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I pacific grain co. 1 1 STATE NEWS - - - SPECIAL FEATURE SECTION
Successor to M. H. Houser
GRAIN, GRAIN BAGS AND TWINE
Local Agents
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I Under this Heading Each Week Will be Found Up-to-the-Minute News of the World in Picture and Text, Showing the Doings of ,the Great, the Near-
I Great and Those Who Are Striving to Become Great. Items of General News Interest Gathered From Over the State at
Large. Women's Activities and Fashions. Humor From the Leading Humorous Papers. 5
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CARL YOUNT, lone T. H. LOWE, Cecil
JCS. EURGOYNE, Lexington ;
R. V. WHITEIS, Heppner
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. . , i gtrawing 0 (i,e walla Walla county
roads is now being advocated again
by many farmers and business men
who know the advantages and bene
fits of thus improving the dusty high
ways of this county.
Asked his opinion of road strew
ing, Deputy States Engineer Hamil-
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! Announcement
Ye dosiro to announeo to the Heppner Public that we
have tak.u owr the HEPPNER GARAGE MACHINE
JHOPS, and are prepared to give all ear owners. strictly
'.ist-clas service on short notice. All our workmen are 5
kiiloi mechanics! and we guarantee satisfaction." 5
Mr. J Y. Fritsch, late with the Wm. E. Chase Co. of
Pendleton, has charge of our Battery Service Department.
E He will ivpair any make of battery and will give you sat- 1
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RITTER GIRL MAY BE
ONE OF ROUND-UP STARS
Miss Frieda Hector, who lives at
Ritter, in the heart of Grant county,
intends to break into the list of
Round-Up performers this year, says
ton' stated that It was a fine thing and the Pendleton East Oregonian. Miss
did a great deal of good at very little Hector was in Pendleton recently ln-
expense. "They straw most all tne auiring about the prizes for the Quick
change race. Her favorite horse was
roads in Franklin, Benton and Adams
counties at very little cost and yet we
waste more straw in the stubble than
all of the grain raised in Franklin
county," he said.
"This kind of road improvement
has been a great success in many
counties and in a wheat country like
this I am surprised that so little
strawitig is done." Bulletin.
PHILADELPHIA DIAMOND GRID BATTERY
T3 THE B VTTERY FOR YOUR CAR.
Inman & Thornton
j Ir prLtors Heppner Garage Machine Shops
i Heppner, Oregon ' r
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Greater Farming
Efficiency
Better methods in farming .in
clude the system of Harvesting.
Get 100 per cent efficien
cy from your harvesting
machinery by using
The McCormick Line
of Mowers, Reapers, Self
Binders and Headers
New headers being assembled now. We
carry a complete line of header extras.
Peoples Hardware Company
Heppner, Oregon.
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YOUR GROCERY
NEEDS
Always well supplied at this store.
At your service with the best
in all lines,
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Fresh Fruits for Canning and Pre
serving. Get our quotations.
Sam Hughes Company
killed a few days ago by bleeding to
death but she hopes to get a good
string and enter the cow girl's relay
races at the big show Sept. IS, 19, 20.
She never has ridden In a Round-Up
but she believes she can give some of
the veteran girls a run for their
money.
I As Searchlights Plav on White House
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r' SvjL,! ? ... .
He expects to be In the national cap-1
itol when the treaty is finally rati fled
and signed and then will go to Cleve
land and Columbus, Ohio, where the
old soldiers will be in convention.
Later he will go south, stop in Texas
tor a time and then go on to Los
Angeles to spend the winter. He will
not return to Pendleton until Spring,
according to present plans.-
Back From Long Trip.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. McBee, of 615
Raley street, returned to Pendleton
last evening after spending SO days
on an extended auto trip as far south
as the Mexican border. They drove
all through Oregon and California,
visiting every park and resort of con
sequence In both states. They were
accompanied by their three children I
and Mr. McBee's father Charles Mc
Bee. Pendleton E. 0.
King Albert and Queen Eliiabeth of Belgium feel that they and their
country owe to the United States a debt of gratitude which only a per
sonal visit to our shores can help repay. Therefore an early trip here
has been planned, their three children to accompany them. These are the
latest pictures of the royal pair. Washington is planning a great social
whirl during their visit.
Autumn Ambles in Many Frills.
Modern searchlights gne Washington iaii.o.o lusuus impressions about
the executive mansion! the White House, which were not possible a few
years ago. It is the night illumination from many powerful rays, direct
ed from different points. This how the White House and the east wing,
with State. War and Navy Building in the background.
i Carlson is believed to be mentally
'unbalanced. He was taken Into cus
tody late last night at a Bend hotel
after he had plunged into the Des
chutes river and then crawled into
bed still clad in his wet clothes.
STATE TO BUY TRACTORS
Machines Will Be Used on Farms of
Two Institutions.
Salem, Or., Aug. 23. Contracts
were signed here today for the pur
chase of two Fordson tractors which
w ill be used at Uie Home for the Fee-ble-Minded
and State Training School.
The tractors cost the state $979
each and will be delivered to the in
stitutions before September 1.
R. H. Goodin secretary of the state
board of control, believes the tractors
will save the tax payers of Oregon
several thousands of dollars annually,
for the reason that either of the ma
chines will do the work of six horses.
The tractors will be equipped with
two plows, rolling coulter and jointer.
Sfofefcs
Gasoline Tax Source Increased
Revenue General Road Fund
WUl List All Rooms.
During the County Fair next
month, Secretary Brown expects to i
turn the city into one big hotel, j
Every available room In the town will ,
be listed. A man will be at the ;
Fair Grounds day and night with a I
list of these rooms and there rfill be
a Jitney on the job to take fair vis
itors to a room in any part of the
city, People having spare rooms will
do well to notify Mr. Brown at an
c.irjy date.
Salem, Aug. 21 Under the law en
acted at the last session of the state
legislature and which became effec
tive February 26, 1919, imposing a
tax of 1 cent a gallon on gasoline and
1-2 cent on distillate sold in Oregon
by dealers in motor vehicle fuel.there
has been paid to the state by these
vendors to July 1, 1919, a total of
165,420,1S.
This amount represents a total of
15,311,011 gallons of gasoline and
2 462,003 gallons of distillate sold in
Oregon between February 26 and
July 31.
At the end of February, 1919,there
were 54,216 licensed automobiles and
at the end of July the number of
licensed cars had increased to 75,044.
This tax, immediately upon its re
ceipt by the secretary of state, is
turned over to the state treasurer,
who places It to the credit of the road
fund of the state for general road
construction and improvement.
Going on Long Trip.
"Uncle John" Bentley will leave
Monday, September 1, on an exten
sive trip that will take him to all
four corners of the .United Stales,
says the Pendleton East Oregonian.
Echo Man Goes East.
E. L. Ditty, of Echo4 left here yes
terday for several points in Missouri,
where he will spend a month or six
weeks visiting relatives and friends.
Pendleton Tribune.
The tunie skirt
and overdrape
even though
clinging
In line are
still with us aa
the new fall
models In suit-
dress show.
These two early
styles offer
much to wom
an In all tbal
Is new from
crowo to heel.
The braided
yoke on the
right Is bet
tered one In
the full blouse
of hand work
on the left.
Long (loves,
the touch of
fur and the
pumped foot
all tell of worn,
an's Inconsist
ency. But one
must admit
that t h e r e s
grace to that
short s'ki on
both mortls.
The cloth Is
(he new Frost
Glow trlclol'-a
Mrs. Mike Curran and daughters
are visiting relatives and friends at
Goldendale, Wash. Mr. Curran may
join them there before they return
home.
Wheat and Corn Growers Talk to President
PRISONER HANGS; LIVES
Knot Tied In Suicide Attempt, Misses
Throat of Bend Man in Jail.
Eeud, Or., Aug. 23. Because the
Knot of a noose which he slipped
around his neck was adjusted in the
hack instead of the front, Oscar Carl
son, logging rail.-oad laborer, was
kept from taking his life in the coun
ty jail here early this morning. Using
his suspenders in place of a rope he
hanged himself from the top of his
"cell and when he was found he was
resuscitated with difficulty. A guard
has been in the cell with him since.
ANOTHER ELKINS NOW IN
U. S. SENATE
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Another Elklus from West Vir
ginia has landed in .tho U. S. Senate
It is David Elklns, son of the late
Sen. Stephen B. Elklns. He was born
In Washington, served through the
Spanish-American war, coming out a
captain. He enlisted In the recent
world war, was commissioned a ma
jor and saw duty In France. He Is
president of a Washington bank and
one in his home town at Morgantown,
W. Va.
These five men from as many
difterent Western states and rep
resenting tho real farmers' voice
of the land have Just been In con
ference with President Wilson re
garding means of reducing the
cost of living.
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Reading left to right they are,
D. Thompson, Illinois; John O.
Brown, President of Indiana Far
mers Ass'n.; A. B. Bradfute,
Ohio; J. R. Howard, Iowa and F.
C. Crocker, Nebraska. a
This delegation represented 24
wheat and corn growing atates.
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V'anllorns See Accident.
Last Sunday as Mr. and Mrs. R.
Vanllorn were returning from an ex
tended visit with their daughter, Mrs.
C. 11. Becket of Heppner, the train
upon which they were riding ran In
to a Ford car about three miles this
side of lone. The train backed up
after the accident and It was found
that a middle aged man and woman
nunied Gillette, occupants of the car,
were seriously hurt. They were
takon back to lone by the train. Mr.
Vanllorn states that thore was a
quarter of a mile clear view of the
rossing where the accident occured,
.nd he cannot understand how the
ollislon could have happened. Fos
il Journal.
HELPFUL WORDS
From a Heppner Citizen.
Is your back lame and painful?
Does it ache especially after exer
on? Is there a soreness In the kidney
egion?
These symtoms suggest weak kid
neys If so there is danger In delay.
Weak kidneys get fast weaker.
Give your trouble prompt attention
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kldneyB. '
' Your neighbors use and recommend
them.
Read this Heppner testimony.
Mrs. A. O. DeVore says: "Speaking
from past experience, I gladly recom
mend Doan's Kidney Pills. I know
they are a medicine of merit and I
couldn't recommend a more reliable
one."
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. DeVore had. Foster-Milburn,
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
DODGE NAMED TO POST
IN LATIN KINGDOMS
H. P. Dodge, an experienced dip
lomat from the State Department has
been named the first American repre
sentative to the kingdoms of the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.