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THE GAZEXTK-TBIE3, HEPPNER, OREUOX, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 191.
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To Our Patrons:
We are now ready to take on that work
you have been holding back.
i Our Mr. Johns is back on the job and we have additional help
Your work will be cared for
promptly.
UNIVERSAL GARAGE
HILL & JOHNS. ProDS.
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS
Lee Slocum now drives a new Max
well, purchased during the week
from E. J. Starkey.
There will be the regular services
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ui me . unsuaii ciirucu on aunuay.
both morning and evening, preaching I
by the pastor, F. A. Andrews.
Editor Pattison of the Herald is in
Portland this week making arrange
ments for getting a new printing j
! plant which he hopes to have install
ed promptly. j
S. V. Spencer and wife and A. U j
Avers and wife departed this week
i in their autoes for a vacation trip.
i jiney may visit leuowsione National'
rars oeiore returning.
Papers in the safe of the Palace,
; hotel were badly baked and rendered j
-4. 'valueless. .Manager wilKrns found
!!tS ' that there was not a great deal of
mite
STAR THEATRE
J. B. SPARKS, Manager
Friday will be presented
"The Red, Red Heart"
A BLUEBIRD, STARRING RUTH CLIFFORD AND MONROE SALISBURY
Sunday's Program will be Alma
Ruebms in Triangle Drama
"THE FIREFLY OF TOUGHLUCK"
NO EXTRA COST TO YOU. IS AND 25 CENTS
FARMERS--
Insure your growing grain through
the Farmers & Stockgrowers Nation
al Bank. The cost is trifling. Why
take chances these abnormal times.
Policies Cover in Field and
in Warehouse.
You can not pay out as much in
three life times as you can loose in
one fire.
THE OLD PHOENIX, S. W. Spencer, Agent
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IB' SHAIKHS A w 1 III I
Prtnri Mill itararia tha war
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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.
value filed away there just at the
time of the fire, but nothing but cin
ders were left to tell the tale of what
the safe contained, except a small
amount of coin that was left In a
somewhat blackened condition but
otherwise uninjured.
Twin babies were born to Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Gilhara of upper Clarks
canyon on Wednesday morning. One
of the little ones soon died and was
buried in the cemetery at Heppner
today.
Walter Hayes returned yesterday
from Camp McDowell, Calif., where
he had gone with the boys of the
draft who left here a few weeks ago.
He was not accepted for service ow
ing to flat feet.
M. Z. Bitfdle was taken to the
Heppner hospital this morning and !s
being treated for an acute attack of
asthma. Mr. Btcldle has long suffer
ed from tjiis ailment and at times he
has a hard time of it pulling through.
Frank Sloan passed through Hepp
ner Wednesday afternoon on his way
to Stanfield from Bend, wfiere he is
now running a large stock ranch. He
spent a couple of hours fn Heppner
shaking hands with old-time friends.
M. D. Clark and family departed
Wednesday morning for Victoria, B.
C, where they will spend their sum
mer vacation. Mr. Clark expects to
have a good visit with a brother who
lives in the nortHern Alberta country,
wfrtle at Victoria.
W. L. Barlow is in town today from
his farm near Falrvlew school honse.
He-is busy running his little' combine
now and is getting an average yield
of 15 bushels of good grain. He
states that the hail storm of Monday
just missed his place.
John Parkins came over from Rit
ter on Tuesday and will spend1 a few
days in Morrow county looking alter
business affairs. Mr. Parkins says
liis section is experiencing a lot of
very dry weather but crop conditions
are much better about Ritter this
season than they were a year ago.
Mrs.. Margaret Emerson arrived
last evening from Portland and will
visit with friends at Heppner for a
short time. Mrs. Emerson now makes
her home at Rutledge, Vt but she
lias been visiting in Portland for sev
eral weeks past, where her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Horner, reside;.
Jason Blddle was in from his Rhea
creek ranch for a short time this af
ternoon. His place was pretty well
cut up in different places by the
heavy downpour on Monday evening,
but he considers himself fortunate
that the hail did no more damage
than to take some forty acres of his
grain..
Out of nineteen draftees examined
before, the local board yesterday,
nine failed to pass, the greater num
ber of these on account of being un
der weight. These boys are all young
and they have a chance to grow into
soldiers yet by taking proper care of
themselves and building up their
weight.
Harvey McAlistor, Lexington "hay
seed" brought up a bunch of the Lex
ington patriots Wednesday. These
young fellows were taking the phy
sical examination before the local
draft board. Pap enjoys nothing
better than escorting the prospective
soldier boys around and helping to
?et them in line for service.
frank S. Parlier returned last eve
ning from a short Visit to Taeoma and
Camp Lewis. He has a brother work
ing in the ship yards at Tacoma and
he was accompanied on his trip by lib'
mother. Mrs. Parker returned from
Tacoma and lias gone on to Cove,
Oregon, to visit another son living
there
Frank Ginder returned to. Heppner
Sunday evening from a visit of a
couple of weeks with his family at
Prosser, Wash. He was accompanied
by Leonard Schwarz in the Scbwarz
gitney. On the road over to Prosser
they passed by many fine wheat fields
in the country around Blt kleton. Mr.
I Cinder was accompanied; home by his
daughter, Miss Frances Ginder, who
will visit at Heppner for tew weeks..
Prof. W. C. Howard, and children
are over from Milton tduto week visit
ing at the home of J. J. Adkins. Prof
Howard is dean of Milton College
'ond vi'hiia In Mnrrnw pnmitv will rln
! some work along the line of putting
a. i tVyai InutittiHnn nml its a rl vfl n t a ePiA
I l before our people, ine muion coi-
la nialrlnfr fl ktipMuHv nf It mil- I
hltal unpai imciu niiii-ii un uv,n
JL1 brought up to a very high standard
t Rev, A. L. Thoroughman, district
Jl superintendent of the M. E. church,
J 'South, held quarterly conference in
' Heppner Wednesday evening. At
J 1 this mooting the members of the
A! church decided that they would set-
riding last Sunday. While, going up
a steep mountain the brakw gave
way and tha driver lost control of
the car which resulted in a dash down
the mountain to the bottom, landing
against a tree, completely wrecking
the car and bruising several of the
occupants. Miss Hayes escaped unin
jured, although badly shaken and
frightened. Miss Runnlg was hit on
the bead with a flying piece of iron
and dazed for a short time, while
Mrs. Runnig suffered an injured leg.
Outside of being badly shaken and
frightened, the others escaped injury.
11 crumbled to ashes. A bunch of
Liberty Bonds were turned over to
the bank and ta effort will be made
to get the Government to issue
others in their stead. These were
unregistered bonds and there may be
a good deal of difficulty in getting
them replaced.
NEW YORKER KILLED IN
DEN OF RATTLESNAKES
Serpents Fight Sneak-Thief to Hor
rible Death in Desert Tit.
With a sign reading "High-grade
ore thief" on his back, a role of blan
kets and a canteen. Bert Wilcox was
driven from the seething mining
camp of Tough Luck. He had been
convicted, after a hasty trial, of rob
bing the assayer's office.
In hplte of her love for one Danny
Wanl who had saved her life, the
Firefly. Wilcox's wife, faced the big
gest problem of her life without a
tremor. Renouncing her happiness,
she followed her worthless husband
Into the desert.
Through the night the pair strug
gled, Wilcox leading the way with,
out a word to the woman who faith
fully followed him, Spent from
weariness, he lay dbwa in the des
ert without offering to share his
blanket with the Firefly, though the
night was extremely cold. He was
the first to awake, just before dawn
and stripping his sleeping wife of
her money and canteen, he left her
to her fate on the desert wastes.
But friends had followed them,
and they found her, asleep and
alone. Comprehending Wilcox's das
tardly deed at a glance, "Happy Jack
and Danny made camp to welcome
the Firefly at her awakening, while
Tough Luck Baxter petted his rifle
and took up the trail of the fleeing
husband.
Tough Luck found his quarry in a
den of rattlesnakes and as Wilcox
was climbing out of the pit with the
aid of a branch from a nearby tree
Baxter cut the supporting limb with
a well-aimed bullet, senrifng the
; craven to a well-deserved death of
torture in Triangle's latest and most
stirring drama, "The Firefly of
Tongh Luck," in which Alma Rue-
bens, the "dusk jewel of the screen,"
fs featured in the title role-.
At the Star theatre Sunday, July
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REAL DKSKRT HEAT IN'
"THE RED, BED HEART."
In order to film "The Red, Red
Heart," which is th Bluebird ver
sion of Honore Willsie's famous novel
The Heart of the Desert," in the
proper scenic setting, Wilfred Lucas
took a company of forty people into
the dreary desert region near Hespe
rla, California. Scenery there is there
aplenty. It Is a wonderfully rugged.
rock-ribbed and sand-strewn region,
without a tree to deflect the scorch
ing rays of the sun. Although It
offered particular advantages to mov
ing picture work, enabling the com
pany to continue extremely long
hours, It also had an extremely ser
ious drawback. The drawback Was
the heat.
Hut Lucas, who had made use of
this region a number of times before
for pictures, had provided against
such a contingency, and had. taken
Doctor Theodore Joos, of the Blue
bird hospital staff along with him.
The only actors who were unaffected
by the heat In "The Red, Red Heart,"
which will be seen at the Star theatre
on next FrMay, were fourteen Indians
who play extremely important roles
in the pictures.
Found Papers OK
Vic Greyhens dug his safe oat of
the debris left after the fire, and on
opening same up found all the papers
to be In good shape but wet. The
freshet of a few days before had fill
ed the low ground where the safe lay
with water, and this had fn turn
found its way into the sate, wetting
an the contents. Mr. Groshens is
gradually getting his premises clean
en up and the remains of the fire
hauled off. We understand he is ne
gotiuting the Bale of his corner to an
other business firm of the city, but
this report has not been confirmed
Will Take Up FunioDjf.
James Gentry and Wilson Bayless,
residents of Albina, f-leppner's
southern suburb, will enter the wheat
raising game and take up farming
on a large scale. The former has
rented the Lon Murklntm- place and
the latter takes over the Spencer
Akers place from Billy Padberg
These are two of the best farms on
Heppner Flat, and both Gentry and
Bayless are hustlers and we shall
look forward to their,- vltimate suc
cess in this venture. Ttiey will take
possession of the farms In September.
SOME PERSONAL PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
The M. E. Church, South, had
some personal effects saved from
both the church and parsonage
buildings in the recent Are, and these
articles, consisting, ot an organ, some
rugs, chairs, dining table, etc., are
offered for sale. Anyone interested
In looking these over should consult
cither Sam Hughes, Alex Green or
Mrs. Mattie Scrivner, the committee
in charge..
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tie their debts with the conference,
clean up their property where the
church and parsonage stood, and for
the present at least, retain the lots,
not being fully decided as to their
future action with regard to building.
Heppner CJirl In Auto Accident.
The following is an account of an
mitn nrlrlent in which a HeDuner
JL youg lady was a participant, but
I which, fortunately, ended In no one
V , being seriously hurt. We give the
! account as sent us.
JL I Miss Lola Hayes of Heppner, Mrs.
X Sadie Runnlg and daughter Helen of
V Sacramento, Calif, and Mrs. Hayes of
Residence Iiurnel at llouidman.
The nice new residence of Albert
Emry, who resides on a tract of land
near Boardman, was destroyed by
fire, with all its contents Tuesday af
ternoon. Just how the fire originated
is not settled, but Mr. Emry thinks
it was from a defective flue. The
house was bungalow style, built en
tirely of cedar lumber and well fin
Ished and Mr. Emry and family had
Just recently moved into it. The
house and contents were well insured
in the sum of .$1500. ,
Papers Were Destroyed.
Woodson & Sweek opened up their
safe, which burned with their office
in the Palace hotel, and all the pa
pers were found to be burned beyond
recognition. The safe went through
tremendous heat and lay covered for
several days before It was cool en
ough to open. By close observance
some ot the printing and writing on
many ot the instruments could be
A MOMENTOUS FACTOR.
There is a lighting line in the new-
German drive over whose front
trenches the gray battalions of Ger
man shock troops could not sweep.
That line did not "give an inch."
Its fire was reserved until the at
tackers were so near that the whites
of their eyes could be almost seerv.
Then the tornado of steel from ma
chine gun and. rifle fire tore great
gaps in the advanciug ranks and the
gray-clad survivors broke and fled..
Time and again they returned to the
attack, but always the withering blast
from that Immovable line drove them.
back.
It was the American line east ot
Rhelms. It wag American aealnst
Boche. It was. democracy against
autocracy. The result is a forecast
of the ultimate decision, both In this-
conflict and in the verdict of mankind.
There was a similar result on the
other American line In this drive. :
The defenders yielded ground for a..
time, but they came back. Seven,
hours after the German assault be
gan, the Americans counter attacked.
Their advance was irresistible. They
went forward with "an almost un-r
believable ferocity." They did not
stop until they were again In their,
original position on the south bank
ot the Marne.
This has not been done before In
any of the fivei German drives, u
Is a new precedent and a new reconu
It Is warfare pitched In a new and
momentous kejv. .
This battle is described In the dis
patches as one of the fiercest of the
war. The Germans opened it with
a creeping barrage three miles deep
over a broad friur, using both gas
and explosives. The French say it
was much more savage than the
worst at Verduu.
We have the record of the remark
able fighting of the Americans at
Cantigny, and our marines at Belleavi
wood. The spirit and success in hotn
were the same as Monday's work, at
Rhelms and the Marne, but the for
mer were mote in the nature ot de
tached engagements of smaller mag
nitude and importance. Monday's
fighting was. in the heart of the . fifth
German drive, along key positions in.
the path of Boche strategy, and; with
the most and best troops Germany
could throw into the assault.
We have1 thus an opportunity to
measure the Amreican and the Ger
man as fighting men. The teat has
been made. The two types have
grappled; to combat, with all the ad
vantage on the side of the man from
the new world. Every early estimate
with which the kaiser deceived him
self and his people as to the power
of Anwlca to fight Is discredited.
He knows now, and we had faith all
along that the American was the su
perior fighter, In spite of the genera
tions of preparing and training in
Germany.
There is a mometous importance In"
what we have thus beheld. A new
and mighty force, a man of superior
fighting power, has appeared on the
battlefronts. German strategy and
the German high command, in plan
ning future operations, must take a
new factor into the acocunt. The
gray waves of massed Boches can no
longer carry everything before them.
They can be stopped and have been
stopped.
If Russian chaos continues to give
the allies an even break the begin
ning ot a change in the war aspect
Is In sight. Oregon ournal.
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$20.00 REWARD.
Will be paid by the undersigned
for the recovery of one black mule,
about ten years old, branded TJD
connected on left stifle or shoulder.
Lett my place about March 15. Phona
or write T. E. Peterson, Eight Mihj,