THB GAZETTE-TIKES, OEPTNER, OREGON, THCRSDAY, Jl'NE 20, 1918.
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discouraging, and in some of the
most premising fruit sections killing
frosts have recently done great dam
Age. Things appeared to be so dis-i
couraging, withal, that Mr. Booher'
cut his visit short and is glad to get
back to Morrow county, where the
faces of the people are not so long, !
notwithstanding our crops have been
injured some. Mr. Booher is a man
who observes closely as he goes along
and it Is his opinion that the crop of
the Northwest will fall far short this
season.
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November 1. 1S9T.
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A GREAT LEVELEB.
Captain Williams paid a high
tribute to the new National Army
while addressing members of the
Heppner Home Guard in this city last
Thursday evening. Captain Williams
although appearing to be a man yet
in his twenties, is in reality nearer
forty. He served in the Spanish
American war and has been in the
service more than twenty years. It
was his duty, while stationed at Camp
Lewis, to put some 600 men through
his company in the various stages of
military development from the time
they first joined the awkward squad
until they were pronounced soldiers
in the true sense.
"The new National Army is the
greatest army on earth," said Captain
Williams. "Here every man has an
equal chance and Is put forward on
his merits. Millionaire son and poor
boy bunk side by side and the great
est spirit of fellowship imaginable
exists." He cited an instance, where
in his company was a son of a Seattle
millionaire who had for his bunk
mate ap Italian, a poor fellow who
probably did not have 15 cents to hi3
name. Nevertheless the two men be
came the greatest of chums and on
Saturday evening when the big tour
ing car came down from the city after
the son of wealth, he piled in his
room mate and they were off for a
week-end visit at the big mansion in
Seattle, the Dago the guest of his ar
my friends during those two days.
"The spirit which dominates the
men in this National Army can lick
any army in the world, for outside of
the Canadians, no other army haa
that spirit," continued Captain Wil
liams. "The war is going to be a
great class leveler and it Is going to
iiceomplish a number of other great
things. It will result in bringing la
bor and capital clcser together. The
laborer will be raised iir and the cap
italist will be brought down."
Captain Williams assured the
Heppner Home Guard that the war
would not be over this summer, that
the government is making every prep
aration for the winning of a war that
may last yet even five years and that
in all probability there will be 10,
000,000 American soldiers under
arms before Prussianism is finally
stamped out. He also predicted that
the age limit would be Increased In
the near future from 18 to 45 years.
THKV NEE THE HANDWRITING
OX THE WALL.
Fourteen months ago the United
States entered the war. Twelve
months ago its first little expedition
ary force landed in France. That
force hag grown until it numbers now
approximately 700,000 men, and Sec
retary Baker says we shall soon have
a million soldiers across.
It has taken us more than a year
to prepare for the first blow, and that
blow is yet to come, for such fighting
s our soldiers have faced up to the
present-hour has been mere skirmish
ing, though they have borne them
selves gallantly under fire and wher
ever given a point to take or a posi
tion to hold, have gone at the job
with fine spirit and dash. The enemy
has had a "mill run sample" of the
vein and may as. well make np his
mind that the whole great ore body is
of the same sterling stuff.
Our work and that of our allies is
now clearly cut out. They are to hold
the line till we come in strong, and
we are then to help them deliver the
finishing blow. They confidently de
clare their ability to do their part,
and the American nation must attend
to the rest.
It is not an easy task we face. For
mer President Taft Is probably near
the mark in saying it will take three
years, "one or two years for the Uni
ted States to get started right, and
then probably a year or so to win and
end it."
We must hold our resolution to no
less a task, and go forward with set
jaws for a still harder job if the un
dertaking cannot be finished hi three
years. If the nut cracks under lighter
pressure, so much the better, and that
is a possibility not to be entirely ig
nored. While General von Stein, the
Prussian minister of war, is boasting
that the allied armies are beaten, we
have not forgotten that such boasting
came out of the German general staff!
and from the throne nearly four years
ago, when the kaiser's armies were
nearer Paris than they have ever been ;
again.
Russia Is down, but Britain, France
and Italy are fighting fiercely and
strong, and the United States is com
ing on and soon .will be striking
sledgehammer blows.
We may be sure that the eonfidenc-:
that is on the tongue of General ran
Stein is not within his heart. The
kaiser and his general staff know that
a mighty punch Is coming soon, and
that, as Professor Hein says in an ar
ticle published In Cologne June 9,
"probably is the reason why the em
pire is continuing to send, without
reckoning, her soldiers to butchery."
In God's good time we'll beat down
the Prussian tyrant, and when the
great cause Is won, and our heroic
armies come sailing home, the worid
will hear such songs of gladness as
never before were upon the tongues
of men. Spokesman-Review.
The Clackamas county jury which
refused to compensate the Oak Grove
school miss for the $10,000 kiss that
she alleged her school teacher had
stolen from her, reasoned that the
demands of proportionate and distrib
utive justice would be for the teacher
to return that which lie was charged
with having stolen. Oregon Journal.
The local train stopped 17 times
between Heppner Junction and this
city Monday night to put out grass
fires which had started from sparka
from the locomotive. As the season
progresses and things become evn
more dry, the menace will grow. Ev
ery precaution will be taken by the
railroad company to prevent damage
in this respect and in their efforts
they should have the cooperation o.
all citizens. There was but little
chance of a fire starting in that man
ner when oil was burned In the en
gines, but we must not forget that
the oil is being used to transport men
and material to France tliene flays
and that, as a war necessity, coal will
continue to be used on the railroad!)
until victory is won, if needs be.
A TRIBUTE TO LOOS GROSHKNK.
Alex Lindsay.
It Is with regret that I read the
sad news of the untimely death of my
old friend Louis Groshens.
A utauncher and better friend 1
never had in Morrow county. I had
known Louie for over 20 years. A
truer friend in adversity I never had.
To know Louie best was to know him
in his home as I did, having lived
neighbor to him for several years
when both our families were small.
A more hospitable man in Morrow
county was hard to find. That hearty
hello of his to attract a friend's at
tention and the smile on his face as
he firmly grasped your hand in a
hearty handshake always seemed to
be the same.
My sincerest sympathy goes out to
his family in this sad hour of their
bereavement.
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The Morrow county farmers are
learning from each other. By study
ing each other's methods and com
paring the degree of success met with
by these methods, bigger crops and
better crops are bound to result.
County Agent Brown Is doing a fine
work in getting the farmer interest
ed in what the other fellow'is doing.
AVERAGE YIELD FOB LEXINGTON
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in the minds of a great many of the
Lexington farmers as to the advan
tage to be gained, at the present at
least, in preparing for bulk handling,
even though the price of sacks is
high. The bulk shipments are reliev
ing the situation very considerably
and the warehouses are all prepared
to handle grain in this manner. The
Burgoyne warehouse will get in a
shipment of bags within a very few
days.
Threshers Will Soon Be Beady.
Several big steam threshing out
fits are getting ready for the oncom
ing harvest about Lexington. W. F.
Barnett, J. B. Carmichael and Berry
& Warner are busy getting their ma
chlnery in shape. Berry & Warner
have an entirely new Case outfit,
Messrs. Barnett and Carmichael each
have new Case engines, and John T.
McDevitt took out a big new Case
separator Wednesday. E. A. Zochert
will take charge of the Berry & War
ner engine and M. F. Parker, of the
Leach store is contemplating goin,
out with the Barnett engine. These
new engines are big fellows, being
50 horsepower each.
OF
Portland, Ore., June 19 Federal
authorities are getting' ready to in
stitute a merciless campaign to run
down and punish a new form of dratt
slacker. -
This new slacker is the draft regi
strant who was granted deferred
classification at the time of his regis
tration, but whose status since has so
changed that he no longer Is entitled
to exemption, yet who remains silent
bout, tills change in the hope it will
be overlooked.
There are estimated to be hundreds
of such cases in Oregon, and thous
ands of them in the United States.
Suspicion particularly has been di
rected against a great many of the
deferred classifications granted for
industrial reasons.
It now appears that the status of
many of these men is not the same
as when they were granted deferred
cl-.udfieation. Yet they have failed
to notify their Local Boards end con
tinue to enjoy exemption from mili
tary service. In some cases, also, the
original classification was not justi
fied. Many cases where deferred classi
fication was granted .for dependency
also have changed In status, but the
registrant has not notified his local
board.
With the time at hand when the
need for manpower is so urgent that
every available man must either
work or fight," and when lower
classifications are to be revised in or
der to make more men available for
Class I, this form of evading military
service will not be tolerated.
The draft regulations are very
plain and blunt in prescribing the
penalty for failure on the part of a
man granted deferred classification
to notify his local board at once if his
status is changed:
"Every registrant shall, within Ave
days after the happening thereof, re
port to his local board any fact which
might change or affect his classifica
tion," says Section 116 of the Regula
tions. "Failure to report change of status
as herein required, or making a false
report, is a misdemeanor punishable,
by one year's Imprisonment.
The campaign to run down these
draft slacken will be started very
sooa. and it will be a rigorous cam
paign. Men guilty of evading mili
tary service by failure to report when
they should be re-classified, need look
for no mercy.
"Every patriotic registrant who
has been granted deferred classificuc
tion, but whose status has changed
so that he is no longer entitled to that
classification, will report the change
immediately to his local board," said
Captain John E. Cullison, in charge
of the execution of the draft law in
the office of the Adjutant General.
"Those who have not the patriot
ism to report voluntarily will gain
j nothing by it. They will be found out
' and not only re-classified, but will be
' subject to severe punishment,
j "It a man is in doubt as to change
'of status, he should see his local
board about it without delay."
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render all possible assistance in fin
ancial upbuilding .of this particular
section of our great Republic in
this time of stress, we offer our
facilities.
We are always glad to consult
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sale of products of the farm or
ranch; with the buriness man, or
working man, woman or child.
Our Savings Department and Time
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ASSETS OF MORE THAN ONE AND
ONE QUARTER MILLION LX)LLARS
E. Nordyke and T. H. Nichols have j
each purchased Deering combines to
care for their wheat, harvest- and the
machines are set up and ready for
business. I
Prof. N. E. Fertig is getting ready
to move with his family to their new
location at Granger, Wash., where lie
will have charge of the schools as
superintendent for the year begin
ning with July 1st. Granger is sit
uated in the midst of a fine settle
ment in the Yakima valley arid has
splendid schools.
C. R. Pointer, who wos operated on
to the Heppner hospital Sunday and
had Mb appendix removed, Is report
ed to be doing well and should reach
a stage of convalescence In a few
davs. Mr. Pointer took suddenly ill,
suffering from a chronic complaint,
and his operation seems to have not
been performed a moment too soon.
Andrew Reaney returned the last
of the week from Eagle, Idaho, where
he visited for a short time at the
home of his son, Lawrence. He re
ports that Mrs. Reaney, his son's wife,
U in very poor health and Is not ex
pected to live long. She Is suffering
with lung trouble and no hopes are
held out for her recovery, Mrs.
Reaney is a daughter of Mrs. Fell, of
Heppner.
L'dcIb Lank Booher and wife re
turned Tuesday from a visit with rel
atives at different points is Washing
ton, Idaho and at Weston, Oregon.
Throughout the entire trip Mr.
Booher found crop conditions very
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