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THE UAZETTE-T1MK8. HEPPSEB, OIIEUON. THV5SS1 AY, JVLY iS, 1018. PACK EIGHT Ti t v f ? ? V ? v f ? ? t Y ? f X ? STAR THEATRE J. B. SPARKS, Manager FRIDAY, JULY 26th Herbsrt Rawlnson, all-roand athlete, will be the star in the excellent Bluebird Feature "BRACE UP" o Edna Goodrich i 6 QUEEN X" and Biilie Rhodes Comedy "BURGLAR J" SUNDAY WINIFRE ALLEN in the Saturday Evening Post story "THE MAN HATER" A Triangle play which contains features of interest for all members of the family MON DAY TEEsiiiinjQ Juliette Day tin Broadway star, in her initial photoplay "The bow Girl" A five-act drama free of love triangle?, se s problems, built on a clean and interesting love story. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY One of the latest Universal Special Attract 'ens, same class as "The Bride's Awaken ing," just shown lure; nd " The Two Soul Woman," to be shown in Portland next week. Commencing August '1th, these Special attractions will be shown in Heppner on Sunday and Monday, end the present Sunday and Monday programmes on Tuesday and Wednesday. NO EXTRA COST TO YOU. 15 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 BUYING BASIS FOR 1918 NO. 1 WHEAT 3 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. T t ? T v f f Y f f t Y t t t t y v t 1 j Portland. Ore.. July 23. M. H. Houser of the Food Administration ( Grain Corporation announced today j that he had sent out the following le'tiT to all the grain trade of the ' state: "The following is the Food Ad- i I ministration Grain Corporation buy i ing basis for wheat harvested in 1918 for No. 1 grade in accordance with the Federal Grain Standards, de livered in store in approved eleva tois and warehouses at Seattle and Taeoma, Washington, Portland and Astoria, Oregon; payment to be made against warehouse receipts therefor. A list of these approved elevators and. warehouses wiil be mailed to cu In the near future: Dark Hard Winter. $2.22 Hard Winter ' 2.20 Yellow Hard Winter 2.18 Dark Northern Spring 2.22 Northern Spring (Basic) 2.20 Red Spring 2.15 Red Winter (Basic) 2.20 Red Walla 2.13 Amber Durum 2.22 Durum 2.20 red Durum (Basic) 2.1a Hard White (Basic) 2.20 SjH White 2.18 Wl i'.o Club.. 2.16 "No 2 wheat will be baught by the Grain Corporation at 3c under No. 11; No. 3 whc:.t at 7c under N . 1. "Mixed wheat and wheat grading lower than No. 3 will be bought by sample at its value. ' We wi'l Issue a bulletin giving the approximate value of wheat lading lover than No. 3 on account ' iost weight, mixed wheat and :mtitty wheat. Tie r.bove prices are for bulk Veat. A premium of 9c. per bushel ill be paid for sacked wheat basis ;3fd order Eaeks. "We expect the grain trade to nperate on a fair price basis as we -lo not wish to solicit consignments which we are prepared to handle on i l'r commission basis. 'Under the new arrangement for 'he coming year the Food Adminis tration Grain Corporation relln- lukiies definite direction of wheat shipments. We will therefore dis continue the car permit system, in order to return the trade to the widest range of individual opportu nity possible. Nevertheless, we in tend to keep in close touch with all shippers and assist them as much as asslble In securing cars for the movement of wheat." RMT MAKES KKCOKD MKAT I'l'KCHASK Chicago, July 20. The largest v.ns'c older for bacon and canned meats in the history of the world TP, 560, 000 pounds of bacon and 1.34,000,000 pounds of canned "icat has just been placed by the :i"artermaiiter's Department, U. S ' ., for the American Army overseas. Louis F. Swift, in commenting on !'.'s today, said the order will take ,:o bacon from approximately 1,900, ''0 hogs and if other work were pped to produce it would be yivalent to the total bacon pro vction of the five largest Chicago ackers for nearly five weeks, how ever, six months will elapse before '3'ivery is to be completed. Mr. Swift said: "At the current prices on the day, last week, when the purchase was made, the packers would pay the live stock producers about $80,000,000 .'or the necessary hogs and over $50, 00,000 for about 900,000 cattle t-i-ruired. "The cattle will cost us twice as liucli, and 'he hogs two ar one-half !nt?K as much as in th ure-w? period. "The whole order will be made up before the first of the year, despite 'he fact that, even before his pur chase one-fourth of the packers' lacilities have been devoted to filling military demands. "In order to get out the canned ;oods the packers will find it neces sary to employ night and day shifts -f canners. Notwithstanding the fact that the products are being rush ed forward thus hurriedly, not a single complaint has been received an meats delivered to the armies abroad. "The five packers are now killing about 360,000 hogs weekly to keep abreast of martial and domestic needs." Cede if t .'4 ones re3x Gi fourth Aw p"jr" HiS Is the story of Cecie Jones' Fourth of July. We say "Cecie" because that Is what his fond mother callei! him, though if the sad truth must be told, he was always ashamed to have any of the "gang" around when she said It. The "gang" called him "Bumper," except when they wanted to be extra polite, and then they called him "Ceele." His name was Cecil. "Ain't 1 goin' to have any fireworks for the Fort?" he whined at the break fast table on the morning of the third. "No, Cede," said his mother, beam ing on him as she weighed the sugni for his cereal. She was bringing Cede up on n system that she had learned through a corre spondence course given as a premi um with a year's subscription of the Mother's Own Companion. Cecie com menced to cry, all the time keeping an eye on his mother's face to note the effect. "Oh, let him have some," said Mr. Jones. "I always had fireworks, and toy pistols, too, for that matter, and I never was the worse for It" "That's the way with yon, Ed Jones," replied the mother. "You're always spoiling my plans for the bringing up of that boy." "Well, what's the Fourth without fireworks?" asked the father, sententl- ously; but It must be confessed that he had mint Juleps in mind. The Fourth was his one day off, he whis pered to his conscience. Christmas, Thanksgiving and his wife's birthday were also one days off with him. How ever, this Is Cecie's story, nof the old man's. The boys said that "Bumper" Jones was the foxiest kid in the block. How belt, "Bumper" said no more about fire works, and he had controlled his con vulsive sobs as soon as his father had butted In. Before noon he had a trunk, ful of rockets, Roman candles, pin- wheels, volcanoes and other deadly weapons. It was impressed on him, however, that he was not to set them off. Fa ther would do that lifter he got home from the ofllce, which always was busy on the Fourth "getting ready for the fall trade," he said. screamed Mrs. Jones, forgetting th Correspondence Course. "Now," said "Bumper;" "he traded for two pucks of crackers." "Give It to him, I say! I wouldn't let you have It If you paid five hun dred dollars for It!" But the spirit of Independence was upon him, and with a last parting look at his dis tracted parent, he leaped the fence and disappeared down the alloy. When he came back at twelve o'clock he threw the pistol under the porch. At two o'clock the pleas ures of the day were beginning to pall on him, and to relieve the monotony he tied a bunch of firecrackers to the kitten's tall and touched off the fuse. The kitten nmde for the box where the night fireworks were stored. After much agitation on the mother's part. the kitten was driven Into the coal bin and almost drowned with a pall of water. The fireworks were hauled out on the porch for safety. It was four o'clock when Cede threw a bunch of crackers among the sky rockets Just to show BUI Sims that they wouldn't go off. Ills triumph was complete when only one sizzed Into the tree top. It was five when he sold his largest rocket for 20 cents and went to the soda fountain at the comer and ate two dishes of Ice cream. He took two because his mother had warned him not to eat any. The Correspondence Course said there was great danger of ptomaine poisoning in ice crenm. His father came home at 5:30, and Cede was subdued until after dinner. Then he commenced to tense to have the fireworks set off. Long before dark the mother, tired with the nerv ous strain, asked her husband to get the thing over with. While the father was engaged with a plnwheel that wouldn't whirl, Cede managed to touch off a volcano and two Roman candles. What Is that question yon are ask ing, gentle reader? "When did calam ity overtake him?" Bless you, there wasn't any. Of course, he ought to have been Mown up and compelled to stay in the hos pital three months and In jail six more. Bt It some times doesn't hap pen that way. At ten o'dock George L. Shirley and wife of Hailey, Idaho, passed through Hepp ner today In their Ford enroute for Portland. Thirty-four years ago Mr. Shirley passed through Heppner on his way to the Idaho country and this is the first time he has been here since. In the trip to the Wood river country, he passed over a great deal of territory and through many points where thriving communities and towns are now located, that in those years was largely range land and barren waste and he is struck with wonder at the great development that had been made. Mr. Shirley, in his early days, was a print and could held down a Job at the case with the best of them, but he long ago abandoned the trade for other pursuits. Cede dug his pistol out from under' the porch, unearthed four packs of1 crackers and commenced his second celebration. At twelve he was dragged Into the house to lie put to bed. His mother carefully examined the entire exposed surface of his body for dan gerous wounds. The worst she discov ered was a cut under his eve. "But say, Mom," said Ceele proudly. "he's had beefsteak on his since be fore noon." "Who?" asked the mystified mother. "Jumper Robinson," said Cecie. "He wanted his pistol back, and we had It out." Mother hid her face In her hands and shuddered, but father smiled soft- ly and put the kid to bed, for the first time since he had measles. An insight Into the father's chnrncter Is really necessary for an understand ing of Cecie's conduct and the fate that but we ure getting ahead of our story again. "Ain't I goin' to have any firecrack ers?" wailed Cede at breakfast on the Fourth. "No, Cede." This came with so much decision that even "Bumper" was a little perturbed. "The Mother's Own Companion says that more lockjaw " Here "Bumper" set up a howl that cut short the homily. "What am I goin' to do all day?" he walled. "Can't put off the rockets till tonight." "If you're a good boy, I'll take you over to the cemetery to see Uncle George's grave," said the Correspond ence Course soothingly. Nothing doing for "Bumper." "Oh, get hlin some firecrackers 1" said the father. "An' a pistol I" chimed in "Bumper," anxious to take advantage of the only chance. The Correspondence Course compro mised on the firecrackers. "No pistol 1" she suid with determination. "Well, then, I want ten packs." This wtis "Bumper's" ultimatum. It was about ten o'clock that Mrs, Jones stepped to the door In response to the bell. A dirty urchin, with tear-lined face, looked up at her. " 'Bumper's, got my gun I" he walled. " 'Bumper 1' 'Bumper !" she ' said, horrified by the suggestion that sho could be supposed to have an Interest In a "Bumper." "Yes," said the boy; "Cede has my pistol." The word pistol recalled her to the danger In the situation. There was Cecie banging away at a tree box with a deadly firearm. "Give him his pistol Immediately. I' The Declaration Committee, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, as chairman, were appointed by the Continental congress to draw up the Declaration of Inde pendence. Policy demanded that a Southerner should be chosen to write the Declaration In order to increnso the probability of its unanimous adop tion. Logically Jefferson was the man to carry this work through, for the masterly style of his pen wns well known. With such coworkers, though, It cannot lie supposed that he alone was the author of the resolution, for the responsibility had been usslgned to nil five Jointly and the counsel and advice of all were necessary. How ever, the credit of the phraseology Is given to Jefferson, while John Adams Is said to have given close attention to the revision and the amending of the resolution. "Aristocracy" Did Not Approve. There is a reference to the first cele bration of the Fourth of July In the autobiography of Charles Biddle, His memoirs were written lnte in his life, and consequently he fell quite natural ly Into the error of supposing that the Declaration was first read to the peo ple on July 4, 177(1, Instead of on tl 8th. He says of the event in the state house yard, which he witnessed: "I was in the old state house yard when the Declaration of Iudependence was read. There were very few respectable people present." The nutoblographer must not be taken too literally, for he did not mean what nowadays would bo called respectable people. He alluded to persons of family and substance, who in those days were regarded as the only respectable element a kind of wlstograqr, la tact, . j J