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-j FAGE TWO THE GAZETTE-TIMK9. HEPPXER. OREGON'. THCRSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1918. . Mi it I Governor Withycombe Issues Thanksgiving Procla mation Galling on Oregonians to Observe The Day Proclamation T JL State of Oregon. Exeoulive Department, Salem, November 23, 191 8. HE DARK CLOUDS which hovered over the entire r r-i irilizcd world en Thanksgiving day iasi year nave r.-e" -tlv lii'.ed. revealing a clear, blue iky that prom ises sunshine, prosperity and good will among ua tions nd individuals. v Oregon, the volunteer state of tho Uni-m, which has sieu so freely of i's men. nniney and materials, has the .i; fjr special cratiScatiaa ever the nchla part' her .ens played in aeccmelihius the final viotory. We have a riitht to rejoice this year as never before and to mingle tuo vuice of music with that of reverent prayer by sing ing the songs of vlctery; o! home and of thanksgiving. I'.ut. in rnr happiness, we should not Target that hun dreds of tlioueriids from the very flower of the allied na- N thins have made the supreme sacrifice that we might ":r!.y the fruits of victorious peace, and that countless a ;hevs are crippled and maimed fur life. There will be chairs at ti e Thanksgiving tables this year, and let us render thanks unto the Supreme Ruler of the Uni verse that these soldiers of democracy have not suffered ad disd in vain. Le. us also thank Divine Providence for guidance ever a Christian course and for endowing our peepte with a spirit of patriotism and National unity that has inspired us li porf-irm our share in the re-estab-. Moment cf world peace and the universal recognition oi' the brotherhood of man. Mew, therefore, 1, .Tames Withycombe, Governor ol the state of Oragenr by virtu? of the authority in iuo vjssca, following the gmcioiis custom-established ty pre- vi. ;.s Governors in joining with the President of the Vul ted Slates, -do Hereby proclaim1 Thursday, November -2 S, ts Thankss'.vinf; day,- and call upon the people of Oeee n to suspend their ordinary labers, in order thai . they may give prayeif.il thanks to Almighty Gcd. whom vc .v; rship. for the blessings and "liberties and honored privileges that have been bestr-ved upon us and pn .I'.iv .f-veat c niraonweaVth. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused -he great seal of the state of Oregon to be aKMd, this 23d day of Nuveniber, A. D., 191S. ' JAMES WITHYCOMBE, governor. it II CECIL NEWS ITEMS George D. Anderson left Wednes day for I'klah. Miss Bernice Franklin did iness in Cecil on Friday. bus- Mr. and Mrs. H., J. Streeter visited with J. W. Osborn on Sunday. Pat Farley of the Willows was a Cecil visitor on Saturday evening. ' Miss Ruth May of the Lone Star Ranch was a Cecil visitor on Tues day. Mr. McFadden and family were hvyi ig hay on Willow Creek on Thursday. Jim Kiernan of Butterby Flats was up to Charley Valentines for horses on Tuesday. L. M. Barr late of Heppner is now 'working for C. A. Minor of "The Last Camp." 1 Miss Georgie Summers was the guest of Miss Hester Logan of Four Mjle on Sunday. E. F. Fairhurst accompanied by George and Ed Melton autoed up to Heppner on Monday. Minnie H. Lowe left for Portland on Sunday to resume her Bchool , studies at the Franklin. I ' - ' Miss .Irene Douglas returned from Portland ready to begin her' , work at the Willows school. ! Mr. and Mrs. Claude Clark of ' Arlington were vUd'.hig friends in and around Cecil on Sunday. i Jim Whitney camo dj.vn from I Heppner oa Thursday leaving for Portland and other points on Friday. Cecil has again bee.i awarded : another hcutr Hag f ir ce'iiiug over .he lop iu the Fourth Liberty loan ' eiive. 809-Acre Creek Ranch lVz ruiles of creek. 110 acres under ditch. One half mile from town. Good house and good out buildings. A bargain if taken at once. $20,000, ON EASY TERMS. ROY V. WHITEIS REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Heppner, Oregon S!ab and Cord Wood, Utah. Lump and Rock Springs Coal ' Leave Orders with A. Z. Barnard ALBERT WILLIAMS ' Mr. and Mrs. I rcmpaiiied by j daughter wera j Thursday. Oscar Mrs. lone Lundell ac- Petre and visitors on r JANE NOW KNITS IIEli OWN VESTS. l '-IV5 ' ' it -k!s-- ft, U .UTCHAUT miller SEES PARIS TOWN 'nterestinK letter of Artivity France Is Written to Lexington Man. 3 t :.. 5 I : i. i . fl: f iMf-i - Fim Art. 1 Gone are the days of camou flage knitting. Lady Jane has learned to knit in the last year, as efficiently as any of her Revolutionary-day grand mothers, and she is not going to forget it in a moment. Therefore, with peace here, Jane knits a bit for herself, and here is oho of her Iir.it dainty ef.'ons tn;:t white knitted uiiro ra vest and collar, to be worn with this black duvetyti suit, which sports oi:e of the new loose COdlS. Oirgoii Women Make Home Convenience.. LPjerty be-nds were bought tfooos. C';m:i.v, Oregon, without a :i:i fall because oj the vaved by t,!;e housewivi.'s in MiriPff their own ii elrss re rs nd fire-less cookers. These were made under the direction of the home demonstration agent Fire':c:-s coshers v.e More in r.dk c'teibt i. anrimit. ma.'iefu' frl-eref Lieut. E. Harvey Miller writes the .ellcwing letter from France, to his :e.Mier, E. C. Miller of Lexington. "I have received - some letters from' you lately. They were all about six weeks old, but neverthele.iu vry welcome. We don't get ma 1 .".fie very often, but vhe-i U dos (ere, it usually comes in a bunch, fh.t sixteen ieaers in tlie iast hunch. I'nusual for me. "Am well, feeling hue. Am still .in detached seivica. Probably will he most of the winter. I don't mind it a bit though, in fact rather llite it. "You perhaps wonder why we den t say mere in letters, but censor hip rules are quite strict.. Can't teil here yon are what you are duiiiK, or what you expect to do. Suppasl lions are as bad as facts. Can't men tion any towns in connection with your organization. Can't take pict ures other than photographs, and a 1 tot more. "It has been raining a lot here lately, and the nights are cold. We ,'; have some nice days here once in h while. "While the air i full of peace alk we are plowing right ahead. From the nature and magnitude of .he project, we are ou now it doesn't ' lnV o.- 1? tlio war tt-au pynpf'tftd to be over very soon. I finished up the job I was on last time I wrote. Our whole company is on detached ser vice now. We are independent. We are on a job out here in the jungles ?,v and we are the liead ginks of he place. Hare thrre or feiur hun--d Chinese coolies working tor us, besides our Negres. Kxpect soma ',ierei:,:i piisonei soon. Kverytliing is goiiig fine, i was a.v,;y aiitit t .vo weoks. Just s'ot back' Monday. Tlicy sent me up rear the front to a .:,.,; lor o!li. ers. Don't know what the idea v.!r., uniees they ex pect to transfer rue from pioneer Hope so. We had ,. a line ' ;.'-m.d all about, offensive. d defensive use of gas and gas Elysses, etc. Would like to spend more time there but it costs too much money, and they won't let you stay over 24 hours, so it's just as well." I Master Ilerbie and Miss Annie I livnd of Butterhv Flats returned to Heppner on Sunday to take up school again. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Franklin, E. F. Fairhurst, Misses Bernice Frank- I tin and Violet Hvnd snent Sunday with. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes. , SERGEANT SHIPLEY WRITES Sergeant E. F. Shipley, a native Heppner boy and grandson of Mrs. W. W. Suiead of this city, writes lib mother, Mrs. 0. G. Boyd at Parma, Idaho, under, date of October 8, a short, but interesting letter, which Uaa been handed us for publication try Mrs.' Smead. Ehvyn is in the j.t ice of Supply department and :-up;,iymg ior luuu men. wis- letter follows: "Well I am back to work again , after spending my seven days fur ' lough, ,ae;d I certainly had a g '; time. Went out on a bicycle into the country, took pictures, loafed around, town doing nothing. Slept as long as I wanted to, which was the best part of the furlough. 1 1 took several more pictures of the country. Where I went are tiie i etiateaus of all the rich bugs of the I iown and it is all. uiie big park. ! "Well the war news certainly looks good now doesn't it. Germany and 'Austria calling for peace and armistice, neither one of which th j will get until they are beaten to their i nccs, which won't be long I thin::. Today's paper ought to have some thing definite in it I should think. "Well I guess winter weather ha3 hit U3. It is cold and rainy, wet and disagreeable. Nothing like Idalt. weather. "Sgt. E. F. SHIPLEY. Cn r 116 Eng., American E. K. France." Bennie Boone, of Uncle Sam's navy is enjoying a furlough and making a visit to his home at Lexing ton. Ben lias been In the navy for In-, past two yeir-i and during lliat time he has made seven trips across to France In the convoy service. He was in Heppner on Saturday shaking hands with friend's here who were Slpd to note that he w'cars several eervh'e s'eipes now. It is quite evident that the experience Mr. ! Hoone hes had in the service has I been very beneficial to him end lie f T ( ain iy presents a fine appearance in his navy togs. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford and son who have been visiting with their son Wats Crawford near Morgau left on Sunday for Boring, Oregon. Jlmmie Wilson of Pendleton was visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Deos of the Willows, also his brother, George at Butterby Flats on Sunday. There will be an entertainment, secial and dance held hi Cecil hall by he Cecil sch ol in aid of the Ked Cross and Junior Led Cross Dec. Tth. Mi;s Lucile Huff who has been v.isi'.ins with Mrs. i-I.ni'iksen and A: s. Lundell for the pa ;i few days returned to her' school at Hardman on Monday. R. F. Fraser of lone, representing the Kansas City Life Insurance Co., accompanied by H. W. Vindmayer of lone, were lilting in and around Cecil on Wednesday. Mrs. Peter Nash who has been spending the past few days with the Leon family returned homo Friday. Walter and Bc b Pope did business in Lexington on Thursday. The community of Cecil wish to extend their sympathies to the Logan families on learning of the death of thair brother, John Logan, who died in Stockton, Calif., Nov. 21st. ' ' Bob Pope returned home from Walla Walla on Wednesday ready to take charge of his brotiier Waiter's ranch, the latter, contem plating visiting his sister in Cali fornia for an indefinite period. Our good wishes go with Walt. BARONESS IN TEST FOR LORDS SEAT. Barney MeDevitt, who conducted a tale of livestock and Implements at; Ills place in Juniper canyon last w eek, j equipment. Came back by way of . was in Heppner Saturday. He Is con-1 Paris. Had 24 hours in that city, teinnlating retiring from the farming , Bciicve me it's all It is cracked up and Httckraising busit.cRs and think, to be. They say things are quiet very.strongly of romlr.g to Heppner around there now and everything is! to live. He can make somebody a kept, dark at night because of-a pos-, good proposition that is looking fir re constructed at nihility of air raides. These possi- a bwck arm wneat ia-m. a coat of $t.E0 apiece. The house-' WW' are becoming less all the. wive? iti t'io clubs estimated that ; time now. W. M. Stauffer has sold his 10 several hundred dollars were saved1 "Sunday we went sight seeing. We j acre Barrett ranch to' Mrs. Ernest in this way besides the amount of would start out walkvij.' until we got Hlnrichs, who owns an orchord ad iimo, labor, and fuel conserved. lost, then hail a taxi to take us back joining. The purchasers plan on Window dieolays in the stores which to our hotel, and then start all over( making their home on tho Stauffer exhibited homemade cook etove again, each time in a new direction, place. Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer have fruic driers, besides tireless cookers Saw a good many places of note, such left for Southern California to and iceless refrigerators, aroused as Eiffel tower, the Arch of Triumph, 1 spend the winter. Hood River much interest. j the Obelisk promenaded on Champs Glacier. knl . - iff 4b The death of her husband, Lord Rhondda, former food dicta tor of England, has created a situ ation which will likely result in a test case as to whether a woman may sit in the House oi Lords. Baroness K tt o n d d a has an - notinced that she will make the tesC inasmuch as women now sit in the House oi Commons. ( Corona Wool Fat Compound (FOR MAN OR BEAST) Thrush, Grease Heels, Horses', Hoofs, Cows' Sore Teats. The above and many other afflictions successfully treated with this ointment. A good article to have about the barn. PUT UP IN 50c AND $1,00 SIZE TINS. Heppner Farmers Elevator Company V 1.1 ,if J iron and steel l are needed for war. The U. S. Government is calling for the conservation of meta! , for war uses. You can help by making your old range "do" a little longer. Have it repaired, if necessary. If it is past repairing, and you must buy a new range, get a Majestic. It will save fuel abso lutely heat-tight. It will save food bakes right always. It will save re pairs its malleable iron frame is un breakable and its charcoal iron body resists rust 300 better than steel. GILLIAM & BISBEE Caution: If vour Maieafie needs new parts. get them from us. We will supply yoi, with genuine Majestic materials tenor parts, made by seal i' -Mmm not hght, .n- r MHW-lV I j l fi
