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0 1V Gazeti Times VOL 35, NO. 8. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1918. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAJl WITHYGOMBEAND icm WINNERS Primary Election Marked by Light Vote Cast. Contest For State Treasurer Close. The primary election in Oregon is over. Both Governor Withycombe and Senator McNary have received the endorsement of their party mem bers to remain in their high offices. Although final and official returns have ot been checked up, Governor Withycombe has run away from all other candidates in the race for gub ernatorial nomination and Senator McNary has defeated R. N. Stanfleld by better than 20,000 votes. Pome close contests -have develop ed. Up to this time if has not been fully decided whether F. A. Williams or Frank J. Miller has been nominat ed for Public Service Commissioner. Likewise was the race for supreme court judge close, Anally going to C. A. Johns of Portland, leaving John S. Coke and Percy R. Kelley to scrap it out for second place. For state treasurer it Is difficult to nay at this time who has won out. One day the figures favor T. F. Ryan and the next day O. P. Hon has a few hundred the best of it. This office will remain in doubt until the official count has been completed. Ralph Williams defeated Bruce Dennis for Republican National Com mitteeman. Dennis was a strong run ner In Eastern Oregon, where he was better known, but as he approached the Willamette Valley and the heav ier vote casting counties, he lost out badly to Williams. C. H. Gram was nominated over Win. Dalziel for Labor Commissioner, although Dalziel ran strong in many sections of the state. Colon R. Eberhard of La Grande for state senator and C. E. Woodson of Heppner for representative in the legislature received their party'B unanimous endorsement. On the democratic ticket, Oswald West defeated Will R. King for the nomination for the United States Sen atorship. Mr. West has accepted the nomination but has announced that he will not make an active campaign, providing Senator McNary will agree to the same tiling. Will II. Hornlbrook Is democratic national committeeman. Norborue Berkeley of Pendleton will run against Colon R. Eberhnrl for state senator. J. J. Wells and Hugh 0. Cither. are the only democratic aspirants on the county ticket. The republican county ticket now follows: Win. Campbell, county judge; G. A. Illeaknian, county com missioner; J. A. Waters, county Clerk; E. M. Shutt, sheriff; Loy M. Turner, surveyor; M. L. Case, coron er; T. J. Humphreys, treasurer. Chas. R. Pointer and Walter Hill came up from Lexington Tuesday evening to make their report for Lexington in the second Red Cross drive. Two Important Con ferences Are Coming Harvest Wages to be Uniform Wheat Growers to Study Wheat Conditions. (F. R. Brown, County Agent.) The harvest wage question will be taken up at a meeting of farmers of all Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington counties, June 10th at Pendleton. This is important be cause it insures the farmers against the many rumors which will be start ed, and the tendency of hired help to shift about. There is always a cer tain point up to which farmers coop erate, and if In this county we can make that point far enough along so that what ever wage Is adopted will be put Into general practice and giv en the widest publicity possible, there is going to be a great deal less shift ing of harvest hands and consequent ly bettor organized crews. MANY THANKS. I want to sincerely thank the Re publican party of Morrow county for selecting me as its nominee for Sheriff, and also to thank those Dem ocrats who wrote my name on their ballots. I feel highly honored and deeply grateful to my friends throu ghout the county by this renewed expression of confidence and faith In me and the principle tor which I stand. It shall be my constant aim to have my private and public life prove worthy of this splendid trib ute. E, M. SHUTT. STATE HEADQUARTERS SENDS THANKS AND COX- GRATILATIONS. ' Phlll Cohn, . . War Fund Cashier, Heppner, Oregon. Give our congratulations and the thanks of the American Red Cross to your workers and the people of Morrow county. We confidently expect Oregon over the top by Wednesday. H. L. CORBETT, Chairman H. E. WITHAM, Manager Will Make Home on Tumalo Project. Mrs. J. H. Gemmell left Heppner this, Thursday, morning, to Join her husband near Tumalo, In Crook county, where they have purchased forty acres of land under the irrlga tlon project. Mr. Gemmell has been on his new place since the last of March. Their son Walter lives near that place. Mr. Gemmell has been a farmer all his life and after retiring for a few years, became restless to get back into the harness again, and consequently bought land In the Tumalo project. His big wheat farm just south of Heppner is farmed by his son Chester. Glenn Jones Given Farewell. A number of friends held a little party for Glenn Jones last Tuesday upon the eve of his return to duty at Mare Island, California where he l& an apprentice seaman in the U. S Navy. Beside the honor guest there were present the Misses Hannah Wilson, Ruth Van Vactor, Sibyl Ca son, Laurralne Groshens, Muriel Ca son, Ruth Charroin, Isabel Wilson, Florence Ralston and Mrs. E. O. Hen drlcson and Messrs. Albert Adklns, Henry Aiken, Jas. Kenny, Max Rog ers, Vawter Crawford and Leo Nich olson. The affair was given In the nature of a picnic. Red Cross Inaugurates Communica tion Service. The United States Government has asked the American Red Cross to op erate a plan for restricted communi cation between persons In this coun try and their relatives or friends in enemy, or ally of enemy, countries or in provinces occupied by them. The Red Cross will endoavor to deliver all proper messages without cost to the Inquirer but the delivery of messages cannot be guaranteed. In the Chapter organization, Com munication Servico shall be bundled under the direction of the secretary. Only purely personal family mes sages should he accepted. Messages relating to the financial or political matters or matters of public interest cannot be forwarded. A single communication cannot be addressed to more than one person in enemy territory. The High School Annual. Near the end of this month the Heppner High School Annual, the "Hehlsch," will come off the press. This book presents all the phases of school life In a very Interesting and pleasing manner and also contains many pictures of students and stu dent activities. It serves as a kind of record by which one can tell the edu cational progress of the school, for it is gotten up entirely by the students and the style of the annual repre sents the style of the students. The annual this year is better than ever before, although not bigger. The size of the annual was left the same as the last year's because of the high prices caused by war-time conditions, and the great financial demand upon all the people by different war funds which the government has called up on them to support. However, the price of the annual has not increased, and 75c handed to any H. II. S. stu dent will bring you an annual. This is a very small amount for the real worth of the book, but it Is not the Intention of the school to make a profit on it, but a small charge has to be made to defray publication ex penses. If you are In a position where you cannot see a high school student, 75c sent to Garnet Barratt, Subscription Managor, "Ilohlsch," will bring you an annual. Buy Your Fuel Early, Portland, Or., May 23. Organiza tions of men and women, from Cham bers of Commerce to club federations are being urged by Fuel Administra tor Holmes to take an activo part in "Order Your Fuel Early Week," which will be nationally observed June 3-8. During the week everyone Is asked to put in their fuel order tnd remind others to do the same. By this means declared Mr. Holmes today, the wood and coal dealers will be in position to secure the fuol for early delivery and linnnnill nnmiTii AiiimirA I I I htii ! i T w v i m m A m. nunnuw buunii mm mm MR RECORD-SlpDO FOR RED CROSS Morrow county has smashed an other war record. Records are be ing smashed in this county so regu larly that they are Just about to lose their news value. When Morrow county fails in a war drive we will have an unusual scoop indeed. The latest: Morrow county has raised 112,000 for the Second Red Cross War Fund Drive, thereby ex ceeding her quota $2,000. An out standing feature of the drive lies in the fact that every district has ex ceeded its allotment. It would be hard to say what district Is deserv ing of the greatest honor. The hon ors are pretty evenly divided. There were no districts In this county out after any special honors, other than h'anding a good, direct jolt to the Kaiser, by boosting the mercy fund. Although complete returns are not in, Chairman Clark has handed us a tabulated form which shows that the amount subscribed up to Thurs day morning Is $11,957.10, which will be boosted well over the $12,000 mark when returns are completed. The returns show the following con tributions from the various districts: Heppner $ 5,144.15 lone ' 1,233.00 Lexington 2,095.25 Hardman 691.95 Liberty w 743.00 Eight Mile . 275.00 Lena . 378.00 Pine City 558.00 .Morgan 260.00 Cecil 207.00 Irrigon 204.00 Boardman 167.25 $11,957.10 TWENTY ONE YEAR MEN WILL REGISTER Portland, Ore., May. Wednesday, June 5, has been officially designated as Registration Day throughout the United States, for all young men who have attained the age of 21 years since draft Registration day one year ago. On Wednesday, June 5, every 21- year-old man in the United States must appear at the registration place designated by his local draft board, and register. The only exceptions are men al ready in military or naval service. Special arrangements have been made whereby absentees and those too ill to appear at the registration places may register by mail. But they must all register. Fail ure to do so makes the guilty young man liable to imprisonment for one year. And ignorance of the fact that June 5 is Registration Day will not be accepted as an excuse. The bur den of Informing themselves as to the place and date of registration Is placed on the men themselves. Registration will be In charge of the local boards In their respective districts. They are required to post Immediately a list of the registra tion places. These registration places will be open from 7 o'clock the morning of June 5 until 9 o'clock that night. They will be in charge of officials of the local draft boards. June 5 has been selected as the date for Registration Day because it is the anniversary of the first draft Registration Day, when approximate ly 10,000,000 men between the ages of 21 and 30 years, Inclusive, regis tered for the draft. This Registration Day Is only for men who have reached the age of 21 years, thus coming within the draft age, since ast Registration Day. Oregonians won't have to wcrry about heatless days next winter. The need of securing supplies as soon as possible has made even mero urgent by the decision of the Govern ment to virtually suspend Importa tion of California fuel oil into Oregon. Curtailment of oil will make it neces sary to ship more than 150,000 tons of coal above the normal demand. In addition, thousands of extra cords of wood will be used by plants now employing oil, This will in turn add greatly to the demands on the already overburdened railroads for more cars and greatly Increases the possibility of a shortage this fall. Round-Up Board Makes Gift, As a compliment to herself and her "queen" mother, Mrs. Frank Cronan, little Miss Nancy Eileen Cronan is to be presented with a set of silverware, the gift of the Pendleton Round-Up board. The presentation was to be uiado today by Sheriff Tllinan D. Tay The districts which have not sent In complete returns are Heppner, lone, Lena, Hardman, Irrigon and Boardman. Of these, Hardman is the only district which has not yet reached its allotment, and Miss Nellie Wright, who is managing the cam paign there, royorts that they will go over the top before the end of the week. A big patriotic meeting will be held there to arouse a greater en thusiasm. Cecil has gone over the top with that customary promptness and re ports a percentage of 207. Wm. Beymer and Henry Cohn had a small territory up Hinton creek and gathered In $500, averaging almost $100 to the mile covered. Morgan was given an allotment of $150 and has made a return of $260. Pine City's allotment was $376 and E. O. Neill, chairman of that district, sends In $558. Called to Portland By Death of Brother. Spencer Akers of the Peoples' Hardware Co., was called to Portland Wednesday on account of the death of his brother, E. M. Akers. Mr. Akers had been in poor health for several years. He formerly lived In this county aiid also in Pendleton. The deceased leaves a widow and two children. Carl Yount, lone wheat buyer, Is In Heppner today. Dr. McMurdo reports the arrival oi an 11-lb. daughter at the home of Mr. ,and Mrs. Wm. Salzwedel west of ! Heppner on Wednesday. T A SCRAP OF PAPER" The Senior class 6f Heppner high school will participate In the final dramatics of their high school car eer when they present the three act comic drama, "A Scrap of Paper" to the Heppner public at the Opera House on Wednesday, May 29th. An admission price of 50 cents will be charged, one half to go to the Red Cross and the other half to defray various class expenses. The play, which is considered one of the best ever put on the stage in Heppner, is filled with action throughout. Prosper Couramont, one of the leading characters, Is tak en by Garnet Barratt. Couramont comes from the Sandwich Islands to find a wife. At the home of Brise- j mouche, where he is visiting he Is surprised to find Louise de la Gla- I clere. Brisemouche Is Vawter Craw ford and Louise de la Glaciere is Loa Briggs. In the character of Baron de la Glaciere will be found Leo Nicholson. It transpires that a let ter, written by Louise to Prosper three years before, was left In a stat uette and never received by Prosper. He perceives a diplomatic advantage In possessing the letter, and soon contrives to get it out of its place of concealment. Suzanne de Ruseville, Norma Frederic, and a cousin of Louise, helps her sister In the search of Prosper's apartment, and discovers the letter. It Is thrown out of the window by Prosper, and from there on there is a frantic search by every one. In the end, however, the paper is burned and Prosper rejoices that he has found a wife smarter than himself. In the supporting cast are Arthur Campbell, Kenneth Bfnns, Is abel Wilson, Neva Hayes, Anna Doh erty and Florence Ralston. lor, wlio was "King Joy" at the Port land Rose Festival two years ago, w hen "Queen Muriel'' reigned at that fete. Nancy Eileen's gift consists of a large size feeding plate, a cup, knife, fork and spoon, the former two pieces engraved with her name, and the three smaller ones bearing the Ini tials "N. E. C." The entire set is of heavy sterling silver and of an fe pecially pretty pattern. Mrs. Roy T. Bishop selected the gift for the mem bers of the board. Mrs. Cronan and baby daughter are a present the guests of the for mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Saling. Mr. Cronan Is in the federal service, stationed at Camp Lewis. Pendleton East Oregouian. Crushed Rot for Sale The city of Heppner will furnish crushed rock at $2.10 per yard at crusher, or $2.50 delivered anywhere in town. For Sole Barred Rock cockerels, $2.60 each. WIGHTMAN BROS., Heppner, 2mo. LENA SHOWS SHE IS DECID- EDLV OX THE MAP BY RAISING BIG MONEY FOR RED CROSS. Lena is on the map. In fact Lena has been on the map lor a good long time, but was not sat- isfied with things she had done in the past. This accounts for the overwhelming success of the big dance and auction sale which was held last Friday night In Woodward hall. A turkey, calf horse and sheep, as well as a hog pulled down good money at the auction block. The dance was also a money getter and as a re- suit, Lena has turned over $279 suit, Lent has turned over $279 to the Morrow County Chapter of the Red Cross. Oscar R. Otto, who furnished music for the dance, donated his services and the $10 was turned back for the Red Cross. The Gazette-Times Honor Roll. Renewals for the week were Mrs. Geo. Cook, Bellingham, Wash; Ar thur Smith, Frank Turner, Sherman Wakefield, Walter Cason, J. L. Yea- ger, Heppner; E. L. Reaney, W. E. Pointer, Justus A. Miller, Lexington; Cleve Walton, Fox; J. H. Gemmell, Tumalo; C. M. White, Portland; Chas. Bartholomew, Echo; W. W. Cryder, Pendleton; Chas. Shaver, lone; Martin Lovgren, Eight Mile; Frank Woods, Echo; Grover Goff, Gurdane; Tom H. Deen, Portland. New Subscribers were Chas. Edwards, Granite; William D. Brooks, Port land; Bert Kramer and Miss Martha B. Struck, Heppner. Domestic Art Exhibit. There will be an exhibit of articles made during the school year by the Domestic Art Classes, at the high school next Tuesday. This exhibit will include work done by the high school girls, who are taking domestic art. and the grls of the grades. All parents and friends are cordially in vited to come and inspect the work which the girls have done. The Do mestic Art Room will be open to vis iters on Tuesday, May 28, from 1:00 to 5:00 o'clock. WERE YOU MISSED? Owing to the fact that this is a busy time of year, it was planned to put the Red Cross Drive for this comity over in one or two days. In the rush of covering the territory, some peple were not found at home, and others were missed in some other way. This was not intentional. If you were missed by the solicitor, do not get mad about it . Simply drop into Mr. Van Vactor's office and leave your subscription, or call up one of the captains' or solicitors and author ize him to sign up for you. In many counties, the laboring men have adopted the plan of giving at least one day's wages, whatever that might be. They figure that they can give one day when so many are giving all the time they can possibly spare. So, if you are a laborer and want to give one day's wages, let one of the solic itors know. A Heppner boy, about 13 years old, when he discovered that he had been over-looked, got on his wheel and followed two solicitors, overtook them, and insisted upon con tributing a dollar. He has the 100 per cent, spirit. If you were missed, make it hot for somebody until you get your name on humaulty's honor roll. Respectfully, M. D. CLARK, Chairman Campaign Committee. STREET IMPROVEMENT Street improvement in Heppner is progressing rapidly and from present Indications the work will be done days ahead of time. The preliminary work was held back to some extent on account of the difficulty in getting certain machinery up from Portland, but everything Is running smoothly now. One block on Main street is practically finished, as Is one block on May street, leading up to the May street bridge. Grading has progressed down Main street as far as Center, where the first heavy rock has been laid and the men are now preparing Baltimore and the lower end of Gale streets for the first rolling. There has been considerable talk of hard surfacing and many property owners have expressed themselves as being In favor of laying a permanent surface at this time. Mayor Stuead and Councilman Sweek are in Port land this week and will look into the pricos of various forms of pavement. E LEAVE FOR ARMY Reception and Dance Will Show Hon or to Morrow County Men Leav Ing for Fort McDowell. Morrow county will do honor to 13 more Morrow county young men who are leaving the last of this week to Join the National Army at camp Fort McDowell, California. A committee is working on the de tails of the affair and a reception and dance will be given at the Opera House on May 28, the eve of the young men's departure. John F. Vaughn and J. L. Wllkins are the dance committee. In addition to the dance, a short program will also be given. Thirteen Morrow county young men who have been called for service under the selective draft, will report in Heppner on May 28. They will be gent to Fort McDowell, California. The men are: Jacob Dexter, Heppner. Ernest J. Hatch, lone. Ray Mark Taylor, Heppner. F. L. McNabb, lone. Edward Mulligan, Vale. Roy T. Cochran, Heppner. Thomas J. McBeth, Jennings Lodge. Lee Painter, Pocatello, Idaho. Frank Hopkins, lone. John L. Mclnnus, Pilot Rock. Claudy Jewett, Heppner. Reuben Wallace Voile, Heppner. John R. Voile, Portland. Chas. E. Scholes, Prlneville. Charles Sumner Dykstra, Hepp ner. Morgan Will Raise More Money for the Red Cross. So successful was Miss Irene Doug lass in her former effort to raise money for the Red Cross while clos lng the school term in district No. 28, that the performance will be re peated, this time by the Morgan school, which is just closing its term under the direction of Miss Douglass. Their first efforts were rewarded to the extent of two hundred and sixty eight dollars. The second program will be held in Wagner Hall, Morgan on Friday evening May 31st. A fea ture of the program will be the auc tion sale of the ladies present-to the highest bidder. The good lunches which the ladies bring will also go to the buyer. A dance with good mu sic will conclude the evening's en tertainment. The Morgan school has already made a pledge of fifty dol lars to the second war fund drive and they will raise the money in this manner. Dr. A. D. McMurdo was called to near Monument Tuesday night to ad minister to Les Matlock, who was very ill. The doctor was accompanied by V. Gentry and they brought Mr. Matlock to the hospital in Heppner,' where his condition is improving. Jas. McNamee Is Safe Over In France J. L. Wilklns of this city has re ceived a letter from Jas. McNamee, dated April 25th, from Somewhere In France, that puts at rest all the ru mors that were going the rounds to the effect that Jimmie had been killed over there. The letter follows: Somewhere in France, April 25, 1918. Mr. Joe Wilklns. Heppner, Oregon. Dear Friend: Just a few lines to let you know I am still in the land of the living and doing my share over here. We are located about miles back of the line and have it pretty good so far in this war. 1 have been here about six months now and am getting our iv eign service stripes in a few days, which will be a little gold V worn on the sleeve. 1 have never seen any of the boys from around Heppner so far, but I have heard where some of them are. I saw a letter from Will Morgan in a paper a few days ago and I guess 1 will write to him. How are Mrs. Wilkins and the two babies. Be sure and give them my regards. News is very scarce and we can't write the kind that would be of interest to you, but after the war we will be able to tell a lot of big exper iences when we return. So will have to close for this lime. Say, Joe, what is the lodge doing in regard to the cards;- I mean the Elks. I wrote to them but never got a reply. Will yon kindly let me know. As ever, Your friend, J. McNAMEE, 167th Field Hospital, 117 San Train, A. E. F. I IN VVJLL