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.A Gaz H H LL JilL VOL. 34, NO. 51 HEPPXER, OREGON, THVR8DAY, MARCH 21, 1918. SUBSCRIPTION", 1.50 PER YEAR ETTEQTlMES (I KEEP A PIG NOW PERMITTED BY GUI City Fathers Conclude That Pork Production Is of Vital Import anoe. Five New Ordinances Are Pending. Warrants For Improvements. The Heppner City Council has gone In for increased food production and Boon the old hog law will be amended and the people of the city will be permitted to keep a pig in their back yard. Of course it is the ictention of the council to see that every pig and pen is kept In a clean, sanitary condition. They are of the opinion that the pig is among the clearest of aaimals, and especially so if his porcine excellency Is given half a chance to keep clean. Other important ordinances are pending. A new city law about to be passed deals with the junk and second hand man. This law would require hira to register with proper authorities all articles purchased by him. City officials feel that such an ordinance would aid them oftentimes in tracing petty thefts, such as child ren taking things from their home or some other home and readily dispos ing of it to the second hand man. One of the most important ordin ances ever placed on the city records bids fair for an early passage. This ordinance relates to the suppressing of venereal diseases and makes It compulsory tor physicians to report all such cases coming under their ob servance, to proper city officials. Other new ordinances as proposed deal with sidewalk curbing and Hen on properties for street improvement. Another ordinance recently passed Is No. 174, providing for the Issuance of city warrants for street improve ments, providing tor the registering of the same, and the time of payment thereof, and the rate of interest the same shall draw. It is as follows: The People of the City of Heppner do ordain as follows: flection 1. That whenever the city council of the city of Heppner shall Improve or cause to be Improved any street or alley within the corporate limits of the city of Heppner, and there shall not be sufficient-funds in the city treasury to pay the cost of such improvements in addition to re serving a sufficient amount of such funds 'to pay all current expenses that may accrue, city warrants may be Issued tor such Improvements pay able on or before one year or on or before two years as the council may deem advisable as evidence of any in debtedness that may be Incurred by th city for such Improvements. Sction 2 That all warrants Issued under the provisions of this ordin ance thall show the purpose for which they were lteued, and the Urn within which such warrants shall be due and redeemable. Section 3 That all warrants Is sued under the provision of this or dinance shall be registered with the City Treasurer, and a record thereof kept by said Treasurer, and all sums of money for which said warrants shall be so Issued shall draw Interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date said warrants are reg istered with the City Treasurer. Section 4 That whenever there shall be funds In the city treasury available to redeem said warrants or any part thereof, as provided In sec tion 1 of this ordinance, the city Treasurer upon order of the city council shall give at least ten days notice therof to the record holder thereof of the time and place that said warrants or any part thereof will be redeemed, by mailing or person ally serving said notice to the holder of such warrants, If the place of resi dence of such holder be known, and it the place of residence of such hold er be unknown, then by publication of said notice for at least ten days in a newspaper of general circulation In Morrow County, Oregon, and such warrants shall be redeemed in order of the registration thereof, and shall cease to draw Interest from and af ter the date set tor the redemption thereof and notice given as herein before provided, Sction 5 That warrants issued under the provision of this ordinance shall not be issued so as to create a city indebtedness in excess of $15, 000. Sction 6. It Is hereby adjudged and declared that existing conditions are such that certain streets within the corporate limits of' the city of Heppner are In urgent need of im provement for the preservation of the public health; peace and safety, and owing to the necessity that city war rants be immediately Issued for such improvements, an emergency is de clared to exist and this ordinance shall be In full force and effect from and after Its approval by the Mayor. Passed the common council and approved by the Mayor, this 18h day of March; 1918. W. V. SMEAD. Mayor. Attest: J. P. WILLIAMS Recorder. CHRISTIAN CHTRCH. ' Sunday, March 24, 1918. Bible School at 10 a. m. Morning worship at 11 a. m. Ser mon subject: "The Word of God as a Basis tor the Union of Christians." C. E. meeting at 6:30 p. m. Union meeting at the Federated church In the evening. Mid-week service Thursday at 7:30 p. m. i You are cordially invited to attend these services. F. A. ANDREWS, Minister. ST. PATRICK'S DAY nniNGLYOBSERVED St. Patrick's Day was celebrated In a very becoming manner in Heppner this year. A large number of out of town people were here over the week end and participated in observing the occasion. On the eve of St." Patrick's Day, March 16th, a program, patriotic in nature and composed of numbers representing special taint, was open ed by the Blnging of patriotic selec tions by the high school chorus. This was followed by a piano selection by Mrs. C. L. Sweek, which was rendered In her usual artistic manner. The next number was a vocal solo by Mrs. R. J. Vaughan and her numbers were well received. ' , Francis A. McMenamin, young Heppner attorney, was speaker of the evening, and his address was a strong patriotic appeal for Irishmen living In the United States to assist in every way possible in winning the war, and by so doing they would prove worthy successors to their forefathers who fought with Washington. Mr. Mc Menamin is a forceful speaker with great oratorical ability and held his audience at tense interest throughout his address. Miss Peggy O'Rourke rendered two vocal solos and they were so well re ceived that if proved beyond a doubt that she- has lost none of her popu larity as a singer. Miss Vltalia Pee slmelr of Tacoma also sang two songs. She is a talented young lady and pos sessed of a charming voice. Mrs. C. M. Sims sang two 'songs and her sing ing proved that her voice has lost none of the sweetness that won many friends for the singer when she for merly lived in Heppner. John Kenny, president of Heppner Division of Hi bernians, was chairman of the eve ning. On Sunday, March 17th, the mem bers of A. O. H. gathered at the I. O O. F. hall at 10 a. m. and then pro ceeded In a body to the 10:30 ser vices In St. Patrick's church where Father O'Rourke was celebrant of the Mass and Rt. Rev. Abbott Alden helm, president of Mt. Angel College, delivered the sermon on St. Patrick. The Rev. Aldenhelm is the founder of Mt. Angel College, which is now one of the leading institutions of its kind In the state of Oregon. In the after noon a lodge meeting of Hlbrnlans and Ladles Auxiliary was held and at 6:30 a banquet was served in the I. O. O. F. hall. The banquet was served by J. L. Wllklns, and if it Is possible for the good natured proprie tor of the Palace Hotel to add any laurels to his fame as a caterer, it was surely done on this occasion. Following the banquet, a social time was held and the many speeches that were made, the songs sung and the witty stories told, would be too numerous to mention. The most es joyable thing of the evening was the 40-mlnute talk by Rt. Rev. Abbott Alrtenhclm. hi 'which he related many of his experiences during his 44 years missionary work In Oregon. Rev. Father O'Rourke delivered a stirring address of a patriotic nature. FElIElAflED C1U1CI Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Church Service 11:00 a. m. Ser mon Theme: "The Place of Doubt In Religion." Christian Endeavor 6:30 p. m. Topic "Remedies for Intemper ance." Leader, Leo Nicholson. Junior Endeavor, Leader, Rach aol Noyes. At the evening service Prof. Albert Powers will give an Illus trated lecture on the work of the Red Cross. Everybody Invited. H. A. NOYES, Pastor. WHAT ILL What Is your color going to be in the next Liberty Loan drive? Are you going to choose the blue and come out with a perfect record, do only a half, third, or fourth of what you are able to do, or are you going to show a streak that will be cause for Uncle Sam presenting you with a yellow card? Yellow is symbolic. of the man who will draw that color, tor it means that he has shown a yellow streak and re fused to come to the aid of his coun try when called upon. These yellow boys got off easy in the first two drives, but according to Liberty Loan workers, the limit has been reached. Full publicity must be given those who fall in the next or in subsequent drives. The following editorial taken from the Blue Mountain Eagle, of Canyon City, describes a. condition that is paralell with Morrow county and we publish It in full. Elmer Lyon, a Canyon boy, who Is lighting in France, and his paU Harry Watkins, were hit by a Hun shell. He OREGON IS EIGHTH IN SAVINGS STAMPS SALES Total to February 28 Was More Than Million Dollars; . Missouri Ranks First. Washington, March 19! Missouri, with a total of $9,015,880, leads the country In the sale of war savings stamps, according to the first detailed statement of the campaign issued by the national war savings committee. Oregon ranks eighth, with a total sales of $1,073,845.25, or $1.24 per capita. The statement, including sales from the beginning of the drive in December to the end of February, shows the Missouri river states, Ne braska, Missouri and Kansas, leading, in the order named, in per capita subscriptions. Maryland, however, advanced to second place in the per capita sales for the month of Febru ary alone, with New Mexico, Kansas, and Missouri following in the order named. Lumber Cut of Identical Mills in Ore gon and Washington. Lumber census reports received up to March 15, by District Forester George H. Cecil, show that 205 large mills in Oregon and Washington cut five and one-half billion board feet during 1917. This is 150 million board feet more than the cut of the same mills' tor 1916. The returns available are as yet incomplete, although about three fourths of the mills of the two states have sent In reports. Because of the need for an accurate census, due to the country's war-time demand for lumber,, officials in charge of the work are urging mills which have not yet reported to do so as soon a possi ble. Well Known Pioneer Has Bad Acci dent. Col. J. F. McNaught, a pioneer of the Hermiston valley and one of the best known ranchers on the project, met with a very bad accident at his home in this city last Saturday night. It happened as he was stepping from the bath tub after going through his usual ablution, his foot slipping from under him as he stepped to the floor, thereby causing him to fall backward. Throwing out his right hand to break the fall he missed catching hold of the bath tub and fell with the arm underneath In such a manner that it broke it off Bquare above the elbow. After having it set, himself and son, C. S. McNaught, went to Pendleton the following day and had an X-Rav application, which showed the bones had been perfectly joined. Though he suffered much pain for the time being, he is now eettlne alone as well as can be expected. Hermiston Her ald. DR. TURNER Eye. Specialist of Portland, will be at The Palace Hotel, Heppner, again TUESDAY APRIL 2ND, ONE DAY ONLY In lone WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3rd . Consult him. DON'T FORGET THE DATE E. J. STARKEY Electrician House Wiring a Specialty Heppner Oregon rhone 633 COLOR BE- UE OR WILL IT BE YELLOW? bought two Liberty bonds. This news ought to bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of certain moneyed men In Grant county who have never in vested a cent in Liberty bonds. This mere boy of 19 years not only offered his life to stop the oncoming Hun, but freely gave up his money. Shame on you who have stayed at home, and piled up wealth on war prices and have never helped such boys with your money, buying Liberty bonds. Your community knows you. You are in disgrace. You are contempt ible. . You are disloyal and disloyalty is treason. You know the punish ment for treason. . Beware of the fu ture. Beware of the time when a hundred homes in Grant county have the badge of mourning on their door for the boys who bought Liberty bonds, went to the front and gave up their young lives. You then will not only be in disgrace but you will be in danger. Shame) on disloyal money. Shame on its owner and woe be unto them when finally a loyal, true and patriotic people speak. ADMITS PRICES OF MEAT WERE FIXED Official of Food Administration Says .Limit Was Set When Allies Needed Supply. ':' Washington, March 19. Joseph P. Cotton, head of the food administra tion's meat division, with offices at Chicago, was given a hearing today by the senate agriculture committee Investigating the food situation. He was called on to tell of he food admin istration's policies respecting stimula tion of meat production and to give him an opportunity to reply, to recent testimony before the committee that his office advised the packers to hold down the prices paid for livestock. Mr. Cotton said that the only ac tion of the food administration in fixing the price of meats was at a timg when there was an excessive demand from the allied governments. At that time, he said, the administra tion desired to keep down the price of the kind of meat ordered by the allies. The excessive demands of the al lies, Mr. Cotton said, will have an effect on the hog and cattle market, but nothing will be done toward rec ommending price regulation until no tice is given to producers. GAZETTE-TIMES IS IN FINE NEW HOME The Gazette-Times has moved. We are now located in our new home on Willow street, in the Roberts build ing, next door to the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph office. We in vite our friends and readers to call and Inspect our new quarters. The burden of moving a newspaper plant is not the lightest in the world and if The Gazette-Times is not up to standard this week, you will know the reason. We are getting ready to make a better paper for Heppner and Morrow county In the future. We are centrally located in a good, substantial and as near fire-proof building as will be found In town and we are proud to feel that we are In some degree keeping pace with the new, progressive Heppner. Our new phone number is Main 882. MORROW'S QUOTA FOR THIRD LOAN ESTIMATK1) AT $;K0,000 Morrow county's quota for the Third Liberty Loan has been estimat ed at $300,000, according to a state ment issued today by county chair man J. A. Waters. Although the ex act amount of the bond Issue has not yet been set forth by the treasury de partment, as near as local bankers have been able to tell, Morrow coun ty's quota will be In the neighbor hood of the figure above stated. WOMEN MAY BE CALLED TO HELP IX FARM WORK According to dispatches from Washington .woman farm labor is to be called in if the situation warrants. John B. Densmore, director of the United States Employment service, has called a conference of the Wom en's Land Party of America, the Na tional Trade Union League, the Na tional League for Women's Service and the women's committee of the council of national defense. The con ference will be held March 25. W. B. Tucker of Lexington was a business visitor In Heppner Monday and a pleasant caller at The Gazette Times office, Local Stores Prepare to Meet War time Situation. There Is, in this issue of The Gazette-Times, an advertisement of the stores of Heppner calling attention of the public to certain conditions now affecting the trade, brought about by high prices superinduced by the war. The Emergency Board of the Coun cil of National Defense have advised that all stores operate with smaller forces and less equipment and that delivery expenses be curtailed as much as possible. Advancing cost of merchandise has forced the retailer to the limit and he Is required to carry the same stock as in the before-the-war days, on a hundred per cent more money. His margin of purchase is smaller, his terms with the wholesaler 15 to 30 days instead of 30 to 90 days. Therefore local merchants are apply ing sound business principles by ex tending credit to no one for more than 30 days with 10 days of grace allowed before the bill becomes de linquent and the customer denitd fur ther credit. Deliveries will also be curtailed to two each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. - Wm. Stauffer former Morrow coun ty farmer has returned to his Hood River home after spending a most en joyable winter in California accord ing to a card received from him by the editor this week. Lexington Red Cross Workers Will Meet Saturday. Lexington, March 20. All the la dles of the Lexington Red Cross branch are requested to come ot the Red Cross rooms on Saturday to help on garments tor the Belgian Re lief Committee work. They are also asked to bring any used garments or material that can he used in that work. The work here grows more in teresting as time goes on. Proceeds from the masquerade ball amounted to $69.33 including the lunch served by the ladles. , . i . Muggy Weather Makes Low Scores For Heppner Shooters, Muggy weather, a high wind and a dark day made for a low score for the Heppner Gun Club at their traps last Sunday and was responsible to a large extent for their defeat by Sun- nyside and Woodburn. The score for the day was: Adklns 18 16 21 19 Bowker 20 23 22 18 Spencer 17 19 20 20 Clark 21 17 19 Duncan 20 19 16 Minor 24 18 21 21 Stone 20 19 11 15 Wilson 15 16 McMurdo 24 18 21 Patterson 23 Borg 17 Cohn I 18 J. Vaughn 9 Mrs. Bowker 17 15 Jos. Eskelson was up from Lexing ton Monday attending to matters of business. by Already about 20000 ot the 35,000 producing farms of Oregon have re ported to J. W. Brewer, in charge of the farm labor survey, and are being summarized at Salem. Advance data taken from these sheets indi cate a large increase in the winter wheat acreage, and a prospective in crease of spring sowing. Mr. Brewer is working in coopera tion with the Federal and public bureaus, which have thus far been able to supply practically every de mand for farm labor. An apparent labor shortage has In some districts cut down the acreage, but the pro posed policy of exempting all farm help from the second draft until af ter harvest has greatly encouraged the farmer. A great increase in the use of labor-saving machinery on the farm has tended still further to reduce the threatened labor shortage. Farm tractors and two-men combines are being ordered In considerable num bers in some districts. Farm wages are higher than last year, but a scale of $60 a month with board has been agreed upon as fair alike to all parties. Harvest wages will range slightly higher, de pending upon the character of the work. The U. S. Department of Agricul ture and the Agricultural College, have joint supervision of the crop, and labor survey In "Oregon. Mr. Brewer maintains his offices In room j 704, Oregon Bldg., Portland, J WOODSQNWILLRUN FOR LEGISLATURE C. E. Woodson of this city has an nounced his candidacy for Joint rep resentative for Morrow and Umatilla counties. Following is Mr. Wood son's declaration: To the People of Umatilla and Mor row Counties: The only representation Morrow County has in the State Legislature Is that of a Joint representative with Umatilla County. For the past three sessions such representative has been a Umatilla county man. Out of a spirit of fairness the Republicans of Umatilla seen to concede the naming of a Republican candidate to Morrow County. Under the circumstances and at the solicitation of many people of my county, I offer myself as Republican candidate for joint representative for Morrow and Umatilla Counties at the coming primary election. By profession I am a lawyer. I have lived in Oregon nearly all of the forty-five years of my life and In Mor row County for the nast fifteen veara. My small accumulations have been gathered in Eastern Oregon and my interests are here. If nominated and elected as your representative, my first concern in general shall be such legislation an shall secure the most hearty and ef fective co-operation of our state with the National Government in winning the present war and In paving the war tor a SDeedv and sound recon struction at its close. Locally I shall favor every legislative effort for the betterment of the people of my dis trict consistent with the paramount duty of bringing victory to our ar mies. Sincerely, C. E. WOODSON. '' Other candidates are out this week. Wm. T. Campbell has filed his declaration of candidacy for the Re publican nomination for county Judge to succeed Judge Patterson. Mr. Campbell is one of the pioneers of the county and has had experience as county commissioner. He pledges a progressive policy In keeping with strict business economy. T. J. Humphreys will again seek the Republican nomination for re election as county treasurer. . Like J. A. Waters and Jake Wells he has made a competent official and will un doubtedly receive the endorsement of his party. He has no opposition at this time. v' ' j M. L. Case has announced his can didacy for coroner to succeed himself. Blth state and county politics give every promise of warming up in the next few weeks. In the race for governor Its a hard guess to say who Is running the strongest although It looks like Governor Wlthycombe will retain his position. Simpson is gain ing strength in the coast counties, where he is best known and may draw some from the governor's strength, for It Is said that Olcott has certain following not to be affected by either Mr. Simpson or Governor Withy combe. Moser and Anderson are not figuring strong, although Moser is said to be going pretty good in his home county, Multnomah. In the senatorial race, Eastern Ore gon people can Bee only one candi date and he is Robert N. Stanfleld. People who are supporting Mr. Stan field are confident he will get some thing for Oregon she Is justly entitled to. A successful business man as he is, his strong personality and his rec ord for doing things, will have a strong bearing on his candidacy even where his opponents are the strong est. Mrs. F. A. Andrews, wife of Rev. F. A. Andrews, pastor of the First Christian church, was taken to the hospital the last of the week to un dergo four operations. They were all successful and Mrs. Andrews is recov ering as rapidly as could bo expected under the circumstances. Berl C. Gurdane, apprentice sea man In Uncle Sam's navy, arrived home today for a brief visit with his father. Berl Is stationed at the Mare Island training camp. W'e have a complete stock of all kinds of nursery stock: consisting of a complete assortment of fruit trees, shade trees, ornamental trees and shrubbery, berry bushes, roses, all in a thrifty condition and guaranteed true to name at prices that defy coni cetitlon. I have the Milton trees, the Orenco trees, as well as my own growing. HARRY CUMMINGS, Mgr. Cummlngs Nurseries. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED i