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HEPPXER, OREGON, THVR8DAY, MARCH 21, 1918.
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KEEP A PIG
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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.
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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.
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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
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