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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1919)
r.r. snrrrx THE GA7.ETTE-TIMKS, HErrXER, ORE.. TIURS1UY, PEC. 18, 1919 RWK LOOKING FO OOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR OF 1920, questions of competition, shorthandedness, the increas ing demand for quick service and better all that is here and dead ahead or distant, emphasize the importance of advan tages and worthwhile economies in having your wants in all kinds of shelf hardware and farming implements filled at this store. We extend to you the Greetings of this Christmas Season and hope that the dawning year of 1920 will hold for you a bountiful store of good health and prosperity. People s Hardware Co mi ' Rock-abye-baby from the Ship Top $5 I'll I It's getting "tougher" all U tlm. frlnstane, Noah'i ele phant weren't subjected to nr saeh treatment ai "Frieda" and ber 4-year-old twin brother had to endure when they "docked" at Baa ton the other day after a 4 7 -day trip from India. A canvass sling nnder Frieda's tammy many stoat ropes and heaps of groans brought the infant elephant pair aahore tor a rids to a New York zoological garden. m m I! MUNICIPAL inns mo an One of the most progressive steps taken by the people of Heppner was registered on October 2Gth, when by special election, they voted almost unanimously for the $100,000 water; bond issue. j While it is generally conceded: that the city would eventually have! to look to a larger water supply If; the community were to develop as It should, the Bummer drought of the past year undoubtedly hastened the issue to an actual vote. The present city government came into being largely on the promise that they would secure for the city, If pos tble an adequate supply of water. They have kept that promise thus far and unless the entirely unfor seen occurs, the new system will be in operation sometime this coming summer. All of the preliminary engineering work has been done by the firm of Burns & McDonald of Kansas City. This included the locating of a water sight for converting dams and rights of way on the headwaters of Wil low creek, appraising the Btock and water plant of the Heppner Light & Water Company (which In the next two months will be taken by the city) and the drawing of plans for the entire new system, including esti mates of costs. At the present bids for construc tion work and bids for furnishing two kinds of pipe are being called for. These are machine banded wood pipe, with special cast iron fittings, and concrete. It is quite needless to point out the values to be obtained through an abundant supply of water. It will bring npre people to Heppner, which means more homes, and it means un told improvement to residence prop erty. Beautiful flowers, trees and gardens are bound to make the home life more pleasant. NEWSPAPER IS FARMERS' Local Press Puts Grower In Touch With Demand For Choice Seed, Fruit And Livestock, Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Dec. The short course on us ing the home newspaper to sell farm produce, which will be offered at O. A. C. Farmers' Week, December29, January 3rd, is receiving widespread attention from the farmers and val uable support by the newspapers over the state. "The value of such a course to the farmers cannot be emphasized too strongly," says Homer L. Roberts, formerly a news writer for the Mal heur Enterprise, and now a student in industrial journalism. "The home press offers the quickest and cheap est route to a seasonable market. The newspaper is the farmers' trav eling salesman. "I know of a farmer who had a new strain of wheat peculiarly adapt ed to his locality, which he desired to introduce to his neighbors. He advertised, and the supply of seed was quickly exhausted. The stock man who raises purebred stock will find that the home paper will place him in touch with Just the buyer with whom he wants to deal." Fruitgrowers will find these ad vertising lectures of immense prac tical value, Mr. Roberts predicts. He has seen the plan worked out In the Brogan peach section of Malheur county. The grower advertises his fruit, prices and the time the fruit will be ready, with the result that much of the crop is sold In his own neighborhood. The art of writing ads that sell, preparing copy for the press, and the distinction between reader and dis play advertising, are points v which will be considered In the course of farm advertising which will be con ducted by C. J. Mcintosh, of the de partment of Industrial Journalism, Purcbreds I5ctt'r Than Scrubs Purebred siren Increased the aver age grade herd production of 20 cows in South Dakota to the value of $g40 over that of grade herds from scrub sires. How the same prin ciples are affecting production in Ore gon, now leading in many lines of dairying and dairy breeding, will be pointed out in the dairy work at Far mers' Week, beginning December 3 "Scrap scrub sires" is at the bottom of these principles. Science Helps Labor American farmers grew bigger and better crops the last year of the war than ever before, notwithstand ing they supplied 35 per cent of the military forces employed. Elsewhere as in Oregon science was joined with labor more effectively than ever be fore. Thousands of children as well as leading farmers literally hitched their plow to their state agricultur al colleges. To Dolly . . 5? tSM:(iLMM4t$V1l TTTT 11111,113 Tomorrow's Christmas, Dolly, dear, 6o oil to bed we'll go. W.'ll hang our socks upon the shelf For Father Christmas, though I Don't ty to keep awake, my dear( But shut your .yes up tight U w'r awake, h. is so shy. Bo's sure to take te flight. Peace by Cecilt Joyce Keenan At Bethlehem the Star shines bright above the Stable door; By every road the Wise Men come who never came before; The lings, with all their Caravan, keep watch upon the hill, While Jesus sleeps on Mary's breast and all the guns are still ! The plunder of the world is heaped about that manger-bed, Behold! the gifts the Wise Men brought are stained an awful red. Poor Mary's face is white and drawn, and Joseph's grim and set For older hearts, tho' slow to learn, are slower to forget! But lo, the Star at Bethlehem above the Stable door Shines with a glory in its light that never shone beforel The haggard hosts of shattered men out on the battle plain Have caught the slogan of the skies, and fling it back again. "Peace Peace on Earth I" with shaken hearts, across the world they come, No panoply of war is theirs, no flag, no rolling drum; But all are cloaked in spotless while the garment of Uis love And "Peace" their bursting throats now sing, and "Peace" the choirs above! At Bethlehem the Star shines bright above the Stable door, By every road the Wise Men come who never came before; the Kings, with all their Caravan, keep watch upon the hill, While Jesus sleeps on Mary's breast and all the guns art slill! Costing Iron With Lead. Lead us a substitute for tin as a coating for sheet iron, Iron wire snd wire gauze was strongly advocated at the Buffalo meeting of the American Chemical society by Charles Ranker vllle, who exhibited some specimens of a process worked out by him. Iron shingles, so treated, have been exposed to the weather In a roof test for two years and eleven months and show no signs of rust They may he bent without cracking the coating and exposing the Iron. Chicken wire so treated Is quite as good as the galvan ized and cheaper to produce. S5$3SS!3$SSSSI2g5gSK HI 3 SSI 3 98! GIVE HER CANDY We have an extensive line of Fine Candies in Holiday Gift Boxes. THE FOUNTAIN OF SWEETS J. E. Maxwell J yHgfcVX Red Crown gasoline is high ifjJlFfy &fA ua'ityf"""jwertc:r I fSiffi I Crovm sign before you fill. 1 jsiS f, M J 8TANDA caiuTif)MPANT rhe Gasoline of Quality Geo. W. Milholland, Special Agent, Standard Oil Company Heppner, Oregon. W & few t 9r. iS 3 25 3 25 ft & m 'if: m ft