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fHE GAZETmUMEa- HEPPNEB, -OREGON, TgURSD AY, JANUARY 24, 1918. Page Seven PROFESSIONAL COLUMN Dr. H. T. ALLISON Physician A Surgeoa Office In Odd Fellows Building. HEPPNER, OREGON Dr. N. B. WOTNAED fhysidaai A Sargeoa Office te Fair Building HEPPNER - . . REGON A. D. McMURDO, ML D. Office In Patterson Drug Store HEPPNER :-: ' :-: OREGON Dr. B. J. VAUGHN DENTIST Permanently located In the Odd Fellows building, Room. 4 and I. HEPPNER, OREGON DR. GUNSTER VETERINARIAN licensed Graduate HEPPNER - - ORE. Telephone 722 (Day or Night) WOODSON & SWEEK ATTORN EVB-AT-LAW Office In Palace Hotel, Heppner, Oregon Offce on west end of Hay Street HEPPNER, OREGON SAM E. VAN VACTOS ATTORNET.AT.liAW S. E. NOTSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office, Roberts Building, Heppner Office Phone, Main 643 Residence Phone Main 665 FRANCIS A. McMENAMIN LAWYER Roberts Building, Heppner, Oreg. I H. ROBINSON LAWYER IONE :-: :-: :-: :-: -: OREGON CLYDE and DICE WELLS 'SHAVING PARLORS Three doors south of Postofflce. Shaving 26c Haircut ting 86c Bathroom In connection. PATTERSON & ELDER 2 Doors North Palace Hotel. TONBORAL ARTISTS FINE BATHS SHAVING 2 Be J. H. BODE MERCHANT TAILOR HEPPNER :-: :-: :-: OREGON "Tailoring That Satisfies" LOUIS PEARSON MERCHANT TAILOR HEPPNER :-: :-: :-: OREGON ROY V. WHITEIS Fire Insurance writer for best Old Line Companies. HEPPNER -:- -: OREGON M. J. BRADFORD The Village Painter" Contractding Painting and Paper hanging, Phone 663. Office 1st Door Wtst of Creamery DR. J. O. TURNER EYE SPECIALIST PnMJaniL Oreson. Regular monthly visits to Hepp ner and lone. Watch paper for dates. HACK LOSSES SORELY PREVENTED kf CUTTIM BLACKLEO NUS T iran. Ruu.ni 1 pteltrlvdby SF M wmMA CtOCk IIW intMaMnin tuu WacklM PIM1- 11.00 aJZ mki UMM MM. 44.00 Til tori ot Culttt product, li due to otct H iKoSSl""! taVMCIMli AND UM SET K OHCUTTM'fc HunobutaU Cecil Lutklns of Eight Mile has been spending a few days in Heppner. m Weekly War News Digest. American Forces Now Six Times as Large as in Spanish-American War. There were 1,428,650 enlisted men and 110,865 officers in the United States Army at the opening of 1918, more than one and one-half times as large as any force ever before mobil lzed by this Nation, according to a statement by Secretary of War Baker. During the war with Spain the Ar my of the United States at its maxi mum strength aggregated 272,000 men and officers. The' Army in the Held and in training now is practical ly six times as "great as the maximum under arms In the Spanish-American War.V About 45,000 officers were com missioned from civil life in the two series of training camps, nearly eight times as many as the number of offi cers in the Regular Army April 1, 1917. MAKES Offers ties throughout the state; and to know about any fight which is being waged for the measures Oregon farmers want and against all sorts of schemes that are detrimental to the people and agri cultural interests of this state. ' We have, therefore, made a special' clubbing arrangement with THE OREGON FARMER whereby any farmer or fruit grower, who is one of our regular subscribers and who is not now a subscriber of THE OREGON FARMER, will be en titled to receive THE OREGON FARMER in combination with this paper at the same rate as for this paper alone. , This offer applies to all those who renew or extend their sub criptions as well as to all new subscribers, If you are interested directly or indirectly in Oregon agriculture, do not miss this unusual opporturity 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 gathering the news of importance to farmers, dairymen, fruitgrowers, stockraisers and poultry men; and it has the backbone to attack 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 attractive clubbing offer. 208 Papers for Only $1.50 ! TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE The Gazette-Times every week for one year and the Oregonl : Farmer every week for three years, all for only $1 ..50 Library ' Association Provide Books " " K for Fighting Forces. More than half a million books al ready have been furnished soldiers and sailors In training camps and in France by the American Library As sociation War Service and the flow is steadily increasing, according to the director 6f this work. . A campaign for funds inaugurated by the association last autumn netted more than SI, 600, 000 and real re sults in the tangible shape of books and comfortable libraries are being felt by the soldiers and sailors. The Carnegie Corporation gave $320,000 for the erection of camp libraries. Nearly all camps now have libraries and in the others the buildings are in course of construction. The reading rooms each accomodate 250 men. For the men in France the associa tion has organized distributing sta tions at all points of embarkation, where books are assorted for ship ment abroad. Soon every soldier who steps on a transport will carry a book with bim, which he and his companions will read on the way across, after which it will be forward ed to the men back of the trenches. No attempt will be made to establish The Gazette-Times CLUBBING ARRANGEMENT WITH I Inl Mum Unusual Opportunity To Its Readers MONG our large circle of . I ! ' .1 who are interested directly or indirectly in iruir growing, dairying and other branches of farming. All of these nat urally wish td keep in close touch with agricultural activi THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon libraries in France, bat the associa tion will have representatives there to supervise the work of distribution. Matches and Other Articles Barred From Flreign Mails. ' Postmasters are directed not to ac cept for shipment to 'members of Ex peditionary Forces packages contain ing matches, cigar lighters, or solidi fied alcohol, including the prepara tion called "Sterno" or canned heat. It is not deemed safe to admit these articles to mails for foreign countries or for United States naval vessels, including marines on shore in other countries. Defective Eyes Cause Many Men First Passed to be Rejected at Camps. I Examination of the records of 10, 000 men passed for military service by local boards and then rejected by camp surgeons show that nearly 22 per cent of the final rejections were caued by defective eyes. Teeth were responsible for 8.50 per cent; hernia, 7.47 per cent; ear, 6. 94 per cent; heart disease, 5.87 per cent; tuberculosis, 6.37 per cent Attempts to evade military duty by readers there are a f . 1 t deception regarding physical condi tion were very few. Cost of Living in One Year Increases 23 Per Cent. According to the bureau of labor statistics of the Department of Labor in the year from November 15, 1916, to November 15, 1917, prices of food as a whole advanced 23 per cent. Po tatoes is the only article that shows a decline in price. Corn meal advanced 87 per cent; bacon, 62 per cent; pork chops, 48 per cent; beans, 39 per cent; salmon, 38 per cent; milk, 33 per cent; and lard, 27 per cent. j Food as a whole was 48 per cent higher on November 15, 1917, than( on November 15, 1913, and 46 per cent higher than on November 15, ' 1914. During this four year period corn meal advanced 127 per cent; I flour, 109 per cent; lard, 104 per cent; bacon, 77 per cent; sugar, 75 per cent; and potatoes, 72 per cent. No article declined in price. Men With Trades Have Chance for Admission Into Signal Corps. Men qualified along certain lines, although registered under the selective-service law, may be Inducted in- great many W. to the land division -of the RUrnal Corps, which is In need of uim for the following duties: Chauffeurs, motorcycle drivers, and gas engine repairmen for duty in field and telegraph battalions; teleg raphers, both wire and radio; tele phone men, including switchboard op erators, telephone repairmen, and men Skilled In testing and repairing telephone lines; telephone 'and tele graph linemen; photographers, still and moving; homing-pigeon men; radio men who are familiar with in stalling radio apparatus, men quali fied as cooks, clerks, stenographers, meteorologists, cobblers, cable men, etc. Men Inducted tor this division, us less otherwise requested by the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, are sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kane. Manufacture of Shoes in Italy Stand ardized by Government. The largest shoe factories In Italy have started manufacturing the na tional standard shoes, using leather supplied, by the ministry of industry, commerce, and labor. The standard types were established by the central shoe- committee, in Rome, but every factory is making little modifications acocrding to its means and system of , manufacturing - 1 The government is organizing sys tems of sales of shoes to the public. They provide for the 'opening of stores in the principal Italian cities, to be engaged exclusively vIn the sale of national shoes and to be controlled by thel Government authorities. It is likely that buyers will have to obtain cards.',; The private shoe stores will be sup plied with an adequate number of shoes and will be granted a reason able commission. 75,000 Colored Men Called Into Ar. my by Selective-Service Law. Eight per cent of the 9,586,508 men registered under the selective service law are colored. Of these nearly 209,000 have been called and more than 75,000 have been certified for service. Out of every 100 colored men call ed, 36 were certified for service and 64 were rejected, exempted, or dis charged, while out of every 100 white citizens called, 25 were certified for service. RESERVE TRAINING CAMP MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT U President Campbell Now in East Arranging Details.-Outlook Good, Says Commanding OlHcer. '. 1 University of Oregon, Eugene, Jan. 21. The University of Oregon may have ft reserve officers training camp established on the campus in the next two or three months, if present plans and expectations hold true. President P. L. Campbell is in the East at pres ent, and has been conferring with Senator George Chamberlain. A telegram received by L. H,, John sin, comptroller of the University, from the president states that opin ions are very favorable for the forma tion of a camp at the University. Lieutenant-Colonel John Leader of the British army who is in command of the cadet forces, also seems to be favorably Impressed with the pros pects of a camp. The students are already being prepared for commis sioned officers under his leadership, and classes held dally take up the dif ferent practices of modern warfare. President Campbell Is attending a Joint meeting of the National Asso ciation of State Universities in Chlca go, and the Association of American Universities and the American Asso ciation, of Colleges, the purpose of which is the offering of services of the institutions of the United States to the government for military training purposes to aid in the war. Regulations respecting the draft ing of college students of draft age are also being drawn up and will be submitted to the government in Washington as soon as completed. Rifles have already been Issued to all students In the cadet battalion, and drill is progressing rapidly. It is the intention of the commander to have the first inspection of troops on Tuesday, Governor Withycombe be ing the inspecting officer. Plans are being laid for the inspec tion of the battalion by the officer commanding at Camp Lewis, some time next week. It is the desire of the colonel to get the United States army men interested in the work at the University as Quickly as possible. ! so that the R. O. T. C. may be had at once. The second week In February the colonel hopes to have the battalion inspected by the commanding officer of the western division, now. located at San Francisco. If the military committee is able to arrange all these ' inspections, it is the opinion of Col. Leader that there will dp a reserve officers training camp situated at the University before the beginning of the next term in April. I W. C. Calder, BaKer Dusiness man, has been spending several days in Heppner. Mr. Calder is interested in a large acreage of mountain land which is leased yearly to sheepmen of this section. I have for sale choice R. R. cock erels (from Moore's of Spokane, strain of birds). Price $2.00. II. V. j i Smouse, lone, Ore. n II I
