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HEPPNER, QBEGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1913 - SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
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HEPPNER BO! NOW
IN FLYING DIVISION
F. L. Woodard Now In Training at
Ellington Filed, Houston, Texas,
and Bays He Is in Great .
Branch of the Service.
A few months ago a mechanic in a
Heppner garage, but now tuning up
airplane motors for Uncle Sam and
learning all the dips and turns of
flying, is the advancement of E. L.
Woodard. ' , '
Mr. Woodard was formerly em
ployed at the Independent Garage in
Heppner, where he started in to learn
the automobile business. After war
was declared, the young man saw an
excellent opportunity to extend his
knowledge of motors, so he enlisted
in the aviation section on the 20th of
last October.
Writing of the camp life to the edl
ton of The Gazette-Times, Mr. Wood
ard says, "I sure enpoy the army life,
ard says, "I sure enjoy the army life,
work real hard, but of course expect
that, as the country is speeding up
the war preparation and when we get
ready for business, there will be
something doing.
"When I left Vancouver, I went to
Kelley Field. It was rather discour
aging at first, but when I got assigned
to a squadron it was different. Here
we have nice new, clean barracks
with hot and cold water, shower
baths and the best of climate.
"The Red Cross gave us all nice
sweaters for Christmas and the Y. M.
C. A. was very nice and gave us cigar
ettes, candy and nuts. We soldier
boys think they are the only thing."
The young man closes his letter
with best wishes to all his friends
here and hopes that when he returns
the Kaiser will be one of his victims
and "Old Glory will fly higher than
ever before."
His address is E. L. Woodard, 250
Aero Squadron, Ellington Field,
Houston, Texas.
ASKS FOR URGE SUM
FOR SEED DISTRIBUTION
Secretary Houston, Writes Director
Center That Funds Are Needed
to Insure Seed Stock,
Corvallls, Ore., Jan. 23. Another
step in insuring ample stocks of seed
for the Increased food production
called for by the U. S. Government is
the request by Secretary Houston for
a congressional appropriation of six
million dollars to buy seed, test It,
and distribute It to farmers at a reas
onable price. In a letter to Director
Center, chairman of the Oregon seed
stocks committee, the secretary says:
The seed situation still presents
many difficulties. Under a former ap
propriation large stocks of corn, cot
ton and sorghum seed were provided
to farmers in the drouth-stricken dis
tricts of the South, and now, If the
money is provided, like action is to be
taken for other portions of the coun
try. Farmers must have help in
meeting the seed situation if produc
tion is to be maintained.
Director Center says that when
funds are provided the Federal De
partment, thru the Oregon seed stock
committee will locate, test, buy and
store seeds of the most important
crops as needed and sell to farmers
at cost where the need is greatest. A
great deal of seed was distributed last
year by this method with the excep
tion that no funds were available to
buy surplus stocks and It was not al
ways possible to handle them for this
reason. Another advantage of the
new method will be the teslng of all
seeds at the 0. A. C. and U. S. seed
testing laboratory at the College, so
that farmers' will know the viable
quality of all seed bought under the
appropriation.
Infant Son Dies.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Sibley, of South Springs, died
at the home of his parents Tuesday
afternoon, aged sixteen months. The
child had been sick for about five
months, and death was caused from
an abscess at the base of the brain.
The funeral was held at Lexington
this forenoon, Rev. H. A. Noyes, of
Heppner, conducting the services.
Appreciation.
We wish to thank our many friends
one and all, for the many kindnesses
shown us during our stay in the good
little city of Heppner and assure you
that we regret that, we have to leave.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nordllng.
Some Snow In the South.
Alex Green, local merchant, says
he has received word from his old
home in Virginia saying that there
is from three to six inches of snow
there at this time.
Are Undecided as to Building.
Just at present the I. O. O. F. lodge
at lone seems to be undecided as to
putting up a new building on the lots
where their hall formerly Btood.
While in lone the last of the week, a
representative of this paper got the
impression that there would be no de
lay in the construction of a new and
substantial modern building on the
premises but there seems to be a,
hitch in the proceedings at present
and Just what will be done remains
for future announcement. Some talk
was heard to the effect that possibly
the Masonic order of lone would ac
quire the C. T. Walker corner and the
Wilmot lots adjoining and put up a
good building there. As to this, how
ever, there seems to be nothing defi
nite. Someone should start the ball
to rolling and get some new building
up on the burned district of our
neighboring city. The property is too
valuable to stand Idle.
Comes Prepared to Farm.
Dwight Misner arrived at lone the
past week from Salem. Mr. Misner
has purchased a body of land north
of lone and will farm 320 of the Bit
good and 800 acres of the Twohy
land, as well as a portion of the Cro
nan land. These places He some
'nine miles north of lone and Mr. Mis
ner will crop this season about 665
acres of summerfallow. He is pre
pared to do farming as it should be
done. He has brought his machinery
and equipment, and also a car load of
fine brood mares, some 18 head al
together. While following wheat rais
ing as the main line, Mr. Misner in
tends also to raise mules on a large
scale. He seems to be Imbued with
the proper'ldea and comes to Morrow
county with the determination to suc
ceed. There Is no reason in the world
why he should not make good as the
lands he is undertaking to farm are
well situated, and his neighbors ad
joining on both sides, Edward Riet
niann and Henry Stender, have each
proved that wheat raising can be suc
cessfully carried on there. Mr. Mis
ner comes to Morrow county through
the efforts of J. E. Cronan, president
of the Bank of lone, who is interested
In getting settlers on the farms in his
locality. We hope to see more people
of this character take up their resi
dence in the county; we have room
tor many of them.
Early Bart Wheat.
Through the courtesy of Chas. B.
Sperry of lone, The Gazette-Times
has on display some early Bart wheat.
There will be lots of this wheat sown
in the lone country this year, as five
car loads of seed have been shipped
into lone this year. Where the wheat
has been gyown It has made a won
derful production and wheat men of
Morrow county predict that early
Bart will do as well here.
Smeud Buys More Wool.
During the past week W. W.
Smead of this city, buying for the
firm of Hallowell, Jones & Donald of
Boston, has purchased the McCul
lough Brothers clip of fine wool con
sisting of 15,000 pounds and 150d
pounds from S. P. Devin. The price
paid was around 55 cents. This
makes 35,000 pounds Mr. Smead has
bought during the past few weeks.
FOR SALE Thoroughbred Lin
coln Ewes in lots to suit. H. Stan
ley Coffin, North Yakima, Wash.
ALPINE YODLERS FUR
NISHED RARE TREAT
The third number of the Midland
Lyceum course, the Swiss Alpine Yo
dlers, at the high school auditorium
Wednesday evening, fulfilled all the
prophesies that had been made for
it.
The Ploner family is an unique
company in that their talents music
ally are so versatile. The feature of
the evening was the Swiss songs in
yodling. The father of the family,
Herr Alois Ploner, who possesses a
deep baritone voice, played an Instru
ment with which the general public
is not familiar, the Swiss instrument,
the zither. All the singing was ac
companied by Herr Ploner on the
zither.
The playing of the violinist prod
igy, Master Franz Ploner, opened the
eyes as well as the ears of his au
dience. He plays with an ease that
would make the average professional
envious and his tones were perfect.
Frau Agnes Ploner is heralded as
the best yodler from Switzerland and
her singing bears out the assertion.
The older daughter, Miss Anna, has a
rich alto voice and her songs were
well received. An attraction was the
singing of the little Ploner daughter,
aged about eight, who proved that
she also knew something of the art
of yodling. A large crowd greeted
the Ploner family and every number
was received with enthusiasm.
Owing to the serious Illness
and death of his father, Dr.
Turner, eye specialist, was unable to
keep his last engagement In Heppner.
He will be at the Palace hotel again
Wednesday, February 6th. In lone
Tuesday, February, 4th.
HUN WARFARE WILL
BEJESCRIBED
Canadian Oflieers Will Be In Heppner
Next Tuesday Evening to Give
First Hand Fighting
Facts.
Hun warfare in all its ghastly de
tail will be described by three Canad
ian officers who are coming to Hepp
ner next Tuesday evening, and will
speak at the Fair pavilion. . ..
As previously announced, Lieutenant-Colonel
J. M. McMillan, Major t.
B. Edwards and Captain E. J. Cook
of the Canadian overseas contingent,
are making a tour of the state of Ore
gon, under the auspices of the State
Council of Defense and while here
will be the guests of the local defense
council.
These men' have seen service in the
big battles of the European conflict
and one of their members bears evi
dence of Its terrific consequences,
having lost both arms.
They are giving to the people of
Oregon first hand facts of the Hun
methods of warfare, their treatment
of prisoners and will describe life 'in
the trenches of no man's land.
Wherever they have gone, these
Canadian veterans have been greeted
by crowds of enthusiastic Americans.
From inquiries received, it looks like
the larger part of Morrow county's
population will be in Heppner to
greet them next Tuesday evening.
There will be a dance in the pa
vilion after the speaking by the offi
cers, the purpose of which will be to
defray the expenses of the meeting,
and what is left over will be turned
Into the war relief fund, e
WILLIAM MORELAND.
William Mdreland was a pioneer
resident of Morrow county. Mr.
Moreland passed away at the home of
his son, Frank Mroeland in this city,
Tuesday, January 22, at the age of 72
years. '
Mr. Moreland was a native of the
state of Missouri, being born in Platte
county June 6, 1845. He was mar
ried to Martha Miles and four chil
dren were born to this union. His
first wife died and in 1882 he was
married to Mildred Mattie Pattent
and they had two children.
He leaves to mourn his loss the fol
lowing children: Chester Moreland,
Rosa Kelley of St. Joseph, Mo., and
Fred and Frank Moreland.
The funeral was held from the
Federated church Wedsesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, the discourse being
preached by Rev. H. A. Noyes. Bur
ial was made in Masonic cemetery.
Mr. Moreland had been a resident
of the Hardman section for a long
number of years and was honeced
and respected by all who knew him.
Red Cross workers will be interest
ed to know that hereafter they will
meet on Wednesday afternoon to
make surgical bandages and on Fri
day afternoon to make hospital sup
plies. Mrs. L. G. Herren has charge
of the work of making surgical sup
plies and Mrs. E. M. Shutt Is director
of the work of making the hospital
supplies.
Thanks, Hank.
The editor of The Gazette-Times
was the recipient this week of a large
piece of kipperd salmon from Henry
Vance, who returned this week from
the fishing capitol of Oregon and the
Northwest, Astoria. Thanks, Hank,
its the first real fish we have tasted
for a long time. Mr. and Mrs. Vance
left this morning In their car for As
toria and will make their home in
that city in the future.
CHURCH
President Wilson says:
"By all means keep your
Churches and Philan
thropic institutions go
ing full blast."
H. A. NOYES, Pastor
FARM EXPERTS TO
HOLDJEETINGS
Illustrated Lectures on the Vital
Problems of Grain Handling Will
Be Given By J. C. Hawkins
and W. B. Oldham.
J. C. Hawkins and W. B. Oldham,
representatives of the United States
Department of Agriculture and the
Oregon Agricultural College exten
sion service, will give a series of illus
trated lectures throughout Morrow
county on the vital porblems of grain
production, including bulk handling.
Experimental results on varieties, and
smut and smut control. . .
The schedule is as follows: Fri
day at 2 p. m., lone 'school house;
Saturday 8 p. m., Cecil; Monday at
7:30 p. m. at Heppner high school;
Tuesday 7:30, Eight Mile school
house; Wednesday afternoon at
Hardman.
Other appointments will be arrang
ed later. The work is arranged in
connection with the school work and
in cooperation with the county super
intendent of schools. Come out and
boost for a banner crop.
Have Sent In 1917 Club Report.
The following is a list of Club
members who have sent in their final
report for 1917, Morrow county. Re
port irom Corvallis.
Homer Tucker, Lexington, Corn.
Car.lton Brown, Heppner, Corn.
Birdeen Brown, Heppner, Potatoes.
Wilbur Tucker, Lexington, Pota
toes. . Bernlce Franklin, Cecil, Gardenia?.
' Clay Dykstra, Heppner, Gardening.
Elizabeth Brown, Heppner, Poultry
Division 11.
' Leona Schmidt, Echo, Sand Hol
lowStar Route, Poultry, Division 111.
Boyd Copenhaver, Heppner, Poul
try, Division 111.
Beulah Tucker, Lexington, Baking, j
: C. R. Mae Davis, Irrigon, Baking.
Bessie Witzel, Morgan, Baking.
Huldah Tucker, Lexington, Baking
Beulah Tucker, Lexington, Sewing,
Division 1
Huldah Tucker, Lexington, Sewing,
Division 1.
Doris R. Lane, Irrigon, Sewing,
Division 1.
Vera Cowins, Heppner, Sewing,'
Division 11.
Carol W. Shurte, Heppner, Handi
craft; Lyle Seaman, Irrigon, Handicraft.
Blanche Groshens, Heppner, Han
dicraft. LENA SNELL SHURTE,
County School Superintendent.
Camp Lewis Leads Nation in War In
surance. Washington Camp Lewis, Ameri
can Lake, Washington, is the first
camp in the ocuntry to report more
than $200,000,000 of Insurance in the
National War Insurance drive.
The National Army men of the 91st
Division had applied for $204,000,
000 of Government insurance up to
January 19. This represents 22,508
policies.
The average amount applied toi,
$9,267, is one of the best records es
tablished. LOCAL RED GROSS HAS
BIG TASK TO PERFORM
"The Morrow County Red Cross
Chapter has never fallen down In any
indertaking yet," said Mrs. L. G. Her
ren, director of surgical supplies,
"but we are apt to in the next twenty
five days unless every one of our
workers get into the harness with a
vim not yet displayed."
The foregoing statement was made
by Mrs. Herren while speaking of an
order which the Morrow County
Chapter has received from the Seat
tle headquarters for a thousand or
more surgical bandages.
the order comes from' Jesse S. Eg
gerton, director of surgical supplies
for the Northwestern Division, and
she asks the Morrow County Chapter
to have the bandages packed in a box
3x2x2 and ready for shipment by the
20th of February. '
The bandages are of standard size,
triangular in shape and the edges are
hemmed by hand. For this reason,
Mrs. Herren says, the task will be a
big one. Every auxiliary chapter In
the county will be allotted a certain
amount of the work and in that man
ner Mrs. Herren hopes to have the
shipment ready on time and thereby
maintain the splendid record thus far
established by the chapter.
Mrs. Herren and her co-workers
started today upon the task of cutting
the bandages and from now on the
quarters of the local chapter will pre
sent a livelier appearance than ever.
Mrs. Herren is asking that every
worker do her duty.
Morrow County Chapter Moves.
The Morrow County Red Cross
Chapter is moving Into their new
quarters in the Natter building on up
per Main street. The mercy workers
had outgrown their old quaraers in
the South Methodist church and this
has necessitated the move. The local
chapter has a big equipment now and
they have been turning out large
quantities of supplies. The report of
the secretary, Mrs. Phelps, appears in
this issue and gives an adequate idea
of what is being done with the Red
Cross money.
Willow Creek School Has Red Cross
Organization.
Sunday, January 20th, will stand
out in the memory of the people of
Willow creek district as one of the
most eventful days in that part of the
county, not because the people them
selves did anything sacrificial, but be
cause Mrs, Binns, with the assistance
of Miss Baker, Miss Lakenan and Er
nest Hynd of Heppner brought them
the message of the Red Cross. A Red
Cross organization was effected with
seventeen members who signified
their intention of making special sac
rifices for the cause. Mrs. George
Krebs was elected chairman, Mrs.
Ralph Thompson secretary and treas
urer. Plans were also made for fu
ture work.
FORDS HARD TO GET--THEY
STEAL THEM NOW
Much has been said of late months
about the heavy demand for Ford
cars, making it hard for dealers to
fill orders. This may be the reason
that someone deliberately stole Dr. N.
E. Wlnnard's car Wednesday evening.
Dr. and Mrs. Winnard had driven
earlier In the evening to the high
school, where they attended an enter
tainment. The car was parked near
the front entrance of the building.
Later when the doctor went to get
his car it was gone.
Thinking that possibly their son
Norton might have taken the Ford,
Dr. and Mrs. Winnard walked home.
There they found Norton, but he
knew nothing of the car. Sheriff Mc
Duffee was caleld and after several
hours searching, the missing machine
was found near the corner of the C.
W. Shurte home with one front wheel
broken off. No other damage was
done.
Dr. Winnard is of the opinion that
someone took the car to enjoy a little
speed, expecting to return it before
the entertainment was over. How
ever, a quick turn around the corner,
and the accident prevented the return
of the car. Whoever took French
leave with the Ford, "deserted the
ship" and left no clew as to who they
were or where they came from. It is
an unusual occurrance for Heppner,
In fact the first car theft reported
here for a long time. The doctor
would like to know who the mis
creants were, just for his own satis
faction, if nothing else.
Farmers Getting Ready.
Farmers are getting ready to han
dle their grain in bulk this year and a
large number have already placed
their orders for grain and wagon
bins. H. C. Githens says he has sold
nine bins during the past week.
ROAD BUILDERS ARE
NEEDED IN FRANCE
Washington, January 21st. So ur
gent is the need for lumbermen and
road builders for immediate service
in France that the War Department
has made an exception to its previous
ruling, and will now allow experienc
ed men of draft age to enlist, und?r
certain conditions.
Any man between eighteen and
forty-one years of age, who is quali
fied physically and by experience, may
enlist for this service; but they must
obtain permission to do so from 'Ma
jor C. E. Clarke, Chief Engineers Of
fice, War Department, Washington,
D. C by mail or telegraph. The men
required will be sent to France as
soon as they are assembled, without
being held here for military training.
Tremendous quantities of lumber
are required by the American troops
in France. A special regiment, known
as the 20th Engineers, is being re
cruited to cut timber in the forests of
France and manufacture it into lum
ber. This regiment will include ex
perienced men of every class required
in lumber camp oprations.
The 20th Engineers needs Immedi
ately 2,000 woodsmen, sawmill men,
machinists and others who have
worked at lumbering. It also needs
3,000 men who have worked at road
building. These men are to construi-t
rcadf, from the woods to the mills and
from the mills to the distributing de
pots. In connection with both the
lumbering and road-building opera
tions complete crews of men exper
ienced In the great variety of machin
ery used and in the camp and repair
work involved are requirde,
HQNORSTQ OREGON
FILL DRAFTREPORT
Provost Marshal-General's Book
Places Beaver State Foremost
in Patriotism.
' (Oregonlan.)
Oregon is crowned with undying
honors, foremost of all the states of .
the Union in patriotism, in the official '
report on the first draft made by i
Provost Marshal-General Crowder to
President Wilson. .- i
Repeatedly, insistently, in table i
chart and summary of the report, the ;
name of Oregon "leads all the rest." j
Copies of the Provost . Marshal- ;'
General's report reached the office of
Adjutant-General John M. Williams '
yesterday from Washington. Perusal
of Its pages stirred deeply the sense
of pride of everyone privileged to
glance them through. '
Often had the people of the state '
been told that Oregon bad shown her
self a leader In patriotism here was -found
official proof of the fact. And ;
the proof is so graphically, so point
edly, depicted in a great Government
publication of 160 pages that the Na
tion, it seemed to those scanning the
records, must neeus pause a moment '
to tip off a salute of deference to the
loyal young Beaver state.
The very first-chart of the report,
printed on page 16, shows Oregon .
highest on the thermometer giving
ratio of enlistment credits to gross
quotas, except only for Hawaii. On
this thermometer Oregon's patriotic
fervor rose to 90.11 degrees, with the ;
District of Columbia and the state of
Maine ranking next, at 75.34 and 74.
09, respectively. Twenty-six states
and the District of Columbia ranked
above the National average of 40.42
per cent of men provided in the first
draft by volunteer enlistments, the
remaining states falling below the av-.
erage.
On the succeeding page is recorded
the fact that more county and city
units of Oregon had no draft quota
because of excess of enlistments han
had any other state. The city of
Portland and 14 counties, a total of
15 ' divisions of Oregon, were not
touched by the draft, have their quo
tas already filled. South Dakota,
ranking second, had 12 county divis
ions so listed. Kansas and Texas had
10 counties each which filled their
quotas outside the draft.
Oregon counties which filled their
quotas by volunteer enlistments are:
Benton, Coos, Crook, Douglas, Hood .
River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane,
Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk,
Tillamook and Yamhill.
Turn one more page and you be
hold another chart on which the name
of Oregon' far over-tops all others.
This is again a thermometer, showing
ratio of "actual enlistments to gross
quotas." Oregon notches in at 153; -Utah,
well down the scale, ranks next
at 113. The District of Columbia,
Washington and Maine are the only
other districts above 100.
From page 39 of General Crowd
er's report is herewith reproduced the
next diagram heralding Oregon's sur
passing patriotism in sending the
largest proportion of volunteers to
fight for liberty and world democracy.
On another chart Is portrayed the
fact that only In Montana and Ver
mont were smaller proportions of ex
emptions claimed than were ad
vanced by Oregon registrants. These
states had slightly less than 35 per
cent of their registrants in the first
draft seek exemption. In Oregon and
Louisiana 36 per cent filed claims for
exemption.
British Flying Corps Wants Flyers.
British subjects resident In the
United States who up to the present
have not had an opportunity of get
ting a commission in some branch of
the British Army can now have a
chance to get a commission in the
Royal Flying Corps, according to in
formation received at the British and
Canadian Recruiting Office, Third
and Oak Streets, Portland.
Applicants must be between the
ages of 18 and 30, and be possessed
of a good education. Students, Bank
ers, Auto Sales Managers, Technical
Engineers and Clerks are the class of
men most desired. The pay ranges
from $1.10 to $1.60, while in train
ing, and when commissioned as a
Second Lieutenant the pay is $5.00
per day.
As this popular branch of the ser
vice is not likely to remain open very
long, applicants are urged to com
municate with the British and Canad
ian Recruiting Office, Portland, as
soon as possible.
Card of Thanks.
We want to thank our kind friends
and neighbors who assisted us during
our late bereavement, in the sickness
and death of our father, Wm. More
land. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Moreland.