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THT5 GAZETTE-TOIES, HETPVEB, OREGON, THTTRSD AY, NOVEMBER 7, 1018. PAGE NKYfe.4 tyiiiiUi mini ill i' fPSnl) i i " ill II No Mystery in Meat Some things are so simple that they have to be explained again and again. When things are obvious, people keep looking for mysteries behind them. So it is with the packing bus iness. .'The mere size of Swift & Company confuses many. Because their imaginations are not geared up to scale, they be lieve there must be magic in it somewhere some weird power. Swift & Company is just like any other manufacturing business run by human beings like yourself; it takes in raw material on the one hand and turns out a finished product on the other. Swift & Company keeps down the "spread," or the expense absorbed be tween raw and finished material, to as low a figure as possible. (If it didn't it would be put out of business by others who do.) How much Swift & Company pays for the raw material, and how much it gets for the finished product, depends upon conditions which Swift & Company does not control. It depends entirely upon how much people want the finished product, and how much raw material there is avail able to make it from. The profits of Swift & Company ' amount to less than one cent per pound on all meats and by-products less than one-fourth of a cent on beef. Witt m I" it Keep Your Pledge I 9 fclira Make Good for Our I U A I5i Fighting Man i; I II BUY Stamps mG Swift & Company, U.S. A. l A SNAP FOR HOMEBODY. I will sell 160 acres In Sec. G, Tp. 1 N. R. 26 E. for $2000. All tillable land. Good well of water with pumping outfit. $1000 down, long time on balance, interest 5fc C. A. MOREY, Lexington, Oregon, or in quire at ranch. 2t Mrs. E. D. Rood returned to her Portland home on Tuesday morning, after having attended the last sad rites In connection with the burial of her husband at this city on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. T. Morgan, of Butter creek, were in Heppner for a short time on Friday.' Miss Margaret Crawford returned Friday from Melbourne, Wash., where she has been visiting at the home of her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Jones for the past four weeks. Gus Wilcox left for Portland and Clackamas county Saturday. He will be absent for a short time, visiting with his father who is growing quite feeble. EVERY AITO OWNER should have a Peterson Tire Welder. S:ld by W. W. SHAMHART at the Verdot Second Hand Slore. 4-t pd LETTERS FROM SOME OF OUR SOLDIER BOYS FROM ilY McFERRIX Mrs. Alice McFerria of this city has two sons in the service ai the front. They have been seeing some of the actual semie during the ti? drive and under dat ; of October 10th Guy writes his mother from a hos pital where he is recovering from wounds received in action before Chateau Thi-rry. I will write you a few lines to let yen V.nmv how I am getting along i am m mis Hospital now. I, was wounded in action, but not seriously ui:d I a'n getting along fine. I got hit in the left leg with a scrapnel shell. How is everybody at liome; well I hope. I sure would like to sco all you folks as it has been some time since I left. How does old Xtcpr.asr look by this time; pretty bum I guess since the fire. My that was bad. If everything goes on as it hp k::: "...ay :;.t home by Christina. out that isn t anything sure as we never can tell how long the war will last. ' llut I hopo and pray it wiil not be long. I havn!',f seLn but one or two of .he boys from home, and that was Roy Wakefield and Mildred Hughe's impanel. Oli yes, I saw Albert Crev.dson once. PRIVATE GUY McFERRIN. Co. F, 361st Iv.t., A. P. O. IT.GM KMEBV MATT The following letter was received recently by W. E. Hiatt, of Kelso Wash., from bis son, Emery, who en listed from here and is now iu Battery A, 147th Artillery:' Dear folks: Will write you a few lihrs to lot you know that I am well and feeling fine again. I was rather under the weather for a while, I got too careless (but never again) and was caught in a ges attack without my sp.? mask, but I am all right now. I didn't go to the hospital as most of them do for gas but managed to stay right on the guns and fire and am still with them now, but ,lt was all that I could do to get about. The aircraft guns are just going after an airplane. We see all kind of sights, sights that I will remember as long as I llye and before long I will be telling them to you. A person can't Imagine what war really is until they experience it. Old Fritz plays pretty rough with us every once in a while but we sure make him "hunt his hole" to and sometimes we keep him there for a long tlma too. I have been thinking of sending home a German helmet. . I can get all kinds of them and if I get where I can send it I will do so, but I do not want a souvenir too large. We just moved our positions which is a great deal better than the one we just left. We had five men wounded there but not very badly. Oh yes, our Captain saw the gun 1 shoot kill some Huns today. It hit right in a bunch of them. The more the better. Will close with love. EMERY HIATT. Under date of Sept. 1st, Emery also writes his folks at Kelso, stating thflt lie is as well as ever. It will soon be a year since he went over to France from Old Oregon, and lie has had some real experience in :hat time. Emery says: It is raining and I suppose It will now keep it up. We have had swell weather up to now. for our victorious drive. We arc on another front now and are having great success, taking a great sumber of prisoners. We are here as Gen. Pershing's choice or picked troops. He says our Div ision is one of his best. We are not in the same Division as formerly, but at any rate when there is some great objective this is the Division that bears the brunt of most of the attacks. We were to have gone back for a rest but were needed on the offensive and here we are and I have not even wii time to write uaui today. We came here overland aud believe me it was sure some l.ise. It seems when they have a icug and hard trip I am always put to u.e dii.ihg and 1 was in the saddle i6 hours without a r;st. Imagine iuai. and since we got here I have bieu so busy hautibg Uiaujuuliiou to ti.e u..i that tiiis fc my i;rst chaaco of wr.j. The Germans ere glad to oe piisuuers, and become prisoners whenever tlu-y get a chance, iuey say they didn't think there were "-aily so many Americans over here, aud a whoie lot iwe that I cau l ieil, but at any ra.e 1 believe uit 3iil is rifcar. i uope so any way. Old Fritz sure sneils the road to beat the band aud it makes driWug ra'.iiur dauguruu:-:, Luc 1 ligure a peison won't go untit the good Lid sees f.t. Sj al.vay3 be ready o.r.d have nothing to fear is my muuj. X have never hud "ho feeling of lear as yet for whai is to be will bo. With lovti a.iii best wishes, em if. it v. : e IG' t'Jii. JV'II-S of uus couple, jf their s.ju, :m t t t t Y J f Y z JUE BEST COFFEE IN TINS Schilling's Best Folger's Golde a Gate BOTH IN 1, 2 1-2 and 5 POUND CANS When thinking of Coffee remember we have our usual line in bulk 22 1-2, 25, 30 and 35 cents a pound. PHELPS GROCERY COMPANY t t T V f ? ? ? Y f t t t t t t t t t Y FROM A'.Y Mr. and Mrs. J city are in receipt cf a ic!.::-s recently iV-;;, Alvah, who has been iu trance i'uriJ nearly a year past. The first ieuc-r P was dated Sept.. 2 2, 'and at thin time Alvah was laid up in a hospital, 3u!'ering vviui a boil on his uui, which pet mad'j it airaost iuuioicD.o for him to write. When he wioLe it ivas raining a.-?I.i. or rather was con tinuing to rain as it seemed to Uj aiiiing most of the time and the weather was cool, with nice moon light nights who.i the clouds hatf moved away. Continuing, Alvah says: Utceived your letters of August 4 and 18 and there are two or three mat l naven t got yet. We move abi.;iit so much that It ' makes our mail very irregular in reaching us. We just got back from the front. Was in the fight Sept. 12. I suppose you read all about, it. That makes about three for me so far. I came out OK and am feeling pretty well with the exception of a slight cold and my boil. I just had this fixed up and it will be aii right In a few' days. They have a pretty fair Y. M. C. A. here In this town a nice place ' to rest and write letters. Am sorry j there isn't much fruit there this year and I was in hopes you would have a ; lot on hand when I got home. Have done without for a year and guess I can do without for a while longer if necessary. It will soon be a year since I joined the army, and may be another before I get out, but I hope not. ALVAH. Under date of Oct. 4, Alvah writes further: If I can get my pen to working, I will write a few lines to let you know that I am alright. The boil ou my arm is just about well now. They sent me to the hospital with It over a week ago, but I was marked "duty" today,. so suppose will soon be back, with my company. This Is a very nice place, nothing to do but stay in bed and have our meals brought in to us. We stay in bed most of the time, too, as we have no clothes only pajamas, so we stick around pretty close. It seems pretty nice to have a good bed to sleep in once more and I have certainly been making use of it the past ten days. The only thing I don't like Is, they seem to think if a person doesn't work he should not eat. We get enough for laying around In bed all the time but I know I could eat more if I could get It. I ara not kicking, though, for I have had a good rest and am feeling fine. Would like to be home and help with putting in the crops this fall. From the way things are looking now I will likely be home by next fall anyway, if not sooner.' I see by the papers that the Liberty Loan has been over subscribed already and it only has. just started. The people seem to be anxious to subscribe. PRIVATE ALVAH W. JONES. Co. G, 9th Infantry, A. E. F. Clenn Mcl'errin Gets Shell Shock iind Gas. Writing on Oct. 2, from a Easi Hospital Somewhere in France, Glenn McFerriu gives an account of him self. The letter is addressed to his mother and he says: I am in the hospital. I got shell shocked and a little gas and my nerves are all unstrung. My lungs and heart bother me, but mother don't worry for I think I will be all riflit. I have boon up to the front and over the top twice and it is not so exciting as one would think and I (rfvc thanks to the Savior that he guided me through that battle. I will sure be glad when tho war is over and when we can come home it will be one of the happiest days of my life. I shall be glad when I hear from brother Guy and know how he pulled through. We are treated well In the hos pital. The Red Cross gave us a lot of good things. I saw my old friend Albert Crewdson the other day, the first time since I left the States. I would be glad if some of the boys around there would write mo some letters for a letter over hero is like a $5 treat at home. GLENN McFERRIN, Co. F, 361st Inf., A. E. F., A. P. O. 776. A house for rent. W. P. HILL. Jack is not far a r rost iy. You are thinking of some t f the comforts for Icier weather. Sam K'jghes Company have anticip: ted your needs in their line of Svesie? 5, Plain and Stripes Mackkaws, Wed Shirts Caps, Wool; ?, Socks and Underwear aien Dinr.fieis vs. NOT TOO EARLY TO MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS NOW. San H ughes Co. 'House of Reliable Merchandise" Bucks For Sal Have eomo choice 2-year-old Rambouillet rams, and cross-bred Rambouillet-Lincoln rams and a few ' Lincoln rams for sale. Write or wire PENDLETON SHEEP COMPANY Dan P. Smythe, Pres., or T. F. Boylen, Mgr., Pendleton, Oregon. Limit To Service W: E can serve as your bank and bankers whether you live in Heppner or many miles amay on Farm or Ranch. The Farmers & Stockgrowers National Bank knows no limita tions when it comes to distance. Our BANK BY MAIL facilities are adaptable to any kind of bank ing FROM ANYWHERE. If you cannot call and tolk over the possibilities write to us. MEMBER OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM. FARMERS to STOCKGROWERS NATIONAL BANK Heppner Oregon To All Wheat Growers of I Morrow County I will be in the market for all classes of wheat at all times during the coming season, prices based on government! inspection slips. Bags and harvesting supplies at market prices. PHILL COHN ' I