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HEPPXER, OBBiGOX, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 19IS.
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GQMM1TTEE REPORT
GN FIREPR0TEGT10N
Recommendations Are Made to Ae
cord With Desires of
" Citizens.
On Saturday evening, July 6th, a
meeting waa.held by the cltlzenB of
Heppner in the Star theatre for the
discussion of matters pertaining to
better fire protection. This paper
made mention of the meeting in last
issue and it is not necessary at this
time to give further details, but we
desire to put before the public the
report of the committee appointed,
which report we were unable to pub
lish last week. It is as follows:
We, the committee appointed by
the chairman of the citizens' meeting
held at the Opera House on Saurday
evening, July 6th, and Instructed to
initiate a movement for better fire
protection for Heppner, beg leave to
report to the City Council as follows:
' Adhering to the expressed wish of
the said Citizen's Meeting, we inter
viewed Mr. Mike Curran on July 8th,
and asked him to organize a fire de
partment in this city with himself as
temporary fire chief, Mr. Curran hav
ing been highly recomemnded for
that position, and having efficiently
served as fire chief of The Dalles for
ten years Just prior to his coming to
Heppner. '
Mr. Curran accepted this responsi
bility, and went on duty Monday
morning, July 8th, in conjunction
with City Marshal Clark, In re-reel
ing the fire hose, oiling the various
Joints thereof, locating and oiling the
various fire hydrants, and preparing
generally for future fires.
This Committee, on behalf of the
-citizens, guaranteed Mr. Curran his
wages until a special meeting of the
city council could be called, and
-voicing the expressed wish of the cit
izen's meeting, we strongly recom
mend that the city council appoint
Mr. Curran as fire chief at a reason'
able salary to be paid out of the gen
era' fund of the city's finances, so
that the additional expense can be
borne by every property owner with
in the city's limits Instead of by the
few business men along the main
streets who are already bearing the
burdens of public contributions.
We further recommend that the
regular city marshal be instructed
to be on duty nights, and that the
fire chief be given concurrent author
ity to make arrests the same as the
Marshal, and that the fire chief be oil
duy during the day time, and that
this arrangement be In force especial
ly throughout the present harvest
season.
We also visited the power house
and Interviewed the manager, Mr. W
E. Pruyn, ln regard to the water
pressure used during fires. Mr
Pruyn stated to us that during the
last two fires the full force of the fire
protection reservoir was turned on at
all times from the beginning, and
that only two small service pipes on
back streets were broken by the high
pressure, and that none of the main
pipes were broken thereby.
Mr. Pruyn stated that the lack of
force was perhaps due to the hy
drants not having been fully opened
up. We find, upon Interviewing fire
fighters at both the recent fires, that
the water pressure was very weak,
and that the disastrous losses of
property was largely due to the delay
in getting a good force on early. Wo
have found citizens who think that
the city main pipes are too weak to
turn on the high pressure. Whether
this Is the case or that the inexper
ienced fire fighters have not been
turning on the full force at the hy
drants we do not know, but rocom
mond that this all-Important matter
he investigated by the fire chief and
remedied as soon as possible.
We further recommend that the
city retain the presont hose carts,
equipped with good, strong hose, and
that a hook and ladder truck, equip
ped with hooked ladders, plenty of
extra hose, axes, buckets, etc., be se
cured to take the place of the two
hose carts destroyed in the recent
fires. We find that in both the late
fires ladders were soroly needed but
none were to be found at the right
time, and that a lot of property might
have been saved by their use.
We carefully Investigated the or
igin of the last fire by Interviewing
the County Sheriff, the City Marshal,
numerous eye witnesses and other
citizens whc might be in position to
throw light upon the matter, but we
have been so far unable to find any
satisfactory explanation as to Its or
igin. ,
Without an organized fire depart
ment and an experienced chief to
look after the proper handling of the
carts, hose and nozzles, and without
a sufficient force of water to check
fire In the start, the city will remain
at the mercy of the flames of future
fires, and we recommend, on behalf
of the citizens, that the city council
take immediate action in appointing
a permanent fire chief and in supply
ing bim with adequate fire fighting
apparatus.
Respectfully submitted,
M. D. CLARK.
S. E. NOTSON,
CHAS. THOMSON,
M. L. CASE.
E. M. SHUTT,
s Committee.
Dated at Heppner, this 8th day of
July, 1918.
Lightning Kills Two Mares.
In the storm that visited this sec
tion last Monday evening R. L. Benge
lost two fine mares that were killed
by lightning. The animals were In
the pasture south of the house, on he
hill, when the storm came up and
were evidently standing together, for
when Mr. Benge went out to the pas
ture the next morning to look after
his horses, he -found the two mares
lying side by side and not the sign
of a scratch upon them.. They were
valuable animals and break up two
teams for him.
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Claud Ad
kins, 325 Sheridan Street, Portland,
Oregon, a six-pound son on July 11,
1918. Mother and child doing fine
and Claud is the richest man in Port
land, but our Informant thinks he
will live through it.
EAT POTATOES
A very serious accident occurred
at the rock pit on Tuesday afternoon,
caused by the premature discharge of
a blast. The crew had set several
blasts to go off, when apparently
something went wrong. F. C. DoL
larblde, general overseer of the crews
of Morrow and Gilliam counties, be
ing present, had his attention called
to the mattor, and as an expert pow
der man, he started to make an Inves
tigation. He had no sooner entered
the pit than one of the blasts went
off. Mr. Dollarhlde was sruck by
some of the flying rock which hit him
In the face. A small piece of rock
was embedded in. one of his eyes
destroying the sight and he also sub
tallied other and minor injuries. Be
ing taken to a physician here it was
fousd that the piece of rock was so
tightly embedded taht it could not be
readily removed and the physician
decided that he should be taken to a
Portland specialist at once. First
aid was rendered Mr. Dollarhlde and
he was hurried by auto to Pendleton
late In the evening, and from there
took train for Portland. At last re
ports received here lie was doing as
well as could be expected but it may
take some time to determine whether
or not he will be totally blind.
Mr. Dollarhlde had just moved to
Heppner with his family from Port
land and for the time being they had
set up housekeeping in tents on the
fair grounds, his family coming here
more for a vacation. His duties kept
him on the road much of the time
between here and Gilliam county,
where the construction company i3
engaged In road work.
Judge Patterson Is in receipt of
word from Portland today that there
Is hope of saving at least one of Mr.
Dollarhlde's eyes, and he may be able
to save the sight of the one that re
ceived the worst Injury.
Bulk Handling Is Proper System.
Bert Peck is handling his crain in
bulk this season and is thoroughly
convinced that it Is the proper system.
He began threshing about two o'clock
Monday afternoon on I1I3 place six
miles west of Heppner. The grain
was taken from the machine direct
into his wagon bins and then hus
tled ,to the elevator at HeDDner
where by six in the evening he had
deposited to his credit 130 bushels.
Other grain Is taken from the ma
chine direct to the bins In the field
and no sacks are used whatever.
Many farmers of the county are us
ing this system now and grain is be
ginning to reach the elevator in
Heppner from different directions,
coming In In specially prepared wag
on bins that drive onto the olovator
platform scales, are weighed up and
the grain dumped into the pit in a
jiffy, making quick work of it.
Word was received In Heppner to
day announcing the sudden death at
his home in Pendleton of Harley Fell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Fell.
No particulars were given and the
news comes as a distinct shock to the
many friends of the family in this
city. He was an only child and was
about 17 yean of age.
ACCIDENT AT ROGK PIT
Native' German, He Hates
Prussian Government
Future Teuton Generations Will Bless America,
Says Peter W. Goebel, Former President
of American Bankers' Association.
HATE the German government with a consum
I ing hatred because she has made the people of
my blood and kindred the outcasts of the world,
the Ishmaelites of civilization. This transformation
of a people into a race of demons, whose very name
is anathema among the generous-minded peoples of
the world, is the result of a system of education de
signed to further the selfish aims of an autocrat."
With a voice vibrant of passion and strong in de
nunciation, Peter W. Goebel of Kansas City, former
president of the American Bankers' association, now
Kansas chairman of the war savings and thrift
stamp campaign, a native of that same Germany, but
as stalwart an American as any who boasts genera
tions of American-born ancestry, voiced the spirit of
awakened Americanism in the course of the most
widely eloquent and elementally powerful address
that was heard from the platform during the entire
two days' session of the Kansas Bankers' association
convention at Hutchinson recently.
"As a lad of 14 years," said Mr. Goebel, "I lived
in a German garrison city. There I have seen little
insignificant sergeants and sublieutenants strike in
the face strong men- privates in ranks; I have seen
them spit in the f acea of strong men and call these
soldiers the most vile epithet that ever fouled human
lips, and these men were forced by the irou discipline
of Prussia to stand and endure those insults.
. "That is why I am enlisted in this war with every
energy that I possess, with every dollar that I own,
to the end that the world and my own kindred may
be forever rid of the fonjest.tryanny that ever dis
graced and blackened tne page of history with the
recital of the outrages. I know that future genera
tions in Germany will bless the clay that America
entered the war on the side of liberty and humanity.
I know that the German people will celebrate the
anniversary of that day with the same reverential
thankfulness that we Americans celebrate the 4th
of July as the day upon which the ultimate emanci
pation of Germany from the most damnable tryanny
of history was declared."
HEAVY STORM OF HAIL IN IE
E5
The heaviest wind storm ever
known in the lone section, so report
reaches this paper, occurred there at
about 5:30 Monday afternoon, fol
lowed by a heavy do'wnpour of hail
and rain that lasted for more' than
an hour and a half. The course of
the storm was from southeast to
northwest and struck with full force
at the Ben Buschke place on Rhea
creek and ending near the Henry
Stender farm nine miles northwest
of lone.
The storm swept area was two
miles wide and 18 miles long and
wherever the hail struck the grain
fields were laid bare.
"Wie heaviest downoour near lonp
occurred in Rietmann canyon and on
the hills just north of town . This
caused the water to collect alone tlm
embankment of the railroad east of
the depot and the gathering up of
ruDDish forced the water over the
track and down the main street of
the town.
Stores and basements alone the
street were overflowed and deposits
of mud left to a depth of from one to
eight inches. The heavy collection
of water just below the depot where
there is a small bridge made the
overflow of the west end of town very
heavy and water on Main street ha.
tween Brlstow & Johnson's store and
Rivers garage was aDout two feet
deep at the highest stage.
The wind unrooted a number nf
big shade trees along the streets and
damage was done to concretn watim
by the tearing out of the tree rootB.
i ne nan also did a lot of damage to
shade trees and fruit and altogether
the little city presented a sorry ap
pearance after the storm had scent
its fury.
A lot of water also came down tlm
canyon Just west of town and oppo
DESTROY
0
SECTION
6000 ACRES
OF Gill
site the place of M. R. Morgan, and
Mr. Morgan recelevd a heavy deposit
of rock asd gravel over a portion of
his field.
Many roads were made almost im
passable in places by washouts. This
was especially so along Rhea creek
below the Mason farm, where there
was a very heavy fall of rain that
washed out the road and filled in
huge piles of rock in places, making
it almost impossible to get by on
horseback.
The damage to. roads will be con
siderable. The heavy damage was caused,
however, by the destruction of ripen
ed grain by the hail.' We were not
able to get the full list of those who
suffered loss, but in the aggregate
thore were some 6000 acres of grain
desroyed. Some of the heavy loos
ers are: , Ben Buschke, 280 acres
wheat, entire loss; T. R. Jackson, 300
acres wheat, not enough left for
seed; Jason Kiddle, 4 0 acres wheat,
the Btorm getting only a small por
tion of his field, but he suffered con
siderable loss by the high water; Miss
Nettie Mason, over 200 acres wheut,
entire loss; E. L. Padberg, 500 acres
wheat; Laxton McMurray, 320 acres
wheat; Erwin farm, adjoining the
McMurray piece, loss not learned but
It is extensive; Mat Halvorsen, 1300
acres of wheat and barley, total loss;
A. B. Strait, 300 acres wheat, entire
loss; oille Forbes, 300 acres wheat,
total loss; E. H. Turner, a large
acreage of wheat but we did not
learn just how much; Paul Rietmann
about 250 acres wheat, total loss;
Ben Morgan, 400 acres wheat; S.
Dennis, 30 acres wheat, total loss;
John Hinkle, loss unknown, farm cut
in two by the storm; H. A. Edmonds
600 acres wheat, total loss; C. H.
Wetzel, 400 acres, entire loss; J. P.
Louy, 320 acres, total loss; B. F. Sor
euson, 320 acres, total loss except 18
sacks threshed; Henry Stender, loss
not learned.
Besides this, many alfalfa ranches
along Rhea creek and on Willow
creek below lone were badly dam
aged by being covered with mud and
trash and roads in and around lone
are badly washed out and filled with
roek.
The wind did considerble riamaee
at Morgan also, where the end of the
G. N. Ely warehouse was blown down
and the store twisted about on Its
foundation. No report of damage to
crops was received from this quarter.
The filling up of the city well at
lone has caused much Inconvenience
for the time, but we understand that
this has been cleaned out now and
the people will soon be supplied with
good water again.
It was reported at HeDDner that
a storm had struck in the upper
Gooseberry country late Tuesday
afternoon, but this has not been con
firmed. The weather for the past two
weeks has been very hot and this
section of the country is passing
through a critical storm period.
However, we hone that we shall not.
be called upon to. chronicle any fur
ther damage to crops from this
source.
Heavy rains fell In and around
Hardman Tuesday evening but no
damage is reported to have resulted
further than the washing out of the
roads In a few places. Heppner was
passed up on this occasion, tor all of
which we are duly thankful.
FOOD mLWIN
WAB LOYALTY IS DEFINED
tfc Journal of Education of July
I coatamt a stirring article on loyal
ty. It joints out that loyalty In times
Of peace la a wry easy thing to ren
der, but that loyalty in time of war
means much more. Loyalty in war
time does not consist in simply doing
no act against the Government, in
saying nothing to discourage efforts
on toenail of the Nation, in remain
ing passive. No, In war time, loyalty
must take on a positive Dhase. Mil
lions of our finest young men are ex
pressing their loyalty by offering
themselves UDon the altar of the
country, offering to dc and to die for
right, liberty, and justice. Many are
expressing loyalty by working long
hours, at sacrifice of ease and pleas
ure, in the Red Cross work, Others
are expressing loyalty by purchaslne
bonds, "war savings stamps, and thrift
stamps to the limit of their ability.
Others are carefully saving food of all
kinds, especially those required by
the Government for the soldiers and
the allies. All these cost somethi.isr.
But, on the other hand, there are
some who loudly proclaim their loy
alty, who do not enter the service of
the country, who do not aid the Red
Cross in money or labor, who do not
deny themselves a single comfort In
order to loan money to the Govern
ment, who make very modest sub
scriptions to the Y. M. C. A.. KnltrMs
of Columbus, and other war activi
ties, and who evade the food regula
tions every time they think thev can
do so without being detected. Such
people will all be known and listed
before the end of the war. Thev will
be found out. Just recently a ladv
aid, "Weil, we had Dlehtv of flour.
We don't like the substitutes, and we
haven't been eating any." Another
person, not willing to abide bv the
spirit of the regulations, went to two
or more stores and bought sugar up
to the limit in one dav. These are
small things, but if everybody took
the same attitude, the efforts of the
Government would fail, our armies
would be defeated, we would be at
the mercy of the Kaiser, and libertv
would become a by-word. If vour
loyalty will not stand a little incon
venience, if it will not enable vou to
make some sacrifice, it is of a poor
brand. However, the people of such
limited loyalty are not numerous.
Tho great masses of the people are
right in their attitude. While there
are still "sugar hogs" who put three
or four big teaspoonfuls of sugar in
one cud of coffee, there are little chil
dren in Morrow county who denv
themselves candy and buv thrift
stamps with their money.
The Food Administration at Wash
ington asks for one hundred per cent
loyalty.
S. E. NOTSON, Co. Chairman.
How An Editor Got Wealth.
A man tells of a country editor
who started out poor 20 years ago
and has retired with the comfortable
fortune of $50,000. This monev was
acquired through industry, economy,
conscientious efforts to give full val
ue, indomitable perseverance and the
death of an uncle who left the editor
$49,999.50. Kansas City Times.
11 BOYS
AT THE GUPS
Koy Wakefield and Howard Buick
Write Relatives Concerning
Life in Army.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Wakefield
are in receipt of a short letter from
theld son Roy, who, at the date of
writing was at Camp Merritt, New
Jersey.
At the time of writing Roy says:
Well, we are leaving today, so good
bye to everybody until I get back
again. It may no, be long, and it
may be quite a r !le. ! Tou won't
hear from me again for about fifteen
days and that will only be a card as
I told you In my letter before. We
are busy here In camp getting our
money changed. Just think, 1 will
draw over two hundred francs every
month over there. How is everybody
out there. I don't feel any too well
these days as I can't get used to this
climate. We have got our barracks
bags loaded now but I do not know
what, transport we are going over in.
The boats carry about fifty thousand
troops. That Is quite a few, don't you
think? Well, this is all for this time.
Write often, maybe I will get a letter
once in a whle. Troops do not stay
long on this coast until they send
them over, I saw a Condon boy in
Palasade Park Wednesday. He is in
the Navy, on one of the boats that are
going to take us over.
"SADDLER ROYAli WAKEFELD,
Co. C, 34'Jtli M. 9- Bn-. 1M DtTt
A, E. F." ;
Mrs, Prank Turner is also in re
flect of a short letter from her
nephew, Howard Swick, who is now,
at Camp Lewis, just reaching there
a few days before the date of the let
ter, which waa July 1st He states:
-"I was mustered in at 11 o'clock
today and that means I can never get
off now. This army lite Is all right,
but I like home the best. Was home
sick yesterday, but am all right to
day. Our officers are fine men and
they treat us fine when we try. I
have not been called down yet and
what is more I am not going to be.
Two-thirds of the men in this com
pany are farmers. I failed to get
with the boys from home and that
makes it worse. We are under quar
antine yet, will be in quarantine for
three weeks more. There are 280
men in my Company, and it is a won
derful thing to see more men than
one can count out here of a morning
trftihlng, We have to take six months
training In one month. I thought I
could never remember all that they
told me the first day, but It Is all
right now. It is a sight to see some
of the fellows trying, though.
"This camp is preparing to hold
85,000 men and it is getting very
near full now. Soldiers are leaving
here by the thousands and as they
go new men are arriving to fill their
places.
"The captain is going to talk to us
tonight on obedience. We all have
to attend and keep awake. Aunt
Llllie, I will be a different boy when
you see me again. It is wonderful
for anyone.
HOWARD SWICK, 3rd Co.,
1st Bat, 166 Depot Brigade,
Camp Lewis, Wash."
Dates For Fair Set.
The Fair Board has set the dates
for the Sixth Annual Morrow County
Fair for Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Sept. 17, 18 and 19. The
plans for the fair this year will not
be elaborate, and the items of ex
pense will be kept down to the very
lowest notch owing to the fact that
war activities are calling for all tho
spare cash. The matter of holding a
fair this year was put up to the Coun
ty Court and that body rather em
phatically declared Its purpose to
carry out the fair. Following the
Heppner disaster, the Court was
again approached as to the advisa
bility of proceeding with fair plans,
and the decision is that the Fair
Board must go ahead. More com
plete announcement will be made
next week with regard to the plans,
but from now on our people should
prepare to spend three days of relax
ation and recreation in Heppner, at
tending the fair, and it will be large
ly up to the people to make it a suc
cess. The Federated Church.
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Stereopticon Views of the "Women
of the Bible."
Morning sermon theme, "Parables
from Nature."
Christian Endeavor, 7:00 p. m.
Topic, "Favorite Psalms."
Evening sermon subject, "God's
Thoughts."
II. A. NOTES, Pastor.