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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
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AMONG our large circle of readers
there are a great many who are in
terested directly or indirectly in
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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.
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rectly or indirectly in Oregon agriculture,
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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,
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poultry men; and it has the backbone to at
tack wrongful methods and combinations and
bad legislation, and support honest leaders
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that our readers will congratulate us on our
being able to make this splendid and at
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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.
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