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THE GAZETTE-TIMES
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November l. 1SH7.
Consolidated February 15, 191..
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TV i f ro compaeio were recently
orpai.iiil i lloppner, following
cIofo'v !j.on tl'e disastrous fire of
July -ilk, when it was forcibly im
pressed upon the citizenship of the
town that protection of this sort
was something badly needed. At the
preliranu: y meetings, some 75
citizens signed up to become mem
bers of these companies, and the
thing started off will a rush and
some show of enthusiasm. Follow
ing this, the city council has em
ployed a fire chief at a salary of
$100 per month, and has stood ready
to help the fire organization along
in all the wavs possible. A new
fire truck has been ordered, ad
ditional hose and oher apparatus is
here and the new fire chief is getting
the fire fighting equipment all in
ship shape. But for some reason
or other, there seems to be little
enthusiasm at the present In th
fire companies. Regular drills are
being held, and a very few of those
who signified their intention of be
coming volunteer firemen for the
city have ever turned out to practice
not more than thirty ever getting
but to the drills, which are held
twice a week. Many of our business
men are giving no attention to the
companies, and in fact, so we are
informed, but very few of them ever
attend the drills at ail and are simply
passing them up.
This condition should not exist.
This service should receive the
united attention and encouragement
of our citizens in order to make the
fire organization just as efficient as
possible. The fire boys should be
backed up,, more men should attend
the drills and get familiar with
handling the apparatus. Another
fire may visit the city any time that
would prove just as disastrous as
any we have so far suffered and it is
to the interest of every property
owner that effective fire companies
be encouraged and maintained.
HIS PROFITS FROM TRUNKS
The prune is coming Into its own.
The prune, ontwithstanding its
heritage from old Rome, has been
buffeted in jest and story from board
ing house pillar to post, from time
immemorial. j
The prune has been maligned.
But the old order changeth. I
Seven years ago a Umatilla county
horticulturist set out 10 acres of
prunes. He is now harvesting from
these trees a crop that will net him
$5000, or $500 an acre. As high as
$113 a ton has been paid for the
Umatilla fruit this season, and thep
price is still going up. j
The drafted man, asked what he
gets to eat in the army, auswors
"prunes." '
This lowly breakfast food is now;
demanding due recognition. The'
prune may well feel proud to feed a'
United States soldier or sailor. i
To say a man is full of prunes was:
once a popular joke. It is no longer.!
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DEEM PICTURE OUT OF PLACe!
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wooden palace at Nukualofa, the cup
Ital of the kingdom. Germans who,
shortly before the war, were rather
conspicuous in Tonga were wont to
admire the painting when they came
o pay thetr respects to King George.
Moreover, close at hand were busts of
linperor Frederick of Germany and
Prince on Bismarck. So delightfully
Informal In many ways Is the Tonga n
eourt that the busts did excellent serv
ice as hat racks on festive occasioi
But not so with the present from th
"All Highest" But alack for the his
picture of the kaiser in little Toupi !
After the war had been In progress for
some tiie the fact of Its existence und
whereabouts came within the purview
of the British government and1 that
government requested the Tongan gov
ernment to remove It from the palace.
The pith of this request was that Ton
ga Is a British protectorate. But not
withstanding Tonga is a British pro
tectorate it is the last independent
kingdom In the Pacific and it pride
itself on having not only a monarch
but a cabinet and a parliament. New
York World.
Mascagni and the War.
Pletro Mascagni, the celebrated com;
poser, once told how the opening
chorus of "Cavnlerla" was composed
on the night of Februnry 3, 1SS0, when
his first child was born. That son.
Mini!, Is now, or was recently, driving
n motor-truck for the Italian army;
and a second boy, Pino, became a pri
vate in the engineer corps, blowing up
Austrian barbed-wire barricades. On
a visit to the young soldiers Mascagni
saw his first battle.
"This Is indeed music," he wrote. "It
seems as If all the big drums In my or
chestra had been multiplied by a mil
lion and suddenly gone mad."
The composer gave open-air concerts
in the trenches, on one occasion at
tended by the king of Italy, and he
set himself at work on a great patriot
ic symphony, designed to be a musical
apotheosis of Italy's "war of redemption."
SEE ME BEFORE SELLING
YOUR GRAIN
I am grain agent at Heppner for the Pacific
Grain Company, successors to M. H. Houser,
and am prepared to buy your grain outright or
on consignment, as you prefer. Can also furnish
grain bags at the lowest price.
I ROY V. WHITEIS
British Authorities Request Removal
of Kaiser's Portrait From j
Tonga King's Paiace.
Germany's interesting relations with
the little kingdom of Tonga in lb
South Pacific are recalled by recent
incidents there. A few years back a
life-size portrait of the kaiser mounted
within a massive gilt frame vns pre
sented by the German government to
King George Tuboa II, the present
ruler of the archipelago. Forthwith
this picture adorned the walls of the
Cost of Enrolling a Soldier.
Figures compiled from the records
of the first draft show that It cost
the government almost exactly $j
for each man drafted, according to
Popular Science Monthly, All but 7
cents of this amount represents the
expense of (he draft boards. In com
parison with this, it Is interesting to
Icarn that the volunteer system of
recruiting cost $24.4(4 per man In 1!H t,
$10.14 in 191," and $28.93 betwern July,
1916, and April, 1917. Those latter
figures, however, Included the recruit's
traveling expenses and the cost of his
subsistence prior to acceptance.
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WINIFPED ALLEN IN TRIANGLE PLAY. "FOR VALOUH."
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We take pleasure in an
nouncing that we
have secured
The
Palmer Garment
CT"HERE have been times when
it seemed impossible to secure
merchandise, especially merchandise
of quality, good enough for our cus
tomers. But you will notice when
you see the new Palmer Garment
that we have made ample prepara
tions to supply you with coats in the
quality to which you are accustomed
at the lowest possible price.
(IP3
Thomson Brothers
THE SIXTH ANNUAL
MORROW COUNTY FAIR
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SEPTEWBE
R 12, 13
AND 14,
1918, AT HEPPN
ER, OREGON
THE FAIR this year will be a "war
fair " and those things tending to
assist in the winning of the war will
be featured more prominently than
heretofore.
Food Conservation Will Be The Keynote
The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture will
have an exhibit and will have repre
sentatives here to give instruction.
NDUSTRIAL Club exhibits will
be larger and better than ever and
canning contests will be held daily.
TSiere will lie !o
amusement, and
nisiielS by a live-w
Is of good, clean
Riiissc will be fur-
re orchestra.
The Secretary of Agriculture has asked that
fairs which instruct and amuse be held this year,
believing them a strong "win-the-war" agency.
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SO BEGIN NOW TO PLAN TO ATTEND
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