The gazette-times., April 11, 1918, Image 1

"'TIS FREEDOM'S CALL, LEND YOUR ALL" USE YOUR MON TO BEA7' THE HUN-BUY LIBERTY BONDS
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AY, APRIL II, 1018.
HEPPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1918.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
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GRAND RALLY WILL
CLOSE BiG DRIVE
Monster Patriotic Gathering Will
Htxtl Mill-row fount)' "Over
The Toil" Next Kutjii
duy Evening.
The drive for the Third Liberty
Loan for Morrow county will close
next Saturday evening with a mon
ster gathering of patriotic citizens at
the Opera House in Heppner.
Liberty Loan officials are confident
that Morrow county will have crossed
the tape at the finish in quota raising
time and will be ready to take her
place as one of the counties of Ore
gon who put the drive over in one
week.
Speaking will be a feature, of the
evening. Hamilton Johnstone of
Portland, who has been touring the
county in the interest of the bond,
Kales, will be the leading speaker.
Private McLaren, of the Canadian
army will tell of the experiences he
went through in the early days of the
war and of what conditions the allies
had to go up against in fighting the
Hun back in 1914. Other speakers
will be Rev. Father P. J. O'Rourke
and Sam E. Van Vactor of Heppner.
Miss Zelma Engelman of lone, who
has been assisting in loan meetings
over the county with her singing will
present a treat to the people who at
tend the meeting Saturday. Miss
Engelman sang "Keep the Home Fir
es Burning" at the Cecil meeting last
Monday. She has a voice rich in
tone and volume and is contributing
much to the. campaign.
Herder Took $3500.
A sheepherder for R. F. Wigles
worth has subscribed for $3500 worth
of Liberty Bonds. We did not learn
his name. This man had been loan
ing his money out In the past with
uncertain security and a great deal of
worry, so he just decided he would
let Uncle Sam have tbe use of It tod
thereby do away with the "worry."
Literary Society Will Give Program.
The Phllomathlan Literary Society
will bold its program In the auditor,
lum of the High ichool on Friday ev
ening, April 26. A program of mus
ic and recitations will be given and a
charge of fifteen cents will be made
to pay off some indebtedness against
the society.
Howell-Barlow.
Sunday, April 7th, th Church of
Christ of lone was the scene of a pret
ty wedding, when Miss Etta Barlow
became the bride of Mr. Lee Howell.
Preceding the ceremony, which
was attended by about 50 relatives
and friends, Miss Zelma Engelman
sang, "Oh, Believe Me," and Imme
diately following Miss Eva Swanson
played the wedding march', when Mr.
Howell accompanied by the best man,
Ora Barlow, entered the north door
from the vestibule. At the same time
the flower girl and maid of honor
came thru another door, followed by
the bride, who entered on the arm of
her father W. L. Barlow, who gave
her away in marriage. ,
The ceremony was performed by
Frank A. Andrews, pastor of the
Church of Christ of Heppner. The
double ring service was used.
Little Miss Gladys Olden, niece of
the bride, was flower girl and also
acted as ring bearer.
Miss Ruby Engelman was maid of
honor and wore a frock of pink silk
batiste, and carried an arm boquet of
carnations.
The bride wore a gown of pure
white satin cut on simple girlish li
nes. Her veil was fastened with a
coronet of orange blossoms. She car
ried a shower bouquet of brides rose
ljuds and smllax.
Immediately following the cere
mony, the relatives and bridal party
left by auto for the home of the bri
de's parents where a wedding supper
awaited them.
This wedding was the happy end
of a romance begun In the lone High
School where both parties were prom
inent. Both are members of the
Christian church and Mr. Howell is
Assistant Bible School Superinten
dent.
Mr. and Mrs. Howell were the re
cipients of many beautiful presents
among these were cut glass, hand
painted china and a complete set of
Community silver. They will be at
home to their friends after April 15th
on East Second St., In lone, where
Mr. Howell has already furnished a
cottage for his bride. A host of
friends join in wishing them a long
happy life.
Mrs. Rebecca Penland, who went
down to Portland only last week, is
reported seriously 111 In that city.
Her children, Gene and Stella, have
heen called to her bedside.
Jci in O'Connor Goes Into Sheep Bus
! iness.
Jerm O'Connor has gone into the
sheep business for himself, after wor
. kin?; for a long number of years for
C. A. Minor. Mr. O'Connor lias pur
chased 2")d0 head of fine yearling De
Laine ewes from J. W. Creath of
Portland. The price was $ 16 per
head. Mr. O'Conor has taken the
sheep to range in the Potamus coun
try. Installs Acetylene Welding Plant.
The Scrivner Blacksmith and Ma
chine Shop has installed a new oxy
acetylene welding machine which is
already proving a big success. The
machine is capable of producing an
intense heat which is caused by the
burning of carbide. Prestolite gas
tanks furnish the pressure. Only re
cently by the use of this machine,
Clarence Scrivner repaired an auto
mobile motor which had been broken
by freezing. The welding proved en
tirely satisfactory and saved the ow
ner of the car the expense of buy
ing a new motor.
Plowing with Tractor.
John T. McDevitt, who recently
sold his Heppner Flat ranch to Andy
Rood, was spending a few days in
Heppner the first of the week. Mr.
McDevitt and his brother are new
farming on their place north of lone.
Their own ranch consists of 400 ac
res and this is now sown to wheat.
In addition they are preparing 'to
8ummerfallow 900 acrces and to that
end they have a Holt caterpillar en
gine pulling 12 plows day and night.
Mr. McDevitt says they are making
rapid progress in turning over the
ground and average about 30 acres
per shift.
Home Guard Business Meeting.
There will be a meeting of the
Heppner Home Guards at the Fair
Pavilion next Monday evening Imme
diately following drill. Regular drill
begins at seven o'clock, lasting for
one hour. This will te an opportune
time for all men to sign up and take
the oath, which will be administered
by Sheriff George McDuffee, who is
commander-in-chief of the guards.
Young Hunter Oeta His Game.
An intrepid young hunter la mas
ter Johnnie Turner, youngest son of
Mr. and MrsT R. W. Turner of Hepp
ner and Sand Hollow. During the
past week this ten year old lad came
across a coyote den and proceeded
to cross-section the affair with a sho
vel. Out of a total of eight pups, he
succeeded in bagging five, the other
three and the old mother coyote get
ting away. The young hunter took
a pot shot at' the old one, but she was
jumping so high his shot took no ef
fect. The pelts of the five dead ones
were brought to town and the court
has paid Johnnie well for his work,
giving him a total of fifteen dollars.
The youngster has decided to buy his
mother a birthday present and invest
the remainder In thrift stamps.
Heppner Takes First Game.
The Heppner War Babies started
the season right last Sunday by ta
king the big end of a 7 to 5 score in
a game of base ball with the Lexing
ton Trench Diggers on the Lexing
ton diamond. The game was a fight
from start to finish, neither side hav
ing a very great advantage at any
time although the War Babies mana
ged to stay a little in the lead from
the start. The Trench Diggers were
good clean sports, and the game was
all the more enjoyable because of the
small amount of "crabbing" that was
evidenced. P. A. Anderson, of Hepp
ner, umpired the game and there was
never a question as to his decisions,
both sides feeling that they had been
treated as fair as was possible.
The War Babies and Trench Dig
gers will probably clash again in
Heppner in a couple of weeks. Next
Sunday the War Babies meet the lone
Kaiser Killers on the Egg City dia
mond, and It is expected that the
blood will flow freely when these two
avowed enemies again meet in the na
tional sport. The Lexington boys are
scheduled for a game with the Goose
berry lads next Sunday.
Will Build This Summer.
Present Indications point to consid
erable building in and about Heppner
during the summer months. At the
present time J. G. Thomson and
Frank Monahan are laying plans for
new residences. Mr. Thomson will
erect a modern house of considerable
size on the Court street property re
cently purchased from Ada M. Ayers
and Mr. Monahan will build an up-to-date
farm house on his ranch a
bove town.
FOR RUNT One room with bath.
Gentleman preferred. Inquire at this
office.
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, Oro. 2t.
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SUBSCRIBING for Liberty Bonds does not mean giving anything. It doea not mean even sacrificing unless
you call it that to spend more needfully here and use more needfully there. It means safe, sane, sensible, substantial
INVESTMENT, backed by the best security in the world our whole United States, and from which you will receive
reasonable income in INTEREST.
Compare this degree of patriotism with the kind that la taking our sons, brothers, husbands and fathers
across ,the seas to probable hardship and possible death.
The balance is in their favor if you were to mortgage your entire financial future In order that they may be
backed up with those supplies which represent the means for both PREPAREDNESS and PROTECTION.
The third Liberty Loan is at hand. Don't wait to be personally solicited for your subscriptions. Go to your
bank and VOLUNTEER YOUR DOLLARS.
LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE.
MARK-WILL COMPLETE QUOTA BY SATURDAY
Morrow county has passed the hun
dred thousand dollar mark in the
campaign to raise its quota of $142,
000 In the Third Liberty Loan drive.
Figures available to date show that
Lexington, lone, Cecil, Lena and Pine
City as well as Irrigon have all ex
ceeded their quotas. lone reports
$19,700, thereby exceeding their
quota by $4700. Lexington has gone
over the top In proverbial Lexington
fashion and W. G. Scott of the Lex
ington committee has sent In word
that the total for Lexington to date is
$12,000.
The spirit in every community Is
remarkable. Commlttemen from
lone and Heppner, accompanied by
speakers and other patriotic citizens
went down to Pine City Tuesday ev
ening to assist the district there in
raising Is quota. When they arrived ,
there they found that R". F. Wigles-j
worth had already taken care of the
situation and Pine City's last report!
totaled $16,000 In bond sales. J
Cecil went over the top early in the
drive and a handful of patriotic cit
izens there have purchased bonds am
ounting to $6350. Cecil Is a patriotic
war-working community and the spi
rit they have shown has been the
cause for much favorable comment
from all parts of the county.
The flrst meeting of the drive was
held in lone last Saturday evening,
Hamilton Johnstone of Portland ad
dressing a large audience. The com
mittee at lone has displayed great en
thusiasm and have worked hard In
their end of the county. A large
number of lone people were on hand
at Eight Mile Center last Sunday af
ternoon to greet the delegation from
Heppner and take charge of the meet
ing at the Eight Mile schoolhouse.
Mr. Johnstone Is a speaker of mar
ked ability and the facts which he is
presenting to the people o Morrow
county bring the war situation home
"THE LIBERTY BOND IS VICTORY'S WAND"
in a clear manner. Mr. Johnstone i
has been speaking every day this
week and will close the campaign at
the monster rally in Heppner Satur
day evening.
Owing to the re-arranged schedule,
made necessary by the itlnery of the
soldier speakers, the Hardman meet
ing will be held Friday night and the
Lexington meeting will take place to
night. Owing to the' rush of his speaking
tour, Lieutenant McDonald, of the
Canadian Overseas Regiment, was a
ble to speak only twice in this county
and those who were fortunate enough
to hear him are praising the local
committee for their judgment In
bringing him here. Lieutenant Mc
Donald participated in some of the
hardest fighting of the war to date
and was wounded at the battle of
Ypres. His talk was confined to his
own experiences over there and his
forty minute talk was filled with In
tense Interest.
Another returned Canadian whom
the people of Morrow county are
hearing during the drive is Private
McLaren of the 7th Batallion of the
Canadian Overseas Regiment. Pvt.
McLaren was wounded at Hill 70 in
the battle of Loos. He spent several
years In the United States prior to
the war and traveled for the Sherwin
Williams Paint Co., making Heppner
on several different occasions. He
is enjoying a visit with Frank Gil
liam and L. E. Blsbee, witr whom he
Ham and L. E. Blsbee, with whom he
Latest reports from state head
quarters state that Oregon has gone
over the top in the drive but that the
campaign will continue until Satur
day night.
Pete Farley has purchased an Oak
land Sonsiblo Six from W. R. Irwin
of Minor & Co.
By If. E. Allen, Hlllsboro
BIG SPECIAL
SHOOT SUNDAY
The big special, one hundred bird
social shoot between Heppner and
Pendleton as the final event of the
Inland Empire Trap Shoot Tourna
ment, will be hold at the grounds of
the Heppner Gun Club in this city
next Sunday. Local gun club offi
cials have estimated that between
forty and fifty shooters will compete
in the events of the shoot.
B. R. Patterson, manager of the
Heppner Gun Club, is sending out
programs to all interested trap shoot
ers. It is as follows:
Event 1, Entrance $1.25, Money
division 40-30-20-10. In this event
the five high scores count on the In
land Empire and Columbia-Willamette
Tournaments.
Practice Shoot: Event 2 15
birds, Entrance 75 cents. Shoot for
birds only, Event 3 15 birds, En
trance 75 cents. Money division 40-30-20-10.
Red Cross Shoot: Event 4 10
birds, Entrance 75 cents. Winner
gets $5 War Saving Stamp. Re
mainder after deduction of birds go
es to local Red Cross Society.
Event 5 25 birds, Entrance
$1.25. Money division 40-30-20-10.
Special in this event the five high
scores of Heppner and the five high
scores of Pendleton In event 1
will shoot a match shoot for $10.
Event 6 15 birds, Entrance 75
cents. Money division 40-30-20-10.
Shooting will commence at 9 o'
clock sharp. Any shooter may shoot
for targets only, should he so desire.
Shells will be for sale on the grounds.
The weather was ideal for shoot
ing at the local traps last Sunday and
as a result some excellent scores were
made. Albert Bowker, C. A. Minor,
Hr. A. D. McMurdo and Earnest Clark
all got the limit, making a perfect
25. Oscar Borg was next with 23.
The team total for the shoot was 123,
thus defeating Spokane No. 2 in the
Inland Empire Tournament. Spo-
NINE IRROW HEN
CALLED IN DRAFT
Xew Draft Quota Will Leave Heppner
On April 2(ith For Camp
Lewis.
Nine Morrow county boys have
been, called by the local draft board
to report for military duty under the
selective service law. These men are
scattered all over the country and
some will go to the camps without
reporting here.
In case anything should come up
preventing any one or two of the nine
men leaving at this time, two addi
tional, according to their order num
ber, have also been called up.
The men who will report are:
Royal E. Bebb.JDentral Point, Ore.;
Frank Otto, Boardman, Ore.; Walter
H. Hayes, Heppner; Ben Moore,
Greensboro, N. C; George Thomas
Cook, Heppner; Harry Snyder, Hepp
ner; Robert J. Buschke, Heppner;
Jacob Dexter, Heppner; Albert Lee
Crewdson, Condon, Ore.; Elmer Lee
Matteson, Heppner; Roy Scott, Hepp
ner. The men will report at Heppner
on the evening of April 25th and will
leave for Camp Lewis April 26th, ac
cording to instructions Issued by the
local draft board.
Col. John M. Bentley, Pendleton Pio
neer Visits Here.
Colonel John M. Bentley, Pendle
ton's sterling pioneer, is visiting in
Heppner this week. He is an uncle
of Clyde, Dick, Glen and Jake Wells,
of this city. Mrs. Bentley and the
mother of the Wells boys were sis
ters. Col Bentley has figured promin
ently in the life of Pendleton and
Umatilla county tor years. He was
the assessor of Umatilla county at the
time Morrow county was created. He
also served as sheriff of Umatilla
county. In the early days, Col. Bent
ley engaged in farming and also op
erated a saw mill. , The mill burned
in 1892, during the hard times and
caused a financial loss to its owner of
iss,ooo. "'..v,.;.,,;.:--.
As Col. Bentley says, "I have gone
flat broke two or three times during
my life hut now have sufficient of the
world's goods to get by in comfort
and without working."
Mr. Bentley was an auctioneer in
Umatilla county for 15 years and it
was while following this profession
that he was given the title of colon
el. He was a lieutenant during the
Indian wars.
As a veteran lpdge man, we doubt
if any other man in Umatilla county
can surpass the record of Col. Bent
ley. He wears a veterans jewel in
three orders, the Masonic, Knights of
Pythias and Odd Fellows. He was
the first man to take the rank work
in Damon Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
at Pendleton.
Although Col. Bentley is approach
ing the four score mark in life's jour
ney, he is a very active man. He ma
kes a visit to Heppner every once in .
a while, as he says, "I always get
much pleasure in visiting Heppner,
for I have watched its growth from
the time when the ground was cover
ed only with sage brush and a stage
line ran from Pendleton through to
The Dalles."
THE FEDERATED CHURCH.
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
Preaching service, 11:00 a. m.
The pastor will exchange pulpits
next Sunday with Rev. J. L. Jones, of
lone.
Christian Endeavor, 7:00 p. m.
Topic: "How To Enjoy Sunday."
Leader: Miss Struck. Junior Endea
vor leader: Blanche Groshen.
Evening service, 8:00 p. m.
Please note change of time of ev
ening service.
H. A. NOYES, Pastor.
Increasing Wheat Production.
One of the finest pieces of bunch
grass land in Morrow county is now
being plowed and later will be gives
over to the growing of wheat. Wil
liam Hendrix is plowing up several
hundred acres of sod on his Heppner
Flat ranch. The work is being done
with a Yuba tractor.
kane No. 2 scored 112 last Sunday.
The standing of the teams in the
Inland Empire Tournament are as
follows:
Won Lost Pet. Av.
Kellogg 8 0 1000 117.4
Sunnyslde 6 2 750 118.5
Yakima 5 3 625 120.1
Orovllle 4 4 500 110.6
Walaee 4 4 500 117.7
Colfax-Pal. 4 4 500 114.3
Heppner 3 5 375 116.4
Wenatchee 2 5 286 112. 8
Pendleton 2 5 2S6 114.1
j Spokane - 2 ...2 6 250 111.8