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HEPPNER, ORE., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1918.
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United States Well Represented with This Group at Peace Table
I ANNUAL IWttl-
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As per announcement In these
columns last week, made by County
Agent Brown, there was a meeting
of the County Agricultural Council
In Iloppner on Saturday afternoon at
the I. O. 0. F. hall. The attendance
was not as large as desired, but the
Interest manifested made up for tha
lack In attendance.
The past year has been one of ex
periment, so far as maintaining the
office of County Agent is concerned,
and it was the unanimous opinion
freely expressed that the experiment
b, proven a success, and that this
office should be maintained. To this
eml the farmers have orgonized
themselves into the Farm Bureau,
and elected the following officers:
Frank Anderson, president; S. H.
Boardman, vice-president; C. E.
Joi.es, secretary-treasurer.
The meeting was attended also by
"Farmer" Smith, agriculturist of the
0. W. R. t N. system and F. L.
Ballard, assistant county agent lead
er for Eastern Oregon. Mr. Ballard
explained the workings of the Farm
I jau, and upon his suggestion con
stitution and by-laws for the Mor
row County Farm Bureau wers
cdopfpu.
K. W. Turner end E. R. Huston,
Committee on the program for the
(viuing year, submitted the follow
ing report, which was adopted:
MAJOR.
Organization John Day project.
Field Demonstration Alfalfa fer
tilizer. Wheat varities.
Farm Storage.
Rodent Control. '
Boys' and Girls' Clubs.
MINOR.
Stock Feeding.
Labor.
Emergency.
There was lively discussion on
several subjects, the main topic being
tb John Day Irrigation Project, in
which the farming community have
been greatly interested for years
past, and which now Is begfnnlng to
claim, a proper share of attention,
looking to measures that can be
(1.,,ted to further this great under
taking. S. E. Notson, . "Farmer"
Smith and C. E. Jones were the
principal speakers and the project
received hearty endorsement.
Action was also taken in favor of
the Celilo power project, another
undertaking that has the endorse
ment of the people of the Columbia
river basin and has been reported
upon favorably by the government
engineers.
Henry Schuarz Soils Market.
Henry Schwarz has disposed of
the Peoples Cash Market to C. D.
Watkins. Mr. Watkins conies to
Heppner from Wasco, where he has
been engaged in the butchering bus
iness for a number of .years. He
has taken charge of the Peoples
Market and we find' him a very
pleasant gentleman who appears to
thoroughly understand his business.
' Mr. Watkins will, of course, con
tinue the business at the present
stand until his new building Is
ready. Work on this was com
menced Monday and will be pushed
to completion just as rapidly as
weather conditions will permit. The
new market will be in the concrete
building on Willow street opposite
this office, and when he is ready to
move In, Mr. Watkins expects to
equip a complete market and
grocery. We are glad to welcome
Mr. Watkins to Heppner and trust
that he will merit a fair share of the
trade. His family will move here In
the spring.
HERE, YOU RED CROSS
SLACKERS.
A meeting was called for Tuesday
evening at the Masonic hall for the
purpoBe of electing a board of
directors for Morrow County Chapter
of the Red Cross, and it was attended
by about, one-half dozen members of
the Red Cross and of course an
election could not be held. As this
is important and must be attended to,
another meeting has been set for the
coming Tuesday, December 3rd, when
it is hoped that there will be a large
attendance. All those holding Red
Cross memberships are entitled to
participate. Don't be "a slacker next
Tuesday evening.
The thanks of the Chapter are ex
tended to the membership of the
Federated church for the donation or
their building as an emergency hos
pital during the flu epidemic. And
to all those who generously furnished
bedding for the use of the Red Cross
at thie time, we wish to offer our
grateful appreciation.
Ttio membership drive for the Red
Cross will be during tie week of De
cember 16-23. As yet a chairman
for this drive has not been chosen
but the appointment will be made at
MiftA unit thn work of the drive for
Morrow county organized. J
Judge Louis D. Brandeis.
Although no official announcement has been
made as to the personnel of the United States
peace committee, these men have been men
tioned as being the logical Yanks to see that the
kind of ideals America has stood for are written
into the Important peace agreement.
L
School started up again last week
after being closed for a month on ac
count of the "flu" epidemic. The at
tendance was somewhat decreased,
on account of a -few scattering cases
in families of which some students
happened to be members. The
mumps have also claimed a few stu
dents from their studies for awhile.
Of these Ellis Irwin, Edward Chidsey
and Edith Boyd have not yet return
ed to school. On tbe whole, however,
the attendance hasnot been seriously
Impaired, and all returning students
have taken up their studies with a
vim that makes sure the completion
of the regular work on scheduled
time. To help overcome the shortness
of time in which the students have to
finish the year's work, the school
authorities have lengthened the
school day about one half hour, and
all lessons have been lengthened ac
cordingly. The addition of a fine new piano
was made to the music department
the first of the week, and Miss Rada
baugh now sees a small chance of
getting a little music out of the boys'
class, though we fear 'twill take more
than the moral lnfluense of the new
piano to accomplish this feat.
Emery Gentry was up to school
one day last week, and stated that he
would be back at his studies In about
two weeks, provided he had finished
tilling the soil for this season by that
time.
Another student who, is greatly
missed at her place In the Junior row
Is Josephine Woolery, who has
changed her place of residence to
Portland.
The chemistry class held a balloon
ascension on Monday. The class was
manufacturing hydrogen and at the
close of school a number of small
rubber balloons were filled with the
gas and an exhibition held for the
benefit of the grade scholars, who
took great interest In the aeronautics.
The chemistry students manufactur
ing the gas attached their names to
the balloons, giving a return address,
so that when the inhabitants of Mars
received them they could notify the
students, and the latter could then
compile such selenitic facts that
would tend to make their names im
mortal on the tablets of history.
Elmer Peterson as leader of the
Victory Boys, and Elizabeth Phelp3
as leader of the Victory Girls brought
the Heppner schools through with
their quota in record time, and added
another laurel to the schools' al
ready enviable war record. The girls
outdistanced the boys somewhat in
the amount raised, but upon consid
ering the far superior numbers of the
fairer sex the boys did not take their
defeat greatly to heart.
Professor Hough of the Lexington
schools made our Institution a visit
one day last week.
The only holidays the students will
be allowed this year are one day each
for Thanksgiving, Christmas and
New Year's. This measure was taken
by the school authorities to regain
some of the time lost during the
"flu"' epidemic.
Nothing has been done In the ath
letic line by the high school bo far
this year, but things will be gotten
in shape for basketball soon after
Thanksgiving. It is expected that a
good deal of interest will be mani
fested in this sport this year, as it is
about the only one in which the boys
have numbers enough to participate.
The girls will probably come out with
some exceptional basket tossing ex
perts, it is also expected.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Sunday, December ,1st.
10:00 a. m., Bible School.
This Sunday we hope to have our
long deferred Promotion Day Exer
cises. Certificates will be awarded.
The Bible School Is asked to make
an offering for Home and Foreign
Missionary work. War prices have
increased mission expenses. We have
much to be thankful for thiB year,
let It be a worthy Thanksgiving.
11:00 a. m., Preaching and Com
munion service.
6:30 p. m., Y. P. S. C. E. meeting.
1:80 p. m., Preaching service.. "'
Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., mid-week
86IViC6
FRANK A. ANDREWS, Minister.
THE FEDERATED CHURCH.
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
The International Lesson, "Joseph
Sold by his Brethren."
Church Service, 11:00 a. m.
Sermon Topic, "The Church In
the New Age."
Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m.
This will be a Consecration
Meeting.
Evening Service, 7:30. p. m.
H. A. NOYES, Pastor.
APPRECIATES SERVICE
OF. OREGON PRESS
The following letter of apprecia
tion was received by the Gazette
Times too late for our Issue of last
week, but because of its kindly ex
pression of appreciation for the
services rendered by the press during
the United War Work Campaign
just closed, we give it space at this
time.
Portland, Oregon, Nov. 20, 1918.
Mr. V. Crawford,
County News Writer,
United War Work Campaign,
Heppner, Oregon.
My dear Mr. Crawford:
At the close of this, the greatest
GIFT campaign in all history, I
take this opportunity, personally, to
extend to you my sincere gratitude
for the excellent work which you
accomplished for this office.
Our book of clippings, which has
been systematically kept, both prior
and during the drive, discloses the
fact that we received more publicity
lu all probability than any similar
drive, by not less than 50 per cent.
Taking into consideration the con
ditions prevailing through the period
in which our work was dono, I con
sider this to be a most remarkable
record.
If there is a paper in Oregon
which has not given 100 service,
taking into consideration their limi
tations as to space and help, I have
not heard of it.
The success of the campaign, as I
view it, was due in very large part,
to the excellent newspaper news
publicity obtained throughout the
entire state. In this work you
played a most important part, and
to you Is due our deepest thanks.
Wishing you all, prosperity and
good fortune in the future,
Very truly yours,
' W. H. WARREN,
Supervisor of Newspaper News.
Colonel K. M. .House Secretary Robert L. Lansing.
Of coarse. President Wilson would head' tbe
commission. All of the allied powers are asking
that he attemd the conference in as much as
he hss beea one of the most conspicuous and
strongest figares in the last dramatic days which
brought sock victorious peace.
E
FOR WORLD RELIEF
Portland, Oregon, Not. It. For
the purpose of bringing before the
people In a forcible manner the need
for saving food and sharing it with
the Allies and the liberated nations,
the United States Food Administra
tion named December 1-7 as a nation-
wide 'Conserratlon Week for World
Relief and a stirring program of
education and enthusiasm will be
carried oat slmiltaneously through
out the country.
On Sunday, December 1st, a per
sonal message from Herbert Hoover
will be read from -all pulpits in
churcls" of all deaomlnaUoaav Wed
nesday, December 4th, will be "Wo
men's Orr&nizattnn Dpv" nd
special Hoover message will be the
central feature of a patriotic program
in all the women's clubs of the
country, the meetings being opea to
all women whether club members or
not. On Frldav. December 6th.
special patriotic exercises will be
held in all the public schools of the
United States, and a special message
from Mr. Hoover to the boys and
girls of America will be the central
feature of the program. Throughout
the entire week meetings and rallies
will be held, and efforts of war work
ers will be centered upon the task
of waking the public to an alert
realization of the after-war need for
. . f r
greater conservation than ever.
Preliminary to the inauguration of
"Conservation Week", meetings of
all county food administrators, to
gether with a leading club woman
from each county, will be held in
each state, and this gathering will be
addressed by a member who will
bring a personal message direct from
Mr. Hoover. Instructions for the
campaign and material for the work
will be given out at these gatherings.
The meeting of Oregon's county food
administrators and representative
club-women has been called by State
Food Administrator W. B. Ayer for
Tuesday, November 26th.
The original pledge made by the
Food Administration on behalf of the
people of the United States was
17 million tons of food ,to be
shipped overseas by July 1, 1919, an
amount greater by 60 per cent than
lust year. Now that France and
Belgium are liberated and millions
of people in South Central Europe
clamoring for food, tbe United
States is undertaking to increase Its
exports 17 million tons to 20
million tons.
NOTICE
THE
TO SUBSCRIBERS TO
FOURTH LIBERTY
LOAN
Following is a schedule showing
the installment dales for all bonds
not paid in full at the time of .bo
subscription, together w-itn the per
centage of the subscription due jn
the dates spacKied:
November 21, 1918 20
December 19, 191S 20
January 16, 1919 20
January 30, 1919 3p
Kindly preserve this schedule for
future reference. We urge all sub
scribers buying bonds on the Install- j
ment plan who have not taken care
of their November 21st payment to
do so at once. Prompt payment is
required by he Government, and It
greatly facilitates our work In hand
ling the subscriptions.
It Is your patriotic duty to meet
your payments when due.
Respectfully,
First National Bank of Heppner.
Council Meeting.
City Council met on Monday even
ing for the purpose of passing upon
the budget, for the coming year. The
estimates were gone over and the
budget adopted according to the
figures as given elsewhere in this
issue.
The matter of dispensing with the
services of city marshal was taken
up and it was decided that the office
0f marshal and fire chief should be
combined for the coming year, and
there will be but one man to pay for
the two jobs. Marshal Clark re-
tfMj, with V, --J 1. ! U - .
; having gerve tn dty for ,
in that capacity. Mike
Currin will
m lire chief
be continued on the job
and city marshal.
CARD OF THANKS.
To my friends I wish to express
my thanks and deep appreciation for
the tboughttulnass -and many kind
nesses extended by my neighbors
and the many inquiries made as to
0Mr welfare by tn08 at a distance
durinB our recent ,lme88- wltn tne
cMldren and Mre- McMurdo all sick
al 88016 tIme wlth tne Spanish
lnfluenza anl mvself with pneumonia
"u w,lu BU umu' ul l""B"is can
lng for me, my own illness was the
least of my troubles. But I thauk
God we all came through it without
a sorrow and I only wish every
family could have been as fortunate.
A man would be foolish to die and
leave so many good friends.
DR. and MRS. McMURDO.
BE TRULY THANKFUL
THIS THANKSGIVING
This is an occasion for one of the
greatest Thanksgivings in the history
of America. Never had we greater
cause for being truly thankful than
today, and among some of the great
things for which we should return
our thanks to God today may be
enumerated the following:
The end of the world's most ter
rible war has. come.
The destruction of militarism, for
which America entered the war, is
about to be realized.
That a peace, not of vengeance
but of justice, is to be consummated.
That our land has been free from
the ravages of war.
That we have not had to pay a
terrible price in the loss of precious
lives.
That brave soldiers and sailors
will come back proud to have had
part in freeing oppressed peoples.
That we are, and always have
been, a free people.
That revolution, which has almost
destroyed Russia and now ravages
other lands, has no occasion to
raise its threatening hand here.
That the nation has shown itself
sound at heart.
That we are a God-fearing and
reverent people, and as sucli we
shall think and act properly on this,
the greatest Thanksgiving day of
our history. Let us all give reverent
thanks.
Mrs. II. D. Mikesell, who lias been
quite sick for the past two months
and confined to her home, is now
Improving and able to be about her
work again.
R. W. Turner, who was hurt last
week by the kick of a horse, is able
to move about town and lis slowly re
covering from his injuries.
Miss Gertrude Dunuiugton, lino
type operator In this office, left for
Portland this morning to speud
Thanksgiving visiting with friends.
Morrow County is nearing the goal
in the United War Work Campaign,
and will soon be over the top, with
the expectations "of Chairman Clark
fully realiz ;d. This great gift cam-ri.-'ii
lias been one of the most
notable in our history. There have
been numerous obstacles in the way
of carrying on the work, yet the
response has been remarkable. Not
only is this true of our own county
and state, but the nation as well. In
this county it has been the fiu, flu,
flu, to interfere at most every point
and there was little, if any, chance
for personal solicitation, therefore, It
is all the more gratifying to Chair
man Clark to be able to give the
following table of figures to date:
This is all in cash.
Heppner $4901.00
lone 1 1054.15
Lexington 862.00
Eight Mile , 749.00
Pine City 412.50
Lena i 369.00
Boordman 202.10
Hardman 205.50
Cecil 195.50
Irrigon 140.50
Morgan , 95.50
$9185.75
Notes.
Eight Mile carried off tbe honors
In th,e United War Work Campaign,
as usual, coming in with the splendid
sum of $749.00. When it is under
stood that this is a very small dis
trict, sparsely settled, covering an
area of about six miles square, this
contribution is remarkabte. In all,
62 people contributed amounts from
$1.0 up and the average subscrip
tion for Eight Mile was $12.08.
There was no question as to what
Pine City would do In the mind of R.
V, Wiglesworth, who sent his person
al check for the quota assigned his
district, with ten per cent added for
good measure. Mr. Wiglesworth had
been .called away on business to
Washington, so- he lust closed the
work up for the time being by send
ing along his check and will call oa
the people of the Pine City district
to share honors with him later.
lone, Lexington and Hardman
were seriously handicapped, a wave
of influenza overwhelming them and
preventing any attempt at personal
solicitation.
Morgan, although severely hit by
hail during the past season, responded
nobly.
Lena, Cecil, Boardman and Irrigon,
always dependable, all made their
maximum quotas.
Heppner has always assumed one
half of the quota for Morrow county,
and will have the maximum of over
$5000.00 in a few days. The cam
paign will remain open for further
contributions from tlio3e who were
overlooked or failed to get their no
tices. '
For the State the campaign has
been equally successful, as is shown
by the following letter:
Vawter Crawford, Pubr,.
The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Or.
Sir:
1 want to express to you my appre
ciation of your very generous sup
port of the United War. Work Cam
paign in the columns of your paper.
This service was of peculiar value to
the success of the campaign owing to
our Inability to reach the people from
the public platform.
I am pleased to report that the
campaign was an entire success in
this State there having been reported
subscriptions amounting to $1,100,
000. To this may be added at least
another $50,000 which I am advised
will be reported soon by the various
counties. This will make up the full
increased Oregon quota amounting
to $1,150,000, as requested by Na
tional headquarters. Oregon is the
only state in the Western Department
which was able to reach the increased
quota. For this result we are large
ly indebted to you.
Very truly yours,
O. W. DAVIDSON, State Director.
Catholic I'lunvh Services.
Sunday, Dee. 1.
First Mass, S a. m.
Christian Doctrine, 9:00 a. in.
Second Mass at Lena, 10:3 a. m.
Evening Devotions, 7:30 p. m.
Subject of sermon at evening de
votions, "The Rocks Which Wreck
Faith."
J. E. Cronan, president of Bank
of lone, was in Heppner for a short
time yesterday afternoon. He has
been looking after the affairs of the
bank during the illness of Mr. Cum
mins, the cashier. Mr. Cummins has
recovered from the fiu and Is now
back on the job.
Percy Hughes, stockman of Lena,
was a business visitor iu Heppner
Monday.