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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HETPSER, OREGON, THURSDAY. MAY 23, 161. PACK EIGHT I IBI ? ? ? Y ? ? Y t ? Y Y t Y ? ? ? V ? Y Y t t Y Y ;YQ J! Do Your Christmas Coaling Early mill WARNING. PULL TOGETHER-GET SERIOUS-WE'RE AT WAR There is plenty of coal to supply all BUT ' TTTTrrJmm,!?1li;!'ITTIlH :t can't he mined and transported in eight months. It lakes twelve full months to mine a year's supply. There are only 200 days left until the snow flies.. Deliv eries are blocked! DON'T ARGUE PROVIDE STORAGE ROOM If you haven't the cash on hand, borrow it. Store Coal Now IN MAY, JUNE AND JULY Make what sacrifice is needed to keep your home warm, your factory running, and the food, clothing, anus and ammunition necessary for our Soldiers "Over There" flowing in a steady stream to the front. Help win the war and protect yours :lf and your business' at the same time. "Turn-A -Lump" I! (FOR ALL THATS GOOD---J5T COAL OR WOOD) SEE LEW AT LEXINGTON OR BILL AT IONE YOIK CHANCE TO JOIN THE MARINES In order that every man between the ages of eighteen and thirty six years of age, either married or single may have the opportunity of enlist ing in the United States Marine Corps, every postmaster in Oregon has been authorized to examine, ac cept and transfer men for this excel lent branch of service. The Marine Corps is the oldest branch of Amer ican service, is mentioned in the same breath with the Foreign Legion of France, the Texas Hangers, North west Mounted Police and the Penn sylvania State Constabulary. Marines are specially trained, splendidly equipped and fight as ar tillery, Infantry, Cavalry, Signal-men Aviators and in any manner that ne-; .ossify or the occasion demands. In recognition of their splendid record in the past and their excellent achiev ments in the present struggle for De mocracy, Congress has authorized the increasing of the Corps to 75,500 men in order that they may take over and maintain a separate section of the trenches in France. ! United States Marines wear a sep arate and aistinctive uniform from either the Army or the Navy. They also have their own Corps device which consists of an anchor, globe and eagle, and is worn on the hat, cap or helmet of the Marine. It is by this small device that the Marine j is readily distinguished from all other ! branches of the :r:i?a. j Registered and unregistered men between the above mentioned ages who are desirous of enlisting may do so. Registered men must furnish a statement frcm their Loca" Board tlirt they ire not needed to fl'.l the current quota of the draft and that permission lias been granted for their enlistment in the Marines. Married men must lir.v; a written consent from the wife tl.r.t jl:e consents to his' enlistment. Ycur postmaster will gladiy assist y;u in obtaining your re-' lease from the L ;cal Hoard and will also explain thi-.. splendid branch of ( service. ASK iii.u tuuai. Willamette Valley Pio neer Had Brother Here EAT OREGON The Gizette-Timcs $2.00 After July 1st Notice to Members of (J. A. R. All old sjldiers are requested to meet next Sunday morning at 10:30 in front of the Odd Fellows Hall. Whether you are a Grand Army man or served but ninety days, your pre sence is requested. The soldiers will march in a body to the Christian church, where annual memorial ser vices will be held. X t ? ? Y Y v f Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y v t X 0 Eat plenty; Eat wisely, but without waste. Save Wheat, Meat, Fats and Sugar. The Soldiers at the front will need them all. Be loyal to your own state. Use more Potatoes and ship more wheat. PHELPS GROCERY CO. Jesse Frank Kirk, Veteran of CivU War, Came to Oregon in 18(i0. Junction City, May 21. In the death of Jesse Frank Kirk on his farm, about 10 miles from Junction City, near Franklin, Oregon has lost another of its pioneers. Mr. Kirk was 77 years old and had lived In the Willamette valley since IS 66. Death came unexpectedly. He ap parently was in his usual health when a week ago Sunday he was stricken with a congestive chill and rapidly sank until he passed away Friday. The funeral was held at the old farm home Sunday afternoon and was at tended by a large number of relatives and friends. The services were con ducted by Rev. I. N. Hughes, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church South at Tangent. Interment was In the Richardson cemetery, on the hlll sid,i Just back of the Kirk farm. ' Mr. Kirk was born in Adair county, Missouri, in December, 1841. Dur ing the Civil war he was a member of .lie Thirtieth Illinois infantry and was with General Sherman on his fa mous march through Georgia. His grandfather was Jesse- Kirk, the founder of Kirksvllle, Mo., while his father, James T. Kirk, was captain of a train which crosesd the plains with cx teams in the early '60s and settled in the Willamette valley. As Mr. Kirk was then in the army, he did not come to Oregon until 1866. In 1870 he was married to Eliza beth Brown, who survives. They es tablished their home on the Brown place, where Mrs. Kirk was born, and had lived there continuously since. Mr. Kirk became one of the prosper ous and influential farmers of that community, and because of his long lesidence, was widely known. He united with the Methodist church -.vhon quite young and was always ac ive in church work. Besides his widow, he is survive, by two daughters, two sons, three brothers and several grandchildren. The daughters are Mrs. Ethel Bryant and Mrs. Effie Milliron, while the sons are Oren and Chesley, all living near Franklin except Chesley, who is now at Vancouver, Wash. The bro thers are Crocket Kirk of Heppner, t'harls Kirk of Medford and Thomaa i. Kirk of Junction City Portland Journal. Market Page Shows Stomach Ache California Brand Eight Times as Expensive as Home Grown. matured and more reasonable in price. "Eat Oregon potatoes first!" Corvallis, Ore., May 22. "The market page even with Us facts care fully concealed by the confusion of buying, jobber and dealer prices anu miscellaneous classifications occasion. ally yields some Interesting informa tion, commented Prof. G. R. Hyslop of O. A. C, in glancing over the njar kot reports of a daily paper. "Note the following: Oregon 'Burbanks, I 75c to $1.25 a hundred; new Califor-' nla, 6 to 9c pound. "New potatoes watery, relatively! low in nutrition, indigestible and full of stomach aches, seven to eieht times as expensive as well matured nutritious Oregon Burbanks. "Oregon farmers got low yields last year, paid high prices for harvesting and have suffered considerable stor age losses during the mild winter. In the interests of conserving the re sources of the State, of preventing serious loss to Oregon farmers, and getting the food supply at minimum cost, patriotic Oregonians should eat Oregon grown potatoes while still In condition to be used. , "There will be ample opportunity after the 1917 crop is no longer use ful and before the new crop comes In, to eat plenty of new potatoes from California, which will be much better Why Not Give Loan Interest to Red Cross Portland, May 18. "Clip your Liberty coupons for the Red Cross." This was the message that went resounding over the country today. Interest coupons for the Second Liberty Loan became due this week. As by far the great majority of these coupons are in the $1 and $2 value, it Is believed that many of those having Liberty Bond coupons due will feel It a privilege to be able to donate them to the Red Cross. Coupons should simply be clipped from bonds, handed to any War Fund solicitor, or mailed to the nearest Red CrosB chapter. Card of Thanks. We want to thank our many kind friends and neighbors who assisted us in the hours of our sorrow, in the death of wife and mother, Mrs. Enoch Cave. t Enoch Cave, Allen McFerrln, , Wm. McFerrln, Jeff McFerrln, Mrs. John Ridgeway, Mrs. Gene Matteson, Mrs. Jonu Gaunt, Mrs. Matt Hughes, Mrs. Patrick Cave. UNSHAKEN TESTIMONY Time is the test of truth. Aiul Dean's Kidney Pills have stood tlu .est in Heppner. No Hsppner resi dent who suffer:) backache, or anr.ay i:.g irinary ills can remain uncon-. . iiii-ed by this twica-told testimony J. II. Cox, carpenter. Bailimjiv 31., Heppner, s:iys: "It seems lhu: I caught cold, 1 snlVcr'.nl ;'tmi pal-; n my back. At time;; 1 simply couldn't move arid had to stay in liU for a week or ten days. I usad a great many medicines but I can ta that Doan's Kidney Pills did me more good than anything else. 1 haven't had an attack for sometime now." OVER SIX YEARS LATER Mr Cox said: "It has been a Ions time since I have had any occasion to take a kidney medicine. I still consider Doan's Kidney Pill a jrood, reliable medicine tor backache and kidney disorders." Price 6(lc, at. all dealers. Don't imply ask for a kidney remedy get Djan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Cox has twice publicly recom mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. "Prosper Couramont comes from the Sandwich Islands to find a wife. At the home of Brise mouclie, where he is visiting hi is surprised to find Louise de hi Glaciere, an old time sweet heart, now the wife of Baron (h la Glaciere. It transpires that a letter, written by Louise, to Prosper, three years before, was left in a statuette and nev er received by Prosper. He per ceives a diplomatic advantage in possessing the letter, and soon contrives to get it out of it. place of concealment. Su zanne de Ruseville, a cousin of Louise, helps her sister in the search of Prosper 'a apartment, and discovers the letter. It is thrown out of the window un conciously by Prosper, and from there on there is a fran tic search by everyone. At the end, however, the paper is burned, and Prosper rejoices, in that he has found a wife, Senior Class of Heppner High School Presents "A Scrap of Paper" OPERAHOUSE May 29, 1918 Admission 50 Cts. 50 percent of proceeds to Red Cross Cast of Characters. Prosper Couramont Garnet Barratt Baron de la Glaciere Leo Nicholson Brisemouche Anatole Baptistc ... .Vawter Crawford Arthur Campbell Kenneth Binns Louise de la Glaciere Loa Brio's M'dlle Suzanne de Ruseville Norma Frederic Mathilde Isabel Wilson Mademoiselle Zenobic Neva Hayes Madame Dupont Anna Doherty Pauline Florence Ralston Mil? The full scries of high boiling points in " Red Crown" makes power onA mih'ice sure. Look $f $ for the Red Crown sign. saw $l STANDARD OIL COMPANY G. W. MILHOLLAND SPECIAL AGENT HEPPNER, OREGON A 1 The Gazette-Times Makes Clubbing Arrangement With The Oregon Farmer Offers Unusal Opportunity to its Readers MOXG our large circle of readers there are a "Teat many who are in terested directly and indirectly in fruit growing, dairying and other branches of farming. All of these naturally wish to keep in close touch with agricultural activities throughout the, state; and to know about any fight which is being waged for the measures Oregon far mers want and against all sorts of schemes that are detrimental to the people and ag ricultural interests of this state. We hare, therefore, made a special club bing arrangement with THE OREGON FARMER whereby any farmer or fruit grower, who is one of our regular subscri bers and who is not now a subscriber to THE OREGON FARMER, will be entitled to receive THE OREGON FARMER in combination with this paper at the same rate as for this paper alone. This oer applies to all those who renew or extend their subscriptions as well as to all new subscribers. If you are interested di rectly or indirectly in Oregon agriculture, do not miss this unusual opportunity, but send your order in now. THE OREGON FARMER is the one farm paper which is devoting itself exclusively to the farming activities and interests of Oregon. It has a big organization gath ering the news of importance to farmers, dairymen, fruitgrowers, stockraisers and poultrymen; and it lias the backbone to at tack wrongful methods and combinations and bad legislation, and support honest lea ders and beneficial measures. We are con fident that our readers will congratulate us on our being able to make thin splendid and attractive clubbing offer. 208 PAPERS FOR ONLY $1.50 Two for the Price of One !,' ! The Gazette-Times every week for one year and The Oregon Farmer every week for Three Years, all for only $1.50 Tills Is merely the price of the Gazette-Tlmea Alone.