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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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."
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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
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