THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPPVEK, OREGOX. THTRSD IY, APRIL IX, 1918.
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THE GAZhTlE-HMES
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March 30. 18S3.
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MOHKOW COl'MTY OFFICIAL PAPER
THE HERALD, Mil. VAX VACTOH
AM) MK. TITTLE.
The Gazette-'l.mes has been called
to account for its article of two
weeks ago regarding the charges
made upon Jos. E. Tuttle govern
ment agent, by the Heppner Herald.
We stated that so tar as we could
ascertain at that time the charges
made by the Herald were unjustifi
able and that Mr. Tuttle had not re
ceived a square deal.
Now we are not Championing the
cause of any man. We are here to
stand for principles. Principles
that do mean in every sense, a square
deal for all.
The Gazette-Tinies did not say,
and our friends and readers are well
aware of the fact, we did not say,
"that the people of Morrow county
were not pretty good people, that
they are not straining every energy
to produce wheat and wool and meat
to feed our armies and our allies."
All that is entirely foreign to the
case in point. We don't need to say
that the people of Morrow, county
stand at the head in all patriotic en
deavor. That is too well known. And
as to being a "champion" of the peo
ple of this county, we are ready to
stake our reputation against any
thing the Herald might wish to throw
up, either by insinuation or direct ut
terance.
However, we have no desire to ac
cuse the Herald of things of which
it is not guilty.
When the article first appeared in
that paper regarding the attiude of
Mr. Tutle, we inquired into the mat
ter at some length. We did find that
there had been a dispute between Mr.
Van Vacor and Mr. Tuttle. We did
not find that any farmers, stockmen
and business men were complaining
of the treatment they had received
at his hands.
Therefore our article was written
in the spirit that Mr. Tuttle had been
unjustly dealt with by the Herald.
We do not ask for leniency for Mr.
Tuttle if his actions were ungentle
manly and unbecoming an official.
Our people are entitled to fair treat
ment and this paper Intends to use
its influence at all times to see thai
they get it. The spirit of Morrow
county people is to be fair, and the
people have a right to demand that
they be accorded the treatment they
would 6lve.
The statement made by the Herald
was to the effect that widespread in
dignation among farmers, stockmen
and business men had resulted from
the attitude of Mr. Tuttle. Since the
Herald's article of last week we have
Inquired of the majority of signers
of the letter to Hon. Milton A. Mil
ler of Portland. Those who had
dealings with Mr. Tuttle found him
courteous, the rest of the majority
did not have any direct dealings with
him. We fail to see where widespread
indignation comes in.
If Mr. Tuttle was discourteous in
his manner and offended a small
number, and if that was his general
attitude, we offer an apology to the
Herald. As yet we have not been
thoroughly convinced that "wide
spread indignation" resulted.
We are awaiting the letter from
Mr. Miller, in order that tjie minds
of a troubled people may be put at
ease and that the liberty loan quota
may go over the top with flying col
ors. We also understand that charges
have been filed against Mr. Tuttle
through S. E. Van Vactor. If this is
not correct, we stand corrected.
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"WHEN WE WI.V AXD XOT BE
FORE." Morrow county people had that
rare opportunity during the days of
the last week to hear once more from
the men who have been "over there."
Lieutenant McDonald and Private Mc
Laren, both of the Canadian overseas
contingent, brought the same cheery
message, that in the end victory will
rest upon the side of right and civili
zation will be provided for in all the
days to come.
It was the greatest feeling of sat
isfaction that the Canadians learned
that the United States had come in to
help finish the fight for free nations.
Here was a great nation of people
whose able leader had granted many
points, and the country had suffered
continuous insults in order that we
might avoid war. Yet when the die
was cast, after we could no longer
maintain our position as a free peo:
pie and Ktill put up with Prussian ar
rogance and insults, we proceeded to
get into the the fray with both feet.
Canada more than any other, unless
it was France, appreciated our posl-1
lion and were fully able to realize'
what our "force In the war would
mean. j
The bond of friendship which has
always existed between the people of j
Canada, (many of tliem born in the
I'nited States) and tii-- p 'ople of this
country, makes the cause more in
common and easier to understand.
Therefore when one of these returned
heroes comes to tell of the things
over there, we can completely under
stand him. His position is identical
with ours, and what be went through
our boys will go through. What he
saw there, our boys will see and the
spirit with which he fought moves
our boys to fight like ho fought.
Private McLaren was asked when
the war will end. The question was
answered promptly, "when we win
and not before." WIv n will we win?
That is the questiou. In the words
of Private McLaren, '".he fight will go
m for two years at 1 ost, from indi
cations at the present time." He ex
plained this by telling of the condi
tions which the allies have had to
face ever since the Germans began to
march through Belgium. Hun meth
ods of warfare, trickery and all the
unheard-of methods of fighting. These
methods are now being combatted in
kind by the allies and the tide of the
battle is turning. Victory will be in
sight after the Hun hordes have been
driven back acrossi the Rhine, the
kaiser and his war party forced down
and out and the world menace for
ever removed. But the words of
Private McLaren should remain ever
foremost in the minds of the Amer
ican people, "the war. will end when
we win and not before."
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OVER THE TOP IX ONE WEEK.
As Chairman of the Third Liberty
Loan Committee of Morrow County
and on behalf of the executive com
mittee, we wish to express our thanks
to the speakers, soliciting commit
tees, and patriotic citizens who gave
their sen-fees and the use of their
automobiles so freely and were the
means of Morrow County going over
the top so easily and readily. It was
due to the untiring efforts of the pa
triotic citizens that this feat was so
easily accomplished.
Vv" e wish also to express our thanks
to all who took part In the various
programmes and by so doing made
same a success.
Morrow County's quota was $142,-
000 and we have already subscribed
about $170,000, which goes to show
that Morrow county Is always on the
job and ready to do her part.
This represents another hard blow
at the Kaiser. May he never recov
er. J. A. WATERS, Chairman.
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PREPARE FOR WATER LINES.
Thougr the shipbuilding capacity of
the country during the next year may
be taken up too much with ocean
craft to leave much margin for boats
and barges for Inland waterways, the
present time is not too early to pre
pare fcr water transportation. No
less important than vessels are the
wharves and connections with land
lines railroad and highway and
these should begin to run. It is time
for river communities to begin action
on the suggestion of Harold Rands,
who Is surveying Upper Columbia
River transportation for the Port of
Portland Commission.
All the conditions now favor build
ing solidly the most modern and eco
nomical wharves, warehouses and ma
chinery for loading and unloading at
river ports. Hitherto capital has
avoided such investments because
they depended for traffic en steamers
which might be driven out of business
by railroad competition and by their
own obsolete character. The railroads
are now in the hands of the Govern
ment, which will not permit the com
petitive practices which were former
ly in vogue, and the railroads are so
overloaded with traffic that they no
longer compete for it; the traffic com
petes for transportation. The Gov
ernment is eager to restore water
transportation for the purpose of car
rying the great volume of traffic in ex
cess of the capacity of the railroads,
and will build river craft as fast as
the more pressing need of ocean
craft diminishes. j
It is morally certain that, after
daving revived water transportation
to meet the emergency of the war, the
Government will not permit it to fall
into disuse again. The status of the
railroads will be radically changed
after peace is restored, and provision
will surely be made for full co-ordination
of water and rail lines, under
which they will be woven into one
system. Then all communities which
use the waterways can safely proceed
to build anew in confidence that wa
ter lines are coming back to stay.
Building and operation of river
craft are as much the affair of the
towns up the river as of the cities
where river boats meet seagoing
ships, for they benefit also. Provi
sion of steamboats and barges is a
partnership business in which up-river
towns and Portland should Join
for mutual advantage. As the great
port and the largest city of the Col
umbia basin, Portland will naturally
do the most, but the best assurance
of success Is to be found In a combi
nation of forces between the upper
and lower river cities. Oregonian.
WHEAT CRISIS FORGES
CHANGESJN RULES
Households, Eating Houses and
Bakers Must Decrease
Use of Wheat.
FOR SHERIFF.
To the Democratic Voters of Mor
row County:
I hereby announce that I will be
a candidate for the nomination to
the office of sheriff at the primary el
ection, which will be held on Friday,
May 17, 1918.
Respectfully,
11. C. GITHKNS.
Urgent military necessities of the
United State and the Allies has
forced a more drastic restriction In
the wheat conservation program.
Coupled with an earnest appeal to all
I Individuals, households, public eating
places and bakers of bread and paa-
tries for their co-operation and sup
port, Herbert C. Hoover has issued a
new set of rules designed to further
reduce wheat consumption In this
country until the next harvest
These rules and Mr. Hoover's per.
sonal appeal are given out through
Mr. W. B. Ayer, Federal Food Admin.
Istrator for Oregon, In the following
message:
"If we are to furnish the Allies with
the necessary proportion of wheat to
maintain their war bread from now
until the next ha'rvest (and this is a
military necessity) we must reduce
our monthly consumption to twenty
one million bushels a month as against
our normal consumption of about
forty-two million bushels or fifty per
cent of our normal consumption, re
serving a margin for distribution to
the army and for special cases, leav
ing for general consumption approxi
mately one and one-halt pounds of
wheat products weekly per person.
Many of our consumers are dependent
upon baker's bread. Such bread must
be durable and therefore requires a
larger proportion of wheat products
than cereal breads baked in the home.
"The well-to-do in our population
can make greater sacrifices in the
consumption of wheat products than
can the poor. In addition our popu
lation in the agricultural districts,
where the substitute cereals are abun
dant, are more skilled in the prepara
tion of breads from these other cereals
than the crowded city and Industrial
populations. With improved transpor
tation conditions we now have avail
able a surplus of potatoes. W also
have in the spring months a surplus
of milk and we have ample corn and
oats for human consumption. The
drain on rye and barley as substitutes
has already greatly exhausted the sup
ply of these (rains.
"To effect the needed savins; of
wheat we ar wholly dependent upon
the voluntary assistance of the Amer
ican people and we ask that the fol
lowing rules shall be observed:
First Householders to use not to
xceed a total of on and one-halt
pounds per week of wheat products
per person. This means not' more
than one and three-fourths pounds of
victory bread containing the required
percentage of substitute and about
one-half pound of cooking flour, mac
aroni, crackers, pastry, pie, cakes,
wheat breakfast cereals all combined.
Second Public eating places and
clubs to observe two wheatless days
per week, Monday and Wednesday, as
at present, and In addition thereto not
to serve In the aggregate a total of
more breadstuffs, macaroni, crackers,
pastry, pies, cakes, and wheat break
fast cereals containing a total of more
than two ounces of wheat flour to any
one guest at any one meal. NO
WHEAT PRODUCTS TO BE SERV
ED UNLESS SPECIALLY ORDERED.
Public eating establishments not to
buy more than six pounds of wheat
products per month per guest, thus
conforming with limitations requested
of the householders.
Third Retailers to sell not more
than one-eighth of a barrel of flour
to any town consumer at any one time
and not more than one-quarter of a
barrel to any country customer at
any one time and in no case to sell
wheat products witl.out the sale of an
equal weight of othsr cereals. ',
P'ourth We ask the bakers and
grocers to reduce the volume of vic
tory bread sold by delivery of a
three-quarters pound loaf where one
pound was sold before and correspond
ing proportions in other weights. We
also ask bakers net to increase the
amount of their wheat flour pur
chases beyond seventy per cent of the
average monthly amount purchased in
the four months prior to March first.
Fifth Manufacturers using wheat
products for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely.
Sixth There Is no limit upon the
nse of other cereal flours and meals,
such as corn, barley, buckwheat, po
tato flour, et cetera. Many thousands
of families throughout the land are
now using no wheat products what
ever except a very small amount for
cooking purposes, and are doing bo
In perfect health and satisfaction.
There Is no reason why all of the
American people who are able to cook
In their own households cannot sub
sist perfectly well with the use of less
wheat products than the one and one
half pounds a week allowed. We spe
cially ask the well-to-do households
in the country to follow this additional
programme so that we may provide
the necessary marginal supplies for
those parts of the community less able
to adapt themselves to so large a pro
portion of substitutes and in order
that we shall be able to make the
wheat exports that are absolutely de
manded of us to maintain the civil
population and soldiers of the Allies
and our own army.
"With the arrival of the new harvest
we should be able to relax such re
strictions, but until then we ask for
the necessary patience, sacrifice, and
co-operation of the distribution trades
and public,"
THE FEDERATED CHURCH.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Theme of morning sermon: "What
Are Our Religious Services Worth
to the Community?" .
Christian Endeavor 7:00 p. m.'
Topic: "What and How To Read."
Leaders, Ritha Owen and Nellie
Clark. j
Junior leader, Lois Reld. :
Evening service 8:00 p. m. Ser-'
mon subject: "Unintentional Fail-!
ure."
H. A. NOYES, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Sunday, April 21.
Bible school at 10:00 a. m.
The women of C. W. B. M. will
have entire charge of the morning
service, to begin at 11 a. m. They
have prepared an interesting and
helpful program. Be sure to attend.
C. E. meeting at 7:00 p. m.
Preaching service at 8 p. m. Sub
iect: "Parables of the Kingdom
Growth."
Thursday midweek service at 8 p.
m.
F. A. ANDREWS. Pastor.
Jess Beardsleys Have Daughter.
A ten pound daughter arrived at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Beard
sley at The Dalles on April 12. The
young lady's grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Slocura of this county.
Off For Livestock Survey.
County Agent F. R. Brown left
It-ppner today for Pendleton, where
e will join County Agent Sen rock
t "Jmatilla county, and together they
vill go on to Malhuer county. A
ine day conference will be held am
ng county agents and livestock men
n Malhuer county and the final day
f the session will wind up in Union
ounty.
Will Poison Squirrels.
During the week of April 22 to 27
representative of the U. S. Biolog
ical survey wilUbe here In Morrow
ounty to assist the county agent in
giving demonstrations In the best
methods for controlling rabbits,
squirrels and gophers. Those Interr
ed in helping to fight these destrnc
lve pests should notify the county
agent at once.
Took Slacker To Vancouver.
Sheriff George McDuffee returned
Tuesday from Vancouver Wash.,
where he took George Carter, an al
leged slacker. Carter also showed
some symptoms of an I. W. W. Dur
ing his confinement In the county jail
he made one attempt at breaking
out. He had dug his way through
the stone wall of the jail and had it
not been for Wm. Ayers and his wife,
the prisoner would have gained lib
erty. Government officials have ta
ken up the case.
The Busy Season
of the Year
Now confronts Business-man,
Farmer and Stockman
In order that all may render max
imum service to our country in this, her
trying year, every facility should be
utilized for production of all necessities.
All issues of Liberty Bonds have been
oversubscribed; we should now apply
our energies to preparation for the
next, which is sure to come.
m
We are willing and prepared to as
sist all deserving in the production of
these necessities and in their prepara
tion for future calls of the Govern
ment, and we invite the opening of ac
counts, with these ends in view.
The First National Bank
of Heppner
ASSETS OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS
Will Not Run.
Floyd Fraser, young Gooseberry
farmer, was in Heppner the' first of
the week meeting friends. There
had been much rumor that Mr. Fras
er would be a candidate for ther re
publiran nomination for sheriff.
When interviewed he acknowledged
that he had given the matter some
consideration but had finally decided
not to make the race. He intends
to go to Portland shortly, in company
with his father-in-law, Frank Hol
mes of lone.
i Belgian Relief Commission Sends
1 hunks.
The Morrow County Chapter of
the American Red Cross has received
the following acknowledgement from
the Commision for Relief in Belgium.
"To the Morrow' County Chapter,
A. R. C, Heppner, Oregon.
The Commision for Relief in Bel
glum begs to acknowledge with many
thanks your generous donation of
clothing shipped March 25th 1918.
EDWARD J. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Treasurer.
Miss Josephine Richardson was
confined to her home a few days the
first of the week cn account cf a se
vere co'd which ha.l affected her cyos.
She is now ablo to resume her dutic:;
!) ilie cilice of he Morrow County
Abstract Co.
Echo Shearing Co. Incorporated.
The Umatilla Shearing Company.
Is the new name of the corporation
just organized to handle the Echo
sheep shearing plant. The company
is capitalized at $5000, and Echo is
the principal place of business of the
company. Incorporators are Ralph
A. Holte, Don Pruitt and W. B. Phil
lips. The company is Incorporated for
convenience In handling the business
of the plant. The principal stock
holders are Stanfield Bros., Jos. Cun
ha, Wm. Slusher, Anton Vey and Joe
Monese. Echo News.
Will Preach at Hardman.
Rev. F. A. Andrews, pastor of the
First Christian church, will hold
morning service at Hardman next
Sunday.
Made In Oregon
Ladies' Waists
In Lawn, Voile, Crepedechine and Georgette
Of the Latest Designfrom $1.00 to $10.
Just-Arrived an Assortment of r
Lace Camesole
Trunks, Bags, Suitcases
From $1.75 up
Thomson Bros.