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.i".it .A .Vi If ..) VOL. 35, JiO. 0 HEPI'JiER, OREGON", THURSDAY, MAY 0, 1918. SUBSCKIPTIOX, $1.30 PER YEAR BIGWAR DRIVE W LL START 120 SALIENT FEATURES IX RED CROSS SECOND WAR DRIVE. Date: May 20-27. National quota: $100,000,000 Oregon quota: $600,000. Portland quota: $250,000. Quota, Btate outside Portland, $350,000. Every dollar subscribed goes to Red Cross War Work, 76 of receipts to National Red Cross and 25 to war work of local chapter. Receipts all net to the Red Cross. Expenses of state cam paign will be defrayed by volun tary subscriptions in Portland and by chapters throughout the state, and of local campaigns by voluntary contributions for that purpose. . National quota: $100,000,000 l Portland, May . Ne)i comes the Second War Fund of the American Red Cross for $100,000,000, Oregon plana for which were announced in Portland this morning by Henry L. Corbelt, state chairman. Oregon Is to aim at $600,000. as was the case in the first Red rCoss war drive, wheu over $1,000,000 was subscribed. Portland's quota has been set, as before, at $250,000, while the aim for the state-at-large Is $350,000. For the first time the Red Cross will conduct a campaign through its own organization, the campaign com mittees in each district being selected by the chapter of the Red Cross, which In turn wfll work through their branches and auxiliaries. Mr. Corbett has appointed H. E. Whitman as state manager, and Mr. Wltham, In turn, appointed & series of assistant state managers, who be jan this morning a tour of the state, which will take them to the chapter, headquarters of each district, to as sist In perfecting organization. ' Each assistant manager is one who has made a record previously In Liberty Loan, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. or sim ilar drives, and In some cases, in all of them. The headquarters of both the city of Portland and the state cam paigns will be at Liberty Temple, Portland. The Ued Cross War Fund dollar is really $1.02 for of every dollar sub scribed to the Red Cross in the drive last year, $1.02 has been available, the two cents representing interest. The funds subscribed will be de posited 75 to the credit of the American National Red Cross for war work abroad and 25 for the war work of the local chapter. Not a cent will be expended from the war fund for the expenses of tbe campaign in any way. Eleven hun dred dollars was allowed to Oregon by National headquarters from mem bership dues and this has been ex pended on the printing of receipt books, pledge cards, etc. The expenses of the state cam paign will be raised by voluntary subscription in Portland and by chap ters throughout the state, the local campaigns, both in Portland and throughout the state being handled the same manner. So far as is known, the lied Cross war drive Is the only- fund in which this procedure Is rigidly carried out. In Portland It Is announced the entire campaign will be over in t .vo days. With the exception of $11,000.1)00, whitu will be expended or contracted for before June 1, the $100,000,000 originally subscribed to the Red Cross has been expended. The Second Red Cross War Fund Drive will begin sweeping over the country on May 20. About a year ago this great organization started out to raise ne hundred million dol lars for their war work purposes. They more , than succeeded but so great has been the scope of the work and so great the demand for money, that all of the hundred million has been expended, or is on the road to rapid expenditure, and the loyal cit izens of the Unite States are asked to bring up the second hundred mil lion. This will be another case of "Ore gon First" If every county in the state makes the showing that Morrow county Is going to make. The exc utiva committee, which consists of M. U. Clark, chapter war fund chair man, Sara K. VanVactor, chapter war fund managor, Mrs. Phill Colin, chairman, Phill Colin, war fund cash ier, Mrs. Mary Kenny, W. B. Barratt and C. A. Minor, is planning for the sarao thorough organization that mar ked the success of the first big drive. Other committees which have been appointed to assist in the drive aro the publicity committee, S. A. Pat- , tinon and Arthur R. Crawford; the i transportation committee, John F. Vaugliu, Henry Colin, Bert Bowker. J. G. Thomson and A. L. Ayers; and the speakers committee, S. E. Notson, C. E. Woodson and J. A. Waters. Elmer McDaniel Still With the Liv ing and Keeling Fine. Elmer McDaniel, Hardman young man who enlisted in the marines sev- eral months ago, writes his sister at ' Hardman that he Is still alive and feeling fine. They are enjoying nice weather in France now. He has re- ceived but two letters from home since he crossed over, and naturally he Is anxious to hear more. He states he has not seen Glenn Hadley since he left Quantico, Va. In clos ing he said, "1 will not tell you where I am, but if you are a good guesser, you can guess, otherwise you are out of luck." High School Class Patronize Home Industry, The 1918 graduating class of the Heppner high school has set a new mark for local graduating classes. They are having their announce ments of graduation printed at home. So far as we know, this is the first graduating class in years that has patronized the home printer when it came to getting their announcements. The members of the class are Nor ton d'. Winnard, Loa E. Briggs, Vaw ter Crawford Jr., Neva Hayes, Garnet Barratt, Anna Doherty, Kenneth Binns, Isabel Wilson, Florence Ral ston, Arthur Campbell, Norma Fred eric, Leo Nicholson and Earl W. Gor don. The class has adopted for their motto: "Impossible is Un-American." Their colors are black and red and their class flower is red rose. Charles J. Osten Gets Commission in Army That Charles J. Osten of Heppner, who enlisted last summer In the In fantry of the United States Army and first reported fof training at Vancou ver Barracks, has passed an examin ation which makes him eligible to ap pointment for a second lie " tenancy, is the word that comes from Camp Leon Springs, Texas. Seven men from Oregon graduated in the same officers' training camp with Mr. Os ten and all will be commissioned as suitable vacancies occur. Young Osten's father and mother roside south of Heppner and his sis ter, Mrs. Cason, is a teacher in the Hardman school. Osten is the first young man from Heppner without previous military experience, who has ipfelevd a commission. H nmer's Chief of Police Get's Five Yeats. N. A. Clark, Heppner's police chief received five years. He wasn't sentenced to five years, neither was he given five, years. He has bought five years. A few days ago Mr.'Clark noticed that the Gazetto-Times was going to raise to $2 on July first. He quickly sensed the opportunity of saving some money and immediately came in and paid for five years in ad vance. He also sends the paper to relatives in the East. Case Furniture Making Improve ments, The Case Furniture Store building is undergoing some improvements this week at the hands of T. G. Den isee and his workmen. The drain pipes heretofore carrying the water from the roof to the front of the building have been arranged to carry all the water to the rear. Also the entire front of the building will be remodeled, changing the entrance from the middle of the front to the side. A large plate glass window will be Installed and make for more dis ploy in the furniture. The old wood en awning will also be torn down. COMMUNITY COUNCIL WILL OR GANIZE. Sam B. Van Vactor, chairman of the county council of defense, has called a meeting for Friday evening in the council chambers, at which time the Heppner community council of the county defense council will he organized. The community idea lias been worked out by the state council of defense and it is the plan of that body to organize units in every town and city, thereby effecting a most thorough and closo working organi zation. The community council is open to both men and women and Chairman Van Vactor is urging tho attendance of overy citizen at the meeting Friday night. ROSS SAYS S1ME- I! Echo Wool Buyer Contends That Portland Has Not Been DeMig nutetl As Wool Center. That misleading statements regar ding the present wool situation have been sent out by wool warehouses in Portland, and representatives of Eastern wool firms, is the statement made by Tom Ross, Echo wool buy er, In a recent interview with a rep resentative of the Gazette-Times. "Portland has not been authoriz ed, designated or licensed by the gov eminent as a wool storage center, all reports coming from Portland wool warehouses to the contrary notwith standing," said Mr. Ross. "The report that the government would also pay certain charges is likewise untrue. In fact the details under which the government will take over the wool, have not been fuly worked out. These reports have been sent out by certain agencies re presenting local and eastern houses to induce the grower to consign his wool. I would urge all growers to hold their wool until the complete and final announcement of plans comes from Washington. This an nouncement is expected daily." SIMPSON WIRES OF ASSURED NOMINATION. Portland, Ore., May 8, "Develop-l-.ents of the last few days indicate I will carry Multnomah county. I am confident I will carry Eastern and Central Oregon. This, with my strong vote in Southern Oregon and the coast counties and the excellent showing I will make in the Willam ette Valley, assures my nomination." L, J. SIMPSON. Bend Commercial Club Objects To McNary BUI. Bend, Ore., May 8. The Bend Commercial Club passed a resolution condemning the bill recently intro duced by Senator McNary which would remove about 126 square miles from the National Forest and place it in the Crater Lake National Park, on the ground that the land is needed at this time for grazing.' Re solutions were also passed by the Central Oregon Sheepmen's Associa tion and other livestock associations condemning the enlargement of Cra ter National Park at a time when the Nation is In need of the range for feed purposes. It is not understood here why Senator McNary should have introduced a bill in the senate which would work such an injus tice to the people of the state east of the Cascades. HEPPNER WOMEN TAKE INTEREST IN R G WORK The women of Heppner are show ing an increased interest in Red Cross work and each sewing day finds new faces among the workers at head quarters. Following is a list of the women who have been giving their services since April 20th. Mesdames R. J. Vaughan, Lawson, Borg, F. C. Adkins, Bisbee, Sweek, Fred Elder, Smith, Handy, R. T. Brown, Hanson Hughes, J. H. Gentry, Earle Giljiaui, Stacy Roberts, Sam Hughes, W. O. Bayless, W. G. Mc- Carty, O. E. Farnsworth, Louis Gro shens, Miss Mary Farnsworth, Clyde Wells, F. M. Parker, Ida Stevenson, George Stevenson, Mary Slocum, El mer Slocum, Charlotte Winnard, Lu-, lu M. Hager. W. E. Pruyn, H. C. Gi thens, B. F. Butler, C. E. Fell, C. E. Jones, W. L. Cason, Phill Cohn, Ber tha D. Gilman, S. W. Spencer, F. N. Frye. Last Friday the following workers were present: Mesdames F. P. Vau ghn, R. J. Vaughan, J. H. Gemmell, Jim Gentry, John Iler, Wm. LeTrace, C. K. .Jones, Fred Elder, Borg, Sweek, H. Hughes, Geo. Stevenson, Bisbee, C. B. Cox, Millie Rood, Smead, Mary Farnsworth, O, E. Farnsworth, Fell Andrews, McCarty, J. H, Cox, Winnard, Roberts, Joe Hayes, Geo. Cusou, Lulu Hager, W. 10. Pruyn, Colin, A. E. ' Patterson, Frye, Gilman, Spencer, Kinney, Kel loy, Boyd, IUcliifrdson, Patterson, Cu lick, Mesdames Akors, Adkins, Gen try, Aikon, LeTrace, Elder, Steven son, Smead, Richardson, Boyd and Fell look work home, and also the Christian Church Missionary Society. Mr. ami Mrs. C. C. Rhea of Rhea creek were in Heppner for a few hours ou Tuesday, MEN i MISLEADING LEXINGTON I EGG I Poultry Industry Would Seem to be In the Ascendancy and Gives Promise of Reaching High Point. While the city of Lexington may not Just now be entitled to the dis tinction of being the biggest egg shipping point in the county, she is fast coming to the front in that line, and may yet be called the leading egg and poultry producing section of Morrow county. For many years this, title was held by lone, and that point gained the designation of the "Egg City" and was entitled to take the lead as the greatest egg shipping point in Eastern Oregon. However, the people of the lone country be gan to retire from the poultry busi ness a couple of years ago, owing to the high price 'of feed and severe weather causing the loss of large numbers of chickens and the indus try has not been restored to its for mer Btanding in that section. We have no exact figures on the situa tion at Lexington, as there has been none kept to date. At the present, however, there Is being shipped out of Lexington from 25 to 75 cases of eggs per week, and it is expected that this amount will be greatly increas ed. But very few people are making specialty of poultry raising and the handling of chickens is largely a "side line" as it were, among the farmer folk. Wm. Huebner, who re sides down Sand Holow, a distance of some eleven Or twelve miles out from Lexington, is perhaps the larg est producer of poultry and eggs, arid he is now delivering in Lexington each- week from five to ten cases. Mr. Huebner makes a specialty of poultry raising and is known as "the chicken man" of Sand Hollow. While getting his homestead in shape he has engaged in raising chickens and has made a success in this line. From' what we were able to team. Mr. -Huebner is dobig. sufficiently well that he does not need to worry about whether crops turn but well br not; biddy will keep tfiings moving on the farm and will also" assist in keeping up the bank account. A little later we shall have some exact figures on the egg shipments from Lexington, and in .the' meantime expect to "wat ch Lexington grow" in this particu lar line oi production. Wheat About All Shipped. ."By the; end of this week all the wjieat stored in the Lexington ware houses will bave been shipped. Ev ery bushel In the Leach & Scott house was loaded !out Inst week, and the crew hasj been busy tins week load ing an nsverags of six cars per day from th Burgoyue warehouse, and by the ehd of the week this will be cleared, !thuB making ready for the new crop. And we have also the in formatioii, that aside from a few- small lotf of barloy, this cleans up the grain situation at this point. The Leach & Scott warehouse now has ! some 801,00(1' pounds of wool in stor age, having .received the t arty, Cur ran, Doderty and Wsrd clips. This is abouj all the wool Hint Is tribu tary to jLexiiiuton. ', .Cjops Are Looking Well. In getting a line on the crop' con ditions jn and around Lsxington this week, our reporter was reliably in formed j that 'there is little to com plain of. Fall wheat is coming along in excellent .shape and makes promise of a biimper crop, while the early Spring i sowing is also doing well. There seems to be a rather poor showlMf: at this time with the later Springsowrr grain, but it is expected that this will come out all right with some fain. The Lexington people, generally speaking, are not caring for heavy : rains just now, fearing that the grin would become too rank and tender. ItVtands In need of tough ening and the present weather con ditions are'about right for this. It'was the pleasure of our repre sentative tins week to meet and torin the acquaintance of W. T. Gerard, one of' tho'more recent additions to the Kirmitfg section of Lcxingtou. Mr. Gerard while getting located on a piele of ;iand out from town about six miles Viuth a view to engaging in wheat rais&ig, is also a carpenter by trade and 'at present Is assisting XI. D. Thicker on the McMillan house. He has also done quite a lot, of build ing in and' around town since com ing to Lexington four years ago. Mr. Gerard will eventually bseonie one of tho leading farmers of the Lexing ton section. Lew Holmes this week sold the bill of lumber for the new ham on the; Nelson farm, mention of which was I made in these columns hut week. The structure will bo erected largely- SHIPPING according to plans furnished by the Tuin-A-Lum Company. Karl Beach is busy this week in stalling the plumbing in the new Mc-! Millan residence. Heled Organize Home Guard. A number of members of the Hepp ner Home Guard went to lone last Monday evening following drill and assisted the lone. boys in organiziug a home guard unit. Those who went down were H. Fred Tash, Thos. E. Chldsey, Herbert Driskell, Gay M. Anderon, Jesse O. Turner. Arthur R. Crawford, J. L. Wilkins, E. M. Shutt, W. Claude Cox, Chas. Thomson, Wal ter Cason and F. R. Brown. FRANCIS O'SULLIVAN. Francis O'Sullivan, aged 20 years, a nephew of Mrs. E. L. Buckman of Heppner, passed away at the old Slocum Mill on Rhea creek last Sat urday. Mr. O'Sullivan had gone to the mountains but a short time be fore, hoping that the mountain cli mate might prove beneficial to his health. Last winter Mr. O'Sullivan and his sister, Miss Mary, had charge of the Eastern Hotel while Mr. and Mrs. Buckman were Tisltlng In the east. The deceased was a native of the state of New York, but had lived a number of years in Portland, where the body was shipped for burial.' M. R. Morgan of lone was a Wed nesday visitor jn Heppner. The Christian Endeavorers of the Federated Church will hold a food sale at the Phelps Grocery store Sat urday May 11, at 11 o'clock, The proceeds of the sale will be spent for song books for the society. County Agents Hold Conference at Ontario Starting with the annual meeting Of the Cattle and Horse Raisers As sociation at Ontorio, a party made up , of Paul V. Maris, State Leader 'of County Agents; E. L. Potter, Prof, of Animal Husbandry at O. A. C.;-0; M. Nelson, In charge of the sheet) work; L. E. McDaniels, J. L. Peter son and W. S. Dutton of the Forest" service, and county agents from .Crook, Deschutes, Morrow,' Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Baker counties, made a tour of Baker and Union counties where conferences were held at a number of he farms. After visiting the Herfords of Her bert Chandler of Baker, and Andrew Blockland of LaGrande and the Shorthorns of Green and Sons, W. J. Townley, Sherman Hutchinson, and M. Delays all near Union, one can see no need for the cattlemen going East to buy range bulls. Here in Oregon are the best type at prices that the Easterner cannot beat. The farms of William Pollman off ered a good demonstraton as to what could be done with run down land" when its improvement was carefully planned. .Mr. Pollman is one of the leading stockmen of the state and keeps books on his farms so he knows where the profit Is. Contrasting with him is the farm of Home Car nes at North Powder where by ro tation of crops, careful study of con ditions and the same regard for keep ing records, a young man just out of school is making a small farm pay him an income of better than three thousand dollars per year. Perhaps the most interesting part of the trip was the days spent with the stockmen uear .Union where the silo is rapidly becoming one of the fixtures on the farms of those stock breeders. W. J. Townley has used weeds and coarse, grasses that grow up on the ditch banks and along the fence rows w ith excellent results, he rays, "of course the better stuff you put in the silo thei better you will take out," but find that the stock will clean up feed ih the form of si lage that they would not touch other wise. Feeders-generally in that sec tion are substituting a pound of sl-j lage for a pound of, hay or straw, j One day was spent on the range Senator Pierce where he explained how he had been aide to increase the ! McAllister $1, Mrs. Laura Scott $1, carrying capacity of the range 35 per j Mr. ann Mrs. Frank Munkers S2, cent in the past three years. Mr. j Mrs. Lewis $10, Mrs. Fertig $1, Mrs. McDaniels of the forest service gave: Minnie Leach $1, Mrs. Geo. Allyn $1. a demonstration of the methods used p. Lewis $1. Mr. and Mrs. Dormau in estimating the carrying capacity j $2, r. j, Slocum $1. Harry McCor of any range.. "Smack St. Mont Buudv tl. W. L. Hol- The last day, thefarni of Hill, M Kennon and . Coolridge was visited and Mr. MeKemion explained how with silage and cotton seed meal lie was able to produce 12.0 per cent of lambs from a band of ewes that went into the winter in poor condition. .Mr. Playlo showed how ho was able to winter 120 head of stock on feed lliat he grew on his summer fallow. in visits to the farms of Reynolds. : Moss, Hunter and Leadbettor an op- porlunily was. given 'for study ins tho methods followed by the leading horse brooders of Eastern Oregon, j OREGON GETS OF CERS1IIGC1P Reserve Military Camp Authorized by Congress Gives to State Ed ucational Institution Big Duty in Connection With War. ' A Reserve Officers' Tralng Camp will be established at the University of Oregon. A bill which was Intro duced In Congress by Senator Cham berlain creating the same, has been signed and Is now a law. Colonel John Leader, of the British Army, who has been training Oregon stu dents at Eugene in war tactics, has recommended the appointment of Jacob Kanzler, now a captain in the new national army , at Camp Lewis, as - an assistant in the work. Cap tain Kanzler was prominent in civic circles in Portland and took a great Interest In various club activities there before being called to the col ors. , The bill provides a permanent re serve officers' training camp at the University of Oregon. According to the plans laid, the camp will be in continuous operation, turning out officers in about the same time as required by other training camps now In operation. Nearly 300 stu dents of the university and about 35 faculty members are planing on work. ' "A good many members of the home guards will join the reserve officers' training camp," Bald Colonel Leader. "The home guard oftanl zatlons have done much, with but little encouragement and backing in giving their members training. In Lane county there are now 28 com panies and every member is working on an average of six hours a week. They have provided their own uni forms and taken a most commenda ble interest in their organization." All males between the ages of 18 and 45, who can pass a successful physical examination, will be eligi ble to join" the training camp, which will be in active charge of Colonel Leader. BORN Heppner Sanatorium on Wednesday evening to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith of Lexington, a 10-lb. son. The boy has been named James Olin. Mother and son doing fine. Lexington, Ore., May S. (Spe cial to the Gazette-Times) The Lexington branch of the Red Cross wish to take this method to thank all those who gave their money for relief work. Thirty dollars was re ceived from the Odd Fellows, for whom the ladies served supper. The number of Odd Fellows was less than epected, but they paid the full am ount nevertheless. Fifty dollars was also received from Miss Pearl Streeter, teacher in the W. H. Padberg district school. The money was raised by a basket social given for the benefit of the Red Cross, Lexington branch. This am ount from one of the school districts greatly encourages the faithful work ers. Miss Streeter is the first teacher to send in money, of some half dozen that were requested to help. Following is the list of contribu tors to the fund which sent Lexing ton's delegate to the Red Cross In stitute at Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Eskelson $1, Earl Eskelson ..50, Mrs. Sanford Green $1, E. H. Zochert $1, Mrs, j0iln McMillan .50. Mrs. Jane mes $1. Twenty five dollars of this $2S was turned over to Mrs. Karl Bench for expenses on the trip am! the balance was turned into the re lief fund. The following women were pre sent and registered for work at head- quarters on Saturday. May 4. , Delhi McMillan. Mrs. Margaret Mr.. Wii- mot. Sadie Lewis. Cora Allyn. Nora Grron. Edna. Miinkt-n, Mrs. T. I,. Dormau. Mrs. 10. J. McAliiater. Olhi Ward, .Myrtle Heauey, El.de M. Beach, -Mrs. Ethel C.arenger, Mrs. Kph EtLoUuu and Gladys Uenge.