THE GAZKTTE-T1MKS. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSO V, 4AM uV 2, UMf.
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Town and Country.
': Good second hand Ford for sale.
1 W. T. McROBRTS. ' ' ' '
i' tW.. P'. Cox and wife spent Christ
mas with their relatives at Portland,
returning home Friday.
The family of Frank A. Andrews,
pastor of the Christian church, have
bean under quarantine the past week,
, on account of the flu.
Frank Turner has gone to Hot
Lake sanatorium, where he will re
main for a time, receiving treatment
for -rheumatism. He left on Satur
day. Berl Gurdane, who during the past
year has been at the naval training
station at Mare Island, Calif., is now
home, having secured his release
from the service.
Mrs. Ben G. Buschke was brought
to Heppner Sanatorium Tuesday
morning, where she underwent on
operation at the hands of Dr. C. C.
Chick for appendicitis.
Martin Lovgren was in from Eight
Mile on Monday and made this offica
a ploasant call. He has rented his
place and will retire from the hard
labors of farming for a lime.
C. H. Rhea has received his dis
charge from the service and reached
home in time to eat Christmas dinner
with his brother, Waldron Rhea at
Butter Creek. He arrivod Christ
mas morning. Echo News.
Sam Devine is up from Portland
and expects to remain In Morrow
county for a couple or three months,
visiting at the home of his son, Joe
Dovlne near Lexington. He was in
Heppner for a short time on Satur
day. I will sell four of the best building
lots in Heppner for $250.00 ' each.
The lots are each 50x100 feet and
true paralelograms, each corner
being a right angle, and each lot is a
half of a square.
HARRY CUMM1NGS.
Mrs. W. A. Richardson is in receipt
of a letter this week from Mrs. Ray
Hyland, Eugene, announcing the
death from influenza on the 3rd of
December of her husband. Mr. and
Mrs. Hyland will be remembered by
many Heppner people, as they made
their home in this city for a number
of years.
Geo. D. Anderson, who has charge
of the Jack Hynd sheep and spent
the summer months with the bands
in the Granite section, was up from
Cecil on Saturday, his first trip to
Heppner since the big fire. After
. spending a day or two here, he went
on out to Ukiah to visit a few days
with a brother living there.
T. B. Bufflngton, of lone, was a
pleasant caller at this office while in
town on Tuesday. He stated that
his little city was now getting its
full share of the flu and there Is qultfc
a number of very serious cases there.
His family were among those who
had the disease when it first struck
the town and they are now fully re
, covered.
Eph Eskelson of Meadow Brook
Farm, was up to Heppner on Friday
last. His family have been victims
of the flu and Mrs. Eskelson was not
able to be out for about four weeks.
During this time Eph has been chief
cook and housekeeper at his home,
and. he is rather Inclined to think
that on account of his great skill as
a cook, his wife was not in much of
a hurry to get back on the Job again.
In remitting for the Gazette-Times,
which will go to his address for
another year, W. F. Rhea wishes us
a Happy New Year. We note that
Mr. Rhea is one of the Morrow
county boys that has made good. He
has lived in the Montana country for
a great many years and has succeed
ed well as a stockman of his section.
He is now president of the First Na
tional Bank of Bainville, Montana.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Smead were
called to Pendleton during the week
on account of sickness in the family
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence White.
They were afflicted with influenza
and Mr. White has been In a very
serious condition at the hospital in
that city, grave hopes being enter
tained for a few days as to the out
come. He is now reported as im
proved and on the road to recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Smead are quarantined
at the White residence in Pendleton.
Walter, the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lynn Purdin, died suddenly on
Sunday evening from an tatack of
influenza. The baby was two years
of age and had boon sick but a very
short time when death came. The
remains were laid to rest in the
Masonic cemetery on Monday after
noon, Rev. H. A. Noyes of the
Federated church officiating. The
family of Mr. Purdin, who is the
foreman In the Herald offlco, arrived
at Heppner just a short time ago and
some of the older children were sick
with influenza when thoy got here.
These have fully recovered.
ESTRAYK1) A ,5-year-old Lincoln
buck, from my place on- Eight Mile.
No visible brands or marks. Horns
curl close to face and are sawed off
about opposite eyes. Animal left my
place about, a month ago. Notify R.
E. ALLSTOTT, Eight Mile, Oregon
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STIRRED BY GREAT PARADE
M.my Will Think That the Little Mar
Wa a Trifle Unjust to Hit
Own Importance.
The swelling roar of cheers outside
mnde the Little Mon drop a papc
weight on his ledger leaves and bolt
to the Dearest window, says Collier's
Weekly. Down the street came the
gvurd of honor, mounted police pre-
cellng some sunburnt regulars from
oor Mexican border, and behind them
swung half a company of rail French
jHilhiK. the sort that turned back the
Boche from Verdun and the Chemln
des Dames. Short, quick stepping,
steel built men of France they werje.
with keen, dark faces under the lop
plr? tnm o' shnnter headgear of the
Corps Alpln, rolling along with their
Noah's ark pucks and bayonets set
for action. The cheering actually
seemed to shove the buildings back
fr.m the street. Long ago the Forum
must have welcomed thus the legion
aries who had saved Roman civiliza
tion from the barbarian in those bit-te-
struggles through'Gaul and Daein.
Everyman's sleeves showed the stripes
thnt meant wounds, and his breast the
dc.'orations that meant valor.
"They did make one feel so old and
us-loss and out of It," as the Little
Man told his wife next morning. So
he ground out the day's work with his
tenh set hard, bought some more
thrift stamps, took the first car for
heme, spent the rest of th daylight
hours in caring for his beans, pota
toes and cabbage, got through a war
fare dinner and put in the evenlug
seUIng Mr. MeAdoo's pet bonds to
some boss metal workers whom he
lnd met in the lodge hist winter. Get
ting home at 10:00 p. m., he routed
nut that 1917 model straw hat, cleaned
It up for another campaign, and some
time later fell Into bed as if it had
!ieen a dugout
"If this gets much worse I'll learn
to knit," was his lust waking thought,
"and If they want to keep me out of
this war they'll have to put bolts on
It." After all, things seen ore mightier
thnn things heard, and the Little Man
and Tennyson are both right.
NEW YORK'S MANY MINERALS
Astonishing Variety la Known to Exirt
Beneath the Streets o'f American
Metropolis.
Everyone knows that Boston Is a
great center of copper mining, and
that New York is the center of all
other mining Industries of the coun
try, but few realize that either of these
cities have opportunities to mine for
anything except subways at home. It
seems, however, that New York's ex
traordinary activities In the mining
business must have received their first
Impetus not from Wall street, but from
a varied experience gained In deuliug
with the rock of Manhattan.
More than 118 varieties of minerals
and several kinds of gems have been
found on the Island, according to
Electrical Experimenter. Aquama
rines weighing 14 karats have been
found at Broadway and One Hundred
and Fifty-seventh street. The min
ing possibilities at Broadway and One
Hundred und Seventy-sixth street are
almost unlimited. Green tounnnllne
gems, magnetite and Iron ore, dial
copyrlte, malachite, pyrrhotite and n
crystal form of nickel have been
found there.
Other minerals to be had on the
island ore zlnclte, used In the manu
facture of perlkon detector, roebllnglte,
agate, nmazon-stone, amber, amethyst,
chrysoherji, fire opal, garnet, perister
lte, prehnlte, rock crystal, rose quartz,
smoky quartz, precious serpentine,
tourinullne and wlllcmite, silver, leud,
line, copper, Iron, ieidspar, molybde
nitewhich is used In the molybdenite
detector graflte, asbestos, mica, beryl,
torbenlte and urantnlte.
They Don't Have to See the Flag.
When one Is as putrlotlc and re
spectful to the flag as a Great Lakes
bluejacket Is the colors can be heard
even when not seen.
Facing the station on the sidewalk
in front of her home In North Chicago
a woman noticed several jackles ab
ruptly stop in their walk, come to at
tention and salute, standing thus for a
couple of minutes. On several occa
sions she noticed this and finally her
curiosity made her ask the reason
thereof.
"Colors," replied a sailor.
"But where do you see the flag?"
nsked the lndy.
"I can't see It," was the reply, "but
I hoar the sound of bugle and drums
In 'To the Colors,' and I know this is
the time of day." Chicago News.
Good General Rule.
A New York magistrate, warning
chauffeurs to avoid accident, told them
not to confuse a small child in the
roadway by loud blasts of the horn,
but to slow down and give the child
a chance to get out of the way.
Fewer accidents would happen to pe
destrians of any ago were other meth
ods of prevention used by motorists,
save the single one of blowing n horn
nnd leaving the rest to chance or prov
idence. Baltimore American.
Clemencrau's Compromise.
Here Is a bon-mot of Clemenccau
which is making the rounds of Pails:
The usual number of rifles used In a
French firing party at the death of a
traitor Is twelve. Many persons went
to Clomeneean trying to Influence him
riot to Impose the death penalty on
Bnlo. "Anyway, he was only half a
traitor," said one Influential man to
the Tiger. "Tint being so, It Is easily
arranged," snld Clemcnceau. "We will
?lve him onlv ix rifles."
GOES FAR BACK IN HISTORY
French City of Montdidier Wat cf Im-
portance In First Millennium of i
the Christian Era. ,
The National Geographic society Is-!
sues the following war geography bul
letin on MontdWler, a few miles east
of Amiens:
"This little town, whose history
dates back to the first millennium of ,
the Christian era, had a population ;
of less than 5,000 at the beginning of i
the war, but It was rich in historic i
associations. It is said to have de- i
rived Its name from the fact that
Dldier or Desiderlus, the last of the!
Lombard kings, was Imprisoned here !
In 774 by Charlemagne. It will be re- j
membered that Charlemagne, having j
put nside his first wife, Desiderlus'
daughter, took up the quarrel of Pope ,
Adrian I with the Lombard monarch,
and after marching an army across '
the Alps, captured the erstwhile fa-,
ther-In-law's capital city, Tlclnura, 1
and took the vanquished ruler back
to France, where he died In captivity.
"Montdidier is attractively situated
on an eminence on the hanks of the
river Don. It is the capital of an nr
rondissement In the department of
the Somme, and Is 62 miles north of
Paris by rail, and miles southeast
of Amiens. Its chief Industries be
fore the war were tanneries and the
manufacture of zinc-white. !
"When the tides of war finally re
cede it is probable that the three build
ings in which the citizens of Mont
didier took the greatest pride will be
crumbling ruins. These are the church
of St. Pierre, which was built before
fViiumbus set sail on his voyage of
discovery, and which contulns a tomb
and font of the eleventh century; the
church of St. Sepulchre, a fifteenth
century edifice, and the Palais de Jus
tice, formerly the city castle. In the
last named building visitors before the
war were shown six unusually hand
some Brussels tapestries of the sev
enteenth century. These were un
doubtedly removed before the Ger
mans entered the city.
"Montdidler's most famous son was
Parmentier, the scientist, who gave
Impetus to the culture of the potato
In France. A statue erected here com
memorates his gift to the nation.
"For a number of years this little
city was governed by Its own lords,
then passed under the dominion of the
counts of Crepy and Valois. In the
twelfth century it became a posses
sion of the French crown and received
a charter of liberties. In 1636 It of
fered a gallant and successful resist
ance to the Spanish Invaders."
Avoid Grouch and Live Long. '"
Writing for the Minneapolis Jour
nal, A. J. R. notes the demise of a Se
attle citizen one hundred and three
years old, and suggests that one of the
reasons why he lived so long was
that he never grouched at the break
fast table or elsewhere. Discussing
this, A. J. R. writes
"The enjoyment of breakfast and
of the sunrise always comes so eas
ily to me that I sometimes wail In
charity for persons who, I have been
led to believe, start the generous day
wrong by raising hades at the break
fast table. I will freely wager 75
cents that the Seattle centena
rian who lived to be one hun
dred and three never Insurged at
breakfast, never complained of the
food, nor sneerpd at his wife's cook
ing." The aged Seattler ascribed his lon
gevity to his own temper; he had not
been angry since he was twenty, and
had driven a yoke of oxen most of his
life. Also, loved everybody, and every
body loved him.
He Hadn't Realized.
The custodian of an Indianapolis
building recently hired a colored man,
George, to work about the building.
George had always worked as a "house
man" and came well recommended.
The first day of his employment, how
ever, George was out for lunch the
greater part of three hours.
The custodian was naturally an
noyed. "Where In thunder huve you
been?" he inquired the minute he set
eyes on the erring George. "Me?
Why, I'se been home tukln' a nap,"
George answered, lu a surprised tone.
"I always takes a nap in the middle
of the day."
"Well, believe me," the custodian de
clared, "you don't do that any more.
You're needed around here."
Was George aggrieved? Not a bit
of it. A most appreciative grin spread
over his face.
"Well, now," he said slowly, "you'll
have to excuse me this time, boss.
It's Just that I didn't realize before
how important I is around here."
Labor-Saving Harvester.
One thousand improved wheat-harvesting
machines, known as combines
will be used in Washington state ami
other states of the Northwest thi
year, according to farm-help special
ists of the United States department of
agriculture, and will effect a great sav
ing in labor, These machines, which
cut the heads from wheat nnd thrash
the grain as they travel across the
field, con be operated by two persons,
and each machine will harvest from
350 to 400 acres of wheat during a
season. They are marked labor savers
over the old type combine, which re
quired nbout 20 men.
No Chance for the Old Man.
Tt was the first time that Richard's
father had seen "her" and they were
talking things over.
"So my son has proposed to you," ho
ald, "and you've accepted him? I
think you might have seen me first."
She blushed sweetly as she replied :
"I did, but 1 think T prefer Richard."
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Kozy Komfortable Klose
for Kold Klimate
You will find our stock well supplied to keep
you warm and comfortable these cold days
For Women and Children For 3len -and 'Boys
Sweaters, Caps, Mufflers, Gloves
Mittens, etc., etc.
Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Wool Un
derwear, Cotton Underwear,
Silk Hosiery, Cotton Hosiery, etc
Wool Blankets, Cotton Blankets,
Woolnap Blankets, Comforts.
Wool Batts Cotton Batts
Let us fit you out and make you comfortable.
You will , find the Salespeople agreeable, the merchandise
reliable and the prices reasonable
Minor & Company
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To Our Friends
AMERICA PICKED TO FLY ATLANTIC
International authorities on air affairs are predicting that America will be the first nation in Sty"
across tlio ocean in aeroplane. Here Is the biggest aero-boat yet built, the N. C I. from the Glenn fur
tlss plant. It has a wing tip of 12G feet and is 70 feet from propel lors to tail. It has three enplnr.i ami
in a tci ent test carried fifty passengers all along the Atlantic coast. It can rise 2000 feet in ten minutes,
it is expected to fly the Atlantic.
A. Henriksen, stockman and
alfalfa raiser of Cecil, also owner of
a large tract of land on Capllnger in
the mountains south of Heppner, was
in town on Tuesday attending to
business mutters. Mr. Henriksen
As we look back over the past year, we feel
gratified to know that (his Institution has been
id veil the opportunity to serve .so many people.
191!) will bring new opportunities, for rs, to
serve you, and for yon. to make our service
useful. Ve desire that the pleusunl relations
may continue for our mutual good and the good
of the community.
Our best wishes are for "Happiness and Pros
perity" to all our friends and patrons through
out the New Year.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HEPPNER, OREGON
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t i.8 " 4 t -tf
states that the people of his etui
the countv are afraid to come
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domic" conditions. We hope that jflml many (tnors wou, be ,)Ut a4
this menace will be removed very hooking after busiuea bat for tine
shortly, for Hie town does put on the. quarantine.
Overcoats, Mackinaws, Leather
Vests, Sweaters, Jerseys, Khak;
Stag Shirts, Trousers to match
Made to your measure Tailored
Suits, Ready made Suits, Cor
duroy Pants, Overalls
Leather Gloves, lined and unlined,
Mittens, Wool and Cotton Hos
siery. Everything for Man's
Comfort
&
WITH THIS PLANE,
IS
of appearance of a dennrtcil villagu,
toven our ow fulks U0"'R "rs"al1' t
. venture forth from tieii homes ouij
when compelled to by dire necessity.