grabbed my "chuck" and went in an other tent and ate. Then it began to rain ice. Oh say, it was cold but I just laughed at it. It made all the fel lows jolly to have a little tough luck. So in a drenching rain, (we had rain coats on) we moved our bunks out into other tents; a cot here and there where our partners could make room. I found a place In the tent where the rain was leaking through, but it was better than outside, so I got a fellow to help me move in. Say it was great sport, most of the boys en joyed Nature's bath and storm. Well I had my half tent over my cot so my blankets were dry, although the water was running off my bed. Noth ing got wet to speak of, and just think how great it seemed to sleep in warm dry blankets with all the rain beating through and the tent flapping vigorously and threatening to go over. We went to bed about seven that night as we were afraid our tent was going down in that awful blizzard, and decided if it did we would stay in bed until morning. About 9 or 10 o'clock a lieutenant came wading in-! to cur lent and asked us it we wanted to go over to the "Y" that night, asf there was high ground there, but we decided to stay there and trust to luck that the water would not raise ; very much higher, as it was half way up to our cots already. Some boys from other tents wad ed knee deep carrying their cots to the "Y", but we stayed there. I was afraid my Testaments would get wet under my mattress so I found them and placed them at my side and then went to sleep. Next morning, Sunday a.,m. the water was all gone and the cooks had a hard time get ting breakfast, so I stayed in bed till Bob Hopkins Tells Something of His Life on the Ocean Waves Says Navy Hat. Trench Beaten. Spencer Crawford has received the following Interesting letter from Rob .ert Hopkins, formerly linotype oper ator at the Gazette-Times office. Bob Js now enjoying life on one of the large battleships of Uncle Sam, the i Virginia. ' Dec. 25, 1917. Dear Friend Spencer: ' ' " Suppose when you receive this and see who its from you will be some-' what surprised, but nevertheless Spence I think of you people and the old' G.-T. office, even tho I don't write ery much. I How are all the rest of the Craw ford family. Hope this finds you all well and enjoying the holiday season. ; Give all my best regards and wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy .New Year. Say Spence I wish you were here with me, this sure is some life. I have been aboard ship tor a month now and like it fine and dandy. I was sent from San Diego to Norfolk, Virginia and from there on board the U. S. S. Virginia, where I am at this time. Sure had some time coming: across the U. S. How's business In the newspaper j line now. Suppose paper and mater- j tals are out of sight now. Spence I , haven't seen a Heppner paper for a couple of months now and if you will send me some back copies and put my name on the subscription list I will' be greatly obliged and remember you when pay day comes. I can't get along without the Gazette-Times once In awhile. I got a letter from lone today which said many of the boys 1 were enlisting in the navy from there, j Believe me this life has it over trench digging. All the letters I write from here are censored so I can't tell you what I am doing here, or anything. How is the weather In Eastern Ore gon this winter? Some cold here and a great deal different from San Diego, where we were eating on the outside all the time. Give Pete Slocum my best regards. None of the Heppner boys are on here with me. Joe Pickett came as far as Norfolk and I left him there and don't know where he is now. If you write, address me on the U. S. S. Virginia, Postmaster Now York City, 16th Division. From your old ex-linotype operator and printer. BOB. My how I would like to get a "swig" of apple cider, we have plenty of good enough eats here and lots of good times together. Frank, John and I are churns. While of other countries, they both speak quite plain. Write soon, FRANK A. ERS 1EPPNER FARM ELEVATOR CO. Manufacturers and Distributers of ite Star Flour and Dealers in Flour, Feed, Grain, Stock and Poultry Supplies Wh WHY. Millions of men have been taken from wheat raising and have gone into the trenchts. Fields have been laid waste by the enemy. Fqod sup ply ships have been sunk by subma rines. Crops in other countries have 'een poor. These are some of the leasons why there is a shortage of wheat and why we are asked by Mr. Hoover to conserve in our kitchens and at our tables. Four hundred million bushels of wheat is a large amount, but we must supply it. In one way or another we must get it together here and send it across the water to those associated with us In this war. W canneot do this unless we are willing to use some other food for a part of the wheat we would ordinarily consume. That is why we are urged, as a patriotic duty, to observe wheatless days strictly, and on other days to use only the minimum amount of wheat foods, wasting absolutely none. The aid of every individual is needed. Are you saving your share of that 400,000, 000 bushels of wheat? Morrow County Red Cross Chapter Receives letters of Thanks For Gifts. The Morrow County Chapter of the American Red Cross Society has re ceived a number of acknowledge ments from those who received gifts from the local chapter at Christmas time. We have been given these let ters by President Henrietta Conn for publication. Camp Lewis, Dec. 27. Morrow County Chapter Red Cross, Heppner, Oregon. Dear Friends: I wish to thank you for the pack age that was delivered to me a, Christmas time, through our com pany. It was appreciated very much and helped to make the day a pleas ant one. Such things mean a great deal to a man many miles from home. Very sincerely, Harold H. Cozens. THE GAZETTE-TIMES Makes Qnbbing Arrangement With The Oregon Farmer Offers Unusual Opportunity to Its Readers AMONG our large circle of readers there are a great many who are in terested directly or indirectly in fruit growing, dairying and other branches of farming. All of these naturally wish to keep in close touch with ag ricultural activities throughout the state; and to know about any fight which is being waged for the measures Oregon farmers r ' want and against all sorts of schemes that are detrimental to the people and agricultural interests of this state. We have, therefore, made a special dubbing arrangement with THE OREGON FAR MER whereby any 'farmer or fruitgrower, who is one of our regular subscribers and who Is not now a subscriber to THE OREGON FARMER, will be entitled to receive THE OREGON FARMER in combination with this paper at the same rate as for this paper alone. TUr offer applies to all those who renew or extend their subscriptions as well as to all new subscribers. If you are interested di rectly or indirectly in Oregon agriculture, do not miss this unusual opportunity, but send your order in now. THE OREGON FARMER is the one farm paper which is devoting itself exclusively ... to the farming activities and interests of Oregon. It has a big organization gath- ering the news of importance to farmers, ' dairymen, fruitgrowers, stockraiscrs and poultry men; and it has the backbone to at tack wrongful methods and combinations and bad legislation, and support honest leaders and beneficial measures. We are confident that our readers will congratulate us on our being able to make this splendid and at tractive clubbing offer. 208 PAPERS FOR ONLY $1.50 Two for the Price of One The Gazette-Times every week for one year and The Oregon Farmer every week for Three Years, all for only.. $1.50 Tills is merely the price of the Gazette-Times alone. A Big Ranch Deal. One of the largest ranch deals oc curring in Eastern Oregon recently is the one In which E. J. dough and G. M. Blakely took over the Wasco county holdings of Ewen McLennan, which Include several thousand sheep, 500 cattle, 100 horses and 10, 000 acres of land near Shaniko, and involves $200,000. Clough & Blake ly is one of the big firms of this sec tion and their holdings in Gilliam county is no small part of their In terests. Besides the big Ferry Can yon ranch, they are stockholders In the Condon National Bank and the Arlington Lumber Co. Condon Times. Tacoma, Wash.,' Dec. 30, 1917. Red Cross, Heppner, Oregon. I was one of the fortunate ones to receive a package put up for soldiers by your orgenizution and I assure you that the boys all sincerely appreciate theso things bring dene by tho Red Cross. Many men in the army have never received such consideration be fore. We here at Camp Lewis are well and are taken care of as well as the facilities will permit, even though its damp and rainy all tho while. I extend to the Red Cross workers there my sincerest greetings. Sgt. F. Joslah Chase, Co. A, 34699 M. G. Bu. Lumber Moulding SCREEN DOORS SHINGLES ALL KINDS OF BUILD ING MATERIAL GET MY FIGURES BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER ELSEWHERE H. C. GITHENS LUMBER YARD MAIN STREET. HEPPNER. OREGON Red Cross Chapter, Heppner, Oregon. Just a line to thank you for the Xmas present that I received from you the other day. Wishing you a Happy New Year, i , Yours, G. II. Westlake, . Battery B, 347, F. A. .. Camp Lewis. . Dec. 28; 1917. Dear Red Cross, Lreceived your kind Xmas thought , and am sure all of us boys In this i battery will, remember Heppner, Oregon, Red Cross. Thanks many, i many times for your kind thoughts to the Soldier Boys of the U. S. N. A. Private Theodore Klrlaks, , also Corporal Rheinhardt, 347th Field Artillery, Battery B, Camp Lewis. A 6000-MILE TIRE THE LANCASTER WIREGRIP The Tire With a Thousand Claws Insures greater mileage and costs but little more than ordinary tires. L. E. HILL, Agent Willow Street, Heppner, Ore. You can get nice fat dressed chick ens of me at any old time for the lowest prices at which they can be sold. HARRY CUMMING3. Vegetable Market, Heppner, Ore. lm, ALBERT WILLIAMS WOOD AND GOAL I have taken over the fuel businesses of both the Hepp ner Wood Yard and 0. H. Goldsmith, and can furnish fuel of all kinds in any quantity desired. Leave orders with A. Z. Barnard or phone Main 393 j YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. YES. THE GAZETTE-TIMES H PIT IT
