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Annual Meeting Held on Tuesday
J-rank (allium is Chosen Vice
President und John Kilkenny
Director.
The annual meeting of the First
.National Bank of Heppner was held
on Tuesday at their banking rooms
in Ileppncr, and Borne changes were
made in the personnel of the board
of directors and officers of the insti
tution. J. B. Natter resigned as one
of the vice presidents and A. L.
Ayres retired from the board of
-directors.
The affairs of the First National
were found to be in very excellent
shape and the past year has been a
prosperous one for this institution
which has grown to be one of the
very strongest banks in Eastern
Oregon.
Mr. Natter, who resigns from the
vice presidency of the bank, has been
connected with the institution as a
stockholder almost from the time it
was organized. He was elected vice
president Jn July, 1909 and has 1
served in that capacity and as direc
tor of the bank continuously ever
since, proving himself to he an ex
cellent advisor in financial affairs.
He is still continued on the board of
directors but owing to feeble health
he has asked to be relieved of fur
ther official responsibility. Mr.
Natter, because t his long residence
Jn Heppner, and his ability as a
flancler, has been a valuable assistant
in directing the affairs of the First
National through all the long years
of its business career iii this com
munity. Mr. A. L. Ay res has continued as
director of the bank for the past
sixteen years, and his retirement
from the official board at this time
la accepted by the stockholder with
the knowledge that his services have
always been greatly appreciated, and
that much of the success attained
can be attributed to' his helpful
advice.
Frank Gilliam was chosen to take
the place of Mr. Natter as vice
president and the place of Mr. Ayers
has beon filled by the election of
John Kilkenny on the board of
directors.
Mr. Kilkenny has had no par
ticular experience in conducting
bank affairs, yet he has been a dealer
with banks for many years in a very
large capacity. His business aftairs
have grown in the county in the past
25 years from very humble begin
nings. When he landed here a
quarter of a century ago, along with
Jim Carty, the two of them had less
than five dollars between them. Mr.
Kilkenny started his career in "the
sand" as a sheep man on borrowed
capital and has mad good. He is
now perhaps the largest individual
land and sheep owner in this part of
Oregon and his wealth can be rated
at close to the half million mark.
His close attention to business and
superior business ability brought
him to the front rapidly and his
addition to the directorship of tin
First National should prove to be a
very wise choice on (he part of the
stockholders.
Officers and directors elected were
M. 8. Corrigall, president, Frank
Gilliam, vice president, T. J. Ma
honey, vice president, W. P. Ma
honey, cashier, W. P. Cox, assistant
cashier, E. L. Wallace, assistant
cashier, H. E. Storm, assistant cash
ier, v
Board of directors, M. S. Corrigall,
Frank Gilliam, T. J. Mahoney, W. P.
Mahoney, W. 0. Minor, J. B. Natter
and John Kilkenny.
Harold Colin Takes Interest In Mc
Roberts GaraRe.
Harold Cohn this week purchased
an interest in the W. T. McRoberts
garage and the firm Is now known as
the McRoberts-Cohn Auto Co. As
the name implies, the new firm, be
sides conducting the largest garage
in this section of the state, will also
engage extensively in the auto bus-
iness. They expect to have a fully
equipped machine department Install
ed Just as rapidly as possible, and
will be prepared to handle all kinds
of auto repair work.
This new firm should be the means
of creating a lot of business in the
auto line in Heppner, as Mr. Cohn
has had some considerable experi
ence as an auto salesman and he will
push this end of the business. Mr.
McRoberts, who has suecessfully en-
gaged in the livery business in Hepp
ner for a number of years past, has a
lot of friends throughout the county
and he will be a hustler for business,
The firm contemplates handling a
number of the leading makes of au
toes and trucks.
MET DEATH wiTH sm
I S. E. Notson is in receipt of a
I '-'Her from W. S. Wharton this week
ibal gives a short description of the
-nagt meut in which His son, Willi-,:,
.vas hilled. For a long time it was
impossible for Mr. Wharton to learn
. f the cause of his son's death and
the description ccnies from a soldier
companion in the battle with Willie,
who Is now in the hospital at Camp
Lewis recovering from wounds re
ceived at the same time. This sol
dier is Stephen Maks and his com
pany and the cue Billie was with
were attached to the Fifth Army
Corps the litter part of June. It
was on the 18th of July in the
Chateau Thierry sector where Billie
fell. Maks states that they were in
the front line trenches, when they
knew that they were to go forward
the next day. While cleaning their
lilies and sharpening their bayonets
Billie remarked "This old rifle is
going to make daylight through some
German tomorrow." At 4:30 they
were ordered over the top, and had
to fight their way inch by inch till
they had gone about seven miles.
Just at 7 o'clock tiieyencountered
a terrific machine gun fire. They
were ordered to fall to their knees,
and just at this time Billie observed
a German at his left and shot him.
i -H lie was UUCMU& iu mis ruicca a
shot went through his heart and he
reeled back and fell in Mak's arms.
When asked if he was hurt, Billie
smiled but did not speak, and being
asked again if anything could be done
for him, Billie smiled again without
saying a word, and lie died with this
smile on his face. Maks states that
just an hour later he received a shot
that took his arm off at the shoulder
and another shell took off his knee
cap. He further states that during
the day of July 18th more than half
of the 5th Army Corps was cut down
like grass. All day and all night
they fought with the Germans de
termined not to yield ground. The
16th, 17th and especially the 18th
was probably the hardest fought
battles during any part of 1918. It
was the turning point that sent the
German army backward, and kept
going ever tfiereafter. Mr. Wharton
further states that the last letter
they received from Billie was on
June 14h, and he was then on his
way to the front. He stated that he
had made up his mind that he was
going through and coming back to
the good old States again. If he was
killed he was going to try and get at
least 10 Germans before they got
him. Mr. Wharton says "we are
proud that lie lias been a part of
the Allied Armies that have brought
safety, peace and honor to th,
world."
Was Former Resident of Heppner.
Many people of this city will re
member Frank Hale, formerly in the
barber business in Heppner, and who
left here about six years ago for his
old home in England. Mr. Hale made
many warm friends in Heppner, and
it was understood that when the war
broke out he had entered the. service
of his country, and just how lie had
fared no one knew. Miss Josephine
Richardson has received the follow
ing short letter from Mr. Hale, who
was with the Royal Air Force and
writes from Bascombe Downe, Salis
bury, England:
Dear Joe:
A few lines just to let you know
I am still on top and have not quite
forgotten you. I have had the pleas
ure of meeting one or two boys from
dear old Oregon. It renewed old
times to have a chat with them and
to see a bit of baseball, etc. Well .Toe
we are all glad the w ar is over and I
am glad to say I have come through
OK, but am still iu the service. Give
my kind regards to your father and
mother, also any of the old boys I
used to know. I am still liviug in
hopes to drift out Oregon way again
some day. Will write you a long let
ter when circumstances permit as I
guess you know everything is cen
sored. Well good bye Joe, and the
best of luck. As ever,
F. HALE.
Regards to Bub Clark and Dick
Wells and all the boys when you see
them.
D. M. Ward and wife, who were
sick for sometime in Heppner, being
victims of the flu, are now well again,
Hou. C. E. Woodson departed the
last of the past week for Portland,
where he attended the reconstruction
meeting, and then proceeded on to
Salem to be ready for the opening
of the legislature on Monday last,
Roy Neill was a visitor In town
from Butter creek yesterday. He
was accompanied by R. F. Mc
Roberts, who with his wife are visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Neill on Butter creek. Mr. Mc
Roberts is a cousin of W. T. McRob
erts of Heppner and an old-time
friend of the Neill brothers of Butter
creek, His home la In Portland
Farmers & Stookgrowcis National i
Hold Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Farm-j
ers 4c Stonkgrowers National Bank i
of Heppner was held at their office1
in the bank on Tuesday, a large
majority of the stock being repre-'
serited. The reports of the bank j
were gone over and the stockholders !
and directors were well pleased with
the substantial showing mado during j
the past year. The new bank is a j
lively youngster and is making a
healthy and steady growth in bus
iness. The officers and directors
chosen for the coming year are J.
W. Beymer, president; Frank Ander
son, vice president; J. W. Creath,
vice president; S. W. Spencer, cash
ier and C. M. Sims, assistant cashier.
The directors chosen are W. T. Mat
lock, J. G. Thomson, J. D. Freich,
Emmet Cochran and Joseph M.
Hayes. .
Mrs. Turner's Sister Seriously
Injured.
Mrs. Frank Turner received- a
message from Monument Thursday
of last week stating that her sister,
Mrs. L. D. Swlck, who lives near
there was seriously hurt on the
previous day, by a load of wood over
turning and pinning her beneath the
wagon seat. Mrs. Swlck and her
youngest son, Dewey, were in the
wagon when it ran off a narrow place
in the road and upset. The boy
managed to jump and hold the
horses but Mrs. Swiok was caught
by the wagon seat and narrowly
escaped death. She was not 'only
rendered unconscious but suffered
the break of collar bone, one arm,
one rib, a sprained ankle and a
severe cut about the head. Dr.
Johnson of Long Ceek was called
and attended Mrs. Swick but she
is still in a very critical condition.
Her son Howard, who has been
stationed at Camp Lewis, was called
home Sunday to be at his mother's
bedside. He has not received his
discharge, however, and will have to
return to the camp for that as soon
as his mother is able for him to
leave.
Struck Out to See the World.
Martin Howard and Melvin Olinger
aged respectively 13 and 15 years,
are mlsBlng from their homes at Mil
ton and their parents are looking for
them. The boys have been traced to
Walla Walla where they purchased
tickets to The Dalles. That the boys
were traveling in style is shown by
their buying Pullman tickets. They
are the sons of W. C. Howard and J.
E. Olinger of Milton. Pendleton
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AIRPLANE DELIVERS
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, Newspapers, In which were detailed accounts of their own disaster, and clgarets by the armload,
all delivered by airplane while the work of rescue was going on, was the experience of some 2500
wounded and returning Yanks on the stranded transport Northern Pacific, which went on a sandbar off
Fire Island. And it was Uncle Sara's new submarine chasers (shown here In actual rescue work) which
were able to get In close and land every man.
NOW FOR THE BIG "OUCH!!"
A DEBT 10 HEROES
The Fifth Liberty Loan will be
known as tlle Victory Loan,
Victory Is not merely a matter oi
juhlicaticn, accepting surrender of a
beaten foe and dropping the gun to
take up the plow share in the furrow
where it stood w hen the call to arm?
came.
The Victory Loan is one of the
many great obligations that come to
the victors. President Woodrow
Wilson and the members of the
American peace delegation are now
in France looking after the world
obligations. Our part now is to
prepare to pay in small measure the
debt we owe our khaki and blue clad
champions.
A large part of the money to be
raised in the Victory Loan campaign
next April will be used for the re
habilitation of our wounded men.
The government will do its utmost
to restore1 every wounded American
soldier and sailor to health and self
supporting activity.
When the wounded man has been
given complete medical and surgical
treatment he will be considered by
I the Federal Board
for Vocational
Education. If his disability prevents
return to work he left at the call of
' the government a wide choice of
! occupation is open to him.
i it the injured man needs an
' artificial limb or appliance of any
sort the government will provide it.
Lntil his special treatment or train-
ing ends he will receive regular com
: pensation and the family will
receive t lie allotments. The war
risk insurance will be paid until the
end of the vocational training if the.
course is elected without necessity
but in this case the allotments will
not be paid the family.
Instead of finding dependent crip
ples and beggars made so by an un-
appreciative country, they will be
highly trained heroes whose sacri
flees will not be tarnished by lack of
gratitude.
If you are worth victory prepare
now to buy Victory Bonds.
Sells Italunce of Land.
Clark & Gray have disposed of the
balanoe of their land holdings on
Skinner creek to C. A. Minor and
Jerm O'Connor. Messers. Minor &
O'Connor purchased a portion of the
Clark & Gray land some time ago,
and this latter deal takes over what
was left of the McBee place, pur-
chased by Clark & Gray some two
years ago. The consideration was
$50,000.
NEWS TO YANKS OF THEIR OWN DISASTER
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Departs With Perfectly Good
Cuticle.
Volunteering to the sacrifice of
30 square inches of perfectly good
skin. Earl W. Gordon of this city.
who is at present attending a school
of pharmacy in Portland, submitted
to an operation at the hands of Drs.
Aiken and Berkeley at a hospital in
Portland the past week. The opera
tion was no picnic and Earl has
found that getting over it is just as
uncomfortable as though he were
recovering from the effects of a very
severe bum. The doctors had under
their care a young orphan boy who
had been badly injured and required
the grafting of 100 square inches of
skin. Volunteers were called f?r,
and Earl, with another fellow
student contributed 60 square in
ches. This orphan lad was run over
by a train and had one leg cut off,
and later was playing with gasoline
and severly burnt the other leg. The
lad was 8 years old.
Henry Pleiss Dies of Influenza.
Henry Pleiss, young farmer living
near Heppner, was brougt to town
on Saturday, suffering a severe attack
of influenza. He was taken to the
hospital and placed under the care
of a physician and competent nurse,
and all that was possible was done
to save him but the disease had taken
too firm a hold and ho passed away
on Sunday night. Funeral services
were held at the grave on Tuesday
afternoon. Rev. H. A. Noyes offici
ating. Mrs. Pleiss, who is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
OMiiin, is also sick with influenza
and was down at the same time with
her husband at their home some'few
miles south of Heppner. She is re
ported as getting along well at
present. Mr. Pleiss leaves $5000
insurance which he secured early in
the summer.
Buys Skinner Creek Land.
John McEntire, prosperous sheep
man of this county, who has been
running the Whetstone ranch on
Hinton creek for the past two or
three years, closed a deal with G. IT.
Krebs the past week whereby he
takes over 4360 acres of land sittia-
ted on Skinner fork. This land Is
partly range and partly wheat land
and is one of the best places in that
part of the county. The considera-
tion involved the sum of $53,000.
Mr. Krebs and his sons took hold of
this land about four years ago, com-
Ing here from Portland. They made
good and have returned to that city
to reside for the present.
SCHOOL CLOSED
TILL FEBRUARY
: ity liourd of Health Clamps Lid
Down Tinht.
The City Board of Health has
clamped the lid down tight on the
public school until the first Monday
in February, and then it will depend
altogether on how the flu situation
is whether permission will be grant
ed to take up the work.
This is made necessary if the
epidemic is stamped out, as it is
hoped It may be within the next
week. A very few new cases are re
ported now and most of those
afflicted are recovering, but witp
children, as with older ones, days of
convalescense are drawn out and
entire recovery is a slow progress.
Many pupils have returned to their
studies in an unfit condition and
soon take down again with the result
ofentlmes that the second attack is
much worse than the first. Also,
these convalesents are what is known
as carriers of the disease and expose
others. Owing to these facts it is
thought best to keep the lid on for
at least a couple of weeks more, and
then some, if found necessary.
This announcement is made by the
full authority of the City Buard of
Health, who met on Tuesday after
noon for the purpose of canvasing
the situation, and this is their
decision.
Council Makes Offer to Mr. Gates.
In considtration of taking over the
interest of the Heppner Light &
Water Company in the city water
plant, the council, at a special meet
ing on Monday night decided to
tender an offer of $15,000 to H. V.
Gates, president of the Company.
Mr. Gates had before the council
for their consideration, a proposition
to sell the city his interests in the
plant, which proposition was pub
lished in these columns last week.
The council in the meantime bad
taken time to get at the sentiment
of the people of the town with
regard to a municipally owned water
system, and so they have put this
offer up to Mr. Gates, for his accept
ance or refusal. He has not been
heard from, and it is likely that
when he is the offer will be turned
down. It gets the matter up for con
sideration, however, and the council
can proceed along other lines should
Mr. Gates refuse the proposal.
There seems to be a pretty welt
defined attitude on the part of the
city to tackle the water proposition
with a view to taking It over and
owning it exclusive of all private in
dividuals. The council is getting
warmed up to. the fact that we must
secure an abundant and pure water
supply, and the indications are that
they and Mr. Gates will get together
and that before a great while a deal
will be consummated whereby the
city will take over the entire owner
ship of the water plant, and it is not
improbable that it will include the
electric plant also. In this good
work we shall hope to see the
council receive the undivided support
of the citizens of the town.
THE FEDERATED CHVRCH.
The usual services may be expected
next Sunday and if schools open on
Monday, January 20th or before
there will be no need of masks on
Sunday the 19th. In case the
situation should become worse bo
that school does not open Monday,
Sunday School will not" be held on
Sunday but regular church services
will be held. So far as wearing masks
is concerned, if men will endure the
inconvenience of a mask for the sake
of a game of cards it ought not to be
considered a great sacrifice for the
sake of maintaining religious ser
vices. Nurses wear masks, the sol
diers wore not only the ordinary but
the much more uscomfortable gas
masks, and if this pestilence
should continue with us for some
time we may as well get used to
them first as lust.
H. A. NOYES, Pastor.
January Sale called Off.
Messrs Brown and McMenamin, of
the Farmers Exchange of the Inland
Empire, have decided to call off their
January auction sale that was an
nounced for the fourth Saturday of
this month. They deeming it best
to not bring a crowd together at this
time, and in this decision we believe
they are wise. The February sales
date will be announced later.
Sells Sand Hollow Place.
Ernest Edwards has disposed of
his place iu Sand Hollow, for
which he received a neat sum, and
will leave shortly for a visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Edwards, who reside near Hillsboro,
Oregon.