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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1918)
I'uMk- Auditorium ' " 'TIS FREEDOM'S CALL, LEND YOUR ALL." USE YOUR MON TO BEAT THE HUN-BUY LIBERTY BONDS JL JL . VOL. 33, XO. 1. hkpii;h, orkgox, thuknd.iv, apjul 4, wis. SI I5SCISIPTIOX, $1.50 PKU VE.VR (brAZl IMES HEPPHEH PREIWIES fOR HOME DEFENSE First Drill Of Awkward (Quarts Has Taken I'lare ami Hoppner's Man IhkmI (Jives Promise of .Making Strong Hume Guard. Heppner Is preparing for home de fense. In the words of the Morrow county chairman of the council of de fense, "all these I. W. W., pro-Ger-maa and traitors In our midst had better begin to hunt their hole card." A large crowd of representative cltizeas gathered at the council cham bers Tuesday evening and prelimin ary sepg for a permanent organiza tion were taken. 8. E. Notson pre sided. After a few remarks from him, also 8. E. Van Vactor, chair man of the county defense council, T. E. Chldsey and M. L. Case, Spanish-American war veterans, practic ally every man in the building signed up a statement of his desire to be come a ruember of the permanent home guard organization. No time was lost In getting down to business and upon the motion of Pat Crowe It was decided to hold the lirst drill on Wednesday evening at the Fair Pavillou at 7 o'clock. Seventy-five enthusiastic recruits re sponded to the call on Wednesday evening and It was not long before the drill masters were putting the iiwkward squads through the first movements in military drill. Men having previous military experience who have volunteered their services in drilling the men are M. L. Case, T. E. Chldsey, Dr. H. T. Allison and Loy M. Turner.' Rev. P. A. Andrews has also had experience In military drill and lias expressed his willing ness to assist in any way possible. A business meeting of the Home Guards will be held at the council chambers this evening just prior to the drill at the Fair Pavilion, and the organization will be completed as near as possible at this time. Hereafter both the dance and ex hibit pavilions will be used in drill ing the squads until later, when much of the work will be done out in the open. It will be sometime yet before the men are ready for the guns but steps will be taken to have the artillery here by the time It Is needed. Many Xew Walks Will Be Built. Willi the coming of Spring, the building of concrete walks will be the order of the day in Heppner. In fact I'M Burkman, local contractor will take up the work of finishing con tracts still uncompleted when win ter weather set In last fall. I'nder the new curbing ordinance, much new work will be necessary and all along the route of street improve ment the old board walks will he torn out and replaced with those of ce ment construction. J. L. Yeager has given Mr. Buck man the contract for putting in new walks in front of his Main street pro perty, both In front of the office of the Heppner Garage and the residence property at the corner of Main and Center streets. Another contract which Mr. Buckman has Is that of putting in new walks for A. M .Slo eum along the south side of his prop erty on Center street. Mr. Buckman says he has work mapped out now for the next three months and expects to be kept busy on walks all summer long. Farm Labor Survey Committee Will Meet. The Morrow County Farm Labor Survey Committee recently appointed by the Morrow county Agricultural Council, will meet at the office of County Agent Brown In the Roberts building next Saturday evening. A representative from the Federal Farm Help Bureau will be here at that time to discuss the labor situa tion and delegates to the Eastern Oregon Farm Labor Committee will 1)e selected. According to County Agent Brown, the labor situation has cleared great ly within the past few weeks. The nex step taken will be to set a uni form scale of wages. 1 llardmnn Has Contributed Liberally to Keel CrosN. Hardnian auxiliary of the Morrow bounty Red Cross Chapter has con tributed Jlberally to the chapter at Heppner and their members have been working faithfully to perform every task placed before them. To date they have remitted $148 to the Morrow County Chapter. Of this am ount, $100 was raised at one time with but little effort and the balance was received from an entertainment lield there a short time ago. I jUBEBlY RED CROSS IUiSie The Liberty auxiliary of the Mor row County Red Cross Chapter is one of the most recently organized in the county, but it is forging to the front rapidly as one of the most enthusias tic and hard working organizations we have yet heard from. Last Saturday evening the Liberty auxiliary held a patriotic program and basket social at the Liberty school house and as a result have turned over $200 to the mother chap ter in Heppner. A large crowd atten ded the affair and when the baskets were placed on sale, some lively bid ding followed. The program consisted of the fol lowing: Song, Star Spangled Banner ... . Audience Recitation, "Its Coming" , . . , Mae Shamhart Song, "Its A Long Way to U. S. A." u Liberty choir Recitation, "Kaiser's Prayer,,.. - Walter Gay Song, "On the Road to Home Sweet Home" Mrs. Gene and Lottie Huston. Recitation, "New Church Organ" ... Mrs. Herb Olden Song, "Bluebird" Miss Fay Sams Recitation, "Old Glory" , Mrs. Carrie Becket Song, "The Long, Long Trail" Walter and Leo Gay, Gene Hus ton and Ffly Sams' Recitation Hannah Bergstrom Music Faye Young Dialogue, "Morning Callers" School Children Song, "Keep the Home Fires Burn ing" , Liberty choir Burns Country Will Combat the Grasshopper. T. H. Thompson of the department of entomology was in Heppner Tues day while on his way to Burns and held a short consultation with Coun ty Agent Brown regarding local far ming conditions. Mr. Thompson will soon inaugerate a campaign In the Harney country to rid that section of the grasshopper pest. It Is said that grasshopper eggs fairly cover Harney county and It Is the idea of Mr. Thompson to thoroughly organize his forces there and then hold "grasshop per day" during which, time every body will get out and destroy the eggs. An appropriation of $3000 has been made to carry out the cam paign in Harhey County, according to the statement of Mr. Thompson. Mr. Thompson also predicts some trouble in certain localities from the wire worm, as this pest is already making itself manifest in some pla ces. Private Sam Stephens Writes to His . Mother Here. The following letter has been re ceived by Mrs. Polly Stephens of this city from her son Samuel, who Is now with the United States Marines some where in France. March 3, 191 S. Dear Mother: No letter from you but will try and write a few lines tonight. We haveibeen having some pretty wet weather, some snow Friday night and Saturday morning, but most of the snow is gone now and roads are pretty sticky. A bunch of the boys just returned from a en day furlough and are tell ing what a fine time they had. I in tend to take mine in the summer and may get a chance to go to England and will If I can. We are having the usual round of drills and hikes with a few extras thrown In to make variety. They'll make soldiers out of us yet if they keep at it long enough. I am in fine health. Please write soon and often. As usual, SAMUEL. Pvt. Samuel D. Stephens, 20th Co. 3rd. Bat. 5th Reg., IT. S. Marines, A. E. F. Bought Phelps Ranch. Through a deal closed today by E. T. Wade, Judge G. W. Phelps has sold his 265 acre ranch adjoining Ir vlngton Heights to J. W. Morrow, right of way man for the O. W. R. & N. Co. 'The consideration Is $12,000. Pendleton East Oregonlan. THE FEDERATED CHURCH. Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Regular morning service 11:00. The Easter music will be repeated next Sunday morning. Christian Endeavor 6:30 p. m. Subject: "Bible Reading." Leader: Lois Hall. Junior Leader: Charles Notson. Liberty Loan service In the even ing. II. A. NOYES, Pastor. ffirt "" 11 '" !"'V1 Iws came p&B MM ifWfcT ffj& a jm M'j) Mdheri lf v Wi sns?h ' Ih I Fathers III ilty K. K. D'.WIIl and W. S. Klrkpatrli-k. - . Of supreme moment is the issue of the war. The price of wheat and the turn of politics are serious mat- ters but the Third Liberty Loan in Oregon means more than all. It means Backing up the boys who have been sent to the overseas battlefields. Prompt and abundant leans of $pare cash to the war treasury, in local trade terms, is tho translation of money into airplanes, guns, ammunition, provisions, ships and every device of modern war for the American. War expenditures reach every avenue of business in this state. Therefore, "Bridge the Pond Buy a Liberty Bond," in the words of Mrs. H. M. McKenna of Astoria, and -M. Eva Dull of Eugene. - ' 1,.J . . Prepare for the Third Loan which opens Saturday, April 6, with Victory celebrations throughout Oregon. The Governor and Mayors will proclaim the significance and urgency of participation in the raising of Oregon's share of this defense fund. Rallies, open air gatherings, speeches, parades, illuminations, the Rinar-it-Again Liberty Bell on the door of every household, a: ri by every means, the citizens of our community are urged to forsake all other activities and join in the spirit and the work of the day. Begin buying a Bond tho Fir.it Day! This is the first of a series of cartoons and slogans bv Oregon illustrators and writers which will be pub lished by the LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE and the space for which, is part of the patriotic offering of the Gazette-Times, OREGON WILL PUT BIG E "Over the top in a week" is the slo gan that has been adopted by the Li berty Loan campaigners. Chairman Edward Cookingham, in discussing the short campaign said that the per sonnel of the liberty loan organiza tion Is of the superior excellence and eager to begin the work. So marked Is the interest in the more remote districts of the state, said Mr. Cook ingham, that many Instances are re corded where delagates traveled 60 miles and more over rough and mud dy roads to attend the recent confer ences. He is confident that the state is ready, In every dlsrlct, to take up the campaign and carry it through in triumph. County Chairman f. A. Waters' was notified by telegram this morning from Portland that a speaker is com ing here to fill dates in Morrow coun ty from April 6 to April 14 Inclusive. H,e is Hamilton Johnstone, an orator of marked ability. Under the first arrangement, this county was to get a speaker for four days only, who was to be accompan ied by a soldier, It was the general opinion of liberty loan workers here that four days would not give the speaker sufficient time to fully cover the entire county. Upon the sugges tion of S. E. Van Vactor, Morrow county held out for the full seven days and got them. The speaker's schedule as adopted by the county committee is as fol lows: lone, Saturday evening, April 6th; Eight Mile, Sunday afternoon at 2:30; Dryfork, Sunday evening at 8;. Cecil Monday evening at 8; Pine City, Tuesday evening at 8; Lena, Wednesday evening at 8; Lexington, Thursday evening at 8; Heppner, Sat urday evening at 8; Hardman, Sun day afternoon at 3, I will have for sale, a limited am ount of R. I. Red eggs, for hatching. 50 cts. per dozen at ranch, H. V. SMOUSE, lone, Ore. 2t. FOR It EXT One room with bnth. Gentleman preferred. Inquire at this office. LOAN DRIVE OVER IN ALL WEEK Klks Will Install. ' Installation and a big feed will be !'.e!d at the regular meeting of Hepp ner Lodge 358, B. P. O. E. in this I city next Thursday night. All mem I bera are urged to attend. ' High Nrliool Operetta Was A Pro nounced Success. The operetta presented by the Hep ! pner high school last eevning was a pronounced success. The gate re ceipts totaled over $200, which mon ey enables the high school to pay off an athletic debt which was contracted last fall. The operetta was in two acts, and each act was full of enjoyment. The scenes yere all staged on the farm presenting a chorus of sunbonnet girls and overall boys. All the songs were well given and the moral of the play well brought out. The audience was all interest throughout the entire play, and would be made to think of the sober side of life one moment, while the next would bring out the blithsome side. However everyone was well pleased when Rosalie finally got the reward for her faithfulness. ! The cast of characters was as fol-' lows: Uncle Bob Garnet Barratt Disguised as negro In Act 1 Mrs. O'Brien Loa Briggs . Widow, sister of Uncle Bob Rosalie Neva Chldsey Their niece Winifred (Winnie) Cordilla Le- Trace, and Millicent (Millie).. Jeannette Noyes Daughters of Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. Gabble Lois Hall... Town Gossip Mr. Gabble Ted Young.. Local Character Martha Cecile DeVore.. Country Girl Nick Kenneth liinns Country Roy Chorus of Sunbonnet Girls and Over all Boys. Today there is not enough food in the world to feed all the people and have any left to waste. Waste food and you are wasting lives. 1 C. HART PASSES AWAY AT PENDLETON I (Pendleton East Oregouian.) John C. Hart, veteran railroader '. who had a host of friends not only : in Pendleton but all along the O.-W. R. & N., died early this morning at i the home of his daughter in La ! Grande. The body will be brought to Pendleton and the funeral will be held Wednesday at the Episcopal church. The exact hour will be an nounced tomorrow. .Mr. Hart, who was 73 years old, had been in very poor health for a year or more. He contracted pneu monia a few days ago and, In his weakened condition, could not com bat the disease. Ever since he was a young man he had followed railroading, working In Texas, Kansas and other middle west ern states before coming to Oregon. He had been with the O.-W. R. & N. for more than 25 years at the time of his retirement when 70 years old. For 10 years he served as agent at Hepp ner and for a number of years was In charge at Hllgard where he was when he retired. Since then he has made his home part of the time wth his daughter, Mrs. G. W. Phelps, In litis city. He is survived by five daughters and a son, as follows: Mrs. G. W. Phelps, Pendleton, Mrs. Frank Rech lin and Mrs. M. B. Metzler of La Grande, Mrs. Frank Fairbanks of Ith aca, N. Y., Miss Ruth Hart of this city and Fred G. Hart of Rathdrum, Idaho. Many Xew Subscribers to the Gazette. Times. A man In far away Sweden will read the Gazette-Times. His name is C. P. Johnson and he formerly liv ed In Morrow County. Mr. Johnson subscribed through Theodore Ander son during the past week. Other new subscribers to the Gazette-Times are August Anderson of Eight Mile, A. D. Reld, Heppner and Flossie Bar low, Heppner. Renewals during the week were Harry F. Call, Adam Blalim, G. Ci Macy, Sam Hughes and Mrs. Mary Reld of Heppner; J. S. Johnson. lone, L. M. Woodworth, The Dalles: J. L. Kincaid, lone and L. L. Van Winkle of Lexington. ii nnar r.j i i - 11 llffl TQ BECALLEOSOO Indications Are That Xew Army Will Be Sent to Camps Within Thirty Days. America Is In the war with all her energy. The recent call from Great Britain to this country for a speeding up in troop movements across to France is evidently being answered. Word received from the Adjutant General, by the local draft board. Indicated that the 800,000 men of the second draft army will be called out in tne next thirty days. Morrow county's final Increment of the first draft left last Sunday. Wal ter Matteson from Heppner and El mer Griffiths from lone and two other young men now outside the county have gone to Camp Lewis at Ameri can Lake, Wash. Berwick-Peterson. A quiet wedding took place at the home of Rev.. F. A. Andrews in this city last Saturday evening when Miss Ncra Petenon of Heppner Junction became the wife of J. E. Berwick of Htppner. The eeremony was performed by Rev. Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Taylor of this city, old time friends of the groom, were the only others present. Mr. Berwick Is engineer on the lo cal branch of the O. W. R. & N. and his wife Is a charming young woman who will prove to be a valuable addi tion to our city. Baseball At Lexington Xext Sunday. Morrow county baseball fans will usher in the 1918 season at Lexing ton next Sunday when the Lexington Trench Diggers meet the Heppner War Babies. Lexington has organ ized a ball club under the manage ment of Ralph Jackson and have al ready set about scheduling a number of games; ' Just who the Heppner War Babies are, baa noi been definitely announ ced, although It has been hinted that Lexington will find a hard nut to crack in defeating the bunch repre senting this town In the initial game. Proceeds from the game will go into the Lexington base ball club fund for the purchasing of needed equipment. A game will be played in Heppner in the near future for the benefit of the Red Cross. LOUISE GLAUM IS A MOTHER IX XF.W PLAY, "A STRAXGE TRANSGRESSOR." Louise Glaum as Lola Montrose in the Triangle p!ay "A Strange Trans gressor," by J. G. Hawks and John Lynch, gives a warm, sympathetic ex ample of a woman who responds to the power of mother love, that won drous passion which dominates all fe male creatures, no matter of what species. She is a woman of internatioifal no toriety. She has dared the world, se cure In her beauty and her fascina tion for men. She has mocked the Louise Glaum In Triangle Play, "A Stranqe Trs-- rc;8or." convention of matrimony as estab lished by church and state. She has been frank in her mode of life, even flaunted it before the public. Yet when baby hands touch her heart she is reclaimed. Maternal love proves the divine healer of sin. At The Christian Chuioli. Bible school at 10 a. m. Morning worship at 11. Subject of sermon: "The Creed for All Christians." Christian Endeavor at 7 p. in. Preaching service at S p. m. Sub ject of sermon: "The Greatest Trea sure." Trursday evening service at 8 o'clock. t n n IUUU II U I U