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HEPPNER, ORE., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1918
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10 OPEN 5EPI. 16
It has been decided by the School
Hoard to open school In Heppner ou
Monday, Sept. 16. This Is a week
earlier than was announced some
time since. The Fair Board having
decided to hold the Morrow County
Fair a week sooner was he deciding
factor in beginning school on this
date, the Board feeling that thero
was no need for further delay.
Owing to the fact Miat the fair comes
at a time to break into the first
weeks of the school, It is always
thought best to wait until that
attraction is out of the way.
All teachers will be notified to
this effect and it is expected that
there will be nothing to interfere
with school beginning according to
this program.
Have the Child In Physical
Condition.
In connection with the opening of
school on the 16th, it is desired that
every child should be pu in the best
physical condition, in order to get
the best results from his work. The
following are a few of the signs of
physical defects found among child
ren, and are published for the
guidance of parents and guardians:
Malnutrition.
2,000,000 School children in U. S.
suffering from malnutrition. Cause!
of this is: inadequate feeding, par-j
ental neglect, pampering the child
In his food habits, use of stimulants, ,
insufficient clothing, teeth", tonsils, .
adenoids, worry, eye strain, etc.
The following are some of the
common indications of malnutrition.
The child who bIiowb several of th j
symptoms named is likely to be
ill nourished and should have the
advice of a physician.
Is there palor of skin?
Is the child extremely thin?
Are there furrows between the
ribs?
Is the flesh soft and flabby?
Is the posture slouchy?
Lack of physical energy.
Does the child prefer quiet games
and books to boisterous play?
Is the child listless?
Is it mentally slow?
Is the appetite freaky? Prefers
highly seasoned foods.
Nervous symptoms.
Frequent headaches.
Lack of physical endurance.
Takes cold easily.
Is there shortness of breath?
Is sleep disturbed?
Are the neck glans enlarged?
Teeth, .
90 per cent of school children
have defective teeth. Some indica
tions of dental defects are:
Unclean-looking teeth.
UnBound-looklng teeth.
Unhealthy-looking gums.
"Gum boils."
Crooked teeth.
Prominent teeth.
Offensive breath.
Toothache.
Neglect of dally use of tooth
HEPPN
SCHOOLS
Gome to
HOT LAKE
OREGON
First class hotel accomodations.
Rooms with bath heated with nat-
ural hot water.
Hot Mineral Baths with specially
trained attendants. .
Dr. W. T. Phy is one of the best
physicians and surgeons in
the Northwest.
For Information Write or Wire
J. L. WILKINS, Manager
brush.
Headache.
Enlarged lymph glands in neck.
Indigestion.
General malnutrition.
Adenoids.
About 10 per cent of children are
affected with adenoids. Causes are:
1 The "Lymphatic Constitution"
(supposedly hereditary.)
2 I'uor nutrition, and especially
rickets and latent tuberculosis.
3 Thumb-sucking and the use of
the "pacifier."
4 General unhygienic conditions
of life HUi'h as dust, overheated
atmosphere, etc.
5 Infectious diseases of child
hood, especially neglect ' of colds,
whooping-cough, etc.
Deviation of the partition be
tween the nostrils.
The signs most important for
teachers and parents to note are the
following:
Open mouth and snoring at night,
Restless.
Nasal, expressionless voice.
Mouth breathing during the day.
Heavy facial expression.
Mental dullness or apathy.
High, arched palate.
Crooked, prominent upper teeth
Other throat symptoms may be
listed as follows:
Complaints of sore throat.
Frequent attacks of tonsilitls.
Thick voice.
Offensive breath.
Rheumatism (often associated
with diseased tonsils.)
Summary of Adenoids and Tonsils.
1 The germ of many serious in
fectious diseases make their way into
the body by way of nose and throat.
2 Obstructions in nose causing
mouth breathing Interfere with fil
tering, warming, and humidiftcation
of the air on the way to the lungs.
3 Healthy nose and throat are
necessary for normal speech and for
effective instruction in language.
4 Defsctive nose and throat are
responsible for a large majority of
cases of deafness and partial deaf
ness. 5 Chronic inability to breathe
through the nose often results In
mental torpor, defective growth, low
vitality, bad teeth, and feeble-niind-edness.
6 Badly enlarged tonsils or sub
ject to frequent inflamation require
removal.
7 Adenoids which cause inflama
tion of the eustachian tube, or hin
ders nasal breathing should be re
moved. 8 Removal of adenoids and dis
eased tonsils should take place as
early as possible.
9 Number of school children
suffering from adenoids and diseased
tonsilB in U. S. is 2,000,000. The
educational and hygienic treatment
of these is of great national concern.
Ear.
Tests show that about 15 per cent
of school children have defects of
hearing.
Cases of ear defects:
1 !)iseased condition of the nose
and throat.
2 Infectious diseases, (measles,
scarlet fever, diptheria, etc.)
3 Stoppage of the outer canal.
Some indications of ear defects:
Pupils often say "what?"
Inattention.
29 YOUNG DRAFT MEN -LEAVE
HEPPNER TODA
All of CIilss One Men of Morrow
County Take Leave For Train,
lng at Camp Lewis.
Twenty-nine out of the thirty-four
young men called in the last con
tingent of class one from Morrow
county, entrained ' at Heppner this
morning for Camp Lewis. Tho other
five men will go from different points
where they have been localed since
being drafted.
A large number of people, the
relatives and friends of the departing
soldier boys, gathered at the depot
to bid them good bye and God-speed.
This is the last of class one of
the first Morrow county draft and
the boys all left in good spirits, feel
lng that they were going forth to
fight In a good cause, and determined
to do their bit in a manner that will
bring honor to themselves as well as
protection to the homeland.
A number of young married men
are among this bunch of boys. These
are Richard Wells, Earl E. Gilliam,
Ernest E. Clark, Roy E.. Brown,
Arthur McAtee, Francis A. Stapleton,
William M. Kirk, James G. Cowins,
Heppner; James L. Howell, lone and
Walter W. Caldwell, Umatilla.
The others were Elmer Lee Mat
teson, A. L. Stamp, Harrison Elliott,
Fred Bradford, John W. Krebs, Lynn
R. Hale, Kenneth K. Mahoney,
Arthur Henry Smith, of Heppner;
Marsh Courtney, H. S. Edwards,
Lena; Gus Williamson, Echo; Chas.
S. Dane, Jess Agee, He try Weiren
Stender, Victor Reitmann, lone,
Adolph Skobo, Boardman; Ola Crage
McCormick, Luther Ashinhust, Jas.
Fall Bridges, Lexington; Forest Ed
wards, Morgan.
Of this contingent, Lee Land will
go from Eugene; Conrad N. Sand-
strom, Milwaukee; Thomas J. Sprln-
kel, Cottage Grove.
Ray Young, of Heppner, who was
called to go at this time, has re
ceived a temporary exemption and
will not have to appear at the train
lng camp until later.
Alex Cornett was a visitor in
Portland last week, accompanying
G. H. Bryant. Mr. Bryant, who is
a brother of Mrs. Alex Green, of this
city, went down to Portland to con
sult with a specialist. He is suffer
ing with ulceration of the stomach
and thought he might have to un
dergo an operation. The physician,
however, decided this was not nec
essary and Mr. Bryant was put on an
"abstinence" treatment and for a
number of days will have to remain
quietly in bed without any food,
giving the sore stomach a chance to
heal. He is now at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Green in this-city.
Will Build Public Toilets.-
The city of Heppner and the
ccunty of Morrow are each construct
ing toilets for the accommodation of
travelers and the public in general.
The city is building one just at the
rear of the jail building on their lot
on Willow street, and the county
will put in a toilet near the fair
grounds. The urgent necessity of
these accommodations has at last
Impressed itself upon our authorities
and we are glad to note that the
actual work is being done. ,
Stupid appearance.
Expressionless voice.
Poor spelling.
Poor progress in generrl.
Imperfect speech.
Complaint of earache.
Running ear, (sometimes not ob
served.) Peculiar nasal breathing (often
present with ear trouble.)
Kyes.
20 to 30 per cent of all school
children have defective vision. Some
Indications of eye defects are:
Peculiar headaches.
Frowning.
Holding book near eyes.
Congested eyes.
Cannot see to rend on blackboard.
Granulated lids.
Sensitiveness to light.
Fatigue.
Nervousness.
Poor spelling and reading, blurred
vision.
Double vision. Scar on corena,
Complaints of Beelng colors or
movements of letters.
Industrial Club Workers Please Note.
In preparing your exhibits for the
County Fair, you will please ship
them direct to Heppner in care of
W. W. Smead, Secretary, and marked
"Industrial Exhibits." This will ex
pedite the work of placing the ex
hibits where they should go.
As the Industrial club work is to
be a prominent feature of the Fair
this year, each club member Is urged
to get their work In and help to
build up this department.
THURSDAY. SEPT. 12
IS
Portland, Oregon, September 4.
Kvery man in the United States and
its possessions between the ages of
18 and20, inclusive, and 31 and 45,
inclusive whether he is a citizen or
an alien, must reeistfir nn ), a,.x.
proclaimed as Registration Day by
rresiuent Wilson under th nour
draft law. lowering and raising the
draft ages.
The only 'exceptions are men
already in the military and naval
service. This Includes officers and
men of the regular army, navy and
marine corps; of the drafted f firms:
cf the National Guard while in the
service of the United States; of the
Officers Reserve Corps and enlisted
men in the Enlisted Reserve CorpB
while in the service of the United
States; and officers and men in the
Naval Reserve Force and the Marine
Corps Reserve while is the service
of the United States.
All others, without any exceptions
whatsoever, muBt register on the day
set by the President for Registration
Day.,
Even sickness will be no excuse for
failure to register. Nor will absence
from home, no matter how necessary.
And ignorance of the date set for
Registration Day will not be a valid
excuse. The burden of learnine
when and where to register, and of
registering accordingly on Reeistra-
tion Day is on the. individual.
Failure to register is punishable bv
imprisonment up to one year. More
over, there is no alternative of Dav-
ing a fine.
Though sickness and absence from
home will not be accepted as excuses
failing to register, special arrange
ments nave been made for register
ing sick persons and absentees by
mail.
Any man who is unable to rrenpnt
himself for registration on Reeistra-
tion Day must send some competent
person to apply to bis local board
for a copy of the registration card.
The friend will be authorized by a
representative ; of the board, if be
considers the case bona fide, to take
the 'card back to the Blck person
and make it out for him. The card
must then be mailed or taken back
to the Local Board.
A man who must be absent from
his home precinct on Registration
Day should go at once to the local
board nearest the place where he
happens to be and have his registra
tion card made out and certified to.
This registration card will then bf
given to the man registering, with in
structions to mail it without delay to
his home local board in time to
reach the board by Registration Day.
This is very important, for the bur
den is on the registrant of seeing that
his home local board receives the
card by Registration Day.
He is not registered until his home
local board does receive his card.
When mailing the card, the regis
trant should enclose a self-addressed
and stamped envelope for the return
to hini of a registration certificate.
It Is important that every regis
trant have this registration certifi
cate, and that he keep it always on
his person. Otherwise, he may lie
put to very serious - inconvenience,
including a night in jail, for all
police officers re authorized and in
structed to arrest men of draft age
who cannot produce their registra
tion certificates.
Will Co to Hot Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wilkins re
turned Tuesday evening from a visit
to Portland, Astoria, Pendleton,
Walla Walla, LaGrande and Hot
Lake. They have decided to locate at
Hot Lake, where Mr. Wilkins will
have charge of, and become manager
of the entire plant of Dr. W. T. Phy
there, with the exception of the hos
pital department. The great Hot
Lako Sanitarium Is located at this
point and this institution lias become
one of the foremost health resorts
of tho Northwest. Mr. Wilkins feels
that he is fortunate in securing tills
position. The hotel department
alone has tho entertainment of some
150 guests almost constantly and is
a huge institution, besides all the
auxiliary buildings and equipment
that go to make up a well organized
institution of this character, and
Mr. Wilkins will find plenty to
occupy his attention and ample room
in which to exercise his energy and
executive ability. Mr. and Mrs.
Wilkins will leave Heppner Sunday
and expect to take up their work at
Hot Lake on the 10th of the month.
They leave Heppner with many
regrets and shall always look upon
this place as home.
Sliips Two Cars Cattle.
F. M. Beck, stockbuyer, shipped
two cars of beef cattle to Portland
from the Heppner yards on Wednes
day. The stuff was gathered up in
this vicinity.
Red Cross .Notes.
The Morrow County Chapter of
the Red Cross desire to thank all
those taking part in the program
given for ths draftees on Monday
evening. The entertainment was
splendid and its successful manage
ment is greatly appreciated. They
are also gratified with the very large
attendance of the citizens of Hepp
ner and Morrow county on this
occasion.
The Heppner Chapter will have
new sewing quarters from now on.
They have been granted the
privilege of using the banquet hall
of tho Masonic building and here
after will make this their work room.
The building is centrally located, the
room is well lighted and will be
comfortably heated. All Red Cross
members will please make note of
this change and be governed accord
ingly. There is much work to be done
fsr the month of September, and the
allotment for the Morrow County
Chapter should be here now. This
work is to be finished and ready for
delivery by October 1st. There has
been a little delay in the shipment,
presumably on account of the Chap
ter here calling for the work to be
sent cut and ready ror making up.
The headquarters at Seattle is pre
pared to cut the garments and will'
likely send out all such work in the
future in this manner instead of
shipping the goods in bolts as here
tofore. A meeting of the executive com
mittee was held on Tuesday evening,
with a good attendance. Arrange
ments were completed for getting in
a sufficient number of machines to
attend to the sewing and it is plan
ned to have these installed in the
work room at once. There may be
some of our people who have sewing
machines that can be spared from
their homes for a time, if so, please
inform Mrs. Colin.
Returns From Tour of Territory.
W. W. Cryder, forest supervisor,
returnod yesterday from a complete
tour of his .territory, visiting Spray
on the west side and Kamela on the
east. He reports that .the summer
range on the west side is so dry that
sheep men have been forced to take
bands of sheep off the range and
place them on the home pastures.
The west side has had but one good
rain this season. It is feared that
while the pastures on the lowlands
are now in good condition, they will
rot be able to hold up under the
strain caused by the early return of
the sheep from the mountains. The
cast side, however, range conditions
are ercellent because of frequent
rains and Cryder says the prospect
there is very encouraging. Both
sheep and cattle, he reports, are In
good condition, although there has
been some loss of sheep, because of
the scattering of the bands. East
Oregonian.
Arrests a Slacker.
Sergeant Lillie of the O. M. P.
force at Heppner, arrested James
Mitchell, a young man living at the
homo of Wm. Davidson just over the
line in Gilliam county, and brought
! im to Heppner, lodging a charge
against him of being a draft evader.
Mitchell claims to b a subject of
Great Britian, and his excuse for not
registering in the draft was this
fact, stating that he did not suppose
it necessary for a subject of a foreign
country to register. He also gave
out that he was beyond the draft age,
but this was proven not true and he
finally had to admit it. It seems to
be a plain case of "slacker" and the
proper authorities at Portland have
been notified In the meantime
Mitchell is in charge of Sheriff
McDuffee who will hold him awaiting
instructions.
lie Saw Snakes, and He Got 'Kin.
G. W. Millliollaud, local manager
of the Standard Oil Company, has
been seeing snakes. He went out to
the Nat Shaw farm in Clarks Canyon
Sunday, having been informed by
Guy Shaw, who also works for the
Oil Company, that he would be able
to get a rattler or two, at least he
could seo some of the reptiles
whether he got them or not, so Mr.
Millliollaud decided to make the trip.
In scouting around about the rocks
hi soon hustled out a fair sized
rattler and dispatched it. This one
had nine rattles and a button. He
looked around a little farther and
run another little fellow out of the
recks. This one was captured alive
and placed in a fruit jar for exhibi
tion purposes. The larger snake ap
peared to be well stuffed with some
thing, so Mr. Millholland split it
open and discovered by so doing,
ten smaller snakes that had coiled
themselves up within the interior
anatomy of the mother snake, pre
sumably to get out of danger. Mr.
Millholland was exhibiting his catch
about town on Monday, and feels
that while he was seeing snakes he i
also made a pretty good killing,
SIJCTHANNUALFAIR
OPENS SEPT. J2TH
Saturday to be Morrow County Pa
triotic Day. Exhibits Xow
Reim; Inalled.
There has not been any great
spread of banners this year con
cerning the Sixth Annual Morrow -County
Fair, but just the same
preparations for a good fair and a
good time have been going on, and
Secretary Smead expects to open the
Fair to the public ou Thursday next
with everything in proper shape.
it has been fully realized all the
while, especially since the big fire at
Heppner, that it would not be an
easy task to give the Fair in as
successful a manner this year as
other seasons, yet it could not be
allowed to go over and the manage
ment have buckled into the job and
are now able to announce to the
Morrow county public that they can
expect as good a time as usual.
There will be none of the side
issues that have heretofore occupied
the attention of he crow d, but good,
clean entertainment has been pro
vided. One of the chief features is
Campbell's American Band of Port
land, a musical organization that has
a state wide reputation. Secretary
Smead was able to get Mr. Campbell
and his band for the Morrow County
Fair because of the fact of his ex
ceptional persuasive ability. This
band has been playing for the State
Fair, the Astoria Regatta and num
erous county fairs in different parts
of the state, and was a chief attrac
tion at the Rose Festival in Portland
last year. This band under the
direction of Percy A. Campbell will
furnish an abundance of good music
during the three days of the fair.
Accompanying the band, also, will
be Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, soprano
soloist. Mrs. Albert will appear on
the numerous programs given by
the band and will add greatly to the
attractiveness of this part of the en
tertainment. On Friday afternoon there-will b6
an oration by Walter M. Pierce,
democratic candidate for Governor
of Oregon. Mr. Pierce promises to
"adjourn politics" for this occasion
and, he will have an address that
should be heard by all. Mr. Pierce
has the distinction of being one of
the best speakers of this part of the
state.
Saturday is to be Morrow County
Patriotic Day. The program on this
day will be under the direction of the
Ccunty Council of Defense and the
full announcements will appear a
little later. One feature, however,
is to be a flag raising by the Morrow
Ccunty Home Guard.
Prepare to lay aside your work on
the days of the Fair next week and
come to town and put in a few days
of pleasure and relaxation. You
will be cared ior, so come and assist
in making the Fair a succcess.
Red Cross Pledges Should Be Puid.
Our attention is called to the fact
that many of the pledges made in
the last Red Cross drive remain yet
unpaid. It will not be so very long.
before another drive of this nature
is on and right now we are facing
the Fourth Liberty Loan drive.
These pledges should be promptly
met and the slate made clean before
(ther obligations are taken on. Will
you not, therefore, hand in your
pledge at once to Phill Colin, treas
urer of the war drtve funds and get
your receipt for same. The Heppner
Chapter is being called on to see
that these funds are all in right
away by the officers from headquar
ters. This applies also to any
pledges that may remain unpaid
from the first drive.
Makes Money on Pigs..
Alex Cornett is feeling quite good
over a trade he made in pigs the
past week. He sold seven 10-uwntlis-old
pigs to Gentrv Matlock for
shipment to the 'Portland market.
They brought him a total of $354.85
and their average weight was 265
pounds. These pigs wre bought
some eight months before by Mr.
Cornett, along with their mother.
The sow was sold a short time ago
tor just $2.50 less than the entire lot
cost him in the beginning, and he
thinks he did pretty well on the deal
as he was not out fit for the keeping
of them. These pigs were sold on
the Portland market by Gentry &
Matlock at 20 cants.
Earl E. Williams, contractor and
builder of Freewater, F. E. Everett,
painter of Milton and C. M. Barney,
carpenter of Pendleton, were visitors
in Heppner on Friday, coming over
from Stanfleld, where they are at
work finishing a school building in
one of the districts uear that place.
They were looking over the building
situation at Heppner.