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Oregon Historical Society, Public Auditorium GAZET IE-Time H ni VOL. 35, XO. 45. HEITXEIl, OREGON, THIRSDW, FKBRl'ARY 0, 1019 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR mm nrurniimr imiu i t - IVHll ULVLilHillUt MM ANOTHER 1ST CLASS HOTEL FOR HEPPNER lM-al Capitalists Have Purchased- t'orner Iot in Business Section Company Oinniwd. Another hotel company has been organized In Hoppner for the pur pose of erecting immediately a firs class hotel of modern construction in this city. J. W. Lieymer, Jeff Jcnes, J. F, Vaughn anl W. G. McCarty are an nounced as the incorporators. Th Slocum property on southwest cor ner of Main and Center streets has been purchased, and an option taken on the property of Arthur Smith now occupied by Wm. Haylor, and it is the announced intention of the new company to begin clearing the ground for the new structure just as soon as the present tenants can be cared for, which will be about the first of March. The new building will be three stories and have frontage on Main street of 70 feet and extending a depth of 132 feet on Center street. Mr. Beymer, who has had a prom merit part in getting the now com pany organized, informs this paper that there will he no delay whatever in gettingg the hotel structure up The money has been provided by the disposal of stock to some 50 different capitalists and business men of the community, and a modern, 50-room hotel will be built, according to the plans now being worked out. This new structure will certainly be a great improvement to that corner. CALLED BY DEATH Scott. Henry Clay Scott was born at Warsaw, Missouri on Sept. 25. 1886, the son of Thomas M. and Martha Kldwell Scott. He came to Morrow county with his parents about fifteen years ago and they settled on a farm a few miles northeast of Lex ington. His mother died several years ago and was burled In .- the Heppner cemetery. His father now resides in Salem. Three Bisters, Mrs. Wm. Coponhaver and Mrs. W. B. Tucker of Lexington and Mrs. L. Bedding of Kiglit Mil are surviving members of the family residing in this county. Mr. Scott leaves a wife and six little children between two and ten years of age and the wife and three of the children were sick with the influenza at the time of his death. He died of influenza, followed by pneumonia, at Hermiston, where he had been living for the past two years, on Jan. 28, 1919, aged 32 years and four months. His funeral was held at the ceme tery in Heppner on last Saturday, a short service being conducted at the grave by Frank A. Andrews of the Christian church. Hardy. Mrs. Ella Cypert Hardy passed away at her home at Nisqually, Wash., Thursday evening, Jan. 23 1919, of bronchial pneumonia. She was sick but a few days and the best of medical care and nursing seemed to fall. Ella Cypert was born at Lexlng' ton, Oregon, 24 years ago, being next to the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs. James Cypert, poineer set tlers of that section. She was e member of the Christian church at Walla Walla, and her body was ship ped there for burial. Her husband was very low with pneumonia at the time of Mrs. Hardy's death and was not able to accompany the re mains to the place of burial. Besides her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cypert of Walla Walla, she leaves her husband and four sisters, Miss Grace Cypert of Walla Walla, Mrs. F. E. Parker of Heppner, Mrs M. B. Loney of Walla Walla and Mrs. A. E. Hall of Tacoma. Mrs Hardy was a niece of W. F. and T L. Barnett of Lexington and C. P, Barnett of Pendleton, She had numbered among her acquaintances many loving friends who remembered her to the last with many beautiful floral pieces. Bcntley. After an illness of two months, be ginning with influenza and then run ning into complications, Mrs. Fred Bentley, of Boring, Oregon, died at the Portland Sanitarium on January 31st. Mrs, Bentley was formerly Miss Irene Beamer of Heppner. She is survived by her husband, one small son, one brother, W. J. Beamer of Heppner, two brothers in Virginia and one sister in Nebraska. She was thirty years of age. HP m Til& TKOSBOf Tig IfcTOBBSK Mrs. Hoy Campbell - of Lexing .jn is in receipt f a letter from her brother, Ivan Severance, former Mor row county boy, which is dated Dec. K;. 1 as. At the time of writing, !vau was with his machine gun com pany and on duty along the German frontier. Ivan ;;tate3 that he is pretty much concerned as to the outcome of the inflenza epidemic iu this country, as he had learned thai it was very bad here. In the army over there the disease was scarcely known, but there were many deaths reported among the civilian popula- loii. He further says: Well I am at Dlerdorf, Germany at the present time. It is about twenty miles northeast of Coblentz. I suppose you read all about oui occupation of this part of Germany. By the road we took we covered about two hundred and ten miles from Ecury, France (which was on the' front line when the war stopped) through Eastern France, Luxembourg and Rhennish Prussia. We were on the way just a month. stopped a week tn the border, and had three days rest besides. We had good marching weather every day but. one. It is quite a trip to make witli heavy packs and full equip ment. S.iine days we were on the road from daylight til) dark without any dinner, and wouldn't get supper till seven or nine o'clock. I have been over here some time now, and have seen right smart of England, France, and Germuny. never went over the top, but I did (Continued on Page Eight.) siW Aw right, Wi i . V Lets see Your. i - - cg--r-- g - 3.TrioHv HOTEL CO. PUSHING PLiS FOR Hi WAR RISK IfiSUR-ANGEINSTRUGTIONS It is announced on good authority that the He nuer iTifoi r-,.i t .. . " oss Issues Tro.rv lWw.1..,.- Eor Benefit of Discharged Soldiers. rein- puslnng thfir plans for the new hctsl building per annou.iteiuent as mr.do last week. The stock in the company is being rapidly subscribed I and as fast as possible, arranzempnt ! ReParding . lapsa are being completed to start con-1 fta,emtmt of yearly renewable terra struction work. We cannot state, i lnsurance granted under war risk however, just where the building is j lnsurance act, the following decision going up, as we nave no direct in- , "Kml 'ssuea by the Treasury De urination on tins point, but it is ge.ie:aliy understood that the Palace corner will be occupied. REID'H MILL. The heavy winds recently blew the John Gaunt barn to pieces at his place in Road canyon. Clarence Reid, a homesteader near Horse Gulch, needs some help in gathering his horses Sundays. We understand he always lands up at Brown's ranch. Loren Matteson, who has stationed at Camp Lewis for past eight and a half months, turned home recently. He handed his discharce. rartment: (1) When any person Insured un der the provisions of the War Risk Insurance Act leaves the active mil itary or naval service for reasons not precluding the continuanca of in surance, the monthly premium which, had he remained in the ser vice, would have been payable on the last day of the calendar month in which his discharge was effective, will be payable on the first day of the calendar month following th date of his discharge, and thexeafter been1 ntllly Prenilums shall be pavable the ! on tlle first day of each calendar i month. The premium payable on ttasUhe first day of any calendar month Creamery Will Have to Move, The purchase of the Slocum prop erty by the newly organized hotel company necessitates the removal to new quarters of the Morrow County Creamery. The Company are casting about now for a new and permanent location and perhaps by next week announcement ca be made concern Ing their permanent location. Basketball Game Tomorrow Night The High School and town teams will mix in a basketball game at the '"air pavilion tomorrow (Friday) ight. This will be the first athletic event in Heppner for a long time and should be well patronized. To defray the expenses of the game the small admission charge of 10 cents ill be made. LET THEM STARVE? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? Good second hand Ford for tale. W. T. McROBERTS. If vou knew of a bunch of cattle which hah been left in a pasture out ere some miles, without any feed nd you should tell some one who could relieve them and that person should say, "Let them starve," what ould you think of him? If, in stead of some cattle, there were a family out here In the mountains, mostly little children, and all of them were sick and they had no food and you should tell some man about that family and he should say, "Let them starve," how would you feel about it? The war has brought all parts of the earth closer to each other. We feel that people on the other side of the earth are our near neighbors And they are our neighbors. Our brave boys went forth to die on the battle field for the purpose c! se curing life and liberty for some of these people. We are proud of the record they made on the battle Held. We have poured our money out in a golden stream to help bring the war to a successful conclusion. We are not sorry. Among the people we have helped to liberate are those of the Near East. Four million of these people are slowly but surely going to their graves unless help reaches them very aoon. Among these are 400,000 orphans. Morrow County is asked to adopt 160 of these little, starving children until spring comes over there. It will cost $10.00 to save the life of one of these children. Every cent will go where it is needed, for the expenses have al ready been guaranteed by men like Ben Selling. Just as surely as you pay $10.00 toward this work, you will save a life. One Morrow County man has adopted three of these children. Others are taking care of one. One small church has sent in enough to provide for two and half enough for another. 'Will you take care of five of them? Of three? Of one or two? If you are not able to take care of one, can't you help a little? Send your check to J. Nys, Heppner. DO NOT LET THEM STARVE. SCHOOL AND GHURGHES J. L MG CALEB NEW REOPEN IN LEXINGTON Churches and Sunday Schools re opened at Lexington last Sunday, after about two months vacation en forced by the flu. W. C. Worstell, the new pastor preached at the Christian Church and J. L. Jones preached Church. ported at both places Ralph Benge was in Lexington on business Monday COUNTY ROAD MASTER As intimated in these columns latl week, the County Court appointed WrL. McCaleb of Arlington as road master for Morrow county at their aajournea session on Saturday. Mr. Karl Beach went ao Monday on business, The Dalles at the Conereeatlonal 1 Mprnioh u-ni oi., . i .,, - j " icicivc a eaiarjr 01 .JUU Good attendance is re-L .i. j , i yci iiiuiiui auu uus win oe augment ed by the county taking care of cer tain expenses that have been agreed upon. Being a man that has proven his worth as a read builder, we feel that the county has made a splendid selection. Besides this, Mr. McCaleb is thoroughly well prepared to care tor an tlie road machinery and .4. 1L. , uuung me season wnen it is im practicable to be doing road work he will look after the repairs and have the )as engines and other paraphernalia all in shape to keep tne work moving. Mr. McCaleb will move to Heppner from Arlington at once and be ready to take up his labors. of the business A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. George N. Peck, last Sunday morning. Mrs. George R. White went to Portland last Friday to visit with relatives there. A delegation of teachers from the lone school visited the Lexington school last Monday. Prof. Boitnott, principal of the Heppner schools visited the Lexing ton school last Thursday. W. ,K. Corsen manager Burgoyne store, made a trip to Hardman last week. Park Carmichael returned from Camp Lewis, last week, having been mustered out of the service. Mrs. O. Stubblefleld and' Mrs. A. Beymer went to Portland last veei to visit with friends and relatives. Frank Wilkin and -Chas. McWil iinvH cuuiuiencea worn on grading and filling In Main Street. Oscar Otto the music man of Hepp ner, was In Lexington last week. looking after business Interests here. Clark Davis and R. B. Catt are re modeling and building an addition to the R. H. Lane residence this week. H. P. Long, the well known trap per of this vicinity, lias caught and l.iiled three coyotes and one lvnv cat. Lawrence Matteson lias trap ped too many to-mention. Lloyd Matteson, prosperous farm er of this community, made a bus iness trip to Echo recently. Will not mention Lloyds business, but he was welcome by one over there. Mrs. Eugene Matteson returned Home from Heppner Friday, where she has been for the past few days waiting on her daughter, Lola Matteson who has been ill with the influenza. She is reported better at .this writing. Chas. Osten had the misfortune of losing a horse recently. The horse was found in Thorn creek canyon and had evidently slipped and fell while grazing on the slick side hill. Both front legs were broken as well as its neck. It is rumored that Elmer and Harley Matteson have a new scent for enticing coyotes. It is strictly guaranteed to draw a coyote's atten tion for several miles, the smell being so great. All trappers are re quested to take up their traps when this scent gels to working. Orders New Shearing Plant. Frank Turner lias ordered a new 10-machine shearing plant which he expects to have here and ready for work when the season opens, about the 15th of March. Mr. Turner pians on running two plants this season. Mr. Butcher, the District Superin tendent of the Telephone Co., was in Lexington last week, looking after the interests of his Company. Word was received here of the death of Henry Scott at Hermiston. He leaves a widow and several small children. Mrs. Scott Is a daughter of Geo. R. W. Mead. Mr. Crawford of Walla Walla, treasurer of the Tura-a-Lum Lumber Co.,. was in town last Tuesday, look ing after the business interests of his company here. The Lexington Lodge of Odd Fel lows is taking in a class of six new members. They expect a delegation from the Heppner Lodge to assist this week, and a banquet will- follow the ceremonies. R. H. Lane shipped a carload of cattle and hogs to Portland last Sun day. Howard hag shipped over thirty car loads of fat stock from Lexington, since beginning opera tions last summer. Ed Burchell and Albert Kerber k A 1 n a i nivorney r . a. iUcaienamin was a passenger for LaGrande on Tuesday, wnere he expected to spend the balance df the week in looking after range and Income tax matters. His business may take him on to Wal Iowa county. ui. raciviurao announces the ar rival of a daughter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Connell, of Spring Hollow on Sunday, Feb. 2nd. have been grading the road from town to the Leach & Warner ranch. We hear reports of a wonderful im provement in this road. Tom Barnett has removed an old shed barn from his property on Arcade Street, and is preparing to make further improvements. Tom owns a half block, and has a fine drilled well. We hear rumors that Tom is planning a new bungalow big enough for two. B. F. Swaggart returned from Portland Sunday with two car loads of jacks and jennets. Mr. Swaggart about a month ago had turned this property over to a dealer named C. M. Hall to sell on commission. Hall shipped the stock to Portland, and disappeared, leaving the stock to be held by the railroad company for tlte freight. Mr. Swaggart upon being informed of the situation imme diately went to Portland and re deemed his stock, and brought suit against Hall for damages. He found Hall quarantined with the flu. Hall gave several bad checks while in Lexington. Mr. Swaggart has been OLD SCHOOL BUILDING DID NOT SELL SATURDAY A fair sized crowd gathered at the old school building In Heppner on Saturday afternoon and gave thai structure tne once over prepara tory to offering bids at the sale, called at 2 o'clock. Previous to the date of the sale it had been the ex pression that a number of parties were ready to offer bids on the building, but when Director Barrattt announced the terms of sale and began to ask for bids, he received just two responses. One party made a bid of $500 and this was raised $25, at at this point it remained. Mr. Barratt, after trying to get other offers, called the sale off, as this sum was not considered near what the building is worth by the School Board. Just what will be done now remains to be seen but the School Board will likely proceed to sell the building at private sale to the best advantage possible. It is estimated by different builders of the city that the old school building contains at least $1300 worth of good lumber but the question of taking down the building is what seems to stand in the way of those who might be din- posed to buy it. It will be a pretty big task. The Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co. are certainly making over their newly acquired premises in Heppner, and when through with the job that section of the city will not be recog nized by those who have n it been in town for some weeks past. H. E. Crawford, of the head office of the company at Walla Walla has been in Heppner a few days this week getting business affairs of the con cern here all fixed up, and he states to this paper that it is their inten tion to have In a complete stock of may, however, be paid at anv timo during sueh month. If the premium is not so paid the insurance shall lapse and terminate: (2) If the insurance has lapsed for nonpayment of premium, such insurance may be reinstated; (a) if application is made at any time with in two calendar months from the expiration of the calendar month in wnicn the premium was payable, upon the applicant's signed state ment to the effect that he is in as good health as at the expiration of the calendar month in which the premium was payable; (b) if ap plication is made at any time sub sequent to two calendar months and before the expiration of five calendar months from the expiration of the calendar month in which the pre mium was payable, upon the appli cant's signed statement to the effect that he is In as good health as at the expiration of the. calendar month in which the premium was payable, ac companied by a formal report of ex amination made by a reputable physician, substantiating said appli cant's statement to the satisfaction of the Director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. (3) In cases of persons dis charged from acive military or naval service prior to January 1, 1919, for reasons not precluding the con tinuation of insurance, if the insur ance has lapsed for non-payment of the first premium payable after dis charge, such insurance may be re instated at any time on or before June 30, 1919, upon the applicant's signed statement to the effect that he is in as good health as at the date of his discharge, accompanied by a formal report of examination made by a reputable physician, substan tiating said applicant's statement to the satisfaction of the Director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. (4) In every case where rein statement of lapsed insurance is de sired the applicant shall file with the Bureau of War Risk Insurance a written application therefore, and make tender of all the sums which would have become payable as pre miums if such insurance had not lapsed, provided, however, that no application will be required in con nection with the reinstatement of insurance lapsed for non-payment of the first premium payable after dis charge, should such premium be tendered within the second calendar month following the date of dis charge. (5) All regulations heretofore made and which conflict with the foregoing are hereby revoked. It should be noted that the above decision fixes the first of the month as the date on which all insurance premiums are payable, provides that insurance shall lapse for nonpay ment within uat month, and fixes regulations relating to reinstatement. Adds To Fair Ground Property. The County Court this week added to the fair grounds a couple of tracts of land that they have been using under lease for the past several years. One of these was taken over from the McIIaley estate for $640 and the other from the Penland estate at $515, Part of this land is now occupied by buildings belonelne lumber and building materials just I to the fair association, and the bal- as fast as they can place them on the ance will be put in shape for storing the machinery of the county when the same is not in use. Tills latter move Is to get away from the present quarters at the rear of the Star theater, where the Court believes the Are risk is too great. ground. By placing at the disposal of the Heppner people their splendid facilities for doing business, Mr. Crawford feels that there will be no difficulty In providing right here at home at all times for the demands that will be made and his Company expects to De prepared in every wav loser of several hundred dollars lu! to care for the splendid business now the transaction. Jin prospect. Frank Evans and family, of Lex ington, were visitors In this city on last Saturday afternoon.